Last month, Portlandia co-creator Fred Armisen reportedly sang the praises of D.C. label Dischord Records during a taping of NPR’s Pop Culture Happy Hour. A few years back, he dropped references to D.C.’s punk scene on Portlandia.

Now the ex-Saturday Night Live cast member is showing once more that his love for the nation’s capital is true: The actor is scheduled to appear Friday at Red Onion Records in D.C.

According to Red Onion’s Facebook event, store staff have “no idea” what Armisen plans to do during his lunchtime appearance, “but it will be interesting.”

Drag City Records, which organized the event, doesn’t know exactly what Armisen has in mind, either. But label rep Kathryn Wilson says the actor’s D.C. appearance might resemble what he did in October at Santa Cruz shop Streetlight Records: songs from his fake soft-rock band The Blue Jean Committee (from Documentary Now) as well as other phony ensembles he’s invented in the past.

Wilson says Armisen will probably wind up doing a “super-minimal” set with either an acoustic or electric guitar at the U Street shop.

Red Onion owner Josh Harkavy says Drag City pitched him the Armisen in-store show last week. “I responded ‘heck yeah’ as quickly as possible,” he says.

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Shop owner Josh Harkavy calls the cozy storefront at 1628 U Street NW his “dream store.” He says its visibility from the street — and high ceilings — will be a major upgrade. Since 2006, Harkavy has run his tidy and well-curated shop out of a basement at 1901 18th Street NW.

Flower shop Bouquets and More previously leased 1628 U Street NW. Before that, eco-friendly shop Greater Goods occupied the space.

Joint Custody was the last record store to relocate from Adams Morgan to U Street NW. It moved from a grimy spot under the old Pharmacy Bar to a more spacious (and pleasant) location at 1530 U St. NW in 2013. But Red Onion’s departure doesn’t deprive Adams Morgan of all its record stores: Crooked Beat and Smash are still holding down 18th Street NW for the time being.

Three years ago, a move to U Street might have been unimaginable for Harkavy. In 2012 he announced he planned to close Red Onion. Months later, he had a change of heart. Now the business owner seems optimistic about his store’s future.

Harkavy says he’s “just excited and looking forward to the new space.”

If all goes to plan, Harkavy says, Red Onion will open on U Street in August.

Photo by Flickr user Elvert Barnes used under a Creative Commons license.