Why advertise with CapitalBop?

CapitalBop is the only online platform dedicated to full-time coverage of D.C.’s jazz scene. With comprehensive listings and reviews, multimedia coverage and a full guide to the area’s numerous venues, our commitment to D.C. jazz has garnered a dedicated following. Advertising with CapitalBop gives your business direct access to our vibrant, engaged readership.

Readers may seek out CapitalBop as they make evening plans or keep up with the latest news from the D.C. music world. CapitalBop attracts a locally focused audience, as well as jazz fans from around the country. 

Our newsletter now has close to 4,000 active subscribers, with a far-better-than-industry-standard open rate and high levels of click engagement. Our site receives roughly 10,000 visits each month.

In 15 years of history, we have nurtured a devoted audience thanks to our consistent web offerings and celebrated concert presentations. We have presented hundreds of live events all over D.C., often in partnership with leading organizations such as the DC JazzFest, Home Rule Records, Long Live GoGo, the Washington Women in Jazz Festival and numerous others.

CapitalBop has earned accolades from the Washington Post, Washington City Paper, DCist, NPR Music, DownBeat and others. The City Paper has twice named CapitalBop to its year-end editorial “Best of D.C.” list, and DownBeat described CapitalBop as having “helped to create a thriving independent scene for jazz and experimental music in a metropolis that didn’t have the institutional infrastructure of New York, Chicago or New Orleans.”

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