No Ticket Thursdays: The Kennedy Center's Millennium Stage

At 6 p.m. each evening, The Kennedy Center hosts free performances for the public.  From Bluegrass, to Afro-Cuban Rhythms, introduce your children to new beats and sounds. Great opportunities for movement, and dance.  Inspire your future musician or cultural anthropologist to clap along, people watch, and appreciate all the area has to offer.  Take the metro to Foggy Bottom and take the shuttle over, or park under the building on rainy days.  http://www.kennedy-center.org/programs/millennium/schedule.html

If Grandma is paying, check out National Symphony Orchestra's Teddy Bear Concerts, for children around age 3 and up, which last about 45 minutes. Tickets sell for $18 a few times a year. Bring your own bear.