Black Cat

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Saturday, September 23rd 2023
Black Cat w/ Femme Fatale & Good Will presents
Pre-Loved Bazaar
12pm-3pm - $ Sliding scale donation - All Ages

Vintage. Thrift. Clothing Swap. DIY Workshops. Music. Community. Sustainability. Viva La Preloved Revolution!  This year’s 3rd annual Preloved Bazaar, brought to you by @femmefataledc, @dcgoodwill, @findingyourgood & @blackcatdc, is going to be bigger and more impactful than ever before. Join us on Saturday, 9/23, from 12-3 PM for a preloved party full of fashion, style, and radical respect for Mother Earth.

Shop in our secondhand market and learn about sustainability with offerings from more than 15 local entrepreneurs, artists, and organizations. Do a DIY craft and catch our DJ set! We are proud of and humbled by the support we receive from you, our community! RSVP at blackcatdc.com - sliding scale donations.

Vendors include:

- DC Goodwill
- Femme Fatale
- More Than Your Average
- Jordan Schneier
- Elephant In My Room 
- Thriftnprosper
- Bermuda Triangle Vintage
- The Model Mutiny
- Chase Love & Retro Fits
- Unni’s Closet
- Three Moon
- Permanent Jewelry Bar with Drae
- Clothing Swap by Swap DC - Bring three items to swap with others! 
- Tarot with Briget Heidmous
- Fix-It Station and community resources from Departmart of Energy & Environment
- Sustainable Fashion & Workshops with Climate Classes DC and Remake Our World
- DJ spinning tunes to set the vibe

And much more! 

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Saturday, September 23rd 2023
Cold Cave + SRSQ
8:00pm - $25 - All Ages

COLD CAVE
Los Angeles, CA
https://coldcave.net/

SRSQ
Dallas, TX
https://srsq.bandcamp.com

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Sunday, September 24th
Bully + Wombo
7:30 - $20 adv / $25 dos - All Ages

BULLY
Nashville, TN
https://bullythemusic.bandcamp.com/
Lucky For You is Bully’s most close-to-the-bone album yet. It’s an album that’s searing and unmistakably marked by its creator’s experiences, while still retaining the massive sound that Alicia Bognanno has become known for over the last decade. Her fourth album draws from personal pain and the universal struggle that is existing, learning, and moving on—and it’s all soundtracked by Bognanno’s rock-solid melodic sensibilities and a widescreen sound that’s impossible to pin down when it comes to the textures explored. These ten songs are simply the most irresistible Bognanno’s put to tape yet, making Lucky For You her greatest triumph to date in a career already packed with them.

WOMBO
Louisville, KY
https://womborocks.bandcamp.com/

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Monday, September 25th 2023
Frankie & the Witch Fingers + Wine Lips
7:30pm - $20 - All Ages

FRANKIE & THE WITCH FINGERS
Los Angeles, CA
https://frankieandthewitchfingers.bandcamp.com/
Over the course of five years and five LP’s, L.A. veterans, Frankie and the Witch Fingers, have been mutating and perfecting their high-powered rock n’ roll sound. After savagely touring the USA and Europe, this four-headed beast has shown no signs of relenting—appearing like summoned daemons and dosing crowds with cerebral party fuel.

The main attraction of Frankie and the Witch Fingers is their explosive performance. With their rowdy and visceral approach to live shows, each member brings their own devilry to induce an experience of bacchanal proportions.

Using absurd lyrical imagery—soaked in hallucination, paranoia, and lust—the band’s M.O. strikes into dark yet playful territory. This sense of radical duality is astir at every turn, in every time signature change. Airy vocal harmonies over heavily-serrated riffs. Low-key shamanic roots under vivid high-strangeness. Rambling stretches and punctuated licks. Cutting heads and kissing lips. All this revealing a stereophonic schizophrenia that has flowed throughout their body of work: an ebb & flow of flowery-poppy horror.

The band’s latest incarnation is primed to break new sonic ground, edging into the funky and preternatural. Just when you think the trip couldn’t get any weirder, Frankie and the Witch Fingers cranks up the dial, shatters the mundane, and summons new visions. 


WINE LIPS
Toronto, ON
https://winelips.bandcamp.com/
Toronto based garage punk psych rockers, Wine Lips hit the stage for the first time in the fall of 2015. Initially a part time project between songwriter/guitar player, Cam Hilborn and drummer Aurora Evans, the band began playing clubs in Toronto, stretching organically to surrounding Ontario cities, and then Quebec. Wine Lips released their self-titled debut LP on indie label Fried Records in 2017 and set out on their first 5-province tour east to Halifax, and haven’t looked back since. After an appearance in Quebec City, the band was approached with regard to touring overseas. That chance meeting resulted in an April 2018 tour of Hong Kong and China, where they were received by enthusiastic audiences.

Never letting the dust settle, the band released their follow up LP “Stressor” in March 2019 and toured North America relentlessly until early 2020. The release of Stressor along with endless tour dates earned the band a new following and saw some of the albums tracks featured on television and Netflix. The band spent most of their free time in 2020 writing and recording their third full length record “Mushroom Death Sex Bummer Party” at The Sugar Shack in London, Ontario with Simon Larochette.

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Tuesday, September 26th 2023
Scientist + FeelFree
7:30pm - $25 Advance / $30 Day of Show - All Ages

SCIENTIST
Kingston, Jamaica
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scientist_(musician)

FEELFREE
Washington, DC
https//feelfreemusic.com

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Wednesday, September 27th 2023
Kid Congo & the Pink Monkey Birds + Bed Maker + Teen Mortgage
7:30pm - $20 - All Ages

KID CONGO & THE PINK MONKEY BIRDS
Tuscon, AZ / Washington DC
https://kidcongothepinkmonkeybirds.bandcamp.com/album/swing-from-the-sean-delear

BED MAKER
Washington DC
https://bedmakerdc.bandcamp.com/

TEEN MORTGAGE
Washington, DC
https://teenmortgage.bandcamp.com/

Thursday, September 28th 2023
The Lemon Twigs + Joanna Sternberg
7:30 - $20 Advance / $25 Day of Show - All Ages

THE LEMON TWIGS
Long Island, NY
https://thelemontwigs.com/

JOANNA STERNBERG
New York, NY
https://joannasternberg.bandcamp.com/

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Friday, September 29th 2023
Monophonics + Dos Santos
7:00 - $25 Adv / $30 DOS - All Ages

MONOPHONICS
San Francisco, CA
https://www.monophonics.com/

DOS SANTOS
Chicago, IL
https://www.dossantoschi.com/

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Saturday, September 30th 2023
Twin Tribes + Harsh Symmetry + Night Sins
8:00 - $20 - All Ages

TWIN TRIBES
Brownsville, TX
https://www.twin-tribes.com/

HARSH SYMMETRY
Sacramento, CA
https://harshsymmetry.bandcamp.com/

NIGHT SINS
Philadelphia, PA
https://ddlvng.bandcamp.com/album/down-to-drown


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Sunday, October 1st 2023
Murphy's Law + The Rumjacks + The Barstool Preachers
w/ special guest Grade 2
7:00pm - $25 Advance / $30 Day of Show - All Ages

MURPHY'S LAW
New York, NY 
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murphy%27s_Law_(band)

THE RUMJACKS
Sydney, Australia
https://therumjacks.com/

THE BARSTOOL PREACHERS
Brighton, UK
https://thebarstoolpreachers.com/

GRADE 2
Ryde, UK
https://grade2.bandcamp.com/

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Monday, October 2nd
Ambar Lucid
7:30pm - $20 Advance / $25 Day of Show - All Ages

AMBAR LUCID
New Jersey
https://ambarlucid.bandcamp.com/

MJ NEBREDA
Miami, FL
https://www.instagram.com/mjnebreda/

ETHANUNO
San Diego, CA
https://www.instagram.com/ethan.uno/?hl=en

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Wednesday, October 4th
Everything Everything + Pierre Kwenders
7:30 - $27 Advance / $30 Day of Show - All Ages

EVERYTHING EVERYTHING
Manchester, UK
https://everything-everything.co.uk/

PIERE KWENDERS
Montreal, Quebec
https://therealpierrekwenders.bandcamp.com/

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October 5th, 2023
Shawn James + Christian Lopez
7:30 - $25 Advance / $30 Day of Show - All Ages

SHAWN JAMES
Chicago, IL
https://www.shawnjamesmusic.com/

CHRISTIAN LOPEZ
Martinsberg, WV
http://christianlopezmusic.com/

VIP PACKAGE INCLUDES
- Exclusive Acoustic Performance
- Merch Item
- VIP Lanyard
- Signed Poster
- Polaroid Photo
- Meet & Greet
- Early Access to Venue

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Friday, October 6th
Mortified DC Live: Back to School Edition
7:00pm doors, 8:00pm show - $25 - All Ages

Mortified DC, produced by Alex Hewett and Adam Ruben stars everyday adults sharing their most embarrassingly real teenage diary entries, poems, love letters, and locker notes...in front of total strangers.

Hailed as a "cultural phenomenon" by Newsweek, this is a comic excavation of strange and extraordinary things we created as teens.

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Saturday, October 7th
Gum
8:00 - $20 Advance / $25 Day of Show - All Ages

GUM
Northam, AUS
http://jaywwatson.com/

GIFT
Brooklyn, NY
https://www.gift-music.com/

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Friday, October 13th 2023
Massie (EP Release!)
8:00 - $20 Advance / $25 Day of Show - All Ages

MASSIE
Washington, DC
https://massiemusic.bandcamp.com/

Massie is a power pop trio (comprised of Emily Yaremchuk, Samantha Collings, and William Salzmann) from the vibrant punk scene of Washington D.C. With their roots firmly planted in the city's iconic punk heritage, Massie brings a girlish twist to the genre, infusing intricate three-part harmonies and melodies with a pop sensibility, over their bubble-punk infused instrumentals reminiscent of late 90's and early 2000's alternative rock.

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Saturday, October 14th 2023
French 79 + Terror Jr.
8:00 - $22 Advance / $25 Day of Show - All Ages

FRENCH 79
Marseille, France
https://french79music.bandcamp.com/

TERROR JR.
Los Angeles, CA
https://www.terrorjunior.com/

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Tuesday, October 17th
Pile + Cor De Lux + Spring Silver
7:30pm - $20 - All Ages

PILE
Boston, MA
https://pilemusic.com/

COR DE LUX
Kill Devil Hills, NC
https://cordelux.bandcamp.com/

SPRING SILVER
Silver Spring, MD
https://springsilver.bandcamp.com

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Wednesday, October 18th 2023
Speedy Ortiz + Baths + Sensor Ghost
7:30pm - $20 - All Ages

SPEEDY ORTIZ
Philadelphia, PA
https://speedyortiz.bandcamp.com/

“Rabbit rabbit” is a superstitious incantation repeated on the first of each month to bring good fortune—a belief practiced by Sadie Dupuis, the guitarist, singer and songwriter of the Philadelphia rock quartet Speedy Ortiz. As a child with OCD, she followed arbitrary rituals, a coping mechanism commonly triggered by early trauma, and “rabbit rabbit” was one that stuck. When Dupuis began to parse difficult memories for the first time in her songwriting, it felt like kismet to name her band’s resultant fourth record after an expression of luck and repetition: Rabbit Rabbit. Instead of re-treading old routines, the record finds Speedy Ortiz interrogating conventions, grappling with cycles of violence and destructive power dynamics with singular wit and riffs. Rabbit Rabbit finds Speedy Ortiz at its most potent: melodically fierce, sonically mountainous, scorching the earth and beginning anew.

Speedy Ortiz debuted as Dupuis’ home-recording outlet in 2011, but the solo project quickly blew up into a full-fledged band beloved around the world for its pointed lyrics, disarmingly hooky choruses, and musical ingenuity—as well as its activism. The group graced festival stages from Bonnaroo to Primavera, supported heroic artists from Foo Fighters to Liz Phair, and brought acts including Mitski and Soccer Mommy on some of their earliest tours. In 2016, the band relocated from Massachusetts to Philadelphia, with the lineup changing shortly thereafter to include sonically inventive guitarist Andy Molholt (Laser Background, Eric Slick), drivingly melodic bassist Audrey Zee Whitesides (Mal Blum, Little Waist), and heavy-hitting drummer Joey Doubek (Pinkwash, Downtown Boys). Rabbit Rabbit is the first Speedy album to feature the longtime touring members as full contributors, and Dupuis and her bandmates blaze with unpredictability, their intrepid playing thrusting songs in exhilarating new directions.

BATHS
Los Angeles, CA
https://bathsmusic.net/

SENSOR GHOST
Washington, DC
https://sensorghost.bandcamp.com/

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Thursday, October 19th
Yeule + Sasami
7:30pm - $25 Advance / $30 Day of Show - All Ages

YEULE
Singapore
https://www.yeule.jp/

SASAMI
Los Angeles, CA
https://sasamiashworth.com/

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