Hey everyone! This week’s DC BEST WEEKEND BETS are, as always, hand picked from our awesome AGENDA HOMEPAGE and carefully calibrated for maximum fun, minimum stress and will use Judd Apatow movies to get you in the mood for Judd Apatow IN PERSON and all sorts of other cool stuff this weekend at the District of Comedy Festival (including the Bentzen Ball Podcast studio)
Some really cool things on the horizon:
- More shows added to the Bentzen Ball Comedy Festival! YESSSS. And the Bentzen Ball + Kennedy Center Podcast Studio too! That which is THIS WEEK as part of Kennedy Center’s District of Comedy Festival!
- Some BIG, MASSIVE, SUPER SHINY announcements coming up so: stay forever in the loop and follow us on Facebook & Twitter & Instagram & Pinterest. Use #BYThings too.
- Can you even contain the excitement?
All sorts of great stuff:
- Super cool photos from our super fun We, The Party People party @ National Museum of American History.
- It’s summer so it means new places are opening. We took some first looks at Homestead & Buckeye + Bear & Fare Well & Kit + Ace Georgetown.
- We have a new column that we think you’ll like: Safe Space/Date Space. Our first entry is on Satellite Room.
- We like tacos and we like where we live so we now have the Ultimate Northwest D.C. Taco Crawl.
- Plus, we brought you our weekly FREE AND ALMOST FREE THINGS TO DO IN DC & SHOWS TO GET PUMPED FOR THIS WEEK & HAPPY HOUR HOTLINE & THE WEEK IN OUTSIDE. USE THEM.
- SOCIAL MEDIA BONUS: tag all your Instagram stuff #BYThings (@brightestyoungthings) and get a chance to shine on OUR Instagram feed too
You seem ready. Lets do this.
- The District of Comedy Festival continues with You, Me, Them, Everybody at the Kennedy Center’s Millennium Stage. Free! Fun! 6 p.m.
- The District of Comedy Festival continues with The Todd Glass Show in the Bentzen Ball Podcast Studio! 8:30 p.m.
- Here’s something we never thought we’d recommend: The District of Comedy Roast of James Carville at the Kennedy Center. Where else is James Carville sharing a stage with Triumph the Insult Comic Dog?
- Kevin Morby is at Rock & Roll Hotel. Did you read our interview with the artist?
- It’s the final day of MCON.
- Tone, Rylr, and Psychic Teens are at DC9.
- Hitch is playing at Capitol Riverfront.
- Still can’t get over the Renwick’s beautiful rainbow string exhibit? Head over to hear Gabriel Dawe discuss his piece.
- Dead & Company play Jiffy Lube Live.
- Sting and Peter Gabriel play Verizon Center. Cool?
- Dawkins, Pree, Grace Vanderkuhn, and Dems are at Songbyrd. We like Pree.
- BRNDA plays the American Art Museum. It’s a really good night for shows.
- + ALL SORTS OF other stuff (SERIOUSLY, JUST SO MANY)
- The District of Comedy Festival continues with Hard Nation in the Bentzen Ball Podcast Studio! 8 p.m.
- Another worthy District of Comedy show is Jane Lynch in See Jane Sing.
- Jermaine Fowler and Jay Pharoah also have shows at Kennedy Center.
- The Goddamn Comedy Jam closes out the Friday of The District of Comedy Festival.
- The Butler is playing at Golden Cinema.
- Homosuperior, Jack On Fire, Olivia Mancini, and Literals are at St. Stephen’s for a Bread for the City benefit.
- Another solid show is Anthony Pirog & Jarrett Gilgore, Other Colors, The Marian McLaughlin Trio at Comet Ping Pong.
- J Paul Getto is at Little Miss Whiskey’s.
- Karen Williams is at the DC Improv.
- The Low Anthem is at U Hall.
- How about some not naked people? Best of Burlesque(er): Pride Extravaganza!! is at Black Cat.
- Jon Bellion is at 9:30 Club. Come back next week for coverage.
- Weezer and Panic! at the Disco are at Jiffy Lube Live. Dope nose.
- + ALL SORTS OF other stuff (SERIOUSLY, JUST SO MANY)
- Do some daytime stuff:
- It’s the weekend! Which means D.C. outdoor pools are open!
- It’s day 1 of the Capital Fringe Music Festival. Yes, the theater festival is now also a music festival.
- Redacted Tonight has a 5 p.m. show at the Bentzen Ball Podcast Studio at the Kennedy Center.
- Head to AFI Silver Spring for How to Build a Time Machine as part of AFI Docs.
- Go to El Rey to watch some Copa America and Euro Tournament games.
- Woolly Mammoth is hosting the dialogue “Black Lives Matter and Beyond: Imagining the New Activism.”
- Then, go home and relax/hatch some plans for this evening:
- Then, providing you make it to the night:
- Last Podcast on the Left is at the Bentzen Ball Podcast Studio at the Kennedy Center at 8 p.m.
- BWB theme inspiration Judd Apatow is at the Kennedy Center for the District of Comedy Festival.
- BYT friend Reggie Watts is also at the Kennedy Center.
- The District of Comedy Festival closes with a very fun, very free party with Coup Sauvage & the Snips, The Coven DJs, Wham City, Andrew Bucket and Brittany Carney. COME!
- Gay/Bash is back at Black Cat!
- Go see Under the Sun as part of AFI Docs at E Street Cinema.
- Dixie Chicks is at Jiffy Lube Live.
- Aries Spears is at DC Improv.
- Solid lineup at Rock & Roll Hotel: Mitski, Japanese Breakfast, Jay Som.
- + ALL SORTS OF other stuff
- BRUNCH TIME–our food section is brimming with suggestions.
- GAME OF THRONES! We’re doing recaps.
- Not GoT-ing? Other shows exist! Check out our Weekly BYT Guide To DVD Releases / On Demand / Instant Netflixing.
- but also:
- Guns N’ Roses and Alice In Chains are at Fed Ex Field. Good luck.
- AFI Docs continues. See Farewell, Ferris Wheel at AFI Silver Spring. And read our interview with co-directors Jamie Sisley and Miguel “M.i.G.” Martinez.
- We are in the midst of the 14th Annual Jaleo Paella Festival.
- It’s day 1 of the Capital Fringe Music Festival.
- blink-182 is at Merriweather.
- Sleep is at 9:30 Club.
- Mystery Lights and Teen Liver are at Black Cat.
- + ALL SORTS OF other stuff
And just like that, the weekend is over. How do you feel about that?
PHEW. THAT WAS A LOT. BUT: THERE ARE A BAJILLION OTHER THINGS TO DO LISTED IN THE BYT AGENDA PAGES, so use it (to both post your events and search for them) and if you think we may have missed something, comment away–you know you want to. NO EXCUSES!
Till next time, don’t forget:
