Discover the best things to do in Washington, DC, from events happening right now to annual festivals and so much more.
Aug
2025
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
National Mall
National Gallery of Art
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.
Dupont Circle
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.
Now - Apr 25, 2026
Back and Forth: Rozeal., Titian, Cezanne
Now - Feb 01, 2026
American Landscapes in Watercolor from the Corcoran Collection
Clara Barton Missing Soldiers Office Museum
Now - Aug 30, 2025
Faces of Civil War Nurses: A Photo Exhibit