DC / Baltimore / DMV Global Music and More October 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; Green
Zone dj schedule also). Work your way down day by day. Sorry this is late this
month.
Calendar is posted, updated, and viewable here on the blog,
and events tweeted @stevekiviat. Calendar is sometimes linked on my Facebook,
Instagram, Bluesky, & Threads. Email list coming soon. List 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/x, 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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October 2024 Remaining Highlights (mostly visiting
acts) (then full list below w/ local
& visiting).
Sun. Oct. 6-Psychedelic Furs, Jesus & Mary Chain,
Frankie Rose @ Anthem
Tues Oct 8- How Women Made Music: A Revolutionary
History, edited by Ann Powers book talk at GW Corcoran
Wed. Oct 9-Peso Pluma @ Capital One Arena (rap over
Norteno from Mexico)
Neko Case at
Strathmore (indie folk rock)
Thurs. Oct 10- Ile @ Ottobar (Puerto Rican alt-pop ) CANCELLED
Eno documentary @ 7:10 pm @ AFI Silver
Billy Bremner Rock files @ Hank Dietles (Rockpile guitarist)
Sat. Oct 12 –
Tj Hooker Hooker Taylor , Hardway Connection, Shirletta
Settles @ the Celebration of Lamont Savoy Day at Lamont’s (soul)
Bed Maker & Black Eyes @ 10 @ Comet P Pong (DC punk)
Thurs Oct 17 - Magnetic Fields 69 Love Songs 25th
Anniversary (through the 20th) @ Lincoln Theatre
Friday, October 18-Eddie Palmieri @ Library of
Congress Coolidge Auditorium (legendary Latin jazz & salsa pianist)
Afro-Cuban Allstars @ Strathmore
Sun. Oct. 20- Makaya Mccraven free @ Sycamore &
Oak SE DC ( Chicago-based cutting edge funky jazz drummer who leads a band )
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October 2024 Full list (*asterisks will be used to show
any additional events added throughout the month *)
Tuesday October 1-
Ustad Noor Bakhsh,
Master of the Balochi Electric Benju @ Current Space in Baltimore (Pakistan)
Vampire Weekend, Cults
@ Anthem (sold out)
Deerhoof, Pearl, Mowder Oyal @ Ottobar
JD McPherson, Kate Clover @ Atlantis
Ethiopian music @ Lion’s Den in Falls Church
Blacc Print Experience @ Martini's White Plains (go-go)
Dancehall reggae dj @
Society Lounge
Chris O’Leary Band @ Hank Dietle’s (blues & soul)
great Colombian
carnival band Rancho Aparte @ Creative
Alliance
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Wednesday October 2-
Ustad Noor Bakhsh, Master of the Balochi Electric Benju
early show @ Bossa (sold out) (Pakistan)
Samuel S.C., Shadow Riot @ 7 @ Galactic Panther
Corey Harris and Cedrick Watson free from 6 to 7 pm @ Kennedy
Center Millennium Stage (blues)
Liz Durette , Weed Tree , Nectar Gnome @ Rhizome
Fran Vielma & the Venezuelan Jazz Collective @ Blues
Alley
BigBaby Gucci @ Songbyrd
Nada Surf @ the Atlantis
Sirius Company @ Sobe (go-go)
New Impressionz @ Babylon (go-go)
What Band feat. Killa Cal free @ Shark Bar (go-go)
Live Ethiopian music @ Napoli Lounge
Kizomba and bachata dj & dancing @ Crossroads 2
DJ Jamstar @ Tempoo Lounge (dancehall)
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Thurs. Oct 3-
Mariza @ Strathmore
(fado)
Maurice Louca (Egyptian artsy guitarist & keyboardist)
w/ Ayman Asfour (Egyptian violinist) ; Tom Carter (droning experimental guitar),
Life
Is Priceless ( Rotating improvisational collective w/ members of the DMV
experimental + free music communities including Jeff Barsky, Jim Thomson,
Kamyar Arsani,Ty Russell, Nico Castleman, Rob Smith, Brian Weitz (Geologist)) @
Rhizome
Gaby Moreno free from 6 to 7 @ Kennedy Center Millennium
Stage (Los Angeles-based Guatemalan singer-songwriter)
Chromeo and the Midnight @ Anthem
Longtimers @ Hank Dietles
Azul Band @ the Green Zone
Mosaic Theater presents Lady Day at Emerson’s Bar and Grill
(through Oct 13 -check their website for specific times)
Phillips after 5 “Spooky
Season” w/ DJ Franky J and The Fran
Vielma Quartet (Pan-American jazz) 5 to 8:30 pm
Wasia Project @ Atlantis (sold out)
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
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Fri. Oct 4-
Tarrus Riley @ Fillmore (reggae crooner)
Softies, Linda Smith, Emotional World @ Songbyrd (twee
guitar pop)
Hotline TNT & 2 openers @ Union Stage (shoegaze postpunk)
Luedji Luna @ F. Scott Fitzgerald Theatre in Rockville (
Luedji is a Bahian Brazilian singer w/ neo-soul, R&B, and jazz aspects)
Maxwell , Jazmin Sullivan @ Capital One Arena (r& b)
Billie Eilish @ CFG Bank Arena Baltimore (pop)
MSG:Acoustic Blues trio @ Archie’s Barbershop
Save your Soul dj night with Baby Alcatraz and Rob Macy @ Lithuanian
hall
Adrian Belew & Tony Levin, Steve Vai & more doing King Crimson songs @ Warner Theatre
Quivers (Australia), Dim Wizard , Creachies, the Hurry @ Reverb,
2112 N. Charles, Baltimore
DJ Gilbert Torossian @ Green Zone (Arabic/Armenian)
After Thoughts Band @ Lamont’s (soul)
Rare Essence @ Fast Eddie’s (go-go)
Backyard Band @ Restaurant 55 (go-go)
TCB @ Power
(bouncebeat go-go)
Alfredo Mojica Group
@ 10:30 @ 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. October 5-
Insect Surfers, Beatnik Flies, Paisley Tonk w/ Colonel Josh
@ Palisades Hub Cap Centre (surf music. Insect Surfers were once DC-based but
have been California based for years now) (sold out)
Paul McCartney and Wings - One Hand Clapping movie @ 12:15 pm @ AFI Silver
Valerie June @ PG Publick Playhouse (Afro-folk-soul)
Meshell Ndegeocello : No More Water: The Gospel of James
Baldwin @ Strathmore (funk & poetry
& Spoken word)
Marcos Valle @ Howard Theatre (Brazilian)
Sabrina Carpenter @ CFG Bank Arena Baltimore (pop)
Image Band, Carl Malcolm, Lady Flame, at WPFW benefit @ King Solomon Lodge , Rhode
Island Ave NE DC
Jeezy, Backyard Band , Northeast Groovers feat. Killa Cal ,
Be’la Dona, Sirius Company @ 1 to 11 pm
@ Charles County Fairgrounds, La Plata, MD
Y La Bomba , Zinnia’s Garden @ Black Cat
Shwayze @ Hamilton DC (rap)
Akua Allrich “Nina Simone & Miriam Makeba Tribute “ @
Atlas Theatre
Hardway Connection , Stone Pleasure Band, West Mob in Brandywine
Del Ray Art on the Avenue
California Honeydrops @ 930 Club
Halpine, Poppy Patica, Airhead DC @ Quarry House
Rise Defy, Jrdan & the Switchblades, Apollo 66 @
American Legion Cissell Saxon Post 41
Oklahoma Twisters @ Hank Dietle’s
Arana Dance party w/ djs @ 618 Cocktail Lounge (techno)
Leon City Sounds djs @ Green Zone
Fiesta Asia fest 11 am to 7 @ 920 Ellsworth Dr., Silver
Spring
Ravyn Lenae @ Lincoln Theatre (r& b) (sold Out)
Reas (film doc w/
Argentine ex-prisoners all taking turns singing tunes and reconstructing
memories) @ 12 @ AFI Silver
Jeff Draco @ Union Stage
Kim Richey @ Jammin Java
(singer/songwriter)
Raul Midon @ Blues
Alley
Open Music plays 3 episodes of Robert Ashley’s 1983 tv opera; experimental
music soprano Bonnie Lander @ 7 @ Rhizome
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)
In Comic Form: Illustrated Tales of DC punk History in comic
form by Evan Keeling exhibit opens @ 7 to 10 @ Lost Origins Gallery
Alex Bueno @ VIP Room Baltimore
El Fantasma @ Mexico Lindo
Noche Colombiana @ Public Bar Live
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Sun. October 6 –
Johnny Marr, James @ Warner theatre
Psychedelic Furs, Jesus & Mary Chain, Frankie Rose @
Anthem
Kaytranada @ Merriweather Post Pavilion
La Luz @ Atlantis (surf-noir)
Insect Surfers @ Holy Frijoles Baltimore (surf)
Birkhead @ Sycamore & Oak
James Baldwin: The Price of the Ticket movie plus Joseph
Webb dance performance w/ Keith Butler on drums @ National Archives
Amapiano Sunday music 2 to 5 @ Hook Hall (South African dance
sounds dj’d)
Leon Timbo 4:30 to 6:30 @ Hill Center (Florida country soul)
Takoma Park Street Fest w/ Airport 77s @ Willow St Stage @
12 noon (power pop) Fest goes from 10 am to 5
Ottmar Liebert & Luna Negra @ Birchmere
Tango Lovers @ GW Lisner
Comedy meets Go-go w/ comedian Tony Rock & music by
Special K, Push Play, and DCVybe @ Lincoln Theatre
Mannequin Fight, Fib, Guitar, Nick Normal, Plastic @ Rhizome
Spark Isle, Herschel
Hoover Abstract @ Galaxy Hut (rock)
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
Sirius Company @
10:30 am before Commanders game @ Stadium Legends Plaza (go-go)
Vava samba dancers
@ 7:30 @ Bossa
Voice 24/7 @ Lamont’s
(soul)
*What Band and Major League 6 to 10 @ Fire Station 1 in Silver Spring (go-go)*
*Ray Fest- tribute to the late Ray Barker @ Rhizome @ 2 pm *
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Mon. Oct 7-
Mountain Goats, Tift Merritt @
Birchmere (rock)
Stacey Brooks 6 to 9 @ Westminster Church SW (blues)
Universal Light, Pergola, Jon Camp Band @ Rhizome
Ethiopian music live @ Napoli Lounge
Ethiojazz @ Shalla
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Tues. Oct 8-
How Women Made Music: A Revolutionary History, edited by Ann
Powers book talk at GW Corcoran
Mountain Goats, Tift Merritt @ Birchmere (rock)
Alasdair Fraser & Natalie Haas @ IMT @ Saint Mark
Presbyterian , Rockville , MD
Ottmar Liebert & Luna Negra @
Rams Head On Stage Annapolis
Ethiopian music @ Lion’s Den in Falls Church
Blacc Print Experience @ Martini's White
Plains (go-go)
Dancehall reggae dj @ Society Lounge
Chris of TOB Pre-Birthday celebration w/Bo
& JBO of TCB; Rick & Keith of Reaction; Shooters of ABM @ Martinis
*Eno doc @ 8 @ the Avalon*
*Dayramir Gonzalez @ Blues Alley (Cuban jazz)*
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Peso Pluma @
Capital One Arena (rap over Norteno from Mexico )
Ricki Lee Jones @ Birchmere
Neko Case at
Strathmore (indie folk rock)
Mass of the Fermenting Drugs @ Howard Theatre ( buzzing shoegaze proggy rock guitar w/ pop accents)
Anderson. Paak @ Merriweather
Sunny Sweeney w/ Scott Miller @ Rams Head Annapolis
Trace Mountains, Hannah Cole, Prude @ Comet P Pong
The Avalos -Solera bandoneon duo Rhizome (Argentine
classical )
Sirius Company @ Sobe (go-go)
New Impressionz @ Babylon (go-go)
What Band feat. Killa Cal free @ Shark Bar (go-go)
Live Ethiopian music @ Napoli Lounge
Kizomba and bachata dj & dancing @ Crossroads 2
DJ Jamstar @ Tempoo Lounge (dancehall)
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Ile @ Ottobar
(Puerto Rican alt-pop ) CANCELLED
Eno documentary @
7:10 pm @ AFI * & also @ 8 @ the Avalon*
Parker McCollum @
MGM Nat. Harbor (country)
Lemon Twigs @
Atlantis (Beatles meet Beach Boys guitar pop) (sold out)
Billy Bremner Rock
files @ Hank Dietles (Rockpile guitarist)
Empress Of @ Union Stage (Honduran pop & artsy dance
music)
Dia de Los Muertos w/ Las Cafeterias and DJ Pedro Night @
NGA
The Blue Star (La Estrella Azul) fictional movie about an on
the verge of making it big but tired of his meaningless rock 'n' roll
lifestyle, Spanish musician and poet who decides to leave his band behind and
heads to Argentina where he finds a thriving 1990s folk scene (real Argentine
musicians play roles) @ 4:20 pm @ AFI Silver
20th FODfest (friends of Danny/Late Journalist
& dc-based musician Danny Pearl who was killed in Pakistan) tribute w/
Cathy Fink, Seth Kibel & more @ 7 to 9 @ Hill Center
Flack @ VFW 350 Hells Bottom
Fake Fruit, Spllit, Bottled Up @ Comet P Pong
Jon Williams and the Brencore Allstars: A Tribute to Marvin
Gaye @ 12 noon to 1 pm @ Montpelier Arts Center
Danube Sessions & Kriminal Pop w/ Orchester Prazevica @
Green Zone
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
DJ Lance Reynolds & others @ 7 to 10 @ 1937 14th
St.
*Etienne Charles & Creole Soul @ Keystone Korner *
*What Band @ 6 @ Sycamore & Oak (go-go) *
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Fri. Oct. 11-
“It Was all a Dream” film @ 9 @ Eaton House (sold out)
(great hiphop critic & filmmaker Dream Hampton’s film)
Richard Lloyd Group @ Holy Frijoles (guitarist from
Television)
Bilal @ Birchmere (neo-soul)
Brad Paisley @ MGM Nat. Harbor (country)
A.J. Cook @ 930 Club (Brit pop) (sold out)
Loose Ends featuring Jane Eugene @
Bethesda Theatre
XIU XIU , Fanoplane @ Black Cat
Dario Acosta Teich album release free from 6 to 7 @ Kennedy
Center Millennium Stage (Argentinian folk guitarist)
Sharon Clark 6 to 9 @ Westminster Church SW (jazz singer)
Kazzabe @ VIP Room Baltimore
Glitterer, Victor Arce, Roxy 2 @ Comet P. Pong
Jo-go Project @ 8 to 10 @ Montpelier Arts Center
Banda Machos, El Mexican, Banda Magey & Banda Potrero @
Cococabana
Los Fugitivos , Tierra Cali @
Club One
La Chanchona de los Hermanos @ El Cuscatleco Restaurant,
Alexandria
Edgardo Nuñez Y Caimanes De Sinaloa @ Mexico Lindo
Remi Hassoun @ Green Zone (Arabic)
After Thoughts Band @ Lamont’s (soul)
Rare Essence w/ * Suttle* @ Fast Eddie’s (go-go)
Backyard Band @ Restaurant 55 (go-go)
TCB @ Power
(bouncebeat go-go)
Alfredo Mojica Group
@ 10:30 @ 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
*Blacc Print Experience @ Takoma Station (go-go)*
*Jay Hammond free @ 12:30 to 1:45 pm @ McNeir Hall, New North Bldg. Georgetown U. (registration online ) (Hammond is a Georgetown professor, guitarist )
*Steve Wynn (from Dream Syndicate) @ Pie Shop (rock) *
*DJ Crown Vic @ 10 @ Cana *
*TOB @ Throw Social (bouncebeat go-go)*
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Tj Hooker Hooker
Taylor , Hardway Connection, Shirletta Settles @ the Celebration of Lamont
Savoy Day at Lamont’s (soul)
Bed Maker &
Black Eyes @ 10 @ Comet P Pong (DC
punk)
Cruddy Crankerz host multi-act bill w/ Peacemakers Band,
Perfect Circle Band, Pure Elegance, Creative Sounds Band, Da One Band, Rock
Steady Project @ 3 to 9 @ Fort Dupont Park
Proper Utensils, Still Familiar @ Nottingham’s (go-go)
Kokoroko @ Howard Theatre
Loose Ends featuring Jane Eugene @ Bethesda Theatre
Laura Cantrell free from 6 to 7 @ Kennedy Center Millennium
Stage (traditional roots country singer)
Crown Vic’s Weird World Vinyl @ Green Zone
Phyllis Hyman Tribute @ the Lyric
Dim Wizard @ 1 to 2:30;
Trouble Funk 4:30 to 5:30 @ Snallygaster Fest DC , Penn. Ave (music @
beer fest)
Fiasco & Mike Kuhl @ Rhizome
Los Fugitivos , Tierra Cali @ Cococabana
and @ El Pueblito in Baltimore
(staggered times to do both)
Kazzabe @ Club One
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)
Afrobeats block party and jollof cook-off @ Karma (Eventbrite
ticket)
*Memphis Gold @ 4 @ JVs (blues) *
*Alan Licht, Bill Nace, Jeff Barsky @ 6:30 @ Lost Origins Gallery (avante-) *
*Celebrating Max Roach Centennial w/ singer Cassandra Wilson , Nasheet Waits, poets Sania Sanchez & Saul Williams, Ravi Coltrane, David Virelles, Rashaan Carter & more @ 4 @ Kennedy Center Concert Hall *
* Snehesh Nag (sitar) , Becky Hill (clawhammer banjo player & dancer), Nadia Pessoa (harp) @ 5 @ Good Hope rec Center, Silver Spring (free/pay what you can) *
*Jo-go Project @ Hillfest eastern Market Plaza *
*TCB, New Impressionz, TOB @ Fast Eddie's (bouncebeat go-go)*
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Sun. Oct 13-
Ethiopian Fall Fest 1 to 7 @ 1 Prince St. in Alexandria
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World Series of gospel with many groups @ 2:30 @ Greater New
Hope Baptist Church , Baltimore
Jake Xerkes Fussell @ Songbyrd (acoustic guitarist)
*Adult Prom w/ Northeast Groovers, Sirius Company, Chuck Brown Band, Still
Familiar @ Omni Shoreham DC (go-go) *
Backyard Band @ Throw Social (go-go)
Granny & the Boys @ Showtime
Punk the Capital movie doc and Scream meets the Hangmen
short movie @ 2 pm @ Mt. Pleasant Library
Film “Max Roach: The Drum Also Waltzes “ at the Kennedy
Center Reach (jazz drummer legend)
Bacilos @ Lincoln Theatre
Killusonline, XK Scenario, Kartwheel, Massie, Austin Royale
@ Rhizome
Dowba Montana @ Mercury Lounge in Silver Spring
Los Fugitivos , Tierra Cali @ Rio Cantina
Banda Los Sebastianes @ VIP Room
Lomiel @ the Palace
Moonbugs , Black Rails @ Galaxy Hut (rock)
1252 Band @ Lamont’s (soul)
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
Salsa, bachata, zouk dancing 5 to 10 @ Lincoln Memorial
*XIU XIU @ Metro Baltimore *
*Pile 'o' Rocks @ 4 @ JVs (pub rock) *
*Hanks' tribute to Hank Williams, Hank Snow, & other Hanks w/ Karen Collins & Backroads Band plus singers Kiti Gartner , Willie Barry @ Hank Dietle's *
*Taisha Estrada @ 7 @ Arlington Presbyterian Church (Latin rock solo)*
*Black Alley & djs day party 2 to 9 @ the Bullpen* (go-go & r & b) *
*Rare Essence @ Ivy City Smokehouse roof (go-go)*
*DJ Baby Alcatraz 3 to 7 @ Le Mont Royal*
*TOB , New Impressionz @ 8 @ Babylon (go-go)*
*Junkyard Band @ 5 Sisters (go-go)*
*Flower Factory Dance Club w/ DJs Baronhawk Poitier, Tommy C, Joyce Lim @ 3 @ Zebbie's Garden (techno)
*Bill Nace, Alan Licht , Dave Heuman @ Red Room In Baltimore *
*No Trick Pony @ Material Sounds*
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Mon. Oct. 14-
The The @ Anthem
David Chappell Blues Band 6 to 9 @ Westminster Church SW
Jessica Pavone( viola) w/ Joe Lally on bass for a few songs ,
Rob Magill , Kaya @ Rhizome
Ethiopian music live @ Napoli Lounge
Ethiojazz @ Shalla
* Tanukichan @ Atlantis (dreampop/shoegaze)*
*Attinshun open mic @ 8:30 @ Rendezvous*
*James Blake special piano show w/ guest Monica Martin @ Capital Turnaround *
*Melvis Santa & Jazz Orishas (Cuban piano jazz series ) @ Blues Alley*
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Tues. Oct 15-
Howard U Homecoming week
Stevie Wonder @ CFG Bank Arena in Baltimore
Yard Act @ Black Cat (post-punk)
Larry June Howard U Homecoming concert @ Howard Theatre
(rap)
Ethiopian music @ Lion’s Den in Falls Church
Blacc Print Experience @ Martini's White Plains (go-go)
Dancehall reggae dj @
Society Lounge
Sting @ MGM Nat. Harbor
*Divide & Dissolve, Quattracenta @ Metro Baltimore *
*We the People of the US... Establish Justice poetry readings w/ Claudine Rankine & Yesenia Montilla @ Folger Theatre *
*Manuel Valera Cuban piano jazz @ Blues Alley *
*Can I Kick it w/ DJ 2-Tone Jones spinning records to movie "Child's Play" @ 7:30 free @ Songbyrd *
*Still Familiar, Positive Vybez Band @ Fast Eddie's (go-go)*
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Wed. Oct 16-
Drive-by Truckers “Southern Rock Opera Revisited 2024” @
Warner Theatre
Ekko Astral, Anita Velveeta, Powerwasher, Pretty Bitter @
Ottobar (punk)
Paula Fuga free from
6 to 7 @ Kennedy Center Millennium Stage (Hawaiian singer & ukulele player)
Being Dead, Home Remedies, Half Bath @ Comet P Pong
Temples @ Union Stage (Brit psych rock)
Sirius Company @ Sobe (go-go)
New Impressionz @ Babylon (go-go)
What Band feat. Killa Cal free @ Shark Bar (go-go)
Live Ethiopian music @ Napoli Lounge
Kizomba and bachata dj & dancing @ Crossroads 2
DJ Jamstar @ Tempoo Lounge (dancehall)
*A Boogie Wit Da Hoodie @ Pier 6 *
*Porches @ Atlantis"
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Thurs. Oct 17-
Sexyy Red @ Echostage (rap)
Bryson Tiller @ MGM Nat. Harbor (r
& b )
Amy Rigby @ Jammin Java
Syleena Johnson @ Bethesda Theatre
Magnetic Fields 69 Love Songs 25th Anniversary (through
the 20th) @ Lincoln Theatre
Hamilton de Holanda
@ the Hamilton (Brazilian choro and jazz )
Buttercup Presents:
Soul Sessions Vol. 1 w/ E.J. Thomas,
Duane Nelson, Andre Jackson, David Lawson, and Tony Smith @ 7 p.m. @ the Blue
Dolphin, 1166 MD- 3 South, Gambrills, Maryland.
civil rights leader
Valarie Kaur w/ raag-based kirtan by
Sikh woman artist Jasvir Kaur, and
trumpeter and artist Sonny Singh accompanied by Qais Essar @ 6 to 9 @
Freer Gallery Meyer Auditorium
Chuck Johnson
(pedal steel), Amadou Kouyate (kora) @ Rhizome
Memphis Gold @ 11
am to 12 noon @ PG Publick Playhouse
Soul Sauce w/ dj
Kenny M Spinning vinyl @ Green Zone
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
Bluebeat with Iron
Lion and Unsustainables @ 1101 Kenyon St NW
*Thrills @ JVs (roots pop rock)*
*Langston Collin Wilkins talks about his book "Welcome 2 Houston: Hip Hop Heritage in Hustle Town" @ 10:30 am @ George Mason U., Fenwick Library, Fenwick Reading Room, 2nd Floor, 4348 Chesapeake River Lane, Fairfax*
*Alfredo Rodriguez Cuban piano jazz @ Blues Alley*
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Friday, October 18-
Eddie Palmieri @ Library of Congress Coolidge Auditorium
(legendary Latin jazz & salsa pianist)
Afro-Cuban Allstars @ Strathmore
Fontaines D.C. w/ Been Stellar @ 10:00PM
Doors (Late Show) @ 930 Club (sold out)
Magnetic Fields 69 Love Songs 25th Anniversary (through the
20th) @ Lincoln Theatre
Howard U Homecoming events
Brooke Candy @ Union Stage (rap)
Lynn August Takoma park house show
DJ Basbousa @ Green Zone (Arabic)
Tom Petty: Heartbreakers Beach Party” movie (1983 Cameron Crow film restored in
2024) @ 7 pm @ AFI
The Obsessed @
Ottobar
The Set R & B Experience dj @ Howard Theatre
Lisa Fischer & Grand Baton @ Bethesda Theatre
Ludacris @ the Hall at Live ! (rap)
Pearl & the Oysters, Klark Sound, Makeup Girl @ Comet P
Pong
Miguel Salas @
Pappasitos
Nio Garcia @ Ibiza
Kazzabe @ Rincon Escondido Deli in Cheverly
Salsa and timba fest @ Diamond Lounge
After Thoughts Band @ Lamont’s (soul)
Rare Essence @ Fast Eddie’s (go-go)
Backyard Band @ Restaurant 55 (go-go)
TCB @ Power
(bouncebeat go-go)
Alfredo Mojica Group
@ 10:30 @ 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
Black Masala & Bongo District @ Death Punch Bar
Sirius Company @ Culture, 8113 GA Ave., Silver Spring (go-go)
*Proper Utensils feat. James Funk @ Takoma Station (go-go)*
*Halloween covers of Siouxsie, New Order, Alice in Chains by locals @ Holy Frijoles *
*Melissa Wimbish and Outcalls free @ 12:30 to 1:45 pm @ McNeir Hall, New North Bldg. Georgetown U. (registration online ) (Classical soprano ) *
*Elmiene @ Howard Theatre (r & b)*
*Rude Ruth w/ Julian Lage, Margaret Glaspy, Jorge Roeder, Dave King @ U of Md. Clarice Smith Center*
*Junkyard Band @ Casamigos(go-go)*
*Alfredo Rodriguez Cuban piano jazz @ Blues Alley*
*Howard U homecoming Yardfest concert day 1 @ 12 noon @ upper quadrangle *
*Howard U homecoming Greek Step show @ 8 @ HU Burr Gym *
*Howard U Homecoming afterparty w/ Sutra & more 11 pm to 3 am @ Songbyrd *
*TOB @ Martini's*
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Sat Oct 19-
Fuerza Regida @ Capital One Arena
Magnetic Fields 69 Love Songs 25th Anniversary (through the
20th) @ Lincoln Theatre
Fontaines D.C. w/ Been Stellar @ 10:00PM Doors @ 930 Club (Late Show)
Shemekia Copeland @ Rams Head Onstage Annapolis (blues)
The Whispers @ Birchmere
Zion’s 41st Anniversary gospel w/ many groups @ 4
@ Scripture Cathedral, Hyattsville
Rumi Daf Ensemble @ 6:30@ Richard Ernst Community Cultural
Center Nova Annandale
Louisiana Roadhouse Night w/ Lynn August ( Louisiana swamp
pop, blues, zydeco), Daryl Davis (playing 50s New Orleans songs by Fats Domino,
Smiley Lewis, Lloyd Price), Mark Wenner's Blues Warriors ("Swamp
Blues" songs of Slim Harpo, Lazy Lester & more), Corey Arceneaux (
DC-based but from Louisiana) - & his Zydeco Hot Peppers (w/ guest Seth
Kibel on Sax and Clarinet) at Cheverly
American Legion
Reggae Fest DC dj @ Howard Theatre
Illuminated Hotties @ Black Cat
More HU Homecoming
Billy Bragg @ Atlantis (sold out)
AfroSoca Love @ 4 @ ECCC DC
Sessa free from 6 to 7 @ Kennedy Center Millennium Stage (Brazilian)
DJ Johnson Lee spinning vinyl @ Green Zone (from Joe’s
Record Paradise)
Anita Velveeta @ Quarry House
Sam Elmore (sigle release), Argo & the Vioet Queens
(single release), The Montaines @ Comet P Pong
Tru Fax & the Insaniacs , w/ Dot Dash @ Hank Dietle’s (power pop & pop-punk)
Diplo @ Echostage
Rise Band @ Lamont’s (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)
Post-punk Flea Market @ Atlas Brew Works
*Blxst @ Fillmore (rap) *
*Dafnis Prieto Si a Si Quartet (Cuban led jazz ) @ Blues Alley*
*Howard U homecoming Yardfest concert day 2 @ 12 noon @ upper quadrangle *
* Howard U. Homecoming Parade 10 am to 12 noon @ @ 6th Street, NW between Howard Place and Fairmont Street, and then travel along Georgia Avenue NW, Florida Avenue NW, 5th Street NW, T Street NW, and 4th Street NW *
*Sirius Company @ Encore in Hyattsville (go-go)*
*Junkyard Band @ Fast Eddie's (go-go) *
*TCB @ Fire Station One * (bouncebeat go-go) *
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Sun Oct 20 –
Magnetic Fields @ Lincoln Theatre
Makaya Mccraven free
@ Sycamore & Oak SE DC ( Chicago-based cutting edge funky jazz drummer who
leads a band )
Billy Bragg @ 930 Club
Nick Lowe & Los Straightjackets @ Atlantis (sold out)
Richard Thompson @ Strathmore (British folk rock)
Tokimonsta @ Howard Theatre
Big Flock @ Union Stage (rap )
Itay Dayan :Hoffman’s Farewell at DC JCC
Lamont Plaza Fest with Hammered Hulls, Messthetics, Flowers
for the Dead & a Pop-up Record Fair
@ 1 to 5 @ Mt Pleasant Library
DC Blues Fest @ Wunder Garten
Tom Petty: Heartbreakers Beach Party” movie (1983 Cameron Crow film restored in
2024) @ 1:30 pm @ AFI
Pardoner @ Comet P
Pong
Dennis Kane @ Galaxy Hut
Spotlight Band @ Lamont’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
*Rumba Club @ Takoma Station (Latin Jazz) *
*David Chappell Band @ 2 & Hula Monsters @ 6 @ Hank Dietle's (roots)*
*LoveSound : An Evening of Soul Sisters 5 to 8 w/ Wayna, Anna Mwalagho, Ayanna Gregory, Navasha Daya, Laina Mataka, Maimouna Youssef, Sweet Honey and the Rock @ 5 to 8 @ Westminster Church SW *
*DJ Spinna, DJ Stylus 5 to 10 @ Extended Play on the Mess Hall Loading Dock *
*Dafnis Prieto Si a Si Quartet (Cuban led jazz ) @ Blues Alley*
*Sirius Company @ 1 pm @ Legends Plaza @ Northwest Bank Stadium before Commanders game *
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Mon. Oct 21-
Nick Lowe & Los
Straightjackets @ Atlantis
Clairo @ Anthem (pop) (sold out)
Shirletta Settles & friends 6 to 9 @ Westminster Church
SW (blues and soul)
Tremours , Ceremony East Coast, Secret Wilderness, Caustic Hologram @ Rhizome (post-punk noise )
Ethiopian music live @ Napoli Lounge
Ethiojazz @ Shalla
*Acid Mothers Temple @ Metro Baltimore *
*Capital Lab Bnad feat. jazz vocalist Lena Seikaly @ Blues Alley *
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Tues. Oct 22-
Massive Attack @
Anthem (r& b & dub) Cancelled
Aoife O’Donovan and Bonny Light Horseman & the Nso @
Kennedy Center Concert Hall (folk)
Kississippi, Talker, and Pretty Bitter @ Quarry House
(emo-tinged indie pop)
Ethiopian music @ Lion’s Den in Falls Church
Blacc Print Experience @ Martini's White Plains (go-go)
Dancehall reggae dj @
Society Lounge
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Wed Oct 23-
Kal Marks, Sensor
Ghost, Cryptid Summer @ Pie Shop
Legacy of Wayne Shorter w/ late jazzman's band featuring
pianist Danilo Pérez, bassist John Patitucci, and drummer Brian Blade—w/ guest
saxophonist Mark Turner, @ Kennedy Center
Graham Nash @ Barns of Wolf Trap
(also there 10-25 & 10-26) (from Hollies & CSNY)
Dehd @ Howard Theatre
Iguana Death Cult @ Quarry House (surf-tinged post-punk from
Netherlands)
Sirius Company @ Sobe (go-go)
New Impressionz @ Babylon (go-go)
What Band feat. Killa Cal free @ Shark Bar (go-go)
Live Ethiopian music @ Napoli Lounge
Kizomba and bachata dj & dancing @ Crossroads 2
DJ Jamstar @ Tempoo Lounge (dancehall)Vincent Neil Emerson @
Atlantis (country)
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Thurs. Oct 24-
Vince Staples @ Anthem (rap)
Diana Ross @ MGM Nat. Harbor
Mazboota w/ DJ Fady D @ Green Zone ( alt Arabic alt
electro/disco)
Julie, and Her New Knife @ 930 Club
Daphne Eckman @ Pearl St Warehouse (sad girl indie)
Leon City Sounds cumbia, chicha djs &* DJ Crown Vic *& DJ Morgan Greenstreet* @ ESL
Shower Curtain, Mannequin Flight, Flowers for the Dead @
Rhizome
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 *TOB, Reaction, ABM @
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
*Thrills @ Hank Dietle's (roots pop)*
*David Chappell Band @ JVs (roots rock Americana) *
*Sirius Company @ Piano Keys Lounge*
*Bongo District @ Bossa *
*Ernie Isley Interview @ Smithsonian African-American History Museum*
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Fri. Oct 25-
Robyn Hitchcock @ Atlantis
Graham Nash @ Barns of Wolf Trap (also there 10-26)
Loboko @ 7 to 9 @ Hill Center * and earlier free @ 12:30 to 1:45 pm @ McNeir Hall, New North Bldg. Georgetown U. (registration online )* (NYC-based Congolese dance band)
DJ Saba & DJ Basbousa @ Green Zone (Arabic)
A Place to Bury Strangers @ Black Cat
Mississippi John Hurt Blues Fest @
Archie Edwards Barbershop
After Thoughts Band
@ Lamont’s (soul)
Rare Essence @ Fast
Eddie’s (go-go)
Backyard Band @
Restaurant 55 (go-go)
TCB @ Power 10pm @ Fire Station 1 (bouncebeat go-go)
Alfredo Mojica Group @ 10:30 @ 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
*Blacc Print Experience @ Takoma Station Tavern (go-go)*
*King Soul @ Hank Dietle's (blue-eyed soul) *
*Aaron Myers @ Mr Henry's (jazz w/ vocals) *
*DJ Adrian Loving w/ Brazilian soul, funk, & jazz vinyl @ 9 pm to 1 am @ Cana *
*TOB @ Martini's (bouncebeat go-go) *
*New Impressionz @ Aqua (go-go)*
*What Band , Project 360 @ Vibe in Annapolis (go-go)*
*Stephan Crump @ Rhizome (solo acoustic jazz bass)*
*Album listening party for Will Kobus (laidback dc r& b/rap) w/ Mezzanine vinyl record sale popup 5 to 9 pm @ The Line DC *
* Diwali Rock Show featuring local bands led by Indian American artists including Laal Taal (a member of Bottled Up), NAYAN, Prabir Trio, and Sravani @ Atlas Brew Works *
*DC Palestinian Art & Film Fest through Sunday @ various locations*
*Linda Smith, Curving Tooth, Georgia Beatty @ 6 @ Current Space (indie twee pop & more)*
*Still Familiar, Obsession band @ Shark Bar (go-go) *
*DJ Pedro Night Cheetah Club event @ St Ex *
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Sat. Oct 26-
Graham Nash @ Barns of Wolf Trap (from
Hollies & CSNY)
Die Antwoord @ Anthem
Mississippi John Hurt Blues Fest *guitar workshops & closing reception* @ Archie Edwards Barbershop
Adobo DMV Thriller Halloween party w/ DJ Pedro Night & 4
others @ 10 pm @ Karma
Danny Ocean @ MGM Nat. Harbor
Crank Lukongo and Dior Ashley Brown and the Filthy Animals 7
to 10 pm Museum of African Art ( Crank L
are Afrobeat meets Go-Go and Dior Ashley
Brown is hiphop tinged funk)
Blackbyrds @ Bethesda Theatre
DC Zine Fest @ 11 am to 4 @ MLK Library (DC Punk Archives 10th
anniversary open house 1 to 3 pm)
Born I music & meditation w/ Kim Sator @ Eaton DC
Hinds @ Union Stage (indie pop)
Will Hoge w/ Jett Holden @ Hamilton (Americana)
Naima Bock, Adeline Hotel @ Rhizome
Jim Bennett @ 8 @ Harmony Hall (soul and blues)
Nectar w/ DJs V:shaul & AHautmess @ 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)
Skalloween w/ the Soularites , The Fuss !! @ Restaurant 198
in Burtonsville, MD
Lloyd Banks @ Ottobar
Diwali fest @ Dulles Expo Center
*Dupont Circle Fall Fest and Bluegrass Jamboree 1 to 5 pm w/ Shannon Leigh and the Good Bygones*
*Laylit party 6th anniversary w/ Arabic electro music DJs Basbousa , Minsa, Nadine Maghzal, Saphe @ Culture (some proceeds for Lebanon & Palestine groups) *
*TCB, ABM @ Martini's (bouncebeat go-go)*
*Orchester Prazevica (Danube Basin Kriminal pop) 7 to 9 pm @ Madam's Organ *
*Bladensburg Day parade @ 10am & fest @ Harrington Park 11 am to 3 pm *
*Halloween Crank Fest w/ Still Familiar, Suttle, R & S Project @ Fast eddie's *
*Dance Club techno/electro Halloween party w/ DJs Joyce Lim, Tommy C, Baronhawk Poiter @ 11 @ DC 9 *
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Sun. Oct 27-
Homayoun and Salar: The Art of the Afghan Rubab and Tabla @ 3 to 4:15 @ National Gallery of Art
Hello Mary, Bleary Eyed @ Songbyrd (rock)
Cyndi Lauper @ Capital One Arena (pop)
Granny & the Boys @ Showtime
Del Ray Halloween parade
House of Hammill @ 4:30 to 6:30 @ Hill Center (Celtic folk
trio)
Pokey Lafarge @ Atlantis
Malevo @ Strathmore (Argentine male dance company)
1252 Band @ Lamont’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
Sarau de Samba from 2 to 5 @ Glen Echo Park
Diwali fest @ Dulles Expo Center
*Mezzanine Vinyl Market @ 12 to 5 with guest djs including Leon City Sounds @ Parks at Walter Reed, Georgia Ave & Dahlia *
*Backyard Band Halloween go-go party 5 to 9 @ Babylon *
*Junkyard Band @ 2 pm @ Legends Plaza before Commanders football game @ Northwest Bank Stadium (go-go) *
*Junkyard Band 5 to 10 @ Air *
*Dunia & Aram, Lady Hatchet @ 8 @ Bossa (ska and reggae)*
* Umpukan Filipino fest w/ percussionist Isabelle de Leon, Les the DJ, hip-hop DJ Neil Armstrong @ 12 noon to 5 @ Metro Bar *
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Mon. Oct. 28-
T Bone Burnett @ Barns of Wolf Trap
Linwood Taylor Band 6 to 9 @ Westminster Church SW
Duran Duran @ CFG Bank Arena
King Diamond @ Fillmore (metal)
Ethiopian music live @ Napoli Lounge
Ethiojazz @ Shalla
*TCB @ Ivy City *
*Annual cover show, with Emotional World covering My Bloody Valentine and Milo in the Doldrums covering the Replacements @ Comet P Pong *(call to confirm/tentative)
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Tues. Oct. 29-
Robert Cray Band @ Birchmere (blues)
Billy Ocean @ Warner
Theatre
T Bone Burnett @ Barns of Wolf Trap
Cursive @ Union Stage (rock)
Ethiopian music @ Lion’s Den in Falls Church
Blacc Print Experience @ Martini's White Plains (go-go)
Dancehall reggae dj @
Society Lounge
*Charu Suri @ Blues Alley (Indian ragas meet jazz piano) *
*17th St NW High heel race @ 9 *
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Wed. Oct 30-
Gogol Bordello ‘s Eugene
Hütz and Sergey Ryabtsev w/ a screening of the film Scream of My Blood: A Gogol
Bordello Story, followed by a Q&A and spirited live performance with Eugene
and Sergey @ Lincoln
Theatre
MJ Lenderman & band @ 930 Club (critic fave rock) (sold
out)
War on Women, J. Robbins @ Ottobar
New Impressionz @
Babylon (go-go)
What Band feat.
Killa Cal free @ Shark Bar (go-go)
Live Ethiopian
music @ Napoli Lounge
Kizomba and bachata
dj & dancing @ Crossroads 2
DJ Jamstar @ Tempoo
Lounge (dancehall)
* Isaiah Collier @ Blues Alley (Jazz sax )*
*Wisdom Speaks, TCB, Rocksteady Project @ 5:30 to 11 @ Howard Theatre (go-go)*
*Tyrone Toomer's Tribute to Bobby Womack @ Eloquent Touch Ballroom (r & b/soul) *
* Costume Party w/ Pickaxe, Sex Faces, 504 Plan, Trash Boy @ DC 9 (punk )*
*DJ Underdog performing w/ Bossa Tributary Project musicians @ 9:30 @ Bossa *
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Thurs. Oct 31-
Allison Russell & Kara Jackson @ 930 Club
B-52s @ Anthem
Big Tony & Trouble Funk @ Blue Dolphin
Kany Garcia @ Warner Theatre
Rocky Horror Picture Show anniversary tour @ Lincoln Theatre
Nosferatu 1922 movie live screening w/ live sound by Novparalo @
7:30 outdoors @ Rhizome
DJ Tba @ Green Zone
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
*Billy Strings - "O Billy Where Art Thou" the men and women of constant sorrow w/ Jerry Douglas, Chris Thomas King and more @ CFG Bank Arena (sold out) *
*Prince tribute w/ Cymone Lovett, Brigette Johnson, Indigo @ Keystone Korner *
*DJ Pedro Night @ Capo Italian Deli *
*Moonshine Halloween costume party w/ Pierre Kwenders, San Farafina, Jessicunt, Native Sun, DJ Mobu @ St Ex *
*Cumbia Heights , DJ Crown Vic @ DC 9 *
*Masquerade party w/ New Impressionz & Suttle @ 8131 GA Ave., Silver Spring *
*Church on Sunday presents Lifted 3 yr anniv. w/ Dj Bast, DJ Bri Mafia, DJ Trilla Kay, DJ K Meta, Niara Starling @ 618 H St NW (r& b & hiphop mostly dj'ing) *
*Discussion of Michael Jackson album Thriller from 8 to 10 @ Eaton Workshop Library *
*Scab, Rew, God Forgive this Dog @ Quarry House Tavern Silver Spring (rock)*
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Fri. Nov. 1- Tinashe, *Raveena* @ Anthem (r& b/pop)
Erykah Badu @ MGM National Harbor (r & b)
Touche Amore, Soul Glo, and Portrayal of Guilt at the Black
Cat
Greek Multi-Instrumentalist and Vocalist Spyros
Koliavasilis: The Rebetiko Project @ Hill Center
Tropical Heat Dome’s Dia de los Muertos party w/ Leon City
Sounds djs, Dj Crown Vic , Nico, percussionist Ty Hussell &more @ Marx Café
Asia After Dark Diwali Fest w/ music by The Tabla Queen @ 6 pm; 7:25 p.m.
Dance by DC Bhangra Crew to kick off Afterhours Dance Party @ 7:25pm; Afterhours
Dance Party with DJ Rekha @ 7:30–9:30 p.m. all @ Museum of Asian Art West
Building (Freer Gallery of Art), Plaza
After Thoughts Band @ Lamont’s
(soul)
Rare Essence @ Fast
Eddie’s (go-go)
Backyard Band @
Restaurant 55 (go-go)
TCB @ Power *Flame* (bouncebeat go-go)
Alfredo Mojica Group @ 10:30 @ 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
*Skylar Gudasz free @ 12:30 to 1:45 pm @ McNeir Hall, New North Bldg. Georgetown U. (registration online ) (indie rock singer ) *
*En Route string ensemble w/ live Arabic calligraphy @ Rhizome*
*Save Your Soul Halloween party w/ DJ Baby Alcatraz, that Rob Macy, Paul , Pharoah Haqq @ Lithuanian Hall Baltimore *
*Still Familiar, Obsession band @ Shark Bar (go-go) *
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Sat. Nov 2- El Dia de los Muertos @ National Portrait
Gallery
Erykah Badu @ MGM National Harbor
Tropical Beat w/ vinyl djs Leon City Sounds, Condor Mesajero @ 10 @ Green Zone
*Dia de los Muertos w/ La Unica @ 4 to 7 @ the Wharf *
What Band @ Sidelines (go-go)*
*The Mummies, the Ar-Kaics @ Black Cat (garage-punk & more)*
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Sun. Nov 3- *The GO! Team performing "Thunder, Lightning, Strike" (pop-punk w/ old-school rock & hiphop touches), LA SÉCURITÉ (Canadian dance-punk ) @ Black Cat *
Be la Dona go-go brunch @ Bethesda Theater
What Band @ Diamond Lounge *
*Teenarama Dance Party (the 1960’s Black DC dance show) with dancing to the music of the Mustangs and DJ Scooter Magruder, competitions and door prizes hosted by the African American Music Association @ 1 to 4 @ MLK Library*
Nov. 4- Ebo Taylor & Pat Thomas @ Howard Theatre (Ghana
) POSTPONED to 2025
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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; gogomusixdmv on Instagram has go-go flyers*
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