October Entertainment Guide

Introduction So long, September. Hello, October! Time for our “Top of the Month” Entertainment Guide! Which fun events should you circle on your calendar this month? Listen to audio highlights below, then click through the gallery for the full guide. ((WTOP collage via AP))
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November 5, 2024 | (Jason Fraley)

October Entertainment Guide

Oct. 1-16: “Come From Away” at Ford’s Theatre

Oct. 1-30: Marg Helgenberger in “The Little Foxes” at Arena Stage 

Oct. 3: White House hosts South By South Lawn  

Oct. 3: Green Day rocks 9:30 Club   

Oct. 4-5: Lyle Lovett at The Birchmere 

Oct. 4-Nov. 20: “Freaky Friday” at Signature Theatre 

Oct. 5: Taking Back Sunday at 9:30 Club  

Oct. 5-23: “Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time” at Kennedy Center 

Oct. 6-8: Double Exposure: Investigative Film Festival Investigative Film Festival  

Oct. 7: Union Market Drive-In wraps with ‘Ghostbusters’

Oct. 7: “The Girl on the Train” in movie theaters  

Oct. 7: “The Birth of a Nation” in movie theaters 

Oct. 7-Nov. 20: Kathleen Turner in “Year of Magical Thinking” at Arena Stage 

Oct. 8: All Things Go Fall Classic at Capitol Riverfront 

Oct. 8: Alabama & Charlie Daniels Band at Eagle Bank Arena 

Oct. 8-9: The Whispers at The Birchmere 

Oct. 9: Chris Stapleton at DAR Constitution Hall 

Oct. 10-11: Adele at Verizon Center 

Oct. 10-13: Seth Meyers at Warner Theatre  

Oct. 11: Squeeze at 9:30 Club 

Oct. 12: Patti Smith at Lincoln Theatre 

Oct. 13-16: Cirque de la Symphonie Halloween Extravaganza at Kennedy Center 

Oct. 14: Morris Day & The Time at Bethesda Blues & Jazz Club 

Oct. 14: “The Accountant” in movie theaters

Oct. 14: The Manhattan Transfer & Take 6 at Strathmore 

Oct. 15-16: Little Big Town at Merriweather Post Pavilion 

Oct. 16: Peter Frampton at Kennedy Center 

Oct. 16: Joan Baez at GW Lisner Auditorium 

Oct. 18: Styx at Warner Theatre 

Oct. 19: Neil deGrasse Tyson at Warner Theatre 

Oct. 19: Lupe Fiasco at Howard Theatre 

Oct. 20-23: Middleburg Film Festival 

Oct. 21-23: National Zoo hosts “Boo at the Zoo”

Oct. 22: Gladys Knight at Warner Theatre  

Oct. 23: Bill Murray receives Kennedy Center’s Mark Twain Prize 

Oct 23: Brian McKnight at The Birchmere 

Oct. 26: Switchfoot at The Fillmore 

Oct. 28: Alan Jackson at Eagle Bank Arena

Oct. 28: “American Pastoral” in movie theaters 

Oct. 28: Dan Brown’s “Inferno” in movie theaters 

Oct. 28-Dec. 24: “Carousel” at Arena Stage 

Oct. 30: Colbie Caillat at The Birchmere 

Oct. 30: Wale at Rams Head Live 

Oct. 31: Dweezil Zappa at The Birchmere 

Oct. 31: Various Halloween Events

 

November 5, 2024 | (Jason Fraley)

Jason Fraley

Hailed by The Washington Post for “his savantlike ability to name every Best Picture winner in history," Jason Fraley began at WTOP as Morning Drive Writer in 2008, film critic in 2011 and Entertainment Editor in 2014, providing daily arts coverage on-air and online.

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