MUSIC & THE ARTS
Sept. 1-5 Abbey Road on the River – Beatles Tribute Festival, Gaylord National Resort
Sept. 3 DC Blues Festival, Carter Barron Amphitheater
Sept. 9-10 Spirit of America, Verizon Center (free)
Sept. 10-24 Washington National Opera performs Tosca, Kennedy Center
Sept. 15 The Fillmore Silver Spring Grand Opening Week, featuring Mary J. Blige, Blondie, Bring Me the Horizon, Primus & Cheap Trick.
Sept. 24 Baltimore Symphony Orchestra: Tchaikovsky and Dvorak, Strathmore
Sept. 24-25 National Book Festival, National Mall
Now through Oct. 2 Oklahoma!, Arena Stage

SPORTS
Sept. 4 Washington Mystics vs. Connecticut Sun: Fan Appreciation Day, 50% off tickets, Verizon Center
Sept. 8-11 Nation’s Football Classic, RFK Stadium
Sept. 11 Washington Redskins vs. New York Giants, FedEx Field
Sept. 21 DC United vs Chivas USA, RFK Stadium
Sept. 23 HSBC Tennis Cup – 2011 Champions Series Circuit, Verizon Center

FOOD & WINE
Sept. 17-18 Virginia Wine Festival, Centreville
Sept. 10-11 The Wine Festival at The Plains
Sept. 24 Northeast Clambake Inspired Wine Dinner, Magnolias at the Mill
Sept. 30-Oct. 2 Mount Vernon’s Wine Festival & Sunset Tour

FASHION
Sept. 19-25 DC Fashion Week

The fabulous tour includes seats at the International Couture Fashion Show on Saturday and tickets to the Mystics Game at Madison Square Garden on Sunday.

The fun starts with a pickup guests 7 a.m. in Tysons on Saturday, with arrival at your hotel in New York City at noon. Fashion shows follow in the afternoon, with dinner and a cocktail reception to follow.

On Sunday, you have you choice of shopping or a Mystics Game at Madison Square Garden, then the bus leaves for Tysons at 6:30 p.m.

The package, which includes transportation, hotel, dinner, breakfast, fashion shows, cocktails, basketball tickets and Hollywood-style swag bags for only $584 per person, based on double occupancy.

To get one of the last seats on the bus, visit Your Own Entourage in NYC’s payment page at http://www.restonlimo.com/blog/wp-admin/post-new.php and click on the Total Package Price option on the pull-down menu.

The Mystics’ Wine & Cheese Night brings together the tasting of wonderful wines by Corcoran Vineyards and Sunset Hills Vineyard with finely crafted cheeses by Cowgirl Creamery for you and your friends to enjoy.

The tastings begin at 5 p.m. in the Dewar’s Club at the Verizon Center, and continue until the 7 p.m. tipoff for the game against the Seattle Storm. Tickets to the Wine & Cheese Night are $35 and must be purchased in advance. For more information, visit the Mystics’ Web site or contact Sarah Novak at 202-527-7517 or snovak@washmystics.com

On Sunday, Sept. 13th, Reston Limousine will exhibit one of our limousines at our booth at the Washington Bridal Showcase at the Dulles Expo Center.

Washington’s largest bridal show has more fashions, more new ideas and more choices than you can imagine. With spectacular runway fashion shows and displays from nearly 300 of the area’s most trusted wedding professionals, you will find everything to make your wedding day extraordinary. Many exhibitors will offer demonstrations, samples and money-saving show specials.

Tickets are $10 at the door, but Reston Limousine has a special for our blog readers: Just click on the image below to download and print a 2-for-1 coupon, valid for admission after 1 p.m.

At this must-attend evening of inspiring speakers, you’ll also get the opportunity to network with other attendees, enjoy a wonderful dinner, and cheer on the Mystics as they play the Indiana Fever at the Verizon Center in Washington DC.

Registration begins at 4:30, followed by the program starting at 5 p.m. Tickets are $40, which inludes the seminar, networking, dinner and Mystics game ticket.

To purchase tickets or for more information, please contact Erin Mitchell by e-mail at emitchell@washmystics.com or by phone at (202) 527-7510.