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City sound.
Every taste.
Across the DMV: the artists, cultural dates and local scores worth keeping.
Open the 12-edition archive ↗Charlie Puth
Concert footage supplied by City Mix Media. EagleBank Arena, Fairfax. Concert date confirmed by Carlos.
Natalia Lafourcade
Concert footage supplied by City Mix Media. Event year confirmed by Carlos.
Shakira
Concert footage supplied by City Mix Media. Artist and event year confirmed by Carlos.
Lily Allen
Concert footage supplied by City Mix Media. Artist and event year confirmed by Carlos.
Jungle
Concert footage supplied by City Mix Media. Artist and event year confirmed by Carlos.
The complete collection.
All 12 editions ↗Spring on stage
Natalia Lafourcade
Spring takes the avenue
Published April 15, 2026
13 stories · Open edition ↗02April 16–30, 2026Albums & moving pictures
Lily Allen
Forty years of looking outward
Published April 30, 2026
9 stories · Open edition ↗03May 1–15, 2026A world inside the city
Joost Klein
A world tour on a Washington map
Published May 15, 2026
10 stories · Open edition ↗04May 16–31, 2026Pop on the avenue
Charlie Puth
Pennsylvania Avenue makes room for Fiesta Asia
Published May 31, 2026
9 stories · Open edition ↗05June 1–15, 2026Summer opens outdoors
Young the Giant
Documentary stories fill a June weekend
Published June 15, 2026
12 stories · Open edition ↗06June 16–30, 2026Music, smoke & community
Home Rule Music Festival
A barbecue weekend on Pennsylvania Avenue
Published June 30, 2026
9 stories · Open edition ↗07July 1–15, 2026A regional arena moment
Shakira
Air and Space reaches its fifty-year milestone
Published July 15, 2026
9 stories · Open edition ↗08July 16–31, 2026Brass & pop-culture worlds
Trombone Shorty & Orleans Avenue
Otakon crosses the July–August line
Published July 31, 2026
8 stories · Open edition ↗09August 1–15, 2026Songs & Maryland traditions
The Concert: A Tribute to ABBA
Annapolis gathers around the crab feast
Published August 15, 2026
7 stories · Open edition ↗10August 16–31, 2026Rhythms & reading rooms
Gipsy Kings featuring Nicolas Reyes
A day built around books and their authors
Published August 31, 2026
7 stories · Open edition ↗11September 1–15, 2026American stages
James Taylor & His All-Star Band
An American program, staged through ballet
Published September 15, 2026
7 stories · Open edition ↗12September 16–30, 2026The final September mix
Jungle
ABFF’s pop-up gives Washington its own chapter
Published September 30, 2026
11 stories · Open edition
A day built around books.
Official festival imagery joins our source-based retrospective of the Library of Congress’s August gathering.
Read the story ↗Six ways into the city.
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OPEN SECTION ↗05Food
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OPEN SECTION ↗06Explore
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