DC/Baltimore /DMV Global Music and More – February 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 & 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.
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Some Highlights from Below Full February 2023 Calendar
Sister Nancy & Nappy Nappa @ Union Stage (Sister Nancy is old-school dancehall reggae) (Nappy Nappa is rap)
Munit Mesfin sings Roberta Flack @ 7:30 @ Creative Cauldron
Northeast Groovers and What Band @ Fillmore (go-go) (2 bands w/ same singer)
Sat. Feb. 4-
Voices of Mississippi with Bobby Rush (soul & blues) , funky blues Fife drummer Sharde Thomas , Luther & Cody Dickinson, Bill Ferris movies @ 8 @ Strathmore (highly recommend)
Sat. Feb. 11-
We are Fugazi from Washington DC film doc @ AFI Silver (sold Out) (more showings on 15, 18th, & 23)
Fri. February 24-
Capital City Fest with Southern soul and Blues w/ Calvin Richardson, Pokey Bear, King George, Tucka @ DAR Const. Hall (recommended)
Afro-Cuban Allstars @ Strathmore
Junior Boys @ Black Cat ( clever electro-pop)
*Sun. Feb. 26- Blues and soul afternoon w/Hog farmer/musician Jeffrey Scott, nephew of John Jackson @ noon to 12:45; Gail Ceasar at 1:15 pm to 2pm; Dedicated Men of Zion sacred soul 2:30 to 3:15 at National Gallery of Art
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Wed. Feb. 1 – Amy K Bormet @ DC Arts of Washington
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Thurs. Feb. 2 –
Music without borders with the Azul Band @ Green Zone
Bedridden W/ Plastic, Polarview, Lithobrake at pie shop (rock)
(Lithobrake includes Baltimore’s Al Shipley & has new music out)
Giant Panda Guerilla Dub Squad for Bob Marley’s birthday @
Pearl St Warehouse
Verny Varela @ Bossa (Colombia)
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 dj Jamstar @ 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)
Ethnic Heritage Ensembe @ An Die Musik
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Fri. Feb. 3-
Sister Nancy & Nappy Nappa @ Union Stage (Sister Nancy is old-school dancehall
reggae) (Nappy Nappa is rap)
Munit Mesfin sings
Roberta Flack @ 7:30 @ Creative Cauldron
Northeast Groovers and What Band @ Fillmore (go-go) (2 bands w/ same singer)
Los Terricolas , Los Angeles Negros @ The Palace
Rick Ross and Ja Rule after Washington Wizards basketball
game @ Capital One Arena (rap)
Brothers 7 Band w/ guest singer Toni Love (from Hardway
Connection) @ Lamont’s
DJ Gilbert Torossian @ Green Zone (Arabic
& Armenian)
Dumi Right: A Hip Hop Odyssey 6 to 7
@ Kennedy Center Millennium Stage
DJ Baby Alacatraz & DJ Rob Macy @ Save Your Soul @
Lithuanian Hall
Caliente Friday w/ DJ Khalid, DJ Stephen Greene, Mimi Ton,
Bachata Mor @ 618 Cocktail Bar H St NW
We Fought Big One party w/ Insect Factory & DJ John
Howard @ Marx Café
Swing dance w/ Rock-a-Sonics @ Colvin Run Dance Hall
Hold Steady @ Black Cat (sold out)
Sirius Company @ Air (go-go)
TCB @ Aqua
Rare Essence & All-Star Blend Band @ Fast Eddie's
Backyard Band @ 11:30
pm @ Restaurant 55 in Hyattsville
New Impressionz , ABM, XIB @ Hangars
Jo-go Project @ Keystone Korner
Alfredo Mojica Group @ Bossa (salsa)
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)
Bob Marley Birthday Bash featuring
I&I Riddim @ Bethesda Blues
MJ Lenderman &
Florry @ DC 9 (alt-country indie) (sold Out)
Greg Lamont 6 to 9
jazz organists tribute gig @ Westminster Church SW
Les the DJ @ Eaton
Hotel Allegory Room
DJ oowwee @ Eaton
Wild Days
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Sat. Feb. 4-
Voices of Mississippi with Bobby Rush (soul & blues) , funky
blues Fife drummer Sharde Thomas , Luther & Cody Dickinson, Bill Ferris
movies @ 8 @ Strathmore (highly
recommend)
Daryl Davis Piedmont blues talk @ 6:30 @ Strathmore small
room
Jumpin’ Jupiter @ 4 @ JVs
Proper Utensils and Rock Steady Project @ Hard Rock Café
(go-go)
Tropical Beat w/ Leon City Sounds djs & percussionist
/dj Ty Hussell @ Green Zone
TCB , New Impressionz (2 sets each) @ Power
Rare Essence & Da One Band @ Aqua
What Band w/ Killa Cal @ 5 Sisters Lounge
Smashing Times (balt. Psych twee), Violent Isles (Alexandria
garage dance rock), Lindsay Collette (riot grrl-esque), Killing Frost
(industrial punk) @ The Runaway
Ray Apollo Allen Band @ Lamont’s (soul)
Longtimers & Little Red & the Renegades @ Palisades
Hub Cap Centre
Verraneaou @ Creative
Cauldron (global jazzy sounds)
Bangladesh event @ 5 pm @ Freedom High School in Woodbridge
Movimiento @ Chilcano’s
Howard U Gospel Choir 6 to 7 @ Kennedy Center Millennium
Stage
Agosto’s tribute to Heroes del Silencio @ Simple Bar
Yu Su @ Flash
Jazz pianist Janelle Gill w/ band including Amadou Kouyate
on kora , Jabari Exum on djembe plus a bassist & drummer @ 8pm @ Arts Barn
in Gaithersburg
Tumbao @ 10 @ Bossa
(DC Latin dance band) & DJ Lu spins Latin hits upstairs
Peace Band @ Twist Lounge (Ethiopian music Fri. through
Saturday)
Roots Band @ Makeda Restaurant, Van Dorn St., Alexandria
(Ethiopian)
Live Ethiopian music @ Shalla
Black Sheep and Smiff n Wessun @ Bethesda Blues
Konjur Collective and Mojuba Duo @ Rhizome
Infinity Knives x Brian Ennals @ Holy Frijoles in Baltimore
(critic fave hiphop)
*Hammerjacks the Rockumentary @ 7 @ FPX Events Baltimore w/ band Stone Horses
*X-Motorcycle Couriers, Apollo 66, A.D.D. Ramone @ American Legion Post 41, Cissel- Saxon
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Sun. Feb. 5 –
Eva Cassidy tribute at 1 pm @ Rams Head Annapolis
Alash matinee @ Hill Center (Tuvan instrumentalists and throat
singers)
Gel , Big Laugh, Corvo@ Comet P Pong (punk) (sold out)
Samba School Carnival Kickoff @ 7:30 @ Bossa then Roda de
Amigos (Pagode e Samba)
Sheila’s birthday
Trinidad Carnival Send-Off
4 to 10 @ Privilege , 1115 U St NW
DC Vybe, Sirius Company , Marquis Demond @ 4 @ Penn Social
Outerloop w/ Alex Alavi, Railgun @ the Pocket
Fontana @ 6 on Third Rail Radio @ WMUC
Daryl Davis’ Thanks for the Memories tribute gig to
musicians who died in 2022 @ Birchmere
Roots Band @ Makeda Restaurant, Van Dorn St., Alexandria
(Ethiopian)
Live Ethiopian music @ Shalla
Afrobeats & Amapiano dj party @ 10 @ St. Ex (every
Sunday)
Jessica Pavone & Tristan Kasten Krause (experimental) ,
Kajwan Ziaoddini and Amir Aboutaleb (Iranina classical on tar & Santour) @
Rhizome
Bob Marley tribute @ Ottobar
Tony Denikos & Geoff Himes @ 3 @ An Die Musik
* MLK gospel and choral tribute @ 7 w/ Ralph Alan Herndon,Washington Performing Arts Gospel choirs and more @ Kennedy Center
*Afrobeats dj 6 to 11 @ Gazuza Lounge
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Monday Feb. 6
Electric Circus @ 20 discussion w/ Common, Bilal, &
Marcus J. Moore @ Kennedy Center Terrace Theatre
Kaash Paige @ Union Stage (r’n’b)
Kahil El’Zabar’s Ethnic Heritage Ensemble @ Rhizome (jazz)
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Tuesday Feb. 7 –
Sheila E & the E Train @ Howard Theatre
Alvin Ailey American Dance Theatre @ Kennedy Center (through
the 12th)
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Wed. Feb. 8
P1 Harmony @ MGM National Harbor (Kpop boy band)
Teach Me how to Dabke w/ DJ Jinan @ Green Zone
Marcus Johnson and Shorty Corleone @ Takoma Station (go-go
& polished jazz fusion melded )
New Impressionz @ Babylon Falls
Church (go-go)
Sirius Company @
Privilege
Through the African American Lens: Afrofuturism: The Origin
Story @ 7 in person & on-line from Nat. Museum of African American History
& Culture
Mol Sullivan, Brassie, Aidan Leclaire @ Quarry House Tavern
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Thurs. Feb. 9
Angel Olsen @ Baltimore Soundstage
Danube Sessions w/ Orchester Prazevica live @ Green Zone
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 dj Jamstar @ 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)
JW Francis, Moon Kissed, Dougie @ Comet Ping Pong
Timeshares, All
Away Lou, Breezy Supreme @ Quarry House Tavern
Black Label
Collective @ DC 9
Flex @ Rio Cantina
Chris Jenkins
talking about Public Enemy Fear of a Black Planet album @ Eaton Hotel Library
*Flack 7 to 9:30 @ VFW Post 350 Hells Bottom
*Touch Acoustra (w/ Rob Coltun on guitar plus rhythm section & horns) @ 9:30 @ Bossa
*TCB @ Power (bouncebeat go-go)
*Discussion of Odetta and the Smithsonian Folkways album Voices of the Civil Rights Movement: Black American Freedom Songs 1960- 1966 from 5:30 to 7 @ National Portrait Gallery
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Fri. Feb. 10-
Frank Reyes @ Cococabana
(bachata)
Erik Vincent Huey w/ Eric Ambel & Starbelly @ Pearl St
Warehouse (rockin alt-country)
DJ Remi Hassoun @ Green Zone (Arabic)
Brothers 7 Band w/ guest singer Toni Love (from Hardway Connection)
@ Lamont’s
Bacchae, BlKvapor, Big Cry Country @ Songbyrd (DC punk and
indie)
La Colombopercutiva @ Marx Café
DJ Baby Alcatraz @ Showtime
Alfredo Mojica Group @ Bossa (salsa)
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)
David Bowie Valentine night @ Pie
Shop
National Symphony
Orchestra - Stravinsky’s “The Rite of Spring/ Prokofiev’s Violin Concerto No. 2
@ Kennedy Center
Logan Richardson
sax player “Blues People” @ Kennedy Center Studio K
Ute Lemper @
Kennedy Center Eisenhower Theatre
Soroche, Elena La
Fulana, Leon City Sounds @ the Runaway
Allison Miller
presents Rivers in Our Veins with video of rivers accompanied by jazz, tap
dance & more @ Strathmore
Flex @ Club One
Grupo Recio Sa y
Conjunto Elegante de La Perla @ 90
Degrees
Cadettes de
Linares, Grupo Mojado, @ El Ranchon
Snail Mail’s
Valentine Fest @ Ottobar (sold out)(5 nights)
Outerloop @ The
Crown in Baltimore
Alash (Tuvan throat
singers & instrumentalists ) @ Creative Alliance
Chuck Brown Band @
Rams Head Annapolis
Crown Vic’s Weird
World dj @ Eaton Hotel Allegory room
DJ Pedro Night @ Eaton
Wild Days (reggaeton & more)
*"Cirque du Cambodia" film @ 7:30 @ Takoma Park Community Center
*Blacc Print Experience 7 to 10:30 @ Takoma Station (go-go)
*TCB w/ XMB @ Aqua
*Backyard Band @ 11:30 pm @ Restaurant 55
*Basquiat movie screening @ 7 @ Haiti Embassy
*More AM Than FM band @ 8 @ Brentwood, MD Arts Exchange
*Rare Essence & EU @ Fast Eddie's
*Hessle Audio @ 618 Cocktail (British techno)
*New Impressionz, Reloaded band @ Hangars
*Amy Domingues & Eve Miller 12:30 to 1:45 @ Georgetown U McNeir Hall New North Bldg
*Noche de Toxicos @ 500 8th St SE
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Sat. Feb. 11-
We are Fugazi from Washington DC doc @ AFI Silver (sold Out) (more showings on 15, 18th, & 23)
Jodeci @ National Harbor (r’n’b)
Frank Reyes @ Club One (bachata)
DJ Crown Vic’s Weird World vinyl @ Green Zone
Cinema Hearts, Well Wisher, Big Cry Country @ the Runaway
(punk-pop & indie rock)
Stone Pleasure Band & Voices 24/7 Band @ Lamont’s
DJ Outlier.mp3 from 8:30 on @ El Techo
Tumbao @ 10 @ Bossa
(DC Latin dance band)
Haileye Tadesse and Peace Band @ Twist Lounge (Ethiopian music Fri. through
Saturday)
Roots Band @ Makeda Restaurant, Van Dorn St., Alexandria
(Ethiopian)
Live Ethiopian music @ Shalla
David Bowie Valentine night @ Pie Shop
Music in Me Foundation International presents “Fela Acoustic”
(?) free 6 to 7 @ Kennedy Center Millennium Stage
The Set r’n’b djs @ The Howard Theatre
Elvis Martinez El Jefe @ VIP Room in Baltimore
Valentine’s Party w/ Nilo y su Grupo, Recordando a Los
Iracundos, La Sonora Dinamita @ El Pueblito in Baltimore
Orquesta San Vicente de Tito Flore @ Omega Bar in Hyattsville
South African amapiano records party 3 to 9 @ Eaton Wild
Days
Dj John Murph @ ( @ Eaton Allegory
*Jimi Smooth & Hit-time @ JVs
*Frederick Douglass birthday celebration w/ Jubilee Voices of Washington Revels, DC Strings and student oratory winners @ Capital Turnaround
*TCB late late @ Hangars
*Proper Utensils, Still Familiar 9 to 2 am @ Chateau Remix
*Backyard Band, M.O.B., Bam 640 from 3 to 8 @ Babylon Futbol Cafe Falls Church
*Junkyard Band @ Best Western in Manassas
*Rare Essence, Suttle, All Star Blend @ Aqua
*Pachanga night w/ bassist Dros & band Bongo District @ 10 @ Marx Cafe
*Jadu Hart @ Songbyrd (Sold out)
*Sweet Honey in the Rock @ 7 @ Alden Theatre McLean
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Sun. Feb. 12-
Backyard Band &
New Impressionz 9 pm @ Sax
Roots Band @ Makeda
Restaurant, Van Dorn St., Alexandria (Ethiopian)
“Finding Fela” movie doc @ 3 @ Kennedy Center Justice Forum
(sold out)
Live Ethiopian music @ Shalla
Afrobeats & Amapiano dj party @ 10 @ St. Ex (every
Sunday)
Czech National Symphony Orchestra w/ violinist Robert
McDuffie @ George Mason Center for the
Arts
Seth Kibel klezmer brunch @ DC JCC
Nisa w/ Sunstoney, Glosser @ Pie Shop
*Afrobeats dj 6 to 11 @ Gazuza Lounge
*DJs Fady D and Saba from 7 pm on @ Green Zone (Arabic alternative, electro, disco)
*Kimbra @ 930 Club
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Mon .Feb. 13-
Keb Mo @ Md Hall Annapolis (blues)
Claire Rosinkranz @ Howard Theatre (indie pop)
Carly Harvey’s Kiss & Ride blues band 6 to 9 @
Westminster Church SW
*Julia Wolf @ Union Stage
*Gift, Hoover III, Reagan Cats, Homero Salazar @ Pie Shop
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Tues. Feb. 14-
Darlene Love @ Barns of Wolf Trap (sold out)
Jamison Ross @ Bethesda Blues
Grupo Frontera, La Gerencia Nortena, Bailazo de San Valentin
@ Mexico Lindo
Chad America’s Valentines Day Rock and roll dance @ Black
Cat
A Date with John Waters @ Baltimore Soundstage
*Gregory Porter @ Warner Theatre
* TQM Traviesa Amor Explosivo Edition w/ DJs La Sokko, Cybersyn, Kristy La Rat @ St Ex Basement side entrance ( Latinx underground and pop music) ( some bar proceeds will got fund film about William Dorsey Swann, the world's first self-described drag queen who hosted balls in Washington, DC in the late 1800s. @swannqueenfilm )
*Smithsonian Museum of African Art Research gallery opening tonight (eventbrite)
*Ruqqiyah, Autumn Labella, Melan 9pm onward short sets @ Eaton rooftop
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Wed. Feb. 15-
*We are Fugazi from Washington DC doc @ AFI Silver (sold Out)
New Impressionz @ Babylon Falls Church (go-go)
Sirius Company @ Privilege (go-go)
Carrie Underwood @
Capital One Arena (country pop)
*District of Raga presents George Crotty trio 7 to 9 @ Bossa ( jazz, South American grooves, Indian Raga, and Arabic Maqam) * then Art Souca plus Dunia & Aram @ 9 @ Bossa
*Gregory Porter @ Warner Theatre
*Flaco Jimenez, Max Baca, & music of the US/Mexico Borderlands @ 7 @ Museum of American History Taubman Hall free (initial free tickets are gone but there's a waiting list on the eventbrite)
*TOB, Reaction @ Hangars (bouncebeat go-go)
*Bachata and salsa dancing w/ dj @ Public Bar
*What it Means to Hear New Orleans w/ Prof Kip Lornell 6 to 8:30 pm @ Little Penn Coffeehouse
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Thursday February 16-
Jontavious Willis @ Hill Center (young acclaimed Georgia blues singer/guitarist)
Soul Sauce vinyl w/ DJ Kenny M & friends * Neal Becton & Soul Called Paul @ Green Zone
Bon Entendeur w/ DJ Baby Alcatraz @ 930 Club
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 dj Jamstar @ 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)
Inst. Of Musical Traditions presents a benefit for Ukraine w/ Funklore @ 7:30 @
Seekers Church, 276 Carroll St NW DC
Seth Kibel & singer Flo Anito @ Mr Henry’s
MVF Band @ K Ctr Mil. Stage 6 to 7
Vinyl Williams, The Infinite Daisy Chains, Rex Pax @ Quarry
House Tavern
* Panama Jackson talking about Erykah Badu album "Mama's Gun" 7 to 9 part of A2B series @ Eaton Hotel Workshop
*Going, Goin, Gone @ 7 to 10 @ VFW Post 350 Hells Bottom
*Talk by Arturo Griffiths (who helped found Latin American Youth Center) & DC musician Pepe Gonzalez on 1991 Mt Pleasant uprising and DC Latino movements @ 5:30 free @ Latin American Youth Center
*TCB , Strictly Bizness Band @ Power
*Sirius Company @ Union District Oyster
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Friday February 17-
National Arab Orchestra @ Kennedy Center Eisenhower Theater (sold out)
The Spinners @ the Lyric in Baltimore
Jontavious Willis @ Creative Alliance (acclaimed young Georgia blues singer/guitarist)
DJ Basbousa @ Green Zone (Arabic)
Brothers 7 Band w/ guest singer Toni
Love (from Hardway Connection) @ Lamont’s
Alfredo Mojica
Group @ Bossa (salsa)
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)
Teen Mortgage,
Destructo Disk, Thee Deluxe @ Comet P Pong
Brazeros Musical de
Durango, Eddie Registrado, Estilo Privado @ Mexico Lindo
Cal Rifkin, Rex
Pax, Sonic Eddy @ DC 9
Cardiel (Mexico City power sludge), Psyop,
Public Figures @ the Runaway
Black Alley, Lord
Finesse, Pharoah Monch, Grand Puba @ the Howard Theatre (rap and go-go )
The Judds @
Eaglebank Arena (country)
Naptown Brass Band
Mardi Gras @ Rams Head Annapolis
*Ali Sethi @ Fillmore
*Mid-Atlantic Jazz Fest (through the 19th) @ Hilton Hotel Rockville
*TCB, Reaction @ Aqua
*The Fctry late night djs party @ Songbyrd
*Backyard Band @ Restaurant 55 for DJ Flex birthday bash
*Sirius Company @ Air
*Rare Essence & Obesession Band @ Fast Eddie's
*Take me to the go-go kid's crank w/ Pock3t, JusPaul & the bros, DJ Heat @ 6 @ Hook x Hall 3400 GA Ave. NW
*Crank Caviar go-go w/ Big G, Scooby, Weensey, Wes Watkins 12 to 1pm @ MLK Library
*Dj Native Sun spinning funk/ disco w/ DJs Spinrillo & Farah F @ St Ex
*DJ Stylus @ 9:30 @ LeMont Royal, 1815 Adams Mill Rd NW
* *Artomatic Arty-gras w/ dj @ Whino in Ballston
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Sat. Feb. 18-
Mardi Gras parade w/ stilt walkers @ 3 @ the Wharf followed by live music from Naptown Brass 4:30 to 6:30 and then fireworks
Valentines Soul Jam
w/ Stylistics, Whispers, Heatwave at DAR
"DC Doo-Wop From The Street Corner to the Stage: A Musical Journey" w/ a discussion and Doo-Wop performances by D.C. music pioneers @ Westminster w/ Ron Poozie Miles (from the Rainbows), Gloria Jolivet ( original member of Bo Diddley's female background group), Jimi Smooth, plus a hand dance showcase and & a panel from 1 to 4 @ Westminster Saturday,
Adobo DMV Flavor of Love event w/ RKM & Ken-y plus djs @ Echostage (reggaeton & more)
Sir E. U @ 7 @ Amalgamated
Vintage Studio’s Fashion Popup Sale @
5179 B Langston Blvd., Arlington
Emad Batayeh free from 6 to7 @ Kennedy Center Millennium
Stage (Arabic) (sold out live but also is streamed)
DJ Johnson Lee from Joe’s Record Paradise spinning vinyl @ Green Zone
Valentines Fundraiser Dance @ Lamont’s
Danny Ocean @ the Howard Theatre
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
Korine, Johnny Dynamite @ Comet P Ping
Kindred the Family Soul, Bilal, Lady
Alma @ Bethesda Blues
Black Thought of the
Roots w/ Titus Kaphar @ 7:30 @ Kennedy
Center Terrace Theatre
The Set R& B-Sides
: Lover’s Rock djs @ 7:30 @ Studio K @ Kennedy Center (sold out)
Two Thumbs Down,
Mechanical Canine, Cherub Tree @ Quarry House Tavern
Olli Hirvonen Trio
& Patrick Smith @ Rhizome (guitar sounds)
We are Fugazi from Washington DC doc @ AFI Silver
Dee Dwyer photo exhibit-"Wild Seeds of the Soufside" through May 13 @ Phillips Collection @ the ARC in SE DC
* Mamie Smith & Bessie Smith blues music done by Smithsonian Jazz masterworks Orchestra @ Smithsonian Museum of Natural History
*Mid-Atlantic Jazz Fest (through the 19th) @ Hilton Hotel Rockville
*Backyard Band @ 5 Sisters Lounge
*DJ Stingray313 (Detroit), Black Rave Culture, Rush Plus, Znorthy @ Club Heaven, 18th St NW (techno)
*TCB, New Impressionz @ Fast Eddie's
*Zolita @ Songbyrd (sold out)
*Rare Essence, Go-go Mickey, Da One Band @ Aqua
*Sirius Company @ Shark Bar Waldorf
*Junkyard Band and Obsession band 8 to 12 midnight @ VFW Post 8950 Lanham
*OkayAfrica DC w/ DJs NativeSun & Underdog @ St Ex
*Afro House Spirit Fest 12 noon to 6 @ Anacostia Arts Center
*Woodbridge Record Riot 11 am to 5 pm @ American Legion Post 364
*Soca for Breakfast Carnival edition w/ djs Magestic, Sprang, Super Slice 10 am on @ Crossroads II , 11300 Fern St., Wheaton , MD
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Sun., Feb. 19, 7:00 p.m.-
Buddy Holly Tribute w/ the Rock-a-Sonics, Ruthie & the
Wranglers, David Kitchen Band, Jelly Roll Mortals, Goin' Goin' Gone and special
guests. @ Rosensteel Hall, 9797 Rosensteel Ave., Silver Spring
Film Shorts and Docs and Rock 'n' Rollfrom DC at AFI Silver w/ local premiere of FUGAZI'S
BARBER (by filmmakers Joe Tropea and Robert Emmons, Jr.), in which an
old-school Italian barbershop meets '80s hardcore; PUNK & TOMATOES,
featuring DC punk fan Bill MacKenzie; Davis White's WE LOVE THE HANGMEN, about
the '60s DC garage rock band legends; plus Sara T. Gama's MISS CHELOVE: From
Java To The Streets Of DC, a profile of muralist Miss Chelove (aka Cita Sadeli). * Film about Cynthia Connolly Minor Threat photo boxes added. The program will also include several sneak peeks and cutting room extras from
music docs recently completed or still in progress. Program curated by John
Kinhart and Jeff Krulik. Approximately 100 min.
Flex Kartel , New Impressionz @ Union Stage
Ron Sexsmith @ Jammin Java
Jason Kao Hwang’s Human Rites Ensemble @ Rhizome (global
jazz & classical)
Voices 24/7 Band @ Lamont’s
Junkyard Band & Crank Cartel Band @ 5 Sisters Lounge
Roots Band @ Makeda Restaurant, Van Dorn St., Alexandria
(Ethiopian)
Live Ethiopian music @ Shalla
Afrobeats & Amapiano dj party @ 10 @ St. Ex (every
Sunday)
Kindred the Family Soul, Bilal, Lady Alma @ Bethesda Blues
Vintage clothes, jewelry, and vinyl pop up 3 to 7 @ the Runaway
*Afrobeats dj 6 to 11 @ Gazuza Lounge
* Mid-Atlantic Jazz Fest (through the 19th) @ Hilton Hotel Rockville (Samuel Prather & Groove Orchestra @ 7 )
*Dante Pope Reflections @ Eaton Hotel (jazz)
* New Orleans Mardi Gras event w/ Crush Funk Brass, DJ Harry Hotter @ Dauphines DC
*Reggae & dancehall djs @ Mama'san 2001 11th St NW
*Don't Mute Mo Ron Moten book event 3 to 5 pm @ Busboys & Poets Anacostia
*EU & Be'la Dona 6 pm to 1 am @ VFW post 8950 Lanham, MD
*Sirius Company & Still Familiar w/ Steve Roy @ Fast Eddie's
*colo @ 3rd rail radio WMUC @ 6 pm
*AfroCuban dance 1 to 2:30 pm @ Dance Loft on 14th , 4618 14th st NW
*Jacuzzi Boys, Dot Dash, Snacks @ Songbyrd (rock & powerpop)
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Monday Feb. 20-
Breabach @ 7:30 via
Institute of Musicial Traditions @ Sint Mark Presbyterian Church Rockville
(Scottish folk)
Swampdog Blues @ Westminster Church SW
Kalkidan & Ethio-man @ V Lounge Falls Church (Ethiopian)
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Tuesday Feb. 21-
Keb Mo @ Birchmere
Magazine Beach, Arcadia Grey, Professor Goldstein @ Quarry
House Tavern
Fatma Turgut, Demir Demirkan @ Jammin Java
Magic Bass New Orleans jazz @ 30 Ridge Square NW
*Inayah @ Songbyrd (sold out) (East Houston rap & r'n'b)
* Bayou Gras Mardi Pardi 6 to 9 @ Bayou Bakery in Arlington w/ food, drink, & Music tba
*Capital Hillbillies Mardi Gras event @ Republic Cantina
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Wednesday Feb. 22
documentary "Fat
Boy: The Billy Stewart Story" followed by a discussion with
Producer/Director, Beverly Lindsay-Johnson 6:30 p.m.- 8:30 p.m. @ Francis
Gregory Library, 3660 Alabama Av. SE, Washington, DC 20020 Free Admission
New Impressionz @ Babylon Falls Church
Sirius Company @ Privilege (go-go)
* Cupcakke, DJ Sweet Spot and Dapper Dan Midas @ Ottobar (rap)
*Inayah @ Songbyrd (sold out) (East Houston rap & r'n'b)
*Fundraiser for Turkey & Syria relief @ 8 @ Bossa
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Thurs. Feb 23-
K. Michelle @ Howard Theatre (r’n’b)
Buffalo Nichols @ 7 @ Columbia Arts Center (blues)
Richard Thompson @ Rams Head Annapolis
Mazboota w/ DJ Fady D @ Green Zone (alternative/Arabic
electro & a Syria & Turkey earthquake relief fundraiser)
Brazilian bandolinist Hamilton de Holanda and South African
pianist, healer, and improviser Nduduzo Makhathini “Routes of Discovery @
Studio K @ Kennedy Center
Royal Arctic Institute (NYC instrumental post-punk , post rock cinematic
jazz band w/ Lyle Hysen), Teething
Veils, Sansyou @ Quarry House Tavern
Sunny War 6 to 7 @ Kennedy Center Millennium Stage
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 dj Jamstar @ 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)
Feedel Band @ Bossa (Ethio jazz)
Mother Tongue Film Fest (through Feb. 26)
We are Fugazi from Washington DC doc @ AFI Silver
*Jim Stephanson trio @ 5:30 @ Hank Dietle's Tavern (DC area guitarist influenced by Les Paul, blues, Danny Gatton); The Thrills w/ singer/guitarist David Kitchen @ Hank Dietle's
*Jake Blount @ 6 @ Library of Congress (Black folk & roots music)
*Forever Tina (Tina Turner) tribute @ Birchmere
*Tayon Robinson @ Songbyrd
*TCB Mardi Gras party @ Power
*Sirius Company @ Union Oyster
*Still Familiar & Blacc Print Experience @ 5 Sisters Lounge
*Adam tinkle, Kate Magician, Weed Tree @ Rhizome (experimental)
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Fri. February 24-
Capital City Fest with Southern soul and Blues w/ Calvin Richardson, Pokey Bear, King George, Tucka, *Theodis Ealey, Lenny Williams @ DAR Const. Hall (recommended)
Afro-Cuban Allstars @ Strathmore
Junior Boys @ Black Cat ( clever electro-pop)
Richard Thompson solo acoustic @
Birchmere
DJ Kool’s big go-go
day party w/ Rare Essence from 1 to 6 @
Rams Head Live in Baltimore in association w/ CIAA basketball tournament
Bassam Haddad @
Green Zone (Arabic)
Brothers 7 Band w/
guest singer Toni Love (from Hardway Connection) @ Lamont’s
Cissa Paz @ 7:30 @ Bossa (Brazilian); Alfredo Mojica
Group @ 10 @ Bossa (salsa)
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)
Cro-Mags, No/mas,
Pilau @ Comet Ping Pong
Igmar Thomas’
Revive Big Band @ Studio K @ Kennedy Center
Marielle Kraft @ DC
9 (indie-pop)
Delco MFS, School
Drugs, Rox @ the Runaway (punk)
KRS-One @ Rams Head
Baltimore
Anthony Hamilton
& K Michelle @ the Lyric (rnb)
*DVSN @ Fillmore
*Karl Straub Combo 7 to 10 @ VFW Post 350 Hells Bottom (roots rock)
* Dominic Shodekeh Talifero: Ideations of Hope-- story of a beatboxer's journey through life 6 to 7 @ Kenn. Ctr. Mill. Stage
*Arturo Sandoval @ Carlyle Room, 1350 I St NW (Latin jazz)
*Laurel Halo, Marie Davidson, Beautiful Swimmers @ 10 @ location to be revealed if you buy a ticket via ra .co (techno, electro )
* Friday Night Services Mardi Gras Edition w/ Rabbi Aaron, musicians Aaron Shneyer, Sarah Fredrick, Jeff Geld & Carnival sounds from Dupont Brass free w/ 6 pm happy hour & 7pm service @ 6th & I Synagogue (registration on 6th & I website required)
*Backyard Band @ Restaurant 55
*Dee Dwyer : Wild Seeds of the Soufside photo exhibit opening event 5 to 9 @ Phillips @ the Arc , 1801 Miss Ave SE
* North Country & You and me and You @ Songbyrd (DC indie-folk pop)
* Rare Essence & Mature Clientele @ Fast Eddie's
*TCB & UCB @ Aqua
*Sirius Company & DC Vybe @ 11 @ Air
*New Impressionz , ABM Mardi Gras Go-go @ Hangars
* Los Hermanos Flores y Los Iracundos @ Cococabana
*El Varon de la Bachata @ the Palace
* Iluminacion: The Afro-Latine and Hispanic Cultural Showcase hosted by Chango 7 to 9:30 @ the International Student House, 1825 R St NW
* Shedrick Pelt's “District Postcard Views” book release 5 to 7 pm @ DC History Center in Carnegie Library bldg
*WKYS DJ Trini @ Rhythm & Hues rooftop lounge party 7 to 10 @ Kimpton Benneker
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Saturday February 25-
Glorilla @ 7 @ Howard
Theatre (sold out) (rap)
Reggae Fest dj party @ 10 @ Howard Theatre
Rachna Nivas Indian Classical dance @ Barns of Wolf Trap
Gilla Band @ DC 9 (sold out)
Richard Thompson solo acoustic @ Birchmere
Hardway Connection @ Lamont’s (Southern soul rompin’)
Nectar (Brazilian Carnival Amor Forasteiro edition w/ Dj V:Shal Kanwar & Dhakfu) @ Green Zone
Chrystylez Bacon @ Southern Area Aquatic & Rec Center in
Brandywine, MD (Progressive hiphop)
Junkyard Band & Prosperity Band @ Nottinghams
ReggaeFest DC @ the Howard Theatre
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
Sensor Ghost, Cryptid Summer, Pearlie Sol @ 7 @ Lost Origins Gallery (post-punk)
Avery Sunshine @ Bethesda Blues
(neo-soul)
One Salone Musik Fest @ 6728 Industrial Rd., Springfield, VA
Phillip-Michael Scales free from 6 to7 @ Kenn Ctr Mill Stage
(soul blues w/ indie rock)
Stents, Atomic Mosquitos, Coastguard, DJ Skizz @ The Runaway
(garage rock)
Scott Miller @ Jammin java
Diaspora Voices for Ukraine @ 7 to 9 @ Rhizome (poets, acoustic
music , artists)
DVSN @ Baltimore Soundstage
Doug E Fresh & Slick Rick @ Rams Head Baltimore (rap)
Viva Brasil: Carnival dance party @ Creative Alliance
Take 6 @ Keystone Korner
*Arturo Sandoval @ Carlyle Room, 1350 I St NW (Latin Jazz)
*Bearings magazine 1st anniv. party w/ Tina Carzon & DJ Kidd Marvel @ Songbyrd
*From Salsa to Go-go with Sirius Company (go-go) and Verny Varela band (salsa) 2 to 5 pm with a closing salsa meets go-go jam session @ Anacostia Arts Center
*TCB & Glorilla @Republiq (formerly Bliss)
*Rare Essence @ Aqua
*Sirius Company @ 11 w/ Obsession @ Restaurant 55
*EU, Still Familiar w/ guest Scooby 8 to 12 mdt @ VFW Post 8950 in Lanham
*Backyard Band & Mab 2.0 @ Fast Eddie's
*Abbie & Agi @ 7:30 @ Bossa
* DJ Red Mole on WOWD 94.3 & online @ 9 am hosts a discussion of Black owned DC label from 50s & 60s Shrine Records and Bo Diddley's 60s DC studio with guests Beverly Lindsay-Johnson, Grover Massenburg, Richard Harrington, Sandra Bears (of the Jewels)
*Domi & JD Beck 2 shows @ Kennedy Center (sold out) (viral jazz electro)
*Soul in Motion African Dancers and Drummers @ Joe's Movement Emporium
*Music through the African Diaspora 4 to 5:15 @ Silver Spring United Methodist Church
*Razor Braids w/ Flo Petite, Rosie Cima & What She Dreamed @ Pie Shop (punk & indie)
*Carnival Night on the Riviera @ French Embassy
*Brazilian Zouk dancing @ Edgewood Arts Bldg., 3415 8th St NE
*HBCU House Music Jump Off party w/ Shree Hicks live plus DJ Pope, DJ Sunny T, DJ Gary Wallace @ 8 @ St Mary's Restaurant 120 West 25th St., Baltimore
*James Lovell @ 2pm @ Museum of the American Indian) (Garifuna music)
*Swing dance w/ Dr Zoot @ Glen Echo Spanish Ballroom (Pittsburgh band)
*Sugar Bear & EU @ 6 @ Gate A Plaza Audi Field Sw before DC United soccer season opener
*DJ Bini @ Afro Lounge
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Sunday February 26-
Blues and soul afternoon w/Hog farmer/musician Jeffrey
Scott, nephew of John Jackson @ noon to 12:45; Gail Ceasar at 1:15 pm to 2pm;
Dedicated Men of Zion sacred soul 2:30 to 3:15 ; Mama Cohen @ 3:30 at National Gallery of Art
GZA performing Liquid Swords
@ Howard Theatre (rap)
Enjambre @ Union Stage (bilingual indie rock)
Stone Pleasure Band @ Lamont’s
Roots Band @ Makeda Restaurant, Van Dorn St., Alexandria
(Ethiopian)
Live Ethiopian music @ Shalla
Afrobeats & Amapiano dj party @ 10 @ St. Ex (every
Sunday)
Melba Moore, Jean Carne, Shirley Jones of the Jones Girls @
Bethesda Blues (r’n’b)
Chappell Roan @ Black Cat (pop) (sold out)
Detour 5 to 7 @ the Runaway for free (folky psych)
*J.I.D.& Smino @ Fillmore (rap)
*Dave Chappell trio 2 to 5 @ Hank Dietle's
*Afrobeats dj 6 to 11 @ Gazuza Lounge
*Doc at 100 tribute to Doc Watson @ Birchmere
*Jon Carroll talk & music @ 7 @ Palisades Hub Cap Centre Backstage Sanctuary
*Mousey Thompson and the James Brown Experience plus Cymon Lovett & Prince & the Time Tribute @ Gordon Center for the Arts in Baltimore
*Rich Friends showcase w/ Kingpen Slim , Ankhlejohn, DB Bantino, & more @ Songbyrd (rap)
*Silk Roads Dance Company @ 4 @ Atlas
*DCVybe 5 to 10 pm @ 5 Sisters Lounge
*Live music by Artsouca & live poetry & live painting 6 to 11 @ Bossa
*TOB & TCB & Bri Trilla @ Dream Mega Lounge in Baltimore
*Backyard Band @ Euphoria 4 to 9 in Baltimore
* Gabrielle Zwi, a ukulele-playing singer-songwriter @ Hill Center
*Trae Crudup III (jazz, go-go, gospel & more drummer) w/ Mark Cisneros (sax & guitar & drums) ; Nate Scheible (avante-jazz drummer); Devin Ocampo ( guitar) @ 7 @ Rhizome
* Black Alley band live plus screening of work in progress movie on their trip to Ghana @ 1 pm @ MLK Library
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Monday February 27-
SZA @ Capital One Arena (r & B) ( sold out w/ pricey resale tix)
*J.I.D.& Smino @ Fillmore (rap)
*Kalkidan & Ethio-man @ V Lounge Falls Church (Ethiopian )
*Weyes Blood @ 930 Club (sold Out) (indie-folky rock)
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Tuesday Feb 28-
the Dip (daptone retro soul)) & Kaleta Super Yamba Band (Afropop)
at 930
Bill Callahan @ Capital Turnaround (rock)
Polarview, Angelina, Curb Alert @ the Runaway (shoegaze and
indie rock)
*"Cotton" w/ mezzo-soprano Denyce Graves drawing from poetry of Nikki Giovanni & others @ Kennedy Center
*Can I Kick It w/dj 2-One Jones w/ film Marked for Death @ Songbyrd
*Neptune Room 3rd anniversary w/ djs 5pm to 2 am
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Wed, March 1
Dandy Warhols @ Black Cat
Zeta @ Comet P Pong
New Impressionz @ Babylon Falls Church
Sirius Company @ Privilege
Constant Smiles (shoegaze) ,
Peace Amble, Canandaigua @ The Runaway
*Nova Y. Payton @ Songbyrd
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Fri March 3- Save Your Soul w/ djs Rob Macy & Baby Alcatraz @ Lithuanian Hall Baltimore
*Sir EU @ Crown
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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
