October Entertainment Guide 2019

October 1, 2019

November 5, 2024 | (Jason Fraley)

Oct. 1: Ben Folds at Kennedy Center

Oct. 1: Andy Grammer at The Fillmore

Oct. 1-6: “Cats” at Kennedy Center

Oct. 1-6: “Fairview” at Woolly Mammoth Theatre

Oct. 1-13: “Cabaret” at Olney Theatre Center

Oct. 1-13: “1 Henry IV” at Folger Theatre

Oct. 1-13: “Doubt” at Studio Theatre

Oct. 1-13: “School Girls; Or the African Mean Girls Play” at Round House Theatre

Oct. 1-20: “The Tempest” at Synetic Theater

Oct. 1-20: “West By God” at Keegan Theatre

Oct. 1-20: August Wilson’s “Jitney” at Arena Stage

Oct. 1-27: August Wilson’s “Fences” at Ford’s Theatre

Oct. 1-31: Fall Pumpkin Harvest Festival in Bluemont, Virginia

Oct. 1-Nov. 3: “Escaped Alone” at Signature Theatre

Oct. 2: Deep Purple at Warner Theatre

Oct. 2-6: “Disney on Ice” at EagleBank Arena

Oct. 3: The Head and the Heart at The Anthem

Oct. 3-5: NSO’s “Carmina Burana” at Kennedy Center

Oct. 3-6: Fort Belvoir Oktoberfest

Oct. 4: “Joker” in movie theaters

Oct. 4: Carrie Underwood at Capital One Arena

Oct. 4: Silence of Speech feat. Talib Kweli at The Fillmore

Oct. 4: Mason Jennings at City Winery

Oct. 4: Zedd at The Anthem

Oct. 4-6: Adam Rapaport at DC Improv

Oct. 5: Taste of Bethesda

Oct. 5: Prince George’s Fall Fest in Bowie

Oct. 5: Rocktobierfest in Rockville

Oct. 5: Vienna Oktoberfest

Oct. 5: Hops and Harvest Festival in Columbia

Oct. 5: Paula Cole at City Winery

Oct. 5: Sheila E at Howard Theatre

Oct. 5-6: Rotary Oktoberfest in Westminster

Oct. 5-6: Maryland Pumpkin Festival at Summers Farm

Oct. 5-20: Maryland Renaissance Festival

Oct. 5-31: “Day of Absence” at Anacostia Playhouse

Oct. 6: Old Mother Oktoberfest in Frederick

Oct. 6: Oktoberbreast in Tysons Corner

Oct. 6: Kris Allen at City Winery

Oct. 7: Rick Ross at The Fillmore

Oct. 8-13: “Escape to Margaritaville” at National Theatre

Oct. 8-22: Gordon Sterling at Gypsy Sally’s

Oct. 9: Avril Lavigne at MGM National Harbor

Oct. 9-14: “Footloose” at Kennedy Center

Oct. 10: Phil Vassar at The Birchmere

Oct. 10: Rachel Bloom at The Anthem

Oct. 10: BSO’s Nat King Cole Songbook at Strathmore

Oct. 10-13: Double Exposure Investigative Film Fest

Oct. 10-13: Dave Attell at DC Improv

Oct. 11: “Gemini Man” in movie theaters

Oct. 11: “The Addams Family” in movie theaters

Oct. 11: “Breaking Bad” film “El Camino” hits Netflix

 

Oct. 11: “Lucy in the Sky” in movie theaters

Oct. 11: Chopteeth at Pearl Street Warehouse

Oct. 11: Katy Perry’s “Silence the Violence” at The Anthem

Oct. 11-12: Shawn Wayans at DC Comedy Loft

Oct. 11-12: Oktoberfest in Winchester

Oct. 11-12: Brian McKnight at Bethesda Blues & Jazz

Oct. 11-13: “The Price is Right” at MGM National Harbor

Oct. 11-13: Fall Wine Festival & Sunset Tour at Mount Vernon

Oct. 11-Nov. 10: “The Right to Be Forgotten” at Arena Stage

Oct. 12: Post Malone at Capital One Arena

Oct. 12: Brantley Gilbert at Jiffy Lube Live

Oct. 12: Snallygaster Beer Fest in D.C.

Oct. 12: “Whose Live Anyway?” at Strathmore

Oct. 12-13: Incubus at Warner Theatre

Oct. 12-13: The Whispers at The Birchmere

Oct. 12-16: The Black Keys at The Anthem

 

Oct. 13: Oktoberfest at the Kentlands in Gaithersburg

Oct. 13: Capital City Symphony at Atlas Performing Arts Center

Oct. 14: Natasha Bedingfield at Lincoln Theatre

Oct. 14: Buddy Guy at State Theatre

Oct. 14: Frank Turner at Warner Theatre

Oct. 14: Richard Baratta at Blues Alley

Oct. 15: The Chainsmokers & 5 Seconds of Summer at Capital One Arena

Oct. 15: The California Honeydrops at The Hamilton

Oct. 15: Wilco at The Anthem

Oct. 15: Ray LaMontagne at Strathmore

Oct. 15-Nov. 17: “Everybody” at Shakespeare Theatre Company

Oct. 17-18: Bon Iver at The Anthem

Oct. 17-18: Pat McGee Band at Wolf Trap

Oct. 17-19: “Nat King Cole at 100” at Kennedy Center

Oct. 17-20: Middleburg Film Festival

Oct. 18: “Maleficent: Mistress of Evil” in movie theaters

Oct. 18: “The Laundromat” hits Netflix

Oct. 18: “Zombieland 2: Double Tap” in movie theaters

 

Oct. 18: Tower of Power & Chuck Brown Band at Warner Theatre

Oct. 18: Lee Ann Womack at The Birchmere

Oct. 19: The Isley Brothers & War at MGM National Harbor

Oct. 19: Shucktoberfest in Shirlington 

Oct. 19-20: Virginia Wine Festival in Ashburn

Oct. 22: Young Thug and Machine Gun Kelly at The Anthem

Oct. 23: Neil deGrasse Tyson at Warner Theatre

Oct. 23: “So You Think You Can Dance” at MGM National Harbor

Oct. 23: Macy Gray at Howard Theatre

Oct. 23: Ingrid Michaelson at Lincoln Theatre

 

Oct. 23-27: “NEXTsteps” by The Washington Ballet

Oct. 23-Nov. 17: “Theory” at Mosaic Theater Company

Oct. 24: Justin Hayward of The Moody Blues at The Birchmere

Oct. 24-27: Washington West Film Festival

Oct. 25: “The Lighthouse” in movie theaters

Oct. 25: ZZ Top at MGM National Harbor

Oct. 25: Cigarettes After Sex at 9:30 Club

Oct. 25: Sleater-Kenney at The Anthem

Oct. 25: Biz Markie’s Halloweekend at The Fillmore

Oct. 25: Van Morrison & Bruce Springsteen Tributes at AMP

Oct. 26: Alessia Cara at The Anthem

Oct. 26: GLOWeen feat. Afrojack at Echostage

Oct. 26-Nov. 16: Washington National Opera’s “Otello”

Oct. 27: BeBe Winans at Bethesda Blues & Jazz

Oct. 27: BJ the Chicago Kid at U Street Music Hall

Oct. 27: Mark Twain Prize for Dave Chappelle

 

Oct. 27: Sum 41 at The Fillmore

Oct. 27: Tegan and Sara at Lincoln Theatre

Oct. 27: “RuPaul’s Drag Race” at The Anthem

Oct. 28: NSO’s “An American in Paris” at The Anthem

Oct. 29: X Ambassadors at Lincoln Theatre

Oct. 30: Simple Plan at The Fillmore

Oct. 30-Nov. 1: “What To Send Up When It Goes Down” at Woolly Mammoth Theatre

Oct. 31: “The Exorcist” at AFI Silver Theatre

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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