47 Issues to Do in DC This August: Concert events, Performs, Displays

Pleased August, DC!

Summer season is wrapping up, however there’s nonetheless time to see an out of doors opera, go to The Weeknd live performance at Northwest Stadium, and faucet your ft to the sounds of one other rhythmic DC Jazz Competition.

10 Greatest Issues to Do in DC

by Pat Padua

Music

The Weeknd

August 2

His current movie, Hurry Up Tomorrow, was a essential and business flop. Good factor he’s nonetheless doing what he’s good at: taking part in his massive assortment of profitable hits in entrance of an enormous crowd.

Panel Dialogue

Twin Peaks: Dialog With the Stars

August 4

Auteur David Lynch died in January, and you’ll have a good time his crowning tv achievement by attending this dialog with a few of the present’s stars, together with Sheryl Lee and Ray Clever (above).

Books

David Levithan and Jens Lekman

August 7

Writer Levithan teamed up with Swedish singer-songwriter Lekman for a brand new novel, Songs for Different Folks’s Weddings. One wrote the story (a few wedding ceremony singer who pens unique songs for each couple that hires him); the opposite wrote and recorded 16 unique tunes, which include the e book by way of a QR-code obtain.

Music

Ukefest

August 9–13

The ukulele isn’t taken as severely because the violin or guitar, however its tinkly timbre has helped earn the quirky stringed instrument main cult standing. This annual gathering of the uke trustworthy options 17 hours of lessons, a slew of jam periods, and a school live performance.

Opera

Carmen

August 15

Composer Georges Bizet by no means went to Spain, however his basic opera depicts for a lot of the nation’s definitive romantic soul, its very identify capable of ship one right into a buzzing, dancing reverie.

Books

Scott McGill and Susannah Wright

August 19

After the much-discussed current translation of The Iliad by Emily Wilson, now there’s a revitalization of one other historical epic, The Aeneid. This one is a collaborative effort from Rice College professors McGill and Wright; the introduction is, appropriately, by Wilson.

Theater

Parade

August 19–September 7

This Tony-winning musical relies on the true story of Leo and Lucille Frank, a Jewish couple who lived within the deep South greater than a century in the past. Their lives are upended when Leo is accused of a heinous crime.

State festivals aren’t simply locations for gross meals and gigantic produce: This exhibit options greater than 200 artworks created for festivals from the nineteenth century to the current. There may also be dwell demonstrations, together with a life-size butter cow made onsite by the official butter sculptor of the Iowa State Honest.

Music

DC Jazz Competition

August 27–31

Highlights at this annual celebration embrace massive names (Ron Carter, above, Branford Marsalis) and homegrown expertise (the String Queens, who all work in DC public faculties). One to not miss: the Solar Ra Arkestra, led by 101-years-young Marshall Allen.

Music

Afro Plus Fest

August 31

Nigerian star Asake (above), who merges Afro­pop with hip-hop, is among the worldwide headliners at this competition devoted to the assorted rhythms of the African diaspora, together with highlife, fusion, and Caribbean sounds. Additionally on the invoice: rapper Gunna, Trinidadian singer Machel Montano, and extra.

Again to Prime

Need Extra Issues to Do?

by Briana Thomas

Arts and tradition:

• View 14 movies from 14 international locations at African Diaspora Worldwide Movie Competition (August 1-3, $45+, George Washington College).
• Bestselling authors Jason Reynolds and Kennedy Ryan chat about their newest books at Black Books Matter Fest (August 2, free, Nationwide Harbor).
• Washington soccer legends Mark Rypien, Gary Clark, and Chip Lohmiller board Metropolis Cruises to relive their 1991 championship with followers (August 2, $80, Wharf).
• Observe how artists have documented the nation’s landscapes over the previous 200 years within the new exhibition “American Landscapes in Watercolor from the Corcoran Assortment” (opens August 2, free, Nationwide Gallery of Artwork).
• Watch the Better of the Thomas Edison Movie Competition’s animations, documentaries, and extra flicks on the Nationwide Gallery of Artwork (August 2-3, free, Nationwide Gallery of Artwork).
• Sing karaoke and play phrase video games at Planet Phrase’s Wordplay Wednesday (August 6, $5+, Downtown).
• Manga, anime, and popular culture geeks can attend this 12 months’s Otakon (August 8-10, $40+, free for youngsters youthful than 8, Walter Washington Conference Heart).
• Younger grownup and youth authors Roseanne A. Brown and Namina Forna deliver The Studying Lounge to DC (August 31, $5+, Downtown).

Neighborhood and heritage:

• Help small farmers, and find out about agriculture on the The Nice American Farmers Market (August 3-8, free, Nationwide Mall).
• Craft a flower crown, take swing dance classes, and partake in different actions at President Lincoln’s Cottage’s Strawberry Soirée (August 9, $65, Northwest DC).

Theater:

• Play On remixes Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night time with Duke Ellington jazz tunes set in Harlem, New York, at Signature Theatre (August 12 by way of October 5, $47+, Arlington).

Reveals and performances:

• Comic and actor Pete Holmes does standup at Lincoln Theater (August 22, $45+, U Avenue Hall).
• Watch the Washington Nationwide Opera’s screening of Porgy and Bess at Opera within the Outfield (August 23, free, Nationals Park).
• Magicians Eric Jones, Lucy Darling, and extra performers arrive on the town for an additional DC Competition of Magic (August 30 by way of September 1, $17+, Downtown).
• Expertise the joy and artwork of drag at RuPaul’s Drag Race “Werq The World” tour (August 30, $68+, Wharf).

Music:

• Rejoice the discharge of DC goth band Cemetery Intercourse’s debut album at DC9 Membership (August 2, $19, Shaw).
• Techno DJ Hiroko Yamamura spins upbeat mixes at Echostage (August 2, $34+, Langdon).
• The Englishtown Challenge pays tribute to ’70s band Grateful Useless at The Hamilton Dwell (August 7, 26+, Downtown).
• Tickets are promoting quick for Broccoli Metropolis’s DJ block get together on the Bullpen (August 9, $45, Navy Yard).
• Latin dance competition DCBX is again with a multi-day showcase of dwell music and dance events (August 14-18, $46+, Downtown).
• DC pop-rock group Fairly Bitter is dwell in live performance to advertise their new album, Pleaser (August 16, $20, Shaw).
• R&B singer Lady Extremely performs dwell at Pearl Avenue Warehouse (August 16, $26+, Wharf).
• Acoustic music legend James Taylor performs at Wolf Entice (August 21, 23-24, $79+, Vienna).
• Native punk duo Teen Mortgage be part of Glitterer’s present at Black Cat (August 22, $25, Shaw).
• Snag a ticket to vocalist D4vd’s two-night live performance at The Fillmore Silver Spring (August 23-24, $49+, Silver Spring).
• DC’s personal Soul Meets Physique band blends pop and hardcore melodies at Songbyrd Music Home (August 24,  $18+, Union Market).
• Rising country-pop artist Jessie Murph units out on a world tour to advertise her upcoming challenge Worldwide Hysteria (August 27, $62, Wharf).
• Slutbomb headlines the tenth anniversary live performance for hardcore and metallic music promoters Home Terror (August 30, $15+, Union Market).
• Tickets to see native R&B singer Raheem Devaughn at Birchmere Music Corridor are promoting quick (August 30-31, $149+, Alexandria).

Issues to do with children:

• All ages can play video games, groove to music, and see dwell performances at Area Stage Neighborhood Day (August 23, free, Southwest DC).

Bites and drinks:

• Carry a garden chair and blanket to take pleasure in wine and jazz at Marietta Home Museum (August 2, $10, Glenn Dale).
• Devour low cost eats from greater than 150 collaborating eating places throughout Summer season Restaurant Week (August 18-24, $25+, numerous collaborating places).

A model of this text seems within the Might 2025 situation of Washingtonian.