Free and Almost Free Things To Do In D.C.

Here we focus exclusively on the cheapest YET most satisfying entertainment to be found around DC. Every week we highlight free and almost free activities, a choice happy hour or two, food specials and hot tips for budget survival. PLEASE POST YOUR FREE EVENTS (FOR FREE!) ON OUR AGENDA PAGE or send us FREE TIPS to [email protected] for inclusion in the future FREE THINGS guide. So, time to plan the week!

• Tuesday, December 5 – Does this holiday season have you Seeing Red? See more of it at Suns.
• Wednesday, December 6 – Suns is rolling out a double feature of John Denver and the Muppets.
• Thursday, December 7 – Get into the holiday spirit with a screening of A Honky Tonk Christmas at Suns.
• Thursday, December 7 – Join The Barker Adoption Foundation for a free screening of From Place to Place at Busboys and Poets.
• Friday, December 8 – Suns is showing the evil yet adorable Gingerdead Man.
• Saturday, December 9 – Catch a double feature at NGA with The Last Angel of History and Testament.
• Sunday, December 10 – Watch a selfish T.V. exec get taught a lesson with the screening of Scrooged at Suns.
• Sunday, December 10 – Check out another double feature at NGA with Seven Songs for Malcolm X and The March.

• Wednesday, December 6 – Laugh off the fact that it’s only Wednesday as Drafthouse Comedy Theater presents The Overarchievers Comedy Show.
• Wednesday, December 6 – Politics and Prose is hosting an acoustic open mic night.
• Wednesday, December 6 – Tatsuya Nakatani and Geoff Wilt are at Rhizome DC.
• Wednesday, December 6 – Laugh Buzz Comedy is putting on a show at Brass Monkey.
• Thursday, December 7 – Catch Incredible Change at Black Cat.
• Thursday, December 7 – DJ Money & Malcolm X are performing at That Feel Good DC.
• Thursday, December 7 – Kweku Collins is with Femdot and Blaquestone at Songbyrd.
• Thursday, December 7 – Head over to DC9 for a Reunion Holiday Pop Up.
• Thursday, December 7 – Have the best #TBT yet as Decades gets heated for the holidays.
• Friday, December 8 – Chord of Appeals A Cappella is dropping their Wintry Mixtape at Luther Place.
• Friday, December 8 – Zula, Dehd, and Dove Lady will be at Comet Ping Pong.
• Friday, December 8 – Get the last laugh as Drafthouse Comedy presents Attack of the Comics.
• Friday, December 8 – Agua Society and Songbyrd are teaming up for a 90’s Edition Dance Party.
• Sunday, December 10 – It’s never too early to start thinking about St. Patty’s day, so get in the spirit with the Irish Traditional Music Session at Petworth Citizen.
• Sunday, December 10 – Enjoy the December edition of Electric Rainbow at The BackRoom with DJ Chord.

• Monday, December 4 – The Embassy of Sweden is hosting a reception to launch the Bergman Centennial with special guests the National Theater of Norway and Live Ullmann.
• Monday, December 4 – Allied in Pride, AQWA, and Q-Rad are discussing gender and politics with ContraPoints at MSSC.
• Tuesday, December 5 – Cullen Murphy discusses his novel Cartoon County at Politics and Prose.
• Tuesday, December 5 – The Embassy of Sweden is holding a panel discussion in honor of two of Sweden’s finest contemporary artists: Anna U Davis and Carolina Falkholt.
• Wednesday, December 6 – Visit the DAR Museum and take a look at their Christmas decorations while enjoying cocoa, cookies, and carolers.
• Wednesday, December 6 – Carol Schwartz is in conversation with Andy at Busboys and Poets.
• Wednesday, December 6 – Gather on the West Lawn of the Capitol to partake in the 2017 U.S. Capitol Christmas Tree Lighting.
• Thursday, December 7 – Politics and Prose is hosting Dar Williams, author of What I Found in a Thousand Towns.
• Friday, December 8 – The Embassy of Sweden is holding a Women’s Economic Empowerment Edit-a-thon to help change Wikipedia’s biographical representation of women.
• Saturday, December 9 – Enjoy Fale University, a comedic lecture series posed to satirize academic culture, at Suns.
• Saturday, December 9 – Stella Parks, award-winning pastry chef and writer, is at the Harper Macaw Chocolate Boutique at The Wharf discussing her new cookbook.
• Sunday, December 10 – Fantom Comics is hosting a Holiday Geek Market for all of you comic book nerds out there.

That’s all, remember – PLEASE POST YOUR FREE EVENTS (FOR FREE!) ON OUR AGENDA PAGE or send us FREE TIPS to [email protected] for inclusion in the future FREE THINGS guide. Feel free to leave us your suggestions in the comments. Sharing is the new caring.