Week 5: June 27– July 3 . . . 4th (4th of July Edition)

DC Adventures

Friday

No Scrubs: 90's Dance Party with DJs Will Eastman and Brian Billion
Event Type: I can see you smiling . . .
Location: 930 Club (815 V ST. N.W. WASHINGTON DC)
Time: 9:00 PM
Cost: $15.00

Burger Eating Championship
Event Type: Since you can’t make it up to NYC this weekend for the hotdog contest. . .
Location: Z-burger, Tenleytown (4321 Wisconsin Ave., Washington DC)
Time: 12:30 PM
Cost: FREE

Saturday

The Uncle Sam Jam
Event Type: Patriotic Music Festival
Location: The National Harbor Pavilion (Maryland)
Time: 2:00 PM – 10:00 PM
Cost: $40.00

Sunday

National Freedom Fest (thru July 4)
Event Type: 40+ bands rocking out for the Red, White, and Blue
Location: The Yards Park
Time: 2:00 PM – 10:00 PM
Cost: $19.99 and up

Aires del Campo + Group Cabrestero
Event Type: Columbian folk music
Location: Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, Millennium Stage (2700 F Street, NW Washington, DC)
Time: 6:00 PM
Cost: FREE

Monday: 4th of July

National Independence Day Parade
Event Type: Old School 4th of July festivities
Location: Constitution Avenue from 7th to 17th Street
Time: 11:45 AM
Cost: FREE

National Archives 4th of July Celebration
Event Type: Family day of patriotism at the Archives
Location: National Archives (700 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW, Washington, DC)
Time: 8:30 AM – 2:00 PM
Cost: FREE

The Palisades Annual July 4th Parade & Picnic
Event Type: Old School 4th of July festivities
Location: The Parade (Whitehaven Pkwy NW and MacArthur Blvd. and ends at the Palisades Recreation Center on Sherier Place NW), Picnic (Palisades Rec Center)
Time: 11:00 AM
Cost: FREE


New York

Friday

40th Annual International African Arts Festival (thru July 4)
Event Type: A tribute to the arts and culture of the motherland
Location: Commodore Barry Park (Park Ave., Navy St., Flushing Ave. and North Eliot Pl. Brooklyn)
Time: 2:00 PM – 9:00 PM
Cost: FREE, Donations suggested

Saturday

P.S. 1 Warm Up Kicks Off (thru Sept 3)
Event Type: Art, Music, People + Watching in Long Island City
Location: PS1 (22-25 Jackson Ave, LIC)
Time: 2:00 PM – 9:00 PM
Cost: $15.00

Mid Summer Night’s Swing: Aurora y Zon del Barrio with special guests Larry Harlow and Eddy Zervigon
Event Type: Get your Salsa and Mambo on
Location: Lincoln Center Damrosch Park (62nd Street between Columbus and Amsterdam)
Time: 6:30 PM
Cost: $17.00

Sunday

Crawfish Boil at the Village Pourhouse Downtown
Event Type: Crawfish, Crawfish, Crawfish and maybe a beer (or two)
Location: Village Pourhouse Downtown (64 Third Ave. at 11th St.)
Time: 6:00 PM – 8:00 PM
Cost: $40.00

Monday: 4th of July

Nathan’s Hot Dog Eating Challenge
Event Type: Horrifying but fascinating scenes of gluttony
Location: Nathan’s, Coney Island (1310 Surf Avenue)
Time: Preshow 10:00 AM, Women @ 11:30, Men @ 12:00 PM
Cost: FREE

Looking Ahead:
NYC Restaurant Week (July 11 – 24)