Exclusive: Dîner en Blanc returns to D.C. for its 11th event

Mimi Montgomery

Wide outdoor event with hundreds in white, seated on white chairs under a modern columned pavilion. Warm lights glow, trees line the foreground, and a blue sky above. — Last year's Dîner en Blanc. Photo: Eric Vitale Photography

Dîner en Blanc will return to Washington for the 11th time on Aug. 29, the group has shared exclusively with Axios.

Why it matters: It's a chance to gather with thousands of strangers sporting their finest white 'fits at an outdoor dinner party set at a unique D.C. site.

How it works: The party's location is only revealed right before it kicks off.

Past dinners have taken place at spots like the Kennedy Center, the Fields at the former RFK Stadium, and the base of the Capitol.
Guests bring their own meals, tablescapes, tables and chairs.
And, of course, attendees are asked to deck themselves — and their table settings — out in their chicest all-white everything.

State of play: Tickets go on sale July 8, and past attendees get first dibs, then it opens to friends of prior guests, the group tells Axios.

If you're a hopeful first-timer, you'll have to join the D.C. fan list.
New this year: You can buy up to 10 tickets and coordinate so your group can sit together.
Tickets are $60, and you have to buy at least two.

This year's theme: "Une Soiree Parisienne - La Belle Époque" — a nod to the event series' Parisian roots.

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Exclusive: Dîner en Blanc returns to D.C. for its 11th event

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