DC/Baltimore
Global Music and More- July 2018
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 2018, Rolling Afrobeats
Afropop 2018, the Rolling Afro-Latin & the Capital Swamp &
Chitlin Circuit threads
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July 2018 Highlights
Tues 7-10-Os
Mutantes at Black Cat (Brazilian)
Thurs.
7-12-Jorge Drexler at State Theatre(Oscar nominated Uruguay singer/songwriter)
Bombino
(North African guitarist) and Sahel at the Hamilton
Sat.
7-14- Baltimore/DC One Carnival -Parade starts at 12 noon at 900 E. 33rd
St, Baltimore, then festival($ paid ticket) at Clifton Park with Tallpre, Image
Band, Panmasters Steel Band
Wed. 7-18 -Gran’Mah Band from Mozambique at Bossa
(pop-reggae)
Fri.
7-27- Winfield Parker and the Upsetters Band at Bethesda Blues and Jazz (great
old-school Baltimore soul singer)
Sun. 7-29-Tinariwen
at the Warner Theatre (Tuareg/Tamashek African band)
DMV
Summerfest with Sizzla Kalonji, Bunji Garlin, Masicka, Dexta Daps, Ding Dong,
Skinny Banton, and Denise Belfon and more at Lake Clifton from 12 noon to 9pm
in Baltimore (reggae dancehall, and soca)
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Sun. 7-1
Stephen
Marley, Rebelution, Common Kings, Zion I Crew at MGM Grand National Harbor
(reggae)
Smithsonian
Folklife Festival starts at 11 am till 6pm (includes music from Armenia and
Catalonia plus more including crafts, dance, lectures)
Tastes of
Africa at Silver Spring Civic Center 12 noon to 9pm
Hal
Ketchum at Birchmere
Reba
McEntire at Wolf Trap
Mandela
at 100: Songs of Hope, Justice, and Unity concludes with an exuberant
celebration featuring individual performances from all participating choir
ensembles, as well as two world premieres: Syrian composer Kinan Azmeh’s Ibn
Arabi Suite and a work by Qinisela Sibisi of South Africa, commissioned by
Classical Movements for the entire Serenade! mass choir (including the Nai
Syrian Children’s Choir, via livestream) for free from 6 to 7 pm at the Kennedy
Center Millennium Stage
Ain’t Too
Proud to Beg: The Life and Times of the Temptations musical at the Kennedy
center till July 22
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. 7-2
Lil’
Margie at Westminster Church, Sw DC (soul)
The Cobla
Catalana del Sons Essencials (CCSE) for free from 6 to 7 pm at the Kennedy
Center Millennium Stage
A Boogie
wit Da Hoodie (rap) at Fillmore
Antonia
at Black Cat
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Tues. 7-3
Cheick
Hamala Diabete and Griot Street band at Bossa (DC-based Malian and more)
Los
Cafres at the Fillmore
Maxi
Priest at Howard Theatre (reggae-pop)
Rare
Essence with EU featuring Sugar Bear at the Hamilton (go-go)
Sam Smith at Capital One Arena (Brit soul-pop)
the Dynamic Duo: Ms. Kim & Scooby, with
Bela Dona at Union Stage 740 Water Street SW (go-go)
Onnik
Dinkjian (Armenian folk and liturgial singer) for free from 6 to 7 pm at the
Kennedy Center Millennium Stage
Vinyl
Acres Record Store Flood Relief Concert at Villain & Saint
Chuck
Brown Band at Bethesda Blues & Jazz (go-go)
Akae Beka
at Tropicalia
YFN Lucci
at Bliss
*Team Familiar at Big Chief
*Team Familiar at Big Chief
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Wed.
7-4
Smithsonian
Folklife Festival starts at 11 am till 6pm (includes music from Armenia and
Catalonia plus more including crafts, dance, lectures)
Puerto
Rican music therapy salsa group Son Veteranos for free from 6 to 7 pm at the
Kennedy Center Millennium Stage
A Capital
Fourth at the US Capital w/ orchestra and more
*Pearl Street Warehouse Presents a Day & Night of Free Live Music- featuring
The Grandsons (1:15-3:15pm); Vintage #18 (5-7:15pm)
*Pearl Street Warehouse Presents a Day & Night of Free Live Music- featuring
The Grandsons (1:15-3:15pm); Vintage #18 (5-7:15pm)
The JoGo Project ( 9:45 -11:15pm Post Fire Works)
Backyard Band at Martini's
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. 7-5
Feedel
Band at Bossa
Ohio
Players at Birchmere
Rebelution
at Pier Six Pavilion (reggae)
Smithsonian
Folklife Festival starts at 11 am till 6pm (includes music from Armenia and
Catalonia plus more including crafts, dance, lectures)
Secret
Trio | Maria Arnal i Marcel Bagés from 6:30 to 8:30pm at Smithsonian Folklife
Festival Rinzler Stage
the Al.
Spendiaryan Qanon Ensemble (Armenia) for free from 6 to 7 pm at the Kennedy
Center Millennium Stage
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. 7-6
Vocalist
Maria Arnal and guitarist Marcel Bagés (Catalonia) for free from 6 to 7 pm at
the Kennedy Center Millennium Stage
Da-Bangg
the Tour Reloaded (Bollywood with Salman Khan, Katrina Kaif, Sonakshi Sinha,
Jacqueline Fernandez, Prabhudeva, Manish Paul, Daisy Shah, Guru Randhawa,) at
Capital One Arena
Shy
Glizzy at the Fillmore (DC rap)
Smithsonian
Folklife Festival starts at 11 am till 6pm (includes music from Armenia and
Catalonia plus more including crafts, dance, lectures)
Green
Fields of America from 6:30 to 8:30 at Smithsonian Folklife Festival Rinzler
Stage (Irish)
Southside
Johnny at the Birchmere
Diana
Reyes & Banda La Querendona at 90 Degrees in Manassas,VA
RAM at
Creative Alliance (Haitian band)
Bobby
Caldwell at Bethesda Blues & Jazz
Renegade:
The Reunion with Ciscero, Dj Remii, Shooters Of Abm, The Mixxstress, Tj Of New
Impressionz at Union Stage (bouncebeat go-go and rap)
*Backyard Band at Aqua
*Backyard Band at Aqua
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. 7-7
1st
Annual DC Pan African Festival: Living The Nguzo Saba from 11am to 7 pm at 1327
Rhode Island Ave. NE
Last
Train Home, Karl Straub Combo, and Kevin Royal Johnson at Union Stage
(alt-country & roots rock)
Smithsonian
Folklife Festival starts at 11 am till 6pm (includes music from Armenia and
Catalonia plus more including crafts, dance, lectures)
Cobla
Catalana dels Sons Essencials | Joan Garriga i el Mariatxi Galàctic | Armenian
Folk Dance from 6:30 to 8:30 at Smithsonian Folklife Festival Rinzler Stage
Roadworks
40th anniversary with Ysaÿe Maria Barnwell, Be Steadwell, and
Carolyn Malachi for free from 6 to 7 pm at the Kennedy Center Millennium Stage
RAM (from
Haiti) at Tropicalia
Grupo
Mirimar de Enrique at Club One
Jollof
Festival at Union Market,
Q Da Fool
and Lightshow at the Fillmore (DC rap)
Honey
Dewdrops and Caleb Stine Band at Hill Country Live
Key Glock
at Bliss
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7-8
Lauryn
Hill at Jiffy Lube
Smithsonian
Folklife Festival starts at 11 am till 6pm (includes music from Armenia and
Catalonia plus more including crafts, dance, lectures)
Sisterfire
Concert from 6:30 to 8:30 at Smithsonian Folklife Festival Rinzler Stage with Alsarah,
Tattiana Aqeel, Ysaye Maria Barnwell, Be Steadwell, Alexis DeVeaux, Alexis
Pauline Gumbs, Ariel Horowitz, Carolyn Malachi, Roya Marsh, Holly Near, Toshi
Reagon and BIGLovely, Martha Redbone, Urban Bush Women, Venus Thrash, and
selections from the Bernice Johnson Reagon Songbook
Made in
Colombia Fest at UDC with Sonora Dinamita and others
Avant-garde
folk multi-instrumentalist Arto Tunçboyaciyan for free from 6 to 7 pm at the
Kennedy Center Millennium Stage
*Hardway Connection at Lamont's in Pomonkey, MD (Southern soul)
*Hardway Connection at Lamont's in Pomonkey, MD (Southern soul)
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. 7-9
King Soul
at Fort Reno
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Tues. 7-10
Os
Mutantes at Black Cat
Steely
Dan at Jiffy Lube
Taylor
Swift at Fed-Ex
Marisa
Anderson at Songbyrd (Folk guitarist w/ African and classical influences)
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7-11
Ana
Tijoux presents Roja y Negro: Canciones de Amor y Desamour at the Birchmere
Freddie
McGregor at Howard Theatre
Bombino
(north African guitarist) at Creative Alliance
Taylor
Swift at Fed-Ex
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Thurs. 7-12
Jorge
Drexler at State Theatre(Oscar nominated singer/songwriter)
Bombino (North
African guitarist) and Sahel at the Hamilton
Britney Spears at the Theater at MGM National
Harbor
Chris
Brown, H.E.R., and Rich the Kid at Jiffy Lube Live
Drivin n
Cryin and Eric Ambel at Hill Country Live
*Newpoli at 12 noon at Library of Congress Coolidge Auditorium for free (Massachusetts based Italian folk )
* Hatsune Miku (Japanese hologram pop) at Anthem
*Newpoli at 12 noon at Library of Congress Coolidge Auditorium for free (Massachusetts based Italian folk )
* Hatsune Miku (Japanese hologram pop) at Anthem
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Fri .
7-13
* Congolese rumba dj night with DJ Mamady K at Lee's Lounge, 2903 Hamilton Street, Hyattsville
* Congolese rumba dj night with DJ Mamady K at Lee's Lounge, 2903 Hamilton Street, Hyattsville
Tropical
underground fiesta featuring Dos Santos (Chicago) and La Chicha de tu Madre (DC
based Peruvian chicha music) at Dupont Underground
System
Solar at the State Theatre
Beres
Hammond at the Howard Theatre (reggae)
Espinoza
Paz at Rio Cantina in Sterling, VA
Folks of
Bengal and Bauls as part of After Hours from 5 to 8 at Freer Sackler outdoors
Juanes at
Wolf Trap
Jean
Carne at Blues Alley
Los
Diablitos del Vallenato at Diamond Lounge in Annandale
Vagon
Chicano & Grupo Enkanto de Tierra Caliente at 90 Degrees in Manassas
Colombia
Independence celebration at Barcode
Ife
(Puerto Rico) for free from 6 to 7 pm at the Kennedy Center Millennium Stage
Eileen
Jewell at Mason District Park
Yung Bleu
at Bliss
Radney
Foster at Creative Alliance
Todd Terry
at U St Music Hall
*Analog Tara at ten Tigers Parlour
*Analog Tara at ten Tigers Parlour
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Sat. 7-14
Pachanga
Fest (Mexican music) at 600 South Conkling St., Baltimore with Caballo Dorado ,
Grupo Escalante, Conjunto Mar Azul and more
Baltimore/DC
One Carnival -Parade starts at 12 noon at 900 E. 33rd St,Baltimore, then
festival($ paid ticket) at Clifton Park with Tallpre, Image Band, Panmasters
Steel Band
Beres
Hammond at the Howard Theatre
*Abizzy (from Sierra Leone) at Power Nightclub, DC
*Abizzy (from Sierra Leone) at Power Nightclub, DC
Bachata
Heightz at Cococabana
Anthony
David at City Winery
Jason
Aldean, Luke Combs, and Lauren Alaina at Jiffy Lube Live (the 2018 Country
Megaticket)
Jean Carne - Blues Alley
Melanie
Fiona at Birchmere
Revelator Hill and Erin Lunsford (from Erin
& the Wildfire) at Pearl Street Warehouse
Sugarland, Brandy Clark, and Clare Bowen at Merriweather
Post Pavilion (country)
the Circus Life Podcast 5th Anniversary
Concert: the Bumper Jacksons, Justin Trawick & the Common Good, Louisa
Hall, and more at 9:30 Club
Gerald
Levert Tribute at Baltimore Soundstage
Dynamic
Duo (Ms. Kim & Scooby), Let it Flow, Black Passion band at fire Station One
in Silver Spring
*Chuck Brown Band at Babylon in Falls Church/Bailey's Crossroads
*Wale at Bliss DC
* Rich Homie Quan (rap) at Tropicalia
*Chuck Brown Band at Babylon in Falls Church/Bailey's Crossroads
*Wale at Bliss DC
* Rich Homie Quan (rap) at Tropicalia
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Sun. 7-15
Baltimore/DC
One Carnival concert and family Day at Clifton Park with Patrice Roberts and MX
Prime
Pachanga
Fest Annapolis at 10 Pyhian Dr ,Edgewater Md with with Caballo Dorado , Grupo
Escalante, Conjunto Mar Azul and more
La Santa
Cecilia at the State Theatre
Shania
Twain at Capital One Arena (formerly Verizon Center) (Now Tour)
Syleena
Johnson at City Winery DC
Eileen
Jewell at Creative Alliance
*Halsey & Jessie Reyez at Wolf Trap
* Yellowman at the Hamilton
*Halsey & Jessie Reyez at Wolf Trap
* Yellowman at the Hamilton
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7-16
Slum
Village at Songbyrd
John
Moreland at Creative Alliance
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. 7-17
*Kinky Friedman at Rams Head Annapolis
*Kinky Friedman at Rams Head Annapolis
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Wed. 7-18
Gran’Mah
Band from Mozambique at Bossa (pop-reggae)
Lena
Seikaly at Strathmore (Live from the Lawn)(jazz singer)
Jake
Clemons at Union Stage
*James Hunter Six at Rams Head Annapolis
*James Hunter Six at Rams Head Annapolis
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. 7-19
Buddy Guy,
Quinn Sullivan at State Theatre
Chuck
Prophet at the Hamilton
Poncho
Sanchez at Blues Alley
James
Hunter six at Pearl Street Warehouse
La Chicha
de tu Madre (an Amazonian Cumbia/Chicha band based in Washington, D.C) from 7
to 8:30pm at the National Arboretum on New York Avenue
Clairo
and Garren Sean at Union Stage
*Batala (DC Brazilian style drum corps) at 7 outside at the Library of Congress
*Batala (DC Brazilian style drum corps) at 7 outside at the Library of Congress
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Fri. 7-20
Huda
Asfour (DC-based Palestinian oud player) and DJ Ayes Cold from 5 to 8 at Freer
Sackler outdoors
*The Revelers for free at Mason District Park, 6621 Columbia Pike, Annandale (Louisiana swamp pop)
*The Revelers for free at Mason District Park, 6621 Columbia Pike, Annandale (Louisiana swamp pop)
Poncho
Sanchez at Blues Alley (Two shows) (Latin jazz)
Queen
Latifah and Common at Wolf Trap (rap)
Tory
Lanez at the Fillmore
Janelle
Monae at Anthem (r'nb/pop)
El Alfa
El Jefe at Rio Cantina in Sterling, VA
Homenaje
a Diomedes Dias con Orlando Liñan at El Aguila Restaurant, Silver Spring
Blackbyrds
at Bowie, MD Center for the Performing Arts
August
Alsina at the Howard Theatre
Brencore
Allstar Band tribute to Motown at Union Stage
Kasper
Burnstein, house/Bmore Club/hip hop dj at 9pm at Artscape
Teddy
Douglas, house/dance classics at 10pm at Artscape
Tee
Grizzley at Bliss
Musiq
Soulchild at Bethesda Blues and Jazz
* Jeff and Gerret Warner | From the Mountains to the Sea: The Anne and Frank Warner Collection at 7 pm at the Library of congress James Madison Building Mumford Room for free
* Ronnie Milsap at Rams Head Annapolis
*Akua Allrich (jazz vocalist0 at Soundry, in Columbia, MD
* Jeff and Gerret Warner | From the Mountains to the Sea: The Anne and Frank Warner Collection at 7 pm at the Library of congress James Madison Building Mumford Room for free
* Ronnie Milsap at Rams Head Annapolis
*Akua Allrich (jazz vocalist0 at Soundry, in Columbia, MD
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Sat. 7-21
Plan B at
Echostage
Colombian
Fest at Yards Park, 200 M Street
Southeast
Poncho
Sanchez at Blues Alley (Two shows)
Ray Wylie
Hubbard at City Winery DC (Texas country)
Toots and
the Maytals at 7:30 at Artscape in Baltimore
Musiq
Soulchild at Bethesda Blues and Jazz
Faust at
Creative Alliance (German krautrock)
* Bolivian cultural night at Ossian Hall Park in Virginia
*Shy Glizzy at Bliss DC
* Bolivian cultural night at Ossian Hall Park in Virginia
*Shy Glizzy at Bliss DC
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Sun. 7-22
Casino
Royale at Wolf Trap
Poncho
Sanchez at Blues Alley (Two shows)
DC soul
at Gee’s in Hyattsville
George
Clinton birthday bash tribute 3 to 9 pm at Fire Station One in Silver Spring
Hip Hop
Meets the Music of India with Nistha Raj & Christylez Bacon and: Avi Shah:
tabla, Brian Falkowski: Sax & Flute in a free 5 to 6 pm outdoor concert at 1468
Dolley Madison Blvd, McLean,
Toni
Romiti at Union Stage
*Hardway Connection at Lamont's in Pomonkey, MD (Southern soul)
*Lori Mckenna at City Winery DC
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*Hardway Connection at Lamont's in Pomonkey, MD (Southern soul)
*Lori Mckenna at City Winery DC
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. 7-23
Los
Gaiteros de San Jacinto for free from 6 to 7 pm at the Kennedy Center Millennium
Stage
Las
Cafeterias with Conjunto Bruja at Creative Alliance
*Dakhabrakha at City Winery DC
*Dakhabrakha at City Winery DC
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. 7-24
Arun
Ramamurthy Trio (South India) for free from 6 to 7 pm at the Kennedy Center
Millennium Stage
Jason
Isbell & the 400 Unit and Hiss Golden Messenger at Wolf Trap
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Wed. 7-25
District
of Raga at Bossa
Charlie
Puth at Wolf Trap
Fantastic
Negrito at 6th & I
The XX at
the 930 Club (sold out) w/ Beautiful Swimmers
Nikki
Lane at RnR Hotel
Goldlink
at U St Music hall (sold out)
*Grandsons at for free at Mason District Park, 6621 Columbia Pike, Annandale (rockabilly)
*The Quebe Sisters at City Winery DC
*Shelby Lynne (country) at Birchmere
*Charlie Wilson (r'nb) at Pier 6 Mecu Pavilion
*Grandsons at for free at Mason District Park, 6621 Columbia Pike, Annandale (rockabilly)
*The Quebe Sisters at City Winery DC
*Shelby Lynne (country) at Birchmere
*Charlie Wilson (r'nb) at Pier 6 Mecu Pavilion
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Thurs. 7-26
Cissa Paz
and friends at Bossa (Brazilian)
Bazzi at
the Fillmore
Raveena (Indian-American
R&B singer) at Songbyrd
Iberi
Choir of Georgia at a Creative Alliance show at Bnai Israel Synagogue in
Baltimore
* Brand Nubian (Rap) at City Winery DC
*Chelsey Green at 7 at Library of Congress outdoors for free
*Quebe Sisters at Rams Head Annapolis
*Dikki Du and the Zydeco Crew at the Soundry, in Columbia, MD
* Gentrification and Displacement in Washington, D.C., 1920 - 2018, lecture by George Derek Musgrove an associate professor of history at University of Maryland, Baltimore County, and the co-author of Chocolate City: A History of Race and Democracy in the Nation’s Capital, at 6:30 at the Woodridge Library , 1801 Hamlin St NE for free
* Brand Nubian (Rap) at City Winery DC
*Chelsey Green at 7 at Library of Congress outdoors for free
*Quebe Sisters at Rams Head Annapolis
*Dikki Du and the Zydeco Crew at the Soundry, in Columbia, MD
* Gentrification and Displacement in Washington, D.C., 1920 - 2018, lecture by George Derek Musgrove an associate professor of history at University of Maryland, Baltimore County, and the co-author of Chocolate City: A History of Race and Democracy in the Nation’s Capital, at 6:30 at the Woodridge Library , 1801 Hamlin St NE for free
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Fri. 7-27
*Heatwave the concert (afropop african r'n'b/hiphop) at Echostage with Burnaboy (Nigeria) , Mayorkun, Bisa Kdai, Tagsoundz, Next Level Band
*Heatwave the concert (afropop african r'n'b/hiphop) at Echostage with Burnaboy (Nigeria) , Mayorkun, Bisa Kdai, Tagsoundz, Next Level Band
Silvestre
Dangond at Anthem
Celebrando
Fiesta Patrias con Silverio Urbina at El Carbonazo in Gaithersburg
Almighty
at the Palace
Khatanbold
Urlagbaatar and Washington Samul Nori from 5 to 8 at Freer Sackler outdoors
Jay-Z and
Beyoncé at FedEx Field
The XX at
the 930 Club
Raphael
Saadiq at the Kennedy Center
Speedy
Tolliver bluegrass tribute at Lubber Run in Arlington
Southern
Soul tribute to Muscle Shoals and Stax at Union Stage with Eddie and Earl Jones & their sister Patti Hatchett,
members of Hardway Connection, Billy Price and more
Joe Louis
Walker at the Silver Spring American Legion (blues)
Winfield
Parker and the Upsetters Band at Bethesda Blues and Jazz (great old-school
Baltimore soul singer)
Goldlink
at U St Music hall (sold out)
*Eric Roberson at City Winery DC
* Hillbenders do Who's Tommy Bluegrass Opry at Rams head Annapolis
*Salt 'N' Pepa, Young MC, Vanilla Ice at MD Live
* Caique Vidal & Batuque TYSM (Brazilian) at Tropicalia
*Eric Roberson at City Winery DC
* Hillbenders do Who's Tommy Bluegrass Opry at Rams head Annapolis
*Salt 'N' Pepa, Young MC, Vanilla Ice at MD Live
* Caique Vidal & Batuque TYSM (Brazilian) at Tropicalia
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Sat. 7-28
Jay-Z and
Beyoncé at FedEx Field
Made in
Cameroon music festival at the Fillmore (Cameroon acts tba)
La
Original Banda El Limon at VIP Club in Patapsco Arena in Baltimore
Johnny
Gill at Birchmere
Kesha and Macklemore at Jiffy Lube Live
National
Dance Day takes place from 2–10 p.m. on the Kennedy Center’s North Plaza and
Millennium Stage.
Young
Dolph at Bliss
Bar-kays
and One Way at Bethesda Blues and Jazz
Goldlink
at U St Music hall (sold out)
*Eric Roberson at City Winery DC
*Mariachi Los Amigos at the Warehouse Art Center in Lorton
* samba party at Tropicalia
*Salt 'N' Pepa, Young MC, Vanilla Ice at MD Live
*Willie Colon (salsa legend) at the Omni Shoreham Hotel, 2500 Calvert St. NW
* Dancing under the Stars for free with Afro-Colombian champeta band Bazurto Allstars and Congolese act Soukous Stars plus dance lessons on the Kennedy Center North Plaza
* Tinariwen at the Warner Theatre
*Anna Mwalagho one woman show at Silver Spring Black Box Theatre
* Chardabat Video release party at Lee's Lounge, 2903 Hamilton Street, Hyattsville, MD (Congolese)
*Veronneau live recording at Lubber Run in Arlington
* Junkyard Band and the Dynamic Duo-Ms Kim & Frank Scooby Sirius at Fast Eddies's
* Love Wins--A celebration in honor of new Ethiopian Prime Minister Dr. Abiy Ahmed’s historic visit to #WashingtonDC with Ephrem Tamiru, Madingo Afwerk, Sami Berhane, Berehanu Tezera & More backed by Ras Band at Echostage (Ethiopian acts)
*Eric Roberson at City Winery DC
*Mariachi Los Amigos at the Warehouse Art Center in Lorton
* samba party at Tropicalia
*Salt 'N' Pepa, Young MC, Vanilla Ice at MD Live
*Willie Colon (salsa legend) at the Omni Shoreham Hotel, 2500 Calvert St. NW
* Dancing under the Stars for free with Afro-Colombian champeta band Bazurto Allstars and Congolese act Soukous Stars plus dance lessons on the Kennedy Center North Plaza
* Tinariwen at the Warner Theatre
*Anna Mwalagho one woman show at Silver Spring Black Box Theatre
* Chardabat Video release party at Lee's Lounge, 2903 Hamilton Street, Hyattsville, MD (Congolese)
*Veronneau live recording at Lubber Run in Arlington
* Junkyard Band and the Dynamic Duo-Ms Kim & Frank Scooby Sirius at Fast Eddies's
* Love Wins--A celebration in honor of new Ethiopian Prime Minister Dr. Abiy Ahmed’s historic visit to #WashingtonDC with Ephrem Tamiru, Madingo Afwerk, Sami Berhane, Berehanu Tezera & More backed by Ras Band at Echostage (Ethiopian acts)
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Sun. 7-29
Tinariwen
at the Warner Theatre [MOVED TO SAT. 7-28]
DMV
Summerfest with Sizzla Kalonji, Bunji Garlin, Masicka, Dexta Daps, Ding Dong,
Skinny Banton, and Denise Belfon and more at Lake Clifton from 12 noon to 9pm
in Baltimore (reggae dancehall, and soca)
Mother's
Finest at Birchmere
Shaan
Love at the Warner theatre (India)
Ray
Charles tribute at Bethesda Blues and Jazz
Backyard
Band and Footwerk at U St Music Hall (DC go-go headliners)
*DC Highlife Stars at Lubber Run in Arlington for free (old-school style afropop)
*Hall Brothers for free at Mason District Park, 6621 Columbia Pike, Annandale (50s rock)
*Rico Nasty (MD rapper) at Baltimore Soundstage
*DC Highlife Stars at Lubber Run in Arlington for free (old-school style afropop)
*Hall Brothers for free at Mason District Park, 6621 Columbia Pike, Annandale (50s rock)
*Rico Nasty (MD rapper) at Baltimore Soundstage
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7-30
Beres
Hammond at Rams Head Live! Baltimore (reggae)
* Mapping Segregation in Washington, DC: Restrictive Covenants, Racial Segregation @ 6:30pm at Dc Shaw Library
* Thoms Dolby at Birchmere
* Mapping Segregation in Washington, DC: Restrictive Covenants, Racial Segregation @ 6:30pm at Dc Shaw Library
* Thoms Dolby at Birchmere
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7-31
Boy Pablo
(Youtube star) at Union Stage
Us the
Duo at 6th & I (folk pop)
*War at the Birchmere (sold out)
*War at the Birchmere (sold out)
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8-1
Chuck
Brown Band on the lawn at Strathmore
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Other
cool stuff (mostly indie-rock & punk) –7-2-Time is Fire, Des Demonas @ Fort
Reno; 7-5-Don Zientara @ Fort Reno; Mock Identity @ Black Cat; 7-6-Gauche @ Rhizome;
“We are the Clash” book release event @ Politics & Prose; 7-12-cMessthetics @ Fort Reno; 7-13-Wussy @
Black Cat; 7-14-Don Giovanni Records showcase @ Comet; 7-15-Goon, Bacchae @ Comet
; 7-16-Sarah Curtin @ fort reno; 7-18- Boy George & Culture
Club, the B-52s, and Thompson Twins' Tom Bailey @Wolf Trap; 7-19-Japandroids @
R’n’Roll Hotel (sold out); 1000 cakes night @ Fort Reno; Don Zientara @ Songbyrd; 7-20-
Japandroids
@ R’n’Roll Hotel; Arcade Fire @ Jiffy Lube; Two Inch Astronaut (Farewell Show),
Den-Mate, and Julian @ Black Cat ; Black Lodge emg & Park Snakes @
Luce/American Art Museum; Poster Children @ DC9; 7-22-Weezer
and Pixies @ Jiffy Lube; 7-23-DOA @ Black Cat; the NRIs @ Fort reno;7-24- Courtney Barnett,
Julien Baker, and Vagabon - The Anthem; 7-25-Echo & the Bunnymen, Violent
Femmes @ Anthem; Park Snakes & Tooth Choir@ 6:30 pm free @ Woodridge Library rooftop; 7-26-Shannon & the
Clams @ U-Hall; Wylder @ Nat. Arboretum; TK Echo & Cigarbox Planetarium @
Fort Reno; 7-28- David Byrne and Benjamin Clementine @ Merriweather Post
Pavilion; Pissed Jeans @ Metro Gallery; *BFF Fest @ Bathtub; 7-29-Vans Warped Tour @ Merriweather;
Arctic Monkeys @ Anthem; *Lightmare @ DC9; 7-30-The Effects at Fort Reno; 7-31-The Vaccines @ RnR
Hotel; *Rata Negra (Spain) & Gauche & Gluetraps @ Slash Run
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