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Sep

13

2024

Penn Quarter & Chinatown

Live Acoustic Music at Hard Rock Cafe

Hard Rock Cafe

Now - Dec 20, 2024

Live music every Friday

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Oct

04

2024

Dupont Circle

First Friday: ArtWalk Dupont

Dupont Circle Business Improvement District

Now - Dec 06, 2024

Enjoy the galleries of Dupont Circle

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Sep

13

2024

Adams Morgan

Open Craft Night for Adults

Because Science

Now - Sep 26, 2024

Bring your own crafting project and BYOB

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Oct

04

2024

Shaw

First Fridays Art Walk - Shaw

The Howard Theatre

Now - Jan 03, 2025

Art Walk in Shaw every month

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Sep

13

2024

Georgetown

Friday Night Live Music

Pinstripes

Now - Sep 04, 2026

Enjoy Live Music Every Friday Night at Pinstripes Georgetown

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Sep

09

2024

Downtown

Sewn in America: Making - Meaning - Memo...

DAR Museum

Now - Dec 31, 2024

New exhibition at the DAR Museum

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Sep

14

2024

Southwest & The Wharf

Farmers Market SW

MarketSW

Now - Sep 28, 2024

Saturday Farmers Market in SWDC.

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Sep

08

2024

Downtown

Power & Light: Russell Lee’s Coal Survey

National Archives Museum

Now - Sep 30, 2024

An exhibition of photographs by renowned documentary photographer Russell Lee

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Live Acoustic Music at Hard Rock Cafe

04

First Friday: ArtWalk Dupont

13

Open Craft Night for Adults

04

First Fridays Art Walk - Shaw

13

Friday Night Live Music

09

Sewn in America: Making - Meaning - Memo...

14

Farmers Market SW

08

Power & Light: Russell Lee’s Coal Survey