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Free Cultural & Carnatic Events in Washington
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Happening this week
Thu, 1 OctFREEAnnual Caress Lecture: Dr. Rigoberto Hernandez, Gompf Family Professor, Johns Hopkins
Science and Engineering Hall · Washington
techFREE
Thu, 1 OctFREECracks & Reforms: The 1920s Through the GW Collection
Flagg Building · Washington
artsFREE
Thu, 1 OctFREEFarther into R: More R for Data Analysis
Gelman Library · Washington
techFREE
Thu, 1 OctFREEA Gift in Motion
Flagg Building · Washington
otherFREE
Thu, 1 OctFREEUnfossilizing African Art
Flagg Building · Washington
artsFREE
Thu, 1 OctFREEWriting Against Erasure: Courtesans, Performance, and the Making of Late Ming Drama (名妓、表演與晚明戲劇)
Science and Engineering Hall · Washington
artsFREE
Thu, 1 OctFREEOffice of Sponsored Projects Postdoc Resource Fair Table
University Student Center · Washington
otherFREE
Thu, 1 OctFREEChina's Challenge: "Broken China: How the Economic Miracle Shattered and What it Means for the World"
1957 E Street NW · Washington
businessFREE
Thu, 1 OctFREEFall Openings: A Gift in Motion/Unfossilizing African Art/Cracks & Reforms
Flagg Building · Washington
artsFREE
Thu, 1 OctFREEJenny McKean Moore Reading Series Featuring Chet'la Sebree
Gelman Library · Washington
otherFREE
Thu, 1 OctFREEUnfiltered. Unscripted. A Sesno Series Conversation with Chris Christie
Media and Public Affairs Building · Washington
otherFREE
Fri, 2 OctFREEThe Future of the Copyright Act Symposium
Law School · Washington
businessFREE
Fri, 2 OctFREESarah Gray Castle & Jamie Pearce, Graduate Students, Boyes Lab GW Department of Chemistry
Science and Engineering Hall · Washington
otherFREE
Fri, 2 OctFREECoffee with a Practitioner | International & Comparative Law
Law School · Washington
businessFREE
Fri, 2 OctFREECTAD Community Hour
Building J · Washington
danceProgramFREE
Fri, 2 OctFREELanguage Lunch
Elliott School of International Affairs · Washington
otherFREE
Fri, 2 OctFREEChina Watches Back: Chinese Public Opinion on the United States and Asia
1957 E Street NW · Washington
techFREE
Fri, 2 OctFREEQuantifying Damages in International Arbitration
Law School · Washington
businessFREE
Fri, 2 OctFREEDisability, Revolution
Rome Hall (Academic Center) · Washington
literatureFREE
Fri, 2 OctFREEHighlighting your Unique Value Proposition
Duques Hall · Washington
businessFREE
Fri, 2 OctFREEStatistics Seminar Series: External Risk Prediction Informed Bayesian Survival Analysis
Duques Hall · Washington
businessFREE
Fri, 2 OctFREEWilbur V. Harlan Research Symposium
Science and Engineering Hall · Washington
businessFREE
Fri, 2 OctFREE2026 Humanitarian Internship Program Poster Session
University Student Center · Washington
techFREE
Fri, 2 OctFREECCAS Common Grounds Presents: Where Is Home?
800 21st St NW · Washington
artsFREE
Fri, 2 OctFREEFriday Argentine Tango class
USC or District House · Washington
danceProgramFREE
Sat, 3 OctFREEBrady Art Gallery Tour: Unfossilizing African Art and Cracks & Reforms
Flagg Building · Washington
artsFREE
Sat, 3 OctFREEArgentine Tango Saturday Practica
Hand Chapel · Washington
otherFREE
Sat, 3 OctFREECCAS Private Alumni Math Reception (Washington, DC)
Duques Hall · Washington
businessFREE
Sun, 4 OctFREEJennifer Koh: Bach and Beyond
Flagg Building · Washington
musicFREE
Mon, 5 OctFREEGW Center for Law & Technology Speaker Series: Lorelei Richie (University of Louisville)
Law School · Washington
businessFREE
Coming up
Tue, 6 OctFREECensus - Bison Bead Project
Flagg Building · Washington
artsFREE
Tue, 6 OctFREEChina's Challenge: The American EV Transition: Looking Ahead While Lagging Behind China
1957 E Street NW · Washington
techFREE
Tue, 6 OctFREEWorld on a Plate Guest Lecture Series: Shobha Shetty
Phillips Hall (Academic Center) · Washington
otherFREE
Tue, 6 OctFREEOn Reconciliation: Lessons from South Africa and Rwanda for Israeli-Palestinian Reconciliation
1957 E Street NW · Washington
literatureFREE
Wed, 7 OctFREE2027 OE: Foggy Bottom Fest
University Student Center · Washington
otherFREE
Wed, 7 OctFREEVisiting Employer Program
Law School · Washington
otherFREE
Wed, 7 OctFREEGW Coders: Quarto + AI with JP Helveston (EMSE)
Science and Engineering Hall · Washington
techFREE
Wed, 7 OctFREENational Security Law Adjunct Reception
Law School · Washington
techFREE
Wed, 7 OctFREE16th Annual Richard and Janet Southby Distinguished Lectureship in Comparative Health Policy: Featuring Dr. Francis Collins
Milken Institute School of Public Health Building · Washington
otherFREE
Wed, 7 OctFREEDemocracy in the District: Foie Gras and Initiative 86’s Path to Law
Law School · Washington
otherFREE
Thu, 8 OctFREEGeorge Washington Law Review Symposium: Suing Foreign Sovereigns in U.S. Courts
Law School · Washington
businessFREE
Thu, 8 OctFREEInvesting in Your $ustainability Career
GW School of Media and Public Affairs · Washington
businessFREE
Fri, 9 OctFREETaiwan Roundtable: Lawfare, Information, and Influence: China’s Toolbox for Shaping Cross-Strait Engagement
1957 E Street NW · Washington
businessFREE
Fri, 9 OctFREEFundamentals of Customer Discovery
Duques Hall · Washington
businessFREE
Fri, 9 OctFREEPolitics & Prose and GW Presents: Barbara Kingsolver | Partita
Lisner Auditorium · Washington
otherFREE
Wed, 14 OctFREEBook Launch: Mapping Urban Environmental Risks Using Open Source GIS.
1957 E Street NW · Washington
techFREE
Wed, 14 OctFREEWomen in International Law Speaker Series with Carolina Jiménez Sandoval
Law School · Washington
otherFREE
Wed, 14 OctFREEBIG FORUM HYBRID MEETING: Pandemic Preparedness and Emergency Ethics
Milken Institute School of Public Health Building · Washington
otherFREE
Thu, 15 OctFREEComrades Estranged: Labor and Citizenship in the Twentieth-Century Persian Gulf
Elliott School of International Affairs · Washington
literatureFREE
Thu, 15 OctFREEPrevention Innovation Workshop
University Student Center · Washington
businessFREE
Thu, 15 OctFREEGeorge Talks Business with Ronnen Harary of Spin Master, Co-Creator of Paw Patrol & Bakugan
Media and Public Affairs Building · Washington
businessFREE
Fri, 16 OctFREEStatistics Seminar Series: Conditional Formulation of Gaussian Systems on Spatial Networks with Irregularly Distributed Points
Duques Hall · Washington
businessFREE
Fri, 16 OctFREESave the Date: Milken Institute School of Public Health 950 Awards
Milken Institute School of Public Health Building · Washington
otherFREE
Fri, 16 OctFREECCAS Professional Psychology Mixer (Washington, DC)
1957 E Street NW · Washington
otherFREE
Washington runs one of the world's richest free cultural calendars. Sabhas hold Carnatic concerts most evenings, temples host utsavams and bhajans, and Bharatanatyam margams, harikathas and discourses happen year-round — most with free admission and no ticket needed. This guide gathers them in one place and refreshes itself as new events are added.
It peaks in the Margazhi season (mid-Dec to mid-Jan), when hundreds of free and low-cost kutcheris fill the sabhas — but there's something on almost every week. Bookmark this page, or get the app for reminders near you.
How to use it
- Just turn up for most sabha and temple programmes — free events rarely need registration.
- Tap any event for the exact venue, time and performer.
- Want paid shows too? See all events in Washington or things to do this weekend.