Our New Spring Season has begun!
Upcoming Events
April 23
Dupont Underground Spring Pop Up
Dupont Underground (DU) is joining forces with Historic Dupont Circle Main Streets to host the Dupont Circle’s Spring shopping pop-up on Saturday, April 23rd from 12:00-5:00 p.m. Located in the old streetcar station below Dupont Circle, DU welcomes you and 50 other pop-up vendors to our space.
April 25-29
Calle Libre DC Street Art Festival
In collaboration with the Austrian Embassy and Calle Libre Austria, Dupont Underground invites you to the Calle Libre DC - Street Art Festival from April 25-29. What is “Calle Libre”? Founded in 2014, Calle Libre is a festival for urban aesthetics that brings together today’s contemporary forms of graffiti and other forms of street art onto curated walls throughout the city of Vienna, Austria. This year, they are bringing their festival to Washington, DC. In this international project, the Austrian artists Boicut and David Leitner will work with American artists Jay F. Coleman, Maria Miller and Edith Lopez-Estrada on creating a colorful mural at “Cairo Wine & Liquor”, in the heart of Dupont Circle. The goal is to promote intercultural cooperation between international street artists, and to establish a dialogue with the public. Other events of the festival include a live Art-in-Action and Artist Talk at the Austrian Embassy on April 27 and a Closing Event with the artists at Dupont Underground on April 29. In August, Jay Coleman will fly to Austria to join Austrian artists during the Calle Libre Vienna Festival.
April 27
Comedy Down at Dupont Underground
Come Join us for our Monthly Comedy Showcase! Comedy Down at Dupont underground Series brings comedians from all over the world. This show helps support the Dupont Underground and things art in DC. Make sure to come out and help keep art alive in DC and also just to Laugh. Add some laughter to your night courtesy of the best up and coming comedians from the area and abroad.
April 28
Pens and Swords is an open mic experience. Prepare to go on a roller coaster ride of emotions and have your mind blown. Arrive with an open heart, mind, and soul because this a home for all to share their truth!
Pens and Swords is an open mic experience. Artists will share their truth and raise their voice in the name of savage advocacy and activism! For two hours, audiences can expect to be amazed by a diverse array of poets, musicians, and monthly-featured artists. Hosted by C. Alexandria-Bernard Thomas at Dupont Underground.
Pi-Anir is descriptive with an invigorating outlook. Her Poetic body of work includes a host of local venues across the US and her recently released book entitled: To the Goddess in my Garden; A book of Poetry and Self Reflection.
April 29
Calle Libre DC Street Art Festival Closing Reception
In celebration of Calle Libre DC Streets Art Festival, Dupont Underground invites you to an artist closing reception recapping a week of art created by Austrian and American muralists.
Calle Libre is a street art festival that takes place annually in Vienna, Austria. Muralists and street artists were invited to participate and showcase their works throughout the week-long festival. This year, Dupont Underground has collaborated with the Austrian Embassy in DC to expand this festival to the US, with DC being the chosen location.
Come and enjoy an evening of conversation, art, and culture bridging of artists.
Reception: 7-10pm and is accessible to the general public.
Competition: The Gender Within: The Art of Identity
Open Call for artists for our June exhibition.
Covid Protocol- Masks required regardless of vaccination status | for Live Events a negative Covid test from the last 24hours or a vaccination card is required
A sub-terrain landmark
Uniquely situated to enhance the cultural life of Washington DC. In a city with no lack of public spaces and cultural institutions, it is surprising that there are precious few that offer flexible space for public expressions of creativity through onsite arts production, performance and exhibition. The Dupont Underground is evolving to fill that need, whether as a black box theatre, a workshop and exhibition space, or a venue for alternative media productions.
A place that fosters creativity
Dupont Underground is a citizen-driven urban initiative that is responding to the need to strengthen and expand the city‘s creative culture. Increasingly understood as a catalyst of urban growth, creative communities have a critical role in defining the urban identity of the District.
Sparking creative expression
Dupont Underground is a versatile and ever-changing space where the public can create, interact with, and deepen its cultural knowledge. In addition to its own curated programming, Dupont Underground provides event and exhibition space for partnering organizations, collaborating with galleries, art spaces, and artists. It provides a local nexus to develop collaborations with innovative cultural institutions around the world.