Next week in DC
What's on in DC, Monday October 26 to Sunday November 1, 2026: 2,558 events, 943 of them free. A few picks per kind of event; every event links to its original listing.
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- Mon Oct 26: 231
- Tue Oct 27: 326
- Wed Oct 28: 351
- Thu Oct 29: 391
- Fri Oct 30: 392
- Sat Oct 31: 571
- Sun Nov 1: 296
Music 217
- Mon Oct 26 · 7 PM Isabel LaRosa - DollParts Tour Union Stage
- Thu Oct 29 · 8 PM Eivør Howard Theatre
- Thu Oct 29 · 9 PM Kaytranada (DJ Set) Echostage
- Fri Oct 30 · 7 PM Boy Harsher Howard Theatre-DC
- Fri Oct 30 · 7:30 PM The Washington Ballet's Go-Go 50 Warner Theatre
- Sat Oct 31 · 2 PM National Symphony Orchestra Family Concert: Halloween Spooktacular Lisner Auditorium
Comedy 112
- Mon Oct 26 · 8 PM All New: New Material Show at Hotbed Comedy Club | Free Stand-Up Show DC Hotbed · Free
- Mon Oct 26 · 8 PM The Monday Night Showcase (Free Show) Room 808 · Free
- Wed Oct 28 · 7:30 PM Liz Blanc Headlines the Comedy Loft The Comedy Loft of DC
- Wed Oct 28 · 8 PM Joanne McNally - Pinotphile Howard Theatre
- Thu Oct 29 · 7:30 PM Godfrey DC Improv
- Thu Oct 29 · 10 PM Dupont Circle Late Night Comedy Show with Joey Duffield | X Marks the Spot The Golden Age · Free
Arts, theater & film 660
- Mon Oct 26 · 7 PM Smidley Songbyrd Music House
- Tue Oct 27 · 7:30 PM RUSH: Fifty Something Capital One Arena
- Tue Oct 27 · 7:30 PM Mamma Mia! The National Theatre
- Sat Oct 31 · 11:30 AM The Rock and Roll Playhouse plays the music of David Bowie The Atlantis
- Sat Oct 31 · 7:30 PM The Saturday Night Showcase at Room 808 Room 808 · $24.57
- Sun Nov 1 · 5 PM El Día de los Muertos National Portrait Gallery · Free
Tech, AI & startups 130
- Tue Oct 27 · 8 AM H3IT 2026, Presented by Kno2 George Washington University Continental Ballroom · $200-$350
- Thu Oct 29 · 5 PM Halloween Ghosts Tour--Capitol Building & Congress’ Hidden History, Oct 29! Supreme Court of the United States
- Fri Oct 30 · 9 AM The 2026 DeLTA Conference Elliott School of International Affairs · Free
- Sat Oct 31 · 7 PM JOHN SUMMIT - CTRL ESCAPE ARENA TOUR Capital One Arena
- Sun Nov 1 · 12 PM Washington Bridal & Wedding Expo Walter E. Washington Convention Center · Free
- Sun Nov 1 · 12 PM AI, Souls, and What Makes Us Human: Human-AI Coexistence Salon Zorba's Café · Free
Food & drink 265
- Mon Oct 26 · 7 PM Candy, Cheese and Beer? Oh My! Paste & Rind Pairing Event Henceforth · $69.82
- Tue Oct 27 · 7 PM Puzzle Night at Red Bear Brewing! Red Bear Brewing Co · $29
- Fri Oct 30 · 12 PM Tea 101 at Elden Street Tea Shop Elden Street Tea Shop
- Fri Oct 30 · 6 PM The Delicious World of Fortified Wine Union Market
- Sat Oct 31 · 10:30 AM Halloween DC Drag Brunch (1st Show) MXDC Cocina Mexicana in Downtown DC Logan Circle Corridor · $32.49
- Sat Oct 31 · 3 PM The Black Bar Crawl 2026: Halloween U-Street
Nightlife & dancing 328
- Tue Oct 27 · 7 PM Trivia Night at Alamo Drafthouse Cinema DC Bryant Street Alamo Drafthouse Cinema DC Bryant Street
- Wed Oct 28 · 8 PM Georgian National Ballet "Sukhishvili" Lisner Auditorium
- Fri Oct 30 · 6 PM Halloween Eve Bar Crawl [10/30] Dupont Circle · $7.18-$23.18
- Fri Oct 30 · 8:30 PM Washington, DC Halloween Bar Crawl — Halloween Friday, Fri, Oct 30 Dacha Beer Garden (Shaw) · $17.79-$44.43
- Sat Oct 31 · 3 PM Church On Sunday: 5 Yr Anniversary ft. Kenny Dope Culture · $28.52-$39.19
- Sat Oct 31 · 9 PM Dylan Brady (of 100 gecs), The Hellp, Danny L Harle, Yaego Berhta
Family & kids 166
- Tue Oct 27 Baby Blue Sound Collective -"Children's... Blues Alley
- Tue Oct 27 · 10:30 AM DC | Cradleboards and Crawlers American Indian Museum DC · Free
- Wed Oct 28 · 10 AM Storytime Studio: Happy Halloween! Hirshhorn Museum · Free
- Wed Oct 28 · 4 PM PumpkinPalooza: from the NoMa BID Alethia Tanner Park · Free
- Sat Oct 31 · 8 AM Spooktacular Girls in Business DC 2026 999 9th St NW · $133.80
- Sat Oct 31 · 11 AM Halloween Story Time Francis A. Gregory Neighborhood Library · Free
Outdoors 100
- Mon Oct 26 · 7 AM Uncover Washington D.C.’s secrets with our outdoor escape game! United States Capitol · $8.78-$15.70
- Mon Oct 26 · 10 AM Ranger Led Garden Tour Kenilworth Park & Aquatic Gardens · Free
- Tue Oct 27 · 10 AM Georgetown Hidden Passage Mystery Georgetown Waterfront Park · $23.18
- Tue Oct 27 · 5 PM Halloween History Tour, Lafayette Square & White House Neighborhood, Oct 27 Lafayette Square D.C.
- Wed Oct 28 · 11 AM Wacky Washington, DC Scavenger Hunt Compass Coffee
- Fri Oct 30 · 5 PM Halloween Ghosts and History Tour of Georgetown, Friday, Oct. 25! Volta Park Recreation Center · $33.62
Free 871
- Tue Oct 27 · 11 AM LGBTQ+ Community Coffee @ Barrel House Cafe & Bar Barrel House Cafe & Bar · Free
- Tue Oct 27 · 7 PM Bonnie Garmus — Peck & Peck w/ Patti Callahan Henry — at Union Market Politics and Prose at Union Market · Free
- Wed Oct 28 · 6 PM LGBTQ+ Activism @ Woman's National Democratic Club The Whittemore House · Free
- Wed Oct 28 · 7:30 PM Halloween Whodunit 3 DC Improv · Free
- Fri Oct 30 · 10 PM Say Less Jimmy Valentine's Lonely Hearts Club · Free
- Sat Oct 31 · 12 PM Pumpkin Painting: Creative Minds Smithsonian's Anacostia Community Museum · Free
Week 2026-W44. Built from DC Events’s listings of 2026-10-24; picks favour events several sources list, with a set time and place, over weekly classes and repeating series. Times are local (America/New_York).