Free in DC, week of October 26, 2026
Free in DC, Monday October 26 to Sunday November 1, 2026: 872 events. Picks by day; every event links to its original listing.
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Mon Oct 26
- 12 PM Tours | Arts of China Asian Art Museum · Free
- 8 PM All New: New Material Show at Hotbed Comedy Club | Free Stand-Up Show DC Hotbed · Free
Tue Oct 27
- 11 AM LGBTQ+ Community Coffee @ Barrel House Cafe & Bar Barrel House Cafe & Bar · Free
- 1 PM DC | Welcome to a Native Place American Indian Museum DC · Free
- 6 PM She Runs the World Tour x Howard University Cramton Auditorium · Free
- 7 PM Bonnie Garmus — Peck & Peck w/ Patti Callahan Henry — at Union Market Politics and Prose at Union Market · Free
Wed Oct 28
- 4 PM PumpkinPalooza: from the NoMa BID Alethia Tanner Park · Free
- 5:30 PM The Counter-Trafficking Table: DC Washington · Free
- 6 PM LGBTQ+ Activism @ Woman's National Democratic Club The Whittemore House · Free
- 6 PM Party of Six: LGBTQ+ Happy Hour Meetup Spark Social · Free
- 6 PM Halloween and Anniversary Party Sudhouse DC · Free
- 7:30 PM Halloween Whodunit 3 DC Improv · Free
Thu Oct 29
- 1:30 PM Claiming the Sea: Asian Perspectives on Maritime Dominance Lindner Commons · Free
- 5 PM Portrait Gallery Reading Rhythms Portrait Gallery · Free
- 8 PM Latin Nights at ZOOZ - Halloween ZOOZ · Free
- 8 PM At Home in Space: Stories from ISS Astronauts (John H. Glenn Lecture in Space History) Air and Space Museum · Free
- 10 PM DC's Dupont Late Night Comedy Show | X Marks the Spot The Golden Age · Free
- 10 PM ROSEBAR THURSDAYS || VIP RSVP || ROSEBAR DC || #THEDECKTHURSDAYS Rosebar Lounge · Free
Fri Oct 30
- 9 AM The 2026 DeLTA Conference Elliott School of International Affairs · Free
- 7 PM Out in DC LGBTQ+ Community Happy Hour @ DIK Bar DuPont Italian Kitchen · Free
- 7 PM Dominique Bianco X Right Chipper at Blues Alley Blues Alley Club · Free
- 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
- 4 PM Tales of the Odd and Unusual World War II Memorial · Free
- 4 PM Miscast Halloween Cabaret Dorothy Betts Marvin Theatre · Free
- 9:30 PM The Saturday Late Night Showcase at Room 808 Room 808 · Free
Sun Nov 1
- 12 PM Washington Bridal & Wedding Expo Walter E. Washington Convention Center · Free
- 12 PM AI, Souls, and What Makes Us Human: Human-AI Coexistence Salon Zorba's Café · Free
- 2 PM Halloween Costume Mural Tour of Southwest DC, Navy Yard, and Capitol Hill! 600 Maryland Ave SW · Free
- 5 PM El Día de los Muertos National Portrait Gallery · Free