+ $5.40 taxes & fees
per person · $50.40 total
+ $5.40 taxes & fees
Come paint and party with us at Exiles Bar! After a massive renovation, including construction of a new kitchen, second-floor bar/restaurant area, the addition of a billiards room and five brand new bathrooms, Exiles Bar is both excited and honored to join the U Street Corridor. Visit our website https://www.exilesbar.com for more information. *Please note, this painting party is only for adults age 21 and older and this is NOT a BYOB event --ALL food and drink MUST be purchased at the restaurant. NO food or drink is included with your ticket price. This event begins promptly. Please allow a little extra time to find parking and get settled. If you would like to sit with friends, come early to reserve your seats. If you are interested in eating a meal, please arrive an hour early to dine.
Come paint and party with us at Exiles Bar! After a massive renovation, including construction of a new kitchen, second-floor bar/restaurant area, the addition of a billiards room and five brand new bathrooms, Exiles Bar is both excited and honored to join the U Street Corridor. Visit our website https://www.exilesbar.com for more information. *Please note, this painting party is only for adults age 21 and older and this is NOT a BYOB event --ALL food and drink MUST be purchased at the restaurant. NO food or drink is included with your ticket price. This event begins promptly. Please allow a little extra time to find parking and get settled. If you would like to sit with friends, come early to reserve your seats. If you are interested in eating a meal, please arrive an hour early to dine.
Come paint and party with us at Exiles Bar! After a massive renovation, including construction of a new kitchen, second-floor bar/restaurant area, the addition of a billiards room and five brand new bathrooms, Exiles Bar is both excited and honored to join the U Street Corridor. Visit our website https://www.exilesbar.com for more information. *Please note, this painting party is only for adults age 21 and older and this is NOT a BYOB event --ALL food and drink MUST be purchased at the restaurant. NO food or drink is included with your ticket price. This event begins promptly. Please allow a little extra time to find parking and get settled. If you would like to sit with friends, come early to reserve your seats. If you are interested in eating a meal, please arrive an hour early to dine.
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Yes. Blooming Sunset is designed to be achievable at any experience level. More satisfying than it looks difficult — Daraja breaks every step down clearly. Most of our guests have never picked up a brush before, and they leave with something they're genuinely proud of. Worth knowing: Paint Nite events happen at real bars and restaurants, not studios — it's a night out that happens to involve painting.
A painting class teaches you technique. Paint Nite gives you a finished painting and a good night. Daraja is a real local artist — not a teacher running a curriculum — and this event happens at Exiles Bar (U Street), a real local spot, not a studio. Paint Nite invented this format in 2012 and has sold more than 10 million tickets. The trade-off is honest: lighting varies, it can get loud, and the person at the next easel is a stranger. That's the point. It's more of a night out than a class.
Blooming Sunset is one of our most popular date night paintings in DC. You each paint your own canvas — same painting, different results — which always makes for a fun comparison at the end of the night. The mood of the painting is romantic — expect something beautiful to bring home.
Daraja is a real local artist based in DC — not a franchise employee or a corporate hire. Paint Nite artists complete our certification program before their first event. Across all Paint Nite events, 93% of guests say their instructor was amazing.
Exiles Bar (U Street) is a local venue in DC — a real local spot, not a dedicated painting studio. Paint Nite events happen at places like this by design — venues with character, regulars, and a bar. It can get lively. That's what makes it a night out rather than a class.
Blooming Sunset is a summer painting — bright, warm tones that match the season perfectly.
Yaymaker is Paint Nite. We brought both brands together under the Paint Nite name — same artists, same events, same format we invented in 2012. More than 10 million tickets have been sold across both brands combined. If you used to attend Yaymaker events in DC, you're in the right place. Welcome back.
Your ticket to Blooming Sunset includes the canvas, all the paint you'll need, the use of brushes and an apron during the event, and step-by-step instruction from Daraja. Drinks and food are ordered separately from Exiles Bar (U Street) — you pay the venue directly for anything you eat or drink.
Exiles Bar (U Street)'s event starts at 7:00 PM. We suggest showing up by 6:30 PM to give yourself time to pick your seats, get a drink and maybe a bite before Daraja starts the painting.
You can reschedule your ticket to any other Paint Nite event up to 8 hours before this one starts. Rescheduling more than 48 hours in advance is free; within 48 hours of the start time there's a $20 fee per ticket. You can't reschedule within 8 hours of the start time, but if an emergency comes up, reach out to our customer service team and we'll do our best to help. Event tickets are not refundable, but your reschedule codes never expire, so you can redeem them whenever it suits you. If Paint Nite cancels this event, you'll receive a full automatic refund.
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