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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

Bumpin Uglies
Verified event 6:30 PM Thursday, July 30

Bumpin Uglies

Verified eventHas a verified timeLive music The Atlantis
National Theatre
Local pick Friday, July 31 8:00 PM: Mon Laferte - Femme Fatale Tour

National Theatre

A historic landmark on Pennsylvania Avenue, the National Theatre is one of America's oldest continually operating theat…

Friday, July 31 8:00 PM: Mon Laferte - Femme Fatale Tour
Local pickTheaters and musicFriday, July 31 8:00 PM: Mon Laferte - Femme Fatale Tour Penn Quarter
9:30 Club
Local pick Friday, July 31 6:00 PM: Earlybirds Club

9:30 Club

Iconic U Street venue where indie legends and future stars rock a tight, acoustically killer room nightly

Friday, July 31 6:00 PM: Earlybirds Club
Local pickTheaters and musicFriday, July 31 6:00 PM: Earlybirds Club U Street Corridor
Earlybirds Club
Verified event 6:00 PM Friday, July 31

Earlybirds Club

Verified eventHas a verified timeLive music 9:30 CLUB
Capital Jewish Museum
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Capital Jewish Museum

The Lillian & Albert Small Capital Jewish Museum is a state-of-the-art facility exploring the diverse history, culture,…

Local pickMuseums Penn Quarter
Kreeger Museum
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Kreeger Museum

A Modernist architectural gem designed by Philip Johnson, this nonprofit museum showcases a prestigious collection of 1…

Local pickMuseums Georgetown
Emo Night Brooklyn
Verified event 11:00 PM Friday, July 31

Emo Night Brooklyn

Verified eventHas a verified timeLive music 9:30 CLUB
Kidz Bop Live!
Verified event 7:00 PM Friday, July 31

Kidz Bop Live!

Verified eventHas a verified timeTheater Wolf Trap Filene Center
International Spy Museum
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International Spy Museum

The only public museum in the United States dedicated solely to espionage, featuring the world's largest collection of…

Local pickMuseums National Mall
National Building Museum
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National Building Museum

Housed in the historic 19th-century Pension Building, this museum celebrates architecture, engineering, and urban plann…

Local pickMuseums Penn Quarter
Souls of Mischief
Verified event 7:00 PM Friday, July 31

Souls of Mischief

Verified eventHas a verified timeLive music Union Stage
Pat McGann
Verified event 7:30 PM Friday, July 31

Pat McGann

Verified eventHas a verified timeComedy Birchmere
Renwick Gallery
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Renwick Gallery

The Renwick Gallery is the nation's premier museum dedicated to American craft, housed in a stunning National Historic…

Local pickMuseums Penn Quarter
Keegan Theatre
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Keegan Theatre

An award-winning professional theater company in Dupont Circle, the Keegan Theatre offers intimate performances of clas…

Local pickTheaters and music Dupont Circle
SLANDER Night 1
Verified event 10:00 PM Friday, July 31

SLANDER Night 1

Verified eventHas a verified timeLive music Echostage
Ralph Barbosa
Verified event 7:01 PM Friday, July 31

Ralph Barbosa

Verified eventHas a verified timeComedy Improv Comedy Club- DC
Old Korean Legation Museum
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Old Korean Legation Museum

A historic Victorian house museum in Logan Circle, detailing the early diplomatic relations between the Joseon kingdom…

Local pickMuseums Logan Circle
Old Stone House
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Old Stone House

The oldest structure on its original foundation in Washington, D.C., this 1765 pre-Revolutionary home in Georgetown pro…

Local pickHistory Georgetown
Folger Shakespeare Library
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Folger Shakespeare Library

An independent research library on Capitol Hill, housing the world's largest collection of William Shakespeare's printe…

Local pickMuseums Capitol Hill
Petersen House
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Petersen House

The solemn site where President Abraham Lincoln passed away on April 15, 1865, after his assassination at Ford's Theatr…

Local pickHistory Penn Quarter
Display ship Barry
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Display ship Barry

A former Forrest Sherman-class destroyer that served as the Navy's premier display ship at the historic Washington Navy…

Local pickMuseums Navy Yard
The Phillips Collection
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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.

Local pickMuseums Dupont Circle
The Watergate Complex
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The Watergate Complex

Contemporary design meets saltwater lap pool, whirlpool, and sauna/steam rooms for a modern wellness retreat.

Local pickLandmarks Georgetown
Foggy Bottom Historic District
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Foggy Bottom Historic District

A preserved pocket of 19th-century working-class history in Washington, D.C., featuring narrow brick rowhouses and quie…

Local pickHistory Foggy Bottom
Warder Mansion
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Warder Mansion

A Romanesque Revival masterpiece by H. H. Richardson, this 1886 mansion is the only surviving building by the famed arc…

Local pickHistory Adams Morgan
Mary Ann Shadd Cary House
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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…

Local pickHistory U Street Corridor
Volta Laboratory and Bureau
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Volta Laboratory and Bureau

A National Historic Landmark in Georgetown, this neoclassical building served as Alexander Graham Bell's research cente…

Local pickHistory Georgetown
Whittemore House
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Whittemore House

A landmark 19th-century mansion in Dupont Circle, serving as a historic house museum and the headquarters of the Woman'…

Local pickHistory Dupont Circle
Spanish Steps
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Spanish Steps

A whimsical, multi-tiered stone staircase in Kalorama, inspired by Rome's famous steps, providing a romantic urban oasi…

Local pickLandmarks Dupont Circle
Josephine Butler Parks Center
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Josephine Butler Parks Center

A stunning 40-room Renaissance Revival mansion overlooking Meridian Hill/Malcolm X Park, once home to the Hungarian and…

Local pickHistory Adams Morgan
Barracks Row
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Barracks Row

The oldest commercial district in Washington, D.C., this historic corridor on 8th Street SE blends military history wit…

Local pickHistory Capitol Hill
Chinese Embassy (former Walsh Mansion)
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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…

Local pickHistory Woodley Park
Constitution Hall
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Constitution Hall

Washington, D.C.'s largest concert hall, built in 1929 by the Daughters of the American Revolution to host their annual…

Local pickHistory National Mall
Embassy Row
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Embassy Row

A prestigious diplomatic district in Northwest Washington, D.C., featuring a high concentration of embassies, diplomati…

Local pickHistory Georgetown
Freedom Statue
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Freedom Statue

The crowning feature of the U.S. Capitol dome, this 19-foot-6-inch bronze figure represents freedom, perched 288 feet a…

Local pickPublic art National Mall
Georgetown University
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Georgetown University

The oldest Catholic institution of higher education in the United States, Georgetown University's stunning Hilltop camp…

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National Statuary Hall
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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…

Local pickLandmarks National Mall
Vietnam Veterans Memorial
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Vietnam Veterans Memorial

A poignant national memorial in Washington, D.C., honoring the 58,318 Americans who died in the Vietnam War, featuring…

Local pickLandmarks National Mall
Lincoln Theatre
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Lincoln Theatre

A historic landmark on Washington's Black Broadway, this 1922 theater served as a cultural sanctuary for the African Am…

Local pickTheaters and music U Street Corridor
True Reformer Building
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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…

Local pickHistory U Street Corridor
Healy Hall
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Healy Hall

The iconic flagship building of Georgetown University, Healy Hall is a massive Neo-Romanesque and High Victorian Gothic…

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Jefferson Memorial
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Jefferson Memorial

A neoclassical marble tribute to the third U.S. President, situated on the Tidal Basin and framed by iconic Japanese fl…

Local pickLandmarks Tidal Basin
Fourteenth Street Historic District
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Fourteenth Street Historic District

A vibrant commercial corridor blending historic architecture with modern urban energy, this National Register district…

Local pickHistory Logan Circle
Francis Scott Key Memorial
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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…

Local pickLandmarks Georgetown
Mexican Cultural Institute
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Mexican Cultural Institute

Housed in a spectacular 1910 mansion, this nonprofit center promotes Mexico-U.S. relations through free art exhibits, s…

Local pickMuseums Adams Morgan
The National Museum of Women in the Arts
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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,…

Local pickMuseums Penn Quarter
Titanic Memorial
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Titanic Memorial

A poignant granite monument in Southwest Waterfront Park honoring the men who sacrificed their lives for women and chil…

Local pickPublic art National Mall
Blagden Alley
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Blagden Alley

A hidden gem in the Shaw neighborhood, Blagden Alley blends 19th-century history with the DC Alley Museum's vibrant mur…

Local pickHistory Logan Circle
Industrial Bank
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Industrial Bank

The oldest and largest African American and family-owned community bank in the metropolitan Washington region, Industri…

Local pickHistory U Street Corridor
National Union Building
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National Union Building

A restored 1890 Romanesque Revival landmark in Chinatown/Penn Quarter, this former insurance headquarters now serves as…

Local pickHistory Penn Quarter
Prince Hall Masonic Temple
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Prince Hall Masonic Temple

A stunning Indiana limestone landmark on U Street, this 1929 temple serves as a monument to African American advocacy a…

Local pickHistory U Street Corridor
Riggs National Bank (historic building)
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Riggs National Bank (historic building)

A stunning example of Richardsonian Romanesque Revival architecture, this 1891 landmark once served as the 'Bank of Pre…

Local pickHistory Penn Quarter
Walsh-McLean House (Embassy of Indonesia)
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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…

Local pickHistory Dupont Circle
John Ericsson Memorial
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John Ericsson Memorial

A bronze and granite tribute to Swedish-born inventor John Ericsson, honoring his revolutionary creation of the screw p…

Local pickLandmarks National Mall
Old City Hall
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Old City Hall

A National Historic Landmark at Judiciary Square, this imposing stone structure evolved from a 1849 brick city hall int…

Local pickHistory Penn Quarter
Holt House
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Holt House

Tucked away within the National Zoo, Holt House is a derelict Neoclassical mansion and the oldest building owned by the…

Local pickHistory Dupont Circle
Knickerbocker Theatre Site
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Knickerbocker Theatre Site

The site of the 1922 Knickerbocker Theatre collapse, where a massive blizzard caused the city's deadliest building disa…

Local pickHistory Adams Morgan
Latrobe Gate
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Latrobe Gate

A Greek Revival masterpiece and the oldest continuously manned Marine sentry post in the nation, this historic gate sur…

Local pickLandmarks Navy Yard
Tingey House
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Tingey House

The official residence of the Chief of Naval Operations, this 1804 landmark is one of the few structures to survive the…

Local pickHistory Navy Yard
Whitelaw Hotel
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Whitelaw Hotel

A landmark of Black entrepreneurship, the Whitelaw was Washington's first luxury hotel and apartment building financed,…

Local pickHistory U Street Corridor
Patterson Mansion
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Patterson Mansion

A stunning Neoclassical landmark at 15 Dupont Circle NW, this former socialite's estate now serves as a premier event v…

Local pickHistory Dupont Circle
15 Logan Circle
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15 Logan Circle

The Old Korean Legation Museum is a Victorian landmark at 15 Logan Circle, serving as a diplomatic bridge between the J…

Local pickHistory Logan Circle
Dumbarton House
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Dumbarton House

A Federal-period historic house museum in Georgetown, built in 1799, featuring 18th- and 19th-century artifacts and an…

Local pickMuseums Georgetown
Tudor Place Historic House & Garden
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Tudor Place Historic House & Garden

A National Historic Landmark in Georgetown featuring Federal-period architecture, expansive gardens, and the largest co…

Local pickMuseums Georgetown
Hillwood Estate, Museum & Gardens
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Hillwood Estate, Museum & Gardens

Marjorie Merriweather Post’s mansion pairs glittering treasures with some of DC’s loveliest gardens.

Local pickMuseums Woodley Park
The Museum at Dumbarton Oaks
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The Museum at Dumbarton Oaks

A hushed Georgetown garden escape with terraces, fountains, and one of DC’s calmest strolls.

Local pickMuseums Georgetown
National Gallery of Art
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National Gallery of Art

See the only Da Vinci painting in the Americas and masterpieces from the Renaissance to modern art.

Local pickMuseums National Mall

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