DC / Baltimore / DMV Global Music and More July 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 (was busy with City Paper writing -Positive Force article; a profile of Jim Thomson for Hill Center & more plus a beach week). Also, I do my best to notice cancelled & postponed gigs but sometimes miss them. Often post from it and mention updates on Bluesky and Threads.
Calendar is posted, updated, and viewable here on the blog, and events sometimes tweeted @stevekiviat and often 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. Also some movies w/ music themes, and music book events. 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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Some of My July 2025 Remaining Highlights (mostly visiting acts) (then much longer full list below w/ local & visiting).
Monday July 7- Beyonce @ Northwest Stadium
Smithsonian Folklife Fest last day - Youth and the Future of Culture w/ 2 Bolivian rappers, more music, woodworking , graffiti arts, club djs, skateboarding, and more daily near national mall
Captivators, Dot Dash, Cash on the Nail 7 to 9:30 ish @ Fort Reno (ska , power pop, loud rock) (Fort Reno short season runs thru July 24 w/ possible rescheduled gigs after)
Thurs. July 10- Positive Force: More than a Witness doc @ 6 @ AFI Preceded by the world premiere of the music video for Fidelity Jones’ “Stay the Hand” | Q&A with filmmaker Robin Bell, artist/activist Nadine Bloch, musician Onam Emmet (Beefeater, Fidelity Jones) and artist Kosmo Vinyl
Fri. July 11- Wazumbians @ Le Mondo ( Ghana)
Sat. July 12-Baltimore & Washington One Carnival parade @ 12 noon from Park Circle, Park Heights Ave. & Reisterstown Rd to Druid’s Park Drive & Reisterstown Rd., Baltimore followed by Caribbean concert 12 to 9 pm w/ Panmasters Steel Band, Image Band, Karnival Bounce Crew @ 900 Druid Park Lake Drive (day 1 of 2)
Todo Sonido Music Fest day 1 w/ Juanes, Kany Garcia, Cimafunk, Bratty, Lido Pimienta, Elena La Fulana, Sonia de los Santos w/ djs Leon CIty Sounds & Batala drummers @ Wolf Trap
Southern Soul showdown w/ Hardway Connection, Stone Pleasure, Rise Band, Spotlight Band, 1252 Band 1 to 8 @ Lamont’s (DMV bands)
Capital Centre book talk w/ Jeff Krulik, 2 more plus guest Jerry Sachs former Cap Centre exec @ 3 to 5 @ Art, Sound, Language record store Chevy Chase
Sun. July 13- We Are Fugazi from Washington DC Doc 6 @ AFI w/ Q&A with curators Joe Gross and Jeff Krulik and curator/editor Joseph Pattisall
Zombies movie “Hung up on a Dream” & Colin Blunstone of Zombies concert 6 pm @ State Theatre
Thurs. July 17- Salad Days DC Punk (1980 -1990) doc @ AFI w/ Q&A with filmmaker Scott Crawford, photographer/producer Jim Saah and musician J. Robbins (Jawbox)
Nathan & the Zydeco Cha-chas 6 to 7 free @ Kennedy Center Millennium Stage
Sun. July 20-Mekons, Johnny Dowd @ Union Stage (UK rooted roots-punk/postpunk)
Wed. July 23 - Cheikh Ibra Fam 6 to 7 free @ Kennedy Center Millennium Stage (Senegalese former member of Orchestra Baobab who melds hiphop, r& b, & afrobeats in his new project)
Ducks ltd @ DC9 (indie rock )
Thurs. July 31-
Barrington Levy @ Howard Theatre (reggae)
Emmylou Harris, Graham Nash @ Wolf Trap
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Full July 2025 list- (*asterisks will be used to show any additional events added throughout the month or changes *)
Tues. July 1-
Folk Music (Nate Wooley, Chris Corsano, Ches Smith) , Weed Tree @ Rhizome
Still Familiar @ Fast Eddie's (go-go)
Ethiopian music @ Lion’s Den in Falls Church
Blacc Print Experience @ Martini's White Plains (go-go)
Dancehall reggae dj @ Society Lounge
Hugo De Lalune, Taisha Estrada @ Songbyrd
Keyshia Cole @ CFG Arena (r& B)
Still Familiar @ Fast Eddie's (go-go)
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. July 2-
Yeison Landero & Chicha Mirada at Songbyrd (cumbia)
Fantastic Negrito 6 to 7 free @ Kennedy Center Millennium Stage
Smithsonian Folklife Fest through July 7 - Youth and the Future of Culture w/ 2 Bolivian rappers, more music, woodworking , graffiti arts, club djs, skateboarding, and more daily near national mall
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 Maclaughlin @ Mercy Me (Brazilian bossa nova) (every Wednesday )
*Dom Flemons & Sunny War @ Rams Head Onstage Annapolis (roots) *
*Smithsonian Folklife Fest w/ 2 Bolivian rappers & more near National mall in DC *
*Playright, Moontype @ Quarry House (indie rock)
Majic 102.3 FM summer Wednesdays w/ r&b, go-go, & jazz bands 6:30 to 8:30 @ Sycamore & Oak, 1110 Oak Drive SE (specific bands tba)
Memphis Gold @ JVs (blues)
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Thurs. July 3 - RE and EU at Hamilton (go-go)
Smithsonian Folklife Fest through July 7 - Youth and the Future of Culture w/ 2 Bolivian rappers, more music, woodworking , graffiti arts, club djs, skateboarding, and more daily near national mall
Homegrown Futures: The Sound of D.C. will feature the DC Public Schools’ Let’s Go-Go Band, the University of the District of Columbia’s JAZZtet, and spoken-word artists from the city’s hip-hop-based arts nonprofit Words Beats & Life from 5:30 to 8 p.m. @ Smithsonian Folklife Fest
Capital Blues dance at Glen Echo.
Rebecca Porter 6 to 7 free @ Kennedy Center Millennium Stage (Appalachian honky tonk)
*Diana Krall @ Wolf Trap Filene Center (jazz singer) *
*2Tuff Forever: Tribute for 2Tuff Andy @ Flash w/ Bailey, Dj Flight , Slant & others (drum & bass ) *
Azul Band @ Green Zone (global/afro-tropical sounds)
Ron Carter Quartet @ Keystone Korner (jazz)
Verny Varela @ 9:30 @ Bossa
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
Reaction @ 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)
Sirius Company @ Shark Bar (go-go)
Afrobeats w/ DJ Jamstar @ Spectrum Lounge
Afro-Caribbean dj @ Kaldi’s
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Fri. July 4 - Beyonce @ Northwest Stadium
Smithsonian Folklife Fest through July 7 - Youth and the Future of Culture w/ 2 Bolivian rappers, more music, woodworking , graffiti arts, club djs, skateboarding, and more daily near national mall
Xen live feat. Patrice Roberts, A-Team Band & more @ Howard Theatre (Caribbean )
Pretty Bitter, Old Soul, Magazine Beach @ Pie Shop (alt indie rock)
Dj Gilbert Torossian @ Green Zone (Arabic music)
Eu w/ Sugar Bear @ Air
After Thought Band @ Lamont’s (soul)
Rare Essence @ Fast Eddie’s (go-go)
Backyard Band @ Restaurant 55 (go-go)
Junkyard Band 7 to 12 @ Urban Crab (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 music @ Black Rose Lounge
Live Ethiopian instrumental music w/ guitarist Selamino & band 9 to 12 mdt. @ Meleket
Hand dancing to old-school soul 6-10 @ Chateau Lounge
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Sat. July 5-
Aunt Katrina, Berra, Lean Tree @ Songbyrd (buzzing guitars & electronics)
Smithsonian Folklife Fest through July 7 - Youth and the Future of Culture w/ 2 Bolivian rappers, more music, woodworking , graffiti arts, club djs, skateboarding, and more daily near national mall. Prom in the Park, urging one and all to dress up and dance to funk from Memphis’ Stax Music Academy’s 910 Band, salsa from D.C.’s Orquesta Manplesa, and the latest electro club sounds via D.C.’s Znorthy and DJ SoTek from Louisville, Kentucky 5:30 to 8 @ Smithsonian Folklife Fest.
Drizilik @ Howard Theatre
House of Waters 6 to 7 free @ Kennedy Center Millennium Stage (jazz, folk, world, classical, prog hybrid)
Line Dancing w/ Lashea Iyonna @ Bethesda Theater
Metro Workers lawn party w/ SiriusVybe, Top 5, Push Play, Kim Michelle & more @ 1 to 8 @ Lamont’s (go-go & r& B)
Eric Felton Dektette “A Century of Ellington” @ Blues Alley
Tropical beats w/ Leon City Sounds @ Green Zone
West African Cultural Heritage @ 7:30 @ Ossian Hall Park
Garage punk bands tba @ American Legion Post 41 Cissel Saxon
Sarah Rose Project, Ratwyfe, Rosslyn Station @ Quarry House Tavern
What Band 4 to 10 @ Bad Axe Waldorf
Tumbao (Latin salsa ) @ 10:30 @ Bossa 1st floor & DJ Lu Latin Hits upstairs;
Roots Band @ Makeda Restaurant (Ethiopian)
live Ethiopian music @ Shalla
Ras Band @ MHL Lounge (Ethiopian)
Ethiopian music @ Black Rose Lounge
Rare Essence @ 11 @ Aqua (go-go)
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Sun. July 6- Positive Force DC and Revolution Summer at 40 movie series starts w/ “Punk the Capital “ 6pm @ AFI Silver w/ Q&A with filmmaker James June Schneider, musician Alec MacKaye (The Faith, Hammered Hulls) and Matt Moffatt, member of Positive Force DC and owner of Smash Records
Smithsonian Folklife Fest through July 7 - Youth and the Future of Culture w/ 2 Bolivian rappers, more music, woodworking , graffiti arts, club djs, skateboarding, and more daily near national mall
Amapiano dmv sunday @ Hook Hall
Jessie Reyez @ Fillmore Silver Spring (R& B)
Thalia Zedek record release , Quattracenta @ Black Cat red room (postpunk)
Sherri Barbee Band 6 to 10 @ Lamont’s (soul)
Eric Felton Dektette “A Century of Ellington” @ Blues Alley
Early Grave, Phantom, Corvo, Pray to be Saved @ 7 @ Rhizome (hardcore punk benefit for Baldwin House)
Backyard Band @ Society Lounge (go-go)
Domani @ Songbyrd ( rap)
Vava Samba School @ Bossa
Rick Springfield, Paul Young @ Wolf Trap
Les the DJ 4 to 6 & more djs after @ “Buona Notte” @ Terraza @ Officina on the Wharf SW
Brunella Torpoco @ Diamond Lounge (Peru)
live Ethiopian music @ 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
Drumming @ 3 to 7 @ Malcolm X Park
Afrobeats dj @ St Ex
Afrobeats, hiphop, dancehall party w/ dj 4 to 9 @ Decades (dresscode- "fashionable")
New Impressionz, CCB @ Aura Lounge (go-go)
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Mon. July 7-
Beyonce @ Northwest Stadium
Smithsonian Folklife Fest last day - Youth and the Future of Culture w/ 2 Bolivian rappers, more music, woodworking , graffiti arts, club djs, skateboarding, and more daily near national mall
Captivators, Dot Dash, Cash on the Nail 7 to 9:30 ish @ Fort Reno (ska , power pop, loud rock) (Fort Reno short season runs thru July 24 w/ possible rescheduled gigs after)
Jessie Reyez @ Fillmore Silver Spring (R& B)
Mama Moon & the Rumpshakers 6 to 9 @ Westminster Church (blues)
Anastasia Coope,Colle, Candyweather @ Rhizome
Swoll, Sonic Eddy, Laal Taal @ Pie Shop
Ethiopian music live @ Napoli Lounge
Ethiojazz @ Shalla
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Tues. July 8-
dream feeder ( jazz and creative music trio consisting of Brad Linde (saxophone) Keith Butler Jr. (drums) and Nelson Dougherty (guitar) & Dada Dada @ Rhizome
Kiti Gartner & the Drifting Valentines @ Hank Dietle’s (swing, rockabilly, jump blues)
Taisha Estrada opening for others @ DC 9
Boat Burning, Sam & the Big Boys, Adjective Animal @ Pie Shop (instrumental guitar rock headliners)
Still Familiar @ Fast Eddie's (go-go)
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. July 9-
Calvin Alston (Son of Gerald Alston of The Manhattans) w/ the Unit Band 6 to 9 @ Wine Down Wednesdays @ Eloquent Touch Ballroom in Suitland
Tolumide 6 to 7 free @ Kennedy Center Millennium Stage (Nigerian afropop & gospel & reggae soul hybrid)
Cap’n Jazz, Coffin Prick @ Black Cat
Backyard Band @ 12 to 1 Reagan Building Wilson plaza (go-go)
Justin Gunter and Ben Rempel (percussionists) , John Hoegberg, Iliana Yare (Somalian-American harpist) @ Rhizome
Big Bad Voodoo Daddy @ Birchmere
Majic 102.3 FM summer Wednesdays w/ r&b, go-go, & jazz bands 6:30 to 8:30 @ Sycamore & Oak, 1110 Oak Drive SE (specific bands tba)
Taisha Estrada @ 8 x 10
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 Maclaughlin @ Mercy Me (Brazilian bossa nova)
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Thurs. July 10 -
Bad Moves, Ekko Astral, Gladie, Tripper @ 8 @ Ottobar (powerpop & punk)
Positive Force: More than a Witness doc @ 6 @ AFI Preceded by the world premiere of the music video for Fidelity Jones’ “Stay the Hand” | Q&A with filmmaker Robin Bell, artist/activist Nadine Bloch, musician Onam Emmet (Beefeater, Fidelity Jones) and artist Kosmo Vinyl
Soroche, Sex Faces, Fat Nave 7 to 9:30 ish @ Fort Reno
Shirletta Settles @ 12 to 1 Reagan Building Wilson plaza (old-school soul)
Danube Sessions w/ Orchester Prazevica @ Green Zone
Cathy Fink. Marcy Marxer, Chao Tian @ Mason District Park
Memphis Gold @ Frying Pan Farm Park (blues)
Pablo Perez, El Acalde de la Salsa @ Fairfax County Government
Flack @ VFW 350 Hells Bottom ( roots pop rock)
Hell Beach, Megan from Work, Brace Face @ Quarry House
Black Masala @ Glen Echo
Grandsons @ Hank Dietle’s (roots)
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
Reaction @ 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)
Sirius Company @ Shark Bar (go-go)
Afrobeats w/ DJ Jamstar @ Spectrum Lounge
Afro-Caribbean dj @ Kaldi’s
*Cheick Hamala Diabate & the Griot Street Band * @ 9:30 @ Bossa
*Lorraine & senior hand dancing 3 to 7 Anacostia Park near Skate rink pavilion *
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Fri. July 11-
Runaway Jouvert (leading up to July 12 & 13 Caribbean Carnival events) 3 to 10 @ @ 900 Druid Park Lake Drive , Baltimore
Tyler the Creator @ CFG Arena (rap)
Wazumbians @ Le Mondo ( Ghana)
“For Always: The Legacy of Revolution Summer 1985 - 2025" dc punk exhibit @ 7-9 Fridays; 12-5 Sat.; 3-5 Sunday @ Lost Origins Gallery
Dierks Bentley @ Jiffy Lube Live (country)
The Swell Season @ Wolf Trap
Laura Jane Grace @ Black Cat (sold out)
Joseph Allred, Max Ochs, Kohoutek @ Rhizome (2 artsy finger-picking guitarists and noisy drone group)
First Friday vinyl happy hour w/ DJs John Davis, Chris Richards, Matt Borlik 6 to 9 @ Art Sound Language
Join the Mvement Fest w/ Young Dro, Lil Scrappy @ the Bullpen
Newmyer Flyer presents Laurel Canyon: Golden Songs of Los Angeles w/ Local singers @ Birchmere (sold out)
Ab-Soul @ Union Stage
TOB @ Throw Social (bouncebeat go-go)
“No Sense in Wishing” new Lawrence Burney book of essays re music & his life w/ moderator Timmhotep Aku, Lawrence Burney @ 7pm free @ Red Emma’s
Willie Gonzalez @ El Ranchon
Danny D Xtreme & Karlos Rose bachata night @ Cococabana
Save Your Soul w/ Dj Baby Alcatraz @ Lithuanian Hall
DJ Remi Hassoun @ Green Zone (Arabic)
Aidan Leclaire, Miri Tyler, Toro @ Comet P Pong
Tobago Bay Calypso band @ Lake Accotink
Blacc Print Experience @ Takoma Station (go-go)
Kevian Kraemer @ Songbyrd ( indie pop)
DJ Les 8-12 @ La Betty DC (south Asian dance & more)
Cherub Tree, Home Remedies, STMNTS @ Atlantis (dc & Baltimore rock)
After Thought Band @ Lamont’s (soul)
Rare Essence @ Fast Eddie’s (go-go)
Backyard Band @ Restaurant 55 (go-go)
Junkyard Band 7 to 12 @ Urban Crab (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 music @ Black Rose Lounge
Live Ethiopian instrumental music w/ guitarist Selamino & band 9 to 12 mdt. @ Meleket
Hand dancing to old-school soul 6-10 @ Chateau Lounge
*WOWD Listening party for station's birthday 7 to 8:30 @ 7014 Westmoreland Avenue Takoma Park, MD *
*North Mississippi Allstars @ Rams Head Onstage Annapolis*
*TCB @ Power (bouncebeat go-go) *
*Kanaval Kreyol @ 9 @ Fire Station 1 (konpa, raboday, kanaval, soca, afrobeats ) *
*Eiko Ishibashi provides a live soundtrack to "Gift" (a new silent version of Hamaguchi's film "Evil Does not Exist) @ 7 @ National Museum of Asian Art plaza (Japanese musician) *
*Oumar Ndiaye @ 7:30 @ Bossa ( Senegalese guitarist) *
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Sat. July 12-
Baltimore & Washington One Carnival parade @ 12 noon from Park Circle, Park Heights Ave. & Reisterstown Rd to Druid’s Park Drive & Reisterstown Rd., Baltimore followed by Caribbean concert 12 to 9 pm w/ Panmasters Steel Band, Image Band, Karnival Bounce Crew @ 900 Druid Park Lake Drive (day 1 of 2)
Todo Sonido Music Fest day 1 w/ Juanes, Kany Garcia, Cimafunk, Bratty, Lido Pimienta, Elena La Fulana, Sonia de los Santos w/ djs Leon CIty Sounds & Batala drummers @ Wolf Trap
EPMD @ Bethesda Theatre (old school rap)
Southern Soul showdown w/ Hardway Connection, Stone Pleasure, Rise Band, Spotlight Band, 1252 Band 1 to 8 @ Lamont’s (DMV bands)
Capital Centre book talk w/ Jeff Krulik, 2 more plus guest Jerry Sachs former Cap Centre exec @ 3 to 5 @ Art, Sound, Language record store Chevy Chase
Join the Mvement Fest w/ J Holiday, Nivea @ the Bullpen
Wavves @ Union Stage (rock)
Chuck Brown Band @ Workhouse Arts Center Lorton (go-go)
OCCIPITAL II Fashion & Music Festival w/ Chrysalis Dagger (hardcore/alternative) x Sessho (alternative fashion w/ a Japanese twist); Anxiety Monster (neolithic art grunge) x Alightenment (insane screen printing, dyeing, & embellishment); Quiet Room (experimental fusion rock) x Bbugnug (silly block prints, patch work, and embroidery on thrifted fabrics); Whiskey Girl (trip hop) x Vintage Thrivals (sustainable, inclusive, & expressive wearable art); Niiasii (alternative pop) x Beaver Run Club (street style); Tripping Corpse (punk rock) x Beane Beane (punk-inspired maximalist & distressed fashion) 3 to 10 @ Rhizome
Strange Boutique @ Black Cat (goth rock)
Demola @ Howard Theatre (violinist & r& b /afropop singer)
Lifeguard @ Songbyrd ( post punk)
Tommy Tilghman, Dead Billionaires, Trash Boat & the Ambush @ Comet P Pong (rock & punk)
Cyrus Chestnut record release @ Blues Alley
DJ Crown Vic’s Weird World @ Green Zone ( global vinyl)
Bolivian Cultural Heritage Night @ Ossian Hall Park
Chechito @ Revash Peruvian rest.
Good Sleepy, Motion Sickness, Cuni @ Quarry House
DJ Les spinning Pinoy Disko @ 10 pm @ Suns Cinema
New Impressionz, TOB, XIB @ Fast Eddie’s (go-go & bouncebeat go-go) *
Holy Mose! A tribute to Mose Allison w/ Craig Gildner, Nick Ruggieri , John Preveti 5 to 7 @ Hank Dietle’s ; Hard-core Troubadours @ 9 @ Hank Dietle’s (roots alt -country rock)
Body of Evidence peace jam @ 4 to 11 @ Marvin Gaye Park, 5200 Marvin Gaye Way NE
Sub-radio @ 930 Club
Little Red & the Renegades @ Lake Accotink
King Soul @ Lubber Run
Tumbao (Latin salsa ) @ 10:30 @ Bossa 1st floor & DJ Lu Latin Hits upstairs;
Roots Band @ Makeda Restaurant (Ethiopian)
live Ethiopian music @ Shalla
Ras Band @ MHL Lounge (Ethiopian)
Ethiopian music @ Black Rose Lounge
Rare Essence @ 11 @ Aqua (go-go)
*Rick Franklin @ 12 to 1 Smithsonian American History Museum (Piedmont blues) *
*The Sol Power Allstars dj @ Grazie Mille*
*Dance Club w/ DJs Tommy C & Baronhawk Poitier @ 11 @ DC 9 (techno) *
*TCB 6pm @ Harrison Park, V St. NW (bouncebeat go-go)* early & TCB @ Martini's Ft Washington late *
*Eiko Ishibashi "riffs on her ...album For McCoy @ 7 to 8:30 @ Freer Gallery Meyer Aud. *
*Lawrence Burney reading from new book "No Sense in Wishing: Essays " in conversation w/ Hanif Abdurraqib @ 5 @ Politics & Prose Conn. Ave (free & also live-streamed) *
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Sun. July 13 -
Caribbean Carnival day 2 concert and family day 12 to 9 pm w/ Carl Malcolm & PV reggae band, T& T Steelband, Sir Mikey & Eclipse International band & more @ 900 Druid Park Lake Drive , Baltimore
Todo Sonido Music Fest day 2 w/ Carlos Vives, Monsieur Perine, Dannylux, Christian Alicea, Reyna Tropical, Gaby Moreno w/ djs Leon CIty Sounds & Batala drummers @ Wolf Trap
We Are Fugazi from Washington DC Doc 6pm @ AFI w/ Q&A with curators Joe Gross and Jeff Krulik and curator/editor Joseph Pattisall
Zombies movie “Hung up on a Dream” & Colin Blunstone of Zombies concert 6 pm @ State Theatre
Chicha Libre, Soroche @ Current Space Baltimore (chicha & cumbia)
El Blachy @ Euphoria
Church in the Club w/ Anthony Brown @ Bethesda Theater
Senegal day fest (SenFest) 10 am to 11 pm @ 1 Veterans Plaza Silver Spring
Join the Mvement Fest w/ Serani, surprise soca artist @ the Bullpen
Cyrus Chestnut record release @ Blues Alley
Maye @ Union Stage
Granny & the Boys @ Showtime Lounge
1252 Band 7 to 11 @ Lamont’s (soul)
The R& B Club presents global r& b discussion @ 12 noon @ Songbyrd
Eyehategod @ 7 @ Songbyrd
Eric Frye, Michael Masaru Flora, Heather Stebbins @ Rhizome (artsy composers)
Rare Essence @ Hampton Conference Center (go-go)
Los Andantes Caminantes Viento Y Sol Los Cadetes De Santos Lozoya @ VIP Room Baltimore
Last Train Home @ Arrowbrook Park
John Previti, Danny Knicely, Baakari Wilder 6 to 9 @ Hank Dietle's (jazz & tap dancing)
New Impressionz , 30H Black & friends feat. Shooters ABM & Chris TOB @ 5 Sisters Lounge
Robin & Linda Williams @ Lorton Workhouse Arts Center
live Ethiopian music @ 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
Drumming @ 3 to 7 @ Malcolm X Park
Afrobeats dj @ St Ex
Afrobeats, hiphop, dancehall party w/ dj 4 to 9 @ Decades (dresscode- "fashionable")
*Oumar Ndiaye @ 8:30 @ Bossa ( Senegalese guitarist) *
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Mon. July 14-
Flip Phones, Doll Apartments, Unknown Artist 7 to 9:30 ish @ Fort Reno
Big Joe & the Dynaflows 6 to 9 @ Westminster Church (blues)
Olivia Dean @ 930 Club (sold out)
Motown on Mondays (2nd Monday) w/ D-Skillz, Harvey Dent, Miss H.E.R., Dj Stylus & guest 2-Tone Jones @ Everyday People , 1013 U St NW
Ethiopian music live @ Napoli Lounge
Ethiojazz @ Shalla
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Tues. July 15 -
Jason Isbell & the 400 @ Pier 6
Iron & WIne, I’m with her @ Wolf Trap
Cube, Hen House, Creation in Vein @ Rhizome (electronics & noise)
Leopardo, Nice Breeze, Shadow Riot @ Quarry House
Mol Sullivan, Home Remedies, Miri Tyler @ Pie Shop (rock)
Still Familiar @ Fast Eddie's (go-go)
Ethiopian music @ Lion’s Den in Falls Church
Blacc Print Experience @ Martini's White Plains (go-go)
Dancehall reggae dj @ Society Lounge
* Jahsonic & XSA djs @ Grazie Mille*
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Wed. July 16-
Bela Dona Band @ 7:30 @ Franconia Rec Center , Alexandria (go-go)
Orquesta Macabeo 6 to 7 free @ Kennedy Center Millennium Stage
Mel Bryant & the Mercy Makers, Endlings, Griefcat @ Quarry House
Friendship, Second Grade, Dim Wizard @ Comet P Pong
Teddy Swims @ Anthem (sold out)
Majic 102.3 FM summer Wednesdays w/ r&b, go-go, & jazz bands 6:30 to 8:30 @ Sycamore & Oak, 1110 Oak Drive SE (specific bands tba)
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 Maclaughlin @ Mercy Me (Brazilian bossa nova)
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Thurs. July 17-
Salad Days DC Punk (1980 -1990) doc @ AFI w/ Q&A with filmmaker Scott Crawford, photographer/producer Jim Saah and musician J. Robbins (Jawbox)
Nathan & the Zydeco Cha-chas 6 to 7 free @ Kennedy Center Millennium Stage
Jake Xerxes Fussell, Mike Polizze (Purling Hiss) @ 7pm @ Metro Baltimore (fingerpicking roots guitar)
Orchid Mantis, Janel Leppin, Devin Ocampo with Jerry Busher @ Comet P Pong
Atoms Apart, Zipa, 504 Plan 7 to 9:30 ish @ Fort Reno
Akua Allrich & the Tribe for Akua’s birthday @ Takoma Station (Jazz & African)
Michael Franti & Spearhead @ Plaza Stage @ Nats Park
Cecily @ Blues Alley (neo-soul r&b)
Mazboota w/ Fady D(alt Arabic disco/techno)
Moon by Moon, Emotional World, Ducts @ Quarry House
DJ Les 7 pm till @ Grazie Mille (Asian dance music & more)
Ellis Paul @ Temple Isaiah in Fulton, MD (folk)
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
Reaction @ 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)
Sirius Company @ Shark Bar (go-go)
Afrobeats w/ DJ Jamstar @ Spectrum Lounge
Afro-Caribbean dj @ Kaldi’s
music @ Bossa tba
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Fri July 18-
Os Mutantes @ Black Cat (Brazilian)
Major League DJz @ Culture ( South African Amapiano)
National Cannabis Fest w/ Big Boi, Black Alley, Black Folks Don’t Swim @ RFK Stadium grounds
Junior Marvin & the Legendary Wailers @ Hamilton Live (reggae)
Tony Terry @ Keystone Korner (new jack swing r&b singer)
Grupo Ladron, La Sonora Dinamita @ El Carbonero Rest. Hyattsville
Grupo Ladron, another band @ El Palenque Falls Church (Ladron is playing early at one gig & later at another)
El Fantasma & Gerardo Diaz @ Cococabana
Antonio Cartegena & orchestra @ Papsitos
Corridos Chaka Fest w/ Los Caimanes De Sinaloa, Los Kbros, Grupo Viada @ 90 Degrees
Pelican @ DC 9 (sold out)
Skymender @ Comet P Pong (DC shoegaze)
Oakland Rising 6 to 7 free @ Kennedy Center Millennium Stage (emerging acts from Oakland)
Afrobumin dance party @ Le Mondo
Northeast Groovers @ 12 to 1 Reagan Building Wilson plaza (go-go)
Reaction Band @ Throw Social (go-go)
B5 w/ Raz B & Domo of “The Voice” @ Bethesda Theater
Steve Jansen, Worm Jets, Embroidered Bird, Suburbanabuse @ Rhizome (noise acts)
DJ Basbousa @ Green Zone (Arabic)
Proper Utensils @ Takoma Station ( go-go)
Skymender, diary, bell weather @ Comet P Pong
DJ Les @ 10 @ Bar Cana
Bongo District @ 8 @ Lubber Run
After Thought Band @ Lamont’s (soul)
Rare Essence @ Fast Eddie’s (go-go)
Backyard Band @ Restaurant 55 (go-go)
Junkyard Band 7 to 12 @ Urban Crab (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 music @ Black Rose Lounge
Live Ethiopian instrumental music w/ guitarist Selamino & band 9 to 12 mdt. @ Meleket
Hand dancing to old-school soul 6-10 @ Chateau Lounge
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Sat. July 19 -
National Cannabis Fest w/ Three Six Mafia, Ty Dolla Sign, Currency , Backyard Band, Soroche, Be Steadwell @ RFK grounds
NPR’s Tiny Desk on the Road w/ Ruby Ibarra, Oh He Dead @ Howard Theatre
Karan Aujla @ Eaglebank Arena (rapper & singer from India)
Munit Mesfin ‘s Roberta Flack tribute @ 7:30 @ Mosaic District
Capital Centre book talk w/ Jeff Krulik, 2 more plus guest Cap Centre employees @ 2 to 4:30 @ Bowie Library
Festival Latino con La Sonora Dinamita & Raulito Chavez y su grupo la yuca & more 11 am to 9:30 pm @ Patterson Park Baltimore
Colombia Fest w/ guest Puerto Rico @ Catholic University
DMV Colombiano fest @ Sarem Farm in Burtonsville, MD
El Patio En La 42 Dembow Rooftop Day Party w/ Dj Swiizzy, Dj Lj, Dj Merex 3-9pm @ Public Bar
Grupo Ladrón @ El Pueblito Baltimore
Grupo Ladrón, La Sonora Dinamita Y Chanchona Nueva @ Club One
Hallelujah The Hills @ Club 603 (sold out)
The Offspring @ Jiffy Lube Live
Viva Brasil w/ Sarau De Samba , Batala, Rose Moraes @ 7:30 pm @ Creative Alliance Baltimore
Rod Stewart, Cheap Trick @ Merriweather Post
Peruvian Cultural Heritage Night @ Ossian Hall Park
R&B cookout w RBM 2.0 band 2 to 9 @ Lamont’s
Tribute to Teena Marie & Stephanie Mills @ Bethesda Theater
Girls Rock ! Showcase @ 1:30 to 3 @ Black Cat ; The Goons @ 8 @ Black Cat
Gina Sobel 6 to 7 free @ Kennedy Center Millennium Stage (flautist improviser)
Anything Afro w/ Djs 4-9 @ Zebbie’s
DJ Johnson Lee @ Green Zone (vinyl from Joe’s Record Paradise guy)
John McCutcheon @ Mason District Park
National Cannabis Fest w/ Three Six Mafia, Ty Dolla Sign, Currency , Backyard Band, Black Alley @ RFK grounds
J.P. Mcdermott & Western Bop @ Hank Dietle’s (rockabilly)
Seth Kibel & the Kleztet @ Creative cauldron
Tumbao (Latin salsa ) @ 10:30 @ Bossa 1st floor & DJ Lu Latin Hits upstairs;
Roots Band @ Makeda Restaurant (Ethiopian)
live Ethiopian music @ Shalla
Ras Band @ MHL Lounge (Ethiopian)
Ethiopian music @ Black Rose Lounge
Rare Essence @ 11 @ Aqua (go-go)
*Origem w/ the Lucini Bros. & friends: The influence of Brazilian music on jazz 12 to 1 @ Smithsonian American History Museum*
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Sun. July 20-
Mekons, Johnny Dowd @ Union Stage (UK rooted roots-punk/postpunk)
Dinosaur Jr., Snail Mail, Easy Action @ Fillmore Silver Spring (rock )
Arrested Development @ Bethesda Theater (old school rap)
Spotlight Band 4 to 11 @ Lamont’s
Light Beams, Time Room, Oddbodi @ Rhizome (postpunk)
Weird Al @ Wolf Trap
Rare Essence w/ Stinky Dink @ Ivy City Smokehouse
Extended Play w/ Public Service (Mickey Perez & Toribio), Martin Miguel 5 to 10 @ Mess Hall on the Loading Dock
The Anacostia Delta All-Stars ( Tommy Lepson, Paul Bell, Pete Ragusa , John Previti) 2 to 4:30 @ Hank Dietle's ; Hula Monsters 6 to 9 @ Hank Dietle’s
Ska party w/ Left Handed Dog, Maka Sticks, Professor Goldstein & the Adjuncts 9pm @ Dew Drop Inn
live Ethiopian music @ 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
Drumming @ 3 to 7 @ Malcolm X Park
Afrobeats dj @ St Ex
Afrobeats, hiphop, dancehall party w/ dj 4 to 9 @ Decades (dresscode- "fashionable")
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Mon. July 21-
Amethyst Kiah, Pinkerton Raid @ Jammin Java (Black roots singer/songwriter)
Big Blues Band 6 to 9 @ Westminster Church (blues)
Night of 1000 cakes (bring a cake to share) w/ Time in the Wilderness, Bohemian Waxwing, Bluem 7 to 9:30 ish @ Fort Reno
LIPS, Psyop, Triangle Fire, Dru the Drifter @ Rhizome (hardcore punk)
Ethiopian music live @ Napoli Lounge
Ethiojazz @ Shalla
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Tues. July 22-
Est Gee @ Howard Theatre
Weird Al @ Wolf Trap
Still Familiar @ Fast Eddie's (go-go)
Ethiopian music @ Lion’s Den in Falls Church
Blacc Print Experience @ Martini's White Plains (go-go)
Dancehall reggae dj @ Society Lounge
* Jahsonic & XSA djs @ Grazie Mille*
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Wed. July 23 -
Cheikh Ibra Fam 6 to 7 free @ Kennedy Center Millennium Stage (Senegalese former member of Orchestra Baobab who melds hiphop, r& b, & afrobeats in his new project)
Ducks ltd @ DC9 (indie rock )
Nelly, Ja Rule, Eve & more @ Jiffy Lube Live
Chopteeth free @ Strathmore lawn (old school afrobeat/afropop)
Songbird Coates 6 to 9 @ Wine Down Wednesdays @ Eloquent Touch Ballroom in Suitland
Majic 102.3 FM summer Wednesdays w/ r&b, go-go, & jazz bands 6:30 to 8:30 @ Sycamore & Oak, 1110 Oak Drive SE (specific bands tba)
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 Maclaughlin @ Mercy Me (Brazilian bossa nova)
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Thurs. July 24-
Toro, Trash Boat & the Ambush, Restives 7 to 9:30 ish @ Fort Reno
Cash Only Deli feat. Ankhlejohn, Boz Kamara, Estie @ Pearl St Warehouse
PotosÃ, Sunshower, Muhnday, Cuni @ Rhizome (screamo & post-hardcore)
Trombone Shorty @ Wolf Trap
Cyndi Lauper @ Jiffy Lube Live
Big Richard 6 to 7 free @ Kennedy Center Millennium Stage (bluegrass, old timey, pop)
Soul Sauce w/ DJ Kenny M @ Green Zone
Thrills @ Hank Dietle’s
Jess Eliot Myhre & the Honky tonk Anti-Heroes @ Mason District
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
Reaction @ 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)
Sirius Company @ Shark Bar (go-go)
Afrobeats w/ DJ Jamstar @ Spectrum Lounge
Afro-Caribbean dj @ Kaldi’s
music @ Bossa tba
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Fri. July 25 -
Femi Kuti & the Positive Force, Madame Gandhi @ 930 Club (Nigerian afrobeat)
Soundtrack To A Coup D’etat film screening 7:30 pm @ Creative Alliance (CIA's Congo coup & jazz & Congolese music)
Pixies, Kurt Vile @ Anthem (postpunk indie)
Wiz Khalifa & Sean Paul @ Jiffy Lube Live
Sugar Bear’s Birthday Bash featuring E.U. w/ Push Play ft. Donnell Floyd @ Bethesda Theater
Faraquet, Savak @ Black Cat (DC & former dc postpunk)
Justin Kauflin 6 to 7 free @ Kennedy Center Millennium Stage (jazz pianist)
Moulin Rouge movie outside at dusk on Kennedy Center Reach video wall
Frank Solivan & Dirty Kitchen @ Frying Pan Farm Park
Royal Arctic Institute @ Galactic Panther (instrumental )
Cheer-Accident @ Rhizome (art rock)
TOB @ Throw Social (bouncebeat go-go)
Blacc Print Experience @ Takoma Station (go-go)
DJ Saba @ Green Zone (Arabic)
3BallMTy @ Cococabana
Hernan Gomez @ the Palace
Francoise Rodriguez y Oscar Aviles @ Burke Hall rental
Sahel @ Creative cauldron (afro-global)
Project Locrea 8 @ Lubber Run (global)
After Thought Band @ Lamont’s (soul)
Rare Essence @ Fast Eddie’s (go-go)
Backyard Band @ Restaurant 55 (go-go)
Junkyard Band 7 to 12 @ Urban Crab (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 music @ Black Rose Lounge
Live Ethiopian instrumental music w/ guitarist Selamino & band 9 to 12 mdt. @ Meleket
Hand dancing to old-school soul 6-10 @ Chateau Lounge *Disco Biblioteca book club discusses Gayle Wald's "This is Rhythm: Ella Jenkins, children's music and the civil rights movement " @ 7 @ People's Book in Takoma *
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Sat. July 26 -
Pixies, Kurt Vile @ Anthem (postpunk indie)
Reggae Fest w/ Vybz Kartel @ CFG Arena Baltimore (dancehall reggae)
Bad Moves farewell show w/ Light Beams, Adult Mom (solo), Lee Bains III at Black Cat
DMV Made fest w/ EU & Sugar Bear, Navasha Daya, Kamauu, Oh He Dead, Black Folks Don’t Swim, The Messthetics, Awon & more tba (wblinc .org /dmvmade)
Adobo DMV w/ DJ Pedro Night @ 10 pm @ 530 Penn St NE
Bio Ritmo @ Grist Mill Park (good Richmond VA salsa)
Sugar Bear’s birthday bash part 2 feat. Vybe @ Bethesda Theater (go-go)
Subtle Thoughts, Rock Steady Project 9 to 2 am @ Lamont’s
Club K-pop @ Union Stage
J Roddy Walston, The Oranges Band @ Ottobar
Jane Monheit @ Blues Alley (jazz vocals)
Blomppst Fest 2 - Jeff Surak, AM Tango, Hatchetface, Mia and the Argonauts, Opposite Tiger, Perfume is Fly @ 2:30 @ Rhizome
Nectar w/ Djs V:shaul & Ahautmess @ Green Zone
Summer of Loud: Parkway Drive, Killswitch Engage, I Prevail, Beartooth @ Jiffy Lube Live
Dikember, Kerosene Heights, Swiss Army Wife @ Comet P Pong
Indonesian Cultural Heritage Night @ Ossian Hall Park
Girl in a Coma @ Quarry House
Valeria Stewart & friends @ Creative cauldron (Spanish language roots & Americana )
Still Familiar, Mature band @ Diamond Lounge (go-go)
Tumbao (Latin salsa ) @ 10:30 @ Bossa 1st floor & DJ Lu Latin Hits upstairs;
Roots Band @ Makeda Restaurant (Ethiopian)
live Ethiopian music @ Shalla
Ras Band @ MHL Lounge (Ethiopian)
Ethiopian music @ Black Rose Lounge
Rare Essence @ 11 @ Aqua (go-go)
*Bayberries w/ Rachel May @ Creative Alliance (folk , bluegrass, global) *
*Glen Tilbrook of Squeeze w/ Leon Tilbrook @ 1 pm @ Rams Head Onstage Annapolis*
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Sun. July 27-
Moor Mother & Sumac - The Film @ DC 9
“Something better Change “ doc about Joey from DOA by Scott Crawford @ 6 @ AFI SIlver w/ Q&A with filmmaker Scott Crawford and musician Alec MacKaye (The Faith, The Untouchables, The Warmers, Hammered Hulls)
The Smashing Times, Mrs. Ladyships & the Cleanerhouse Boys, Alga, Serendipity Row 7pm @ The Undercroft Baltimore (twee & psych pop)
Premo Rice @ the Howard (PG Cty rapper)
Gospel Service honoring Jamez Vines w/ Men of Promise, the Original Soul Messengerz, the Heavenly Sons, the Singing Angels, Zion, New Vision @ 4 @ Kent Baptist Church, Landover, MD
Tribute to Marvin Gaye by singer Shelton Cornelius Price @ 5 to 9 @ Chateau Lounge
Perreo old school fest @ Ibiza
1252 Band 4 to 11 @ Lamont’s
Granny & the Boys @ Showtime Lounge
Jane Monheit @ Blues Alley (jazz vocals)
The Pom-poms @ Comet P Pong
Jen Chapin with Stephan Crump & Jamie Fox @ 4:30 @ Rhizome (jazzy folk)
Project Locrea @ Mason District Park
Corey Arceneaux & the Zydeco Hot Peppers @ Hank Dietle’s
New Impressionz, Ambition Band @ Shark Bar
live Ethiopian music @ 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
Drumming @ 3 to 7 @ Malcolm X Park
Afrobeats dj @ St Ex
Afrobeats, hiphop, dancehall party w/ dj 4 to 9 @ Decades (dresscode- "fashionable")
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Mon. July 28-
TBA 6 to 9 @ Westminster Church (blues)
LaRussell @ Sycamore & Oak SE (dc rap)
Proverbs reggae band @ 12 to 1 Reagan Building Wilson plaza
Ethiopian music live @ Napoli Lounge
Ethiojazz @ Shalla
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Tues. July 29-
Waxahatchee opening for Lord Huron @ Merriweather Post Pavilion (rock)
Ado @ CFG Bank Arena
Fuakata , Batsnack @ Quarry House
Four Star Combo @ 12 to 1 Reagan Building Wilson plaza
Still Familiar @ Fast Eddie's (go-go)
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. July 30-
Lil Wayne @ Jiffy Lube Live
Sheila E & the E Train @ Birchmere
Pietasters @ Franconia Rec Center, Alexandria
Majic 102.3 FM summer Wednesdays w/ r&b, go-go, & jazz bands 6:30 to 8:30 @ Sycamore & Oak, 1110 Oak Drive SE (specific bands tba)
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 Maclaughlin @ Mercy Me (Brazilian bossa nova)
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Thurs. July 31-
Barrington Levy @ Howard Theatre (reggae)
Emmylou Harris, Graham Nash @ Wolf Trap
Bia Ferreira 6 to 7 free @ Kennedy Center Millennium Stage (Brazilian singer)
MFers JMB & Co. @ 6 @ Byrdland Records (local based psych/krautrock drone)
Keshi @ Eaglebank Arena
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
Reaction @ 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)
Sirius Company @ Shark Bar (go-go)
Afrobeats w/ DJ Jamstar @ Spectrum Lounge
Afro-Caribbean dj @ Kaldi’s
music @ Bossa
*Legends of the mic featuring Doug E. Fresh, Kurtis Blow, Rob Base, Grandmaster Dee of Whodini @ Martin's Crosswinds, Greenbelt (old school rap) *
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Fri. August 1 -
Flowers for the Dead, Virtua , Mieke @ Comet P Pong
Mal Blum @ Black Cat
Noche Chalaca: Salsa Vs. Timba w/ Hermanos Galván, Luis Chávez, & Mercedes Pollett @ Diamond Lounge
Seldom Scene @ Nottoway Park
Cinema Hearts @ Pie Shop
Speedway, Poisición Unida, Square One, Sluggo @ Rhizome
After Thought Band @ Lamont’s (soul)
Rare Essence @ Fast Eddie’s (go-go)
Backyard Band @ Restaurant 55 (go-go)
Junkyard Band 7 to 12 @ Urban Crab (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 music @ Black Rose Lounge
Live Ethiopian instrumental music w/ guitarist Selamino & band 9 to 12 mdt. @ Meleket
Hand dancing to old-school soul 6-10 @ Chateau Lounge
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Sat. 8/2 -
Little Brother @ Howard Theatre (rap)
Dolly Rots @ Pearl Street Warehouse (garage pop punk)
Drive by Truckers & Deer Tick @ Anthem
Eastern Standard Time @ Grist Mill Park
Bill Kirchen @ Royal Lake Park
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Aug 3- Capital Centre book talk w/ Jeff Krulik, 2 more (also talk there by DJ Cerphe Colwell) @ 3 to 6 @ Laurel History Boys Book Fair in Laurel
Aug 5- Davido at Merriweather Post
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More lists-- Capital Bop has jazz; Mary Cliff has folk; Fools Night Out has/had 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. Hometown Sounds on Instagram & substack has dc indie rock & punk. 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; dc-hardcore .com; Washingtonian monthly one; pa palace go-go one
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