DC Member Appreciation Month
April is Member Appreciation Month at DC Bouldering Project, and we’re so excited to celebrate with you! Our team put our heads together to come up with a schedule of classes, events, workshops, giveaways and retail specials throughout the month to celebrate YOU. Come climb, sweat, sing, dance, and play alongside your fellow BP community members and guests – we can’t wait to see you at the gym!
We’ll send an email each week with the schedule of events, or you can see our full schedule of events below.
Ongoing Programs
- Weekly Instagram Giveaway: In addition to the Member Appreciation events, we’ll also be hosting a weekly giveaway on Instagram. Take a photo at any of our events or at the gym and tag us each week for the chance to win awesome prizes from YETI, The North Face, Arc’teryx, Spot of Tea, SoFar Sounds, Friction Labs, The Rounds and more.
- T-Shirt Design Contest: We’re making new DCBP t-shirts and we want YOU to help us design them. Fill out this form with your designs before EOD 4/9, and the community will vote between 4/10-4/14. The winner will get their design printed on a limited edition t-shirt and receive a $250 cash prize for their work.
- Build a Boulder: Also, help us build our boulders for all of April! Our setting team is taking requests for Build a Boulder, where they’ll build one route each week based on member suggestions. Fill out this form to make a request – use your imagination!
- Retail Promo: Receive 20% off all retail, including food and drink, throughout the entire month of April with your membership.
- Extra Guest Pass: Instead of the usual 2 free guest passes per month, ALL members will receive a third free guest pass for the month of April, valid until 10 PM on April 30.
Week 1
- April 1 – Member Appreciation Kickoff DJ Flow with Jess and Tyler B.
Join DJ & Yoga Instructor Jess Gioe and Yoga & Fitness Manager Tyler Brent for a fun, all-levels flow with live music. Jess (DJ Gee-Oh Flows) will spin while Tyler teaches for a joy-filled kick-off to member appreciation month! Learn more and register here. - April 1 – BP T-Shirt Design Contest Begins
We’re making new DCBP t-shirts and we want YOU to help us design them. Fill out this form with your designs before EOD 4/9, and the community will vote between 4/10-4/14. The winner will get their design printed on a limited edition t-shirt and receive a $250 cash prize for their work. - April 2 – Coworking Day
We’re hosting Coworking Days every Tuesday during April to get our community together for mid-day coworking and climbing! Come cowork in our space, grab some coffee (on us!), and join your fellow coworkers for an optional mid-day group climb. Free for members, $15 discounted day passes before 1 PM for non-members. - April 3 – Happy Hour at City State Brewing
Enjoy $6 beers with your DCBP fam at City State Brewing from 6-9 PM! Mention you’re a DCBP Member at the bar to get your discount. Our team will be there tabling so stop by and say hi! - April 4 – Karaoke at 7 PM
Join us for an evening of music and laughter for our Member Karaoke Night! Our team and member community will be getting together to sing our hearts out and enjoy a fun, social evening together. - April 4 – Circuit Session at 8 PM
Our Circuit Session series is designed to help you learn how to use our circuits in a highly social, fun environment while progressing your skills. This class is designed to create a highly social atmosphere for members to meet each other and climb together while learning how to better use our circuits in order to progress their climbing! Learn more and register here. - April 7 – Outdoor Dance Fit & Flow with Kris
Follow your rhythm and find your flow in this sixty minute session which combines strength and cardio based exercises with vinyasa style sequencing, energetic breathwork and a joyful, fluid, and silly dance party. Giggles included! Learn more and register here.
Week 2
- April 9 – Coworking Day
We’re hosting Coworking Days every Tuesday during April to get our community together for mid-day coworking and climbing! Come cowork in our space and join your fellow coworkers for an optional mid-day group climb. Free for members, $15 discounted day passes before 1 PM for non-members. - April 9 – BP T-Shirt Design Contest Ends
Last day to get your designs in for the DCBP t-shirt contest! Fill out this form to enter for a chance to get your design printed on our next t-shirt order and $250 cash. - April 11 – Bingo Night at 7 PM
Come enjoy free beer from City State Brewing and play Bingo with your fellow BP friends. We’ll have prizes for the winners from Backcountry, The North Face, Spot of Tea, and Arc’teryx. - April 12 – Don’t Tell Comedy Night
Don’t Tell Comedy is coming to DCBP for an evening of laughs! These secret, intimate comedy shows take place all over the city and feature rising comedy talent from around the country. Limited tickets are available, and DCBP members get a discount. - April 14 – Arm Balance Workshop with Jackie
Want to get better at crow pose and learn other arm balances? Join Jackie for theTake Flight! arm balance workshop that gives you tips and tricks to get your body off the ground! We will explore arm balance foundations and break down more poses than you knew existed. The workshop will also explain how to incorporate arm balances into your vinyasa flow class. Come with a playful spirit, requests, and questions! Learn more and register here.
Week 3
- April 16 – Coworking Day
We’re hosting Coworking Days every Tuesday during April to get our community together for mid-day coworking and climbing! Come cowork in our space and join your fellow coworkers for an optional mid-day group climb. Free for members, $15 discounted day passes before 1 PM for non-members. - April 18 – Grounded Night with Arc’teryx
Grounded is teaming up with Arc’teryx to provide an evening of plants and community for our members and guests. There will be a DJ, snacks and drinks, and lots of fun plant activities and giveaways. Free entry for the first 25 non-members, then $15 discounted day passes. Free to all members. - April 18 – Circuit Session at 8 PM
Our Circuit Session series is designed to help you learn how to use our circuits in a highly social, fun environment while progressing your skills. This class is designed to create a highly social atmosphere for members to meet each other and climb together while learning how to better use our circuits in order to progress their climbing! - April 20 – Kettle Bell Workshop with Elisabeth
Interested in improving your strength, endurance, and overall athleticism? Curious about building your functional fitness through kettlebell workouts? Join our Kettlebell Basics Workshop on Sunday, April 20th from 12:30 to 2 pm! Learn all about the benefits, including greater stabilizer muscle recruitment, higher power and endurance training, with lower-impact cardio conditioning. You’ll walk away with a repertoire off essential exercises and in-depth coaching for form, to amp up your own routine or crush it in a workout class! - April 20 – Outerly Launch & Speed Socializing
Our friends at Outerly are bringing back Speed Socializing at 6 PM on 4/20. Join us in the Tunnel for an hour of speed dating-style socializing with fellow members of the climbing and outdoor community. Free snacks and drinks, with happy hour specials at The Pub & The People afterward! - April 22 – Earth Day Gear Swap & Giveaway at 7 PM
Get your used gear moving again at our Earth Day Gear Swap! Bring any gear you’d like to trade, donate, or sell, or come and see what’s up for grabs! Members will get a ticket for every piece of gear donated to the gear table and will be entered in a raffle including prizes from The Rounds, Arc’teryx, and SoFar Sounds.
Week 4
- April 23 – Coworking Day
We’re hosting Coworking Days every Tuesday during April to get our community together for mid-day coworking and climbing! Come cowork in our space, grab some coffee (on us!), and join your fellow coworkers for an optional mid-day group climb. Free for members, $15 discounted day passes before 1 PM for non-members. - April 25 – Trivia at 7 PM
We’re hosting trivia in partnership with Booze Clues for our members and friends. Geek out with us, enjoy free beer, and win awesome prizes from our local and national partners. - April 26 – Outdoor Flow (Taylor’s Version) with Tyler B.
Join fellow swiftie and yoga & fitness manager Tyler Brent for a (Taylor’s Version) flow in the great outdoors. Celebrate the release of Taylor’s 11th studio album and the end of Member Appreciation Month all in one! - April 27 – SoFar Sounds
SoFar Sounds intimate concert series returns to DC Bouldering Project once again! We’ll be hosting 3 local musical artists in our space at 7 PM 4/27. Tickets are $25 for non-members, and members receive 15% off with code SOFARSPACES15. - April 30 – Coworking Day
We’re hosting Coworking Days every Tuesday during April to get our community together for mid-day coworking and climbing! Come cowork in our space and join your fellow coworkers for an optional mid-day group climb. Free for members, $15 discounted day passes before 1 PM for non-members.