DC/Baltimore /DMV Global Music and More – July 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.
July calendar is initially posted late
because I was busy with an article I was co-writing.
Calendar is posted, updated, and viewable here on the blog,
and events tweeted @stevekiviat. It includes international (mainly African, Caribbean,
Brazilian), roots, rap, soul, go-go, 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
Lots of good free
outdoors shows this month and next…Stay safe, have fun ...
Some remaining Highlights from visiting out of town musicians:
Thurs. July 6 –Lida Pimienta free 6 to 7 @ Kennedy Center Millennium Stage (also
streamed live on KC FB and Youtube & archived on Youtube) (Colombian
electro-roots)
Smithsonian Folklife fest on the mall at 8:30 p.m. to 10:30
p.m. Folkways at 75: Jake Blount, No-No
Boy, Harry Smith’s Early Abstractions Short Films
Friday July 7- Munit Mesfin Roberta Flack tribute
show @ Lubber Run
Bunji Garlin, FayAnn, Mical teja and more soca @ The
Assembly Room, Guilford Ave., Baltimore
Son Palenque, Cumbia Heights @ Sky Lounge Silver Spring CANCELLED
Bomba Yemayá , Bobi Cespedes @ 6 to 8:30 @ Smithsonian
Folklife Fest (Puerto Rican and Cuban)
Sun. July 9- Dom Flemons, Phil Wiggins, Yasmin
Williams, Hubby Jenkins Blues and Roots 5 to 6:30 @ Smithsonian Folklife Fest
Baltimore dc one carnival in Baltimore
Wed. July 19-Tamikrest free 6 to 7 @ Kennedy Center
Millennium Stage (live and streamed on KC Facebook & Youtube) (
Thurs. July 27- Jupiter & Okwess free @ 6 to 7 @
Kennedy Center Millennium Stage ( live and streamed on KC Facebook &
Yoututbe) (old school afropop)
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Saturday July 1-
Diana Ross @ Wolf Trap
Smithsonian Folklife Fest from 11 am
to 7 w/ various music styles including next generation Ozarks @ 6
Octavia Butler’s Parable of the Sower @ Strathmore
Davido at Capital One
Arena (Nigerian afrobeats)
Los Lara @ El Ranchon
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)
Munit Mesfin band from 6 to 7:30 @ Mosaic District , 2985
District Ave., Fairfax (Ethiopian jazzy r’n’b)
Irish Breakfast Band @ 7:30 @ Ossian Hall Park in Annandale
Lauren Calve @ 8 @ Lubber Run
Reggae Fest dc dj party @ Howard theatre
*Afrosoca Love at Karma
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Sunday July 2
Smithsonian Folklife Fest from 11 am
to 7 w/ various music styles including “Singing together: Riyaaz Qawwali
and the Jones Family Singers @ 5:30
Manolito & Su Trabuco w/ Hermanos Galvin & Orquesta
@ the Palace
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
Ethiopian music w/ Ethio
Band & guest vocalists @ MHL Lounge in Falls Church
Ras Band @ Black
Rose Lounge in Bailey's Crossroads Falls Church (Ethiopian)
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Monday July 3
Smithsonian Folklife Fest from 11 am to 7 w/ various music
styles
Blues from 6 to 9 @ Westminster Church SW Blue Monday Blues
Rare Essence and EU @ Hamilton Live
New Impressionz @ Lamont’s
Barry Farms doc @ 6:30 pm @ Busboys & Poets in Brookland
DC
Dave Chappell band 6 to 9 @ blues
Monday @ Westminster Church SW
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Tues. July 4-
Smithsonian Folklife Fest
presents De Libertate : Sounds of Ukraine 2:30 to 4; Ozark Mountain Devils 6:30
to 7:30
Fireworks
DJ Mesay @ Champion Lounge in
Falls Church (Ethiopian)
Wed. July 5-
Bad Moves, Glitterer, Outerloop @
6:30 @ DC Punk Archives show @ MLK library roof
Tori Amos @ Wolf Trap
Blacc Print Experience @ Martini’s White
Plains
Paul Carr trio w/ singer Sharon Clark @ Kennedy Center
Layover afro-global beats dj party
w/ Mathias & NativeSun @ Owl Room
Beat Corridor @ Bossa
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Lida Pimienta free
6 to 7 @ Kennedy Center Millennium Stage
(also streamed live on KC FB and Youtube & archived on Youtube) (Colombian
electro-roots)
Smithsonian Folklife Fest 6 p.m. 8 p.m. Ozarks Opry: Terry
Wayne Sanders; Scrivner, McAlister & Cavins Trio; Sylamore Special;
Williams Family; Big Smith Rinzler
Stage Performance
8:30 p.m. to 10:30 p.m. Folkways
at 75: Jake Blount, No-No Boy, Harry Smith’s Early Abstractions Short Films
Let it Flow Band @ Fairfax County Government Center Evenings
on the Ellipse
An Awful Panic, Halpine, the Sniffs 7
to 9:30 free @ Fort Reno Park NW (rock)
Cisco Bradley talks about his new book, The Williamsburg
Avant-Garde: Experimental Music and Sound on the Brooklyn Waterfront that
covers the underground, experimental, and improvised music scene there between
the late 1980s and the early 2010s. Pwisans Ete'nel,a duo comprised of
Baltimore multi-instrumentalist Jamal Moore and Bashi Rose (Film and
Percussion) will also perform . show @ 7 @ Rhizome
Verny Varela @ Bossa (Colombia salsa)
Nia Sultana @ Songbyrd
Boyz II Men @ MGM
Azul Band @ Green Zone
Phillips after 5 w/ Carr Keys Quartet for Frank Stewart
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
Asmae & Chakib
@ Cloud Lounge in Arlington (locally based Arabic/Middle Eastern)
The Green Show Band @ Mr Braxton’s
Outlier.mp3 @ Edgewood Arts Bldg
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Friday July 7-
Munit Mesfin Roberta
Flack tribute show @ Lubber Run
Bunji Garlin, FayAnn, Mical teja and more soca @ The
Assembly Room, Guilford Ave., Baltimore
Dior Ashley Brown @ Merriweather district color burst park ( was moved to yesterday if it happened)
Son Palenque, Cumbia Heights @ Sky Lounge Silver Spring CANCELLED
Plena Libre At Creative Alliance in Baltimore (Puerto Rican)
Save Your Soul w/ Djs Baby Alcatraz & Rob Macy @ Lithuanian
Hall (soul on vinyl)
Smithsonian Folklife Festival @ 11 am to 5:30 including The Williams Family ( gospel music group based out of the Emmanuel House of Praise Church in Poplar Bluff, Missouri) @ 12 to 12:45 pm; & Music of Kazakhstan: Shanqobyz and Dombra @3 to 3:30 ; Missouri Old-time music 5 to 5:30
Smithsonian Folklife Fest 6 to 8:30 pm Memories de Agua w/ -Daughter of the Sea, a short film by Alexis
Garcia about a return home and a spiritual awakening in Puerto Rico. Bomba Yemayá band w/ drummers, dancers, singers of bomba, a core
community expression of Puerto Rico. Then Bobí Céspedes and her band
who share Orisha songs and Cuban music,
Kickoman @ Grist Mill in Mt. Vernon Nights VA
Static Spray , Grimm Winter,
Quicksilver Dream , Palladists @
Rhizome (artsy indie punk)
Luke Bryan @ Merriweather Post
Santa Fe Klan , Snow tha Product, Tornillo @ Anthem
Clocked Out : a 930 Staff Spectacular w/ Sorge, Trilla Kay,
Brassie & others @ 930
After Thought Band (formerly the
Brothers 7 Band) @ Lamont’s (soul)
Alicia Keys @
Capital One Arena (r’n’b)
Raul Romero @ the
Palace
La Chanchona de los
Hermanos Lobos @ Mi Pueblo Bar
Banda Todo Terreno
y Lucidos Norteno @ 90 Degrees
Black Joe Lewis,
Sol Roots @ Hamilton
Les the DJ @ Eaton
Allegory Room
Blackbyrds @ Howard
Theatre (Postponed?)
Backyard Band @ Restaurant 55
Junkyard Band @ Nipseys (go-go)
TCB, TOB
@ Power
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
Ras Band w/ guest singers @ MHL Lounge
(Ethiopian)
*Fadi Jano @ Cloud Lounge Arlington (Middle Eastern)*
Poetry open mic hosted by Kenneth Carroll 6
to 8 @ American Poetry Museum
Sirius Company & top 5 Band @ Air
Trinidad & Tobago Steel Orchestra @ 6PM,
free @ Peabody Heights Brewery
*Breakin Even staycation punk fest @ Pie Shop
*Chateau Remix 7th anniversary party "dress in white" w/ dj James Funk 7 to 11 pm*
* Discos del Espacio , Colombian record store & label, spinning vinyl & selling from 5 to 10 @ Deep Dive DC popup in Unlcle Tony's Donut Shoppe in Yours Truly Hotel
*Romanian weekend via Romania Embassy @ the Wharf w/ events through Sunday
*PLO Man, Beautiful Swimmers @ Owl Room (electro-techno)
*DJ Basbousa @ Green Zone (Arabic)
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Sat. July 8-
Northeast Groovers, TCB @ Fillmore (go-go) CANCELLED
“Dress in All White party Farewell to WPFW from Dr Nick w/
live music from Hardway Connection @ 7 @ Lamont’s
Backyard Band @ Martini’s in Ft Washington
Smithsonian Folklife fest @ 11 am to 5:30 including The Williams Family ( gospel music group based out of the Emmanuel House of Praise Church in Poplar Bluff, Missouri) @ 12 to 12:45 pm; Sad Daddy @ 3 on one stage; Music of Kazakstan @ 3 on another stage; and then Puerto Rican bomba jam 5 to 5:30; Ozarks × Folkways: Sad Daddy, Creek Rocks, Po’ Ramblin’ Boys 6 to 8:30; square dance 8:30 to 10
Keyshia Cole @ the Lyric (r’n’b)
Rare Essence w/ Jas Funk, *Still Familiar, Chuck Brown Band plus djs from 1 to 9 @ Fairgrounds in Manassas,
10624 Dumphries Rd
Vietnamese Cultural
Heritage Night 'Prelude Chamber Ensemble' @ Ossian Hall in Annandale
T-Pain , NandoSTL @ Anthem
Benoit Pioulard, Gardener, AvaMirzadegan @ Rhizome (artsy
singer-songwriter)
July 8 & 9 Baltimore dc one carnival in Baltimore
Be La Dona @ Birchmere ( go-go)
Karlos Rose, Xtreme, Monchy, Jay Heightz @ Club One
Skating Polly, Bugsy, Jacklen Ro @ Comet Ping Pong
Vivian Green @ Bethesda Blues
Binki @ DC 9 (sold out) (rap & rock hybrid)
Washer, Dead Billionaires, Endlings @ Quarry House
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
*Ethiopian music @ Black Rose Lounge*
Rare Essence @ Aqua (go-go)
*Breakin Even staycation punk fest @ Pie Shop
*Green Zone anniversary event w/ La Penultima from Puerto Rico popup & DJ Crown Vic
*Overcoats free from 6 to 7 @ Kenn. Ctr. Mill Stage (indie-folky )
*Alan Cave @ Juste Lounge (Haitian)
*Fela show @ Olney Theatre Center
*Fiesta de la Alegria Colombiana w/ Marcela Guerrero @ Chilcano in Falls Church
*Brookland Arts walk hosts Tirgan market Persian Summer Fest w/ Kamyar Asani @ 3:30 to 4:10
*Afro Caribbean dj @ Space @ 1355 U St.
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Dom Flemons, Phil
Wiggins, Yasmin Williams, Hubby Jenkins Blues and Roots 5 to 6:30 @ Smithsonian
Folklife Fest ( lots of cancellations between 11 am and 5:30 check their schedule to see if events moved indoors)
Baltimore dc one
carnival in Baltimore
Bettye LaVette @ Hamilton (soul)
Doo Wop in DC panel discussion w/ Sidney Barnes , Ron Poozie
Miles (The Rainbows) & Zelda Irby plus a DC hand dance showcase & acapella
doo wop by Poozie Miles all between 1 and 4 @ MLK Library
Heather Stebbins & James Wolf @ 5 @ Art Sound Language
Elvis Costello & the Imposters w/ guest Charlie Sexton
plus Nick Lowe opening @ the Lyric in Baltimore
UB 40, Maxi Priest, Inner Cirrcle @ Wolf Trap(reggae)
Tajruba feat. Zakaria.WDZ @ Bossa (DC based Algerian)
Malcolm X Park afternoon drum
session circle @ 3
Stone Pleasure Band @ Lamont’s
Sea Moss, Rong, Will Hicks plays 4 cassettes:1 drum,
Cannibal Boom @ Rhizome (homemade electronics)
Nectarine Girl & 2 openers @ DC 9 (indie rock)
Vintage clothes and vinyl popup sale 3 to 7 @ Slash Run
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
Ethiopian music w/ Ethio Band & guest vocalists @ MHL
Lounge in Falls Church
Ras Band @ Black Rose Lounge in Bailey's Crossroads Falls
Church (Ethiopian)
Metropolitan music fest summer lawn prty w/ Junkyard Band, Be La Dona, Blacc Print Experience & more 12 to 8pm @ Charles County Fairgrounds, La Plata, MD POSTPONED to July 23
*Steve Forbert @ 6 @ Hank Dietle's
* Sirius Company block party 6 to 10 @ The Garden , 5380 Eisenhower Ave . , Alexandria
*Underground Soul Solution House Music Party w/ Mate Masie , Deesko, & Smitty D of 95 North @ 10 pm @ ESL Shaw, 1230 9th St NW
*Rare Essence from 6 to 10 @ Restaurant 55
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Mon. July 10-
Birthday Girl, Traumuntanas, Pearie Sol 7 to 9:30 free @
Fort Reno Park NW (rock)
Haves & Thirds, Twin Jude, Urania (Mary Jane Regalado
from Clear Channel & Gauche) @ Rhizome
Nick Lowe & Los Straightjackets @ Birchmere
Memphis Gold & Scrap Iron Band 6 to 9 @ blues Monday @
Westminster Church SW
Open Mic Mondays with ATTINSHUN @ Public Option
Still Familiar @ 12 noon @ Wilson
Plaza Reagan Bldg
Maverick City Music
@ Fillmore
Sea Moss, Rong,
Slot, Tear Sponsor @ 8PM @ Ottobar
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Tues. July 11
Delarcos and others @ the Runaway
Nosferatu, Subdued, Daunting Nightmare @ Quarry House
Blacc Print Experience @ Martini’s White Plains
*Nigerian Diaspora party featuring music of Fela from 6 to 9 @ Veterans Plaza in Silver Spring
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Wed. July 12-
Pietasters @ Franconia Rec Center (ska)
Lanesha Alexander @ Wine Down
Wednesday @ Eloquent Touch Ballroom in Suitland
Mal Blum @ DC 9 (indie rock)
Cal in Red, Silent Island, Liability @ Quarry House
Chopteeth @ 7 for free @ Strathmore lawn (afrobeat/old-school afropop)
New Impressionz @ Babylon Café Falls
Church (go-go)
Salsa and bachata
dancing at Fells Point Tavern in Baltimore
Layover afro-global
beats dj party w/ Mathias & NativeSun @ Owl Room
KeiyaA @ the Pocket
Tony Shhnow @ Songbyrd (plugg trap rap)
*Danube sessions w/ Orchester Prazevica live @ Green Zone
*Sirius Company @ Sobe in Glenn Dale
* Bottled Up ,Pearl Earl , Meghan Dowlen , Glosser @ the Runaway*
*EU from 7:15 to 8:45 pm @ Anacostia Park
*YahZarah Sings The Black Feminist Songbook: Tina to Aretha 2 sets @ Blues Alley
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Thurs. July 13-
Erykah Badu, Yasiin Bey, Junkyard Band @ Capital One Arena
Natyabhoomi School of
Dance free @ Frying Pan Farm Park in Herndon
Ammonite, Oren Levine & friends, The Yachtsmen 7 to 9:30
free @ Fort Reno Park NW (old school rock)
“Historically Speaking: Chuck Berry: An American Life” book
talk with author RJ Smith @ 7 @ National
Museum of African American History
Luis ToTo Alvarez (Chilean improv guitarist), Susan Alcorn
(wide-ranging pedal steel guitarist), Gary Rouzer & Daniel Barbiero (double
bass & electronics ) @ Rhizome
Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds & Garbage & Metric @ Merriweather
Post
Little Red & the Renegades @ Nottoway Park
Jumpin' Jupiter @ Fairfax County Government Center Evenings
on the Ellipse
Standards, Invalids, Right Chipper @ Comet (rock)
Arden Jones @ DC 9 (rap-pop)
Pardoner, Tosser @ Quarry House
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 w/ Michael & Hailu @ MHL Lounge in Falls Church
*Ras Band @ Black Rose Lounge * (Ethiopian)
Asmae & Chakib @ Cloud Lounge in Arlington (locally
based Arabic/Middle Eastern)
The Green Show Band @ Mr Braxton’s
*Flack @ VFW Post 350 Hells Bottom
*Origami Angel @ Pie Shop (sold out) (DC indie rock)
*Green Zone bar 5th anniversary popup party 2 w/ guest to be announced
*Sirius Company @ Piano Keys in Brandywine
*Cheik Hamala Diabate @ Bossa *
* Nag Champa band @ Shanklin Hall*
*Latin jazz jam @ Simple Bar*
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Fri. July 14-
First Aid Kit w/ the Weather Station @ Anthem
Junior Marvin & the Legendary Wailers @ Hamilton
After Thought Band (formerly the Brothers 7 Band) @ Lamont’s
Spark Isle (experimental rock), Bushmeat Sound
(experimental), Rosie Cima & What She Dreamed (folk indie rock) @ Rhizome
Kindred the Family Soul @ Birchmere
Origami Angel @ DC 9 (poppy DC math rock) (sold out)
DJ Remi Hassoun @ Green Zone (Arabic/Middle Eastern)
Rare Essence @ Fast Eddie’s
Backyard Band @ Restaurant 55
Junkyard Band @ Nipseys (go-go)
TCB, TOB @ Power
Alfredo Mojica Group @ Bossa (salsa) plus *DJ Lu w/ Latin hits upstairs*
Peace Band @ Twist Lounge (Ethiopian music Fri. through
Saturday)
Roots Band @ Makeda Restaurant, Van Dorn St., Alexandria
(Ethiopian)
Live Ethiopian music @ Shalla
Ras Band w/ guest singers @ MHL Lounge (Ethiopian)
*Fadi Jano @ Cloud Lounge Arlington (Middle Eastern)*
Philippines after hours celebration 5 to 10 pm @ National
Asian Museum Freer Plaza
Poison Ruin, Artificial Brain, Vosh, Desolus. 7PM @ Ottobar
Pedrito Martínez. 7PM & 9:30PM @ Keystone Korner
(Afro-Latin percussionist)
*Ethiopian music @ Black Rose*
*Free Fringe Fest w/ Maddie Cantrell (Singer songwriter) @ 7:30 – 8:15; Sarah Marie Hughes & Chris Barrick @ 8:30pm – 9:30pm(jazz); LMB w/ Abe Mamet & Jamie Sandel @ 9:45pm – 10:30pm, all @ Power House, 3255 Grace St NW in Georgetown*
*New Impressionz @ Hangars *
*Louise Post (from Veruca Salt) @ Union Stage (rock)
*Bradley Zero, Max D, Sami, GabberB 69 @ Owl Room (techno)
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Sat. July 15-
Broccoli Fest w/Lil
Uzi Vert, Jazmine Sullivan, City Girls, Rema, Ice Spice, Finesse2Tymes,
Tiacorine, OG Bobby Billions & more
@ RFK Stadium Parking Lot (day 1) plus *
Magnetic Fields, Jenny Toomey&
Dan Littlefield @ Atlantis (sold out)
Chris Stapleton @ Baltimore Royal Farms CFG Bank Arena
Ballet Folklorico Boliviano free @ Ossian Hall Park in
Annandale
Project Locrea free @ Lorton Workhouse Arts Center
Coleman, Blunt, Peoples ( Voices of Classic Soul) @
Arrowbrook Centre Park Location Music at Arrowbrook Park
Destroy Boys, Gully Boys, Jigsaw Youth @ Black Cat (punk
rock)
Spindle Podcast w/ hosts Marc Masters and John Howard live
recording discussing a 7 inch single @ 6
after guest djs spin 45s from 4 to 6 pm @ Art Sound Language
Just Us Band @ Lamont’s
Sirius Company @ Ivy City Smokehouse
Kindred the Family Soul @ Birchmere
Adolescentes @
Leyla’s
Los Rolands @ VIP
Room
Josimar @ Lima de
Veras in Sterling, VA
Faunas (Record
Release!), Big Cry Country, Fantazma @ Comet Ping Pong
Dwele @ Bethesda
Blues
Cumbia Heights free
@ 8 @ Lubber Run
Flyer Club, Berra, Samara
@ Quarry House
Tumbao @ 10 @ Bossa (DC Latin dance band)
*Circus of Saints Trio - Rob Coltun, Nick Costa, Billy Sokol @ 8 @ Bossa *
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)
Pedrito Martínez.
7PM & 9:30PM @ Keystone Korner (Afro-Latin percussionist)
* Mary Batttiata & Little Pink @ Hank Dietle's *
*Origami Angel @ Union Stage (dc indie rock)*
* Johnson Lee of Joe's Record Paradise dj'ing vinyl @ Green Zone
* Jenna Camille 3 free sets for Fringe Fest @ 12pm – 1:15pm; 1:35pm – 2:50pm; 3:10pm – 4:30pm @ parklet in front of Baked and Wired 1052 Thomas Jefferson St NW (Jazz, neo-soul , experimental) *
*New Impressionz & Reaction @ Fast Eddies *
*The Stews @ 930 Club (rock) *
*Rome Streetz @ Songbyrd*
*DJ NativeSun 6 to 11 @ the Kennedy Center Reach*
*Blacc Print Experience 5 to 10 @ Black Rose Lounge *
*Dj Baby Alcatraz 7 to 10@ Daikaya
Sun. July 16-
Broccoli Fest day 2
w/ Brent Faiyaz, Kodak Black, Glorilla, Asake, Chloe, Coco Jones, Lola Brooke,
Fat Trel, La Russell, Tre’ Amani, Go-go Battle of the bands w/ Backyard Band, UCB,
TCB, Reaction Band, TOB, Sirius Company (go-go battle was moved to Saturday)
Magnetic Fields, Jenny Toomey& Dan Littlefield @
Atlantis (sold out)
EU, Blacc Print Experience,
and more from 1 to 6 @ Regency
Parking lot, Ritchie Station Market Place, Capitol Heights , MD
Spotlight Band @ Lamont’s
Destructo Disk, Rex Tycoon, Sun Organ, Smile Machine @
Rhizome (punk indie rock)
Rodney Crowell: The Chicago Sessions tour w/ Rob Ickes &
Trey Hensley @ Birchmere
Josimar, Ggiancarlo Rodriguez y la Tremenda @ Diamond Lounge
Devon Kay & The Solutions, Grey Matter, Braceface @
Comet P Pong
Soul in Motion African dancers and drummers @ 11 am @ Lubber
Run
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
Ethiopian music w/ Ethio Band & guest vocalists @ MHL
Lounge in Falls Church
Ras Band @ Black Rose Lounge in Bailey's Crossroads Falls
Church (Ethiopian)
Malcolm X Park afternoon drum session
D’Yani @ WEG Studio , 1235 W St NE (Caribbean )
*DMV Soul Sessions @ Bossa*
*Backyard Band 4 to 8 @ Babylon Falls Church *
*Moroccan Heritage Festival w/ music and more 1 to 6 @ Market Square, 300 King St., Alexandria
*Tango Barrio dancing in "evening" @ Freedom Plaza*
*TOB, & Drama Squad Band @ Union Oyster *
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Mon. July 17-
Grey Swift, Washington Bach Consort, Nayan 7 to 9:30 free @
Fort Reno Park NW (rock, classical,)
Chuck Brown Band @ Franconia Rec Center
Danny Blue & the Blues Crew 6 to 9 @ blues Monday @
Westminster Church SW
Thrills @ Mason District Park
*New Impressionz @ Gee's Garden in Hyattsville
*Cisco Swank and Brandon Woody @ Songbyrd (rap) *
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Tues. July 18-
Killer Mike and the Midnight Revival w/ Trackstar the DJ @
Lincoln Theatre
Wanted Man, Fust, Rosie Cima & What She Dreamed @ Quarry
House (rock)
Blacc Print Experience @ Martini’s
White Plains (go-go)
Shirletta Settles @
12 noon @ Wilson Plaza Reagan Bldg
*D'enasia @ Bossa *
*Author & photographer Antonia Tricarico book event for The Inner Ear of Don Zientara w/ Don Zientara, Amanda Mackaye, & Joe Lally @ 7 @ One More Page Books in Arlington *
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Wed. July 19-
Panda Bear & Sonic Boom, w/ Braxe & Falcon @ 930
“Dope, Hookers, and Pavement:The real and imagined history
of Detroit hardcore” movie doc about 81-82
@ 7:30 followed by discussion w/ Scott Crawford and Dave Stimson (Touch
& Go Records) @ Black Cat
Boney James and Lalah Hathaway @ Wolf Trap
The Family Crest @ DC 9
Selwyn Birchwood @ Hamilton
Kard @ MGM National Harbor ( Korean pop rap)
Fallout Boy @ Jiffy Lube Live
Cecily @ 7 for free @
Strathmore lawn (acoustic r’n’b)
New Impressionz @ Babylon Café Falls Church (go-go)
Salsa and bachata dancing at Fells Point Tavern in Baltimore
Layover afro-global beats dj party w/ Mathias &
NativeSun @ Owl Room
Le Tigre @ Baltimore Soundstage (sold out)
Teach me how to Dabke w/ Jinan (free) @ Green Zone
*Sirius Company @ Sobe in Glenn Dale*
*"Cambodian Rock Band" play opens @ Arena Stage (and runs through August 27)
*TCB & Reloaded Band @ 10 @ Martini's*
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Thurs. July 20-
The Legendary Ingramettes 7:30PM @ Creative Alliance
(gospel)
Michael Bowie tribute to Abbey Lincoln w/ singer Heidi
Martin @ 7 @ El Golfo
Natalia Lafourcade at Wolf Trap (Mexican indie rock singer)
Latex Velma, Freddy Hall, the Delarcos 7 to 9:30 free @ Fort
Reno Park NW (rock)
Hurray for the Riff Raff free 6 to 7 @ Kennedy Center
Millennium Stage (live and streamed on KC Facebook & Youtube) (rock)
Be La Dona @ Keystone Korner (go-go)
Stacy Brooks Band @ Frying Pan Park (blues & soul)
Clutch, J. Robbins, Nate Bergman @ The Atlantis (sold out)
Seysew (w/ Keith Butler) – been in the storm so long (folk and church
music from the South Carolina sea & some jazz originals) @ 5 pm @ Smithsonian American Art museum
Andy Stack & Jay Hammond, Tacoma Park, Dave Heumann
& Mike Kuhl @ Rhizome (improv
experimental)
Jessi Uribe @ the Palace
Binomio de Oro @ Waterford Event Center in Springfield
Reggae dj @ Eaton Wild Days
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
*Ras Band & guests @ Black Rose Lounge (Ethiopian)*
Asmae & Chakib @ Cloud Lounge in Arlington (locally
based Arabic/Middle Eastern)
The Green Show Band @ Mr Braxton’s (r'n'b)
*Going Goin Gone @ VFW Post 350 Hells Bottom * (roots rock)
*Soul Sauce vinyl dj Kenny M @ Green Zone*
*Dupont Brass @ Westphalia Parkside Clubhouse in Upper Marlboro*
*Pablo's Baile w/ guest Ilheuma Zezeh w/ samba dj'ing @ 9 & Pablo Regis live @ 10 @ Bossa * (Brazilian)
*The Kentucky Gentlemen @ 7 @ Columbia MD Festival of the Arts amped in the park (r'n'b)*
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Fri. July 21-
Bio Ritmo @ Royal Lake Park
7 Seconds @ Black Cat
Jenny Lewis @ Atlantis (sold out)
Clutch, Dinosaur Jr., Red Fang @ Anthem
Zakke at Meriweather
District park
Dexta Daps @ Echostage
After Thought Band (formerly the Brothers 7 Band) @ Lamont’s
Requiem, Hotel Neon, Kohoutek @ Rhizome ( post-rock noisy
wall of sound)
Project Pat & DJ Bri Mafia @ Howard Theatre (rap)
Hot Club of Baltimore @ 8 @ Lubber
Run (Django Reinhardt style jazz music)
Thomas Rhett @ CFG Bank Arena
Lisa Fischer @ Keystone Korner
Rare Essence @ Fast Eddie’s
Backyard Band @ Restaurant 55
Junkyard Band @ Nipseys (go-go)
TCB, TOB @ Power
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
Ras Band w/ guest singers @ MHL Lounge (Ethiopian)
*Ethiopian music @ Black Rose
*Fadi Jano @ Cloud Lounge Arlington (Middle Eastern)*
*DJ Gilbert Torossian @ Green Zone (Arabic/Middle Eastern)
*DC South Asian Music Fest w/ Amjod Ali Khan & Amin Ali Bangash & Ayaan Ali Bangash @ Wheaton High School Aud. (through july 23) see dc saaci . org
*Dupont Brass @ National Gallery Jazz in the Garden *
*Huapangueros Diferentes @ the Palace *
*Son Palenque @ 7:30 to 9:30 @ Bossa (Colombian Afro-champeta)*
*Nur D and Group 242 @ Songbyrd (rap)
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Sat. July 22
Quartet Unity Fest with gospel from 2 to 7 St. Stephen
Baptist Church, Temple Hills, MD
La Placita DMV Fest 12 to 6 @ Gateway Pavilion SE
Still Familiar , BPE, Wisdom Speaks, Godfather Band @ Lamonts (go-go & r'n'b)
Junkyard Band, Be’la Dona, Proper Utensils, @ Hilton, 5000
Seminary Rd Alexandria (go-go)
Lisa Fischer @ Keystone Korner
Jenny Lewis, Cass McCombs, Hayden Pedigo @ Anthem (indie pop rock)
Son Palenque culture and music workshop 1 to 3 pm @ Eaton
House (Afro-Colombian)
Dj Jerome Baker & friends on Mars @night @ Eaton Wild Days Bar
Reverend Horton Heat @ Hamilton (rockabilly & rock)
Lauren Spencer Smith @ Fillmore (pop)
Psyop, Squelch, Demons, Bruiser, Pain Directive, Demons @
Rhizome (hardcore punk) plus art show @ Rhizome
International Colombian Festival @11 am @ Catholic Univ.
Dembow Fest @ 3 pm @ Hook Hall
Bachateame w/Monchy,
Karlos Rose, Jay Heightz Y El Sultan @ El Pueblito
Alex Bueno @ VIP Room
Tres Minutos and Sonic Castaways @ Chilcanos
Crywank @ Comet P Pong
Blondshell @ DC 9 (sold out)
Glass Crush, Foley Artists, Dietz and the Dilemmas @ Quarry
House
Mama Moon & the Rumpshakers @ 8 @ Lubber Run
Cultivated Mind reggae band @ Ossian Hall Park
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
*Ethio Band @ Black Rose Lounge*
Rare Essence @ Aqua (go-go)
*Flack & the Karl Straub Combo @ 9 @ Hank Dietle's * (roots pop and rock)
*Capital Fringe night 4 w/ Adriana-Lucía Cotes @ 7:30 pm; Emotional World (members of Flasher, Big Hush, Kid Claws) @ 8:30; Des Demonas @ 9:45 @ Powerhouse, Grace St NW in Georgetown (punk & more) *
*Cumbia Heights & Leon City Sounds djs & guest percussionist & dj Ty Hussell @ Pie Shop*
*Nectar w/ V:shal & Dhakfu djs @ Green Zone*
*DC South Asian Music Fest @ Wheaton High *
*Backyard Band and TOB @ Fast Eddies*
*DJ Lag @ Owl Room (South African gqom club music)*
*Sizzle cookout & dance party w/ dj Sedrick @ 2 to 8 @ Gee's*
*TCB @ Hangars*
*"Little Central America, 1984" @ 8 @ All Souls Church (Gala Theatre play about Latino neighborhoods in US ) *
*Nag Champa & Elijah Easton Trio 6 to 8 @ the lawn @ Petworth Rec Ctr, 801 Taylor St NW*
*Feels like Summer day party w/ DJ Majestic, Claude Di Martian, DJ Mambo, Super Smash Broz w/ afrobeats, soca, amapiano , dancehall & more @ 4 to 9 @ Zebbie's Garden, 1223 Conn Ave NW*
*Afro-Caribbean Saturdays dj event @ 10 pm @ Space *
*Fela! musical @ Olney Theatre (through Aug. 13)*
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Sun. July 23-
K Camp @ the Fillmore
(rap)
Go-go show 12 to 8 @ Lamont’s (bands tba)
Bachateame w/ w/Monchy, Karlos Rose, Jay Heightz Y El Sultan
@ Vibe in Annapolis
Alacrane @ Mi Pueblo
Horsegirl, Lifeguard. 7PM @ Ottobar (postpunk )
Strike Fest w/ Giji, Brunswick, The Creachies, Owx. 12PM, Donations
@ Mobtown (4015 Foster Ave)
Baltimore Record Bazaar. 11AM, FREE @ Peabody Heights
Brewery
Ms. Lisa Fischer, Grand Baton. 5PM & 7:30PM @ Keystone
Korner
James Brown tribute @ Howard Theatre
Nickel Creek, Aoife O’Donovan @ Wolf Trap
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
Ethiopian music w/
Ethio Band & guest vocalists @ MHL Lounge in Falls Church
Ras Band @ Black
Rose Lounge in Bailey's Crossroads Falls Church (Ethiopian)
Malcolm X Park afternoon drum session circle @ 3 pm
*DC South Asian Music Fest @ Wheaton High *
*Amy K. Bormet (vocals) and Matt Dievendorf (guitar) 3 free sets for Fringe Fest @ 12pm – 1:15pm; 1:35pm – 2:50pm; 3:10pm – 4:30pm @ parklet in front of Baked and Wired 1052 Thomas Jefferson St NW (jazz)*
*Backyard Band 4 to 10 @ Nottingham's*
*Metropolitan music fest summer lawn prty w/ Junkyard Band, Be La Dona, Blacc Print Experience & more 12 to 8pm @ Charles County Fairgrounds, La Plata, MD*
*DC r'n'b club talks dc r'n'b like Amii Stewart, Johnny Gill, Ginuwine, Mya, Amerie, J. Holiday, & Ari Lennox, Brent Faiyaz, Kali Uchis, Marvin Gaye @ 12 noon @ Songbyrd
*Nappy Nappa & Josh Stokes & others @ 8 @ Songbyrd *
*TOB & DSB @ Union Oyster*
*BRS @ Pie Shop (postpunk guitar/ drums duo)*
*WPFW celebrates the late dj Donnie McKethan & his show The American Songbook w/ Chad Carter, Ruby Hayes, Sandra Y. Johnson , Steve Washington , Jon Ozment, Cheyney Thomas 4 to 8 @ Eaton Hotel rooftop (entry for this WPFW benefit only w/ eventbrite)*(sold out)
*TCB @ Restaurant 55* (bouncebeat go-go)
* Sirius Company 5 to 9 @ Ozio (go-go)
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Mon. July 24-
Old Knife, Kinda Evil, Dot Dash 7 to 9:30 free @ Fort Reno
Park NW (rock)
*Shirleta Settles* & friends 6 to 9 @ blues Monday @ Westminster Church SW (blues & soul)
Casio Steel drum Caribbean @ 12 noon @ Wilson Plaza Reagan
Bldg
*Montana of 300 @ Pie Shop (rap) *
*Attinshun final open mic @ 8 @ Public Option *
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Tues. July 25-
Horsegirl @ DC 9 (postpunk) (sold out)
JRU @ Eaton Wild Days
Blacc Print Experience @ Martini’s White Plains (go-go)
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Wed. July 26-
Overkill @ Fillmore
(rock/metal)
Toni Love (from Hardway Connection) @ Wine Down Wednesday @
Eloquent Touch Ballroom in Suitland
Living Colour @ The Atlantis (sold out)
Bug Hunter, the Narcissist Cookbook @ Comet P Pong
Santana @ MGM National Harbor
Veronneau @ Mason District Park (jazzy global sounds)
Carly Harvey @ 7 for free
@ Strathmore lawn (blues)
New Impressionz @ Babylon Café Falls Church (go-go)
Salsa and bachata dancing at Fells Point Tavern in Baltimore
Layover afro-global beats dj party w/ Mathias &
NativeSun @ Owl Room
*Sirius Company @ Sobe in Glenn Dale
*The Mostly Dead, Weird Babies, Apollo 66 @ DC 9 ( punk)
*Abraham Alexander free @ 6 to 7 @ Kennedy Center Millennium Stage ( live and streamed on KC Facebook & Youtube) (soul folk)
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Thurs. July 27
Jupiter & Okwess free @ 6 to 7 @ Kennedy Center
Millennium Stage ( live and streamed on KC Facebook & Youtube) (old school
afropop)
Java Sparrow, Trash Boat & the Ambush, Cinema Hearts 7
to 9:30 free @ Fort Reno Park NW (rock)
Jason Aldean & 3 openers Merriweather Post (right-wing country singer headliner)
Gerardo Moran y Daniel Paez @ Kumbia Restaurant in Rockville
Rafaga @ Waterford Event Center in Springfield Va
Roscoe Tripp @ DC 9 (indie rock)
TV Star , A Very
Special Episode @ Quarry House
Ana Popovic @ Hamilton (Serbian blues rock)
Mazboota @ Green Zone
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
Asmae & Chakib @ Cloud Lounge in Arlington (locally
based Arabic/Middle Eastern)
The Green Show Band @ Mr Braxton’s
Joe Baiza Trio, Swrm @ 8PM, @ Metro Gallery (
*Dave Chappell Band @ JVs* (roots )
*Mazboota w/ Fady D @ Green Zone (Indie Arabic electro/disco) *
*Los Lobos @ MD Hall in Annapolis* (roots rock )
*Mousey Thompson & the James Brown Experience @ 7 to 8:30 @ Laurel Town Centre
*DJ Rat & DJ Clamazon @ 10 @ Neptume Room (Latinx clubby, perreo queered anthems)
*Blacc Print Experience @ 5 Sisters Lounge Laurel (go-go)*
*TOB, Reaction, DSB @ Restaurant 55 *
*Agua Cuban dance music dj night @ Black Rose Lounge *
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Fri. July 28-
Outlaw Music Fest w/ Willie Nelson, Nathaniel Rateliff &
the Night Sweats, Kurt Vile, Kathleen Edwards, Particle Kid @ Merriweather Post
Joe Baiza (Cali jazz-punk guitarist) , Damon Smith (improv
bassist), Matt Crane (jazz improv drummer), SWRM (synth & drums duo) @
Rhizome
After Thought Band (formerly the Brothers 7 Band) @ Lamont’s (r'n'b / soul)
Anthony Brown & Group Therapy @ Birchmere (gospel)
Antonio Cartagena
& Luisito Carrion @ the Palace
Adverzo, Conjunto
Elegante de la Perla, Estilo Privado @ 90 Degrees
Boy George &
Culture Club @ Jiffy Lube Live
The Factry djs @ Eaton
Wild Days (r'n'b & hiphop)
Altin Gun @ Howard
Theatre (Turkish psych)
Crush Funk Brass
Band @ 8 @ Lubber Run
*Fadi Jano @ Cloud Lounge Arlington (Middle Eastern)*
*DJ Saba @ Green Zone (Arabic)
Rare Essence @ Fast Eddie’s
Backyard Band @ Restaurant 55
Junkyard Band @ Nipseys (go-go)
TCB, TOB @ Power
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
Ras Band w/ guest singers @ MHL Lounge (Ethiopian)
*Ethiopian music @ Black Rose
*The Drums @ 930*
*Reunion Summer show w/ Bacchae, Princessed, Jackie & the Treehorns, Breezy Supreme @ 6 @ St Stephen's*
*Salsa Latin Party w/ DJ Angelo & DJ Sergio @ 11222 Grandview Ave., Wheaton (formerly Rumba y Carbon)
*Sihasin free @ 6 to 7 @ Kennedy Center Millennium Stage ( live and streamed on KC Facebook & Youtube) (Navajo Nation music)
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Sat. July 29-
Sugar Bear birthday bash w/ his band
EU plus DC Vybe @ Bethesda Blues (go-go)
Channel Inn- Pier 7 Reunion part 2 @ Elks Lodge in Temple
Hills (r'n'b) *(Postponed ?)*
Big Tony & Troublefunk, Be la Dona, Black Alley @ Wolf
Trap (go-go)
Backyard Band @ Howard Theatre (go-go)
Living Colour @ Atlantis (sold out)
King Krule @ 930 (sold out)
New Impressionz @ Lamont’s (go-go)
Drake @ Capital One Arena
Heffner, Oddysseys, Ajola @ Quarry House (rock)
Dierks Bentley @ Jiffy Lube Live (country)
Seven Voices: A tribute to Patsy Cline @ 8 @ Lubber Run
Central Culture Bolivia @ 7:30 @ Mason District Park
Peruvian Cultural Heritage night @ 7:30 @ Ossian Hall Park
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 Soul Call Paul w/ vinyl @ Green Zone *
*TCB, TOB, New Impressionz, Reaction, the Men @ Club One *
*Adobo DMV presents Adobo Gigante @ Echostage* (reggaeton, Latin pop & more dj event) *
*Reunion Summer show w/Lincoln, Samuel S.C., Bed Maker, Continuals @ 6 @ St Stephen's* (sold out)
*Soled Out Summer Fling Jam w/ djs 4 to 10 @ the Bullpen
*Jogo Project @ SW Community Garden*
*Baltimore Beat website Summer Jam fundraiser w/ Infity Knives x Brian Ennals, many djs & some bands @ the Compound 2239 Kirk Ave., Baltimore
*Still Familiar, Black Print Experience, *Stinky Dink*, DJ Rico @10 pm @ Bowie Center for Performing Arts (go-go) *
*UCB @ Union Oyster*
*Northeast Groovers, Crank Crusaders w/ Raheem Devaughn, Suttle, Stinky Dink, Messiah, Image Band Rocksteady Project & more 10 am to 8:30 pm free Annapolis Family day @ 935 Spa Rd., Annapolis*
*Northeast Groovers late w/ DJ Darrell Scott @ 9:30 pm @ Dominion Raceway the Groove *
*Junkyard Band @ Longtime No Sea in Manassas*
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Sun. July 30
Stylistics @ Birchmere (soul)
Afro Latino Carnival nation fest @ Veterans Plaza Silver
Spring
Sugar Bear birthday bash w/ his band EU plus DC Vybe @
Bethesda Blues
Max Ochs, Kevin Coleman, Jon Camp @ 2 pm @
Rhizome(fingerpick guitar)
Big X @ Union Stage (rap)
Chester Hawkins & many Spaceships @ 5 @ Art Sound
Language
Tex Rubinowitz & Tom Mindte Roots Rock & Roll Band
with Karen Collins & Ira Gitlin (rockabilly & roots) @ 6 @ Hank Dietle's
Ruthie Foster @ Hamilton
Stone Pleasure Band @ Lamont’s
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
Ethiopian music w/ Ethio Band & guest vocalists @ MHL
Lounge in Falls Church
Ras Band @ Black Rose Lounge in Bailey's Crossroads Falls
Church (Ethiopian)
Malcolm X Park afternoon drum session
The Rumble w/ Chief Joseph Boudreaux from New Orleans @ Rams
Head Annapolis
*Rare Essence w/ Jas Funk @ Ivy City Smokehouse *
*Backyard Band 9 to 1 @ Society Lounge*
*TOB @ Union Oyster (bouncebeat go-go) *
*Jada Kingdom,Teejay, Ayra Starr @ 2 to 9pm @ Prince George's Stadium in Bowie (Caribbean)*
*The crate record convention w/ vendors and djs @12 to 5 @ Anacostia Arts Center *
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Mon. July 31
Continuals, Fiasco, Messthetics 7 to 9:30 free @ Fort Reno Park NW (rock)
*Big Boy Little Band 6 to 9 @ blues Monday @ Westminster Church SW
Samuel Prather’s Go 4 Tet @ Blues Alley (jazz, soul, funk,
afrobeat hybrid)
Canas y su Mariachi @ 12 noon @ Wilson Plaza Reagan Bldg
*TBA special @ Green Zone *
*Rhythm n Justice Open Mic @ 6:30 Busboy & Poets Anacostia *
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Tues. August 1
Kamasi Washington @ Birchmere CANCELLED
Snoop Dog, Wiz Khalifa, Too Short, & more @ Jiffy Lube
Live
Blacc Print Experience @ Martini's in White Plains (go-go)
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Wed. August 2-
Jenny Hates Techno, Emotional World @ DC
Punk Archives show @ MLK library roof (*Hammered Hulls cancelled due to a family medical emergency)*
New Impressionz @ Babylon Café Falls Church (go-go)
Salsa and bachata dancing at Fells Point Tavern in Baltimore
Layover afro-global beats dj party w/ Mathias &
NativeSun @ Owl Room
*Sirius Company @12 noon @ Wilson Plaza, Reagan Bldg
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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
