The Big Dill Pickle Festival — officially The Big Dill, "The World's Largest Pickle Party" — returns to Power Plant Live! on Saturday, September 19, 2026, from noon to 8 PM, marking its seventh straight sold-out year in the city where it all started back in 2019. With 100+ pickle varieties, a new 25-foot inflatable […]
The Baltimore Book Festival returns to Waverly Saturday–Sunday, September 19–20, 2026, from 10 AM to 6 PM — free, six blocks of booksellers, authors, and readings, in a neighborhood where the festival itself is refreshingly direct about the transportation reality: streets close for days, and you're encouraged to leave your car at home. (Note: earlier […]
Rugby's Greatest Rivalry comes to the United States for the first time ever on Saturday, September 12, 2026, as the South Africa Springboks face the New Zealand All Blacks at M&T Bank Stadium — the fourth and final Test of a touring series held once every four years, and a genuinely historic sporting event for […]
Art All Night DC 2026 takes place Friday, September 11 and Saturday, September 12, 2026, with free arts programming spread across all eight wards of Washington, D.C. Now in its 15th year, the festival drew more than 250,000 attendees and 1,200+ artists in 2025. Because Art All Night happens across multiple neighborhoods simultaneously — not […]
The Anne Arundel County Fair runs Wednesday, September 16 through Sunday, September 20, 2026, at the Anne Arundel County Fairgrounds, 1450 Generals Highway (Route 178) in Crownsville, Maryland. Now in its 74th year, the fair draws around 35,000 visitors over five days — and the good news for anyone driving in is that parking is […]
The 60th Annual Fell's Point Fun Festival takes over six blocks of Baltimore's historic waterfront Friday, October 2 through Sunday, October 4, 2026 — a full weekend, not a single day, with 225+ vendors, live music, and free admission. It's also a festival that closes real streets for real time, with the city explicitly recommending […]
The DC area sits within a few hours of six real ski resorts — from a quick 75-mile hop to south-central Pennsylvania up to a full 180-mile trip to Deep Creek Lake. None of this is Colorado-scale terrain, but there's genuine skiing, snowboarding, and tubing within range for a day trip or a full weekend, […]
Harpers Ferry is about 55–60 miles from Washington DC, roughly 1 hour 24 minutes to 1 hour 31 minutes by car — close enough for a genuine day trip, and rich enough in hiking, river views, and Civil War-era history to fill one completely. There's also a real train option, though it comes with a […]
Gettysburg from DC: Gettysburg is roughly 79–86 miles from Washington DC, about 1 hour 30 minutes to 1 hour 54 minutes by car via US-15 — close enough for a genuine day trip, with enough history at the battlefield to easily fill that time. Here's the real distance, what's actually worth seeing, and how to […]
