Gay Best Weekend Bets

BYGaysNovember 29, 2018

LGBTQ 012 min read

Hey, Ponies! Crazy Rich Asians finally made its film release, and will break into China later this week. To celebrate, we may have already binged it more than once. So, on this cold wintry weekend, celebrate with us and also go make the most of queer DC.

It’s cold. Go ice skating.
You can’t go back in time but you can go to The National Building Museum’s newest exhibition Flickering Treasures: Rediscovering Baltimore’s Forgotten Theaters.
Miracle on Seventh Street is now open. Look at photos while you wait in line.
Our Inside the Artist Studio series continues with Riley Sheehey.
If you’re going to see Josh Groban you should take your mom.
RADIORADIORADIO: Listen to BYT radio! Hosted by Brandon Wetherbee, it streams every Thursday at noon. Listen live. Subscribe in iTunes.
SOCIAL MEDIA BONUS: tag all your Instagram stuff #BYThings (@brightestyoungthings) and get a chance to shine on OUR Instagram feed too.

Petworth Social Club with Alex DB is at Homestead.
Tarot & Cocktails is at Slash Run.
Drag at Denizens: Sneaker Night! is at Denizen’s Brewing Co.
Songbyrd Karaoke in the Vinyl Lounge: November Edition.
Preoccupations and Protomartyr are at Union Stage.
New Nature is at ARTECHOUSE.
BrewLights is at ZooLights at the National Zoo.

TNX presents The Carry Nation (NYC) is at a TBD location.
Otter Happy Hour is at TRADE.
QGMN DC: Thanksgiving Edition is at Republic Restoratives.
Queer Tango Class is at the DC Center.
Winterfest is at Wunder Garten.
Thom Yorke is at the Kennedy Center.
Flasher plays Black Cat.
Also at the Cat: Dark & Stormy.
RAC is at U Street Music Hall.
Cults are at DC9.

HBD Jacq Jill ː A Family Affair is at Dew Drop Inn.
It’s Britney, Brunch is at Commissary.
Foreplay Presents 80s & 90s is at Number Nine.
DADDY is at the DC Eagle.
Soccer Mommy is at The Black Cat.
Celebrate DJ Will Eastman’s Birthday on the Black Cat Backstage.
Cults play another show at DC9.
Stick around after for Liberation Dance Party.
WHY? is at UHall.

Stone Cold Brunch is at Seasons & Sessions.
Glam Box is at TRADE.
Electric Rainbow: Holiday Edition is at The BackRoom.
“Shi-Queeta-Lee’s Waiting To Exhale Twisted”
Flint Eastwood is at U Street Music Hall.
Peter Bjorn and John are at Rock and Roll Hotel.
Don’t miss Swazz Bazaar on 18th Street.

Get more D.C. queer nightlife info by connecting with us on Twitter at @BYGays.

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Beyond the fog of burning blunts, the sea of whiskey, and forest of empties, you’ll find two sweethearts in a Nashville garage. Just as they were yesterday, the day before that, and years prior. Searching for the perfect combination of string plucking, button pushing, and knob turning to craft the ideal sound to make you forget your world and step into theirs. The aforementioned sweethearts are Jordan Kelley and Jason Huber; known to most as “Cherub.”

It all began in 2010 at Middle Tennessee State University. The two met as Jason was playing around town with local bands and Jordan was crafting what would become known as their first album, Man of the Hour. A few years later, it was the song “Doses & Mimosas” that caught the attention of the public and gained the interest of Columbia Records, who signed the duo in 2013. Their 4 year major label run brought their fans two LP’s, Year of the Caprese and Bleed Gold Piss Excellence, while also sending them around the world playing festivals such as Lollapalooza, Bonnaroo, Glastonbury, Outside Lands, Osheaga, Summer Camp, Summer Sonic, and headlining 4 US tours. Now, a gold record and 130 million Spotify streams later, the bond between them remains “unfuckwithable,” as they construct their newest batch of genre-defying anthems.

From the streets of Bangkok, to the dive bars of Nashville, Cherub has been drawing inspiration from everything around them. “Each one of these songs was written and recorded at different times, in different places across the world,” says Jason. “It seems to make sense, releasing each new song individually, giving us a chance to take you to where we were in our heads when it was created and pair each track with a something visual to tie it together.”

Straying from the common record label strategy of releasing a single or two followed by an album, Cherub has decided to give each new song it’s own time in the sun. “We don’t want anything to get lost,” says Jordan. The new collection of work spans multiple genres while still keeping with the same style of addictively playful melodies Cherub fans have grown to love. It’s a “song first, production later” approach at creating music that may bring some ears back to an earlier time in the duo’s existence. “There’s a certain simplicity in these new songs that remind me of the first few Cherub records,” says Jason.

There’s no doubt that the latest Cherub efforts will win over their existing audience and draw new listeners to their established brand of debauchery. From your ears to your heart, like searching for room on their bodies for a new tattoo, they’ll find a way.

Time

(Friday) 10:00 pm

Location

9:30 Club

815 V ST NW, Washington, DC 20001

Cost

$25

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Years before they climbed the country charts with songs like “Stay a Little Longer” and “Rum,” the Brothers Osborne grew up in Deale, Maryland, a small fishing town on the Atlantic seaboard. It was a cozy place, filled with blue-collar workers who made their living on the water. During the weekends, many of those workers would head over to the Osborne household, where a series of loose, all-night jam sessions filled the Maryland air with the sounds of Bob Seger, Hank Williams, Tom Petty and George Jones. The Osborne siblings strummed their first chords during those jam sessions. From the very start, TJ Osborne was the brother with the voice. He sang in a thick, low baritone, crooning like Johnny Cash long before he was even old enough to drive. Older brother John, on the other hand, was the family’s guitar shredder, his fingers capable of down-home bluegrass licks, arena-worthy rock riffs, country twang, and everything in between. Combined, the two Osbornes could play everything from traditional country music to rock & roll, creating a broad, full-bodied sound that would eventually fill the 11 songs on their major-label debut, Pawn Shop.

Like its title suggests, Pawn Shop offers a little bit of everything. There’s bluesy slide guitar, country duets, southern rock solos, harmonies, and plenty of groove. The hooks are big, the guitars are loud, and the songs — every last one of them co-written by the Osbornes, who reached out to award-winning songwriters like Shane McAnally and Ross Copperman for help — introduce a duo whose music bridges the gap between the mainstream and the alternative world. Some songs were written at home in Nashville, while others came together on the road, where the guys spent several years headlining their own club shows, touring the country with Darius Rucker, and playing some of the biggest arenas in America with fellow rule-breaker Eric Church.

Time

(Saturday) 6:30 pm

Location

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901 Wharf St SW Washington, DC, 20024

Cost

$40 – $75

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