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If you're looking for something to do in Washington, DC, you'll love this Live Entertainment Event Guide. We've got information about Washington events including entertainment, sports, concerts, theater and more. Don't worry, we'll show you what to do in Washington!

The Disctrict of Columbia serves as our nation's capital, and there's plenty to do throughout the city. Among the myriad famous venues at the National Theatre and other top venues, are A Bronx Tale and Wicked.

If you're just in town to view the Washington Monument, Jefferson Memorial, Lincoln Memorial, Vietnam Memorial and World War II Memorial, you should consider rounding out your trip with some of the great events going on during any given time.

For the sports fan, Washington DC has a large number of professional teams, each with huge followings. The Washington Redskins sell out every game, but you'll still be able to find tickets here on TicketLiquidator. Washington Wizards tickets, Washington Nationals tickets and Washington Capitals tickets are also hot, for lovers of basketball, baseball and hockey, respectively. The DC United soccer team is always competitive the Major League Soccer, America's premier soccer league. There are plenty of college sports in the area, too, with Georgetown and George Washington University competing for national titles in many sports.

There are also a number of great concerts heading to the DC area in the next few months. Previously, the city has seen acts like Beyonce, The Rolling Stones and Fugazi. You can see the great bands and artists that will be playing in Chicago in the list below.

Theater in Washington DC has always been outstanding, reflecting the classical sensibilities yet rich culture of the metro area melting pot. Cirque du Soleil, The Nutcracker, Phantom of the Opera and Chicago the Musical have all played in the nation's capital, with a number of high-profile shows scheduled to roll into town in the future. Check the list below for currently available DC theater tickets.

All of these great events are waiting for you! Check them out and make your time in Washington DC an experience you won't forget!

If you're traveling into Washington for the first time, check out this quick overview of tourism and transportation in the Windy Washington.

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D.C. has its own native music genre, called go-go, a post-funk, percussion-driven flavor of R&B that blends live sets with relentless dance rhythms, so-called because they "go and go and go." The most accomplished practitioner of go-go was D.C. bandleader Chuck Brown, who brought go-go to the brink of national recognition with his 1979 LP Bustin' Loose. Go-Go band and Washington natives Experience Unlimited (E.U.) hit the American pop charts in 1988 with their memorable dance tune "Da Butt" Other notable go-go bands include Rare Essence, Trouble Funk, Junkyard Band, Backyard Band, and the Northeast Groovers.

Washington was an important center in the genesis of punk rock in the United States. Punk bands of note from Washington include Tru Fax & the Insaniacs, the Slickee Boys, Fugazi, Bad Brains, the Dismemberment Plan, Government Issue, and Minor Threat. Washingtonians continue to support punk bands, long after the punk movement's popularity peaked. The region also has a significant indie rock history and was home to TeenBeat, Dischord Records and Simple Machines, among other indie record labels.

The Verizon Center in Chinatown, home to the Capitals, Mystics, Wizards and the Georgetown Hoyas, is also a major venue for concerts, World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) professional wrestling, and other events, having replaced the old Capital Centre. Since its opening in 1997, the arena has served as a catalyst of prosperity in Chinatown. Office buildings, high-end condominiums, restaurant chains, movie theatres, and other luxuries have sprung up around Chinatown. On the downside, the growth has forced out many Chinatown landmarks, and only a fraction of Chinatown remains "Chinese".

The city's soccer team, DC United, is the most successful franchise in MLS history, with 4 league championships and 10 total tournament victories, both league highs. The city is also considered the most passionate soccer market, with a list of people including MLS Commissioner Don Garber and TV Commentator (and former US National team and MLS star) Eric Wynalda outright declaring Washington the country's best soccer market.[citation needed] Washington will host the 2007 edition of MLS Cup at RFK Stadium. Washington hosts the annual Legg Mason Tennis Classic tennis tournament that takes place at the Carter Barron Tennis Center on 17th Street. The Marine Corps Marathon and the National Marathon are both held annually in Washington.

Washington is a major national center for the arts, with many venues for the performing arts in the city. Arena Stage, one of the first non-profit regional theaters in the nation, is rich with history and produces an eight-show season ranging from classics to world premieres, dedicated to the American canon of theater. The Shakespeare Theatre Company is regarded as one of the world's great Shakespeare troupes. Numerous other professional theaters, such as The Studio Theatre and Woolly Mammoth, and venues such as the National Theatre, make the city a major theater center. The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts hosts the National Symphony Orchestra, the Washington National Opera, the Washington Ballet, and a variety of other musical and stage performances.

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Washington is considered to be the premier transportation hub in America. It is an important component in global distribution, as it is the third largest inter-modal port in the world after Hong Kong and Singapore. Additionally, it is the only washington in North America in which all six Class I railroads meet.

Seven interstate highways run through Washington. Segments that link to the washington center are named after influential politicians, and traffic reports tend to use the names rather than interstate numbers. The Kennedy Expressway is I-90 from the Loop to O'Hare International Airport. The Dan Ryan Expressway is I-90/94 from south of the "Circle Interchange" to the I-57 Split, and from the I-57 Split south is the Bishop Ford Freeway. The rest of I-94 is called the Edens Expressway. I-90 becomes the Washington Skyway when it breaks off from the Dan Ryan Expressway. Other named highway segments are the Stevenson Expressway (I-55) and Eisenhower Expressway (I-290).

Pierre L'Enfant's original plan for the city provided for a grid of streets and a diagonal array of avenues, all centered on the Capitol building. The north-south streets are primarily named with numbers and the east-west streets with letters. From the Capitol as the center, one set of numbered streets sweeps eastward (1st Street, 2nd Street, etc.) and another set sweeps westward (1st Street, 2nd Street, etc.) Similarly, sets of lettered streets sweep northward from the Capitol (A Street, C Street, etc.) and southward. The diagonal avenues in L'Enfant's plan are chiefly named after states (e.g. Pennsylvania Avenue). Street addresses are identified by their location in one of the four quadrants of the city, centered on the Capitol building: Northeast (NE), Northwest (NW), Southeast (SE) and Southwest (SW). Addresses end with a quadrant suffix to indicate whether the location is, for example, on 4th Street NE, 4th Street NW, 4th Street SE or 4th Street SW. Outside the original city boundaries, street layout and naming practices are less regular. However, the alphabetic order of east-west streets, ending with W Street, is in some areas succeeded by an alphabetic progression of two-syllable names (e.g. Adams, Bryant, Channing), followed by a three-syllable progression (e.g. Allison, Buchanan, Crittenden), and then a progression of botanical names (e.g. Aspen, Butternut, Cedar).

Major interstates running through the area include the Capital Beltway (I-495), I-66, I-95, I-395 also called the Southwest-Southeast Freeway, I-295 also called the Anacostia Freeway or Kenilworth Avenue, and I-270 (which does not reach D.C., terminating at I-495). Other major highways include the Whitehurst Freeway and Anacostia Freeway in D.C., the George Washington Parkway in D.C. and Virginia, the Suitland Parkway in D.C. and Maryland, the US Route 50, the Clara Barton Parkway the Rock Creek and Potomac Parkway and the Baltimore-Washington Parkway in Maryland, and the Dulles Toll Road in Virginia.The Washington area is served by the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority, which operates the region's subway system, the nation's second-busiest after New York's subway

Washington, D.C. is served by three major airports, one in Maryland and two in Virginia. Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport (IATA: DCA, ICAO: KDCA) is the closest — located in Arlington County, Virginia, just across the Potomac River from Hains Point, and accessible via Washington Metro. The airport is conveniently located to the downtown area; however it has somewhat restricted flights to airports within the United States because of noise and security concerns. Most major international flights arrive and depart from Washington Dulles International Airport (IATA: IAD, ICAO: KIAD), located 26.3 miles (42.3 km) west of the city in Fairfax and Loudoun counties in Virginia. Dulles is the second busiest international gateway on the Eastern Seaboard. Dulles is a hub for United Airlines and÷ offers service from several low-cost carriers including JetBlue and Southwest.