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Here's your plan for free outdoor movies at Audi Field in DC every Thursday this August. Watch the video 👇

Check this fun and free activity off of your DC summer bucket list! Head to Audi Field in DC on Thursdays in August, where The Capitol Riverfront BID and Audi Field have partnered to bring goal-winning outdoor movies right to the soccer stadium pitch.

FREE Outdoor Movies on DC’s Audi Field! 🎬🏟️

Catch a free outdoor movie on the pitch at Audi Field in DC this August. Bring a blanket, grab concessions, and enjoy blockbuster films under the stars!

Outdoor Movie Night

✅ Before you go
• Tickets are free, but you will need to register in advance. Check out all the details here: https://joyraft.com/event/movies-on-the-pitch-washington-1019403

💪 Pro tips
• Bring your picnic blanket and get there early to find a spot to get settled before the start of the movie! 
• You can even buy concessions, food, and drink here.
• Follow @capitolriverfront on Instagram for more info and updates: https://www.instagram.com/capitolriverfront?igsh=MXBxbGcybWxsaXF3eQ==

Get your tickets and visit Audi Field for their FREE Movies on the Pitch event! 

Check this fun and free activity off of your DC summer bucket list.

Nothing like an outdoor movie under the stars.

Head to Audi Field in Washington DC on Thursdays in August.

The Capitol Riverfront bid and Audi Field have partnered

to bring goal winning outdoor movies right to the

Bring your picnic blanket and get there early to find a

spot and get settled before the start of the movie.

I thought this was such a unique and fun experience

getting to see these blockbuster movies on the Jumbotron.

Details are below and share this with your friends to make it happen soon.

If you’re seeing this video, you only have a few more days to visit a tulip festival before the tulip season wilts away. I have two gorgeous tulip fields in Virginia that are perfect for your next spring day trip this week. You’ll visit the colorful tulips, create your own bouquets, and enjoy food and drinks! 

2 Virginia Tulip Fields to visit ASAP!🌷⏳💐

Explore 1 million blooming tulips at Bloomia Tulip Festival in King George on April 12th—create bouquets, enjoy food, drinks, and photo ops!

Tulip Festival & Bouquet

✅ Before you go
• Buy your tickets: https://bloomiaflowers.ticketspice.com/tulip-festival

💪 Pro tips
• about an hour and a half outside of DC and 1 hour from Richmond. 
• If you’re free Sunday April 12th, this is perfect.
• There are 1 million gorgeous tulips in bloom, where you can create your very own bouquet.
• There’s lots of photo ops, food trucks, beer, music, and more. 

Visit the Bloomia Tulip Festival on April 12th! 

Pick your own tulips with stunning mountain views and enjoy wine and hard cider at Great Country Farms, just 1 hour west of DC. Visit before April 17th!

Tulip picking

✅ Before you go
• Buy your tickets: https://greatcountryfarms.ticketspice.com/2026-gcf-tulip-days

💪 Pro tips
• I love this tulip field for the beautiful mountain views. 
• The field even has its very own bloom bar serving up Bluemont Vineyard wine and refreshing hard cider flavors. 

Visit Great Country Farms (about 1 hour west of DC) before April 17th! 

a tulip festival before tulip season wilts away.

I have two gorgeous tulip fields in Virginia that are

perfect for your next spring day trip this week.

and enjoy some food and drinks while you're out in the field.

First up is the Bloomia Tulip Festival in King George,

about an hour and a half outside of DC and 1 hour from Richmond.

Tulips in bloom and create your very own bouquet.

The second tulip experience is the Great Country Farms

and I love this one for the beautiful mountain views.

This field even has its very own Bloom bar serving

up Bluemont vineyard wine and refreshing hard cider flavors.

Share this with your friends and plan your next day trip so that

you can run on over and pick some tulips before the season ends.

This weekend is looking absolutely gorgeous and tomorrow, April 11th, there is a super fun beer fest coming to the iconic Nationals Park. Sample over 200 beers from 80+ breweries, enjoy music from dueling pianos and live bands, and try different food trucks.

DC Beer Festival TOMORROW + Discount!⚾️🍺🏟️

Sample 200+ craft beers, enjoy live music, and food trucks at DC Beer Fest in Nationals Park. Fun atmosphere with stadium views!

Beer Festival

✅ Before you go
• Use discount code joyraft2026 for 15% off your ticket!
• Check out all the information, hours, and buy your tickets: joyraft.com/event/2026-dc-beer-fest-washington-1035916

💪 Pro tips

Admission includes unlimited tastings, with food sold separately

Attend the semi-annual DC Beer Fest at Nationals Park! 

This weekend is looking absolutely gorgeous,

there is a super fun beer fest coming to the iconic Nationals Park.

Sample over 200 beers from 80 plus breweries,

enjoy music from dueling pianos and live bands,

which happens twice a year at Nationals Park.

Went in the fall and it was super fun just to walk around and sample different beers.

You'll also enjoy a stunning view of Nationals Park during the whole event.

Definitely stop by all the different food trucks.

We love these seasoned waffle fries with our beer.

I also have a discount code for you below,

so if you're looking for something fun to do tomorrow,

definitely share this with your friends and go to the DC Beer Festival.

It's happening from 12:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. Cheers.

Here's your plan for exploring nine historic sites and enjoying waterfront dining in Alexandria. Watch the video 👇

Use the Key to the City pass to take a tour around Alexandria! It's a great deal that lets you visit nine different historic sites and gives you discounts on others. The ones in the city of Alexandria are quite small, so it’s totally doable to hit them all up on a weekend.

🗝️ to Alexandria

Stop by the Alexandria Visitor Center at 221 King Street to purchase your Key to the City pass for access to 9 historic sites and discounts on others.

Buy museum pass

• You can buy the passes for $23pp ($85+ value) at the Alexandria Visitor Center located at 221 King Street, or online where they will be physically mailed to you: https://checkout.square.site/merchant/D16J6WF77ADQD/checkout/DILJLNM7IUB2OOB5FQVHKDCI
• These are the nine places you get admission to: Alexandria Black History Museum, Alexandria’s History Museum at the Lyceum, Carlyle House Historic Park, Freedom House Museum, Fort Ward Museum & Historic Site, Gadsby’s Tavern Museum, George Washington Masonic National Memorial Observation Deck, Lee-Fendall House Museum & Garden, Stabler-Leadbeater Apothecary Museum. You also get a 10% off coupon for museum store purchases.
• You get 40% off admission to: George Washington's Mount Vernon, City Cruises roundtrip Potomac Water Taxi, Tall Ship Providence.
• With pass in hand, you can take the metro to King St./Alexandria station. Most of the sites can be visited by walking.

Purchase your pass

Visit the George Washington Masonic National Memorial for city views from the observation deck. Explore the grounds, or pay extra for a guided tour inside this grand neoclassical landmark.

Observation Deck Visit

• The ticket only gives you access to the grounds and the deck. If you want to explore the rest of the building, it's an extra $10pp and requires a guided tour.

Visit the George Washington Masonic National Memorial

Explore Alexandria's storied port history at the Lyceum through artifacts, photography, and dioramas inside a beautiful Greek Revival building.

History Museum Visit

• If you drove, move your car from the memorial to the museum's free parking lot. Or, take the free King Street trolley between the metro station and City Hall/Market Square. The rest of the sites are best accessed on foot.

Visit Alexandria's History Museum at the Lyceum

Step back in time at the Friendship Firehouse Museum and explore historic firefighting equipment from Alexandria’s first volunteer fire company. Only open one Saturday a month.

Firefighting Museum Visit

• Only open one Saturday a month from 11am-5pm.
• For some reason this museum didn’t show up on the physical brochure, but it does on the website and the docents will accept it.

Visit the Friendship Firehouse Museum

Explore an enchanting 1800s apothecary, brimming with preserved potions and medicinal artifacts. Guided tours (included) allow access to the magical upstairs rooms.

Historic apothecary tour

• If you want to see upstairs, you’ll have to wait for a guided tour (included).

Visit the Stabler-Leadbeater Apothecary Museum

Explore two historic buildings at Gadsby's Tavern Museum, the 1785 Georgian Tavern and the 1792 City Tavern and Hotel, once frequented by America's founding fathers.

Historic Tavern Tour

• The museum consists of two buildings, the 1785 Georgian tavern and the 1792 City Tavern and Hotel--make sure to visit both.

Visit Gadsby's Tavern Museum

Take a guided tour of Carlyle House Historic Park, an elegant historic mansion with lovely gardens, once a meeting place for colonial leaders.

Historic house tour

• A guided tour is required to see the interior (included).
• The garden grounds outside are so lovely, bursting with blooms in the spring and red with dogwood in the autumn.

Visit Carlyle House Historic Park

Explore fascinating artifacts, including a 13,000-year-old spearpoint, at the Alexandria Archaeology Museum, located on the 3rd floor of the Torpedo Factory Art Center. Admission is free.

Archaeology Museum Visit

• Located on the 3rd floor of the Torpedo Factory Art Center, which you can totally visit as well.
• This site is actually free and requires no ticket.

Visit the Alexandria Archaeology Museum

Enjoy fresh seafood and relaxing waterfront views at Vola’s Dockside Grill—perfect for a post-museum meal or happy hour in Old Town Alexandria.

Waterfront Dining

• Literally downstairs from the Archaeology Museum.
• Check out this Nudge for Vola’s Dockside Grill's happy hour on weekdays: https://www.nudgetext.com/day/4384?u=iQPHmO&s=app
• You can sit outside on a nice day.

Eat at one of the restaurants on Old Town Alexandria's Waterfront

I found a great deal to play tourist in Alexandria for a day trip.

you get access to 9 beautifully preserved historic sites around the city.

Pick what interests you and set aside a day to explore.

Start at the George Washington Masonic National Memorial,

which has an observation deck from where you

can survey the city you're about to traverse.

This little known neoclassical shrine is apparently inspired by the lighthouse

we're going to knock out 6 museums downtown,

which is the nation's 3rd oldest historic district.

First of these is Alexandria's History Museum.

Alexandria's storied port history with artifacts,

The Friendship Firehouse Museum is nearby,

so head over to check out their firefighting antiques.

This was the city's first volunteer fire company

and my first time at a firefighting museum,

Then visit the Stabler Leadbeater Apothecary stocked full with potions.

This was the most whimsical museum of the day.

as well as balls and banquets to this day.

All 5 of the nation's first presidents spent time at Gadsby's Tavern—

This was really the hot spot back in the day.

another gathering place for some founding fathers.

Former home to Alexandria co-founder, Carlyle House Historic

our final museum stop is tucked inside the torpedo factory.

The Alexandria Archaeology Museum holds a 13,000 year old stone spearpoint

Ending at this museum puts you right at the

charming waterfront where you're just in time for dinner.

We picked Vola's Dockside Grill and thoroughly

Here's your plan for visiting Burnside Farms' tulip festival with wagon rides, flower picking, and family fun. Watch the video 👇

It is peak bloom for the 2 million tulips at this farm outside of DC and you will love visiting this spring. This annual tulip festival makes for the most beautiful day trip outside of DC and you only have a few more weeks to visit this spring. It truly feels like a piece of Holland and the Netherlands right here in the DMV 

2 million U-Pick Tulips & Blooms outside DC💐

Pick vibrant tulips at Burnside Farms' spring festival, featuring 2 million blooms, wagon rides, food trucks, and family fun in Nokesville, VA.

Tulip Picking

✅ Before you go
•  Visit now through April 19th to enjoy the most stunning blooms. https://joyraft.com/event/burnside-farms-tulip-farm-2026-festival-of-spring-nokesville-1035326

💪 Pro tips
• You’ll start by checking in, grabbing a basket, and taking a wagon ride out to the fields. 
• You’ll even get 5 tulip stems included with your ticket and you can buy additional ones. 
• There’s also food trucks, picnic areas, play areas for little ones, and so much to do. 

Visit the Burnside Farms festival of spring in Nokesville, Virginia, where 2 million tulips and daffodils are planted on 20 acres each year.

Right now is peak bloom for the 2 million tulips at this

farm outside of DC and you will love visiting this spring.

This annual tulip festival makes for the most beautiful day trip outside of

DC and you only have a few more weeks to visit this spring.

Visit the Burnside Farms Festival of Spring in Nokesville,

where 2 million tulips and daffodils are planted on 20 acres every single year.

It truly feels like a piece of Holland right here in the DMV.

There are so many cute photo ops here and it's just

lovely to walk around and pick your perfect tulip stems.

You'll get 5 tulip stems with your ticket and you can always buy additional ones.

Share this with your friends and visit before April 19th.