DC Baltimore DMV Global Music and More March 2020 Concert Calendar Gig List

DC/Baltimore Global Music and More- March 2020

Compiled by Steve Kiviat 

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March 2020 Highlights –

Fri. 3-6- Red Baraat Festival of Colors @ Hamilton

Sat. 3-7-Jonathan Richman & Bonnie Prince Billy @ Lincoln Theatre (pop and indie)

Poguetry w/ Spider Stacey & Cait O’Riordan of Pogues with Louisiana’s Lost Bayou Ramblers @ Black Cat (Irish punk & Cajun)

Sun.  3-8- Nowruz celebration w/ Persian music from Sounds of the Homeland Ensemble @ 12:30 pm, 2:30, 4:30 @ Freer

“My Friend Fela” movie @ AFI @ 5:15pm part of New African Film Fest

Mon. 3-9- Wire @ Union Stage (UK postpunk)

Fri. 3-13- SOB x RBE @ Union Stage (rap)

Tues. 3-17- Jorge Drexler @ Lincoln Theatre (Uruguay singer-songwriter) CANCELLED

Fri. 3-20- Girma Beyene (Ethiopian pianist) backed by Akabe Wube (Paris band) @ Amp CANCELLED

*Sat. 3-21 - Afrobeat Dance Party w/Julius OJ Ekemode w/ Chopteeth @ St. Mark Presbyterian Church, Rockville POSTPONED 

Mon. 3-23- Mdou Moctar (Niger guitarist & band) w/ 75 Dollar Bill @ Ottobar POSTPONED

Tues. 3-24- Davido w/ Mick Jenkins @ Fillmore (Nigerian afrobeats) POSTPONED

RIP sax, flute, cowbell player Lloyd Pinchback who played with Chuck Brown &  also worked at Library of Congress

Online you should also check out the I Love Music forum/chatboard at ilxor.com and look for the Rolling Outernational Global Music 2020, Rolling Afro 2020,  the Rolling Afro-Latin & the Capital Swamp & Chitlin Circuit  threads 

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 Sun. 3-1

Hayes Carll (solo) w/ Allison Moorer @ Birchmere  (folk/Americana/country)

Kazzabe @ Fogoncito in Manassas Park

Young Dolph & Key Glock @ Fillmore (rap)

Bill Frisell : Harmony w/ Petra haden, Hank Roberts & Luke Bergman @ Keystone Korner

Proper Utensils day party 4 to 7 (tribute to Lloyd Pinchback) @ Bethesda Blues & jazz (go-go)

Parallel Intersections @ Atlas w/ Josanne Francis on steelpan & Chao Tian on Chinese dulcimer

Apollo 66, Capital Offender, No Pterodactyls @ The Airdale, 3605 14^th St NW

Seth Kibel klezmer brunch @ DC JCC

Backyard Band @ Society Lounge

TOB @ Power

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Mon.  3-2

Vacation, Brnda, Posmic @ Songbyrd (indie rock)

Mac Grgic for free from 6 to 7 @ Kennedy Center Millennium Stage (Balkan roots and avante-garde guitarist)

Of Montreal @ 930

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Tues. 3-3

La Juan D’Arienzo @ embassy of Argentina

Aventura @ Capital One Arena (bachata)

Cheick Hamala’s Griot Street @ Bossa

The Barrantes & Pinto-Ribeiro piano duo (Portugal) for free from 6 to 7 @ Kennedy Center Millennium Stage

G. Herbo @ Fillmore (rap)

Marcus Mitchell, Marcus Young, Marcus Canty @ Blues Alley

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Wed.  3-4

Eric Lindell unplugged and acoustic @ Hill Country

Armenian Odyssey @ Washington national Cathedral

Breeze Country hand dance public access show taping  @ 9 -10 pm @ Colmar Manor, MD (doors @ 6)

“Up From the Streets” movie doc about New Orleans music from 7:15- 9:15 w/ a q & a; plus 6:30 to 7:15 pre-screening reception w/ music from Dr. Michael White Quartet; plus afterparty with more music from 9:15 to 10:30 all @ Lincoln Theatre

Audrey Mika @ U St Music Hall (pop)

Lil Tjay w/ Mulatto @ Fillmore (rap)

Lucki @ Union Stage

Backyard Band @ Public Bar Live

What Band @ Hangars (go-go)

Anna McClellan & Staffers, Cool People, Merry Pranksters @ Rhizome

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Thurs.  3-5

New Africa Film Fest opening night @ AFI

Aventura @ Capital One Arena (bachata)

Aventura after-party @ Umaya

Roomful of Blues @ Hamilton

What Band @ Chateau Remix (dc go-go)

Drummer Trae Crudup & band @ Mr. Braxton (hiphop-accented jazz)

Chelsea Cutler @ Fillmore (sold out)

What Band @ Chateau

Feedel Band @ Bossa (ethio-jazz)

*Lily Kershaw @ Pie Shop

*Sir E.U & open mic @ Songbyrd

*TCB @ Power

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Fri.  3-6

* 70s Soul Jam w/ Stylistics, Emotions, Blue Magic, and Heatwave @ Lyric in Baltimore

 October 71 @ DC 9 @ 11:15 pm (hiphop/rock)

 Bacchae at Songbyrd (album release- postpunk)

Soul Rebels (New Orleans brass ) w/ Footwerk @ U St Music Hall @ 7

Maya Jane Coles @ 10:30 @ U St Music Hall

Cissa and JP Silva Brazilian carnival sounds @ Bossa

Milonga del Fest @ Argentina Embassy

Little Brother @ Rams Head Live

Red Baraat Festival of Colors @ Hamilton

Leon City Sounds Tropical Beat djs @ 10 @ Showtime Bar

Paul Wills & Brothers 7 Band @ Lamont’s (every Friday)

Vamos a Puerto Rico dance party fundraiser to send 5^th graders to Puerto Rico,  w/ DJs Neville C & Marcello from 7 to 10 @ Songbyrd

Ladygod, Gladshot, Frass Green,Anna Connolly @ Black Cat

Sirius Company @ Takoma Station (every Friday)

Guitarist Selam Woldemariam & band @ Enjera (Ethiopian)  (every Friday usually)

Save Your Soul dj night w/ The Thing w/ 2 Heads, Baby Alcatraz, & Rob Macy @ Lithuanian Hall in Baltimore

Los Pericos, Doctor Krapula, Antidoping,  Estramboticos @ the Palace

Black Girls Rock present Victory Boyd for free from 6 to 7 @ Kennedy Center Millennium Stage

Patti Austin @ Howard Theatre

Conjunto Azabache, Nortenos de Ojinaga y Tiranos del Norte @ 90 Degrees in Manassas

*The documentary My Beautiful Girma @ 7 @ Good Hope Community Rec Center, 
14715 Good Hope Rd., Silver Spring, MD (Ethiopian pianist Girma Beyene)

*Ginger Root, Bottled Up, Carinae @ Comet P 

*Rare Essence w/ EU @ Fast Eddies 

*DJ Jahsonic @ Sotto every Friday @ 10:30 pm

*TCB & CCB @ Hashtag Lounge 

*TOB @ Power

*Backyard Band & What Band @ Aqua 

*Macy Gray @ Baltimore Soundstage

*La Raza Benefit for Migrants in Tijuana @ Spacycloud Lounge 

*Lauryn Hill w/ Alice Smith @ Kennedy Center Concert Hall

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Sat. 3-7

Jonathan Richman & Bonnie Prince Billy @ Lincoln Theatre (pop and indie)

Poguetry w/ Spider Stacey & Cait O’Riordan of Pogues with Louisiana’s Lost Bayou Ramblers @ Black Cat

*Increase the Peace Jam 12 noon to 9pm @ C.F.E. Event Hall, Annapolis Rd , Bladensburg w/ 20 bands! TCB, ReAction, Realive Band, Rebirth Band, Ambition, TDB, Indecent Exposure, Entourage, SOS Band, Changing Phases, Steel Band, Hott Profit, Vivid, Grand Finale Upfront, Silence Whisper, Persevir, Positive Vibe, Turn it Up, Da Music Group, Turn it Up 

Miss Frenchie Davis @ City Winery

Bev Lindsey Johnson’s Teenarama hand dance benefit dance @ VFW Post 9619, 6527 Suitland RD., Morningside, MD 7 to 11pm (must buy in advance via Eventbrite or Bev or designated sellers)

Victor Manuelle & Jerry Rivera @ Omni Shoreham, 2500 Calvert St NW (Salsa star)

Lamont’s Birthday party & dinner show w/ Hardway Connection @ Lamont’s (southern soul)

7 Door Sedan, Apollo 66, The Buzz, Spidercake @ American Legion Post 41, Cissel-Saxon

Feelin the Funk Band @ Harmony Hall

Johnny Gill & Ralph Tresvant @ MGM

Accordion night w/ Billy Mccomiskey, Rob Curto, Simone Baron, John Shock & more @ Creative Alliance

Kim Wilson & his Blues Allstars @ Old Town Bowie Grill

Chuck Brown Band @ Pearl Street Warehouse

Proper Utensils @ Ivy City Smokehouse

Post-Carnaval Pump dj event @ Karma

Tropical Beats w/ Leon City Sounds djs & Disreputable Shaman (NYC) @ Green Zone

Coco Maria dj set @ Ritmos Raros 5^th anniversary event @ 11 pm @ Songbyrd (Mexico)

Black Girls rock present Ill Camille for free from 6 to 7 @ Kennedy Center Millennium Stage

070 Shake @ U St Music Hall (sold out)

Reggae vs soca @ 11 @ Howard Theatre

Backyard Band @ Fast Eddies

No Limit Reunion tour w/ Master P, Mystikal, Silkk the Shocker @ DAR Constitution Hall (rap)

Farzad Farzin @ Schlesinger Hall, NOVA Alexandria (Iranian singer/actor)

Kiana Lede w/ the Bonfyre, Alex Mali @ Fillmore (WKYS International Womens day show)

Maimouna Youssef @ PG Publick Playhouse

New Impressionz & Reaction Band @ Bliss DC (bounce beat go-go)

The Weight Band @ Hamilton (members of The Band & Levon Helm band)

Medhane , Wifi gawd, Odd Mojo @ Comet Ping Pong (rap)

Miss Mojo @ Hill Country DC (New Orleans)

La Sonora , Tito Mira & LA Chanchona de los Hermanos Lobo @ Club One

* Elkhorn, Eight Point Star, Mount Rainier @ Rhizome 

*JusPaul @ Sotto

*Sauce Dance Party w/ DJ James Nasty @ The Crown in Baltimore 

*TCB, ABM, XIB @ Hangar's 

*Rare Essence, Black Passion Band, Da One Band @ Aqua 

*JP Silva samba carnival @ Grill from Ipanema 

*Lauryn Hill w/ Alice Smith @ Kennedy Center Concert Hall

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Sun.  3-8

Nowruz celebration w/ Persian music from Sounds of the Homeland Ensemble @ 12:30 pm, 2:30, 4:30 @ Freer

“My Friend Fela” movie @ AFI @ 5;15pm

 Silversun Pickups @ 930 (rock)

Blue Magna, Don Zientara @ Galaxy Hut (indie rock)

Otis Taylor @ Blues Alley (trance blues)

Omar Sosa & Yilian Canizares @ Amp (Cuban )

Beyonce Mass w/ Reverend Yolanda Norton , a gospel choir, & sermons inspired by Bey’s lyrics @ 6 pm in Kennedy Center Eisenhower Theatre

 Omariam, Bow Wow, Ashanti @ Eaglebank Arena  

Anthony Brown @ Bethesda Blues

Radney Foster @ Hamilton

Nasty Cherry @ Union Stage (alt-pop)

*Tito Mira y su Chanchona @ Rio Cantina 

*Secreto @ Euphoria in Baltimore

*Los Contrabandista y Herradura Nortena @ El Ranchon in Woodbridge

*Fekadu Girma & Tsedenia @ Hashtag Lounge (Ethiopian )

*Backyard Band @ Society Lounge 

*Deep Sugar w/ Louie Vega, Ultra Nate, Lisa Moody @ Baltimore Soundstage

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Mon.   3-9

 Destroyer w/ Nap Eyes at Black Cat (artsy suave indie)

Wire @ Union Stage (UK artsy punk pioneers)

David Cole & Main St Blues @ Westminster Church 6 to 9pm

Rod Wave @ Fillmore

Purim

*Holi Fest @ Pappe

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Tues. March 10-

Graham Nash at Birchmere (Hollies, CSNY) (sold out)

Halo Wheeler for free from 6 to 7 @  K Ctr. Millennium Stage  (DC funk & jazz)

Roberto Fonseca @ Hamilton

*Holi Fest @ Pappe

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Wed.  3-11

Sudan Archives @ Union Stage (electro-indie-r’n’b w/ violin)

Celine Dion @ Capital One Arena

Shing02 & The Chee-Hoos: A Tribute to Nujabes @ U St Music Hall

Dior Ashley Brown and Flotus Band for free from 6 to 7 @ Kennedy Center Millennium Stage (DC rap & funk)

Dead Kennedys (no Jello) w/ D.O.A. @ 930 Club (punk)

Jaimie Branch’s Fly or Die @ Kennedy Center Reach (jazz)

Manaca Trio bossa nova & samba jazz @ Bossa

Marshall Keys tribute to Billy Strayhorn @ Blues Alley

*Analog Soul Club djs @ El Techo

*Backyard Band @ Public Bar Live

*What Band @ Hangars 

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Thurs.  3-12   NOTE- SOME SHOWS MAY BE POSTPONED OR CANCELLED DUE TO CORONAVIRUS. CONTACT VENUE TO BE SURE

 Algiers, Hammered Hulls, Light Beams @ Black Cat (punk and post-punk)

Stephen Marley @ Howard Theatre

Oso Oso @ Union Stage

Cafetin de Buenos Aires w/ PASO Tango Orchestra & singer Mariana Quinteros @ Embassy of Argentina

Sonic & Womxyn Amplify for free from 6 to 7 @ Kennedy Center Millennium Stage

Rhodes Tavern Troubadours @ Hells Bottom

Horse Lords @ Ottobar

O’Jays Tribute @ Keystone Korner

*La Colombopercutivo @ Bossa 

*Patti, CDR, Flamers @ Rhizome 

*Sirius Co. @ Lounge 66 from 7 to 12 in Waldorf (every Thursday starting tonight) (go-go)

*TCB @ Power

*Hall Monitors w/ Teen Cobra free @ Quarry House Tavern 

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Fri.  3-13

 Squirrel flower @ Songbyrd  (indie)  CANCELLED

Hallelujah the Hills (Boston band led by author Ryan H. Walsh), Gauche (DC pop postpunk), & Boston Cream @ the Pocket

 Jocelyn Kapumealani Ng for free from 6 to 7 @  K Ctr. Millennium Stage  CANCELLED

SOB x RBE @ Union Stage (rap)  ?

KRS-One  @ Howard Theatre (old-school rap)

Mija live, w/ HANA, Foxy Panic @ U St Music Hall  POSTPONED

Curse, Bricks, Lohesh, Aether, Pillars of Elves @ the Whytestone Creative Outcrop in College Park Cancelled

Orchestra Prazevica and the Yehla Collective @ St. Mark Presbyterian Church POSTPONED

FXCK SxSW: local showcase w/ Osyx (rock), Too Free (dance), Nice Breeze (punk/indie) @ Black Cat

Los Angeles Azules @ MGM (cumbia)  POSTPONED ?

Mercedes Pollet and Tony Rosando @ Diamond Lounge (Peru)

Brian Fallon & The Howling Weather, Justin Townes Earle, Worriers @ Lincoln Theatre (POSTPONED)

Elijah Easton (sax) @ Sotto (jazz and funk)

Prince Georges County best dance crew competition @ PG Publick Playhouse POSTPONED

Baltimore Old Time Music Fest @ Creative Alliance POSTPONED

Liberian Entertainment Awards @ Bliss DC

Versus @ Ottobar (reunited indie pop) POSTPONED

Sound of the Masks movie (Mozambique) @ 1:15 @ AFI

Lyuti Chuski @ Bossa (Bulgarian dance music)

*Los Horoscopos de Durango, K-Paz de la Sierrra, Cumbre Nortena, Estilo Chihuahua @ Cococabana (Mexican duranguese music and more)

*Jon Z @ Galaxy Sports in Hyattsville

* La Reina Angela Leiva @ Palladium

*Kazzabe, Chevo, Mr Jc, Onice @ El Carbonero Restaurant in Hyattsville

* Willie Gonzalez y Luisitao Carrion @ Palace (salsa)

* Perdidos de Sinaloa, Colmillo Sureno y Gerardo Coronel @ 90 Degrees

*Miriam Cruz @ Wheaton Lounge 

* Soca & Rum Carnival Return Fete w/ Lyrikal @ Karma

*Backyard Band & TCB @ Aqua 

*Rare Essence & Re-up Band @ Fast Eddies CANCELLED

*What Band @ Diva Lounge, Falls Church

*TOB, CCB, Reaction, ABM @ Power

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Sat.   3-14 

Cymone Lovette & Prince music review @ Lamont’s

Hallelujah the Hills (Boston band led by author Ryan H. Walsh)  & Boston Cream @ Club 603 in Baltimore (sold out)

A Tribute to Phyllis Hyman @ Bowie Center for Performing Arts

Still Familiar @ Takoma Station (go-go)

Raulin Rodriguez @ CocoCabana

Proper Utensils @ Lounge Sixty Six in Waldorf

Elephant Man @ Howard Theatre (reggae dancehall) CANCELLED

Rumput (Indonesian folk) @3 @ Rhizome CANCELLED

Live from Here w/ Chris Thile and *Lucinda Williams, Nadia Sirota, Rachel Price, Marion Winik  @ Kennedy Center concert hall POSTPONED

Camila Meza & the Nectar Orchestra @ the Kennedy Center Club at Studio K (Chile) POSTPONED

Aurora Nealand’s Monocle Ensemble Project for free from 6 to 7 @ Kennedy Center Millennium Stage (New Orleans) POSTPONED

4^th Annual Made in the DMV conference (free w/ registration via Eventbrite) w/ Teddy Riley, DJ Quicksilva, Broccoli City, True Laurels, Long Live Gogo, Tone p and many more @ DC Dream Center , Q St SE POSTPONED

Tamia , Sirius Company, Kevin Ross @ DC Convention Center POSTPONED

Baltimore Old Time Music Fest @ Creative Alliance POSTPONED

Liberian Awards afterparty @ Bliss Dc

The Ebonys, Peaches & Herb, the Casuals @ Bethesda Blues POSTPONED

TOB @ Fast Eddies CANCELLED

*Caramelos de Cianuro @ Ivy City Smokehouse

*Crown Vic's Weird World dj @ Green Zone

*Marito Rivera y su Grupo Bravo @ Caliente Grill in Annapolis

*Kazzabe, Chevo, Mr Jc, Onice @ VIP Room in Baltimore

* Sarod & Tabla w/ Soumya Chakraverty & Deb Nayak @ Gandhi Memorial Center CANCELLED

*La Ghetto Fabrica presents: Chanty OTM @ Songbyrd

*Rare Essence, Da One Band @ Aqua

*TCB & TOB @ Fast Eddies  CANCELLED

*Loide @ Jojo's bar on U (Caribbean jazzy vocals)

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Sun. 3-15

*Messthetics w/ POA 1 pm matinee @ Quarry House CANCELLED

Modest Proposal (reunited) w/ Mod Fun @ Pearl Street Warehouse POSTPONED

Tribute to Marvin Gaye and Curtis Mayfield @ Carlyle Club

Horse Lords and Model Home @ Rhizome (experimental rock and artsy hiphop respectively) POSTPONED

Tony Bennett @ Strathmore  POSTPONED

Raye Zaragoza for free from 6 to 7 @ Kennedy Center Millennium Stage ( Native American/Mexican/Taiwanese singer-songwriter) POSTPONED

Sturgill Simpson & Tyler Childers @ Anthem (alt-country ) (sold out) POSTPONED

Backyard Band @ Bethesda Blues POSTPONED

Sound of the Masks movie (Mozambique) @ 11:15 am @ AFI

Brazilian pagoda & samba band w/ Rafael Ponde feat. Rob Curto @ Bossa

*The documentary My Beautiful Girma @ Suns Cinema (Ethiopian pianist Girma Beyene) CANCELLED

* Grupo Bryndis, Industria del Amor, Fugitivos, El Tiempo @ Palace

*Kazzabe, Chevo, Mr Jc, Onice @ Rio Cantina 

*Tierra Cali y Alacranes Musicales y Viry Sandoval @ 90 Degrees 

* Meklit Hadero @ PG Publick Playhouse (Ethiopian indie folk) CANCELLED

*BYB popup @ Club Lyve, 2001 11th ST NW & U St CANCELLED


NEW DC RULES AND RECENT NEW MD RULES WILL NOW CLOSE MORE EVENTS

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Mon. 3-16

Ladysmith Black Mambazo @ Barns of Wolf Trap POSTPONED

Veronneau and Dave Kline Band @ Blues Alley (recording a live album)

Sturgill Simpson & Tyler Childers @ Anthem (alt-country )  POSTPONED

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Tues. 3-17

Ladysmith Black Mambazo @ Barns of Wolf Trap POSTPONED

Jorge Drexler @ Lincoln Theatre (Uruguay singer-songwriter)  CANCELLED

Ami Dang for free from 6 to 7 @ Kennedy Center Millennium Stage ( Sikh singer/sitarist) CANCELLED

Veronneau and Dave Kline Band @ Blues Alley (recording a live album) CANCELLED

St. Patrick’s Day

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Wed.  3-18

Billie Eilish @ Capital One Arena   (pop) POSTPONED

Mock Identity (last show), Literals, Saffron @ Rhizome (punk & experimental) CANCELLED

Janel Leppin for free from 6 to 7 @ Kennedy Center Millennium Stage (DC art-rock & jazz and more cellist) POSTPONED

Eze Jackson’s jazzy rap snacks @ Keystone Korner

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Thurs. 3-19

Akai Solo, NappyNappa, Sir E.U., Thraxx King, Trillakay @ DC 9 CANCELLED

 Fennesz @ U St Music Hall CANCELLED

Fleshtones w/ Dot Dash @ City Winery (garage rock)

The Amours @ the Kennedy Center Reach (2 shows )

T.V. John @ Slash Run

Rodney Crowell @ Barns of Wolf Trap CANCELLED

Nistha Raj (violin) & Christylez Bacon (hiphop) @ Strathmore Mansion CANCELLED

Black Alley (hood rock) with women collective GirlAAA for free from 6 to 7 @ Kennedy Center Millennium Stage CANCELLED

Best Coast w/ Mannequin Pussy @ 930 Club POSTPONED

Chieftains @ George Mason Center for the Arts POSTPONED

Dogo @ Bossa

*A Shrewdness of Apes, Jackie & the Treehorns, Betamax @ Pie Shop

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Fri. 3-20

*1st Quarter Caveat, Nappy Nappy, Sir E.U, Thraxx King, Trillakay @ DC 9 (artsy rap & more) 

Girma Beyene ( Ethiopian pianist) backed by Akabe Wube (Paris band) @ Amp CANCELLED

David Morales, Ultra Nate, & Lisa Moody @ U St Music Hall POSTPONED

Terri & the Rhythm Cats and Half Smokes @ VFW Post 350/ Hells Bottom

Laraaji w/ William Cashion @ Creative Alliance POSTPONED

Josimar y Su Yambu @ Rio Cantina

Americo y Maricarmen @ the Palace (cumbia)

Robert Glasper @ Bethesda Blues (jazz w/ hiphop accents) POSTPONED

Christian Scott aTunde Adjuah @ Kennedy Center Reach Club @ Studio K (jazz w/ hiphop accents)(& 21st) POSTPONED

Star Amerasu for free from 6 to 7 @ Kennedy Center Millennium Stage POSTPONED

Nexstar National Talent Competition @ Showplace Arena CANCELLED

Gallant w/ Ro James @ Fillmore POSTPONED

Roy Ayers @ Keystone Korner (through 3-22)

Bodyroll dance party @ Pie Shop

*La Bandonona , La Reserva Nortena, Arrendada Norte @ 90 Degrees

*Jhay Cortez @ Club One 

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Sat. 3-21

Moombahton Massive @ U St Music Hall CANCELLED

Mirror Company w/ Sam the Man Burns (RIP) @ 930 Club Backbar  CANCELLED

Jose Ramirez blues band @ American Legion Post 41

Afrobeat Dance Party w/Julius OJ Ekemode w/ Chopteeth @ St. Mark Presbyterian Church, Rockville

Born Dad album release show @ Pie Shop

Marja Mortensson: Indigenous Norwegian Magic @ Creative Alliance

Proper Utensils Birthday party for guy named Duck @ NALJ Union Bldg

La Mecanica Popular (indie experimental salsa), La Colombopercutiva, & Leon City Sounds @ Comet Ping Pong

Patti Smith (punk poet-singer), Jessie Paris Smith, Rebecca Foon(cellist) @ Kennedy Center POSTPONED

 Yasiin Bey @ Howard Theatre

Sweet Honey in the Rock @ PG Publick Playhouse POSTPONED ?

The Persuaders @ Harmony Hall POSTPONED ?

Ballet Folklorico Nacional de Mexico @ George Mason Center for the Arts Cancelled

Blac Youngsta @ Bliss DC

Lower Dens @ Ottobar (indie rock) Postponed

Robert Glasper trio @ Bethesda Blues POSTPONED

Backyard Band @ Patapsco Arena

*Andy Andy & Los Toros Band @ Cococabana 

*TCB, TOB @ Highland Entertainment Hall

*Millennium Tour w/ Bow Wow @ Royal Farms  POSTPONED

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Sun. 3-22

*Who Got Moves (WGM) presents Beat Ya Feet Dance Battle w/ the Swagg Starz  vs. Top Notch  from 3 to 6 pm @ the ARC, 1901 Mississippi Avenue, SE 

 RDGLDGRN & Mista Selecta @ U St Music Hall  postponed

Jim Bennett & Lady Yaya @ Lamont’s

Breeze & Friends dj soul  hand dance party @ Chateau Remix

La Mecanica Popular for free from 6 to 7 @ Kennedy Center Millennium Stage (indie experimental salsa) CANCELLED

Sweet Honey in the Rock @ 4 pm @ PG Publick Playhouse  POSTPONED

Ricardo Montaner @ Eaglebank Arena POSTPONED

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Mon.  3-23

Shirleta Settles & friends @ Westminster Church 6 to 9pm CANCELLED

Capital City Voices jazz choir w/ Cloudburst @ Blues Alley cancelled

Mdou Moctar (Niger guitarist & band) w/ 75 Dollar Bill @ Ottobar CANCELLED

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Tues. 3-24

Davido w/ Mick Jenkins @ Fillmore (Nigerian afrobeats) POSTPONED

* Asgeir (Iceland) w/ Khushi @ Union Stage  (UK South Asian artsy alt-rock) CANCELLED

*Dread Mar from Buenos Aires @ Howard Theatre  postponed

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Wed. 3-25

Raul Malo @ Birchmere (Roy Orbison inspired country-pop-Americana) POSTPONED

John Moreland @ Black Cat POSTPONED

A Jazzy Conversation @ Bossa

Maestro Iraj w/ Ehsan Fadaie @ NOVA Annandale (Iranian)

*Sampa the Great @ Songbyrd (sold out)

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Thurs. 3-26

Caribou w/ Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith@ 930 Club (electro indie rock) POSTPONED

Bacilos @ Fillmore POSTPONED

“Punk the Capital” movie doc @ New Deal Café

Shopping (UK postpunk), Automatic, Clear Channel @ DC 9

Lena Seikaly @ Blues Alley (jazz singer) POSTPONED

Shebop Manouche gypsy jazz w/ guitarist Lisa Liu @ Carlyle

Miguel Zenon quartet @ Arthouse (Puerto Rican jazz) POSTPONED

Molly Joyce w/ Michael Hammond and Austin Jenckes for free from 6 to 7 @ Kennedy Center Millennium Stage (Americana / country singer/songwriters)  CANCELLED

Barynya Russian folk dance ensemble @ PG Community College Center for the Arts

Cuaba Latin jazz trio & guests @ An Die Musik

Lil Durk @ Bliss DC

Teddy Pendergrass tribute @ Keystone Korner

Pablo’s Brazilian pagoda night @ Bossa CANCELLED?

*Enrique Gomez Cordillo @ Fiestas Banquet Hall

*Backseat Lovers @ Songbyrd

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Fri.  3-27

Manhattans feat. Gerald Alston @ Birchmere  postponed

Chuck Brown Band @ Soundry

Wussy @ Songbyrd upstairs & Palehound @ Songbyrd downstairs

Aretha Franklin tribute @ Carlyle

The Osyx & Cecily @ Luce/Smithsonian American Art from 6 to 8 pm  POSTPONED

Knife Wife & the Slow Boys @ Pie Shop

Joel Harrison & Anthong Pirog Duo @ Rhizome (jazz & Americana guitars)  POSTPONED

Daniela Darcourt @ El Boqueron II

SF Jazz Collective does Miles Davis In a Silent Way album & Sly Stone Stand @ Blues Alley POSTPONED

Trumpeter Joe Herrera’s Remix @ Marvin (jazz-electro)

Keane @ Anthem POSTPONED

1998 Taiwanese movie “The Hole” (with weird musical numbers) (directed by Tsai Ming-Liang) @ & @ Freer

Popa Chubby @ Amp

Lil Mosey @ Fillmore POSTPONED

Ranky Tanky @ Keystone Korner

Akua Allrich’s tribute to Nina Simone & Miriam Makeba @ Creative Alliance

Jose James @ Hamilton (rnb)

Carl Cox @ Echostage

*Gregorio Pernia @ Galaxy Sports

*Jules Daud @ Bossa 

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Sat. 3-28

The Cats Meow Band @ Lamont’s

Wammies Day Conference w/ music & panels 11am to 7 pm @ Culture House  POSTPONED

DeSanguashington EP release @ 7 Drum City

Wussy @ Club 603 in Baltimore

Cumbia in the Andes featuring Cuchara de Palo @ Songbyrd

Smithsonian Jazz Masterworks Orchestra show as part of Washington Women in Jazz fest event @ Smithsonian Museum of American History  POSTPONED

Black Folks Don’t Swim @ Sotto

Ghost-Note @ Atlas (jazz-funk) CANCELLED

Brass-a-Holics @ Hamilton POSTPONED

Soccer Mommy @ 930 (sold out) POSTPONED

The life & music of Della Reese @ Marietta House Museum @ 1pm in Glenn Dale, MD

World Dance Showcase @ PG Publick Playhouse POSTPONED

Thom Yorke @ Eaglebank Arena (from Radiohead)  POSTPONED ?

Thundercat w/ Teejayx6 @ Fillmore POSTPONED

Backyard Band & Trina @ Bliss DC

4Kmicheal w/ Wifigawd & more @ Ottobar (rap)

Ranky Tanky @ Keystone Korner

James Mcmurtry @ Birchmere POSTPONED

Jameson Rodgers  @ Union Stage (country)  

*Kazzabe, Chevo, Mr Jc, Onice @ Club One in Alexandria 

*Gyptian @ Power   POSTPONED?

*Bounce Beat Live Blend show w/ TCB, TOB, Reaction, CCB, XIB, ABM @ Echostage  CANCELLED?

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Sun. 3-29

 Wammies Award Show 7 to 9 @ Lincoln Theatre (w/ after party @ Marvin 9:30 pm – 2 am) (Lincoln Theatre website says postponed)

Charlie Wilson @ MGM (r’n’b)  POSTPONED

Las Cafeteras w/ Conjunto Bruja @ Creative Alliance (“radical Chicano sounds”)

Michael Doucet (from Beausoleil) w/ Sara Quintana @ Jammin Java

Secret Sisters w/ Logan Ledger @ Birchmere (country) ?

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Mon. 3-30

Jose Ramirez Blues Project @ Westminster Church 6 to 9pm CANCELLED

Moneybagg Yo w/ Fredo Bang, 42 Dugg, Blacc Zacc @ Fillmore

Soccer Mommy @ Ottobar (indie rock)

Jamie branch’s Fly or Die @ Creative Alliance (jazz) POSTPONED?

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Tues. 3-31

Rosanne Cash @ Birchmere (sold out)

Mssv, Messthetics, Hellp @ Ottobar

 Ben Watt @ Union Stage

Marta Pereira da Costa @ Blues Alley (Portugal fado instrumentalist)

MSSV, Messthetics, Hellp @ Ottobar  

*Switzerland Embassy presents Baron.e (electronic duo) @ Pie Shop

*Outer Spaces, Rose Dorn @ Comet

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Wed. 4-1

Aditya Prakash ensemble for free @ 6 @ Kennedy Center Millennium Stage

Rosanne Cash @ Birchmere (sold out)

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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 Global Music 2020, Rolling Afro 2020,  the Rolling Afro-Latin & the Capital Swamp & Chitlin Circuit  threads

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