Your February 2025 DMV Event Guide
200+ social, cultural and wellness events and things to do in DC, Maryland and Northern Virginia celebrating Black History Month, Lunar New Year, Super Bowl LIX and Valentine's Day.
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Happy February!
Last updated 2/26/25
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👧 = Kid-friendly events
Shameless Plug…
March 12: Author Talk with Talia Cadet (me) and Vanessa Miller (Oxon Hill)
April 5: Author Brunch with Talia Cadet (me) and Dolen Perkins-Valdez (Waldorf)
Restaurant Weeks
until February 2: Baltimore Restaurant Week (various)
until February 9: DC Winter Restaurant Week (various)
until February 9: Alexandria Restaurant Week (various)
until February 9: Falls Church Restaurant Week (various)
Black History Month
February 1: Booklovers’ Breakfast with Imani Perry (Baltimore)
February 2: Living the Dream…Singing the Dream (Foggy Bottom)
February 2: Brittany Friedman — Carceral Apartheid - with DeRay Mckesson (Chevy Chase)
February 2: 21st Annual Black History Film Festival (Silver Spring)
February 4-9: Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater (Foggy Bottom)
February 5: Reading the City Book Club: Built from the Fire (H Street)
February 6: Bold and Beautiful After Dark (Anacostia)
February 7: Kalela Williams - Tangleroot - in Conversation with Kit Ballenger (Chevy Chase)
February 7: Ultra Black: A Celebration of Black-Owned Brands, Organizations, & Music (Downtown)
February 8: Leland Melvin - Space Chasers (Penn Quarter) 👧
February 8: Black History Month Live (Anacostia) 👧
February 8: Talking Black in America Film Screening and Q&A (Downtown)
February 9: James Baldwin in I Heard it Through the Grapevine Film Screening (National Mall)
February 9: This is Your Poem: A Tribute to Nikki Giovanni (Union Market)
February 12: Wordplay Wednesday: Valentine’s Edition (Downtown)
February 15: Great Migrations: A People on The Move Film Screening (Anacostia)
February 16: Kente Weaving Workshop (Shaw)
February 16: Irvin Weathersby Jr. — In Open Contempt (Chevy Chase)
February 16: Black Books Matter Book Swap (National Harbor)
February 16: Fleurs & Flourish: a journaling workshop experience (Bethesda)
February 17: NSO in your Neighborhood: Uptown (Petworth)
February 17: Toni Morrison and the Geopoetics of Place, Race and Be/Longing (Shaw)
February 18: Tamika D. Mallory — I Lived to Tell the Story - with Minyon Moore, Cora Masters Barry & April Ryan (Chevy Chase)
February 18: Danielle Phillips-Cunningham — Nannie Helen Burroughs: A Tower of Strength in the Labor World (The Wharf)
February 19: Hands-On Photo Collaging (Dupont Circle)
February 19: Horror Book Club: The Reformatory (H Street)
February 19: Author Talk: The Overground Railroad with Candacy Taylor (Penn Quarter)
February 19: Live Jazz & Burlesque Night (Black History Edition) (Mt. Vernon Square)
February 22: Afro House: Spirit Fest (Anacostia)
February 22: Black Ink: A Black Artist-Centered Open House (Hyattsville)
February 22: Black Book Block Party (Takoma)
February 22: Black History Pickleball Classic (Glenarden)
February 22: The Black Bar Crawl (U Street)
February 22: Mary Frances Phillips — Black Panther Woman (Union Market)
February 23: Black Boy Art Show (Southwest Waterfront)
February 24: BHM Movie Night - The Six Triple Eight (District Heights)
February 28: From the Ground Up: A Black-owned Pop-Up Event (Downtown)
Lunar New Year
February 1: Lunar New Year Market (National Mall) 👧
February 1: SAAM Lunar New Year Family Celebration (National Mall) 👧
February 1: Lunar New Year Tea Service (Downtown)
February 2: Lunar New Year Parade (Downtown) 👧
February 15: Lunar New Year Celebration (Rosslyn) 👧
February 22: Lunar New Year Celebration (Fairfax) 👧
Super Bowl LIX
February 9: Super Bowl Sunday Kickback (Petworth)
February 9: The Big Game Watch Party (Adams Morgan)
February 9: “Big Easy” Super Bowl Party (Brentwood)
February 9: Super Bowl Watch Party (Arlington)
Valentine’s Day
February 1: She Cupid (Shaw)
February 1: Valentine’s Collages (Georgetown)
February 2: Valentine’s Cookie Decorating Class (Georgetown)
February 7: Cupid’s Arena Skate Party (Brentwood)
February 7: Valentine’s Day Floral Making Class (Downtown)
February 7: Love Story on 18th (Adams Morgan)
February 7: Pour it Forward: Heart 2 Heart (U Street)
February 8: February Family Day (National Mall) 👧
February 8: Lovers and Friends (Downtown)
February 8: Galentine’s Day Heels Workshop (Temple Hills)
February 8: More than Friends (U Street)
February 8: Cookie Decorating and Bubbles (Logan Circle)
February 9: Bouquet and Candlemaking Class (Petworth)
February 9: A Valentine’s Floral Design Workshop (Union Market)
February 10: Casta’s Cupid Cocktail Making Class (West End)
February 12-15: Valentine’s Day at Swingers (Dupont Circle)
February 12: Love in the Clurb (Downtown)
February 12: Valentines Cocktails Class (Downtown)
February 13: Charms + Candles Galentine’s Night Out (Union Market)
February 13: Sing Ya Heart Out R&B Karaoke (Edgewood)
February 13: Galentine's Day in Paradise with Love Is Blind DC Cast (U Street Corridor)
February 13: Galentine’s Paint and Sip (Locatin TBD)
February 13: Forever My Lady Pop-Up (H Street)
February 13: Love Language Female DJ Takeover (Adams Morgan)
February 13: Listening Sessions: R&B Love Songs (Foggy Bottom)
February 13: Pink Sweat$ and Aqyila (The Wharf)
February 14: Scratch, Sip & Paint (Columbia Heights)
February 14: Charms + Candles Valentine’s Day (Union Market)
February 14: Dance with Me, Mi Amor (Union Market)
February 14: Africa, with Love (National Mall)
February 14: Cheese, Chocolate & Bubbles (Mt. Pleasant)