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Venues

This is not an exhaustive list, but these are places that have hosted meetups in the past and any peculiarities of those locations. Meetups that have used the location are included so that you can reach out to them (contact info should NOT be included for privacy reasons).

Also, please try not to subjectively rate a venue. This is a place for facts about venues, let other meetup organizing teams evaluate a venue for themselves. This is not a place to vent about a bad venue.

Template for a New Venue

Use the template below for any new venue additions (or feel free to edit an existing venue). Anything with a [brackets] should be replaced with the new venue's details.

## **[NAME OF VENUE]** (**[specific location, if multiple]**)

| Capacity (sit/total) |    AV?    | Allow Booze? | Chairs & Tables? | Metro distance? | Security Check-In? |
| -------------------- | --------- | ------------ | ---------------- | --------------- | ------------------ |
|     **[50/80]**      | **[yes]** |   **[no]**   |    **[both]**    |   **[close]**   | **[yes, with ID]** |

> Notes, if any: **[Lorem ipsum venue notum]**

Meetup groups that have used this venue:
* **[meetup name here]**

Social Tables

Capacity (sit/total) AV? Allow Booze? Chairs & Tables? Metro distance? Security Check-In?
80/150? dual TVs yes both close yes

Notes, if any: Very open space, TVs for AV are decent size, but hard to see from back

Meetup groups that have used this venue:

  • DCJS
  • Node.dc
  • Women Who Code

Washington Post

Capacity (sit/total) AV? Allow Booze? Chairs & Tables? Metro distance? Security Check-In?
70? yes no chairs, tables depends close yes, with ID

Notes, if any: Security is pretty tight, so getting up there can be time consuming. There are multiple spaces, so capacity, AV, seating, tables, etc may depend on where you are.

Meetup groups that have used this venue:

  • DCJS

NPR (Studio 1, North Capitol)

Capacity (sit/total) AV? Allow Booze? Chairs & Tables? Metro distance? Security Check-In?
80/150? yes no both 0.5mi no

Notes, if any: Because of how NPR gets funded, there may be an issue with having any other sponsor, but they may be willing to fund food, etc because of that. Note that depending on the event NPR staff may need to be participants, for example giving a lightning talk.

Meetup groups that have used this venue:

  • DCJS

Arcadia Power

Capacity (sit/total) AV? Allow Booze? Chairs & Tables? Metro distance? Security Check-In?
50/70 yes yes chairs, tables, counter space not too far yes

Notes, if any: The space is good, although the speaker position is a little odd.

Meetup groups that have used this venue:

  • Code & Coffee
  • DCJS

Curiosity Media (office)

Capacity (sit/total) AV? Allow Booze? Chairs & Tables? Metro distance? Security Check-In?
40/50 no ? both not too far no

Notes, if any: This is a good space for hack events and working (like code & coffee/nodeschool), but not a presentation space.

Meetup groups that have used this venue:

  • Node.dc (Nodeschool)

Curiosity Media (Ground Floor)

Capacity (sit/total) AV? Allow Booze? Chairs & Tables? Metro distance? Security Check-In?
80/150? yes yes both not too far no

Notes, if any: This is a really large, open space. We've held unconferences and workshops here.

Meetup groups that have used this venue:

  • Node.dc

Morning Consult

Capacity (sit/total) AV? Allow Booze? Chairs & Tables? Metro distance? Security Check-In?
40/80 yes yes chairs close no

Notes, if any: The space is split by an open stairwell, but also has a bar/loungish area and they can simulcast the AV to TVs there.

Meetup groups that have used this venue:

  • DCJS

Canvas

Capacity (sit/total) AV? Allow Booze? Chairs & Tables? Metro distance? Security Check-In?
40/60 yes yes chairs & some counter space close no

Notes, if any: none

Meetup groups that have used this venue:

  • DCPHP
  • React DC
  • DCJS

Optoro

Capacity (sit/total) AV? Allow Booze? Chairs & Tables? Metro distance? Security Check-In?
80/150 yes yes both literally on top yes

Notes, if any: Can additionally record talks with a little prior notice. Contact Jess on the DCTech Slack for more info!

Meetup groups that have used this venue:

  • DCRUG
  • The Joy of Programming Meetup
  • DCUX
  • DCVIM
  • DevOps DC
  • Vue DC
  • a bunch of other random things now and then ;)

Arlington Tech Exchange, aka ATX (Excella)

Capacity (sit/total) AV? Allow Booze? Chairs & Tables? Metro distance? Security Check-In?
100 yes yes both very close no

Notes, if any: Space can be broken into 2 rooms, comes with an eat-in cafe space

Meetup groups that have used this venue:

  • IIBA DC
  • DC SUG
  • NoVA UX
  • Tech Talk DC
  • NoVa Code & Coffee
  • Arlington Ruby