DC House Grooves Top Picks of the Best Underground House and Techno Events in Washington DC June 20 to June 23

Posted on June 19, 2019 by dchousegrooves

First up, huge thanks to everyone who tuned into episode #050 of the DC House Grooves Show with special guest Sam The Man Burns and Candice Mills on Underground Quality Radio last Saturday. It really was one for the books, and I couldn’t be happier at how it turned out. Major thanks to Sam and Candice for bringing their amazing talents to the DC House Grooves studio. I look forward to hosting you guys again soon! Congratulations also to Elliott Sloan and Denise Henderson, the winners of our free record giveaway. Look out for a copy of UQ-073 DJ Jus Ed – Jus Me EP in the post! If you missed the show, you can catch the re-run below, video on YouTube minus a few tracks silenced due to rights issues, audio on SoundCloud.

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We’ll be back with DC House Grooves Show Episode #051 on Saturday June 29 at 10pm ET at https://www.facebook.com/events/1397695390413518/.

The big news this weekend is Late Night Mischief is back this Saturday with as fantastic line up featuring DJ Aakmael, DJ Nav and a closing set from our very own Katrina Mir. Late Night Mischief parties always deliver a thick vibe, and with DJ Nav setting the tone, DJ Aakmael taking things to the next level, and Katrina Mir keeping you grooving until sunrise, I can guarantee this one’s gonna be just a little bit special. Advance tickets are just $20, which is steal for a line up of this caliber. Remember, no tickets on the door, so you might as well buy yours now. You know you’ll find me front and center getting my groove on for this one!

Advance tickets: https://www.residentadvisor.net/events/1274711
RSVP & Info: https://www.facebook.com/events/1039820992869115/

Other highlights for the weekend include Playlist with Jubilee and Ramirez on Thursday night, Kai Alcé and Feroun in the Green Room at Flash and Reflections with Juan Zapata, Joe L and Jandro at Jimmy Valentine’s Lonely Hearts Club on Friday, then on Saturday The Abyss with Sam Burns, Underdog and Oji at U Street Music Hall and Mystical Disco with Ben Jenkins and Jackson Lee at Jimmy Valentine’s look like a good time. Sunday, all roads lead to Eighteenth Street Lounge for Sam Burns‘ weekly residency and Hold Tight with Rollover DJs and Martín Miguel. See below for my full list of Top Picks for the weekend, Thursday through Sunday. Check back next week for the next edition of DC House Grooves Top Picks, featuring all the best underground house and techno events in Washington DC over the weekend. See you on the dance floor!

Thursday June 20

Friday June 21

Saturday June 22

Tin Man Mystic bill Mazi R Navbox at Flash

the OMG Experience — The OMG Experience with Dem OMG Boys

Sunday June 23

DC House Grooves Top Picks of the Best Underground House and Techno Events in Washington DC Pride Weekend June 6 to June 9

Posted on June 5, 2019 by dchousegrooves

Another amazing line up of underground events happening this weekend as Washington DC celebrates Pride 2019! Before I get into this week’s Top Picks, a quick mention of a couple of exciting events coming up in the next few weeks. First up, on Saturday June 15 we celebrate 50 (!) episodes of the DC House Grooves Show on Underground Quality Radio, and to mark the occasion we’ve got none other than DC house music legend Sam “The Man” Burns joining me, Andy Grant, Ramirez and Katrina Mir in the DC House Grooves studio as our very special guest. We’re honored to be hosting Sam in the studio, and we can’t wait to hear what he’s got lined up for us. Check the event page for more info, and set a reminder to tune in over on YouTube.

Info: https://www.facebook.com/events/595042754349750/
Set Reminder on YoutTube: http://bit.ly/UQ-Live

Speaking of the DC House Grooves Show, did you check out episode #049 last Saturday. If you missed the show, you can check out the stream below, or listen to the audio on SoundCloud. Saturday’s show was chock full of quality wax fresh from our recent trip to Detroit. Some quality deepness right there!

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[soundcloud]https://soundcloud.com/dchousegrooves/dc-house-grooves-show-episode-049-with-andy-grant-ramirez-katrina-mir[/soundcloud]

Another date to mark in your calendar is the following Saturday June 22, which sees the return of Late Night Mischief with a fantastic line up featuring DJ Aakmael, DJ Nav and a closing set from our very own Katrina Mir! Late Night Mischief parties always deliver a thick vibe, and with DJ Nav setting the tone, DJ Aakmael taking things to the next level, and Katrina Mir keeping you grooving until sunrise, I can guarantee this one’s gonna be just a little bit special. Early bird tickets are available now for just $10, which is steal for a line up of this caliber. Remember, no tickets on the door, so you might as well buy yours now.

Advance tickets: https://www.residentadvisor.net/events/1274711
RSVP & Info: https://www.facebook.com/events/1039820992869115/

Here are my Top Picks for Pride weekend, Thursday through Sunday. Just between you and me, I’ve been seriously considering stopping these weekly posts, as they are taking longer and longer to compile. I started doing this weekly post to give something back to the community, but what I really want to be doing is making and playing music, which obviously requires a lot of time, too. With my day job and a house full of teenagers to look after, something has got to give if I want to meet all my goals. If you really want to know, the reason I keep these weekly posts going is that every single time I go out, someone approaches me . and tells me how DC House Grooves helped them find quality music in DC’s underground community. As long as this blog is helping people find their way to the good shit, I’ll keep things going. I just need to find ways to reduce how long it takes to compile each week, and if that means cutting back on the number of events I include each week, then so be it. There’s just so much going on these days that it takes way too long each week to include everything, so moving forward, I’m just not going to even try being comprehensive. I’m just going to list the events that I think are worth your time, and I’m just going to include the flyer images. You can figure the rest out by yourself. If you’re a promoter and you don’t see your event listed, don’t get mad! The best way to make sure I include your event next time is to make it easy for me and send me the flyer for your event before Wednesday, week of. Don’t make me do all the work. Ok, rant over. Here’s are my Top Pick for Pride weekend. Everything listed below is worth your time. See you on the dance floor!

Thursday June 6

Friday June 7

Saturday June 8

Sunday June 9

DC House Grooves Top Picks of the Best Underground House and Techno Events in Washington DC April 18 to April 21

Posted on April 17, 2019 by dchousegrooves

Here we go with another weekly post featuring all the best events in Washington DC. Nearly five years of weekly posts, and we’re still going strong! DC House Grooves coming in hot at Eighteenth Street Lounge on Thursday, with Katrina Mir joining Jubilee & Ramirez behind the decks for Playlist. With a fresh delivery of wax in her record bag, she’s not planning on taking any prisoners, so do yourself a favor and head to ESL at 10pm to catch one of DC’s finest up and coming talents doing what she does best. Always a revelation when Katrina Mir gets behind the decks.

Info: https://www.facebook.com/events/2194219360892593/

playlist with jubilee ramirez and katrina mir

Friday night, I recommend checking out Club Cuttlefish at Ten Tigers Parlour with DC Voices, Control Freq and DJ Freeze, or perhaps Minesies with Che & Baronhawk at Jimmy Valentine’s. Flash also looks on point, with Cap, N/UM and Jus Nowhere in the main room, J Swink and Charles D in the Green Room and Philco & Tommy Cornelis in the Flash Bar.

Saturday night, kick off your evening at Flash to catch the mighty XDB making his Flash debut alongside Galcher Lustwerk and Navbox. In the Green Room, Benoit & Luke hold things down open to close, with Steve Seagull, Throe and Mike Harvey in the bar.

Later on, all things lead to the spot for Late Night Mischief‘s 420 celebration featuring a fantastic line up including Huerta, Jus Nowhere, Yola and Team Zapata. You’ll need advance tickets for this one, but the good news is early birds are still available for only $15. Don’t sleep!

Advance tickets: https://www.residentadvisor.net/events/1248720
RSVP & Info: https://www.facebook.com/events/2016820338446807/

Sunday afternoon, Sunday Love at Flash and District Inferno with Sam Burns at El Techo are both worth checking out, then on Sunday night, all roads lead to Eighteenth Street Lounge for ESL Sunday with Sam Burns’ Underground Soul Solution and Good Buddies with Samantha Francesca and Philco. Always the best way to close out your weekend!

Before this week’s listings, a little bit of music for you. Here’s the recoding on last week’s DC House Grooves show on Underground Quality Radio with me, Andy Grant, Katrina Mir and Ramirez. SoundCloud and YouTube embeds below. Proper underground grooves served up fresh from the wax.

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Tune in to the next DC House Grooves Show at 10pm ET on Saturday April 27. You know it makes sense!

Info: https://www.facebook.com/events/2190743047678199/

DC House Grooves Show on Underground Quality Radio

Here’s my full list of Top Picks for the weekend, featuring all the best underground house and techno events in Washington DC this weekend, Thursday through Sunday, and even a couple of drum and bass events for good measure. Facebook users can click the link at the top of each section to see the list of event pages for each day. If you find these weekly updates useful, please help spread the work by sharing with your friends, and come back next week for your weekly guide to all the good stuff on the dance floor in Washington DC.

DC House Grooves Top Picks Thursday April 18

DC House Grooves Top Picks Friday April 19

DC House Grooves Top Picks Saturday April 20

DC House Grooves Top Picks Sunday April 21

good buddies with samantha francesca and philco

DC House Grooves Top Picks of the Best Underground House and Electronic Music Events in Washington DC February 14 to February 17

Posted on February 13, 2019 by dchousegrooves

UPDATE: Our friends at the Grand Ancestor warehouse are having a fundraiser in the early hours of Saturday morning, kicking off at 1am with music from Tommy Cornelis, Hot Coffee and Team Zapata. What better way to help keep the lights on and get the rent paid at the best late night spot in town than dancing until sunrise to an all star local line up working the majestic Grand Ancestor sound system. Advance tickets are $20 on eventbrite, and you can make extra donations if you so choose. Always a good time at the spot, and you’ll be helping keeping things going. To be clear, there are no . tickets at the door! You must have an eventbrite ticket to attend.

Warehouse fundraiser advanced tickets

Just a quick post this week. First up, a quick reminder about the triumphant return of Late Night Mischief next weekend on Saturday February 23 with Berlin’s Session Victim and Martín Miguel putting the mighty Grand Ancestor 2.0 Sound System to work in a cool warehouse space. It’s a ticket only event, so make sure you grab your $20 tickets before the price goes up. I’ve got a feeling this one will be a bit special, so don’t sleep!

See below for my full list of Top Picks for the weekend, featuring all the best underground house and electronic music events in Washington DC this weekend, Thursday through Sunday. Lots of good stuff to choose from this weekend, with a stellar line up Thursday through Saturday at Flash, culminating with an open to close set from house legend Kerri Chandler on Saturday, the return of Deep Sugar After Hours on Saturday at Factory 17 in Baltimore, serious business every night of the weekend at Selva by El Techo, with Navbox and Breiten the highlight on Saturday, and on Sunday, a new party Sunday Relapse at Jimmy Valentines with Team Zapata, Joe L and Harper looks like a good time. I’ve included all the flyers below, and all you Facebookers can click the headings for each day to see the list of event pages. Have a good one!