In honor of Juneteenth, Events DC and local advocacy organization Long Live Go-Go hosted Unity Fest at the Gateway DC Pavilion. The family-friendly event featured an array of new and classic musical artists from the D.C. area to celebrate Go-Go music and its impact on the city. 

The event was produced with the intention of showcasing diverse interpretations of the city’s official music as well as uniting people of all ages and backgrounds. 

The Capitol Hill Volleyball Classic is a national volleyball tournament held annually at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center. The tournament featured over 900 teams and 30,000 unique visitors from all over including squads from San Juan, Puerto Rico for a weekend full of volleyball fun. The tournament is a yearly tradition for the convention center and Events DC is happy to invite them back in 2022!  

Park Up DC is a pop-up drive-in movie theater at the RFK Campus parking lot. The drive-in opened on July 15, 2021, and premiered shows and movies like a drive-in comedy show headlining Donnell Rawlings, Frozen, Tenet, and I Know What you did last summer.   

The Summer Concert Series marked the return of large-scale events to Washington, DC after two years of COVID-19 social distancing precautions. The Entertainment and Sports Arena welcomed artists such as go-go group Junkyard Band, electronic music duo Thievery Corporation, pedal steel guitarist Robert Randolph and The Family Band and Dominican Latin-pop music star Jason Cerda performed their hits on July 22-25, 2021.  

The DC Bike Ride is a tradition in the district where cyclists get to tour the city sights in an interactive way. Events DC is a proud major sponsor event, allowing riders to enjoy 20 miles of car-free safe streets with a community of other cyclists and to enjoy the Finish Festival full of entertainment and activities for all.  

Mayor Muriel Bowser chose the Walter E. Convention Center as the venue to host her fourth Maternal and Infant Health Summit in the fall of 2021. This was the first event to be hosted in Studio 801, the Convention Center’s state-of-the-art production studio. Free and open to the public, the important event served as a platform to highlight solutions and resources that address health inequities to improve maternal and infant health outcomes.