DC / Baltimore / DMV Global Music and More March 2025 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 (gigs @ Bossa and go-go shows are often just announced the week of the show; Work your way down day by day. Sorry this is late this month. Also, I do my best to notice cancelled & postponed gigs but sometimes miss them.
Calendar is posted, updated, and viewable here on the blog, and events tweeted @stevekiviat and posted on my Bluesky & Threads. Calendar is sometimes linked on my Facebook & Instagram (& may get own pages there soon). Email list coming soon. Gig list includes international (mainly African, Caribbean, Latin, Brazilian, Asian), roots, rap, soul, go-go, rock, punk, pop, gospel, blues , & club dj dance and more DMV & Baltimore & Annapolis gigs that I am interested in. Lots of local Ethiopian and Go-go. Some jazz but I mainly leave that to Capital Bop. Additional gigs added after first posting have an *asterisk.* Events listed have been found on websites, Instagram, Facebook, email, postcards, flyers, tik-tok, & club voicemails.
To submit events (for posting) or comments (that are not posted) e-mail stevenkiviat @ gmail.com
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My March 2025 Remaining Highlights (mostly visiting acts) (then full list below w/ local & visiting).
Sat. March 8– Jose Alberto El Canario w/ La Tremendita de Giancarlo Rodriguez @ Lima de Veras Restobar/Patio, 20921 Davenport Drive, 134 Sterling, VA (salsa singing great)
Sun. March 9-The Avengers (San Francisco punk legends w/ singer Penelope Houston), Lupo Citta, The Owners @ Comet Ping Pong
Thurs. March 13 through Sat. March 15 – Jonathan Richman @ Ottobar Baltimore
Wed. March 19-Grupo Fundo de Quintal @ Black Cat (Brazilian samba)
Sat. March 22-Yo La Tengo & Sun Ra Arkestra @ Howard Theatre (rock & Cosmic jazz)
Horsegirl , free range, emotional world @ Black Cat ( Critic fave female postpunk headliners into artsy late 70s to 21st century postpunk both loud & quiet)
Lamont Savoy’s Birthday party w/ Hardway Connection & a Baltimore band @ Lamont’s
Tues. March 25- Meshell Ndegeocello: No More Water - The Gospel of James Baldwin @ Keystone Korner (live or streamed)
Wed. March 26-Georgetown Prof Maurice Jackson Rhythms of Resistance and Resilience: How Black Washingtonians Used Music and Sports in the Fight for Equality book talk @ 7 @ Politics & Prose Wharf
Thurs. March 27- Arooj Aftab at Union Stage (great NYC- based Pakistani singer)
Lila Downs @ Strathmore Music Center (great Mexican vocalist)
Fri. March 28- Northeast Groovers 40th anniversary @ Howard Theatre (go-go)
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March 2025 Full list (*asterisks will be used to show any additional events added throughout the month or changes *)
Saturday March 1 -
Kodo Drummers @ George Mason Center for the Arts (Japan taiko drummers)
Jason Isbell @ Warner
Chuck Brown Band @ Bethesda Theater
Destroyer opening for Father John Misty @ Anthem (rock)
DC Abortion Fund benefit w/ Pretty Bitter, Cherub Tree, Flowerbomb, Massie @ Songbyrd
Chuck Bettis & Jerry Lim , Mick Barr , Breath of the Magi , Weed Tree @ Rhizome
John Jorgenson Bluegrass Band free from 6 to 7 @ Kennedy Center Millennium Stage
Afrobeats & r & B dj @ Gazuza Lounge
Pretty Girls Love Afrobeats @ 4 pm @ Zebbies Garden
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 *& Da One Band* @ 11 @ Aqua (go-go)
Bed Maker, Continuals, Black Rails, Pedal Pushers, @ 7 @ 546 Baltimore Annapolis Blvd., Severna Park, MD (dc punk)
Stonebwoy @ Fillmore (African dancehall reggae)
Aluna, Coco, Breezy @ Soundcheck
In My Eyes Jim Saah dc punk photo Exhibit on display in March w/ opening @ 2 to 6 @ Metro Gallery Baltimore
El Chaval de la Bachata @ Club One Alexandria
TCB @ Fire Station 1 (bouncebeat go-go)
TOB @ Consortium (bouncebeat go-go)
New Impressionz @ 1313 Lounge in MD (go-go)
Still Familiar @ House of Comedy & Jazz in Lanham
Leon City Sounds djs @ Green Zone
Mardi Gras Parade w/ Naptown Brass Band & Too Much Talent Band @ 3:30 w/ fireworks later @ the Wharf
Backyard Band & DCVybe in association w/ Basketball tourney @ 3 to 8 @ The Palace, 1 East Baltimore St., Baltimore
Arturo O’Farrill & Afro Latin Orchestra @ Strathmore
*New Orleans songbook at Alden at Mclean
Electric Kingdom dj night: DJ Technics (Baltimore club), DJ Sega (Philadelphia) , Dyanna Monet (& Franxx Nightshift upstairs) @ 618 H St NW
Brooklyn Rider @ 6th & I
Ballyshaners St Patrick’s Day Parade @ 12:30 pm followed by Irish music & dance @ King & Rye sts, plus Murphy’s pub & Daniel O’Connell’s in Alexandria
Little Red & the Renegades @ Hank Dietle’s
DJ Adrian Loving @ Bar Cana
Chatham Rabbits @ Jammin Java (folk)
Georgetown Prof Maurice Jackson Rhythms of Resistance and Resilience: How Black Washingtonians Used Music and Sports in the Fight for Equality book talk @ 1 to 3 @ Westminster Church
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Sun. March 2-
Angelique Kidjo at George Mason Center for the Arts (Benin afropop & more singer)
Closer to God Pakistan doc film w/ singer Ustad Naseeruddin Saami @ 3:45 @ Freer/Museum of Asian Art
Razz film doc @ 3 @ Greenbelt Theatre ; After party w/ Doug Tull Band @ 6 @ new deal café (DC proto-punk band film )
Mystic Nights II: tram nam khong quen Vietnamese variety show @ MGM National Harbor
Ezekiel’s Wheels Klezmer Band free from 6 to 7 @ Kennedy Center Millennium Stage (& streamed on their Youtube & Facebook pages)
Paris is Burning film @ 2 @ MLK Library
Mardi Gras fiesta w/ crawfish boil, po’ boys, King cake kolaches, & a brass band 1 to 4 @ Republic Cantina
Gospel music @ O St NW
Queering Noise/ Noise against Fascism @ 5 @ Rhizome
Nani Vazanza at J x J
Carnival celebration @ Bossa
Seth Kibel & the Kleztet @ 6 @ Atlas
Backyard Band @ Society Lounge (go-go)
Drama Squad & XMB @ Glo Lounge (go-go)
Afrobeats, hiphop, dancehall party 4 to 9 @ Decades
Rise Band @ 4 ish @ Lamont’s (soul)
Thought Control, Jailbird, Redeye, Vicious Order @ Holy Frijoles
Church in the Club with Anthony Brown & group therAPy @ Bethesda Theater
Chatham Rabbits @ Rams Head Annapolis (folk)
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 returns in the spring
Afrobeats dj @ St Ex
Leisure Hour, Fox Teeth, Pretty Bitter, Cal Rifkin @ Pie Shop
Haile Gerima’s “Adwa” film @ 5:30 @ Sankofa
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 returns in the spring
Afrobeats dj @ St Ex
*Safety Bear, Rob Parrish @ Galaxy Hut*—-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
Monday March 3-
Friko, Peel Dream Magazine @ Union Stage (rock)
Memphis Gold & the Scrap Iron blues band 6 to 9 @ Westminster Church SW
Lundi Gras Party w/ Joe Brotherton Trio jazz @ 5 to 10 @ St Vincent Wine
Django jazz @ The Bluebird Baltimore
Small old-school Go-go exhibit w/ photos , Globe posters, & record covers @ Brentwood Arts Exchange (Mon. thru Sat. through March 8)
Ethiopian music live @ Napoli Lounge
Ethiojazz @ Shalla
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Tuesday March 4-
Mardi Gras
Mardi Pardi w/ live music tba plus Louisiana food & drinks for sale @ 6 to 9 Bayou Bakery in Clarendon/Arlington
Michael Shannon & Jason Narducy & friends play REM’s Fables of the Reconstruction & more @ 930 Club
Rafgak (Berlin noise duo), Zottoh (Argentina drone/noise) , Lisk, Mamet, Sandel (jazz percussion, french horn, violin) @ Rhizome
DJ Baby Alcatraz Mardi Gras @ Showtime Bar
Grand Scheme, Posicion Unida, Tripwire @ Haydee’s Mt Pleasant (hardcore punk)
Naptown Brass Band @ Mardi Gras celebration @ Rams Head Annapolis
Ethiopian music @ Lion’s Den in Falls Church
Blacc Print Experience @ Martini's White Plains (go-go)
Dancehall reggae dj @ Society Lounge
*TCB @ Black Rose *—-----------------------------------
Wed. March 5-
Akua Allrich free @ 8 @ Songbyrd (good DC jazz singer ) (online registration via Washington Project for the Arts encouraged)
Hardway Connection @ Wine Down Wednesdays @ Eloquent Touch Ballroom (MD southern soul)
Sonny Landreth Band and the Iguanas froom Louisiana @ Rams Head Annapolis
A.I.M by Kyla Abraham dance company @ Clarice Smith Center U of MD
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
DJ Jamstar @ Tempoo Lounge (dancehall)
Gigi McLaughlin @ Mercy Me ( Brazilian jazz)
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Thurs. March 6-
Phillips after 5 : Techno Takeover w/ screening of “God Said Give em Drum Machines” (re Black Detroit electro), Computerworld (Kraftwerk cover band) , DJ Lola Villa, techno & art workshops @ Phillips Collection, till 8:30 (register online)
Nicholas Payton @ Blues Alley (Jazz from New Orleans)
Boom Selecta : Reggae Bashment party @ 8 to 11:30 @ Mama Koko’s, 100 East 23rd St Baltimore
World Music Collective @ LOC
Steve Roy & Still Familiar @ Irving’s Banquet Hall, Temple Hills MD
DJ Lance Reynolds @ Legacy Hifi, 2471 18th St , 1st floor NW .
Kevin Gordon Trio @ Hank Dietle’s (Louisiana roots rock)
James McMurtry @ Rams Head Annapolis
Leon City Sounds djs @ lostnfound dc & elgabacho tacos Pop up! (cumbia, chicha, salsa)
Erin Murphy free from 6 to 7 @ Kennedy Center Millennium Stage (& streamed on their Youtube & Facebook pages) (cellist playing chamber rock)
Thrills @ 8 @ JVs (roots rock)
Catherine Russell with the Airmen of Note free @ the Schlesinger Concert Hall in Alexandria (jazz singer and band)
Azul Band @ Green Zone
A.I.M by Kyla Abraham dance company @ Clarice Smith Center U of MD
Interwoven @ 7:30 @ Freer Gallery Meyer Aud. (melds traditional Asian music and Western classical music through performing, commissioning, and recording contemporary works)
Live Ethiopian music w/ 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 *Reaction * (go-go) @ 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
Fantazma, Zipla, Aztlan @ Wonderland Ballroom (Latino alt rock)
*Love and Vinyl theatrical play @ 8:30 @ Byrdland Records *
*Grupo Quimbao @ 9:30 @ Bossa (cumbia, valenato, salsa ) *
Small old-school Go-go exhibit w/ photos , Globe posters, & record covers @ Brentwood Arts Exchange (Mon. thru Sat. through March 8)
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Fri March 7-
Spirit of the Beehive @ Black Cat
Nicholas Payton @ Blues Alley (Jazz from New Orleans)
Barry Moton- "Jazz Realities: Echoes of Strayhorn" explores Billy Strayhorn's legacy @ 7 @ Atlas
Chitra.Moves "Linked" dance production that brings together Bharatanatyam and Hip Hop culture @ 8 @ Atlas
Rafa Perez @ the Palace in Woodbridge (vallenato)
Texas vs NY w/ AK-7, Los del North Texas, & more @ 90 Degrees in Manassas
Revive Big Band album release shows @ Kennedy Center Studio K Club (funky jazz)
Taisha & Cecily @ Treehouse, 4722 14th St NW (jazzy & more dc vocalists)
Ranky Tanky @ Keystone Korner (South Carolina gullah roots )
What Band @ Tandoori in Woodbridge
Chicha Morada @ Songbyrd (DC cumbia)
DJ Baby Alcatraz @ Save Your Soul in Lithuanian Hall Baltimore
Leon City Sounds djs @ la shukran dc
Baltimore record bazaar vinyl night @ Peabody Heights
Washington Women in Jazz 6 to 9 @ Westminster Church SW
Ceremony East Coast, Osmia, Caustic Hologram @ Rhizome (postpunk, postrock, noise )
New Impressionz @ 10 @ Throw Social (go-go)
Tribute to Roberta Flack by Herb Scott feat. Imani Grace Cooper @ Mr Henry’s (jazzy)
After Thoughts Band @ Lamont’s (soul)
Rare Essence @ Fast Eddie’s (go-go)
Backyard Band @ Restaurant 55 (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
Ethiopian music @ MHL Lounge (Ethiopian)
Ethiopian music @ Black Rose Lounge
Live Ethiopian instrumental music w/ guitarist Selamino & band 9 to 12 mdt. @ Meleket
Arabic Music dj @ Green Zone
*Love and Vinyl theatrical play @ 8:30 @ Byrdland Records *
*What Band @ Da Berg, 4317 Dale Blvd., Woodbridge , VA *
*TCB @ Power (bouncebeat go-go)*
Small old-school Go-go exhibit w/ photos , Globe posters, & record covers @ Brentwood Arts Exchange (Mon. thru Sat. through March 8)
*EU w/ Sugar Bear @ Air (go-go)*
*TOB, Drama Squad @ Martini's Ft Washington (bouncebeat go-go)*
*DJs Jerome Baker III & Jahsonic @ ESL *
*Kassie Krut @ Black Cat (UK & US dance-pop ) *
* Songs of her legacy: A Woman's Day tribute by Torath Ensemble doing songs by Um Kulthum, Fairuz, Warda & Majeda El Rumi & more @ the Nolan Center @ Georgetown Prep (sold out) *
*High Kings /Mary Black @ Birchmere*
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Sat. March 8-
Jose Alberto El Canario w/ La Tremendita de Giancarlo Rodriguez @ Lima de Veras Restobar/Patio, 20921 Davenport Drive, 134 Sterling, VA (salsa singing great)
Juls, Mobu, PSmoov, Teabee, Rozay & more @ Culture
Ghana Independence at Karma
Catherine Russell @ Keystone Korner (jazz vocalist)
Ranky Tanky free from 6 to 7 @ Kennedy Center Millennium Stage (& streamed on their Youtube & Facebook pages) (South Carolina African Gullah roots )
Crank Caviar all female go-go version for women’s history month event 10 am to 12 noon @ Freedom Plaza
Credit, Nice Breeze, Hatchetface@ Rhizome (noisey punk experimental )
New Impressionz, TOB, XIB @ 11 @ Fast Eddie’s
Junkyard Band for Buggs of Junkyard Birthday celebration @ Bethesda Theater
Pan-American Symphony Orchestra “Todo Tango “ @ the Barns of Wolf Trap
DJs Tony Touch & Jihad Muhammad @ ESL
Miss Chelove: From java to the Streets of DC” film doc @ 4 pm @ Smithsonian American Art Museum (street muralist & music fan)
Jim Stephanson Trio @ 5 to 7:30 @ Hank Dietle’s (roots Americana)
Halpine, Horror Flick, Tosser @ 7:30 @ DC 9; Dance Club w/ djs Baronhawk Poitier, Tommy C, Joyce Lim @ 11 @ DC 9 (techno)
Soka Tribe dance lessons morning and daytime @ Kennedy Center Reach
Russell Taylor presents Soulversations : You Remind Me- Ladies of ‘90s R & B @ Kennedy Center Studio K Club
Grandsons and Flack @ 8 @ Palisades Hub Cap Centre (roots)
Enter the Haggis @ 1 @ Rams Head Annapolis
Oof, Vampyres from Africa(singer of Des Demonas), Johnson Family Band @ Quarry House Tavern
DC Bollywood Holi Party ft. DJ Browny @ 3 pm to 9 @ Twelve after Twelve patio
Sergei Parajanov’s "Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors" film @ 2 pm @ NGA East Bldg (combines folkloric pageantry, fairy tale mysticism, and frenetic, hallucinatory cinematography in an epic story of lost love)
The Stranger and the Fog @ 2 pm @ AFI Silver (Iranian film)
Tumbao (Latin salsa ) @ 10:30 @ Bossa 1st floor & DJ Lu Latin Hits upstairs; * Son Cubano @ 8 to 10 @ Bossa*
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)
Big Joe & the Dynaflows vs. the Nighthawks swing dance battle @ Glen Echo Park Spanish Ballroom
*Love and Vinyl theatrical play @ 8:30 @ Byrdland Records *
*Upset the Setup vinyl popup @ American Poetry Museum farmer's market 10am to 2 pm *
*TCB @ Martini's Ft Washington (bouncebeat go-go) *
Small old-school Go-go exhibit w/ photos , Globe posters, & record covers @ Brentwood Arts Exchange (Mon. thru Sat. through March 8)
*Drama Squad @ 1313 Lounge (go-go) *
*High Kings /Mary Black @ Birchmere*
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Sun. March 9-
The Avengers (San Francisco punk legends), Lupo Citta, The Owners @ Comet Ping Pong
Big Sandy & the Fly-Rite Boys @ 6 @ Hank Dietle’s (roots/Americana)
Celebrating Elizabeth Catlett with musicians from the Howard University Jazz Ensemble @ 1 and 3:30 @ National Gallery of Art
The Afro-Cubist Experience w/ Cheick Hamala (DC-Based Malian),& Alfredo Mojica, Verny Varela, Rene Ibanez (DC-based Latinos) @ 9 @ Bossa
Eslabon Armado @ Rio Cantina
This is Ghana Independence party w/ djs Akuaa & DJ Rozay @ 4 to 9 @ Decades (lots of rules about the dress code unfortunately)
Abe Mamet Septet : Levitate the Heavy Part record release (jazz septet includes Alex Hamburger, Jamie Sandel, Keith Butler, Brian Settles & more) with tumbleweeds ( Zoe Jorgenson-Speirs (bass) & Parker Speirs (guitar) @ 7 @ Rhizome
Backyard Band @ Sobe (go-go)
1252 Band @ Lamont’s
Punk rock flea market @ 12 to 4 @ Ottobar
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 returns in the spring
Afrobeats dj @ St Ex
* Czars Of Leisure @ Galaxy Hut*—-----------------------------------------------------------
Mon. March 10
Stacy Brooks blues band 6 to 9 @ Westminster Church SW
Killick Hinds (Athens, GA), Bashi Rose, Seabunny Trio @ Rhizome (experimental)
Open Mic Monday w/ Attinshun @ Rendezvous
Ethiopian music live @ Napoli Lounge
Ethiojazz @ Shalla
The Stranger and the Fog @ 6:30 @ AFI Silver (Iranian film)
*Broommaker (artsy dc indie-folk) , Elemental Canyon, Obelus @ 7 @ Neptune Room *
*Natalie Macmasters & Donnell Leahy and family @ Birchmere *
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Tues. March 11 -
Angelika Niescler (sax), Tomeka Reid (cello), Savannah Harris (drums) @ Rhizome (jazz)
Kiti Gartner & the Drifting Valentines @ 8 @ Hank Dietle’s (rockabilly, country, western swing)
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. March 12-
Dim Wizard (David C from Bad Moves), Neil (Columbus, OH) , Burden’s Landing @ Quarry House Tavern
Bootcamp, Psyop, Tripper, Out to Destroy @ Rhizome (hardcore punk)
Chris Pierce free from 6 to 7 @ Kennedy Center Millennium Stage (& streamed on their Youtube & Facebook pages) (Americana singer/guitarist ) Keith Grimes (guitarist played w/ Eva Cassidy) & Ronnie Newmyer bass (Nils Lofgren) free @ 5:30 to 7 @ Hank Dietle’s
Nagisa Oshima'a 1968 film Death by Hanging @ 2pm @ the Freer
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
DJ Jamstar @ Tempoo Lounge (dancehall)
Gigi McLaughlin @ Mercy Me ( Brazilian jazz)
International Guitar night w/ Lulo Reinhardt, Alexandra Whittingham, Niwel Tsumbu, & Sonke Meinen @ Barns of Wolf Trap (classical ?)—------------------------------------------------------------------
Thurs. March 13-
March 13 to 15 – Jonathan Richman @ Ottobar Baltimore
Vijay Iyer Trio @ Blues Alley (jazz )
Tigran Hamasyan- “The Bird of a Thousand Voices” @ 7:30 @ Birchmere (Armenian jazz pianist)
Nora Brown w/ Stephanie Coleman free from 6 to 7 @ Kennedy Center Millennium Stage (& streamed on their Youtube & Facebook pages) (banjo & fiddle old-timey music)
Major @ Kennedy Center Studio K CLub (r& b/pop)
Exhorder , Void, Herakleion @ Comet Ping Pong
Thought Control, Ballistix, Seclusion , Invasive @ Rhizome (hardcore punk)
Bill Starks free @ 5:30 to 7 @ Hank Dietle’s (boogie-woogie piano)
Downtown Tumbao @ LOC
Soot, Colo, Dyeboy @ Quarry House Tavern
Live Ethiopian music w/ 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
Lady Hatchet , Dunia & Aram @ 1101 Kenyon St. NW (ska)
*Vaelastrasz, Oms , Darsombra @ 618 H St NW Cocktail Lounge ( dark electronic & ambient; Doug Kallmeyer is in Oms) *
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Fri. March 14-
Jonathan Richman @ Ottobar Baltimore
Vijay Iyer Trio @ Blues Alley (jazz )
Brandee Younger @ LOC (jazz harpist)
GloRilla @ Anthem
Peter Case & Sid Griffin @ Club 603 (sold out)
Los Iracundos & Los Angeles Negros @ Cococabana in Adelphi
Los Cuentos de la Cripta @ Diamond Lounge
New Trebol Clan @ Blue Moon DC Lounge
Papera @ La Catrina Lounge Bethesda
Loose Ends feat. Jane Eugene @ Birchmere (r & B)
Jeffrey Osbourne @ Bethesda Theater (r & B)
New African Film Fest March 14 to 27 @ AFI SIlver
Bongo District free @ 6 to 7 @ Kennedy Center Millennium Stage (reggae & cumbia)
Leon City Sounds djs @ bar cana dc (cumbia, chicha, salsa)
New Impressionz @ Aqua
Pi Day free show w/ Girls on Toast, Ammonite, Endlings, JJX @ Pie Shop (rock)
TOB @ Throw Social (bouncebeat go-go)
Blacc Print Experience @ Takoma Station (go-go)
Laylit #93 @ 10 pm @ Culture DC (Arabic dance music)
After Thoughts Band @ Lamont’s (soul)
Rare Essence @ Fast Eddie’s (go-go)
Backyard Band @ Restaurant 55 (go-go)
New Impressionz @ 10 @ Throw Social (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
Ethiopian music @ MHL Lounge (Ethiopian)
Ethiopian music @ Black Rose Lounge
Live Ethiopian instrumental music w/ guitarist Selamino & band 9 to 12 mdt. @ Meleket
Arabic Music dj @ Green Zone
*Home Remedies, Mental Notes, Mantra @ Songbyrd (rock) *
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Sat. March 15-
Jonathan Richman @ Ottobar Baltimore
Kim Deal @ Capital Turnaround
Trey Songz, Omarion, Bow Wow, Plies, Boosie, Yin Yang Twins, Rick Ross @ Eaglebak Arena (r&b & rap)
Eric Bossman Graham promoted gospel concert w/ Willie Banks, the Supreme 7, Elder Michael Boone, Sons of Faith @ Scripture Cathedral, Landover, MD
Jeffrey Osbourne @ Bethesda Theater (r & B)
Kalanidhi Dance @ 8 @ Atlas (India classical dance)
Loose Ends feat. Jane Eugene @ Birchmere
Post Carnival Pump @ Ivy City Smokehouse
Surandino @ Sportsplex in Rockville
Capricio @ Dulles center
Rang de Virginia- Holi Color Fest 2025 w/ Bollywood djs from 11am to 6 pm @ Dulles Sportsplex
Backyard Band @ Fire Station 1
New Impressionz & ABM @ Urban Crab Boil
Junkyard Band @ Lamont’s
LA Wildfire Relief Benefit ft.Lucia Zambetti, Oddbodi, Mieke, Truth or Dare, P. Cain (of Model Home) @ Songbyrd
Hinenu Purim celebration and drag show @ Peabody Heights Baltimore
The Set r& b dj night @ the Howard Theatre
Joel Ross @ Kennedy Center (jazz vibraphonist)
Delarcos, Cash on the Nail, Bohemian Waxwing @ Rhizome
Cherish the Ladies @ George Mason Center for the Arts (Irish)
The Tisburys, James Barrett, The Montaines @ Quarry House
Vibras presents Edicion Colombiano @ 10 @ Culture DC
“Soundtrack to a Coup d'Etat” @ 1:10 pm @ AFI Silver ( a disturbing film about the role that the US and Belgium government had re the Congo’s postcolonial first Prime Minister, Patrice Lumumba, and the film’s title refers to how the State Department sent Louis Armstrong to perform in Congo, & jazz greats Abbey Lincoln and Max Roach's reaction to what happened )
Tumbao (Latin salsa ) @ 10:30 @ Bossa 1st floor & DJ Lu Latin Hits upstairs; * Son Cubano @ 8 to 10 @ Bossa*
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)
* Jhonni Blaze, TCB, Reaction, The Men @ Martini's Ft Washington (gogo & bouncebeat go-go)*—-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
Sun. Mar 16-
Kraftwerk @ Anthem
Trey Songz, Omarion, Bow wow & more at CFG Bank arena
Stylistics @ Birchmere
Peter Case & Sid Griffin @ 6 to 9 @ Hank Dietle’s ( powerpop and Americana gone folk)
Nowruz fest @ Hilton Dulles
David Chappell Band w/ guest Anthony Pirog @ 2 to 4:30 @ Hank Dietle’s (Americana)
Solas Nua (New Irish Art ) 20th aniv. Kick-off event w/ music, theatre, poetry, books, party @ 6 @ Howard Theatre (free w/ rsvp)
“Disco Afrika : A Malagasy Story” @ 11 am @ AFI Silver (drama movie about struggles to get ahead, corruption, violence & Madagascar afro-folk & old highlife records from elsewhere)
Be La Dona Brunch doors at 12, show @ 2 @ Bethesda Theater (go-go)
Hide, Whiphouse, Struggle @ Rhizome (industrial electronic)
Rene Ibanez & Cubana Groove @ Takoma Station (Latin jazz)
Nowruz family festival w/music by Kimia Hesabi and Erin Murphy Snedecor (limited capacity) between 11am and 4 pm @ Freer/Sackler/Smithsonian Asian
Jiji @ 3:00 p.m. – 4:15 p.m. @ National Gallery West Building, Main Floor - West Garden Court (Improv & classical guitar)
“Made in Ethiopia “ movie doc @ 3:10 pm @ AFI Silver (doc about a Chinese built industrial park & its Ethiopian workers and Chinese supervisors , w/ a bit of Ethiopian and Chinese music)
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 returns in the spring
Afrobeats dj @ St Ex
*Surfer Joe, Atomic Mosquitoes @ Galaxy Hut*
*A.D.D. Ramone, Dot Dash, Oh Violet @ punk rock parking lot event @ 7 @ Dew Drop Inn *
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Mon. Mar. 17-
Tba blues band 6 to 9 @ Westminster Church SW
Ethiopian music live @ Napoli Lounge
Ethiojazz @ Shalla
“Disco Afrika : A Malagasy Story” @ 8:50 pm @ AFI Silver (drama movie about struggles to get ahead, corruption, violence & Madagascar afro-folk & old highlife records from elsewhere)
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Tues. Mar. 18 -
Tommy Richman @ the Howard Theatre (funky hiphoppy)
Allume feat. Miss Tess, K.C. Jones, Trey Boudreaux @ 8 @ Hank Dietle’s (Nashville & Lafayette, LA Cajun collaboration)
Rich Amiri, Swappa @ Union Stage (rap)
Movements, Citizen, Scowl @ Fillmore (punk and pop-rock)
Spotlight Band @ Lamont’s
Big G of Backyard Band event for Hugs not slugs @ Urban Crab Boil
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. March 19-
Grupo Fundo de Quintal @ Black Cat (Brazilian samba)
Low Cut Connie @ Miracle Theatre
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
DJ Jamstar @ Tempoo Lounge (dancehall)
Gigi McLaughlin @ Mercy Me ( Brazilian jazz)
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Thurs. March 20-
Ladysmith Black Mambazo @ Birchmere (South African vocal group)
Refused, Dystaron (former Frodus) @ Atlantis (punk )
Emel @ Union Stage ( Tunisan-born/New York-based artsy Arabic Bjork-like singer/electro artist)
Sean Heely Celtic Band @ LOC
Grandsons @ Hank Dietle’s (roots)
JazzDC Allstars @ Kennedy Center
Flack @ VFW Post 350 Hells Bottom (roots rock)
David Chappell Band @ JVs (roots rock)
Star 99, Sunday Cruise @ Quarry House (rock)
Live Ethiopian music w/ 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
* Kate Mcdonnell & Lynn Hollyfield @ Temple Isaiah in Fulton, MD (folk) *—---------------------------------------------------
Fri. March 21 -
Sonido Gallo Negro, Soroche @ Comet Ping Pong (cumbia )
Sonido Gallo Negro After Party w/ Leon City Sounds & Crown Vic @ Showtime Bar
Rufus Wainwright solo tour, with Soan Wainwright @ Birchmere (folk)
Naghash Ensemble @ Strathmore Music Center (Armenian folk songs)
Carl Thomas @ Howard Theatre (r & b)
Club k-pop @ Union Stage
DJ Martin Miguel @ Bar Cana
Trash Boat and the Ambush, Average Joey, Rosslyn Station (w/ ex-Ekko Astral bassist) @ Chacho’s Distillery (cowpunk headliners )
Samoht @ Kennedy Center Studio K Club (r & b)
Dj Diesel aka Shaq after Washington Wizards vs Magic game @ Capital One Arena
Southern Avenue @ Rams Head Annapolis (retro r& b)
Reaction Band @ Throw Social (bouncebeat go-go)
Proper Utensils @ Takoma Station (go-go)
“Made in Ethiopia “ movie doc @ 2:45 pm @ AFI Silver (doc about a Chinese built industrial park & its Ethiopian workers and Chinese supervisors , w/ a bit of Ethiopian and Chinese music)
"The Brink of Dreams" film doc about an all-female Egyptian street theater & music & dance troupe in a remote southern Egypt village, @ 4:45 @ AFI Silver
After Thoughts Band @ Lamont’s (soul)
Rare Essence @ Fast Eddie’s (go-go)
Backyard Band @ Restaurant 55 (go-go)
New Impressionz @ 10 @ Throw Social (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
Ethiopian music @ MHL Lounge (Ethiopian)
Ethiopian music @ Black Rose Lounge
Live Ethiopian instrumental music w/ guitarist Selamino & band 9 to 12 mdt. @ Meleket
Arabic Music dj @ Green Zone
*DJs Jerome Baker III & Jahsonic @ ESL *
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Sat. March 22-
Yo La Tengo & Sun Ra Arkestra @ Howard Theatre (rock & Cosmic jazz)
Horsegirl , free range, emotional world ( Critic fave female postpunk headliners) @ Black Cat
Lamont’s Birthday party w/ Hardway Connection & a Baltimore band @ Lamont’s
Of Montreal, Cumgirl8 @ 7 @ 930 Club (postpunk)
Patterson Hood (from Drive-by Truckers) , Lydia Loveless @ Atlantis (alt-country) (sold out)
Rhythm India- Bollywood & Beyond @ George Mason Center for the Arts
Cherry Blossom celebration with a taiko drumming performance by Nen Daiko. The program continues inside in the Kogod Courtyard for Japanese pop, boogie, and more with Les The DJ. @ 11:30 am to 3 pm
EU @ Collective Encore (go-go)
Cherry Blossom Opening Ceremony @ 5 to 6:30 @ Warner Theatre w/ Japanese singer Ka-Na and more
Bad Moves, S.L.O.G. , Slut Intent @ Comet (Powerpop punk & punk)
DJ Crown Vic @ Bar Cana
Sarah Shook & the Disarmers @ Songbyrd
Vi-Kings @ 8 @ Hank Dietle’s
Holi party w/ Bollywood music djs @ Koi, 1413 K St NW
“Dahomey” movie doc about the symbolism of sculptures returned to Dahomey in Benin @ 1:30 pm @ AFI Silver as part of New African Film Fest
“Everybody Loves Touda” fictional drama film about a Moroccan chaabi singer & her son , @ 3:50 @ AFI Silver
Tumbao (Latin salsa ) @ 10:30 @ Bossa 1st floor & DJ Lu Latin Hits upstairs; * Son Cubano @ 8 to 10 @ Bossa*
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)
*The Humbler movie doc about guitarist Danny Gatton @ 7 @ Barns of Rose Hill, Berryville, VA *—------------------------------------------------------------------
Sun. March 23-
Patterson Hood (from Drive-by Truckers) , Lydia Loveless @ Atlantis (alt-country)
Backyard Band @ 6 to 11 @ Next Level, 15 K St NE
1252 Band @ Lamont’s (soul)
The Caribbean and Dave Heumann @ 8 pm free @ Fadensodden (postpunk )
Mary Battiata & Little Pink @ Hank Dietle’s (dc alt-country)
Helmet @ Union Stage
RIP Larry Appelbaum (Library of Congress employee, WMUC & WPFW jazz dj, Jazz Times critic, jazz artists & movie booker) afternoon tribute time tba at westminster church SW
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 returns in the spring
Afrobeats dj @ St Ex
*Caz Gardiner @ Galaxy Hut*
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Mon. March 24 -
The Blues Brothers blues band w/ DC legend Bobby Felder on organ, Jacques Johnson Jr on guitar & more 6 to 9 @ Westminster Church SW
Author Paul Lisicky book talk for Song So Wild and Blue: A Life with the Music of Joni Mitchell, @ 7 @ Politics & Prose, Conn Ave NW
Lepidopterans, Simone Baron @ Rhizome ( electronics /improvised noisy, jazzy headliner and accordionist/ pianist jazzy opener)
Open Mic Monday w/ Attinshun r& b /hiphop band @ Rendezvous
Ethiopian music live @ Napoli Lounge
Ethiojazz @ Shalla
"The Brink of Dreams" film doc about an all-female Egyptian street theater & music & dance troupe in a remote southern Egypt village, @ 6:45 @ AFI Silver
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Tues. March 25-
An evening of words & music w/ Roxy Music’s Phil Manzanera @ the Howard Theatre
Meshell Ndegeocello: No More Water - The Gospel of James Baldwin @ Keystone Korner (live or streamed)
Sona Jobarteh @ Strathmore (Malian Kora player)
Hard Quartet , Sharp Pins @ 930 Club (Stephan Malkmus, Jim White rock super group headliners )
La Banda Chuska, Los Locos@ 8 @ Dew Drop Inn (cumbia)
Ankur Tewari @ Songbyrd (Belgium born Indian singer who had music in Slumdog Millionaire)
Tara Clerkin Trio (dubby acid jazz) w The Caribbean (artsy indie) @ Rhizome
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. March 26-
Mary J. Blige, Ne-Yo, Mario @ Capital One Arena (r & b)
Meshell Ndegeocello: No More Water - The Gospel of James Baldwin @ Keystone Korner (live or streamed)
Georgetown Prof Maurice Jackson Rhythms of Resistance and Resilience: How Black Washingtonians Used Music and Sports in the Fight for Equality book talk @ 7 @ Politics & Prose Wharf
Anohi & the Johnsons @ Lincoln Theatre
Emei @ Atlantis (sold out) (alt pop)
Jules Reidy (experimental microtonal guitar w/ sampling, The Soft Pink Truth (Drew Daniels from Matmos using laptop to play processed chamber ensembles), Nate Scheible (improvised electronics ) @ Rhizome
Cassandra Jenkins @ Songbyrd (sold out)
Twyla Tharp Dance through the 29th @ Kennedy Center Eisenhower Theatre
Samuel SC, Shadow Riot, Joy Viver @ Pie Shop
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
DJ Jamstar @ Tempoo Lounge (dancehall)
Gigi McLaughlin @ Mercy Me ( Brazilian jazz)
*Louis Michot & Leyla McCalla from Louisiana @ 7pm free @ Library of Congress Jefferson Bldg Coolidge Aud. (advance free tickets sold out, but walk up ones likely available @ 5:30 or 6)
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Thurs. March 27-
Arooj Aftab at Union Stage (great NYC- based Pakistani singer)
Lila Downs @ Strathmore Music Center (great Mexican vocalist)
Ida and Tsunami * & just added Mark Robinson* @ Black Cat ( reunited diy indie pop, Tsunami are local & Mark Robinson from Unrest was too)
Messthetics w/ James Brandon Lewis @ JVs
Jo-go Project Celebrates P-Funk @ Keystone Korner
Archer Oh, Winkler, Rock Creek Kings @ Comet Ping Pong
The Thrills @ Hank Dietle’s (roots rock)
Twyla Tharp Dance through the 29th @ Kennedy Center Eisenhower Theatre
Pretoria, Social Cig, Staring in Space @ Quarry House
Live Ethiopian music w/ 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
*Sabor Tropical w/ DJs Leon City Sounds & Crown Vic @ 9 @ ESL (cumbia, salsa dura, boogaloo, ska, Latin soul) *—-----------------------------------------------------------
Fri. March 28-
Northeast Groovers 40th anniversary @ Howard Theatre (go-go)
J. Balvin @ Capital One Arena (reggaeton & Latin pop)
Miramar @ 7 @ Hill Center (beautiful Latin boleros)
Shigeto: Cherry Blossoms Baby , Dreamcast Moe @ Pearl St Warehouse (alt-r’n’b electro club on Ghostly)
Joe Lovano’s Paramount Quartet feat. Julian Lege, Asante Santi Debriano, Will Calhoun @ Kennedy Center
ALMO & Julio Resende: Portuguese music reimagined free from 6 to 7 @ Kennedy Center Millennium Stage (& streamed on their Youtube & Facebook pages) (Portuguese jazz & fado)
George Porter Jr & Running Pardners @ Barns of Wolf Track (from the New Orleans band the Meters)
Twyla Tharp Dance through the 29th @ Kennedy Center Eisenhower Theatre
New Impressionz @ Aqua
Leon City Sounds djs, dj Baby Alcatraz, Mark Cisneros @ showtimebar
Berra, Makeup Girl, Argo & the Violent Queens @ Comet Ping Pong
Supreme Commander, Mortal Ground, Calloused, In Jest , Execute @ Pie Shop (punk)
Still Familiar @ Throw Social (go-go)
Blacc Print Experience @ Takoma Station (go-go)
Disco Biblioteca: Hiphop is History by Questlove book talk & Listening Party with WWOD dj Madonna the Night Nurse @ 7 pm @ People's Book
After Thoughts Band @ Lamont’s (soul)
Rare Essence @ Fast Eddie’s (go-go)
Backyard Band @ Restaurant 55 (go-go)
New Impressionz @ 10 @ Throw Social (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
Ethiopian music @ MHL Lounge (Ethiopian)
Ethiopian music @ Black Rose Lounge
Live Ethiopian instrumental music w/ guitarist Selamino & band 9 to 12 mdt. @ Meleket
Arabic Music dj @ Green Zone
*Bren Joy @ Union Stage (alt-r& b) *
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Sat. March 29-
Sakura Taiko drumming Fest 12 to 5pm @ Sylvan Theatre on national mall
Siriya Ensemble @ Miracle Theatre (Afro-Persian/Iranian)
Adobo DMV w/ DJ Pedro Night @ 10 to 3 am @ warehouse @ 530 Penn St NE ( reggaeton, dembow, soca, dancehall, baile funk, jersey/bmore club, bachata, merengue & more)
Yasmina Rose w/ DJ Kutay @ Green Zone
Spotlight Band and Jim Bennett @ Lamont’s (southern soul)
Les the DJ @ Eaton Allegory Room (Asian pop)
Twyla Tharp Dance @ Kennedy Center Eisenhower Theatre
Pan American Symphony Orchestra presents Masters of Nuevo Tango @ Kennedy Cneter Terrace Theater
Late Again, Parlour Magic @ Comet Ping Pong
Oklahoma Twisters @ 9 @ Hank Dietle’s (texas two-steps, western swing, polka, waltzes)
L.A. Rising benefit for LA Musicians w/ Koshari, Kinda evil, Cherub Tree, wanted Man and more @ Black Cat
Vibras presents Vibracoes w/ djs Vania , Thiago Khozz @ Culture DC ( Latin and Brazilian)
Tumbao (Latin salsa ) @ 10:30 @ Bossa 1st floor & DJ Lu Latin Hits upstairs; * Son Cubano @ 8 to 10 @ Bossa*
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)
Black Alley & Friends @ Fillmore (go-go & r & b & funk-rock)
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Sun. March 30 -
Beth Gibbons @ Anthem (Portishead)
Dc space talk @ 4 @ Palisades Hub Cap Centre Backstage (look back at this pioneering punk, jazz , poetry, etc place that was at 7th & E NW)
In my Eyes punk photo exhibit closing reception 2 pm @ Metro Gallery Baltimore
The Sound of (Black) Music @ Strathmore (RodRodgers & Hammerstein meets jazz, soul, and funk)
Rock-a-Sonics @ JVs
Celebrating Elizabeth Catlett w/ the Denyce Graves Foundation Singers @ National Gallery of Art
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 returns in the spring
Afrobeats dj @ St Ex
* Old Knife, Nayan @ Galaxy Hut *
*Sensor Ghost w/ Drawn @ the True Vine (postpunk)*—-------------------------------------------------------------------
Mon. March 31-
Ethiopian music live @ Napoli Lounge
Ethiojazz @ Shalla
Blues tba @ 6 to 9 @ Westminster Church SW
*Immersion (Colin Newman from Wire & Malka Spigel from Minimal Compact) in collaboration with ambient country masters SUSS bring their Nanocluster series to North America. One performance comprising a set each from Immersion & SUSS followed by a collaborative set, @ Pie Shop *—---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Tues. April 1- Still House Plants @ Ottobar (postpunk/postrock)
Alan Sparhawk @ Atlantis (from Low) (postpunk)
To Say I Was Here: Arabic, Greek, Ladino, and Turkish Speaking Jewish Recording Musicians in the U.S. ca. 1916-66 with Ian Nagoski playing recordings he found of their music and talking about their music, @ Rhizome
Nubya Garcia w/ Magi Merlin @ Birchmere (jazz)
Tyler, the Creator, Lil Yachty, Paris Texas @ Capital One Arena (Rap)
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. April 2- Spotlight Band @ Eloquent Touch Ballroom
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
DJ Jamstar @ Tempoo Lounge (dancehall)
Gigi McLaughlin @ Mercy Me ( Brazilian jazz)
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More lists-- Capital Bop has jazz; Mary Cliff has folk; Fools Night Out has roots music; Tickeri DMV has Latinx, Mi Gente DMV has Latin dancing (salsa, bachata, zouk), Kesta Happenings DC Facebook has Latinx too, 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; Fans of Tom Cole's G-Strings on Facebook has jazz & international; Washington Post Going Out Guide;
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