Art All Night 2023
With activations in all 8 wards, there is more to explore than ever before. Join your favorite artists and local businesses and discover new ones as we come together to celebrate the District.
Art All Night 2023
Art All Night 2023 is a chance for the city to celebrate the performing and visual arts. D.C. will be the center stage showcasing our city's talent diversity. The event highlights the intersection of art and business throughout our commercial corridors, placing artists on the center stage.
First presented as Art All Night: Nuit Blanche DC in 2011 by Shaw Main Streets, Art All Night drew crowds of 30,000 plus to celebrate the art and local culture. Over the next 12 years, the event grew to feature over 20 participating neighborhoods in 2023, with over 180,000 attendees from across the DMV to DC to celebrate the arts.
Art All Night is a collaboration between the DC Department of Small and Local Business Development (DSLBD), the DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities Department (DCCAH), DC Public Library (DCPL), and the DC Main Streets programs, and the Business Improvement Districts (BIDs). Each participating neighborhood will be a catalyst for corridor revitalization by highlighting music, visual, literary, and performing arts, activating public spaces, bringing new foot traffic to small and local businesses within the corridor, and bringing an increase in business sales compared to a typical weekend night.
The festival will host different activations each night, bringing visual and performing arts, including painting, photography, sculpture, crafts, fashion, music, dance, theater, film, and poetry, to indoor and outdoor public and private spaces, including local businesses and restaurants.
