Despite the tense relationship between go-go music and city officials throughout the 1980s and 1990s, fans kept the genre alive and well. Private businesses and venues continued to provide a home for the music that had brought so many Washingtonians…

With three floors of music and plenty of food and drinks, The Ibex was an unforgettable experience for patrons to enjoy music of different genres and for bands seeking a performance venue. Many were attracted to the club because of the diversity of…

Owned and operated by Daniel “Hollywood Breeze” Clayton, Breeze’s Metro Club (also known as Deno’s and the Metro Club) was one of the longest-standing and well-known clubs in DC. The club got its start in 1976 by offering up-and-coming go-go bands a…

Cited as the club where Chuck Brown first crafted the go-go genre, the Maverick Room – on 4th Street NE, just north of Rhode Island Avenue – is seen as the birthplace of go-go music. While the year has been debated, Chuck Brown and the Soul…

By day, this city-owned and operated building housed city offices and civil servants; by night, its clientele changed to function as a go-go club. Club U might have had a strange address, but for club-goers, it was just like any other club playing…

The most important feature of go-go music that continues to make it so popular is the fact that the audience can take part in creating its unique sound. No two go-go performances are the same, partly because of the audience participation. For this…

Georgetown University might have been a Jesuit institution, but throughout the 1970s its university radio station was anything but. WGTB 90.1 became one of the area’s leading and only left-wing radio stations, consistently clashing with school…

Founded in 1925, St. Stephen and the Incarnation Episcopal Church has had an enduring history of community activism, support, and aid for those that come through its doors. Its congregation helped introduce female priests into the national Episcopal…

It only existed for around one year, but the original Madam’s Organ was instrumental to the growth and development of DC’s punk movement. It originally opened as an art collective run by students at the Corcoran School of Arts (not yet affiliated…

Known for its ability to host almost any type of artistic performance, d.c. space took advantage of its chameleon-esque layout to give artists the opportunity to display their talent however they needed to. From music performances, film viewings,…