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Yo DC ravers — what's good?

No single mega-booking this weekend — it's depth in every direction. Friday splits three ways: Layton Giordani takes the 360º stage at Echostage, two-time GRAMMY nominee TEED slides into Flash for a DJ set, and COLYN lights up BETTE at Berhta. Saturday goes heavy — ATLiens bring the Bassrush takeover to Echostage, Big Gigantic hit the Berhta warehouse, Chez Damier marks 20 years of Hudd Traxx at Flash, and Japanese techno master DJ Nobu goes 10PM-till-the-music-stops at Transmission. Nü Androids run Tigres three shows deep: Player Dave Friday, then a Saturday doubleheader with Lusid's Sündown session and Jordan Brando after dark. Sunday belongs to the originators — Chicago house gangster DJ Sneak at Sunday Love and King Britt at Mess Hall. Pick your lane.

FRIDAY, JULY 17

Layton Giordani [360º Stage] @ Echostage – techno / house

Nü Androids Presents: Player Dave @ Tigres De La Noche – melodic bass / downtempo / experimental

TEED [DJ Set] @ Flash

COLYN @ Berhta (BETTE)

Sweat-O-Meter pres. by GOkibstarGO x 140+ @ Transmission – hardcore

Flow DC 003 @ 618 DC – deep house / minimal house

Solaire Presents: Jesse Bravo @ Vera Cocina

Keepin' It Movin': Mazlow, Neko Berg, SPCL.K @ Eighteenth Street Lounge – free

Rhythm Revive Presents: Dedro @ Zebbie's Garden

Anoluxx x Shogun @ St Yves

Gremlin tip: Tigres and Transmission are a quick NE hop from each other — Player Dave's melodic bass into the Sweat-O-Meter hardcore chaos (they're promising a ballpit, vendors, and balloon animals) is the two-rooms-one-night move.

Afters: TEED holds the Flash club level until 4AM, and Flow DC 003 runs 618 until 4AM for the deep-minimal heads.

SATURDAY, JULY 18

ATLiens @ Echostage

Nü Androids Presents Sündown: Lusid @ Tigres De La Noche – 4PM doors

Nü Androids Presents: Jordan Brando @ Tigres De La Noche – house

Matinée Presents: Dr. Gabba @ Flash (Roof) – outsider house / acid – 4PM doors

20 Years of Hudd Traxx: Chez Damier & Eddie Leader @ Flash – house / deep house

Big Gigantic – Smoakland @ Berhta (BETTE)

Black Box Pres: DJ Nobu @ Transmission – techno

Arpten x Deep Tech x HardCandies [Pre-Charivari]: Rick Wade @ La Fabrica – deep house / underground house

Club Ghetto Tech: Vol. 6 @ Sinners and Saints – ghetto tech / club

Layers: Multidimensional Sound as Collage w/ King Britt + Vinyl Market @ Eye Street Gallery – 4PM doors – free w/ RSVP

No Vacancy @ Jimmy Valentine's Lonely Hearts Club

Gremlin tip: Tigres runs the doubleheader again — Lusid's Sündown set wraps at 9PM, so you can reset before Jordan Brando takes over the same room at night. No Phones Club both times. And heads up for Black Box: no entry or re-entry after 4AM, and no phones, photos, or conversations on the dancefloor — they mean it.

Afters: this is the biggest afters night of the summer so far. DJ Nobu runs Transmission until 8AM, Rick Wade takes La Fabrica to sunrise (6:30AM), and Warlord Afters picks up at Bunker at 3:30AM if you're coming out of Echostage still hungry.

SUNDAY, JULY 19

Sunday Love: DJ Sneak – Andy Grant – Katrina Mir @ Flash – house / disco house / jackin' house – 2:45PM doors

Extended Play with King Britt @ Mess Hall – house – 5PM doors

Azure Day Party DC w/ Mashbit @ Ciel Rooftop – 2PM doors

Gremlin tip: Sunday Love's wellness session runs 3–4PM on the club level and closes promptly at the start — doors reopen at 4PM for all ticket holders. Love Bazaar vendors run 5–9PM in the club room. And if you catch King Britt's free sound-collage session at Eye Street Gallery Saturday afternoon, Mess Hall on Sunday is the full-circle move.

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That's the weekend. Reply and tell me where you're landing — the 360º stage, 20 years of Hudd Traxx, or the DJ Nobu deep end? I read every single one. For scene takes between issues, I'm at @plurtatochip.

See you on the floor.

– Jimmy

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