October 2023 Calendar

Hello from my favorite DJ booth in Cebu ✌🏽⁣

It’s been an amazing trip 🇵🇭 but alas, it’s time to go home ✨⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣

Here’s where you can hear me this month! Click on 🎟️ for ticket/reservation info. Location after the lollipop📍⁣

10/1 Sun, 10PM OPM Sundays⁣ ⁣ - w/ Joel Quizon & meesterenriquez📍twitch.tv⁣⁣ - streaming live from Good Vibrations Records
10/2 Mon, Analog Vibrations Radio📍Good Vibrations Records
10/4 Wed, 2:30-3:30PM Bahala Na! on Eaton Radio  - mixcloud.com
10/6 Fri, CoachDiversity Institute Symposium⁣
10/7 Sat, 9PM-2AM Allegory📍Radical Library at the Eaton Hotel⁣⁣ ⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣
10/8 Sun, F+O’s Wedding
10/11 Wed, 8PM📍Dante’s HiFi+ w/ Lula Rios & Carozilla⁣ 🎟️
10/14 Sat, S+A’s Wedding for Lucy Black Entertainment
10/15 Sun, Pop-Up📍Hometown Newsstand
10/15 Sun, 10PM OPM Sundays📍twitch.tv⁣⁣
10/18 Wed, 8-9PM Respect Music’s Raiders of The Lost Art📍twitch.tv
10/20 Fri, 9PM Disco District w/ Ozker & Martín Miguel📍The Owl Room
10/21 Sat, 11AM-1:30PM Museum Reopening📍National Museum of Women in the Arts 🎟️
10/21 Sat, A+J’s Wedding⁣
10/22 Sun, 4-8PM ThinkChinatown Corky Lee Way Chinatown Block Party w/ YiuYiu 瑶瑶📍Mott & Mosco / Chinatown, NYC⁣
10/23 Mon, 7-10PM📍BierWax Brooklyn⁣
10/26 Thurs, Catholic Volunteer Network Celebration⁣
10/26 Thurs, 8PM Rotations 📍WFMU's Rock 'n' Soul Radio Stream
10/27 Fri, 9:30-2AM📍Le Mont Royal
10/28 Sat, 6:30-10:30PM 📍Fig & Olive City Center⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣
10/29 Sun, 12-6PM SAMASAMA x Kam and 46 Presents “Umpukan”, a Fil-Am History Month Celebration📍metrobar 🎟️
10/29 Sun, 10PM OPM Sundays📍twitch.tv⁣⁣
10/30 Mon, New Wave Heartthrobs w/ DJ Neil Armstrong & DJ Mike C⁣⁣📍twitch.tv⁣
10/31 Tues, District Fray Magazine + Disco Mary Collective’s Cult Classic Halloween Party📍Dock 5, Union Market DC 🎟️

Come say hi, dance, & bring me a snack 🍙⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣ I got a bunch of new/old records to play for you!

September 2023 Calendar

Here’s where I’ll be this month! Location is after the📍

9/1 Fri, 1-2PM @deejayfade’s FFFRRR 45s Raid Train 📍twitch.tv
9/1 Fri, 9PM-2AM Allegory 📍Radical Library at the Eaton Hotel
9/2 Sat, J+J’s Wedding
9/3 Sun, 12-4PM Luv’d Up DJs⁣ 📍 The Pendry’s Pool Terrace⁣
9/3 Sun, 4-8PM, DC Dyke Night’s Vroom Vroom ⁣⁣⁣w/ Wolfblister 📍DC9
9/3 Sun, 10PM OPM Sundays⁣ ⁣ - w/ Joel Quizon & meesterenriquez 📍twitch.tv
9/4 Mon 9PM This is SAD w/ Joel Quizon & guest, RicardoDJing  📍twitch.tv
9/6 Wed, 2:30-3:30PM Bahala Na! on Eaton Radio - mixcloud.com
9/6 Wed, 8-9PM Respect Music’s Raiders of The Lost Art 📍twitch.tv
9/8 Fri, J+T’s Wedding
9/9 Sat, 6:30-10:30PM 📍Fig & Olive City Center⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣
9/10 Sun, 10PM OPM Sundays⁣ ⁣ 📍twitch.tv
9/12 Tues, 5-9PM Women’s Funding Network’s Feminist Funded '23 Celebration 📍Eaton Hotel
9/13 Wed, 5-9PM Women’s Funding Network’s Feminist Funded '23 Awards Ceremony w/ Be’La Dona 📍Eaton Hotel
9/14 Thurs, 5-9PM Lumpia Disco w/ Kam and 46 & guest, Martín Miguel📍@electric_cool_aid 
9/15 Fri, 9:30-2AM 📍Le Mont Royal
9/16 Sat, J+F’s Wedding for Lucy Black Entertainment
9/17 Sun, Vina’s 🎂🎉
9/17 Sun, 7-9PM DowntownDC Business Improvement District’s Lotus Festival 📍Chinatown Park
9/17 Sun, 10PM OPM Sundays 📍twitch.tv

☀️ 🌱⁣⁣🇵🇭 🌱⁣☀️ ⁣
9/23 Sun, 9PM Popdaze & meesterenriquez📍Baihaus Lapu-Lapu City, Mactan
9/24 Sun, SAMASAMA x Pawn Records’ DJ Workshop for Women & Gender-Expansive People 📍AHKA Sari-sari Space Cebu City
9/25 Mon, 8PM New Wave Heartthrobs w/ DJ Neil Armstrong & DJ Mike C⁣⁣ 📍twitch.tv  (9/26 Tues, 8AM 🇵🇭 Time)
9/28 Thurs, 8-9PM Rotations 📍 WFMU's Rock 'n' Soul Radio Stream ⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣(9/29 Fri, 8AM 🇵🇭 Time)
9/30 Sat, 8PM DJ MDLC & meesterenriquez 📍 Treskul Records & Cafe Bar Mandaluyong City10/1 Sun, 10PM OPM Sundays LIVE  📍 Good Vibrations Records (10/2 Mon, 10AM 🇵🇭 Time)

Come say hi, dance, & bring me a snack 🍙⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣ 🔗link in bio for info, tickets and stuff 🔗⁣⁣⁣⁣ I’m excited to DJ for you and also to go on vacation✌🏽⁣

DC Music Summit 2021

So excited to DJ the DC Music Summit 2021 kick-off this Friday! Maraming Salamat to the amazing Dior Ashley Brown for inviting me, and for making this awesome event happen! ⁣
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Please join us at #VirtualDCMS and register [Link in Bio]. This 3-day summit is not to be missed! If you are an artist, creative, or musician in the DMV, this is the conference for you! There’s workshops, programs, panels, performances by local artists, and in-person #DCMS attendance options at the Eaton ✨⁣
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The DC Music Summit is an award-winning organization that supports musicians and industry by fostering a positive and inclusive environment for community engagement and networking, skills and professional development, and creative organization and inspiration. Learn more about DC Music Summit - dcmusicsummit.org

2021 DC Funk Parade: Black Broadway

The first time I DJ’d for the Funk Parade was when Nafisa Isa put together a "Women of Funk" showcase at Busboys and Poets, exactly 7 years ago today. Good times! 

I’m super excited to be part of Funk Parade’s virtual festival this year! The Musicianship is the Funk Parade’s new home and they’ve put together a dope lineup for you with the theme: Black Broadway!

Get your tickets today! - you can view the Funk Parade at your own leisure on 5/8 Saturday!

Maraming Salamat to Jessica Sturgis for bringing me in and to Jessica Teachey! Looking forward to our future collabs! ✨

The 2021 Funk Parade celebrating Black Broadway is coming up May 1-May 8! 💜Check out the full lineup of creatives, musicians, and industry experts that will be performing this year! ⚡💜

⚡Black Broadway Mural Walk on May 5! Led by our Funk Parade Historian Bernie Demczuk @benschilibowlfoundation, our mural tourists will visit 15 different murals in our festival’s home corridor! Look out...surprise performances will take place at (3) landmarks featuring Trombonist @reginaldcyntjemusic & Saxophonist @ejbjazz and Soul Singer/Guitarist @kenny_sharp!

⚡Our Funk Parade Virtual Festival on May 8 will feature performances by artists and creatives such as Langston Hughes II, Les The DJ, Onrae Lateal, Chazz G, Elevate Poetry, Brides of Funkenstein, Roquois, Leon Scott, Rolloway Productions. Funk Parade will also debut our new Funk Parade Documentary, directed by @cultclassiq and produced by @mike.ant

Click here to get your tickets today! 💜

Sama Sama Cooperative's SAYAWAN DANCE-A-THON

Hey, hi! I know it’s only Wednesday but I want to tell you about one of the events I’m DJing for this Sunday.

Sama Sama Cooperative presents SAYAWAN DANCE-A-THON, an annual fundraiser in support of their unique Summer Day Camp of Filipino culture, language, and ecological heritage. Now in its eighth year, the camp this summer is themed “Air and Liberation” or “Himpapawid at Kalayaan” in Pilipino, echoing the camp’s aim to empower youth through cultural enrichment and connection to the natural environment 🌿 

Lisa is one of the first close friends I made after moving to the US from Pinas, and I consider her family. She is one of the organizers of this event and I’m so excited to DJ for her, her kids, and all the youth attending SAYAWAN! I’ll be warming up the floor before Ruby Ibarra’s set and you all already know she’s one of my favorite rappers of ALL TIME!

The ZOOM event is FREE and all AGES - CLICK HERE TO REGISTER, and if you’re able to, please consider donating and write in “Supporting Lisa” in the note ✨

Para sa kabataan // For the youth 🖤🇵🇭

March Calendar Update

It’s Women’s History Month! Here’s where you’ll find me this March:

3/3 Combined Federal Campaign of the National Capital Area (CFCNCA)’s Finale and Awards Ceremony, representing Girls Rock! DC
3/5     Bahala Na at Eaton Radio (2-4PM)
3/9     National League of Cities Congressional City Conference
3/10   National League of Cities Congressional City Conference
3/11   Panel: Find Comfort in Uncomfortable Places at Arc'teryx (6-8PM)
3/12   Bahala Na at Eaton Radio (2-4PM) [CANCELLED]
3/12   NGA Nights: GRL PWR at the National Gallery of Art (6-9PM) [CANCELLED]
3/21   Smithsonian American Art Museum’s Cherry Blossom Family Celebration at the Kogod Courtyard (my slot is from 12:15-1:15PM) [CANCELLED]
3/21   Sister Sister at Showtime (10PM-2AM) [CANCELLED]
3/26   Bahala Na at Eaton Radio (2-4PM) [CANCELLED]
3/26 APALA Census Dance Party (8-10PM) [Virtual]
3/27   Allegory (10PM-2AM) [CANCELLED]
3/28 Neptune Room (10PM-2AM) [CANCELLED]

See you at one or more of these events 🌿

Photo: Mark Anthony Enriquez

Mid-February Calendar Update

Hello, mid-February! ✨

I’ll be on Eaton Radio this afternoon for Bahala Na. Tune in around 2PM via eatonworkshop.com/radio. Tomorrow, I’m playing French records all night at French Kisses at No Kisses for a light and love themed dance party. There will be drink specials and slices from Sonny’s Pizza and the best part is that it’s a fundraiser for Melanoma Research Foundation. Bring your partner(s), bring your friend(s) and celebrate Valentine’s Day with us ♡ 

Here’s the rest of my calendar. Come say hi!

2/4    NAIOP Chapter Merit Awards Celebration
2/6    Bahala Na at Eaton Radio (2-4PM)
2/8    Shelly and Laura’s Aqueerian Birthday BLOWOUT at Jackie Lee’s
2/13   Bahala Na at Eaton Radio (2-4PM)
2/14   French Kisses at No Kisses - a fundraiser for Melanoma Research Foundation (8PM-12AM)
2/22  Neon Dreams at Draft Punk Cebu w/ meesterenriqez, and Cebu City’s Popdaze, Stereomafia, B1B2 (9PM)
2/27  Bahala Na at Eaton Radio (2-4PM)
2/28  Allegory (10PM-2AM)
2/29 PRESENT TENSE: DC Punk and DIY, Right Now by Farrah Skeiky book release at Transformer (2-5PM)

October Calendar Update

It’s Filipino American History Month!

How’s your October going so far? Mine’s been a bit contemplative.

I moved to the U.S. 20 years ago this month, painfully leaving everyone I know. I wanted to give Anak a good life. I think it worked out! Anak was able to join us a few years ago and now he’s a sophomore at the University of Washington. Community helped me survive and thrive in the past two decades. Thank you.

Tomorrow, I’m DJing at one of my most favorite museums in DC, the National Gallery of Art, from 6-9PM.

On Saturday afternoon, I’m DJing DC Punk Archive’s 5th Year Anniversary! I’m on at 2:30PM then CORIKY (Amy Farina - Ian MacKaye - Joe Lally) goes on at 4:00PM.

In commemoration of Filipino American History Month and with the help of my friends, I’m throwing us a FAHM Celebration on Saturday with one of the dopest rappers on earth, Ruby Ibarra.

Here’s where you hear me playing tunes the rest of the month:

10/3  Coach Diversity Institute Culture at Work | Symposium for Coaching in Diversity and Inclusion at the Newseum

10/10 Bahala Na at Eaton Radio (2-4PM)

10/10  NGA Nights: Art History Mysteries, After Hours at the National Gallery of Art (6-9PM)

10/11  Allegory (10PM-2AM)

10/12  DC Punk Archive 5th Anniversary Celebration

10/12  SULONG! A Filipinx American History Month Celebration w/ Ruby Ibarra at Wild Days (10PM)

10/17  Bahala Na at Eaton Radio (2-4PM)

10/17  DC Jobs With Justice "2019 I'll Be There Awards"

10/18  Pyramid Atlantic

10/18  Taking the P*ss - Goodbye To All That w/ The Kaiser at Marx Café (10PM-3AM)

August Calendar Update

Illustration: Katrin Davis

How’s your summer going so far? It was so nice this evening at Fort Reno. The last show of the season is on Monday, 8/5. Hope to see you there!

My friend and co-DJ instructor at Girls Rock! DC, DJ Zombie and I are hosting a DJ 101 Workshop at Slash Run on 9/1. Please join us! Register here for yourself or for a friend.

Here’s where you’ll hear me playing tunes this month:

8/1 Bahala Na at Eaton Radio (2-4PM)

8/4 JALSA: A Muslim Writers Salon [2019 Asian American Literature Festival] at Wild Days (2:30-4PM) - Register

8/8 Bahala Na at Eaton Radio (2-4PM)

8/8 Panel: First Ladies to Anthology of Booty: Women’s DJ Collectives in the District of Columbia w/ Allison Wolfe at Lost Origins Gallery (7-9PM)

8/9 Allegory (10PM-2AM)

8/10 GR!DC End of Summer Celebration! (1-4PM)

8/15 Bahala Na at Eaton Radio (2-4PM)

8/16 Taking The Piss “A Night of Good Music” at Marx Café (10PM-2AM)

8/22 Bahala Na at Eaton Radio (2-4PM)

8/23 Caz’s Underground Party at Marx Café (10PM-2AM)

8/29 Bahala Na at Eaton Radio (2-4PM)

8/30 Punk Soul Sisters at Showtime (10PM-2AM)

A little something special for September:

9/1 Beats & Burgers: DJ 101 with Les The DJ and DJ Zombie at Slash Run - Register

June Calendar Update

Hi, it’s June! Catch me playing tunes this month ✨

6/11  Rent the Runway “Sip & Style” at Sonoma Wine Bar (5-7PM)

6/21  Taking The Piss “A Night of Good Music” at Marx Café (10PM-2AM)

6/22  America Now: Celebration of Music at the National Museum of American History (11AM-1PM) - Tickets

6/22  Community Weekend: Celebrating The Life of Animals in Japanese Art at the National Gallery of Art (5-8PM) - RSVP

6/22  By The People International Arts and Dialogue Festival “Solstice Saturday” at the Smithsonian’s Arts + Industries Building (9-11PM)

6/23  Community Weekend: Celebrating The Life of Animals in Japanese Art at the National Gallery of Art (11AM-5PM) - RSVP

6/30  Workshop: Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center Presents Likha: A Learning Together Workshop on Creative Process w/ Ruby Ibarra for youth ages 14-19 (12-3PM) - Register

6/30 The DC Record Fair Summer 2019 Edition at Eaton DC (4-5PM)

See you soon!

Evenings at the Edge: Our Art, Our Time

This Thursday, I’ll be DJing at one of my most favorite museums in DC. Come say hi!

Evenings at the Edge
National Gallery of Art, East Building
Thursday, April 11
6-9PM | Free w/ RSVP

Here’s information about the event from the National Gallery of Art:

Celebrate the art of our time in the East Building and get a sneak peek at the Gallery’s new exhibition "Oliver Lee Jackson: Recent Paintings" before it opens.

- Hear performances by The Marty Ehrlich Quintet and TRIO 3, featuring Oliver Lake, Reggie Workman, and Andrew Cyrille

- Enjoy an eclectic blend of jazz, jazz-funk and other off-kilter tunes from Les the DJ

- Light up the night with a handmade luminary

- Join pop-up talks featuring works of art created in the last half century

As part of our ongoing Teaching Artists Showcase, DC-based artist Tsedaye Makonnen will display her work and share processes and materials related to her teaching artist practice.

Admission to Evenings at the Edge is free, but registration is recommended. Register through Eventbrite through this link.

Learn more about Evenings at the Edge: nga.gov/evenings

FB Event Link: https://www.facebook.com/events/374009363441439/

Oliver Lee Jackson, Triptych, 2015, 2015, applied fabric, mixed media on panel, photo by Philip Maisel

Punk Soul Sisters: January 2019 Edition

Punk Soul Sisters returns to Showtime Bar to bring you another night of vinyl-fueled tunes spanning soul, garage, rock and roll, and post-punk, guaranteed to get you to shimmy and shake all evening long.

Brought to you by:
Les The DJ
Sally Go Round
DJ Laura Lopez

Punk Soul Sisters
Showtime Lounge 113 Rhode Island Ave NW
Saturday, January 26
10pm-2:30am | No Cover
all-vinyl, all night!

FB Event Link: https://www.facebook.com/events/745502295820756/

​​C’est Chic Capricorn Disco

Get ready to boogie down at the first C'est Chic Disco of 2019 at Marx Cafe. Resident DJs will be spinning an all-vinyl set comprised of disco, boogie, funk, and soul all night long!

Needle drops at 10PM, no cover!

C’est Chic Disco
Marx Cafe 3203 Mt Pleasant St NW
Saturday, January 12 
10pm-2:00am | No Cover
all-vinyl, all night!

FB Event Link: https://www.facebook.com/events/323056925208069/?ti=ia