DC/Baltimore /DMV Global Music and More –May 2024 Concert Calendar Gig List
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. Lots of local Ethiopian
and Go-go. 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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May 2024 Highlights (mostly visiting acts) (then full list below w/ local &
visiting):
Thurs. May 2- Belle & Sebastian, The Weather
Station @ Anthem (indie-pop)
Mimouna Moroccan Sephardic Fest w/ North African sweets,
& Jewish & Muslim Moroccan music by Noam Yekutiel Sibony & Ismail
Bouzidoune doing chaabi, Andalusian Sephardic, & Gwana @ 6:30 to 9 @ Smithsonian National Museum of
African Art
Sun. May 5-La Perla (percussion & vocals female trio from Bogota, Colombia), Taxi Vision (Queens, NY highlife, doo wop,samples, samba, & psychedelia), Leon City Sounds djs @ 5 Rhizome
Stiff Little Fingers @ Rams Head Live Baltimore (punk)
Wed. May 8-Lido Pimienta opening for Chicano Batman @ 930
Sat. May 11-Neil Young & Crazy Horse @ Jiffy Lube
Charlie Wilson @ Pier 6 (r&b)
Thurs. May 16- De-evolution is Real (Devo Films) @ AFI ;
Brian Eno doc @
Miracle Theatre
Sun. May 19- Slickee Boys 4 to 5:30 @ Palisades Community Center Backstage (garage punk)
Sun Ra Arkestra w/ 100th birthday celebration for band
leader Marshall Allen @ Birchmere
Sat. May 25- Aventura reunited with singer Romeo Santos @ Capital One Arena (also May 26 & June 12) (bachata)
Ann Savoy’s Another Heart Band: Album Release Show w/ Dirk
Powell free from 6 to 7 @ Kennedy Center Millennium Stage (Cajun)
Wed. May 29 – Combo Daguerre (psych French Latino boleros cumbia 60s rock chanson, w/ Olivier Conan of Brooklyn club Barbes on cuatro & vocals) for free from 6 to 7 @ Kennedy Center Millennium Stage; & @ 8 @ Rhizome
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May 2024 Full list (*will be updated throughout the month *)
Wed. May 1-
Feelin the Funk Band 6 to 9 @ Wine
Down Wed. @ Eloquent Touch Ballroom in Suitland
Ash, Felukah @ Union Stage (Ash is Cairo-born, French
-raised electronics producer; Felukah is Egypt-raised, NYC vocalist)
Enumclaw, Graham Hunt, Endlings @ Comet P Pong (rock)
Cecily w/ guitarist Zachary Cutler 6
to 7:30 pm @ Southwest Duck Pond, 954 6th St Sw
New Impressionz @ Babylon (go-go)
Live Ethiopian music @ Napoli Lounge
Kizomba and bachata dj & dancing @ Crossroads 2
DJ Jamstar @ Tempoo Lounge (dancehall)
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Thurs. May 2-
Belle & Sebastian,
The Weather Station @ Anthem (indie-pop)
Mimouna Moroccan Sephardic Jewish Fest w/ North African
sweets, & Jewish & Muslim Moroccan music by Noam Yekutiel Sibony &
Ismail Bouzidoune doing chaabi, Andalusian Sephardic, & Gwana @ 6:30 to 9 @ Smithsonian National Museum of
African Art
Jim Saah punk photos exhibit @ Carroll Arts Center ,
Westminster, MD
Director James June Schneider for a screening of his movie “
The End Of The Light Age (aka 1,2,3 Whiteout)” (2007) followed by Q&A @
Rhizome
Motown DC exhibit opens (through
July 7) @ Anacostia Arts Center
Margaret Glaspy @
Rams Head Annapolis (indie singer-songwriter)
Duo Andalus @ 7 @
Bossa (Mediterranean & North African) & Verny Varela @ 9:30 @ Bossa (Colombian
salsa, vallenato, cumbia & more)
Thrills @ JVs
(roots )
Longtimers @ Hank Dietle’s (roots)
Veronneau trio w/
Dave Kline @ Blues Alley (global jazz)
Shy Glizzy @ Rams
Head Baltimore (rap)
Jim Jones @ Zen
West (rap)
Azul Band @ Green
Zone (DC multi-cultural band)
Live Ethiopian
music w/ on Thursdays guitarist Selamino & band @ Shalla Restaurant in
Silver Spring
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
What Band feat.
Killa Cal @ Martini's Ft Washington (go-go)
Afrobeats w/ DJ
Jamstar @ Spectrum Lounge
Afro-Caribbean dj @
Kaldis
Afrobeats @ Gazuza
Lounge
New Impressionz @
Nipsey's (go-go)
*Ra-ra Riot @ 930 Club (rock)*
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Fri. May 3-
Social Distortion and Bad Religion @ MGM
Cuba Fest w/ Lazarito Valdes y Bamboleo, Ricardo Amaray ( ex
Manolito y su Trabuco) , Yordys Larrazábal (ex Maykel Blanco Salsa Mayor) , La
Rumbera Mayor, Dj Azucar @ Diamond
Lounge
Motown DC exhibit opening reception 6 to 8 pm @ Anacostia Arts Center
Big Tony's 64th Birthday ft. Trouble Funk & Special
Guests @ Bethesda Theater (go-go)
Aruna Sairam @ Barns of Wolf Trap (India)
Amapiano dance w/ Kine Camara 7 to 9 @ Joe’s Movement Emp.
The Messthetics, Sensor Ghost, Walsh Kunkel 8PM @
Ottobar (postpunk)
Bad Moves, Pretty Bitter , Prude @ Songbyrd (powerpop punk
& indie)
Lisa Fischer & Grand Baton @
Keystone Korner
One Night at the Dox w/ Big Ria, Rye Rye, DDM, Dj Class ,
Rod Lee, DJ Rod Braxton, DJ Say Wut @ the Garage Event Venue, 6 E Lafayette
Ave., Baltimore (Baltimore club music dance)
Grupo Phoeniz de Peten Guatemala @ Restaurant
Villa Flores in Glen Burnie, MD
La Caro Band , La Tremendita , La 5ta Banda @ Asi Es Mi
Tierra in Silver Spring
Cadetes De Linares De Santos Lozoya, Relevo, Kazadores,
& Los Jefes Del Este @ 90 Degrees
El Varon de la Bachata and Alex Bueno @ the Palace
Kim Michelle Experience @ Bar – Code (go-go)
Save Your Soul dj night w/ Baby Alcatraz & Rob Macy @
Lithuanian Hall Baltimore
7pm: Cristian Perez solo; 7:30 Joel Harrison (electric and
national steel gtr), John Previti (bass), Joshua Espinoza (keys), Mike Kuhl
(drums) (Americana) @ Rhizome
Rock-a-Sonics @ Colvin Run Dance Hall
Robert Lighthouse @ Hank Dietle’s
Veronneau full band @ Blues Alley (for bandmember Ken’s
birthday) (global jazz)
After Thought Band @ Lamont’s (soul)
Rare Essence @ Fast Eddie’s (go-go)
Backyard Band @ Restaurant 55 (go-go)
Junkyard Band @ Nipseys (go-go)
TCB @
Power (bouncebeat go-go)
Alfredo Mojica Group @ Bossa (salsa) plus DJ
Lu w/ Latin hits upstairs
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
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Sat. May 4-
Aruna Sairam @ Barns of Wolf Trap
Carnatic ragas at Gandhi Memorial Center Bethesda
Celebrating DC’s Arts & Culture District in historic
Anacostia
Alice Despard Group & Marshall Keith (from Slickee Boys)
@ Palisades Hub Centre , 5200 Cathedral
Ave NW
Shahram Nezari & Sorvar Ensemble @ Lincoln Theatre
Bob @ Korean Cultural Center (Korean
modernized folk)
Lisa Fischer &
Grand Baton @ Keystone Korner
Grupo Phoeniz de
Peten Guatemala @ Pappasitos
Chokecherry,
Glosser, Argo & the Violet Queens @ Comet P Pong
Pokey LaFarge free from 6 to 7 @ Kennedy Center Millennium Stage
Adams Morgan Porch
Fest 2 to 6 pm w/ 80 plus bands @ 22 locations
Newmyer Flyer
Presents The Songs Of Burt Bacharach & Hal David w/ Steve Washington, Shuga
Shang, Nikko Atiim Nixon, Lynn Veronneau, Desson Thomson, Margot Macdonald
& more @ Bethesda Theatre
Chastity Belt @
Black Cat
Azul Band @ Glover
Park Hotel (DC multi-cultural band)
Leon City Sounds
djs @ Green Zone
Tumbao (Latin salsa
) @ 10:30 @ Bossa 1st floor & DJ Lu Latin Hits upstairs
Roots Band @ Makeda
Restaurant (Ethiopian)
live Ethiopian
music @ Shalla
Ras Band w/ guest
singers @ MHL Lounge (Ethiopian)
Ethiopian music @
Black Rose Lounge
Rare Essence @
11 @ Aqua (go-go)
*Level Up Band @ Lamont's*
*Anacostia River Fest w/ Adamare, Junkyard Band, Anacostia High Band, US Navy Band * more 1 to 5 pm *
*Embassy tour day (call or check websites to confirm which ones )*
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La Perla
(percussion & vocals female trio from Bogota, Colombia), Taxi Vision
(Queens, NY highlife, doo wop,samples, samba, & psychedelia), Leon City
Sounds djs @ 5 Rhizome
Bebel Gilberto @ Barns of Wolf Trap
Dougie Fresh, southern soul , go-go- DC VYbe , EU @ Regency
Furniture Stadium
Bob @ Capital One Hall Tysons (Korean modernized folk)
Stiff Little Fingers @ Rams Head Live Baltimore (punk)
Lisa Fischer & Grand Baton @ Keystone Korner
Movie “Scream of My Blood: A Gogol Bordello Story” @ 3 @
Kennedy Center Millennium Stage ( a portrait of Ukrainian immigrant and punky
musician Eugene Hütz. Featuring a post-show film Q&A with directors Nate
Pommer and Eric Weinrib)
Alacranees Musical @ Ibiza in Herndon
K-Paz de la Sierra @ Vibe in
Annapolis
Bulin 47 @ Euphoria in Baltimore
Movie- “Grass Grass: A Nation’s Battle for Life” (1924 doc about
Bakhtiari people in what is now Iran) w/ live Bakhtiari folk inspired soundtrack
by Kamyar Arsani on vocals & Iranian daf frame drum, Maya Renfro on violin,
& Kajwan Ziaoddini on santur @ 2 to 3:15 Museum of Asian Art Meyer Auditorium
Rare Essence @ Ivy City Smokehouse
Big G of Backyard Band Birthday bash w/ Backyard Band & guest
host Sirius Vybe (Frank Sirius & Derrick Vybe) @ Fast Eddie’s
Amapiano Sunday w/ Priyanka @ 2 to 9pm @ Hook Hall
Tex Rubinowitz & Tom Mindte Roots Rock & Roll Band
w/Willie Barry 6 to 9 @ Hank Dietle's
Cathedral Bells, Rew, The Infinite Daisy Chains @ Comet P Pong
(shoegaze & rock)
Madeleine Peyroux w/ Joy Clark @ Birchmere
(jazz singer headliner) (sold out)
Ottobar Punk Rock Flea Market. 12PM
Ari Voxx & Sad Lads, Tripping , See Plus @ Slash Run (rock)
Benise-Fiesta of Spanish guitar and Dance @ 4 pm @ Lisner
Auditorium
Vava Samba Fest @ 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
Drumming @ 3 to 7 @
Malcolm X Park
Afrobeats dj @ St
Ex
*1252 Band @ Lamont's *
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Mon. May 6-
Silversun Pickups @ 930 Club (rock)
David Cole & Mainstreet Blues from
6 to 9 @ Westminster Church SW
Ethiopian music live @ Napoli Lounge
Ethiojazz @ Shalla
*Alice Merton @ Atlantis (sold out)*
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Tues. May 7-
Nigeria’s Most Wanted tour :
Shallipopi & ODUMODUBLVCK @ Fillmore (Nigerian rap & afrobeats)
Saapato (upstate NY based multi-instrumentalist Brendan
Principato uses field recordings electronic soundscapes); Tooth Choir (DC) ;
Candy Weather (DC) @ Rhizome
Sunny Day Real Estate @ Howard Theatre
Ethiopian music @ Lion’s Den in
Falls Church
Blacc Print
Experience @ Martini's White Plains (go-go)
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Lido Pimienta opening for Chicano Batman @ 930
Public Quartet w/ Vijay
Iyer @ Library of Congress
699X (U of MD grad students) Plays Terry Riley's "In
C"; Bud Wilson + Patrick Bain Play "Vibraphone Phase" (
Percussionists Bud Wilson & Patrick Bain do Steve Reich's 1967 "Piano
Phase" on two vibraphones) @ Rhizome
Nigeria’s Most Wanted tour : Shallipopi & ODUMODUBLVCK @
Fillmore night 2
Also Chosen feat. Abram Mamet, Keith Butler, Jr., & Zoe
Jorgenson-Speir 6 to 7:30 pm @ Southwest Duck Pond, 954 6th St Sw
May 8 (& 22) -Snehesh Nag @ Amp
(Hindustani sitar )
Sirius Company @
Sobe (go-go)
New Impressionz @
Babylon (go-go)
Live Ethiopian
music @ Napoli Lounge
Kizomba and bachata
dj & dancing @ Crossroads 2
DJ Jamstar @ Tempoo
Lounge (dancehall)
*The Chisel , Conservative Military Image @ Union Stage (brit punk ) *
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Thurs. May 9-
Levitation Room, Des Demonas @ Black Cat
Bottled Up, Sensor Ghost, Erica Dawn Lyles @ 8:30 @ Quarry
House (postpunk)
Flack @ VFW 350 Hells Bottom (roots
pop)
String Queens @ Birchmere
Angelo Moore (Fishbone), Old Bay Thrashers, Lady Hatchet.
6:30PM, $25 adv/$30 doors @ Zen West
Rosie Tucker, Moon by Moon @ Comet P Pong
Los Esplifs & Cumbia Heights @ Bossa
Royal Wood free 6 to
7 @ Kennedy Center Millenium Stage
Live Ethiopian music w/ on Thursdays guitarist Selamino
& band @ Shalla Restaurant in Silver Spring
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
What Band feat. Killa Cal @ Martini's Ft Washington (go-go)
Afrobeats w/ DJ Jamstar @ Spectrum Lounge
Afro-Caribbean dj @ Kaldis
Afrobeats @ Gazuza Lounge
New Impressionz @ Nipsey's (go-go)
*Jukebox the Ghost presents "Everything Under the Sun" @ Atlantis *
*Danube Sessions/Kriminal Pop W Dj Šarkan & Accomplices (Live) @ Green Zone*
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Chocolate City Records musical @ Lincoln Theatre
Garnet Rogers @ Timonium United Methodist Church ,
Timonium, MD (Singer/Songwriter)
Soulmates: The Music of Ashford & Simpson musical @
Arena Players in Baltimore
K-Paz de la Sierra @ Ibiza
Joe Veras @ Club One
the Kennedy Center’s 27th Annual
Mary Lou Williams Jazz Festival, a two-day jazz women fest hosted by Dee Dee
Brigewater w/ on Friday Brazilian singer, pianist, Eliane Elias; Bass
virtuoso Endea Owens
Decemberists, Ratboys @ Anthem
Cloud Nothings @ Black Cat
Stokley @ Bethesda Theatre (r&b)
Rock-a-Sonics @ Hank Dietle's
Wes Watkins Got My Own Sound w/ Ms Kim @ Carlyle Room
Colonel Josh & Paisley Tonk @ VFW 350 Hells Bottom
Madison Beer @ Echostage ( youtube pop)
Allison Miller’s Boom Tic Boom @ Amp (jazz )
Arabic music dj *Remi Hassoun *@ Green Zone
After Thought Band @ Lamont’s (soul)
Rare Essence @ Fast Eddie’s (go-go)
Backyard Band @ Restaurant 55 (go-go)
Junkyard Band @ Nipseys (go-go)
TCB @ Power
(bouncebeat go-go)
Alfredo Mojica Group
@ Bossa (salsa) plus DJ Lu w/ Latin hits upstairs
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
*Stephen Wade banjoist & *Memphis professor David Evans * @ 8 @ Archie Edward's Barbershop Hyattsville MD*
*Asia after dark w/ Mel Beyond Yoga sound bath 6 to 7 (15 crystal alchemy singing bowls that will be played in harmonies and binaural frequencies, along with chimes and the practitioner’s vocals.) & 7-8:30 p.m. Listening While Muslim: “Music as Medicine” performance @ Freer/Sackler Museum of Asian Art *
*Se:Um Korean Jazz-folk Fusion @ Creative Alliance Theatre *
*TOB, Reaction, the Men @ Martini's Ft Washington (bouncebeat go-go)*
*Mckinley Dixon W/ Scumlord & Cauzndfx @ Atlas Brew Works (hiphop)*
*High on Fire @ Baltimore Soundstage*
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Sat. May 11-
Chocolate City Records musical @ Lincoln Theatre
Neil Young & Crazy Horse @ Jiffy Lube
Charlie Wilson @ Pier 6 (r&b)
K-Paz de la Sierra @ El Pueblito in Baltimore
Adobo DMV dj party w/djs Dana Lu, Dos Flakos, Dj Guari, DJ
Nas Lebergini , dj Ultraviolet, & resident dj Pedro Night 2 to 10 pm @ the
Bullpen, 1205 Half St SE
the Kennedy Center’s 27th Annual Mary Lou Williams Jazz
Festival, a two-day jazz women fest hosted by Dee Dee Brigewater w/ Ingrid
Jensen and the Center Song Project (post-bop stylings); and vocalist Julia Keefe’s Indigenous Big Band
Festival de Chanchonas unidas 1er edición w/ Wanacos Band
& more @ CLub One
Godly the Ruler, aldrch, Syzygyx @ Comet P Pong (headliner
is Nigerian Chicago-based rapper)
UCB & MC Eiht @ 1360 Okie St NE
Chakib & Ashraf Bashah @ 13641 Minnieville Rd.,
Woodbridge
Hawthorne Heights 1 pm matinee & 8 pm shows @ Rams Head Annapolis ( emo)
Takoma Park Porch Fest 2 to 6
Tumbao (Latin salsa ) @ 10:30 @ Bossa 1st floor & DJ Lu
Latin Hits upstairs; Kutay Balkan music @ 7:30 *
Roots Band @ Makeda Restaurant (Ethiopian)
live Ethiopian music @ Shalla
Ras Band w/ guest singers @ MHL Lounge (Ethiopian)
Ethiopian music @ Black Rose Lounge
Rare Essence @ 11 @
Aqua (go-go)
*Stone Pleasure Band @ Lamont's (soul)*
*Pachanga Night w/ Bongo District @ Marx Cafe *
*Colombia Latin dj Night 9 pm to 1 am @ Twin Valley Distillers Rockville *
*Backyard band @ Shark Bar Waldorf(go-go)*
*Crown Vic's Weird World vinyl DJ @ Green Zone *
*Junkyard , Still Familiar @ Restaurant 55 (go-go) *
*Northeast Groovers @ Club Vibe Annapolis (go-go)*
*The Catskills " film doc @ 6 @ Bethesda Row Cinema *
*DJ Kristy La Rat 7 to 10 @ Dirty Goose *
*Mt Pleasant Block Party 5 pm @ Kilbourne Place w/ Anexo Social (my brother plays bass)*
*Amapiano day Party 4 to 10 @ Citizens Rooftop*
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Sunday May 12-
Diana Ross @ the Lyric
K-Paz de la Sierra @ La Villa in Gaithersburg
Chocolate City Records musical @ Lincoln Theatre
Northeast Groovers 7 to 11 @ Club Vibe Annapolis (go-go)
R& B Club discusses music of the 2000s from 12 to 3 @ Songbyrd
Book talk for The Inner Ear of Don Zientara book by photographer
Antonia Tricarico w/ Don Zientara & Ian Mackaye @ 2:30 pm @ MLK Library
Kara Jackson w/ Evil 8 to 11 @ Songbyrd (Critic fave soulful folk)
Backyard Band Mothers Day show 4 to 9 @ Babylon Falls Church (go-go)
PJ Morton, Major @ Kennedy Center Concert Hall
Howard Hewett @ Bethesda Theater
Mother’s Day Voices of Classic Soul w/ former Temptations
and Four Tops lead vocalist Theo Peoples, Jerome Jackson, longtime lead singer
of The Drifters and Main Ingredient, and DC Classic Soul singer, songwriter Joe
Coleman @ Carlyle Room
Oscar Ayala Y Su Sangre Brava @ 90 Degrees
Proyeccion @ Waterford Event Center, 6715 Commerce Street, Springfield,
VA
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
Drumming @ 3 to 7 @ Malcolm X Park
Afrobeats dj @ St Ex
*Spotlight Band @ Lamont's (soul)*
*Meridian Brothers (Colombian psych-rock-cumbia) & Soroche (DC cumbia-rock) @ Le Mondo in Baltimore*
*Minor Moon, Canandaigua, Josee Molavi @ Pie Shop (Wilco-ish country-folk indie-pop)*
*The Crank Crusaders ft. Raheem Devaughn @12 to 5 @ Sycamore & Oak , 1110 Oak Dr. SE (go-go-r'n'b)*
*Vintage & vinyl sale @ Slash Run *
*The Catskills " film doc @ 4 @ Cafritz Hall *
*The Funset DC hiphop/r& b/house & more dj party 5 to 10 @ Dew Drop Inn *
*Ndule @ 8:30 @ Bossa (Congolese improv jazz)*
*Sean Paul @ Echostage (dancehall)*
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Mon. May 13-
Derek Gripper “Music from the Strings of Mali” @ 7 @ Nolan
Center for the Arts (Georgetown Prep) , 1524 35th St NW (South African
guitarist who plays Malian music & more)
Hot Water Music, Quicksand, Off w/ their heads, Be Well @
Howard Theatre (post-hardcore punk & metal)
Norah Jones @ Kennedy Center
Swampdog Blues from 6 to 9 @ Westminster Church SW
Ethiopian music live @ Napoli Lounge
Ethiojazz @ Shalla
Open Mic Monday w/ Attinshun @ 8:30
@ Mojuba Collective, Silver Spring
*"The Child Within Me" doc about Greek-Israeli singer/songwriter Yehuda Poliker @ 6 @ Cafritz Hall*
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Tues. May 14-
somesurprises ( Seattle
motoric band), Tal Sounds ( drone ambient), John Karvonen (electronic) @
Rhizome
Todd Rundgren : Me/We @ Warner Theatre (rock/pop)
Combo Chimpita , Pachyman @ Union Stage (Latin alt-rock & more)
Helmet , Cro-Mags @ Atlantis (Sold out)
Cypress Hill. Souls of Mischief, Lord Sko @ Lincoln Theatre (rap)
Ethiopian music @ Lion’s Den in Falls Church
Blacc Print Experience @ Martini's White Plains (go-go)
*DC hand dancing & line dancing to Motown @ Firestation 1 in Silver Spring *
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Wed. May 15-
Kathleen Hanna – Rebel Girl: My Life as a Feminist Punk Book
Tour @ Lincoln Theatre
Electric Nature (psych improv from Athens, GA) , Tarotplane
(Baltimore kosmiche), AM Howard (fingerpicking guitar) @ Rhizome
Wild Child, Oh He Dead @ 930 Club
Shirletta Settles 6 to 9 @ Wine Down Wed. @ Eloquent Touch
Ballroom in Suitland (Soul/r&b)
Marian McLaughlin and Band @ 6 @ Southwest Duck Pond, 954 6th St Sw
Sirius Company @ Sobe (go-go)
New Impressionz @ Babylon (go-go)
Live Ethiopian music @ Napoli Lounge
Kizomba and bachata dj & dancing @ Crossroads 2
DJ Jamstar @ Tempoo Lounge (dancehall)
*Philip Basnight of Broke Royals presents "10 Years, 10 Songs, 10 Stories " on Stagecraft Live radio show w/ hosts Don Zientara & Alex Vidales 7:30 to 9:30 @ Lost Origins Gallery *
*Celtic music duo Rakish 12 to 1 pm @ Library of Congress Whittall Pavilion *
*hiphop, reggaeton, r& b, afrobeats dj 8 to 11 @ Republic Garden, 8402 GA Ave., Silver Spring *
*Backyard Band fundraiser for local schools @ Howard Theatre (go-go)*
*Phlote Dreamcast @ 6 to 12 mdt. @ Eaton House (local musicians)*
*Cana Dulce y Cana Brava (son jarocho music) @ 7:30 @ Bossa *
*Illusion Transmitter, Bonnie Lander & Sam Pluta, Faraway Ghost (Kamyar Arsani on daf) @ Zissimo's *
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De-evolution is Real (Devo Films) @ AFI ;
Brian Eno doc @ Miracle Theatre
Echo & the Bunnymen @ 930 Club (sold Out)
Guitar Wolf , Foul Swoops @ Black Cat (garage punk)
Goin Goin Gone @ VFW 350 Hells Bottom (roots Americana)
Grandsons @ Hank Dietle’s
Live Ethiopian music w/ on Thursdays guitarist Selamino
& band @ Shalla Restaurant in Silver Spring
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
What Band feat. Killa Cal @ Martini's Ft Washington (go-go)
Afrobeats w/ DJ Jamstar @ Spectrum Lounge
Afro-Caribbean dj @ Kaldis
Afrobeats @ Gazuza Lounge
New Impressionz @ Nipsey's (go-go)
*My Body , My Festival w/ Pretty Bitter, Outerloop, Flowerbomb, Cherub Tree @ Pie Shop*
*Soul Sauce w/ DJ Kenny M @ Green Zone *
*Trash Boy, Palladists, Buko Buko @ Slash Run (indie-rock) *
*Samuel Prather & the G.O.! 4tet @ 4:30 to 6:30 @ Metropolitan Park, 1330 S Fair St National Landing Crystal City Arlington (Soul, Funk, Jazz)*
*Craig David @ Warner Theatre (UK r'n'b/dance )*
*Thrills @ JVs (David Kitchen's local roots pop band)*
*Cheick Hamala Diabete @ 9:30 @ Bossa (DC based Malian music) *
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Fri. May 17-
Mannequin Pussy, Soul Glo @ Atlantis
(Sold Out)
Hozier, Allison Russell @ Merriweather Post Pavilion (Americana-ish)
Monet X @ Howard Theatre POSTPONED
The Goons, HR Band, Supreme Commander, RDX at Black Cat (punk & a bit of reggae from HR)
My Body, My Benefit (for DC abortion fund) w/ Sneaks, ViRG,
Veronica Faison, Zawadi Carroll, Devon Williams @ 8 to 11 pm @ Songbyrd &
then after-show w/ DJ Basbousa (Arabic dance) @ 11
Totally Slow (Greensboro, NC punk), NIGHT!NIGHT! (Chapel
Hill Post-Hardcore ), The Mostly Dead (DC hardcore punk) , Palladists (DC Gothy
punk) @ Rhizome
Wayna single release party @ Blues Alley
Paco Pineda Y Su Grupo Tex - Mex @
El Palenque Falls Church
Paco Pineda, Marimba 502 , Patrulla 81 Gran Bailazo De Lujo @
CocoCabana
Los Adolescentes (Venezuela) @ Blue Moon Lounge in Annandale
Los Cafres @ the Palace
JP el Chamaco Y Jeinson Manuel @ Diamond Lounge
Sonny Landreth Band and the Iguanas @ Rams Head Annapolis (blues
rock & New Orleans roots)
Arab music dj *Basbousa* @ Green Zone
After Thought Band @ Lamont’s (soul)
Rare Essence @ Fast Eddie’s (go-go)
Backyard Band @ Restaurant 55 (go-go)
Junkyard Band @ Nipseys (go-go)
TCB @ Power
(bouncebeat go-go)
Alfredo Mojica Group
@ Bossa (salsa) plus DJ Lu w/ Latin hits upstairs
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
*The Bayberries w/ Rachel May & Daphne Eckman @ Creative Alliance (folk)*
*Archie Edwards Blues Barbershop regulars including Stingy Brim Seals, David Jackson, Miles Spicer, & others 7 to 10 benefit for Blues Barbershop @ Meadworks , 4700 Rhode Island Ave *
*Johnny Spampinato @ JVs (rockin roots w/ an NRBQ connection)*
*Sam Reider & the Human Hands @ Hill Center *
*DJ Pedro Night @ Capo Italian Deli *
*Chao Tian (Chinese dulcimer) & Dave Kline (violin & guitar) @ 8 @ The Three Whistles in Clarendon*
*DC Greek Festival @ Saint Sophia Greek Orthodox Cathedral, 2815 36th St NW (through Sunday)*Greek bands at 5 Fri & Sat and 2 pm Sunday
*Swell @ 7 to 10 @ New Deal Cafe Greenbelt (roots pop rock) *
*Brencore Allstars Phyllis Hyman tribute @ Harmony Hall (r&b)*
*Proper Utensils @ Takoma Station (go-go)*
*Cumbia Heights 7 to 8;30 @ National Arboretum Ellipse meadow*
*DanceClub w/ Michelle Harvey, Joyce Lim, Baronhawk @ 11 @ DC 9 (techno)*
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Sat. May 18-
Caribbean Wine, Food, & Music Fest w/ Ras Lidj Regg’go
w/ guest Sugar Bear from EU @ 4:20, Culture feat. Kenyatta Hill @ 7:05 pm &
more @ Boyds, MD
Mannequin Pussy, Soul Glo @ Atlantis (Sold Out)
Motown in DC: In Discussion, Song and Dance w/ a panel w/ DC
based Motown artists George Spann of the Dynamic Superiors , Frank Hooker of
the Young Senators band, & Joe Herndon who was in Temptations for a bit. Plus
Louvain Demps , Motown backup singer, & Carolyn Crawford who signed a
contract w/ Motown @ 14 in 1963. Crawford will perform as will Motown tribute
duo Ignatius Mason & Karen Linette; plus DC hand-dancers . 2 to 6 pm @
Anacostia Art Center Black Box Theater (free w/ Eventbrite registration)
Festival International de Cumbia w/ Los Bybys (Mexico);
Agrupacion Los Capos ( Peru); Jambao de Argentina; Grupo Sabor Sabor (Bolivia) 1
pm to 10 pm @ Prince William County Fairgrounds
Paco Pineda Y Su Grupo Tex – Mex @ El Pueblito Baltimore
El Chaval de la Bachata @ Papasitos
William Hooker Trio @ Rhizome (jazz)
TCB 5 to 10 @ Martini’s Ft Washington (3 sets of bouncebeat go-go)
Too Short w/ DJ Kid Capri @ Bethesda Theater (rap) POSTPONED
EL Rubio Accordeon @ VIP Room Baltimore
Larry Hernandez, Los Esquivel @ El Ranchon
Banda Show, Tania Realpe, Los Jokiwas , Las Diablitas Taz
Taz in Dundalk, MD
Birthday Girl DC, Rex Tycoon, Roxy 2 @ Comet P Pong
Newmyer Flyer’s Everly Brothers Tribute w/ David Kitchen, Ruthie Logsdon, Willie
Barry, Bill Starks, Maureen Andary, Andy Rutherford, Louie Newmyer & Thomas
Fridrich @ Rockville Elks Lodge #15
Johnny Spampinato & the Value Leaders @ Hank Dietle’s (rocking
guitar pop for fans of NRBQ)
Hardway Connection and Stone Pleasure Band @ Lamont’s
(Southern Soul)
Tumbao (Latin salsa ) @ 10:30 @ Bossa 1st floor & DJ Lu
Latin Hits upstairs
Roots Band @ Makeda Restaurant (Ethiopian)
live Ethiopian music @ Shalla
Ras Band w/ guest singers @ MHL Lounge (Ethiopian)
Ethiopian music @ Black Rose Lounge
Rare Essence @ 11 @
Aqua (go-go)
*My Body, My Festival w/ Deborah Bond, Akua Allrich, Richie Goods & Chien Chien Lu, Alex Hamburger, Amy K Bormet @ Metrobar*
*7 Door Sedan, Tru Fax & the Insaniacs @ 7 to 10 free @ McGinty's silver spring (rock, punk)*
*Tropical Heat Dome presents Monosoniko & MC Shaka (both from Colombia) @ Marx Cafe*
*Mt Rainer Day @ 11 am *
*The Breakdown hiphop dj/producers event @ ESL*
*DJ Johnson Lee (Joe's Record Paradise) w/ vinyl @ Green Zone *
* Seth Kibel (horn player) and Daryl Davis (pianist) and band w/ live music & multi-media presentation re the Chess Brothers (Polish immigrants who started Chicago blues & r& b label Chess) w/ Muddy Waters , Chuck Berry , Etta James, Bo Diddley; @ Edlavitch DC JCC (part of J x J Fest) *
*DJ Neal Becton w/ vinyl @ 9 @ Allegory Room @ Eaton Hotel (Brazilian music & more dj) *
*Northeast Groovers w/ Killa Cal & Still Familiar @ 4 to 9 @ Daimond Lounge (go-go)*
*Metropolitan Music Series Day 1 w/ Top 5 feat guest Kevin Ross, Bela Dona & more @ 4:30 to 11 @ B & O Museum Outdoor Pavilion , 901 W Pratt St., Baltimore *
*DJ Pedro Night @ Capo Italian Deli *
*Bourbon & Bluegrass w/ Letita Van Sant, Hubby Jenkins, Adeem the Artist @ President Lincoln's Cottage, 140 Rock Creek Church Rd NW *
*Africa on the Avenue w/ DJ Underdog @ 10:30; Los Rumberos @ 11; Dokun Afrotonic @ 12 noon: Cheick Hamala Diabete @ 1:15; Feedel band (Ethiojazz) @ 2:15; DJ Underdog @ 3:45; Farafina Kan music & dance @ 4pm @ Bruce Monroe Park, Georgia Ave NW *
*DC Greek Festival @ Saint Sophia Greek Orthodox Cathedral, 2815 36th St NW (on Sunday too)*
*World Music Collective @ 4 @ 4907 44th St NW Tenleytown Porch Concert*
*DJ Habibi Beats , DJ Nanoos @ Darna (Arabic)*
*Gangsta Nae w/ DTA bouncebeat go-go band @ Ocean Lounge, H St NE*
*Taisha Estrada @ 7 @ Joe's Movement Emporium*
*Afrobeats dj @ 10 @ Gazuza *
*Korean Bell music and dance Garden Celebration 11 to 12:30 @ Meadowlark Botanical Gardens in Vienna*
*Travesuras: NY Reggaeton Day Party w/ DJs @ 4 to 10 @ Saint Yves*
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Sun. May 19-
Slickee Boys 4 to
5:30 @ Palisades Community Center
Backstage (garage punk)
Sun Ra Arkestra w/ 100th birthday celebration for
band leader Marshall Allen @ Birchmere
Curtis Thomas III Come to the Light w/ BOE, Christ Style,
Uncensored Worship 4 to 8 @ Diamond Lounge
Julia Holter, Nyokabi Kariũki @ Atlantis (art pop)
P-Funk feat. George Clinton @ 930 Club
Claire Rousay & Rachel Beetz @ Rhizome (experimental and
ambient)
William Parker Organ Quartet. 5PM @ An Die Musik (out there
jazz)
Navasha Daya - For Ella & The Duke: Birthday Bash. 5PM
& 7:30PM @ Keystone Korner
Daniela Darcourt @ Howard Theatre
Dave Chappell Band 2 to 4:30 pm @ Hank Dietle’s
Hula Monsters 6 to 10 @ Hank Dietle’s
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
Drumming @ 3 to 7 @ Malcolm X Park
Afrobeats dj @ St Ex
*1252 Band @ Lamont's (soul)*
*DC record fair 11 am to 5 @ Eaton *
*The Funset DC hiphop/r& b/house & more dj party 5 to 10 @ Dew Drop Inn *
*Gospel show w/ New Vizion, Martha & the Sisters in Christ, & others @ 4pm @ Meridian Hill Baptist , Capitol Heights, MD *
*Dupont Brass @ 3:45 to 5:30 @ Hill Center *
*Metropolitan Music Series Day 2 w/ Raheem Devaughn's Crank Crusaders & more @ 4:30 to 11 @ B & O Museum Outdoor Pavilion , 901 W Pratt St., Baltimore *
*DJ Pedro Night @ the Bullpen*
*Bourbon & Bluegrass w/ Jake Blount, David Wax Museum, Senora May @ President Lincoln's Cottage, 140 Rock Creek Church Rd NW *
*Suttle, All Out Band @ 5 Sisters Lounge (go-go)*
*Duke Ellington’s Sacred Concert w/ Cathedral Choral Society, Heritage Signature Chorale and Pershing’s Own U.S. Army Blues @ 4 @ Washington National Cathedral (discussionw/ music historian John Hasse at 2:45 p.m.) (tickets & livestream registration too @ Cathedralchoralsociety page)*
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Monday May 20-
Serpentwithfeet @ Union
Stage (alt-r’n’b)
Dead Boys, Plimsouls, & * Richard Lloyd Group* @ Ottobar
Bigboy Little Band blues from 6 to 9 @ Westminster Church SW
Chuck Redd presents a Charlie Byrd Bossa Brazilian tribute @
Blues Alley
Ethiopian music live @ Napoli Lounge
Ethiojazz @ Shalla
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Tues. May 21-
Samba Prime @ Blues Alley (Brazilian jazz)
Killer Mike w/ Mighty Midnight Revival and the National
Symphony Orchestra live @ Kennedy Center (rap & more)
Ethiopian music @ Lion’s Den in Falls Church
Blacc Print Experience @ Martini's White Plains (go-go)
*NPR Tiny Desk winners @ Howard Theatre *
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Wed. May 22-
The Sun Ra Arkestra 100th birthday celebration of
Marshall Allen @ Keystone Korner
Snehesh Nag & guests @ Amp (Hindustani sitar music melded w/ other genres )
Mongolian children of the Diaspora free from 6 to 7 @
Kennedy Center Millennium Stage
Pockets (DC), People I Love (NYC), Fish Hunt (NYC) @ Rhizome
(art pop)
Ka$hdami @ Union Stage
Flora Purim tribute w/ Elin & feat. Misha Platigorsky @
Blues Alley
Sirius Company @ Sobe (go-go)
New Impressionz @ Babylon (go-go)
Live Ethiopian music @ Napoli Lounge
Kizomba and bachata dj & dancing @ Crossroads 2
DJ Jamstar @ Tempoo Lounge (dancehall)
*Sexpill @ Quarry House (Houston psych noise ) *
*Sierra Ferrell @ 930 Club (country-Americana)*
*hiphop, reggaeton, r& b, afrobeats dj 8 to 11 @ Republic Garden, 8402 GA Ave., Silver Spring *
*Special open house evening 6:30 to 9 @ Embassy of Malawi, 2408 Mass Ave NW *
*Phlote Dreamcast @ 6 to 12 mdt. @ Eaton House (local musicians)*
*Mab 2.0 6 to 10 @ Black Rose Lounge *
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Thurs. May 23-
Kristin Hersh free from 6 to 7 @ Kennedy Center Millennium
Stage (Alt-indie )
Ramon Orlando @ Civic Center in Silver Spring
Jim Jones & Maino/Lobby Boyz @ Howard Theatre
Maryland Deathfest @ Baltimore
Soundstage and @ Rams Head Baltimore (metal)
Thrills @ Hank Dietles (roots pop)
Helio Alves @ Blues Alley (Brazilian jazz)
Jo-Go Project 10th Anniversary @ Carlyle Room (jazz & go-go)
Live Ethiopian music w/ on Thursdays guitarist Selamino
& band @ Shalla Restaurant in Silver Spring
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
What Band feat. Killa Cal @ Martini's Ft Washington (go-go)
Afrobeats w/ DJ Jamstar @ Spectrum Lounge
Afro-Caribbean dj @ Kaldis
Afrobeats @ Gazuza Lounge
New Impressionz @ Nipsey's (go-go)
*KDC Guild presents "The Glistening: dance, party, performance feat. Twelve'Len, Zawadi, DJ Bliberation @ Pie Shop *
*Mazboota w/ DJ Fady D @ Green Zone (Alt Arabic electronic/disco)*
*Somapa Thai Dance Company 7 to 8 @ Library of Congress Coolidge Auditorium *
*Tank @ MGM National Harbor (r& b ) *
*Dave Chappell @JVs (roots ) *
*Bongo District @ 10 *Verny Varela * @ 9:30 @ Bossa ( reggae cumbia) *
*Leon City Sounds djs w/ DJ Neeko* @ ESL *
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Fri. May 24 –
Colors of the East
fest @ Capital One Arena *CANCELLED*
Los Hermanos Flores Y Orquesta San
Vicente @ VIP Room Baltimore
Vilma Palma E Vampiros @ the Palace
Calibre 50 & Voz de Mando @ CocoCabana
Kizombo and konpa weekend @ Mulushewa Grill (through May 26)
Project Locrea (w/ Munit Mesfin) @ “Darden and Friends Happy Hour” @ 5:30 to
6:45 pm @ Reston Town Square Park
Mike, 454, Niontay, El Cousteau @ Union Stage (rap)
Duduka da Fonseca Brazilian jazz quartet @ Blues Alley
Brassaholics and Experience Brass Band @ Hamilton Live
Maryland Deathfest @ Baltimore
Soundstage and @ Rams Head Baltimore
(metal)
Arab music dj *Sounds by Saba* @
Green Zone
After Thought Band
@ Lamont’s (soul)
Rare Essence @ Fast
Eddie’s (go-go)
Backyard Band @
Restaurant 55 (go-go)
Junkyard Band @
Nipseys (go-go)
TCB @ Power (bouncebeat go-go)
Alfredo Mojica Group @ Bossa (salsa) plus DJ
Lu w/ Latin hits upstairs
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
*DJ John Murph @ 9 @Allegory Room @ Eaton *
*DJ Sam the Man Burns Tribute 5 to 10 @ Eaton Wild Days rooftop*
*Concrete City (final live performance) , Low Moda, Glacial Burners, @ 7 @ Union Craft Brewing Baltimore *
*Proper Utensils @ Air (go-go)*
*DJ Pedro Night @ St Ex*
*Layover party w/ DJs Mathias, Native Sun, DJ Stylus @ ESL*
*TOB @ Martini's(bouncebeat go-go)*
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Sat. May 25-
Aventura reunited with singer Romeo Santos @
Capital One Arena (also May 26 & June 12) (bachata)
Ann Savoy’s Another
Heart Band: Album Release Show w/ Dirk Powell free from 6 to 7 @ Kennedy Center
Millennium Stage (Cajun)
The Heavy D tribute party w/ DJs Quartermaine, 2-Tone Jones,
Oso-Fresh, Roddy Rod, Jahsonic, RBI & Hosted by Grap Luva from 1 to 5 pm @
Songbyrd
The Set- r& b dj night @ Howard Theatre
Yaya Bey @ Union Stage (r&b)
Los Hermanos Flores Y Orquesta San Vicente @ El Ranchon
Joi @ Blues Alley
EU feat Sugar Bear @ Carlyle Room
Kazzabe @ Club One
Tumbao (Latin salsa ) @ 10:30 @ Bossa 1st floor & DJ Lu
Latin Hits upstairs; * Arc Trio 7 to 9 @ Bossa*
Roots Band @ Makeda Restaurant (Ethiopian)
live Ethiopian music @ Shalla
Ras Band w/ guest singers @ MHL Lounge (Ethiopian)
Ethiopian music @ Black Rose Lounge
Rare Essence, Suttle, R & S Projects @ 11 @
Aqua (go-go)
*Prpl #23: Dirt Eater , Blunda, XK Scenario , RMDO @ 3 @ DC Brau Brewing *
*Nectar w/ V:Shal & Hautmess djs @ Green Zone (South Asian techno )*
*Caribbean Crawl starts @ 2 pm from various clubs on U St NW *
*DJ Jerome Baker & Friends on Mars @ Eaton Wild Days roof *
*DJ Remi 10 pm to 1 AM @ 2801 8th St NE (Arabic ) *
*Enchantment @ Harmony Hall (soul)*
*Film Screening of Athens, Ga filmmaker Jim Herbert's restored 1982 "Carnival" (w/ band Limbo District) w/ NPR’s Lars Gotrich & Chunklet’s Henry Owings (who was involved w/ video edit restoration) @ 7 pm @ Lost Origins Gallery (limited seating) *
*5Lan & djs @ Mulushewa in Silver Spring (Haitian konpa)*
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Sun. May 26-
Rare Essence , Be La Dona @ the Howard Theatre (go-go)
Aventura reunited with singer Romeo Santos @ Capital One
Arena (also on June 12) (Bachata)
Aventura after party @ Bravo Bravo
Blackbyrds 50th anniversary @ Carlyle Room
Maryland Deathfest @ Baltimore Soundstage and @ Rams Head Baltimore (metal)
Carmen Lundy @ Keystone Korner
Kazzabe @ VIP Room Baltimore
Cumbia Chicha Fest w/ Maria Juana, Bxs Bryndis Por Siempre,
Maroyu 1 to 10 @ Prince William County Fairgrounds
Salsa Fest w/ Frankie Ruiz Jr., Edwin Ortiz y la Mafia Guaguanco
, Orquesta Melao, Giancarlo Rodriguez & band 4pm to 2 am @ Diamond Lounge
Shino Aguacate @ Manna Restaurant
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
Drumming @ 3 to 7 @ Malcolm X Park
Afrobeats dj @ St Ex
*Yambag, the Hell @ Haydees (bilingual punk) *
*Rise Band @ 6 to 10 @ Lamont's (soul)*
*Backyard Band @ Fast Eddie's (go-go) *
*The Funset DC hiphop/r& b/house & more dj party 5 to 10 @ Dew Drop Inn *
*DJ Pedro Night @ Litty in the City brunch day party 11 am to 8 @ La Vie Penthouse SW DC*
*Fresh Kickz Remix party w/ DJ Divine, DJ Bill Sourse, DJ Lance Reynolds 8 pm to 2 am @ Art Whino , 4238 Wilson Blvd., Arlington *
*DJ Stylus @ Grazie Millie (r& b, house, hiphop) *
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Mon. May 27-
Bobby Felder’s Blues Brothers from 6 to 9 @ Westminster
Church SW (Felder is a longtime DC blues and jazz keyboardist)
Akua Allrich & the Tribe @ Blues Alley
Tyler Childers 6:30PM @ CFG Arena (country)
We Remain Here at Kennedy Center Reach Wall ( This crafted
land acknowledgement commissioned by Mahogany L. Browne honors the displaced
flourishing Black and migrant community of Foggy Bottom that once resided right
where The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts and The Watergate
Hotel currently are, w/ events from May 27 - Jun. 2)
Ethiopian music live @ Napoli Lounge
Ethiojazz @ Shalla
Open Mic Monday w/ Attinshun @ 8:30 @ Mojuba Collective,
Silver Spring
* House of Piano w/ Sarz & Focalistic & amapiano djs from 3 to 9 @ The Bullpen, Half St SE*
*Streetz Bam Bam International block Party @ 3 @ Karma *
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Tues. May 28-
Megan Thee Stallion. 6PM @ CFG Arena (rap)
Dilsit Dosanjh @ Capital One Arena (India Punjabi singer)
Ethiopian music @ Lion’s Den in Falls Church
Blacc Print Experience @ Martini's White Plains (go-go)
*David Dondero @ Neptune Room*
* Honey Stomach, Birthday Girl DC, Mannequin Fight @ Rhizome (Indie rock) *
*Prateek Kuhad @ 930 Club (Hindi indie singer /songwriter India) *
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Combo Daguerre (psych French Latino boleros, cumbia, 60s rock chanson, w/ Olivier Conan of Brooklyn club Barbes on cuatro
& vocals) for free from 6 to 7 @ Kennedy Center Millennium Stage
Combo Daguerre (psych French Latino
boleros cumbia 60s rock chanson, w/ Olivier Conan of Brooklyn club Barbes on
cuatro & vocals) , Soroche (DC cumbia punk folk) @ Rhizome
Festival Afro Bahia fundraiser party w/ Swing Prime @ Bossa
Reverend Horton Heat w/ the Surfrajettes @ Baltimore
Soundstage
Chris Smither w/ Pete Mulvey @ Hamilton Live
Bonnie Raitt. 7PM @ The Lyric
Sirius Company @ Sobe (go-go)
New Impressionz @ Babylon Falls Church (go-go)
Live Ethiopian music @ Napoli Lounge
Kizomba and bachata dj & dancing @ Crossroads 2
DJ Jamstar @ Tempoo Lounge (dancehall)
*Knocked Loose, Show Me the Body @ Fillmore (metal) (sold out) *
*hiphop, reggaeton, r& b, afrobeats dj 8 to 11 @ Republic Garden, 8402 GA Ave., Silver Spring *
*Kacy Hill @ Songbyrd (indie-pop)*
*What Band w/ Killa Cal @ Shark Bar Waldorf (go-go)*
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Thurs. May 30-
Don Was & the Pan Detroit Ensemble @ Hamilton Live (jazz
and funk & more)
Ana del Castillo @ The Palace (Colombian singer)
Live Ethiopian music w/ on Thursdays
guitarist Selamino & band @ Shalla Restaurant in Silver Spring
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
What Band feat.
Killa Cal @ Martini's Ft Washington (go-go)
Afrobeats w/ DJ
Jamstar @ Spectrum Lounge
Afro-Caribbean dj @
Kaldis
Afrobeats @ Gazuza
Lounge
New Impressionz @
Nipsey's (go-go)
*Charlotte Day Wilson @ Union Stage (r& b)*
*DJ tba @ Green Zone*
*Johnny Rawls @ JVs (soul-blues)*
*Bongo District reggae cumbia night @ Bossa *
*UCB 6 to 10 @ Creole on 14th St NW (go-go)*
*Isaiah Rashad @ Fillmore (rap)*
*Lucia Shuyu & Nate Scheible ; Amber Lucia Chabus @ Rhizome *
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Fri. May 31-
Nathan & the Zydeco Cha-chas 6 to 8:30 @ NGA jazz in the
garden series
Brazilian Guitar Masters Fest w/ Yamundu
Costa @ Miracle Theatre
Gwenifer Raymond (Wales fingerstyle guitar) & Max Ochs
(Fingerstyle guitar) @ Rhizome
Bonnie Raitt @ Warner Theatre
Dwight Yoakam, The Mavericks @ Anthem
Tribute to Stevie Wonder’s music w/ DJ Sinna & DJ
Jahsonic @ Black Cat
Iba Mahr, Dre Island, High Rollaz, Upsetta Sound @ 10:30 @ Union
Stage (reggae) CANCELLED
*McIntosh County Shouters, principal practitioners of the Gullah Geechie Ring Shout and Choreographer, cultural strategist and curator Rashida
Bumbray will guide the community in a “traditional” Ring Shout on the Kennedy
Center Reach Campus * at 3 pm *
Laurel Canyon: Golden Songs of Los Angeles circa 1966-1972 performed
by David Kitchen, Margot Macdonald, Sara Curtin, Maureen Andary, Colin Sidley ,
Flo Anito, Juliet Lloyd, Timmie Metz,
Ryan Brannon, Cletus Kennelly, Dave Egelhofer,
Mike Mills, Tom Helf, Brian Goddard, Dave Ylvisaker, Buddy Griffin,
Matt Spielman & Tom Fridrich @ Hamilton Live
Manhattans featuring Gerald Alston @ Birchmere (soul)
Subhumans @ Ottobar
El Chaval de la Bachata @ Cococabana
Arab music dj tba @ Green Zone
After Thought Band @ Lamont’s (soul)
Rare Essence @ Fast Eddie’s (go-go)
Backyard Band @ Restaurant 55 (go-go)
Junkyard Band @ Nipseys (go-go)
TCB @ Power
(bouncebeat go-go)
Alfredo Mojica Group
@ Bossa (salsa) plus DJ Lu w/ Latin hits upstairs
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
*Embassy Row Rooftop Night Under the Stars in Havana w/ Latin Band @ The Ven @ Embassy Row, 2015 Mass. Ave NW *
*EU w/ Sugarbear @ Air*
*Both Sides of the Water (Native & African dance) w/ Libations, Candle Bearers, Council of Elders Processional, Nanfoule Mask Society, Native America’s Protectors, Coyaba Dance Theater, Kankouran West African Dance Company, and Osagyefo Dance Company @ 8 Dance Place *
* Poojaa Shah Talwar w/ ghazals & geet @ 7 @ Aroma , 12821 Fair Lanes Parkway, Fairfax*
*Blacc Print @ Takoma Station (go-go)*
*New Impressionz @ Throw Social (go-go)*
*TOB, the Men @ Martini's (go-go) *
*Still Familiar Band & Obsession Band @ Shark Bar (go-go)*
*20 artists performing simultaneously @ 6 pm in different parts of Pratt Library in Baltimore*
*4 djs @ Mango in Hyattsville (bachata and more )*
*Refried Elvis: the Rise of Mexican Counterculture book talk as part of Disco Biblioteca book talk series @ 7 @ People's Book *
*DJ Pedro Night organized Benefit for a Palestinian family now in Egypt @ Shankin Hall*
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Sat. June 1- Ms. Kim “The Queen Of Go-Go” 50th Birthday
Celebration @ Bethesda Theater *
Shannon & the Clams w/ *DJ Baby Alcatraz* @ Black Cat
Brazilian Guitar Masters Fest Day 2 w/ Joao Bosco @ Catholic
U Hartke Theatre
Blues Brothers movie @ 4:15 @ AFI
Reggae Fest dj night @ Howard Theatre
Chuck Brown Band @ Carlyle Room
Argentine Fest @ Kenmore Theatre Arlington
El Chaval de la Bachata @ Vibe in Annapolis
Tumbao (Latin salsa ) @ 10:30 @
Bossa 1st floor & DJ Lu Latin Hits upstairs
Roots Band @ Makeda
Restaurant (Ethiopian)
live Ethiopian
music @ Shalla
Ras Band w/ guest
singers @ MHL Lounge (Ethiopian)
Ethiopian music @
Black Rose Lounge
Rare Essence @
11 @ Aqua (go-go)
*Nathan & the Zydeco Cha-chas @ Reston Town Center*
*Sir Lando, Carrier Wave, Apollo 66 @ 8 @ American Legion Cissel Saxon Post 41*
*Fiesta Asia on Penn Ave NW *
*Dance Place's Dance Africa Fest free 11:30 to 7 w/ Balafon West African Dance @ 7 near Dance Place around 8th St NE *
*Both Sides of the Water (Native & African dance) w/ Libations, Candle Bearers, Council of Elders Processional, Nanfoule Mask Society, Native America’s Protectors, Keur Khaleyi, Ni Dembaya, and Osagyefo Dance Company @ 8 @ Dance Place *
*DJ Les 7 to 10:30 pm @ Daikaya Izakaya Restaurant/bar * (She's there 1st Saturdays)*
*Leon City Sounds djs @ Green Zone*
*District Heights Day w/ TOB Band & Top 5 Band & more District Heights Municipal Bldg*
*TCB @ Martini's (bouncebeat go-go) *
*Junkyard Band , Still Familiar @ Fast Eddies*
*Burgers Manassas grand opening 3 to 5 District Kings & guests Sugar Bear & Steve Roy *
*Homayoun Shajarian & Anoushiravan Rohani @ DAR Constitution Hall (Iranian/Persian singer & pianist) (show is nearly sold out)*
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Sun. June 2- Author George Pelecanos & DC punk musician
guests (*Pete Stahl, Johnny Temple, Anthony Pirog, Brendan Canty *) @ Palisades Community Center Backstage *
Summerfest w/ Eric Bellinger, DCVybe, Top 5, Secret Society,
Sirius Company, Be’la Dona @ 12 noon to 8 pm @ Lerner Town Square Tysons
Jjuujjuu, JMB MFers & Co., Requiem @ Comet P Pong
*The Funset DC hiphop/r& b/house & more dj party 5 to 10 @ Dew Drop Inn *
*Amapiano @ Hook Hall*
*TOB @ Shark Bar Waldorf (bouncebeat go-go)*
*TCB , the Men @ Phantom, Conn Ave NW (bouncebeat go-go)*
Godfather & Friends, Go-go Allstars for Lil Benny
Community Day 12 to 6 pm @ Sycamore
& Oak SE
Reik @ DAR Constitution Hall (Mexican pop)
Beach Boys @ Wolf Trap
Amapiano @ Hook Hall
Artist talk, video & Closing reception for Rock Creek Park exhibition @ 3 to 5 @ Lost Origins Gallery
Taste of Peru @ UDC
21 Savage @ Jiffy Lube Live (rap)
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
Drumming @ 3 to 7 @ Malcolm X Park
Afrobeats dj @ St Ex
1252 Band @ Lamont's (soulo)
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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
dancing (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. Underground on Instagram has metal
& hardcore
