WASHINGTON, May 22, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- Destination DC, the
official destination marketing office for the nation's capital, is
primed to help travelers discover the real DC between Memorial Day
and Labor Day. Summer getaways in DC may include only-here,
only-now celebrations like the 50th anniversary of the
moon landing, exhibits focusing on women leaders from ancient
Egyptian queens to American suffragettes as well as the nation's
fastest-growing jazz festival and professional tennis at Citi
Open.
Destination DC (DDC) has packed washington.org with a summer
calendar, refreshed neighborhood guides and seasonal deals.
Concierges share real-time advice (800-635-6338; Mon.-Fri.,
8:30am-5pm EST) as do visitors and
local experts across
DDC's Facebook, Twitter and Instagram accounts
using #MyDCcool.
"The summer is a great time to find value in the city, and we're
focused on attracting visitors for DC's one-of-a-kind events and
opportunities that make the city shine," said Elliott L. Ferguson, II, president and CEO of
DDC. "Go undercover at the newly expanded International Spy
Museum, hear jazz throughout our neighborhoods during the
15th anniversary of DC JazzFest, check out T-Rex when
the Fossil Hall reopens in June at the Smithsonian's National
Museum of Natural History and sample DC-made wines in Capitol
Riverfront."
"Like the city's expanding hospitality assets, DDC's summer
marketing campaign has grown with targeted digital-forward ads such
as custom email blasts, out-of-home murals, influencer programs,
animated display banners on platforms including Roku," said
Robin A. McClain, senior vice
president of marketing and communications. "We want to reach a wide
range of visitors this summer and inspire travel to discover the
real DC and all its unique offerings."
THREE-DAY HOLIDAY WEEKENDS
Memorial Day: Salute active
duty military and veterans at the final Rolling Thunder honor ride
and concert (May 26) and America's
largest Memorial Day parade (May
27).
Independence Day: America's birthday boasts a parade,
star-studded concert and fireworks seen from the National Mall
(July 4).
Labor Day: National Symphony Orchestra performs on the National
Mall (Sept. 1).
FESTIVALS
Capital Pride (May
31-June 9)
DC's 44rd LGBTQ festival spreads the rainbow across parties, a
parade (June 8) and street festival
(June 9).
DC JazzFest (June 6-17)
The 15th annual concert series draws talent like Jon Batiste and Stay Human to 40+ venues across
the city.
AFI Docs (June 19-23)
Non-fiction films spotlight subjects like manufacturing and
Toni Morrison, also conversations
with opinion leaders and filmmakers.
By the People festival (June
15-23)
Halcyon's citywide arts and innovation fete is packed with free
performances, panels and installations like an art barge.
Smithsonian Folklife Festival (June
29-30)
Dive into Armenian and Catalonian culture at this pop-up museum on
the National Mall.
National Book Festival (Aug.
31)
The Library of Congress's written word carnival welcomes 100-plus
authors to the Walter E. Washington Convention Center.
PROFESSIONAL SPORTS
Washington Mystics (June 1)
DC's WNBA franchise inaugurates their 4,200-seat Congress Heights
facility against the Atlanta Dream.
International Champions Cup: Real Madrid vs Arsenal
(July 23)
A preseason ICC clash of EUFA titans at FedEx Field.
51st Citi Open Tennis Classic (July
27 – Aug. 4)
Top seeds hit the hardcourts at the Rock Creek Park Tennis
Center.
EXHIBITIONS AND PERFORMING ARTS
The Life of
Animals in Japanese Art (June 2-Aug. 18)
A survey of 315 works featuring beasts, real and imaginary,
religious and secular, spanning 16 centuries at the National
Gallery of Art.
Hello Dolly! (June 4-July
7)
Broadway's lavish revival stars Tony Award®-winner Betty Buckley at the John F. Kennedy Center for
the Performing Arts.
Shall Not Be Denied: Women Fight for the Vote (June 4 – September
2020)
A 120-item exhibition about suffrage at the
Library of Congress marks the 100th anniversary of the Nineteenth
Amendment. Additional exhibitions at the National Gallery of Art;
the National Archives and DAR Museum.
National Fossil Hall Reopens (June 8)
After a five-year closure, the Smithsonian National Museum of
Natural History reopens its fossil collection. Also discover
dinosaur-themed attractions at the National Zoo.
Lawn (July 4-Sept.
2)
The National Building Museum's indoor greenspace installation is by
design group LAB at Rockwell Group.
50th Anniversary of the Apollo 11
Mission (July
16-20)
The Smithsonian National Air and Space
Museum celebrates the moon landing and moon walk with programs,
day and night, indoors and out.
LOOKING AHEAD
The REACH: Kennedy Center
Expansion (Opening festival Sept.
7-22)
The first new space in the 47-year history of
the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts adds
60,000-square-feet of classrooms, rehearsal and performance space
as well as greenspace, a reflecting pool, a projection screen and
pedestrian bridge over the parkway.
National Children's Museum (Opens Nov.
1)
The 33,000-square-foot STEAM-enabled playscape designed to spark
curiosity opens inside the Ronald Reagan Building and International
Trade Center.
About Destination DC: Destination DC, the
official destination marketing organization for the nation's
capital, is a private, non-profit membership organization of 1,000
businesses committed to marketing the area as a premier global
convention, tourism and special events destination with a special
emphasis on the arts, cultural and historic
communities. washington.org.
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