Hey Ponies! This weekend is both Halloween and The Stranger Things season 2 release!!! While we would advocate for just staying in and watching Stranger Things, there area ton of things to do this weekend in a costume or not! Whatever you choose, we have you covered!
- THIS WEEKEND: Bentzen Ball Comedy Festival! Tig! Amber Tamblyn! Jermaine Fowler! Jenny Slate! Podcasts! Storytelling! Best 4 days of any year!
- NOVEMBER 4: National Air & Space Museum + BYT Present: FOUND IN SPACE! We’re finally at the Air & Space Museum! Open bar! Moon Boots (the musical act)! Moon boots (the shoes)!
- NOVEMBER 11-19: FotoWeek returns! We’re celebrating 10 years of beauty at SPAIN Arts & Culture and the Mexican Cultural Institute! Get opening party tickets for November 10 here.
- Stay forever in the loop, and follow us on Facebook & Twitter & Instagram & Pinterest. Use #BYThings and #BYGays, too.
- Halloween is next week, which means you’re overwhelmed, and we’ve got you covered. Check out the BYT Halloween Guide: 2017 Edition.
- And for those of you who are just thinking about costumes, we bring you 10 Costume Ideas Only DC Can Love.
- Let us put our taste buds on the testing ground so you don’t have to! We bring you Taste Test: Inferno Pizzeria Napoletana and Gin & Tonic Festival @ Jaleo.
- Hopefully you didn’t miss last week’s Clue theme on GBWB and our muse, the Murder House Party at the Renwick Gallery. Check out the photos here.
- We sit down with Beach Fossils. Read more here.
- Plus, we bring you our weekly Free & Almost Free Things to Do in DC.
- BENTZEN BALL IS HERE! Tig Notaro headlines opening night!
- Louis the Child plays a second night at 9:30 Club.
- Protomartyr with Flasher play Rock and Roll Hotel.
- Carve: The Annual Pumpkin Carving Night is at The DC Eagle.
- Dyro plays Soundcheck.
- Bentzen Ball night 2 Happy Hour for a great cause! What She Said: Women Talk the Business of Comedy with Tig Notaro, Cheryl Hines and Stephanie Allynne, moderated by Washington Post’s Elahe Izadi at POV Lounge at W Hotel!
- Bentzen Ball night 2! You’re the Expert with Chris Duffy, Aparna Nancherla, Baratunde Thurston and Maeve Higgins at Nat Geo!
- Bentzen Ball night 2! How Did This Get Made? at Lincoln Theatre! Sold out.
- Paperhaus play a record release show in D.C. with DJ Alex DB.
- BreakfastClub Presents Stranger Beats 2Â at Duplex Diner.
- The LGBT+ Interfaith Network hosts a Networking Mixer & Charity Fundraising Dinner in Pikesville.
- Dark & Stormy is at Black Cat.
- HALLOWEEN: CarnEvil – from whence IT came is at DC9.
- MisterWives are sold-out at 9:30 Club.
- The Head and the Heart are at The Anthem.
- District Hemp is the DMV’s First Ever CBD Store — check out their Soft Opening.
- The DC Food Truck Tasting Festival: Curbside Cookoff 2017 is at 4th & M Streets NW.
- Head to Town for Bear Happy Hour’s Annual Halloween Contest.
- CHARMED: A Night Of Halloween Fortune – Faded Fridays Edition is at Vita Lounge.
- Creeps & Freaks is at The DC Eagle.
- A Harry Potter Halloween Bash is at The Prospect.
- Password: ’90s Halloween Edition is at Ten Tigers Parlour.
- TNX Occult Acid Freakout w/ Justin Cudmore (The Bunker, NY) is at DC9.
- Big Terrific featuring Jenny Slate(!!), Max Silvestri (!!) and Gabe Leidman (!!!) is at Lincoln Theatre.
- Calling all cider-heads (that can’t be right), the Rock the Core Cider Festival is today and tomorrow.
- Trash-O-Ween is at TRADE.
- Cherry Fund presents Pumpkin Groove Yard at Cobalt.
- UPROAR’S House of Horror Costume Party.
- MisterWives play 9:30 Club again.
- Check out DÃa de los Muertos in Petworth.
- Howl-O-Ween is at Shaw Dog Park.
- The DC Halloween Crawl is in Dupont.
- Pugs Take DC hosted by Hamilton Pug is at The Embassy Row Hotel.
- Don’t miss the 19th Annual Nightmare on M Street – DC’s Biggest Crawl.
- Back to the ‘90s Halloween featuring Green Day, Weezer & the Offspring is at DC9.
- Eighties Mayhem – ’80s Halloween Dance Party is at Black Cat.
- Nightmare in The Attic: Women’s Halloween Party is at The Attic at Flavor.
- The IVy Project Presents Glitch – A Halloween Party at Big Chief.
- Partying Hard Saturday night? Keep it going with Flashy After Hours at Flash (doors are at 3:30am).
- Bentzen Ball ends with Al Franken and Ira Glass at the Lincoln Theatre.
- Join Team LezLink at the Making Strides Against Breast Cancer Walk at RFK Stadium.
- OverEasy – Scared Straight is at Dodge City.
- Bottomless Brunch Party: Halloween is at The Dirty Goose.
- Leon is at U Street Music Hall.
- Boy Harsher is at DC9.
- Also Indie Rock Karaoke is at DC9.
- Ladies Tea Dance is at Annie’s Ace Hardware in Brookland.
 Get more D.C. queer nightlife info by connecting with us on Twitter at @BYGays.
