Sunday, September 1, 2024

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

 

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 

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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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Thurs. Sept 5-

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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Sat. Sept 7

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

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

* Guilherme Monteiro @ Blues Alley (Brazilian jazz guitarist )* 

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Wed. Sept 11-

*Ethiopian New Year* 

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) 

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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* 

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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 *

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Friday Sept 20-

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* 

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Saturday Sept. 21 –

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)

Atlantic Starr @ Birchmere

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 OSGEMEOS and José Parlá at Hirshhorn Ball fundraiser 6:30 to 10 @ Hirshhorn

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 * 

*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 * 

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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

"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

*Abuela Daira (from 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*

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Monday Sept. 23-

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) * 

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Tuesday Sept. 24-

 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

NC D Dream @ Capital One Arena

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" 

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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  @ 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

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 * 

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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

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 * 

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Saturday Sept. 28-

 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 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

Jeff Floyd, Donny Ray, Karen Wolfe, J-Red the Nephew, Hardway Connection, Jesi Terrell in a Southern Soul celebration @ Lamont’s 

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 * 

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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)

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 * 

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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


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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)  

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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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