DC/Baltimore /DMV Global Music and More – August 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. August calendar is initially posted late
because I was busy with family.
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, gospel, 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
RIP my Mom (who was a Frank Sinatra fan club prez in Hoboken
long ago)
Lots of good free
outdoors shows this month …Stay safe, have fun ...
Some (remaining) Highlights (w/ full list below):
Fri Aug 4- Beres Hammond @ Fillmore (reggae)
Jas Funk birthday w/ Proper Utensils & guests @ Bethesda
Blues
Sat. Aug 12-The Clientele @ 8 @ Songbyrd (UK twee
guitar pop)
Sun. Aug. 13- El Gran Combo @ Kennedy Center (salsa
legends)
Parliament Funkadelic @ Lincoln Theatre
Thurs. August 17-The Baseball Project (w/ Peter Buck,
Mike Mills, Steve Wynn) @ the Hamilton
Fri. Aug 18- Oneida & Insect Factory
(punk/psych/experimental drone headliners) @ Rhizome
Detroit Cobras, Sugar Tradition, Jake Starr @ the Runaway
(garage punk)
Sat. Aug. 19- Sir Richard Bishop w/ Nice Breeze @ The
Runaway (avant-guitar from Sun City Girls headliner)
Thurs. Aug. 24- Tiwa Savage @ Fillmore
(Afrobeats/afropop)
*Fri. Aug. 25- *Peso Pluma @ Jiffy Lube (pop-rap-Regional Mexican)*
Sat. Aug 26- Charles Steck Memorial, doors @2 , Ceremony @ 3 @ Joe’s Movement Emporium in Mount Rainier. An after-ceremony w/ potluck food, music, more @ 5 @ the nearby Red Dirt Studio (Steck was a DC rock bassist & photographer)
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Tues. August 1-
Snoop Dog, Wiz Khalifa, Too Short, & more @ Jiffy Lube
Live
Blacc Print Experience @ Martini's
in White Plains (go-go)
Carly Harvey @ 5 to 8 @ Hard Rock Café (blues/roots)
The Big Easy, Unity for the Outcasts, Fleabath @ Quarry
House (rock)
Charis Reese Jones @ Blues Alley (DC r’n’b)
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Wed. August 2-
Clear Channel, Jenny
Hates Techno, Emotional World @ DC Punk Archives show @ MLK library roof
(Hammered Hulls are not playing)
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
Elin tribute to Brazilian singing greats @ Blues Alley
Jason Isbell & the 400 Unit @ Wolf Trap (alt-country
Americana roots)
The Chicks @ Merriweather Post Pavilion
Rebounder, Ray Bull , Jeff Draco @ dc 9
Sirius Company @12 noon @ Wilson Plaza, Reagan Bldg
Sirius Company @ night @ Sobe (tentative)
Pretty Bitter, Kicksie, Knope @ Quarry House (rock)
DJ Jamstar @ Tempoo Lounge (afrobeats)
Super City , Massie, Flower Bomb @ Union Stage
Pablo Perez el Alcalde de la Salsa @ 7:30 @ Franconia
District Park
Model Home, Pons, Two Thumbs Down @ The Runaway
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Thurs. Aug 3-
Sensor Ghost , Sam Ray (of Teen Suicide), Des Demonas @ 7 to 9:30 @ Fort Reno
Bela Dona @ 5:30 to 7 @ Fairfax County Government Center
Verny Varela @ Bossa (DC based Colombian salsa)
Seldom Scene @ 7:30 @ Nottoway Park
Sinai Vessel, Prude, Close @ Comet P Pong
Jogo Project live @ the Boro in Tysons Corner
Orquesta Melao @ 7 to 8:30 @ Laurel
Town Centre (salsa)
Fantastic Negrito film screening, Q & a, acoustic
performance @ Rams Head Annapolis
Kadencia Orchestra @ 7:30 @ Grist Mill Park (bomba, plena,
salsa)
Lyuti Chushki @ 7:30 @ Lake Accotink Park (Bulgarian folk
music)
River Whyless @ 6 to 7 @ Kennedy Center Millennium Stage (North
Carolina folk rock) (live & streamed on KC Facebook & Youtube)
Rawi @ Cloud Lounge
DJ Cinema Hearts w/ screening of Barbarella @ the Runaway
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)
Julia Jacklin, Kara
Jackson @ Ottobar (sold out)
WTMD presents Deer
Tick, Abraham Alexander, Modern Nomad free @ 5:30 @Canton Waterfront Park
Baltimore
* Eddie Clendening & The Blue Ribbon Boys: Unheard Elvis '55 @Hank Dietle's Tavern*
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Fri Aug 4-
Beres Hammond @ Fillmore (reggae)
Reyna Tropical , *Sneaks, Twin Jude *@ Comet P Pong
Akua Allrich & the Tribe @ Creative Alliance (Jazz &
Afropop singer)
Rah Digga , Sa-Roc @ Black Cat (rap)
Save Your Soul w/ Dj Baby Alcatraz & Rob Macy @ 9 @
Lithuanian Hall Baltimore
SONiA disappear fear @ Cellar Stage Timonium United
Methodist Church
Sam Smith @ Capital One Arena
Cal Rifkin, Prabir Trio, Washington Social Club @ dc 9
Fantastic Negrito @ 6 to 7 @ Kennedy Center Millennium Stage
(jazz folk vocalist) (live & streamed on KC Facebook & Youtube)
Rock-a Sonics @ Colvin Run Dance Hall
DJ Gilbert Torossian @ Green Zone (Arabic/Armenian)
Fadi Jano @ Cloud Lounge
Yusha Assad @ 7 to 10:30 @ Songbyrd
Play It Forward DC w/ MC Logic& others @ 11 @ Songbyrd
AB Quintanilla & Los Kumbia All Starz @ the Palace
Jas Funk birthday w/ Proper Utensils
& guests @ Bethesda Blues
After Thought Band (formerly the Brothers 7 Band) @ Lamont’s
(DC soul)
Rare Essence @ Fast Eddie’s (go-go)
Backyard Band @ Restaurant 55 (go-go)
Junkyard Band @ Nipseys (go-go)
TCB @ Power
(bouncebeat go-go)
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)
Ethiopian music @ Black Rose Lounge
Les the DJ @ Allegory in Eaton
808s & Sadbois w/ Brandon Woody & friends @ Crown
Pink Room Baltimore
Gogol Bordello @ Rams Head Baltimore
*Hast de Feuer electronic dance birthday event w/ djs RP Boo (footwork); Kush Jones (Bronx DJ); ChippyNonstop, Beautiful Swimmers, Black Rave Culture, & a live performance from rapper Wifigawd @ what was Bliss, 2122 24th Place NE
*djs James Bangura, Native Sun, Dauwd & more @ Owl Room (electro/techno)
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Sat. Aug 5-
Beres Hammond @ Pier 6 (reggae)
Gogol Bordello @ Atlantis (sold out)
Gogol Bordello afterparty w/ DJs Leon City Sounds &
Dubta @ Green Zone
Apollo 66 @ American Legion
Lyle Lovett & his Large Band plus the NSO @ Wolf Trap
Ruger Ru @ Fillmore (rap)
5th of Four, Shallow Planet, Breezy Supreme @ dc
9
Brooke Alexx @ 6 to 7
@ Kennedy Center Millennium Stage (pop vocalist) (live & streamed on KC
Facebook & Youtube)
Miki Howard @ Blues Alley (r’n’b)
Jackie & The
Treehorns, Black Rails, The Moonbugs @ Quarry House (rock)
Trinity Wine , Jerk,
& reggae Fest 12 to 8 @ Potomac Polo Arena/ Muldoon’s Farm in Poolesville,
MD
The Set r’n’b dj
night @ Howard Theatre
Jazz is Dead @ Hamilton
Montez du Durango, Patrulla
81, Diana Reyes @ El Ranchon
Zacarias Ferreira @
90 Degrees
Luis Miguel del
Amargue @ Mango’s in Hyattsville
Mariachi Estrellas
@ 7:30 @ Ossian Hall Park in Annandale
Tumbao (Latin salsa
) @ Bossa 1st floor & DJ Lu Lartin 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)
Ethiopian music @ Black Rose Lounge
Conjunto Bruja , Banda Guerrense, Carino
Musical @12 @ Inner Harbor Amphitheatre
Mikey Erg, Timeshares, Panic Problems, New
Junk City, Celebration Summer @ Waverly Brewing
String Queens @ Keystone Korner
*Rock-a-Sonics @ Hank Dietle's * (rockabilly)
*Newgrounds Death Rugby, Weatherday , Combat @ Comet P Pong *
*Beyonce @ Fed Ex Field*
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Sun. Aug. 6 –
Violencia (Punk Band from Tijuana, Mexico); Egaux Sells
(club punk, cold wave from Austin,Texas); Corvo (DC hardcore); Victor Archie
(nu DC cumbia band) @ Rhizome
Pagode e samba: Roda de Amigos @ Bossa
Joan Osborne @ Hamilton Live
Miki Howard @ Blues Alley (r’n’b)
Herman Flores Orquesta Internacional @ Mi Pueblo
Los Originales de San Juan @ VIP Room Baltimore
Gospel w/ Mike & the Fellas, Lil Willie & the
Keynotes, the Alabama Gurls, Pastor James & company, The Loving Sisters ,
Dr Gerald Patterson & Voices of Triumph @ 5 pm @ Harvest Assembly Baptist
Church in Alexandria, VA
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
TOB @ Union Oyster
(bouncebeat go-go)
Duke Robillard &
Scott Hamilton Sextet @ Keystone Korner
*Junkyard Band, Mental Attraction 2.0 & DJS 1:30 to 4:30 @ MLK Library Rooftop*
*Beyonce @ Fed Ex Field*
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Mon. Aug 7
Java Sparrow, Trash Boat & the Ambush, Cinema Hearts @ 7
to 9:30 @ Fort Reno
Deana Carter @ Rams Head Annapolis
Carly Harvey’s Kiss & Ride 6 to
9 @ Westminster Church Blues Monday
Sweeping Promises, Gauche @ Songbyrd (postpunk rock)
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Tues Aug 8
Death Grips @ Anthem
Aimee Mann w/ Jonathan Coulton @ Rams Head Annapolis
Blacc Print Experience @ Martini's in White Plains (go-go)
Avon Dews @ Blues Alley (DC jazz harmonica player)
Tim Heidecker @ Rams Head Baltimore
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Wed Aug 9
Teach Me how to Dabke w/ Jinan @ Green Zone (Middle Eastern
dance)
Queens of the Stone Age @ Anthem (sold out)
Makeup Girl album release show @ Songbyrd
New Impressionz @ Babylon Café Falls
Church (go-go)
Sirius Company @
Sobe (go-go)
Salsa and bachata
dancing at Fells Point Tavern in Baltimore
Layover afro-global
beats dj party w/ Mathias & NativeSun @ Owl Room
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Thurs. Aug 10-
HerStory: A DMV Hip-hop Love story w/ Paige Hernandez, Steph
Lova, Nonchalant, Ra the MC, DJ Soyo @ 7 to 8:30 @ Busboys and Poets , 450 K St
NW
Leon Timbo @ 6 to 7 @ Kennedy Center Millennium Stage (country
soul vocalist) (live & streamed on KC Facebook & Youtube)
Proverbs Reggae band @
7 to 8:30 @ Laurel Town Centre
Drive-by Truckers @ Atlantis (sold out)
Flack @ VFW Post 350 Hells Bottom (rock/power
pop)
B. Cool-Aid, Pink Siifu, Ahwlee @ dc 9
Deborah Bond @ Blues Alley (R’n’b)
Pinky Lemon, Ultra
Deluxe, Dyeboy @ Quarry House (rock)
Mazboota w/ dj Fady
D @ Green Zone ( Alternative Arabic electro/disco)
Asleep at the Wheel
@ Birchmere
Jadakiss @ Howard
Theatre
Elhae , Lily Massie
@ Union Stage
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 Ashraf Basha @ Cloud Lounge in
Arlington (locally based Arabic/Middle Eastern)
The Green Show Band @ Mr Braxton’s
*Carly Harvey @ 7:30 @ Nottoway Park* (blues)
*Superviolet, Trace Mountains, Dim Wizard @ Comet P Pong *
*Sirius Company @ Piano Keys in Brandywine * (go-go)
*TOB, Reaction @ Restaurant 55* (bouncebeat go-go)*
*What Band @ Martini's * (go-go)
*EU @ 7 @ Sycamore & Oak *
*Hiphop 50th anniversary block party w/ Ra, Javier Starks, and Dumi Right, + music by DJ Sixth Sense from 5 to 7 @ Chinatown Park (5th and Mass Ave)*
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Fri. Aug. 11-
Ensemble Volcanic Ash @ Rhizome
Moneybagg Yo & guests @ Capital One Arena *(rap)
Tyler Childers and Drive-by Truckers @ Merriweather Post
Pavilion (sold out)
Margo Price acoustic duo show @ 6 to 7 @ Kennedy Center
Millennium Stage (country vocalist) (live & streamed on KC Facebook &
Youtube)
Hector Acosta El Torito @ Club One
Montez de Durango, Patrulla 81, Diana Reyes @ VIP Room
DJ Remi Hassoun @ Green Zone (Arabic)
Sylvan Esso @ Anthem (indie rock)
Deborah Bond @ Blues Alley (R’n’b)
Memphis Gold @ 7:30 @ Royal Lake Park (blues )
After Thought Band (formerly the Brothers 7 Band) @ Lamont’s
(DC soul)
Rare Essence @ Fast Eddie’s (go-go)
Backyard Band @ Restaurant 55 (go-go)
Junkyard Band @ Nipseys (go-go)
TCB & *TOB* @ Power
(bouncebeat go-go)
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)
Ethiopian music @ Black Rose Lounge
*Fadi Jano @ Cloud Lounge (Arabic Mid-Eastern ) *
DJ Pedro Night @ Eaton Wild Days
LL Cool J @ CFG Bank Arena
Cindy Blackman Santana celebrating Todd Barkan’s birthday @
Keystone Korner
*Kinda Evil, Mystery Friends, Sarah Brooke Trouble @ Comet P Pong *
*Sirius Company @ Newton White Mansion *
*El Fantasma, Gerardo Diaz y Su Gerarquia, Los Dos De Tamaulipas Y Salazar @ Cococabana *
* Lili Zetina La Patrona Del Corrido Y Grupo Zl @ 90 Degrees*
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The Clientele @ 8 @
Songbyrd (UK twee artsy guitar pop)
Los Amigos Invisibles @ Hamilton
DJ Crown Vic’s Weird world vinyl @ Green Zone
Victoria Victoria @ 6 to 7 @ Kennedy Center Millennium Stage
(pop soul vocalist) (live & streamed
on KC Facebook & Youtube)
Muscadine Bloodline @ Fillmore (country)
Amy K Bormet & band 6 to 8 free @ Parks @ Walter Reed (jazz)
Cyrus Chestnut @ Blues Alley (jazz pianist)
Aaron & the Beaux Ties, the Pepperpot Bats, Flea Bops @
Quarry House (rock)
Kari Faux, Ivy Sole @ Howard Theatre Union Stage (rap/r.n.b)
Mannywellz- Don’t Tell Anyone live recording @ 1 pm @ Union
Stage
Big Cruz, Louie Bagz, LB199X @ 8 @ Union Stage
Tobago Bay Calypso band @ 6 @ Mosaic District
Rare Essence @ Aqua (go-go)
Tumbao (Latin salsa ) @ Bossa 1st floor & DJ Lu 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)
Ethiopian music @ Black Rose Lounge
Violencia, Hostage Crisis, Narcan @ Holy Frijoles
*China Cultural Heritage night w/ Hai Hua Community Center @ 7:30 @ Ossian Hall Park*
*Quintango @ 7:30 @ Lorton Workhouse Arts Center*
*Hiphop block party 11 am to 11 pm (sold out) @ Smithsonian National Museum of African American History*
* DMV hiphop 50th anniv. w/ DJ Kool, Oddisee w/ his band Good Company, Ade, Asheru, Nonchalant, Substantial, Priest Da Nomad, Dior Ashley Brown, Toni Blackman, Questionmark Asylum 8 to 11 @ Lincoln Theatre
*Backyard Band @ 10 @ Hard Rock Cafe*
*Diana Krall @ Wolf Trap* (jazz singer)*
* Vidro , Scarecrow , Hominid , Laughing Corpse @ 7 @ Rhizome (hardcore punk) *
*TCB, Reaction @ Fast Eddie's*
*Northeast Groovers 5 to 9:30 @ Diamond Lounge (go-go)*
*Still Familiar @ 9 @ Vibe Annapolis (go-go)*
*VietFest w/ food, music, dance 10 to 10 @ Tysons*
*Library of Congress National Book Festival @ 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. @ the Walter E. Washington Convention Center in Washington, D.C.*
*Tribute to Simon Bolivar w/ Bolivian music & theatrical performances @ 5 pm @ Simon Bolivar Memorial, 203 18th St NW *
*Hindustani Classical vocal music w/ instrumental tabla & Harmonium accompaniment featuring Pt Sanjoy Banejee and Smt Namani Kaemakar @ 6:30 pm The Writer's Center, 4508 Walsh St in Bethesda *
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El Gran Combo @ Kennedy
Center (salsa legends)
Parliament
Funkadelic @ Lincoln Theatre
Haitian Caribbean fest @ 6 @ Patterson Park Observatory
Baltimore
Jpeg Mafia & Danny Brown @ Rams Head Baltimore (sold
out)
Talein (from Atlantic Starr) & guests @ Carlyle Room,
1350 I St NW
Cyrus Chestnut @ Blues Alley (jazz pianist)
Aidonia , Alkaline, Govana, 450 & more @ Hammerjacks (Caribbean
)
Stonebwoy @ Howard Theatre Union Stage (Ghanaian afropop dancehall)
Bebel Gilberto @ Birchmere (Brazilian)
Be’la Dona brunch show @ 2 pm @ Bethesda Blues
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
TOB @ Union Oyster (bouncebeat go-go)
Soweto Global djs present amapiano & more 4 to 11 @
Eaton Wild Days
*Supersuckers, the Rumours @ Comet P Pong *
*Sirius Company w/ Top 5 Band 4 to 9 @ Sax*
*Backyard Band @ 9 @ Society Lounge*
* Matchstick Percussion , folx percussion, Barsky/Grollman @ 7 @ Rhizome (experimental percussion)*
*Northeast Groovers, DJ Dirty Rico 5 to 9 @ Shark Bar * (go-go)*
*VietFest w/ food, music, dance 10 to 8 @ Tysons*
*International Food, Crafts, & Music Fair 12 to 7 @ Veterans Plaza Silver Spring*
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Mon. Aug 14-
Calexico: Feast of Wire 20th anniv. Tour w/ Brian
Lopez @ Rams Head Annapolis
Queens of the Stone Age @ Anthem
Parliament Funkadelic @ Atlantis (sold out)
Tyra Levone sings Gladys Knight @ Blues Alley
Open Mic Monday w/ Attinshun @ 8:45 @ 8227 Ga Ave., Silver
Spring
Sol Roots Band 6 to 9 @ Westminster Church Blues Monday
*Sirius Company @ NAC- St. Elizabeth*
*Fiasco (jazzy shoegaze, drone), Tyson (ambient duo) @ 7 @ Rhizome *
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Tues. Aug 15
Calexico: Feast of Wire 20th anniv. Tour w/ Brian Lopez @
Birchmere
Parliament Funkadelic @ the Lyric in Baltimore
Glen Hansard & Marketa Irglova of Swell Season @ Anthem
Blacc Print Experience @ Martini's in White Plains (go-go)
Tamara Wellons @ Blues Alley (r’n’b vocalist)
Flagman, It Wants, little a @ Quarry
House (rock)
Voice of Baceprot @ Union Stage (Indonesian female rock group)
M.A.G.S. @ Songbyrd
*Triptides, Maybird, Silent Island @ Comet P Pong*
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Wed. Aug 16-
Dave Alvin and Jimmie Dale Gilmore w/ the Guilty Ones Band @
Birchmere
The Watson Twins @ 6 to 7 @ Kennedy Center Millennium Stage
(southern roots harmony jazz folk vocalist) (live & streamed on KC Facebook
& Youtube)
Wayna @ Blues Alley (Ethiopian r’n’b)
Detroit Cobras, Sugar Tradition, Lazlo Lee @ Metro Gallery
Baltimore
Blitzen Trapper w/ Laney Jones @ Rams Head Annapolis
Strawberry Runners, Dorinda, Mieke @
Quarry House (rock)
Novalima @ Union Stage
Cory Henry @ Hamilton
New Impressionz @ Babylon Café Falls Church (go-go)
Sirius Company @ Sobe
Salsa and bachata dancing at Fells Point Tavern in Baltimore
Layover afro-global beats dj party w/ Mathias &
NativeSun @ Owl Room
*Annie Hart, Janna Jamison, Moon by Moon @ Comet P Pong*
*Noochie plus open mic jam session @ Pie Shop*
*Fishbone @ State Theatre*
*Weed Tree @ Rhizome*
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Thurs. August 17-
The Baseball Project (w/ Peter Buck, Mike Mills, Steve Wynn)
@ the Hamilton
Blitzen Trapper @ 6 to 7 @ Kennedy Center Millennium Stage
(live & streamed on KC Facebook & Youtube)
Thievery Corporation @ Atlantis
(sold out)
Going Going Gone @
VFW Post 350 Hells Bottom
Soft and Dumb,
Cherub Tree, Blunda @ Quarry House (rock)
Caribbean soul dj Kenny
M @ Green Zone
Nathan & the
Zydeco Cha-chas @ Creative Alliance
Live Ethiopian
music w/ Abraham, Selamino, Danny, & Hanna @ 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
*Newaye Debebe w/ Ras Band @ Black
Rose Lounge (Ethiopian)
Asmae & Chakib
@ Cloud Lounge in Arlington (locally based Arabic/Middle Eastern)
*Tropa Magica (Los Angeles) , Cumbia Heights, Leon City Sounds djs & Huaycolora @ Comet P Pong *
* Master of the Mic- Hiphop at 50 tour w/ Big Daddy Kane, KRS-One, Rakim and Slick Rick, Doug E Fresh, Roxanne Shante, DJ Spinderella @ Wolf Trap *
*What Band @ Martini's (go-go)*
*Baile de Pablo Brazilian night @ Bossa *
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Oneida & Insect
Factory (punk/psych/experimental drone headliners) @ Rhizome
Chief Adjuah @
Kennedy Center (the former Christian Scott w/ New Orleans music)
Detroit Cobras, Sugar
Tradition, Jake Starr @ the Runaway (garage punk)
Sir Richard Bishop @ Normals in Baltimore (avant-guitar from Sun City Girls headliner)
The Beths @ Soundstage Baltimore (Sold out)
Jimmy Vaughan & band @ State Theatre
Lionel Richie & Earth , Wind, & Fire @ Capital One Arena
Juanes & La Santa Cecilia @ Wolf Trap
After Thought Band (formerly the Brothers 7 Band) @ Lamont’s
(dc soul)
Rare Essence @ Fast Eddie’s (go-go)
Backyard Band @ Restaurant 55 (go-go)
Junkyard Band @ Nipseys (go-go)
TCB @ Power
(bouncebeat go-go)
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)
Ethiopian music @ Black Rose Lounge
*Fadi Jano @ Cloud Lounge (Arabic Mid-Eastern )*
*Lua Project @ 7:30 @ Royal lake Park (Mexican and Appalachian and more hybrid) *
*Public Figures (record release!), Bottled Up, Club USA @ Comet P Pong *
*The Ventures and Atomic Mosquitos @ Pearl St Warehouse* (surf)
*La Zenda Nortena , Zona X, Brazeros Musical de Durango @ Mexico Lindo in Bladensburg*
*Sol y Rumba @ 6 @ Marian Fryer Town Plaza Wheaton *
*Akua Allrich & the Tribe 6 to 9 @ Westminster Church SW (jazz & afropop vocals)*
*Souled Out dj party @ Hook Hall*
*Ayesha, Mathias, Native Sun, Ozker, Ken Lazee @ Owl Room (afro-diaspora electronic dance) *
*Suttle @ Cambria Hotel Rooftop*
*Cecil Isaac & Spoken in Music w/ Nate West & more @ 7 @ Doubletree Hilton Silver Spring (jazzy r'n'b, house )
*CCB @ Moonlight DC, 18th St NW*
*TOB, New Impressionz @ Hangars *
*Kandace Springs @ Birchmere (jazz singer)*
*Pan Africa Evrything Africa conference mixer 7 to 10 @ Selina DC rooftop
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Sir Richard Bishop
w/ Nice Breeze @ The Runaway (avant-guitar from Sun City Girls headliner)
Junkyard Band 5 to 9 @ Black Rose Lounge & then 10 pm @
Martini’s
DJ Johnson Lee from Joe’s Record Paradise @ Green Zone
Thunderstorm Artis @ 6 to 7 @ Kennedy Center Millennium
Stage (singer songwriter) (live & streamed on KC Facebook & Youtube)
Big Sandy & the Fly-Rite Boys w/ Rock-a-Sonics 9 to
11:30 @ Glen Echo Spanish Ballroom (dance lesson 8 to 9)
John Fogerty @ Wolf Trap
Alexis y Fido @ Club One (reggaeton/Latin pop)
Beau Young Prince feat. Chaz French, Innanet James, Bri
Mafia & more @ Union Stage (DC rap)
Greg Ginn’s Black Flag @ Rams Head Baltimore
Chante Moore @ Birchmere
Rare Essence @ Aqua (go-go)
Tumbao (Latin salsa ) @ Bossa 1st
floor & DJ Lu 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)
Ethiopian music @ Black Rose Lounge
*Black Masala @ 7:30 @ Arrowbrook Centre Park *
*Ocho de Bastos @ 6 @ Mosaic District (Latin pop) *
*Deep Sugar w/ Ultra Nate & more Owl Room (Baltimore house club music) *
*Chuck Brown Day is now @ Fort Dupont Park 2 to 7 pm w/ Backyard Band, Chuck Brown band, DJ Kool, District Kings *
*Afro-soca Love @ 10 pm @ Karma, 2221 Adams Pl. NE*
*Leon City Sounds DJs @ Showtime Lounge*
*Black Masala @ St Vincent *
*Backyard Band & New Impressionz @ Fast Eddie's *
*Rophnan @ Echostage (Ethiopian electro)*
*Joe Strummer birthday tribute w/ Rise Defy (w/ Skeeter from Scream, Mike Dolfi of Black Market Baby and Bobby Madden) , Wanted Man, Hudson Falcons, the Sleevens @ 7 @ Pie Shop*
* WPFW 14th Annual Blues Festival w/ Danny Blue, Sol Roots, Reggie Right Eye, Mark Mule Man Massey, Clarence the Blues Man Turner. Jim Bennett along with Spotlight featuring Curtis Brown, & Pepper featuring Jesi Terrell. Plus Dj Slow Roll, all from 12noon to 6pm @ Lamont's *
*Prince George's County Chuck Brown Day w/ DJ Dirty Rico, & PGPD Rhythm n Blues Band @ 11 am @ National Harbor's Spirit Park*
*Dig In Day Block Party w/ Pusha T, Alex Vaughn, Black Alley, DJ Money, DJ Five9 from 1 to 8 @ Sandlot Anacostia *
*TCB, Reaction N2l @ Restaurant 55*
*Pan Africa Evrything Africa conference 11 am to 7 @ Eaton DC 2nd floor *
*Pan Africa Evrything Africa afterparty @ 10 @ Next Level , 15 K St NE *
*Cool Disco Dan Day 4 to 10 w/ Dj Joey Too Fresh & Chakra @14th St Graffiti Museum *
*Fela musical /play@ Olney Theatre*
*dancehall dj @ Kaldis rooftop 4 to 9 @ Silver Spring*
*Superblue @ Crossroads 2 (soca)*
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Sun. Aug 20
Nathan & the Zydeco Cha-chas 6 to 9 @ American Legion Post 108, 3608 Legion Dr.,
Cheverly
Screaming Females, Lung @ Songbyrd
Gabino Pampini , Hermanos Galvan & Orquesta @ the Palace
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
TOB @ Union Oyster (bouncebeat go-go)
*Hula Monsters @ 6 @ Hank Dietle's*
*Backyard Band 4 to 8 @ Babylon Cafe*
*Adobo DMV 2000s day party 2 to 10 w/ DJ Pedro Night, Dj Von Kiss (from LA), DJ Machado, DJ Chito @ the Bullpen *
*Temple of Angels, Emotional World, Day Aches @ Comet Ping Pong *
*go-go and punk gig @ MLK Library tba*(now they're saying September date tba)
*Farewell Summer RnB & Go-go w/ Junkyard Band & Craig Alston Syndicate 11a, to 6 pm @ Secret Garden @ Carroll County Farm Museum, Westminster , MD *
*Tamar Braxton, Top 5, Black Alley, Rare Essence, SiriusVybe (Derrick of Vybe & Ms Kim from Sirius Co.) @ Nationals Park *
*Bachata Brunch Carnaval w/ djs & live music from 2 pm to 2 am @ Public Bar Live *
*DJ Kristy La Rat 3 to 8 @ Selina Hotel (Latin queer electro)*
*TOB @ 9:30 @ Phantom, 1327 Conn Ave NW *
*Fela musical/play @ Olney Theatre*
*Cheikh Hamala birthday gig @ Bossa*
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Mon. Aug 21
War @ Birchmere
Toosi @ Fillmore (rap)
Robert E. Person @ Blues Alley (jazz & r’n’b vocalist)
Curtis Pope’s Midnight Blue w/ vocalist Juanita Williams 6
to 9 @ Westminster Church Blues Monday
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Tues. Aug. 22 –
Ben’s Chili Bowl anniversary
celebration @ 12 noon w/ live go-go , giveaways, press conference
Sheer Mag, PsyOp, Saffron @ Comet P Pong
Blacc Print Experience @ Martini's in White Plains (go-go)
Johnny Dynamite & the Bloodsuckers, Scaffolding, Monsoon
@ Quarry House (rock)
*Girma Negash @ Meaza (Ethiopian old-school singer)*
*Summer Salon Series Chat & Chew w/ Nina Beam & Open Crumb cafe food @ Mahogany Books*
*Street Smart (UK hiphop doc) free @ Songbyrd*
*Abe Mamet, Spectral Forces, Keith Butler & more @ Rhizome (jazz) *
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Wed. Aug 23
Steve Earle w/ Danny Burns @ Birchmere ( roots rock &
folk)
Heidi Martin Ensemble @ 6 to 7 @
Kennedy Center Millennium Stage (jazz folk vocalist) (live & streamed on KC
Facebook & Youtube)
New Impressionz @
Babylon Café Falls Church (go-go)
Sirius Company @
Sobe
Salsa and bachata
dancing at Fells Point Tavern in Baltimore
Layover afro-global
beats dj party w/ Mathias & NativeSun @ Owl Room
Sheer Mag @ Holy
Frijoles
*Dave Kline Band @ 7:30 @ Franconia District Park (world jazz fusion) *
*Shakti 50th anniversary tour w/ John McLaughlin, Zakir Hussain, Bela Fleck @ Wolf Trap *
*TJ Hooker Taylor (son of late Johnnie Taylor) 6 to 9 pm w/ the Unit Band @ Wine Down Wednesday @ Eloquent Touch Ballroom in Suitland (Soul/r'n'b) *
*Molly Parden @ Songbyrd (indie-folk)*
*Jimi Smooth & HitTime from 7 to 10 @ the Wharf*
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Tiwa Savage @
Fillmore (Afrobeats/afropop)
Florist, Skullcrusher @ Black Cat
DJ *Electric Cowbell-Crown Vic w/ global vinyl* @ Green Zone
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
*Pile o Rocks @ JVs (pub rock & Rockpile cover band) *
*What Band @ Martini's * (go-go)
*Vybe Band 6 to 9 @Sycamore & Oak (go-go)
*Baila Thursday salsa social w/ DJ Mambo Soul 7 to 11 pm @ La Cosecha *
*TOB go-go night @ National Building Museum*
*Local Natives @ 930 (indie) *
*Blackcat Carrier & Ruben Moreno @ Hank Dietle's (zydeco)*
*DCBX Latin dancing fest through Sunday @ Renaissance Washington Hotel (bachata, salsa, zouk, kizomba)*
*Grupe Rompe Cajon @ Bossa (Afro-Peruvian) *
*Blacc Print experience @ 5 Sisters Lounge in Laurel (go-go)*
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Fri. Aug 25
DJ Saba @ Green Zone (Arabic)
Paul Burch @ 6 to 7 @ Kennedy Center Millennium Stage (roots
vocalist) (live & streamed on KC Facebook & Youtube)
“O Brother, Where Art Thou ?” movie screening @ 7:45 @
Kennedy Center Reach outdoors
Melba Moore @ Blues Alley (r’n’b
& broadway singer)
“Street Smart” UK hiphop doc free showing @ Songbyrd
Joss Stone @ Warner Theatre (soul blues)
Cupcakke @ Rams Head Baltimore
After Thought Band (formerly the Brothers 7 Band) @ Lamont’s
Rare Essence @ Fast Eddie’s (go-go)
Backyard Band @ Restaurant 55 (go-go)
Junkyard Band @ Nipseys (go-go)
TCB @ Power
(bouncebeat go-go)
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)
Ethiopian music @ Black Rose Lounge
*Fadi Jano @ Cloud Lounge (Arabic Mid-Eastern )*
*DJ Soul Call Paul @ Allegory @ Eaton*
*DJs The FCTRY @ Wild Days @ Eaton*
*Los Cafres @ State Theatre*
*Local Natives @ 930 (indie) *
*Peso Pluma @ Jiffy Lube (pop-rap-Regional Mexican)*
*New Impressionz @ Hangars* (go-go)
*Jah Works @ 6 @ Marian Fryer Town Plaza in Wheaton*
*Joe Falero Band @ 6 @ Rockville Town Square*
*Afrobeats dj @ Prime in Hyattsville*
*Tooth Choir @ Rhizome*
*Afrobeats dj @ Fairouz*
*Veronneau @ Creative Cauldron*
*Boleros @ Chilcanos *
*Thad Wilson band tribute to Louis Armstrong 6 to 9 @ Westminster Church SW*
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Charles Steck Memorial @ 2pm arrival & 3 pm ceremony @ Joe’s Movement
Emporium in Mount Rainier. A pot luck after-party @ 5 @ the nearby Red Dirt Studio (Steck
was a DC rock bassist & photographer)
Robert Ellis @ 6 to 7 @ Kennedy Center Millennium Stage (Texas
singer songwriter) (live & streamed on KC Facebook & Youtube)
Melba Moore @ Blues Alley (r’n’b and
Broadway singer)
Raavi, Mei Semones, Pockets @ Quarry House
Nectar w/DJs Vshal & Dhakfu @ Green Zone
Bollywood Azaad event @ Hard Rock Café
Mary Chapin Carpenter, Dawes @ Wolf Trap
Dwayne Dopsie & the Zydeco Hellraisers @ 7:30 @ Reston Town
Center
Distrito Music Fest w/ Nayas, Bongo District, Quintango,
Outerloop, Sonosfera, Pekeke Project & more @ 5 @ Union Stage
Ari Voxx & the Sad Lads, Jaylin Connor, Julie Outrage @
Songbyrd
Eden Munoz @ Warner Theatre
Howard Hewett @ Bethesda Blues
Sunny Day Real Estate @ Soundstage Baltimore
Rare Essence @ Aqua (go-go)
Tumbao (Latin salsa ) @ Bossa 1st floor & DJ Lu Latin
Hits upstairs; plus * early show Birce Gökalp Band, playing tunes from the Balkans, Turkey @ 7:30 pm *
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 Lounge
*Backyard Band @ 8 to 1 @ Shark Bar *
*Faunas, Same Heads, Awad (of Clear Channel and Too Free), and Drivel and an art/zine market outside @ Rhizome * POSTPONED TO NEW DATE TBA
*TCB, TOB, Reaction @ Martini's in Ft Washington *
*Leon City Sounds and Crown Vic djs @ Marx Cafe*
*Dance Club presents Ali Berger, Baronhawk Poiter, Tommy C, Joyce Lim @ Owl Room (techno/electro)*
*March on Washington 60th anniversary main program @ 11 am @ Lincoln Memorial*
*Around the World Cultural food and music fest @ 11 am to 7 Oronoco Bay Park in Alexandria*
*Baltimore record Boutique @ 11:30 am @ Creative Alliance*
*Northeast Groovers, Unwine Band @ 10 @ Restaurant 55*
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Sun. Aug 27-
Joan Jett & the Blackhearts @ Atlantis (sold out)
Pan Brass Jazz Carnival Nation African Caribbean music & arts fest w/ steelpan orchestra and more 1 to 9 @Veterans Plaza Silver Spring*
Samuel S.C. , Bed Maker, Continuals @ Metro Gallery Baltimore
Melba Moore @ Blues Alley (r’n’b and Broadway singer)
Super Cat @ Howard Theatre (reggae)
The Exchange Project, Roscoe Tripp, Apollo 66 @ Songbyrd
Robert Cray Band @ Birchmere (soul blues)
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
TOB @ Phantom (bouncebeat go-go)
*Paisley Tonk w/ Colonel Josh @ 6 @ Hank Dietle's*
*Backyard Band 4 to 10 @ Nottingham's *
*The Wildmans @ 4 @ Hill Center ( fiddle / mountain music)*
*Caribbean celebration @ 1 @ Merriweather Park Symphony Woods *
*Gauche, Ecstatic International, Drawn (Nate Scheible, Layne Garrett, Nenet) @ 8:30 @ Haydee's Mt Pleasant *
*Girl Ultra @ Black Cat (Mexico City born r'n'b )*
*Leonardo Garcia y Son Horizonte @ Takoma Station (Latin jazz)*
*Rare Essence, DC Vybe from 5 to 10 @ Hampton Conference Center (go-go)*
*Mariwô Project” Concert, with Juan Megna Group @ 5 pm @ George Mason U Harris theatre (afro-Brazilian candomble music)*
*Still Familiar @ 1865 on GA Ave* (go-go)
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Mon. Aug. 28
Memphis Gold “Tribute to Otis Redding” @ Blues Alley
Open Mic Monday w/ Attinshun @ 8:45 @ 8227 Ga Ave., Silver
Spring
Clarence Turner’s Blues Band 6 to 9 @ Westminster Church
Blues Monday
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Tues. Aug 29
Blacc Print Experience @ Martini's in White Plains (go-go)
Neha Bhatt @ 5 @ Hard Rock Café
Kaitlin Butts @ Union Stage
William Tyler @ Ottobar
*Ned Collette, Big Trash, Tammy @ Rhizome (punky singer/songwriter- roots )
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Wed. Aug. 30-
Iris Dement @ Birchmere (roots/Americana folk)
Jogo Project @ Rock the Dock series @ the Wharf
Ivan Cornejo @ Fillmore (Mexican-American Singer/songwriter)
Ayodele Owolabi @ 6 to 7 @ Kennedy Center Millennium Stage
(jazz vocalist) ( live & streamed on KC Facebook & Youtube)
Wendy Hicks @ Blues Alley (gospel & more singer)
New Impressionz @ Babylon Café Falls Church (go-go)
Sirius Company @ Sobe
Salsa and bachata dancing at Fells Point Tavern in Baltimore
Layover afro-global beats dj party w/ Mathias & NativeSun
@ Owl Room
*Birthday Girl (Mabel Canty on guitar/vocals, Isabella MacKaye on bass, and Tess Kontarinis on drums), Xenos (vocalist Nina Fernandez, a senior at Jackson-Reed, w/ Jamie Kelly on guitar, Marc Minsker on bass, and Jim Thomson on drums); Patient Zero (rock) @ Rhizome*
*DC jazz fest @ various locations through Sept. 3* -tonight @ Eaton, Kennedy Center , House of Sweden
*screening of a short film of a performance from the 2022 DC blues festival “Masters of the Blues,” by DC documentary filmmaker David Minckler Featuring music from the 2022 DC Blues Festival by Vince Johnson (Memphis) and Mark “Muleman” Massey (Senatobia, Mississippi), who pay homage to legendary blues musicians who inspired them; @ 6 @ Hill Center (registration encouraged)
*Jogo Project 7to 9 @ Wharf Transit Pier SW (jazz & go-go)*
*Cheik Hamala Diabate @ Bossa (DC based Malian)*
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Thurs. Aug. 31-
Pretenders @ Atlantis (sold out)
Nossa Cachaca launch party & Batida Brazilian vinyl dj
party @ Green Zone
Lil Baby @ Capital One Arena (rap)
Ivan Cornejo @ Fillmore (Mexican-American Singer/songwriter)
Going Going Gone @ VFW Post 350 Hells Bottom
George V Johnson @ 6 to 7 @ Kennedy Center Millennium Stage
(dc jazz vocalist) (live & streamed on KC Facebook & Youtube)
Kaycyy @ Union Stage
Black Violin Experience @ Birchmere
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
*last Thursday of month salsa night @ Black Rose Lounge
Asmae & Chakib @ Cloud Lounge in Arlington (locally
based Arabic/Middle Eastern)
The Green Show Band @ Mr Braxton’s
*What Band @ Martini's * (go-go)
*Colombian cumbia fest w/ Los Gaiteros de San Jacinto @ Bossa and earlier in the night @ Colombian embassy *
*Los Askis, MexiKolumbia, Manhattan @ Mexico Lindo *
*Batida w/ DJs Marcello Bentine & Neal Becton spinning vintage Brazilian vinyl 8pm until @ Green Zone*
*Smashing Pumpkins @ Jiffy Lube*
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Fri. Sept. 1-
Raheem Devaughn @ Birchmere
Sonu Nigam @ Eaglebank Arena
Jogo Project @ DC Jazz Fest Anacostia jazz hop location
Landon Paddock Group @ 6 to 7 @ Kennedy Center Millennium
Stage (Sinatra like crooner) (live & streamed on KC Facebook & Youtube)
Ragheb Alama @ Warner Theatre
After Thought Band (formerly the Brothers 7 Band) @ Lamont’s
Rare Essence @ Fast Eddie’s (go-go)
Backyard Band @
Restaurant 55 (go-go)
Junkyard Band @
Nipseys (go-go)
TCB @ Power (bouncebeat go-go)
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)
Ethiopian music @
Black Rose Lounge
Fadi Jano @ Cloud Lounge Arlington (Middle Eastern)
*Zeta (20th anniversary), Bravo Pueblo, Requiem (record release!) @ Comet P Pong *
*Zapateo fest in West Va. w/ DC electro dance plus some rock through the 3rd"*
*Gregory Porter and String Queens @ Anthem*
*DJ Crown Vic & Mettabana spinning vinyl @ Showtime Bar *
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Sat. Sept. 2
Plunky & Oneness of Juju @ 6 to 7 @ Kennedy Center
Millennium Stage (afro-funky) (live & streamed on KC Facebook &
Youtube)
Tsunami Bomb , the Dollyrots @ dc 9 (garage punk)
Raheem Devaughn @ Birchmere
RBD @ Eaglebank
Rare Essence @ Aqua (go-go)
Tumbao (Latin salsa ) @ Bossa 1st floor & DJ Lu 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)
Ethiopian music @ Black Rose Lounge
*Mr Eazi's Choplife Soundsystem @ Karma *
*Guitarist Marshall Keith (from Slickee Boys) , Luna Honey, Sansyou 5 to 9 @ Westover Beer Garden in Arlington , VA free*
Oh He Dead, Everyday
Everybody, Dior Ashley Brown, Jai'Len Josey @ 930
Ben Gibbard @ Atlantis
DC Jazz Fest
Summer Soul Cigar & Music Fest w/ Stokley, Sirius Company,
DC Vybe, Black Alley, DJ Frisco @ Charles County Fairgrounds , LA Plata, MD
Claudia of Leon City Sounds djs & DJ La Lin of Discolocas
@ Green Zone
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Sun. Sept. 3
Samara Joy at jazz
fest @ wharf (acclaimed young jazz
singer)
Festival Boliviano @ Eaglebank
El Salvador Fest in Burtonsville, MD
Confunkshun @ Bethesda Blues
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
TOB @ Union Oyster (bouncebeat go-go) or * @ Phantom (tba )*
*EU & Suttle 12 to 8 @ Charles County Fairgrounds
*DCVybe & Sirius Company, DJ Frisco, DJ Rico @ 9 @ Ivy City Smokehouse*
*Junkyard Band 6 to 9 @ State Fare in Catonsville, MD *
*Junkyard Band, Creative Sound Band @ 9 @ 5 Sisters Lounge in Laurel*
*The Gathering (A night of Afrobeats Gospel) @ 6 to 8:30 @ Royalhouse Chapel International, Grace2 Grace Center, 7911 Braygreen rd., Laurel, MD *
*TCB, TOB, Reaction @ Club One*
*Rare Essence, Northeast Groovers @ the Howard Theatre*
*Backyard Band @ Aqua*
Dancehall dj for Drink out da fete @ Crossroads 2
DJs JCU3 & Pedro Night @ Tokyo Pearl
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Mon. Sept. 4
*Bloom DMV fashion party 3 to 8 w/ Caribbean and more djs Ricky Platinum, Crossfyah & more @ Bloom Garden in Jessup, MD*
*DMV Summer Jam w/ Fat Trel, TOB (w/ Big G from BYB & Bo (TCB) & many more 2 to 10 @ Bullpen *
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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
Sept 9 African heritage Fest at Laurel race track
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