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

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

 

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

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

 

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

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May 2024 Highlights (mostly visiting acts)  (then full list below w/ local & visiting):

Thurs. May 2- Belle & Sebastian, The Weather Station  @ Anthem (indie-pop)

Mimouna Moroccan Sephardic Fest w/ North African sweets, & Jewish & Muslim Moroccan music by Noam Yekutiel Sibony & Ismail Bouzidoune doing chaabi, Andalusian Sephardic, & Gwana  @ 6:30 to 9 @ Smithsonian National Museum of African Art

Sun. May 5-La Perla (percussion & vocals female trio from Bogota, Colombia), Taxi Vision (Queens, NY highlife, doo wop,samples, samba, & psychedelia), Leon City Sounds djs @ 5 Rhizome

Stiff Little Fingers @ Rams Head Live Baltimore (punk)

Wed. May 8-Lido Pimiento opening for Chicano Batman @ 930

Sat. May 11-Neil Young & Crazy Horse  @ Jiffy Lube

Charlie Wilson @ Pier 6 (r&b)

Thurs. May 16- De-evolution is Real (Devo Films)  @ AFI ;  

Brian Eno doc  @ Miracle Theatre

Sun. May 19- Slickee Boys 4 to 5:30  @ Palisades Community Center Backstage (garage punk)

Sun Ra Arkestra w/ 100th birthday celebration for band leader Marshall Allen @ Birchmere

Sat. May 25- Aventura reunited with singer Romeo Santos @ Capital One Arena (also May 26 & June 12) (bachata)

Ann Savoy’s Another Heart Band: Album Release Show w/ Dirk Powell free from 6 to 7 @ Kennedy Center Millennium Stage (Cajun)

Wed. May 29 – Combo Daguerre (psych French Latino boleros cumbia 60s rock chanson, w/ Olivier Conan of Brooklyn club Barbes on cuatro & vocals) for free from 6 to 7 @ Kennedy Center Millennium Stage; & @ 8 @ Rhizome

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May 2024 Full list (*will be updated throughout the month *)

Wed. May 1-

Feelin the Funk Band 6 to 9 @ Wine Down Wed. @ Eloquent Touch Ballroom in Suitland

Ash, Felukah @ Union Stage (Ash is Cairo-born, French -raised electronics producer; Felukah is Egypt-raised, NYC vocalist)

Enumclaw, Graham Hunt, Endlings @ Comet P Pong (rock)

Cecily w/ guitarist Zachary Cutler 6 to 7:30 pm @ Southwest Duck Pond, 954 6^th St Sw

Sirius Company @ Sobe (go-go)

New Impressionz @ Babylon (go-go)

Live Ethiopian music @ Napoli Lounge

Kizomba and bachata dj & dancing  @ Crossroads 2

DJ Jamstar @ Tempoo Lounge (dancehall)

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Thurs. May 2-

 Belle & Sebastian, The Weather Station  @ Anthem (indie-pop)

Mimouna Moroccan Sephardic Jewish Fest w/ North African sweets, & Jewish & Muslim Moroccan music by Noam Yekutiel Sibony & Ismail Bouzidoune doing chaabi, Andalusian Sephardic, & Gwana  @ 6:30 to 9 @ Smithsonian National Museum of African Art

Jim Saah punk photos exhibit @ Carroll Arts Center , Westminster, MD

Director James June Schneider for a screening of his movie “ The End Of The Light Age (aka 1,2,3 Whiteout)” (2007) followed by Q&A @ Rhizome

Motown DC exhibit opens (through July 7) @ Anacostia Arts Center

Margaret Glaspy @ Rams Head Annapolis (indie singer-songwriter)

Duo Andalus @ 7 @ Bossa (Mediterranean & North African) & Verny Varela @ 9:30 @ Bossa (Colombian salsa, vallenato, cumbia & more)

Thrills @ JVs (roots )

Longtimers @ Hank Dietle’s (roots)

Veronneau trio w/ Dave Kline @ Blues Alley (global jazz)

Shy Glizzy @ Rams Head Baltimore (rap)

Jim Jones @ Zen West (rap)

Azul Band @ Green Zone (DC multi-cultural band)

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

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

Ethiopian music  @ MHL Lounge in Falls Church

Ethiopian music  @ Black Rose Lounge

Ethiopian music @ Love Lounge Fenton St Silver Spring

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

Afrobeats w/ DJ Jamstar @ Spectrum Lounge

Afro-Caribbean dj @ Kaldis

Afrobeats @ Gazuza Lounge

New Impressionz @ Nipsey's (go-go)

*Ra-ra Riot @ 930 Club (rock)*

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Fri. May 3-

Social Distortion and Bad Religion @ MGM

Cuba Fest w/ Lazarito Valdes y Bamboleo, Ricardo Amaray ( ex Manolito y su Trabuco) , Yordys Larrazábal (ex Maykel Blanco Salsa Mayor) , La Rumbera Mayor, Dj Azucar  @ Diamond Lounge   

Motown DC exhibit opening reception 6 to 8 pm  @ Anacostia Arts Center

Big Tony's 64th Birthday ft. Trouble Funk & Special Guests @ Bethesda Theater  (go-go)

Aruna Sairam @ Barns of Wolf Trap (India)

Amapiano dance w/ Kine Camara 7 to 9 @ Joe’s Movement Emp.

The Messthetics, Sensor Ghost, Walsh Kunkel  8PM  @ Ottobar (postpunk)

Bad Moves, Pretty Bitter , Prude @ Songbyrd (powerpop punk & indie)

Lisa Fischer & Grand Baton @ Keystone Korner

One Night at the Dox w/ Big Ria, Rye Rye, DDM, Dj Class , Rod Lee, DJ Rod Braxton, DJ Say Wut @ the Garage Event Venue, 6 E Lafayette Ave., Baltimore (Baltimore club music dance)

Grupo Phoeniz de Peten Guatemala @ Restaurant Villa Flores in Glen Burnie, MD

La Caro Band , La Tremendita , La 5ta Banda @ Asi Es Mi Tierra in Silver Spring

Cadetes De Linares De Santos Lozoya, Relevo, Kazadores, & Los Jefes Del Este @ 90 Degrees

El Varon de la Bachata and Alex Bueno @ the Palace

Kim Michelle Experience @ Bar – Code (go-go)

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

7pm: Cristian Perez solo; 7:30 Joel Harrison (electric and national steel gtr), John Previti (bass), Joshua Espinoza (keys), Mike Kuhl (drums) (Americana) @ Rhizome

Rock-a-Sonics @ Colvin Run Dance Hall

Robert Lighthouse @ Hank Dietle’s

Veronneau full band @ Blues Alley (for bandmember Ken’s birthday) (global jazz)

Arab music dj @ Green Zone

After Thought Band @ Lamont’s (soul)

Rare Essence @ Fast Eddie’s (go-go)

Backyard Band @ Restaurant 55 (go-go)

Junkyard Band @ Nipseys (go-go)

TCB  @ Power (bouncebeat go-go)

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

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

Live Ethiopian music @ Shalla

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

Ethiopian music @ Black Rose Lounge

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

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Sat. May 4-

Aruna Sairam @ Barns of Wolf Trap

Carnatic ragas at Gandhi Memorial Center Bethesda  

Celebrating DC’s Arts & Culture District in historic Anacostia

Alice Despard Group & Marshall Keith (from Slickee Boys) @ Palisades Hub  Centre , 5200 Cathedral Ave NW

Shahram Nezari & Sorvar Ensemble @ Lincoln Theatre

Bob @ Korean Cultural Center (Korean modernized folk)

Lisa Fischer & Grand Baton @ Keystone Korner

Grupo Phoeniz de Peten Guatemala @ Pappasitos

Chokecherry, Glosser, Argo & the Violet Queens @ Comet P Pong

Pokey LaFarge free from 6 to 7 @ Kennedy Center Millennium Stage

Adams Morgan Porch Fest 2 to 6 pm w/ 80 plus bands @ 22 locations

Newmyer Flyer Presents The Songs Of Burt Bacharach & Hal David w/ Steve Washington, Shuga Shang, Nikko Atiim Nixon, Lynn Veronneau, Desson Thomson, Margot Macdonald & more @ Bethesda Theatre

Chastity Belt @ Black Cat

Azul Band @ Glover Park Hotel (DC multi-cultural band)

Leon City Sounds djs @ Green Zone

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

Roots Band @ Makeda Restaurant (Ethiopian)

live Ethiopian music @ Shalla

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

Ethiopian music @ Black Rose Lounge

Rare Essence @ 11  @ Aqua (go-go)

*Level Up Band @ Lamont's*

*Anacostia River Fest w/ Adamare, Junkyard Band, Anacostia High Band, US Navy Band  * more 1 to 5 pm *

*Embassy tour day (call or check websites to confirm which ones )*

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Sun. May 5-

La Perla (percussion & vocals female trio from Bogota, Colombia), Taxi Vision (Queens, NY highlife, doo wop,samples, samba, & psychedelia), Leon City Sounds djs @ 5 Rhizome

Bebel Gilberto @ Barns of Wolf Trap

Dougie Fresh, southern soul , go-go- DC VYbe , EU @ Regency Furniture Stadium

Bob @ Capital One Hall Tysons  (Korean modernized folk)

Stiff Little Fingers @ Rams Head Live Baltimore (punk)

Lisa Fischer & Grand Baton @ Keystone Korner

Movie “Scream of My Blood: A Gogol Bordello Story” @ 3 @ Kennedy Center Millennium Stage ( a portrait of Ukrainian immigrant and punky musician Eugene Hütz. Featuring a post-show film Q&A with directors Nate Pommer and Eric Weinrib)

Alacranees Musical @ Ibiza in Herndon

K-Paz de la Sierra @ Vibe in Annapolis

Bulin 47 @ Euphoria in Baltimore

Movie- “Grass Grass: A Nation’s Battle for Life” (1924 doc about Bakhtiari people in what is now Iran) w/ live Bakhtiari folk inspired soundtrack by Kamyar Arsani on vocals & Iranian daf frame drum, Maya Renfro on violin, & Kajwan Ziaoddini on santur @ 2 to 3:15 Museum of Asian Art Meyer Auditorium

Rare Essence @ Ivy City Smokehouse

Big G of Backyard Band Birthday bash w/ Backyard Band & guest host Sirius Vybe (Frank Sirius & Derrick Vybe)  @ Fast Eddie’s

Amapiano Sunday w/ Priyanka @ 2 to 9pm @ Hook Hall

Tex Rubinowitz & Tom Mindte Roots Rock & Roll Band w/Willie Barry 6 to 9 @ Hank Dietle's

Cathedral Bells, Rew, The Infinite Daisy Chains @ Comet P Pong (shoegaze & rock)

Madeleine Peyroux w/ Joy Clark @ Birchmere (jazz singer headliner) (sold out)

Ottobar Punk Rock Flea Market. 12PM

Ari Voxx & Sad Lads, Tripping , See Plus @ Slash Run (rock)

Benise-Fiesta of Spanish guitar and Dance @ 4 pm @ Lisner Auditorium

Vava Samba Fest @ Bossa  

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

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

Ethiopian music  @ MHL Lounge in Falls Church

Ethiopian music  @ Black Rose Lounge

Ethiopian music @ Love Lounge Fenton St Silver Spring

Drumming @ 3 to 7 @ Malcolm X Park

Afrobeats dj @ St Ex

*1252 Band @ Lamont's * 

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Mon. May 6-

Silversun Pickups @ 930 Club (rock)

David Cole & Mainstreet Blues from 6 to 9 @ Westminster Church SW

Ethiopian music live @ Napoli Lounge

Ethiojazz @ Shalla

*Alice Merton @ Atlantis (sold out)*

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Tues. May 7-

Nigeria’s Most Wanted tour : Shallipopi & ODUMODUBLVCK @ Fillmore (Nigerian rap & afrobeats)

Saapato (upstate NY based multi-instrumentalist Brendan Principato uses field recordings electronic soundscapes); Tooth Choir (DC) ; Candy Weather (DC) @ Rhizome

Sunny Day Real Estate @ Howard Theatre

Ethiopian music @ Lion’s Den in Falls Church

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

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Wed. May 8-

Lido Pimiento opening for Chicano Batman @ 930

Public Quartet w/ Vijay  Iyer @ Library of Congress

699X (U of MD grad students) Plays Terry Riley's "In C"; Bud Wilson + Patrick Bain Play "Vibraphone Phase" ( Percussionists Bud Wilson & Patrick Bain do Steve Reich's 1967 "Piano Phase" on two vibraphones) @ Rhizome

Nigeria’s Most Wanted tour : Shallipopi & ODUMODUBLVCK @ Fillmore night 2

Also Chosen feat. Abram Mamet, Keith Butler, Jr., & Zoe Jorgenson-Speir 6 to 7:30 pm @ Southwest Duck Pond, 954 6th St Sw

May 8 (& 22) -Snehesh Nag @ Amp (Hindustani sitar )

Sirius Company @ Sobe (go-go)

New Impressionz @ Babylon (go-go)

Live Ethiopian music @ Napoli Lounge

Kizomba and bachata dj & dancing  @ Crossroads 2

DJ Jamstar @ Tempoo Lounge (dancehall)

*The Chisel , Conservative Military Image @ Union Stage (brit punk ) *

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Thurs. May 9-

Levitation Room, Des Demonas @ Black Cat

Bottled Up, Sensor Ghost, Erica Dawn Lyles @ 8:30 @ Quarry House  (postpunk)

Flack @ VFW 350 Hells Bottom (roots pop)

String Queens @ Birchmere

Angelo Moore (Fishbone), Old Bay Thrashers, Lady Hatchet. 6:30PM, $25 adv/$30 doors @ Zen West

Rosie Tucker, Moon by Moon @ Comet P Pong

Los Esplifs & Cumbia Heights @ Bossa

Royal Wood free  6 to 7 @ Kennedy Center Millenium Stage

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

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

Ethiopian music  @ MHL Lounge in Falls Church

Ethiopian music  @ Black Rose Lounge

Ethiopian music @ Love Lounge Fenton St Silver Spring

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

Afrobeats w/ DJ Jamstar @ Spectrum Lounge

Afro-Caribbean dj @ Kaldis

Afrobeats @ Gazuza Lounge

New Impressionz @ Nipsey's (go-go)

*Jukebox the Ghost presents "Everything Under the Sun" @ Atlantis * 

*Danube Sessions/Kriminal Pop W Dj Šarkan & Accomplices (Live) @ Green Zone*

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Fri May 10-

Chocolate City Records musical @ Lincoln Theatre Timonium United Methodist Church , Timonium, MD (Singer/Songwriter)

Soulmates: The Music of Ashford & Simpson musical @ Arena Players in Baltimore

K-Paz de la Sierra @ Ibiza

Joe Veras @ Club One

the Kennedy Center’s 27th Annual Mary Lou Williams Jazz Festival, a two-day jazz women fest hosted by Dee Dee Brigewater w/ on Friday Brazilian singer, pianist, Eliane Elias; Bass virtuoso Endea Owens

Decemberists, Ratboys @ Anthem

Cloud Nothings @ Black Cat

Stokley @ Bethesda Theatre (r&b)

Rock-a-Sonics @ Hank Dietle's

Wes Watkins Got My Own Sound w/ Ms Kim  @ Carlyle Room

Colonel Josh & Paisley Tonk @ VFW 350 Hells Bottom

Madison Beer @ Echostage ( youtube pop)

Allison Miller’s Boom Tic Boom @ Amp (jazz )

Arabic music dj *Remi Hassoun *@ Green Zone

After Thought Band @ Lamont’s (soul)

Rare Essence @ Fast Eddie’s (go-go)

Backyard Band @ Restaurant 55 (go-go)

Junkyard Band @ Nipseys (go-go)

TCB  @ Power (bouncebeat go-go)

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

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

Live Ethiopian music @ Shalla

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

Ethiopian music @ Black Rose Lounge

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

*Stephen Wade @ 8 @ Archie Edward's Barbershop Hyattsville MD*

*Asia after dark w/ Mel Beyond Yoga sound bath 6 to 7 (15 crystal alchemy singing bowls that will be played in harmonies and binaural frequencies, along with chimes and the practitioner’s vocals.) & 7-8:30 p.m. Listening While Muslim: “Music as Medicine” performance @ Freer/Sackler Museum of Asian Art *

*Se:Um Korean Jazz-folk Fusion @ Creative Alliance Theatre * 

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

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Sat. May 11-

Chocolate City Records musical @ Lincoln Theatre

Neil Young & Crazy Horse  @ Jiffy Lube

Charlie Wilson @ Pier 6 (r&b)

K-Paz de la Sierra @ El Pueblito in Baltimore

Adobo DMV dj party w/djs Dana Lu, Dos Flakos, Dj Guari, DJ Nas Lebergini , dj Ultraviolet, & resident dj Pedro Night 2 to 10 pm @ the Bullpen, 1205 Half St SE

the Kennedy Center’s 27th Annual Mary Lou Williams Jazz Festival, a two-day jazz women fest hosted by Dee Dee Brigewater w/ Ingrid Jensen and the Center Song Project (post-bop stylings); and  vocalist Julia Keefe’s Indigenous Big Band

Festival de Chanchonas unidas 1er edición w/ Wanacos Band & more @ CLub One

Godly the Ruler, aldrch, Syzygyx @ Comet P Pong (headliner is Nigerian Chicago-based rapper)

UCB & MC Eiht @ 1360 Okie St NE

Chakib & Ashraf Bashah @ 13641 Minnieville Rd., Woodbridge  

Hawthorne Heights 1 pm matinee  & 8 pm  shows @ Rams Head Annapolis ( emo)

Takoma Park Porch Fest 2 to 6

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

Roots Band @ Makeda Restaurant (Ethiopian)

live Ethiopian music @ Shalla

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

Ethiopian music @ Black Rose Lounge

Rare Essence @ 11  @ Aqua (go-go)

*Stone Pleasure Band @ Lamont's (soul)*

*Pachanga Night w/ Bongo District @ Marx Cafe * 

*Colombia Latin dj Night 9 pm to 1 am @ Twin Valley Distillers Rockville *   

*Backyard band @ Shark Bar Waldorf(go-go)*

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

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Sunday May 12-

Diana Ross @ the Lyric

K-Paz de la Sierra @ La Villa in Gaithersburg

Chocolate City Records musical @ Lincoln Theatre

Northeast Groovers 7 to 11 @ Club Vibe Annapolis (go-go)

R& B Club discusses music of the 2000s from 12 to 3 @ Songbyrd

Book talk for The Inner Ear of Don Zientara book by photographer Antonia Tricarico w/ Don Zientara & Ian Mackaye @ 2:30 pm @ MLK Library

Kara Jackson w/ Evil 8 to 11 @ Songbyrd (Critic fave    )

Backyard Band Mothers Day show  4 to 9 @ Babylon Falls Church (go-go)

PJ Morton, Major @ Kennedy Center Concert Hall

Howard Hewett @ Bethesda Theater

Mother’s Day Voices of Classic Soul w/ former Temptations and Four Tops lead vocalist Theo Peoples, Jerome Jackson, longtime lead singer of The Drifters and Main Ingredient, and DC Classic Soul singer, songwriter Joe Coleman @ Carlyle Room

Oscar Ayala Y Su Sangre Brava @ 90 Degrees

Proyeccion @ Waterford Event Center, 6715 Commerce Street, Springfield, VA

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

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

Ethiopian music  @ MHL Lounge in Falls Church

Ethiopian music  @ Black Rose Lounge

Ethiopian music @ Love Lounge Fenton St Silver Spring

Drumming @ 3 to 7 @ Malcolm X Park

Afrobeats dj @ St Ex

*Spotlight Band @ Lamont's (soul)*

*Meridian Brothers (Colombian psych-rock-cumbia) & Soroche  (DC cumbia-rock) @ Le Mondo in Baltimore* 

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Mon. May 13-

Derek Gripper “Music from the Strings of Mali” @ 7 @ Nolan Center for the Arts (Georgetown Prep) , 1524 35^th St NW (South African guitarist who plays Malian music & more)

Hot Water Music, Quicksand, Off w/ their heads, Be Well @ Howard Theatre (post-hardcore punk & metal)

Norah Jones @ Kennedy Center

Swampdog Blues from 6 to 9 @ Westminster Church SW

Ethiopian music live @ Napoli Lounge

Ethiojazz @ Shalla

Open Mic Monday w/ Attinshun @ 8:30 @ Mojuba Collective, Silver Spring

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Tues. May 14-

 somesurprises ( Seattle motoric band), Tal Sounds ( drone ambient), John Karvonen (electronic) @ Rhizome

Todd Rundgren : Me/We @ Warner Theatre

Combo Chimpita , Pachyman @ Union Stage (Latin alt-rock & more) 

Helmet , Cro-Mags @ Atlantis (Sold out)

Cypress Hill. Souls of Mischief, Lord Sko @ Lincoln Theatre (rap)

Ethiopian music @ Lion’s Den in Falls Church

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

*DC hand dancing & line dancing to Motown @ Firestation 1 in Silver Spring * 

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Wed. May 15-

Kathleen Hanna – Rebel Girl: My Life as a Feminist Punk Book Tour @ Lincoln Theatre

Electric Nature (psych improv from Athens, GA) , Tarotplane (Baltimore kosmiche), AM Howard (fingerpicking guitar) @ Rhizome

Wild Child, Oh He Dead @ 930 Club

Shirletta Settles 6 to 9 @ Wine Down Wed. @ Eloquent Touch Ballroom in Suitland (Soul/r&b)

Marian McLaughlin and Band @ 6  @ Southwest Duck Pond, 954 6th St Sw

Sirius Company @ Sobe (go-go)

New Impressionz @ Babylon (go-go)

Live Ethiopian music @ Napoli Lounge

Kizomba and bachata dj & dancing  @ Crossroads 2

DJ Jamstar @ Tempoo Lounge (dancehall)

*Philip Basnight of Broke Royals presents "10 Years, 10 Songs, 10 Stories " on Stagecraft  Live radio show w/ hosts Don Zientara & Alex Vidales 7:30 to 9:30 @ Lost Origins Gallery *

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Thurs. May 16-

 De-evolution is Real (Devo Films)  @ AFI ;  

Brian Eno doc  @ Miracle Theatre

Echo & the Bunnymen @ 930 Club (sold Out)

Guitar Wolf , Foul Swoops @ Black Cat

Goin Goin Gone @ VFW 350 Hells Bottom (roots Americana)

Grandsons @ Hank Dietle’s

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

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

Ethiopian music  @ MHL Lounge in Falls Church

Ethiopian music  @ Black Rose Lounge

Ethiopian music @ Love Lounge Fenton St Silver Spring

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

Afrobeats w/ DJ Jamstar @ Spectrum Lounge

Afro-Caribbean dj @ Kaldis

Afrobeats @ Gazuza Lounge

New Impressionz @ Nipsey's (go-go)

*My Body , My Festival w/ Pretty Bitter, Outerloop, Flowerbomb, Cherub Tree @ Pie Shop*

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

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Fri. May 17-

Mannequin Pussy, Soul Glo @ Atlantis (Sold Out)

Hozier, Allison Russell @ Merriweather Post Pavilion (Americana-ish)

Monet X @ Howard Theatre

The Goons, HR Band, Supreme Commander, RDX at Black Cat (punk & a bit of reggae from HR)

My Body, My Benefit (for DC abortion fund) w/ Sneaks, ViRG, Veronica Faison, Zawadi Carroll, Devon Williams @ 8 to 11 pm @ Songbyrd & then after-show w/ DJ Basbousa (Arabic dance) @ 11

Totally Slow (Greensboro, NC punk), NIGHT!NIGHT! (Chapel Hill Post-Hardcore ), The Mostly Dead (DC hardcore punk) , Palladists (DC Gothy punk) @ Rhizome

Wayna single release party @ Blues Alley

Paco Pineda Y Su Grupo Tex - Mex @ El Palenque Falls Church

Paco Pineda, Marimba 502 , Patrulla 81 Gran Bailazo De Lujo @ CocoCabana

Los Adolescentes (Venezuela) @ Blue Moon Lounge in Annandale

Los Cafres @ the Palace

JP el Chamaco Y Jeinson Manuel @ Diamond Lounge

Sonny Landreth Band and the Iguanas @ Rams Head Annapolis (blues rock & New Orleans roots)

Arab music dj *Basbousa* @ Green Zone

After Thought Band @ Lamont’s (soul)

Rare Essence @ Fast Eddie’s (go-go)

Backyard Band @ Restaurant 55 (go-go)

Junkyard Band @ Nipseys (go-go)

TCB  @ Power (bouncebeat go-go)

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

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

Live Ethiopian music @ Shalla

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

Ethiopian music @ Black Rose Lounge

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

*The Bayberries w/ Rachel May & Daphne Eckman @ Creative Alliance (folk)* 

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Sat. May 18-

Caribbean Wine, Food, & Music Fest w/ Ras Lidj Regg’go w/ guest Sugar Bear from EU @ 4:20, Culture feat. Kenyatta Hill @ 7:05 pm & more @ Boyds, MD  

Mannequin Pussy, Soul Glo @ Atlantis (Sold Out)

Motown in DC: In Discussion, Song and Dance w/ a panel w/ DC based Motown artists George Spann of the Dynamic Superiors , Frank Hooker of the Young Senators band, & Joe Herndon who was in Temptations for a bit. Plus Louvain Demps , Motown backup singer, & Carolyn Crawford who signed a contract w/ Motown @ 14 in 1963. Crawford will perform as will Motown tribute duo Ignatius Mason & Karen Linette; plus DC hand-dancers . 2 to 6 pm @ Anacostia Art Center Black Box Theater (free w/ Eventbrite registration)  

Festival International de Cumbia w/ Los Bybys (Mexico); Agrupacion Los Capos ( Peru); Jambao de Argentina; Grupo Sabor Sabor (Bolivia) 1 pm to 10 pm @ Prince William County Fairgrounds

Paco Pineda Y Su Grupo Tex – Mex @ El Pueblito Baltimore

El Chaval de la Bachata @ Papasitos

William Hooker Trio @ Rhizome (jazz)

TCB @ Martini’s Ft Washington (bouncebeat jazz)

Too Short w/ DJ Kid Capri @ Bethesda Theater (rap)

EL Rubio Accordeon @ VIP Room Baltimore

Larry Hernandez, Los Esquivel @ El Ranchon

Banda Show, Tania Realpe, Los Jokiwas , Las Diablitas Taz Taz in Dundalk, MD

Birthday Girl, Rex Tycoon, Roxy 2 @ Comet P Pong

Newmyer Flyer’s Everly Brothers Tribute  w/ David Kitchen, Ruthie Logsdon, Willie Barry, Bill Starks, Maureen Andary, Andy Rutherford, Louie Newmyer & Thomas Fridrich @ Rockville Elks Lodge #15  

Johnny Spampinato & the Value Leaders @ Hank Dietle’s (rocking guitar pop for fans of NRBQ)

Hardway Connection and Stone Pleasure Band @ Lamont’s (Southern Soul)

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

Roots Band @ Makeda Restaurant (Ethiopian)

live Ethiopian music @ Shalla

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

Ethiopian music @ Black Rose Lounge

Rare Essence @ 11  @ Aqua (go-go)

*My Body, My Festival w/ Deborah Bond, Akua Allrich, Richie Goods & Chien Chien Lu, Alex Hamburger, Amy K Bormet @ Metrobar*

*7 Door Sedan, Tru Fax & the Insaniacs @ 7 to 10 free @ McGinty's silver spring (rock, punk)*

*Tropical Heat Dome presents Monosoniko  & MC Shaka (both from Colombia) @ Marx Cafe* 

*Mt Rainer Day @ 11 am * 

*The Breakdown hiphop dj/producers event @ ESL* 

*DJ Johnson Lee (Joe's Record Paradise) w/ vinyl @ Green Zone * 

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Sun. May 19-

 Slickee Boys 4 to 5:30  @ Palisades Community Center Backstage (garage punk)

Sun Ra Arkestra w/ 100^th birthday celebration for band leader Marshall Allen @ Birchmere

Curtis Thomas III Come to the Light w/ BOE, Christ Style, Uncensored Worship 4 to 8 @ Diamond Lounge

Julia Holter, Nyokabi Kariũki @ Atlantis (art pop)

P-Funk feat. George Clinton @ 930 Club

Claire Rousay & Rachel Beetz @ Rhizome (experimental and ambient)

William Parker Organ Quartet. 5PM @ An Die Musik (out there jazz)

Navasha Daya - For Ella & The Duke: Birthday Bash. 5PM & 7:30PM @ Keystone Korner

Daniela Darcourt @ Howard Theatre

Dave Chappell Band 2 to 4:30 pm  @ Hank Dietle’s

Hula Monsters 6 to 10 @ Hank Dietle’s

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

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

Ethiopian music  @ MHL Lounge in Falls Church

Ethiopian music  @ Black Rose Lounge

Ethiopian music @ Love Lounge Fenton St Silver Spring

Drumming @ 3 to 7 @ Malcolm X Park

Afrobeats dj @ St Ex

*1252 Band @ Lamont's (soul)* 

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Monday May 20-

 Serpentwithfeet @ Union Stage (alt-r’n’b)

Dead Boys, Plimsouls @ Ottobar

Bigboy Little Band blues from 6 to 9 @ Westminster Church SW

Chuck Redd presents a Charlie Byrd Bossa Brazilian tribute @ Blues Alley

Ethiopian music live @ Napoli Lounge

Ethiojazz @ Shalla

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Tues. May 21-

Samba Prime @ Blues Alley (Brazilian jazz)

Killer Mike w/ Mighty Midnight Revival and the National Symphony Orchestra live @ Kennedy Center (rap & more)

Ethiopian music @ Lion’s Den in Falls Church

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

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Wed. May 22-

The Sun Ra Arkestra 100^th birthday celebration of Marshall Allen @ Keystone Korner

Snehesh Nag & guests  @ Amp (Hindustani melded w/ other genres )

Mongolian children of the Diaspora free from 6 to 7 @ Kennedy Center Millennium Stage

Pockets (DC), People I Love (NYC), Fish Hunt (NYC) @ Rhizome (art pop)

Ka$hdami @ Union Stage

Flora Purim tribute w/ Elin & feat. Misha Platigorsky @ Blues Alley

Sirius Company @ Sobe (go-go)

New Impressionz @ Babylon (go-go)

Live Ethiopian music @ Napoli Lounge

Kizomba and bachata dj & dancing  @ Crossroads 2

DJ Jamstar @ Tempoo Lounge (dancehall)

*Sexpill @ Quarry House (Houston psych noise ) *

*Sierra Ferrell @ 930 Club (country-Americana)*

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Thurs. May 23-

Kristin Hersh free from 6 to 7 @ Kennedy Center Millennium Stage (Alt-indie )

Ramon Orlando @ Civic Center in Silver Spring

Jim Jones & Maino/Lobby Boyz @ Howard Theatre

Maryland Deathfest @ Baltimore Soundstage  and @ Rams Head Baltimore (metal)

Thrills @ Hank Dietles (roots pop)

Helio Alves @ Blues Alley (Brazilian jazz)

Jo-Go Project 10^th Anniversary @ Carlyle Room (jazz & go-go)

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

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

Ethiopian music  @ MHL Lounge in Falls Church

Ethiopian music  @ Black Rose Lounge

Ethiopian music @ Love Lounge Fenton St Silver Spring

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

Afrobeats w/ DJ Jamstar @ Spectrum Lounge

Afro-Caribbean dj @ Kaldis

Afrobeats @ Gazuza Lounge

New Impressionz @ Nipsey's (go-go)

*KDC Guild presents "The Glistening: dance, party, performance feat. Twelve'Len, Zawadi, DJ Bliberation @ Pie Shop * 

*Mazboota w/ DJ Fady D @ Green Zone (Alt Arabic electronic/disco)* 

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Fri. May 24 –

 Colors of the East fest @ Capital One Arena *CANCELLED*

Los Hermanos Flores Y Orquesta San Vicente @ VIP Room Baltimore

Vilma Palma E Vampiros @ the Palace

Calibre 50 & Voz de Mando @ CocoCabana

Kizombo and konpa weekend @ Mulushewa Grill (through May 26)  

Project Locrea @ “Darden and Friends Happy Hour” @ 5:30 to 6:45 pm @ Reston Town Square Park

Mike, 454, Niontay, El Cousteau @ Union Stage

Duduka da Fonseca Brazilian jazz quartet @ Blues Alley

Brassaholics and Experience Brass Band @ Hamilton Live  

Maryland Deathfest @ Baltimore Soundstage  and @ Rams Head Baltimore (metal)

Arab music dj *Sounds by Saba* @ Green Zone

After Thought Band @ Lamont’s (soul)

Rare Essence @ Fast Eddie’s (go-go)

Backyard Band @ Restaurant 55 (go-go)

Junkyard Band @ Nipseys (go-go)

TCB  @ Power (bouncebeat go-go)

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

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

Live Ethiopian music @ Shalla

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

Ethiopian music @ Black Rose Lounge

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

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Sat. May 25-

 Aventura reunited with singer Romeo Santos @ Capital One Arena (also May 26 & June 12) (bachata)

Ann Savoy’s Another Heart Band: Album Release Show w/ Dirk Powell free from 6 to 7 @ Kennedy Center Millennium Stage (Cajun)

The Heavy D tribute party w/ DJs Quartermaine, 2-Tone Jones, Oso-Fresh, Roddy Rod, Jahsonic, RBI & Hosted by Grap Luva from 1 to 5 pm @ Songbyrd

The Set- r& b dj night @ Howard Theatre

Yaya Bey @ Union Stage (r&b)

Los Hermanos Flores Y Orquesta San Vicente @ El Ranchon

Joi @ Blues Alley

EU feat Sugar Bear @ Carlyle Room

Kazzabe @ Club One

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

Roots Band @ Makeda Restaurant (Ethiopian)

live Ethiopian music @ Shalla

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

Ethiopian music @ Black Rose Lounge

Rare Essence @ 11  @ Aqua (go-go)

*Prpl #23: Dirt Eater , Blunda, XK Scenario , RMDO @ 3 @ DC Brau Brewing *

*Nectar w/ V:Shal & Hautmess djs @ Green ZOne (South Asian techno )*

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Sun. May 26-

Rare Essence , Be La Dona @ the Howard Theatre (go-go)

Aventura reunited with singer Romeo Santos @ Capital One Arena (also on June 12) (Bachata)

Aventura after party @ Bravo Bravo

Blackbyrds 50^th anniversary @ Carlyle Room

Maryland Deathfest @ Baltimore Soundstage  and @ Rams Head Baltimore (metal)

Carmen Lundy @ Keystone Korner

Kazzabe @ VIP Room Baltimore

Cumbia Chicha Fest w/ Maria Juana, Bxs Bryndis Por Siempre, Maroyu 1 to 10 @ Prince William County Fairgrounds

Salsa Fest w/ Frankie Ruiz Jr., Edwin Ortiz y la Mafia Guaguanco , Orquesta Melao, Giancarlo Rodriguez & band 4pm to 2 am @ Diamond Lounge

Shino Aguacate @ Manna Restaurant

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

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

Ethiopian music  @ MHL Lounge in Falls Church

Ethiopian music  @ Black Rose Lounge

Ethiopian music @ Love Lounge Fenton St Silver Spring

Drumming @ 3 to 7 @ Malcolm X Park

Afrobeats dj @ St Ex

*Yambag, the Hell @ Haydees (bilingual punk) *

*Rise Band @ Lamont's (soul)* 

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Mon. May 27-

Bobby Felder’s Blues Brothers from 6 to 9 @ Westminster Church SW (Felder is a longtime DC blues and jazz keyboardist)

Akua Allrich & the Tribe @ Blues Alley

Tyler Childers 6:30PM @ CFG Arena (country)

We Remain Here at Kennedy Center Reach Wall ( This crafted land acknowledgement commissioned by Mahogany L. Browne honors the displaced flourishing Black and migrant community of Foggy Bottom that once resided right where The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts and The Watergate Hotel currently are, w/ events from May 27 - Jun. 2)

Ethiopian music live @ Napoli Lounge

Ethiojazz @ Shalla

Open Mic Monday w/ Attinshun @ 8:30 @ Mojuba Collective, Silver Spring

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Tues. May 28-

Megan Thee Stallion. 6PM @ CFG Arena (rap)

Dilsit Dosanjh @ Capital One Arena (India Punjabi singer)

Ethiopian music @ Lion’s Den in Falls Church

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

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Wed. May 29 –

 Combo Daguerre (psych French Latino boleros cumbia 60s rock chanson, w/ Olivier Conan of Brooklyn club Barbes on cuatro & vocals) for free from 6 to 7 @ Kennedy Center Millennium Stage

Combo Daguerre (psych French Latino boleros cumbia 60s rock chanson, w/ Olivier Conan of Brooklyn club Barbes on cuatro & vocals) , Soroche (DC cumbia punk folk) @ Rhizome

Festival Afro Bahia fundraiser party w/ Swing Prime @ Bossa

Reverend Horton Heat w/ the Surfrajettes @ Baltimore Soundstage

Chris Smither w/ Pete Mulvey @ Hamilton Live

Bonnie Raitt. 7PM @ The Lyric

Sirius Company @ Sobe (go-go)

New Impressionz @ Babylon (go-go)

Live Ethiopian music @ Napoli Lounge

Kizomba and bachata dj & dancing  @ Crossroads 2

DJ Jamstar @ Tempoo Lounge (dancehall)

*Knocked Loose, Show Me the Body @ Fillmore (metal) (sold out) *

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Thurs. May 30-

Don Was & the Pan Detroit Ensemble @ Hamilton Live (jazz and funk & more)

Ana del Castillo @ The Palace (Colombian singer)

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

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

Ethiopian music  @ MHL Lounge in Falls Church

Ethiopian music  @ Black Rose Lounge

Ethiopian music @ Love Lounge Fenton St Silver Spring

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

Afrobeats w/ DJ Jamstar @ Spectrum Lounge

Afro-Caribbean dj @ Kaldis

Afrobeats @ Gazuza Lounge

New Impressionz @ Nipsey's (go-go)

*Charlotte Day Wilson @ Union Stage (r& b)* 

*DJ tba @ Green Zone* 

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Fri. May 31-

Nathan & the Zydeco Cha-chas 6 to 8:30 @ NGA jazz in the garden series

Brazilian Guitar Masters Fest w/ Yamundu Costa @ Miracle Theatre

Gwenifer Raymond (Wales fingerstyle guitar) & Max Ochs (Fingerstyle guitar) @ Rhizome  

Bonnie Raitt @ Warner Theatre 

Dwight Yoakam, The Mavericks @ Anthem

Tribute to Stevie Wonder’s music w/ DJ Sinna & DJ Jahsonic @ Black Cat

Iba Mahr, Dre Island, High Rollaz, Upsetta Sound @ 10:30 @ Union Stage (reggae)

Choreographer, cultural strategist and curator Rashida Bumbray will guide the community in a “traditional” Ring Shout on the Kennedy Center Reach Campus

Laurel Canyon: Golden Songs of Los Angeles circa 1966-1972 performed by David Kitchen, Margot Macdonald, Sara Curtin, Maureen Andary, Colin Sidley , Flo Anito,  Juliet Lloyd, Timmie Metz, Ryan Brannon, Cletus Kennelly, Dave Egelhofer,  Mike Mills,  Tom Helf,  Brian Goddard, Dave Ylvisaker, Buddy Griffin, Matt Spielman & Tom Fridrich @ Hamilton Live

Manhattans featuring Gerald Alston @ Birchmere (soul)

Subhumans @ Ottobar

El Chaval de la Bachata @ Cococabana

Arab music dj tba @ Green Zone

After Thought Band @ Lamont’s (soul)

Rare Essence @ Fast Eddie’s (go-go)

Backyard Band @ Restaurant 55 (go-go)

Junkyard Band @ Nipseys (go-go)

TCB  @ Power (bouncebeat go-go)

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

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

Live Ethiopian music @ Shalla

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

Ethiopian music @ Black Rose Lounge

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

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Sat. June 1- Ms. Kim “The Queen Of Go-Go” 50th Birthday Celebration @ Bethesda Theater  *

Shannon & the Clams @ Black Cat

Brazilian Guitar Masters Fest Day 2 w/ Joao Bosco @ Catholic U Hartke Theatre

Blues Brothers movie @ 4:15 @ AFI

Reggae Fest dj night @ Howard Theatre

Chuck Brown Band @ Carlyle Room

Argentine Fest @ Kenmore Theatre Arlington

El Chaval de la Bachata @ Vibe in Annapolis

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

Roots Band @ Makeda Restaurant (Ethiopian)

live Ethiopian music @ Shalla

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

Ethiopian music @ Black Rose Lounge

Rare Essence @ 11  @ Aqua (go-go)

*Nathan & the Zydeco Cha-chas @ Reston Town Center* 

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Sun. June 2- Author George Pelecanos & DC punk musician guests @ Palisades Community Center Backstage *

Summerfest w/ Eric Bellinger, DCVybe, Top 5, Secret Society, Sirius Company, Be’la Dona @ 12 noon to 8 pm @ Lerner Town Square Tysons

Jjuujjuu, JMB MFers & Co., Requiem @ Comet P Pong

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

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DC / Baltimore/ DMV Global Music and more April 2024 Concert Calendar Gig List

 

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

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

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

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

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

Wed. April 3 – Movie doc Ryuichi Sakamoto Opus @ 8 @ the Avalon

Thurs. April 4- Buddy Guy, Bobby Rush @ Lyric Theatre (blues)

Words, beats , Life fest w/ Sunken Cages (South Asian electro's Ravish Momin) , dragonchild (Ethiopian experimental jazz  sax from DA Mekonnen), & Faraway Ghost (Iranian/Persian percussionist Kamyar Arsani) team up w/ guest dancer Amirah Sackett , @ 6 to 7 @ Kennedy Ctr Millennium Stage 

Sat. April 6 – 50th anniversary DC history conference with 930 Club on F St panel @ 11:45am; DC go-go & politics panel; Howard Theatre, True Redeemer building & U street history one @ 3:30 to 4:45 all @ MLK Library;    

Sun. April 7- Words, Beat, Life fest ~1:30pm - Jogo Project; ~2:15pm - Sun Ra Arkestra; ~3:45pm - Kassa Overall; ~5pm - Madison McFerrin; ~6:15pm - Digable Planets plus DJ John Murph between acts, free @ Franklin Park in DC (rap, go-go, jazz, r& b)

Tues. April 9- Caetano Veloso @ Strathmore  (Brazilian legend)

Bad Bunny @ Capital One (reggaeton & more)

Mariah the Scientist, Chxrry22 @ Echostage (r& b) 

Blick Bassy @ Songbyrd (Cameroonian afro-indie-pop)

Wed. April 10- Orquesta Akokan @ Hamilton Live (Cuban mambo)

Sat. April 13- Feelies @ Black Cat (rock)

Lee Fields & Monophonics @ 6:30 @ 930 Club (soul)

Sun April 14- Qwanqwa @ Makeda Alexandria (Ethiopian)

Wed. April 17-Los Straightjackets (w/ Tex Rubinowitz) @ Hamilton Live (surf & rockabilly)

Fri. April 26-

Fire Shut Up in My Bones Opera Suite in Concert w/ Terence Blanchard w/ the E-Collective, Turtle Island Quartet, & visual artist Andrew F. Scott plus feat. Singers Justin Austin & Adrienne Danrich  @ Strathmore (jazz opera)

A Concert & Conversation with Elijah Wald re his new book Jelly Roll Blues 7 to 8:30 pm free @  Bird in Hand Coffee & Books, 11 East 33rd Street Baltimore, 

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April 2024 full list 

Monday April 1-

Vince Evans blues Band 6 to 9 @ Westminster Church SW

Ethiopian music live @ Napoli Lounge

Ethiojazz @ Shalla

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Tuesday April 2 –

 Brendan Greaves reading from book Truckload of Art : The Life and Work of Terry Allen @ Rhizome ( Texas visual artist & art-rock meets country musician)

San Fermin, Runnner @ Atlantis (sold out)

"Super Freak - The Rick James Story" onstage at the National Theatre in DC April 2 to 7^th

TCB, Reaction @ Martinis Ft Washington

Ethiopian music @ Lion’s Den in Falls Church

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

U Street Allstar poets reunion w/ Holly Bass @ Busboys & Poets 14^th St NW  

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Wed. April 3 –

Destroyer solo @ Union Stage

Movie doc Ryuichi Sakamoto Opus @ 8 @ the Avalon

Alexander (experimental), JMB Mfs & Co. (krautrock-inspired hurdy gurdy from Geologist, Jim Thomson, Marc Minsker) @ 7 @ Rhizome

Priya Ragu, Georgia Lines @ Atlantis

Wine Down Wednesday w/ Shadz of Soul 6 to 9 @Eloquent Touch Ballroom

Super Freak - The Rick James Story" onstage at the National Theatre in DC to April  7^th

Clearbody, Home Remedies, Abacot @ Quarry House

Antonio Parker tribute to Andrew White @ Blues Alley

Sirius Company @ Sobe (go-go)

New Impressionz @ Babylon (go-go)

Live Ethiopian music @ Napoli Lounge

Kizomba and bachata dj & dancing  @ Crossroads 2

DJ Jamstar @ Tempoo Lounge (dancehall)

Pat Matheny @ Strathmore (jazz)

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Thurs. April 4-

Buddy Guy, Bobby Rush @ Lyric Theatre (blues)

Words, beats , Life fest w/ Sunken Cages (South Asian electro's Ravish Momin) , dragonchild (Ethiopian experimental jazz  sax from DA Mekonnen), & Faraway Ghost (Iranian/Persian percussionist Kamyar Arsani) team up w/ guest dancer Amirah Sackett , @ 6 to 7 @ Kennedy Ctr Millennium Stage 

Super Freak - The Rick James Story" onstage w/ Stokley from Mint Condition as Rick James at the National Theatre in DC through April  7^th

Ratboys, Ducks Ltd @ Ottobar (critic fave rock) 

Tribute to Gil Scott-Heron @ Keystone Korner

Colin Hay @ Capital One Tysons

Sirius Company @ 7 @ Sycamore & Oak Shopping, 1110 Oak  SE (go-go) 

Sankofa Experience w/ DJ Underdog, Ajamu, Priye @ 10 pm @ 18^th St Lounge @ 1230 9^th St NW

Azul Band @ the Green Zone (“music without borders”)

50^th Anniversary DC History Conference @ 6 pm  @ MLK Library (through Saturday)

Cherry Blossom Block Party @ 1292 Md Ave SW

DJ Les 7 to 12 @ Grazie Millie

TOB w/ guest Weensey of BYB @ Aqua (bouncebeat go-go)

Verny Varela @ Bossa (Colombian salsa dura)

Thrills @ JVs (roots rock )

Nighthawks and Bob Margolin celebrate Muddy Waters 111^th birthday @ Hank Dietles (blues & roots rock)

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

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

Ethiopian music  @ MHL Lounge in Falls Church

Ethiopian music  @ Black Rose Lounge

Ethiopian music @ Love Lounge Fenton St Silver Spring

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

Afrobeats w/ DJ Jamstar @ Spectrum Lounge

Afro-Caribbean dj @ Kaldis

Afrobeats @ Gazuza Lounge

Baltimore Poets Invasion @ Busboys & Poets Columbia

Words, Beats, & Life rooftop party w/ Farah Flosscett & Miss H.E.R., Coco Spinelle @ 8 to 12 @  Eaton Wild Days roof level

*Biko's Manna @ Arena Stage (South African kid tiktok viral sensations)*

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Friday April 5 –

Average White Band farewell tour @ Birchmere

 Ekko Astral, Bacchae, Pure Adult @ Black Cat (punk)

Victor Manuelle w/ Frankie Negron @ Kennedy Center Concert Hall (salsa)

2 Chainz & Be’la Dona after the Wizards game (rap & go-go)

Lizz Wright @ Carlyle Room (neo-soul) (through April 7)

Techno in the Park w/ DJ Underdog 7 to 10 @ Malcolm X Park

Super Freak - The Rick James Story" onstage at the National Theatre in DC through April  7th

Continuals, Sensor Ghost,  Latex Velma @ Comet P Pong (postpunk)  

Dc history conference 9:30 to 6 @ MLK Library

Kevin Gates @ Fillmore Silver Spring (rap)

Back 2 the Circle w/ Indigenous hiphop artists including Supaman @ 5 @ Kennedy Center Reach

Rockits @ Colvin Run Dancehall

Lacune Tason Machin @ Bossa

Tosser, Menu ,Backlash @ 7 @ Rhizome (noise, postpunk, hardcore )

Save Your Soul w/ dj Baby Alcatraz @ Lithuanian Hall

What Band every Friday @ Shark Bar

Remembering Marvin feat. Singer Shelton Cornelius Price @ Bethesda Theater

50^th Anniversary of contra dancing @ Glen Echo Park Spanish Ballroom

TOB @ Martinis Ft Washington (bouncebeat go-go)

CCB @ Throw Social (go-go)

DJ Les 9 to 2 @ Eaton Allegory

DJ El Pedro Night @ Eaton Wild Days

Conjunto Nube @ El Ranchon

La Sonora Dinamita & more @ CocoCabana

Arabic music  dj @ Green Zone

After Thought Band @ Lamont’s (soul)

Rare Essence @ Fast Eddie’s (go-go)

Backyard Band @ Restaurant 55 (go-go)

Junkyard Band @ Nipseys (go-go)

TCB  @ Power (bouncebeat go-go)

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

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

Live Ethiopian music @ Shalla

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

Ethiopian music @ Black Rose Lounge

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

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Sat. April 6 –

50^th anniversary DC history conference with 930 Club on F St panel @ 11:45am; DC go-go & politics panel; Howard Theatre, True Redeemer building & U street history one 3:30 to 4:45;  all @ MLK Library    

Remixing the Art of Social Change (part of Words , Beats, & Life Fest) @ 10 am to 3:30 pm @ Eaton

Average White Band farewell tour @ Birchmere

Backyard Band , District Kings, Crush Funk Brass Band 3 to 7 @ Sycamore & Oak Retail Village, 1110 Oak Drive SE (go-go, funk)

La Maquinaria Nortena, Conjunto Rio Grande, Los Cazadores del Cerro, Conjunto Sable de Antonio Mercado @ El Ranchon

Meatbot & Delarcos @8:30 @ Artomatic

Lizz Wright @ Carlyle Room (neo-soul) (through April 7)

Super Freak - The Rick James Story" onstage at the National Theatre in DC through April  7th

Jive Aces @ Glen Echo Spanish Ballroom

Marked for Death, Fiasco @ Rhizome (noisy experimental jazz, droning hiphop punk)

Sizdah Bedar Persian New Year celebration  w/ Dj Taba & others @  Bull Run Special Events Ctr., Centreville

Mohamed Farid El Azouzya @ Martini Lounge Falls Church

Regina Belle @ Bethesda Theater

Leon City Sounds djs @ Green Zone

Music from India with Supratik Segupta (sitar), Kasturi Bandyopadhyay (vocals & stringed instruments), plus tabla, sarod, and haromonium players @ 5:30 @ Gandhi Center, 4748 Western Ave., Bethesda

Petalpalooza  w/ Experience  Band @ 6 @ zone 4 Great Lawn (w/ fireworks also visible from Anacostia Park) @ Capitol Riverfront Navy Yard

Pink in the Park w/ DJ les  @ 1330 South Fair st. , Arlington

Dance Club w/ Djs Tommy C, Joyce Lim, Baronhawk Poitier @ 10 pm @ Jimmy Valentines (techno)

Desanguashington @ 9:30 @ Bossa

What Band 3 to 9 @ Diamond Lounge (go-go)

Northeast Groovers , Sirius Company @ Fast Eddie’s (go-go)

Crush Fund, Transposers, Cuni @ Comet P Pong

Rise Band & Show with members of the Washington Commanders horn section @ Lamont’s  

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

Roots Band @ Makeda Restaurant (Ethiopian);

live Ethiopian music @ Shalla;

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

Ethiopian music @ Black Rose Lounge

Rare Essence @ 11  @ Aqua (go-go)

*Apollo 66 & others  @ American Legion Post 41 (garage punk)*

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Sun. April 7-

New Vizion, Swanee Quintet, The Mickens, Sonny Brown Xperience, and more gospel groups @ 3 @ Scripture Cathedral Ministries, 7160 Central Ave , Hyattsville

 Words, Beat, Life fest ~1:30pm - Jogo Project; ~2:15pm - Sun Ra Arkestra; ~3:45pm - Kassa Overall; ~5pm - Madison McFerrin; ~6:15pm - Digable Planets plus DJ John Murph between acts @ Franklin Park in DC

Sona Jobarteh @ Strathmore (kora player)

Average White Band farewell tour @ Birchmere

Lizz Wright @ Carlyle Room (neo-soul)

Descendants, Circle Jerks, Adolescents @ Rams Head Baltimore (old California hardcore punk)  

Blossom Block Fest, flea market & live music @ 1110 Oak Drive SE

Super Freak - The Rick James Story" onstage at the National Theatre in DC

Northeast Groovers @ 4 to 9 @ Babylon Falls Church (go-go)

Rare Essence Bela Dona 5 to 10 @ Karma (go-go)

The Sadies @ Jammin Java

1252 Band @ 6 @  Lamont’s (soul)

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

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

Ethiopian music  @ MHL Lounge in Falls Church

Ethiopian music  @ Black Rose Lounge

Ethiopian music @ Love Lounge Fenton St Silver Spring

Drumming @ 3 to 7 @ Malcolm X Park

Afrobeats dj @ St Ex

Vava Samba @ Bossa (Brazilian)

Prinze George album release @ Songbyrd

*New Impressionz @ Aqua (go-go)*

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Monday April 8-

Pierre Kwenders @ Songbyrd (Afro-electro)

Cheick Hamala Diabete @ Blues Alley (DC-based Malian instrumentalist)

Young Fathers @ 930 Club

Midnight Blue w/ Curtis Pope on trumpet , Juanita Williams on vocals & more 6 to 9 @ Westminster Church SW (blues & soul)

Jon Muq @ Pearl Street Warehouse (Ugandan singer/songwriter)

Ethiopian music live @ Napoli Lounge

Ethiojazz @ Shalla

*OPen Mic Monday w/ Attinshun @ 8:30 @ Mojuba Collective, Silver SPring * 

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Tues. April 9-

Caetano Veloso @ Strathmore  (Brazilian legend)

Bad Bunny @ Capital One (reggaeton 7 more)

Bad Bunny afterparty @ 10 pm w/ djs Pedro Night, Mvrcos 3000 @ Soundcheck, 1420 K. St NW

Mariah the Scientist, Chxrry22 @ Echostage (r& b)  

Richard Thompson @ Rams Head Live Annapolis

Blick Bassy @ Songbyrd (Cameroonian afro-indie-pop)

The Brad Scarface Jordan Behind the Desk Experience @ the Howard Theatre

Rosali @ Metro Gallery Baltimore

Ethiopian music @ Lion’s Den in Falls Church

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

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Wed. April 10- Orquesta Akokan @ Hamilton Live (Cuban mambo)

Luciana Souza & Trio Corrente @ Carlyle Room DC (Brazilian singer)

Banda Magda free from 6 to 7  at K Ctr Mill. Stage 

Jontavious Willis 8 to 10 @ Archie’s Barbershop, 4502 Hamilton St., Hyattsville, MD

Hotline TNT, Cicada, Powerwasher @ Ottobar (shoegaze & postpunk) 

Weensey’s Birthday Party w/ his group Backyard Band @ Fast Eddies

Linda Smith & Paul Baroody, Smashing Times @ Normal’s Books Baltimore

Jason Moran solo Ellington @ Kennedy Center

Caroline Davis & Wendy Eisenberg; Anthony Pirog, Janel Leppin, & Mike Kuhl @ Rhizome (experimental)

Sirius Company @ Sobe (go-go)

New Impressionz @ Babylon (go-go)

Live Ethiopian music @ Napoli Lounge

Kizomba and bachata dj & dancing  @ Crossroads 2

DJ Jamstar @ Tempoo Lounge (dancehall)

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Thurs. April 11- 

Qwanqwa  @Creative Alliance in Baltimore ( Ethiopian)

Linda Smith, Smashing times @ Rhizome (twee pop)

Tim Kinsella & Jenny Pulse, Attorneys General @ 7 @ Design Distillery, 21414 Key Highway

Leyla McCalla free from 6 to 7 @ Kenn.  Ctr. Millen. Stage

Richard Thompson @ Barns of Wolf Trap (folk-pop-rock)

Old School Extravaganza Cabaret Style Pt. 4 w/ Dj Jas Funk & Dj Stormin Norman @ Hangar Club

Vybe Band @ 7 @ Sycamore & Oak Shopping, 1110 Oak SE

Flack @ VFW Post 350 Hells Bottom (Roots pop)

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

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

Ethiopian music  @ MHL Lounge in Falls Church

Ethiopian music  @ Black Rose Lounge

Ethiopian music @ Love Lounge Fenton St Silver Spring

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

Afrobeats w/ DJ Jamstar @ Spectrum Lounge

Afro-Caribbean dj @ Kaldis

Afrobeats @ Gazuza Lounge

Rome talking about Victoria Monet album Jaguar II from 8 to 10 @ Eaton Hotel library

*Wissam Al Banna @ Fly High Lounge Falls Church *

*New Impressionz @ Nipsey's (go-go)*

*Cheick Hamala D & the Griot Street band @ Bossa (DC based Malian) *

*Danube Sessions/Kriminal pop @ Green Zone*

*Nat. Gallery of Art After-hours party @ 5:30 *

*a panel discussion and listening session  discussing the Neptunes’ legacy — together and apart — with DJs and producers Daniel Biltmore, Marc Nfinit and DJ Geena Marie @ 8 @ at Shanklin Hall*

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Fri. April 12-

Smokey Robinson @ MGM National Harbor (soul)

Swans w/ Kristof Hahn @ Howard Theatre (postpunk)

Coco @ Atlantis  

Tamagawa Univ. Taiko and Dance Group @ Kennedy Center

TOB @ Throw Social (bounce beat go-go) & late TOB @ Martinis Ft Washington (bouncebeat go-go)

Arabic music  dj @ Green Zone

After Thought Band @ Lamont’s (soul)

Rare Essence @ Fast Eddie’s (go-go)

Backyard Band @ Restaurant 55 (go-go)

Junkyard Band @ Nipseys (go-go)

TCB  @ Power (bouncebeat go-go)

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

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

Live Ethiopian music @ Shalla

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

Ethiopian music @ Black Rose Lounge

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

*New Impressionz @ Aqua (go-go)*

*The Men & Shooters ABM @ Martini's Ft Washington (go-go)*

*Salam Al Aseel @ Martini Lounge Falls Church * 

*La Gerencia Nortena @ Mexico Lindo *

*Terrie Ex & band @ Rhizome *

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Sat. April 13-

 Feelies @ Black Cat

Lee Fields & Monophonics @ 6:30 @ 930 Club (soul)

Gibson Brothers @ Collective Encore

George Clanton , Full Body 2 @ Ottobar

Dorie Ladner civil rights activist memorial service at Shilo Baptist

Jacqueline Woodson’s block party 1 to 5:30 @ Kennedy Center Reach Plaza  

Junkyard Band @ 11 pm @ Shark Bar

Mental Attraction 2.0 feat. 32 & Mature Clientele  feat. Steve Roy @ 3 to 9 @ Casamigos, 516 South Van Dorn, Alexandria (go-go)

Ashraf Bashah and Maestro Chakib Halali @ Zouroona , Woodbridge, VA

Berhana, Asha Imuno @ Union Stage (headliner is Ethiopian r & b singer)

Leon City Sounds djs @ Green Zone

Caroline Rose, La Force early @ Atlantis, then late @ 930 Club

National Cherry Blossom Festival Parade on Constitution Ave between 7^th & 17 th Streets NW

Sakura Matsuri Japanese Street Fest on Penn Ave between 3^rd & 7^th Sts NW (also Sunday)

Les the DJ playing Japanese City Pop @ Metro Bar DC

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

Roots Band @ Makeda Restaurant (Ethiopian);

live Ethiopian music @ Shalla;

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

Ethiopian music @ Black Rose Lounge

Rare Essence @ 11  @ Aqua (go-go)

TCB @ Union Oyster (boucebeat)

VI-Kings @ Palisades Hub Cap Centre (60s garage rock covers)

*Ken Avis talk on DC area popular music from mid- 19th Century to early 20th Century @ 2pm @ Cherry Hill Farmhouse in Falls Church *

*NEA Jazz masters celebration @ 10:30 am @ NPR HQ* 

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

*Backyard Band @ Sidelines in Glen Burnie (go-go) 

*Just Us 2.0, DaMixx Band @ Lamont's (soul)*

*Alarm will Sound: Music for 18 musicians (Steve Reich tribute) @ Clarice Smith U of MD* 

*Model Home @ Rhizome*

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Sun. April 14- 

Don Omar @ Eaglebank (reggaeton)

Qwanqwa @ 8 @ Makeda Alexandria (Ethiopian)

Curley Taylor @ 4:30@ Peerless Rens  (zydeco)

DC Public library archivist Ray Barker funeral memorial service @ 3 pm @ MLK Library

DC Emancipation Day w/ parade @ 2, concert @ 3 w/ EU, Black Alley , Ginuwine, Kelly Price, Ricky Dillard, "Chocolate City Records" show, East of the River Steel Band & more  and Fireworks @ 8 @ Freedom Plaza (details tba)

Brad Scarface Jordan Behind the Desk Experience @ Rams Head Baltimore (rap)

 Backyard Band @ Throw Social, 1401 Okie St NE

Willis, Friko @ Atlantis (rock)

Terri Lyne Carrington’s New Standards @ Amp (jazz)

Sakura Matsuri Japanese Street Fest on Penn Ave between 3rd & 7th Sts NW

Queens of Crank honors luncheon for the Women of go-go @ 3 @ Carlyle Room DC

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

Roots Band *most Sundays but not tonight as Qwanqwa is there* @ Makeda Restaurant, Van Dorn St., Alexandria (Ethiopian)

Ethiopian music  @ MHL Lounge in Falls Church

Ethiopian music  @ Black Rose Lounge

Ethiopian music @ Love Lounge Fenton St Silver Spring

Drumming @ 3 to 7 @ Malcolm X Park

Afrobeats dj @ St Ex

*New Impressionz day party @ Alumni Spot (formerly Baby Wale) (go-go)*

*Ndule @ 8 @ Bossa (Congolese improv jazz) * 

*Stone Pleasure Band, doors @ 4 @ Lamont's (soul)* 

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Mon. April 15-

Los Straightjackets @ Rams Head Annapolis (surf, rockabilly)

Mariah the Scientist @ Rams Head Baltimore (r& B)

Brothers from Another Mother 6 to 9 @ Westminster Church SW (blues)

Yola @ Atlantis

Real Estate, Marina Allen @ 930 Club

Ethiopian music live @ Napoli Lounge

Ethiojazz @ Shalla

*Selena movie night @ Rhizome* 

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Tues. April 16-

The Pharcyde @ Howard Theatre (rap)

Madison Cunningham, Juana Molina @ Barns of Wolf Trap (Sold out)

Atmosphere @ Fillmore Silver Spring (rap)

Robert Lighthouse @ Hank dietle’s (country  blues)    * Paulie Boy Blues cover band*

The Concert Music of Duke Ellington @ Kennedy Center

Yola @ Atlantis

Allah-Las @ 930 Club (garage rock) 

Ethiopian music @ Lion’s Den in Falls Church

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

*TCB, Reaction, TOB @ Hangars (go-go)*

*Ben Miller (Roger Clark Miller's brother was in Destroy All Monsters , Sproton Layer, Glen Branca Ensemble); w/ Gabi Vanek, John-Michael Bloomquist @ Rhizome *

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Wed. April 17-

Los Straightjackets (w/ Tex Rubinowitz band opening) @ Hamilton Live (surf & rockabilly)

Wine Down Wednesday w/ Jerome Mackall sings Al Green 6 to 9 @ Eloquent Touch Ballroom (great singer from Hardway Connection)

The Pharcyde @ Baltimore Soundstage (rap)

RIP Room, Bed Maker, Quattracenta @ Rhizome

Sirius Company @ Sobe (go-go)

New Impressionz @ Babylon (go-go)

Live Ethiopian music @ Napoli Lounge

Kizomba and bachata dj & dancing  @ Crossroads 2

DJ Jamstar @ Tempoo Lounge (dancehall)

Drop 19s @ Atlantis (Boston shoegaze)  

*BbyMutha @ Union Stage (rap) *

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Thurs.  April 18-

Kronos Quartet @ Library of Congress (free but advance tickets "sold out")

UMAW Presents: Living Wage For Musicians featuring Yasmin Williams + @ + Dior Ashley Brown @ Black cat       CANCELLED

EU feat. Sugarbear @ 7 @ Sycamore & Oak Shopping, 1110 Oak SE

Yilla’s Brazilian Birthday featuring Gigi Maclaughlin @ Bossa

Grandsons @ Hank Dietles (roots rock)

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

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

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

Ethiopian music  @ MHL Lounge in Falls Church

Ethiopian music  @ Black Rose Lounge

Ethiopian music @ Love Lounge Fenton St Silver Spring

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

Afrobeats w/ DJ Jamstar @ Spectrum Lounge

Afro-Caribbean dj @ Kaldis

Afrobeats @ Gazuza Lounge

*New Impressionz @ Nipsey's (go-go)*

*John Cougar Mellencamp @ DAR (rock)*

*TOB @ Aqua (bouncebeat go-go)* 

Kiko Rodriguez @ Cuzco* 

*Talking DC Music History from 1950 to present w/ Charvis Campbell of Home Rule Music, Cynthia Connolly (re her book Banned in DC & her years programming dc space from 1987 to 1992) & Nina Walie from 6 to 8 pm @ Alley Cat Rest., 5247 Wisconsin Ave. NW *

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Fri. April 19-

Robyn Hitchcock @ Hamilton Live (psych rock)

Rakim, DJ Jazzy Jeff & Ravi Coltrane Project @ Kennedy Center  

Baltimore Old Time Music Festival  6 to 10:30 w/ Bruce MoMolsky, the Onlies, Allison de Groot & Tatiana Hargreaves, Africa to Appalachia (W/ Cheick Hamala Diabete) & more   @ Baltimore Museum of Industry

Thundercat, Black Alley, Black Rave Culture, Korine, Proverbs Reggae Band, Ricky Platinum @ National Cannabis Festival @ RFK grounds

Pig Destroyer @ Ottobar

TOB @ Martinis Ft Washington (bouncebeat go-go)

Sharon Clark @ Carlyle Room (DC jazz singer)

Arabic music  dj @ Green Zone

After Thought Band @ Lamont’s (soul)

Rare Essence @ Fast Eddie’s (go-go)

Backyard Band @ Restaurant 55 (go-go)

Junkyard Band @ Nipseys (go-go)

TCB  @ Power (bouncebeat go-go)

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

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

Live Ethiopian music @ Shalla

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

Ethiopian music @ Black Rose Lounge

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

Bad Reputation dc area bands rock fest (w/ Outerloop, Buko Buko, Teething Veils & many more)  @ The Runaway through April 21 (more specifics re day/time tba)

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

*Los Dos Carnales @ Mexico Lindo *

*Baby Rasta & Gringo @ Ibiza* 

*Frank Reyes @ El Pueblito (bachata)* 

*Los Shapis @ Papisitos * 

*Dance Club Presents Midland w/ DJs Tommy C & Baronhawk Poitier @ 10 @  Hill Prince, 1337 H st NE *

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Sat. April 20-

Baltimore Old Time Music Festival  w/ Dom Flemons  & more   @ Baltimore Museum of Industry

DMV Amapiano Spring Fest Clash of the South & the West @ 4 pm @ Citizens & Culture Rooftop

Wu-Tang Clan w/ Redman, Devin the Dude, Backyard Band , Cumbia Heights, Dior Ashley Brown, Noochie Live from Front Porch  @ National Cannabis Festival @ RFK grounds

Danny Gatton “The Humbler” movie doc @ 8:45 @ Landmark E Street cinema (DC int film fest) (late dc roots/Americana guitarist)

Matthew Sweet @ Lincoln Theatre (pop rock)

Wammies in Tysons

Rick James’ Stone City band @ Bethesda Theater CANCELLED

Vulture Feather, Cryptid Summer, Black Rails @ Quarry House Tavern

Leon City Sounds, Claudia & DJ Daisy Lacy @ 11 am, DJ Crown Vic @ 1 plus more dj’ing at Record Store Day daytime event @ Mobius Records, Va

Jim Stephanson trio 5:30 to 7 @ Hank Dietles (roots guitar)

Tumbao (Latin salsa ) @ 10:30 @ Bossa 1st floor & DJ Lu Latin Hits upstairs; Habbina Habbina @ 7;30 @ Bossa (Mediterranean surf music)

Roots Band @ Makeda Restaurant (Ethiopian);

live Ethiopian music @ Shalla;

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

Ethiopian music @ Black Rose Lounge

Go-go Mickey birthday bash w/ Rare Essence @ 11  @ Aqua (go-go)

Still Familiar appreciation day free before 12 mdt.  @ Restaurant 55 Hyattsville (go-go)

*Tropical Heat Dome w/ DJ Claudia of Leon City Sounds, DJ DiscoLacas, DJ Neeko @ Marx Cafe * 

*New Impressionz @ 5 Sisters Lounge Laurel (go-go)*  

*Proper Utensils 7 to 12 mdt @ 701 E St NW (A District E DC Shaken not Stirred gig) *  

*All White clothes party w/ DJ Too Hype, DJ Hy-Top @ Lamont's *

*Vybz fest w/ afrobeats, dancehall, soca @ 10 pm @ Karma *

*La Nueva Onda Nortena @ El Ranchon *

Trebol Clan & DJ joe @ K Pashion Lounge (aka Mi Mariachi Lounge) in Silver Spring * 

*Fer Martinez y sus Cuates de Olancho @ Club One*  

*Kiko Rodriguez @ VIP Room in Baltimore* 

*Joe Veras @ Mango's * 

*The Toasters -"43 Years of Ska" w/ the Sklutzz @ Pie Shop* 

*"Daddy's Jazz" play/musical by Caleen Sinnette &  WPFW's Miyuki Williams (based on interviews w/ women who inherited their fathers love of jazz) @ 2pm @ MLK Library *  

*DJ Pedro Night (Adobo DMV) @ Capo Italian Deli , 715 Fl Ave NW * 

*Project Locrea (w/ vocalist Munit Mesfin @ 2pm @ jazz 4 Justice Warrenton @ Eva Walker Park* 

*Reggae on the roof w/ DJ Majestic, DJ Bimshire, DJ Fyah Oats 3 to 9 @ Decades, 1219 Conn Ave NW* 

*Trapjazz @ the Alumni Spot/Baby Wale * 

*TOB @ 1:30 pm @ main field @ Southwest Garden Fest, 201 N St SW (bouncebeat go-go)* 

*Girl in Red @ Anthem (Oslo indie-folk-pop) *

*DJs Madison Moore & Kristy La Rat @ 8 @ UMBC Theatre Rehearsal Studio PAHB 102*

*A Day in Lagos w/ DJ Scuba, DJ Ablaze 4pm to 10 pm @ Republic Garden, 8402 GA. Ave, Silver Spring  (Afrobeats) * 

*Jim Saah punk photo book signing @ 12:30 @ Record Exchange Silver Spring *

*DJ Paul "Music from the Black Caribbean7 to 10 @ Daikaya * 

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Sun. April 21 –

Ibrahim Malouf  @ Union Stage (French Lebanese trumpeter)

Super Freak: The Rick James Story musical play @ 2 and 6:30 pm @ the Lyric in Baltimore

Action Bronson @ Fillmore Silver Spring (rap)

Metz, Gouge Away @ Ottobar

Ruston Kelly @ 6th & I

Backstage with Ronnie Newmyer @ Palisades Sanctuary

Tank and the Bangas & the Howard County Youth Orchestra @ Merriweather Post Pavilion

Extended Play DC w/ Rich Medina, MartinMiguel, Les the DJ , Kam & 46 from 5 to 10 @ Mess Hall DC

Pylon Reenactment Society , Golden Apples, Emotional World @ Comet P Pong ( Headliners are Athens , Ga postpunk)

Dave Chappell Band 2 to 4:30 @ Hank Dietles (roots )

Hula Monsters @ 6 @ Hank Dietles (roots & Hawaiian )

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

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

Ethiopian music  @ MHL Lounge in Falls Church

Ethiopian music  @ Black Rose Lounge

Ethiopian music @ Love Lounge Fenton St Silver Spring

Drumming @ 3 to 7 @ Malcolm X Park

Afrobeats dj @ St Ex

*"Bring the Beat" film doc about the international reach of go-go showing @ 3 pm @ Kennedy Center ( film has performances by go-go icon Gregory “Sugar Bear” Elliott, Wiley Brown, Elijah Jamal Balbed's The JoGo Project, Malik Dope, Sweet Cherie, Deborah Bond, and the Philippe Lemm Group, a Dutch ensemble)

*Ahmed Saad @ Warner Theatre (Egyptian singer) *

*DJ Basbousa 5 to 7 @ 8th Floor of Artomatic (Arabic music)  *

1252 Band @ 4 @  Lamont’s (soul)

*me on WOWD Takoma Radio 94.3 & online w/ dj Robbie White 11 am to 12 noon *

*450 @ Karma (dancehall reggae)*

*Movie "Adios Buenos Aires" @ 3 @ Landmark E St (tango movie part of Filmfest DC)*

*Coreyah 6 to 8 @ Joe's Movement Emporium (psych Korean folk)* 

*Griefcat album release @ Jammin Java (DC pop)* 

*Girl in Red @ Anthem (Oslo indie-folk-pop) *

*Chocolate Con porchfesst dc w/ DJ underdog & DJ Jeff Jackson 11 am to 6 pm @ 507 8th St SE*

*Day of the book fest with live music in Kensington w/ Pile 'o Rocks 11:30 to 1:30 and then  Jim Saah talking about his punk and rock photo book w/ George Pelecanos at 1:30 *

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Mon. April 22

Stacy Brooks Band 6 to 9 @ Westminster Church SW (blues)

Ethiopian music live @ Napoli Lounge

Ethiojazz @ Shalla

*Korean Drumming 8 to 10 @ U of MD Clarice Smith Center*

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Tues. April 23- 

Helado Negro @ Atlantis (Latin alt indie pop)

Ethiopian music @ Lion’s Den in Falls Church

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

*Chris Thile @ Kennedy Center (bluegrass, Americana)* 

* Rickshaw Billie's Burger Patrol, Gerf, Kinda Evil @ Quarry House (rock)*

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Wed. April 24-

Pylon Reenactment Society, Dim Wizard @ Ottobar (Athens, Ga postpunk headliners)

Lena Seikaly sings songs from Ella Fitzgerald Sings Duke Ellington , at Blues Alley

Sirius Company @ Sobe (go-go)

New Impressionz @ Babylon (go-go)

Live Ethiopian music @ Napoli Lounge

Kizomba and bachata dj & dancing  @ Crossroads 2

DJ Jamstar @ Tempoo Lounge (dancehall)

*Madison Cunningham, Juana Molina @ Rams Head Onstage Annapolis * 

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Thurs. April 25-

Oneohtrix Point Never @ the Howard Theatre

It’s Your Mug 30th anniversary hip-hop inflected poetry  reading w/ Toni Asante Lightfoot & Mug regulars at Kennedy Center Millennium Stage (including Holly Bass, Kenny Carroll, Toni Blackman)

What Band @ 7 @ Sycamore & Oak Shopping, 1110 Oak SE (go-go)

Thrills @ Hank Dietles (roots rock)

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

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

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

Ethiopian music  @ MHL Lounge in Falls Church

Ethiopian music  @ Black Rose Lounge

Ethiopian music @ Love Lounge Fenton St Silver Spring

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

Afrobeat w/ DJ Jamstar @ Spectrum Lounge

Afro-Caribbean dj @ Kaldis

Afrobeats @ Gazuza Lounge

*Heart to Gold, Why Not, Violet Evergreen @ 8 @ Atlas Brew Works (rock) *

*Leon City Sounds djs & DJ Crown Vic @ 18th St. Lounge *

*Bela Dona @ Piano Keys Rest. & Lounge Brandywine *

* Sun Organ / Dyeboy / Mieke / Prude @ Rhizome*

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Fri. April 26-

Fire Shut Up in My Bones Opera Suite in Concert w/ Terence Blanchard w/ the E-Collective, Turtle Island Quartet, & visual artist Andrew F. Scott plus feat. Singers Justin Austin & Adrienne Danrich  @ Strathmore (jazz opera)

Stylistics @ Birchmere (soul)

David Grubbs @ Rhizome (experimental musician who was once in punk band Squirrelbait)

Black Country, New Road , Camere Picture @ Baltimore Soundstage  

Teenage Fanclub @ 6 @ 930 Club (power pop)

The Whispers @ Bethesda Theater

A Concert & Conversation with Elijah Wald re his new book Jelly Roll Blues 7 to 8:30 pm free @  Bird in Hand Coffee & Books, 11 East 33rd Street Baltimore, MD 21218

Alaya Project @ Amp  (Carnatic Indian w/ jazz & funk)

TOB @ Martinis Ft Washington (bouncebeat go-go)

Cumbia Heights w/ Ames Harding & the Mirage @ Pie Shop

Airport 77s & the Yachtsmen @ Hank Dietle’s (powerpop)

Disco Biblioteca book talk (on Lester Bangs “Psychotic Reactions & Carburator Dung”) & listening party w/ DJ Night Nurse @ 7 @ People’s Book  

Les the DJ @ LeMont Royal

Arabic music  dj @ Green Zone

After Thought Band @ Lamont’s (soul)

Rare Essence @ Fast Eddie’s (go-go)

Backyard Band @ Restaurant 55 (go-go)

Junkyard Band @ Nipseys (go-go)

TCB  @ Power (bouncebeat go-go)

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

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

Live Ethiopian music @ Shalla

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

Ethiopian music @ Black Rose Lounge

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

*La Sonora Dinamita @ Diamond Lounge * 

*La Adictiva, Banda Carnaval y La Nueva Estrategia @ CocoCabana *

*Conjunto Rienda Real, Los De La Norte, La Nueva Estrategia @ El Ranchon * 

*Los Vencedores del Bravo, Geru su Legion @ 90 Degrees *

*Movie "Adios Buenos Aires" @ 6:05pm  @ Landmark E St (tango movie part of Filmfest DC)*

*It's Your Mug open mic poetry 8:30 @ Eaton Hotel Wild Days * 

*Aaron Myers w/ Eric Byrd Trio @ Mr Henry's (jazz & a bit of r& b)* 

*Flamenco night 8 to 10 pm @ Taberna del Alabardero , 1776 I St NW *

*Nice Breeze 10 to 10:30 @ Artomatic* (punk noise) 

*New Impressionz @ Aqua (bouncebeat go-go)*

*Here it is: A tribute to Leonard Cohen with Madison Cunningham, Ben Folds, Bill Frisell, Don Henley, Gregory Porter, Susan Tedeschi, Derek Trucks, Tricia Yearwood & band w/ Immanuel Wilkins, Greg Leisz, director Larry Klein , the NSO & others at Kennedy Center *    

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Sat. April 27-

Ty Segall @ Lincoln Theatre (psych garage rock )

Festival of Color @ Bull Run Park 12 to 7

Laylit 71w/ Alternate Arabic electro music djs including Fady D @ Culture  

DJ Hollywood Breeze party 2 to 7 @ Chateau Remix -301-509- 4114

Bodega, Brnda @ 10 @ Comet P Pong (postpunk)

Northeast Groovers, Mature Clientele Band 7 to 1am @ Babylon Woodbridge

The Whispers @ Bethesda Theater

BJ the Chicago Kid @ Birchmere

Aaron Lee Tasjan @ DC 9

3^rd annual Sierra Leone Independence Masquerade Ball feat. Willie Jay @ the Howard Theatre

A dress in Black & White Affair" w/ Hardway Connection @ Lamont’s (southern soul)

David Grubbs, Eli Winter & more @ Normals Books in Baltimore (Grubbs is an experimental musician who was once in Louisville punk band Squirrelbait)

Junkyard Band, Suttle  5 to 9:45 @ Diamond Lounge 

Northeast Groovers , Mature Clientele 7 to 1 am @ Babylon Woodbridge (go-go)

Rene Marie @ Carlyle Room DC

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

Roots Band @ Makeda Restaurant (Ethiopian);

live Ethiopian music @ Shalla

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

Ethiopian music @ Black Rose Lounge

Rare Essence @ 11  @ Aqua (go-go)

*Petworth Porch Fest @ multiple locations w/ lots of music including Janel Leppin & Anthony Pirog @ 5 to 6  plus Messthetics 6 to 7 @ 4515 5th St NW. Also appearing are  Ari Voxx, Bongo District, Sriram Gopal & friends, Pangea, Soroche, Griefcat, Janine Wilson, Boat Burning @ 2pm,  See schedule * 

*Amina @ Martini Lounge Falls Church * 

*Junkyard Band, Pump Blenders, Turnt Up Band @ Union Oyster * 

*daarling, Joy Viver, Exit Angles @ Rhizome (rock)*

*TCB, ABM @ Fire Station 1 Silver Spring  (bouncebeat go-go) *

*"Bring the Beat" film doc about the international reach of go-go showing @ 8 :45 pm @ Landmark E St for free ( film has performances by go-go icon Gregory “Sugar Bear” Elliott, Wiley Brown, Elijah Jamal Balbed's The JoGo Project, Malik Dope, Sweet Cherie, Deborah Bond, and the Philippe Lemm Group, a Dutch ensemble) (Sold Out but could be no-shows)*

What did It's Your Mug Mean to DC panel @ 2:30 to 5 @ American Poetry Museum hosted by Lisa Pegram*

*Cultural Arts Fest @ Creative Suitland * 

*Bobby Felder's Blues Brothers w/ singer Tiya 6:30 to 8:30 @ Wesley DC Church, 5312 Conn Ave NW (keyboardist Felder has played blues & soul in DC for decades) *

*Here it is: A tribute to Leonard Cohen with Madison Cunningham, Ben Folds, Bill Frisell, Don Henley, Gregory Porter, Susan Tedeschi, Derek Trucks,  & band w/ Immanuel Wilkins, Greg Leisz, director Larry Klein , the NSO & others at Kennedy Center *

* UCB @ Spring Porch Fest 2 to 4 pm @ 851 Upshur St NW *

*Suttle @ Shark Bar late*

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Sun. April 28-

Afro Fest @ 4 @ Zebbie’s, Conn. Ave NW

Capital Bop presents Kokayi & Konjur Collective @ Songbyrd

Take 6 @ Birchmere

Beladona @ Nottinghams (go-go)

Oklahoma Twisters @ 6 @ Hank Dietles

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

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

Ethiopian music  @ MHL Lounge in Falls Church

Ethiopian music  @ Black Rose Lounge

Ethiopian music @ Love Lounge Fenton St Silver Spring

Drumming @ 3 to 7 @ Malcolm X Park

Afrobeats dj @ St Ex

*Rose & the Brothers @ 4:30 @ Hill Center DC (zydeco & Cajun) * 

*Ramy Essam  w/ DJ Basbousa @ Black Cat (acclaimed Egyptian)*

*Mezzanine vintage clothes and vinyl market 12 to 5 pm @ Market Place Plaza , Parks @ Walter Reed, GA Ave & Butternuet sts NW *

*Stone Pleasure Band, doors @ 4 @ Lamont's (soul) *

*The Allstar Experience w/ Steve Roy & Killa Cal @ 7 to 11 @ Aqua (dc go-go)* 

"Ellington @ 125: The DC Collective w/ bassist/curator Corcoran Holt in Concert honoring DC Jazz musician and Educator Davey Yarborough @ Arena Stage* 

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Mon. April 29-

Linwood Taylor Blues Band 6 to 9 @ Westminster Church SW

Ethiopian music live @ Napoli Lounge

Ethiojazz @ Shalla

*Cyrus Chestnut: Duke Ellington Sacred Concert @ 8 @ Kennedy Center * 

*Kevin Coleman, Jordan Perry, Corey Thuro @ Rhizome (fingerstyle John Fahey -esque  guitar) 

*Jus Paul & the Family Band 7 to 11 @ 5 Sisters Restaurant & Lounge Laurel*

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Tues. April 30-

Crank Caviar w/ guests Rapper Dude, Ms Kim, Mike Madison, Smoke, Wes Watkins, Keyboard Chris & more 9pm to 11 @ The Hall @ Live ! Casino, Hanover, MD (go-go)

Andres Cepeda @ Lincoln Theatre

Ethiopian music @ Lion’s Den in Falls Church

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

*Can I Kick It w/ Film "Kid w/ the Golden Arm" & DJ 2-tone Jones @ Songbyrd* 

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Wed. May 1-

Sirius Company @ Sobe (go-go)

New Impressionz @ Babylon (go-go)

Live Ethiopian music @ Napoli Lounge

Kizomba and bachata dj & dancing  @ Crossroads 2

DJ Jamstar @ Tempoo Lounge (dancehall)

*Feelin the Funk Band 6 to 9 @ Wine Down Wed. @ Eloquent Touch Ballroom in Suitland*

*Ash, Felukah @ Union Stage (Ash is Cairo-born, French -raised electronics producer; Felukah is Egypt-raised, NYC vocalist) * 

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Thurs. May 2- Belle & Sebastian @ Anthem

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Fri. May 3-Social Distortion and Bad Religion @ MGM

Cuba Fest w/ Lazarito Baldes, Bamboleo, Amaray @ Diamond Lounge

Aruna Sairam @ Barns of Wolf Trap

*Bad Moves, Prude , Pretty Bitter @ Songbyrd * 

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

May 4-Aruna Sairam @ Barns of Wolf Trap* * May 5- La Perla @ 5 @ Rhizome*

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