White Oak Duckpin Lanes, 11207 New Hampshire Ave., Silver Spring 30 .ĭust off the old skateboards, in-lines, and bikes and glide around a skate park. GWU Hippodrome, 800 21st St., NW, Fifth Floor 20 by reservation only during the summer. Kings Hwy., Alexandria 70 amf.com open until 2 AM Fridays and Saturdays. Just watch out for Strike Bethesda and Lucky Strike Lanes in Chinatown-they limit the lanes to 21-plus customers.ĪMF Alexandria Lanes, 6228A N. In need of good spots for group activities when you’re under 21? Think slick, wooden lanes and awesome shoes. NW 20 .Īlchemy, 2135 Queens Chapel Rd., NE.
Sure, you’ll have your hands marked with Xs and be quarantined from the bar, but you can at least coexist with the 21-plus crowd and jam to the beats that drift onto the 9:30 Club’s balcony.īlack Cat, 1811 14th St. In DC, smaller music spots don’t discriminate either. Target (Columbia Heights), 3100 14th St., NW 20.īethesda secondhand shops see our guide here.īig-name music venues don’t discriminate by age. With plenty of nourishment (food court!), entertainment (hit the CD section), and an occasional round of elevator tag, spend a few hours in a shopping mall and being young won’t seem so bad anymore. Young and old alike can wander these indoor shopping outposts. Love Nightclub (Thursday nights only), Okie St., NE 20 .Īpex Nightclub, 1415 22nd St. MCCXXIII (Tuesday nights only), 1223 Connecticut Ave., NW 20.
Ultra Bar (under 21 for ladies only), 911 F St., NW 20 .įur, 33 Patterson St., NE 20. Don’t worry, guys: Some of the clubs listed below allow male under-21-year-olds, too. These places let you shake and socialize with the responsible over-21 crowd. Lorenzo has also traveled to deejay at places such as Chicago Salsa Congress, DC Salsa Congress, Connecticut Salsa Festival, North Carolina Salsa Festival, the Endless Summer Soire in Miami and numerous other events across the East Coast.Clubs, the under-21 go-to destination, might be a little overdone, but sometimes girls just have to put their shoes and pocket books in a circle and dance. If it has the clave and cowbell he can be seen bopping along to it.ĭJ Renzo is currently the house DJ at Eden (DC), Lucky Strike (DC) Rio Cantina (Va) and Red Maple (Md). Overall, Renzo loves all salsa from the Cuban rhythms, Columbian salsa to modern-day salsa romantica. Lorenzo prefers the heavier, percussion-driven rhythms of salsa and counts some of his favorite salsa artists as Sonora Poncena, Roberto Roena, Ray Perez, Ray Barretto, Conjunto Universal, La Terrifica and Just Betancourt. He credits knowing what dancers like to hear as a silver lining in his growth as a DJ. Utilizing this knowledge is what has helped propel him on the scene. What makes Lorenzo a uniquely in-tuned DJ is the fact that he is also an avid dancer. Aside from salsa, he also mixes Top 40, Hip-Hop, R&B, House, Swing and many other genres as well. Since then, Lorenzo has quickly risen to the ranks of one of the area’s top salsa DJs. Growing up with a Latin music influence and being an avid music lover with a plentiful collection of music, it only made sense when DJ Vino asked him to fill in for him while he was away – and, as they say, the rest is history. Originally, Lorenzo became a DJ by pure happenstance. Lorenzo Haire/DJ Renzo started to deejay shortly after he moved to Washington D.C. The CEO of Torrchez Entertainment, LLC alongside his wife, Emilly/DJ “LaTaina”, the pair proudly provides music services for all types of functions.ĭJ Hercules is the resident DJ at The Salsa Room located in Arlington, VA, and Salsa Radio DJ playing in concerts driven by salsa artists such as El Gran Combo, Sonora Poncena, Oscar D’Leon and Gilberto Santa Rosa, to name a few. I enjoy seeing a dancer’s reaction, driven by the feeling of a song that moves them physically and emotionally. “I love all types of music…and if I hear a sound that moves me, I go with it. His specific passion for salsa music comes from growing up in a Puerto Rican home where his dad was consistently playing mostly salsa, along with some merengue and boleros. Growing up in the New York City area, William was influenced by many genres including Salsa, Mambo, Cha-Cha, Bachata, Merengue and Latin House. William looks to present music outside of the box, bridging the classic past of all types of genres with a forward sense toward the profound sound of today and beyond. A “NuYoRican” native now living in the DMV, William Sanchez/DJ Hercules is known as “The Strongest Man in SALSA” and has been filling floors of venues for more than 20 years.