The 46 best things to do in D.C. this weekend and next week

Is this weekend the busiest of the year? It certainly feels like it. There are street festivals popping up from Falls Church to H Street to Hyattsville; cultural festivals at the Smithsonian Institution, on Pennsylvania Avenue and in Bowie; and kid-friendly celebrations at venues including the Library of Congress, President Lincoln’s Cottage and Brookside Gardens. And those are just ideas for Saturday! Throw in Oktoberfest parties at breweries and beer gardens all weekend, the closing party for the NoMa in Color mural festival, La Cosecha’s Hispanic Heritage Month celebration and the Anacostia Community Museum’s birthday, and you’ve got some hard choices to make.