GOING OUT GUIDE

Groove at outdoor jazz festivals, see award winners at the D.C. State Fair and start celebrating Oktoberfest.

Highball Productions spoofs Broadway at an LGBTQ+ bar, with fire eating, confetti cannons and, now, a production inspired by “High School Musical.”

Carrie Coon, Elizabeth Olsen and Natasha Lyonne give career-peak performances in Azazel Jacobs’s relatable family drama.

The New Jersey-born band will perform at the Atlantis on Sept. 10.

Michael Keaton, Winona Ryder and Tim Burton return in an overstuffed ghost story.

We’ve got about two months to go. If you’re feeling jittery, follow the lead of these professional politicos and try (occasionally) tapping out.

The multi-instrumentalist will perform at Comet Ping Pong on Friday, Sept. 6.

Last time she came to Wolf Trap, inspiration struck. On Sept. 6, she returns to perform the song born at the venue.

A handwritten copy of the Gettysburg Address, Neil Simon’s notebook and a letter to Elizabeth Schuyler Hamilton are among the artifacts on display at the Library of Congress.

Common Sense Media also reviews “Blink Twice” and “200% Wolf.”

A formulaic feel-good movie has some genuinely feel-sad moments, too.

What happened to all the military hardware the U.S. abandoned after the Taliban returned to power? This documentarian found out.

Alex McCoy is teaming up with fellow chef Justin Ahn to give Alfie’s a permanent home in Georgetown this fall.

Say farewell to summer with outdoor concerts and street festivals, and prepare to welcome fall with corn mazes and apple picking.

Casey Affleck stars as an astronaut questioning reality.

Docu-thriller uses the simulation of a future insurrection as a teaching tool. But are the people who need the lesson paying attention?

HFStival is back and the nostalgia continues with the concerts featuring the Stone Temple Pilots, Soul Asylum, the Lemonheads and more.

Stay up late to explore art, groove to salsa music and (gasp) maybe learn something.