When the owners of the Dulles Expo Center announced last fall that the building would be turned into an IKEA, the husband-and-wife team that hosts the DMV Chocolate & Coffee Festival had to move quickly to find a new venue for 2026 — one capable of hosting over 200 small businesses and artisans, and thousands of visitors.
Now, co-founders John and Lindsay Hill have not only found a new venue to keep the festival running in its fifth anniversary year. They’re also expanding to a second location.
A Virginia festival will be held on Nov. 14-15 in Sterling at the DTC Expo, a 100,000-square-foot, two-level events venue being developed in Dulles Town Center’s former Lord & Taylor space. The festival’s “Maryland edition” will be held from Nov. 7-8 at the Adventist HealthCare Fieldhouse in Boyds…