5037 Connecticut Ave, NW
From Comet Ping Pong:
“I’m happy to announce Comet Ping Pong’s Fall Outdoor Music Series in our Parking Lot Pizza Garden! The Spring and Summer series were both big successes with the whole run of concerts selling out!
Beginning September 20th and continuing through October, we will present a series of 7:00pm concerts in the Comet Ping Pong parking lot for a limited audience of pre-reserved, seated, dine-in guests. (more…)
“Dear PoPville,
I was wondering if you wouldn’t mind posting the Facebook post that Madam’s Organ just put up. I’m a musician who plays at the club a couple of days a week and they just discovered a racket where the doorman were stealing the cover charges that go to musicians by having customers pay the cover charge to their personal venmo. (more…)
808 Upshur Street, NW former longtime home to Philip’s Shoe Repair short time home to She Loves Me
Thanks to Jonathan for sending: “Do you have any info a new Jazz/Comedy club on Upshur in Petworth? Saw signage when driving by but haven’t heard anything about it.”
Room 808’s website says:
“A new multifaceted creative, media space in Washington, D.C.” (more…)
From a press release:
“Organizers of the National Cannabis Festival are pleased to announce the return of the largest ticketed cannabis event on the east coast to RFK Festival Grounds in Washington, DC on Saturday, August 28, 2021. The festival’s music lineup includes performances by Method Man & Redman, Young M.A, Backyard Band, Antibalas, The Archives, DJ Farrah Flosscet, and Lee, Blackwood & Graham.
COVID-19 SAFETY (more…)
815 V Street, NW photo by pastelgal
First a reopening date for Atlantic Plumbing movies and now a beautiful photo next door, thanks to pastelgal for sending: “big message on the outside of 9:30 club today!!! 9.9.21”
See opening week info here and stay tuned for the mystery: (more…)
From an email:
“You may have heard about our recent policy requiring all patrons to show proof of vaccination or a negative COVID-19 test. We are expanding on that policy and wanted to make you aware.
Please note that all I.M.P. venues – 9:30 Club, Merriweather Post Pavilion, The Anthem, and Lincoln Theatre – will soon require full vaccination against COVID-19 for entry at all events. Beginning October 17, 2021 and until further notice, only patrons who are fully vaccinated against COVID-19 will be able to attend events at I.M.P. venues. Exceptions will only be made for children under 12 and those with qualifying medical conditions preventing them from becoming vaccinated. For those patrons, a negative COVID-19 antigen or PCR test taken within 48 hours of the show date will be accepted. (more…)
“Dear PoPville,
The NIMBYs are out in full force against 18th Street Lounge. From 10th Street, NW near Blagden — what fresh hell is this? It would make me laugh if it wasn’t so troublingly alarmist.”
Ed. Note: Back in June we learned that Eighteenth Street Lounge (ESL) had signed a lease for its new location in Blagden Alley.
3107 Mount Pleasant Street, NW
From Suns Cinema:
“Starting this Thursday 8/12 we will begin requiring proof of vaccination upon entry to Suns. If you were vaxxed in DC or MD a digital copy of your vaccination can be found at http://myirmobile.com. For VA, http://vdh.virgina.gov https://instagr.am/p/CSXW42BHfov/”
From Black Cat:
“Effective 8/13, patrons who wish to attend an event must show either a completed COVID-19 vaccination card, photo of a completed COVID-19 vaccination card, or proof of a negative test taken within 72 hours of the event.”
From 9:30 Club:
Suns Cinema, Black Cat and 9:30 Club will join ThinkFoodGroup, Showtime, area theatres, The Pug, Public Option, 1310 Kitchen & Bar, Ivy and Coney, Pitchers/ALOHA some fitness studios (including VIDA) and Danny Meyer’s restaurants which previously announced the same or similar.
2477 18th Street, NW
Thanks to Karl for sending the note below from Adams Morgan:
About that scuttlebutt, hahaha oops thanks to Jason for sending the news from the Post 10 days ago :)
“Songbyrd will take over Coconut Club’s former location on Penn Street NE and will continue to host the eclectic lineup of up-and-coming acts that drew longtime patrons to Adams Morgan for the past six years. The exact date of its grand opening in Northeast is still to be determined, but in the meantime, Edmonson and Lapan will reopen Songbyrd’s original location on Aug. 16.”
As for the scuttlebutt, (more…)
1115 U Street, NW
U Street Music Hall announced they had closed after 10 years on U Street back in October 2020. I’m now hearing that a new new nightclub operator has leased the space. I give this a 93% accuracy rating. Stay tuned.