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This weekend
See everythingNecessary Means: Adreinne Waheed on Gathering and Power
Shaw · 9:00 AM
Necessary Means: Adreinne Waheed on Gathering and Power
Shaw · 9:00 AM
GBIV Monthly Game Night - Taproom
Right Proper Brewing (Shaw) · 4:00 PM
PI'ERRE BOURNE - MADE IN PARIS
Howard Theatre DC · 8:00 PM
Mecca Marketplace: Holiday Edit
Blackburn Ballroom · 11:00 AM
JoJo THE HIGH ROAD - 20 YEARS UNPLUGGED
Howard Theatre DC · 8:00 PM
The Amistad Poetry Workshop
Academic Support Building A (School of Communications- Behind Locke Hall) · 5:30 AM
Inaugural David Blackwell Distinguished Lecture Series- Provost Lecture Honoring David Blackwell
Shaw · 10:00 AM
Family Story Time at Goethe-Institut
Goethe-Institut · 10:30 AM
AI: The Promise, the Risks, and the Choices Ahead
Founders Library · 12:00 PM
Teaching in the Age of AI: Practical Tools for Faculty (Virtual)
Shaw · 4:00 PM
The Pineapple Thief Far and Wide Tour 2026
Howard Theatre DC · 8:00 PM
Teaching in the Age of AI: Practical Tools for Faculty (In-Person)
Stokes Health Sciences Library (Louis Stokes Health Sciences Library) · 12:00 PM
WednesDEUS - Kitchen
Right Proper Brewing (Shaw) · 4:00 PM
Trivia - Taproom
Right Proper Brewing (Shaw) · 7:00 PM
Yaelokre
Howard Theatre DC · 8:00 PM
Headroom Listening Sessions
Flash Nightclub · 1:30 PM
FOCUS: Anetha
Flash Nightclub · 5:00 PM
Fall Yard Care for Firefly-Friendly Gardens - Taproom
Right Proper Brewing (Shaw) · 5:30 PM
Dungeons & Drafts - Taproom
Right Proper Brewing (Shaw) · 6:00 PM
Gene
Howard Theatre DC · 8:00 PM
Radio Slave - Budakid
Flash Nightclub · 5:00 PM
Annual Tree Lighting Ceremony
The Yard (Upper Quad) · 5:30 PM
caroline
Howard Theatre DC · 8:00 PM
Tarot & Bloom: A Floral Workshop - Taproom
Right Proper Brewing (Shaw) · 1:00 PM
FOCUS: Ogazón - Verraco
Flash Nightclub · 5:00 PM
Nacho Redondo: Terapia de Grupo
Howard Theatre DC · 6:30 PM
Kids' Music Time - Taproom
Right Proper Brewing (Shaw) · 11:00 AM
Grits & Eggs Podcast: Coming Thru America Tour
Howard Theatre DC · 7:30 PM
Family Story Time at Reservoir Recreation Center
Reservoir Recreation Center · 10:00 AM
Toosii
Howard Theatre DC · 8:00 PM
Sina Bathaie – White Lotus World Tour | Back Together
Howard Theatre DC · 8:00 PM
FlashGiving: Steve Bug
Flash Nightclub · 5:00 PM
AmapianoDMV
Flash Nightclub · 5:00 PM
Para Presents: Viiibrations Label Showcase
Flash Nightclub · 11:00 AM
Janina - Clovis
Flash Nightclub · 5:00 PM
Elements Of House
ESL Shaw · 9:00 PM
E. LYNN HARRIS, ASHFORD & SIMPSON — INVISIBLE LIFE (THE MUSICAL) WORLD PREMIERE
Howard Theatre DC · 7:00 PM
December Flowers Watercolor Workshop - Kitchen
Right Proper Brewing (Shaw) · 6:00 PM
Matisa - Maxime dB
Flash Nightclub · 5:00 PM
Venna
Howard Theatre DC · 8:00 PM
Takuya Nakamura
Flash Nightclub · 5:00 PM
ANA GASTEYER SUGAR & BOOZE HOLIDAY SPECTACULAR
Howard Theatre DC · 7:30 PM
Plain English with Derek Thompson Live!
Howard Theatre DC · 7:30 PM
Cadence Presents LSB & Technimatic
Flash Nightclub · 5:00 PM
Parvati and Cirie: The Soulmate Tour
Howard Theatre DC · 8:00 PM
Para & Sessions Present: Vincent Antone
Flash Nightclub · 1:00 PM
FOCUS: Boston 168 - NIQI
Flash Nightclub · 5:00 PM
Premo Rice - Another Night at the Chateau Live In Concert
Howard Theatre DC · 8:00 PM
Antal - X & Ivy
Flash Nightclub · 5:00 PM
FEVER PRESENTS: BALLET OF LIGHTS
Howard Theatre DC · 4:00 PM
Key Glock: BIG5 Live!
Howard Theatre DC · 8:00 PM
Club 1BD ft. Durand Bernarr - DC
Howard Theatre DC · 8:00 PM
FOCUS: Freddy K
Flash Nightclub · 5:00 PM
Sammy Obeid
Howard Theatre DC · 6:30 PM
Para x Sessions: Parkbreezy
Flash Nightclub · 11:00 AM
YokoO
Flash Nightclub · 5:00 PM
Chad Frick
Howard Theatre DC · 8:00 PM
Candlelight: Christmas Carols on Strings
Howard Theatre DC · 6:30 PM
FOCUS: Aurora Halal - Decoder
Flash Nightclub · 5:00 PM
Alex Jean: The Welcome Home Tour
Howard Theatre DC · 8:00 PM
Brand New Day X
Flash Nightclub · 5:00 PM
Reggae Fest D.C. New Year's Eve All Black Affair
Howard Theatre DC · 10:00 PM
Dayshift: The 30's Daytime Party
Howard Theatre DC · 5:00 PM
Majah Hype
Howard Theatre DC · 8:00 PM
Kpop Club Night with DJ NARI
Howard Theatre DC · 9:00 PM
Maui The Writer - For The Lovers
Howard Theatre DC · 8:00 PM
FEVER Presents: Neon Moves by THE BLACKOUTS: A Light Dance Show Journey with 2000s Hits
Howard Theatre DC · 6:30 PM
The Womack Sisters
Howard Theatre DC · 8:00 PM
Puzzle
Howard Theatre DC · 8:00 PM
Goldcoast Ent. Presents: Queen Naija & Eric Bellinger
Howard Theatre DC · 8:00 PM
French 79 - CLOSE TO THE GIANTS
Howard Theatre DC · 8:00 PM
ROOT ENTERTAINMENT PRESENTS HIGHLIFE ON THE POTOMAC WITH THE MAESTRO KOJO ANTWI
Howard Theatre DC · 8:00 PM
Dubfire presents Dubfire20 [open-to-close]
Flash Nightclub · 5:00 PM
FLOW WORLD TOUR 2027 "ONCE IN A CENTURY" ~ANIME THE MAX!!!~
Howard Theatre DC · 7:30 PM
Will Burkart
Howard Theatre DC · 7:00 PM
Blameless: The Tour with Jackie Hill Perry
Howard Theatre DC · 7:00 PM
Pedro Capo
Howard Theatre DC · 8:00 PM
Death From Above 1979
Howard Theatre DC · 8:00 PM
Darcy & Jer: Average At Best Tour
Howard Theatre DC · 8:00 PM
Joyce Wrice – The Machiko Tour
Howard Theatre DC · 8:00 PM
Cornelius
Howard Theatre DC · 8:00 PM
Calema — Origin Tour
Howard Theatre DC · 8:00 PM
Sandra Bernhard
Howard Theatre DC · 8:00 PM
Faun
Howard Theatre DC · 8:30 PM
Hazlett
Howard Theatre DC · 8:00 PM
Foy Vance World Tour | 2026 & 2027
Howard Theatre DC · 7:00 PM
Midnight Generation
Howard Theatre DC · 8:00 PM
Enjambre
Howard Theatre DC · 8:00 PM
NSQK PRESENTS: MOSCA
Howard Theatre DC · 8:00 PM
Coming up at Howard Theatre DC
PI'ERRE BOURNE - MADE IN PARIS
JoJo THE HIGH ROAD - 20 YEARS UNPLUGGED
The Pineapple Thief Far and Wide Tour 2026
Yaelokre
Gene
caroline
Nacho Redondo: Terapia de Grupo
Grits & Eggs Podcast: Coming Thru America Tour
Toosii
Sina Bathaie – White Lotus World Tour | Back Together
E. LYNN HARRIS, ASHFORD & SIMPSON — INVISIBLE LIFE (THE MUSICAL) WORLD PREMIERE
Venna
Close by, in Downtown DC, U Street, Penn Quarter & Chinatown
Washington National Opera presents Madama Butterfly
DAR Constitution HallAmber Autry: Happy Holler Tour (Early Show)
Lincoln Theatre DCDaniel Sloss: BITTER (Brand New Tour!)
Warner Theatre DCGilla Band
The Atlantis (DC)Giant Rooks
9:30 ClubPhotographic Memory: Fifty Years of Photography
Penn Quarter & ChinatownWendy Red Star: Whispering Spirit
Penn Quarter & ChinatownDinosaurs: Land of Fire and Ice
National Children's MuseumLOTUS Sculpture
Chinatown ParkPast and Future Cities
Penn Quarter & ChinatownLanguage & Liberty: 250 Years of America
Planet Word MuseumMother Soki
DC9 NightclubPlaces in Shaw
- Howard Theatre DCTheater · 58 coming up
- Flash (DC)Nightclub · 20 coming up
- Right Proper Brewing (Shaw)Brewery · 14 coming up
- Howard University public events (arts and gatherings)University · 8 coming up
- Shaw (Watha T. Daniel) Neighborhood Library (DC Public Library)Public library · 3 coming up
- ESL ShawLounge · 1 coming up
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