that is unique to the washington, d.c. art all night experience. >> five of the city's main street neighborhoods participate in the free event bringing over 30,000 attendees to areas of the city that might not otherwise get explored. >> every year art all night basically has these funky, cool installations. they have dancers, they have visual artists and musicians. as you walk around, you let yourself be drawn toward these different happenings, different events. >> ultimate goal of the event is to encourage discovery, art installation, a new restaurant or a retail store. >> it brings people to the neighborhood. maybe they don't even walk in that night. now that they see there's something here, they'll come back. >> in more established and ageing commercial corridor of dupont circle, art all night reminds that dupont is an art destination. >> 8,000 people who don't come to dupont on a saturday night