If you’re running out of options for Northwest D.C., why not give Northeast a try? This weekend, Northeast offers the eighth annual Brookland Festival. The festival will feature live music, pub and grub specials, and a dance performance by Dance Place.
Historic Brookland is one of the more fascinating neighborhoods of D.C. Home to The Catholic University of America, the neighborhood is also known as “Little Vatican” due to the high cluster of Catholic institutions in the area – reportedly the second largest cluster outside of Rome itself. If you’re going to the festival, try to make some time and explore.
You’ll find the largest Catholic Church in the United States, a Byzantine-style Franciscan Monastery that features 44 acres of gardens that are modeled after shrines like the Grotto of Lourdes, and the John Paul II Cultural Center. Be wary, however, of falling crosses.
