Discover the best things to do in Washington, DC, from events happening right now to annual festivals and so much more.
May
2026
National Mall
National Air and Space Museum
May 02, 2026 - May 01, 2027
Get to know the night sky in this free, live planetarium show
Southwest & The Wharf
Arena Stage at the Mead Center for American Theater
May 06, 2026 - Jun 14, 2026
A fiercely intelligent and emotionally charged exploration of humanity.
Capitol Hill
Folger Shakespeare Library
May 09, 2026 - May 10, 2026
An English Garden
Virginia
Signature Theatre
May 12, 2026 - Jul 26, 2026
Stephen Schwartz’s (Godspell, Wicked) musical masterpiece of purpose, ambition, lust and glory sizzles for summer, thrillingly staged as only Matthew Gardiner can do.
Penn Quarter & Chinatown
Penn Social
May 14, 2026
A night of real teenage cringe live on stage with Mortified DC.
Downtown
DC Improv Comedy Club & Restaurant
May 15, 2026 - May 17, 2026
Stand-up and crowd work
May 19, 2026
The O.B. Hardison Poetry Series Finale Reading at the Folger
Shakespeare Theatre Company
May 19, 2026 - Jun 21, 2026
Simon Godwin directs Wendell Pierce in Shakespeare's Towering Tragedy
