Halfway to St Patrick's Day at O'Sullivan's

Continuing the halfway to St Patrick's Day festivities is O'Sullivan's party this Tuesday, September 17. They are throwing a bash with live music by Danny Burns, Irish dancers and bagpipers. Drink specials run from 3 to 7:30pm with $1 off draft beers and $4 rail drinks. They will continue the lead up to St Patrick's Day with a party on the 17th of every month until the big Irish holiday. More info on Facebook.

Halfway to St Patrick's Day at RiRa

RìRà is celebrating halfway to St. Patrick's Day this Saturday, September 14. They are getting into the Irish spirit early by partying twice as hard this weekend with two live bands. Celtic rockers Empty Flask hit the stage at 6pm warming the stage for Shake Shake Shake at 10pm.

Prevent Cancer 5k fundraiser at Wilson Tavern

Join Prevent Cancer 5k Walk/Run Chair Allison Hutchins at Wilson Tavern on Thursday, September 12 to raise a glass and raise funds for Prevent Cancer's 5k Walk/Run on Sept 29.

A $10 donation at the door gets you entry with a wristband good for happy hour specials extended from 5 - 9pm including $3 Summer Shandy, Yuengling & Miller Lite drafts, $4 wine and $5 16 oz cocktails.

Sunday Madness at Mad Rose

This Sunday September 8 Mad Rose is hosting the no cover Project DC Event Sunday Madness. Mad Rose boasts 25 TVs and two large project screens for watching the games, as well as giving away two tickets to the Redskins vs Eagles season opener Monday night. Entertainment includes bucket beer pong and hookah on the patio, and music by DJ EPX, DJ Chazzta and DJ Vicious during commercials and after party. Drink specials Sunday are:

$2.50 Miller and Bud Light bottles
$4 fireball shots
$5 bloody marys
$6 Red Bull bombs
$20 Magnum champagne bottles
$24 3 liter glow-in-the-dark beer towers

Bracket Room benefit for Suicide Prevention

Clarendon's brand new bar Bracket Room just opened to the public tonight and its already planning another big bash. Next Tuesday, September 10 is owner Chris Bukowski's birthday and Social DC PR is organizing a charity fundraiser party that night. The proceeds will go directly to the American Foundation of Suicide Prevention in memory of Chris' good friend, Gia Allemand who passed away early this month.

From 8pm to midnight, music will be provided by DJ Mario, birthday pie from Pie Sisters, and photography by John Robinson. Chris' favorite drinks will be the specials, including:
$3 Zywiec Bottles
$4 Goose Island 312 Drafts
$5 Annalisa Pinot Grigio

"Help Ben Tufts" concert at Iota

Derek Evry is organizing a concert September 10 at Iota to help out another local musician Ben Tufts. Ben is a drummer who has played in 20 some bands regularly, but had a large amount of musical instruments stolen from him in DC this past weekend. So to help out a friend and fellow musician, Derek is throwing a huge concert with tons of local talent to replace the lost equipment. RSVP and more info on Facebook here. There is about 20 live acts playing 10 minutes each at Iota starting at 7pm:

7:00 - Rachel Levitin
7:10 - Luciano Lima
7:20 - Tiger Gilliam
7:30 - Andres Gallego
7:40 - Jasmine Gillison
7:50 - Matthew Berry
8:00 - Mary Battiata
8:10 - Jackson Edwards
8:20 - Andrew Gaddy
8:30 - Lauren Calve
8:40 - Justin Trawick
8:50 - Laura Tsaggaris
9:00 - Derek Evry
9:10 to 9:30 - DJ Sam Snow
9:30 - theScapes
10:00 - StarFK Radium
10:30 - Colin Thompson Band
11:00 - The Beanstalk Library
11:30 - The Cowards Choir
12:00 - DJ Sam Snow (All Night)
 

End summer at Whitlow's Pig Roast

Despite many people being out of town for Labor Day weekend, there are still plenty of events going on in Clarendon. Tonight, Sunday September 1st, Whitlow's is having a pig roast rooftop party starting at 5pm followed by a pub quiz at 8pm. First prize is tickets to the October 20th show for the great indie band and one of my favorites The Dismemberment Plan.

Afterword go next door to Iota to see some local DC based musicians Lindsay Buckingham Palace and our own Derek Evry. $10 cover gets you in for both shows that start at 8:30pm. Another choice for spending the last weekend of summer in town is to catch a showing of Fast Times at Ridgemont High starting 8pm at Eat Bar's "Back to School Month" cinema series.

Hard Times is Hokie Country

This Saturday, August 31 Hard Times is having a football kickoff party for the VA Tech and Alabama game at 5pm. Give-aways include 100 Hokie t-shirts and some Redskins and Capitals gear as well.  It looks like Hard Times isn't the only Clarendon bar for Hokies fans, as Wilson Tavern has also claimed that role before. There does seem to be a lot of Blacksburg transplants in the area though to create this demand. The real question is will the Hard Times' drink special include the VA Tech specialty The Rail?

White Ford Bronco at Clarendon Grill

One of the best local cover bands I've ever seen is coming to Clarendon Grill tonight, Thursday August 29. White Ford Bronco will belt out some classic 90s tunes starting at 9:30pm.

Before that, the Grill features their Thursday "No Bull Happy Hour" with Red Bull based drink specials and music by DJ Clinton Matthews starting at 5:30pm.

Photo credit to Acre121.

Bracket Room on DC101

Listen to the Youtube clip above to hear Chris Bukowski on DC101's Elliot In The Morning radio show talk about his new bar Bracket Room.