Cookout After Dark is Play Play's signature adults-only experience where curiosity, connection, movement, and pleasure collide.

Remember when the gym turned into everything? A dance floor that feels like recess and a house party at the same time. Where you move how you want, laugh a little louder.

Powered by friendly competition with Chocolate City Cornhole.

Meet us at Atlas Brew Works for an afternoon of games, community, good burgers (etc.), beer flights , and friendly staff.

Our next pop-up field trip is a look at livin’ proof an instillation by chrys seawood, and photos by evan ross. In this show the two artists highlight sneaker culture and beautifully portray sneakers as memory objects. This one is for the sneaker heads. join us for this immersive show.

Art-forward play for grown folks. Creative stations. Open games. Food and flow. Two floors. Two DJs setting the tone.

Plus a dedicated Free Dance window, an uninterrupted set designed for moving freely, wildly, softly, however your body wants.

Come play!

We’re poppin’ up on Magnolia Meadow Farm for the pumpkin patch, Maryland’s largest corn maze and lots more! Visit our Eventbrite to grab a bus ticket or meet us there!

We'll kick things off with steamy line dances under the stars (think electric slide meets slow grind), and let the heat build from there. Whether you're pulling up solo, rolling deep with friends or bringing your "lil friend" for some after-hours fun, expect laughter, flirtation, and connection over plates, line dances and playlists.

Join us for an immersive and interactive art gallery experience at Union Market, where we will transform the Chela Mitchell Art Gallery into our very own play space!

The exhibition features Brooke Fierce’s “Bronner’s Played and Passed Down,” which aims to bring to life the familiar rituals of playing cards, Scrabble, backgammon, and engaging in meaningful conversations.

Mark your calendars for Friday, June 27th, from 6 to 9 PM. The evening will be filled with local artists guiding us in play. Chrys Seawood will lead us in line dancing, while Nia Calhoun will host a variety of fun and interactive group games for the carefree adult.

We can't wait to play, meet, and chat it up!

Best of all, this event is free of charge!

We will highlight the history and tradition of black family reunions through classic, black family reunion play, BBQ food, music, reunion apparel, and togetherness. We are reuniting for DC Black Pride to celebrate community, and togetherness at the place where it all started.

Planting seeds of friendship.

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Join us for curated meetups and candid discussions on expression, relationships and everything in between.

The fall picnic you’ve always wanted.

Bring your current book to read in community while enjoying coffee, tea, and plants! RSVP for a seat, discuss what you’ve read or meet a new book friend from 3-4pm. Drop in & go anytime if you like.

Join us!

Join us DC Black Pride Weekend for community building, board games, dodgeball, a basketball tournament, kickball, double dutch, vendors, card games, and much more nostalgic fun.

In the spirit of friendship and the true meaning of why Play Play was created, we wanted to help get ya’ll ready for our most-loved event, #RECESS, during DC Black Pride, Sunday, May 26th. It’s a great opportunity to meet people through the transformative power of play. This book will help us get to know our attachment styles, others’ attachment styles and offer tools on how to make and KEEP friends. Happy reading!

Meet us at Blues Alley DC to catch BOOMscat in their encore performance at the historic venue.