Discover the best things to do in Washington, DC, from events happening right now to annual festivals and so much more.
Aug
2025
Union Market District
Now - Aug 29, 2027
Union Market District Art Walks
National Mall
National Gallery of Art
Now - Jan 01, 2027
National Gallery of Art Celebrates 250 Years of America with Special Exhibitions
Dupont Circle
O Museum In The Mansion
Now - Oct 22, 2025
Fight boredom . . . and . . . find your way through secret doors and covert passages to our Secret Beer Gardens.
Virginia
Signature Theatre
Now - Oct 05, 2025
A delightful musical based on Shakespeare’s comedy Twelfth Night, set to the syncopated soundtrack of Duke Ellington’s greatest hits
Now - Nov 02, 2025
Discover Earth's 'Little Beasts' Through Historic Art and Specimens
Downtown
National Building Museum
On view at the National Building Museum through October 5, 2025.
The Phillips Collection
Now - Aug 31, 2025
Exhibition explores the intertextual relationship between the writings of poet and activist Essex Hemphill and contemporary visual art.
Now - Sep 28, 2025
The landmark exhibition highlights the artist, activist’s significant contributions to American art over her four-decade career.
