DC/Baltimore /DMV Global Music and More – April 2024 Concert Calendar Gig List
Compiled &
curated list of area gigs by local and touring bands and djs by Steve
Kiviat. List is edited and updated
frequently (go-go shows are often just announced the week of the show). Work
your way down day by day. A little late
this month in posting.
Calendar is posted, updated, and viewable here on the blog,
and events tweeted @stevekiviat. Calendar is sometimes linked on my Facebook,
Instagram, Bluesky, & Threads. It includes international (mainly African,
Caribbean, Latin, Brazilian), roots, rap, soul, go-go, rock, punk, pop, gospel,
club dj dance and more DMV & Baltimore & Annapolis gigs that I am
interested in. Lots of local Ethiopian
and Go-go. Additional gigs added after
first posting have an *asterisk.* Events
listed have been found on websites, Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, email,
postcards, flyers, tik-tok, What’s app, & club voicemails.
To submit events (for
posting) or comments (that are not posted) e-mail stevenkiviat @ gmail.com
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Some remaining April Highlights (mostly visiting acts) (then full list below w/ local &
visiting):
Wed. April 3 – Movie doc Ryuichi Sakamoto Opus @ 8 @
the Avalon
Thurs. April 4- Buddy Guy, Bobby Rush @ Lyric Theatre
(blues)
Sat. April 6 – 50th anniversary DC history conference
with 930 Club on F St panel @ 11:45am; DC go-go & politics panel; Howard
Theatre, True Redeemer building & U street history one @ 3:30 to 4:45 all @ MLK Library;
Sun. April 7- Words, Beat, Life fest ~1:30pm - Jogo
Project; ~2:15pm - Sun Ra Arkestra; ~3:45pm - Kassa Overall; ~5pm - Madison
McFerrin; ~6:15pm - Digable Planets plus DJ John Murph between acts, free @ Franklin
Park in DC (rap, go-go, jazz, r& b)
Tues. April 9- Caetano Veloso @ Strathmore (Brazilian legend)
Bad Bunny @ Capital One (reggaeton & more)
Mariah the Scientist, Chxrry22 @ Echostage (r& b)
Blick Bassy @ Songbyrd (Cameroonian afro-indie-pop)
Wed. April 10- Orquesta Akokan @ Hamilton Live (Cuban
mambo)
Sat. April 13- Feelies @ Black Cat (rock)
Lee Fields & Monophonics @ 6:30 @ 930 Club (soul)
Sun April 14- Qwanqwa @ Makeda Alexandria (Ethiopian)
Wed. April 17-Los Straightjackets (w/ Tex Rubinowitz)
@ Hamilton Live (surf & rockabilly)
Fri. April 26-
Fire Shut Up in My Bones Opera Suite in Concert w/ Terence
Blanchard w/ the E-Collective, Turtle Island Quartet, & visual artist
Andrew F. Scott plus feat. Singers Justin Austin & Adrienne Danrich @ Strathmore (jazz opera)
A Concert & Conversation with Elijah Wald re his new book Jelly Roll Blues 7 to 8:30 pm free @ Bird in Hand Coffee & Books, 11 East 33rd Street Baltimore,
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April 2024 full list
Monday April 1-
Vince Evans blues Band 6 to 9 @ Westminster Church SW
Ethiopian music live @ Napoli Lounge
Ethiojazz @ Shalla
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Tuesday April 2 –
Brendan Greaves reading
from book Truckload of Art : The Life and Work of Terry Allen @ Rhizome ( Texas
visual artist & art-rock meets country musician)
San Fermin, Runnner @ Atlantis (sold out)
"Super Freak - The Rick James
Story" onstage at the National Theatre in DC April 2 to 7th
TCB, Reaction @ Martinis Ft Washington
Ethiopian music @ Lion’s Den in Falls Church
Blacc Print Experience @ Martini's White Plains (go-go)
U Street Allstar poets reunion w/ Holly Bass @ Busboys &
Poets 14th St NW
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Wed. April 3 –
Destroyer solo @ Union Stage
Movie doc Ryuichi Sakamoto Opus @ 8
@ the Avalon
Alexander (experimental), JMB Mfs & Co.
(krautrock-inspired hurdy gurdy from Geologist, Jim Thomson, Marc Minsker) @ 7
@ Rhizome
Priya Ragu, Georgia Lines @ Atlantis
Wine Down Wednesday w/ Shadz of Soul 6 to 9 @Eloquent Touch
Ballroom
Super Freak - The Rick James
Story" onstage at the National Theatre in DC to April 7th
Clearbody, Home
Remedies, Abacot @ Quarry House
Antonio Parker
tribute to Andrew White @ Blues Alley
New Impressionz @ Babylon (go-go)
Live Ethiopian music @ Napoli Lounge
Kizomba and bachata dj & dancing @ Crossroads 2
DJ Jamstar @ Tempoo Lounge (dancehall)
Pat Matheny @ Strathmore (jazz)
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Buddy Guy, Bobby
Rush @ Lyric Theatre (blues)
Words, beats , Life
fest w/ Sunken Cages (South Asian electro's Ravish Momin) , dragonchild (Ethiopian experimental jazz sax from DA Mekonnen), & Faraway Ghost (Iranian/Persian percussionist Kamyar Arsani) team up w/ guest dancer Amirah Sackett , @ 6 to 7 @ Kennedy Ctr Millennium Stage
Super Freak - The Rick James Story" onstage w/ Stokley from Mint Condition as Rick James at the
National Theatre in DC through April 7th
Ratboys, Ducks Ltd @ Ottobar (critic fave rock)
Tribute to Gil Scott-Heron @ Keystone Korner
Colin Hay @ Capital One Tysons
Sirius Company @ 7 @ Sycamore &
Oak Shopping, 1110 Oak SE (go-go)
Sankofa Experience
w/ DJ Underdog, Ajamu, Priye @ 10 pm @ 18th St Lounge @ 1230 9th
St NW
Azul Band @ the Green Zone (“music without borders”)
50th Anniversary DC History Conference @ 6 pm @ MLK Library (through Saturday)
Cherry Blossom Block Party @ 1292 Md Ave SW
DJ Les 7 to 12 @ Grazie Millie
TOB w/ guest Weensey of BYB @ Aqua (bouncebeat go-go)
Verny Varela @ Bossa (Colombian salsa dura)
Thrills @ JVs (roots rock )
Nighthawks and Bob Margolin celebrate Muddy Waters 111th
birthday @ Hank Dietles (blues & roots rock)
Roots Band @ Makeda
Restaurant, Van Dorn St., Alexandria (Ethiopian)
Ethiopian
music @ MHL Lounge in Falls Church
Ethiopian
music @ Black Rose Lounge
Ethiopian music @
Love Lounge Fenton St Silver Spring
What Band feat.
Killa Cal @ Martini's Ft Washington (go-go)
Afrobeats w/ DJ
Jamstar @ Spectrum Lounge
Afro-Caribbean dj @
Kaldis
Afrobeats @ Gazuza
Lounge
Baltimore Poets
Invasion @ Busboys & Poets Columbia
Words, Beats, &
Life rooftop party w/ Farah Flosscett & Miss H.E.R., Coco Spinelle @ 8 to
12 @ Eaton Wild Days roof level
*Biko's Manna @ Arena Stage (South African kid tiktok viral sensations)*
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Friday April 5 –
Average White Band farewell tour @
Birchmere
Ekko Astral, Bacchae,
Pure Adult @ Black Cat (punk)
Victor Manuelle w/ Frankie Negron @ Kennedy Center Concert
Hall (salsa)
2 Chainz & Be’la Dona after the Wizards game (rap &
go-go)
Lizz Wright @ Carlyle Room
(neo-soul) (through April 7)
Techno in the Park w/ DJ Underdog 7 to 10 @ Malcolm X Park
Super Freak - The Rick James Story" onstage at the
National Theatre in DC through April 7th
Continuals, Sensor Ghost, Latex Velma @ Comet P Pong (postpunk)
Dc history conference 9:30 to 6 @ MLK Library
Kevin Gates @ Fillmore Silver Spring (rap)
Back 2 the Circle w/ Indigenous hiphop artists including Supaman
@ 5 @ Kennedy Center Reach
Rockits @ Colvin Run Dancehall
Lacune Tason Machin @ Bossa
Tosser, Menu ,Backlash @ 7 @ Rhizome (noise, postpunk,
hardcore )
Save Your Soul w/ dj Baby Alcatraz @ Lithuanian Hall
What Band every Friday @ Shark Bar
Remembering Marvin feat. Singer Shelton Cornelius Price @ Bethesda Theater
50th Anniversary of contra dancing @ Glen Echo
Park Spanish Ballroom
TOB @ Martinis Ft Washington (bouncebeat
go-go)
CCB @ Throw Social
(go-go)
DJ Les 9 to 2 @
Eaton Allegory
DJ El Pedro Night @
Eaton Wild Days
Conjunto Nube @ El
Ranchon
La Sonora Dinamita &
more @ CocoCabana
After Thought Band @ Lamont’s (soul)
Rare Essence @ Fast Eddie’s (go-go)
Backyard Band @ Restaurant 55 (go-go)
Junkyard Band @ Nipseys (go-go)
TCB @
Power (bouncebeat go-go)
Alfredo Mojica Group @ Bossa (salsa) plus DJ
Lu w/ Latin hits upstairs
Roots Band @ Makeda Restaurant, Van Dorn
St., Alexandria (Ethiopian)
Live Ethiopian music @ Shalla
Ras Band w/ guest singers @ MHL Lounge
(Ethiopian)
Ethiopian music @ Black Rose Lounge
Live Ethiopian instrumental music w/
guitarist Selamino & band 9 to 12 mdt. @ Meleket
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Sat. April 6 –
50th anniversary DC history conference with 930
Club on F St panel @ 11:45am; DC go-go & politics panel; Howard Theatre,
True Redeemer building & U street history one 3:30 to 4:45; all @ MLK Library
Remixing the Art of Social Change (part of Words , Beats,
& Life Fest) @ 10 am to 3:30 pm @ Eaton
Average White Band farewell tour @ Birchmere
Backyard Band , District Kings, Crush Funk Brass Band 3 to 7
@ Sycamore & Oak Retail Village, 1110 Oak Drive SE (go-go, funk)
La Maquinaria Nortena, Conjunto Rio Grande, Los Cazadores
del Cerro, Conjunto Sable de Antonio Mercado @ El Ranchon
Meatbot & Delarcos @8:30 @ Artomatic
Lizz Wright @ Carlyle Room
(neo-soul) (through April 7)
Super Freak - The
Rick James Story" onstage at the National Theatre in DC through April 7th
Jive Aces @ Glen Echo Spanish Ballroom
Marked for Death, Fiasco @ Rhizome (noisy experimental jazz,
droning hiphop punk)
Sizdah Bedar Persian New Year celebration w/ Dj Taba & others @ Bull Run Special Events Ctr., Centreville
Mohamed Farid El Azouzya @ Martini Lounge Falls Church
Regina Belle @ Bethesda Theater
Leon City Sounds djs @ Green Zone
Music from India
with Supratik Segupta (sitar), Kasturi Bandyopadhyay (vocals & stringed instruments),
plus tabla, sarod, and haromonium players @ 5:30 @ Gandhi Center, 4748 Western
Ave., Bethesda
Petalpalooza w/ Experience
Band @ 6 @ zone 4 Great Lawn (w/ fireworks also visible from Anacostia
Park) @ Capitol Riverfront Navy Yard
Pink in the Park w/
DJ les @ 1330 South Fair st. , Arlington
Dance Club w/ Djs
Tommy C, Joyce Lim, Baronhawk Poitier @ 10 pm @ Jimmy Valentines (techno)
Desanguashington @
9:30 @ Bossa
What Band 3 to 9 @ Diamond
Lounge (go-go)
Northeast Groovers
, Sirius Company @ Fast Eddie’s (go-go)
Crush Fund,
Transposers, Cuni @ Comet P Pong
Rise Band & Show
with members of the Washington Commanders horn section @ Lamont’s
Tumbao (Latin salsa ) @ Bossa 1st floor & DJ Lu Latin
Hits upstairs;
Roots Band @ Makeda Restaurant (Ethiopian);
live Ethiopian music @ Shalla;
Ras Band w/ guest singers @ MHL Lounge
(Ethiopian);
Ethiopian music @ Black Rose Lounge
Rare Essence @ 11 @ Aqua (go-go)
*Apollo 66 & others @ American Legion Post 41 (garage punk)*
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New Vizion, Swanee Quintet, The Mickens, Sonny Brown
Xperience, and more gospel groups @ 3 @ Scripture Cathedral Ministries, 7160
Central Ave , Hyattsville
Sona Jobarteh @ Strathmore (kora player)
Average White Band farewell tour @
Birchmere
Lizz Wright @ Carlyle Room (neo-soul)
Descendants, Circle Jerks, Adolescents @ Rams Head Baltimore
(old California hardcore punk)
Blossom Block Fest, flea market & live music @ 1110 Oak
Drive SE
Super Freak - The Rick James Story" onstage at the
National Theatre in DC
Northeast Groovers @ 4 to 9 @ Babylon Falls Church (go-go)
Rare Essence Bela Dona 5 to 10 @ Karma (go-go)
The Sadies @ Jammin Java
1252 Band @ 6 @ Lamont’s (soul)
Live Ethiopian music @ Shalla
Restaurant in Silver Spring (through Sunday)
Roots Band @ Makeda
Restaurant, Van Dorn St., Alexandria (Ethiopian)
Ethiopian
music @ MHL Lounge in Falls Church
Ethiopian
music @ Black Rose Lounge
Ethiopian music @
Love Lounge Fenton St Silver Spring
Drumming @ 3 to 7 @
Malcolm X Park
Afrobeats dj @ St
Ex
Vava Samba @ Bossa (Brazilian)
Prinze George album
release @ Songbyrd
*New Impressionz @ Aqua (go-go)*
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Monday April 8-
Pierre Kwenders @ Songbyrd (Afro-electro)
Cheick Hamala Diabete @ Blues Alley (DC-based Malian
instrumentalist)
Young Fathers @ 930 Club
Midnight Blue w/ Curtis Pope on trumpet , Juanita Williams
on vocals & more 6 to 9 @ Westminster Church SW (blues & soul)
Jon Muq @ Pearl Street Warehouse (Ugandan singer/songwriter)
Ethiopian music live @ Napoli Lounge
Ethiojazz @ Shalla
*OPen Mic Monday w/ Attinshun @ 8:30 @ Mojuba Collective, Silver SPring *
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Caetano Veloso @
Strathmore (Brazilian legend)
Bad Bunny @ Capital
One (reggaeton 7 more)
Bad Bunny
afterparty @ 10 pm w/ djs Pedro Night, Mvrcos 3000 @ Soundcheck, 1420 K. St NW
Mariah the
Scientist, Chxrry22 @ Echostage (r& b)
Richard Thompson @ Rams
Head Live Annapolis
Blick Bassy @
Songbyrd (Cameroonian afro-indie-pop)
The Brad Scarface Jordan Behind the Desk Experience @ the
Howard Theatre
Rosali @ Metro Gallery Baltimore
Ethiopian music @ Lion’s Den in Falls Church
Blacc Print Experience @ Martini's White Plains (go-go)
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Wed. April 10- Orquesta
Akokan @ Hamilton Live (Cuban mambo)
Luciana Souza & Trio Corrente @ Carlyle Room DC
(Brazilian singer)
Banda Magda free from 6 to 7 at K Ctr Mill. Stage
Jontavious Willis 8 to 10 @ Archie’s Barbershop, 4502
Hamilton St., Hyattsville, MD
Hotline TNT, Cicada, Powerwasher @ Ottobar (shoegaze & postpunk)
Weensey’s Birthday Party w/ his group Backyard Band @ Fast
Eddies
Linda Smith & Paul Baroody, Smashing Times @ Normal’s
Books Baltimore
Jason Moran solo Ellington @ Kennedy Center
Caroline Davis & Wendy Eisenberg; Anthony Pirog, Janel
Leppin, & Mike Kuhl @ Rhizome (experimental)
Sirius Company @ Sobe (go-go)
New Impressionz @ Babylon (go-go)
Live Ethiopian music @ Napoli Lounge
Kizomba and bachata dj & dancing @ Crossroads 2
DJ Jamstar @ Tempoo Lounge (dancehall)
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Thurs. April 11-
Qwanqwa @Creative Alliance in Baltimore ( Ethiopian)
Linda Smith, Smashing times @ Rhizome (twee pop)
Tim Kinsella & Jenny Pulse, Attorneys General @ 7 @
Design Distillery, 21414 Key Highway
Leyla McCalla free from 6 to 7 @ Kenn. Ctr. Millen. Stage
Richard Thompson @ Barns of Wolf Trap (folk-pop-rock)
Old School Extravaganza Cabaret Style Pt. 4 w/ Dj Jas Funk
& Dj Stormin Norman @ Hangar Club
Vybe Band @ 7 @ Sycamore & Oak Shopping, 1110 Oak SE
Flack @ VFW Post 350 Hells Bottom (Roots
pop)
Live Ethiopian music w/ on Thursdays guitarist Selamino
& band @ Shalla Restaurant in Silver Spring (through Sunday)
Roots Band @ Makeda Restaurant, Van Dorn St., Alexandria
(Ethiopian)
Ethiopian music @ MHL
Lounge in Falls Church
Ethiopian music @
Black Rose Lounge
Ethiopian music @ Love Lounge Fenton St Silver Spring
What Band feat. Killa Cal @ Martini's Ft Washington (go-go)
Afrobeats w/ DJ Jamstar @ Spectrum Lounge
Afro-Caribbean dj @ Kaldis
Afrobeats @ Gazuza Lounge
Rome talking about Victoria Monet album Jaguar II from 8 to
10 @ Eaton Hotel library
*Wissam Al Banna @ Fly High Lounge Falls Church *
*New Impressionz @ Nipsey's (go-go)*
*Cheick Hamala D & the Griot Street band @ Bossa (DC based Malian) *
*Danube Sessions/Kriminal pop @ Green Zone*
*Nat. Gallery of Art After-hours party @ 5:30 *
*a panel discussion and listening session discussing the Neptunes’ legacy — together and apart — with DJs and producers
Daniel Biltmore, Marc Nfinit and DJ Geena Marie @ 8 @
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Fri. April 12-
Smokey Robinson @ MGM National Harbor (soul)
Swans w/ Kristof Hahn @ Howard Theatre (postpunk)
Coco @ Atlantis
Tamagawa Univ. Taiko and Dance Group @ Kennedy Center
TOB @ Throw Social (bounce beat go-go) & late TOB @
Martinis Ft Washington (bouncebeat go-go)
Arabic music dj @
Green Zone
After Thought Band @ Lamont’s (soul)
Rare Essence @ Fast Eddie’s (go-go)
Backyard Band @ Restaurant 55 (go-go)
Junkyard Band @ Nipseys (go-go)
TCB @ Power
(bouncebeat go-go)
Alfredo Mojica Group
@ Bossa (salsa) plus DJ Lu w/ Latin hits upstairs
Roots Band @ Makeda Restaurant, Van Dorn St., Alexandria
(Ethiopian)
Live Ethiopian music @ Shalla
Ras Band w/ guest singers @ MHL Lounge (Ethiopian)
Ethiopian music @ Black Rose Lounge
Live Ethiopian instrumental music w/ guitarist Selamino
& band 9 to 12 mdt. @ Meleket
*New Impressionz @ Aqua (go-go)*
*The Men & Shooters ABM @ Martini's Ft Washington (go-go)*
*Salam Al Aseel @ Martini Lounge Falls Church *
*La Gerencia Nortena @ Mexico Lindo *
*Terrie Ex & band @ Rhizome *
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Feelies @ Black Cat
Lee Fields &
Monophonics @ 6:30 @ 930 Club (soul)
Gibson Brothers @ Collective Encore
George Clanton , Full Body 2 @ Ottobar
Dorie Ladner civil rights activist memorial service at Shilo
Baptist
Jacqueline Woodson’s block party 1 to 5:30 @ Kennedy Center
Reach Plaza
Junkyard Band @ 11 pm @ Shark Bar
Mental Attraction 2.0 feat. 32 & Mature Clientele feat. Steve Roy @ 3 to 9 @ Casamigos, 516
South Van Dorn, Alexandria (go-go)
Ashraf Bashah and Maestro Chakib Halali @ Zouroona ,
Woodbridge, VA
Berhana, Asha Imuno @ Union Stage (headliner is Ethiopian r &
b singer)
Leon City Sounds djs @ Green Zone
Caroline Rose, La Force early @ Atlantis, then late @ 930
Club
National Cherry Blossom Festival Parade on Constitution Ave
between 7th & 17 th Streets NW
Sakura Matsuri Japanese Street Fest
on Penn Ave between 3rd & 7th Sts NW (also
Sunday)
Les the DJ playing Japanese City Pop @ Metro Bar DC
Tumbao (Latin salsa ) @ Bossa 1st floor & DJ Lu Latin
Hits upstairs;
Roots Band @ Makeda Restaurant (Ethiopian);
live Ethiopian music @ Shalla;
Ras Band w/ guest singers @ MHL Lounge (Ethiopian);
Ethiopian music @ Black Rose Lounge
Rare Essence @ 11 @
Aqua (go-go)
TCB @ Union Oyster (boucebeat)
VI-Kings @ Palisades Hub Cap Centre (60s garage rock covers)
*Ken Avis talk on DC area popular music from mid- 19th Century to early 20th Century @ 2pm @ Cherry Hill Farmhouse in Falls Church *
*NEA Jazz masters celebration @ 10:30 am @ NPR HQ*
*TOB, TCB, New Impressionz @ Fast Eddie's (go-go)*
*Backyard Band @ Sidelines in Glen Burnie (go-go)
*Just Us 2.0, DaMixx Band @ Lamont's (soul)*
*Alarm will Sound: Music for 18 musicians (Steve Reich tribute) @ Clarice Smith U of MD*
*Model Home @ Rhizome*
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Sun. April 14-
Don Omar @ Eaglebank (reggaeton)
Qwanqwa @ 8 @ Makeda Alexandria (Ethiopian)
Curley Taylor @ 4:30@ Peerless Rens (zydeco)
DC Public library archivist Ray Barker funeral memorial
service @ 3 pm @ MLK Library
DC Emancipation Day w/ parade @ 2, concert @ 3 w/ EU, Black Alley , Ginuwine, Kelly Price, Ricky Dillard, "Chocolate City Records" show, East of the River Steel Band & more and Fireworks
@ 8 @ Freedom Plaza (details tba)
Brad Scarface Jordan Behind the Desk Experience @ Rams Head
Baltimore (rap)
Backyard Band @ Throw
Social, 1401 Okie St NE
Willis, Friko @ Atlantis (rock)
Terri Lyne Carrington’s New Standards @ Amp (jazz)
Sakura Matsuri Japanese Street Fest on Penn Ave between 3rd
& 7th Sts NW
Queens of Crank honors luncheon for the Women of go-go @ 3 @
Carlyle Room DC
Live Ethiopian music @ Shalla Restaurant in Silver Spring
(through Sunday)
Roots Band *most Sundays but not tonight as Qwanqwa is there* @ Makeda Restaurant, Van Dorn St., Alexandria
(Ethiopian)
Ethiopian music @ MHL
Lounge in Falls Church
Ethiopian music @
Black Rose Lounge
Ethiopian music @ Love Lounge Fenton St Silver Spring
Drumming @ 3 to 7 @ Malcolm X Park
Afrobeats dj @ St Ex
*New Impressionz day party @ Alumni Spot (formerly Baby Wale) (go-go)*
*Ndule @ 8 @ Bossa (Congolese improv jazz) *
*Stone Pleasure Band, doors @ 4 @ Lamont's (soul)*
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Mon. April 15-
Los Straightjackets @ Rams Head Annapolis (surf, rockabilly)
Mariah the Scientist @ Rams Head Baltimore (r& B)
Brothers from Another Mother 6 to 9 @ Westminster Church SW
(blues)
Yola @ Atlantis
Real Estate, Marina Allen @ 930 Club
Ethiopian music live @ Napoli Lounge
Ethiojazz @ Shalla
*Selena movie night @ Rhizome*
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Tues. April 16-
The Pharcyde @ Howard Theatre (rap)
Madison Cunningham, Juana Molina @ Barns of Wolf Trap (Sold
out)
Atmosphere @ Fillmore Silver Spring (rap)
Robert Lighthouse @ Hank dietle’s (country blues) * Paulie Boy Blues cover band*
The Concert Music of Duke Ellington @ Kennedy Center
Yola @ Atlantis
Allah-Las @ 930 Club (garage rock)
Ethiopian music @ Lion’s Den in Falls Church
Blacc Print Experience @ Martini's White Plains (go-go)
*TCB, Reaction, TOB @ Hangars (go-go)*
*Ben Miller (Roger Clark Miller's brother was in Destroy All Monsters , Sproton Layer, Glen Branca Ensemble); w/ Gabi Vanek, John-Michael Bloomquist @ Rhizome *
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Los Straightjackets
(w/ Tex Rubinowitz band opening) @ Hamilton Live (surf & rockabilly)
Wine Down Wednesday w/ Jerome Mackall sings Al Green 6 to 9
@ Eloquent Touch Ballroom (great singer from Hardway Connection)
The Pharcyde @ Baltimore Soundstage (rap)
RIP Room, Bed Maker, Quattracenta @ Rhizome
Sirius Company @ Sobe (go-go)
New Impressionz @ Babylon (go-go)
Live Ethiopian music @ Napoli Lounge
Kizomba and bachata dj & dancing @ Crossroads 2
DJ Jamstar @ Tempoo Lounge (dancehall)
Drop 19s @ Atlantis (Boston shoegaze)
*BbyMutha @ Union Stage (rap) *
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Thurs. April 18-
Kronos Quartet @ Library of Congress (free but advance tickets "sold out")
UMAW Presents: Living Wage For Musicians featuring Yasmin
Williams + @ + Dior Ashley Brown @ Black cat CANCELLED
EU feat. Sugarbear @ 7 @ Sycamore & Oak Shopping, 1110
Oak SE
Yilla’s Brazilian Birthday featuring Gigi Maclaughlin @
Bossa
Grandsons @ Hank Dietles (roots rock)
Going Goin Gone @ VFW Post 350 Hells Bottom (roots )
Live Ethiopian music w/ on Thursdays guitarist Selamino
& band @ Shalla Restaurant in Silver Spring (through Sunday)
Roots Band @ Makeda Restaurant, Van Dorn St., Alexandria
(Ethiopian)
Ethiopian music @ MHL
Lounge in Falls Church
Ethiopian music @
Black Rose Lounge
Ethiopian music @ Love Lounge Fenton St Silver Spring
What Band feat. Killa Cal @ Martini's Ft Washington (go-go)
Afrobeats w/ DJ Jamstar @ Spectrum Lounge
Afro-Caribbean dj @ Kaldis
Afrobeats @ Gazuza Lounge
*New Impressionz @ Nipsey's (go-go)*
*John Cougar Mellencamp @ DAR (rock)*
*TOB @ Aqua (bouncebeat go-go)*
Kiko Rodriguez @ Cuzco*
*Talking DC Music History from 1950 to present w/ Charvis Campbell of Home Rule Music, Cynthia Connolly (re her book Banned in DC & her years programming dc space from 1987 to 1992) & Nina Walie from 6 to 8 pm @ Alley Cat Rest., 5247 Wisconsin Ave. NW *
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Fri. April 19-
Robyn Hitchcock @ Hamilton Live (psych rock)
Rakim, DJ Jazzy Jeff & Ravi Coltrane Project @ Kennedy
Center
Baltimore Old Time Music Festival 6 to 10:30 w/ Bruce MoMolsky, the Onlies,
Allison de Groot & Tatiana Hargreaves, Africa to Appalachia (W/ Cheick
Hamala Diabete) & more @ Baltimore
Museum of Industry
Thundercat, Black Alley, Black Rave Culture, Korine,
Proverbs Reggae Band, Ricky Platinum @ National Cannabis Festival @ RFK grounds
Pig Destroyer @ Ottobar
TOB @ Martinis Ft Washington (bouncebeat go-go)
Sharon Clark @ Carlyle Room (DC jazz singer)
Arabic music dj @
Green Zone
After Thought Band @ Lamont’s (soul)
Rare Essence @ Fast Eddie’s (go-go)
Backyard Band @ Restaurant 55 (go-go)
Junkyard Band @ Nipseys (go-go)
TCB @ Power
(bouncebeat go-go)
Alfredo Mojica Group
@ Bossa (salsa) plus DJ Lu w/ Latin hits upstairs
Roots Band @ Makeda Restaurant, Van Dorn St., Alexandria
(Ethiopian)
Live Ethiopian music @ Shalla
Ras Band w/ guest singers @ MHL Lounge (Ethiopian)
Ethiopian music @ Black Rose Lounge
Live Ethiopian instrumental music w/ guitarist Selamino
& band 9 to 12 mdt. @ Meleket
Bad Reputation dc area bands rock fest (w/ Outerloop, Buko
Buko, Teething Veils & many more) @
The Runaway through April 21 (more specifics re day/time tba)
*New Impressionz @ Throw Social (go-go)*
*Los Dos Carnales @ Mexico Lindo *
*Baby Rasta & Gringo @ Ibiza*
*Frank Reyes @ El Pueblito (bachata)*
*Los Shapis @ Papisitos *
*Dance Club Presents Midland w/ DJs Tommy C & Baronhawk Poitier @ 10 @ Hill Prince, 1337 H st NE *
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Sat. April 20-
Baltimore Old Time Music Festival w/ Dom Flemons & more
@ Baltimore Museum of Industry
DMV Amapiano Spring Fest Clash of the South & the West @
4 pm @ Citizens & Culture Rooftop
Wu-Tang Clan w/ Redman, Devin the Dude, Backyard Band ,
Cumbia Heights, Dior Ashley Brown, Noochie Live from Front Porch @ National Cannabis Festival @ RFK grounds
Danny Gatton “The Humbler” movie doc @ 8:45 @ Landmark E
Street cinema (DC int film fest) (late dc roots/Americana guitarist)
Matthew Sweet @ Lincoln Theatre (pop rock)
Wammies in Tysons
Rick James’ Stone City band @ Bethesda Theater CANCELLED
Vulture Feather, Cryptid Summer, Black Rails @ Quarry House
Tavern
Leon City Sounds, Claudia & DJ Daisy Lacy @ 11 am, DJ
Crown Vic @ 1 plus more dj’ing at Record Store Day daytime event @ Mobius
Records, Va
Jim Stephanson trio 5:30 to 7 @ Hank Dietles (roots guitar)
Roots Band @ Makeda
Restaurant (Ethiopian);
live Ethiopian
music @ Shalla;
Ras Band w/ guest
singers @ MHL Lounge (Ethiopian);
Ethiopian music @
Black Rose Lounge
Go-go Mickey
birthday bash w/ Rare Essence @ 11 @
Aqua (go-go)
Still Familiar appreciation day free before 12 mdt. @ Restaurant 55 Hyattsville (go-go)
*Tropical Heat Dome w/ DJ Claudia of Leon City Sounds, DJ DiscoLacas, DJ Neeko @ Marx Cafe *
*New Impressionz @ 5 Sisters Lounge Laurel (go-go)*
*Proper Utensils 7 to 12 mdt @ 701 E St NW (A District E DC Shaken not Stirred gig) *
*All White clothes party w/ DJ Too Hype, DJ Hy-Top @ Lamont's *
*Vybz fest w/ afrobeats, dancehall, soca @ 10 pm @ Karma *
*La Nueva Onda Nortena @ El Ranchon *
Trebol Clan & DJ joe @ K Pashion Lounge (aka Mi Mariachi Lounge) in Silver Spring *
*Fer Martinez y sus Cuates de Olancho @ Club One*
*Kiko Rodriguez @ VIP Room in Baltimore*
*Joe Veras @ Mango's *
*The Toasters -"43 Years of Ska" w/ the Sklutzz @ Pie Shop*
*"Daddy's Jazz" play/musical by Caleen Sinnette & WPFW's Miyuki Williams (based on interviews w/ women who inherited their fathers love of jazz) @ 2pm @ MLK Library *
*DJ Pedro Night (Adobo DMV) @ Capo Italian Deli , 715 Fl Ave NW *
*Project Locrea (w/ vocalist Munit Mesfin @ 2pm @ jazz 4 Justice Warrenton @ Eva Walker Park*
*Reggae on the roof w/ DJ Majestic, DJ Bimshire, DJ Fyah Oats 3 to 9 @ Decades, 1219 Conn Ave NW*
*Trapjazz @ the Alumni Spot/Baby Wale *
*TOB @ 1:30 pm @ main field @ Southwest Garden Fest, 201 N St SW (bouncebeat go-go)*
*Girl in Red @ Anthem (Oslo indie-folk-pop) *
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Sun. April 21 –
Ibrahim Malouf @
Union Stage (French Lebanese trumpeter)
Super Freak: The Rick James Story musical play @ 2 and 6:30
pm @ the Lyric in Baltimore
Action Bronson @ Fillmore Silver Spring (rap)
Metz, Gouge Away @ Ottobar
Ruston Kelly @ 6th & I
Backstage with Ronnie Newmyer @ Palisades Sanctuary
Tank and the Bangas & the Howard County Youth Orchestra @
Merriweather Post Pavilion
Extended Play DC w/ Rich Medina, MartinMiguel, Les the DJ ,
Kam & 46 from 5 to 10 @ Mess Hall DC
Pylon Reenactment Society , Golden Apples, Emotional World @
Comet P Pong ( Headliners are Athens , Ga postpunk)
Dave Chappell Band 2 to 4:30 @ Hank
Dietles (roots )
Hula Monsters @ 6 @ Hank Dietles (roots & Hawaiian )
Live Ethiopian music @ Shalla Restaurant in Silver Spring
(through Sunday)
Roots Band @ Makeda Restaurant, Van Dorn St., Alexandria
(Ethiopian)
Ethiopian music @ MHL
Lounge in Falls Church
Ethiopian music @
Black Rose Lounge
Ethiopian music @ Love Lounge Fenton St Silver Spring
Drumming @ 3 to 7 @ Malcolm X Park
Afrobeats dj @ St Ex
*"Bring the Beat" film doc about the international reach of go-go showing @ 3 pm @ Kennedy Center ( film has performances by go-go icon Gregory “Sugar Bear” Elliott, Wiley Brown, Elijah Jamal Balbed's The JoGo Project, Malik Dope, Sweet Cherie, Deborah Bond, and the Philippe Lemm Group, a Dutch ensemble)
*Ahmed Saad @ Warner Theatre (Egyptian singer) *
*DJ Basbousa 5 to 7 @ 8th Floor of Artomatic (Arabic music) *
1252 Band @ 4 @ Lamont’s (soul)
*me on WOWD Takoma Radio 94.3 & online w/ dj Robbie White 11 am to 12 noon *
*450 @ Karma (dancehall reggae)*
*Movie "Adios Buenos Aires" @ 3 @ Landmark E St (tango movie part of Filmfest DC)*
*Coreyah 6 to 8 @ Joe's Movement Emporium (psych Korean folk)*
*Griefcat album release @ Jammin Java (DC pop)*
*Girl in Red @ Anthem (Oslo indie-folk-pop) *
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Mon. April 22
Stacy Brooks Band 6 to 9 @ Westminster Church SW (blues)
Ethiopian music live @ Napoli Lounge
Ethiojazz @ Shalla
*Korean Drumming 8 to 10 @ U of MD Clarice Smith Center*
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Tues. April 23-
Helado Negro @ Atlantis (Latin alt indie
pop)
Ethiopian music @ Lion’s Den in
Falls Church
Blacc Print
Experience @ Martini's White Plains (go-go)
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Wed. April 24-
Pylon Reenactment Society, Dim Wizard @ Ottobar (Athens, Ga postpunk
headliners)
Lena Seikaly sings songs from Ella Fitzgerald Sings Duke
Ellington , at Blues Alley
Sirius Company @ Sobe (go-go)
New Impressionz @ Babylon (go-go)
Live Ethiopian music @ Napoli Lounge
Kizomba and bachata dj & dancing @ Crossroads 2
DJ Jamstar @ Tempoo Lounge (dancehall)
*Madison Cunningham, Juana Molina @ Rams Head Onstage Annapolis *
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Thurs. April 25-
Oneohtrix Point Never @ the Howard Theatre
It’s Your Mug 30th anniversary hip-hop inflected poetry reading w/ Toni Asante Lightfoot
& Mug regulars at Kennedy Center Millennium Stage (including Holly Bass, Kenny Carroll, Toni Blackman)
What Band @ 7 @ Sycamore & Oak Shopping, 1110 Oak SE
(go-go)
Thrills @ Hank Dietles (roots rock)
Mazboota w/ Fady D @
Green Zone (alt. Arab electro/disco)
Live Ethiopian music w/ on Thursdays guitarist Selamino
& band @ Shalla Restaurant in Silver Spring (through Sunday)
Roots Band @ Makeda Restaurant, Van Dorn St., Alexandria
(Ethiopian)
Ethiopian music @ MHL
Lounge in Falls Church
Ethiopian music @
Black Rose Lounge
Ethiopian music @ Love Lounge Fenton St Silver Spring
What Band feat. Killa Cal @ Martini's Ft Washington (go-go)
Afrobeat w/ DJ Jamstar @ Spectrum Lounge
Afro-Caribbean dj @ Kaldis
Afrobeats @ Gazuza Lounge
*Heart to Gold, Why Not, Violet Evergreen @ 8 @ Atlas Brew Works (rock) *
*Leon City Sounds djs & DJ Crown Vic @ 18th St. Lounge
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Fri. April 26-
Fire Shut Up in My Bones Opera Suite in Concert w/ Terence
Blanchard w/ the E-Collective, Turtle Island Quartet, & visual artist
Andrew F. Scott plus feat. Singers Justin Austin & Adrienne Danrich @ Strathmore (jazz opera)
Stylistics @ Birchmere (soul)
David Grubbs @ Rhizome (experimental musician who was once
in punk band Squirrelbait)
Black Country, New Road , Camere Picture @ Baltimore Soundstage
Teenage Fanclub @ 6 @ 930 Club (power pop)
The Whispers @ Bethesda Theater
A Concert & Conversation with Elijah Wald re his new
book Jelly Roll Blues 7 to 8:30 pm free @
Bird in Hand Coffee & Books, 11 East 33rd Street Baltimore, MD 21218
Alaya Project @ Amp (Carnatic
Indian w/ jazz & funk)
TOB @ Martinis Ft Washington (bouncebeat go-go)
Cumbia Heights w/ Ames Harding & the Mirage @ Pie Shop
Airport 77s & the Yachtsmen @ Hank Dietle’s (powerpop)
Disco Biblioteca book talk (on Lester Bangs “Psychotic
Reactions & Carburator Dung”) & listening party w/ DJ Night Nurse @ 7 @
People’s Book
Les the DJ @ LeMont Royal
Arabic music dj @
Green Zone
After Thought Band @ Lamont’s (soul)
Rare Essence @ Fast Eddie’s (go-go)
Backyard Band @ Restaurant 55 (go-go)
Junkyard Band @ Nipseys (go-go)
TCB @ Power
(bouncebeat go-go)
Alfredo Mojica Group
@ Bossa (salsa) plus DJ Lu w/ Latin hits upstairs
Roots Band @ Makeda Restaurant, Van Dorn St., Alexandria
(Ethiopian)
Live Ethiopian music @ Shalla
Ras Band w/ guest singers @ MHL Lounge (Ethiopian)
Ethiopian music @ Black Rose Lounge
Live Ethiopian instrumental music w/ guitarist Selamino
& band 9 to 12 mdt. @ Meleket
*La Sonora Dinamita @ Diamond Lounge *
*La Adictiva, Banda Carnaval y La Nueva Estrategia @ CocoCabana *
*Conjunto Rienda Real, Los De La Norte, La Nueva Estrategia @ El Ranchon *
*Los Vencedores del Bravo, Geru su Legion @ 90 Degrees *
*Movie "Adios Buenos Aires" @ 6:05pm @ Landmark E St (tango movie part of Filmfest DC)*
*It's Your Mug open mic poetry 8:30 @ Eaton Hotel Wild Days *
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Sat. April 27-
Ty Segall @ Lincoln Theatre (psych garage rock )
Festival of Color @ Bull Run Park 12 to 7
Laylit 71w/ Alternate Arabic electro music djs including Fady D @ Culture
DJ Hollywood Breeze party 2 to 7 @ Chateau Remix -301-509-
4114
Bodega, Brnda @ 10 @ Comet P Pong (postpunk)
Northeast Groovers, Mature Clientele Band 7 to 1am @ Babylon
Woodbridge
The Whispers @ Bethesda Theater
BJ the Chicago Kid @ Birchmere
Aaron Lee Tasjan @ DC 9
3rd annual Sierra Leone Independence Masquerade
Ball feat. Willie Jay @ the Howard Theatre
A dress in Black & White Affair" w/ Hardway Connection @ Lamont’s (southern soul)
David Grubbs, Eli Winter & more @ Normals Books in
Baltimore (Grubbs is an experimental musician who was once in Louisville punk
band Squirrelbait)
Junkyard Band, Suttle @ Diamond Lounge
Northeast Groovers , Mature Clientele 7 to 1 am @ Babylon
Woodbridge (go-go)
Rene Marie @ Carlyle Room DC
Tumbao (Latin salsa ) @ Bossa 1st floor & DJ Lu Latin
Hits upstairs;
Roots Band @ Makeda Restaurant (Ethiopian);
live Ethiopian music @ Shalla
Ras Band w/ guest singers @ MHL Lounge (Ethiopian);
Ethiopian music @ Black Rose Lounge
Rare Essence @ 11 @
Aqua (go-go)
*Petworth Porch Fest @ multiple locations w/ lots of music including Janel Leppin & Anthony Pirog @ 5 to 6 plus Messthetics 6 to 7 @ 4515 5th St NW. Also appearing are Ari Voxx, Bongo District, Sriram Gopal & friends, Pangea, Soroche, Griefcat, Janine Wilson, Boat Burning, *
*Amina @ Martini Lounge Falls Church *
*Junkyard Band, Pump Blenders @ Union Oyster *
*daarling, Joy Viver, Exit Angles @ Rhizome (rock)*
*TCB, ABM @ Fire Station 1 Silver Spring (bouncebeat go-go) *
*"Bring the Beat" film doc about the international reach of go-go showing @ 8 :45 pm @ LOandmark E St for free ( film has performances by go-go icon Gregory “Sugar Bear” Elliott, Wiley Brown, Elijah Jamal Balbed's The JoGo Project, Malik Dope, Sweet Cherie, Deborah Bond, and the Philippe Lemm Group, a Dutch ensemble)*
What did It's Your Mug Mean to DC panel @ 2:30 to 5 @ American Poetry Museum hosted by Lisa Pegram*
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Sun. April 28-
Afro Fest @ 4 @ Zebbie’s, Conn. Ave NW
Capital Bop presents Kokayi & Konjur Collective @
Songbyrd
Take 6 @ Birchmere
Beladona @ Nottinghams (go-go)
Oklahoma Twisters @ 6 @ Hank Dietles
Live Ethiopian music @ Shalla Restaurant in Silver Spring
(through Sunday)
Roots Band @ Makeda Restaurant, Van Dorn St., Alexandria
(Ethiopian)
Ethiopian music @ MHL
Lounge in Falls Church
Ethiopian music @
Black Rose Lounge
Ethiopian music @ Love Lounge Fenton St Silver Spring
Drumming @ 3 to 7 @ Malcolm X Park
Afrobeats dj @ St Ex
*Rose & the Brothers @ 4:30 @ Hill Center DC (zydeco & Cajun) *
*Ramy Essam w/ DJ Basbousa @ Black Cat (Egyptian)*
*Mezzanine vintage clothes and vinyl market 12 to 5 pm @ Market Place Plaza , Parks @ Walter Reed, GA Ave & Butternuet sts NW *
*Stone Pleasure Band, doors @ 4 @ Lamont's (soul) *
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Mon. April 29-
Linwood Taylor Blues Band 6 to 9 @ Westminster Church SW
Ethiopian music live @ Napoli Lounge
Ethiojazz @ Shalla
*Cyrus Chestnut: Duke Ellington Sacred Concert @ 8 @ Kennedy Center *
*Kevin Coleman, Jordan Perry, Corey Thuro @ Rhizome (fingerstyle John Fahey -esque guitar)
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Tues. April 30-
Crank Caviar w/ guests Rapper Dude, Ms Kim, Mike Madison, Smoke,
Wes Watkins, Keyboard Chris & more 9pm to 11 @ The Hall @ Live ! Casino,
Hanover, MD (go-go)
Andres Cepeda @ Lincoln Theatre
Ethiopian music @ Lion’s Den in Falls Church
Blacc Print Experience @ Martini's White Plains (go-go)
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Wed. May 1-
Sirius Company @ Sobe (go-go)
New Impressionz @ Babylon (go-go)
Live Ethiopian music @ Napoli Lounge
Kizomba and bachata dj & dancing @ Crossroads 2
DJ Jamstar @ Tempoo Lounge (dancehall)
*Feelin the Funk Band 6 to 9 @ Wine Down Wed. @ Eloquent Touch Ballroom in Suitland*
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Thurs. May 2- Belle & Sebastian @ Anthem
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Fri. May 3-Social Distortion and Bad Religion @ MGM
Cuba Fest w/ Lazarito Baldes, Bamboleo, Amaray @ Diamond
Lounge
Aruna Sairam @ Barns of Wolf Trap
*Bad Moves, Prude < Pretty Bitter @ Songbyrd *
May 4-Aruna Sairam @ Barns of Wolf Trap* * May 5- La Perla @ 5 @ Rhizome*
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More lists-- Capital Bop has jazz; Mary Cliff has folk;
Fools Night Out has roots music; Tickeri has Latinx, Mi Gente DMV has Latin
dance (salsa, bachata, zouk), Kesta Happenings DC Facebook has Latinx too, and
baltshowplace.tumblr has Baltimore punk & more; Elliot Gross on Facebook
has DC blues & blues-rock; DC. Underground on Instagram has metal &
hardcore
