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The club was located near the other seminal Navy Yard club called Tracks (1111 First St, S.E.), a large gay club at the time. The Capitol Ballroom began holding "Buzz" nights on Fridays, which hosted a number of national and international talent in dance music. It eventually became one of the country's largest weekly dance party/rave hybrid.
Buzz – once called "Washington's best electronic dance night" by The Washington Post – was one of Washington, D.C.'s longest running dance parties. It was co-founded by DJ/promoter Scott Henry and DJ/promoter and DC music store (Music Now) owner Lieven DeGeyndt at the East Side Club and then relaunched in October 1995 at the now demolished Nation, formerly the Capital Ballroom.
Rave music may either refer to the late 1980s/early 1990s genres of house, new beat, breakbeat, acid house, techno and hardcore techno, which were the first genres of music to be played at rave parties, or to any other genre of electronic dance music (EDM) that may be played at a rave.
During the early 1990s, acid house provided the foundation for a burgeoning rave scene to flourish. The rave scene changed the face of dance music, the image of DJs, and the nature of promoting. The innovative marketing surrounding the rave scene created the first wave of superstar DJs who established marketable "brands" around their names and ...
2018 – The Washington Capitals win their first Stanley Cup in franchise history. 2019 – The Washington Nationals win the World Series. 2020 – The coronavirus disease 2019 causes the District to lock down for the first time in history. 2021 January 6: Storming of the United States Capitol. January 20: Inauguration of U.S. President Joe Biden
The first colonial-era landowners in the present-day Washington, D.C. were George Thompson and Thomas Gerrard, who were granted the Blue Plains tract in 1662, along with Saint Elizabeth, and other tracts in Anacostia, Capitol Hill, and other areas down to the Potomac River in the following years. Thompson sold his Capitol Hill properties in ...
Quite the groovy decade of hosting and socializing with major flair, the 1970s were full of funky foods that became synonymous with the buffet tables laid out at every party.
It was sponsored by the club, which was composed of students from Washington, D.C., Maryland, and Virginia. The DC Metro Club intended for it to be challenge to the California Club for the largest end-of-the-school-year party. Goodson suggested the name Freaknik (then spelled "Freaknic") as a portmanteau of freaky and picnic.