DC Arts Events. All the things to do in the arts in Washington, DC. Find the events you'll actually love, for free.
Birchmere, Anthem, Hirshhorn, National Gallery of Art, Strathmore, 9:30 Club, Wolf Trap, Folger, Renwick, Politics & Prose, Signature… museums, galleries, concerts, bands, plays, nightclubs… there's so much happening it's impossible to keep up. DC Arts Events finds what's on, learns what you like, and makes sure you never miss the show. Whether you're looking for concerts at the Black Cat, free museum exhibits, comedy shows this weekend, or things to do in DC tonight, one app finds it all and learns what you love.
Looking for things to do in Washington DC? You already know DC's arts scene is overwhelming. The hard part isn't that there's too little to do — it's finding what's on, filtering it down to what you'd love, and remembering to go. This app does all three.
Discover. Tune. Remember.
The three problems everyone has with DC's arts scene — solved in the order you actually hit them.
Discover everything
Every show, opening, concert and talk across 140+ organizations, gathered into one place automatically.
Tune it to you
React, set neighborhoods, or just describe your taste in plain English. The feed reshapes around you.
Never miss it
Send the events you want into your calendar, so the great show you found is still on your mind on the night.
Built to know you — not just to list things
What it doesYour taste is yours. Full stop.
We built this to help you see more art — not to mine you. Your personal information is never used for training, and your user data is never sold to anyone. See our full Privacy Policy.
Questions About Events in Washington DC
How can I improve my results?
Every time you swipe left or right on an event, the system learns from what you do. The strongest signals are muting or favoriting venues and organizations. The next strongest is your free text — any written feedback on an event, or when you refine your preferences in Settings, significantly changes your results. (You can delete your free text at any time in Settings under Refine Your Preferences.) In Settings under Your Taste Profile you can also explicitly rate how you feel about dozens of facets of events, including genre, style, period and format. There is also a slider in Settings that controls how confident the system should be before auto-filtering an event into your Rejected tab.
How long does it take my updated preferences to be reflected?
If you mute or unmute neighborhoods, venues, or organizations, you'll see that change immediately. Other preference changes accumulate over time, and you'll slowly see those as the system learns more about you.
How are events sorted?
Each tab (Pending, Approved, Rejected) is sorted by date. When an event spans multiple dates, the date used is the end date — so events ending soon are always at the top. You can filter for text, venues, dates, or categories. You can also limit the feed to only show events with a certain match percentage.
Can I see events in my personal calendar?
Yes. In Settings you'll find a link you can import into any calendar app. It's a personal, secure feed of all the events in your Approved tab. For multi-date events you'll see two calendar entries — one for the start date and one for the end date.
Can I suggest a new venue or organization?
Yes, absolutely! Use the Feedback section in Settings. The requirements: it must be a venue or organization dedicated to producing high-quality arts events, have a dedicated website (please include the URL), and be located within 25 miles of the center of Washington, DC.
Are there types of venues and organizations you don't allow?
This app covers professional events at museums, clubs, concert halls, live theaters, shows, and galleries. I want it to include any arts-based event within 25 miles of the center of DC. All I ask is that the venue or organization have a single dedicated URL on their website that contains all of the updated calendar of events, and preferably (though not required) a separate URL for each individual event that contains detailed information about the event. I can't promise the lines are never blurry — if you think I've gotten something wrong, send me feedback! I read all of it.
Does this system use AI? Is my personal information safe?
The only personal information the system knows about you is your name and email address. None of that is sent to AI systems. The system uses traditional machine learning techniques, not AI or LLMs, to build your taste profile. The only time that AI is used on your data is to extract concepts from the free text that you write as feedback, and even that is kept completely separate from your identity when sent to the LLM.
Do you sell my personal data?
No, and I never will. Ever.
Can I suggest improvements for the app?
Of course! Feedback is always welcome — use the Feedback section in Settings.
Is the app free?
Yes — the app is free, with no subscription and no ads. There are real server and processing costs behind it, but it's important to me that this app remain free for all users, so I am exploring alternative funding mechanisms. If you like it, please tell your friends!
