DC/Baltimore /DMV Global Music and More – December 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.
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 District Maryland Virginia &
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, texts from promoters, Whats App, Tik-tok, & club
voicemails.
Thursday December 8 - Burna Boy @ Capital One Arena (Nigerian afrobeats w/ rap & r'n'b)
Saturday December 10- Pierre Kwenders @ Quarry House Tavern (Canadian-Congolese rumba & electronic dance)
To submit events (for posting) or comments (that are not
posted) e-mail stevenkiviat @ gmail.com
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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)
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)
TCB @ Power
Jane Monheit @ Blues Alley (2 shows)
(Jazz singer)
Eric Lindell & Anson Funderburgh @ City Winery
Free bluegrass night w/ Only Lonesome @ Quarry House Tavern
Thrillbillies @ JVs
Good Holiday Ball toy drive presented by Ari Lennox &
Yaddiya @ 10 pm @ The Park @ 14th
Hammered Hulls, Clear Channel, Super Drugs @ Ottobar
Psyop, Powerwasher, Boot Boys, Grudge @ Metro Gallery
Baltimore
Rini @ Union Stage (r’n’b)
Azul Band @ The Green Zone
Ginger’s Palace, Austin Loman Group, Anthony Pirog @ Rhizome
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Friday December 2
Save Your Soul dj night w/ Rob Macy & Baby Alcatraz @
Lithuanian Hall in Baltimore
Jane Monheit @ Blues Alley (2 shows)
(Jazz singer)
Beau Young Prince @ Songbyrd (rap)
Rami Forte w/ Ginayra & 9ueve @ the Pocket (reggaeton
/hiphop/r’n’b)
Alfredo Mojica Group @ Bossa (DC-based
salsa)
Persistent Vision: A roundtable discussion on DC Punk fanzines
w/ John Davis (U of MD zine collection) , Ambrose Nzams (Demystification),
& Jennifer Fox-Thomas (Turn Around) @ 4pm @ Leah Smith Hall in the Clarice
Smith Arts Center U of MD
Rare Essence & TOB @ Fast Eddies (first time these bands
have played together)
TCB, the Men @ Martini’s (bouncebeat go-go)
Sirius Company @ Air (go-go)
Tom Williams Quartet w/ singer Lena Seikaly 6 to 9 pm @
Westminster Church SW jazz night
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)
Live Ethiopian
music @ Shalla
Junkyard Band @
Nipseys (go-go)
DJ Gilberto
Torossian @ The Green Zone (Arabic/Armenian)
Zacarias Ferreira @
the Palace
Tribu Lenca @ Omega
Bar
Backyard Band and
Ambition @ Aqua
*Mickey Darling @ DC 9 (indie pop) (sold Out)
*Breland @ Union Stage (country pop r'n'b)
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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
*Photographer Glen Friedman talks w/ Ian Mackaye @ 3 about his Black Flag photos in his book What I See @ MLK Library
Rachel Aggs, Ecstatic International, Shy Godwin @ Comet
after 10 pm (Aggs is post-punk from UK & others are DC)
Regina Belle @ Bethesda Blues and
Jazz
Garage punk night w/ the Stents, Waking Lily, Apollo 66,
Coastguard @ 8 pm @ American Legion Post 41, Cissel-Saxon
Jane Monheit @ Blues Alley (2 shows)
(Jazz singer)
Sharon Clark Trio @ Laporta’s (jazz singer)
Oren Levine & Friends @ Capital Cider
Temptations & 4 Tops @ MGM National Harbor
Outerloop, Powerwasher, S.C.A.B. @ Quarry House Tavern
Youssoupha Sidibe @ 7:30 @ Bossa (reggae & more kora
player)
Tumbao @ 10 @ Bossa (DC Latin dance band)
Rock-a-Sonics & Ichi-Bons @ Palisades Hub Cap Centre
Tropical beats w/ Leon City Sounds & Ty Hussell @ 10 pm
@ Green Zone
DJ LandReform @ Neptune Room (electro/techno)
Rare Essence & Suttle @ Aqua
Backyard Band @ Martini’s
Peace Band @ Twist Lounge (Ethiopian
music Fri. through Saturday)
Roots Band @ Makeda
Restaurant, Van Dorn St., Alexandria (Ethiopian)
Live Ethiopian
music @ Shalla
Analog Holiday
Market @ Bump n Grind Coffee & Records 10am to 3 pm w/ DJ David playing
holiday songs
Bongo District @
Marx Café (cumbia)
Art, Beats, Eats
fest 12 to 5 @ Mixt Food Hall
Curse Words,
Barking Carnies, Electric Grandmother, the Creachies @ the Runaway
Catalytic Sound Fest w/ Luke Stewart, Sarah Hughes & more @ Rhizome (avante jazz )
The Queers & 8 more bands @ 5 @ Pie Shop
DC (punk)
Tribu Lenca @ Club One
DJ Ablaze Afro-Caribbean brunch @ Society
Lounge
Noche de baile w/ alternative tango w/ dj DJ
Ramu 8 to 12 mdt @ La Cosecha
Chris Isaak @ Md Hall In Annapolis
Junkyard Band and Sirius Company 4 to 9 @
Diamond Lounge
Sirius Company 7 to 11 @ National Harbor
Sunset Room
Sirius Company @ Still Familiar late @ Fast Eddie’s
*TCB, TOB @ Power
*John Doe (of X) free from 6 to 7 @ Kennedy Center Millennium Stage
NPR's A Jazz Piano Christmas @ Kennedy Center Terrace Theatre
*Ballet Hispanico @ Kennedy Center Eisenhower Theatre
*Bluegrass Nutcracker @ Creative Alliance
*Afro Nuevo 5 to 7 pm @ Downtown Holiday Market , 8th & F Sts NW
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Sunday December 4
Ibex Club Hand Dance Reunion from 5 to 8 @ Eloquent Touch
Ballroom
Bassist Johnny Castle retirement gig w/ Nighthawks, Kelly
Bell Band, Thrillbillies, Arty Hill & Long Gone Daddys (benefit for After
Dark Fund) 7 pm to 11 pm @ Rosensteel Hall (sold out) (but some may be
available at door)
Pagode e Samba: Roda de Amigos @ Bossa
A Motown Christmas @ Bethesda Blues
Cheik Hamala Diabate @ 4 @ Hill Center (DC based Malian
ngoni player)
Pile ‘o’ Rocks @ 4 @ JVs
Jane Monheit @ Blues Alley (2 shows) (Jazz singer)
Roots Band @ Makeda Restaurant, Van Dorn St., Alexandria
(Ethiopian)
Live Ethiopian music @ Shalla
Analog Holiday Market @ Bump n Grind
Coffee & Records 10am to 3 pm w/ DJ Jim Thomson(aka Crown Vic)
Dazy, Graham Grease, Dim Wizard @ Comet P Pong
Afrobeats & Amapiano dj party @ 10 @ St. Ex (every Sunday)
Catalytic Sound Fest
w/ Luke Stewart, Janel & Anthony, No Trick Pony & more @ Rhizome (avante jazz )
Bounce n Brunch w/ dj playing afrobeats, dancehall,
reggaeton @ 11 am @ Kaldi’s
Tribu Lenca @ Anejo Bar
Eric Lindell & Anson Funderburgh @ Ras Head Onstage (roots)
Backyard Band @ Society Lounge
*TOB @ Oyster Bar
*Kiti Gartner & Drifiting Valentines 5 to 7 @ Downtown Holiday Market , 8th & F Sts NW (rockabilly & western swing)
*Tet Way tribute to Armstrong Singers gospel blue jeans and white tops mandatory event w/ Maurice Yancey & many more @ 3:45 pm @ Forest Park Center in Baltimore
*Love the Music record show 10 am to 3 pm @ Rosensteel Hall Silver Spring
*Andualem Gosa & Senta Yehu (Hibongo) @ 10 @ MHL Lounge (Ethiopian)
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Monday December 5
Amiture, Past Pawn, Bulk Bin, Benthic Zone @ Rhizome
*Bitchin Bajas, Al Schatz @ Normal's Books in Baltimore
*Big Blues Band @ Westminster Church in SW DC Blues Monday
* Giant Rooks @ 930 (do at tiktok cover of "Tom's Diner" )
*Kelsey Waldon @ Jammin Java (country)
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Tuesday December 6 –
Azizi Gibson & Kevin Sinatra @ DC 9 (rap)
Brett Eldridge @ DAR Constitution Hall (country)
DJ 2 Tone Jones Can I Kick It @ Songbyrd
*Soweto Gospel Choir @ Strathmore
*The Experience Band @ Throw Social
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Wednesday December 7
Jason Nazary, Model Home, Emily Gen @ Rhizome
Big Star #1 Record tribute w/ Big Star drummer Jody
Stephens, Mike Mills (REM), Chris Stamey & more @ Union Stage
Beat Corridor @ Bossa
DC 101-derland 2022 w/ Jimmy Eat World, Spoon, the Struts,
Silversun Pickups , Talk @ Anthem
Public Speaking, Insect Factory, Nice Breeze, Sansyou, DJ Snot
Funny @ the Runaway (punk & post punk &
experimental)
*Makana free from 6 to 7 @ Kennedy Center Millennium Stage
*Darlene Love @ Harford Community College APG Federal Credit Union Arena (north of Baltimore)
*New Impressionz @ Babylon Falls Church
*DJ Trevor Keen album release 8 to 10pm @ Neptune Room
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Thursday December 8
Burna Boy @ Capital One Arena (Nigerian afrobeats)
The Green Show Band 8 to 11 pm @ Mr Braxton’s (Local r’n’b
& rap)
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)
Lightning Bolt @ Black Cat (noise rock)
Danube Session w/ Orchester Prozenica @ Green Zone
Bitchin Bajas, TALsounds @ Rhizome (sold out)
*WPFW programmer and listener appreciation party from 6 to 10 w/ DJs James Funk & Captain Fly, hosted by DJ Robyn Holden @ Ocean Lounge, 1220 H St NE
*DJ Joyce (1432 Records ) from 12 noon to 4 pm @ Showfields, 3077 M St NW
*Pablo's Baile @ Bossa (Brazilian) Cancelled
*Verny Varela @ Bossa (salsa)
*Fly Society Player's Ball 6 to 11 pm @ Euphoria in Baltimore
*DJ Kool video shoot w/ Priest da Nomad 6 to 10 pm @ Alice, 1357 U St. NW
*What Band @ Martini's
*TCB @ Power
*Sirius Company @ Union Oyster
*Capitol Hill Jazz Orchestra @ Miracle Theatre
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Friday December 9 –
Gonzalo Rubalcaba, piano & Aymée Nuviola, voice @ LOC
(Cuban music)
Step Afrika’s Magical Musical Holiday Step Show @ Arena
Stage (through December 18)
Patterson Hood of Drive-by Truckers @ City Winery DC
Montez de Durango y Patrulla 81 @ VIP Room in Baltimore
Viti Ruiz, Hermanos Galvan &
Orquesta @ El Ranchon (salsa romantica)
Maldy y De La Ghetto @ Cococabana
Franxx @ Rhizome
Alfredo Mojica Group @ Bossa (salsa)
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)
Live Ethiopian
music @ Shalla
Junkyard Band @
Nipseys (go-go)
Lighting Bolt @
Ottobar (noise-rock)
The Cookers @
Keystone Korner (jazz allstar band)
Quique Escamilla @
City Winery (Mayan-Zapotec)
DJ Remi Hassoun
(Arabic) @ The Green Zone
Kinda Evil, Pink
House, Cherub Tree @ the Runaway (DC indie)
*Jake Blount @ Creative Alliance (Afro-folk)
*Afro Nuevo from 5 to 7 @ Downtown Holiday Market , 8th & F Sts NW (Cuban jazz)
*gospel benefit concert for Edward Sparkie Ferguson & family @ 7 pm w/ Pastor EL McNair & Covenant; Chevela & the Spiritual Voices; Shonda T & Fresh Oil; The Mighty Christianairs; Zionaires; James Price & Redemption; Mike & the Fellas; Kenny Davis & & The Melodyaires @ 7 pm @ New Life Fellowship Church in Christ, 559 Robert St. in Baltimore
*CCB @ Throw Social
*New Impressionz & Ambition Band @ Hangars
*Sirius Company @ Air
*Backyard Band & UCB @ Aqua
*TCB, TOB bounce for toys show @ Martini's (discount admission if you bring a toy to donate)
*Rare Essence & EU @ Fast Eddies
*Acemo , Black Rave Culture, High Speed Chase @ 10 @ secret warehouse (see hdf.dmv IG)
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Saturday December 10-
Pierre Kwenders @ Quarry House (Canadian based Congolese
rumba electro musician)
Gospel toy drive concert (admission is cheaper if you donate
a toy) with Bishop Luke Saunders and the Sensational Stars; James Price &
Redemption; Chevela & the Spiritual Voices; Angela Robinson & High
Praise; The Singing Angels; The Heavenly Sons; 4HisGlory @ New Vizion, 4598
Beech Rd., Temple Hills, MD
Teenarama film (about
60s DC Black teen dance show during segregation) , dancing demonstration, &
panel with Jiiko Ozimba & & Executive Producer Beverly Lindsay-Johnson
from 2 to 5 pm @ MLK Public Library
Worship Live Holiday tour with Fred Hammond, Israel
Houghton, Pastor Mike JR @ MGM National Harbor
After 7 @ Bethesda Blues
Rakim & Blitz the Ambassador @ 930 (rap)
Backyard Band @ Fillmore
Los Saicos Experience, Toward Space, Fleabath @ the Runaway
Los Plebes de Olancho, Grupo Miramar @ Club One
YungManny @ Songbyrd
Tumbao @ 10 @ Bossa
(DC Latin dance band)
Peace Band @ Twist Lounge (Ethiopian music Fri. through
Saturday)
Roots Band @ Makeda Restaurant, Van Dorn St., Alexandria
(Ethiopian)
Live Ethiopian music @ Shalla
Ottobar punk rock flea market @ 10am
Crown Vic’s Weird World vinyl dj @ The Green Zone
Bonny Light Horseman w/ Joan Shelley @ the Howard Theatre
Viti Ruiz @ VIP Room
60s vinyl dance party @ Slash Run
*Questlove "Music is History" conversation @ Kennedy Center Terrace Theatre
*Special Interest, Pearl, Model Home @ Metro Gallery
*Can I Kick it?: The Last Dragon @ Creative Alliance ( hiphop)
*Stacy Brooks Band 5 to 7 @ Downtown Holiday Market , 8th & F Sts NW
*Proper Utensils feat James Funk w/ guest percussionist Go-go Mickey & Still Familiar @ 10 pm @ Chateau Remix
*Rare Essence & Suttle @ Aqua
*Afro Soca Love @ Karma
*Electric Cowbell pop-up for new Bio Ritmo salsa record from 2 to 5 @ Byrdland Records
*TOB & New Impressionz @ Fast Eddies (bouncebeat go-go)
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Sunday December 11
Montez de Durango , Patrulla 81 @ Rio Cantina
A Celebration of gospel @ 4
@ Bethesda Blues
Roots Band @ Makeda Restaurant, Van Dorn St., Alexandria
(Ethiopian)
Live Ethiopian music @ Shalla
Reggae on the Ave finale 4 to 10 w/ DJ Majestic, DJ Curry, Willy Chin @
Privilege
Afrobeats & Amapiano dj party @ 10 @ St. Ex (every
Sunday)
Emmylou Harris benefit show @
Hamilton Live
Diary of an rnb songwriter discussion about Jermaine Dupri @
Songbyrd
Twins Jazz Revival @ Union Stage
Vintage clothes & Vinyl sale 3 to 7 pm @ Slash Run
* Sitali w/ Stewart Bernard @ Bossa
*machine girl @ black Cat (sold out)
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Monday December 12
Lemonheads, Julianne Hatfield @ 930 Club (sold out)
Cook for Iran popup @ Green Zone (sold out)
Merry TubaChristmas free from 6 to 7 @ Kennedy Center Millennium Stage
Sol Roots Band @ Westminster Church in SW DC Blues Monday
*Surf Curse , Momma @ Black Cat (indie) (sold out)
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Tuesday December 13
Etienne Charles Creole Christmas @
City Winery DC
Foals @ Anthem
Hot 95 Jingle Ball
@ Capital One Arena
A-Mei @ National
Harbor (“Queen of Mando Pop” Taiwan Puyuma)
*Surf Curse , Momma @ Black Cat (indie)
*Veronneau @ Blues Alley (global jazz)
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Wednesday December 14
Modest Mouse @ 930 (sold out)
Stacy Brooks Band from 8 to 11 @ Mr. Braxton's (blues and
soul)
Everybody Everybody and Dupont Brass holiday show @ City
Winery DC
The Happy Fits @ Howard Theatre
Garbagefest benefit for food not bombs w/ the Mostly Dead,
Cecil & Delilah, Gabbo @ Rhizome
*New Impressionz @ Babylon Falls Church (go-go)
*Wes Watkins Got My Own Sound holiday edition @ Blues Alley
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Thursday December 15
They Might Be Giants @ 930 (sold
out)
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 w/Kalkidan, Fikadu & Ethio Band @ MHL Lounge in Falls Church
Local Latin jazz @ Simple Bar
Asmae @ Cloud Lounge in Arlington (locally
based Arabic/Middle Eastern)
Pablo’s Brazilian Pagode Night @ Bossa
Cheick Hamala & ther Griot Street Band @ Bossa w/ guests
Betty @ City Winery DC
Soul Selecta w/ vinyl dj Kenny M @ The Green
Zone
Shelby Morgan, Cail, Love Fae @ the Runaway (indie pop)
Mutant Strain, Corvo, Foreign Threat, Semtex
@ Rhizome (punk)
Patsy Stephens Honky Tonk torch & twang Christmas show with the Hall
Brothers @ Hank Dietles
*Jogo Christmas w/ Sugar Bear @ Keystone Korner
*Goldie @ Flash (drum & bass)
*Slackers @ Black Cat (ska)
* Doo-Wop Christmas w/ the Sounds of Harmony 12:00 p.m. - 1:00 p.m. @ Montpelier Arts in Laurel
*New Impressionz @ Twist Lounge free
*TCB & TOB @ Power
*What Band @ Martini's
*Tyra Levone "holiday soul" @ Blues Alley
*DJ Blessings & DJ Bimshire w/ reggae, dancehall, soca, afrobeats @ 10 @ Focus
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Friday December 16-
Alfredo Mojica Group @ Bossa (dc-based salsa)
A Cool Yule w/ Mark G Meadows & the Movement @ 7 @ Blackrock Center for
the Arts
They Might Be Giants @ 930 (sold out)
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)
Live Ethiopian music @ Shalla
Junkyard Band @ Nipseys (go-go)
Bailen @ Comet P Pong
Dj Basbousa @ The Green Zone (Arabic)
The Set: A R’n’b Experience w/ DJ Set Fire, DJ Bo, K-Meta @
Howard Theatre
Southside Johnny @ Rams Head Onstage Annapolis
*DCLM Gospel Quartet free from 6 to 7 @ Kennedy Center Millennium Stage
*Jason Moran & Christian McBride @ Kennedy Center Terrace Theatre (jazz)
*Thrillbillys @ Palisads Hub Cap Centre
*Gift of Soca DMV @ Harlot
*Maggie Yacoub @ Bossa (Middle-eastern and jazz vocals)
"No Standing Room" event w/ djs Geena Marie, Tim Fields, Smasha, Jahsonic @ Studio 52, 1508 Okie St NW
*Crossroads (Caribbean) reunion @ 11300 Fern St in Wheaton *through the 18th) w/ DJ Sprang Int. & DJ Ghost Friday happy hour 5 pm till late
*Backyard & TOB @ Aqua
*Rare Essence & Sirius Company @ Fast Eddies
*Lizzie Thomas @ Blues Alley (NYC swing jazz singer)
*Hotline TnT & Truth Cult @ Songbyrd (indie rock)
*Starting Line @ Fillmore (emo-punk)
*Turnover @ 930 (emo-punk)
*Oh Violet, Chibuguzo, Fryenation @ the Pocket
*DJ Owwee @ Eaton Hotel
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Saturday December 17
Positive Force Benefit w/ Messthetics, Bed Maker, Sensor Ghost, Leon City
Sounds @ 6 pm @ St Stephens
“Maria de la O” (1939 movie about a flamenco dancer) @ 2 pm
@ National Gallery of Art
Sonora Dinamita @ Villa Flores in Glen Burnie
Tumbao @ 10 @ Bossa
(DC Latin dance band)
Joel @ Tipico in Rockville
Grupo Miramar @ Anejo
They Might Be Giants @ Lincoln Theatre (sold out)
Oh He Dead, Pretty Bitter, Super City @ 930 Club
Backyard Band , Sirius Company, & Black Alley @ The Fire
& EMS Christmas Sneaker Gala 9 m to 2am @ Eritrean Cultural Center , 215424th
Place NE (Sirius Company is on "early" )
Be’la Dona @ City Winery DC
Peace Band @ Twist Lounge (Ethiopian music Fri. through
Saturday)
Roots Band @ Makeda Restaurant, Van Dorn St., Alexandria
(Ethiopian)
Live Ethiopian music @ Shalla
DJ Johnson Lee spins vinyl @ The Green Zone
Reggae Fest DC Dancehall vs Soca @ Howard Theatre
Southside Johnny & the Asbury Jukes @ Birchmere
Dave Heumann. Max Ochs, Jon Camp @ 3 @ Rhizome ( exploratory
fingerpick guitar);
*Austin Larkin , Christina Gesualdi + Jesse Kudler, Alma Laprida (Argentinian now in MD) @ 7 @ Rhizome (experimental)
The Sweetback Sisters; Country Christmas Singalong Spectacular free from 6 to 7 @ Kennedy Center Millennium Stage
*Ottobar punk rock flea market @ 10 am
*Qilatse from 5 to 7 @ Downtown Holiday Market , 8th & F Sts NW (Ethio jazz)
*TCB, New Impressionz, Ambition @ Chateau Remix
*Mosche @ Bossa (jazz-funk) @ 7:30pm
* Lamont's free holiday party w/ djs in Pomonkey, MD
* Backyard Band & TOB @ Aqua
*Crossroads (Caribbean) reunion @ 11300 Fern St in Wheaton *through the 18th) w/ DJ Super Slice, Fyah Oats, DJ Cookie
*Rare Essence w/ Go-go Mickey on percussion plus Da One Band & Allstar Blend Band @ Aqua
*Sirius Company, Still Familiar late @ Fast Eddies
*Nicole Henry holiday shows @ Blues Alley (jazz-r'n'b -pop singer)
*Story District : It's a Wonderful Life @ 7 pm @ Union Stage
* Fort Reno exhibit showcasing the history of Fort Reno, Reno City, and the Chesapeake House in the windows of Pepco's Harrison Street Substation opening @ 11 am to 1 pm @ 5210 Wisconsin Avenue NW (free but eventbrite registration required)
*Sankofa Harvest Night 5 to 8 w/ Ni Dembaya African Dance & Drum Ensemble @ Creative Suitland, 4719 Silver Hill Rd
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Sunday December 18-
The Dells Revue and Feelin the Funk Band @ Graces Event
Center in Waldorf (soul)
Oddisee @ 930 (dc but moved to Brooklyn rap)
Sonora Dinamita @ La Villa in Gaithersburg
Wu Fei (Chinese zither player) & Shanir Ezra
Blumenkrantz (oud player) w/ Inscape Chamber Orchestra from 3 to 4:20pm @
National Gallery West Garden Court (performing Hello Gold Mountain , a Wu Fei
composition inspired by stories of Jews who fled to Shanghai during WW II)
Kirk Whalum and Take 6 @ Bethesda Blues
Keke Wyatt @ City Winery DC (r’n’b)
Rock n Shop garage sale w/ Les the Dj & Sally Go Round @
Black Cat
Afrobeats & Amapiano dj party @ 10 @ St. Ex (every
Sunday)
Vintage clothes & vinyl pop up 3 to 7 @ the Runaway
*They Might Be Giants @ Rams Head Baltimore
*Holiday Market w/ music tba @ Peabody Hts Brewery Baltimore
*Caribeat holiday food and gift shooping @ Union Market (through 12-22)
*Crossroads (Caribbean) reunion @ 11300 Fern St in Wheaton w/ afrodancehall w/ Jason Frass & DJ Young Legend 5pm on
*Muath & band middle eastern brunch buffet @ Cloud Lounge Arlington
*Nicole Henry holiday shows @ Blues Alley (jazz-r'n'b -pop singer)
*Joony @ Songbyrd (soundcloud rap)
*TOB @ Union Oyster (bouncebeat go-go)
* Sirius Company w/ Vernon Davis (football player turned musician) & Tone P @ 6 pm @ Legends plaza sec 130 Fed-ex Stadium before Commanders game ;
*afrobeats, soca, and amapiano party 6 to 11 @ Gazuza Lounge on Conn Ave
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Monday December 19
Doe @ City Winery DC (gospel/inspirational)
*Charlie Sayles & the Blues Disciples @ Westminster Church in SW DC Blues Monday
* Spit Dat open mic w/ Kenneth Carroll & Kenny Carroll III @ 8 @ Woolly Mammoth, 641 D St NW
* NY Afro-bop Alliance big band Pan-American Nutcracker suite @ Blues Alley
*Open Mic Monday w/ Attinshun 7 to 10 @ Public Option
*Yerin Baek @ Fillmore (kpop meets pop-rock)
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Tuesday December 20
Charles Jenkins @ City Winery DC (gospel)
Modest Mouse @ 930 (sold out)
Samara Joy @ Birchmere (jazz singer)
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Wednesday December 21
Larry Braggs @ City Winery DC (singer from Tower of Power
& Temps)
Thievery Corporation @ 930 Club
(sold out)
A John Waters
Christmas @ Birchmere
*Global Interstellar Groove Night w/ Dunia & Aram, Artsouca, The Tributary Project 8 pm @ Bossa
* DJ SBU (South Africa) w/ Mike Orie, DJ Rozay @ Flash (amapiano)
* Unsilent night @ 7:30 in Shannon Circle
*New Impressionz @ Babylon Falls Church
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Thursday December 22
The Green Show Band 8 to 11 pm @ Mr
Braxton’s (Local r’n’b & rap)
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)
Thievery
Corporation @ 930 Club (sold out)
Mazboota w/ DJ Fady
D @ The Green Zone (alt Arabic & North African electro)
Thrillbillys @ Hank
Dietle’s
*Annual Hanukah concert by Baltimore Klemer Allstars @ An Die Musik Live
*Junkyard Band @ 5 Sisters Lounge (go-go)
*Lori Williams Home for the Holidays @ Blues Alley (jazz r'n'b vocals)
* East of the River mutual aid benefit w/ DJ Biggs + Farrah Flosscett + DJ K-Meta + DJ Geena Marie @ Union Stage
*TCB @ Power
*Sirius Company @ Union Oyster
* What Band @ Martini's in Ft Washington
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Friday December 23
Fantasia @ MGM (r’n’b)
Alfredo Mojica Group @ Bossa (salsa)
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)
Live Ethiopian music @ Shalla
Junkyard Band @ Nipseys (go-go)
DJ Bassam Haddad @ The Green Zone (Arabic )
K-pop Club night w/ DJ Yuka K @ Union Stage
*A Very Messy Xmas w/ Rod Lee, Miss Kam, Naeem, Mowder Oyal , DJ James Nasty, hosted by Eze Jackson @ Metro Gallery Baltimore
*J. Roddy Walston's Christmas @ Ottobar
*Kenny Dope Gonzales, Ultra Nate, Mookie Brock @ Soundstage Baltimore
*TOB @ Throw Social
*Dr Dubenstein @ Zen West Baltimore (reggae)
*Major Vibes X-Mas Bash from 6 to 11 w/ Jett Bailey & La Jett, LorSavageDanger, Trap Fairy, Zella Dino, Nick Sneed. Fat Stacks, Tonn2Litt @ Songbyrd
*Blacc Print Experience @ Takoma Station (go-go)
*"El Ano Viejo(the old year)" Adobo dmv party w Djs Dos Flakos & Pedro Night @ Penn Social
* Yaddiya, Sir E.U, Nappy Nappa, Chris Allen, Kayred @ Pie Shop (rap)
*New Impressionz @ Hangar club
*TCB & Reaction @ Martini's in Ft Washington
*Rare Essence & Mature Clientele band @ Fast Eddie's
*Sirius Company @ Mechanicsville MD firehouse
*Backyard Band @ Aqua
*Christmas time is here w/ Munit Mesfin and Cristian Perez @ 7:30 @ Earp's Ordinary in Fairfax (Mesfin is a great singer)
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Saturday December 24
Tumbao @ 10 @ Bossa
(DC Latin dance band)
Peace Band @ Twist Lounge (Ethiopian music Fri. through
Saturday)
Roots Band @ Makeda Restaurant, Van Dorn St., Alexandria
(Ethiopian)
Live Ethiopian music @ Shalla
*Bryan Eng @ Blues Alley (jazz pianist/singer)
*Backyard Band, New Impressionz @ Fast Eddie's
*TCB & Big Action @ Chateau
*Rare Essence & Still Familiar @ Aqua
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Sunday December 25
Roots Band @ Makeda Restaurant, Van Dorn St., Alexandria
(Ethiopian)
Live Ethiopian music @ Shalla
Afrobeats & Amapiano dj party @ 10 @ St. Ex (every
Sunday)
*All-Star Christmas Day Jazz Jam free from 6 to 7 @ Kennedy Center Concert Hall
*Junkyard Band @ Union Oyster
* New Impressionz @ Hangar Club
*What Band @ Martini's
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Monday December 26
*David Cole blues band 6 to 9 @ Westminster Church in SW DC Blues Monday
* Herm Hopkins @ Blues Alley (soul trombonist)
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Tuesday December 27
Chuck Brown Band @ City Winery DC (go-go)
LB199X @ Union Stage (rap)
*Colin Zweifel djs cassettes free @ Fadensonnen in Baltimore
* Monty Alexander @ Blues Alley (Caribbean jazz pianist ) (through 12-31)
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Wednesday December 28
Shirletta Settles 6:30 to 9 @ Eloquent Touch Ballroom in
Suitland (soul)
Stacy Brooks Band from 8 to 11 @ Mr. Braxton's (blues and
soul)
* Monty Alexander @ Blues Alley (Caribbean jazz pianist ) (through 12-31)
*Black Bohemian Session w/ Trae Drummer & others @ 10 pm @ Harlot
*New Impressionz @ Babylon Falls Church (go-go)
*TOB, Reaction @ Hangars (bouncebeat go-go)
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Thursday December 29
Be’la Dona @ Birchmere
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)
Pietasters, Spring-heeled Jack, Eastern Standard Time, Dj
Selah @ 930
*Hank Williams Tribute Show @ Creative Alliance
*La Colombopercutivo @ Bossa (cumbia-funk-rock)
* Monty Alexander @ Blues Alley (Caribbean jazz pianist ) (through 12-31)
*What Band @ Martini's
*TCB @ Power
* Tribute to just passed David Ornette Cherry w/ Luke Stewart, Trae Drummer, Jamal, Rahmat @ 7 @ Rhizome (jazz & more)
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Friday December 30
Rebirth Brass Band @ Hamilton Live
(New Orleans)
Alfredo Mojica Group @ Bossa ( dc-based salsa)
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)
Live Ethiopian music @ Shalla
Lyfe Jenkins @ City Winery DC (r’n’b)
Junkyard Band @ Nipseys (go-go)
The Owners record
release show w/ Kid Congo & Pink Monkey Birds, Des Demonas, The Ar-kaics, Ecstatic
International & djs Baby Alcatraz & Alec Mackaye @ Black Cat (garage, punk, post -punk)
Hank Williams
Tribute @ Birchmere
Seldom Scene @ Rams
Head Onstage Annapolis
*Ali McGuirk free from 6 to 7 @ Kennedy Center Millennium Stage
* Monty Alexander @ Blues Alley (Caribbean jazz pianist ) (through 12-31)
*TOB, Reaction @ Martini's
*TCB @ Bliss
*Rare Essence & Mature Clientele Band @ Fast Eddie's (go-go)
*Backyard Band's final Friday @ Aqua (3 sets from 10 pm to 3 am)
*Hast du Family dj event w/ Ari Goldman & others 10pm @ Jimmy Valentine's
*Fadi Jano @ Cloud Lounge (Middle-eastern)
*New Impressionz , ABM @ 10 @ Hangars
*Sirius Company @ Graces in Waldorf
*Robert Lighthouse @ 5:30 @ Hank Dietle's (blues)
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Saturday December 31-
George Clinton & Parliament Funkadelic @ 930 Club (funk)
Rare Essence and Troublefunk @ Howard Theatre (go-go_
E.U. featuring Sugar Bear
@ Bethesda Blues (go-go)
Bad Moves, Light Beams, Cryptid Summer @ Quarry House (rock) (sold out)
Tumbao @ 10 @ Bossa
(DC Latin dance band) & DJ LU (reggaeton & more hits)
Milo in the Doldrums, Grady, Flowerbomb, Smooth AF @ Jammin
Java
Peace Band @ Twist Lounge (Ethiopian music Fri. through
Saturday)
Roots Band @ Makeda Restaurant, Van Dorn St., Alexandria
(Ethiopian)
Live Ethiopian music @ Shalla
Lyfe Jenkins @ City Winery DC (r’n’b)
Peaches O’dell & her Orchestra @ Black Cat
Seldom Scene @ Birchmere
Rebirth Brass Band @ Hamilton Live (New Orleans)
Tropical New Year @ Renaissance Downtown Hotel (separate
rooms w/ salsa, bachata, zouk djs and bands)
* Little Red & the Renegades free from 6 to 7 @ Kennedy Center Millennium Stage
*A Jazz New Year's Eve : Carmen Lundy and Friends @ Kennedy Center Terrace Theatre
*Dan Deacon, Moss of Aura @ Ottobar
*What Band @ 5 Sisters Lounge in Laurel
*Junkyard Band @ Martini's in Ft Washington, MD
*TCB & TOB @ Aqua
* Monty Alexander @ Blues Alley (Caribbean jazz pianist ) w/ Integriti Reeves Quartet
*DJ Bri Mafia @ Songbyrd's Y2K New Year's Eve
*DJ Bassam @ Green Zone (Arabic dance music)
*Djs Juana , Gabberbitch69, Jacq Jill, Joyce @ Jimmy Valentines (electro/techno)
*Baby Alcatraz & the Aurelions live plus dj vinyl sets from Man-u-kno; Em G; Mic Burns; Baby Alcatraz 7:30 to 3 am @ Neptune Room
*Afrobeats party @ Club Elevate
*Teddy Afro @ WEG Soundstage (Ethiopian reggae star)
*New Impressionz, Reaction @ Fast Eddie's (go-go)
*Voice 24/7 band @ Lamont's in Indian Head (R & B)
*Mark Wenner's Blues Warriors @ Old Town Bowie Grill
*King Soul @ Clyde's Chevy Chase
*Jo-go Project @ Throw Social (jazz-go-go)
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Sunday January 1, 2023
Roots Band @ Makeda Restaurant, Van Dorn St., Alexandria
(Ethiopian)
Live Ethiopian music @ Shalla
Afrobeats & Amapiano dj party @ 10 @ St. Ex (every
Sunday)
Corey Arceneaux & Zydeco Hot Peppers @ Hank Dietle’s
*Northeast Groovers & New Impressionz @ Fillmore Postponed to February
*The Amapiano Rave & Brunch tour @ I/O Spaces
*TOB @ Union District Oyster
*Junkyard Band, Still Familiar 8 pm to 1 am @ Restaurant 55
*Ray Apollo & band @ Lamont's
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Mon Jan. 2 - Nighthawks @ Westminster
ethiopian music @ V Lounge
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Tuesday January 3
Experience Band @ Throw Social (brass band funk)
Kizomba & bachata dancing @ Lima Twist
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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
