DC/Baltimore /DMV Global Music and More -May 2022
Tues. May 3- Koffee @ Filmore (reggae)
Fri. May 6 & Sat. May 7-Yemandja @ 8 @ Kennedy Center
. Angélique Kidjo stars in Yemandja, a
new music theater work
Thurs. May 12-Los Van Van y Havana D’Primera @ Cococabana now (was at the Palace) (Cuban greats)
Sat. May 14- Rare Essence Reunion show @ MGM (46th
anniversary reunion w/ many guests)
Lamont’s belated birthday party w/ TJ Hooker Taylor
(Johnnie’s son) , Hardway Connection, Stone Pleasure, Jim Bennett & Lady
Yaya, Lady Mary & Da House Band, Ray Apollo Allen w/ doors at noon, show @
2 pm @ Lamont’s in Pomonkey
Sat. May 21 –Moechella 3rd anniversary w/ TCB, TOB, New
Impressionz & special guests @ Howard Theatre
Tues. May 31-Youssou N’Dour @ Strathmore (Senegalese singing
legend)
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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
Road To Roots Picnic presents serpentwithfeet, VanJess, and
India Shawn @ Kennedy Center Terrace Theatre
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
Screaming Females @ Black Cat
Sol Roots @ JoJo’s Bar
Stacy Brooks @ Madam’s Organ
Ethiopian music @ MHL Lounge in Falls Church
Diane Cluck, Kelly Cervick, Rosie Cima @ Rhizome DC
Backyard Band @ Society Lounge
J Robbins from Jawbox w/ Gordon Withers on cello @ 1 pm
Sunday @ Johns Hopkins Spring Fair
Ras Band @ Twist Lounge
Iranian-American Community Center Traditional Music Concert
feat. Mojgan Shajarian &
Pejman Hadadi w/Sorvad Ensemble in The Vault @ Capital One Hall, 7750 Capital One Tower Rd., Tysons, VA (sold out)
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Mon. May 2-
Curtis Harding @ Black Cat
Mama Moon & the Rumpshakers @ Westminster Church, SW DC
6-9 pm blue Monday blues
Charlie Burg @ DC 9
Dijon @ 6th & I
Born Ruffians @ union stage
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Tues. May 3-
Koffee @ Filmore
(reggae)
La Santa Cecilia @ State Theatre
Nilufer Yanya, Tasha, Ada Lea @ Black Cat
Angelique Kidjo talk 7 to 8 @ Enoch Pratt Free Library in Baltimore
(live & stream)
Negativeland w/ Sue-C w/ Lexie Mountain @ Metro Baltimore ,
1700 North Charles St. (experimental pioneers)
Regrettes and Alex Lahey @ Lincoln Theatre
Pardoner @ Pie Shop
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Wed. May 4-
Helado Negro @ 930 club
Shining Down soul jam session @ Bossa
Simple Plan & Sum 41 @ Fillmore
Roni Size @ Flash
Sirius Company @ Privilege
Olivia Rodrigo @ Anthem (sold out)
Hatchie @ Songbyrd
Young M.A. @ Howard Theatre
Afrobeats djs Jamstar & Mike Obi @ KNY (kitchen near
you) 5321 Ager Rd In Hyattsville
*Backyard Band @ Hard Rock Cafe
*Sirius Company @ Privilege
*TOB @ Hangars
*What Band @ Fast Eddie's
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Thurs. May 5-
Valerie June @ Fillmore
Destroyer , Rosali @ Black Cat
Feedel Band @ Bossa (Ethiojazz)
Jean Carlos Centeno & Los Inquietos Del Vallenato @ Rio
Cantina
Filipa Tavares for free from 6 to 7 @ Kennedy Center
Millennium Stage (Portuguese fado singer)
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)
Ethiopian music @ MHL Lounge in Falls Church
Local Latin jazz @ Simple Bar
Asmae @ Cloud Lounge in Arlington (locally
based Arabic/Middle Eastern)
Longtimers @ Hank Dietle’s (roots rock)
Cheick Hamala Diabate/ngoni/kora w/Rob Coltun/gtr, Diandree
Dukes/djembe + Karen Collins &
The Backroads Band w/Ira Gitlin/gtr, Pat Publisi/dr, James
Key/bs @ Bumper Car Pavilion, Glen
Echo Park, MacArthur
Blvd., Glen Echo, MD; free;
Pablo Regis Brazilian music @ Mr. Henry’s
Kaina & Foot x Coles @ Songbyrd
Sunflower Bean @ Union Stage
Parquet Courts and 2 other bands free @ 5:30pm @ Canton
Waterfront Park in Baltimore (rock)
*DC Vybe @ Capital Restaurant in Lanham
* DJ Baby Alcatraz 5 to 7 @ Mercy Me /Yours Truly DC 1143 New Hampshire Ave NW
*La Colombopercutiva free @ 6 to 8 pm @ El Gavilan in Silver Spring
*Maribel, DJ Kristy La Rat & Screening of La Manplesa @ Lamont St park in Mt Pleasant @ 7:30 music & 8:30 movie for free
* Music Without Borders W/ Azul Band (Live) @ Green Zone
*New Impressionz @ Hashtag Lounge (go-go)
*Night Train 357 @ Pie Shop ( rap)
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Fri. May 6-
La Nueva Onda Norteña, Los Elegantes De La Perla, y Conjunto
Alazar @ 90 Degrees in Manassas
Sujeto Oro 24 @ Champions Sports Bar in Silver Spring
Raulin Rodriguez “El Cacique De La Bachata” & El Gringo
De La Bachata @ Coco Cabana
Los Adolescentes @ 9:00pm @ Johanas, 4728 14TH St.
Algodon @ El Cuscatleco Restaurant, 251 West Glebe Rd.,
Alexandria
Estrellas Dela kumbia @ Bar bb Ortiz, 6422 Holabird Ave.,
Baltimore
Alfredo Mojica Group @ Bossa (DC salsa)
The Owners, Bat Fangs @ Black Cat
Jane Monheit @ Keystone Korner (through May 8)
Mary Lou Williams Jazz Fest @
Kennedy Center
Ras Band w/ Tsehaye
Yohannes & Fikeraddis Nekatibeb @ Twist Lounge (Ethiopian music Fri.
through Sunday)
Roots Band @ Makeda
Restaurant, Van Dorn St., Alexandria (Ethiopian)
Brothers 7 Band @ Lamont's in Pomonkey
Save your Soul djs
@ Lithuainian Hall in Baltimore w/ Rob Macy & DJ Baby Alcatraz
Stokley @ Bethesda Blues
Cut Copy @ 930
Ruthie & the
Wranglers @ Hank Dietle’s (roots rock)
Amaru & friends
@ Songbyrd
Eli Paperboy Reed @
Hamilton (soul/Americana)
Afropolitan DC @ St
Yves
Rina Sawayama @
Howard Theatre (sold out)
Pinkhouse w/ Cal
Rifkin, & Cuni @ Pie Shop
*EU @ Club Elevate
*Rare Essence @ Fast Eddie's
*Backyard & TOB & Reaction @ Aqua
* Gilbert Torossian (Arabic/Armenian) @ Green Zone
* New Impressionz @ Hangars
*Junkyard Band @ Nipsey's
*Broccoli Fest late night Frequency w/ appearances by New Impressionz, Pinky Killacorn , afrosocalove djs, adobo dmv djs @ WEG Studios
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Sat. May 7-
Yemandja @ 8 @ Kennedy Center . Angélique Kidjo stars in Yemandja, a new
music theater work that is a family drama and historical thriller, redolent of
Greek tragedy and infused with themes of love, betrayal, honor, free will, and
the horror and injustice of slavery. Named for a Yoruban deity.
Big G’s birthday bash w/ Backyard Band & Northeast
Groovers @ 2 to 7 pm @ The Bullpen Postponed to Sunday afternoon
Broccoli Fest Day 1 w/ 21 Savage, Ari Lennox, Wale, Lil Durk, Rico Nasty, more @ RFK parking lot grounds
Funk Parade Fest with CCB, Naptown Brass Band and others
near U street (no parade , just a small fest now) POSTPONED
Around the world embassy tours in DC 9am to 4:30pm @
participating embassies (Passport DC)
TCB & TOB doing bouncebeat versions of Big G of Backyard
Band songs @ 10 pm @ Power
Vag Lavi @ Gisele’s (Haitian)
Tumbao @ Bossa (Pan-Latin dance
music)
Tres Minutos @
Songbyrd
Harold Melvin’s
Revue and Stylistics Revue @ VFW in Riverdale
Junkyard, Be’la
Dona, Wisdom Speaks, Rock Steady Project @ 1 pm @ Lamont’s
Manuel Donayre "Homenaje A Mama Por Su Dia"@ Don
Churro Restaurant, 13905 Metrotech Drive, Chantilly, Virginia
Sonora Dinamita @
Caliente Grill in Annapolis
Rhodes Tavern Troubadours
and 7 Door Sedan @ 7:30 @ Hub Cap Centre , 5200 Cathedral Ave NW (roots &
garage rock)
Perlita de Huaral @
El Meson restaurant Bar (Romantic Peruvian folk)
Mary Lou Williams
Jazz Fest @ Kennedy Center
Michael Seyer,
Wabie, Brassie @ Comet Ping Pong
Stokley @ Bethesda
Blues
Gogol Bordello @
930 (sold out)
Disclosure @ Anthem
XMC @ Hank Dietle’s
(ex motorcycle couriers hard rock w/ punk roots)
Roots Band @ Makeda
Restaurant, Van Dorn St., Alexandria (Ethiopian)
Chopteeth Afrofunk
Big Band @ Hamilton (afrobeat)
Quebe Sisters @
Barns of Wolf Trap
St. James and the
Apostles, The Stents, Combat and Apollo 66 @ American
Legion Post 41, Cissel-Saxon
Fete Decale African
& Caribbean dj event 4 to 10 @
Lesaac Ethiopian Cafe in Silver Spring (zouk, soukous, coupe decale,
kizomba, kompa)
Tres Minutos 10
-year anniversary show @ Songbyrd ; Not for Sale dj party @ 11 w/ DJ Jahsonic @ Songbyrd
The Antlers @
Miracle Theatre
Mephiskaphales w/
Scoth Bonnets, Hub City Stompers @ Pie Shop
Juliana Barwick @
Creative Alliance
EU @ City Winery
*Rare Essence @ Aqua
* Stop the Violence show 5 to 10 with Moneybagg Yo, No Savage, YG Teck, TCB, Big Homey G, Money Jake @ Anne Arundel County Fairgrounds
*What Band and Still Familiar @ Fast Eddie's
* Tropical Beat W Leon City Sounds (All-Vinyl!) @ Green Zone
*Gabel album release @ Mix Bar
*HU graduation
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Sun. May 8-
Atif Aslam @ MGM
(Pakistani playback singer)
Yailin @ Rio
Cantina
* Broccoli Fest Day 2 w/ Summer Walker, Gunna, Don Toliver,Tems , Wizkid @ RFK parking lot grounds
Los Rehenes, Samuray, Cadetes de Linares y Los Caminantes en
el Mega Parrandon @ Cococabana
Backyard &
Junkyard @ Diamond Lounge from 9 pm on
Donnie Mcclurkin ,
Tamela Mann, Erica Campbell @ Chesapeake Arena (gospel)
Ethiopian music @
MHL Lounge in Falls Church
Tori Amos @ MGM
Howard Hewett @
Bethesda Blues
A tribute to the
great Organ/ Guitar Combos w/ Dan Hovey, Tam Sullivan, John Previti, and Nick
Ruggieri @ 6 @ Hank Dietle's
Backyard Band @
Society Lounge
DJ Jamstar & DJ
Mike Obi @ Gee’s Ultra Lounge
Sir Chloe @
Songbyrd
Afrobeats djs @
Gee’s Ultra
*Gunna & TCB @ Bliss
*TOB @ Martini's
*Big G’s birthday bash w/ Backyard Band & Northeast Groovers @ 2 to 7 pm @ The Bullpen
*Ras Band @ Twist Lounge (Ethiopian)
*Live Ethiopian music @ Shalla
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Mon. May 9-
Joeboy @ Fillmore (Nigerian afrobeats)
Joy Oladokun @ Union Stage (sold out) (indiefolk-soul)
Clarence Turner blues band @ Westminster Church SW Blue
Monday Blues 6 to 9 pm
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Tues. May 10
Freestyle Love Supreme (from Broadway—the original hip hop
musical from Thomas Kail, Lin-Manuel Miranda, and Anthony Veneziale.w/ Christopher
Jackson on some shows) @ Kennedy Center Eisenhower Theatre (through May 15)
Julia Blair + Cecil & Delilah + Austin Blanton @ Quarry
House Tavern
Can I Kick It feat. Clan of White Lotus & DJ 2-Tone
Jones @ Songbyrd (hiphop)
Midlake @ Union Stage (indie)
Richard Lloyd Group w/ Dot Dash @ City Winery DC (and at Black Cat June 1) @ City Winery Loft
stage; GZA on Main Stage City Winery
*The Menzingers @ Black Cat (sold out)
* Salsa dance weekly outside on Tuesdays through 6/28 7:15-8:15 pm @ Columbia Heights Civic Plaza
* ESPN's Justin Tinsley Discusses book It Was All a Dream (about Notorious B.I.G.) w/Derrick A. Young @ 6:30 pm @ Mahogany Books Anacostia
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Wed. May 11
Mariah the Scientist @ Fillmore (r’n’b)
Brian Jonestown Massacre @ Black Cat (psych rock)
Sloppy Boys and Dear Bianca @ Quarry House Tavern
Carsi Blanton & Lilli Lewis) (singer/songwriter
Americana ) @ Birchmere
Afrobeats djs
Jamstar & Mike Obi @ KNY (kitchen near you) 5321 Ager Rd Hyattsville
GZA on Main Stage
City Winery
*Backyard Band @ Hard Rock Cafe
*Sirius Company @ Privilege
* Teach Me How To Dabke W/ Jinan @ Green Zone
* Finding Your Roots tv show sneak preview episode w/ Don't Mute DC's Ron Moten & Dr. Natalie Hopkinson virtual @ 6:30 pm on Ovee
*TOB @ Hangars
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Los Van Van y
Havana D’Primera @ Cococabana now (was at the Palace) (Cuban greats)
Ricardo Arjona @ Capital One Arena
El Chaval De La Bachata, Dj Carolina @ Rio Cantina
Freddie Gibbs @ Fillmore
Ethel free 6 to 7 @ Kenn. Ctr. Mill. Stage
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)
Ethiopian music @ MHL Lounge in Falls Church
Asmae @ Cloud Lounge in Arlington (locally based
Arabic/Middle Eastern)
Local Latin jazz @ Simple Bar
Grandsons @ Hank Dietle’s (roots rock Americana )
Rhodes Tavern Troubadours @ VFW Post
350 Hells Bottom
Vincint @ Union
Stage
Alvin Lucier
Festival @ University of Baltimore
* Danube Sessions W/ Orchester Praževica (Live) @ Green Zone
*Sirius Company @ Capital Restaurant
*DC Vybe & Be'la Dona @ 7 to 11:30 pm @ Wassaka Event Center , 2154 24th Place NE
*Current Swell @ DC 9
*Built to Spill @ 930
*New Impressionz, The Men (1st gig) @ Hashtag Lounge
*All her Muses, Seamstresses, more @ Slash Run
*TCB @ Power
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Fri. May 13-
Alacranes Musical @ Omega Bar in
Hyattsville (Illinois Mexican duranguese band)
Billo’s Caracas Boys @ Cococabana
Los Rehenes, Samuray, Cadetes de Linares y Los Caminantes @
El Ranchon in Woodbridge
Xtreme @ VIP Room in Baltimore
Magnolia Zenekar & Szikra @ 7:30 pm @ Bossa (traditional
Hungarian dance music); Alfredo Mojica Group @ 10:30 @ Bossa (DC salsa)
Stevie Wonder tribute @ Caton Castle in Baltimore
Ras Band w/ Tsehaye Yohannes & Fikeraddis Nekatibeb @
Twist Lounge (Ethiopian music Fri. through Sunday)
Roots Band @ Makeda Restaurant, Van Dorn St., Alexandria
(Ethiopian)
Brothers 7 Band @
Lamont's in Pomonkey
Oh Wonder @ 6 pm @ 930 Club (sold out)
Raveena @ 10 @ 930 Club (Sikh r’n’b singer)
Vanesa Martin @ Lincoln Theatre (Spanish singer/songwriter)
Yoke Lore @ Howard Theatre
Cowboy Junkies @ Rams Head Annapolis
*Dionne Warwick @ Warner Theatre
* Dj Remi Hassoun (Arabic) @ Green Zone
*Backyard , TOB, Reaction @ Aqua
*The 2022 DC Tango Festival kicks off with Argentine Mariana Quinteros & her band @ Argentina embassy
*Rare Essence @ Fast Eddie's
*DJ Laura Lopez & DJ Soul Call Paul @ Showtime Bar
*Lingua Ignota @ Capital Turnaround (extreme- metal w/ strings )
*Hologram, Fashion Change, Asesinato, Demon Unit @ Slash Run
*Lobby Boy @ the Pocket (indie-pop synth rock)
*Image Band @ Mix Bar (Caribbean )
*TCB @ Martini's
*Junkyard @ Nipsey's
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Sat. May 14-
Rare Essence Reunion show @ MGM (46th
anniversary reunion w/ many guests)
Lamont’s belated birthday party w/ TJ Hooker Taylor
(Johnnie’s son) , Hardway Connection, Stone Pleasure, Jim Bennett & Lady
Yaya, Lady Mary & Da House Band, Ray Apollo Allen w/ doors at noon, show @
2 pm @ Lamont’s in Pomonkey (soul)
Rhythms of Laxmikant–Pyarelal with Bollywood singers and
musicians @ Eaglebank Arena (a tribute to their 70s through 90s songs. Lxmikant
died in 98)
Alvin Youngblood Hart’s Muscle Theory for free from 6 to 7 @
Kennedy Center Millennium Stage (blues)
Kermit Ruffins & the Barbecue Swingers @ Hamilton
Tumbao @ Bossa (Pan-Latin dance music)
Pedro Capo @ Howard Theatre
Savak (w/ Sohrab Habibion from Edsel) , Upper Wilds, Bed
Maker @ Quarry House Tavern (post-punk)
Panas Party (Ygor, Kelmary, Helvis Rangel, Tambores De San
Juan) @ Champion Sports Bar
Eladio Carrion @ the Palace
Alex Bueno & Kiko Rodriguez @ Club One
Takoma Porchfest
Roots Band @ Makeda Restaurant, Van Dorn St., Alexandria
(Ethiopian)
Questlove “Music is History” @ Kennedy Center Terrace
Theater
Evolfo, Pearie Sol, Thunderpaw @ Comet Ping Pong
Omar Apollo @ 930 (sold out)
Haim, Faye Webster @ Anthem
AJR @ Merriweather Post (indie-pop)
Greg Cooper’s Soul revue @ 4 @ JVs (Cooper imitates old
school soul stars well)
NAE, BLK Vapor, J3rry Homes, AfroVelvet @ NoMuNoMu Gallery, 709 North Howard St ., Baltimore
*Backyard Band and DC Vybe @ Fast Eddie's
* Crown Vic’s Weird World (All-Vinyl!) @ Green Zone
*free Panel Discussion: "Cuban and Puerto Rican Roots in Latin Jazz"-Roberto Fonseca, Cuban jazz pianist, will join a panel of experts, including educator, percussionist and bandleader Fran Vielma, Puerto Rican trombonist and bandleader William Cepeda, trombonist, author, and ethnomusicologist Chris Washburne, and Claudia Morales from the Library’s Music Division in a discussion of the influences and roots of Latin jazz. @ 5:30pm. Library of Congress, Thomas Jefferson Building, Whittall Pavilion.
* Roberto Fonseca @ 8pm. Library of Congress, Thomas Jefferson Building, Coolidge Auditorium.
*Betty @ DC JCC
*Caribbean Wine, Food , & Music Fest w/ Richie Stephens, Lukie D, Bryan Art, Turner, Ras Lidj Regg'go Band, & The Eclipse International band @ Frederick Fairgrounds 11:30 am
*European Union embassies open house (see Passport DC website)
*Moonwheels, Nayan, Sleepmarks @ Slash Run
*TCB & New Impressionz Fire Station 1 (bouncebeat)
* NAE, BLK Vapor, J3rry Homes , Afro Velvet @ 7 @ Nomu Nomu Gallery, 700 N. Howard St.
*Bacchanal caribbean day party @ Ivy City Smokehouse
*Acraze @ Echostage
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Sun. May 15-
Vive La Salsa DMV
2022 w/ Grupo Niche, India,Tito Nieves, Bobby Valentin, Puerto Rican Power,
Domingo Quinones @ Prince William County Fairgrounds in Manassas Postponed to June 12
DC Go-Go Artists United at The Loft at City Winery DC to
raise money for Malachai Johns who is battling brain cancer. With Back Yard, Black Alley, Chuck Brown
Band, Junk Yard Band, Secret Society, Suttle and more
Alacranes Musical @ Rio Cantina
Sounds of Harmony Allstars @ Mr. Henry’s (DC doo-wop and
r’n’b singing vets) 12 noon to 3:30pm
Tex Rubinowitz ,Tom Mindte, Ira Gitlin & more roots rock & roll band, w/ opener Dan
Hovey, The Nighthawks guitarist playing John Fahey finger-style @ Hank Dietle's
070 Shake@ Fillmore
Ethiopian music @ MHL Lounge in Falls Church
Beach Bunny @ 930 (sold out)
Eileen Jewell and Chris Smither @ Hamilton (Americana)
Messthetics @ Blues Alley (2 sets)
No-no Boy @ Songbyrd (Folkways label folk singer/songwriter
who uses backing archival photos)
Afrobeats djs @ Gee’s Ultra
* Ghetto Tango ( w/ Zalmen Mlotek, Daniella Rabbani and Avram Mlotek) is a concert that highlights the songs performed in the underground cabarets in the Jewish ghettoes in Nazi-occupied Europe. 3 pm @ DC JCC
* Socalled (Josh Dolgin), (Yiddish hip-hop)w/ the Bachanalia Chamber Players, & songs from the Yiddish theatre, Hasidic melodies, klezmer, folksongs, songs from the Holocaust and from Israel @ 7:30 pm @ DC JCC
*Gospel w/ Rev. Patterson & Triumph, Andrew Walker & Prayze, Nte & New Generation, , Voices of Deliverance, Next Generation, DC Stars @ 4 pm @ Corinth Baptist, 814 Cypresstree Drive, Capital Heights, MD
*Wednesday @ 930 (indie-rock)
*Rise Band and show @ Lamont's
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Mon. May 16-
NLE Choppa @ Fillmore (rap)
Orville Peck & Teddy and the
rough Riders @ 930
Midnight Blue
featuring soul music trumpeter Curtis Pope, singer Juanita Williams @
Westminster Church SW Blue Monday Blues 6 to 9 pm
Amy K Bormet @
Blues Alley (jazz piano album release event)
Shout Out Louds @
Union Stage
* Ethan Iverson with the Bohemian Caverns Jazz Orchestra: Bud Powell In The 21st Century @ Atlas
*Indonesian Junk, Capital Offender, Downstrokes @ Slash Run
* Ned Collette, Weed Tree, & Mike Andre (from Sensor Ghost & Puff Pieces) @ Rhizome
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Tues. May 17
Calliope Musicals
(Austin Texas) @ Quarry House Tavern (glam avante-space rock)
Orville Peck, & Teddy and the rough Riders @ 930
Amber Mark @ Howard Theatre
*The Jews and the Blues movie @ 6:15 @ DC JCC -Filmmaker, musician, and talk show host Drew Stone travels to Israel in search of the connection between Jews and the Blues. He finds roots in Arab, Jewish, Ethiopian, and Moroccan traditions, all filtered through the contemporary Israeli experience. Featuring interviews w/ and a soundtrack from—leading contemporary Israeli musicians, including Ori Frank, Ravid Kahalani, and Gili Yalo.
* Soprano Karyn Levitt and pianist Jed Distler perform songs of émigré and exiled composers who fled Nazi Europe Such as Kurt Weill, Max Steiner, Erich Korngold, Dimitri Tiomkin, Miklós Rózsa, @ 7:30 @ DC JCC
** Salsa dance weekly outside on Tuesdays through 6/28 7:15-8:15 pm @ Columbia Heights Civic Plaza
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Wed. May 18
Nathan & the Zydeco Cha-chas @ Hank Dietle’s
Fivio Foreign @ Fillmore (rap)
Dupont Brass @ Songbyrd
Eric Hutchinson @ 930 (rock singer/songwriter)
Afrobeats djs Jamstar & Mike Obi @ KNY (kitchen near
you) 5321 Ager Rd In Hyattsville
*Sasha & the Valentines, Light Beams, Ava Mirzadegan @ Comet P P
*Backyard Band @ Hard Rock Cafe
*Sirius Company & Black Passion 6 to 11 @ Privilege
* Gili Yalo duo with The Anbessa Orchestra’s Nadav Peled @ DC JCC (Ethiopian-Israeli Funk)
*TOB @ Hangars
*New Impressionz @ Babylon Falls Church
*What Band w/ Killa Cal @ Fast Eddie's
DJ Simba @ MHL Hookah Lounge (Ethiopian)
*Dogo du Togo w/ band including Sticky Bear from Kino Musica@ Bossa
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Thurs. May 19-
Dry Cleaning (UK postpunk) w/ Fake Fruit @ Ottobar
Dj Luian @ Rio Cantina
Pablo’s Brazilian
Pagode night @ Bossa
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)
Ethiopian music @ MHL Lounge in Falls Church
Asmae @ Cloud Lounge in Arlington (locally based
Arabic/Middle Eastern)
Local Latin jazz @ Simple Bar
Royal Blood @ 930 (sold out) (rock)
Patsy Stephens and The Hall Brothers, as Patsy’s Honky Tonk
Torch & Twang, w/ openers the Crayfish Sisters @ Hank Dietle's
Going , goin, gone @ VFW Post 350 Hells Bottom (roots)
Pom Pom Squad and Chloe Lilac @ Songbyrd
*Nathan and the Zydeco Cha-chas @ BuddyLou's in Hancock, MD
* Soul Sauce Sub W/ Martin Miguel (All-Vinyl!) @ Green Zone
*TCB @ Power
*Griselda rap collective w/Westside Gunn, Conway the Machine, Benny The Butcher; Special Guest: Doe Boy @ Echostage
*Still Familiar @ Capital Restaurant
*What Band @ Hangars
*GogoTalx Live podcast w/ Malachai Johns talking to Big G of Backyard @ 7 @ City Winery POSTPONED
*Kizomba dj Afrodeshiak @ Mix Bar
*New Impressionz @ Hashtag Lounge
*Cheikh Hamale Diabate & band @ Bossa
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Fri. May 20-
J. Balvin @ Capital One Arena (reggaeton) POSTPONED
Son Rompe Pera @ State Theatre (great Mexican cumbia marimba
garage punk)
Makaya Mccraven @ City Winery (acclaimed cutting edge jazz drummer)
Alfredo Mojica Group @ Bossa (DC salsa)
Earthgang @ Fillmore (hiphop)
Algodan @ Copan
Ras Band w/ Tsehaye Yohannes & Fikeraddis Nekatibeb @
Twist Lounge (Ethiopian music Fri. through Sunday)
Roots Band @ Makeda Restaurant, Van Dorn St., Alexandria
(Ethiopian)
Brothers 7 Band @ Lamont's in Pomonkey
The Delarcos + Johnny Bombay & The Reactions (Abaad from Razz) + Oil City
Confidential @ Hank Dietle's
Rodney Crowell @ Birchmere
*Nathan and the Zydeco Cha-chas @ Peerless Rens club in Annapolis
* Preakness LIVE w/ Lauryn Hill, Megan Thee Stallion, D-Nice and Baltimore acts including Brittney Spencer, Darin Atwater & The Soulful Symphony, and more
* Dj Basbousa (Arabic) @ Green Zone
* Vintage #18 & Sol Roots @ Pearl St. Warehouse
*Lucian Ban @ Tonal Park
*Backyard Band & TOB @ Aqua
*Nu-Look Band @ Fire Station 1 (Florida konpa )
*The North Country, Pretty Bitter, Pockets @ Comet Ping Pong
*New Impressionz @ Hangars
*Still Familiar @ Shark Bar
*Rare Essence & Sirius Company @ Fast Eddie's
*Voices of Zion- Black Georgetown Cemeteries Project @ 7 pm @ Dumbarton United Methodist Church, 3133 Dumbarton St NW
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Moechella 3rd
anniversary w/ TCB, TOB, New Impressionz & special guests @ Howard Theatre
Chuck Brown Band @ PG Publick Playhouse
Sleaford Mods, Sorry @ Black Cat
Algodon Y Julio Paiz @ Pappasitos
Tumbao @ Bossa (Pan-Latin dance music)
Injury Reserve & Armand Hammer w/ Akai Solo @ Fillmore
(rap)
Luis Miguel @ Leyla’s
Weakened Friends, Queen of Jeans, Courage Mother @ Comet
Ping Pong
Sofi Tukker @ 930 (sold out) ( indie
pop)
Mary Battiata &
Little Pink @ Hank Dietle’s
Roots Band @ Makeda
Restaurant, Van Dorn St., Alexandria (Ethiopian)
Chesapeake Bay
Blues Fest @ Sandy Point State Park in Annapolis w/ Bernard Allison @ 4:05pm; The Spinners @
5:30pm; Joss Stone @ 7pm (plus more . Also on Sun.)
Iguanas @ Hamilton (New Orleans Americana)
Col. Josh &
Paisley Tonk (w/ Karl Straub) @ VFW Post 350 Hells Bottom
Airport 77s @
American Legion Post 41, Cissel-Saxon (power pop)
Shad @ Songbyrd @ 7
; Dan Deacon dj set @ 10
No Man, Hirs, Pearl
@ Ottobar
*24kGoldn @ Union Stage
* Preakness day infield fest w/ Marshmello, The
Chainsmokers, MoneyBagg Yo, noted electronic DJ Frank Walker and more.
* Johnson Lee (Joe’s Record Paradise - All-Vinyl) @ Green Zone
*Sunstoney, Wabeya, Cauzndefx @ Rhizome
*Backyard Band & Ambition Band 10 pm to 3 am @ Fire Station 1 (go-go)
*Sirius Company @ Hard Rock Cafe (go-go)
*Still Familiar @ Crystal City Hyatt early
*Still Familiar @ Chateau Remix late
*TOB @ Power
*Rare Essence @ Aqua
*Junkyard Band @ Moose Lodge in Rockville
*Be'la Dona Band sometime between 9 am & 1pm @ Open Streets event ,Martin Luther King Jr. Ave SE, between Good Hope Road SE and Morris Road SE
*Be'la Dona @ Shark Bar @ 10 pm on
*Voices of Zion- Black Georgetown Cemeteries Project @ 7 pm @ Dumbarton United Methodist Church, 3133 Dumbarton St NW
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Sun. May 22-
Go-go brunch w/ Be-la Dona @ 12 noon @ Bethesda Blues
The Roots @ Kennedy Center
Ethiopian music @ MHL Lounge in Falls Church
Sofi Tukker @ 930 (sold out) ( indie pop)
Joe Jackson @ Lincoln Theatre
Bilal @ Birchmere (neo-soul)
Sriram Gopal 4th Stream @ Bossa
Iguanas @ 12:30 pm @ Rams Head Annapolis (New Orleans
Americana)
William Hooker and Sarah Hughes @ Rhizome (jazz) POSTPONED
Amyl & the Sniffers @ Rams Head Baltimore
Baltimore record bazaar 11 am to 5 pm @ Peabody Hts Brewery
Afrobeats djs @ Gee’s Ultra
* Ukranian Benefit Concert:Featuring Gerdan W/ Solomia Gorokhivska & Andrei Pidkivka from 4:00pm-6:00pm @ Hill Center
Mon. May 23-
Lady D & the Shorty Slim Band (w/ guitarist David Cole) @
Westminster Church SW Blue Monday Blues 6 to 9 pm
Reyna Tropical (afro-Mexican tropical pop) w/ DJ Kristy La
Rat (from Maracuyeah) @ Songbyrd
*The Who @ Capital One Arena
*Elin sings Elis Regina @ Blues Alley
*We Were Here Before (Luke Stewart, Nik Francis, Mark Cisneros) @ Neptune Room
* Damian Geter's An African American Requiem infuses the traditional Latin requiem with spirituals, modern declarations relating to racial violence against African Americans, as well as a setting of Ida B. Wells’s speech “Lynching is Color Line Murder” and the famous last words of Eric Garner, “I can’t breathe.” The program will open with DC composer Nolan Williams, Jr.’s Spirituals Suite for Choir and Orchestra. @ kennedy Center
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Tues. May 24-
Anais Mitchell @ 930 Club (folky theatrical singer/songwriter)
Monsta X @ Eaglebank Arena (kpop boy band)
* Salsa dance weekly outside on Tuesdays through 6/28 7:15-8:15 pm @ Columbia Heights Civic Plaza
*NPR Tiny Desk night w/ Alisa Amador (2022 winner) plus Neffy (last year’s Tiny Desk Contest winner) & honorable mention choices Outer Loop , & Everyday Everybody (fka Aztec Sun) @ Songbyrd
*Slayyter @ Union Stage (sold out) (pop)
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Wed. May 25-
Jens Lekman w/ DC
Youth Orchestra @ 930 (Swedish guitar pop w/ samples accompanied by strings)
Thrillbillys @ Hank
Dietle’s
Taisha Estrada @
Amp
Jack O’Dell Band @
VFW Post 350 Hells Bottom
Cut Worms @
Songbyrd
Afrobeats djs
Jamstar & Mike Obi @ KNY (kitchen near you) 5321 Ager Rd In Hyattsville
*Backyard Band @ Hard Rock Cafe
*Sirius Company @ Privilege
*Den-mate, Witchcoast, Blackfoot Millie @ Pie Shop (Postponed due to musicians w/ Covid)
*Dior Ashley Brown & the Filthy Animals hump day funk @ Bossa Bistro DC
*CCB @ 10 @ Eaton Hotel
* New Impressionz @ Babylon Falls Church
*TOB @ Hangars
*Sirius Company @ Privilege
*Cumbia Heights from 6 to 9 @ Mercy Me
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Thurs. May 26-
Joe Kaplow, Near Northeast, Cinema Hearts @ Quarry House
Tavern (indie pop)
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)
Ethiopian music @ MHL Lounge in Falls Church
Asmae @ Cloud Lounge in Arlington (locally based
Arabic/Middle Eastern)
Local Latin jazz @ Simple Bar
Turnstile plus 3 openers @ 930 Club (sold
out)
Tora @ Songbyrd (Aussie synthpop)
Jogo Big Band Project @ Keystone Korner (jazz & go-go)
*Nelly @ MGM
*Mazboota W/ Fady D (Alternative Arabic Electro) @ Green Zone
*Teen Cobra last show in DC w/ Thee Deluxe @ Black Cat
*Sarah Shook & the Disarmers @ DC9
*Sugar Bear of EU in conversation w/ Bryan Jenkins @ 7 on zoom in association w/ upcoming June 11 Home Rule Music Fest
*Project Locrea w/ singer Munit Mesfin @ 6:30 pm @ Takoma Park Community Aud.
* New Impressionz @ Hashtag Lounge
*Sirius Company @ Capital Restuarant
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Fri. May 27-
Son Tentacion @ Epiq
RKM & Ken-y @ Cococabana
Haragan & CIA @ Mexico Lindo
Conjunto Mar Azul @ Bar bb Ortiz
Alfredo Mojica Group @ Bossa (DC salsa)
Ras Band w/ Tsehaye Yohannes & Fikeraddis Nekatibeb @
Twist Lounge (Ethiopian music Fri. through Sunday)
Roots Band @ Makeda Restaurant, Van Dorn St., Alexandria
(Ethiopian)
Brothers 7 Band @
Lamont's in Pomonkey
Arijit Singh @ Eaglebank Arena (India singer)
Rory Block @ Blues Alley ( blues and blues-rock)
LB199X @ Songbyrd (DC rapper)
* Martha Redbone Roots Project 6 to 8:30 @ National Gallery Sculpture Garden (registration required)
* Bassam Haddad (Arabic) @ Green Zone
* An evening of solo guitar curated by Anthony Pirog w/ Anthony Pirog; Annie Bailey; Ivan Liptak; Jake Finck; Walsh Kunkel @ Rhizome
*"Samposium"--celebrating the life of DC house music dj Sam the Man Burns w/ panel moderators Ronya Lee and Adrian Loving & panel w/ Darryl Mandrill Harris, Holly Bass, & Russell Campbell from 6 to 8 @ Eaton Workshop, 1201 K St NW (part of a series of events)
*WPFW 89.3 radio tribute to Sam Burns @ 10 pm
*Backyard Band & TOB @ Aqua
*Sirius Company @ 11 pm @ Shark bar
*Junkyard Band @ Nipsey's
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Sat. May 28-
Troublefunk, Eu w/ Sugar Bear, Junkyard Band @ Wolf Trap
Tirzah @ Miracle Theatre (moved from Fillmore)
Hardway Connection, Stone Pleasure, West Mob, Cymone Lovett
tribute to Prince from 12 noon to 8 @ Walls Farm in Brandywine
Valerie June @ Rams Head Annapolis
Haragan & CIA @ El Ranchon
RKM & Ken-y @ Pappasittos
Banda de Honduras @ Club One
Ray de la Paz @ Champions Sports Bar
Algodon and Julio Paiz @ Caliente Grill
Pan American Symphony Orchestra (PASO) presents Tango of the
Americas @ Kennedy Center Terrace Theater
The Punk Cellist + Weird Babies + Interstate Rivals @ Quarry
House Tavern
Four Star Combo @ Hank Dietle’s (rockabilly and honky-tonk)
Ohio Players @ Birchmere
Roots Band @ Makeda Restaurant, Van Dorn St., Alexandria
(Ethiopian)
Black Assets, G.O.L.D., Kotic Couture @ NoMuNoMu Gallery,
709 North Howard St ., Baltimore
Rory Block @ Blues Alley ( blues and blues-rock)
The O’My’s @ Songbyrd
(Prince & Miguel inspired r’n’b duo)
The Set @ Howard Theatre
Les Savy Fav @ Ottobar
*Sam the Man Burns Capital House Music Festival tribute event @ 11 am to 9 pm @ Fort Reno Park
*Reggaefest @ Bliss
*WMZQ Fest country music w/ Tim McGraw & more @ Jiffy Lube
* Zvuk Dana W/ V:Shal Kanwar & Dhakfu @ Green Zone
*Sirius Company & Project 71 @ Hard Rock Cafe (go-go)
*Boukman Eksperyans w/ Tetpway @ St Mark Fellowship Hall, 10701 Old Georgetown Rd., Rockville (Haitian)
*Ana Souza sings Brazilian samba early show @ Bossa ; Tumbao Latin music late @ Bossa
*Grupo Bryndis &Los Fugitivos @ Omega Bar
*Mala Vista, BBQT, Turd Merlin @ Runaway DC
*Rare Essence @ Aqua Lounge
*TOB, XIB, TDB @ Power
*Backyard , Be'la Dona, Faycez U Know @ Dominion Raceway @ 4pm
*Black Masala @ 11am to 12:30pm @ Montgomery College Stage @ Holidays in Rockville fest
*Dreamrose, Oh, Violet, Ja'wuan, Glowhazel, Yousef Shami, Meggalooch, Pablo Sosa & local poets from 3 to 6 pm near Joan of Arc statue in Malcolm X Park
* Junkyard Band and Mental Attraction band late @ Fast Eddie's
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Sun. May 29-
Rare Essence w/ DCVybe @ Howard Theatre
Dadju @ Fillmore
(French-Congolese singer)
Cheik Hamale Diabete w/ guest Kumera Zekarias Tumbao @ Bossa (Pan-Latin dance music) (Malian and more)
Ethiopian music w/ Fasika, Saba, & Kalkidan @ MHL Lounge in Falls Church
Turnstile plus 3 openers @ 930 Club (sold out)
Lucky Seven @ Songbyrd (rap)
Lightmare (soul-punk), Dear Daria (pop-rock album release), Kinda Evil @ Pie Shop
Afrobeats djs @ Gee’s Ultra
*Yael Naim @ City Winery (French-Israeli singer/songwriter)
*reggae selector sundays w/ Dutty Bookman & more djs @ Club Timerhri
*Backyard Band @ Ivy City Smokehouse
*TCB & TOB @ Power
*Montez de Durango & Patrulla 81 @ Coco Cabana (duranguese music)
*soca on Sunday 3 to 9 pm @ 2122 24th Place NE
*Sirius Company, Still Familiar, let it Flow @ Fast Eddie's
*Jimmy Valentine's club 15th anniversary w/ Djs Steeple, Jacq Jill, Joyce, NativeSun, Jeff Hancock, Joe L (electro, house, tecno & more)
*Junkyard Band @ Martini's in Ft Washington
*African Liberation Day w/ Proverbs reggae band, Xaala Drumming, Park Vibe drummers , poetry & speakers 1 to 6 @ Lafayette Square Park in Baltimore
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Mon. May 30-
Syd @ Fillmore (rap/r’n’b)
Sol Roots Band @ Westminster
Church SW Blue Monday Blues 6 to 9 pm
Sharón Clark and Janis Siegel jazz
vocalists together w/ the Chris Grasso Trio @ Blues Alley
Anika @ Union Stage (electro-pop/post-punk )
Eugene Chadbourne
& David Menestres duo @ Rhizome
*Voices of Zion- Black Georgetown Cemeteries Project @ 2 pm @ Dumbarton United Methodist Church, 3133 Dumbarton St NW
* Grin Again & Danger Bird @ 3 pm @ Washington Rockville Elks Lodge #15 off of Gude Drive (headliners do Grin, openers do Neil Young songs)
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Youssou N’Dour @
Strathmore (Senegalese singing legend)
Marzz @ Songbyrd (r’n’b)
* Salsa dance weekly outside on Tuesdays through 6/28 7:15-8:15 pm @ Columbia Heights Civic Plaza
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Wed. June 1
Poison Ruin, Sqk Fromme, Demon
Unit @ Comet Ping Pong
Creachies, Hall Monitors, Dead
Ringers @ Ottobar
*Bettye Lavette for free 6 to 7 @ Kennedy Center Millennium Stage
*Backyard Band 9 to 1 @ Hard Rock Cafe
*TOB, XIB, Entourage @ Hangars
*New Impressionz @ Babylon Falls Church
*Sirius Company @ Privilege
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Thurs. June 2
*Benefit for Kent Stacks (Scream drummer ) w/ Distortion Inc., Scream, XK Scenario, Hammered Hulls, Messthetics, Bed Maker, PG Soldiers, Nate Bergman & djs Ian Mackaye , Baby Alcatraz @ 7 @ Black Cat
*Toby Walker @ Catonsville Clubhouse (fingerpicking ragtime roots guitarist)
* Cheik Hamale Diabete w/ guest Kumera Zekarias @ Bossa (Malian and more)
*Black Rave Culture djs @ Flash (techno )
*TOB, New Impressionz, Reaction @ Hashtag Lounge
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Fri. June 3-
Buika @ Howard
Theatre
Southside Johnny @ Rams Head
Annapolis
*Backyard Band & TOB @ Aqua
*Rare Essence & Collective Measures Band @ Fast Eddie's
*New Impressionz & N2L @ Hangars
*Washington Ballet free @ City Center plaza (Saturday too)
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Sat. June 4
*Rare Essence & Black Passion Band @ Aqua
Above events found on websites, Instagram, Facebook, Twitter,
email. More lists-- Capital Bop has
jazz; Mary Cliff has folk; Fools Night Out has roots music; tickeri has Latinx,
Mi Gente DMV has Latin dance (salsa, bachata, zouk)
