Friday 2.24: Sligo Creek Stompers
Sligo Creek Stompers play a raucous but refined blend of traditional roots music: Appalachian & Midwestern old time and bluegrass, New Orleans-style traditional jazz, haunted Irish fiddle tunes, honky tonk & classic country, Texas & gypsy swing. Inspired by scratchy 78 rpm records, contra dancing and a good bottle of whiskey, the Stompers are keeping [...]
Saturday, 2.25: Standup Comedy Open Mic Night
Bloomingdale’s standup debut will be here at Big Bear! Join us for our first ever STANDUP COMEDY OPEN MIC NIGHTS this February. We’ve pinned down local comedian Chelsea Shorte to help us christen Big Bear as a new home for local comics. We are reserving two special Saturdays: February 11 & 25. If you’d like to [...]
Friday, 3.2: Washington Improv Theater’s FIST Tailgate
Improvisers! Bloomingdale friends! And their coworkers, spouses, friends, and moms! If you are throwing down in this year’s Fighting Improv Smackdown Tournament, or you’re intrigued by the world of improv, this event is for you. FIST Tailgating Party Friday, March 2 7PM – Close – Two 30-min Open Mic “Warm-Up” Shows (8:30pm & [...]
Saturday, 3.3: Indie Bands with a Mission
Indie Bands with a Mission is having their first of many small benefit concerts in 2012 at Big Bear Cafe in the Bloomingdale neighborhood of Washington, DC! 7:00 Doors Open 7:30 – 8:15 The Root Stompers (http://www.facebook.com/pages/The-Root-Stompers-Band/274819045913830) 8:45 – 9:15 Daniel Gallagher and Kyle Fedder of Brace Yourself (http://www.facebook.com/pages/Brace-Yourself/137816626278382) 9:45 – 10:45 Playground Etiquette: (http://www.facebook.com/playgroundetiquette) [...]
The Lowercase
This monthly reading series highlights the work of volunteers at 826 DC. Its a loose, easy night of zero pretensions and maybe–just maybe–some fun people to hang out with at a coffee shop. Starts at 7pm. Come hang out. First Wednesday of the month, every month. About 826 DC 826DC is a nonprofit organization dedicated to [...]