Go-go music, a distinctive offshoot of funk with a unique conga-driven rhythm and call-and-response culture, has long been a ...

The genre has defined the Chocolate City for decades and was named the District's official music back in 2020. The opening of ...

This is also how we fight. “By protecting the music … you are really protecting the people of Washington.” The idea to create a museum was made public in 2009 when Moten delivered fiery remarks during ...

On Monday morning, City officials unveiled the first institution in Washington, D.C., dedicated to celebrating and preserving ...

The more than $2 million D.C. Go-go Museum celebrated its grand opening with a ribbon-cutting and, of course, go-go music and “Beat Ya Feet,” dancing.

Mayor Bowser celebrated the opening of The Go-Go Museum & Café in Anacostia, honoring go-go music's legacy in DC.

Dance to live GoGo music this week from the New Impressionz Band! Cocktails, Food, Games & more! *Rotating LIVE GoGo bands EVERY Friday!

Drum circles gather Sundays in the park. Jazz spills out of churches, and clubs pulse with the percussive patterns of the Caribbean: cadence, calypso, dancehall. Go-go, DC’s home-grown fusion of funk, ...