Make the most of the second weekend in October with these D.C.-area festivals, shows and events.
What to expect: Things to do include the Snallygaster beer festival, White House garden tours , the end of Theatre Week and the Army Ten-Miler.
1. 🍻 Snallygaster
The District's biggest beer festival is almost here.
What to expect: Snallygaster will serve up hundreds of brews — from West Coast IPAs to beer finished with gummy bears.
Beverage director Greg Engert told Axios what beverages he's most looking forward to, all produced exclusively for the event:
- CKXV by The Veil Brewing Co., a barrel-aged stout blend finished with Madagascar and Indonesian vanilla.
- CK15 by Oxbow: a mix of old barrel-aged farmhouse beers.
- 100 Miles & Running by Monkish Brewing Co.: a hazy double IPA brewed with select Citra, Nelson Sauvin and Krush hops.
Brewer traveling the farthest: Japas Cervejaria from São Paulo, Brazil.
- "This female-owned, Brazilian-Japanese brewery is bringing some fire," Engert says. "They'll be pouring Kanpai, Japas' 10th-anniversary beer that's fermented with white grapes for a champagne-like flavor profile."
When: 2-6pm Saturday (noon start with VIP tickets)
Where: Enter at one of two entrances on 7th & Pennsylvania or 3rd & Constitution. Map
Cost: $75 for general admission; $150 VIP
- If you're buying with a big group, buy together — you'll get one free ticket for every nine purchased.
Your last chance to score tickets for less than $60 is this weekend. Among the titles closing out:
- The Salt Line's annual all-you-can-eat oyster event is back 3-6pm Sunday featuring chefs, live music and a cash bar. Tickets are $75.
- Get a rare glimpse at the Rose Garden and Michelle Obama's White House Kitchen Garden on tours held between 10am and 4:30pm this weekend. Free, but passes are required.
- Passes are first come, first served outside the White House Visitor Center (1450 Pennsylvania Ave. NW) at 8:30am Saturday and Sunday.
- He's back. You can decide if he brings sexy with him at Capital One Arena. Doors open at 6:30pm Sunday. Tickets start at $55 .
5. 🍗 Butter Chicken Festival
This is less of a festival and more of an excuse to dine out for a week as more than 10 restaurants will feature butter chicken creations on menus Sunday through Oct. 20.
- Related: Monica Saigal, author of "Papa's Butter Chicken," will offer a cooking demo and sign books from 3-4:30pm Oct. 20 at Fairfax County Library. Register
Start your Sunday surrounded by runners at the second-largest 10-mile race in the nation. Children 12 and younger can register for the 400-meter youth run that steps off after the Ten-Miler. $110 registration fee for the main race, $35 for youth .
- Plan your visit to the National Arboretum between 11am and 4:30pm Sunday to take advantage of the plant-based food options and live music. Free.
- Do it for the kids. Do it for Wakanda. Do it to let it go. Tysons Corner Shipgarten will have Disney characters, moonbounces, face painting and music noon-3pm Sunday. Free.
- Mill around from 10am-4pm at Rock Creek Park and participate in cooking classes ranging from pasta to pizza making. Free.
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