DC/Baltimore /DMV Global Music and More – June 2022
Compiled & curated
by Steve Kiviat and edited and updated frequently . Work your way down
day by day.
Some highlights from below full list---
Thurs. June 2- Kent Stacks benefit @ Black Cat
Wed. June 1
Poison Ruin, Sqk Fromme, Demon
Unit @ Comet Ping Pong
Creachies, Hall Monitors, Dead
Ringers @ Ottobar
*Bettye Lavette for free 6 to 7
@ Kennedy Center Millennium Stage
*Backyard
Band 9 to 1 @ Hard Rock Cafe
*TOB, XIB, Entourage @ Hangars
*New
Impressionz @ Babylon Falls Church
*Sirius
Company @ Privilege
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Thurs. June 2
*Benefit for Kent Stacks (Scream
drummer ) w/ Distortion Inc., Scream, XK Scenario, Hammered Hulls, Messthetics,
Bed Maker, PG Soldiers, Nate Bergman & djs Ian Mackaye , Baby Alcatraz @ 7
@ Black Cat
*Toby Walker @ Catonsville
Clubhouse (fingerpicking ragtime roots guitarist)
* Cheik Hamale Diabete w/ guest
Kumera Zekarias @ Bossa (Malian and
more)
Pablo Regis roots samba @ Mr
Henry’s
*Black Rave Culture djs @ Flash
(techno )
*TOB, New Impressionz, Reaction
@ Hashtag Lounge
Outsider Outlier w/ One Trick Pony
(Bormet, Settles) @ Rhizome (jazz)
Dot Dash @ The Pocket
Live Ethiopian music @ Shalla Restaurant in Silver Spring (through Sunday)
Afrobeats Thursdays @ Spectrum Lounge in Beltsville
The Green Show @ Mr. Braxtons DC (local r'n'b & rap every Thursday)
Roots Band @ Makeda Restaurant, Van Dorn St., Alexandria (Ethiopian)
Ethiopian music @ MHL Lounge in Falls Church
Local Latin jazz @ Simple Bar
Asmae @ Cloud Lounge in Arlington (locally based Arabic/Middle Eastern)
*Thrillbillies @ JVs (roots rock)
*Longtimers @ Hank Dietles (roots rock)
*Kristin Hersh @ City Winery
*Mess Esque @ Pie Shop (Aussie post punk )
*Azul @ Green Zone
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Fri. June 3-
Punk Percussion Protest against
Putin from 5 to 6:30 pm across the street from Russian Embassy, 2650 Wisc. Ave
NW
Southside Johnny @ Rams Head
Annapolis
*Backyard Band & TOB @ Aqua
*Rare Essence & Collective
Measures Band @ Fast Eddie's
*New Impressionz & N2L @
Hangars
*Washington Ballet free @ City
Center plaza (Saturday too)
Alfredo
Mojica Group @ Bossa (DC salsa) downstairs ; DJ Lu Latin hits upstairs
The Goodbye Party, Yardley, Yes
Vacancy @ Comet P Pong
Save Your Soul w/ DJ Baby
Alcatraz spinning soul vinyl @ Lithuanian Hall Baltimore
Ras Band w/ @ Twist Lounge
(Ethiopian music Fri. through Sunday)
Roots Band @ Makeda Restaurant,
Van Dorn St., Alexandria (Ethiopian)
Brothers 7 Band @ Lamont's in Pomonkey
Liam Crone Memorial Benefit Show
w/ Coke Bust, Ztuped, Holographic, Tosser. Timothy Bright @ 4pm @ Rhizome
(hardcore punk)
Koutic Couture 6 to7 for free @
kenn. Center Mill. Stage (Baltimore rapper)
*We Fought the Big One party w/ Spring Silver & djs Brendan Canty & Tom Berard @ Marx Cafe (rock)
*Change Today (ex TSOL) , Rise Defy, Kromanauts @ Pie Shop
*Gilbert Torossian dj @ Green Zone (Arabic /Armenian)
*Pedrito Martinez @ Nat Gallery
*Kool and the Gang w/ the Time 2 Wolf Trap
Sat. June 4
Backyard Band, Still Familiar, Sirius Company, Be’la Dona, Complete
Crank 1 to 9 pm @ Lamont’s
Rare Essence @ Aqua
Caribbean Heritage fest 12 to 7 @ 4601 Annapolis Rd.,
Bladensburg, MD
Klezmer night w/ Mamaliga downstairs Bossa early; Tumbao downstairs late (Pan-Latin dance music); DJ Lu
Latin hits upstairs
Dance Africa Danceplace fest
Washington Folk Fest @ Glen Echo
Iota Reunion w/ David Kitchen Jellyroll Mortals, Karl Straub
Combo 7 to 10 @ Palisades Hub Cap Centre
Crush Funk Brass @ Glover Park Day @ Guy Mason Rec Center
Rhodes Tavern Troubadours @ New Deal Café
Capital Jazz Fest w/ Faith Evans, Musiq Soulchild, Keyshia
Cole, Common, Dwele, Deborah Cox, Cory Henry, Adeline @
Merriweather Post
Queering Sound w/ Spring Silver, and poets All Her Muses,
Regie Cabico, Depression Cherry @ 2pm @ Rhizome
Apollo 66 (DC/Silver Spring),The Hall Monitors (Baltimore),
The Idolizers (NYC), Motel Portrait (Baltimore) @ VFW Post 350 Hells Bottom 7
to 10 pm (garage punk) (donations please)
Black Violin and Blind Boys of Alabama @ Wolf Trap
Taste of Ethiopia Fest @ 2 pm @ 100 Madison St., Alexandria
*Bombino w/ Dogo du Togo @ the Hamilton ( North African w/ DC-based Togo & more opener)
*Sound Scene 2022 from 10 am to 5:30 @ Hirshhorn w/ noise-maker building from 10 am to 1 in Sculpture Garden; Liberation chant workshop @ 12 noon on plaza; theremin workshop @ 1; plus other activities including one w/ the KDC Guild who provide backing tracks, as audiences are presented with a question, and the invitation to respond into the mic by saying/singing/rapping/ an answer
*Tropical beats w/ Leon City Sounds & Sir Ramases @ the Green Zone
*Sweet Honey in the Rock @ Publick Playhouse
*Fete Decale African music dance party @ Lesac Ethiopian Cafe
*TOB, XIB @ Power
*17th annual car, truck, & motorcycle fest w/ JYB, Antfarm music, Project 360 & more 2 to 9 @ Geno's Ballpark
*Shrinegod Afrobeats promoter birthday party @ Elite Banquet Hall in Bladensburg
*Majah Hype @ Howard Theatre
*Northeast Groovers & Still Familiar @ Fast Eddie's
*Jambao @ Club One
*Shemekia Copeland @ Star Center in Baltimore
Sun.
June 5
Pagode
e Samba: Roda de Amigos @ Bossa (Brazilian)
Washington
Folk Fest @ Glen Echo
Capital
Jazz Fest Sunday
Chaka
Khan, Ledisi, Jeffrey Osborne, Damien Escobar, Tower of Power, Maysa, Naturally
7, Butcher Brown @ Merriweather Post
Sugar Bear & EU @ Nottinghams @ 3
Adobo DMV presents Caliente feat. Afuego NYC
from 1 pm @ the Bullpen
*Love the music record show @ 10 am @ Rosensteel hall
*Faaji day party-- afrobeats vs amapiano" dj event @ Gee's Lounge (Nigerian and South African dance music)
* The Mayor's Office on Latino Affairs presents 2022 DC Afro Latino Fest from 2 to 9 @ Malcolm X Park w/ Yissy Garcia, Dayme Arocena, Aurelio Martinez, Yasser Tejeda
*Step Afrika percussion dance "Drumfolk" through June 26 @ Arena Stage (inspired by Stono rebellion of 1739 in South Carolina)
*Reggae on the Ave w/ djs Majestic, Claude di Martian, Ablaze 4 to 9 @ Zebbie's Garden, 1223 Conn Ave NW
*Backyard Band @ the Overlook in Baltimore 4 to 8 pm
* Bombino (electric guitarist from Niger) & Super City @ Creative Alliance
*World Heritage fest 1 to 7 @ Silver Spring Veterans Plaza
*Gipsy Kings @ Wolf Trap
*Jose Feliciano @ Birchmere
* Concert / Hirshhorn Sound Scene afterparty w/ Spectrum 3, Beam Splitter, Weston Olencki / Jenny Moon Tucker 6 to 10 @ Rhizome
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Mon.
June 6
Bobby
Felder’s Blues Brothers w/ DC r’n’b/jazz vet Felder on keys, Jacques Johnson Jr
on guitar, Tiya Ade on vocals and more from 6 to 9 pm @
Westminster Church SW Blue Monday Blues
Sigur Ros @ Anthem
Churches @ 930 (sold out)
*EST Gee @ Fillmore (rap)
*Argo Streets, ShredderGhost, Xena Ni @ Rhizome @ 7 ( avante-ambient)
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Tues.
June 7
Churches
@ 930 (sold out)
*Babyface Ray, GT, Los, Nutty @ Union Stage (rap)
*Kamasi Washington @ 6th & I
* Salsa dance weekly outside on Tuesdays through 6/28 7:15-8:15 pm @ Columbia Heights Civic Plaza
*Prince music tribute 12 noon to midnight tribute on WPFW
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Wed.
June 8
Backyard
Band 9 to 1 @ Hard Rock Cafe
TOB, TCB, XIB, Entourage @ Hangars
New
Impressionz @ Babylon Falls Church
Sirius
Company @ Privilege
Flume,
Tinashe @ Anthem
Outlier.
mp.3 @ Songbyrd
*Mary Gauthier w/ Jaimee Harris @ Jammin Java (folk)
!!! , Ecstatic International @ Union Stage (postpunk indie)
*DC Vybe @ City Winery
Thurs. June 9
Hit La Rosa @ Bossa (Peruvian
fusion)
Flume, Tinashe @ Anthem
Live Ethiopian music @ Shalla Restaurant in Silver Spring (through Sunday)
Afrobeats Thursdays @ Spectrum Lounge in Beltsville
The Green Show @ Mr. Braxtons DC (local r'n'b & rap every Thursday)
Roots Band @ Makeda Restaurant, Van Dorn St., Alexandria (Ethiopian)
Ethiopian music @ MHL Lounge in Falls Church
Local Latin jazz @ Simple Bar
Asmae @ Cloud Lounge in Arlington (locally based Arabic/Middle Eastern)
*Danube Sessions live w/ Orchester Prazevica @ Green Zone
*Baron Rojo @ Ivy City
*Dan Deacon w/ Alex Silva @ Ottobar
*Rhodes Tavern Troubadours @ VFW Post 350 Hells Bottom
*Warlocks, Beachwood @ Union Stage (psych rock)
*Sirius Company @ Capital Rest.
*TCB @ Power
*New Impressionz @ Hashtag Lounge
*Still Familiar @ City Winery Loft
*Helmet @ Black Cat (alt-metal noisy)
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Fri. June 10
Project Locrea @ Cauldron
(global)
Alfredo
Mojica Group @ Bossa (DC salsa) downstairs
Bonnie Raitt & Lucinda Williams @Wolf Trap Filene
Center
Ras Band @ Twist Lounge (Ethiopian music
Fri. through Sunday)
Roots Band @ Makeda Restaurant, Van Dorn
St., Alexandria (Ethiopian)
Brothers 7
Band @ Lamont's in Pomonkey
DJ Kristy La Rat, DJ Natty Boom and more Anthology of Booty djs @ Booty Rex Pride Party @ Black Cat
Juana, Joyce and more @ Red Room
*Sue Foley, Eli Cook @ Hamilton
*Outerloop (album release), Time is Fire, Auto Porter @ Comet P Pong
* DC-based Nigerian-American rapper O-Slice Premieres Autobiographical Solo Show: Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company and Connectivity Core present her at the The Arc (through Sunday)
* Bassam Haddad dj @ Green Zone (Arabic)
*Herbie Hancock @ Kennedy Center (jazz legend)
* Conjunto Primavera, K-Paz De La Sierra, Los Rieleros Del
Norte, Marito Rivera Y Su Grupo Bravo
*Alex Bueno @ VIP Room
* El Pumita Andy Y Los Geniales , Alin Y El Grupo Alegria @ Boys & Girls Club in Hyattsville
*Dan Deacon w/ Alex Silva @ Ottobar
*Pissed Jeans, Cumgirlz, Pearl, Murder @ Metro Gallery
*Moon King , Rovo Monty, Jay Lawson, Kotic Couture @ North Ave Market
*Let it Flow band @ Grist Mill Mt Vernon
*Daniel Ho Hawaiian band 6 to 8:30 @ Nat. Gallery sculpture garden *registration required * they go quick
*Sirius Company & Experience Band @ Ivy City Smokehouse (Ms Kim birthday bash)
*Backyard Band & TOB @ Aqua
*Rare Essence & Da Musik Squad @ Fast Eddie's
*TCB @ Martini's in Ft. Washington
*Blacc Print Experience @ Takoma Station
* 6–7 p.m. Performance by Korean Shamanic Folk-pop band ADG7 outside @ Museum of Asian Art also K-pop tunes by DJ Bae Bae 5 to 8
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Sat. June 11
Home Rule Fest w/ Plunky &
The Oneness of Juju (funky-jazz proto-go-go on Black Fire ), saxophonist David
Murray‘s octet (jazz) , TCB (bouncebeat go-go), and jazz keyboardist Doug Carn
(Black Jazz Records) 4 to 8:45 live bands . Plus DJs, a 3 to
7 record fair, & a screening of a new documentary short on 70s DC label Black
Fire Records from 3-9:30 p.m. for free @
The Parks at Walter Reed, NW DC
Tinner Hill Blues Fest w/
Rebirth Brass Band, Marcia Ball, Batala, Carly Harvey from 11 am to 9 in Falls
Church
Lakou Mizik free from 9 to 10:30
pm @ Columbia MD Fest for the Arts (Haitian konpa band) * earlier in day La Marvela is from 1 to 1:45pm
Tumbao downstairs late @ Bossa (Pan-Latin dance music);
Bonnie
Raitt & Lucinda Williams @Wolf Trap Filene Center
Robert
Plant & Allison Krauss @ Merriweather Post Pavilion
Kamyar
Arsani (Iranian frame drum), Sky Creature (postpunk trance), Sonic Eddy @ Rhizome
Lena
Seikaly @ Mr Henry’s (jazz vocals)
* Forever, We Will Sing: A Gospel Celebration @ PG Community College
*Jesse Malin @ Hamilton
*Sweet Crude (Louisiana) free from 6 to 7 @ Kennedy Center Millennium Stage
*Crown Vic's Weird World vinyl dj @ Green Zone
*What Band , Still Familiar, Rock Steady Project @ Lamont's
*Carnival Cruceno @ Bull Run Park
*Alexandra @ Club One (queen of bachata)
*Voivod & others @ Ottobar
*Aaron Myers @ Lubber Run (jazz piano singer)
*Why Not, the Missing Peace @ Comet P Pong
* Tigran Hamasyan @ Howard Theatre (Armenian jazz pianist)
*Colatura (aor meets shoegaze) , Kotic Couture (rap), Love Fae @ The Pocket
*Aldous Harding @ Miracle Theatre
*Mug Fest w/ Trini soca singer Patrice Roberts, Freeze International, Fyah Oats, DJ Geovoni, DJ Hazard, Dj Marvalous & host DJ Ablaze @ 10 pm @ Karma , 2221 Adams Place Ne
*Rare Essence @ Aqua
*Backyard Band & TCB late @ Bliss
*Kevin Ross @ Penn Social
*Experience Band and Deborah Bond 12 to 3:30 pm free @ Dupont Circle
*Backyard Band 6 to 8 @ City State Brewing anniversary party (fee includes beverages)
* 2019 doc Studio 17: The Lost Reggae Tapes was @ AFI Silver Sat. 6-11 w/ Tony Carr doc. It's also showing Sunday 6-12. Learn about Vincent and Pat Chin's used record shop Randy's Records & 2nd floor studio in Kingston.
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Sun.
June 12-
Celebration
of gospel @ Bethesda Blues
*Editrix, Messica Arson, Gabbo @ 2 pm @ Rhizome (avante-rock, cut up noise beat & bedroom pop)
* Bill Mackay & Nathan Bowles (avante-guitar & banjo) & TalSounds (ambient) 7 to 9 pm @ Rhizome * Cancelled- due to bandmembers w/ Covid. Rescheduled for August 5th.
* The Washington Chorus (TWC): Justice & Peace program @ Kennedy Center w/ the world premiere of a new musical work by Roshanne Etezady, then moves to the DC premiere of “Justice Symphony” by Oregon composer Damien Geter, a recent composer with Washington National Opera's American Opera Initiative. The program concludes with Ralph Vaughan Williams’ cantata “Dona Nobis Pacem,” Dr. Rogers leads The Washington Chorus with professional orchestra and soloists Karen Slack, soprano, in her Washington Chorus debut, and baritone Kerry Wilkerson.
*Neha Kakkar @ MGM
*Paul McCartney @ Camden Yards
*Backyard Band @ Capital Restaurant
*Jake Blount @ 4:30 @ Hill Center (afro-folk)
* 2nd Annual Mi Pequeño El Salvador Festival 2 pm – 9 pm w/ music & artisans @ Lamont Plaza (3258 Mt Pleasant Street, NW)
*Caribbean-American Heritage Fest w/ Eclipse, Rae, Lokal, & Karibfit Carnival Bounce Crew @ Veterans Plaza 3 to 6 in Silver Spring (Mix Bar nearby is having an after party w/ free dinner & DJ Keke)
* 2019 doc Studio 17: The Lost Reggae Tapes @ AFI Silver
* "Santos Skin to Skin" @ 7:15 @ AFI --Afro-Latin percussionist Santos, through his mixed Puerto Rican and Cape Verdean heritage, musical storytelling & percussion classes, "strives to unite and expand his kaleidoscopic audience.
*O-Slice rapped drama theatrical show from Nigerian-American Md resident @ The Arc
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Mon.
June 13-
Carley
Harvey’s Kiss & Ride from 6 to 9 pm @ Westminster Church SW Blue Monday
Blues
* Fraternidad Folklorica Cultural Morenada Bolivia @ &:30 @ Graham Rd Community Bldg Falls Church
*We were Promised Jetpacks @ Jammin Java
*Quelle Chris & Cavalier @ DC 9 ( (hiphop)
* G.U.N.N, People's Temple, Ztuped, Sqk Fromme @ The Runaway
*Slenderbodies @ Union Stage (indie-pop)
* Greg Tate tribute stream @ 6:30 pm via http://livestream dot com/schomburgcenter
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Tues.
June 14-
Mavericks
@ Md Hall in Annapolis (?)
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Wed.
June 15-
Backyard
Band 9 to 1 @ Hard Rock Cafe (Cancelled I think)
TOB, XIB, Entourage @ Hangars
New
Impressionz @ Babylon Falls Church
Sirius
Company & Still Familiar @ Privilege
Superchunk
w/ Torres @ Black Cat
*Tiwa Savage @ Fillmore (Nigerian afrobeats)
*Afrobeats dj @ KNY Lounge
*Sinkane free from 6 to 7 @ Kennedy Center Millennium Stage
*Miss Jody & Lady Mary @ Lamont's
*Belle & Sebastian , Japanese Breakfast, Los Bitchos @ Wolf Trap
*DJ RBI, Uptown XO, Snypa B, Kenilworth Katrina, Zola @ DC 9 (hiphop)
*Chocolate City The Flow (poetry, hip-hop, soul) from 8 to 11 @ Takoma Station
*Noochie w/ CCB, Bo of TCB, DJ Reggie Reg; DJ Pae Me @Wild Days rooftop
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Thurs.
June 16-
Tune-yards
& Anjimile @ 930
Live Ethiopian music @ Shalla Restaurant in Silver Spring (through Sunday)
Afrobeats Thursdays @ Spectrum Lounge in Beltsville
The Green Show @ Mr. Braxtons DC (local r'n'b & rap every Thursday)
Roots Band @ Makeda Restaurant, Van Dorn St., Alexandria (Ethiopian)
Ethiopian music @ MHL Lounge in Falls Church
Local Latin Chilango jazz w/ Baltimore guests @ Simple Bar
Asmae @ Cloud Lounge in Arlington (locally based Arabic/Middle Eastern)
*Pablo's Baile @ Bossa (Brazilian )
*Thrillbillies @ JVs (roots rock)
*Soul Sauce w/ Kenny M vinyl dj @ Green Zone
*Ranky Tanky @ 5 to 8 @ Library of Congress Coolidge Aud. (Gullah funk, jazz-pop, gospel)(free but tickets required)
*Los Pericos @ Howard Theatre
*Lightmare w/ Blkvapor & Megafauna @ Ottobar
*Jason Isbell & Sheryl Crow , Waxahatchee@ Wolf Trap
*Kenny Chesney with Carly Pearce @ Jiffy Lube (country)
*Maverick City x Kirk Franklin @ Capital One Arena (modern gospel )
* The Harder They Come movie w/ Jimmy Cliff @ 9:25pm @AFI
*New Impressionz @ Hashtag Lounge (bouncebeat & more go-go)
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Fri.
June 17-
Harriet
Tubman (bassist Melvin Gibbs, guitarist Brandon Ross, & drummer J.T. Lewis)
(jazz-rock) w/ Messthetics @ St Stephen’s
Alfredo
Mojica Group @ Bossa (DC salsa) downstairs
NRBQ
& Bill Kirchen @ Birchmere
Flasher
(record release), Faunas, Gauche @ Comet P Pong (rock) (sold out)
Ras
Band w/ Tsehaye Yohannes & Fikeraddis Nekatibeb @ Twist Lounge (Ethiopian
music Fri. through Sunday)
Roots
Band @ Makeda Restaurant, Van Dorn St., Alexandria (Ethiopian)
Brothers
7 Band @ Lamont's in Pomonkey
Be’la
Dona Juneteenth celebration @ Bethesda Blues
*Memphis Lightning @ Hank Dietle's (rockabilly/roots)
Something in the Water Fest $$$$ w/ Lucky Daye, Skepta, Ozuna, Syd, Roddy Ricch, Tierra Whack, Moneybagg Yo & more . "Amazon Music will livestream Something in the Water starting at 3 p.m. on June 17, via Amazon Music’s Twitch channel and Prime Video, which will feature two channels of content."
*Antibalas @ PG Publick Playhouse (afrobeat)
*Sisterfire presents Be Steadwell, Roya Marsh, and Sweet Honey In The Rock free from 6 to 7 @ Kennedy Center Millennium Stage
*DJ Basbousa @ Green Zone (Arabic)
*Los Cabrones del Corrido w/ Grupo Exterminador, Los Originales de San Juan, & more @ Cococabana
* Grupo Exterminador , Los Sementales De Nuevo Leon , Los Originales De San Juan @ El Ranchon
* La Sonora Dinamita @ Rumba y Carbon in Wheaton
*Flo Rida after Orioles game in Camden Yards
*Stacy Brooks @ Lubber Run (blues)
*The Box Tops @ Grist Mill Mt Vernon ("The Letter" hit )
*Jason Isbell And Sheryl Crow, Waxahatchee @ Wolf Trap
*Oh He Dead @ Howard Theatre POSTPONED
*Steven Bernstein's SexMob does jazzy covers of Fellini movie songs & more @ Creative Alliance
* Bombay Rickey (global psych) 6 to 8:30 @ Nat. Gallery sculpture garden *registration required * they go quick
*Allure Band @ Takoma Station
*Dot Dash @ The Runaway
*"The Last Tour" movie @ 7:15 @ AFI (drama about Puerto Rican singer Daniel Santos)
*Inna de Yard: the Soul of Jamaica movie doc (w/ Ken Boothe, Cedric Myton & other Jamaican musicians) @ 9:45 AFI Silver
*Rare Essence @ Fast Eddie's
*Backyard Band @ Aqua
*What Band @ Pyramid Lounge in Waldorf
*DJ Neville C @ Showtime Lounge (vinyl dance records multiple genres)
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Sat.
June 18
Moechella
@ 14th & U Just Sunday
Columbia
Pike Blues Fest for free w/ Shemekia Copeland at 6:30 , Eric Scott @ 4:50, Vintage #18 @ 3:30 and more in Arlington
David Sanchez band @ Blues Alley (Latin jazz)
Trombone Shorty , Tank & the Bangas, Big
Freedia, Cyrille Neville, George Porter Jr., Dumpstaphunk, Soul Rebels Brass
Band @ Wolf Trap
Guided by Voices @ 930
Stanine Fest w/ Raven Bauer Durham / DJ Matt
Cohen / James Wolf / Grand Banks / Alienood / Smoke Bellow / Mojuba Duo / DJ
Michael Bernstein / Ted Zook Big Band / Jon Camp / Zara / The Caribbean / Nice
Breeze / Axebreaker @ noon @ Rhizome
*VI-Kings @ 4 and 8:30 @ Hank Dietle's Tavern
*The Airport 77s w/ the Heavy Editors @ American Legion Post 41, Cissel-Saxon
*369th Experience Band w/ An African-American and Puerto Rican HBCU Musical Salute to African American Military Heritage free from 6 to 7 @ Kennedy Center Millennium Stage
*DJ Johnson Lee of Joe's Record Paradise vinyl dj @ Green Zone
*Peterbug Day 45th Anniversary SE Capitol Hill DC
*La Sonora Dinamita @ Villa Flores restaurant in Glen Burnie
*Abdu Ali: Love Is Always Here Ft. Chiffon, Ivy Sole And Dj Hoeteps @ Ottobar
*EU & Be'la Dona & others @ Rams Head Baltimore
*Ne-yo, Young Bleu, Inayah @ Afram Fest in Druid Hill Park in Baltimore
*Brainstory, Makeup Girl @ Comet P Pong
* Umi @ the Howard Theatre (r'n'b)
*S.O.S. Band @ Birchmere (R'n'b)
*Muzi @ DC 9 (via The Pocket) (South African house /kwaito vocalist)
*Stivs, Apollo 66, Huntingtons @ Slash Run
*Teenage Wrist, Softcult, & Soul Blind at Songbyrd
* Rebel Dread movie doc about Don Letts, filmmaker dj who worked w/ the Clash, helped Johnny Rotten to sign reggae bands in Jamaica to Rotten;s label, was part of Big Audio Dynamite ...@ 6 pm @ AFI Silver as part of DC Caribbean Filmfest
* She Paradise @ 8 pm ( fictional drama about an innocent 17 year-old girl who meets a soca dance crew and a rapper) @ AFI
*Islands in the Sun-- Soca meets Reggae w/ V'ghn, Skinny Banton, Willie Chin @ Hennessey Creek in Brandywine
*Go-go Glow Party w/ Junkyard Band, Obsession band, DJ Big John @ Martini's in Ft Washington
* "The Road to Jubilee!: A Juneteenth Celebration" at the Amphitheater @ 2 to 3:30 @ Allen Pond Park. Billed as a musical extravaganza with singers, an African drummer, pianist, dancer & narrator
*Rare Essence @ Juneteenth : Journey to Freedom Montgomery County event @ Black Rock Center
*Annapolis Juneteenth celebration includes a big parade @ 12 noon from Annapolis City Dock and then a 2 to 9 pm festival w/ 2 stages @ Bates Athletic Complex , 935 Spa Road, Annapolis. One R&B mostly, w/ Chuck Brown Band @ 7:30 (?), & earlier Avery Sunshine, D.I.V.A.S. Soul Revival, Davonne D'Neil; Gospel Stage includes Pastor Mike Jr., Koryn Hawthorne, Beverly Crawford, backed by the Juneteenth Choir. fireworks @ 9
* Prince George's County Juneteenth celebration with Kindred the Family Soul, Sugar Bear and E.U., and a tribute to Maze; dance performances by Dance Place and the Taratibu Youth Association from 12 noon to 5 @ Watkins Regional Park
* Sounds of Africa w/ Eme & Heteru, featuring Chelsey Green, performing “songs of liberation” to mark Juneteenth from 6:30 to 10 p.m. via National Museum of African Art in the Enid A. Haupt Garden *RESCHEDULED FOR JULY 16 DUE TO Something in Water fest street closings
*Moral March on Washington (& low wage workers and poor people assembly)
*Akua Allrich from 5 to 8 @ The Parks @ Walter Reed (dc Jazz & afropop singer)
*EU, Junkyard , DC Vybe , DJ Frank White from 12 noon to 8 @ John Hensley Park, 4200 Eisenhower Ave., Alexandria (go-go)
*Silver Spring blues Fest 10am to 10 pm @ Ellsworth Drive w/ acts including 12:20- Archie Heritage Blues Ensemble; Daryl Davis @ 8:30pm
*DJ Underdog & DJ NativeSun @ Saint Ex
* Columbia Heights Day w/ La Marvela 1:30 -2:30 on Tubman main stage; Marc Cary go-go meets jazz 2:45 -3:45 on Tubman main stage ; Dante Pope 4-5 on Tubman main stage; Elin (dc brazilian) 2:45-3:45 @ 14th & Girard; Carley Harvey duo 4-5 @ 14th & Girard
*Barry Farm doc @ 4 pm @ MLK Library
* Clones of Funk w/ tribute to singer Betty Davis @ bethesda Blues
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Sun.
June 19-
Moechella w/ CCB, New Impressionz, XIB, *TOB, rapper Big Nintendo, Adobo DMV dj Pedro Night, and Yaddiya @ 4 to 8 @ 14th & U (some late changes to lineup)
Something
in the Water Fest for $$$$ w/ headliners J. Balvin, Tyler the Creator, Ashanti & Ja Rule on 3 stages, plus Davido and earlier sets from Rare Essence on one stage @ 1:20 to 2:05; TOB 1:30 - 2:10pm
Pascuala
Ilabaca y Fauna @ Bossa (Chilean singer doing roots pop)
Tumbao
downstairs late @ Bossa (Pan-Latin dance music);
David
Sanchez band @ Blues Alley (Latin jazz)
Benefit
for musician Dave Elliott (who played w/ Danny Gatton & more) w/ Slickee Boys, Tex Rubinowitz, Dave Chappell,
Rock-a-Sonics, Goin Goin Gone, Johnny Bombay, Ratso, Ray Apollo Allen &
more @ 7 pm @ Rosensteel Hall Silver Spring SOLD OUT (if ticket holders start leaving early , those waiting outside may be able to purchase tickets to enter)
Amysthyst
Kiah 4:30 to 6:30 @ Hill Center
Kraftwerk
@ Anthem
Black
Techno Matters presents Fxmxly from 3 to 8 w/ Smoke & Tea (ambient), Diyanna
Monet (dance music), live drum machine
music by Future Drum Circle, and Black Rave Culture (@ 6 pm) @ Franklin Park
Black
Techno Matters presents JJ202, DVONNE, Keenan Orr, and Baronhawk Poitier from
10 pm on @ Jimmy Valentines
*Still Familiar, Let it Flow Juneteenth go-go @ Lamont's
*Father's Day Cultural Festival and bazaar w/ Ambassel Records (Ethiopian) 9am to 8 pm @ Silver Spring Civic building plaza 1 Veterans plaza
*Rey Reyes @ Manna
*Andy Andy @ Club One
*El Debarge and the O'Jays @ Afram Fest in Druid Hill Park in Baltimore
* Thee Phantom and The Illharmonic Orchestra Juneteenth event @ Wolf Trap (hiphop and classical)
*Mavi & Dirty Bird @ The Pocket (North Carolina rap)
*HR @ The Runaway
* *Inna de Yard: the Soul of Jamaica movie doc (w/ Ken Boothe, Cedric Myton & other Jamaican musicians) @ 7:45 @ AFI
*Sirius Company & the Fix afterparty @ Union District Oyster Bar
*Proverbs reggae band @ 7 @ Allen Pond Amphitheatre in Bowie
*Jubilee Voices - “Juneteenth: Singing the Journey” from 3 to 4 @ Market Square in front of Alexandria City Hall
Juneteenth Chocolate City Jubilee 12 noon to 5 @ Freedom Plaza w/ Ambition Band (bouncebeat go-go) , Fly Zyah , Reaction, TOB
*Chuck Brown Band 5 to 6 @ The Wharf & Jo-go Project 1 to 2
*Confunkshun @ Bethesda Blues
*Something in the Bounce & Crank w/ What Band, TCB, TOB 9 pm to 3 am @ Chateau Remix (changed location)
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Mon.
June 20
*Jazz singer Sharon Clark & Houston Person @ Blues Alley
* New Orleans jazz artists Alphonso Horne and the Gotham Kings @ the Smithsonian African American History & Culture Museum Oprah Winfrey Theater at 3 p.m. — free, but reservations are required — and will be streamed online through the museum’s website
*Jazz4Justice Juneteenth fest to benefit Legal Aid Society of DC w/ Akua Allrich & Washington Women in Jazz & Elijah Easton from 3 to 8 @ Gallery on O, 1354 H St NE
*Ambar Lucid @ Songbyrd (r'n'b in Spanish )
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Tues.
June 21
* Salsa dance weekly outside on Tuesdays through 6/28 7:15-8:15 pm @ Columbia Heights Civic Plaza
*Beautiful the Carole King Musical @ Wolf Trap
*Anteloper (trumpeter Jaime Branch & drummer Jason Nazary), Nik Francis & Nate Scheible duo @ Rhizome (critic fave jazz)
* Arlie @ DC 9 (indie pop)
* DC Blues Society presents Summer Solstice concert with Clarence Bluesman Turner 6 to 9 @ Fort Reno Park
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Wednesday
June 22
District
of Raga w/ sitarist Snehesh Nag with Monir Hossain on tabla @ 7:30 @ Bossa
Backyard
Band 9 to 1 @ Hard Rock Cafe
TOB, XIB, Entourage , TCB @ Hangars
New
Impressionz @ Babylon Falls Church
Sirius
Company & Black Passion @ Privilege
* host Yo-yo Ma w/ music by Homayoun Sahki (rubab), Salar Nader (tabla), Stanley Clark (bass), Ahmad Fanoos (vocals), Elham Fanoos (keyboards), Mehran Fanoos (violin), Hamid Habibzada (tabla), Nazira Wali (cello), Cheryl Green (violin), Alex and Sophie Sherzai (vocals), and others to be announced.6:30 to 8:30 for free @ Smithsonian Folklife Fest on national mall (& on Youtube)
*Afrobeats dj @ KNY Lounge
*Dupont Brass free from 6 to 7 @ Kennedy Center Millennium Stage
*Clear Channel , Past Pawn, Cumgirl8 @ Runaway
*Beautiful the Carole King Musical @ Wolf Trap
*Lalah Hathaway @ Birchmere night 1
*Frenchie Davis & Experience Brass Band @ Songbyrd
*DC Vybe @ Nipsey's
*What Band w/ Killa Cal @ Fast Eddie's
* *Mark "Muleman" Massey (Mississippi hill country blues) with Clarence Turner (DC blues) @ Hank Dietle's
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Thurs.
June 23
Afrobeats Thursdays @ Spectrum Lounge in Beltsville
The Green Show @ Mr. Braxtons DC (local r'n'b & rap every Thursday)
Roots Band @ Makeda Restaurant, Van Dorn St., Alexandria (Ethiopian)
Ethiopian music @ MHL Lounge in Falls Church
Local Latin jazz @ Simple Bar
Asmae @ Cloud Lounge in Arlington (locally based Arabic/Middle Eastern)
*Sugar Bear & EU plus a band from Dubai called Noon @ 6:30 pm till 9pm @ Smithsonian Folklife Fest for free on national mall (& on Youtube)
*Mazboota w/ Fady D djs @ Green Zone (alternative Arabic electro)
*Junkyard Band @ Capital Restaurant
*Lalah Hathaway @ Birchmere night 2 (sold out)
*Erisy Watt, Jasmine Gillison, Carmen Candedo @ The Pocket (indie-folk)
*Nessa @ Union Stage (quirky pop)
* Learn to sing a melody, clap in polyrhythms, and dance to folk music of the UAE's pearl divers from 11am to 12 noon @ UAE area @ Smithsonian Folklife Fest on Mall
* artist and collector Mohamed Al Jneibi gives a guided audio tour of vintage Arabic records from 1 to 2 @ and 4 to 5 @ UAE House of Belonging stage @ Smithsonian Folklife Fest on Mall
*UAE pearl diving singers Ali Al Hammadi, Juma Al Jneibi, Naji Al Alawi, and expert Mustafa Al Fardan @ 4 to 5 @ UAE crossroads stage @ Smithsonian Folklife Fest on Mall
*After Thought Band w/ Toni Love (from Hardway Connection) @ Lamont's @ 6 pm
* Rare Essence @ 6 @ Color Burst Park near Merriweather Post in Columbia, MD
*What Band w/ Killa Cal @ Martini's late
*Mark "Muleman" Massey (Mississippi hill country blues) with Clarence Turner (DC blues) @ Hank Dietle's
*Rone @ Songbyrd (French electropop)
*Thrillbillys w/ guest Derek Huston @ Hank Dietle's
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Fri.
June 24-
Alfredo
Mojica Group @ Bossa (DC salsa) downstairs DJ Lu spins Latin hits upstairs
Heavy
Metal Parking Lot 36th Anniversary Celebration w/ Judas Priestess @
Songbyrd
Ras
Band @ Twist Lounge (Ethiopian music
Fri. through Sunday)
Roots
Band @ Makeda Restaurant, Van Dorn St., Alexandria (Ethiopian)
Brothers
7 Band @ Lamont's in Pomonkey
La
Autentica Banda LL , Sonora Dinamita, Los Gerentes de la Plaza @ El Ranchon
* Alice Gerrard (bluegrass singer, guitar, fiddle, banjo player) and singer, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist Leyla McCalla 7 to 9pm @ Smithsonian Folklife Fest on the national mall (& on Youtube)
* Darrell Scott & Robbie Fulks @ Hamilton
*Patti Labelle @ MGM
*Fairweather (record release) w/ Loud Boyz & Nate Bergman @ Black Cat
* Banda 3 Ranchos y Conjunto Alazar @ 90 Degrees
* La Autentica Banda LL , Sonora Dinamita, Los Gerentes de la Plaza @ El Ranchon
*Elizabeth Tebo @ Mr Henry's (jazz vocals album release)
*David Chappell and Friends (incl. bassist Jon Previti, and fellow guitarist Anthony Pirog) - The Anacostia Delta Sound @ Lubber Run
*Kadencia Orchestra (Richmond, VA) playing Puerto Rican bomba & plena @ Grist Mill Park Mt Vernon
*Donnie: Welcome To The Colored Section (20th Anniversary Celebration) w/ Dj John Murph & DJ Daz-I-Kue @ Creative Alliance
*Janiva Magness @ Jammin Java
*Los Day Trippers (Latino takes on Beatles covers w/ band w/ NPR's Felix Contreras & others) 7 to 9 @ Hill Center
* Caique Vidal & Batuque (afro-Brazilian) 6 to 8:30 @ Nat. Gallery sculpture garden *registration required * they go quick
*Blacc Print Experience @ Takoma Station
*Learn to sing a melody, clap in polyrhythms, and dance to folk music of the UAE's pearl divers from 11am to 12 noon @ UAE area @ Smithsonian Folklife Fest on Mall
* Dubai band Noon talks about the oud & music scales @ 12 @ Smithsonian Folklife Fest on Mall
* Backyard Band , Ambition Band @ Aqua
*Sirius Company & Suttle @ Fast Eddie's
* Las Nubes / Joudy / Big Cry Country @ Slash Run (rock)
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Sat.
June 25-
Tumbao
downstairs late @ Bossa (Pan-Latin dance music);
*Lil Tracy w/ Brennan Savage @ Fillmore (rap)
*Go-go George community day @ Drew School Park in Green Valley neighborhood of Arlington, VA w/ EU , Northeast Groovers . Rock Steady Project, Major League Band
* A tribute to Puerto Rican master plenero, percussionist, educator, and community leader Héctor René “Tito” Matos Otero who suddenly passed. He played plena, an Afro-Puerto Rican drums genre.W/ Caribbean jazz fusion by Oakland-based John Santos Sextet and Friends; orchestrated plena by New York City-based Los Pleneros de la 21; the high-energy next-generation ensemble Los Pleneros de la Cresta ; & a collective of voices presented by Plenazo Cangrejero. The host is Libertad Guerra, a community leader and long-time friend. Video clips featuring Tito’s wife and son, Mariana Reyes and Marcelo Matos,will be included . 6:30 to 9:15 pm @ Smithsonian Folklife Festival on the national mall(& on Youtube)
*Nectar w/ Vshal Kanwar & Dhakfu @ Green Zone
*Midnight Oil @ MGM
*soca for breakfast w/ Sir Mikey, DJ Sprang & more @ tba
*Proper Utensils @ Nottinghams
*Ottobar punk rock flea market 10am to 4 pm
* Rye Rye, 3lon, Kotic Couture, Hi$To, M-Ak, Dannylugo @ Ottobar (Baltimore rap and club dance)
*Giant Food National Capital Barbecue Battle w/ the Pepsi -Lays stage- 12 to 2:30-tba; 3 to 4 pm -Soul Searchers; 4 to 5 -DJ Rico; 5:30 to 7 -Be'la Dona; 7:30 - 9pm -EU feat. Sugar Bear
*Indonesian Cultural Heritage night w/ Santi Budaya @ Ossian Hall Park
*Bottled Up, Brnda, Sensor Ghost @ Comet P Pong
*Steely Dan @ Wolf Trap
*The Set - An R & B experience dj party w/ DJ Jahsonic & DJ Alizay @ Howard Theatre
*Rex Pax & Gabbo @ The Pocket
*Macy Gray 2 shows @ City Winery
*Troublefunk & others @ 2 pm on @ Lamonts
* the 21st Century Consort performance of John Luther Adam’s operetta, Earth and the Great Weather, @ 9pm @ Hirshhorn Sculpture Garden . Advance registration is required.
*One Journey Fest celebrating refugees from 11 am to 6 pm w/ Cheick Hamala @ 2:25 & Batala @ 2:50 @ the National Cathedral
* Still Familiar and Obsession Band @ Fast Eddies
*Rare Essence @ Aqua
*Yann Tiersen @ 930
*Cola @ DC 9
*Corinne Bailey Rae @ Lincoln Theatre (sold Out)
* Sirius Company between 12 noon and 4 @ Summer Fest Community resource Fair @ River Terrace Park, Benning & Anacostia Rds
*TCB, Reaction, New Impressionz @ Bliss
* Rock-a-Sonics @ Hank Dietle's (rockabilly)
*afrobeats djs-- DJ Shinski & DJ Sunny @ Mix Bar
*Tifane @ Creative Grounds on North Capitol
*UCB @ Union Oyster Bar
*E.U. @ Shark Bar
* UCB stop the violence event @ 1:30 pm @ Petworth metro GA. Ave NW
* Pearl Divers music @ 11 & 3 , Dubai band Noon percussion workshop @ 4 @ Smithsonian Folklife Fest
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Sun. June 26-
Russell Thompkins & New Stylistics and Eddie Holman @ Bethesda
Blues & Jazz
*Ozarks music with David Scrivner & trio presenting an old-time jam session; and the Sylamore Special, a group of five teenagers based in Mountain View, Arkansas. 4 to 6:15pm @ Smithsonian Folklife Fest on the national mall
*Giant Food National Capital Barbecue Battle w/ the Pepsi -Lays stage- 4 to 5- Backyard Band; 5:30 to 7pm-Chuck Brown Band
*Prateek Kuhad @ 6th & I (India indie-pop)
*Lotion Princess, You and Me and You, Cecil & Delilah @ Comet P Pong
*Steely Dan @ Wolf Trap
* Ali Azimi @ Miracle Theatre (Iranian singer/guitarist/bandleader)
*TOB @ City Winery
*Rare Essence @ Sax
*Italians in DC early show @ Bossa
*Silver Spring Record fair 12 noon to 5 pm @ Silver Branch Brewing
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Mon.
June 27-
Stacy
Brooks Band from 6 to 9 pm @ Westminster Church SW Blue Monday Blues
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Tues.
June 28
* Salsa dance weekly outside on Tuesdays through 6/28 7:15-8:15 pm @ Columbia Heights Civic Plaza
*Feeble Little Horse, Waveform, Combat @ Songbyrd (indie)
*TCB, Reaction @ Hangars (bouncebeat go-go)
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Wed.
June 29
Backyard
Band 9 to 1 @ Hard Rock Cafe
TOB, XIB, Entourage @ Hangars
New
Impressionz @ Babylon Falls Church
Sirius
Company @ Privilege
*Afrobeats dj @ KNY Lounge
*Monobloco @ Glen Echo (Brazilian street samba mpb band)
*DC Vybe @ Nipsey's
*What Band w/ Killa Cal @ Fast Eddie's
* Purity Ring @ 930 Club (sold out)
* District of Raga w/ sitarist Snehesh Nag with Monir Hossain on tabla @ 7:30 @ Bossa
*Ekko Astral; Fleabath: Rosie Cima & What She Dreamed @ Public Option
*Spring Silver @ Quarry House Tavern
*Man Man @ Union Stage (indie)
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Thurs.
June 30
Live Ethiopian music @ Shalla Restaurant in Silver Spring (through Sunday)
Afrobeats Thursdays @ Spectrum Lounge in Beltsville
The Green Show @ Mr. Braxtons DC (local r'n'b & rap every Thursday)
Roots Band @ Makeda Restaurant, Van Dorn St., Alexandria (Ethiopian)
Ethiopian music @ MHL Lounge in Falls Church
Local Latin jazz @ Simple Bar
Asmae @ Cloud Lounge in Arlington (locally based Arabic/Middle Eastern)
* Los Texmaniacs w/ Marisol “La Marisoul” Hernandez,singer for La Santa Cecilia from 6:30 to 8:45 pm @ Smithsonian Folklife Fest on National Mall
* Kabab returns w/ DJ Lil' Kabab @ Green Zone (Iranian)
*Omy de Oro @ Rio Cantina (trap rap en espanol)
*Drillani @ Union Stage (Colombian rapper)
* What Band @ Hangars
*Cheick Hamala Diabate @ 12:30 pm @ Franklin Park , 1315 I St NW
* Purity Ring @ 930 Club
*La Colombopercutivo @ Bossa (cumbia meets Santana)
*Black Girls Rock fest w/ India Arie & the NSO @ Kennedy Center
*Kizomba dj @ Mix Bar
* Pearl Diver music @ 11 am; Dubai band Noon percussion workshop @ 12 noon; Dubai band Noon @ 4 pm all @ Smithsonian Folklife Festival on national mall
*New Impressionz , XIB @ Hashtag Lounge
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Fri. July 1-
Sunny Jain’s Wild Wild East (South Asian American) w/ Rebolu (NYC based afrocentric Colombian) 6:30 to 8:45 @ Smithsonian Folklife Fest on National mall
Master of the Mic w/ Rakim, DJ Jazzy Jeff, Slick Rick, Da Brat, Big Daddy Kane, Treach of Naughty by Nature, Talib Kweli @ Wolf Trap
*Pretty Bitter, Scorpio, Carmen Canedo @ Comet P Pong
*Near Northeast farewell show w/ guests @ Songbyrd
*Dunia & Aram album release @ Marx Cafe
*Alfredo Mojica Group @ Bossa (DC salsa) downstairs DJ Lu spins Latin hits upstairs
*Karl Straub Combo @ VFW Hells Bottom early show CANCELLED as Drummer is ill
*Black Girls Rock fest w/ India Arie & the NSO @ Kennedy Center
*Backyard Band & Ambition Band @ Aqua
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Sat. July 2-
* Backyard Band @ Howard Theatre
*Delfeayo Marsalis Sextet (New Orleans jazz) 6 to 8:30 @ Nat. Gallery sculpture garden *registration required * they go quick
* Xen @ Bliss parking lot from 2 to 8
*Billy Strings @ Pier 6
*Rare Essence & Still Familiar @ Aqua
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Above events found on websites, Instagram, Facebook, Twitter,
email, postcards, flyers & club voicemails. More lists-- Capital Bop has
jazz; Mary Cliff has folk; Fools Night Out has roots music; tickeri has Latinx,
Mi Gente DMV has Latin dance (salsa, bachata, zouk), Kesta Happenings has Latinx too, and baltshowplace.tumblr
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