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Brand-new exhibits, exhilarating outdoor activities, unique festivals & more only-in-DC experiences

You can find amazing events all year long in Washington, DC. Explore everything that’s going on: events happening right now, annual favorites, holiday celebrations, groundbreaking museum exhibits, touring concerts and so much more.

Feb

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2026

DuPont Brass Takes Over Songbyrd

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Feb

28

2026

Penn Quarter & Chinatown

Giselle

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Feb

28

2026

Southwest & The Wharf

Jim Gaffigan – Everything is Wonderful Tour

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Feb

28

2026

Penn Quarter & Chinatown

The World to Come

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Feb

28

2026

Downtown

Stereophonic

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Feb

28

2026

Capitol Hill

Capitol Hill Architecture Walking Tour

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Feb

28

2026

Southwest & The Wharf

Dead Sea Scrolls

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Feb

28

2026

Dupont Circle

Bottomless Brunch DJ Sessions at Lyle's

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Feb

28

2026

Downtown

Dr. Alexander Augusta: The U.S. Army’s First Black Surgeon

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Feb

28

2026

Penn Quarter & Chinatown

Washington Wizards vs Toronto Raptors

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Mar

01

2026

U Street

U Street Corridor: Building Black Broadway Architecture Tour

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Mar

01

2026

Southwest & The Wharf

Spy Museum Debuts New Immersive Exhibition “Camouflage: Designed to Deceive”

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Mar

01

2026

Dupont Circle

American Apparitions: A Psychogeographies Project

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Mar

01

2026

Downtown

Free Community Day

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Mar

02

2026

Georgetown

River Club Happy Hour

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Mar

04

2026

Southwest & The Wharf

DC Jazz Festival and Arena Stage Presents: Chez Joey Live

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Mar

05

2026

Downtown

Pete Lee

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Mar

06

2026

Penn Quarter & Chinatown

Wendy Red Star: Whispering Spirit

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Mar

07

2026

Downtown

Firsthand Experience: Fiber

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Mar

08

2026

Maryland

Yotam Ottolenghi

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Feb

27

2026

Downtown

Tawny Chatmon

Feb

27

2026

National Mall

Sungazing

Feb

27

2026

National Mall

Daytime Solar Observing

Feb

27

2026

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Sungazing

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Feb

27

2026

Virginia

Lives Bound Together: Slavery at Mount Vernon Exhibit

Feb

27

2026

Virginia

Historic Blenheim - Tours & History

Feb

28

2026

Penn Quarter & Chinatown

Guided Tour of the Missing Soldiers Office

Feb

28

2026

Downtown

Pennsylvania Avenue Architecture Walking Tour

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Feb

27

2026

National Mall

Back and Forth: Rozeal., Titian, Cezanne

Feb

27

2026

National Mall

The Stars We Do Not See: Australian Indigenous Art

Feb

27

2026

Virginia

Historic Blenheim - Tours & History

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27

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National Mall

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Events

Brand-new exhibits, exhilarating outdoor activities, unique festivals & more only-in-DC experiences

27

DuPont Brass Takes Over Songbyrd

28

Penn Quarter & Chinatown

Giselle

28

Southwest & The Wharf

Jim Gaffigan – Everything is Wonderful Tour

28

Penn Quarter & Chinatown

The World to Come

28

Downtown

Stereophonic

28

Capitol Hill

Capitol Hill Architecture Walking Tour

28

Southwest & The Wharf

Dead Sea Scrolls

28

Dupont Circle

Bottomless Brunch DJ Sessions at Lyle's

28

Downtown

Dr. Alexander Augusta: The U.S. Army’s First Black Surgeon

28

Penn Quarter & Chinatown

Washington Wizards vs Toronto Raptors

01

U Street

U Street Corridor: Building Black Broadway Architecture Tour

01

Southwest & The Wharf

Spy Museum Debuts New Immersive Exhibition “Camouflage: Designed to Deceive”

01

Dupont Circle

American Apparitions: A Psychogeographies Project

01

Downtown

Free Community Day

02

Georgetown

River Club Happy Hour

04

Southwest & The Wharf

DC Jazz Festival and Arena Stage Presents: Chez Joey Live

05

Downtown

Pete Lee

06

Penn Quarter & Chinatown

Wendy Red Star: Whispering Spirit

07

Downtown

Firsthand Experience: Fiber

08

Maryland

Yotam Ottolenghi

Upcoming events that are worth your attention.

Wendy Red Star: Whispering Spirit