DC / Baltimore / DMV Global Music and More November 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; Lamont’s
soul shows 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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November 2024 Remaining Highlights (mostly visiting acts)
(then full list below w/ local & visiting).
Sun. Nov 3- The Negro Motorist Green Book Exhibit
opening w/ a Teenarama Dance Party (the 1963 to 1970 Black DC teen dance tv show)
with dancing to Mason & Friends band &
DJ Scooter Magruder, competitions and door prizes hosted by the African
American Music Association @ 1 to 4 @ MLK Library
Go ! Team (from UK) performing "Thunder, Lightning,
Strike" (pop-punk w/ old-school & girl group rock & sampled hiphop
touches), LA SÉCURITÉ (Canadian dance-punk )
@ Black Cat
Thurs. Nov. 7-Absolute Focus duo Kamaljeet Ahluwalia
& Jas Ahluwalia @ District of Raga Diwali celebration @ 6 to 7 @ Kennedy
Center Millennium Stage (raag gawati, on the santoor (a hundred stringed
hammered dulcimer) and tabla (hand drums))
Sat. Nov. 9- Joe Lee tribute @ AFI Silver Nov.
9th--LIGHTS, CAMERA, MAYHEM: A Tribute to Music Maven Joe Lee (late owner of
Joe’s Record Paradise)
Sun. Nov 10- Fally Ipupa @ Fillmore (Congo rumba
star)
Thurs. Nov 14- Mad
Professor, Grace of Spades, Model Home, L.E.N.G. @ 7 @ 618 Cocktail &
Whiskey Lounge, 618 H St NW (UK Dub reggae dj legend headliner )
(resident advisor website has tickets)
S.H. Fernando, Jr. — The Chronicles of (MF) DOOM: Unraveling
Rap's Masked Iconoclast book talk — at
Union Market
Fri. Nov. 15- Torrents New Links to Black Futures
fest presents “God Said Give Em Drum
Machines “ film about Black Detroit techno @ 7 @ Angelika Film Center (also Sat. Nov. 16 @ 2pm same location)
Sat. Nov. 16-Anthony Hamilton @ MGM National Harbor
(r & b)
Wed. Nov. 20- Benefit for DC's Jazz, Justice, Blues,
& Caribbean radio station WPFW -
“DC’s Great Guitars” w/Anthony Pirog/David W. Chappell and Rick
Whitehead, offering 3 different generation takes on jazz and roots guitar with
a backing band and additional guests @ Blues Alley
Sun. Nov. 24- Habib Koité, Aly Keïta, Lamine
Cissokho, Mandé Sila @ 4 & 7 @ Strathmore Mansion (Mali musicians)
Mon. Nov 25- Machel
Montano @ Kennedy Center (king of Trinidad soca)
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November 2024 Full list (*asterisks will be used to show
any additional events added throughout the month *)
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
Spyros Koliavasilis: The Rebetiko Project @ Hill Center ( Greek Multi-Instrumentalist
and Vocalist)
Asia after Dark Diwali Fest @ 5 to 9:30 pm @ Sackler &
Freer
Tropical Heat Dome’s Dia de los Muertos party w/ Leon City
Sounds djs, Dj Crown Vic , Nico, percussionist Ty Hussell & 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
Anno w/ Nappy Nappa ,DJ Dee Clark, DJ Land Reform, Peter
Kauffmann, Sam Park, & Graham Hatke @ 8 @ Bar 618, 619 H St NW
Still Familiar, Obsession Band @ Shark Bar (go-go)* (every
Friday)
TOB @ Martini’s (bouncebeat go-go) (every Friday)
Veronneau @ 6 & 8 pm @ Peerless Rens in Annapolis
(French-American songbook)
Touche Amore, Soul Glo @ Black Cat
Save Your Soul Halloween party w/ DJ Baby Alcatraz, that Rob
Macy, Paul, Pharoah Haqq @ Lithuanian
Hall Baltimore
Tropical Heat Dome Dia de los Muertos edition w/ DJs Leon
City Sounds , Crown Vic, Nico Sophia, & Percussionist Ty Hussell @ 10
@ @ Marx Café
DJ Remi Hassoun @ Green Zone (Arabic/Armenian)
Baltimore Record Bazaar Vinyl Nite @ 6 for free @ Peabody Heights Brewery
Billy Strings @ CFG Bank Arena Baltimore (sold out)
El Noro from Cuba @ the Palace in Woodbridge
Rock-a-Sonics @ Hank Dietle’s (rockabilly & country)
Judy Collins and Madeleine Peyroux @ Strathmore (folk &
jazz)
Konzentido @ Mexico Lindo (Norteno)
Skylar Gudasz free @
12:30 to 1:45 pm @ McNeir Hall, New North Bldg. Georgetown U. (registration
online ) (indie rock singer ) *
En Route string ensemble w/ live Arabic calligraphy @
Rhizome
After Thoughts Band @ Lamont’s
(soul)
Rare Essence @ Fast
Eddie’s (go-go)
Backyard Band @
Restaurant 55 (go-go)
Alfredo Mojica
Group @ 10:30 @ Bossa (salsa) plus DJ Lu w/ Latin hits upstairs;
Roots Band @ Makeda
Restaurant, Van Dorn St., Alexandria (Ethiopian)
Live Ethiopian
music @ Shalla
Ras Band w/ guest
singers @ MHL Lounge (Ethiopian)
Ethiopian music @
Black Rose Lounge
Live Ethiopian
instrumental music w/ guitarist Selamino & band 9 to 12 mdt. @ Meleket
Still Familiar,
Obsession band @ Shark Bar (go-go)
Marc Cary Quartet 6 to 9 @ Westminster Church SW (jazz w/ a
hint of go-go)
Braxton Cook, Elijah Balbed @ Songbyrd (jazz w/ funk & more)
UCB , Original Facez @ Creole on 3345 14th St
Dia de Los Muertos @ 7 @ La Cosecha
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Sat. Nov 2-
El Dia de los Muertos
fest 5 to 8 @ National Portrait Gallery w/
Mexican folk dance & art-making
& @ 6:30 p.m., artists MasPaz and Guache will project their live video
artwork “PazHaremos: Celebrating life’s journey” on the outside of the National Portrait Gallery building.
Dia de los Muertos @ 4 to 7 @ the Wharf
Erykah Badu @ MGM National Harbor
Mummies, Brower, Ar-Kaics
@ Black Cat
Grupo Fenix free from 6 to 7 @ Kenn. Ctr Mill. Stage
DCVybe ft. CCB’s frontline @ Throw Social
What Band @ Sidelines (go-go)
The Negro Motorist Green Book Exhibit opening w/ a screening
of the documentary, The Musicians' Greenbook: An Enduring Legacy between 1
t& 4 @ MLK Library (film has stories and music of Black artists who relied
on an underground travel guide to navigate the injustices of racial segregation
while on the road). MLK Library 5th Floor lounge has DJ Scooter Magruder (WPFW
FM 89.3) and Poet Taylor (WPGC Radio) broadcasting live from the library
playing music popular at Black Broadway clubs and theatres from 1 to 4 @ MLK
Library .
King Soul @ VFW 350 Hells Bottom Takoma Park (blue-eyed
soul)
Tropical Beats w/ DJ Leon City Sounds @ The Green Zone
Adams Morgan Porch Fest 2 to 6 w/ Experience Band & Show @ 3:30
DJ Stylzz & DJ Bee Kay @ Red Room, 1230 9th
St NW
We Won’t Go Back Womens march @ 4 @ Freedom Plaza
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)
Teenarama on tv @ 6 @
WHUT (doc about DC Black teen dance show from 1963 to 1970)
Sirius Company & Still Familiar @ 10 @ Fast Eddie’s
Dia de Los Muertos @ 4 @ La Cosecha
Leon City Sounds djs @ Green Zone (tropical)
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Sun. Nov 3-
The Negro Motorist Green Book Exhibit opening w/ a Teenarama
Dance Party (the 1960’s Black DC dance show) with dancing to Mason &
Friends band & DJ Scooter Magruder,
competitions and door prizes hosted by the African American Music Association @
1 to 4 @ MLK Library
Go ! Team performing "Thunder, Lightning, Strike"
(pop-punk w/ old-school & girl group rock & sampled hiphop touches), LA
SÉCURITÉ (Canadian dance-punk ) @ Black
Cat
Juls @ 3 to 5 @ Zebbie’s Garden (amapiano & afrobeats)
Pianist Daryl Davis & Seth Kibel & band play 50s & early 60s r& b from indie labels back then @ DC JCC
Los Yaguaru, Los Bybys, Internacional Carro Show @ Mexico
Lindo (romantic cumbia)
Spotlight Band @ Lamont’s (soul)
Masego @ Kennedy Center
From China to Appalachia Featuring American Roots artists
Cathy Fink & Marcy Marxer and Chinese classical hammered dulcimer player
Chao Tian @ 4:30 to 6:30 @ Hill Center DC
Chayanne @ Capital One Arena (Puerto Rican Latin pop singer)
Junkyard Band & Sirius Company 5 to 9
@ Babylon (go-go)
What Band @ Diamond Lounge (go-go)
Be’la Dona brunch @ 2 @ Bethesda Theater (go-go)
Light Beams, Fetcher, Jrdn & The Switchblades @ 7 pm @
Metro Baltimore
Ndule @ Bossa (Congolese improv jazz)
An Ocean, the Mantis @ Galaxy Hut
Black Kat Boppers w/ Shaun Young @ Hank Dietle’s (rockabilly)
Evan Keeling , comics artist who did illustrated history of
dc punk history does an artist talk from 3 to 5 @ Lost Origins Gallery
Los Dos Carnales, La Zenda y Salazar @ EL Ranchon
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
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Mon. Nov. 4-
Big X tha Plug @ 930 Club
TCB @ Big X tha Plug after-party @ Martini’s in Ft.
Washington
Dia de Muertos (Day of the Dead) Candlelight Ceremony and
Reception @ 8 @ Rhizome
Fat Cat & the Blues Band 6 to 9 @ Westminster Church SW
Lafayette Gilchrist @ blues alley (jazz pianist influenced a
tad by go-go & more)
Project Locrea @ 7:30 @ Robert Parilla Performing Arts
Center @ Montgomery Community College
Go-go for Alsobrooks outdoors event w/ Sirius Company, &
guests Big G, Weensey, & Derrick Holmes plus DJ Tonez @ 8923 Woodyard Rd.,
Clinton, MD
Ethiopian music live @ Napoli Lounge
Ethiojazz @ Shalla
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Tues. Nov 5-
Still Familiar, Positive Vybz free @ 8:30 @ Fast Eddie’s
(every Tuesday)
Oxlade from Africa @ Howard Theatre
9Million, Tosser, Canaries @ Rhizome
Brooke Alex @ DC 9 (sold out)
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, Nov. 6-
03 Greedo @ Union
Stage (LA rapper)
NewDad @ Atlantis
Yogiv Shetrit Duo (North African meets Andalusian jazz) free
@ 6 to 7 @ Kennedy Center Millennium Stage
Kim Michelle Experience @ Felt in Oxon Hill (go-go)
Robert Lighthouse @ VFW 350 Hells Bottom Takoma Park (blues)
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. Nov 7-
Sango & Rochelle Jordan @ Howard Theatre (r& b)
Azul Band @ the Green Zone (Multi-cultural)
Pod Blotz, TALsounds,
Jeremy Ray (color rot) @ 618 H St NW (experimental)
Richard Shindell @ Jammin Java (folk)
Longtimers @ Hank Dietle’s (roots rock)
Thrills @ JVs (roots)
Live Ethiopian music w/
guitarist Selamino & band @ Shalla Restaurant in Silver Spring
Roots Band @ Makeda Restaurant, Van Dorn St., Alexandria
(Ethiopian)
Ethiopian music @ MHL
Lounge in Falls Church
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
*Bongo District w/ DJs Leon City Sounds & DJ Rumba-Fi (tropical sounds)*
*Verny Varela @ 9:30 @ Bossa (cumbia, valenato, salsa, & more ) *
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Fri. Nov. 8-
Six Organs of Admittance w/ guest Tashi Dorji @ Pie Shop ( guitarist
Ben Chasny’s drone-folk group)
Don Toliver @
Eaglebank Arena
Mariachi Herencia de México @ Barns of Wolf Trap (Mariachi
takes on classic salsa)
Leon Bridges: The Leon Tour with Hermanos Gutiérrez @ Anthem
(sold out)
DJ Gilbert Torossian @ Green Zone (Arabic/Armenian)
Pyramid Atlantic Art Center Rock n Shop with the
Rock-a-Sonics from 6:30 to 11 @ 4318 Gallatin Street, Hyattsville
Moors & McCumber @ 7 @ Hill Center DC
(Folk/Rock/Americana duo)
Deborah Cox @
Bethesda Theater (r & b)
Peabody 12th Anniversary w/ Dosser, Infinity Knives &
Brian Ennals, Still Bones free @ Peabody Heights Brewery Baltimore
Nikka Costa @ Union Stage (funk-pop-rock)
The VI- Kings @ Hank Dietle’s (mid-60s rock & soul )
Dubfire @ Culture
Blacc Print Experience @ Takoma
Station Tavern (go-go)
CCB @ Throw Social (go-go)
Onda Kumbiera &
Histeria @ Dulles Sportsplex
Quirquina @ Diamond
Lounge
Sirius Company @
Citizens & Culture
After Thoughts Band
@ Lamont’s (soul)
Rare Essence @ Fast
Eddie’s (go-go)
Backyard Band @
Restaurant 55 (go-go)
Alfredo Mojica
Group @ 10:30 @ Bossa (salsa) plus DJ Lu w/ Latin hits upstairs;
Roots Band @ Makeda
Restaurant, Van Dorn St., Alexandria (Ethiopian)
Live Ethiopian
music @ Shalla
Ras Band w/ guest
singers @ MHL Lounge (Ethiopian)
Ethiopian music @
Black Rose Lounge
Live Ethiopian
instrumental music w/ guitarist Selamino & band 9 to 12 mdt. @ Meleket
Still Familiar,
Obsession band @ Shark Bar (go-go)
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Sat. Nov. 9-
Andre 3000 w/ opener serpentwithfeet @ Kennedy Center
(flute)
Average White Band @ Warner Theatre
Googoosh @ Anthem (Iranian/Persian music singer)
Jr Walker’s band, Hardway Connection, Ladies of Motown, Jesi
Terrell @ Elks Lodge Temple Hills (soul)
Kacey Musgraves @ CFG
Bank Arena Baltimore (country pop)
Orion Sun @ 930 Club (r & b) (sold out)
Selda Baggan & Serenad Baggan @ GW Lisner Auditorium
(Turkish music)
Joe Lee tribute @ AFI Silver Nov. 9th--LIGHTS, CAMERA,
MAYHEM: A Tribute to Music Maven Joe Lee (late owner of Joe’s Records)
Afro Nile w/ DC-based Ethiopian guitarist Selam Woldermariam
@ Next Level DC
Jake Blount and Mali Obomsawin free
@ 6 to 7 @ Kennedy Center Millennium Stage (black folk banjo & bass)
Tyler Hubbard @ Fillmore
Jim Saah and J Robbins @ Mojomala (DC punk & more
photographer w/ musician from Jawbox & other groups)
Kurt Travis, Geoff Rickly (Thursday), Dwellings, Post Nc @
7:30 @ Ottobar (rock, postpunk)
DJ Crown Vic’s Weird World Vinyl @ The Green Zone
Peabody Anniversary 12th Anniversary w/ Pinkshift, Ed
Schrader’s Music Bear, Sunny Cowell & Mighty Mark @ 12 noon free @ Peabody
Heights Brewery Baltimore (rock)
Franz Nicolay @ Club 603
Going Goin Gone farewell show @ Hank
Dietle’s (DC roots/Americana band)
Junkyard Band @ Paradise Bar Lounge in Lexington Park, MD (go-go)
Backyard Band @ Balkonie (go-go)
Airport 77s & the Highballers @ 7:30 to 10:30 pm @
Washington Rockville Elks Lodge #15 (Powerpop and rock)
Dance Club @ DC 9 (techno djs including Love Letters, Joyce Lim )
Dwele @ Bethesda
Theater (neo-soul)
Soroche, Bombo Box, Victor Arce, DJ Leon City Sounds @ Comet
P Pong (cumbia)
Orquesta San Vicente, Los Caminantes Y La Sonara Dinamita @
Club One
Vibras Latin DJ party @ Culture
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)
*DJ Mackie talks to longtime DC punk drummer Danny Ingram @ 9am on WOWD radio*
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Sun. Nov 10-
Fally Ipupa @ Fillmore (Congo rumba star)
Lucy Kaplansky @ Jammin Java (folk)
Kal Ho Na Ho:
Shankar–Ehsaan–Loy @ 6:30 @ MGM National Harbor (India pop)
Heavenly Sons, New Vizion, Chavela & Spiritual Voices,
Zion, Lil Sammy & the Flying Clouds of Philadelphia & more @ 4 @
Harvest Assembly Baptist Church in Alexandria (gospel)
"Bonnie Raitt: Road Tested" movie doc @ 3 @ Kennedy Center
Rare Essence & Junkyard Band @ Howard Theatre (go-go)
Backyard Band @ Throw Social (go-go)
What Band, Still Familiar @ Babylon Woodbridge
Kim Michelle Experience 8 to 1 @ Mayflower (go-go)
Sultry, Pollute,
eX-Tradition, Sad Roach, Cataclysmic @ Rhizome (punk)
Maverick City Music @ Capital One Arena
A tribute to Women stars of rock by local roots rock
musicians @ Bethesda Theater
Billy Prine presents Songs and stories of John Prine @
Hamilton Live
R & B Club discusses music of Luther Vandross @ 12 noon
@ Songbyrd
1252 Band @ Lamont’s (soul)
A tribute to Romani jazz guitar pioneer Django Reinhardt @
Strathmore
Project Locrea @ 7 @ Arlington Presbyterian Church (global
Sounds . Munit Mesfin vocalist on some songs)
The Flip Phones, You
Fool! @ Galaxy Hut
Ottobar Punk rock flea market 12 to 4 pm
Secreto @ Mercury Lounge Silver Spring (from Dominican
Republic)
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
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Mon. Nov 11-
Ratboys & Palehound @ Atlantis (sold out)
Curtis Pope’s Midnight Blue @ 6 to 9 @ Westminster Church SW
(blues & soul)
Makoto Kawabata (Acid Mothers Temple), Tim Dahl (Lydia Lunch’s
band), Bashi Rose (Konjur Collective), Safra & Alex Silva @ Ottobar (postpunk
psych rock)
Psychic Death, De()t, Qiik @ Rhizome (punk)
Bruce Cockburn @ Rams Head Onstage Annapolis (folk)
Attinshun open mic @ 8:30 @ Rendezvous
Ethiopian music live @ Napoli Lounge
Ethiojazz @ Shalla
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Tues. Nov 12-
Ratboys & Palehound @ Atlantis
Emily King @ Union Stage
I’ll Take You There: Stax Records Cabaret w/ Deacon Izzy
&Kanysha Williams @ Signature Theatre (through Nov. 24)
Bruce Cockburn @ Birchmere (folk)
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. Nov 13-
Johnie Steele @ Eloquent Touch Ballroom
Flash Hits, Duane Lauginiger, Dot Dash @ Black Cat (rock)
Strathmore Artists in Residence showcase @ Strathmore
Abdullah Ibrahim Trio @ Barns of Wolf Trap (90 – years-old
South African jazz pianist & band)
ADST Music album release party 7 to 10 hosted by Priest Da
Nomad @ Hill Prince, H St. NE (free via Eventbrite)
Carly Harvey @ Takoma Station Tavern (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)
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Mad Professor,
Grace of Spades, Model Home, L.E.N.G. @ 7 @ 618 Cocktail & Whiskey Lounge, 618 H St NW (UK Dub reggae dj legend headliner ) (resident
advisor website has tickets)
La Santa Cecilia @ State Theatre
Brian Mcknight @ Warner Theatre (r & b)
Empresarios free @ 6 to 7 @ Kennedy Center Millennium Stage
(tropical beats)
Pig Destroyer @ Black Cat
Torrents New Links to Black Futures fest (from Nov 14 to 17)
opening w/ Jo Palmer & Subdivision @ 9 to 11 @ Wild Days bar @ Eaton
(drummer Palmer w/ hiphop producer
Magnus Andretti & more blend soul, jazz, funk w/ hiphop)
Polo G @ Echostage (rap)
Tokyo Police Club @ Howard Theatre
Columbia Pike Documentary Project 7 to 8:30 @ Reinsch
Library @ Marymount U. in Arlington
Flack @ VFW 350 Hells Bottom Takoma Park (roots)
Grandsons @ Hank Dietle’s (Americana)
Danube Sessions & Kriminal Pop w/ Orchester Praževica @
Green Zone
Live Ethiopian music w/
guitarist Selamino & band @ Shalla Restaurant in Silver Spring
Roots Band @ Makeda Restaurant, Van Dorn St., Alexandria
(Ethiopian)
Ethiopian music @ MHL
Lounge in Falls Church
Ethiopian music @
Black Rose Lounge
Ethiopian music @ Love Lounge Fenton St Silver Spring
What Band feat. Killa Cal @ Martini's Ft Washington (go-go)
Afrobeats w/ DJ Jamstar @ Spectrum Lounge
Afro-Caribbean dj @ Kaldis
Afrobeats @ Gazuza Lounge
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Fri. Nov. 15-
Wale @ MGM National Harbor (DC rap)
K Camp @ Howard Theatre
Khaiba @ Jammin Java (DMV-based Nigerian rap/r& b
vocalist)
Alma Laprida & Geologist @ Tonal Park ( experimental )
Torrents New Links to Black Futures fest happy hour w/ DJ
Adrian Loving 5 to 8 @ Treehouse in Hotel Nell
Torrents New Links to Black Futures fest Presents the
Cartography Project free from 6 to 7 @ Kennedy Center Millennium Stage
Torrents New Links to Black Futures fest presents “God Said Give Em Drum Machines “
film about Black Detroit techno @ 7 @
Angelika Film Center
Dru Hill @ Bethesda
Theater (r & b)
Long Live Go-go special allstar bill w/ TOB, Yaddiya DJ Tumm Tumm, & more @
Songbyrd
Ed Shrader's Music Beat, Swoll, Club USA @ Comet P Pong
Adam O'Farrill’s Stranger Days, Bergamot Quartet, Sinonó @ 7
@ Le Mondo Baltimore (jazz)
Dj Basbousa @ Green Zone
(Arabic)
Rocksteady Project @ Takoma Station Tavern
La Sonora Dinamita @ El Espino De Manassas
Grupo Exterminador El Compa Sacra Y Fer Martínez Y Sus
Cuates De Olancho @ Cococabana
After Thoughts Band @ Lamont’s (soul)
Rare Essence @ Fast Eddie’s (go-go)
Backyard Band @ Restaurant 55 (go-go)
Alfredo Mojica Group @ 10:30 @ Bossa (salsa) plus DJ Lu w/
Latin hits upstairs;
Roots Band @ Makeda Restaurant, Van Dorn St., Alexandria
(Ethiopian)
Live Ethiopian music @ Shalla
Ras Band w/ guest singers @ MHL Lounge (Ethiopian)
Ethiopian music @ Black Rose Lounge
Live Ethiopian instrumental music w/ guitarist Selamino
& band 9 to 12 mdt. @ Meleket
Still Familiar, Obsession band @ Shark Bar (go-go)
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Anthony Hamilton @
MGM National Harbor (r & b)
Sirhan Khosravi & Ehaam @ DAR Constitution Hall (Iranian
singer)
Dokun Afrotonics Afrobeat Band featuring Wunmi (Afrobeat infused w/ Brazilian styles &
Afro-Cuban rhythms. Wunmi brings R&B, soul, funk, Afrobeat) @
7-10pm @ Museum of African Art
Torrents New Links to Black Futures fest presents “God Said Give Em Drum Machines “
film about Black Detroit techno @ 2
@ Angelika Film Center
Torrents New Links to Black Futures fest happy hour w/
Reggie Dokes (Detroit techno composer) & DJ Adrian Loving 5 to 8 @
Treehouse in Hotel Nell
Dru Hill @ Bethesda
Theater (r & b)
The English Beat @ 1pm matinee all ages @ Rams Head On Stage Annapolis (ska)
DC punk rock flea market @ St Stephen’s Church
Hiphop Experience @ Hook Hall
Lupe Fiasco @ Howard Theatre
Haley Heynderickx @ 930 Club
David Rowell — The Endless Refrain: Memory, Nostalgia, and
the Threat to New Music book talk - with Bob Funck — at Union Market about how
Spotify and other things have hurt musicians
Stone Pleasure Band, 1252 Band & DJ ShoNuff @ Lamont’s
(soul)
Sounds of US New Music Fest @ Kennedy Center
21st Century Consort “Above & Beyond “ @ 5 @ Hirshhorn
Trauma Ray, Full Body 2, Leaving Time @ Comet P Pong
Culture party w Black Alley, Noochie @ 1 to 7 @ Karma
(go-go, rap)
Noun, Clear Channel, Out Sick @ 8 @ Ottobar (punk)
DJ Johnson Lee @ The Green Zone (Joe’s record paradise -
vinyl)
TOB @ Throw Social (bouncebeat go-go)
Tumbao (Latin salsa ) @ 10:30 @ Bossa 1st floor & DJ Lu
Latin Hits upstairs;
Roots Band @ Makeda Restaurant (Ethiopian)
live Ethiopian music @ Shalla
Ras Band w/ guest singers @ MHL Lounge (Ethiopian)
Ethiopian music @ Black Rose Lounge
Rare Essence @ 11 @
Aqua (go-go)
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Sun. Nov. 17-
Anthony Hamilton @ the Lyric (r& b)
Slowdive @ Anthem (shoegaze rock )
Jhayco @ Eaglebank Arena
Dru Hill @ Bethesda
Theater (r & b)
Ronnie Baker Brooks @ Jammin Java (Chicago blues and soul singer/guitarist)
Torrents New Links to Black Futures fest presents Bomba, Afro-Puerto Rican drumming
& dance 1:30 to 2:45 @ Songbyrd
Monsters from the Surf, Jake Starr & Delicious Fullness
band, Oil City Confidential @ Hank Dietle’s (Oil City is Abaad Behram’s pub
rock Dr Feelgood tribute band)
"For Love or Country": movie doc about Dizzy
Gillespie helping Cuban trumpet player Arturo Sandoval get political asylum in
US @ 3 @ Kennedy Center Reach
Mezzanine record fair as part of Torrents Festival @ 2 to 8
pm @ Cotton & Reed, 1330 5th Street NE,
Dennis Stroughmatt @ 1:30 @ Glen Echo Park Bumper Car
Pavilion (Cajun)
Sensational Singing Angels 65th anniversary, w/
the Gospel Legends, Highway QCs, Zion, New Vizion, the Seek & Find Project,
The Barbour Travelers, The Heavenly Voices @ 4 @ the Lee Center Alexandria
(gospel)
David Chappell Band @ 2 to 4:30 @ Hank Dietle’s (roots)
Rent Strike, Trashboat & the Ambush Girls on Toast @ 9 @
Comet Ping Pong
Bassmasters, Pt
Burnem W/ Arielle Bryant @ Galaxy Hut
Sherri Barbee, and the Bad S. 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
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Mon. Nov 18-
Bobby Felder’s Blues Brothers 6 to 9 @ Westminster Church SW (longtime DC soul,
blues, & jazz keyboardist & his band)
Sturgill Simpson @ Anthem (sold out)
flo petite (DC), Thalia Zedek w/ Karen Sarkisian (Boston),
eraser girl (New DC band) @ Rhizome (rock)
Jontavious Willis @ Pearl Street (blues)
Ethiopian music live @ Napoli Lounge
Ethiojazz @ Shalla
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Tues. Nov. 19-
Godspeed You! Black Emperor w/ Alan Sparhawk (from Low) @
930 Club (sold Out) (post-punk)
Caribou @ Anthem
Lucinda Williams & her band @ Lincoln Theatre
Sleepy Hallow & Sheff G @ Howard Theatre
Legends of Brazil: A Musical Celebration for 200 Years of
Friendship w/ PostClassical Ensemble conducted by Angel Gil-Ordóñez, Flávio
Chamis, guest curator, Lucas Ashby, percussion, Tatjana Mead Chamis, viola,
André Mehmari, piano and composer, Elin Melgarejo, vocalist @ Kennedy Center
Terrace Theatre
Leon Thomas @ Union Stage (r & b)
Marshall Crenshaw 40 years in Showbiz @ Rams Head On Stage
Annapolis (guitar pop-rock)
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. Nov. 20-
YG & Doe Boy @ Fillmore Silver Spring (rap)
Legends of Brazil: A Musical Celebration for 200 Years of
Friendship w/ PostClassical Ensemble conducted by Angel Gil-Ordóñez, Flávio
Chamis, guest curator, Lucas Ashby, percussion, Tatjana Mead Chamis, viola,
André Mehmari, piano and composer, Elin Melgarejo, vocalist @ Kennedy Center
Terrace Theatre
Alan Sparhawk (from Low), Circuit Des Yeux @ 7 @ Ottobar
(artsy postpunk rock)
Tornillo @ Howard Theatre
Sun June @ DC9
Hayden Peligo @ Songbyrd (instrumental artsy guitar rock )
Music from Malta free @ 6 to 7 @ Kennedy Center Millennium
Stage
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. Nov. 21-
Ohio Players @ Birchmere
Sunny Jain’s Wild East @ the Freer (South Asian )
Xavier Omar @ Howard Theatre (r& b)
Adam O’Farrill's Stranger Days, Sarah Hughes & Steve Arnold @ Rhizome
(jazz )
James Fernando free from 6 to 7 @
Kennedy Center Millenium Stage (jazz-classical- electronic pianist)
Eli Derby , Byron Juane @ the Pocket (R & B/rap)
Feedback Loops w/ Dan Deacon & Many Baltimore Musicians
@ 6 pm @ National Aquarium
Pile ‘o’ Rocks @ Hank Dietle’s
Going Goin Gone farewell show @ VFW Post 350 Hells Bottom (DC roots/Americana band)
Soul Sauce w/DJ Kenny M @ The Green Zone (Vinyl)
Live Ethiopian music w/
guitarist Selamino & band @ Shalla Restaurant in Silver Spring
Roots Band @ Makeda Restaurant, Van Dorn
St., Alexandria (Ethiopian)
Ethiopian music @ MHL Lounge in Falls Church
Ethiopian music @ Black Rose Lounge
Ethiopian music @ Love Lounge Fenton St
Silver Spring
What Band feat. Killa Cal @ Martini's Ft
Washington (go-go)
Afrobeats w/ DJ Jamstar @ Spectrum Lounge
Afro-Caribbean dj @ Kaldis
Afrobeats @ Gazuza Lounge
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Fri. Nov. 22-
Rebirth Brass Band @ Hamilton Live (New Orleans funk)
Nicholas Payton doing Nouveau Standards @ 7pm & 9:30 pm @ Keystone Korner (New Orleans
trumpet player)
Miss Chief Rocka free from 6 to 7 @ Kennedy Center Millenium
Stage (Cree/ Greek dancer who was in A Tribe Called Red)
The Set R & B Experience @ Howard Theatre
Jumpin Jupiter w/ Distortion Inc @ Hank Dietle’s ( JJ is rockabilly)
DJ Saba @ The Green Zone (Arabic)
Alison Crockett @ Creative Alliance
Blacc Print Experience @ Takoma Station Tavern (go-go)
CCB @ Throw Social (go-go)
Proper Utensils @ 701 7th St NW (go-go)
After Thoughts Band @ Lamont’s (soul)
Rare Essence @ Fast Eddie’s (go-go)
Backyard Band @ Restaurant 55 (go-go)
Alfredo Mojica Group @ 10:30 @ Bossa (salsa) plus DJ Lu w/
Latin hits upstairs;
Roots Band @ Makeda Restaurant, Van Dorn St., Alexandria
(Ethiopian)
Live Ethiopian music @ Shalla
Ras Band w/ guest singers @ MHL Lounge (Ethiopian)
Ethiopian music @ Black Rose Lounge
Live Ethiopian instrumental music w/ guitarist Selamino
& band 9 to 12 mdt. @ Meleket
Still Familiar, Obsession band @ Shark Bar (go-go)
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Sat. Nov. 23-
Adrianne Lenker @ Anthem (sold out)
Velocity Girl, Bad Moves, Outer World @ Black Cat
Craig Finn @ Club 603 (sold out)
Festival Catracho @ Cococabana
Festival Catracho @ Club One
Fiel a la Vega @ Lincoln Theatre (Puerto Rican folk rock)
Tia Wood free from 6 to 7 @ Kennedy Center Millenium Stage (Cree
native Alberta singer now in Los Angeles)
What Band feat. Killa Cal, Strickly Business, Positive Vybe
Band 4 to 9 @ Diamond Lounge
V.Vecker, Boat Burning, Jeff Surak @ Rhizome
SiriusVybe & Top 5
@ Bethesda Theater (r & b crank)
Dillinger 4 & Paint it Black @ St Stephen’s (sold out)
nectar w/ DJ v:shal & ahautmess @ The Green Zone
J & R’s Music World, sansyou @ 6 for free @ Art Sound
Language in NW DC
Tribute to Frankie Beverly & Maze w/ Paul Bumbry @ 6pm
& 8:30 pm @ Keystone Korner
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)
New Impressionz @ Paradise Lounge (go-go)
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Sun. Nov 24-
Rod Wave @ Capital One Arena
Chief Keef, Lil Gnar & the Glo Boys @ Echostage (rap)
Robert Glasper & guests @ Howard Theatre (jazz & r& b)
Habib Koité, Aly Keïta, Lamine
Cissokho, Mandé Sila @ 4 & 7 @ Strathmore Mansion (Mali musicians)
Marshall Crenshaw w/ James Mastro @ Birchmere (guitar-pop)
Tom Mindte & Willie Barry & The Original Dixieland
Rock n' Roll Band @ 6 @ Hank Dietle's
Juan Megna @ Takoma Station (Latin Jazz)
live Ethiopian music @ Shalla Restaurant in Silver Spring
(through Sunday)
Roots Band @ Makeda Restaurant, Van Dorn St., Alexandria
(Ethiopian)
Ethiopian music @ MHL
Lounge in Falls Church
Ethiopian music @
Black Rose Lounge
Ethiopian music @ Love Lounge Fenton St Silver Spring
Drumming @ 3 to 7 @ Malcolm X Park
Afrobeats dj @ St Ex
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Machel Montano @
Kennedy Center (king of Trinidad soca)
Ethiopian music live @ Napoli Lounge
Ethiojazz @ Shalla
Attinshun open mic @ 8:30 @ Rendezvous
Tba @ 6 to 9 @ Westminster Church SW (blues0
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Tues. Nov. 26-
Ethiopian music @ Lion’s Den in Falls Church
Blacc Print Experience @ Martini's White Plains (go-go)
Dancehall reggae dj @
Society Lounge
*Marta Sanchez @ Blues Alley (jazz piano) *
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Wed. Nov. 27-
Teedra Moses 20th Anniversary of Complex Simplicity album
tour @ Howard Theatre
Foushee @ Union Stage ( r& b & post-punk)
Mystic Nights: Mùa Thu Cho Em @ MGM National Harbor
(Vietnamese music performers)
Zacarías Ferreira @
VIP Room Baltimore
K Paz de la Sierra @ Club One
Jimi Smooth & Hit Time @ JVs
Northeast Groovers @ Diamond Lounge (go-go)
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)
*Elin sings Elis Regina @ Blues Alley (Brazilian) *
*Northeast Groovers, Mature Clientele, Suttle, R & S Projet, Members Only Band @ Diamond Lounge (go-go)*
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Thurs. Nov. 28-
Thanksgiving
K Paz de la Sierra @ Rio Cantina in Sterling
Dead Bob (Nomeansno), Lung, Burger Monday @ 7 pm @ Ottobar
David Chappell Band @ JVs (roots / Americana)
Live Ethiopian music w/ guitarist Selamino & band @ Shalla
Restaurant in Silver Spring (call to confirm they’re open tonight)
Roots Band @ Makeda
Restaurant, Van Dorn St., Alexandria (Ethiopian) (call to confirm they’re open
tonight)
Ethiopian
music @ MHL Lounge in Falls Church (call
to confirm they’re open tonight)
Ethiopian
music @ Black Rose Lounge (call to
confirm they’re open tonight)
Ethiopian music @
Love Lounge Fenton St Silver Spring (call to confirm they’re open tonight)
What Band feat.
Killa Cal @ Martini's Ft Washington (go-go) (call to confirm they’re open
tonight)
Afrobeats w/ DJ
Jamstar @ Spectrum Lounge (call to confirm they’re open tonight)
Afro-Caribbean dj @
Kaldis (call to confirm they’re open tonight)
Afrobeats @ Gazuza
Lounge (call to confirm they’re open tonight)
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Friday Nov. 29-
Raheem DeVaughn & band @ Howard Theatre
Rod Wave @ CFG Arena Baltimore
DJ Wissam Sletman@ Green Zone (Arabic)
Proper Utensils @ Takoma Station Tavern (go-go)
TOB @ Throw Social (go-go)
Disco Biblioteca: Music and Books Listening Club w/ book “3
Shades of Blue: Miles, Davis, John Coltrane, Bill Evans and the Lost Empire of
Cool” by James Kaplan @ 7 @ People’s Book
After Thoughts Band @ Lamont’s (soul)
Rare Essence @ Fast Eddie’s (go-go)
Backyard Band @ Restaurant 55 (go-go)
Alfredo Mojica Group @ 10:30 @ Bossa (salsa) plus DJ Lu w/
Latin hits upstairs;
Roots Band @ Makeda Restaurant, Van Dorn St., Alexandria
(Ethiopian)
Live Ethiopian music @ Shalla
Ras Band w/ guest singers @ MHL Lounge (Ethiopian)
Ethiopian music @ Black Rose Lounge
Live Ethiopian instrumental music w/ guitarist Selamino
& band 9 to 12 mdt. @ Meleket
Still Familiar, Obsession band @ Shark Bar (go-go)
*DC Vybe, Kim Michelle Experience , & guest Stinky Dink @ 9 @ Hard Rock Cafe (go-go)*
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Sat. Nov. 30-
Manhattans feat. Gerald Alston @ Birchmere (r & b)
Smash Records 40th anniversary w/ Des Demonas, Lorelei, No
Man , & DJ Danny Ingram @ Black Cat
Chrisette Michele @ Bethesda Theater (r & b)
Banda MS @ CFG Bank Arena
Zacarías Ferreira @ Club
One
Chopteeth @ Pearl St Warehouse (afrobeat)
Reggaeton rave @ Echostage
H.R. Of Bad Brains, Billy Batts, +TBA @ 8 @ Ottobar
DJ *Dolman @ Green Zone (International psych)
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)
EU & Chuck Brown Band @ Hamilton Live
*Adobo DMV 2010s themed dj party w/ djs Dada Cozmic, Pedro Night, Tim Fields @ 10 @ Culture *
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Sun. Dec. 1- Mariah Carey Christmas tour @ Capital
One Arena
Bill Warrell who started late 1970s punk, poetry, jazz club
dc space at 7th & E sts NW talks about the club & his district curators
programs from back then, w/ Cynthia Connolly & Claudia Depaul Joseph who also worked there; plus music by Messthetics @ Backstage at
the Palisades Hub hosted by NBC tv's Mark Segraves (who's a music fan) (details for getting tickets to be announced .)
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
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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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