The 2025 debut sold out RFK Grounds at 20,000; the Landover, Maryland edition aims six times bigger this Labor Day weekend.

The Hirshhorn’s long-closed sculpture garden will reopen Oct. 31 with nearly twice as much art, improved access and a performance-ready water feature.

A new D.C. library exhibition is asking fans to share the jerseys, ticket stubs and stories that shaped Washington sports.

The American Black Film Festival is bringing three days of films, panels and industry programming to Union Market this September. The D.C. stop opens with the festival’s 2026 Grand Jury Prize winner.

Rockville’s 15th annual Salvadoran American Festival will move forward Sunday despite ICE concerns, with music, food, health screenings and community services.

Washington Improv Theater will open a permanent NoMa home in January 2027, adding a 110‑seat stage, classrooms and on‑site corporate training. The move is meant to scale classes and boost local nightlife and daytime foot traffic.

Pulitzer-winning cartoonist Pat Oliphant, who skewered presidents and lived in Santa Fe, has died at 90. His archive now resides at the University of Virginia.

The Library of Congress announced an 80+ author lineup for the National Book Festival on Aug. 22, with free but required tickets and special America 250 programming.

The Smithsonian moved much of its Folklife programming inside the Arts & Industries Building for July Fourth, with a free marketplace, live music and workshops running through July 12.

The Washington Monument will be lit nightly July 1–5 with looping projection shows that end with the obelisk glowing as a birthday candle for America's 250th.

Smithsonian’s Starstruck VR experience opens in Penn Quarter — a 40-minute, science-driven walk through a 3D universe built from real telescope data.

The Smithsonian’s National Museum of Natural History opens "From These Lands" on June 18, showcasing 600+ specimens that tell the nation’s natural and cultural stories.

The Washington National Opera has sued the Kennedy Center in the Court of Federal Claims, seeking more than $17 million it says was withheld after the company left in January.