City Cast DC with Michael Schaffer
🎉 NYE Parties, book sales, and Sunday suppers
December 30, 2024 · 💌 Kaela
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With the holidays winding down, here’s one more little gift from us: a roundup of all the best events happening around D.C. this week, from last-minute NYE plans to ways to unwind as we stumble into 2025.
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What To Do
Tuesday, Dec. 31
- 🎵 Tunes: Sammy Rae & The Friends + Oh He Dead | 8 p.m. | $75+ | The Wharf
- 😆 DC Improv's NYE Showcase | 7:30 p.m. or 10:15 p.m. | $35 or $75 | Downtown
- 🚂 Metrobar’s Midnight Train to New Year's | 8 p.m. - 1 a.m. | $15 | Edgewood
- ⛄ New Year's Eve @ Snowglow | 9 p.m. - 1 a.m. | $225 | Union Market
- 🍸 New Year's Eve at Moonraker Rooftop | 9 p.m. - 1 a.m. | $175 | The Wharf
- 🌈 Rainbow Masquerade NYE | 10 p.m. - 3 a.m. | $150 | Park View
- 🪩 New Queer’s Eve | 9 p.m. | $35+ | Logan Circle
- 🥃 NYE Bootleggers Ball @ National Union Building | 9 p.m. - 2 a.m. | $115+ | Penn Quarter
- 🎉 New Year’s Eve @ Bryant Street Market | 10 p.m. - 1 a.m. | $20 | Brentwood
- 👯 NYE Last Dance | 10 p.m. - 4 a.m. | $65 | Shaw
- 🎆 First Night Alexandria | 2 p.m. - 12 a.m. | Free | Alexandria
- 🍺 Bluejacket's New Year's Eve Bash | 9:30 p.m. - 1:30 p.m. | $125 | Navy Yard
Wednesday, Jan. 1
- 🌱 New Year’s Day: Invasive Kudzu Removal | 10 a.m. | Free | Alexandria
- 🍺 New Year's Day Party | 5 - 11 p.m. | $10+ | Dupont
- 🧘 Yoga + Cider at Lost Boy Cider | 10 a.m. | $25 | Alexandria
- 💃 Mime & Spiritual Dance Workshop | 12 - 2 p.m. | Free | Anacostia Community Museum
- 🔔 ARTECHOUSE Holiday Special: Tingle Bells | 2 - 9 p.m. | $22 | L’Enfant Plaza
Thursday, Jan. 2
- 🌱 Plant Magic Bottle Shop Grand Opening | 6 - 8 p.m. | $25 | Union Market
- ✍️ DCPL Aspiring Writers Circle | 6 p.m. | Free | Virtual
- 🎶 Tunes: Massa Nera / Dim / Expiration Date / Bodied (post-rock) | 7 p.m. | $15 | Takoma
Friday, Jan. 3
- 🎨 Visual Humor Art Exhibit Opening | 7 p.m. | Free | Del Ray
- 🌵 Melted Terrarium Workshop | 6:30 p.m. | $25 | Alexandria
- 😂 DC’s Best Comics Showcase | 8 p.m. or 9:45 p.m. | $28 | Adams Morgan
- ♥️ Emo Night Brooklyn | 9 p.m. | $28 | 9:30 Club
- 🥊 Elvis Fight Club Show | 7 p.m. | $34+ | Columbia Heights
- 🍽️ Metro Minyan Shabbat @ Capital Jewish Museum | 6:30 p.m. | $18 | Penn Quarter
Saturday, Jan. 4
- 👱 Sabrina Carpenter Dance Party | 8 p.m. | $20 | 9:30 Club
- 📚 Friends Book Sale | 10 a.m. | Free | Palisades Neighborhood Library
- 🪩 DJ Shonky at Flash Club | 10 p.m. | $10 | Shaw
- 🥊 Elvis Fight Club Show | 7 p.m. | $34+ | Columbia Heights
- 🎞️ Screening: “1874, The Birth of Impressionism” | 2 p.m. | Free | National Mall
Sunday, Jan. 5
- 🎻 Cine-Concert: “The Adventures of Prince Achmed” | 2 p.m. | Free | National Gallery of Art
- 📚 Library Book Sale | 10 a.m. - 2 p.m. | Free | Palisades
- 🍽️ Sunday Supper at the Pembroke | 5 p.m. | $60 | Dupont
- 💃Salsa and Bachata Social | 8 p.m. | $10+ | Columbia Heights
- 🧘 National Building Museum Yoga + Sound Experience | 9 a.m. | $30 | Judiciary Square
Monday, Jan. 6
- 💃 Dance For Parkinson's Disease | 2:30 p.m. | Free | Kennedy Center
- 📽️ 1961 Japanese Film: “The End of Summer” | 5 p.m. | Free | Georgetown Library
- 😆 Queers and Conservatives Comedy Hour | 7:30 p.m. | $12 | Cleveland Park
- 🧶 DCPL Yarn Lovers Club | 6:30 - 7:30 p.m. | Free | Northeast Library
- 🎤 Busboys and Poets Open Mic Night | 8 p.m. | $7 | Shirlington
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