Black Cat,

1811 14th St NW, Washington, DC 20009, United States

"The DJ is pretty good most of the time and it's a fun place to dance. The music can be a little too loud at times but isn't intolerable. There are places to sit at the bar and against a wall. Drinks are expensive but that's expected, honestly. Staff is kind and efficient. There's a bathroom at the entrance. Had fun at 2000s indie night!!"

"It was a great fun place to visit. Amazing staff and great music! The night we went they were throwing an art show along side a costume contest. I wish I recorded toward the end that is when everyone lined up with their costumes."

"I hated this venue. I'll get to the ADA/disability fails in a minute but let's just start with the regular stuff. The entire bar of lights where I was located kept flickering all night. It was terrible and distracting. The artist I went to see totally brought it but was hampered by multiple sound issues including microphone feedback and overwhelming reverb at times. She was gracious about it but it seemed like there was a speaker set up right above the front of the stage that caused feedback if the artist got the mic too high. Bad design? Okay. Let's get to ADA/disability treatment. I preinformed the venue that my party was going to need ADA seating. When we arrived they were clueless, then finally showed us to a dark nook up behind the stage halfway obscured by a large bank of speakers/thick pole and the whole thing was up two steps, one of which was obscured by the darkness and multiple able bodied people had already tripped on. Luckily no one in my party was in a wheelchair but regardless these seats were the worst in the house and an absolute afterthought. We took the stools from them and moved them to a better location and nobody stopped us. But let's talk about bar stools as ADA seating. Not great. We were all in pain by the end of the night. It was better than trying to stand but just barely. Overall this Venue was pretty terrible and they get an F for how they treated disabled people who needed accomodations. Pictured is the view from the seats they tried to give us. By comparison, I saw the same artist at The Ottobar in Baltimore last year and gave them the same notice of our need for ADA seating and they reserved seating for us ahead of time. We were seated in seats with backs with an excellent view of the stage. No sound issues either."

"30th anniversary of The Black Cat. Velocity Girl reunion was great. Bad Moves second best of the 5 bands."

"It's a great venue for watching and listening to bands -- if you want to stand up during the entire event. It's in a nice location in the district. My nephew really enjoyed it, but he is also a teenager."