Your May 2024 DMV Event Guide
100+ social, cultural and wellness events and things to do in D.C., Maryland and Northern Virginia celebrating Cinco de Mayo, Mother's Day, AAPI Heritage Month, DC Black Pride and Memorial Day Weekend
Happy May!
Last updated 5/10/24
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Cinco de Mayo
5/1-5: District Alley Celebrates Cinco de Mayo (H Street and U Street)
5/4: Tacos and Tequila (Edgewood)
5/4: Tequila Crawl (H Street)
5/4: On Cinco U Drinko (U Street)
5/4: Cinco de Cuatro (Georgetown)
5/4: Margarita Stroll (Dupont Circle)
5/5: Latin American Street Food Festival (Eastern Market)
5/5: SH x Milagro Tequila Brunch (Adams Morgan)
5/5: Cinco De Mayo Karaoke (The Wharf)
5/5: Single De Mayo (Downtown)
5/5: Margarita Day Rager (U Street)
5/5: Patron Takeover (Ivy City)
5/5: Sippin’ on Sundaze (National Harbor)
Mother’s Day
5/5: Spring Vibes and Flow DC: Mother's Day & Mimosas (Navy Yard)
5/5: Mother’s Day Pampering Party (Beltsville)
5/12: Bloom & Bond (Beltsville)
5/12: Black Mothers March (National Mall)
5/12: Mother’s Day Drag Brunch (Ivy City)
5/12: Motherless Mother’s Day Yoga Workshop (Downtown)
5/12: Mother’s Day Flower Arranging Workshop (Eckington)
DC Black Pride
5/22: Black Pride Weekend Meet & Greet (Adams Morgan)
5/23: Sneaker Ball for Mental Health and Wellness (Logan Circle)
5/23: DC Black Queer Women Happy Hour (U Street)
5/24-27: DC Black Pride (Various)
5/24: The OTHER Party (Downtown)
5/25: DC Black Pride Day Party (Ivy City)
5/26: Recess Kickball (Brookland)
5/26: Category Opulence (Adams Morgan)
AANHPI Heritage Month
All May: DC Public Library celebrates AAPI Month (Various)
5/1-14: National Museum of Asian Art Centennial (National Mall)
5/4: Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month Celebration (Fort Washington)
5/11: May Family Day (National Mall)
5/18: Fiesta Asia Street Fair (National Mall)
5/19-20: Everything, Everyone, All the Food at Once Fest (The Wharf)
5/21: Asian Festival on Main (Fairfax)
5/28: AANHPI Heritage Month Trivia (Penn Quarter)
Happy Hours & After Work
5/1 (and every Wednesday): Adulting Wednesdays (Shaw)
5/3 (and every first Friday): First Fridays (National Harbor)
5/8: Haitian Flag Day Social (Baltimore)
5/11: Kicks & Cocktails (National Harbor)
5/16: If These Walls Could Talk (Adams Morgan)
5/17: CanYouDigIt? (Langdon)
5/18: The Breakdown (Mount Vernon Square)
Socials & Mixers
5/1: Friend of a Friend Social (Bloomingdale)
5/4: Black Women Making Friends (Arlington)
5/23: The Reset (Downtown)
5/24-26: The Buffalo DC Connection (Various)
Day & Brunch Parties
5/4: The DC Derby (Capitol Hill)
5/4: Everything Nice DC (Ivy City)
5/4 (and every Saturday): Lost Brunch x Day Party (U Street)
5/4: Fete En Apreme Sneaker Edition (Silver Spring)
5/4: The Night Brunch (Baltimore)
5/5: Vibes on 14th (U Street)
5/5: Cowboy Carter Day Party (Penn Quarter)
5/5: Litty in the City (The Wharf)
5/11: Beautiful Bliss (U Street)
5/11: Amapiano to the World (Silver Spring)
5/18: Alpha Preakness (Baltimore)
5/18: Grandiose White (Dupont Circle)
5/19: Deep Sugar Rooftop Jam (Baltimore)
5/26: Decades Roller Skating Party (Anacostia)
5/26: Cigars & Friends (National Harbor)
Night Parties
5/2: High Priority (Downtown)
5/2: Who Hurt You!? RNB Thursdays (U Street)
5/2: Boom Boom Room (Cardozo)
5/2: Peppa Sauce (U Street)
5/2 (and every Thursday): Every Other Thursday (Silver Spring)
5/3 (and every Friday): Gazuza Fridays (Dupont Circle)
5/3: Nights Like This (Mt. Vernon Square)
5/3: Y2K Nollywood Party (Silver Spring)
5/3: Techno in the Park (Reed Cooke)
5/3: The Basement R&B Party (Langdon)
5/3: Drunk N Love (Ivy City)
5/3: Take Me Out the Club (The Wharf)
5/4: +CloseFriends DC (Downtown)
5/4: Silent Pajama Jam (H Street)
5/4: No Standing Room (Adams Morgan)
5/4: Room Service (Adams Morgan)
5/4: The Kodak Experience (H Street)
5/4: Soca with FRNDS (Ivy City)
5/5 (and every Sunday): RumPunch Sundays (Baltimore)
5/5: The Funset (Edgewood)
5/9: Stay in Contact (Adams Morgan)
5/10: Hot in Herre (Le Droit Park)
5/10: Front Room Fridays (Adams Morgan)
5/10: Get Busy (H Street)
5/11: Serotonin (Adams Morgan)
5/11: 90s/00s Dancehall/Reggae/Soca (Cardozo)
5/17: Frnds Only: DC (Downtown)
5/24: South House vs. Naija House (The Wharf)
5/25: Caribbean Revolution Tour (H Street)
5/25: The Set (Shaw)
Festivals
5/2-5: MD Film Fest (Baltimore)
5/3-4: International City Food Festival (Downtown)
5/3-4: Star Wars Weekend (Barracks Row)
5/3-5: DC Boat Shows (National Harbor)
5/4: SpringTime Festival (Anacostia)
5/4: Around the World Embassy Tour (Various)
5/4: PorchFest (Adams Morgan)
5/9-27: Wine Village (Baltimore)
5/18: Haitian Flag Day Parade (Wheaton)
5/18-19: 4 the Cool in You Wine and Music Festival (La Plata)
5/18-19: Wine in the Woods (Columbia)
5/19-21: Perchfest (Tysons Corner)
5/25: Haitian Flag Day Celebration (Baltimore)
5/25-26: Caribbean Wine + Music Festival (Mt. Airy)
Crawls
5/25: The Caribbean Crawl (U Street)
Block Parties & Neighborhood
5/3 (and every first Friday through September): Chevy Chase First Fridays (Chevy Chase)
5/4: Boundary Block Party (Baltimore)
5/4: Mount Vernon Triangle Street Festival (Mt. Vernon)
5/19: That 2000’s Block Party (Navy Yard)
5/25: The Basement R&B Block Party (Baltimore)
5/31: The Basement R&B Block Party (Navy Yard)
Food & Drink
5/1: Bammys Grand Opening (Navy Yard)
5/3 (and every Friday until September 27): Food Truck Fridays (Georgetown)
5/4: Whiskey, Brisket & Doughnuts (Anacostia)
5/4: Pig Roast (Pleasant Plains)
5/4: Candles & Charcuterie (Georgetown)
5/5: Viva México Tequila Celebration (Kalorama)
5/6-12: DC Veg Restaurant Week (Various)
5/18: Tacos and Tequila (Navy Yard)
5/19: A Taste of Haiti (Laurel)
Sports
5/17-18: Preakness Stakes (Baltimore)
Karaoke
5/2: Karaoke Thursdays (Glenn Dale)
Trivia & Games
5/1: Wordplay Wednesday (Mount Vernon Square)
5/1: Bridesmaids Trivia (Edgewood)
5/2: Star Wars Trivia (Ivy City)
5/3: Play (Metro Center)
5/8: Soul Brain Trivia (Adams Morgan)
5/11: Crank Bingo (Alexandria)
5/15: Soul Brain Trivia (Adams Morgan)
5/22: Soul Brain Trivia (Adams Morgan)
5/28: Soul Brain Trivia (Truxton Circle)
Hobbies, Crafts & Workshops
5/1: As We Are: An Open BIPOC Art Making Group (Union Market)
5/1: Game Design Workshop (West End)
5/2: Make & Mingle (Baltimore)
5/9: Ladies Night Paint and Sip (Ivy City)
5/15: Solesessions (Adams Morgan)
5/18: Pressed Flower Bouquets (Downtown)
5/18: Drawing with Oil Pastels (Union Market)
5/19: Hand Built Mug Workshop (Union Market)
5/19: Plants 101 (Ivy City)
Comedy & Podcasts
5/1: Comedy Night (Adams Morgan)
5/4: 14th and Funny (U Street)
5/12: Reality with the King with Carlos King (Shaw)
5/16 (and every third Thursday): Thursday Night Laughs (U Street)
5/25: The Waldorf Hysteria (Foggy Bottom)
5/31: Adele Givens (Dupont Circle)
Retail & Shopping
5/1-5: Smithsonian Craft Show (Penn Quarter)
5/3-4: Flower Mart (Cleveland Park)
5/3-4: Haitian Mother’s Day Bazaar (Silver Spring)
5/4: Farmers Market SW (SW Waterfront)
5/4: Chocolate City Pop Up Show (Ivy City)
5/5: Market on the Street (Takoma Park)
5/5: FreshFarm Farmers Market (Union Market)
5/5: Blk Ass BDay Market (Baltimore)
5/11: The Great Brookland Yard Sale (Brookland)
5/11: Ivy City I Heart Indie Market (Ivy City)
5/11: That’s So Vintage Market (Union Market)
5/12: Book & Puzzle Swap (Ivy City)
5/12 (and every second and fourth Sunday until October 27): Black + Forth Farmers Market (Langdon)
5/26: Lvrs & Frnds (Shaw)
Fitness & Movement
5/1: R&B Yoga Playground (Downtown)
5/4: Girl, Get Active (Union Market)
5/11: Hike Club (Anacostia)
5/18: Haitian Konpa Dance Class (Wheaton)
5/25: Dance Sanctuaries with the National Black Theater (Foggy Bottom)
5/31: Traditional Ring Shout (Foggy Bottom)
Wellness & Personal Development
5/7: African-Americans and Endometriosis (Hyattsville)
5/18: Wellness Salon & Mixer (Silver Spring)
5/30-31: Can We Talk? Symposium (National Harbor)
Professional Development & Wealth
until 5/2: DC Small Business Week (Various)
5/4, 11 & 18: Dollars & Sense Financial Education Series (Congress Heights)
5/9: Community Business School: Sponsorships & Partnerships (Langdon)
5/11: First Time Homebuyer Fair (Penn Quarter)
5/18: Monetize Your Influence (Shaw)
5/23: Black Gov Tech Mixer (The Wharf)
Volunteer & Philanthropy
5/11: “Infinite Breath” Fundraiser (Edgewood)
5/18: Walking into Spring Walkathon for a Cause (Oxon Hill)
5/18: Food Bank Distribution and Volunteering (Lanham)
5/26: The Service Ball (Greenbelt)
Art, Museums & Galleries
5/3 (and every first Friday): ArtWalk Dupont (Dupont Circle)
5/3: Highlandtown First Friday Art Walk (Baltimore)
5/9: Art Prom (National Mall)
5/15: NMWA Nights (Penn Quarter)
5/16: Third Thursdays at Phillips (Dupont Circle)
Books & Film
5/3: The Swans of Harlem Book Talk (Wakefield)
5/9: Willow Smith Author Talk (Penn Quarter)
5/9: Elwin Cotman Book Talk (Wakefield)
5/10: Through the African American Lens: The Riot Report (National Mall)
5/11: Short Films: Black Echoes and Imperatives (National Mall)
5/17: Kennedy Ryan in Conversation with Talia Cadet (U Street)
5/26: Book & Brunch Meeting (Alexandria)
5/29: MK Asante Author Talk (Anacostia)
Live Music
5/1: Live Jazz Jam (Edgewood)
5/1: Live at SOak (Congress Heights)
5/2: TinySofaConcert (Petworth)
5/2: Live Music on the Hi-Lawn (Union Market)
5/2: Poetry and Jazz with Jo Palmer (Adams Morgan)
5/3: Friday Night Live (Edgewood)
5/3: Live GoGo (Ivy City)
5/10: Candlelight: Best of Hip Hop (Capitol Hill)
5/31: Jazz in the Garden (National Mall)
Concerts
5/2: Shy Glizzy (Baltimore)
5/3: Leslie Odom Jr. (Bethesda)
5/10: Lady London (Shaw)
5/12: PJ Morton and MAJOR.! (Foggy Bottom)
5/12: Sean Paul (Baltimore)
5/13: Norah Jones and Emily King (Foggy Bottom)
5/26: Rare Essence (Shaw)