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-
Thurs. Dec. 2-
*New Ps @ 930 (sold out)
*Bob Dylan @ Anthem
*Safari Room, Azure Wolf, Flowerbomb @ the Pocket DC
*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
*Genocide Pact w/ Ilsa @ Comet Ping Pong
*Ruben Blades @ Eaglebank Arena
*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
*Record show from 10am to 3 @ Rosensteel Hall (buy music on vinyl & more)
*TCB @ Hangars (bring a toy for tots & get a discount)
*Fete Decale African & Caribbean dj event 4 to 10 @ Lesaac Ethiopian Cafe in Silver Spring (zouk, soukous, coupe decale, kizomba, kompa)
*Sunday Dec. 5 -
*Vernon's funraiser for medical expenses @ 1:30 pm @ JVs
*Abdu Kiar & Neway Debebe @ Hashtag Lounge in Alexandria (Ethiopian)
*Betty @ City Winery
*Mon. Dec. 6-
100 Gecs @ 930
*Tues. Dec. 7-
*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
* Hiss Golden Messenger, Rosali @ 930
* 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
*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-
*Show Me the Body @ Black Cat
* Born I from 6 to 7 @ Kennedy Center (rapper and meditation teacher)
*Danube Sessions w/ Orchester Pratzerica @ the Green Zone
* 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)
Be Steadwell @ Black Cat
*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
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
*Gutierrez Medeiros early show @ Bossa (Brazilian); Tumbao late @ Bossa (Latin dance)
*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)
*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
*Daryl Davis & Patsy Collins holiday show @ 4 @ JVs
*Dogo du Togo @ Bossa
*Eric Byrd trio Charlie Brown Christmas @ Hamilton
* Southside Johnny & the Asbury Jukes @ Rams Head Annapolis
* 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)
Lou Jerome Band @ blue Monday blues 6 to 9 pm @ Westminster
Church SW
*Tues. Dec. 14-
lo-fi keyboardist Karima Walker @ Quarry House
*Wed. Dec. 15
*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
*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 Jamstar afrobeats @ KNY Lounge in Hyattsville
*Step Afrika holiday step show @ Atlas
*Alexander Nate @ Byrdland Records (R'n'b )
*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
*One big Caribbean party @3237 Rhode Island Ave., Mt Rainier , mD
*Acoustic Blues Jam @ Archie’s Barbershop, 4502 Hamilton St., Hyattsville,
Christmas Revels in Spanish Ballroom @ Glen Echo Park, @ 2pm
*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
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-
Bill Heid & Big Joe Maher @ blue Monday blues 6 to 9 pm @ Westminster
Church SW
*Tues. Dec. 21- A John Waters Christmas @ Baltimore
Soundstage
*Chris Scholar & Drew Ashby @ Songbyrd (hiphop & r'n'b)
*Wed. Dec. 22
*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
*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)
*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-
* 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
*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
The Roots (w/ drummer Questlove) @ Kennedy Center (hiphop) postponed
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.
*Tues. Dec. 28-
Photographer Vividdope's birthday party with New Impressionz & ALLhomage others @ Songbyrd
*Wed. Dec. 29
*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
*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
*Bela Dona @ Doubletree Hotel in Annapolis
*What Band @ Gee's
*TCB @ Chateau Remix
*BYB, TOB @ Aqua
*Tropical New Year @ Renaissance Downtown, 999 9th St NW cancelled
*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
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
*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)
*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-
*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)
*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)
*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
*Roots Band @ Makeda Restaurant, Van Dorn St., Alexandria (Ethiopian)
*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
Ras Band w/ Tsehaye Yohannes & Fikeraddis Nekatibeb @ Twist Lounge (Ethiopian music Fri. through Sunday)
*Paul Wills Band @ Lamont's in Pomonkey
Best Coast, Rosie Tucker @ 6 pm @ 930 Club cancelled
*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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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
