Walk on the Wild Side: A Union Station Holiday Art Party

Schedule

Fri, 19 Dec, 2025 at 08:30 pm to Sat, 20 Dec, 2025 at 12:00 am

UTC-05:00

Location

Union Station | Washington, DC

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live painting • pop-up podcast studio • vinyl dance party • immersive installations • record listening stations • tarot •15+ vendors •
About this Event

Wild Side Media and Union Station are joining forces for a FREE holiday art party on Friday, December 19 from 8:30 p.m to midnight. Head to Union Station's Main Hall and East Hall (50 Massachusetts Ave. NE, DC) for:

  • live painting activations
  • a pop-up podcast studio
  • a vinyl dance party
  • immersive installations
  • record listening stations
  • tarot readings
  • five-minute sketches
  • art, books, clothing, jewelry, vinyl + more for sale
  • a cash bar (one drink on us!) + food for purchase


LIVE PAINTING

Hang out with some of our favorite local artists while they paint 8x4 panels in the Main and East Halls:

  • All Day Projects
  • E$
  • Nia Keturah Calhoun
  • No Kitten Heels


POP-UP PODCAST STUDIO

Join Wild Side Media journalists in the Legacy Sessions pop-up podcast studio in the East Hall for quick on-camera interviews about D.C.'s creative community.


VINYL DANCE PARTY

Caroline Weinroth of Cinema Hearts will play a vinyl-only set in the East Hall featuring everything from '60s rock, surf, garage and girl groups to '80s power pop and new wave — plus some '60s Cambodian, Japanese and international garage rock.


IMMERSIVE INSTALLATIONS

  • E$'s "Fa La La La La Fever Dream" animation projected in the Main Hall
  • Frame Avenue Design's pop-up party room + Polaroid station (East Hall)
  • Rail Records and Books record listening stations + vendor installation (East Hall)
  • Ty Stoe's Last Run Market (clothing, records, street art) in the Main Hall


VENDORS

  • Craving Vintage
  • Craft Daddy Designs
  • Curvy Girl Vintage
  • Five-minute sketches with Dina’s Doodles
  • Earcandie
  • Matthew Maker
  • Meet the Curator
  • Steve Cacti Art
  • Tarot readings with Tribe Called Vibe
  • Truly Bonded
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Union Station, 50 Massachusetts Avenue Northeast, Washington, United States

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