Searching for Beats on Vinyl | Airbnb WBL
Don’t just go to museums, get some unique experiences with deejaying and dive into hip hop culture when visiting D.C. with WBL’s Searching for Beats on Vinyl Airbnb class!
As a great family activity, group event, or even a date, making beats and learning about hip hop is a great adventure!
For beginners and advanced, learn from the best Djs with WBL! Get the most out of this event when in D.C., a local favorite with excellent value!
What to Expect:
This event is roughly an hour and and a half long session, starting with a brief hip-hop history lesson, and then jumping into hands on experience with the turntables. All equipment is provided, all you need to do is bring love for music!
Guests ages five and up can attend, up to 10 guests total. Parents can bring children under two years of age.
All participants must wear a protective face covering and practice social distancing.
About Your Host, Mazi:
I am the founding Executive Director of this 20-year-old hip-hop nonprofit. We have offered classes to thousands of children and hundreds of adults. We would love for you to visit our headquarters and have a one-of-a-kind experience making art in the Nation's capital.
Your Impact:
By booking this experience, you will be directly supporting Words Beats and Life as we near our 20th year of operation. Words Beats and Life is a hip-hop non-profit that teaches and presents the core elements of hip-hop. For most of its history, it has taught young people, offering classes in graffiti, street art, and photography.
100% of what you pay goes directly to the non-profit organization. Airbnb isn’t charging any fees for these experiences. Learn more about the program. Your purchase will go directly to investing in the next generation of artists in D.C. and helps keep our arts programming free for D.C. youth.
Hear From Our Patrons:
“Wonderful experience. Appreciated the friendliness and over the top encouragement. Lit a fire to do more with music.”
- Aretha
“The DJ was thorough and possessed extensive knowledge on creative and technical components of the craft.”
- Amelia
“I am just thrilled and it was way beyond my expectations! A pro DJ from LA D.Painter showed me the ropes and both he and Mazi made me feel totally comfortable trying stuff out when I had no experience at all and I had so much fun!!”
- Kathleen Diane
“Mazi was very approachable and communicative when booking this experience. I’ll definitely try other WBL events when I’m back in town!”
- Olivia
Please Note:
Our organization is proud to have worked with the community since 2002. We are unapologetic advocates for the hip-hop arts and we welcome you to join our educational experiences.
In an abundance of caution, we are requiring all experience participants to present proof of vaccination to enter our experiences.