DC/Baltimore /DMV Global Music and More – December 2023
Compiled &
curated by Steve Kiviat and edited and updated frequently (go-go shows are
often just announced the week of the show). Work your way down day by day.
Calendar is posted, updated, and viewable here on the blog,
and events tweeted @stevekiviat. Events are sometimes linked on my Instagram,
Bluesky, & Threads. It includes international (mainly African, Caribbean, Latin,
Brazilian), roots, rap, soul, go-go, rock, punk, pop, gospel, club dj dance and
more DMV & Baltimore & Annapolis gigs that I am interested in. Additional gigs added after first posting
have an *asterisk.* Events listed have
been found on websites, Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, email, postcards, flyers,
tik-tok, What’s app, & club voicemails.
To submit events (for
posting) or comments (that are not posted) e-mail stevenkiviat @ gmail.com
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Some December Highlights (then full list below):
Fri. Dec. 1- Chief Adjuah, fka Christian Scott @ 8 to
9:30 @ Library of Congress (New Orleans avante jazz & Mardi Gras Indian
music)
Velocity Girl, Tuscadero, Ecstatic International @ 8:30 @
Black Cat
Hailu Mergia & opener Dunia & Aram @ 8 @ Union Stage (Ethiopian keyboardist &
his trio)
Sun. Dec. 3- Legendary Ingramettes @ 2 @ Hylton Performing Arts Center in Manassas
(Richmond, VA gospel)
“Ryuichi Sakamoto: Coda” doc @ 2 p.m. @ Museum of Asian Art Meyer Auditorium
Fri, Dec 15- Black Eyes, Irreversible Entanglements, Clear Channel @BlackCat (Post-punk noise, avante-jazz)
Cecile Mclorin Salvant @ LOC (jazz singer)
Sat. Dec 16-Hardway Connection @ Lamont’s (southern soul)
Fri. Dec. 22- The Baily Missionary Kings of Harmony free from 6 to 7 @ Kennedy Center Millennium Stage POSTPONED
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Fri. Dec. 1-
Chief Adjuah, fka Christian Scott @ 8 to 9:30 @ Library of
Congress (New Orleans jazz & Mardi Gras Indian music)
CMG label Gangsta Art Tour w/ Glorilla,Money Bagg Yo, Yo
Gotti, Est Gee, & more @ Capital One Arena
Temps and 4 Tops @ MGM
Velocity Girl, Tuscadero, Ecstatic
International @ 8:30 @ Black Cat
Hailu Mergia &
opener Dunia & Aram @ 8 @ Union
Stage (Ethiopian keyboardist & his trio)
J. Robbins Band, Milliseconds, Railsplitter @ Pie Shop
(rock)
Esaud Suarez @ Revash Cocina Regional del Peru in Chantilly,
VA (Peru cumbia singer’s 1st US tour)
Miky Woodz @ the Palace
Persian Music Night w/ singer Roxana Sarrafi, Kamyar Arsani
on percussion, Mehrnam Rastegari on kamancheh @ Hill Center (Iranian Persian )
(sold out)
Airport 77s & Zocko @ Palisades Hub Cap Centre (power
pop rock)
Bar Italia @ Songbyrd (critic fave UK postpunk rock) (sold
out)
“Ryuichi Sakamoto: async Live at the Park Avenue Armory:
movie doc free @ 7 p.m. @ Museum of
Asian Art Meyer Auditorium (another Sakamoto doc shows Sunday afternoon Dec. 3
here)
Sensor Ghost, Yes Vacancy, Pearie Sol @ Lost Origins Gallery
(postpunk)
DC South Asian Film Fest @ American U.
Be'la Dona @ Babylon
Woodbridge (go-go)
Sneaker Ball w/ EU feat Sugar Bear, DC Vybe, Be 'La Dona,
Push Play @ Hilton Crystal City (go-go)
New Impressionz @ Throw Social (go-go)
After Thought Band (formerly the
Brothers 7 Band) @ Lamont’s
Rare Essence @ Fast
Eddie’s (go-go)
Backyard Band @
Restaurant 55 (go-go)
Junkyard Band @
Nipseys (go-go)
TCB @ Power (bouncebeat go-go)
Alfredo Mojica
Group @ Bossa (salsa) plus DJ Lu w/ Latin hits upstairs
Roots Band @ Makeda
Restaurant, Van Dorn St., Alexandria (Ethiopian)
Live Ethiopian
music @ Shalla
Ras Band w/ guest
singers @ MHL Lounge (Ethiopian)
Ethiopian music @
Black Rose Lounge
Fadi Jano @ Cloud
Lounge Arlington (Middle Eastern)
Night of 100 Elvises from 4pm to 2 am @ Lord Baltimore Hotel
Save Your Soul at Lithuanian Hall in Baltimore (DJ Baby Alcatraz
& DJ Rob Macy)
Fabulettes @ Colvin Run Dance Hall
Hast de Feuer Shutdown Party w/ Wifigawd, Khan, VRANDO,
Kevin Aviance, DJ Assault, Bambounou , UniiQU3@ 9 @ Republiq Hall (rap &
club dance)
Janel Leppin (cello), Anthony Pirog
(guitar) , Mike Kuhl @ Comet
Will Butler & Sister Squares @ DC 9
Ladron @ Club One
James Armstrong Band @ Madam’s Organ (blues)
Frederic Yonnet @ Carlyle Room
Jane Monheit @ Blues Alley (jazz singer)
EU late @ Chateau Remix
Gilbert Torossian dj (Arabic/Armenian) @ Green Zone
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Sat. Dec. 2-
Velocity Girl, Tuscadero, Pohgoh @ Black Cat (sold out)
Pussy Riot : Riot Days multi-media punk opera w/ Pinkshift @
930 Club
Deafheaven “Sunbather” album 10th anniv. @ Howard Theatre
Janel Leppin (cello) , Anthony Pirog (guitar) , Mike Kuhl @
7 pm @ 2640 Space in Baltimore (artsy improv)
Southside Johnny & Asbury Jukes @ Birchmere
Amjimile @ DC 9 (Black trans indie folk)
Southside Johnny & Asbury Jukes @ Birchmere
Miky Woodz @ Galaxy
Maria by Callas movie @ National Gallery
Derek Gripper @ Nolan Center (on 3rd also- he's a South
African guitarist)
NPR Jazz Piano X-Mas w/ Cuban pianists Melvis Santa, Alfredo
Rodriguez, & Hilario Duran @ Kennedy Center
Akua Allrich & the Tribe @ Arts Barn in Gaithersburg
DJ Terry Lee @ Patapsco Arena
Ultra Nate's Deep Sugar After hours w/ djs Mark Moultrie
& Jerry Haley from 11 pm to 4 am @ Factory 17, 1722North Charles St.,
Baltimore (Baltimore club & house)
Tropical Beat w/ Leon City Sounds & Loco Bembe @ Green
Zone
What Band @ Shark Bar (go-go)
Sirius Company , Suttle @ Fast Eddie’s
Proper Utensils feat Jas Funk @ Hangars Lounge
Tumbao (Latin salsa ) @ Bossa 1st
floor & DJ Lu Latin Hits upstairs;
Roots Band @ Makeda
Restaurant;
live Ethiopian
music @ Shalla;
Ras Band w/ guest
singers @ MHL Lounge (Ethiopian);
Ethiopian music @
Black Rose Lounge
El Quatro (Hardcorn Rot-n-Roll), The Stivs (Back Alley
Rock-N-Roll), Apollo 66 (Garage Punk Rock) @ American Legion Post 41 Cissel
Saxon
Jazmin Bean @ Miracle Theatre
Batida Diferente @ Mr Henry’s
Anexo Social plus their singer’s book release 6 to 9 @
Haydee’s Mt Pleasant (Latin )
Blacc Print Experience @ 1865 DC
(go-go)
Ray Apollo Allen and band @ Lamont’s (soul)
Sarney & Band @ 7:30 @ Bossa (Arabic music classics)
Nico Play, Sonic Eddy @ Quarry House (sold out)
Qilatse 5 to 7 @ Downtown Holiday Market (Ethiojazz mixed w/
Latin)
Naika @ Union Stage (Florida-based French-Haitian dance pop)
Cathy Ponton King & Robert Lighthouse @ Mussel Bar
Arlington (blues)
Dave Chappell Band w/ Redd Volkaert 2 to 5 @ JVs
Milk, Cinema Hearts, Jacob Ray @ Atlantis
Catalytic Sound Fest Night 1 w/ Alma Laprida & Brian
Weitz; & more @ 6 to 10 @ Rhizome
Ladron @ El Pueblito
*Backyard Band @ Martini's *
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Sun. Dec 3-
Montez de Durango & Patrulla 81 @ Vibe Annapolis
gospel with Maurice Yancey & 1 Accord, Michael Boone
& Company, Bre Holly & Faithful,
Kenny Davis & the Melodyaires, New Vizion, Deyontay & Nu-Direction,
Chevela Garvin & TSV @ 4 @ Restoration Temple Apostolic Center, 5225
Hamilton Ave., Baltimore
Legendary Ingramettes @
2 @ Hylton Performing Arts Center in Manassas (Richmond, VA gospel)
“Ryuichi Sakamoto: Coda” doc @ 2 p.m. @ Museum of Asian Art Meyer Auditorium
the 1252 Band @ 4 @ Lamont’s
(soul)
Emmylou Harris , Rodney Crowell benefit show $$$ @ Hamilton
(roots Americana)
New Wet Kojak (Scott McCloud, Johnny Temple & others) and Diamine (Alec Bourgeois & others) @ Black
Cat
Tex Rubinowitz & Tom Mindte Roots rock band @ 6 @ Hank
Dietle’s
Jack Quartet
@Phillips
Catalytic Sound
Festival Night 2 @Rhizome w/ Jamal Moore,
Nik Francis, Trae Crudup III; Kohoutek; Lisa Cameron & Eli Wallace; Luke Stewart Ensemble 6 to 10 @ Rhizome
9:30 Holiday Merch Fair at 9:30 Club this Sunday (12/3) from
1:00pm-7:00pm
Hulu Monsters 2:30 to 4:30 @ Downtown Holiday Market (Hawaiian
meets Americana)
Brassaholics w/ Experience Brass Band @ Howard Theatre
Backyard Band 4 to 8 @ Babylon Falls Church (go-go)
Blacc Print Experience @ National Harbor Harborside Hotel
Brazil night w/Vava Samba, Trio Pagode Electrico, Dj
Berimbau @ Bossa
Wammie Award Winners showcase w/ Autumn LaBella (Best
R&B/Soul Song); Black Rave Culture (Best Electronic/Techno Artist/Group); Outerloop
(Best Hard Rock/Punk Song); Pretty Bitter (Best Pop Album & Best Pop Song) @
7 pm @ Songbyrd
Ethiopia @ the Crossroads art exhibit opening w/ Ethiopian
coffee ceremony & more @ 11 am to 4 pm @ Walters Art museum Baltimore
Ladron @ Copan in Herndon
Urban Artistry dancers w/ Lisgood, Joyce Lim, & Barnard
@ The Owl Room (house music & electro)
Ottobar holiday makers market
*Roots Band @ Makeda Restaurant, Van Dorn St., Alexandria
(Ethiopian)*
*Live Ethiopian music @ Shalla*
*Ethiopian music w/ Ethio Band & guest vocalists @ MHL
Lounge in Falls Church*
*Ras Band @ Black Rose Lounge in Bailey's Crossroads Falls
Church (Ethiopian)*
*Afro X dj party (afrobeats, amapiano, soca, dancehall, rap)
5 to 10 @ Gazuza Lounge*
*Malcolm X Park drum circle @ 3*
*Jane Monheit @ Blues Alley (jazz singer)*
*Afrocode Day Party 4pm - 9pm (dj'd HipHop, AfroBeats & Soca) @ Decades*
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Mon. December 4-
Bohemian Caverns Jazz Orchestra: A Bohemian
Christmas 2023 @ Atlas Theatre
Lydia Loveless
@Atlantis (rockin country)
Princess Chelsea @ Union Stage
The Dirty Dozen Brass Band opening for Tab Benoit @
Birchmere
Armand Ntep Band from Africa to the Blues
show 6 to 9 @ Westminster Church SW
Ethiojazz @ Shalla
*salsa dance lessons 7:30; live salsa @ 8:30 @ the Renegade in Clarendon*
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Tues. Dec. 5-
Big Freedia’ Christmas in Central City tour w/ Anjelika
Jelly Joseph, Haiku Hands @ 930 Club
Ethiopian music every Tuesday @ Lion’s Den in Falls Church
La Goony Chonga @ Atlantis (Cuban-American Spanglish rapper)
Dead Gowns, h pruz, m andy @ Quarry House
Seth Kibel & Sean Lane 12 to 2 @
Downtown Holiday Market (klezmer global jazz)
Nina Casey Trio 5 to 7 @ Downtown Holiday Market ( American
songbook standards & Blues)
Pokey Lafarge @ Rams Head Onstage
Annapolis
Rosanne Cash @ Birchmere (sold out)CANCELLED
Neva Dinova @ DC 9 (Omaha, NE folk psych that once recorded
w / Bright Eyes)
*Blacc Print Experience @ Martini's in White Plains (go-go)*
*Saïs Kamalidiin & Global Spirit - Around The World For The Holidays (global jazz) @Blues Alley
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Wed. Dec 6-
Travis Scott @ CFG Arena (rap)
Body of Light , Twins, SYzygvx @ Quarry House
Lovejoy Group 5 to 7 @ Downtown Holiday Market (Jazz , blues
& Latin sung standards)
*Wes Watkins & Got My Own Sound Holiday shows @ Blues Alley *
*Kizomba & bachata International Wednesday @ Crossroads 2 in Wheaton *
*New Impressionz album release gig @ Babylon Falls Church (go-go)*
*Ethiopian music @ Napoli Lounge *
*A Celebration of John Coltrane W/ Carl Grubbs @ Keystone Korner*
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Thurs. Dec. 7-
1st night of Chanukah
Scream, Soulside , XK Scenario @ Black Cat (DC punk)
90s Poetry Open Mic w/ Sami Miranda, Quique Aviles, Kenneth
Carroll, Sasa Ackil @ Busboys & Poets , 625 Monroe St NE
The Caribbean , Setting, Jamal Moore @ Rhizome
Eight Nights of Klezmer free from 6 to 7 @ Kennedy Center Millennium
Stage
Dave Chappell trio 12 to 2 @ Downtown Holiday Market (roots
Americana guitar led band)
Ian Walters & friends 5 to 7 @ Downtown Holiday Market
(blues, rock, Americana)
Winter Solstice Phillips Collection after 5 till 8:30 event
w/ Carly Harvey (DC blues singer)
GA-20, Black Joe Lewis @ Union Stage
Mega Jay @ Ibiza in Herdon
TCB @ Casamigos Bar in VA
Jo-go Project X-mas Concert @ Creative Alliance
Live Ethiopian music @ Shalla
Restaurant in Silver Spring (through Sunday)
Roots Band @ Makeda
Restaurant, Van Dorn St., Alexandria (Ethiopian)
Ethiopian
music @ MHL Lounge in Falls Church
Ethiopian
music @ Black Rose Lounge
Ethiopian music @
Love Lounge Fenton St Silver Spring
Asmae & Chakib
@ Martini Lounge Falls Church (locally
based Arabic/Middle Eastern)
The Green Show Band
@ Mr Braxton’s
What Band @
Martini's (go-go)
Still Familiar @
Babylon Falls Church
*Junkyard Band @ Flame in Alexandria (go-go) *
* Music Without Borders W/ Azul Band (Live) @ Green Zone*
*Verny Varela @ Bossa DC (Colombian salsa)*
*Nina & the Argonauts w/ drummer Jim Thomson & Jackson-Reed High students and Geologist @ metro Baltimore*
*Bouncing Souls, 7 Seconds @ Rams Head Baltimore *
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Fri. Dec. 8-
Patti Labelle @ MGM
Beausoleil @ Tin Pan Richmond, VA (Cajun)
Reggaefest DC dj
party @ Howard Theatre
Djangolaya 2:30 to 4:30 @ Downtown Holiday Market (Roma jazz)
Afro Nuevo 5 to 7 @
Downtown Holiday Market (Latin jazz)
Cal Folger Day (Mickey Lusk on harp & Jenny Moon Tucker
on Sax) ; Kajwan Ziaoddini on Iranian santour (hammered dulcimer) w/
percussionist Meiad ; & writer Jon-Michael Bloomquist @ Rhizome
Los Rieleros @ Mexico Lindo
Los Illegales de Lempira @ El Palenque
Los Dos de Tamaulipas & Los Valenz de Culiacan @ 90
Degrees
After Thought Band
(formerly the Brothers 7 Band) @ Lamont’s
Rare Essence @ Fast
Eddie’s (go-go)
Backyard Band @
Restaurant 55 (go-go)
Junkyard Band @
Nipseys (go-go)
TCB @ Power (bouncebeat go-go)
Alfredo Mojica
Group @ Bossa (salsa) plus DJ Lu w/ Latin hits upstairs
Roots Band @ Makeda
Restaurant, Van Dorn St., Alexandria (Ethiopian)
Live Ethiopian
music @ Shalla
Ras Band w/ guest
singers @ MHL Lounge (Ethiopian)
Ethiopian music @
Black Rose Lounge
Fadi Jano @ Cloud
Lounge Arlington (Middle Eastern)
*Remi Hassoun dj (Arabic) @ Green Zone *
*Kalem Issa @ YaHala Bistro Lounge in Arlington (Middle-eastern) *
*Benefit for the Palestine Children's Relief Fund w/ Constituents, Bayht Lahm, Psyop, Grudge, Darker Than, Palladists, Leon City Sounds Djs from 6 to 11 @ St Stephen's *
*TOB, the Men @ Martini's (bouncebeat go-go)*
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Sat. Dec 9-
Atercieopelados , Angelica Garcia @ Howard Theatre (Colombia
alt-rock)
Junkyard Band, WestMob Band @ Bethesda Theater (go-go)
The DMV 1st Responders Annual Holiday Bash ft live
performances by Sirius Company, Top 5 @ 8pm-1am @ The Westin Downtown DC, 999
9th Street NW/WDC Dress Code: Fly & Sexy Strictly Enforced
Benefit for Calvin Ware @ 7 w/ After Thought Band, Stone
Pleasure Band, Voices 24/7 Band & DJ Eazy D. $15 in advance. $20 at door @
Lamont’s (soul)
Los Rieleros @ El Ranchon Woodbridge
King Teddy 12 to 2 @ Downtown Holiday Market (jump blues ,
rockabilly)
Stacy Brooks Band 5 to 7 @ Downtown Holiday Market (blues)
Navidad Flamenca @ Atlas
Atomic Mosquitos, Flying Faders, Zocko @ Slash Run
Teenage Halloween, Dead Billionaires, Combat @ Quarry House
Bryson Tiller @ Fillmore (rap)
Bill Kirchen’s holiday honky tonk party @ Jammin Java
Billy Strings @ CFG Arena
Bad Times record fair @ Eaton
Afrobeats in the City @ 10 @ Lydia on H st NE
Pinkshift, Pollyanna, Spring Silver, Labrys @ Ottobar
Tumbao (Latin salsa ) @ Bossa 1st floor & DJ Lu Latin
Hits upstairs;
Roots Band @ Makeda Restaurant;
live Ethiopian music @ Shalla;
Ras Band w/ guest singers @ MHL Lounge (Ethiopian);
Ethiopian music @ Black Rose Lounge
*Worship Live gospel tour w/ Fred Hammond, Hezekiah Walker, and Pastor Mike Jr. @ MGM National Harbor *
*Crown Vic’s Weird World (Vinyl) dj @ Green Zone *
*Backyard Band @ 10 @ Eritrean Cultural Center*
*Ocean Celtic Quartet @ Winter Faerie Ball @ 6 to 10 @ Manor Mill, 1900 Monkton Rd., Monkton, MD *
*Los Caminantes and Grupo Miramar @ Club One *
*Los Caminantes Andantes & Conjunto Alazar @ Mango's *
*Rare Essence @ Aqua(go-go)*
*Northeast Groovers & What Band @ Babylon Woodbridge(go-go)*
*TCB, TOB, New Impressionz, Reaction Band @ Fast Eddie's (bouncebeat go-go)*
*Proper Utensils @ 9 @ Hilton Garden Inn, 1225 First ST NE (go-go)*
*Baltimore Klezmer All-Stars @ 8PM @ An Die Musik*
*Can I Kick It: Escape From New York w/ dj @ 8PM @ Creative Alliance*
* Holiday Market from 12PM-5PM free @ Holy Frijoles*
*Frank O. Agbro's 6 ft aparty w/ Anexo Social (El Salvadorian rock, ska, reggae) whose singer is also an author who will talk about his book about an immigrant girl. Plus a Frank o jam session . 3 pm @ front porch @ 17th & Kilbourne place NW. *
*Go-go Santa event w/ Northeast Groovers ,TOB Band , Black Alley & photos w/ Santa 2 to 5 Sycamore & Oak SE *
* Amapiano to the World w/ AQ, Rozay, DJ Milu from 4 to 10 @ 8113 Ga Ave Silver Spring*
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Sun. December 10
Annuel AA @ Capital One Arena (reggaeton)
A Hanukah Party w/ Michael Winograd & the Honorable
Mentschn @ Creative Alliance Baltimore
Mariachi Herencia de México’s Mariachi Christmas @ George
Mason
Wild Style movie @ 3 @ Kennedy Center Mill Stage
Styles P farewell tour @ Howard Theatre POSTPONED
Voices 24/7 Band @ Lamont’s (soul)
Allison Russell @ the Birchmere
Soulful Christmas feat. John Tillery & Living Sacrifice
@ Creative Suitland
Joslyn & the Sweet Compression @ Pearl St Warehouse (retro r&B)
Born Without Bones, the Vaughns, Berra @ Comet
The R& B Club talks about Faith Evans @ 12 noon @
Songbyrd
*SWV @ MGM National Harbor (R&B)*
*Roots Band @ Makeda Restaurant, Van Dorn St., Alexandria (Ethiopian)*
*Live Ethiopian music @ Shalla*
*Ethiopian music w/ Ethio Band & guest vocalists @ MHL Lounge in Falls Church*
*Ras Band @ Black Rose Lounge in Bailey's Crossroads Falls Church (Ethiopian)*
*Afro X dj party (afrobeats, amapiano, soca, dancehall, rap) 5 to 10 @ Gazuza Lounge*
*Malcolm X Park drum circle @ 3*
*Blacc Print Experience toy drive & go-go X-mas party @ 5 to 9pm @ Martini's White Plains *
*Backyard Band @ Society Lounge*
*Los Caminantes @ VIP Room *
*Dance & Brunch Sunday: djs w/ Kizomba, Konpa, Urban Kiz, Brazilian Zouk @ 10 am to 2 pm @ Crossroads 2 *
*Afrocode Day Party 4pm - 9pm (HipHop Meets AfroBeats & Soca) @ Decades*
*TCB & New Impressionz @ Babylon Falls Church (bouncebeat go-go)*
*Mark Segraves talks w/ pianist/activist Daryl Davis @ 4 @ Backstage @ the Sanctuary @ Palisades Hub Centre*
*Mrs Toretsky's Nightmare @ 7:30 @ Bossa (klezmer) *
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Open Mic Monday w/
Attinshun @ Mojuba Collective , GA Ave , Silver Spring cancelled
La Force @ Union Stage (Montreal polished indie pop &
r&b )
Dave Chappell band Blues show 6 to 9 @ Westminster Church SW
Patrick Watson @ Union Stage (indie dramatic cabaret pop)
Ethiojazz @ Shalla
Merry TubaChristmas @ Kennedy Center Concert Hall
*salsa dance lessons 7:30; live salsa @ 8:30 @ the Renegade in Clarendon*
*Hot 99 Jingle Ball w/ Jelly Roll, Melanie Martinez, One Republic @ Capital One Arena*
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Tues Dec 12 –
Open Mike Eagle @Songbyrd ( Arty , wordy rapper)
*Blacc Print Experience @ Martini's in White Plains (go-go)*
*Veronneau's Snow Time @ Blues Alley*
*Ethiopian music every Tuesday @ Lion’s Den in Falls Church*
*Josie Cotton, The Plimsouls, Kurt Baker. 7PM, $18 @ Metro Gallery (garage pop)*
*Step Afrika Holiday Step show @ Arena Stage (through Dec. 17)*
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Wed. December 13- "Caverns Night at the Carlyle"
with Bohemian Caverns Jazz Orchestra
William Basinski ,
Matmos (dj set) @Atlantis
Feedel Band 5 to 7 @ Downtown Holiday Market (ethiojazz)
Odie Leigh @ Union Stage (indie folk )
Mac McAnally @ Rams Head Onstage Annapolis (country)
*Kizomba & bachata International Wednesday @ Crossroads 2 in Wheaton *
*Step Afrika Holiday Step show*@ Arena Stage (through Dec. 17)*
*New Impressionz @ Babylon *
DJ Jamstar @ Tempoo Lounge (dancehall)*
*Rise Band @ Eloquent Touch Ballroom Suitland *
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Thurs. Dec 14-
Slackers,Mustard Plug, the Free Coasters,
Stop the Presses @ Black Cat (ska and pop-punk)
Mac McAnally @ Rams Head Onstage Annapolis (country)
Richard Bona & Asante trio @ Phillips Collection
Pkew Pkew Pkew, Tall Juan, Decent Criminal @ Comet P Pong
Savannah Cristina @ Jammin Java (youtube viral r&B)
Nio Garcia @ Rio Cantina
Trebol Clan & DJ Joe @ Ibiza in Herndon
Sweeping Promises , Club USA @ Songbyrd
The Magic of Ukrainian Christmas free from 6 to 7 @ Kennedy
Center Millennium Stage
Live Ethiopian music @ Shalla Restaurant in Silver Spring
(through Sunday)
Roots Band @ Makeda Restaurant, Van Dorn St., Alexandria
(Ethiopian)
Ethiopian music @ MHL
Lounge in Falls Church
Ethiopian music @
Black Rose Lounge
Ethiopian music @ Love Lounge Fenton St Silver Spring
Asmae & Chakib @ Martini Lounge Falls Church (locally based Arabic/Middle Eastern)
The Green Show Band @ Mr Braxton’s
What Band @ Martini's
(go-go)
Still Familiar @ Babylon Falls Church
*Blacc Print Experience @ Nipsey's (go-go)*
*Flack @ VFW Post 350 Hells Bottom, Takoma Park (pop rock roots)*
*Danube Sessions/Kriminal Pop W Dj Šarkan & Accomplices (Live) @ Green Zone *
*Step Afrika Holiday Step show @ Arena Stage (through Dec. 17)*
*Azul Band @ Soussi (global sounds)*
*Cheick Hamala & the Griot Street Band @ Bossa (Mali)*
*Virginia Ali of Ben's Chili Bowl 90th birthday celebration w/ Sirius Company @ 6 pm @ Lincoln Theatre*
*Afrobeat w/ DJ Jamstar @ Spectrum Lounge *
*Elijah Easton @ Treehouse (jazz)*
*Blunda, Added Color, Wanted Man @ Pie Shop*
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Fri, Dec 15-
Black Eyes,
Irreversible Entanglements, Clear Channel
@BlackCat (Post-punk noise, avante-jazz)
Cecile Mclorin Salvant @ LOC (jazz singer)
Mariah Carey @ CFG Arena (pop r& B)
Debit @ Flash (r&B electronic dance dj)
Seth Kibel & The Kleztet 12 to 2 @ Downtown Holiday
Market (jazz klezmer)
Kiti Gartner & the Drifting Valentines 2:30 to 4:30 @ Downtown Holiday Market
(rockabilly, swing, Americana)
Kentucky Avenue 5 to 7 @ Downtown Holiday Market (country
& roots rock)
After Thought Band (formerly the Brothers 7 Band) @ Lamont’s
Rare Essence @ Fast Eddie’s (go-go)
Backyard Band @ Restaurant 55 (go-go)
Junkyard Band @ Nipseys (go-go)
TCB @ Power
(bouncebeat go-go)
Alfredo Mojica Group 10:30 @ @ Bossa (salsa) plus DJ Lu w/ Latin
hits upstairs; *Maggie Yacoub's Arabic Jazz jam @ 8 @ Bossa*
Roots Band @ Makeda Restaurant, Van Dorn St., Alexandria
(Ethiopian)
Live Ethiopian music @ Shalla
Ras Band w/ guest singers @ MHL Lounge (Ethiopian)
Ethiopian music @ Black Rose Lounge
Fadi Jano @ Cloud Lounge Arlington (Middle Eastern)
*Dj Basbousa (Arabic) @ Green Zone*
*Valiant @ BSK Event Center , 3701 Branch Ave., Temple Hills, MD (dancehall reggae)*
*A Charlie Brown Christmas @ 7:30PM @ The Lyric*
*Ravi Coltrane Quartet @ 7PM & 9:30PM @ Keystone Korner*
*Step Afrika Holiday Step show @ Arena Stage (through Dec. 17)*
*TOB, ABM, AJA @ Martini's (bouncebeat go-go)*
*DJ Baby Alcatraz @ Showtime Bar*
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Sat. December 16-
Conversation w/ Common @ Kennedy Center Terrace Theatre
What Band feat. Killa Cal , Still Familiar @ Diamond Lounge (go-go)
Lil Wayne and Friends @ CFG Arena (rap)
Trebol Clan & DJ Joe @ VIP Room in Baltimore
Hardway Connection @ Lamont’s (southern soul)
Torino Death Ride, Han Gan, Airport 77s, Ain’t No Mountain
High Enough @ The Runaway (rock, power pop)
The Set r& B dj night @ Howard Theatre
Rock ‘n’ Shop sale of records, clothes etc w/ djs Les the DJ
& Sally Go Round @ 4 @ Black Cat
Dance Club Presents
Kilopatrah Jones, Joyce Lim, Tommy C, Baronhawk Poitier @ Owl Room
(electro/techno)
Ottobar holiday
surf party w/ Bali Lamas and Flying Faders
Roberto Blades
@Lima de Veras
Tumbao (Latin salsa
) @ 10:30 @ Bossa 1st floor & DJ Lu Latin Hits upstairs; *Craig Judelman & frinds @ * @ Bossa (Berlin-based klezmer & old-timey fiddler)*
Roots Band @ Makeda
Restaurant;
live Ethiopian
music @ Shalla;
Ras Band w/ guest
singers @ MHL Lounge (Ethiopian);
Ethiopian music @
Black Rose Lounge
*Johnson Lee (Joe’s Record Paradise - Vinyl) @ Green Zone *
*Backyard Band @ Fast Eddie's*
*Pile 'o' rocks @ Hank Dietle's (Rockpile and UK pub rock cover band)
*Bulin 47 @ Galaxy *
*Back to the Gouyad Night: Haitian konpa music @ 9; then Haitian konpa gouyad music & r& b @ 11 @ the Crossroads 2 *
*BIG CHUNE PARTY: A 90’s/00’s Dancehall, Reggae, & Soca dj Bashment @ Karma *
*Ashley Mcbryde, Will Jones. 7PM @ Rams Head (country)*
*Lil Wayne. @ 8PM @ CFG Arena*
*Ravi Coltrane Quartet. 7PM & 9:30PM @ Keystone Korner*
*Step Afrika Holiday Step show @ Arena Stage (through Dec. 17)*
*What Band feat. Killa Cal, Still Familiar 4 to 9 @ Diamond Lounge (go-go)*
*DJ Baby Alcatraz @ Daikaya Izakaya*
*Fete & Fund for Risikat @ Eaton Wild Days *
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Sun. Dec 17-
A go-go Christmas w/ EU feat . Sugar Bear @ 5 pm @ Keystone
Korner Baltimore
Ever Deadly film @ National Gallery about Inuk throat singer
Tanya Tagaq
Junkyard Band and Still Familiar @ Restaurant 55 (go-go)
Stone Pleasure Band @ Lamont’s (soul)
Janine Wilson Band 2:30 to 4:30 @ Downtown Holiday Market
(acoustic Americana rock)
Kontrolled Khaos @ DC 9
Interpol @ 930 (sold out)
*Roots Band @ Makeda Restaurant, Van Dorn St., Alexandria (Ethiopian)*
*Live Ethiopian music @ Shalla*
*Ethiopian music w/ Ethio Band & guest vocalists @ MHL Lounge in Falls Church*
*Ras Band @ Black Rose Lounge in Bailey's Crossroads Falls Church (Ethiopian)*
*Afro X dj party (afrobeats, amapiano, soca, dancehall, rap) 5 to 10 @ Gazuza Lounge*
*Malcolm X Park drum circle @ 3*
*Backyard Band @ Ivy City Smokehouse *
*Dave Chappell Band @ 2 to 4:30 @ Hank Dietle's * & Hula Monsters @ 6
*Afrocode Day Party 4pm - 9pm (HipHop Meets AfroBeats & Soca) @ Decades*
*Step Afrika Holiday Step show @ Arena Stage (through Dec. 17)*
*Foots x Coles & more @ Eaton *
*Italians in DC band @ 7 @ Bossa*
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Mon. Dec. 18-
A Charlie Brown Christmas live onstage @ Lincoln Theatre
Jim Stephanson 12 to 2 @ Downtown Holiday Market (hot jazz,
country blues & hokum on guitar)
All New Genetically Altered Jug Band 2:30 to 4:30 @ Downtown
Holiday Market
Stacy Brooks Band Blues show 6 to 9 @ Westminster Church SW
Interpol @ 930 (sold out)
Madonna @ Capital One Arena
Ethiojazz @ Shalla
*salsa dance lessons 7:30; live salsa @ 8:30 @ the Renegade in Clarendon*
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Tues. Dec. 19
Shaolin Jazz Can I
Kick It w/ DJ 2-Tone Jones @ Songbyrd
*Blacc Print Experience @ Martini's in White Plains (go-go)*
*Eric Felten performs Ellington's Nutcracker @ Blues Alley (sold out)*
*Ethiopian music every Tuesday @ Lion’s Den in Falls Church*
*The Hiphop Nutcracker w/ guest mc Kurtis Blow @ Strathmore *
*Piebald @ Ottobar (reunited '90s punk from Massachusetts)*
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Wed. Dec. 20-
Merry Market feat Brandon Woody’s Upendo, Brent Birkhead, DJ
Pae Me @ Union Stage (jazz & r&B)
Seysew (jazz trio w/ drummer Keith Butler, Abe Mamet (French
horn) , Zoe Jorgenson (bass); Oscar Suh-Rodriguez (guitarist) @ Rhizome
Dupont Brass free from 6 to 7 @ Kennedy Center Millennium
Stage (funky jazzy)
*Eric Felten performs Ellington's Nutcracker @ Blues Alley (sold out)*
*Kizomba & bachata International Wednesday @ Crossroads 2 in Wheaton *
*The Hiphop Nutcracker w/ guest mc Kurtis Blow @ Strathmore *
DJ Jamstar @ Tempoo Lounge (dancehall)*
*Birthday bash for Ahmad& others @ Black Cat Red Room*
*Ethiopian band & singers @ Napoli Lounge *
*Sirius Company @ Sobe (go-go)*
*New Impressionz @ Babylon Falls Church*
*Creative Fusion- poetry, painting, & live music w/ Dunia & Aram & Artsouca w/ Rob Coltun & more @ 7 @ Bossa*
*UNRWA gathering for Gaza 6 to 8 @ Busboys 14th st NW*
*DJ NativeSun @ Owl Room (global electro/techno)*
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Thurs. Dec 21
DJs Joyce Lim & Small Export(side project of James
Bangura from Black Rave Culture) @ Owl Room (electro/techno)
Live Ethiopian music @ Shalla Restaurant in Silver Spring
(through Sunday)
Roots Band @ Makeda Restaurant, Van Dorn St., Alexandria
(Ethiopian)
Ethiopian music w/ Kalkidan, Dibekulu, Ethio Band & DJ Eyob @ MHL
Lounge in Falls Church
Ethiopian music @
Black Rose Lounge
Ethiopian music @ Love Lounge Fenton St Silver Spring
Asmae & Chakib @ Martini Lounge Falls Church (locally based Arabic/Middle Eastern)
The Green Show Band @ Mr Braxton’s
What Band @ Martini's
(go-go)
Still Familiar @ Babylon Falls Church
*Blacc Print Experience @ Nipsey's (go-go)*
*Going , Goin Gone @ VFW Post 350 Hells Bottom (roots)*
*Soul Sauce W/ dj Kenny M (Vinyl) @ Green Zone *
*The Thrills @ JVs (pop roots rock)*
*Patsy’s Honky Tonk Torch & Twang(feat. Hall Bros) with the Crayfish Sisters @ Hank Dietle's *
*Pablo's Baile w/ samba & forro @ Bossa DC*
*The Hiphop Nutcracker w/ guest mc Kurtis Blow @ Strathmore *
*Sirius Company @ the Flame Restaurant in Alexandria*
*Afrobeat w/ DJ Jamstar @ Spectrum Lounge (ugly x-mas sweater night) *
*Nayan, Bed Maker , Public Figures @ Pie Shop (punk) *
*John Waters Christmas @ Birchmere (sold out)*
*Samuel Prather & the G.O. ! 4Tet holiday show @ Carlyle Room (funky jazzy) *
*Angel & Khriz @ the Palace (reggaeton)*
*Benefit for individuals & a Church community in intersectional Gaza w/ music by Huda Asfour & Sitali & readings from 8 to 10 @ Bloombars , 3222 11th St NW *
* Beltway Brass Quintet free from 6 to 7 @ Kennedy Center Millennium Stage *
*Nag Champa Art Ensemble 8 to 10 @ Shanklin Hall (Jazz w/hiphop funkiness)*
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Fri. Dec. 22 –
Go-go Symphony Presents Twas the Night @ Union Stage (w/ EU's drummer)
Blacc Print Experience
& go-go rapper Stinky Dink @ Moxy’s in Greenbelt (go-go)
Adobo DMV djs @ Karma (reggaeton, Latin pop )
Tarsha Fitzgerald presents The Voices X-mas show @ Birchmere
The Baily Missionary Kings of Harmony free from 6 to 7 @
Kennedy Center Millennium Stage
After Thought Band (formerly the Brothers 7 Band) @ Lamont’s
Rare Essence @ Fast Eddie’s (go-go)
Backyard Band @ Restaurant 55 (go-go)
Junkyard Band @ Nipseys (go-go)
TCB @ Power
(bouncebeat go-go)
Alfredo Mojica Group @ Bossa (salsa) plus DJ Lu w/ Latin
hits upstairs
Ethiopian music @ Makeda Restaurant, Van Dorn St., Alexandria
(Ethiopian)
Live Ethiopian music w/ Debekulu, Rediet, Roots band @ Shalla
Ras Band w/ guest singers @ MHL Lounge (Ethiopian)
Ethiopian music @ Black Rose Lounge
Fadi Jano @ Cloud Lounge Arlington (Middle Eastern)
* Sounds By dj Saba (Arabic) @ Green Zone *
*Los Andantes Caminantes Y La Sonora Dinamita @ 90 Degrees*
*La Autoridad De La Sierra @ El Palenque *
*TOB 19th year anniv. , ugly Xmas sweater party edition @ Throw Social *
*The Hiphop Nutcracker w/ guest mc Kurtis Blow @ Strathmore *
*Suttle @ Babylon Falls Church ( go-go) *
*kizomba Christmas @ Juste Lounge *
*Dan & Claudia Zanes free from 6 to 7 @ Kennedy Center Millennium Stage (acoustic family friendly)*
*Layover party w/ djs Say3, NativeSun, & Mathias @ 10 pm @ ESL Lounge (global electro)*
*DJ Spen & others @ Owl Room (Spen plays hiphouse & hiphop tinged dance music) *
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Sat. Dec 23
What goes on: Teenbeat Edition w/ djs Mark Robinson & Just-in-Time after
7 pm screening of movie Amateur on Plastic (about out there DC rock singer Butch Willis )
@ Black Cat
Carly Harvey 5 to 7 @ Downtown Holiday Market (blues)
Lamont Savoy's Free Xmas party w/ Dj Hightop @ Lamont’s
Samara Joy feat the McLendon Family @ Strathmore (x-mas jazz
vocals show)
Tumbao (Latin salsa ) @ 10:30 pm @ Bossa 1st floor & DJ Lu Latin
Hits upstairs;
Roots Band @ Makeda Restaurant;
live Ethiopian music @ Shalla;
Ras Band w/ guest singers @ MHL Lounge (Ethiopian);
Ethiopian music @ Black Rose Lounge
* Nectar W/ djs V:Shal & Ahautmess @ Green Zone *
*Backyard Band @ Shark Bar*
*La Sonora Dinamita @ Villa Flores (Colombian cumbia & more)*
*Rare Essence @ Aqua*
*TCB, ABM @ Martini's Ft Washington (bouncebeat go-go)*
*Proper Utensils @ Hangars (go-go)*
*Kids Krank - learn the history of go-go & how to play it w/ Juspaul 12 to 2 pm @ 1603 Marion Barry Ave Se *
*Fadi Jano @ Martini Lounge Falls Church (middle eastern/ Arabic) *
*Afrobeats Xmas party @ Gee's *
*Cheick Hamala Diabete & Idrissa Diabete & friends @ 7:30 @ Bossa (Mali )
*Messiah Sing-along free from 6 to 7 @ Kennedy Center Millennium Stage *
*DJs NativeSun & Jahsonic, & Niara Sterling @ 10 @ Shanklin Hall *(house & electro/techno)
*Afrobeats @ Gazuza*
*throwback bashment dancehall, konpa, reggae, soca day party from 5 to 10 @ Base Lounge in Bladensburg *
*Milk/Monet/ Zaander Trio, LMB (w/ Abe Mamet & Jamie Sandel), Chintha Hoffman @ Rhizome (improv jazz)*
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Sun. December 24-
Allstar Christmas Eve Jazz Jam @ Kennedy Center Terrace
Theatre
*Roots Band @ Makeda Restaurant, Van Dorn St., Alexandria (Ethiopian)*
*Live Ethiopian music @ Shalla*
*Ethiopian music w/ Ethio Band & guest vocalists @ MHL Lounge in Falls Church*
*Ras Band @ Black Rose Lounge in Bailey's Crossroads Falls Church (Ethiopian)*
*Afro X dj party (afrobeats, amapiano, soca, dancehall, rap) 10 pm @ St Ex*
*Malcolm X Park drum circle @ 3*
*Backyard Band @ Throw Social*
*Afrocode Day Party 4pm - 9pm (HipHop Meets AfroBeats & Soca) @ Decades*
*Jo-go Project before x-mas show @ Carlyle Room (jazz meets go-go)*
*New Impressionz @ Babylon*
*Manaf Al Amer @ 10 @ Yahala Hookah Bar in Arlington (Singer)*
*Habesha Ethiopian xmas eve bash @ Flair in DC*
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Mon. Dec. 25-
Open Mic Monday w/
Attinshun @ Mojuba Collective , GA Ave , Silver Spring (tentative)
Ethiojazz @ Shalla (tentative)
*Jimi Smooth & Hit-time @ 8:30 @ JVs (funk & soul) *
*salsa dance lessons 7:30; live salsa @ 8:30 @ the Renegade in Clarendon (tentative)*
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Tues. Dec. 26- David Cole & Main Street Blues show 6 to
9 @ Westminster Church SW
*Blacc Print Experience @ Martini's in White Plains (go-go)*
*Soul trombonist Herm Hopkins @ Blues Alley*
*Ethiopian music every Tuesday @ Lion’s Den in Falls Church*
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Wed. Dec. 27
*Blues Warriors @ JVs*
*Monty Alexander @ Blues Alley (Jamaican jazz pianist & band) *
*Kizomba & bachata International Wednesday @ Crossroads 2 in Wheaton *
*Crank Lukongo @ Carlyle Room (go-go-afro-funk)*
*DJ Jamstar @ Tempoo Lounge (dancehall)*
*Shadz of Soul @ Eloquent Touch Ballroom Suitland *
*Andrew Beaujon, Cotton Candy, Jonny Cohen's Love Machine @ McLean, VA VFW* (Teenbeat indie-pop)*
*New Impressionz @ Babylon Falls Church (go-go)*
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Thurs. Dec. 28
Live Ethiopian music @ Shalla Restaurant in Silver Spring
(through Sunday)
Roots Band @ Makeda Restaurant, Van Dorn St., Alexandria
(Ethiopian)
Ethiopian music @ MHL
Lounge in Falls Church
Ethiopian music @
Black Rose Lounge
Ethiopian music @ Love Lounge Fenton St Silver Spring
Asmae & Chakib @ Martini Lounge Falls Church (locally based Arabic/Middle Eastern)
The Green Show Band @ Mr Braxton’s
What Band @ Martini's
(go-go)
Still Familiar @ Babylon Falls Church
*Blacc Print Experience @ Nipsey's (go-go)*
*Monty Alexander @ Blues Alley (Jamaican jazz pianist & band) *
*Rare Essence w/ Jas Funk @ the Panorama Room, Morris Rd SE (go-go) *
*Afrobeat w/ DJ Jamstar @ Spectrum Lounge *
*Afro-Caribbean dj @ Kaldis*
*Afrobeats @ Gazuza Lounge*
*Lafayette Gilchrist Sextet "Undaunted" album release @ Keystone Korner * (jazz w/ a tinge of go-go & funk)*
*Dave Chappel Band @ 8:30 @ JVs*
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Fri. Dec 29-
Backyard Band @ Fillmore (go-go)
26th annual Hank Williams Tribute @ Birchmere
Pietasters, Crazy & the Brains @ 930 Club (ska and punk)
Wrizzards @ Union Stage (Filipino pop & r&B quartet)
After Thought Band (formerly the Brothers 7 Band) @ Lamont’s
Rare Essence @ Fast Eddie’s (go-go)
Backyard Band @ Restaurant 55 Fillmore (go-go)
Junkyard Band @ Nipseys (go-go)
TCB @ Power
(bouncebeat go-go)
Alfredo Mojica Group @ Bossa (salsa) plus DJ Lu w/ Latin
hits upstairs
Roots Band @ Makeda Restaurant, Van Dorn St., Alexandria
(Ethiopian)
Live Ethiopian music @ Shalla
Ras Band w/ guest singers @ MHL Lounge (Ethiopian)
Ethiopian music @ Black Rose Lounge
Fadi Jano @ Cloud Lounge Arlington (Middle Eastern)
*Monty Alexander @ Blues Alley (Jamaican jazz pianist & band) *
*La Sonora Dinamita @ El Pueblito in Baltimore *
*Sugar Smacks (w/ Razz drummer Doug Tull) @ VFW Hells Bottom Takoma*
*New Impressionz @ Throw Social (bouncebeat go-go)*
*EU feat Sugar Bear, w/ Top 5 Band @ Air (go-go)*
*Disco Biblioteca Book Group discusses Gayle Wald’s 2007 book, Shout, Sister, Shout!: The Untold Story of Rock-and-Roll Trailblazer Sister Rosetta Tharpe at 7 p.m. @ People’s Book, 7014-A Westmoreland Ave., Takoma Park*
*Dj & live percussion from Ty Hussell @ 10 @ Showtime Lounge*
*What Band, Perfect Circle, Union District Sound @ Hangar's*
*Mature Clientele band, Strictly Bizness @ Los Amigos, Alexandria *
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Sat. Dec 30-
Rebirth Brass Band @ the Hamilton (from New Orleans)
Be’la Dona @ Birchmere (go-go)
Stone Pleasure Band @ Lamont’s (soul)
Southern Culture on the Skids w/ Jumpin Jupiter @ Pearl St Warehouse
Bad Moves (single release party) . w/ Massie @ Comet P Pong (pop
punk)
Seldom Scene @ Rams Head Onstage Annapolis (bluegrass &
Country)
Diva movie @ National Gallery
Tumbao (Latin salsa ) @ Bossa 1st floor & DJ Lu Latin
Hits upstairs;
Roots Band @ Makeda Restaurant;
live Ethiopian music @ Shalla;
Ras Band w/ guest singers @ MHL Lounge (Ethiopian);
Ethiopian music @ Black Rose Lounge
*Junkyard Band @ Nottingham's (go-go)*
*Monty Alexander @ Blues Alley (Jamaican jazz pianist & band) *
*Backyard Band @ Restaurant 55 *
*La Sonora Dinamita @ Vibe in Annapolis*
*Rare Essence and Sirius Company @ Aqua (go-go) *
*Proper Utensils & Still Familiar @ Chateau Remix (go-go)*
*Tony Matterhorn @ Crossroads 2 (Caribbean)*
*TCB , New Impressionz @ Union District Oyster*
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Sun. Dec. 31-
EU feat Sugar Bear @ Bethesda Theater (go-go)
Rise Band and Show @ Lamont’s (soul)
Rebirth Brass Band @ 9 @ the Hamilton (New Orleans funk)
The Rock-a-Sonics & guests @ Hank Dietle’s Tavern (rockabilly)
Seldom Scene & Porch Delights @ Birchmere (bluegrass
& trad country folk)
Peaches O’Dell and her Orchestra & Tony Anthony &
His Malvivants @ Black Cat (swing)
Monty Alexander @ 6:30 & 10 pm @ Blues Alley (Jamaican
jazz & calypso)
Jazzmeia Horn & her Noble Force @ 7 & 9 @ Kennedy
Center Terrace Theatre (big band jazz singer)
Gregory Porter @ 8 @ Kennedy Center Concert Hall (soulful
jazz singer)
Southern Culture on the Skids w/ the
Highballers @ Pearl St Warehouse
Dance Club w/ DJs Tommy C, Joyce Lim, Baronhawk Poitier, &
more @ 9 @ the Owl Room (techno/electro)
Oh He Dead , Mambo Sauce @ Union Stage
Alpha Rhythm Kings (from LA) @ Glen Echo Spanish Ballroom (
Dan Deacon Ensemble @ Ottobar
*Roots Band @ Makeda Restaurant, Van Dorn St., Alexandria (Ethiopian)*
*Live Ethiopian music @ Shalla*
*Ethiopian music w/ Ethio Band & guest vocalists @ MHL Lounge in Falls Church*
*Ras Band @ Black Rose Lounge in Bailey's Crossroads Falls Church (Ethiopian)*
*Afro X dj party (afrobeats, amapiano, soca, dancehall, rap) 3pm to 3 am @ St Ex*
*Cheers the Annual Jamaican NYE Masquerade Ball w/ Team Shella w/ Ikel Marvelous & Flabba Dabba (Kingston, JA); Mad Rass & Dj Najair (Spanish Town, JA) , DJ Prince Royal @ 9 @ Buena Vista Ballroom, 8844 Washington Blvd., Jessup, MD (dancehall reggae)*
*Mimosas and Caribbean music New Year w/ Dj Sprang & DJ Jason Frass @ Crossroads 2 in Wheaton (dancehall, soca, afrobeats, r&b, hiphop) *
*Afrocode Day Party 4pm - 9pm (HipHop Meets AfroBeats & Soca) @ Decades (tentative)*
*Djs Leon City Sounds, Electric Cowbell/Crown Vic, Kenny M, Nico Sophia, percussionist Ty Hussell & percussionist Cumbia Mummy for Tropical Heat Dome New Year's Eve party @ 10 @ Marx Cafe *
*Blues Warriors @ Cissel-Saxon American Legion Post 41*
*Asmae & Chakib @ Yahala Bistro Lounge in Arlington (Middle Eastern/Egyptian)*
*Sirius Company @ Sobe (go-go)*
*TCB, ABM, Big Action @ Shark Bar Waldorf*
*DJ Eskimo @ Dew Drop Inn (hiphop & more)*
*Northeast Groovers, What Band, Mature Clientele @ Club One (go-go)*
*Annapolis fireworks 7 & 12 mdt. @ Campbell Park, City Dock*
*First Night Alexandria 2 pm till 12*
*Experience Band @ family show 4 to 7:30 @ Metrobar, 640 Rhode Island Ave NE*
*Brendan's Voyage @ 7:30 @ Dubliner (trad Irish) *
*Granny & the Boys 6 to 8 @ Showtime *
*Amapiano DMV djs 8 pm to 3 am @ Harlot*
*Dj Berimbau & DJ Danilo @ Bossa DC*
*Ethiopian live music w/ Mahlet G/ Giordis @ Napoli Lounge Falls Church*
*Blacc Print Experience @ Martini's White Plains, MD* (go-go)
*Suttle, Sounds of Elegance @ The Ugly Mug(go-go) *
*Afrobeats dj @ Kaldi's*
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Mon. January 1 –
Ethiojazz @ Shalla (tentative)
*salsa dance lessons 7:30; live salsa @ 8:30 @ the Renegade in Clarendon*
*Sirius Company @ Piano Keys*
*Ethiopian music w/ Aron, Nega, Kalkidan, & Fikir@ MHL Lounge*
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Tues. Jan 2-
Memphis Gold & the Scrap Iron Band Blues show 6 to 9 @
Westminster Church SW
*Blacc Print Experience @ Martini's in White Plains (go-go)*
*Ethiopian music every Tuesday @ Lion’s Den in Falls Church*
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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), Kesta Happenings DC Facebook has Latinx too, and
baltshowplace.tumblr has Baltimore punk & more; Elliot Gross on Facebook
has DC blues & blues-rock
