Monday, March 4, 2024

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

 

DC/Baltimore /DMV Global Music and More – March 2024

  Compiled & curated list of area gigs by local and touring bands and djs by Steve Kiviat.  List is edited and updated frequently (go-go shows are often just announced the week of the show). Work your way down day by day.  A little late this month in posting .

Calendar is posted, updated, and viewable here on the blog, and events tweeted @stevekiviat. Calendar is sometimes linked on my Facebook, Instagram, Bluesky, & Threads. It includes international (mainly African, Caribbean, Latin, Brazilian), roots, rap, soul, go-go, rock, punk, pop, gospel, club dj dance and more DMV & Baltimore & Annapolis gigs that I am interested in.  Additional gigs added after first posting have an *asterisk.*  Events listed have been found on websites, Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, email, postcards, flyers, tik-tok, What’s app, & club voicemails.

 To submit events (for posting) or comments (that are not posted) e-mail stevenkiviat @ gmail.com

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Some remaining March Highlights (mostly visiting acts)  (then full list below w/ local & visiting):

Wed. March 6 – Shāshwat: Celebrating the Musical Legacy of Pandit Kumar Gandharva w/ Sawani Mudgal, Khushal Sharma, Sibsankar Satapathy, & Sujiith Naik @ Kennedy Center Millenium Stage

Protex, Bad Moves @ Comet Ping Pong (pop Punk & power pop)

Thurs. March 7 – Burna Boy @ Capital One Arena (Afrobeats)

Sun. March 10- In My Eyes Book talk w/ Jim Saah & Ian Mackaye plus Hammered Hulls live, @ 2 pm @ MLK Library (DC punk)

Thurs. March 14 - Meshell Ndgeocello @ Clarice Smith Center Kay Theatre (r& b)

Mary Timony & Birthday Girl DC @ Black Cat (rock)

Fri. March 15- Kiko El Crazy @ Ibiza in Herndon (Dominican dembow)

Fri. Mar 29- La Sonora Poncena 70th Anniversary w/ Charlie Cruz @ Kennedy Center (salsa)

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Fri. March 1- 

DakhaBrakha (Ukrainian theatrical folk group @ Strathmore

Screening of "Fandango at the Wall" 5 to 7 @ Library of Congress Pickford Theatre (Arturo O’Farrill and his Afro-Latin Jazz Orchestra travel to Veracruz, Mexico, to jam with masters of “son jarocho,” a 300-year-old Mexican folk music with roots in African, Indigenous, and Spanish traditions.)

Arturo O’Farrill and his Afro-Latin Octet 8 to 10 @ Library of Congress Coolidge Auditorium

Jubin Nautiyal @ MGM (Playback singer from India)

Los Angeles Azules @ Eaglebank 

CIAA basketball tourney w/ day party music in Baltimore – Blacc Print Experience @ Safari Nightclub

Rare Essence @ Rams Head Live in Baltimore

The Kills , Heartworms @ 930 Club (rock)

After Thought Band (formerly the Brothers 7 Band) @ Lamont’s

Rare Essence @ Fast Eddie’s (go-go)

Backyard Band @ Restaurant 55 (go-go)

Junkyard Band @ Nipseys (go-go)

TCB  @ Power (bouncebeat go-go)

 Alfredo Mojica Group @ Bossa (salsa) plus DJ Lu w/ Latin hits upstairs

Roots Band @ Makeda Restaurant, Van Dorn St., Alexandria (Ethiopian)

Live Ethiopian music @ Shalla

Ras Band w/ guest singers @ MHL Lounge (Ethiopian)

Ethiopian music @ Black Rose Lounge

Live Ethiopian instrumental music w/ guitarist Selamino & band 9 to 12 mdt. @ Meleket

Still Familiar @ Sobe

brazil music at Creative Alliance

Grupo Corpo @ Kennedy Center (Brazilian dance company)

Punk bands  @ Rhizome

DJ Gilbert Torossian @ Green Zone (Arabic/Armenian)

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Saturday March 2-

Viva Brazil Carnival dance party w/ Pablo’s Baile (Samba and Forro) with JP Silva, Samba Trovão,  Rose Moraes @ Creative Alliance  

Mohamed Hamaki @ Fillmore (Egyptian singer)

Grupo Corpo @ Kennedy Center (Brazilian dance company)

TCB @ Union District

Brandee Younger jazz harpist @ PG Publick Playhouse

Tropical Beat w/ Turbosonidero, Mextape, Shaki & Leon City Sounds @ Green Zone

Laylit w/ djs Fatin, Saba, Fady D, Nadim Maghzal, Malikat el Dabke @ 10 pm @ Culture, 2006 Fenwick St NE (Arabic)

Photograph Like a Great” about SE DC photographer Dee Dwyer and “Dorothea Lange: Grab a Hunk of Lightning”, a documentary on Lange Directed by her granddaughter Dyanna Taylor @ NGA 2 to 4:30

Domo Genesis, Fly Anakin, Anhlejohn @ 7 @ Union Stage (rap)

K-pop dance party @ 10 @ Union Stage

Legends Of Hip Hop VI w/ Fatman Scoop, Keith Murray, Mr Cheeks. 9PM,  @ Rams Head

Musiq Soulchild & Leela James. 7PM,  @ The Lyric

Tumbao (Latin salsa ) @ Bossa 1st floor & DJ Lu Latin Hits upstairs;

Roots Band @ Makeda Restaurant;

live Ethiopian music @ Shalla;

Ras Band w/ guest singers @ MHL Lounge (Ethiopian);

Ethiopian music @ Black Rose Lounge

Fadi Jano @ Martini ‘s Falls Church (Middle Eastern) (tentative, call to confirm)

Rare Essence @ Aqua

Rise Band @ Lamont’s (r& b)

Ras Band sometime between 5 to 8 @ closing of Ethiopian Art Exhibit @ the Walters Art Museum in Baltimore

Gatos do Sul @ Clarice Smith Center (Brian Marsella’s piano-led modern avante- jazz melded w/ Brazilian samba)

Mac McAnally @ Birchmere (country)

DJ Crown Vic @ Daikaya

Sparklebot, Subtastics, Apollo 66 @ American Legion  Post 41 Cissel Saxon

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Sunday March 3-

Sirius Company @ Piano Keys

Vaya Samba @ Bossa

Los Pescadores, La Zenda, Los Yonics, Los Caminantes @ VIP Room

Mark Cisneros 50th birthday free @ Black Cat Red Room

Voices 24/7 Band @ Lamont’s (soul) (doors at 4 )

Mother’s Finest @ Birchmere

Jalen Ngonda @ Union Stage (retro-soul)

De La Soul Day Party w/ dj sets from RBI, Oso-Fresh, 2-Tone Jones, Jahsonic, Roddy Rod, Quartermaine  12 to 4 @ Songbyrd

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

*Kaethe Hostetter(violinist from Qwanqwa) Impressions of Ethiopia @ Le Mondo in Baltimore *

*Backyard Band 4 to 9 @ Babylon* 

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Mon. March 4-

Dandy Warhols @ 930 Club (rock)

The Beaches  , Boyish @ Howard Theatre (sold out)

Mac McAnally @ Birchmere (country)

Carley Harvey’s Kiss & Ride 6 to 9 @ Westminster Church SW (blues)

Ethiopian music live @ Napoli Lounge

Ethiojazz @ Shalla

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Tuesday March 5-

Ethiopian music @ Lion’s Den in Falls Church

*Slow Fiction, Cal Rifkin, Jupie @ Ottobar * 

*Punk rock karaoke benefit for Baltimore safe Haven @ 6 @ Peabody Hts Brewery *

*Blacc Print Experience @ Martini's White Plains (go-go)*

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Wed. March 6 –

Shāshwat: Celebrating the Musical Legacy of Pandit Kumar Gandharva w/ Sawani Mudgal, Khushal Sharma, Sibsankar Satapathy, & Sujiith Naik free from 6 to 7 @ Kennedy Center Millennium Stage

1252 Band 6 to 9 Wine Down Wednesday Eloquent Touch Ballroom Suitland

Protex, Bad Moves @ Comet Ping Pong (pop Punk & power pop)

Advance Base, Faaiji Funk, Young Moon @ Rhizome

Phlote Dreamcast @ Eaton

Sirius Company @ Sobe (go-go)

New Impressionz @ Babylon (go-go)

Live Ethiopian music @ Napoli Lounge

Kizomba and bachata dj & dancing  @ Crossroads 2

DJ Jamstar @ Tempoo Lounge (dancehall)

*Sing for Hope presents students from Duke Ellington High School for the Arts 4:30 to 6:30 performing at the stage at Union Station DC*

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Thurs. March 7 –

Burna Boy @ Capital One Arena (Afrobeats)

“Music Without Borders” w/Azul Band live @ Green Zone

Keysia Cole and Trey Songz @ Eaglebank

Verny Varela & band @ 9:30 @ Bossa (Colombian salsa, vallenato, cumbia)

The Artifacts, David Keplinger @ Comet

Crown Vic & Leon City Sounds djs 9 to 1 am @ 18th  St Lounge (ESL) on 9th St.

We Told Them… Burna Boy after party @ Citizens & Culture  

African Giant …Burna Boy after party @ Rosebar Lounge

African Giantz …Burna Boy after party @ Society Rooftop

Syleeena Johnson @ Birchmere (r& b)

Sy Smith @ Blues Alley (r& b)

Thrills @ 4 pm @ JVs (roots rock)

Grandsons @ Hank Dietles (roots rock)

Chris Williams talks about Boyz II Men II from 8 to 10 @ Eaton

Live Ethiopian music w/ on Thursdays guitarist Selamino & band @ 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

What Band feat. Killa Cal @ Martini's Ft Washington (go-go)

Afrobeat w/ DJ Jamstar @ Spectrum Lounge

Afro-Caribbean dj @ Kaldis

Afrobeats @ Gazuza Lounge

*Bazaar Royale  free from 6 to 7 @ Kennedy Center Millennium Stage (rock)*

*Lakecia Benjamin @ Kennedy Center (jazz sax) *

*Masters of Hawaiian music @ Barns of Wolf Trap *

*Reggae Movie Screening: Shella Record: A Reggae Mystery. 7:30PM @ Peabody Heights Brewery*

*New Impressionz @ Nipseys  (go-go)*

*TOB @ Power (bouncebeat go-go)*

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Fri. March 8-

Nella free from 6 to 7 @ Kennedy Center Millenium Stage (Venezuela)

Red Baraat @ Hamilton Live (South Asian)

Ladysmith Black Mambazo @ Strathmore (South African a cappella )

Go-go from Backyard & Northeast Groovers  after Wizards v Charlotte Hornets

Thus Love, Native Sun, Club USA @ Comet

Fire Ex @ Black Cat (Taiwan rock)

Artomatic through April 28 (art fest w/ Chip Py go-go photos, art including Michele Casto prints, & some live & dj’d music .  @ 2100 M St NW

Sy Smith @ Blues Alley (r& b)

The Baylor Project @ 8 @ Library of Congress Coolidge Auditorium (jazz, blues, soul)

Thus Love, Native Sun, Club USA @ Comet P Pong

Swirlies, Light Beams @ Songbyrd (rock) (sold Out)

DJ Remi Hassoun @ Green Zone (Arabic)

Touch of Kente/Ghana Independence party @ 10 pm @ Kaldi’s

Highlife Party for Ghana Independence Day @ Citizens & Culture

Washington Women in Jazz Fest 6 to 9  w/ Akua Allrich, Rose Moraes, Amy K. Bormet, Karine Chapeldaine, Rikkayah Wilson, Rain Graham @ Westminster Church SW

Jamal Moore, Janel Leppin @ Brentwood Art Exchange (jazz)

DJ El Pedro Night @ Capo Italian Deli

VI- Kings @ Hank Dietles

DJ Neal Becton @ Eaton Allegory Room (Brazilian & more)

La Kumbre con K, Estilo Al Norte y Estilo Privado @ El Ranchon Woodbridge

 Conjunto Atardecer & Leonel Y Sus Rangos Del Norte @ 90 Degrees in Manassas

Conjunto Atardecer Y Patrullando P81 @ EL Palenque

Jey One @ the Palace

After Thought Band @ Lamont’s (soul)

Rare Essence @ Fast Eddie’s (go-go)

Backyard Band @ Restaurant 55 (go-go)

Junkyard Band @ Nipseys (go-go)

TCB  @ Power (bouncebeat go-go)

 Alfredo Mojica Group @ Bossa (salsa) plus DJ Lu w/ Latin hits upstairs

Roots Band @ Makeda Restaurant, Van Dorn St., Alexandria (Ethiopian)

Live Ethiopian music @ Shalla

Ras Band w/ guest singers @ MHL Lounge (Ethiopian)

Ethiopian music @ Black Rose Lounge

Live Ethiopian instrumental music w/ guitarist Selamino & band 9 to 12 mdt. @ Meleket

*Keyshia Cole, Trey Songz @ 7PM @ CFG Arena (r & b) *

*New Impressionz @ Aqua *

*TOB, The Men @ Martini's (bouncebeat go-go) * 

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Sat. March 9-

The Art of Improvisation: Iranian Contemporary Dance, Music , and poetry w/ Shahrokh Moshkin-Ghalam, Pejman Hadadi, Behfar Bahadoran & Shabnam Toouei  @ 8 @ Richard J Ernst Community Cultural Center, NOVA Community College, Annandale , VA

Rolling Cocoa Festival w/ Black Sherif, Stonebwoy, R2bees, KiDi, Kwesi Arthur @ Anthem (Ghanaian afropop and Afro-reggae)

Ghana Independence Party 10 pm  @ Kaldi’s

One Hallelujah tour @ MGM National Harbor (gospel)

Gruff Rhys @  7 @ DC 9 (Welsh singer from Super Furry Animals ) (rock)

EL Chaval de la Bachata @ Club One

Savak, Cryptid Summer, Diamine @ Quarry House Tavern (Postpunk, rock)

Junkyard Band celebrating Buggs birthday @ Bethesda Theater (go-go)

Ashraf Bashrah & Maestro Chakib Hilai @ 10 @ Zouroona in Woodbridge (Arabic music djs)

Danceclub w/ Keenan Orr, Baronhawk Poiter, Tommy Cornelis , Joyce Lim @ 11 @  DC 9

Tribute to Prince w/ Cymone Lovett Band @ Lamont’s

Artomatic through April 28 -art fest w/ Chip Py go-go photos,  art, & some live & dj’d music . Ari Voxx @ 7 (indiepop), & Black Rails (rock/punk) @ 6 playing among others among others today , tonight (see Risers fest link)  @ 2100 M St NW (*art by M. Casto & S. Hashem recommended)*

Avery Sunshine @ Birchmere (r&b)

Raul Midon @ Blues Alley

DJ Crown Vic’s Weird World vinyl  @ Green Zone

Going Goin’ Gone @ VFW Post 350 Hells Bottom (roots rock)

One Night in Accra- Ghana Independence Party @ Abigail

Washington Women in Jazz Fest via the World Music Collective @ St Thomas Episcopal Church

Marian McLaughlin, Caleb Flood @ Rhizome (folky indie, & drone)

TCB , *New Impressionz, TOB *@ Fast Eddie’s (bouncebeat go-go)

VI- Kings @ Hank Dietles

Islandic Airways Off Venue w/ Axewl Flovent, JFDR, Groa , DJ Hermigervil @ 7 to 11 @ Songbyrd

Tumbao (Latin salsa ) @ Bossa 1st floor & DJ Lu Latin Hits upstairs;

Roots Band @ Makeda Restaurant (Ethiopian);

live Ethiopian music @ Shalla;

Ras Band w/ guest singers @ MHL Lounge (Ethiopian);

Ethiopian music @ Black Rose Lounge

Rare Essence @ 11  @ Aqua (go-go)

*Nia Dinero free from 6 to 7 @ Kennedy Center Millennium Stage (hiphop/pop/r& b) *

*Sirius Company @ Shark Bar (go-go)*

*Backyard Band @ Hook Hall, Ga Ave DC* 

*Vinyl Brunch w/ Crown Vic & Leon City Sounds 11am to 3 pm @ Art Whino (eclectic tropical) *

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Sun. March 10-

In My Eyes Book talk w/ Jim Saah & Ian Mackaye plus Hammered Hulls live, @ 2 pm @ MLK Library

Persian New Year Nowruz Family Fest @ National Museum of Asian Art  

Gospel with *Highway QCs featuring Spencer Taylor *,  Shawn Brown, Flossie Boyd Johnson, Michael Boon, the Zigler family, Soul Messenjaz & more acts @ 5pm  @ The House of Praise, 5110 Nannie Helen Burroughs Ave NE

Arturo Sandoval and Pedrito Martinez @ Strathmore (Cuban trumpet and percussion)

One Hallelujah tour @ MGM National Harbor

1252 Band @ Lamont’s (soul/r& b) (doors @ 4)

Raul Midon @ Blues Alley

Lucy Wainwright Roche @ Jammin Java (folk)

Accra Nights The Finale @ the Society Rooftop

New Moon observance and laser art w/ music by Endings, Fiona, Ducts @ Rhizome

Ndule @ 8 @ Bossa (Congolese improv jazz)

R& B Club discusses Usher’s music 12 to 3 @ Songbyrd

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

*Backyard Band @ Society Lounge (go-go) *

*Northeast Groovers 4 to 9 @ Babylon (go-go)*

*Ghana Independence Party w/ djs 4 to 9 @ Decades  (afrobeats, hiphop) *

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Mon. March 11- Tank & the Bangas @ Rams Head Annapolis

Ethiopian music live @ Napoli Lounge

Ethiojazz @ Shalla

*Greg Rekus (Folk-punk from Winnipeg, Canada) w/ Teething Veils (local indie-folk) 7 to 9 @ Takoma Park Gazebo, Carroll Ave. *  

* Attinshun open mic @ The Mojuba Collective*

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Tues. March 12- Sleater-Kinney w/ Black Belt Eagle Scott @ Anthem (rock)

Laura Jane Grace @ the Howard Theatre (rock)

Cherry Glazerr @ Union Stage (rock)

Pony, Berra, Matt Fusiek @ Quarry House (rock)

Careful in the Sun, Weed Tree, m. cole@ Rhizome

Ethiopian music @ Lion’s Den in Falls Church

*Blacc Print Experience @ Martini's White Plains (go-go)*

*Offset @ the Fillmore (rap) *

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Wed. March 13- 

The Kooks @ Anthem  (rock)

Teach Me How to Dabke night @ Green Zone (tentative)

Cloudbelly, Jasmine, Gillison, Dylan Rockwell @ Quarry House (rock)

Ethiopian music live @ Napoli Lounge

Ethiojazz @ Shalla

Spiderwebs, Sarah Hughes, NVS Trio @ Rhizome (experimental, jazz, avante-classical)

Buko Buko, Aidan Leclaire, Argo & the Violent Queens @ Songbyrd

Thrills @ Hank Dietles (roots rock)

Sirius Company @ Sobe (go-go)

New Impressionz @ Babylon (go-go)

Kizomba and bachata dj & dancing  @ Crossroads 2

DJ Jamstar @ Tempoo Lounge (dancehall)

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Thurs. March 14 - 

Meshell Ndgeocello @ Clarice Smith Center Kay Theatre (r& b & jazzy )

Mary Timony & Birthday Girl DC @ Black Cat (rock)

Mahalia @ Fillmore (r& b)

Nickel Creek @ Strathmore

So Percussion w/ Dominic Shodekeh Talifero from 8 to 10 @ Library of Congress Coolidge Auditorium

Consumer Culture, Colo, Orphan @ Quarry House (rock)

Danube Sessions/Kriminal pop  w/ DJ Sarkan & accomplices (some live) @ Green Zone  

Silversun Pickups @ 930 (sold out)

afterhours w/ Hot Club of Baltimore, DJ Lady Lavender, and DJ Underdog 6 to 9 pm @ National Gallery of Art (registration required)

Corey Arcenaux & the Zydeco Hot Peppers @ Hank Dietles

Dorinda @ Songbyrd

Live Ethiopian music w/ on Thursdays guitarist Selamino & band @ 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

What Band feat. Killa Cal @ Martini's Ft Washington (go-go)

Afrobeat w/ DJ Jamstar @ Spectrum Lounge

Afro-Caribbean dj @ Kaldis

Afrobeats @ Gazuza Lounge

Lil Idli @ The Pocket (experimental DC pop duo)*

*Cheick Hamala & band @ 9:30 @ Bossa (Mali)*

*The Obsessed @ Metro Gallery Baltimore*

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Fri. March 15-

Kiko El Crazy @ Ibiza in Herndon (dembow, reggaeton)

Arushi Mudgal @ Barns of Wolf Trap (Hindustani dance and music)  *

Ledisi @ MGM

Beth Orton @ Kennedy Center Millenium Stage (indie-folkish)

EU feat Sugar Bear @ Sobe (go-go)  

Newmyer Flyer presents DC musicians doing Laurel Canyon songs @ Birchmere (sold out)

Cindy Blackman Santana group @ Carlyle Room DC

DJ Basbousa @ Green Zone (Arabic)

Sirius Company @ Citizens and Culture (aka the Rooftop), 8113 GA Ave NW (go-go)

Zedicus & Abyssinia Roots @ Hank Dietles (reggae with a former member of Ethiopian DC reggae group Admas)

Smoking Popes @ Songbyrd

Los Toros Band & La Gran Banda @ Cococabana

Los Angeles Negros @ El Palenque

Les the DJ @ Eaton Allegory room

After Thought Band @ Lamont’s (soul)

Rare Essence @ Fast Eddie’s (go-go)

Backyard Band @ Restaurant 55 (go-go)

Junkyard Band @ Nipseys (go-go)

TCB  @ Power (bouncebeat go-go)

 Alfredo Mojica Group @ Bossa (salsa) plus DJ Lu w/ Latin hits upstairs

Roots Band @ Makeda Restaurant, Van Dorn St., Alexandria (Ethiopian)

Live Ethiopian music @ Shalla

Ras Band w/ guest singers @ MHL Lounge (Ethiopian)

Ethiopian music @ Black Rose Lounge

Live Ethiopian instrumental music w/ guitarist Selamino & band 9 to 12 mdt. @ Meleket

Well Wisher, Spring Silver, Soul meets Body @ Pie Shop (rock)

*Duke Ellington Orchestra feat. singer Lisa Fischer @ Kennedy Center * 

*Earthen Sea, Insect Factory, O x 12f @ Normals Books in Baltimore (experimental electronics)*  

*Danny Brown @ the Howard Theatre (rap)* 

*Green Zone @ the K. Center  Reach w/ afikra (sold out) 

*New Impressionz @ Throw Social (go-go)*

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Sat. March 16-

Chuck Brown Band @ the Vault at Capital one Hall Tysons (go-go)

Lamont’s Birthday party w/ the Stone Pleasure Band @ Lamont’s (r&b/soul)

Eric Bossman Graham’s  Praise Day 11th anniversary party w/ gospel bands *Roy and Revelation , New Vizion, DJ DMV Nephew @ 4 to 7 pm* @ 5 Sisters Restaurant  

Cindy Blackman Santana group @ Carlyle Room DC (jazz)

Tropical Heat Dome w/ DJ Crown Vic, Leon City Sounds, Neeeko Electra  & special guest tba @ Marx Café (cumbia, salsa, tropical )

Sec., Josee Molavi, Griot X @ Quarry House (rock)

Amanda Portales @ Kenmore Theatre Arlington

Makano @ VIP Room

La Gran Band a @ Club One

Los Iracundos @ Los Azteca restaurant College Park (Uruguay)

BXS & Los Angeles Negros @ Cococabana

Prince Azul @ Rio Cantina

DJ Johnson Lee @ Green Zone (vinyl from Joe’s Record Paradise staffer)

Zocko @ VFW Post 350 Hells Bottom Takoma

Chopteeth @ Elks Lodge in Rockville (old-school afrobeat)

Max Ochs, Ethan WL, Jon Camp Trio @3 @ Rhizome (Fingerstyle John Fahey influenced guitar)

Tumbao (Latin salsa ) @ Bossa 1st floor & DJ Lu Latin Hits upstairs;

Roots Band @ Makeda Restaurant (Ethiopian);

live Ethiopian music @ Shalla;

Ras Band w/ guest singers @ MHL Lounge (Ethiopian);

Ethiopian music @ Black Rose Lounge

Rare Essence @ 11  @ Aqua (go-go)

*Sirius Company, *Junkyard Band * @ Fast Eddies(go-go)*

*TCB, Raw Image, UCB @ Martini's (bouncebeat go-go)* 

*Mad Cobra (Jamaica) @ Crossroads 2*

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Sun. March 17-

 TOB @ 6 to 11 pm    @ Shark Bar (bouncebeat go-go)

What Band ft. Killa Cal @ Nottinghams Columbia (go-go)

BXS & Los Angeles Negros @ Rio Cantina

Spotlight Band @ Lamont’s (Doors @ 4 pm )

Pam Ward “Aretha Franklin birthday tribute”  @ Carlyle Room

Dave Chappell Band @ 2 @ Hank Dietles (roots rock)

Hula Monsters @ 6 @ Hank Dietles (Hawaiian swing roots Americana)

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

*Robin Bullock guitarist/mandolinist playing Celtic music for St Patrick's Day @ An Die Musik Baltimore*

*locally based Irish music @ Dubliner DC*  

*klezmer disco dance party @ Bossa*

*Bar Italia, Great Area  @ Metro Baltimore (good UK postpunk)*

*EU feat. Sugar Bear w/ Mental Attraction 2.0 @ 3 pm doors @ 5 Sisters Lounge Laurel(go-go)*

*Reaction band @ Hangars (go-go)*

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Mon. March 18-

Rhiannon Giddens w/ Charly Lowry @ Strathmore (Americana)

Charlie Sayles w/ Memphis Gold 6 to 9 @ Westminster Church SW (blues harp & guitar)

Ethiopian music live @ Napoli Lounge

Ethiojazz @ Shalla

*Glitterer @ 8 free @ Joint Custody on U (rock)*

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Tues. March 19-

Peter Case and Ben de la Cour @ Hank Dietles (power pop Americana )

This is Lorelei (a member of Water From Your Eyes), Fantasy of a Broken Heart ( Bailey  W. & Al N. toured w/ Water From Your Eyes), Berra @ 7 @ Rhizome (rock)

Ethiopian music @ Lion’s Den in Falls Church

*Blacc Print Experience @ Martini's White Plains (go-go)*

*Can I Kick It screening of Pam Grier movie "Coffy" w/ DJ Two-Tone Jones spinning some hiphop , @ Songbyrd 

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Wed. March 20-

 Zakir Hussain on tabla @ 6th & I (India Hindustani percussive music)

Damian & Stephen Marley @ Fillmore (reggae)

Ruthie Foster free from 6 to 7 @ Kennedy Center Millennium Stage (blues/Americana)

Triac, Deliriant Nerve, Entrail Asphyxiation, Tripwire @ 7 @ Rhizome (grindcore)

Sirius Company @ Sobe (go-go)

New Impressionz @ Babylon (go-go)

Live Ethiopian music @ Napoli Lounge

Kizomba and bachata dj & dancing  @ Crossroads 2

DJ Jamstar @ Tempoo Lounge (dancehall)

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Thurs. March 21-

Krayzie Bone Of Bone, Thugs n Harmony @ Rams Head Baltimore

Fundraiser for the Palestine Red Crescent Society & Connecting Humanity w/ Doubt, Gasket, Psyop, Pickaxe @ Black Cat

Brandi Carlile @ Anthem (sold out)

Haragan @ Mexico Lindo

Bohemian Caverns Jazz Orchestra @ Carlyle Room

Late Bloomer, Joy Viver, Milo in the Doldrums @ Quarry House (rock)

Soul Sauce w/ Dj Kenny M @ Green Zone (vinyl)

Carolyn Zaldivar Snow, Eli Woodbridge, Marie Carroll @ Rhizome (ambient and drone)

Kaya Freeman talks about Slum Village “fan-Tas-tic Vol 2 “ 8 to 10 @ Eaton

Live Ethiopian music w/ on Thursdays guitarist Selamino & band @ 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

What Band feat. Killa Cal @ Martini's Ft Washington (go-go)

Afrobeat w/ DJ Jamstar @ Spectrum Lounge

Afro-Caribbean dj @ Kaldis

Afrobeats @ Gazuza Lounge

Des Demonas @ the Runaway DC (garage punk) 

*Haley Heynderickx and the Westerlies free from 6 to 7 @ Kennedy Center Millennium Stage *

*TOB @ Aqua* 

*Bongo District @ Bossa * 

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Fri. March 22-

 Kim Gordon  @ Black Cat  

Rodrigo Amarante @ Barns of Wolf Trap

DC Music Summit *pep rally  w/ DJ Heat, Mlik Dope Drummer, Nia Monae, The Experience Band, The Cruddy Crankerz 7 to 9:30 *@ Anacostia High School (also panels & more on Sat. March 23) 

Tribute to Donny Hathaway & Roberta Flack w/ Jamar Dukes & Shuga Shang @ Carlyle Room

Brandi Carlile @ Anthem (sold out)

Sounds by DJ Saba @ Green Zone (Arabic)

Arlo Parks early show @ 930 (sold out)

Hot Chip dj set @ 930 Club

Washington Women in Jazz Fest event @ Montpelier

After Thought Band @ Lamont’s (soul)

Rare Essence @ Fast Eddie’s (go-go)

Backyard Band @ Restaurant 55 (go-go)

Junkyard Band @ Nipseys (go-go)

TCB  @ Power (bouncebeat go-go)

 Alfredo Mojica Group @ Bossa (salsa) plus DJ Lu w/ Latin hits upstairs

Roots Band @ Makeda Restaurant, Van Dorn St., Alexandria (Ethiopian)

Live Ethiopian music @ Shalla

Ras Band w/ guest singers @ MHL Lounge (Ethiopian)

Ethiopian music @ Black Rose Lounge

Live Ethiopian instrumental music w/ guitarist Selamino & band 9 to 12 mdt. @ Meleket

*Sirius Company @ LaFontaine Bleue (go-go)*

*Adobo DMV presents Jowell y Randy @ Echostage (reggaeton)* 

*Requiem for Aaron Bushnell: A benefit concert for the Palestinian Children's Relief Fund feat. Mark Cisneros, Anna Matijasic Hennesey, & Nik Francis, Mary Voutsas @ 7 @  Rhizome * 

*The DCPS Let's Go-go Band @ the Capital City Go-go basketball game @ Entertainment & Sports Arena* 

*Reaction feat. Shooters, TOB, the Men ft. Bina @ Martini's Ft Washington * 

*Adobo DMV presents Live @ the Cheetah feat. DJ Bembona (NYC) @ St. Ex *

* Richard Lloyd Group, Dave Heumann & Friends. 8PM, $20 adv/$22 doors @ Holy Frijoles Baltimore*

*Alacranes @ El Palenque Falls Church *

*La Pocima Nortena and La Humilidad de la musica Nortena @ El Ranchon* 

*Mazizo Musical & La Nueva Onda Nortena @ 99 Degress Manassas * 

*Alex Bueno @ Club One* 

*Cubaton w/ Emilio Frias y Un Titico @ Diamond Lounge *

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Sat. March 23-

Arlo Parks @ 930 early show

Laetitia Sadier @ Songbyrd (Stereolab singer solo)

Unwound, w/ Cherubs  at 930 late show  (post-hardcore postpunk)*

MCClusky , Ganser @ Black Cat (postpunk)  

DC Music Summit @ Anacostia High School

Sprints @ DC 9 (Irish garage rock) (sold out)

Hardway Connection @ Lamont’s (southern soul)

Nectar w/ V:Shal & Ahautmess @ Green Zone (South Asian electro)

Colonel Josh & Paisley Tonk @ VFW Post 350 Hells Bottom Takoma

Tumbao (Latin salsa ) @ Bossa 1st floor & DJ Lu Latin Hits upstairs;

Roots Band @ Makeda Restaurant (Ethiopian);

live Ethiopian music @ Shalla;

Ras Band w/ guest singers @ MHL Lounge (Ethiopian);

Ethiopian music @ Black Rose Lounge

Rare Essence @ 11  @ Aqua (go-go)

*David Wax Museum free from 6 to 7 @ Kennedy Center Millennium Stage *

*Sirius Company @ Andrew W Mellon Aud. (go-go)*

*Proper Utensils ft Jas Funk @ Chateau Remix (go-go)* 

*TCB, New Impressionz @ Restaurant 55 (bouncebeat go-go)* 

*DJ Bimshire Masquerade party dancehall @ Reggae Clubhouse (Flirt Lounge fka Bar 7) , 1015 1/2 7th St NW * 

*The Kim Michelle Experience celebrating her 30 years in go-go w/ special guests 8:45 to 12 @ Sobe *

*Junkyard Band, , Collective Measures @ 9 @ Los Toltecos *

*Chuck Brown Band @ 5 @ the Wharf  SW (go-go)* POSTPONED to the 30th

*Tropical Beats w/ Leon City Sounds djs @  10 @ Showtime *

*Dj record fair 12 to 4 @ Rhizome *

*Los Iracundos and Grupo Mirimar @ El Ranchon *

*Alacranes and La Sonora Dinamita @ El Pueblito in Baltimore *

*Los Acosto @ Cococabana * 

*Alacranes and Grupo Escalante @ Mango's in Hyattsville*

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Sun. March 24-

Urban Verbs & Flameproof Mascara discussion w/ Roddy Frantz (Urban Verbs) via zoom, Abaad Behram (Razz), Marshall Keith (Slickee Boys) @ 4 @  Palisades Community Center Backstage

1252 Band @ Lamont’s (soul/r& b)

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

*Otoboke Beaver (Kyoto, Japan female punk band) , Drinking Boys & Girls Choir, Brnda @ 930 Club *

*Sirius Company , Still Familiar "Hello Spring show" 4 to 9 @ Restaurant 55 in Hyattsville (go-go)*

*Extended Play w/ Byron the Aquarius , NativeSun, Sam Park, Martin Miguel @ 5 to 10 pm @ Mess Hall DC in the Loading Dock* 

*Pa'lante: Series Cultural Latinoamericana DMV showcase of local bands  w/ Grupo Fenix (Mexican mariachi); Wayta (Andean Peruvian, Bolivian , Ecuador , Chile pan flute led); La Marvela (Colombian bullerengue); Son La Lucha (Mexican Son Jarocho & cumbia ) 6 to 8 @ Joe's Movement Emporium* 

*Reuben Jackson Memorial Service 5 to 7 Joseph Butler Parks Center, 2437 15th St. NW  (jazz dj, Poet, author )*

*Body of Evidence vs Peacemakers Band 3 to 8 @ Fast Eddies (gospel go-go) * 

*Still Familiar , Binta Campbell Experience @ 7 to 12 @ Shark Bar (go-go)*  

*Backyard Band 9 to 1 @ Ivy City Smokehouse (go-go)*

*Junkyard Band @ Capital City Go-go basketball game @ 3 @ ESA in SE DC* 

*America Yanay (Latin American music in solidarity benefit  w/ Palestinian Children's Relief Fund @ 7 @  Bossa * 

*Baltimore Record Bazaar. 12PM-6PM @ Peabody Heights Brewery*

 *Frankie Valli And The Four Seasons @ 6:30PM @ The Lyric*

*Alacranes @ Ibiza in Herndon* 

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Mon. March 25-

Zach Bryan @ Capital One Arena

The Armed @ Black Cat

Ethiopian music live @ Napoli Lounge

Ethiojazz @ Shalla

*Big Joe & the Dynaflows 6 to 9pm @ Westminster Church SW * (blues) 

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Tues. Mar. 26-

Zombies @ Rams Head Annapolis (rock)

Ethiopian music @ Lion’s Den in Falls Church

*Blacc Print Experience @ Martini's White Plains (go-go)*

*The White Feather, a Persian Ballet Tale @ Kennedy Center * 

*Townhall on the future of DC music venue Rhizome  @7 live & zoom (see their website to register)*

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Wed. Mar 27 –

Amaarae @ Fillmore ( Ghana- American afrobeats- r’n’b – alternative singer) (only resale tix left)

Ana Tijoux, Bongo District  @ Union Stage (Ana is Chilean-French rapper) 

Mary Gauthier @ Rams Head Annapolis (folk singer/songwriter)

The Zombies w/ Wendy Colonna @ Birchmere (60s rockers)

Dave Chappell celebrates jazzy side of Patsy Cline @ Blues Alley

Elephant Stone, Evolfo, One Way Out @ Comet P Pong

Sirius Company @ Sobe (go-go)

New Impressionz @ Babylon (go-go)

Live Ethiopian music @ Napoli Lounge

Kizomba and bachata dj & dancing  @ Crossroads 2

DJ Jamstar @ Tempoo Lounge (dancehall)

*Hip Hop Listening Sessions: Jazz and Hip Hop Edition features panelists DJ, rapper, producer, and professor DJ Raydar Ellis; founder of B-FLY Entertainment Paige Hernandez; trumpeter, composer, bandleader, music director and founder of the Revive Big Band  Igmar Thomas; and more to be announced. Moderator Kokayi w/DJ, & member of 9th Wonder’s True School Corp DJ Face. Plusa live performance set of Hernandez and B-FLY Entertainment’s Liner Notes highlighting the jazz and hip hop continuum through jazz standards, hip hop samples, and liner notes from your favorite artists @ 7:30 pm @ Kennedy Center Studio K *

*WPFW Relocation of studio committee meeting on zoom @ 7:30 (see WPFW website)* 

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Thurs. Mar. 28-

Girlschool @ Black Cat

Kate Glover @ Pie Shop (LA punk)

Marty Stuart & his Fabulous Superlatives w/ Wyatt Ellis @ Birchmere (Americana country)

Elin Sings Elis Regina Birthday Tribute @ Carlyle Room (Brazilian samba/bossa nova )

Nicholas Payton @ Blues Alley (New Orleans )

Mazboota w/ Fady D  @ Green Zone (alt. Arab electro/disco)

Knifing Around, Bottled Up, Cor de Lux @ Rhizome (postpunk dreampop art rock )  

Lauren Davidson talks about Erykah Badu’s Baduizm 8 to 10 @ Eaton

Live Ethiopian music w/ on Thursdays guitarist Selamino & band @ 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

What Band feat. Killa Cal @ Martini's Ft Washington (go-go)

Afrobeat w/ DJ Jamstar @ Spectrum Lounge

Afro-Caribbean dj @ Kaldis

Afrobeats @ Gazuza Lounge

*BelaDona @ Piano Keys in Brandywine (go-go)*

*Feedel Band @ 9:30 @ Bossa (Ethiojazz) * 

*We are Ukrainians (Ukrainian folk choir) @ Kennedy Center Eisenhower Theatre *

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Fri. Mar 29-

La Sonora Poncena 70th Anniversary w/ Charlie Cruz @ Kennedy Center (salsa)

Montez De Durango & Patrulla 81 @ 90 Degrees in Manassas

Sheer Mag @  Songbyrd (hard rock )

Messthetics & James Brandon Lewis  * w/ Bed Maker and Roger Clark Miller*@ Black Cat (jazz & postpunk)

Disco Biblioteca music book club @ 7 @ People’s Books Takoma Park

TC Superstar, Pretty Bitter, Pockets  @ Comet P Pong

Arabic music  dj @ Green Zone

After Thought Band @ Lamont’s (soul)

Rare Essence @ Fast Eddie’s (go-go)

Backyard Band @ Restaurant 55 (go-go)

Junkyard Band @ Nipseys (go-go)

TCB  @ Power (bouncebeat go-go)

 Alfredo Mojica Group @ Bossa (salsa) plus DJ Lu w/ Latin hits upstairs

Roots Band @ Makeda Restaurant, Van Dorn St., Alexandria (Ethiopian)

Live Ethiopian music @ Shalla

Ras Band w/ guest singers @ MHL Lounge (Ethiopian)

Ethiopian music @ Black Rose Lounge

Live Ethiopian instrumental music w/ guitarist Selamino & band 9 to 12 mdt. @ Meleket

*El Perro del Mar free from 6 to 7 @ Kennedy Center Millennium Stage *

*Igmar Thomas's Revive big band @ Kennedy Center * 

*Black Opry Revue @ Barns of Wolf Trap*

*Sirius Company @ Piano Keys in Brandywine *

*Proper Utensils @ Takoma Station (go-go) * 

*Awesome Tapes from Africa DJ Brian S, w/ Kade Young, Colin Zweifel, Diaspora, Dee Clark, NativeSun @ The Compound in Baltimore (global electro & techno) (a teamphlote on IG event) *

*Born I feat. Kim Sator @ 6:30 @ Seekers Church, 276 Carroll St NW (meditation and hiphop) *

*EU feat. Sugar Bear, Top 5 Band @ Air (go-go) *

*DJ Pedro Night of Adobo DMV @ St Ex * 

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Sat. March 30-

Raul Malo (of Mavericks) @ Birchmere (powerful, passionate soulful country  vocalist)

Glitterer, Fury, Clear Channel @ Songbyrd (sold Out)

Greg Rosier birthday party with the Stone Pleasure Band @ Lamont’s (soul/r&b)

TC Superstar, Massave, Radio Domo @ Comet P Pong

Neptune’s Core, Shalom, Sabrina Movitz @ Quarry House (rock)

Mettabana @ Green Zone

Reggae meets Soca White Out event w/ Mr Lexx w/ Lavaman 7 pm till late @ 8844 Washington Blvd., Jessup , MD

Robert Glasper Black Radio: Honoring Duke Ellington & J Dilla w/guests De la Soul and Black Radio Orchestra w/ Derrick Hodge @ Kennedy Center Concert Hall

*A Duke x Dilla Afterparty to Glasper show featuring Karriem Riggins @ 10 @ Kennedy Center Studio K (free but registrations are full but may open up)* 

Cumbiatron cumbia rave @ Fillmore

Gwar @ Rams Head Baltimore  Soundstage(sold out) (metal)

Washington Women in Jazz fest @ 12 to 10 including  @ 530pm Concert w/ vocalist Jessica Boykin-Settles; @ 730pm Concert w/ saxophonist Sarah Hughes; @ 9pm Jam session with drummer Angel Bethea@ National League of American Pen Women, 1300 17th St. NW

Flack @ Hank Dietles (powerpop rock)

Tumbao (Latin salsa ) @ Bossa 1st floor & DJ Lu Latin Hits upstairs;

Roots Band @ Makeda Restaurant (Ethiopian);

live Ethiopian music @ Shalla;

Ras Band w/ guest singers @ MHL Lounge (Ethiopian);

Ethiopian music @ Black Rose Lounge

Rare Essence @ 11  @ Aqua (go-go)

*Zocko, 7 Door Sedan, Bali Lamas @ Slash Run * (rock)

*Loudon Wainwright III free from 6 to 7 @ Kennedy Center Millennium Stage (folk) *

*Aries Easter Jam w/ Backyard Band @ Hard Rock Cafe (go-go)* 

*TCB @ Ivy City (bouncebeat go-go)* 

*DJ Bimshire & Shallun Evelyn Bashment dancehall @ Lydia On H St NE * 

*Junkyard Band, Pump Blenders @ Union City Oyster * 

*Dr Thomas Stanley @ 7 @ Rhizome * (avante)

 *UNRWA Benefit w/ Nø Man, Rid Of Me, Silk Leash, Out Sick @ 9PM @ Ottobar* 

*Jeff Rosenstock @ Rams Head Baltimore * (pop punk ska punk)

*Chuck Brown Band @ 5 @ the Wharf  SW (go-go)*

*New Impressionz @ Shark Bar (go-go)* 

*Chakib Hilali @ Yahala Bistro in Arlington (oud player) * 

*Ty Hussell dj'ing @  10 am to 3 pm @ Analog Market, 923 Gist Ave., Silver Spring* 

*Juke Joint (rare groove, Afro-jazz, & beats) w/ DJs Aquatic Gardener, Jazzfish @ Neptune Room * 

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Sun. March 31- 

Easter Brunch w/ the Gospel Angels @ Hamilton Live

Soca vs dancehall @ Sundeh day club @ 4 pm @ 4935 Cordell Avenue, Bethesda

Backyard Band @ Bethesda Theater (tentative)

Tinsley Ellis @ 1 @ Rms Head Annapolis (blues) 

Rise Band & show @ Lamont’s (r& b /soul)

Loudon Wainwright @ 7:30 @ Rams Head Annapolis

Washington Women in Jazz fest @ 12 to 8:30pm   w/ @ 530pm Baritone Saxophonist Leigh Pilzer’s Seven Pointed Star & @ 730pm Jam session with drummer Angel Bethea @ National League of American Pen Women, 1300 17th St. NW

Backyard Band late @ Nottinghams (go-go)

Rock-a-Sonics @ Hank Dietles (rockabilly & country)

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

Drew Keys: Go-go bounciversary @ Pie Shop  

*What Band 4 to 9 @ Babylon* (tentative) 

*The Cookers @ Keystone Korner (jazz) *

*drumming 3 to 7  @ Malcolm X Park*

*Afrobeats dj @ St. Ex* 

*TOB, New Impressionz @ Babylon (go-go)* 

*Erika de Casier @ Atlantis (Danish pop r & b) *

*Cryptid Summer ( dark wave post punk), Truth or Dare (pop punk), Manny (singer songwriter emo pop punk) @ 7 @ Rhizome * 

*Neutro Shorty @ the Howard Theatre*

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Mon. April 1- Nicki Minaj @ Capital One Arena (rap)

Ethiopian music live @ Napoli Lounge

Ethiojazz @ Shalla

*Luna Honey, John Vogel, Tangent Universes @ Rhizome (experimental)*

 Vince Evans blues Band 6 to 9 @ Westminster Church SW

*Erick the Architect @ Union Stage* 

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Tues. April 2-

Ethiopian music @ Lion’s Den in Falls Church

*Blacc Print Experience @ Martini's White Plains (go-go)*

*Author Brendan Greaves: "The Life and Work of Terry Allen - Truckload of Art" book event @ 7 @ Rhizome ( Allen is an 80 year-old visual artist & country musician from Lubbock, Texas)*

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Wed. April 3-
Destroyer solo @ Union Stage; * Sirius Company @ Sobe (go-go) ; New Impressionz @ Babylon (go-go); Live Ethiopian music @ Napoli Lounge; Kizomba and bachata dj & dancing  @ Crossroads 2; Alexander, JMB MFs & co, Andy McLeod @ Rhizome *

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More lists-- Capital Bop has jazz; Mary Cliff has folk; Fools Night Out has roots music; Tickeri has Latinx, Mi Gente DMV has Latin 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; DC. Underground on Instagram has metal & hardcore

Thursday, February 1, 2024

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

 

DC/Baltimore /DMV Global Music and More – February 2024

  Compiled & curated list of area gigs by local and touring bands and djs by Steve Kiviat.  List is edited and updated frequently (go-go shows are often just announced the week of the show). Work your way down day by day. 

Calendar is posted, updated, and viewable here on the blog, and events tweeted @stevekiviat. Calendar is sometimes linked on my Facebook, Instagram, Bluesky, & Threads. It includes international (mainly African, Caribbean, Latin, Brazilian), roots, rap, soul, go-go, rock, punk, pop, gospel, club dj dance and more DMV & Baltimore & Annapolis gigs that I am interested in.  Additional gigs added after first posting have an *asterisk.*  Events listed have been found on websites, Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, email, postcards, flyers, tik-tok, What’s app, & club voicemails.

 To submit events (for posting) or comments (that are not posted) e-mail stevenkiviat @ gmail.com

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Some February Visiting act Highlights (then full list below):

Thursday Feb 1- El Laberinto del Coco @ U of MD Clarice Smith (Puerto Rican bomba , salsa & Latin pop & more)

Eli Paperboy Reed and The Harlem Gospel Travelers R&B battle Royale free from 6 to 7 @ Kennedy Center Millenium Stage (soul & gospel)

Fri Feb. 9- Marc Anthony @ Capital One Arena (salsa & Latin pop)

Fri. Feb. 16- Jamilla Woods @ Howard Theatre (r& B)

Los Tigres del Norte @ Eaglebank Arena

Valentine’s Classic Soul  w/ the Whispers, Dramatics, & Peaches & Herb @ The Lyric

Sat. Feb. 17 -Valentine’s Soul Jam w/ Russell Thompkins’ New Stylistics, The Legendary Intruders, Heatwave, Bloodstone, Sonny Bivans’ Manhattans @ DAR Constitution Hall

Fri. Feb 23 - Makaya Mccraven- In These Times 21st century jazz big band @ Strathmore

Capital City Blues & Southern Soul Fest w/ King George, Tucka, Pokey Bear, Nellie Tiger Travis, J-Wonn, Lebrado @ DAR Constitution Hall

Sun. Feb 25- Ali Sethi @ Barns of Wolf Trap (South Asian)

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Thursday Feb 1-

El Laberinto del Coco @ U of MD Clarice Smith (Puerto Rican bomba , salsa & Latin pop & more)

Eli Paperboy Reed and The Harlem Gospel Travelers R&B battle Royale free from 6 to 7 @ Kennedy Center Millenium Stage (soul & gospel)

Sarah Jarosz & the Ballroom Thieves @ 6th & I (Americana-country)

That's What Friends Are For-Nova Y. Payton Sings Burt Bacharach @ Signature Theatre (through Feb. 4th) 

Azul Band @ Green Zone (music without borders)

Verny Varela @ Bossa (Colombian salsa)

Live Ethiopian music w/ on Thursdays guitarist Selamino & band @ 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

Asmae & Chakib @ Martini Lounge Falls Church  (locally based Arabic/Middle Eastern) (tentative- call to confirm)

Marrs & the Collective Band @ Mr Braxton’s

What Band feat. Killa Cal @ Martini's Ft Washington (go-go)

Afrobeat w/ DJ Jamstar @ Spectrum Lounge

Afro-Caribbean dj @ Kaldis

Afrobeats @ Gazuza Lounge

Malcolm Xavier & DJ Money talk about & spin Brandy’s “Brandy 8 to 10 @ Eaton

Grandsons @ Hank Dietles 

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Friday Feb 2-

Patti Labelle @ the Lyric in Baltimore

Heart of the Ghost (w/ Luke Stewart), Janel & Anthony, Simone Baron @ Rhizome (jazz & improv)

That's What Friends Are For-Nova Y. Payton Sings Burt Bacharach @ Signature Theatre (through Feb. 4th) 

Nia Sultana @ Union Stage

KRS-One, Chubb Rock, Kwame, Black Sheep, Nonchalant, Lady of Rage and Experience Unlimited (EU) after Wizards basketball game @ Capital One Arena (included w/ ticket for game)(old-school rap & go-go) and Noochie concert from 6 to 6:30 before the game.

Save Your Soul night w/ DJ Baby Alcatraz & DJ Rob Macy @ Lithuanian Hall Baltimore

Cumbia Heights, Bottled Up, Saroche @ Comet P Pong (cumbia rock) (sold out)

Punk Rock Karaoke benefit for DC Abortion Fund @ Black Cat (sold Out)

Edgardo Nunez @ 90 Degrees

Antonio Rios @ Diamond Lounge

Los Mismos @ Copan

Frankie Beverly Tribute Band @ Carlyle Room

Old Knife, Grey Swift, Weird Babies @ Slash Run ;

Olinda Silvano & Ronin Koshi  & more Galactic Panther Alexandria (cumbia)*

That's What Friends Are For-Nova Y. Payton Sings Burt Bacharach @ Signature Theatre

Les the DJ @ Eaton Allegory Room

After Thought Band (formerly the Brothers 7 Band) @ Lamont’s

Rare Essence @ Fast Eddie’s (go-go)

Backyard Band @ Restaurant 55 (go-go)

Junkyard Band @ Nipseys (go-go)

TCB  @ Power (bouncebeat go-go)

 Alfredo Mojica Group @ Bossa (salsa) plus DJ Lu w/ Latin hits upstairs

Roots Band @ Makeda Restaurant, Van Dorn St., Alexandria (Ethiopian)

Live Ethiopian music @ Shalla

Ras Band w/ guest singers @ MHL Lounge (Ethiopian)

Ethiopian music @ Black Rose Lounge

Live Ethiopian instrumental music w/ guitarist Selamino & band 9 to 12 mdt. @ Meleket

Queens of Sheba @ Clarice Smith (through February 4)  

*DC Street Jocked Rocked the House" Beverly Lindsay Johnson 1 hr doc on djs like Sam the Man Burns , DC Fats,  Jas Funk, Arthur Maniac McCloud @ 11 am & 11pm ON WHUT-HD Howard U PBS tv* (also showing other times through Feb. 18)

*DJ Gilbert Torossian @ Green Zone (Arabic/Armenian)*

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Sat. Feb 3-

“Where do we go-go from here—15 minutes of chat w/ Big G of Backyard & kids; then young acts J’ta & TJ perform w/ Backyard Band 6 to 7 pm free @ Kenn. Center Millennium Stage

That's What Friends Are For-Nova Y. Payton Sings Burt Bacharach @ Signature Theatre (through Feb. 4th) 

Bob Marley One Love Birthday Bash w/ I & I Riddim @ Bethesda Theater

Los Mismos @ Mangos

Los Mismos , Grupo La Clave late @ Club One

Repartiendo Timba w/ Alain Almeida & others @ Asi Es Mi Tierra

New Impressionz @ Shark Bar Waldorf (go-go)

Lunar New Year festival 11 am to 4 @  National Museum of Asian Art

Asian American Chamber of Commerce Lunar New Year Celebration from 1 to 3 @ Tysons Corner Center

EU @ Carlyle Room (sold out)

TCB @ Union District Bar, 501 Morse St NE (bouncebeat go-go)  

D Strange, DJ Technics, Djoser @ 10 pm @ Safari Lounge (Chicago, Detroit, Baltimore style club dance music)

Tropical Beat w/ DJs Leon City Sounds @ Green Zone

Captivators, Rude to your Mother @ Quarry House

Tumbao (Latin salsa ) @ Bossa 1st floor & DJ Lu Latin Hits upstairs;

Roots Band @ Makeda Restaurant;

live Ethiopian music @ Shalla;

Ras Band w/ guest singers @ MHL Lounge (Ethiopian);

Ethiopian music @ Black Rose Lounge

Fadi Jano @ Martini ‘s Falls Church (Middle Eastern) (tentative, call to confirm)

Rare Essence @ Aqua

Junkyard Band, Sirius Company, Mature Clientele band @ Fast Eddies

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Sun. Feb. 4-

That's What Friends Are For-Nova Y. Payton Sings Burt Bacharach @ Signature Theatre

What Band feat. Killa Cal w/ Still Familiar 6 to 12 midnight @ Capital Restaurant & Lounge in Lanham

The McLean Community Center hosts a free Lunar New Year festival featuring local musicians, artisans and dancers from noon to 4 p.m., leading up to a 4 p.m. ticketed performance from New York’s Nai-Ni Chen Dance Company.

Musical Tribute to Edgar Allen Poe @ An Die Musik

Gaage, Home Remedies, Truth or Dare @ Comet P Pong

Brazilian carnival celebration @ Bossa

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

Asmae & Chakib @ Martini Lounge Falls Church  (locally based Arabic/Middle Eastern) (tentative call to confirm)

Samuel Prather G.O. 4tet @ Bronze * 

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Mon. Feb. 5-

Bad Influence blues Band from 6 to 9 @ Westminster Church SW (blues)

Sarah Jarosz & Ballroom Thieves @ Md Hall in Annapolis (Americana-country)

Ethiopian music live @ Napoli Lounge

Ethiojazz @ Shalla

*Luke Stewart's Silt Trio w/ Brian Settles and  Blacks Myths' drummer Warren "Trae" Crudup @ The Alumni Spot* (jazz ) 

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Tues. Feb. 6 –

Tinashe w/ Uniiqu3 @ 930 Club (r& B) (sold out)

Alvin Ailey Dance Theater through the 11th @ Kennedy Center Opera House

Rosanne Cash w/ John Leventhal & band @ Birchmere

Kahil El’Zabar’s Ethnic Heritage Ensemble @ Rhizome (jazz)

Blacc Print Experience @ Martini's in White Plains (go-go)

Ethiopian music @ Lion’s Den in Falls Church

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Wed. Feb. 7-

Tinashe  w/ Uniiqu3 @ 930 Club (r&b)

Rosanne Cash w/ John Leventhal & band @ Birchmere

Sirius Company @ Sobe (go-go)

Petawane 6 to 9 @ Eloquent Touch Ballroom Suitland (soul covers)

Before Gentrification: The Creation of DC’s Racial Wealth Gap book talk by author @ Mt pleasant Library  

Phlote Dreamcast @ Eaton

No/mas, knoll, Deliriant Nerve, Disrotter @ Rhizome

Live Ethiopian music @ Napoli Lounge

New Impressionz @ Babylon (go-go)

Kizomba and bachata dj & dancing  @ Crossroads 2

DJ Jamstar @ Tempoo Lounge (dancehall)

*Screening of PBS doc "Max Roach: The Drum also waltzes" 7 to 9 @ Library of Congress * 

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Thurs Feb 8-

Ballet Hispanico @ Strathmore

Squid & Water From Your Eyes @ 930 Club (critic fave postpunk)

Luciano @ Bob Marley birthday tribute celebration @ Howard Theatre

Music from the sole @ Clarice Smith

Live Ethiopian music w/ on Thursdays guitarist Selamino & band @ 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

Asmae & Chakib @ Martini Lounge Falls Church  (locally based Arabic/Middle Eastern) (tentative- call to confirm)

The Green Show Band @ Mr Braxton’s

What Band feat. Killa Cal @ Martini's Ft Washington (go-go)

Afrobeat w/ DJ Jamstar @ Spectrum Lounge

Afro-Caribbean dj @ Kaldis

Afrobeats @ Gazuza Lounge

Blacc Print Experience @ Piano Keys (go-go)

Flack @ VFW Post 350 Hells Bottom (roots pop)

*Cheick Hamala & Griot Street Band @ 9:30 @ Bossa* 

*DJs and bands representing local student-run college radio stations WGMU (George Mason), WGTB (Georgetown), WMUC (Maryland) and WRGW (George Washington) during the College Radio Showcase @ DC 9*

*Danube Sessions & Kriminal pop w/ DJ Sarkan, & accomplices live @ Green Zone*

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Fri Feb. 9-

Marc Anthony @ Capital One Arena (salsa & Latin pop)

Los Iracundos, Los Angles Negros @ El Palenque

Elyanna @ Howard Theatre (Palestinian/Chilean)  (sold Out)

Grupo Mandingo, Los Andantes Caminantes @ Bar Azul Sports Bar in Gaithersburg

Jerry Gerardo Coronel @ Cococabana

Viry Sandoval @ El Ranchon  

Dee Dee Bridgewater @ Keystone Korner (jazz singer)

Wilmer Manga @ Diamond Lounge

New Impressionz @ Gee’s (go-go)

After Thought Band (formerly the Brothers 7 Band) @ Lamont’s

Rare Essence @ Fast Eddie’s (go-go)

Backyard Band @ Restaurant 55 (go-go)

Junkyard Band @ Nipseys (go-go)

TCB  @ Power (bouncebeat go-go)

 Alfredo Mojica Group @ Bossa (salsa) plus DJ Lu w/ Latin hits upstairs

Roots Band @ Makeda Restaurant, Van Dorn St., Alexandria (Ethiopian)

Live Ethiopian music @ Shalla

Ras Band w/ guest singers @ MHL Lounge (Ethiopian)

Ethiopian music @ Black Rose Lounge

Live Ethiopian instrumental music w/ guitarist Selamino & band 9 to 12 mdt. @ Meleket

*Les the DJ @ 9:30 @ Le Mont Royal* 

*TOB, Spaceman, the Men @ Martini's (go-go)*

*What Band and Obsession @ Shark Bar *

*DJ Remi Hassoun @ Green Zone (Arabic)*

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Sat. Feb 10-

Gilberto Santa Rosa @ MGM (salsa)

Orquesta San Vincente, Los Caminantes, La Sonora Dinamita @ Club One

Tribute to Soda Stereo @ Casamigos

Mandingo @ El Pueblito Baltimore

Elvis Martinez @ VIP Room Baltimore

La Sexta Nortena MX @ Kiebers Restaurant in Woodbridge

Los Andantes Caminantes @ Copan in Herndon

Julie Williams 6 to 7 pm free @ Kenn. Center Millennium Stage (country from Black Opry Revue)

The Casuals 3.4 “Celebrating Skip Mahoney” @ Carlyle Room (dc soul)

Michael Shannon & Jason Narducy & friends play REM’s Murmur; Dave Hill  @ Black Cat (sold out)

DJ Shadow & Holly @ 930 Club

Sensor Ghost, Devin Ocampo w/ Jerry Busher, Freq Flag @ Rhizome (post-punk)

Proper Utensils @ Hangars (go-go)

Dee Dee Bridgewater @ Keystone Korner (jazz singer)

Corey Arceneaux & The Zydeco Hot Peppers @ Peerless Ren in Annapolis

Lunar New Year of the Dragon,  Lion & Dragon Dance @ 6 pm  through the MGM Casino Valet, Conservatory, National Market

 Lunar New Year Family Celebration w/ lion dance 11:30 am  to 3pm @ Smithsonian American Art Museum,

Mardi Gras parade w/ Too Much Talent Band & Naptown Brass Band from 3 to 7 pm  @ the Wharf

Festival of Spirituals: Jazzy Inspirations @ 5 pm free @ Mt. Zion UMC Church , 1334 29th Street NW Georgetown DC

Flash Hits, Dot Dash,  False Tracks @ Quarry House  (rock)

Tumbao (Latin salsa ) @ Bossa 1st floor & DJ Lu Latin Hits upstairs;

Roots Band @ Makeda Restaurant;

live Ethiopian music @ Shalla;

Ras Band w/ guest singers @ MHL Lounge (Ethiopian);

Ethiopian music @ Black Rose Lounge

Fadi Jano @ Martini ‘s Falls Church (Middle Eastern) (tentative, call to confirm)

Rare Essence @ Aqua

TCB, New Impressionz, TOB @ Fast Eddies (go-go)

A David Bowie Valentine tribute w/ Apollo 66, Sister Ex & other dc bands @ Pie Shop  

*Margaret Glaspy @ DC 9 *

*DJ Crown Vic's Weird World vinyl event @ Green Zone * 

*J Dilla tribute w/ Quartermaine and guests Roddy Rod, RBI, 2-Tone Jones and others from 2 to 7 @ Love People Records in Kensington *

*Backyard Band @ Martini's Ft Washington (go-go)*

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Sun. Feb. 11-

Benefit for studio engineer Jim Robeson & wife Marianne Robeson  w/ emcees Cathy Fink and Marcy Marxer & performing  Tom Paxton – folk; * Bonnie Rideout - Scottish fiddle; * Seldom Scene -  bluegrass; * Debi Smith – folk; * Big Howdy – bluegrass; * Tom Teasley - world percussion at 4 @  Saint Mark Presbyterian Church in Rockville, MD.

DJ Shadow & Holly @ 930 Club

‘Round Midnight movie free screening @3 pm @ Kennedy Center Reach  

Johnny Spampinato & the Value Leaders w/ Pile O' Rocks @ 6 pm @ Hank Dietles 

DC Chinese Lunar New Year Parade  @ 2 p.m. from Sixth and I streets NW to Sixth and H streets. Free. later fireworks

Super Bowl w/ Usher on halftime show

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

Asmae & Chakib @ Martini Lounge Falls Church  (locally based Arabic/Middle Eastern) (tentative call to confirm)

*Danube Wolves @ 8 @ Bossa * 

*Alash @ Creative Alliance* 

*Deflation- A non-football party w/ Djs Fady D & Saba from 7 to close @ Green Zone) (Arabic music & more)*

*The R&B Club: Songs About Cheating discussion 12 noon to 2 @ Songbyrd *

*Mali Velasquez @ 8 @ Songbyrd (folksy indie from Texas)*

*Backyard Band 8 to 1 am  @ Society Lounge (go-go)*

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Mon. Feb. 12-

The Blues Brothers w/ DC blues/soul/jazz longtime great Bobby Felder on keys & band from 6 to 9 @ Westminster Church SW (blues)

No Vacation, French Cassettes @ Atlantis (indie rock) (sold out) 

Loud Boyz @ DC9 (sold out) 

Ethiopian music live @ Napoli Lounge

Ethiojazz @ Shalla

Attinshun open mic @ The Mojuba Collective

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Tues Feb. 13-

Fat Tuesday Mardi Gras

Militarie Gun w/ Pool Kids, Spiritual Cramp, Spaced @ Atlantis 

Snail Mail, w/ Birthday Girl DC, Flowers for the Dead @ DC 9 (sold out)

Lydia Lunch @ Ottobar

Softcult, Superbloom @ Black Cat

Naptown Brass band Mardi Gras Celebration @ Rams Head Live Annapolis

“Ain’t Too Proud to Beg” a musical re The Temptations through Feb. 18th @ Kennedy Center Opera House  

Blacc Print Experience @ Martini's in White Plains (go-go)

Ethiopian music @ Lion’s Den in Falls Church

*DJ Baby Alcatraz Mardi Gras record spinning @ 8 Seki Nikai * 

*Reaction, TOB, ABM @ Martini's Ft Washington (bouncebeat go-go) * 

*Bayou Gras party w/ Nick Adde and His Trio playing the music of Dr. John, Professor Longhair & more Big Easy acts after 6 @ Bayou Bakery*

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Wed. Feb. 14-

La Zenda Nortena , & Grupo Esmerado @ Mexico Lindo

Justin Adams w/ Mauro Durante 6 to 7 pm free @ Kenn. Center Millennium Stage ( Adams, guitarist, producer and composer, has made global sounds & worked w/ Robert Plant. Mauro Durante plays violin and frame drums)

A Date with John Waters @ Baltimore Soundstage

Jean Carne @ 6 to 9 @ Eloquent Touch Ballroom in Suitland

Zacairias Ferreira @ Rio Cantina

Pink Sweats @ Lincoln Theatre (R&B)

Deap Valley, Sloppy Jane early show  @ Black Cat; Chad America’s dance party @ 9:30 @ Black Cat

TOB, Reaction, ABM @ Power

Live Ethiopian music @ Napoli Lounge

New Impressionz @ Babylon (go-go)

Kizomba and bachata dj & dancing  @ Crossroads 2

DJ Jamstar @ Tempoo Lounge (dancehall)

*Teach Me How to Dabke night w/ Jinan @ Green Zone*

*Fadi Jano @ Martini's Lounge Falls Church (Arabic)* 

*Africa with Love featuring DC band Sahel 6 to 9 @ Smithsonian National Museum of African Art* 

*Sirius Company @ Sobe (go-go)* 

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Thurs. Feb. 15-

Veeze, Talibando @ Baltimore Soundstage (critic fave rap)

Movement w/ Meklit Hadero (Ethiopian-American singer), Cheakaity (LiberianDMV r& b), Gerson Lanza (Honduras dmv tap dancer) @ 8 @ Montgomery College Cultural Arts Center   

Makano & Aspirante @ Bravo Bravo

October London – rebirth of Marvin tour @ Howard Theatre

Ruben Moreno and the Zydeco ReEvolution @Hank Dietles Tavern,

Autumn Nichols free from 6 to 7 pm @ Kenn. Center Millennium Stage

Yonaka , Cassyette @ Union Stage

Mars & the Collective @ Mr Braxtons

Live Ethiopian music w/ on Thursdays guitarist Selamino & band @ 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

Asmae & Chakib @ Martini Lounge Falls Church  (locally based Arabic/Middle Eastern) (tentative- call to confirm)

The Green Show Band @ Mr Braxton’s

What Band feat. Killa Cal @ Martini's Ft Washington (go-go)

Afrobeat w/ DJ Jamstar @ Spectrum Lounge

Afro-Caribbean dj @ Kaldis

Afrobeats @ Gazuza Lounge

Going Goin Gone @ VFW Post 350 Hells Bottom 

*Rev. Robert Jones Sr (blues guitarist, storyteller, baptist pastor), poet Major Jackson free 5 to 8 pm @ Library of Congress (timed tickets required)*

*Soul Sauce w/ DJ Kenny M spinning vinyl @ Green Zone*

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Fri. Feb. 16-

Jamilla Woods @ Howard Theatre (r& B)

Los Tigres del Norte @ Eaglebank Arena

Valentine’s Classic Soul  w/ the Whispers, Dramatics, & Peaches & Herb @ The Lyric

Lonnie Holley free from 6 to 7 pm @ Kenn. Center Millennium Stage (folk-soul singer & painter/photographer)

NRBQ @ Birchmere

Akua Allrich’s Nina Simone & Miriam Makeba Tribute @ Creative Alliance Baltimore

Los Iracundos @ Diamond Lounge

Mandingo, Grupo Miramar, Los Andantes Caminantes @ El Palenque

Mandingo, Grupo Miramar, Los Andantes Caminantes, La Sonora Dinamita @ Cococabana

Oscar Arriaga @ Lima de Veras in Sterling

Zacairias Ferreira @ Vibe in Annapolis

Brray @ Bravo Bravo

El Jerry Gerardo Coronel @ El Ranchon

Sirius Company @ Citizens & Culture in Silver Spring (go-go)

Legends of Soul Celebrate Black History w/ singer Jerome Mackall (Hardway Connection), drummer Mousey Thompson (played with James Brown) and more (presented by Tarsha Fitzgerald) @  Carlyle Room

Steve Forbert & Freedy Johnston @ Rams Head Live Annapolis

After Thought Band (formerly the Brothers 7 Band) @ Lamont’s

Rare Essence @ Fast Eddie’s (go-go) * CANCELLED due to weather*

Backyard Band @ Restaurant 55 (go-go)

Junkyard Band @ Nipseys (go-go)

TCB  @ Power (bouncebeat go-go)

 Alfredo Mojica Group @ Bossa (salsa) plus DJ Lu w/ Latin hits upstairs

Roots Band @ Makeda Restaurant, Van Dorn St., Alexandria (Ethiopian)

Live Ethiopian music @ Shalla

Ras Band w/ guest singers @ MHL Lounge (Ethiopian)

Ethiopian music @ Black Rose Lounge

Live Ethiopian instrumental music w/ guitarist Selamino & band 9 to 12 mdt. @ Meleket

Christie Dashiell Be My Valentine jazz vocals show @ 8 @ PG Publick Playhouse *

*Future Times dance event w/ Lil Mofo, Beautiful Swimmers, BabyPufff @ 9:30 @ Suns Cinema* 

*TOB @ Throw Social (go-go)*

*DJ Basbousa @ Green Zone (Arabic)*

*Mid-Atlantic Jazz Fest in Rockville through Sunday *

*Mardi Gras Shabbat with Dupont Brass Band @ 6th & I *

*Ain't Too Proud to Beg: The Life & Times of the Temptations @ Kennedy Center *

*Washington Ballet new Jazz Icons piece (through Sun Feb 18) *

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Sat. Feb. 17

-Valentine’s Soul Jam w/ Russell Thompkins’ New Stylistics, The Legendary Intruders, Heatwave, Bloodstone, Sonny Bivans’ Manhattans @ DAR Constitution Hall

Dramatics @ Birchmere (soul)

Sweet Honey in the Rock @ 8 @  PG Publick Playhouse  

Voices of Classic Soul ( Joe Coleman, Jerome Jackson from Drifters & Main Ingredient, Theo Peoples (Temps & Tops) ) @ Carlyle Room

DJ Adonii @ Papositos in Manassas (DR Independence day)

Colombian carnival @ La Catrina in Bethesda

Mandingo, Grupo Miramar, Los Andantes Caminantes @ Club One

Rare Essence free from 6 to 7 pm @ Kenn. Center Millennium Stage (DC go-go)

Junkyard Band @ El Guapo in Catonsville

Shy Glizzy @ Howard Theatre (rap)

Stevie Nicks @ CFG Arena Baltimore

NRBQ @ the Ottobar

Monsters from the Surf w/ Zocko & Marshall Keith @ Hank Dietles

Lunar New Year Fest 10 am to 3  @ DAR

City of Rockville Lunar New Year celebration, w/  Korean drumming, Vietnamese dance, Chinese opera, a lion dance @ 10 am to 12:30 pm @ Rocville High School * CANCELLED due to weather & sadly won't be rescheduled*

Boogarins, Endlings, Infinite Daisy Chains @ Quarry House

Public Acid, Destruct, Abism, Daunthing Nightmare @ Comet P Pong

Tumbao (Latin salsa ) @ Bossa 1st floor & DJ Lu Latin Hits upstairs;

Roots Band @ Makeda Restaurant;

live Ethiopian music @ Shalla;

Ras Band w/ guest singers @ MHL Lounge (Ethiopian);

Ethiopian music @ Black Rose Lounge

Fadi Jano @ Martini ‘s Falls Church (Middle Eastern) (tentative, call to confirm)

Rare Essence w/ TOB @ 11  @ Aqua

 *Alan Cave @ Mulushewa Grill (Haitian) *

*Adobo DMV presents Flavor of Love party with Ivy Queen plus DJ Bembona, JFuse, & Dj Pedro Night @ Echostage * 

*DJ Johnson Lee from Joe's Record Paradise spinning vinyl @ Green Zone *

*Backyard Band @ Fast Eddies (go-go)*

*TCB, ABM @ Martini's Ft Washington (bouncebeat go-go)* 

*Ain't Too Proud to Beg: The Life & Times of the Temptations @ Kennedy Center* 

*Washington Ballet new Jazz Icons piece (through Sun Feb 18) *

*Okay Africa DC w/ Djs Native Sun & Underdong free @ 10 @ St Ex*

*Karizma w/ Dance Club djs Joyce Lim, Baronhawk Poiter, Tommy C @ Hill Prince, 1337 H St NE (techno)  * 

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Sun. Feb 18-

Boyz II Men  @ MGM

Ohio Players @ Bethesda Theater (funk)

Rakim & Ken-y @ Rio Cantina

Sweet Honey in the Rock @ 4 @  PG Publick Playhouse 

Jubilee Voices (from Washington Revels) special Gullah-Geechee culture program @ 2 @ Old Town Alexandria Lyceum.

Junkyard Band, Still Familiar, M.A.B. 2.0, Strictly Bizness @ Diamond Lounge (go-go)

Carnaval de Curramba w/ Parrandon Vallenato , DJ Pocho & more @ Ibiza in Herndon

Dave Chappell Band 2 to 4:30 @ Hank Dietles

Hula Monsters @ 6 @ Hank Dietles  

Elsa Nilsson’s Band of Pulses, One Trick Pony (w/ Amy K Bormet, Keith Butler, Brian Settles), Silent G @ Rhizome (avante-jazz)

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

Asmae & Chakib @ Martini Lounge Falls Church  (locally based Arabic/Middle Eastern) (tentative call to confirm)

Mark Opsasnick book signing for “Orange Brick in Warm Sun: Jim Morrison in DC” book, w/ a Doors cover band @ 1 pm @ Maryland Meadworks

*R&B Super Jam w/ Monica, Dru Hill, Ginuwine, Mya, Shai @ Eaglebank Arena* 

*Rebirth Brass @ Mothers Federal Hill Grille Baltimore* (from New Orleans)*

*New Impressionz, TOB 9 to 2am @ Babylon (go-go)* 

*What Band @ Shark Bar *

*Backyard Band 4 to 9 @ Babylon Futbol Cafe Falls Church (go-go)*

*Proper Utensils feat. Jas Funk @ Chateau Remix (go-go) * 

*Sirius Company @ Martin's Crosswinds Greenbelt (go-go)* 

*EU, Be'la Dona, Suttle  late @ Fast Eddie's* 

*Go-go Museum Honors & fundraiser for the museum from 8 to 12 mdt @ 550 C St SW $100* 

*Granny & the Boys @ Showtime Bar* 

*Living the Dream, Singing the Dream choral tribute to MLK @ Kennedy Center* 

*Layover party w/ djs Mathias, NativeSun, Spinrillo @ 10 @ Capo Italian Deli, 715 Fl. Ave NW(global electronics ) * 

*rapper Shy Glizzy hosts TCB, CCB, UCB @ ECC, 2154 24th Place NE (tickets via eventbrite - look for DCPresidentialBash) (bouncebeat go-go)*  

*Washington Ballet new Jazz Icons piece  at Kennedy Center(through Sun Feb 18) *

*Rise Band & Show @ Lamont's (soul)*

*Rare Essence @ 10 @ Restaurant 55 (go-go) *

*Free Amapiano dance party w/ djs @ 10 @ St. Ex (South African club dance style)*

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Mon. Feb. 19-

Sol Roots Band from 6 to 9 @ Westminster Church SW (blues & blues-rock)

Apes of the State, Doom Scroll, Jacob Bennett @ Comet P Pong

Ethiopian music live @ Napoli Lounge

Ethiojazz @ Shalla

*EU, Junkyard Band, Backyard band , R & S Band @ 3:30 pm @ Howard Theatre (go-go) *

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Tues. Feb 20-

-Lil Tecca @ Fillmore (rap)

Brittany Howard @ 930 (r& B & Americana ) (sold out)

Cat Power Sings Dylan’s 1966 Royal Albert Hall Concert @ the Lincoln Theatre

Blonde Redhead @ Ottobar

Jason Isbell @ the Lyric (sold out)  

Ethnic Heritage Ensemble @ An Die Musik (jazz )

Blacc Print Experience @ Martini's in White Plains (go-go)

Ethiopian music @ Lion’s Den in Falls Church

* Mostly Other People Do the Killing, & Sarah Marie Hughes and Derek Michaels @ Rhizome (experimental and jazz ) * 

*Summer of Soul doc (about Harlem summer fest directed by Questlove) @ 7 @ Miracle Theatre*

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Wed. Feb. 21 - Brittany Howard @ 930 (r& B & Americana )(sold out)

Bohemian Caverns Jazz Orchestra  @ Carlyle Room

Second Wind Poetry Open mic free from 6 to 7 pm @ Kenn. Center Millennium Stage

St Paul & the Broken Bones @ Rams Head Baltimore

Mother Tongue Film Festival through the 24th

Deeper, Stuck @ Comet P Pong

Live Ethiopian music @ Napoli Lounge

New Impressionz @ Babylon (go-go)

Kizomba and bachata dj & dancing  @ Crossroads 2

DJ Jamstar @ Tempoo Lounge (dancehall)

*Chad Clark of Beauty Pill talking about Q-Tip's The Renaissance album @ 7 @ Idle Hour in Baltimore*

*Sirius Company @ Sobe (go-go)*

*Jane Remover @ DC9 (sold out) (experimental pop)*

*Women of go-go panel w/ DJ Heat, Kacey of Black Alley, Sweet Cherie of BelaDona, Sweet Thang,  Michelle Blackwell , Kimise Lee ; doors @ 5 @ Alumni/Baby Wale, 1124 9th St NW *

*Samuel Prather & the G,O!4tet "Afrofuturism: An Ode to Jazz" @ 6 pm @ Bronze, 1245 H St NE *

*Choro performance w/ Pablo Regis & others @ 7:30 @ UMBC* 

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Thurs. Feb. 22- 

Enjambre @ DC 9 (rock)

Tuvan singers @ Hill Center

Liberated Muse Arts Group—led by Dr. Khadijah Z. Ali-Coleman, presents a musical and poetic tribute to the African-American efforts of freedom and resistance from 1619 to present day free from 6 to 7 pm @ Kenn. Center Millennium Stage

Aimee Mann @ 930 Club (Sold out)

Larry & Joe @ Creative Alliance (North Carolina banjo player & Venezuelan harpist )

Fix Your Heart, Broken Hills, The Armors @ Rhizome (punk)

Bat Boy, Flowerbomb, Last Wednesday @ Quarry House

Live Ethiopian music w/ on Thursdays guitarist Selamino & band @ 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

Asmae & Chakib @ Martini Lounge Falls Church  (locally based Arabic/Middle Eastern) (tentative- call to confirm)

The Green Show Band @ Mr Braxton’s

What Band feat. Killa Cal @ Martini's Ft Washington (go-go)

Afrobeat w/ DJ Jamstar @ Spectrum Lounge

Afro-Caribbean dj @ Kaldis

Afrobeats @ Gazuza Lounge

Thrills @ Hank Dietles 

*Mazboota event w/ DJ Fady D @ Green Zone (alternative Arabic electro/disco)*

*Dancing in the World book discussion w/ authors Sinclair Ogaga Omoghene & Kate Spanos from 12:30 to 2 pm @ U of MD Clarice Smith Performing Arts Library  Piano Room*

*WHFS doc screening @ 7:15 @ the Avalon Theatre followed by q & a w/ HFS djs (Sold Out)  * 

*Rap is poetry open mic night 8 to 11 @ Galactic Panther*

*Cheick Hamala & the Griot Street Band @ Bossa (DC-based Malian music) *

*City of Caterpillar @ Songbyrd * 

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Fri. Feb 23 –

Jess Williamson @ The Atlantis (minimalist country)

Rhett Miller @ Miracle Theatre

Ryan Beaty @ 930 ( indie)

Makaya Mccraven- In These Times 21st century jazz big band @ Strathmore

Capital City Blues & Southern Soul Fest w/ King George, Tucka, Pokey Bear, Nellie Tiger Travis, J-Wonn, Lebrado @ DAR Constitution Hall

Banda el Limon, & Voz de Mando @ Mexico Lindo

Baby Bash, Lil Rob, MC Magic @ Cococabana

Home Rule Music Fest 2024 Launch party & concert w Plunky Branch, Brandon Woody’s Upendo, & a screening of Black Fire doc  @ Songbyrd

Proper Utensils feat. Jas Funk 7 to 11 @ Takoma Station (go-go)

Mayan Kaqchikel singer and songwriter Sara Curruchich @ Hill Center (Mayan folk, cumbia , reggae)

“Classically Dope” w/ Konshens the MC free from 6 to 7 pm @ Kenn. Center Millennium Stage (rap, jazz, poetry)

Nate Scheible tape release , Claire Alrich, Niki Afsar w/ Jonathn Williger @ Rhizome

*Initialize party w/ TroubleFunk, Floorplan, Danny Daze, Bianco Oblivion , Dee Clark, Amal, Native Sun, 30 djs & musicians such as Bri Mafia, Syd, El Cousteau, Nappy Nappa, panel chat w/ Big Tony of TF & w/ DJ Underdog@ Republiq (go-go & club dance )

After Thought Band (formerly the Brothers 7 Band) @ Lamont’s

Rare Essence @ Fast Eddie’s (go-go)

Backyard Band @ Restaurant 55 (go-go)

Junkyard Band @ Nipseys (go-go)

TCB  @ Power (bouncebeat go-go)

 Alfredo Mojica Group @ Bossa (salsa) plus DJ Lu w/ Latin hits upstairs

Roots Band @ Makeda Restaurant, Van Dorn St., Alexandria (Ethiopian)

Live Ethiopian music @ Shalla

Ras Band w/ guest singers @ MHL Lounge (Ethiopian)

Ethiopian music @ Black Rose Lounge

Live Ethiopian instrumental music w/ guitarist Selamino & band 9 to 12 mdt. @ Meleket

Ramblin Deano (of Waco Brothers) @ 5:30 for free @ Hank Dietles 

*Tweet @ Birchmere (r& B) *

*50th Anniv. of hiphop event @ Black Rock Center * 

*Sounds by DJ Saba @ Green Zone (Arabic)* 

*Good Vibes Session 3 live music 8 to 11 @ Galactic Panther*

*CBGBDC classic punk covers by bands @ O'Shaunessy's , 1324 King St ., Alexandria * 

*Fadi Jano @ Martini Lounge Falls Church (Middle eastern)* 

*Marimba 502 @ El Palenque in Falls Church*

*Baby Bash, Lil Rob, MC Magic @ Coco Cabana *

*MaxBanda @ VIP Room *

*La Potenci, Grupo Recio, Lilo Bermudez @ 90 Degrees*

*La Factoria @ the Palace *

*Voz de Mando, La Original Banda El Limon, Conjunto Rio Grande @ Mexico Lindo *

*TOB, ABM, The Men, AJa @ Martini's Ft Washington (bouncebeat go-go)* 

*New Impressionz @ Gee's*

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Sat. Feb. 24-

 J. Robbins Band record release, Hammer No More the Fingers @ Comet P Pong

El Debarge @ Bethesda Theater

Ali Sethi @ Barns of Wolf Trap (Pakistani singer/author who went to Harvard . Music merges traditional & contemporary) South Asian) (sold Out)

Furia del Bravo, Alianza Nortena, Reunion Nortena @ El Ranchon

Buffalo Nichols free from 6 to 7 pm @ Kenn. Center Millennium Stage (blues guitar & programmed beats)

Yahzarah @ Carlyle Room (Ghanaian -American Singer-songwriter)

Cecile Mclorin Salvant @ Goucher College (jazz singer)

Ken Vandenmark’s Edition Redux,  w/ *Mark Cisneros & Nik Francis opening @ Rhizome (jazz)*

Carver Commodore, Something Simple @ Quarry House

Tumbao (Latin salsa ) @ Bossa 1st floor & DJ Lu Latin Hits upstairs;

Roots Band @ Makeda Restaurant;

live Ethiopian music @ Shalla;

Ras Band w/ guest singers @ MHL Lounge (Ethiopian);

Ethiopian music @ Black Rose Lounge

Fadi Jano @ Martini ‘s Falls Church (Middle Eastern) (tentative, call to confirm)

Rare Essence *w/ Da One Band @ Aqua (go-go) 

Blacc Print Experience , UCB @ 5701 MLK Highway, Seat Pleasant (go-go) 

*Jourdan Carroll singing Barry White , benefit show for Lillette's Foundation for the Arts @ Slayton House in Columbia, MD * 

*Leon City Sounds & DJ Crown Vic @ Marx Cafe* (spinning cumbia, salsa, Bugalu, kompa, Chicha & more) *

*Post Carnival Pump @ Karma * 

*Tap dancer and vocalist, Brinae Ali,with Baltimore Jazz Collective @ Creative Alliance* 

*Nectar dj event w/ V: Shal & Ahautmess @ Green Zone *

*Junkyard Band @ Shark Bar (go-go)*

*Backyard Band @ 5 Sisters Lounge (go-go)*

*Daytime cumbia party w/ Victor Arce (industrial cumbia) & DJ Kristy La Rat (booty rex/Maracuyeah) 2 to 6 pm @ Rhizome* 

*Hardway Connection @ Lamont's (southern soul)* 

*Duende Camaron & Tres Minutos @ Martini Lounge Falls Church *

*Fer Martinez y Sus Cuates de Olancho @ Terra Mare in Wheaton-Glenmont *

*DJ Adoni @ Club One * 

*Post-punk flea market 1 to 7 @ Atlas Brew Works * 

*Egyptian Lover dj late  @ Flash  (Los Angeles electro dance & hiphop)  * 

*Mayan Kaqchikel singer and songwriter Sara Curruchich free @ 2 pm @ Mt Pleasant Library*

*TCB & Reaction @ Martini's Ft Washington (go-go)*

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Sun. Feb. 25-

Gregory Porter @ MGM National Harbor

El Debarge @ Bethesda Theater

Ali Sethi @ Barns of Wolf Trap (South Asian) (sold out)

Haram and Taqbir @ Pie Shop ( Lebanese and Moroccan American punk) (sold out)

Buddy Holly Tribute w/ Rock-a-Sonics, Ruthie & the Wranglers , Jelly Roll Mortals, The Thrills, Grandsons, Goin’ Goin” Gone, Crayfish Sisters & more @ Rosensteel Hall in Silver Spring

Daryl Davis Thanks for the Memories @ Birchmere

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

Asmae & Chakib @ Martini Lounge Falls Church  (locally based Arabic/Middle Eastern) (tentative call to confirm)

*DC Vybe @ 8 pm @ Shark Bar (go-go)* 

*Backyard Band @ Throw Social     Ivy City (go-go)*

*Feteish 80 % soca, 20 % everything else w/ djs @ Gee's *

*What Band w/ Killa Cal day party 5 to 9 @ Black Rose (go-go)* 

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Mon. Feb. 26 - 

Shirletta Settles & friends band  from 6 to 9 @ Westminster Church SW (blues & soul)

BCMC (Bill Mackay & Cooper Crain) @ Rhizome (rock-raga-east African new age blues they say)

Ethiopian music live @ Napoli Lounge

Ethiojazz @ Shalla

Attinshun open mic @ The Mojuba Collective

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Tues. Feb 27- Tkay Maidza @ Howard Theatre (experimental hiphop)

Madi Diaz @ The Atlantis

Blacc Print Experience @ Martini's in White Plains (go-go)

Ethiopian music @ Lion’s Den in Falls Church

*TCB, the Men @ Bo's All Star Birthday @ Hanger's *

*Biographer, Paul Alexander will discuss his book Bitter Crop:The Heartache and Triumph of Billie Holiday’s Last Year with a moderator, answer questions from the audience, and sign copies of the book. 7 to 8:30 pm @ MLK Library *

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Wed. Feb 28 –

 Mary Timony, Birthday Girl @ Ottobar (rock)

The Kills , Heartworms @ 930 Club (rock)

Magpie (Terry Leonino & Greg Artzner) free from 6 to 7 pm @ Kenn. Center Millennium Stage (Kent Ohio ‘70s folk group that moved to DC)

Live Ethiopian music @ Napoli Lounge

New Impressionz @ Babylon (go-go)

Kizomba and bachata dj & dancing  @ Crossroads 2

DJ Jamstar @ Tempoo Lounge (dancehall)

*Sirius Company @ Sobe (go-go)*

*Hip-Hop Listening Sessions w/ DJ Miss H.E.R., DJ Jahsonic, MCs Nia Dinero,Javier Starks, rapper/vocalist Dior Ashley Brown, discussing their favorite hiphop love songs. Brown also performs a selection of songs backed by a live band. The evening starts at 6:30 p.m. with a cocktail hour & DJ set, & finishes with a dance party @ Kennedy Center *

*Neptune Room 4th Anniversary* 

Chappell, Pirog, Previti, Kuhl @ Blues Alley for 2 sets (roots rock) 

*Juju and The Hiphuggers w/ Sugarbear  @ 7 @ House of Comedy , Lanham (go-go)*  

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Thurs. Feb 29-

Hiphop 51 Armageddon w/ Stetsasonic & Brand Nubian @ Baltimore Soundstage (rap)  

Hurray for the Riff Raff , Nnamadi @ The Atlantis (sold Out)

“Stop Making Sense “ Talking Heads movie @ Lincoln Theatre

Emi Mahmoud with Ann Curry free from 6 to 7 pm @ Kenn. Center Millennium Stage( Sudanese-American slam poet, humanitarian advocate, and UNHCR Goodwill Ambassador)

DCVybe @ Carlyle Room (go-go/r& B )

Bratty @ Songbyrd (Mexican indie-pop & rock)

Mars & the Collective @ Mr Braxtons

WMD Drone trio , Parker Speirs @ Rhizome (improvised avante jazz)

Live Ethiopian music w/ on Thursdays guitarist Selamino & band @ 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

Asmae & Chakib @ Martini Lounge Falls Church  (locally based Arabic/Middle Eastern) (tentative- call to confirm)

What Band feat. Killa Cal @ Martini's Ft Washington (go-go)

Afrobeat w/ DJ Jamstar @ Spectrum Lounge

Afro-Caribbean dj @ Kaldis

Afrobeats @ Gazuza Lounge

*Batida! Vintage Brazilian vinyl Dj 9 pm till @ Green Zone * 

*Jean Carne @ Blues Alley (jazz & r& b singer)*

*Bachatame Dominican Independence Day Party w/ DJ Juan Bachata & DJ Yardie @ Salif Hause, 1216 18th St NW * 

*Crock Of Gold: A Few Rounds With Shane Macgowan @ 9:35 pm @ AFI (Julian Temple doc on Pogues singer)*

*Black Techno Matters djs upstairs, Anthology of Booty djs downstairs @ 10 pm @ Gramaphone DC, 847 Fl Ave. * 

*New Impressionz @ Nipsey's * 

*Bongo District cumbia-reggae & DJ Berimbau @ Bossa * 

*Azul Band @ Soussi (global sounds)*

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Fri. March 1- DakhaBrakha (Ukrainian theatrical folk group @ Strathmore

Screening of "Fandango at the Wall" 5 to 7 @ Library of Congress Pickford Theatre (Arturo O’Farrill and his Afro-Latin Jazz Orchestra travel to Veracruz, Mexico, to jam with masters of “son jarocho,” a 300-year-old Mexican folk music with roots in African, Indigenous, and Spanish traditions.)

Arturo O’Farrill and his Afro-Latin Octet 8 to 10 @ Library of Congress Coolidge Auditorium

Jubin Nautiyal @ MGM (Playback singer from India)

Los Angeles Azules @ Eaglebank  

CIAA basketball tourney w/ day party music in Baltimore – Blacc Print Experience @ Safari Nightclub

Rare Essence @ DJ Kool's Basketball Tourney party @ Rams Head Live in Baltimore

The Kills , Heartworms @ 930 Club (rock)

After Thought Band (formerly the Brothers 7 Band) @ Lamont’s

Rare Essence @ Fast Eddie’s (go-go)

Backyard Band @ Restaurant 55 (go-go)

Junkyard Band @ Nipseys (go-go)

TCB  @ Power (bouncebeat go-go)

 Alfredo Mojica Group @ Bossa (salsa) plus DJ Lu w/ Latin hits upstairs

Roots Band @ Makeda Restaurant, Van Dorn St., Alexandria (Ethiopian)

Live Ethiopian music @ Shalla

Ras Band w/ guest singers @ MHL Lounge (Ethiopian)

Ethiopian music @ Black Rose Lounge

Live Ethiopian instrumental music w/ guitarist Selamino & band 9 to 12 mdt. @ Meleket

*Viva Brazil Bossa Nova Night w/ Marcus Ariel @ Creative Alliance *

*Sirius Company @ HBCU basketball tourney kickoff gig @ La Mi Amore Baltimore*

*Seven Pillars-Sandbox Percussion @ Parilla Performing Arts in Rockville (avante-classical)* 

*Save Your Soul dj party w/ Baby Alcatraz & DJ Rob Macy spinning soul vinyl @ Lithuanian Hall Baltimore *

*Jean Carne @ Blues Alley (jazz & r& b singer)*

*AK-7, Patrullando P81, La Autoridad de la Sierra @ Palace * 

*Los Yonic's , Los Caminantes @ Mexico Lindo *

*Still Familiar @ Sobe (go-go)*

*New Impressionz @ Throw Social (go-go)*

*Miranda & the Beat @ the Runaway (garage rock )* 

*Grupo Corpo @ Kennedy Center (Brazilian dance company)*

*Atomic Tom @ Jammin Java(rock)* 

*Lily Hiatt @ DC 9 (Nashville singer/daughter of John Hiatt ) *

*Baltimore Record Bazaar Vinyl Nite. 6PM, $FREE @ Peabody Heights Brewery*

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*March 2- Korsach @ Karma (Ethiopian) *

*Laylit dj party w/ Fady D & more @ Culture Ivy City*

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More lists-- Capital Bop has jazz; Mary Cliff has folk; Fools Night Out has roots music; Tickeri has Latinx, Mi Gente DMV has Latin 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; DC. Underworld on Instagram has metal & hardcore