Eighteenth Street Lounge Bar / Live Music Venue / Lounge

Dupont Circle, Washington, DC –

Little of Eighteenth Street Lounge’s façade would attract the attention of an uninitiated passerby, save for the bouncer who plants himself before its unmarked door or the lines that form beneath the neon glow of a “MATTRESS DISCOUNTS” sign on the adjacent building.

Inside this three-story lounge, however, DC scenesters enjoy a dynamic blend of DJs, brass bands, and live percussionists six nights a week, which draw many a tweed-dressed local deep inside this labyrinthine nineteenth century mansion to bop their heads to the eclectic beats.

Red-carpeted stairs behind the entrance lead to the Main Room, a mellow area of the venue, accented by a warm wooden bar, luxurious dark drapes, and low-lit candelabras, where young professionals sporting blazers and chic dresses sip cocktails and flirt on velvet Victorian couches.

The Main Room also provides access to a simple outdoor deck, where the hip-shaking crowd can cool off at a second bar, while a distinctly international crowd makes their way upstairs to a shadowy, lime-colored enclave for live samba, bossa nova, and jazz acts throughout the week.

A small hallway off the Main Room leads into the Gold Room, where nightly musical acts crank it up under the shimmering glow of gold flecked ceilings and the sparkling hue of bottles behind yet another bar.

With authentic and offbeat jams every bit as cultured as the clientele, Eighteenth Street Lounge is all about the music DC trendsetters love to groove on.