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Carley Harvey performs on NBC's "The Voice", Fall 2025
Lubber Run Summer Concert Series
June 6-August 2 | Lubber Run Amphitheater | Arlington Forest
Award-winning blues artist and featured contestant on NBC's "The Voice" Carly Harvey opens the 2026 free Lubber Run Summer Concert Series on Saturday, June 6 with a tribute to the a tribute to the late great Amy Winehouse! Diva to Diva...Soul to Soul...don't miss Carly and her 10 piece band as they kick off the summer in supremely soulful style!
The series continues through August 2, with most shows Fridays and Saturdays at 8:00 pm, and Sunday family performances at 11:00 am.
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29th Annual Columbia Pike Blues Festival
Sat, June 13 | 12-8p | Penrose Square | Penrose
Currently on a national tour, Lexington, Kentucky’s powerhouse Joslyn and The Sweet Compression headlines a lineup of national touring artists and hometown favorites. This year, the festival will be held in a new location comprised of Penrose Square and the adjacent grounds at 2601 Columbia Pike. In addition to all the great music, festival goers can enjoy shopping, local food, and activities for the entire family. With the new location the Blues Festival carries on the great community spirit that has been the cornerstone of this unofficial start to the Arlington Summer for the last twenty-nine years.
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SPARK!
Sun, June 7 | 10am-2pm | 2700 Art Space | Green Valley
SPARK! Not Your Usual Art Market features handpicked art and food vendors, including artists David Amoroso and Kate Rosendale, plush animals made from reclaimed textiles, Rossana Coffee, Southern Thai-inspired desserts, and so much more! Plus you can get a free custom poem written for you by Aaron R., listen to DJ Crown Vic (Jim Thomson), and enjoy a free interactive art project about visible mending by artist Roxana Geffen. Hang out with us the first Sunday of every month at the new outdoor 2700 Art Space!
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Dead Air by Greg Jones Ellis
thru June 13 | Theatre on the Run | Green Valley
Inaugural winner of the Dominion Stage Playwrighting Competition. Reggie is a popular TV host with an on-air trademark of saying 'my son the genius.' The son, however, is a recluse who resents his mother's use of him as a 'Unique Selling Point' in the increasingly competitive daytime talk show world. As Reggie's career takes off, her on-air advice to a variety of guests ironically contrasts with her failing marriage and her troubled child.
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Disney's Dare to Dream Jr.
May 29-Jun 7 | Thomas Jefferson Community Theatre | Arlington Heights
Disney’s Dare to Dream Jr. is a high-energy musical revue that follows a group of trainees on their first day at the Walt Disney Imagineering Studio. Featuring songs from The Princess and the Frog, Coco, Encanto, and Frozen II, the trainees discover the power of dreams to unite and inspire as they journey through iconic Disney moments. It’s a magical celebration for all Disney fans! Recommended for ages 4 and older. Presented by Encore Stage & Studio.
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Arlington Career Center Student Show: Phases
Sat, Jun 6 | Alliance Gallery | Clarendon
Arlington Artists Alliance is pleased to present the Arlington Career Center student show "Phases". Phases are found in times of transformation; they can be sudden, inevitable, or momentary. A phase may be a specific instance in time, but our entire lives are spent in phases. Sales proceeds directly support these aspiring young artists and the ACC Art Department.
View more about Arlington Career Center Student Show: PHASES at Alliance Gallery.
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Queer Author Salon
Thu, Jun 11 | MoCA Arlington | Virginia Square
In this open environment, writers will share selections from their work, followed by time for conversation and connection. Work spans across a wide variety of genres, including poetry, graphic novel, memoir, and fiction. Writers include Sunu P. Chandy, Dominique Dickey, CK Gormally, Jonathan Harper, Sarah Robinson / SC Nealy, and Beka Wueste. Presented by MoCA Arlington.
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Mozart and Bruch: The Great Concertos
Sat, Jun 6 | 7:30pm | Gunston Theater 1 | Long Branch Creek
Closing the season with both grandeur and intimacy, the National Chamber Ensemble presents two masterworks in a rare chamber setting that brings their emotional depth and structural brilliance into sharp focus. Pianist Carlos César Rodríguez lends dazzling elegance to Piano Concerto No. 21 "Elvira Madigan" by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, his most famous piano concerto, while Artistic Director Leo Sushansky performs the virtuosic Violin Concerto No. 1 in G minor by Max Bruch in a reimagined, deeply personal interpretation. The program also features Adoration by Florence Price and the lyrical Romance by Johan Svendsen. This season finale celebrates the genius of some of classical music’s most enduring voices while showcasing the interpretive depth and artistry of NCE’s distinguished musicians.
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Artist Talk and Reception: Sabine Portal
Sat, Jun 6 | 10:30am-11:30am | Cherrydale Library | Cherrydale
The Incubator at Arlington Public Library invites you for an artist talk by local artist Sabine Portal. Originally from France, Sabine lived in several European countries before settling in Arlington. She has long been passionate about drawing and painting. She works primarily in watercolor and loves its transparency and interaction of pigments Her subjects include portraits, landscapes, urban scenes, and nature. Her exhibit will be on view at Cherrydale Library through June 2026.
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Acoustic Café presents Griefcat & The Calico Cloggers
Tue, Jun 16 | 7pm | Walter Reed Recreation Center | Columbia Heights
Closing out the Spring 2026 season of the Acoustic Cafe is Griefcat, the musical comedy duo of Annie Nardolilli and Louisa Hall, two songwriters from Washington, DC, who are genre-hopping troubadours unafraid of sonic experimentation, building on influences from Tenacious D to Dolly Parton and beyond. Expect a healthy dose of campiness.
Opening will be The Calico Cloggers, a Northern Virginia-based percussive dance group, whose repertoire includes traditional and modern clogging, Irish and Canadian step dancing, tap dancing, swing, and set dancing.
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