Beyoncé is bringing her Cowboy Carter tour to Washington starting Friday — but even if you don't attend IRL, there are plenty of ways to hang with the BeyHive this weekend. Why it matters: It's a long weekend — pack in as much Bey as possible.

In a stadium of strangers dressed in fabulous fringe, denim, boots, cowboy hats and other adornments in keeping with the immaculate Cowboy Carter aesthetic, I rediscovered something that I had long misplaced: Ebullient joy.