Washington, D.C. Event Calendar

Your presents is requested at Art Enables’ 2nd annual Art Enables & Friends Holiday Market. Join us on December 9 from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. to experience the most wonderful time of the year! Treat yourself and your friends and family with gifts from local artisans, express your creativity with an ornament-making workshop led by our resident artists, get into the holiday spirit with free face painting, and snap a photo with Santa (yes, we know him!). We’ll also have festive treats and refreshments. We hope to see you there. Yule be sorry if you miss it!

Santa: 11 a.m. – 2 p.m.
Face Painting: 10 a.m. – 2 p.m.
Ornament-Making Workshop: 10 a.m. – 5 p.m.

Christmas Through The Ages – Join the Washington Men’s Camerata, and Guest Director Scott Tucker for a program of Christmas and holiday music spanning the centuries through today, featuring the music of Bach, Lauridsen, Abbie Betinis, and many others.

Join metrobar and the team at DC Beer for a taste of 12 holiday brews, all made in the DMV by your favorite local breweries! Your ticket gets you access to the afternoon tasting with 3oz pours of each of the 12 beers and discussion with the DC Beer team and the breweries in attendance. The event will take place at metrobar inside our heated railcar bar and platform.

We’ve selected the local seaonals below, available together exclusively at metrobar for this event. And, in addition to the tasting, we’ll have all 12 available to buy as full pours. If you have some favorites, the can and bottle options will also be available to purchase to-go in mix & match 4-packs (while supplies last).

From spiced ales, to dark lagers, to coffee stouts, to DIPAs, there’s a beer for everyone’s taste, including:

1. Aslin, Tyson’s Grandma – IPA brewed with pecans, cinnamon & maple syrup (6.5% abv, can)
2. Atlas, Giant Flaming Zombie Polar Bear – DIPA (9.4% abv, can)
3. City State, Winter Warmer – Belgian Spiced Ale (9.0% abv, draft)
4. DC Brau, Holiday Ginger – Winter Ale (5.0% abv, can)
5. Denizens, Cool Breeze – English-Style Oatmeal Stout (4.5% abv, can)
6. Lost Generation, Dying Moons & Shadows – Czech Dark Lager (5.0% abv, draft)
7. Old Ox, Keg Nog – Imperial Spiced Ale (8.0% abv, can)
8. Port City, Tidings – Belgian-Style Blonde Ale (8.5% abv, bottle)
9. Red Bear, Spruce Almighty – Spruce Tip Lager (6.3% abv, draft)
10. Right Proper, Haxan Porter – Porter (7.0% abv, draft)
11. Silver Branch, Gnome for the Holidays – Saison (7.6% abv, can)
12. Solace, Griswold’s Winterbock – Dopplebock (8.2% abv, can)

Join the Terrells and many other local artists for a holiday party at The Fillmore School in Georgetown from 6-8pm on Saturday, December 16th. There will be open studios, live music, chair massages, and local businesses with holiday specials. This event is in collaboration with S&R Evermay.