The Jazz in the Garden season kicks off at the National Gallery of Art on Friday. (Lavanya Ramanathan/TWP)Every week, the Going Out Guide publishes an e-mail newsletter with our recommended events for the days ahead. If you don’t subscribe, here’s a peek at what you’re missing. If you’d like to sign up, go to washingtonpost.com’s Newsletters page; the Going Out Guide is listed under the “Local Sports” header.
Monday
You can call Reggie Watts a singer, a comedian and a musician. But above all else, he’s a curiosity: Is that a wig? Is that a real English accent? Just go with it. You never know where Watts’s routine will go next, which is part of what makes his 9:30 Club set unmissable.
Thursday
Apocalypse is the theme of the next after-hours party at Art Museum of the Americas. The best way to celebrate the end of days? Live music, DJs, performance art and an open bar.
Friday
The summer’s biggest hip-hop tour comes to Verizon Center as headliner Drake is joined by an impressive crew of supporting acts including J. Cole, Waka Flocka Flame, Meek Mill and 2 Chainz.
The summer’s most popular (free) date night and picnic scene returns for the season to the National Gallery of Art, and not a moment too soon.
Saturday
Music, cocktails and bad high-school French
A long-weekend night at the French Embassy includes cocktails, DJs spinning French and English-language dance tunes, and a variety show with comedy, burlesque and live music.
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