Nightlife Highlights: Deep Sugar’s 15th Anniversary and Drink Company’s GWAR Pub
Our picks of the best nightlife in D.C. this week!
DEEP SUGAR’S 15TH ANNIVERSARY TOUR
In addition to her original singing career and a roster of club hits, including the late-’90s Top 10 pop hit “Free,” Baltimore-native Ultra Nate is known more and more as a prominent DJ, due in part to her regular, high-profile gigs in the Summer house haunt of Ibiza.
In her homebase as well as in D.C., she’s known for this underground soulful house party that draws a mixed crowd, in all the right ways. This Friday, Sept. 14, Nate and her partner-in-Deep Sugar Lisa Moody launch a multi-city tour to celebrate the party’s first 15 years from the D.C. nightclub they refer to as their home away from home. Mookie Brock is warm-up DJ.
Friday, Sept. 14, starting at 9 p.m. U Street Music Hall, 1115A U St. NW. Tickets are $10. Call 202-588-1880 or visit ustreetmusichall.com.
DRINK COMPANY: GWAR PUB
With the threat of a lawsuit at the eleventh hour, Warner Bros. last month forced Derek Brown, Angie Fetherston, and fellow Drink-ers to cancel the opening of their immersive tribute to the animated TV series Rick and Morty that they had spent the summer assembling. As a result, two of the three small connected spaces in the Drink Company’s Shaw pop-up bar, or PUB, remain dark until the November relaunch of the popular holiday-themed Miracle on 7th Street extravaganza.
But Richmond’s GWAR has been tapped to lift spirits in the complex’s third bar, decked out with outrageous stage props and costumes in a 34-year retrospective of the heavy metal heads. One of his favorite bands, Brown describes GWAR as a “funnier KISS, on steroids, during a WWE stage show peppered with intergalactic horror themes and a little Damien Hirst.”
PUB highlights include a 20-foot World Maggot, an intergalactic battle scene, a hall of blood (paying homage to the gallons of synthetic blood spurted at every show), and a mobile of GWAR’s interplanetary journey. Band-related memorabilia will be for sale, such as a limited-edition Hail Oderus Tiki Mug — from which patrons drink the GWAR-inspired cocktail Oderus Eternal, green chile-flavored vodka mixed with manzanilla, grapefruit, and club soda ($12, or $52 with the mug). Meanwhile, rosé meets Strawberry Campari and Blanc Vermouth with a splash of soda in If You Want Blood (You Got It) ($12), the bloodiest punch on a menu of 18 specialty concoctions, including four “Parting Shots” ($6) and two “Spirit Free” juice blends ($7). Also on hand are a few beer and wine selections, and snack packages of Combos, Pirate’s Booty, Gushers, and Twinkies.
Daily from 5 p.m. to 12:30 a.m. (until 1:30 a.m. on Fridays and Saturdays). Runs to Oct. 31. Drink Company, 1839 7th St. NW. Call 202-316-9396 or visit popupbardc.com.
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