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January 2026 Calendar by Les Talusan

Hello from Mactan Island 🇵🇭

Starting 2026 with the sea breeze on my face, and it feels oh so good!

DC friends, check out me and Ashley Dequilla’s piece for The Art Island’s collaborate / kəˈlabəˌrāt at Gallery Y. Open daily through January 23.

January schedule below!

🛖 DC
2 Fri 8:00PM-12:00AM | All Night📍 La Betty

🏝️ Cebu
9 Fri 8:00-11:00PM | 7s Only 📍 Unity Coffee & Vinyl
10 Sat 5:00-7:00PM | SAMASAMA x Pawn Records Presents: All Hands on Deck 2 / DJ Workshop for Women and Gender-Expansive Folks 📍 The Other Pavement
10 Sat 9:00PM | All Night w/ Nina Turtle 📍 The Other Pavement

☀️ Manila
15 Thu 7:00PM | Sunset Sessions w/ meesterenriquez 📍 Good Vibrations Records, Cubao Expo
17 Sat 5:00PM | Club 45 📍 Treskul Records Mandaluyong

🛖 DC
20 Tue 7:30-11:30PM | All Night 📍 Florería Atlántico
21 Wed 5:30-8:00PM | NMWA Nights📍 National Museum of Women in the Arts
21 Wed 7:00-11:00PM | Buena Suerte Presents: Skyyline w/ Baby Alcatraz 📍 Arlo DC Rooftop
22 Thu 8:00-11:00PM | Buena Suerte Listening Session: En Su Salsa📍 La Betty
22 Thu 8:00-9:00PM | Rotations📍 WFMU Rock’n’Soul Radio
23 Fri 9:30PM | After The Credits 📍 Suns Cinema
24 Sat 11:30AM-3:00PM | A Day of Community 📍 National Portrait Gallery
25 Sun 9:00-11:00PM | OPM Sundays 📍 Twitch
26 Mon 7:30-11:30PM | All Night 📍 Florería Atlántico CANCELLED due to inclement weather ❄️
26 Mon 8:00-9:00PM | New Wave Heartthrobs📍 Twitch
27 Tue 7:30-11:30PM | All Night 📍Florería Atlántico
28 Wed 2:00-3:00PM | Raiders of The Lost Art 📍 Twitch
28 Wed 6:30-10:30PM | Buena Suerte Presents: Skyyline 📍 Arlo DC Rooftop
29 Thu 7:00PM | All Night w/ Martín Miguel 📍 Grazie Mille

🍎 New York
31 Sat 2:00PM | Orphans at MoMA: At Play, Amateurs, Animators, and Avant-Gardes 📍 The Museum of Modern Art // Me and Ashley Dequilla’s project will be screened at MoMA:
The Little Farmers of Reynoldsburg, Ohio (1936, USA) Directed by Nicholas Viernes, 15 min. Preserved by Filipino American Historical Society of Chicago. Original Pilipino Music score by Les Talusan.

September Calendar Update by Les Talusan

Illustration: Katrin Davis

Illustration: Katrin Davis

Here (and cool weddings) is where you’ll hear me playing tunes this month:

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

9/5  Bahala Na at Eaton Radio (2-4PM)

9/6  I Dig Your Mind: Come Dig Our Minds Edition at Showtime (10PM-2AM)

9/7  Smithsonian APA Center Presents: Queer Futurisms feat. Olivia Neutron-John, Zavé Martohardjono and Les The DJ at The REACH Opening Festival at the Kennedy Center

9/8  DC Public Library Performance Tent - 18th & Belmont at Adams Morgan Day (12-1:15PM)

9/12  Bahala Na at Eaton Radio (2-4PM)

9/13 National Women’s Law Center Reception for Congressional Black Caucus Foundation and Congressional Hispanic Caucus Institute

9/19  Bahala Na at Eaton Radio (2-4PM)

9/19 Ambassador’s Night of Jazz & Conversation

9/20  Taking The Piss “A Night of Good Music” at Marx Café (10PM-2AM)

9/22  Homespun feat. Que Verde (live set) at Black Cat

9/25  NARAL Pro-Choice America Cocktail Reception

9/26  Bahala Na at Eaton Radio (2-4PM)

9/27  Allegory (10PM-2AM)

And lastly, SAVE THE DATE! On 10/12, Saturday, I will be hosting SULONG! A Filipinx American History Month Celebration Featuring Ruby Ibarra at Wild Days. Details to follow.