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Festivities include gift guides, holiday market, neighborhood bonfire, DC’s largest outdoor ice skating rink, holiday lights competition, Georgetown cookie tour, 25 days of holiday cocktails, and more.

More than 35 retail shops and restaurants to offer in-store promotions, events and discounts to mark the beginning of the holiday season in Georgetown.

18th annual outdoor market will feature sidewalk sales, French fare, music & street performers, with extended sidewalks for a more comfortable experience.

Three commissioned works from local artists will be on display during the Georgetown BID’s free outdoor public art experience, also to feature walking tours and artist talks.

Narrow sidewalks? Not anymore. The program is the first of its kind in DC, offering more space in Georgetown to support new outdoor dining and future event programming, and create a livelier and more inviting pedestrian zone.

The campaign invites visitors to experience the neighborhood’s evolution and unexpected people, places and things, featuring a new microsite with a guide to unexpected Georgetown.

Organic mattress maker Avocado Green Mattress opens its Georgetown showroom Friday, and it is not your typical retail mattress store. For starters, the showroom has “The Sleep Experience.” Avocado Green says it’s an immersive way to understand what a night’s sleep feels like on one of its mattresses, with five- to 15-minute sessions with sunset and nighttime sky displays and circadian lighting and binaural beats, which it says moves you into a state of deep relaxation.

A 12-year odyssey for acclaimed chef Ashleigh Pearson has, at last, landed her at a zenith moment in her culinary career. Pearson’s ‘Petite Soeur’, her first brick and mortar store, has just opened its doors along Wisconsin Avenue in Georgetown.

A new hotel is in the works along the Georgetown waterfront. Almost 18 months since developer IDI Group received approval to redevelop the warehouse building that houses The Berliner beer hall to deliver 54 condos, a new team is now aiming to turn the property at 3401 Water Street NW into a citizenM hotel.

Exclusive to the Georgetown location, the Everlane store will have its “100% DC” shirts and tote bags, along with its men’s and women’s clothing, denim, footwear, and accessories, in the brand’s signature chic, minimalist aesthetic.

Marcel’s and Per Se alum Ashleigh Pearson debuts Petite Soeur on October 26.

GLOSSLAB, a hygiene-first, membership-based, waterless nail studio operator, has signed a lease with EastBanc, Inc., marking the company’s first location in Washington, D.C. GLOSSLAB will officially open its doors at 1533 Wisconsin Avenue NW in early 2022, and will add to Georgetown’s growing list of retailers and experiences.