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, April 25 – Stop by the Arlington Cinema & Drafthouse to catch Hail, Cesar for $2. The bear scene is 100% worth $2.
- Monday, April 25 – Capital Pride is screening Ghost Busters at Stead Field. There’s going to be a costume competition so this is the perfect opportunity to go all out and get weird on a Monday.
- Tuesday, April 26 – Go back to the Drafthouse to see The Revenant.
- Saturday, April 30 – NGA is holding a cine-concert for the 1920’s film Faust. I can’t imagine anything more beautiful / weird.
- Monday, April 25 – Sing a long with a bunch of strangers at DC9. What could go wrong?
- Wednesday, April 27 – If you’re looking for something a little more DIY, Triathalon, Earring, and Jauze are at Bathtub Republic.
- Wednesday, April 27 – Wrestlemania may have come and gone, but Wrestlebuddies is still here! Catch them at Black Cat to get your daily recommended dose of the squared circle.
- Thursday, April 28 – The National Parks, The Brevet, and Radio Birds are at DC9.
- Thursday, April 28 – Head to Songbyrd to catch Maryjo Mattea, Party Like It’s, and the Uptown Boys Choir.
- Thursday, April 28 – Hemlines, Shell Shag, Teenage Halloween (what a name!), and Foster Carrots are at Black Cat. This seems like it will be a good show.
- Friday, April 29 – The best band name of the week goes to Your Mother And I Are Separating. You can catch them at VFW Post 350 (in Tacoma Park!) with Blast, BUST OFF., and Skumboyz.
- Friday, April 29 – DC9 invites you to throw away your phone, drink some cheap beer, and dance.
- Friday, April 29 – Dance to some dark electronic music at the Black Cat! No one will see you crying.
- Saturday, April 30 – Flag of Democracy, Soul Glo, Glittoris, Bidet, and Psychic Subcreatures are playing at The Pinch. I cannot get over that combination of band names. It’s so fantastic.
- Saturday, April 30 – 2nd Time Around is having an open house in Georgetown! Stop by for the free braid / lips / lashes bar (don’t forget to tip your stylist!). Also 10% of sales go toward Becky’s Fund so buy yourself a nice thing.
- Saturday, April 30 – Computer Club is back at the Black Cat! Dance your night away to Nag Champa and more.
- Monday, April 25 – Head to the Black Cat for the book release of Tim Follos‘ This Was My Night & This Was A Lot of Other Nights. Scanners and Mirror Motives will perform! It will be great.
- Monday, April 25 – The National Archives is hosting journalist Joshua Hammer as he talks about his book, The Bad-Ass Librarians of Timbuktu: And Their Race to Save the World’s Most Precious Manuscripts.
- Monday, April 25 – Come to Busboys and Poets to here all about Ari Rabin-Havtto’s book Lies, Incorporated: The World of Post-Truth Politics.
- Tuesday, April 26 – Solve the Isreal / Palestine conflict with a bunch of strangers over beers!
- Thursday, April 28 – A guy named Kevin McCloskey loves pigeons so much he wrote an entire book about it called The Poop With Pigeons. Go hear him talk about it at Politics & Prose.
- Thursday, April 28 – If pigeons aren’t your thing, you could also check out this modern retelling of Pride & Prejudice by Curtis Sittenfeld.
- Saturday, April 30 – Or you can listen to Dana Cann talk about ghosts! Spooky.
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