District of Punk

Washington DC, USA

1 hour 30 minutes (approx.)
Mobile ticket
Offered in: English

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Overview

What's Included

1.5 Hours of Cool Information about DC's Punk Scene

Private transportation

Meeting and Pickup

Meeting point

Gallery Place Chinatown Station
Washington, DC 20001, USA
The meeting point is at the F and 7th Street Exit of the Gallery Place Metro Station

End point

Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library
901 G St NW, Washington, DC 20001, USA
The tour ends at the MLK Jr. Memorial Library, which holds the DC Punk Archive.

Operating hours
.3:00 pm

Itinerary

443 7th St NW

15 minutes • Admission Ticket Free

The Lansburgh

15 minutes • Admission Ticket Free

9:30 Club

15 minutes • Admission Ticket Free

Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library

10 minutes • Admission Ticket Free

Additional Info

Confirmation will be received at time of booking
Wheelchair accessible
Stroller accessible
Service animals allowed
Near public transportation

Transportation is wheelchair accessible
Surfaces are wheelchair accessible
Most travelers can participate
This tour/activity will have a maximum of 20 travelers

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Cancellation Policy

You can cancel up to 24 hours in advance of the experience for a full refund.

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Reviews

5.0

based on 7 reviews

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District of Punk

Chriss_H, Mar 2024

We did the "District of Punk" tour with Katie from Off The Mall Tours. We toured the locations that informed the DC punk scene of the 70s, the DC hardcore scene of the 80s, and the DC post punk of the 90s - including the defunct DC Space (now a Gregory's Coffee), The Lansburg Cultural Center (now a multi-purpose building/Shakespeare Theatre) and the original 9:30 Club (now a recently vacated J Crew store). While touching on the seminal DC bands of the time like The Teen Idles, Void, Bad Brains, Minor Threat and Rites of Spring, Katie also told the story of how important (yet often ignored or mistreated) the women of the DC punk scene were, like the bands Chalk Circle and Fire Party. We also went to the DC Punk Archive at the Washington DC Public Library and we were given access to leaf through their collection of zines that documented the DC scene, donated by activist and author Mark Andersen. Katie was a knowledgeable guide and I recommend this tour to any punk rock fan.

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