DC/Baltimore /DMV Global Music and More – May 2023 Concert Calendar Gig List
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 May 2023 Calendar:
Thurs. May 4- Vieux Farka Toure for free from 6 to 7 @
Kennedy Center Millennium Stage (& streamed on KC Facebook & Youtube)
(Malian guitar great)
Fri. May 5 - Rahat Fateh Ali Khan @ MGM (Pakistani singer)
Sat. May 6- Javanese singer and Composer Peni Candra Rini
presents an evening of traditional & experimental music 7 to 8:30 @ Hill
Center
Lamont’s 33rd
Anniversary show with Hardway Connection, Jimmy Smooth & the Hittime band,
Shirleta Settles, Ray Apollo Allen Band, Rise Band @ 2 pm @ Lamont’s (soul)
Fri. May 19-
Kiko el Crazy Y Dj Pereira,
9:00pm @ Diamond Lounge (Dominican dembow reggaeton)
Thurs. May 25-
Sun Ra Arkestra celebrates Marshall Allen’s 99th Birthday @
Keystone Korner in Baltimore (jazz)
Fri. May 26-
Baba Commandant & Mandingo Band for free from 6 to 7 @ Kennedy Center Millennium Stage (& streamed on KC Facebook & Youtube) (Burkina Faso afropop/afro-traditional band)
Roger Clark Miller (from Mission of Burma) & Insect Factory @ Rhizome (experimental)
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Mon. May 1-
Bobby Felder’s Blues Brothers 6 to 9 @ Westminster Church SW
(DC soul & blues vets)
100 Gecs and Fever Ray @ Anthem
Salsa and bachata dance lessons and
live band @ 7:30 @ Renegade in Arlington
May Day Fest and March @ 4pm @ Malcolm X Park
Del Sol Quartet 12 to 1pm @ Sackler (music inspired by
Tibetan sand mandalas)
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Tues. May 2-
TCB, TOB, Reaction, ABM @ Club One
Big Baby Gucci @
Songbyrd (rap)
Hiatus Kaiyote @ Fillmore (r’n’b)
Arushi Jain 12 to 1 and 3 to 4 in the Freer Courtyard (Hindustani
India music played with electronics)
Veronneau @ Blues Alley
Placebo @ 930 Club (sold out)
Crystal Canyon, Handapple, Ari Voxx & the Sad lads @
Runaway (shoegaze, synthpop, indie pop)
Oh He Dead, Flowerbomb @ Rams Head Annapolis
Bachata and more dancing w/ dj @ Lima
Blacc Print Experience @ Martini’s
in Waldorf (go-go)
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Wed. May 3-
Miko Marks and Rissi Palmer for free
from 6 to 7 @ Kennedy Center Millennium Stage (& streamed on KC Facebook
& Youtube) (Black country singers)
Black Bohemian w/ drummer Trae Crudup 10 to 12 mdt @
Harlot (r’n’b)
Sirius Company @ Sobe (go-go)
New Impressionz @ Babylon Café Falls Church
Ministry and Gary
Numan @ Fillmore
The Green Zone presents Arab Dance Party &
mixology w/ djs Fady D & Saba & belly dance by Amara Nour from 7 to 10
@ Kennedy Center Skylight Pavilion
Syrian-American
rapper Omar Offendum and oud virtuoso Ronnie Malley @ Freer Meyer Auditorium
Yeah Yeah Yeahs @
the Anthem (sold out)
Placebo @ 930 Club
Inner Temples @
Songbyrd
Lael Neale, Cecil
& Delilah @ Comet P Pong
Layover party w/ DJs
Mathis and NativeSun @ Owl Room (global Afro-diaspora dance beats)
Biomorphic Forms @ 6 & 7 @ Capitol Fringe show @ Southwest Duck Pond, 6th
& I SW (jazz w/ vocals ) CANCELLED
Sugarsmacks @ VFW Post 350 Hells Bottom (rock cover band w/ Razz
drummer)
“30 Days in May”
panel discussion re Univ. of Md & elsewhere 1970 anti-Viet Nam protests
from 4 to 6 @ Hornbake Library Room 3210
Dj Kristy La Rat 12
to 3 for the DC Crisis Response Coalition @ Freedom Plaza
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Thurs. May 4-
Hindustani classical vocalist Kaushiki Chakraborty at Barns
of Wolf Trap – (sold out)
Vieux Farka Toure for free from 6
to 7 @ Kennedy Center Millennium Stage (& streamed on KC Facebook &
Youtube) (Malian guitar
great)
Cola at Comet Ping Pong (postpunk from members of Ought) w/
Gauche, Brnda (DC punk)
Raheem Devaughn @ Birchmere (r’n’b) (sold out)
Alex Lora ‘s El Tri w/ El Haragon y Compania @ Mexico Lindo
(old-school Mexico City rock bands)
K-pop dance choreography masterclass 7 to 8 @ Museum of
Asian Art
Azul Band @ Green Zone (global music without borders)
Yves Tumor @ Echostage (rock)
Cuni, Glixen, High @ Runaway (punk & shoegaze)
Sirius Company @ Union Oyster (go-go)
TCB @ Power (bouncebeat go-go)
What Band @ Martini’s
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
Verny Varela @ Bossa (Colombian salsa)
Local Latin jazz @ Simple Bar
Asmae @ Cloud Lounge in Arlington (locally based
Arabic/Middle Eastern)
Robert Lighthouse @ 5 @ JVs ( blues)
*Black Bohemian (Trae Drummer) 8 to 11 @ Mr Braxton's (r'n'b & jazz)
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Fri. May 5-
Tim Bernardes for free from 6 to 7 @
Kennedy Center Millennium Stage (& streamed on KC Facebook & Youtube)
(Brazilian bossa indie)
Rahat Fateh Ali Khan @ MGM (Pakistani singer)
Los Rehenes, Lemanz, Conjunto Elegante De La Perla, Estilo
Privado @ 90 Degrees
Los Rolands @ El Ranchon
Angel & Khriz @ VIP Room
Los Rehenes ,Samuray, Los Fugitivos @ Cococabana
Tony Vega and Luis Mateus @ Diamond Lounge
DJ Gilbert Torossian @ Green Zone ( Arabic/Armenian )
Coupler 4:30 to 6:30
pm @ Freer Plaza (techno)
Kem, Ledesi, Musiq Soulchild @ DAR
Constitution Hall
Los Daytrippers (w/
Felix Hernandez) @ 6 to 8:30 @ El Golfo
Soroche, the Captivators
@ Runaway (cumbia & ska-punk)
DJ Kristy La Rat,
Cumbia band and more djs @ Metrobar
Save Your Soul w/
djs Baby Alcatraz & DJ Rob Macy @ Lithuanian Hall
Fadi Jano @ Cloud Lounge (Egyptian/Middle Eastern)
Wandering Bird w/Hannah
Connolly @ Pie Shop
Milonga del
Festival w/ Paso Tango Enselmbe @ Embassy of Uruguay
Oud Night with
Chakib Hilali @ Phoenicia Restaurant and Lounge
Rare Essence @ Fast
Eddie’s
Backyard Band @
Restaurant 55
Junkyard Band @
Nipseys (go-go)
TCB @ Aqua
Brothers 7 Band w/
guest singer Toni Love (from Hardway Connection) @ Lamont’s
Alfredo Mojica
Group @ Bossa (salsa) & DJ Lu reggaton & Latin
pop @ Bossa upstairs
Peace Band @ Twist
Lounge (Ethiopian music Fri. through Saturday)
Roots Band @ Makeda
Restaurant, Van Dorn St., Alexandria (Ethiopian)
Live Ethiopian
music @ Shalla
Rock-a-Sonics @
Colvin Run Dance Hall (rockabilly)
DJ Rhome @ Allegory
Room @ Eaton Hotel
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Sat. May 6
Janet Jackson & Ludacris @ Jiffy Lube
Lamont’s 33rd Anniversary show with
Hardway Connection, Jimmy Smooth & the Hittime band, Shirleta Settles, Ray
Apollo Allen Band, Rise Band @ 2 pm @ Lamont’s
Adobo DMV presents Bacanal w/ djs JCU3, Dada Cozmic, Dos Flakos, Guari,
JFuse @ Karma (reggaeton & Latin club)
K- Paz de La Sierra @ El Pueblito in Baltimore
Min Xiao-Fen: Chinese plucked instruments, including pipa,
ruan, sanxian, guqin, and finger piano, sound effects, and voice. River
Guerguerian: Middle Eastern and Indian frame drums, hand drums, kanjira talking
drums, Chinese gongs, hand-pan, marimba, and voice. original scores for two Chinese silent films,
Romance of the Fruit Peddler (Dir.: Zhang Shichuan, 1922, 24 min.) and Romance
of the Western Chamber (Dir.: Hou Yao, 1927, 43 min.). 7 to 8:30 at Freer
Alejandro Escovedo for free from 6 to 7 @ Kennedy Center
Millennium Stage (& streamed on KC Facebook & Youtube) (rock)
Raheem Devaughn’s Crush Crusaders , Sirius Company, Still
Familiar at Fast Eddie’s (go-go)
Backyard Band @ Eritrean Cultural Center, 2154 24th
Place NE DC
Rare Essence w/ Suttle @ Aqua (go-go)
Blacc Print Experience 4 to 9 @ Nipsey’s (go-go)
Ottobar Punk rock flea market 11am to 4pm
Kem, Ledesi, Musiq Soulchild @ DAR Constitution Hall
50 countries DC Embassy tours
Apollo 66, Tomason, Ligatures @ American Legion Post 41
Cissel Saxon
Mousey Thompson & the James Brown Experience featuring
vocalist Greg Cooper @ Carlyle Room
Tumbao @ 10 @ Bossa
(DC Latin dance band) & DJ Lu reggaton & Latin pop @ 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
A Song for You: A Tribute to the music of Donnie Hathaway W/
Jamar Dukes & Brencore Allstars @ PG
Publick Playhouse
DJ Mezcla & Leon City Sounds djs @ Green Zone
Craig Finn @ Club 603 (sold Out)
*Michael Hearst's Family fun w/ some music & talk about creatures, extraordinary people, curious constructions, & unconventional vehicles from 3 to 4 pm @ Hill Center DC
* Crossroads Music & Food Fest in Takoma/Langley @ Anne St. w/ Project Locrea @ 12 to 1 pm (global music); Empresarios 1:30 to 3 pm (tropical Caribbean); Proverbs reggae (3:30 to 5)
*Hardway Connection late after 9pn @ Long Time No Sea Cajun Seafood & Bar, Manassas, VA
*Dee Dwyer "Wild Seeds of the Soufside" photo exhibit @ Phillips @ the Arc 3 to 6 pm
*TCB, XIB @ Hangars
*What Band @ 2 @ Babylon Futbol Cafe (go-go)
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Sunday May 7-
DC Blues Society tribute to late DCBS pres. Felix McLaren w/
Bobby Blackhat Band @ 1; Phil Wiggins
& Eleanor Ellis @2:45 to 3:30; Nighthawks 3:45 to 5; Tribute 2 5 : Mud
Morganfield 5:30 to 7 @ Wunder Garden , 1101 1st NE
LeManz & Conjunto Elegante De La Perla @ Bravo Bravo
K- Paz de La Sierra @ Vibe in Annapolis
Ab Quintanilla & Los Kumbia All Starz @ the Palace
Vag Lavi @ Gisele’s (Haitian)
Still Familiar w/ Black Passion 4 to 9 @ Sax
Sirius Company @ 5 Sisters Lounge
Kem, Ledesi, Musiq Soulchild @ DAR Constitution Hall
Stacy Brooks Band @ Madams Organ
Roots Band @ Makeda
Restaurant, Van Dorn St., Alexandria (Ethiopian)
Live Ethiopian
music @ Shalla
Afro X dj party
(afrobeats, amapiano, soca, dancehall, rap) 5 to 10 @ Gazuza Lounge
Arturo Sandoval @
Keystone Korner (Latin Jazz )
Amapiano Sunday @
the Lot in Georgetown, from 2 to 9 pm @ 2715 PA. Ave
Kizomba and
Brazilian zouk djs 1pm dance and brunch
@ Crossroads Two
The R’n’b Club
talks Jodeci @ 12 noon @ Songbyrd
Pagode and Samba @
Bossa
Dave Chappell Band
2 to 4:30 @ Hank Dietle’s
Foots x Coles
listening session @ Eaton
Quebe Sisters @ Creative
Alliance
*Adobo DMV presents Perreo Disco w/ djs Mathias, jCU3, Pedro Night @ Flash (reggaeton & Latin Club)
*New Gospel Pearls @ 3 @ Scripture Cathedral, 7610 Central Avenue (gospel)
*TCB @ Capital Square Bar (bouncebeat go-go)
*TOB w/ guest Sweet Thang from BYB @ Union District Oyster
*Punk the Capital dc music doc screening 3 pm @ Wheaton Library
* Wheelin for Black Mamas roller skatin 3 to 6 @ Anacostia Skate Park
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Monday May 8 –
Destroyer (solo) with
Reds, blacks, Pinks, Purples @ Ottobar (Roxy Music-ish rock w/ twee pop)
Hoodoo Gurus @ Hamilton Live (Aussie garage rock )
Country Westerns @ Runaway (alt-country rock)
Salsa and bachata dance lessons and live band @ 7:30 @
Renegade in Arlington
Olivia Jean @ DC 9 (indie rock)
*Open Mike w/ Attinshun @ Public Option
*Bill Heid, harp, vocals, Big Joe Maher, drums, vocals, Dave Sherman, guitar, Jerry Queen, sax 6 to 9 @ Blue Monday @ Westminster Church SW
*Wolf's Blues Jam @ Hank Dietle's
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Tuesday May 9
Kali Uchis @ Anthem (sold out) (Latin r’n’b)
Mughal-E-Azam: The Musical Play of India @ Lyric Theatre
Watson Twins @ Union Stage (alt-country)
Kamyar Arsani on daf w/ Steve Johnson and more groups @ Rhizome
Chromic Duo from 12
to 1pm and from 3 to 4 @ Freer Gallery courtyard (Toy piano & electronic Asian
American)
Blacc Print Experience @ Martini’s in Waldorf (go-go)
*GBH @ Ottobar (UK punk)
*Cecily @ 6:30 to 8:30 @ Alethia Tanner Park for free
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Wed. May 10-
Teach Me How to Dabke with Jinan @ Green Zone (Arabic)
Grupo Mandingo @ El Cuzco in Hyattsville
Mughal-E-Azam: The Musical Play of India @ Lyric Theatre in
Baltimore
Black Bohemian (but without drummer Trae who is overseas this week) 10 to 12 mdt @ Harlot
(r’n’b)
Sirius Company @ Sobe (go-go)
New Impressionz @ Babylon Café Falls Church (go-go)
Abe Mamet Trio @ 6 & 7 @ Capitol Fringe show @ Southwest
Duck Pond, 6th & I SW (jazz)
*Wayna and Mumu Fresh 6 to 7 pm @ Kennedy Center Millennium Stage
*Layover party w/ DJs Mathis and NativeSun @ Owl Room (global Afro-diaspora dance beats)
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Thursday May 11
Mughal-E-Azam: The Musical Play of India @ Lyric Theatre
Leyla Mcalla @ Amp (New Orleans-based Haitian
multi-instrumentalist)
Homegrown with Rare Essence 6 to 9 @ National Gallery of Art
East Wing
Iguanas @ Hamilton Live (New Orleans roots rock)
Blessed with Witch Coast @ Atlas
Brew Works
Flack @ VFW Post 350 Hells Bottom
(rock)
Sirius
Company @ Union Oyster 7 to 11 @ Takoma Station (go-go)
TCB
@ Power (bouncebeat go-go)
What
Band @ Martini’s (go-go)
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)
Danube
Sessions w/ Orchester Prazevica @ Green Zone
Cheick
Hamala & Griot Street @ Bossa (Malian)
Sol
Roots @ JVs (blues rock)
Grandsons
w/ Dave Chappell @ Hank Dietle’s
salsa social dancing 8 to 11 @ La Cosecha
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Fri May 12
Manhattans feat. Gerald Austin @ Birchmere (r’n’b)
Dance Party with DJ 2-Tone of Shaolin Jazz @ Asian Art freer plaza
La Autoridad De La Sierra @ Copan in Herndon
Conjunto Peña Blanca & Konzentido Norteño @ 90 Degrees
Monchy, Karlos Rose, Jay Heightz Y El Sultan @ El Ranchon
Los Caminantes @ El Puento de Oro
Los Cuentos De La Cripta , Khriz & Angel @ Club One
Mother’s Day weekend gospel with Yolanda Adams, Donnie McClurkin,
John P Kee, JJ Hairston & Youthful Praise @ DAR Const. Hall
Iguanas @ Rams head Live Annapolis
Esseily w/ DJ Basbousa @ Capital Turnaround (Arabic beats)
Karl Straub Combo 8 to 10 @ VFW Post 350 Hells Bottom (roots rock
& garage)
Oud Night with Chakib Hilali @ Phoenicia Restaurant and
Lounge
Rare Essence & Mature Clientele Band @ Fast Eddie’s
Backyard Band @ Restaurant 55
Junkyard Band @ Nipseys (go-go)
TCB @ Aqua
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
Remi Hassoun dj @ Green Zone (Arabic)
Fadi Jano @ Cloud Lounge Arlington (Egyptian/Middle
Eastern)
Going Going Gone @
Hank Dietle’s (roots rock)
DJs Nativesun, Syd,
B_X_R_N_X_A_R_D @ Owl Room (techno & house)
*Poetry and more @ Showplace Arena
*DJ Baby Alcatraz spinning soul, disco, funk Neptune Room
*Blacc Print Experience & Prodigy Band 8 to 12 mdt. @ VFW Post 8950 in Lanham (go-go)
*TOB, New Impressionz @ Hangars (bouncebeat go-go)
*"Grey Day" event - come dressed in new balance sneakers & hear djs Alizay, Money, Jordan jetson,Bast, & Malik the Drummer from 6 to 10 @ Georgetown Sandlot
*Poppy Patica vinyl release house show
*Brassie, Cinema Hearts, the Flip Phones @ Little Penn Coffeehouse (indie-pop)
*Bachata Fridays at Salsa Room Tysons Mclean
*Birthday Girl @ 6 pm @ Carpe Librum popup bookstore , 5221 Wisconsin Ave (Mabel Canty & Bella Mackaye band)
*Jambao de Argentina @ the Palace
*Royal height soul tribute for Mothers Day @ 7 to 11 @ Torrie's Rest., 700 V St NW
*clarinetist Doreen Ketchens, w/ Somi (Miriam Makeba tribute) @ Mary Lou Williams Jazz Fest @ Kennedy Center
*Feist @ 930 (sold out)
*City Morgue @ Fillmore
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Sat. May 13 –
K-pop star Eric Nam and R&B singer Raveena @ 7:30 ((sold out in Arts Bldg., but shown free on Freer Plaza screens outside) and more all day at Freer plaza at
100th anniversary Asian Art museum celebration w/ * DC Bhangra Crew @ 12 , other dance ensembles, Nistha Raj & Christylez Bacon @ Smithsonian Arts & Industries
La Internacional Sonora Dinamita @ Bar Azul Sports Bar in
Gaithersburg
Soweto Global presents Amapiano party 3 to 9 @ Eaton Wild Days
rooftop
DJ John Murph 9 pm till Eaton Hotel Allegory Room (house,
jazz )
Grupo Mandingo @ Pappasittoos
Hardway Connection, 2928 Johnson Rd., outdoors in Mineral Virginia (southern soul)
Angelique Kidjo @ St. Mary’s College (afropop)
Chisel, Savak, Bedmaker @ Black Cat (punk rock)
Willie Nile @ Hamilton Live
European Union Embassies open houses
Cumbia Heights @ National Arboretum Ellipse meadow (sold out)
What Band w/ Killa Cal for first set @ 5 Sisters Lounge
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
Crown Vic’s Weird World vinyl dj @ 10 @ Green Zone
Born to Swing Musical @ Bowie, MD Center for Perf. Arts (about
first Black casino owners in Sparks, Nev who also sang blues)
Ron Macdonald, Dave Elliot, Jimmy Stephenson, John Previti @
4 @ JVs
Saffron, Northeast Regional, Cryptid Summer @ Rhizome
(hardcore punk)
Voivod @ Baltimore Soundstage (metal)
Rory Stonelove @ Crossroads Two (reggae)
*Eastern Standard Time from 5 to 6 @ Sunscape Live Fest in Catonsville, MD (neo-ska)
*Gospel with Provision, Chozen, Gospel Crusaders, New Vizion (DC), Dedicated Souls, and more @ 4 pm @ Fire Filled Holiness Church, 24 S Fulton Ave., Baltimore , MD
*Gospel w/ Greg Kelly & the Supreme Angels, Prodigal Sonz, Anthony Adams & Conformation, Little David & Bells of Joy, Zion, New Vizion, Martha & Sisters in Christ , Andre Walker & Prayze @ 4 pm @ Meridian Hill Baptist Church, Capital Heights, MD
*Jim Bennett & Unique Creation Band @ Lamont's (soul)
*Magazine Beach, Tosser, Knope @ Comet P Pong
*Junkyard Band , Still Familiar @ Restaurant 55
*Lasso (Brazilian hardcore) w/ Corvo, Tosser, Tripwire @ 7 @ The Litterbox house show
"101 Films you Should see Before You Die" book talk @ 2 pm @ Mt Pleasant Library
*Dorinda, Cal Rifkin, Moon by Moon, Rosie Cima @ 6:30 club house show
*Dancing on the Georgetown waterfront from 5 to 9 pm to salsa, bachata, kizomba, Brazilian zouk, afrobeats, swing @ 3300 Water St NW
*RedEye Asian art and food market 12 to 4:30 @ Arts & Industries bldg & Freer plaza
*Alison Crockett & Friends: doing the Jazz Sides of Chaka Khan @ Takoma Station Tavern
*Jill Scott @ MGM
*Camille Thurman & Darrell Green Quartet, Dee Dee Bridgewater Big Band @ Mary Lou Williams Jazz fest @ Kennedy Center
*Channel Inn-Pier 7 Reunion w/ 3rd Generation Band, Curtis Johnson, Tyia, & DJ Moe 6 to 10 @ Elks Lodge in Temple Hills , MD
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Sun. May 14-
Ocean Celtic Quartet 5 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. @ Gazebo in McLean Central
Park, 1468 Dolley Madison Blvd., McLean, VA (UK folk sound)
Los Rehenes , Mandingo, Y Samuray @ VIP Room and or Rio
Cantina (or both but staggered times for bands?)
Josimar @ Diamond Lounge
Stacy Brooks Band @ Madams Organ
Roots Band @ Makeda Restaurant, Van Dorn St., Alexandria
(Ethiopian)
Live Ethiopian music @ Shalla
Afro X dj party (afrobeats, amapiano, soca, dancehall, rap)
5 to 10 @ Gazuza Lounge
Frankie Rose @ Songbyrd (indie rock)
*Atempto Trio @ DC JCC (Israeli jazz)
*Felice Rosser & Faith NYC w/ Dunia & Aram @ Bossa
*District Coalition event with classical, club music, and Joe Brotherton Band @ 2 to 7 @ Eaton
*Spotlight Band @ Lamont's
*Bad Moves, Dreaded Laramie @ Comet P Pong
*Jill Scott @ MGM
*TOB @ Union Oyster (bouncebeat go-go)
*TCB , Big Action @ Martini's
*Backyard Band @ Society Lounge
*Junkyard Band & Still Familiar @ Restaurant 55 (go-go)
*Dj Jamstar @ Sky Blue Lounge (afrobeat, dancehall, hiphop, coupe decale)
*Elena La Fulana @ 4 pm @ Hill Center (Latin folk)
*Crush Funk Brass @ 2:30 @ Green Man Fest in Greenbelt
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Mon. May 15
Salsa and bachata dance lessons and live band @ 7:30 @
Renegade in Arlington
Erin Murphy Snedecor (cello), Dominique Bianco (jazz vocals), Alex Hamburger (flute /vocals) @ DC JCC (all were or are Strathmore Artists in Residence)
*The Big Blues Band w/ Kenny Holmes 6 to 9 @ Westminster Church SW Blues Monday
* B.O.R.N., Drivel, Full Circle @ Rhizome (punk)
*Turnstile @ Ottobar
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Tues. May 16-
Miss Chief Rocka | Honouring Our Communities Round Dance |
Studio K | 4:30–9 p.m. @ Kennedy Center
Come, Quattracenta, Sensor Ghost @ Black Cat (post-punk
rock)
Blacc Print Experience @ Martini’s in Waldorf (go-go)
*Veronneau @ Blues Alley w/a French-American songbook
*Daryl Davis presents : Rock 'n'Roll & the Jewish Connection @ DC JCC (focus on early years of rock w/ songs by Leiber, Stoller, Pomus, Carole King, plus producers like the Chess brothers , Jerry Wexler )
*Y La Bamba @ Songbyrd (sold out but waiting list)
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Wed. May 17-
Soulja Boy @ Howard Theatre (rap) (cancelled? callcheck to confirm)
Steve Forbert for free from 6 to 7 @ Kennedy Center
Millennium Stage (& streamed on KC Facebook & Youtube)
Black Bohemian w/ drummer Trae Crudup 10 to 12 mdt @ Harlot
(r’n’b) (Trae may be in Europe w/ Luke Stewart still week)
Sirius Company @ Sobe (go-go)
New Impressionz @ Babylon Café Falls Church
Cecily @ 6 & 7 @ Capitol Fringe show @ Southwest Duck
Pond, 6th & I SW (R’n’b-folk-jazz)
Outerloop @ Slash Run (rock)
Silverfest @ Rhizome (jazz poetry )
Gaslight Anthem @ Rams Head Baltimore
*Seth Kibel album release event @ DC JCC (Md klezmer musician)
*Mx Lonely, Coma Therapy, Glosser @ Quarry House (rock)
*Layover party w/ DJs Mathis and NativeSun @ Owl Room (global Afro-diaspora dance beats)
*DJ Jamstar @ Teempoo Lounge, Lanham (afrobeats)
*kizomba and bachata djs @ Crossroads Two
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Thurs. May 18-
Sandra Bears (aka "Sandra Love") Member of The
Jewels @ 12 to 1pm @ Montpelier Mansion Arts Center 9652 Muirkirk Road, Laurel,
MD
Cellist Janel Leppin and her group Ensemble Volcanic Ash:
Luke Stewart / Brian Settles / Anthony Pirog / Kim Sator / Sarah Hughes / Larry
Fergusen @ Rhizome (jazz, chamber music,
contemporary classical, and punk)
El Varon de la Bachata @ El
Cusco
“Getting It Back: The Story of Cymande” @ 7:30 @ Eaton (doc
about British funk band)
Going Going Gone @ VFW Post 350 Hells Bottom (roots rock)
Dirk & Amelie Powell presented
by IMT @ St Mark Presbyterian Church in Rockville (Cajun)
Sirius Company @ Union Oyster (go-go)
TCB @ Power (bouncebeat go-go)
What Band @ Martini’s (go-go)
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)
Soul Sauce DJ Kenny M vinyl @ Green Zone
Pablo’s Baile @ Bossa (Brazilian)
Grand Ancestor dub @ Owl Room
*Suttle @ Takoma Station (go-go)
*Dogwood (w/ Karl Straub) @ Port City Alexandria
*WifiGawd, Ahmir, Ankhlejohn (DC rappers) opening for Mavi @ Union Stage
*Caroline Polachek w/ Ethel Cain @ Anthem (sold out)
**DJ Jamstar @ Spectrum Lounge (Afrobeats)
*Jo-go Project @ Keystone Korner (jazz meets go-go)
*Jessica Boykins-Settles Quartet @ Blues Alley (jazz )
*Sorry Mom, Froggy, Railgun @ DC 9 (punk)
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Kiko el Crazy Y Dj
Pereira, 9:00pm @ Diamond Lounge (Dominican
dembow reggaeton)
New Pornographers @ 930 Club
(pop-rock) (sold Out)
Tono Rosario @ Cococabana
El Varon de la Bachata @ VIP Room
Taiko Drummers of Japan live on the Hill, 5 to 6:30 pm Eastern Market Metro, 225 7th St SE,
Tribute to Curtis Mayfield @ Birchmere
Les the DJ @ Allegory Room in Eaton Hotel
Oh He Dead acoustic at Kreeger Museum
Bayou Bon Vivant Cajun Music, food, art Fest through the 21st
in Norfolk
Oud Night with Chakib Hilali @ Phoenicia Restaurant and
Lounge
Rare Essence @ Fast Eddie’s
Backyard Band @ Restaurant 55
Junkyard Band @ Nipseys (go-go)
TCB, *TOB, *XMB @ Aqua
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
Caroline Polachek w/ Ethel Cain @ Anthem (indie-pop) (sold out)
DJ Basbousa @ Green Zone (Arabic)
Fadi Jano @ Cloud Lounge Arlington (Egyptian/Middle Eastern)
Rock-a-Sonics w/ Jason Hicks @ Hank Dietle’s (rockabilly)
*Big band jazz tribute to Fred Foss 6 to 9 @ Westminster Church SW
*Harriete @ Black Cat (synth & guitar tik tok pop)
*Elikeh free @ 6 to 8 pm @ at the Norfolk Avenue Streetery between St. Elmo and Cordell Avenues. Bethesda (Afro-rockin pop)
*Tom Jones @ MGM National Harbor
*DJ Jamstar @ Tempoo Lounge
*Daryl Davis @ Simple Bar
*Still Familiar @ 11 @ Shark Bar in Waldorf
*Sirius Company & Top 5 @ Air
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Sat. May 20-
New Pornographers @ 930 Club (pop-rock) (sold Out)
Chuck Brown Band @ Bethesda Blues
Fiesta Asia Street Fair at 11:00 AM at 400 PA Ave NW w/ food
and performances
Annuel @ Capital One Arena (reggaeton)
Northeast Groovers w/ guest vocalist Killa Cal,
percussionist Smoke , Blue Eye, & Buggy @ Stomp the Courtyard 6 to 11 @ Courtyard by Marriott, 11220 Lee Jackson Memorial Highway, Fairfax (go-go)
Kelvin Momo w/ dj Mobu, Selectako, DJ Geena Marie @ Zebbies
Garden (South African amapiano dance music)
Dirk & Amelie Powell @ 7 to 9 Barns of Rose Hill in Berryville,
VA (Cajun)
Acid Mothers Temple @ Metro Gallery Baltimore (Japanese rock)
Boz Scaggs @ the Lyric
DJ Pedro Night @ Wild Days bar @ Eaton Hotel
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 (go-go)
El Varon de la Bachata @ Club One
Bourbon & Bluegrass fest
w/ Dom Flemons @ Lincoln’s Cottage
DJ Johnson Lee of Joe’s Record Paradise vinyl @ Green Zone
Deep Sugar DC w/ Ultra Nate @ Owl Room (Baltimore club and house)
*Mt Rainier Day 11am to 5
*Adams Morgan Porch Fest (schedule includes Experience Brass Band, Verroneau)
* Pearl & the Oysters, Mo Troper, Moon by Moon @ Comet (indie power pop)
*New Impresionz @ 5 Sisters Lounge (bouncebeat go-go)
*Legendary Shack Shakers @ Hill Country DC
*Body of Evidence (gospel go-go) @ 11 am @ 425 2nd St NW
*Smokey Robinson @ MGM National Harbor (r'n'b legend)
* Ekiti Drogba @ Skyblue Lounge (Cameroon singer)
* Georgetown Lebanese Fest w/ dj and food 11 am to 6 @ Grace Church lawn
* Soroche , Ames Harding & the Mirage, Tina Carzon, DJs Leon City Sounds @ Slash Run (cumbia & more)
*TCB @ Hangars (bouncebeat go-go)
*TOB, Reaction, UEB, Big Action @ Power
*Backyard Band @ Fast Eddies
*Africa on the Avenue w/ Cheick Hamala Diabate, Dj Underdog, Los Rumberos, Dokun Afrotonics Afrobeat Ensemble, Feedel Band, Farafina Kan, & Sankofa books kids book readings 11am to 5 @ Bruce Monroe Park NW on Georgia Ave between Columbia & Irving NW (locally based bands and dance)
*Cameroon Independence party @ Black Diamond in Sliver Spring
* Latin American expo w/ Pablo y La Firma , Parrandon vallenato dc, gamez band, Mariachis Los Reyes DMV, w/ hosts Joe Falero, Martika con K , Mexican and Peruvian folkloric dance companies from 10 to 6 @ Harris Pavilion in Manassas
*Cool in you Wine Fest w/ Leela James, Kenny Sway, Black Alley, Sirius Company in LaPlata, MD
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Sun. May 21-
Crowded House & Liam Finn @ Anthem (pop rock)
Bourbon & Bluegrass fest w/ Dom Flemons @ Lincoln’s Cottage
Stacy Brooks Band @ Madams Organ
Roots Band @ Makeda Restaurant, Van Dorn St., Alexandria
(Ethiopian)
Live Ethiopian music @ Shalla
Afro X dj party (afrobeats, amapiano, soca, dancehall, rap)
5 to 10 @ Gazuza Lounge
Banda Real @ Euphoria in Baltimore
Ray Apollo Allen @ 4 @ JVs (soul)
Hula Monsters @ Hank Dietle’s
* Asia North Fest Three Patterns Art Exhibit w/ Performances by Hsiao-Chu (Julia) Hsia, Hideo, and Lucia Li 6:30 to 10:30 pm @ the Bank, 1901 N . Charles ; after-party w/ DJ Fundad @ The Crown
*Oh He Dead for free @ 4:30 outdoors @ Hill Center
*1252 Band @ 6 @ Lamont's
*TCB & New Impressionz @ Sax
*Curley Taylor & Zydeco Trouble @ Peerless Rens Club in Annapolis
*Asian Festival on Main St in Fairfax
*Backyard Band @ Society Lounge
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Mon. May 22 -
Big Joanie @ Songbyrd (UK Black riot grrl punk) POSTPONED
Salsa and bachata dance lessons and live band @ 7:30 @
Renegade in Arlington
Helen Hayes DC theatre Awards @ Anthem
*Rose Moraes 7 & 9 @ Blues Alley (Brazilian music)
*Linwood Taylor blues band 6 to 9 @ Westminster Church SW Blues Monday
*Shaun Young, Sean Mencher, Rock-a-Sonics w/ surprise guest @ VFW Post 350 Hells Bottom (thumb picking & rockabilly)
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Tues. May 23-
Off @ Union Stage (punk)
The National ,
Soccer Mommy @ Anthem
Blacc Print
Experience @ Martini’s in Waldorf (go-go)
*Veronneau @ Blues Alley w/ a Carol King Tapestry tribute
*Torrents: New Links to Black Futures 2023 launch event 6 to 8 pm @ Sandlot Georgetown
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Wed. May 24-
Walkmen @ 930 Club (sold out) (rock)
The National , Soccer Mommy @ Anthem (rock)
Black Bohemian w/ drummer Trae Crudup 10 to 12 mdt @ Harlot
(r’n’b)
Sirius Company @ Sobe (go-go)
New Impressionz @ Babylon Café Falls Church
Chrisette Michele @ Birchmere (neo-soul
r’n’b)
Lulu Santos @
Fillmore (Brazilian)
Phantom Planet @ DC
9
*Big Chess DC go-go meets soul & blues & funk band w/ guitarist Jacques Johnson & hornplayer Greg Boyer 7 & 9 pm @ Blues Alley
*Brian Dunne @ Jammin java
*Layover party w/ DJs Mathis and NativeSun @ Owl Room (global Afro-diaspora dance beats)
*DJ Jamstar @ Teempoo Lounge, Lanham (afrobeats)
* *kizomba and bachata djs @ Crossroads Two
*Fourth Stream w/ drummer/bandleader Sriram Gopal @ Bossa (jazz meets South Asian)
*Drummer Jo Palmer @ Amp
*Love for Landis Expandis fundraiser w/ djs @ 6 to 10 @ Peabody Hts Brewery
*Suttle @ Famous Lounge in Upper Marlboro (go-go)
*Beat ya Feet dance cypher and music by Jake Sinatra , Fauva Gahd, DJ Bri Mafia 8 to 10:30 @ Songbyrd
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Thurs. May 25-
Sun Ra Arkestra celebrates Marshall Allen’s 99th
Birthday @ Keystone Korner in Baltimore (sold out but streaming available)
Flaming Lips @ Anthem (sold out)
Rock Creek Park Conservancy presents online discussion of
the history of jazz gigs at Carter Barron Amphitheatre in DC POSTPONED
Sirius Company @ Union Oyster (go-go) cancelled
TCB @ Power (bouncebeat go-go) (end of 5 years stint there gig)
What Band @ Martini’s (go-go)
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)
Agua Marina @ the Palace
Chrisette Michele @ Birchmere (neo-soul r’n’b)
Elijah Balbed @ Bossa (jazz)
Dave Chappell Band @ JVs (roots)
*David Sanchez @ Blues Alley (Latin Jazz)
*Sundots , Joyer, Faded Home @ Quarry House (rock)
*Proper Utensils @ Piano Key Lounge Brandeywine, MD (go-go)
*Steve Roy & Still Familiar @ 5 pm to 12mdt @ 5 Sisters Lounge
*New Impressionz @ Restaurant 55
* Azul Band for Africa Day @ Soussi
*El Nuevo Lider Conga w/ La Grupo Cumbia y more @ Mexico Lindo Bladensburg
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Fri. May 26-
Baba Commandant & Mandingo Band for free from 6 to 7 @
Kennedy Center Millennium Stage (& streamed on KC Facebook & Youtube) (Burkina
Faso afropop/afro-traditional band)
Roger Clark Miller (from Mission of Burma) & Insect Factory @ Rhizome (experimental and postpunk)
Walkmen at 930 (rock w/ DC St Albans roots)
Yasiin Bey & Talib Kweli are Black Star @ Howard Theatre CANCELLED
Iris Dement & Bill Frisell Trio
opening for Avett Brothers @ Wolf Trap
Jose James sings
Badu @ Keystone Korner @ 7 & 9:30
Be La Dona @
Birchmere (go-go)
Tony! Toni Tone @
Bethesda Blues
Oud Night with
Chakib Hilali @ Phoenicia Restaurant and Lounge
Rare Essence @ Fast
Eddie’s
Backyard Band @
Restaurant 55
Junkyard Band @
Nipseys (go-go)
TCB @ Aqua
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
Los K-Bros, Los
Caimanes De Sinaloa, y Conjunto Alazar @ 90 Degrees
Los Dos Carnales,
Kanales, Los Farmerz & Banda La Explosiva @ Cococabana
El Chaval de la
Bachata @ Club One
Ranchenato Noche
Colombiana Homenaje a Diomedes Diaz Y Dario Gomez @ La Catrina in Bethesda
Oswald Band @ Qpadre
Centina
Saba @ Green Zone
(Arabic)
Fadi Jano @ Cloud
Lounge Arlington (Egyptian/Middle Eastern)
The FCTRY djs @
Wild Days @ Eaton Hotel
*David Sanchez @ Blues Alley (Latin Jazz)
*Nice Breeze, Sleepmarks, Broken Hills @ Slash Run (punk)
*Leon City Sounds tropical beats djs @ 10 @ Gramophone DC Florida Ave
*Ocho de Bastos free 6 to 8 pm @ at the Norfolk Avenue Streetery between St. Elmo and Cordell Avenues in Bethesda.
*DJ Sam the Man Samposium 6:30 to 8 w/ Ronya Lee & DJ Paul Howard , Abigail Adams, DJ Divine, Jamal Harris, Kristy La Rat & more celebrating the life of late DJ @ 4th floor of Eaton Hotel workshop
*Royal Height salute to Veterans soul music event 7 to 11 @ Torries, 700 V St NW
*Tierra Cali, La Gerencia Nortena, Kolectivo Sierreno @ Mexico Lindo Bladensburg
*Oswald Band, Captain Kiki, Swag Musik @ Q'Padre Cantina , 2312 Price Ave Silver Spring (Haitian)
*LSDXOXO @ Flash (pop-club dance)
*Latin Jazz & dance music from Tumbao! from 6 to 8:30 in National Gallery Of Art Sculpture Garden
*Latrice Royale @ Union Stage
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Sat. May 27-
Rebel Dread (movie about UK reggae & punk in late 70s & 80s &
filmmaker/dj / musician Don Letts) w/ Divide and Rule Never film (race & class in circa 78 UK) @ 2 to 4:15 pm @ NGA
Baba Commandant & Mandingo Band (Burkina Faso afropop ),
Peni Candra Rina (Indonesian singer) , Mowder Oyal @ Le Mondo in Baltimore
Iris Dement opening for Avett Brothers @ Wolf Trap
Nektar w/ VShal Kanwar &
Dhakfu @ Green Zone (South Asian & more global
grooves djs)
Sowebo Arts & Music Fest 12 noon to 8 @ 1100 Hollins st Baltimore
Bloc Party @ 930 (sold out)
Mirah for free from 6 to 7 @ Kennedy Center Millennium Stage
(& streamed on KC Facebook & Youtube) (NY indie-folk)
Airport 77s, Delarcos, Coast Guard @ Runaway (powerpop, rock)
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 (go-go)
Dj Carolina Y La Gran Banda @ VIP Room in Baltimore
Los Hermanos Flores Y Orquesta San Vicente @ El Ranchon
Kike, Miguel, & Steve @ Simple Bar (rumba)
Smithereens w/ Marshall Crenshaw @ Birchmere
Tru Fax & the Insaniacs @ Hank Dietle’s (new wave rock)
*Chiquito Team Band @ Leyla's
*TCB , New Impresionz, XIB @ Hangars (Oops, This was Friday)
*Joystick ,Flying Racoon Suit , The Best of the Worst @ Comet Ping Pong (rock)
*Roger Clark Miller (from Mission of Burma) w/ Insect Factory @ Orion Studios Baltimore
*Backyard Band @ Nottingham's
*The Accra Boys @ 8 @ Appioo African Bar & Grill , 1924 9th St NW (Ghanaian highlife & more)
*Be'la Dona & Blacc Print Experience 7 to 12 @ VFW Post 8950 in Lanham
*DJ Joyce Lim (1432 R) & more djs including Jacq Jill @ Baltimore location (techno, electro)
*Caribbean Crawl from bar to bar - @ The Alchemist (DJ Lalee Flag Party) 2 to 5; Provision 14 (DJ Trini Afro-Caribbean) 3 to 6; Red Lounge 4 to 7 (hiphop & dancehall) plus later djs @ Alice, Pure Lounge , Amsterdam Lounge
*Afro-Caribbean Roller Skate link up w/ dj Prodigy from 5 to 10 family friendly @ Anacostia Roller Skate Pavilion (afrobeats, soca, hiphop, dancehall)
*Jose James sings Badu @ Keystone Korner @ 7 & 9:30
*Tribute to legendary DC Black house music spot the Clubhouse @ 3 pm @ Renaissance Hotel
*Mab 2.0, Perfect Circle, Lit Band @ 5 Sisters Lounge
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Sun. May 28-
Tango Brillante-Special Milonga w/ Abaddon Nyc Tango sextet @ Glen Echo
Igloo DMV dancehall djs from 3 to 10 @ Clifton Park
Bandshell in Baltimore
Boiler Room DC w/ Djoser, Lena Willikens, Marie Davidson (DJ
Set), Phase Fatale, Soso Tharpa, ØTTA @ Echostage (Sold Out)
Vintage Clothes and vinyl from 3 to 7 @ Runaway
Baltimore Record Bazaar 11 am to 5 @ Peabody Heights Brewery
Stacy Brooks Band @ Madams Organ
Roots Band @ Makeda Restaurant, Van Dorn St., Alexandria
(Ethiopian)
Live Ethiopian music @ Shalla
Afro X dj party (afrobeats, amapiano, soca, dancehall, rap)
5 to 10 @ Gazuza Lounge
Larry Hernandez @ VIP Room
Jorge Diaz , Los Internacionales Nenes De La Cumbia , La 5ta
Banda La Que Manda @ Pappasittoos in Manassas Park
Tierra Cali @ Rio Cantina
Los Hermanos Flores Y Orquesta San Vicente @ Cococabana
Seldom Scene @ Birchmere (bluegrass)
*Earth Kry, Rik Jam, Shamans of Sound @ Safari Club , 4306 GA Ave. (reggae)
*Dibekulu & Halu Emerga (from Jano) @ Privilege (Ethiopian)
*HilDemaro @ The Palace
*Stone Pleasure Band @ 5 @ Lamont's
*Gossaye Tesfaye and Sami Dan w/ Ras Band & DJ Mesay @ Karma (Ethiopian)
*Free film screening of "Barry Farm: Community, Land & Justice in Washington DC" w/ Junkyard Band performing 1:30 to to 4:30 @ MLK Library
*Rare Essence w/ Jas Funk @ Ivy City (go-go)
*Backyard Band w/ Mature Clientele band @ Diamond Lounge (go-go)
*Junkyard Band and Blacc Print Experience 3 to 8 @ Restaurant 55 (go-go)
*DJ Manny @ Patapsco Arena
* Pride on the Water @ Georgetown waterfront
*DJ RBI @ the crate convention record sale 12 to 5 pm @ Anacostia Arts Center
*Funset djs tribute to Chuck Brown and Marion Barry w/ DJs Jahsonic, Jerome Baker III, Harry Hotter, Kenny M, DJ Smudge 5 to 10 @ Dew Drop Inn
*Jo-go Project @ 1pm @ Redgate Park Rockville
*Top 5 Band @ 4pm; Binta B Experience @ 9; New Impressionz @ 11:30 @ Babylon Falls Church (go-go)
*DJs Pedro Night & Spinrillo @ Tokyo Pearl (Latin pop/reggaeton)
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Mon. May 29-
Salsa and bachata dance lessons and live band @ 7:30 @
Renegade in Arlington
Indigo de Souza @ 930
Memphis Gold @ 4 @ JVs (blues)
*Herb Scott @ Blues Alley (DC jazz hornman)
*Emily King @ Howard
*Dance Africa Fest through June 4 @ Dance Place
*Panchiko @ Black Cat (UK psych pop-rock)
* Royce and MC Boom’s Pride Festival in the Park w/ Reesa Renee @ 12 noon @ Fort Dupont Park
*Memorial Day Parade dc 2 pm
*Image Band @ Juste Lounge (soca, Caribbean)
*Stacy Brooks band 6 to 9 @ Westminster Church SW (blues & soul)
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Tues. May 30 –
Mogollar earthquake relief @ Capital
Turnaround CANCELLED
Rock n Roll High School movie @ 7 for free @ Runaway
Blacc Print Experience @ Martini’s in Waldorf (go-go)
* Veronneau @ Blues Alley w/ a deep cuts duo performance (global jazz w/ vocals)
*Foo Fighters @ Atlantis (sold out)
*Emily King @ Howard Theatre (pop-r'n'b)
*Mirage, Geist, Spat, Daunting Nightmare @ Rhizome (hardcore punk)
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Wed. May 31-
Black Bohemian w/ drummer Trae Crudup 10 to 12 mdt @ Harlot
(r’n’b)
Sirius Company @ Sobe (go-go)
New Impressionz @ Babylon Café Falls Church
Open Mic w/ Don Zientara @ Three Whistles in Arlington
*Layover party w/ DJs Mathis and NativeSun @ Owl Room (global Afro-diaspora dance beats)
*kizomba and bachata djs @ Crossroads Two
*Walkmen @ Atlantis (sold out)
*Brain Tourniquet @ Songbyrd (power violence metal hardcore)
*DAIKAIJU & Jane Saw @ the Runaway (surf punk headliners)
*DJ Naol & DJ Simbah @ MHL Lounge (Ethiopian)
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Thurs. June 1-
Taj Mahal, Los Lobos, North Mississippi Allstars @ Wolf Trap
Big Boi (Outkast rapper) w/ Kari Faux @ the Bullpen
Hot Chip @ 930 (sold Out)
Sirius Company @ Union Oyster (go-go)
TCB @ Power (bouncebeat go-go)
What Band @ Martini’s (go-go)
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)
*"Chuck & Eva" jazz tribute to Chuck Brown & Eva Cassidy @ True Reformer Bldg.
*DJ Lance Reynolds @ Carter Barron parking lot 6 to 8
*Jo-go Project @ Keystone Korner
*La Marvela w/ djs Tonik, Rellybelly, Daniel Diaz, Annya plus dj workshop @ Artemis, 3605 14th St NW
*Phillips after 5 with Be Steadwell
*Solo guitar w/ Anthony Pirog, Jeremy Hairston, Ivan Liptak, Mike Gassman @ Rhizome
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Fri. June 2- John Legend @ Wolf Trap
Billy Woods & Kenny Segal at dc 9 (sold out)
*Asia North 2023 Closing Event w/ performances by Xing Dance Theatre, Dami Soh Schlobohm, Nen Daiko, and Tvameva @ 5pm @ Motor House and The Parlor in Baltimore
*"Chuck & Eva" jazz tribute to Chuck Brown & Eva Cassidy @ True Reformer Bldg.
*Hot Chip @ Atlantis (sold out)
*Fantasia & Joe @ Cap Jazz Fest @ Merriweather Post
*Paramore @ Capital One Arena
Sa.t June 3-
John Legend @ Wolf Trap
Eladio Carrion @ Fillmore
*Junkyard Band, Blacc Print Experience , Project 360 plus car, truck, bike show 1 to 9 pm @ Geno's Ballpark
*Capital Jazz Fest w/ George Benson, Ne-Yo, Corinne Bailey Rae, Stokley, Robert Glasper, Kenny Lattimore and more @ Merriweather Post
rest of June will be posted soon
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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
