Bastille Day celebration at Le Diplomate. Photo courtesy of Le Diplomate.
Bastille Day. Celebrate French independence at Bastille Day celebration at the French Embassy (Fri, $180+, Georgetown), Bastille Day in the park (Sat, $5+, Tenleytown), or the celebration of Le Diplomate (Thurs & Sat, Free, Logan Circle)—the latter comes complete with face painting and an accordion player.
- Holiday food and drink. If you’re a fan of French food, eat your way through your vacation at Bastille Day at Bistro Cacao (Thursday, $60, Stanton Park), the Bastille Day celebration at the restaurant Mr. Henry’s (Thursday, $15, Capitol Hill), or a Cooking concert on Bastille Day (Thursday, $99, Arlington). You can also enjoy a drink at a Bastille Day Champagne Cruise (Thursday, $85, Fells Point), a French wine tasting (Sat, $45, Capitol Hill), or at a Wine tasting on Bastille Day (Thursday, $95, virtual).
- Lots of tours. You can also attend a tour of famous French Americans (Thursday, $23, downtown) or a Tour de France Watch Party (Thu, free, Edgewood).
Children’s corner. Take your kids for a night at the museum at Smithsonian Nighttime Adventures (Fri, $70+, National Mall) or, for daytime fun, Summer Fun at the Reston Museum (Sat, free, Reston). For educational fun, drop your kids off at a mini-lesson about bees (Sat, free, Georgetown), Apple Camp (Sat & Sun, free, Georgetown), a Graphics workshop (Sat, $16, Dupont Circle), or Introverted Kids Day (Sat, free but registration required, Anacostia).
Movies this week. Grab some snacks and head outside to see An accident (Wed, free, National Arboretum), In the heights (Thu, Free, Mosaic District), Remember the Titans (Wednesday, free, Cleveland Park), Summer of Soul (Sat, free, Arlington), Jaws (Sat, Free, Capitol Hill), or The Warriors (Tuesday, free, downtown), everything for free. If you are looking for kid-friendly movies, you can watch them Cloudy with a chance for meatballs (Sun, freely, National Port), Mulan (Fri, free, Arlington), Moana (Sat, Free, Capitol Hill), or The Goonies (Wednesday, free, Colombia).
Find a workout buddy. Sweat and enjoy the weather Outdoor Voices yoga class (Sun, Free, Georgetown), low impact class at Fessenden Park (Sat, $15, Tenleytown), Yoga classes at The Wharf (Tues & Sun, free, The Wharf), social running (Tues, off, Navy Yard), Cuban salsa class (Sat, $15, Chevy Chase), skating lessons (Tues., $10, Anacostia), or one of the many National Landings outdoor exercise classes (Mon, Tue, Wed, Sun, free, national landing). If you’re feeling adventurous, you can continue Ghosts of the Potomac Kayak Tour (Wednesday, $105+, Nanjemoy), a Women’s hike in White Oak Canyon (Wed, $75+, Fairfax), DC bike tour (Thursday, $0+, Navy Yard), or take a climbing Annapolis Rocks (Fri, $140+, Bethesda).
Have a great shopping day. Winter is coming early this year Christmas market in July (Sat, free, Petworth). You can shop more at Sale and display of Caribbean clothing (Sat & Sun, free, Cardozo), Shop with Neighbors pop-up (Sat, free, Navy Yard), Pop-Up and Grow Market (Sat & Sun, $75+, Waldorf), or Half Street Central Farm Market (Sat, free Navy Yard). And if you want to give back, browse Ukrainian art at the Ukrainian Art Benefit Show, which opens this week (opens Thursday, free, Georgetown).
Entertainment and food. There are lots of fun events this week including Spies and Spymasters Cocktail Party (Thursday, $100, c Plaza), Pop-up on Sommer Street (Fri, Free, Petworth), Celebrating 10 years of El Chucha (Mon, $30, Columbia Heights), NaLa on Fridays in the park (Fri., free, National Landing), Bouquet making and diary keeping workshop (Sun., $50, Tenleytown), Hop Hop Old School Bar Crawl (Sat, $10+, multiple locations), and Brown Bag Poetry (Thursday, free with admission, Penn Quarter). You can also play the game Pull the bingo (Tuesday, free, NOMA), enjoy cocktails and interesting company at the promotional party at ARTECHOUS (Thursday, $15+, child), or go to Dragnimaged show (Fri, free, NOMA).
Learn something new. Check out the DC inspired art at opening of Washington Landscapes (Thu, free, Spring Valley), enjoy the full moon with a DC night tour (Tuesday, $20, National Mall), put on your detective hat and explore the city in the live action Clue game (Sat, $20), or attend virtually 60 years of Bond, James Bond (chat, free, virtual) to learn all about popular movies. You can also go to Tour of the army, matriarchs and monuments (Sat, $0+, National Mall) to discover more about the DC memorials, learn more about access to abortion at the Operation Save Abortion Watch community discussion and party (Sun, $15+, free for members, Cardozo), mingle with Chinese political leaders and activists at the Chinese-American Convention (Thursday and Saturday, $150+, Adams Morgan), or explore the lives of Japanese-American soldiers during World War II (Mon, Wed, Fri, free, center).
For sports fans. The Nationals are at home this week, so you can catch a baseball game (Tues-Sun, $9+, Navy Yard). If you are more of a hockey fan, you can head to Washington Capitals open house and controversy (Fri, free, Penn Quarter) at Capital One Arena.
Fairs and festivals. Experience live performances, eat food, drink wine, visit vendors and more at Fiesta Asia Street Fair (Sat, free, National Mall), Lake Arbor Jazz Festival (Sat, $60+, Mitchellville),Capital Fringe Fest (Thu-Sun, $15+, Georgetown), NOVELA South Capitol Bloc Party (Sat, free, Navy Yard), and Purcellville Wine and Food Festival (Sat, $5+, Purcellville).
Calling all bookworms. Go to a book talk with authors like CJ Hauser (Sat, Free, Chevy Chase), Isabel Kaplan (Sat, Free, Chevy Chase), Barbara Graham (Sat, Free, Chevy Chase), Ginny Hogan (Fri, free, Union Market), Malcom Nance (Fri, Free, Chevy Chase), Sarah Horowitz (Sri, take it easy, Chevy Chase), Mr. Elliot Morris (slot, free, Chevy Chase), Jamie Susskind (Mon, Free, Chevy Chase), Shelley Sackier (Tues, Free, Dupont Circle), and Tom Wetzel (Fri, free, Lanier Heights).
