What's on in DC.
Festivals, games, jazz, free things to do, and the best nights out. Search, filter, and tap the star to save your shortlist.
Live Jazz at Blues Alley
DC's oldest supper jazz club — intimate room, world-class players nightly.
Thursday, Jan 14
Sunrise Run — Rock Creek Trail
5K group run. All paces welcome. Coffee after.
Friday, Jan 24
U Street Mural Walking Tour
Two hours through Black Broadway's modern street-art renaissance.
Georgetown Sunset Walk
Stroll the C&O Canal up to M Street as the river lights flip on.
Saturday, Jan 34
Sunday, Jan 44
Dollar Oyster Hour
Slurp by the river before live music spills out from the back room.
Monday, Jan 53
H Street Friday Crawl
Atlas District at full volume — start at Granville Moore's, end at Little Miss Whiskey's.
Tuesday, Jan 63
Tidal Basin Paddle Boats
Cherry-blossom views from the water. Best near sunset, no reservation needed midweek.
Late Night Jazz Jam
Underground room, candle-lit, sit-in players welcome after midnight.
Wednesday, Jan 73
Dupont Farmers Market
Year-round Sunday market — pastries from Lyon, peaches in season, real flowers.
DC by ward.
DC's eight official Wards (per planning.dc.gov) — each with its mix of neighborhoods. Plus the three airports if you're flying in.
Ward 1
Columbia Heights, Adams Morgan, Mount Pleasant, Shaw, U Street. The densest, most diverse ward — Black Broadway and DC's nightlife spine.
Ward 2
Georgetown, Dupont, Foggy Bottom, Penn Quarter, Downtown. Power-lunch DC — embassies, GW, the Kennedy Center, and most of the federal core.
Ward 3
Upper NW — Cleveland Park, Woodley, Tenleytown, Friendship Heights. Leafy, residential, and home to the National Cathedral and the Zoo's edge.
Ward 4
Northern DC — Petworth, Brightwood, Takoma, Crestwood. Rowhouse neighborhoods, weekend porches, and the Carter Barron amphitheater.
Ward 5
NoMa, Brookland, Eckington, Trinidad, Ivy City. Old industrial spine turned food-hall + brewery district. Catholic University anchors the north.
Ward 6
Capitol Hill, Navy Yard, The Wharf, H Street. The waterfront-and-ballpark ward — Eastern Market, Nationals Park, Audi Field, and the Anthem.
Ward 7
East of the Anacostia — Deanwood, Benning, Hillcrest. Historic Black neighborhoods, Fort Dupont's wooded park, and the Kenilworth water gardens.
Ward 8
Anacostia, Congress Heights, Bellevue. Frederick Douglass's house, the Big Chair, and the Anacostia Arts Center — DC's southernmost ward.
Reagan National (DCA)
5 minutes from downtown by Metro — DC's commuter airport. Built on Potomac mudflats, opened 1941, renamed for Reagan in 1998.
Dulles (IAD)
Eero Saarinen's swooping 1962 terminal — most international flights. 26 miles west; the Silver Line Metro now reaches it.
BWI Marshall
Baltimore/Washington — 32 miles north. Cheapest fares, MARC train straight from Union Station in ~30 minutes.