730DC Weekly Scheduler

THE WEEKLY SCHEDULER

The run-down of this week's happenings. Released Wednesday mornings.

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Mark your calendars for 730 Day (August 3 at Metrobar), District Fringe (July 11-27), Lake Arbor Jazz Festival (7/16-20), DC City Open (July 19-27), Pitch-a-Friend Carnival (7/26), become America’s Ultimate Pickleball Duo (submit by 8/15), DC JazzFest 2025 (8/28), tunes: Sierra Ferrell (9/7), an evening with David Byrne (9/27), tunes: Alex G (10/7) tunes: Richy Mitch & The Coal Miners, (10/21) tunes: Indigo De Souza (10/23), tunes: Leith Ross (11/05), tunes: Samara Joy (11/12)

Wednesday July 16

What’s the over/under on finding A Little Life at this queer book swap?

You’ve heard of co-working, but what about co-reading? Queer Reading Night invites you to bring your fav book and read alongside others, with a bonus book swap at this month’s meetup! (5-9pm)

Do you know what kind of train this is?

Nothing like watching The Polar Express in the middle of July to amp up the uncanny valleyness of it all. (6:30pm)

Or head to As You Are for a queer classic movie: The iconic Stage Door (1937), with Katharine Hepburn, Ginger Rogers, and Lucille Ball! Gay! (7pm)

Also || congressional women’s softball game, LARS minigolf fundraiser, tunes: jigjam, tunes: Endlings + Griefcat (see more), tunes: Keaton Schiller, Lyla George, Nighthawk, & Hotel Sewing Kit, tunes: Hippies and Cowboys

Thursday July 17

Can you guess what this blurb is about? Bingo!

Feeling lucky? Grab a friend and head to Bingo Night in Historic Anacostia for an evening of guaranteed laughs, community, and fun prizes—all for free! (6pm)

Good Trouble Lives On

Five years ago today, civil rights activist and congressman John Lewis passed away. Join 50501DC in honoring his legacy by marching for justice, rallying the community, and making some good trouble. (5:30pm)

Also || outdoor movie: the goonies, intuitive tarot reading class, info session: WPA call for artist projects, tunes: fort reno, warm data lab, Bold Ideas for a New Progressive Majority, tunes: old time music & dance party, gay line dancing club!, tunes: Silverada, tunes: Orchid Mantis, Janel Leppin, Devin Ocampo, tunes: Cecily, OAG forum at anacostia library, book event: Black literary heroes, “weirdo synth music in which the synth resembles two ears of corn”, bridgeplayers movie, comedy Sabra Humus & Other Crimes, talk: Abundance: Do We Like It?, tunes: Maysuns, shower karaoke, sip and flip: parkour

Friday July 18

Touch grass, shake ass

Experience the magic of urban gardening at Music in the Garden at Temperance Alley Community Garden, featuring the summer blooms, critters, and local musicians Pat Smith and Shaman Jones. (7pm)

Vino, vinyl, and vintage

Refresh your summer wardrobe with Doubles’ Summer Night Market, a great roundup of vintage clothing, art, jewelry, vinyl, and more, plus natty wines, pizza, and beer from Sonny’s! (6pm)

Also || ZAP in the city, labubu meetup, a tunes debut at atlas: Jenny Jams Dio, From Here-ish comedy, summer night market, Rumba Queer, food/fashion/philanthropy, QUEER RODEO: benefit for trans community, tunes: skymender, tunes: Six Foot Blonde, National Cannabis Festival, neighbors night at Lūneh yoga, maker-led workshop, line dancing!, tunes: Os Mutantes, lotus and water lily festival

Saturday July 19

Stop and smell the roses

Bring flowers to share, a vessel for your bouquet, and then make your own beautiful arrangement at Flower Potluck, as featured on 1A yesterday (skip to 21:30)! Funds from the event will benefit Baldwin House DC. (11am)

Aspiring plant doctor? Join Plants Alive for their Plant Parenthood class. (11am)
Craving a different kind of bud? Lavender Evolutions has you covered. (7pm)

Suddenly I’m interested in tennis?

This year’s DC Open has a star-studded cast: Osaka, Shelton, DC’s own Tiafoe, Fritz, and even Venus Williams! Don’t miss the chance to see some of the world’s best tennis players in your own backyard. (July 19-27)

Tunes: electronic tunes, Dig Dug Dig Music & More Fest, Girls Rock! Summer Camp Showcase, jazz at Kreeger, ATEEZ pre-concert cupsleeve, Tiny Desk Contest on the Road (sold out), 60 yrs of jazz, tunes: All Hat No Cattle - One Last Ride, tunes: Blues Alley Night

Get outside: yoga at Kreeger, country dancing at glen echo, exhibit: insects of Rock Creek, lotus and water lily festival, community fishing

Other highlights: disability inclusivity at the LOC, psychedelic cumbia night, book event: Kwame Alexander, play reading: Eurydice, Hot Joe’s Summer Festival, ECHO, state of DC project, puppets at Rhizome, Now to Ashes

Sunday July 20

I scream! You freak out and ask what’s wrong. I say, “It’s National Ice Cream Day!”

Apparently this is a real holiday so why not celebrate with some of DC’s great local spots? Our faves include Malai, Happy Ice Cream, and **not asking for samples** at Mount Desert Island. (Check out ice cream across DC here! All day!)

Bread instead with Mess Hall’s one-class workshop on focaccia. (1:30 pm)

Live your ultimate summer life!

Craving a roller coaster and some funnel cake? Grab some friends and head to Six Flags in Bowie! (all day)
Did you know you can whitewater raft in Harper’s Ferry? Well now you do know. So grab some friends and hit the waves. (all day)
Nearby minor league team the Fredericksburg Nats are hosting an Eras Tour (Fred Nats edition!) Grab your friends and see the many eras of their mascot Gus, a purple fluffy creature billed as George Washington’s imaginary friend… sure… why not? (6:05pm)

Also || tunes: Light Beams / Time Room / Oddbodi, local photo exhibition in Bethesda, diy bracelets, warm data lab, tunes: Kyle Mooney, tunes: Angel Du$t, tunes: parasocial, tunes: Aaron Broadus Group, tunes: Rose City Band, potomac by kayak, queer coffee chat, tunes: Bear Ghost, 51 steps of freedom, lotus and water lily festival, film: a room with a view

Monday July 21

Rent stabilization, so hot rn

After over a year of pressure from tenants, the Rockville City Council and Mayor has finally put rent stabilization on the agenda for their meeting. Make sure they hear that we want rent stabilization! (6:30pm)

Now you can say “it’s chewsday innit” with the endorsement of a professional

Professor Ben Yagoda is leading Profs & Pints with a lesson on Britishisms. Join him as he explains how British phrases—even Peppa Pig & the Spice Girls—have influenced American English. (6pm)

Also || tunes: fort reno (it’s cake potluck night!), comedy at Edgewood Community Farm, open mic night!, low intensity yoga class, emerging artist Mondays: Clara Campbell, tunes: Worlds Worst, tunes: We Lost The Sea, tunes: Diggy Graves

Tuesday July 22

Lions, and tigers, and musicals! Oh my!

Remember Siegfried & Roy? Magical animal comedy act, famous white tigers, incredible wikipedia page… Well, this is a comedy musical about life in Sin City with Siegfried himself. (7pm)

Pride never ends!!!

It’s Trans Night at As You Are! Celebrate community with dancing, cornhole, and more in a safe space with fellow trans, non-binary, and genderqueer folks (and allies). (7pm)

Also || Profs & Pints: Ancient Sea Monsters, swing dancing, bodily autonomy happy hour, The Valley finale, workshop: rain gardens, tunes: This Could Go Boom! youth night, tunes: The Symposium, tunes: Chirp, tunes: Tears & Gearz, tunes: Robert Lester Folsom