U Street Music Hall - Washingtonian https://www.washingtonian.com The website that Washington lives by. Wed, 19 Apr 2023 14:36:14 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.3 https://www.washingtonian.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/cropped-washingtonian-favicon-gigantic-138x138.png U Street Music Hall - Washingtonian https://www.washingtonian.com 32 32 U Street Music Hall Has Closed. What Was Your Most Memorable Night There? https://www.washingtonian.com/2020/10/05/u-street-music-hall-has-closed-what-was-your-most-memorable-night-there/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=u-street-music-hall-has-closed-what-was-your-most-memorable-night-there Mon, 05 Oct 2020 18:18:30 +0000 https://www.washingtonian.com/?p=1292534 The venue U Street Music Hall announced Monday that it will close permanently: “due to the pandemic, mounting operational costs that never paused even while we were closed, and no clear timeline for when clubs like ours can safely reopen, we had no choice recently but to make this heartbreaking decision,” a statement on the […]

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5 Washingtonians Suggest New Metro Lines That Would Improve Our City https://www.washingtonian.com/2019/06/20/5-washingtonians-suggest-new-metro-lines-that-would-improve-our-city/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=5-washingtonians-suggest-new-metro-lines-that-would-improve-our-city Thu, 20 Jun 2019 11:00:41 +0000 https://www.washingtonian.com/?p=746825 Have you ever fantasized about a new metro line that goes precisely where you want it to go? Staring at the map while your train moseys along, it’s an easy enough game to play—especially if you don’t have to worry about logistics or money, the way real Metro planners do. We asked five locals to […]

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After a Grammy Nod, GoldLink Reflects on the DC Music Scene and Coming Home https://www.washingtonian.com/2018/09/05/goldlink-grammy-dc-music-scene-coming-home/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=goldlink-grammy-dc-music-scene-coming-home Wed, 05 Sep 2018 11:00:27 +0000 https://www.washingtonian.com/?p=456700 GoldLink was fresh off an intense set in front of a sold-out hometown crowd at U Street Music Hall, and after the venue mostly emptied, he was hanging out in front of the stage to greet fans. Still glistening with sweat, he wore a designer tee, skinny pants, and metallic-silver Chelsea boots. It was his […]

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Be’la Dona and Beauty Pill Team Up to Bring Go-Go Back to U Street https://www.washingtonian.com/2018/08/17/bela-dona-and-beauty-pill-bring-go-go-back-to-u-street-music-hall/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=bela-dona-and-beauty-pill-bring-go-go-back-to-u-street-music-hall Fri, 17 Aug 2018 11:30:53 +0000 https://www.washingtonian.com/?p=445192 It took all of two seconds for Beauty Pill frontman Chad Clark to accept an invitation to open for the nine-woman go-go band Be’la Dona at U Street Music Hall. For the better part of a decade, Beauty Pill didn’t make a sound. Clark, the group’s main singer, songwriter, and producer, had a viral heart […]

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U Street Music Hall Is Hosting a Weeklong Concert Series For Its Eighth Anniversary https://www.washingtonian.com/2018/03/13/u-street-music-hall-hosting-weeklong-concert-series-eighth-anniversary/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=u-street-music-hall-hosting-weeklong-concert-series-eighth-anniversary Tue, 13 Mar 2018 12:10:12 +0000 https://www.washingtonian.com/?p=319291 In 2010, DJ and music producer Will Eastman opened his no-frills underground dance club in the U Street corridor. His criteria: no bottle service, no velvet rope, and no dress code—just affordable prices and world-class dance music. This week, the dance club is celebrating its eighth anniversary with an eclectic lineup of go-go, hip-hop, and […]

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Things to Do in DC This Week (November 27-29): Tributes to Past Kennedy Center Honorees, The Gist Podcast Live, and a DJ Battle https://www.washingtonian.com/2017/11/27/things-to-do-in-dc-this-week-november-27-29-tributes-kennedy-center-honorees-gist-podcast-live-dj-battle/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=things-to-do-in-dc-this-week-november-27-29-tributes-kennedy-center-honorees-gist-podcast-live-dj-battle Mon, 27 Nov 2017 15:43:39 +0000 https://www.washingtonian.com/?p=250422 MONDAY, NOVEMBER 27 BOOKS Georgetown law professor Peter Edelman will discuss his book Not a Crime to Be Poor: The Criminalization of Poverty in America at Busboys and Poets at 14th & V. Edelman expands on the Justice Department’s Ferguson Report, which showed how fines and fees for minor crimes were too expensive for Ferguson’s […]

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Things To Do in DC This Week (May 8-10): Jesus Christ Superstar, A Talk About Women in Politics, and Megan Mullally Sings Cover Songs https://www.washingtonian.com/2017/05/08/things-to-do-in-dc-this-week-may-8-10/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=things-to-do-in-dc-this-week-may-8-10 Mon, 08 May 2017 13:32:03 +0000 https://www.washingtonian.com/?p=225847 MONDAY, MAY 8 BEER The official DC launch of Bloomington, Indiana brewery Upland Brewing Company is on Monday night at ChurchKey. The outfit is known for their Lambic-inspired sour ales aged on fresh fruit, and the bar will feature a dozen Upland beers on draft, including eight of those notable sour ales. Free to attend (beer prices vary), […]

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Things to Do in DC This Week (January 3-4): Swing Music, a Zumba Dance Class, and NSO In Your Neighborhood https://www.washingtonian.com/2017/01/03/things-to-do-in-dc-this-week-january-3-4/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=things-to-do-in-dc-this-week-january-3-4 Tue, 03 Jan 2017 15:01:16 +0000 https://www.washingtonian.com/?p=213423 TUESDAY, JANUARY 3 DANCE For those who love Zumba–or for those who have been too shy to give it a go–the Joy of Motion Dance Center is leading a Zumba dance fitness fusion class at the Kennedy Center as part of the Millennium Stage offerings. This is the first of five dance classes at the […]

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Le Youth Is Coming to U Street Music Hall, and It Will Be C O O L https://www.washingtonian.com/2016/09/28/le-youth-u-street-music-hall-dc/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=le-youth-u-street-music-hall-dc Wed, 28 Sep 2016 12:30:08 +0000 https://www.washingtonian.com/?p=204672 Cool. That’s one way to describe Wes James, better known by his stage name Le Youth. It’s also the name of his most popular song (stylized as “C O O L”), which has racked up over 30 million plays on Spotify and earned him a spot in this year’s Coachella lineup. On Thursday night, Le […]

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12 Great Places to Listen to Live Music Around DC, Maryland, and Virginia https://www.washingtonian.com/2016/06/21/great-places-listen-live-music-dc-maryland-virginia/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=great-places-listen-live-music-dc-maryland-virginia Tue, 21 Jun 2016 18:20:43 +0000 https://www.washingtonian.com/?p=194971 Don’t be fooled by its stuffy reputation—Washington has some of the country’s best live music venues, from the storied 9:30 Club to the newer but well-pedigreed Fillmore Silver Spring. Whether you want to see the next Adele belting out tunes in an intimate setting or hear amps that go all the way up to 11, […]

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