Free & Almost Free Things To Do This Week In DC

Here we focus exclusively on the cheapest YET most satisfying entertainment to be found around D.C. Every week we highlight free and almost free activities, a choice happy hour or two, food specials and hot tips for budget survival. PLEASE POST YOUR FREE EVENTS (FOR FREE!) ON OUR AGENDA PAGE or send us FREE TIPS to [email protected] for inclusion in the future FREE THINGS guide. So, time to plan the week! 

• Monday, January 18 – The Black Cat is working hard to make your Monday the best day of the week with their Marijuana Monday’s screenings. Swing by tonight to watch Trailer Park Boys: The Movie and enter a raffle for a chance to win some free seeds.
• Friday, January 22 – Learn a little bit more about the history of Spanish cinema at The Man Who Would Be Second screening at the American University McKinley Building.
• Saturday, January 23 – The Twentieth Annual Iranian Film Festival continues with a screening of Jafar Panahi’s Taxi, which explores the censorship of film.
• Sunday, January 24 – Hit up Busboys & Poets for an advanced screening of In Football We Trust.

• Tuesday, January 19 – Sing all your favorite bar songs with some strangers at DC9’s A People’s Choir DC.
• Wednesday, January 20 – College Park band Sotano plays with Throwdown Syndicate and Holdfast at DC9.
• Thursday, January 21 – Head to Black Cat for an all local lineup including Elena & Los Fulanos, Near Northeast, and Ballad’ve.
• Thursday, January 21 – Tor Miller and Sean McVerry are fulfilling all your indie pop dreams at DC9.
• Thursday, January 21 – It’s 80’s dance night at the Rock and Roll Hotel!
• Thursday, January 21 – Albino Rhino, Automagik, Skyline Hotel, and Headless Mantis play the Velvet Lounge.
• Friday, January 22 – Spend your night sweatin’ it up on the dancefloor to some tropical club beats with DJ Mista Selecta and DJ Mane Squeeze at Black Cat.
• Friday, January 22 – See Br’er, Nag Champa, Psymon Spine, and Dais at above the bayou.
• Saturday, January 23 – DJs Steve EP, Killa K, and Missguided are spinning nothing but New Order, Joy Division, and other Factory Records bands at the Black Cat Mainstage.
• Saturday, January 23 – Do you like drugs??? Well then get excited because Peyote Pilgrim is playing at DC9 with Ian Dansey, Kris Monson, and Illiterate Light.
• Saturday, January 23 – See French Admirals, Feral Conservatives, Uptown Boys Choir play for the low price of $8 at Velvet Lounge.
• Saturday, January 23 – Gay/Bash is at Black Cat. Stop by to see the return of Summer Camp as well as Heidi Glüm, Alotta McGriddles, Salvadora Dali, Rumor Millz, and music by Donna Slash.

• Tuesday, January 19 – Politics & Prose hosts a conversation at Busboys & Poets with Tony Lewis Jr. about his book Slugg: A Boys Life In the Age of Mass Incarceration.
• Wednesday, January 20 – Sadness Town is back at Songbyrd! Go hear comedian David Tveite and his guest Johnny Fantastic (of Stronger Sex) talk about all the music they liked in high school.
• Wednesday, January 20 – Eric Mann talks about his book Katrina’s Legacy at Busboys & Poets.
• Sunday, January 24 – Head to the Hirshhorn to see some local poets do short readings and performances about surrealism.

That’s all, remember – PLEASE POST YOUR FREE EVENTS (FOR FREE!) ON OUR AGENDA PAGE or send us FREE TIPS to [email protected] for inclusion in the future FREE THINGS guide. Feel free to leave us your suggestions in the comments. Sharing is the new caring.