DC/Baltimore /DMV Global Music and More – October 2022
Compiled & curated
by Steve Kiviat and edited and updated frequently (go-go shows are often just
announced the week of the show). Work your way down day by day.
Calendar is posted,
updated, and viewable here on the blog, and events tweeted @stevekiviat.
International (mainly African, Caribbean, Brazilian), roots, rap, soul, go-go,
indie-rock, punk, pop, club dj dance and more District Maryland Virginia &
Baltimore gigs that I am interested in.
Additional gigs added after first posting have an *asterisk. Events
listed have been found on websites, Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, email,
postcards, flyers, texts from promoters, Whats App, Tik-tok, & club
voicemails.
To submit events (for posting) or comments (that are not
posted) e-mail stevenkiviat @ gmail.com
Stay safe ...
FULL OCTOBER LIST BELOW ( *updates will be added)
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Saturday October 1
B 52’s farewell tour with KC & the Sunshine Band @
Anthem (sold out)
Melvins & We are
the Asteroid @ Black Cat
Stella Donnelly @ Songbyrd
All Things Go Fest w/
Lorde , Mitski, Bleachers, Lucy Dacus, Bartees Strange @ MPP
Tumbao @ Bossa (Latin dance band) & DJ Lu spinning Latin
hits upstairs @ Bossa
Peace Band @ Twist Lounge (Ethiopian music Fri. through
Sunday)
Roots Band @ Makeda Restaurant, Van Dorn St., Alexandria
(Ethiopian)
Live Ethiopian music @ Shalla
Airport 77s @ 2 pm @ Adams Morgan Porchfest
*Akua Allrich & the Tribe @ Takoma Station
*"Big Chief, Black Hawk" film doc (about New
Orleans Mardi Gras Indians group) w/ Director Jonathan Isaac Jackson and Paul
V. Fishback in person @ 2:00 p.m. @
National Gallery, East Building Auditorium
*Little Jesus, Divino Niño (reggaeton-tinged indie rock) ,
Pieri @ Comet P Pong
*Proper Utensils w/ Go-go Mickey @ Chateau
*TCB, New Impressionz @ Ivy City
* Leon City Sounds Tropical beat (Latin surf, soul, boogalu,
psych, cumbia) djs @ Green Zone
* Rare Essence @ Aqua
*Still Familiar
* Celia Cruz All Star tribute w/ Freddy Cardenas, Lenia
Diaz, Braily Ramos @ PG Publick Playhouse in Cheverly
La Maquina de El Salvador & Dj Muko 35 y Dj Lino El
Chapin @ El Pueblito in Baltimore
Black benefit gala in honor of Congressional Black Caucus @
Howard Theatre
Miriamm celebrates the music of Minnie Riperton @ Bethesda
Blues
Story District’s 25th anniversary performance and after
party @ Lincoln Theatre
Billy woods @ dc9 (rap)
The String Queens free from 6 to 7 @ Kennedy Center
Millennium Stage
Moritz von Oswald @ Flash
Robert Fripp talks to his manager @ Rams Head Onstage Annapolis
Panic! At the Disco @ Capital One Arena
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Sunday October 2
Peace Band @ Twist Lounge (Ethiopian music Fri. through
Sunday)
L’Rain @ Songbyrd
Heatwave & Raydio ft. Arnell Carmichael @ Bethesda Blues
Morcheeba w/ Too Free @ Lincoln Theatre
Los Autenticos Decadentes @ Howard Theatre (Argentine
ska-rock)
Deepsea Peachtree @ 6pm @ WMUC radio 90.5 & online Third
Rail Radio show
Herman’s Hermits w/ Peter Noone @ 4:30 & 7:30 pm @ Rams Head Annapolis
Sound of Metal movie @ 3 @ Kennedy Center
Jamie Sandel, Marc Cisneros , Cutting Ceremony @ Rhizome
Revelers 4:30 to 6:30 @ Hill Center
Record Show @ Rosensteel Hall 10 to 3
Pagode and samba @ Bossa
Dancehall and amapiano djs @ 10 @ St Ex
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Monday October 3-
Lil Durk @ Echostage
(rap) CANCELLED
Mayorkun @ Howard Theatre (Nigerian afrobeats)
Pi’erre Bourne @ Fillmore (rapper/producer)
Latin American Film Fest @ AFI
Foster Powell, Deccan Traps, Jack Tierney @ Rhizome
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Tuesday October 4-
Milton Nascimento farewell tour birchmere
Denzell Curry @ Fillmore (rap)
Caroline, Jon Camp @ Rhizome
*Deep Sea Peach Tree @ DC 9
*Cactus Blossoms @ Jammin Java
*Shaolin Jazz Can I Kick It hiphop jazz to Friday the 13th movie @ Songbyrd
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Wed. Oct. 5-
Gaslight Anthem w/ Jeff Rosenstock @ Anthem
Cactus Blossoms free from 6 to 7 @ Kennedy Center Millennium
Stage
*Black Opry Revue @ the Hamilton
*Backyard Band @ Sandlot Anacostia
*New Impressionz @ Babylon Falls Church
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Thurs. Oct. 6-
Momma @ Songbyrd (indie band has toured w/ Snailmail)
Pavement @ Warner Theatre
Eddie Palmieri @ Blues Alley (through Sunday)
Rebirth Brass @ Barns of Wolf Trap
Of Montreal @ 930
Brnda @ Union Stage
Haru Nemuri @ Black Cat (Japanese singer/rapper)
Nani @ Bossa (Ladino Singer)
*Be'la Dona @ Keystone Korner in Baltimore
*La Manplesa doc 7 to 9:30 @ UDC
*Freedy Johnson @ City Winery
*Live Ethiopian music @ Shalla Restaurant in Silver Spring (through Sunday)
*Afrobeats Thursdays @ Spectrum Lounge in Beltsville
*The Green Show @ Mr. Braxtons DC (local r'n'b & rap every Thursday)
*Roots Band @ Makeda Restaurant, Van Dorn St., Alexandria (Ethiopian)
*Ethiopian music @ MHL Lounge in Falls Church
*Local Latin jazz @ Simple Bar
*Asmae @ Cloud Lounge in Arlington (locally based Arabic/Middle Eastern)
*Thrillbillys @ JVs
*Yasmin Williams @ Columbia MD waterfront 6 to 8
*New Impressionz @ Hashtag Lounge
*What Band w/ Killa Cal @ Martini's in Ft Washington
*Music without borders from Azul Band @ Green Zone
*Munit Mesfin & friends @ Mr. Henry's (great DC-based Ethiopian singer)
*Photographer Chris Suspect talks w/writer and musician Alec MacKaye at the Mt Pleasant Public Library at 6:30 pm about punk rock photography and our experiences in the DC/punk and hardcore scene. A looping slide show will feature 100 Suspect taken images of 70 different bands from the last 12 years.
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Fri. Oct. 7-
Nobuntu free from 6 to 7 @ Kennedy Center Millennium
Stage (female a cappella quintet from
Zimbabwe)
Tweet @ Bethesda Blues
Eddie Palmieri @ Blues Alley (through Sunday)
Gasolina reggaeton party @ 930
Imparable Banda Cerritos Cerro Del Campo , La Sexta Norteña
Mx @ 90 Degrees
Luis Angel El Flaco Y Luis Alfonso Partida El Yaki @
Cococabana
Yailin @ Bravo Bravo
Elhalji ,Dawn Manning , Sunstoney @ Rhizome
Alfredo Mojica Group @ Bossa (salsa)
*The Garden, Flipper, kumo 99 @ Baltimore Soundstage (sold out)
*Mousey Thompson & the James Brown Experience @ Keystone Korner
* Peace Band @ Twist Lounge (Ethiopian music Fri. through Sunday)
*Roots Band @ Makeda Restaurant, Van Dorn St., Alexandria (Ethiopian)
*Brothers 7 Band @ Lamont's in Pomonkey
*Sebastian Yatra @ MGM National Harbor (Colombian balladeer)
*Save Your Soul dj event @ Lithuanian Hall
*Backyard Band, TOB, Ambition @ Aqua
*DJs Brian & Simon spin ska, rocksteady, & reggae @ Neptune Room
* Gilbert Torossian dj @ Green Zone (Arabic/Armenian)
*Yaddiya & the Honest Politix @ 7:15 @ Temperance Alley Garden (alley behind 1931 13th St NW) (rapper w/ a band)
*Rare Essence & All Star Blend Band @ Fast Eddies
*Richmond Folk Fest through Sunday with Mississippi blues, African roots, gospel and more
*Airport 77s from 6 to 8 @ Sligo Creek Golf Course
*James Armstrong @ Madam's Organ (blues)
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Sat. October 8-
Down in the Reeds Fest w/ Red Baraat @ 5:45 , Medicine Singers w/
Yonatan Gat @ 4:45, Project Locrea @ 1:50 , Sound of the City @ 2:45, 11am to 7 pm
@ Walter Reed
Rock the Park
The Blackbyrds @ Bethesda Blues
Kiko El Presidente @ Champions in Silver Spring
Eddie Palmieri @
Blues Alley
La Maquina Del Salvador , Los Caminantes Y La Internacional
Sonora Dinamita @ Club One
Herb Scott HillFest jazzfest conclusion @ Garfield Park all day and later @ Mr Henry’s
Womens march at folger park
I Love the 90s rap & go-go w/ CJ Smooth, Nonchalant,
Peter Gunz, Proper Utensils, Marquis
Demond @ 12 to 8pm @ Charles County Fairgrounds
Mandingo @ Bar BB Ortiz in Baltimore
CCB @ 11 am to 12 noon pre-game show @ U of MD football game
Jennifer Kreisberg free from 6 to 7 @ Kennedy Center
Millennium Stage (Indigenous Peoples
Day)
Tumbao @ Bossa (Latin dance band) & DJ Lu spinning Latin
hits upstairs @ Bossa
*Stereolab @ 930 Club (sold out) (great rock band)
*Backyard Band @ City Winery
*Richmond, VA Folk Fest through Sunday (more than folk) w/ Jimmy Duck Holmes, 79rs gang, legendary Ingramettes, Son Rompe Pera, Andre Thierry, Black Umfalosi, Cedric Burnside, Noura Mint Seymali
* Peace Band @ Twist Lounge (Ethiopian music Fri. through Sunday)
*Roots Band @ Makeda Restaurant, Van Dorn St., Alexandria (Ethiopian)
*Live Ethiopian music @ Shalla
*Pile o Rocks (Dave Edmunds & Rockpile cover band) @ Hank Dietle's
*Rare Essence, Suttle, Still Familiar @ Aqua
*Reggae & wine fest @ Linganore Winecellars in Mount Airy, Md
*Crown Vic's All Weird World vinyl dj @ Green Zone
* Foreign Air @ Songbyrd (DC-rooted electro-pop)
*Crazy Quilt fest (in association w/ Greenbelt New Deal Cafe) w/ Rock Creek bluegrass @ 2; Dirty Soul Blues @ 3:30; Dogo du Togo 5 to 6; Black Masala (international brass party ) 6:30 to 7 :30
*Rare Essence between 1 and 5 @ Wilmer's Park Re-imagined Community day @ Southern Area Aquatics & Rec Complex in Brandywine, MD
*James Armstrong @ Madam's Organ (blues)
*Zouk dancing w/ lessons 8:30 to 9:30 & then dance 9:30 to 1:30 @ Edgewood Arts Center, 3415 8th St NE
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Sunday October 9-
Corey Arceneaux &
the Zydeco Hot Peppers 6-9pm at Hank Dietles
From the Lafayette, La zydeco heritage, Corey Arceneaux now
lives in the DC area and has assembled a band with Cajun and zydeco cred,
Cate le Bon, & A.
Savage from Parquet Courts @ Black Cat
Rare Essence, Be’la
Dona @ the Howard
Junkyard and Still Familiar @ Restaurant 55
Eddie Palmieri @ Blues Alley
Clark Sisters @ 3 & @7 @ Bethesda Blues
Mandingo , Los Andantes Caminantes , Sonora Dinamita @ 90
Degrees
DJ Adoni @ Rio Cantina
El Mayor Clasico @ Manna in Hyattsville
Saffron, Curse , Cryptid Summer @ 2 @ Rhizome (postpunk rock)
*gospel with the Flame and others @ High Point High in Beltsville
*Ethiopian Fest 12 to 7 @ John Hensley Park in Alexandria
*Sharon Robinson: My Time with Leonard Cohen @ City Winery
*Dancehall and amapiano djs @ 10 @ St Ex
* Peace Band @ Twist Lounge (Ethiopian music Fri. through Sunday)
*Backyard Band @ Society Lounge
*Manhattans featuring Gerald Alston @ Birchmere
*TCB, TOB @ Power
* New Impressionz @ Babylon Falls Church
*What Band , Obsession Band 6 to 11 @ VFW Post 8950 in Lanham
*What Band, Reaction, CCB, XIB @ Bliss late
* "Omara" film doc at 2:45 @ AFI Silver (a one time showing of doc on Cuban singer Omara Portuondo, who came to fame for many via her role in the Buena Vista Social Club. Showing as part of AFI Latin American Film Festival. There will be a Q&A with filmmaker Hugo Perez)
*Rock the Park DC w/DJ Jazzy Jeff, DJ Spinna, DJ Kamala @ 4 to 10 free @ Franklin Park
*Black Fire Records doc screening @ 4 @ PG Publick Playhouse
* DC Zinefest 11am to 5 @ Brookland Arts Walk, 716 Monroe St NE
*Capital Jewish Food Fest @ 11 am on F St NW betw 2nd & 3rd
*Turnstile , Snail Mail, J Pegg Mafia @ Anthem (sold out)
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Mandingo @ El Tikal Travieso in Annandale
Mama Moon & the Rumpshakers 6 to 9 pm @ Westminster
Church SW
Spllit, P. Cain, Dumb Lucky @ Rhizome
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Tues . October 11-
Ckay @ Howard Theatre (Nigerian afrobeats)
Rufus Wainwright @ Rams Head Onstage Annapolis
Tamino @ Black Cat (Belgium-Egyptian musician)
Killers @ Capital One Arena
Flyer Club, Safety Bear (fka Data Recovery Project),
Lithobrake(Al Shipley in band) @ Quarry House
*Rovo Monty, Brandon Kanion, DJ Kotic Couture @ Ottobar
*Minibeast, Midnight Sun, Microkindom @ the Crown in Baltimore
*Beats, Eats @ Eaton
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Wed. Oct. 12-
Jo-go Project at the
Wharf
Vakili Band , Higher Numbers, Outerloop @ The Runaway
Tina Karol- Charity tour for Ukraine @ Howard Theatre
Cortadito free from 6 to 7 @ Kennedy Center Millennium
Stage
*Minibeast, Graham Grease, Bottom/Top @ Quarry House
*Rufus Wainwright @ Birchmere
*Teach Me How to Dabke w/ dj Jinan @ Green Zone
*New Impressionz @ Babylon Falls Church
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Thurs. Oct 13-
Yard Act @ Black Cat (post-punk)
Pedro Capo @ Howard Theatre
Wisin & Yandel @ Eaglebank Arena
Isokratisses free from 6 to 7 @ Kennedy Center Millennium
Stage ( vocal ensemble of eight women
who carry the ancient tradition of polyphonic songs from Epirus—a region in
northern Greece and southern Albania)
*Steve Lacy @ Baltimore Soundstage (pop-r'n'b) (sold out)
*Howard Hewett @ City Winery (r'n'b)
*Live Ethiopian music @ Shalla Restaurant in Silver Spring (through Sunday)
*Afrobeats Thursdays @ Spectrum Lounge in Beltsville
*The Green Show @ Mr. Braxtons DC (local r'n'b & rap every Thursday)
*Roots Band @ Makeda Restaurant, Van Dorn St., Alexandria (Ethiopian)
*Ethiopian music @ MHL Lounge in Falls Church
*Local Latin jazz @ Simple Bar
*Asmae @ Cloud Lounge in Arlington (locally based Arabic/Middle Eastern)
*Automatic @ Comet Ping Pong (post-punk)
*Johanna Warren, Goon @ Quarry House
*Danube Sessions w/ Orchestra Pravenica @ Green Zone
*Spellling @ Songbyrd
*New Impressionz @ Hashtag Lounge
*Sirius Company @ Union Oyster
*Broken Social Scene @ Lincoln Theatre (sold out)
*St. Lucia @ 930 (sold out)
*National Gallery of Art Trick or Treat After hours event w/ Shaolin Jazz scoring soundtrack to Gremlins, DJ RBI & more 6 to 9 pm (sold out)
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Friday Oct 14-
Jonathan Richman @ Lincoln Theatre
Sudan Archives @ Black Cat
Proper Utensils @ Hard Rock Café
Willy Rivera y Su Orchestra @ Royal Banquet Hall in West
Springfield
La Energia Norteña , La Furia Del Bravo @ 90 Degrees
Kiko Rodriguez @ Champions in Silver Spring (bachata)
Lynn August @ Peerless Rens in Anapolis (zydeco)
DC Music Summit/DCMS (501c3 Nonprofit) will host its 5th Annual Conference #DCMS22
Foundation on October 14th -16th 2022 at Duke Ellington School of the Arts the
Founder Dior Ashley Brown's Alma Mater.
Alfredo Mojica Group @ Bossa (salsa)
*pianist Cyrus Chestnut @ Keystone Korner
*Black Choreographers festival @ Creative Alliance
*Sunny Sweeney @ City Winery loft stage
*Howard Hewett @ City Winery main stage
* Peace Band @ Twist Lounge (Ethiopian music Fri. through Sunday)
*Roots Band @ Makeda Restaurant, Van Dorn St., Alexandria (Ethiopian)
*Brothers 7 Band @ Lamont's in Pomonkey
*Royal Opera of Madrid flamenco @ Miracle theatre
*Remi Hassan dj @ Green Zone (Arabic)
*Finding Fela movie doc @ 7 @ Eko House in Rockville (free but rsvp on eventbrite)
*New Impressionz @ Hangars
*Sirius Company @ Fast Eddies
*Backyard Band, Perfection, Ambition @ Aqua
*Louie Vega @ Flash (house music dj)
*Rare Essence @ Fast Eddies
*Junkyard Band @ Nipseys
*Erica Dawn Lyle @ the Runaway
*Banda Magda @ 8 @ Library of Congress (global sound w/ samba, cumbia, Greek folk, French chanson)
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Saturday Oct 15-
Steve Lacy @ Fillmore (pop-r’n’b) (sold out)
Russell Thompson Jr & New Stylistics, Delfonics; Ray
Goodman & Brown, Temptations Revue, Enchantment @ Lyric in Baltimore
Grits & Biscuits @ Howard Theatre
Atlantic Starr @ Bethesda Blues
Black Angels w/ the Vacant Lots @ 930 Club
Kiko Rodriguez @ VIP
Luis Vargas @ Club One
El Compa Chuy @ Bar BB Ortiz in Baltimore
Nashville Emerging Artists night w/ Gabe Baker, Jason Cross,
Revie,& more @ Barns of Wolf Trap
Cumbia Heights & Laura Luv @ 4 pm @ MLK Library
Girls against Boys, J Robbins Band @ Black Cat
Lynn August @ Palisades Hub Cap Centre (zydeco)
Tumbao @ Bossa (Latin dance band) & DJ Lu spinning Latin
hits upstairs @ Bossa
*pianist Cyrus Chestnut @ Keystone Korner
*Black Choreographers festival @ Creative Alliance
*Lyn Lapid @ DC 9 (sold out) (Filipino singer w/ viral tiktok video)
* Peace Band @ Twist Lounge (Ethiopian music Fri. through Sunday)
*Roots Band @ Makeda Restaurant, Van Dorn St., Alexandria (Ethiopian)
*Live Ethiopian music @ Shalla
*Royal Opera of Madrid flamenco @ Miracle theatre
*Nosferatu screening w/ live music by pianist Amy K. Bormet @ 8 pm @ Eaton Hotel
*Sasha & the Valentines, Spring Silver, Megafauna @ Quarry House Tavern
*Steve Forbert @ Jammin Java
*concert in celebration of Persian American composer Reza Vali’s seventieth birthday, featuring the world premiere of his piece Esfahan (Calligraphy No.17), performed by the Carpe Diem String Quartet with accompanying calligraphy animation by designer Omid Nemalhabib.@ 7 pm @ Asian Art Freer Gallery
* Johnson Lee from Joe's Record Paradise vinyl dj @ Green Zone
* Jake Blount @ Pearl Street Warehouse (afro-folk)
*Adams Morgan Porchfest 2 to 6pm (get map @ Columbia & Admas Mill Rds)
*Salsa & Bachata @ the Deck, 200 International Drive, Baltimore
*Finding Fela movie doc @ 7 @ Eko House in Rockville (free but rsvp on eventbrite)
*R'n'b Southern Soul Music Fest w/ Hardway Connection, Jim Bennett &Unique Creation Band, Stone Pleasure Band, Brothers 7 Band, Rise Band, w/ host Ida Campbell of WPFW @ 2:30 @ Lamonts
*New Impressionz @ Chateau
*Sirius Company @ Shark Bar
*Backyard Band, What Band @ Fast Eddies
*DC History Center Open Day 10 am to 4pm w/ appearance by photographer Chip Py re his go-go book
*Multi act gospel bill w/ Roy & Revelation and more @ 4 pm @ Meridan Hill Baptist Church in Capitol Hts , MD
*Rare Essence w/ Go-go Mickey, and Suttle @ Aqua
*Shaw DC Arts Walk 12 to 6 w/ live music & Atlantic Plumbing djs Bri Mafi @ 12 to 2; DJ Noochie 2 to 4; DJ Riz 4 to5; DJ Flex Mathews 5 to 6. Sol Power Allstars 12 to 1 in front of the Shay; event is outside @ 3 locations -Atlantic Plumbing, the Shay, The Woonerf (901 W St NW) & pop-ups by HR Records store, Spin Time Records, Chuck Levin, artists, galleries
*Setsuhi Shiraishi (Japanese calligrapher) w/ jazz sax player Sarah Hughes & Claire Alrich @ 4 @ Rhizome
*Snõõper (Nashville, TN), Silicone Prairie (Kansas City, MO), Waste Man (New Orleans, LA), Gauche (Washington, DC) @ 7 @ Rhizome
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Sunday Oct 16- Chucho Valdes @ K. Center
Sirius Company as part of In Pursuit of Fashion, Food, Fun
event between 4 and 8 on the Wharf
Salvavision Fest Con La Sonora Dinamita , La Chanchona 503 ,
Frank Guzman, Grupo Miramar @ 11 am @ Langley Park Boys and Girls Club
Volver by Tango Lovers @ 4:30 @ Lisner Aud.
Spacey Jane @ Black Cat (sold out gig for Aussie rock band)
Black Umfolosi @ Bossa (South Africa)
*pianist Cyrus Chestnut @ Keystone Korner
*Wayna @ City Winery main stage
*Dancehall and amapiano djs @ 10 @ St Ex
* Peace Band @ Twist Lounge (Ethiopian music Fri. through Sunday)
*Craig Finn & Uptown Controllers @ Union Stage
*Royal Opera of Madrid flamenco @ Miracle theatre
*Backyard Band @ Society Lounge
*War @ Birchmere
*TOB @ Allure
*DC record fair 11am to 5 w/ dj sets all day plus many vendors @ Eaton
*Finding Fela movie doc @ 3 @ Eko House in Rockville (free but rsvp on eventbrite)
*Sirius Company @ the Wharf
*Turkish Fest 11 am to 7 @ Penn. Ave NW between 3rd & 7th sts
*Hot Club of Cowtown @ Barns of Wolf Trap
*DC Blues Fest w/ Vince Johnson (Memphis TN headliner), Mark Muleman Massey (Mississippi), Carley Harvey Band, Sam O'hare & Danny Garrett from 1 to 7 @ Wunder Garten, 1101 1st St NE
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Monday Oct. 17
Big Boy Little Band @ 6 to 9 Blue Monday Blues @ Westminster Church SW
*BLK JKS @ Pie Shop (South African band)
*Cash Langdon, Dot Dash, Close @ Quarry House Tavern (DC-rooted guitar pop)
*Leo Kotke @ Birchmere
* Hiss Golden Messenger opening for Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats @ Anthem
*Gorillaz , Earthgang @ Merriweather Post Pavilion
*Lauren Sarah Hayes, Freida Abtan, niki afsar @ Rhizome (electronic improv)
*open mic @ creative suitland;
*Spit Dat open mic w/ Christylez Bacon, Patience Rowe @ Woolly Mammoth
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Tuesday Oct. 18
Smashing Pumpkins , Jane’s Addiction @ Capital One Arena
*Tina the musical @ National Theatre
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Wednesday Oct. 19-
Simi @ Howard Theatre (Nigerian afrobeats r’n’b)
Bob Mould, H.C. Mcentire @ Barns of Wolf Trap
Samantha Crain free from 6 to 7 @ Kennedy Center Millennium
Stage (Choctaw singer)
*Quelle Chris @ Ottobar
*serpent with feet @ union stage (avante-r'n'b)
*Calista Garcia , Rock Creek Kings @ Jammin Java
*live painting w/ music @ Bossa
*New Impressionz @ Babylon Falls Church
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Thurs. Oct. 20-
Key Glock @ Howard Theatre for HU Homecoming
Comet is Coming @ Union Stage (hornplayer Shabaka Hutchings
(spacey edm meets noisy jazz fusion)
Miguel Mateos Y Mikel Erentxun @ the Palace
Cha Wa (New Orleans ) free from 6 to 7 @ Kennedy Center
Millennium Stage
*Cumbia w/ La Colombopercutiva, Bongo Distric, Layth Sabbath @ Bossa Pablo’s Brazilian pagoda night @ 10 @ Bossa
*Pinkshift @ Ottobar
*Joy Formidible, Front Bottoms, Mobley @ Rams Head Baltimore
*No Age @ DC 9
*Live Ethiopian music @ Shalla Restaurant in Silver Spring (through Sunday)
*Afrobeats Thursdays @ Spectrum Lounge in Beltsville
*The Green Show @ Mr. Braxtons DC (local r'n'b & rap every Thursday)
*Roots Band @ Makeda Restaurant, Van Dorn St., Alexandria (Ethiopian)
*Ethiopian music @ MHL Lounge in Falls Church
*Local Latin jazz @ Simple Bar
*Asmae @ Cloud Lounge in Arlington (locally based Arabic/Middle Eastern)
*Soul Sauce w/ DJ Kenny M vinyl dj @ Green Zone
*Aaron Leitko, Carson Cox, Abandon (Liz and Jenn Pelly), Bubbie @ Rhizome
*New Impressionz @ Hashtag Lounge
*Junkyard Band @ Restaurant 55
* TCB @ Power
*Twain, Henry Toland, You and Me and You @ Comet P Pong
* Antfar Music @ Harlot
*Avery Sunshine @ Birchmere
*Pusha T @ Fillmore (sold out)
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Friday Oct. 21-
Christian Nodal @ Eaglebank Arena
Flo Milli @ 7 @
Howard Theatre then The Set r’n’b dj event w/ dj Flow, Harry Hotter,
Jahsonic @ 10:30 @ Howard Theatre
Janel Leppin’s Ensemble Volcanic Ash, Struggle @ Comet P Pong
Arrested Development @ Bethesda Blues
Kinan Azmeh @ Barns of Wolf Trap
Rumba Peruana & Salsa Vs Timba W/ Mercedes Pollett, Alex
Ramírez, Hermanos Galván & Orquesta, La Rumbera Mayor Y Orquesta @ Asi Mi
Tierra in Silver Spring
Salsa Underground Concert w/ Fania vet Bobby Valentin, Paquito Acosta & Mel Martinez @ The
Palace
Los Redd (of El Salvador) @ El Puento de Oro Bar in
Hyattsville
Bob Mould & H.C. McEntire @ Rams Head Onstage Annapolis
Alfredo Mojica Group @ Bossa (salsa)
*Sawud Rayay, a new symphony by Jamal Moore featuring Nik Francis, Ada Pinkston, The Soft Truth @ The Crown (& Saturday too)
*Illuminati Hotties @ Ottobar
*Sloppy Jane w/ NIIS, Cinema Hearts @ DC 9 ( Sloppy Jane are chamber pop/rock on Phoebe Bridgers label)
* Peace Band @ Twist Lounge (Ethiopian music Fri. through Sunday)
*Roots Band @ Makeda Restaurant, Van Dorn St., Alexandria (Ethiopian)
*Brothers 7 Band @ Lamont's in Pomonkey
*The Whispers @ the Birchmere
*DJ Basbusa @ Green Zone (Arabic)
*Backyard Band, Ambition band HU Homecoming show @ Aqua
*New Impressionz @ Hangars
*Rare Essence, EU feat. Sugar Bear @ Fast Eddies
*Staffers, Glitters, Big Fat Head @ Rhizome
*Terence Blanchard :Absence feat. the E Collective & the Turtle Island Quartet @ 7 & 9 @ Kennedy Center Terrace Theatre
*Terp Carnival @ Mckeldin Mall U of MD 4 to 8
*Tank & the Bangas @ U of MD Clarice Smith Center
*Howard U (HU) Yardfest concert 12 to 6 @ the main yard upper quadrangle
*Howard U Homecoming Step show @ 8 @ HU Burr Gym
*Lost Frequencies @ Echostage (tropical house)
*Yaddiya & the Honest Politix , Jerome Baker the III, Kiddd Marvel, & guests @ Metrobar, 640 Rhode Island Ave NE
* Diwali rock night w/ Johnny Bombay & the Reactions, Prabir Trio , Nayan @7 @ Palisades Hubcap Centre
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Saturday Oct 22-
On and On: Jose James sings Erykah Badu free from 6 to 7 @
Kennedy Center Millennium Stage
Kevin Morby @ 930
Reggae Fest DC Howard U Homecoming event @ Howard Theatre
Michel Robles y Jeison Manuel @ 9pm @ 8490 Centreville Rd., Manassas Park, VA
June of 44, Des Demonas, Bed Maker, Norman Westberg of Swans
@ Black Cat
Brnda, Microkingdom, Nice Breeze, Knifing Around, Wheatie Mattiasich 4 to 9 @ Rhizome
Tumbao @ Bossa (Latin dance band) & DJ Lu spinning Latin
hits upstairs @ Bossa
*Sawud Rayay, a new symphony by Jamal Moore featuring Nik Francis, Ada Pinkston, The Soft Truth @ The Crown
*Jon Spencer & the Hitmakers @ Ottobar
*Shanice @ 5:30 & 9 @ City Winery
*Cory Branan @ DC 9 (country rock)
* Peace Band @ Twist Lounge (Ethiopian music Fri. through Sunday)
*Roots Band @ Makeda Restaurant, Van Dorn St., Alexandria (Ethiopian)
*Live Ethiopian music @ Shalla
*Madison Cunningham @ Capital Turnaround
*Carpool, Faye, Cuni @ Quarry House Tavern
*ZZ Top @ MGM National Harbor
*The Whispers @ the Birchmere
*Nectar w/ V:Shal Kanuar and Dhakfu @ Green Zone
Cor de Lux, Cherub Tree, Madeilines @
*Sirius Company, DC Vybe, DJ Big John @ Fast Eddies
*Rare Essence, Allstar Blend Band @ Aqua
*Sugar Bear & EU @ Black Rock in Germantown
*Junkyard Band @ Dominion Raceway
*TCB @ Power
*Roll On! A Gospel Musical w/ Melba Moore @ 3 @ The Arc Theatre se dc
*Smithsonian Jazz Masterworks Orchestra @ Smithsonian Natural History Museum Baird Aud
* Shreejono Chhonde: The Rhythm of Creation music and dace celebrating poet/composers of Bengal @ 5 in Golden Lotus Temple
*Catherine Russell @ Blues Alley
*Expressions: music & spoken word w/ George Lovett, Radi. Frenchi Davis & more @ 8 @ La Familia, 836 Guilford Ave., Baltimore
*Matisyahu @ 6th & I
* Blaque Mecca Block Party (Howard Homecoming) w/ djs after the football game in afternoon @ Metro Bar (eventbrite ticket)
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Sunday Oct. 23
Keith Busey’s 70s Best w/ Mousey Thompson’s James Brown
Experience, Gregory Cooper, Feelin the Funk Band, Shadz of Soul, Jerome Mackall
& Sonya Chichester @7 @ Bethesda
Blues
Meow Meow @ Barns of Wolf Trap
Dehd @ Black Cat (alt-rock)
George Stavis (banjo), Elkhorn (fingerpick guitar) @ 4 @ Rhizome
*Amythyst Kiah @ Metro Gallery Baltimore
*PJ Morton @ Rams Head Baltimore
*Weedie Braimah & the Hands of Time @ City Winery
*Dancehall and amapiano djs @ 10 @ St Ex
* Peace Band @ Twist Lounge (Ethiopian music Fri. through Sunday)
*Backyard Band @ Society Lounge
*Watkins Family Hours w/ Willie Watson @ Birchmere (bluegrass)
* Takoma Park Street Fest w/ Phil Wiggins (blues) @ 11am on 1 stage; Col. Josh & Paisley Tonk w/ Karl Straub on another stage; Proverbs reggae @ 2 on one stage; Ilyamy on another; & Dave Chappell on another ; Grandsons @ 4
*Backyard Band @ Society Lounge
*Roll On! A Gospel Musical w/ Melba Moore @ 3 @ The Arc Theatre se dc
*Narrowhead, Temple of Angels , Bleed @ Comet P Pong
*Catherine Russell @ Blues Alley
*Verny Varela @ Bossa
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Monday Oct 24
Ibibio Sound Machine @ Black Cat
EyehateGod, Brat, Total Hell @ Comet P Pong (sludge metal)
Clarence Turner blues band @ 6 to 9 Blue Monday Blues @ Westminster Church SW
*Rileyy Lanez @ City Winery
*Attinshun hosts open mic @ Public Option (every other Monday)
*Brad Linde's Team Players @ Rhizome ( 12-tone avante-garde jazz songs about sports )
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Tuesday Oct 25
*We Were Promised Jetpacks @ Baltimore Soundstage
*DC Vybe @ City Winery
*Beats, Eats @ Eaton
*Saintseneca, Yowler @ Comet P Pong
*dreamcast Moe @ Wild Days bar @ Eaton Hotel (r'n'b)
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Wednesday Oct 26
Priscila Navarro Peruvian pianist ,Jorge Saade-Scaff Ecuador violinist free from 6 to 7 @ Kennedy
Center Millennium Stage
Pile @ DC 9
*Algernon Cadwallader, the Max Levine Ensemble @ Comet Ping Pong
*Brent Cobb & Hayes Carll @ Birchmere
*Hump Day funk w/ Dior Ashley Brown & the Filthy Animals @ Bossa
*Cecily @ Blues Alley (cancelled due to Blues Alley ceiling/roof fire)
*Backyard Band @ Ivy City
*Sitali w/ Stewart Bernard @ Bossa
*New Impressionz @ Babylon Falls Church
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Thurs. Oct 27
Faouzia @ Howard Theatre (Moroccan- Canadian pop singer)
Altan @ Barns of Wolf Trap
Brent Cobb & Hayes Carll @ Rams Head Onstage Annapolis
*Tokischa @ Rams Head Baltimore (Dominican rapper)
*JoGo Project @ Keystone Korner (go-go-jazz)
*Live Ethiopian music @ Shalla Restaurant in Silver Spring (through Sunday)
*Afrobeats Thursdays @ Spectrum Lounge in Beltsville
*The Green Show @ Mr. Braxtons DC (local r'n'b & rap every Thursday)
*Roots Band @ Makeda Restaurant, Van Dorn St., Alexandria (Ethiopian)
*Ethiopian music @ MHL Lounge in Falls Church
*Local Latin jazz @ Simple Bar
*Asmae @ Cloud Lounge in Arlington (locally based Arabic/Middle Eastern)
*Thrillbillys @ Hank Dietle's
*Outerloop @ Pie Shop
*Too Much Joy @ Jammin Java (sold out)
*Mazboota w/ Fady D dj @ Green Zone (alt Arabic electro)
*Arturo Sandoval @ Blues Alley Postponed
*Antfar Music @ Harlot
*Jean Dawson @ Union Stage (guitar & some hiphop)
*Sirius Company @ Union Oyster
*La Colombopercutiva @ Bossa
*New Impressionz @ Hashtag Lounge
*Boukman Eksperyans (Haiti) opening for Arcade Fire @ Anthem
*Yaddiya @ Privilege
*Jukebox the Ghost @ 930 Club (will do one Halloween set as Queen & one set of own material)
*reggaeton , salsa, bachata dj @ Twelve after Twelve
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Fri. Oct 28
Calexico @ 930 Club
Cellar Door Tribute @ Hamilton
DJ Adoni @ Euphoria Nightclub in Baltimore
Alfredo Mojica Group late @ Bossa (salsa) & * Brazilian acoustic music w/ Rafael Ponde early @ Bossa
*Dave East @ Soundstage Baltimore
* Peace Band @ Twist Lounge (Ethiopian music Fri. through Sunday)
*Roots Band @ Makeda Restaurant, Van Dorn St., Alexandria (Ethiopian)
*Brothers 7 Band @ Lamont's in Pomonkey
*Bassan Haddad dj @ Green Zone (Arabic)
*Christopher Tignor, (Eli) zabeth Owens, Teething Veils @ Rhizome
*Arturo Sandoval @ Blues Alley postponed
* Chiiikeee (Hyattsville rapper) w/ Go Ezko and Kerim the DJ @ 11 @ Songbyrd
*New York Avenue Massacre Halloween go-go" w/ Backyard Band, Ambition Band, Perfection @ Aqua
*Dance Club Halloween dj party w/Diyanna Monet, Baronhawk Poiter, Tommy C @ Brixton
*Aaron Myers @ Mr. Henry's (jazz singer/pianist)
*Broke Royals, Cinema Hearts, Hotspit @ 7 @ Songbyrd
*Rare Essence, Mature Clientele Band @ Fast Eddies
*New Impressionz @ Hangar Club
*Uriel Barrera @ 90 Degrees (norteno)
*Fadi Jano @ Cloud Lounge Arlington
*Halloween ATP tributes from 6 pm on to other bands w/ Mock Lobster, Faking Tiger Mountain, PJ Hardly & more @ Current Space (enter @ 421 Tyson St.) in Baltimore
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Sat. Oct 29 –
Diego el Cigala @
Lincoln Theatre
Los Tigres del Norte
@ Eaglebank Arena
District of Raga presents: Aditya Prakash Trio Feat Erika
Dohi (piano) and Kamalakiran Vinjamuri (violin) - A Diwali celebration free from 6 to 7 @
Kennedy Center Millennium Stage
Tumbao @ Bossa (Latin dance band) & DJ Lu spinning Latin
hits upstairs @ Bossa
* Peace Band @ Twist Lounge (Ethiopian music Fri. through Sunday)
*Roots Band @ Makeda Restaurant, Van Dorn St., Alexandria (Ethiopian)
*Live Ethiopian music @ Shalla
*Welshly Arms @ Union Stage
*Buck Gooter, Scrunchies, Sensor Ghost Light Beams @ Quarry House Tavern
*Backyard Band, All Star Blend @ Martini's in Ft Washington
*Lightmare farewell gig w/ Time is Fire, & the Roaring Shell (Philadelphia) @ The Pocket
*dj tba @ Green Zone
*Ghoul Ghoul Dolls (dc band w/ Matt Cohen) @ the Runaway
*Kilynn Lunsford, Past Pawn, Pearie Sol @ Rhizome
*Arturo Sandoval @ Blues Alley postponed
*Ella Jane @ DC9 (indie-pop) (sold out)
*Sirius Company, Still Familiar go-go Halloween bash @ Fast Eddies
*Rare Essence "Thriller" go-go Halloween party @ Aqua
*TOB, Reaction @ Power
*Junkyard Band, Project 369 @ 5 Sisters Lounge Laurel
*Boukman Eksperyans (Haiti) opening for Arcade Fire @ Anthem
* DJ Cybersyn, DJ kristy la rAt, MC enrique martïn Halloween party @ 10 @ St Ex
*Faaji @ Gee's Ultra Lounge (sold out)
*Misfits Cover Bands @ Pie Shop
*Hiphop Halloween bar crawl from 1 to 9 pm between {rovision 14, Red Lounge, Cloak & Dagger,1334 U St, Pure Lounge, Elements, Amsterdam Lounge, Privilege(5 to 9 pm)
*UCB 25th anniversary show from 5 to 10 @ Sandlot Anacostia
*Rooftop dance party by Save Your Soul djs Rob Macy & Baby Alcatraz @ Maryland Science Center
* Hellbent LGBTQ dj & more party w/ Tommy C & others @ 930
*Halloween tribute benefit show benefiting DC Abortion Fund w/ Kiss, No Doubt, Mummies, Goo Goo Dolls, Get up Kids tribute bands @ the Runaway DC
* Trance (Emilio Belmonte Molina, 2021) film doc re Flamenco musician Jorge Pardo’s approach to life @ 2 pm @ National Gallery of Art East Bldg
*Art & activism of Barry Farm honoring Etta Mae Horn w/ clips from Barry Farm doc & live performance by the Junkyard Band @ 1:30 pm Union Temple, 1225 W St SE
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Sunday Oct. 30-
Fiddle champion Maura Shawn Scanlin and
guitarist Conor Hearn unite to form Rakish.@ Hill Center
Fete Gede, the Haitian Day of the Dead/Halloween, with Haitian-Canadian
musician Wesli and his seven-piece band @ Bossa Bistro
*Lloyd Cole @ City Winery
*Dancehall and amapiano djs @ 10 @ St Ex
* Peace Band @ Twist Lounge (Ethiopian music Fri. through Saturday this week)
*New Impressionz Halloween go-go @ Twist Lounge
*Stuck, Teen Mortgage, Poppy Patica @ Pie Shop
*Backyard Band @ Society Lounge
* Movie doc "Em and Trinh" North American premiere @ 1 pm @ Asian Art Freer Gallery about late Vietnamese singer-songwriter Trịnh Công Sơn (1939–2001) known to some as “Vietnam’s Bob Dylan”
*Dear Daria, Rosie Cima & What She Dreamed @ the Pocket
*Sirius Company @ Restaurant 55
*Roll On! A Gospel Musical w/ Melba Moore @ 3 @ The Arc Theatre se dc
*Patrick Lundy & the Ministers of Music @ 5 @ St John's Church Georgetown Parish
*Arturo Sandoval @ Blues Alley postponed
*Ella Jane @ DC9 (indie-pop)
*Halloween Crank & Treat w/ Junkyard Band @ Union Oyster
*Cancion Criolla w/ Vicky Leyva @ 20921 Davenport Drive #134 in Sterling, VA
*Pecana Band and Lake Anna @ 6pm @ WMUC Third Rail Radio
*Tegan & Sara @ 930 Club (sold out)
*Kizombie night (kizomba music & dance plus zouk)urban kiz halloween social @ Ignite studio, 4907 Cordell Ave., Bethesda
*Amapiano dj 5 to 11 pm @ Gazuza rooftop
*Salsanow's Salsa & bachata Halloween party @ original Cancun Cantina Hanovr, MD
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Monday Oct. 31-
Clones of Funk @ Bethesda Blues
Celebrating David Bowie Feat. Todd Rundgren, Adrian Belew,
Scrote, & Special Guest Thomas Dolby @ Rams Head Onstage Annapolis
*Got my own Costume Halloween event w/ Wes' Got My Own Sound band @ City Winery
*Los Cunetos de la Cripta @ Club One
* Halloween tribute show to Siouxsie & the Banshees, the Cure & other punk icons @ DC 9
* Squirrel Nut Zippers @ Birchmere
*Teenage Halloween, Spring Silver, Pinky Lemon @ Runaway
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Tues. Nov. 1
Celebrating David Bowie Feat. Todd Rundgren, Adrian Belew,
Scrote, & Special Guest Thomas Dolby @ Rams Head Onstage Annapolis
Above events found on websites, Instagram, Facebook, Twitter,
email, postcards, flyers, texts from promoters, Whats App, Tik-tok, club voicemails. More lists-- Capital Bop has jazz; Mary Cliff
has folk; Fools Night Out has roots music; tickeri has Latinx, Mi Gente DMV has
Latin dance (salsa, bachata, zouk), Kesta Happenings DC Facebook has Latinx
too, and baltshowplace.tumblr has Baltimore punk & more; Elliot Gross on
Facebook has DC blues & blues-rock
