Día de los Muertos Returns to The Wharf

Honor the Day of the Dead on DC’s waterfront with Celebración Día de los Muertos at The Wharf on Sunday, November 1st, in partnership with Giant Food, Modelo, Fiesta DC and Topo Chico.

From 3:00 to 6:00 p.m., The Wharf will come alive with cultural performances, live music, hands-on activities, and colorful festivities for all ages. The celebration will take place throughout the neighborhood, with activities at M Street Landing, The Grove, Recreation Pier,and on Wharf Street.

Guests can watch cultural performances at M Street Landing, enjoy live music by Sol y Rumba and Mariachi Imperio by Blanca Chucuan at The Grove, and bring the kids to Recreation Pier for face painting and sugar skull decorating. Attendees can also sip drinks from the Modelo Beer Gardens, visit beautifully decorated altars honoring loved ones and snap a photo in front of a life-sized sugar skull display.

Guests are encouraged to wear colorful attire, skulls, flowers with glow-in-the-dark and  illuminated accessories for the community light procession.  

This event is free to attend and open to the public; no tickets are needed. For more information, click here.