National Park Service struggles delayed Fort Dupont Park summer concert series until October -- final 2023 concert on October 21

After 50 years of hosting summer concerts at Fort Dupont Park in Southeast DC, and promising some summer ones this year, the National Park Service (NPS)  announced in an emailed press release on September 25 that it would instead in 2023 be hosting three autumn weekend shows at that outdoor amphitheater stage, starting on Saturday October 7. Their final 2023 gig, a tribute to 50 years of hiphop is this Saturday October 21.  Although a statement on the NPS’s Fort Dupont Park’s website had said for months, “We are still in the planning stages for the 2023 events and hope to announce concert dates later this summer,” that website page phrasing did not change until the NPS notice of the October gigs. Why the change in seasons? 

I learned that the NPS, using only a federal contracting website, struggled bureaucratically to find a promoter to book and manage the shows for it until August, and then finalizing a contract with that promoter took additional time. Last year NPS, using a different promoter, had four summer events at this Ward 7 location and in the 1970s they had shows every weekend throughout the summer from Memorial Day through Labor Day.  

This year’s schedule started on October 7th with an R&B and jazz fusion night that included DC’s Blackbyrds, best known for their 1975 hit “Walking in Rhythm.” The October 14 show that went on despite rain featured DC go-go acts including the Northeast Groovers. The upcoming third show on October 21 is a tribute to fifty years of hiphop with performers including local rappers Noochie and Nonchalant and some veteran wordslingers from elsewhere including Chubb Rock and Monie Love. 

So how did the NPS specifically struggle with setting up this year’s programming? In an August emailed response to a series of my questions asking for details regarding why there were no summer NPS shows, Chelsea Sanders, a NPS Public Affairs specialist for the National Capital Region, said in part, ”We began the contracting process for the 2023 Fort Dupont Event Series in the fall of 2022 and released the first solicitation for bids in early May 2023, which resulted in no proposals. In mid-June, the NPS issued a second solicitation to a wide range of potential event organizers; again, we received no proposals. While the NPS worked on the third announcement, we also explored alternative contracting routes for event talent. During this process, however, a contractor who was interested in bidding was identified. The NPS released a third solicitation on August 4, and we are currently negotiating a contract.” 

In a region with the Smithsonian, IMP Concerts, Live Nation and countless other non-profit and for profit entities booking music events, it may seem surprising that it took this long to find a contractor to handle an established music series that started in 1972.  But in a follow up email in response to my further questions, Sanders noted that the NPS was reaching out only to federal contractors. Sanders said, “[t]he National Park Service posts all contractor solicitation requests, including for the Fort Dupont Event Series, on SAM.gov. Government contractors know to look here for opportunities to bid. The initial solicitation was open to event production contractors that had already filed paperwork with GSA; however, the second solicitation was open to all event production contractors interested in bidding.” NPS has not revealed the name of the promoter handling this year’s program. 

While NPS has accounts on websites, Facebook, Instagram, and X (formerly known as Twitter), Sanders says “Like previous years, this solicitation was not announced on general NPS social media accounts. However, we are already considering ways to improve our communication about the solicitation for next year – including social media.” 

Cathy Arevian, the CEO and Managing Director of The Bridge Group which had the Fort Dupont contract in 2021 and 2022, said by email regarding those two years, “We had a lovely experience and the NPS team was very accommodating.”  In response to question regarding why they did not apply for 2023, Arevian said that NPS did not provide to them via email a “statement of work” document, which is the document that outlines the required tasks for the contract. However, the August posting on SAM.gov includes an attached statement of work. Arevian subsequently said, “I guess we missed it on SAM.” Isom Global, who had the contract for a number of years between 2014 and 2021, told me they would not comment on Fort Dupont.  Carlos Larraz of National Artists Corporation which had the contract from 2001 to 2012 said they did not know about the 2023 solicitation. He said NPS used to let them know about such solicitations but they have not received a direct notification in awhile. He did not see the posting on SAM.gov.  

In response to my query regarding how much money a contractor would be paid for 2023,  NPS said “to ensure fair and competitive bids, the NPS does not share budgets for contractor bids. We are unable to confirm the amount for the 2023 event series because our contracting office is currently working to award this contract.” 

Interestingly though, Fort Dupont Park’s stage did not sit completely quiet this summer. While the NPS was waiting for a contractor to find Sam.gov, a local husband and wife R&B/funk duo called The Cruddy Crankerz  quietly hosted a DC government grant funded series of free, little publicized  “Soul Food Sunday '' shows with lesser known R&B solo artists and bands, and NPS signoff, at Fort Dupont in May through mid-July this year. Chanel Cowan of the Crankerz (whose band name is Lady Moet Beast) says they received grants from the DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities and the DC governmental entity 202 Creates to do spring and summer gigs at Fort Dupont, the Sylvan Theatre near the Washington Monument, and Anacostia Park. She says their multiple act shows at Fort Dupont which they highlighted on their own social media accounts, and got little to no mainstream press, drew crowds of 50 to 150. 

Cowan says that the Crankerz also requested to use Fort Dupont Park in September and October when they were initially told that the NPS would be doing their series from mid-July through August. But the Crankerz were not allowed to do any more shows this summer or fall at Fort Dupont. The DC government’s more heavily funded and promoted Chuck Brown Day, held in August at Fort Dupont Park for the first time this year, drew 8,000 plus to see the better known Backyard Band, Chuck Brown Band and others according to the go-go advocacy organization Don’t Mute DC. 

The NPS in decades past has hosted well publicized gigs at Fort Dupont Park and included through 2012 the likes of national acts such as Sun Ra, Roy Ayers, the Dramatics, S.O.S. Band, and Con Funk Shun. Over the last ten years there have been less national acts. While last year’s 50th anniversary programming started on July 30th, and received a fair amount of DC media attention, there has been much less press for this year’s schedule. 

Regarding this year’s issues, NPS has not explained why it did not issue the first solicitation for a contractor this year until May 2023, shortly before summer.  NPS would also not respond to questions regarding whether it reached out directly to the Bridge Group, last year’s contractor, to ask why they were not bidding this year. NPS simply stated in an August email that it was in negotiations with a contractor and later that the series would start in October, although their website still describes it as a “summer event series.” 

The Saturday, Oct. 21 “ Honoring 50 years of Hip-Hop” show starts at 4pm, and includes Noochie, Nonchalant, The Alumni (Chubb Rock, Kwame, Monie Love, Dana Dane, Greg Nice) and DJ Roblove. Fort Dupont Park is at 3600 F St, SE,near Minnesota Avenue SE. 

- Steve Kiviat

 

DC/ Baltimore / DMV Global Music and More - October 2023 Concert Calendar Gig List

 

DC/Baltimore /DMV Global Music and More – October 2023

  Compiled & curated by Steve Kiviat and edited and updated frequently (go-go shows are often just announced the week of the show). Work your way down day by day. 

Calendar is posted, updated, and viewable here on the blog, and events tweeted @stevekiviat. 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

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Some Remaining October Highlights:

Fri. October 6- Charm City Blues & Southern Soul Fest w/ King George, Pokey Bear, Calvin Richardson, Tucka, Ronnie Bell @ Lyric Theatre Baltimore

Sun. October 8- “Just a Minor Threat” – A Conversation with photographer Glen E Friedman about his new book with musician Ian Mackaye  from 2 to 4 @ MLK Library Auditorium (registration on DC library site ) 

Nobuntu @ U of Md Clarice Smith Center (female Zimbabwe vocal group)

Atif Aslam  @ MGM (Pakistani playback singer)

Sat. Oct. 14- The Manhattans featuring Gerald Alston @ Harmony Hall

Dwarves of East Agouza ( Cairo based w/ Alan Bishop from Sun City Girls & Maurice Louca & Sam Shalabi) , Deakin & Geologist ( of Animal Collective), Jenny Moon Tucker @ Rhizome

Mon. Oct 16- Baba Commandant and Mandingo band @ 6 pm @ the Mt Pleasant Library (Burkina Faso afrobeat)

“Musical Brotherhoods of the Trans-Saharan Highway” 2005 film about street musicians in Marrakesh, Morocco  plaza  by Hisham Mayet w/ a q & a w/Sublime Frequencies label head & director Mayet and musician Alan Bishop @ 7:30 @ Lost Origins

 October 26-  Marc Masters new  book on history of the cassette @ Rhizome.  a conversation between Marc Masters and Filmmaker historian Jeff Heavy Metal Parking Lot Krulik about Marc's new book High Bias: The Distorted History of the Cassette Tape. Followed by Q&A and performances by Canandaigua and Nice Breeze.

October 29 -- El Alfa La Leyenda del Dembow @ Eaglebank Arena  (Dominican dembow and reggaeton rapper) 

 Full List below with rap, blues, rock, gospel, African, Latino, Asian & more

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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

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

Rare Essence, Junkyard, Sirius , Obsession Band 12 to 6 @ Lamont’s; 

Spotlight Band @ 8 @ Lamont’s 

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

Joe Lally talking to Kid Congo @ 3 @ Lost Origin 

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Mon. October 2-

Bobby Felder’s Blues Brothers @ 6 to 9 @ Westminster Church SW

Mariee Sious , Teething Veils @ Songbyrd

Ambar Lucid @ Black Cat

Nganga, Noctomb, Nuclear Tomb, Torvus @ Public Option (metal)

NoCap @ Fillmore (rap) 

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Tues. Oct 3- Cumbia Heights @ 6 @ Mt Pleasant Library

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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Wed. October 4-

Element of Surprise @ Eloquent Touch  Ballroom in Suitland

KenThe Man @ DC 9 (Houston rapper) (sold out)

Feedel Band @ 6:30 @  Canal Park riverfront (Ethiopian jazz)

WPFW happy hour 6 to 9 @ 18^th st Lounge

Nikki Lane 6 to 7 free @ Kenn. Center Millennium Stage (& streamed on K. Ctr FB & Youtube)

Explosions in the Sky @ 930 +Club

Motherhood, Zenizen, Sheila @ Quarry House Tavern

John Lee and Rogerio Souza: Brazilian Guitar Summit @ Blues Alley

Courettes,Flying Faders, Rob Macy @ Metro Gallery

Kavita Shah and the Cape Verdean Blues Project @ Creative Alliance

New Impressionz @ Babylon Café Falls Church (go-go)

Sirius Company @ Sobe (go-go)

Salsa and bachata dancing at Fells Point Tavern in Baltimore

DJ  NativeSun @ Owl Room

DJ Jamstar @ Tempoo Lounge

Ethiopian music live @ Napoli Lounge

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Thursday October 5-

Son Rompe Pera 6 to 7 free @ Kenn. Center Millennium Stage (& streamed on K. Ctr FB & Youtube) (energetic punky Mexican cumbia-ska)

Mosaic theatre Psalmayene play Monumental Travesties

Azul Band  (Music w/out borders) @ Bossa

Gloria Jolivet (was w/ Bo Diddley) at 12 noon @ Montpelier

Kavita Shah Cape Verdean blues @ Strathmore

Miúcha, The Voice Of Bossa Nova doc @ AFI

The Thrills @ JVs (roots rock)

Longtimers @ Hank Dietle’s (roots rock)

Gonzalo Rubalcala @ Blues Alley (Latin Jazz)

Victor Wooten and Rebirth Brass band @ Fillmore

Teddy Thompson & Jennie Muldaur: A Tribute to the Great Country @ Rams Head Annapolis

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)

Trouble Funk @ Piano Keys Lounge

Verny Varela @ Bossa (salsa)

Justin Broussard re Mariah Carey Butterfy album @ 7 to 9 @ Eaton

 

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Fri. October 6-

Charm City Blues & Southern Soul Fest w/ King George, Pokey Bear, Calvin Richardson, Tucka, Ronnie Bell @ Lyric Theatre Baltimore

 Anoushka Shankar @ Strathmore

BASrelief / Mike Gangloff & Adam Kiesling / Raven Bauer Durham experimental Appalachian music @ Rhizome

Eric Brace duo  house show in Columbia

Sister Ex, Apollo 66 @ American legion Post 41 Cissel Saxon

Jim Stephanson trio @ 5:30 and then Johnny Smampinato & the Value Leaders (from NRBQ) @ 9 @ Hank Dietle’s

Tiago do Bandolim @12:30 @ McNeir Hall, New North Bldg., Georgetown U.

Bob Mould solo electric  w/ Jason Narducy @ Atlantis (sold Out)

POSTPONED --Laurie Anderson @ 6:30 to 7:30 @ Hirshhorn (free registration tix gone, but walk up line starts @ 5)

Kneecap @ Jammin Java (Irish rap electro)

Teddy Thompson & Jennie Muldaur: A Tribute to the Great Country free from 6 to 7 @ Kennedy Center Millennium Stage (streamed on K Ctr Facebook and Youtube)

Gonzalo Rubalcala @ Blues Alley (Latin Jazz)

Los Mismos , La Chanchona De Los Hermanos @ El Gran Palenque in Falls Church

Jory Boy @ Diamond Lounge

Duduka Da Fonseca & Quarteto Universal @ Keystone Korner (Brazilian jazz)

TOB @ Aqua Lounge

DJ Gilbert Torossian @ Green Zone (Arabic/Armenian)

Flamenco Soire on Embassy Row Rooftop, 2015 Mass. Ave NW

Tribute to Maze & Frankie Beverly @ PG Publick Playhouse

Save Your Soul w/ djs Baby Alcatraz & Rob Macy @ Lithuanian Hall Baltimore

Conjunto Primavera, La Fiera de Ojinaga @ Mexico Lindo

Dance Club w/ Joyce Lim, Jacq Jill, Tommy C., @ Jimmy Valentine’s (techno /electro)

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)

*Henry Rollins talk @ Baltimore Soundstage*

*Black Techno matters @ Franklin Park*

*Guided by Voices @ Ottobar*

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Saturday October 7-

Sabrosa Fest w/  DJ Vico Vibez, Pinata, Eastern Standard Time, La Marvela, Cumbia Heights, Leon City Sounds 1 to 9  @ DC Brau, Bladensburg Rd NE POSTPONED

Newmyer Flyer Cellar Door Tribute @ Hamilton 

World Series of Gospel @ Restoration Temple Apostolic Center, Baltimore

Carin Leon @ CFG Bank Arena

Grooves in the Garden: Beat Ya Feet to Afrobeats hosted by Connected to Culture @ 12 noon to 4 pm @ 300 Valley Ave., SE

Club Quarantine Live w/ DJ D Nice & guests @ Kennedy Center

Sister Ex, Rook, Apollo 66 @ American Legion Post 41, Cissel -Saxon

Bobbie’s music Machine in Capitol Heights  (reggae dj)

Joe Rainey 6 to 7 free @ Kenn. Center Millennium Stage (& streamed on K. Ctr FB & Youtube) (Pow Wow singer)

Carly Pearce @ Fillmore (country)

Dave Elliot & Friends @ 4 @ JVs

Michel Camilo @ Blues Alley (pianist)

L.O.S.T. , Molesuit Choir , Teething Veils @ Rhizome

Duduka Da Fonseca & Quarteto Universal @ Keystone Korner (Brazilian jazz)

Tropical Beat w/ Leon City Sounds djs @ Green Zone

Backyard Band @ Ivy City Smokehouse

Cherub Tree, Makeup Girl, Sam Elmore, Roughshod @ The Pocket (rock)

Gondwana @ State Theatre

Southern Culture on the Skids w/ the Dive Bombs @ State Fare Catonsville

Krafty Kuts, Fort Knox 5 & more @ Owl Room

Inside Voices, Static Spray, Rugan Lewis @ Slash Run (rock)

Sirius Company @ Fast Eddie’s

Gran Parrandon Vallenato @ Chilcanos in Falls Church

Les the DJ @ Allegory Room @ Eaton

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

**La Maquina De El Salvador @ Villa Flores in Glen Burnie*

*Kazzabe @ Club One*

*Elder Dayan @ Galaxy in Hyattsville*

*The Blackbyrds, Marquis Demond, Larry Braggs , DJ Ezzy @ 4 @ Fort Dupont Park*

*Konpa danceathon @ 11 pm @ Crossroads two in Wheaton*

*Are on the Ave in Del Ray Alexandria*

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Sun. October 8-

“Just a Minor Threat” – A Conversation with photographer Glen E Friedman about his new book with musician Ian Mackaye  from 2 to 4 @ MLK Library Auditorium (registration on DC library site )  

Nobuntu @ U of Md Clarice Smith Center (female Zimbabwe vocal group)

Atif Aslam  @ MGM (Pakistani playback singer)

World Series of Gospel @ Restoration Temple Apostolic Center, Baltimore

WPOC’s Sunday in the Country w/ Jelly Roll, Chase Rice, Chayce Beckham, Hailey Whitters, Conner Smith, George Birge, Dalton Dover @ Merriweather Post

Amapiano & wine fest @ Bullpen

Amapiano and love 4 to 11 @ Eaton Wild Days bar

Shamarr Allen 4:30 to 6:30 @ Hill Center (New Orleans Americana)

Eric Brace & Thomm Jutz @ Jammin Java (alt-country folk roots)

Corey Arceneaux & the Zydeco Hot Peppers @ Hank Dietle’s

Club Quarantine praise and worship gospel afternoon @ Kennedy Center

Celebration of late Pedro Sera-Leyva & benefit for his family w/ Abaad Behram, Dave Chappell, Ratso, Richard Green, Janine Wilson, Ruthie Longsdon, Johnny Castle, Jon Steinman, Pete Ragusa, Andy Rutherford 12 to 4 pm @ Hank Dietle's 

Worriers @ DC 9 (punk)

Summrs @ Fillmore (rap)

Robert Lighthouse @ Hank Dietles (blues)

Vava Samba School @ Bossa

Michel Camilo @ Blues Alley (pianist)

Duduka Da Fonseca & Quarteto Universal @ Keystone Korner (Brazilian jazz)

R& B Club presents panel on Year in R& B 1998 @ 12 noon @ Songbyrd

Poison Ruin, Palladists @ 7 @ Songbyrd (rock)

Sirius Company @ Sax

Los Mismos @ El Catrachito         

Flower Factory, Baby Puff, Kristy La Rat @ 3 to 9 @ Zebbie’s  

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

*Kazzabe @ Ibiza in Herndon, VA *

*Backyard Band 4 pm day party @ Babylon*

*Ahmed Abdullah “My Time in the Sun Ra Arkestra” @ Busboys & Poets Takoma*

*Ethiopian Day @ Orinoco Bay in Alexandria*

*Stone Pleasure Band @ Lamont's* 

*SE Porch DC Fest* 

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Mon. October 9-   

Vince Evans Blues Band @ 6 to 9 @ Westminster Church SW

Quintango @ Blues Alley

Open Mic Monday w/ Attinshun @ Mojuba Collective

Lil Chris of TOB birthday party w/ TOB  Experience & go-go guests like Big G of Backyard & Frank Scooby of Sirius Company  @ Throw Social

*Ahmed Abdullah “My Time in the Sun Ra Arkestra”. 7PM @ An Die Musik*

*Roots Band @ Shalla (Ethiopian jazz) *

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Tues. October 10-

Seu Jorge and Daniel Jobim Perform Tom Jobim @ Lisner Auditorium

Chai @ Union Stage (Japanese garage and pop) 

Iris Dement @ the Birchmere (Americana folk)

Malvivants @ Hank Dietles (neo-lounge covers of Sinatra, D Martin, E. Presley)

Blacc Print Experience @ Martini's in White Plains (go-go)

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Wed. Oct 11-

Ladies of Latin jazz 2 to 3 @ Harmony Hall

Maxwell w/ NSO @ Kennedy Center 11^th to 14^th

Optic Sink, Pearie Sol, G.L. Jaguar @ the Runaway

Mike Viola with Dot Dash @ DC 9 (rock)

Little Simz @ Fillmore (rap)

Bhajan Bhoy, Double Wig, Hal Lambert and Mitchell Mobley @ Rhizome (drone, psychedelia, noise)

Turnaround Zine Podcast Launch w/ Amy K. Bormet, Jessica Boykin-Settles, & Dr Leigh Pilzer @ 8 @ Tonal Park Studio in Takoma Park (jazz )

Teach Me How to Dabke w/ Jinan @ Green Zone

Phlote Dreamcast @ Eaton

*Agent Orange @ Ottobar (surf-punk)*

*Raul Midon @ An Die Musik*

*Off With Their Heads, Dead Bars, Pretty Good @ Comet P. Pong (rock)*

*Sirius Company @ Sobe (go-go)*

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Thurs. Oct. 12-

Baba Commandant & the Mandingo Band @ 7 @ Hill Center (Burkina Faso afrobeat )

“The Inner Ear of Don Zientara “ book talk panel about the Arlington, VA studio w/ Antonia Tricarico,  Don Zientara, Joe Lally, J. Robbins free @ 3 @ Fenwick library reading room George Mason U .

Rock-a-Sonics at Hank Dietle’s

Lady Wray 6 to 7 free @ Kenn. Center Millennium Stage (& streamed on K. Ctr FB & Youtube) (r’n’b)

Suicidal Tendencies 40^th Anniversary @ Fillmore

 Azumi OE (Butoh dancer), Lucia Li, Claire Alrich, Charlotte Richardson-Deppe @ Rhizome

Kim Petras @ Anthem (synth pop)

Danube Sessions /Kriminal Pop w/ DJ Sarkan & others @ Green Zone

Chromeo @ 930 Club

Grindstone on Goodie Mob’s Soul Food album 7 to 9 @ Eaton Library

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)

*Dollyrots @ Metro Gallery*  

*Cheick Hamala and the Griot Street Band @ Bossa (Malian afropop) *

*Sara Serpa & Andre Matos album release @ An Die Musik (Brazilian jazz vocals) *

*Long Beach Dub Allstars @ Recher * 

*Sirius Company @ Sycamore & Oak SE (go-go)*

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Fri. Oct. 13-

Eliane Elias @ LOC (Brazilian jazz)

Alan Bishop as Alvarius B (Sun City Girls guitarist plays outsider folk w/ Egyptian influences)  solo and does a Q & a before movie doc  “Invisible Hands” a documentary film about Bishop & his band, Invisible Hands, one of two of his Egypt based groups) @ 7:30 @ Lost Origins Gallery

District of Raga early show @ 7 w/ sitar, sarod, & tabla Jugalbandhi (Hindustani) @ Bossa

Phil Wiggins & Hubby Jenkins @ Carroll Café/ Seekers Church , 276 Carroll St NW

Cinema Hearts album release Costume Party w/ Tula Vera & Blunda @ the Runaway

Flex Mathews 6 to 7 free @ Kenn. Center Millennium Stage (& streamed on K. Ctr FB & Youtube) (dc rap)

Jenny Owen Youngs @ Miracle Theatre

DJ Technics @ Gramophone

Thangs and Oxymorons @ Hank Dietles

DJ Remi Hassoun @ Green Zone  (Arabic)

Cafecito w/ DJ Kristy la Rat @ 500 8th St SE 

Little Dragon , April & Vista @ 10 @ 930 Club

Knucks @ Songbyrd (sold out)

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)

*Adrian Chaparro & Banda Perla Sagrada @ 90 Degrees*

*From China to Appalachia - Cathy Fink & Marcy Marxer w/ Chao Tian @ an Inst of Musicial Traditions gig @ 7:30 @ St Mark Presbyterian Church in Rockville*

* Sonder Bombs, The Ophelias, Knope @ Comet P. Pong *

*Butoh dancer Azumi Oe & Lucia Li @ 7:30 @ 1901 North Charles St. *

*Baroness @ Soundstage Baltimore* 

*Alejandro Fernandez @ MGM National Harbor*

* Hildemaro @ 20921 Davenport Drive, Sterling, Virginia (Venezuela)  *

* the treasury / victor archie / fantazma / camilo y los locos @ Rhizome*

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Sat. Oct. 14-

 Veeze @ Union Stage (rapper ) (sold out except for VIP)

The Manhattans featuring Gerald Alston @ Harmony Hall

Fiesta Columbiana @ Bowie Center for the Arts

Dwarves of East Agouza ( Cairo based w/ Alan Bishop from Sun City Girls & Maurice Louca & Sam Shalabi) , Deakin & Geologist ( of Animal Collective), Wheatie Mattiasich, Jenny Moon Tucker @ Rhizome

40th anniv. Gospel show with Spencer Taylor and Highway QCs, Swanee Quintet, Flossie Boyd Johnson & Favor, Pastor Maurice Yancey & One Accord, Lil' David & the Bells of Joy, Zion, & more @ 3:45 pm  @ Scripture Cathedral, 7610 Central Ave.,  Capitol Heights, MD 

Richmond Folk Fest is free w/ Sherman Holmes, Gail Cesar, Legendary Ingramettes, Caldwell gospel, Baba Commandant African, Bio Ritmo salsa, Chuck Mead rockabilly, Melody Angel blues soul , Nathan & zydeco, Rodney Stith, Grupo Mano Blanco 

Tango Sinfonico- PASO @ Kennedy Center

Soweto Global presents Octoberfest w/ Vigro Deep & 2wo Bunnies & more  2 to 10 pm @  The Bullpen in SW DC      9pm  @ Eaton Wild Days rooftop *

Northeast Groovers and Suttle @ Chateau Remix

Jumpin’ Jupiter @ Hank Dietles (rockabilly)

Jeremie Albino 6 to 7 free @ Kenn. Center Millennium Stage (& streamed on K. Ctr FB & Youtube)

La Fiesta del Barrio 11 am to 4 pm @ 3166 Mt Pleasant St NW

Down in the Reeds presents Cumbia Heights , Black Masala, DJs Leon Sounds @ 3 to 7 @ Walter Reed

Adams Morgan Fall Porchfest Postponed 

Dancing on the Waterfront @ 5 @ the Wharf

Trouble Funk, Pie Tasters, Light Beams, the Forwards @ Snallygaster Beer Fest on PA Ave NW DC

Devendra Banhart @ Howard Theatre

Crown Vic’s Weird World vinyl dj’ing @ Green Zone

DJ Adrian Loving @ Eaton Allegory room

House of Caribbean presents Bashment UMD Homecoming edition @ 11 pm @ Songbyrd

Rare Essence @ Aqua (go-go)

Tumbao (Latin salsa ) late @ Bossa 1st floor & DJ Lu Latin Hits upstairs; *early show @ 7:30 w/ Birce Gokalp Band (Balkans , Turkey traditional music) * 

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

*Northeast Groovers, MAB, DC Vybe, DJ Rico @ 4 @ Fort Dupont Park *

*A Giant Dog @  Metro Gallery in Baltimore* 

*Jim Bennett & Jessi Terrell southern soul party w/ DJ Easy D @ 8 @ Lamont's *

*Lapiz Consciente @ Leyla's (Dominican rapper)*

* Ak-7 & La Nueva Historia @  Papassitos in Manassas*

*Kazzabe @ VIP Room * 

* Conjunto Alazar & Estilo Privado @ Vibe in Annapolis (Nortenas & Corridos) *

*Mature Clientele @ Babylon Woodbridge (go-go)*

*TCB @ 10 pm @ Fast Eddies (go-go)*

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Sun. October 15-

Richmond folk fest is free with Sherman Holmes, Gail Cesar, Legendary Ingramettes, Caldwell gospel, Baba Comandmant African, Bio Ritmo salsa, Chuck Mead rockabilly, Melody Angel blues soul , Nathan & zydeco, Rodney Stith, Grupo Mano Blanco 

 Diego el Cigala @ Lincoln Theatre

Daniel Caesar @ Anthem (sold out)

LL Cool J w/ the Roots , & DJ Jazzy Jeff @ Capital One Arena

Music for Maui Fundraiser w/ Hula Monsters, Dave Chappell, Aloha Boys @ 6 @ Hank Dietle’s

Macy Gray @ Bethesda Theater

Sarafina movie (about South African youth in apartheid era) 6 till @ Kenn. Center Reach

Kazzabe @ Mexico Lindo (MXL)

Banda El Recodo, Luis R Conriques @ 12 @ Prince William Fairgrounds

Courtney Barnett @ Atlantis (sold out)

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

*1252 Band @ Lamont's (r'n'b)*

*Turkish Festival 2023 w/ Turkish live music,  folk dancing & more 11 am to 6:30 pm @ 300 Pa Ave NW between 3rd & 6th Sts. NW 

*Freddie Gibbs @ Soundstage Baltimore *

*Paulina Tamayo @ Kumbia in Rockville *

*Los Plebes de Olancho @ Terra Mare* 

*Yeison Jimenez @ Diamond Lounge* 

*DC Vybe, Sirius Company, Top 5, Obsession @ MGM National Harbor  (go-go) *

*80% soca party w/ djs Kevin Brown, Aakil, Strictly Akeem, Geovoni @ Gee's in Hyattsville*

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Mon. Oct 16- Baba Commandant and Mandingo band @ 6 pm @ the Mt Pleasant Library (Burkina Faso afrobeat)

“Musical Brotherhoods of the Trans-Saharan Highway” 2005 film about street musicians in Marrakesh, Morocco  plaza  by Hisham Mayet w/ a q & a w/Sublime Frequencies label head & director Mayet and musician Alan Bishop @ 7:30 @ Lost Origins

musician Barry Brady blues and soul birthday celebration @ 6 to 9 @ Westminster Church SW

Jessie Ware @ 930 (sold out)

*Roots Band @ Shalla (Ethiopian jazz) *

*MSSV @ Ottobar*

*Kazzabe @ El Palenque Falls Church* 

*Gwenifer Raymond,  Houndsteeth, Sonic Eddy @ Rhizome  (rock)*

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Tues. Oct 17- Baba Commandant and Mandingo band @ 12 noon @ MLK (Burkina Faso afrobeat)

The Brummies @ Quarry House Tavern

Blacc Print Experience @ Martini's in White Plains (go-go)

Dreamcast Moe w/ Neal Francis @ Atlantis

LoveLoud DC w/ Victoria Monet, Lindsey Stirling, Alison Russell, & more @ 5 @ the Anthem

Faye Webster @ 930 (sold out)

Jessie Ware @ Lincoln Theatre (sold out)

*Pile, Cor de Lux, Spring Silver @ Black Cat(rock)*

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Wed. October 18-

Stephen Marley “Old Soul Unplugged”  @ Fillmore (reggae)

The Casuals 3.4 @ Eloquent Touch Ballroom in Suitland

Speedy Ortiz w/ Baths & Sensor Ghost  @ Black Cat (rock)

Faye Webster @ 930 (sold out)

Hiphop Listening Session HIphop 50^th edition @ Kennedy Center  

"Blues Houseparty" Film 7 to 9 free @ Hyattsville Library (This film documents the dc area's acoustic blues scene in 1989. Comments and narration by Eleanor Ellis and Phil Wiggins. Showing as part of Archie Edwards Blues Foundation 25^th anniv. celebration)

Dreamcast Moe w/ Neal Francis @ Atlantis

Bandulus , Scotch Bonnets @ Wonderland Ballroom

Taisha Estrada 6 to 7 free @ Kenn. Center Millennium Stage (& streamed on K. Ctr FB & Youtube) (DC-based Puerto Rican jazzy singer songwriter)

Milly, Rocket, Flowers for the Dead  @ Quarry House Tavern

"Rhizome is Home" doc screening plus music by Drawn @ 6 @ Mt. Pleasant Library 

*Local News Legend, Sister Wife Sex Strike, Trash Boat & the Ambush @ Comet P. Pong (sold out but waiting list available) (rock)* 

*Maggie Yacoub Arabic Jazz Fusion Project & Open jam session @ 8 @ Bossa * 

*Spelling @ Ottobar*

*Rawayana @ Union Stage*

*Sirius Company @ Sobe (go-go)*

*New Impressionz @ Babylon Falls Church (Bouncebeat go-go)*

*Rodney Crowell @ Birchmere (roots country)*

* Lauren Calve @ DC 9*

*Branford Marsalis @ the Barns*

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Thurs. Oct. 19-

Be Your Own Pet & Birthday Girl @ Union Stage

Maluma @ Capital One (Colombian rapper) 

Yeule, Sasami @ Black Cat

Rami Khalife: Lost, Return to Beirut 6 to 7 free @ Kenn. Center Millennium Stage (& streamed on K. Ctr FB & Youtube) (Lebanese pianist Khalife’s musical interpretation of his biopic film & of war journalist photos)

KDC Guild 6 to 9 @ Goethe  

Thundercat @ Anthem

Horse Jumper of Love @ Songbyrd

Joy Orbison @ Owl Room

Sasami @ Black Cat (nu metal)

Ale Ponti @  8 to 10 free @  Archie Edwards Blues Foundation Barbershop in Hyattsville (Italian blues guitarist)

Warren Zeiders @ Fillmore (country)

Thrills @ JVs (roots rock)

A Tribute to Gil Scott-Heron: The Revolution is Here, presented by Joe Keyes & The Late Bloomer Band @ Keystone Korner

Soul Sauce w/ vinyl DJ Kenny M @ Green Zone

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 *

*Camping in Alaska, Michael Cera Palin, Riley! @ Comet P. Pong (sold out but there's a waiting list) (rock)*

*Cuban timba, salsa, bachata dj night @ Crossroads Two in Wheaton*

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Fri. October 20-

Dwarfs of East Agouza (Alan Bishop from Sun City Girls) with Deakin + Geologist, @, and Androgynous Bulge @ The Compound, 2239 Kirk Avenue in Baltimore 

Legacy Concert: Eleanor Ellis and Jay Summerour 8 to 10 pm free @ Archie Edwards Blues Foundation Barbershop in Hyattsville (longtime blues musicians)

Malpaso Dance Company (NY based Cuban modern dance and ballet) at George Mason U

DJ Basbousa @ Green Zone (Arabic)

Hiss Golden Messenger @ 6 @ 930 Club early show

BIA @ Fillmore (rap)

Delfeayo Marsalis & Martha Reeves @ Keystone Korner (jazz and Motown)

Ramon Torres @ Champions Sports Bar (Dominican bachata singer) 

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)

*Messa, Maggot Heart, Cryptid Summer @ Comet P. Pong (rock) *

*Xiu Xiu @ Metro Gallery Baltimore*

*Violent Femmes @ Rams Head Baltimore (sold out)* 

*Alejandro Escovedo @ Club 603 Baltimore (sold out)*

*Grupo Femenino Bolivia @ Diamond Lounge *

*Orquesta San Vincente de Tito Flores @ the Palace *

*Mandingo @ El Palenque in Falls Church* 

*Esperanza Norteña De Mieves Zac. & Distinto Norte @ 90 Degrees *

*Jp El Chamaco, Alain Almeida Y Willy Rivera @ El Ranchon* 

*Banda Carnaval @ Galaxy (Mexico)*

 *Slauson Malone 1 ("post-rap"), Colloboh @ Songbyrd CANCELLED for global day of strike re Gaza*

* Jru Anthony and Ari Voxx and The Sad Lads from 6 to 8 @ Luce Community Showcase @ Smithsonian Museum of American Art* 

*DJ Crown Vic vinyl @ Mercy Me* 

*Shab-e-Shehr: A Night of Gathering of Iranian diaspora artists 6 to 8 @ Rhizome *

*Los Daytrippers @ 7 to 9 @ Hill Center (Afro-Cuban take on Beatles)*

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Sat. October 21 –

HU homecoming

Africa Brass with Charles Tolliver, & band & Afro Blue @ Kennedy Center (jazz)

Rock the Park DC w/ DJ Miss Her, Trouble Funk, Dam Funk, Moody Mann & host Mumu Fresh 3 to 10 @ Franklin Park

Lauryn Hill & the Fugees @ Capital One Arena

Archie Edwards Blues Heritage Foundation Barbershop Gala: Dinner and Dance w/ the DC Mudd band 7-10 pm @ Hyattsville Busboys and Poets w/ after Party at the Barbershop. 

Alejandro Escovedo @ Hamilton Live (Punk gone roots rock)

Yachtsmen w/ Johnny Bombay & the Reactions @ Hank Dietle’s (garage rock )

Vintage clothes & vinyl records popup sale @ 3 @ the Runaway

Girl Ray, Emotional World @ Quarry House Tavern

Delfeayo Marsalis & Martha Reeves @ Keystone Korner (jazz and Motown)

Vinyl dj Johnson Lee @ Green Zone (from Joe’s Record Paradise)

Lackey, Sad Roach, Muscle @ Slash Run

Los Primos del Este, Nivel Codiciado @ El Ranchon

Junkyard Band and Still Familiar @ Babylon Woodbridge

Rare Essence, Suttle  @ 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

Reggae Fest DC djs @ Howard Theatre

*Honoring 50 years of Hiphop w/ Noochie, Nonchalant, The Alumni (Chubb Rock, Kwame, Monie Love, Dana Dane, Greg Nice), DJ Roblove @ 4 @ Fort Dupont Park* 

*Rise Band @ Lamont's*

*Frank Reyes @ VIP Room*

*Zacarias Ferreira @ Club One *

*Orquesta San Vincente de Tito Flores @ Galaxy *

*La Sonora Dinamita @ Los Amigos in Alexandria *

*Grupo Mandingo & La Chanchona 503 @ Mango's in Hyattsville*

*Body of Evidence @ Peace Fest 3 to 7 pm @ Southern MD Blue Crab Stadium, Waldorf (gospel-go-go)*

*Men's Ministry Jazz Concert w/ Dr. John Lamkin Sacred Jazz Quintet 2 to 5 pm Payne Memorial AME Church , Baltimore (Eventbrite) *

*Backyard Band, & What Band w/  Killa Cal @ Fast Eddie's* 

*Drugdealer @ Ottobar*

*Soroche, Animal Scream, Ames Harding & the Mirage, M Andy, Leon City Sounds @ The Runaway*

*Sirius Company @ Shark Bar in Waldorf (go-go)*

*HU Homecoming Caribbean mugfest w/ djs Trini, Freeze International, Fyah Oats, Geovoni 5 to 10 pm @ Privilege *

* Spectral Fest w/ Buko Buko playing "happy punk death & ghost songs" @ Rhizome *

*Alfredo Mojica & friends @ 10 @ Marx Cafe (salsa)*

*Shuck It Oyster & Beer Fest w/ Jumpin Jupiter & the Yachtsmen 1 to 5 pm @ 3000 K St NW* 

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Sun. October 22 –

Kirk Franklin @ Capital One Arena (hiphop gospel)

Carlos Vives @ Eaglebank 

"Keepin' It Old School" featuring The Intruders (W/ Captain Fly), Black Ivory and Soul Generation ftg Cliff Perkins at Bethesda Blues and Jazz Theater (soul)

Eva Ayllon @ Howard Theatre (Peru singing legend)

Lil Pookie & the Zydeco Sensations) @ 6 @ Hank Dietles

DC Blues Fest  @  1 @ Wunder Garten

Rock the Park DC w/ DJ Keenan Orr, J. Rocc, Rich Medina, Michelle Miggs ft. Lisa Show 3 to 10 hosted by Reesa Renee 3 to 10 @ Franklin Park

* 2 Women who rocked DC (Dodi Disanto who owned original 930 Club on F St and musician Alice Despard who later ran Galaxy Hut in Arlington)  interviewed by Mark Segraves of NBC 4  @ 4 to 5:30 @ Palisades Hub backstage Sanctuary, 5200 Cathedral Ave NW (eventbrite) *

Love the Music record show @ 10 am @ Rosensteel Hall

Ammonite , Desert Sharks, Venray @ The Runaway (rock) 

Margo Cilker @ DC 9 (critic fave country/roots)

BoomsCat @ Blues Alley

Delfeayo Marsalis & Martha Reeves @ Keystone Korner (jazz and Motown)

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* 

*Moving Targets @ Club 603 Baltimore*(80s formed Boston band w/ original singer/guitarist)*

*El Chaval de la Bachata @ 90 Degrees*

*Grupo Mandingo & La Sonora Dinamita @ VIP Room *

*Backyard Band @ Society Lounge (go-go)* 

*Los Daytrippers 1 to 3 pm @ El Golfo (Beatles covers en Espanol)*

*"Deadwax From The Vinyl House" 12 to 2pm  book talk w/ Vincent Mallardi, a 1960s era studio owner about hoards of master tapes and records a studio engineer left abandoned in a house; at Byrdland Records *

*Rare Essence @ Ivy City Smokehouse (go-go)* 

* Jill Greenleigh go-go book signing event 1 to 3 @ Mitchcraft , 9244 E. Hampton Drive, #203, Capitol Heights, MD*

*"Lift" 2022 film about homeless NY ballet dancers , @ 2pm to 3:30 w/ Director David Petersen for post showing q & a  @ National Gallery of Art . Petersen was once in DC band Insect Surfers*

*Loudon County Latino fest, from 12 noon to 5 @ 102 Heritage Way, Leesburg, VA *

*TOB @ 2:30 to 5  @ The Arc SE DC after Parenting event*

* SleepMarks, Black Rails @ 3 @ Highliner Rxr , 2010 Crystal Drive, Arlington (rock)*

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Mon. October 23-

Pepper featuring Jessi Terrell @ 6 to 9 @ Westminster Church SW

Noname @ Fillmore (rap)

Open Mic Monday w/ Attinshun @ Mojuba Collective

Cat Clyde @ Songbyrd (indie Americana)

*Roots Band @ Shalla (Ethiopian jazz) *

*Depeche Mode @ Capital One Arena*

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Tues. October 24 –

Lucinda Williams @ Capital One Hall(roots Americana rock)

The Rose @ Eaglebank (Kpop indie rock)

Blacc Print Experience @ Martini's in White Plains (go-go)

*Jonathan Richman @ 7:30PM @ Creative Alliance*

*Zombies @ Birchmere (Brit 60s rock)*

*Jeri skatunes network @ Comet P Pong (sold out)* 

*Laurie Anderson @ 6:30 to 7:30 @ the Hirshhorn (advance tickets gone, but walk up line starts at 5 ) *

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Wed. Oct 25-

Damned @ Fillmore (UK punk)

Genesis Owusu @ Union Stage

Spencer Krug @ Songbyrd

Claudia Acunia @ Blues Alley (singer)

* Race, History, and Rock Creek: History of Jazz at the Carter Barron online discussion 5:30 to 7 via the Rock Creek Conservancy *

*DJ Jamstar @ Tempoo Lounge Lanham (Afrobeats, Caribbean, hiphop)*

*What Band @ Diamond Lounge (go-go)* 

*Sirius Company @ Sobe Lounge (go-go)*

*New Impressionz @ Babylon Falls Church (go-go)*

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Thurs. Oct 26-

 Book Talk: Marc Masters - High Bias: The Distorted History of the Cassette Tape; w/ moderator Jeff Krulik & performances by Canandaigua & Nice Breeze  @ 7 @ Rhizome

Mazboota w/ dj Fady D @ Green Zone (Arabic electro / disco )

L’Rain , Geologist @ Songbyrd

J. Brown @ Bethesda Theater

Viktor Cizic 6 to 7 free @ Kenn. Center Millennium Stage (& streamed on K. Ctr FB & Youtube) (Zagreb, Croatia pianist)

Dave Chappell Band @ JVs  

Della Mae @ Hamilton Live

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)

*Action Bronson @ Rams Head Baltimore (rap)*

*Yailin La Mas Viral @ Rio Cantina (Dominican rapper)*

*Eastern Standard Time, Stop the Presses, the Fuss @ 8 @ Safari Lounge, Georgia Ave (ska)*

*Still Familiar 7 to 11 @ Babylon Falls Church (go-go)*

*Experience Band and Show @ 6 ish @ Oak Drive SE *

*Thrills @ Hank Dietle's*

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Fri. Oct. 27-

New York Arabic Orchestra @ Barns of Wolf Trap (sold out)

New Anthony Pirog album “The Nepenthe Series, Vol. 1 “ (Pirog duets w/ many ) will be played & new Janel Leppin solo cello album too & then Pirog & Janel Leppin will do solo sets @ Rhizome

Be’la Dona Halloween Masquerade Ball @ Bethesda Theater

Slayyter @ 930 Club (dance pop)

Saba @ Green Zone (Arabic)

Spellbound New Wave Halloween party w/ Ari Voxx & the Sad Lads as Siouxsie and The Banshees; Kinda Evil as Blondie; Insatiable High & Glorian as Depeche Mode @ DC 9

Dylan Scott @ Fillmore (country)

The FCTry djs @ Eaton  Wild Days

After Thought Band (formerly the Brothers 7 Band) @ Lamont’s

Rare Essence , *EU Feat. Sugar  Bear*@ 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)

*Afrobeats DJ night @ Prime in Hyattsville* 

*Kamyar Arsani & Sunken Cages 12:30 to 1:45 pm @ Georgetown U. McNeir Hall (Iranian diaspora music) *

*TOB Halloween party @ Throw Social(go-go)*

*Los Sucesores del Norte, Sarino Musical @ Mexico Lindo*

* Artomatic’s Artloween Bash at the Black Cat*

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Sat. Oct. 28-

National Celebration of Hiphop w/ Ice-T, Flavor Flav feat. Terminator X, DJ Hurricane w/ DMC, Rahzel & Kool Rock Ski of the Fat Boys , Sugarhill Gang, Kurtis Blow, Kid n Play, Soulsonic Force, Roxanne Shante, CL Smooth, Melle Mel & Scorpio, Peter Gunz, MC Sha-Rock, Busy Bee & more @ Nationals Park POSTPONED TO SPRING 2024

S.G. Goodman @ Union Stage (singer/songwriter)

*CANCELLED -Thurston Moore “Sonic Life: A Memoir” book talk chat with Holly Bass  6 to 7 free @ Kenn. Center Millennium Stage (& streamed on K. Ctr FB & Youtube) CANCELLED

Red Baraat @ Barns of Wolf Trap

Squirrel Flower @ DC 9

Adobo DMV Halloween party @ the Howard Theatre (reggaeton & Latin pop)

Nectar w/ dj V. Shal & AHautmess @ Green Zone

DJ John Murph @ Eaton Allegory

Rare Essence @ Aqua (go-go) *CANCELLED THIS WEEK due to Aqua water pipe issues I think*

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

* Masquerade Ball w/ Voice 24/7 Band & Blacc Print Experience @ 8:30 @ Lamont's (r'n'b & go-go) *

*Bad Religion @ Soundstage Baltimore (sold out)*

*Julie Freundt @ Don Churro *

*Banda el limon y Lorenzo Méndez @ el Ranchon*

*Frank Reyes @ Vibe*

*Mandingo , Sivirian Band @ Pappasittos* 

*Tropical Heat Dome Cumbiaween w/ djs Leon City Sounds, Crown Vic, & Nico Sophia @ Marx Cafe *

*Big G's Halloween Costume Party w/ Backyard Band, TOB @ Republic/Republiq (go-go)*

*Shout Bamalama vinyl dj free Halloween costume party @ 10 pm @ Haydees Mt Pleasant *

*Misfits cover band, and other cover bands @ Halloween party @ Pie Shop* 

*Havana Nights Dia de los Muertos party w/ djs @ 10 @ La Cosecha * 

*I am Tongi @ the Hamilton * 

*Halloween cover bands showcase @ Runaway* 

*Halloween Howl After Dark Fund benefit w/ Rock-a-Sonics , Crime Stoppers, and more 8 pm 2 Rockville Elks 5 Taft Court*

*Dia de Los Muertos w/ Dance of the Jaguares  and Dance of the Old Men w/ Grupo los Tecuanes @ 12, 2, , & 3:30 pm @ National Museum of American Indian 

*Dance Club electro/techno party 2 year anniv. event @ The Owl Room*

*Dia de Muertos/Day of the Dead w/ piano music and art & food from 12 to 4 @ Mexican Cultural Institute *

*Halloween party w/ djs @ Mexico Lindo *

*Takoma Park Monster Bash @  1 to 4 @ Takoma Park Middle School*

*Hiphop djs Halloween bars crawl 2 to 10 on U Street *

*Halloween reggaeton day party @ 4 @ Opera Ultra Lounge *

*Veronneau doing Joni Mitchell & Carol King @ 49 West *

*Xscape, Bell Biv Devoe, 112, Silk @ CFG Bank Arena (r'n'b)*

*Haitian Kompa dj night @ 8 @ 647 West Pratt St Baltimore* 

*Dia de Muertos fest 4 to 9 @ Maryland Hall Annapolis* 

* Dia de Muertos w/ Mariachi Aguila DC, folk dances from Ballet Folklorico Mi Herencia Mexicana and dance music from Sol y Rumba 11:30 to 3 @ Smithsonian American Art Museum Kogod Courtyard . *

*TCB bouncebeat go-go Halloween @ Martini's*

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Sunday October 29-

El Alfa La Leyenda del Dembow @ Eaglebank Arena (Dominican)

A conversation with producer Timbaland @ Kennedy Center

Thrills for David Kitchen’s birthday @ JVs (roots rock)  

Los Straightjackets @ 6 @ Hank Dietles (surf music & Link Wray style guitar) (sold out)

Kesha @ Anthem

DC Record Fair 11 am to 5 w/ djs Fleg, Neville C, Cinema Hearts, Fatback @ Eaton  

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

*1252 Band @ Lamont's (r'n'b)*

*Hallelujah Festival gospel w/ D Morton & Gifted, Tony Bush & the Deacs, Michael Boone & Company, James Hillian Jr & co., Chavela and more @ 4 pm @ Meridian Hill Baptist Church in Capitol Heights, MD *

*Benefit for Ras I Rice Clarke from 6 to 10 w/ reggae selectors, Nyabinghi drumming, & live bands @ Safari Lounge, 4303 Georgia Avenue (donations accepted)* 

* S.G. Goodman, Why Bonnie. @ 7PM @ Metro Gallery Baltimore (indie singer/songwriter)*

*Mandingo @ Vibe*

*Backyard Band @ Diamond Lounge(go-go)*

*Book Talk: Marc Masters - High Bias: The Distorted History of the Cassette Tape @ 5 pm @ Wax Atlas*

*Vagabon @ Atlantis"

*California Honeydrops @ 930*

*  Anthony Pirog new guitar album  and Janel Leppin solo cello album release show  @ Faden Sonnen in Baltimore* 

*Northeast Groovers @ the Shark Bar (go-go)*

*Nosferatu silent film with live jazz band score by Amy K. Bormet, Matt Dievendorf, Sarah Hughes, Wesley Hornpetrie, Keith Butler, Manny Arciniega, @ 2 pm @ Eaton, 1201 K St NW * 

*The Funset presents Kill Moe Kill , a DC Halloween w/ DJs Stylus, Harry Hotter, Groovy Gene, Friends on Mars, Smudge from 5pm to 2 am @ Dew Drop Inn *

*Extended Play w/ DJ Tony Humphries, Electric Kingdom from 3 to 9 @ Mess Hall DC loading Dock*

*Slaid Claves & Robbie Fulks @ Rams Head Onstage Annapolis  (Roots Americana)*

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Mon. Oct. 30-

*Shirletta Settles* @ Blue Monday Blues 6 to 9 @ Westminster Church SW

Tamar Braxton @ Fillmore

*Roots Band @ Shalla (Ethiopian jazz) *

*Slow Pulp @ Union Stage (indie rock)*

*Black Folks Don't Swim? @ the Pocket (exper. jazz & more)*

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Tues. Oct. 31-

Blacc Print Experience @ Martini's in White Plains (go-go)

Halloween w/ dj Remi @ Green Zone (spooky Arabic)

Rocky Horror Picture Show 48^th Anniv. @ Lincoln Theatre

*Coco Jones @ Rams Head Baltimore * (r'n'b) 

*DJ Baby Alcatraz @ 6 @ Warner Theatre Rendezvous Halloween edition*

*DJ Baby Alcatraz @ 8:30 @ Seki Nikai wine Bar* 

*Domenic Marte  Halloween party @ Mexico Lindo (MXL)*

*Dr. Natalie Hopkinson and Smithsonian's Sojin Kim provide a briefing on their report documenting DC cultural preservation flaws, mapping go-go & Afro-indigenous communities and proposed strategies to movie forward @ 11 am @ DC Commission on the Arts & Humanities , 200 I St SE *

*The Hives @ Union Stage* 

*Hit Like a Girl, Pretty Bitter, Spring Silver , Dusk @ Pie Shop* (rock, pop) *

*salsa dance @ 1411 K St NW*

*Bouncebeat Halloween Costume contest w/ TCB, Reaction, New Impressionz, Lil Due @ Club One*

*Still Familiar 7 to 11 @ Party HQ , 15606 Emerald Way, Bowie *

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Wed. November 1- Soul Fyne (Brigette, Farnetta, Shawn, Twinky) @ Eloquent Touch  Ballroom in Suitland

Hiphop listening sessions: Iconic groups @ Kennedy Center

Slaid Cleaves, Robby Fulks @ Jammin Java (alt-country Americana)

Pamyua 6 to 7 free @ Kenn. Center Millennium Stage (& streamed on K. Ctr FB & Youtube) (Alaska Inyuit band)

Joji @ Capital One Arena (Japan)

*Sue Foley @ Hamilton (blues/roots) *

*Kizomba & Bachata Wednesdays @ Crossroads 2 *

Dia de Los Muertos w/ Grupo Felix,  dance performances by Los Quetzales  from 5 to 8 @ Arlington Museum of Contemporary Art,

*Sirius Company @ Sobe *

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Thurs. Nov 2- 

Lakecia Benjamin @ Library Of Congress

Son Aguamiel 6 to 7 free @ Kenn. Center Millennium Stage (& streamed on K. Ctr FB & Youtube)

Flo Milli @ Fillmore (rap)

*Dia de los Muertos w/ art and music 5 to 8 @ National Portrait Gallery*

*What Band w/ guest Killa Cal @ Martini's(go-go)*

*Azul Band @ Green Zone (global sounds) *

*Bongo District & the Loving Paupers (double album release party) @ Songbyrd *

*Verny Varela @ Bossa (DC based Colombian salsa)*

*Sidney Bird, Radio Domo @ Comet P Pong*

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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