Hi Ponies! If you’re sticking around DC for the holidays, check out some of the Queer holiday events going on around the city. Don we now our gay apparel and enjoy a Queer Best Bets filled with festive fun!
• Death Becomes Us NYC! Bentzen Ball! Death Becomes Us DC! Make your holiday shopping easier and buy passes now!
• Spend a few hours reading and drinking and re-reading because you’ve been drinking the massive 2019: The Beer in Review.
• After spending multiple hours reading about beer, spend multiple hours reading about food in the massive 2019 DC Food Round Up – By the Food Writers. We’ve done a lot of massive features this month.
• Load up your Netflix, Amazon Prime, Hulu and Kanopy queues with The Fifty Best Films of the 2010s.
• Did you come to our Book Swap last week? Here are all the reading recommendations we got out of it for your book list consideration!
• RADIORADIORADIO: Listen to BYT radio! Hosted by Brandon Wetherbee, it streams every Thursday at noon on Full Service Radio. 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.
- Super Holiday Drag Bingo! is at Red Bear Brewing.
- Christmas Eve Party is at Red Bear Brewing.
- Have a Merry Christmas if you celebrate it! (Freddie’s Beach Bar is hosting Christmas dinner if you’re looking for a queer-friendly space!)
- Thirst Trap Thursdays Hosted by Venus Valhalla is at Pitchers DC.
- GWAR play 9:30 Club.
- Gimmie Gimmie Disco is at U Hall.
- Daft Punk Is Playing At My House is at DC9.
- Galantis play Echostage.
- The Final Hiscore is at Satellite Room.
- Q ▼ W ▼ E ▼ R ▼ T ▼ Y Feat. Ricky Rosé is at TRADE.
- Toys for Thots is at The DC Eagle.
- TrapxCanvas – Washington, DC is at Smith Public Trust.
- JOX is at the Green Lantern.
- Dark & Stormy is at DC9.
- Our Kwanzaa: Celebrating Black Queer Love location is TBA.
- Movie Brunch feat: Hairspray is at Slash Run.
- 8 time Grammy Award Winner SKRILLEX is at Echostage.
- Indie Rock Karaoke is at DC9.
- Rest up for tomorrow night, it’s gonna be massive!
- NEW YEAR’S EVE DC TIME SQUARE 6TH EDITION is at Aqua.
- New Queers’ Eve 2020 is at TRADE (no cover too!!!)
- ROAM 2020: NYE is at a TBD location.
- New Year’s Eve Party is at Red Bear Brewing.
- Brolapse NYE 2020 is at Dew Drop Inn.
- NYE w/ Farrah Flosscett is at The Dirty Goose.
- 2nd Annual Leather & Lace Ball: New Year’s Eve is at the DC Eagle.
- New Year’s Eve with Mirror Company is at U Hall.
- New Year’s Eve Monopoly is at DC9.
- 90’s New Years Eve Party is at Satellite Room (and they close the next day).
- New Year’s Day Drag Brunch is at Shaw’s Tavern.• Read our Hangover Guide.• Read our Brunch Guide.• Before you start your New Year’s Resolutions, enjoy some desserts. Here are the Best D.C. Desserts of 2019.• Go see a movie.+ ALL SORTS OF other stuff
Get more D.C. queer nightlife info by connecting with us on Twitter at @BYGays.