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 linked on my Facebook & Instagram (& now has its own DC Global Music pages there where I post 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, tik-tok, & club voicemails.
To submit events (for posting) or comments (that are not posted) e-mail stevenkiviat @ gmail.com
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Some of my February 2026 Highlights (mostly visiting acts) (then much longer full list below w/ local & visiting). Your choice of highlights might differ.
Sun. Feb 1-Backyard Band, Raw Image (reunion show)@ Fast Eddie's (go-go)
Fri. Feb. 6- Patrulla 81,La Gente del Gordo @ El Palenque (duranguese)
White Picket fence , little a , Boat Burning @ Rhizome (postpunk wall of guitar noisey bands)
Sat. Feb. 7- From Cairo to Baghdad by way of Aleppo - Torath Ensemble concert 7:30-9 pm @ Washington-Liberty High School in Arlington (Arabic music, whirling dance, live poetry)
Thurs. Feb. 12-Mdou Moctar solo @ Atlantis (guitarist from Niger)
Fri. Feb. 13- DC History week hiphop & go-go fusion panel discussion w/ The Real Steph Lova & panelists including Kokayi, Joe e. Blessed, Kenilworth Katrina, Don Choo, 10 X, Nonchalant plus performance by Determined 2 Crank & by DJ RBI 6-10 pm @ Capital Turnaround (eventbrite ticket)
Sat. Feb 14- Maritu Legesse the Queen of Ambasel scale Ethiopian music @ Hemen’s Lounge Alexandria
Sat. Feb. 21- Amapiano, 3 Step, & Afrohouse dj music w/ Kelvin Momo, Babalwa M,Ethan Tomas, MOBU 10pm @ Echostage (South African dance music)
Tues. Feb. 24- Stephanie Shonekan for her 33 1/3 book on Fela Anikulapo-Kuti’s Sorrow Tears and Blood 6:30 @ People's Book (Nigerian afrobeat legend) (Shonekan is also a U of MD professor)
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Full February 2026 list- (*asterisks will be used to show any additional events added throughout the month or changes *)
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Sun. Feb 1-
Backyard Band, Raw Image (reunion show)@ Fast Eddie's (go-go)
Rare Essence 7-11 @ Restaurant 55 (go-go)
Mega Bounce 2026 w/ TCB, Reaction, New Impressionz, TOB, ABM, The Men @ DoubleTree Hilton, 300 Army Navy Drive, Arlington (bouncebeat go-go)
Prabir Mehta, Naoco Wowsugi & Maya Glicksman 7 pm @ Rhizome (raags for meditation; gongs , & more)
Venray, Tired All the Time, Flowerbomb @ Atlantis (dc rock)
Steve Forbert @ Jammin Java (folky rock)
Room 112, Total, Case @ MGM National Harbor ( r& b)
Raymi 2 pm @ Creative Cauldron ( music of Andes)
live Ethiopian music @ 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
Ethiopian Music @ Rumor Bar Fenton Street Silver Spring
Ethiopian music @ Mulashewa
Ethiopian music @ JD Bar
Drumming @ 3 to 7 @ Malcolm X Park (when weather is warm)
Afrobeats dj @ St Ex
Afrobeats, hiphop, dancehall party w/ dj 4 to 9 @ Decades (dresscode- "fashionable")
Afro-Caribbean dj @ Darna Arlington
Still Familiar @ Mary Lou’s 7-9 (go-go) (call to confirm)
Colombian night @ Chevy Chase Lounge
Alvin Ailey Dance Theater @ Warner Theatre (through Feb. 8)
Festa de Carnaval w/ Heitor Presser& Vava Samba w/ dance lessons @ 8 pm @ Bossa (Brazilian pagode & samba)
Push Play feat. D. Floyd w/ special guest Jas Funk , Prosperity Band 5-10 pm @ Nottingham's (go-go)
International Fest 12-6 @ Dulles South rec center, South Riding, VA
Banda Clave Nueva @ Mexico Lindo
Philip Glass: A Survey of Keyboard Works Part 1 w/ five pianists paying tribute from 4-6 pm @ Phillips Collection
Sangjaru @ Creative Alliance (Korean)
ICE out for good protest 3pm @ Sherman Circle
Shadow Riot, Boat Burning 8 pm @ Galaxy Hut
rap is poetry open mic night 8pm @ Galactic Panther
Blacc Print @ Shark Bar (go-go)
Raheem DeVaughn & the Crank Crusaders @ Takoma Station Tavern (go-go )
What Band @ Martini's (go-go)
Grupo Tahuantinsuyo 3-5 @ Chicken Bar in Gaithersburg
Babatundi Hiphopera @ Birchmere (rap & opera)
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Mon Feb. 2-
Stacy Brooks Band 6-9pm @ Blues Monday @ Westminster Church SW
Alvin Ailey Dance Theater @ Warner Theatre (through Feb. 8)
Ethiopian music live @ Napoli Lounge
Ethiojazz w/ the Roots Band @ Shalla
DJ Les 7:30 to 11:30 @ Floreria Atlantico
John Sayles Crucible book talk 7 pm @ Politics & Prose Conn Ave (Filmmaker Sayles has written a historical novel about racist car biz guy Henry Ford )
*Josanne Francis celebrates the Carnival Suite 2 sets @ Blues Alley (Caribbean steelpan jazz) *
*Motown on Monday @ Everyday People *
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Tues. Feb. 3-
Alvin Ailey Dance Theater @ Warner Theatre (through Feb. 8)
Yo-Yo Ma @ Strathmore (sold out) (cello)
Still Familiar @ Fast Eddie's (go-go)
Ethiopian music w/ Kalkidan & Fekadu backed by Dani Key & Dave Sax @ Rumor Bar Silver Spring
"vintage groove" Ethiopian music band feat. Fikir & Fitsum 8-11 @ Makeda Restaurant, Van Dorn St., Alexandria (Ethiopian)
DJ Les 7:30 to 11:30 @ Floreria Atlantico
*Ritual Arcana (doom metal band of Scott Wino Weinrich), w/ Borracho, Foehammer @ Pie Shop*
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Wed. Feb. 4-
Rachel Beetz - Tone Keepers & James Tenney's "In A Large Open Space" 7 pm @ Rhizome
Roots Band @ Hemen’s Lounge (ethio-jazz) (every Wednesday)
Twen @ Songbyrd (indie-rock)
Alvin Ailey Dance Theater @ Warner Theatre (through Feb. 8)
New Impressionz @ Babylon (go-go)
What Band feat. Killa Cal free @ Shark Bar (go-go)
Live Ethiopian music @ Napoli Lounge
DJ Jamstar @ Tempoo Lounge (dancehall)
Gigi Maclaughlin @ Mercy Me (Brazilian bossa nova)
Matheus Fonseca 6-9 @ Bar Cana (Brazilian music guitarist)
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Thurs. Feb. 5-
Yumi Kurosawa trio 7:30-9 @ Asian Art Museum Meyer Aud.
Perkutao @ Mr. Henry’s (Afro-Peruvian jazz)
Thrills feat. guest Johnny Spampinato from NRBQ @ JVs
Microcinema: Before Disappearing by Linleyi Xu @ Rhizome (film doc about life in a rural Chinese town where filmmaker's grandma lives)
Turn Up Thursdays w/ DJ Wiggy spinning r&b, hiphop, dancehall, afrobeats 8pm-1 am @ Dono African Restaurant in Germantown, MD
Mature Clientele 8-12 @ Hemen’s Lounge Alexandria (go-go)
Alvin Ailey Dance Theater @ Warner Theatre (through Feb. 8)
Felipe Garibaldi & Rose Moraes w/ samba, forro, & mpb 6-9pm most Thursdays @ Mercy Me
What Band @ Martinis (go-go)
Reaction @ Black Rose Lounge (bouncebeat go-go)
New Impressionz @ Martini's White Plains (go-go & bouncebeat go-go)
Live Ethiopian music w/ Abraham, Danny, Hanna @ Shalla Restaurant in Silver Spring
Selam Sound @ Makeda Restaurant, Van Dorn St., Alexandria (Ethiopian)
Ethiopian music @ MHL Lounge in Falls Church
Ethiopian music @ Love Lounge Fenton St Silver Spring (?)
Ethiopian music @ Mulashewa
Ethiopian music @ JD Bar
Ethiopian music @ Rumor Bar Fenton St Silver Spring
Afrobeats w/ DJ Jamstar @ Spectrum Lounge (?)
Afro-Caribbean dj @ Kaldi’s
live reggae 9 pm @ Bukom
Longtimers @ Hank Dietle’s (roots)
*Joshua Jenkins & Cheickh Ibra Fam @ Blues Alley (jazz pianist & Senegalese singer/pianist) *
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Fri. Feb. 6-
Matthew Shipp solo jazz piano @ Tonal Park
Patrulla 81,La Gente del Gordo @ El Palenque (duranguese)
El Chevo Rebane Catracho @ Mojitos Bar in Gaithersburg
White Picket fence , little a , Boat Burning @ Rhizome (postpunk wall of guitar noisey bands)
Save Your soul w/ dj Baby Alcatraz & That Rob Macy @ Lithuanian Hall Baltimore (soul vinyl)
Laurel Canyon tribute w/ DC area musicians @ Birchmere (sold out)
Scooby & Sirius Company happy hour style @ Throw Social (Fridays) (go-go)
Fer xxo party 3.0 10 pm @ Saint Yves
Blood Cultures @ Songbyrd ( NY) (sold out)
Crush Fund, Avatareden, Rosslyn Station @ Comet Ping Pong (rock)
Foots x Coles new album listening session, w/Zaamwe, dj R We on the Air 7pm Shanklin Hall
Texas Norteno Saxxx w/ Nueva Pradera, Senderos @ 90 Degrees
Rachel Beetz, Melissa Foss @ Normals Books
Arturo Sandoval 6PM & 8:30PM @ Keystone Korner (Latin jazz)
Alvin Ailey Dance Theater @ Warner Theatre (through Feb. 8)
Orquesta Manplesa 10 pm @ Qui Qui DC (salsa)
Fashion Crime, Dead End Lane, Apollo 66 free @ American Legion Post 41 Cissel Saxon (garage punk)
DJ spinning hiphop, afrobeats, dancehall every Friday @ Rosebar
DJs Lydia, Lelynd Darkes, K-Meta @ El Secreto de Rosita
New Impressionz @ Air (go-go & bouncebeat go-go)
Punk rock karaoke benefit for Ward 2 Mutual Aid @ Black Cat Red Room
After Thought Band @ Lamont’s (soul)
Backyard Band @ Restaurant 55 (go-go)
Still Familiar @ Shark Bar (go-go)
Junkyard Band @ Lisp Lounge (go-go) (tentative)
Alfredo Mojica Group @ 10:30 @ Bossa (salsa) plus DJ w/ Latin hits upstairs;
Traditional Ethiopian music band @ Makeda Restaurant, Van Dorn St., Alexandria (Ethiopian)
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
Hand dancing & line dancing to old-school soul 6-10 @ Chateau Lounge
Arabic Music dj @ Green Zone
Afrobeats, amapiano, hiphop dj @ Rosebar Lounge
Hand dancing 1-5 pm @ 4722 14th St. NW
Captain Fly & his Allstars 12 noon to 3 pm @ Blue Dolphin (soul) (sold out)
Rock-a-Sonics @ Hank Dietle’s (rockabilly)
Nashville Emerging artists night @ Barns of Wolf Trap
* Baba Boom Time w/ Lion City Allstars (aka Leon City Sounds) & guests from NY Pdrito Criollo & Tewks (Soularites) all spinning ska, rocksteady, roots reggae, & dancehall , dub 10 pm free @ Neptune Room *
*Maimouna Yousef- Remembering the Legendary women of soul and R & B @ Blues Alley *
*Arabic music dj @ Green Zone *
*DJ Hussam & dancer Shiraz @ Phoenicia Resto & Lounge, Vienna, VA (Middle Eastern)*
*Heaven Forbid, & 2 more @ Pie Shop *
*Thad Wilson jazz quintet 6-9 @ Westminster Church *
*TOB, TCB, DSB @ Martini's (bouncebeat go-go)*
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Sat. Feb. 7-
Sun Ra Arkestra @ Black Rock Center for the Arts in Germantown , MD (jazz)
“Sly Lives (the Burden of Black Genius)” film 11:30 am @ AFI Silver
From Cairo to Baghdad by way of Aleppo - Torath Ensemble concert 7:30-9 pm @ Washington-Liberty High School in Arlington (Arabic music, whirling dance, live poetry)
Beirut Nights presents “Bae” Rut to DC w/ djs Anthony Raad, Farouq Murad plus live performance by Michael Hakim 10 pm @ Culture
Baila Habibi @ Sachi (Arabic & Latin beats)
District of Raga presents Deepak Ram Trio improvisational dialects - a confluence of Indian classical music & jazz (Deepak Ram, Avi Shah, Karine Chapdelaine ) 7:30 @ Willow Grove Cultural Commons @ Sandy Spring Museum, Sandy Spring, MD
Arturo Sandoval 6PM & 8:30PM @ Keystone Korner (Latin jazz)
Junkyard Band, Still Familiar 9pm @ Restaurant 55 (go-go)
Bars, Beats, and Black History : the Culture in conversation panel w/ Malik Buie, Nicole DJ Heat Mosley, DJ DNA & moderator Mike Nyce of WEAA 4-7 pm @ Murphy Fine Arts Center Turpin Lamb Theatre @ Morgan State College Baltimore
Thrills feat. guest Johnny Spampinato from NRBQ @ Hank Dietle’s (roots pop rock)
Ana Patricia Rodríguez - Avocado Dreams: Remaking Salvadoran Life and Art in the Washington, D.C. Metro Area book talk @ 6 pm @ Politics & Prose Union Market (Salvadorian Prof @ U of Md on Salvadorian dc area presence)
COTY & Checkmate Band @ Lamont’s (go-go & r& b)
District Kings @ Capital City Go-go minor league basketball @ Carefirst Arena (go-go)
Orquesta Manplesa 10 pm @ Haydees Mt Pleasant (salsa)
Aztlan, Fran Maravilla Latin indie djs 9 pm @ Haydee’s Georgia Ave.
Sosmula @ Songbyrd (trap-metal)
Lunar New Year Celebration w/ Mongolian dance free 6-7 pm @ Kennedy Center Millennium stage (streamed on M. Stage Youtube site also)
RenRiot, Soul Meets Body @ Quarry House Tavern
Suicide Eyes, False Salvation, Flip the Switch, Sluggo @ Rhizome (hardcore punk)
New Impressionz, Rock Steady Project @ Sidelines (go-go)
Airport 77s @ VFW Post 350 Hell’s Bottom (power pop rock)
Alvin Ailey Dance Theater @ Warner Theatre (through Feb. 8)
The Armors, Buko Buko, Gigi Marie benefit for survivors dot org @ Pie Shop (rock)
I & I Riddim Bob Marley Birthday bash @ Bethesda Theater
Afrobeats dj every Saturday @ Myste Lounge in Laurel, MD
A Different Vibe Lovers edition w/ Caribbean music djs Claude De Martian, Majestic, Sam I Am, & 3 more @ the Continental DC (dress code pink, red, black)
Major League Band @ Air (go-go)
Leon City Sounds djs @ Green Zone (tentative)
Tumbao (Latin salsa ) @ 10:30 @ Bossa 1st floor & DJ w/ Latin Hits upstairs;
Nani & Negussie w/ Band @ Makeda Restaurant (Ethiopian)
live Ethiopian music *w/ Samri, Fekadu, Eleni & band * @ Shalla
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
Rare Essence @ 11 @ Aqua (go-go)
DJ Crown Vic @ Daikaya (tentative)
Nashville Emerging artists night @ Barns of Wolf Trap
Michael Rmeih @ Phoenicia Resto & Lounge, Vienna, VA (Lebanese )*
*Coty the Artist and the Checkmate Band @ Lamont's*
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Sun. Feb. 8-
TRHÄ + BARBELITH, Mass Ego, Pilau @ Rhizome (metal & hardcore punk)
Punk rock flea market 12-4 @ Ottobar
Philip Glass: A Survey of Keyboard Works Part 2 tribute w/ 5 pianists 4-6 @ Phillips Collection
Time in the Wilderness 9pm @ Galaxy Hut (rock)
Alvin Ailey Dance Theater @ Warner Theatre
Joe Newberry and April Verch on fiddle, banjo, and acoustic guitar playing traditional songs from the Ozarks, Appalachia, and the Ottawa Valley 5-7 pm @ Hill Center
Backyard Band Super Bowl party 4pm @ Famous Lounge (go-go)
live Ethiopian music @ 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
Ethiopian Music @ Rumor Bar Fenton Street Silver Spring
Ethiopian music @ Mulashewa
Ethiopian music @ JD Bar
Drumming @ 3 to 7 @ Malcolm X Park (when weather is warm)
Afrobeats dj @ St Ex
Afrobeats, hiphop, dancehall party w/ dj 4 to 9 @ Decades (dresscode- "fashionable")
guitarist/mandolinist Danny Knicely w/ tap dancer Baakari Wilder and acoustic double bassist John Previti 6pm @ Hank Dietle’s
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Mon. Feb. 9-
YFN Lucci @ Echostage (rap)
Frigg free 6-7 pm @ Kennedy Center Millennium stage (streamed on M. Stage Youtube site also)
LMB / Will Evans & Rinatt Montoya / Walsh Kunkel @ Rhizome (local jazz; LMB is Abe Mamet (French horn and effects) and Jamie Sandel (violin and effects))
Vince Evans Band 6-9pm @ Blues Monday @ Westminster Church SW
Ethiopian music live @ Napoli Lounge
Ethiojazz w/ the Roots Band @ Shalla
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Tues. Feb. 10-
Alice Gerrard — Custom Made Woman: A Life in Traditional Music (American Music: New Roots) book talk — 7pm @ Politics and Prose Union Market (Gerrard played folk & bluegrass with Appalachian singer Hazel Dickens, and took rarely seen photos of musicians in the '60s and '70s)
Shaolin Jazz Can I Kick It? Feat. house of Traps @ Songbyrd (hiphop & movie)
Mohini Dey @ Keystone Korner
DJ Baby Alcatraz @ Seki Nikai
Still Familiar @ Fast Eddie's (go-go)
Ethiopian music w/ Kalkidan & Fekadu backed by Dani Key & Dave Sax @ Rumor Bar Silver Spring
"vintage groove" Ethiopian music band feat. Fikir & Fitsum 8-11 @ Makeda Restaurant, Van Dorn St., Alexandria (Ethiopian)
Captain Fly & his Allstars @ Blue Dolphin (soul)
Kiti Gartner & the Drifting Valentines @ Hank Dietle’s (western swing, rockabilly, country, jump blues)
*Wes Watkins & we got sound recording release event @ Blues Alley (go-go/r& b )*
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Wed. Feb. 11-
Plug-n-Band @ Sycamore & Oak food hall SE
454 and Pig the Gemini @ Songbyrd (rap)
Cecily @ Keystone Korner (neo-soul vocalist)
Solas @ Birchmere
New Impressionz @ Babylon (go-go)
What Band feat. Killa Cal free @ Shark Bar (go-go)
Live Ethiopian music @ Napoli Lounge
DJ Jamstar @ Tempoo Lounge (dancehall)
Gigi Maclaughlin @ Mercy Me (Brazilian bossa nova)
Matheus Fonseca 6-9 @ Bar Cana (Brazilian music guitarist)
Memphis Gold 8:30 @ JVs (blues)
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Thurs. Feb. 12-
Mdou Moctar solo @ Atlantis (guitarist from Niger)
Dende & opener Melan @ Pearl St Warehouse (r& b)
Black Belt Eagle Scout and Mato Wayuhi @ Songbyrd (Native American indie rock)
“Disco! Music , Image, Dance” book of essays discussion w/ dj Adrian Loving who wrote one of the essays in a chat w/ Vikki Tobak 7 pm @ MLK Library
Bsrat Mezghebe — I Hope You Find What You're Looking For - with Glory Edim —7pm @ Politics & Prose Union Market (DC-based Mezghebe’s novel goes into the secret lives in Eritrea and DC of three Eritrean women on the eve of Eritrean independence in 1991)
Mary Helen Washington — Paule Marshall: A Writer’s Life (Black Lives) book talk with Soyica Diggs Colbert —7pm @ Politics & Prose Conn Ave (Washington’s bio of novelist Marshall who wrote novels & stories circa 1959 & later about Barbados, Caribbean, & Black American immigrant lives in Brooklyn)
Justin Oliver free 6-7 pm @ Kennedy Center Millennium stage (pop-soul) (streamed on M. Stage Youtube site also)
JeJaWeDa Quartet (improv music) , Bao Nguyen (performance art) @ Rhizome
rap is poetry open mic night 8pm @ Galactic Panther
Flack @ VFW Post 350 Hells Bottom (power pop roots rock)
Michel Muse Presents "'Pre Valentines Day Romantic Evening Krank w/Zyona" @ Takoma Station Tavern
Chicha Morada & Azul Band @ El Secreto de Rosita ( cumbia, salsa, & global tropical sounds influenced by Manu Chao)
Twice Night K-pop dance party @ Black Cat
Felipe Garibaldi & Rose Moraes w/ samba, forro, & mpb 6-9pm most Thursdays @ Mercy Me
What Band @ Martinis (go-go)
Reaction @ Black Rose Lounge (bouncebeat go-go)
New Impressionz @ Martini's White Plains (go-go & bouncebeat go-go)
Live Ethiopian music w/ Abraham, Danny, Hanna @ Shalla Restaurant in Silver Spring
Selam Sound @ Makeda Restaurant, Van Dorn St., Alexandria (Ethiopian)
Ethiopian music @ MHL Lounge in Falls Church
Ethiopian music @ Love Lounge Fenton St Silver Spring (?)
Ethiopian music @ Mulashewa
Ethiopian music @ JD Bar
Ethiopian music @ Rumor Bar Fenton St Silver Spring
Afrobeats w/ DJ Jamstar @ Spectrum Lounge (?)
Afro-Caribbean dj @ Kaldi’s
live reggae 9 pm @ Bukom
Grandsons @ Hank Dietle’s
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Fri. Feb. 13-
Adobo DMV dj event Flavor of Love w Pedro Night dj’ing 10 pm @ AI Warehouse, 530 Penn Ave NE (pan-Latin & pan-global dance music)
R & B w/ Tyrese, Jagged Edge, Tank @ Eaglebank Arena
Zacarias Ferreira @ Rio Cantina
K-Paz de la Sierra, Marimba 502, La Sonora Dinamita @ Cococabana
DC History week hiphop & go-go fusion panel discussion w/ The Real Steph Lova & panelists including Kokayi, Joe e. Blessed, Kenilworth Katrina, Don Choo, 10 X, Nonchalant plus performance by Determined 2 Crank & by DJ RBI 6-10 pm @ Capital Turnaround (eventbrite ticket)
Exit Angles (album release), Red Sunflower, Alma Laprida & Harley @ Rhizome (noisy rock & arty experimental music w/ instruments and turntables)
Ashley Rose Young- Nourishing Networks: The Public Culture of Food in New Orleans - 7pm @ Politics & Prose the Wharf (Library of Congress & Smithsonian connected historian’s book talk on role of food in New Orleans culture)
Patmeena Sabit — Good People: A Novel - with Donna Hemans —7pm @ Politics & Prose Conn Ave (Sabit’s novel about Afghan refugees in Northern Va.)
Afrobeats to the World @ Nevermore Hall Baltimore
Howard U Gospel Choir @ Black rock Center for the Arts
Po’Ramblin Boys free 6-7 pm @ Kennedy Center Millennium stage (streamed on M. Stage Youtube site also) (bluegrass)
Starr & the Czars record release w/ The Owners @ Comet P Pong (garage rock & garage punk)
Kurt Elling: In the Brass Palace w/ the Strathmore Jazz Orchestra @ Strathmore (jazz singer)
K-Paz de la Sierra, Viento y Sol @ El Palenque
Viento y Sol, La Sonora Dinamita @ La Villa in Gaithersburg
Los Plebes de Olancho @ VIP Room in Baltimore
Karlos Rose @ El Patron Falls Church (bachata)
Lil Kevo 303, Purity://Filter, Gabberbitch69, Girlypop Princess b2b Trinity For3ver, MINDCTRLWEAPON 9pm @ Le Mondo
Screening of Brown Sugar movie & DJ Lance Reynolds honoring the late D’Angelo on his birthday w/ his music @ Bethesda Theater
Chicha Morada 10 pm free @ Roofers Union (cumbia, salsa)
DJ Baby Alcatraz in the dome on the Hi-lawn roof @ Union Market
After Thought Band @ Lamont’s (soul)
Backyard Band @ Restaurant 55 (go-go)
Still Familiar @ Shark Bar (go-go)
Junkyard Band @ Lisp Lounge (go-go) (tentative)
Alfredo Mojica Group @ 10:30 @ Bossa (salsa) plus DJ w/ Latin hits upstairs;
Traditional Ethiopian music band @ Makeda Restaurant, Van Dorn St., Alexandria (Ethiopian)
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
Hand dancing & line dancing to old-school soul 6-10 @ Chateau Lounge
Arabic Music dj @ Green Zone
Afrobeats, amapiano, hiphop dj @ Rosebar Lounge
Hand dancing 1-5 pm @ 4722 14th St. NW
*Arabic music dj @ Green Zone *
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Sat. Feb 14-
Maritu Legesse the Queen of Ambasel scale Ethiopian music @ Hemen’s Lounge Alexandria
Monchy @ La Caverna in MD (bachata) and also Monchy later @ Casa Mia Mexican rest.
La Sonora Dinamita, Elegancia VIP @ El Palenque
Fer Martinez y sus Cuates de Olancho @ El Pueblito Baltimore
Wes’ 2nd annual All black clothes everything Aquarius Bash w/ Wes’ Got My Own Sound band feat. Killa Cal, Sweet Thang, Jon Williams, Marcus Young, Tabria, DJ Skip 12noon- 5 pm @ Illusions at the Grand in Glen Burnie, MD (go-go & r & B)
Binomio de Oro @ El Ranchon
Rhythm, Rockers, & Groovy (r&b, Lovers rock reggae, soca) @ the Strand, 5131 , Nannie Helen Burroughs Ave NE
Chad America’s rock and roll dance party w/ DJ Baby Alcatraz & more @ Black Cat
Marc Shaiman — Never Mind the Happy: Showbiz Stories from a Sore Winner book talk - w/ Murray Horwitz — 5 pm @ Politics & Prose Conn Ave (Shaiman wrote music & co-wrote lyrics for Hairspray, Sister Act, & for Bette Midler)
Marisa Nadler @ Songbyrd
Deep Sugar w/ Ultra Nate at Flash ( house & Baltimore club dance)
Afrobeats to the World @ Howard Theatre
Afro Blue & Cyrus Chestnut @ Black Rock Center for the Arts (Howard U Jazz vocals group, & jazz pianist)
TCB, New Impressionz, TOB @ Fast Eddie’s
A Date With John Waters 7 pm @ Soundstage
New Edition 7pm @ CFG Arena (r&b )
David Bowie celebration night w/ 51 Peg, Winter Sect, The Wild Mutations, Capital Offender, Glassphalt, The Airport 77s, The Malvivants + special guests @ Pie Shop
Leon City Sounds djs @ SnoDaze Social 5-10:30 pm inside the Snowbyrd Dome lounge on the Union Market Hilawn roof (cumbia, salsa)
Eric Roberson @ Bethesda Theater (neo-soul)
Orquesta Manplesa 7-9 @ Haydees Mt Pleasant then @ 11pm @ Marx Cafe (salsa)
Soca in winter T & T Carnival w/ multiple djs including Slice @ Fire Station 1
DJ Crown Vic @ Green Zone (tentative)
Metrosexual Dance Party w/ Sir EU live, & djs X3 Butterfly, Jacque Jill, Dave from stoke @ Suns Cinema (mostly techno)
Tumbao (Latin salsa ) @ 10:30 @ Bossa 1st floor & DJ w/ Latin Hits upstairs;
Nani & Negussie w/ Band @ Makeda Restaurant (Ethiopian)
live Ethiopian music *w/ Samri, Fekadu, Eleni & band * @ Shalla
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
Rare Essence @ 11 @ Aqua (go-go)
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Sun. Feb. 15-
Living the Dream … Singing the Dream, A Choral Tribute to Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. w/
Washington Performing Arts Gospel Choirs, The Choral Arts Society of Washington 7 p.m. @
Music Center at Strathmore
Miguel, Jean Dawson @ Anthem (r& b)
DJ Timmy Regisford @ Kaldi’s Rooftop via 3rd Place & UDP Music (house music pioneer)
K Paz de la Sierra, La Sonora Dinamita @ Rio Cantina
KBP El Alien @ Ibiza
Made in the South w/ Deep-Fried Southern sets of bounce, crunk, trap hiphop by DJ Shindig & friends @ Union Stage
Nani Vazana @ DC JCC (eurovision winning Ladino singer)
Jade @ Fillmore (UK pop-R&B) (sold out)
Winter Dance Party Tribute to Buddy Holly w/ Rock-a-Sonics, Ruthie & the Wranglers, The Thrills, Jelly Roll Mortals, The Grandsons, Ryan Cain & the Ables, plus guests Daryl Davis, Shaun Young, Jason Hicks, Crayfish Sisters 6 pm @ Rosensteel Hall
Mardi Gras parade and party 3-7 pm @ Wharf
Code red Sexy Crank Night w/ Northeast Groovers w/ guest 32, Kim Michelle experience 9pm 2 Bad Axe in Waldorf (go-go)
Chuck Brown Band @ Hamilton Live (go-go)
Rare Essence, Sirius Company doors @ 9 @ Galaxy (go-go)
Sarau de Samba 2-5 pm @ Glen echo
The R&B Club discusses the legacy of J Dilla 12-2 pm @ Songbyrd
Carnival Sunday : Pump Brunch & Jam w/ Precious Layne, soca djs - DJ Bimshire, DJ Majestic, DJ E-Live 11am - 5 pm @ Throw Social
Valentine’s Night feat. Komolapur Express 7pm @ Reckless Shepher Brewing , Columbia, MD
Sandy Ewen , Resuscianne , Kajwan Ziaoddini (experimental guitar & Iranian instrumental music) @ Rhizome
Rap in Spanish freestyle battle @ Casa Grande rest. Annandale
La Fiera de Ojinaga, Janeth Valenzuela 6pm @ Mexico Lindo
An Awful Panic, Old Knife 9 pm @ Galaxy Hut (punk rock)
Girls Rock! DC Presents: Heartbreak Hotel III w/ Rosslyn Station, Aminori, KattLandia, Bachelorette Riot, D3VILISHBRI, Mr. Boy @ Pearl Street Warehouse
live Ethiopian music @ 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
Ethiopian Music @ Rumor Bar Fenton Street Silver Spring
Ethiopian music @ Mulashewa
Ethiopian music @ JD Bar
Drumming @ 3 to 7 @ Malcolm X Park (when weather is warm)
Afrobeats dj @ St Ex
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Mon. Feb. 16-
Monaleo @ Nevermore Hall (rap)
99% Afrobeats 4-9pm @ location tba
Put Your Soul On Your Hand and Walk - a film by Iranian director Sepideh Farsi about the director’s video calls w/ a Gaza journalist 7pm @ Rhizome (proceeds go to Gaza mutual aid)
Tom Newman Band 6-9pm @ Blues Monday @ Westminster Church SW
Ethiopian music live @ Napoli Lounge
Ethiojazz w/ the Roots Band @ Shalla
DJ Les 7:30 to 11:30 @ Floreria Atlantico
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Tues. Feb. 17-
Margo Price @ 930 ( country)
Say She She @ Atlantis (retro r&b & disco)
Canadian company Le Patin Libre brings blend of dance and skating to an ice rink installed on an outdoor Kennedy Center plaza. Through Feb. 22
Julianna Riolino @ Songbyrd (alt-countryish indie rock)
Bayou Gras Mardi Pardi from 5PM until 9PM with District Brass Band @ Bayou Bakery Arlington ($ ticket required for this Mardi Gras food & music event)
Naptown Brass band Mardi Gras @ Rams Head live Annapolis
Still Familiar @ Fast Eddie's (go-go)
Ethiopian music w/ Kalkidan & Fekadu backed by Dani Key & Dave Sax @ Rumor Bar Silver Spring
"vintage groove" Ethiopian music band feat. Fikir & Fitsum 8-11 @ Makeda Restaurant, Van Dorn St., Alexandria (Ethiopian)
Lunar New Year event 8:30-10:30 pm w/ DJ Les @ Seki Nikai
Orleans Express Fat Tuesday Mardi Gras @ Hank Dietle’s (Dixieland )
*Marcel Penzes celebrates Mardi Gras @ Blues Alley *
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Wed. Feb. 18-
Niia @ Songbyrd (jazz & experimental pop singer)
Jeff Barsky, No One and the Somebodies, Nice Breeze 7 pm @ Rhizome (ambient melodies and artsy punk rock)
Slow Funeral @ Quarry House Tavern (rock)
Brandon Woody's Upendo 7pm @ Keystone Korner (jazz)
New Impressionz @ Babylon (go-go)
What Band feat. Killa Cal free @ Shark Bar (go-go)
Live Ethiopian music @ Napoli Lounge
DJ Jamstar @ Tempoo Lounge (dancehall)
Gigi Maclaughlin @ Mercy Me (Brazilian bossa nova)
Matheus Fonseca 6-9 @ Bar Cana (Brazilian music guitarist)
DJ Les 6:30-10:30 Skyyline party @ Arlo Hotel
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Thurs. Feb. 19-
Yasmin Williams @ Columbia Arts Center (Afro-roots instrumentalist)
People’s Benefit for Cuba - Anti-imperialism gig w/ Los Locos, Kuska Nan, Afrikan Percussionists, La Vaina fantasma & more @ Haydee’s Mt. Pleasant
Alemeda @ Atlantis (US & Ethiopian raised Indie rocker)
SZN4 @ Howard Theatre (retro pop-r&b)
Lunar New Year celebration w/ Korean Fever Inc. free 6-7 pm @ Kennedy Center Millennium Stage (also streamed on Mil. Stage youtube if you don’t want to go there)
¡FIASCO!, Hunter Koray & Zulfugar 7 pm @ Rhizome (improv jazz)
Bryant Myers @ Ibiza
Strike Anywhere, Dave Hause & The Mermaid, +TBA 7pm @ Ottobar
Mohini Dey @ Birchmere (funky)
Felipe Garibaldi & Rose Moraes w/ samba, forro, & mpb 6-9pm most Thursdays @ Mercy Me
What Band @ Martinis (go-go)
Reaction @ Black Rose Lounge (bouncebeat go-go)
New Impressionz @ Martini's White Plains (go-go & bouncebeat go-go)
Live Ethiopian music w/ Abraham, Danny, Hanna @ Shalla Restaurant in Silver Spring
Selam Sound @ Makeda Restaurant, Van Dorn St., Alexandria (Ethiopian)
Ethiopian music @ MHL Lounge in Falls Church
Ethiopian music @ Love Lounge Fenton St Silver Spring (?)
Ethiopian music @ Mulashewa
Ethiopian music @ JD Bar
Ethiopian music @ Rumor Bar Fenton St Silver Spring
Afrobeats w/ DJ Jamstar @ Spectrum Lounge (?)
Afro-Caribbean dj @ Kaldi’s
live reggae 9 pm @ Bukom
DJ Les & Martin Miguel dj 7pm to 1 am @ Grazie Millie
David Chappell & guests @ JVs (roots)
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Fri. Feb. 20-
Esperanza Spalding @ Birchmere (jazz)
Ghostface Killa @ Fillmore (Wu-Tang rapper)
Descendants & Frank Turner @ Nevermore Hall (old-school punk) (sold Out)
2wo Bunnies, Blissman @ Bette @ Bertha, 1237 W St NE (South African amapiano dance)
Yailin La Mas Viral @ Mexico Lindo (rap)
Zacarias Ferreira and El Chaval de la Bachata @ Cococabana
Gran Bailazo Caciques Y Tortugas Del Norte @ 90 Degrees
Still Suttle uptown reunion gig 8-11 pm @ Takoma Station Tavern (go-go)
Akua Allrich & the Tribe 6-9 @ Westminster Church (jazz & afropop vocals)
Alemeda @ Atlantis (pop-rock)
Cryptid Summer (record release), Darker Than, Erasergirl 10 pm @ Comet P Pong
Indigo Ranch (C-86 pop w/ noise), Weapons Envelope (noise & power electronics), Levogyre (found sound) @ Rhizome
Trhä, Barbelith, Genevieve, Crow’s Foot 7pm @ Metro
Kahil El'Zabar 7:30pm & 9pm @ An Die Musik
Tribute to Teena Marie & Stephanie Mills 6pm & 9pm, @ Keystone Korner
Yoi Toki : A Future Funk/Vaporwave Party 9pm @ Soundstage
Redveil @ Howard Theatre (rap)
“I Was the Weirdo” film about DC rapper Priest the Nomad @ Lincoln Theatre
Mardi Gras Shabbat w/ Dupont Brass Band @ 6th & I Synagogue
Soporus, honeybrandy, tangent universes @ Art Sound Language record store
After Thought Band @ Lamont’s (soul)
Backyard Band @ Restaurant 55 (go-go)
Still Familiar @ Shark Bar (go-go)
Junkyard Band @ Lisp Lounge (go-go) (tentative)
Alfredo Mojica Group @ 10:30 @ Bossa (salsa) plus DJ w/ Latin hits upstairs;
Traditional Ethiopian music band @ Makeda Restaurant, Van Dorn St., Alexandria (Ethiopian)
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
Hand dancing & line dancing to old-school soul 6-10 @ Chateau Lounge
Arabic Music dj @ Green Zone
Afrobeats, amapiano, hiphop dj @ Rosebar Lounge
Hand dancing 1-5 pm @ 4722 14th St. NW
Chinatown Funk Express w/ DJ Les @ Lucky Danger (Asian City Pop & funk)
AAPI music presentation w/ DJ Les 2-3:30 pm @ Northern VA Community College
*Arabic music dj @ Green Zone *
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Sat. Feb. 21-
Amapiano, 3 Step, & Afrohouse dj music w/ Kelvin Momo, Babalwa M,Ethan Tomas, MOBU 10pm @ Echostage
Mariah the Scientist @ Anthem (r& b) (sold out)
Checo Acosta y Orquesta celebrate Carnaval de Barranquilla, Colombia @ El Aguila Restaurant, Silver Spring
Egyptian Lover @ Flash (Los Angeles electro & hiphop dj)
Magpie sings Phil Ochs and more @ Seekers Church, 276 Carroll, Takoma DC (folk)
Lunar New Year Fest w/ Korean, Chinese, & Vietnamese dance plus lion dances @ 1,2, & 3 ; event 12 to 6 pm @ Museum of Asian Art
Black Rails band, New Passengers 7:30 @ Sohy cornershops,5132 Baltimore Avenue, Hyattsville, Maryland
Proper Utensils Winter Jam @ St. Luke Center SE (go-go)
“For the Lovers- a Night w/ Scooby Da Godson” Sirius @ Bethesda Theatre (go-go/r&b)
Junkyard, What Band feat Killa Cal, Major League Band 4-9 @ Diamond Lounge (go-go)
Ghostface Killa @ Nevermore Hall (Wu-Tang rapper)
Eleni Drake @ Comet P Pong
Lucius Arthur, Anna Justen @ Quarry House Tavern (rock)
Papalca USA free 6-7 pm @ Kennedy Center Millennium Stage (also streamed on Mil. Stage youtube if you don’t want to go there) (Peruvian traditional dance)
Songbird Collective tribute to Aretha Franklin 1 pm @ Rams Head Live Annapolis
Leon City Sounds djs @ SnoDaze Social 5-10:30 pm inside the Snowbyrd Dome lounge on the Union Market Hilawn roof (cumbia, salsa)
Orquesta Manplesa 9pm @ Public Bar live
DJ Johnson Lee of Joe’s Record Paradise @ Green Zone (tentative)
The Ocean Blue @ Birchmere (sold out)
Tumbao (Latin salsa ) @ 10:30 @ Bossa 1st floor & DJ w/ Latin Hits upstairs;
Nani & Negussie w/ Band @ Makeda Restaurant (Ethiopian)
live Ethiopian music w/ Samri, Fekadu, Eleni & band @ Shalla
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
Rare Essence @ 11 @ Aqua (go-go)
DJ Les 8-12 @ La Betty
Black Audio Society w/ djs @ Le Mondo (inter-generational Black music on vinyl)
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Sun. Feb. 22-
Billy Luck movie plus Q&A with filmmakers Jeff Krulik and Dina Selfridge and subject Chris Earnshaw 6:15 @ AFI ( Krulik did Heavy Metal Parking Lot, Razz film, Fugazi doc… This film is a story of gambling, storage units, and a fascination w/ DC’s past) (the earlier rough version of this was impressive @ Rhizome)
Cash Money Millionaires 30th Anniversary w/ Beanie Sigel, Freeway, Young Gunz @ Anthem (rap)
Nellie McKay @ Creative Alliance (jazz/pop/American songbook)
Daryl Davis thanks for the memories @ Birchmere (rock & blues pianist Davis & guests pay tribute to musicians who died in 2025)
Valgur @ Songbyrd (Experimental Mexican duo)
Tango after Dark @ Strathmore
Outside Time presents Raphael Rogiński (Crimean Tartar music) / Kimia Hesabi (Iranian music on viola) 5 pm @ Rhizome
Christian McBride & Ursa Major 5pm & 7:30pm @ Keystone Korner (jazz)
Toomai String Quintet does jazz & Latin American music 4-6 @ Phillips Collection
Lou Black 9pm @ Galaxy Hut (rock)
live Ethiopian music @ 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
Ethiopian Music @ Rumor Bar Fenton Street Silver Spring
Ethiopian music @ Mulashewa
Ethiopian music @ JD Bar
Drumming @ 3 to 7 @ Malcolm X Park (when weather is warm)
Afrobeats dj @ St Ex
DJ Les 7:30 to 11:30 @ Floreria Atlantico
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Mon. Feb. 23
Anthony Swampdog Clark Blues Band 6-9 pm @ Westminster Church SW
Billy F Gibbons & the BFG Band @ Birchmere (from ZZ Top)
Wrekmeister Harmonies, Sadness, Oldest Sea, Witch's Mirror @ Rhizome (doom metal)
Ethiopian music live @ Napoli Lounge
Ethiojazz w/ the Roots Band @ Shalla
DJ Les 7:30 to 11:30 @ Floreria Atlantico
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Tues. Feb. 24
Stephanie Shonekan for her 33 1/3 book on Fela Anikulapo-Kuti’s Sorrow Tears and Blood 6:30 @ People's Book (Nigerian afrobeat legend)
Hanumankind @ Howard Theatre (rapper)
Daniel Neep — Syria: A Modern History book talk - with Ariel I. Ahram 7 pm at Politics & Prose Conn Ave
Still Familiar @ Fast Eddie's (go-go)
Ethiopian music w/ Kalkidan & Fekadu backed by Dani Key & Dave Sax @ Rumor Bar Silver Spring
"vintage groove" Ethiopian music band feat. Fikir & Fitsum 8-11 @ Makeda Restaurant, Van Dorn St., Alexandria (Ethiopian)
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Wed. Feb. 25-
Keb Mo @ Capital One Hall (blues)
R & S Project Band @ Sycamore & Oak food hall SE (go-go)
Ben Reilly @ Songbyrd (rapper influenced by Andre 30000
David Kitchen Band @ VFW 350 Hells Bottom (roots rock)
Ace Hood and others @ Union Stage (rap)
Rent @ Strathmore
New Impressionz @ Babylon (go-go)
What Band feat. Killa Cal free @ Shark Bar (go-go)
Live Ethiopian music @ Napoli Lounge
DJ Jamstar @ Tempoo Lounge (dancehall)
Gigi Maclaughlin @ Mercy Me (Brazilian bossa nova)
Matheus Fonseca 6-9 @ Bar Cana (Brazilian music guitarist)
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Thurs. Feb 26-
Miramar @ Strathmore mansion (boleros)
Big Boogie, Queen Key @ Howard Theatre (Memphis rapper headliner)
Raices the Bachata experience for Dominican Republic Independence Day 8 pm @ Public Bar
Jlexis El Nene @ Ibiza
Flowers for the Dead, Cherub Tree, Berra @ Songbyrd (alt-rock & punk)
Wayne Horvitz & Sarah Schoenbeck Duo plus Trio with Anthony Pirog @ Rhizome (jazz)
“The Inquisitor” movie doc about inspirational late Texas congresswoman Barbara Jordan 6:30 @ Anacostia Community Museum (known for her role in Watergate hearings)
Family Dinner @ Quarry House (rock)
rap is poetry open mic night 8pm @ Galactic Panther
Capital Irish Film Fest starts w/ “Saipan” @ AFI Silver
Jake Owen @ Lincoln Theatre (country)
Felipe Garibaldi & Rose Moraes w/ samba, forro, & mpb 6-9pm most Thursdays @ Mercy Me
What Band @ Martinis (go-go)
Reaction @ Black Rose Lounge (bouncebeat go-go)
New Impressionz @ Martini's White Plains (go-go & bouncebeat go-go)
Live Ethiopian music w/ Abraham, Danny, Hanna @ Shalla Restaurant in Silver Spring
Selam Sound @ Makeda Restaurant, Van Dorn St., Alexandria (Ethiopian)
Ethiopian music @ MHL Lounge in Falls Church
Ethiopian music @ Love Lounge Fenton St Silver Spring (?)
Ethiopian music @ Mulashewa
Ethiopian music @ JD Bar
Ethiopian music @ Rumor Bar Fenton St Silver Spring
Afrobeats w/ DJ Jamstar @ Spectrum Lounge (?)
Afro-Caribbean dj @ Kaldi’s
live reggae 9 pm @ Bukom
Thrills @ Hank Dietle’s (roots)
*Ekep Nkwelle @ Blues Alley (jazz )
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Fri. Feb. 27-
Preview showing of Haile Gerima new film Black Lions - Roman Wolves about Ethiopia’s victory over Italy in 1935 followed by a conversation with Gerima and a special guest. Entertainment from soul singer Ayanna Gregory, vocalist Wayna, the Curtis Family C Note, and more will wrap up the celebration 7pm @ Lincoln Theatre (there is also a special 10 am showing for high school students )
Boosie & TCB @ Howard Theatre (rap & bounce beat go-go)
The Paranoid Style, Dot Dash @ Comet Ping Pong (DC powerpop rock)
Peaches, Model/Actriz @ 930 Club
Masters Of Hawaiian Music: George Kahumoku Jr, Led Kaapana, Sonny Lim @ Birchmere
Dupont Brass @ Songbyrd
Peaches @ 930 Club (electro-clash rap-pop)
Chicha Morada 10 pm @ El Secreto de Rosita (cumbia)
The r& b experience w/ Bobby Valentino live @ Nevermore Hall
Detroit Love weekend night 1 w/ BINH, Carl Craig b2b Dennis Ferrer, Francesco Del Garda, Ramos b2b Mazko A, Richie Hawtin, Rimarkable @ Berhta (Detroit techno)
Nico Hernandez @ El Ranchon
Key Key, Mach & Daddy @ Rio Cantina
Conjunto Atardecer Y Estilo Privado @ El Palenque
Conjunto Atardecer Y La Sonora Dinamita @ La Villa in Gaithersburg
Loubna Mrie — Defiance: A Memoir of Awakening, Rebellion, and Survival in Syria book talk - with Laura Secor 7pm @ Politics & Prose Conn Ave
Czonka, Damian Wolf, and Dream Punch 7pm @ Galactic Panther (art-punk & post-hardcore)
Tribute to late DC jazz singer Ronnie Wells 6-9 @ Westminster Church SW
Chicha Morada w/ DJ Don Q, Sumaj Tusuy dmv Peruvian dancers, live broadcast by transceiver radio 10 pm @ el Secreto de Rosita ( a celebration of Lima w/ salsa & cumbia)
Disco Biblioteca: Music Books & Listening Party discuss The Harder I Fight the More I Love You memoir by Neko Case 7pm @ People’s Book
After Thought Band @ Lamont’s (soul)
Backyard Band @ Restaurant 55 (go-go)
Still Familiar @ Shark Bar (go-go)
Junkyard Band @ Lisp Lounge (go-go) (tentative)
Alfredo Mojica Group @ 10:30 @ Bossa (salsa) plus DJ w/ Latin hits upstairs;
Traditional Ethiopian music band @ Makeda Restaurant, Van Dorn St., Alexandria (Ethiopian)
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
Hand dancing & line dancing to old-school soul 6-10 @ Chateau Lounge
Arabic Music dj @ Green Zone
Afrobeats, amapiano, hiphop dj @ Rosebar Lounge
Hand dancing 1-5 pm @ 4722 14th St. NW
Lunar New Year Dance Party w/ DJ Les 9-12 @ ESL (Eighteenth St Lounge )
*Weedie Braimah & the Hands of Time @ Blues Alley *
*Arabic music dj @ Green Zone *
*Something for the People - A story of Go-go and Protest 6:30 pm @ UDC Auditorium (Yaddiya & bands )*
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Sat. Feb. 28-
Smithsonian Jazz Masterworks Orchestra- jazz with a Cuban tinge 7 pm @ Smithsonian American History Museum (tribute to roots of Latin jazz )
Didgeridoo Musical Performance by Cameron McCarthy 2pm & 4pm @ National Gallery of Art
Key Key, Mach & Daddy @Cococabana
Tribute to Soda Stereo @ Palisades Hub
Bilal @ Birchmere (neo-soul)
Ashanti @ Nevermore Hall Baltimore (r&b)
Jadakiss & friends 3-8 for HBCU reunion weekend w/ CIAA basketball tournament @ Euphoria in Baltimore
Ritmo Enfermedad w/ Leon City Sounds djs, dj Baby Alcatraz, Smile Now, Cry Later (Mark Cisneros) late @ Suns Cinema (tentative)
Detroit Love weekend night 2 w/ Aboudi Issa, Carl Craig, DJ Holographic, Jeff Mills, Moodymann, Salar Ansari @ Behrta
The Record Company, Jontavious Willis @ 930 Club (roots indie, blues)
Guitarricadelafuente @ Atlantis (flamenco indie ) (sold out)
Ligatures (record release), Black Rails, Mazemaker @ Quarry House (rock)
Born without Bones, Cuni @ Songbyrd (rock w/ punk roots)
Two Thumbs Down (record release) @ Comet P Pong
Screening: Indelible (Doc about dc area musicians) / Performance: Jenna Camille @ Rhizome (DC alt-r'n'b)
Las Chicas Roland @ El Palenque
Darsombra presents Transmission day 1 a celebration for late musician Ann Everton w/ many musicians @ Ottobar
Bollywood Nights @ Pearl St Warehouse
Black Violin 3 & 7:30 @ Rams Head Live Annapolis
Orquesta Manplesa 10:30 @ Diosa DC (salsa)
Blacc Print Experience @ 5 Sisters Lounge (go-go)
Pedro Night dj’ing @ St. Ex (tentative)
Rare Essence @ 11 @ Aqua (go-go)
Tumbao (Latin salsa ) @ 10:30 @ Bossa 1st floor & DJ w/ Latin Hits upstairs;
Nani & Negussie w/ Band @ Makeda Restaurant (Ethiopian)
live Ethiopian music w/ Samri, Fekadu, Eleni & band @ Shalla
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
DJ Les 9pm-2am @ Eaton Hotel Allegory Room
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Sun. March 1-
Big Sandy & the Fly-Rite Boys @ Hank Dietle’s (rockabilly, country, swing)
Darsombra presents Transmission day 2 a celebration for late musician Ann Everton w/ Quattracenta and other bands/musicians @ Ottobar
Bruk out- Dancehall & soca day party w/ DJ Trigga, DJ Aakil, DJ Precious Layne @ Baltimore soundstage
Sarina (Md-based Haitian pop) w/ Ya Minko, Acquaah, Ahmed Kazmi, and Elyvn @ Pearl St Warehouse
Ryman Leon, Sam Nicholson @ Comet P Pong
Conjunto Atardecer @ El Carbonero Restaurant Hyattsville
Tartan Terrors @ Birchmere
Jesse Welles @ 930 Club (sold out)
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Mon. March 2- Shirleta Settles & friends 6-9pm @ Westminster Church SW
Jesse Welles @ 930 Club (sold out)
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Tues. March 3- Blood Orange @ Anthem ( Devonté Hynes is a Black British multi-instrumentalist & singer who ambitiously melds multiple genres )
CJ Chenier @ Jammin Java (zydeco)
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More lists-- Capital Bop has jazz; Tickeri DMV has Latinx, Mi Gente DMV has Latin dancing (salsa, bachata, zouk), Kesta Happenings DC Facebook has Latinx too, baltshowplace.tumblr has Baltimore punk & more; Elliot Gross on Facebook has DC blues & blues-rock; DC. Hometown Sounds on Instagram & substack has dc indie rock & punk & more; district.hardcore on Instagram has hardcore ; gogomusixdmv on Instagram has go-go flyers; Fans of Tom Cole's G-Strings on Facebook has jazz & international; Also-Washington Post Going Out Guide; dc-hardcore .com; Washingtonian monthly one; pa palace go-go one also have events
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