Hi ponies, welcome to another edition of Gay Best Weekend Bets! The OutWrite LGBT Book Festival is this weekend and it is one of our top picks for the weekend. Check out their full listing of readings and talks and celebrate OutWrite with a GBWB stuffed with people reading books?
• Our Heineken AfterWork series continues with a Puppy Happy Hour @ The Brig / Trivia Night @ Bar Deco AND a GLOW Yoga Event @ W with our friends from Lululemon – all events are free, and include free beers for early birds, you just need to RSVP to the links above.
• Sharks & Recreation is coming! Tickets for our next Nat Geo event are ON SALE NOW!
• BENTZEN BALL 2017 is coming. A Renwick announcement is coming. FotoWeekDC announcements are coming. Other surprises are coming. Keep your eyes peeled.
All sorts of great stuff:
• It’s August. Have Your Best August.
• It’s August. Consult our August Comedy Guide.
• Look at all the photos of the pretty people and pretty winners from the RAMMYs!
• We had a chat with Drew Magary.
• Plus, we brought you our weekly FREE AND ALMOST FREE THINGS TO DO IN D.C. & SHOWS TO GET PUMPED FOR THIS WEEK & EATING OUT & COME EARLY FOR & HAPPY HOUR HOTLINE & THE WEEK IN OUTSIDE. USE THEM.
- Summer Sleaze is at Wonderland.
- Blondie and Garbage are at Wolf Trap.
- Summer Evenings starts at The Hirshhorn.
- Pancakes & Booze is at Penn Social.
- House Music Happy Hour is at Mythology.
- Cabaret is at the Kennedy Center.
- Peking Duk is at Soundcheck.
- The OutWrite LGBT Book Festival starts and goes through Sunday.
- Otter Crossing is at Green Lantern.
- The QREW – Life’s a Beach is at Smith Public Trust.
- Michelle Branch is sold-out at 9:30 Club.
- Britney kicks off Dive Fridays at The Dirty Goose.
- Pastius Revelio a burlesque Harry Potter tribute is at Black Cat.
- Sports are at DC9.
- La La Land in concert is at Wolf Trap.
- Cabaret is at the Kennedy Center.
- Kidnap Kid is at Soundcheck.
- Butch Queen is at DC9.
- The Cook Out is at the Rooftop of Embassy Row.
- The OutWrite LGBT Book Festival continues.
- The 2017 Summer Spirit Festival starts at Merriweather Post Pavillion with Babyface and Fantasia.
- Homeward featuring Ari Shapiro is at AMP.
- The Smithsonian American Art Museum is turning into an Arcade!
- Sasha and Digweed are at Echostage.
- Khalid is sold out at Fillmore Silver Spring.
- SunDown: Golf Clap is at Flash.
- Wonderland Ballroom turns 13!
- OutWrite LGBT Book Festival continues.
- BLUF DC is at the Eagle.
- Former Stereolab member, Laetitia Sadier Source Ensemble is at DC9.
- Gear up for day two of the Summer Spirit Festival with En Vouge, SWV, the Internet and Bell Biv Devoe.
- A Drag Salute to the Diva: Dreamgirls Twisted is at Bethesda Blues and Jazz Supper Club.
- Galaxy Hut Karaoke is always a fun time.
- Coldplay is at Fed Ex Field.
- Slaughter Beach, Dog is at Songbyrd.
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