DC/Baltimore /DMV Global Music and More – September 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, Bossa & Green Zone add some late). Work your way down day by day.
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
…Stay safe, have fun ...Lots of great music
gigs, festivals, and movie docs in September.
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Some Highlights here and full list below:
Sun. Sept 3- Rare Essence & Northeast Groovers @ Howard
Theatre (go-go)
Tues. Sept 5 – Ayra Starr, Sadboi, Nosik @ Howard Theatre
(afrobeats)
Wed. Sept. 6- Ethiocolor (music & dance group founded by
Melaku Belay of Fendika Cultural Ctr in Addis) from 6 to 7 free @ Kenn. Center
Millennium Stage (& streamed on K. Ctr FB & Youtube)
Fri. Sept 8- Black Cat anniversary w/ Ex Hex, Gray Matter,
Flasher, The Messthetics, Birthday Girl (sold out)
Sat. Sept. 9-Black Cat anniversary w/ Velocity Girl, Ted Leo
& The Pharmacists, Bad Moves, Hammered Hulls, The Owners (sold out)
Fri. Sept. 15- Madalisto from 6 to 7 free @ Kenn. Center
Millennium Stage (& streamed on K. Ctr FB & Youtube) (Malawi duo)
Diogo Nogueira at Karma DC (Brazil)
Sat. Sept 16- Cramps and the
Mutants : the Napa State Mental Hospital 1978 concert Tapes, w/ q &
w/ director Mike Plante plus film about making of the film @ AFI (punk)
Thurs. Sept . 21 -Mutiny In Heaven: The Birthday Party movie
doc @ AFI (doc about Aussie rock band led by Nick Cave) (also on Mon. Sept. 25)
Sun. Sept 24- Elis & Tom movie doc @ AFI (doc about
Brazilian legends Elis Regina & Tom Jobim) also Sept. 25, 27;
Fri. Sept 29- Buddy Guy, Bobby Rush @ the Lyric Theatre in
Baltimore (blues & soul) POSTPONED TO APRIL 2024
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Fri Sept 1-
Backyard Band from 12 noon to 1 pm @
Wilson Plaza / Reagan Bldg NW
jazzhop in Anacostia
w/ The Brass-A-Holics, The JoGo Project, Joe Falero Band, Yusha Assad, The
Experience Band & Show and The Lexi T Experience 12 to 8pm NSC Café Jazz
(2007 MLK, Ave SE), BIG Jazz Café (1234 Good Hope Rd SE), Busboys and Poets
(2004 MLK, Ave SE), Check-It Enterprises (1920 MLK, Ave SE), Martha's
Outfitters (2204 MLK, Ave SE) and the Anacostia Arts Center (1231 Good Hope Rd
SE)
Gregory Porter (soul-jazz vocalist) and String Queens @ Anthem
Save Your Soul w/ DJ Baby Alcatraz & DJ Rob @ Lithuanian
Hall Baltimore
DJ Crown Vic & Mettabana spinning vinyl @ Showtime Bar
DC jazz Fest presents Leigh Pilzer Startet @ 6:30 @ Union Stage
Blues Warriors @ Hank Dietles
Zapateo fest w/ Dance Club, DreamcastMoe, Tosser, Full
Circle , Truth Cult through Sept 3 @ Camp Tall Timbers in High View, West VA
Zeta, Bravo Pueblo, Requiem @ Comet Ping Pong
Les the DJ @ Eaton Hotel Allegory Room
Dougie (w/ Drummer Davis White), An Awful Panic, Bassmasters
@ the Runaway
Raheem Devaughn @ Birchmere
AK 7 @ Mi Pueblo Falls Church
Marimba 502 & La Gerencia @ Mexico Lindo
Sonu Nigam @ Eaglebank Arena
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)
Fadi Jano @ Cloud
Lounge Arlington (Middle Eastern)
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
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Sat. Sept 2-
*Plunky & Oneness of juju free 6 to 7 @ Kennedy Center Millennium Stage (live & streamed on KC FB & Youtube)* (afrofunk & jazz )
Oh He Dead, Everyday
Everybody, Dior Ashley Brown, Jai'Len Josey @ 930
Ben Gibbard @ Atlantis
DC Jazz Fest @ the Wharf w/ Arturo
O’Farrill & Afro-Latin Jazz ensemble, Charles Lloyd, Omar Sosa , Teri Lyne
Carrington & many more 12 to 10 pm (sold
out)
Jo-go Project & Brass-o-holics @ 2 @ DC Jazz Fest @
Wharf
Summer Soul Cigar & Music Fest w/ Stokley, Sirius Company,
DC Vybe, Black Alley, DJ Frisco @ Charles County Fairgrounds , LA Plata, MD
Tropical Beat w/Claudia of Leon City Sounds djs & DJ La
Lin of Discolocas @ Green Zone
Soul Train Night Party w/ DJ Ultra Mix & other djs @ Lamont’s
Major League band @ Babylon Woodbridge
TCB @ Martini’s Ft Washington
Kai @ Restaurant 55
DJ Bri Mafia 5 to 9 and dj Tank Beats 9 on @ Shanklin Hall
Gerf, Thee Deluxe, Alaska Angels @
The Runaway (rock)
Raheem Devaughn @ Birchmere
Ultra Nate Deep Sugar 20th anniv @ Soundstage
Baltimore
Los Ecos De
Percy Y Beto Cuestas , LA 5ta Banda @ Limo de Veras Restobar in Sterling
Go Dog Go, Carrier Wave, Apollo 66 @ American Legion Post 41
Cissel Saxon (garage rock)
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
*Tsunami Bomb, Dolly Rots @ DC 9 (pop-punk)*
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Rare Essence &
Northeast Groovers @ Howard Theatre
Dancehall dj for Drink out da fete @ Crossroads 2
DJs JCU3 & Pedro Night @ Tokyo Pearl
Attinshun – Vol 1 Album Release show @ Union Stage
Ethiopian Day @ Veterans Plaza in Silver Spring
Rode de Amigos pagode & samba @ Bossa
TCB @ Club One
Spotlight Band @ 7 @ Lamont’s
DC Jazz Fest @ the Wharf 12 to 10pm w/ singer Samara Joy, Kenny
Garrett, Dave Holland, Big Chief Donald Harrison, Ettienne Charles Creole Soul, Birckhead & more (sold out) “Ain’t But a Few of Us” w/ Willard Jenkins @ 4:30 @ Wharf (Black DC author/critic/Curator/dj
has a book about Black Jazz critics )
DC Vybe & Sirius Company @ Ivy City Smokehouse
El Salvador Fest in Burtonsville
Festival Los Pinos DMV in Woodbine , MD
La Sonora Dinamita @ Ibizia in Herndon
Los Hermanos Lobo @ El Gran Palenque Falls Church
Fidel Trueda @ Mexico Lindo
Ray Apollo Allen @ 6 @ Hank Dietle’s
Banda MS @ Capital One Arena
Roots Band @ Makeda Restaurant, Van Dorn St., Alexandria
(Ethiopian)
Live Ethiopian music @ Shalla
Ethiopian music w/ Ethio Band & guest vocalists @ MHL
Lounge in Falls Church
Ras Band @ Black Rose Lounge in Bailey's Crossroads Falls
Church (Ethiopian)
Afro X dj party (afrobeats, amapiano, soca, dancehall, rap)
5 to 10 @ Gazuza Lounge
Malcolm X Park afternoon drum session circle @ 3
* Daylight dj dance event 7 to 12 midnight @ Takoma Station -The End of Summer Edition DJ Divine and DJ 1Luv ( R&B Dance Classics, Old School Hip Hop, House)*
*Brazilian zouk dance class 4 to 5, dance 5 to 8 @La Cosecha*
*Backyard Band @ Aqua*
*Kankouran Dance till 9 @ Dance Exchange in Takoma Park*
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Mon. Sept 4 –
X & Squirrel Nut Zippers @ Atlantis (sold
out)
Lauren Mayberry @ 930 (Scottish singer )
DMV Summer Jam w/ TOB & more @ the Bullpen
David Cole & Main Street Blues 6 to 9 @ Westminster Church
SW
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Ayra Starr, Sadboi, Nosik @ Howard Theatre
(afrobeats)
X & Squirrel Nut Zippers @ 930
Postal Service, Death Cab for Cutie,
Lauren Mayberry @ Anthem
Blk Odyssey @ Songbyrd
Alex Cuba @ Blues
Alley
Blacc Print
Experience @ Martini's in White Plains (go-go)
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Wed. September 6-
Keith Soul Simmons
(Lead singer of The Persuaders) and Carmen Craven: Tribute To Alexander O'Neal
and Cherrelle @ Eloquent Touch Ballroom in
Suitland
Ethiocolor (music & dance group founded
by Melaku Belay of Fendika Cultural Ctr in Addis) from 6 to 7 free @ Kenn. Center
Millennium Stage (& streamed on K. Ctr FB & Youtube)
Cut Worms @ Songbyrd
Luna @ Atlantis (sold out)
Jeff Rosenstock, Sidney Gish, Gladie @ 930
Postal Service, Death Cab for Cutie, Lauren Mayberry @
Anthem
Corinne Bailey Rae @ Lincoln Theatre
Capital Fringe presents Washington Women in Jazz &
Washington Bach Consort (w/ Amy Domingues & Leslie Nero) @ 5:30 & 6:45 @
Southwest Duck Pond , 6th & I sts SW
Brencore All Stars Tribute to Motown from 12 noon to 1 pm @
Wilson Plaza / Reagan Bldg NW
Aqua Viva (NY Based Argentina tropical soundscapes),
Basically Nancy (Ga punk), Mary Jane Regalado (member of Gauche, Clear Channel)
@ Rhizome
Quintron & Miss Pussycat, Des Demonas, The Natvral @
Comet
Phlote Dreamcast @ Eaton
Dani Cortaza Quartet @ Blues Alley (Brazilian
jazz)
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
*Rare Essence @ 7 @ Color Burst Park, Merriweather Drive, Columbia, MD *
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Thurs. Sept 7-
Screening of “Scream
Meets the Hangmen” & Q & A w/ Bob Berberich from 60s DC band the
Hangmen (plus also screening of Punk the Capital ) 5 to 11 pm @ Eaton
Arctic Monkeys, Fontaines DC @ Merriweather Post (sold out)
NextNOW Fest @ UMD : WMUC DJ showcase @ 6 @ U of MD Front
Plaza; Ricky Montgomery @ 6:15 @ Clarice
Smith Courtyard; Sudan Archives @ 7:45 @ Clarice Courtyard; Ethnobeat a
cappella @ 7:45 2 Front Plaza; Raveena @ 9pm @ Clarice Courtyard
PG County fair
Phillips after 5 w/ Michael Bowie & the Blues Alley
Youth Orchestra
Joy Clark from 6 to 7 free @ Kenn. Center Millennium Stage
(& streamed on K. Ctr FB & Youtube) (New Orleans singer-songwriter)
TOB @ Throw Social
Helio Alves quartet @ Blues Alley (Brazilian jazz)
Afrobeats dj Jamstar @ Spectrum Lounge in Beltsville
Live Ethiopian music @ Shalla Restaurant in Silver Spring
(through Sunday)
Roots Band @ Makeda Restaurant, Van Dorn St., Alexandria
(Ethiopian)
Ethiopian music @ MHL
Lounge in Falls Church
Ethiopian music @
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)
*Vava Brazil Day Celebration w/ Forro, Frevo, & Pagode @ 8 @ Bossa*
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Fri Sept. 8-
Rare Essence from 12 noon to 1 pm @ Wilson Plaza / Reagan
Bldg NW (go-go)
Ethiocolor (music & dance group founded by Melaku Belay
of Fendika Cultural Ctr in Addis) from 7 to 10 @ Le Mondo in Baltimore
Grease w/ a side of Mumbo Sauce @ Lincoln Theatre
Black Cat anniversary w/ Ex Hex, Gray Matter, Flasher, The
Messthetics, Birthday Girl (sold out)
Superfly (Curtis Mayfield soundtrack) @ AFI
Shinyribs from 6 to 7 free @ Kenn. Center
Millennium Stage (& streamed on K. Ctr FB & Youtube) (Austin Blues soul
roots twang 9 piece)
Curley Taylor & Zydeco Trouble @ 7:30 @
Peerless Rens
Kes w/ Teddyson John & Jimmy October @
Fillmore
The Jean Jeanies (David Bowie tribute band),
Roscoe Tripp, Argo & the Violent Queens @ The Runaway
Quasi, Ava Mendoza @ Ottobar
K-Paz De La Sierra Y
Los Fugitivos @ VIP Room Baltimore
Gran Reventon Cumbiambero Con Guanaco Swing
Y La Sonora Dinamita @ Papasitos Bar And
Grill in Manassas
Los Adoloscentes, Furia Band @ the Palace
PJ Suela @ Ivy City
Frank Reyes @ Mi Pueblo
La Nueva Onda Norteña & DJs Puro Zacatecas
Sax @ 90 Degrees in Manassas
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 @ 10:30 @ Bossa (salsa) plus DJ
Lu w/ Latin hits upstairs; *Adam Levy & the Mint Imperials on early
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)
Duduka Da Fonseca Quartet @ Blues Alley
(Brazilian jazz)
*Hardway Connection @ Central Station in Fredericksburg, VA *
*DJ Kristy La Rat & others @ 9pm on @ As You are, 500 8th SE (Latinx)*
*Still Familiar @ 11 @ Shark Bar *
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Black Cat
anniversary w/ Velocity Girl, Ted Leo & The Pharmacists, Bad Moves, Hammered
Hulls, The Owners (sold out)
Danny Gatton birthday tribute @ Birchmere
Grease w/ a side of Mumbo Sauce @ Lincoln Theatre
“Bring On The Audio Alchemy”- Matmos (electronic duo &
Björk collaborators) will be mixing to celebrate 75 years of
Smithsonian Folkways Recordings by sampling Folkways Recordings LPs such as the
Sounds of North American Frogs, Sounds of the Junk Yard, and Speech After the
Removal of the Larynx, and more, into original compositions from 1 to 4 @ 1–4
PM @ Hirshhorn Plaza
Robert Glasper Black Radio: A Hip Hop 50 Celebration with
Special Guests Cordae, Common, Lupe Fiasco, T3 (of Slum Village), and Rapsody @ Wolf Trap (co-sponsored by Kenn Ctr)
Digable Planets , Kassa Overall @ 930 Club
Bartees Strange @ Atlantis (sold out)
Billy Price @ Palisades Hub Cap Centre
Silver Spring Jazz Fest *w/ Dee Dee Bridgewater headliner @ 8:30; Crush Funk Brass @ 3:30; Akua Allrich @ 4:15; Marcus Johnson w/ Crank & Flo* @ 7 on 2 stages @ Veterans Plaza Silver Spring
Rosslyn Jazzfest w/ Galactic, Pedrito Martinez Group, Oh He
Dead, Dupont Brass from 1 to 7 @ Gateway Park
TCB, New Impressionz, & Reaction @ Fast Eddie’s
Eli Winter (guitar) , Susan Alcorn (roots meet jazz pedal
steel guitar) @ Rhizome
Superchunk @ Ottobar
Guanacos Swing y La Sonora Dinamita @ Club One
K - Paz De La Sierra , Jaime Espinoza Los Fugitivos @
Pappasitoos in Manassas Park
Josimar (Salsa Perucha) @ Limas de Veras (LDV) in Sterling,
VA
African Heritage Fest @ Laurel Race Track
Rare Essence @ Aqua (go-go)
Tumbao (Latin salsa ) & Dj Berimbau @ 10:30 @ Bossa 1st floor & DJ Lu Latin
Hits upstairs; *Maggie Yacoub's Arabic Jazz Project @ 7:30*
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
*Bruce Springsteen & E St Band @ Orioles Park @ Camden Yards Baltimore *POSTPONED TBA
*Backyard Band @ Ivy City Smokehouse*
*DJs Native Sun, Dvonne, Rose, Valentina @ Owl Room (techno) *
*Vintage goods including records sale 11am to 3 @ Hook Hall*
*DJ Crown Vic @ Green Zone*
*Guatemala Marimba @ 2 @ Smithsonian Native American museum*
* Vi-Kings, Rock-a-Sonics, Pile o' Rocks 7 to 11 @ Rock Creek Mansion Knights of Col. Hall in Bethesda * (roots rock)*
*The Fela broadway show band @ 9:30 @ Juste Lounge Silver Spring"
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Sun. Sept 10-
Beck, Phoenix, Weyes Blood, Sir Chloe @ 4:30 @ Merriweather
Post
Protex, Dot Dash, Dim Wizard @ 9pm @ Comet P. Pong
Grease w/ a side of Mumbo Sauce @ Lincoln Theatre
TOB late @ Phantom 1831 M St @ 9:30 pm(bouncebeat go-go)
Takoma Park Folk Festival w/ bluegrass, blues, Greek, Chinese, Scandinavian, klezmer, South Asian 10:30 to 6:30 @ Takoma Park Middle School
Festival Salvadorenisimo w/ Hermanos Rosario, Frank Reyes, Johnny
Molina & Los Sabaneros de Aniceto & more @ 11am @ Montgomery County
Fairgrounds
El Festival Guanaco in Burtonsville
Soweto Global djs “Amapiano & Love” @ Eaton Wild Days
1252 Band @ Lamont’s
Joseph Allred, The Spookfish, Small Sur @ Rhizome ( experimental
Americana)
Musicians for Ukraine @ 3 @ Temple Micah , 2829 Wisc Ave.
Wailers @ Rams Head Annapolis
K-Paz De La Sierra @ Cuzco in Hyattsville
Surf Curse and Birthday Girl @ Songbyrd (sold out) (rock )
Roots Band @ Makeda Restaurant, Van Dorn St., Alexandria
(Ethiopian)
Live Ethiopian music @ Shalla
Ethiopian music w/ Ethio Band & guest vocalists @ MHL
Lounge in Falls Church
Ras Band @ Black Rose Lounge in Bailey's Crossroads Falls
Church (Ethiopian)
Afro X dj party (afrobeats, amapiano, soca, dancehall, rap)
5 to 10 @ Gazuza Lounge
Malcolm X Park afternoon drum session circle @ 3
*Backyard Band 1 to 5 pm @ MLK Library
* Backyard Band 4 to 8 @ Babylon*
*Rare Essence @ 6 to 11 @ Karma*
*Cheick Hamala Diabate (DC based Malian) @ 7 @ Bossa for Adams Morgan Day *
*Adams Morgan Day Belmont Stage w/ Baba Ras D west African drumming @ 1; Crush Funk Brass @ 1:30; DC Cuban Allstars @3; Leon City Sounds djs @ 4; DJ Kristy La Rat @ 6* ; Dance Plaza @ Marie Reed has Indonesian Dance Troupe 1:25; Malcolm X drummers & dancers 5:10; Ras Lidg reggae-go-go band @ 6:15; DJ Divine house music tribute to Sam the Man Burns @ 3 @ Kalorama Park; Roots reggae band @ 6 @ Kalorama Park;
*DC state fair @ Franklin Park w/ Crush Funk Brass @ 11am; DC hand dance demo @ 2pm ; Zaneta Z w/ AFRBam @ 3
*Minnush (modern Sephardic music) @ Capital Jewish Museum block party 11 am to 3 pm*
*artist talk and closing reception for “Curating Sound: The Art of Inner Ear" with Don Zientara of Inner Ear, Jason Hamacher of Lost Origins Gallery, and Holly Eney from 5 to 7pm @ Lost Origins Gallery
* A Gospel Experience w/ New Vizion, Bless-Ed, Sonny Brown Experience, Tamy Edwards & Edwards Sisters, Chevela & SV, & more @ 5 @ 5110 Nannie Helen Burroughs Ave NE *
*Reaction @ Martini's * (go-go)
*Fairfax Record Riot*
* Dancehall ft. Teejay & Stalk Ashley @ 6 @ 9700 Philadelphia Ct, Lanham *
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Mon. September 11-
David Cole band from 12 noon to 1 pm @ Wilson Plaza / Reagan
Bldg NW (blues & soul)
Orchestre Tout
Puissant Marcel Duchamps & Teething Veils @ Rhizome (headliner is Geneva postpunk group with many members)
Beth Orton @ Birchmere
17th anniversary Blue Monday Blues jam session 6 to 9 @ Westminster Church SW
Trombonist Herm Hopkins soul big band @ Blues Alley
*Ethiopian New Year Enkutatash w/ Ethio Band @ Black Rose*
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Tues. Sept. 12-
Gaye Su Akyol @ Jammin Java (Turkish psych singer)
Beverly Perez from 12 noon to 1 pm @ Wilson Plaza / Reagan
Bldg NW (salsa)
Killusonline, Interlay, Mood Room, Okay, Super! @ Rhizome (punk
& postpunk)
JRU Anthony @ Eaton Wild Days
Peter Case @ Hank Dietle’s
Suicideboys @ Capital One Arena (rap)
Blacc Print Experience @ Martini's in White Plains (go-go)
*Kamauu @ DC 9 (DC/ NY rapper/poet) *
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Wed. Sept. 13 –
La Banda Chuska from 6 to 7 free @ Kenn. Center Millennium
Stage (& streamed on K. Ctr FB & Youtube) (NYC based cumbia & surf
meets B 52s)
Richard Lloyd (from Television) @ Ottobar
Soul Rebels @ 8 x 10
Babe Rainbow @ Black Cat
Spoon @ Atlantis (sold out)
Walkmen @ Lincoln Theatre (sold out)
Sonny Landreth, Peter Case @ Hamilton
DC Mariachi from 12 noon to 1 pm @ Wilson Plaza / Reagan
Bldg NW
Phlote Dreamcast @ Eaton House
Duran Duran @
Capital One Arena
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
*Backyard Band @ Society Lounge*
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Thurs. Sept. 14-
National Gallery 50 years of Hiphop Block Party w/ Missing
Element dance crew, Djs Bizzy, & Little Bacon Bear, Ladies of Hiphop Dance
Collective, muralist Chalk Riot from 6 to 9 @ National Gallery of Art
Squeeze & Psychedelic Furs @ Wolf Trap
Postal Service, Death Cab for Cutie, Lauren Mayberry @ Merriweather
Post
Spoon, the Oranges band @ 930
Victoria Reis talk on Transformer 20 Mixtape @ Eaton
William Prince from 6 to 7 free @ Kenn. Center Millennium
Stage (& streamed on K. Ctr FB & Youtube) (outlaw country)
Tove Lo, Upsahl @ Anthem
Paul Thorn @ Hamilton
Spring Silver @ Quarry House
Amanda Shires @ Rams Head Annapolis (country-folk-Americana)
Paris Texas @ Songbyrd (rap)
Miguel Zenon @ Blues Alley (critic
fave Jazz w/ a Latin tinge)
Afrobeats dj
Jamstar @ Spectrum Lounge in Beltsville
Live Ethiopian
music @ Shalla Restaurant in Silver Spring (through Sunday)
Roots Band @ Makeda
Restaurant, Van Dorn St., Alexandria (Ethiopian)
Ethiopian
music @ MHL Lounge in Falls Church
Ethiopian
music @ 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)
*Flack @ VFW Post 350 Hells Bottom*
*Chris of TOB, DJ Flow, Kidd Marvel, Wisdom Speaks & more @ A Good Projects DC benefit for SW DC school @ Eaton *
*Noam “Nani” Vazana @ 12 to 1 pm @ Library of Congress (Ladino singer) *
*District Kings w/ Stinky Dink @ Restaurant 55 (go-go) *
*Verny Varela @ Bossa (salsa)*
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Fri. Sept 15-
Sid Sriram @ Eaglebank (India & bay area Carnatic meets
jazz & more singer who was on Tiny
Desk)
Diogo Nogueira at
Karma DC (Brazil)
Victoria Monet @ Howard Theatre (sold out) (r’n’b)
Bombino @ the Hamilton
Spoon, The Oranges Band @ 930 (sold out)
E.U. Feat. Sugar Bear from 12 noon to 1 pm @ Wilson Plaza /
Reagan Bldg NW (go-go)
Blondie w/ Thomas Dolby, Jeffrey Steele @ 6 @ Annapolis City
Dock
Nikki Lane, Julia Cole @ 7 @ Rams Head Annapolis
Ska fest @ Hampton, VA
Jalen Ngonda @ Black Cat
Tove Lo, Upsahl @ Atlantis (sold out)
Los Autenticos Decadentes @ Lincoln Theatre
Jayhawks & Freedy Johnston @
Birchmere
Miguel Zenon @ Blues Alley (critic fave Jazz w/ a Latin
tinge)
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 @ 10:30 @ Bossa (salsa) plus DJ Lu w/ Latin
hits upstairs; Amy Winehouse tribute show @ 8*
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)
*Guatemala y El Salvador Independence celebration w/ La Manuina & Orquidea Cubulense @ 90 Degreees in Manassas*
*Haiti meets Africa w/ Bayo (konpa) and Leroi (afrobeats) w/ class 9 to 11 and dj blacpoet & Dj Oscar B.A. @ 11 @ Crossroads 2 in Wheaton *
*Airport 77s for free @ 6 to 8 @ Sligo Creek Golf Course, 9701 Sligo Creek Parkway, Silver Spring (power pop) *
*James Lavelle aka Unkle dj'ing @ Flash club room & early show in Green Room w/ Pangea Sound , Pedro Night , & Kidd Marvel *
*Hampton v. Howard football Happy hour w/ EU's Sugar Bear (35th anniv of Da Butt) & DJ Lance Reynolds @ 6 to 10 @ Ben's Next Door (w/ photos to be taken by Mr. G of old-school go-go show fame) *
*protest for innocent victims in El Salvador @ 2:30 pm @ US Capitol *
*Still Familiar @ 11 @ Shark Bar Waldorf (go-go)*
*TOB & friends Youth Count DC kickoff event @ 5 pm @ Covenant House, 2001 Miss. Ave Se (event is from 3 to 7)*
*La Sonora Dinamita @ La Villa in Gaithersburg *
*Dueto Armadillos y Grupo Miramar @ Mi Pueblo in Falls Church*
*Raulin Rodriguez @ Coco Cabana*
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Sat. Sept. 16-
Arcangel @ Eaglebank (reggaeton/Latin pop)
Patti Smith @ Anthem
H st Fest NE 10 am to 8 pm *w/ go-go from Blacc Print Experience @ 5 pm @ H St & 14th St NE *
Bedmaker, Heatmap, Sensor Ghost @ Rhizome (punk and
postpunk)
“The Inner Ear of Don Zientara “ book talk panel about the
Arlington, VA studio w/ Antonia Tricarico, Don Zientara, Joe Lally, J. Robbins (Jawbox) free @ 7 @
Red Emma’s in Baltimore
Dafnis Prieto Si o Si Quartet @ Blues Alley (acclaimed Cuban
drummer)
SE Community Arts and Business Fest 11 am to 5 @ Anacostia
Arts Center * is now described as
National dance day @ Kennedy Center w/ Chitra Subramanian,
Lauren DeVera, Project Charma, DJ Spinderella and more
Belo, Darleeda, DJ Madbow @ 9707 Rosensteel Ave.,Silver
Spring (Haitian)
Fuerza Regida @ Jiffy Lube
David Longstreth (of Dirty Projectors) @ Miracle Theatre
Adobo DMV presents Adovos Central American day party w/ djs Kas,
Knowpa Slaps, Pedro Night, Pootie @ 2 to 10 @ the Bullpen, 1201 Half St Se
Marty Stuart @ Maryland Hall Annapolis
K. Michelle unplugged w/ Tony Evans Jr @ Rams Head Annapolis
Deerhoof , Sleeptalk @ Ottobar
Rare Essence @ Aqua (go-go)
Tumbao (Latin salsa ) @ @ 10:30 @ Bossa 1st floor & DJ Lu Latin
Hits upstairs; Magnolia Hungarian music @ 7:30 *
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
*Voice 24/7 Band @ Lamont's
*AfroSoca Love @ Karma*
*Backyard Band & TOB @ Fast Eddie's*
*Memoria, Salsa, y Resistencia w/ a talk (& documentary ) by Marcos Echeverria Ortiz on the Afro-salsa Oiste Project on hidden salsa music history w/ National Park Service's Melissa Hurtado and dj'ing by Leon City Sounds @ 2 to 5 @ Mt Pleasant Library*
*Cardozo Scholarship Fundraiser w/ Proper Utensils feat. Jas Funk @ 9:30 pm @ Chateau Remix*
*New Vizion, Chevela & the Spiritual Voices, Lil Jay & the Spiritual Boys of Newark, plus more gospel groups @ 5 @ Meridian Hill Baptist, Chapel Oaks, MD *
*Still Familiar , Blacc Print Experience, Binta Campbell Experience @ 10 @ Ivy City Smokehouse (go-go)*
*TCB @ Martini's*
*Go-go & Comedy Jam w/ TOB & others 3 to 7 @ Tysons Sandlot*
* Go-go Salsa & Conversation and Crank w/ Threads of Hope " exhibit celebrating Hispanic Heritage month, plus the Soul Searchers and Latino All Stars plus panel w/ Ron Moten, Professor Natalie Hopkinson, & Latino scholar Ivan Navas from 12 to 5 @ Anacostia Arts Center*
*Raulin Rodriguez @ Club One*
*Grupo Enkanto @ Restaurante El Salvador *
*Marito Rivera y su grupo bravo @ Tiffany East Catering *
*WMUC Fest from 7-10pm at Nyumburu Amphitheater *
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Sun. Sept 17-
Jamaica Fest Link Up from 12 to 9 @ Veterans Plaza Silver Spring
Dafnis Prieto Si o Si Quartet @ Blues Alley (acclaimed Cuban
drummer)
Maroyu @ the Palace
Lowertown, Berra, Pinky Lemon @ Comet
Leann Rimes w/ Elizabeth Cook , Alex Hall @ 6 @ Annapolis
City Dock
Patty Griffin , Jonatha Brooke @ Maryland Hall Annapolis
Festival Catracho *w/ Kazzabe* and others @ 11 am in Burtonsville
Roots Band @ Makeda Restaurant, Van Dorn St., Alexandria
(Ethiopian)
Live Ethiopian music @ Shalla
Ethiopian music w/ Ethio Band & guest vocalists @ MHL
Lounge in Falls Church
Ras Band @ Black Rose Lounge in Bailey's Crossroads Falls
Church (Ethiopian)
Afro X dj party (afrobeats, amapiano, soca, dancehall, rap)
5 to 10 @ Gazuza Lounge
Malcolm X Park afternoon drum session circle @ 3
*Stone Pleasure Band @ Lamont's *
*Backyard Band 4 to 10 @ Middle Branch Waterfront Park Baltimore*
*"My Friend Fela" screening & q & A w/ director Carlos Moore @ 6 @ Sankofa Books *
*DJ Disco Bird @ 6 to 10 @ VFW Post 9619 , 6527 Suitland Rd., Morningside, MD (soul /r'n'b)
*Little Amal, 12 foot tall puppet symbolizing Syrian refugees will be @ the Big Chair @ 11 am, Black Lives Matter Plaza @ 3, & Washington Monument @ 5:30 *
*DMV Soul Sessions jam @ 8 @ Bossa*
* El Chapo , Henry Castro , Los Angeles Negros , Grupo Miramar @ Boys & Girls Club, 1515 Merrimac, Hyattsville *
*Escandolosos Musical @ Nueva Generacion Cajolense in Laurel *
*TOB w/ Bo of TCB, the Men @ Phantom (bouncebeat go-go)*
*Sirius Compnay, Black Alley, Top 5 @ 5 @ Karma (dress in white party)*
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Mon. Sept. 18-
L7 @ Black Cat
Brian Jonestown Massacre *w/ opener Dot Dash (DC)* @ 930 (rock)
Patty Griffin w/ Scott Miller @ Birchmere (roots Americana rock)
Annapolis musicians Laurel Canyon tribute @ Rams Head Annapolis
Melt Banana @ Soundstage Baltimore
Susan Alcorn @ Comptoir du Vin Baltimore (avante-pedal steel
guitar)
Mama Moon & the Rumpshakers 6 to 9 @ Westminster Church
SW (blues)
Raymi @ Blues Alley (Andean roots music)
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Tues. Sept 19-
Julie Byrne @ Songbyrd (crit
fave indie singer/songwriter)
That Mexican OT @ Jammin Java (critic fave rap)
Lemonheads, John P. Strohm @ 930
Of Montreal @ Union Craft Brewing
50 Cent @ CFG Arena (rap)
Blacc Print Experience @ Martini's in White Plains (go-go)
Movie "Dancing the Twist in Bamako" @ 7 @ Anacostia Park (free w/ rsvp via films on the green dc & Villa abertine)
DJ Ernie G 12 to 4 @ American Legion Post 108, Cheverly, MD (soul /r'n'b)
*"The Nomad's Dream" short film by Berhana (Ethiopian American RnB club music singer) which features music from Berhana’s new album Amén @ 6 pm plus Berhana In Conversation With Tuma Basa @ AFI Silver *
*Little Amal, 12 foot tall puppet symbolizing Syrian refugees will be @ International School of Langley Park @ 9:30 am; Freedom Plaza @ 3:30 pm; Union Station @ 8 pm*
*Afro-Latin salsa, bachata, kizomba dancing 6::30 to 9 @ 1 Veterans Plaza Silver Spring*
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Wed. Sept 20-
Peter Gabriel @ Capital One Arena
San Salvador from 6 to 7 free @ Kenn. Center Millennium
Stage (& streamed on K. Ctr FB & Youtube) (Occitan language and
percussion)
Crosswind (Trio out of Baltimore) @ Eloquent Touch Ballroom in Suitland
Loona (kpop) @ MGM
Claudia Acuna @ Blues Alley (Chilean jazz singer)
Mariachi los Amigos 2 to 3 @ Harmony Hall
Old 97s @ 930 Club
The Chicks @ Merriweather
Artscape through Sept. 24 in Baltimore
Phlote Dreamcast @ Eaton House
Robert Earl Keen @ Birchmere
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
*Pabllo Vittar @ Fillmore (Brazilian drag queen /singer) *
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Thurs. Sept 21-
Larry & Joe from 6 to 7 free @ Kenn. Center Millennium
Stage (& streamed on K. Ctr FB & Youtube) (North Carolina based Venezuelan &
Appalachian folk)
Breeders @ Fillmore
Robert Earl Keen @
Birchmere
High Zero Fest of Experimental Improvised Music @ Baltimore
Theatre Project through Sept 24
Smashing Times @ the Crown Pink Room (twee guitar pop)
7 Voices: Tribute to Patsy Cline @ Creative Alliance
Angel Dior & Mariah Angeliq @ Bravo Bravo
Gospel quartet night w/ DMV Nephew and the Kings plus others
@ 7 @ the Blue Dolphin
Lil Yachty @ Echostage (rap)
Afrobeats dj Jamstar @ Spectrum
Lounge in Beltsville
Live Ethiopian
music @ Shalla Restaurant in Silver Spring (through Sunday)
Roots Band @ Makeda
Restaurant, Van Dorn St., Alexandria (Ethiopian)
Ethiopian
music @ MHL Lounge in Falls Church
Ethiopian music @ 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)
*Going Goin Gone @ VFW Post 350 Hells Bottom*
*Alejandro Brittes Quartet @ Library of Congress (Charname music from Brazil & Argentina) *
* Global Ska Invasion with Adhesivo, Bad Manners y Out of Control Army @ State Theatre*
*Pablo's Baile Verny Varela @ Bossa* (Colombian salsa)
*DJ Kenny @ Green Zone*
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Fri. Sept 22-
Y La Bamba from 6 to 7 free @ Kenn. Center Millennium Stage
(& streamed on K. Ctr FB & Youtube) (Mexican vocalist Luz Elena Mendoza
Ramos)
Boris, Melvins @ Howard Theatre (heavy rock)
Leyla McCalla @ Amp (Haitian New Orleans roots)
Jimmy Webb @ Rams Head Annapolis
Frankie Cosmos @ 6 @ 930
Rick Ross, Monica, Black Alley, Kenny Burns @ 6 @ Anthem
(rap)
Conway the Machine, Jay Skeese, Sauce Walka @ 10 @ 930 (rap)
Maryland Folk Festival through the 24th in
Salisbury w/ Chuck Brown Band, Quebe Sisters & more
Spiritual Cramp, Trauma Ray @ Comet P Pong
Ab Quintanilla & Los Kumbia All Starz @ the Palace
Banda Los Recoditos Y Banda Renovacion @ Cococabana
Martyn Bootyspoon @ Owl Room ( bass club dance)
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)
*Shab-eh-Sher --a Night of Gathering for poetry, music, stories and talk by diaspora Iranians w/ Nica Albertson (multi-instrumentalist-songwriter) , Kamyar Arsanim(daf drum player & singer) , Hesam Mostafavi (photographer), & Mina M Jafari (artist, web designer) from 6 to 8 @ Rhizome *
*Still Familiar @ 11 @ Shark Bar Waldorf (go-go)*
*Grupo La Maquina Del Salvador @ Restaurant El Salvador *
*Vico Y Su Grupo Karicia @ Papassittoos*
*Bonanza @ Diamond Lounge *
*La Factoria Demphra Y Joey Montana @ Galaxy*
*The Grandsons w/ guest hornman Derek Huston (former DCer who moved to New Orleans) @ 8 @ 5200 Cathedral Ave NW *
*Artscape Baltimore Late Nighter w/ djs Graham Hatke, Joy Lim, Ron Jackson (Techno electro. 1432r and Darkroom Baltimore have more info) *
*TOB memorial tribute to late bandmember Doug E Doug w/ 3 sets @ Aqua*
*Artscape w/ Dupont Brass @ 6:15, DJ "Pee Wee Anderson Paak " @ 8;45 in Baltimore *
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Sat. Sept 23 –
Nick Cave solo @ Lincoln Theatre (sold out)
Tito Puente Jr @ PG Publick Playhouse
Low Cut Connie @ 10
@ 930
Be’la Dona (Sweet
Cherie birthday gig) @ Bethesda Blues and Jazz
Cold Cave @ Black
Cat
Anavitoria from 6
to 7 free @ Kenn. Center Millennium Stage (& streamed on K. Ctr FB &
Youtube) ( Brazilian folk-pop duo)
Reunited Uptown
Rhythm Kings do a late Eric Shoutin’ Sheridan tribute @ Glen Echo Park Spanish
Ballroom
One Killer Night-
Jerry Lee Lewis Tribute w/ Daryl Davis, Jon Carroll & more @ State Theatre
Youth Lagoon @
Union Stage
Turnpike
Troubadours, Lucero, Reckless Kelly @ Anthem
American
Television, the Iron Roses @ Comet
Rare Essence late @ 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
*Rare Essence, Junkyard, Sirius Company , Checkmate 12 to 8 @ Lamont's*
*Backyard Band @ 5 Sisters Lounge Laurel*
*Timaya @ BSK Cultural Centre in Hillcrest, MD (Nigerian) *
*Soweto Global presents Uncle Waffles @ Boiler Room electro club music event @ WEG studio, 1235 W St NE*
*Pan Africa Fest w/ Cheick Hamala Diabete & others plus food, art, fashion @ 12 noon to 10 pm @ Civic Center, One Veterans Plaza Silver Spring*
*Celebrate Petworth Day" *
*Michel'le @ Longtime No Sea in Manassas*
*12 to 5 Fiesta Sterling Latino Heritage month event @ Sterling Community Center*
*Tropical Heatdome w/ DJs Crown Vic & Nico Sophia @ 10 @ Marx Cafe *
*Reston Multicultural fest @ 11 am @ Reston Town Hall*
*Artscape Baltimore cancelled*
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Sun. Sept 24-
Elis & Tom movie doc @ AFI (doc
about Brazilian legends Elis Regina & Tom Jobim) Sept 24, 25, 27;
Janelle Monae , Jidenna, Flyana
Boss, Nana Kwabena @ Anthem
Going Varsity In Mariachi movie doc
@ AFI Sept 24 & 25;
Bully @ Black Cat
Joy Oladokun @ Howard Theatre
Raphael Saadiq is revisiting Tony!
Toni! Toné @ MGM
Fiesta DC *w/ Zeniza @ 1:30; Chancona 503 @ 2:30; Los Triunfadores del Cuatro @ 3:30; La Maquina @ 4:30; AB Quintanilla @ 5:30 *on Constitution Ave plus Fiesta DC parade 1 to 4
Band manager Tom
Carrico retirement party @ 7 w/ Nighthawks, Chopteeth, King Soul, Going Goin
Gone, Billy Price, Martha Hull @ Rosensteel Hall
1252 Band @ Lamont’s
Lita Ford @ Rams
Head Annapolis
Baltimore Record
Bazaar 11 am to 5 @ Peabody Hts Brewery
Happy Fits @
Baltimore Soundstage
Linda Smith,
Smashing Times @ 8 free @ Fadensonnen Baltimore (twee guitar pop)
Roots Band @ Makeda
Restaurant, Van Dorn St., Alexandria (Ethiopian)
Live Ethiopian
music @ Shalla
Ethiopian music w/
Ethio Band & guest vocalists @ MHL Lounge in Falls Church
Ras Band @ Black
Rose Lounge in Bailey's Crossroads Falls Church (Ethiopian)
Afro X dj party
(afrobeats, amapiano, soca, dancehall, rap) 5 to 10 @ Gazuza Lounge
Malcolm X Park
afternoon drum session circle @ 3
*Backyard Band @ 8 to 12 @ Nottingham's*
* Go-go & punk from 1 to 5 w/ TroubleFunk, Scream, Black Alley, Bacchae, Breezy Supreme @ MLK Library DC*
*Tithe @ the Runaway (metal)*
*Celebrate Africa fest w/ Elikeh, Ntungalie Enoch, Wayna, Anna Mwalago, DJ Kweks, Fritete African Drum & Dance plus art by Serngeti Gallery @ 12 to 6 pm @ Bladensburg Waterfront Park *
*Oumou Sangare (Mali) w/ Cheick Hamala Diabete (Md -based Malian) @ 8 @ Hotel Doubletree in Silver Spring $100 or $180 for 2; 240-672-2939 or 301-273-8133 *
*JEPFE Events Jamaica Reggae Fest w/ Richie Stephens, Junior Demus, Flourgon & more from 1 to 9 pm @ Howard County Fairgrounds, West Friendship , MD (eventbrite tickets) *
*Kol Nidre/Erev Yom Kippur*
*From the Gullah front porch : afternoon soiree re Sea Island Gullah music, & aftermath of racist shooting @ Emanuel AME church in Charleston, SC 5 to 7 @ Eaton Wild Days Rooftop *
*Artscape Baltimore w/ Joe Keyes @ 2:40; Ultra Nate @ 3:45; Kaleta & super Yamba @ 4:10 on multiple stages*
*Block Party w/ Sirius Company 5 to 10 @ the Garden, 5380 Eisenhower Ave., suite c , Alexandria*
*Rare Essence 6 to 11 @ Ivy City Smokehouse*
*TOB & Shooters Spaceman, The Men @ Phantom*
*New Impresssionz & What Band @ Babylon *
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Mon. Sept. 25-
Mutiny In Heaven: The Birthday Party movie doc @ AFI (doc
about Aussie band led by Nick Cave)
Elis & Tom movie doc @ AFI (doc about Brazilian legends
Elis Regina & Tom Jobim) Also On Wed. Sept 27
Janelle Monae , Jidenna, Flyana Boss, Nana Kwabena @ Anthem
Going Varsity In Mariachi movie doc @ AFI
Raphael Saadiq is revisiting Tony! Toni! Toné @ MGM
Frankie & the Witch Fingers @ Black Cat
Dr Madd Vibe & the Missin’ Links (w/ singer Angelo Moore
of Fishbone) w/ the Scotch Bonnets (punky reggae) @ The Runaway
Mark Wenner and Clarence Turner Blues Warriors 6 to 9 @
Westminster Church SW
*Shawn Reynaldo (critic/author) talks to Joyce Lim (dc techno/electro dj, promoter, 1432 R records) about techno/electro dance club music @ Eaton *
*Yom Kippur till sundown*
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Tues Sept 26-
Wu Tang Clan & Nas & De La Soul @ Capital One Arena
Raphael Saadiq Revists Tony! Toni! Tone! @ the Lyric
Baltimore
Movements, Mannequin Pussy, Softcult, Heart to Gold @ 930
LongMoneyKese, Yung Maaly, Killa Kiesha @ Union Stage
Woods, Anna St Louis @ Comet P Pong (rock)
Blacc Print Experience @ Martini's in White Plains (go-go)
*Scientist @ Black Cat (dub reggae)*
* One Struggle shows @ 7 as part of March on Washington film fest @ JCC *(About Jews & African-Americans during civil rights era) *
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Wed. Sept 27-
Elis & Tom movie doc @ AFI (doc about Brazilian legends
Elis Regina & Tom Jobim)
Katie Alice Greer, Issei Herr, Tal Sounds, Flowers for the
Dead @ Rhizome (artsy rock & more; Greer was once in DC band Priests)
Adekunle Gold @ MGM (afrobeats)
Neda Nikolic Trio from 6 to 7 free @ Kenn. Center Millennium
Stage (& streamed on K. Ctr FB & Youtube) (Balkan)
French Cassettes, Moozy @ Comet P Pong
Phlote Dreamcast @ Eaton House
Amythyst Kiah @ Rams Head Annapolis
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
*Backyard Band @ 9 to 12 @ Society Lounge*
*Kid Congo & the Pink Monkey Birds, Bed Maker, Teen Mortgage @ Black Cat *
*Neon Trees @ 930 *
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Thurs. Sept. 28-
Lee Fields from 6 to 7 free @ Kenn. Center Millennium Stage
(& streamed on K. Ctr FB & Youtube) (soul/r’n’b singer)
Mayor’s Art Awards w/ various DC musicians including Pete Stahl & Skeeter of Scream, go-go musicians & more @ Lincoln Theatre
SZA @ CFG Bank Arena (r’n’b)
Margaret Glaspy @ Union Stage
Dear Daria, Airport 77s, Wingtip Sloat @ The Runaway (rock, power pop)
Tiempo Libre @ Montgomery College
Jayy Grams, Grammar @ Songbyrd (rap)
Afrobeats dj Jamstar @ Spectrum Lounge in Beltsville
Live Ethiopian music @ Shalla Restaurant in Silver Spring
(through Sunday)
Roots Band @ Makeda Restaurant, Van Dorn St., Alexandria
(Ethiopian)
Ethiopian music @ 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)
*“The Inner Ear of Don Zientara “ book talk panel about the Arlington, VA studio w/ Antonia Tricarico, Don Zientara, Joe Lally, J. Robbins free @ 7 @ People's Books in Takoma Park *
*Corazon Folklorico @ Library of Congress (danzon)*
*Movie doc "Little Richard: I am Everything" @ 7:15, w/ director Lisa Cortes talking @ 7, on the Hi-Lawn @ Union Market (Free w/ rsvp) *
*Still Familiar @ Babylon*
*Sirius Company @ Piano Keys in Brandywine, MD (go-go)*
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Buddy Guy, Bobby
Rush @ the Lyric Theatre in Baltimore (blues & soul) POSTPONED
Fatoumata Diawara @ Strathmore (Mali) * w/ pre-concert 6:30 talk by George Collinet of Afropop Worldwide on the Wassoulou region of Mali & Guinea where Diawara is from *
Zinoleesky @ Coco Cabana
Bitchin Bajas @ Metro Gallery Baltimore
DC Art All Night see down below
Soul Glo, Zulu, Playtime @ Howard Theatre
From 1520 Sedgwick Ave. to the World—A Fireside Chat w/ DJ
Kool Herc & Cindy Campbell @ Kennedy
Center
Sept 29 & 30 Stop Making Sense
doc (Demme directed film w/ Talking Heads) @ AFI ;
Let the Dance Begin movie (tango) @ AFI Silver Sept 29
& Oct. 1;
Maggie Rogers @ Atlantis
(sold out)
Ashnikko @ Anthem
Tangerine Dream,
Insect Factory @ Lincoln Theatre
Chateau Romani,
Grimm Winter, Rook @ Rhizome (punk and rock)
Bandalos Chinos @
Comet P Pong
ThFCTRY djs @ Eaton
Wild Days
The Whispers @ Birchmere
Durand Jones @
Baltimore Soundstage
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 & 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 Arlington (Middle Eastern)
*Bruce Springsteen & E St Band @ Nats Park *POSTPONED TBA
*Still Familiar @ 11 @ Shark Bar Waldorf (go-go)*
*Mayito Rivera (Cuban timba) @ Justa's Peruvian Bar & Grill (Justa's #2) *
* La Energía Norteña & La Alianza Norteña @ 90 Degrees*
* Don't Mute DC & Broccoli City Art all Night w/ Ron Moten & panel re Chocolate City culture 6 to 6:30; DJ Detoxx 8-9 pm; Sirius Company 9-10; DJ Heat & Northeast Performing Arts Group dancers 10-11; Black Alley 11-12 @ the Shops @ Penn Branch 3202 Penn Ave SE
*Art All Night w/ DJ RBI, DJ Artis 7 to 12 @ Anacostia Arts Center*
* Art All Night w/ Scratch the Surface” DJ workshop with DJ Afuw @ 7 & Project Create Party with DJ Afuw @ 8 @ Project Create, 2208 MLK Ave SE*
* Art All Night w/ 5PM- Performance by Pock3t GoGo Band; 5PM-7PM Positive Chalk; 5:30PM-7PM Kids Krank workshop w/ Jus Paul & Pock3t GoGo band @ Capitol Hill Boys Club, 1603 Good Hope Rd SE *
*Art All Night w/Shorty Corleone & friends 9 to 11 @ DCity Smokehouse, 1301 Good Hope Rd SE *
*Art All Night w/ Black Passion Band 7 to 8 @ TD Bank Parking Lot, 1611 Wisc. Ave NW*
*Art All Night w/ Kontrolled Khaos 8:30 to 9:30 & UCB 10 to 11 @ 22nd & Rhode Island Ave NE*
* Art All Night w/ Bollywood @ 5:30; Belly Dance @ 6:30; Salsa @ 7:30 @ Bryant Street NE – 670 Rhode Island Ave NE
*The Arabic BBQ & Culture w/ DJ Basbousa & The Green Zone club from 5 to 8 @ Kennedy Center Reach*
*DJ Soul Call Paul 9 to 12 mdt. @ Neptune Room*
*Art All Night w/ Latin American folkloric dance showcase from 6:15 to 7 @ 3900 block of 14th St NW between Spring & Randolph*
*Art All Night w/DJ Baby Alcatraz spinning old school soul & rock 7 to 11 @ Lymans Tavern*
*Art All Night w/ Beat Street movie (hiphop) 8 to 10 on outdoor screen @ Graffiti Museum*
*Art All Night w/ 8:55 pm – Quique Aviles spoken word; 9:20 pm – Elena La Fuluna Latin folk; 10:05 pm – “Las muertes más bellas del mundo” preview; 10:10 pm – “La Manplesa” movie showing @ Lamont Plaza, 3258 Mt Pleasant St NW *
* Art all Night w/ Home Rule Records djs 5-6:00 p.m. 713 Kennedy St NW*
* Art All Night w/ Crush Funk Brass band @ 6 @ 700 block of Kennedy St NW* & from 9 to 10 @ 4339 Conn. Ave. NW*
* Art All Night w/ Mauro Mir ( live guitar tunes rancheras to boleros) @ DC Corazon on 14th St NW from 5:30-7:30 p.m*
* Art All Night w/ Furia Flamenca at Atxondo Restaurant 6-7:00 p.m. 4724 14th St NW *
*Latin American Heritage night from 5 to 8 @ Thomas stone Elementary school, Mount Rainer
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Sat. Sept. 30-
Stop Making Sense doc (Demme directed film w/ Talking Heads)
@ AFI ;
DC Art All Night see farther below
Jhayco @ Eaglebank
Mid-Autumn Moon Festival w/ guzheng music 10am to 4pm at the Chinese American Museum
Al Firdaus Ensemble from 6 to 7 free @ Kenn. Center
Millennium Stage (& streamed on K. Ctr FB & Youtube) ( Brit, Spain,
Morocco, Venezuela)
The Fleshtones @ the Atlantis (sold out)
Slowdive @ 10 @ 930
Michelle Blackwell’s BWell Under the Stars @ 9 @ NE DC
location tba (DC go-go & r’n’b) POSTPONED
Funkateers Ball 7 w/ the Enema Squad, the Muthafunkaholx,
Greg Boyer from P-Funk Horns, Greg Thomas, DJ Gonzilla @ Bethesda Blues
* Tav Falco & Panther Burns added to bill* ,Muck & the Mires, Coastguard, Apollo 66 @ The Runaway
(garage rock)
The Whispers @
Birchmere
Marshall Crenshaw 40th anniversary tour @ Rams
Head Annapolis
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
*Backyard Band @ 9 to 1 @ Longtime No Sea in Manassas*
*District of Raga presents Harpist Nadia Pessoa and sitarist Snehesh Nag as part of Art All Night @ 7:45 free @ Pen Arts Dupont Circle*
*Dance Club presents Dj Livwutang, Lady Lavender, Tommy C, Joyce Lim, Baronhawk Poitier @ Owl Room (techno/electro)*
*Orquesta Tribu Lenca @ Club One*
*Los Hermanos Moreno @ Lima de Veras Restobar/PATIO in
Sterling, VA*
*Diaspora Fest w/ Freetown Collective, DJ Majestic, Rae, Eclipse band, DC Casineros, I & I riddim Band, Fyah Oats & more 4 to 10 @ Franklin Park DC*
*TCB & New Impressionz @ Restaurant 55 * (bouncebeat go-go)
*Mazboota w/ DJ Fady @ Green Zone (alternative electronic music from North Africa & southwest Asia) (info will be made available on ways to help people in Libya & Morocco) *
*Art All Night w/ DJ Kidd Marvel 9:05 to 10 pm ; Long Live Go-go 10:50 to 11:20 @ 14th & USts NW Reeves Center *
* Art All Night w/ Shirleta Settles & Friends 8 to 9 @ Manor Park/The VIP Room 6201 3rd Street NW (soul/r'n'b)*
* Art All Night w/ DJ Damu the FudgeMunk 5 to 10 @ Riggs Park /Troka Ins. Bldg 200 – 212 Riggs Road NE*
*Art All Night w/ DJ Super Sid @ Lamond – Riggs / Lillian J. Huff Library 5401 South Dakota Avenue NE*
*Art All Night Congress Heights w/ Jus Paul @ 8, Be'la Dona @ 9;20; TOB @ 10:40, EU @ 12 mdt., DJ Setfire @ 1 am @ Sycamore & Oak; Hiphop stage has Delta Sigma theta step show 6:15 to 7; Pinky Killa Corn @ 8:40; Footwerk * Twinkdrumz @ 9:45 *
*Art All Night w/ Rare Essence, Backyard Band, Junkyard Band, Sirius Company, Black Alley, & winner of Making the Go-go Band contest plus dj Rico 6pm to 1 am @ 9th & G near MLK Library*
*Foot x Coles @ Songbyrd (alt rnb )*
*Spotlight Band end of summer jam @ Lamont's*
* Airport 77s @ Washington Rockville Elks Lodge #15 (power pop) *
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Sun. October 1-
All Things Go Fest w/ Lana Del Ray, , boygenius, beabadoobee, Arlo
Parks, Alvvays, Alex G, Ethel Cain, & more @ Merriweather Post (sold out)
Spyro & Babyboy AV
@ Nigerian Independence Day Party @ Karma
Let the Dance Begin movie (tango) @ AFI Silver
Sufi Music Festival – Mawlid Celebration 11 am to 5 pm
IDK @ 930
Takoma Park Street Fest w/ 3 stages w/ Bele Bele rhythm collective @ 10; Thrills @ 11am; Proverbs reggae band @ 4 ; Chopteeth @ 4 on another stage (afrobeats)
Marshall Crenshaw 40th Anniv. Tour @ Birchmere
Oct 1, 4, 5- Miúcha, The Voice Of Bossa Nova doc @ AFI
Roots Band @ Makeda Restaurant, Van
Dorn St., Alexandria (Ethiopian)
Live Ethiopian
music @ Shalla
Ethiopian music w/
Ethio Band & guest vocalists @ MHL Lounge in Falls Church
Ras Band @ Black
Rose Lounge in Bailey's Crossroads Falls Church (Ethiopian)
Afro X dj party
(afrobeats, amapiano, soca, dancehall, rap) 5 to 10 @ Gazuza Lounge
Malcolm X Park
afternoon drum session circle @ 3
*Shabazz Palace @ DC 9 (artsy hiphop)*
*Junkyard Band & Still Familiar @ Rest. 55 *
*Axel F Paradise brunch w/ DJs Jahsonic, DJ Stylus, Adrian Loving , John Murph 12 noon to 5 @ Le Mont Royal , 1815 Adams Mill Rd NW (r'n'b & house )*
*Book Talk for Some New Kind of Kick w/ musician/author Kid Congo Powers (Cramps, Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds, & The Gun Club) w/ Joe Lally 3 to 5 pm @ Lost Origins Gallery *
*Sufi Music Fest Mawlid Celebration 11am to 5 w/ Burdah Ensemble 2 to 3 & Bilal Chishty and The National Sufi Ensemble 4 to 5 @ Museum of Asian Art (advance free tickets for 2 bands are gone, but there will be a standby line)*
*Latino Heritage Fest 1 to 5 @ Glen Echo*
Mon. October 2- Bobby Felder’s Blues Brothers @ 6 to 9 @
Westminster (DC r'n'b vets)
Mariee Sious , Teething Veils @ Songbyrd
Ambar Lucid @ Black Cat
Nganga, Noctomb, Nuclear Tomb, Torvus @ Public Option (metal)
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Tues. Oct 3- Cumbia Heights at 6 @ Mt Pleasant Library (Part of Electric cowbell Secret Planet series)
Joshua Redman Group feat. Singer Gabrielle Cavassa @ Kennedy Center
Courettes, Jake Starr & the Delicious Fullness @ the
Runaway
Adeem the Artist @ DC 9
Tobi Lou @ Fillmore (rap)
Blacc Print Experience @ Martini's in White Plains (go-go)
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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
