Washington, D.C. · Jul 25–31
134 arts and culture stops in Washington, D.C. this week: Jul 25–31
The next seven days in Washington, D.C., Jul 25–31: dated events, reliable places, and typed cards for fast decisions.
Updated Saturday, July 25 · event dates verified when shown
Jason Isbell & the 400 Unit w/ Patty Griffin
Bumpin Uglies
National Theatre
A historic landmark on Pennsylvania Avenue, the National Theatre is one of America's oldest continually operating theat…
Bossman Dlow - Motion Party
Drunk Shakespeare: Drunk Pirates (21+ Event)
Earlybirds Club
Capital Jewish Museum
The Lillian & Albert Small Capital Jewish Museum is a state-of-the-art facility exploring the diverse history, culture,…
Kreeger Museum
A Modernist architectural gem designed by Philip Johnson, this nonprofit museum showcases a prestigious collection of 1…
Emo Night Brooklyn
Mon Laferte - Femme Fatale Tour
Kidz Bop Live!
International Spy Museum
The only public museum in the United States dedicated solely to espionage, featuring the world's largest collection of…
National Building Museum
Housed in the historic 19th-century Pension Building, this museum celebrates architecture, engineering, and urban plann…
Souls of Mischief
Pat McGann
Qveen Herby - Isle of Qveen Tour
Renwick Gallery
The Renwick Gallery is the nation's premier museum dedicated to American craft, housed in a stunning National Historic…
Keegan Theatre
An award-winning professional theater company in Dupont Circle, the Keegan Theatre offers intimate performances of clas…
SLANDER Night 1
Ralph Barbosa
Baltimore Symphony Orchestra
Old Korean Legation Museum
A historic Victorian house museum in Logan Circle, detailing the early diplomatic relations between the Joseon kingdom…
Old Stone House
The oldest structure on its original foundation in Washington, D.C., this 1765 pre-Revolutionary home in Georgetown pro…
Friendlyjordies Presents: Alien Hunter
Folger Shakespeare Library
An independent research library on Capitol Hill, housing the world's largest collection of William Shakespeare's printe…
Petersen House
The solemn site where President Abraham Lincoln passed away on April 15, 1865, after his assassination at Ford's Theatr…
Mary McLeod Bethune Council House National Historic Site
A Victorian townhouse serving as a memorial to Mary McLeod Bethune and the first headquarters of the National Council o…
U.S. Department of State Diplomatic Reception Rooms
An opulent living museum within the Harry S. Truman Building, showcasing over 5,000 pieces of early American decorative…
Display ship Barry
A former Forrest Sherman-class destroyer that served as the Navy's premier display ship at the historic Washington Navy…
The Phillips Collection
Locals flock here for the first U.S. modern art museum housing van Gogh, Renoir, and a relaunched avant-garden in a quiet Dupont townhouse.
The Watergate Complex
Contemporary design meets saltwater lap pool, whirlpool, and sauna/steam rooms for a modern wellness retreat.
Foggy Bottom Historic District
A preserved pocket of 19th-century working-class history in Washington, D.C., featuring narrow brick rowhouses and quie…
Warder Mansion
A Romanesque Revival masterpiece by H. H. Richardson, this 1886 mansion is the only surviving building by the famed arc…
Mary Ann Shadd Cary House
The former home of Mary Ann Shadd Cary, a pioneering Black newspaperwoman and lawyer, stands as a brick rowhouse in the…
Volta Laboratory and Bureau
A National Historic Landmark in Georgetown, this neoclassical building served as Alexander Graham Bell's research cente…
Whittemore House
A landmark 19th-century mansion in Dupont Circle, serving as a historic house museum and the headquarters of the Woman'…
Spanish Steps
A whimsical, multi-tiered stone staircase in Kalorama, inspired by Rome's famous steps, providing a romantic urban oasi…
Josephine Butler Parks Center
A stunning 40-room Renaissance Revival mansion overlooking Meridian Hill/Malcolm X Park, once home to the Hungarian and…
The Line Hotel (former First Church of Christ, Scientist)
A stunning Neoclassical Revival church from 1912 converted into a design-centric boutique hotel and community hub in th…
Barracks Row
The oldest commercial district in Washington, D.C., this historic corridor on 8th Street SE blends military history wit…
Chinese Embassy (former Walsh Mansion)
A historic Gilded Age mansion at 1600 21st Street Northwest, designed by Henry Andersen in 1903 for gold miner Thomas F…
Constitution Hall
Washington, D.C.'s largest concert hall, built in 1929 by the Daughters of the American Revolution to host their annual…
Embassy Row
A prestigious diplomatic district in Northwest Washington, D.C., featuring a high concentration of embassies, diplomati…
Freedom Statue
The crowning feature of the U.S. Capitol dome, this 19-foot-6-inch bronze figure represents freedom, perched 288 feet a…
Georgetown University
The oldest Catholic institution of higher education in the United States, Georgetown University's stunning Hilltop camp…
National Statuary Hall
A grand semicircular chamber in the U.S. Capitol, showcasing a collection of 100 statues donated by each of the 50 stat…
Vietnam Veterans Memorial
A poignant national memorial in Washington, D.C., honoring the 58,318 Americans who died in the Vietnam War, featuring…
Lincoln Theatre
A historic landmark on Washington's Black Broadway, this 1922 theater served as a cultural sanctuary for the African Am…
True Reformer Building
A historic five-story landmark at 1200 U Street NW, designed and financed by the Black community as a symbol of indepen…
Healy Hall
The iconic flagship building of Georgetown University, Healy Hall is a massive Neo-Romanesque and High Victorian Gothic…
Jefferson Memorial
A neoclassical marble tribute to the third U.S. President, situated on the Tidal Basin and framed by iconic Japanese fl…
Fourteenth Street Historic District
A vibrant commercial corridor blending historic architecture with modern urban energy, this National Register district…
Francis Scott Key Memorial
A serene Georgetown park featuring a bronze bust and a 15-star replica flag, honoring the author of the U.S. national a…
Mexican Cultural Institute
Housed in a spectacular 1910 mansion, this nonprofit center promotes Mexico-U.S. relations through free art exhibits, s…
Mount Zion / Female Union Band Society Cemeteries
A profound historic memorial park containing two of the oldest African American cemeteries in Washington, D.C., includi…
The National Museum of Women in the Arts
The world's first museum dedicated solely to championing women through the arts, featuring a vast collection of over 6,…
Titanic Memorial
A poignant granite monument in Southwest Waterfront Park honoring the men who sacrificed their lives for women and chil…
Blagden Alley
A hidden gem in the Shaw neighborhood, Blagden Alley blends 19th-century history with the DC Alley Museum's vibrant mur…
Industrial Bank
The oldest and largest African American and family-owned community bank in the metropolitan Washington region, Industri…
National Union Building
A restored 1890 Romanesque Revival landmark in Chinatown/Penn Quarter, this former insurance headquarters now serves as…
Prince Hall Masonic Temple
A stunning Indiana limestone landmark on U Street, this 1929 temple serves as a monument to African American advocacy a…
Riggs National Bank (historic building)
A stunning example of Richardsonian Romanesque Revival architecture, this 1891 landmark once served as the 'Bank of Pre…
Walsh-McLean House (Embassy of Indonesia)
A lavish Gilded Age mansion designed by Henry Anderson, this eclectic architectural gem served as the home of the Hope…
Apollo Theater site / Ourisman Chevrolet Service Center
A historic site in Washington, D.C., marking the former location of an Apollo Theater, now occupied by the Ourisman Che…
John Ericsson Memorial
A bronze and granite tribute to Swedish-born inventor John Ericsson, honoring his revolutionary creation of the screw p…
Old City Hall
A National Historic Landmark at Judiciary Square, this imposing stone structure evolved from a 1849 brick city hall int…
Holt House
Tucked away within the National Zoo, Holt House is a derelict Neoclassical mansion and the oldest building owned by the…
Knickerbocker Theatre Site
The site of the 1922 Knickerbocker Theatre collapse, where a massive blizzard caused the city's deadliest building disa…
Latrobe Gate
A Greek Revival masterpiece and the oldest continuously manned Marine sentry post in the nation, this historic gate sur…
Tingey House
The official residence of the Chief of Naval Operations, this 1804 landmark is one of the few structures to survive the…
Whitelaw Hotel
A landmark of Black entrepreneurship, the Whitelaw was Washington's first luxury hotel and apartment building financed,…
Patterson Mansion
A stunning Neoclassical landmark at 15 Dupont Circle NW, this former socialite's estate now serves as a premier event v…
15 Logan Circle
The Old Korean Legation Museum is a Victorian landmark at 15 Logan Circle, serving as a diplomatic bridge between the J…
Dumbarton House
A Federal-period historic house museum in Georgetown, built in 1799, featuring 18th- and 19th-century artifacts and an…
Tudor Place Historic House & Garden
A National Historic Landmark in Georgetown featuring Federal-period architecture, expansive gardens, and the largest co…
Hillwood Estate, Museum & Gardens
Marjorie Merriweather Post’s mansion pairs glittering treasures with some of DC’s loveliest gardens.
The Museum at Dumbarton Oaks
A hushed Georgetown garden escape with terraces, fountains, and one of DC’s calmest strolls.
National Gallery of Art
See the only Da Vinci painting in the Americas and masterpieces from the Renaissance to modern art.
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