Go-Go Archive at DC Public Library

VISIT THE GO-GO ARCHIVE
To schedule an appointment to visit the Go-Go Archive, email archives.dcpl@dc.gov or call 202-727-2272. Images below are representative items of the full collection - check out show flyers, ticket stubs, cassette tape and cd sleeves and listen or watch recordings of produced go-go albums, documentaries and live shows. 
  DONATE TO THE GO-GO ARCHIVE
To expand the Chuck Brown Go-Go Archive at DC Public Library, we are accepting materials relating to Chuck Brown, recordings of the music he loved, cultural ephemera integral to the musical genre, and traces or history of Go-Go venues past and present. This includes:

• CDs and audio recordings of Chuck Brown and other Go-Go musicians;
• flyers and posters;
• photographs;
• concert-ticket stubs;
• videos or DVDs; and
• letters that describe attending a Chuck Brown/Go-Go concert.

If you would like to contribute to our archive, please contact us at archives.dcpl@dc.gov or call at 202-727-2272. Items donated to the archive will be reviewed by library staff. Selected items will be organized, preserved and made accessible for generations to come. By sharing your Go-Go and Chuck Brown memories with the DC Public Library's Go-Go Archive, students, researchers and historians will be able to access the rich history of the archive free of charge.

LEARN

The Beat: Go-Go Music in Washington, D.C.	Go-Go Live: the life and death of a chocolate city	Take Me Out To The Go-Go: the autobiography of Kato Hammond	Pump Me Up: DC subculture of the 1980's (reference copy only, email for appointment)

LISTEN 

Derek Gray, Archivist

Go-Go As DC History Panel Discussion 
Moderated by Marcus Dowling 

Go-Go As DC History Panel Discussion
Moderated by Marcus Dowling 

Go-Go Music on Freegal