Decades DC Washington

Decades DC is on Connecticut Avenue NW, a five-minute walk from Farragut Square. The space spans multiple floors, each dedicated to the dance and house music of a different era.

The club is dressier than its neighbors, and the smart, elegant register of the room discourages the sloppy informality found elsewhere on the strip. It succeeds by leaning into the kitsch of its multi-level theme, which creates a more structured night out than the chaotic, sprawling bars nearby. If you are looking for a singular musical focus, this is not the place; but if you want to rotate through hits across three decades in one evening, it justifies the trek from the National Geographic Museum.