DC / Baltimore / DMV Global Music and More September 2024
Concert Calendar Gig List
Compiled &
curated list of area gigs by local and touring bands and djs by Steve
Kiviat. List is edited and updated
frequently (go-go shows are often just announced the week of the show; Green
Zone dj schedule also). Work your way down day by day.
Calendar is posted, updated, and viewable here on the blog,
and events tweeted @stevekiviat. Calendar is sometimes linked on my Facebook,
Instagram, Bluesky, & Threads. Email list coming soon. 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.
Lots of local Ethiopian and Go-go.
Additional gigs added after first posting have an *asterisk.* Events listed have been found on websites,
Instagram, Facebook, Twitter/x, 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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September 2024 Highlights (mostly visiting acts) (then full list below w/ local &
visiting). Lots of great gigs this month:
Sun. Sept. 1 -Tems @ Anthem (Afrobeats/r& b)
(sold out)
Wed. Sept. 4- Raf Saperra @ Howard Theatre (UK
Punjabi vocalist)
Sat. Sept 7 –Julieta Venegas at Wolf Trap (Mexico Pop
singer)
Sun. Sept. 8-Jourdan
Thibodeaux w/ Cedric Watson & Joel Savoy
@ 4:30 to 6:30 @ Hill Center (Louisiana Cajun & Creole) (free w/
registration)
Wed. Sept 11- PJ Harvey @ Anthem (rock)
Jason Isbell, Alejandro Escovedo @ Wolf Trap (roots &
rock)
Sat. Sept 14 – Russell
Thompkins Jr & the New Stylistics @ Harmony Hall (soul) (sold out)
Friday Sept 20-
Mavis Staples @ Clarice Smith Center (r& b soul)
Pine Leaf Boys @ Glen Echo Park Bumper Car Pavilion (Cajun)
Saturday Sept. 21 –
Maxwell @ CFG Arena Baltimore (r& b)
Rahat Fateh Ali Khan @ DAR Constitution Hall (Pakistani Qawwali singer)
Tuesday Sept. 24-
Etran de L’Air at
Current space in Baltimore sponsored by Ottobar (North African desert rockin )
Saturday Sept. 28-
X @ State Theatre (LA
punk & rock band final tour )
Jeff Floyd, Donny Ray, Karen Wolfe, J-Red the Nephew,
Hardway Connection, Jesi Terrell in a Southern Soul celebration @ Lamont’s
*Richmond Folk Fest is Friday Sept. 27 through Sunday Sept. 29 w/ international sounds, DC go-go band Trouble Funk, roots/Americana acts & more *
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September 2024 Full list (*asterisks will be used to show
any additional events added throughout the month *)
Sunday Sept 1-
Ethiopian Day @ Veterans Plaza Silver Spring
Tems @ Anthem (Afrobeats/r& b)
(sold out)
Jodeci @ MGM
Peter Hook & The Light @ 930 Club (sold out)
Mitski & Sierra Ferrell @ Merriweather Post Pavilion
Danny Gatton birthday celebration w/ DC musicians including
Daryl Davis, David Chappell, Anthony Pirog @ Birchmere
DC Jazzfest @ the Wharf
ChristylezBacon w/NSO @ US Capitol lawn
Sarau de Samba @ Glen Echo
DMV Summer Jam w/ Shy
Glizzy, Tee Grizzley, No Cap, Fat Trel, Backyard Band , New Impressionz , DJ
Flow & more @ Regency Furniture Stadium
Junkyard Band & Re-up Band @ Fire Station 1 Silver
Spring
New Impressionz @ Babylon
Vava Pagode Brazilian
Party @ 7:30 @ @ Bossa
FunSet w/ Djs Geena Marie, Harry Hotter, DJ Smudge, J@y @ 5
pm @ Dew Drop Inn
Middle Eastern Food Fest from 12 to 5 pm @ Holy Transfiguration Church, McLean
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
Drumming @ 3 to 7 @
Malcolm X Park
Afrobeats dj @ St
Ex
Modular + Movies @ Galaxy Hut
Zap outdoors techno & Hardcore punk fest in West
Virginia
Konjur Collective, Kraftwich, Curving Tooth, Animal Jenerate
@ 7 @ 2640 Space Baltimore
La Sonora Dinamita , Enrique Carino @ El Palenque in Falls
Church
Johnny Molina @ 90 Degrees
Bolivian Fest @ Prince William County Fairgrounds
Bolivian fest after-party w/ djs @ Diamond Lounge Annandale
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Monday Sept. 2 – Coinneach Mccleod author of the
Hebridean Baker: Flavors and Folklore from the Scottish Islands @ Black
Cat
David Cole & Main St. Blues 6 to
9 pm @ Westminster Church SW
Ethiopian music live @ Napoli Lounge
Ethiojazz @ Shalla
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Tuesday Sept. 3 –
Crowded House @ Wolf Trap (pop rock)
DC Mariachi free @ 12 to 1 pm @ Wilson Plaza Reagan Bldg
Ethiopian music @ Lion’s Den in Falls Church
Blacc Print Experience @ Martini's White Plains (go-go)
Dancehall reggae dj @
Society Lounge
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Wed. Sept 4-
Sirius Company free @ 12 to 1 pm @ Wilson Plaza Reagan Bldg (go-go)
Raf Saperra @ Howard Theatre (UK
Punjabi vocalist)
Sirius Company @ Sobe (go-go)
New Impressionz @ Babylon (go-go)
What Band feat. Killa Cal free @ Shark Bar (go-go)
Live Ethiopian music @ Napoli Lounge
Kizomba and bachata dj & dancing @ Crossroads 2
DJ Jamstar @ Tempoo Lounge (dancehall)J Thomas & Circle
of Friends @ Eloquent Touch Ballroom (soul cover band)
High Zero Fundraiser w/ Rachel Beetz, John Berndt, Tom Borax
& more @ 7 Fadensonnen in Baltimore
Israel Vibration, Roots Radics, Jah Works @ 7 @ Recher
Theatre Baltimore (reggae)
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Jaques Morelenbaum and Gaia Wilmer’s celebration of
Caetano Veloso free from 6 to 7 @
Kennedy Center Millennium Stage. (Jaques Morelenbaum is a
cellist, composer, arranger, and musical producer. Gaia
Wilmer is a saxophonist, composer, arranger, and music producer. Trem das
Cores is a celebration of Caetano Veloso: the Brazilian singer-songwriter)
Jeezy @Howard Theatre (rap) (sold out)
Azymuth @ Black Cat
(Brazilian jazz-funk samba)
Azul Band @ Green Zone (global sounds)
Dismemberment Plan, Flowers for the Dead @ Atlantis (sold
out)
Charley Bliss @ 930 Club
Los Temerarios @ Eaglebank Arena (through the 8th)
(Mexican band’s farewell tour)
Phillips after 5 w/ the Capital City Miss Marching Band
Drumline & more from 5 to 8 @ Phillips Art Collection
“Lady Day @ Emerson’s Bar and Grill “ @ Mosaic Theatre
through October 6
Live Ethiopian music w/ on Thursdays guitarist Selamino
& band @ Shalla Restaurant in Silver Spring
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
What Band feat. Killa Cal @ Martini's Ft Washington (go-go)
Afrobeats w/ DJ Jamstar @ Spectrum Lounge
Afro-Caribbean dj @ Kaldis
Afrobeats @ Gazuza Lounge
Jon Pardi @ Pier 6 Baltimore (country)
Thrills @ JVs (roots rock)
Longtimers @ Hank Dietles (roots rock)
*Sirius Company @Blue Moon Lounge in Annandale (go-go)*
*Next Now Fest w/ Feeble Little Horse @ 7:45 to 8:30 @ U of MD Clarice Smith Center courtyard (rock) *
*Verny Varela @ 9:30 @ Bossa (Colombian valenata, cumbia, salsa )*
Raw Image @ 7 @ Sycamore & Oak Se (go-go) *
*Les the DJ @ Grazie Mille*
*Anees @ 6 popup @ Malcolm X Park *
*Still Familiar 8 to 11 & then TCB 11pm to 2 am @ Barcode (go-go) *
*Scrunchies, Chill Parents, Girls on Toast @ Slash Run *
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Friday Sept. 6-
Waxahatchee, Snail Mail, Tim Heidecker @ Wolf Trap (indie rock)
Mabe Fratti opening for Amen Dunes @ Black Cat (she’s a
Mexico based slightly experimental rocker)
Grant - Flaherty - McGuire;
Max Ochs @ Rhizome (fingerpicking Fahey style guitar)
Dismemberment Plan, Light Beams @ 930 Club (sold out)
Mystic Bowie’s Talking Dread free @ 12 to 1 pm @ Wilson
Plaza Reagan Bldg
Ginuwine, Next, Lloyd, J Holiday & more @ Chesapeake
Arena Baltimore
Descendants & Circle Jerks @ Fillmore Silver Spring
Los Temerarios @ Eaglebank (Mexican band’s farewell tour)
Mr. Buzzo (Melvins) & Trevor Dunn (Mr Bungle) @ Ottobar
Jon Muq free from 6 to 7 @ Kenn. Ctr Millennium Stage (US-based
Ugandan singer/songwriter)
Cumbia Heights and Yesion Landero @ Atlas Brew Works
Save Your Soul dj night w/ Baby Alcatraz, Rob Macy, DJ Honey
(Phillipines) @ Lithuanian Hall
Baltimore
TOB @ Throw Social
BLK Odyssy @ Atlantis
Oceanator, the Superweaks, Cinema Hearts @ Comet P Pong
After Thought Band @ Lamont’s (soul)
Rare Essence @ Fast Eddie’s (go-go)
Backyard Band @ Restaurant 55 (go-go)
TCB @ Power
(bouncebeat go-go)
Alfredo Mojica Group
@ 10:30 @ 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
Live Ethiopian instrumental music w/ guitarist Selamino
& band 9 to 12 mdt. @ Meleket
Baltimore Record Bazaar vinyl nite @ 6 @ Peabody Hts Brewery
Undertow Brass Band @ Le Mondo Baltimore
Marisol Terrazas @ 90 Degrees
Patrulla 81 , Montez du Durango @ El Palenque
*Amy K. Bormet's No Trick Pony (w/ Brian Settles & Keith Butler Jr) @ Kennedy Center Reach River Pavilion (jazz) *
*Next Now Fest w/ Jordan Ward @ 9:30 to 10:30 free @ U of MD Clarice Smith Center Courtyard (r& b) *
*Junkyard Band @ Club One (go-go)*
*DJ Gilbert Torossian @ Green Zone (Arabic/ Armenian ) *
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Julieta Venegas,
Ximena Sarinana @ Wolf Trap (Mexico pop singer/musician)
Martha Wainwright @ K Ctr Mill Stage (folk)
Silver Spring jazz fest w/ Cuban pianist Chucho Valdes headliner plus Paul Carr, Crank & Flo, Feedel Band ethiojazz, Dupont Brass, Todd Marcus @ Veterans Plaza
Atercielopelados , Elefante @ State Theatre
District of Raga show w/ Trinu Basu & Arun Ramamurthy @
Arts Barn Gaithersburg
Oma (Manchester, UK hiphop) & Shing02 (Japanese rap) @
Howard Theatre
Bruce Springsteen & the E St.
Band @ Nationals Park
EU, Blackbyrds , DJ
Lance Reynolds @ 7 @ Fort Dupont Park (go-go, r& b)
Los Temerarios @
Eaglebank (Mexican band’s farewell tour)
Exhibition Opening
Festival - "Sightlines: Chinatown and Beyond" a Smithsonian Asian
Pacific American Center exhibit about Asian American culture in DC plus Les the
DJ on main stage 11:30 to 4pm; Lion dance @ 12 to 12:15 ; District of Raga
presents dancer Radhika Gore 3:15 to 3:30 and gallery talk and demonstration by
muralist/street & graffiti artist
DC-based Indonesian MISS CHELOVE, aka Cita Sadeli. Martial arts demos as
well, all at the Smithsonian American Art Museum, 800 G St NW
Longtimers @ VFW Post 350 Hells Bottom
DC State Fair
Tumbao (Latin salsa ) @ 10:30 @ Bossa 1st floor & DJ Lu
Latin Hits upstairs;
Roots Band @ Makeda Restaurant (Ethiopian)
live Ethiopian music @ Shalla
Ras Band w/ guest singers @ MHL Lounge (Ethiopian)
Ethiopian music @ Black Rose Lounge
Rare Essence @ 11 @
Aqua (go-go)
Kirk Franklin @ CFG Arena Baltimore
Apollo 66 , the Magmatics, RJ & the Kids @ American
Legion Post 41
*Backyard Band @ Euphoria in Baltimore*
*Rosslyn "Jazz" Fest w/ El Laberinto del Coco (Puerto Rican bomba fusion) @5:30 , the Rumble (New Orleans band w/ Chief Joseph Boudreaux Jr.) @ 3:45 , Ranky Tanky (Gullah r& b) @ 2:20 , Cecily (neo-soul) @ 1 @ Gateway Park *
* TCB , Reloaded Band @ 10 @ Firestation 1 (bouncebeat go-go)*
*Brat, Tripping Corpse, Drivel @ Quarry House Tavern (rock)*
* Third Annual Reggae on the Lake Festival w/ Israel Vibrations and Roots Radics and more from 12:00-9:00pm at Lake Anne Plaza in Reston.*
*DJs Leon City Sounds and Radio Ramses @ Green Zone (tropical sounds) *
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Sun. Sept 8
Don Omar Back to Reggaeton tour @ Capital One Arena
El Salvadorian Fest w/ Zacarias Ferreira , Hermanos Flores,
Orquesta San Vincente & more @ Montgomery County Fairgrounds, Gaitherburg
Jourdan Thibodeaux w/ Cedric Watson & Joel Savoy , *Wilson Savoy* @ 4:30 to 6:30 @ Hill Center (Louisiana Cajun
& Creole)
Same Heads Clothes (DC fuzz punk rock); Saajtak (Detroit & Brooklyn
artsy jazzy postrock ), Dumb Waiter (noisy jazzy rock) @ 6:30 @ Rhizome
Los Temerarios @ Eaglebank (Mexican band’s farewell tour)
Injera Fest @ Bullpen
Durand Jones , Harlem Gospel Travelers @ Atlantis
Lemonheads @ 930 Club
The Killers @ Merriweather Post
R & B Club discusses Beyonce @ 12 noon @ Songbyrd
Adams Morgan Day w/ *Blackbyrds @ 7 * , Malcolm X drummers @ 5:20; DC casineros & Cuban son band @ 6:15
Takoma Park Folk Festival w/ Soroche (cumbia-ska-punk ) @ 5:15 pm
Joy Viver , Hedge Rider @ Galaxy Hut
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
Drumming @ 3 to 7 @ Malcolm X Park
Afrobeats dj @ St Ex
Tex Rubinowitz Willie Barry & Tom Mindte & the Original Dixieland
rock ‘n’ roll band @ 6 pm @ Hank Dietle’s
ZZ Top & Lynyrd Skynyrd @ Jiffy Lube
*Soul Messengerz, Bre Holly & Faithful, Michael Boone & Company, New Vizion, Lil Jay & the Spiritual Boyz & more gospel acts @ House of Praise, 5110 Nannie Helen Burroughs , DC *
*Backyard Band @ Society Lounge (go-go)*
*Vanessa Collier @ Rams Head Onstage Annapolis (influenced by blues and soul) *
*DJ Rhome the Vibe Conductor @ Grazie Mille *
*Sahel Trio 1 to 4 pm afro-jazz brunch @ St Vincent Wine *
*JVK, Spring Silver, XK Scenario @ the Pocket *
*Tet Trung Thu Mid Autumn Fest w/ lion dance and performances 2 to 7 pm @ 12621 Old Columbia Pike, Silver Spring, MD*
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Mon. Sept 9-
Nicki Minaj @ Capital One Arena (rap)
Trio Caliente free @ 12 to 1 pm @ Wilson Plaza Reagan Bldg
(flamenco)
beabadoobee @ Anthem (pop)
Built to Spill @ 930 Club
Big Blues Band featuring
Kenny Holmes & Curtis Pope 6 to 9 pm @ Westminster Church SW
Ethiopian music live @ Napoli Lounge
Ethiojazz @ Shalla
* Bill Nace's band Full Size, Wheatie Mattiasich, Sarah Hughes @ Rhizome (jazz) *
*Vinicius Cantuaria @ Blues Alley (Brazilian)*
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Tues. Sept 10-
Squeeze, Boy George @ Wolf Trap (turn of the 80s pop)
Tommy Richman @ Union Stage (sold out)
Rob Zombie & Alice Cooper @ Jiffy Lube Live
Cruddy Crankers, Creative Sounds Band, Perfect Circle & more 4 to 10 @ Anacostia Park Field 7 (funk and more) -- on Sept 13th not the 10th
El Khat (good Berlin-based Yemen music band) & Dli @ Le Mondo
Baltimore
Cigarettes after Sex @ Merriweather Post
Ethiopian music @ Lion’s Den in Falls Church
Blacc Print Experience @ Martini's White Plains (go-go)
Dancehall reggae dj @
Society Lounge
* Guilherme Monteiro @ Blues Alley (Brazilian jazz guitarist )*
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PJ Harvey @ Anthem
Jpeg Mafia @ Fillmore (rap)
Paul Weller @ Lincoln Theatre (sold out)
Robbie Fulks & Mary Gauthier @ Jammin Java (roots &
folk)
Jason Isbell & the 400 Unit,
Alejandro Escovedo @ Wolf Trap
Hoodoo Gurus @
Birchmere (sold out)
Svetlana & the NY Collective do Night at the Movies
(jazz versions of soundtracks) @ Ken Center Mill Stage
Bikini Kill @ Baltimore Soundstage (sold out) (riot grrl
greats)
Sirius Company @ Sobe (go-go)
New Impressionz @ Babylon (go-go)
What Band feat. Killa Cal free @ Shark Bar (go-go)
Live Ethiopian music @ Napoli Lounge
Kizomba and bachata dj & dancing @ Crossroads 2
DJ Jamstar @ Tempoo Lounge (dancehall)
Doug Deming & the Jewel Tones @ Hank Dietle’s (blues)
Tom Jones @ MGM National Harbor
NSO Tribute to DC culture w/ Ginuwine, Kenny Lattimore,
Imani-Grace Cooper, The String Queens, Afro Blue, DC Go-go Allstars, Kellen
Gray @ Kennedy Center Concert Hall
*The Dare @ Atlantis (electro-pop sleaze) (sold out) *
* El Khat (good Berlin-based Yemen music band) @ Bossa DC 2nd floor *
*Vinicius Gomes trio @ Blues Alley (Brazilian jazz) *
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Thurs. Sept 12-
Bikini Kill, Birthday Girl @ Baltimore Soundstage (riot
grrl greats & young dc band )
La Santa Cecilia free from 6 to 7 @ K Ctr Mill Stage (cumbia
, rock & more)
Sinead Harnett @ Howard Theatre (UK-based Thai/Irish r&
b tinged electro pop)
Christine Lavin & Vance Gilbert @ Temple Isaiah in
Fulton, MD (folk)
Flack @ VFW Post 350 Hells Bottom (roots pop)
Sour Widows, Youbet, Virg @ Comet P Pong
Live Ethiopian music w/ on Thursdays guitarist Selamino
& band @ Shalla Restaurant in Silver Spring
Roots Band @ Makeda Restaurant, Van Dorn St., Alexandria
(Ethiopian)
Ethiopian music @ MHL
Lounge in Falls Church
TOB, Reaction @ 10 @
Black Rose Lounge (Bouncebeat go-go)
Ethiopian music @ Love Lounge Fenton St Silver Spring
What Band feat. Killa Cal @ Martini's Ft Washington (go-go)
Afrobeats w/ DJ Jamstar @ Spectrum Lounge
Afro-Caribbean dj @ Kaldis
Afrobeats @ Gazuza Lounge
Grandsons @ Hank Dietle’s (roots Americana)
*Blacc Print Experience @ Piano Keys Lounge (go-go)*
*The Voices Tribute to Motown @ Keystone Korner*
* Diego Figueredo w/ Stanley Jordan: Brazilian Jazz Guitar Series @ Blues Alley *
*Danube Sessions & Kriminal Pop w/ Orchester Prazevica @ Green Zone *
*Cheick Hamala Diabate & the Griot Street Band w/ guest Cheick Ibra @ Bossa (Malian music) *
*Babe Haven @ DC 9 (queer all-women hardcore punk) *
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Fri. Sept 13-
dBs , Mayflies USA @ Atlantis (pop rock)
St Vincent @ Anthem
Bruce Springsteen & the E St. Band @ Orioles Park
Fer Martinez y sus Cuates de Olancho @ El Palenque Falls
Church
Lomiiel @ Diamond Lounge
Blacc Print Experience @ Takoma Station (go-go)
Sept 13 to 15- Supernova International Ska fest in Ft
Monroe, VA
After Thought Band @ Lamont’s (soul)
Rare Essence @ Fast Eddie’s (go-go)
Backyard Band @ Restaurant 55 (go-go)
TCB @ Power
(bouncebeat go-go)
Alfredo Mojica Group
@ 10:30 @ Bossa (salsa) plus DJ Lu w/ Latin hits upstairs; *Nani Vazana @ 8 @ Bossa (Ladino singer )*
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
Live Ethiopian instrumental music w/ guitarist Selamino
& band 9 to 12 mdt. @ Meleket
Musica Spira w/ Amy Domingues @ 7 @ Chapel of Church of the
Redeemer Baltimore
Blackbyrds @ Keystone Korner Baltimore
Silversun Pickups, Speedy Ortiz @ Rams Head Live Baltimore
Suzannah Espie & Jack O’dell @ 5:30 to 7:30 @ Hank
Dietle’s (down under vocalist w/ former local roots drummer)
Soft Machine @ Jammin Java
*Bambu Station, Crank Lukongo, Mighty Joshua , Jah-I-Witness, Radio Andy @ Penn Social , 810 E St NW (reggae & global sounds) *
*Sirius Company, Still Familiar @ Citizens & Culture rooftop in Silver Spring (go-go)*
*WMUC reunion @ 6:30 @ the station at U of MD (park in lot 1) *
*Techno in the park 7 to 10 @ Malcolm X Park ( 15th St/Belmont St entrance) *
*Chopteeth, Janelia Soul from 7 to 10 @ 2640 St. Paul St. Baltimore (afrobeat & more) *
*DJ Remi Hassoun @ Green Zone (Arabic) *
* Belloburn, Cruddy Crankerz, Creative Sounds Band, Perfect Circle & more for free 4 to 10 pm @ Anacostia Park Field 7 *
*Los Farmez, Los Pericos Del Arroyo @ El Ranchon (sold out) *
*Mavi @ the Howard Theatre (rap) *
* Indian Classical Instrumental Feat w/ Snehesh Nag, Abir Hussain, Debu Nayak, Mallar Goswami @ 7:30 @ Historic Old Parish House in College Park *
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Sat. Sept 14 –
Russell Thompkins Jr & the New Stylistics @ Harmony Hall
(soul) (sold out)
Lyrikal,Adam O, & Eclipse Band @ Howard Theatre (
Caribbean)
Jenny & the Mexicats free from 5 to 7 @ K Ctr Mill Stage
Distrito Music Fest w/ Sie7se, Tres Minutos, Max Rosado,
Soroche & more @ Songbyrd
Rhodes Tavern Troubadours & Thrillbillys 7 to 11 @
Rosensteel Hall
Common & Pete Rock @ Soundstage in Baltimore
Amapiano to the World dj party @ Citizens & Culture
Cranknic 3 w/ Proper Utensils, EU, What Band , Still
Familiar 1:30 to 8 @ Lamont’s (go-go)
Devotchka @ Black Cat
100 Years of Robert Frank films 2 to 4 @ NGA East
Weezer, Flaming Lips, Dinosaur Jr @ Anthem (sold out) (rock)
Tumbao (Latin salsa ) @ 10:30 @ Bossa 1st floor & DJ Lu
Latin Hits upstairs;
Roots Band @ Makeda Restaurant (Ethiopian)
live Ethiopian music @ Shalla
Ras Band w/ guest singers @ MHL Lounge (Ethiopian)
Ethiopian music @ Black Rose Lounge
Rare Essence @ 11 @
Aqua (go-go)
Music in Dupont Circle w/ Simone Baron
Baltimore Showplace 5th anniversary w/ Super City
Kouture Culture, Infinity Knives, Muscle @ Ottobar
Blackbyrds @ Keystone Korner Baltimore
Adobo DMV dj event w/ Djs Craze, Gio Sandz, Pedro Night @
2pm to 10 pm for Central American Heritage month @ Power Plant Live 34 Market Place,
Baltimore
*Rahsaan Patterson, The Amours, DJ Lance Reynolds 7 to 9 @ Fort Dupont Park (neo-soul)*
*Bowie, MD International Fest @ Allen Pond Park *
*Music producer Joe Boyd with his new book — And the Roots of Rhythm Remain - with dj/musician Bob Boilen — @ 6 @ Union Market via Byrdland Records* CANCELLED But may be rescheduled
*Joyce Moreno @ Blues Alley (Brazilian jazz guitar) *
*DJ Crown Vic's Weird World @ Green Zone *
*Bay Faction, Cry Baby @ Comet P Pong *
*Learn Bomba, Afro-Puerta Rican Dance Workshop 4 to 5 pm @ Dance Loft on 14th *
*DJs Leon City Sounds @ 9 pm to 1am @ new Brazilian place Bar Cana on 18th St NW in Adams Morgan*
*Boiler Room DC w/ Laylit Arabic electro djs and more including Fady D, Saphe, plus Rebecca Black from 3 to 10:30 @ location tba (sold Out)*
*Samuel Prather & Groove Orchestra @ Jazzway 6004 in Baltimore *
*Amapiano & afrobeats dj dance party @ 3 to 10 @ Decades *
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Sunday Sept. 15-
Common & Pete Rock @ 930 Club (hiphop)
Weezer, Flaming Lips, Dinosaur Jr @ Anthem (rock)
EL Festival Guanaco w/ Alex Bueno, Orquesta San Vincente,
Maribel Guardia and more @ Capital Plaza, Hyattsville
Rare Essence @ Ivy City Smokehouse
Sarau de Samba on Sunday, September 15 at Glen Echo Park. Ballroom back room. This monthly celebration of Afro-Brazilian culture
Mary Cliff (folk music dj) Celebration 1 to 4 @ Ireland’s
Four Provinces Falls Church
Collapsing, Seven Corners @ Galaxy Hut
El Salvador Fest @ 12 noon @ Franklin Park NW
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
Drumming @ 3 to 7 @ Malcolm X Park
Afrobeats dj @ St Ex
New Passengers @ 4pm w/ Jon Camp, Tammy, Trinomial, @ 2 as part of
Hyattsville Porchfest @ Red Onion Records
Ottobar punk rock flea market 12 to 4pm
Linda Smith, Bill Nace, Wheattie Mattiasich @ 7 @ the
Compound Baltimore (twee pop & experimental)
Blackbyrds @ Keystone Korner
David Chappell Band band 2 to 4:30 @ Hank Dietle’s (roots) ;
Hula Monsters 6 to 10 @ Hank Dietle’s (Hawaiian swing, western swing, honky
tonk country)
*Extended Play w/ King Britt, Baronhawk Poitier @ 5 to 10 @ Mess Hall on the Loading Dock (house and electro dance) *
*Sirius Company @ 10:30 am before Commanders football game @ Northwest Bank Stadium, Landover (go-go)*
*Down Hill Strugglers @ 4 @ School of Musical Traditions Takoma Park (old time string band music) *
*Mali Velasquez, Bloomsday, Lucia Zambetti @ Comet P Pong *
*Seth Kibel Trio @ DC JCC Cafrtitz Hall (klezmer)*
*"Ain't No Back to a Merry-go-Round " film doc about Black & Jewish protests against the circa 1960 segregated Glen Echo Park , showing through Sept 19 @ DC JCC Cafritz Hall *
*What Band, Major League, rapper Bam 640 & more 4 to 10 @ Fire Station One Silver spring (go-go)
*1252 Band @ Lamont's * (soul)
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Monday Sept 16-
Mannywellz @ Howard Theatre POSTPONED to date tba
Perfume Genius @ Atlantis (Sold out)
The National, War on Drugs, Lucius @ Merriweather Post
Pavilion
Brothers from Other Mothers 6 to 9 pm @ Westminster Church
SW (blues)
Ethiopian music live @ Napoli Lounge
Ethiojazz @ Shalla
Auros Ensemble @ Blues Alley (Chilean jazz)*
*Powerplant, JRDN & the Switchblades, Laughing Corpse @ Comet P Pong *
*"Ain't No Back to a Merry-go-Round " film doc about Black & Jewish protests against the circa 1960 segregated Glen Echo Park , showing through Sept 19 @ DC JCC Cafritz Hall *
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Tuesday Sept. 17-
Ringo Starr & His Allstar Band @ Anthem
M. Ward @ Union Stage
Jolie Holland @ Jammin Java (artsy Americana )
Ethiopian music @ Lion’s Den in Falls Church
Blacc Print Experience @ Martini's White Plains (go-go)
Dancehall reggae dj @
Society Lounge
Bryant McGregory & the Bad Mofos @ 8 @ Hank Dietle’s
(roots)
Confluencia @ Blues Alley (Chilean jazz)
*"Ain't No Back to a Merry-go-Round " film doc about Black & Jewish protests against the circa 1960 segregated Glen Echo Park , showing through Sept 19 @ DC JCC Cafritz Hall *
*Sisters of Mercy @ Baltimore Soundstage*
*IO, Griefcat, Outerloop, Freddy Hall, Zanj (w/ Jean-Francis Varre) @ Songbyrd*
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Wed. Sept 18-
Kehlani @ Eaglebank Arena (r&b)
Cedrick Burnside @ Atlantis (blues)
Glen Hansard @ 930
Taisha Estrada 2 to 3 @ Harmony Hall (DC-based Puerto Rican
singer/songwriter)
Can I Kick It with DJ 2-Tone Jones @ Songbyrd
Sirius Company @ Sobe (go-go)
New Impressionz @ Babylon (go-go)
What Band feat. Killa Cal free @ Shark Bar (go-go)
Live Ethiopian music @ Napoli Lounge
Kizomba and bachata dj & dancing @ Crossroads 2
DJ Jamstar @ Tempoo Lounge (dancehall)(Chilean jazz)
*Selwyn Birchwood , Carley Harvey @ the Vault Tyson's (blues) *
*Mauricio Miranda @ Blues Alley
*"Ain't No Back to a Merry-go-Round " film doc about Black & Jewish protests against the circa 1960 segregated Glen Echo Park , showing through Sept 19 @ DC JCC Cafritz Hall *
*Original Facez @ Urban Crab Boil (go-go)*
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Thurs. Sept 19-
Old 97s @ 930 (alt-country)
Rosie Flores talk 12 to 1 @ LOC (roots/ rockabilly)
Goin’ Goin’ Gone @ VFW Post 350 Hells Bottom
A Back to the 90s themed birthday night from 7 to 10 for the Smithsonian Anacostia Museum w/ DJ
Farrah Flossett, breakdancing performances, & one can see “A Century of
Black Art Education “ exhibit ; at the museum
Christylez Bacon presents Biriba Union free from 6 to 7 @
Kennedy Center Millennium Stage
Live Ethiopian music w/ on Thursdays guitarist Selamino
& band @ Shalla Restaurant in Silver Spring
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
What Band feat. Killa Cal @ Martini's Ft Washington (go-go)
Afrobeats w/ DJ Jamstar @ Spectrum Lounge
Afro-Caribbean dj @ Kaldis
Afrobeats @ Gazuza Lounge
*Claudia Acuna @ Blues Alley (Chilean jazz)*
*Soul Sauce w/ DJ Kenny M playing vinyl @ Green Zone *
*"Ain't No Back to a Merry-go-Round " film doc about Black & Jewish protests against the circa 1960 segregated Glen Echo Park , showing through Sept 19 @ DC JCC Cafritz Hall * (sold out)
*free seniors hand dancing w/ DJ T-Play from 3 to 7 @ Anacostia Park near the Roller Skate Rink Pavilion *
*Sea Change w/ Stephen Arnold & Saria Marie Hughes @ 5 @ Smithsonian American Art Kogod Courtyard (jazz)*
*DMV Senior Hand Dancers & line dancers 12 to 4 @ Cheverly American Legion *
*Bongo District @ 10 @ Bossa (cumbia & reggae band) *
*DJ Stylus the Vibe Conductor @ 8 @ Grazie Mille*
*Still Familiar, Mature Clientele, RBM @ Diamond Lounge (go-go) *
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Mavis Staples @
Clarice Smith Center (r& b)
Pine Leaf Boys @
Glen Echo Park Bumper Car Pavilion (Cajun)
Celebrating the Life & Legacy of Celia Cruz (salsa
singing legend now on the quarter) w/ Lulada Club (all women salsa band), salsa
historian discussion, Cruz exhibits on display from 7 to 10:30 @ Smithsonian
Museum of American History
Cumbia Heights, Los Shadows, Leon City Sounds, DJ Crown Vic
@ Comet P Pong
Eric Brace & Thomm Jutz @ Jammin Java (alt-folk)
Hast de Feuer's 2nd anniv. w/ DJ Rum, DJ Livwutang, live
music from Sir E.U., & Dolo Percussion, lighting and art installations and
more @ 10 p.m. @ 618 H St NW.
Jeffrey Foucault w/
drummer John Convertino (Calexico) and producer/saxophonist Mike Lewis(Bon
Iver) free from 6 to 7 @ Kennedy Center Millennium
Stage (Singer/songwriter folky roots rock)
Proper Utensils @ Takoma Station (go-go)
Chanel Beads, Fernette, Model Home @ Songbyrd
SOS Band @ Bethesda Theater
After Thought Band @ Lamont’s (soul)
Rare Essence @ Fast Eddie’s (go-go)
Backyard Band @ Restaurant 55 (go-go)
TCB @ Power
(bouncebeat go-go)
Alfredo Mojica Group
@ 10:30 @ 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
Live Ethiopian instrumental music w/ guitarist Selamino
& band 9 to 12 mdt. @ Meleket
*Junkyard Band free @ 12 to 1 pm @ Wilson Plaza Reagan Bldg (go-go) *
*Melissa Aldana @ Blues Alley (Chilean jazz ) *
*DJ Basbousa @ Green Zone (Arabic) *
*Celebrando la Independencia de El Salvador con Efrain Lovo, Teffy Espana, Espiritu Libre y Moises y su Chanchona @ El Ranchon*
* Los Cazadores Del Cerro, Los Arellano, Los Osos Del Norte @ 90 Degrees*
* Tatsuya Nakatani (avante-garde percussionist) ; Mark Cisneros & Nik Francis (Avante-jazz duo) @ Rhizome*
*Noma in Color Last Dance of the Summer w/ vocalist Reesa Renee, DJ 2-Tone Jones @ 4 to 8 @ Alethia Tanner Park *
*Southern Culture on the Skids w/ the Woggles @ Rams Head Live Annapolis (garage rock)*
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Maxwell @ CFG Arena
Baltimore (r& b)
Rahat Fateh Ali
Khan @ DAR Constitution Hall (Pakistani Qawwali singer)
SOS Band @ Bethesda Theater (r& b)
Charm City Live w/ Method Man & Redman @ War Memorial
Plaza in front of Baltimore’s City Hall (rap)
HFSestival w/ Postal Service, Death Cab for Cutie, Liz Phair,
Girl Talk, Violent Femmes & others @ Nats Park
Jelly Roll w/ Warren Zeiders @ Capital One Arena
Black Cat anniversary party w/ Des Demonas, Teen Cobra, DJ
Baby Alacatraz, DJ Just-in-time @ Black Cat
The Intruders, Bela Dona, Forever Yours -Tribute to the
O'Jays, Feelin the Funk Band and Carmen Craven's Tribute to Stephanie Mills @
Lamont's
Magdalena Bay @ 6:30
@ 930 Club
Shaboozey @ 10 @ 930 Club ( r& B- country)
Orkesta Mendoza
free from 6 to 7 @ Kennedy Center Millennium Stage (Latin indie)
Vance Joy, Local Natives, Tiny Habits @ Merriweather Post
DJ sets by artists Adrian Loving (hiphop & Brazilian) plus OSGEMEOS and José Parlá at Hirshhorn Ball
fundraiser ball 6:30 to 10 @ Hirshhorn Museum
DJ 2-Tone Jones doing live soundtrack to movie Kung Fu
Hustle @ Creative Alliance
Backyard Band @ Howard Theatre
Junkyard Band @ 2910 Kitchen & Bar in Arlington
BLOMPPST Festival w/ New Passengers, Black Rails, FREQ FLAG
, Hey 19///Aaron Lee Estes, Industrial Grade Acid, Czonka, SEXFACES, Cinemartyr
(originally called OST), Club U.S.A. (Pop, Psych, Punk), Jeff Surak (DC) 12-9pm
* Indoors & Outdoors * Art market * Food vendor @ Rhizome
Tumbao (Latin salsa ) @ 10:30 @ Bossa 1st floor & DJ Lu
Latin Hits upstairs;
Roots Band @ Makeda Restaurant (Ethiopian)
live Ethiopian music @ Shalla
Ras Band w/ guest singers @ MHL Lounge (Ethiopian)
Ethiopian music @ Black Rose Lounge
Rare Essence @ 11 @
Aqua (go-go)
Kennedy Center National Dance day and K Ctr Reach @ 5 Block
Party
*H St. NE fest 12 to 7 (lots of stages some go-go) *
*Avery Sunshine , Maimouna Youssef (aka Mumu Fresh), DJ Lance Reynolds 7 to 9 @ Fort Dupont Park (r & b)
*Sirius Company @ Diamond Lounge (go-go)*
*DJ Johnson Lee playing vinyl (from Joe's Record Paradise) @ Green Zone *
*Monajet & the Nightingale of Iran : A Persian Jewish Performance w/ Galeet Dardashti doing tribute to her grandfather Younes Dardashti the Jewish Nightingale of Iran from the 1950s & 1960s , @ Cafritz Hall DC JCC*
*Edgardo Nunez @ El Ranchon *
*Femi & the Foundation @ The Pocket *
*Kennedy Center Reach 5th Anniv. w/ 9th Wonder, Rich Medina, Jahsonic, host is Miss H.E.R. @ 8:15 to 11 *
*Okay Afrika w/ DJ Underdog & guest dj @ St Ex *
*Miles Ave @ Homme Art Gallery, L. St (rap) *
*New Impressionz @ Throw Social (go-go & bouncebeat go-go)*
*Street Photography opening w/ Chuck Patch & Reuben Radding @ Lost Origin Gallery*
*Southern Culture on the Skids w/ the Woggles @ Rams Head Live Annapolis (garage rock)*
*Hands First (NY postpunk), Listening Club (Baltimore) , Invisible Drums (JUstin Moyer solo) @ Quarry House (postpunk rock) *
*Panafest includes local afropop band Elikeh @ 6 @ Veterans Plaza *
Pine Leaf Boys @ 2:45 to 3:45 (Cajun), Melody Angel @ 8:45 to 9:30 (blues) @ MD Folk Fest in Salisbury, MD (also gospel, bluegrass, mariachi, Hungarian folk & more) *
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Sunday Sept. 22-
Cuban charanga music ensemble Raíces Negras (w/ some
locals) perform danzón and cha-cha-cha songs by legendary Cuban music group
Orquesta Aragón, @ 1 and 3 @ National Gallery of Art West Steps (rain location
inside East Building)
Yo La Tengo @ Rams Head Live
Jesus Aguaje Ramos and his Buena Vista Orchestra @ Warner
Theatre
Roseanne Cash @ Strathmore
Atlantic Starr @ Birchmere
Los Bitchos @ Black Cat
Sleepmarks, Dougie @ Galaxy Hut (rock)
"In the Summer" drama film w/ René Pérez Joglar, aka Residente from Calle
13 playing a lead role @ Latino Film Fest @ AFI Silver
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
Drumming @ 3 to 7 @ Malcolm X Park
Afrobeats dj @ St Ex
Seven Voices: Patsy Cline Tribute @ 7:30 @ Creative Alliance
Baltimore
Baltimore records bazaar @ 12 noon @ Peabody Hts Brewery
The String Queens @ Keystone Korner
*La Abuela Daira (Afro-Colombian singer from Tumaco, Colombia) @ 4 @ Lamont Plaza in Mt Pleasant NW DC*
*Hardway Connection @ 3 @ Players Lounge in SE DC (southern soul)*
*Ancestral Futures Afro-Latinx poetry w/ Darrel Alejandro Holnes, Sami Miranda, Raina J. León, Malcom Friend @ 3 pm to 5 pm @ American Poetry Museum*
*Live jazz scores to silent films by Amy K. Bormet, Matt Dievendorf, Brandon Woody, Brian Settles, Kevin Butler @ 7 pm @ Eaton*
*Spotlight Band @ Lamont's (soul)*
*Granny & the Boys @ Showtime *
*Capital Tangueros tango dancing 7 to 10 @ Freedom Plaza*
*Celebrate Africa Fest w/ Urban Foli jazz band, Ussuf Gueye African Jazz Quartet, Elikeh (afropop), DJ Kweeks, Ni Dembaya African Drum Ensemble @ 1 to 5 @ Fairwood Community Park, Bowie, MD *
*TOB 9 to 2 @ Babylon (bouncebeat go-go)*
*Melody Angel blues @ 1:15 to 2; Pine Leaf Boys (Cajun) @ 5:15 to 6 @ MD Folk Fest in Salisbury, MD (also gospel, bluegrass, mariachi, Hungarian folk & more) *
*Funset dj party 4pm on w/ Jahsonic, Harry Hotter, DJ Smudge @ Dew Drop Inn *
*Salvavision Fest 11 am on @ Old Colombia Pike, Burtonsville *
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Khruangbin w/ Arooj
Aftab @ Anthem (sold out)
Peter Yorn @ Howard Theatre (pop rock)
Shaboozey @ 10 @ 930 Club ( r& B- country)
David Cole & Main St Blues as part of Westminster blues
shows 18th anniversary 6 to 9 pm @ Westminster Church SW
Ethiopian music live @ Napoli Lounge
Ethiojazz @ Shalla
Chuck Redd "Flavors of Brazil " @ Blues Alley (Brazilian jazz) *
*Inji @ Atlantis (Turkey to NYC dance pop)*
*Open Mic Monday w/ Attinshun @ 8:30 @ Rendezvous, 9th St NW (2nd & 4th Mondays) *
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Etran de L’Air at Current space in Balt
sponsored by Ottobar (North African desert rockin )
Khruangbin w/ Arooj Aftab @ Anthem (sold out)
Marky Ramone plays Ramones classics, Dot Dash, Dark Thoughts
@ Black Cat
Nabihah Iqbal @ Quarry House (UK/Pakistani indie singer
/songwriter)
DJ 2-Tone Jones doing live soundtrack to movie Bloodsport @
Songbyrd
Suzanne Vega w/ her guitarist Gerry
Leonard @ Rams Head Onstage Annapolis
NCT Dream @ Capital One Arena (K-pop)
Ethiopian music @ Lion’s Den in Falls Church
Blacc Print Experience @ Martini's White Plains (go-go)
Dancehall reggae dj @
Society Lounge
*Rancho Aparte (Colombia high-energy chirimia music) @ 7 @ Lamont Plaza , Mt Pleasant *
* Dani Cortaza group w/ vocalist Max Rosado "The Latin Side of Jazz" @ Blues Alley"
*Sing Steph talking about Robert Glasper's Black Radio III @ 8 to 10 @ Eaton Hotel library*
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Wed. Sept. 25-
El Salvadorian
Heritage Night @ Nats game
Suzanne Vega w/ her guitarist Gerry Leonard @ Birchmere
Sigur Ros w/ Wordless Orchestra @ Anthem
Balkan Paradise Orchestra free from 6 to 7 pm @ Kennedy
Center Millennium Stage
Jeff Lynne’s ELO @ Capital One Arena
Sirius Company @ Sobe (go-go)
New Impressionz @ Babylon (go-go)
What Band feat. Killa Cal free @ Shark Bar (go-go)
Live Ethiopian music @ Napoli Lounge
Kizomba and bachata dj & dancing @ Crossroads 2
DJ Jamstar @ Tempoo Lounge (dancehall)
Get Up Kids & Smoking Popes @ Rams Head Live Baltimore
*Gerardo Contino Tribute to Buena Vista Social Club @ Blues Alley*
*Walter Mitty & His Makeshift Orchestra, Queen Moo, Pinky Lemon @ Comet P Pong *
*Your Old Droog @ DC 9 (rap)*
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Thurs. Sept 26-
Charli XCX & Troye Silvan @ CFG Arena Baltimore
Mickey Guyton @ Union Stage (country)
Rapsody @ Howard Theatre
La Sonora Mazuren free from 6 to 7 @ Kennedy Center
Millennium Stage (Colombian alternative tropical & traditional )
Carin Leon @ Capital One Arena
Lalah Hathaway at the Warner Theatre
Keane @ Anthem (sold out)
Leon City Sounds djs @ ESL
Live Ethiopian music w/ on Thursdays guitarist Selamino
& band @ Shalla Restaurant in Silver Spring
Roots Band @ Makeda Restaurant, Van Dorn St., Alexandria
(Ethiopian)
Ethiopian music @ MHL
Lounge in Falls Church
Ethiopian music *New Impressionz , Reaction @
Black Rose Lounge (bouncebeat go-go night)*
Ethiopian music @ Love Lounge Fenton St Silver Spring
What Band feat. Killa Cal @ Martini's Ft Washington (go-go)
Afrobeats w/ DJ Jamstar @ Spectrum Lounge
Afro-Caribbean dj @ Kaldis
Afrobeats @ Gazuza Lounge
Thrills @ JVs
Shirletta Settles free @ 12 to 1 pm @ Wilson Plaza Reagan Bldg (soul/r& b ) *
*Mazboota w/ DJ Fady D @ Green Zone (alt Arabic electro/disco) *
*Why Bonnie , Flower Bomb @ Comet P Pong *
*DJ John Murph @ 9 @ Eaton Hotel Allegory Room *
*Vernie Varela @ 9:30 @ Bossa (Colombian cumbia, vallenato, salsa)*
*EU @ 6 @ Sycamore & Oak *
*Marbled Eyes (from Oakland) , Home Remedies, Blunda @ Rhizome (post-punk)*
* "Soul of the City" w/ Dj @elpedronight & sax player BJ Simmons; Dj Farid Azouri & vocalist Deborah Bond; & Miss H.E.R. & the bearded drummer @ 9 w/ a closing collaboration of all @ Culture in Ivy City NE DC *
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Friday Sept. 27 –
Marley brothers @ Jiffy Lube Amphitheatre
Zedashe Polyphonic Choir & Folk Dancers from Caucasus ,
Georgia 7 to 9 @ Hill Center (sold out)
Bad Moves, Ekko Astral, Perennial @ Black Cat
Herbie Hancock @ the Warner Theatre
Cass McCombs & Advance Base @ Ottobar
Deorro & Adobo DMV & Tone Glow djs @ Echostage
Juana Luna free @ 6 to 7 pm @ Kennedy Center Millennium
Stage (Argentine folk)
The Set R& B Experience dj @ Howard Theatre
Julien Baker @ Atlantis (sold out)
Blacc Print Experience @ Takoma Station (go-go)
After Thought Band @ Lamont’s (soul)
Rare Essence @ Fast Eddie’s (go-go)
Backyard Band @ Restaurant 55 (go-go)
TCB @ Power
(bouncebeat go-go)
Alfredo Mojica Group
@ 10:30 @ 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
Live Ethiopian instrumental music w/ guitarist Selamino
& band 9 to 12 mdt. @ Meleket
Dance Club w/ djs Joyce Lim, Baronhawk, & Tommy C @ DC9
(techno )
* EU free @ 12 to 1 pm @ Wilson Plaza Reagan Bldg (go-go) *
*Disco Biblioteca book club w/ Bob Boilen's Your Song Changed My Life @ 7 @ People's Book (Boilen might be attending )*
*DJ Saba @ Green Zone (Arabic) *
* Sylvie, John Andrews & The Yawns @ Comet P Pong *
* La Auténtica Banda Ll , La Escuelita Sd, La Sonora Dinamita @ Cococabana*
*Outerloop @ Pie Shop*
*Art All Night including Frank O. Agbro hosted open stage @ 5 to 10 @ Dos Gringos *
*Richmond Folk Fest w/ go-go, international sounds, blues , soul, & great Colombian carnival band Rancho Aparte through Sunday Sept. 29 *
*Matthew Shipp Trio @ NYU Washington (Capital Bop presents NY jazz pianist & band) *
*Art All Night w/ the Cruddy Crankerz & more @ 11pm on @ 723 8th St SE *
*Art All Night w/ EU , Black Alley 6 to 12 mdt @ the Shops of Penn Branch, 3200 Penn Ave East , rear*
*Art All Night w/ Future Band 7 to 12 mdt @ Metro Bar , Rhode Island Ave NE *
*Pock3t @ 7:30 @ Sycamore & Oak *
*Art All Night w/ UCB 7 to 11:30 @ DC Brau, 3178 B Upper Bladensburg Rd NE *
*DJ Heat, URB @ Dorothey Height Benning Library *
*ABM @ Flame, Alexandria, VA *
* Dj Kristy La Rat @ 8:45 to 9:45 pm @ Mt Pleasant Library historic steps *
* dc art all night navy yard w/ black techno matters dj Bernard at 6:20 and Malik Dope Drummer at 8:45 each w/ very short sets and others throughout the evening*
*Art All Night w/ DJ Baby Alcatraz 8 to 11 @ Lymans Tavern *
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X @ State Theatre (LA punk band final tour
)
Herbie Hancock @ Lyric Theatre Baltimore
Caribbean wine,food, & music fest w/ Culture ft.
Kenyatta Hill, Lutan Fyah, Droop Lion, Image Band, Miss Gavrl , Heavyman, Ras
Lidj Regg’go @ 11 am @ Carroll Park, 1500 Washington BLvd., Baltimore
Wayna, Armand Ntep, Massama Dogo, and more locally based African musicians free from 4-7pm
(part of Community Day) @ Smithsonian Museum of African Art
Afrocidade – From
Pelourinho to Petworth ( a look at Afro-Brazilian Bahian music and
African American music w/ Luciano Xavier (percussion), Fernando Saci
(drums/percussion), Malari Moore (percussion), Stewart Bernard (bass), Federico
Peña (keyboard), Alejandro Villareal (guitar), Flavia Nacimento (folkloric
dancer), Lesina Martin (vocals), Aline Varre (vocals) and Jean-Francis Varre of
Sahel (vocals and guitar). Plus local percussionist and WPFW 'Berimbau' DJ
Silvio "Roberto Berimbau" Dos Santos as a special guest. Jean-Francis Varre of Sahel put this together & is
one of the narrators @ Atlas Theatre
Death from Above- 1979, Teen Mortgage @ Howard Theatre
Soul Coughing @ 6 @ 930 Club (sold out)
Funkateer's Ball w/ P-Funk royalty Garrett
"Starchildjr" Shider and Mike "Kidd Funkadelic" Hampton
with funk ensemble Grooveallegiance. Special guests guitarist Marcus Machado, singer
Yazarah St. James. Also DJ Lance Reynolds and MC Tony Camm.@ Bethesda Theater
Karl Straub Combo @ VFW Post 350 Hells Bottom (roots rock
& guitar pop)
All things go fest w/
Laufey & Kenn Ctr Orchestra,
Bleachers, Janelle Monae, Ethel Cain, Julien Baker, Mannequin Pussy &
more @ Merriweather Post Pavilion (sold
out)
Reverend Horton Heat @ Hamilton Live (rockabilly)
Cuni, XK Scenario, Dorinda @ Comet P Pong
A1 First Amendment Freedom of Speech Fest w/ EU & others
2 to 6 @ the Wharf
Tumbao (Latin salsa ) @ 10:30 @ Bossa 1st floor & DJ Lu
Latin Hits upstairs;
Roots Band @ Makeda Restaurant (Ethiopian)
live Ethiopian music @ Shalla
Ras Band w/ guest singers @ MHL Lounge (Ethiopian)
Ethiopian music @ Black Rose Lounge
Rare Essence @ 11 @
Aqua (go-go)
Rock-a-Sonics @ 9 @ Hank Dietle’s (rockabilly)
Asia in a bite food fest @ Rash Field Park in Baltimore
Frankie Valli & the Four Seasons @ MGM National Harbor
*Heavy Rotation w/ djs Ge-ology & Jahsonic , Martin Miguel, Kenny M @ Yours Truly Hotel, 1143 New Hampshire Ave NW *
*Jumpin Jupiter for Lorraine's birthday 4 to 7 @ JVs (rockabilly)*
*Mt Rainer Porch Fest *
*Latin Club & baile funk dj dance party @ Jimmy Valentines *
*Nectar w/ DJ V:Shal & AHautmess @ Green Zone *
* Banda Los Recoditos, La Escuelita Sd ,Y La Auténtica Banda Ll @ Club One Alexandria *
*Art All Night Block Party 6pm to 1 am w/ Junkyard Band, EU, Black Alley, Backyard Band, DCVybe, Push Play feat. D. Floyd, Relentless Band DJ Rico, DJ Flex, DJ Big John, Noochi's Front Porch @ MLK Library out front *
*Sa-roc @ 9th annual Aslin beer, music, art fest 1 to 7 in Alexandria *
*Richmond Folk Fest w/ go-go, international sounds, blues , soul, Treme Brass & great Colombian carnival band Rancho Aparte through Sunday Sept. 29 *
*Freedom Forum 1A Fest w/ music from go-go band EU, talk, comedy, art @ 2 to 6 @ The Wharf*
*Gaza Thrift : A Night Market w/ vendors & djs Tromac, Koh, S.Dot, Unt.Il @ Black Cat*
*TOB @ Art All Night @ 3109 MLK Ave Se *
*Art All Night main stage w/ Cuban dancers 8:15; Christylez Bacon @8:40; then Caribbean steel bands & Image Band @ 10, Future Band @11 @ Carnegie Library East , 801 K St NW Mt Vernon Square more Caribbean on other nearby stages ,*
*Fiesta DC w/ Brray, El Cherry, Alicia Villareal, Julin Rodriguez, Nicaraguan musicians including Carlos Mejia Godoy, & more 11 am to 7 on Penns. Ave NW between 3rd and 7th St NW (also on Sunday) *
*Mosaic District Fall Fest w/ music and more 11 am to 6 pm (& Sunday)*
*Clarendon Day 11 am to 6 *
*Aslin Beer Music & art fest in Alexandria *
*Art All Night w/ Peacemakers Band @ 7, Trained to Go Band @ 8:30, Pump Blenders @ 10 @ Starburst Plaza , 1501 MD Ave NE near H St NE (go-go)*
*Tropical Heat Dome w/ DJs Leon City Sound, Crown Vic, Nico Sophia, Mettabbana @ 9:30 am @ Marx Cafe*
*Art All Night w/ District Kings @ 8:30 @ The Modern at Art Place, South Dakota Ave NE & Galloway St NE *
*Latine club, neo-perreo, baile funk & more spun by djs El Sucio, Cybersyn @ Jimmy Valentines*
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Sunday, September 29-
Kirk Franklin the reunion tour w/ Marvin Sapp, Yolanda Adams , Fred Hammond, the Clark Sisters @ Capital One Arena
Duster w/ Dirty Art
Club @ 7 pm @ 930
All things go w/ Hozier, Chappell Roan, Maren Morris, The
Japanese House, flipturn, Soccer Mommy, Blondshell & more @ Merriweather Post Pavilion (sold out) (Roan just cancelled her weekend gigs for health reasons) *
Old Knife, Lud Ross, Don Zientara, Capillaries @ McLean VFW
Post 8241
EducArte's Brazilian samba bateria and dance troupe will
perform at the Wheaton Arts Parade on Sunday, September 29, starting at 10 a.m.
Tropical F Storm, *Michael Beach, MFers JMB & co. * @ Black Cat
Legendary Bluenotes and a Tribute to the Supremes @ Eloquent
Touch Ballroom in Suitland
Col. Josh , Strolling Bones @ VFW Post 350 Hells Bottom
Koshari, Erin Frisby @ Galaxy Hut
"Limite" silent film w/ music by Satie, Stravinsky
& more on soundtrack by Brazilian
director and author Mário Peixoto @ Latino Film Fest @ AFI Silver
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
Drumming @ 3 to 7 @ Malcolm X Park
Afrobeats dj @ St Ex
Corey Arceneaux & the Zydeco Hot Peppers @ 6 @ Hank
Dietle’s
*Crush Fund, AFK, Sex Faces @ Comet P Pong (post-punk) *
* La Escuelita Sd ,Y La Auténtica Banda Ll @ Rio Cantina Sterling *
*1252 Band @ Lamont's *
*Capital Tangueros tango dancing 7 to 10 @ Freedom Plaza*
*Backyard Band 5 to 9 @ Babylon *
*Richmond Folk Fest w/ go-go, international sounds, blues , soul, & great Colombian carnival band Rancho Aparte *
*Live painting & music by Supernatural Sound System @ Bossa*
*Fiesta DC parade 1 to 5 and fest also w/ DJ Osocity, Zaenno, Nicaraguan musicians including Luis Pastor, Los Clarks on Penns. Ave NW between 3rd and 7th St NW (also on Sunday) *
*Mosaic District Fall Fest w/ music and more 11 am to 6 pm (& Sunday)*
*Wheaton Arts parade and festival *
*Lyfe Jennings, Ruff Endz, Still Familiar, Pure Elegance, Top 5 @ 7pm @ Harborside Hotel*
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Monday Sept. 30-
Vampire Weekend , Cults @ Anthem (sold out)
Nilufer Yanya @ Black Cat (critic fave rock)
Duster @ Ottobar (rock)
Carina Round @ Comet
Ethiopian music live @ Napoli Lounge
Ethiojazz @ Shalla
TCB @ 7 to 12 @ 1356 Okie St NE (bouncebeat go-go)*
*DC Mayor's Arts Awards w/ performances by Crank Caviar & others @ 6 @ Lincoln Theatre (rsvp @ DCmayorsartsawards dot com) *
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Tuesday October 1-
Ustad Noor Bakhsh,
Master of the Balochi Electric Benju @ Current Space in Baltimore (Pakistan)
Vampire Weekend, Cults @ Anthem (sold out)
Deerhoof, Pearl, Mowder Oyal @ Ottobar
JD McPherson, Kate Clover @ Atlantis
Ethiopian music @ Lion’s Den in Falls Church
Blacc Print Experience @ Martini's White Plains (go-go)
Dancehall reggae dj @
Society Lounge
Chris O’Leary Band @ Hank Dietle’s (blues & soul)
*Yarn @ Pearl St Warehouse (Americana )*
* great Colombian carnival band Rancho Aparte @ Creative Alliance *
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*Wed. October 2 in DMV DC-Ustad Noor Bakhsh(plays Balochi dulcimer -like Benju) early show @ Bossa (sold out) (Pakistan); Samuel S.C., Shadow Riot @ 7 @ Galactic Panther (post-punk); Corey Harris & Cedrick Watson free 6 to 7 pm @ Kennedy Center Millennium Stage (blues); Sirius Company @ Sobe (go-go); New Impressionz @ Babylon (go-go); What Band feat. Killa Cal free @ Shark Bar (go-go); Live Ethiopian music @ Napoli Lounge; Kizomba and bachata dj & dancing @ Crossroads 2: DJ Jamstar @ Tempoo Lounge (dancehall); Liz Durette , Weed Tree , Nectar Gnome @ Rhizome (experimental); Fran Vielma & the Venezuelan Jazz Collective @ Blues Alley; BigBaby Gucci @ Songbyrd; Nada Surf @ the Atlantis*
*Thurs. Oct 3- Mariza @ Strathmore (fado); Maurice Louca (Egyptian artsy guitarist & keyboardist) w/ Ayman Asfour (Egyptian violinist) ; Tom Carter (droning experimental guitar), Life Is Priceless ( Rotating improvisational collective w/ members of the DMV experimental + free music communities including Jeff Barsky, Jim Thomson, Kamyar Arsani,Ty Russell, Nico Castleman, Rob Smith, Brian Weitz (Geologist)) @ Rhizome; Gaby Moreno free from 6 to 7 @ Kennedy Center Millennium Stage; plus Ethiopian music weekly events as listed on Thursdays in September; & What Band go-go @ Martini's *
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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
dancing (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; gogomusixdmv on Instagram has go-go flyers*
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