DC Art All Night, the District’s annual two-day festival of late-night art installations, vendor markets, and silent discos returns to all eight wards this September.

On Sept. 29 and 30, from 7 p.m. to 3:00 a.m., more than 100 local artists and 20 different Main Streets and Business Improvement Districts will set up different activations across the city, from live music to art galleries.

It’s been a fall tradition in the city since 2011 when Shaw Main Streets presented the first iteration of the festival with a DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities grant. The festival has continued every September since (sans 2020, when it was skipped due to COVID-19), growing in the number of participating businesses, artists, and attendees.

This year, the event will come with a fun, pre-gamey twist; from Sept. 21 through Oct. 1, a number of local restaurants across the city will be participating in Dine All Night, a companion festival meant to highlight the region’s culinary arts. According to the city’s new Art All Night website, the event will be “offering a tantalizing 11-day limited-time-only menu that satisfies taste buds and showcases food as a genuine art form.” Local spots like Ghostburger, Eden’s Kitchen, and DCity Smokehouse will be “dining all night.” You can see a full list of participants here.

This year’s participating BIDs include Adams Morgan, Anacostia, Downtown, Capitol Hill, Georgetown, Mount Vernon, Dupont Circle, NoMa, and Capitol Riverfront — plus a number of Main Streets organizations.

The city’s festival website has maps of different activations for each night, so you can plot your stops. You can find the maps for each night below.

Friday, Sept. 29

Saturday, Sept. 30