DC / Baltimore / DMV Global Music and More January 2024 Concert Calendar Gig List

 

DC/Baltimore /DMV Global Music and More – January 2024

  Compiled & curated by Steve Kiviat and edited and updated frequently (go-go shows are often just announced the week of the show). Work your way down day by day. 

Calendar is posted, updated, and viewable here on the blog, and events tweeted @stevekiviat. Events are sometimes linked on my Facebook, Instagram, Bluesky, & Threads. It includes international (mainly African, Caribbean, Latin, Brazilian), roots, rap, soul, go-go, rock, punk, pop, gospel, club dj dance and more DMV & Baltimore & Annapolis gigs that I am interested in.  Additional gigs added after first posting have an *asterisk.*  Events listed have been found on websites, Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, email, postcards, flyers, tik-tok, What’s app, & club voicemails.

 To submit events (for posting) or comments (that are not posted) e-mail stevenkiviat @ gmail.com

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Some January Highlights (then full list below):

Sat. January 13- Super Girls Group ( w/ Louise Murray from Hearts & Jaynetts;  Margaret Ross of Cookies; Nanette Licari of Del Rons; & Beverly Warren of the Raindrops (all girl groups from 50s & 60s) @ Harmony Hall           

Thurs. January 18-Senegalese kora player Ablaye Cissoko in a duo with French diatonic accordionist Cyrille Brotto @ 7:30 @ Nolan Center for the Performing Arts, 1524 35th St NW

Saturday January 27-TJ Hooker Taylor (son of late Johnnie Taylor) and Tyrone Toomer’s Tribute to Bobby Womack w/ DJ Moe, doors @ 6 & show @ 7  @ Elks Lodge in Temple Hills , MD (tickets only sold in advance—from Gerald Pinkney GP Promotions 301-503-8400) (soul)

Monday January 29- Bobby Rush @ 7:30 @ Rams Head Onstage Annapolis (blues & southern soul)

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Monday January 1-

Ethiojazz @ Shalla (tentative)

 

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 Tues. January 2-

Memphis Gold & the Scrap Iron Band Blues show 6 to 9 @ Westminster Church SW

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

Ethiopian music @ Lion’s Den in Falls Church

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Wednesday January 3-

Alex Hamburger (jazz & more flutist, vocalist) free from 6 to 7 @ Kennedy Center Millennium Stage

Ethiopian music @ Napoli Lounge

New Impressionz @ Babylon(go-go)

Sirius Company @ Sobe (go-go)

A Shrewdness of Apes (prog), XK Scenario (experimental rap), Cuni (shoegaze) @ Pie Shop

Kizomba and bachata dj & dancing  @ Crossroads 2

DJ Jamstar @ Tempoo Lounge (dancehall)

What Band @ Diamond Lounge (go-go)

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Thursday January 4-

UCB w/ Drew Keys @ Songbyrd (go-go & r&B)

Phillips After 5 from 5 to 8:30 pm w/ Nag Champa Art Ensemble @ Phillips Collection

Azul Band @ Green Zone (music without borders)

“Harder They Come” reggae movie @ 7:30 @ Peabody Hts Brewery Baltimore

Rebekah Laur’en free from 6 to 7 @ Kennedy Center Millennium Stage (r&B singer)

Grandsons @ Hank Dietle’s (roots rock)

Live Ethiopian music @ Shalla Restaurant in Silver Spring (through Sunday)

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

Ethiopian music  @ MHL Lounge in Falls Church

Ethiopian music  @ Black Rose Lounge

Ethiopian music @ Love Lounge Fenton St Silver Spring

Asmae & Chakib @ Martini Lounge Falls Church  (locally based Arabic/Middle Eastern)

The Green Show Band @ Mr Braxton’s

What Band feat. Killa Cal @ Martini's Ft Washington (go-go)

Still Familiar @ Babylon Falls Church (tentative)

Blacc Print Experience @ Nipsey's (go-go)

Afrobeat w/ DJ Jamstar @ Spectrum Lounge

Afro-Caribbean dj @ Kaldis

Afrobeats @ Gazuza Lounge

Djs Blissero, Bo, K-Meta @ St Ex

*Verny Varela @ 9:30 @ Bossa (Colombian cumbia , vallenato, salsa & more) *

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Friday January 5-

Vado , Sk Daking, Sammy Sno @ Ottobar (rap)

Pipo Romero free from 6 to 7 @ Kennedy Center Millennium Stage (flamenco, folk & more singer/acoustic guitarist)

Dj Gilbert Torossian (Arabic/Armenian) @ Green Zone

After Thought Band (formerly the Brothers 7 Band) @ Lamont’s

Rare Essence @ Fast Eddie’s (go-go)

Backyard Band @ Restaurant 55 (go-go)

Junkyard Band @ Nipseys (go-go)

TCB  @ Power (bouncebeat go-go)

Sirius Company @ Citizens and Culture (go-go)

TOB, ABM, XMB @ Martini’s Ft Washington

Alfredo Mojica Group @ 10:30  @ Bossa (salsa) plus DJ Lu w/ Latin hits upstairs; *Maggie Yacoub Arabic Jazz Project @ 7:30*

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

Live Ethiopian music @ Shalla

Ras Band w/ guest singers @ MHL Lounge (Ethiopian)

Ethiopian music @ Black Rose Lounge

Fateh Nooraaie @ Martini ‘s Falls Church (Middle Eastern)

Save Your Soul at Lithuanian Hall in Baltimore (DJ Baby Alcatraz & DJ Rob Macy spin soul vinyl)

Proper Utensils feat Jas Funk @ Hangars Lounge

 Twuk 2nd Birthday Fundraiser w/ Zephyr, Syd, DJ Amsies, Hormone, Inifnity Knives X Brian Ennals @ 8PM @ Metro Gallery (hiphop & more)

Marc Ribot’s Ceramic Dog @ 8PM @ Creative Alliance

David Sánchez, Warren Wolf & Lil John Roberts @ 7PM & 9:30PM @ Keystone Korner (jazz & Latin-jazz)

Joyce Lim’s birthday party w/ dj NativeSun @ 10 @ Jimmy Valentine’s (techno/electro)

Swell feat. David Kitchen @ Earps Ordinary in Fairfax (roots rock)

Teri & the Back Alley Rhythm Cats @ Hank Dietle’s

Suttle & Da One Band @ Aqua (go-go)

Dj Paul aka Pharoah Haqq @ Le Mont Royal

Fiddlehead, End It, Dazy, Final Gasp, Flowers for the Dead @ 7 @ St Stephens  (punk) (tickets via Dice)

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Saturday January 6-

Amythyst Kiah free from 6 to 7 @ Kennedy Center Millennium Stage (alt-rock meets roots)

The El Reys & Gerf @ Quarry House Tavern (surf-rock; Anthony Pirog & Janelle Leppin Are in El Reys)

 X-Maleya @ Lincoln Theatre (Cameroon)

Tropical Beat  w/ Leon City Sounds (Vinyl) @ Green Zone

Bob Bellerue , Guillermo Pizarro , Alma Laprida, Christopher Griffiths @ Rhizome (experimental music)

3 Kings Day @ Gala Hispanic Theatre

El Cousteau & Niontay & DJ Bri Mafia @ Songbyrd (Hiphop)

Cryptid Summer, Palladists, The Rally Caps @ The Runaway

Tumbao (Latin salsa ) @ Bossa 1st floor & DJ Lu Latin Hits upstairs; DJ Berimbau

Roots Band @ Makeda Restaurant;

live Ethiopian music @ Shalla;

Ras Band w/ guest singers @ MHL Lounge (Ethiopian);

Ethiopian music @ Black Rose Lounge

Fadi Jano @ Martini ‘s Falls Church (Middle Eastern)

Rare Essence @ Aqua

Sirius Company & Be’la Dona @ Fast Eddie’s (go-go)

Backyard Band @ Dominion Raceway

Junkyard Band & Major League @ Flame in Alexandria

Risikat Okedeyi memorial service @ 12 noon @ Capital Turnaround;  Celebration of Life @ 8 @ Eaton (Nigerian-American teacher & music scene manager)

Pile ‘o’ Rocks @ JVs (pubrock & Rockpile cover band )

Portside Chapel, Suspect Down, Apollo 66 @ American Legion Post 41 Cissel Saxon (garage rock)   Cancelled due to bandmember w/ Covid & worries about the weather 

Tex Rubinowitz & Tom Mindte Roots rock Band @ VFW Post 350 Hells Bottom (cancelled due to illness. A band called Swangers will be there).

Haitian Independence party w/ DJ Madbow @ Crossroads 2

Jackie & the Treehorns, Roscoe Tripp, Holiday Death Tribute @ Pie Shop (rock)

The Kennedys @ Creative Cauldron (folk-rock)

Sajjan Raj Vaidya @ Fillmore

*DJ Niko birthday Party w/ DJ Crown Vic & more @ 10:30 @ Marx Cafe *    

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Sunday January 7-

Ethiopian Christmas

Milarepa Dorji (post-punk, jazz rock, avant ambient guitarist);Liam Grant (John Fahey-esque  fingerpick guitarist)  ;  Dechen (aka Ellen McSweeney) (melancholy folk singer/violinist/guitarist playing w/ classical bassist) @ Rhizome

“Joan Baez: I am a Noise” movie doc screening  @ Kennedy Center

Amanuel Yemane & Veronica Adane @ Privilege U St NW (Ethiopian)

Ephrem Tamiru & Lij Michael @ Karma NE DC (Ethiopian)

Rap Insurrection benefit for Friends of Congo and Palestinian Children’s Relief Fund w/ dj Tromac & performers Kotic Couture, BlissArmy Knife, Mouchestar, Fonlon, ThreeeyedMouse, BlVckHnndz @ 8:30 @ Pie Shop

Marimba 502 @ El Palenque

Sirius Company “day party” 6 to 11 pm @ Piano Keys in Brandywine, MD (go-go)

Live Ethiopian music @ Shalla Restaurant in Silver Spring (through Sunday)

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

Ethiopian music  @ MHL Lounge in Falls Church

Ethiopian music  @ Black Rose Lounge

Ethiopian music @ Love Lounge Fenton St Silver Spring

Lagos 2 Soweto w/ DJ Scuba @ Kaldi’s Rooftop

Backyard Band @ Society Lounge (go-go)

Vintage and Vinyl 3 to 7 @ Slash Run

Hula Monsters @ Hank Dietles

Home Again: A tribute to music of Carole King w/ local acts  @ 3 @ Rams Head Onstage Annapolis

Raymi @ 2 @ Creative Cauldron (trad Andes music meets guitar & drums)

*Vava Samba  & DJ Berimbau @ 7 @ Bossa* 

*Afrobeat Essentials dance workshop @ 2 @ Joe's Movement Emporium*  

*Ethiopian music live w/Mahlet & Asfaw @ Napoli Lounge*

*Opening weekend for new Mulashewa Ethiopian Restaurant, 8241 GA Ave Silver Spring w/ live music from Endale, Fasika, Yeshembet, Sasu, Dessalegn *

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 Monday January 8-

From China To Appalachia w/ Cathy Fink & Marcy Marxer with Chao Tian @ IMT @ Saint Mark Presby. Church, 10701 Old Georgetown Rd., Rockville

Nucleus & Friends Band 5G from 6 to 9 @ Blue Monday Blues @ Westminster Church SW

Ethio jazz @ Shalla

*Open Mic Monday w/ Attinshun @ the Mojuba Collective *

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 Tuesday January 9-

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

Ethiopian music @ Lion’s Den in Falls Church

 *TOB Experience heavenly birthday salute to Doug E Doug @ 10 pm @ Hangar's Club*

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Wed. January 10 -

Attack Dog, Cuni, Thunderpaw @ Quarry House Tavern (rock)

Live Ethiopian music @ Napoli Lounge

New Impressionz @ Babylon (go-go)

Kevin Owens @ Wine Down Wednesdays @ Eloquent Touch Ballroom Hillcrest Hts MD (R&B singer who backed Luther Vandross & Ray, Goodman, & Brown)

Kizomba and bachata dj & dancing  @ Crossroads 2

DJ Jamstar @ Tempoo Lounge (dancehall)

Teach me how to dabke w/ Jinan from 8 to 10 @ Green Zone (2nd Wednesday of the month)

*Alfred Yun @ Amp (dc area based now Korean pianist who merges jazz, rock, & k-pop)*

*Maracuyeah tropi-beats reunion w/ DJs Mafe & Kristy la Rat  from 6 to 9 @ St Ex Main Level  (Mafe is back visiting)*

*Sirius Company @ Sobe (go-go) *

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Thurs. January 11-

Benefit concert for the Palestinian Children's Relief Fund w/ Alfred Yun Group, Jaden Shahin Group, Keith Butler Jr. (singer Taisha Estrada, Alex Hamburger, Abe Mamet, Jamie Sandel, Alfred Yun, Horacio Calvo, Paul Jung, Jaden Shahin, Keith Butler Jr., and more)  @ Rhizome

Kriminal Pop W Dj Šarkan & Accomplices &  Danube Sessions w/ Orchester Prazevica (Live) @ Green Zone

Live Ethiopian music @ Shalla Restaurant in Silver Spring (through Sunday)

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

Ethiopian music  @ MHL Lounge in Falls Church

Ethiopian music  @ Black Rose Lounge

Ethiopian music @ Love Lounge Fenton St Silver Spring

Asmae & Chakib @ Martini Lounge Falls Church  (locally based Arabic/Middle Eastern)

The Green Show Band @ Mr Braxton’s

What Band @ Martini's Ft Washington (go-go)

Still Familiar @ Babylon Falls Church (tentative)

Blacc Print Experience @ Nipsey's (go-go)

Afrobeat w/ DJ Jamstar @ Spectrum Lounge

Afro-Caribbean dj @ Kaldis

Afrobeats @ Gazuza Lounge

Flack @ VFW Post 350 Hells Bottom (roots pop)

Que Bonita w/ Jru Anthony @ Pie Shop (r&B)  

Cecily @ Blues Alley

Alison Brown Quintet @ Rams Head Onstage Annapolis (bluegrass Americana )

Longtimers @ Hank Dietles (roots rock)

*A2B----Zavier Croft on Funkadelic "Cosmic Slop" album 7 to 9 in Eaton 1st floor library *

*Cheick Hamala & Griot Street Band @ Bossa (Music of Mali )* 

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Fri.  January 12 –

Hail, Hail Rock n Roll tribute to Chuck Berry w/ pianist Daryl Davis & band w/ John Previti, Elijah J Balbed, Kenny Pirog, Larry Ferguson, @ 7:30 @ Creative Cauldron

Afro Vibes and chill w/ the Ade Band @ 7 @ Suya Spot in Owings Mill, MD

Benefit for Palestine Red Crescent Society w/ Sinister Feeling, Civilian, Narcan, Music Mouse @ 8 @ Holy Frijoles

Iranian Film fest starts Smithsonian Museum of Asian Art Freer Gallery with movie Imagine @ 7pm

Elvis Birthday Fightclub @ Creative Alliance

Bob Margolin @ Manor Mill Loft in Monkton, MD (solo blues guitar)

The Daddies @ Glen Echo (swing dance & rock)

Local News Legend ; Rosslyn Station ; Paul Mooney @ Comet P Pong (rock)

DJ Remi Hassoun (Arabic) @ Green Zone

Amish Outlaws @ Hamilton

Dance Club presents DJ Voices, Baronhawk Poitier, Tommy C.,  Joyce Lim & "Mallory" opening @ DC 9 (techno/electro)

Los Primos @ El Ranchon

After Thought Band (formerly the Brothers 7 Band) @ Lamont’s

Rare Essence @ Fast Eddie’s (go-go)

Backyard Band @ Restaurant 55 (go-go)

Junkyard Band @ Nipseys (go-go)

TCB  @ Power (bouncebeat go-go)

Northeast Groovers @ Sidelines Sports Bar in Glen Burnie

Alfredo Mojica Group @ Bossa (salsa) plus DJ Lu w/ Latin hits upstairs

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

Live Ethiopian music @ Shalla

Ras Band w/ guest singers @ MHL Lounge (Ethiopian)

Ethiopian music @ Black Rose Lounge

Fadi Jano @ Martini ‘s Falls Church (Middle Eastern)

Airport 77s @ VFW Post 350 Hells Bottom (power pop)

Nayan, Big Cry Country, Professor Goldstein @ the Runaway (rock)

Last Train Home @ Rams Head Onstage Annapolis (roots Americana rock)

Four Star Combo @ Hank Dietles (rockabilly & honky tonk)

*DJ Baby Alcatraz @ the Neptune Room*

*Fiasco (punk jazz) , Walsh Kunkel (experimental guitarist), LMB (avante-jazz duo of Abe Mamet & Jamie Sandel @ Slash Run* 

*Deborah Bond @ Blues Alley* 

*Soul meets Body, the Mitras, Venray @ the Pocket*

*Sirius Company @ Lafontaine Bleu in Glen Burnie *

*DJ Kristy La Rat @ As You Are*

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 Sat. January 13-

Super Girls Group ( w/ Louise Murray from Hearts & Jaynetts;  Margaret Ross of Cookies; Nanette Licari of Del Rons; & Beverly Warren of the Raindrops (all girl groups from 50s & 60s) @ Harmony Hall       

Okan free from 6 to 7 @ Kennedy Center Millennium Stage (Cuban pop)

Messer Chups, The Lushpockets, The Bali Lamas, more TBA @ Ottobar (headliners merge surf, soundtracks & Russian music)

Junior Marvin & Legendary Wailers @ Hamilton

Annette Wasilik, JOBIE, Teething Veils @ Rhizome (artsy folk)

Akua Allrich & bassist/producer Kris Funn celebrate their new album Universe @ Takoma Station (jazz & old school Afropop singer )  

Escuela Grind, No/mas, Come Meirda, Slow Pulse @ Songbyrd (punk)

DJ Crown Vic’s Weird World          Pharoah Haqq & DJ Soul Call Paul  (Vinyl) @ Green Zone

Last Train Home @ Birchmere (country-folk Americana)

Everly Brothers tribute w/ David Kitchen, Willie Barry, & moree @ Creative Cauldron

Bob Margolin and the Nighthawks @ Cheverly American Legion (blues and blues-rock)

ReggaeFest dj @ Howard Theatre

Tumbao (Latin salsa ) @ Bossa 1st floor & DJ Lu Latin Hits upstairs; *Birce Gokalp Band (Turkish music)  @ 7:30 to 9 @ Bossa*

Roots Band @ Makeda Restaurant;

live Ethiopian music @ Shalla;

Ras Band w/ guest singers @ MHL Lounge (Ethiopian);

Ethiopian music @ Black Rose Lounge

TCB, New Impressionz , the Men @ Fast Eddie’s

Jimmy’s Lounge Reunion w/ Junkyard Band , return of the Infinity Band @ 9 @ Dominion Skating, Culpepper, VA (go-go)  

Backyard Band @ Ivy City Smokehouse

Northeast Groovers @ Shark Bar

Walk the Plank, Supreme Commander @ Atlas Brew Works (dc punk )

Djs Joe Claussell & Ron Trent @ location by Darkroom (DM for address)  

Patrice Rushen @ Rams Head Onstage Annapolis

*Jo-go Project Tribute to Aretha plus Nag Champa Art Ensemble  @ 8 @ Black Rock Center for the Arts  (also Upcounty record fair 12 to 8 and a BlackFire  records panel discussion w/ Jamal Gray & James Plunky Branch moderated by Willard Jenkins @ 5:45)*

*Charlie Wilson @ MGM (R&B)*

*Born I feat. Kim Sator @ Eaton * (meditation & rap) 

*Kill Lincoln @ Black Cat (ska-punk)*

*DJ Pedro Night @ Soundcheck*

*Tabou Combo @ the Macdonell Reception Room, 10701 Old Georgetown Rd., Bethesda (Haitian legendary band; VIP tix include special seating, Haitian meal & Cocktails ) *

*Abe Mamet trio 8 to 11 free  @ Lost Generation Brewing(jazz)*

*Lil Rick @ Gee's* 

* DJ 9th Wonder’s birthday w/ DJs Cuzzin B, Face, Mark Infinit and Jay Clipp @ Eaton Hotel Wild Days bar (classic old school hiphop)*

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Sun. January 14-

Messer Chups @ State Theatre ( merge surf, soundtracks & Russian music)

Guest Bed, Still Bones, Moraine, and Triple Bunk Bed @ Ottobar (Baltimore rock)

Corey Arcenaux & the Zydeco Hot Peppers @ 6 @ Hank Dietle’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

Ethiopian music w/ Ras Band  @ Black Rose Lounge

Ethiopian music @ Love Lounge Fenton St Silver Spring

Still Familiar @ Babylon Falls Church (go-go)

Black & White Affair w/ Junkyard Band, Sirius Vybe, Be’la Dona, Blacc Print Experience 7:30 to 1:30 @ MGM Harbor Grand Ballroom

Backyard Band 4 to 8 @ Babylon (go-go)

Singer/actor  Keith Snipes tribute to MLK @ 4 @ Southern Area Aquatic  & Rec Complex in Brandywine, MD  

R&B Club discusses music of Babyface 12 to 3 pm @Songbyrd

Reason @ 7 @ Songbyrd

Black Techno Matters usb release event w/ discussions & djs tba @ location tba

Patrice Rushen @ Birchmere

Alison Crockett tribute to Nat King Cole @ Creative Cauldron

*4th Stream w/ drummer/bandleader Sriram Gopal @ Bossa (South Asian funky jazz)*

*Granny & the Boys @ Showtime Bar* 

*TCB & TOB @ Power (bouncebeat go-go) *

*Chuck Brown Band @ Carlyle Room * 

*Mallory Closing party w/ DJs Tom Deblase, Joyce , Tommy C @ 10 @ Little Miss Whiskey's (techno)*

*Flower Factory party w/ Honcho, DJ Kristy La Rat, Dj Mothershiester & more @ 2pm @ Zebbies Garden *

*1252 Band @ Lamont's (soul)*

*hiphop bar crawl involving 7 bars from 2 to 10 pm  on U St NW * 

*Suttle @ Throw Social (free before 9) (go-go)*

*Veronica Adane @ Flame Lounge(Ethiopian)*

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 Mon. January 15-MLK Day

Don’t Mute DC Stop the Move of the Wizards to Virginia protest 3 to 6 pm w/ TOB on flatbed truck  outside Capital One Arena after MLK Day peace walk and parade in SE DC

*MLK Parade preceded by peace rally @ 9 a.m. @ Shepherd Park, at the intersection of Martin Luther King Jr. and Malcolm X avenues SE, followed by the walk @ 10:45 a.m. the parade begins at 11 a.m. at the R.I.S.E. center at St. Elizabeth’s East and features marching bands*

Let Freedom Ring Celebration featuring Jordin Sparks, Nolan Williams Jr., Cécile McLorin Salvant free @ 6  @ Kennedy Center Concert Hall (free tickets given away @ 4:30 in Hall of Nations)

 Danny Blew & the Blues Crew from 6 to 9 @ Blue Monday Blues @ Westminster Church SW  

Ethio jazz @ Shalla

Brian & Jessica Boykin Settles jazz quintet tribute to MLK @ Blues Alley

Folger Theatre Poetic Celebration of MLK w/ poets Indran Amirthanayagam, and Alexa Patrick plus more @ 11 am live (& streamed) (sold out) 

MLK Celebration 11 am to 4  @ National Museum of African American History and Culture (free but registration required)* 

*MLK celebration w/ r& B singer Kyaira, Jazz musician , jazz sax player Brent Birckhead, Seasons of Love Chorus, spoken word, and kids activities 1 to 4 pm @ MLK Library *

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Tues. January 16-

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

Ethiopian music @ Lion’s Den in Falls Church

* Lindsay Lou @ Pearl Street (indie-folk) * 

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Wed.  January 17-

Ian Williams of Battles and Don Caballero guests,  spins, & discusses Gilberto Gil’s 1968 self-titled LP, ( Brazilian pop)  @ 7 on live recording of Essential Tremors Music Podcast Selector Series @ Idle Hour in Baltimore

The Charlatans UK and Ride @ Fillmore (Britpop)

Live Ethiopian music @ Napoli Lounge

New Impressionz @ Babylon (go-go)

Kizomba and bachata dj & dancing  @ Crossroads 2

DJ Jamstar @ Tempoo Lounge (dancehall)

*Dunia & Aram, Artsouca @ Bossa 

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Thurs. January 18-

Senegalese kora player Ablaye Cissoko in a duo with French diatonic accordionist Cyrille Brotto @ 7:30 @ Nolan Center for the Performing Arts, 1524 35th St NW

Mutiny in Heaven, the Birthday Party band documentary @ Charles Theatre Baltimore

Soul Sauce W/ dj Kenny M (Vinyl) @ Green Zone

Live Ethiopian music @ Shalla Restaurant in Silver Spring (through Sunday)

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

Ethiopian music  @ MHL Lounge in Falls Church

Ethiopian music  @ Black Rose Lounge

Ethiopian music @ Love Lounge Fenton St Silver Spring

Asmae & Chakib @ Martini Lounge Falls Church  (locally based Arabic/Middle Eastern) (tentative)

The Green Show Band @ Mr Braxton’s

What Band @ Martini's Ft Washington (go-go)

Still Familiar @ Babylon Falls Church (tentative)

Blacc Print Experience @ Nipsey's (go-go)

Afrobeat w/ DJ Jamstar @ Spectrum Lounge

Afro-Caribbean dj @ Kaldis

Afrobeats @ Gazuza Lounge

Going Goin Gone @ VFW Post 350 Hells Bottom (roots rock)

Soroche and Bongo District @ Wonderland Ballroom (cumbia)

Wandering Bird @ Songbyrd (folk-rock)

*Contact: Audion (Mathew Dear) live,  Ken Lazee @ Flash *  (electro)

*Verny Varela @ Bossa (Colombian salsa)*

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 Friday January 19

Alacranes @ El Palenque

Chuck Prophet w/ Stephanie Finch free from 6 to 7 @ Kennedy Center Millennium Stage (Chuck was in Green on Red/psych meets roots rock)

Newmyer Flyer Presents Laurel Canyon: Golden Songs of Los Angeles 1966-72 w/David Kitchen & more @ Birchmere

Chrisette Michel @ Bethesda Theater

Dj Basbousa (Arabic) @ Green Zone

Nate Najar & Daniela Soledade “Love & Bossa Nova” @ Creative Cauldron

The Montaines (EP release), Fetcher @ Comet P. Pong (rock)

Pumita Cazador , Kramer @ Diamond Lounge

The Set r& B dj @ Howard Theatre

After Thought Band (formerly the Brothers 7 Band) @ Lamont’s

Rare Essence @ Fast Eddie’s (go-go) *CANCELLED due to Weather*

Backyard Band @ Restaurant 55 (go-go)

Junkyard Band @ Nipseys (go-go)

TCB  @ Power (bouncebeat go-go)

Alfredo Mojica Group @ Bossa (salsa) plus DJ Lu w/ Latin hits upstairs

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

Live Ethiopian music @ Shalla

Ras Band w/ guest singers @ MHL Lounge (Ethiopian)

Ethiopian music @ Black Rose Lounge

Fadi Jano @ Martini ‘s Falls Church (Middle Eastern)

Tribute to Art Blakey 6 to 9 @ Westminster Church SW

Toro, Sad Roach, Tripping Corpse @ The Runaway (rock)

*New Impressionz @ newly renovated Gee's* Postponed to Feb. 9 due to weather 

*World Music Collective plays tango and bossa nova from 4 to 5 @ MLK Library 

*A2B --Musician, filmmaker, writer Terence Nance talks about his new album Vortex w/ author/critic Marcus J. Moore from 8 to 10 @ Eaton *

*Don Zientara @ 6 to 8 @ Acme Pies, 2803 Col. Pike, Arlington (singer/guitarist best known as producer/engineer) * 

*Chakib Hilali @ 10 @ Yahala Bistro  Arlington (Arabic)* 

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 Saturday January 20-

The Blackbyrds @ Howard Theatre (r&B)

Continuals, Weird Babies, Anocean @ Pie Shop (rock)

Bollywood dj night @ Union Stage

I Got Life: The Music of Nina Simone feat. Carol Riddick & Gerald Veasley @ Blues Alley

Anacostia Delta Danny Gatton tribute w/ Dave Chappell, Anthony Pirog, & John Previti @ Creative Cauldron

Kingsley Flood free from 6 to 7 @ Kennedy Center Millennium Stage (folk-punk )

Pumita Cazador , Kramer @ Palmeras

Backyard Band @ 3 to 8 @ Urban Crab in Forrestville, MD (go-go)

Junkyard Band @ Shark Bar

Tumbao (Latin salsa ) @ Bossa 1st floor & DJ Lu Latin Hits upstairs;

Dj Johnson Lee (Joe’s Record Paradise - Vinyl) @ Green Zone

Roots Band @ Makeda Restaurant;

live Ethiopian music @ Shalla;

Ras Band w/ guest singers @ MHL Lounge (Ethiopian);

Ethiopian music @ Black Rose Lounge

Flack @ VFW Post 350 Hells Bottom (roots pop)

Drumline live @ the Lyric

*DJ Baby Alcatraz @ Daikaya Izakaya (soul, 50s rock) *

*Drum Tao @ Strathmore (Japanese percussion ensemble)*

*Soweto Global presents: the rise of amapiano , a conversation & a celebration @ 4 pm @ Eaton Wild Days *

*Rise Band & Show @ Lamont's (soul)*

*Veronica Adane @ Flame, 291 S. Van Dorn St., Alexandria (Ethiopian)* 

*Wissam Banna @ Yahala Bistro, Arlington (Arabic) *

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 Sunday January 21

Maura Shawn Scanlin @ 4:30 @ Hill Center ( Boston fiddle player & band)

Ahmet Aslan @ Jammin Java (Turkish guitarist)

I Got Life: The Music of Nina Simone feat. Carol Riddick & Gerald Veasley @ Blues Alley

Backyard Band @ Diamond Lounge (go-go)

Live Ethiopian music @ Shalla Restaurant in Silver Spring (through Sunday)

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

Ethiopian music  @ MHL Lounge in Falls Church

Ethiopian music  @ Black Rose Lounge

Ethiopian music @ Love Lounge Fenton St Silver Spring

Fairfax Record Riot 11 am to 5 pm @ Arlington-Fairfax Elks Lodge  no. 2188 in Fairfax

Baltimore Record Bazaar  12 to 6 @ Peabody Hts Brewery

Sedona @ Songbyrd (pop-rock)

Smithereens w/ guest singer Robin Wilson of Gin Blossoms @ Rams Head Onstage Annapolis

*Camouflage & Timbs day party w/ Backyard Band & Mature Clientele feat. Rappa & Killa Cal 4 to 9 pm @ Diamond Lounge  (go-go)*

*Voices 24/7 Band @ Lamont's (soul)* 

*Ashraf Bashah @ Martini Lounge Falls Church * 

*Back Then When (From the Black Hole to Bliss /DC nightlife) 12 to 3 book signing @ Legacy DC , 1937 14th st NW *

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 Monday January 22 –

Mama Moon & the Rumpshakers from 6 to 9 @ Blue Monday Blues @ Westminster Church SW

Ethio jazz @ Shalla

*Attinshun's Open Mic @ Mojuba * 

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Tuesday January 23

Wednesday and Hotline TNT @ 930 Club (indie rock & shoegaze punk) (sold out) 

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

Ethiopian music @ Lion’s Den in Falls Church

*TCB, Reaction, TOB, ABM, UEB @ Martini's Lounge Ft Washington (bouncebeat go-go) *

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Wednesday January 24-

Memphis Gold salute to Otis Redding @ Blues Alley

Torres @ Atlantis

Herman’s Hermits w/ Peter Noone @ Birchmere  

Skate Stance, Hooky, Fiona Kohrman (from Halpine & Dim Wizard) @ Quarry House Tavern

Live Ethiopian music @ Napoli Lounge

New Impressionz @ Babylon (go-go)

EJ Circle of Friends @ Elequent Touch Ballroom (r& B)

Suspect Down, Don Zientara, R-Not @ Pie Shop (rock)

Kizomba and bachata dj & dancing  @ Crossroads 2

DJ Jamstar @ Tempoo Lounge (dancehall)

*Alfred Yun w/ Abram Mamet, Sarah M Hughes, Snehesh Nag, Jeff Cuny & more @ Amp (dc area based now Korean pianist who merges jazz, rock, & k-pop)*

*Sirius Company @ Sobe (go-go)*

*Jo-go Project @ Keystone Korner (go-go & jazz)* 

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Thurs.  January 25-

Bad Idols; Trash Boat and the Ambush; Chill Parents ; Palladists @ Rhizome (punk)

Saintseneca @ Comet P Pong

Mazboota w/ dj Fady D @ Green Zone (alternative Arabic electro / disco )

Live Ethiopian music @ Shalla Restaurant in Silver Spring (through Sunday)

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

Ethiopian music  @ MHL Lounge in Falls Church

Ethiopian music  @ Black Rose Lounge

Ethiopian music @ Love Lounge Fenton St Silver Spring

Asmae & Chakib @ Martini Lounge Falls Church  (locally based Arabic/Middle Eastern) (cancelled )

The Green Show Band @ Mr Braxton’s (r&B)

What Band @ Martini's Ft Washington (go-go)

Still Familiar @ Babylon Falls Church (tentative)

Blacc Print Experience @ Nipsey's (go-go)

Afrobeat w/ DJ Jamstar @ Spectrum Lounge

Afro-Caribbean dj @ Kaldis

Afrobeats @ Gazuza Lounge

Thrills (w/ David Kitchen) @ Hank Dietles ( roots rock)

*Green Show Band @ Mr Braxton's (R&B) *

*Bongo District (cumbia reggae) @ Bossa *

*Andrea Lewis & CJ Faison spin and talk about Usher's Confessions 8:30 to 10 pm @ Eaton* 

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Friday  January 26-

Juliana Hatfield free from 6 to 7 @ Kennedy Center Millennium Stage (indie rock)

Peabo Bryson @ Bethesda Theater (r&B)

DJ  sounds By Saba (Arabic) @ Green Zone

Pascualillo Y La Nueva Estrella @ Papassitoos

Ekko Astral & Spring Silver @ Songbyrd (dc rock)

Disco Biblioteca book club @7 discussing Simon Reynolds book Retromania: Pop Culture’s Addiction to Its Own Past,  @ People’s Book   

After Thought Band (formerly the Brothers 7 Band) @ Lamont’s (soul) 

Rare Essence @ Fast Eddie’s (go-go)

Backyard Band @ Restaurant 55 (go-go)

Junkyard Band @ Nipseys (go-go)

TCB  @ Power (bouncebeat go-go)

Alfredo Mojica Group @ Bossa (salsa) plus DJ Lu w/ Latin hits upstairs

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

Live Ethiopian music @ Shalla

Ras Band w/ guest singers @ MHL Lounge (Ethiopian)

Ethiopian music @ Black Rose Lounge

Fadi Jano @ Martini ‘s Falls Church (Middle Eastern) (tentative)

25^th Anniversary Jazz night 6 to 9 @ Westminster Church SW

Col. Josh & Paisley Tonk @ VFW Post 350 Hells Bottom

Lauren Calve @ Pie Shop (indie countryish)

Aaron Myers @ Mr Henry’s (jazz & r& B)

Jazz At Lincoln Center Orchestra: Max Roach At 100 at Strathmore

*Paso (orchestra) & sax player Chris Hemingway "Mexico Lindo" w/ works by Ponce, Marquez, Blauth, Elizondo @ 7:30 @ MLK Library Auditorium* (Pan American Symphony Orchestra) 

*World Music Collective plays music from St Thomas 7 to 8 @ 1517 18th St NW *

*WifiGawd @ Comet (rap)*

*Adobo DMV presents Live at the Cheetah w/ djs including Pedro Night  playing classic salsa, bachata, merengue, cumbia , & reggaeton @ 10 pm @ St Ex*

*Sirius Company @ Citizens & Culture , Georgia Ave., Silver Spring* 

*TOB, the Men @ Martini's Ft Washington (go-go)* 

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Saturday January 27

TJ Hooker Taylor (son of late Johnnie Taylor) and Tyrone Toomer’s Tribute to Bobby Womack w/ DJ Moe , doors @ 6 & show @ 7  @ Elks Lodge in Temple Hills , MD (tickets only sold in advance—from Gerald Pinkney GP Promotions 301-503-8400) (soul) 

Marc Cary’s Indigenous People Project @ Takoma Station (Jazz & go-go) 

Lunar New Year Celebration w/ lion dancing & drumming free from 6 to 7 @ Kennedy Center Millennium Stage

zzzahara, Indie Anthony, Opt Out @ Quarry House Tavern (rock)

Peabo Bryson @ Bethesda Theater (r&B)

Backyard Band @ Hard Rock Café

Nectar w/ djs  V:Shal & Ahautmess @ Green Zone

MF Grumbler, Rise Defy, The Delarcos @ 8 @ Galactic Panther Gallery in Alexandria

Nashville Emerging artist night w/ singer/songwriter Allison Park, contemporary country musician Garrett Shultz, Tex-Mex rocker Rico Del Oro, The Voice contestant Connor Christian, James Madison University alumna Maddie Lenhart, and Americana sonic storyteller Brenden Monroe @ Barns of Wolf Trap

Tumbao (Latin salsa ) @ Bossa 1st floor & DJ Lu Latin Hits upstairs;

Roots Band @ Makeda Restaurant;

live Ethiopian music @ Shalla;

Ras Band w/ guest singers @ MHL Lounge (Ethiopian);

Ethiopian music @ Black Rose Lounge

Junkyard Band , Still Familiar from 4 to 9 @ Diamond Lounge (go-go)

TCB, TOB, New Impressionz @ Restaurant 55

DJ Mel's 45 and over Old School Black and White Affair II @ the American Legion Northeastern Post 285 2324 McElderry St. Baltimore MD. 8pm - 12:00am

Brittney Spencer (Baltimore country singer) opening for Grace Potter @ Anthem

*Prabir Trio & Parthenon Huxley @ Backstage @ the Sanctuary *

*Afro Soca Love 11 am to 6 pm marketplace & 9 to 2am dj @ BSK Cultural Stage, 3701 Branch Ave, Hillcrest Hts , MD *

*Stone Pleasure Band and show @ Lamont's (soul)*

*Fadi Jano @ Martini's Falls Church (Arabic)* 

*Rare Essence @ Aqua(go-go)*

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 Sunday January 28

Mick Jenkins @ Howard Theatre (hiphop)

Surya Botofasina (spiritual jazz keyboardist from Cali) w/ drummer Swiss Chris;  & First Meeting of Sound ( experimental ambient w/ members of Fachada, Time is Fire, Knife Wife, Insect Factory) @ Rhizome 

Mayer Hawthorne @ Atlantis (retro indie soul)

Live Ethiopian music @ Shalla Restaurant in Silver Spring (through Sunday)

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

Ethiopian music  @ MHL Lounge in Falls Church

Ethiopian music  @ Black Rose Lounge

Ethiopian music @ Love Lounge Fenton St Silver Spring

Asmae & Chakib @ Martini Lounge Falls Church  (locally based Arabic/Middle Eastern) (*cancelled I think but not sure)

Tribute to Joni Mitchell w/ local acts @ 12 noon @ Rams Head Onstage Annapolis

Mary Battiata & Little Pink @ Hank Dietles (roots rock)

Seven Voices: A Tribute to Patsy Cline w/ Be Steadwell, Dave Chappell, Jess Elliot  Myhre & more @ Creative Cauldron

*Baby Tate @ Union Stage (rap) *

*Roberto Villeda group @ Takoma Station Tavern (Latin jazz) *

*1252 Band @ Lamont's (soul)*

*Still Familiar @ Piano Keys (go-go)* 

*Backyard Band @ Society Lounge (go-go)* 

*Amapiano and afrobeats dj dance party @ St. Ex * 

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 Monday January 29-

Bobby Rush @ 7:30 @ Rams Head Onstage Annapolis (blues & southern soul)

Nihon Buyo @ Kennedy Center (Japanese kabuki dance & more)

Ethio jazz @ Shalla

*Clarence the Blues Man Turner & band 6 to 9 pm @ Westminster Church SW *

*Work-In-Progress film  Screening: DC'S HEARTBEAT by Jordana Rubenstein-Edberg about Carter Barron Amphitheatre. Doors at 6:30 , film at 7 at 8560 2nd Ave Silver Spring , Md * (tickets via eventbrite )

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Tuesday January 30-

William Tyler & the Impossible Truth @ Songbyrd

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

Ethiopian music @ Lion’s Den in Falls Church

Carly Harvey tribute to Amy Winehouse @ Blues Alley

*UCB @ 1360 Okie St NE * 

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Wednesday January 31-

Live Ethiopian music @ Napoli Lounge

New Impressionz @ Babylon (go-go)

Kizomba and bachata dj & dancing  @ Crossroads 2

Dave Chappell cd release event @ Blues Alley (roots rock)

DJ Jamstar @ Tempoo Lounge (dancehall)

Lonesome Dave Fischer @ Hank Dietles (rockabilly)

*Still Familiar @ Sobe (go-go)*

* That's What Friends Are For-Nova Y. Payton Sings Burt Bacharach @ Signature Theatre*

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Thurs. February 1 –

*Playboi Carti @ Capital One (rap)* POSTPONED

Live Ethiopian music including Selamino on guitar tonight @ Shalla Restaurant in Silver Spring (through Sunday)

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

Ethiopian music  @ MHL Lounge in Falls Church

Ethiopian music  @ Black Rose Lounge

Ethiopian music @ Love Lounge Fenton St Silver Spring

Asmae & Chakib @ Martini Lounge Falls Church  (locally based Arabic/Middle Eastern) (tentative)

The Green Show Band @ Mr Braxton’s

What Band @ Martini's Ft Washington (go-go)

Still Familiar @ Babylon Falls Church  (tentative)

Blacc Print Experience @ Nipsey's (go-go)

Afrobeat w/ DJ Jamstar @ Spectrum Lounge

Afro-Caribbean dj @ Kaldis

Afrobeats @ Gazuza Lounge

*El Laberinto del Coco @ U of Md Clarice Smith Center ( bomba-salsa-pop from Puerto Rico) *

*Feedel Band @ Bossa (Ethiojazz)*

*That's What Friends Are For-Nova Y. Payton Sings Burt Bacharach @ Signature Theatre *

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Fri. Feb 2-

*Nia Sultana @ Union Stage*

*KRS-One, Chubb Rock, Kwame, Black Sheep, Nonchalant, Lady of Rage and Experience Unlimited (EU) after Wizards basketball game @ Capital One Arena (included w/ ticket for game)(old-school rap & go-go)*

Cumbia Heights, Bottled Up, Soroche @ Comet P. Pong

After Thought Band (formerly the Brothers 7 Band) @ Lamont’s

Rare Essence @ Fast Eddie’s (go-go)

Backyard Band @ Restaurant 55 (go-go)

Junkyard Band @ Nipseys (go-go)

TCB  @ Power (bouncebeat go-go)

Alfredo Mojica Group @ Bossa (salsa) plus DJ Lu w/ Latin hits upstairs

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

Live Ethiopian music @ Shalla

Ras Band w/ guest singers @ MHL Lounge (Ethiopian)

Ethiopian music @ Black Rose Lounge

Fadi Jano @ Martini ‘s Falls Church (Middle Eastern) (tentative)

*Old Knife, Grey Swift, Weird Babies* @ Slash Run ; 

*Olinda Silvano & Ronin Koshi  & more Galactic Panther Alexandria (cumbia)* 

*That's What Friends Are For-Nova Y. Payton Sings Burt Bacharach @ Signature Theatre*

  Feb 3- EU @ Carlyle Room*

*That's What Friends Are For-Nova Y. Payton Sings Burt Bacharach @ Signature Theatre *

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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; DC. Underground on Instagram has metal & hardcore