DIVE

A Timely Message 

Our mission has always been to serve our musical artists. We intend to allow our booked musicians to play at DIVE regardless if we have any patrons or if we are even open to the public. Performances will be live streamed and we will provide Venmo or other transactional information for the performers so that our viewing community can tip, purchase merchandise or otherwise support our performers.

We will follow all recommendations provided by health and government agencies and encourage others to do so as well.

Music will give us the strength in these difficult times.

Feel free to call me if you have any questions or concerns.
301-452-2914

Sincerely,
Russell Hirshon

Rock History Plays Here.

DIVE is the manifestation and celebration of our own rock history through the musicians who played at this location over the past 50 years as well as our future musical guests.  We cordially invite you to become part of our music history by dropping in on an open mic or reaching out for a performance on your own.

Located in the basement of Darlington House, and formerly The Childe Harold, DIVE serves as a place for musicians to put forth their artistry throughout the week.  Our equipment is for the use of our guests with acoustic and electric  guitars that our guests can play on open mic nights or with the help of our staff on other evenings.

We celebrate live music

No cover, only great music.

Tuesday evenings 7pm – 11pm is acoustic open mic and a general free for all of music jamming. from 9pm-11pm. (Call 301-452-2914 with questions)

Wednesday evening at 9pm: Artist Spotlight

Thursday Evening:  7pm performance, sometimes second performance at 9pm.

Friday night is open mic from 7pm-10pm
Headliner performance at 10pm.

Saturdays:  Perfomances at 7pm and 9pm

Live music throughout the week.
Bands, performers and artists play in our intimate basement space throughout the month, check our Events page or our Facebook page for more information. Special performances also occur in our 1st floor bay window from time to time.

 

No cover, only great music.
We do not charge cover at DIVE. Our mission is to reduce the barriers for participation but at the same time, we encourage patrons to support our artists through their available merchandise as well as tips.

Open 7 Nights
Dinner and Drinks are served nightly beginning at 4pm with dinner served until 11pm and drinks until close.  Come in to relax and let us share our history with you.

DIVE food menu

DIVE drink menu

About

DIVE is located within the Darlington House which hosted such amazing music icons as Al Green, Bruce Springsteen, Bonnie Raitt, the Slikee Boys, Emmylou Harris and the Ramones when it was the Childe Harold. This was the first place the Ramones played in Washington DC in 1976 and Bruce’s 3 night gig in 1973 for $750 represents just one of the many artists that either began their career or had an early start at this address.  Bruce’s performances are documented in the contracts that are proudly displayed on our wall.

DIVE represents almost 50 years of rock history in our collection of electric guitars and rock photography acquired from The Govinda Gallery. Our aim to be a place for aspiring and established musicians to play in front of appreciative audiences as well as an environment that is as casual as your own home.  Open microphone night is every Friday with slot sign ups beginning at 7pm and currently ending at 10pm. Live music is listed on our event page.

Dinner is served nightly from 4pm until 10pm. Until 11pm on Friday and Saturdays.

DIVE food menu

DIVE drink menu

Born from music, an oasis for musicians and home of great performances.

DIVE
Rock History Plays Here.

Rock History Plays Here

WHFS DJ Cerphe Colwell chronicled his time spent with Bruce Springsteen and Bruce’s performance at our location in his book Cerphe’s Up. His story is our  history and we are thrilled that he celebrated with a book signing event at DIVE on February 21, 2019.

Among the music legends chronicled to have played here are:

Al Jarreau
Al Green
Bad Brains
Billy Price
Billy Hancock
Bob “Catfish” Hodge
Bonnie Raitt
Bruce Springsteen Band (May 24-26, 1973)
David Sanborn
Earl Scruggs
Emmylou Harris
Four out of Five Doctors
George Thorogood
Jr. Cline and the Recliners
Juice Newton
Insect Surfers
Larry Gatlin
Little River Band
John Denver
Pat Metheny
Root Boy Slim
Tex Rubinowitz
The Coasters
The Nighthawks
The Persuasions
The Ramones (10/24/1976)
Slickee Boys
Southside Johnny
Steve Miller
Teresa Gunn Group
Tex Rubinowitz
Warner Williams (1/24/2020)

and hundreds of other talented musicians.

Rock History Plays Here

Events

(Questions about all performances or events: Russ 301-452-2914

DIVE IS CURRENTLY CLOSED DUE TO THE PANDEMIC
All Performances in March and April are cancelled until further notice.

Online performances are noted below

Friday, March 27th at 6pm
Pete Leinbach Live Music

Friday, 27th at 8PM
Evan Gross Facebook Live

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Thursday, April 2, 2020
Cancelled:  Kris James 7pm


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Friday, April 3, 2020
Cancelled: Ainsley Delissaint at 10:15pm
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Saturday, April 4th, 2020
Cancelled: Alyssa Hankey 7pm

Cancelled Julian Wild 9pm

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Monday, April 6, 2020
Cancelled Acoustic Set Television Skies

 

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Friday April 10th
Cancelled Grayson’s Radio at 9pm

Kevin Daniel and the Bottom Line 11PM
No cover, only great music.

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Saturday April 11, 2020
Juliana MacDowell & The Agreeables at 7pm
No cover, only great music.

Saturday April 11, 2020
Chip Jones and The Sloppy Seconds 10pm
No cover, only great music.

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Sunday, April 12, 2020
From Chicago, Daisychain 7pm
No cover, only great music

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Tuesday, April 14, 2020
Acoustic Open Mic and musician jam 7-10 pm

Tuesday Jam Band : BadCameo
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Wednesday April 15, 2020
District Trivia Night 7pm-9pm
No cover, just fun.

Artist Spotlight Stephen Babcock 9pm
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Thursday April 16th, 2020
My One and Only 7pm

Thursday April 16th, 2020
Janine Goodman 9pm
No cover, only great music.

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Friday,  April 17, 2020
Open Mic 7pm-10pm
Singer/Songwriter John McDonald from Austin Texas 10pm
No cover, only great music.

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Saturday, April 18th, 2020
Rebecca Zimmerman 7pm


Chirality  followed by Pocket Vinyl 8pm
No cover, only great music.

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Tuesday April 21, 2020
Acoustic Open Mic and musician jam 7-10 pm

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Wednesday, April 22, 2020
District Trivia Night 7pm-9pm
No cover, just fun.

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Thursday April 23, 2020
Willam Hudgins 7pm

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Friday, April 24, 2020
Open Mic 6pm-10PM (301-452-2914)
David Massey Band 10pm
No cover, only great music.
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Saturday, April 25th
Acoustic singer songwriter Sam Robins 7pm

Hoboken’s folk rock band James Calleo 9pm
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Monday, April 27, 2020
Andre’ Salvador and the Von Kings 7PM
No cover, only great music.
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Tuesday, April 28, 2020
Acoustic Open Mic and musician jam 7-10 pm

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Wednesday April 29, 2020
District Trivia Night 7pm-9pm
No cover, just fun.

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Thursday April 30th, 2020
Songwriter Round at 7pm with:
Juliana MacDowell, Robert Dale Klein, Tony Denikos, Allison Dietz


No cover, only great music

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Friday, May 1, 2020
Open Mic 6pm-10PM

Tom Hyland – One Year Good Left 10PM until close
No cover, only great music.

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Saturday, May 2, 2020
Prabir 7pm
The Yachtsmen 9pm
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Monday, May 4, 2020

Nashville’s Meghan Hayes. 7pm

Will Payne Harrison and Veronica Stanton. 9pm
No cover, only great music
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Tuesday, May 5th
Wednesday, May 6, 2020
District Trivia Night 7pm-9pm
No cover, just fun.

(P) Casual Yak 9pm
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Thursday, May 7th, 2020
Acoustic singer/songwriter Brett Stafford Smith 7PM
No cover, only great music.

Event Page

Rhonda Funk 9pm
No cover, only great music.
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Friday May 8, 2020
Ohio Singer/Songwriter Benjamin Marshall 6pm-7pm

Open Mic 7pm-10PM (301-452-2914)
Blindspot at 10pm
No cover, only great music
Event Page
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Saturday May 9th, 2020
Singer Songwriter Matt Roach 8pm
Semi Hollow 10pm
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Tuesday May 12th, 2020
Acoustic Open Mic 7-9pm

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Wednesday, May 13th, 2020
District Trivia Night 7pm-9pm
No cover, just fun.

ARTIST SPOTLIGHT
Singer/Songwriter Emma Coale 9pm
No cover, only great music
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Thursday May 14th, 2020
King Arthur Junior
No cover, only great music
Event Page

MAAM 9pm

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Friday, May 15th, 2020
Open Mic 6pm-10PM (301-452-2914)
(Pending gig)
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Saturday, May 16th, 2020
Halley Neal 7pm

Jay Byrd and The Musical Trust 9:30
No cover, only great music.

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Tuesday, May 19, 2020
Acoustic Open Mic 7pm-9pm
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Wednesday, May 20, 2020
District Trivia Night 7pm-9pm
No cover, just fun.

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Thursday, May 21, 2020
Emma G 7pm
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Friday, May 22, 2020
Open Mic 6pm-10pm
Live recording performance by Black Sevens
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Saturday, May 23, 2020
The Remedy. 10pm
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Tuesday, May 26, 2020
Acoustic Open Mic 7pm
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Wednesday, May 27, 2020
District Trivia Night 7pm-9pm
No cover, just fun.

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Thursday May 28, 2020
Calista Garcia 7PM
No cover, only great music.


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Friday May 29, 2020
Open Mic 6pm-10pm
The Tragic Schoolbus 10pm
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Saturday, May 30th, 2020
Walter Egan and Chris Murray perform
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Wednesday, June 3, 2020
District Trivia Night 7pm-9pm
No cover, just fun.

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Wednesday, June 3, 2020
Artist Spotlight
Alex Kuchta 9pm
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Thursday, June 4, 2020
Boom Town Wreck 7pm
No cover, only great music
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Friday, June 5, 2020 10PM
The Black Sevens

No cover, only great music
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Saturday, June 6, 2020
The Rightly So 7PM
(P) Azure Wolf

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Friday, June 12, 2020
Open Mic 6pm-10pm

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Saturday, June 13th
Coltt Lepley 7pm

(P) Jazz Trotters. 8:30
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Thursday, June 18th, 2020
Monallo 7pm . (P)
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Friday, June 19th, 2020
Open Mic 6pm-10PM 
The Spooks. 10pm
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Saturday, June 20th
The Remedy 10pm
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Thursday, June 25th
Scott and Jen Smith
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Friday, June 26th
Open Mic 7pm-10pm
Tropic Vibez 10PM
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June 27, 2020
Trae Sheehan 7pm
Chris Timbers 9PM

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Thursday, July 9, 2020

Hannah Jaye  7pm

No cover, only great music.

Saturday, July 11, 2020
SOLIA 8pm
Emma G 9:30
DJ Tania 11- close

Contact

DIVE is located in the basement of Darlington House at 1610 20th St. N.W., Washington DC 20009. We are open 7 nights a week and accessible by walking 100 feet north from the METRO red line Dupont Circle North exit and even easier by Uber or Lyft.  We are open from 4pm daily and have DJs Saturday evenings late until close. We have open mic on Friday evenings from 7-10pm.  Performances by musical artists are currently scheduled throughout the week, check our events page for dates and times.

GENERAL INFORMATION

For information about DIVE, Open Mic, booking events or upcoming events please feel free to contact Russell at russell@divedc.com

OPEN MIC
Open mic is every Friday evening.  Sign up begins at 6:00 pm by the basement stage each Friday or email us with questions. Sets take place from 7pm until 10pm with 3 song maximum or 15 minutes. We welcome solo musicians, guitarists, singers, small groups and creative types.  Bring your instruments and cables and plug into our Bose L1 ll, 8 channel mixer. We have 3 mics and stands, choice of a dozen guitars off of our walls, and a drum kit. Feel free to reach out with additional questions.

Open Mic Every Tuesday


Open Mic Every Friday
Sign in: 6:00
Play 6pm-10pm
Headline Performances begin at 10PM


Located in the Darlington House Basement
DIVE
1610 20th St. N.W.
Washington DC 20009

(Russell) 301-452-2915