Events

🎤 Win FREE Tickets TONIGHT for RuPaul’s Drag Race: Werq the World! 🎤 Join us for Out of Bounds Trivia tonight at 7:30 PM  — and you could win up […]

We’re pulling out all the stops for the most fabulous Drag Brunch yet — two weekends of unforgettable performances, May 31-June 1 & June 7-8! 🌟 Join us for a […]

This Juneteenth, we’re honoring liberation and resilience the Nellie’s way—with pride, purpose, and a party you don’t want to miss. 🎉 Join us tonight as Xavier Entertainment brings the heat […]

📸🐤 National Selfie Day is June 21st — and Nellie’s Duckies are ready for their moment! 🐤📸 Strike a pose with our iconic rainbow duck mural and post your best […]

🎆 Light Up the Night at Nellie’s! 🎆 Tonight, the fireworks aren’t just in the sky—Nellie’s is bringing the heat with cold slushie drinks, patriotic beats, and nonstop vibes! 🇺🇸🍧🎶 […]

✨ Stars, Stripes & Drag Delights! ✨ We’re serving looks, brunch, and unapologetic fun all weekend long at Nellie’s Drag Brunch! Whether you’re coming for the queens or the all-you-can-eat […]

National Tequila Day! Tonight’s Forecast: Salt, Lime, Repeat 💃🍋🍹🧊 From Patron and Casamigos to Espolon, Don Julio, and Teremana—we’ve got the labels you love and the drinks to match.🌈🎉 Frozen […]

🎯 Welcome Darters! Registration is NOW OPEN for the Fall Tuesday Night Flights season at Nellie’s! Secure your spot today by visiting the TNF Fall Registration Page. This Fall’s theme […]

🍹 National Rum Day is coming in HOT—and we’re keeping it cool with $10 Rum Blasts & Piña Coladas all night long! 🌴🧊 Join us tonight for an island-inspired celebration […]

🎤 Taylor’s Night at Nellie’s – Presented by Xavier Entertainment Swifties, get ready! 💖 On Saturday, August 30th from 5–10 PM, Nellie’s is going All Taylor, All Night! Sing, dance, […]

🌊 Long Weekend, Big Brunch Energy—Come In, The Water’s Great! 💃☀️ Labor Day Weekend is your last big splash of summer, and Nellie’s Drag Brunch is bringing the heat and […]

👑✨ FREE RUPAUL TICKETS UP FOR GRABS TONIGHT! ✨👑 Drag Bingo kicks off at Nellie’s TONIGHT at 7PM with your hosts Deja Diamond and Sapphire Blue. The queens will keep […]

🍔 Happy National Cheeseburger Day! 🧀🔥 Celebrate the right way—with U Street’s favorite: the Nellie Burger. Juicy, cheesy, and stacked just right, it’s the burger DC can’t get enough of. […]

👑✨ WIN FREE TICKETS TONIGHT! ✨👑 Scary season starts early at Nellie’s—join us TONIGHT at 7:30PM for Drag Bingo hosted by the fabulous Deja Diamond and Sapphire Blue. Play your […]

🌈✨ It’s National Coming Out Day! ✨🌈 Today we celebrate love, pride, and living authentically. 💖 Come raise a glass with us—$6 Drinks all day and $1 Wings until 9pm. […]

🐂🎉 Howard Homecoming Week is here! 🎶🍹 Get ready for one of the wildest weeks of the year at Nellie’s—it’s going to be non-stop fun from day to night. Start […]

🎃👑 Halloween takes over Nellie’s Drag Brunch! 👑🎃 Join us October 25 & 26 for spooky-fabulous shows filled with queens, costumes, and all the Halloween magic you can handle. Costumes […]

🎃🧘‍♀️ Halloween Drag Bingo x Endless Yoga! 💃 Join us Tuesday, Oct 28 at 7PM for a night of laughs, prizes, and killer costumes! We’re teaming up with Endless Yoga […]

🎃💀 Fear Meets Fierce—Halloween Night at Nellie’s! 💀🎃Sponsored by Casamigos 🥃✨ We’ve got your perfect Halloween sorted: DJs kick things off at 10 PM, and our Scariest Costume Contest hits […]

🎭✨ Experience the DC Premiere of a Powerful New Play! ✨🎭 From MacArthur “Genius” grant recipient Samuel D. Hunter, this moving, critically acclaimed story explores human resilience, unlikely friendship, and […]

🦃🔥 Turkey Turn-Up at Nellie’s! 🔥🦃 Not a turkey fan? No problem—our wings are the real main course! 🍗💥 Join us for $1 wings until 9pm and back-to-back parties Thanksgiving […]

🎁✨ Giving Tuesday is here — and we’re celebrating by giving back.  Today only, grab $20 Drag Brunch tickets valid for the December 13 & 14 brunches, with 100% of […]

🎉❤️Join us for a special Drag Bingo Fundraiser benefiting the Children’s Tumor Foundation and the Cupid’s Undie Run! Sapphire Blue and Deja Diamond are hosting an unforgettable night of laughs, […]

🍸✨ It’s National Bartender Day, and we’re celebrating the incredible Nellie’s team that keeps the drinks flowing and the nights unforgettable. Swing by, raise a glass, and show some love […]

🎄🧠 Holiday season got you spinning? Out of Bounds Trivia is here to give your week a cozy reset.  Grab your crew, settle in with $1 Wings until 9pm and […]

🎄✨ Home for the holidays and ready to get out of the house? Nellie’s is calling! The weekend after Christmas is always one of the biggest and most joyful of […]

🎆✨ It’s finally here — New Year’s Eve at Nellie’s! Join us as we ring in 2026 with dancing, DJs, festive drinks, and that iconic Nellie’s champagne toast at midnight. […]

👑✨ RuPaul’s Drag Race is BACK at Nellie’s! ✨👑 Join us for the season premiere on our big screen projector, then keep the party going with $6 cocktails until 10pm […]

🔥✨ MLK Weekend starts at Nellie’s. ✨🔥 The dance floor is packed, the DJs are bringing it, and the energy is unmatched—this is the night everyone shows up for. If […]

❄️ Snow Day at Nellie’s ❄️ Sunday, January 25 | Doors Open at 5PM Snowed in? We’re opening up anyway. Join us at Nellie’s for a special Snow Day opening […]

🧠🍻 Registration is OPEN for Rogue Trivia at Nellie’s! 🍻🧠 Rogue Trivia is teaming up with Nellie’s Out of Bounds Trivia for an epic winter season—so grab your smartest friends and get ready to play. The winter season kicks off January 28, with games every Wednesday at 7:30pm. 📝✨ Play along and enjoy Rogue Trivia […]

🥇❄️ Let the Winter Games begin. ❄️🥇 From edge-of-your-seat finishes to blink-and-you-miss-it moments, the Winter Olympics are here—one of those events that only comes around every four years, and always worth watching together. Nellie’s will be showing highlights every night through the Closing Ceremony on February 22, so you never miss the moments everyone’s talking […]

🍸✨ A Very Sex and the City Trivia Night ✨🍸 In case you can’t get enough of our weekly Out of Bounds Trivia every Wednesday, we’re serving up a one-night-only special edition inspired by Sex and the City. 💕🗽 Join us this Saturday 2/7 at 7PM to test your knowledge, enjoy $8 Tito’s cocktails (including […]

Join us for a special Drag Brunch fundraiser benefiting City Dogs & City Kitties Rescue (CDCK)! On Sunday, February 8 at 1:00pm, Nellie’s Sports Bar is hosting a high-energy Drag Brunch in support of CDCK’s lifesaving work. Expect fabulous performances, a lively brunch atmosphere, and plenty of reasons to celebrate—while giving back. 25% of ticket […]

🏈🎉 The Ultimate Sunday Funday starts here. 🎉🏈 Game on, the drinks are flowing, and the wings ready to go—Nellie’s is the place to post up for the big game on our big screen projector. Grab a bucket of beer, load up on all your comfort food favs, and settle in with your crew for […]

🎉✨ February is short, but the weekend is LONG. ✨🎉 A three-day weekend is ahead, and Nellie’s is stacked from Friday through Sunday. Kick things off with RuPaul Fridays at 8PM, roll into Saturday Happy Hour until 7PM, and close it out with BOGO Sundays from 6–9PM. 💃🍹 Add in Nellie’s best DJs all weekend […]

💔🪩 Lonely Hearts Disco 🪩💔 Valentine’s Day plans looking… flexible? Same. This Saturday night, Nellie’s is turning heartbreak into a dance floor moment with Lonely Hearts Disco—a night for singles, situationships, and anyone who’d rather dance it out than sit at home. Come early for $6 cocktails until 7PM, then stick around as the DJ […]

🎭💜 Mardi Gras Meets Drag Bingo 💚🎭 Drag Bingo already brings the energy every Tuesday—and Fat Tuesday is the perfect excuse to turn it up a notch. Join us for all the sass, laughs, and prizes you love, plus $8 Tito’s cocktails all night and a special $8 Hurricane cocktail (a delicious, fruity rum concoction) […]

⏰🌸 Spring Forward at Nellie’s. Send winter off the right way tonight and get ready to celebrate an extra hour of daylight tomorrow. ☀️ Join us Sunday for our Daylight […]

🎤 Win Tickets to See FKA twigs! 🎤 Drag Bingo kicks off at 7PM — and we’re giving away a pair of tickets to see FKA twigs live at The […]

🍀 St. Patrick’s Weekend at Nellie’s 🍀 March 13–15, we’re turning the volume up and the drinks green. Grab your crew, throw on something festive, and celebrate all weekend long. […]

We come to this place… for magic. 💃✨ We come to Nellie’s to laugh, to gasp, to argue about who should’ve won the Oscar. Because we need that, all of […]

✨ SASHAY Debuts at Nellie’s ✨ A brand new Friday night drag experience hits the stage on March 20. Hosted by Druex Sidora, SASHAY is bringing high energy, big performances, […]

Today Nellie’s celebrates Trans Day of Visibility. 💙🩷🤍 Visibility matters. Joy matters. Community matters. Join Nellie’s tonight for Drag Bingo at 7PM and Karaoke at 9PM as we come together, […]

💃🔥 SASHAY RETURNS 🔥💃 After a packed debut, Sashay is locking into its new home at Nellie’s every 1st & 3rd Friday. Hosted by Druex Sidora, this is your night […]

💋✨ I Couldn’t Help But Wonder… How Much Do You Know? ✨💋 Join us for Sex and the City Trivia and put your knowledge of HBO’s iconic series to the […]

🏀🔥 Basketball’s Biggest Weekend Starts Here 🔥🏀 Catch every moment of the action at Nellie’s with a full crowd, big energy, and the best setup in the city. We’ve got […]

🐣🌸 Easter Brunch Is Filling Fast 🌸🐣 Celebrate Easter Sunday the Nellie’s way with incredible performances, great food, and a packed house full of energy. Whether you’re making it a […]

🎤🔥 YOUR FAVORITE KARAOKE HOSTS ARE BACK 🔥🎤 D&K Sounds return to Nellie’s—hosting every 1st & 3rd Tuesday—and they’re in the house TONIGHT. They bring the energy, the crowd, and […]

🎤 Win Tickets to See Calum Scott! 🎤 Drag Bingo kicks off at 7PM — and we’re giving away a pair of tickets to see Calum Scott live at The […]