Your guide to the 2023 White House Correspondents’ dinner week parties and events
A roundup of the best events and parties from the week of the 2023 White House Correspondents’ Association dinner.
At its heart, the annual White House Correspondents’ Association dinner is about celebrating the First Amendment and honoring the journalists who hold our nation’s most powerful officials accountable to the citizens who elected them.
It’s also, however, the centerpiece of a week’s worth of festivities for Official Washington, and Playbook is your one-stop shop for all the goings-on. We’ve compiled an exhaustive and continuously updated list of all the top events below, and we’ll be collecting the best SPOTTEDs, pictures, anonymous overheards and behind-the-scenes content you need to know through the week.
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Monday, April 24
Napa Valley Vinters Wine Tasting Event
5:30-7:30 p.m.
Recording Industry Association
1000 F St. NW
Wednesday, April 26
An Evening Honoring Black News Contributors
6-8 p.m.
Embassy of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago
1708-1714 Massachusetts Ave. NW
Comcast-NBCU Leguizamo Does America Reception
6-8 p.m.
The Observatory at America’s Square
300 New Jersey Ave. NW
Preface
7-9 p.m.
Private Residence
Northwest
Thursday, April 27
Washington Women in Journalism Awards
6-8 p.m.
Larz Anderson House
2118 Massachusetts Ave. NW
London Calling: The Great Playbook Debate
6:30 p.m.
British Embassy
3100 Massachusetts Ave. NW
Bytes and Bylines
6:30-9:30 p.m.
The Residence of the Ambassador of Ireland
2221 30th St. NW
White House Foreign Press Group’s Annual Reception
7:00 – 10:00 pm
Meridian International Center
1630 Crescent Place
Power to the Patients Kick-Off Event
8-11 p.m.
Sequoia
3000 K St. NW
Friday, April 28
Crooked Media Reception
5-8 p.m.
Dauphine’s
1100 15th St. NW
The News Movement Reception
5-7 p.m.
British Embassy
3100 Massachusetts Ave. NW
Voto Latino Event
6-8 p.m.
Decatur House
748 Jackson Place NW
MPA & SAG-AFTRA Reception
6-8 p.m.
Motion Picture Association
1600 I St. NW
Elle Women of Impact Event
6-8 p.m.
Ciel Social Club
601 K St. NW
CAA’s 2023 WHCD Kickoff Party
6:30 p.m.-9 p.m.
The Henri
1301 Pennsylvania Ave. NW
Semafor Party
7-9:30 p.m.
Justin Smith Residence
Kalorama
Washington Diplomat Media Bash
7-11 p.m.
Italian Embassy
3000 Whitehaven St. NW
The Creative Coalition #RightToBearArts Benefit Dinner Gala
7:30 p.m.
The Madison Hotel
1177 15th St. NW
Axios After Hours: Presented by Live Nation
8:30 p.m.
National Building Museum
440 G St. NW
UTA Party
Evening
Fiola Mare
3100 K St. NW
Saturday, April 29
30th Annual Garden Brunch
11 a.m.–2 p.m.
Beall-Washington House
2920 R St. NW
Time 100 Brunch Talk
11 a.m.-1 p.m.
Del Mar Restaurant
791 Wharf St. SW
Our Voice: An AAPI White House Correspondents Brunch Celebrating Diversity
12:30 p.m.–3 p.m.
Private residence
Wall Street Journal Reception
5:30 p.m.
Washington Hilton
1919 Connecticut Ave. NW
POLITICO & CBS News Reception
6 p.m.
Washington Hilton
1919 Connecticut Ave. NW
ABC News Reception
6 p.m.
Washington Hilton
1919 Connecticut Ave. NW
White House Correspondents’ Association Dinner 2023
8 p.m.
Washington Hilton
1919 Connecticut Ave. NW
Byron Allen’s TheGrio D.C. Gala
10 p.m.-2 a.m.
The Smithsonian National Museum of African-American History and Culture
1400 Constitution Ave. NW
Time After-party
10:30 p.m.
The Residence of the Swiss Ambassador
2920 Cathedral Ave. NW
CBS News After-party
11 p.m.
French Ambassador’s Residence
2221 Kalorama Road
Comcast-NBCUniversal News Group After-party
11:30 p.m
Organization of American States
200 17th St. NW
Sunday, April 30
POLITICO Brunch
11 a.m.-1 p.m.
Robert & Elena Allbritton Residence
Georgetown
CNN Brunch
10:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m.
The LINE DC
1770 Euclid St. NW
UPDATED: This article has been edited to remove certain events that are not open to the public.