DC/Baltimore /DMV Global Music and More – August 2022
Compiled & curated
by Steve Kiviat and edited and updated frequently . Work your way down
day by day.
Calendar is posted, updated, and viewable here on the blog,
and events tweeted @stevekiviat. International (mainly African, Caribbean,
Brazilian), roots, rap, soul, go-go, indie-rock, punk, pop, club dj dance and
more DMV & Baltimore gigs that I am interested in. Additional gigs added after first posting
have an *asterisk. Events listed have been found on websites, Instagram,
Facebook, Twitter, email, postcards, flyers & club voicemails.
To submit events (for posting) or comments (that are not
posted) e-mail stevenkiviat @ gmail.com
Stay safe ...
Wed. August 3- Scarface farewell tour @ Howard Theatre (rap)
Thurs. August 4- Spring Silver, Weird Babies, Bad Moves free 7 to 9:30pm @ Fort Reno (rock)
Sun. Aug. 7- Summer Spirit Fest w/ Erykah Badu, Anthony Hamilton, Junkyard Band and more @ Merriweather Post
WPFW 13th Blues Fest w/ Jim Bennett and the Unique Creation Band featuring Lady Ya-Ya, Hardway Connection Band and Show, Mama Moon and the Rumpshakers and Clarence the Blues Man Turner.plus DJ Ultramix and Dr. Nick as MC @ Lamont’s 12 noon to 6
Chuck Brown Day w/ UCB, Rare Essence, Doug E Fresh, Chuck Brown Band @ 2 pm @ Chuck Brown Park
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Mon. Aug 1-
My Sonic Daydream,
Nomad Showers, Sleepmarks from 7 to 9:30
pm for free @ Fort Reno Park
Jose Ramirez @ Westminster Church Blue Monday Blues 6 to 9
pm
Memphis Gold w/ Sol Roots @ Blues Alley
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Tues. August 2-
TCB, Reaction, TOB, ABM, XIB @ Club One
Rage against the Machine w/ Run the Jewels @
Capital One Arena
*Voices for Choices benefit @ Songbyrd
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Wed. August 3-
Scarface farewell tour @ Howard Theatre
New Impressionz @ Babylon Falls Church
Sirius Company @ Privilege
Afrobeats dj @ KNY Lounge
Pablo Perez The Mayor of Salsa @ Lee District Park ,
Telegraph Rd., Alexandria
Alicia Keys @ Pier 6
Budos Band @ 930
Fredi Naranjo Vega @ Mt Pleasant Library (traditional
Mexican music) 5 to 6:30
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Thurs. August 4-
El CaribeFunk @ Bossa (Afro-Caribbean )
Omy de Oro @ Rio Cantina
Spring Silver, Weird Babies, Bad Moves free 7 to 9:30pm @
Fort Reno
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)
After Thought Band
w/ Toni Love (from Hardway Connection) @ Lamont's (cancelled?)
Seldom Scene @ Nottoway Park (bluegrass)
Elikeh @ Frying Pan Park (afropop)
Thrillbillies @ JVs
Cave In, Author and Punisher, Burial Waves @ Ottobar
Bill Mackay & Nathan Bowles, Attorneys General @ 1801
Bar in Baltimore
Maren Morris w/ Joy Oladokun @ Merriweather Post
Marty Stuart @ Birchmere
Bolivia & Ecuador Independence dj event @ 12 after 12
Carlos Truly (of Ava Luna) & Benet @ Pie Shop
Longtimers @ Hank Dietles
Hiphop DJ Harvey Dent 7–8:30 p.m.@ Kennedy Center Reach
River Pavilion followed by movie The Hip-Hop Fellow (about dj producer 9th
Wonder) Dusk-11 p.m.
Fredi Naranjo Vega @ Petworth Library
(traditional Mexican music) 5 to 6:30
Little Big Town @
Wolf Trap
*Kendrick Lamar @ Capital One Arena
*TCB @ Power
*Sirius Company @ Union District
*Azul Band @ Green Zone
*New Impressionz @ Hashtag Lounge
*The Hips, Beneath Trees, Mitras @ Quarry House
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Fri. August 5
Kiran Ahluwalia free from 6 to 7 @
Kennedy Center Millennium Stage ( India & African )
Rajna Swaminathan and Ganavya Doraiswamy from 5 to 5:45 @
Kennedy Center Reach Pavilion ( India)
vishal kanwar / A Journey East into the Night from 7 to 8:30
Dj Set @ Kennedy Center River Pavilion
Alicia Keys @ MGM
EU w/ Sugarbear @ Birchmere
Johnny Molina Los Sabaneros De Aniceto Molina, Grupo Miramar
@ El Ranchon
La Energia Norteña @ 90 Degrees
Oh He Dead, Dior Ashley Brown, Jarreau Williams @ Howard
Theatre
Bill MacKay & Nathan Bowles / TALsounds @ Rhizome
Daryl Davis @ Royal Lake Park
Incendio @ Grist Mill, Mt Vernon Highway, Alexandria
Alfredo Mojica Group @ Bossa (DC salsa) downstairs
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
Save Your Soul dj
night @ Lithuainian Hall in Baltimore w/ DJ Rob Macy & DJ Baby Alcatraz
Arc of the Sun,
Keep Your Secrets, Artificial Island at Comet Ping Pong
SOS Band @ Bethesda Blues and Jazz
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Sat. August 6
Carifesta w/ Serani and more @ Granville Gude Park in Laurel
The African Diaspora International Film Festival (ADIFF) @
George Washington University (through
Aug. 7)
Funk Parade Festival w/ CCB (go-go), Naptown Brass Band (Annapolis ) 11 am to 5 pm near U St NW
Soca vs dancehall djs @ Islands Lounge in Wheaton
Cheakaity; Foot x Coles; Martin; Tony Cruise free from 6 to
7 @ Kennedy Center Millennium Stage
Backyard Band @ City Winery Loft
Girls Rock DC showcase @ Black Cat
Tumbao @ Bossa (Latin dance band)
Ras Band @ Twist Lounge (Ethiopian
music Fri. through Sunday)
Roots Band @ Makeda
Restaurant, Van Dorn St., Alexandria (Ethiopian)
Live Ethiopian music
@ Shalla
Kassim,
NomadTheNative, and RocknRolla Slim from 4 to 4:45 @ Kennedy Center River
Pavilion
SolLikeSoul and
BOOMScat from 5 to 5:45 @ Kennedy Center River Pavilion
DJ Shiva and DJ
K-Meta 7 to 8:30 @ Kennedy Center River Pavilion
Johnny Molina Y Los
Sabaneros De Aniceto Molina @ Villa Flores in Glen Burnie
Luis Miguel @ VIP
Room in Baltimore
RKM y Ken Y @ El
Ranchon
Chante Moore @
Bethesda Blues
Toasters @ Jammin
Java (ska)
Fredi Naranjo Vega
@ Petworth Library (traditional Mexican music)2:30 & 5 to 6:30
Lyle Lovett &
Chris Isaak @ Wolf Trap
Batida Differente @
MR Henry’s
*Sirius Company @ Restaurant 55 in Hyattsville
*Northeast Groovers @ Dominion Raceway
* Fuzz Voyage/The Falling Out/The Things You Killed @ American Legion Post 41 Cissel Saxon
*Tropical Beats w/ Leon City Sounds vinyl djs @ The Green Zone
*Rare Essence & Suttle @ Aqua
*DJ Kenny M @ Dew Drop Inn
*Mundy @ Black Cat (electro-funky-punky)
*Dakhabrakha @ Strathmore
*Taisha Estrada & Cissa Paz @ Blues Alley
*soca v dancehall @ 11300 Fern St., Silver Spring
*DJ Underdog okayafrica event @ St Ex
*Everything Africa conference @ Eaton & night time @ Karma
*TCB, TOB, Reloaded Band @ Power
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Sun. August 7
The African Diaspora International Film Festival (ADIFF) @
George Washington University (closing day)- "Dancing the Twist in Bamako" @ 2:10 pm ; "The Mali-Cuba Connection" @ 7:30
Monsieur Perine @ 930
Summer Spirit Fest w/ Erykah Badu, Anthony Hamilton, Junkyard Band and more
@ Merriweather Post
Brazilian pagoda and samba @ Bossa
Live Ethiopian music @ Shalla Restaurant in Silver Spring
Roots Band @ Makeda Restaurant, Van Dorn St., Alexandria
(Ethiopian)
David Chappell Trio @ Hank Dietles from 2 to 4pm
Sol Roots Band @ JoJo Bar (blues)
Stacy Brooks @
Madam's Organ (blues)
Yiyo Sarante @
Euphoria in Baltimore
Blue Magic and Soul
Generation feat. Cliff Perkins @ Bethesda Blues
Monday August 8
Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever @ Black Cat (Australian
jangle rock )
Vintage #18 @ Westminster Church, SW DC 6-9 pm (blues )
Verdant Fields, Good Omens, The Things You Killed free 7 to 9:30 pm @ Fort Reno
* What I See- The Black Flag Photographs of Glen Friedman 6:30 to 8 @ MLK Library (registration suggested) in conversation with Ian MacKaye of Dischord Records, Friedman will discuss his photographs POSTPONED DUE TO ILLNESS . WILL BE RESCHEDULED
*Beach Bunny @ 930 (sold out)
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Tuesday August 9
A Giant Dog @ Metro Gallery in Baltimore (glam rock)
Blxst @ Fillmore (rap)
Quattracenta , RIP Room, D.D. Moon @ The Runaway
*Shirletta Settles 12 noon to 1 pm free @ Wilson Plaza Trade Center Raygun Bldg (old school r'n'b)
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Wed. August 10
Beach Bunny @ Baltimore Soundstage (sold out)
Leon Bridges @ Anthem (r'n'b)
New Impressionz @ Babylon Falls Church
Sirius Company @ Privilege
Afrobeats dj @ KNY Lounge
DC Punk Archive rooftop show with Big Cry Country, & Bacchae Prude
from 6:30 to 8pm @ MLK Library
*Taisha Estrada @ Mason District Park
*Dupont Brass @ 6 @ Tucker Rd Athletic Complex, Ft Washington
*Franz Ferdinand @ 930 (sold out)
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Thurs. August 11-
The Owners, Koshari, Ted Leo (Solo) free 7 to 9:30 pm @ Fort Reno
Cheick Hamala & the Griot Street Band @ Bossa
I Come From Away: An Immigrant in Maine @ dusk @ Kennedy
Center Reach (movie about African immigrants)
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)
karaoke @
Lamont's
Softee, Ellen Winter at Comet Ping Pong
Encanto sing along film concert @ Wolf Trap
*Junkyard Band @ Rest 55 in Hyattsville
*Danube Sessions w/ Orchester Prazevica live @ The Green Zone
* Saffron, Dust Star, Dim Wizard @ Quarry House
*Kelsey Waldon @ Jammin Java (alt-country )
*TCB @ Power
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Fri . August 12-
Dummy, Lifeguard, Glitterer @ Songbyrd (indie rock )
Fleshtones @ City Winery (garage rock)
Hiatus Kaiyote @ Fillmore ((Australian jazz-funk r’n’b)
Alfredo Mojica Group @ Bossa (DC salsa) downstairs late;
Lyuti Chushski Bulgarian music early
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
Lee Bains & the Glory Fires, Loamlands at Comet Ping
Pong
Holy F @ DC 9
Sirius Company & DC Vybe @ Howard Theatre
*Dj Remi Hassoun @ The Green Zone ( Arabic)
*Sin Miedo Salsa Orchestra 7 to 9 w/ a dance instructor @ the Wharf Pier
*Johnny Bombay & the Reactions w/ Oil City Confidential @ Hank Dietle's
*Rafael Ortiz & Timbao Urbano 12 to 1pm @ Wilson Plaza
*Joe Falero Band 6 to 9 @ Rio Lakefront live Gaithersburg
*Rare Essence near Port Covington in Baltimore early
*Rare Essence @ Fast Eddies late
*Backyard Band & Reaction @ Aqua
*New Impressionz @ Hangars
*TCB @ Martinis
*Stacey Pullen @ Flash
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Saturday August 13
O’Jays *w/ Gladys Knight & Debarge @ Capital One Arena
Matmos , Jeff Carey @ Metro Gallery in Baltimore
(experimental)
Pepe Aguilar and his Mexican sinaloense band plus more musicians
& bull riding displays and rodeo events @ Eaglebank Arena
Soca wine and music fest @ Anne Arundel County Fairgrounds
Tumbao @ Bossa (Latin dance band) late;
Ras Band @ Twist Lounge (Ethiopian music Fri. through
Sunday)
Roots Band @ Makeda Restaurant, Van Dorn St., Alexandria
(Ethiopian)
Live Ethiopian music @ Shalla
Frass Green (single release!), North By North, Lightmare at
Comet Ping Pong
George Benson @ Howard Theatre 2 shows
A.R. Rahman @ Wolf Trap
*Crown Vic's Weird World vinyl @ The Green Zone ( Arabic / Armenian)
* Twinkie Hargrove, Spur of the Moment, DJ Lance @ 7 @ Fort Dupont Park
*Viva Cultura! w/ folk dancers representing Peru, Mexico, Bolivia, Puerto Rico plus music, food, crafts 10 am to 5 pm @ Gateway Park in Rosslyn/Arlington
*Paisley Tonk w/ Colonel Josh & Karl Straub @ Hank Dietle's
* Fete En Apreme w/ Walshy Fire Day Party @ Kaldi's
*The Zolas @ Black Cat (Canadian indie rock)
*Rare Essence @ Aqua
*TOB, Reaction, TBD @ Power
*TCB @ Fast Eddies
*Oddisee & band w/ Michael Bowie band free 5 to 8 @ Dupont Circle
*Black Techno Matters w/ Kyruh 626 Witchcraft, Stukes @ 618 Cocktail Bar
*Backyard Band & What Band @ Martini's
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Sun. August 14 –
Kevin Kaarl @ Howard Theatre (Mexican folk-indie )
Wanted Man with Outerloop and Grady @ Pie Shop
Live Ethiopian music @ Shalla Restaurant in Silver Spring
Roots Band @ Makeda Restaurant, Van Dorn St., Alexandria
(Ethiopian)
Sol Roots Band @ JoJo Bar (blues)
Stacy Brooks @ Madam's Organ (blues)
*Out of Our Shells compilation cd release w/ RAW Band / Megan DiGeorgio+Erin Snedecor / Paapa-Berchie / La Marvela / Rocknoceros / Lofty Boys / Soroche / Dunia+Aram / Tributary Project / Maryland Youth Pipe Band @ 2 pm @ rhizome
* DJ Joyce & others @ 2pm @ Hi-Lawn , 5th St NE
*TCB @ Power
*Fan Fan @ Bossa (Haitian)
* Ray Apollo Allen band @ Pearl Street Warehouse (soul)
*Komite Ayiti's Haitian Caribbean Fest 2 to 8 @ Patterson Park ave & E Pratt, Baltimore
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Mon. August 15-
*Bill Heid & Big Joe Maher band @ Westminster Church, SW DC 6-9 pm (blues )
*Cheer-Accident @ Rhizome (rock)
*Dari Bay & Guy Ferrari @ Pie Shop (indie rock)
Tues. August 16
*Devin the Dude @ Pure Lounge
*Salsa dancing w/ All out Danza 7 to 9 @ Veterans Plaza Silver Spring
*BLK ODYSSY @ Songbyrd (funk-r'n'b-hiphop)
*Jeffrey Silverstein, Heaven Forbid, Kevin Knight, CANANDAIGUA @ Rhizome (experimental acoustic)
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Wed. August 17
New Impressionz @ Babylon Falls Church
Sirius Company @ Privilege
Afrobeats dj @ KNY Lounge
Blvck Hippie, Rex Pax, Thunderpaw at Comet Ping Pong
Loona @ MGM National Harbor (South Korean girl group)
*Dupont Brass 7 to 9 @ the Wharf pier
*The Kid Laroi @ Echostage (sold out)
*Sitali solo @ Bossa ( afro-rock)
* African Amapiano dj night @ Gazuza Lounge 1629 Conn Ave, NW
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Thurs. August 18-
Motor House party w/ Rovo Monty @ North Ave Market Baltimore
(pop-house)
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)
After Thought Band w/ Toni Love (from Hardway Connection) @
Lamont's
Elvis Costello & the Imposters, Nick Lowe & Los
Straightjackets @ Wolf Trap
*Pablo's Brazilian Pagode night @ Bossa
*Brandi Carlile, Indigo Girls, Allison Russell @ Merriweather Post
*Artwalk Dupont @ 5 w/ harp performance
*Death Bells, Cumgirl8, Model Home @ DC9
*Sirius Company @ Union Bar
*Still Familiar @ Pyramid Lounge in Waldorf
*What Band @ Martini's in Ft Washington
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Friday August 19
Curren$y @ Howard Theatre (rap)
Lamii (Nigerian vocalist) and others @ Union Stage
Steve Turre Generations band @
Keystone Korner (Latin Jazz & more)
The Shins @ Anthem
Shordie Shordie @
Fillmore (rap)
Wiz Khalifa and Logic
@ Jiffy Lube (rap)
Alfredo Mojica
Group @ Bossa (DC salsa) downstairs
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 (soul)
Kotic Couture free
@ 7 to 8 @ Kennedy Center Millennium Stage (pop-house)
Fantasia @ Wolf
Trap (r'n'b)
*DJ Basbousa @ The Green Zone ( Arabic)
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Saturday August 20
DC World Reggae Fest day 1 @ RFK grounds w/ Beres Hammond, Beenie Man , Tiwa Savage, Third World Rupee, Naomi Achul, Lokol, Kerwin Dubois , 2 Baba, Ras Slick and more (soca, African, reggae)
WPFW 13th Blues Fest w/
Jim Bennett and the Unique Creation Band featuring Lady Ya-Ya, Hardway
Connection Band and Show, Mama Moon and the Rumpshakers and Clarence the Blues
Man Turner.plus DJ Ultramix and Dr. Nick as MC @ Lamont’s 12 noon to 6
Santana and Earth, Wind, & Fire @ Jiffy Lube
Fantasia @ Chesapeake Employers Arena
Tumbao @ Bossa (Latin dance band)
Man or Astro-Man? @
Ottobar
Ukrainian Freedom Orchestra @ Kennedy Center
Steve Turre Generations band @ Keystone Korner (Latin Jazz
& more)
J.I. @ Fillmore (rap)
Peace Band @ Twist Lounge (Ethiopian music Fri. through
Sunday)
Roots Band @ Makeda Restaurant, Van Dorn St., Alexandria
(Ethiopian)
Live Ethiopian music @ Shalla
*Backyard Band , New Impressionz @ Fast Eddie's
*DJ Johnson Lee @ The Green Zone ( all vinyl)-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Sunday August 21
DC World Reggae Fest day 2 @ RFK grounds w/ Tiwa Savage,
Third World and more- MOVED TO SATURDAY ONLY AUGUST 20
Ladysmith Black Mambozo @ the Hamilton
Steve Turre Generations band @ Keystone Korner (Latin Jazz
& more)
Blondie w/ the Damned @ Anthem
Sol Roots Band @ JoJo Bar (blues)
Stacy Brooks @
Madam's Organ (blues)
Live Ethiopian music @ Shalla
Restaurant in Silver Spring
Roots Band @ Makeda
Restaurant, Van Dorn St., Alexandria (Ethiopian)
*Diary of an Rnb songwriter and Producer - Rich Harrison - a discussion 12 to 2 pm @ Songbyrd
*Pile o Rocks @ hank Dietle's (Nick Lowe & Dave Edmunds Rockpile tribute band)
* "Daylight" Party w/ DJ Divine will be spinning all your favorite Daylight Classics and U street Vibes in the Bohemian Caverns 6 to 11pm & DJ Stylus (The Vibe Conductor) will be setting things off in Harlot 8pm -11pm
*Mireya & Elena La Fulana @ Bossa (Latina folk)
*Adobo 2000s Day party @ the Bullpen w/ dj Blass, Guari, Pedro Night, Geovoni
*La Colombopercutiva & others @ Neptune Room
*Rum Punch Sunday w/ djs Yment, Trigga Halfcrazy, Fyah Oats, Fresh Breeze @ Duchess Lounge in Randallstown, MD
*Carnival on the water w/ dj Majestic & DJ Ghost @ 3100 K St NW
*Afrobeats & Amapiano dj w/ DJ Mambo @ 10 pm @ St Ex (every Sunday)
* Afrocode DC w/ HipHop Meets AfroBeats & Soca djs from 3 to 9 @ Decades
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*Four Star Combo 12 noon to 1 pm free @ Wilson Plaza Trade Center Raygun Bldg (rockabilly & honky tonk)
*Lou Jerome Band @ Westminster Church, SW DC 6-9 pm (blues )
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Tuesday August 23
Bad Bunny @ Nats Park (reggaeton pop)
Sleigh Bells @ 930
Eli Guerra @ Fillmore
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Wednesday August 24
New Impressionz @ Babylon Falls Church
Sirius Company @ Privilege
Afrobeats dj @ KNY Lounge
Decemberists & Jake Xerxes Fussell @ Wolf Trap
*Florist @ DC 9 (twee indie pop)
*Dina Antenhe & Peace Band @ Twist Lounge (Ethiopian music)
*Afrobeats & hiphop dj @ Rosebar Lounge
*Artsouca @ Bossa (includes Dunia & Aram & Rob Coltun)
*Yaddi & the Honest Politix @ 9 to 12 @ Eaton Hotel
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Thursday August 25
The Beths @ Ottobar (catchy rock)
Nathan & the Zydeco Cha-chas @ Creative Alliance
Slum Village @ Union Stage
WMUC presents Deep Sea Peach tree, Makeup Girl, Curb Alert,
Plastic Sun @ Songbyrd
Peter Hook & The Light - Joy Division: A Celebration @
Fillmore
Alex Isley @ Howard Theatre (r’n’b) (sold out)
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)
*Thrillbillys @ Hank Dietle's
*Mazboota w/ dj Fady D @ The Green Zone ( Alternative Arabic / Electro)
* classic soul tribute @ Blue Dolphin
*La Colombopercutiva @ Bossa
*Suzi Moon (77 Punk styles) & Beatnik Termites(Cleveland power pop vets) @ Slash Run
*What Band @ Hangars
*New Impressionz @ Hashtag Lounge
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Friday August 26
Moe World Order w/
TCB, TOB, Reaction & Yaddiya & guests @ Howard Theatre
Los Campesinos @ Black
Cat
Alfredo Mojica Group @ Bossa (DC salsa) downstairs & DJ Lu upstairs
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
*Robbin Kapsalis & Vintage #18 12 noon to 1 pm free @ Wilson Plaza Trade Center Raygun Bldg (soul & blues)
*Karl Straub Combo @ VFW Hells Bottom
*Dj Bassam Haddad @ The Green Zone ( Arabic)
*DJ Kenny M @ Neptune Room
* A Tribute to Jazz in DC, a prelude to the DC Jazz Festival , w/ DC jazz vocalist Ayo & the Bohemian Caverns Orchestra @ 7:30pm. @ All Souls Unitarian Church honoring DC legends such as Shirley Horn, Blanche Calloway, Ruth Brown, Charlie Byrd, and Duke Ellington. Orchestra arrangements created by Elijah Jamal Balbed, Free but registration required @ a tribute to jazz in dc . com
* Cumbia Heights & Leon City Sounds @ Pearl St Warehouse
*Junkyard Band @ Nipseys
*Tony Vega @ Chimpum Callao fest @ the Palace
*National Folk Fest in Salisbury, MD through Sunday. Friday night Diunna Greenleaf & Blue Mercy (blues) 8:30 to 9:30 pm on 1 stage; Eileen Ivers on a another; & Los Texmaniacs 7 to 8; Nathan & Zydeco Cha-chas 8:30- 9:30
*Still Familiar @ Shark Bar
*Leisure Sport w/ Petite Amie, & Close @ Pie Shop (indie pop-rock)
*Hiphop, afrobeats, dancehall, soca dj @ Saint Yves
*Afrobeats, soca, hiphop, dancehall dj @ Kaldi's
*Triathlon, Akai Solo, Nappy Nappa @ DC 9
*Rare Essence @ Fast Eddies
*Backyard Band, Ambition, Perf3ction Band @ Aqua
* Deer Scout, Gabbo, Rosie Cima & What She Dreamed @ Comet P Pong
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Saturday August 27
DC Black Broadway presents: The Stage Play Grease with a
Side of Mumbo Sauce @ Bethesda Blues (through Sunday)
Tumbao @ Bossa (Latin dance band) & DJ Lu spinning Latin hits upstairs @ Bossa
Peace Band @ Twist Lounge (Ethiopian music Fri. through
Sunday)
Roots Band @ Makeda Restaurant, Van Dorn St., Alexandria
(Ethiopian)
Live Ethiopian music @ Shalla
Time Is Fire / Club U.S.A. / Knifing Around @ Rhizome
Mary Chapin Carpenter & EmmyLou Harris @ Wolf Trap
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Sunday August 28
DC Black Broadway presents: The Stage Play Grease with a
Side of Mumbo Sauce @ Bethesda Blues (final show)
Sanjay Dutt and Arshad Warsi show 'Sanju Baba Chale Amerika'
@ Eaglebank Arena (Bollywood)
Live Ethiopian music @ Shalla Restaurant in Silver Spring
Roots Band @ Makeda Restaurant, Van Dorn St., Alexandria
(Ethiopian)
Sol Roots Band @ JoJo Bar (blues)
Stacy Brooks @ Madam's Organ (blues)
The Pauses, Yes Vacancy, No One Sphere at Comet Ping Pong
Beach Boys @ 3 pm @ Wolf Trap
*Steve Forbert @ Hank Dietle's
*Pan Brass and jazz fest w/ Etienne Charles and more @ Veterans Plaza in Silver Spring
*What Band @ 3 pm @ Nottinghams
*Afrobeats & Amapiano dj w/ DJ Mambo @ 10 pm @ St Ex (every Sunday)
* Afrocode DC w/ HipHop Meets AfroBeats & Soca djs from 3 to 9 @ Decades (every Sunday)
*Still Familiar @ Union Oyster Bar
*Rare Essence brunch 3 to 5 & after-party 5 to 8 pm @ restaurant 55
*TOB @ Allure, H St NE
*Gospel w/ Pastor James & Company, Angela Robinson & High Praise, Lil David & Bells of Joy,Wings of Praise, Kenny Davis & Dynamic Melodyaires, April Hall @ 4 pm @ New Antioch Baptist Church, 2401 St. Paul St., Baltimore
*African night @ Aroma Ultra Lounge in Bowie
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Monday August 29
*Linwood Taylor Blues Band @ Westminster Church, SW DC 6-9 pm (blues )
* Lorde @ Anthem (sold out but tix on stubhub)
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Tuesday August 30
Wednesday August 31
Boris w/ Nothing @ 930 (rawk)
New Impressionz @ Babylon Falls Church
Wes Watkins Got My Own Sound @ Privilege
Afrobeats dj @ KNY Lounge
DC Jazzfest opening night w/ Kurt Elling & Christie
Dashiell @ Howard Theatre
*Dior Ashley Brown & the Filthy Animals hump day funk @ Bossa
*Human Issue music collective , Doc Hammer, Saffron @ Pie Shop
Hampden Shakedown variety show w/ Orchester Prazevica , 27th st Klezmer @ Zissimos in Baltimore
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Thurs. Sept. 1
Rema @ Fillmore (Nigerian afrobeats star singer)
Boy George & Culture Club, the English Beat @ Wolf Trap
*Qwanqwa (from Ethiopia) w/ Cheick Hamala Diabate @ Bossa
*"No Filter " w/ Henri B Styles,, DJ Nah FR, Janae Music, DJ Bri Mafia, DJ Chan Don @ Union Stage
*Chris Thomas King @ Blues Alley (blues)
*Bruno Mars @ MGM
*Sirius Company @ Union Bar NE
*TCB @ Power
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Fri Sept 2
*Backyard Band @ 12 noon @ Wilson Plaza
Flavour @ Howard Theatre
*Danny Gatton Birthday celebration @ Birchmere
*Spinners @ Bethesda Blues
*Bruno Mars @MGM
*Save Your Soul dj event w/ DJs Rob M & Baby Alcatraz @ Lithuainian Hall in Baltimore
Charu Suri Quartet Raga Jazz & Sufi music @ An Die Musik in Baltimore
Baby Ranks, Luis Miguel, Nengo Flow @ The Palace
Alan Cave @ Mix Bar (Haitian konpa)
* Sirius Company 7 to 8 @ Big Jazz Cafe in Anacostia
Sirius Company later @ 5 Sisters restaurant in Laurel
Rare Essence & EU @ Fast Eddies
Backyard Band @ Aqua
NVT MD presents Lions Band @ 7930 Pulaski Highway in Rosedale, MD
TCB @ Martinis
Fresh Convos : A DC Hiphop Oral History movie doc @ 6 to 9pm @ Eaton Hotel
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Sat. Sept 3-
Wendi Mak & Abi Lakew @ Karma (Ethiopian)
*Sugarbear & EU @ Fort Dupont Park
Leisure Sport w/ Bully & Hello Mary @ Ottobar
Rare Essence & Suttle @ Aqua
Backyard Band @ Euphoria in Baltimore
Baltimore x Baltimore fest @ Inner Harbor 12 to 8 w/ Deetranada , Mumu Fresh and more
Feedel Band @ 6 @ Lake Anne Jazz & Blues Fest in Reston
Los Caminantes @ Club One
DJs Joyce (1432 Records) & Jackson Ryland @ 10 pm @ Neptune Room
TCB @ Power
Chuck Brown Band @ the Garden in Alexandria 7 to 12 mdt
Still Familiar @ Pyramid in Waldorf
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Sun. Sept 4-
Ethiopian Day @Silver Spring Civic Bldg, Veterans Plaza 8am to 9:30 pm
Rare Essence @ City Winery
Backyard Band, TCB, TOB @ Bliss
Reggae on the Ave @ 10 pm @ Zebbie's 1223 Conn Ave.
Ras Slick & Dutty Bus Crew @ 9 @ Republic Gardens in Silver Spring
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Mon Sept 5
TCB @ Hangars
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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 has Baltimore punk & more; Elliot Gross on Facebook
has DC blues & blues-rock; John Paige of WOWD has rock continuum list on Facebook
