DC/Baltimore /DMV
Global Music and More – March 2023
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 DMV & Baltimore & Annapolis
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, tik-tok, What’s app, & club voicemails.
To submit events (for
posting) or comments (that are not posted) e-mail stevenkiviat @ gmail.com
Stay safe ...
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Some Highlights from Below Full March 2023 Calendar
Fri. March 3- Os Mutantes (Brazilian rock) , Ghost
Funk Orchestra Black Cat
Ile free from 6 to7 @ Kennedy Center Millennium Stage
(Puerto Rican semi-traditional singer )
Sat. March 4- Beths @ 930 Club (sold out) (New
Zealand rock) (sold out)
Sat. March 11- Monobloco @ Glen Echo Just moved to Hook Hall in DC (Brazilian
carnival music troupe)
Sun. March 12- Wizkid @ Capital One Arena
(Afrobeats/r’n’b) POSTPONED till fall
Sat. March 18- Kodo drummers at George Mason Center
for the arts- Japanese troupe uses massive drums with clever choreography
Eric boss man Graham gospel
production 10th anniversary w/ 7 Sons of
Soul, Gospel Legends, Roy & Revelation, Men of Prayze, New Generation, New Vizion,
Glorified, Lil David @ 4 @ House of Praise, 5110 Nannie Helen Burroughs Ave
NE
Sun March 19-Rauw Alejandro @ Capital One Arena (reggaeton & r’n’b)
Sat. March 25- Feelies @ Ottobar (rock) (sold out)
Unicorn Times discussion at 3:30 @ DC Historical Society
Tuesday March 28 - Ari Lennox @ Howard Theatre (r n
b) (sold out)
* Thursday March 30 -* Etran de L'Air @ Songbyrd (Saharan desert rock)
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Wed, March 1
Dandy Warhols &
Pinky Lemon @ Black Cat
Zeta, Light Beams, Ligatures @ Comet P Pong (post punk)
New Impressionz @ Babylon Falls Church (go-go)
Sirius Company @ Sobe Lounge , Lanham
Constant Smiles (shoegaze) , Peace Amble, Canandaigua @ The
Runaway
Alan Doyle (Great Big Sea) @ Howard Theatre
Bernie Sanders @ Anthem
Christian Fabian Trio feat. Jason Marsalis & Frank
Ponzio @ Blues Alley
Mars Arts DC free show w/ Nova Y Payton @ Songbyrd
Human Country Jukebox @ Madam’s Organ
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Thurs. March 2-
Margo Price @ 930
(country) (sold out)
Inspector (Mexican ska, reggae and pop) & Elegante
(Mexican rock) @ the Palace
Sirius Company @ Union Oyster Bar (go-go)
Container (London based electro ), Tooth Choir ( electro synth
pop shoegaze) , Bass Emulsion @ Rhizome
Soroche, Laura Luv & Asantis @ the Pocket
The Weight Band (members of The Band & Levon Helm’s
band) @ the Hamilton
Verny Varela @ Bossa (DC-based Colombian salsa)
Longtimers @ Hank Dietles
Roberta Gambarini @ Blues Alley (jazz singer)
What Band @ Martini’s (go-go)
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 dj Jamstar @ 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)
Music without borders w/ Azul Band @
Green Zone
A conversation w/ Joni Mitchell by Librarian of Congress
Carla Hayden @ Library of Congress Jefferson Bldg (sold out)
2023 Capital Irish Film Fest @ AFI Silver opens
DJ Geena Marie on Toni Braxton’s Secrets @ Eton Hotel
*TCB @ Power (bouncebeat go-go)
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Os Mutantes (Brazil
rock) , Ghost Funk Orchestra Black Cat
Ile free from 6 to7
@ Kennedy Center Millennium Stage (Puerto Rican singer )
Carla Morrison, Reyna at Howard Theatre (sold out) (Mexican
indie-pop)
GZA @ Baltimore Soundstage (rap)
Ravi Coltrane trio @ Keystone Korner
in Baltimore
Zakaria and friends w/ SubSaharian, North African &
Mediterranean influenced music @ 7:30 @ Bossa
DJ Gilbert Torossian @ Green Zone (Arabic/Armenian)
Capitanes de Ojinaga, Lilo Bermudez y Su Alto Kontrol @ 90
Degrees
Accordion King Ramon Ayala, Banda Los Sebastianes, Voz de
Mando @ Cococabana
Save Your Soul Dance Party w/ Djs Baby Alcatraz & Roby Macy
@ Lithuanian Hall
Fabulettes @ Colvin Run
Chopteeth afrofunk big band @ Pearl St Warehouse (Afrofunk, afrobeat
& highlife)
Elijah Balbed @ Mr Henry’s
Plug Tunin’: A Dela Soul Shang-a-lang @ Songbyrd postponed to 3-10
DJ Lu spins Latin pop hits upstairs @ Bossa
Rare Essence & the Allstar Blend
Band @ Fast Eddie’s
Backyard Band @
Restaurant 55
Brothers 7 Band w/
guest singer Toni Love (from Hardway Connection) @ Lamont’s
Alfredo Mojica
Group @ Bossa (salsa)
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 Sprang dancehall
happy hour @ Crossroads Two
DJs Adrian Loving
& Jahsonic @ Green Room @ Flash
Burt the Dirt @ Hank Dietles
Nessa Barrett @ Anthem
Arab Spring Fling party w/ DJ Basbousa @ Provision N 14 ,
2100 14th St NW
The Weight Band (Levon Helm related) @ Rams Head Annapolis
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Sat. March 4 –
Jerry Harrison & Adrian Belew Remain in Light tour @ Rams
Head Live in Baltimore
Beths @ 930 Club (sold out) (rock)
Sneaks, Spring Silver, Hoorsees , Leisure Sport @ Joe
Squared
Proper Utensils, EU , Be’la Dona @ Republiq (formerly Bliss)
(go-go)
Post Carnival Pump fete @ 10 pm @ Karma (soca)
Akua Allrich tribute to Nina Simone & Miriam Makeba @
Creative Alliance
Ravi Coltrane trio @ Keystone Korner in Baltimore
Sirius Company @ Restaurant 55
Rumba Fina feat. Duende Camaron @ Simple Bar
Daryl Davis & Patsy Stephens Blues meets country @
American Legion 217 in College Park
Tropical Beat w/ Leon City Sounds djs plus Dubta (Gogol Bordello)
& Soul Called Paul @ 10 @ Green Zone
Adobo DMV djs present perreo disco @ Flash
Rhodes Tavern Troubadours w/ Ben Holmes @ 4 @ Hank Dietle’s
Long/Gone (Erik Ruin creates cut paper art while Jesse
Sparhawk & Nate Scheible play music), Raven Bauer Durham (experimental
ambient guitar) @ Rhizome
Mannywellz @ Howard Theatre (Afrobeats/r’n’b)
Rare Essence, Suttle, Da One Band @ Aqua
Backyard Band , the Men @ Martini’s
DCVYbe. Tyra Levone & Marquis Demond @ Bethesda Blues
Black Alley @ Penn Social
Red Baraat @ the Hamilton (funky India bhangra rhythms for Holi)
Queenrat, Faceplant, Sheila @ Quarry House
Ubangis, the Things, Apollo 66 @ American Legion Post 41
Silver Spring
Cumbia Heights early @ Bossa
DJ Lu upstairs spins Latin pop hits @ Bossa
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
Meet Me @ the Altar @ Union Stage (pop-punk) (sold out)
Still Familiar w/ Steve Roy, Members Only Band, Yessss Band
2.0 @ Babylon Café Falls Church
RBchmbrs live (for Toe the Line ep release) & Sir E.U , plus DJ Joyce playing 1432 R
exclusive set @ Neptune Room
Haiti Twoubadou tribute Band 6:30 to 8 @ Mix Bar
DJ Rasta, DJ Yobra, Yamu Edits, Sly the Dj Afro-Caribbean
Party @ Afro Love, 5818 Seminary Rd., Falls Church
The Afro-Latino Experience @ Eaton 6pm to 2 am
*TCB @ Union District (bouncebeat go-go)
*Let it Bleed- 20 years of concert poster design book launch by author Jeffrey Everett 5 to 7 pm @ Lost Origins Gallery
*DJ Crown Vic spinning vinyl 7 to 11 @ Daikaya
*Ghana celebration w/ afrobeats & more djs from 10 pm to 3 am @ Studio 52, 1508 Okie
*Bollywood rave afterparty 10 pm on w/ DJ Browny (NYC) @ Koi, 1413 K St NW
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Sun Mar 5
Corey Arceneaux & Zydeco Hot Peppers (DC band with
Louisiana lead ) @ Hank Dietles
Don’t Mute Moe author talk w/ Ron Moten, Jeffrey Anderson,
& Washington Post columnist Colbert King as moderator 2 to 4 pm @ Cleveland Park Library
Cube and Model Home @ Rhizome (artsy electro & rap)
Cheem, Spring Silver, Ekko Astral @ Comet P Pong (rock)
Pagoda e Samba :Rode de Amigos late @ Bossa
Vava Samba School performance & fundraiser @ Bossa
Piccadilly 1929 silent movie w/ live keyboard accompaniement
by Andrew Simpson 2 to 4 @ Freer
Heidi Martin Ensemble jazz vocals @ Atlas March 5
What Band @ Nottinghams
Roots Band @ Makeda Restaurant, Van Dorn St., Alexandria
(Ethiopian)
Live Ethiopian music @ Shalla
Afrobeats & Amapiano dj party @ 10 @ St. Ex (every
Sunday)
Ravi Coltrane trio @ Keystone Korner in Baltimore
Thick @ DC9 (Brooklyn pop-punk-alt rock)
Drew Keys go-go album release party @ Pie Shop
Durand Bernarr @ Howard Theatre (sold out)
*Naima Bock @ Songbyrd (Greek-Brazilian- UK- indie folk)
*TOB , Big Action Band, Reloaded Band @ Union District Oyster (bouncebeat go-go)
*New Impressionz , Top 5 Band @ Babylon Falls Church
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Mon. March 6-
Robbin Kapsalis &
Vintage 18 6 to 9 pm @ Westminster Church SW Blues Monday
Salsa and bachata dance lessons and
live band @ 7:30 @ Renegade in Arlington
Kalkidan &
Ethio-man @ V Lounge Falls Church (Ethiopian )
Purim holiday starts at sundown
Hope, Harpy, Struggle, Just Abandon Myself @ 7 @ Rhizome (avante
electronics)
Washington women in jazz fest with Amy K Bormet @ Blues
Alley
Grady, Tetchy, Sheila, File Select @ The Runaway
Robert Cray Band @ Rams Head
Annapolis
*Modernlove @ Songbyrd (Irish indie rock)
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Tues. March 7-
Emotional Oranges @ 930 Club (r’n’b) (sold out)
Alison Crockett w/ tribute to 1982 Chaka Khan album where she teamed up w/ jazz musicians @ 7 & 9 @ Blues Alley
*Blacc Print Experience @ Martini's in White Plains (go-go)
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Wed. March 8-
Emaline Michel for free from 6 to 7 @ Kennedy Center Millennium
Stage (Haitian singer)
Teach Me How to Dabke w/ DJ Jinan @ Green Zone
Skizzy Mars @ Black Cat (rap)
Dave Chappell, Anthony Pirog, John Previti, Mike Kuhl @
Blues Alley
Anna Mvze & Krystall Poppin @ Songbyrd
Lyle Lovett & His acoustic group
@ Birchmere
2 in 1 Sound w/ dj Simbah reggae dancehall happy hour @ Afro Lounge, 3630 GA Ave
*Hands of DC rally @ 11 am @ Columbus Circle near Union Station in DC
*Trae Crudup Black Bohemian band backs karaoke 7 to 10; then plays music itself 10 to 12 mdt. @ Harlot
*New Impressionz @ Babylon Falls Church
*Sirius Company @ Sobe in Lanham
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Thursday March 9-
Haru Nemuri (Japanese singer) w/ Swoll @ Black Cat
Anna Mvze (DC Peruvian rapper) & Krystal Poppin @ Toma
Thursday @ Twelve after Twelve
Album playback and Q & A with artist/musician Lonnie
Holley for free w/ rsvp @ 7@ Rhizome
Yeat @ Anthem (rap)
Elvis Costello & the Imposters @ Warner Theatre
Lyle Lovett & His acoustic group @ Birchmere
Grandsons @ Hank Dietle’s
Green show band @ Mr Braxton’s
Po Ramblin Boys w/ Karen Jonas @ Pearl St Warehouse
Slot, Candy Ambulance, Black Rails @ Slash Run (punk &
indie)
Danube Sessions w/ Orchester Prazevica @ Green Zone
Black Girls Bond opening party for Black Girls Rock fest w/
Be’la Dona, Mumu Fresh, Beverly Bond, DJ Active @ Kennedy Center club @ Studio
K
Elijah Balbed @ 8 @ Bossa (jazz)
America Yanay @ 9 @ Bossa (salsa and trova)
Kayla Ortiz for free from 6 to 7 @ Kennedy Center Millennium
Stage
*Flack @ VFW Post 350 Hells Bottom
*Grupo Frontera, Milla 22 , Juan Moya @ Rio Cantina
*Live Ethiopian music @ Shalla Restaurant in Silver Spring (through Sunday)
*Afrobeats dj Jamstar @ 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)
*TCB @ Power
*Sirius Company @ Union District Oyster
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Fri. March 10-
Nadine Sutherland and
a Q&A with Miss Pat Chin @ 6:30 @ Capital One Hall Tysons (reggae)
Afro Collision w/ djs @ 9 @ Dream Mega Lounge
Spectrum 8 All Islands Party w/ Steelie Bashment , Riggo
Suave, Freshbreeze, DJ Lightzout, Jason Frass @ 8844 Washington Blvd., Jessup,
MD
Daniel Calderon y los Gigantes del Vallenato @ Diamond
Lounge
Yarita Lizeth Yanarico @ Papassitos Bar & Grill in
Manassas Park
Maldy @ the Palace
Jorge Diaz y Los Internacionales Nenes de la Cumbia @ Island
Pride Oasis in Gaithersburg
Los Redd @ El Puente de Oro
Steve Styles @ Omega Bar
DJ Remi Hassoun @ Green Zone (Arabic)
Nellie McKay @ Kennedy Center
Bone Thugs n Harmony @ Fillmore (rap/r’n’b)
Native Sun, Cinema Hearts, Venray @ The Runaway
TCB & Reaction @ Aqua (bouncebeat go-go)
Brothers 7 Band w/ guest singer Toni Love (from Hardway
Connection) @ Lamont’s
Alfredo Mojica Group @ Bossa (salsa)
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)
Rare Essence @ Fast Eddie’s
Backyard Band @ Restaurant 55
Northeast Groovers & What Band @ Best Western Manassas
The Amours as part of Black Girls Rock @ Kennedy Center
Joslyn & the Sweet Compression @ the Hamilton (retro
funk & r’n’b)
*Deep Sugar @ Owl Room grand opening (former Marvin location ) (Baltimore club & house)
*Grupo Frontera, Milla 22 , Juan Moya @ Cococabana
*Washington Women in Jazz swing standards & more 6 to 9 @ Westminster Church SW
*Blacc Print Experience @ Takoma Station CANCELLED
*Sirius Company @ Air
*Lonnie Holley 4 to 4:30 free @ National Gallery of Art (Alabama sculptor / musician @ end of 2 to 4:30 Black folk art interview series)
* Plug Tunin’: A Dela Soul Shang-a-lang @ Songbyrd w/ Djs 2-Tone Jones, RBI, & Roddy Rod
*DJ Kristy La Rat late @ As You Are Bar
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Monobloco @ Glen
Echo (Brazilian carnival troupe bringing that joyous noisy parade sound to the
DMV) *
Jim Bennett & Ray Apollo Allen @ Lamont’s
Joe Veras @ VIP Room
Los Redd @ El Pueblito in Baltimore
Curley Taylor &
Zydeco Trouble @ 8 @ American Legion Post 108 in Cheverly
Tex Rubinowitz & Tom Mindle Band
w/ Karen Collins & Ira Gitlin @ 6 @ Hank Dietles
Karl Straub Combo @
VFW Post 350 Hell’s Bottom Takoma Park
DJ Crown Vic’s
Weird World vinyl @ Green Zone
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
Rare Essence & Sirius Company @ Aqua
Krank n Glow party
w/ Suttle, Mab, CMB & djs @ 13755 Traviliah Rd., Rockville
Dead Prez &
Bazaar Royale @ Kennedy Center (rap)
Black Girls Rock w/
Alice Smith, Estelle, Jade Novah @ Kennedy Center Concert Hall
Clan of Xymox @
Baltimore Soundstage (goth)
Grasping Straws,
Sonic Eddy, Rosie Cima & What She Dreamed @ Rhizome
The Set r’n’b dj
event @ Howard Theatre
Crywank, Living Hour, Bloomsday @ Comet P Pong
Teen Mortgage, Witch Coast, Close @ Pie Shop (rock)
Old time music fest @ Creative Alliance
J Robbins @ Club 603 (sold out)
*Natalie Merchant & Rhiannon Giddens @ Smithsonian American History (sold out)
* Iceland Airwaves presents Icelandic artists Eydís Evensen, Arny Margret, and LÓN for free @ 7 to 11 @ Songbyrd
*Dance Club (Djs Joyce, Baronhawk . Tommy C), Juana , Jackson Hyland @ Owl Room (electro/techno)
*Afrobeat & konpa djs @ Mix Bar
*Backyard Band @ Ivy City Smokehouse (go-go)
* What Band and New Impressionz @ Fast Eddie's
*TCB @ Hard Rock Cafe
*Proper Utensils @ VFW Post 8950, 9800 Good Luck Rd in Lanham
*TOB , Reaction @ Martini's (bouncebeat go-go)
*Real Friends @ Black Cat (pop-punk) (sold out)
*Nowruz market @ Brookland Arts walk w/ Aida Shahghasemi and the National Symphony Orchestra’s brass quintet 2 to 6 pm
*Black Violin @ Warner Theatre
*Blue (opera about a Black cop's family whose kid is killed by a white cop) @ Kennedy Center through March 25
*Junkyard Band celebrate Buggs birthday @ Restaurant 55 (go-go)
*Penthouse Piano Afrofuturism Edition w/ DJs Space FX, Bliss, Sero playing amapiano, afrohouse, afropiano 3 to 9 pm @ Eaton Hotel Wild Days bar
*Ottobar punk rock flea market 11 am to 4 pm
*Hiphop Museum opening ceremony @ 4 pm @ 1919 18th St. NW
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Wizkid @ Capital One Arena (Afrobeats/r’n’b) Postponed
Nowruz Persian New Year family day 11 am to 4 @
Freer/Sackler/Asian art
Tex Rubinowitz & Tom Mindle Band w/ Karen Collins &
Ira Gitlin @ 6 @ Hank Dietles
WMEL Radio Honors Legends of Soul (including the Manhattans
, Gene Chandler) w/ Keith Showtime Busey & Unit Band & NOW Horns @ 4 pm @ Best Western Plus Hotel in Baltimore
Be’la Dona brunch @ 2 @ Bethesda
Blues (go-go)
Roots Band @ Makeda Restaurant, Van Dorn St., Alexandria
(Ethiopian)
Live Ethiopian music @ Shalla
Afrobeats & Amapiano dj party @ 10 @ St. Ex (every
Sunday)
Tantric Death, Mx Zoe ! Eyerolls, Jeff Surak , James Wolf @
Rhizome (experimental)
Coco Jones @ Howard Theatre
*The Legacy Of An R&B Producer & Songwriter: Quincy
Jones discussion @ 12 noon @ Songbyrd
* Soul Glo, Cloud Rat, Backslider, Deliriant Nerve @ Songbyrd (punk)
* South Asian Holi party 2 to 4 @ the Ven @ Embassy Row, 2015 Mass. Ave NW
*Mary Wallopers @ Union Stage (Irish indie folk ballads & pop)
*Coco Jones @ Howard Theatre (Disney star gone r'n'b)
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Mon. March 13-
Mark Wenner’s Blues Warriors featuring Clarence Turner 6 to
9 @ Westminster Church SW
Salsa and bachata dance lessons and live band @ 7:30 @
Renegade in Arlington
Kalkidan & Ethio-man @ V Lounge Falls Church (Ethiopian
)
Bao Nguyen (experimental Baltimore-based Vietnamese
vocalist) , Sandy Ewen , Ben Bennett, Chris Pitsiokas @ Rhizome
Amy K Bormet’s Washington Women in Jazz fest @ Blues Alley
*Cowgirl Clue @ Songbyrd (electro-pop)
*Inhaler @ 930 (sold out) (Irish indie rock)
*Open Mic w/ Attinshun @ 8 @ to 10 @ Public Option
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Tuesday March 14th-
Protex, Des Demonas, Dim Wizard at Comet Ping Pong (
Belfast, Ireland reunited 1978 powerpop punk band Protex with DC openers) CANCELLED
J Boog @ Howard Theatre
Cix @ MGM National Harbor (K-pop boy band)
*Blacc Print Experience @ Martini's in White Plains (go-go)
*Inhaler @ 930 (sold out) (Irish indie rock)
*Indonesia dancers @ Indonesia Embassy
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Wed. March 15-
Regina Spector @ Warner Theatre
*Layover dj party w/ djs Mathias & NativeSun playing Afro, Latin, South Asian, UK, Detroit, Caribbean, Baltimore, Jersey, & Global club 9 pm @ the Owl Room (defunct Marvin restaurant site on 14th st NW)
* Aofie O’Donovan @ Birchmere (alt-folk singer )
*"Shout Sister Shout" play about Sister Rosetta Tharpe @ Ford's Theatre
*Sirius Company @ Sobe (without Frank Scooby who's in Austin tonight)
*New Found Glory acoustic @ 6th & I (sold out)
*Naghast Ensemble 6 to 7 free in person (& streamed) @ Kennedy Center Mill. Stage (Armenian post-minimal folk classical)
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Thurs. March 16
What Band @ Martini’s
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 dj Jamstar @ Spectrum Lounge in Beltsville
Roots Band @ Makeda Restaurant, Van Dorn St., Alexandria
(Ethiopian)
Ethiopian music w/ Fikadu & Getish Mamo @ MHL Lounge in Falls Church
Local Latin jazz @ Simple Bar
Asmae @ Cloud Lounge in Arlington (locally based
Arabic/Middle Eastern)
Soul Sauce w/ DJ Kenny M on vinyl @ Green Zone
Rene Marie & Experiment in Truth @ Kennedy Center Studio
K (jazz singer)
Remembering Teddy Pendergrass @ Rams Head Annapolis
New Edition, Keith Sweat, Guy @ Capital One Arena (r'n'b)
*Grand Ancestor (DC dj playing reggae dub) w/ Djoser (dubstep dj) @ Owl Room
* TCB @ Power
*Sirius Company @ Union District Oyster
*Key Glock @ Echostage
*Dave Kline Band w/ Senator Tim Kaine (harmonica) @ Mr Henry's
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Fri. March 17-
chuck brown band, eu, Be’la Dona at Fillmore (go-go)
Guy Davis @ Archie’s Barbershop (blues)
Daunting Nightmare @ Pie Shop (DC hardcore punk)
BXS Bryndis x Siempre y Guardianes del Amor @ 9 @ 90 Degrees
Los Fugitivos @ Los Chaparritos Latin Food, Edgewater, MD
Lemus y Su Grupo Algodon @ Diamond Lounge
Rubby Perez @ Champion Sports Bar
Elvis Martinez, Joe Veras @ Cococabana
Quimico Ultra Mega @ Leyla’s in Chillum, MD
TCB @ Aqua (bouncebeat go-go)
Brothers 7 Band w/ guest singer Toni Love (from Hardway
Connection) @ Lamont’s
Alfredo Mojica Group @ Bossa (salsa)
Peace Band (Aka Ras 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)
Rare Essence @ Fast Eddie’s
Backyard Band @ Restaurant 55
DJ Basbousa @ Green Zone (Arabic)
Kris Davis, Terri Lyne Carrington , DJ Val Jeanty, Trevor
Dunn @ Kennedy Center (jazz)
The Gate, Wombat Trio, Heather Stebbins @ Rhizome
(experimental)
Will Downing for scholarship fundraiser @ Bethesda Blues
Kenia Os @ Howard Theatre
Les the DJ @ Allegory room @ Eaton
Abdu Ali @ Ottobar (Baltimore club & more)
*Toledo @ Songbyrd (indie duo)
*Washington Women in Jazz big band w/ Amy K. Bormet on piano/vocal & Leigh Pilzer baritone sax and more @ Atlas
*Delarcos, Sister Ex, The Malvivants @ the Public Option
*Monsters from the Surf @ The Runaway
*Jumpin Jupiter rockabilly St Paddy's day @ Dark Horse Tavern Annapolis
* Synae @ Comet P Pong (pop)
* Tiffany Day @ DC 9 (r'n'b-dance pop)
*Afrobeats dj party @ Club Bellissimo in Baltimore
*New Impressionz & Reaction @ Hangars
*Carino Musical, Los Gerentes de la Plaza, Kolectivo Sierreno @ Mexico Lindo MD
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Kodo drummers at George Mason Center for the
arts- Japanese troupe uses massive drums with clever choreography as well
Eric bossman Graham gospel production 10th anniversary w/ 7 Sons of Soul, Gospel Legends, Roy & Revelation,
Men of Prayze, New Generation, New Vizion, Glorified, Lil David @ 4 @ House of
Praise, 5110 Nannie Helen Burroughs Ave NE
Proper Utensils w/ Go-go Mickey @ Bethesda Blues and Jazz (go-go)
Hardway Connection @
Lamont’s (southern soul)
Akua Allrich tribute
to Nina Simone and Miriam Makeba @ Atlas
Messthetics, James Brandon Lewis, Quasi, Bat Fangs @ Black Cat
La Autoridad de la Sierra @ El Establo Bar in Manassas
Los Fugitivos @ El Pueblito in
Baltimore
Willy Rivera @ Lima de Veras in Sterling, VA
Tumbao @ 10 @ Bossa
(DC Latin dance band); *klezmer @ 7:30 @ Bossa downstairs ; *Hungarian music @ 7:30 @ Bossa upstairs
Peace Band @ Twist Lounge (Ethiopian music Fri. through
Saturday)
Roots Band @ Makeda Restaurant, Van Dorn St., Alexandria
(Ethiopian)
Live Ethiopian music @ Shalla
Rare Essence @ Aqua
Ghana at 66 w/ Samini in downtown Silver Spring
*Ghana at 66 @ Karma DC
DJ Johnson Lee from Joe’s Record Paradise spinning vinyl @
Green Zone
Fix Your Hearts, Bed Maker, Cuni @ Comet P Pong (punk,
indie)
English Beat @ Rams Head Annapolis (ska pop)
Outerloop, Pajama Day, Cal Rifkin @ Pie Shop
* Demand, Combat, Prude, Same Heads, Jonah Furman @ Songbyrd (punk and indie)
*chitra.Moves "Temple" @ 7 @ Danceplace (India bhangra dance meets hiphop) (DJ Vybe Conductor @ 6 before the event)
*jazz vocalist Heidi Martin & band @ Kreeger
*Nayan, the Mantis DC, Dougie @ Slash Run
*Nowrooz market 12 to 4 @ Hook hall
*Kama's DC immigrant variety show @ 7 @ Eaton
*Sufi music and Rumi poetry 6 to 8 @ Church of the Holy City, 1611 16th St NW
*Marc Bravo, DaJohn @ Selina Hotel in Union Market (rap)
*DJ Paurro from Mexico City & DJs James Bangura, NativeSun & others @ The Owl Room
*Junkyard Band @ Babylon Falls Church
*Keyshia Cole, Joe , (& Sirius Company ) @ Anthem
*Okay Africa w/ DJs NativeSun & Underdog & drummer Dada @ Saint Ex
*Crown Vic-Electric Cowbell spinning records 10am to 2 pm @ Bump n Grind
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Sun. March 19-
Rauw Alejandro @ Capital One Arena (reggaeton & r’n’b)
conversations and music- The Bad Boys of Rock & rockabilly
with Ratso and Johnny Castle backstage @ palisades sanctuary 7 to 9
Yo La Tengo @ 930 (sold out) (rock)
Los Fugitivos @Copan in Herndon
The Funset djs Jahsonic, Harry Hotter, Kenny M, DJ Smudge @
Dew Drop Inn
Roots Band @ Makeda Restaurant, Van Dorn St., Alexandria
(Ethiopian)
Live Ethiopian music @ Shalla
Afrobeats & Amapiano dj party @ 10 @ St. Ex (every
Sunday)
Fiasco! And Janel Leppin (cello, bass) @ Rhizome (jazz and chamber music punky jazzy)
Sugarhill Gang w/ Rob Base @ Bethesda Blues (70s & 80s
rap)
Mega Mango, Something Simple, Pockets @ Comet P Pong
DC Record Fair @ Eaton 11 am to 5 pm
Vintage clothes and vinyl records sale popup 3 to 7 @ the
Runaway
*Ber @ Songbyrd (tik tok pop)
*chitra.Moves "Temple" @ 4 @ Danceplace (India dance meets hiphop)
*Orbit 122 & DJ eurok @ 6 @ Edgewood
* Far from the Nile film doc @ 4:30 @ AFI Silver (New African Film Fest w/ director there to talk about African bands in film who toured US to raise environmental concerns from Nile River countries)
*Elin's birthday bash @ 6 @ Bossa (singer Elin's 50th birthday as she sings Brazilian , jazz & more)
*Berklee Indian Ensemble @ Trailside Middle School in Ashburn
* Afrobeats party 5 to 11 pm @ Gazuza Lounge
*Adwa Africa Victory Day celebration w/ Ethiopian dancers 4 to 8 @ Lincoln Theatre
*Jiji 3 to 4:10 @ National Gallery of Art West Bldg West Garden Court
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Mon. March 20-
Mama Moon & the Rumpshakers 6 to
9 Blues Monday @ Westminster Church SW
Salsa and bachata dance lessons and live band @ 7:30 @
Renegade in Arlington
Kalkidan & Ethio-man @ V Lounge Falls Church (Ethiopian
)
Militairie Gun w/ Dazy @ the Runaway (rock)
Amy K Bormet’s Washington Women in Jazz fest w/ Leigh Pilzer's Seven Pointed Star @ Blues Alley
*Fana Hues @ Songbyrd (Los Angeles Ethiopian-American indie )
* Faraway Ghosts w/ Niki Afsar, & Azadeh 7- 10pm Nowruz concert @ Rhizome (Ghosts are Kamyar Arsani, Jim Thomson, Ty Russell doing avante-Persian pop; Afsar does poetry & vocal loops; Azadeh is electric sitar) plus * Insect Factory (Jeff Barsky experimental music project)
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Tues. March 21 –
Ladysmith Black
Mambazo @ Barns of Wolf Trap
*Blacc Print Experience @ Martini's in White Plains (go-go)
* Thouxanbanfauni @Union Stage ( soundcloud rap)
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Wed. March 22-
Amadou & Mariam @ 930 Club (Afropop)
Ladysmith Black Mambazo @ Barns of Wolf Trap (South African)
Still House plants, Gauche, niki afsar, Extestines @ Rhizome
(punk and experimental)
Soul Rebels @ the Hamilton (New Orleans brass band funk)
*Crank & Flo w/ Marcus Johnson & Shorty Corleone @ Takoma Station (jazz & go-go)
*Eyelids @ Pie Shop (Portland, Ore jangly psych guitar pop. Album produced by REM's Peter Buck)
*Sirius Company @ Sobe
*New Impressionz @ Babylon Futbol Cafe Falls Church
*Crank Caviar go-go crew w/ Big G, Rapper, Scooby, Stomp Dog, Black Boo, Steve Roy, J'ta talk about their experience at S x SW last week; @ 6 pm on the Gogotix/streams Youtube page
* *Layover dj party w/ djs Mathias & NativeSun playing Afro, Latin, South Asian, UK, Detroit, Caribbean, Baltimore, Jersey, & Global club 9 pm @ the Owl Room
*4th stream @ Bossa
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Thurs. March 23-
Kelela sold out at 930 (r'n'b)
*CANCELLED-Soulside, J Robbins Band, Grady @ Black Cat
What Band @ Martini’s
Mazboota w/ DJ Fady D @ Green Zone (
alt Arabic electro/disco)
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 dj Jamstar @ Spectrum Lounge in Beltsville
Roots Band @ Makeda Restaurant, Van Dorn St., Alexandria
(Ethiopian)
Ethio Band @ MHL Lounge in Falls Church
Local Latin jazz @ Simple Bar
Asmae @ Cloud Lounge in Arlington (locally based
Arabic/Middle Eastern)
Elle Varner @ Howard Theatre (r’n’b)
Why Bonnie, Foyer Red, kolezanka @ Comet P Pong
*Munit Mesfin @ Mr Henry's (DC-based Ethiopian singer who also sings Roberta Flack & more)
* Far from the Nile film doc @ 8:30 @ AFI Silver (New African Film Fest entry about African bands who toured US to raise environmental concerns from Nile River countries)
*TCB @ Power
*Sirius Company @ Union District Oyster
*Kanekoa free from 6 to 7 @ Kennedy Center Mill. Stage (Hawaiian)
*DJ Stylus & DJ Martin Miguel @ Eighteen Street Lounge (house & international disco)
*Cheick Hamala & the Griot Street Band @ Bossa
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Fri. March 24-
Beausoleil avec Michael Doucet @ Amp by Strathmore (Sold out? Tickets added) (Cajun)
Khriz & Angel, Los Cuentos de la Cripta, Dj Black &
Jr Ranks, El Tuox & DJ Fama @9 @ Club One (old school reggaeton)
Jay Wheeler @ Weg Studios, W St NE (close to a sellout)
K Rose @ Omega Bar
Bassam Haddad @ Green Zone (Arabic)
Blossom Festival w/ Ann Sato & Toshiyuki Sasaki 7 to 9 @ Freer (Japanese Shimauta singer and drummer)
TCB @ Aqua
Brothers 7 Band w/ guest singer Toni Love (from Hardway
Connection) @ Lamont’s
Alfredo Mojica Group @ Bossa (salsa); *DJ Lu spins Latin hits late upstairs @ Bossa
Peace Band (Aka Ras 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)\
Rare Essence & the Allstar Blend Band @ Fast Eddie’s
Backyard Band @ Restaurant 55
Savak, Wild Powwers, Continuals @ Comet P Pong (post-punk )
Black Masala & Bongo District @ Pearl Street Warehouse
Pas Musique, Infrasubcontra, nil @ Rhizome (experimental)
Jeffrey Osborne @ Bethesda Blues (r'n'b)
Washington Women in Jazz fest event @ Mr. Henry’s
*Blacc Print Experience @ Takoma Station (go-go) CANCELLED
*Afro-futurism exhibit opens @ National Museum of African American History & Culture
*Dancing the Twist in Bamako film drama @ 4:20 @AFI Silver ( a 1962 love affair w/ a Malian socialist & a woman fleeing an arranged marriage)
*Afrobeats dj party @ Club Bellissimo in Baltimore
* Secret Sisters free from 6 to 7 @ Kennedy Center Mill. Stage (bluegrass/folk/country)
*Cumbia Heights @ 4:10 pm @ National Cherry Blossom Fest
*Sirius Company @ Hampton Conf Center Capital Heights
*Jazzy B @ Club Elevate (Punjabi bhangra singer)
*Toni Sauna early show @ Bossa
*TOB , New Impressionz @ Hangars
*Chiiild @ Union Stage ( neo-soul/indie r'n'b )
*Iration Steppas , OBF Soundsystem @ Eaton (UK dub reggae)
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Sat. March 25-
Unicorn Times 50th anniversary of defunct arts monthly panel discussion moderated by Jeff Krulik w/ Richard Harrington, Mark Jenkins, & others at 3:30 @ DC Historical Society
Trebol Clan & DJ Joe @ Copan in Herndon
Ari Lennox @ Filmore (sold out)
Feelies @ Ottobar (sold out) (cool legend rock)
Vicente Martinez el Caminante, Los Hermanos Lovos, La Sonora
Dinamita @ Pappasittoos Bar in Manassas Park, VA
Nomad Dancers and Raqs El Hob : Global Oasis dance @ Atlas
Safari Club private Opening
Sujeto Oro 24 via
Leyla Restaurant, 5607 Sargent Rd , Hyattsville
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
Rare Essence @ Aqua
Nectar w/ Vshal Kanwar & Dhakfu @ Green Zone
Culturefest soca w/ DJs Skinny Fabulous, Subrawh, Chow Minister @ Howard Theatre
(Caribbean)
Jeffrey Osborne @ Bethesda Blues (r’n’b/neo-soul)
Cheekface , Sad Park @ Comet P Pong
Ashanti , Ja Rule, TI, Fabolous, Mase @ Capital One Arena
Jumpin Jupiter and Going Goin Gone @ Palisades Hub Cap
Centre
*Vance Joy @ Anthem (Australian strummy guitar pop) (sold out)
*Colonel Josh & Paisley Tonk @ VFW Post 350 Hells Bottom
*Dee Dwyer photographer of go-go & more talk 2:30 to 4 @ her Wild Seeds of the Soufside exhibit @ Phillips @ the Arc
* Leyendas, Heroes, y Suenos (Legends, Heroes, & Dreams) : Music from El Salvador, Mexico , & Argentina @ Lisner Aud.
*DJ Kool & DJ Flex @ 5 Sisters Lounge
*Derek Gripper free from 6 to 7 @ Kennedy Center Mill. Stage (South African guitarist w/ Malian kora influences)
*Backyard Band & What Band @ Fast Eddie's (go-go)
*Proper Utensils @Chateau Remix
*TCB, Reaction @ Power
* Sounds of the DMV Hiphop showcase w/ Nonchalant, DJ Von Vargas, Fly Zyah @ Kennedy Center
*Medium Build @ DC 9 (indie-folk) (sold out)
*TOB @ midnight @ Martini's in Ft Washington
*Perro Sombra , Pekeke Project, Fantazma @ The Pocket
*Nowruuz bazaar w/ Uyghur music, Turkish, Uzbek, Kazahk folk dancing 11 am to 3 pm @ Elliot School of Int, Affairs , 1957 E St NW
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Sun. March 26
Ari Lennox @ Filmore (sold out)
Trebol Clan @ La Villa in Gaithersburg
Roots Band @ Makeda Restaurant, Van Dorn St., Alexandria
(Ethiopian)
Live Ethiopian music @ Shalla
Afrobeats & Amapiano dj party @ 10 @ St. Ex (every Sunday)
Ibeyi @ 930
Tierney Sutton @ Keystone Korner (jazz singer)
*Zoe Jorgenson trio as part of Washington Women in Jazz fest @ 2pm @ Goethe-Inst.
*Music is My Life doc @ 4:30 @ AFI Silver (producer will be there to talk about this doc about South African singer Joseph Shabala of Ladysmith Black Mambazo
*Cesaria Evora doc @ 7 @ AFI Silver ( Cape Verde barefoot diva)
* Afrobeats party 5 to 11 pm @ Gazuza Lounge
*Questions & Confessions - hiphop learning experience live podcast trivia game W/ Mad Skillz & Sean Kantrowitz @ National Hiphop Museum in Adams Morgan
*TOB @ Union Oyster
*Still Familiar , Prosperity Band @ Nottingham's
*Artsouca band w/ live poetry and painting 6 to 11 @ Bossa
*3pm roundtable panel w/ concert poster artist Jeffery Everett, photographer Farrah Skeiky, musician/photographer Jason Hamacher @ Lost Origins Gallery
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Monday March 27-
Bruce Springsteen @ Capital One Arena
Clarence Turner Blues Band 6 to 9 Blues Monday @ Westminster
Church SW
Salsa and bachata dance lessons and live band @ 7:30 @
Renegade in Arlington
Kalkidan & Ethio-man @ V Lounge Falls Church (Ethiopian
)
Nowruz party @ Green Zone
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Tuesday March 28
Ari Lennox w/ Alex Vaughn @ Howard Theatre (r n b) (sold out)
Wiki, Akai solo, Papo2oo4, DJ Subject 5 @ Comet P Pong
(hiphop)
Marcia Ball & Tinsley Ellis @ Rams Head Annapolis (roots)
Combo Chimbita w/ Model Home @ DC 9
Bill Orcutt guitar quartet @ Metro Gallery Baltimore (critic fave)
*Avery Tare @ Songbyrd
*Blacc Print Experience @ Martini's in White Plains (go-go)
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Weds Mar 29
Marcia Ball & Tinsley Ellis @ Pearl St Warehouse
George Shingleton @ Hank Dietles(West Virginia-bred country
rock & soul artist, his song “Restless Ways” was on Yellowstone)
Bass Drum of Death , Dead Tooth @ Union Stage (Oxford, Ms
rock headliners)
Suzzy Roche & Lucy Wainwright Roche 6 to 7 pm for free @
Kennedy Center Millennium Stage (folk)
* Dancing the Twist in Bamako film drama @ 7 @AFI Silver ( a 1962 love affair w/ a Malian socialist & a woman fleeing an arranged marriage)
*Layover dj party w/ djs Mathias & NativeSun playing Afro, Latin, South Asian, UK, Detroit, Caribbean, Baltimore, Jersey, & Global club 9 pm @ the Owl Room
*Danube Wolves @ Bossa
*Sirus Company @ Sobe (go-go)
*Ari Lennox w/ Alex Vaughn @ Howard Theatre (r n b) (sold out)
*New Impressionz @ Babylon cafe Falls Church
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Thurs. March 30-
Charlotte Adigery & Bolis Pupul w/ Les the DJ @ Black Cat
What Band @ Martini’s
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 dj Jamstar @ 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)
Utsav Lal’s Ragas to Reels @ Barns of Wolf Trap
* Etran de L'Air w/ *Des Demonas (dc punk) @ Songbyrd (Saharan desert rock) (sold out/ waiting list)
*New Impressionz @ Restaurant 55
*Olivia Records story (50th aniv.) @ & @ Library of Congress (folk label)
*Irreversible Quartet (Luke Stewart) w/ Jenna & Trae @ 8 @ Small Wooden Box
*Atsuko Chiba w/ The Infinite Daisy Chains @ Pie Shop (post-punk)
*TCB @ Power (bouncebeat go-go)
*Sirius Company @ Oyster Bar (go-go)
*Verny Varela @ Bossa (salsa)
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Fri. March 31-
Los Toros Band & Banda Blanca @ the Palace in Woodbridge
Anirudh @ Eaglebank (India composer)
TCB @ Aqua
Brothers 7 Band w/ guest singer Toni Love (from Hardway
Connection) @ Lamont’s
Alfredo Mojica Group @ Bossa (salsa)
Peace Band (Aka Ras 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)
Backyard Band @
Restaurant 55
The Return of Saba @
Green Zone (Arabic and more)
Rahsaan Patterson @ Bethesda Blues (neo-soul r’n’b)
ThFCTRY djs @ Eaton Wild Days bar
Frank White Experience: Biggie Smalls
Tribute Band @ Metro Gallery
*Beautiful Swimmers djs @ Owl Room (electro/techno/avante)
*Blacc Print Experience @ VFW Post 8950 in Lanham (go-go)
*Tribute to the Isley Brothers w/ Brencore Allstars @ Carlyle Room DC
*"Two Lane Blacktop" movie @ Lost Origins (1971 film w/ Dennis Wilson & James Taylor)
*Sirius Company @ Air
*Young Nudy @ the Fillmore (rap)
* Seto Vargas Y Sus Clentones, Conjunto Lider Norteno, Alex Piedra Y Los Reyes Del Corrido, Bana Wizoka, La Sentencia @ 90 Degrees
*New Impressionz @ Hangars
*Cumbia Heights @ Haydee's
*Kelow Latesha , Mani Dee & friends @ 11 @ Songbyrd (DMV rap )
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Sat. April 1-
Kazzabe @
Club One
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
Rare Essence @ Aqua
Light Beams, Personal Style, Static Spray @ Rhizome
(post-punk)
Rahsaan Patterson @ Bethesda Blues (neo-soul r’n’b)
Petite League @ Comet P Pong
Xscape, Monica, Tevin Campbell, Tamar Braxton, 112, Silk @
Capital One Arena
*Smithsonian Jazz Masterworks Orchestra @ Museum of Natural History
*Oklahoma Twisters @ Rosensteel Hall
*Sparklebot, Dot Dash, Apollo 66 @ American Legion Post 41, Cissel-Saxon
*Sirius Company @ Fast Eddie's
*Kiko Rodriguez @ VIP Room
*Dugri @ City-state Brewing (Israeli-Palestinian rap)
*Alberto Gaitan posthumous exhibit tribute 5 pm @3706 Otis st., Mt Rainer
*Proper Utensils W/ Go-Go Mickey @ Hard Rock Cafe
*Elijah Balbed & the Beltway Horns @ Takoma Station
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Su Apr 2-
Danielle Howle & Jay Bird @ Hank Dietles
Gospel w/ New Vizion (celebrating group's anniversary together) , Lisa Knowles & the Brown Singers, D. Morton & Gifted, Bre Holly & Faithful, and more plus mc Eric Bossman Graham @ 4 pm @ Rhema Christian Center Church, 1825 Michigan Ave NE
Roots Band @ Makeda Restaurant, Van
Dorn St., Alexandria (Ethiopian)
Live Ethiopian music @ Shalla
Afrobeats & Amapiano dj party @
10 @ St. Ex (every Sunday)
*Marvin Gaye birthday celebration 12 noon to 5 @ Sandlot DC Anacostia, 633 Howard Rd SE w/ music tba
* Afrobeats dj party 5 to 11 pm @ Gazuza Lounge
*Mariachi Vargas de Tecalitilan 125 anniv. @ Capital One Hall Tysons- Cancelled
*Kazzabe @ Vibe Annapolis
*Janel Leppin's Ensemble Volcanic Ash w/ Sarah Hughes @ Rhizome
*Nighthawks tribute @ Palisades
*Chuck Brown Band @ Bloom on the Wharf
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*Wed. April 5- Caroline @ City State (UK post-rock, post-punk band )
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
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