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

 

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

  Compiled & curated list of area gigs by local and touring bands and djs by Steve Kiviat.  List is edited and updated frequently (go-go shows are often just announced the week of the show; Green Zone dj schedule also). Work your way down day by day. Sorry this is late this month.

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

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

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October 2024  Remaining Highlights (mostly visiting acts)  (then full list below w/ local & visiting).

Sun. Oct. 6-Psychedelic Furs, Jesus & Mary Chain, Frankie Rose @ Anthem

Tues Oct 8- How Women Made Music: A Revolutionary History, edited by Ann Powers book talk at GW Corcoran

Wed. Oct 9-Peso Pluma @ Capital One Arena (rap over Norteno from Mexico)

 Neko Case at Strathmore (indie folk rock)

Thurs. Oct 10- Ile @ Ottobar (Puerto Rican alt-pop ) CANCELLED

Eno documentary @ 7:10 pm @ AFI Silver

Billy Bremner Rock files @ Hank Dietles (Rockpile guitarist)

Sat. Oct 12 –

Tj Hooker Hooker Taylor , Hardway Connection, Shirletta Settles @ the Celebration of Lamont Savoy Day at Lamont’s (soul)

Bed Maker & Black Eyes @ 10 @ Comet P Pong  (DC punk) 

Thurs Oct 17 - Magnetic Fields 69 Love Songs 25th Anniversary (through the 20th) @ Lincoln Theatre

Friday, October 18-Eddie Palmieri @ Library of Congress Coolidge Auditorium (legendary Latin jazz & salsa pianist)

Afro-Cuban Allstars @ Strathmore

Sun. Oct. 20- Makaya Mccraven free @ Sycamore & Oak SE DC ( Chicago-based cutting edge funky jazz drummer who leads a band )

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October 2024 Full list (*asterisks will be used to show any additional events added throughout the month *)

Tuesday October 1-

 Ustad Noor Bakhsh, Master of the Balochi Electric Benju @ Current Space in Baltimore (Pakistan)

Vampire Weekend, Cults  @ Anthem (sold out)

Deerhoof, Pearl, Mowder Oyal @ Ottobar

JD McPherson, Kate Clover @ Atlantis

Ethiopian music @ Lion’s Den in Falls Church

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

 Dancehall reggae dj @ Society Lounge

Chris O’Leary Band @ Hank Dietle’s (blues & soul) 

 great Colombian carnival band Rancho Aparte  @ Creative Alliance

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Wednesday October 2-

Ustad Noor Bakhsh, Master of the Balochi Electric Benju early show  @ Bossa (sold out) (Pakistan)

Samuel S.C., Shadow Riot @ 7 @ Galactic Panther

Corey Harris and Cedrick Watson free from 6 to 7 pm @ Kennedy Center Millennium Stage (blues)

Liz Durette , Weed Tree , Nectar Gnome @ Rhizome

Fran Vielma & the Venezuelan Jazz Collective @ Blues Alley

BigBaby Gucci @ Songbyrd

Nada Surf @ the Atlantis

Sirius Company @ Sobe (go-go)

New Impressionz @ Babylon (go-go)

What Band feat. Killa Cal free @ Shark Bar (go-go)

Live Ethiopian music @ Napoli Lounge

Kizomba and bachata dj & dancing  @ Crossroads 2

DJ Jamstar @ Tempoo Lounge (dancehall)

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Thurs. Oct 3-

 Mariza @ Strathmore (fado)

Maurice Louca (Egyptian artsy guitarist & keyboardist) w/ Ayman Asfour (Egyptian violinist) ; Tom Carter (droning experimental guitar),   Life Is Priceless ( Rotating improvisational collective w/ members of the DMV experimental + free music communities including Jeff Barsky, Jim Thomson, Kamyar Arsani,Ty Russell, Nico Castleman, Rob Smith, Brian Weitz (Geologist)) @ Rhizome

Gaby Moreno free from 6 to 7 @ Kennedy Center Millennium Stage (Los Angeles-based Guatemalan singer-songwriter)

Chromeo and the Midnight @ Anthem

Longtimers @ Hank Dietles

Azul Band @ the Green Zone

Mosaic Theater presents Lady Day at Emerson’s Bar and Grill (through Oct 13 -check their website for specific times)

Phillips after 5  “Spooky Season” w/ DJ Franky J and  The Fran Vielma Quartet (Pan-American jazz) 5 to 8:30 pm

Wasia Project @ Atlantis (sold out)

Live Ethiopian music w/ on Thursdays guitarist Selamino & band @ Shalla Restaurant in Silver Spring

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

Ethiopian music  @ MHL Lounge in Falls Church

Ethiopian music  @ Black Rose Lounge

Ethiopian music @ Love Lounge Fenton St Silver Spring

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

Afrobeats w/ DJ Jamstar @ Spectrum Lounge

Afro-Caribbean dj @ Kaldis

Afrobeats @ Gazuza Lounge

 

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Fri. Oct 4-

Tarrus Riley @ Fillmore (reggae crooner)

Softies, Linda Smith, Emotional World @ Songbyrd (twee guitar pop)

Hotline TNT & 2 openers @ Union Stage (shoegaze postpunk)

Luedji Luna @ F. Scott Fitzgerald Theatre in Rockville ( Luedji is a Bahian Brazilian singer w/  neo-soul, R&B, and jazz aspects)

Maxwell , Jazmin Sullivan @ Capital One Arena (r& b)  

Billie Eilish @ CFG Bank Arena Baltimore (pop)

MSG:Acoustic Blues trio @ Archie’s Barbershop

Save your Soul dj night with Baby Alcatraz and Rob Macy @ Lithuanian hall

Adrian Belew & Tony Levin, Steve Vai  & more doing King Crimson songs  @ Warner Theatre

Quivers (Australia), Dim Wizard , Creachies, the Hurry @ Reverb, 2112 N. Charles, Baltimore

DJ Gilbert Torossian @ Green Zone (Arabic/Armenian)

After Thoughts Band @ Lamont’s (soul)

Rare Essence @ Fast Eddie’s (go-go)

Backyard Band @ Restaurant 55 (go-go)

TCB  @ Power (bouncebeat go-go)

 Alfredo Mojica Group @ 10:30 @ Bossa (salsa) plus DJ Lu w/ Latin hits upstairs;

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

Live Ethiopian music @ Shalla

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

Ethiopian music @ Black Rose Lounge

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

 *Festival LatinoAmerica in South Arlington *

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Sat. October 5-

Insect Surfers, Beatnik Flies, Paisley Tonk w/ Colonel Josh @ Palisades Hub Cap Centre (surf music. Insect Surfers were once DC-based but have been California based for years now) (sold out)

Paul McCartney and Wings - One Hand Clapping movie  @ 12:15 pm @ AFI Silver

Valerie June @ PG Publick Playhouse (Afro-folk-soul)

Meshell Ndegeocello : No More Water: The Gospel of James Baldwin @ Strathmore  (funk & poetry & Spoken word)

Marcos Valle @ Howard Theatre (Brazilian)

Sabrina Carpenter @ CFG Bank Arena Baltimore (pop)

Image Band, Carl Malcolm, Lady Flame,  at WPFW benefit @ King Solomon Lodge , Rhode Island Ave NE DC

Jeezy, Backyard Band , Northeast Groovers feat. Killa Cal , Be’la Dona, Sirius Company @ 1 to 11 pm   @ Charles County Fairgrounds, La Plata, MD  

Y La Bomba , Zinnia’s Garden @ Black Cat

Shwayze @ Hamilton DC (rap)

Akua Allrich “Nina Simone & Miriam Makeba Tribute “ @ Atlas Theatre

Hardway Connection , Stone Pleasure Band, West Mob   in Brandywine

Del Ray Art on the Avenue

California Honeydrops @ 930 Club

Halpine, Poppy Patica, Airhead DC @ Quarry House

Rise Defy, Jrdan & the Switchblades, Apollo 66 @ American Legion Cissell Saxon Post 41

Oklahoma Twisters @ Hank Dietle’s

Arana Dance party w/ djs @ 618 Cocktail Lounge (techno)

Leon City Sounds djs  @ Green Zone  

Fiesta Asia fest 11 am to 7 @ 920 Ellsworth Dr., Silver Spring

Ravyn Lenae @ Lincoln Theatre (r& b) (sold Out)

Reas (film doc w/  Argentine ex-prisoners all taking turns singing tunes and reconstructing memories) @ 12 @ AFI Silver

The Blue Star (La Estrella Azul) fictional movie about an on the verge of making it big but tired of his meaningless rock 'n' roll lifestyle, Spanish musician and poet who decides to leave his band behind and heads to Argentina where he finds a thriving 1990s folk scene (real Argentine musicians play roles) @ 9:05 pm @ AFI Silver

Jeff Draco @ Union Stage

Kim Richey @ Jammin Java (singer/songwriter)

Raul Midon @ Blues Alley

Open Music plays 3 episodes of  Robert Ashley’s 1983 tv opera; experimental music soprano Bonnie Lander @ 7 @ Rhizome  

Tumbao (Latin salsa ) @ 10:30 @ Bossa 1st floor & DJ Lu Latin Hits upstairs;

Roots Band @ Makeda Restaurant (Ethiopian)

live Ethiopian music @ Shalla

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

Ethiopian music @ Black Rose Lounge

Rare Essence @ 11  @ Aqua (go-go)

In Comic Form: Illustrated Tales of DC punk History in comic form by Evan Keeling exhibit opens @ 7 to 10 @ Lost Origins Gallery

Alex Bueno @ VIP Room Baltimore

El Fantasma @ Mexico Lindo

Noche Colombiana @ Public Bar Live

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Sun. October 6 –

Johnny Marr, James @ Warner theatre 

Psychedelic Furs, Jesus & Mary Chain, Frankie Rose @ Anthem

Kaytranada @ Merriweather Post Pavilion

La Luz @ Atlantis (surf-noir)

Insect Surfers @ Holy Frijoles  Baltimore (surf)

Birkhead @ Sycamore & Oak

James Baldwin: The Price of the Ticket movie plus Joseph Webb dance performance w/ Keith Butler on drums  @ National Archives

Amapiano Sunday music 2 to 5 @ Hook Hall (South African dance sounds dj’d)

Leon Timbo 4:30 to 6:30 @ Hill Center (Florida country soul)

Takoma Park Street Fest w/ Airport 77s @ Willow St Stage @ 12 noon (power pop) Fest goes from 10 am to 5

Ottmar Liebert & Luna Negra @ Birchmere

Tango Lovers @ GW Lisner

Comedy meets Go-go w/ comedian Tony Rock & music by Special K, Push Play, and DCVybe @ Lincoln Theatre

Mannequin Fight, Fib, Guitar, Nick Normal, Plastic @ Rhizome

 Spark Isle, Herschel Hoover Abstract @ Galaxy Hut (rock)

live Ethiopian music @ Shalla Restaurant in Silver Spring (through Sunday)

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

Ethiopian music  @ MHL Lounge in Falls Church

Ethiopian music  @ Black Rose Lounge

Ethiopian music @ Love Lounge Fenton St Silver Spring

Drumming @ 3 to 7 @ Malcolm X Park

Afrobeats dj @ St Ex

Sirius Company @ 10:30 am before Commanders game @ Stadium Legends Plaza (go-go)

Vava samba dancers @ 7:30 @ Bossa

Voice 24/7 @ Lamont’s (soul)

*What Band and Major League 6 to 10 @ Fire Station 1 in Silver Spring (go-go)*

*Ray Fest- tribute to the late Ray Barker @ Rhizome @ 2 pm * 

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Mon. Oct 7-

Mountain Goats, Tift Merritt @ Birchmere (rock)

Stacey Brooks 6 to 9 @ Westminster Church SW (blues)

Universal Light, Pergola, Jon Camp Band @ Rhizome

Ethiopian music live @ Napoli Lounge

Ethiojazz @ Shalla

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Tues. Oct 8-

How Women Made Music: A Revolutionary History, edited by Ann Powers book talk at GW Corcoran

Mountain Goats, Tift Merritt @ Birchmere (rock)

Alasdair Fraser & Natalie Haas @ IMT @ Saint Mark Presbyterian , Rockville , MD

Ottmar Liebert & Luna Negra @ Rams Head On Stage Annapolis

Ethiopian music @ Lion’s Den in Falls Church

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

 Dancehall reggae dj @ Society Lounge

Chris of TOB Pre-Birthday celebration w/Bo & JBO of TCB; Rick & Keith of Reaction; Shooters of ABM @ Martinis

*Eno doc @ 8 @ the Avalon*

*Dayramir Gonzalez @ Blues Alley (Cuban jazz)* 

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Wed. Oct 9-

Peso Pluma @ Capital One Arena (rap over Norteno from Mexico )

 Ricki Lee Jones @ Birchmere

Neko Case at Strathmore (indie folk rock)

Mass of the Fermenting Drugs @ Howard Theatre ( buzzing  shoegaze proggy rock guitar w/ pop accents)

Anderson. Paak @ Merriweather

Sunny Sweeney w/ Scott Miller @ Rams Head Annapolis

Trace Mountains, Hannah Cole, Prude @ Comet P Pong

The Avalos -Solera bandoneon duo Rhizome (Argentine classical )

Sirius Company @ Sobe (go-go)

New Impressionz @ Babylon (go-go)

What Band feat. Killa Cal free @ Shark Bar (go-go)

Live Ethiopian music @ Napoli Lounge

Kizomba and bachata dj & dancing  @ Crossroads 2

DJ Jamstar @ Tempoo Lounge (dancehall)

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Thurs. Oct 10-

Ile @ Ottobar (Puerto Rican alt-pop ) CANCELLED

Eno documentary @ 7:10 pm @ AFI * & also @  8 @ the Avalon* 

Parker McCollum @ MGM Nat. Harbor (country)

Lemon Twigs @ Atlantis (Beatles meet Beach Boys guitar pop) (sold out)

Billy Bremner Rock files @ Hank Dietles (Rockpile guitarist)

Empress Of @ Union Stage (Honduran pop & artsy dance music)

Dia de Los Muertos w/ Las Cafeterias and DJ Pedro Night @ NGA

The Blue Star (La Estrella Azul) fictional movie about an on the verge of making it big but tired of his meaningless rock 'n' roll lifestyle, Spanish musician and poet who decides to leave his band behind and heads to Argentina where he finds a thriving 1990s folk scene (real Argentine musicians play roles) @ 4:20 pm @ AFI Silver

20^th FODfest (friends of Danny/Late Journalist & dc-based musician Danny Pearl who was killed in Pakistan) tribute w/ Cathy Fink, Seth Kibel & more @ 7 to 9 @ Hill Center

Flack @ VFW 350 Hells Bottom

Fake Fruit, Spllit, Bottled Up @ Comet P Pong

Jon Williams and the Brencore Allstars: A Tribute to Marvin Gaye @ 12 noon to 1 pm @ Montpelier Arts Center

Danube Sessions & Kriminal Pop w/ Orchester Prazevica @ Green Zone

Live Ethiopian music w/ on Thursdays guitarist Selamino & band @ Shalla Restaurant in Silver Spring

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

Ethiopian music  @ MHL Lounge in Falls Church

Ethiopian music  @ Black Rose Lounge

Ethiopian music @ Love Lounge Fenton St Silver Spring

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

Afrobeats w/ DJ Jamstar @ Spectrum Lounge

Afro-Caribbean dj @ Kaldis

Afrobeats @ Gazuza Lounge

DJ Lance Reynolds & others @ 7 to 10 @ 1937 14^th St.

*Etienne Charles & Creole Soul @ Keystone Korner * 

*What Band @ 6 @ Sycamore & Oak (go-go) *

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Fri. Oct. 11-

“It Was all a Dream” film @ 9 @ Eaton House (sold out) (great hiphop critic & filmmaker Dream Hampton’s film)

Richard Lloyd Group @ Holy Frijoles (guitarist from Television)

Bilal @ Birchmere (neo-soul)

Brad Paisley @ MGM Nat. Harbor (country)

A.J. Cook @ 930 Club (Brit pop) (sold out)

Loose Ends featuring Jane Eugene @ Bethesda Theatre

XIU XIU , Fanoplane @ Black Cat

Dario Acosta Teich album release free from 6 to 7 @ Kennedy Center Millennium Stage (Argentinian folk guitarist)

Sharon Clark 6 to 9 @ Westminster Church SW (jazz singer)

Kazzabe @ VIP Room Baltimore

Glitterer, Victor Arce, Roxy 2 @ Comet P. Pong

Jo-go Project @ 8 to 10 @ Montpelier Arts Center

Banda Machos, El Mexican, Banda Magey & Banda Potrero @ Cococabana

Los Fugitivos , Tierra Cali @ Club One

La Chanchona de los Hermanos @ El Cuscatleco Restaurant, Alexandria

Edgardo Nuñez Y Caimanes De Sinaloa @ Mexico Lindo

Remi Hassoun @ Green Zone (Arabic)

After Thoughts Band @ Lamont’s (soul)

Rare Essence w/ * Suttle*  @ Fast Eddie’s (go-go)

Backyard Band @ Restaurant 55 (go-go)

TCB  @ Power (bouncebeat go-go)

 Alfredo Mojica Group @ 10:30 @ Bossa (salsa) plus DJ Lu w/ Latin hits upstairs;

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

Live Ethiopian music @ Shalla

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

Ethiopian music @ Black Rose Lounge

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

*Blacc Print Experience @ Takoma Station (go-go)*          

*Jay Hammond  free @ 12:30 to 1:45 pm @ McNeir Hall, New North Bldg. Georgetown U. (registration online ) (Hammond is a Georgetown professor, guitarist )  

*Steve Wynn (from Dream Syndicate) @ Pie Shop (rock) *

*DJ Crown Vic @ 10 @ Cana * 

*TOB @ Throw Social (bouncebeat go-go)* 

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Sat. Oct 12 –

Tj Hooker Hooker Taylor , Hardway Connection, Shirletta Settles @ the Celebration of Lamont Savoy Day at Lamont’s (soul)

Bed Maker & Black Eyes @ 10 @ Comet P Pong  (DC punk) 

Cruddy Crankerz host multi-act bill w/ Peacemakers Band, Perfect Circle Band, Pure Elegance, Creative Sounds Band, Da One Band, Rock Steady Project @  3 to 9 @ Fort Dupont Park

Proper Utensils, Still Familiar @ Nottingham’s  (go-go)

Kokoroko @ Howard Theatre

Loose Ends featuring Jane Eugene @ Bethesda Theatre

Laura Cantrell free from 6 to 7 @ Kennedy Center Millennium Stage (traditional roots country singer)  

Crown Vic’s Weird World Vinyl @ Green Zone

Phyllis Hyman Tribute @ the Lyric

Dim Wizard @ 1 to 2:30;  Trouble Funk 4:30 to 5:30 @ Snallygaster Fest DC , Penn. Ave (music @ beer fest)

Fiasco & Mike Kuhl @ Rhizome

Los Fugitivos , Tierra Cali @ Cococabana  and @ El Pueblito in Baltimore (staggered times to do both)

Kazzabe @ Club One

Tumbao (Latin salsa ) @ 10:30 @ Bossa 1st floor & DJ Lu Latin Hits upstairs;

Roots Band @ Makeda Restaurant (Ethiopian)

live Ethiopian music @ Shalla

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

Ethiopian music @ Black Rose Lounge

Rare Essence @ 11  @ Aqua (go-go)

Afrobeats block party and jollof cook-off @ Karma (Eventbrite ticket)

*Memphis Gold @ 4 @ JVs (blues) * 

*Alan Licht, Bill Nace, Jeff Barsky @ 6:30 @ Lost Origins Gallery (avante-) *

*Celebrating Max Roach Centennial w/ singer Cassandra Wilson , Nasheet Waits, poets Sania Sanchez & Saul Williams, Ravi Coltrane, David Virelles, Rashaan Carter & more @ 4 @ Kennedy Center Concert Hall * 

* Snehesh Nag (sitar) , Becky Hill (clawhammer banjo player & dancer), Nadia Pessoa (harp) @ 5 @ Good Hope rec Center, Silver Spring (free/pay what you can) *

*Jo-go Project @ Hillfest eastern Market Plaza * 

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

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Sun. Oct 13-

Ethiopian Fall Fest 1 to 7 @ 1 Prince St. in Alexandria theecsac Instagram 

World Series of gospel with many groups @ 2:30 @ Greater New Hope Baptist Church , Baltimore

Jake Xerkes Fussell @ Songbyrd (acoustic guitarist)  

*Adult Prom w/ Northeast Groovers, Sirius Company, Chuck Brown Band, Still Familiar @ Omni Shoreham DC (go-go) *

Backyard Band @ Throw Social (go-go)

Granny & the Boys @ Showtime

Punk the Capital movie doc and Scream meets the Hangmen short movie @ 2 pm @ Mt. Pleasant Library

Film “Max Roach: The Drum Also Waltzes “ at the Kennedy Center Reach (jazz drummer legend)

Bacilos @ Lincoln Theatre

Killusonline, XK Scenario, Kartwheel, Massie, Austin Royale @ Rhizome

Dowba Montana @ Mercury Lounge in Silver Spring

Los Fugitivos , Tierra Cali @ Rio Cantina

Banda Los Sebastianes @ VIP Room

Lomiel @ the Palace

Moonbugs , Black Rails @ Galaxy Hut (rock)

1252 Band @ Lamont’s (soul)

live Ethiopian music @ Shalla Restaurant in Silver Spring (through Sunday)

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

Ethiopian music  @ MHL Lounge in Falls Church

Ethiopian music  @ Black Rose Lounge

Ethiopian music @ Love Lounge Fenton St Silver Spring

Drumming @ 3 to 7 @ Malcolm X Park

Afrobeats dj @ St Ex

Salsa, bachata, zouk dancing 5 to 10 @ Lincoln Memorial

*XIU XIU @ Metro Baltimore *

*Pile 'o' Rocks @ 4 @ JVs  (pub rock) * 

*Hanks' tribute to Hank Williams, Hank Snow, & other Hanks w/ Karen Collins & Backroads Band plus singers Kiti Gartner , Willie Barry @ Hank Dietle's * 

*Taisha Estrada @ 7 @ Arlington Presbyterian Church (Latin  rock solo)* 

*Black Alley & djs day party 2 to 9 @ the Bullpen* (go-go & r & b) *

*Rare Essence @ Ivy City Smokehouse roof (go-go)* 

*DJ Baby Alcatraz 3 to 7 @ Le Mont Royal* 

*TOB , New Impressionz @ 8 @ Babylon (go-go)*

*Junkyard Band @ 5 Sisters (go-go)* 

*Flower Factory Dance Club w/ DJs Baronhawk Poitier, Tommy C, Joyce Lim @ 3 @ Zebbie's Garden (techno)

*Bill Nace, Alan Licht , Dave Heuman @ Red Room In Baltimore * 

*No Trick Pony @ Material Sounds* 

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Mon. Oct. 14-

The The @ Anthem

David Chappell Blues Band 6 to 9 @ Westminster Church SW

Jessica Pavone( viola) w/ Joe Lally on bass for a few songs , Rob Magill , Kaya @ Rhizome

Ethiopian music live @ Napoli Lounge

Ethiojazz @ Shalla

* Tanukichan @ Atlantis (dreampop/shoegaze)* 

*Attinshun open mic @ 8:30 @ Rendezvous* 

*James Blake special piano show w/ guest Monica Martin @ Capital Turnaround * 

*Melvis Santa & Jazz Orishas (Cuban piano jazz series ) @ Blues Alley*

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Tues. Oct 15-

Howard U Homecoming  week

Stevie Wonder @ CFG Bank Arena  in Baltimore

Yard Act @ Black Cat (post-punk)

Larry June Howard U Homecoming concert @ Howard Theatre (rap)

Ethiopian music @ Lion’s Den in Falls Church

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

 Dancehall reggae dj @ Society Lounge

Sting @ MGM Nat. Harbor

*Divide & Dissolve, Quattracenta @ Metro Baltimore *

*We the People of the US... Establish Justice poetry readings w/ Claudine Rankine & Yesenia Montilla @ Folger Theatre * 

*Manuel Valera Cuban piano jazz @ Blues Alley *

*Can I Kick it w/ DJ 2-Tone Jones spinning records to movie "Child's Play" @ 7:30 free @ Songbyrd * 

*Still Familiar, Positive Vybez Band @ Fast Eddie's (go-go)* 

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Wed. Oct 16-

Drive-by Truckers “Southern Rock Opera Revisited 2024” @ Warner Theatre

Ekko Astral, Anita Velveeta, Powerwasher, Pretty Bitter @ Ottobar (punk)

 Paula Fuga free from 6 to 7 @ Kennedy Center Millennium Stage (Hawaiian singer & ukulele player)

Being Dead, Home Remedies, Half Bath @ Comet P Pong

Temples @ Union Stage (Brit psych rock)

Sirius Company @ Sobe (go-go)

New Impressionz @ Babylon (go-go)

What Band feat. Killa Cal free @ Shark Bar (go-go)

Live Ethiopian music @ Napoli Lounge

Kizomba and bachata dj & dancing  @ Crossroads 2

DJ Jamstar @ Tempoo Lounge (dancehall)

*A Boogie Wit Da Hoodie @ Pier 6 * 

*Porches @ Atlantis" 

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Thurs. Oct 17-

Sexyy Red @ Echostage (rap)

Bryson Tiller @ MGM Nat. Harbor (r & b )

Amy Rigby @ Jammin Java

Syleena Johnson @ Bethesda Theatre

Magnetic Fields 69 Love Songs 25^th Anniversary (through the 20th) @ Lincoln Theatre

Hamilton de Holanda @ the Hamilton (Brazilian choro and jazz )

Buttercup Presents: Soul Sessions Vol. 1 w/  E.J. Thomas, Duane Nelson, Andre Jackson, David Lawson, and Tony Smith @ 7 p.m. @ the Blue Dolphin, 1166 MD- 3 South, Gambrills, Maryland.

civil rights leader Valarie Kaur w/  raag-based kirtan by Sikh woman artist Jasvir Kaur, and  trumpeter and artist Sonny Singh accompanied by Qais Essar @ 6 to 9 @ Freer Gallery Meyer Auditorium

Chuck Johnson (pedal steel), Amadou Kouyate (kora) @ Rhizome

Memphis Gold @ 11 am to 12 noon @ PG Publick Playhouse

Soul Sauce w/ dj Kenny M Spinning vinyl @ Green Zone

Live Ethiopian music w/ on Thursdays guitarist Selamino & band @ Shalla Restaurant in Silver Spring

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

Ethiopian music  @ MHL Lounge in Falls Church

Ethiopian music  @ Black Rose Lounge

Ethiopian music @ Love Lounge Fenton St Silver Spring

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

Afrobeats w/ DJ Jamstar @ Spectrum Lounge

Afro-Caribbean dj @ Kaldis

Afrobeats @ Gazuza Lounge

Bluebeat with Iron Lion and Unsustainables @ 1101 Kenyon St NW  

*Thrills @ JVs (roots pop rock)* 

*Langston Collin Wilkins talks about his book "Welcome 2 Houston: Hip Hop Heritage in Hustle Town" @ 10:30 am @ George Mason U., Fenwick Library, Fenwick Reading Room, 2nd Floor, 4348 Chesapeake River Lane, Fairfax*

*Alfredo Rodriguez Cuban piano jazz @ Blues Alley*

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Friday, October 18-

Eddie Palmieri @ Library of Congress Coolidge Auditorium (legendary Latin jazz & salsa pianist)

Afro-Cuban Allstars @ Strathmore

Fontaines D.C. w/ Been Stellar @ 10:00PM Doors (Late Show) (sold out)

Magnetic Fields 69 Love Songs 25th Anniversary (through the 20th) @ Lincoln Theatre

The Whispers @ Birchmere

 Howard  U Homecoming events

Brooke Candy @ Union Stage (rap)

Lynn August Takoma park house show

DJ Basbousa @ Green Zone (Arabic)

Tom Petty: Heartbreakers Beach Party”  movie (1983 Cameron Crow film restored in 2024) @ 7 pm @ AFI

The Obsessed @ Ottobar

The Set R & B Experience dj @ Howard Theatre

Lisa Fischer & Grand Baton @ Bethesda Theatre

Ludacris @ the Hall at Live ! (rap)

Pearl & the Oysters, Klark Sound, Makeup Girl @ Comet P Pong

 Miguel Salas @ Pappasitos

Nio Garcia @ Ibiza

Kazzabe @ Rincon Escondido Deli in Cheverly

Salsa and timba fest @ Diamond Lounge

After Thoughts Band @ Lamont’s (soul)

Rare Essence @ Fast Eddie’s (go-go)

Backyard Band @ Restaurant 55 (go-go)

TCB  @ Power (bouncebeat go-go)

 Alfredo Mojica Group @ 10:30 @ Bossa (salsa) plus DJ Lu w/ Latin hits upstairs;

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

Live Ethiopian music @ Shalla

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

Ethiopian music @ Black Rose Lounge

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

Black Masala & Bongo District @ Death Punch Bar     

Sirius Company @ Culture, 8113 GA Ave.,  Silver Spring (go-go)

*Proper Utensils feat. James Funk @ Takoma Station (go-go)* 

*Halloween covers of Siouxsie, New Order, Alice in Chains by locals @ Holy Frijoles *

*Melissa Wimbish and Outcalls  free @ 12:30 to 1:45 pm @ McNeir Hall, New North Bldg. Georgetown U. (registration online ) (Classical soprano ) *

*Elmiene @ Howard Theatre (r & b)* 

*Rude Ruth w/ Julian Lage, Margaret Glaspy, Jorge Roeder, Dave King @ U of Md. Clarice Smith Center* 

*Junkyard Band @ Casamigos(go-go)* 

*Alfredo Rodriguez Cuban piano jazz @ Blues Alley*

*Howard U homecoming Yardfest concert day 1 @ 12 noon @ upper quadrangle * 

*Howard U homecoming Greek Step show @ 8 @ HU Burr Gym *

*Howard U Homecoming afterparty w/ Sutra & more 11 pm to 3 am @ Songbyrd * 

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Sat Oct 19-

Fuerza Regida @ Capital One Arena

Magnetic Fields 69 Love Songs 25th Anniversary (through the 20th) @ Lincoln Theatre

Fontaines D.C. w/ Been Stellar @ 10:00PM Doors (Late Show)

Shemekia Copeland @ Rams Head Onstage Annapolis (blues)

The Whispers @ Birchmere

Zion’s 41^st Anniversary gospel w/ many groups @ 4 @ Scripture Cathedral, Hyattsville

Rumi Daf Ensemble @ 6:30@ Richard Ernst Community Cultural Center Nova Annandale

Louisiana Roadhouse Night w/ Lynn August ( Louisiana swamp pop, blues, zydeco), Daryl Davis (playing 50s New Orleans songs by Fats Domino, Smiley Lewis, Lloyd Price), Mark Wenner's Blues Warriors ("Swamp Blues" songs of Slim Harpo, Lazy Lester & more), Corey Arceneaux ( DC-based but from Louisiana) - & his Zydeco Hot Peppers (w/ guest Seth Kibel on Sax and Clarinet)  at Cheverly American Legion

Reggae Fest DC dj @ Howard Theatre

Illuminated Hotties @ Black Cat

More HU Homecoming

Billy Bragg @ Atlantis (sold out)

AfroSoca Love @ 4 @ ECCC DC

Sessa free from 6 to 7 @ Kennedy Center Millennium Stage (Brazilian)

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

Anita Velveeta @ Quarry House

Sam Elmore (sigle release), Argo & the Vioet Queens (single release), The Montaines @ Comet P Pong

Tru Fax & the Insaniacs , w/ Dot Dash @ Hank Dietle’s (power pop & pop-punk) 

Diplo @ Echostage

Rise Band @ Lamont’s (Soul)

Tumbao (Latin salsa ) @ 10:30 @ Bossa 1st floor & DJ Lu Latin Hits upstairs;

Roots Band @ Makeda Restaurant (Ethiopian)

live Ethiopian music @ Shalla

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

Ethiopian music @ Black Rose Lounge

Rare Essence @ 11  @ Aqua (go-go)

Post-punk Flea Market @ Atlas Brew Works

*Blxst @ Fillmore (rap) * 

*Dafnis Prieto Si a Si Quartet (Cuban led jazz ) @ Blues Alley*

*Howard U homecoming Yardfest concert day 1 @ 12 noon @ upper quadrangle * 

* Howard U. Homecoming Parade 10 am to 12 noon @ @ 6th Street, NW between Howard Place and Fairmont Street, and then travel along Georgia Avenue NW, Florida Avenue NW, 5th Street NW, T Street NW, and 4th Street NW *

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Sun Oct 20 –

Magnetic Fields @ Lincoln Theatre

 Makaya Mccraven free @ Sycamore & Oak SE DC ( Chicago-based cutting edge funky jazz drummer who leads a band )

Billy Bragg @ 930 Club

Nick Lowe & Los Straightjackets @ Atlantis (sold out)

Richard Thompson @ Strathmore (British folk rock)  

Tokimonsta @ Howard Theatre

Big Flock @ Union Stage (rap )

Itay Dayan :Hoffman’s Farewell at DC JCC

Lamont Plaza Fest with Hammered Hulls, Messthetics, Flowers for the Dead  & a Pop-up Record Fair @ 1 to 5 @ Mt Pleasant Library

DC Blues Fest @ Wunder Garten

Tom Petty: Heartbreakers Beach Party”  movie (1983 Cameron Crow film restored in 2024) @ 1:30 pm @ AFI

Pardoner @  Comet P Pong

Dennis Kane @ Galaxy Hut

Spotlight Band @ Lamont’s

live Ethiopian music @ Shalla Restaurant in Silver Spring (through Sunday)

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

Ethiopian music  @ MHL Lounge in Falls Church

Ethiopian music  @ Black Rose Lounge

Ethiopian music @ Love Lounge Fenton St Silver Spring

Drumming @ 3 to 7 @ Malcolm X Park

Afrobeats dj @ St Ex

*Rumba Club @ Takoma Station (Latin Jazz) *

*David Chappell Band @ 2 & Hula Monsters @ 6 @ Hank Dietle's (roots)* 

*LoveSound : An Evening of Soul Sisters 5 to 8 w/ Wayna, Anna Mwalagho, Ayanna Gregory, Navasha Daya, Laina Mataka, Maimouna Youssef, Sweet Honey and the Rock @ 5 to 8 @ Westminster Church SW *  

*DJ Spinna, DJ Stylus 5 to 10 @ Extended Play on the Mess Hall Loading Dock * 

*Dafnis Prieto Si a Si Quartet (Cuban led jazz ) @ Blues Alley*

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Mon. Oct 21-

 Nick Lowe & Los Straightjackets @ Atlantis

Clairo @ Anthem (pop) (sold out)

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

Tremours , Ceremony East Coast, Secret Wilderness, Caustic Hologram @ Rhizome (post-punk noise ) 

Ethiopian music live @ Napoli Lounge

Ethiojazz @ Shalla

*Acid Mothers Temple @ Metro Baltimore * 

*Capital Lab Bnad feat. jazz vocalist Lena Seikaly @ Blues Alley * 

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Tues. Oct 22-

 Massive Attack @ Anthem (r& b & dub)

Aoife O’Donovan and Bonny Light Horseman & the Nso @ Kennedy Center Concert Hall (folk)

Kississippi, Talker, and Pretty Bitter @ Quarry House (emo-tinged indie pop)

Ethiopian music @ Lion’s Den in Falls Church

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

 Dancehall reggae dj @ Society Lounge

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Wed Oct 23-

 Kal Marks, Sensor Ghost, Cryptid Summer @ Pie Shop

Legacy of Wayne Shorter w/ late jazzman's band featuring pianist Danilo Pérez, bassist John Patitucci, and drummer Brian Blade—w/ guest saxophonist Mark Turner, @ Kennedy Center

Graham Nash @ Barns of Wolf Trap (also there 10-25 & 10-26) (from Hollies & CSNY)

Dehd @ Howard Theatre

Iguana Death Cult @ Quarry House (surf-tinged post-punk from Netherlands)

Sirius Company @ Sobe (go-go)

New Impressionz @ Babylon (go-go)

What Band feat. Killa Cal free @ Shark Bar (go-go)

Live Ethiopian music @ Napoli Lounge

Kizomba and bachata dj & dancing  @ Crossroads 2

DJ Jamstar @ Tempoo Lounge (dancehall)Vincent Neil Emerson @ Atlantis (country)

 

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Thurs. Oct 24-

Vince Staples @ Anthem (rap)

Diana Ross @ MGM Nat. Harbor

Mazboota w/ DJ Fady D @ Green Zone ( alt Arabic alt electro/disco)

Julie, and Her New Knife @ 930 Club

Daphne Eckman @ Pearl St Warehouse (sad girl indie)

Leon City Sounds cumbia, chicha djs @ ESL

Shower Curtain, Mannequin Flight, Flowers for the Dead @ Rhizome

Live Ethiopian music w/ on Thursdays guitarist Selamino & band @ Shalla Restaurant in Silver Spring

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

Ethiopian music  @ MHL Lounge in Falls Church

Ethiopian music  @ Black Rose Lounge

Ethiopian music @ Love Lounge Fenton St Silver Spring

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

Afrobeats w/ DJ Jamstar @ Spectrum Lounge

Afro-Caribbean dj @ Kaldis

Afrobeats @ Gazuza Lounge

*Thrills @ Hank Dietle's  (roots pop)* 

*David Chappell Band @ JVs (roots rock Americana) * 

*Sirius Company @ Piano Keys Lounge*

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Fri. Oct 25-

Robyn Hitchcock @ Atlantis

Graham Nash @ Barns of Wolf Trap (also there 10-26)

Loboko @ 7 to 9 @ Hill Center * and earlier free @ 12:30 to 1:45 pm @ McNeir Hall, New North Bldg. Georgetown U. (registration online )*  (NYC-based Congolese dance band)

DJ Saba @ Green Zone (Arabic)

A Place to Bury Strangers @ Black Cat

Mississippi John Hurt Blues Fest @ Archie Edwards Barbershop

After Thoughts Band @ Lamont’s (soul)

Rare Essence @ Fast Eddie’s (go-go)

Backyard Band @ Restaurant 55 (go-go)

TCB  @ Power (bouncebeat go-go)

 Alfredo Mojica Group @ 10:30 @ Bossa (salsa) plus DJ Lu w/ Latin hits upstairs;

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

Live Ethiopian music @ Shalla

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

Ethiopian music @ Black Rose Lounge

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

*Blacc Print Experience @ Takoma Station Tavern (go-go)*    

*King Soul @ Hank Dietle's (blue-eyed soul) * 

*Aaron Myers @ Mr Henry's (jazz w/ vocals) * 

*DJ Adrian Loving w/ Brazilian soul, funk, & jazz vinyl @ 9 pm to 1 am @ Cana * 

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Sat. Oct 26-

Graham Nash @ Barns of Wolf Trap (from Hollies & CSNY)

 Die Antwoord @ Anthem

Mississippi John Hurt Blues Fest @ Archie Edwards Barbershop

Adobo DMV Thriller Halloween party w/ DJ Pedro Night & 4 others  @ 10 pm @ Karma

Danny Ocean @ MGM Nat. Harbor

Crank Lukongo and Dior Ashley Brown and the Filthy Animals 7 to 10 pm  Museum of African Art ( Crank L are  Afrobeat meets Go-Go and Dior Ashley Brown is hiphop tinged funk)

Blackbyrds @ Bethesda Theatre

DC Zine Fest @ 11 am to 4 @ MLK Library (DC Punk Archives 10^th anniversary open house 1 to 3 pm)

Born I music & meditation w/ Kim Sator @ Eaton DC

Hinds @ Union Stage (indie pop)

Will Hoge w/ Jett Holden @ Hamilton (Americana)

Naima Bock, Adeline Hotel @ Rhizome

Jim Bennett @ 8 @ Harmony Hall (soul and blues)

Nectar w/ DJs V:shaul & AHautmess @ Green Zone

Tumbao (Latin salsa ) @ 10:30 @ Bossa 1st floor & DJ Lu Latin Hits upstairs;

Roots Band @ Makeda Restaurant (Ethiopian)

live Ethiopian music @ Shalla

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

Ethiopian music @ Black Rose Lounge

Rare Essence @ 11  @ Aqua (go-go)

Skalloween w/ the Soularites , The Fuss !! @ Restaurant 198 in Burtonsville, MD

Lloyd Banks @ Ottobar

Diwali fest @ Dulles Expo Center

 

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Sun. Oct 27-

Homayoun and Salar: The Art of the Afghan Rubab and Tabla @ National Gallery of Art

Hello Mary, Bleary Eyed @ Songbyrd (rock)

Cyndi Lauper @ Capital One Arena (pop)

Granny & the Boys @ Showtime

Del Ray Halloween parade

House of Hammill @ 4:30 to 6:30 @ Hill Center (Celtic folk trio)

Pokey Lafarge @ Atlantis

Malevo @ Strathmore (Argentine male dance company)

1252 Band @ Lamont’s

live Ethiopian music @ Shalla Restaurant in Silver Spring (through Sunday)

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

Ethiopian music  @ MHL Lounge in Falls Church

Ethiopian music  @ Black Rose Lounge

Ethiopian music @ Love Lounge Fenton St Silver Spring

Drumming @ 3 to 7 @ Malcolm X Park

Afrobeats dj @ St Ex

Sarau de Samba from 2 to 5 @ Glen Echo Park

Diwali fest @ Dulles Expo Center

*Mezzanine Vinyl Market  @ 12 to 5 with guest djs including Leon City Sounds @ Parks at Walter Reed, Georgia Ave & Dahlia * 

*Backyard Band Halloween go-go party 5 to 9 @ Babylon * 

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Mon. Oct. 28-

T Bone Burnett @ Barns of Wolf Trap

Linwood Taylor Band 6 to 9 @ Westminster Church SW

Duran Duran @ CFG Bank Arena

King Diamond @ Fillmore (metal)

Ethiopian music live @ Napoli Lounge

Ethiojazz @ Shalla

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Tues. Oct. 29-

Robert Cray Band @ Birchmere (blues)  

Billy Ocean @ Warner  Theatre

T Bone Burnett @ Barns of Wolf Trap

Cursive @ Union Stage (rock)

Ethiopian music @ Lion’s Den in Falls Church

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

 Dancehall reggae dj @ Society Lounge

*Charu Suri @ Blues Alley (Indian ragas meet jazz piano) * 

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Wed. Oct 30-

Gogol Bordello ‘s  Eugene Hütz and Sergey Ryabtsev w/ a screening of the film Scream of My Blood: A Gogol Bordello Story, followed by a Q&A and spirited live performance with Eugene and Sergey                @ Lincoln Theatre

MJ Lenderman & band @ 930 Club (critic fave rock) (sold out)

War on Women, J. Robbins @ Ottobar

Sirius Company @ Sobe (go-go)

New Impressionz @ Babylon (go-go)

What Band feat. Killa Cal free @ Shark Bar (go-go)

Live Ethiopian music @ Napoli Lounge

Kizomba and bachata dj & dancing  @ Crossroads 2

DJ Jamstar @ Tempoo Lounge (dancehall)

*  Isaiah Collier @ Blues Alley (Jazz sax )* 

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Thurs. Oct 31-

Allison Russell & Kara Jackson @ 930 Club

B-52s @ Anthem

Big Tony & Trouble Funk @ Blue Dolphin

Kany Garcia @ Warner Theatre

Rocky Horror Picture Show anniversary tour @ Lincoln Theatre

Nosferatu movie live screening w/ live sound by Novparalo @ 7:30 outdoors @ Rhizome

DJ Tba @ Green Zone

Live Ethiopian music w/ on Thursdays guitarist Selamino & band @ Shalla Restaurant in Silver Spring

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

Ethiopian music  @ MHL Lounge in Falls Church

Ethiopian music  @ Black Rose Lounge

Ethiopian music @ Love Lounge Fenton St Silver Spring

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

Afrobeats w/ DJ Jamstar @ Spectrum Lounge

Afro-Caribbean dj @ Kaldis

Afrobeats @ Gazuza Lounge

*Billy Strings - "O Billy Where Art Thou" the men and women of constant sorrow w/ Jerry Douglas, Chris Thomas King and more @ CFG Bank Arena (sold out) *

*Prince tribute w/ Cymone Lovett, Brigette Johnson, Indigo @ Keystone Korner *

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Fri. Nov. 1- Tinashe @ Anthem (r& b/pop) 

Erykah Badu @ MGM National Harbor (r & b) 

Touche Amore, Soul Glo, and Portrayal of Guilt at the Black Cat

Greek Multi-Instrumentalist and Vocalist Spyros Koliavasilis: The Rebetiko Project @ Hill Center

Tropical Heat Dome’s Dia de los Muertos party w/ Leon City Sounds djs, Dj Crown Vic & more @ Marx Café

Asia After Dark Diwali Fest  w/ music by The Tabla Queen @ 6 pm; 7:25 p.m. Dance by DC Bhangra Crew to kick off  Afterhours Dance Party @ 7:25pm; Afterhours Dance Party with DJ Rekha @ 7:30–9:30 p.m. all @ Museum of Asian Art West Building (Freer Gallery of Art), Plaza  

After Thoughts Band @ Lamont’s (soul)

Rare Essence @ Fast Eddie’s (go-go)

Backyard Band @ Restaurant 55 (go-go)

TCB  @ Power (bouncebeat go-go)

 Alfredo Mojica Group @ 10:30 @ Bossa (salsa) plus DJ Lu w/ Latin hits upstairs;

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

Live Ethiopian music @ Shalla

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

Ethiopian music @ Black Rose Lounge

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

*Skylar Gudasz   free @ 12:30 to 1:45 pm @ McNeir Hall, New North Bldg. Georgetown U. (registration online ) (indie rock singer )   *     

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Sat. Nov 2- El Dia de los Muertos @ National Portrait Gallery

Erykah Badu @ MGM National Harbor

Nov 3- Daryl Davis & Seth Kibel @ DC JCC

Nov. 4- Ebo Taylor & Pat Thomas @ Howard Theatre (Ghana ) POSTPONED to 2025

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More lists-- Capital Bop has jazz; Mary Cliff has folk; Fools Night Out has roots music; Tickeri has Latinx, Mi Gente DMV has Latin dancing (salsa, bachata, zouk), Kesta Happenings DC Facebook has Latinx too, and baltshowplace.tumblr has Baltimore punk & more; Elliot Gross on Facebook has DC blues & blues-rock; DC. Underground on Instagram has metal & hardcore; gogomusixdmv on Instagram has go-go flyers*

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

 

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

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

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

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

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September 2024 Highlights (mostly visiting acts)  (then full list below w/ local & visiting). Lots of great gigs this month:

Sun. Sept. 1 -Tems @ Anthem (Afrobeats/r& b) (sold out)

Wed. Sept. 4- Raf Saperra @ Howard Theatre (UK Punjabi vocalist)

Sat. Sept 7 –Julieta Venegas at Wolf Trap (Mexico Pop singer)

 Sun. Sept. 8-Jourdan Thibodeaux w/ Cedric Watson & Joel Savoy  @ 4:30 to 6:30 @ Hill Center (Louisiana Cajun & Creole) (free w/ registration)

Wed. Sept 11- PJ Harvey @ Anthem (rock)

Jason Isbell, Alejandro Escovedo @ Wolf Trap (roots & rock)

Sat. Sept 14 –  Russell Thompkins Jr & the New Stylistics @ Harmony Hall (soul) (sold out)

Friday Sept 20-

Mavis Staples @ Clarice Smith Center (r& b soul)

Pine Leaf Boys @ Glen Echo Park Bumper Car Pavilion (Cajun)

Saturday Sept. 21 –

Maxwell @ CFG Arena Baltimore (r& b)

Rahat Fateh Ali Khan @ DAR Constitution Hall (Pakistani Qawwali singer)

Tuesday Sept. 24-

 Etran de L’Air at Current space in Baltimore sponsored by Ottobar (North African desert rockin )

Saturday Sept. 28-

 X @ State Theatre (LA punk  & rock band final tour )

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

*Richmond Folk Fest is Friday Sept. 27 through Sunday Sept. 29 w/ international sounds, DC go-go band Trouble Funk, roots/Americana acts   & more *

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September 2024 Full list (*asterisks will be used to show any additional events added throughout the month *)

Sunday Sept 1-

Ethiopian Day @ Veterans Plaza Silver Spring

Tems @ Anthem (Afrobeats/r& b) (sold out)

Jodeci @ MGM

Peter Hook & The Light @ 930 Club (sold out)

Mitski & Sierra Ferrell @ Merriweather Post Pavilion

Danny Gatton birthday celebration w/ DC musicians including Daryl Davis, David Chappell, Anthony Pirog @ Birchmere

DC Jazzfest @ the Wharf

ChristylezBacon w/NSO @ US Capitol lawn

Sarau de Samba @ Glen Echo

 DMV Summer Jam w/ Shy Glizzy, Tee Grizzley, No Cap, Fat Trel, Backyard Band , New Impressionz , DJ Flow & more @ Regency Furniture Stadium

Junkyard Band & Re-up Band @ Fire Station 1 Silver Spring

New Impressionz @ Babylon 

Vava Pagode Brazilian  Party @ 7:30 @  @ Bossa

FunSet w/ Djs Geena Marie, Harry Hotter, DJ Smudge, J@y @ 5 pm @ Dew Drop Inn

Middle Eastern Food Fest from 12 to 5 pm  @ Holy Transfiguration Church, McLean

live Ethiopian music @ Shalla Restaurant in Silver Spring (through Sunday)

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

Ethiopian music  @ MHL Lounge in Falls Church

Ethiopian music  @ Black Rose Lounge

Ethiopian music @ Love Lounge Fenton St Silver Spring

Drumming @ 3 to 7 @ Malcolm X Park

Afrobeats dj @ St Ex

Modular + Movies @ Galaxy Hut

Zap outdoors techno & Hardcore punk fest in West Virginia

Konjur Collective, Kraftwich, Curving Tooth, Animal Jenerate @ 7 @ 2640 Space Baltimore

La Sonora Dinamita , Enrique Carino @ El Palenque in Falls Church

Johnny Molina @ 90 Degrees

Bolivian Fest @ Prince William County Fairgrounds

Bolivian fest after-party w/ djs @ Diamond Lounge Annandale

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Monday Sept. 2 – Coinneach Mccleod author of the Hebridean Baker: Flavors and Folklore from the Scottish Islands @ Black Cat 

David Cole & Main St. Blues 6 to 9 pm @ Westminster Church SW

Ethiopian music live @ Napoli Lounge

Ethiojazz @ Shalla

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Tuesday Sept. 3 –

Crowded House @ Wolf Trap (pop rock)

DC Mariachi free @ 12 to 1 pm @ Wilson Plaza Reagan Bldg

Ethiopian music @ Lion’s Den in Falls Church

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

 Dancehall reggae dj @ Society Lounge

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Wed. Sept 4-

Sirius Company free @ 12 to 1 pm @ Wilson Plaza Reagan Bldg (go-go)

Raf Saperra @ Howard Theatre (UK Punjabi vocalist)

 Sirius Company @ Sobe (go-go)

New Impressionz @ Babylon (go-go)

What Band feat. Killa Cal free @ Shark Bar (go-go)

Live Ethiopian music @ Napoli Lounge

Kizomba and bachata dj & dancing  @ Crossroads 2

DJ Jamstar @ Tempoo Lounge (dancehall)J Thomas & Circle of Friends @ Eloquent Touch Ballroom (soul cover band)

High Zero Fundraiser w/ Rachel Beetz, John Berndt, Tom Borax & more @ 7 Fadensonnen in Baltimore

Israel Vibration, Roots Radics, Jah Works @ 7 @ Recher Theatre Baltimore (reggae) 

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Thurs. Sept 5-

Jaques Morelenbaum  and Gaia Wilmer’s celebration of Caetano Veloso free from 6 to 7  @ Kennedy Center Millennium Stage. (Jaques Morelenbaum   is a cellist, composer, arranger, and musical producer. Gaia Wilmer is a saxophonist, composer, arranger, and music producer. Trem das Cores is a celebration of Caetano Veloso: the Brazilian singer-songwriter)  

Jeezy @Howard Theatre (rap) (sold out)

Azymuth   @ Black Cat (Brazilian jazz-funk samba)

Azul Band @ Green Zone (global sounds) 

Dismemberment Plan, Flowers for the Dead @ Atlantis (sold out)

Charley Bliss @ 930 Club

Los Temerarios @ Eaglebank Arena (through the 8^th) (Mexican band’s farewell tour)

Phillips after 5 w/ the Capital City Miss Marching Band Drumline & more from 5 to 8 @ Phillips Art Collection

“Lady Day @ Emerson’s Bar and Grill “ @ Mosaic Theatre through October 6

Live Ethiopian music w/ on Thursdays guitarist Selamino & band @ Shalla Restaurant in Silver Spring

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

Ethiopian music  @ MHL Lounge in Falls Church

Ethiopian music  @ Black Rose Lounge

Ethiopian music @ Love Lounge Fenton St Silver Spring

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

Afrobeats w/ DJ Jamstar @ Spectrum Lounge

Afro-Caribbean dj @ Kaldis

Afrobeats @ Gazuza Lounge

Jon Pardi @ Pier 6 Baltimore (country)

Thrills @ JVs (roots rock)

Longtimers @ Hank Dietles (roots rock)

*Sirius Company @Blue Moon Lounge in Annandale (go-go)* 

*Next Now Fest w/ Feeble Little Horse @ 7:45 to 8:30 @ U of MD Clarice Smith Center courtyard (rock) *

*Verny Varela @ 9:30 @ Bossa (Colombian valenata, cumbia, salsa )* 

Raw Image @ 7 @ Sycamore & Oak Se (go-go) * 

*Les the DJ @ Grazie Mille*

*Anees @ 6 popup @ Malcolm X Park * 

*Still Familiar 8 to 11 & then TCB 11pm to 2 am @ Barcode (go-go) * 

*Scrunchies, Chill Parents, Girls on Toast @ Slash Run * 

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Friday Sept. 6-

Waxahatchee, Snail Mail, Tim Heidecker @ Wolf Trap (indie rock)

Mabe Fratti opening for Amen Dunes @ Black Cat (she’s a Mexico based slightly experimental rocker)

Grant - Flaherty - McGuire;  Max Ochs @ Rhizome (fingerpicking Fahey style guitar)

Dismemberment Plan, Light Beams @ 930 Club (sold out)

Mystic Bowie’s Talking Dread free @ 12 to 1 pm @ Wilson Plaza Reagan Bldg

Ginuwine, Next, Lloyd, J Holiday & more @ Chesapeake Arena Baltimore

Descendants & Circle Jerks @ Fillmore Silver Spring

Los Temerarios @ Eaglebank (Mexican band’s farewell tour)

Mr. Buzzo (Melvins) & Trevor Dunn (Mr Bungle) @ Ottobar

Jon Muq free from 6 to 7 @ Kenn. Ctr Millennium Stage (US-based Ugandan singer/songwriter)

Cumbia Heights and Yesion Landero @ Atlas Brew Works

Save Your Soul dj night w/ Baby Alcatraz, Rob Macy, DJ Honey (Phillipines)  @ Lithuanian Hall Baltimore

TOB @ Throw Social

BLK Odyssy @ Atlantis

Oceanator, the Superweaks, Cinema Hearts @ Comet P Pong

After Thought Band @ Lamont’s (soul)

Rare Essence @ Fast Eddie’s (go-go)

Backyard Band @ Restaurant 55 (go-go)

TCB  @ Power (bouncebeat go-go)

 Alfredo Mojica Group @ 10:30 @ Bossa (salsa) plus DJ Lu w/ Latin hits upstairs;

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

Live Ethiopian music @ Shalla

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

Ethiopian music @ Black Rose Lounge

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

Baltimore Record Bazaar vinyl nite @ 6 @ Peabody Hts Brewery

Undertow Brass Band @ Le Mondo Baltimore

Marisol Terrazas @ 90 Degrees

Patrulla 81 , Montez du Durango @ El Palenque

*Amy K. Bormet's No Trick Pony (w/ Brian Settles & Keith Butler Jr) @ Kennedy Center Reach River Pavilion (jazz) * 

*Next Now Fest w/ Jordan Ward @ 9:30 to 10:30 free @ U of MD Clarice Smith Center Courtyard (r& b) * 

*Junkyard Band @ Club One (go-go)* 

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

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Sat. Sept 7 –

Julieta Venegas, Ximena Sarinana @ Wolf Trap (Mexico pop singer/musician)

Martha Wainwright @ K Ctr Mill Stage (folk)

Silver Spring jazz fest w/ Cuban pianist Chucho Valdes headliner plus Paul Carr, Crank & Flo, Feedel Band ethiojazz, Dupont Brass, Todd Marcus  @ Veterans Plaza

Atercielopelados , Elefante @ State Theatre

District of Raga show w/ Trinu Basu & Arun Ramamurthy @ Arts Barn Gaithersburg

Oma (Manchester, UK hiphop) & Shing02 (Japanese rap) @ Howard Theatre 

Bruce Springsteen & the E St. Band @ Nationals Park

EU, Blackbyrds , DJ Lance Reynolds @  7 @ Fort Dupont Park (go-go, r& b) 

Los Temerarios @ Eaglebank (Mexican band’s farewell tour)

Exhibition Opening Festival - "Sightlines: Chinatown and Beyond" a Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center exhibit about Asian American culture in DC plus Les the DJ on main stage 11:30 to 4pm; Lion dance @ 12 to 12:15 ; District of Raga presents dancer Radhika Gore 3:15 to 3:30 and gallery talk and demonstration by muralist/street & graffiti artist  DC-based Indonesian MISS CHELOVE, aka Cita Sadeli. Martial arts demos as well, all at the Smithsonian American Art Museum, 800 G St NW

Longtimers @ VFW Post 350 Hells Bottom

DC State Fair

Tumbao (Latin salsa ) @ 10:30 @ Bossa 1st floor & DJ Lu Latin Hits upstairs;

Roots Band @ Makeda Restaurant (Ethiopian)

live Ethiopian music @ Shalla

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

Ethiopian music @ Black Rose Lounge

Rare Essence @ 11  @ Aqua (go-go)

Kirk Franklin @ CFG Arena Baltimore

Apollo 66 , the Magmatics, RJ & the Kids @ American Legion Post 41

*Backyard Band @ Euphoria in Baltimore* 

*Rosslyn "Jazz" Fest w/ El Laberinto del Coco (Puerto Rican bomba fusion) @5:30 , the Rumble (New Orleans band w/ Chief Joseph Boudreaux Jr.) @ 3:45 , Ranky Tanky (Gullah r& b) @ 2:20 , Cecily (neo-soul) @ 1 @ Gateway Park  *

* TCB , Reloaded Band @ 10 @  Firestation 1 (bouncebeat go-go)* 

*Brat, Tripping Corpse, Drivel @ Quarry House Tavern (rock)* 

* Third Annual Reggae on the Lake Festival w/ Israel Vibrations and Roots Radics and more from 12:00-9:00pm at Lake Anne Plaza in Reston.*

*DJs Leon City Sounds and Radio Ramses @ Green Zone (tropical sounds)  *

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Sun. Sept 8

Don Omar Back to Reggaeton tour @ Capital One Arena

El Salvadorian Fest w/ Zacarias Ferreira , Hermanos Flores, Orquesta San Vincente & more   @ Montgomery County Fairgrounds,  Gaitherburg

Jourdan Thibodeaux w/ Cedric Watson & Joel Savoy  , *Wilson Savoy* @ 4:30 to 6:30 @ Hill Center (Louisiana Cajun & Creole)

Same Heads  Clothes (DC fuzz  punk rock); Saajtak (Detroit & Brooklyn artsy jazzy postrock ), Dumb Waiter (noisy jazzy rock) @ 6:30 @ Rhizome

Los Temerarios @ Eaglebank (Mexican band’s farewell tour)

Injera Fest @ Bullpen

Durand Jones , Harlem Gospel Travelers @ Atlantis

Lemonheads @ 930 Club

The Killers @ Merriweather Post

R & B Club discusses Beyonce @ 12 noon @ Songbyrd

Adams Morgan Day w/ *Blackbyrds @ 7 * , Malcolm X drummers @ 5:20; DC casineros & Cuban son band @ 6:15 

Takoma Park Folk Festival w/ Soroche (cumbia-ska-punk ) @ 5:15 pm

Joy Viver , Hedge Rider @ Galaxy Hut

live Ethiopian music @ Shalla Restaurant in Silver Spring (through Sunday)

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

Ethiopian music  @ MHL Lounge in Falls Church

Ethiopian music  @ Black Rose Lounge

Ethiopian music @ Love Lounge Fenton St Silver Spring

Drumming @ 3 to 7 @ Malcolm X Park

Afrobeats dj @ St Ex

Tex Rubinowitz  Willie Barry & Tom Mindte & the Original Dixieland rock ‘n’ roll band @ 6 pm @ Hank Dietle’s  

ZZ Top & Lynyrd Skynyrd @ Jiffy Lube

*Soul Messengerz, Bre Holly & Faithful, Michael Boone & Company, New Vizion, Lil Jay & the Spiritual Boyz & more gospel acts @ House of Praise, 5110 Nannie Helen Burroughs , DC * 

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

*Vanessa Collier @ Rams Head Onstage Annapolis (influenced by blues and soul) *

*DJ Rhome the Vibe Conductor @ Grazie Mille * 

*Sahel Trio 1 to 4 pm afro-jazz brunch @ St Vincent Wine * 

*JVK, Spring Silver, XK Scenario @ the Pocket * 

*Tet Trung Thu Mid Autumn Fest w/ lion dance and performances 2 to 7 pm @ 12621 Old Columbia Pike, Silver Spring, MD*

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Mon. Sept 9-

Nicki Minaj @ Capital One Arena (rap)

Trio Caliente free @ 12 to 1 pm @ Wilson Plaza Reagan Bldg (flamenco)

beabadoobee @ Anthem (pop)

Built to Spill @ 930 Club

Big Blues Band featuring  Kenny Holmes & Curtis Pope 6 to 9 pm @ Westminster Church SW

Ethiopian music live @ Napoli Lounge

Ethiojazz @ Shalla

* Bill Nace's band Full Size, Wheatie Mattiasich, Sarah Hughes @ Rhizome (jazz) *

*Vinicius Cantuaria @ Blues Alley (Brazilian)* 

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Tues. Sept 10-

Squeeze, Boy George @ Wolf Trap (turn of the 80s pop)

Tommy Richman @ Union Stage (sold out)

Rob Zombie & Alice Cooper @ Jiffy Lube Live

Cruddy Crankers, Creative Sounds Band, Perfect Circle & more 4 to 10 @ Anacostia Park Field 7 (funk and more) -- on Sept 13th  not the 10th

El Khat (good Berlin-based Yemen music band) & Dli @ Le Mondo Baltimore

Cigarettes after Sex @ Merriweather Post

Ethiopian music @ Lion’s Den in Falls Church

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

 Dancehall reggae dj @ Society Lounge

NSO Tribute to DC culture w/ Ginuwine, Kenny Lattimore, Imani-Grace Cooper, The String Queens, Afro Blue, DC Go-go Allstars, Kellen Gray @ Kennedy Center Concert Hall

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

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Wed. Sept 11-

*Ethiopian New Year* 

PJ Harvey @ Anthem

Jpeg Mafia @ Fillmore (rap)

Paul Weller @ Lincoln Theatre (sold out)

Robbie Fulks & Mary Gauthier @ Jammin Java (roots & folk)

Jason Isbell & the 400 Unit, Alejandro Escovedo @ Wolf Trap

Hoodoo Gurus @ Birchmere (sold out)

Svetlana & the NY Collective do Night at the Movies (jazz versions of soundtracks) @ Ken Center Mill Stage

Bikini Kill @ Baltimore Soundstage (sold out) (riot grrl greats)

Sirius Company @ Sobe (go-go)

New Impressionz @ Babylon (go-go)

What Band feat. Killa Cal free @ Shark Bar (go-go)

Live Ethiopian music @ Napoli Lounge

Kizomba and bachata dj & dancing  @ Crossroads 2

DJ Jamstar @ Tempoo Lounge (dancehall)

Doug Deming & the Jewel Tones @ Hank Dietle’s (blues)

Tom Jones @ MGM National Harbor

NSO Tribute to DC culture w/ Ginuwine, Kenny Lattimore, Imani-Grace Cooper, The String Queens, Afro Blue, DC Go-go Allstars, Kellen Gray @ Kennedy Center Concert Hall

*The Dare @ Atlantis (electro-pop sleaze) (sold out) *

* El Khat (good Berlin-based  Yemen music band) @ Bossa DC 2nd floor * 

*Vinicius Gomes trio @ Blues Alley (Brazilian jazz) * 

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Thurs. Sept 12-

Bikini Kill, Birthday Girl  @ Baltimore Soundstage (riot grrl greats & young dc band )

La Santa Cecilia free from 6 to 7 @ K Ctr Mill Stage (cumbia , rock & more)

Sinead Harnett @ Howard Theatre (UK-based Thai/Irish r& b tinged electro pop) 

Christine Lavin & Vance Gilbert @ Temple Isaiah in Fulton, MD (folk)

Flack @ VFW Post 350 Hells Bottom (roots pop)

Sour Widows, Youbet, Virg @ Comet P Pong

Live Ethiopian music w/ on Thursdays guitarist Selamino & band @ Shalla Restaurant in Silver Spring

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

Ethiopian music  @ MHL Lounge in Falls Church

TOB, Reaction @ 10  @ Black Rose Lounge (Bouncebeat go-go)

Ethiopian music @ Love Lounge Fenton St Silver Spring

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

Afrobeats w/ DJ Jamstar @ Spectrum Lounge

Afro-Caribbean dj @ Kaldis

Afrobeats @ Gazuza Lounge

Grandsons @ Hank Dietle’s (roots Americana)

*Blacc Print Experience @ Piano Keys Lounge (go-go)* 

*The Voices Tribute to Motown @ Keystone Korner*

* Diego Figueredo w/ Stanley Jordan: Brazilian Jazz Guitar Series @ Blues Alley * 

*Danube Sessions & Kriminal Pop w/ Orchester Prazevica @ Green Zone * 

*Cheick Hamala Diabate & the Griot Street Band w/ guest Cheick Ibra @  Bossa (Malian music) * 

*Babe Haven @ DC 9 (queer all-women hardcore punk) *

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Fri. Sept 13-

dBs , Mayflies USA @ Atlantis (pop rock)  

St Vincent @ Anthem

Bruce Springsteen & the E St. Band @ Orioles Park

Fer Martinez y sus Cuates de Olancho @ El Palenque Falls Church

Lomiiel @ Diamond Lounge

Blacc Print Experience @ Takoma Station (go-go)

Sept 13 to 15- Supernova International Ska fest in Ft Monroe, VA  

After Thought Band @ Lamont’s (soul)

Rare Essence @ Fast Eddie’s (go-go)

Backyard Band @ Restaurant 55 (go-go)

TCB  @ Power (bouncebeat go-go)

 Alfredo Mojica Group @ 10:30 @ Bossa (salsa) plus DJ Lu w/ Latin hits upstairs; *Nani Vazana @ 8 @ Bossa (Ladino singer )* 

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

Live Ethiopian music @ Shalla

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

Ethiopian music @ Black Rose Lounge

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

Musica Spira w/ Amy Domingues @ 7 @ Chapel of Church of the Redeemer Baltimore

Blackbyrds @ Keystone Korner Baltimore

Silversun Pickups, Speedy Ortiz @ Rams Head Live Baltimore

Suzannah Espie & Jack O’dell @ 5:30 to 7:30 @ Hank Dietle’s (down under vocalist w/ former local roots drummer)

Soft Machine @ Jammin Java

*Bambu Station, Crank Lukongo, Mighty Joshua , Jah-I-Witness, Radio Andy @ Penn Social , 810 E St NW  (reggae & global sounds) * 

*Sirius Company, Still Familiar  @ Citizens & Culture rooftop in Silver Spring (go-go)*  

*WMUC reunion @ 6:30 @ the station at U of MD (park in lot 1) * 

*Techno in the park 7 to 10 @ Malcolm X Park ( 15th St/Belmont St entrance) *  

*Chopteeth, Janelia Soul from 7 to 10 @ 2640 St. Paul St. Baltimore (afrobeat & more) *

*DJ Remi Hassoun @ Green Zone (Arabic) * 

* Belloburn, Cruddy Crankerz, Creative Sounds Band, Perfect Circle & more for free 4 to 10 pm @ Anacostia Park Field 7 * 

*Los Farmez, Los Pericos Del Arroyo @ El Ranchon (sold out) *

*Mavi @ the Howard Theatre (rap) * 

* Indian Classical Instrumental Feat w/ Snehesh Nag, Abir Hussain, Debu Nayak, Mallar Goswami @ 7:30 @ Historic Old Parish House in College Park *

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Sat. Sept 14 –

Russell Thompkins Jr & the New Stylistics @ Harmony Hall (soul) (sold out)

Lyrikal,Adam O, & Eclipse Band @ Howard Theatre ( Caribbean)

Jenny & the Mexicats free from 5 to 7 @ K Ctr Mill Stage

Distrito Music Fest w/ Sie7se, Tres Minutos, Max Rosado, Soroche & more @ Songbyrd

Rhodes Tavern Troubadours & Thrillbillys 7 to 11 @ Rosensteel Hall

Common & Pete Rock @ Soundstage in Baltimore

Amapiano to the World dj party @ Citizens & Culture

Cranknic 3 w/ Proper Utensils, EU, What Band , Still Familiar 1:30 to 8 @ Lamont’s (go-go)

Devotchka @ Black Cat

100 Years of Robert Frank films  2 to 4 @ NGA East

Weezer, Flaming Lips, Dinosaur Jr @ Anthem (sold out) (rock)

Tumbao (Latin salsa ) @ 10:30 @ Bossa 1st floor & DJ Lu Latin Hits upstairs;

Roots Band @ Makeda Restaurant (Ethiopian)

live Ethiopian music @ Shalla

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

Ethiopian music @ Black Rose Lounge

Rare Essence @ 11  @ Aqua (go-go)

Music in Dupont Circle w/ Simone Baron

Baltimore Showplace 5^th anniversary w/ Super City Kouture Culture, Infinity Knives, Muscle @ Ottobar

Blackbyrds @ Keystone Korner Baltimore

Adobo DMV dj event w/ Djs Craze, Gio Sandz, Pedro Night @ 2pm to 10 pm for Central American Heritage month @ Power Plant Live 34 Market Place, Baltimore

*Rahsaan Patterson, The Amours, DJ Lance Reynolds 7 to 9 @ Fort Dupont Park (neo-soul)*

*Bowie, MD International Fest @ Allen Pond Park *

*Music producer Joe Boyd with his new book  — And the Roots of Rhythm Remain - with dj/musician Bob Boilen — @ 6 @  Union Market via Byrdland Records* CANCELLED But may be rescheduled

*Joyce Moreno @ Blues Alley (Brazilian jazz guitar) * 

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

*Bay Faction, Cry Baby @ Comet P Pong * 

*Learn Bomba, Afro-Puerta Rican Dance Workshop 4 to 5 pm @ Dance Loft on 14th * 

*DJs Leon City Sounds @ 9 pm to 1am @ new Brazilian place Bar Cana on 18th St NW in Adams Morgan* 

*Boiler Room DC w/ Laylit Arabic electro djs and more including Fady D, Saphe, plus Rebecca Black from 3 to 10:30 @ location tba (sold Out)* 

*Samuel Prather & Groove Orchestra @ Jazzway 6004 in Baltimore * 

*Amapiano & afrobeats dj dance party @ 3 to 10 @ Decades *

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Sunday Sept. 15-

Common & Pete Rock @ 930 Club (hiphop)

Weezer, Flaming Lips, Dinosaur Jr @ Anthem  (rock)

EL Festival Guanaco w/ Alex Bueno, Orquesta San Vincente, Maribel Guardia and more @ Capital Plaza, Hyattsville

Rare Essence @ Ivy City Smokehouse 

Sarau de Samba on Sunday, September 15 at Glen Echo Park. Ballroom back room. This monthly celebration of Afro-Brazilian culture

Mary Cliff (folk music dj) Celebration 1 to 4 @ Ireland’s Four Provinces Falls Church

Collapsing, Seven Corners @ Galaxy Hut

El Salvador Fest @ 12 noon @ Franklin Park NW

live Ethiopian music @ Shalla Restaurant in Silver Spring (through Sunday)

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

Ethiopian music  @ MHL Lounge in Falls Church

Ethiopian music  @ Black Rose Lounge

Ethiopian music @ Love Lounge Fenton St Silver Spring

Drumming @ 3 to 7 @ Malcolm X Park

Afrobeats dj @ St Ex

New Passengers @ 4pm  w/ Jon Camp, Tammy, Trinomial, @ 2 as part of Hyattsville Porchfest @ Red Onion Records

Ottobar punk rock flea market 12 to 4pm

Linda Smith, Bill Nace, Wheattie Mattiasich @ 7 @ the Compound Baltimore (twee pop & experimental)

Blackbyrds @ Keystone Korner

David Chappell Band band 2 to 4:30 @ Hank Dietle’s (roots) ; Hula Monsters 6 to 10 @ Hank Dietle’s (Hawaiian swing, western swing, honky tonk country)

*Extended Play w/ King Britt, Baronhawk Poitier  @ 5 to 10 @ Mess Hall on the Loading Dock (house and electro dance) * 

*Sirius Company @ 10:30 am before Commanders football game @ Northwest Bank Stadium, Landover (go-go)* 

*Down Hill Strugglers @ 4 @ School of Musical Traditions Takoma Park (old time string band music) *

*Mali Velasquez, Bloomsday, Lucia Zambetti @ Comet P Pong * 

*Seth Kibel Trio @ DC JCC Cafrtitz Hall (klezmer)* 

*"Ain't No Back to a Merry-go-Round " film doc about Black & Jewish protests against the circa 1960 segregated Glen Echo Park , showing through Sept 19 @ DC JCC Cafritz Hall *  

*What Band, Major League, rapper Bam 640  & more 4 to 10 @ Fire Station One Silver spring (go-go) 

*1252 Band @ Lamont's * (soul) 

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Monday Sept 16-

Mannywellz @ Howard Theatre POSTPONED to date tba 

Perfume Genius @ Atlantis (Sold out)

The National, War on Drugs, Lucius @ Merriweather Post Pavilion

Brothers from Other Mothers 6 to 9 pm @ Westminster Church SW (blues)

Ethiopian music live @ Napoli Lounge

Ethiojazz @ Shalla

Auros Ensemble @ Blues Alley (Chilean jazz)* 

*Powerplant, JRDN & the Switchblades, Laughing Corpse @ Comet P Pong *

*"Ain't No Back to a Merry-go-Round " film doc about Black & Jewish protests against the circa 1960 segregated Glen Echo Park , showing through Sept 19 @ DC JCC Cafritz Hall *

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Tuesday Sept. 17-

Ringo Starr & His Allstar Band @ Anthem

M. Ward @ Union Stage

Jolie Holland @ Jammin Java (artsy Americana )

Ethiopian music @ Lion’s Den in Falls Church

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

 Dancehall reggae dj @ Society Lounge

Bryant McGregory & the Bad Mofos @ 8 @ Hank Dietle’s (roots)

Confluencia @ Blues Alley (Chilean jazz) 

*"Ain't No Back to a Merry-go-Round " film doc about Black & Jewish protests against the circa 1960 segregated Glen Echo Park , showing through Sept 19 @ DC JCC Cafritz Hall *

*Sisters of Mercy @ Baltimore Soundstage* 

*IO, Griefcat, Outerloop, Freddy Hall, Zanj (w/ Jean-Francis Varre) @ Songbyrd* 

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Wed. Sept 18-

Kehlani @ Eaglebank Arena (r&b)

Cedrick Burnside @ Atlantis (blues)

Glen Hansard @ 930

Taisha Estrada 2 to 3 @ Harmony Hall (DC-based Puerto Rican singer/songwriter) 

Can I Kick It with DJ 2-Tone Jones @ Songbyrd

Sirius Company @ Sobe (go-go)

New Impressionz @ Babylon (go-go)

What Band feat. Killa Cal free @ Shark Bar (go-go)

Live Ethiopian music @ Napoli Lounge

Kizomba and bachata dj & dancing  @ Crossroads 2

DJ Jamstar @ Tempoo Lounge (dancehall)(Chilean jazz)

*Selwyn Birchwood , Carley Harvey @ the Vault Tyson's (blues) *

*Mauricio Miranda @ Blues Alley 

*"Ain't No Back to a Merry-go-Round " film doc about Black & Jewish protests against the circa 1960 segregated Glen Echo Park , showing through Sept 19 @ DC JCC Cafritz Hall *

*Original Facez @ Urban Crab Boil (go-go)* 

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Thurs. Sept 19-

Old 97s @ 930 (alt-country)

Rosie Flores talk 12 to 1 @ LOC (roots/ rockabilly)

Goin’ Goin’ Gone @ VFW Post 350 Hells Bottom

A Back to the 90s themed birthday night from 7 to 10  for the Smithsonian Anacostia Museum w/ DJ Farrah Flossett, breakdancing performances, & one can see “A Century of Black Art Education “ exhibit ; at the museum  

Christylez Bacon presents Biriba Union free from 6 to 7 @ Kennedy Center Millennium Stage

Live Ethiopian music w/ on Thursdays guitarist Selamino & band @ Shalla Restaurant in Silver Spring

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

Ethiopian music  @ MHL Lounge in Falls Church

Ethiopian music  @ Black Rose Lounge

Ethiopian music @ Love Lounge Fenton St Silver Spring

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

Afrobeats w/ DJ Jamstar @ Spectrum Lounge

Afro-Caribbean dj @ Kaldis

Afrobeats @ Gazuza Lounge

*Claudia Acuna @ Blues Alley (Chilean jazz)* 

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

*"Ain't No Back to a Merry-go-Round " film doc about Black & Jewish protests against the circa 1960 segregated Glen Echo Park , showing through Sept 19 @ DC JCC Cafritz Hall * (sold out) 

*free seniors hand dancing w/ DJ T-Play from 3 to 7 @ Anacostia Park near the Roller Skate Rink Pavilion * 

*Sea Change w/ Stephen Arnold & Saria Marie Hughes @ 5 @ Smithsonian American Art Kogod Courtyard (jazz)* 

*DMV Senior Hand Dancers & line dancers 12 to 4 @ Cheverly American Legion * 

*Bongo District @ 10 @ Bossa (cumbia & reggae band) * 

*DJ Stylus the Vibe Conductor @ 8 @ Grazie Mille* 

*Still Familiar, Mature Clientele, RBM @ Diamond Lounge (go-go) *  

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Friday Sept 20-

Mavis Staples @ Clarice Smith Center (r& b)

Pine Leaf Boys @ Glen Echo Park Bumper Car Pavilion (Cajun)

Celebrating the Life & Legacy of Celia Cruz (salsa singing legend now on the quarter) w/ Lulada Club (all women salsa band), salsa historian discussion, Cruz exhibits on display from 7 to 10:30 @ Smithsonian Museum of American History

Cumbia Heights, Los Shadows, Leon City Sounds, DJ Crown Vic @ Comet P Pong

Eric Brace & Thomm Jutz @ Jammin Java (alt-folk)

Hast de Feuer's 2nd anniv. w/ DJ Rum, DJ Livwutang, live music from Sir E.U., & Dolo Percussion, lighting and art installations and more @ 10 p.m. @ 618 H St NW.

 Jeffrey Foucault w/ drummer John Convertino (Calexico) and producer/saxophonist Mike Lewis(Bon Iver) free from 6 to 7 @ Kennedy Center Millennium Stage (Singer/songwriter folky roots rock)

Proper Utensils @ Takoma Station (go-go)

Chanel Beads, Fernette, Model Home @ Songbyrd

SOS Band @ Bethesda Theater

After Thought Band @ Lamont’s (soul)

Rare Essence @ Fast Eddie’s (go-go)

Backyard Band @ Restaurant 55 (go-go)

TCB  @ Power (bouncebeat go-go)

 Alfredo Mojica Group @ 10:30 @ Bossa (salsa) plus DJ Lu w/ Latin hits upstairs;

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

Live Ethiopian music @ Shalla

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

Ethiopian music @ Black Rose Lounge

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

*Junkyard Band free @ 12 to 1 pm @ Wilson Plaza Reagan Bldg (go-go) *

*Melissa Aldana @ Blues Alley (Chilean jazz ) * 

*DJ Basbousa @ Green Zone (Arabic) *

*Celebrando la Independencia de El Salvador con Efrain Lovo, Teffy Espana, Espiritu Libre y Moises y su Chanchona @ El Ranchon* 

* Los Cazadores Del Cerro, Los Arellano, Los Osos Del Norte @ 90 Degrees* 

* Tatsuya Nakatani (avante-garde percussionist) ;  Mark Cisneros & Nik Francis (Avante-jazz duo) @ Rhizome* 

*Noma in Color Last Dance of the Summer w/ vocalist Reesa Renee, DJ 2-Tone Jones @ 4 to 8 @ Alethia Tanner Park * 

*Southern Culture on the Skids w/ the Woggles @ Rams Head Live Annapolis (garage rock)*

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Saturday Sept. 21 –

Maxwell @ CFG Arena Baltimore (r& b)

Rahat Fateh Ali Khan @ DAR Constitution Hall (Pakistani Qawwali singer)

SOS Band @ Bethesda Theater (r& b) 

Charm City Live w/ Method Man & Redman @ War Memorial Plaza in front of Baltimore’s City Hall (rap) 

HFSestival w/ Postal Service, Death Cab for Cutie, Liz Phair, Girl Talk, Violent Femmes & others @ Nats Park

Jelly Roll w/ Warren Zeiders @ Capital One Arena

Black Cat anniversary party w/ Des Demonas, Teen Cobra, DJ Baby Alacatraz, DJ Just-in-time @ Black Cat

The Intruders, Bela Dona, Forever Yours -Tribute to the O'Jays, Feelin the Funk Band and Carmen Craven's Tribute to Stephanie Mills @ Lamont's

Magdalena Bay @ 6:30  @ 930 Club

Shaboozey @ 10 @ 930 Club ( r& B- country)

Atlantic Starr @ Birchmere

Orkesta Mendoza free from 6 to 7 @ Kennedy Center Millennium Stage  (Latin indie)

Vance Joy, Local Natives, Tiny Habits @ Merriweather Post

DJ sets by artists Adrian Loving (hiphop & Brazilian) plus  OSGEMEOS and José Parlá at Hirshhorn Ball fundraiser ball 6:30 to 10 @ Hirshhorn Museum 

DJ 2-Tone Jones doing live soundtrack to movie Kung Fu Hustle @ Creative Alliance

Backyard Band @ Howard Theatre

Junkyard Band @ 2910 Kitchen & Bar in Arlington

BLOMPPST Festival w/ New Passengers, Black Rails, FREQ FLAG , Hey 19///Aaron Lee Estes, Industrial Grade Acid, Czonka, SEXFACES, Cinemartyr (originally called OST), Club U.S.A. (Pop, Psych, Punk), Jeff Surak (DC) 12-9pm * Indoors & Outdoors * Art market * Food vendor @ Rhizome

Tumbao (Latin salsa ) @ 10:30 @ Bossa 1st floor & DJ Lu Latin Hits upstairs;

Roots Band @ Makeda Restaurant (Ethiopian)

live Ethiopian music @ Shalla

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

Ethiopian music @ Black Rose Lounge

Rare Essence @ 11  @ Aqua (go-go)

Kennedy Center National Dance day and K Ctr Reach @ 5 Block Party

*H St. NE fest 12 to 7 (lots of stages some go-go) * 

*Avery Sunshine , Maimouna Youssef (aka Mumu Fresh), DJ Lance Reynolds 7 to 9 @ Fort Dupont Park (r & b) 

*Sirius Company @ Diamond Lounge (go-go)* 

*DJ Johnson Lee playing vinyl (from Joe's Record Paradise) @ Green Zone *  

*Monajet & the Nightingale of Iran : A Persian Jewish Performance w/ Galeet Dardashti doing tribute to her grandfather Younes Dardashti the Jewish Nightingale of Iran from the 1950s & 1960s , @ Cafritz Hall DC JCC* 

*Edgardo Nunez @ El Ranchon *

*Femi & the Foundation @ The Pocket * 

*Kennedy Center Reach 5th Anniv. w/ 9th Wonder, Rich Medina, Jahsonic, host is Miss H.E.R. @ 8:15 to 11 *

*Okay Afrika w/ DJ Underdog & guest dj @ St Ex *

*Miles Ave @ Homme Art Gallery, L. St (rap) * 

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

*Street Photography opening w/ Chuck Patch & Reuben Radding @ Lost Origin Gallery* 

*Southern Culture on the Skids w/ the Woggles @ Rams Head Live Annapolis (garage rock)*

*Hands First (NY postpunk), Listening Club (Baltimore) , Invisible Drums (JUstin Moyer solo) @ Quarry House (postpunk rock) *

*Panafest includes local afropop band Elikeh @ 6  @ Veterans Plaza *

Pine Leaf Boys @ 2:45 to 3:45 (Cajun), Melody Angel @ 8:45 to 9:30 (blues) @ MD Folk Fest in Salisbury, MD (also gospel, bluegrass, mariachi, Hungarian folk  & more)  *

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Sunday Sept. 22-

Cuban charanga music ensemble Raíces Negras (w/ some locals) perform danzón and cha-cha-cha songs by legendary Cuban music group Orquesta Aragón, @ 1 and 3 @ National Gallery of Art West Steps (rain location inside East Building) 

Yo La Tengo @ Rams Head Live

Jesus Aguaje Ramos and his Buena Vista Orchestra @ Warner Theatre

Roseanne Cash @ Strathmore

Atlantic Starr @ Birchmere

Los Bitchos @ Black Cat 

Sleepmarks, Dougie @ Galaxy Hut (rock)

"In the Summer" drama film w/  René Pérez Joglar, aka Residente from Calle 13 playing a lead role @ Latino Film Fest @ AFI Silver

live Ethiopian music @ Shalla Restaurant in Silver Spring (through Sunday)

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

Ethiopian music  @ MHL Lounge in Falls Church

Ethiopian music  @ Black Rose Lounge

Ethiopian music @ Love Lounge Fenton St Silver Spring

Drumming @ 3 to 7 @ Malcolm X Park

Afrobeats dj @ St Ex

Seven Voices: Patsy Cline Tribute @ 7:30 @ Creative Alliance Baltimore

Baltimore records bazaar @ 12 noon @ Peabody Hts Brewery

The String Queens @ Keystone Korner

*La Abuela Daira (Afro-Colombian singer from Tumaco, Colombia) @ 4 @ Lamont Plaza in Mt Pleasant NW DC* 

*Hardway Connection @ 3 @ Players Lounge in SE DC (southern soul)* 

*Ancestral Futures Afro-Latinx poetry w/ Darrel Alejandro Holnes, Sami Miranda, Raina J. León, Malcom Friend @ 3 pm to 5 pm @ American Poetry Museum*

*Live jazz scores to silent films by Amy K. Bormet, Matt Dievendorf, Brandon Woody, Brian Settles, Kevin Butler  @ 7 pm @ Eaton* 

*Spotlight Band @  Lamont's (soul)* 

*Granny & the Boys @ Showtime *

*Capital Tangueros tango dancing 7 to 10 @ Freedom Plaza*

*Celebrate Africa Fest w/ Urban Foli jazz band, Ussuf Gueye African Jazz Quartet, Elikeh (afropop), DJ Kweeks, Ni Dembaya African Drum Ensemble @ 1 to 5 @ Fairwood Community Park, Bowie, MD *

*TOB 9 to 2 @ Babylon (bouncebeat go-go)* 

*Melody Angel blues @ 1:15 to 2; Pine Leaf Boys (Cajun) @ 5:15 to 6 @ MD Folk Fest in Salisbury, MD (also gospel, bluegrass, mariachi, Hungarian folk  & more)  *

*Funset dj party  4pm on w/ Jahsonic, Harry Hotter, DJ Smudge @ Dew Drop Inn * 

*Salvavision Fest 11 am on @ Old Colombia Pike, Burtonsville *

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Monday Sept. 23-

Khruangbin w/ Arooj Aftab @ Anthem (sold out)

Peter Yorn @ Howard Theatre (pop rock)

Shaboozey @ 10 @ 930 Club ( r& B- country)

David Cole & Main St Blues as part of Westminster blues shows 18^th anniversary 6 to 9 pm @ Westminster Church SW

Ethiopian music live @ Napoli Lounge

Ethiojazz @ Shalla

Chuck Redd "Flavors of Brazil " @ Blues Alley (Brazilian jazz) * 

*Inji @ Atlantis (Turkey to NYC dance pop)* 

*Open Mic Monday w/ Attinshun @ 8:30 @ Rendezvous, 9th St NW (2nd & 4th Mondays) *

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Tuesday Sept. 24-

 Etran de L’Air at Current space in Balt sponsored by Ottobar (North African desert rockin )

Khruangbin w/ Arooj Aftab @ Anthem (sold out)

Marky Ramone plays Ramones classics, Dot Dash, Dark Thoughts @ Black Cat

Nabihah Iqbal @ Quarry House (UK/Pakistani indie singer /songwriter)

DJ 2-Tone Jones doing live soundtrack to movie Bloodsport @ Songbyrd

Suzanne Vega w/ her guitarist Gerry Leonard @ Rams Head Onstage Annapolis

NCT Dream @ Capital One Arena (K-pop) 

Ethiopian music @ Lion’s Den in Falls Church

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

 Dancehall reggae dj @ Society Lounge

*Rancho Aparte (Colombia high-energy chirimia music) @ 7 @ Lamont Plaza , Mt Pleasant * 

* Dani Cortaza group w/ vocalist Max Rosado "The Latin Side of Jazz" @ Blues Alley" 

*Sing Steph talking about Robert Glasper's Black Radio III @ 8 to 10 @ Eaton Hotel library* 

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Wed. Sept. 25-

 El Salvadorian Heritage Night @ Nats game

Suzanne Vega w/ her guitarist Gerry Leonard @ Birchmere

Sigur Ros w/ Wordless Orchestra @ Anthem

Balkan Paradise Orchestra free from 6 to 7 pm @ Kennedy Center Millennium Stage

Jeff Lynne’s ELO @ Capital One Arena

Sirius Company @ Sobe (go-go)

New Impressionz @ Babylon (go-go)

What Band feat. Killa Cal free @ Shark Bar (go-go)

Live Ethiopian music @ Napoli Lounge

Kizomba and bachata dj & dancing  @ Crossroads 2

DJ Jamstar @ Tempoo Lounge (dancehall)

Get Up Kids & Smoking Popes @ Rams Head Live Baltimore

*Gerardo Contino Tribute to Buena Vista Social Club @ Blues Alley* 

*Walter Mitty & His Makeshift Orchestra, Queen Moo, Pinky Lemon @ Comet P Pong *  

*Your Old Droog @ DC 9 (rap)* 

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Thurs. Sept 26-

Charli XCX & Troye Silvan @ CFG Arena Baltimore

Mickey Guyton @ Union Stage (country)

Rapsody @ Howard Theatre

La Sonora Mazuren free from 6 to 7 @ Kennedy Center Millennium Stage (Colombian alternative tropical & traditional )

Carin Leon @ Capital One Arena

Lalah Hathaway at the Warner Theatre

Keane @ Anthem (sold out)

Leon City Sounds djs @ ESL

Live Ethiopian music w/ on Thursdays guitarist Selamino & band @ Shalla Restaurant in Silver Spring

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

Ethiopian music  @ MHL Lounge in Falls Church

Ethiopian music  *New Impressionz , Reaction  @ Black Rose Lounge (bouncebeat go-go night)*

Ethiopian music @ Love Lounge Fenton St Silver Spring

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

Afrobeats w/ DJ Jamstar @ Spectrum Lounge

Afro-Caribbean dj @ Kaldis

Afrobeats @ Gazuza Lounge

Thrills @ JVs

Shirletta Settles free @ 12 to 1 pm @ Wilson Plaza Reagan Bldg (soul/r& b ) *

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

*Why Bonnie , Flower Bomb @ Comet P Pong * 

*DJ John Murph @ 9 @ Eaton Hotel Allegory Room * 

*Vernie Varela @ 9:30 @ Bossa (Colombian cumbia, vallenato, salsa)* 

*EU @ 6 @ Sycamore & Oak * 

*Marbled Eyes (from Oakland) , Home Remedies, Blunda @ Rhizome (post-punk)* 

* "Soul of the City" w/ Dj @elpedronight & sax player BJ Simmons; Dj Farid Azouri & vocalist Deborah Bond; & Miss H.E.R. & the bearded drummer @ 9 w/ a closing collaboration of all @ Culture in Ivy City NE DC *

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Friday Sept. 27 –

Marley brothers @ Jiffy Lube Amphitheatre

Zedashe Polyphonic Choir & Folk Dancers from Caucasus , Georgia  7 to 9 @ Hill Center (sold out)

Bad Moves, Ekko Astral, Perennial @ Black Cat

Herbie Hancock @ the Warner Theatre

Cass McCombs & Advance Base @ Ottobar

Deorro & Adobo DMV  & Tone Glow djs @ Echostage

Juana Luna free @ 6 to 7 pm @ Kennedy Center Millennium Stage (Argentine folk)

The Set R& B Experience dj @ Howard Theatre

Julien Baker @ Atlantis (sold out)

Blacc Print Experience @ Takoma Station (go-go)

After Thought Band @ Lamont’s (soul)

Rare Essence @ Fast Eddie’s (go-go)

Backyard Band @ Restaurant 55 (go-go)

TCB  @ Power (bouncebeat go-go)

 Alfredo Mojica Group @ 10:30 @ Bossa (salsa) plus DJ Lu w/ Latin hits upstairs;

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

Live Ethiopian music @ Shalla

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

Ethiopian music @ Black Rose Lounge

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

Dance Club w/ djs Joyce Lim, Baronhawk, & Tommy C @ DC9 (techno )

* EU free @ 12 to 1 pm @ Wilson Plaza Reagan Bldg (go-go) *

*Disco Biblioteca book club w/ Bob Boilen's Your Song Changed My Life @ 7 @ People's Book (Boilen might be attending )* 

*DJ Saba @ Green Zone (Arabic) *

* Sylvie,  John Andrews & The Yawns @ Comet P Pong *

* La Auténtica Banda Ll , La Escuelita Sd,  La Sonora Dinamita @ Cococabana*

*Outerloop @ Pie Shop* 

*Art All Night including Frank O. Agbro hosted open stage @ 5 to 10 @ Dos Gringos * 

*Richmond Folk Fest w/ go-go, international sounds, blues , soul, & great Colombian carnival band Rancho Aparte through Sunday Sept. 29 *

*Matthew Shipp Trio @ NYU Washington (Capital Bop presents NY jazz pianist & band) *

*Art All Night w/ the Cruddy Crankerz & more @ 11pm on @ 723 8th St SE * 

*Art All Night w/ EU , Black Alley 6 to 12 mdt @ the Shops of Penn Branch, 3200 Penn Ave East , rear* 

*Art All Night w/ Future Band 7 to 12 mdt @ Metro Bar , Rhode Island Ave NE * 

*Pock3t @ 7:30 @ Sycamore & Oak * 

*Art All Night w/ UCB 7 to 11:30 @ DC Brau, 3178 B Upper Bladensburg Rd NE * 

*DJ Heat, URB @ Dorothey Height Benning Library *

*ABM @ Flame, Alexandria, VA * 

* Dj Kristy La Rat @ 8:45 to 9:45 pm @ Mt Pleasant Library historic steps *    

* dc art all night navy yard w/ black techno matters dj Bernard at 6:20 and Malik Dope Drummer at 8:45 each w/ very short sets and others throughout the evening*

*Art All Night w/ DJ Baby Alcatraz 8 to 11 @ Lymans Tavern *

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Saturday Sept. 28-

 X @ State Theatre (LA punk band final tour )

Herbie Hancock @ Lyric Theatre Baltimore

Caribbean wine,food, & music fest w/ Culture ft. Kenyatta Hill, Lutan Fyah, Droop Lion, Image Band, Miss Gavrl , Heavyman, Ras Lidj Regg’go @ 11 am @ Carroll Park, 1500 Washington BLvd., Baltimore

Wayna, Armand Ntep, Massama Dogo, and more locally based African musicians free from 4-7pm (part of Community Day) @ Smithsonian Museum of African Art

Afrocidade – From  Pelourinho to Petworth ( a look at Afro-Brazilian Bahian music and African American music w/ Luciano Xavier (percussion), Fernando Saci (drums/percussion), Malari Moore (percussion), Stewart Bernard (bass), Federico Peña (keyboard), Alejandro Villareal (guitar), Flavia Nacimento (folkloric dancer), Lesina Martin (vocals), Aline Varre (vocals) and Jean-Francis Varre of Sahel (vocals and guitar). Plus local percussionist and WPFW 'Berimbau' DJ Silvio "Roberto Berimbau" Dos Santos as a special guest. Jean-Francis Varre of Sahel put this together & is one of the narrators @ Atlas Theatre

Jeff Floyd, Donny Ray, Karen Wolfe, J-Red the Nephew, Hardway Connection, Jesi Terrell in a Southern Soul celebration @ 1 @  Lamont’s 

Death from Above- 1979, Teen Mortgage @ Howard Theatre

Soul Coughing @ 6 @ 930 Club (sold out)

Funkateer's Ball w/ P-Funk royalty Garrett "Starchildjr" Shider and Mike "Kidd Funkadelic" Hampton with funk ensemble Grooveallegiance. Special guests guitarist Marcus Machado, singer Yazarah St. James. Also DJ Lance Reynolds and MC Tony Camm.@ Bethesda Theater

Karl Straub Combo @ VFW Post 350 Hells Bottom (roots rock & guitar pop)

All things go fest  w/ Laufey & Kenn Ctr Orchestra,  Bleachers, Janelle Monae, Ethel Cain, Julien Baker, Mannequin Pussy & more @  Merriweather Post Pavilion (sold out)

Reverend Horton Heat @ Hamilton Live (rockabilly)

Cuni, XK Scenario, Dorinda @ Comet P Pong

A1 First Amendment Freedom of Speech Fest w/ EU & others 2 to 6 @ the Wharf

Tumbao (Latin salsa ) @ 10:30 @ Bossa 1st floor & DJ Lu Latin Hits upstairs;

Roots Band @ Makeda Restaurant (Ethiopian)

live Ethiopian music @ Shalla

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

Ethiopian music @ Black Rose Lounge

Rare Essence @ 11  @ Aqua (go-go)

Rock-a-Sonics @ 9 @ Hank Dietle’s (rockabilly)

Asia in a bite food fest @ Rash Field Park in Baltimore

Frankie Valli & the Four Seasons @ MGM National Harbor

*Heavy Rotation w/ djs Ge-ology & Jahsonic , Martin Miguel, Kenny M @ Yours Truly Hotel, 1143 New Hampshire Ave NW *  

*Jumpin Jupiter for Lorraine's birthday 4 to 7 @ JVs (rockabilly)* 

*Mt Rainer Porch Fest * 

*Latin Club & baile funk dj dance party @ Jimmy Valentines * 

*Nectar w/ DJ V:Shal & AHautmess @ Green Zone * 

* Banda Los Recoditos, La Escuelita Sd ,Y La Auténtica Banda Ll @ Club One Alexandria * 

*Art All Night Block Party 6pm to 1 am w/ Junkyard Band, EU, Black Alley, Backyard Band, DCVybe, Push Play feat. D. Floyd, Relentless Band DJ Rico, DJ Flex, DJ Big John, Noochi's Front Porch @ MLK Library out front *    

*Sa-roc @ 9th annual Aslin beer, music, art fest 1 to 7 in Alexandria * 

*Richmond Folk Fest w/ go-go, international sounds, blues , soul,  Treme Brass & great Colombian carnival band Rancho Aparte   through Sunday Sept. 29 *

*Freedom Forum 1A Fest w/ music from go-go band EU, talk, comedy, art  @ 2 to 6 @ The Wharf*

*Gaza Thrift : A Night Market w/ vendors & djs Tromac, Koh, S.Dot, Unt.Il @ Black Cat* 

*TOB @ Art All Night @ 3109 MLK Ave Se * 

*Art All Night main stage w/ Cuban dancers 8:15; Christylez Bacon @8:40; then Caribbean steel bands & Image Band @ 10,  Future Band @11  @ Carnegie Library East , 801 K St NW  Mt Vernon Square more Caribbean on other nearby stages ,*

*Fiesta DC w/ Brray, El Cherry, Alicia Villareal, Julin Rodriguez,  Nicaraguan musicians including Carlos Mejia Godoy, & more  11 am to 7 on Penns. Ave NW between 3rd and 7th St NW (also on Sunday) *

*Mosaic District Fall Fest w/ music and more 11 am to 6 pm (& Sunday)*

*Clarendon Day 11 am to 6 * 

*Aslin Beer Music & art fest in Alexandria * 

*Art All Night w/ Peacemakers Band @ 7, Trained to Go Band @ 8:30, Pump Blenders @ 10 @ Starburst Plaza , 1501 MD Ave NE near H St NE (go-go)* 

*Tropical Heat Dome w/ DJs Leon City Sound, Crown Vic, Nico Sophia, Mettabbana @ 9:30 am @ Marx Cafe* 

*Art All Night w/ District Kings @ 8:30 @ The Modern at Art Place, South Dakota Ave NE & Galloway St NE * 

*Latine club, neo-perreo, baile funk & more spun by djs El Sucio, Cybersyn @ Jimmy Valentines* 

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Sunday, September 29-

Kirk Franklin the reunion tour w/ Marvin Sapp, Yolanda Adams , Fred Hammond, the Clark Sisters @ Capital One Arena

 Duster w/ Dirty Art Club  @ 7 pm  @ 930

All things go w/ Hozier, Chappell Roan, Maren Morris, The Japanese House, flipturn, Soccer Mommy, Blondshell & more @  Merriweather Post Pavilion (sold out) (Roan just cancelled her weekend gigs for health reasons) *

Old Knife, Lud Ross, Don Zientara, Capillaries @ McLean VFW Post 8241

EducArte's Brazilian samba bateria and dance troupe will perform at the Wheaton Arts Parade on Sunday, September 29, starting at 10 a.m.

Tropical F Storm, *Michael Beach, MFers JMB & co. *  @ Black Cat

Legendary Bluenotes and a Tribute to the Supremes @ Eloquent Touch Ballroom in Suitland

Col. Josh , Strolling Bones @ VFW Post 350 Hells Bottom

Koshari, Erin Frisby @ Galaxy Hut

"Limite" silent film w/ music by Satie, Stravinsky & more on soundtrack by  Brazilian director and author Mário Peixoto @ Latino Film Fest @ AFI Silver

live Ethiopian music @ Shalla Restaurant in Silver Spring (through Sunday)

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

Ethiopian music  @ MHL Lounge in Falls Church

Ethiopian music  @ Black Rose Lounge

Ethiopian music @ Love Lounge Fenton St Silver Spring

Drumming @ 3 to 7 @ Malcolm X Park

Afrobeats dj @ St Ex

Corey Arceneaux & the Zydeco Hot Peppers @ 6 @ Hank Dietle’s

*Crush Fund, AFK, Sex Faces @ Comet P Pong (post-punk) * 

* La Escuelita Sd ,Y La Auténtica Banda Ll @ Rio Cantina Sterling * 

*1252 Band @ Lamont's * 

*Capital Tangueros tango dancing 7 to 10 @ Freedom Plaza*

*Backyard Band 5 to 9 @ Babylon * 

*Richmond Folk Fest w/ go-go, international sounds, blues , soul, & great Colombian carnival band Rancho Aparte     *

*Live painting & music by Supernatural Sound System @ Bossa* 

*Fiesta DC parade 1 to 5 and  fest also w/ DJ Osocity, Zaenno, Nicaraguan musicians including Luis Pastor, Los Clarks  on Penns. Ave NW between 3rd and 7th St NW (also on Sunday) *

*Mosaic District Fall Fest w/ music and more 11 am to 6 pm (& Sunday)*

*Wheaton Arts parade and festival * 

*Lyfe Jennings, Ruff Endz, Still Familiar, Pure Elegance, Top 5 @ 7pm @ Harborside Hotel*

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Monday Sept. 30-

Vampire Weekend , Cults @ Anthem (sold out)

Nilufer Yanya @ Black Cat (critic fave rock)

Duster @ Ottobar (rock)

Carina Round @ Comet

Ethiopian music live @ Napoli Lounge

Ethiojazz @ Shalla

TCB @ 7 to 12 @ 1356 Okie St NE (bouncebeat go-go)* 

*DC Mayor's Arts Awards w/ performances by Crank Caviar & others @ 6 @ Lincoln Theatre (rsvp @ DCmayorsartsawards dot com) *  

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Tuesday October 1-

 Ustad Noor Bakhsh, Master of the Balochi Electric Benju @ Current Space in Baltimore (Pakistan)

Vampire Weekend, Cults  @ Anthem (sold out)

Deerhoof, Pearl, Mowder Oyal @ Ottobar

JD McPherson, Kate Clover @ Atlantis

Ethiopian music @ Lion’s Den in Falls Church

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

 Dancehall reggae dj @ Society Lounge

Chris O’Leary Band @ Hank Dietle’s (blues & soul)  

*Yarn @ Pearl St Warehouse (Americana )*

* great Colombian carnival band Rancho Aparte @ Creative Alliance *

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*Wed. October 2 in DMV DC-Ustad Noor Bakhsh(plays   Balochi dulcimer -like Benju) early show  @ Bossa (sold out) (Pakistan); Samuel S.C., Shadow Riot @ 7 @ Galactic Panther (post-punk); Corey Harris & Cedrick Watson free  6 to 7 pm @ Kennedy Center Millennium Stage (blues);  Sirius Company @ Sobe (go-go); New Impressionz @ Babylon (go-go); What Band feat. Killa Cal free @ Shark Bar (go-go); Live Ethiopian music @ Napoli Lounge; Kizomba and bachata dj & dancing @ Crossroads 2: DJ Jamstar @ Tempoo Lounge (dancehall); Liz Durette , Weed Tree , Nectar Gnome @ Rhizome (experimental); Fran Vielma & the Venezuelan Jazz Collective @ Blues Alley; BigBaby Gucci @ Songbyrd; Nada Surf @ the Atlantis*

*Thurs. Oct 3- Mariza @ Strathmore (fado); Maurice Louca (Egyptian artsy guitarist & keyboardist) w/ Ayman Asfour (Egyptian violinist) ; Tom Carter (droning experimental guitar),   Life Is Priceless ( Rotating improvisational collective w/ members of the DMV experimental + free music communities including Jeff Barsky, Jim Thomson, Kamyar Arsani,Ty Russell, Nico Castleman, Rob Smith, Brian Weitz (Geologist)) @ Rhizome; Gaby Moreno free from 6 to 7 @ Kennedy Center Millennium Stage; plus Ethiopian music weekly events as listed on Thursdays in September; & What Band go-go @ Martini's *

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More lists-- Capital Bop has jazz; Mary Cliff has folk; Fools Night Out has roots music; Tickeri has Latinx, Mi Gente DMV has Latin dancing (salsa, bachata, zouk), Kesta Happenings DC Facebook has Latinx too, and baltshowplace.tumblr has Baltimore punk & more; Elliot Gross on Facebook has DC blues & blues-rock; DC. Underground on Instagram has metal & hardcore; gogomusixdmv on Instagram has go-go flyers*

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