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

DC/Baltimore Global Music and More- October  2019

Compiled by Steve Kiviat 

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Sorry this is late.   The Multiflora Fest is still ongoing, the Richmond Folk Fest is happening and much more.

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October 2019 Highlights –

Wed.  10-2- Kokoko @ Rock n Roll Hotel (Congolese home-made percussion w/ French synth player)

47 Soul @ Union Stage (Palestinian electro)

Sat. 10-5 -Cumbia in Motion Festival for Immigrants & Refugees 3 to 9 pm @ Columbia Heights Civic Plaza

Tues. 10-8 - Soul Power movie @ Suns Cinema (1974 doc with James Brown, Tabu Ley Rochereau, Miriam Makeba, Spinners, Bill Withers)

Wed. 10-16- Vieux Farka Toure & Bambino @ Birchmere

Sat. 10-19-Rahat Fateh Ali Khan @ Eaglebank Arena

Mon. 10-21 -W.I.T.C.H. (Zambia reunited rock band) w/ Habibi @ Union Stage

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Tues.  10-1  

John Moreland @ Birchmere

B Boys w/ Clear Channel @ Songbyrd

Tiger Army @ Black Cat

Regrettes @ U St Music Hall

Cheick Hamala’s Griot Street @ Bossa

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Wed.  10-2

Kokoko @ Rock n Roll Hotel (Congolese home-made percussion w/ French synth player)

47 Soul @ Union Stage (Palestinian electro)

Backyard Band at Lucky Strike

Afrobeats dance class & dj @ Mix Bar @ 8241 GA. Ave

Die Antwoord @ Anthem

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Thurs. 10-3

Earth, Wind, & Fire Tribute @ City Winery

Aldous Harding @ RnR Hotel

Hayden James @ U St Music Hall

Bay Faction @ Pie Shop

Feedel Band @ Bossa

Peter Collins @ City Winery

Romantic Warriors IV – Krautrock (pt 1) movie doc @ Rhizome

Be’la Dona @ Half Note

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Fri.  10-4

Latina Queens for free from 6 to 7 @ Kennedy Center Millennium Stage

Wayta (south & Central American music) w/ DJ Crown Vic’s Weird World @ Market SW 6 to 9pm

Luce Unplugged with Alison Crockett & Sam Prather 6 to 8 pm @ Smithsonian American Art

BYB & TOB @ Aqua

White Denim @ Ottobar

Georgetown U Hiphop & Sneaker Culture Panel w/ Anthony Steele/Munch 215 (Foot Locker marketing), Mike Thompson of OG Restorations 215, Sean of Createink studios, Kash Aboud (stylist, sneakerhead) & performance by St. Louis rapper Mvstermind @ Georgetown U Mcneir Hall, New North Bldg., 37 th & O Sts NW from 6 to 8:30 pm

Image Band @ Mix Bar on GA Ave (DC-based Caribbean)

Joe Chambers, M’Boom w/ percussionists Ray Mantilla, Warren I Smith, Bobby Sanabria, plus Moving Pictures Orchestra & singer Mavis Swan Poole @ Kennedy Center

Carrie Underwood @ Capital One Arena

Talib Kweli, Jay Electronica, Styles P @ Fillmore

Elastic Bond @ Tropicalia

Rare Essence and E U @ Fast Eddies

Be’ la Dona @ Babylon in Woodbridge

Built to Spill @ 930

Bumper Jacksons @ Creative Alliance

*Meute (German marching band that plays techno) @ 12 noon @ Lincoln Memorial

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Sat.  10-5

Moon Festival 12 noon to 5 @ Eden Center

Open Streets DC on GA Ave with La Marvela @ 12 & TOB @ 1 pm @ GA Ave & New Hampshire Ave

Art on the Avenue in Alexandria

*Adams Morgan PorchFest 2 to 6 

*Bowie, MD International Fest @ Allen Pond from 11 to 5 pm w/ steel drum 2 11, India dance @ 12:15, & Afro Floetry band (kenya) @ 2:30

Kameleon Beats @ Port-au-Prince Haitian Cuisine (duo of Didier Prossaird & Coco Barez)

What Band @ Lucky Strike

Backyard Band & TCB @ Fast Eddies

Ian Noe @ Songbyrd (country/Americana)

Leon City Sounds & Soul Called Paul dj’ing @ Green Zone

Sheer Mag @ Black Cat

Taste of Annandale

Cumbia in Motion Festival for Immigrants & Refugees 3 to 9 pm @ Columbia Heights Civic Plaza w/ Oveja Negra, Kino Musica, Sir Ramases, Rode Diaz, Wayta duo, La Cololombopercutiva 

Talib Kweli, Jay Electronica, Styles P, Dead Prez, Raff Alpha @ Soundstage Baltimore

Fred Frith Trio @ Rhizome

Sheila E @ Howard Theatre

Tribute to the O’Jays @ Carlyle Club

Naija Fest @ 5 @ Karma (Nigeria culture celebration)

Lyuti Chuski @ Bossa (Bulgarian)

Diwali Extravaganza 12 to 9 pm @ Dulles Expo Center

The Aces of Southern Soul w/ Donnie Ray, J. Red the Nephew, Jesi Terrell, Missy B, Hardway Connection @ Lamont’s @ 2 pm (gates open @ noon)

DMV Car, truck, & motorcycle show w/ music by Sirius Company, TCB, Sweat band, & Project 360 w/ DJ Supa Dan @ Geno’s Ballpark in Lothian, MD 12 to 9 (raindate Oct. 12)

We Got Now DC poets for free from 6 to 7 @ Kennedy Center Millennium Stage

C-Kan @ Mexico Lindo in Bladensburg

Luna @ 930

Kazzabe @ VIP Room in Baltimore

Frank Reyes @ Club One

Rare Essence @ Aqua

TOB, XIB @ Hangars

*Fall Fest-Food, Wine, & Music from 11 am to 6 @ Bowie Town Center 

* Team Familiar evening @ Babylon Falls Church  & late night Inner Harbor Baltimore Spirit of Light boat cruise 

*Kamyar Arsani- Tom Chess; Pwisans Ete'nel @ Normal Books 8:30 to 11 in Baltimore

*Punk the Capital movie @ Suns Cinema (2 sold out showings)

*Sirius Co. 4 to 9 @ Aqua 

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Sun.  10-6

Takoma Park Street Festival

Proper Utensils @ 6 @ Chateau Remix

Marwan Khoury @ Lincoln Theatre     cancelled 

Hussam Jefee-Bahloul (Syria raised) and the Tomchess & Kamyar Arsani duo @ Bossa

Akua Alrich’s 11^th annual Nina Simone & Miriam Makeba tribute show, @ Atlas  

Makaya McCraven w/ Joel Ross, Jeff Parker, Dezron Douglas @Creative Alliance 

Just Friends @ Milkboy Arthouse

Young Thug & Machine Gun Kelly @ Mecu Pavilion, Baltimore

Diwali Extravaganza 12 to 7 pm @ Dulles Expo Center

Hiphop break dancing and jam session from 12 to 7  for free from 6 to 7 @ Kennedy Center Millennium Stage

Steve Lacy @ 930

Girl Band @ Songbyrd

Mackaya McCraven @ Creaative Alliance

TOB @ Power

*Team Familiar @ Olde Town Inn

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Mon. 10-7

Rick Ross & Backyard Band  @ Fillmore

Maggie Rogers @ Anthem

Sturgill Simpson @ Black Cat (sold out fundraiser show)

*Crank Jam @ City Winery

Blues Monday @ Westminster Church

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Tues.  10-8

Soul Power movie @ Suns Cinema (1974 doc with James Brown, Tabu Ley Rochereau, Miriam Makeba, Spinners, Bill Withers)

Kero Kero Bonito @ 930 Club

A Deer A Horse, & Teen Mortgage @ Songbyrd upstairs; Kelsey Waldon downstairs

Preening, Gauche, Drill, Park Snakes @ Rhizome

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Wed.   10-9

Wale, Ade, Q Da Fool @ Fillmore

Yom Kippur holiday till sundown

Behind the Lens w/ rock photographers Mick Rock & Henry Diltz @ 6 @ City Winery

Madison Cunningham @ DC 9 (singer/songwriter)

Cupcakke @ Union Stage (rap)

Ottmar Liebert & Luna Negra @ Birchmere

P-lo @ Songbyrd

Shovels & Rope @ 930

Charlie Parr @ Black Cat

*We Banjo 3 @ Hamilton

* Mortes: Greek dance music @ Bossa 

*Avril Lavigne @ MGM National Harbor

*Backyard Band @ Lucky Strike 

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Thurs.  10-10

Howard U Homecoming events start

Danube Sessions @ Green Zone

Baltimore Greek Festival @ 5

Ram (Haiti) w/ Crown Vic’s Weird World dj @ Tropicalia

Lucy Kaplansky @ Barns of Wolf Trap

La Noche IberoAmericana @ Mexican Cultural Institute

Lagwagon, Face to Face, Makewar @ Fillmore

Shaed @ 930 Club

Lyrics Born @ Hamilton w/ Con Brio 

Elena Lacayo @ Black Cat

Steve Turre Sextet @ Blues Alley

Clipping @ U St Music Hall

Titus Andronicus @ Ottobar

* Mashriq Maghrib Music Jam Session with Hacene Zennia @ Bossa 

*What Band @ Aqua

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Fri.  10-11

Saweetie @ Fillmore

*Howard U Yardfest for Homecoming weekend @ 12 noon (rap acts tba) 

*Afrobeats HU Homecoming celebration w/ Rotimi , Wondaboy, dancer KJ Wade, dj DonX @ The Showroom, 1099 14th St. 9 to 1 am 

Lucky Daye @ Union Stage

Richmond Folk Festival through Sunday with blues, gospel, African

Footwerk x Jackie Venson x Myke Bogan @ Tropicalia

Les Filles de Illighadad  @ 19 Chalmers Court, Berryville, VA @ 8

Kany Garcia @ State Theatre

Uasuf Gueye & band @ Bossa (DC-based West African)  

Over the Rhine @ Barns of Wolf Trap

“Selena” movie @ Smithsonian American History @ 8 pm

Rkm y Ken-y @ Diamond Lounge

Zaperoko @ El Boqueron II

Bedouine @ Songbyrd; * Cuban dance party @ Songbyrd @11

Chance the Rapper @ Capital One POSTPONED to 2020

Brian Mcknight 4 @ Bethesda Blues                     

Radkey, Boayt, Park Snakes @ Black Cat

Silence the violence benefit w/ Katy Perry, Norah Jones, Mavis Staples @ Anthem  

* Coriky (Amy Farina, Ian Mackaye, Joe Lally) @ 8 @ 2640 Space, 2640 St. Paul St., Baltimore 

*Team Familiar @ Fire Station 1

*Sirius Co. @ Takoma Station

*New Impressions @ Hangar Lounge 

*BYB & TOB @ Aqua 

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Sat.  10-12

Caribbean konpa night with Alan Cave & Tantan @ Fire Station 1 (Haitian)

Latino Art, Beats, & Culture Fest from 11 am to 5 @ National Museum of American History

Richmond Folk Festival through Sunday w/ Beausoleil, Super Chikan, Dale Watson and more 

DC Punk Archive 5^th Anniversary Celebration from 2:30 to 5 @ Georgetown Library w/ Antonia Tricarico photos, Les the DJ @ 2:30 & Coriky (Amy Farina, Ian Mackaye, Joe Lally) @ 4 pm

Pissed Jeans w/ Knife Wife @ U St. Music Hall

Miramar @ Bossa (boleros)

Les Filles de Illighidd w/ Infinity Knives & Randi @ Creative Alliance

Mashrou Leila @ 930 Club (Beirut, Lebanon electro-pop w/ activist lyrics)

All Things Go Fall Classic w/ Chvrches, Lany, Coin, Sneaks , Arkells,& more @ Union Market

Combo Lulu for free from 6 to 7 @ Kennedy Center Millennium Stage (Jamaican meets Afro-Latino)

Lamont’s 29^th Anniversary show w/ David Smooth’s Temptations Review, the Intruders, Lady Mary & indaHouse Band , Badd Band of Baltimore, Paul Wills & Brothers 7 Band @ 2 pm @ Lamont’s , 4400 Livingston Rd., Pomonkey, MD

Post Malone @ @ Capital One Arena

Chucho Valdes @ Library of Congress Coolidge Aud.

Azucar al Rojo ! Celebration of Latin dance @ PG Publick Playhouse

Brian Mcknight 4 @ Bethesda Blues

*Refractions -Robin Bell exhibit @ Lost Origins Gallery

* Sirius Co. @ Prince George's ballroom in Hyattsville

Black Orpheus movie @ 1:30 @ Smithsonian American History;

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Sun.  10-13

Banquet honoring the Hardway Connection w/ The Gregory Brothers from 4 to 9 @ Old Hickory Golf Club Ballroom, 11921 Chanceford Drive, Woodbridge, VA 703-915-4936 (must call & buy tickets in advance)

DC Blues Fest w/ Nighthawks, Clarence Turner , Bad Influence band & more @ Wunder Garten @ Noma, 110 First St NE 1 to 6 pm

Afro-Latin Chamber music @ 4 @ Joe’s Movement Emporium

Maluma @ Eaglebank Arena (Colombian reggaeton pop)

Dulce Argentina: Sofia Viola @ Creative Alliance

Mike Watt + the Missingmen @ Black Cat Red Room (sold out)

Melvins, Redd Kross, Toshi Kasai @ Ottobar

Backyard Band @ City Winery

All Things Go Fall Classic w/ Melanie Martinez, Betty Who, Leon, Shenna and more

The Accordion Kings movie  @ 1:30 @ Smithsonian American History;

Bible Way Temple Radio Choir 91st Anniversary @ Bible Way Temple

Backyard Band @ City Winery

TCB @ Aqua

Northeast Groovers, Be’la Dona, Sirius Co. , Sweat Band @ Bravo Bravo

*Juan Megna Quintet @ Bossa 

*Team Familiar @ Society Lounge 

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Mon.   10-14 

Buddy Guy @ State Theatre

Idles w/ Preoccupations @ 930 Club

Belen Escobedo & Panfilo’s Guera band @ Rhizome (Tejano Conjunto fiddle)

Dale Watson @ City Winery

Lady D And the Shorty Slim Band @ Westminster Church blues Monday

Huun Huur Tu @ Creative Alliance (Tuvan throat singers)

*Frank Turner @ Warner Theatre

*Natasha Bedingfield @ Lincoln Theatre

*Augustana @ U street music Hall

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Tues. 10-15

W.I.T.C. H.: We Intend to Cause Havoc movie doc screening @ Suns Cinema (doc about Zambian band from 1970s that recently reunited)

Wilco w/ Soccer Mommy @ Anthem (sold out)

DC Legendary Musicians meeting @ 6 @ Howard Theatre

Latvian Voices for free from 6 to 7 @ Kennedy Center Millennium Stage

Chainsmokers, 5 Seconds of Summer, Lennon Stella @ Capital One Arena

*California Honeydrops @ Hamilton

*Michaela Anne @ DC 9 (country/Americana)

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Wed. 10-16

Vieux Farka Toure & Bambino @ Birchmere

Sergio Mendes & Bebel Gilberto @ Strathmore

Panel talk re Pharoahe Munch debut album Internal Affairs @ Kennedy Center

Hector Coco Barez  for free from 6 to 7 @ Kennedy Center Millennium Stage

Cave In @ Union Stage

Bluesman Jimmy Duck Holmes opening for Black Keys @  Anthem

* Geovane Santos Brazilian Jazz Project @ Bossa 

*Miss June @ DC 9 

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Thurs. 10-17

Luna Honey release show w/ Hissing Tiles, Grun Wasser, Syzygyx @ Pie Shop DC

Asa-Chang & Junray from Japan @ Hill Center (percussionist & sound system)

Emel Mathlouthi @ Lincoln Theatre

Dogo @ Bossa (DC-based Togo music)

Pharoahe Munch @ Kennedy Center

Little Brother @ Howard Theatre

Nat Cole @ 100 with the NSO & Patti Austin, Eric Benet, Freddy Cole, Dule Hill, BeBe Winans through the 19^th @ Kenn. Center

!!! @ U St Music Hall

Alex G (Sandy) @ Black Cat

*Sirius Co & Vybe Band @ Sax, 734 11th St NW 7 to 11 pm

*Mwenso & the Shakes @ Clarice Smith

*What Band @ Aqua 

*Ruby Rae & Moonfruits @ Dew Drop Inn

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Fri.  10-18

Market SW Cumbia Night w/ OvejaNegra & Leon City Sounds djs @ Market SW , 425 M St SW

Mudhoney, Kid Congo Powers, The Ritchie White Orchestra, Murder @ Baltimore Soundstage

Savak, Quattracenta, Anna Connolly @ Joe Squared

Charli XCX w/ Slayyyter @ 930 Club (sold out)

Tank & the Bangas @ Rams Head Livr

Shura & Hannah Cohen @ Union Stage

Amy Rigby @ Jammin Java (old-school indie-pop singer) 

Kazzabe @ Rio Cantina

Zacarias Ferreira @ El Boqueron ll

Gigantes de La Cumbia : David Castro , Jorge Eduardo , Javier Monje @The Palace

Alexis and Fido @ Bravo Bravo

Lee Ann Womack @ Birchmere

George Porter Jr Trio @ Gypsy Sally’s

Stokley @ Bethesda Blues

Washington City Paper sponsored go-go history panel @ 4 to 5  @ Public Bar Live, 1214 18th St NW

* Taking the P*ss- Goodbye to All That Dj Night @ Marx Cafe @ 10 pm -- DJ Mark the Kaiser Williams after 17 years is no longer going to dj this indie-pop night. Various others will be dj'ing as well    

* Rafael Pondé Trio Presents Nordeste Revival @ Bossa early show

*Tr3dmark and Paris Price in Temple Hills, MD (rap) (tix sold only in advance by An Die Musik of Baltimore)

* Tango music @ 8 @ Casa de la Luna, 4020 GA. Ave. NW

*BYB @ Aqua 

*RE & Suttle @ Fast Eddies

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Sat. 10-19

Down in the Reeds Fest @ Parks @ Walter Reed w/ Crank Lukongo, Aaron Abernathy, Archie Edwards Blues Heritage Foundation, Uasuf Gueye , Denise Henderson, Yasmin Williams and more 11:30 am to 6 pm (2 stages)

Space is still the Place—d.c. space Part II & its contemporaries @ Nat. Gallery West Wing 12 to 1:30 pm w/ Cynthia Connolly, Claudia Jospeh, Rogelio Maxwell, Richard Hopkins Squires talk w/ Ray Barker, plus Silvana Straw poetry (streamed live on Nat. Gall. Facebook page too)

Gutierrez Medeiros (Brazil) @ Bossa DC

Sneaks, Clear Channel, La Neve  @ Black cat

Rahat Fateh Ali Khan @ Eaglebank Arena

Isley Brothers & War @ MGM

Messer Chups w/ Atomic Mosquitos @ Hill Country DC

Savak, Warm Sun, TK Echo @ Slash Run

Crown Vic dj @ Green Zone

Peter Case @ Arts Barn in Gaithersburg

Raheem Devaughn @ City Winery

Backyard Band @ Fire Station One

TCB @ Lucky Strike

Bachata fiesta @ Ivy City Smokehouse

*Swervedriver @ RnR Hotel

*Team Familiar @ Fast Eddies

*Hardway Connection @ Lamont's 

*Be'la Dona & Ro James @ Renaissance Hotel

*Kulture Xcape (Afrobeats- Caribbean pop-up) @ Golden Xcape Lounge, 9590 N. Laurel Rd., Laurel, MD

*DJ Nitekrawler & Mic Burns spinning soul from Thailand @ Showtime Bar 

*Rare Essence @ Aqua  

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Sun. 10-20

Rhett Miller @ City Winery

Pan American Symphony Orchestra—Forever Piazzolla @ Kennedy Center

Bad Moves, Weakened Friends, Blis @ Comet

* Pagode Brazilian music @ Bossa 

*Sound Portraits from Bulgaria: A Journey to a Vanished World 1966-1979 Book release party 6 to 8 pm @ Hristo Botev Academy, 8120 Carroll Ave., Takoma Pk., MD

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Mon. 10-21

Sabrina Claudio w/ Gallant @ Fillmore

Josh MacPhee re his book “An Encyclopedia of Political Record Labels “ plus djs MJ Regalado & Mark Cisneros @ 7 pm @ Rhizome

Anthony Brown & Group TherAPy @ 930 Club (gospel)

W.I.T.C.H. (Zambia reunited rock band) w/ Habibi @ Union Stage

*Artimacy podcast unplugged w/ Cecily, the String Queens, Akua Allrich @ City Winery

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Tues. 10-22

Ethiopiques: Revolt of the Soul film screening @ Suns Cinema

Young Thug & Machine Gun Kelly @ Anthem (rap)

Eileen Jewell @ Jammin Java

*Cheick Hamala Diabate @ Bossa

*Ted Gioia, jazz and more critic book reading for "Music: A Subversive History" from 7 to 8 @ Politics & Prose . Book is about how social outcasts have been pioneers in folk, classical, jazz, reggae, rap

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Wed.  10-23

Stiff Little Fingers & the Avengers  & Split Seconds@ Black Cat

Pedrito Martinez @ Blues Alley

Dermot Kennedy @ Fillmore

*So you Think You Can Dance @ MGM

*Backyard Band @ Lucky Strike 

*Ingrid Michaelson @ Lincoln Theatre

*Sam Bush & Travelin McCourys @ Birchmere

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Thurs. 10-24

Rata Blanca @ Howard Theatre

* WKYS Fest @ Echostage w/ Jeezy, New Impressionz, Arin Ray Moneybagg Yo, Afro B

*Born Dad, Avenir, Andrew Grossman @ Dew Drop Inn

*What Band @ Aqua 

*Nina Kraviz @ U St. Music Hall

*Frankie & the Witch Fingers @ Comet

*Be'la Dona  @ Half Note Lounge

*Musical Itineraries of the 1939 Spain Exiles in America w/ poetry & music @ 7:30 @ Mexican Cultural Institute

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Fri. 10-25


*Yemen Cultural Institute presents Ravid Kahalani (of Yemen Blues) w/ Yemen-born oud master Ahmed Al-Shaiba @ Eaton Hotel @ 7 pm

* Spaniels, Shirleta Settles And Quiet Storm  7:00 p.m. at Peoples Congregational Church, 4704 13th Street, NW,

DJ Biz Markie @ Fillmore

Sleater-Kinney @ Anthem

La Energia Norteña,Aldo Trujillo y La Decima Banda @ 90 Degrees

Tank & the Bangas @ Library of Congress

Juan Luis Guerra @ Eaglebank

The Make-up, Taraka Larson, Light Beams @ Black Cat

*Eliane Elias @ Hamiltondc 

*ZZ Top @ MGM

*Madeleine Peyroux @ City Winery

*Maxo Kream w/ Q Da Fool & Slayter @ U St Music Hall

*BYB & TOB @ Aqua

*What Band @ Purple Lounge

*Wylder @ Soundry

*Stephanie Mills @ Birchmere

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Sat. 10-26

* DJ Kool free show 4 to 4:30 pm @ Yards Lot, M & NJ Ave Se near Nats Park

Noche de Mujeres w/ ZapOte & La Marvela @ Bossa

Leila Forouhar & Mansour @ Lisner

David Bromberg Big Band plus Bettye Lavette Sixth & I

Flipper w/ David Yow of Jesus Lizard on vocals @ Ottobar

Festival Afro Bahia Halloween Fundraiser Party from 10:30 pm to 3 am @ 2500 Wisconsin Ave.

Grupo Niche and Oro Solido @ Cococabana

Lean on Me: Jose James celebrates Bill Withers @ PG Publick Playhouse

Leonard, Coleman, & Blunt @ Amp

Lloyd unplugged @ Howard Theatre

Ruston Kelly  w/ Donovan Woods @ U St Music Hall (countryish)

*7DrumCity  Halloween tribute to dead artists: Back From The Dead. 9  BANDS play songs exclusively by artists who are in the grave @ RnR Hotel 

*Team Familiar & USB @ Fire Station 1

*Food & Grooves DC @ Union Mkt Dock 5 w/ Tank & the Bangas, Teedra Moses, R7 B Only, Black Alley, djs, Questlove Food Podcast, chefs from 12 to 9 pm

*Temps, 4 Tops @ Modell Lyric in Baltimore

*Quiet Storm Band & the Intruders @ Highland Entertainment Hall, 2533 PA Ave. Se 

*Proper Utensils @ Takoma Station

*Alessia Cara @ Anthem

*Meso Creso Halloween with lots of bands, djs, art including La Colombopercutiva , Crown Vic, Leon City Sounds, DJ Shakey in 1 room at DC Eagle 

*RE & Da One Band @ Aqua 

*Patio @ Comet (postpunk)

*Clones of Funk @ Bethesda Blues and jazz

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Sun.  10-27

Sriram Gopal & friends @ Bossa

Fantasia @ Eaglebank Arena (r’n’b)

DIIV @ Black Cat

Domo Wilson @ Songbyrd

Bebe Winans @ Bethesda Blues

Kevin Gates @ Echostage (rap)

*Helmet @ Union Stage

*BJ the Chicago Kid W/ Rayana Jay and Kamauu @ U St Music Hall

*Tegan & Sara @ Lincoln Theatre

*BYB @ Society Lounge

*Sun 41 @ Fillmore 

*Ru Paul's drag race @ Anthem

*Sawyer Fredericks @ City Winery

*Julia Michaels @ 930

*Bruce Cockburn @ Birchmere

*Manuel Barrueco @ Montgomery College

*Stirring the Waters Across America (civil rights musical) @ 2 @ Kenn. Ctr. Reach

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Mon. 10-28

Milk Carton Kids @ U St Music Hall (folk) (sold out show)

NPR Tiny Desk hip-hop night

Feedel Band @ Blues Alley

*Jonsi & Alex @ Lincoln Theatre 

*Bea Miller @ 930

*Westminster Church SW Blues Monday

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Tues. 10-29

Big Freedia w/ Low Cut Connie @ 930 Club

NPR Tiny Desk pop-rock night

District of Raga presents Anirudh Alva Changkatoki for free from 6 to 7 @ Kennedy Center Millennium Stage

*World of Dance @ Warner Theatre

*The World is a Better Place and ..." @ Songbyrd

*Gaelynn Lea @ 12 noon @ National Gallery  

*tabla player Anirudh Alva Changkakoti for free from 6 to 7 @ Kennedy Center Mill. Stage 

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Wed. 10-30

J.S. Ondara @ 6^th & I (folk)

Manaca Brazilian Jazz @ Twins Jazz

District of Raga presents Tabla Solo by Anirudh Alva Changkakoti @ Bossa

Simple Plan @ Fillmore

NPR Tiny Desk indie-pop night

999 , the Clap, Dot Dash@ Black Cat

Vernon Reid’s Band of Gypsys Revisited @ Ottobar

* Jay Som @ Rock n Roll Hotel

*Airhead DC, Tooth Choir, Bubbie @ Dew Drop Inn 

*Hirie @ Union Stage (pop-reggae)

*Chick Corea @ Strathmore

*Superfine art Exhibit at Union Market Dock 5 party w/ DJ Jahsonic

*Backyard Band @ Lucky Strike

*Dan Deacon @ 11:30 @ U St Music Hall w/ Baby Alcatraz @ 10:30

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Thurs. 10-31

Halloween costume party with Proper Utensils (DC go-go) @ Bethesda Blues

NPR Tiny Desk r’n’b night

Chief Keef @ Fillmore

*Pablo's Brazilian Pagode night @ Bossa 

*BYB costume night @ Eaton 

*Raheem DeVaughan's Crank Crusaders @ City Winery

*Jukebox the Ghost present Halloqueen w/ Tricky Bits @ 930

* Les Violons tziganes de Cannes for free from 6 to 7 @ Kennedy Ctr. Mill. Stage (France & India)

* Superfine art Exhibit at Union Market Dock 5 Halloween party w/ DJ Bast from 7 to 11

*Union Market's La Cosecha Latin Market Day of the Dead/Dia de los Muertos events through Sat. 11-2

*Go-go panelw/ Tone P, Natalie Hopkinson,Domo @ 6:30 @ PG Comm. College Ctr for Perf. Arts, then Be'la Dona, Black Alley, & TOB @ 8 there 

*Amber Run @ Black Cat (Brit rock) 

*Black Masala & Dupont Brass @ Tropicalia

*What Band @ Aqua

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Fri. 11-1

Bad Bunny @ Eaglebank Arena

Angel Olsen w/ Vagabon @ Lincoln Theatre

De Sanguashington @ Columbia Pike Branch Library, Arlington, VA 7-9pm free Colombia music dance party

Flamin’ Groovies & the Muck & Mires @ City Winery

Jidena @ Fillmore

Rebirth Brass band @ Hamilton

Trahcan Sinatras @ Jammin’ Java

Noochie, Alex Vaughn, Reesa Renee @ Comet

The Manganiyar Seduction w/ 40 singers & instrumentalists from the Rasathjani desert in northern India 

Twin XL @ 930 (alt-pop)

Django Fest Allstars @ Kennedy Center

Hector Acosta @ Palace

Betty Wright @ Bethesda Blues postponed

Rene Marie @ Blues Alley

Dorado Schmitt & Django Festival Allstars @ Ken. Ctr Terrace Theatre

Hermanos Galvan @ Rossly Key Bridge Holiday Inn

Zacarias Ferreira @ Diamond Lounge

*Kindness @ U Hall

*Bad Plus @ City Winery

*What Band @ Purple Lounge

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Sat. 11-2

Flamin Groovies w/ the Stents @ Creative Alliance

Rebirth Brass band @ Hamilton

*Dia de los Muertos @ Mexican Cultural Institute w/Corazon Folklorico Dance Co in afternoon till 2 pm

*Dia de los Muertos @ Walters Gallery in Baltimore

*Afro Kulture @ Kaldis rooftop in Silver Spring

*Rigo & friends play Day of Dead Rumba @ Lamont Park in Mt. Pleasant

*Dia de los Muertos @ Smithsonian Museum of American Indian (Sunday also)

*Dia de los Muertos @ Arlington Arts Ctr. w/ projections by Robin Bell & Claudia Olivos 5 to 8pm

*Dia de los Muertos  @ National Portrait Gallery w/ Los Gallos Negros & Maru Montero dance 5 to 8 pm 

*Logic @ Eaglebank

*Shamans of Sound (reggae), Wanted man, Space Koi @ DC 9

*Big K.R.I.T. @ Fillmore

*What Band @ Hashtag Loounge # VA

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sun. 11-3

Los Straightjackets @ Pearl St. Warehouse

*What Band @ Fast Eddies

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* shows I add after beginning of month appear w/ an asterisk  

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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