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Desert 5 Spot . 400 Morse St., NE.

Hill Country may be gone, but there’s a new country western bar and live music venue in town. Desert 5 Spot, which also has locations in New York and LA, opens in DC’s Union Market tonight, complete with a house band, mezcal-heavy cocktail menu, and the city’s first mechanical bull.

The two-story, 7,000-square-foot venue features a main stage on the first floor and an upstairs DJ booth built out of the back of a vintage Chevy truck. The team has assembled their own band that will set up a residency at Desert 5 Spot in addition to a rotating cast of outside performers. Also expect nights devoted to line-dancing and live band cow

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