🍂 It's the first weekend in October — let's make it awesome, y'all!

• Mimi here, with the deets on how to spend your precious 48-ish hours of no work.

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A stacked lineup of big-name performers and activists is coming to the D.C. area this weekend for a music festival with a community action bent.

Why it matters: Bruce Springsteen and Rage Against the Machine musician Tom Morello made headlines when they announced the event earlier this year during a Nats Park performance.

State of play: Power to the People is happening Saturday at Merriweather Post Pavilion, featuring musicians like the Foo Fighters, Dave Matthews, Joan Baez, Public Enemy, Jack Black, the Dropkick Murphys and Brittany Howard. (Plus: The Boss himself.)

• Also: Head to the Freedom Village to hang out with activist groups and register to vote.
• And some of the proceeds will be donated to voter advocacy groups VoteRiders and HeadCount.

Zoom in: Ticket prices vary, but start around $120 for general admission seats.

• Gates open at noon, and the show kicks off at 1pm.
• Can't make it? The event will be livestreamed on YouTube.

More fun happening this weekend:

🦟 Check out "Battling Bloodsuckers" at the National Geographic Museum of Exploration to hear epidemiologist Ryan Carney talk about bats, mosquitoes and all things bloodsuckers. Tonight | $30

🏈 Howard and Hampton meet at Audi Field for the 101st game in their historic HBCU football rivalry. Saturday, 3pm | Ticket prices vary

🎶 Head to Alethia Tanner Park for Home Rule Music Festival, a family-friendly gathering celebrating D.C.'s musical heritage with live performances, local artists, vendors and food trucks. Saturday, 12pm | Free

♻️ Get trading at a community swap for books, clothes and plants at Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library. Saturday, 1:30pm | Free

🎤 Maria Bamford — a stand-up comedian who's the subject of an upcoming Netflix documentary — performs her deeply personal comedy at Warner Theatre. Saturday, 7:30pm | Tickets start at $30

☕ The D.C. Coffee Festival is pretty much as it sounds: A two-day fest featuring specialty coffee roasters, tastings, food trucks and music at Dock 5 in Union Market. Saturday and Sunday, 9am | Tickets start at $30

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Not ready to jump into spooky season? Here are five new streaming titles to ease you into October.

📚 "East of Eden" — Limited series available today on Netflix

• Florence Pugh stars as Cathy Ames, a fiercely independent woman who drives a rift between brothers Adam (Christopher Abbott) and Charles Trask (Mike Faist), igniting a family saga that spans two generations.
• Behind the scenes: Creator Zoe Kazan's grandfather directed a film adaptation of the John Steinbeck novel in 1955 starring James Dean.

🩺 "Scrubs" — Season 2 available today on Hulu

• Back at Sacred Heart, J.D. (Zach Braff) supports his longtime mentor, Dr. Cox (John C. McGinley), after Cox's autoimmune illness stops responding to treatment.
• By the numbers: The revival's Season 1 premiere drew more than 11 million views during its first five days.

⚖️ "War" — Drama series available today on HBO Max

• Rival London law firms represent opposing sides in a high-profile divorce between tech entrepreneur Morgan Henderson (Dominic West) and movie star Carla Duval (Sienna Miller).
• The latest: Ahead of its premiere, the show was already greenlit for a second season starring Marisa Tomei, Kelly Macdonald and David Harewood.

👀 "Kill Jackie" — Revenge thriller premieres tomorrow on AMC+

• Former drug smuggler Jackie Price (Catherine Zeta-Jones) has spent two decades hiding behind a luxurious new life until seven hitmen are hired to kill her, prompting her to hunt them first.
• Behind the scenes: Lead director Damon Thomas, a director and executive producer on "Killing Eve," adapts the novel "The Price You Pay."

🏔️ "The Last First: Winter K2" — Documentary available today on Apple TV

• Icelander John Snorri Sigurjónsson and Pakistani father-son team Ali and Sajid Sadpara attempt to become the first climbers to summit K2 in winter, when the mountain's conditions are at their worst.
• The big picture: The documentary contrasts their expedition with a Nepalese team's bid to claim mountaineering history and examines how class, money and power shape extreme climbing.

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👶 I'm spending this weekend like I spend pretty much every weekend: pushing a stroller through the Del Ray farmers market.

Today's newsletter was edited by Alexa Mencia Orozco and Ashley May.