DC Baltimore DMV Global Music and More April 2023 Concert Calendar Gig List

 DC/Baltimore /DMV Global Music and More – April 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.

 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 Full April 2023 Calendar:

Wed. April 5- Caroline @ City-State Brewing (UK post-punk & post-rock sometimes folky sometimes Velvet Underground noisy)

Friday April 7- Bassekou Kouyate and Ngoni Ba for free 6 to 7 @ Kennedy Center Millennium Stage (great Malian polyrhythmic band

Saturday April 8- Sun Ra Arkestra @ Birchmere (jazz greats)

Friday April 14- Arooj Aftab, Vijay Iyer, Shahzad Ismaily as Love in Exile @ Strathmore Music Center (Pakistani singer Arooj Aftab with Iyer jazz meets ECM musician & multi-instrumentalist Ismaily)

Sunday April 16- Kazzabe @ Rio Cantina (Honduras punta dance music)

Friday April 21 – Djavan @ Strathmore - Afro-Brazilian singer/guitarist

Saturday April 29-The Razz doc @ AFI Silver (DC rock band from late 70s)

Sunday April 30-southern soul w/ King George, Tucka, Sir Charles Jones, Pokey Bear,  Calvin Richardson, Big G,  Ty'ronica "BadGir" Rawls from 3 to 9  @ Prince William fairgrounds

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Sat. April 1-

Kazzabe Si Saba  @ Club One

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

Rare Essence @ Aqua

Light Beams, Personal Style, Static Spray @ Rhizome (post-punk)

Rahsaan Patterson @ Bethesda Blues (neo-soul r’n’b)

Petite League @ Comet P Pong

Xscape, Monica, Tevin Campbell, Tamar Braxton, 112, Silk @ Capital One Arena

Kiko Rodriguez @ VIP Room

Decibel Collective @ Owl Room

*Tribute to Fountain of Waynes @ the Barns of Wolf Trap

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Sun. Apr 2-

eric bossman graham gospel presents New Vizion, Lisa Knowles & the Brown Sisters, D Morton &Gifted, Bre Holly & Faithful,& more @ 4 pm @ Rhema Christian Center Church, 1825 Michigan Ave NE

soulful Sundays in April 6:30 to 8:30 w/ drummer Trae Crudup @ St Vincent Wine, GA Ave

TOB @ 5 @ Met Gala birthday show 3 to 11 @ Restaurant 55

TOB late w/ Big Action @ Union District Oyster  

Backyard Band @ Sax

Janel Leppin’s ensemble Volcanic Ash with Sarah Hughes @ Rhizome

My Body , My Choice Fest fundraiser for DCAF abortion rights w/ Biomorphic Forms, Jenna Camille, Elena La Fulana, the Honey Larks, Attic Sessions @ Pie Shop

Rahsaan Patterson @ Bethesda Blues

Health @ Union Stage

Dear Nora , Berra @ Comet P Pong

Vava Spring into Samba fundraiser @ Bossa

Stacy Brooks Band @ Madams Organ

Roots Band @ Makeda Restaurant, Van Dorn St., Alexandria (Ethiopian)

Live Ethiopian music @ Shalla

Afrobeats & Amapiano dj party @ 10 @ St. Ex (every Sunday)

Afro X dj party (afrobeats, amapiano, soca, dancehall, rap) 5 to 10 @ Gazuza Lounge

Soulful Sunday w/ drummer Trae Crudup free 6:30 to 8:30 @ St. Vincent Wine

Talking about r’n’b women groups @ 12 noon @ Songbyrd

Sizdah Bedar with DJ Taba, DJ Shamoudi, DJ PS @ Bull Run Special Events Center

Black Fire doc and discussion 5 to 7  @ Miracle Theatre

The African American Music Association presents "A Celebration of Marvin Gaye" w/ Live Performances and speakers on the remembrances of DC's own Marvin Gaye Free Admissionw/ Ray Apollo Allen, Ignatius Mason, Nu Era, Tru Worshiperz go-go, Hand dancers and more 12:00 noon - 5:00 p.m. @ SandlotDC-Anacostia 633 Howard Road, SE, Washington, DC

Post carnival relief breakfast jam  11 am to 5 w/ djs @ Privilege

Nighthawks tribute @ 7 @ Palisades Sanctuary Backstage

Danielle Howle & Jay Bird @ 6 @  Hank Dietles

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Mon. April 3-

Moonshine Society 6 to 9 @ Westminster Church SW

Salsa and bachata dance lessons and live band @ 7:30 @ Renegade in Arlington

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Tuesday April 4-

Meridian Brothers @ Songbyrd (Colombian psychedelic neo-cumbia )

Algiers at DC 9 (postpunk & soul)

Titus Andronicus, Country westerns  @ Black Cat

The Church @ Birchmere (rock)

Washington Chorus presents Free at Last ! A Musical Tribute to Dr. King’s Legacy @ Kennedy Center Concert Hall

Nicholas Payton tribute to Louis Armstrong @ Kennedy Center

Bikini Kill @ Fillmore (sold out)

 Bob Margolin & The Nighthawks celebrate Muddy Waters’ 110 birthday @ Hank Dietles

Blacc Print Experience @ Martini’s in White Plains

Hiphop, dancehall, soca, afrobeats dj @ Black Diamond in Silver Spring

Jon Mueller (percussionist) and TL0741 (synth) @ Rhizome

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Wed. April 5-

 Sleaford Mods w/ Sheer Mag @ 930 (UK punk-hop headliners)

Caroline @ City-State Brewing (UK post-punk & post-rock sometimes folky sometimes Velvet Underground noisy)

Malavika Sarukkai’s River Sutra at the Kennedy Center (dance from India)

Jerome Mckall at Elegant Touch ballroom in Suitland (Hardway Connection singer doing soul covers)

Pedrito Martinez @ Keystone Korner (Cuban percussionist)

Words Beats & Life presents Jessica Care Moore for free 6 to 7 @ Kennedy Center Millennium Stage

Passover Wed. night April 5 through 13^th

Worriers, Lizdelise, Dim Wizard @ Comet Ping Pong

Black Bohemian w/ drummer Trae Crudup 10 to 12 mdt @ Harlot (r’n’b)

Sirius Company @ Sobe (go-go)

New Impressionz @ Babylon Café Falls Church

Screening: Neil Feather - Sound Mechanic, & performance by Wondofeather @ Rhizome

Titus Andronicus, Country westerns  @ Ottobar

Masego @ Rams Head Baltimore

*Layover (global programmed beats) @ Owl Room 

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Thursday April 6-

Nag Champa Art Ensemble (featuring Jamal Gray) @ After 5 @ the Phillips Collection (jazz-funk-hiphop)

Pedrito Martinez for free 6 to 7 @ Kennedy Center Millennium Stage (percussionist)

Harold Lopez-Nussa @ Keystone Korner

Malavika Sarukkai’s River Sutra at the Kennedy Center (dance from India)

Bikini Kill @ Fillmore (sold out)(but resale brokers have tix)

Marty Stuart @ Barns of Wolf Trap

Tamarisk , The Andrews , lgod @ Rhizome (Tamarisk includes Christina Carter of Charalambides) (experimental and ambient)

Dinner Time, Juniper Avenue, Makeup Girl @ Quarry House Tavern

TC Superstar, Pretty Bitter, Color Palette @ Comet P Pong

Yaya Bey @ Songbyrd (sold Out)

Sirius Company @ Union Oyster (go-go)

TCB @ Power (bouncebeat go-go)

What Band @ Martini’s

Lil Chris of TOB unplugged @ Harlot

Azul @ Green Zone (international sounds band)

Duster @ Ottobar (sold out)

*Verny Varela @ Bossa 

*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) (tentative as its Ramadan)

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Friday April 7-

Bassekou Kouyate and Ngoni Ba for free 6 to 7 @ Kennedy Center Millennium Stage (great Malian polyrhythmic band )  

Bruce Springsteen at cfg arena in Baltimore (sold out)

Diana Reyes, Montez De Durango, Y Patrulla 81 @ 90 Degrees (Duranguese music)

Masego @ Fillmore

Marty Stuart @ Barns of Wolf Trap (roots country)

The Electric Nature / Sunburned Hand of the Man / Blake Hornsby / Douglas Kallmeyer @ Rhizome

Marisol Y La Magia Del Norte @ Pappasittoos in Manassas Park

Toño Centella Y Su Grupo Internacional @ El Meson in Gaithersburg

Lo Mejor de Enanitos Verdes y Los Prisioneros @ Simple Bar (Latin rock)

Tito Mira Y Su Chanchona @ La Fogata in Edgewater, MD

Save Your Soul w/ Djs Baby Alcatraz & Rob Macy @ Lithuanian Hall

Black Eyes 20^th reunion show w/ Blacks Myths, Ecstatic International @ Black Cat (sold out) (noisy experimental punk)

Oud Night with Chakib Hilali @ Phoenicia Restaurant and Lounge

“We Are Fugazi from Washington DC” showing for one week AFI Silver through April 13

Rare Essence @ Fast Eddie’s

Backyard Band @ Restaurant 55

Junkyard Band @ Nipseys (go-go)

TCB @ Aqua

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

DJ RBI @ Eaton

Bongo District @ Kalypso’s Sport Tavern in Reston

*Bottom Dwellers and Flack @ VFW Post 350 Hells Bottom 

*Techno in the Park w/ Bridget & SPCL.K  7 to 10 @ Malcolm X Park  

*Gilbert Torossian dj @ Green Zone (Arabic/Armenian) 

*Van-Anh Vo: Mekong Soul @ Kennedy Center Terrace Theatre (music about life on the Mekong River) 

Black Futures, Black Imaginings edition w/ Navasha Day & Lafayette Gilchrist 6 to 8 @ Reginald Lewis Museum in Baltimore (jazz & r'n'b) 

*Swing dance w/ the Fabulettes @ Colvin Run Dancehall 

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Saturday April 8-

Sun Ra Arkestra @ Birchmere (jazz greats)

Black Opry Revue for free 6 to 7 @ Kennedy Center Millennium Stage

Masego @ Fillmore (Jamaican r'n'b)

Derek Jarman movie Last of England w/ soundtrack score by Barry Adamson, Diamanda Galas, and Andy Gill (Gang of Four) among other artists. (Derek Jarman, 1987, DCP, 91 m)@ 3 pm @ National Gallery of Art (free but registration required online)

Made Conf DMV- hiphop and more panels 

Bassekou Kouyate & Ngoni Ba @ An Die Musik  in Baltimore (live & video stream)  

Theo Parrish @ Dark Room Baltimore

Ammonite, Endlings (former Lightmare) , KulfiGirls @ Quarry House

Dougie Poole & Bottled Up @ Comet P Pong

Backyard Band, New Impressionz, Ambition @ Hard Rock Café

King Soul @ Palisades Hub Cap Centre

Colonel Josh & Paisley Tonk w/ the Highballers @ Hank Dietle’s

Forever Yours – Tribute to the O’Jays @ Bethesda Blues

Cumgirl8 w/ Pearie Sol, Sad Roach @ Slash Run

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

Rare Essence @ Aqua

Sirius Company @ 4 @ National Cherry Blossom Festival

Backyard Band and New Impressionz @ Hard Rock Café

TCB @ Hangars

Molchat Doma @ 930 ( Belarus synth pop) (sold out)

Vancouver Sleep Clinic, Ghostly Kisses early show @ Union Stage

Mike Gangloff , Pergola , Jon Camp @ Rhizome (fiddler, & fingerpick guitarists)

*Crown Vic's Weird World vinyl dj w/ Soul-Call Paul @ 10 @  Green Zone 

*DJ Pascale amapiano music as part of Soweto Global Penthouse piano event 3 to 9 pm @ Eaton Hotel Wild Days 

*jazz & blossoms w/Bilal, Pete Rock & the Soul Brothers, DJ John Murph, Ayo, Imani Grace & her big Black Band, Daylight DC w/ DJ Divine & Big Tone 2 to 8 pm @ Franklin Park 

*DJ Chicano & other djs @ Mexico Lindo (MXL) 

*Blacc Print Experience go-go from 6 to 7  @ Petalpalooza fest Capital riverfront Navy Yards Metro 

*Social Tango Project @ Kennedy Center  

*Adamare (DC public school charter teachers band) w/ Synae @ DC 9 

*Tiny Vinyl Shop Popup 7 to 10  @ the Coupe in Columbia Heights DC 

*Verite @ 10:30 @ Union Stage (indie pop singer/songwriter) 

*Noire Nights r'n'b showcase @ DC Brau 

*TOB , Big Action , XMB@ Martini's 

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Sunday April 9-

Glitterer @ Songbyrd

MC Lyte @ Kennedy Center

Amaranta @ Diamond Lounge

Stacy Brooks Band @ Madams Organ

Roots Band @ Makeda Restaurant, Van Dorn St., Alexandria (Ethiopian)

Live Ethiopian music @ Shalla

Afrobeats & Amapiano dj party @ 10 @ St. Ex (every Sunday)

Afro X dj party (afrobeats, amapiano, soca, dancehall, rap) 5 to 10 @ Gazuza Lounge

Soulful Sunday w/ drummer Trae Crudup free 6:30 to 8:30 @ St. Vincent Wine

Easter brunch w/ Gospel Angels @ 10:30 am and 1 pm @ Hamilton

Molchat Doma @ 930 ( Belarus synth pop)

*Sitali solo @ Bossa 

TOB 2 sets (joined by Big G Weensey of Backyard) w/ ABM, XIB from 9 to 3 am  @ Union Oyster

Backyard Band day party 5 to 9:45 pm @ club Euphoria 

*Rum punch invasion w/ soca djs Trigga Half Krazy & Fyah Oats 4 to 9 pm @ Buena Vista in Jessup

Vintage & vinyl popup @ 3 pm @ Slash Run 

Banda Los Recoditos , Alacranes Musical, Los Sunamis, Banda Bocanera @ Frederick Fairgrounds, 797 E. Patrick St 

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Monday April 10-

Michelle Zauner- crying in H mart book event 7 pm  @  6^th & I (sold out in person but virtual available for sale)

Friends of Carter Barron  awards affair w/ Legendary Temptations @ Howard Theatre

Vince Evans Blues Band 6 to 9 @ Westminster Church SW

Salsa and bachata dance lessons and live band @ 7:30 @ Renegade in Arlington

Easter Monday @ National Zoo

* Spælimenninir @ Silver Spring Civic Building at Veterans Plaza (Scandanavian folk)

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Tues April 11-

Duster @ Black Cat (sold out) (rock)

Eugenia Leon & Sao Paolo’s Youth Orchestra Tom Jobim : The Amazon Concert @ Kennedy Center Eisenhower Theater (celebrating the Amazon River and nature)

Oddisee & band @ Songbyrd (rap)

Blacc Print Experience @ Martini’s in White Plains

New Little Richard film doc screening at various theatres  (available digitally 4-21)

Hiphop, dancehall, soca, afrobeats dj @ Black Diamond in Silver Spring

Zae France @ Union Stage (r’n’b singer)

*The Bobby Lees, w/ Teen Mortgage, & Thee Deluxe @ DC 9 (crit-fave rock headliner) 

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Wed. April 12-

Booker T @ Barns of Wolf Trap (sold out)

Tink & Friends @ Howard Theatre (sold out)

Braxton Cook @ Songbyrd (jazz and r'n'b ) 

Black Bohemian w/ drummer Trae Crudup 10 to 12 mdt @ Harlot (r’n’b)

Sirius Company @ Sobe (go-go)

New Impressionz @ Babylon Café Falls Church

Coco & Clair Clair @ Union Stage (r’n’b) (sold out)

*Peter Case @ Jammin Java 

*Huang Ruo: A Moonlight Night on the Spring River @ Kennedy Center Terrace Theatre 

* Spælimenninir (scandanavian folk ) 12 to 1 @ Library of Congress

*Phlote showcase with Badz, Moses, & Nappy Nappa @ The Pocket 

*Layover (global programmed beats) @ Owl Room 

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Thursday, April 13

Shirleta Settles and Friends @ 12:00 noon - 1:00 p.m. @ Montpelier Arts Center, 9652 Muirkirk Road, Laurel, MD (soul)  

Booker T Jones @ Rams Head Annapolis (Stax soul keyboardist)

Haash @ Howard Theatre

Villain of the War , Cuni , Two Thumbs Down @ Quarry House

Sirius Company @ Union Oyster (go-go)

TCB @ Power (bouncebeat go-go)

What Band @ Martini’s

Jose Ramirez blues tribute to B.B. King @ Keystone Korner

Green Show band @ Mr. Braxton’s (r’n’b & hiphop)

Grand Ancestor dub dj for free @ Owl Room

Products Band, Close (solo show), Static Spray @ the Runaway

High Vis @ DC 9 (sold out)

*Flack @ VFW Post 350 Hells Bottom 

*Cheick Hamala & the Griot Street Band @ Bossa  

*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) (tentative as its Ramadan)

* Danube seesons live w/ Ochester Prozevica  @ Green Zone 

*Blacc Print Experience @ Lanham Centre Ballroom (go-go)

*DJ Ayes Cold and Gretchen & Sidecar 6 @ National Gallery garden party 

* Bombay To Brooklyn Featuring Max Zt, Ambi Subramaniam, Priya Jeff Coffin, Becca Stevens, Dave Eggar, Nathan Schram @ Barns of Wolf Trap

*New Impressionz @ Restaurant 55 

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Friday April 14-

Arooj Aftab, Vijay Iyer, Shahzad Ismaily as Love in Exile @ Strathmore Music Center (Pakistani singer Arooj Aftab won a Grammy last year for her meld of traditional Pakistani music & artsy indie-rock. She also went to Berklee School of Music. Iyer is touted jazz musician who has also won awards)

*South Asian Music in Global Context panel @ 6:30 pm @ Strathmore 

Codeine, Barbara Manning @ Black Cat (90s slowcore band plus Cali guitar-pop singer) POSTPONED to November

Charlie Aponte w/ Orquesta Galvan @ the Palace (Longtime vocalist Aponte sang w/ salsa w/ El  Gran Combo)

Caroline Rose @ 930 (indie-Americana-pop) 

Ricardo Montaner @ DAR

Yuri Ortuño , Yuri Mijail @ GN Event Center in Manassas

Toño Centella @ Revash Restaurant in Chantilly (Peruvian)

Banda Carnaval, Cuarto De Milla @ 90 Degrees

Alex y Fido @ Club One

Rare Essence @ Fast Eddie’s

Backyard Band @ Restaurant 55

Junkyard Band @ Nipseys (go-go)

TCB & CCB @ Aqua (bouncebeat go-go)

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

Mental Attraction Band 2.0 @ the Pavilion in Hillcrest Heights , MD

Connecting the Dots w/ Josanne Francis (steelpan), Chao Tian (Chinese dulcimer), Titilayo Ayangade (cello) @ Amp

G Perico @ Union Stage (rap)

*Jumpin Jupiter w/ Oil City Confidential @ Hank Dietle's (rockabilly w/ Dr. Feelgood/Wilko Johnson band inspired opener) 

*Abbie & Agi (harp & percussive dance music) early show @ Bossa 

*DJ Basbousa @ Green Zone (Arabic)

*Gerardo Diaz, El Fantasma, Voz Mando, Los Dos @ WEG Studios, 1235 W St NE 

* Mingus at 100 tribute w/ the Mingus Dynasty Quintet and pianist Helen Sung @ Arena Stage via the Library of Congress

*Nonchalant & Nighttrain 357 @ the Pocket 

*Les the DJ @ Eaton Hotel Allegory room and DJ Pedro Night of Adobo DMV @ Eaton Wild Days Bar  

*7th Street Salsa band @ Kennedy Center Studio K 

*Soca and reggae dj party @ Buena Vista 

*Hardway Connection @ Central Station in Fredericksburg , VA (southern soul) 

*New Impressionz & Reaction @ Hangars 

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Saturday April 15-

Kazzabe @ VIP Room in Baltimore (Honduras punta dance music)

Sensor Ghost, Landowner, lowercase roses @ Quarry House Tavern (postpunk)

Banda Blanca @ El Pueblito (Honduras)

Lizz Wright @ Prince George’s  Publick Playhouse (Americana r’n’b)

Afropop Worldwide: The African Rivers Project with music about the Niger by Niger River Ensemble and the Congo,by Kinshasa Allstars,  hosted by Georges Collinet & Banning Eyre of Afropop Worldwide @ 8 @ Kennedy Center Eisenhower Theater

Top 5 Featuring Antfarmusic and Special Guest Kevin Ross @ Bethesda Blues and Jazz

Told Slant, Sister @ Comet P Pong (indie-folk)

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

Rare Essence @ Aqua (go-go)

Sirius Company @ Shark Bar (go-go) 

Big Joe & the Dynaflows @ Glen Echo Spanish Ballroom

Oh He Dead @ Birchmere

Grupo Firme @ Capital One Arena

Graham Nash @ Rams Head Onstage Annapolis

Nick Leon, James Bangura, NativeSun, gabberbitch69 djs @ Owl Room (techno)

*Jellyroll Mortals present best of the Loving Spoonful @ Hank Dietle's 

*Cipriano & Payne @ Bossa 

*King Frantz/ Captain Kiki Swag Mizik @ 10 pm @ Gisele's Creole in Silver spring (Haitian konpa) 

*Johnson Lee dj @ Green Zone (from Joe's Record Paradise) 

*Moipei "The Water is Wide" @ Kennedy Center Studio K (Nairobi Kenya female vocal trio singing river songs) 

*DC Emancipation Day parade @ 2 ; concert w/ Dru Hill, Rakim, Alex Vaughn, JJ Hairston & more @ 3 pm ; Fireworks @ 8:30 

*Sakura Matsuri Japanese street Fest w/ J-pop & trad Japanese downtown (Sunday too) 

*Be'la Dona @  5 Sisters Lounge 

*TCB, TOB, Reaction, ABM @ Martini's (bouncebeat go-go) 

*Dancehall & soca dj Fyah Oats @ Crossroads 2 

* J'ouvert caribbean party w/ Motto, Jr Cruiza, Geovoni, Nandi, Empress J & Djs 4 to 11 pm @ U of MD Hornbake Plaza 

*DJ Kevin Coombe w/ funk 45s @ Showtime 

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Sunday April 16-

Be La Dona brunch @ Bethesda Blues

Sean Paul @ Fillmore

Kazzabe @ Rio Cantina (Honduras punta dance music)

Joel Harrison and Anthony Pirog Quartet @ Rhizome

Stacy Brooks Band @ Madams Organ

Roots Band @ Makeda Restaurant, Van Dorn St., Alexandria (Ethiopian)

Live Ethiopian music @ Shalla

Afrobeats & Amapiano dj party @ 10 @ St. Ex (every Sunday)

Afro X dj party (afrobeats, amapiano, soca, dancehall, rap) 5 to 10 @ Gazuza Lounge

Soulful Sunday w/ drummer Trae Crudup free 6:30 to 8:30 @ St. Vincent Wine

King Raam @ Songbyrd (Iranian rock singer)

Graham Nash @ Rams Head Onstage Annapolis

Vintage clothes & vinyl records sale popup @ the Runaway

*Hula Monsters @ Hank Dietle's 

*Fake Names, Hammered Hulls, the Owners @ Black Cat (DC punk) 

*Shir Ifrah & the Sahara Band District Ensemble @ the Mimouna Jewish North Africa Festival of Good Neighbors 8 to 10 pm @ Smithsonian Museum of African Art (free but registration required 

*TOB @ Union Oyster 

*Ottobar punk rock flea market 11 am

*Seth Kibel & Geoff Himes 3 pm @ An Die Musik 

*Sakura Matsuri Japanese street Fest w/ J-pop & trad Japanese downtown

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Monday April 17

Jose Ramirez Blues Project 6 to 9 @ Westminster Church SW

Salsa and bachata dance lessons and live band @ 7:30 @ Renegade in Arlington

*Maro @ DC 9 (indie-folk in Portuguese) 

Jiman's Palestinian Iftar dinner @ Green Zone 

*musicians late night after party @ Artemis 

My birthday!

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Tuesday April 18-

US Girls @ Union Stage –(postpunk band led by Toronto resident Meghan Remy)

Xiu Xiu, Light Beams, Handapple  @ Black Cat

Graham Nash @ Birchmere (Hollies, CSNY folk-rock)

Lil Wayne @ Fillmore

Blacc Print Experience @ Martini’s in White Plains (go-go)

Hiphop, dancehall, soca, afrobeats dj @ Black Diamond in Silver Spring

Robbie Fulks @ Jammin Java

*Model/Actriz @ DC 9 (indie rock) 

*Bashrguez (from Static Spray) , Flat, Hormone xo, Blank Hellscape (Detroit techno) "hardcore meets techno & synth pop" @ Rhizome 

*Black Belt Eagle Scout @ Songbyrd (Native American indie pop)  

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Wednesday April 19-

Graham Nash @ Birchmere

Midwife, Nyxy Nyx,  Stonecipher @ Quarry House

Black Bohemian w/ drummer Trae Crudup 10 to 12 mdt @ Harlot (r’n’b)

Sirius Company @ Sobe (go-go)

New Impressionz @ Babylon Café Falls Church

Sadies and the Highballers @ the Runaway

*Parthenon Nuxley, Julia Kasdorf, Dianna Quinn songwriters showcase @ Hank Dietle's 

*Artsouca @ Bossa 

*Eugene Holley, Jr & Maurice Jackson zoom panel honoring author/poet  jazz expert A.B. Spellman  @ 7 via the IPPH 

*Sonya Chichester backed by the Unit Band & NWO Horns @ Wine Down Wednesday @ Eloquent Touch Ballroom in Suitland (r'n'b) 

*Layover (global programmed beats) @ Owl Room 

* Backyard Band 8 to 12 @ Privilege (go-go) 

 *TOB, ABM, XIB @ Hangars (bouncebeat go-go)   

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Thursday April 20-

Pictoria Vark, Maneka, Spring Silver @ Quarry House

Onyx @ Metro Gallery (tentative)

Built to Spill @ 930

Sirius Company @ Union Oyster (go-go)

TCB @ Power (bouncebeat go-go)

What Band @ Martini’s

Average White Band @ Rams Head Annapolis

Sadies and the Highballers @ the Runaway

* Going Going Gone @ VFW Post 350 Hells Bottom 

*Pablo's Brazilian Pagode baile night @ Bossa

*Arco Belo & Simone Baron 5 to 7 @ Smithsonian American Art Museum (Improv chamber music and jazz) 

*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 w/ Ethio Band & more @ MHL Lounge in Falls Church

*Local Latin jazz & more w/ Ruano guest from El Salvador doing Fania Allstars salsa  @ Simple Bar

*Asmae @ Cloud Lounge in Arlington (locally based Arabic/Middle Eastern) 

* Soul Selector (Jamaican) dj Kenny M w/ vinyl @ Green Zone 

*Dupont Brass Band @ Crown Pink Room in Baltimore

* Benny the Butcher @ Baltimore Rams Head  (rap) 

* Monsoon , Flowerbloom, Grady @ the Pocket (rock)

*Monterey Jazz Fest on Tour w/ Dee Dee Bridgewater, Kurt Elling, Lakeshia Benjamin & more @ Strathmore 

*Chris Forsyth @ DC 9 (experimental rock guitarist) 

*Ty Tribbett @ Warner theatre (contemporary gospel w/ trap & afrobeats influences) 

*Cissa Paz @ Mr. Henry's (DC-based Brazilian)

*Black Bohemian Band (w/ Trae Crudup) @ Mr Braxton  (r'n'b) 

*Blacc Print Experience @ Lanham Center Ballroom (go-go) 

*Footwerk @ Cannibis Fest event @ Songbyrd

*LTJ Bukem @ Flash 

*Monsoon, Flowerbomb, Grady @ The Pocket 

*Jane Monheit @ Blues Alley (jazz singer) 

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Friday April 21 –

 Djavan @ Strathmore - Afro-Brazilian singer/guitarist star with a gorgeous voice

Max Santos @ VIP Room (bassist from bachata group Aventura)

Banda El Recodo , Los Elegantes De Jerez , Lenin Ramirez @ Cococabana

Average White Band @ Birchmere

Onyx @ Black Cat (tentative)

Fishbone & the Slackers @ Baltimore Soundstage

Oud Night with Chakib Hilali @ Phoenicia Restaurant and Lounge

Rare Essence @ Fast Eddie’s

Backyard Band @ Restaurant 55

Junkyard Band @ Nipseys (go-go)

TCB @ Aqua

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

Average White Band @ Birchmere (sold out)

Kerala Dust @ Songbyrd (UK rock-techno)

English Beat @ Rams Head Annapolis

*Sarah Shook & the Disarmers @ DC 9 

*Remi Hassoun dj @ Green Zone (Arabic)

*Harlem Quartet w/ pianist Michael Brown 8 to 10 @ St Marks Episcopal Church 

*XIU XIU @ Metro gallery

*Stephen Ulrich & Big Lazy: Music from This American Life @ 7 @ Hill Center @ old naval hospital

*DJs PreColumbian, gabberbitch69 & more @ Jimmy Valentine's 

* Thich Nhat Hanh’s Buddhist monastics from Plum Village Monastery w/ Born I (DC rapper & meditation teacher) @ 7 to 9 @ NoMuNoMu in Baltimore 

*Leon City Sounds djs Tropical Beat @ Gramophone DC, 647 Florida Ave NW 

*Dorinda, Big Cry Country, Nayan @ The Runaway 

*Jane Monheit @ Blues Alley (jazz singer) 

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Sat. April 22-

Manhattans, Bloodstone, Eddie Holman, the Softtones @ Lyric Theatre (soul) 

Roll Bounce Skate Party w/ Sirius Company @ Suitland Silver-Hill Roller Skate Rink (go-go)

Maryto Y Su Salson , Angie Chavez , Giancarlo Y La Tremendita @ Pappasittoos in Manassas Park

Brett Young @ Fillmore

Guardians del Amor @ Club One (Mexican ballad singing group )

Average White Band @ Birchmere

New Edition, Keith Sweat, Guy @ CFG Bank Arena in Baltimore

M83 @ Anthem

The Set- R’n’b Experience dj event @ Howard Theatre

R & S Project band @ DC Housing Authority section 3 resource Fair 12 to 4 Envision Center, Greenleaf Gardens 203 N St SW

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

Rare Essence @ Aqua

Average White Band @ Birchmere (sold out)

Record store Day

July Talk & Mauvey @ Songbyrd (rock )

Nectar w/ Vishal K & Dhakfu djs @ Green Zone (South Asian)

*Fruit Bats @ 930 Club 

*Earth Day @ Anacostia Community Museum

*Blacc Print Experience @ 5 Sisters Lounge in Laurel (go-go) 

*Petworth Porch Fest w/ Dior Ashley Brown & DJ Rachi @ 1:45 pm (many others at fest too-Crush Funk Brass ; Weird Babies; Soroche , Veronneau POSTPONED TO SAT APRIL 29

*Taisha Estrada album debut @ Hemingway Room in Baltimore (jazz & global) 

*Dibekulu & Hailu w/ Jano Band @ Karma (Ethiopian)

*The A Team w/ Steve Roy , Killa Cal, Pretty Nikki, Smoke , Steel Band from 2 to 8pm  @ Babylon Futbol cafe 

*reggaeton brunch w/ Djs Swizzy & Pedro Night from 3 to 9 @ St. Ex 

*Deep Shuffle w/ Djs Outlier MP3, Sven & more @ Bar 618, 618 H St 

*Record Store Day @ Joe's @ 2pm and @ Art Sound Language and other stores @  time tba

*Glenn Jones w/ Robert T @ Carlyle Room

*Masters of Tango @ Kennedy Center 

*Jane Monheit @ Blues Alley (jazz singer) 

*TCB, TOB @ Power (bouncebeat go-go) 

*Cannabis Fest w/ 2 Chainz, Jucy J, Backyard Band, Cumbia Heights, Foots x Coles @ RFK grounds 

*Jogo Project w/ poets 12 noon to 3 pm @ Francis Gregory Library in DC

*Dreamcast Moe w/ drummer Trae Crudup @ time tba @ Southwest Garden Fest (if not rained out) 

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Sun. April 23-

Béla Fleck, Edgar Meyer & Zakir Hussain With Rakesh Chaurasia, bansuri @Strathmore

Rico Nasty @ Fillmore (rap)

Maryto Y Su Salson , Angie Chavez @ Justas #2 Peruvian Bar in Woodbridge, VA

Ray Apollo Allen @ 4 @ JVs (soul)

Stacy Brooks Band @ Madams Organ

Roots Band @ Makeda Restaurant, Van Dorn St., Alexandria (Ethiopian)

Live Ethiopian music @ Shalla

Afrobeats & Amapiano dj party @ 10 @ St. Ex (every Sunday)

Afro X dj party (afrobeats, amapiano, soca, dancehall, rap) 5 to 10 @ Gazuza Lounge

Soulful Sunday w/ drummer Trae Crudup free 6:30 to 8:30 @ St. Vincent Wine

Dupont Brass @ Songbyrd

* DC Blues Society  Spring Concert & Dance Party - Festival Fundraiser with Clarence Blues Man Turner and a celebration of life for late WPFW dj Chris Deproperty from 5 to 9:30 at American Legion Cissel-Saxon Post 41

*Wanted Man @ Black Cat (surf-rock & more) 

*TOB @ Union Oyster 

*Filmfest DC presents "Fantastic Negrito: Have You Lost Your Mind Yet" movie @ 7:45 @ Landmark E st. 

* Thich Nhat Hanh’s Buddhist monastics from Plum Village Monastery w/ Born I (DC rapper & meditation teacher) @ 7 to 9 pm @ River Road Unitarian Universalist Congregation

*Ari Voxx & the Sad Lads @ Hill Center (DC indie-pop) 

*Backyard Band & Project 360 from 3 to 10 @ Nottingham's (go-go) 

*New Impressionz @ 11 @ Babylon Futbol Cafe (go-go) 

*Still Familiar w/ R & S Project @ Capital Restaurant from 5 to 9 in Lanham 

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Monday April 24

Sona Jobarteh @ Howard Theatre  (Gambia kora player) (sold out)

David Cole & Main Street Blues 6 to 9 @ Westminster Church SW

Salsa and bachata dance lessons and live band @ 7:30 @ Renegade in Arlington

*Open Mic w/ Attinshun @ Public Option

*Andy Shauf @ 930 Club (Canadian indie pop)

*Long Beard @ DC 9 (dream-pop)

*Cryogeyser, Draag, Close @ Pie Shop (rock, dreampop)

* Spike Hellis @ the Runaway

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Tuesday April 25-

Wailers , & Shamans of Sound @ Howard Theatre

zzzahara, Rex Pax, Ajola @ Comet P Pong

Blacc Print Experience @ Martini’s in White Plains (go-go)

Hiphop, dancehall, soca, afrobeats dj @ Black Diamond in Silver Spring

Rum.gold and Ashlee White @ Union Stage (DC alt-r’n’b )

Can I Kick It? Shaolin jazz w/ DJ 2-Tone Jones @ Songbyrd

Suzanne Vega @ Rams Head Annapolis

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Wednesday April 26-

On Minimalism book talk @ P& P w/ Kery O’Brien, William Robin talking to Chris Richards  plus Jeff Barsky music

Suzanne Vega- an intimate evening of songs & stories @ Birchmere

Prinze George , Sunstoney @ Comet P Pong

Black Bohemian w/ drummer Trae Crudup 10 to 12 mdt @ Harlot (r’n’b)

Sirius Company @ Sobe (go-go)

New Impressionz @ Babylon Café Falls Church

Bankrol Hayden @ Songbyrd (rap)

Foursquare night w/ Richard & Gayle Seale  @ Green Zone 

*Layover (global programmed beats) @ Owl Room 

*Bohemian Caverns Jazz Orchestra featuring Charles McPherson @ Blues Alley

*Amy K. Bormet keyboardist trio w/ Corcoran Holt, CV Dashiell III from 12 to 1pm @ Union Station

*Bachata x House World Beats party w/DJ Roberto Berimbau ft Kata & DJ Aldo Andres @ Bossa

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Thursday April 27-

Claudio Narea Of Los Prisioneros  @ the Palace

Rakim y Ken-y @ Rio Cantina (cancelled )

Sirius Company @ Union Oyster (go-go)

TCB @ Power (bouncebeat go-go)

What Band @ Martini’s

Green Show band @ Mr. Braxton’s (r’n’b & hiphop)

Tenille Townes @ Union Stage (country)

Neek Bucks @ Songbyrd (Harlem rapper) CANCELLED

*Bailterspace w/ Dot Dash @ DC 9 (New Zealand rock headliners w/ DC powerpop rock openers) 

*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) 

*Mazbouta w/ Fady D dj @ Green Zone (alt Arabic disco/electro) 

*Punk the Capital and mini Hangmen doc both screen @ Eaton @ 6:30 m w/ guest Bob Berberich of Hangmen 

*Dior Ashley Brown & the Filthy Animals @ Bossa (funky r'n'b)

*Sugarsmacks , the Easy Way @ Songbyrd 

*Rave Ami, Continuals,  Graham Grease @ Pie Shop  

*Polkas con Corazón w/ Corazón Folklórico dance workshops with special guest instructor, Maestro Cesar Orta from Chihuahua, Mexico  @1 p.m.  Studio K at the Kennedy Center  Reach Bldg

*New Impressionz @ Restaurant 55 (go-go)

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Friday April 28 –

Ohio Players at Birchmere - funk band still at it and reports say they still sound great

Jake Blount, Nic Gareiss, and Laurel Premo free from 6 to 7 @ Kennedy Center Millennium Stage

The Giz w/ Frank Sirius, Chris of TOB,  and other go-go musicians @ Lincoln Theatre (through the 30th)

Ala Jaza @ Cocacabana (Dominican singer musician)

Joanna Sternberg, Carmen Canedo @ Comet P Pong

Oud Night with Chakib Hilali @ Phoenicia Restaurant and Lounge

Rare Essence @ Fast Eddie’s

Backyard Band @ Restaurant 55

Junkyard Band @ Nipseys (go-go)

TCB @ Aqua

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

Laurel Canyon- Golden Songs of Los Angeles 1966-1972 tribute show  @ Hamilton

Saba dj @ Green Zone (Arabic house )

*The Fctry djs @ Eaton 

*Born in Chicago" movie @ Filmfest DC @ 6:05 pm @ Landmark E St  ( Barry Goldberg & Michael Bloomfield went to South Side Chicago to see Muddy Waters & Howling Wolf) 

*Denise Belfon , Mega Banton, Da Niela & Djs @ FFOI, 8233 Fenton St Silver Spring (soca) 

*Fundraiser for DC Music Summit Nonprofit w/ Dior Ashley Brown and djs @ 6 to 11 @ Sandlot Anacostia POSTPONED TO JUNE 9

*Clear Channel, Erica Dawn Lyle, Privacy Issues @ Rhizome (punk and noise) 

*Dave Chappell @ Blues Alley @ Sandlot Georgetown, 2715 PA Ave. NW  POSTPONED TBA

*Messthetics & the Yachtsmen @ Palisades Hub Cap Centre, 5200 Cathedra Ave NW 

*New Impressionz , Big Action @ Hangars

*Jazz bassist Michael Bowie w/ band & vocalist Heidi Martin tribute to Abbey Lincoln 6 to 9 pm @ Westminster Church SW 

* Dj Soul Sister is doing a presentation @ 9:15 am  about legendary New Orleans DJ Dr Daddy-O @ the Radio Preservation Task Force Conference @ the Library of Congress in DC.  

*Les the DJ & DJ Baby Alcatraz @ 10 @ Showtime 

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Saturday April 29-

The Razz doc @ AFI Silver (DC rock band from late 70s)

Sierra Leone Independence Day party @ Karma

Drive-By Truckers @ 930

Giancarlo Rodriguez Y La Tremenda , Jeinson Manuel , Luiz Chavez Y Orquesta A1 @ Pappasitttoos In Manassas Park (salsa y timba)

Walter etc., Loose Buttons @ Comet P Pong

The Giz w/ Frank Sirius, Chris of TOB,  and other go-go musicians @ Lincoln Theatre

MD Day at u of MD

DC Arab cultural fest @ dew drop inn and elsewhere w/ dabkedance w/ Dj Basbousa & quartonez

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

Rare Essence @ Aqua (go-go)

 Hector Acosta @ VIP Room

*Lola Zouai @ Union Stage (pop)

Crank Caviar @ Songbyrd (go-go)

tbd dj @ Green Zone 

*Viva Chihuahua fest 2023 w/ Fiera, La Energia Nortena , Los Pescadores, La Reunion Nortena, Alianza, Furia, Manuel R @ Prince William County Fairgrounds 

* *Born in Chicago" movie @ Filmfest DC @ 5:40pm @ Landmark E St ( Barry Goldberg & Michael Bloomfield went to South side to see Muddy Waters & Howling Wolf) 

*Filmfest DC presents "Fantastic Negrito: Have You Lost Your Mind Yet" movie @ 4pm @ Landmark E st. 

*Barbie Tingz w/ djs & Flavaroots sound @ Buena Vista in Jessup

* Northeast Groovers, Crank Crusaders featuring Raheem Devaughn, Push Play w/ Go-go Mickey, Sirius Company, DJ Rico @ 12 to 8  @ Lamonts *JUST CANCELLED DUE TO WET GROUNDS THAT WOULD CAUSE CONCERT & PARKING ISSUES DOWN THERE 

* The Rock and Roll Brunch: Dave Eats Mud w/ We Capillaries (Davis White is in this group), No One Sphere , Old Knife from 11:30 am to 3 pm @ The Pocket  (punk & avante rock) 

*Covet @ Jammin Java (Cali math rock band)  

* Abigail Deville Presents Dark Matters with Meshell Ndegeocello from 8 to 9 @ the Hirshhorn ( The program is about the enslaved people who built the White House and US Capitol)

*Junkyard Band 3 to 8  @ Babylon Falls Church

* Junkyard Band 9ish to late @ 5 Sisters Lounge 

*Afrobeats Saturday w/ dj 1 to 9 pm @ Lydia on H St NE (every Sat.) 

* Petworth Porch Fest 2 to 6 w/ UCB @ 6 plus earlier Dior Ashley Brown, Crush Funk Brass ; Weird Babies; Soroche , Veronneau & others see fest website for specific times/stages 

*Backyard Band , What Band @ Fast Eddie's (go-go) 

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Sunday April 30

southern soul w/ King George, Tucka, Sir Charles Jones, Pokey Bear,  Calvin Richardson, Big G,  Ty'ronica "BadGir" Rawls from 3 to 9  @ prince William fairgrounds

 Abdullah Ibrahim and Ekaya @ Kennedy Center Concert Hall (South African jazz pianist and band)

Fest of Colors at bull run park, Manassas (sponsored by 102.9 India music radio)

Drive-by Truckers w/ Lydia Loveless at 930

 Barry Farm: Community Land and Justice film doc @ 2 pm @ Southwest Neighborhood DC Library

Stacy Brooks Band @ Madams Organ

Roots Band @ Makeda Restaurant, Van Dorn St., Alexandria (Ethiopian)

Live Ethiopian music @ Shalla

Afrobeats & Amapiano dj party @ 10 @ St. Ex (every Sunday)

Afro X dj party (afrobeats, amapiano, soca, dancehall, rap) 5 to 10 @ Gazuza Lounge

Soulful Sunday w/ drummer Trae Crudup free 6:30 to 8:30 @ St. Vincent Wine

Fucked Up @ Union Stage (Canadian punk)

Elizabeth Moen @ Songbyrd (indie, bluesy singer/songwriter)

William Parker @ Rhizome (jazz)

*Ray Apollo Allen & the Apollo 1 band @ Hank Dietle's 

*TOB @ Union Oyster 

*Red Rat, Little Vicious, Ricky Platinum dancehall & soca djs @ Gee's Ultra 

*Maydan fest 10 am 

*The Giz w/ Frank Sirius, Chris of TOB,  and other go-go musicians @ Lincoln Theatre

* Jeinson Manuel @ Justa’s Peruvian Bar in Woodbridge

*Backyard Band 3 to 8 @ Babylon Falls Church (go-go)

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Monday May 1-

Bobby Felder’s Blues Brothers 6 to 9 @ Westminster Church SW (DC soul & blues vets)

100 Gecs and Fever Ray @ Anthem

Salsa and bachata dance lessons and live band @ 7:30 @ Renegade in Arlington

*Sister Mirror (Susan Alcorn & Janel Leppin) plus Jarrett Gilgore & Anthony Pirog @ Rhizome 

*Trae Crudup trio @ Artemis 

*May Day Fest and March @ 4pm @ Malcolm X Park 

*Del Sol Quartet 12 to 1pm @ Sackler (music inspired by Tibetan sand mandalas) 

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*Tues. May 2-

TCB, TOB, Reaction, ABM @ Club One 

 Big Baby Gucci @ Songbyrd (rap) 

Hiatus Kaiyote @ Fillmore (r’n’b)

Arushi Jain 12 to 1 and 3 to 4 in the Freer Courtyard (Hindustani India music played with electronics) 

Veronneau @ Blues Alley 

Placebo @ 930 Club (sold out) 

Crystal Canyon, Handapple, Ari Voxx & the Sad lads @ Runaway (shoegaze, synthpop, indie pop) 

Oh He Dead, Flowerbomb @ Rams Head Annapolis 

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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

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