DC Baltimore DMV June 2019 Global Music and More Concert Calendar Gig List

DC/Baltimore Global Music and More- June 2019

Compiled by Steve Kiviat 

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International, roots, rap, soul, indie-rock, punk and more. I used to list edgier rock separately at the bottom, but am now just putting everything together.  I include some locally based act gigs, but not all. I also don’t have time or space to add most jazz, classical, folk, metal or other genres.

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 2019, Rolling Afrobeats Afropop 2019,  the Rolling Afro-Latin & the Capital Swamp & Chitlin Circuit  threads

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June 2019 Highlights –

Sat. 6-1 -Carlos Henriquez Nonet “Grooving with Dizzy) @ 6^th & I (Bronx born Lincoln Center bassist led Afro-Cuban jazz group)

Davido @ Bliss …hope you knew about these...

Sun.  6-2- Ian Nagoski: Don’t Let Me Be Lost To You, a talk about Early 20th Century Near Eastern Musics (Turkey, Syria, Armenia, Lebanon, Egypt, Greece) in New York City @ 6PM  in The Marquee Lounge of Creative Alliance

Ms. Kim’s birthday party with Rare Essence with Jas Funk, Kim & Scooby @ Hampton Conference Center

Tues.  6-4- Jamilla Woods @ Union Stage (r’n’b & rap)

Sat.  6-8- Culturefest DMV 1 to 9pm w/ Aidonia, Timaya, Romain Virgo & the Unity Band,  Skinny Fabulous, Patrice Roberts, Tanto metro & Devonte, Image Band plus 11 djs @ National Harbor

Lil Ed and the Blues Imperials @  4:30 @ Tinner Hill Blues Fest in Cherry Hill Park in falls Church 4:30 to 5:30

Sun. 6-9- Hailu Mergia w/ Elijah Balbed opening  @ the Hamilton ( DC-area based Ethiopian accordion instrumentalist)

Thurs.  6-13- African Sons of God 12 noon to 1 pm @ Library of Congress Coolidge Aud. For free (A Capella singing from South Africa) 

Sat. 6-15- Columbia Pike Blues Fest in Arlington w/Hardway Connection @ 3:30; Thornetta Davis @ 5; Sugaray Rayford @ 6:45

Oscar D’Leon & Jose Alberto El Canario @ Sheraton Tysons Hotel (salsa singing greats)

Thurs.  6-27-Los Van Van, 50^th anniversary tour @ Howard Theatre

Fri. 6-28- Helado Negro @U St Music Hall (Latinx synth-folk)

Sat. 6-29- Punk the Capital Movie doc about DC punk 76 to 83 premiere with q and a @ 7:15 @  AFI

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Sat.  6-1

The music video taping of #DontMuteDC song with Rare Essence, Tone P., Lightshow, Noochie  & Stop the Violence protest 1 to 5 pm @ 7^th & Florida Sts NW by Metro PCS store

Carlos Henriquez Nonet “Grooving with Dizzy) @ 6th & I (Bronx born Lincoln Center bassist led Afro-Cuban jazz group)

Davido at Bliss (Nigerian Afrobeats star)

Steve Roy @ Babylon Falls Church 4-9 pm (go-go vocalist)

Boricua Boheme Music Night feat. Fernandito Ferrer @ Bossa

Jolly Papa, Afropop Worldwide host Georges Collinet & friends @ Milkboy Arthouse

Puerto Rican bomba dance workshop @ Glen Echo

FACS, TK Echo, Tosser @ Comet Ping Pong (rock)

Chris Thiles @ Wolf Trap w/ Adia Victoria and more

Flor de Maracuja @ Washington Folk Festival

Bela Dona & Experience Band Block Party 2 to 6:30 pm before Washington Mystics WNBA Basketball home opener @ ESA Arena

ABM & XIB @ Martini’s  

PG Caribbean fest 4 to 6 pm Waterfront Park, Bladensburg, MD

What Band @ Uncle BS in Bealeton, VA

Backyard Band & Junkyard Band @ Fast Eddies

Kazka @ Howard Theatre

Luke Bryan @ Jiffy Lube

 El Alfa @ VIP Room in Baltimore

Team Familiar @ Lucky Strikes

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Sun.  6-2

Ian Nagoski: Don’t Let Me Be Lost To You, a talk about Early 20th Century Near Eastern Musics (Turkey, Syria, Armenia, Lebanon, Egypt, Greece) in New York City @ 6PM  in The Marquee Lounge of Creative Alliance

Ms. Kim’s birthday party with Rare Essence with Jas Funk, Kim & Scooby @ Hampton Conference Center

Hellwana for free from 6 to 7 @ Kennedy Center Millennium Stage (Czech rap)

Banda Magda @ Creative Alliance

What Band @ Hangars 7 to 1:30 am

The soul of Curtis Mayfield tribute @ Bethesda Blues & Jazz  with Jermaine Purifory and members of the touring band that backed the Impressions

Sam the Man Burns , house dj @ 18^th street Lounge

Bomba workshop with Semilla Cultural @ Glen Echo’’s Spanish ballroom

Taste of Peru @ UDC

Thouxanbanfauni w/ MK Zulu @ Songbyrd downstairs (rap)

Teen Daze @ Songbyrd upstairs (sold out)

Washington Folk festival w/  Little Bit a' Blues, Archies Barbershop,and more.

Bobby Brown, Bel Biv Devoe, & SWV @ Wolf Trap (80s r’n’b)

Bourbon & Bluegrass @ Lincoln’s Cottage

Reggae on the roof @ Eden

Dance Africa @ Danceplace

Ari Lennox @ Baltimore Soundstage

*Luna ep release @ Pie Shop

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Mon. 6-3

Glen Hansard @ Lincoln Theatre  

Dev Hynes & Blood Orange opening for Florence + the Machine @ Merriweather Post

Fantastic Negrito @ Union Stage

Chi Ali book signing @ Songbyrd downstairs

Melanie Fiona @ Rams Head Annapolis

Swampdog Blues @ Westminster

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Tues.  6-4

Jamilla Woods @ Union Stage (r’n’b & rap)

 Dance Electric: Art & Club Culture since Stonewall  1969 to 1989 from 6:30 to 8:30 @ Hirshhorn

Team Familiar @ Hill Country (dc go-go)

David Crosby @ Birchmere

Cheick Hamala Diabete (DC via Mali) @ Bossa

Hardway Connection @ Hangar Lounge

Writer Don Palmer @ Creative Alliance

*Raja Kumari @ Pie Shop

*Can I Kick It? (hiphop & soul soundtracked to scenes of Black Panther & Captain Marvel @ 7:30 @ Freedom Plaza

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Wed.  6-5

32nd Annual WPGC Birthday Bash w/ Jacquees, Megan Thee Stallion, Summer Walker, Q Da Fool, Kiana Lede @ 930 Club (sold out)

English Beat @ Birchmere

A drag salute to divas and Devos for free from 6 to 7 @ Kennedy Center Millennium Stage

Mir Fontane @ SIngbyrd (Camden, NJ rap)

Dead Meadow  & Dommengang @ Black Cat (stoner rock)

Sirius Company @ City Winery in 1 room; Phillip Bailey in another

Backyard Band @ Lucky Strikes

*David Crosby @ Rams Head Annapolis

*Black Lives Matter and Music panel 12 to 1:30 pm @ Library of Congress Whitall Pavilion

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Thurs.  6-6

DC Caribbean Filmfest Opening Night @ AFI

What Band @ Martini’s

*Cumbia Contra la Migra/ Benefit for Detainees w/ DJ Kristy La Rat, Vicunyah & a performance by Son Cosita Seria 8 to 12 @ Sudhouse, 1340 U St

Amanda Seales presents Mo’ Betta Wu: Jazz from the 36 Chambers (Wu –Tang songs transformed theatrically) @ Kennedy Center

Sick of it All @ Rock n Roll Hotel

Feedel Band @ Bossa (Ethiopian jazz)

*Junior Brown @ Rams Head Annapolis

*Machine Gun Kelly @ Echostage

*Steve Turre Sextet @ Keystone Korner in Baltimore (Latin jazz)

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Fri. 6-7

*Go-go Night @ the NMAAHC Museum w/ UCB, Dj Hav Mercy, Malik Dope Drummer, live painting by Peekaso, & Screening of Last Black Man in San Francisco from 5-8 pm outside Madison Ave. entrance

Chuck Brown Band for free @ 6 pm @ Gateway Pavilion @ St Elizabeth

Charly Bliss @ U St Music Hall (critic fave rock)

Prince birthday tribute  w/ Junie Henderson @ Bethesda Blues and Jazz

Willie Gonzalez @ Diamond Lounge

Money Marr @ Bliss

Save Your Soul DJs night at Lithuanian Hall in Baltimore with DJ Alcatraz, Soul Called Paul , and Rob Macey

Tropical Beats w/Leon City Sounds djs @ Haydees

The High & Wides @ Comet P.  (Psych bluegrass /hillbilly boogie)

Rodrigo & Gabriela  (Metal-jazz-flamenco) w/ Justin Townes Earle @ Wolf Trap

Jenny & the Mexicats @ Palladium

Los Angeles Azules @ Cococabana

Grupo Exterminador, Fito Olivares, and more @ 90 Degrees in Manassas

Marvel Boy @ Galaxy in Hyattsville

Selamino @ Eritrea (locally based Ethiopian guitarist and his trio ) 

Billy Price @ Jammin Java (roots/blue-eyed soul)

Capital “Jazz” Fest at Merriweather

Afropolitan DC @ Ultrabar

Backyard Band @ Sandlot

*Gospel Choir celebration @ Strathmore 

*Maryland Traditions Heritage Awards @ UMBC

*Xscape Caribbean Fridays @ Xscape in Laurel, MD

*Reggae and soca Friday On the Hill in Cheverly

*Eliades Ochoa: From Cuba to the World movie doc @ 7:15 @ AFI 

*Bruk Out! A Dancehall Queen film doc @ 10 pm @ AFI

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Sat.  6-8

Culturefest DMV 1 to 9pm w/ Aidonia, Timaya, Romain Virgo & the Unity Band,  Skinny Fabulous, Patrice Roberts, Tanto metro & Devonte, Image Band plus 11 djs @ National Harbor

*Rudeboy : The story of Trojan Records (reggae film doc) @ 7:30 @ AFI

*Reggae movie from 80s "Babylon" (previously unavailable in US) @ 9:30 @ AFI

Lil Ed and the Blues Imperials @  4:30 @ Tinner Hill Blues Fest in Cherry Hill Park in falls Church 4:30 to 5:30

Cissa Paz & JP Silva @ 7 @ Bossa (Brazilian)

Sundown till Morning Caribbean event w/ Farmer Nappy & Empress J  9 pm to 3 am @ Prince Hall , U st NW

Proper Utensils @ Seafarers Yacht Club

Rick Ross @ Entertainment and Sports Arena

BYB @ Paradigm Lounge  

Jeezy @ Bliss

Reaction Band, ABM, XIB, Tru Expressionz 3 to 8 pm @ Sylvan Theater @ Washington Monument

Capital Bop “present: Futures” w/ singer Georgia Anne Muldrow and Drummer Justin Brown’s NYEUSI; plus Brent Birckhead, Jamal Moore, Miles Okazaki @ the Sandlot

Jazz singer Cecile McLorin Salvant & pianist Fred Hersch @ the Hamilton

Jon Z @ Club One

DJ Soltrix Bachata dj @ Palladium in Mclean

Nazca @ Revash in Chantilly (Peruvian)

Capitol Heights Day Parade and Festival @ Brooke Rd Park

Junkyard Band and Be’la Dona @ Spirits & Music fest @  Gateway DC

Capital “Jazz” fest with Gregory Porter, India Arie and more @ Merriweather Post.

Backyard Band @ Paradigm Lounge

Junior Brown @ Birchmere

*Kokayi @ Sotto (DC old-school rap) 

*Afrobeats, hiphop, & soca Saturdays @ Barcode

*Mi Herencia Mexicana Dance Showcase at  8333 Little River Turnpike, Annandale

*Harold Melvin's Bluenotes @ the Carlyle in Alexandria

*Alfredo De La Fe @ Habana Village, 1834 Columbia rd NW (great salsa violinist)

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Sun.   6-9

Ibeyi w/ Sudan Archives @ 930 Club

BYB & UCB @ Fire Station 1

Hailu Mergia w/ Elijah Balbed opening  @ the Hamilton ( DC-area based Ethiopian accordion instrumentalist)

Vijay Iyer, Marc Cary, Rodney Kendrick & members of late Randy Weston’s African Rhythms band @ Kennedy Center Family Theatre

Nag Champa Art Ensemble at 2 @ Eaton DC rooftop space Wild Days

Banda carnival & Alegria Musical @ Winchester, VA Sportsplex

Hardway Connection @ B & G Tavern in Accokeek , MD 6 to 10 pm (every other Sunday)

Indigo de Souza @ Songbyrd upstairs (indie pop-punk)

Taste of Jamaica @ 12 noon @ veterans Plaza, Silver Spring

Pink Sweat$ @ 930

George Clinton farewell tour with P-Funk; Raheem DeVaughn  @  Capital “Jazz” fest at Merriweather Post P.

David Bowie Tribute @ the Warner Theatre

Beltway BBQ Showdown with Bela Dona, an Earth, Wind & fire Tribute band, & more 12 to 7pm @ Showplace Arena, UpperMarlboro

Viewsz X Vibez, a Sunday rooftop  afrobeats, hiphop, dancehall dj party @ 8229 GAA Ave., Silver Spring 

*Gospel Fest @ Shiloh Baptist Church, 1500 9th St. 3:30 to 6 pm 

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Mon.  6-10

Specials @ Fillmore

Jazz & more  singer Akua Allrich with jazz and go-go musician Samuel Prather @ Ivy city Smokehouse for free @ 6 pm

Monsieur Perine @ 930 Club (Colombia)

Lazy Bones @ Songbyrd (indie folkie pop)

Let it Flow Band @ City Winery

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Tues .  6-11

DC Caribbean Filmfest @ AFI w/ Yuli

Nots w/ Olivia Neutron-John @ Songbyrd

Trent Cokley for free from 6 to 7 @ Kennedy Center Millennium Stage

*Dream City Fest panel discussion with Yaddiya of Long Live Go-go 5 to 7 pm @ Cardozo, 1200 Clifton St. NW

*Beach House @ the Hippodrome (rock)

*Step Afrika 25th Aniv. season @ Catholic U Hartke Aud. (through June 16)

*TechN9ne & others @ Fillmore

* Hardway Connection every Tuesday at the Hangar Lounge (Md-based southern soul)

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Wed.  6-12

Nashwa : Night of Arab rhythms @ La Pop DC

Finding Strayhorn performance/panel discussion of the composing legend with sax player Chris Potter, Strayhorn’s niece , and jazz scholars @ 7 @ Library of Congress

NYC-based Israeli jazz pianist Noa Fort & her quartet for free from 6 to 7 @ Kennedy Center Millennium stage

Eileen Jewell @ Soundry

Dwight Carrier @ JVs (zydeco)

Sinkane @ U st music Hall

Tim Mcgraw And Jon Meacham - Songs of America Book Tour featuring acoustic performances by Tim McGraw @ Anthem

*Lorrie Morgan @ Rams Head Annapolis

*BYB @ Lucky Strike 

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Thurs.  6-13

African Sons of God 12 noon to 1 pm @ Library of Congress Coolidge Aud. For free (A Capella singing from South Africa) 

Festival Afro Bahia 2019 @ 733 Euclid St NW  (through June 16)

Etienne Charles & Creole Soul @ City Winery (Trinidadian jazz)

Suenos (Bay area jazz w/ hiphop) @ Sotto

Lemonheads with Tommy Stinson @ 930

Griselda @ Howard Theatre

The Allmighty tour with Westside Gunn, Conway the Machine, & Benny the Butcher @ Howard Theatre

Barry Gurley Trio doing Nat King Cole for free from 6 to 7 @ Kennedy Center Millennium Stage

Selwyn Birchwood @ City Winery

Dante Pope’s Donuts & Jive w/ Zo, Dre King, & Slim Cat in a tribute to Dilla @ Songbyrd 

Keb Mo solo w/ Jontavious Willis @ the Birchmere

Pride & Joy—the Marvin Gaye Musical @ Lyric in Baltimore (tentative – from 6-13 to 6-19)

Mashriq Maghrib Music Jam Session @ Bossa

*What Band @ Martini's

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Fri.   6-14 

La India @ Diamond Lounge (salsa & Latin freestyle)

Wisin y Yandel @ Eaglebank Arena

Festival Afro Bahia 2019 @ 733 Euclid St NW  (through June 16)

Snarky Puppy and Jose James @ the Anthem

Marja Mortensson @ Hill Center ( 

The King and Mic featuring Micah Smith doing Nat King Cole songs for free from 6 to 7 @ Kennedy Center Millennium Stage

HERstory:Love Forever, Hip Hop play at Kennedy Center

Ari Lennox @ 930 (sold out)

*Bashment: A House of Caribbeans Ting w/ DJ K-Meta, DJ Bo, Geovoni, Pedro Night @ U St. Music Hall

* All ages bouncebeat go-go show w/ TCB,TOB, Reaction Band @ Riverside Club, 601 Division Ave Ne 

*Columbia MD Festival of the Arts (through June 30) 

*Raul Midon @ Lubber Run for free

*What Band @ Fire Station 1 

*BYB, TOB, Reaction @ Aqua

*Selamino w/ his band & guest bassist from Ibex/Roha Band Giovani Rico @ Enjera in Crystal City (Ethiopian)

*DJ Grace & Pablo's Baile @ the Goat, 3028 Wilson Blvd., Arlington (Brazilian music)

*Brandi Carlile w/ Lucius @ Merriweather Post (Americana pop) 

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Sat. 6-15

* Juneteenth celebration w/ Experience Band & Show, Ambition, Ras Lidj regggae-gogo 1:00 PM – 5:00 PM @ 2500 Martin Luther King Jr Ave SE

Columbia Pike Blues Fest in Arlington w/Hardway Connection @ 3:30; Thornetta Davis @ 5; Sugaray Rayford @ 6:45

Oscar D’Leon & Jose Alberto El Canario @ Sheraton Tysons Hotel (salsa singing greats)

Festival Afro Bahia 2019 @ 733 Euclid St NW  (through June 16)

*Spillfest 2 (Caribbean /International music) from 2 to 10 pm  w/ Konshens, Bunji Garlin, Faye Ann Lyons, Ayo Jay, Xyclone Red SQ @ 15 K. St. NE

Key Glock @ Bliss

Silver Spring Blues Fest w/ Little Bit of Blues , James Armstrong , Archie Edwards Barbershop artists

DMV Funk, Food, & Wine fest in Lanham w/ Heatwave, Clones of Funk, & In Gratitude

Priests with Mock Identity @ 10 pm @ 930 Club (DC rock)

Deep Sugar DC @ U St. Music Hall (house music)

Stanine Fest @ Rhizome w/ The Caribbean; Chad Clark & Erin Nelson; Kamyar Arsani; Mary Battiata & Little Pink; Tone; and more (mostly rock)

Evolution Ultra White day party 3 to 10 @ Seafarers Yacht Club w/ DJs

Frame of Mind exhibit opening and book launch at 7 pm @  Lost Origins Gallery- photos of musicians by photographer Antonia Tricarico

Old School Hiphop Showdown vol. 1 @ DAR

Alison Crockett doing Nat King Cole for free from 6 to 7 @ Kennedy Center Millennium Stage

Jon Batiste & Stay Human with the Brass-a-Holics @ Anthem

HERstory:Love Forever, Hip Hop play at Kennedy Center

Jazz drummer Terri Lynne Carrington and others outdoors @ the Wharf as part of DC Jazz fest

Fathers Day Weekend blues show @ Powhatan Fairgrounds

Lirico @ VIP Room in Baltimore

Bronco @ Cococabana

Dezorah @ Songbyrd (post-prog rock) upstairs

The Experience @ Songbyrd downstairs (DC D’angelo & go-go & gospel inspired rap)

Craig Finn  & the Uptown Controllers @ Rock n Roll Hotel

Juneteenth fest @ 2500 MLK Ave SE

Thomas Rhett, Dustin Lynch,  Rhett Atkins, Russell Dickerson @ Jiffy Lube

Proper Utensils @ Bethesda Blues and Jazz

Southside Johnny & the Asbury Jukes @ Birchmere

*Kim Petras @ Fillmore (pop)

*Taiwan Cultural Heritage Night @ Ossian Hall Park in Annandale, VA for free

* J. Beatz album release party w/ Blondedy Ferdinand & DJ Vybz & Dj Keke @ Fire Station 1 (Haitian)

* What Band @ N8s Place in DC

*BYB @ Marvin Gaye Rec

*Rare Essence, Junkyard Band, Kim & Scooby @ Hilton Crystal City 

* Cook Out Gospel Show w/ the Henry Family, Harmonies of Faith, Clinton Gospel Disciples,  the Tolson Family Group @ Mt. Bethel Beach, 17420 Mt. Bethel Lane, King  George , VA

*Stanley Cowell @ An Die Musik

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Sun. 6-16

BYB @ Capital City Hall of Distinction, 1251 Saratoga Ave NE & later @ Power, Bladensburg rd NE

Tribute to Quincy Jones, Roy Hargrove, and Nancy Wilson w/ Cassandra Wilson, Roy Hargroves band, Joshua redman, Patti Austin, Kenny Garrett & more @ Kennedy Center

El Violin Latino @ Pearl st. Warehouse

Zapp & Brick @ 3 pm & 7pm  @ Bethesda Blues & Jazz

Lucy Spraggan @ Songbyrd downstairs (UK singer/songwriter)

*Southside Johnny & Asbury Jukes matinee @ Rams Head Annapolis

*What Band @ Hangar Lounge

*Kahil El Zabar & David Murray @ Rhizome

* CCB, UCB, New Impressionz, TCB, Kora the Artist, A1 flow, Produca P, Lil Dream from 3 to 11 @ Big Chief

*Sirius Company feat. Ms. Kim @ Society Lounge

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Mon. 6-17

 Midnight Blue with Curtis Pope @ Westminster

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Tues.  6-18

*Go-go Live for DC Statehood with TCB, UCB w/ Big Sixx of Raw Image, Reaction Band, djs from 6 to 9pm in front of Reeves Bldg., 14th & U Sts NW ---POSTPONED TO FRIDAY 6-21

Go-go book club #1 @ Solid State books from 7 to 8 with a discussion of Kip Lornell & Charles Stephenson’s “The Beat: Go-go Music of Washington DC”

Foul Swoops, Data, Repo Farm, Flamers @ Dew Drop Inn (DC rock)

Silvina Moreno @ the Palace (Argentina singer/guitarist)

Steve Earle @ Rams Head Annapolis

“What Happened 2 Chocolate City” movie doc and panel discussion @ Union Stage

* Steve Earle @ Rams Head Annapolis

*Sarah Louise @ U St Music Hall (minimalist fingerpick guitar)

* DC Music Summit w/ Sir E. U, Jenna Camille, Kromonauts and more @ Anacostia Arts Black Box Theatre, 1231 Good Hope rd Se @ 7 pm  w/ Dior Ashley Brown emcee

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Wed. 6-19

Flasher , Lithics,  Mister Goblin, & Staffers @ Comet Ping Pong (DC rock)

Sebadoh w/ Waveless @ Metro Gallery in Baltimore (indie rock)

Howe Gelb @ DC 9 (indie rock)

Miguel Salas y su Agrupacion Peru @ Langley Park boys & Girls Club

Attaque 77 @ the Palace

Enanitos Verdes & Hombres G @ Fillmore

Willie Nelson, Allison Krauss  & family @ Merriweather Post

Phil Wiggins & Rick Franklin @ Mason District Park, Annandale for free (blues) 

Yeneta EthioJazz @ Bossa

*Mosaic Theatre presents Twisted Melodies (One man show about r'n'b pianist/singer Donny Hathaway) through 7-21 @ Atlas Arts Center

*HO9909 @ U St Music Hall (noisy rap-rock) 

*Reggae Wednesday with See-I @ 18th St. Lounge 

*Backyard Band @ Lucky Strike 

*Courtney Barnett opens for the National @ Anthrm

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Thurs. 6-20

Mehmooni Persian Party @ Room 7

Batida Brazilian vinyl dance party @ The Green Zone

Dogo @ Bossa (Togo music)

UNHCR World Refugee Day with Alsarah & the Nubatones for free from 6 to 7 @ Kennedy Center Millennium Stage (Sudanese/East African retro pop)

Joe Falero Band @ Laurel Town center

DMV Capital Congress 2019 (dancers event)

Colombian rumba @ Ivy City Smokehouse

Piero @ City Winery

Denzel Curry (Florida rapper) opens for Billie Eilish (teen goth-pop) @ Anthem  (sold out)

*Dwight Carrier & band the RodDoggs @ Waverley Brewing in Baltimore (zydeco)

*Twisted Melodies play by Mosaic Theatre @ Atlas (the story of soul singer/pianist Donny Hathaway)

*Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool movie doc @ 3 pm @ Landmark E St. 4

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Fri. 6-21

*Long Live Go-go Live for DC Statehood with TCB, UCB w/ Big Sixx of Raw Image, Reaction Band, djs from 6 to 9 pm in front of Reeves Bldg., 14th & U Sts NW

T.I. & Backyard Band @ Anthem (rap & go-go)

Alsarah & the Nubatones @ Creative Alliance (Sudanese /East African retro pop)

La Marvela for free from 6 to 7 @ Kennedy Center Millennium Stage (DC-based Colombian music)

DMV Capital Congress 2019 (dancers event)

Ivy Queen @ Cococabana (reggaeton)

Los Autenticos Decadentes @ the Palace (alt-rock en Espanol)

Jason Isbell & Father John Misty @ Merriweather Post

Arash & Tohi @ the Warner Theatre

The Intruders (Philly sound) @ Bethesda Blues and Jazz   cancelled

Smithereens with guest vocalist Marshall Crenshaw @ Birchmere

*Lil Simz w/ April & Vista @ 8 x 10 (UK rapper w/ DC electro-soul) 

*Mosaic Theatre presents "Twisted Melodies" a play about late DC musician Donny Hathaway (through 7-21)

*Teen Mortgage, Menage a Garage, Liquid TV @ Comet P 

*Sir E.U & Tromac Pinapple and more @ Velvet Lounge (DC avante-rap) 

*Rare Essence @ Fast Eddies

*Ariana Grande @ Capital One Arena

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Sat. 6-22

Bebel Gilberto @ Birchmere (Brazilian)

Rare Essence, Eric Hilton w/ The Archives, Christylez Bacon DC rapper Wale and others @ Smithsonian American Art Museum 6 to 12 mdt.  Mixtape workshop , dj adrian loving, dj Ayes Cold, beatmaking workshops 11 am to 5:30pm

Backyard Band & What Band @ Fast Eddies

Giant Food’s Capital Barbecue Battle from 11 am to 9pm w/  on PA. Ave.

Blaquestone for free from 6 to 7 @ Kennedy Center Millennium Stage (hiphop)

Bomba y plena at the Sandy Spring Museum

Sin Miedo @ Lubber Run Amphitheatre for free

Tierra Cali, Alacranes Musical, & Viry Sandoval @ Cococabana

San Juan, Puerto Rico night @ Ivy City Smokehouse

Cumbia music from NY Peruvians Milagro Verde and DC’s La Colombo Percutiva @ Songbyrd

DC Filipino food fest @ the Wharf

Chopteeth @ the Hamilton

Daryl Davis @ Bethesda Blues and Jazz

 Smithereens with guest vocalist Marshall Crenshaw   @ 4 & 8  @ Rams Head Annapolis

*Benefit for Tony Savoy (Lamont Savoy's brother) @ Lamont's with djs

*Iranian Persian Heritage Night @ Ossian Hall Park in Annandale, VA for free

* Big Freedia, the Queen of Bounce, discuss her memoir God Save the Queen Diva w/ Karamo Brown @ NMAAHC 


*Mosaic Theatre presents Twisted Melodies (One man show about r'n'b pianist/singer Donny Hathaway) through 7-21 @ Atlas Arts Center

*TOB & XIB @ Martini's 

*Samuel Pratheer & Groove Orchestra @ Marvin

* Lightshow & New Impressionz @ Bliss (rap & go-go)

* Proper Utensils @ Takoma Station

*Be'la DOna w/ EU's Sugar Bear @ MGM National Harbor 

*Apollo Theatre doc @ 1 pm @ Navy Memorial

*Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool movie doc @ 4:15 pm @ Landmark E St. 6

*Rare Essence @ Aqua

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Sun.  6-23

* Verano Zol 107.9 Radio Fest w/  Nacho, El Varon de Bachata, Horoscopos de Durango, Lemus y Su Grupo Algodon, Grupo Kazzabe & more from 11 to 8pm @ Montgomery County Fairgrounds

Giant Food’s Capital Barbecue Battle from 11 am to 9pm w/  on PA. Ave

Sneaks for free from 6 to 7 @ Kennedy Center Millennium Stage (post-punk dancey indie)

Buddy Guy with blues-rock openers @ Wolf Trap

Amanda Anne Platt & the Honeycutters @ Hill Co BBQ

Kristin Hersh electric trio @ Union Stage

*World heritage Fest with international traditional dance and more @ Veterans Plaza in Silver spring from 2 to 8 pm

*Mosaic Theatre presents Twisted Melodies (One man show about r'n'b pianist/singer Donny Hathaway) through 7-21 @ Atlas Arts Center

*Backyard Band @ Society Lounge 

*Apollo Theatre doc @ 6:30pm @  AFI Silver

*Record Fair 1 to 5 pm @ Right Proper Brewing 

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Mon. 6-24

DC Gentrification and Black Cultural Loss w/ HU's professor & author Natalie Hopkinson, a Sankofa Book store staffer & others @ Empower DC Action Hub, 1256 Pleasant St. SE    Plymouth Congregational Church, 5301 North Capitol St NE 

Los Cenzonties for free from 6 to 7 @ Kennedy Center Millennium Stage  (Mexican-American folk music from California)

Vybe Band @ City Winery

*Don Zientara @ Galaxy Hut

*Blues at Westminster Church in SW 6 to 9pm

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Tues. 6-25

Los Cenzonties for free 12 noon to 1 pm @ Library of Congress Coolidge Aud (Mexican-American folk music from California)

The Minus 5 @ Rock n Roll Hotel

* Robert Dean Lurie, author of Begin the Begin: REM's Early Years @ O St. Mansion for free (but online reservations required)

*Hardway Connection @ the Hangar Club

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Wed. 6-26

 District of Raga presents Mangal @ Bossa

*Tributary Project @ Bossa upstairs 7:30 to 9  

Astrid Kuljanic for free from 6 to 7 @ Kennedy Center Millennium Stage (Croatian singer)

Jerry Rivera @ the Palace (salsa)

Peruvian Independence celebration @ Ivy city Smokehouse

Julianna Hatfield & band @ Union Stage

* Knife Wife, Clear Channel, Boston Cream, Dumb @ Rhizome 

*Mosaic Theatre presents Twisted Melodies (One man show about r'n'b pianist/singer Donny Hathaway) through 7-21 @ Atlas Arts Center

*Backyard Band @ Lucky Strike 

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Thurs.  6-27

 Amy Helm @ Amp

Geovane Santos  & Bruno Lucini Brazilian jazz duo @ Bossa

Cate Le Bon @ Black Cat (Wales singer)

Los Van Van, 50^th anniversary tour @ Howard Theatre

Ayye Moe @ Songbyrd (DC rap )

Diana Ross @ Wolf Trap

Michael Muse @ Bethesda Blues and Jazz

*Los Querreques Huastecos @ 6:45 pm @ Mexican Cultural Institute 

*Mosaic Theatre presents Twisted Melodies (One man show about r'n'b pianist/singer Donny Hathaway) through 7-21 @ Atlas Arts Center

* Masters of Silent Comedy films accompanied by the Peacherine Ragtime Society Orchestra @ 7:30 @ Avalon

*TOB & Reaction @ Hangar Lounge 

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Fri. 6-28

Helado Negro @U St Music Hall (Latinx synth-folk)

Jill Scott @ the Lyric in Baltimore

Jawbox @ 930 (DC rock) (sold out)

Q Da Fool & Lil Keed @ Howard Theatre

Paquito Guzman y Robert Roena @ the Palace in Woodbridge

Shemekia Copeland @ Blues Alley (blues)

Lirico and Lary Over @ Rio Cantina (reggaeton/urbano)

Juhn El Allstar @ Diamond Lounge

Casual Hex @ Songbyrd upstairs (post-punk)

Funsho @ Songbyrd downstairs (U. of Md /Nigerian pop soul w/ a dash of Afrobeats/rap)

Guru Randhawa & Kanika Kapoor Live at the Warner Theatre

En Vogue @ Bethesda Blues and Jazz

Righteous Brothers @ Birchmere

*Shamans of Sound + Gordon Sterling & The People @ Pie Shop

* Amy Helm @ Rams Head Annapolis

*Mosaic Theatre presents Twisted Melodies (One man show about r'n'b pianist/singer Donny Hathaway) through 7-21 @ Atlas Arts Center

*Backyard Band @ The Sandlot early and @ Aqua Lounge late

*Rare Essence & Vybe Band @ Fast eddies

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Sat. 6-29

Punk the Capital Movie doc about DC punk 76 to 83 premiere with q and a @ 7:15 @  AFI

Backyard Band & USB @ Fire station 1 in Silver Spring

Jamaica Day Reggae Festival @ 1 pm @ Howard County Fair Ground, 2210 Fairground Road, West Friendship, MD

Plena Libre 8 to 11 pm at Reston town Center (Puerto Rican music) 

Jawbox @ 930 (DC rock)

Sound Scene XII: Amplify @ 10 am @ Hirshhorn

2^nd annual Underground Experience Fest 10 am to 7 pm @ Middle Branch Park in Baltimore w/ House music dj Sam the Man Burns and more

Smithsonian Folklife Fest @ Freer Plaza day 1 with DC Music Preservation Pop-Up 12 pm at Freer plaza w/ #DontMuteDC DC Go-go; DC Public Library Punk & Go-go Archives; Globe Poster Collection from MICA; Anacostia Community Museum ; DJ Crown Vic & Area Woman @ 12:05 ;Go-go PA Tape Listening session @ 1:15; DC Bluegrass union Jam @ 2 on the lawn; Malik Dope DrummerPercussion workshop @ 2 ; go-go pa tape listening @ 3:45; Go-go performance -Royal Pocket on the lawn

6 to 10 pm with  Ruby Ibarra @ 6:05, Quetzal  w/ Alice Bag & La Marisoul @ 7:15 ;  Kokayi ft. jenna Camille @ 8:45 (DC rap) at Smithsonian Folklife fest main stage

Sisterfire Showcase w/ Ysaye Barnswell and others for free from 6 to 7 @ Kennedy Center Millennium Stage

Eric Roberson @ Kennedy Center (neo-soul singer)

Honest Haloway @ Songbyrd downstairs (DC indie rock)

WifiGawd & friends @  Comet P. (DC rap)

En Vogue @ Bethesda Blues and Jazz

Jamaica’s Stone Love, Emperor Sound, Prince Royal, upsetta, Destiny, Supa Rock @ location tba

Newman Flyer presents Laurel Canyon @ Birchmere

* China  Cultural Heritage Night @ Ossian Hall Park in Annandale, VA for free

*Lightshow w/ Olumide & Noochie @ Fillmore (DC rap)

*Mosaic Theatre presents Twisted Melodies (One man show about r'n'b pianist/singer Donny Hathaway) through 7-21 @ Atlas Arts Center

*Be'la Dona & Junkyard Band @ Cancun Cantina in Hanover, MD

* Carnegie Library block party 5pm - 11pm at 801 K St NW - FREE with eventbrite registration
Music From: Backyard Band, Aztec Sun, Bat Fangs, Pinky Killacorn, Iza Flo, Yaddiya, Jerome Baker III, DOMO, Lionz of Zion.

*Backyard Band late @ Fire Station 1

*Summer Peace Jam @ 1 pm w/ AJA Band & Body of evidence & more @ 601 Division Ave NE plus panels 

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Sun. 6-30

Smithsonian Folklife Fest day 2 with 10:30 am to 2:30 pm Family concert honoring the Legacy of Pete Seeger with the Bright Siders; Sonia De Los Santos; Dan Zanes & Claudia Zanes; Elizabeth Mitchell & You are My Flower; musical activities for families 10:30 to 4:30 @ Freer Plaza; 4:30 to 6:30- Grandmaster Flash

Brazilian Sunset  Pagode and Samba Fest with Nossa Roda and djs 3 to 9 pm @ Decades

Space was the Place: An Abbreviated History of DC Art Spaces 2 – 3 pm @ National Gallery of Art w/ Ray Barker of DC Public Library discussing DC Space, Maya Gallery, & Museum of Temporary Art and avante-jazz musician Andrew White @ National Gallery of Art East Blg. Auditorium

* Punk the Capital Movie doc about DC punk 76 to 83 at 2 pm @ the Hirshhorn (sold out but there may be some seats available at showtime )

Jah 9 & dub treatment @ the Soundry (reggae)

Brightsiders tribute to Pete Seeger  for free from 6 to 7 @ Kennedy Center Millennium Stage

Dom Flemons @ Hill Center @ Old Navy Hospital (blues banjo )

Don Zientara @ Songbyrd upstairs (Dischord engineer/guitarist)

Caribbean Heritage fest @ Veterans Plaza in Silver Spring

Diana Ross @ the Lyric in Baltimore

LeAnn Rimes @ Birchmere

*Fuzz Queen, Kosari @ Galaxy Hut 

*Riddim & Road Carnival(part of hookielife.com weekend) @ Rosecroft Raceway

*Mosaic Theatre presents Twisted Melodies (One man show about r'n'b pianist/singer Donny Hathaway) through 7-21 @ Atlas Arts Center

*Big Head Todd & the Monsters w/ the Posies @ Wolf Trap

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Mon.7-1

Rio Mira for free from 6 to 7 @ Kennedy Center Millennium Stage (marimba from Colombia and Ecuador)

Blues Brothers with Bobby Felder @ Westminster

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Tues. 7-2

Earth, Wind & Fire @ Wolf Trap

Rare Essence, EU @ the Hamilton

Dr. Natalie Hopkinson presentation: Dont Mute DC: Go-g, Gentrification & resistance to cultural erasure @ 6:30 @

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Wed. 7-3

What Band & New Impressionz @ Fast Eddies

Team Familiar, Suttle, Be’la Dona, Secret Society @ Echostage

Rolling Stones @ Fed-Ex

*Kreyolla @ Hollywood Ballroom in Silver Spring (Haitian)

*Rare Essence & EU @ Hamilton

*Backyard Band , Primetyme Band @ Lucky Strike 
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*Thurs 7-4-

A Capitol Fourth w/ Carole King, Vanessa Williams & the National Symphony Orchestra @ 8 pm