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Black Cat is a live music venue committed to bringing you the best in local, national, and international independent and alternative music.
Washington, DC
Joined December 2008
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NO RESALES FOR FOO FIGHTERS TIX! Names are printed on the ticket & must match the ID of the person. If you try to sell a ticket, NO ENTRY
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Tonight at Black Cat!
***SOLD OUT***
9:30pm: Atarashii Gakko! (
@japanleaders
)
Doors open at 8:00pm.
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We have decided to cancel this year's NYE event in light of the dramatic increase in COVID-19 rates (all tickets will be automatically refunded). In the meantime we'll be installing a new HVAC system. Stay safe, have a happy new year, and we'll see you in January!
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Effective 8/13, patrons who wish to attend an event must show either a completed COVID-19 vaccination card, photo of a completed COVID-19 vaccination card, or proof of a negative test taken within 72 hours of the event.
More info at
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We’re excited to announce we've partnered with
@Vans_66
and their Foot The Bill program to create this
#VansCustoms
Era. Net proceeds of every purchase will go to support the Black Cat ❤️
Limited to 500 pairs!
Shop:
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RIP Erick Morgan, friend and artist behind our iconic Step Right In painting
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The Black Cat opened in 1993. Moved to its current location in 2001. Black Cat 3.0 will be here in early 2019. Here's to another 25 years.
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Black Cat's 30th Anniversary Party!!
Fri, Sept 8th
@ExHexband
Gray Matter
@TMessthetics
@ffFlasher
Birthday Girl
Sat, Sept 9th
@VelocityGirlDC
@TedLeo
& the Pharmacists
@BadMovesDC
Hammered Hulls
The Owners
2 Day passes go on sale this Friday at 10am:
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TONIGHT: Movements (10:30) Boston Manor (9:30) Trash Boat (8:45) Drug Church (8:00) SOLD OUT Doors at 7:00
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do you like to clean puke, get punched in the face, and work every weekend night til 3am? the black cat is hiring!
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💔
Today is a sad day. After 10 years in D.C., U Street Music Hall is closing its doors.
Click through to read our full statement.
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Masks will required in the venue at all times. They may be removed for beverage consumption. Free disposable masks upon request + masks for sale.
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JUST ANNOUNCED
Bad Moves
w/ Bacchae
Friday August 13
tickets on sale this Friday July 16 at NOON:
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JUST ANNOUNCED: Chris Fleming on the Mainstage Thur 12/14! Tickets on sale this Friday.
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Don't miss
@subradioband
at Black Cat on Friday, November 25th.
Check out their Fountains of Wayne interpolation, "Stacy's Dad."
🎟:
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Thank you to everyone who came out this weekend, all the bands, and for all of the love these last few days!! It's meant a lot to us. We're excited about the future and can't wait for the chance to hang with everyone in our new Red Room...and at some shows, of course! ❤️
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Do you like to clean puke, get punched in the face, and work every weekend night til 5am? We're hiring!
http://t.co/kNZRLFx3Wx
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TONIGHT: The Longshot (10:00) The Trashbags (9:00) SOLD OUT Mainstage / Doors at 8:00
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Thank you for all the great music Taylor, we'll miss you ❤️
In memory of
@taylorhawkins
a short clip of the
@foofighters
back home (for Dave) at
@BlackCatDC
in 2014 - my favorite show 💔🎶
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The Purple Mountains show has been canceled.
Online tickets refunded automatically. Please return to place of purchase for all other refunds.
Please feel free to join us on Wednesday August 14 at 7:30PM for a Purple Mountains listening night to celebrate David Berman's life.
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There's a reason Shonen Knife has a world-wide cult following.
Cause they're awesome.
See them this Monday Sept 3!
tickets:
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JUST ANNOUNCED
Back in Black Cat
The re-opening weekend of the Black Cat
Come hang with some DJs, check out our new renovations, and say hello
Friday July 9
w/ DJ Baby Alcatraz & Mark Cisneros
Saturday July 10
w/ DJ Dianamatic
FREE entry both nights / Doors at 8PM
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Check out NBC on the Black Cat's anniversary party this weekend!
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TONIGHT: Bad Moves (10:00) Oceanator (9:15) Bacchae (8:30) $15 / Doors at 8:00
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Limited Weekend Passes for our 30th anniversary party are ON SALE NOW:
Individual tickets go on sale Friday June 2 at 10AM.
Weekend passes come with a free poster!
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JUST ANNOUNCED! Soccer Mommy on the Mainstage Saturday Dec 1. With Ratboys. Tickets on sale NOW:
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Just Announced!
BEING FOR THE BENEFIT OF MR. KENT
A benefit for Kent Stax featuring:
Scream
The Messthetics
Hammered Hulls
Bed Maker
Distortion Inc
XK Scenario
Nate Bergman
PJ Soldiers
& Guest DJ Ian MacKaye
Thursday, June 2nd
Tickets:
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---JUST ANNOUNCED--
BETTER OBLIVION COMMUNITY CENTER featuring Conor Oberst and Phoebe Bridgers on Wed April 3!
Tickets on sale this Friday Feb 1 at NOON
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DC will miss you
@Nnamdikid
❤️
Big news: After 23 years,
@nnamdikid
will be stepping away from his daily duties as host of The Kojo Nnamdi Show in early April. (1/6)
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Do you like to clean puke, get punched in the face, and work every weekend night til 5am? We're hiring!
http://t.co/zk9h74gQxj
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JUST ANNOUNCED: Can't Grab This Pussy - Black Cat's Week of Counter-Inaugural Events
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Correction, 10/24. RT
@BlackCatDC
: FRI: Foo Fighters & a showing of Sonic Highways. Tix on sale AT BLACK CAT ONLY at 6PM TODAY. Ticket...
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On Sale NOW! Public Image LTD, Sheer Mag & Swearin', Los Campesinos!, The Damned... and more... tix here:
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Stop by and say hi this Saturday nite. ❤️
The Red Room opens at 8PM. No cover!
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The 6/16 PWR BTTM show is canceled. Online tickets refunded automatically. Please return to place of purchase for all other refunds.
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TONIGHT: Joyce Manor (10:30) Vundabar (9:30) Big Eyes (8:30) $20 Mainstage / Doors at 8:00
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And because we love you... the one and only SHONEN KNIFE is here on Sept 3.
Tickets are on sale now:
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⚡️JUST ANNOUNCED��️
Friday September 18
BLACK CAT 27th ANNIVERSARY PARTY
A special livestream event from the Mainstage
feat: New Music, Live Performances, Old Friends & New Faces
Free / Stream at 9PM EDT / Youtube
More info:
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Day tickets for our 30th anniversary party go on sale tomorrow morning at 10am! Weekend passes sold out in less than a day. Don't miss out!
9/8:
9/9:
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Beautiful new print of the club from Steve Shook, Ink
20% of sales go to the club's donation fund!
Get yours here:
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We are now SOLD out of weekend passes for our 30th anniversary!
Tickets to the individual shows go on sale Friday, June 2nd at 10am. Mark your calendars, because these will go quick!
9/8:
9/9:
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The Owners =
Dante Ferrando (Gray Matter, Ignition)
Catherine Ferrando
Al Budd (The Shirks)
Laura Harris (Ex Hex, The Aquarium)
Friday March 12
The Owners: Demo Release Party
Livestream from the Mainstage / 8PM EST
Watch on youtube:
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Tomorrow's show with Nada Surf has no opener - but it does have two sets! The first will be 'Let Go' in its entirety at 8:15 and then the band comes back for a second set at 9:30. Tickets are going fast:
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We're open! It was a false alarm... someone just got a little too rough in the pit tonight. Police determined it was an accident.
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additional anti-COVID features.
Sorry for the bad news and please stay safe. We'll be back soon.
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Thanks for watching folx! We miss you!! The livestream will be archived on our YouTube channel for future viewing so go check it out anytime! ❤️❤️
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We've been notified that a few individuals - two staff members and members of a performing band - who were at Friday's show have tested positive for COVID. If you attended Friday's (12/17) show you may have been exposed.
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New game alert! This Bally classic from 1981 has some of the coolest pinball art ever. In the Red Room now.
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Now serving Acme Pie Co. pies at Food For Thought Cafe. They're local, they're vegan, they're awesome!
@acmepie
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Check out
@VelocityGirlDC
in the
@WashingtonPost
!
Velocity Girl plays Black tomorrow night at our SOLD OUT 30th Anniversary Party!
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Dante & Catherine Ferrando have owned & operated the Black Cat since it opened in 93. Al & Laura are longtime bartenders. Together they are The Owners
The Owners: Demo Release Party Livestream
Friday March 12
8PM EST
watch on youtube:
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Advanced copies of
@EkkoAstral
's upcoming debut LP will be available at their live record recording this Friday, April 5th at Black Cat!
Ekko Astral will be joined by
@Bacchaeband
and
@iamaPureAdult
. Tickets are available:
this friday come hear our debut album pink balloons in full for the first time
@BlackCatDC
live record taping + copies of the album + special guests + old songs dc hasn’t heard in a year
w/
@Bacchaeband
@IAmAPureAdult
tix:
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Just Announced
Bad Moves
@badmovesDC
w/ Gauche
Bottled Up
Friday April 29
tickets on sale NOW:
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JUST ANNOUNCED
Take Me Out: 2000s Indie Dance Party
Saturday August 14
tickets on sale Friday June 18 at NOON:
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TONIGHT: American Football (9:30) Pure Bathing Culture (8:15) SOLD OUT Doors at 7:30
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TONIGHT: Kesha (Going on btwn 8PM - 9PM). Doors at 7:30PM. SOLD OUT. (Get here close to door time. Ticket processing will take a while.)
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TONIGHT: An Evening with SHONEN KNIFE $18 Backstage / Doors at 7:30 / Music at 8:30
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Our
#VansCustoms
features a Moon Cats pattern designed by our very own talent buyer Lindsay!
check them out:
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Tonight at Black Cat!
***SOLD OUT**
10:00pm: Michael Shannon, Jason Narducy & Friends play R.E.M.'s Murmur (
@SplitSingleband
)
850pm:
@mrDaveHill
Doors open at 8:00pm.
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The Black Cat strives to be a community space as much as a music venue.
Cody reflects a story from
@BlackCatDC
, a venue that consistently takes action when harassment happens.
#nopedc
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See PWR BTTM on the Mainstage 6/16. Get tickets:
Listen to "Answer My Text" by PWR BTTM, new album 'Pageant' out May 12 via
@Polyvinyl
#NewMusic
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TONIGHT!!
Subhumans (11:00)
Ocampo Ocampo & Watt (10:25)
Ted Leo (9:50)
Des Demonas (9:25)
Dagger Moon (9:00)
Scanners (8:35)
Honey (8:10)
Work Ethics (7:45)
with DJs Chris Thomson and Amanda MacKaye in between sets
$25 Mainstage / Doors at 7:00
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WETA's "Washington in the 90s" is on NOW! Tons of history about our beautiful city. Including some about the Black Cat.
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This Friday - Lou Barlow of Sebadoh, Hammered Hulls, Des Demonas, Azure Wolf, Janel and Anthony, and more...
Night 2 of the Black Cat 27th Anniversary
Virtual Event from the Mainstage
Stream at 9PM EDT /
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The Black Cat is 24! We've got a FREE party w/ Fuzzqueen, Foster Carrots, Bust Down, Noel Manzullo & DJs in the Red Room. Come by.
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Music and art are just a part of Pussy Riot's mission - they would like to rally with you at their live performance tomorrow night.
Get tickets:
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We do not have any scheduled shows until New Year's Eve. Our staff is vaccinated and is currently getting tested. We'll spend the next 10 days cleaning and disinfecting the club. A new ventilation system is also scheduled to be installed before 12/31, which will have
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JUST ANNOUNCED!!!
RADKEY on Thursday March 28
tickets on sale this Friday 3/1 at NOON
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See
@AlgiersMusic
at the Black Cat 28th Anniversary show on Sat Sept 11. Tickets on sale soon
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That dichotomy is what makes DC so great...
Because ppl with serious DC jobs always have weird side projects, come see mine! I'm DJing k-pop on 7/23
@BlackCatDC
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Tonight is the last time the Backstage hosts live bands. Come see Cool People, Fireroast, and Poppy Patica. Doors at 7:30!
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TONIGHT AT BLACK CAT!
BLACK CAT'S 30TH ANNIVERSARY PARTY NIGHT 2
***SOLD OUT***
10:45pm:
@VelocityGirlDC
9:45pm:
@TedLeo
& the Pharmacists
9:05pm:
@BadMovesDC
8:25pm: Hammered Hulls
7:45pm: The Owners
Doors open at 7pm.
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💥 LOW TICKET ALERT 💥
KennyHoopla this Thursday
@KennyHoopla
w/
@BreezyxSupreme
and
@TMPtheband
tickets going fast, grab them here:
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TONIGHT: Better Oblivion Community Center (10:00) Lala Lala (8:45) Christian Lee Hutson (8:00) SOLD OUT / Doors at 7:00
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