Calendar is posted, updated, and viewable here on the blog, and events listings are posted on my Bluesky and Threads & sometimes still tweeted.
Calendar is also linked on my Facebook & Instagram (& has its own DC Global Music pages there where I post gig flyers, updates & video clips of dc area gigs-(@dcglobalmusic on Instagram; DC Global Music and More on Facebook)-. Email list coming soon.
Gig list includes international (mainly African, Caribbean, Latin, Brazilian, Asian), roots, rap, soul, go-go, rock, punk, pop, gospel, blues, & club dj dance and more DMV & Baltimore & Annapolis gigs that I am interested in. Lots of local Ethiopian and Go-go. Some jazz but I mainly leave that to Capital Bop. Also some movies w/ music themes, and music book events. Additional gigs added after first posting have an *asterisk.* I am often adding go-go ones, Bossa club, Lamont’s soul & dj nights that are announced later. Events listed have been found on websites, Instagram, Facebook, email, postcards, flyers, event-brite, tik-tok, & club voicemails.
To submit events (for posting) or comments (that are not posted) e-mail stevenkiviat @ gmail . com
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My September 2026 Highlights (mostly visiting acts) (then much longer full list below w/ local & visiting acts of many genres). Your choice of highlights might differ.
Tues. Sept. 1- Patti Smith 6:30 @ Atlantis (sold out)
A Crankin’ Celebration for the new book “ Crankin’ Power and Resilience in Washington D.C.’s Go-go Culture” w/ authors Alona Wartofsky, Charles Stephenson, Jr., Kato Hammond; Next Gen Krank performing & guest appearance by Go-go Legends Sugar Bear, Big G, & Weensey, & beat ya feet dancers 6-9 @ Go-go Museum (authors will also be @ Politics & Prose Union Market September 12 w/ moderator Natalie Hopkinson)
Wed. Sept 2- (to Sun. Sept. 6) - DC Jazz Fest
Fri. Sept. 4-Afro Plus Fest night 1 w/ Davido, Adunkle Gold, Tiwa Savage & more @ Northwest Stadium (goes through Sept 6) (afrobeats, amapiano, rap, r&b & go-go over 3 days)
Sun. Sept. 6- Summer soul go-go fest w/ Rare Essence , Junkyard Band, Backyard Band, Northeast Groovers, Pock3t more 12-8 pm @ Charles County Fairgrounds
Fri. Sept. 11 - Lij Mic @ Ethiopian New Year Celebration @ Washington Convention Center
Art All Night Deanwood w/ Northeast Groovers & Art all Nights events elsewhere on Friday and Saturday (MLK Block Party Sat. Sept 12)
Tues. Sept 15- Wu Tang Clan @ Jiffy Lube Live (rap)
Young Thug, Nav @ Anthem (rap)
Beth Orton @ Miracle Theatre (alt-folk)
Thurs. Sept. 17- Samir Langus (Moroccan gnawa blues melded with funk) , Light Beams (dc postpunk dance) @ Takoma Station Tavern
Thee Sacred Souls, La Lom, The Womack Sisters 6:30 pm @ Wolf Trap (retro cool rock & soul & more)
Fri. Sept. 18- “We Like it Like That” doc about bugalu music; 6pm is food, music, 7pm is movie @ 2700 Art Space @ 2700 S. nelson St., Arlington
Sat. Sept 19 - Bikini Kill @ Fillmore (riot grrls pioneers)
Broccoli City 2026 feat. Summer Walker, kwn, & Elmiene @ Jiffy Lube Live
Sun. Sept. 20-Erykah Badu, De La Soul, the Alchemist @ Wolf Trap (r&b & rap)
Wed. Sept 23- Cabaret Voltaire @ Howard Theatre (UK artsy punk era band gone techno w/ 1 original member on farewell US tour)
L’rain @ DC9 (artsy critics fave)
Mon. Sept. 28- Charli XCX @ Capital One Arena (pop and avant-pop)
Rocketship, Lightheaded @ Pearl St Warehouse (twee pop & a bit of shoegaze)
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Full September 2026 list below- (*asterisks will be used to show any additional events added throughout the month or changes *)
Tues. Sept. 1-
Mike D @ 930 Club (sold out)
Patti Smith 6:30 @ Atlantis (sold out)
A Crankin’ Celebration for the new book “ Crankin’ Power and Resilience in Washington D.C.’s Go-go Culture” w/ authors Alona Wartofsky, Charles Stephenson, Jr., Kato Hammond; Next Gen Krank performing & guest appearance by Go-go Legends Sugar Bear, Big G, & Weensey, & beat ya feet dancers 6-9 @ Go-go Museum
Battle of the go-go Congas @ Chateau
DMV Senior Hand Dancers 12 to 4 @ Cheverly American Legion
Still Familiar @ Fast Eddie's (go-go)
Kalkidan & Fekadu backed by Dani Key & Dave Sax @ Rumor Bar Silver Spring (Ethiopian)
"vintage groove" Ethiopian music band feat. Fikir & Fitsum 8-11 @ Makeda Restaurant, Van Dorn St., Alexandria
Rock Steady Project @ House of Soul (go-go)
Reaction Band @ Martini’s
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Wed. Sept 2-
Magic 102.3 presents Rare Essence 6:30-8:30 @ Sycamore & Oak (go-go) (early arrival suggested) (go-go)
Messthetics @ JVs
DC Jazz fest Sept 2-6 @ Wharf
Wailin Jennys @ Birchmere ( sold out)
DC Jazz Fest opening party @ Hamilton Live
The Monsters, Restives @ Quarry House Tavern (rock)
Wilfrido Terrazas, Rachel Beetz @ Rhizome (flutist/improvisors)
Dirt Champ w/ little a, Petrichor, Short Lives 8pm @ Pie Shop (dc rock & punk)
Jo-go Project @ Keystone Korner (jazz & go-go)
Brian Gilmore discusses his book “No More Worlds to Conquer: The Black Poet in Washington DC 6:30-8 pm @ MLK Library
Badlands movie 9:40 @ Suns Cinema
Matheus Fonseca 6-9 @ Cana (Brazilian guitar)
Brazilian Brothers feat. Heitor Presser 7-10 @ Mercy Me
New Impressionz @ Hemen Lounge (go-go)
What Band feat. Killa Cal free @ Shark Bar (go-go)
Live Ethiopian music @ Napoli Lounge
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Thurs. Sept 3-
La Perversa @ Ibiza (reggaeton)
Junkyard Band @ Hamilton Live (go-go)
DC Jazzfest w/ Butcher Brown, Corcoran Holt, & Marshall Keys & Soulful Path 4:30 @ Anthem Row
Big Tony & TroubleFunk w/ Kim Michelle Experience @ 930 Club (go-go)
Wailin Jennys @ Birchmere (sold out)
J. Roddy Walston & 2 others @ WTMD first Thursday free 5:30@ Canton Waterfront Park
Dolly Parton Tribute night @ Mobtown Ballroom
Longtimers @ Hank Dietle's (roots)
Thrills @ JVs (roots rock)
DJ King Kumo & friends @ Shanklin Hall
Anisha Saikia 12-1pm @ Wilson Plaza Reagan Bldg (India)
Caribbean rooftop party @ Moxy
Jx J fest starts @ DC JCC
“Felina” salsa & bachata music night w/ Pedro Night dj’ing 10 pm on @ Tigres de la Noche (alley entrance 405 Morse St NE)
Push Play @ Diamond Lounge
Brazilian forro & samba music w/ Felipe Garibaldi & Rosa Morais 7-10 pm @ Mercy Me
What Band @ Martinis (go-go)
Reaction Band @ Hemen Lounge (bouncebeat go-go)
New Impressionz @ Shark Bar (go-go & bouncebeat go-go)
Abraham, Danny, Hanna @ Shalla Restaurant in Silver Spring (Ethiopian)
Selam Sound @ Makeda Restaurant, Van Dorn St., Alexandria (Ethiopian)
Ethiopian music @ MHL Lounge in Falls Church
Ethiopian music @ Mulashewa
Ethiopian music @ JD Bar
Ethiopian music @ Rumor Bar Fenton St Silver Spring
Afrobeats w/ DJ @ Spectrum Lounge
Afro-Caribbean dj @ Kaldi’s
live reggae 9 pm @ Bukom
Azul Band 8pm @ El Secreto de Rosita (North African tropical )
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Fri. Sept 4-
Afro Plus Fest night 1 w/ Davido, Adunkle Gold, Tiwa Savage & more @ Northwest Stadium (goes through Sept 6)
After party for Afro-Plus Fest night one 10 pm @ Citizens & Culture
Another Afro Plus after party @ Sachi
Grupo Frontera @ Eaglebank Arena (norteno)
Social Distortion, Descendents, the Chat @ Anthem (80s punk & rock)
Squeeze, Adam Ant, Haircut 100 @ Wolf Trap (80s UK new wave pop)
Chocolate City Fest w/ TOB 4-10 @ the Bullpen (bouncebeat go-go)
Nino Paid & 2 more acts @ Black Cat (critic praised DC rap, others from elsewhere)
Yoi Toki - A Future Funk/Vaporwave Party feat. Saint Pepsi @ Union Stage
threeeyedmouse, threethirtytwo (Houston), SIR E.U, and Kilian Fonlon @ The Pocket
percussionist Tom Teasley and Chinese dulcimer (Yangqin) player Chao Tian @ Brentwood Arts Exchange
Land, Dream Feeder, and KAZ (Keith Butler Jr., Abe Mamet, & Zoë Jorgenson-Speirs) @ Rhizome (jazz)
Torrents, Take Steps (Albany NY), Tongue Scraper (Baltimore), Lye Bath @ Patchwork DC
Wailin Jennys @ Birchmere (sold out)
Orquesta San Vincente @ Cococabana
Orquesta Hermanos Flores Internacional @ the Palace (cumbia)
Strykers Posse 6pm free @ Peabody Hts (reggae)
SuicideBoys @ Jiffy Lube Live
Memphis Lighting & Willie Barry @ Hank Dietle's
Billy Price @ JVs
New Impressionz @ Air (go-go)
Cruddy Crankerz and other bands free 4-10 @ Anacostia Park (local r&b, funk, go-go, rap)
Amapiano & Afrobeats dj @ Famous Lounge
TCB, TOB, DSB 9:30 pm @ Martini’s (bouncebeat go-go)
Scooby da Godson & Sirius Company @ House of Soul (go-go)
After Thought Band @ Lamont’s (soul)
Still Familiar @ Shark Bar (go-go)
Junkyard Band @ Urban Crab Lounge (go-go)
Alfredo Mojica Group @ 10:30 @ Bossa (salsa) plus DJ w/ Latin hits upstairs;
Traditional Ethiopian music band @ Makeda Restaurant, Van Dorn St., Alexandria
Belema Band @ Shalla (Ethiopian)
Ethiopian music @ MHL Lounge
Ethiopian music @ Black Rose Lounge
Ethiopian music 9 to 12 mdt. @ Meleket
Ethiopian Music @ Rumor Bar Fenton Street Silver Spring
Ethiopian music @ Mulashewa
Ethiopian music @ JD Bar
Afrobeats, amapiano, & house dj @ SkyVibe Laurel
Arabic music dj @ Green Zone
Mochakk, Floorplan & 2 more @ Berhta (Brazilian tech edm)
Heidi Martin 8pm @ Mr Henry’s (jazz singer)
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Saturday Sept. 5
Afro Plus Fest w/ afrobeats acts Tems, Ayra Starr, dancehaller Spice, and rappers Latto and Sexxy Red ; Ghanaian Sarkodie, DC rapper YungManny @ Northwest Stadium
Chicha Fest w/ Los Charlis de la Cumbia, Fito Ramirez y Orquesta, Grupo Melodia & more @ Sportsplex in Rockville
Softones @ Harmony Hall (soul)
Kankouran Dance Company presents Sunugaal 8pm @ Howard U Cramton Aud
Cruddy Crankerz and other bands free 4-10 @ Sylvan Theatre near Washington Monument
DC Jazz Fest w/ Janelle Gill and Amina Claudine Meyers 6:15; Dee Dee Bridgewater 8:05 @ Arena Stage
Piano District After Dark After-party for Afro-Plus fest w/ 99 % Amapiano w/ Djs Psmoov, Mobu, Selecta KO & host TXC 10pm @ Next Level H St NE
Afro-Kulture djs 10 pm @ Citizens and Culture
Ken Carson @ Anthem (rap)
First We Dance “DC’s largest dance party “ @ Bertha
DC JazzPrix Finals w/ Luther S. Alison & Poiesis, Amina Scott Quintet, Bokani Dyer Trio, James Fernando Trio 2 pm @ Union Stage (jazz)
DC Jazzfest presents Son Cubano Subterraneo, Fran Vielma & Venezuelan Jazz Collective, and Kenny Rittenhouse & more 2pm @ Pearl St Warehouse (Cuban music & Latin jazz )
DC JazzFest w/ Next Jazz Legacy, Brandon Woody's Upendo, Pureum Jin and The Empress 6 pm @ Union Stage
Black Alley , Hue @ Last All White clothes party @ Penn Social
Black Alley also @ Rosecroft Raceway
Caphouse fest @ Marian Fryer Town Plaza
Knarli Bash Featuring Tweetsie With Yoko, Ricann, Danjalé, Mundane, and special guest Clip
w/ DJ Bri Mafia & DJ Bast @ Songbyrd ( rap)
Rosevile Sucks, horses to slaughter, Hotel Sewing Kit (acoustic) @ Quarry House
Youth In Government, Tone, Slow Teeth @ The Pocket (post-rock ambient noisy )
Apollo 66 and Blue Claw Gang @ American Legion Post 41 Cissel -Saxon (garage punk)
Soroche @ Greenbelt Labor Day Fest 101 Centerway
RFK Stadium legacy : A Tailgate Experience (w/ music, food, & DC athletes) 1-5pm @ The fields @ RFK campus (Bongo District play @ 2 pm)
Black food & wine fest @ tba in DC
TOB @ Medi Lounge (bouncebeat go-go)
Fete en Apreme w/ DJ Ayane 4-9pm @ Citizens & Culture
“Largest Dance Party Ever” First We Dance w/ afrobeats, amapiano, afro-house, gqom, dancehall, soca djs 11pm @ Berhta
Bollywood Sufi 8:30 pm @ Uncle Jalapeno
Push Play 4-10 @ Clarendon ballroom
Leon CIty Sounds @ Green Zone
Orquesta Manplesa 10 pm @ Haydee’s Mt Pleasant (salsa)
Rare Essence @ 11 @ Aqua (go-go)
Tumbao (Latin salsa ) @ 10:30pm @ Bossa 1st floor & DJ w/ Latin Hits upstairs;
Nani & Negussie w/ Band @ Makeda Restaurant (Ethiopian)
Samri, Fekadu, Eleni & band @ Shalla (Ethiopian)
Ras Band @ MHL Lounge (Ethiopian)
Ethiopian music @ Black Rose Lounge
Ethiopian Music @ Rumor Bar Fenton Street Silver Spring
Ethiopian music @ Mulashewa
Ethiopian music @ JD Bar
Ethiopian music @ Arada restaurant & bar New Hampshire Ave. Takoma Park
Chopteeth @ Takoma Station Tavern
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Sunday Sept 6 -
Afro-Plus Fest w/ Wizkid (Nigerian star) plus great South African dj Jazzwrld, critic fave afro-r&b balladeer Odeal, Olamide, dc act Mannywellz @ Northwest Stadium
Afro-Plus Fest after party w/ 99 % Afrobeats w/ djs Teabee, A1 Walt, Sero, Ezetimestwo @ 10pm @ Zebbie’s Garden
Bryson Tiller 6pm @ CFG Arena (r&b)
Shreya Ghoshal @ Wolf Trap (singer from India)
DC Jazz Fest w/ Danilo Perez Trio 6:30 @ Arena Stage
Bolivian Fest 10 am @ Prince William Fairgrounds
Bolivian Fest after party w/ Grupo Sorpresa 8pm @ Diamond Lounge Annandale
Ethiopian Day on Veterans Plaza & @ Silver Spring Civic Bldg
Grupo Branley @ CocoCabana
Raheem DeVaughn & the Crank Crusaders @ Takoma Station Tavern
DC Jazz fest w/ Charles Rahmat Woods, Alfred Yun, Ricardo Toscano, Sakobi (Vilem Spilka), and Emmet Cohen Jam 3pm @ Pearl St Warehouse
DC Jazz fest presents Luke Stewart’s Silt Trio 8:30 @ Union Stage
DC Jazz Fest presents Donald Harrison (New Orleans) w/ Chuck Brown Band 9pm @ Transit Pier
Danny Gatton birthday celebration with David Chappell and many more @ Birchmere
Luis Alfonso @ Throw Social
La Sonora Dinamita @ El Palenque Sports Bar
Zap Outdoorz electronic & more fest in W. Va
A night in the dmv afrobeats @ Mason Lounge
Adrian Loving talk about NY & Bristol UK music and Basquiat & Banksy @ Hirshhorn
Ken-y @ VIP Room Baltimore
Summer soul go-go fest w/ RE , Junkyard Band, Backyard Band, Northeast Groovers, Pock3t more 12-8 pm @ Charles County Fairgrounds
Soroche @ DC State Fair on Anthem ROw
Collective Minds House music fest @
Bollywood Escape dj night 10pm @ Sachi
Day party w/ djs 3-9 pm @ Eaton Wild Day rooftop
Push Play 8pm @ Mix & Mingle
TOB 6-12 @ Urban Crab Boil (bouncebeat go-go)
TCB @ Ivy City Smokehouse (bouncebeat go-go)
Pedro Night dj’ing @ watch party for Washington Spirit v Portland Thorns 3-8pm @ F1 Arcade
live Ethiopian music @ Shalla Restaurant in Silver Spring
Roots Band @ Makeda Restaurant, Van Dorn St., Alexandria (Ethiopian)
Ethiopian music @ MHL Lounge in Falls Church
Ras Band @ Black Rose Lounge (Ethiopian)
Ethiopian Music @ Rumor Bar Fenton Street Silver Spring
Ethiopian music @ Mulashewa
Ethiopian music @ JD Bar
Drumming @ 3 to 7 @ Malcolm X Park
Afrobeats dj @ St Ex
Afrobeats, hiphop, dancehall party w/ dj 4 to 9 @ Decades (dresscode- "fashionable")
Scooby Da Godson w/ Sirius Company @ 1865 steak Lounge (go-go)
Granny & the Boys @ Showtime Bar
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Mon. Sept 7-
Moe Fest 4-7pm @ 14th & U (tentative)
Afro-Plus fest party interlude 4-9 @ Zebbie’s Garden
Shiv Fest w/ Bubblegum Octopus, Courage Mother, Druid Stone, Isabella deVarona, Jade Weapon, Pain Response, Peel Off Your Skin, and Potosí 12 noon to dusk @ Rhizome
Push Play End of Summer Lawn Party 3pm @ 2616 Parkland Dr., District Heights (eventbrite ticket) (go-go)
Bobby Felder’s Blues Brothers 6-9 @ Westminster Church ( the late Felder’s band continues)
Marcus Young 10 pm @ Andrews in Morningside, MD ;
Ethiopian music live @ Napoli Lounge;
Ethiojazz w/ the Roots Band @ Shalla;
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Tues. Sept. 8-
Mark Robinson sings Unrest upstairs @ Ottobar ba
Robyn, Nourished by Time @ Anthem (sold out)
Peter Hook & the Light @ 930 (from New Order)
Nanny Assis Afro-Jobism feat. Toninho Horta 2 shows @ Blues Alley (Brazilian jazz guitar)
Callous Daoboys @ Union Stage (Atlanta mathcore)
Shiner @ Pearl St Warehouse (Kansas City, Mo. post-hardcore)
Kiki Gardner & the Drifting Valentines @ Hank Dietle's (rockabilly & honky tonk )
Joseph Brotherton Quartet 12-1pm @ Wilson Plaza Reagan Bldg (New Orleans jazz)
Movies Over the Edge, Pump up the Volume @ Suns Cinema
DMV Senior Hand Dancers 12 to 4 @ Cheverly American Legion
Still Familiar @ Fast Eddie's (go-go)
Kalkidan & Fekadu backed by Dani Key & Dave Sax @ Rumor Bar Silver Spring (Ethiopian)
"vintage groove" Ethiopian music band feat. Fikir & Fitsum 8-11 @ Makeda Restaurant, Van Dorn St., Alexandria
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Wed. Sept 9-
Robyn, Nourished by Time @ Anthem
Margo Price w/ Jeremy Ivey @ Birchmere (country)
Nice Strong Arm (reunited), Bed Maker, Mark Robinson sings Unrest @ Quarry House Tavern (rock & punk)
District of Raga presents Liquid Reality 6pm free Ernst Community Cultural Center @ Nova Community College Annandale (Indian classical meets jazz & global)
Daniela Soldade and Nate Najar @ Blues Alley (Bossa nova & Brazilian jazz)
Loose Leash, Truth or Dare, Mac ‘n’ Toss 6:30pm for DC Punk Archive MLK Rooftop show
King of the Congo Battle @ tba
Rum Jungle @ Pearl St Warehouse (Australian indie rock)
Ms Darline 6-11 @ the Chateau (r&b singer wine down Wednesdays start tonight)
David Chappell @ VFW Post 350 Hells Bottom
Drivin n Cryin w/ laid back country picker @ Rams Head Live Annapolis
Sirius Company 12-1pm @ Wilson Plaza Reagan Bldg (go-go)
The great documentary ”Las Muertes Más Bellas del Mundo (The Most Beautiful Deaths in the World)” (about El Salvadorans in DC dealing with grief) will screen 2-4pm @ Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library (has some music and dance in it)
Quadrophenia movie @ Suns Cinema
Matheus Fonseca 6-9 @ Cana (Brazilian guitar)
Brazilian Brothers feat. Heitor Presser 7-10 @ Mercy Me
New Impressionz @ Hemen Lounge (go-go)
What Band feat. Killa Cal free @ Shark Bar (go-go)
Live Ethiopian music @ Napoli Lounge
The Experience Band & Show 8:30pm @ Barrel House Cafe (funk & go-go)
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Thurs. Sept 10-
Step Afrika stepping dance show “The Fruits of Our Labor” @ Arena Stage (through Nov. 1 )
Brazil Independence Day celebration w/ Bateria 7-10 @ El Mercat Bar de Tapas Arlington
Jay Park w/ Longshot @ Anthem (Korean-based American rapper)
Bryson Tiller @ Jiffy Lube Live (trap r& b)
Jim E. Brown @ Pearl St Warehouse ( Manchester UK singer who talks about his alcoholism)
Nana Grizol, Art Sorority @ Comet P Pong (rock & powerpop)
Michael Sarian’s Esquina, Dave Ballou and the for-tet @ Rhizome (trumpet-led jazz. Sarian’s group is influenced by Miles Davis Bitches Brew & later)
DJ RBI 6-9@ National Gallery Nights (great old-school rooted hiphop dj)
Sicard Hollow @ Union Stage (punk bluegrass)
Crescendo Studios w/ Brandon Reilly (Nightmare of You ) “Scene and Heard” 5pm 8101A on Route 29 Falls Church
Annapolis Songwriters festival Sept 10-13
Jessica Ackerley, Rachel Beetz, Alma Laprida 8pm @ Normals Books (experimental)
“The People’s Historian: The Outsized Life of Howard Zinn” w/ Maximillian Alvarez, Dave Zirin 7pm free @ Red Emma’s
Trio de Paz @ Blues Alley (Brazilian jazz)
Flack @ @ VFW Post 350 Hells Bottom
Pianist Bill Starks & singer/guitarist Willie Barry free happy hour show 5:30-7pm @ Hank Dietle’s (roots) ; Grandsons w/ steel drummer Carol Arthur @ 8 pm @ Hank Dietle’s (roots)
Brazilian forro & samba music w/ Felipe Garibaldi & Rosa Morais 7-10 pm @ Mercy Me
What Band @ Martinis (go-go)
Reaction Band @ Hemen Lounge (bouncebeat go-go)
New Impressionz @ Shark Bar (go-go & bouncebeat go-go)
Abraham, Danny, Hanna @ Shalla Restaurant in Silver Spring (Ethiopian)
Selam Sound @ Makeda Restaurant, Van Dorn St., Alexandria (Ethiopian)
Ethiopian music @ MHL Lounge in Falls Church
Ethiopian music @ Mulashewa
Ethiopian music @ JD Bar
Ethiopian music @ Rumor Bar Fenton St Silver Spring
Afrobeats w/ DJ @ Spectrum Lounge
Afro-Caribbean dj @ Kaldi’s
live reggae 9 pm @ Bukom
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Fri. Sept. 11 -
Lij Mic @ Ethiopian New Year Celebration @ Washington Convention Center
Aldous Harding @ Howard Theatre (New Zealand alt-folk)
Educarte presents Brazilian band Rastape @ Black Cat
Art All Night Deanwood w/ Northeast Groovers, Art All Night Uptown @ Kennedy St NW & HR Records details tba & added here ; Art All Night Mt Pleasant Lamont Plaza w/ Crush Funk @ 6; Ren Riot (punk ) 7:15; DJ Don Q 8:30 ; Chicha Morada 9:45 (cumbia) ; Art all Night Mt Pleasant Library steps 6-9pm w/ Heaven Forbid (harDCountry) , Taisha Estrada (Latin Jazz), Knox Engler Trio (jazz) . More Art all night 6-12mdt @ Benning /Dorothy Height library; Woodridge Library 6-11pm; & 50 years of Quiet Storm on WHUR 6pm - 12am @ MLK Library (outside & inside)
Save Your Soul dj party a week later as not on labor day this month @ Lithuanian Hall (soul vinyl dance party)
Ethiopian New Year @ Sachi
Cruddy Crankerz and other bands free 4-10 @ Anacostia Park
Luluyam @ Pearl St Warehouse (rap, edm, hyperpop)
Herman’s Hermits ( starring Peter Noone) @ Birchmere
Turromantikos @ GN Events Center in Manassas ( Bolivian cumbia)
Marino Castellano @ Leyla’s in Chillum (bachata)
Dance Club w/ Joyce (1432 R, Extended Family), Tommy C (TNX)
Baronhawk Poitier (TNX) 11 pm @ DC9
Alameños De La Sierra Y “El Rey De Los Clubes” Humberto Plancarte of Tierra Cali @ Cococabana
“El Rey De Los Clubes” Humberto Plancarte of Tierra Cali w/ Elegancia VIP @ El Palenque Sports Bar (Plancarte’s exact time for this Virginia show will depend on when he is scheduled for his Maryland show listed above)
El Chaval de la Bachata @ Rio Cantina
Czonka, Snack Truck, Cash on the Nail @ Rhizome (post-punk & post-hardcore)
Numero Group Pop-Up Record Sale 1pm free @ Le Mondo
Iron Maiden @ Jiffy Lube Live
Diego Figuereido @ Blues Alley (Brazilian jazz)
Brandon Woody big band 8pm @ Current Space Baltimore
Funkadelic “Maggot Brain” reissue listening party 6-8 pm @ Byrdland Records
Orquesta Manplesa 9pm @ Metrobar (Goza)
After Thought Band @ Lamont’s (soul)
Still Familiar @ Shark Bar (go-go)
Junkyard Band @ Urban Crab Lounge (go-go)
Alfredo Mojica Group @ 10:30 @ Bossa (salsa) plus DJ w/ Latin hits upstairs;
Traditional Ethiopian music band @ Makeda Restaurant, Van Dorn St., Alexandria
Belema Band @ Shalla (Ethiopian)
Ethiopian music @ MHL Lounge
Ethiopian music @ Black Rose Lounge
Ethiopian music 9 to 12 mdt. @ Meleket
Ethiopian Music @ Rumor Bar Fenton Street Silver Spring
Ethiopian music @ Mulashewa
Ethiopian music @ JD Bar
Afrobeats, amapiano, & house dj @ SkyVibe Laurel
Arabic music dj @ Green Zone
Sam Elmore & The Ghosts with XK Scenario and The Orange Slices 7-11 @ Galactic Panther
Blacc Print @ Takoma Station Tavern (go-go)
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Sat. Sept 12-
Rosslyn Jazz Fest w/ Plena Libre, Baby’s Silver Dollars, Parlor Greens, Dogo du Togo & The Alagaa Beat Band 1-7 pm @ Gateway Park in Arlington (Latin plena, retro New Orleans r&b, African music & more)
Authors Alona Wartofsky, Charles C. Stephenson, Jr., Kato Hammond — for book Crankin!: Power and Resilience in Washington DC's Go-Go Culture - with moderator Natalie Hopkinson @ Politics & Prose Union Market
Art All Night w/ music more details tba & added here including MLK Library Block Party 6pm to 1am w/ Kim Michelle Experience & more; Lamond -Riggs/Huff Library 11:30 am to 12:30 pm; Chevy Chase Library 4-6 pm; Georgetown Library 6-10 pm
Wegz @ Howard Theatre (Egyptian rapper)
The Fixx, Colin Blunstone (of the Zombies), Peter Asher @ Warner Theatre
Alux Nahual @ Cococabana (Guatemala rock band )
Naghma Jaan and Hasib Sepand @ National Conference Center Leesburg (Afghan )
Tropical Heat Dome anniversary @ Marx Cafe
Alex Cameron, Josh Da Costa @ Comet P. Pong
Turromantikos @ Sportsplex in rockville ( Bolivian cumbia)
Crying Laughing, Deakin, Mojuba duo 7pm @ 2640 Space (critic fave Baltimore music)
Blue Rhythm Boys 5-7 @ Hank Dietle’s; Big Sandy & his Fly-Rite Boys 9pm @ Hank Dietle’s(also there on Sunday)
Sondre Lerche , Wendy Eisenberg @ Miracle Theatre
Dr Badar Khan Suri legal defense Benefit against ICE deportation of him Show ft. Somebody's Daughter and Fetcher @ Pearl St. Warehouse
Wax and Hoppa @ Union Stage (rapper originally from Dundalk, MD now in LA)
DMV Filipino Day party w/ Arthur Tan (Manila), Dj Manjo (baltimore) 5-10 @ Garden Social Annandale
"Great Brazilian Guitars"w/ Romero Lubambo, Chico Pinheiro,Diego Figueiredo @ Blues Alley
Sara Bareilles @ Anthem (indie folk)
Sept 12-13 - Supernova ska fest
Missouri Executive Order 44, Psyop, Euclid C Finder @ Quarry House
Jason Kao Hwang Critical Response, Jessica Ackerley (solo) @ Rhizome
The Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis, National Symphony Orchestra @ Wolf Trap
Baby Metal @ Jiffy Lube Live (J-pop meets metal)
Electric Desi Day party w/ djs Amsal, Tribal, Swgr 4pm @ Zebbies Garden
Backstage @ Palisades Hub Sanctuary with Bill Kirchen
Push Play @ Diablo’s Cantina at MGM National Harbor
Rare Essence @ 11 @ Aqua (go-go)
Tumbao (Latin salsa ) @ 10:30pm @ Bossa 1st floor & DJ w/ Latin Hits upstairs;
Nani & Negussie w/ Band @ Makeda Restaurant (Ethiopian)
Samri, Fekadu, Eleni & band @ Shalla (Ethiopian)
Ras Band @ MHL Lounge (Ethiopian)
Ethiopian music @ Black Rose Lounge
Ethiopian Music @ Rumor Bar Fenton Street Silver Spring
Ethiopian music @ Mulashewa
Ethiopian music @ JD Bar
Ethiopian music @ Arada restaurant & bar New Hampshire Ave. Takoma Park
Silver Spring Jazz Festival
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Sun. Sept 13-
Valerie June @ Maryland Hall in Annapolis (Afro-roots)
Adams Morgan Day
Big Sandy & his Fly-Rite Boys 6 pm @ Hank Dietle’s (roots)
Determined to Crank the movie 6:45 @ Go-go Museum
Supernova ska fest
"Great Brazilian Guitars"w/ Romero Lubambo, Chico Pinheiro,Diego Figueiredo @ Blues Alley
Theo Croker @ Howard Theatre (jazz & jazz fusion-funk)
Shearling, Brother Dragon @ Comet P. Pong
Inayah @ Union Stage (r& b)
The r& b club celebrates 50 years of Stevie Wonder’s Songs in the Key of Life at 12 noon @ Songbyrd
Sara Bareilles @ Anthem (indie folk)
Taste of Peru 10:30 to 7 @ UDC
Steph Fest birthday show & benefit for DC Migrant Solidarity Mutual Aid w/ Serpent Hologram, Lye Bath, Witch’s Mirror, the Armors @ 6 pm @ Rhizome
Ray Lamotagne, The Weather Station @ Wolf Trap
WPFW live jazz benefit w/ Herman Burney, Reginald Cyntje, Kriss Funn & friends 4:30-6:30 @ Palisades Hub
Istanbul Calling dj night 4-10 @ Ciel (Turkish hits & global beats)
live Ethiopian music @ Shalla Restaurant in Silver Spring
Roots Band @ Makeda Restaurant, Van Dorn St., Alexandria (Ethiopian)
Ethiopian music @ MHL Lounge in Falls Church
Ras Band @ Black Rose Lounge (Ethiopian)
Ethiopian Music @ Rumor Bar Fenton Street Silver Spring
Ethiopian music @ Mulashewa
Ethiopian music @ JD Bar
Drumming @ 3 to 7 @ Malcolm X Park
Afrobeats dj @ St Ex
Afrobeats, hiphop, dancehall party w/ dj 4 to 9 @ Decades (dresscode- "fashionable")
Scooby Da Godson w/ Sirius Company @ 1865 steak Lounge
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Mon. Sept 14-
Jeff Rosenstock 7pm @ Ottobar (sold out)
Nai Palm @ Union Stage (Australian jazz-funk)
Laveda, Massie, Pinky Lemon @ Pie Shop
Baltimore Avenue, Berra, Room Corners 8pm @ Rhizome (postpunk & indie)
Claudio Rubio Quintet @ Blues Alley (Chilean jazz)
Nighthawks 6-9 @ Westminster Church ( blues)
Marcus Young 10 pm @ Andrews in Morningside, MD ;
Ethiopian music live @ Napoli Lounge;
Ethiojazz w/ the Roots Band @ Shalla;
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Tues. Sept 15-
Wu Tang Clan @ Jiffy Lube Live (rap)
Young Thug, Nav @ Anthem (rap)
Ryan Castro @ Echostage
Beth Orton @ Miracle Theatre (alt-folk)
John Fogerty, Steve Winwood @ Wolf Trap
Angine de Poitrine @ Atlantis (sold out) (critic fave artsy prog rock)
Robert Cray Band @ Birchmere ( soul & blues)
Adela @ 930 Club (Slovak singer) (sold out)
Devon Gilfillian @ Union Stage (blues-rock)
Fess & his Sons New Orleans music tribute 8pm @ Hank Dietle’s
Selector Series vinyl listening session for Prince’s Parade 7pm @ Idle Hour Baltimore
DMV Senior Hand Dancers 12 to 4 @ Cheverly American Legion
Still Familiar @ Fast Eddie's (go-go)
Kalkidan & Fekadu backed by Dani Key & Dave Sax @ Rumor Bar Silver Spring (Ethiopian)
"vintage groove" Ethiopian music band feat. Fikir & Fitsum 8-11 @ Makeda Restaurant, Van Dorn St., Alexandria
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Wed. Sept 16-
TLC, Salt n Pepa, Envogue @ Jiffy Lube Live (old school rap & r& b)
Mari Froes @ Atlantis (brazilian pop) (sold out)
Tyler Ballgame @ DC9 (Roy Orbison-esque)
Dominique Fils-Aimé @ Bethesda Theater (bilingual Haitian-Quebecois bluesy soulful jazz )
Cheekface, Apes of State @ Black Cat (Los Angeles indie rock headliners)
Congressional Black Caucus events
Robert Cray @ Rams Head Live Annapolis (blues & soul)
AFI Latin American Film Fest through Oct 7th
Matheus Fonseca 6-9 @ Cana (Brazilian guitar)
Brazilian Brothers feat. Heitor Presser 7-10 @ Mercy Me
New Impressionz @ Hemen Lounge (go-go)
What Band feat. Killa Cal free @ Shark Bar (go-go)
Live Ethiopian music @ Napoli Lounge
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Thurs. Sept. 17-
Samir Langus (Moroccan gnawa blues melded with funk) , Light Beams (dc postpunk dance) @ Takoma Station
Thee Sacred Souls, La Lom, The Womack Sisters 6:30 pm @ Wolf Trap
Bryant Myers @ Ibiza (rap en espanol)
Pansy Division, Manners Manners, Dot Dash @ Comet P. Pong
Here Come the Mummies @ Rams Head Live Annapolis
Jake Blount @ Pie Shop
Soda Blonde @ Union Stage (Irish synth pop)
Out of Control Army, Eastern Standard Time, Bongo District @ Throw Social (ska and cumbia)
Tweet @ Birchmere (r&b)
Truck Violence, Oxrun, Fantazma @ Rhizome (punk & noise-rock)
Pat Metheny @ Strathmore (jazz guitar)
Wellvis (feat. Karl Straub) free @ 5:30-7 @ Hank Dietle’s
Brazilian forro & samba music w/ Felipe Garibaldi & Rosa Morais 7-10 pm @ Mercy Me
What Band @ Martinis (go-go)
Reaction Band @ Hemen Lounge (bouncebeat go-go)
New Impressionz @ Shark Bar (go-go & bouncebeat go-go)
Abraham, Danny, Hanna @ Shalla Restaurant in Silver Spring (Ethiopian)
Selam Sound @ Makeda Restaurant, Van Dorn St., Alexandria (Ethiopian)
Ethiopian music @ MHL Lounge in Falls Church
Ethiopian music @ Mulashewa
Ethiopian music @ JD Bar
Ethiopian music @ Rumor Bar Fenton St Silver Spring
Afrobeats w/ DJ @ Spectrum Lounge
Afro-Caribbean dj @ Kaldi’s
live reggae 9 pm @ Bukom
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Fri. Sept 18-
Hands Around the Kennedy Center protest 6:30 pm
The Roots, Junkyard Band @ MGM National Harbor (rap and go-go)
Kim Gordon, Bill Nace @ Black Cat (former Sonic Youth)
Perennial, Sensor Ghost, Club USA @ Comet P. Pong (critic fave Perennial are speedy but tuneful postpunk)
P81 Patrullando @ Terre Mare in Wheaton (duranguese)
Orishas @ Throw Social
“We Like it Like That” doc about bugalu music; 6pm is food, music, 7pm is movie @ 2700 Art Space @ 2700 S. nelson St., Arlington
Jake Blount @ Creative Alliance
Way Dynamic @ Union Stage (Australian indie-folk solo act)
Mya @ Bethesda Theater
Kuma Sagar & the Khwopa Band @ Michael & sons arena Rockville ( Nepal)
Chris Smither @ Hamilton Live
La Gigi @ Manna
Los Rehenes , BXS (Bryndis X Siempre) , Los Caminantes, y Los Cadetes De Linares @ Cococabana
Ukrainian Fest @ St Andrews Ukrainian Orthodox Cathedral in Silver Spring (through the 20th)
Sirius Company @ a Congressional Black Caucus weekend reception party
Gayle Harrod 12-1pm @ Wilson Plaza Reagan Bldg (blues)
St. Demetrios Greek Fest in Baltimore (through the 20th)
Lol Tollhurst from The Cure book signing @ Downtown Leesburg Music Festival (through the 19th)
Cruddy Crankerz and other bands free 4-10 @ Anacostia Park
Bongo District 5pm @ National Geographic Museum
Scooby da Godson & Sirius Company @ House of Soul (go-go)
After Thought Band @ Lamont’s (soul)
Still Familiar @ Shark Bar (go-go)
Junkyard Band @ Urban Crab Lounge (go-go)
Alfredo Mojica Group @ 10:30 @ Bossa (salsa) plus DJ w/ Latin hits upstairs;
Traditional Ethiopian music band @ Makeda Restaurant, Van Dorn St., Alexandria
Belema Band @ Shalla (Ethiopian)
Ethiopian music @ MHL Lounge
Ethiopian music @ Black Rose Lounge
Ethiopian music 9 to 12 mdt. @ Meleket
Ethiopian Music @ Rumor Bar Fenton Street Silver Spring
Ethiopian music @ Mulashewa
Ethiopian music @ JD Bar
Afrobeats, amapiano, & house dj @ SkyVibe Laurel
Arabic music dj @ Green Zone
Major League Band 6-10 @ Takoma Station Tavern (go-go)
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Sat. Sept 19 -
H St NE Fest 12-7 pm
Bikini Kill @ Fillmore (riot grrls pioneers)
Broccoli City 2026 feat. Summer Walker, kwn, & Elmiene @ Jiffy Lube Live
Mystic Nights VII: Suy Nghĩ Trong Anh @ MGM National Harbor (Vietnamese pop ballads)
Budos Band @ Union Craft Brewing
Grouper @ Lincoln Theatre
Insect Factory, Weed Tree, Sarah Marie Hughes, Devin Ocampo & Jerry Busher 7-10 @ Washington Waldorf School in Bethesda (DC arty rock & jazz)
Culture Wars @ Black Cat
Jessi Terrell, Karen Wolfe, J. Red the Nephew, Jeter Jones, and The Hardway Connection-
Southern soul at American Legion post 170 near Lamont’s doors at 12 show at 2
Chimbala @ VIP Room Baltimore (Dominican dembow rapper)
Cruddy Crankerz and other bands free 4-10 @ Fort Dupont Pakr
Celebrate Africa fest at fairwood in bowie
Cyrille Neville plays the Dead @ Hamilton Live
Maricoteca queer Latin party w/ DJs Cybersyn, Kristy La Rat, El Sucio 11 pm @ DC 9
Elephant Stone, the Stevenson Ranch Davidians @ Comet P. Pong
Forget Why Poetry Series - Heather Fuller & Rod Smith @ Rhizome
Mya @ Bethesda Theater
Backstage @ the Sanctuary at Palisades Hub w/ the Boneshakers
Commanders v Cowboys rivalry party w/ Sugar Bear & EU, Plug-In Band 9pm @ Chateau (go-go)
Rare Essence @ 11 @ Aqua (go-go)
Tumbao (Latin salsa ) @ 10:30pm @ Bossa 1st floor & DJ w/ Latin Hits upstairs;
Nani & Negussie w/ Band @ Makeda Restaurant (Ethiopian)
Samri, Fekadu, Eleni & band @ Shalla (Ethiopian)
Ras Band @ MHL Lounge (Ethiopian)
Ethiopian music @ Black Rose Lounge
Ethiopian Music @ Rumor Bar Fenton Street Silver Spring
Ethiopian music @ Mulashewa
Ethiopian music @ JD Bar
Ethiopian music @ Arada restaurant & bar New Hampshire Ave. Takoma Park
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Sun. Sept. 20-
Erykah Badu, De La Soul, the Alchemist @ Wolf Trap (r&b & rap)
Sey Gou Ayiti: Flavors of Haiti cultural celebration @ Stem & Vine Baltimore
Rufus Wainwright @ Birchmere
Militarie Gun, Softcult, & 2 more @ Black Cat
Los Caminantes @ El Palenque Sports Bar
Adobo DMV presents Adovos Central American Day Party w/ Pedro Night dj 4-9 @ AI Warehouse
Kol Nidre
Latin coffee party @ Throw Social
Assaf @ tba in DC
Cyrille Neville plays the Dead @ Rams Head Live Annapolis
David Chappell Band 2 pm @ Hank Dietle’s (Roots Americana) ; Hula Monsters 6-9 @ Hank Dietle’s
Extended Play w/ Ash Lauryn @ Mess Hall on the Loading Dock
live Ethiopian music @ Shalla Restaurant in Silver Spring
Roots Band @ Makeda Restaurant, Van Dorn St., Alexandria (Ethiopian)
Ethiopian music @ MHL Lounge in Falls Church
Ras Band @ Black Rose Lounge (Ethiopian)
Ethiopian Music @ Rumor Bar Fenton Street Silver Spring
Ethiopian music @ Mulashewa
Ethiopian music @ JD Bar
Drumming @ 3 to 7 @ Malcolm X Park
Afrobeats dj @ St Ex
Afrobeats, hiphop, dancehall party w/ dj 4 to 9 @ Decades (dresscode- "fashionable")
Scooby Da Godson w/ Sirius Company @ 1865 steak Lounge
Strykers Posse @ Takoma Station Tavern (reggae)
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Mon. Sept. 21-
Yom Kippur
Oakwood, Camping in Alaska, Empty Parking Lot @ Black Cat (emo)
Saves the Day @ Union Stage (emo pop-punk)
Sierra Hull @ Birchmere
violinist, journalist, and music critic Jennifer Gersten on thinking and writing like a music critic 7pm @ Rhizome
20th Blues Monday Blues shows anniversary and retirement farewell to Reverend Hamilton. An announcement may be made regarding who will take over handling Blues Monday. 6-9 @ Westminster Church SW
Marcus Young 10 pm @ Andrews in Morningside, MD ;
Ethiopian music live @ Napoli Lounge;
Ethiojazz w/ the Roots Band @ Shalla;
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Tues. Sept. 22-
Thee Sacred Souls, La Lom, The Womack Sisters 6:30 pm @ Pier Six
Domi & JD Beck @ Howard Theatre (jazz duo w/ Domi from France)
Aespa @ Capital One Arena (Kpop/hyperpop)
Michael Campbell & the Dirty Knobs @ Warner Theatre
Black Alley 12-1pm @ Wilson Plaza Reagan Bldg (hood rock go-goish)
DMV Senior Hand Dancers 12 to 4 @ Cheverly American Legion
Still Familiar @ Fast Eddie's (go-go)
Kalkidan & Fekadu backed by Dani Key & Dave Sax @ Rumor Bar Silver Spring (Ethiopian)
"vintage groove" Ethiopian music band feat. Fikir & Fitsum 8-11 @ Makeda Restaurant, Van Dorn St., Alexandria
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Wed. Sept 23-
Cabaret Voltaire @ Howard Theatre (UK artsy punk era band gone techno w/ 1 original member on farewell US tour)
L’rain @ DC9 (artsy critics fave)
Sleeves (UK) , w/ the Caribbean @ Art Sound Language
Secret Planet presents The Sami Song of Survival 7pm , DJ Crown Vic @ 8, Bring Minyo back @ 8:30 @ Suns Cinema
Isaiah Collier Tribute To Coltrane 7pm @ Keystone Korner (jazz)
Kennedy Ryon @ Union Stage (Baltimore r& b)
Hunter Brown, Alma Laprida, Lustre Chantant @ Rhizome (experimental music)
Brencore band Tribute to Earth, Wind, & Fire 12-1pm @ Wilson Plaza Reagan Bldg
Push Play 6-10 @ Potomac Plaza @ MGM National harbor
Matheus Fonseca 6-9 @ Cana (Brazilian guitar)
Brazilian Brothers feat. Heitor Presser 7-10 @ Mercy Me
New Impressionz @ Hemen Lounge (go-go)
What Band feat. Killa Cal free @ Shark Bar (go-go)
Live Ethiopian music @ Napoli Lounge
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Thurs. Sept 24-
Roger Daltrey, Amy Helm @ MGM National Harbor (rock)
Circle Jerks, Haywire, Negative Approach @ 930 (old punk)
Anees @ Howard Theatre (Palestinian-American rapper)
Gnash @ Union Stage (pop-rap)
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture Reunion 10th anniv events (through the 27th)
Range Night :Moe Open Edition where golf meets go-go, w/ Black Alley playing 7-11 pm @ Langston Golf Course
Nathan Salsburg (fingerstyle guitarist), Sam Wenc (composer), Amadou Kouyate (kora player & djembe drummer) @ Rhizome
Corey Arceneaux & Zydeco Hot Peppers 6:30pm @ Waverly Brewing Company
Thrills 8-11 @ Hank Dietle’s (roots rock)
Four Star Combo 12-1pm @ Wilson Plaza Reagan Bldg (rockabilly & honky tonk)
Bongo District 7pm @ Diablo’s Cantina MGM National Harbor
Brazilian forro & samba music w/ Felipe Garibaldi & Rosa Morais 7-10 pm @ Mercy Me
What Band @ Martinis (go-go)
Reaction Band @ Hemen Lounge (bouncebeat go-go)
New Impressionz @ Shark Bar (go-go & bouncebeat go-go)
Abraham, Danny, Hanna @ Shalla Restaurant in Silver Spring (Ethiopian)
Selam Sound @ Makeda Restaurant, Van Dorn St., Alexandria (Ethiopian)
Ethiopian music @ MHL Lounge in Falls Church
Ethiopian music @ Mulashewa
Ethiopian music @ JD Bar
Ethiopian music @ Rumor Bar Fenton St Silver Spring
Afrobeats w/ DJ @ Spectrum Lounge
Afro-Caribbean dj @ Kaldi’s
live reggae 9 pm @ Bukom
Miriam Zoila Perez & Veronica Bayetti Flores for book Muevelo: The Enduring Legacy of Latin Music across Borders 6:30 pm at People’s Book
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Fri. Sept 25-
Altin Gun @ Howard Theatre (Dutch-Turkish anatolian psych rock)
K8A (Kaethe Hostetter) , Andy Betezema @ Rhizome ( K8A is an American violinist who lived in Ethiopia and played in bands there for 12 years who now has a solo project using violin, tape looping (sometimes of Ethiopian songs), & electronics; Betezema is an Ethiopian multi-instrumentalist who plays & loops Ethiopian music)
Southern Culture on the Skids @ Union Stage (swamp pop roadhouse rock)
War On Women, Ted Leo, Rye Coaltion, Sleepytime Trio 7pm @ Ottobar
Thesaurus Rex, Night Hawk, Berra @ Comet P Pong (critics fave indie rock)
Mastodon @ Anthem
All Things Go Fest w/ Mitski (through the 27th) @ Merriweather Post Pavilion
SugarBear & EU 12-1pm @ Wilson Plaza Reagan Bldg (go-go)
Cruddy Crankerz and other bands free 4-10 @ Anacostia Park
Orquesta Manplesa 10pm @ Nottingham’s (salsa)
After Thought Band @ Lamont’s (soul)
Still Familiar @ Shark Bar (go-go)
Junkyard Band @ Urban Crab Lounge (go-go)
Alfredo Mojica Group @ 10:30 @ Bossa (salsa) plus DJ w/ Latin hits upstairs;
Traditional Ethiopian music band @ Makeda Restaurant, Van Dorn St., Alexandria
Belema Band @ Shalla (Ethiopian)
Ethiopian music @ MHL Lounge
Ethiopian music @ Black Rose Lounge
Ethiopian music 9 to 12 mdt. @ Meleket
Ethiopian Music @ Rumor Bar Fenton Street Silver Spring
Ethiopian music @ Mulashewa
Ethiopian music @ JD Bar
Afrobeats, amapiano, & house dj @ SkyVibe Laurel
Arabic music dj @ Green Zone
Disco Biblioteca at People’s Book : 7 pm discussion of Muevelo book whose authors are at people’s book the night before
Blacc Print @ Takoma Station Tavern (go-go)
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Sat. Sept. 26-
Fiesta DC festival 11am to 7pm on PA Ave between 3rd and 7th St NW
Maro, Pedro Alterio, Carbeau & Manuel Rocha @ Black Cat ( Portuguese & Brazilian pop)
Funkateers Ball 10 w/ Michael Kid Funkadelic Hampton, Clones of Funk, Allstars of Funk @ Bethesda Theater
-Glitterer, Posicio Unida, Somebody’s Daughter 4-7 pm free @ Sylvan Theater near Washington Monument (punk)
Plastique Pigs, Our Wits , Draw Blank, Dissipate 7ish @ Rhizome (hardcore & mathy post hardcore) (after the punk gig @ Sylvan Theatre)
Sweet Honey in the Rock @ Montgomery Community College
Cumbia Fest 3:30pm w/ Bongo District & more @ Lamont Plaza presented by Marx cafe
Sonido Chichadelico, Leon City Sounds djs, Bongo District also @ 10 pm @ Marx Cafe
Mt Rainier Porch Fest
Brencore Alllstars tribute to godfather of go-go Chuck Brown @ 3pm @ Harmony Hall
Dr Natalie Hopkinson talk “How Music Moves Democracy” 5-7 pm @ Shanklin Hall
Soca vs dembow 3-9pm @ xve, 32 Market Place Baltimore
Gorillaz, Little Simz, Deltron 3030 @ Capital One Arena
All Things Go Fest w/ Hayley Williams (through the 27th) @ Merriweather Post Pavilion
Nicholas Payton “Supreme Blue” @ Blues Alley (jazz inspired by Coltrane & Davis albums)
Arin Ray @ Union Stage (neo-soul)
Parrandon De Chanchonas w/ Los Cardenales, Efrain y su Chanchona, Moises y su Chanchona & 2 more @ Cococabana
IZIS la Enfermera de la Salsa @ PG Publick Playhouse
Luisito Carrion @ the The Salsa Room (salsa romantico)
Afrobeats to the World w/ dj @ Howard Theatre
Flowers for the Dead, Color Palette, Sewing Kit @ Songbyrd
Zeshan B @ Sandy Spring Museum (District of Raga show)
Southern Culture on the Skids @ Rams Head Live Annapolis
Soroche @ Baltimore rhythm fest
R& B & ribs dayparty w/ djs Lelynd Darkes & DJ Bo 4-9 @ Bananas @ Berhta
The Harvest w/ Black Chakra, Dapper Dan Midas, & more 9pm @ Metro Baltimore
Push Play @ Shark Bar
Rare Essence @ 11 @ Aqua (go-go)
Tumbao (Latin salsa ) @ 10:30pm @ Bossa 1st floor & DJ w/ Latin Hits upstairs;
Nani & Negussie w/ Band @ Makeda Restaurant (Ethiopian)
Samri, Fekadu, Eleni & band @ Shalla (Ethiopian)
Ras Band @ MHL Lounge (Ethiopian)
Ethiopian music @ Black Rose Lounge
Ethiopian Music @ Rumor Bar Fenton Street Silver Spring
Ethiopian music @ Mulashewa
Ethiopian music @ JD Bar
Ethiopian music @ Arada restaurant & bar New Hampshire Ave. Takoma Park
Rumba Queer: Vamo Pa’ La Calle on 3 floors 2-8pm w/ salsa & bachata lessons; DJ Lady Changa & Clamazon w/ salsa, bachata, merengue 3:30-8; DJs El Sucio & Felipepino w/ Perreo Intenso & Reggaeton 4-8; DJ Kristy La Rat & Tropigal w/ Latin club 4-8 pm all @ Transmission
Ellen Allien @ Flash
Vintage dancehall played by djs @ Buena Vista Center in Jessup, MD
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Sun. Sept 27-
Fiesta DC parade 11am to 5 pm on Constitution Ave NW
Sonu Nigam @ Eaglebank (India bollywood playback singer)
Armand Hammer @ Union Stage (busy word-filled rap duo of billy woods & Elucid )
All Things Go Fest w/ Brandi Carlile (through the 27th) @ Merriweather Post Pavilion
Nicholas Payton “Supreme Blue” @ Blues Alley
Anaiis @ Songbyrd (French-Senegalese r&B singer)
Blacc Print Experience 2-8 pm @ Butler’s Farm (grown folks go-go & r&b)
Takoma Park Folk Festival
Butch Fever 3-7 w/ Les the DJ, Kristy La Rat, Clamazon @ @ Jackie Lee’s
Push Play 5pm @ Capital restaurant Lanham
live Ethiopian music @ Shalla Restaurant in Silver Spring
Roots Band @ Makeda Restaurant, Van Dorn St., Alexandria (Ethiopian)
Ethiopian music @ MHL Lounge in Falls Church
Ras Band @ Black Rose Lounge (Ethiopian)
Ethiopian Music @ Rumor Bar Fenton Street Silver Spring
Ethiopian music @ Mulashewa
Ethiopian music @ JD Bar
Drumming @ 3 to 7 @ Malcolm X Park
Afrobeats dj @ St Ex
Afrobeats, hiphop, dancehall party w/ dj 4 to 9 @ Decades (dresscode- "fashionable")
Scooby Da Godson w/ Sirius Company @ 1865 steak Lounge
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Mon. Sept. 28-
Charli XCX @ Capital One Arena (pop and avant-pop)
Rocketship, Lightheaded @ Pearl St Warehouse (twee pop & a bit of shoegaze)
Ringo Starr and his All Starr band @ Anthem
Croz Boyce (Avey Tare & Geologist of Animal Collective), guitarist Mick Barr @ Miracle Theatre
The Tear Garden (Legendary Pink Dots & Cevin Key) @ Union Stage
Jozzy @ Songbyrd
Jeff Surak, Private Collector, Slacking @ Rhizome (noise & experimental)
Marcus Young 10 pm @ Andrews in Morningside, MD ;
Ethiopian music live @ Napoli Lounge;
Ethiojazz w/ the Roots Band @ Shalla;
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Tues. Sept 29-
Phoebe Bridgers @ Capital One Arena
Sex Pistols feat. Frank Carter @ 930 Club (sold out)
Lucinda Williams & her band @ Lincoln Theatre
Ryan Davis & the Roadhouse Band, Styrofoam Winos @ Black Cat (critic fave indie rock)
Chupame El Dedo (tropical death metal from Colombia) & Abismo Onix (heavy metal-bachata from Richmond, VA) 7 pm @ Rhizome
Inoha @ Union Stage ( San Antonio band w/ Filipino)
Kany Garcia @ MGM National Harbor (Puerto Rican arena pop)
Los Lonely Boys @ Rams Head Live Annapolis
DMV Senior Hand Dancers 12 to 4 @ Cheverly American Legion
Still Familiar @ Fast Eddie's (go-go)
Kalkidan & Fekadu backed by Dani Key & Dave Sax @ Rumor Bar Silver Spring (Ethiopian)
"vintage groove" Ethiopian music band feat. Fikir & Fitsum 8-11 @ Makeda Restaurant, Van Dorn St., Alexandria
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Wed. Sept 30-
Ali Band @ Songbyrd (Indonesia psych-funk)
The New Pornographers 7pm @ The Recher
Lucinda Williams & band @ 930 Club
Shaboozey @ Anthem
Chinese Football, Michael Cera Palin @ Pearl St Warehouse (Chinese math rock/ indie emo headliners)
Stephen Wade — Our Common Life: Folksong from the Front Porch to the Concert Hall (Music in American Life) - With Tom Cole— @ Politics & Prose , Conn Ave NW
Santiago Cruz @ Miracle Theatre (Colombian singer-songwriter)
Pérez, Johnson, Dougherty, Dixon @ Rhizome (NY & DC improvisors)
Matheus Fonseca 6-9 @ Cana (Brazilian guitar)
Brazilian Brothers feat. Heitor Presser 7-10 @ Mercy Me
New Impressionz @ Hemen Lounge (go-go)
What Band feat. Killa Cal free @ Shark Bar (go-go)
Live Ethiopian music @ Napoli Lounge
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Thurs. Oct. 1-
Public Image Ltd @ 930 Club
Squirrel Flower @ Union Stage (indie-folk)
Hannah Cole @ Pearl St Warehouse ( shoegaze 90s alt rock indie inspired)
Power Plant, Carrion Kids, Dim Wizard @ Comet P. Pong
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Friday, October 2 Mexican and Tejano Fiddle with Belen Escobedo 7pm @ Hill Center
Transmission 1 year anniv w/ bands & djs Oct 2-4
Talib Kweli @ Bethesda Theater
Black Violin with Braxton Cook @ Warner Theatre
Takoma Radio’s rescheduled 10-year anniversary party, featuring live music from Bongo District, starts at 3 p.m. on Oct. 3 at Desert Five Spot.
Arturo O’Farrill Quintet @ Blues Alley
Margo Price @ Rams Head Live Annapolis
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Oct 3- Gospel @ Harvest Assembly Baptist in Alexandria
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Oct 4- Rahat Fateh Ali Khan @ MGM National Harbor
Ceremony, Poison Ruin @ Black Cat
Arturo O’Farill Quintet @ Blues Alley
Amapiano Sunday at Culture dc
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