What's happening during White House Correspondents' Dinner Weekend 2024
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President Biden at last year's White House Correspondents' Association Dinner. Photo: Nathan Howard/Bloomberg via Getty Images
The White House Correspondents' Association Dinner is this Saturday, which means the D.C. media crowd will be partying all weekend.
Why it matters: "Nerd Prom" is Washington's version of the Oscars, and there's a long list of shindigs surrounding the main event.
Wednesday, April 24
Event: White House Correspondents' Dinner Week Reception: Celebrating the Next Generation of Leaders in Congress
- Host: Fulcrum Public Affairs, Bryson Gillette and Conexión
- Location: MITA
- Time: 6pm - 9pm
Thursday, April 25
Event: Washington Women in Journalism Awards Ceremony
- Host: Story Partners and Washingtonian
- Location: Larz Anderson House
- Time: 6pm - 9pm
Event: Bytes & Bylines
- Host: Susanna Quinn, Eric Kuhn, Stephanie Cutter, Sarah Kate Ellis, Adrienne Elrod, Karen Finney, Adam Rathe, and Irish Ambassador Geraldine Byrne Nason
- Location: The Irish ambassador's residence
- Time: 6:30pm - 9:30pm
Event: Politico's White House Correspondents' Dinner Weekend Kickoff Reception
- Host: British Ambassador Dame Karen Pierce and Politico CEO Goli Sheikholeslami
- Location: The British ambassador's residence
- Time: 6:30pm - 9pm
Event: White House Foreign Press Pass Party
- Host: Meridian International Center and the White House Foreign Press Group
- Location: Meridian International Center
- Time: 6:30pm - 9:30pm
Event: The Fourth Estate
- WME and Puck
- Location: The Riggs Hotel
- 7pm - 10pm
Event: Axios and Live Nation's Step into the Spotlight
- Host: Axios and Live Nation
- Location: OAS Building
- Time: 8pm - 12am
Friday, April 26
Event: Washington AI Network's Inaugural White House Correspondents' weekend TGAIFriday Lunch
- Host: Washington AI Network and Tammy Haddad
- Location: The House at 1229
- Time: 11am - 2pm
Event: Comcast NBCUniversal and the Motion Picture Association's White House Correspondents' Dinner Eve Event
- Host: Comcast NBCUniversal and the Motion Picture Association
- Location: Motion Picture Association
- Time: 5:30pm - 8pm
Event: Crooked Media cocktail party
- Host: Crooked Media and Vote Save America
- Location: Grazie Mille
- Time: 6pm - 8:30pm
Event: CAA White House Correspondents' Dinner Kickoff Party toasting host Colin Jost
- Host: Creative Artists Agency
- Location: La Grande Boucherie
- Time: 6:30pm - 9pm
Event: Semafor House Party
- Host: Semafor
- Home of Justin Smith
- Time: 7pm - 9:30pm
Event: Washingtonian/Embassy of Qatar White House Correspondents' Soirée
- Host: Washingtonian and the Embassy of the State of Qatar
- Location: Four Seasons Hotel
- Time: 8pm - 11pm
Event: UTA's Celebration of American Journalists Party
- Host: UTA
- Location: Fiola Mare
- Time: 9pm - 1am
Saturday, April 27
Event: White House Correspondents' Garden Brunch
- Host: Tammy Haddad, Ruth Porat, Kevin Sheekey, Mark and Sally Ein, Symone Sanders-Townsend, Jon Banner, Craig Minassian, and Franco Nuschese
- Location: Beall-Washington House
- Time: 11am - 2pm
Event: Our Voice - A White House Correspondents' Brunch
- Host: The Asian American Foundation, Asian American Journalists Association, Asian Pacific American Institute for Congressional Studies and Enfranchisement Productions
- Location: Capitol View at 400
- Time: 12:30-3pm
Event: ABC News White House Correspondents' Pre-Dinner Reception
- Host ABC News
- Location: Washington Hilton
- Time: 5:30pm - 7pm
Event: CBS and Politico Pre-White House Correspondents' Dinner Party
- Host: CBS and Politico
- Location: Washington Hilton
- Time: 6pm
Event: New Media Party
- Host: Substack Politics and Hamish McKenzie
- Location: The Willard Center
- Time: 9pm - 11pm
Event: Swiss Ambassador's White House Correspondents' Dinner After-Party
- Host: Swiss ambassador Jacques Pitteloud, Madame Angelique Gakoko, Time, and Amazon MGM Studios
- Location: Swiss ambassador's residence
- Time: 10:30pm
Event: Comcast-NBCU News Group White House Correspondents' Dinner After Party
- Host: Comcast and NBCU News Group
- Location: The French ambassador's residence
- Time: 11:30pm
Sunday, April 28
Event: Politico Brunch
- Host: Albritton Journalism Institute and Politico
- Location: The Albritton residence
- Time: 11am - 2pm
Event: Our Cup of Tea: White House Correspondents' Dinner Weekend Finale
- Host: British Ambassador Dame Karen Pierce and CNN
- Location: British ambassador's residence
- Time: 1pm - 3pm
Editor's note: This story has been corrected to fix the name of Creative Artists Agency.