Discover the best things to do in Washington, DC, from events happening right now to annual festivals and so much more.
Oct
2025
Penn Quarter & Chinatown
Sixth & I
Oct 27, 2025
Inside the Mind of Malcolm Gladwell with David Epstein
Penn Social
“Early American Witch Hunts,” a look at the colonial hysteria that led to the tragedy of Salem, with Richard Bell
Foggy Bottom
Art Museum of the Americas, Organization of American States (OAS)
Oct 28, 2025 - Jan 25, 2026
Peruvian Perspectives: An Artistic Inquiry into the Collection of the Art Museum of the Americas
Oct 28, 2025
“Ancient Terrors of the Night,” an introduction to what terrified the Greeks and Romans of antiquity, with Barbette Stanley Spaeth
Capital Jewish Museum
Hear from LGBTQ+ Jewish Washington community members as they reflect on their personal experiences with coming out
Downtown
DC Improv Comedy Club & Restaurant
Oct 30, 2025 - Nov 02, 2025
High-energy stand-up
Southwest & The Wharf
Museum of the Bible
Oct 30, 2025 - Nov 30, 2025
A deeply moving and sharply witty new play by Dean Batali that imagines an intimate, late-in-life reunion between two of the 20th century’s most celebrated authors and thinkers—C. S. Lewis and J. R. R. Tolkien.
Fairmont Washington, DC, Georgetown
Oct 30, 2025
Fairmont's 14th Annual Howl-O-Ween
