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For now, check out these great things to do around D.C. this weekend.
Dining deals
Fire up your go-to reservation platform because we’re living in our Restaurant Week era.
Alexandria Restaurant Week runs through Sunday. Some José Andrés restaurants and Ambar are already offering deals. Here are more details.
D.C.’s big Summer Restaurant Week officially starts Mon. and goes through Sun., Sept. 3 (yep, including part of Labor Day weekend). Make reservations now at dozens of eateries in the District, Maryland and Virginia.
Whether you want to see who’s getting creative (Tonari has a menu inspired by Hulu series "The Bear") or reconnect with longtime favorites (like Perry’s or Pennyroyal Station), our full guide has more than two dozen options.
Maryland Renaissance Festival
📅 Weekends from 8/26 to 10/22
📍 Annapolis
💲 $12 (children), $21 (senior) and $24 (adult) through 9/10
🔗 Details
Hear ye, hear ye! Jousting, royal intrigue, giant turkey legs and performers showing off everything from stunts to Shakespeare to merry tunes return to Revel Grove this weekend.
Pro tips: Bring plenty of cash; most vendors don’t accept plastic. Go early to rent a costume. Try the pork chop on a stick.
And FYI, prices go up beginning the weekend of 9/16.
Around the World Cultural Food Fest
📅 Sat., 11 a.m. to 7 p.m.
📍 Oronoco Bay Park
💲 Free entry
🔗 Details
Sample food from around the globe along the waterfront in Alexandria.
You’ll find vendors selling more than 100 unique food items from sixteen countries; folk dance; music and an artisan and crafter marketplace.
National Cinema Day
📅 Sun.
🔗 Details
“Oppenheimer,” “Barbie” and “Blue Beetle” for $4 each? National Cinema Day is back Sun. with cheap tickets to major releases. Find listings near you here. Plus, Angelika, Regal and AMC are sweetening the deal with concession discounts.
Fairwood Music Festival
📅 Sun., 1-6 p.m.
📍 Fairwood Community Park in Bowie
🔗 Details
Send off one of Prince George’s most popular summer performance series with a full afternoon of music.
The lineup includes Billboard-charting contemporary jazz performer Marcus Johnson, Maryland-based and horn-heavy funk group The 8 Ohms Band, local choruses and the band Black History, which blends West African storytelling and rap.
More things to do in D.C.
- Friday Night Fishing: Fri., Diamond Teague Park, free but registration recommended (Here's our preview)
- That’s So Vintage Pop-Up Market: Sat., 11 a.m. to 5 p.m., Union Market, $0-$20, ticket required
- BBQ & Barrels: Sat., Nationals Park, $75
- Distrito Music Fest: Sat., Union Stage, $35+
- Underground Comedy: Sun., Wonderland Ballroom, free
More things to do in Maryland
- 😋 Alexandria Restaurant Week: Through Sun.
- Dog Days of Summer at Lost Boy Cider: Sat., 1-6 p.m., free entry (FYI: Adoption event supporting Animal Welfare League of Alexandria)
- “All Stirred Up” book talk for Women’s Equality Day: Sat., 2 p.m., Lorton, free
- Family Fest Leesburg: Sat., noon to 4 p.m., Leesburg, free
- Meet Princess Moana at a “Moana” screening: Sat., Reston, free
More things to do in Virginia
- 👩🎨 SANA(A) opening reception: Fri., 6:30-8 p.m., Pyramid Atlantic Arts Center in Hyattsville, free (Exhibition open 8/25-9/24)
- Liberty Mills Farm Sunflower Festival: Sat. and Sun., plus Labor Day Weekend, Somerset, Virginia, $10-15 for adult tickets
- Kensington Community Block Party: Sat., 2-4 p.m., Kensington House Lawn, free
- Capital Wheel: Dogs ride free: Sat., National Harbor, free
- National Dog Day at Bark Social: Sat., Bethesda, day pass starts at $14.99 (FYI: Grab a free pup cup, drink deals 3 p.m. to close and a discount on an annual membership)
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