Jul
01
Review — An Evening at Fort Reno
On Monday evening I attended the third Fort Reno show of the summer. Fort Reno is one of those “real DC” experiences that anybody living in the area needs to at least check out. Part of what makes it great is that the bands seem to be chosen specifically because they would not normally be scheduled to play togehter. Does pretty much any club in the area offer a superior concert experience? Yeah, probably. However, they have an excellent sound system run by a professional engineer. The main difference is that the crowd is not necessarily there to see the bands as much as they are just there because it is the summer, so they have to go to Fort Reno A description of the experience and review of the entertaining shows by Batala, the Small Doses, and Cigarbox Planetarium follows after the jump. (more…)
Free concerts at Fort Reno Park, near the American University campus, have been a staple of muggy DC summers for more than three decades. Beginning next week, there will be a show each Monday and Thursday evening through the end of July at 7:15. Fort Reno Park is near the AU-Tenleytown Metro. Fort Reno shows are still embued with the spirit of the DC straight-edge punk scene, though a variety of local bands will play. Dogs and kids are welcome; drugs and booze are not. Crowds can be large, with a wide range of ages represented, though most who come are teenagers who are very lucky to grow up in DC.