Georgetown Waterfront Park

This post contains information on annual events near Georgetown Waterfront Park.  We will update the dates and brochures annually as new ones become available.  Forthcoming events include the latest information available.

Ongoing Events

Rowing Community Races Ahead in Washington

Garrett Faulkner in an article in The Georgetowner 10/21/09 gives a great feel for what drives the rowers who are out there before sunrise:  Rowing Community Races Ahead in Washington.   The author was out there with the rowers at 4:55am and interviews rowers from Potomac Boat Club as well as Thompson Boat Center.

Boot Camp

In an article, Guerilla Fitness, in the New York Social Diary, Carol Joynt discusses ongoing boot camp early morning exercise run by various organizations in and around Georgetown Waterfront Park.  “One morning it might be the Georgetown Waterfront Park for core work, including walloping a tire with a sledge hammer, another day a quiet back alley, Cady’s Alley, for medicine ball, agility, and speed drills, another day the waterfront Swedish Embassy for upper and lower torso work with box jumps, push ups, dips and squats.”

Forthcoming Events

Annual Events

Scullers Head of the Potomac

In 2009, this regatta hosted by Potomac Boat Club took place on Sunday, September 27 9am-5pm .  The boat–launching can be seen both at the the Potomac Boat Club and at partnering Thompson Boat Center where most of the crews visiting from out of town will launch their shells.    This is the major rowing race on the Potomac in the fall season and features all kinds of rowing craft from single to eight-person shells, and competitors from high school and college through the oldest masters men and women, as well as many elite rowers.  Close to 250 boats are registered so there is plenty to watch.

The starting line is up-river near the “hens and chickens” rocks and the course  follows the river’s contours ending  to the Roosevelt Bridge, generally hugging the Virginia shore. The distance is about 3 miles.  The Park offers good views of the rowers in their last push to the finish line For good close-up views from the Waterfront Park,  a good pair of binoculars is an asset.  Cheering is very welcome to all the competitors and motivates them to work harder so feel free to cheer. For more details, please consult the 29th Annual Charlie Butt Scullers brochure.

Taste of Georgetown – Saturday, October 10 2009 – Wisconsin Avenue and M Street NW – 11am-4pm

The annual Taste of Georgetown showcases the spectacular cuisine of thirty of Washington, D.C.’s finest restaurants, highlighting Georgetown’s culinary personalities and featuring nearly sixty delectable dishes to sample, as well as wine pairings and the jazz talents of Blues Alley. As the sixteenth annual celebration of food, wine, and music, the Taste of Georgetown has become the premier food and wine festival of D.C. benefiting GMC’s services supporting the homeless.