About this Event
🎃 Bier-O-Ween at Shipgarten
Family fun by day. Halloween party by night.
One Halloween. A whole day of reasons to dress up.
Join us on Saturday, October 31, for Shipgarten’s annual Bier-O-Ween celebration! Bring your family—and your pets—in costume for trick-or-treating, magic, live entertainment, and a chance for the kids to show off their Halloween looks.
As the evening arrives, enjoy live music before the celebration becomes a 21+ party at 8 PM. Stay for dancing, late-night Halloween fun, and our midnight costume contest with $600 in prizes.
🎟️ Admission is FREE!
👻 Family Halloween Schedule
🍬 12–2 PM | Kids’ Trick-or-Treating
Explore more than 10 trick-or-treating stations with your little monsters, superheroes, and princesses.
🎩 1 PM | Jake the Great
Enjoy a live magic performance with the family.
🎭 2 PM | Halloween Costume Parade
Bring your Halloween look and join the parade!
📸 3 PM | Kids’ Costume Fashion Show
Give your child’s costume its moment on our main stage! A professional photographer will take photos for free. No registration required—just show up and get in line.
🧙 4 PM | Live Performance by Hocus Pocus
Gather the family for a little Halloween magic with Hocus Pocus.
🎸 5–8 PM | Nick, Ian & The Machine
Keep the celebration going with a live performance by Nick, Ian & The Machine.
🍺 Afternoon Beer Trick-or-Treating | 21+
1–6 PM | Chocolate, Beer & Candy Pairings
Explore the sweeter side of Bier-O-Ween with beer trick-or-treating featuring chocolate, beer, and candy pairings. For guests 21+ only.
🌙 Bier-O-Ween After Dark | 21+
8 PM–2 AM | Halloween Party with Bianca Diamond
Get your crew together for a night of music, dancing, and Halloween looks. Late-night adult trick-or-treating kicks off at 8 PM, and the party continues until 2 AM.
🏆 Midnight Costume Contest | $600 in Prizes
Bring your most creative, spooky, or outrageous costume for a chance to win:
- 🥇 1st Place — $300 Cash
- 🥈 2nd Place — $200 Shipgarten Gift Card
- 🥉 3rd Place — $100 Shipgarten Gift Card
That’s $600 in total prizes: $300 in cash and $300 in Shipgarten gift cards.
📍 Plan Your Visit
📅 Saturday, October 31, 2026
⏰ Activities begin at 12 PM; the celebration ends at 2 AM on Sunday, November 1.
🎟️ Free admission
👨👩👧👦 Family activities during the day
🔞 21+ from 8 PM
📍 Shipgarten | 7581 Colshire Dr, McLean, VA 22102
Choose your costumes, gather your favorite people, and join us for Bier-O-Ween!
Alcoholic beverages are for guests 21+ only.
Meet. Eat. Drink. Repeat.
Event venue & nearby stays
Shipgarten, 7581 Colshire Drive, Mclean, United States
Concerts, fests, parties, meetups — all the happenings, one place.