DC/Baltimore /DMV Global Music and More – February 2024
Compiled &
curated list of area gigs by local and touring bands and djs by Steve Kiviat. List is 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. Calendar is sometimes linked on my Facebook,
Instagram, Bluesky, & Threads. It includes international (mainly African,
Caribbean, Latin, 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 February Visiting act Highlights (then full list
below):
Thursday Feb 1- El Laberinto del Coco @ U of MD
Clarice Smith (Puerto Rican bomba , salsa & Latin pop & more)
Eli Paperboy Reed and The Harlem Gospel Travelers R&B
battle Royale free from 6 to 7 @ Kennedy Center Millenium Stage (soul &
gospel)
Fri Feb. 9- Marc Anthony @ Capital One Arena (salsa
& Latin pop)
Fri. Feb. 16- Jamilla Woods @ Howard Theatre (r&
B)
Los Tigres del Norte @ Eaglebank Arena
Valentine’s Classic Soul
w/ the Whispers, Dramatics, & Peaches & Herb @ The Lyric
Sat. Feb. 17 -Valentine’s Soul Jam w/ Russell
Thompkins’ New Stylistics, The Legendary Intruders, Heatwave, Bloodstone, Sonny
Bivans’ Manhattans @ DAR Constitution Hall
Fri. Feb 23 - Makaya Mccraven- In These Times 21st
century jazz big band @ Strathmore
Capital City Blues & Southern Soul Fest w/ King George,
Tucka, Pokey Bear, Nellie Tiger Travis, J-Wonn, Lebrado @ DAR Constitution Hall
Sun. Feb 25- Ali Sethi @ Barns of Wolf Trap (South
Asian)
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El Laberinto del
Coco @ U of MD Clarice Smith (Puerto Rican bomba , salsa & Latin pop &
more)
Eli Paperboy Reed
and The Harlem Gospel Travelers R&B battle Royale free from 6 to 7 @ Kennedy
Center Millenium Stage (soul & gospel)
Sarah Jarosz & the Ballroom Thieves @ 6th
& I (Americana-country)
Azul Band @ Green
Zone (music without borders)
Verny Varela @ Bossa
(Colombian salsa)
Live Ethiopian music w/ on Thursdays guitarist
Selamino & band @
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
Ethiopian music @
Love Lounge Fenton St Silver Spring
Asmae & Chakib
@ Martini Lounge Falls Church (locally
based Arabic/Middle Eastern) (tentative- call to confirm)
Marrs & the
Collective Band @ Mr Braxton’s
What Band feat.
Killa Cal @ Martini's Ft Washington (go-go)
Afrobeat w/ DJ
Jamstar @ Spectrum Lounge
Afro-Caribbean dj @
Kaldis
Afrobeats @ Gazuza
Lounge
Malcolm Xavier & DJ Money talk
about & spin Brandy’s “Brandy 8 to 10 @ Eaton
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Friday Feb 2-
Patti Labelle @ the Lyric in Baltimore
Heart of the Ghost (w/ Luke Stewart), Janel & Anthony,
Simone Baron @ Rhizome (jazz & improv)
That's What Friends Are For-Nova Y. Payton Sings Burt
Bacharach @ Signature Theatre (through Feb. 4th)
Nia Sultana @ Union Stage
KRS-One, Chubb Rock, Kwame, Black Sheep, Nonchalant, Lady of
Rage and Experience Unlimited (EU) after Wizards basketball game @ Capital One
Arena (included w/ ticket for game)(old-school rap & go-go) and Noochie
concert from 6 to 6:30 before the game.
Save Your Soul night w/ DJ Baby Alcatraz & DJ Rob Macy @
Lithuanian Hall Baltimore
Cumbia Heights, Bottled Up, Saroche @ Comet P Pong (cumbia rock)
(sold out)
Punk Rock Karaoke benefit for DC Abortion Fund @ Black Cat
(sold Out)
Edgardo Nunez @ 90 Degrees
Antonio Rios @ Diamond Lounge
Los Mismos @ Copan
Frankie Beverly Tribute Band @ Carlyle Room
Old Knife, Grey Swift, Weird Babies @ Slash Run ;
Olinda Silvano & Ronin Koshi & more Galactic Panther Alexandria
(cumbia)*
That's What Friends Are For-Nova Y. Payton Sings Burt
Bacharach @ Signature Theatre
Les the DJ @ Eaton Allegory Room
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
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
Live Ethiopian
instrumental music w/ guitarist Selamino & band 9 to 12 mdt. @ Meleket
Queens of Sheba @
Clarice Smith (through February 4)
*DC Street Jocked Rocked the House" Beverly Lindsay Johnson 1 hr doc on djs like Sam the Man Burns , DC Fats, Jas Funk, Arthur Maniac McCloud @ 11 am & 11pm ON WHUT-HD Howard U PBS tv* (also showing other times through Feb. 18)
*DJ Gilbert Torossian @ Green Zone (Arabic/Armenian)*
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Sat. Feb 3-
“Where do we go-go from here—15 minutes of chat w/ Big G of
Backyard & kids; then young acts J’ta & TJ perform w/ Backyard Band 6
to 7 pm free @ Kenn. Center Millennium Stage
That's What Friends Are For-Nova Y. Payton Sings Burt
Bacharach @ Signature Theatre (through Feb. 4th)
Bob Marley One Love Birthday Bash w/ I & I Riddim @
Bethesda Theater
Los Mismos @ Mangos
Los Mismos , Grupo La Clave late @ Club One
Repartiendo Timba w/ Alain Almeida & others @ Asi Es Mi
Tierra
New Impressionz @ Shark Bar Waldorf (go-go)
Lunar New Year festival 11 am to 4 @ National Museum of Asian Art
Asian American Chamber of Commerce Lunar New Year
Celebration from 1 to 3 @ Tysons Corner Center
EU @ Carlyle Room (sold out)
TCB @ Union District Bar, 501 Morse St NE (bouncebeat go-go)
D Strange, DJ Technics, Djoser @ 10 pm @ Safari Lounge (Chicago,
Detroit, Baltimore style club dance music)
Tropical Beat w/ DJs Leon City Sounds @ Green Zone
Captivators, Rude to your Mother @ Quarry House
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
Fadi Jano @ Martini ‘s Falls Church (Middle Eastern)
(tentative, call to confirm)
Rare Essence @ Aqua
Junkyard Band, Sirius Company, Mature Clientele band @ Fast
Eddies
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Sun. Feb. 4-
That's What Friends Are For-Nova Y. Payton Sings Burt
Bacharach @ Signature Theatre
What Band feat. Killa Cal w/ Still Familiar 6 to 12 midnight
@ Capital Restaurant & Lounge in Lanham
The McLean Community Center hosts a free Lunar New Year
festival featuring local musicians, artisans and dancers from noon to 4 p.m.,
leading up to a 4 p.m. ticketed performance from New York’s Nai-Ni Chen Dance
Company.
Musical Tribute to Edgar Allen Poe @ An Die Musik
Gaage, Home Remedies, Truth or Dare @ Comet P Pong
Brazilian carnival celebration @ Bossa
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
Ethiopian music @ Love Lounge Fenton St Silver Spring
Asmae & Chakib @ Martini Lounge Falls Church (locally based Arabic/Middle Eastern)
(tentative call to confirm)
Samuel Prather G.O. 4tet @ Bronze *
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Mon. Feb. 5-
Bad Influence blues Band from 6 to 9
@ Westminster Church SW (blues)
Sarah Jarosz & Ballroom Thieves @ Md Hall in Annapolis
(Americana-country)
Ethiopian music live @ Napoli Lounge
Ethiojazz @ Shalla
*Luke Stewart's Silt Trio w/ Brian Settles and Blacks Myths' drummer Warren "Trae" Crudup @ The Alumni Spot* (jazz )
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Tues. Feb. 6 –
Tinashe w/ Uniiqu3 @ 930 Club
(r& B) (sold out)
Alvin Ailey Dance Theater through the 11th @
Kennedy Center Opera House
Rosanne Cash w/ John Leventhal & band @ Birchmere
Kahil El’Zabar’s Ethnic Heritage Ensemble @ Rhizome (jazz)
Blacc Print Experience @ Martini's in White Plains (go-go)
Ethiopian music @ Lion’s Den in Falls Church
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Wed. Feb. 7-
Tinashe w/ Uniiqu3 @
930 Club (r&b)
Rosanne Cash w/ John Leventhal & band @ Birchmere
Sirius Company @ Sobe (go-go)
Petawane 6 to 9 @ Eloquent Touch Ballroom Suitland (soul
covers)
Before Gentrification: The Creation of DC’s Racial Wealth
Gap book talk by author @ Mt pleasant Library
Phlote Dreamcast @ Eaton
No/mas, knoll, Deliriant Nerve, Disrotter @ Rhizome
Live Ethiopian music @ Napoli Lounge
New Impressionz @ Babylon (go-go)
Kizomba and bachata dj & dancing @ Crossroads 2
DJ Jamstar @ Tempoo Lounge (dancehall)
*Screening of PBS doc "Max Roach: The Drum also waltzes" 7 to 9 @ Library of Congress *
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Thurs Feb 8-
Ballet Hispanico @ Strathmore
Squid & Water From Your Eyes @ 930 Club (critic fave postpunk)
Luciano @ Bob Marley birthday tribute celebration @ Howard
Theatre
Music from the sole @ Clarice Smith
Live Ethiopian music w/ on Thursdays guitarist Selamino
& band @ 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
Ethiopian music @ Love Lounge Fenton St Silver Spring
Asmae & Chakib @ Martini Lounge Falls Church (locally based Arabic/Middle Eastern)
(tentative- call to confirm)
The Green Show Band @ Mr Braxton’s
What Band feat. Killa Cal @ Martini's Ft Washington (go-go)
Afrobeat w/ DJ Jamstar @ Spectrum Lounge
Afro-Caribbean dj @ Kaldis
Afrobeats @ Gazuza Lounge
Blacc Print Experience @ Piano Keys (go-go)
Flack @ VFW Post 350 Hells Bottom (roots pop)
*Cheick Hamala & Griot Street Band @ 9:30 @ Bossa*
*DJs and bands representing local student-run college radio stations WGMU (George Mason), WGTB (Georgetown), WMUC (Maryland) and WRGW (George Washington) during the College Radio Showcase @ DC 9*
*Danube Sessions & Kriminal pop w/ DJ Sarkan, & accomplices live @ Green Zone*
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Fri Feb. 9-
Marc Anthony @ Capital One Arena (salsa & Latin pop)
Los Iracundos, Los Angles Negros @ El Palenque
Elyanna @ Howard Theatre (Palestinian/Chilean) (sold Out)
Grupo Mandingo, Los Andantes Caminantes @ Bar Azul Sports
Bar in Gaithersburg
Jerry Gerardo Coronel @ Cococabana
Viry Sandoval @ El Ranchon
Dee Dee Bridgewater @ Keystone
Korner (jazz singer)
Wilmer Manga @ Diamond
Lounge
New Impressionz @ Gee’s (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
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
Live Ethiopian instrumental music w/ guitarist Selamino
& band 9 to 12 mdt. @ Meleket
*Les the DJ @ 9:30 @ Le Mont Royal*
*TOB, Spaceman, the Men @ Martini's (go-go)*
*What Band and Obsession @ Shark Bar *
*DJ Remi Hassoun @ Green Zone (Arabic)*
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Sat. Feb 10-
Gilberto Santa Rosa @ MGM (salsa)
Orquesta San Vincente, Los Caminantes, La Sonora Dinamita @
Club One
Tribute to Soda Stereo @ Casamigos
Mandingo @ El Pueblito Baltimore
Elvis Martinez @ VIP Room Baltimore
La Sexta Nortena MX @ Kiebers Restaurant in Woodbridge
Los Andantes Caminantes @ Copan in Herndon
Julie Williams 6 to 7 pm free @ Kenn. Center Millennium
Stage (country from Black Opry Revue)
The Casuals 3.4 “Celebrating Skip Mahoney” @ Carlyle Room (dc
soul)
Michael Shannon & Jason Narducy & friends play REM’s
Murmur; Dave Hill @
Black Cat (sold out)
Sensor Ghost, Devin Ocampo w/ Jerry Busher, Freq Flag @
Rhizome (post-punk)
Proper Utensils @ Hangars (go-go)
Dee Dee Bridgewater @ Keystone Korner (jazz singer)
Corey Arceneaux & The Zydeco Hot Peppers @ Peerless Ren
in Annapolis
Lunar New Year of the Dragon, Lion & Dragon Dance @ 6 pm through the MGM Casino Valet, Conservatory, National
Market
Lunar New Year Family
Celebration w/ lion dance 11:30 am to
3pm @ Smithsonian American Art Museum,
Mardi Gras parade w/ Too Much Talent Band & Naptown
Brass Band from 3 to 7 pm @ the Wharf
Festival of Spirituals: Jazzy Inspirations @ 5 pm free @ Mt.
Zion UMC Church , 1334 29th Street NW Georgetown DC
Flash Hits, Dot Dash, False Tracks @ Quarry House (rock)
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
Fadi Jano @ Martini ‘s Falls Church (Middle Eastern)
(tentative, call to confirm)
Rare Essence @ Aqua
TCB, New Impressionz, TOB @ Fast Eddies
(go-go)
A David Bowie Valentine tribute w/ Apollo 66, Sister Ex &
other dc bands @ Pie Shop
*Margaret Glaspy @ DC 9 *
*DJ Crown Vic's Weird World vinyl event @ Green Zone *
*J Dilla tribute w/ Quartermaine and guests Roddy Rod, RBI, 2-Tone Jones and others from 2 to 7 @ Love People Records in Kensington *
*Backyard Band @ Martini's Ft Washington (go-go)*
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Sun. Feb. 11-
Benefit for studio engineer Jim Robeson & wife Marianne
Robeson w/ emcees Cathy Fink and Marcy
Marxer & performing Tom Paxton –
folk; * Bonnie Rideout - Scottish fiddle; * Seldom Scene - bluegrass; * Debi Smith – folk; * Big Howdy –
bluegrass; * Tom Teasley - world percussion at 4 @ Saint Mark Presbyterian Church in Rockville,
MD.
DJ Shadow & Holly @ 930 Club
‘Round Midnight movie free screening @3 pm @ Kennedy Center
Reach
Johnny Spampinato & the Value Leaders w/ Pile O' Rocks @ 6 pm @ Hank Dietles
DC Chinese Lunar New Year Parade @ 2 p.m. from Sixth and I streets NW to Sixth
and H streets. Free. later fireworks
Super Bowl w/ Usher on halftime show
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
Ethiopian music @ Love Lounge Fenton St Silver Spring
Asmae & Chakib @ Martini Lounge Falls Church (locally based Arabic/Middle Eastern)
(tentative call to confirm)
*Danube Wolves @ 8 @ Bossa *
*Alash @ Creative Alliance*
*Deflation- A non-football party w/ Djs Fady D & Saba from 7 to close @ Green Zone) (Arabic music & more)*
*The R&B Club: Songs About Cheating discussion 12 noon to 2 @ Songbyrd *
*Mali Velasquez @ 8 @ Songbyrd (folksy indie from Texas)*
*Backyard Band 8 to 1 am @ Society Lounge (go-go)*
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Mon. Feb. 12-
The Blues Brothers w/ DC blues/soul/jazz longtime great
Bobby Felder on keys & band from 6 to 9 @ Westminster Church SW (blues)
No Vacation, French Cassettes @ Atlantis (indie rock) (sold out)
Loud Boyz @ DC9 (sold out)
Ethiopian music live @ Napoli Lounge
Ethiojazz @ Shalla
Attinshun open mic @ The Mojuba Collective
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Tues Feb. 13-
Fat Tuesday Mardi Gras
Militarie Gun w/ Pool Kids, Spiritual Cramp, Spaced @ Atlantis
Snail Mail, w/ Birthday Girl DC, Flowers for the Dead @ DC 9 (sold out)
Lydia Lunch @ Ottobar
Softcult, Superbloom @ Black Cat
Naptown Brass band Mardi Gras Celebration @ Rams Head Live
Annapolis
“Ain’t Too Proud to Beg” a musical re The Temptations
through Feb. 18th @ Kennedy Center Opera House
Blacc Print Experience @ Martini's in White Plains (go-go)
Ethiopian music @ Lion’s Den in Falls Church
*DJ Baby Alcatraz Mardi Gras record spinning @ 8 Seki Nikai *
*Reaction, TOB, ABM @ Martini's Ft Washington (bouncebeat go-go) *
*Bayou Gras party w/ Nick Adde and His Trio playing the music of Dr. John, Professor Longhair & more Big Easy acts after 6 @ Bayou Bakery*
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Wed. Feb. 14-
La Zenda Nortena , & Grupo Esmerado @ Mexico Lindo
Justin Adams w/ Mauro Durante 6 to 7
pm free @ Kenn. Center Millennium Stage ( Adams, guitarist, producer and
composer, has made global sounds & worked w/ Robert Plant. Mauro Durante
plays violin and frame drums)
A Date with John Waters @ Baltimore Soundstage
Jean Carne @ 6 to 9 @ Eloquent Touch Ballroom in Suitland
Zacairias Ferreira @ Rio Cantina
Pink Sweats @ Lincoln Theatre (R&B)
Deap Valley, Sloppy Jane early show @ Black Cat; Chad America’s dance party @ 9:30
@ Black Cat
TOB, Reaction, ABM @ Power
Live Ethiopian music @ Napoli Lounge
New Impressionz @ Babylon (go-go)
Kizomba and bachata dj & dancing @ Crossroads 2
DJ Jamstar @ Tempoo Lounge (dancehall)
*Teach Me How to Dabke night w/ Jinan @ Green Zone*
*Fadi Jano @ Martini's Lounge Falls Church (Arabic)*
*Africa with Love featuring DC band Sahel 6 to 9 @ Smithsonian National Museum of African Art*
*Sirius Company @ Sobe (go-go)*
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Thurs. Feb. 15-
Veeze, Talibando @ Baltimore Soundstage (critic fave rap)
Movement w/ Meklit Hadero (Ethiopian-American singer),
Cheakaity (LiberianDMV r& b), Gerson Lanza (Honduras dmv tap dancer) @ 8 @
Montgomery College Cultural Arts Center
Makano & Aspirante @ Bravo Bravo
October London – rebirth of Marvin tour @ Howard Theatre
Ruben Moreno and the Zydeco ReEvolution @Hank Dietles
Tavern,
Autumn Nichols free from 6 to 7 pm @ Kenn. Center Millennium
Stage
Yonaka , Cassyette @ Union Stage
Mars & the Collective @ Mr Braxtons
Live Ethiopian music w/ on Thursdays guitarist Selamino
& band @ 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
Ethiopian music @ Love Lounge Fenton St Silver Spring
Asmae & Chakib @ Martini Lounge Falls Church (locally based Arabic/Middle Eastern)
(tentative- call to confirm)
The Green Show Band @ Mr Braxton’s
What Band feat. Killa Cal @ Martini's Ft Washington (go-go)
Afrobeat w/ DJ Jamstar @ Spectrum Lounge
Afro-Caribbean dj @ Kaldis
Afrobeats @ Gazuza Lounge
Going Goin Gone @ VFW Post 350 Hells Bottom
*Rev. Robert Jones Sr (blues guitarist, storyteller, baptist pastor), poet Major Jackson free 5 to 8 pm @ Library of Congress (timed tickets required)*
*Soul Sauce w/ DJ Kenny M spinning vinyl @ Green Zone*
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Fri. Feb. 16-
Jamilla Woods @ Howard Theatre (r& B)
Los Tigres del Norte @ Eaglebank Arena
Valentine’s Classic Soul
w/ the Whispers, Dramatics, & Peaches & Herb @ The Lyric
Lonnie Holley free from 6 to 7 pm @
Kenn. Center Millennium Stage (folk-soul singer & painter/photographer)
NRBQ @ Birchmere
Akua Allrich’s Nina Simone & Miriam Makeba Tribute @
Creative Alliance Baltimore
Los Iracundos @ Diamond Lounge
Mandingo, Grupo Miramar, Los Andantes Caminantes @ El
Palenque
Mandingo, Grupo Miramar, Los
Andantes Caminantes, La Sonora Dinamita @ Cococabana
Oscar Arriaga @ Lima de Veras in Sterling
Zacairias Ferreira @ Vibe in Annapolis
Brray @ Bravo Bravo
El Jerry Gerardo Coronel @ El Ranchon
Sirius Company @ Citizens & Culture in Silver Spring
(go-go)
Legends of Soul Celebrate Black History w/ singer Jerome
Mackall (Hardway Connection), drummer Mousey Thompson (played with James Brown)
and more (presented by Tarsha Fitzgerald) @
Carlyle Room
Steve Forbert & Freedy Johnston @ Rams Head Live
Annapolis
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
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
Live Ethiopian instrumental music w/ guitarist Selamino
& band 9 to 12 mdt. @ Meleket
Christie Dashiell Be My Valentine jazz vocals show @ 8 @ PG Publick Playhouse *
*Future Times dance event w/ Lil Mofo, Beautiful Swimmers, BabyPufff @ 9:30 @ Suns Cinema*
*TOB @ Throw Social (go-go)*
*DJ Basbousa @ Green Zone (Arabic)*
*Mid-Atlantic Jazz Fest in Rockville through Sunday *
*Mardi Gras Shabbat with Dupont Brass Band @ 6th & I *
*Ain't Too Proud to Beg: The Life & Times of the Temptations @ Kennedy Center *
*Washington Ballet new Jazz Icons piece (through Sun Feb 18) *
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Sat. Feb. 17
-Valentine’s Soul Jam w/ Russell Thompkins’ New Stylistics, The
Legendary Intruders, Heatwave, Bloodstone, Sonny Bivans’ Manhattans @ DAR
Constitution Hall
Dramatics @ Birchmere (soul)
Sweet Honey in the Rock @ 8 @ PG Publick Playhouse
Voices of Classic Soul ( Joe Coleman, Jerome Jackson from
Drifters & Main Ingredient, Theo Peoples (Temps & Tops) ) @ Carlyle
Room
DJ Adonii @ Papositos in Manassas (DR Independence day)
Colombian carnival @ La Catrina in Bethesda
Mandingo, Grupo Miramar, Los Andantes Caminantes @ Club One
Rare Essence free from 6 to 7 pm @ Kenn. Center Millennium
Stage (DC go-go)
Junkyard Band @ El Guapo in Catonsville
Shy Glizzy @ Howard Theatre (rap)
Stevie Nicks @ CFG Arena Baltimore
NRBQ @ the Ottobar
Monsters from the Surf w/ Zocko & Marshall Keith @ Hank Dietles
Lunar New Year Fest 10 am to 3 @ DAR
City of Rockville Lunar New Year celebration, w/ Korean drumming, Vietnamese dance, Chinese
opera, a lion dance @ 10 am to 12:30 pm @ Rocville High School * CANCELLED due to weather & sadly won't be rescheduled*
Boogarins, Endlings, Infinite Daisy Chains @ Quarry House
Public Acid, Destruct, Abism, Daunthing Nightmare @ Comet P
Pong
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
Fadi Jano @ Martini ‘s Falls Church (Middle Eastern)
(tentative, call to confirm)
Rare Essence w/ TOB @ 11 @ Aqua
*Ain't Too Proud to Beg: The Life & Times of the Temptations @ Kennedy Center*
*Washington Ballet new Jazz Icons piece (through Sun Feb 18) *
*Okay Africa DC w/ Djs Native Sun & Underdong free @ 10 @ St Ex*
*Karizma w/ Dance Club djs Joyce Lim, Baronhawk Poiter, Tommy C @ Hill Prince, 1337 H St NE (techno) *
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Sun. Feb 18-
Boyz II Men @ MGM
Ohio Players @ Bethesda Theater (funk)
Rakim & Ken-y @ Rio Cantina
Sweet Honey in the Rock @ 4 @ PG Publick Playhouse
Jubilee Voices (from Washington Revels) special
Gullah-Geechee culture program @ 2 @ Old Town Alexandria Lyceum.
Junkyard Band, Still Familiar, M.A.B. 2.0, Strictly Bizness
@ Diamond Lounge (go-go)
Carnaval de Curramba w/ Parrandon Vallenato , DJ Pocho &
more @ Ibiza in Herndon
Dave Chappell Band 2 to 4:30 @ Hank Dietles
Hula Monsters @ 6 @ Hank Dietles
Elsa Nilsson’s Band of Pulses, One Trick Pony (w/ Amy K
Bormet, Keith Butler, Brian Settles), Silent G @ Rhizome (avante-jazz)
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
Ethiopian music @ Love Lounge Fenton St Silver Spring
Asmae & Chakib @ Martini Lounge Falls Church (locally based Arabic/Middle Eastern)
(tentative call to confirm)
Mark Opsasnick book signing for “Orange Brick in Warm Sun: Jim
Morrison in DC” book, w/ a Doors cover band @ 1 pm @ Maryland Meadworks
*R&B Super Jam w/ Monica, Dru Hill, Ginuwine, Mya, Shai @ Eaglebank Arena*
*Rebirth Brass @ Mothers Federal Hill Grille Baltimore* (from New Orleans)*
*New Impressionz, TOB 9 to 2am @ Babylon (go-go)*
*What Band @ Shark Bar *
*Backyard Band 4 to 9 @ Babylon Futbol Cafe Falls Church (go-go)*
*Proper Utensils feat. Jas Funk @ Chateau Remix (go-go) *
*Sirius Company @ Martin's Crosswinds Greenbelt (go-go)*
*EU, Be'la Dona, Suttle late @ Fast Eddie's*
*Go-go Museum Honors & fundraiser for the museum from 8 to 12 mdt @ 550 C St SW $100*
*Granny & the Boys @ Showtime Bar*
*Living the Dream, Singing the Dream choral tribute to MLK @ Kennedy Center*
*Layover party w/ djs Mathias, NativeSun, Spinrillo @ 10 @ Capo Italian Deli, 715 Fl. Ave NW(global electronics ) *
*rapper Shy Glizzy hosts TCB, CCB, UCB @ ECC, 2154 24th Place NE (tickets via eventbrite - look for DCPresidentialBash) (bouncebeat go-go)*
*Washington Ballet new Jazz Icons piece at Kennedy Center(through Sun Feb 18) *
*Rise Band & Show @ Lamont's (soul)*
*Rare Essence @ 10 @ Restaurant 55 (go-go) *
*Free Amapiano dance party w/ djs @ 10 @ St. Ex (South African club dance style)*
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Mon. Feb. 19-
Sol Roots Band from 6 to 9 @ Westminster Church SW (blues
& blues-rock)
Apes of the State, Doom Scroll, Jacob Bennett @ Comet P Pong
Ethiopian music live @ Napoli Lounge
Ethiojazz @ Shalla
*EU, Junkyard Band, Backyard band , R & S Band @ 3:30 pm @ Howard Theatre (go-go) *
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Tues. Feb 20-
-Lil Tecca @ Fillmore (rap)
Brittany Howard @ 930 (r& B
& Americana ) (sold out)
Cat Power Sings Dylan’s 1966 Royal Albert Hall Concert @ the
Lincoln Theatre
Blonde Redhead @ Ottobar
Jason Isbell @ the Lyric (sold out)
Ethnic Heritage Ensemble @ An Die Musik (jazz )
Blacc Print Experience @ Martini's in White Plains (go-go)
Ethiopian music @ Lion’s Den in Falls Church
* Mostly Other People Do the Killing, & Sarah Marie Hughes and Derek Michaels @ Rhizome (experimental and jazz ) *
*Summer of Soul doc (about Harlem summer fest directed by Questlove) @ 7 @ Miracle Theatre*
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Wed. Feb. 21 - Brittany Howard @ 930 (r& B &
Americana )(sold out)
Bohemian Caverns Jazz Orchestra @ Carlyle Room
Second Wind Poetry Open mic free
from 6 to 7 pm @ Kenn. Center Millennium Stage
St Paul & the Broken Bones @ Rams Head Baltimore
Mother Tongue Film Festival through the 24th
Deeper, Stuck @ Comet P Pong
Live Ethiopian music @ Napoli Lounge
New Impressionz @ Babylon (go-go)
Kizomba and bachata dj & dancing @ Crossroads 2
DJ Jamstar @ Tempoo Lounge (dancehall)
*Chad Clark of Beauty Pill talking about Q-Tip's The Renaissance album @ 7 @ Idle Hour in Baltimore*
*Sirius Company @ Sobe (go-go)*
*Jane Remover @ DC9 (sold out) (experimental pop)*
*Women of go-go panel w/ DJ Heat, Kacey of Black Alley, Sweet Cherie of BelaDona, Sweet Thang, Michelle Blackwell , Kimise Lee ; doors @ 5 @ Alumni/Baby Wale, 1124 9th St NW *
*Samuel Prather & the G,O!4tet "Afrofuturism: An Ode to Jazz" @ 6 pm @ Bronze, 1245 H St NE *
*Choro performance w/ Pablo Regis & others @ 7:30 @ UMBC*
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Thurs. Feb. 22-
Enjambre @ DC 9 (rock)
Tuvan singers @ Hill Center
Liberated Muse Arts Group—led by Dr. Khadijah Z.
Ali-Coleman, presents a musical and poetic tribute to the African-American
efforts of freedom and resistance from 1619 to present day free from 6 to 7 pm
@ Kenn. Center Millennium Stage
Aimee Mann @ 930 Club (Sold out)
Larry & Joe @ Creative Alliance (North Carolina banjo
player & Venezuelan harpist )
Fix Your Heart, Broken Hills, The Armors @ Rhizome (punk)
Bat Boy, Flowerbomb, Last Wednesday @ Quarry House
Live Ethiopian music w/ on Thursdays guitarist Selamino
& band @ 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
Ethiopian music @ Love Lounge Fenton St Silver Spring
Asmae & Chakib @ Martini Lounge Falls Church (locally based Arabic/Middle Eastern)
(tentative- call to confirm)
The Green Show Band @ Mr Braxton’s
What Band feat. Killa Cal @ Martini's Ft Washington (go-go)
Afrobeat w/ DJ Jamstar @ Spectrum Lounge
Afro-Caribbean dj @ Kaldis
Afrobeats @ Gazuza Lounge
Thrills @ Hank Dietles
*Mazboota event w/ DJ Fady D @ Green Zone (alternative Arabic electro/disco)*
*Dancing in the World book discussion w/ authors Sinclair Ogaga Omoghene & Kate Spanos from 12:30 to 2 pm @ U of MD Clarice Smith Performing Arts Library Piano Room*
*WHFS doc screening @ 7:15 @ the Avalon Theatre followed by q & a w/ HFS djs (Sold Out) *
*Rap is poetry open mic night 8 to 11 @ Galactic Panther*
*Cheick Hamala & the Griot Street Band @ Bossa (DC-based Malian music) *
*City of Caterpillar @ Songbyrd *
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Fri. Feb 23 –
Jess Williamson @ The Atlantis (minimalist country)
Rhett Miller @ Miracle Theatre
Ryan Beaty @ 930 ( indie)
Makaya Mccraven- In These Times 21st century jazz big band @
Strathmore
Capital City Blues & Southern Soul Fest w/ King George,
Tucka, Pokey Bear, Nellie Tiger Travis, J-Wonn, Lebrado @ DAR Constitution Hall
Banda el Limon, & Voz de Mando @ Mexico Lindo
Baby Bash, Lil Rob, MC Magic @ Cococabana
Home Rule Music Fest 2024 Launch party & concert w Plunky Branch, Brandon Woody’s Upendo, & a screening of Black Fire doc @ Songbyrd
Proper Utensils feat. Jas Funk 7 to 11 @ Takoma Station (go-go)
Mayan Kaqchikel singer and songwriter Sara Curruchich @ Hill
Center (Mayan folk, cumbia , reggae)
“Classically Dope” w/ Konshens the MC free from 6 to 7 pm @
Kenn. Center Millennium Stage (rap, jazz, poetry)
Nate Scheible tape release , Claire Alrich, Niki Afsar w/ Jonathn
Williger @ Rhizome
*Initialize party w/ TroubleFunk, Floorplan, Danny Daze, Bianco Oblivion , Dee Clark, Amal, Native Sun, 30 djs & musicians such as Bri Mafia, Syd, El Cousteau, Nappy Nappa, panel chat w/ Big Tony of TF & w/ DJ Underdog@
Republiq (go-go & club dance )
After Thought Band (formerly the Brothers 7 Band) @ Lamont’s
Rare Essence @ Fast Eddie’s (go-go)
Backyard Band @ Restaurant 55 (go-go)
Junkyard Band @ Nipseys (go-go)
TCB @ Power
(bouncebeat go-go)
Alfredo Mojica Group
@ Bossa (salsa) plus DJ Lu w/ Latin hits upstairs
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
Live Ethiopian instrumental music w/ guitarist Selamino
& band 9 to 12 mdt. @ Meleket
Ramblin Deano (of Waco Brothers) @ 5:30 for free @ Hank Dietles
*Tweet @ Birchmere (r& B) *
*50th Anniv. of hiphop event @ Black Rock Center *
*Sounds by DJ Saba @ Green Zone (Arabic)*
*Good Vibes Session 3 live music 8 to 11 @ Galactic Panther*
*CBGBDC classic punk covers by bands @ O'Shaunessy's , 1324 King St ., Alexandria *
*Fadi Jano @ Martini Lounge Falls Church (Middle eastern)*
*Marimba 502 @ El Palenque in Falls Church*
*Baby Bash, Lil Rob, MC Magic @ Coco Cabana *
*MaxBanda @ VIP Room *
*La Potenci, Grupo Recio, Lilo Bermudez @ 90 Degrees*
*La Factoria @ the Palace *
*Voz de Mando, La Original Banda El Limon, Conjunto Rio Grande @ Mexico Lindo *
*TOB, ABM, The Men, AJa @ Martini's Ft Washington (bouncebeat go-go)*
*New Impressionz @ Gee's*
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Sat. Feb. 24-
J. Robbins Band
record release, Hammer No More the Fingers @ Comet P Pong
El Debarge @ Bethesda Theater
Furia del Bravo, Alianza Nortena, Reunion Nortena @ El
Ranchon
Buffalo Nichols free from 6 to 7 pm
@ Kenn. Center Millennium Stage (blues guitar & programmed beats)
Yahzarah @ Carlyle Room (Ghanaian
-American Singer-songwriter)
Cecile Mclorin Salvant @ Goucher College (jazz singer)
Ken Vandenmark’s Edition Redux, w/ *Mark Cisneros & Nik Francis opening @ Rhizome (jazz)*
Carver Commodore, Something Simple @ Quarry House
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
Fadi Jano @ Martini ‘s Falls Church (Middle Eastern)
(tentative, call to confirm)
Rare Essence *w/ Da One Band @ Aqua (go-go)
Blacc Print Experience , UCB @ 5701 MLK Highway, Seat
Pleasant (go-go)
*Jourdan Carroll singing Barry White , benefit show for Lillette's Foundation for the Arts @ Slayton House in Columbia, MD *
*Leon City Sounds & DJ Crown Vic @ Marx Cafe* (spinning cumbia, salsa, Bugalu, kompa, Chicha & more) *
*Post Carnival Pump @ Karma *
*Tap dancer and vocalist, Brinae Ali,with Baltimore Jazz Collective @ Creative Alliance*
*Nectar dj event w/ V: Shal & Ahautmess @ Green Zone *
*Junkyard Band @ Shark Bar (go-go)*
*Backyard Band @ 5 Sisters Lounge (go-go)*
*Daytime cumbia party w/ Victor Arce (industrial cumbia) & DJ Kristy La Rat (booty rex/Maracuyeah) 2 to 6 pm @ Rhizome*
*Hardway Connection @ Lamont's (southern soul)*
*Duende Camaron & Tres Minutos @ Martini Lounge Falls Church *
*Fer Martinez y Sus Cuates de Olancho @ Terra Mare in Wheaton-Glenmont *
*DJ Adoni @ Club One *
*Post-punk flea market 1 to 7 @ Atlas Brew Works *
*Egyptian Lover dj late @ Flash (Los Angeles electro dance & hiphop) *
*Mayan Kaqchikel singer and songwriter Sara Curruchich free @ 2 pm @ Mt Pleasant Library*
*TCB & Reaction @ Martini's Ft Washington (go-go)*
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Sun. Feb. 25-
Gregory Porter @ MGM National Harbor
El Debarge @ Bethesda Theater
Ali Sethi @ Barns of Wolf Trap (South
Asian) (sold out)
Haram and Taqbir @ Pie Shop ( Lebanese and Moroccan American
punk) (sold out)
Buddy Holly Tribute w/ Rock-a-Sonics, Ruthie & the
Wranglers , Jelly Roll Mortals, The Thrills, Grandsons, Goin’ Goin” Gone,
Crayfish Sisters & more @ Rosensteel Hall in Silver Spring
Daryl Davis Thanks for the Memories @ Birchmere
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
Ethiopian music @ Love Lounge Fenton St Silver Spring
Asmae & Chakib @ Martini Lounge Falls Church (locally based Arabic/Middle Eastern)
(tentative call to confirm)
*DC Vybe @ 8 pm @ Shark Bar (go-go)*
*Backyard Band @ Throw Social Ivy City (go-go)*
*Feteish 80 % soca, 20 % everything else w/ djs @ Gee's *
*What Band w/ Killa Cal day party 5 to 9 @ Black Rose (go-go)*
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Mon. Feb. 26 -
Shirletta Settles & friends band from 6 to 9 @ Westminster Church SW (blues
& soul)
BCMC (Bill Mackay & Cooper Crain) @ Rhizome (rock-raga-east
African new age blues they say)
Ethiopian music live @ Napoli Lounge
Ethiojazz @ Shalla
Attinshun open mic @ The Mojuba
Collective
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Tues. Feb 27- Tkay Maidza @ Howard Theatre (experimental
hiphop)
Madi Diaz @ The Atlantis
Blacc Print Experience @ Martini's in White Plains (go-go)
Ethiopian music @ Lion’s Den in Falls Church
*TCB, the Men @ Bo's All Star Birthday @ Hanger's *
*Biographer, Paul Alexander will discuss his book Bitter Crop:The Heartache and Triumph of Billie Holiday’s Last Year with a moderator, answer questions from the audience, and sign copies of the book. 7 to 8:30 pm @ MLK Library *
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Wed. Feb 28 –
Mary Timony,
Birthday Girl @ Ottobar (rock)
The Kills , Heartworms @ 930 Club
(rock)
Magpie (Terry Leonino & Greg Artzner) free from 6 to 7 pm @ Kenn. Center Millennium Stage (Kent
Ohio ‘70s folk group that moved to DC)
Live Ethiopian music @ Napoli Lounge
New Impressionz @ Babylon (go-go)
Kizomba and bachata dj & dancing @ Crossroads 2
DJ Jamstar @ Tempoo Lounge (dancehall)
*Sirius Company @ Sobe (go-go)*
*Hip-Hop Listening Sessions w/ DJ Miss H.E.R., DJ Jahsonic, MCs Nia Dinero,Javier Starks, rapper/vocalist Dior Ashley Brown, discussing their favorite hiphop love songs. Brown also performs a selection of songs backed by a live band. The evening starts at 6:30 p.m. with a cocktail hour & DJ set, & finishes with a dance party @ Kennedy Center *
*Neptune Room 4th Anniversary*
Chappell, Pirog, Previti, Kuhl @ Blues Alley for 2 sets (roots rock)
*Juju and The Hiphuggers w/ Sugarbear @ 7 @ House of Comedy , Lanham (go-go)*
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Thurs. Feb 29-
Hiphop 51 Armageddon w/ Stetsasonic & Brand Nubian @
Baltimore Soundstage (rap)
Hurray for the Riff Raff , Nnamadi @ The Atlantis (sold Out)
“Stop Making Sense “ Talking Heads movie @ Lincoln Theatre
Emi Mahmoud with Ann Curry free from 6 to 7 pm @ Kenn.
Center Millennium Stage( Sudanese-American slam poet, humanitarian advocate,
and UNHCR Goodwill Ambassador)
DCVybe @ Carlyle Room (go-go/r& B )
Bratty @ Songbyrd (Mexican indie-pop & rock)
Mars & the Collective @ Mr Braxtons
WMD Drone trio , Parker Speirs @ Rhizome (improvised avante
jazz)
Live Ethiopian music w/ on Thursdays guitarist Selamino
& band @ 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
Ethiopian music @ Love Lounge Fenton St Silver Spring
Asmae & Chakib @ Martini Lounge Falls Church (locally based Arabic/Middle Eastern)
(tentative- call to confirm)
What Band feat. Killa Cal @ Martini's Ft Washington (go-go)
Afrobeat w/ DJ Jamstar @ Spectrum Lounge
Afro-Caribbean dj @ Kaldis
Afrobeats @ Gazuza Lounge
*Batida! Vintage Brazilian vinyl Dj 9 pm till @ Green Zone *
*Jean Carne @ Blues Alley (jazz & r& b singer)*
*Bachatame Dominican Independence Day Party w/ DJ Juan Bachata & DJ Yardie @ Salif Hause, 1216 18th St NW *
*Crock Of Gold: A Few Rounds With Shane Macgowan @ 9:35 pm @ AFI (Julian Temple doc on Pogues singer)*
*Black Techno Matters djs upstairs, Anthology of Booty djs downstairs @ 10 pm @ Gramaphone DC, 847 Fl Ave. *
*New Impressionz @ Nipsey's *
*Bongo District cumbia-reggae & DJ Berimbau @ Bossa *
*Azul Band @ Soussi (global sounds)*
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Fri. March 1- DakhaBrakha (Ukrainian theatrical folk group
@ Strathmore
Screening of "Fandango at the Wall" 5 to 7 @
Library of Congress Pickford Theatre (Arturo O’Farrill
and his Afro-Latin Jazz Orchestra travel to Veracruz, Mexico, to jam with
masters of “son jarocho,” a 300-year-old Mexican folk music with roots in
African, Indigenous, and Spanish traditions.)
Arturo O’Farrill and his Afro-Latin Octet 8 to 10 @ Library
of Congress Coolidge Auditorium
Jubin Nautiyal @ MGM (Playback singer from India)
Los Angeles Azules @ Eaglebank
CIAA basketball tourney w/ day party music in Baltimore –
Blacc Print Experience @ Safari Nightclub
Rare Essence @ DJ Kool's Basketball Tourney party @ Rams Head Live in Baltimore
The Kills , Heartworms @ 930 Club (rock)
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
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
Live Ethiopian instrumental music w/ guitarist Selamino
& band 9 to 12 mdt. @ Meleket
*Viva Brazil Bossa Nova Night w/ Marcus Ariel @ Creative Alliance *
*Sirius Company @ HBCU basketball tourney kickoff gig @ La Mi Amore Baltimore*
*Seven Pillars-Sandbox Percussion @ Parilla Performing Arts in Rockville (avante-classical)*
*Save Your Soul dj party w/ Baby Alcatraz & DJ Rob Macy spinning soul vinyl @ Lithuanian Hall Baltimore *
*Jean Carne @ Blues Alley (jazz & r& b singer)*
*AK-7, Patrullando P81, La Autoridad de la Sierra @ Palace *
*Los Yonic's , Los Caminantes @ Mexico Lindo *
*Still Familiar @ Sobe (go-go)*
*New Impressionz @ Throw Social (go-go)*
*Miranda & the Beat @ the Runaway (garage rock )*
*Grupo Corpo @ Kennedy Center (Brazilian dance company)*
*Atomic Tom @ Jammin Java(rock)*
*Lily Hiatt @ DC 9 (Nashville singer/daughter of John Hiatt ) *
*Baltimore Record Bazaar Vinyl Nite. 6PM, $FREE @ Peabody Heights Brewery*
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*March 2- Korsach @ Karma (Ethiopian) *
*Laylit dj party w/ Fady D & more @ Culture Ivy City*
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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; DC. Underworld on Instagram has metal &
hardcore
