Art All Night Returns to Georgetown, Sept. 12
By • September 3, 2026 0 584
For one thing, Art All Night — taking place in all eight wards of Washington, D.C. — isn’t one night, it’s two: Sept. 11 and 12, starting at 7 p.m. and ending at 3 a.m. the following morning, twice in a row.
And for another thing, as those start and end times indicate, Art All Night isn’t really all night. You can still catch at least a few hours of shut-eye.
Here in Georgetown, this year’s event is set for Saturday, Sept. 12, from 5:30 to 10:30 p.m.
“Art All Night has grown so much over the years, and it’s incredible to see it become part of the rhythm of the neighborhood and the way we welcome fall in Georgetown,” said Rachel Shank, executive director of Georgetown Main Street. “I’m so proud of what this event has become and grateful to our showcase sites, businesses, artists, volunteers and neighbors, who make it happen every year.”
Georgetown Main Street will staff a welcome table at the front entrance of the Georgetown Neighborhood Library, 3260 R St. NW, from 5:30 to 9:30 p.m. Here’s an overview of activities at the library. From 5:30 to 10 p.m., there will be a classic car show in the parking lot. DJ Wonder will spin the hits from 6 to 10 p.m. in the lobby. Other programming: Paint Your Own Sneakers with Michael Hyman at 6 p.m. (while supplies last), Mocktail Mixology with Fatima at 6 p.m. (likewise), Chat and Paint from 6 to 10 p.m., Balloon Twisting with Striped Socks in the Children’s Library from 6 to 8 p.m. and Karaoke in the Fishbowl from 7 to 10 p.m.
A second welcome location is at N Street Plaza, 3206 N St. NW, where Shop Made in DC will be running a Makers Night Market.
Crowds packed N Street Plaza at last year’s Art All Night. Photo by Claudio D’Nora. Courtesy Georgetown Main Street.
A dozen of the showcase sites are on Wisconsin Avenue: Shop Made in DC at 1304, L’Enfant Gallery at 1442, Cottage House Ethiopian Cuisine at 1529, Georgetown Lutheran Church at 1556, the Pit Stop Stage at the former TD Bank location on the corner of Q Street, Gallery 16Ten at 1610, the British International School’s pop-up at Oki Shōten at 1614, Gallery Article 15 at 1624, Calloway Fine Art & Consulting at 1643, Addison/Ripley Fine Art and StudioLab RD at 1670 and Washington Printmakers Gallery at 1675. All will be open from 5:30 to 10:30 p.m. except StudioLab RD, Georgetown Lutheran Church and the BIS pop-up, where programming ends earlier.
At Shop Made in DC, artist Madeline Stratton will be on hand for an exhibition of her new body of work, “Here And There.” By combining paint, wood, textiles and embellishments, Stratton aims to memorialize the objects of daily ritual and the spaces in which they take place. Also, from 5:30 to 10 p.m., visitors can press their own Georgetown Marquee patch on a tote at the Make It Bar (while supplies last).
L’Enfant Gallery will present “Painting in the Window” from 6 to 10 p.m. The entire L’Enfant Gallery Collection will be on display. Details will follow about a “performative artist.”
Cottage House Ethiopian Cuisine will demonstrate an Ethiopian coffee ceremony on the hour from 6 to 10 p.m. A three-piece Ethiopian band will play in the back garden from 5:30 to 9:30 p.m. and saxophonist and vocalist Rediet Hailu will lead an “ethio-jazz” program upstairs in the lounge. Also, visitors can make a tibeb pattern coloring card (while supplies last).
At Georgetown Lutheran Church, outside in Bell Tower Plaza, the Panachays will perform French classics at 6 p.m., No Land will perform Latin fusion at 7 p.m. and Mari Carlson and Justin Heath will perform bluegrass at 8 p.m. In Fellowship Hall, Outta Our Minds will lead puppet-making workshops ($10) at 5:30, 6:30 and 7:30 p.m. On view: the International Cross Collection of art.
At the Pit Stop Stage, “The WASH” group from Duke Ellington School of the Arts will perform from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. and Metronoma Band will play soul, funk and R&B from 8 to 9:30 p.m.
Gallery 16Ten will celebrate the opening of Book Hill Gallery, which will display “In Bloom” by Sam Juan. On view upstairs, at Gallery 16Ten, is “The Prodigious Metamorphosis” by Naurya Pelletier-Bacquaert, who transforms photography and digital drawing into deeply personal visual narratives that move beyond representation. There will also be an herbal vendor pop-up from 5:30 to 10:30 p.m.
The British International School is offering a mini gallery display, student performances and a workshop for participants to make key rings with acrylic blocks from 5:30 to 9 p.m. at its Oki Shōten pop-up.
Gallery Article 15 is presenting a solo exhibition by Congolese artist JP Kiangu, with live Congolese music by Nkumu Katalay and his band from 5:30 to 9 p.m. The exhibition, called “Congo nde Mboka (Congo is the Homeland),” showcases the Democratic Republic of the Congo’s rich history and cultural traditions through a series of paintings imbued with color, nostalgia and humor.
Calloway Fine Art is displaying “Staycation: Art, Architecture and Ambiance in the DMV” by acrylic painter Madeleine Greenwald. From 6:30 to 8:30 p.m., Greenwald will lead the creation of an interactive community mural in the secret courtyard.
At Addison/Ripley, artist Robin Bell will be on hand for an exhibition of his work, “Projection Warnings.” Tobago Bay Band will perform from 6 to 8:30 p.m.
StudioLab RD is presenting “Throughline” by Robin Davisson, bringing together multiple ways of making — painting, stitching, collage, sculptural form and layered surfaces — into a single visual language. There will also be community-sourced painting from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m.
Washington Printmakers Gallery is featuring the printmaking exhibition “At the Seams” by Kristine DeNinno. An interactive linocut printmaking demonstration featuring hand-printed gift cards will take place from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m.
“Art All Night is the ultimate celebration of Georgetown’s creative spirit, transforming the Wisconsin Avenue corridor into a vibrant open-air gallery of live performances, pop-up exhibits, make-and-take stations and community connection,” said Georgetown Main Street Board Chair Iesha Holy. “This year, we’re expanding our footprint with fresh venue partnerships like Tudor Place, bringing dynamic new installations to familiar historic corners.”
In addition to Tudor Place, 1644 31st St. NW, the participating sites off Wisconsin Avenue are: 1223 Potomac Gallery, 1223 Potomac St. NW; O Street Collection, 3213 O St. NW; and Klagsbrun Studios, 1662 33rd St. NW.
Tudor Place is presenting “Painting the Past: Art at Tudor Place,” with sketching, painting, art from the archives and lawn games on the grounds until 7 p.m. From 6 to 7 p.m., local musicians will perform in the Boxwood Ellipse.
1223 Potomac Gallery will host an artist talk at 7 p.m. and a live performance at 9 p.m. The artists represented in “Foot on Nex: Applying Pressure Through Collective Unity” are Artifacts, Brandon Carlton, Teia A. Lettsome, Bam Byrd and Janet Fries.
At O Street Collection, Georgetown’s newest gallery, visitors can meet the artists, including watercolor artist and gallery owner Rita Ting-Hopper, from 5:30 to 9:30 p.m., and take home a print from a mini print vending machine featuring original artwork highlighting Georgetown’s small businesses.
Klagsbrun Studios is showing “Writ on Water,” selected and new work by Micheline Klagsbrun, who will be in her second-floor studio. The show features new resin-based sculptures similar to the work she is currently exhibiting in Venice at the Biennale, as well as multi-layered drawings on paper and sculptural wall hangings exploring the instability of identity and memory. On the lower floor: the Tuesday Night Group: Drawing + Painting from Life.
Looking to shake a leg? Dancing on the Waterfront — an initiative started by Dr. Morris Jackson to bring dancers of all skill levels together in Georgetown — will host an open dance from 5:30 to 10 p.m. Dance instruction sessions with Dr. Stephen Jackson will be offered from 5:30 to 6:15 p.m. and from 8 to 8:30 p.m.
First presented in 2011 by Shaw Main Streets as Art All Night: Nuit Blanche DC, Art All Night is jointly produced by the DC Department of Small and Local Business Development, the DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities, the DC Public Library, the DC Main Streets programs and individual Business Improvement Districts. To scroll through the citywide festivities, download the app. The most up-to-date information about the Georgetown event is posted at georgetownmainstreet.com.
