9:30 Club

Sweet venue in a sleazy alley. Saw some great shows here — Interpol, Built to Spill, Mogwai, Godspeed You Black Emperor, The Dillinger Escape Plan…. damn, I saw a lot of good shows here. This place has pretty awesome sound, too. Definitely a venue worth remembering.

I saw Pete Yorn… yummy!

The current version of the 9:30 Club isn’t as much fun as the original at 9:30 F St. but it still gets good bands, is very comfortable with good sound (at least in the center). You can still get really close to the bands on stage which I think is important to the live experience.

I miss the old legendary club though — used to work in the coatroom there – and went to shows there since the day it opened. Saw so many great bands and made so many life-long friends while dancing there. I’ll never forget it.

I hope to get here some day and I trust I will. Such a legendary venue.

The 930 club isnt in the best area of dc. The first time I went there i was fourteen years old and when the guard stamped my hands for being under age he screamed “IF I CATCHYOUDRINKING I WILLTHROWYOUOUT!”…it was a little scary but regardless it is a great venue. Has a good sized balcony, they hand out free water. if you go get someone to drop you off so you dont have to deal with the weird foreigner working the parking.