DC/Baltimore Global Music and More May 2018 Concert Calendar Gig List

DC/Baltimore Global Music and More- May 2018  

Compiled by Steve Kiviat 

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International, roots, rap, soul and more at top and

***indie-rock and non-music stuff is at the bottom. Most sold-out shows omitted.

Look for additional shows & more info to be added through the month at my blog: stevekiviat.blogspot.com 

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Online you should also check out the I Love Music forum/chatboard at ilxor.com and look for the  Rolling Outernational World Music 2018, Rolling Afrobeats Afropop 2018,  the Rolling Afro-Latin & the Capital Swamp & Chitlin Circuit  threads

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Remaining May 2018 Highlights

Sun. 5-6- Millie Jackson at Bethesda Blues and Jazz (soul singer and proto-rapper)

Tues. 5-8 to Sun. 5-20 Artes de Cuba (a mixture of paid and free Cuban and Cuban inspired events) at Kennedy Center-more details below in full list

*Saturday 5-12 Funk Parade is 5 to 6 pm on U St. with various bands 1 to 5 pm and 6 to 7 pm  including TOB and Bela Dona, and then others in clubs after at Tropicalia and Howard Theatre and elsewhere

Wed. 5-16- Mdou Moctar at Black Cat (Sahel region guitarist and band) with Zomes and Insect Factory

Fri.  5-18 - Huda Asfour album release at Atlas (locally based Palestinian oud player)

Olamide at Karma (Nigerian star afropop vocalist)

Sun. 5-20- Tribute to Billy Hancock featuring the Original Tennessee Rockets with Tex Rubinowitz, Nighthawks with Joe Kogok Switchblade, the Echobillies (Dave Chappell, Bruce Swaim, John Previti, Jim Stephanson, Barry Hart) and the Rock-A-Sonics, hosted by Joe Lee & Mark Segraves  at Pearl Street Warehouse

Fri. 5-25- Robert Finley at Rock & Roll Hotel (blues and soul)

Sun.  5-27 - Davido at Echostage  (Nigerian Afropop star)

Wed.. 5-30- Burna Boy at the Howard Theatre (Nigerian afropop star)

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.  5-1

Cheick  Hamala Diabate at Bossa

Sango and Kaelin Ellis at 6 at 930 Club

Money Bagg Yo at U St Music Hall

Haim and Lizzo at Anthem

Carpenter Brut and Gost at 930 Club

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5-2

Team Familiar at Ivy City Smokehouse (go-go)

Madeleine Peyroux at  Rams Head Annapolis

Coma Cinema with Sir E.U. at Songbyrd

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. 5-3

Madeleine Peyroux at Birchmere

Feedel band at Bossa

“Burkinabe Rising” movie at Takoma Park Community Center Aud.

Kizomba, zouk, bachata , r’n’b dj dance night at Meze

Magna Carda at Songbyrd (Austin rap)

Steve Styles at 90 Degrees

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.  5-4

Temptations and Four Tops at MGM National Harbor

Whispers at the Birchmere

Salsa on the mall workshops and events near the Lincoln Memorial 12 noon to 8pm

Esperanza Spalding at Library of Congress

Vince Staples and Lil Yachty at Xfinity center, U of MD (rap)

Jumpin Jupiter at Hill Country (rockabilly)

Save Your Soul DJ night with Sheila B from WFMU at Lithuanian Hall in Baltimore (soul music)

Lemus y su Grupo Algodon & La Sonora Dinamita at Cococabana

Zacarias Ferreira at Rio Cantina

Zoe at the Fillmore

La Maquina de El Salvador at Diva Lounge, Falls Church,VA

Grupo Pesado at 90 Degrees

* Cheikh Ndoye & Friends || Guests Of Honor Baaba Maal & Faada Freddy

Weedie Braimah, Raúl Pineda, Bryan Velasco at 7:30 and 10 pm at Union Stage

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Sat. 5-5

*Marvin Gaye Day Rec Center Building reopening ceremony with Black Alley and the Marquees at 2 pm at 15 61st Street NE, Washington DC

Teddy Afro at the Anthem (Ethiopian reggae)

Chopteeth at Pearl Street Warehouse (DC Afrobeat)

Lightshow at Baltimore Soundstage (DC rap)

Whispers at the Birchmere

Around the World --Embassy Open House visits

Avante Fairfax 2018

Zydeco dance Party with Dwight Carrier and Black Cat Zydeco at Creative Alliance

Cinco de Mayo at Cococabana

Big G’s Birthday Bash with Backyard Band and special guests including musicians who've played in band over the years at Echostage

La Gran Banda at Club One

El Trono de  Mexico,(musical de durango, la sonora dinamita) at Timonium Fair Ballroom

* Sitar Concert with Anupama Bhagwat and Monir Hossain at Golden Lotus Temple next to Gandhi Memorial Center, 4748 Western Ave, Bethesda, MD

*Los Nocheros at the Palace

*The Peruvian Masters at Revash Restaurant in Chantilly, VA

* performances by the dance group 'Corazón Folklórico' at 11:00am, 1:00pm and 3:00pm at Mexican Cultural Institute

*California Honeydrops with Charlie Hunter at the Hamilton

* Stax Musical at Center Stage in Baltimore (5-5 to 6-10)

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Sun.  5-6

Millie Jackson at Bethesda Blues and Jazz (soul singer and proto-rapper)

Mashriq Maghrib Music Jam Session with Huda Asfour at Bossa (Late show - Downstairs)

Natalia Lafourcade and Augusto Bracho at Warner Theatre

Zakir Hussain & Dave Holland at Lisner Auditorium

Spring Gala w. Mavis Staples, Alison Krauss, Bruce Hornsby, at Kennedy Center Concert hall

Ruben Moreno & Zydeco Re-Evolution at Pearl Street Warehouse

* Mahotsavam Fundraising Concert By Malladi Brothers at  3:00pm to 7:00pm at Walt Whitman High School
7100 Whittier Blvd, Bethesda MD 

*Tom Misch at Black Cat (sold out) 

* Demo Taped (electro-pop) (sold out) at Songbyrd

* Sefaradi Kirtan : Devotional Song at a Creative Alliance show at Bnai Israel Synagogue in Baltimore--Iberian/Iraqi Jewish meets South Asian

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. 5-7

Lady D at Blues Monday at Westminster

*Chicklet and Maleni at Club One in Alexandria

*Brian Wilson at the Kennedy Center

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 5-8

Artes de Cuba Festival Opening Performance (sold out) at Kennedy Center with  Omara Portuondo,  pianist Rolando Luna, the Havana Lyceum Orchestra, jazz composer and pianist Aldo López-Gavilán, jazz musician Yosvany Terry, piano sensation Jorge Luis Pacheco, the renowned Orquesta Miguel Faílde,  classical guitarist Alí Arango, and Aymée Nuviola.

Jaden Smith at Baltimore soundstage (sold out)

Duwayne Rl Burnside Jr. at JV’s (blues)

The new Mastersounds at Union Stage

* Hardway Connection on Tuesdays at Hanger Lounge, Temple Hills, MD

* Politics, history and the culture of funk in DC panel with Dr. Reece (African-American Museum music curator); Marcus Dowling, Nico Hobson , Shellee Haynesworth, and Kip Lornell  from 6 to 7 :30 pm at Thurgood Marshall Center
1816 12th St. NW 

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   5-9

CaribeNostrum for free from 6 to 7 at Kennedy Center Millennium Stage (part of Artes de Cuba)

*Kaleta and Super Yamba Band at Bossa (Benin raised Kaleta with his Brooklyn afro-funk & afro beat band)

*Marian Hill at 930 Club (lounge electronica)

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.  5-10

MDou Moctar and band at 12 noon at Library of Congress (free) (great Tuareg guitarist and band)

MDou Moctar and Snakes at 8 pm at Creative Alliance in Baltimore

Pianist Adonis Gonzalez and percussionist Mauricio Herrera for free from 6 to 7 at Kennedy Center Millennium Stage (part of Artes de Cuba)

Yosvany Terry Afro-Cuban Sextet at K. Center Terrace Gallery

NRBQ at Ottobar

Los Guaiteros de San Guashington at Bossa

Arturo Sandoval at Blues Alley

“Here to Be Heard: the Story of the Slits” movie doc with Director q and a at the AFI at 7:15 (UK pioneering punk group with touches of reggae)

Cam at 9:30 at Jammin Java (sold out) (country)

Malu Trevejo at Songbyrd

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 Fri. 5-11

Arturo Sandoval at Blues Alley

Orquesta Miguel Faílde celebrates Cuba’s danzon music for free from 6 to 7 at Kennedy Center Millennium Stage (part of Artes de Cuba)

2nd Annual Desperados / Wax Museum Reunion featuring NRBQ, Northstar Band with Ratso & Johnny Castle, and Charlottesville All-Stars with Mark Wenner  at Birchmere (roots n rockabilly)

Alfredo Mojica Group at Bossa (Downstairs)

the Bumper Jacksons (bluegrass)  and Elena & Los Fulanos (Latino folk) at the Hamilton

Elikeh at Capital fringe (afro-pop and afro-funk)

Earthen Sea & Relaxer with Aaron Leitko at Ten Tigers parlour

Bashment DC dj dance event at U St Music Hall

Agua-Cuban dance party at Songbyrd

Andy Montanez & Ismael Miranda at Diamond Lounge

De La Ghetto at Bravo Bravo

Gucci Mane at Echostage

* Los Huracanes del Norte & Los Guanajuatenses at 90 Degrees in Manassas

*Los Hermanos Castro at Cococabana 

*Steve Styles and Karlos Rose (bachata) at Galaxy Sports in Hyattsville

* Stax Musical at Center Stage in Baltimore (5-5 to 6-10)

* *Hinds @ U St. Music Hall (Spanish garage rock)

* Jessie Ware at Lincoln Theatre

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Sat.   5-12

Blind Instagram-artist Ahmad Zaghal takes his concert-themed photography from online to a gallery setting for the first time, exhibiting his photographs alongside select Art Enables artists’ music-themed in work in DC Rocks, at Art Enables Studio, .2204 Rhode Island Avenue NE, Washington, DC

Funk Parade at 12 noon on U street with bands and more.  Funk Parade is 5 to 6 pm on U St. with various bands 1 to 5 pm and 6 to 7 pm  including TOB and Bela Dona, and then others in clubs after at Tropicalia and elsewhere

The Official Funk Parade "True Funk" After Party feat. Michael "Kidd Funkadelic" Hampton & The Bad Boys of Funk "Clones of Funk" at Howard Theatre

Anacostia Delta Band at Rhizome

New York-based youth drumming squad Brooklyn United Marching Band, and  the D.C.-based, Afro-Brazilian, all-female percussion band Batalá, Batucada for Cuba: From Brooklyn to Brazil for free from 6 to 7 at Kennedy Center Millennium Stage (part of Artes de Cuba)

D. Floyd of Team Familiar birthday celebration at Fast Eddies

Stokley of Mint Condition at Bethesda Blues and Jazz

Arturo Sandoval at Blues Alley

European Union embassies open house

Uptown Art House Experience at Flash

Yacine Boulare's AJOYO featuring Sarah E. Charles at Creaative Alliance (afro-jazz)

David Byrne and Benjamin Clementine at The Anthem ( sold out)

 Eli "Paperboy" Reed and High & Mighty Brass Band at Rock & Roll Hotel (retro soul)

Trampled By Turtles and Hiss Golden Messenger at 9:30 Club

Saint JHN at Songbyrd (sold out)

Argentinean Fest at Kenmore Middle School in Arlington

*Marvin Sapp, Fred Hammond, and Shirley Caesar ( gospel) at UMBC

*Mousey Thompson band tribute to James Brown at Harmony Hall in Ft. Washington, MD

* The Peruvian Master at Justa's de Alexandria

*La Sonora at Club One

*Aztec Sun & Black Masala at Union Stage

*Afrobeats Spring Fest at 5 pm at Club Elevate , 15 K st. NE

* Teisco le Sultan (Ivory Coast) at Lee's Lounge in Hyattsville

* BM from the Congo at Power, Bladensburg rd NE

*Trey Songz at Bliss DC

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Sun .  5-13

Jorja Smith at Howard Theatre (acclaimed UK r'n'b)

Aymée Nuviola, timba-pop vocalist with Dr. Ed Calle,  saxophonist at Kennedy Center Terrace Theatre

Regina Belle at 1 pm  Bethesda Blues and Jazz

Kem, Tank, Marsha Ambrosius at Eaglebank Arena

Arturo Sandoval at Blues Alley

A Boogie Wit Da Hoodie at Fillmore Silver Spring

 Boyz II Men at the Theater at MGM National Harbor

 Har Mar Superstar sings Sam Cooke at Rock & Roll Hotel

Trampled By Turtles and Hiss Golden Messenger at 9:30 Club

Hardway Connection at Lamont’s

D.C. Casineros for free from 6 to 7  at Kennedy Center Millennium Stage (part of Artes de Cuba)

Mourning a BLK Star at Rhizome (Ohio Afro-electronica)

* Luis Angel y El Mariachi Aguila Real at the Palace

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   5-14 

Book Reading & Presentation: Robert Gordon Memphis Rent Party at Creative Alliance in Baltimore

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5-15

La Dame Blanche (Cuban hiphop singer & percussionist) for free from 6 to 7 at the Kennedy Center Millennium Stage

The Australian Bee Gees at Rams Head Annapolis

Cheik Hamala at Bossa

Y La Bamba at Black Cat

*Enrique Bunbury at the Fillmore

*Heroes are Gang leaders at Blues Alley

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  5-16

* Author Robert Gordon book reading event for his "Memphis Rent Party"  with possible rare video of Memphis rock, blues and soul acts from 7 to 8 at Solid State Books, 600 H St NE

Haydée Milanés and her trio are joined by her father—award-winning superstar singer, songwriter, and guitar player Pablo Milanés  ) for free from 6 to 7 at the Kennedy Center Millennium Stage

Mdou Moctar at Black Cat (Sahel region guitarist and band) with Zomes and Insect Factory

BJ the Chicago Kid and Ro James at U St Music Hall

Evana and Amish in Chains at Jammin Java

Delta Rae and Sawyer at the Hamilton

Nathaniel Rateliff & the Night Sweats and Robert Finley (soulful blues) at The Anthem

The Dizzy Gillespie Afro-Cuban Experience for free from 6 to 7 at the Kennedy Center Millennium Stage

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. 5-17

Luis Faife and D.C. Cuban All Stars ) for free from 6 to 7 at the Kennedy Center Millennium Stage

the female duo of La Reyna (Reyna Mercedes Hernández Sandoval) and La Real (Yadira Pintado Lazcano) (Cuban rap)  at the Kennedy Center Terrace Gallery

Eddie Levert from the O’Jays at Bethesda Blues and Jazz

BJ the Chicago Kid and Ro James at Baltimore Soundstage

advance clips from filmmaker Ilana Trachtman’s documentary in progress, Ain’t No Back to a Merry-Go-Round (2019) about Howard students and Jewish Maryland residents who protest the 1960 segregated Glen Echo Park; showing at National Archives  McGowan Theater

Farruko at Echostage

* Leni Stern with Cheick Hamala Diabete and Jaja at Bossa

*Junkyard Band at Jolleys

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  5-18

Huda Asfour album release at Atlas (locally based Palestinian oud player)

Dafnis Prieto Si o Si Quartet at the Kennedy Center Terrace Gallery     (Cuban jazz)

Olamide at Karma (Nigerian afropop vocalist)

Silkroad Ensemble at the Freer/Sackler at 7:30

Proper Utensils at Michael Muse birthday celebration at Paradigm Lounge , Upper Marlboro, MD

Eva Allyon at the Howard Theatre (afro-Peruvian singer)

Dierks Bentley, Brothers Osborne, and LANCO at Merriweather Post Pavilion (country)

HR and the Upstarters at Ottobar

The Weight Band featuring members of the Band, Levon Helm Band, & Rick Danko Group at the Hamilton

* Eddie Levert from the O’Jays at Bethesda Blues and Jazz

* Martin Joffre Loukass, Los Bolitas, Tres minutos at Diva Lounge in Falls Church

*  Zacarias Ferreira at 9pm at El Boqueron II, 1330 East Gude Drive, Rockville, Maryland 

*Americo at the Palace

*Los Hermanos Flores at Rio Cantina

* Homenaje a Diomedez Diaz y Martin Elias y Franklin Vega at 9:00PM at El Aguila Restaurant, 7926 Georgia Avenue

*Project Pat and Hoodrich Pablo Juan at Bliss DC

*Jo-go Project from 5:30 to 8:30 at the National Gallery of Art Sculpture Garden

*Echelon the Speaker at 6 at Smithsonian American Art Museum

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. 5-19

Los Van Van at the Kennedy Center Eisenhower Theatre (Legendary Cuban dance band)

* Mavado, Alkaline, Bunji Garlin, Faye-Ann Lyons at Spill Fest 4 pm to 10 pm at 15 K St NE

*Guantanamera celebration with Gerardo Contino y Los Habaneros NYC for free 6 pm

*Malcolm X Day at Union Temple Baptist Church, 1225 W St. SE noon to 6 for free with EU, Malcolm X Park drummers, 
 and speakers

*Anacostia Block Party , Old Market House Square, 2001 14th St SE from 11 am to 2 pm

*SOB x RBE at U St. Music Hall  

Bettye Lavette at the Hamilton

Silkroad Ensemble at the Freer/Sackler at 12 noon

Dancing Through The Flames: How DC Dance Survived 1968 is a film and discussion that examines the six days of rioting in Washington, DC after the assassination of Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. on April 4, 1968. The impact the riots and the Civil Rights Movement had on the dance culture of Washington, DC is told by former dancers of the African American teen television dance show, The Teenarama Dance Party (WOOK-TV Ch. 14, 1963-1970).  Light refreshment served.

11:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. Film Screening-"Dance Party: The Teenarama Story", (PBS 2006) Producer Beverly Lindsay-Johnson, Producer/Director Herb Grimes Introduction by Producer Beverly Lindsay-Johnson

1:00 p.m. - 2:00 p.m. Panel Discussion-Former dancers of the Teenarama Dance Party in 1968  Moderated by playwright, Jiiko Ozimba Caldwell…Brief Q & A session at the end of discussion

2:00 p.m. - 3:30 p.m. Dance Party!  Dance music by DJ Scooter Magruder of WPFW FM's just cancelled "Baby Boomer Boogie Show"

Chuck Brown Band at Pearl Street Warehouse

Los Saicos tribute band: Los Sadicos (Peruvian garage rock), plus CHICO, Weird Babies at Comet Ping Pong

Chesapeake Bay Blues fest day 1 with Brian Setzer, Delbert McClinton, Mike Zito, Chubby Carrier,

A musical celebration of the poetry of José Martí, for free from 6 to 7 at the Kennedy Center Millennium Stage

*Los Hermanos Flores & Los Ilegales de Impera  at VIP Room/Patapsco Arena in Baltimore

*21 Savage at Bliss DC

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. 5-20

Tiempo Libre for free from 6 to 7 at the Kennedy Center Millennium Stage (Cuban timba from Florida)

Arturo O’Farrill and the Afro-Latin Jazz Ensemble at the Kennedy Center Terrace Theatre

Tribute to Billy Hancock featuring the Original Tennessee Rockets with Tex Rubinowitz, Nighthawks with Joe Kogok Switchblade, the Echobillies (Dave Chappell, Bruce Swaim, John Previti, Jim Stephanson, Barry Hart) and the Rock-A-Sonics, hosted by Joe Lee & Mark Segraves  at Pearl Street Warehouse

Porchfest DC Southeast edition at Penn Branch from 1 pm to 6 pm

Jumpin Jupiter at 2 at Taste of Arlington

Morgan Heritage (reggae) at Gypsy Sally’s

Chesapeake Bay Blues fest day with Keb' Mo', Doyle Brimhall II, Shemika Copeland, Jerron "Blind Boy" Paxton

Priscilla Renea at Songbyrd

* Caramelos de Cianuro at State Theatre

*Howard U. Professor Msia Kibona Clark talking about her book: Hiphop in Africa: Prophets of the City and Dustyfoot Philosophers  at 3 pm at the Museum of African Art

*Taste of Arlington with Jumpin Jupiter from 1 to 3

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. 5-21

*Vintage #18 at Westminster Church Blues Monday

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. 5-22

Cheick Hamala Diabete at Bossa

Lee Roy Parnell and Janine Wilson & Max Evans at Pearl Street Warehouse

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.  5-23

*Raul Malo at the Birchmere

* J. Period Live Mixtape (hiphop/r'n'b) at Kennedy Center Terrace

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. 5-24

ED Rush and Optical at U St Music Hall

Raul Malo at Rams Head Annapolis

Leikeli47 at Songbyrd

* Jason Aldean, Luke Combs, Lauren Alaina, Dee Jay Silver.  7:00 pm. Merriweather Post Pavilion. Columbia

* Trio Caliente at Blues Alley

*Flatbush Zombies (rap) at Fillmore

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 5-25

Robert Finley at Rock & Roll Hotel (blues and soul)

Macy Gray at Bethesda Blues and jazz

Zion y Lennox at Rio Cantina

Zaperoko at El Boqueron

Corky Siegel's Chamber Blues at Amp

Cozz at Songbyrd

Cano Estremera at the Palace

* Fabio Zambrana & Azul Azul at Diamond Lounge

*YSL Gunna at Bliss DC

* Mousey Thompson's James Brown Experience at Blues Alley

*Rare Essence at Fast Eddies

+ Oshun and Nappy Nappa at Union Stage

*Lemz & Orr with Output messsage and more 9electro) at U St Music hall

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 5-26

Jussie Smollett at 7 at U St Music Hall; K-pop dance party at 10 at U St Music hall

Los Saicos tribute band: Los Sadicos (Peruvian garage rock) at Slash run

Live from Here at Wolf Trap with Chris Thile, Sheng Wang, Sarah Jarosz

*Grupo Extra at Pura Vida in Silver Spring

*Casper Magico at Club One

*Peterbug Matthews Day in DC (old-school soul and go-go)

*Protoje at Union Stage

*Live from Here w/ Chris Thiles and Kacey Musgraves at Wolf trap

* African Liberation Day rally at Lafayette Square in Baltimore

*Frank Sirius & Ms. Kim at Club Elevate 4 pm to 9pm

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  5-27

Davido at Echostage  (Nigerian Afropop star)

Akua Allrich at Blues Alley

Hardway Connection at Lamont’s at 6 (southern soul)

* DC Soul and blues at Gee's in Hyattsville

*Capital City Music Fest on grounds of Paradigm Lounge in Upper Marlboro with Scarface, Backyard Band, Father's Children, Black Passion Band and more 3 pm to 11 pm

*Willie Nelson & Family and Sturgill Simpson at Anthem 

* La Sonora at VIP Room in Baltimore

* Lil Baby at Bliss DC 

*Rare Essence and Ms. Kim at Bravo Bravo 

*Team Familiar, EU, & Bela Dona at Fast eddies in Camp Springs, MD

* Proper Utensils at 10 pm at Chateau remix

* Laura Veirs at Union Stage 

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.  5-28 

*Banda MS at Frederick Fairgrounds

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. 5-29

John Fogerty and ZZ Top at Wolf Trap

*DanceAfrica DC at Dance Place to June 3

*Justin Townes Earle at the Birchmere

* Shaolin Jazz presents Can I kick it hiphop soundtrack to movie Shogun Assassin 

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. 5-30

Burna Boy at the Howard Theatre (Nigerian afropop star)

*Global Afrobeats Economy panel discussion from 6 pm to 9:30pm at The African Union Building, 1640 Wisconsin Ave NW, Washington DC

Taj Mahal Trio and Jamie McLean at Birchmere

Tech N9ne and Krizz Kaliko at Fillmore Silver Spring

John Fogerty and ZZ Top at Wolf Trap

* Paul Thorn's Mission Temple Fireworks revival with the McCrary Sisters

* Rap with Foggie Raw, Kelow, and K.E.Y.E.D. at Songbyrd

*Africa Day celebration at the Museum of African Art

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Thurs.  5-31

Roberta Gambarini at Blues Alley (jazz vocalist)

Big Bad Voodoo Daddy at Birchmere

*Boomscat and Coolots at Union Stage (r'nb)

* Cissa Paz at Bossa (Brazilian)

*Chopteeth at 8 x 10 in Baltimore
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6-1

*Gran Rumba Colombiana con Jean Carlos Centeno at Howard Theatre

*Grupo Extra at VIP Club in Baltimore

*Elvis Krespo at the Palace

*Grupo Kazzabe at the Diamond Lounge

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Other cool stuff (mostly indie-rock & punk) –5-1-Piramid Scheme @ Back Cat; 5-2-Billy squire @ City Winery; Todd Rundgren’s Utopia @ Warner Theatre; 5-4-No Age @ DC9;  5-5- Speedy Ortiz & Soccer Mommy @ Black Cat; Hop Along @ Ottobar;  *TK Echo, Parlor Walls, Pearlie Sol @ Rhizome; 5-7-Panda Bear & geologist @ 930; 5-8-Graham Parker at City Winery DC; Power Trip, sheer mag, Fury, & Red Death @ Black Cat; Alvvays & Frankie Rose @ 930 Club (sold out); Braids @ Songbyrd; 5-9-Peter Case @ Jammin Java; Melvins @ Ottobar; 5-10-Dwarves @ RnR Hotel; 5-11-Sloan @ RnR Hotel ; Wye Oak @ 930 Club; *Hinds @ U St. Music Hall; 5-12-Frankie Cosmos @ Black Cat;  5-14-Fever Ray @ 930; The Kills @ Lincoln Theatre; 5-15-Omni @ Songbyrd;  5-17-Sea and the Cake @ RnR Hotel; 5-18-Governess (record release) at Comet; Ice Age at Union Stage; 5-20-Okkervil River @ Black Cat; 5-21- Tune-Yards &  My Brightest Diamond @ 9:30 Club; *5-23-Pussy Riot @ Black Cat;  5-24-A Place to bury Strangers @ DC9; Suuns & Facs @ Union stage;  *Mt Kimbie @ Black cat; 5-25- A Place to bury Strangers @ Metro Gallery;  * Longshot @ Black cat; *Gauche @ slash Run; 5-26-Trashcan Sinatras at Jammin Java; 5-27-Minibeast, Permanent Makeup, Mock Identity at Rhizome ; 5-29-Trashcan Sinatras @ Ottobar; 5-30- Japanese Breakfast, LVL Up, and Radiator Hospital @ 930; *5-31-Black Moth Super rainbow @ Black Cat

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