Tinner Hill Blues Festival
The festival features blues music, all over town, all weekend! Poised to become the premier blues festival of the region this is a weekend long event featuring outstanding national regional and local blues performers, historic displays, family activities, vendors, food, carnival games. is a day long concert in Cherry Hill Park.
E.B. Henderson Dear Editor Contest
Entries are due by April 30 and awards are presented at the Tinner Hill Festival Second Saturday of June each year. Open to all middle and high school students in Northern Virginia, co-sponsored by the Washington Post. Over a fifty year period, more than 3,000 letters to editors by Dr. E. B. Henderson were published defending civil liberties and the value of ethnic diversity. To encourage today’s youth to share the same passion for writing, public discourse, and critical thinking THHF initiated the E. B. Henderson Dear Editor Contest. The contest is underwritten by the Washington Post with more than $2,000 in cash prizes awarded annually.
The contest is open to Northern Virginia middle and high school students, including age-appropriate home schoolers.
Senior High (9-12)
| 1st prize | $500 |
| 2nd prize | $250 |
| 3rd prize | $150 |
| Honorable Mention Award (2) | $50 |
Middle School (6-8)
| 1st prize | $500 |
| 2nd prize | $250 |
| 3rd prize | $150 |
| Honorable Mention Award (2) | $50 |
To learn more about the contest and enter, download the Dear Editor Contest information and submission form. (PDF)
Black History Celebration and Basketball Game
Takes place the last Friday of Feb., we celebrate the roots of black basketball with an evening that includes a panel discussion and ends with an exciting face off between local citizens and New York City’s the Harlem Magic Masters. Check out last year’s event: http://blackfivesblog.com/?tag=tinner-hill-heritage-foundation
New Year’s Eve Watch Night Celebration
This event, which is co-sponsored with the City of Falls Church, is a free, fun New Years Eve celebration featuring top area live musicians along with food, fun, games, dancing and other unique presentations.
It's Fun - It's FREE - New Years Eve. 8:00 pm – Midnight at the crossroads of Broad Street (Route 7) & Washington Street (Route 237 or 29 or Lee Highway). Live music, family fun and entertainment!.
If you drive, park at least 3 blocks from the crossroads to avoid further congesting the area.
By Metro: East Falls Church Metro (Orange Line); Take Bus 2 or 3 toward Fairfax; Ask Driver to get off at Washington and Broad
The Falls Church City’s New Year’s Eve Celebration was called Watch Nigh after the Rev. Clyde Nelson, former pastor of Galloway United Methodist Church (Falls Church) and Tinner Hill Heritage Foundation board member suggested the name to then Vice-President Dave Ekert (organizer for the free festival) in 1989. After the Ekert family relocated out of state, several cold winters passed and the Tinner Hill board members, the City of Falls Church, Edwin and Nikki Henderson and many volunteers kept Watch Night going until current organizer Barb Cram stepped up to the plate. The festival has grown and continued the tradition Tinner Hill helped to found!
