Washington, D.C.
June 28 – July 4, 2026
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Washington, D.C.
From June 28 through July 4, organizers from across the country will gather in the nation's capital for Seven Days in D.C. — a weeklong series of civic engagement activities, public demonstrations, and cultural events designed to encourage direct participation in the democratic process during the lead-up to Independence Day.
The event will bring together activists, organizers, artists, comedians, musicians, and citizens for a coordinated week of lobbying, voter outreach, protest education, conversations with congressional candidates, and nightly performances across Washington D.C..
Direct meetings with congressional offices, coordinated through FLARE — For Liberation And Resistance Everywhere.
On-the-ground voter outreach and registration drives across Washington throughout the week.
Workshops on organizing strategy, Know Your Rights, and civic action — skills that outlast the week.
Nightly performances — comedy, live music, guest speakers. Free and ticketed events all week.
Sustained visibility actions throughout the city during one of Washington's most watched weeks.
Conversations with candidates and fellow organizers — strengthening the networks that make change possible.
Doors open at 6PM for the official launch of Seven Days in DC at the legendary Black Cat on 14th Street. The week starts here.
Come as you are. Meet your fellow travelers: organizers, activists, journalists, veterans, voters, and troublemakers from across all 50 states who came here to make noise and make history. Live music sets the tone for the week ahead. This is the gathering before the storm — come early, stay late, and introduce yourself to the person next to you.
Day one of civic action. Morning workshops, civic education, and Know Your Rights — then the evening finds its voice on the Black Cat stage.
Pastries, coffee, and conversations with organizers on the frontlines of voting rights, immigration justice, reproductive freedom, environmental defense, civil liberties, and more. Bring questions. Leave with a stack of literature and three new contacts you didn't have when you walked in.
Your first day in Washington and you're already going inside. FLARE has been running congressional lobbying operations blocks from the Capitol since day one - coordinated, relentless, and effective. They know the offices, the staff, the pressure points, and exactly how to make a constituent meeting count. You show up. They handle the rest. Coordinated groups. Real offices. Real conversations. This is democracy with your shoes on the marble.
Freedom Futures Collective presents a curated lineup of artists and musicians — movement leaders, directly impacted community members, and at least one person who will make you want to fight harder than you did yesterday — takes the Black Cat stage before the music begins. This is not a panel. This is a rally with a soundtrack. Come fired up. Leave more so.
Candidate accountability and a night of music that belongs entirely to this moment.
Pastries, coffee, and conversations with organizers on the frontlines of voting rights, immigration justice, reproductive freedom, environmental defense, civil liberties, and more. Bring questions. Leave with a stack of literature and three new contacts you didn't have when you walked in.
Your first day in Washington and you're already going inside. FLARE has been running congressional lobbying operations blocks from the Capitol since day one - coordinated, relentless, and effective. They know the offices, the staff, the pressure points, and exactly how to make a constituent meeting count. You show up. They handle the rest. Coordinated groups. Real offices. Real conversations. This is democracy with your shoes on the marble.
Elizabeth Booker Houston is moderating this free event.
Tuesday night belongs to the music. No agenda, no speeches — just the Black Cat doing what it has done for over thirty years: putting the right artists on the right stage in front of the right crowd. A full evening of live performances spanning the spectrum of resistance, joy, grief, and defiance. This is the night you'll remember when someone asks you years from now what it felt like to be alive in this moment.
Featuring: BAD STATIC, ALLSTRIKE, RESISTANCE CO, THE MAKA STICKS, and PETRICHOR
As more visitors arrive in Washington for the holiday weekend, the week builds toward larger public gatherings and performances. Details to be announced.
Pastries, coffee, and conversations with organizers on the frontlines of voting rights, immigration justice, reproductive freedom, environmental defense, civil liberties, and more. Bring questions. Leave with a stack of literature and three new contacts you didn't have when you walked in.
Your first day in Washington and you're already going inside. FLARE has been running congressional lobbying operations blocks from the Capitol since day one - coordinated, relentless, and effective. They know the offices, the staff, the pressure points, and exactly how to make a constituent meeting count. You show up. They handle the rest. Coordinated groups. Real offices. Real conversations. This is democracy with your shoes on the marble.
Ask the hard questions. Demand real answers.
Power hates being laughed at. Cliff Cash headlines an evening of comedy that is equal parts cathartic and incendiary — the kind of laughter that comes from someone finally saying the thing everyone in the room has been thinking. Supporting acts TBA. If you've been grinding through the week's heaviness, this is your pressure valve. Come ready to lose it.
The last full day of structured programming. Morning goes deep on immigration. Afternoon hands the mic to the crowd. Thursday night is the show. Do not miss this show.
Pastries, coffee, and conversations with organizers on the frontlines of voting rights, immigration justice, reproductive freedom, environmental defense, civil liberties, and more. Bring questions. Leave with a stack of literature and three new contacts you didn't have when you walked in.
Whether you're a seasoned adventurer or you've never played D & D in your life, pull up a chair. Dungeoon Mastered by none other than Matt Gordon - veteran, activist, and apparently also a guy who can make you fight a dragon while making a point about civic engagement.
The kind of event that doesn't have a clean genre and doesn't need one. Featuring Robby Roadsteamer, Jolly Good Ginger, Chelsea Gods, Dawoke Farmer, and more. Part wrestling event. Part civic hallucination. Part performance art fever spike. Do not miss this show.
Friday centers the people who put their bodies where the flag is — and then came home to a country that mostly moved on. Ends with comedy, because power hates being laughed at.
July 3 marks the inflection point of the week. As the city swells with visitors, Seven Days in D.C. scales up its public presence. Gather at FLARE to hear from our lineup of twelve veterans. Nothing held back.
MC'd by Drill Sgt. Doug w/ Sol / Political Drain, the rally features voices from across the veteran community including BigSarge (Sons of Liberty), Liz Lotterhos (Common Defense / Black Veterans Deported of America), Lelaina Faye (Remember Your Oath), Thomas Sidle (FAFO / March for Democracy), Aiden Swallow (20-year veteran / Congressional candidate, Arizona), Gunny Speaks Out (Remember Your Oath), Matt Gordon (Remember Your Oath), Mike Ferner (Veterans for Peace), and Naveed Shah (Common Defense), with additional speakers to be announced.
Additional performers, speakers, and venues will be confirmed in the coming weeks.
No scheduled entertainment. Just a sustained, visible civic presence throughout Washington — encouraging participation and reflection on Independence Day.
July 4 is not a concert. It's not a rally. It's a reminder — visible, sustained, and impossible to ignore — that democracy is not a spectator sport. Organizers will maintain a civic presence throughout the city, creating opportunities for public participation and reflection during one of the most watched days of the year in the nation's capital.
As fireworks light up the sky above the Capitol, the organizers, activists, and citizens who spent the week making democracy legible will be there — in the crowd, on the Mall, visible and present. The week ends where the country began: in public, together, insisting on a more perfect union.
"This is about showing up. Not just watching politics from a distance, but participating in it — meeting representatives, getting involved in voter outreach efforts, learning how organizing works, and being part of a larger civic community."
One of Washington's most storied independent venues — thirty years of music, culture, and nights that don't get forgotten.
A pizzeria, restaurant, and concert venue.
Seven Days in D.C. aims to increase voter engagement, strengthen organizing networks, and bring national attention to civic participation during a historic moment. If you are an organizer, artist, or group who would like to participate, reach out.