You have friends in town who came specifically to celebrate the Inauguration, and they want to go out and do something festive. You don’t want to pay $375 to go to some stuffy dinner and dancing gala hosted by the senior citizens of the state of Florida or whatever, but you’re willing to spend a little more than you usually do on a night out. Unfortunately, you don’t seem to have the hook-up to score free tickets to anything. You were hoping you might snag some of the D.C. resident tickets to the official Neighborhood Ball, but weren’t one of the lucky few who got tickets through a local non-profit. There are approximately 5,683 Inauguration-themed events and parties happening tonight through Wednesday, and your head is swimming.

Have no fear, DCist is here! Here’s our picks for Inauguration-themed parties and balls. We did our best to weed through them all and only pick parties that a) actually sounded like fun to us, b) cost less than $100 per person, and c) still have tickets available. If you don’t see something on this list that you want DCist readers to know about, feel free to add them in the comments. But remember that these are just our suggestions — there’s no way we could list every single event, nor would we want to. Other publications have more comprehensive guides: here’s the Washington Post‘s, Washingtonian‘s, and Washington City Paper‘s.

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