Festivals

Check the CultureCapital.com Festival section for dates, times and information on the many film festivals, music and jazz festivals, literary and book festivals, theatre and fringe festivals held in Metro DC throughout the year.

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Festivals in Metro DC

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Atlas Intersections Festival: Launch Party sponsored by the Washington Post

Atlas Performing Arts Center
Thu. Feb 21

Atlas Intersections Festival: Rite of Spring, Crash of Fall + Glacier

 Atlas Performing Arts Center
Thu. Feb 21

Mother Tongue Film Festival: SGAAWAAY K’UUNA Edge of the Knife

 Smithsonian National Museum of the American Indian
Thu. Feb 21

Mother Tongue Film Festival: TǪǪ OOZHRII ZHIT TSYAA TSAL DHIDII/ Boy in the Moon

 Smithsonian National Museum of the American Indian
Thu. Feb 21

Atlas Intersections Festival: Free Cafe Concert: Benjamin Gates

 Atlas Performing Arts Center
Fri. Feb 22

Atlas Intersections Festival: TolumiDE presents Suya Soul Music!

 Atlas Performing Arts Center
Fri. Feb 22

Atlas Intersections Festival: Unveiling the Mystery of Musical Improvisation

 Atlas Performing Arts Center
Fri. Feb 22

Mother Tongue Film Festival: Colours of the Alphabet

 Freer l Sackler The Smithsonian's Museums of Asian Art
Fri. Feb 22

Mother Tongue Film Festival: Leitis In Waiting

 Abramson Auditorium NYU
Fri. Feb 22

Mother Tongue Film Festival: Leitis In Waiting

 Abramson Auditorium NYU
Fri. Feb 22

Atlas Intersections Festival: A Cantar y Bailar/Let’s Sing and Dance

 Atlas Performing Arts Center
Sat. Feb 23

Atlas Intersections Festival: Adventures in Arden

 Atlas Performing Arts Center
Sat. Feb 23

Atlas Intersections Festival: Beyond

 Atlas Performing Arts Center
Sat. Feb 23

Atlas Intersections Festival: Border

 Atlas Performing Arts Center
Sat. Feb 23

Atlas Intersections Festival: Family Fun Days Free Cafe Concert: Culture Queen

 Atlas Performing Arts Center
Sat. Feb 23

Atlas Intersections Festival: Free Cafe Concert: Capital City Symphony presents Double the Viola

 Atlas Performing Arts Center
Sat. Feb 23

Atlas Intersections Festival: Man on Fire

 Atlas Performing Arts Center
Sat. Feb 23

Atlas Intersections Festival: Next

 Atlas Performing Arts Center
Sat. Feb 23

Atlas Intersections Festival: Noc-turne

 Atlas Performing Arts Center
Sat. Feb 23

Mother Tongue Film Festival: Tiempo de Lluvia/In Times of Rain

Smithsonian National Museum of the American Indian
Sat. Feb 23

Atlas Intersections Festival: Andrew Earle Simpson: The Adventures of Prince Achmed

 Atlas Performing Arts Center
Sun. Feb 24

Atlas Intersections Festival: Bomba Pathways

Atlas Performing Arts Center
Sun. Feb 24

Atlas Intersections Festival: Dance ICONS: Through their Lens

 Atlas Performing Arts Center
Sun. Feb 24

Atlas Intersections Festival: Free Cafe Concert: Flo Anito

 Atlas Performing Arts Center
Sun. Feb 24

Atlas Intersections Festival: Free Cafe Concert: Hannah Jaye and the Hideaways

 Atlas Performing Arts Center
Sun. Feb 24

Atlas Intersections Festival: Nomad Pathways: Dance Across Time

 Atlas Performing Arts Center
Sun. Feb 24

Atlas Intersections Festival: Dances from Sweden and Israel

 Atlas Performing Arts Center
Fri. Mar 1

Atlas Intersections Festival: Colors of the World

 Atlas Performing Arts Center
Fri. Mar 1

Atlas Intersections Festival: Free Cafe Concert: Clara Delfina

Atlas Performing Arts Center
Fri. Mar 1

Atlas Intersections Festival: Offering: The Music of Gil Scott-Heron and Brian Jackson

 Atlas Performing Arts Center
Fri. Mar 1

Atlas Intersections Festival: Singer-songwriter Emily Henry in Performance

 Atlas Performing Arts Center
Fri. Mar 1

DCIFF Phillip Noyce Retrospective: Dead Calm

 The Miracle Theatre
Fri. Mar 1

DCIFF: Ordinary Gods

 The Miracle Theatre
Fri. Mar 1

Atlas Intersections Festival: Family Fun Days: Artspace Activation at Creation Station

 Atlas Performing Arts Center
Feb. 23 & Mar. 2

Atlas Intersections Festival: City at Peace

 Atlas Performing Arts Center
Sat. Mar 2

Atlas Intersections Festival: Dress Up Day

 Atlas Performing Arts Center
Sat. Mar 2

Atlas Intersections Festival: Duke Ellington’s Neighborhood

 Atlas Performing Arts Center
Sat. Mar 2

Atlas Intersections Festival: Family Fun Days Free Concert: Mr. Skip

 Atlas Performing Arts Center
Sat. Mar 2

Atlas Intersections Festival: Flamenco y Más

 Atlas Performing Arts Center
Sat. Mar 2

Atlas Intersections Festival: Instastory

 Atlas Performing Arts Center
Sat. Mar 2

Atlas Intersections Festival: Proud Outcasts: Journey of the Gypsy Soul

 Atlas Performing Arts Center
Sat. Mar 2

Atlas Intersections Festival: Sitar Arts Center

 Atlas Performing Arts Center
Sat. Mar 2

Atlas Intersections Festival: Voices of Now

Atlas Performing Arts Center
Sat. Mar 2

DCIFF: 50 Years of Filmmaking: Tricks I’ve Learnt -- A masterclass with Phillip Noyce

 Embassy of Australia
Sat. Mar 2

DCIFF: Penguin Highway

 The Miracle Theatre
Sat. Mar 2

DCIFF: Phillip Noyce Retrospective: Newsfront

 The Miracle Theatre
Sat. Mar 2

DCIFF: Phillip Noyce Retrospective: The Quiet American

 The Miracle Theatre
Sat. Mar 2

Saint Patrick’s Day Parade in Alexandria

 King St. in Old Town Alexandria
Sat. Mar 2

Atlas Intersections Festival: Fluid

 Atlas Performing Arts Center
Sun. Mar 3

Atlas Intersections Festival: Free Cafe Concert: Capital City Symphony presents The Lady Quartet

 Atlas Performing Arts Center
Sun. Mar 3

Atlas Intersections Festival: Free Workshop: Devising Puppetry with Pointless Theatre

 Atlas Performing Arts Center
Sun. Mar 3

Atlas Intersections Festival: Leather, Sand, Metal: An Audible Exploration of Tap Dance

 Atlas Performing Arts Center
Sun. Mar 3

Atlas Intersections Festival: Poetic Justice

 Atlas Performing Arts Center
Sun. Mar 3

DCIFF: Datsche

 The Miracle Theatre
Sun. Mar 3

DCIFF: Series Pilot/Episodes: Comic Drama with filmmakers attending

 The Miracle Theatre
Sun. Mar 3

DCIFF: The Five Dollar Movie with In Between Words

 The Miracle Theatre
Sun. Mar 3

DCIFF: Touched

 The Miracle Theatre
Sun. Mar 3

DCIFF: Transformistas

 Human Rights Campaign Fund
Wed. Mar 6

DCIFF: Cut Off

 Carnegie Institution for Science
Thu. Mar 7

DCIFF: WBCN and The American Revolution

 Carnegie Institution for Science
Thu. Mar 7

BLACK GIRLS ROCK! FEST™: Free Welcome Party featuring DJs Beverly Bond and MC Lyte

The Kennedy Center
Fri. Mar 8

DCIFF: Late Night Chills and Thrills: Short Fiction Films

 The Miracle Theatre
Fri. Mar 8

DCIFF: The Feminist with The Battle for Ranked Choice Voting

 The Miracle Theatre
Fri. Mar 8

DCIFF: Worlds of Ursula K. Le Guin

 Carnegie Institution for Science
Fri. Mar 8

Eat, Shop, Love! At The World Bazaar

 Silver Spring Civic Building at Veterans Plaza
Fri. Mar 8

DCIFF: Dakota

 Carnegie Institution for Science
Sat. Mar 9

DCIFF: Facing the Dragon

 Carnegie Institution for Science
Sat. Mar 9

DCIFF: FutureScapes : Short Fiction in a TechnoWorld

 Carnegie Institution for Science
Sat. Mar 9

DCIFF: High School Competition

 Carnegie Institution for Science
Sat. Mar 9

DCIFF: Pilot/Series Episode: Dramatic Action

 Carnegie Institution for Science
Sat. Mar 9

DCIFF: Rag Doll

 Carnegie Institution for Science
Sat. Mar 9

DCIFF: Animation is Art is Animation: Short Films

 Carnegie Institution for Science
Sun. Mar 10

DCIFF: Curtiz

 Carnegie Institution for Science
Sun. Mar 10

DCIFF: Documentary Shorts Selection

 Carnegie Institution for Science
Sun. Mar 10

DCIFF: LifeScapes Short Films: Challenging Connections

 Carnegie Institution for Science
Sun. Mar 10

EFF: Hostile Planet

 National Geographic
Fri. Mar 15

10th Annual Move Me Festival

 Kenmore Middle School
Sat. Mar 16

EFF: Into The Canyon

 National Geographic
Sat. Mar 16

EFF: Science Fair

 National Geographic
Sat. Mar 16

EFF: When Lambs Become Lions

 National Geographic
Sat. Mar 16

EFF: Grit

 National Geographic
Sun. Mar 17

EFF: Return to Mount Kennedy

 National Geographic
Sun. Mar 17

EFF: The Dawn Wall

 National Geographic
Sun. Mar 17

EFF: Free Solo

 National Geographic
Mon. Mar 18

EFF: Paris to Pittsburgh

 National Geographic
Tue. Mar 19

EFF: Bears Ears National Monument Encore Presentation

 National Geographic
Wed. Mar 20

EFF: Eric Moe Award Best Shorts Program

 National Geographic
Thu. Mar 21

EFF: Anthropocene: The Human Epoch

 National Geographic
Fri. Mar 22

National Cherry Blossom Festival: Pink Tie Party

 Ronald Reagan Building and International Trade Center
Fri. Mar 22

EFF: Exploring the Real World of Virtual Reality

 National Geographic
Sat. Mar 23

EFF: Ghost Fleet

 National Geographic
Sat. Mar 23

EFF: Sharkwater Extinction: Closing Night Special Presentation + Reception

 National Geographic
Sat. Mar 23

National Cherry Blossom Festival: Opening Ceremony

 Warner Theatre
Sat. Mar 23

ShamrockFest

 RFK Stadium Festival Grounds
Sat. Mar 23

National Cherry Blossom Festival: Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon, The Super Live

 Warner Theatre
Sun. Mar 24

National Cherry Blossom Festival: Kite Festival

 Washington Monument
Sat. Mar 30

National Cherry Blossom Festival: Petalpalooza

 District Waterfront
Sat. Apr 6

National Cherry Blossom Festival: Parade

 Constitution Avenue between 7th and 17th Streets
Sat. Apr 13

Mary Lou Williams Jazz Festival

 The Kennedy Center
May. 10 & 11

Festival Argentino USA

 Kenmore Middle School
Sat. May 11

Festival Argentino USA

 Kenmore Middle School
Sat. May 11

National Memorial Day Choral Festival

 The Kennedy Center
Sun. May 26

Honor vets at the Rolling Thunder Motorcycle Rally

 National Mall
Mon. May 27

National Memorial Day Concert

 West Lawn US Capitol
Mon. May 27

National Memorial Day Parade

 Constitution Avenue between 7th and 17th Streets
Tue. May 28

Mother Tongue Film Festival: The Next Guardian

 Baird Auditorium, Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History
Fri. Feb 23, 2029

Ongoing Events

Atlas Intersections Festival: Art Activation: The Immersive Quilt

 Atlas Performing Arts Center
Feb. 21 – Mar. 3

Observe the Flag-In during Memorial Day Weekend

 Arlington National Cemetery
May. 24 – 27

Witness the majesty of the Iwo Jima Memorial

 Iwo Jima Memorial - Arlington National Cemetery
May. 24 – 27
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