DC/Baltimore /DMV Global Music and More – November 2022
Compiled &
curated by Steve Kiviat and edited and updated frequently (go-go shows are
often just announced the week of the show). Work your way down day by day.
To submit events (for posting) or comments (that are not
posted) e-mail stevenkiviat @ gmail.com
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Some November 2022 gigs that interest me alot:
Thursday November 3-
Kaleta & Super Yamba Band free from 6 to 7 @ Kennedy
Center Millennium Stage (Brooklyn based Nigerian juju & afrobeat band)
Bossa special 20th anniversary event w/ dj V:Shal Kanwar
collaborating w/ Cheick Hamala Diabate, Rob Coltun & more @ 8 pm for free @
Bossa Bistro
Friday November 11 –
Jorge Drexler @
Lincoln Theatre (sold out)
Alvvays @ 10 @ 930 Club (sold out)
Monday Nov. 14-
Chills @ City Winery ( New Zealand pop rock)
Qwanqwa @ 7 @ Hill
Center (Ethiopian
Friday November 25-
EL Gran Combo @ MGM National Harbor (salsa legends)
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FULL NOVEMBER LIST BELOW ( *updates will be added)
Celebrating David Bowie Feat. Todd Rundgren, Adrian Belew,
Scrote, & Special Guest Thomas Dolby @ Rams Head Onstage Annapolis
Dave Kline w/ Jon Carroll @ Blues Alley (7 & 9 pm sets)
Beth Orton @ 6th & I
Let's Eat Grandma @
Union Stage
TCB, TOB, Reaction @ Club One
Can I Kick It w/ dj 2-tone Jones @ Songbyrd
Dia de Los Muertos evening picnic w/ djs & more @ 5:30 to 8:30 @ Museum of
contemporary art in Arlington
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Wednesday November 2nd–
Kalush Orchestra @ Howard Theatre
Nukhet Duru & Serkan Cagri @ City Winery (Turkish)
Beat Corridor funk, soul, hiphop jam session @ Bossa Bistro
Nnamdi, Joshua Virtue, Sir E.U. @ Comet Ping Pong
What Band @ Restaurant 55
Corazón Folklórico Dance Company honors Frida Kahlo with
traditional Mexican dance for free from 6 to 7 @ @
Kennedy Center Millennium Stage
Dia de los Muertos
5 to 8:30 pm @ National Portrait Gallery Kogod Courtyard
Afrobeats dj @
Kitchen Near You in Hyattsville
Subhumans, All Torn
Up, Pearl @ Ottobar (punk)
Kabaka Pyramid,
Nattali Rize @ Soundstage (reggae)
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Kaleta & Super
Yamba Band free from 6 to 7 @ Kennedy Center Millennium
Stage (Brooklyn based Nigerian juju & afrobeat band)
Bossa special 20th
anniversary event w/ dj V:Shal Kanwar collaborating w/ Cheick Hamala Diabate,
Rob Coltun & more @ 8 pm for free @ Bossa Bistro
Los Nocheros @ State Theatre
Winter , Peel Dream Magazine, Ajola @ Comet Ping Pong
Godwin Louis @ Creative Alliance (Haitian jazz sax)
What Band @ Martini’s
Moe Money Thursdays w/ Yaddiya @ Privilege Harlot
Andre Cepeda @ 6th & I (Colombian singer-songwriter)
Day of the Dead Fundraiser @ Haydees
Afrobeats dj @ Spectrum Lounge
Live Ethiopian
music @ Shalla Restaurant in Silver Spring (through Sunday)
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)
John Moreland @
Birchmere (alt-country singer/songwriter)
GWAR, Crobot,
Nekrogoblikon @ Baltimore Soundstage
Showtime Lounge Bar DC Bazaar w/ clothes & djs 7 pm to 12 midnight
New Impressionz @ Hashtag Lounge
TCB @ Power
*Thrillbillies @ JVs
[oops forgot Kokayi discusses “You Are Ketchup” on Nov. 3 at 7 p.m. at Byrdland Records & that Azul Band is @ Green Zone every first Thursday]
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Friday November 4th
Camilo @ Eaglebank Arena (Colombia)
DJ OOWWEE, DJ playing
Caribbean Beats @ Eaton
Los Elementos de Culiacan @ 90 Degrees
A Shrewdness of Apes, The Meer, Alex Parez @ the Runaway
Tropical F Storm w/
Gauche @ DC 9 (sold out)
Jessi Uribe & Joss Favela @ Howard Theatre
Alfredo Mojica Group @ Bossa (salsa)
Superorganism @ 930
Tropical beat dj night w/ Leon City Sounds djs &
Metamorfo (Queens NYC) @ Showtime
Mamalarky, Pretty Bitter, Tunnel @ Comet Ping Pong
Kundalika @ Gateway Arts Center, Brentwood, MD
Royal Opera of Madrid flamenco @
Miracle Theatre
Paulverizers w/
guest Sam Paladino on Hammond B3 organ @ Wheaton American Legion Post 268
Brothers 7 Band @ Lamonts in Pomonkey/Indian Head, MD
(soul)
Peace Band @ Twist Lounge (Ethiopian music
Fri. through Saturday)
Roots Band @ Makeda Restaurant, Van Dorn
St., Alexandria (Ethiopian)
Rakim @ Rams Head Baltimore
True Body, Divorce Horse, Tear Sponsor,
Polarview @ Joe Squared
Wussy @ Club 603 (sold out)
Fonseca & Brazilian Allstars samba jazz
@ Keystone Korner
Rare Essence @ Fast Eddies
Backyard Band @ Aqua
*Junkyard Band @ Nipsey's
*Nella (Venezuelan singer) @ Amp
*Dj Gilbert Torossian @ Green Zone (Arabic/Armenian)
*Dia de los Muertos w/ New Orchestra of Washington playing Silvestre Revueltas & premiere of Cantos de Requiem @ Kennedy Center
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Saturday November 5th
Crown Vic’s Weird World @ Allegory @ Eaton
K-Meta @ Eaton Hotel Wild Days
Amapiano day fest @ 4pm @ i/o spaces , 8222 GA ave Silver Spring
Hammered Hulls (dc punk band record release) w/ Divorce
Horse, Saffron @ Black Cat
Questlove “Music is History” discussion @ Kennedy Center
DJ Adoni @ Club One
What Band 3 to 8 @ Babylon Woodbridge
What Band, New Impressionz, Obsession Band late @ Restaurant 55
Tradewinds Reunion Part 2 with Rare Essence & guest
vocalist Ms Kim plus Da One Band @ Aqua
Tumbao @ Bossa (Latin Dance band)
Church Girl, Cherub tree, Grady @ Quarry House
Rally for reparations 11 am to 3 pm @ Freedom Plaza (after
rally party @ 10 pm @ Eaton Hotel)
Cathedral Bells, Surf Rock is Dead, Knifeplay @ Comet Ping
Pong
Loose Ends feat. Jane Eugene @ Birchmere
Baltimore Ceasefire End of an Era Beats not Bullets show w/
Lenwood @ 9 @ Md Art Place, 218 W. Saratoga in Baltimore
Mad Chef/Hot Shops Reunion w/TCB, Raw Image, UCB @ 9 pm to
late @ Bliss
Sofia Rei for free from 6 to 7 @ @ Kennedy Center Millennium
Stage (NYC Argentine singer)
Backyard Band between 10 am and 2 @ Skyland Town Center Fall
Block Party , 2224 Town Center Drive SE
Afro-Latin poetry readings by 6 poets @ Rhizome
Royal Opera of Madrid flamenco @ Miracle Theatre
Women of Country @ College Park American Legion
Suzanne Brindamour album release @ 7 @ Silver Strings in
Silver Spring
Peace Band @ Twist Lounge (Ethiopian music Fri. through Saturday)
Roots Band @ Makeda Restaurant, Van Dorn St., Alexandria
(Ethiopian)
Live Ethiopian music @ Shalla
Off! @ Union Stage (Postponed)
Tunnel, Billy Basement @ Ottobar
Rina Sawayama @ Fillmore (sold out)
Jimi Smooth @ Lamont’s
Nrityagram Dance Ensemble @ George Mason Center for the Arts
*CityDance Presents Asanga Domask's Vishwa Lanka Rangana @
Strathmore Education Center
*Flack and the Yachtsmen @ Palisades Hubcap Centre
*Junkyard Band @ Martini's
*Leon City Sounds tropical beats djs @ Green Zone
*Eliane Elias @ Barns of Wolf Trap (sold out) (Brazil)
*Jewish Musical Treasures: The National Chamber Ensemble Kristallnacht tribute @ 7:30 @ Gunton Arts Center in Arlington
*Dia de los Muertos Masquerade Gala @ the Mexican Cultural Institute
*Bailamos dance w/ DJ Renzo & drinks, food for sale 8 to 11 pm @ La Cosecha
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Sunday November 6
Sandeep Das & the Hum Ensemble @ 3 pm @ National Gallery
of Art West Bldg West garden court (free but registration required)
Los Rehenes, Los Fugitivos, Grupo Vientos @ The Palace
Backyard Band @ City Winery
Coronas (Ireland) @ Union Stage
Oceanator, Queen of Jeans, Flowerbomb @ Comet Ping Pong
Ami Dang with Infinity Knives @ Creative Alliance
DJs Jamstar and Obi spin afrobeats,
amapiano @ Gees
Ottmar Liebert
& Luna Negra @ Birchmere
Granny & the
Boys @ Showtime Lounge Bar
New Impressionz @
Twist Lounge
Preservation Hall
Jazz Band @ George Mason Center for the Arts
*CityDance Presents Asanga Domask's Vishwa Lanka Rangana @ Strathmore Education Center
*"The History of the Civil War" w/ live accompaniment by The Anvil Orchestra(Roger Clark Miller of Mission of Burma & Terry Donahue) (1921 doc about the Bolsheviks ) @ 2pm @ National Gallery of Art East Bldg
* TOB @ Allure
* Body Surfer & Beanie Beltran @ 6 pm @ WMUC Radio's Third Rail Radio
*Lissie @ 930 Club
*Alex Vaughn @ Songbyrd (sold out w/ wait-list) (PG County RnB singer now in LA)
*Vava United School of Samba @ 8 @ Bossa
*Afrobeats & Amapiano dj party @ 10 @ St. Ex (every Sunday)
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Monday November 7
The DC Blues Brothers Band w/ Bobby Felder, keyboard,
Jacques Johnson, Jr., guitar and band from 6 to 9 @ Westminster Church SW
Tonstartssbandht and Patrick Holland @ DC 9 (indie alt rock)
AFI @ 930 (sold out)
Victor Internet, Ariel & The Culture, Estereomance @
Quarry House
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Tuesday November 8
Billy Bremner’s
RockFiles @ Hank Dietles
Ceremony @ DC 9
AFI @ 930 (sold out)
Kirk Franklin & Maverick City Music gospel @ Eaglebank
Arena
Strawberry Runners, Cal Rifkin, Brassie @ Quarry House
Legendary Pink Dots @ Pie Shop (experimental art rock since
the 1980s)
Chloe Moriondo @ Union Stage (indie-pop)
Silversun Pickups @ Rams Head Baltimore
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Wednesday November 9th
Plains (Katie Crutchfield of Waxahatchee + Jess Williamson)
@ Howard Theatre
Groovin’ With Holmes
6-9pm @ Hank Dietle’s $10 cover (DC
stalwarts Dan Hovey, John Previti, Tam Sullivan and Nick Ruggieri pay tribute
to organ/guitar combos, especially inspired by Richard “Groove” Holmes)
Paris at Midnight: Jazz & Surrealism in 1920s w/
Post-Classical Ensemble for a screening
of the classic Surrealist film Entr’acte (René Clair, 1924) with the original
score by Erik Satie performed live. The program also includes film footage of
Josephine Baker dancing and a tribute to jazz great Sidney Bechet. It
culminates with Maurice Ravel's partly-jazz-inspired Piano Concerto in G
featuring soloist Drew Petersen, @ 7:30 @ Kennedy Center Terrace Theatre
The Red Pears, Benches, Floats @ Comet Ping Pong
Pierre Bensusan @ Creative Alliance (French-Algerian
guitarist)
Martha Redbone Roots Project for free from 6 to 7 @ @
Kennedy Center Millennium Stage
Afrobeats dj @ Kitchen Near You in Hyattsville
Ryley Walker , J.R. Bohannon Duo , Janel & Anthony @
Rhizome (fingerpick guitar, guitar and cello )
Travis @ 930 Club
*Teach Me How to Dabke w/ DJ Jinan @ Green Zone
*New Impressionz @ Babylon Falls Church
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Thursday November 10th
The 1975 w/ Blackstarkids
@ the Anthem
El Chaval de la
Bachata @ CocoCabana
Ricky Montgomery @ Howard Theatre (tik tok indie pop)
Sa-Roc @ Black Cat
Lisa Fischer @ Blues Alley (7 & 9 pm sets) (top backup
singer takes lead )
National Gallery Night
6 to 9 pm w/ DJ Baby Alcatraz, US Navy band Country Current, Chalk Riot
creating mural about 80s hiphop, Dr Elizabeth Rule discussing indigenous DC
(registration begins Nov. 3 @ 12 noon)
Moe Money Thursdays w/ Yaddiya @ Privilege
Live Ethiopian music @ Shalla Restaurant in Silver Spring
(through Sunday)
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)
Courtney Marie Andrews @ Songbyrd
*Danube Sessions w/ Orchester Prazevica @ Green Zone
*Flack 7 to 9:30 @ VFW Post 350 Hells Bottom
*New Jack City done live theatre style w/ Allen Payne, Treach, Big Daddy Kane, Gary Dourdan, Flex Alexander @ National Theatre (through 13th)
*New Impressionz feat. guests Rozay (ABM) & Spaceman (XIB) @ Hashtag Lounge
*Backyard Band, OP Tribe @ Restaurant 55
*Junkyard Band @ Funkstown American Legion Post 211
*Sirius Company @ Oyster Bar
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Friday November 11 –
Jorge Drexler @
Lincoln Theatre (sold out)
Alvvays @ 10 @ 930 Club (sold out)
Zaperoko @ the Palace
Agua Marina @ El Ranchon
Banda Clave Nueva @ Omega Bar ( from Mexico)
Bxs Bryndis Y Los
Askis @ Cococabana
Skullcrusher @ DC 9 (indie-folk)
The Soft Moon @ Howard Theatre (goth post-punk)
Cloud Nothings , Speedy Ortiz @ Black Cat
Shreya Ghoshal @ MGM National Harbor (India playback singer)
Alfredo Mojica Group @ Bossa (salsa)
Lisa Fischer @ Blues Alley (7 & 9 pm sets) (top backup
singer takes lead)
Larry & Joe @ 7:30
@ Church on the Square , 1025 S Potomac St ., Baltimore (Venezuelan harp
meets bluegrass banjo)
meditation teacher and hiphop musician Ofosu Jones-Quartey
(Born I) and renowned harpist Kim Sator @ 6 to 7:30 @ Eaton Hotel
Les the DJ @ Allegory @ Eaton Hotel
Brothers 7 Band @ Lamonts in Pomonkey/Indian Head, MD (soul)
Peace Band @ Twist Lounge (Ethiopian music Fri. through
Saturday)
Roots Band @ Makeda Restaurant, Van Dorn St., Alexandria
(Ethiopian)
Robin Holcomb , Sara Schoenbeck and Wayne Horvitz Duo (avant
-jazz ) @ Rhizome
Happy Fits, Daisy the Great, Phoneboy @ Union Stage (indie-pop)
Abdu Ali, Mighty Mar, Sir E.U., Threeeyedmouse, Sdot @
Ottobar
Loretta Lynn tribute @ Metro Gallery
Menzingers, Touche Amore, Screaming Females @ Rams Head Baltimore
NRBQ @ the Hamilton Live
*Shades of Django @ Amp by Strathmore
*Remi Hassoun @ Green Zone (Arabic)
*Longtimers @ VFW Post 350 Hells Bottom (roots rock Americana)
*Backyard Band, Ambition @ Aqua
*Rare Essence, Mature Clientele band @ Fast Eddie's
*TOB from 9 to 12 mdt @ Throw Social, 1401 Okie St NE
*Fadi Jano @ Cloud Lounge Arlington (Middle Eastern)
*New Jack City done live theatre style w/ Allen Payne, Treach, Big Daddy Kane, Gary Dourdan, Flex Alexander @ National Theatre (through 13th)
*DJ Blue DMV & DJ Bimshire playing dancehall, afrobeats, soca, reggaeton @ Pure Lounge
*salsa dj PhillyBoy @ 2nd floor of 618 Cocktail Lounge H St NW
*Rosie Cima @ Slash Run
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Saturday November 12-
DC Dance Festival @ Dance Place
Amenazzy @ Leyla’s in Chillum
Joe Veras @ VIP Room
Los Ilegales De Lempira @ Copan in Herndon
In Gratitude: A Tribute To Earth, Wind, & Fire @
Bethesda Blues
Abhi the Nomad @ DC 9 (rap) (sold out)
Lloyd Banks @ Howard Theatre Cancelled
Soccer Mommy @ 930 Club (sold out)
Millennium years artists tour w/ Mario, Bow Wow, Keri
Hilson, Lloyd,Pleasure P,Ying Yang Twins, Chingy, Dem Franchize Boyz, Lil
Scrappy, Travis Porter and more @ Eaglebank Arena
Maxwell @ MGM National Harbor
Tumbao @ 9 @ Bossa (Latin Dance band), DJ Lu upstairs @ 10:30 @ Bossa (Latin hits)
Hungarian Music Night w/Magnólia Zenekar + Szikra @ 7:30 @
Bossa
Lisa Fischer @ Blues Alley (7 & 9 pm sets) (top backup
singer takes lead )
Marc Cary’s Indigenous People Arkestra presents
Blackanomics @ Creative Alliance (go-go meets jazz)
The War and Treaty with Nate Bergman @ 6th & I
(indie-Americana)
John Murph dj @ Allegory @ Eaton Hotel
Jazz meets theater in Ogresse, a new musical journey of myth
and song created by vocalist Cécile McLorin Salvant @ Kennedy Center
Peace Band @ Twist Lounge (Ethiopian music Fri. through Saturday)
Roots Band @ Makeda Restaurant, Van Dorn St., Alexandria
(Ethiopian)
Live Ethiopian music @ Shalla
Ned Collette (Aussie folk & psych guitarist), Big Trash,
Sonic Eddy @ 3 @ Rhizome
Public Speaking,Insect Factory, PraxisCat, Astroturf Noise @
7 @ Rhizome (experimental)
Last Waltz @ Hamilton Live
All Hat No Cattle Country music night @ Public Option
TCB @ Restaurant 55
*Jumpin Jupiter @ Hank Dietles (rockabilly)
*Cosmic Chant. Niño de Elche (Canto Cósmico. Niño de Elche) movie about current Spanish flamenco singers @ 2 pm @ National Gallery of Art East Bldg
*dj Crown Vic's Weird World vinyl @ Green Zone
* *Bailamos dance w/ DJ, & drinks, food for sale 8 to 11 pm @ La Cosecha
*Rare Essence, Stinky Dink, Suttle @ Aqua
*New Jack City done live theatre style w/ Allen Payne, Treach, Big Daddy Kane, Gary Dourdan, Flex Alexander @ National Theatre (through 13th)
*7 Door Sedan, the Ubangis, the Delarcos @ Slash Run
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Sunday November 13-
DC Dance Festival @
Dance Place
Sarah Shook & the Disarmers @ DC 9
La Dinastia De Tuzantla @ 90 Degrees
Soccer Mommy @ 930
The Mavericks @ Lincoln Theatre
Maxwell @ MGM National Harbor
Lisa Fischer @ Blues Alley (7 & 9 pm sets) (top backup
singer takes lead)
Robert Glasper celebrates the 10th Anniversary of his Black
Radio w/ guests yasiin bey, Lalah
Hathaway, Bilal, Meshell Ndegeocello, Amir Sulaiman,& the 32-piece Black Radio Orchestra led by
Derrick Hodge @ Kennedy Center.
DJs Jamstar and Obi spin afrobeats, amapiano @ Gees
Death from Above 1979 @ Union Stage (sold out)
Rodney Crowell-- Rodney reads from his brand new book, Word
For Word, shares stories, and performs songs @ Birchmere (country/Americana)
Lindsey Buckingham @ Maryland Hall in Annapolis
*Magical Mystery 4 and the Fabulettes @ JVs
*Rock-a-Sonics @ Hank Dietles
*Afrobeats & Amapiano dj party @ 10 @ St. Ex (every Sunday)
* Birce Gökalp Band + Danube Wolves (Balkans, Turkey) @ 7:30 @ Bossa
*New Jack City done live theatre style w/ Allen Payne, Treach, Big Daddy Kane, Gary Dourdan, Flex Alexander @ National Theatre
*Diary of an RnB songwriter and Producer: Pharrell Williams panel discussion @ 12 noon to 2 @ Songbyrd
*Torrents Afro-futurism conference presents free 3 pm screening of "Black Fire: Radio, Rhythms & Revolution" - Directed by Kia Hicks-Freeman at Source Theatre; Torrents Afro-futurism conference presents free @ 4pm – Music Panel - Astral Traveling - James "Plunky" Branch, Craig Harris, & John Murph @ Source Theatre
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Chills @ City
Winery ( New Zealand pop rock)
Qwanqwa @ 7 @ Hill Center (Ethiopian)
Lazy Eyes (Aussie rock ) w/ Path @ DC 9
Kuba Cichocki (Polish jazz pianist)/Bogna Kicinska (Polish
jazz singer) & her Quartet @ Blues
Alley (7 & 9 pm sets)
Eli Winter (Chicago improv guitarist), Amadou Kouyate (DC-based kora) @ Rhizome
Bright Eyes @ Baltimore Soundstage
Jessie Reyez @ Fillmore
* Heart, Spirit, & Soul from 6 to 9 @ Blue Monday Blues @ Westminster Church SW
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Tuesday November 15-
Will Sheff/Okkervill River @ Black Cat
English Beat @ City Winery
Dave Kline feat. Senator Tim Kaine and Jenny Langer @ Blues
Alley (7 & 9 pm sets) (Blues and jazz)
Leven Kali, Jru Anthony @ Union Stage (r’n’b) (Jru is the
son of go-go singer Scooby Sirius)
Skillibeng @ Fillmore
*Sirius Company in game performance w/ Capital City Go-go minor league basketball @ 7 @ Entertainment Sports Arena (free giveaway of Globe posters plus Teach the Beat & DC Public Library will be there)
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Wednesday November 16
Alex G w/ Binki @ 930 (sold out) (critic fave indie pop)
German Lopez for free from 6 to 7 @ @ Kennedy Center
Millennium Stage (Canary Islands timple player)
Afrobeats dj @ Kitchen Near You in Hyattsville
* Global Interstellar Groove night w/ Dunia and Aram, Artsouca, and The Tributary Project (special collaborations night) @ Bossa
*People of Earth NYC Latin dance jazzy ensemble @ An Die Musik in Baltimore
*"Chocolate City Keep Crankin exhibit opening @ 5 & panel w/ Sweet Cherie, Sugar Bear, Darrin X, Moe Shorter, & Killa Cal moderated by Dee Dwyer from 6 :30 to 8 @ MLK Library
*New Impressionz @ Babylon Falls Church
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Thursday November 17
Midwxst & Dro Kenji @ Songbyrd (SoundCloud rap)
The 2 Rare Experience @Howard Theatre (philly drill rap
& club music)
Alex G w/ Hatchie @ 930 (sold out) (critic fave indie pop)
Thee Sacred Souls @ Black Cat (Daptone retro soul)
Pablo Regis’s Brazilian pagoda night @ Bossa
Moe Money Thursdays w/ Yaddiya @ Privilege
Patti Smith: Songs and Stories @ 6th & I (new book “A
Book of Days”)
Rudresh Mahanthapppa and the Hero trio @ Barns of Wolf Trap
(India meets jazz)
DJ Rhome Anderson on D’Angelo's Black Messiah @ Eaton Hotel
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)
seysew, Tammy, Rosie Cima & What She Dreamed @ Rhizome
Ambre @ Union Stage (r’n’b singer from New Orleans)
Showtime Lounge Bar DC Bazaar w/ clothes & djs 7 pm to 12 midnight
*Thrillbillies @ JVs
*Southern Culture on the Skids @ Amp by Strathmore
*Soul Selecta vinyl w/ DJ Kenny M @ Green Zone
*Going Goin Gone 7 to 9:30 @ VFW Post 350 Hells Bottom (roots rock)
*Tab Benoit & Dirty Dozen Brass @ State Theatre
*Flowerbomb, the Warhawks, Ekko Astral, the Bronze Age @ Slash Run
*Organ-ism, Innuendo, Divorce Horse, Daunting Nightmare @ Quarry House
* TOB, Experience Band, and N2L @ 8 pm on DC Public Library (DCPL) Youtube channel. each band plays a full set followed by an interview with Go-Go activist and historian Ron Moten.
*New Impressionz & TOB from 9 pm to 2 am @ Twist Lounge
*Sirius Company @ Union District Oyster Bar
*TCB @ Power
*Eastern Standard Time @ Wonderland Ballroom
*go-go City doc and Yaddiya @ Georgetown Law
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Friday Nov. 18-
Magdalena Bay at 930
RKM y Ken-y @ Euphoria in Baltimore
Geru Y Su Legion 7 ,
Los Elegantes De La Perla @ 90 Degrees
Maldy @ Cococabana
Prince tribute featuring Junie Henderson @ Bethesda Blues
Cynics (Pittsburgh garage rock) , Sex Faces (Des Demonas
members & others) , Downstrokes , DJ Snot Funny @ the Runaway
Billy Strings @ Anthem (sold out)
Charley Crockett @ Lincoln Theatre (sold out)
WHUR 50th anniversary show @ DAR Constitution Hall
Gloria Trevi @ MGM National Harbor
Alfredo Mojica Group @ Bossa (salsa)
An Eastern-European Throwdown with Orchester Prazevica and
the Baltimore Klezmer Allstars (with Seth Kibel & Michael Raitzyk) @
Creative Alliance
DJ Pedro Night @ Wild Days bar @ Eaton Hotel
DJ Neal Becton @ Allegory @ Eaton Hotel
Alex Cuba for free from 6 to 7 @ @ Kennedy Center Millennium
Stage (pop-soul)
Saxophonist Javon Jackson,
poet laureate Nikki Giovanni, and
jazz vocalist Nnenna Freelon @ Kennedy Center
Brothers 7 Band @ Lamonts in Pomonkey/Indian Head, MD (soul)
Peace Band @ Twist Lounge (Ethiopian music Fri. through
Saturday)
Roots Band @ Makeda Restaurant, Van Dorn St., Alexandria
(Ethiopian)
Jeffrey Osborne @ Birchmere (sold
out)
Manic Street
Preachers & London Suede@ Fillmore
*"Inu-Oh" Japanese theatrical movie about a guy who dances after hearing a blind lute player @ 7 @ Freer Gallery
*dj Basbousa @ Green Zone (Arabic)
*The Yachtsmen 7 to 10 @ VFW Post 350 Hells Bottom
*Rare Essence and EU @ Fast Eddie's
*Backyard Band & TOB @ Aqua
*Outerloop @ the Pocket
E.U. @ 2:30 for opening of downtown holiday market near the corner of Eighth and F Streets NW.
*Teddy Riley, Joe, Dave Hollister after Wizards v Miami Heat game @ Capital One Arena
*Jo-go Project @ Montpelier
*Afro International party w/ DJ Sam I Am @ Privilege
*DJ Baby Alcatraz @ Showtime Bar
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Saturday November 19
Hardway Connection @ Lamont’s (southern soul)
Lee Fields & the Expressions, Nicky Egan @ Black Cat
(soul)
The Mantis, Time is Fire, Sensor Ghost @ Comet Ping Pong (post-punk)
Maldy @ VIP Room
Los Sementales de
Nuevo Leon @ El Pueblito in Annapolis
Marco Flores Y La Banda Jerez @ El Ranchon
La Sonora Dinamita @ Anejo Bar & Grill
RKM y Ken-y @ Club One (reggaeton)
Palm, Water from your eyes, Flasher @ DC 9
Bartees Strange, Pom Pom Squad, Spring Silver @ 6 pm @ 930
Club
Let it Flow, Suttle 3 to 9 pm @ Diamond Lounge
Publicity Band reunion show 3 to 8 pm @ Restaurant 55
Tumbao @ Bossa (Latin Dance band)
Small Sur w/ Outer Spaces @ Creative Alliance
Margaret Leng Tam @ Coolidge Auditorium of Library of Congress
(avante-garde)
DJ Adrian Loving @ Allegory @ Eaton Hotel
Gaby Moreno for free from 6 to 7 @ @ Kennedy Center
Millennium Stage
Leandro Reyes 50th
artistic anniversary @ Chilcano’s Restaurant in Falls Church
Peace Band @ Twist Lounge (Ethiopian music Fri. through
Sunday)
Roots Band @ Makeda Restaurant, Van Dorn St., Alexandria
(Ethiopian)
Live Ethiopian music @ Shalla
Jeffrey Osborne @ Birchmere (sold out)
Della Mae & Sister Sadie @ 1 pm
@ Rams Head Onstage Annapolis (string band/Americana)
Southern Culture on
the Skids @ 8 @ Rams Head Onstage Annapolis
Yung Gravy (rap) @
Fillmore
Singer Jayanti
Sahasrabuddhe (India) w/ tabla, harmonium, & tanpura musicians @ 1:30 &
4pm @ Smithsonian Asian Art Freer Gallery
*dj Johnson Lee vinyl (of Joe's Record Paradise) @ Green Zone
*Karl Straub Combo 7 to 10 @ VFW Post 350 Hells Bottom
* *Bailamos dance w/ DJ Danny Hajjar & drinks, food for sale 8 to 11 pm @ La Cosecha
*DC Afrobeats Fall Fest @ Club Elevate
*Backyard Band, What Band, Sirius Company @ Fast Eddies
*Sirius Company @ the Garden in Alexandria early
*Punk Rock Flea Market 12 to 5 pm @ St Stephens
*New Impressionz w/ guest Steve Roy, & Ambition w/ Binta Campbell @ Restaurant 55
*Franz Nicolay, Timothy Bailey & the Humans @ Quarry House
*Montgomery County Thanksgiving parade at 10 am
*Club Quarantine w/ D-Nice & special guests @ Kennedy Center Opera House
*Vi-Kings @ Palisades Hub Cap Centre
*Rare Essence & Da One Band @ Aqua
*Flash-off Detroit loves DC w/ Carl Craig, Inner City (dj set), Juan Atkins ft Milan Ariel, Stacey Hotwaxx Hale of location tba
*Washington DC March for Iran - Woman-life-Liberty 2 pm @ Farragut Square Park
*OkayAfricaDC w/ djs NativeSun & Underdog @ Saint Ex
*Reaction and TOB @ Martini's
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Sunday November 20
Habib Koite & Bamada @ City Winery (Mali)
Be’la Dona go-go brunch @ 2 pm @ Bethesda Blues
Al Hostile @ DC 9 (r’n’b & rap)
Ani Difranco w/ Righteous Babes Revue @ 930 Club
Bronco @ Eaglebank Arena
Still Familiar from 6 to 11
@ Sax
DJs Jamstar and Obi spin afrobeats, amapiano @ Gees
Della Mae & Sister Sadie @ Birchmere (string
band/Americana)
Beausoleil @ Rams Head Onstage
Annapolis (Cajun)
Jim Bennett @ Lamont’s
*Black Rails Band, Continuals, Glue Factory @ Runaway
*Afrobeats & Amapiano dj party @ 10 @ St. Ex (every Sunday)
*Mrs. Toretsky’s Nightmare @ 7:30 @ Bossa (klezmer)
*Girls Rock DC Anti-Prom @ Songbyrd
*Vintage clothes and Vinyl popup @ 3 @ Runaway
*Sensational Singing Angels, Heavenly Sons, Pastor James Hillian, Jr & co., Chevela & the Spiritual Voices, The Barbour Travelers, Seek and Find Project, Zion @ 4 pm @ Harvest Assembly Baptist Church
*Plastic Sun, Shift Meal @ 6 @ WMUC radio Third Rail Radio show
*Adekunle Gold and BNXN FKA Buju @ 9 @ Society Lounge (acclaimed afrobeats)
*Koffi Olomide @ Karma (Congolese)
*Pink Celestial Ball w/ Ari Voxx & Freddy Hall @ Pie Shop (dream pop)
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Monday November 21
75th Birthday jazz drummer Nasar Abadey and Supernova with Sean Jones @ Blues Alley (7 & 9 pm
sets)
Post Moves, The Arm , Nate Scheible @ Rhizome
*Harry Connick Jr @ Kennedy Center Concert Hall (sold out)
*Vince Evans blues band 6 to 9 @ Westminster Church SW
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Tuesday November 22
Klezmer Allstars @ An Die Musik
Meechy Darko @ Fillmore (rap)
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Wednesday November 23
Karlos Rose @ Omega Bar (Dominican Republic)
Alexis y Fido @ 21800 Towncenter Plaza , Sterling, VA (reggaeton)
La Gran Banda @ Club One
Disq @ DC 9 (rock)
The Smile @ Anthem (rock w/ Radiohead members & jazz drummer)
Backyard Band @ Ivy City Smokehouse (go-go)
Old Man Saxon for free from 6 to 7 @ @ Kennedy Center
Millennium Stage (rap)
Afrobeats dj @ Kitchen Near You in
Hyattsville
*What Band @ Babylon Woodbridge
*Rare Essence @ City Winery Loft room
*Adobo's "Teteo on U St" w/ djs Bo, Jox, K-Meta, Pedro Night @ Alice
*New Impressionz @ Babylon Falls Church
*Junkyard Band, Sirius Company, Still Familiar @ Fast Eddies
*The Last Waltz music doc @ 9 @ Boundary Stone
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Thursday November 24
Carnaval Campirano w/ Arrazanta Tropical, La Chanchona 503,
Sonore Centeno, Sonora Santa Clara, Hermanos Lobo @ VIP Room
EL Chaval de la Bachata @ Rio Cantina
Moe Money Thursdays w/ Yaddiya @ Privilege Cancelled
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 other 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 @ Hank Dietles
*La Arrolladora, El Chapo de Sinaloa, Yaguaru @ Cococabana
*New Impressionz @ Twist Lounge (go-go)
* What Band w/ Killa Cal @ Martini's in Ft Washington
*TCB @ Power
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Friday November 25
El Gran Combo @ MGM National Harbor (salsa legends)
Carnaval Campirano w/ Arrazanta Tropical, La Chanchona 503,
Sonore Centeno, Los Cumbiamberos de Morazan, Furia Latina, La Sonora Dinamita, Los Hermanos Lovo, Los
Ilegales De Lempira @ Club One
Mozart La Para Dj Adoni @ Cococabana
Aldn @ Songbyrd (Reston, VA hyperpop)
The Set RnB experience @ Howard Theatre
Alfredo Mojica Group @ Bossa (salsa)
dj Farrah Flosscett @ WIld Days @ Eaton Hotel
Brothers 7 Band @ Lamonts in Pomonkey/Indian Head, MD (soul)
Peace Band @ Twist Lounge (Ethiopian music Fri. through
Saturday)
Roots Band @ Makeda Restaurant, Van Dorn St., Alexandria
(Ethiopian)
No/más, Deleriant nerve, At the heart of the world, Desolus
@ Rhizome
Seldom Scene @ Birchmere
Sugarhill Gang @ Rams Head Onstage Annapolis
Funksgiving w/ Ron Holloway Band @ Hamilton Live
*Bassam Haddad @ Green Zone (Arabic)
*Old school hiphop & more w/ DJ Trini & DJ Joe Cat Daddy @ Harlot
*Jim Stephanson (country blues & jazz guitarist) @ 2 ; dj Crown Vic's Weird World grooves 2:30 to 4:30; Stacy Brooks Band (blues) all @ Downtown Holiday Market 8 & F Sts NW
*New Impressionz & New Visionz @ Hangars
*Junkyard Band @ Nipseys
*Backyard Band, TOB @ Aqua
*Ekip, Keke Kompasgiving @ Mix Bar
*Rare Essence, DC Vybe @ Fast Eddies
* Bobby Felder jazz big band (w/ 16 people including 5 trombones, vocals) from 6 to 9 pm @ Westminster Church SW (Felder is a longtime DC jazz and r'n'b multiple instrument musician)
*CCB from 9 to 12 mdt @ Throw Social
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Saturday November 26
K - Paz De La Sierra , Los Hermanos Lobo @ Club One
Elle Varner @ Bethesda Blues
Tumbao @ Bossa (Latin Dance band)
What Band w/ guest Killa Cal, Sounds of Elegance @ Nipsey’s
Backyard Band & Project 360 @ Nottingham’s
Cimafunk for free from 6 to 7 @ Kennedy Center
Millennium Stage (Afro-Cuban)
Peace Band @ Twist Lounge (Ethiopian music Fri. through
Sunday)
Roots Band @ Makeda Restaurant, Van Dorn St., Alexandria
(Ethiopian)
Live Ethiopian music @ Shalla
Art Fungus, Kelly Servick, The North Country @ Rhizome
Black Violin @ Meyerhoff
Pietasters, Scotch Bonnets, Forwards, Soularites @ Ottobar
Chuck Brown Band & EU w/ Sugar Bear @ Hamilton Live
Lady Mary @ Lamont’s
*Nectar w/ dj V:shal Kanwar & Dhakfu @ Green Zone
* Bailamos dance w/ DJ Renzo & drinks, food for sale 8 to 11 pm @ La Cosecha
*Khash album release party @ Gisele's in Wheaton ( Haitian)
*Rare Essence , Sirius Company @ Aqua
*Proper Utensils @ Union Oyster (go-go)
*TCB, Reaction, TOB @ Power
*Crown Vic's Weird World dj @ 10 @ Showtime
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Sunday November 27
Ethiopian Gala and cultural dinner w/ singers Maritu Legesse, Fasil Demoze,
Abeba Desalgen & the Ras Band plus a
comedian 6 to 11:30 pm @ Silver Spring Civic
Building – Plaza Hall
Los Angles Azules @ Eaglebank Arena
Slickee Boys conversation plus a few songs @ Palisades Hub
Cap Centre (sold out)
"Hallelujah: Leonard Cohen, A Journey, A Song" @ 3
P.M. @ Kennedy Center Millennium Stage
DJs Jamstar and Obi spin afrobeats, amapiano @ Gees
Culture Fusion Fest feat. DJ Pae Me + UCB + Riz Tha Great +
DJ Samurai Sly @ Union Stage
Baltimore Record
Bazaar @ 11 am to 5 pm free @ Peabody Heights Brewery
Samuel Prather & the Groove Orchestra Holiday
Celebration @ 5 & 7:30 @ Keystone Korner
Charlie Brown Christmas with The Eric Byrd Trio 2 shows @ 3 & 6:30 pm @
Hamilton Live
* "Thumbs Up for Mother Universe: Stories from the Life of Lonnie Holley" movie @ 2 pm @ National Gallery of Art East Wing
*Afrobeats & Amapiano dj party @ 10 @ St. Ex (every Sunday)
*Afro x Sunday day party 5 to 11 @ Gazuza
*Mosche @ Bossa
*Carly Harvey 12 to 2pm (blues , jazz); Sir Alan & the Calypso Ponzi Schemers 2:30 to 4:30; Feedel Band 5-7 @ Downtown Holiday Market 8th & F Sts NW
* a free holiday DC guitar pop & more hoedown ft. Close / Static Spray / Francisco Abate @ 8 @ Rhizome
*Amapiano, afrobeats, kwaito dj Febi Gusi @ 8 until @ Bloombars
*Backyard Band @ Society Lounge (go-go) ;
* Sirius Company @ Ivy City Smokehouse
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Monday November 28
NPR Music Celebrates 15 Years w/ Cimafunk, Cory Henry,
Leikeli47, DJ Cuzzin B @ 930 Club
Chris Isaak everybody knows its Christmas tour @ Birchmere
Dominik Fike @ Fillmore (rap)
* Dave Chappell duo (roots Americana) 12 to 2; Runa Kuna 5 to 7 (Andean panpipes) @ Downtown Holiday Market 8th & F Sts NW
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Tuesday November 29
Messthetics w/ James Brandon Lewis @ Blues Alley (7 & 9 pm sets)
Yot Club @ DC 9 (lo-fi bedroom pop)
NPR Music Celebrates 15 Years w/ Amber Mark (r'n'b singer), Hurray for the Riff Raff, YEИDRY,
DJ Cuzzin B @ 930 Club
Musiq Soulchild @ Birchmere (sold out)
Archers of Loaf, Weird Nightmare @ Ottobar
Rod Wave @ Capital One Arena (rap)
the Steel Pan Ensemble (director, Victor Provost), Latin
American Ensemble (director, Juan Megna) and Braddock Road Brass Band
(director, Graham Breedlove) for an
evening of music from the Caribbean, Latin America and New Orleans @ George
Mason Center for the Arts
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Wednesday November 30
Afrobeats dj @ Kitchen Near You in Hyattsville
Delicate Steve @ Songbyrd ( alt indie rock)
Julian Lage @ 6th & I (guitarist)
Musiq Soulchild @ Birchmere
Bill Kirchen’s Honky tonk holiday show @ Rams Head Onstage
Annapolis
*Going goin gone @ Hank Dietles
*Bossa free 20th anniversary event w/ poetry open-mic 7 to 8:30; Poetry jam session w/ resident musicians of Bossa 8:30 to 9:15pm; 9:45 on Bossa music collaborations w/ Cheick Hamala Diabate;Rene Ibanez; Alfredo Mojico; V:Shal Kanwar; Danny Knicely; Rob Coltun & more
*Blu DeTiger @ 930 (tiktok indie pop)
*New Impressionz @ Babylon Falls Church (go-go)
*Stacy Brooks blues band free @ Mr Braxton's
*Dave Kline Band @ Blues Alley
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Thursday December 1
Jake Xerxes Fussell @ Kennedy Center Millennium Stage
(fingerpick folk guitarist)
Nikki Lane @ Black Cat (indie-pop country singer/songwriter)
Moe Money Thursdays w/ Yaddiya @ Privilege Cancelled
Live Ethiopian music @ Shalla Restaurant in Silver Spring
(through Sunday)
Afrobeats Thursdays @ Spectrum Lounge in Beltsville
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)
*Verny Varela @ Bossa (DC Based Colombian singer/flautist )
*Hammered Hulls, Clear Channel, Super Drugs @ Ottobar (punk)
*Good Holiday Ball Holiday Toy Drive hosted by Ari Lennox & Yaddiya @ the Park at 14th
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Friday December 2
*Save Your Soul dj night w/ Rob Macy & Baby Alcatraz @ Lithuanian Hall in Baltimore
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Saturday December 3-
*Black Zine panel from 1 to 2:30 pm w/ Shotgun Seamstress editor Osa Atoe (who is releasing an anthology of her zines) plus UK musician Rachel Aggs, Ambrose Nzams, Alex Smith, Fabiola Ching @ MLK Library
*Rachel Aggs, Ecstatic International, Shy Godwin @ Comet after 10 pm (post-punk)
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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 DC Facebook has Latinx too, and
baltshowplace.tumblr has Baltimore punk & more; Elliot Gross on Facebook
has DC blues & blues-rock
