Disney and Pixar's Coco comes to life in a live-to-film concert at Joseph Meyerhoff Symphony Hall on Sunday, October 25, 2026, at 3:00 PM — the Orquesta Folclórica Nacional de México performing the film's Oscar-winning score live as the complete movie plays on a large screen above the stage, conducted by Esin Aydingoz. This is […]
The Maryland Port Administration hosts the annual Port of Baltimore Open House at the Cox Creek Dredged Material Containment Facility, 1000 Kembo Road, Curtis Bay, MD 21226 — typically held on a Saturday in mid-to-late October from 10:00 AM to 2:00 PM, giving local citizens the opportunity to learn about the Port of Baltimore and […]
Stamp & Scream — the National Postal Museum's annual family Halloween festival — takes place Friday, October 31, 2026, from 11:00 AM to 3:00 PM at 2 Massachusetts Avenue NE, Washington, DC 20002, directly adjacent to Union Station. The event is free and requires no registration. Activities include spooky stamp crafts, seasonal story times, hands-on […]
Night of the Living Zoo — the Smithsonian National Zoo's adults-only Halloween party — runs Friday, October 24 and Saturday, October 25, 2026, from 7:00 to 11:00 PM at the National Zoo, 3001 Connecticut Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20008. The after-hours event transforms the zoo into a Halloween celebration featuring eight open cocktail bars, circus […]
My Hero Academia in Concert plays the Joseph Meyerhoff Symphony Hall in Baltimore on Friday, October 16, 2026 at 7:30 PM — a 15-piece live band performing series composer Yuki Hayashi's iconic score synchronized with breathtaking scenes from all eight seasons of the globally acclaimed anime, projected on a large screen above the stage. The […]
Air & Scare — the Smithsonian's annual family Halloween celebration — takes place Saturday, October 24, 2026, from 10:00 AM to 3:00 PM at the National Air and Space Museum's Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center, 14390 Air and Space Museum Parkway, Chantilly, VA 20151. Admission is free. Parking is $15 per vehicle. The indoor portion requires […]
Late Night: Haunted Hall takes place Wednesday, October 29, 2026 at the National Building Museum, 401 F Street NW, Washington, DC 20001 — one night only. The event transforms the museum's cavernous Great Hall — 75-foot ceilings, massive Corinthian columns, the site of presidential inaugural balls since 1885 — into a Halloween experience featuring silent […]
Drunk Dracula — from the creators of Drunk Shakespeare — runs at The Sage Theatre in Washington, DC from September 16 through November 7, 2026 at 1100 13th Street NW, Suite 105, DC 20005. One actor takes five shots of whiskey and attempts an epic retelling of Bram Stoker's Dracula. The result is 90 minutes […]
The Baltimore Symphony Orchestra performs Alfred Hitchcock's Psycho in Concert at Joseph Meyerhoff Symphony Hall on Friday, October 30 at 7:30 PM and Sunday, November 1 at 3:00 PM, 2026. Conductor Nicholas Hersh leads the BSO in a live performance of Bernard Herrmann's legendary strings-only score — ranked in the American Film Institute's Top 5 […]
