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
May 17, 2026
A National Moment of Reflection on the Mall
Virginia
Fairfax City Tourism
Asian Festival on Main
Petworth
President Lincoln's Cottage
May 18, 2026
Get expert preservation insight as you help restore the historic buildings at President Lincolns Cottage!
Capitol Hill
Folger Shakespeare Library
May 19, 2026
The O.B. Hardison Poetry Series Finale Reading at the Folger
Southwest & The Wharf
Museum of the Bible
with Aldo Cazzullo
Penn Quarter & Chinatown
Shakespeare Theatre Company
May 19, 2026 - Jun 21, 2026
Simon Godwin directs Wendell Pierce in Shakespeare's Towering Tragedy
Foggy Bottom
Arts Club of Washington
Resistance: LGBTQ Poetry as an Act of Defiance, led by Gregory Adams
Sixth & I
May 20, 2026 - Jun 10, 2026
Rabbi Aaron facilitates a guided, nonjudgmental space for Jews and their non-Jewish partners to talk, learn, and grow together and as individuals.
