Tuesday, November 30, 2021

DC/Baltimore /DMV Global Music and More -December 2021 & onward

 

DC/Baltimore/DMV  Global Music and More-  December 2021 onward

Compiled by Steve Kiviat and edited and updated frequently . Work your way down day by day.

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For now Calendar is posted, updated, and viewable here on the blog, and events  tweeted @stevekiviat. International (mainly African, Caribbean, Brazilian), roots, rap, soul, go-go, indie-rock, punk, club dj dance and more DMV & Baltimore gigs that I am interested in.  Additional gigs added after first posting have an *asterisk. To submit events (for posting) or comments (that are not posted) e-mail stevenkiviat @ gmail.com

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Wed. Dec. 1-

 *Raekwon, Ghostface, GZA @ Fillmore (rappers from Wu-Tang)

 Jeff Rosenstock @ Black Cat (sold out)

 *New Ps @ 930

 *Katie Pruitt @ DC9 (sold out)

 *Destroy Boys @ Songbyrd (sold out)

 *Afrobeats Tipsy Wednesdays w/ DJ Jamstar @ KNY Lounge in Hyattsville, MD

 *Sir EU & Homey Salazar & Toothchoir every Wednesday @ Spacycloud

 *Ambition Band @ the Underline in Adams Morgan

  *  Dave Chappell Duo, @ 12 noon @ Downtown Holiday Market Stage, 8th & F Sts., NWDC; (blues rock)

   * TOB, DSB @ Hangars (bouncebeat go-go)

 *What Band w/ guest Killa Cal @ Nipsey's/Cheers @ 301 from 7 to 12 mdt

*Teddy Yo & Abdu Kiar @ Hashtag Lounge (Ethiopian)

*Backyard Band @ Hard Rock Cafe

Thurs. Dec. 2-

 *New Ps @ 930 (sold out)

*Bob Dylan @ Anthem

*Safari Room, Azure Wolf, Flowerbomb @ the Pocket DC

 *Jogo Project @ Keystone Korner in Baltimore

 *Pablo Regis & Baile Band @ Mr Henry's (Brazilian roots samba)

 *Roots Band @ Makeda Restaurant, Van Dorn St., Alexandria (Ethiopian)

 *Afrobeats Thursdays @ Spectrum Lounge in Beltsville

 *Adeline @ Songbyrd (French-Caribbean-NY pop)

 *Downhaul w/ Spring Silver, Destructo Disk, Jar @ DC9

 *Feedel Band @ Bossa (Ethio-jazz)

 *Arty Hill & the Long Gone Daddys @ Hank Dietle's (texas two-steps & polkas)

 *TCB , Ambition @ Power

*New Impressionz @ Hashtag 

*WHAT?Band @ Hangers 

*DCVYBE @ Capital Restaurant and Lounge

*Azul Band @ Green Zone (global sound)

*Asmae @ Cloud Lounge (Arabic/middle eastern) 

*The Green Show @ Mr. Braxtons DC (local r'n'b & rap every Thursday)

*Jane Monheit @ Blues Alley (jazz vocalist) 

*Fri. Dec. 3-Caroline Polachek @ Lincoln Theatre

 *Raekwon, Ghostface, GZA, @ Baltimore Soundstage

 *Isley Brothers @ Bethesda Blues

 *Banda Los Recoditos @ Cococabana

*Genocide Pact w/ Ilsa @ Comet Ping Pong

 *Laaraji @ Creative Alliance

 *"Sadiki Dance party w/ Sahel @ Eaton

 *Rapper Ludacris after Wizards game v. Cavs @ Capital One Arena

 *gospel gig and toy donation event w/ Roy & Revelation, James Hillian Jr., Seek N find Project, New Vizion @ the Star Church, Chapel Oaks , MD @ 7 pm

 *An Ayler Christmas @ Rhizome

*Ruben Blades @ Eaglebank Arena

 *Ras Band w/ Tsehaye Yohannes & Fikeraddis Nekatibeb @ Twist Lounge (Ethiopian music Fri. through Sunday)

 *Loudon Wainwright @ City Winery

 Choro Lecture Series: Pixinguinha and Black Contributions to Choro Music with Ceylon Mitchell @ Old Parish House  @ 6pm in College Park

*Paul Wills Band @ Lamont's in Pomonkey

*Fadi Jano & Asmae @ Cloud Lounge (Arabic/middle eastern) 

Lightshow & TCB @ Firestation 1 

Rocksteady Project & Prosperity Band @ American Legion in Annapolis 

Body Of Evidence @ New Direction Lounge 

Mature Clientele, MLB, CMB, Strickly Bidness and Live N Dyrect are Best Western in Manassas

New Impressionz @ Hangers

Black Passion @ Redzone Blitz

Vybe Band @ Hardrock Cafe

*Gilbert Torrossion @ Green Zone (Middle East/Armenian dj)

*Afropolitan DC @ 6 pm @ Abigail 

Pig Destroyer, Misery Index, No Mas, Drugs of Faith @ Ottobar

*Project Locrea (w/ singer Munit Mesfin) @ Strathmore 

*Save your soul dj event w/ DJs Rob Macy & Baby Alcatraz spinning 60s soul vinyl @ Lithuanian Hall in Baltimore

*Saturday December 4

*Isley Brothers @ Bethesda Blues

 * DJ Frank Ski, DJ Eli, DJ Terry Tee, Kenny K @ Patapsco Arena  (Baltimore club music)

 *AfroSoca Love @ Karma Soundstage

*Record show from 10am to 3 @ Rosensteel Hall (buy music on vinyl & more)

 *Ras Band w/ Tsehaye Yohannes & Fikeraddis Nekatibeb @ Twist Lounge (Ethiopian music through Sunday)

 *Live Skull, Thalia Zedek, Bedmaker @ Rhizome from 2 to 5pm

 *Auto Lola , Chanel Chachi & more @ Rhizome 7 to 9pm

 *Genocide Pact w/ Caveman Cult @ Comet Ping Pong

 *Scofflaws, the Fuss, Leon City Sounds @ Black Cat

 *Diane Reeves Christmas Jazz vocals @ George Mason Center for the Arts

 *Brittney Spencer @ Songbyrd (country) @ 7pm

 *New Impressionz & Ambition Band @ Fire Station 1

*TCB @ Hangars (bring a toy for tots & get a discount) 

 *Colombian Parranda @ Plaza Oaxaca, 141 Gibbs st., Rockville

 *Gutierrez Medeiros early show @ Bossa (Brazilian); Tumbao late @ Bossa (Latin dance)

 *Sonora Dinamita @ Club One (Colombia)

 *Surfbort @ DC9

*Fete Decale African & Caribbean dj event 4 to 10 @  Lesaac Ethiopian Cafe in Silver Spring (zouk, soukous, coupe decale, kizomba, kompa)

 *Rare Essence @ Aqua 

*Suttle and S.O.S. @ the Chateau Remix 

*Be'la Dona @ City Winery

* Da One Band @ Redzone Blitz

*Leon City Sounds (Tropical sounds on vinyl) @ Green Zone 

*Dr. Thomas Stanly on Sun Ra's Cosmology for our troubles times from 4:30 to 7:30 @ Creative Grounds DC, 1822 North Capitol St.

*Memphis Gold blues band @ 4:30 pm @ JVs

*Joe Falero Latin Jazz early + DJ Oscar Ba Kizomba/Afrobeat/carib/hip hop @ 10 pm @ Mix Bar

*Sunday Dec. 5 -

 *Resurrection first Sunday dayparty 3 to 11 pm w/ djs Kenny K, DJ Boobie, DJ Eli @ New 5 Mile House, 5302 Reisterstown Rd., Baltimore

*Vernon's funraiser for medical expenses @ 1:30 pm @ JVs

 *Montez De Durango, Grupo Escalante, Grupo Gerarquia Hidalguense @ 12 noon @ Kellys Ford, Remington Virginia

 *Keith Sweat @ Eaglebank Arena

 Ras Band w/ Tsehaye Yohannes & Fikeraddis Nekatibeb @ Twist Lounge (Ethiopian music Fri. through Sunday)

 * Ethiopian music w/ Roots Band @ Makeda Restaurant, Van Dorn St., Alexandria (Ethiopian)

*Abdu Kiar & Neway Debebe @ Hashtag Lounge in Alexandria (Ethiopian)

*Betty @ City Winery

 *Latke pop-up @ Green Zone (w/ dj'ing?) 

*The Unit @ Tacoma Station 

*Emmylou Harris @ the Hamilton (benefit show $90 plus tickets)

Stacy Brooks & BT Richardson @ Madam's Organ (blues) 

*Mon. Dec. 6- 

100 Gecs @ 930

 *Vintage #18 blues band @ blue Monday blues 6 to 9 pm @ Westminster Church SW

 *Robert Earl Keen @ Lincoln Theatre

 *Tasha @ Creative Alliance

 

*Tues. Dec. 7-

 Lion’s Den Lounge- Ethiopian – Tuesdays live

*Lena Seikaly @ Blues Alley (jazz vocalist) 

*Afro International Jetset Tuesdays dj nights @ M- Lounge in Hyattsville

*Dirty Nil, Chastity, American Tv @ Black Cat 

*Wed. Dec. 8

Elders Corner movie about old-school Nigerian musicians for free @ Kennedy Center Millennium Stage @ 6 pm

 *Fan Fan & friends @ Bossa (Haitian )

*  Hiss Golden Messenger, Rosali @ 930

 "La Manplesa" doc screening @ Rhizome @ 7 pm (doc about 1991 Mt Pleasant uprising)

* Go-Go City: Displacement & Protest in Washington, DC film doc, followed by a talkback with director Samuel George, legendary Go-Go disc jockey DJ Rico, and CEO of Go-Go Radio Live Nico Hobson @ Goethe Institute, 1377 R St NW 

  *Afrobeats Tipsy Wednesdays w/ DJ Jamstar @ KNY Lounge in Hyattsville, MD

 *Sir EU & Homey Salazar & Toothchoir every Wednesday @ Spacycloud

*Teach Me How to Dabke w/ DJ Jiman @ Green Zone

*Veronneau @ Blues Alley (jazzy, bossa world music) 

*Backyard Band @ Hard Rock Cafe 

*What Band @ Nipsey's / Cheers @ 301 

* "A Snowy Nite at the Dew Drop Inn"  cabaret show tribute to New Orleans club w/ Big Mama Thornton, Etta James, & Dinah Washington songs. through Jan. 9 @ Anacostia Playhouse, 7:30 p.m., pay what you can preview night.

*Salsa con Candela @ Public Bar Live 

*Julian Lange trio @ Union Stage 

*Thurs. Dec. 9-

 *Step Afrika -"Step Afrika's Magical Musical Holiday Step Show" @ Atlas (through Dec. 19)

 *Bad Moves, the Owners @ Comet Ping Pong (sold out) 

*Show Me the Body @ Black Cat 

 *Tasha @ Songbyrd

* Born I from 6 to 7 @ Kennedy Center (rapper and meditation teacher)

 *Tal Sounds, Jeremy Ray, Permanent Sigh @ Rhizome

  *Cheik Hamala Diabete's Griot Street @ Bossa (Malian)

 *Roots Band @ Makeda Restaurant, Van Dorn St., Alexandria (Ethiopian)

 *Afrobeats Thursdays @ Spectrum Lounge in Beltsville

 *Danube Sessions w/ Orchester Pratzerica @ the Green Zone

 *The Green Show @ Mr. Braxtons DC (local r'n'b & rap every Thursday)

* Sol Roots Band @ JVs 

*Sirius Company @ Capital Restaurant 

* What Band @ Hangars 

*TOB & New Impressionz @ Hashtag  

*TCB & Ambition @ Power 

*Ramy Youssef @ Miracle Theatre  

*Fri. Dec. 10-

Iphigenia: A New Opera with jazz stars Wayne Shorter & Esperanza Spaulding plus architect Frank Gehry @ Kennedy Center (& Saturday afternoon)

*Paper Jam zine issue #3 release event w/ BRNDA & Spring Silver @ Lost City Books from 7 to 10pm (eventbrite tickets) 

 Ar-Kaics, Los Saicos Experience, DJ Daisy Lacy @ Slash Run

 *Bossa Nova trio feat. Elin @ Bossa @ 7:30; Alfredo Mojica Group late @ Bossa 

 Eric Church @ Anthem (country)

 *Circle Jerks, Negative Approach, Municipal Waste @ Baltimore Soundstage

 *"Dance Club" w/ djs Jacq Jill w/ Baronhawk Poitier and Tommy C. & DJ Joyce (1432 Records) @ DC9

 *comedian/singer/pop-punk fan Whitmer Thomas @ Comet Ping Pong (Dec. 11th too)

 Nicol Pena @ VIP Room (merengue tipico)

Be Steadwell @ Black Cat

 Ras Band w/ Tsehaye Yohannes & Fikeraddis Nekatibeb @ Twist Lounge (Ethiopian music Fri. through Sunday)

*Paul Wills Band @ Lamont's in Pomonkey

DJ Bassam Haddad @ Green Zone (Middle eastern/Arabic)

*Shawn Allen @ Mix Bar 

*Backyard Band & TOB @ Aqua 

*What Band , Major League @ Mehfil @ Best Western in Manassas

*Sirius Company, Still Familiar @ Bliss  

*New Impressionz @ Hangars 

*Junkyard Band @ Nipsey's /Cheers @ 301

*Vybe @ Hard Rock Cafe 

*Janel Leppin and her group Ensemble Volcanic Ash: Luke Stewart / Brian Settles / Anthony Pirog / Kim Sator / Sarah Hughes / Larry Fergusen / Janel Leppin; plus opener Synthador indoors @ Rhyzome

 Sat. Dec. 11 -

Iphigenia: A New Opera with jazz stars Wayne Shorter & Esperanza Spaulding plus architect Frank Gehry @ Kennedy Center  in afternoon

*Rare Essence @ Aqua 

**Proper Utensils Band feat. Jas Funk 10 pm to 2 am @ Chateau Remix 

* Backyard Band @ Hashtag Lounge 

Day Party…Let It Flow @ Nipsey's/ Cheers @301 

Mature Clientele Band @ Babylon 

TOB and Reaction @Power 

JYB and Changing Phaces Bands @ Hangers 

Prophecy Ent., 4 Life Project and Jus Us Band @ Martini’s in White Plains 

Checkmate Band @ Infuse Restaurant 

 La Gran Banda @ Club One

 Alexis y Fido @ VIP Room

 Joe Veras @ Leylas Lounge, Hyattsville

*Gutierrez Medeiros early show @ Bossa (Brazilian); Tumbao late @ Bossa (Latin dance)

 Bully @ Black Cat

 * Eric Church @ Anthem (country)

 *Afrovikings Saturdays @ 15212 Dino Drive in Burtonsville w/ djs Jamstar, 9ice, Mike Obi, Gemini, Transtar, & Mad DJ

 *Enigmatik early and then kizomba w/ dj Oscar B.A. @ Mix Bar

 Ras Band w/ Tsehaye Yohannes & Fikeraddis Nekatibeb @ Twist Lounge (Ethiopian music Fri. through Sunday)

 *Seth Kibel & the Kleztet, “A Klezmer Hanukkah” @ The Alden Theatre at the McLean Community  Center

 *Crown Vic's Weird World vinyl dj'ing @ Green Zone  

*Sara Jones @ Mr. Henry's (jazz vocalist) 

* Southside Johnny & the Asbury Jukes @ Birchmere 

*A Motown Christmas @ Bethesda Blues 

*Annie Hart (synth pop) w/ Near Northeast @ 7 @  Songbyrd; Crabs in a Bucket rap show @ 11 pm w/  Chaz French, Awthentik, Lust Nite, Ace Ono, and E1even

*gospel w/Ronica & the Blazing Stars, The Fantastic Violinaires, the Gospel Legends @ 5 pm @ White Oak Grove Outreach Center, 1461 Dry Fork Rd., Dry Fork, VA  (eventbrite)

*Sun. Dec. 12- 

*Leo Rua & Kelem Trunk Show @ 3 pm @ Addis Paris , 3103 Mt Pleasant St NW 

Karol G @ Anthem (moved from DAR) (reggaeton pop)

 *U of MD Japanese koto Ensemble and U of MD Gamelan Sariswati Ensemble @ U of MD Clarice Smith Center

 *Feelin the Funk Band & Nu Era @ Eloquent Touch Ballroom

*Backyard Band, & Got My Own Sound  @ Sax 

Day Party…DCVybe and Obsession @ Capital Restaurant and Lounge

The Unit @ Takoma Station 

MAB2.0 @ Redzone Blitz 

Rare Essence featuring Jas Funk @ Hardrock

 tik-tok dmv fest @ Rio Cantina @ 4pm

*Daryl Davis & Patsy Collins holiday show @ 4 @ JVs

 K-Paz de la Sierra @ Vila Flores Restaurant in Glen Burnie

*Dogo du Togo @ Bossa

*Eric Byrd trio Charlie Brown Christmas @ Hamilton

* Southside Johnny & the Asbury Jukes @ Rams Head Annapolis

 *Pinkshift @ DC9

 Ras Band w/ Tsehaye Yohannes & Fikeraddis Nekatibeb @ Twist Lounge (Ethiopian music Fri. through Sunday)

 *A Celtic Christmas w/Allison Hampton/harp, Linn Barnes/guitar/lute, Joseph Cunliffe/flute/rec, Steve  Bloom/perc, Robert Aubry Davis/narrator @ Dumbarton United Methodist Church

 *Roots Band @ Makeda Restaurant, Van Dorn St., Alexandria (Ethiopian)

* Stacy Brooks & BT Richardson @ Madam's Organ (blues) 

*Yaddiya from 6 to 9 pm @ DiscoDC at Union Market 

*Charlie Owen & Pocket Change for free @ Hank Dietle's (roots r'n'b) 

 *Mon. December 13-

 

Lou Jerome Band @ blue Monday blues 6 to 9 pm @ Westminster Church SW

 *Gwar, Napalm Death, Eyehategod @ 930 Club

 Annual Celtic Holiday Show, feat. Robin Bullock, Ken Kolodner, Elke Baker @ Saint Mark    Presbyterian Church Rockville

 

*Tues. Dec. 14-

 Lion’s Den Lounge- Ethiopian – Tuesdays live

lo-fi keyboardist Karima Walker @ Quarry House

 *Jingle Ball @ Capital One Arena w/ Megan thee Stallion, Doja Cat 

*Wed. Dec. 15

  *Afrobeats Tipsy Wednesdays w/ DJ Jamstar @ KNY Lounge in Hyattsville, MD

 *Sir EU & Homey Salazar & Toothchoir every Wednesday @ Spacycloud

*Cheik Hamala 's Djeliya Band @ Bossa (special free birthday show)

  *John Waters Christmas @ Birchmere 

*Backyard Band @ Hardrock Cafe 

*TOB, Drama Squad Band, XMB @ Hangars 

*Thurs. Dec. 16-

Pablo's  Baile Brazilian pagode night 10 pm @ Bossa

*Sirius Company @ Capital Restaurant in Lanham

*TCB & Ambition @ Power 

  *Roots Band @ Makeda Restaurant, Van Dorn St., Alexandria (Ethiopian)

 *Afrobeats Thursdays @ Spectrum Lounge in Beltsville

*Soul Sauce dj'ing by Kenny M @ Green Zone 

*The Green Show @ Mr. Braxtons DC (local r'n'b & rap every Thursday)

*Carly Harvey holiday show @ Mr Henry's (blues and roots) 

* Thrillbillys @ JVs (roots rock)

*Longtimers  5:30 to 7 @ Hank Dietle's (roots rock) for free then for $ Patsy’s Honky Tonk Torch & Twang Christmas Show w/ the Crayfish Sisters @ 8 pm 

*A Shrewdness of Apes & Teen Mortgage @ DC 9 Cancelled

*Kevin Mattson of Positive Force talks about his new book "We're Not Here to Entertain" about punk during '80s @ 6pm @ Woodridge Library NE (5pm dj set by Tommy Berard)  

*Rhodes Tavern Troubadours @ Takoma Park VFW Post 350 /Hells Bottom @ 6:30

*Slackers, Aggrolites @ State Theatre 

*Cal Rifkin, Moozy, Rosie Cima, What She Dreamed @ Pie Shop 

*Caribbean dance party @ Club Timehri 

*East of the River Boys and Girls Steelband from 6 to 7 @ Kennedy Center Millennium Stage (in person & streamed) 

*Fri. Dec. 17-

*Birce Gökalp Band: Tunes from the Balkans, Turkey, + Beyond @ 7:30 @ Bossa ; Alfredo Mojica group @ 10:30 @ Bossa (salsa)

 *DJ Aneudy (from La Mega in NYC) @ El Ranchon

 *Adolescentes Orquesta @ Champions Sports Bar

*DJ Jamstar afrobeats @ KNY Lounge in Hyattsville 

 Grex, Nik Francis @ Rhizome

 Ocean Celtic Quartet, Song of Solstice, A Celtic Christmas @ Blackrock Center for the Arts,  Germantown,

 *Paul Wills Band @ Lamont's in Pomonkey

 Ras Band w/ Tsehaye Yohannes & Fikeraddis Nekatibeb @ Twist Lounge

*DJ Basbousa @ Green Zone (Middle Eastern/Arabic)

*Archers of Loaf & Savak @ Ottobar

*Journey to Funktopia w/ the Jonathan Gilmore Project @ Creative Alliance  

*Pile 'o Rocks @ Hank Dietle's (covers of Nick Lowe, Rockpile, Brit pub rock) 

*Darkest Hour, Unearth, No /Mas @ Black Cat 

*Salad Days doc (80s DC punk) plus q & a w/ Jim Saah @ Lost Origins Gallery  

*Diablos Negros @ State Theatre (Honduras)

*Lirico @ Cococabana

*Herb Scott Experience @ Westminster 

*Anthony Brown @ Bethesda Blues (gospel)

*Backyard , TOB "Bad Elf Party" @ Aqua 

 *Rare Essence, Sirius Company, Bela Dona @ Hilton Crystal City

*International Fridaze @8123  GA Ave., Silver Spring 

*Yahzarah album release show @ City Winery (r'n'b)

*Walker & Royce @ Soundcheck (house & electrofunk club music) 

* Nicholas Ryan Gant from 6 to 7 @ Kennedy Center Millennium Stage (in person & streamed) (singer who went to HU) 

*Step Afrika holiday step show @ Atlas

*Alexander Nate @ Byrdland Records (R'n'b ) 

 *Sat. Dec. 18-

*Playboi Carti @ DC Armory (sold out)

Rare Essence @ Aqua @ 12:30 am 

* Backyard Band, DC Vybe, Black Alley @ WEG Studios 

* Jingle Jam w/ EU, Junkyard, Sirius Company @ Hampton Conference Center in Capitol Heights, MD

*TOB @ Power 

*Sirius Company @ Shark Bar 

*POSTPONED-Lucian Perkins reissued Hard Art (DC punk ) photo book signing @ Elle @ 4pm

 *Honest Haloway, Outerloop, Paper Tigers @ DC9

*One big Caribbean party @3237 Rhode Island Ave., Mt Rainier , mD 

 * Sonora Dinamita @ Vila Flores Restaurant in Glen Burnie

 * Mosche @ 7:30 @ Bossa, Maggie Yacoub Indimaj Project (middle eastern ) @ Bossa 9:30 pm ; Tumbao 10:45 pm  @ Bossa (Latin dance)

*Acoustic Blues Jam @ Archie’s Barbershop, 4502 Hamilton St., Hyattsville,

Christmas Revels in Spanish Ballroom @ Glen Echo Park, @ 2pm

  Ras Band w/ Tsehaye Yohannes & Fikeraddis Nekatibeb @ Twist Lounge

*DJ Johnson Lee (from Joe's Record Paradise) spinning vinyl @ Green Zone

*District of Cumbia @ Simple Bar 

Viva la Bachata Holiday Social @ Crown Dance Studio in Fairfax 

*Pinkshift @ Ottobar

*Grandsons holiday show @ Hank Dietle's 

*Airport 77s @ American Legion Post 41

*TubaChristmas from 6 to 7 @ Kennedy Center Millennium Stage (in person & streamed) 

*Step Afrika holiday step show @ Atlas

*Sun. Dec. 19

-rock n Shop @ Black Cat (plus Les the DJ) cancelled

 *Let it Flow, Peacemakers 5 to 9 pm @ Chateau (go-go)

 Christmas Revels in Spanish Ballroom @ Glen Echo Park, @ 2pm & 7pm

 *Still Familiar 6 to 11 pm @ Sax (go-go)

  *Roots Band @ Makeda Restaurant, Van Dorn St., Alexandria (Ethiopian)

  Ras Band w/ Tsehaye Yohannes & Fikeraddis Nekatibeb @ Twist Lounge

Stacy Brooks & BT Richardson @ Madam's Organ (blues) 

*4th Stream w/ Sriram Gopal @ Bossa 

Exploratory fingerstyle Guitar w/ Pergola, Kevin Coleman, Doug Kallmeyer, Jon Camp from 3 to 6 indoors @ Rhizome 

* Tribute to Barry White featuring Jourdan Carroll @ Bethesda Blues 

*Soca Santa party @ 5 pm @ 11300 Fern St., Wheaton 

*Step Afrika holiday step show @ Atlas

*Mon. Dec. 20-

 *Hotline TNT @ DC9 (rock) CANCELLED

Bill Heid & Big Joe Maher  @ blue Monday blues 6 to 9 pm @ Westminster Church SW

 

*Tues. Dec. 21- A John Waters Christmas @ Baltimore Soundstage

 Lion’s Den Lounge- Ethiopian – Tuesdays live

*Chris Scholar & Drew Ashby @ Songbyrd (hiphop & r'n'b) 

*Wed. Dec. 22

  *Afrobeats Tipsy Wednesdays w/ DJ Jamstar @ KNY Lounge in Hyattsville, MD

 *Sir EU & Homey Salazar & Toothchoir every Wednesday @ Spacycloud

*Les the DJ @ Showtime Lounge Bar 

*Thurs. Dec. 23- Los Hermanos Flores, Sonora Dimamita @ Rio Cantina in Sterling

  *Roots Band @ Makeda Restaurant, Van Dorn St., Alexandria (Ethiopian)

 *Afrobeats Thursdays @ Spectrum Lounge in Beltsville

*Junkyard Band, Let it Flow @ Capital Restaurant in Lanham CANCELLED

*DMV Holiday Fest w/ EU, Sirius Co., Still Familiar, Original Suttle Thoughts, plus guest spots by Stinky Dink, DC Scorpio, 32, & Tony Blunt @ WEG Studios , 1235 W st NE 

*Mozboota w/ Fady D @ Green Zone (Alt-electro Arabic)

 *The Green Show @ Mr. Braxtons DC (local r'n'b & rap every Thursday)

*Big Joe Maher & friends holiday show @ JVs

*Colonel Josh & Paisley Tonk (Josh Arnson &  a substitute player for Karl Straub) @ Hank Dietle's for free 

*Future Times -World Building Holiday w/ Kush Jones, Syd, Beautiful Swimmers @ Jimmy Valentines

(electro-club dance )

*Christmas party @ Lamonts in Pomonkey w/ DJ Fatzz

*Christmas jazz jam from 6 to 7 @ Kennedy Center Millennium Stage (in person & streamed) 

*TCB and Ambition Band @ Power 

*New Impressionz @ Hashtag

*WHAT?Band & Pastor Troy @ Hangers 

*TCB and Ambition Band @ Power 

*New Impressionz @ Hashtag

*EU featuring Sugar Bear, Sirius Company and Still Familiar @ WEG 

*Glenn Jones @ City Winery (r'n'b)

*Orquesta Melao @ 12 after 12

*Fri. Dec. 24-

 *Paul Wills Band @ Lamont's in Pomonkey (soul)

 Ras Band w/ Tsehaye Yohannes & Fikeraddis Nekatibeb @ Twist Lounge (Ethiopian)

*Define Dance and Sole Defined from 12 to 1 pm @ Kennedy Center Millennium Stage (in person & streamed) ( 2 DC Black dance companies) 

* Bobby Felder Big Band 8 to 9 pm @ Plymouth Congregational Church , 5301 North Capitol St NE (DC jazz & soul vets)  

*Backyard Band, TOB @ Aqua (go-go)

*New Impressionz and DSB @ Hangers

*Ugly Sweater party with Black Passion @ Redzone Blitz 

*Still Familiar @ Shark Bar

*WHAT? Band @ Nectar Lounge

*UCB @ Union District Bar & Restaurant 


*Sat. Dec. 25  * Due to Omicron Covid and the holidays, gigs may be cancelled or postponed

  Ras Band w/ Tsehaye Yohannes & Fikeraddis Nekatibeb @ Twist Lounge

 *Jimi Smooth & the Hit time Band @ JVs (soul & funk) 

TOB’s 17th Year Anniversary with special guest Weensey from BYB @ Power 

Rare Essence @ Aqua 

Junkyard @ Nipsey's/Cheers @ 301

Mature Clientele Band @ Remington Lions Club

Crank & Paint Party with Strickly Bidnezz Band and Live N Dyrect Band @ Nectar Lounge 

  The Kennedy Center’s All-Star Christmas Day Jazz Jam 

Reggaeton Navideno w/ DJ Jhoan Ayala from Miami & resident DJ Enemy @ Sax

DJ Retrospect @ Dew Drop Inn

*Sun. Dec. 26- Jay Wheeler @ Rio Cantina

  *Roots Band @ Makeda Restaurant, Van Dorn St., Alexandria (Ethiopian)

  Ras Band w/ Tsehaye Yohannes & Fikeraddis Nekatibeb @ Twist Lounge

 *The Roots (w/ drummer Questlove) @ Kennedy Center (hiphop)  postponed 

*Stacy Brooks & BT Richardson @ Madam's Organ (blues) 

*Tex Rubinowitz @ Hank Dietle's (rare appearance by this local rockabilly singer/guitarist w/ his new band w/ Tom Mindte on mandolin/accordion, John Combs on bass, Ira Gitlin on guitar, Joe Atkins on guitar, and Sam Atkins on drums )

*Support Displaced Ethiopians in Ethiopia rally from 5 to 11 pm @ Silver Spring Civic Bldg., 1 Veterans Plaza, Silver Spring, MD 

Still Familiar @ VFW Post 8950

BYB @ Society Restaurant and Lounge

MAB2.0 @ Redzone Blitz 

*Pietasters, Kill Lincoln, Catbite @ 930 club (ska revivalists) 

* Jay Wheeler @ Rio Cantina

*Mon. December 27-

*Janel Leppin's Ensemble Volcanic Ash @ Rhizome  Cancelled

*"One Very Odd Show" w/ Odd Mojo, Foot x Coles, Winzday Love, Baby Kahlo, 20NVR, Beauyoungprince. DJ sounds by Sir EU, and hosted by Musa Majic.

 *Monty Alexander @ Blues Alley (jazz pianist) 

*Tues. Dec. 28-

 Lion’s Den Lounge- Ethiopian – Tuesdays live

Photographer Vividdope's birthday party with New Impressionz & ALLhomage others @ Songbyrd 

*Wed. Dec. 29

  *Afrobeats Tipsy Wednesdays w/ DJ Jamstar @ KNY Lounge in Hyattsville, MD

 *Sir EU & Homey Salazar & Toothchoir every Wednesday @ Spacycloud

*Hank Williams tribute @ Birchmere 

*Cam Wells, Nodis, Bala Ortiz, & Almira Zaky @ Songbyrd DC

*Thursday, Laura Jane Grace, Vein.fm @ 930

*Thursday December 30-

 Bela Dona @ Birchmere (go-go) 

*TCB , Ambition @ Power 

*What Band w/ guest Steve Roy @ Hangar's 

*Cheik Hamale's Griot Street @ 9:30 pm @ Bossa

  *Roots Band @ Makeda Restaurant, Van Dorn St., Alexandria (Ethiopian)

 *Afrobeats Thursdays @ Spectrum Lounge in Beltsville

*The Green Show @ Mr. Braxtons DC (local r'n'b & rap every Thursday)

*Thrillbillys @ Hank Dietle's (roots rock) 

*Anthony Hamilton w/ Raheem DeVaughn @ the Lyric Theatre in Baltimore (R'n'b) 

* Angela Birchett & friends from 6 to 7 @ Kennedy Center Millennium Stage (in person & streamed) (r'n'b, gospel, & jazz )

*Kid Icarus presents holiday haze w/ Ayo Capone, Panameee, & DJ Vish @Songbyrd 

*Optimo @ Rio Cantina 

*Fri. December 31-

A Jazz New Year’s Eve Featuring Dianne Reeves, Chucho Valdés & Joe Lovano @ The Kennedy Center - Terrace Theatre

 *!!!(chk, chk, Chk) @ Union Stage

*Bela Dona @ Doubletree Hotel in Annapolis

 *Paul Wills Band @ Lamont's in Pomonkey

*What Band @ Gee's 

*TCB @ Chateau Remix

*BYB, TOB @ Aqua

 *Hardway Connection @ Chancellors Run Park Rec Center in Great Mills, MD

* Tumbao (salsa, bachata, & merengue band)  & Dj Lusounds @ Bossa 

*Tropical New Year @ Renaissance Downtown, 999 9th St NW cancelled

 Ras Band w/ Tsehaye Yohannes & Fikeraddis Nekatibeb @ Twist Lounge

*Remi Hassoun @ Green Zone (Middle Eastern/Arabic ) 

*Sugar Bear & EU @ Bethesda Blues & Jazz 

*Gogol Bordello @ Rams Head 

*Kermit Ruffins & the Barbecue Swingers @ the Hamilton 

*Seldom Scene @ Birchmere 

*Peaches O'dell @ Black Cat CANCELLED

*Disco dance night w/ KC from the Fatback DJs @ Songbyrd

* Dwele @ City Winery (Rnb)

* Beto Rodriguez ( Ex-Vocalista De Zaperoko) And   Alma Bella @ L & M Entertainment in Manassas

* DJ Goldie DC, Dj Phatsu, DJ Messay (Ethiopian music ) @ Club Karma 

*Grandiose New Year's Eve w/ afrobeats djs @ Mclean Hilton 

*Dj Set, DJ Gabbie Bam Bam @ Slash Run 

*K Michelle @ Bliss 

 Sat. Jan. 1- Proper  Utensils @ Nottinghams Cancelled 

*Afro-Carib brunch w dj Biggs 1 to 7 pm  @ Lydia on H St NE 

*TCB , New Impressionz @ Fillmore 

* Rare Essence @ Aqua 

*Still Familiar @ Shark Bar 

*TOB @ Power

  Ras Band w/ Tsehaye Yohannes & Fikeraddis Nekatibeb @ Twist Lounge

*Fete Decale African & Caribbean dj event 4 to 10 @  Lesaac Ethiopian Cafe in Silver Spring (zouk, soukous, coupe decale, kizomba, kompa)

*Last Train Home @ Birchmere 

*First of the month w/ Spinrillo, Sokka, Damnshawtok Miles, QP & Cousteau @ Songbyrd 

*Poison Ruïn, Sqk Fromme @ Comet Ping Pong (Cancelled)

*Kizomba & afrobeats @ Mix Bar 

*Los Hermanos Lobo, Nueva Fuerza De Morazan, Los Intipuqueños at Club One 

*Optimo @ VIP Room Baltimore

* Dwele @ City Winery (Rnb)

*Roots Band @ Makeda Restaurant, Van Dorn St., Alexandria (Ethiopian)

*Charlie Owens & pocket Change @ Hank Dietle's (roots r'n'b rock)

Sun. Jan. 2-

What Band w/ Killa Cal, Big G, Weensey plus New Impressionz @ Fast Eddie's (now allowed by PG County to have live music again) 

TOB, Reaction @ Hangars 

*Penelope Scott @ Songbyrd (sold out)

*Kitchen, Joyer, Brassie @ Comet Ping Pong CANCELLED

*Kizomba & afrobeats @ Mix Bar 

*Splurge dmv dancehall w/ Chuckuloo 4Star (NYC) , DJ Kevin Crown (NYC), Prince Royal (DMV), Fyah Oats (dmv); Polo International sound system; Image dancers from 5 pm to 12 midnight sharp @ Buena Vista Hall in Jessup, MD 

*The Homeslice Organ Grinders (Nick Ruggieri, Tam Sullivan, Dan Hovey, and John Previti) @ Hank Dietle's 

Mon. Jan. 3- 

Tues Jan. 4-

Heidi Martin @ Blues Alley (jazz singer) CANCELLED Kevin Howard instead

*Movie "Deadpool" with live soundtrack by DJ 2-Tone Jones @ Songbyrd 

Wed. Jan. 5- *Afrobeats Tipsy Wednesdays w/ DJ Jamstar @ KNY Lounge in Hyattsville, MD

Shining Blade soul, funk, hiphop jam session @ Bossa

*Big Chess DC record  release party @ Blues Alley (go-go & rap & more big band)

*Tommy Stinson @ Pearl St Warehouse

Thurs. Jan 6-

*Feedel Band @ 9:30 pm @ Bossa (Ethiojazz)

*Roots Band @ Makeda Restaurant, Van Dorn St., Alexandria (Ethiopian)

 *Afrobeats Thursdays @ Spectrum Lounge in Beltsville

*The Green Show @ Mr. Braxtons DC (local r'n'b & rap every Thursday)

*New Impressionz @ Hashtag Lounge 

*TCB & Ambition Band @ Power

*Chris Thomas King @ Blues Alley (blues) POSTPONED

*Oilers, Sansyou, George Barkin (of Golden Girls), and Cuni @ DC 9 ( electropop, atmospheric, indie rock) CANCELLED

*Black Assets @ 6 to 7 @ Kennedy Center Millennium Stage 

*Longtimers 5:30 to 7 @ Hank Dietles... Going Goin, Gone 8 to 11 @ Hank Dietles

*Thrillbillys @ JVs

Fri. Jan. 7- Robert Glasper Trio @ Bethesda Blues 

Ras Band w/ Tsehaye Yohannes & Fikeraddis Nekatibeb @ Twist Lounge (Ethiopian music Fri. through Sunday)

*Paul Wills Band @ Lamont's in Pomonkey

*Baltimore dj Rob Macy spins soul oldies 8 pm to 12 mdt on twitch

*Joony, The Khan, DJ Bri Mafia, Spinrillo @ Union Stage

*Alfredo Mojica group @ Bossa 

*Chris Thomas King @ Blues Alley (blues)POSTPONED

* Osekre + The Lucky Bastards free from 6 to 7 @ Kennedy Center Millennium Stage (ska-reggae-afropop-punk)

Sat. Jan. 8

*Ethiopian Christmas show @ Karma 

Robert Glasper Trio @ Bethesda Blues 

BYB & TCB @ Bliss 

*Sirius Company @ Shark Bar 

Sin Miedo @ 6 to 7 @ Kennedy Center Millennium Stage (Latin dance music)

*Junkyard Band @ Fillmore 

*Outerloop (Release Party) w/ Bed Maker & Broken Hills @ Slash Run CANCELLED

*Tumbao (Latin dance music) @ Bossa 

*Junior Marvin @ the Hamilton

*Roots Band @ Makeda Restaurant, Van Dorn St., Alexandria (Ethiopian)

*Chris Thomas King @ Blues Alley (blues) POSTPONED

*Dirt Eater, Mostly Dead, Ain't No Mountain High Enough @ DC 9 (rock)

*Rockasonics @ Hank Dietles (rockabilly, country)

Sun Jan. 9

 *Roots Band @ Makeda Restaurant, Van Dorn St., Alexandria (Ethiopian)

 * Ras Band w/ Tsehaye Yohannes & Fikeraddis Nekatibeb @ Twist Lounge

*Berehanu Tezera & Teddy Yo with Peace Band @ Hashtag Lounge 

Weird Babies (DC punk), Public Figures (dance punk), New Order of Existence (bilingual rock) @ DC 9 Cancelled 

*Chris Thomas King @ Blues Alley (blues) POSTPONED

Mon. Jan. 10-

Dogo du Togo @ Bossa 

Tues. Jan. 11-

*Wed. Jan 12

*Dogo du Togo @ Bossa 

Musiq Soulchild @ Birchmere

*Afrobeats Tipsy Wednesdays w/ DJ Jamstar @ KNY Lounge in Hyattsville, MD

*Vincint @ Union Stage 

* Let The Dirt Say Amen, Kaimbr, Sean Born, Yu @ Songbyrd (rap)

*Lonesome Dave Fisher rockabilly trio @ Hank Dietles

*What Band @ Nipseys

*Thurs Jan. 13-Musiq Soulchild @ Birchmere

*Roots Band @ Makeda Restaurant, Van Dorn St., Alexandria (Ethiopian)

 *Afrobeats Thursdays @ Spectrum Lounge in Beltsville

*The Green Show @ Mr. Braxtons DC (local r'n'b & rap every Thursday)

*Rebecca Black @ Union Stage (pop)

*Grandsons @ Hank Dietles (roots rock)

*What Band @ Hangars 

*Sol Roots @ JVs

* TCB Band & Ambition Band @ Power

*Edwin Ortiz y La Mafia @ Mix Bar 

*Fri. Jan. 14- Nap Eyes, Glosser, Carmen Canedo @ Comet Ping Pong cancelled

*Rakim y Ken-y @ Cococabana 

Ras Band w/ Tsehaye Yohannes & Fikeraddis Nekatibeb @ Twist Lounge (Ethiopian music Fri. through Sunday)

*Paul Wills Band @ Lamont's in Pomonkey (soul)

*DJ Adoni @ VIP Room

*Bossa Nova trio feat. Elin @ 8 pm @  Bossa; Alfredo Mojica Group @ 10:30 @ Bossa  

*Kiwi Jr. & Trace Mountains @ Songbyrd (rock) 

*Upsahl @ Union Stage (Arizona alt-pop)

*Fat Trel & Rylo Rodriguez @ Bliss 

*TCB @ Fire station One 

*Rare Essence w/ Go-go Mickey @ Fast Eddie's

*Backyard Band & TOB @ Aqua 

*Sirius Company @ Hard Rock Cafe 

*Iranian Film Fest online & @ AFI  (through 1-30)

*Ethiopian music tba @ Black Rose Lounge, Falls Church

*Orthodox New Year event w/ music @ 9 pm @ Spacycloud

*Funk vinyl djs @ Showtime bar 

*Upsahl @ Union Stage 

*Sat. Jan. 15

* Loide Jorge from 6 to 7 free @ Kennedy Center Millennium Stage (DC-based jazzy Afro-Portuguese singer)

DC Movie "Swap Out" premiere w/ band Push Play (feat. D. Floyd & Mrs. Pam Ward) @ Bethesda Blues 

*Roots Band @ Makeda Restaurant, Van Dorn St., Alexandria (Ethiopian)

Ras Band w/ Tsehaye Yohannes & Fikeraddis Nekatibeb @ Twist Lounge (Ethiopian music Fri. through Sunday)

* Reggae Fest DC presents dancehall v soca @ Bliss 

*Northeast Groovers, Members Only Band, DJ Big John @ 12750 Fair Lakes Circle, Fairfax 

Magnólia Zenekar + Szikra: Traditional Hungarian Dance Music @  7 @ Bossa; Tumbao @ 10 @ Bossa 

*Blue Suede Bop @ Hank Dietles 

*Alexis y Fido @ Club One (reggaeton)

*KRSOne @ Baltimore Soundstage

*TCB  & Reaction @ Fast Eddie's

*TCB also @ Fire Station One

*Be'la Dona @ Shark Bar 

*Ambition Band @ Nectar Lounge, Alexandria 

*disco & soul vinyl dj @ Showtime Bar 

*Ethiopian dance music dj @ Privilege 

* Sun.  Jan. 16 -Rare Essence & Fort Knox 5 @ the Hamilton (go-go & funk opener)   cancelled

*Soca Forever @ 4 pm @ Karma,  2221 Adams Place NE 

Telethon, Broke Royals @ Comet Ping Pong CANCELLED

* Sugarhill Gang @ City Winery Mainstage @ 8

Backyard Band @ City Winery Loft room @ 11: 30 pm

Ras Band w/ Tsehaye Yohannes & Fikeraddis Nekatibeb @ Twist Lounge (Ethiopian music Fri. through Sunday) Falls Church

*Ethiopian music tba @ Black Rose Lounge, Falls Church

*Moechella go-go  @ Fillmore 

*DC South-Asian Film fest online (through Jan. 30) 

*Magic City Hippies and Courtship 

*Vintage clothes & vinyl records sale @ Slash Run

*Junkyard Band & DC Vybe @ MGM  Postponed

*Celebration Summer, Capital Offender @ DC9

*Mon. Jan. 17- MLK Peace Walk @ Frederick Douglass Bridge 9:45 am

*Reclaim Baltimore event 3 pm w/ dancers, singers, poets @ 700 Block of Mosher St. to honor Jarrelle Gomez

Chuck Brown Band @ Bethesda Blues & Jazz 

*Mark Meadows & the Movement MLK tribute @ Blues Alley POSTPONED 

*Let Freedom Ring with MLK Choir directed by Nolan Williams Jr @ 6 @ Kennedy Center  Cancelled

*Doused, True Faith, Day Aches, L' Avenir @ DC 9 (rock & electro)

Tues. Jan 18-

*Bad Waitress @ DC 9 (rock)

* Wed. Jan 19- Curtis Harding @ Black Cat (indie soul)

*Afrobeats Tipsy Wednesdays w/ DJ Jamstar @ KNY Lounge in Hyattsville, MD

*DCVybe @ City Winery 

*Ethiopian music tba @ V Lounge , Falls Church

*What Band @ Nipseys

Thurs. Jan. 20th-Beths @ Black Cat (sold out)

*Pablo's Brazilian Baile night @ Bossa

*Roots Band @ Makeda Restaurant, Van Dorn St., Alexandria (Ethiopian)

 *Afrobeats Thursdays @ Spectrum Lounge in Beltsville

*The Green Show @ Mr. Braxtons DC (local r'n'b & rap every Thursday)

Keb Mo band @ Birchmere 

*Masters of Hawaiian Music: George Kahumoku Jr, Led Kaapana, & Herb Ohta Jr. @ Barns of Wolf Trap (sold out)

Nene Malo @ Diamond Lounge 

*Jimi Smooth & hit time band @ JVs (soul)

*Wale @ Fillmore 

*What Band @ Hangars 

*Adeline @ Songbyrd

* TCB Band & Ambition Band @ Power

*Edwin Ortiz y La Mafia @ Mix Bar 

*Roots guitarist Chris Pierce @ Kennedy Center Millenium Stage 

*Fri Jan 21- Sirius Company @ City Winery Loft Room (go-go)

Ras Band w/ Tsehaye Yohannes & Fikeraddis Nekatibeb @ Twist Lounge (Ethiopian music Fri. through Sunday)

*Paul Wills Band @ Lamont's in Pomonkey

Keb Mo band @ Birchmere 

*Ryley Walker  (guitarist) w/ Modern Nomad @ Creative Alliance 

* Mariza (Portuguese fado singer ) @ Kennedy Center 

*Alfredo Mojica Group @ Bossa 

*Smith & Thell @ Songbyrd (Swedish pop-folk)

*Brnda , Grocer, You & Me @ Pie Shop DC

*New Impressionz @ Hangars 

*Rare Essence @ Fast Eddie's 

*Junkyard @ Nipsey's 

*Pure Elegance feat. Shorty Corleone @ Babylon Woodbridge

*Sat. Jan. 22- Proper Utensils feat. Jas Funk & Go-go Mickey @ Bethesda Blues 

*Backyard Band & What Band @ Fast Eddie's 

*Rare Essence @ Aqua (Killa Kal's 10th anniversary w/ the band) 

*Sirius Co. @ Shark Bar 

*Tumbao (Latin dance music) @ Bossa

*Cat Power @ 930 Club Postponed and rescheduled for later this year @ Lincoln Theatre

* John Tyler w/ his band Seoul Tribe @ Creative Alliance 

*Roots Band @ Makeda Restaurant, Van Dorn St., Alexandria (Ethiopian)

Ras Band w/ Tsehaye Yohannes & Fikeraddis Nekatibeb @ Twist Lounge (Ethiopian music Fri. through Sunday)

*Alina Baraz @ Fillmore (electronica/r'n'b singer) 

*Four Star Combo @ Hank Dietles (rockabilly, honky tonk)

*Indigo DeSouza @ Black Cat

*Jake Xerxes Fussell w/ Sam Moss @ Pie Shop DC (finger pick guitar and more)

*Keb Mo @ 4 pm & 8pm  @ Rams Head Onstage Live Annapolis (blues) 

*Samuel Prather * G.o.! 4.tet @ Twelve after Twelve 

*Paisley Tonk (feat. Karl Straub & Col. Josh) @ VFW 350 in Takoma Park from 7 to 9:30 pm or so

Sun. Jan 23-Ras Band w/ Tsehaye Yohannes & Fikeraddis Nekatibeb @ Twist Lounge (Ethiopian music Fri. through Sunday)

*Still Familiar @ Union District, NE DC  

*Junkyard 5 to 10 pm @ Lounge 66 in Woodbridge

*Mon. Jan. 24

Black Angels, Vacant Lots @ 930 Club

*F'd Up, Empath, Burial Waves @ Union Stage 

*Tues. Jan. 25- Cursive @ Black Cat 

*Bryce Vine @ Fillmore 

*Griff @ Songbyrd (sold out) (Brit singer)

*Wed. Jan 26- Duncan Sheik & Gerry Leonard play Nick Drake's Pink Moon @ City Winery

Sweet Honey in the Rock @ Birchmere POSTPONED

*Afrobeats Tipsy Wednesdays w/ DJ Jamstar @ KNY Lounge in Hyattsville, MD

*Teen Cobra @ Slash Run

*Peter Yarrow @ Rams Head Annapolis 

*What Band @ Nipseys

*Inner Wave @ Union Stage (indie rock)

*Paisley Tonk (feat. Karl Straub & Col. Josh) @ Hank Dietles 

 *Thurs. Jan. 27

Lunay @ Rio Cantina

*Silvana Estrada @ City Winery (Mexican alt-roots)

Big Easy, Church Girls, Keep Your Secret @ Comet 

*Jake Scott @ DC 9 (sold out)

*Marty Stuart & his Fabulous Superlatives seated gig @ 930 Club 

*Roots Band @ Makeda Restaurant, Van Dorn St., Alexandria (Ethiopian)

 *Afrobeats Thursdays @ Spectrum Lounge in Beltsville

*The Green Show @ Mr. Braxtons DC (local r'n'b & rap every Thursday)

*Thrillbillys @ Hank Dietles

*What Band @ Hangars 

* TCB Band & Ambition Band @ Power

*Edwin Ortiz y La Mafia @ Mix Bar 

*Sahel @ Mr Henry's 

*Burt the Dirt @ Pearl st warehouse

*Fri. Jan. 28- Rebirth Brass Band (New Orleans) @ the Hamilton

*Bossa Nova trio feat. Elin @ 8 @ Bossa; Alfredo Mojica Group @ 10:30 @ Bossa

Ras Band w/ Tsehaye Yohannes & Fikeraddis Nekatibeb @ Twist Lounge (Ethiopian music Fri. through Sunday)

*Paul Wills Band @ Lamont's in Pomonkey

Sheila E & band @ City Winery for 2 shows 

*Junkyard @ Nipsey's 

*Raheem DeVaughn @ Birchmere

*Boy Harsher @ Black Cat 

* Myzz-k plus afrobeats, hiphop, dancehall, amapiano dj's @ Privilege

*Dj Kira @ V Lounge  

*Best Coast, Rosie Tucker @ 6 pm @ 930 Club    cancelled

* Sat. Jan. 29Rebirth Brass Band (New Orleans) @ the Hamilton

*Ana Souza sings Brazilian samba @ 7:30 @ Bossa; Tumbao (Latin dance music ) @ 10:30 @ Bossa 

Ras Band w/ Tsehaye Yohannes & Fikeraddis Nekatibeb @ Twist Lounge (Ethiopian music Fri. through Sunday)

*RKM & Ken-y @ Club One 

*Lomelda @ DC 9

*Melk ep release show @ Pie Shop DC (pop shoegaze)

*Roots Band @ Makeda Restaurant, Van Dorn St., Alexandria (Ethiopian)

* Disturbin the Peace @ 3 pm w/ Sick of it All (New York City); Bracewar (Richmond); End It (Baltimore); Section H8 (Los Angeles); Next Step Up (Baltimore) ; Regulate (New York City); Raw Brigade(Bogota, Colombia); No Pressure(New York City); Buggin (Chicago); Life’s Question (Philadelphia); Choice 2 Make (Wilkes-Barre, PA); Outsider (Richmond); Jive Bomb (Baltimore); Detonate (Baltimore) @ Ottobar 

*Made in the DMV made sessions 1 to 8 pm

*Rhodes Tavern Troubadours @ VFW Hells Bottom (tentative) 

Sun. Jan 30- The Campbell Brothers’ sacred steel gospel version of John Coltrane’s A Love Supreme @ City Winery

Ras Band w/ Tsehaye Yohannes & Fikeraddis Nekatibeb @ Twist Lounge (Ethiopian music Fri. through Sunday)

*Backyard Band & Mature Clientele Band @ Diamond Lounge 

*TOB, ABM, XIB, Tru Expressionz @ Nectar Lounge 

*4th stream jazz & more w/ Sriram @ Bossa 

*Ambition Band @ Rose Juke Joint , Indian Head, MD

Mon Jan 31- A Place to Bury Strangers @ Songbyrd

* Kosha Dillz @ Pie Shop 

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 V Lounge – Ethiopian on certain nights

Black Rose Lounge 

Lion’s Den Lounge- Ethiopian – Tuesdays live

Cloud Lounge-being renovated

Mix Bar & Grill in Silver Spring has live  and dj'd Caribbean music some nights

Bossa has international music and jazz all the time

Nazzy Nazzdat on Facebook has go-go listings

Capital Bop has jazz; Mary Cliff has folk; Fools Night Out has roots music; tickeri has Latinx

Friday, September 10, 2021

DC Baltimore DMV Global Music and More Concert Calendar Gig List for September 2021 (and onward)

 

DC/Baltimore Global Music and More-  September 2021 onward (first time back since March 2020)

Compiled by Steve Kiviat and edited and updated frequently . Work your way down day by day.

Still determining a possible email subscription method

For now Calendar is posted, updated, and viewable here on the blog, and events sometimes tweeted @stevekiviat. International (mainly African, Caribbean, Brazilian), roots, rap, soul, go-go, indie-rock, punk, club dj dance and more DMV & Baltimore gigs that I am interested in.  Additional gigs added after first posting have an *asterisk. To submit events (for posting) or comments (that are not posted) e-mail stevenkiviat @ gmail.com

Please get vaccinated and mask up

 Calendar was re-started in September and continues below in this updated post through December.

Saturday September 11-

Ethiopian New Year

End of Summer Soul Fest w/ JR Walker Allstars Band & Show, Stylistics Revue feat. Van Field, Might Mighty Dells Revue, Dr Salaam Love honoring Smokey Robinson, Hardway Connection, Kevin Langford Band @ Drury Ballpark, 1139 Smith Ln., Lothian, MD

CultureFest DMV (Caribbean music) @ 1 @ National Harbor

Free Kennedy Center outdoor event--Dupont Brass (5-6pm), DC Legendary Musicians Gospel (6:15-7:15pm), Ragamala Dance Co on Kennedy Center Lower lawn 7:30 to 9pm

Proper Utensils, 4 Life Project, X Factor, Pump Blenders, West Mob 12 noon to 7 pm 2 Fort Circle Park/Fort Totten (Between Galloway St. & Gallatin St. NE DC)

Ambition Band (go-go) for free @ 6 pm @ Moechella Gallery in Eastern Market

Fiesta DC 11am to 7 pm on Pennsylvania Ave w/ Mala Fe & Orquestra; Optimo;

Long Branch Festival with Cheick Hamala Diabate @ 6 pm & La Colombopercutivo @ 7 pm in Long Branch, MD

CCB go-go band at halftime of 7:30 pm Howard U. at U of MD football game

Black Cat 28th Anniversary party w/ Algiers; Ted Leo; The Owners; Teen Cobra; Anna Connolly (w/ Hannah Burris) @ Black Cat

Raheen DeVaughan @ City Winery

Kush: Sitali w/ Eliot Seppa @ Bossa @ 7:30 (afro-folk); Latin Night w/ Tumbao @ 9 @ Bossa

Dave Chappell Band @ Hank Dietle’s

Embassies of embassy row tour @ 12 noon

Crown Vic’s Weird World Dance Party at the Green Zone @ 10 pm

BYB & New Impressionz @ Hard Rock Café

Rare Essence @ Aqua

TOB @ 4 pm @ Marvin Gaye Park

Still Familiar @ Masonic Temple on U St NW

Sunday September 12-

Adams Morgan Day

Mrs. Toretsky’s Nightmare @ 7 @ Bossa (klezmer)

Rare Essence @ Ivy City Smokehouse

Adult roller skate night with DJ JB @ Temple Hills Skate Center

Backyard Band @ Sax

*Thao w/ Longbeard @ Ottobar

* La Gran Banda ( Honduras) @ Rincon Magico Bar And Grill, Silver Spring, MD

*Catracho Fest @ Langley Park Boys & Girls Club

*DJ Loco Motora @ 5 @ Champions Sports Bar in Silver Spring

* Zacarias Ferreira,  Marito Rivera,  La Maquina, Orquesta Hermanos Flores, Grupo La Calle,  Mr. Pelon @ 16th annual El Salvadorian fest at Montgomery County Fairgrounds

*K-Paz de La Sierra @ El Puento de Oro in Hyattsville 

Monday Sept. 13-

 Blues Monday Anniversary Jam session @ Westminster Church SW

*Wizkid @ Fillmore (and after-party at Bliss)

*Julien Baker, Thao @ 930

Tuesday September 14-

 Jason Isbell w/ Waxahatchie @ Wolf Trap

Lindsey Buckingham @ Warner

Kennedy Center 50th anniversary concert

* the Bowen McCauley Dance Company will present its final performance at the Kennedy Center’s Eisenhower Theater (w/ Turkish folk music on some dances)  at 7 p.m

Wed. Sept. 15-

District of Raga presents 7:30 dj set by DJ 2-Tone Jones (hip-hop inspired by trip to India) & 9pm concert w/ Jay Gandhi (bansuri) & Monir Hossain (tabla) (classical Indian music) & 10 pm DJ 2-Tone Jones  @ Bossa

Charlie Owen & Pocket Change @ Hank Dietle’s (soul covers) free

The Toasters @ Pie Shop

Kol Nidre

*Sir EU & Homey Salazar & Toothchoir every Wednesday @ Spacycloud

*Afrobeats Tipsy Wednesdays w/ DJ Jamstar @ KNY Lounge in Hyattsville, MD

*"La Manplesa" the doc about the 1991 Mt Pleasant Uprising screens for free in Lamont Park in Mt Pleasant aka La Manplesa 

Thurs. September 16-

 Jazz house trio of Elijah Jamal Balbed (sax), Andrew Musselman (bass), and Paul Jung (percussion), and different guest artists join in each week @ 7 @ Bossa;  Pablo’s Baile @ 10 @ Bossa (Brazilian)

Lydia Lunch Retrovirus w/ Hammered Hulls @ Black Cat

Veronneau @ Blues Alley (through the 18th)

A Black Radio production by Robert Glasper with D Smoke (Sep. 16–19, 2021 at 7:30 & 9:30 p.m.)  @ Kennedy Center REACH indoors w/Black Radio and a cadre of special guests w/ roots in Hip Hop, jazz, R&B, and soul. Band includes Burniss Travis, bass; Chris Dave, drums; Isaiah Sharkey, guitar; Jahi Sundance, DJ

*Slackers, Soularites, Upstarts @ Ottobar

*Turnstile @ Baltimore Soundstage

*Shanti & Shuga Shang singing Will Downing rnb duets @ the Blue Dolphin in Gambrills/crofton MD

*Afrobeats Thursdays @ Spectrum Lounge in Beltsville

Yom Kippur Day

Fri September 17-

 Rauw Alejandro @ George Mason Eaglebank Arena (reggaeton)

*Flash of the Spirit Fest with La Marvela, DeSanguashington, La Colombopercutivo @ 7 @ 425 M. St. SW (DC based Latinx music --largely Colombian)

Rare Essence @ Marlton Golf Course in Upper Marlboro

Jumpin Jupiter @ Hank Dietle’s (rockabilly)

Caribefunk @ 8:30 @ Bossa Alfredo Mojica Group @ 10:30 @ Bossa

National Book Fest Sept 17 to 26 (mostly online)

 *Soccer Mommy & Squirrel Flower @ Ottobar 

*Shamarr Allen & the Underdawgs @ Creative Alliance

*Djs & live go-go outside  Spritz Union Market  6 to 10 pm (a moechella production) w/ Pinky Killa Corn, Nappy Nappa, Sir E.U., NeLovesBias, Ambition Band, Afro Velvet, Adwoaa, DJ Kidd Marvel, Hav Mercy

*DJ Kalani @ Neptune Room

* Jo-go Project @ 7 as part of Front porch at Suitland outdoor concert series @ 4719 Silver Hill Rd., Suitland, MD 

* Jerry Rivera , Daniela Dancourt @ Cococabana

Sat. Sept 18-

Bob Mould Band @ 930

Seven Voices Tribute to Patsy Cline @ Creative Alliance

Washington Ukrainian Fest St. from 11 am to 9 pm @ Andrew Ukrainian Orthodox Cathedral, 15100 New Hampshire Ave, Silver Spring

International Zouk Day Flash Mob near the DC Memorials - Time and location to be confirmed and posted

9-9:30pm Beginner Zouk Class with Alisson Sandi; 9:30-10:30pm Hips-Play Workshop with Rachel & Renato Ramalho; 10:30pm-2:30am Zouk Party w/ DJ KEL & DJ Rhinestone @ Tyson's Ballroom

Dexter Daps & Govana @ WEG Studios, 1235 W St NE

Knyves Escobar on Sept. 18 @ The Pocket @ 7 Drum City  -

Ubangis and Dot Dash @ Slash Run

TOB, ABM, XIB @ Hangars

H St Fest

Rosslyn Jazz Fest 1pm – 5pm (Free - registration encouraged) @ Gateway Park –    1300 Lee Highway, Arlington VA w/  Three Man Soul Machine, Aaron Myers             , and  Sin Miedo.

Junkyard, EU, Bela Dona @ Lamont’s

Afro Soca Love @ Karma

Lyuti Chushki: Bulgarian Music @ 7 @ Bossa ; Latin Night w/ Tumbao @ 9 @ Bossa

Proper Utensils @ Masonic Hall on U St

*Dope Body plus 3 more @ Ottobar

*Nas , D-Nice @ Anthem (DC go-go keyboardist Sweet Cherie says she'll be onstage @ this)

*BYB @ Bliss 

*Hall & Oates w/ Squeeze @ Merriweather Post Pavilion

*Afrovikings Saturdays @ Viking Center in Burtonsville w/ djs Jamstar, 9ice, Mike Obi, Gemini, Transtar, & Mad DJ 

*DJ Retrospect @ Neptune Room

*Still Familiar @ Babylon in Woodbridge

Sun. September 19-

 92Q End of Summer Jam Featuring Future, City Girls, Moneybagg Yo, 42 Dugg, TCB (DC bouncebeat go-go band) @ Meriweather Post Pavilion

*Memphis Lightning @ 4 pm to 7 pm @ Old Town Bowie Grill

BYB @ Bethesda Blues and Jazz

 Chicago singer Keiyaa on Sept. 19 @ Songbyrd  (r'n'b/soul)

Jules Daud (NY-based Argentine blues & rock singer/guitarist @ 8 @ Bossa

Chad Taylor Trio, Luke Stewart Silt Trio, Janel & Anthony & Luke @ 3840 Bladensburg Rd, Brentwood, MD 6pm

*Wreckless Eric & Bangarang @ Ottobar

*Cool Out Sundays (afrobeats?) @ Gees Ultra Lounge in Hyattsville 

* Don't Mute Dc presents "Skate and Crank" w/ the Chuck Brown Band & CCB (plus a panel discussion) from 3:30 to 7:30 pm @ Anacostia Skate Park and Field

*New Impressionz @ Lounge 66 in Waldorf

*Blue-eyed soul cage match with Billy Price and King Soul @ Rosensteel Hall, Rosensteel Ave, Silver Spring

Mon. Sept. 20-

Shirleta Settles @ Westminster Church SW 6 to 9 pm Blues Monday show

*Sweet Yonder (DC bluegrass) @ Comet Ping Pong parking lot

Tues. Sept. 21-

 Juanes @ the Anthem

*Dj Analyze @ Pure Lounge

Wed. Sept. 22 -

*Sir EU & Homey Salazar & Toothchoir every Wednesday @ Spacycloud

*Afrobeats Tipsy Wednesdays w/ DJ Jamstar @ KNY Lounge in Hyattsville, MD

*Zealot RIP, darkest hour, Loud Boyz @ DC Brau (metal)

*TCB @ the Chateau (bouncebeat go-go)

*Jessica Boykin-Settles @ George Mason Center for the Arts (jazz vocals) 

* Maya Lucia / Anna Connolly / Rosie Cima & What She Dremed @ Rhizome

Thurs. September 23-

La Colombopercutiva: DC-bsed Colombian Cumbia @ 9 @ Bossa

The Strangers w/ rockin blues pianist Daryl Davis @ Hank Dietle’s for free

Tame Impala  & Sudan Archives @ Capital One Arena

Dave Kline Band (through the 26th) @ Blues Alley

*Dierks Bentley @ MPP

*Leon Bridges @ Lincoln Theatre (sold out)

*Gregory Cooper (James Brown impersonator) @ Keystone Korner

*Going, going, gone @ VFW Post #350 Hells Bottom, Takoma Park

*Afrobeats Thursdays @ Spectrum Lounge in Beltsville

*Tito Puente Jr & the Joe Falero Band @ the Mix Bar & Grill in Silver Spring

* Sol Roots Band @ JVs

Fri. September 24-

Neha Kakkar @ MGM National Harbor (India )

*Petit Pays @ Vikings Center in Burtonsville (Cameroon) (recommended)

Be’la Dona @ Bethesda Blues and Jazz

TCB & TOB @ Bliss (bouncebeat go-go)

Slick Rick @ the Howard Theatre (old-school rap)

Bleachers @ Anthem

Jau Ocean , Bottled Up  @ Pie Shop (r’n’b)

Alfredo Mojica salsa group @ 10:30pm @ Bossa

Willie Nelson, Sturgill Simpson @ Merriweather Post Pavilion

Janel Leppin and her group Ensemble Volcanic Ash: Matt Mitchell / Luke Stewart / Brian Settles / Anthony Pirog / Kim Sator / Sarah Hughes / Larry Fergusen / Janel Leppin; w/ opener  Karina Lazorchak @ Rhizome. Rescheduled for October 2nd 

Fri. Sept 24-Art All Night (& on the @25th) at multiple locations  

*Dream City Brass Band second line @ 6:30 pm from Like That Barbershop to Good Hope Rd to Anacostia ; also in Anacostia from 5 to 11:30 pm  @ Check-It, 1920 MLK Ave is  TOB Band, Experience Band, Pure Elegance Band dontmutedc . com

Hirshhorn open house 4:30 to 8pm with new Laurie Anderson exhibit  

Theophilus London, Soul Cannon, Konjur Collective, Josh Stokes @ Ottobar

*Trombone Shorty & Orleans Ave @ Soundstage 

*DJ Trev-ski @ Neptune Room

* Pan-masters Steel Orchestra @ 7 as part of Front porch at Suitland outdoor concert series @ 4719 Silver Hill Rd., Suitland, MD 

* Still Familiar @ Lounge 66 in Waldorf every Friday

*Junkyard Band @ Nipsey's 

*The Unity & Community Dance showcase @ The Arc Theatre, SE 

*New Impressionz @ Hangars

*Backyard Band @ Aqua 

*Aaron L Myers @ Mr Henry's for free (jazz singer/pianist) 

*DJ Soul Call Paul @ Showtime 

Sat September 25-

Next Fest w/ go-go & jazz @ Malcolm X Park w/  Malcolm X drummers @ 12; Idol Beings w/ Akua Allrich & Kris Funn 1pm; Still Familiar 2pm; Marc Cary's go-go project (dc go-goer who became NY jazz cat) 3pm; TOB 4pm; Nasar Abadey 5 pm; Maimouna Youssef aka Mumu Fresh 6pm, Nag Champa 7pm,  Plunky & Oneness of Juju 8 pm  for free! Programmed by Capitalbop & LongLiveGoGo/Moechella plus bucket drumming classes & dc music panels  

*MLK Library family festival w/ Baba Ras D @ 12:05; Step Afrika Dance @ 1:05; Pop & lock dance @ 1:25pm; Hand Dancing demo @ 3:30pm; Be'la Dona @ 4:10 pm 

Art All Night @ Congress Heights Plaza, 3109 MLK Ave Se & 5th Sts SE from 6pm to 2 am w/ Troublefunk; EU; TOB; Black Alley; Re-Up Band; dancer Crazy Legs; Step Afrika Dance; Mousey Thompson & the James Brown Experience  

*Art All Night @ Franklin Block Party w/ Kamauu, Reesa Renee, Dreamcast, Layla Khepri, Ikey, DC Funk Versus, plus live art, & 25th anniversary Lionz of Zion bboy battle 

*Art all Night at MLK Library 9 pm to 12 am w/ DJ Kool @ 9, Black Alley @ 10:45, & screening of "Go-go City: Displacement & Protest in DC" movie doc 

Greenbelt Blues Festival with Archie Edwards Blues ensemble and others 11:30 am to 11:30 pm

*The Philly Explosion with The Intruders, Frank Washington (from Delphonics & Spinners), Keith Busey & the Unit Band, Michael Muse (who briefly sang w/ Stylistics), Sixx & the System Band @ 1 pm @ Lamont's in Pomonkey, MD POSTPONED

 Poppy Patica  @ Pie Shop

* PG County College Bluebird Fest is back with Guitar Shorty (5:10 to 6pm), Sylver Logan Sharp (4:20 pm to 5 ), Robin K & Vintage 18 (3:30 to 4:10);  Bori (bachata) (2:30 to 3:10); Bachata dance worksop @ 2:10

Latin Night w/ Tumbao @ 9 @ Bossa

Erykah Badu @ MGM

*Afrovikings Saturdays @ Viking Center in Burtonville w/ djs Jamstar, 9ice, Mike Obi, Gemini, Transtar, & Mad DJ 

*Bump n Grind w/ djs David & Enyah @ Neptune Room

*Still Familiar  w/ Be'la Dona @ The Garden, 5380 Eisenhower Ave., Alexandria , VA 

*Proper Utensils @ Lounge 66 in Waldorf

*New Impressionz @ Gee's in Hyattsville

*Naira Marley & friends @ WEG Studios, NE DC 

*Rare Essence & Da One Band  @ Aqua

*Soda Stereo tribute @ State Theatre

*Kai @ Mix Bar & Grill 

*DC Afrobeats Block Party w/ Jollof Cook-off  @ 4 pm on @ Karma 

*Oh He Dead  @ 930

*Joe Falero Band @ Joe's Movement Emporium

*Legendary Shake Shackers @ Hill Country Live

*EducArte's Brazilian dance workshop @ 2 pm @ St. Andrew's Episcopal Church, 4512 College Ave., Colleg Pk

*La Colombopercutiva trio @ 1:20 pm @ Upshur Street Fair 

*Returning Citizens Day @ Ft Stanton Rec Center, 1812 Erie St. SE  12 noon to 4 pm w/ Sirius Company & DJ Supa Dan

*Sirius Company @ Nipsey's @ night

*Save Our City Yard Fest w/ TOB, N2L, Pure Elegance, Band 10 am to 4 pm @ Johnson Middle School, 1400 Bruce Place SE 

*TOB , Reaction & Bo (TCB) & Shooters (ABM) @ Hangars

Sun. Sept  26-

Erykah Badu @ MGM

1st DMV Vive La Salsa 2021 en Grupo Niche, Tito Nieves, Puerto Rican Power, Domingo Quinones y mas! moved to Kelly's Ford Equestrian Center 16589 Rd., in Remington, VA 

 Gates open: 10:00am @ Bull Run Regional Park, 7700 Bull Run Drive, Centreville, Virginia

Sriram Gopal & Friends: The Fourth Stream @ 8 @ Bossa (South Asian & jazz)

DC Record Fair @ Eaton Hotel

Ambition Band @ Déjà vu, 900 Flo. Ave NW 3 sets between 4 and 10 pm (go-go)

* Percussionist Pedrito Martinez & pianist Alfredo Rodriguez @ Strathmore (Cuban dance & Latin jazz)

*Leon Bridges @ Rams Head Live

* Choreographers Showcase @ National Harbor 

* Turning Jewels Into Water (Indian-born drummer/producer Ravish Momin, along with Haitian electronic dance music percussionist Val Jeanty) plus  DC’s Kamyar Arsani on Sufi Chants, Daf, and Sama @ Rhizome

*Violent Femmes @ Anthem

* Paul Cebar Tomorrow Sound from 2 to 5 PM, $20, followed by the Snake Farmers from 6 PM - 9PM (no cover)  @ Hank Dietle’s 

*Carla Harvey, Shirletta Settles @ JVs (soul)

Mon. Sept. 27

Fearing, Infinity Ring, True Body, Aertex @ Ottobar

*Sheyda Doa (DC Latin fusion) @ Comet Ping Pong parking lot

Tues. September 28-

Rio de Janeiro-based singer-songwriter João Fênix @ 8 @ Bossa

*Rufus Wainwright & Jose Gonzalez @ Anthem 

*Harbanger (experimental hiphop dj group) @ 12 noon online from Library of Congress

*DJ Supa Dan (go-go) w/ host Killa Cal on Tuesdays @ Secret Lounge  

* Mayor Muriel Bowser Presents The 36th Annual Mayor's Arts Awards w/ performances by BatalaDC , Junkyard Band, See-I, Be Steadwell & more from 6pm on

* Moechella leader & rapper Yaddiya is performing @ the District Fray website/magazine & more event from 6 to 9 @ "cue the Lights" at the Transit Pier of the Wharf Tuesday 9-28 . There’s a meet & greet too.

Wed. Sept. 29

* Mamselle Ruiz: Mexican Sones from Montreal @ 12 noon online from Library of Congress; Cambalache (California Mexican-American Son Jarocho) @ 12:30 pm online from Library of Congress

Adeline @ Creative Alliance

*Leo Rua @ Bossa (DC based Colombian soul/reggae/Latin singer/guitarist)

*Big Freedia @ Lincoln Theatre

* Rebelution: Good Vibes Summer Tour 2021 w/ Kabaka Pyramid (reggae n rap), Keznamdi (reggae), DJ Mackle @ Anthem 

*Sir EU & Homey Salazar & Toothchoir every Wednesday @ Spacycloud

*Afrobeats Tipsy Wednesdays w/ DJ Jamstar @ KNY Lounge in Hyattsville, MD

*La Manplesa (doc about 1991 Mt Pleasant uprising in DC) @ Suns Cinema

* TCB @ the Chateau 

*What Band @ Nipsey's 

Thurs. September 30-

Cheick Hamala’s Griot Street @ 9:30 pm @ Bossa (DMV-based Malian)

*Sami-Dan cd release party w/ the Ras Band @ Twist Lounge In Falls Church, VA 

Robert Cray @ Birchmere

Going Goin Gone @ Hank Dietle’s

*Afrobeats Thursdays @ Spectrum Lounge in Beltsville

*Sirius Company @ Capital Restaurant in Lanham (go-go)

*Mac Mccaughan (from Superchunk) w/ 75 Dollar Bill (percussionist Rick Brown & guitarist Che Chen who learned some stuff from Noura Mint Seymali's guitarist)  @ DC 9 

* DJs Jahsonic & Native Sun playing reggae, house, afrobeats, soul @ 10 @ Bammys, 301 Water St. SE 

*"Rich Kids: A History of Shopping Malls in Tehran" (a play) @ U of MD  Clarice Smith

*Edwin Ortiz y la mafia @ Mix Bar (salsa)

*Lion Babe @ Union Stage

Fri. October 1-

Ile @ Howard Theatre (Puerto Rican vocalist)

*Chuck Brown Tribute w/ Sirius Co., Sugar Bear, Big G, & special guest , plus Be'la Dona 5 to 8:30 @ 4850 Colorado Ave NW (a Friends of Carter Barron production) Moved to Emory Park POSTPONED

* Don Zientara at New District Brewing Company, 2709 South Oakland St., Arlington.@ 6 p.m.

 Nice Breeze  @ The Pocket @ 7 Drum City (DC postpunk/punk)

*Junkyard Band @ Nipsey's

*Backyard Band @ Aqua

* Flash of the Spirit Fest with Tuff Lion (reggae)  @ 7 @ 425 M. St. SW 

Kiltse (local Ethiopian supergroup blending Ethiopian trad melodies with jazz & funk will now be on the 15th ) @ 7 @ 425 M. St. SW 

* Rebekah Laur'en @ 7 as part of Front porch at Suitland outdoor concert series @ 4719 Silver Hill Rd., Suitland, MD 

* Save Your Soul dj event w/ Rob Macy & Baby Alcatraz @ Lithuanian Hall in Baltimore  

* Christopher Tignor (composer, violinist), Hotel Neon (Philly guitars & synths), Requiem (DC ambient postrock w/ Tristan Welch (Guitar, Electronics) and Douglas Kallmeyer (Bass, Electronics, Production) @ Rhizome

* TCB @ Fire Station 1 

* Still Familiar @ Lounge 66 in Waldorf every Friday

* TOB, Reaction, ABM, UEB, DSB @ Club One 

*New Impressionz free @ 7 @ Kennedy Center Reach

* salsa and bachata DJ Emerzive and live music from Izis La Enfermera De La Salsa @ Frqanklin Square 5:30 to 8 

* Sir E.U & Tooth Choir , Too Free and more @ Opaline @ 1770 Euclid St NW 

* Afropolitan DC @ Abigail , 1730 M St NW 

Sat. October 2- 

*Love the music record show @ 10 am @ Rosensteel Hall

Charlie Wilson @ MGM

Yemi Alade at 930 Club (Nigerian afropop)

Googoosh @ DAR (Iranian/Persian)

*Hardway Connection @ Lamont's (southern soul) 

*Rare Essence @ Aqua 

Broccoli fest rap and r’n’b w/ Lil Baby, Snoh Alegra and many more including a dc go-go Moechella set CANCELLED DUE TO COVID CONCERNS

Bossa Nova Duo: Elin Bossa feat. Dani Cortaza @ 7:30 @ Bossa

Panamanian Folkloric Group: Patria y Saloma for Free @ PG Publick Playhouse

*Tokimonsta @ 930 (hiphop remixer)

*Junkyard Band @ Fire Station 1 (DC go-go) 

*Don Zientara (Inner Ear Studio head & guitarist) opening for Braddock Station Garrison @ Epicure Cafe in Fairfax 

* Rockin the Suburbs podcast Suburbs Fest 2021 w/ Apollo 66, Dot Dash, Wingtip Sloat, Frank Muffin @ Cissel-Saxon American legion Post 41, 905 Sligo Ave. 

*Afrovikings Saturdays @ Viking Center in Burtonville w/ djs Jamstar, 9ice, Mike Obi, Gemini, Transtar, & Mad DJ 

*Mature Clientele Band @ PJ Mulligans in Herndon (go-go)

*Janel Leppin and her group Ensemble Volcanic Ash: Matt Mitchell / Luke Stewart / Brian Settles / Anthony Pirog / Kim Sator / Sarah Hughes / Larry Fergusen / Janel Leppin; w/ opener  Karina Lazorchak @ Rhizome.

*Maluma @ Capital One Arena (pop reggaeton )

Damien Jurado & Okkervil River @ Barns of Wolf Trap

*Women's pro-choice march in the day that starts @ Freedom Plaza @ 11am

*Moneybagg Yo as part of Bowie State Homecoming celebration @ Bliss 

*TCB @ 7 @ Kennedy Center Reach  

*TCB, TOB, XIB @ hangars 

*Adams Morgan Porchfest 2 to 6pm  w/ Experience Band & Show @ 2 @ 1836 California St; Airport 77s @ 2 @ 1801 Adams Mill Rd

* La Marvela (All-Woman DC-based Columbian Music Band)  @ 11 am to 11:50 am @ Ga Ave & New Hampshire Ave free

*UCB @ 2 to 3 pm @ @ Ga Ave & New Hampshire Ave free

*Still Familiar w/ Rappa Dude @ Nipseys

* Art on the Avenue 10 am to 6 in Del Ray, Alexandria 

Sun. October 3- Tinashe at 930 Club (6pm sold out; 10 pm on sale)

* "Guns Down Gloves Up" alternatives to gun violence event w/ TOB , boxing, guest speakers re mental health, financial literacy and more @ WEG Studio , 1235 W St NE  

Thrillbillys @ Hank Dietle’s

*Takoma Park Street Fest 10 am to 5 pm w/ US-based Ghanaian drummer Okyerama Asante on 1 stage at 11 am, & South Asian drummer Haroon Alam on another; King Soul @ 2; Dave Chappell @ 3; Saltanah Arabic music ensemble w/ Rhia & Crystal @ 4 

*SE porchfest from 35 to 38th st SE from 11 am to 6 pm

*Frank Muffin @ Ned Devine's in Herndon

*Mental Attraction Band 2.0 @ Red Zone Blitz 

*Comedy & music @ Audi Field Riverview Deck w/ EU, Huggy Lodown, Chris Paul, Tommy Davidson

* Mclean Project for the Arts fest from 10 am to 4 pm w/10am-Blues Alley Youth Jazz Orchestra ; 11 am-Sheyda Do’a Band — Latin and World music from an Albanian vocalist ;  12:00pm: Nataly Merezhuk’s Hot Band — American/Russian violin virtuoso with one foot in classical and one foot in gypsy swing; 1:00pm: Project Locrea — All-star international collective featuring musicians from China, Argentina, Ethiopia, Bulgaria, Peru, and even the USA; 2:00pm: Irene Jalenti — Italian vocalist/looper with a multilingual repertoire; 3:00pm: Josanne Francis — Trinidad & Tobago steel-pan ; 

*Rei Ami @ 930

* Sheila the band @ DC 9

*Konpa brunch @ Mix Bar 

*Mon. October 4-Art Sorority (DC indie singer songwriter) @ Comet Ping Pong parking lot (sold out)

*Blue Monday Blues @ Westminster Church SW DC 6 to 9 pm w/ Moonshine Society (Ron Holloway & Jenny Langer & more) 

*TuesOctober 5 - Amyl & the Sniffers Livestream via Songbyrd 

*DJ Supa Dan (go-go) w/ host Killa Cal on Tuesdays @ Secret Lounge  

*Flowerbomb, Brave, Jasmine Gillison @ DC 9

*Nina Ryser, Sunk Heaven, Divorce Horce @ Rhizome 

Wed. October 6-

*Flock of Dimes and Karima Walker @ Ottobar (on 7th also) cancelled

* Boldy James @ Songbyrd (rap)

*Backyard Band @ Hard Rock Cafe

*Afrobeats Tipsy Wednesdays w/ DJ Jamstar @ KNY Lounge in Hyattsville, MD

*Sir EU & Homey Salazar & Toothchoir every Wednesday @ Spacycloud

The Honey Larks  featuring Carly Harvey (a self-titled DC Queen of the Blues), Jenny Langer FKA Black Betty (Blues Hall of Fame), and Holly Montgomery (Blue Elan Records) @ Hank Dietle’s

*TCB @ Chateau

*What Band @ Nipsey's 

Thurs. Oct. 7-

Feedel Band @ 9:30 pm @ Bossa (Ethio-jazz)

*Pablo Regis's samba baile @ Mr. Henry's 

*Afrobeats Thursdays @ Spectrum Lounge in Beltsville

*Sirius Company @ Capital Restaurant in Lanham (go-go)

*New Impresionz @ Hashtag Lounge 

*"Black Broadway in DC " talk by author Briana Thomas @ Busboys & Poets @ 6pm @ 2021 14th St  (RSVP on eventbrite requested)

*Robyn Hitchcock @ Jammin Java

*Patti Language & Bravais Lattice @ Rhizome

*Lori Mckenna @ Birchmere 

*Dave Grohl "Storyteller" @ Lincoln Theatre (sold out)

*Thomas Rhett, Cole Swindell, Gabby Barrett @ Merriweather Post P (country)

*Bachata dj @ Wild Days @ Eaton 

Fri. October 8- Luis Angel El Flaco, Aldo Trujillo Y Conjunto Atardecer @ Coco Cabana, 2031 University Boulevard East, Adelphi, Maryland

*Be Steadwell @ 7 as part of Front porch at Suitland outdoor concert series @ 4719 Silver Hill Rd., Suitland, MD 

Waxahatchee (sold out) @ Lincoln Theatre

Jayhawks at Hamilton

*Flock of Dimes and Karima Walker @ Ottobar (on 7th also) cancelled

*III Strikez Release Party @ Motor House in Baltimore 

*Spirit of the Beehive (sold out) @ DC9

*Isley Brothers @ Bethesda Blues postponed to December 3

* Omarion, Bow Wow, Ashanti @ Royal Farms Arena, Baltimore 

*  Zafire Dance Company NYC and DJ Griinguito @ Franklin Square from 5:30 to 8

* Rafael Ponde samba @ 8 @ Bossa; Alfredo Mojica salsa @ 10:30 pm @ Bossa 

*Jazz night @ Westminster Church SW tribute to recently deceased Howard Fish Franklin

* New Impressionz @ Hangars 

*TOB & Backyard Band @ Aqua 

*Chuck Brown Band @ City Winery 

*Still Familiar @ Lounge 66

*TCB @ Bliss 

*Pump Blenders @ Oasis

* Still Familiar every Friday @ Lounge 66 in Waldorf

*Richmond Folk Fest through Sunday 

Sat. Oct 9-

 Funk and soul crabfest at Drurys Ballpark w/ P-Funk members, Trouble Funk & more 

Down in the Reeds fest 11 am to 7 @ Parks in Walter Reed in DC w/ RDGLDGRN, See-I (reggae) @ 5, Born-I, La Marvela (Colombian) @ 4 , Calista Garcia, Amadou Kouyate, Leo Rua (Afro-Colombian) @ 1:30, Archie Edwards Blues Heritage Ensemble and more.  After party and jam session @ Rhizome outdoors  6:30 to 9pm ish w/ Meche Korrect, Fleetwood Deville, Bee Boisseau, and more 

* Rock the Park DC presents Afrofuturism dance Meets Jazz w/ Ron Trent (Music and Power, Chicago); Live Performance by Brad Linde’s Tribute To Sun Ra / & Dj Adrian Loving.4 to 10 pm @ Franklin Park, 13th & K sts NW 

* Benefit concert for sax player Gabriel Gabo Lora to help him pay for his father's funeral. Gabo is in many bands/musicians (LaColombopercutiva, Association Illicita, Negro Cosmico Tribute , Son Flavor, Patricio Zamorano) and they all are playing @ Simple Bar, 5802 GA. Ave @ 8 pm 

*EU & DC Vybe @ The Garden in Ft Washington (go-go)

*Still Familiar, Be'la Dona, E-foot & Friends (Choice Band reunion)  @ 2 pm @ Lamont's (go-go)

*Black Thought of the Roots @ Kenn. Ctr. 

* Tumbao salsa, Latin & Caribbean @ Bossa 

* Junkyard ,Still Familiar, Sirius Company @ Hilton Crystal City  

*What Band and Project 71 @ Fire Station 1 

*Richmond Folk Fest through Sunday (Rare Essence doing 2 sets before back to DC @ Aqua)

*Rare Essence, Black Passion Band @ Aqua 

*Afrovikings Saturdays @ Viking Center in Burtonville

*Savor Bowie, MD fest @ Bowie Town Center 

*Foots from Foots x Coles, free dance party @ Songbyrd 

*Mature Clientele Band @ Babylon in Woodbridge

* Sirius Company @ Cheers @ 301 

*Still Familiar & Let it Flow @ Ivy City 

*New Impressionz @ Gee's

*Jo-go Project 6 to 8 @ Eastern Market Metro

Sun. Oct. 10- Mature Clientele Band, Major League @Tandori in Woodbridge (go-go)

*Kohoutek, Frank Hurricane, Lazuli, @ Rhizome 

*Rare Essence, Sirius Co. @ Hard Rock Cafe 

*TCB, TOB, Reaction, New Impressionz, ABM, XIB @ Bliss 

*klezmer @ Bossa

*Anthony Brown @ 4 & 8 @ Bethesda Blues 

* What Band & Reaction @ Hangars

*Backyard Band @ City Winery Loft stage 

*Songbyrd free open house 4 to 10 pm  @ their new Union Market  540 Penn St NE location 

*Savor Bowie, MD fest @ Bowie Town Center 

* *Richmond Folk Fest through Sunday 

*New Impressionz @ Lounge 66

*Junkyard & Black passion Band @ the Elk

*Suttle @ Red Zone Blitz

*Major league Band & Mature Clientele Band @ Tandoori

*Abdu Kiar, Kuku S., & Terry T w/ Peace Band & DJ Goldie C @ Hashtag Lounge (Ethiopian music)

* Ambition Band @ Deja Vu 

Mon. Oct. 11- Dead can Dance @ Anthem

*TCB @ Hangars

*Mark G. Meadows Feat. Deacon Izzy (DC jazz / & singer songwriter) @ Comet Ping Pong parking lot

*Patti Griffin @ Birchmere

*Mon Laferte @ Fillmore 

Tues Oct. 12- James Blake @ Anthem

*DJ Supa Dan (go-go) w/ host Killa Cal on Tuesdays @ Secret Lounge  

*Yaddiya @ the Wharf 

*Patti Griffin @ Birchmere

*WedOct. 13- 

* Joao Fenix @ Bossa (Brazilian) 

Low Cut Connie @ 930

*Afrobeats Tipsy Wednesdays w/ DJ Jamstar @ KNY Lounge in Hyattsville, MD

*Sir EU & Homey Salazar & Toothchoir every Wednesday @ Spacycloud

*Kaytranada  & Sango @ Anthem

*Anjimile @ DC 9 CANCELLED

*Benny the Butcher @ Fillmore (rap)

*Spectral Snakes, Extravision, Teething Veils, The Hunted Hare Ensemble @ Rhizome

*Vybe Band @ City Winery 

*What Band @ Nipseys/Cheers @ 301

*TCB @ Chateau 

*Backyard Band @ Hard rock Cafe

*Teach me how to dabke w/ Jinan @ Green Zone

Thurs Oct. 14- New York rapper Mike @ Songbyrd

*Cheikh Hamala Diabete's griot street @ Bossa 

*Afrobeats Thursdays @ Spectrum Lounge in Beltsville

*Sirius Co. @ Capital Restaurant in Lanham

*New Impressionz @ Hashtag Lounge in Alexandria 

*Junkyard Band @ Hideout in Springfield, VA 

Fri. Oct. 15- Manhattans feat. Gerald Alston @ Birchmere (r'n'b)

Dayme Arocena (Cuban singer) @ 8 pm online from Library of Congress 

*Alfredo Mojica group @ Bossa 

Brian Wilson @ Warner Theatre

*Flash of the Spirit Fest presents   Kiltse (local Ethiopian supergroup blending Ethiopian trad melodies with jazz & funk)           Crank Lukongo @ 7 @ 425 M Street SW 

Lunch with Bob (featuring Ratso) @ Hank Dietle’s (honky tonk Americana)

* Nag Champa Art Ensemble , Jao Ocean, Thraxx King @ Rhizome 

*  Merengue Lesson & History with 3x Bachata Champions Martha & Irving @ Franklin Square from 5:30 to 8

*The Spinners @ Bethesda Blues 

*Bill Frisell Trio @ State Theatre 

*Black dance Choreographers showcase @ Creative Alliance (Oct 16 also)

*TCB & TOB @ Fire Station 1 

*Double Dagger @ Ottobar (sold out) 

*Curren$y @ Rams head Live in Baltimore 

*Skate party w/ DJ Laz @ Temple Hills Roller skate rink 

*Backyard Band & Reaction @ Aqua 

* Rare Essence & Still Familiar @ VFW Post 8950 

*Still Familiar 11:45 pm to 1:45 am @ Lounge 66 in Waldorf

*Image Band 8 to 11 @ Mix Bar (soca/caribbean) 

*New Impressionz @ Hangers 

* Tropical beat sounds w/ Leon City Sounds djs @ Showtime 

*Gilbert Torossian (middle east/Armenian) dj @ Green Zone 

* Rhodes Tavern Troubadours at HubCapCenter, 5200 Cathedral Ave, DC

* Frank Reyes @ the Coco Cabana 

*DJ Kool video release party 6 to 9 pm @ Sobe Restaurant in Lanham

* Rkm & Ken-Y E @ VIP Room in Baltimore

*Ninel Conde, Grupo Escalante @ 90 Degrees in Manassas

*Marino Castellanos @ Champions Sports Bar in Silver Spring

*Paul Willis & the Brothers 7 band every Friday @ Lamont's (soul) 

* Latinx Fiesta Immigration Film Fest online free zoom  @ 7:30 pm of "Fandango at the Wall" w/  Arturo O’Farrill and Kabir Sehgal, as they prepare to record a live album at the U.S.-Mexico border wall. inspired by the annual Fandango Fronterizo Festival, which unites people on both sides of the Tijuana-San Diego border. This festival features son jarocho, a 300-year-old folk music tradition. Registration for zoom required 

Sat. Oct. 16

*Tumbao @ Bossa 

Rodney Crowell @ Wolf Trap

*Rock the Park DC presents DJ Clark Kent, Stretch Armstrong, Tony Touch 4 to 10 pm @ Franklin Park, 13th & K sts NW

*Mahmoud Ahmed w/ guitarist Selamino & band @ Hilton Crystal City (Ethiopian legendary vocalist w/ great guitarist) 

*Goldlink @ 930 cancelled

*All Things Go Fest @ 11 am @ MPP w/ HAIM, St. Vincent, Charli XCX, Lauv, girl in red, Cautious Clay, Beach Bunny, Soccer Mommy, Gus Dapperton, Tai Verdes, Role Model, Blu DeTiger, Tkay Maidza, Del Water Gap, Jelani Aryeh, Isaac Dunbar

*Daddy Long Legs, Sean K Preston & Load Pistols, Thee Lexington Arrows @ Metro Gallery Holy Frijoles, 908 W. 36th St in Baltimore

*Black dance Choreographers showcase @ Creative Alliance 

*TCB & New Impressionz @ Bliss 

* Rumput (stringband music & Indonesian influenced shadow theatre) w/ Orfeia (Bulgarian & Eastern European music) @ Rhizome  

*Buteco Sertanejo @ Pearl Street Warehouse 

*Acoustic Blues Jam, outdoors usually 1 to 5  @ Archie’s Barbershop, 4502 Hamilton St., Hyattsville,

  *TOB, Reaction, Dream Team, N2l @ Hangars 

*Backyard Band @ Fire Station 1

*Rare Essence @ Aqua 

*Bat Fangs, Thelma & the Sleaze @ Slash Run 

*Afrovikings Saturdays @ 15212 Dino Drive in Burtonsville w/ djs Jamstar, 9ice, Mike Obi, Gemini, Transtar, & Mad DJ 

* kizomba w/ dj Oscar B.A. @ Mix Bar 

*Sirius Company @ Shark Bar in Waldorf

*Johnson Lee from Joe's Record Paradise vinyl dj @ Green Zone 

* Kazzabe Si Sabe, Gran Fieston Catracho @ VIP Room in Baltimore 

Sun. Oct 17- Torres @ Union Stage

*Idles @ 930 (sold out)

Proper Utensils @ City Winery Loft stage 

*Jake Blount (Americana guitarist) @ Kennedy Center

*DC Blues Fest w/ King Solomon Hicks, Robin & Vintage 18, JP Reali from 1 to 7 @ WunderGarden, 1101 1st St NE

* La Manplesa (DC Latinx uprising 1991doc) @ 2 @ Mt Pleasant Library 

*Forever Yours-O'Jays tribute band; Feelin the Funk Band; Shelton Price sings Marvin Gaye; & Shawn Allen's tribute to the Divas @ Bethesda Blues 

* Jus Paul & friends @ Deja Vu (including Ambition Band I think)

* Ethiopian music w/ Roots Band @ Makeda Restaurant, Van Dorn St., Alexandria  

*Kazzabe @ Rincon Magico in Silver Spring

*Bulova @ Manna @ 1401 Univ. Blvd, Hyattsville

*Todd Rundgren @ Capital Turnaround

*Mon. Oct. 18-

*Idles @ 930 (sold out)

*Waxahatchee @ Lincoln Theatre (sold out)

* Radiator Hospital (solo Philly indie rock) @ Comet Ping Pong parking lot 

*Mountain Goats @ the Fillmore

* Mama Moon & the Rumpshakers @ Blue Monday Blues Night @ Westminster Presbyterian Church, 400 I St., SW DC from 6 to 9 pm

*Monkees @ the Warner Theatre 

*Todd Rundgren @ Capital Turnaround


Tues. Oct. 19- Shannon & the Clams plus  Baby Alcatraz and the Aurelions (debut gig by Alcatraz w/ Mark Cisneros band) @ Black Cat

*Mavis Staples & Amy Helm @ Lincoln Theatre

*DJ Supa Dan (go-go) w/ host Killa Cal on Tuesdays @ Secret Lounge  

*Robbie Fulks @ Jammin Java

Wed. Oct 20- Iris Dement at Birchmere (cancelled) 

*Nicola Cruz (Ecuadorian Andes step electronic club music) @ Flash

*Afrobeats Tipsy Wednesdays w/ DJ Jamstar @ KNY Lounge in Hyattsville, MD

*Sir EU & Homey Salazar & Toothchoir every Wednesday @ Spacycloud

California’s Hunny @ Songbyrd

*Alan Licht "Common Tones" book talk @ 7 @ Rhizome (book has interviews w/ Glenn  Branca, Rhys Chatham, Tony Conrad, Lou Reed, Milfor Graves, Greg Tate, Tom Verlaine & more) 

* Robert Finley @ City Winery (blues and soul) 

*See-I @ Twelve after Twelve (reggae) , 1212 18th st. NW 

*Jessi Uribe @ the Palace

*What Band @ Cheers @ 301 

*TCB @ Chateau 

*New Impressionz @ Fire Station 1

*Backyard Band @ Hard rock cafe

Thurs. October 21- Eva Ayllon @ Howard Theatre

*Grupo Niche @ the Palace (salsa) 

*Major League Djz for Howard U Homecoming weekend w/ DJ Marauder, DJ K Meta, DJ Bo, DJ Mambo DMV, & Selectako @ WEG Studios 

Colonel Josh & Paisley Tonk (w/ Josh Arnson & Karl Straub) @ Hank Dietle’s (psych honky tonk)

*Sirius Co. @ Capital Restaurant in Lanham

*New Impressionz @ Hashtag Lounge in Alexandria 

Kamasi Washington @ Warner Theatre

Pablo’s Baile Brazilian pagoda night at Bossa

Ronald K. Brown Evidence & Meshell Ndegeocello @ Kennedy Center (Oct. 21 to 23)

*42 Dugg Live @ Echostage

* Ethiopian music w/ Roots Band @ Makeda Restaurant, Van Dorn St., Alexandria 

*Ellis Paul @ Kelsey's Rest. & Irish Pub, Ellicott City 

*Sa-Roc @ City Winery 

*Kevin Gates @ the Fillmore 

*Afrobeats Thursdays @ Spectrum Lounge in Beltsville

*Southern soul w/ Etta Duren, Lady Mary, Kat Rollins @ Blue Dolphin, Gambrills , MD 

* DJ Kenny M  @ Green Zone 

*Kjarkas @ Schlesinger Center, Alexandria (Bolivian folk band 50th aniv. tour)

Fri. Oct 22

*Migos @ Howard U Homecoming show @ WEG Studios, 1301 W St NE 

* Proper Utensils (coolidge Homecoming) @ Masonic Temple on U  

*Rafael Ponde brazilian samba @ 8 @ Bossa 

* Alfredo Mojica group salsa  @ 10:30 @ Bossa

*Ray Apollo Allen @ Martini's in White Plains, MD 

* Amy K. Bormet @ Eastern Market Plaza 5 to 6:30 pm (jazz) 

*Est Gee @ Bliss

Wavves @ Black Cat

*Ras Band w/ Tsehaye Yohannes & Fikeraddis Nekatibeb @ Twist Lounge (Ethiopian music through Sunday)

*Mavericks @ Lincoln Theatre

* Lucy Dacus, Bartees Strange @ 930 (sold out)

* HU Homecoming

* DJ Bassam  @ Green Zone (Arabic) 

*The Whispers @ the Birchmere

*Freddie Jackson @ Bethesda Blues 

* Ronald K. Brown Evidence & Meshell Ndegeocello @ Kennedy Center (Oct. 21 to 23)

* Trouble Funk (band member Allycat's last show) @ City Winery 

*New Impressionz @ Hangars

* Backyard Band & ABM @ Aqua

*Junkyard Band @ Cheers @ 301/Nipsey's 

*Still Familiar @ Lounge 66

*Princess Nokia @ the Fillmore 

*Guided by Voices @ Ottobar (sold out) 

*Kevin Gates @ Rams Head Live 

*Brazilian Allstars @ Montgomery College

*Skate party w/ DJ Laz @ Temple Hills Roller skate rink 

*Still Familiar 11:45 pm to 1:45 am @ Lounge 66 in Waldorf

*Junie Henderson @ 8 @ the Hamilton Live; Vintage 18 @ 10:30 pm @ the Hamilton Live(blues) 

* Banda Cuisillos & Diana Reyes @ Cococabana

* Hermanos Yaipen @ El Ranchon in Woodbridge

*Rubby Perez @ Champions Sports Bar in Silver Spring (merengue singer)

*Extreme, Danny D @ Mexico Lindo (bachata)

*La Sonora Dinamita @ VIP Room in Baltimore 

*Paul Willis & the Brothers 7 band every Friday @ Lamont's (soul) 

*Afrobeat dj "Skylevel" @ Prime in Hyattsville

*Kurt Elling @ keystone Korner (through 24th)

Sat. Oct. 23-

*The Grown Folks Fall Finale w/ TJ Hooker, Hardway Connection, Paul Willis & Brothers 7 Band, Jim Bennett & Unique Creation Band 12 to 6pm @ Sea Side View Campground , 48593 Sea Side Rd., Ridge , MD 

*Lil Durk, Young Moe, Fat Trel @ WEG Studios 

* What Band, Still Familiar day party @ Diamond Lounge 

Bacchae, Teenage Halloween, Tosser  @ Pie Shop

* Mt. Pleasant Library presents Des Demonas, Spring Silver, Sensor Ghost from 3 to 6 @ Lamont Park in Mt. Pleasant w/ an appearance by DC photographer Jim Saah for his new book "In My Eyes" ; followed by *Jim Saah DC punk photos exhibition opening @ Lost Origins Gallery @ 6 pm w/ a solo appearance by J. Robbins 

*Rock the Park DC presents Kiss n Grind/ Howard Homecoming Edition w/ Viktor Duplaix, Just Blaze, DJ Jahsonic hosted by KG Superstar 4 to 10 pm @ Franklin Park, 13th & K sts NW 

*Ras Band w/ Tsehaye Yohannes & Fikeraddis Nekatibeb @ Twist Lounge (Ethiopian music through Sunday)

*Tumbao Latin  @ Bossa 

*Boosie @ Bliss 

*Major League DJZ from South Africa playing Amapiano @  Fire Station 1 

*EU w/ Faycez U Know @ Prince Hall Masonic Temple (Howard U homecoming ) 

* Lucy Dacus, Laura Stevenson @ 930 (sold out)

*Desertion Trio @ Rhizome

*Backyard Band & Sirius Co. @ Horseshoe Casino in Baltimore (Morgan State Homecoming) cancelled 

*Rare Essence @ Aqua 

*Junkyard Band @ Hangars

*Rah Digga, Kenilworth Katrina , S.O.S. Band @ more @ Cheers @ 301

*Suttle Squad @ Babylon Woodbridge 

*New Impressionz @ Gee's  

*Brand Nubian & Smiff n Wessun @ Bethesda Blues (rap)

Ronald K. Brown Evidence & Meshell Ndegeocello @ Kennedy Center (Oct. 21 to 23)

*The Whispers @ the Birchmere

*Armand Hammer, Pink Siifu @ ottobar

*Afrovikings Saturdays @ 15212 Dino Drive in Burtonsville w/ djs Jamstar, 9ice, Mike Obi, Gemini, Transtar, & Mad DJ 

* kizomba w/ dj Oscar B.A. @ Mix Bar 

*NPG (Prince's band) @ Rams Head Annapolis 

* Born I (music and meditation) @ DCAC 

*Akua Allrich duo @ PAP Haitian Cuisine 

*Morta Skuld @ Atlas Brew Works (metal)

*Lightmare, Sir EU @ The Pocket

Sun. Oct. 24- Dogo @ Bossa (DC-based Togo artist)

*Fay Victor (jazz singer) one set w/ SoundNoiseFUNK & a duet w/ jazz bassist Luke Stewart @ Rhizome

* Pablo Milanes @ Lincoln Theatre 

*DC Zine Fest @ Brookland Arts Walk 

*Nice Breeze, Activity  @ Pie Shop (punk/post-punk)

*Backyard Band @ Society Lounge

*Ambition Band @ Deja Vu Lounge 

*TCB @ the Hideout 

*Ras Band w/ Tsehaye Yohannes & Fikeraddis Nekatibeb @ Twist Lounge (Ethiopian music Fri. through Sunday)

* Ethiopian music w/ Roots Band @ Makeda Restaurant, Van Dorn St., Alexandria 

*Minew Shewa @ Hashtag Lounge in Alexandria 

*Junkyard Band @ B & G Tavern in Accokeek, MD 

* Daisychain, Azure Wolf, Not my Vice @ The Pocket DC

*Mon. Oct. 25- H.E.R. @ Anthem

*Los Amigos Invisibles @ 930

*Uruguay (DC indie pop) @ Comet Ping Pong parking lot

*Bilal @ City Winery

*Steely Dan @ Hippodrome 

*Yves Tumor @ Union Stage (sold out)

*Blue Monday blues @ Westminster Church SW 

*Tues. Oct. 26-

JPeg Mafia @ 930

*DJ Supa Dan (go-go) w/ host Killa Cal on Tuesdays @ Secret Lounge  

*Bilal @ City Winery

* Arlo Parks @ Union Stage (sold out)

*Open Mike @ The Pocket 

*Wed. Oct. 27

Beach Fossils, Wild Nothing @ 930

*Afrobeats Tipsy Wednesdays w/ DJ Jamstar @ KNY Lounge in Hyattsville, MD

*Sir EU & Homey Salazar & Toothchoir every Wednesday @ Spacycloud

*Toosii @ the Fillmore 

*Flowerbomb, Bluewreck, Warhawk @ Pie Shop 

*Akua Allrich & the Tribe @ Keystone Korner 

*Quicksand @ Black cat 

*What Band @ Cheers @ 301 

*TCB @ Chateau 

*New Impressionz @ Fire Station 1

*Backyard Band @ Hard rock cafe

*Complete Crank Band @ Pure Lounge 

Thurs. Oct. 28- Emmylou Harris and Steve Earle @ Capital One Hall in Tysons

*Raulin Rodriguez @ Rio Cantina in Sterling

*La Colombopercutiva & America Yanay @ Bossa (last 2021 gigs @ Bossa for these 2 until 2022)

*Emily Wolfe @ DC 9

*Judas Priest @ MGM

*Afrobeats Thursdays @ Spectrum Lounge in Beltsville

*MC Eiht , Fleetbag 202, Still Familiar @ Bravo Bravo 

*DJ Lil Kabob (Persian) @ Green Zone 

*Brnda @ Pie Shop 

* Graham Parker solo @ Rams Head Annapolis 

* Ethiopian music w/ Roots Band @ Makeda Restaurant, Van Dorn St., Alexandria 

*Shadz of Soul @ Blue Dolphin

*Veronneau @ 12:30 to 2:30pm @ Franklin Park

*The Green Show every Thursday 8 to 11 pm @ Mr. Braxtons DC (DC r'n'b, neo-soul, jazzy funky hiphop)

*Jo-go Project @ Keystone Korner in Baltimore

*Filipino American History reservation dinner & music w/ singer Laquavia Alston & pianist Chris Hon @ Bad Saint ($130 per person) 

*Sirius Company @ Capital Restaurant & Lounge

*Prophecy Entertainment @ Nectar Restaurant and Lounge

*TOB and Drama Squad Band @ Hangers

Fri. October 29

Temps & 4 Tops @ MGM

*Techno in  Malcolm X Park w/ Outputmessage, Stukes, BLVKSITE 6 to 10 pm (15th & Belmont st entrance) 

Hungarian Night: Magnólia Zenekar @ Bossa

*Montez du Durango @ VIP Room in Baltimore

*Backyard Band  & UCB @ Aqua 

*Hildemaro @ Mexico Lindo in Bladensburg 

*Dowba Montana @ Leyla's in Chillum, MD 

*Day of the Dead altar and events @ Mexican Cultural Institute in DC (till Nov. 20th) 

Lucy Dacus @ 6 @ 930 (sold out)

100 Gecs @ 10 @ 930 (sold out)

*Tango Apiazzollado: Celebrating 100 years of Astor Piazzolla @ Kenn. Ctr.

*"Freakaween Bounce" w/ TCB, Reaction, TOB, ABM, UEB @ Bliss 

*Graham Parker @ City Winery 

*DJ Remi Hassam @ Green Zone (Arabic)

*Still Familiar 11:45 pm to 1:45 am @ Lounge 66 in Waldorf

*Flatland Cavalry @ the Hamilton Live;

*La Maquina del El Salvador @ Omega Bar in Hyattsville

*Paul Willis & the Brothers 7 band every Friday @ Lamont's (soul) 

*Sol Roots 5to 8 pm free @ Crystal City Water Park 

*Rare Essence & Dj Stormin Norman @ Panorama Room

*Alfredo Mojica @ Bossa 

*New Impressionz is at Hangers

*Junkyard is at Cheers @ 301/Nipsey's

*New Impressionz are at Hash Tag

*The Pandemic Band are at 8207 Cryden Way, Forestville, MD

*What? Band, CMB and MOB are at AURA

*Outerloop, Railgun, Courage Mother @ the Pocket @ 7 Drum City 

Sat. October 30

*Mumbo connection presents Fuxk the Patriarchy w/ go-go bands TOB, CCB, N2L @ 3 to 8 pm @ 14th & U Sts NW 

*Day Party…Black Passion & Body Of Evidence are at the Fall Festival Temple Hills

*Korean traditional wind & string music (Namureyoung) @ Georgetown waterfront Park fountain @ Percy Plaza 2 to 6 pm

Myke Towers @ George Mason Eaglebank Arena (reggaeton)

* Rock the Park DC & Eaton Hotel presents Les the DJ, Rissa Garcia, Samantha Francesca & Martin Miguel, Black Rave Culture   4 to 10 pm @ Franklin Park, 13th & K sts NW 

*Ohio Players @ Bethesda Blues 

*Proper Utensils @ 6 to 10 pm @ Fresh Stylz Barbershop, Hyattsville

*Junkyard Band @ Mehfil @ best Western Battlefield in Manassas 

Tennis @ 930 (sold out)

Airport 77s @ Hank Dietle’s (power pop)

*Parquet Courts @ Ottobar (sold out)

*Bad Religion, Alkaline Trio @ Fillmore 

*Hayes Carll @ Birchmere

*Jackopierce @ City Winery 

*Arturo O'Farrill and the Afro Latin Jazz Orchestra w/ Dr Cornel West @ 7 & 9 @ Kennedy Center

*Day of the Dead fest & parade @ 12 noon @ Creative Alliance 

* kizomba w/ dj Oscar B.A. @ Mix Bar 

*Afrovikings Saturdays @ 15212 Dino Drive in Burtonsville w/ djs Jamstar, 9ice, Mike Obi, Gemini, Transtar, & Mad DJ 

*DJs Mazbaota w/ Fody D @ Green Zone (Arabic underground)

Catalytic Sound Festival from 4 to 9 with Heart of the Ghost [Ian McColm / Jarrett Gilgore / Luke Stewart] + Khalid Thompson, Hanna Olivegren + Noelle Tolbert, No Land + Alma Laprida + Rex Delafkaran, Jenny Moon Tucker + Leo Svirsky + Thomas Stanley, Jamal Moore + Orlando Johnson + Peter Redgrave @ Rhizome (experimental music) 

*Kickoman @ Simple Bar 

*Maggie Yacoub @  Bossa (Arabic jazz singer) early; Tumbao Latin night late @ Bossa 

*Chopteeth @ Pearl Street Warehouse 

*MLB @ Babylon Woodbridge

*Da One Band @ the RedZone Blitz

*Project 360 @  American Legion Annapolis

*JY & CMB are @ the Best Western Manassas

*WHAT Band & Reloaded Band @ Hangers

*MAB 2.0 & Cardiac Arrest Band @ Fire Station 1

*New Impressionz & Reaction Band @ Lounge Sixty Six

*RE and All Star Blend @ Aqua

*Brazilian jazz @ Takoma Station

* Hiphop djs Halloween bar crawl from 2 to 10 On U st @ Provisions 14 2pm-DJ Shablast; Red Lounge 3 pm-2-Tone Jones; Cloak & Dagger-Casper; Vivid Lounge-Jahsonic; Pure Lounge-Harvy Dent; Rebel Taco-DJ Biggs; Amsterdam Lounge 7 to 10- DJ RBI,Joe the Catdaddy, Nick tha 1Da

*SunOct. 31 - 2pm Halloween matinee w/ The Foggy Bottom Whomp Stompers (DC spoooooky 1920’s era jazz) @ Comet Ping Pong parking lot

*Angel Dust, Mannequin Pussy @ Ottobar (sold out)

*Octoberfest Block party w/ costumes and Sirius Company , dj Biggs, & Chek Mate Band 6 to 11 pm @ The Garden, 5380 Eisenhower Ave., Alexandria 

*Halloween party w/ Dogo du Togo @ Bossa 

*Backyard Band, Black Alley, Treasure Joy @ Fillmore 

* Catalytic Sound Festival from 4 to 8 with Ada Pinkston + Nate Scheible + Wendy Eisenberg,Ben Hall + John Dierker + Nik Francis , Kirsten Lies-Warfield + Sarah Hughes + Shelly Purdy, Weed Tree [Amanda Huron / Layne Garrett] + Aquiles Holladay + Basheer Bassene @ Rhizome (experimental music)

*Dia de Muertos installation @ Rhizome 7:30 to 8:30 

* Hayes Carll @ Rams Head Annapolis 

* Ethiopian music w/ Roots Band @ Makeda Restaurant, Van Dorn St., Alexandria 

* Realive Band @ Hangers

*Sirius Company & Chekmate @ The Garden Alexandria

*MAB2.0 @ Redzone Blitz 

*Reloaded Band and Entourage Band @12 Stop

* Nation of Language @ Songbyrd (synth-pop) (sold out)

* Mon. Nov. 1

Don’t Mute Black Women DC protest w/ Pure Elegance and TOB 5 to 8 pm at 14th & & U Sts NW against DC Council chair Mendelson’s proposal to remove Cora Masters Barry and Howard U professor Natalie Hopkinson from DC Commission on the Arts

beabadoobee @ 930 (rock)

*Blues Monday w/ Carly Harvey  @ Westminster Church SW 

*Emmit Fenn @ Union Stage

*Kontrolled Khaos @ DC9

* Tues. Nov. 2- JPeg Mafia @ Baltimore Soundstage

* Medium Build & Oh he Dead @ DC 9 

*Diwali lights celebration @ 6:30 pm w/ Mayor Bowser @ Navy Memorial 

*Wed. Nov. 3- Sheer Mag @ Ottobar

* Chicks with Hits: Terri Clark, Pam Tillis, & Suzy Bogguss @ Birchmere 

*WHAT? Band @ Cheers @ 301 @ Nipsey's

*Backyard @ Hardrock Cafe

*Afrobeats Tipsy Wednesdays w/ DJ Jamstar @ KNY Lounge in Hyattsville, MD

*Sir EU & Homey Salazar & Toothchoir every Wednesday @ Spacycloud

*TCB @ Gee's

*Soul funk hiphop jam session @ Bossa

Thurs. Nov. 4- Café Tacuba @ Fillmore (Mexican alt art rock)

*Kane Brown with Jordan Davis and Restless Road @ Capital One Arena (country)

*Feedel Band @ Bossa (Ethiopian jazz) 

*Eddie Palmieri @ Blues Alley (through Nov. 7)  

*Dogo du Togo @ 12:30 to 2:30pm @ Franklin Park

*Diwali holiday begins 

*Carmen Canedo @ The Pocket @ 7 Drum City

*Afrobeats Thursdays @ Spectrum Lounge in Beltsville

*TCB @ Power

*New Impressionz @ Hashtag Lounge 

* Ethiopian music w/ Roots Band @ Makeda Restaurant, Van Dorn St., Alexandria 

*Sweeping Promises, Emotional World @ Comet Ping Pong

*Backyard Band @ Hideout in Springfield

*The Green Show every Thursday 8 to 11 pm @ Mr. Braxtons DC (DC r'n'b, neo-soul, jazzy funky hiphop)

*Johnny Spampinato (NRBQ) w/ Thrillbillys @ JVs 

*Edwin Ortiz y La Mafia @ Mix 

Fri. November 5 – Gladys Knight @ MGM

Tinariwen @ Lincoln Theatre (North African desert band) cancelled

*Screamin Females, No Man, Pearl @ Ottobar 

*Paul Willis & the Brothers 7 band every Friday @ Lamont's (soul) 

*Backyard Band & DC Vybe after Wizards vs Grizzlies basketball @ Capital One Arena (included in cost of basketball game)  

*Save Your Soul Halloween Hangover (soul dj event) w/ djs Baby Acatraz & Rob Macy @ Lithuanian Hall in Baltimore  

* Pepe Tovar Y Los Chacales, Conjunto Amanecer, Juan Acuña Y El Terror @ 90 Degrees

*Junkyard @ Cheers @ 301

*Still Familiar @ Lounge 66

*Backyard  (late show) & TOB  @ Aqua 

*Lightshow & TCB @ Fire Station 1

*TC Superstar, Mystery Friends @ Comet Ping Pong

*Balkan early show @ Bossa, Alfredo Mojica group late show @ Bossa

*Maya Jane Coles @ Flash

Sat. November 6- Camilo Echeverry @ George Mason Eaglebank Arena

No Limit rap label reunion tour @ DAR

*Backyard Band @ Fire Station 1 

*Junkyard Band @ Lounge 66

*What Band & Project 71 @ Nectar Lounge, 642 S. Pickett, Alexandria 

*Rare Essence @ Aqua 

*Still Familiar @ Nipsey's 

*reggae & soca djs @ Malakhi Lounge in Manassas

*TCB after the Capital City Go-go minor league basketball game @ Congress Hts Sports Arena (bouncebeat go-go) 

*TCB, Reaction, N2L @ Hangers

*Of Montreal @ Black Cat

*Magnetic Fields @ City Winery

*The Redeye Night Market w/ Filipino pastries, Korean fried chicken, Taiwanese shaved ice & more from 4 to 12 mdt. @ PA Ave. (3rd to 7th sts NW) 

*Sneaker Ball birthday day party for Ron Moten, Miz Mack, DJ Quicksilva w/ Pure Elegance, J'Ta, Shorty Corleone from 4 to 9 pm @ Eaton Hotel Wild Days 

*Jerry Di @ Sax Lounge 

*La Gran Banda @ Omega Bar 

* Zacarias Ferreira @ Club One 

*May Rio, Sir E.U, Spring Silver @ Rhizome

*De Tierra Caliente Latin Fusion @ Bossa 

*Tropical beat w/ DJs Leon City Sounds & Soul Called Paul @ The Green Zone 

*Near Northeast, Lightmare, Andrew Grossman @ Black Cat

*Free show w/ Pons (from NYC) and locals, Apollo 66, Waking Lily and Crazy Pants and the Punkrock Slacks @American Legion Post 41, Cissel-Saxon

Sun. Nov. 7-

S. Thaman @ Eaglebank Arena (India)

*Record Fair @ Hellbender Brewery , 5788 2nd St NE @ 1 pm

*salsa & bachata pop-up dance w/ dj Lidius @ Jefferson Memorial, 971 Ohio Drive SW  from 7 to 10 pm (parking in parking lot A) 

*Magnetic Fields @ City Winery 

*Ras Band w/ Tsehaye Yohannes & Fikeraddis Nekatibeb @ Twist Lounge (Ethiopian music Fri. through Sunday)

* Ethiopian music w/ Roots Band @ Makeda Restaurant, Van Dorn St., Alexandria 

*Minew Shewa  & Neway Debebe @ Hashtag Lounge in Alexandria (Ethiopian music)

*Joy on Fire, Jerry Busher, Insect Factory @ Rhizome

*Reunion of folks who danced @ Magic Sundays @ Identity from 4 to 9pm @ the 5 Mile House in Baltimore w/ DJ Kenny K & DJ Boobie Bmore w/ April Watts  

* Los Rehenes, Los Caminantes, Grupo Samuray, Los Guardianes Del Amor @ La Fontaine Bleue in Glen Burnie, MD

* La Fe Norteña De Toño Aranda @ 90 Degrees

*Grupo Mandingo @ Rincon Magico 

 * Fernandito Villalona @ Champions Sports Bar 

*klezmer @ Bossa

*gospel @ higher dimension Christian center , 2900 Liberty hts Ave., Baltimore w/ the Fantastic Violinaires (Detroit), Luther Barnes & the Sunset Jubilaires (NC), the Annointed Boyd Sisters, Deyontay & Nu-Direction, the Men of God, The Christainairs , Straman Singers 3rd Generation, Yes 2 his will Dance team

*Tobe Nwige @ the Fillmore (rap) 

*Smallpools , Morgxn @ Union Stage 

*Minor Moon, Rosie Cima & What She Dreamed @ Pie Shop

*Mon. Nov. 8th-

*Magnetic Fields @ City Winery

*Curtis Pope's Midnight Blue with Singer Juanita Williams  @ Blues Monday  @ Westminster Church SW 

*Grupo Mandingo @ EL Tikal Travieso in Annandale

*Tues. Nov. 9th- 

Author Alec Wightman re his new book "Music in my Life: Notes from a Longtime Fan @ the Mansion on O street (book is re his love for 60s rock, 70s Neil Young, & singer/songwriter folk-rockers) 

*Buffalo Nichols @ Songbyrd (young Fat Possum label blues-folk) free

*Saint Jhn @ Fillmore 

*Wed. November 10-

Sirusly Familiar Reunion with one set of Still Familiar & one set of Sirius Company and a collab  finale w/ both bands together @ Ivy City Smokehouse 

* Junkyard Band @ Bravo Bravo 

*Leo Rua @ 7 pm @ 17th & Kilbourne sts NW (donation ) (reggae-hiphop-soul-Colombian)

*District of Raga early show plus Sriram Gopal & friends late show @ Bossa 

*Brandy Clark @ Birchmere 

*Lapeche, Celebration Summer,  Tired All the Time @ Pie Shop

*WHAT? Band @ Cheers @ 301 @ Nipsey's

*Backyard Band @ Hardrock Cafe

*Afrobeats Tipsy Wednesdays w/ DJ Jamstar @ KNY Lounge in Hyattsville, MD

*Sir EU & Homey Salazar & Toothchoir every Wednesday @ Spacycloud

*TCB @ Chateau

*Neway Debebe @ Hashtag Lounge (Ethiopian music)

Thurs. Nov. 11

Los Angeles Azules  @ MGM

* Jose Alberto “El Canario” &  Josimar y su Yambú @ the Palace

*Aaron Myers @ 12 noon @ Franklin Park (jazz singer/pianist)

 Corvo @ Pie Shop

*Cheik Hamala's Griot Street @ Bossa 

*Sylvan Esso, Lido Pimienta (Canadian-based Colombian )@ Anthem

*Ruston Kelly @ 6th & I

* Ethiopian music w/ Roots Band @ Makeda Restaurant, Van Dorn St., Alexandria 

*Afrobeats Thursdays @ Spectrum Lounge in Beltsville

*Sirius Company @ Capital Restaurant in Lanham (go-go)

*New Impressionz @ Hashtag Lounge

*TCB @ Power

*TOB, Drama Squad, Extreme @ Hangars 

*Fri. Nov. 12- Ustad Rahat Fateh Ali Khan @ MGM 

*Rafael Ponde vibes & beats  early @ Bossa & Alfredo Mojica Group late @ Bossa

* Roomful of Blues @ the Hamilton

*Rata Blanca @ the Palace

*Grupo Aurax (bachata) & Conjunto Alazar, Estilo Privado, y Los Elegantes De La Per (norteno) @ 90 Degrees

 *Rey Ruiz y Puerto Rican Power w/Izis La Enfermera de la Salsa Y Rumba & Sabor Hnos Galvan

@ El Ranchon House Bar Grill, Woodbridge, VA

*Orquesta De Los Hermanos Flores Y Rudy La Scala @ VIP Room in Baltimore

*Nio Garcia @ Cococabana 

*New Impressionz @ Hangars (go-go)

*Backyard Band @ Aqua 

*TCB @ Bliss

Sat. Nov. 13

* George Clinton & P-Funk @ Howard Theatre

*Backyard Band, Reaction, TOB, ABM @ Bliss 

*Proper Utensils @ Chateau

*Hector Acosta @ VIP Room in Baltimore 

Billy Strings @ Anthem

Anti-Flag @ Black Cat

*Adrianne Lenker (of Big Thief) @ Lincoln Theatre

*Questlove: Music is History @ Kenn Ctr. 

*Black Masala & Desanguashington @ Pearl Street Warehouse 

*Maggie Yacoub @  Bossa ( Middle Eastern jazz ) 

*Bronco, Grupo Liberacion y Guardianes del Amor @ Cococabana

* Hector Acosta El Torito en VIP Room

*Los Fugitivos @ Caliente Grill in Annapolis

*Manwolves, the Slap @ Comet Ping Pong 

*Tumbao @ Bossa 

*New Impressionz w/ Mab 2.0 @ Fire Station 1 

*Rare Essence @ Aqua 

*Still Familiar @ Nipsey's-Cheers @ 301

*Black Masala & Desanguashington @ PearlstreetWarehouse 

*Teen Cobra @ Slash Run 

*Peabo Bryson @ Bethesda Blues

*DJ Dee Clark 4 to 10 pm @ Culture Coffee Too (drum n bass & more)

*Hardway Connection @ Lamonts

*Crown Vic's dj party @ Green Zone

*Sun. Nov. 14- John Fogerty @ Anthem

*Dogo du Togo @ Bossa 

*Orquesta Internacional de Los Hnos. Flores & Rudy La Scala @the Palace

*Alex Martin Quintet @ Blues Alley (jazz/folk/international) 

*Finneas @ 930 (sold out)

*Spiritual Cramp, Bacchae, Blue Streak @ Pie Shop 

*Backyard Band @ Society Lounge

"Noches Culturales" w/ La Colombopercutivo @ 5:30 @ Columbia Hts Civic plaza DC

*Anthony Brown @ Bethesda Blues 

*Half Waif @ Songbyrd

*Aertex @ Black Cat 

*Ras Band w/ Tsehaye Yohannes & Fikeraddis Nekatibeb @ Twist Lounge (Ethiopian music Fri. through Sunday)

* Ethiopian music w/ Roots Band @ Makeda Restaurant, Van Dorn St., Alexandria (Ethiopian)

*Abdu Kiar & Neway Debebe @ Hashtag Lounge in Alexandria (Ethiopian)

Mon. Nov. 15- 

*DC rappers protest against the filibuster Monday 3-5 pm Stanton Park DC w/ Yaddiya & Sir E.U & more

Roseanne Cash @ Birchmere

John Hiatt @ Rams Head Annapolis 

*Clarence “Bluesman” Turner, guitar, vocals, Mark “Muleman” Massey, guitar, vocals plus band @ Westminster Church SW blues Monday 6 to 9 pm

*Pi'erre Bourne @ Fillmore (hiphop)

Tues. Nov. 16- - Roseanne Cash @ Birchmere

Dinosaur Jr., Ryley Walker  @ 930 (sold out) 

*Flaming Lips @ Anthem

*Alejandro Escovedo @ City Winery 

*Keith Angelo r'n'b @ the Harlot

*DJ Supa Dan w/ emcee Killa Cal @ Secret Lounge

*DJ Analyze @ Pure Lounge 

Wed. Nov. 17-Titus Andronicus @ Black Cat (sold out)

*Purity Ring, Dawn Richard (New Orleans electro-r'n'b) @ Anthem 

*Kizomba &  Afrobeat fest @ Mix Bar (through Nov. 21)

*Kingfish Ingram @ Baltimore Soundstage (blues and soul)

*Vagabon @ DC9 

*Wildermiss & Micky James w/ Venray @ Pie Shop 

*2 p.m.-9 p.m. THE NEXT BEAT GO-GO MARATHON. Virtual livestream showcase of up-and-coming bands performing live from the Secret Garden, Anacostia. Link via Don't Mute DC

*What Band @ Cheers @301-Nipsey's

*Backyard Band @ Hardrock Cafe

*TOB and Drama Squad @ Hangers 

*Complete Crank Band @ Pure Lounge 

*Backyard @ Hardrock Cafe 

*Unwine Band @ Clout Southern Cuisine and Lounge

*Sir EU & Homey Salazar & Toothchoir every Wednesday @ Spacycloud

*Afrobeats Tipsy Wednesdays w/ DJ Jamstar @ KNY Lounge in Hyattsville, MD

Thurs, Nov. 18-

 * Noon-4 p.m. Thurs. Nov. 18. "Go-go Wellness event w/  Free COVID-19 testing and vaccines", w/  Pure Elegance featuring J’Ta Freeman and Shorty Corleone, and The Experience Band in partnership with United Medical Center, Metro Health DC and Don’t Mute DC. Go-Go Museum & Café. 1920 Martin Luther King Jr. Ave SE. 

*What Band w/ Steve Roy & MAB @ Hangars 

*TCB , Ambition Band @ Power 

*Sirius Company and Obsession Band @ Capital Restaurant & Lounge 

*Ant Glizzy and New Impressionz @ Hashtag 

*MLB @ Red Crab

*Christone Kingfish Ingram @ 6th & I (blues and soul)

Los Lobos @ City Winery (& 19th) 

*Luna @ Birchmere 

*Akram Khan dance co. @ Kennedy Center (Bangladesh) 

*Pablo's Brazilian pagode night @ Bossa 

*Voice 24/7 @ Blue Dolphin

*Teething Veils, Sonic Eddie, Seamstress @ Slash Run

*The Fresh Convos DC Hiphop Oral History mini-doc premiere on Zoom @ 7 (link in Amphbns facebook & Instagram bio)

*Steve Forbert @ Hank Dietle's

 *Ethiopian music w/ Roots Band @ Makeda Restaurant, Van Dorn St., Alexandria 

*Afrobeats Thursdays @ Spectrum Lounge in Beltsville

* DC Kizomba fest @ Mix Bar

*The Green show @ Mr. Braxton's every Thursday

  Fri. Nov 19- Anthony Hamilton @ MGM (soul/r'n'b)

* Ife @ Black Cat (Afro-Caribbean)

*Bossa Nova w/ Elin early  @ Bossa & Alfredo Mojica Group late @ Bossa 

* Luna @ Rams Head Annapolis 

* Kizomba & afrobeats festival @ Mix Bar (through Sun. Nov. 21)

 *Brother Osborne @ Anthem (country)      

  * NRBQ @ Ottobar    

*Rakim, Slick Rick, DJ Jazzy Jeff, & KRS-One @ Kenn. Ctr.

*A night w/ Youtube doc "Punk & Tomatoes" re Fear on SNL 40 years ago w/ DC punk folks there; plus more  @ Lost Origins Gallery @ 7 pm where Jim Saah DC punk photo exhibit is happening

*Syleena Johnson & CeCe Peniston @ Bethesda Blues 

*Chaval @ El Ranchon (bachata) 

*Mike Andre, Forgetter, Coven Tree @ Rhizome

*Bat Fangs & Posmic @ Ottobar upstairs

*NRBQ @ Ottobar downstairs 

*Still Familiar @ Shark Bar in Waldorf 

*Reaction, N2L, Ambition Band @  B & G Tavern 

*Black Passion @ Redzone Blitz

*Vybe Band @ Hardrock Cafe

*New Impressionz @ Hangers

*Junkyard @ Cheers @ 301/Nipsey's

*Rare Essence featuring Jas Funk w/ Sirius Company @  VFW 8950

*Backyard and TOB @ Aqua 

*Eric Scott trio @ Hank Dietles (retro soul)

  Sat. Nov.  20- *Silver Spring record fair 12 noon to 5 pm

Smokey Robinson @ MGM

DC punk rock flea market at St Stephens 12 to 5

*Godfather and friends go-go @ the Chateau

Karol G @ DAR Const Hall (reggaeton-pop) postponed to 12-12-21

*What Band, Ambition Band @ Fire Station 1 

*Tumbao @ Bossa

*Mary J Blige @ Royal Farms Arena 

*Akua Allrich @ Reston Community Center

*Louis Vega dj @ Flash 

*G Herbo @ Fillmore 

*Shubh Saran w/ Jau Ocean @ Pie Shop 

*TOB, Reaction @Power

*Archival screening of the 2008 Go-Go Awards when Go-Go Godfather Chuck Brown was inducted in the Go-Go Hall of Fame.from 11am to 3 pm @ Program Room A.02. Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library, 901 G Street NW. 

"Go-go's next chapter " panel discussion  @ 3 pm followed by a live performance by Rare Essence @ Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library auditorium, 901 G Street NW.  (sold out)

* Kizomba & afrobeats festival @ Mix Bar (through Sun. Nov. 21)

*Nora Guthrie discusses "Woody Guthrie: Songs and Art, Words and Wisdom" book w/ Douglas Brinkley streamed through Politics & Prose 

*machell andré & BNNY, Sir E.U & Tooth Choir w/ Special Guest @ Rhizome

Da One Band @ RedZone Blitz

Changing Phaces Band @ Infuse Restaurant 

Comedy Crank show with Mike Brooks and friends featuring Let It Flow, VYBE and Sirius Company @  Bethesda Jazz & Blues Supper Club

Sirius Company @ Shark Bar II

RE and All Star Blend @ Aqua

*Afrovikings Saturdays @ 15212 Dino Drive in Burtonsville w/ djs Jamstar, 9ice, Mike Obi, Gemini, Transtar, & Mad DJ 

*Caleb Stine's 'round the Mountain @ Creative Alliance  

*Super City , Oh he Dead, Cry Baby @ Ottobar 

*The Highballers, Airport 77s, The Aftertimes @ American Legion Post 41, MD

*Turndown Service dj event w/ Mista Selecta @ Eaton Hotel

*Crazylove Afterparty @ Palace Lounge Club 

*Still Familiar @ Babylon in Woodbridge

*Tokyo Police Club @ Union Stage 

*Joyce (1432 R) w/ Tommy V dj'ing @ Jimmy Valentine's

Sun. Nov. 21- Grupo Firme at Capitol One Arena DC (Mexican banda & norteno)

*Ultra Nate presents Deep Sugar w/DJ David Morale and Kenny Bobien Plus Ultra Nate, Lisa Moody, Wayne Davis, The Edlers and more  @ 3 pm @ Baltimore Soundstage (Baltimore club dance )

*TCB, TOB, New Impressionz 5 to 10 pm @ Lincoln Theatre 

*Fan Fan early show @ Bossa (Haitian) 

*Raw Brigade (Bogata, Colombia hardcore punk) @ location in DC area tba

*Glass Beach @ Pie Shop (sold out) 

* Kizomba & afrobeats festival @ Mix Bar (through Sun. Nov. 21)

*El Chaval @ VIP Room in Baltimore (bachata) 

*Montez De Durango, Grupo Exterminador, Los Cadetes De Linares, Zorpresa De Tierra Caliente at Rio Cantina in Sterling

*El Varon de la bachata @ Manna Lounge in Hyattsville

*Backyard Band @ Society Lounge

Ras Band w/ Tsehaye Yohannes & Fikeraddis Nekatibeb @ Twist Lounge (Ethiopian music Fri. through Sunday)

* Ethiopian music w/ Roots Band @ Makeda Restaurant, Van Dorn St., Alexandria (Ethiopian)

*Abdu Kiar & Neway Debebe @ Hashtag Lounge in Alexandria (Ethiopian)

*Chloe Moriondo @ Union Stage (sold out for tik tok star)

*Mon. Nov. 22- Yasmin Williams @ Union Stage (fingerpick guitar)

*Mom Jeans, Origami Angel, Save Face, Pool Kids @ Ottobar (sold out) 

*Mark Wenner's Blues Warriors inc. Clarence Turner 6 to 9 pm @ Westminster Church SW

*Tues. Nov. 23- Hamilton Leithauser & Kevin Morby @ 930

*Teyana Taylor @ Fillmore 

*DJ Supa Dan w/ emcee Killa Cal @ Secret Lounge

*DJ Analyze @ Pure Lounge 

*Aurax @ Mix Bar (bachata band & dance lessons)

* zouk dance lessons @ Little Havana in Baltimore

*Charly Blacks @ Society Lounge (Jamaica)

*Afro International dj night @ M Lounge in Hyattsville

* Wed. Nov. 24- Rare Essence @ City Winery Loft stage

*TCB, New Impressionz @ Fire Station 1 

* Oro Sólido/ La Máquina de El Salvador / Grupo Miramar @ Cococabana

*Sonora Dinamita, Lemus Grupo Algodon @ 90 Degrees

*Herman Olivera & Edwin Ortiz Band @ Mix Bar 

*El Chaval (bachata) @ Rio Cantina 

*EU & Suttle @ Hilton Crystal City 

*Still Familiar , Bela Dona 7 to 11 @ Martins Crosswinds in Greenbelt

*Still Familiar, Rocksteady Project @ Union in NE DC late show

*What Band @ Cheers 301/Nipsey's 

*Junkyard Band, Vybe, Sirius Company @ Hampton Conf. Center, Capitol Heights

*UCB @ Islands Lounge 

*Abdu Kiar & Terry @ hashtag Lounge (Ethiopian)

*Goin Goin Gone @ Hells Bottom VFW Post 350

* Sir EU & Homey Salazar & Toothchoir every Wednesday @ Spacycloud

*Afrobeats Tipsy Wednesdays w/ DJ Jamstar @ KNY Lounge in Hyattsville, MD

*Dancing on the Air: The Teenarama Story musical (about DC black dance tv show from 60s) on vimeo through Dec. 4th

*Thurs. Nov. 25- Thanksgiving

*T-Vice @ Island Lounge @ 10 pm (Haiti)

* Hermanos Lobo, Chanchona 503 , Intipuqueños Del Norte,Cardenales De Morazan, Sonora Santa Clara @ VIP Room in Baltimore 

* Oro Sólido/ La Máquina de El Salvador / Grupo Miramar @ the Palace 

* Grupo Exterminador / Montez de Durango / Cadetes de Linares y Zorpresa de Tierra Caliente 

* Tierra Cali, Viry Sandoval @ 90 Degrees

*Orchesta Melao @ 12 after 12 

*Teddy Yo (Ethiopian)  @ 9  @ Privilege (formerly U St Music Hall)  

*Ethiopian music @ Hashtag Lounge

*Roots Band @ Makeda Restaurant, Van Dorn St., Alexandria ( Ethiopian)

*Reaction, TOB, ABM, XIB @ Club One 

*Junkyard Band @ Tandoori in Woodbridge 

  Fri. Nov.  26- Gilberto Santa Rosa, Tito Nieves, Joey Vega @ MGM (salsa) 

*Fred Wesley & the New JBs & Mousey Thompson & & the James Brown Experience w/ Martha High @ Bethesda Blues 

IDK @ Fillmore (Md rap)

*Stacy Brooks (blues) @ 5 @ Downtown Holiday Market 

*Vybe, Sirius Company , & special guest Stinky Dink @ Hard Rock Cafe 

*EU @ the Panorama Room

Cellar Door Tribute @ Hamilton

*Janel Leppin's Ensemble Volcanic Ash @ Rhizome

*Lemonheads @ Baltimore Soundstage

*Rafael Ponde farewell off to Brazil show @ 8 @ Bossa 

*Alfredo Mojica group late  @ Bossa 

*Cumbre Nortena @ 90 Degrees

*Carly Harvey Band (blues)  @ 6:30 @ American Legion Post 41-Cissel Saxon

*BYB @ Aqua 

*Bobby Felder's jazz big band from DC @ Westminster Church SW 6 to 9 pm 

*TOB & What Band @ Ivy City Smokehouse  

*Still Familiar @ Shark Bar 

*Junkyard @ Cheers 301/Nipsey's

*New Impressionz @ Hangars

Sat. Nov. 27-

*Roller Skating Rally to Roll 11 am event w/ dj Lance Reynolds @ Freedom Plaza (in support of building an indoors dc rink)

*Sahel from 6 to 7 free @ Kennedy Center Millennium Stage

Chuck Brown Band and EU @ the Hamilton

*Bela Dona @ Nottingham's

*CCB, Killa Cal, Steve Roy @ City Winery Loft stage 

*Miki Howard @ City Winery other stage

*What Band @ Nectar Lounge 

*Rare Essence @ Aqua 

*TOB & Perfection Band @ Power 

*singer Alec Mackaye talks w/punk rock & more photographer Farrah Skeiky @ 3 pm @ Lost Origins Gallery

*Winter tropics outdoor dance party 6 - 9pm w/ Dj Kristy La Rat & Vicunyah plus La Horchata zine & vendors @ Lamont plaza in Mt Pleasant dc

*Mary Lattimore (harpist) @ Miracle Theatre

*Lightmare w/ North by North, Pretty Bitter, Company Calls @ DC9

*Hardway Connection, Mr TKO, Central Station, 1917 Princess Anne St., Fredericksburg

*Chris Isaak @ Birchmere 

*Leela James @ Bethesda Blues 

*TJ Hooker, Big G (from Richmond), southern soul show 5 to 11 pm w/ Quiet Fire Band & DJ B-Funk @ Prince William County Fairgrounds in Manassas

*Switchblade w/ the Rock-a-Sonics @ Hank Dietles (rockabilly)

* Abdu Ali’s comeback show ft. Kenzo Cole, G.O.L.D., dj Pangelica, BLK VAPOR, & MovaKween @ Ottobar 

* Riddims DC international music dj dance party w/ Djs K-meta & Kidd Marvel @ Songbyrd 

* Zero Cohesion Festival - Filthy Pink Doll / Future Proof / Mx Zoe! Eyerolls / Dan Barbiero / Heather Stebbins indoors @ Rhizome 

*Brencore Allstars tribute to Earth, Wind, & Fire & the Isley Brothers @ Bowie Center for the Arts

*DJ Vybz @  Palisades, 8211 GA Ave., Silver Spring (afrobeats, hiphop, dancehall, soca)

*Anniversary Laconian Dance w/ Greek music @ St. Katherine's Greek Orthodox Church in Falls Church 8 to 1 am

*Swing dance w/ GSJ in Glen Echo Spanish Ballroom

* DJs v:shal kanwar and Dhakfu @ Green Zone (middle eastern, Latinx, South African bass & house)

*Wal Agarra (galaana gaaromsaa) @ Karma (ethiopian)

*Lyuti Chushki, Bulgarian music early @ Bossa ;  after 9 pm till late Latin Night w/Tumbao @ Bossa 

*Acoustic Blues Jam, 1 to 5 pm outdoors usually @ Archie’s Barbershop, 4502 Hamilton St., Hyattsville

*Sun. November 28-Happy Hanukkah

*Olamide @ Filmore (Nigeria)

* Makers Market (outdoor) and punk rock flea market 10 am @ Ottobar

*Vintage clothes & vinyl for sale @ Slash Run

*Backyard Band @ Society Lounge

*Baltimore Records Bazaar @ Peabody Hts Brewery Baltimore @ 11 am

*Micah Robinson @ Songbyrd (DC neo-soul)

*Foyer Red, Stafffers, Pearie Sol @ Rhizome 

*Skyline DC & Afrocode dj dance day party @ Decades 3 pm to 9pm (hiphop, afrobeats, soca)

*Ras Band w/ Tsehaye Yohannes & Fikeraddis Nekatibeb @ Twist Lounge (Ethiopian music Fri. through Sunday)

* Ethiopian music w/ Roots Band @ Makeda Restaurant, Van Dorn St., Alexandria (Ethiopian)

*Abdu Kiar & Haile Roots @ Hashtag Lounge in Alexandria (Ethiopian)

*Backyard @ Society Lounge

*The Unit @ Tacoma Station 

*DCVybe, AntFarMusic featuring Top 5 and Chekmate Entertainment @ Eritrean Cultural Center

Mon. Nov. 29- Karol G @ DAR Const Hall postponed 

Stacy Brooks Band @ blue Monday blues 6 to 9 pm @ Westminster Church SW

Tues. Nov. 30-Caribou @ 930 (sold out)

*Chvrches @ Anthem 

*     2 Chainz @ Fillmore

*Longtimers @ Hank Dietles (localroots rock & Cajun cover band)  free

DJ Supa Dan w/ emcee Killa Cal @ Secret Lounge

*DJ Analyze @ Pure Lounge 

*Aurax @ Mix Bar (bachata band & dance lessons)

Wed. Dec. 1

*Raekwon, Ghostface, GZA @ Fillmore (rappers from Wu-Tang)

Jeff Rosenstock @ Black Cat (sold out)

*New Ps @ 930

*Katie Pruitt @ DC9 (sold out)

*Destroy Boys @ Songbyrd (sold out)

*Afrobeats Tipsy Wednesdays w/ DJ Jamstar @ KNY Lounge in Hyattsville, MD

*Sir EU & Homey Salazar & Toothchoir every Wednesday @ Spacycloud

*Ambition Band @ the Underline in Adams Morgan

 *  Dave Chappell Duo, @ 12 noon @ Downtown Holiday Market Stage, 8th & F Sts., NWDC; (blues rock)

  * TOB, DSB @ Hangars (bouncebeat go-go) 

Thurs. Dec. 2- *New Ps @ 930 (sold out)

*Bob Dylan @ Anthem

*Safari Room, Azure Wolf, Flowerbomb @ the Pocket DC 

*Jogo Project @ Keystone Korner in Baltimore 

*Pablo Regis & Baile Band @ Mr Henry's (Brazilian roots samba)

*Roots Band @ Makeda Restaurant, Van Dorn St., Alexandria (Ethiopian)

*Afrobeats Thursdays @ Spectrum Lounge in Beltsville

*Adeline @ Songbyrd (French-Caribbean-NY pop)

*Downhaul w/ Spring Silver, Destructo Disk, Jar @ DC9

*Feedel Band @ Bossa (Ethio-jazz)

*Arty Hill & the Long Gone Daddys @ Hank Dietle's (texas two-steps & polkas)

*Fri. Dec. 3-Caroline Polachek @ Lincoln Theatre 

*Raekwon, Ghostface, GZA, @ Baltimore Soundstage

*Isley Brothers @ Bethesda Blues

*Banda Los Recoditos @ Cococabana

*Genocide Pact w/ Ilsa @ Comet Ping Pong 

*Laaraji @ Creative Alliance 

*"Sadiki Dance party w/ Sahel @ Eaton 

*Rapper Ludacris after Wizards game v. Cavs @ Capital One Arena 

*gospel gig and toy donation event w/ Roy & Revelation, James Hillian Jr., Seek N find Project, New Vizion @ the Star Church, Chapel Oaks , MD @ 7 pm

*An Ayler Christmas @ Rhizome

*Ruben Blades @ Eaglebank Arena

*Ras Band w/ Tsehaye Yohannes & Fikeraddis Nekatibeb @ Twist Lounge (Ethiopian music Fri. through Sunday)

*Loudon Wainwright @ City Winery

Choro Lecture Series: Pixinguinha and Black Contributions to Choro Music with Ceylon Mitchell @ Old Parish House  @ 6pm in College Park

*Saturday December 4- *Isley Brothers @ Bethesda Blues

* DJ Frank Ski, DJ Eli, DJ Terry Tee, Kenny K @ Patapsco Arena  (Baltimore club music)

*AfroSoca Love @ Karma Soundstage

*Ras Band w/ Tsehaye Yohannes & Fikeraddis Nekatibeb @ Twist Lounge (Ethiopian music through Sunday)

*Live Skull, Thalia Zedek, Bedmaker @ Rhizome from 2 to 5pm

*Auto Lola , Chanel Chachi & more @ Rhizome 7 to 9pm

*Genocide Pact w/ Caveman Cult @ Comet Ping Pong 

*Scofflaws, the Fuss, Leon City Sounds @ Black Cat

*Diane Reeves Christmas Jazz vocals @ George Mason Center for the Arts 

*Brittney Spencer @ Songbyrd (country) @ 7pm

*New Impressionz & Ambition Band @ Fire Station 1 

*Colombian Parranda @ Plaza Oaxaca, 141 Gibbs st., Rockville

*Gutierrez Medeiros early show @ Bossa (Brazilian); Tumbao late @ Bossa (Latin dance)

*Sonora Dinamita @ Club One (Colombia)

*Surfbort @ DC9

*Sunday Dec. 5 -

*Resurrection first Sunday dayparty 3 to 11 pm w/ djs Kenny K, DJ Boobie, DJ Eli @ New 5 Mile House, 5302 Reisterstown Rd., Baltimore 

*Montez De Durango, Grupo Escalante, Grupo Gerarquia Hidalguense @ 12 noon @ Kellys Ford, Remington Virginia

*Keith Sweat @ Eaglebank Arena 

Ras Band w/ Tsehaye Yohannes & Fikeraddis Nekatibeb @ Twist Lounge (Ethiopian music Fri. through Sunday)

* Ethiopian music w/ Roots Band @ Makeda Restaurant, Van Dorn St., Alexandria (Ethiopian)

*Abdu Kiar & Neway Debebe @ Hashtag Lounge in Alexandria (Ethiopian)

*Betty @ City Winery 

*Mon. Dec. 6- 100 Gecs @ 930

*Vintage #18 blues band @ blue Monday blues 6 to 9 pm @ Westminster Church SW

*Robert Earl Keen @ Lincoln Theatre

*Tasha @ Creative Alliance

*Tues. Dec. 7-

*Wed. Dec. 8- Elders Corner movie about old-school Nigerian musicians for free @ Kennedy Center Millennium Stage @ 6 pm

*Fan Fan & friends @ Bossa (Haitian )

*  Hiss Golden Messenger, Rosali @ 930

"La Manplesa" screening @ Rhizome @ 7 pm (doc about 1991 Mt Pleasant uprising)

*Thurs. Dec. 9-

*Step Afrika -"Step Afrika's Magical Musical Holiday Step Show" @ Atlas (through Dec. 19)

*Bad Moves, the Owners @ Comet Ping Pong 

*Tasha @ Songbyrd

*Tal Sounds, Jeremy Ray, Permanent Sigh @ Rhizome 

*Afrobeats Thursdays @ Spectrum Lounge in Beltsville

*Cheik Hamala Diabete's Griot Street @ Bossa (Malian)

Fri. Dec. 10 (& Sat. Dec. 11th)- Iphigenia: A New Opera with jazz stars Wayne Shorter & Esperanza Spaulding plus architect Frank Gehry @ Kennedy Center

*Fri. Dec. 10-

Ar-Kaics, Los Saicos Experience, DJ Daisy Lacy @ Slash Run

*Bossa Nova trio feat. Elin @ Bossa @ 7:30

Eric Church @ Anthem (country)

*Circle Jerks, Negative Approach @ Baltimore Soundstage

*"Dance Club" w/ djs Jacq Jill w/ Baronhawk Poitier and Tommy C. & DJ Joyce (1432 Records) @ DC9

*comedian/singer/pop-punk fan Whitmer Thomas @ Comet Ping Pong (Dec. 11th too) 

Nicol Pena @ VIP Room (merengue tipico)

Be Steadwell @ Black Cat 

Ras Band w/ Tsehaye Yohannes & Fikeraddis Nekatibeb @ Twist Lounge (Ethiopian music Fri. through Sunday)

Sat. Dec. 11 -

La Gran Banda @ Club One

Alexis y Fido @ VIP Room

Joe Veras @ Leylas Lounge, Hyattsville

Bully @ Black Cat

* Eric Church @ Anthem (country)

*Afrovikings Saturdays @ 15212 Dino Drive in Burtonsville w/ djs Jamstar, 9ice, Mike Obi, Gemini, Transtar, & Mad DJ 

* kizomba w/ dj Oscar B.A. @ Mix Bar 

Ras Band w/ Tsehaye Yohannes & Fikeraddis Nekatibeb @ Twist Lounge (Ethiopian music Fri. through Sunday)

*Seth Kibel & the Kleztet, “A Klezmer Hanukkah” @ The Alden Theatre at the McLean Community  Center


*Sun. Dec. 12- Karol G @ Anthem (moved from DAR) (reggaeton pop)

*U of MD Japanese koto Ensemble and U of MD Gamelan Sariswati Ensemble @ U of MD Clarice Smith Center

*Feelin the Funk Band & Nu Era @ Eloquent Touch Ballroom 

tik-tok dmv fest @ Rio Cantina @ 4pm

K-Paz de la Sierra @ Vila Flores Restaurant in Glen Burnie

*Dogo du Togo @ Bossa

Joy Formidable @ 930 postponed

*!!!(chk, chk, Chk) @ Union Stage

* Southside Johnny & the Asbury Jukes @ Rams Head Annapolis 

*Pinkshift @ DC9

Ras Band w/ Tsehaye Yohannes & Fikeraddis Nekatibeb @ Twist Lounge (Ethiopian music Fri. through Sunday)

*A Celtic Christmas w/Allison Hampton/harp, Linn Barnes/gtr/lute, Joseph Cunliffe/fl/rec, Steve     Bloom/perc, Robert Aubry Davis/narrator @ Dumbarton United Methodist Church


*Mon. December 13

Lou Jerome Band @ blue Monday blues 6 to 9 pm @ Westminster Church SW

*Gwar, Napalm Death, Eyehategod @ 930 Club

Annual Celtic Holiday Show, feat. Robin Bullock, Ken Kolodner, Elke Baker @ Saint Mark     Presbyterian Church Rockville

*Tues. Dec. 14-

lo-fi keyboardist Karima Walker @ Quarry House

*Wed. Dec. 15

*Thurs. Dec. 16-Pablo's Brazilian pagode night @ Bossa

*Fri. Dec. 17-

*Birce Gökalp Band: Tunes from the Balkans, Turkey, + Beyond @ 7:30 @ Bossa ; Alfredo Mojica group @ 10:30 @ Bossa (salsa)

*DJ Aneudy (from La Mega in NYC) @ El Ranchon 

*Adolescentes Orquesta @ Champions Sports Bar 

Grex, Nik Francis @ Rhizome

Ocean Celtic Quartet, Song of Solstice, A Celtic Christmas @ Blackrock Center for the Arts,  Germantown, 


*Sat. Dec. 18-

Rare Essence, Sirius Company, Bela Dona @ Hilton Crystal City 

*Honest Haloway, Outerloop, Paper Tigers @ DC9

* Sonora Dinamita @ Vila Flores Restaurant in Glen Burnie

* Tumbao @ Bossa (Latin dance)

*Acoustic Blues Jam @ Archie’s Barbershop, 4502 Hamilton St., Hyattsville, 

Christmas Revels in Spanish Ballroom @ Glen Echo Park, @ 2pm

*Sun. Dec. 19-rock n Shop @ Black Cat 

*Let it Flow, Peacemakers 5 to 9 pm @ Chateau (go-go)

Christmas Revels in Spanish Ballroom @ Glen Echo Park, @ 2pm & 7pm

*Still Familiar 6 to 11 pm @ Sax (go-go)

*Mon. Dec. 20-

Bill Heid & Big Joe Maher  @ blue Monday blues 6 to 9 pm @ Westminster Church SW

*Tues. Dec. 21- A John Waters Christmas @ Baltimore Soundstage 

*Wed. Dec. 22

*Thurs. Dec. 23- Los Hermanos Flores, Sonora Dimamita @ Rio Cantina in Sterling

*Junkyard Band, Let it Flow @ Capital Restaurant in Lanham

*fri. Dec. 24-

*Sat. Dec. 25

*Sun. Dec. 26- Jay Wheeler @ Rio Cantina 

*Mon. December 27-

*Janel Leppin's Ensemble Volcanic Ash @ Rhizome

*Tues. Dec. 28

*Wed. Dec. 29

*Thursday December 30- Bela Dona @ Birchmere

*Fri. December 31-A Jazz New Year’s Eve Featuring Dianne Reeves, Chucho Valdés & Joe Lovano @ The Kennedy Center - Terrace Theatre

*Bela Dona @ Doubletree Hotel in Annapolis

*Paul Wills Band @ Lamont's in Pomonkey

*Tropical New Year @ Renaissance Downtown, 999 9th St NW

Sat. Jan. 1- Proper  Utensils @ Nottinghams

Jan. 20th-Beths @ Black Cat (sold out)

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V Lounge – Ethiopian on certain nights

Lion’s Den Lounge- Ethiopian – Tuesdays live

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Mix Bar & Grill in Silver Spring has live  and dj'd Caribbean music some nights 

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