DC/Baltimore Global Music and more June 2017 Concert Calendar Gig List

DC/Baltimore Global Music and More- June 2017  

Compiled by Steve Kiviat 

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International, roots, rap, soul and more at top and

***indie-rock and non-music stuff is at the bottom. Most sold-out shows omitted.

Look for additional shows & more info to be added through the month at my blog: stevekiviat.blogspot.com 

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Online you should also check out the I Love Music forum/chatboard at ilxor.com and look for the  Rolling Outernational World Music 2017, Rolling Afrobeats Afropop 2017,  the Rolling Afro-Latin & the Capital Swamp & Chitlin Circuit  threads _____________________________________________________________________________   

Lots happening and more to be announced…

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Remaining Highlights:

Sun. 6-4- Verano El Zol 107.9 Fest with Farruko, Millie Quezada, Luis Vargas, Karol G., Grupo Melao,  Mr. Pelon 503, Don Pedro Rivera, Bachata Plus at Fed-Ex Stadium parking lot

 Fri.  6-9- Ethiopian Singer Wayna  tribute  to Ethiopian soul star, Bezunesh Bekele, known as “the Aretha Franklin of Ethiopia”   at Bethesda Blues and Jazz

“Fania All-Stars: Live in Africa” (New York City’s legendary salsa group performs at special 1973 concert before the Muhammad Ali/George Foreman fight)  movie at 7:30– 9:00 p.m. at the Smithsonian Museum of American Art

DC Caribbean FilmFest  movie Machel Montano: Journey of a Soca King at AFI Silver

Sat. 6-10- Sam Fan Thomas at Cococabana (great veteran Cameroon musician) in Hyattsville

Sun.  6-18 - Jamaican Jerk Festival with Tarrus Riley, Romain Virgo, Queen Ifrica, Fay-Ann Lyon & Bunji Garlin plus Jamaican food including jerk chicken, at RFK Stadium Festival Lawn

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6-2

Chubby Carrier & the Bayou Swamp Band and the Get Right Band at the Hamilton

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. 6-3

Geno Delafose at Cheverly American Legion (zydeco)

Smile Project Carnival at RFK with Goldlink; April + Vista; Lenny Kurlou & the Reggae All Stars & More TBD

Washington Folk Festival at glen Echo

What Band (go-go) at 3 at District Heights Day (at Rec Center ,2000 Marbury Drive)

Zacarias Ferreira at Club One in Alexandria

Caribbean heritage Festival at Bladensburg Waterfront Park

Jermaine DuPri, The Rap Game, and Miss Mulatto at Pier Six

Hyattsville International fest 5 to 9pm

Live performance by dance music diva CeCe Peniston at Marriott BWI Airport Hotel, 1743 West Nursery Road, Linthicum, MD The Official After-Party for the Capital Jazz Fest

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.  6-4

Go-go brunch with Be’la Dona at the Howard Theatre

Verano El Zol 107.9 Fest with Farruko, Millie Quezada, Luis Vargas, Karol G., Grupo Melao,  Mr. Pelon 503, Don Pedro Rivera, Bachata Plus at Fed-Ex Stadium parking lot

Talib Kweli with Pete Rock at 5 at the Howard Theatre

Chance the Rapper at Jiffy Lube (rap)

Smile Project Carnival at RFK with Smile Project Carnival at RFK with Thievery Corporation's Rob Garza; Manila Killa; White Ford Bronco; Black Alley & More TBD

Capital Jazz Fest at Merriweather Post with Anthony Hamilton, Sheila E, Loose Ends and more

Michael Kiwanuka at 930 Club

John Moreland at Rock n Roll Hotel

Federal Hill Jazz & Blues Fest at 11 am in Baltimore

Taste of Wheaton

Dalek at DC9 (sold out)

Tab Benoit at Birchmere

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Mon. 6-5

Skepta at the Fillmore

Rebirth Brass Band at Rams Head in Annapolis

The Avalanches at the 930 Club

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 6-6

Air at Strathmore

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. 6-7

"Cultural Integrity and Local Music: Cape Breton Fiddle, New Orleans Funk" a talk by Burt Feintuch, Director, Center for the Humanities and Professor Folklore and English, University of New Hampshire at the Library of Congress at Noon-1:00 pm Whittall Pavilion, Ground floor, Thomas Jefferson Building

WPGC Birthday bash w/ Wale, Kyle, Luke Nasty, Khalid, Nick Grant, Bibi Bourelly & Surprise Guests! At the Howard Theatre

Robert Cray Band at Maryland Hall for the Creative Arts, Annapolis

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6-8

Los Nocheros at the Howard Theatre

Festival Afro Bahia at Fundação Internacional Capoeira Angola, 733 Euclid St NW

Feist at Lincoln Theatre

Freddie Gibbs at 930 Club

Gaiteros de Sanguashington at Bossa

!!! at U St Music Hall

Tom Heyman and Dan Stuart at Hill Country

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   6-9

Singer Wayna  tribute  to Ethiopian soul superstar, Bezunesh Bekele, known as “the Aretha Franklin of Ethiopia”   at Bethesda Blues and Jazz

“Fania All-Stars: Live in Africa” (New York City’s legendary salsa group performs at special 1973 concert before the Muhammad Ali/George Foreman fight) at 7:30– 9:00 p.m. at the Smithsonian Museum of American Art

Werrason at Lee’s Lounge in Hyattsville

Marc Bamuthi Joseph explores soccer by layering poetry, movement, visuals, and music into a fresh theatrical form based on Hip Hop aesthetics with Hip Hop Culture: /peh-LO-tah/ - a futbol framed freedom suite at Kennedy Center (through the 11^th)

Grupo Exterminador, Alerta Zero y Caedetes de Linares at 90 degrees in Manassas

Angela Leiva at the Palace

Grupo Niche at Rio Cantina in Sterling, VA (Colombia salsa)

DC Caribbean FilmFest - Machel Montano: Journey of a Soca King at AFI Silver

Original Senators Reloaded at Ivy City Smokehouse

DJ Rekha (bhangra) at Tropicalia

Tinner Hill Blues fest (through the 11^th)

Strange Adventures III takes place June 9th (starting at 7pm) and 10th (starting at 12pm) at St. Stephen & The Incarnation Episcopal Church (1525 Newton St NW). A benefit rock and rap fest with lots of acts

DC Jazz Festival at many locations through the 17th

Lalah Hathaway at the Howard Theatre

Dierks Bentley, Cole Swindell, & Jon Pardi (country) at Jiffy Lube Live

Paul Simon, Sarah Mclachlan at Merriweather Post

Kash Doll at Bliss DC

Woody Pines at Hill Country

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.  6-10

Sam Fan Thomas at Cococabana (great veteran Cameroon musician) in Hyattsville

WPFW Spring Fling Dj benefit event at Prince Hall on U Street

movie doc "Style Wars" at 2–3:10 p.m. at Smithsonian Museum of American Art--Documents the hip-hop dancers and graffiti artists of New York’s 1980s street culture

El Alpha at the Wheaton Lounge

Los Cafres at the Fillmore

Jane Bunnett and Maqueque with Fabrizio Bosso at 6th & I (Canadian Latin Jazz leader with Cubans)

Strange Adventures III takes place June 9th (starting at 7pm) and 10th (starting at 12pm) at St. Stephen & The Incarnation Episcopal Church (1525 Newton St NW). A benefit rock and rap fest with lots of acts

Chopteeth at Gypsy Sally’s

Joe Jackson and Mavis Staples at Wolf Trap (Mavis is a great r’n’b singer)

Taste of Jamaica at Veterans Plaza, Silver Spring

Jazz Fest event at Tropicalia with Brian Settles (8:30 p.m.); Mary Halvorson Octet (9:45 p.m.)

Beltway Barbeque Showdown at Showplace Arena (music tba)

Maryland Traditions Folklife Festival noon to 7 at Creative Alliance in Baltimore

the Mike Seeger Commemorative Old Time Banjo Festival featuring Tony Trischka, Kaia Kater, Michael Miles, Cathy Fink, and Marcy Marxer at Birchmere

Daniel Bachman at Rhizome

Cardi B at Bliss DC

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. 6-11

Taste of Africa in downtown Silver Spring

Etana at the Hamilton

Leonard, Coleman & Blunt soul tribute at Betheda Blues and Jazz

Silver Spring Blues Festival Kick-Off Party featuring Warner Williams & Jay Summerour at El Golfo Restaurant, 8739 Flower Avenue, Silver Spring, MD

Rosana at the Howard Theatre

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.  6-12

Rodrigo & Gabriela at 930 Club

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 .  6-13

Film Screening and Discussion: Shake 'Em On Down, a documentary on the legendary bluesman Mississippi Fred McDowell with director Scott Baretta, University of Mississippi , 4:00 pm-5:30 pm, Pickford Theater, 3rd Floor, James Madison Building , Library of Congress

Sun Ra Arkestra directed by Marshall Allen at 8 & 10 at Capital Fringe.

Guitarist John Lee at Sotto (jazz & international)

Ryan Culwell at Hill Country

*Shannen Moser at Rock n Roll Hotel 

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.   6-14

Ha Ha Tonka at DC 9

Banda Magda at Bossa

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. 6-15

Old 97s at the Birchmere

Joan Shelley and Jake Xerxes Fussell at Jammin' Java

Dance Afrique at Museum of African Art

Sahel at Bossa

*Ray Blk at Songbyrd (neo-soul singer/ rapper)

* Movie "Step" (film about female Baltimore step dance team) at 1 p at Landmark

* Movie "Resurrecting Hassan" (move about a family of blind street musicians coping with loss of youngest member) at 4 pm at AFI Silver

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  6-16

Big Daddy Kane (old school rapper) at Howard Theatre

CeCe Winans at the Warner Theatre

Kindred the Family Soul at the Birchmere

St. Paul & the Broken Bones, Shovels & Rope at Wolf Trap

Marshall Crenshaw & Los Straitjackets at the Hamilton

Jarabe de Palo at the State Theatre

Slavic Soul Party celebrates Duke Ellington’s “Far East Suite” at Atlas Theatre

*Movie-"Chavela" (about Mexican ranchera singer Chavela Vargas)  at AFI Silver at 11am

*Movie -"Rumble-The Indians who Rocked the World" (Link Wray and other Native American rockers) at 6:30 at Landmark

*Coup Savage & the Snips farewell gig at the Black Cat

*Ronnie Baker Brooks at Ramshead Annapolis

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 6-17

Delfonics featuring William Hart at the Howard Theatre

Billy Hancock (rockabilly singer) medical issues benefit gig at Glen Echo

Bettye Lavette (good soul singer)  and others at Columbia Pike Blues Fest (1 to 8:30pm)

JC Brooks, Hal Monitors, Caz Gardiner at Black Cat

Around the World Cultural Food Festival near the Washington Monument (and on the 18^th)

Columbia Heights Day

Elikeh at 4pm at Columbia Fest of the Arts

Juneteenth celebration at Walker Mill Regional Park in MD

World Refugee Day at Creative Alliance from 2 to 5pm

* the Legendary Ils Sont Partis Band (the late Buckwheat Zydeco's Band) at Rams Head On Stage (Annapolis) (All-Ages Matinee)

Wolf Trap Opera & Halcyon Stage present Philip Glass’s The Fall of the House of Usher at Dock 5 at Union Market

Women in Blues at Amp

Rene Ibanez and Cubanao Groove at Lubber Run

*Movie-"Whitney- Can I be Me" (doc about the late Whitney Houston) at 9pm at the Newseum 

*Movie-"Chavela" (about Mexican ranchera singer Chavela Vargas)  at Landmark at 9pm 

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Sun.  6-18

Jamaican Jerk Festival with Tarrus Riley, Romain Virgo, Queen Ifrica, Fay-Ann Lyon & Bunji Garlin plus Jamaican food including jerk chicken, at RFK Stadium Festival Lawn

Ani Cordero (Puerto Rican singer/activist) for free from 6 to 7 at Kennedy Center Millennium Stage

Aaron Neville at Columbia Festival of the Arts

Ronnie Baker Brooks at the Hamilton

Around the World Cultural Food Festival near the Washington Monument

Gregory Porter at 2 pm at Yards Park as part of DC Jazz Fest

Robert Glasper Experiment at Yards Park as part of DC Jazz Fest

* Movie "Step" (film about female Baltimore step dance team) at 2:30pm at AFI Silver

*Ronnie Baker Brooks at he Hamilton

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6-19

Buddy Miller, Jim Lauderdale, Patty Griffin at the Hamilton

Robert Glasper Experiment at Rams Head Annapolis

Bubba Sparxxx and Struggle Jennings at Baltimore SoundStage

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. 6-20

John Legend, Gallant at Merriweather Post

Meklit (album release party) at Tropicalia (Ethiopian folk)

Thao & the Get Down Stay Down for free from 6 to 7 at Kennedy Center Millennium Stage

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. 6-21

New Breed Brass Band at Gypsy Sally’s (New Orleans)

Peter Asher & Albert Lee at Jammin' Java

*Fete de la Musique at the French Embassy

*Aimee Mann at Rams Head Annapolis

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. 6-22

Arcangel at 90 degrees in Manassas

Raul Midon at Bethesda Blues and Jazz

The Specials at Baltimore Soundstage

*Proteje at the Howard Theatre

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.  6-23

Soul Rebels at Baltimore Soundstage

Will Eastman (DJ electro dj) for free from 6 to 7 at Kennedy Center Millennium Stage

ArcAngel at the VIP Room in Baltimore

Margaret Glaspy at RnR Hotel

*Aimee Mann at the Birchmere

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. 6-24

Teenarama  Dance Party with djs at VFW Hall 9619 in  Morningside, MD

Backyard Band, UCB, & Black Alley at the Howard Theatre at 11 pm

Alejandro Escovedo at Birchmere

Lady Antebellum, Kasea Ballerini, Brett Young at Jiffy Lube (country)

Giant Food National Capital Barbeque Fest with EU with Sugar Bear, Be’la Dona, We Are One Tribute X-Perience, Reesa Renee, i&I Riddim Reggae Band, The Pocket Band, (Sunday too)

*Baltimore Latino Fest at Patterson Park 12 noon to 10pm

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. 6-25

Giant Food National Capital Barbeque Fest with Chuck Brown Band, Marcus Johnson, Trouble Funk, Marcus Mitchell.

Luke Bryan, Brett Eldredge, Lauren Alaina at Merriweather Post

New Kids on the Block, Paula Abdul, Boyz II Men at Verizon Center

Young Senators Reloaded at Allen Pond Park at 7 pm

*Baltimore Latino Fest at Patterson Park 12 noon to 9pm

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. 6-26

Hall & Oates at Verizon Center

Lindsey Buckingham, Christine McVie (from Fleetwood Mac) with the Wallflowers at Wolf Trap

Rosanne Cash & band at Birchmere

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.  6-27

Beausoleil for free from 6 to 7 at Kennedy Center Millennium Stage

NSO Pops with Gregory Porter at Kennedy Center

Flat Duo Jets and Daddy Long legs (rockabilly) at Hill Country

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.  6-28 

 * Beausoleil from noon to 1 at Library of Congress 

Al B. Sure at the Howard Theatre (r’n’b)

Gandharva Choir from India (premiering a commissioned work), The Richard Wallace High School choir from Ireland, and Coro Polifónico de Panamá perform as part of Serenade! Choral Festival: A JFK 100 Celebration. Part of JFKC: A Centennial Celebration of John F. Kennedy for free from 6 to 7 at Kennedy Center Millennium Stage

Orkesta Mendoza at the Amp  (indie cumbia)

XXXTentacion at the Fillmore

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6-29

Sizzla at Howard Theatre (dancehall reggae)

Sjaella from Germany (premiering a commissioned work), Insingizi from Zimbabwe (premiere of new song), and Le Cantati di Chicago perform as part of Serenade! Choral Festival: A JFK 100 Celebration. Part of JFKC: A Centennial Celebration of John F. Kennedy for free from 6 to 7 at Kennedy Center Millennium Stage

Smithsonian Folklife Festival starts (and runs through July 4^th and then from July 6 to 9^th)—themes this year are Circuses plus 50 Years of Folklife Festival musicians and performers and Immigration .... Beausoleil Quartet Avec Michael Doucet  At 2pm on the national mall as part of the Smithsonian Folklife Festival's first day -- "Accordions on the Move" at the Story Circle stage

 * Beausoleil and Los Texmaniacs performance at 5:30pm on the Ripley Stage

Cissa Paz at Bossa

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6-30

Leo Dan at the Howard Theatre

Madras Youth Choir from India, Balkanes from Bulgaria (premiering a commissioned work), and Siraj Band from Morocco (premiering a commissioned work) perform as part of Serenade! Choral Festival: A JFK 100 Celebration. Part of JFKC: A Centennial Celebration of John F. Kennedy  for free from 6 to 7 at Kennedy Center Millennium Stage

Charlie Zaa at the Palace

DJ Mustard, Matoma at Echostage

Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit, Mountain Goats at Merriweather Post

Vivian Green at Birchmere

*Chuck Brown Band at 5:30 at Smithsonian Folklife Festival

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7-1-

* Los Treinta: 30 Years of Salvadorans in D.C. through Music & Poetry at 1:15 p.m. at Smithsonian Folklife Fest

* Juan Gutiérrez and Los Pleneros de la 21 (Puerto rican bomba and plena music) at 5:30pm at Smithsonian Folklife Fest

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Other cool stuff (mostly indie-rock)- 6-1-Richard Lloyd Band @ Black Cat; 6-3 -Rock fest @ Dew Drop Inn w//   2pm, with performances by The Caribbean, Boat Burning, Greenland, Time Is Fire, Insect Factory, Nice Breeze, Sansyou, Aaron Leitko, Big Fresh, Attempt, More Humans, Mike Shiflet and Slip Disco.  ; 6-4-Ween @ Pier 6; 6-5-Richard Lloyd Band @ Metro Gallery; 6-6-Mary Timony plays Helium @ RnR Hotel; fest at st stephens;6-8 Bent Knee @ Black Cat; 6-9-Wilco @ Wolf Trap; 6-11-B-52s & the Romantics @ Wolf Trap; Girlpool, Vagabon, and Lexie @ Rock & Roll Hotel; 6-13- Cracker (unplugged) -@Jammin' Java; Dawes @ Baltimore SoundStage;  6-16- Super Silver Haze @ Vis Arts; *New Madrid w/ David Barbe @ Songbyrd;  *6-18-Two Inch Astronaut, Bad Moves @ Black Cat;  6-20-U2 at Fed Ex F.; 6-22- Elvis Costello (Imperial Bedroom tour) @ Wolf Trap; * Flasher @ Luce/American Art Museum;  6-23-Aimee Mann @ Birchmore; 6-25-Songs Molina: A Memorial at Rock n Roll Hotel; * Bat Fang (Betsy from Ex-Hex) @ Black Cat;  6-30-Des Demonas & Mr Airplane Man @ Comet Ping Pong

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