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Memorial Day weekend traditions are returning with full grandeur, providing many ways to honor the men and women who paid the ultimate sacrifice while serving our country.
The National Memorial Day Concert at the Capitol will welcome an in-person audience for the first time since COVID struck, plus expect the massive Rolling to Remember motorcycle rally and tons of parades.
🌦️ Storm Team4 says Friday and Saturday are pick days for grilling and chilling. Passing showers are possible from Saturday evening into Monday. Here's the forecast.
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Outdoor Movies
🎬 Roll out the red carpet for outdoor movie season! Outside screenings can be found almost every day of the week — check out our full guide here.
A few to check out this weekend include:
- "Indiana Jones: Raiders of the Lost Ark" at The Kennedy Center (Fri.)
- "Moana" at Tysons Corner Center The Plaza (Fri.)
- "The Sandlot" at Lovettsville Town Green (Sat.)
- "Secret Life of Pets" at Reston Station Metro Plaza (Sat.)
- "Akeelah and the Bee" at National Harbor (Sun.)
- "Princess Bride" at Elk Run Winery in Mount Airy (Sun.)
DC Black Pride
📅 Fri. to Mon.
🔗 Here’s the full list of events
Back bigger and more proud than ever, DC Black Pride is a weekend packed with resource fairs, parties, brunches, a poetry slam, Pride by the River at Anacostia Park and much more. There's also Black Parent Pride
Brick City
📍 National Building Museum
📅 Fri. to Mon.
🔗 Details
You can visit New Orleans, the Roman Colosseum, even our very own Lincoln Memorial — all in Lego form — at the National Building Museum starting Saturday. Warren Elsmore, a LEGO fan since childhood, constructed BRICK CITY.
Célébrez en Rosé
📍 Merriweather Park at Symphony Woods
📅 Sun.
🔗 Details
Put on your favorite pink outfit to celebrate all things rosé, picnic-style, with Ginuwine, Jacquees, Mannie Fresh and locals UCB and DJ 5’9. It’s happening at Merriweather Park at Symphony Woods; tickets start about $130.
Place Flowers at Arlington National Cemetery
📅 Sun., 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
📍 Arlington National Cemetery
🔗 Details
Volunteers can help create a special tribute to servicemembers at Arlington National Cemetery. Sign up to participate. Volunteers will need to show a government-issued photo ID and go through a security screening.
National Memorial Day Concert
📅 Sun., 8 p.m.
📍 West Lawn of U.S. Capitol
🔗 Details
The annual Memorial Day Concert performed on the lawn of the U.S. Capitol is reopening to the public.
Trace Adkins, S. Epatha Merkerson, John Slattery, Dulé Hill, Yolanda Adams, the National Symphony Orchestra and U.S. military bands will salute servicemen and women.
Gates, located at the southwest corner of the Capitol grounds, are set to open at 5 p.m. Expect a security screening.
Memorial Day on the National Mall
📅 Monday
🔗 Details
Wreath Laying Ceremonies
- 9 a.m.: World War II Memorial
- 10 a.m.: Vietnam Women’s Memorial
- 1 p.m.: Vietnam Veterans Memorial
- 1:30 p.m.: United States Navy Memorial
- 4 p.m.: Korean War Veterans Memorial
- 2 p.m.: National Memorial Day Parade
2 p.m.: National Memorial Day Parade
5 p.m.: Taps played across the National Mall
Music Snob Concert Picks
- Airport 77s, 8:30 p.m. Saturday, The Runaway, $12-$15
Indigo De Souza, 7 p.m. Monday, 9:30 Club, $25
More Things to Do in Washington DC
- Nelly's Echo, featured on NBC's "The Voice," at the District E Block Party — Fri., Northwest D.C.
- 🌭 Hi-Lawn Rooftop Grill-Out & Picnic Party — Fri. to Mon., Union Market, 💸🚫
- 🛍 AANHPI Heritage Month Pop-Up Market — Sat., The Outrage (Northwest), 💸🚫
- 🤘 White Ford Bronco Quinceanera — Sat., The Bullpen, 💲💲
- 🎤 Laugh Tracks: comedy, drag, vogue live music — Sat., Capitol Cider House, 💲
- 🐇 Eat ME Alice! An Adults Only version of Alice in Wonderland — Sat., Crazy Aunt Helen's (Southeast), 💲
- 🛍 The Little Mermaid: Black Is Beautiful Art Market — Sat., metrobar (NE), 💸🚫
- "Barry Farm" screening with Junkyard Band go-go performance — Sun., MLK Library (Northwest D.C.), 💸🚫
Events to Honor Memorial Day:
- 🏍 Rolling to Remember — Fri. to Sun.
- 🌹 USAA Poppy Wall — Fri. to Sun., National Mall, 💸🚫
More Things to Do in Maryland
- 🪕 DelFest — Thurs. to Sun., Cumberland, 💲💲💲💲+
- 🍷 Caribbean Festival at Linganore Wine Cellars — Sat. and Sun., Mt. Airy, 💲💲💲
- 🎺 U.S. Army Band "Pershing's Own" Concert — Sat., National Harbor, 💸🚫
More Things to Do in Virginia
- 🛡️ Memorial Day at the National Army Museum —Fri. to Mon., Fort Belvoir, 💸🚫
🌷 Lovettsville's Mayfest — Sat., 💸🚫 - 🎡 ViVa! Vienna! fair & carnival — Sat. and Sun., Historic Vienna, 💸🚫
- 🌳 Art in Nature Festival — Sat. and Sun., Chantilly, 💲💲
- 🍓 Strawberry Jubilee Fest — Sat. to Mon., Bluemont, 💲
- ⚔️ Virginia Renaissance Faire — Weekends through 6/10, Spotsylvania Courthouse, 💲
- 🚒 Falls Church Memorial Day Parade & Festival —Mon., 💸🚫
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