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Nightlife & the Arts in Washington, D.C.

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Washington, D.C. Nightlife

From buttoned-down political appointees who've just arrived to laid-back folks who've lived here their whole lives, Washingtonians have plenty of options when they head out for a night on the town. Most places are clustered in several key areas, making a night of bar-hopping relatively easy. Georgetown has dozens of bars, nightclubs, and restaurants at the intersection of Wisconsin and M streets. A host of small live-music venues line the 18th Street strip in Adams-Morgan between Columbia Road and Kalorama Avenue. The stretch of Pennsylvania Avenue between 2nd and 4th streets has a half-dozen Capitol Hill bars. For a high-powered happy hour, head to the intersection of 19th and M streets NW, near lawyer- and lobbyist-filled downtown. More »