DC/Baltimore /DMV Global Music and More – January 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. 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. 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
Stay safe ...
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Some Highlights from below –
Thurs. Jan. 5-Heart of Afghanistan free 6 to 7 @ Kennedy
Center Millennium Stage
Monday January 9- Midnight Blue band w/ trumpeter Curtis
Pope & singer Juanita Williams doing soul & blues 6 to 9 @ Westminster
Church SW Blues Monday
Wed. Jan. 11th -Meridian Brothers (Colombian
tropical & psych) w/ Clear Channel & Static Spray @ Songbyrd
Friday January 13-DC Vybe , Sugar Bear, Kim & Scooby,
NEG after Wizards vs Knicks game @ Capital One Arena (go-go)
Friday January 20- Tex Rubinowitz & the Bad Boys reunion
@ the Birchmere (rockabilly
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Sunday January 1-
Roots Band @ Makeda Restaurant, Van Dorn St., Alexandria
(Ethiopian)
Live Ethiopian music @ Shalla
Afrobeats & Amapiano dj party @ 10 @ St. Ex (every
Sunday)
Corey Arceneaux & Zydeco Hot Peppers @ Hank Dietle’s
Northeast Groovers & New Impressionz @ Fillmore Postponed to February
The Amapiano Rave & Brunch tour @ I/O Spaces
TOB @ Union District Oyster
Junkyard Band, Still Familiar 8 pm to 1 am @ Restaurant 55
Ray Apollo & band @ Lamont's
Backyard Band @ Society Lounge
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Monday January 2-
Nighthawks 6 to 9 pm @ Westminster Church SW
Tuesday January 3-
Experience Band @ Throw Social (brass band funk)
Kizomba & bachata dancing @ Lima Twist
Blacc Print Experience @ Martini’s in White Plains
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Wednesday January 4-
Dale Watson & his Lone Stars @ Hill Country BBQ
TCB & Barbie King @ Abigail
Jordyn, Neiori, Nico Zaca @ Songbyrd (DC indie )
Backyard Band @ Ivy City Smokehouse
Lifeguard, Dumb Lucky, Mannequin Fight @ Rhizome (punk & indie rock)
New Impressionz @ Babylon Falls
Church (go-go)
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Thursday January 5-
Azul Band’s music without borders @ Green Zone
Stacy Brooks for free 8 to 11 @ Mr.
Braxton’s (blues)
Afrobeats dj Jamstar @ Spectrum Lounge
Heart of Afghanistan free
6 to 7 @ Kennedy Center Millennium Stage
Jim Stephanson trio @ 5:30 @ Hank Dietle’s
Jru Anthony @ The Pocket (rnb singer son of
Frank Sirius)
Carley Harvey @ Phillips Art Museum 5 to
8:30 pm
Nico Play, Sonic Eddy, niki afsar @ Rhizome
(experimental indie)
Offline w/
Sir E.U, threeeyedmouse, trilla kay, vlaad & sounds by tromac &
bri mafia @ DC 9
The
Green Show Band 8 to 11 pm @ Mr Braxton’s (Local r’n’b & rap)
Live
Ethiopian music @ Shalla Restaurant in Silver Spring (through Sunday)
Afrobeats
Thursdays @ Spectrum Lounge in Beltsville
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)
Verny
Varela @ Bossa (DC-based Colombian singer/flautist and band)
Bedroom
Floor, Elsewhere, Canopy Cover @ Comet Ping Pong
*TCB @ Power (bouncebeat go-go)
*Still Familiar @ 5 Sisters Lounge in Laurel
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Friday January 6 –
Save Your Soul w/ DJs Rob Macy & Baby Alcatraz @ Lithuanian
Hall in Baltimore
Roscoe Tripp, Public Figures, Alex Alavi & the Funky
Breakfast 9 to 11:30 @ Slash Run (rock)
Teatro de La Luna’s Three Kings Day celebration 4 to 7 pm @
Adams Morgan Community Center
TOB, New Impressionz
DSB Twerk Fest 2023 @ Hangars
TCB @ Aqua
Backyard Band @ 12 midnight @
Restaurant 55
Buffalo Nichols free 6 to 7 @ Kennedy Center Millennium
Stage (blues)
Khi Lo & Noochie @ Songbyrd (rap)
dj Gilbert Tororossian @ Green Zone (Arabic/Armenian)
Ricky Skaggs & Kentucky Thunder @ Birchmere
Gasolina reggaeton dj party @ 930 Club
Something for the District w/ J. Addo, Cheakaity, Ahmed
Kazmi, Yaj @ Union Stage
Alfredo Mojica Group @ Bossa (salsa)
Brothers 7 Band @
Lamonts in Pomonkey/Indian Head, MD (soul)
Peace Band @ Twist
Lounge (Ethiopian music Fri. through Saturday)
Roots Band @ Makeda
Restaurant, Van Dorn St., Alexandria (Ethiopian)
Live Ethiopian
music @ Shalla
Junkyard Band @
Nipseys (go-go)
Blacks’ Myths’ @
Small Wooden Box , 1302 Otis Pl NW (jazz w/ Luke Stewart, Trae Crudup III)
Chante Moore @
Howard Theatre
The Kennedys @
Jammin Java (folk-rock-pop)
Rare Essence @ Fast
Eddies
*DJ Soul Call Paul @ 10 pm @ Showtime
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Saturday January 7-
Backyard Band and Mab 2.0 @ 5 Sisters Lounge in Laurel
Rare Essence & Suttle @ Aqua (Rare Essence PA Tape
release celebration gig)
TCB & TOB @ Martini’s
Capital Offender, Apollo 66, Grey Swift @ 8 @ Americqn
Legion Post 41 , Cissel-Saxon (garage punk)
Joel Ross @ NYU DC
Stuck on Salsa Jam @ Eaton
Tropical Beat djs w/ dj/percussionist Ty Hussell @ The Green
Zone
DJ Kenny M @ Dew Drop Inn
Ricky Skaggs & Kentucky Thunder @ Birchmere
Kris Kuldkepp, Heather Stebbins, Thomas Zamroz @ Rhizome
(electronic experimental)
Chuck Prophet trio @ Union Stage
Tumbao @ 10 @ Bossa (DC Latin dance band)
Peace Band @ Twist
Lounge (Ethiopian music Fri. through Saturday)
Roots Band @ Makeda
Restaurant, Van Dorn St., Alexandria (Ethiopian)
Live Ethiopian
music @ Shalla
Junkyard Band and CMB @ Chateau Remix
Pockets, Heatloaf, Glosser @ Quarry
House Tavern
Chante Moore @ Howard Theatre
King Soul @ VFW Post 350 Hells Bottom
*Haitian Independence Bash @ Mix Bar
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Sunday January 8-
TOB @ Union District Oyster
Backyard Band @ Society Lounge *5 Sisters Lounge
This is Serbia free 6 to 7 @ Kennedy Center Millennium Stage
Judy Collins @ Birchmere (folk)
C robo, Attorneys General, nil @ Rhizome (improv
experimental, remixing)
Diary of an r’n’b songwriter and producer Rodney Darkchild Jerkins
@ 12 noon @ Songbyrd
Chuck Prophet trio @ 1 pm @ Rams
Head Annapolis
Chuck Prophet trio @ 7 @ Jammin Java
FutureBandDC &
Mosche @ Bossa (jazz & r’n’b)
Roots Band @ Makeda Restaurant, Van
Dorn St., Alexandria (Ethiopian)
Live Ethiopian
music @ Shalla
Afrobeats &
Amapiano dj party @ 10 @ St. Ex (every Sunday)
*Sirius Company @ 2 pm @ Legends plaza @ Fed Ex Stadium before Commanders game (go-go)
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Monday January 9
Midnight Blue band w/ trumpeter Curtis Pope & singer
Juanita Williams doing soul & blues 6 to 9 @ Westminster Church SW Blues
Monday
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Tuesday January 10
Blacc Print Experience @ Martini’s
in White Plains (go-go)
Thad Wilson Jazz
Orchestra @ Blues Alley
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Wednesday January 11
Teach Me How to Dabke w/ dj Jinan @ Green Zone
Brigette Johnson (from Shadz of Soul) @ Wine Down Wednesdays
@ Eloquent Touch Ballroom In Suitland
Meridian Brothers (Colombian tropical & psych) w/ Clear
Channel & Static Spray @ Songbyrd
New Impressionz @ Babylon Falls Church (go-go)
Ari Voxx @ DC 9 (DC r’n’b pop )
Vonda Shepard @ Rams Head Annapolis
Halpine, Jetfuel
Soda, Dead Love Triangle @ Quarry House Tavern
Inside Voices @ Pie
Shop (DC rock)
*Sirius Company & D Floyd's Push Play 6:30 to 11 @ Privilege
*Brent Birckhead (sax), w/ guests Akua Allrich (vocalist), & bass, paino, drums @ Keysstone Korner
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Thursday January 12-
Music of the Silk Road w/ Nargiz Aliyarova (NY based pianist
professor) free 6 to 7 @ Kennedy Center Millennium Stage
Afrobeats dj Jamstar @ Spectrum Lounge
Danube Sessions w/ Orchester Prazevica live @ Green Zone
Ogni Suono, Ligament, Bad Groupy @ Rhizome (experimental)
What Band @ Martini’s
The Green Show Band 8 to 11 pm @ Mr Braxton’s (Local r’n’b
& rap)
Live Ethiopian music @ Shalla Restaurant in Silver Spring
(through Sunday)
Afrobeats Thursdays @ Spectrum Lounge in Beltsville
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)
Last Train Home @ Rams Head Annapolis (alt folk-rock)
Cheick Hamala Diabate & Griot Street Band @ Bossa (DC
-based Malian)
Baltimore Music On Film- Short Film Screenings and Panel
Discussion w/ Dan Deacon, Lydia Woolever and Abdu Ali @ 6:30 pm @ Creative Alliance
Flack @ VFW Post
350
*Sirius Company @ Union District Oyster (go-go)
*Muevelo @ 7 pm on @ Wild Days bar @ Eaton (salsa, bachata, Latinx dj dance party)
*Dj Blessings, DJ Dola, DJ Bimshire w/ Caribbean sounds @ Focus
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Friday January 13-
DC Vybe , Sugar Bear, Kim & Scooby, NEG after Wizards vs
Knicks game @ Capital One Arena (go-go)
Maldy @ Palace (reggaeton pop)
La Factoria & Makano @
Cococabana
Dj Remi Hassoun @ Green Zone (Arabic)
Editrix, Sensor Ghost, Drawn(w/ Nenet, Nate Scheible, Layne
Garrett) @ Rhizome (avante-rock, post-punk, funk-punk)
Soul Glo, Wifigawd, Doubt, dj Syd @ Songbyrd (soul-punk, rap)
Bed Maker, Blood Family Reunion, Pearie Sol @ DC 9 (punk)
Alfredo Mojica Group @ Bossa (salsa)
Brothers 7 Band @ Lamonts in Pomonkey/Indian Head, MD (soul)
Peace Band @ Twist Lounge (Ethiopian music Fri. through
Saturday)
Roots Band @ Makeda Restaurant, Van Dorn St., Alexandria
(Ethiopian)
Live Ethiopian music @ Shalla
Junkyard Band @ Nipseys (go-go)
La Marvela @ 7:30 @ Bossa (DC-based Colombian female group)
The Set – r’n’b experience djs @
Howard Theatre
Junior Marvin & the Legendary Wailers @ Hamilton Live
(reggae)
Chubb Rock, Kwamé, Monie Love, Nice & Smooth @ Bethesda
Blues (old-school rap)
Tito Puente Jr @ Blues Alley
Jeanines, Gauche, Smashing Times. 10PM @ Holy Frijoles
Baltimore (punk-pop, twee pop)
Backyard Band @ 12 midnight @ Restaurant 55
*Ricardo Marlow @ Lima Twist (flamenco guitarist)
*Lynne Hanson & Woody Lissauer @ Cellar Stage @ Timonium United Methodist Church (Americana)
* MLK Shabbat: Visions of Freedom and Justice service w/ Turner Memorial AME Church, which worshipped in Sixth & I’s building for five decades, commemorates the spirit and work of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and Rabbi Abraham Joshua Heschel. The service will feature soul-lifting music from Turner Memorial’s praise team and the Sixth & I musicians, plus words of inspiration from Rabbi Aaron and Reverend Doctor D.K. Kearney. @ 7 @ 6th & I
*Ninth Realm @ the Runaway (Md metal )
*Kolectivo Sierreno & 2 other bands @ Mexico Lindo (banda )
*DJ Kristy La Rat & more @ Jazz What, 500 8th St SE
*Rare Essence & EU @ Fast Eddie's
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Saturday January 14-
La Factoria & Makano @ Club One
Dantes Cardosa "Ricky Ricon" de la Charanga
Habanera @ 10 pm @ 20921 Davenport Drive
Sterling, Virginia
Larry & Joe @ Joe’s Movement Emporium (Venezuelan music and
Carolina bluegrass meld)
Ty Hussell & Rob global vinyl djs & live percussion @ Green Zone
Last Train Home @ Birchmere (Americana/chamber pop)
Vanessa Collier @ Miracle Theatre (blues sax and vocals)
Ekko Astral, Cuni, Pretty Bitter @ Songbyrd
Tumbao @ 10 @ Bossa
(DC Latin dance band)
Peace Band @ Twist Lounge (Ethiopian music Fri. through
Saturday)
Roots Band @ Makeda Restaurant, Van Dorn St., Alexandria
(Ethiopian)
Live Ethiopian music @ Shalla
Ramen Legion , Followship, Fake Bodies @ Pie Shop (punk)
Gauche, Jeanines, Smashing Time @ Quarry House Tavern ( punk-pop
& twee pop)
Reggae Fest dj @ Howard Theatre
*Soca for breakfast 11 am to 5 w/ Djs Sprang International, Superslice, Hazzard, Curry, Shainight @ Society Lounge
*TCB, TOB, New Impressionz, ABM @ Power
*Ram Jam w/ DJs Precious, G-Nice, Breezy w/ reggae, soca, afrobeats @ Crossroads II (Islands Cafe), 11300 Fern St., Wheaton
*MLK celebration w/ Bowie State University Chorale 2 to 5 pm @ Southern Area Aquatics & Recreation Complex , Brandywine, MD
*Honey Larks (blues singers Carly Harvey, Jenny Langer, Holly Montgomery) @ Creative Cauldron
*Ray Apollo Allen @ 4 @ JVs (soul) *Robbin Kapsalis & Vintage #18 @ 8:30 @ JVs (blues & soul)
*Northeast Groovers @ 5 Sisters Lounge
*Rare Essence & Suttle @ Aqua
*Vanessa Collier @ Miracle Theatre (Americana/blues-funk)
* Don't Mute DC panels @ Anacostia Arts Center- 2pm- Love & Order w/ Ron Moten, DC Police Chief, Deputy Mayor of Public Safety, Deputy Dir of Recreation, Clarence Williams W. Post reporter is moderator ; 3 to 3:25 -Experience Band & Show; 3:30 to 4:30- Elevating Healing Music & Fading Out Killing Music panel w/ Frank Sirius, Jru Anthony, Ron Moten, Byrd of Made in the DMV, Track Star Kelly, Billy Harrison ; 6 to 6:40-Experience Band and show
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Sunday January 15
Stop the Violence Jam w/ TCB, TOB, Reaction, New
Impressionz, Ambition Band 3 to 9 @
Bliss
TCB & P3 Le Pearl
Reunion show @ 10 @ Restaurant 55 in Hyattsville
Hula Monsters @ Hank Dietle’s
Rare Essence & Black Alley @ Hamilton Live
Magic City Hippies @ 930 Club (Florida indie-pop)
Wallis Bird @ Rams Head Annapolis
Afrobeats, amapiano, soca, dancehall dj 6 to 11 @ Gazuza
Lounge
Roots Band @ Makeda Restaurant, Van Dorn St., Alexandria
(Ethiopian)
Live Ethiopian music @ Shalla
Afrobeats & Amapiano dj party @ 10 @ St. Ex (every Sunday)
*Junkyard Band, Sirius Company, DC Vybe, Obsession at a ballroom @ MGM
*"Hitters-A FBPG & Peace & happiness Party w/ Rocknrolla Slim, Drew Keys, Prezy, Autumn Labella, G Salih, Blaxkro 8 pm @ Pie Shop
*Old Skool party w/ djs Quick Silva, Ricky Platinum, Rennastone w/ rap, r'n'b, dancehall, reggae, calypso, soca 4 to 10 @ Gee's Lounge
*Backyard Band @ Society Lounge
*Church Clothes, CDR, Chill Parents @ the Runaway (rock)
*Spotlight Band @ Lamont's
*Soca on Sunday w/ Djs Majestic & Slice 5 to 10 pm @11300 Fern St in Wheaton
*Max Rosado & the 7th st salsa band @ Cancun Cantina in Hanover, MD
*Peace Band @ Twist Lounge (Ethiopian music)
*Bunky Jr v Sac Banga dance contest @ mlk unity Baltimore scene event @1 pm @ the Black Mall, 6 E Lafayette Ave
*Black Techno Matters Liber8 DC w/ djs kayy drizz, kotic kouture, mothersheister, dee clark, king molasses @ 10 pm @ (contact Black Techno Matters)
* Int. Stephen love tour soca 6 to 11 @ Air
*The Hated, Max Ochs, The Deadwood Divine, & more * @ Earligh Hts Fire Hall, 161 Ritchie Highw., Severna Park, MD (punk)
*Dj Oscar B.A. w/ kizomba, afrobeats, konpa, latin, carib., old school @ Mix Bar
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Monday January 16
Let Freedom Ring! MLK tribute w/ Leslie Odom Jr., Let Freedom Ring Choir led
by Nolan Williams Jr free 6 to 7 @ Kennedy Center Millennium Stage
Christie Dashiell quartet tribute to MLK @ Blues Alley (jazz
vocals)
Wallis Bird @ Jammin Java
*MLK parade and peace walk , 1920 MLK Ave SE or 2730 MLK Ave 11:30 am
*Kalkidan & Ethioman @ V Lounge (Ethiopian) (tentative/ call to confirm)
*Danny Blew & the blues crew 6 to 9 @ Westminster Church SW
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Tuesday January 17
Rhett Miller @ Union Stage
Blacc Print Experience @ Martini’s in White Plains (go-go)
Thad Wilson Jazz Orchestra tribute
to vocalists Sarah Vaughan and Billy Eckstine @ Blues Alley
Bad Groupy, .Nil,
Watt Micks Duo. 8PM, @ The Crown Baltimore
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Wednesday January 18
Fort Knox Five free 6 to 7 @ Kennedy Center Millennium Stage
(break beats n more)
Glen Phillips (of Toad the Wet Sprocket) @ Union Stage
New Impressionz @ Babylon Falls Church (go-go)
Ari Voxx @ DC 9 (DC r’n’b pop )
Strange Ranger @ Quarry House Tavern (NY experimental indie
pop)
*Sirius Company, Push Play 7 to 12 @ Privilege (go-go)
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Thursday January 19
Stacy Brooks for free 8 to 11 @ Mr. Braxton’s (blues)
Soul Selecta w/ DJ Kenny M vinyl @ Green Zone
Afrobeats dj Jamstar @ Spectrum Lounge
What Band @ Martini’s (go-go)
The Green Show Band 8 to 11 pm @ Mr Braxton’s (Local r’n’b
& rap)
Live Ethiopian music @ Shalla Restaurant in Silver Spring
(through Sunday)
Afrobeats Thursdays @ Spectrum Lounge in Beltsville
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)
Del McCoury Band @ Barns of Wolf
Trap (through the 21st)
Pablo’s Brazilian Pagode night @ Bossa
Innerlove + Violet Evergreen + Phantomwise @ Quarry House Tavern (NYC indie)
Cecily @ Blues Alley (r’n’b folk vocals )
Going Going Gone @ VFW Post 350 Hells Bottom
*Sirius Company @ Union District Oyster (go-go)
*Pile 'o' Rocks @ JVs
*One Step Closer @ DC 9 (pop-punk-melodic hardcore)
*TCB, TOB @ Power (bouncebeat go-go)
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Friday January 20
Tex Rubinowitz & the Bad Boys reunion @ the Birchmere (rockabilly)
Liberated Muse; Zora Past the Sun ((Zora Neale Hurston
tribute) free 6 to 7 @ Kennedy Center
Millennium Stage
DJ Basbousa @ Green Zone (Arabic)
Dream Feeder and LMB @ Rhizome (DC improv jazz groups)
Lady Wray and Brainstory @ Black Cat (r’n’b)
MorMor & Arima Ederra @ Union Stage (synth pop/
experimental indie)
Kississippi, High Noon, the House you Grew Up in @ Songbyrd
(pop-punk , indie)
Alfredo Mojica Group @ Bossa (salsa)
Brothers 7 Band @ Lamonts in Pomonkey/Indian Head, MD (soul)
Peace Band @ Twist Lounge (Ethiopian music Fri. through
Saturday)
Roots Band @ Makeda Restaurant, Van Dorn St., Alexandria
(Ethiopian)
Live Ethiopian music @ Shalla
Junkyard Band @ Nipseys (go-go)
Junior H @ Fillmore (Mexican meets rap)
Del McCoury Band @ Barns of Wolf Trap
Junie Henderson All Star Purple Party tribute to Prince @
Hamilton Live
Iranian Film Fest starts @ Freer Sackler Asian Art Museum
Backyard Band @ 12 midnight @ Restaurant 55
*Tony Mix @ Mix Bar (Haitian)
*Rare Essence & Rock Steady Project @ Fast Eddie's
*Sirius Company @ Air
No Standing Room dj party w/ Native Sun, DJ Pae Me, Tim Fields, 1981 Tokyo @ Studio 52, 1508 Okie St NE (electro)
*Jeff Burnett & Cameron Luchie & Felix Contreras band 7 to 10 @ El Golfo
*James Armstrong @ Madam's Organ (blues)
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Saturday January 21
DJ Johnson Lee from Joe’s Record Paradise w/ vinyl @ Green Zone
Lunar New Year celebration w/ traditional lion dance 12 to 4
pm @ Freer Sackler Asian Art Museum
Lunar New Year celebration w/ Korean U- Hee Company U-Hee Nori free 6 to 7 @ Kennedy Center
Millennium Stage
Free improv blowout w/ 4 groups @ Rhizome
The Goons, HR Band, FU’s @ Black Cat (punk)
Laylit collective Arab pop electro dance party
(electro-shaabi, dabke, mahraganat, rap) @ Union Stage
Oxymorrons – melanated punk tour w/ The OGBMs , Breezy Supreme
@ 7 to 11 @ Songbyrd
Sutra Collective Lunar New Year party @ 11 pm @ Songbyrd
Tumbao @ 10 @ Bossa
(DC Latin dance band)
Peace Band @ Twist Lounge (Ethiopian music Fri. through
Saturday)
Roots Band @ Makeda Restaurant, Van Dorn St., Alexandria
(Ethiopian)
Live Ethiopian music @ Shalla
Del McCoury Band @ Barns of Wolf Trap
The Afterglows, Cecil & Delilah @ Comet Ping Pong
Backyard Band @ Howard Theatre (go-go)
K-Pop Dance Party w/ K-Pop Dance Club Le Velvet. 8PM, @
Ottobar
*All Black International Dance Night w/ Leroy "wtkandance" Tysummoe @ Gisele's Creole Cuisine
*Rose Moraes- "Jobim & Beyond" @ Creative Cauldron
*Feeble Little Horse @ The Runaway
*Junkyard Band & Godfather & Friends 8 to 12 mdt @ VFW Post 8950, Lanham, MD
*Hardway Connection @ Lamont's (southern soul)
La Manplesa film screening 2 to 4 @ Mt Pleasant Library
*Sirius Company @ Baby Wale , 1124 9th St NW
*TOB, Reaction @ Martini's in Ft Washington
Tiny vinyl record sale @ mini Market @ the Bank 1 to 4 pm @ 6950 Carroll Ave., Takoma Park, MD
*Lunar New Year 12 to 4 pm in Old Town Alexandria Atrium Bldg
*Washington Samulnori Korean barrel drums and gongs percussion 1 to 3 @ National Gallery of Art
*Rare Essence & Suttle @ Aqua
What Band @ Nipseys
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Sunday January 22
The Lunar New Year with the drummers of Washington Samulnori
(Korean percussion troupe) @ 1 & 3 pm @ National Gallery Of Art
El Mimoso Luis Antonio Lopez @ 90 Degrees in Manassas
"Black Music Excellence Through the Ages" with
Richelle Claiborne @ 2 pm @ Alden
Theatre
TCB @ Hard Rock Café
Nick Hakim, June Mcdoom, Wifigawd @ Union Stage
Glenn Jones w/ Alyson Williams @ Birchmere (neo-soul)
Future & friends @ Capital One Arena (Atlanta rap star)
*TCB @Future after party @ Hard Rock Cafe
Roots Band @ Makeda Restaurant, Van Dorn St., Alexandria
(Ethiopian)
Live Ethiopian music @ Shalla
Afrobeats & Amapiano dj party @ 10 @ St. Ex (every
Sunday)
Ania Hoo @ Pie Shop (New Jersey pop r’n’b singer)
Elin sings Elis Regina @ Blues Alley (Brazilian music)
Baltimore Record Bazaar. 11AM, $FREE @ Peabody Heights
Brewery
*Raymi @ 2 pm @ Creative Cauldron (Peruvian/Bolivian Andean)
*Quintango @ 7 @ Creative Cauldron
*Rise Band @ Lamont's
*DC Lunar New Year parade @ 2 pm from 6th & Eye to 6th & H NW
*Vietnamese Tet New Year @ 12 noon @ Eden Center
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Monday January 23
*Shirleta Settles & friends 6 to 9 @ Westminster (soul & blues)
*DC Legendary Musicians meeting @5 Thurgood Marshall Center
*DC Damages, Betty Grey, Abominog, Nuclear Deathcount @ 7 @ Public option (metal & punk)
* CBGBDC w/ ChargedCam36 @ The Passenger (old punk covers & more)
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Tuesday January 24
Cass McCombs & Band Kolumbo @ 930 Club
BabyTron, Shittyboyz, DaBoii @ Union Stage (sold out) (rap)
Shaolin Jazz – Can I Kick it? w/ DJ 2-tone Jones @ Songbyrd
Blacc Print Experience @ Martini’s in White Plains (go-go)
Thad Wilson Jazz Orchestra tribute to Horace Silver and Duke
Ellington @ Blues Alley
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Wednesday January 25
Calvin Arsenia @ Songbyrd (singer-harpist)
New Impressionz @ Babylon Falls Church (go-go)
Ari Voxx @ DC 9 (DC r’n’b pop )
Truth Club, Emotional World, Powerwasher @ Quarry House
Tavern
*Pulses @ Jammin Java (post-hardcore math rock)
*Crank & Flo w/ Shorty Corleone & Marcus Johnson 6 to 10 @ Takoma Station (jazz & go-go)
*Sirius Company @ Privilege (go-go)
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Thursday January 26
Mazboota w/ dj Fady D @ Green Zone (alternative Arabic
electro)
Afrobeats dj Jamstar @ Spectrum Lounge
Juan Diego Florez @ Kennedy Center Eisenhower Theater
Jerry Lee Lewis tribute w/ Jason D Williams @ Birchmere
Wellboy @ Union Stage (Ukrainian singer/songwriter)
What Band @ Martini’s
The Green Show Band 8 to 11 pm @ Mr Braxton’s (Local r’n’b
& rap)
Live Ethiopian music @ Shalla Restaurant in Silver Spring
(through Sunday)
Afrobeats Thursdays @ Spectrum Lounge in Beltsville
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)
*Sirius Company @ Union District Oyster (go-go)
*Carter Barron Alliance presents a Carter Barron Memorabilia 'Show and Tell' (Virtual zoom) 5 to 6 pm
*Feedel Band @ Bossa (Ethiopian)
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Friday January 27
Dj Bassam Haddad @
Green Zone (Arabic)
Nathan & the Zydeco Cha-chas @ Cheverly American Legion
Post 108
Raheem Devaughn @ Birchmere
Mac Saturn @ Songbyrd (rock)
Alfredo Mojica Group @ Bossa (salsa)
Brothers 7 Band @ Lamonts in Pomonkey/Indian Head, MD (soul)
Peace Band @ Twist Lounge (Ethiopian music Fri. through
Saturday)
Roots Band @ Makeda Restaurant, Van Dorn St., Alexandria
(Ethiopian)
Live Ethiopian music @ Shalla
Junkyard Band @ Nipseys (go-go)
Ne-yo @ Kennedy Center (r’n’b)
Karl Straub Combo @ VFW Post 350 Hells Bottom
Backyard Band @ 12 midnight @ Restaurant 55
*Sirius Company @ Air
*Rap showcase @ 7 @ Hip hop shop, 1919 18th St NW
*Rare Essence & Mature Clientele Band @ Fast Eddie's
*TCB @ Aqua
*New Impressionz, ABM, XIB @ Hangars
* Gregory Uribe @ 7:30 @ Bossa early show( Colombian cumbia accordionist)
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Saturday January 28
Nectar w/ djs Vishal & Dhakfu @ Green Zone (global beat)
Tarsha Fitzgerald presents Earth, Wind, Fire Tribute @
Birchmere
Rootless, Seawind of Battery, Tarotplane @ Rhizome (guitar
experimental & more)
Joy Again and Flowers for the Dead @ Songbyrd (rock)
Tumbao @ 10 @ Bossa
(DC Latin dance band)
Peace Band @ Twist Lounge (Ethiopian music Fri. through
Saturday)
Roots Band @ Makeda Restaurant, Van Dorn St., Alexandria
(Ethiopian)
Live Ethiopian music @ Shalla
Ne-yo @ Kennedy Center (r’n’b) (sold out)
Marc Cary @ Takoma Station (jazz w/ dc go-go roots)
The Delarcos, Dot Dash, Ain't No Mountain High Enough @
Quarry House Tavern (indie guitar pop)
Rick James’ Stone City Band @ Bethesda Blues
Wanted Man W/ Kinda Evil, North By North, Flowerbomb @ Pie
Shop (rock)
Hula Monsters @ VFW Post 350 Hells Bottom
Ubangis and Marshall Keith with Monsters from the Surf @ 9 @
Hank Dietle’s (garage rock and surf)
*New Impressionz @ 5 Sisters Lounge
*Rockville Lunar New Year 10am to 1 pm @ Wootton High
*Sirius Company @ Shark Bar (go-go)
*Rare Essence & Suttle @ Aqua (go-go)
*Backyard Band @ Martini's (go-go)
*TCB, TOB, Reaction, XIB, ABM @ Fast Eddie's
*Junkyard Band @ Hangars (free until 12 mdt.)
*New Impressionz, RealLive Band @ 5 Sisters Lounge
*Asian Art Museum Lunar New Year celebration w/ lion & dragon dance 12 noon to 5 @ DAR free
* Lunar New Year celebration @ Smithsonian American Art Museum 11:30 am to 3 pm
*Lunar New Year Celebration 1 to 3 w/ lots of music & dance presented by Asian Chamber of Commerce @ Tysons Corner Mall Fashion Court lower level Nordstrom's Wing
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Sunday January 29
Larry and Joe @ Creative Alliance (Venezuela meets North
Carolina string sounds)
Roots Band @ Makeda Restaurant, Van Dorn St., Alexandria
(Ethiopian)
Live Ethiopian music @ Shalla
Afrobeats & Amapiano dj party @ 10 @ St. Ex (every
Sunday)
Soroche & Kickoman @ Pie Shop (cumbia-punk-ska)
Thee Sacred Souls. 7PM @ Soundstage Batimore (retro soul)
Pile o’ Rocks @ 6 @ Hank Dietle’s (Rockpile and pub rock
covers )
*Anthony Pirog & Janel Leppin @ 7:30 @ Creative Cauldron
*Stone Pleasure Band @ Lamont's
*Mayor Bowser & Shirleta Settles conversation & music backstage @ the Sanctuary /Palisades Hub Cap Centre (free on eventbrite)
*Crate Convention hiphop @ Anacostia Art Center
*Backyard Band @ Society Lounge (go-go)
*Architecture & Design Film Fest presents 10 am–noon, Go-Go Brunch w/ TOB Band & Show and Photography Showcase featuring DC photographer Dee Dwyer; 12:15–1:50 pm, "Barry Farm: Community, Land and Justice in Washington DC" film doc & panel @ Nat. Building Museum ($25 students to $50 public)
* 4th Stream @ Bossa (jazz & South Asian sounds w/ Sriram Gopal on drums, Rob Coltun guitar plus Bobby Muncy sax, Jon Steele bass)
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Monday January 30
A John Waters Christmas in January @ Birchmere
Taisha Estrada and Attic sessions @ Blues Alley (neo-soul
& jazz vocals)
*Memphis Gold & the Scrap Iron Band 6 to 9 @ Westminster Church SW (blues)
* Ceremonial Abyss , Bushmeat Sound , Praxis Cat @ Rhizome (experimental music)
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Tuesday January 31
Dry Cleaning, Spirit of the Beehive, Nourished by Time @
Howard Theatre (post-punk)
Suki Waterhouse , Blondshell @ Black Cat (sold out)
Blacc Print Experience @ Martini’s in White Plains (go-go)
Thad Wilson Jazz Orchestra @ Blues Alley
*TOB, TCB, XIB, Reaction @ Club One
* The Cradle (NYC), Staffers, Hedge Rider, Benthic Zone @ Rhizome
*First Lady of Song: Ella Fitzgerald sung by Ayo and Rochelle Rice runs Jan. 31 to Feb. 5 at Signature Theatre
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Wed. Feb. 1
Ari Voxx @ DC 9 (DC r’n’b pop )
Amy K Bormet @ DC Arts of Washington (jazz)
*New Impressionz @ Babylon Falls Church
*Sirius Company @ Privilege
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Thurs. Feb. 2 -
Bedridden W/ Plastic, Polarview, Lithobrake at pie
shop (rock)
*Sirius Company @ Union Oyster
*Afrobeats dj Jamstar @ Spectrum Lounge in Beltsville
What Band @ Martini’s
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
Local Latin jazz @ Simple Bar
Asmae @ Cloud Lounge in Arlington (locally based Arabic/Middle Eastern)
*TCB @ Power (bouncebeat go-go)
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Fri. Feb. 3-Sister Nancy @ Union Stage (old-school dancehall reggae )
Munit Mesfin sings
Roberta Flack @ 7:30 @ Creative Cauldron
Northeast Groovers and What Band @ Fillmore (go-go)
Rick Ross and Ja Rule after Washington Wizards basketball
game @ Capital One Arena (rap)
*New Impressionz , ABM, XIB @ Hangars
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More lists-- Capital Bop has jazz; Mary Cliff has folk;
Fools Night Out has roots music; tickeri has touring Latinx bands in club, 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, DC is Caribbean has DJ events
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