Humpday
Midweek, low key, and the easiest night to walk in for the first time.
Our Story
Since 2017, We’ve Served
the DMV Area
Shadows opened in 2017 and has spent every year since building one thing: a private room in the DC metro area where couples and singles can spend an evening among people who understand the lifestyle.
We aren’t a bar that clears the floor at closing, and we aren’t a venue that lets in whoever turns up. Guests are screened, the room stays respectful, and what happens inside stays inside.
2017
Open in the DMV since
5
Nights a week, Wed–Sun
5AM
Latest close, Fri & Sat
What We Do
What a Night Here Includes
Themed nights, weekly
Glow, masquerade, costume and Queen of Spades evenings on rotation.
BYOB, mixers on us
Bring your own bottle. Soda, juice, mixers and ice cost nothing.
Food on the weekend
Something to eat, free, on Saturday and Sunday nights.
Open late
Wednesday through Sunday. 3am midweek, 5am on Friday and Saturday.
A screened crowd
Admission is selective, which is the whole reason the room feels the way it does.
The place to yourselves
The club can be booked privately for a group or a celebration.
Why Shadows
What Makes It Different
Built for this
A purpose-built private club, not a bar borrowing its own floor for one night a week.
Everyone is vetted
Membership is selective and guests are screened. Nobody wanders in by accident.
Discretion by default
ID is checked at the door and nothing travels past it.
Here since 2017
Nearly a decade in, still the DMV’s dedicated lifestyle club.
The Week
A Different Room Every Night
The theme changes. The crowd doesn’t.
Bangout Thursdays
The room fills early and the music runs late.
Glow After Dark
Blacklight and paint turn the place into something it isn’t the rest of the week.
Queen of Spades
A dedicated night for the community that asked us for one.
Sunday Night Football
Game on the screens, the usual crowd, nobody rushing home.
Play Party
Our signature night — the one people bring friends to.
Private Hire
Take the Whole Room
Members can book Shadows for their own event — a birthday, an anniversary, a group celebration or an after-party. The venue rents at $800 per hour, and we can arrange the rest.
Ask About a Booking- A DJ for the night
- Serving staff
- Security staff
- Snacks & refreshments
- Decoration
- Run of the whole venue
Partners
Where to Find Us Online
We’re listed on the communities our members already use.
