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Swing into the heart of jazz every Wednesday with Blue Dot Jazz Troupe at ESL! 🎷🎶 Kick back in the Red Room from 9:30pm for live tunes, tempting drink specials, and the coolest vibes in town. Free entry, 21+ only—where good times and great jazz meet!

Reading Rhythms is a series of welcoming reading parties designed to make it easy for people to gather and read socially. We invite you to bring any book you want and facilitate silent reading periods, as well as 1-on-1 breakouts, and group discussions to pull on the threads of the books that everyone is engaging with.

​In a world that can often feel devoid of interest and meaningful connection, we bring readers together to reconnect with our love of learning, to experience the wonder of beautiful venues and curated music, and to gather amongst all of the people who want to be in that very same room.

Tickets: $20

Less talking and more dancing! Join Kayla Soul and Mark In The Dark for a night of DC’s best house music.

21+

No Cover

House music, but make it divine. ✨🔥 On March 15th, Ladies of the House takes over ESL with Shiva, Diyanna Monet, and Gabz serving up unstoppable beats all night long. Free entry, vibes from 10PM-3AM, 21+. Let’s dance! 💃🏽🎶 #LadiesOfTheHouse #ESLDC

DJ A-Plane and DJ Smudge are bringing the grooves to both floors at ESL tonight—expect nothing but pure dancefloor magic. ✨ Doors at 8PM, music at 10PM, no cover, 21+. Let’s dance! 🔥 #ESLDC

Let Orbit 122 set the mood! Enjoy happy hour from 8:00-9:00pm, followed by music until 1:00am. Free, 21+

Check out music here.

Swing into the heart of jazz every Wednesday with Blue Dot Jazz Troupe at ESL! 🎷🎶 Kick back in the Red Room from 9:30pm for live tunes, tempting drink specials, and the coolest vibes in town. Free entry, 21+ only—where good times and great jazz meet!

Get ready to dance to house music!

21+

No cover

Legend alert! 🚨 Tony Touch is back at ESL, bringing that legendary mix of hip-hop, house, and Latin beats to keep the dance floor alive. If you know, you know—Toca always delivers. 🔥🎶 Who’s ready to vibe? Doors at 8PM, music at 10PM, no cover, 21+. #ESLDC #TonyTouch

Swing into the heart of jazz every Wednesday with Blue Dot Jazz Troupe at ESL! 🎷🎶 Kick back in the Red Room from 9:30pm for live tunes, tempting drink specials, and the coolest vibes in town. Free entry, 21+ only—where good times and great jazz meet!

Less talking and more dancing! Join Kayla Soul and Mark In The Dark for a night of DC’s best house music.

21+

No Cover

Join us in the Red Room for a night of dance music with Jerome Baker, Friends On Mars, DJ Rellldeez! 10pm-3am.

21+

No cover

Leon City Sounds are Charles & Claudia Lawrence from Peru & DC. All Vinyl Cumbia, Salsa Dura, Boogaloo, Punk, Reggae, Ska, Latin Soul. 🪩🦋

Enjoy this night along with Crown Vic!

See you tonight! 9pm - 1am! No cover

Swing into the heart of jazz every Wednesday with Blue Dot Jazz Troupe at ESL! 🎷🎶 Kick back in the Red Room from 9:30pm for live tunes, tempting drink specials, and the coolest vibes in town. Free entry, 21+ only—where good times and great jazz meet!

Get ready to dance to house music!

21+

No cover

Born from the dance floor in 2009, Sneakers in the Dryer is here to make the party go round. Sneakers draws from a wide range of experience, having grown up to Big Beat, raved in Baltimore, toured the festival circuit, idolized James Murphy, found his way into being a house head and toiled endlessly on a giant collection of music. Now he's ready to move your feet. With the sole goal of moving crowds, Sneakers focuses on funky disco grooves, but doesn't shy from exploring the plethora of musical background that has lead him to today. Find the time and date, and come get dryer.

21+ / no cover

The Orpheus Ball of Love and Lust

Enter into a night of romance and passion at the Eighteenth Street Lounge! Enjoy performances by both burlesque and drag entertainers and even bring your own seductive aura to the runway for the chance to win a $50 bar tab for you and your friends!

Get tickets now.

🔥 Meet the Stars of The Orpheus Ball of Love & Lust! 🔥

This Saturday at ESL, we’re bringing you a spectacle of drag, dance, and dazzling performances like no other! 🌹✨ Tickets are on sale now—link in bio!

🎭 SAGE – A force of nature in the nightlife scene for nine years, Sage has graced stages big and small across DC, mesmerizing audiences with a style all her own. Get ready to be dazzled, enthralled, and left in awe!

👵 GERI ATRIC – A washed-up, self-obsessed has-been (her words, not ours), Geri Atric spends her days chasing the spotlight she knows she deserved in her youth. Was she the queen of the sock hop? The grease to your Grease Lightning? Pamela Anderson’s most suspicious stunt double? Find out—before time runs out.

💃 KATJA ATTENSHUN – The Motha of Nova and leader of the Haus of Attenshun, Katja is the Swiffer P*ssy—sliding, rolling, and shablamming until the floors are sparkling clean! She’s got delusions of grandeur and moves to match—so, will she Katja Attenshun? Oh yes, she will!

🏖️ CHRISTINA DOLL – Your reigning Miss Models Inc 2024-2025, aka the MMIMoment! Hailing from Honolulu, Hawaii, she enjoys long walks on the beach, piña coladas, and getting caught in the rain—but this Saturday, she’s bringing a storm of talent to the ESL stage.

🎭 ORPHEUS ROSE – Your host and headliner, Orpheus Rose is a backflipping, high-kicking, masquerade entertainer bringing you three years of flips, splits, and unforgettable performances in drag and burlesque.

🌟 Don’t miss this iconic lineup!

Get swept away with Carlos Brigante Goes to Rio, bringing tropical house grooves to transport you straight to paradise.

Enjoy happy hour from 8-9pm with $9 beer, wine, well drinks and espresso martinis!

21+ / No cover

Step into the spotlight and let the night shimmer at The Cheeky Martini—the most glamorous escape of the season. Join us February 19th at Eighteenth Street Lounge for a night where jazz heats up the winter chill and burlesque takes center stage.

Let the smooth sounds of Blue Dot Jazz set the mood while Aquarius Moon, Maki Roll, King Molasses, Charliecakessss and Lady Sin'AMon turn up the sparkle with show-stopping performances. Sip on handcrafted martinis, soak in the glamour, and capture every unforgettable moment—brought to life by Metro Cabaret Club.

✨ Dress to impress and bring your most dazzling look—we’re crowning a Best Dressed Star and Face of the Evening and we have prizes fit for royalty. Think Old Hollywood elegance meets modern sparkle.

🎟️ Tickets are $25 and selling fast. Doors open at 9:00 PM and the show starts at 9:30 PM—there’s no excuse to miss it. Space is limited, so grab your tickets now and let’s make January shine.

Because this winter, all that glitters is YOU.

Join us for a night of dancing with Bill Source and Joey Dolan. This is an open format where anything goes! Enjoy music from house, disco, funk, hip hop and more!

21+

Doors at 8PM

DJs at 10PM

Close at 3AM

No Cover

Bounce FM - DJ Bo & Rev Rollins are back for another night of dance music at ESL. Enjoy drinks and dancing until 3am. PLUS DJ Smudge is in the Main Room.

Doors at 8pm

DJ from 10pm - 3am

No cover

21+

Get swept away with Carlos Brigante Goes to Rio, bringing tropical house grooves to transport you straight to paradise.

Enjoy happy hour from 8-9pm with $9 beer, wine, well drinks and espresso martinis!

21+ / No cover

Swing into the heart of jazz every Wednesday with Blue Dot Jazz Troupe at ESL! 🎷🎶 Kick back in the Red Room from 9:30pm for live tunes, tempting drink specials, and the coolest vibes in town. Free entry, 21+ only—where good times and great jazz meet!