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On sale now! Events in the ~ future ~ that you may want to buy tickets for before they sell out:

full guide of pride events, check out the series of forklift crafting classes, St. Vincent with the NSO at Wolf Trap (6/25), tiny desk contest winner: Cure for Paranoia (7/11), tunes: Death Cab for Cutie (7/21), Lord Huron (8/2), tunes: Robyn, night 2 (9/9), Thee Sacred Souls (9/17), Mt. Joy (9/18), Charli XCX (9/28; signup for presale 6/12), Phoebe Bridgers (9/29), Olivia Rodrigo (10/3 & 10/4), Two Door Cinema Club (10/11), JPEGMAFIA (10/21), Beck (10/25), Dana and Alden (10/29), Slow Pulp (11/9), Julia Jacklin (11/10)

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Wednesday June 17

Truly nothing like them

Ca7riel & Paco Amoroso went viral in 2024 with their Tiny Desk and since then have won five Latin Grammies, gone on an indefinite hiatus, returned with a new album announced by Sting, and released an incredible new album accompanied by a 13-minute movie. Everything we’ve read (on Reddit) says the tour is incredible and it’s somehow not sold out! (doors at 6:30pm)

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Now’s the time to lock-in your summer fling

Good thing Crush has just the event! Stop by their mixer for queer singles and find new friends or maybe your summer lover. (6:30pm)

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Also || Wharf movie night: Sinners, farmer’s market at common good city farm, student night at Keegan, folger shakespeare class: Mythmaking and Storytelling in the Regency Era, tunes in the triangle, make your own wooden earrings, the play that goes wrong, paint and sip and eat, talk: civic engagement in small town America, tunes: Billy Allen + The Pollies, tunes: Odunsi, theatre: Othello

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Thursday June 18

Skate it ‘till you make it

The recent $10 million renovations to Freedom Plaza have destroyed a decades long hub for DC skateboard culture by incorporating metal “skate stoppers” on ledges to deter skaters. Join Homme Gallery for an opening reception of their new art show “Hidden in Plain Sight,” a group art show exploring the conflict in using spaces outside their intended use. (7-9pm, then open until June 25)

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Hi Gay

The Capital Pride Alliance pool party might be sold out, but that doesn’t mean you can’t start your Pride weekend off with a splash. Celebrating your inner queer club kid across two floors of music at Boots dance party. (10pm)

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Also || outside movie night in AdMo: MILK, silvervox: film and music festival, wine pairing dinner event at Grand Cata, in-gallery conversation at NMAI, profs & pints: owl wisdom, dc oral history exhibition, outdoor yoga class, Capitol Hill Swing Dance, book talk with former US Attorney Barbara McQuade, 10 years of Capital Trails Coalition, virtual foraging workshop, Off Campus dance party

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Friday June 19

Celebrate Juneteenth

Bread for the City hosts a Juneteenth block party, ft. local businesses and celebrating Black history and culture. (12-6pm)
The “Grandmother of Juneteenth,” Opal Lee, celebrates her 100th birthday this year. The NMAAHC honors her legacy all day. (11am-4pm)
The Anacostia Community Museum…at night! From 10am-10pm, celebrate with musical acts like the Chuck Brown Band, workshops on herbalism and pickling, and a late night skate sesh! (all day)

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Tonight we solve the mind body problem

Man to man, I think you're going to wanna check this concert out. Dorian Electra steals the stage at the Atlantis, an experimental queer pop show you’ll replay for months to come. (7:30pm)

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Juneteenth: Juneteenth celebration at Lincoln Theatre w/ Tank and the Bangas, juneteenth donation morning yoga class and free juneteenth yoga, rhizome: juneteenth foraging workshop, juneteenth in Alexandria, Scotland Juneteenth Heritage Festival, union market block party, Bryant Street Juneteenth Market, movie: Backstage, Black-woman-owned brewery opening

Pride: make your own pride farmers market tote, Panic! At the Dyke Show, local tunes (and collab w/ Black lesbian literary collective): Veronique, capital pride kickoff!, military pride, GAG ft. Alex Chapman, femme fatale dance party, Latinx Pride Party

Everything else: movie double feature: Mufasa & Wicked, local tunes: KENDALL!, summer solstice celebration at NMAI, Sarah J. Jackson - A Second Sight, Arlington Stand Up Comedy, immersive documentary: By George: It All Comes Down, national bonsai museum: art of kusamono, tunes: Wolfmother

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Saturday June 20

Pride events for whatever your heart desires

The parade (I <3 Deloitte float!) goes from 3-7:30pm on 14th St, and the 17th street block party goes from 12-10pm with DJs and more. Or if you want family fun, Stead Park hosts Pride Family Fun Festival from 11am-3pm.
If you’re more of a movie gay who wants to cry (or pregame your nighttime events with a little sob), check out the 10th anniversary screening of “Moonlight” at AFI. (4:30pm)

Maybe you’re the type of gay who wants to talk about religious trauma with your “crush,” then head to MLK Library for a free book talk with David Archuleta, as he discusses his journey from closeted Mormon to global pop star, to openly queer man. (12pm)
Down a few Diet Cokes and dance all night at one of these events: DJ sets by the dare, rico nasty and more at Berhta (4pm-1am); Mutualism DJ set at DC9 (11pm); mixtape at 9:30 Club (10pm); or keep the party going at Bunker’s pride afters. (3:30-8am)

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We have Coachella at home

Home Rule Music Fest is back for its fifth year, it’s still free and it’s still celebrating incredible local acts (Trouble Funk, Chuck Brown Band, etc!) playing go-go, jazz, and more. Plus, there’s local food trucks, live mural painting, a kids zone, and more to enjoy. (12-9pm)

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Pride!! pride mini ball at the pocket, pride @ metrobar, GLAMfest drag show, drag king event at solid state books, Kiki pride sets

Juneteenth: black author book fest, juneteenth in MoCo, Freedom to Flip Out (2nd annual Black pinball tournament at Lyman’s)

Straight events I guess? curator talk at NMAI, FOR 2026, littles bike ride, platonic touch workshop, immersive documentary: By George: It All Comes Down, national bonsai museum: art of kusamono, Bethesda stand up comedy, Dr. Jean Lau Chin memorial address, yoga for Al-Jawad Camp, Jusamono Lecture at Bonsai Museum, nerd night, the straights are fleeing to Merriweather for Zach Top’s “Cold Beer and Country Music” tour

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Sunday June 21

The only way I’m celebrating America 250…

… is with an immersive documentary experience at Dupont Underground following the toppling of the King George III statue and its afterlife through the revolution and back to England. Set against contemporary monument debates, By George: It All Comes Down explores the rise and fall of empires, statues in civic life, and how we remember history. (11am-5pm; every hour, on the hour)

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Hot Dog!

As I was walking down U st today a guy said to his friends “Edward Glizzyhands” and they all cheered in delight. Don your own glizzies at Crush, where there’s a DJ and free wieners. (2pm)

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Also || dad noise at rhizome, Duanwu DIY at Rhizome, yacht race, tunes: Evil, Tosser, indie acts Star Sign and Canaries, national bonsai museum: art of kusamono, tunes: home remedies, tunes: Del Amitri, juneteenth pool party, pride in grief

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Monday June 22

Diversify your EOY reading list

Join Lost City Books for a book talk featuring local author Hasan Dudar as he discusses his new book CARRYOUT. Following the Idilbi’s, a Palestinian-Lebanese refugee family who own a corner store in Toledo, Ohio, the book follows the life of the family through the absurdities and indignities of life in America. (7pm)

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Art on a cart

Starting today until August, look out for a 20-foot digital billboard truck displaying psychedelic flowers and landscapes shifting beyond recognition. Mobile art exhibit I’ll meet you there features Edgar Reyes’s glowing visual art. (all day)

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Also || local tunes in Ballston, book talk: Carryout, tunes: Daniela Andrade, tunes: of Montreal

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Tuesday June 23

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LGBTQ stands for Lesbians are Good at pinBall Together, Queen!

Your favorite pinball bar is hosting their PinDyke Pride Pinball Tournament. Play the beautiful game, enjoy DC’s best veggie (and “regular”) hotdogs, and listen to a set from DJ Clamazon – just a $2 entry fee to play! (7pm)

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You can sneak in snacks with your box of tissues

Barry Jenkins’ Best Picture winning film about a young man’s journey to accept his queer identity is one of the most memorable from the last decade. The AFI screens Moonlight in honor of its ten year anniversary. (4:45pm)

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Also || local singer-songwriter at Rhizome, LBGTQuiz comedy, talking through the body, profs & pints: mermaid tales, tunes: Elujay, tunes: Son Little, puerto rican film screenings: LUPE & DIALOGUE WITH CHE, trans night at AYA

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JUNE

6/24: farmer’s market at common good city farm, tunes in the triangle, national building museum summer install preview, deep canvassing training with rising organizers, tunes: Keiyaa, phone-free experience, outdoor yoga, Fanfiction Theater, tunes at the garage, Extreme Weather Survivors presents Stolen Summers: The Next 250, punk at rhizome

6/25: outside movie night in AdMo: Kangaroo, summer harvest dinner, single release: Foot Traffic, book talk: United States of Rejection, live figure drawing with naked friends, tunes: Cailin Russo, vintage vibes comedy night, gaming fundraiser for DCAF, tunes at rhizome

6/26: movie double feature: Little Mermaid & Barbie, book talk: Scandal of the Summer, queer crafting workshop, immersive documentary: By George: It All Comes Down, comedy at Karma Hookah Bar, Ride to Catboat Pizza Bar, West African Spirits Tasting, lecture on burlesque

6/27: local tunes: Spark Isle Spark Isle, tunes at rhizome, yoga & tarot workshop, sketch night by Bad Medicine, tunes at the pocket, this dance party is out of this world!!!, tunes: LESSON ZERO, wine & watercolors 8 hour excursion, immersive documentary: By George: It All Comes Down, queer linedancing, No Exit at Scena Theatre, MONSTERS! at Thundershark Gallery, canvas for statehood at the State Fair, walking tour of queer history in Dupont Circle