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THE 13 OLDEST BARS IN DC    •    SECRET SHOWS
U STREET BACK IN THE DAY    •    BLUES TOWN
WASHINGTON CONFIDENTIAL 1950's    •    GROUP DANCES OF THE 50's
NIGHTLIFE IN THE 1940's    •    HISTORY OF HAND DANCE    •    DC HAND DANCE
REPEAL OF PROHIBITION IN DC
WHY NO MAFIA    •    RESTAURANT-ING THROUGH HISTORY

BLACK CAT  -  FROM 1993-2001 / 2001-PRESENT
14th Street NW  -  Shaw

WEBSITE    •    FACEBOOK    •    TWITTER    •    CAT TALES    •    WIKI
much more on Black Cat click HERE
MODEST MOUSE LIVE AT BLACK CAT  -  5/11/98

MADAM'S ORGAN  -  since 1992
18th Street NW  -  Adam's Morgan

WEBSITE    •    FACEBOOK    •    TWITTER    •    STORIES    •    WIKI

THE INSECT CLUB  -  1990's

BUSINESS    •    JOE ENGLERT

15 MINUTE CLUB  -  1990's
1030 15th Street NW  -  Downtown

SETLIST    •    SONGKICK

CLUB INSOMNIA  -  1990's
714 6th Street NW  -  Downtown
D:FUSE LIVE  -  GLOW AT CLUB INSOMNIA

ZEI CLUB  -  1990's
Zei Alley  -  Downtown

THE VAULT  (aka CASBAH)  -  late 80's - early 90's
913 F Street NW  -  Downtown

FIFTH COLVMN  -  1988 - 1996
915 F Street NW  -  Downtown

TRACKS  -  1984 - 1999
1111 First Street SE  -  Southeast

FACEBOOK    •    REMEMBERED    •    DISCOMUSIC
TRACKS NIGHTCLUB OLDSCHOOL MEMORIES
MICHAEL MEACHUM  -  2003 at TRACKS

CAFE MED  -  1980's
M Street NW  -  Georgetown

THE PAUL MALL  -  1980's
M Street NW  -  Georgetown

ANNIES  -  1980's
M Street NW  -  Georgetown

THE CRAZY HORSE  -  1980's
M Street NW  -  Georgetown

PINTEREST

POSEURS NIGHTCLUB  -  1984 - 
M Street NW  -  Georgetown

FACEBOOK    •    2015 REUNION
much more on Poseurs click HERE

THE WAX MUSEUM  -  1982 - 1984
4th & E Street SW  -  Southwest

FACEBOOK    •    DVD
GIL SCOTT-HERON  -  BLACK WAX

9:30 CLUB  -  1980 - 1996 / 1996 - PRESENT
930 F Street NW   /  815 V Street NW

HISTORY    •    WIKI
much more on 930 CLUB click HERE

D.C. SPACE  -  1977 - 1992
7th & E Street NW

much more on D.C. Space click HERE
9353 Live at D.C. SPACE

AMBASSADOR THEATRE  -  1967 - 1969
18th Street & Columbia Road NW  -  Adam's Morgan

HENDRIX IN DC    •    JIMI HENDRIX    •    WIKI
PSYCHEDELIC MEMORIES  -  PART 1
PSYCHEDELIC MEMORIES  -  PART 2

THE CELLAR DOOR  -  1965 - 1981
34th & M Street NW  -  Georgetown

WIKI       FACEBOOK       JOHN DENVER       
MILES DAVIS       ABOUT MILES       MORE MILES
THE SELDOM SCENE       RICHIE HAVENS             NEIL YOUNG
PATTI SMITH       P SMITH SET            GEORGE THOROGOOD
JACK BOYLE INTERVIEW       BILL DANOFF & JOHN DENVER
SET LIST           HOFFMAN FORUM
much more on The Cellar Door click HERE
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THE RED FOX TAVERN  -  1960's
Fairmont Avenue  -  Bethesda, MD

THE SELDOM SCENE    •    THE NEWPORTS

VINNIE'S  -  1960's
10th & H Street NW  -  Downtown

LINK WRAY LIVE AT VINNIE'S

THE BAYOU -  1953 - 1998
M Street NW  -  Georgetown

THE DOCUMENTARY    •    WIKI    •    DURAN DURAN
THE KINKS    •    PHISH    •    DMB    •    COLEMAN HAWKINS
JOE JACKSON    •    STEVIE RAY VAUGHN    •    DOWNLOADS
much more on The Bayou click HERE
BAYOU DC'S KILLER JOINT  -  TRAILER

ONTARIO THEATRE  -  1951 - 2013
1700 Columbia Road NW  -  Adam's Morgan

THE POLICE   •   PAST LIVES   •   CINEMA TREASURE
THE POLICE - The Bed's To Big Without You - Ontario Theatre 8/10/1979
THE CRAMPS  -  Goo Goo Muck

THE TUNE INN  -  1947 - PRESENT
331 Pennsylvania Avenue SE  -  Capitol Hill

FACEBOOK    •    FOURSQUARE    •    PINTEREST
REVIEW    •    YELP

CLUB BALI  -  1943 - 1960's
14th & T NW  -  U Street Corridor

JAZZ DRUGS & MURDER    •    MATCHBOX ON 14th
LOOKING BACK    •    HISTORIC U
BILLIE HOLIDAY    •    BILLIE 2    •    PINTEREST

THE BLUE MIRROR  -  1940's
824 14th Street NW  -  Downtown

KELLY'S WASHINGTON    •    MORE FROM KELLY
YOUNG & HUNGRY    •    1979 PICTURE    •    FACEBOOK

THE UPTOWN THEATRE  -  1936 - PRESENT
Connecticut Avenue NW  -  Cleveland Park

WEBSITE    •    BIG NIGHTS    •    1968 SPACE ODYSSEY    •    WIKI

CAMDEN TAVERN  -  mid 1930's - mid 1950's
13th & H Street NE  -  Atlas District

WHERE OLD DC DRANK

THE MAYFAIR  -  1930's
13th & F Street NW  -  Downtown

STREETS OF WASHINGTON DC

BOHEMIAN CAVERNS  -  1926 - 1968  /  from 1990's
11th & U Street NW  -  Shaw

WEBSITE    •    HISTORY    •    WIKI

KRAZY KAT KLUB  -  1920's
3 Green Court  -  Thomas Circle

SPEAKEASY WITH TREEHOUSE    •    HOUSE HISTORY MAN
INTOWNER    •    SHORPY    •    PINTEREST    •    GAY BAR?   
WASHINGTON TIMES 1922    •    WIKI

ANTI-FLIRT CLUB  -  1920's
1409 Harvard Street NW  -  Columbia Heights

GHOSTS    •    NATIONAL JOURNAL    •    THE RULES    •    WIKI

LINCOLN THEATRE  -  1922 - 1968 / 1994- PRESENT
1215 U Street NW

WEBSITE   •   FACEBOOK   •   LOOK BACK   •   ABOUT   •   WIKI

LA PARADIS  -  1922 - 1930's
1 Thomas Circle NW

PROHIBITION PARADISE

THE CITY TAVERN  -  1796 - present
3206 M Street NW  -  Georgetown

CITY TAVERN CLUB    •    HISTORIC STRUCTURES    •    WIKI

in the 50's & 60's...
EAT DRINK & BE MERRY IN THE 1950s-1960s
60's & 70's THREAD       1970's DC THREAD       80's & 90's THREAD
BARTENDER THREAD       B-CC THREAD

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