Just in time for DC Black Pride and Pride Month, Oakland-based artist Sadie Barnette brings her interactive installation and performance series The New Eagle Creek Saloon (2019) to D.C. The project reimagines San Francisco’s first Black-owned gay bar, which Barnette’s father, Rodney, operated from 1990 to 1993. The New Eagle Creek Saloon served as a safe […]
Day in the District Events invites you to enter the Penthouse level of the Intercontinental Hotels posh bar 12 Stories with views, drinks, music, and more. It's the perfect ending to the 2023 DC Black Pride. Tickets: $30–$200
A kaiju-themed surf punk band from Huntsville, Alabama, now based in Houston? What's not be fascinated by. Local scare queen Jane Saw opens. Tickets: $15–$20.
Ryan Jamaal Swain (of Pose fame) stars alongside Michael Kevin Darnall and Justin Weaks in Raymond O. Caldwell's production of One in Two. By award-winning playwright Donja R. Love, this […]
This queer, Chicago-based Nigerian American makes dreamy dance pop from perfectly mixing '50 rock with R&B, adding a touch of old school funk, with Afrobeats roots. Amindi opens. Tickets: $18.
The Ladies of LURe, Tagg Magazine, and A League of Her Own host a dance party for everyone under the rainbow with DJ Tezrah and Pretty Boi Drag. Free.
Just in time for Pride month, the Gay Men’s Chorus of Washington, DC is paying tribute to country's coolest queen. So pull your boots on, tease your hair, and sing-a-long at this season finale! Songs include “Here You Come Again,” “Islands in the Stream,” “Jolene,” and “My Tennessee Mountain Home.” Tickets: $25–$65.
Reintroducing Over Easy—the tea dance for queers and their friends. The day party returns for its 10th season to kick off Pride Month with DJs Clamazon, kristy la rAt, and Mothershiester! Brunch available. Masks, vaxxs, boosts, tests celebrated but not required. Over Easy is a trans-positive, all-gender-inclusive, anti-racist, pro-consensual-makeout space. (Disclaimer: WCP Arts Editor Sarah […]
Just in time for Pride month, the Gay Men’s Chorus of Washington, DC is paying tribute to country's coolest queen. So pull your boots on, tease your hair, and sing-a-long at this season finale! Songs include “Here You Come Again,” “Islands in the Stream,” “Jolene,” and “My Tennessee Mountain Home.” This is an ASL interpreted […]
Are you ready for this ultra queer lineup of local musicians? Come out for an evening of rock, dream pop, and experimental sounds with Ammonite, Ari Voxx, Blood Family Reunion, Eyerolls, and Julie Outrage. Tickets: $10–$20.
Capital Pride and Busboys and Poets host their annual Pride storytelling event. They promise an array of spoken word performances and an ASL interpreter.
KINETIC and Capital Pride Alliance are putting on four days of fab fun. A weekend pass gets you a toothache in this candy land: Thursday's SUGAR POP at at Soundcheck with DJ Dan Slate; Friday's UNCUT XL with DJ Abel (and lots of cruising) at REPUBLIQ nightclub; Saturday's Candyland with headliner BETTY WHO at Echostage; […]
