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Rating: 5 | Votes: 1 | Date: 03/07/2026 00:33:00

America's most decorated nightclub started with 199 legal capacity and a rat problem. The 9:30 Club opened on 31 May 1980 in the Atlantic Building at 930 F Street NW - name and opening hour both taken from the address - and spent fifteen years breaking acts like Nirvana, R.E.M., Red Hot Chili Peppers, Fugazi, Bad Brains and Public Enemy in a cramped, oddly shaped room as famous for its stench as its bookings. In January 1996 owners Seth Hurwitz and Rich Heinecke moved the operation to the former...