Two quick PSAs!!
1. Party.This Saturday. Capital Skyline Pool. BYT Presents: BRIDE OF HIPSTER CAMP! First summer camp pool party of 2012. Be there or be square!
2. PRIDE PARTY! We know you’re excited to get on with the weekend, but before we get started hold your horses, our ponies. Since you’re our friends, we want to make sure you had the chance to grab tickets to our WildLife pride party next Friday with Capital Pride at the Howard Theatre.
Here’s the thing. It is going to sell out, and we want to make sure our friends are there. We’ll be joined by international superstar Amanda Lepore, JD Samson, Summer Camp, Big/Bright, DJ Natty Boom, DJ MAJR, Heidi Glüm, Pussy Noir, plus special guests we aren’t allowed to tell you about until that night. Make sure to grab your tickets now before they are all gone and you are a sad, little pony. This is a dance party like no other and we have lots of tricks and treats in our stable just for you.
THURSDAY
Capturing Fire 2012 (an international spoken word and poetry festival of queer-identified writers) will be happening all weekend. Tonight you can hit up the Opening Night Party at Busboys and Poets on 5th and K street NW. Then be sure to hit up slams occurring over the next couple days!
thirst. is back and it’s time to make your own #thirstmoment at Bier Baron Tavern.
FRIDAY
Run out of work, buy some booze, put it in plastic bottles, and then hustle over the the National Gallery of Art Sculpture Garden for Jazz in the Garden!
The Green Lantern will be a DJ MAJR dance party tonight! So call your girlfriend and go to The 2nd Annual ROBYN RIOT presented by SIREN. Be ready for all Robyn ALL NIGHT downstairs and up more electro-sirens (with lots of… who’s that girl?… ROBYN thrown in there)!
A three ring circus- Valentine Candy Burlesque presents Cirque La Femme will be at Red Palace!
Liberation Dance Party is at DC9!
I’d be you know what to expect at Otter Crossing by now. Get your boots on and head to Otter Crossing’s Leather Party at DC Eagle! At midnight, DC Leather Pride is sponsoring an Otters-in-Leather contest (winner gets $100 cash) so dress to impress.
Phase 1 and Phase 1 Dupont have tonight booked up for the ladies with Flirt: First Fridays w/ DJ Rose at Phase 1 Dupont aaaannnnd then
…the Capital Pride Women’s Kick-Off Event at Phase 1 (SE location). Go to both for extra lezzie points!
SATURDAY
Obviously you will be going to BYT Presents: Bride of Hipster Camp at Capital Skyline Hotel. IT’S A POOL PARTY WITH NO POSEURS!
Wander nine museums at the 29th Annual Dupont-Kalorama Museums Walk Weekend!
Come to Acre 121 for a six-band showcase to raise money for the summer’s annual Girls Rock! DC music camp for young women. Band Camp Benefit II will feature Glitterlust, Mzry Loves Company, Frankie & Betty, G.U.T.S with Tiik, More AM More FM, and Nikki Smith.
Thirty of DC’s finest restaurants will be tantalizing your taste buds at Taste of Georgetown.
ReadSetStage will have its first performance featuring Kool Raunch Collective in “IF or IF” at The Dunes. Get your tickets here!
Where The Girls Go is giving you a outrageously gay start to pride as they present the Wicked Gay Pride Kickoff Party at The Islander! This is going to be SO GAY that Justin Bieber Justin Bieber’s cardboard cutout will be there. Get your tickets here!
CRACK is back and presenting Anything Goes! This blow-out variety show only happens twice per year and the time is NOW! Get ready to get offended at Town during performances tonight AND on Sunday!
SUNDAY
Thinking of tying the knot? Check out some vendors that support you at the Say I Do! LGBT Wedding Expo is at Hotel Palomar.
Punk Rock Karaoke Chicago is hosting a Punk Rock Karaoke Benefit for DC Zine Fest at Black Cat. Get punx and sing some Bikini Kill!
Chef José Andrés will create Garden Café Catalonia in honor of Joan Miró: The Ladder of Escape at the National Gallery of Art.
Two teams of Stonewall Kickball players dressed in drag will complete (and raise money for the DC Center and Capital Pride) at Stead Park. The 2nd Annual Drag Ball Kickball game (and the diva atheletes) should not to be missed!
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