What to Know About Capital Fringe Festival This Year in DC

The annual Capital Fringe Festival this year started on July 11th and will continue until July 24th. If you are looking for a way to celebrate DC’s local artistic culture in addition to checking out the nation’s capital’s monuments and memorials, you don’t want to miss these fantastic comedy, drama, and musical events. The first Capital Fringe Festival launched in 2006 to provide opportunities to performing artists to connect with adventurous audiences in a stripped down, unprocessed, and organic social environment. The inaugural Festival took place in Downtown DC over ten days and featured 96 productions that took place in theaters and vacant buildings. After the pandemic and many shows being canceled, attending the festival is a great way to support local creatives in the DC area and enjoy art. This includes performances from talented musicians and dancers, improv shows, dramas, and musicals. You can attend various events at locations within DC like at museums and libraries as well as other locations.

There are various venues listed on the festival’s website around DC where you can catch performances.

Upcoming dramas in the next week include A Number by Caryl Churchill, Green Machine, and Meatballs and Music – One man show, as well as many others. Comedies include Mike Lane: Mixed Race Sweetie, Motherload, and I’m Just Doing My Job: One Woman Show by Diana Veiga, as well as various others to enjoy. Lastly, musicals include Pretty Messy Love, Static: Noise of a New Musical, and This is Cabaret. Be sure to check out the list of events on the festival site for other performances not mentioned here!

The Capital Fringe Festival website has other details about the performers, dates and times, and locations of each event, so be sure to check it out!

In addition, while you’re in DC learn about the history of the city on one of our night or day tours. One of the most beautiful sites in the city is the Capitol building, beautifully lit at nighttime. Enjoy the scenery on one of Capitol Express Tours’ educational and fun golf cart tours that takes the stress away from planning which sites you want to see. Our nation’s capital is home to many great landmarks and memorials, and we’d love to accommodate you with our narrated tour down Pennsylvania Avenue from the White House to the Capitol and through the heart of the National Mall where you can see various monumental landmarks, memorials, and other sites that show the interesting details of the nation’s capital. Book your tour today!