The Looking Glass Lounge

Upcoming Events!

• Trivia Night! January 31, 2012 8:00 pm
  
  Give Eddie his brain back and test your skills with our fun and challenging trivia night. Dalton Hirshorn, the Quizmaster of Georgia Avenue is your host. Prepare to eat, drink and win $60 off your tab, or $15 off for best team name! Come out and join us! It's the funniest and funnest trivia night in the District by far!

• Ian Walters Live! February 1, 2012 6:30 pm
  Ian Walters, local singer/songwriter, puts on a show you don't want to miss. It's a perfect night to enjoy a couple of drinks with your friends to the backdrop of his gravelly voice and arpeggiating piano riffs. Special guests appearing frequently. If he's not up, he's down. If he's not down, he's up. Can't lose with this guy.

• Neighborhood Superstar w/ Gavin Holland February 4, 2012 10:00 pm
  
  A new monthly getdown with Gavin Holland and friends, this first edition of NEIGHBORHOOD SUPERSTAR features quadruple-certified superstar DJ SMUDGE. No cover, solid jams.

• Trivia Night! February 7, 2012 8:00 pm
  
  Give Eddie his brain back and test your skills with our fun and challenging trivia night. Dalton Hirshorn, the Quizmaster of Georgia Avenue is your host. Prepare to eat, drink and win $60 off your tab, or $15 off for best team name! Come out and join us! It's the funniest and funnest trivia night in the District by far!

• Ian Walters Live! February 8, 2012 6:30 pm
  Ian Walters, local singer/songwriter, puts on a show you don't want to miss. It's a perfect night to enjoy a couple of drinks with your friends to the backdrop of his gravelly voice and arpeggiating piano riffs. Special guests appearing frequently. If he's not up, he's down. If he's not down, he's up. Can't lose with this guy.

• Snakehead Run - Live! February 8, 2012 8:00 pm
  
  Snakehead Run plays an infectious, driving variety of old-time acoustic music that often has audiences tapping their toes and dancing. Specializing in authentic blues jug and string band music that you might have heard on a street corner or juke joint in New Orleans, Memphis, or Louisville early in the last century. We try to introduce listeners to where some of today’s music comes from blending both the old and the new. We can be found entertaining crowds anywhere from the streets "busking", to farmer's markets and arts/crafts fairs, to the pub's and bars, to private parties and functions across the Washington Baltimore Region. We are: Guitarist and lead vocalist “Papa” Denny Buck. A 30-plus-year veteran of bars, coffeehouses and festivals in his native Ohio, New York City, and in DC since the mid-80s, He sings and plays on his steel Dobro with all the intensity and enthusiasm of his idols Bukka White, Blind Boy Fuller, Robert Wilkins, and Robert and Tommy Johnson. Lately the Papa has also been bringing some fine originals to the group. Multi-instrumentalist “Bro” Mark Casale settles here on mandolin in the style of blues virtuosos Yank Rachell and Charlie McCoy, and adds some funky fiddling and snare. He also contributes vocals and the composition of a couple fiddle tunes for the group. His talents have led the duo to explore the string and jug band side of the blues spectrum. Jim "Son" Bunch (Gutbucketeer), provides the foundation on washtub bass and jug and on occasion washboard. Jim has accumulated a lot of experience on the 'tub in his many years and plays it with virtuosity rarely seen. Raise your hand if you can tell he's not playing a standard bass. Put 'em back down, liars! He's originally from Texas and first learned to play washtub on the streets of Ann Arbor, MI. For booking contact Jim at 240-271-3534, or email any of us at: jabunch@umich.edu, skipbosco@mac.com, frdbuck@juno.com The origin myths of Snakehead Run, depending on which member of the band you ask, are conflicting, fascinating and riveting self aggrandizing, grandiose, self-serving and basically all just lies, lies, lies. Find out the truth our www.reverbnation.com/SnakeheadRun site.

• The KirkOut February 10, 2012 10:00 pm
  
  Each month, It's about Bass, Breaks, Beer and Booze. Each second friday of the month, DJ Senyo brings the beats and vibes to the Looking Glass Lounge. The KirkOut is classic hip hop, fearless funk, nu-disco, bumpin' breakbeats, hype house and dangerous dubstep. 10pm - 3am

• 3rd Annual Black Heart Masquerade Ball February 11, 2012 8:00 pm
  
  It's 2012 and Valentine's Day is approaching. That means it's time for all of us lovers and haters to get together and celebrate! Especially if your heart is cracked and blackened and the bad taste of old licorice with couch lint is left in your mouth from that crap relationship you just got out of. And if you're really sick and happily in love, well, bring your date. There will be drink specials and dancing and some other shenanigans so let the masses descend upon Looking Glass for this magical night of charades! Be creative, invest in a good mask, make your own, do your thing. For those of you who don't have the time or energy...or passion, we will have masks at the door for $2. Rumor has it David Bowie may show up in some form or another. If you missed last year's Ball, do yourself a favor and come out! See you there!

• Trivia Night! February 14, 2012 8:00 pm
  
  Give Eddie his brain back and test your skills with our fun and challenging trivia night. Dalton Hirshorn, the Quizmaster of Georgia Avenue is your host. Prepare to eat, drink and win $60 off your tab, or $15 off for best team name! Come out and join us! It's the funniest and funnest trivia night in the District by far!

• Ian Walters Live! February 15, 2012 6:30 pm
  Ian Walters, local singer/songwriter, puts on a show you don't want to miss. It's a perfect night to enjoy a couple of drinks with your friends to the backdrop of his gravelly voice and arpeggiating piano riffs. Special guests appearing frequently. If he's not up, he's down. If he's not down, he's up. Can't lose with this guy.

• Sequoia Dance Party February 17, 2012 9:45 pm
  Burner party, with Sequoia and other guests throwing down some sick dance tunes to flip out on!

• 8X8 -Hosted by Brandon Wetherbee February 20, 2012 8:00 pm
  
  You, Me, Them, Everybody presents 8x8 8 performers, 8 minutes each hosted by Brandon Wetherbee stand up, sketch, improv, readings, story telling and music:
  "A lot of cool things go down at The Looking Glass Lounge, but one of the coolest will happen this Monday when Brandon Wetherbee, of You, Me, Them, Everybody, the awesomest live talk show around, brings eight performers in and gives them eight minutes each to wow us. No pressure. :) But seriously (i.e., emoticons aside), this is the kind of happening that makes living in this town so unique." Scoutmob
  "The You, Me Them, Everybody podcast feed is a treasure trove of conversations with funny, insightful, or otherwise interesting people from across the cultural spectrum." The A.V. Club
  A recording of the November 2011 edition can be heard here: http://www.youmethemeverybody.com/2011/11/15/111511-short-foo-fighters-review-technology-at-occupy-on-1115-111411-8x8/
  This Weeks Lineup:
  TBA
  Seating at 8, Show at 8:30, donations appreciated.

• Trivia Night! February 21, 2012 8:00 pm
  
  Give Eddie his brain back and test your skills with our fun and challenging trivia night. Dalton Hirshorn, the Quizmaster of Georgia Avenue is your host. Prepare to eat, drink and win $60 off your tab, or $15 off for best team name! Come out and join us! It's the funniest and funnest trivia night in the District by far!

• Ian Walters Live! February 22, 2012 6:30 pm
  Ian Walters, local singer/songwriter, puts on a show you don't want to miss. It's a perfect night to enjoy a couple of drinks with your friends to the backdrop of his gravelly voice and arpeggiating piano riffs. Special guests appearing frequently. If he's not up, he's down. If he's not down, he's up. Can't lose with this guy.

Situated at 3634 Georgia Ave NW, 1 block south of Georgia/Petworth Metro Station, The Looking Glass Lounge offers the neighborhood bar ambiance locals and newcomers enjoy alike.

We have happy hour specials on our draft beer and mixed rail liquor drinks everyday from 5pm to 8pm as well as a Jim Beam special pairing it with a can of Natty Bo for $5.

Sure, we have DJ's every Thursday, Friday and Saturday and according to the City Paper the best trivia night (Tuesday at 8pm).  We have a full menu, we have outside seating, two bars, great staff, live music (Wednesdays). But alas, no valet.

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