Categories: Weekend Picks

Weekend picks for families and more

In addition to outdoor day destinations, sunflower fields and pick-your-own fruits and veggies we have a good line-up to make your weekend complete.

All weekend:
Rooftop at Union Market Cookout Pop-Up
Friday // 4pm to 11pm
Saturday // 12pm to 11pm
Sunday // 12pm to 6pm
The grill is fired up on Union Market’s stunning rooftop, with a summer cookout pop-up all weekend long featuring bbq specials and refreshing cocktails. While enjoying the sunshine and good eats/drinks, take in the picturesque 360-degree views of the city.

Drive-in at RFK
Various showtimes as well as a variety of movies!

Rocklands Farm Winery
Join us this weekend for wine, cider, charcuterie & more! Outdoor seating, groups of 6 or less, mask must be worn inside and children are welcome.

Saturday
9:00am-5:00pm: Trash Clean-ups for Little Falls
Every month the Little Falls Watershed Alliance hosts a trash pick-up for the Little Falls Parkway and creek. They provide bins of plastic bags and gloves available at the corners of Dorset and Little Falls parkway and Mass Ave and Little Falls parkway. You are invited to take a bag, put on the gloves and find a spot that needs cleaning.  The Parkway is closed from Mass Ave to Arlington Blvd, so you can walk and clean!  Other spots to consider are along the Capital Crescent, the Little Falls Creek upstream and downstream from Mass Ave, Westland Middle School fields or the Willett creek behind Bethesda Pool.

4:00pm: Uncle Devin Park Pop-Up at Wolf Trap
Tune in for a Park Pop-Up with a streaming performance of Uncle Devin. Plan to spend some time with moving music in your own living room! Wolf Trap’s virtual Park Pop-Up series brings music and more straight to your home. Featuring local area artists, Park Pop-Up performances are recorded live at Wolf Trap National Park for the Performing Arts and later streamed online. A part of Wolf Trap Sessions, these pre-recorded Park Pop-Ups bring a small piece of summer to your home.

Sunday
5:00pm: Laurie Berkner virtual family concert
Legendary children’s musician Laurie Berkner invites everyone to join her for a special “Dinosaur Beach Party” Virtual Family Concert. This LIVE interactive performance for the whole family will take place on Sunday.

Plan ahead:
Sign up to attend DC Public Schools Parent University for virtual informational sessions

August 11 ​at 5:00pm: Know Your Power: Open Mic Activity with Featured Poet and Live DJ Tuesday
Join Words, Beats & Life on the Library’s Facebook page for a live-streamed open mic where teens are invited to share art, music, and writing that they have created this summer. This is part of a special program series sponsored by Pepco, where teens can create entries for the Know Your Power a creative arts contest.

August 14: Strathmore’s 12th Annual Uke Fest

Reopened:
National Aquarium
Smithsonian National Zoo
Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center
National Gallery of Art 
DC Public Library (14 branches)
Adventure Park at Sandy Spring
International Spy Museum
National Gallery of Art Sculpture Garden 
DC’s Museum of the Bible

U.S. National Arboretum
Glenstone Museum
The Carlyle House
The Lee-Fendall House Museum and Garden
George Washington’s Mount Vernon
The Cold War Museum
The Fauquier History Museum at the Old Jail

B&O Railroad Museum
The National Museum of Civil War Medicine
Hillwood Estate, Museum & Garden
Kenilworth Aquatic Gardens
Boathouses

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