DC/Baltimore /DMV Global Music and More -April 2022
Compiled & curated by Steve Kiviat and edited and updated frequently . Work your way down day by day.
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, pop, 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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Some highlights from 4-7 on-
Thursday April 7- Vivien Goldman w/ Dunia & Aram @ Red Room @ Normal Books in Baltimore (UK postpunk pioneer & Punk professor)
Saturday April 9- Made in DMV conference (DC hiphop, r’n’b, go-go and more)
Sun. April 10-Glenn Jones , Jordan Perry @ Rhizome (fingerpick guitar)
Washington Performing Arts Gospel Choirs and Choral Arts @ Kennedy Center
Anacostia River Festival: April 10 from 1 to 4 p.m. at Anacostia Park, Good Hope Road SE and Anacostia Drive SE near new bridge with Experience Band @ 1:20; Word to Go-go finalists @ 1:50; TOB @ 2 pm; Eastern Marching Band @ 2:35; Sirius Company @ 3:20pm
Tues, April 12- Chalaban (Moroccans in Hungary band ) @ Creative Alliance in Baltimore
Friday April 15- Chontidelia for free from 6 to 7 @ Kennedy Center Millennium Stage (Afro-Colombian band)
Wed. April 20- Juana Molina solo @ Union Stage (Argentina avante-indie singer/guitarist & keyboard)
Sat. April 23- Contours at Harmony Hall (old-school Detroit r’n’b including “Do You Love Me”)
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Fri. April 1-
Ras Band w/ Tsehaye Yohannes & Fikeraddis Nekatibeb @ Twist Lounge (Ethiopian music Fri. through Sunday)
Rafael Ponde early show samba @ Bossa ; Alfredo Mojica Group late @ Bossa
Paul Wills' Brothers 7 Band @ Lamont's in Pomonkey
Manhattans feat. Gerald Alston @ Birchmere
Snoh AAllegra @ Anthem
Jones Girls featuring Shirley Jones @ City Winery
Clear Channel, Model Home, Faunas, Sensor Ghost @ 6 to 9pm @ Rhizome
The evolution of hand dance in dc w/ the National Hand Dance Assoc. from 10:30 am to 11:45 am @ DC History Conference @ MLK Library
Fresh Convos breathe: The Untold story of DC hiphop presentation shows U Street from a teenager’s perspective in the 1990s to early 2000s, @ 3 to 4:15pm @ DC History Conference @ MLK Library w/ Khalil Gill, Director, Editor and Arts Scholar, DC HipHop ; Phil Henery, Screenwriter, Narrator, and Score Contributor, DC HipHop ; Shatungwa Juma, Associate Director and Editor, DC HipHop;
Gabriel Benn, Event Advisor, DC HipHop ; Moderator: Judy Cohall, Project Manager, Video Producer, Writer, DC HipHop
Leigh Pilzer’s Seven Pointed Star @ Montpelier Mansion as part of Washington Women in Jazz Fest 2022
Pip Blom (Dutch indie rock) @ Pie Shop
Ellis Paul @ Cellar Stage @ Timonium United Methodist (folk)
Techno in the Park w/ B_X_R_N_X_R_D & Diyanna Monet from 7 to 10 @ Malcolm X Park
Vivien Goldman backed by Dunia & Aram @ 10 pm @ Marx Cafe (The UK punk professor & musician)
Be'la Dona @ Babylon in Woodbridge
Save your Soul djs @ Lithuainian Hall in Baltimore w/ Rob Macy & DJ Baby Alcatraz
New Impressionz @ Hangars
Backyard Band, what Band @ Aqua
Positive Force presents Ukrainian & Afghan refugees benefit w/ Messthetics, Bed Maker, Celebration Summer, R-not 6 to 10 pm @ St Stephen's Church, Newton St NW
Rare Essence @ Fast Eddie's
EU & DC Vybe @ Hard Rock Cafe3
Carpathia folk ensemble tribute to Ukraine show for free from 6 to 7 @ Kennedy Center Millennium Stage
Music of Margaret Bonds with Leah Claiborne, Piano at Georgetown U Mcneir Hall 12:30
What’s Goin On- 50th Anniversary Concert celebrating Marvin Gaye w/ Singer Raheem DeVaughn and friends including Keith Showtime Busey Unit band, NOW horns and more @ PG Community College Center for the Performing Arts Grand Theater
First night of Ramadan
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Sat. April 2
Japanese twenty-string koto musician and composer Yumi Kurosawa w/ violinist Emil Israel Chudnovsky and Chinese flute (dizi) virtuoso Yimin Miao. (classical music from Japan and China as well as new music composed by Kurosawa for this event inspired by the Freer Gallery of Art exhibition Mind Over Matter: Zen in Medieval Japan). Near Asian Freer Art Museum Moongate at Haupt garden @ 1 pm & 3 pm for free (weather permitting)
Be'la Dona @ City Winery
Junkyard, DC Vybe, Let it Flow @ Hilton Crystal City
Still Familiar , & Mature Clientele @ Fast Eddie’s
Congress Heights Soul of the City Marketplace 10 am to 3 pm , 2700 MLK Ave Se & Elm St
Buddy Guy w/ Kingfish Ingram @ Capital One Hall in Tyson’s
Kenny Endo for free from 6 to 7 @ Kennedy Center Millennium Stage (Japanese taiko music in association w/ Cherry Blossom fest)
Proper Utensils @ Hard Rock Cafe for Gogo Mickey's 55th Birthday bash
Rise Band @ Lamont's
Ana Souza Sings samba @ Bossa
Rare Essence & Sirius Co @ Aqua
TCB, Reaction, Ambition Band @ Chateau Remix
Bloomaroo fest w/ Chuck Brown Band @ 5:15 TO 6:15 pm @ the Wharf plus fireworks @ 8:30 ish
Dupont Brass @ 7 @ Union Stage ; Maxo Kream @ 10 @ Union Stage (rap)
Oddisee @ Eaton (hiphop)
EU @ Shark Bar in Waldorf
Maxwell @ Capital One Arena (r’n’b) (sold out)
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Sun. April 3-
Sun Ra @ Wild Days roof @ Eaton Hotel
Omar Sosa and Seckou Keita Suba Trio featuring Gustavo Ovalles @ Amp Sun. April 3
*Sakura Sunday 12 to 6 @ National Harbor Plaza
TCB @ Martini's in Ft Washington
DJ Kid Capri @ Mayflower club 3 to 9 pm
Poppy @ Fillmore (alt-rock )
Carpathian dancing 2 to 4 pm w/Carpathia Folk Dance Ensemble with special guests Ukrainian acapella group SPIV-Zhyttya and Hungarian folk dance ensemble Tisza @ All Souls Church (benefit for World Central Kitchen Ukraine relief)
PTC (short for ‘parent teacher conferences’ are DC public school teachers who play jazz rock fusion) & Synae @ Songbyrd
Bedouine @ Miracle Theatre
Backyard Band @ Society Lounge (go-go)
Sirius Company @ Balkonie in Greenbelt
DC Record Fair @ Penn Social, 801 E St NW 11am to 5 pm
Brazilian pagode and samba night @ Bossa
*Anacostia River Festival @ DC bridge park from 1 to 4 pm w/ Sirius Company, TOB, Black Alley, & Experience Band
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Mon. April 4 –
Parquet Courts w/ L’Rain @ 930 Club (sold out)
Lil Tecca @ Echostage (rap)
Jose Ramirez Blues Project from 6 to 9 pm @ Westminster Church SW DC
DJ Little Anthony @ Cheverly American Legion 6 to 10 pm (hand dancing. Rsvp required)
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Tues. April 5
Lido Pimienta w/ Combo Chimpita @ Songbyrd (Pimienta is a Canadian -Colombian electro pop act)
Clap Fest w/ TCB, TOB, New Impressionz, XIB, XMB @ Club One (bouncebeat go-go)
Luna Luna @ DC9
Mogwai @ 930 Club
Daniel Rossen @ Miracle Theatre (from Grizzly Bear)
Colin Hay @ Rams Head Annapolis
Black Midi @ Black Cat
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Wed. April 6-
L’Imperatrice @ 930 (French pop-disco)
*What Band @ Fast Eddie's (go-go)
*Sirius Company @ Privilege 7 to 12
*Frank Sirius featuring w/ New Impressionz late @ Babylon Falls Church
*TOB @ Hangars
*Backyard Band @ Hard Rock Cafe
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Thurs. April 7-
*Vivien Goldman w/ Dunia & Aram @ Red Room @ Normal Books in Baltimore (UK postpunk pioneer & Punk professor)
Kazzabe @ La Villa in Gaithersburg, MD
Ms. Nina @ Songbyrd (neo-perreo)
Azul Band live @ Green Zone (w/ Sticky Bear from Kino Musical sittin in)
Pablo Regis roots samba @ Mr Henry’s
Nardo Wick @ Union Stage (rap)
Feedel Band @ Bossa (Ethio-jazz)
Live Ethiopian music @ Shalla Restaurant in Silver Spring (through Sunday)
Afrobeats Thursdays @ Spectrum Lounge in Beltsville
The Green Show @ Mr. Braxtons DC (local r'n'b & rap every Thursday)
Roots Band @ Makeda Restaurant, Van Dorn St., Alexandria (Ethiopian)
Average White Band @ Rams Head Annapolis
LTJ Bukem @ Flash
* Jennifer O’Connor w/ Uruguay & Insect Factory @ Quarry House Tavern (indie )
*Sirius Company @ Union Oyster, 501 Morse St NE (go-go)
*What Band @ Hangars (go-go)
*TCB @ Power
*Local Latin jazz @ Simple Bar
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Fri. April 8-
Akua Allrich & the Tribe for free from 6 to 7 @ Kennedy Center Millennium Stage (DC jazz vocalist)
Baltimore Zouk Fest (through the 11th) @ Westin Hotel near BWI Airport
Nene Malo @ El Ranchon in Woodbridge
Hot Flash Heatwave @ Songbyrd (indie rock synth )
Joy Crookes @ Union Stage (sold out)
Alfredo Mojico group @ Bossa (dc salsa)
Ras Band w/ Tsehaye Yohannes & Fikeraddis Nekatibeb @ Twist Lounge (Ethiopian music Fri. through Sunday)
Genesis Owusu @ DC 9 (Ghanaian-Australian rapper/rocker )
El Mimoso " Luis Antonio Lopez, Luis Alfonso Partida " El Yaki ", Jp "La Leyenda De La Banda @ Cococabana
Key Glock @ Fillmore (rap)
Louie Vega @ Flash
DJ Remi Hassoun @ Green Zone (Arabic)
DC LEGENDARY MUSICIANS, Inc. present "The History of Gospel & Jazz: From The African Drum to Gospel to Blues to R&B Hip Hop to Jazz @ Kennedy Center Reach
*Colonel Josh & Paisley Tonk 7 to 9:30 @ VFW Post 350 Hells Bottom
* EU & Sirius Company @ 15 K St NE (Friday & or Saturday???)
*Backyard Band & TCB @ Aqua
*New Impressionz & Drama Squad Band @ Hangars
*Junkyard Band @ Nipsey's
*Got My Own Sound @ City Winery Loft
*Sugarhill Gang @ City Winery main stage
*Rare Essence @ Fast Eddie's
*Sol Roots @ Montpelier Mansion (blues/roots )
*Crown Vic's Weird World vinyl dj'ing @ Allegory lounge in Eaton Hotel
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Sat. April 9-
Hardway Connection @ Malakhi Lounge in Manassas
Dom Flemons for free from 6 to 7 @ Kennedy Center Millennium Stage (Americana; Louisiana Creole banjo & guitar)
Cece Peniston @ City Winery DC
Still Familiar @ Nottingham’s
K-Paz de la Sierra @ Club One
Kazzabe, El Chevo, Mr Jc @ VIP Room
Tumbao @ Bossa (pan-Latin dance)
Made in DMV conference (DC hiphop, r’n’b, go-go and more)
Easy Life @ Union Stage
Schizophonics @ DC 9
Cousin Stizz @ Union Stage (rapper)
Afro Kulture Saturdays @ Kaldis Rooftop
Djs Akua and Limitbreak @ DC 9
Justin Quiles @ 930 Club (reggaeton)
Nazca @ Don Churro in Chantilly (local Peruvian group)
Marisela @ Warner Theatre (Mexican – American)
EU & Sirius Company @ 15 K St NE *(Friday & or Saturday ?)
Sakura Matsuri Japanese street fest on PA Ave NW
Bright Eyes @ Anthem
Crown Vic’s Weird World vinyl dj @ Green Zone
Deer Scout w/ Spring Silver + Carmen Canedo @ the Pocket
*TOB @ Power
*What Band & Obsession Band @ Fire Station 1
*Ballet Folklorico Mexicano de Georgetown @ 8 @ Gaston Hall, Healy Bldg., Georgetown U
*TCB @ Hangars
*Gospel show with NewVizion , Darrel Petties, Take 2, Seek & Find, Zion, Angela Robinson & High Praise, Phayze, James Hilliam Jr & Company @ 4pm @ Meridian Hill Baptist Church, Capital Heights, MD
*Cherry Blossom parade in morning with appearances by Rare Essence and high school marching bands
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Sun. April 10-
Junkyard Band @ Nottingham’s
Glenn Jones , Jordan Perry @ Rhizome (fingerpick guitar)
Washington Performing Arts Gospel Choirs and Choral Arts @ Kennedy Center
Slow Crush @ Songbyrd (Belgian shoegaze)
Backyard Band @ Society Lounge (go-go)
Retirement Party, Carly Cosgrove @ Comet Ping Pong
Boy Harsher @ Black Cat
Cowboy Junkies @ Birchmere
*Black Orpheus movie @ 3 pm @ National Gallery of Art
*Schizophonics and Monsters from the Surf @ Ottobar
* Anacostia River Festival: April 10 from 1 to 4 p.m. at Anacostia Park, Good Hope Road SE and Anacostia Drive SE near new bridge with Experience Band @ 1:20; Word to Go-go finalists @ 1:50; TOB @ 2 pm; Eastern Marching Band @ 2:35; Sirius Company @ 3:20pm
* Ron Moten - Don't Mute Moe book release party: 5:30 to 9 p.m. at Cambria Hotel Washington D.C. Capitol Riverfront, 69 Q St. SW
*Palm Sunday gospel bash w/ the Gospel Legends, Lil David & the Bells of Joy, Tammy Edwards & the Edwards Sisters, Kenny Davis & the Melodyaires, the Joy Boyz, Rohn & Reborn, Wings of Praise, United in Christ, Shonda Turner @ 2:30 pm @ Christ Deliverance Church, 71 Walnut St., Baltimore
*Mark Cisneros dj'ing late night jazz records 10pm to 2 am @ Showtime
*4 pm local blues and blues-rock women singers-Gayle Harrad, Robbin Kapsalis, Mary Shaver @ JVs
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Mon. April 11-
Shirleta Settles from 6 to 9 pm @ Westminster Church SW DC (blues & soul)
Pillow Queens @ Songbyrd (Irish female emo-punk-indie)
Spoon @ 930 Club (sold out)
DC abortion fund charity popup @ Green Zone
Conversation and crank with Backyard Band 6:30 to 8:30 @ Kennedy Center Reach (sold out)
*Vacation, Dog Heaven, Saffron @ Slash Run (rock)
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Tues, April 12-
Chalaban (Moroccan in Hungary band ) @ Creative Alliance in Baltimore
Heart Attack Man @ Songbyrd (Cleveland punk)
Dummy, Emotional World, tvo @ Comet Ping Pong
Superchunk w/ Torres @ Black Cat POSTPONED
Spoon @ 930 Club (sold out)
*Yeat @ Fillmore
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Wed. April 13-
4 Tops @ Rams Head Annapolis
Jonathan Acosta (Venezuelan singer-songwriter, vocalists, and cuatro player) @ Songbyrd
Lightmare @ the Pocket
*Sirius Company @ Privilege 7 to 12
*New Impressionz @ Babylon Futbol Cafe in Falls Church
*Honysuckle @ Pie Shop (indie folk)
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Thursday, April 14-
Nio Garcia @ Rio Cantina (reggaeton)
Zakir Hussain, tabla, w/ his Triveni trio w/ Jayanthi Kumaresh, veena; Kala Ramnath, Carnatic violin @ Sixth & I (musical dialogues between Hindustani (North Indian) and Carnatic (South Indian) music)
Sergio Mendes @ Birchmere (81 year-old Brazilian lounge jazz and bossa nova pop pianist & band)
National Gallery Night—Flowers After Hours—is an ode to our blossoming city and all things floral. Expect music by DJ Little Bacon Bear, performances from electric cellist Benjamin Gates, and live art from botanical artist Emily Paluska of Revery Paper Flora.
Yasmin Nur, Flowerbomb, Magazine Beach @ Comet Ping Pong
Live Ethiopian music @ Shalla Restaurant in Silver Spring (through Sunday)
Afrobeats Thursdays @ Spectrum Lounge in Beltsville
The Green Show @ Mr. Braxtons DC (local r'n'b & rap every Thursday)
Roots Band @ Makeda Restaurant, Van Dorn St., Alexandria (Ethiopian
Danube Sessions w/ Orchestra Prazevica @ Green Zone
*Stanley Jordan plays Jimi @ Blues Alley (on 15th too)
*Sirius Company & TOB 8 to 12 mdt @ Union Oyster, 501 Morse St NE (go-go)
*Venray,Miranova, Closest Relative, Boayt @ Slash Run
*Rhodes Tavern Troubadours @ VFW Post 350 Hells Bottom
*Local Latin jazz @ Simple Bar
* Chip Py DC go-go book talk @ 7 @ Public Option
*DC r'n'b, funk, and soul night w/ Craig Alson, Karen Linette, Greg Boyer, Elijah Balbed & more @ Keystone Korner in Baltimore
*TCB @ Power
*What Band @ Hangars
*New Impressionz w/ guests Big G & Weensey of Backyard & Rick & Keith of Reaction @ Hashtag Lounge
* Cambodian Solar New Year @ Cambodian temple w/ vendors and food : 13800 New Hampshire Ave, Silver Spring, (through 4-17)
* Cheick Hamala & Griot Street @ Bossa
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Friday April 15-
Temps & 4 Tops @ Lyric in Baltimore (Motown)
Chontidelia for free from 6 to 7 @ Kennedy Center Millennium Stage (Afro-Colombian band)
Tay Money @ Songbyrd (Dallas rapper)
Tony, Toni, Tone @ Bethesda Blues (r'n'b)
First night of Passover
Ras Band w/ Tsehaye Yohannes & Fikeraddis Nekatibeb @ Twist Lounge (Ethiopian music Fri. through Sunday)
A Celebration of Women in Hip Hop w/ MC Lyte, Da Brat, Trina, Remy Ma, Monie Love, MuMu Fresh, Yo Yo, Mama Sol, Tierra Whack, Ra Brown, & DJ Eque @ Kennedy Center
R.A.P. Feirera @ Pie Shop (spelling?)
Sugar Daddiez @ Bossa (Italian music focused ) early
Alfredo Mojico group @ Bossa (dc salsa) @ 10:30pm
*DJ Lu spins Latin hits @ Bossa upstairs
KRS One @ Baltimore Soundstage
Monica @ DAR Constitution Hall
We were promised Jetpacks, Frankie Rose @ Black Cat
Cat Power @ Lincoln Theatre
DJ Basbousa @ Green Zone (Arabic)
*Stanley Jordan plays Jimi @ Blues Alley
* Benefit dance for longtime DC area r'n'b singer Paul Wills (Dynamic Corvettes and the Brothers 7 Band) who is recovering from a stroke , with the Brothers 7 Band, Stone Pleasure, Jim Bennett & Unique Creation, & Cymone Lovett & the Dream Band @ 7:30 @ Lamont's in Pomonkey
*Danceclub w/ djs Baronhawk, Tommy C, Joyce 1432R @ 10 @ Redroom (electro/techno)
*Secret Society @ Mix Bar
*TCB, Reaction, ABM @ Martini's in Ft Washington, MD
*NoMuNoMu "Between Two Worlds " art exhibit 4 to 7 pm @ 709 North Howard St., Baltimore
*Rare Essence late @ Fast Eddie's
*Gargee’an, 15th day of Ramadan from 11am to 3 pm @ Quatar America Institute for Culture
*Still Familiar @ Shark Bar (go-go)
*Somalia (Atlanta neo-soul singer) @ the Pocket
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Saturday April 16- DC Emancipation Day
Lucky Daye @ Fillmore (r’n’b)
Rare Essence for free from 6 to 7 @ Kennedy Center Millennium Stage (dc go-go)
Backyard Band @ Martini’s
Junkyard Band & DC Vybe @ Fast Eddie’s
Hardway Connection @ Lamont’s in Pomonkey
Grupo Miramar @ Villa Flores in Glen Burnie
Porches @ Union Stage
Juan Wauters @ Comet P P (Uruguay-born, NYC based indie)
Xavier Wulf @ Howard Theatre (trap-metal rap)
Tumbao @ Bossa (pan-Latin dance)
*DJ Lu spins Latin hits @ Bossa upstairs
Reggaefest: dancehall v soca @ Bliss DC
Circle Jerks , 7 Seconds, Negative Approach @ Black Cat (punk) (sold out)
Lorde @ Anthem (Sold out)
Johnson Lee (from Joe’s record Paradise) @ Green Zone
*Daryl Hall & the Daryl's house band w/ Todd Rundgren @ MGM National Harbor
*Sirius Company @ Gaylord resort in National harbor
*Airport 77s @ American Legion Post 41 (powerpop)
*Emancipation Day Parade @ 2 pm; Concert @ 3 @ Freedom Plaza w/ Dior Ashley Brown & the Filthy Animals, Junkyard band and more ; Fireworks @ 8:30 pm
*Robert Glasper and Jason Moran @ Kennedy Center (jazz pianists)
* Robert Glasper, author of book on Dilla--Dan Charnas, and Kelley Carter in Conversation about Hip Hop Producer J Dilla @ 1 pm @ GW Morton Auditorium
*Antfarmusic @ Harlot
*Sirius Company 9 pm @ Gaylord National Harbor and then late show @ Shark Bar (go-go)
*TCB @ Fire Station 1 (bouncebeat)
*Long Live Go-go Emancipation Day 11 am to 8 pm w/ Yaddiya (Moechella) & more @ location tba
*Emancipation Day events- 5:30 PM - - GoGo truck & Flash Mob teaching Statehood dance! 2617 Pennsylvania Avenue, SE; 6:30 PM - GoGo truck & Flash Mob teaching Statehood dance!- Anacostia Big Chair; 7:30 – 8:30 PM - GoGo gig @ 14th and U Street, NW
*Rare Essence @ Aqua
*Proper Utensils @ the Chateau Remix
* Cambodian Solar New Year @ Cambodian temple w/ vendors and food : 13800 New Hampshire Ave, Silver Spring, (through 4-17)
*Blossom blockfest @ congress Heights, Oak & Sycamore Sts SE
*Violinis Shu-ting w/ Huai-En Tsai @ 10 am & 1pm in front of Elephant Center at the National Zoo; Gin dancers @11 am & 1:45 pm; Lion Dancers @ 12 noon @ Zoo
*Baltimore salsa bachata Congress @ Hilton Baltimore
*Go-go bingo & more @ Mystics parking lot St. Elizabeth's campus 10 to 5pm
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Sunday April 17-
My birthday
Passover day 2
Easter Sunday
Easter celebration of gospel with Tony Bowman @ Bethesda Blues
Gospel Angels @ the Hamilton
Hurray for the Riff-Raff, Anjimile, Amelia Jackie @ Union Stage
B*tch (queer folkpop) w/ Sean Barna ( Bowie-esque pop) @ Songbyrd
Backyard Band @ Society Lounge (go-go)
*vintage clothes and vinyl sale @ Slash Run
*Sirius Company @ Bowie, MD Arts Center 10 pm
*Sultry Sundays Afrobeats @ Spectrum Lounge
*Blkvapor @ the Pocket (alt-indie-punk)
* Cambodian Solar New Year @ Cambodian temple w/ vendors and food : 13800 New Hampshire Ave, Silver Spring, (through 4-17)
* Dong Xi live music 2pm to 3:30 pm in front of Elephant Center at the National Zoo
*Artsouca (live music accompanying painting w/ guitarist Rob Coltun & others @ 7:30 @ Bossa
*TCB & CCB plus dj reggie-reg & go-go Frank 5 to 9 pm free @ RFK parking lot
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Mon. April 18-
Bbymutha @ Songbyrd (rapper)
Easter Monday
Sharon Clark & Gene Bertoncini "Tribute to Ella and Pass" @ Blues Alley
*Mike Amezcua (Georgetown Assistant prof) talk re Latinx participants in DC punk in the 80s @ 12 noon zoom via george washington u museum website sign up
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Tues. April 19
Janelle Monáe and Collaborating Writer Alaya Dawn Johnson on the book the Memory Librarian In Conversation with Kimberly Drew @ 6th & I live & streamed
Zombies @ Rams Head Annapolis
*Lena Seikaly & Steve Herberman "Celebrate Ella and Pass" @ Blues Alley
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Wed. April 20-
Juana Molina solo @ Union Stage (Argentina avante-indie singer/guitarist & keyboard)
Meditations On Mingus: w/ Brad Linde - alto saxophone; Abe Mamet - horn; Bags Davis - trumpet/flugelhorn; Leo Maxey - trumpet; Joe Herrera - trumpet; Liz Prince - tuba; Luke Stewart - bass; Keith Butler, Jr. - drums @ Rhizome
Delta Sleep @ Songbyrd (Brit math rock)
Joao Fenix @ Bossa (Brazilian)
Loving, Sipper, Makeup Girl @ Comet Ping Pong
Indigo Desouza @ Black Cat (indie singer/songwwriter)
*Sirius Company @ Privilege 7 to 12
*Pearie Sol @ the Runaway
*Lucki @ Fillmore (rap)
*ABM & Ambition Band @ Gee's
*New Impressionz @ Babylon Falls Church
*TCB & TOB @ Aqua
* Crown Vic's Weird World Vinyl Party @ Spacycloud Lounge
*Backyard Band @ Hard Rock Cafe
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Thurs. April 21-
Adia Victoria & Lizzie No @ Miracle Theatre (indie-Americana)
Heidi Martin Ensemble for free from 6 to 7 @ Kennedy Center Millennium Stage (jazz singer)
Big Thief @ Anthem (indie w/ folkie-Americana touches)
Joel Harrison & Free Country @ Rhizome (jazz-Americana)
Snotty-nose Rez Kids @ Songbyrd (Canadian indigenous rappers)
Pablo’s Brazilian Pagode night @ Bossa DC
Live Ethiopian music @ Shalla Restaurant in Silver Spring (through Sunday)
Afrobeats Thursdays @ Spectrum Lounge in Beltsville
The Green Show @ Mr. Braxtons DC (local r'n'b & rap every Thursday)
Roots Band @ Makeda Restaurant, Van Dorn St., Alexandria (Ethiopian
Fontaines DC @ 930 (sold out)
Soul Sauce w/ Kenny M @ Green Zone
*Sirius Company @ Union Oyster, 501 Morse St NE (go-go)
*Celebration Summer, You Vandal, Curse Words @ Slash Run
*Local Latin jazz @ Simple Bar
*Kronos Quartet live with documentary film @ Strathmore
*greet death @ Pie Shop (heavy sludge rock)
*Junkyard Band & Still Familiar from 8 to 12 mdt @ Capital Restaurant in Lanham
*What Band @ Hangars
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Fri. April 22-
Baby Rasta y Gringo @ VIP Room in Baltimore
Maelo Ruiz @ El Ranchon
Chuck Brown Band @ Bethesda Blues
Alfredo Mojica group @ 10:30 @ Bossa (dc salsa)
Bassam Haddad @ Green Zone (Arabic)
A musical journey across Indian Country w/ Dennis Zotigh and Ralph Zotigh for free from 6 to 7 @ Kennedy Center Millennium Stage
Homeshake @ 930 Club
Jeffrey Alexander & the Heavy Lidders (psych experim) w/ Generation Gap (Wilson High students & teachers) @ Rhizome
Mndsgn (r'n'b-soundtrack-psych-jazzy) @ Union Stage
Ras Band w/ Tsehaye Yohannes & Fikeraddis Nekatibeb @ Twist Lounge (Ethiopian music Fri. through Sunday)
Good Morning @ DC 9
Alejandra Guzman & Paulina Rubio @ Capital One Hall in Tyson’s
The Doo Wop Project @ Rams Head Annapolis
*J.P. McDermott @ Hank Dietle's (rockabilly)
*Tierney Sutton @ Blues Alley (through the 24th) (jazz singer)
*Anthony David @ City Winery (r'n'b singer)
*Brandon Camphor's OneWay @ 12:30pm @ Georgetown U.'s Mcneir Hall New North Bldg. (gospel/Christian pop)
*“Sacrifices of Praise: Unsung Forerunners of Praise and Worship in Black Gospel Music” talk by Prof. Birgitta Johnson (Univ. of South Carolina) @ 2pm in Georgetown U.'s Mcneir Hall, New North Bldg
*Atlas Theatre 15th anniversary w/ Akua Allrich & the Tribe & more 6:30 to 10 pm @ Atlas
*Crank & Flo w/ Marcus Johnson & Shorty Corleone @ Mix Bar
*Angel & Khriz y K Rose @ CocoCabana
*Rare Essence & Sirius Company @ Fast Eddie's
*Backyard Band & TOB @ Aqua
*Aaron Myers @ Mr. Henry's (dc jazz singer/pianist)
* Dave Chappell Blues Alley Guitar Symposium Street Fest w/ Anthony Pirog, John Previti and Larry Ferguson
@ 6:00PM — 9:00PM @ Georgetown Sandlot, 2715 Pennsylvania Ave. NW,
* Outlier.mp3, Born I, Spring Silver @ Chaos FM
*Still Familiar @ 11 pm @ Shark bar
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Sat. April 23-
Contours at Harmony Hall (old-school Detroit r’n’b including “Do You Love Me”)
Capella Grey & Sirius Co. @ Bliss DC (r’n’b/hiphop; & go-go from Sirius)
Tumbao @ Bossa (pan-Latin dance)
Empath, Clear Channel, Tired All the Time @ Comet (shoegaze, punk)
Stonecold Pleasure Band @ Lamont’s
Griefcat for free from 6 to 7 @ Kennedy Center Millennium Stage (indie-folk duo)
Nora Brown @ Songbyrd (old-time banjo Americana)
Rejjie Snow @ Union Stage (Irish rapper )
Bellows, You and Me and You, Carmen Canedo @ DC9 (indie )
Valerio Rinaldi solo set & Asociación Ilícita @ Simple Bar (rock en Espanol)
Old 97s @ the Hamilton
Zvuk Dana w/ V’Shal Kanwar & Dhakfu @ Green Zone
*Kem and Babyface @ MGM National Harbor
*Regina Belle @ City Winery Main stage
*Black Alley @ City Winery Loft stage
*Veronneau @ Creative Cauldron in Falls Church
*Blue Carpet dj event w/ DJ Ezzy, DJ Frisco, DJ Big John, DJ Supa Dan, DJ 808, DJ Stevo @ Balkonie Bar
*The King of All the World movie (Spanish director Carlos Saura drama about the creation of a dance epic about a woman in a wheelchair and the selection of the lead dancing couple in Mexico and Mexican politics) @ 6 pm @ Landmark E Street
*Go-go City movie doc 3 pm screening followed by Rocksteady Project band w/ conga player Rocksteady Brown all from 3 to 6 @ MLK Library
*Junkyard Band @ Dominion Raceway in Virginia
*Sugarbear & EU @ Malikhi Lounge in Manassas
* National Cannabis Fest W/ Wiz Khalifa, Ghostface Killa, Backyard Band, Dupont Brass, Shamans of Sound, SLick Rick, Footwerk @ RFK
*Backyard Band & New Impressionz @ Fast Eddie's
*Vi-kings @ Palisades Hub Cap Centre
*Hovvdy @ Union Stage (Austin indie-pop)
* "Don't Mute Mo" Ron Moten book release event 4:30 to 8:30 w/ Experience Band & DJ Supa Dan @ Secret Garden, 1922 MLK Ave SE
*TCB @ Hangars
* Lindy swing dance for free w/ Gretchen & the Sidecar 6 from 2 to 5 @ Dupont Circle
* Lee Bains, Saffron, Teen Cobra @ Quarry House Tavern
*TOB, ABM, XIB @ Power
* Record Store day @ Joe's and elsewhere
*Proper Utensils @ Nottingham's
*Rare Essence @ Aqua
*Lokal band @ Mix Bar (Haitian)
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Sun. April 24-
CJ Chenier & the Red Hot Louisiana Band @Hill Center, 921 Pennsylvania Ave SE DC 4:30-6:30. FREE outdoor concert
Musicologist Ian Nagoski talk & listening session re Armenian-American singer Zabelle Panosian @ Rhizome
Dr. Natalie Hopkinson talk on go-go @ ?
Luwten @ Songbyrd (Dutch electro club pop w/ field recording sounds mixed in)
Backyard Band @ Society Lounge (go-go)
Godspeed You ! Black Emperor @ 930 (artsy cinematic indie)
*Enchantment, with Ray, Goodman, and Brown @ Bethesda Blues (r'n'b)
*Kem and Babyface @ MGM National Harbor (r'n'b)
*Okaidja Afroso Trio from 1 to 2 and from 3 to 4 for free @ National Gallery of Art West Bldg. garden court (US based Ghanaian) (reservations suggested)
*La La @ Black Cat (indie ) CANCELLED
* The Hard Art 1979 ( second edition) book release event 3 to 7 pm w/ photographer Lucian Perkins and Alec Mackaye . Mackaye wrote text for this book that includes Perkins photos at 1979 DC punk gigs including at the Hard Art Gallery. 3 bands - POA , Quattracenta Time is Fire will perform @ Lamont St. plaza and their will be photos on display in Elle Alley off of Mt Pleasant St NW
*Go-go promoter Big Butch's 65th birthday party w/Quality Band, A Level Up Band, rapper DC Scorpio, DJ Big John from 3 to 8 @ Hangar's
*What Band @ Nottingham's
*Lila Downs @ George Mason Center for the Arts (Mexican-American traditional singer)
*Leo Rua @ Bossa (soul-reggae-folk)
*What Band @ Nottingham's
*Ethiopian music @ MHL Lounge in Falls Church
*Funset DJs ( Diyanna Monet, Kenny M, DJ Smudge) 5 to 10 pm @ Dew Drop Inn
*Image Band 5 to 9pm @ Mix Bar (Caribbean)
*Chip Py go-go book event and signing @ Alice's Jazz and Cultural Society @ 6:00-9pm.
*[Jawbreaker @ Fillmore]
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Monday April 25-
Eddie Jones & the Young Bucks from 6 to 9 pm @ Westminster Church SW DC (soul) (recommended)
The Weather Station, Ignorance, Sam Amidon @ Union Stage (headliner is critics fave jazzy indie folk)
Aimee Mann @ Birchmere
*The movie Casablanca Beats streaming online April 25 through 28th via Filmfest DC ( nonprofessionals playing docu-fictionalised versions of themselves, learning to rap at an arts centre in Casablanca, Morocco )
* Chip Py signing copies of his book about dc go-go @ 7:30 pm @ the Pug
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Tues. April 26-
Ericdoa @ Songbyrd (hyperpop)
Aimee Mann @ Birchmere
*Jo-go Project @ City Winery
*Girl Talk @ 930 Club
* Bachata dj night @ La Cosecha
*Made in the DMV : Organic Choice showcase night @ Pie Shop (rap)
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Wed. April 27-
Saba @ Fillmore (rap)
Michelle @ Songbyrd (New York indie-pop 6 member collective )
Son Lux @ Union Stage (experimental electronic post-rock)
Kelsey Karter @ DC 9 (New Zealand glam pop rock)
Shelby Lynne & Allison Moorer @ Birchmere
*Sirius Company @ Privilege 7 to 12
*Jack O'Dell Band @ VFW Post 350 Hells Bottom (roots Americana)
*TOB @ Eaton Hotel
*What Band w/ Killa Cal @ Fast Eddie's
*Backyard Band @ Hard Rock Cafe
*Still Familiar @ Martini's in Ft Washington
*Hump Day funk w/ Dior Ashley Brown & the Filthy Animals @ Bossa DC
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Thurs. April 28-
Dunia & Aram @ Bluebeat DC (ska & reggae)
Muni Long @ Miracle Theatre (singer-songwriter r’n’b)
Indian Classical Vocalist Samia Mahbub Ahmad @ Kennedy Center Reach
Live Ethiopian music @ Shalla Restaurant in Silver Spring (through Sunday)
Afrobeats Thursdays @ Spectrum Lounge in Beltsville
The Green Show @ Mr. Braxtons DC (local r'n'b & rap every Thursday)
Roots Band @ Makeda Restaurant, Van Dorn St., Alexandria (Ethiopian)
Lindsey Buckingham @ Capital One Hall in Tyson’s (ex-Fleetwood Mac )
Raul Malo @ Birchmere
Mazboota w/ Fady D @ Green Zone (alternative Arabic electro)
*Sirius Company @ Union Oyster, 501 Morse St NE @ Capital Restaurant in Lanham (go-go)
*Jo-go Project @ Keystone Korner
*Brian McKnight @ City Winery
*Local Latin jazz @ Simple Bar
* Toshi Reagon and ensemble in adaptation of Octavia Butler’s 1993 novel, “Parable of the Sower,” as a folk opera @ Strathmore (& on 29th)
* Blu Anxxiety and Lazuli and Asesinato @ Slash Run (hardcore punk)
* Latchkey Kids & Ekko Astral @ Quarry House Tavern
*La Colombopercutiva @ Bossa (cumbia)
* Live Ethiopian music @ MHL Hookah lounge in Falls Church
* New Impressionz @ Hashtag Lounge
*TCB @ Power
*Victor Provost @ the Fridge (steel pan jazz)
*What Band @ Hangars
*Still Familiar, Obsession Band @ Mexico Lindo in Bladensburg
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Fri. April 29-
Alfredo Mojica group @ 10:30 @ Bossa 1st floor (dc salsa) & DJ Lu spins Latin hits upstairs
Ted Leo for free from 6 to 7 @ Kennedy Center Millennium Stage (rock)
Choreographer Kyle Abraham's A.I.M. including "An Untitled Love" (dance piece using music of D'Angelo ) @ Kennedy Center (also on 4-30)
Dunia & Aram @ Goucher College (ska & reggae)
Ho99o9 @ Songbyrd (industrial punk-rap)
Tenille Townes @ Union Stage (country)
Ras Band w/ Tsehaye Yohannes & Fikeraddis Nekatibeb @ Twist Lounge (Ethiopian music Fri. through Sunday)
Shelby Lynne & Allison Moorer @ Rams Head Annapolis
Bad Moves, Gauche, Bottled Up @ Black Cat
*Brian McKnight @ City Winery
* Spring dance concert @ 8 @ Parilla Performing Arts Ctr Montgomery College
* DJ Baby Alcatraz @ Showtime Bar
* Toshi Reagon and ensemble in adaptation of Octavia Butler’s 1993 novel, “Parable of the Sower,” as a folk opera @ Strathmore
*Still Familiar @ 11 pm @ Shark bar
*Rare Essence & Mature Clientele @ Fast Eddie's
*Backyard @ Aqua
*Sirius Company @ Club Elevate
*Dylan Scott @ Fillmore
*-_-; Max D; Sir E.U. & Tooth Choir @ Rhizome (rap and electro and more)
*DJ Underdog & DJ Native Sun playing amapiano & afrobeats @ Mojuba in Silver Spring
* Junkyard Band @ Nipsey's
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Sat. April 30-
Tex Rubinowitz @ 4 pm @ JVs
Danilo Pérez’s Global Messengers @ Sixth & I ( Panamanian jazz pianist and UNESCO Artist for Peace Danilo Pérez unites his twin passions of music and humanitarianism in this international sextet w/his bandmates—hailing from Palestine, Greece, and Jordan)
Choreographer Kyle Abraham's A.I.M. including "An Untitled Love" (dance piece using music of D'Angelo ) @ Kennedy Center
Lizzie No for free from 6 to 7 @ Kennedy Center Millennium Stage (singer/songwriter, harpist, guitarist)
Junkyard Band, Still Familiar, Mature Clientele @ Ivy City Smokehouse
Altin Gun @ Capital Turnaround (Turkish psych rock)
Tumbao @ Bossa (pan-Latin dance) 1st floor while DJ Lu spins Latin hits upstairs
Dua Saleh @ Songbyrd (rap-pop)
Trupa Trupa @ DC 9 (art-rock, psychedelic post punk band from Gdańsk, Poland) @ DC 9
Afrobeats, soca, dancehall @ Bliss DC
Project Glow afterparty w/ Diplo @ Echostage
Tamar Braxton @ Bethesda Blues
Palace @ 930
*Karl Straub Combo @ VFW Post 350 Hells Bottom
*Petworth Porch Fest 2 to 6 pm (Janel & Anthony @ 2 & Messthetics @ 3 @ 4515 5th st NW; Lightmare @ 4 @ 600 Emerson St.; Samba school @ 4 & DMV rumbaros @ 821 Upshur St.; Near Northeast @5 @ 801 Taylor St main stage; Weird Babies @ 5 @ 720 Varnum St
*Afro-Atlantic Histories symposium and events @ National Gallery of Art & virtual 10 am to 5 pm-- Batala drum crew @ 12 noon @ West Building entrance mall side; 2pm sticks & marimbas youth ensemble @ West bldg garden court; East of the River steelband @ 4pm @ west building entrance national mall side
* Spring dance concert @ 8 @ Parilla Performing Arts Ctr Montgomery College
*The King of All the World movie (Spanish director Carlos Saura drama about the creation of a dance epic about a woman in a wheelchair and the selection of the lead dancing couple in Mexico and Mexican politics) @ 4:30 pm @ Landmark E Street
*TCB @ Hangars
*Sirius Company, & DC Vybe @ Fast Eddie's
*Rare Essence @ Aqua
*Backyard Band @ Union Oyster
*Big K.R.I.T. @ Fillmore
* "Billy Stewart: How Nice It Is" program @ 1:30pm @ MLK Library, 901 G Street, NW, w/ - Screening of doc "Fat Boy: The Billy Stewart Story. A Panel discussion; Hand Dance Showcase; & "Silk Soul" performing
*Weird World dj @ Green Zone
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Sun. May 1-
Tamar Braxton @ Bethesda Blues
Emma G album release party @ DC 9
*Bacanal (Adobo DMV tropical sounds dj party w/ SpydaT.E.K. & Mathias, & El Pedro )3 to 10 @ The Bullpen , 1201 Half St SE
*Festival of Colors/Holi @ 12 noon to 5 @ Bull Run Park (South Asian)
* Spring dance concert @ 2pm @ Parilla Performing Arts Ctr Montgomery College
*Grupo Samuray, Los Terribles del Norte, El Tiempo, El Original Conjunto Mar Azul, Varonil @ 90 Degrees in Manassas
*The DC Blues Society 35th anniversary concert w/ FREE live music at The Wunder Garten (1101 First St NE) @ 1-7pm. The lineup and anticipated set times are: Moonshine Society 1:00-2:15; The Daryl Davis Band 2:30-3:40; DCBS founders Rick Franklin, Neil Harpe, Mark Wenner, and other surprise guests 3:50-5:00; Joe Louis Walker (with special guest Linwood Taylor) 5:30-7:00
* Fanm d'Ayiti (Women of Haiti)(concert-length work for voice, flute, string quartet, and electronics) created by composer/performer Nathalie Joachim and w/ Spektral Quartet @ 3 pm @ Nat. Gallery Of Art West Building, West Garden Court
*Pagode & samba @ Bossa w/ roda de Amigos
*J. Robbins solo acoustic w/ Gordon Withers on cello @ 1 pm Johns Hopkins Spring Fair Homewood campus Decker Gardens Beer stage (from Jawbox)
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May 2-
May 3- Koffee @ Fillmore
May 4-Helado Negro @ 930
