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On Sale Now! Events in the ~ future ~ that you may want to buy tickets for before they sell out

Juneteenth Parade (6/19), Pride all month, local music guide for June, Bike to the BBQ (6/21), Register for sketch comedy classes! (July), Tiny Desk Contest on the Road (with TDC winner Ruby Ibarra) (7/19)

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Wednesday, June 11

All hail the strawberry moon!
It’s strawberry season! There’s no better time to stop by Temperance Alley Garden for a guided meditation and art ritual under the lunar light (and maybe snack on some alpine berries?). (6pm)

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Dean’s back, baby!

Indie rocker Dean Wareham of Galaxie 500 heads to Songbyrd for a special concert celebrating his first album with producer Kramer since 1990, where he reflects on his storied musical journey. (7pm)

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Also || Leading Through Change session, tunes: fka LAFFYYY / Franxx / Spiral Jetty, tunes in the triangle, talk: A’lelia Walker & the Harlem Renaissance, film: caught by the tides, revolutionary alternatives to US healthcare, sketchbook club @ NGA, DC Affordable Law Firm turns 10, film: the greatest showman (free), queer reading night

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Thursday, June 12

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Cats! The Movie (no not that one, another one)

It’s the DC premier of “25 Cats From Qatar” a documentary that reveals the severe cat population crisis in Qatar and an inspiring mission to save 25 cats. Plus, screening proceeds go to local cat rescues! (8pm)

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All my homies love public schools!

The new Senate budget rule is BAD. Specifically, the bill includes several pieces that further destabilize public education and harm students, families, and communities, including deep cuts to Medicaid/SNAP and a tax credit aimed at privatizing education. Go to the Capital and rally against this bad, bad bill! (2-3pm)

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Also || comedy: Ian Bagg, father’s day comedy show, garden party, book talk: Sing the Truth, Pride Walking Tour: Latinx LGBTQ+ DC, Soul of Sudan, Father’s Day comedy show, polyam meetup, Queer Open Mic at Doubles, NCPC meeting, Skullcap Record Release, fermentation workshop, queer jazz, A2B vinyl listening & storytelling

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Friday, June 13

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Baa baa trivia sheep, have you any trivia?

Join Old McDonald at Edgewood Community Farm for Trivia on the Farm! There will be custom trivia questions, themed rounds, and more. Plus it’ll be done in less than 2 hours (unheard of for DC trivia!) (7pm)

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Your favorite comedian’s favorite comedian

If you also can’t stop thinking about Kate Berlant in The Other Two, you’re in luck! She’s bringing her absurd-meets-genius brand of humor to the 930 Club, so strap yourself in for a guaranteed wild ride. (doors at 7pm)

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Also || dance: Everyone I (N)Ever Loved, jazz in the garden, tunes: Jair-Rohm Parker Wells & Ben Dumbauld / Fanoplane, Rooted in Rhyme, tunes: showstoppers/just jazz, comedy for underrepresented genders, Cobra Collective, comedy for underrepresented genders, The Stacks La Dolce Vita Soirée, comedy show: queer dating game, pleasure activism: sex & socialism, tunes: Krista O’Connell, Home Rule Music Festival youth showcase, tunes: Karate, listening to Slum Village 25 years later, Synthesis: A 20th Anniversary Concert, tunes: metal LBGBTQ+ benefit show

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Saturday, June 14

Notes on Essex
As part of its special exhibition, Essex Hemphill: Take Care of Your Blessings, the Phillips Collection is hosting an afternoon of poetry reading and reflection. Featuring renowned poets such as Washington native Christopher Prince and Pulitzer Prize winner Jericho Brown. (2pm)

Finally, an excuse to wear all the rainbow merch your family/friends gave you after coming out!

From the kneehigh rainbow socks your gf’s mom gave you, to a rainbow bandana, to whatever shirt your friend got you to tell you “I support you!” You can wear them all at as you are’s Cheugy Pride party! (10pm)

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Big weekend, huh?

Tunes and Theatre: comedy show: mortified pride, Congressional Chorus Broadway revue, comedy: “Kids in the Hall” legend Kevin McDonald, All Hat No Cattle, hot jazz fiddle, punk show at NIH
Get outside: Petworth stoop sale, Trolley Trail Day, Jazz in the Parks at Walter Reed, Pride Pawty at the Boro, free workout @ The Stacks
Art: Artist workshops in the sculpture garden, yoga in the sculpture garden, affordable art market in Baltimore
Learn Something: Harlem Renaissance in DC, history of punk in DC, composting

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Also || District Sounds, DC JOY DAY with Free DC, Samba at Glen Echo Park, Seventh Stanine Festival, KeyCon 2025, World Pride: JChris, tunes: since sondheim, Pride poetry, free saturday at National Building Museum, Merry Pin turns 1!

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Sunday, June 15

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If you build a bird a home

Habitat for humanity… and feathered friends, too! Stop by Anacostia Park to repurpose scrap wood into a unique birdhouse you can donate or take home with you. (2pm)

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Pizza party!!!

Have you been riding down Columbia Road NW enjoying the new beautiful bike lane? Well apparently so have others! The new bike lane has bike usage up 25%, bus usage up 7%, and bus times… faster! Come celebrate with other transit hotties with pizza, a DJ, and more! (4pm)

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Aimee! Aimee! Aimee!

90s Musical Icon (and iconic Portlandia Housecleaner) Aimee Mann is playing at 930 Club! Her music is incredible and her shows are too. (7pm)

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Also || beekeeping age? beekeeping for bee-ginners, tunes: microplastique / Kimia Hesabi, architecture of Tudor Place, F1 Montreal watch party, alleyways of DC, Sheldon Feldman Sings the Songs They Told Me Not to Sing, family fun day at Union Station, DC hike party!, tunes: Kimia Hesabi & microplastique, go-go on the rooftop

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Monday, June 16

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Calling all radio heads

Join AIR for a virtual panel with DC-based community organizers and hear how they’re using radio as a way to bring community together. (3pm)

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Big band, big night

Experience the power and precision of big-band jazz with 15-member Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra directed by nine-time Grammy winner Wynton Marsalis at the Kennedy Center! (7pm)

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I stand by this statement: Having a weekly Monday night activity will make your life better

Why not make that weekly activity be trivia? Shaw’s Tavern is fun, entertaining, and not impossible (much needed clarification)! (7:30pm)

Or my favorite random person hosted trivia night at Wonderland. Each week is different, so some are fun and some are “British Prime Minister” themed. (7:30pm)
Pub and the People also hosts Geeks Who Drink trivia each Monday (7pm)

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Also || Pub Choir, chakra color immersion, Jazz: Wynton Marsalis, Profs & Pints: Ben Franklin, empanada history, Summer Bucket List, art at Spark Social, comic & zine makers meetup, resin mixing workshop

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Tuesday, June 17

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Get Lit with Kat Chow

Whether you’re an avid reader, aspiring writer, or simply enjoy hearing original stories, you don’t want to miss The Inner Loop’s monthly reading featuring Kat Chow (from NPR’s Code Switch) and nine other local writers! (7pm)

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Gonna jazz myself

Head to Rhizome for an evening of boundary-pushing jazz as Transparent Productions presents legendary duo Sir Kahil El’Zabar on percussion and David Murray on tenor sax and bass clarinet! (7pm)

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Also || author talk: Maria Avgitidis, Profs & Pints: Nosferatu vs Dracula, ONE DC’s Housing Conditions Action Forum, trans night at ASA, Shakespeare in the Parks, pivoting parents, tunes: Shauna Dean Cokeland / Chad Hate George / Miri Tyler, line dancing on the waterfront

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JUNE

6/18: tunes: saxophonist Gary Bartz, daytime book club, tunes: Mannequin Pussy, queering the narrative, tunes in the triangle, ex-feds: get help w/ health insurance, volunteer w DC Zinefest, Mahjong at Lucky Danger

6/19: author talk: Anne Marie Chaker, Juneteenth Parade, summer solstice tarot, ONE DC Juneteenth, Juneteenth at the Anacostia Community Museum

6/20: jazz in the garden, coffee outside on the c&o, tunes: Seán Heely, learn to knit, The Armors at Rhizome, Swedish Midsummer DC, Sebastian Llosa, Belfast at Kennedy Center

6/21: Point Break Music Festival, clothing swap, figure drawing class, botanic garden summer solstice market, teen art/social change showcase, Pride zine swap @ Fantom, jazz at kreeger, Home Rule Music Festival with Free DC, Summer Soirée for Juneteenth, summer solstice market at the coupe, Juneteenth family day, Bike to the BBQ, brewery tunes: Lesson Zero, talk: The Night Shirley Chisholm and Diahann Carroll Reshaped Politics, queer sabha!, queer variety cavalcade, artist talk, free day at NMWA, Home Rule Music Festival