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DC/Baltimore /DMV Global Music and More – November 2023
Compiled &
curated by Steve Kiviat and edited and updated (go-go shows are
often just announced the week of the show. Look for *asterisks* for added events). Work your way down day by day.
Calendar is posted, updated, and viewable here on the blog,
and events tweeted @stevekiviat. On Threads & Bluesky now too. It includes international (mainly African,
Caribbean, Brazilian), roots, rap, soul, dc 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 November Highlights (then full list below):
Sun. November 5- JB Mpiana & Wenge BCBG from 4 to
10 pm @ Karma (Congo rhumba)
Northeast Groovers & What Band & All-Black Allstars
w/ Big G, Weensy, Smoke, Killa Cal & more
for Rappa’s Birthday Grand finale 5 to 9 pm @ Best Western Capital
Restaurant Lanham (go-go)
Tuesday November 7- The Good Ones @ Hill Center (Rwanda
genocide survivors who play mostly all acoustic
afropop songs)
Fri. Nov. 10- Codeine , Barbara Manning @ Black Cat (more
interested in Manning, guitar pop rock opener making rare local appearance than
slowcore headliner )
Sun. Nov. 12- Myke Towers @ MGM (reggaeton)
From Tiny Desk Unit to Tiny Desk concerts w/ Bob Boilen and
Chris Thomson @ 4 to 5:30 @ Backstage at the Sanctuary, 5200 Cathedral
Ave. in Palisades
Thurs. Nov. 16- Black Wax (Robert Mugge 1983 directed
film about Gil-Scott Heron) @ 9 @ AFI Silver
Sun Ra: A Joyful noise (Robert Mugge 1980 directed film) @ 7 @ AFI Silver
Fri. Nov. 17 –
Gospel According to Al Green ( Robert Mugge 1984 directed
film) @ 7 @ AFI Silver
Saxophone Colossus about Sonny Rollins (Robert Mugge 1986
directed film) @ 9 @ AFI Silver
Sat. Nov. 18-
Bonnie ‘Prince’ Billy and Jon Langford: Song for Song @ 6th
& I (Langford from the Mekons & Will Oldham follow solo rock approaches
they used during pandemic)
Armand Hammer (billy woods & Elucid) , Quelle Chris @ Union Stage ( clever wordy
rap)
Deep Blues (Robert
Mugge directed 1991 film about RL Burnside, Junior Kimbrough & other
Mississippi musicians active at that time ) @ 12 @ AFI Silver
Cool Runnings reggae (Robert Mugge 1983 directed film shot
at Sunspash w/ Gregory Isaacs, Rita & Ziggy Marley, Mutabaruka, Alton
Ellis, more) @ 9:30 @ AFI Silver
Friday Nov 24 - Grupo Niche, Hector Acosta @ MGM (Niche , the Colombia salsa vets are my
fave, more than Dominican bachata singer Acosta )
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Full November 2023 List (events added later will have *asterisks*)
Wed. Nov 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 @ the Hamilton
*Quicksand @ Atlantis*
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Thurs. Nov. 2 –
Azul Band @ Green Zone
jazz pianist Kenny Barron @ Arena Stage
- Lakecia Benjamin @ LOC
Son Aguamiel 6 to 7 free @ Kenn. Center Millennium Stage
(& streamed on K. Ctr FB & Youtube)
Flo Milli @ Fillmore (rap)
Bongo District & the Loving Paupers (double album
release party) @ Songbyrd
Verny Varela @ Bossa (DC based Colombian salsa)
Sidney Bird, Radio Domo @ Comet P Pong
*Dia de los Muertos w/ art and music 5 to 8 @ National
Portrait Gallery*
*What Band w/ guest Killa Cal @ Martini's(go-go)*
*Still Familiar @ Babylon Falls Church*
*Romeo Santos @ CFG Arena (bachata)*
Afrobeats dj Jamstar @ Spectrum
Lounge in Beltsville
AfroVibez dj @
Gazuza
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
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Friday Nov. 3-
Ranky Tanky (South Carolina Gullah soul) w/ Lisa Fischer
(acclaimed r’n’b studio backup singer) @ Strathmore
Ellis Paul @ Cellar Stage in
Timonium, MD
Leon City Sounds djs w/ Star City Soul Club djs @ 10 @
Showtime Bar
Save your Soul DJ Night w/ Baby Alcatraz and @ Lithuanian Hall Baltimore
Talsounds (Canadian-born Lebanese ambient/drone/improv),
Niki Afsar (Iranian-American writer/vocalist) , John Karvonen
(Palestinian-American electronic artist) @ Rhizome
Nellie Mckay @
Hamilton
Pile ‘O Rocks @ Hank Dietle’s
Louie Vega @ Flash
Grandmaster Flash talk and workshop @ Kennedy Center
District of Raga
presents Suman Laha & Monir Hossain Early show upstairs & Muath
Edriss band music for peace downstairs early @ Bossa
Los Guanacos @ El Gran Palenque in Falls Church
Miky Woodz @ the Palace
A tribute to late producer /engineer Brooke Delarco (From
CBGBs to Inner Ear) w/ The Delarcos, 7 Door Sedan @ Pie Shop
DJ Minx @ Owl Room
Gilbert Torossian (Arabic/Armenian)
@ Green Zone
Bureau of Sensory
Affairs @ Brentwood Arts Exchange
Alison Crockett:
The Jazz Sides Of Chaka Khan @ 8PM @ Creative Alliance
Mark Eitzel @ 8PM @ Club 603 (sold out)
Angel Du$T Record Release w/ Candy, Lion Of Judah, Dazy,
Loosey @ 7PM @ 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 @ 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)
DJ Sprang International (dancehall,
soca, afrobeats, rap) @ Crossroads 2
Black Belt Eagle Scout free from 6 to 7 @ Kennedy Center
Millennium Stage (& streamed on KC Facebook & YouTube)
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Saturday November 4-
Christian Nodal @
Eaglebank (Mexican mariacheno singer)
Rod Wave @ 6:30PM @ CFG Arena Baltimore (soul-trap rap)
La Fe Norteña De Toño Aranda, Pena Blanca, Nico y Los
Insolitos @ El Ranchon
Rolando Morales-Matos @ Montpelier (Latin jazz keyboard)
Raulin Rodriguez @ VIP Room
Frankie Beverly Tribute w/ Edward “Junie” Henderson @ 7PM @
Keystone Korner Baltimore
Día De Los Muertos @
11:30AM @ Patterson Park Baltimore
Electronica Fest 14 Transitions w/ Doctor Mabuse, Beau
Finley, & many more @ `12 to 9pm @
System Sources Computer Rm, 338 Clubhouse Rd, Hunt Valley, MD
Tropical Beat W Leon
City Sounds (Vinyl) @ Green Zone
Dogo du Togo @ 7 @ Goethe Institute
Weird Babies, the Suspension, Apollo 66 @ American Legion
Post 41, Cissel-Saxon
Hula Monsters @ VFW Post 350 Hells Bottom
Pigs Pigs Pigs @ Atlantis (sold out)
Chante Moore @ Bethesda Theater
Loose Ends @
Birchmere
Adams Morgan Porch
Fest 2 to 6 including Airport 77s @ 2:30 & Ari Voxx on 4 on Plaza Stage;
Experience Band @ 5 on Aetna Stage
La Banda Morisca @ Gala Hispanic Theatre (flamenco)
DJs Rich Medina & Karizma @ Dark Room
Baltimore (House music & more)
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
TCB @ Martini’s
Backyard Band, Be’la Dona, Junkyard Band @
10 @ Hilton Mark Center Alexandria
Airport 77s @ Hank Dietle’s
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Sun. November 5-
JB Mpiana & Wenge BCBG from 4 to 10 pm @ Karma (Congo)
Silkroad Ensemble led by Rhiannon Giddens @ George Mason
U presents American Railroad, an
initiative that maps American music through the various immigrant communities
involved in building the late-1800s Transcontinental Railroad. Rhiannon Giddens
joins the ensemble for this performance, which is told through the stories and
sounds of African American, Chinese, Irish, Mexican, and Native American
communities. Traditional instruments—such as the guzheng, pipa, erhu, and
qinqin—cross paths with fiddles, bones, tambo, and banjo to remind audiences of
America’s intricately interwoven history.
Romeo Santos @ Capital One Arena (bachata)
Bishop Donnell Long 60th Birthday gospel concert
w/ New Vizion, James Hillian, Jr & company; Sensational Singing Angels;
Zion; & more @ 4 pm @ Scripture Cathedral Church, 7610 Central Avenue,
Landover, MD
La Banda Morisca @ Gala Hispanic Theatre (flamenco)
Ava Mirzadegan , Halpine, Keeper @ Comet P Pong (rock)
Tortoise @ Black Cat
Style Wars movie @ 3 @ Kennedy
Center Mill Stage (about early days of hiphop)
Oklahoma Twisters @
Hank Dietle’s
Amapiano dj 2 to 9
@ Harlot
Rare Essence @
Hampton Conference center , Capitol Heights , MD
Backyard Band @ Sax
TCB @ Phantom
Sirius Company @
Restaurant 55
Chante Moore @
Bethesda Theater
Vava Samba @ Bossa
Dancehall dj Fyah
Oats @ Crossroads two
Diwali celebration
w/ Indian dance companies including GW Raas, Spilling Ink 3:30 to 5:30; Ragini Ensemble @ 6; DC Bhangra
@ 7:30; Dance Party 7:45 to 9:30 @ Museum of Asian Art Freer plaza
Pan American
Symphony Orchestra @ Barns of Wolf Trap
Tribute to Prince
and Morris Day w/ Junie Henderson @ Birchmere
Loudon Wainwright
III @ Jammin Java
After Thoughts Band
@ Lamont’s (soul)
Oklahoma Twisters @
6 @ Hank Dietle’s (Western swing, polkas)
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
*Shakemore au-go-go benefit show w/ Tinklers, Zocko , Spidercake & more 2 to 7 @ Galactic Panther in Alexandria*
*Isley Brothers @ MGM National Harbor*
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Mon. Nov. 6-
GZA and Fishbone @
Fillmore (rap headliner, ska-punk-funk opener)CANCELLED
B4 Brothers from
Other Mothers 6 to 9 pm @ Westminster Church SW (blues)
Yard Act, PVA, Ed Schrader’s Music Beat @ Ottobar (Yard Act are
UK postpunk)
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Tues. Nov. 7-
Akon @ Fillmore
The Good Ones @ Hill Center (Rwanda genocide survivors who
play acoustic afropop songs)
Noochie brings his
Front Porch series w/ guest Thunderboyz from 7 to 10 @ Twelve Stories
Gilla Band &
Bambara @ Metro Baltimore
Erkan Ogur, Ismail
H. Demircioglu feat Ara Dinkjian @ Jammin Java
Blacc Print
Experience @ Martini's in White Plains (go-go)
*pianist Emahoy Tsege Mariam Gebru tribute @ Kennedy Center*
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Wed. Nov. 8-
Jake Xerxes Fussell
w/ Allegra Krieger @ DC 9 (headliner is fingerpick guitarist & folk )
6lack @ Anthem (rap)
The 1975 @ CFG
Arena
Gasket, Half/Cross,
Psy Op @ Quarry House (hardcore punk)
Thrills @ JVs
(roots pop)
*Jeff Tweedy (Wilco) in conversation w/ Brendan Canty re Tweedy book "World Within a Song- Music that Changed My Life" @ 7 @ 6th & I (live & paid virtual) *
*No-No Boy @ Rhizome (Asian-American indie folk music w/multi-media re Japanese American internment camps; Vietnamese rock; Cambodian painters) *
*New Impressionz @ Babylon Falls Church (go-go)*
*DJ NativeSun @ Owl Room*
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Thurs. Nov. 9 -
A. Savage of Parquet Courts @ Black Cat (post-punk)
Blonde Redhead, Marnie Stern @ Howard Theatre (rock)
Vincent Neil Emerson @ Songbyrd (Texas honky tonk
alt-country singer-songwriter)
Inner Ear of Don Zientara w/ Don, Antonia Tricarico, Joe
Lally @ 5:30 @ Crooked Beat Records, 2417 Mt Vernon Ave. Del Ray (talking about
book re the Arlington studio where many Dischord musicians and others recorded)
Chris Isaak : It’s Almost Christmas tour @ Birchmere
Makano @ Ibiza in Herndon
Nayan , Probir Trio, Johnny Bombay & the Reactions, Tejas Singh @ Jammin Java
Abraham Alexander w/ Georgia Lines @ DC 9
Harold López-Nussa Timba a la Americana featuring Grégoire
Maret with Luques Curtis & Ruy Adrian López-Nussa @ Amp (Cuban jazz &
dashes of timba )
Torrents fest Nov 9 to 12th
Flack @ VFW Post 350
Danube Sessions w/ DJ Sarkan
& accomplices live @ Green Zone
Alan Paloma of Neon Indian @ Atlantis
Teen Cobra @ The Runaway
Moving Targets, Rabid City @ Holy Frijoles Baltimore
Afrobeats dj Jamstar @ Spectrum Lounge in Beltsville
AfroVibez dj @ Gazuza
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
Still Familiar @
Babylon Falls Church
Grandsons @ Hank
Dietle’s (Americana )
*Cheick Hamala & the Griot Street Band @ 9:30 @ Bossa (Mali)*
*Making the Go-go Band musical @ Georgetown U Gonda Theatre - Davis Performing Arts Center (through Nov. 12th; then Nov. 15th through 18th) w/ Shorty Corleone *
*Wild Nothing @ 930 Club (dream pop rock)*
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Codeine , Barbara Manning @ Black Cat (slowcore
headliner & Chickfactor guitar pop rock opener)
Ms. Pat @ Howard Theatre (sold out)
SOS Band @ Bethesda Theatre
Sheila E @ Birchmere
Grupo Exterminador @ El Palenque Falls Church
Grupo Exterminador on late w/ Compa Sacra
and Los Terribles Del Norte @ Cococabana
Compa Sacra and Los Terribles Del Norte on late @ 90 Degrees
in Manassas
Los Cazadores Del Cerro & Elegant Ensemble De La Perla @
Vibe in Annapolis
Daniel Agostini @ Diamond Lounge (Argentina singer)
Jim Saah’s “In My Eyes” and Matt Caban’s “Anthem” photo
exhibits plus music photo contest w/ judges Cynthia Connolly & Lisa Walker @ Slash Run
Diwali event w/ music, dance, lights, sweets @ 6 to 9 @
Water Park , 160 1 Crystal Drive, Arlington
Malavika Sarukkai “Anubandh” @ Kennedy Center Terrace
Theatre (classical Indian dance)
English Beat @ State Theatre (ska)
Frank Reyes @ the Palace
Los Silver Star @ VIP Room
DJ Remi Hassoun @ Green Zone (Arabic)
The Allison Lupton Trio @ Cellar Stage in Timonium, MD
Torrents Conference presents Bring Down the Walls Music
Panel 4 to 5 @ Kennedy Center Studio K
& Portal Dance Party w/ DJs Adrian Loving, Shavaun XX, &
Ge-ology from 7 to 11 @ Kennedy Center Studio K
Soles of Duende @ Amp
Highballers @ The Runaway
Rdgldgrn 10th anniversary gig @ 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 @ 10 @ Bossa (salsa) plus DJ Lu w/ Latin
hits upstairs & @ 7:30- Habbina Habbina w/ Mediterranean surf 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
Fadi Jano @ Cloud Lounge Arlington (Middle Eastern)
DJ Sprang International (dancehall, soca, afrobeats, rap) @
Crossroads 2
Heavy Psych Sounds Fest day 1 @
Metro Gallery
DJ Crown Vic’s
Weird World @ Eaton Hotel Allegory Room
Soweto global amapiano dj night @ UltraBar
*Club USA, Evil Sword, Weed Tree @ Rhizome*
*Dream Body , Sinking Body, Anthony Pirog @ Lost Origins Gallery*
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Sat. Nov. 11-
Sampha @ Howard
Theatre (sold out)
Kronos Quartet 5 Decades @ 6th & I
Hardway Connection, Stone Pleasure Band , DJ Shonuff @
Lamont’s (southern soul)
SOS Band @ Bethesda Theatre
Foehammer, Requiem Drone, Collapsing @ Clearbrook Center of the Arts , Lake Ridge,
VA
Torrents Conference presents “Sun Ra : Space is the Place”
doc @ 12:30 to 2 and 9 to 10:30 @ Eaton
Cinema, 901 G St NW
Jhankaar: A Celebration of Diwali free
from 6 to 7 @ Kennedy Center Millennium Stage (& streamed on KC Facebook
& YouTube)
Los Mismos & Orquesta
la Clave @ Mango's
Los Cazadores Del
Cerro & Mattisse @ EL Ranchon
Royal Arctic Institute @ Rhizome (instrumental postpunk
cinematic jazz band)
Atarashii Gakko! @ Black Cat (Japanese all female post punk)
(sold out)
Rosie Tucker, Adult Mom, Shalom @ Comet P Pong (rock)
Los Dos Carnales, Kanales & La explosiva banda de Maza @
Galaxy
Estilo Chihuahua , Kasadorez @ Pappasittos
Los Silver Star @ Club One
DJ Joe @ Leyla’s
Far Caspian @ Songbyrd (Sold out)
Malavika Sarukkai “Anubandh” @ Kennedy Center Terrace
Theatre (classical Indian dance)
Backyard Band @ Martini’s (go-go)
Proper Utensils 3 to 8 @ Restaurant 55 in Hyattsville
(go-go)
New Impressionz, Reaction, TOB @ Fast Eddies (go-go)
Crown Vic’s Weird World vinyl dj @ Green Zone
Party Girl, Fantazma, Buko Buko @ The Runaway (retro punk)
The Kennedys @ Jammin Java (folk-rock)
Heavy Psych Sounds Fest day 2 @ Metro Gallery
Carlos Truly (Hiphop/r’n’b/pop), Marti, Synae @ Quarry House
Soweto Global amapiano dj 4 to 10 @ Eaton Wild Days
Tumbao (Latin salsa ) @ Bossa 1st floor & DJ Lu Latin
Hits upstairs &* @ 7:30 Magnolia & Szirka bands (Budapest style)
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
*Buddhist rapper Born I w/ harpist Kim Sator @ 2 @ Eaton Hotel*
*Junkyard Band w/ Mature Clientele @ Babylon Woodbridge (go-go)*
*TCB, TOB @ Restaurant 55 (bouncebeat go-go)*
*DC Vybe @ 5 Sisters Restaurant*
*Jill Greenleigh Go-go Speaks book signing 1 to 3 @ Universal Madness Wear & Pocket Beatz Music in Waldorf*
*Bed Maker, Continuals, Fear of God, Old Bay Thrashers, Indictments @ 7 @ Pedal Pushers in Severna Park, MD (punk) *
*Ex-Motorcycle Couriers @ Simple Bar*
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Myke Towers @ MGM
(reggaeton)
Rod Wave @ Capital One Arena (soul-trap rap)
Sampha @ Howard Theatre (sold out)
R& B Club talks about The-Dream @ 12 noon @ Songbyrd
Grupo Exterminador @ Vibe in Annapolis
Backyard Band @ Society Lounge
1252 Band @ Lamont’s (soul)
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
*Psychic Death, De()t, Sub Rosa, Sad Roach, Saffron @ 6 @ Rhizome (punk)
*Ceasefire in Palestine- A world of Music for Peace show @ Bossa*
*Sundeh day club w/ DJ Sam I Am playing amapiano & afrobeats 3 to 9 pm @ La Catrina in Bethesda*
*TCB, TOB @ Martini's (bouncebeat go-go)*
*Outerloop @ the Pocket (rock)*
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Mon. Nov. 13-
Big Blues Band 6 to 9 pm @ Westminster Church SW (blues)
The Inner Ear of Don Zientara @ 7 @ Brambleton Library in
Loudon County
Moon by Moon @ Songbyrd (artsy indie-pop)
Open Mic Monday w/ Attinshun @ 8:30 @ Mojuba Collective
*Zara (sax player Sarah Hughes punk jazz group ) album release show @ Rhizome*
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Tues. Nov. 14-
Foxing, The Hotelier, Emperor X @ Howard Theatre (emo rock)
Dave Kline’s New World Jazz Funk @ Blues Alley
Blacc Print Experience @ Martini's in White Plains (go-go)
*Black Rails, Ma'am, Phil Spector's Gun @ The Runaway (punk rock)*
*Berra, lowercase roses, Rex Pax @ Quarry House Tavern (rock)*
*Taking Back Sunday @ Black Cat*
*Say Sue Me @ Atlantis*
"How Sweet it is: the men of soul" tribute @ Signature Theatre
*Fresh Air- Strathmore Artists in Residence @ Amp*
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Wed. Nov. 15 –
*Element of Surprise Forever Yours-Tribute to The O'Jays @ Eloquent Touch Ballroom in Suitland
Yasmin Williams, Valerie June, Rachael Davis, Thao @ 6th
& I (fingerpick guitar, alt-indie folk )
Memorial service for Dr Sandra Butler-Truesdale @ Kennedy
Center
Dave Chappell w/ Anthony Pirog @ Blues Alley (Americana )
*Making the Go-go Band musical @ Georgetown U Gonda Theatre - Davis Performing Arts Center (t Nov. 15th through 18th) w/ Shorty Corleone *
*Sirius Company @ Sobe (go-go)*
*Mobile Go-go Museum ribbon cutting & museum ground breaking w/ Backyard Band performance @12 noon @ 1920 MLK Ave Se *
*Flynn Cohen, Dunia & Aram, Art Souca @ Bossa (folk, ska, jazz) *
*kizomba and bachata night @ Crossroads 2 *
*New Impressionz @ Babylon Falls Church (go-go)*
*Monaleo @ Songbyrd (Houston rapper)*
*Diana Ross @ MGM National Harbor *
*Caroline Davis, Alula @ Rhizome(jazz)*
*Soul Searchers @ Capital City Go-go basketball game @ 11:30 am*
*What Band @ Diamond Lounge*
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Thurs. Nov. 16-
Rufus Wainwright at the Birchmere
Black Wax (Robert Mugge 1983 directed film about Gil-Scott
Heron) @ 9 @ AFI Silver
Sun Ra: A Joyful noise film by Mugge (
Robert Mugge directed film) @ 7 @ AFI Silver
Bug Club (from Wales) , Smashing Times (record release) ,
Home Remedies @ Comet P Pong (garage rock w/ twee pop)
Xavier Omar , Elhae @ Howard Theatre (r’n’b)
Going Goin Gone @ VFW Post 350 Hells Bottom (roots)
Soul Sauce w/ dj Kenny M w/ vinyl @ Green Zone
Afrobeats dj Jamstar @ Spectrum Lounge in Beltsville
AfroVibez dj @ Gazuza
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)
Still Familiar @ Babylon Falls Church
Jim Stephanson trio 5:30 to 7 @ Hank Dietle’s (roots guitar
led group)
*Pablo's Baile w/ Brazilian samba & forro @ Bossa*
*Satan's Satyrs @ the Runaway (doom metal)*
*Diana Ross @ MGM National Harbor *
*Screening of William Greave's "The First World Festival of Negro Arts" (1966 40 minute doc in Dakar w/ Duke Ellington) & Aaron Douglas film "A Thing of Beauty" (28 min. film about Fisk U) @ Phillips after 5 *
*Flash Hits & Insect Factory @ Black Cat *
*Blacc Print Experience @ Nipsey's (go-go)*
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Fri. Nov. 17 –
Gospel According to Al Green ( Robert Mugge 1984 directed
film) @ 7 @AFI Silver
Saxophone Colossus about Sonny Rollins (Robert Mugge 1986 directed
film) @ 9 @ AFI Silver
Phil Wiggins and the Chesapeake Sheiks @ Montpelier (blues)
Sexxy Red @ Fillmore (rap)
Daryl Davis house party
Citizen @ Black Cat (rock)
Smashing Times record release @ Otto Bar (twee garage rock)
Pansy Division @ Metro Gallery
Baltimore Boom Bap Society show @ Le Mondo
John-Allison Weiss, Future Teens, Abacot @ Comet P Pong
Azizi Gibson @ dc 9 (rap)
LaTasha Barnes’ The Jazz Continuum
dance @ Kennedy Center Eisenhower Theatre
Antologia @ Diamond
Lounge
Zacarias Ferreira @
Cococabana
Cubaneando 1ra
Edicion 2023 w/ RUBEN & GABI (singers of Manolito y su Truco) @ Public Bar
Live (Cuban timba & Salsa)
Ladron @ El
Palenque (Mexico)
Ladron late @ Mango’s
Wyatt Flores @
Atlantis (country) (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)
DJ Babbousa @ Green Zone (Arabic)
DJ Sprang International (dancehall, soca, afrobeats, rap) @
Crossroads 2
DJ Pedro Night @ 9 @ Eaton Wild Days (reggaeton, Latin pop)
*TOB w/ Rick & Keith from Reaction; The Men; Full Bump; Certified Band @ Martini's (go-go)*
*Clipse @ Kennedy Center (Va Beach rap duo)*
* Shab- Eh- Sher - A Night of Gathering w/ Kucheh Kollective (Iranian diaspora) 6:30 to 8:30 @ Rhizome*
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Sat. Nov. 18-
Bonnie ‘Prince’ Billy and Jon Langford: Song for Song @ 6th
& I (Langford from the Mekons & Will Oldham follow approach they used during
pandemic)
Armand Hammer (billy woods & Elucid) , Quelle Chris @ Union Stage ( clever wordy rap)
Cool Runnings reggae (Robert Mugge 1983 directed film shot
at Sunspash w/ Gregory Isaacs, Rita & Ziggy Marley, Mutabaruka, Alton
Ellis, more) @ 9:30 @ AFI Silver
Bully @ Black Cat
Light Beams (album release show), Johnny Dynamite, Club USA
@ Comet P Pong
Jeane Carne @ Harmony
Hall (Jazz & r’n’b vocals)
Marino Castellano @ Mango’s (bachata)
Remolino and Bullaka Family @ Club One (Honduras playera & reggaeton)
Proper Utensils @ Chateau Remix (go-go)
LaTasha Barnes’ The Jazz Continuum dance @ Kennedy Center
Eisenhower Theatre
Amapiano and afrobeats day fest dj party @ 4 @ Citizens &
Culture rooftop, 8113 GA Ave., Silver
Spring
Cumbia Heights, Bio Ritmo (salsa) , Leon City Sounds djs,
Electric Cowbell dj @ Songbyrd
DC Zine Fest 11 am to 5 @ MLK Library
DJ Johnson Lee from Joe’s Record Paradise w/ vinyl @ Green
Zone
Golden Apples , Outer World , Prude @ Quarry House (Golden
Apples are Philly fuzz-psych rock)
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 @ Fast Eddie’s
Rise Band @ Lamont’s (soul)
Rock-a-Sonics @ Hank Dietle’s (rockabilly, country)
*Rare Essence @ Restaurant 55 (go-go)*
*Dance Club presents Babypuff, Joyce Lim, Tommy C, Baronhawk Poitier @ Owl Room (electro/techno)*
*DC punk rock flea market 12 to 5 @ St Stephen's*
*Corey Arceneaux & Zydeco Hot Peppers @ 6 @ Cheverly American Legion Post 108*
*Anvil Orchestra (w/ Roger Clark Miller from Mission of Burma ) provides music for 2 silent film @ 4:00pm: The Lost World. The first dinosaur epic. @ 7:00pm: The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari.German Expressionist film. @ AFI Silver *
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Sun. Nov. 19 –
El Khat ( Yemenite led band using homemade junkyard
instruments) w/ Kamyar Arsani & Sunken Cages (Iranian diaspora digital avante-folk hybrid) @ Bossa Bistro
New Orleans Music in Exile (Robert Mugge directed 2006 film
re post Katrina & Irma Thomas, Eddie Bo, Dr John, Rebirth Brass & more)
@ 12:30 pm @ AFI Silver
Ladron @ VIP Room in Baltimore (Mexico)
Dotol Nastra @ Manna (dembow & salsa vocalist)
Stone Pleasure Band @ Lamont’s
Backyard Band @ Babylon Falls Church
Thrills @ 4 @ JVs
Dave Chappell Band 2:30 to 4 @ Hank Dietle’s
(roots/Americana )
Hula Monsters @ 6 @ Hank Dietle’s (roots)
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)
*Ethiopian music @ Black Rose Lounge*
Afro X dj party (afrobeats, amapiano, soca, dancehall, rap)
5 to 10 @ Gazuza Lounge
Malcolm X Park afternoon drum session circle @ 3
*Friends of Carter Barron foundation benefit with comedians and dc go-go w/ Sirius Company, Sugar Bear, Black Alley & comedians Nephew Tommy, Joe Clair, & Mike Washington 7 to 11 @ Capital Turnaround *
*Fairfax Record riot sale 11 am to 5 @ Arlington -Fairfax Elks Lodge No. 2188*
*Sensational Singing Angels 64th anniversary gospel show w/ the Gospel Legends, Pastor James Hillian, the Heavenly Sons, New Vizion, the Barbour Travelers, & more @ 4 @ Harvest Assembly Baptist Church *
*Steel Pan player Josanne Francis leads DC Jazz Jam @ the Brixton*
*Beyond the Book Family Fest & go-go celebration w/ Backyard Band @ RCA Band @ 12 to 5 @ Kraken Kourts & Skates, 514 Rhode Island Ave NE *
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Mon. Nov. 20-
Earl Sweatshirt & Alchemist @ Fillmore (clever wordy rap)
Swampdog Clark 6 to 9 pm @ Westminster Church SW (blues)
Bobbie Lees @ Atlantis (garage punk headliners)
*Grimm Winter (dc indie folk), Toro (MD shoegaze), Mieke (DC indie ) @ Songbyrd *
*Live Ethiopian jazz @ Shalla*
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Tues. Nov. 21-
Lil Uzi Vert @ Anthem (sold out)
DC Legendary Musicians 12th Annual Thanksgiving Giveaway 12
noon @ Howard Theatre
Messthetics and Peni Candra Rini @ Songbyrd (DC postpunk
headliner w/ great Indonesian gamelan & avante music singer opener)
Blacc Print Experience @ Martini's in White Plains (go-go)
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Wed. Nov 22-
Proper Utensils @ 9 @ Bethesda Theater (go-go)
Backyard Band @ Ivy City
Rozálie free from 6 to 7 @ Kennedy Center Millennium Stage
(& streamed on KC Facebook & Youtube) (Czech singer, accordionist
actress)
De La Ghetto @ Rio Cantina
K-Paz de la Sierra @ El Palenque
Los Ilegales de Lempira @ 2 Amigos in Chantilly
Jimi Smooth & Hit Time @ JVs
*TCB, What Band, Raw Image, UCB @ 10 pm @ *Restaurant 55*(go-go)*
*Sirius Company @ Sobe (go-go)*
*Junkyard Band @ Fast Eddie's (go-go)*
*kizomba and bachata night @ Crossroads 2 *
*New Impressionz @ Babylon * (go-go)
*TOB @ Stop Smackn(go-go)*
*Famalay Caribbean Bashment Fete w/ djs Ricky Platinum, Buggati, Lady Drea, DJ Kashrag, DJ Naldo @ 10 @ Citizen & Culture in Silver Spring *
*Mature Clientele band & Major League Band @ Babylon Woodbridge (go-go)*
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Thurs. Nov 23-
Carnaval Campirano @ VIP Room (El Salvador Fest w/ multiple
bands)
Conjunto Primavera ( Mexican norteno band’s 45th Anniversary
tour) & Julio Preciado @ the Palace
K-Paz de la Sierra @ Rio Cantina
Afrobeats dj Jamstar @ Spectrum Lounge in Beltsville
AfroVibez dj @ Gazuza
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 Martini Lounge in Falls Church (locally
based Arabic/Middle Eastern)
The Green Show Band @ Mr Braxton’s (might be cancelled)
What Band @ Martini's
(go-go)
Still Familiar @ Babylon Falls Church (might be cancelled)
Dave Chappell Band @ 8 @ JVs
*TCB, TOB, Reaction , The Men @ Club One*
*Blacc Print Experience @ Nipsey's (go-go)*(might be cancelled)
*Festejando Thanksgiving w/ Grupo Yaguaru, Grupo Jalado, Sonido Rulexx, Sonido Gilboys @ Mexico Lindo (Aka MXL Nightclub) *
Habesha Thanksgiving @ Focus, 1348 H St NE *
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Fri. Nov. 24-
Bob Dylan @ Meyerhoff Symphony Hall Baltimore
Grupo Niche, Hector Acosta @ MGM (salsa and bachata ) (recommended)
Carnaval Campirano w/ multiple bands including Guanacos Swing
@ Club One
Los Invasores De Nuevo Leon, Grupo Pesado & Los
Cardenales De Nuevo Leon @ Cococabana
DJ Saba @ Green Zone (Arabic)
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)
DJ Sprang International (dancehall, soca, afrobeats, rap) @
Crossroads 2
ThFctry djs @ Eaton Wild Days
*DJ Adrian Loving @ Owl Room*
*Dawit Tsige @ Echostage (Ethiopian singer show is tentative --his visa has to be approved)*
*Gage (Jamaican rapper) & dancehall djs including Flava Roots @ 8844 Washington Blvd., Jessup, MD (Jamaican dancehall)*
*Adobo DMV presents Perreo District w/ djs Florista, Vitillaz, & Pedro Night @ Culture, 2006 Fenwick St NE (reggaeton, dembow, dancehall, soca, house, bounce, punta )*
*Veronica Adane w/ Gize Band @ Privilege *
*Bobby Felder Big Band 6 to 9 @ Westminster Church SW (DC r'n'b & jazz longtimer)*
*Blacc Print Experience @ Takoma Station*
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Sat. Nov. 25-
Bob Dylan @ Meyerhoff Symphony Hall
Liz Phair, Blondshell @ Anthem (rock)
Manhattans feat. Gerald Alston @ Birchmere
Chuck Brown Band & EU @ the Hamilton (go-go)
K-Paz de la Sierra y Los Guanacos Swing @ Club One
Carnival de San Miguel late night celebration w/ K Paz de la
Sierra, La Furia band, Cardenales de Morazan @ Mango's
Zacarias Ferreira @ VIP Room
The Set r’n’b djs @ Howard Theatre
Nectar w/ DJ V:shal & Ahautmess @ Green Zone
Vintage clothes & vinyl sale 3 to 7 @ The Runaway
Uni Boys, the Owners @ Slash Run
Tumbao (Latin salsa ) @ Bossa 1st floor & DJ Lu Latin
Hits upstairs
Backyard Band @ Nottinghams
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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Sun. Nov. 26-
Benny the Butcher @ Howard Theatre (throwback
wordy rap)
The Lox @ Rams Head Baltimore (rap)
Backyard Band @Society Lounge
1252 Band @ Lamont’s (r&b)
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
*Beach Fossils @ Ottobar (guitar pop rock) *
*TCB @ Babylon Falls Church*
*Scooby, Ms Kim, Steve Roy, Rappa Dude, Pam Ward, Sweet T backed by R & S Project Band from 6 to 11 @ Piano Keys in Brandywine (go-go)*
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Mon. Nov. 27-
Doja Cat w/ Ice Spice @ Capital One Arena (rap)
Buko Buko, Flowers for the Dead, Sheila @ Songbyrd (retro
pop-punk, 90s rock, emo)
Linwood Taylor Blues Band 6 to 9 pm @ Westminster Church SW
(blues)
Musiq Soulchild @ Birchmere
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Tues. Nov. 28
Musiq Soulchild @ Birchmere (neo-soul r'n'b)
Blacc Print Experience @ Martini's in White Plains (go-go)
*Rani @ Union Stage (classical meets pop-rock)*
*Can I Kick It w/ DJ 2-Tone Jones & movie Masked Avengers @ Songbyrd *
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Wed. Nov. 29- Hardway Connection Band @ Eloquent Touch Ballroom in Suitland
Joan Osborne @ Barns of Wolf Trap
*Sirius Company @ Sobe (go-go)*
*kizomba and bachata night @ Crossroads 2 *
*Maggie Yacoub Arabic music jam session @ Bossa *
*Experience Brass Band & show @ Union Oyster *
*What Band @ Diamond Lounge (go-go)*
*New Impressionz @ Babylon Falls Church (go-go)*
*Tsedi & Ras Band @ 9 @ 1541 7th St NW (Ethiopian) *
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Thurs. Nov 30-
Lil Tjay ,Fivio Foreign, Skilla Baby @ Echostage (rap)
Roge free from 6 to 7 @ Kennedy Center Millennium Stage
(& streamed on KC Facebook & Youtube) (Brazilian singer/songwriter/
guitarist)
Darlingside, Field Guide @ Howard Theatre (indie folk)
Jane Monheit @ Blues Alley (jazz vocalist)
Mazboota w/ DJ Fady D @ 9 @ Green Zone (Alternative Arabic
disco/ electro)
Joan Osborne @ Barns of Wolf Trap
Afrobeats dj Jamstar @ Spectrum Lounge in Beltsville
AfroVibez dj @ Gazuza
Live Ethiopian music @ Shalla Restaurant in Silver Spring
(through Sunday)
Roots Band @ Makeda Restaurant, Van Dorn St., Alexandria
(Ethiopian)
Live Ethiopian music w/ Kalkidan, Eduardo Piano & more @ MHL
Lounge in Falls Church
Ethiopian music dj & live for 1 year reopening anniversary @
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)
Still Familiar @ Babylon Falls Church
*Be'la Dona @ Piano Keys (go-go) *
*Jo-go Project @ Bossa (jazz & go-go) *
*Blacc Print Experience @ Nipsey's (go-go)*
*Neume and the Eternities @ 8:30 @ Red Room, 425 E. 31st St., Baltimore (experimental music) *
*Mars and the Collective Band @ Mr Braxtons *
*Taisha Estrada and Elana La Fulana @ the Pocket (Latin folk & indie) *
*Ruben Moreno & Zydeco ReEvolution @ Waverly Brewing Baltimore*
*DJ Pedro Night @ St Ex (reggaeton, dembow ) *
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Fri. Dec. 1-
Chief Adjuah, fka
Christian Scott @ 8 to 9:30 @ Library of Congress (New Orleans jazz & Mardi Gras Indian
music)
CMG label Gangsta Art Tour w/ Glorilla,Money Bagg Yo, Yo
Gotti, Est Gee, & more @ Capital One Arena
Temps and 4 Tops @ MGM
Velocity Girl, Tuscadero, Ecstatic
International @ 8:30 @ Black Cat
Hailu Mergia & opener Dunia & Aram @ 8 @ Union Stage (Ethiopian keyboardist & his trio)
J. Robbins Band, Milliseconds, Railsplitter @ Pie Shop (rock)
Esaud Suarez @ Revash Cocina Regional del Peru in Chantilly,
VA (Peru cumbia singer’s 1st US tour)
Miky Woodz @ the Palace
*Persian Music Night w/ singer Roxana Sarrafi, Kamyar Arsani on percussion, Mehrnam Rastegari on kamancheh @ Hill Center*
*Airport 77s & Zocko @ Palisades Hub Cap Centre (power pop rock)*
*Bar Italia @ Songbyrd (critic fave UK postpunk rock)*
*“Ryuichi Sakamoto: async Live at the Park Avenue Armory:
movie doc free @ 7 p.m. @ Museum of
Asian Art Meyer Auditorium* (another Sakamoto doc shows Sunday afternoon Dec. 3 here)
*Sensor Ghost, Yes Vacancy, Czonka @ Lost Origins Gallery (postpunk)*
*DC South Asian Film Fest @ American U. *
*Be'la Dona @ Babylon Woodbridge (go-go)*
*Sneaker Ball w/ EU feat Sugar Bear, DC Vybe, Be 'La Dona, Push Play @ Hilton Crystal City (go-go)*
*New Impressionz @ Throw Social (go-go)*
*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) (cancelled?)*
*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)*
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Sat. Dec. 2-
Atercieopelados @ Howard Theatre (Colombia alt-rock) MOVED TO DEC 9TH
Velocity Girl, Tuscadero, Pohgoh @ Black Cat (sold out)
Southside Johnny & Asbury Jukes @ Birchmere
Miky Woodz @ Galaxy
Maria by Callas movie @ National Gallery
*Catalytic Sound Fest @ Rhizome*
*Derek Gripper @ Nolan Center (on 3rd also- he's a South African guitarist)*
*NPR Jazz Piano X-Mas w/ Cuban pianists Melvis Santa, Alfredo Rodriguez, & Hilario Duran @ Kennedy Center *
*Akua Allrich & the Tribe @ Arts Barn in Gaithersburg*
*Janel Leppin (cello) , Anthony Pirog (guitar) , Mike Kuhl @ 7 pm @ 2640 Space in Baltimore (artsy improv) *
*DJ Terry Lee @ Patapsco Arena *
*Ultra Nate's Deep Sugar After hours w/ djs Mark Moultrie & Jerry Haley from 11 pm to 4 am @ Factory 17, 1722North Charles St., Baltimore (Baltimore club & house) *
*Tropical Beat w/ Leon City Sounds & Loco Bembe @ Green Zone*
*What Band @ Shark Bar (go-go)*;
Tumbao (Latin salsa ) @ Bossa 1st floor & DJ Lu Latin Hits upstairs;
Roots Band @ Makeda Restaurant; live Ethiopian music @ Shalla; Ras Band w/ guest singers @ MHL Lounge (Ethiopian); Ethiopian music @ Black Rose Lounge
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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
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