Free Events: Family Events
On a budget and looking for something to do with the kids? Find free activities to do with them including concerts, performances and hands-on activities.
49 performances · 3 ongoing events
Performances
Summerbration Fun Brunch: Face Painter, Balloon Twister, Juggler
Reston StationSun. Aug 25
Summerbration Fun Brunch: Interactive Theater Of Jef
Reston StationSun. Aug 18
Summerbration Fun Brunch: Rocknoceros
Reston StationSat. Aug 24
Wildlife Ambassadors: Wild Life/Wild Art at Lubber Run Amphitheater
Lubber Run AmphitheaterSun. Aug 25
Mad Science of DC at Lubber Run Amphitheater
Lubber Run AmphitheaterSun. Sep 8
The Great Zucchini at Lubber Run Amphitheater
Lubber Run AmphitheaterSun. Sep 15
Fall Plant Sale and Picnic
Tudor Place Historic House and GardenSun. Sep 29
Engineering 101
College Park Aviation MuseumSep. 21, 2019 – Jan. 19, 2020
NSO Orchestra: Labor Day Capitol Concert 2019
West Lawn US CapitolSun. Sep 1
Olde Towne Gaithersburg Labor Day Parade
Olde TowneMon. Sep 2
Hill Center’s Annual Family Day + Concert
Hill Center at the Old Naval HospitalSun. Sep 29
Lake Anne Jazz and Blues Festival
Lake Anne PlazaSat. Aug 31
Oktoberfest
Arts BarnSun. Oct 13
Migration and Displacement Themed Story Time
Smithsonian National Postal MuseumAug. 19 – 26
Signature Theatre's Open House
Signature TheatreSun. Aug 18
Mi Casa, Su Casa: A Migration Celebration
College Park Aviation MuseumSat. Sep 21
Free Community Day: September
National Museum of Women in the ArtsSun. Sep 1
Pokeman: Detective Pikachu
Greenbelt Community CenterTue. Aug 20
Family Day at the AU Museum
American University Museum at the Katzen Arts CenterSat. Oct 19
Young Portrait Explorers: Maurice Sendak
Smithsonian National Portrait GalleryMon. Aug 26
Portrait Story Days: Juliette Gordon Low
Smithsonian National Portrait GallerySat. Aug 31
Portrait Story Days: Charles Lindbergh
Smithsonian National Portrait GalleryAug. 24 & 25
Community Open House
Round House TheatreSat. Aug 24
LOC National Book Festival: R.J. Palacio, Children's Purple Stage
Walter E. Washington Convention CenterSat. Aug 31
LOC National Book Festival: Conversation: Finding Their Voices, Teens
Walter E. Washington Convention CenterSat. Aug 31
Young Portrait Explorers: Celia Cruz
Smithsonian National Portrait GallerySep. 9 & 23
Morning with the Girl Scouts
Smithsonian National Portrait GallerySat. Nov 23
¡Muévete! Hispanic Heritage Month Community Day
Robert and Arlene Kogod CourtyardSat. Sep 28
Young Portrait Explorers: Frida Kahlo
Smithsonian National Portrait GalleryOct. 13 & 28
Young Portrait Explorers: American Indian Heritage Month
Smithsonian National Portrait GalleryNov. 18 & 25
Museum Day
National Museum of Women in the ArtsSat. Sep 21
Free Community Day: October
National Museum of Women in the ArtsSun. Oct 6
Free Community Day: November
National Museum of Women in the ArtsSun. Nov 3
Free Community Day: December
National Museum of Women in the ArtsSun. Dec 1
Young Learners Tour: Animal Adventure
National Museum of Women in the ArtsSat. Oct 19
Young Learners Program: Read for the Record 2019
National Museum of Women in the ArtsThu. Nov 7
Young Learners Tour: Spotting Shapes and Looking for Lines
National Museum of Women in the ArtsSat. Dec 14
Young Learners Tour: Color-Full Fun
National Museum of Women in the ArtsSat. Feb 15, 2020
Fiesta de los Reyes Magos (Three Kings Day)
GALA Hispanic TheatreSun. Jan 5, 2020
Flamenco en Familia
GALA Hispanic TheatreSat. Nov 9
SCHOOL'S OUT!: Spider-Man: Into the Spider Verse
Greenbelt Community CenterTue. Aug 27
Storytime On Screen
Greenbelt Community CenterMon. Aug 26
Mini Makers Book Cover Edition
The Art LeagueWed. Aug 21
Project ChArma
Dance PlaceThu. Sep 26
Shake Up Your Saturday: How to be a Shakespearean Actor
Folger TheatreSat. Sep 14
Shake Up Your Saturday: Supernatural Shakespeare
Folger TheatreSat. Oct 5
Shake Up Your Saturday: Courtly Greetings and Country Meetings
Folger TheatreSat. Nov 2
Shake Up Your Saturday: I Take My Leave
Folger TheatreSat. Dec 7
Open Studio
Smithsonian National Portrait GallerySep. 6 – 27
Ongoing Events
Story Time in our Explore! Family Space
Smithsonian National Portrait GalleryTue, Wed, Thu & Fri
Day of the Dead Festival
Smithsonian National Museum of the American IndianNov. 1 – 3
Installation of the Treaty of Fort Stanwix, 1784
Smithsonian National Museum of the American IndianOct. 17, 2019 – Apr. 15, 2020
