I know, I know, I’ve been neglecting to update this site for some time now. Figured it was time to come back and post something, and what better topic than to announce episode #100 of the DC House Grooves Show on Underground Quality Radio with me (Andy Grant), Ramirez & Katrina Mir). We’ll be celebrating our century playing the finest underground house, soulful house, techno, disco, and everything in between today, Saturday September 25th from 6pm ET / 11pm BST / 12am CET, all accompanied with beautiful visualizations for an amazing audio / visual experience. Join us in the chat and say hello!
Heads up, our friends in Philly goodie and Its The Vza are hosting South African house legend Black Coffee for a mid-week session on Wednesday April 8th, with support from OGs Rob Paine & Francisco Collazo. Sounds like a great excuse for a road trip 🙂 Tickets for this one are disappearing fast… don’t sleep!
Since 2016, a rag-tag collection of party people have banded together to showcase unofficial and atypical events that happen during DC’s Leather Weekend through a handy guide and schedule known as MALLORY. Now in her 4th installment, #MALLORY2019 features its largest, most diverse, and most ambitious offerings yet.
There’s no right way or wrong way to do MALlory, but my advice is alwaysthesame: venture out from the official hotel/circuit offerings, buy advanced tickets for the events with big names coming to town, treat TRADE like your go-to neighborhood bar all weekend long, and be kind to others and yourself. It’s a long and draining weekend.
So without further ado, here’s a non-exhaustive rundown of events that hopefully puts a spotlight on DC’s impressive queer community and what they’re up to this weekend. Hit me up if you notice any oversights.
WEDNESDAY — JANUARY 16TH
MALx Güashington at TRADE We’re awfully lucky to have Leeon (Video Club, Bogota) back again in DC to kick off MALLORY weekend, all thanks to Alex DB (Millenial Pink) and their Leather Güikend Latinx party at TRADE, featuring performances by Ace Cultura, Div0id and Santx Domingx starting at 9:30pm.
Market Crash at The Big Board Since it is Awards Season, let me allow myself to both nominate and announce that the winner of DC’s Best New DJ is Diyanna Monet! Make sure you catch one of her sets this MALLORY, beginning with Market Crash, a rare weekday, non-NW party that happens at The Big Board on H Street NE. Market Crash also features drag performances, and for MALLORY they’ve got Cobalt’s DC Drag Wars Season 3 winner, Vagenesis and Christi Ana Tea (Tea Party).
Schadenfreude Neubauten at Studio Ga Ga DC’s signature night for “minimal synth // post-punk // wave // ebm // industrial // and whatever else”, Schadenfreude Neubauten is hosted monthly by DJs Wolfblister and Dianamatic at Studio Ga Ga, often featuring angsty guests.
FRIDAY— JANUARY 18TH
Honcho w/ Josey Rebelle @ U Street Music Hall Co-conspirators in MALLORY’s upbringing, Honcho escapes Pittsburgh and returns to U Street Music Hall to showcase the DC debut of Josey Rebelle (London) this year. Josey’s set at Sustain Release was a thing of legends. DO NOT MISS THIS. I heard there’s already a low-ticket warning for this.
At 11pm, the TV screen will lower to welcome the DC debut of Trevor Sigler (Mixed Forms/Romper Room, SF) alongside DC’s Diyanna Monet for the honest-to-gahd cutest pairing of the weekend.
Women’s March 2019 @ Freedom Plaza DC’s dance community banded together for the Women’s March directly after the mind-boggling election of Donald Fucking Trump in 2016. In a legendary moment, DC’s favorite DJ Juana threw down a ridiculous closing set at the Sequence after-party with Discwoman, which saw her added to the DJ roster soon after. Three years later, the Women’s March aligns with MAL weekend for the perfect opportunity to have a DC moment and raise some hell while breaking up all that toxic masculinity gay party weekends far too often produce. The event and march gets going at 11AM, and then the Rally is at 1PM at Freedom Plaza.
TNX ft. the T4T LUV NRG Tour: Octo Octa b2b Eris Drew @ Location TBA TNX is mixing things up this year with the once-in-a-lifetime opportunity of hosting Eris Drew & Octo Octa on their inaugural T4T LUV NRG B2B Tour! If you’re new to a TNX event, we keep the location TBA until the day of the event in order to protect DC’s currently vulnerable DIY spaces. Follow the instructions on the event page and respect one another and the space. Tickets are moving fast on this one too and can be purchased on RA.
G ∆ Y / B ∆ S H : G O T H N I G H T at TRADE Alt to no one, DC’s premier drag night G ∆ Y / B ∆ S H is giving you an extra dose of G O T H in honor of MALLORY this Saturday at TRADE. Jane Saw, Jaxknife Complex, Ana Latour, Donna Slash, & Santx Domingx are serving you not 1, but 2 shows at 11:30pm & 1:00am. And DJ Barber Streisand will be playing tunes between the mic-werk.
Church at TRADE After Tea, Church residents wessthedj and Jesse Jackson welcome in Dean Sullivan, Pussy Noir, & Jaxknife Complex to their every-holiday weekend Sunday services at TRADE starting at 9PM.
BEST ABOVEGROUND:
MAL Closing Night Party: A Tribute to Frankie Knuckles at 9:30 Club While the point of MALLORY is to highlight the unofficial offerings from DC’s queer underground this weekend, I HAVE to give major props to the the Centaurs MC (MAL’s Founders) & The Saint-At-Large for coming together to push their programming forward this year for this official closing night party. None of this dance shit is possible without Frankie, so this tribute event featuring DJs Tedd Patterson and Manny Ward and a special performance by Ultra Naté is a breath of fresh air. 10% of proceeds will support the Frankie Knuckles Foundation too!
MALLORY is always looking, never hosting, so this weekend couldn’t be possible without all of the venues, and especially TRADE. All year long, they provide space and support growth for so many of DC’s queer functions like GAY/BASH, Church, Otter Den, Sissy That Tuesday, Güashington, FAM NIGHT, and its resident DJs. THANK YOU!
And thank you to all the promoters, DJs, performers, crews, dancers, artists and party people for continuing to elevate nightlife here in DC. Our collective work and collaborative nature makes things like MALLORY possible. Cluck the fuck off this weekend, you’ve earned it!
And special thanks to Linas Garsys for the awesome art.
Halloween is fast approaching, and as usual there’s a whole range of great events over the weekend for you to get all dressed up and throw a few shapes. As has become customary, I’ve compiled the events on my radar a few weeks early so you can plan ahead and grab advanced tickets. Halloween events have the habit of selling out each year, so make sure you buy your tickets as early as possible! Where available, I’ve included advanced ticket links below, along with the Facebook event page. Some really great options this year so it ain’t going to be easy to choose, but I recommend you take a close look at ROAM and TNX‘s event HOWL with Discodromo and local favorites DJ Lisa Frank, The NeedleXchange and Dansman B2B Throe on Friday October 28, Flash presents FLESH with Whomadewho, DJ Lisa Frank, Julius Jetson, PHILCO, Maurice Fulton, Benoit Benoit, HOT COFFEE, Samantha Francesca, Jus Nowhere, Mazi R & Taiga at Flash and The Annual Jimmy Valentine’s Halloween Bash with Sam “The Man” Burns, Chris Nitti, Juan Zapata, Joe L and Jandro at Jimmy Valentine’s Lonely Hearts Club on Saturday October 29, and Sundays Rooftop with Andy Grant, Raffi, Hot Coffee and Benoit Benoit at Eighteenth Street Lounge and Stranger than Paradise Halloween on the Roof with DeWalta, Jubilee, Feroun, Navbox at Flash on Sunday October 30. Flyers and links below.
I’ll be updating this post with more options as Halloween weekend approaches and more events get published. Looking forward to another spooky Halloween weekend on the dance floor!
Thursday October 27
Preview Rooftop Happy Hour with Andy Grant (Vinyl Night) at Flash
Flash presents FLESH with Whomadewho, DJ Lisa Frank, Julius Jetson, PHILCO, Maurice Fulton, Benoit Benoit, HOT COFFEE, Samantha Francesca, Jus Nowhere, Mazi R & Taiga at Flash
The Annual Jimmy Valentine’s Halloween Bash with Sam “The Man” Burns, Chris Nitti, Juan Zapata, Joe L and Jandro at Jimmy Valentine’s Lonely Hearts Club
I know, I know, I’ve been neglecting to update this site for some time now. Figured it was time to come back and post something, and what better topic than to announce episode #100 of the DC House Grooves Show on Underground Quality Radio with me (Andy Grant), Ramirez & Katrina Mir). We’ll be celebrating our century playing the finest underground house, soulful house, techno, disco, and everything in between today, Saturday September 25th from 6pm ET / 11pm BST / 12am CET, all accompanied with beautiful visualizations for an amazing audio / visual experience. Join us in the chat and say hello!
Heads up, our friends in Philly goodie and Its The Vza are hosting South African house legend Black Coffee for a mid-week session on Wednesday April 8th, with support from OGs Rob Paine & Francisco Collazo. Sounds like a great excuse for a road trip 🙂 Tickets for this one are disappearing fast… don’t sleep!
Since 2016, a rag-tag collection of party people have banded together to showcase unofficial and atypical events that happen during DC’s Leather Weekend through a handy guide and schedule known as MALLORY. Now in her 4th installment, #MALLORY2019 features its largest, most diverse, and most ambitious offerings yet.
There’s no right way or wrong way to do MALlory, but my advice is alwaysthesame: venture out from the official hotel/circuit offerings, buy advanced tickets for the events with big names coming to town, treat TRADE like your go-to neighborhood bar all weekend long, and be kind to others and yourself. It’s a long and draining weekend.
So without further ado, here’s a non-exhaustive rundown of events that hopefully puts a spotlight on DC’s impressive queer community and what they’re up to this weekend. Hit me up if you notice any oversights.
WEDNESDAY — JANUARY 16TH
MALx Güashington at TRADE We’re awfully lucky to have Leeon (Video Club, Bogota) back again in DC to kick off MALLORY weekend, all thanks to Alex DB (Millenial Pink) and their Leather Güikend Latinx party at TRADE, featuring performances by Ace Cultura, Div0id and Santx Domingx starting at 9:30pm.
Market Crash at The Big Board Since it is Awards Season, let me allow myself to both nominate and announce that the winner of DC’s Best New DJ is Diyanna Monet! Make sure you catch one of her sets this MALLORY, beginning with Market Crash, a rare weekday, non-NW party that happens at The Big Board on H Street NE. Market Crash also features drag performances, and for MALLORY they’ve got Cobalt’s DC Drag Wars Season 3 winner, Vagenesis and Christi Ana Tea (Tea Party).
Schadenfreude Neubauten at Studio Ga Ga DC’s signature night for “minimal synth // post-punk // wave // ebm // industrial // and whatever else”, Schadenfreude Neubauten is hosted monthly by DJs Wolfblister and Dianamatic at Studio Ga Ga, often featuring angsty guests.
FRIDAY— JANUARY 18TH
Honcho w/ Josey Rebelle @ U Street Music Hall Co-conspirators in MALLORY’s upbringing, Honcho escapes Pittsburgh and returns to U Street Music Hall to showcase the DC debut of Josey Rebelle (London) this year. Josey’s set at Sustain Release was a thing of legends. DO NOT MISS THIS. I heard there’s already a low-ticket warning for this.
At 11pm, the TV screen will lower to welcome the DC debut of Trevor Sigler (Mixed Forms/Romper Room, SF) alongside DC’s Diyanna Monet for the honest-to-gahd cutest pairing of the weekend.
Women’s March 2019 @ Freedom Plaza DC’s dance community banded together for the Women’s March directly after the mind-boggling election of Donald Fucking Trump in 2016. In a legendary moment, DC’s favorite DJ Juana threw down a ridiculous closing set at the Sequence after-party with Discwoman, which saw her added to the DJ roster soon after. Three years later, the Women’s March aligns with MAL weekend for the perfect opportunity to have a DC moment and raise some hell while breaking up all that toxic masculinity gay party weekends far too often produce. The event and march gets going at 11AM, and then the Rally is at 1PM at Freedom Plaza.
TNX ft. the T4T LUV NRG Tour: Octo Octa b2b Eris Drew @ Location TBA TNX is mixing things up this year with the once-in-a-lifetime opportunity of hosting Eris Drew & Octo Octa on their inaugural T4T LUV NRG B2B Tour! If you’re new to a TNX event, we keep the location TBA until the day of the event in order to protect DC’s currently vulnerable DIY spaces. Follow the instructions on the event page and respect one another and the space. Tickets are moving fast on this one too and can be purchased on RA.
G ∆ Y / B ∆ S H : G O T H N I G H T at TRADE Alt to no one, DC’s premier drag night G ∆ Y / B ∆ S H is giving you an extra dose of G O T H in honor of MALLORY this Saturday at TRADE. Jane Saw, Jaxknife Complex, Ana Latour, Donna Slash, & Santx Domingx are serving you not 1, but 2 shows at 11:30pm & 1:00am. And DJ Barber Streisand will be playing tunes between the mic-werk.
Church at TRADE After Tea, Church residents wessthedj and Jesse Jackson welcome in Dean Sullivan, Pussy Noir, & Jaxknife Complex to their every-holiday weekend Sunday services at TRADE starting at 9PM.
BEST ABOVEGROUND:
MAL Closing Night Party: A Tribute to Frankie Knuckles at 9:30 Club While the point of MALLORY is to highlight the unofficial offerings from DC’s queer underground this weekend, I HAVE to give major props to the the Centaurs MC (MAL’s Founders) & The Saint-At-Large for coming together to push their programming forward this year for this official closing night party. None of this dance shit is possible without Frankie, so this tribute event featuring DJs Tedd Patterson and Manny Ward and a special performance by Ultra Naté is a breath of fresh air. 10% of proceeds will support the Frankie Knuckles Foundation too!
MALLORY is always looking, never hosting, so this weekend couldn’t be possible without all of the venues, and especially TRADE. All year long, they provide space and support growth for so many of DC’s queer functions like GAY/BASH, Church, Otter Den, Sissy That Tuesday, Güashington, FAM NIGHT, and its resident DJs. THANK YOU!
And thank you to all the promoters, DJs, performers, crews, dancers, artists and party people for continuing to elevate nightlife here in DC. Our collective work and collaborative nature makes things like MALLORY possible. Cluck the fuck off this weekend, you’ve earned it!
And special thanks to Linas Garsys for the awesome art.
Halloween is fast approaching, and as usual there’s a whole range of great events over the weekend for you to get all dressed up and throw a few shapes. As has become customary, I’ve compiled the events on my radar a few weeks early so you can plan ahead and grab advanced tickets. Halloween events have the habit of selling out each year, so make sure you buy your tickets as early as possible! Where available, I’ve included advanced ticket links below, along with the Facebook event page. Some really great options this year so it ain’t going to be easy to choose, but I recommend you take a close look at ROAM and TNX‘s event HOWL with Discodromo and local favorites DJ Lisa Frank, The NeedleXchange and Dansman B2B Throe on Friday October 28, Flash presents FLESH with Whomadewho, DJ Lisa Frank, Julius Jetson, PHILCO, Maurice Fulton, Benoit Benoit, HOT COFFEE, Samantha Francesca, Jus Nowhere, Mazi R & Taiga at Flash and The Annual Jimmy Valentine’s Halloween Bash with Sam “The Man” Burns, Chris Nitti, Juan Zapata, Joe L and Jandro at Jimmy Valentine’s Lonely Hearts Club on Saturday October 29, and Sundays Rooftop with Andy Grant, Raffi, Hot Coffee and Benoit Benoit at Eighteenth Street Lounge and Stranger than Paradise Halloween on the Roof with DeWalta, Jubilee, Feroun, Navbox at Flash on Sunday October 30. Flyers and links below.
I’ll be updating this post with more options as Halloween weekend approaches and more events get published. Looking forward to another spooky Halloween weekend on the dance floor!
Thursday October 27
Preview Rooftop Happy Hour with Andy Grant (Vinyl Night) at Flash
Flash presents FLESH with Whomadewho, DJ Lisa Frank, Julius Jetson, PHILCO, Maurice Fulton, Benoit Benoit, HOT COFFEE, Samantha Francesca, Jus Nowhere, Mazi R & Taiga at Flash
The Annual Jimmy Valentine’s Halloween Bash with Sam “The Man” Burns, Chris Nitti, Juan Zapata, Joe L and Jandro at Jimmy Valentine’s Lonely Hearts Club