Editing 9:30 Club (section)

{{Short description|Nightclub and concert venue in Washington, D.C.}}
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| name             = 9:30 Club
| logo_image       = Nightclub9-30 WashingtonDC logo.gif
| logo_size        = 220
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| image            = Nightclub 930 Closed on a June summer night.jpg
| image_size       = 250
| image_caption    = 9:30 Club on a summer night 
| nickname         = ''The 9:30''
| address          = 815 V St NW<br>[[Washington, D.C.]] 20001-3020
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| location         = [[U Street (Washington, D.C.)|U Street Corridor]]
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| opened           = {{start date|1980|05|31}}
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| renovated        =
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| closed           =
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| owner            = Jon Bowers and Dody DiSanto (1980–86)<br />Richard Heinecke and Seth Hurwitz (since 1986)
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| capacity         = 1,200<ref>Meet me at 9:30 https://washington.org/visit-dc/930-club-history-washington-dc#</ref>
| former_names     = [[The Atlantis (music venue)|Atlantis]] (1977–1979)<br />Nightclub 9:30 (1980–95)
| seating_type     = Standing room / bar and balcony seating<ref name="WETA-BS_Art"/>
| website          = {{URL|930.com|Venue Website}}
|publictransit     ='''[[Washington Metro]]''' <br> {{rint|washington|GR}} at {{stn |U Street}}
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The '''9:30 Club''', originally named '''Nightclub 9:30''' and also known simply as the '''9:30''', is a [[nightclub]] and [[concert venue]] in [[Washington, D.C.]] In 2018, ''[[Rolling Stone]]'' named the 9:30 Club one of the 10 best live music venues in the United States.<ref name="RollingStone2018">{{cite web |last1 = Staff | url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-lists/10-best-live-music-venues-in-america-767070/first-ave-minneapolis-purple-rain-prince-767224/ |title= 10 Best Live Music Venues in America. From big rooms to intimate spaces, here's a selection of some of the country's best live music spots. |date= 13 December 2018|publisher= [[Rolling Stone Magazine]] |access-date=23 December 2018}}</ref>

The club opened on May 31, 1980, on the ground floor rear room of the Atlantic Building at 930 F Street NW, in [[Downtown (Washington, D.C.)|Downtown Washington, D.C.]]<ref name="WPM_04182010-1">Du Lac, J. Freedom. (April 18, 2010). [https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/04/16/AR2010041602110.html "Misfits, new wave icons and giant rats: A history of D.C.'s 9:30 Club"] (page 1/5). ''[[The Washington Post|Washington Post Magazine]]''. Retrieved August 12, 2016.</ref> with a legal standing capacity of 199.<ref name="WETA-BS_Art">Kiger, Patrick. (November 11, 2014). [http://blogs.weta.org/boundarystones/2014/11/11/epicenter-1980s-alternative-music-scene-dc "The Epicenter of the 1980s Alternative Music Scene in DC"]. ''[[WETA-TV|Boundary Stones]]''. Retrieved August 14, 2016.</ref><ref name="WPM_04182010-3">Du Lac, J. Freedom. (April 18, 2010). [https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/04/16/AR2010041602110_3.html "Misfits, new wave icons and giant rats: A history of D.C.'s 9:30 Club"] (page 3/5). ''[[The Washington Post|Washington Post Magazine]]''. Retrieved September 11, 2016.</ref> In 1996, the club moved to a larger location at its current location at 815 V Street NW,<ref name="WETA-BS_Art" /><ref name="WPM_04182010-1" /> where it anchors the eastern end of the [[U Street (Washington, D.C.)|U Street Corridor]].

The 9:30 Club's name was derived from its original street address, which was also the reason to set the venue's original opening time of 9:30&nbsp;p.m.<ref name="WPM_04182010-2">Du Lac, J. Freedom. (April 18, 2010). [https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/04/16/AR2010041602110_2.html "Misfits, new wave icons and giant rats: A history of D.C.'s 9:30 Club"] (page 2/5). ''[[The Washington Post|Washington Post Magazine]]''. Retrieved August 12, 2016.</ref> Early advertising on [[WHFS (historic)|WHFS]] radio featured the club's slogan, "9:30 – a Place and Time!"