DC/Baltimore
Global Music and More- September 2019
Compiled
by Steve Kiviat
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September
is jam-packed with music. There’s the
Multiflora FLash of the Spirit Fest, the opening of Kennedy Center Reach, the National Folk Fest in
Salisbury and much more.
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September
2019 Highlights –
Fri, 9-6-
Boukman Eksperyans (Haitian mizik racin) w/ Crank Lukongo at Tropicalia (start of 2 month Multiflora Flash of the Spirit global music fest) (polyrhythmic political Haitian dance band)
Mdou
Moctar @ Black Cat (North African guitar)
Shreya
Ghoshal at MGM Nat Harbor-- India Bollywood singer
Tekno @
Club Elevate (Nigerian afrobeats)
Fri. 9-6
through Sun. 9-8-National Folk Festival in Salisbury, MD ( w/ Samba Mapangala & Orchestre Virunga;
Eddie Cotton Jr.; Terry & the Zydeco Bad Boys & many more)
Sat. 9-7-The
Kennedy Center Reach buildings open with special free events all day including
Tennessee singer/guitarist Valerie June with street-rooted hiphop dancer Lil Buck;
Chuck Brown Band and more
Sun. 9-8 –Kelela
w/ Jason Moran @ Kennedy Center Reach
Les
Filles de Illighadad - all women North African Tuareg desert guitar band @ the Celebrate Africa Festival in
Bladensburg Sun. @ 5:25 (first of 3 local shows this month—also on Mon. 9-9 @ Rhizome &
9-19 @ Library of Congress)
Sun. 9-15-Burna
Boy at the Fillmore –(Nigerian r'nb/afrobeats star) (1st of 2 nights)
Thurs.
9-19- The Million Moe March (an anti-violence March for peace, hugs not slugs) @ 7 from 7th & F to &th & Madison on the mall for an 8 to 10 concert w/ Backyard Band & host Yaddiya on the national mall (go-go)
Tinariwen w/ Lonnie Holley @ Lincoln Theatre ( North
African Saharan band)
Thurs.
9-26- J. Balvin @ Eaglebank (reggaeton/pop)
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Sun. 9-1
Millie
Jackson @ Bethesda Blues
UB40
& Shaggy & Nkula @ Wolf Trap
Concetta Abbate, Tristan Welch, Teething Veils
@ Rhizome
Be'la
Dona (@ 6 on dance floor) and Rare
Essence (@ 8 in Wine Gardens) @ City
Winery
BYB &
TCB @ Bliss (all white clothes affair)
Chuck
Brown Band @ Masonic Temple U St
TOB, ABM,
XIB @ Power 10pm to 4 am (bouncebeat go-go)
Junkyard
Band @ Hangar Club
Sung
Si-kyung @ Warner Theatre (k-pop)
WYD @
Songbyrd
Garrett
Gleason (DC guitarist) w/ a drummer @ Gypsy Sally's
Akua
Allrich @ Lincoln Theatre
Hothead
at Big Bear Café
Reggae
fest at Tropicalia early, then DJ Underdog at 11
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Mon. 9-2
Capital
House Music Fest with DJ Sam the Man Burns and others 12 -8:30 @ Malcolm X Park
YK Osiris
(album release) w/ Mechie So Crazy @ Howard Theatre (rap)
Heart,
Spirit, & Soul Blues band @ Westminster Church
Crank Jam go-go session @ City Winery
Stormy Weather (Shakespeare's The Tempest w/
Billie Holiday music & poetry) for free from 6 to 7 @ Kennedy Center
Millennium Stage
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Tues. 9-3
Mary J.
Blige @ Wolf Trap
Alejandro
Sanz @ Eaglebank Arena
Got My
Own Sound (GMOS) @ City Winery
Marcia
Ball @ Rams Head Annapolis
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Wed.
9-4
Kevin
Morby duo w/ William Tyler @ Creative Alliance
Blacks’
Myths (lp release) w/ Sunwatchers, Anteloper @ Comet
Sirius
Company @ City Winery
Bambara
w/ Cigarette, & Vosh @ Songbyrd
*NSO Pops & Jim James @ Kennedy Center
*NSO Pops & Jim James @ Kennedy Center
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Thurs. 9-5
Jennifer
Hudson & the NSO @ Wolf Trap
Natalia
Lafourcade @ Warner Theatre (very good Mexican pop & indie & more
singer)
Jenny
Lewis w/ the Watson Twins @ Anthem
PG County
Fair
Clubz and
Girl Ultra @ State Theatre
Dodie @
930 Club
Phony PPL
@ City Winery (sold out)
Hot Club
of Cowtown in another room @ City Winery
Marcia
Ball @ Amp
Morrissey
& Interpol @ Merriweather Post
TCB @
Power
Feedel
Band @ Bossa (ethiopian jazz)
*Isabelle DeLeon Experience @ Luce /Smithsonian Museum of American Art 5:30 to 7:30
"Stepping on Geraldo Vandre's Flowers: Early Brazilian punk rock" talk/presentation @ 7 to 9 @ Silver Spring Civic Center
*Salsa @ Rockville Town Square 6 to 9pm
* Tony Ade @ Pearl St Warehouse (American-Nigerian afrobet from NYC)
*What Band @ Aqua
*Isabelle DeLeon Experience @ Luce /Smithsonian Museum of American Art 5:30 to 7:30
"Stepping on Geraldo Vandre's Flowers: Early Brazilian punk rock" talk/presentation @ 7 to 9 @ Silver Spring Civic Center
*Salsa @ Rockville Town Square 6 to 9pm
* Tony Ade @ Pearl St Warehouse (American-Nigerian afrobet from NYC)
*What Band @ Aqua
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Fri. 9-6
Sirius
Company free @ 12 noon @ Wilson Plaza Reagan Bldg.
Boukman Eksperyans
(Haitian mizik racin) w/ Crank Lukongo at Tropicalia (start of 2 month Multiflora Flash of the Spirit global music fest) (polyrhythmic political Haitian dance band)
Shreya
Ghoshal at MGM Nat Harbor-- India Bollywood singer
Tekno @
Club Elevate (Nigerian afrobeats)
National
Folk Festival in Salisbury, MD (through Sun. 9-8) w/ Bill Kirchen, Cora Harvey
Armstrong (gospel), Kahulanui
(Hawaiian swing) Terry & the Zydeco
Bad Boys (zydeco), Adonis Puentes & the Voice of Cuba Orchestra (Cuban son)
Memphis
rapper Marco Pave in conversation w/ music scholar and author of Country Soul:
Making Music and Making Race in the American South, Dr. Charles Hughes. 6-8 pm
Free @ Georgetown University, McNeir Hall, New North Bldg.
Mdou
Moctar, Boogarins @ Black Cat (North African guitar band)
Cecily
sings Nancy Wilson @ Creative Cauldron in Falls Church
What
Cheer ? Brigade (Providence brass band) w/Clear Channel & Cool People @
Rhizome
Team
Familiar & What Band @ Diva Lounge
Reggae
& soca on the hill @ 5820 Landover Rd., Cheverly
Intocable
@ Fillmore
Los
Cafres @ Palace
AK-7 @
Rincon Magico Bar (Mexican Duranguense)
Los
Iracundos (Uruguay) @ El Aguila Restaurant in Silver Spring
Silver
Spoon tasting fest at designated restaurants in Silver Spring through Sunday ($
ticket required, some $ goes to charity)
Lawrence
Burney: The Journey Continues exhibit (includes video, writings, audio clips, and
photos by Baltimore based critic who via True Laurels publication & other
writing covers Baltimore rap, r’n’b, dance @ the Eubie Blake Cultural Center,
847 North Howard St., Baltimore (through October 12) opening 6-8 pm
Jerry
Douglas @ Rams Head Annapolis
BYB, TCB,
TOB @ Aqua
DC
Legendary Musicians community meeting w/ Chip Ellis @ 6:30 @ Howard Theatre
*Latin band @ 8 and salsa lessons @ 7 presented by International Club of DC on the Embassy Row Hotel, 2015 Mass. Ave. NW
*New Impressionz & CCB @ Hangar's
*Be'la Dona @ Babylon Woodbridge
* Team Familiar @ Diva Lounge in Falls Church
*Rare Essence w/ EU feat. Sugar Bear @ Fast Eddies
*Latin band @ 8 and salsa lessons @ 7 presented by International Club of DC on the Embassy Row Hotel, 2015 Mass. Ave. NW
*New Impressionz & CCB @ Hangar's
*Be'la Dona @ Babylon Woodbridge
* Team Familiar @ Diva Lounge in Falls Church
*Rare Essence w/ EU feat. Sugar Bear @ Fast Eddies
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Sat. 9-7
Rosslyn
Jazz Fest w/ the Suffers (a Gulf coast Texas retro soul band); Cha Wa -- a New Orleans Mardi Gras Indian
funky brass combo; Leyla McCalla - a
Haitian-American banjo & guitar player who sings French Creole and bluesy
folk songs; and the Jo-go Project- DC jazz and go-go band @ 1
National
Folk Festival in Salisbury, MD (through Sun. 9-8) w/ Tamburaški Sastav Ponoć
(tamburitza); Cora Harvey Armstrong (gospel); Jerry Douglas Trio (Dobro master);
African Branches in the Americas—Boukman Eksperyans, Adonis Puentes, Aurelio,
Mestre Jelon Vieira (Capoeira Luanda); Terry & the Zydeco Bad Boys (zydeco);
Danny Paisley & the Southern Grass (bluegrass); Grupo Nematatlín (son
jarocho); Hot Club of Cowtown (western swing and hot jazz); Samba Mapangala
& Orchestre Virunga (East African rumba, soukous, and benga); Music from
China (Chinese silk and bamboo ensemble); Sheila Kay Adams (Appalachian songs,
stories, and ballads); Andes Manta
(Andean); Grupo Nematatlín (son jarocho); Aurelio (Garifuna); It's a String Thing—Ann Yao, Sun Li (Music
from China), Peter Kosovec (Tamburaški Sastav Ponoć), Rahim AlHaj, Sourena
Sefati (Rahim AlHaj Trio), Salvador Peña Herrera (Grupo Nematatlín); Eddie
Cotton, Jr.; Yamini Kalluri & the Carnatic Ensemble (Kuchipudi dance); Rare Essence with special guest DJ
Kool (go-go); Daryl Davis (boogie-woogie piano) & Lafayette Gilchrist
(jazz); Maryland Honky-tonk Masters with Arty Hill & the Long Gone Daddys,
Bill Kirchen, & Ann Porcella; Katherine Fahey with Leonard
"Felix" Wills (arabber crankie); Marimba Linda Xelajú (Guatemalan
marimba); Cheick Hamala Diabate (Malian griot and ngoni player)
The
Kennedy Center Reach buildings open with special free events all day including
Tennessee singer/guitarist Valerie June doing a special event with
street-rooted hiphop dancer Lil Buck ( June solo @1 pm; w/ Buck @ 2:30) ; the
Kronos Quartet @ 2:30 and more
GirlAAA
djs @ 12 noon on @ Kennedy Center Reach
The Chuck
Brown Band w/ Bootsy Collins for free from 6 to 7 pm @ Kennedy Center Reach
Plaza stage
Speech w/
Arrested Development @ 7 @ Kennedy Center Reach
Blues
& Brews Backyard BBQ w/ Claudette King (BB’s daughter), Jim Bennett, Jose
Ramirez Band from 2 to 8 @ Drury Ballpark, 1139 Sam Smith Ln., Lothian, MD
La
Cosecha Latin Market opening party w/ food, art, and more including DC Style Salsa Academy, Con Sabor, Grupo
Folklórico Raíces Hondureñas, Lola Jaramillo.,Julio Santamaria. w/ Ozomatli as the headliner@ 1280 4th
St NE
Kacey
Musgraves & Yola @ Wolf Trap (sold out)
Greenbelt
Blues Fest @ Roosevelt Center
Tony
Terry @ City Winery
Summer
Breeze Party w/ Estelle, Avant, Team Familiar, Gswagg @ 6:30 to 12 midnight @
Nats Park
Conjunto
Bomba @ Bossa
Danny
Gatton birthday tribute with Dave Chappell, Tom Principato, more @ Birchmere
Boris @
Black Cat (Japanese psychedelic power rock)
Noche de
Rock w/ Misil Stereo, Zelula, Mundial, Tres Minutos @ Fillmore
Uptown
Rhythm Kings reunion w/ Eric Shoutin
Sheridan @ Glen Echo Spanish Ballroom
PJ Sin
Suela @ Tropicalia
Akua
Allrich @ Port-au-Prince Haitian Cuisine (jazz & African music singer)
Batida
Brazilian vinyl dance party @ Songbyrd
Tropical
beats w/ Leon City Sounds @ Green Zone on 18th St
Crown
Vic’s Weird World dj @ Daikaya
Jean Paul
Strauss and Dayan Aldana @ Don Churro in Chantilly (Peruvian singers)
Zacarias
Ferreira @ Club One
Estilo
Chihuahua in La Casa Del Patron in Cambridge, md (Huapangos, Norteañas, Merequetengues)
The songs
of Joaquín Sabina sung by Carlos Ruano @ Marx Café
Hot Chip,
Holy F @ 930 Club (sold out)
Twerkfest
4 @ Howard Theatre
Rare
Essence @ Aqua
Jason
Aldean w/ Kane Brown, Carly @ Jiffy Lube
Benefit
for Raices w/ Swoll, Tooth Choir & others @ Rhizome
*Wailers w/ Junior Marvin @ the Hamilton
* Luv’s Art Project Block Party w/ @ 9:30 Oshun, Kelow Latesha , Ghostie
for free at Hollins Market, Baltimore (rap)
*Hatchie & Orchin @ DC 9
*TOB & JYB @ Barry farms at 2
*Wailers w/ Junior Marvin @ the Hamilton
* Luv’s Art Project Block Party w/ @ 9:30 Oshun, Kelow Latesha , Ghostie
for free at Hollins Market, Baltimore (rap)
*Hatchie & Orchin @ DC 9
*TOB & JYB @ Barry farms at 2
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Sun . 9-8
CJ
Chenier and band at Hill Center on
Capitol Hill(Louisiana born, Texas raised zydeco accordionist and his band
combine Afro-southern r'n'b with French Creole folk to make lively upbeat dance
music
National
Folk Festival in Salisbury, MD w/ Voice(s)
of the Nation: From Soukous to Swing—Samba Mapangala; Cora Harvey Armstrong;
Lena Naipo (Kahulanui); Terry Domingue (Terry & the Zydeco Bad Boys);
Salvador Peña Cadeza, Héctor Luis Ochoa Reyes, Elhuikaj Hernández Ramírez
(Grupo Nematatlín) plus Eddie Cotton,
Jr. (soul blues) and much more (see list of Saturday acts—many perform both
days)
Les
Filles de Illighadad - all women North African Tuareg desert guitar band @ 5:25 @the Celebrate Africa Festival in
Bladensburg Waterfront Park (first of 3 local shows this month) also appearing Tolumide @2:35; Amadou Kouyate @ 3:25; Feedel @ 4:10; Urban Foli @ 6:20
Brandee
Younger: Music of Alice Coltrane for free @ 6 @ Kennedy Center Reach or Mill.
Stage
Kelela (Artsy
r'n'b singer) w/ jazz band Jason Moran & the Bandwagon @ 7 @ Kennedy Center
Reach.
Flying
Lotus @ 8:45 @ Kennedy Center Reach
I Love
Bachata Festival" w/ Oro Solido, Bachata Heightz, Karlos Rose, Alexandra
'La Reina' y mas! For free @ Silver Spring Veterans plaza from 11am to 8pm;
After Party con Don Chezina 8pm a 2am @ Silver Spring Civic Bldg.
Festival
Guanaco 2019 w/ Sonora Dinamita, Joe Veras, Roberto, Zully, Los BKs, Los
Sabaneros, Walex Cotete & more @ Russo Farm, 15901 Old Columbia Pike, Burtonsville, MD
Gipsy
Kings @ Wolf Trap
Deerhunter
and Dirty Projectors @ 930 Club
Takoma
Park Folk Fest
La Fiesta
del Barrio @ 3166 Mt. Pleasant St NW 12 to 2pm
Adams
Morgan Day * w/ Batala ,Chopteeth, Dupont Brass, the Experience, Empressarios 12 to 6
Feelin
the Funk Band w/ Raydio @ Elequent Touch Ballroom in Suitland
Shellshag,
Lung, Chill Parents @ Comet
Howard
Hewett @ Bethesda Blues
Baby
Metal @ Anthem
TOB @
Power (bouncebeat go-go from them every Sunday)
Stone
Pleasure Band @ Lamont’s
Doc
Watson Tribute @ Birchmere
92 Q End
of Summer Jam @ Royal Farms Arena in Baltimore
Ryley
Walker and Wild Pink @ Songbyrd
*Sirius Compnay @ Society Lounge
*Sirius Compnay @ Society Lounge
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Mon. 9-9
Les Filles de Illighadad (all women North
African Tuareg desert guitar band) w/ Sihasin
(Navajo from Arizona) Rhizome
Shirley Murdock acoustic night @ City Winery
Alcione M. Amos talk about Civil Rights Activism
& the Barry Farm/Hillsdale Community @ Anacostia Library from 6:30 to 8pm
Smallwood Vision Choir performance followed by
panel discussion w/ Rev. Barber and Alan Elliot , producer of Aretha Franklin
Amazing Grace gospel in 1972 movie doc @ 6 2 Kennedy center Reach Skylight
Pavilion
Amazing Grace (Aretha Franklin) movie screening
@ 8 @ Kennedy Center Reach
Two Door
Cinema Club & Overcoats @ 930
Girl in
Red – World in Red @ U St. Music Hall (sold out)
Quinn
Christopherson w/ Angelica Garcia @ Songbyrd
*Moonshine Society @ Westminster Church Blues Monday
*Moonshine Society @ Westminster Church Blues Monday
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Tues. 9-10
Hawaiian musician and master hula teacher
Keali'i Reichel, for free from 6 to 7 pm @ Kennedy Center Reach Plaza stage
Vibrators
w/ Dot Dash at DC9 ( 1977 UK pop-punk vets, with DC local openers)
Che
Apalache ( Latingrass from Argentina) @ Hill Center
A Tribe
Called Red w/ Uptown Boyz @ Kennedy Center Reach (Native American rap)
Luke
Temple w/ Meernaa @ Songbyrd
Cheick
Hamala’s Griot Street @ Bossa
* Ceremony @ U St. Music Hall
* Ceremony @ U St. Music Hall
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Wed. 9-11
* Dr. ShanaRedmond who recently wrote about singer Marian Anderson for NPR will be speaking @ Georgetown U. McNeir Aud. from 12:30 to 1.45 w/ a talk entitled The Next Jubilee : Black Music and the Possible Impossible
* Dr. ShanaRedmond who recently wrote about singer Marian Anderson for NPR will be speaking @ Georgetown U. McNeir Aud. from 12:30 to 1.45 w/ a talk entitled The Next Jubilee : Black Music and the Possible Impossible
Supersuckers
& the Hangmen @ City Winery
Sirius
Company in another room @ City Winery
*Backyard Band @ Lucky Strike
*Backyard Band @ Lucky Strike
Low @
Metro Gallery, Baltimore
Messthetics, Janelle Lepin, Mock Identity @
Black Cat
Sugr
Candy Mountain, Bottled Up, Empire Plum @ Comet
Fontaines
DC @ U St Music Hall
The
National Parks w/ Wild @ Songbyrd
Ed Rush
& Optical @ U St Music Hall
Subhumans
@ Ottobar
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Thurs. 9-12
2019
Marian Anderson Vocal Award Winner Soloman Howard, Howard University’s vocal jazz ensemble Afro Blue, and the Mellow
Tones of Duke Ellington School of the Arts for free from 6 to 7 pm @ Kennedy
Center Skylight Pavilion
Opera
singer Renee Fleming is joined by Benin afropop vocalist Angelique Kidjo plus Kennedy Center jazz leader/pianist Jason
Moran at the Kennedy Center Reach at 8
:15
Celebration
de la Herencia Hispana @ Columbia Hights civic plaza
Black
Pumas @ U St. Music Hall
Jlin @
10:30 @ U St. Music Hall
Seven
Voices: A Tribute to Patsy Cline @ Creative Alliance
La Chamba
(Los Angeles band that plays Peruvian chicha surf rock & funk) w/ La Chicha
de tu Madre & djs Leon City Sounds @ Bossa
Roots
& Raices Fest Gala w/ dinner, live act, movie in Baltimore
"Summer
Jam: Klezmer" lead by Howard Unger & Seth Kibel @ Library of Congress
from 7 to 9pm
Sammi
Lanzetta, Minor Poet, Pagan Reagan @ Songbyrd
Black
Cat 26th anniversary party
Mashriq
Maghrib jam session @ Bossa
* Big Chair Sessions: Don’t Mute DC.” at 5 pm
Location:Congressional Black Caucus Annual Legislative Conference at the Washington Convention Center
What:Roundtable conversation featuring Don’t Mute DC Pioneers: Metro PCS owner Donald Campbell, D.C. activistsTony Lewis Jr.and Ronald Moten, Howard University professor Dr.Natalie Hopkinson and Producer Tone P.
* Big Chair Sessions: Don’t Mute DC.” at 5 pm
Location:Congressional Black Caucus Annual Legislative Conference at the Washington Convention Center
What:Roundtable conversation featuring Don’t Mute DC Pioneers: Metro PCS owner Donald Campbell, D.C. activistsTony Lewis Jr.and Ronald Moten, Howard University professor Dr.Natalie Hopkinson and Producer Tone P.
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Fri.
9-13
*Rare Essence & Re-up Band @ Fast Eddies
*Backyard Band , TOB @ Aqua
*New Impressionz @ Hangars
*Rare Essence & Re-up Band @ Fast Eddies
*Backyard Band , TOB @ Aqua
*New Impressionz @ Hangars
Roots
& Raices Fest at 406 N. Howard St . Baltimore (free before 9 pm when ticketed portion
begins)
Elena
& Los Fulanos ( DC-based Nicaraguan folk record release) w/ Cissa Paz (Brazilian) @
Pearl St. Warehouse
Manhattans
featuring Gerald Alston at Birchmere
Guaynaa @
Diamond Lounge
Movie “Dark
City Beneath the Beat” (Baltimore club music w/ exec. Producer Rose
DiFerdinando and TSU Terry of the TSU Dance Crew who will host “rock off, shake
off,” a workshop that will show the top 5 Baltimore club dance moves ; @ 7:45 @
Kennedy Center Reach
Black
Folks Don’t Swim ? @ 7:30 for free;
J.Poe @ 9:30 @ U. of MD Clarice Smith; Snail Mail @ 10 for
free @ Clarice Smith Center (reservation required) ; Priests @ 11
The
Growlers & Pinky Pinky @ Black Cat
Discipline
99/Twin Jude, Rachel Foley & Kamyar Arsani & Bushmeat @ Rhizome
*Shemekia Copeland @ Amp (soulful blues singer)
*Shemekia Copeland @ Amp (soulful blues singer)
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Sat . 9-14
A
conversation on women in hiphop @ 1; a DJ RBI set; a breaking workshop; Hip
Hop: The songs that Shook America screening @ 3; DJ Miss Her; Ill Camille;
Large Professor;Kokayi; Shaolin Jazz:Can I kick it screening; Muma Fresh; DJ Bobbito Garcia; De La Soul @
8:30 & more …all @
Kennedy Center Reach;
J.PERIOD
presents his performance series, The Live Mixtape— for free
from 6 to 7 pm @ Kennedy Center Studio K
Baltimore
Rhythm Fest 12 to 7 @ Baltimore Montessori Publc Charter School, 1600 Guilford
Ave., Baltimore w/
Art and
Music all night from 7 to 12 midn. In Dupont Circle area
La Gran
Banda @ Club One
Roberto
Blades @ Palladium
Newmyer
Flyer: Allen Toussaint Dance Party @ Hamilton w/ Tom Principato, Black Betty,
Carly Harvey, Alan MacEwan, Ray Apollo Allen, Beat Hotel, Dixie Power Trio
Tamia @
Bethesda Blues and jazz
Tribute
to sax player Ron Holloway w/ Ron @ 4 pm @ Shaw Mainstreet Fest across from the
Howard Theatre
April +
Vista @ 6, JPegMafia @ 8 for free @ Clarice Smith
*Bomba y Plena Puerta Rcan music hosted by Cultura Plenera @ Sandy Spring Museum 12 to 6 pm
*Proper Utensils @ Lucky Strike
*EU, Trouble Funk, new Soul Searchers, N.R.G., Proverbs reggae band, Jessie Marie @ Drury Ball Park, Lothian , MD
*Diplo @ Echostage
*Lil Baby & BYB @ Bliss
*Stop the Bullying rally w/ TOB band and speakers including Anwan Big G Glover @ Anacostia Park 11 am -5pm
*Sirius Company black tie event for Congressional Black Caucus @ Hard Rock Cafe
* Quando Rondo @ Milkboy Arrthouse (rap)
*Bomba y Plena Puerta Rcan music hosted by Cultura Plenera @ Sandy Spring Museum 12 to 6 pm
*Proper Utensils @ Lucky Strike
*EU, Trouble Funk, new Soul Searchers, N.R.G., Proverbs reggae band, Jessie Marie @ Drury Ball Park, Lothian , MD
*Diplo @ Echostage
*Lil Baby & BYB @ Bliss
*Stop the Bullying rally w/ TOB band and speakers including Anwan Big G Glover @ Anacostia Park 11 am -5pm
*Sirius Company black tie event for Congressional Black Caucus @ Hard Rock Cafe
* Quando Rondo @ Milkboy Arrthouse (rap)
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Sun. 9-15
Burna Boy
at the Fillmore –(Nigerian r'nb/afrobeats star) (1st of 2 nights)
Banda MS
at Capitol One Arena- Mexican stars
Catracho
fest 2019 w/ Polache, Javier Monthiel,
Moises Canelo, Manrike, El Sheriff, Jenni D, Kandela show, Banda blanca, banda Ibanez, lempira star band, los intipuquenos, Daniel Moncion, Miramar, Sonora Dinamita, Los iracundos, Animando, Nelyi Larice @ Russo Farm, 15901 Old Columbia Pike, Burtonsville, MD
Dan
Zanes, along with his wife Claudia Zanes, Pauline Jean—both Haitian American
jazz vocalists—and Mexican percussionist Yuriana Sobrino do famly-friendly
roots music for free from 6 to 7 pm @
Kennedy Center Reach Plaza stage
Chiquitania
region of Bolivia tribute event 11 am to 5
@ Palladium
Salvadorean
Fest w/ Hector Acosta El Torito, Orquesta San Vicente, Marito Rivera Y Su Grupo
Bravo, La Maquina De El Salvador, Jhosse Lora @ Montgomery County Fairgrounds in
Gaithersburg
La Gran
Banda y La Sonora Dinamita @ VIP Room in Baltimore
Tamia @
Bethesda Blues and jazz
Gridlock
Band @ Lamont’s
Lloyd
Cole doing 2 sets @ City Winery
Potty
Mouth @ Songbyrd upstairs (rock) ; Marlon Craft @ Songbyrd downstairs (rap)
Forgetter,
Anna Connolly, Swoll @ Black Cat
*Stacy Brooks @ Madams Organ
*John Sebastian @ Amp ("Do You Believe in Magic")
*BYB @ St YV, 1220 Conn Ave NW
*TOB @ Power
*Stacy Brooks @ Madams Organ
*John Sebastian @ Amp ("Do You Believe in Magic")
*BYB @ St YV, 1220 Conn Ave NW
*TOB @ Power
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Mon. 9-16
Burna Boy
at the Fillmore –(Nigerian r'nb/afrobeats star)
Los
Wemblers de Iquitos at Songbyrd -
Peruvian psychedelic chicha surf band
Bloc
Party doing Silent Alarm album and more @ Anthem
Church
Girls & the Osyx @ Galaxy Hut
Ezra
Furman & Shilpa Ray @ Union Stage
*13th Anniversary Blues Monday blues jam session @ Westminster Church
*Bat House @ Songbyrd
* Sirius Company @ DC for Statehood rally @ Busboys & Poets lot, 2029 MLK Ave SE @ 6:30 pm
*Billy Bragg book reading free @ Politics & Prose 7 to 8 pm w/ Dave Weigel moderating
*13th Anniversary Blues Monday blues jam session @ Westminster Church
*Bat House @ Songbyrd
* Sirius Company @ DC for Statehood rally @ Busboys & Poets lot, 2029 MLK Ave SE @ 6:30 pm
*Billy Bragg book reading free @ Politics & Prose 7 to 8 pm w/ Dave Weigel moderating
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Tues. 9-17
"Our
Latin Thing (Nuestra Cosa)" (Fania salsa movie doc) with introduction by
Jim Byer’s host of The Latin Flavor on WPFW at Suns Cinema
Sir E.U
& KAG (from Priests) @ Black Cat Red Room
B-52s,
OMD, Berlin @ Anthem
The Lox @
Howard Theatre
Team
Familiar @ City Winery
Leigh
Nash in another room @ City Winery
Bleached
@ U St Music Hall
Eli
Winter, Yasmin Williams, Kevin Coleman @ Rhizome (fingerstyle guitar )
Mannequin
Pussy @ DC 9 (sold out)
*Future, Meek Mill, Megan the Stallion @ Jiffy Lube (rap)
*Sigrid @ 930 Club
*Future, Meek Mill, Megan the Stallion @ Jiffy Lube (rap)
*Sigrid @ 930 Club
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Wed. 9-18
Maxwell
w/ NSO Pops @ Kennedy Center (r’n’b singer) (through the 21st) (few tickets
left)
Black
Uhuru (reggae) @ Howard Theatre
Sirius
Company @ City Winery
Native Sons
acoustic featuring Steve Azar & Cedric Burnside @ Union Stage
The
Ar-Kaics & Des Demonas @ Black Cat
Sheena,
Anika, & Augusta @ Rhizome
Brent
Cobb @ Rock n Roll Hotel
Conflict
@ Ottobar
*Marina @ Anthem
*Backyard Band @ Lucky Strike
*Clear Channel & Taciturn on roof of Woodridge Library for free @ 6:30pm @ 1801 Hamlin St. NE
*NEA Awards 5:30 to 6:30 for free # Library of Congress Coolidge Aud.
*Marina @ Anthem
*Backyard Band @ Lucky Strike
*Clear Channel & Taciturn on roof of Woodridge Library for free @ 6:30pm @ 1801 Hamlin St. NE
*NEA Awards 5:30 to 6:30 for free # Library of Congress Coolidge Aud.
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Thurs. 9-19
The
Million Moe March (a March for peace and DC statehood, hugs not slugs) at 7 pm w/ the Eastern High Band and more from 7th & F NW to 7th & Madison St NW on the national mall for a Moechella rally/concert with Backyard Band &
host Yaddiya until 10 pm
*First ladies of Go-go concert 8 to 10 @ Eaton Workshop Rooftop (w/ Ms. Kim, Michelle Blackwell, Maeisha Rashad and more)
*What Band @ 11 @ Aqua
*First ladies of Go-go concert 8 to 10 @ Eaton Workshop Rooftop (w/ Ms. Kim, Michelle Blackwell, Maeisha Rashad and more)
*What Band @ 11 @ Aqua
Tinariwen
w/ Lonnie Holley @ Lincoln Theatre (
North African Saharan band)
Les
Filles de Illighadad - all women North African Tuareg desert guitar band at a lunchtime show at Library of
Congress
Maxwell
w/ NSO Pops @ Kennedy Center (r’n’b singer)
DC Hand
dancing showcases, panel discussion, and lessons from 6:30 to 10 pm @ Ivy City
Smokehouse
Ray Wylie
Hubbard @ City Winery
*Raheem DeVaughn in another room @ City Winery (sold out)
*Raheem DeVaughn in another room @ City Winery (sold out)
Billy
Bragg “One Step Forward, Two Steps Back” @ Birchmere (first of 3 nights)
Caroline
Rose @ Union Stage
Jerry
Paper @ Songbyrd (synth pop)
Black
Moth Super Rainbow & Taraka (of Prince Rama) @ Black Cat
Agent
Orange @ Ottobar
*Ruben Moreno & the Zydeco Re-Evolution @ Waverly Brewing in Baltimore
*Dee Dee Bridgewater @ Blues Alley (through Sun. 9-22) (jazz singer)
* Be Steadwell "A Letter to My Ex" the musical @ Meyer Performance Theater Thursday, September 19 - Sunday, September 22 at 8 pm and 4 pm at 3309 Bunker Hill Road, Mount Rainier, MD
*Band of Skulls @ 930
*Vasen @ Jammin Java (Swedish folk)
*Ceylon Mitchell Afro-Latino Chamber music @ Bowie Center for the Performing Arts
*Ruben Moreno & the Zydeco Re-Evolution @ Waverly Brewing in Baltimore
*Dee Dee Bridgewater @ Blues Alley (through Sun. 9-22) (jazz singer)
* Be Steadwell "A Letter to My Ex" the musical @ Meyer Performance Theater Thursday, September 19 - Sunday, September 22 at 8 pm and 4 pm at 3309 Bunker Hill Road, Mount Rainier, MD
*Band of Skulls @ 930
*Vasen @ Jammin Java (Swedish folk)
*Ceylon Mitchell Afro-Latino Chamber music @ Bowie Center for the Performing Arts
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Fri. 9-20
#DontMute DC meets #DontMuteNoLa with DC's Proper Utensils old school go-go vs Big 6 New Orleans Brass plus Black Alley, DJ Supa Dan, and New Orleans and DC cuisine @ Gateway Pavilion at St Elizabeth's , 2700 MLK Ave SE 7 pm to 11:30pm (eventbrite free reservation ticket recommended)
#DontMute DC meets #DontMuteNoLa with DC's Proper Utensils old school go-go vs Big 6 New Orleans Brass plus Black Alley, DJ Supa Dan, and New Orleans and DC cuisine @ Gateway Pavilion at St Elizabeth's , 2700 MLK Ave SE 7 pm to 11:30pm (eventbrite free reservation ticket recommended)
El Gran
Combo de Puerto Rico @ Diamond Lounge (salsa Legends)
*Lightshow & friends @ Fillmore
*Lightshow & friends @ Fillmore
La
Inedita @ Bossa ( Peruvian cumbia/reggae/Chichamuffin)
*NEA concert w/ Las Tesoras de San Antonio & Balla Kouyate @ Sidney Harmon Hall
*NEA concert w/ Las Tesoras de San Antonio & Balla Kouyate @ Sidney Harmon Hall
Conversations
with singer Nick Cave @ Lincoln Theatre (sold out)
Shonen
Knife @ City Winery (Japanese garage rock)
Octo Octa
w/ Eris Drew & Lauren Lo Sung @
Flash (electronic dance music from Brooklyn, Chicago, Liverpool)
Billy
Bragg “One Step Forward, Two Steps Back” @ Birchmere
Lipstickfables,
Mr jc, Aaron bodden, El packy, Jenni d at Club One
Maxwell
w/ NSO Pops @ Kennedy Center (r’n’b singer)
Boy
Harsher, Olivia Neutron-John @ Ottobar
*Detroit Cobras @ Hill Country
* The Long Ryders w/ Joe Nolan @ Pearl St Warehouse
*Rebecca Gates @ 12:30 pm in Georgetown University McNeir Hall for free
* lecture, which features various members of the Future of Music Coalition, on “The Value of Music to US Society.” The lecture will begin at 10:30 am in the Barbara L. Jones Classroom in Booth on the 5th floor of Georgetown University’s Lauinger Library
*Chuck Brown Band @ Soundry (sold out)
*Detroit Cobras @ Hill Country
* The Long Ryders w/ Joe Nolan @ Pearl St Warehouse
*Rebecca Gates @ 12:30 pm in Georgetown University McNeir Hall for free
* lecture, which features various members of the Future of Music Coalition, on “The Value of Music to US Society.” The lecture will begin at 10:30 am in the Barbara L. Jones Classroom in Booth on the 5th floor of Georgetown University’s Lauinger Library
*Chuck Brown Band @ Soundry (sold out)
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Sat. 9-21
Tyler the
Creator, Jaden Smith, Goldlink @ Merriweather Post Pavilion –(rap)
* Latin Fiesta Parade 1 to 5 pm on PA Ave NW
*Sami Dan and Nhatty Man w/ the Ras Band @ Karma (Ethiopian)
* Latin Fiesta Parade 1 to 5 pm on PA Ave NW
*Sami Dan and Nhatty Man w/ the Ras Band @ Karma (Ethiopian)
Morgan Heritage
at the Howard Theatre (roots reggae family act)
DeSanguashington
@ Bossa
H St.
Fest NE w/ Sirius Company @ 12 & H Sts NE @ 6 pm ; UCB @ ? pm ; Malcolm X drummers & dancers 7th & H @ 6
*Wiki & WifiGawd, Ankhljohn, Nappy Nappa @ Comet
*Wiki & WifiGawd, Ankhljohn, Nappy Nappa @ Comet
Washington
Social Club (reunited) , Bad Moves, the Osyx @ Black Cat
Banda Los
Sebastianes de Mazatlan at Club One
Maxwell
w/ NSO Pops @ Kennedy Center (r’n’b singer)
African dance
class and showing of Fela! The Concert @10:30 also Indian dance @ 11:45am ;
Robert Glasper’s “Everything’s Beautiful “ Tribute to Miles Davis feat. Bilal @
7 ; Fela! The Concert again @ 8 @
Kennedy Center reach
Sister
Sparrow & the Dirty Birds, Jackson
Dean & the Outsiders @ Hamilton
Robbie
Fulks @ Jammin Java
Funkateers
Ball w/ Clip Payne's 420 Funk Mob, Michael Hampton & Kash Waddy @ Bethesda Blues
Billy
Bragg “One Step Forward, Two Steps Back” @ Birchmere
Orville
Peck @ Union Stage (sold out)
Free
Throw @ Songbyrd
Pop Will
Eat Itself, Chemlab @ Ottobar
Klezmer
dance party @ Creative Alliance
*Clarendon Day
*Hyattsville Arts & Ale Fest
*Pan Africa Day 12 to 9 pm @ Veterans Plaza in Silver Spring
*Yam Jam/ yoga and DC Highlife Allstars 6:30 to 11 @ Milkboy Arthouse
*BYB and What Band @ Fast Eddies
* 2019 Glow Twerk Fest w/ TCB, TOB, ABM @ Hangars 10 pm
*Robbie Fulks @ Jammin Java
*Ceylon Mitchell Afro-Latin chamber music @ 7 @ PG Comunity College
*Clarendon Day
*Hyattsville Arts & Ale Fest
*Pan Africa Day 12 to 9 pm @ Veterans Plaza in Silver Spring
*Yam Jam/ yoga and DC Highlife Allstars 6:30 to 11 @ Milkboy Arthouse
*BYB and What Band @ Fast Eddies
* 2019 Glow Twerk Fest w/ TCB, TOB, ABM @ Hangars 10 pm
*Robbie Fulks @ Jammin Java
*Ceylon Mitchell Afro-Latin chamber music @ 7 @ PG Comunity College
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Sun. 9-22
*Latin Fiesta on Pa Ave. with Fuego, Sonora Dinamita, edi Mora and many more 11am to 7 pm
*The Sound of Chocolate Cities : Exploring gentrification through music and culture 6 to 10 pm @ Smithsonian Museum of African American History and Culture with a panel with Dj Soul Sister/Melissa Weber; Dr. Natalie Hopkinson; Maurice Hobson, author of The Legend of Black Mecca, Atlanta. Plus Backyard Band and cuisine inspired by DC, New Orleans & Atlanta (*Invitation only)
*UCB @ Dupont Underground 5 to 9pm
*Latin Fiesta on Pa Ave. with Fuego, Sonora Dinamita, edi Mora and many more 11am to 7 pm
*The Sound of Chocolate Cities : Exploring gentrification through music and culture 6 to 10 pm @ Smithsonian Museum of African American History and Culture with a panel with Dj Soul Sister/Melissa Weber; Dr. Natalie Hopkinson; Maurice Hobson, author of The Legend of Black Mecca, Atlanta. Plus Backyard Band and cuisine inspired by DC, New Orleans & Atlanta (*Invitation only)
*UCB @ Dupont Underground 5 to 9pm
Amazing
Grace (1972 Aretha Franklin’s gospel in church movie) @ Washington National
Cathedral (sold out)
Roy
Buchanan tribute at Birchmere -- roots
rock/Americana salute w/ Billy Price, Pete Kennedy, Tom Principato and more to a late DC old-school guitarist from the
1960s and 70s who died tragically
Waterboys
@ Lincoln Theatre
Aldo
Trujillo y Los Pikadientes @ the Palace
Soundclash:
Sister Nancy x DJ Greena Marie x DJ K-Meta @ 4 pm ; Junior Marvin’s DC Lovers
Rock @ 6 ; Howard U marching Band and Robert Glasper’s Tribute to Miles Davis
feat. Bilal in 2 different rooms @ 7 @ Kennedy Center Re Beyonce’s
Homecoming movie doc for free outdoors @ Kennedy Center The Reach 7 to 9:45 pmach
Ride,
Spirit of the Beehive @ 930
Raveena
& Diana Lopez @ U St Music Hall
Rise Band
& show @ Lamont’s
Shirley
Murdock acoustic evening @ City Winery
Tasha @
Songbyrd
*Wild Up (Los Angeles ensemble playing avante-afro-classical Julius Eastman music) @ National Gallery of Art
*HERA womens music fest @ City Winery
* Lady Mary & the Indahouse Band @ Bethesda Blues & Jazz
* Sirius Company 3 to 9 @ Fast Eddies
*Wild Up (Los Angeles ensemble playing avante-afro-classical Julius Eastman music) @ National Gallery of Art
*HERA womens music fest @ City Winery
* Lady Mary & the Indahouse Band @ Bethesda Blues & Jazz
* Sirius Company 3 to 9 @ Fast Eddies
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Mon. 9-23
Adam Ant
@ Lincoln Theatre
Jason
Eady & Courtney Patton @ City Winery
Pond
& the Muckers @ Black Cat
*Sisters that Swing- rare film footage of Josephine Baker, Billie Holiday, Hazel Scott, Bessie Smith, Ethel Waters, Lena Horne and more @ 7 @ Eaton DC Screening Room presented by Stuart Hudgins
*Shirleta Settles & friends @ Westminster Church Blues Monday
*Whitney @ 930 (rock)
*Sisters that Swing- rare film footage of Josephine Baker, Billie Holiday, Hazel Scott, Bessie Smith, Ethel Waters, Lena Horne and more @ 7 @ Eaton DC Screening Room presented by Stuart Hudgins
*Shirleta Settles & friends @ Westminster Church Blues Monday
*Whitney @ 930 (rock)
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Tues. 9-24
Polish
Yiddish tango for free from 6 to 7 pm @ Kennedy Center Millennium Stage
Daniel
Caesar (r'n'b singer) w/
Massive
Attack @ Anthem
Patti
Smith- Year of the Monkey book reading @ Lisner
*Film-The Remix: Hip Hop x Fashion -Are You Down? @ 4 to 6 @ George Washington Univ. Jack Morton Aud.
*Sol Roots & guests @ JVs
* Lucinda Williams @ Strathmore
*Injury Reserve @ Milkboy Arthouse (rap)
*
*Film-The Remix: Hip Hop x Fashion -Are You Down? @ 4 to 6 @ George Washington Univ. Jack Morton Aud.
*Sol Roots & guests @ JVs
* Lucinda Williams @ Strathmore
*Injury Reserve @ Milkboy Arthouse (rap)
*
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Wed. 9-25
Toko Telo
is a Madagascar supergroup w/ D’Gary, national diva Monika Njava; and Joël
Rabesolo, Malagasy guitarist for free
from 6 to 7 pm @ Kennedy Center Millennium Stage
Cat Power
w/ Arsun @ Lincoln Theatre
Weyes
Blood @ Ottobar
Stereolab
w/ Bitchin Bajas @ 930
Lizzo
& Ari Lennox @ Anthem (sold out)
Midnight
Hour w/ Ali Shaheed Muhammad & guests @ City Winery
Sirius
Company in another room @ City Winery
Daniel
Norgren , Jake Xerxes Fussell @ Black
Cat
Abigail
Washburn (banjo) and Wu Fei (guzheng) special show w/ storytelling & music for kids &
families @ Rhizome
*District of Raga w/ Nistha Raj @ Bossa
*Backyard Band @ Lucky Strike
*District of Raga w/ Nistha Raj @ Bossa
*Backyard Band @ Lucky Strike
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Thurs. 9-26
J. Balvin
@ Eaglebank (reggaeton/pop)
Rhiannon
Giddens w/ Italian multi-instrumentalist Francesco Turrisi @ Kennedy Center
Robert
Cray band @ Birchmere
Lizzo @
Anthem (sold out)
Ala Jaza
@ Diamond Lounge
Bob Mould
solo @ City Winery
Abigail
Washburn (banjo) and Wu Fei (guzheng) @
Milkboy Arthouse
The Hu @
Black Cat
Pablo’s
Brazilian Pagode @ Bossa
* Robert Glasper's Black Radio with special guest Yasiin Bey @ Kennedy Center Reach
*Miranda Lambert @ Royal Farms Arena
*Jazz take on music of Raymond Scott @ Alexandria History Museum @ Lyceum
*Jake Clemons @ Jammin Java
*Madlib @ U St Music Hall
* What Band @ Aqua
*Be'la Dona @ Half Note
* Robert Glasper's Black Radio with special guest Yasiin Bey @ Kennedy Center Reach
*Miranda Lambert @ Royal Farms Arena
*Jazz take on music of Raymond Scott @ Alexandria History Museum @ Lyceum
*Jake Clemons @ Jammin Java
*Madlib @ U St Music Hall
* What Band @ Aqua
*Be'la Dona @ Half Note
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Fri. 9-27
Blisspop
Disco Fest featuring DJ Crazy P @ U St. Music Hall
Blisspop
Disco Fest featuring Black Madonna @ 930 Club
Psychedelic
Furs @ Baltimore Soundstage
Snoop
Dogg & Wu Tang Clan @ Jiffy Lube
A Tribute
to Music of Donny Hathaway, Bobby Womack, & Frankie Beverly & Maze, by
Jamar Dukes @ Carlyle Club in Alexandria
Abdu Ali
@ Ottobar
Toby Love
& Bachata Heightz @ The Palace
Tito
Puente Jr @ Bethesda Blues and jazz
Eric
Roberson @ City Winery
Frankie
Cosmos @ Black Cat
Daryl
Davis & Lafayette Gilchrist @ Creative Alliance
*Gloria Trevi & Karol G @ MGM
*Shirleta settles & Wicked Jezabel @ JVs
*EU at 12 noon @ Wilson Plaza Reagan Bldg. for free
*New Impressionz @ Hangar Club
*BYB & TOB @ Aqua
*Gloria Trevi & Karol G @ MGM
*Shirleta settles & Wicked Jezabel @ JVs
*EU at 12 noon @ Wilson Plaza Reagan Bldg. for free
*New Impressionz @ Hangar Club
*BYB & TOB @ Aqua
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Sat. 9-28
*A music festival celebrating the life of legendary bluesman John Jackson will be held in Woodville, Virginia—where Jackson was born. The event begins at noon and features performances by Piedmont blues musicians:
harmonica player Phil Wiggins, singer-guitarist Eleanor Ellis, guitarist Wayne Henderson and the Virginia Luthiers. Also performing is Jackson’s nephew Jeffrey Scott, blues artist Robert Glasker and the Rappahannock Unity Choir. The Festival will be held at Eldon Farms, 4432 Sperryville Pike (Route 522), Woodville, VA
*A music festival celebrating the life of legendary bluesman John Jackson will be held in Woodville, Virginia—where Jackson was born. The event begins at noon and features performances by Piedmont blues musicians:
harmonica player Phil Wiggins, singer-guitarist Eleanor Ellis, guitarist Wayne Henderson and the Virginia Luthiers. Also performing is Jackson’s nephew Jeffrey Scott, blues artist Robert Glasker and the Rappahannock Unity Choir. The Festival will be held at Eldon Farms, 4432 Sperryville Pike (Route 522), Woodville, VA
Palestinian
musician/composer Ramzi Aburedwan and the Dal’Ouna Ensemble partners with the
Atlantic Reed Consort to present together a traditional Arabic ensemble and a
Western chamber music reed quintet for free from 6 to 7 pm @ Kennedy Center
Millennium Stage
Grupo
Exterminador Y Viry Sandoval @ Coco Cabana in Hyattsville
Alex
Bueno @ Tipico Dominicano
The Good
Ones (Trio of Rwandan genocide survivors who play acoustic songs) w/ the Mauls,
& Time is Fire @ Rhizome
*Record Producer Ian Brennan w/ a performance by The Good Ones and talking w/ John Waters from 6 to 7 @ Politics & Prose
*Record Producer Ian Brennan w/ a performance by The Good Ones and talking w/ John Waters from 6 to 7 @ Politics & Prose
Sudor
Fest w/ La Chicha de tu Madre , Son La Lucha, La Marvela, Leon City Sounds and
more 10 am till @ Columbia Hts Green, 3323 11th St NW
Bluebird
Blues Fest 11 am to 5 @ PG Community College w/ 11:00 – 11:30 Full Power Blues;
11:40 – 12:00 David Cole & Main Street Blues; 12:10 – 12:35 Jesi Terrell; 12:45
– 1:15 Memphis Gold; 1:30 – 2:00 Antone “Chooky” Caldwell; 2:15 – 2:45 Clarence
“Bluesman” Turner; 3:00 – 3:45 Earth, Wind, and Fire Tribute Band 4:00 – 5:00
Vanessa Collier; plus inside : 12:30 –
1:15 Mark Puryear, Eric Selby, Jay Summerour;
1:30 – 2:30 Piedmont Bluz
Blisspop
Disco Fest w/ Cerrone, Jellybean Benitez, the Blackbyrds, Sam the Man Burns @ U St Music Hall
Blisspop
Disco Fest w/ Chromeo dj set, & Dam-funk dj set @ 930 Club
Be’la
Dona @ Bethesda Blues (keyboardist Cherie’s birthday)
Dressy
Bessy, Big Eyes @ Comet
Eric
Roberson @ City Winery
Sir
Babygirl @ Songbyrd
Vundabar
@ Milkboy Arthouse
Generationals
@ Black Cat
Outcalls
@ Ottobar
*Kunta Kinte Heritage Festival with music 10am to 7 @ Annapolis City dock
* Proper Utensils @ Takoma Station
*BYB @ Hashtag Lounge
*Rare Essence & Suttle @ Aqua
*Team Familiar 's Familiar Faces reunion show @ Fast Eddies
*Laurence Burney "True Laurels" audio-video and more music related exhibit by Baltimore music critic @ Eubie Blake Center in Baltimore (through October 12)
*City Paper Crafty Arts and Makers Fest @ Akridge Lot @ Buzzard Point 10am to 5 pm
* Washington Sound Museum movie (Christylez Bacon goes to Brazil) 5 pm @ Eaton followed by 5:45 Q & A w/ filmmaker & 7 to 8:30 live music by Cissa Paz (DC based Brazilian singer) w/ Pablo Fagundes & Valerio Xavier from Brazil
*Ciara @ Fillmore
*Entertain DC 12 to 4 pm @ 2241 MLK Jr Ave Se w/ DJ Dirty Rico, Englishman, The Experiance Band, Queen over Kings, Verny Varela, Be'la Dona, Side by Side police band
*Kunta Kinte Heritage Festival with music 10am to 7 @ Annapolis City dock
* Proper Utensils @ Takoma Station
*BYB @ Hashtag Lounge
*Rare Essence & Suttle @ Aqua
*Team Familiar 's Familiar Faces reunion show @ Fast Eddies
*Laurence Burney "True Laurels" audio-video and more music related exhibit by Baltimore music critic @ Eubie Blake Center in Baltimore (through October 12)
*City Paper Crafty Arts and Makers Fest @ Akridge Lot @ Buzzard Point 10am to 5 pm
* Washington Sound Museum movie (Christylez Bacon goes to Brazil) 5 pm @ Eaton followed by 5:45 Q & A w/ filmmaker & 7 to 8:30 live music by Cissa Paz (DC based Brazilian singer) w/ Pablo Fagundes & Valerio Xavier from Brazil
*Ciara @ Fillmore
*Entertain DC 12 to 4 pm @ 2241 MLK Jr Ave Se w/ DJ Dirty Rico, Englishman, The Experiance Band, Queen over Kings, Verny Varela, Be'la Dona, Side by Side police band
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Sun. 9-29
Cape
Verde’s Lucibela (Afro-Portuguese morna
music) for free from 6 to 7 pm @ Kennedy Center Millennium Stage
Stylistics
at Birchmere (70s soul harmony)
Turkish
Fest on Penn. Ave. DC (between 12th & 14th sts.)
Paulina
Rubio @ Warner
Team
Dresch, Des Ark, Princess @ Black Cat
WPOC
Sunday in the Country w/ Old Dominion, Michael Ray, Jordan Davis, Lauren
Alaina, Dylan Scott, Jimmie Allen, Brandon Lay, Filmore @ 2pm @ Merriweather
Post
Stone
Pleasure Band @ Lamont’s
Landon
Cube @ Union Staage
Mulatto @
Songbyrd
Snow tha
Product @ Fillmore
Sriram
Gopal & friends @ Bossa
* The Zombies @ Montgomery Community College in Rockville
*Stacy Brooks @ Madams Organ
*salsa & bachata block party @ Veteran' Plaza, Silver Spring 1 to 9pm
*City Paper Crafty Arts and Makers Fest @ Akridge Lot @ Buzzard Point 10am to 5 pm
* The Zombies @ Montgomery Community College in Rockville
*Stacy Brooks @ Madams Organ
*salsa & bachata block party @ Veteran' Plaza, Silver Spring 1 to 9pm
*City Paper Crafty Arts and Makers Fest @ Akridge Lot @ Buzzard Point 10am to 5 pm
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Mon. 9-30
Sintesis
(Cuba) for free from 6 to 7 pm @ Kennedy Center Millennium Stage
Los Loney
Boys w/ Billy Coulter duo @ Birchmere
John
Moreland @ Creative Alliance
*Veronneau @ Blues Alley (jazzy Brazilian)
*Phum Viphurit @ U St Music Hall (Thailand indie)
*Veronneau @ Blues Alley (jazzy Brazilian)
*Phum Viphurit @ U St Music Hall (Thailand indie)
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Tues. 10-1
John
Moreland @ Birchmere
B Boys w/
Clear Channel @ Songbyrd
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Wed. 10-2
Kokoko @
Rock n Roll Hotel (Congolese and French percussion w/ synths)
47 Soul @ Union Stage ( Palestinian electro)
47 Soul @ Union Stage ( Palestinian electro)
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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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