Calendar is posted, updated, and viewable here on the blog, and events listings are posted on my Bluesky and Threads & sometimes still tweeted.
Calendar is also linked on my Facebook & Instagram (& has its own DC Global Music pages there where I post gig flyers, updates & video clips of dc area gigs-(@dcglobalmusic on Instagram; DC Global Music and More on Facebook)-. Email list coming soon.
Gig list includes international (mainly African, Caribbean, Latin, Brazilian, Asian), roots, rap, soul, go-go, rock, punk, pop, gospel, blues, & club dj dance and more DMV & Baltimore & Annapolis gigs that I am interested in. Lots of local Ethiopian and Go-go. Some jazz but I mainly leave that to Capital Bop. Also some movies w/ music themes, and music book events. Additional gigs added after first posting have an *asterisk.* I am often adding go-go ones, Bossa club, Lamont’s soul & dj nights that are announced later. Events listed have been found on websites, Instagram, Facebook, email, postcards, flyers, tik-tok, & club voicemails.
To submit events (for posting) or comments (that are not posted) e-mail stevenkiviat @ gmail.com
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My June 2026 Highlights (mostly visiting acts) (then much longer full list below w/ local & visiting acts of many genres). Your choice of highlights might differ. Lots happening in June
Thurs. June 4- Mekons @ Ottobar; Ivy Queen @ Echostage; Kali Uchis @ Merriweather Post
Fri. June 5- WiFiGawd (DC rapper) record release party w/ Key! (Atlanta rapper), Soulglo (Philly hybrid act), Sluggo (DC), Amal (Black Rave Culture member) @ Black Cat (rap & funky rock & more)
Sat. June 6- Gary Clark & Kingfish Ingram @ Wolf Trap (blues);
Ms. Jody, Donnie Ray, Lacee, Lamar Brace, Hardway Connection, Rise Band 2pm @ Lamont’s (southern soul) (eventbrite ) ;
Music Sanctuary Fest w/ rapper Devin Denzel (son of late RE drummer Footz) backed by a band including Drew Keys; others on bill- RE & PU vocalist James “Jas Funk,” former RE conga player Milton “Go-Go Mickey” Freeman, Backyard Band vocalist Leroy “Weensey” Brandon; a tribute to Footz w/ three generations of go-go drummers: William “JuJu” House (EU); original CCB drummer Willie Howell, Marcus Terrell of New Impressionz; DJ Bri Mafia, Next Gen Krank & more 2pm @ Go-go Museum
Dance Africa DC w/ free daytime outdoor performances & ticketed indoor events including 8pm fete w/African Heritage Drummers and Dancers, Kankouran, Ni Dembaya & more @ Danceplace
Sun. June 7- Backyard Band & DJ Remi free (get there early) 1-4:30 pm @ MLK Library (go-go)
“Soul Searcher: Life and Legacy of Chuck Brown, Godfather of Go-Go” book signing with author, Sundiata Ramin 3-7 @ Go-go Museum
“Agridulce (Bittersweet)” @ 2:15 pm @ AFI Silver as part of DC Caribbean Filmfest (coming of age film about child bachata musicians from a rural Dominican Republic town) (q & a w/ producer) (also on Wed. June 10)
“Queen of Soca” 6:40 @ AFI Silver as part of DC Caribbean Filmfest (coming of age film about Olivia, a young Trinidad singer who wants to become a professional soca singer and about her religious mother who thinks soca is sinful) Q & A w/ filmmaker (also on Wed June 10)
Tues. June 9- Summer Walker @ CFG Arena (r& b)
Mdou Moctar solo, 7G Bumin @ Ottobar (great guitarist from Niger)
Wed. June 10- Devo @ the Lyric
“Carnival: They Can’t Steal Our Joy” doc about the African-rooted history of the carnival tradition and the celebration of it in 5 countries 2:30 pm @ AFI Silver as part of DC Caribbean FIlmfest (also Thurs. June 11)
Amyl & the Sniffers @ Anthem (Australian punk pub rock)
Thurs. June 11- Ahmed Saad @ Fillmore Silver Spring (impressive Egyptian pop singer)
Fri. June 12- Mehrnam Rastegari at Hill Center (NY_based Persian Iranian spike fiddle instrumentalist)
“The Last Critic” doc about longtime music critic Robert Christgau w/ post-talk w/ producer Paul Lovelace 8:45 pm @ Regal Gallery Place as part of DC/Dox fest w/ more music & more films thru the 14th
7th Stanine Fest 1st night- Marisa Anderson (critic acclaimed Portland, Ore finger picking ) , Shane Parish (Athens, GA) plays Autechre guitar, Ian Nagoski djs @ Rhizome
Mundial de Chanchona w/La Chanchona de los Hnos. Lovo, La Chanchona 503, La Chanchona de Efraín Lobos, and Moisés y su Chanchona @ Cococabana in Hyattsville, MD
Thurs. June 18- Wilco @ Wolf Trap (alt rock)
Moe Fest celebrating Juneteenth w/ New Impressionz, TOB, UCB, Drama Squad hosted by Yaddiya 3-9pm @ Harrison Park, 13th & V St. NW (bouncebeat go-go)
Fri. June 19- Beat Ya Feet Dance workshop 4pm & go-go performance by Next Gen Krank 5:00–7:00 p.m. @ Smithsonian National Museum of American History Coulter Performance Plaza as part of Juneteenth weekend Smithsonian Indepen'Dance & Solstice events @ multiple museums (see June 19 full list below for more)
Sat. June 20-Home Rule Fest with Trouble Funk, Chuck Brown Band, Melanie Charles, Sun Ra Arkestra @ Walter Reed & After-party w/ Melanie Charles @ Milk Crate
Peter Bug Day w/ soul/r&b acts & drummers 10 am to 7 @ 13th & E Sts SE (Peterbug Matthews shoe repair shop has held this fest for 50 years)
Hookie Life Caribbean weekend Lion’s Pride J’ Ouvert Titans of Soca event @ Rosecroft Raceway
Sun. June 21- Big Father’s Day Gospel concert w/ Lil David & the Bells of Joy, Zion of Washington , The Gospel Legends, RL Bush & the Revived Sons, and many more groups 3:30 pm @ Christ Deliverance Church in Baltimore
Tues. June 23-The Breeders with Violet Grohl @ Nevermore Hall Baltimore (rock)
Ratboys, Shallowater @ Ottobar (Chicago indie rock) (sold Out)
Sonido Gallo Negro, Bongo District @ Black Cat (psych cumbia, chicha, surf)
“Young Soul Rebels- Director’s Cut” of 1991 Isaac Julien directed movie drama w/ UK punks, skinheads, & soulboys in the ‘70s @ 7 pm @ AFI Silver (also was on June 19,20, 22nd, 23rd)
Sat. June 27- Classical Arabic Music with the Torath Ensemble 7:30 @ Rachel M. Schlesinger Concert Hall Arts Center Alexandria ( skilled retro sound)
Giant Food Barbecue Battle w/ go-go music on Pepsi & Lay’s stage from Pocket Band 11 am; Perfection Band 12:30; Spoken word finals & Experience Band 1:30; Junkyard Band 3pm; Kim Michelle Experience 4:15 pm; Chuck Brown Band 5:45pm; Rare Essence 7:30 pm on PA Ave. NW (betw. 3rd & 7th Sts NW)
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Full June 2026 list- (*asterisks will be used to show any additional events added throughout the month or changes *)
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Mon. June 1-
Built to Spill @ 930 Club (rock)
Marcus Young 10 pm @ Andrews in Morningside, MD ;
Ethiopian music live @ Napoli Lounge;
Ethiojazz w/ the Roots Band @ Shalla;
Nighthawks 6-9 pm @ Westminster Church SW (blues & blues-rock)
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Tues. June 2-
Corinne Bailey Rae @ Fillmore Silver Spring
Capitol Hill Cajun Orchestra Cajun dance 7:30 -9:30 @ St Marks Church, 301 A St SE and July 7
James Blake @ Anthem (artsy pop & r&b)
“Informant” movie (starring Big G from Backyard) 6pm @ Go-go Museum
Still Familiar @ Fast Eddie's (go-go)
Ethiopian music w/ Kalkidan & Fekadu backed by Dani Key & Dave Sax @ Rumor Bar Silver Spring
"vintage groove" Ethiopian music band feat. Fikir & Fitsum 8-11 @ Makeda Restaurant, Van Dorn St., Alexandria
Street Rat, Post Community, Odette, Suburbanabuse @ Rhizome (hardcore punk, noise)
Still Familiar @ Fast Eddie's (go-go)
Ethiopian music w/ Kalkidan & Fekadu backed by Dani Key & Dave Sax @ Rumor Bar Silver Spring
"vintage groove" Ethiopian music band feat. Fikir & Fitsum 8-11 @ Makeda Restaurant, Van Dorn St., Alexandria
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Wed. June 3-
Skillibeng @ Fillmore Silver Spring (Afrobeats)
Bethesda African-American Cemetery Coalition Fundraiser with Jamal Gray & The Avant Vanguard, Freedome, Mia & The Argonauts @ Rhizome (jazz-electro, a cappella Black folk, & protest rock from Jackson-Reed High in Dc)
Andrew Bird w/ National Philharmonic @ Strathmore (indie rock w/ orchestra)
Hudson Freeman @ Ottobar (indie Americana)
Rock-a-Sonics @ Waverly Brewing (rockabilly)
Ring Shout discussion 11am to 11:30 am; 1-1:30 pm; 2-2:30pm @ Smithsonian American History Museum
Guided Tour of: ¡Puro Ritmo! The Musical Journey of Salsa exhibit 1:30 -2:15 @ American Latino Museum gallery in the Smithsonian American History Museum
Author Benny Peterson talks about novel "The Maidenheads" that incorporates some of the 2012 DC rock scene (Comet Ping Pong) & a school modeled after Jackson-Reed High plus Silver Spring @ 6 pm @ People's Book
Nasar Abadey @ Keystone Korner (jazz)
New Impressionz @ Babylon (go-go)
What Band feat. Killa Cal free @ Shark Bar (go-go)
Live Ethiopian music @ Napoli Lounge
Heitor Presser & Filipe Brandao 6-9 @ Mercy Me (Brazilian bossa nova )
Matheus Fonseca 6-9 @ Bar Cana (Brazilian music guitarist)
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Thurs. June 4-
Kali Uchis, Mariah the Scientist, Laila! @ Merriweather Post Pavilion (headliner is Latino r& b)
Ivy Queen Pride tour @ Echostage (Puerto Rican reggaeton pioneer who’s an ally of the community)
Mekons @ Ottobar (UK postpunk vets)
Peter Yorn @ Birchmere (solo acoustic ) (sold out)
National Capital Planning Commission (NCPC) meeting @ 1pm on Trump's proposed monumental arch that will be disruptive to Lincoln Memorial, Arlington National Cemetery, and Arlington House
Andrew Bird w/ National Philharmonic @ Strathmore (indie rock w/ orchestra)
Paco Panama and Ankhlejohn and more rappers @ Songbyrd (DC rap)
Sideshow w/ “Tigray Funk” release event @ Pearl St Warehouse (Ethiopian DC rap)
BabyFxce E @ Union Stage (Michigan punchline rap)
Soul train hand dancing 3-7 @ Anacostia Park
“The Disappearance of Ms Scott” doc @ 5 pm @ Library of Congress ( jazz musician & civil rights activist)
Guided Tour of: ¡Puro Ritmo! The Musical Journey of Salsa exhibit 10:30- 11:15 am & 1:30-2:15 pm @ American Latino Museum gallery in the Smithsonian American History Museum
Thrills @ JVs (roots rock)
Longtimers @ Hank Dietle’s (Roots)
Best of the 48 hour film project 7 pm @ AFI Silver
Sonder Bombs, Megan from Work, Flowerbomb @ Comet Ping Pong
Master Teachers; Foundation to Future Soul photo exhibit celebrating cultural advocacy that made Black Music Month by Ron St. Clair through June 30 @ Manifest 002, Union Market District, 1242 3rd Street NE
Portrayal of Guilt & 3 other bands @ DC 9 (sold out) (metal hardcore )
Brazilian forro & samba music w/ Felipe Garibaldi & Rosa Morais 7-10 pm @ Mercy Me
Verny Varela 9:30 @ Bossa (salsa, valennato, cumbia)
What Band @ Martinis (go-go)
Reaction @ Black Rose Lounge (bouncebeat go-go)
New Impressionz @ Shark Bar (go-go & bouncebeat go-go)
Ethiopian music w/ Abraham, Danny, Hanna @ Shalla Restaurant in Silver Spring
Selam Sound @ Makeda Restaurant, Van Dorn St., Alexandria (Ethiopian)
Ethiopian music @ MHL Lounge in Falls Church
Ethiopian music @ Mulashewa
Ethiopian music @ JD Bar
Ethiopian music @ Rumor Bar Fenton St Silver Spring
Afrobeats w/ DJ Jamstar @ Spectrum Lounge (?)
Afro-Caribbean dj @ Kaldi’s
live reggae 9 pm @ Bukom
*Push Play @ Diamond Lounge*
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Fri. June 5-
Echo & the Bunnymen @ Warner Theatre (psych post-punk)
Sun Ra Do the Impossible film doc screening 7pm w/ post show discussion & reception w/ Dr Thomas Stanley, Luke Stewart, Brad Smith & more @ Wooly Mammoth Theatre Company (jazz legend)
WiFiGawd (DC rapper) record release party w/ Key! (Atlanta rapper), Soulglo (Philly hybrid act), Sluggo (DC), Amal (Black Rave Culture member) @ Black Cat (rap & funky rock & more)
“Bankie Banx: King of the Dune” doc 6:30 pm followed by q & a w/ filmmaker Nara Garber & a reception @ AFI Silver as part of DC Caribbean Filmfest ( Anguilla island musician who melds Marley & Dylan)
Rafaga @ the Palace in Woodbridge (Argentine cumbia)
Smithsonian Jazz Masterworks Orchestra "Let Freedom Ring" program w/ music by Billy Taylor, Charles Mingus, and Max Roach 7 pm @ Smithsonian Museum of American History
Megan Maroney @ CFG Arena (pop-country)
Kim Coletta , John Davis, Chris Richards 6-9 pm @ Art Sound Language (dc musicians/writers dj)
Heavy Metal Parking Lot w/ outtakes and director John Heyn 6pm @ Atomic Books in Baltimore
Key Key @ VIP Room ( retro reggaeton)
“Miss Jobson” doc about Bob Marley’s Rasta lawyer who defends Jamaica’s poorest citizens 4:40 @ AFI Silver (also on Sun. June 7)
“The Harder They Come” 9:30 pm @ AFI SIlver as part of DC Caribbean Filmfest (1972 film starring now late singer Jimmy Cliff as Ivan, a rural Jamaican musician who goes to Kingston ) (also on Sat. June 6)
TCB, TOB @ Sax (bouncebeat go-go)
Sirius Company honoring DC educators 7pm @ National Arboretum (go-go) (event-brite tickets)
Mambo Raro Goza party w/ Orquesta Manplesa 9pm-12 am @ Metrobar (salsa & mambo)
Save Your Soul w/ DJ Baby Alcatraz @ Lithuanian Hall Baltimore
Sugarbear & EU @ Keystone Korner (go-go)
TCB, TOB 10 pm @ Sax (bouncebeat go-go)
New Impressionz @ Air (go-go & bouncebeat go-go)
Ari Voxx, Ashanti, Marcus Webb, This Could Go Boom showcase w/ Professor Goldstein, Cacie, Erin Frisby @ Rhizome (indie)
Master Teachers; Foundation to Future Soul photo exhibit celebrating cultural advocacy that made Black Music Month by Ron St. Clair through June 30 @ Manifest 002, Union Market District, 1242 3rd Street NE
Joe Keyes & Late Bloomer Band @ Creative Alliance
Smithereens w/ guest singer Marshall Crenshaw @ Rams Head Onstage Annapolis
Raul Midon @ Blues Alley (jazzy singer)
DJ Crown Vic @ Cana
Rare Essence, Sirius Company @ Fast Eddie’s (go-go)
Major League Band & DJ Tone 6-9:30 pm @ Lamont’s (go-go)
DJ Basbousa @ Jomeh Middle Eastern Night Market 5-9 @ Brookland Arts Walk (SWANA music including Arabic)
Pinkshift, Toro, Courage Mother benefit for displaced Palestinian families @ Transmission (sold out)
After Thought Band @ Lamont’s (soul)
Backyard Band @ Ivy City Smokehouse (go-go)
Still Familiar @ Shark Bar (go-go)
Junkyard Band @ Urban Crab Lounge (go-go)
Alfredo Mojica Group @ 10:30 @ Bossa (salsa) plus DJ w/ Latin hits upstairs; 4th Stream jazzy & south Asian 8pm
Traditional Ethiopian music band @ Makeda Restaurant, Van Dorn St., Alexandria
Belema Band @ Shalla (Ethiopian)
Ethiopian music @ MHL Lounge
Ethiopian music @ Black Rose Lounge
Ethiopian music 9 to 12 mdt. @ Meleket
Ethiopian Music @ Rumor Bar Fenton Street Silver Spring (?)
Ethiopian music @ Mulashewa
Ethiopian music @ JD Bar
Arabic Music dj @ Green Zone
Pedro Night & Xavi dj’ing @ Mayflower, 1223 Conn Ave. NW
DJ Gilbert @ Lebanese Embassy
Just 4 Fun dj night w/ Showtime, Psmoov, VIc B, DJ KK @ Sost (afrobeats, hiphop, dancehall, amapiano, soca , r& b)
Reggaeton dj @ St Yves
*Push Play @ 1865 Steak & Seafood Lounge (go-go) *
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Sat. June 6-
Gary Clark & Kingfish Ingram @ Wolf Trap (blues)
Ms. Jody, Donnie Ray, Lacee, Lamar Brace, Hardway Connection, Rise Band 2pm @ Lamont’s (southern soul) (eventbrite )
Music Sanctuary Fest w/ rapper Devin Denzel (son of late RE drummer Footz) backed by a band including Drew Keys; other acts performing include RE & PU vocalist James “Funk” Thomas as well as former RE conga player Milton “Go-Go Mickey” Freeman and Backyard Band vocalist Leroy “Weensey” Brandon; a tribute to Footz w/ three generations of go-go drummers: William “JuJu” House (EU); original CCB drummer Willie Howell, and Marcus Terrell of New Impressionz; DJ Bri Mafia, Next Gen Krank & more 2pm @ Go-go Museum
Benefit for Fort Reno Park concerts w/ Bedmaker, Cash on the Nail, Leon CIty Sounds djs 7pm @ Washington Waldorf School in Bethesda
Temptations, 4 Tops @ MGM
Beach Boys @ Pier 6
District of Raga presents violinist Kamalakiran Vinjamuri @ 2:20 pm @ Sandy Spring Md Museum
Omar @ Union Stage
Smithereens w/ guest singer Marshall Crenshaw @ Birchmere (power pop/rock)
“The Harder They Come” 6:40 pm @ AFI SIlver as part of DC Caribbean Filmfest (1972 film starring now late singer Jimmy Cliff as Ivan, a rural Jamaican musician who goes to Kingston )
“A Caribbean Story” musical about a Barbados born, London raised rapper who returns to Barbados & visits relatives in Trinidad & Jamaica 4:40 @ AFI Silver as part of DC Caribbean Filmfest (also on Tues. June 9)
Violet Grohl @ Atlantis (sold out)
Dance Africa DC at Dance Place w/ w/ free daytime outdoor performances & ticketed indoor events including 8pm fete w/African Heritage Drummers and Dancers, Kankouran, Ni Dembaya & more @ Dance Place
Mystic Nights VI with Vietnamese music @ MGM National Harbor
Pietasters, Hub City Stompers, the Blanks, more bands @ Ottobar (punky ska )
Gospel w/ Pastor Maurice Yancey, Zion, the Sensational Singing Angels, Brian Terrell & more groups 4pm @ Salvation Outreach Ministries in Temple Hills, MD
Pastor Troy, Northeast Groovers, MAB, Prime Time Band @ Chateau (rap & go-go) (tentative)
Hand dance, and line dance party 2-6pm @ Brentwood MD Fire Department
Carly Harvey sings Amy Winehouse @ Lubber Run
Lifted (duo of Andrew Field-Pickering & Matt Papich ), More Eaze , Earthen Sea (Jacob Long) 7:30 @ Tonal Park
Maddie Cardozo, Te @ 10am @ Takoma Park Gazebo (indie pop)
Safety Bear, Sad Veiled Bride, Ella Gallogly 7pm @ Takoma Spark
Anacostia Skating Pavilion: 50 Years of Community on Wheels video and talk 12-2 @ Anacostia Community Museum
Hirshhorn's State of the Arts Night w/ European Union artists & musicians & Philadelphia ones too including Ruth Koleva (Bulgaria), JJ Paulo (Denmark), Citron Sucré (France), Diana Ezerex (Germany), LEFT. (Portugal) collaborating w/ Philadelphia artists Black Buttafly, Brittany Luna of Catbite, Charlie Hall of the War on Drugs, Khemist Mayfield, and Laurin Talease W/ an additional EU Market performance by Andrei Teodosescu (Romania) 6-10 @ Eaton Hotel
Leon City Sounds DJS 10 pm @ Green Zone
Flyboy DC & Duskwhales @ Palisades Hub Centre (Flyboy has Mark Noone from Slickee Boys & Joe Dolan from Beatnik Flies)
Robert Lighthouse Trio @ Hank Dietle’s (blues)
Konshens the MC 6-7 free @ Kennedy Center Millennium Stage
Laura Mvula @ Miracle Theater
Lafayette Gilchrist & the New Volcanoes @ Takoma Station Tavern (jazz w/ tinges of go-go)
DJ Crown Vic @ Daikaya
National Gallery of Art block party 10am to 4 pm w/ live music from Batala Washington drum band 10:15am & 10:45 am , East of the River Steel Drum Band 12:30 & 1 pm , Eastern High School Marching Band 3:30 all @ 4th St. Plaza(will move into East Bldg if it rains)
Poet/author Brian Gilmore @ 11 am Foggy Bottom Book Crawl
TCB live cookout & crank session 9pm @ Throw Social (bouncebeat go-go)
New Impressionz @ Jay’s Sports Lounge (go-go & bouncebeat go-go)
Backyard Band @ Fire Station 1 (go-go)
21st annual DMV & Beyond Car, truck bike cruise-in w/ music by Junkyard, New Impressionz, MLB, Pock3t, Ambition 2-9pm @ Geno’s Ballpark, Lothian, MD (go-go)
Rare Essence @ 11 @ Aqua (go-go)
Tumbao (Latin salsa ) @ 10:30 @ Bossa 1st floor & DJ w/ Latin Hits upstairs; Arc Trio 8-10
Nani & Negussie w/ Band @ Makeda Restaurant (Ethiopian)
Ethiopian music w/ Samri, Fekadu, Eleni & band @ Shalla
Ras Band @ MHL Lounge (Ethiopian)
Ethiopian music @ Black Rose Lounge
Ethiopian Music @ Rumor Bar Fenton Street Silver Spring
Ethiopian music @ Mulashewa
Ethiopian music @ JD Bar
Ethiopian music @ Arada restaurant & bar New Hampshire Ave. Takoma Park
Orquesta Manplesa @ Haydee’s (salsa)
Push Play @ 5 Sisters Lounge (go-go)
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Sun. June 7-
Temptations and 4 Tops @ MGM National Harbor (not sure who’s in these Motown groups now)
“Soul Searcher: Life and Legacy of Chuck Brown, Godfather of Go-Go” book signing with author, Sundiata Ramin 3-7 @ Go-go Museum
Amapiano Sunday w/ DC- based djs Mobu and others 4pm @ Culture
Caribbean-American Heritage Food, Music & Arts Festival 12 noon @ Veterans Plaza Silver Spring
Beach Boys @ Wolf Trap
Yungblud @ Anthem(UK ) (sold out)
Backyard Band & DJ Remi free (get there early) 1-4:30 pm @ MLK Library (go-go)
Rank the Block support for DC ranked choice voting event w/ UCB, Sirius Company, New Impressionz 12- 7pm @ Sandlot uptown 1900 7th St NW (go-go)
Junkyard Band 6-10 @ Nottingham’s (go-go)
Fireplace Records Prince birthday salute w/ DJ Shane & then Dj Dredd 12 -4pm @ Fireplace Records Hyattsville
The Funset presents Prince birthday salute w/ djs Jahsonic, D Painter, Harry Hotter 4-10pm @ Sandlot downtown 555 12th st NW
Los Rieleros Del Norte @ Mexico Lindo
Bill Frisell Trio @ Keystone Korner
Sarau de Samba w/ guest Gigi Maclaughlin 2-6 pm @ Glen Echo Park Bumper Car Pavilion (Afro-samba music and dance)
Raheem DeVaughn & Crank Crusaders 7 pm @ Takoma Station Tavern
TCB @ Ikonic in Baltimore
Rock-a-Sonics & Shaun Young’s country corral 6pm @ Hank Dietle’s
“Miss Jobson” doc about Bob Marley’s Rasta lawyer who defends Jamaica’s poorest citizens 4:45 @ AFI Silver as part of DC Caribbean Filmfest
“Agridulce (Bittersweet)” @ 2:15 pm @ AFI Silver as part of DC Caribbean Filmfest (coming of age film about child bachata musicians from a rural Dominican Republic town) (q & a w/ producer) (also on Wed. June 10)
“Queen of Soca” 6:40 @ AFI Silver as part of DC Caribbean Filmfest (coming of age film about Olivia, a young Trinidad singer who wants to become a professional soca singer and about her religious mother who thinks soca is sinful) Q & A w/ filmmaker (also on Wed June 10)
Depression Factory (Jeff Barsky & Markus Meier), Bodied, Eyeroll, That Cloud w/ Jan Swinburne 2pm @ Rhizome (experimental, screamo, & more)
For the Record : A Love Letter to DC w/ a wine reception and vinyl listening session with Justin Weaks of current Woolly Mammoth play A Fine Madness, w/ Charvis Campbell, co-owner of Home Rule Records and co-founder of the Home Rule Music and Film Preservation Foundation 5-6:30 pm @ Home Rule Records
Youth in Government, AGG, Mysteryband, Kerri Sheehan, Boy Meets Pearl, Glorian, Blood Family Reunion 7pm @ Rhizome (space rock, indie folk, dreampop)
Cleveland Park Day w/ World Music Collective 12 noon; Dance flamenco DC 1:45
live Ethiopian music @ 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 @ Rumor Bar Fenton Street Silver Spring
Ethiopian music @ Mulashewa
Ethiopian music @ JD Bar
Drumming @ 3 to 7 @ Malcolm X Park (when weather is warm & if not blocked by turf & fountain work )
Afrobeats dj @ St Ex
Afrobeats, hiphop, dancehall party w/ dj 4 to 9 @ Decades (dresscode- "fashionable")
Heitor Presser Brazilian pagode and samba 8:30 @ Bossa
*Yachtsmen, Terry McDonald @ Galaxy Hut *
*Push Play 8 pm @ Mix & Mongle Coffee Lounge in Clinton (go-go) *
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Mon. June 8-
ASAP Rocky @ CFG Arena (rap)
Tim Kasher , Old Canes, Flo Petite @ SOngbyrd (rock)
“Reggae Girlz” doc about 2023 Jamaican women’s soccer team who despite meager financial support challenged the more established global giants France & Brazil (film has a Marley soundtrack & Cedella Marley is connected to the team) 6:45 @ AFI Silver as part of DC Caribbean Filmfest (also Thurs. June 11)
Paolo Angeli, Kiyan Saifi @ Rhizome (Angeli is a Sardinian avante-guitarist ; Saifi is a solo guitarist)
Cowboy Junkies Celebrating 40 years and beyond @ Birchmere
Flower Power Happy Hour Band feat. Shirletta Settles 6-9 pm @ Westminster Church SW (blues)
Maksim Tsvetovat & Grupo Tempranillo doing Latin jazz takes on Latin American songbook @ Blues Alley
Marcus Young 10 pm @ Andrews in Morningside, MD ;
Ethiopian music live @ Napoli Lounge;
Ethiojazz w/ the Roots Band @ Shalla;
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Tues. June 9-
Summer Walker @ CFG Arena (r& b)
Mdou Moctar solo, 7G Bumin @ Ottobar (great guitarist from Niger)
John Prine celebration w/ Emmylou Harris, Margo Price, Patty Griffin, & many more @ Wolf Trap (folk)
“A Caribbean Story” musical about a Barbados born, London raised rapper who returns to Barbados & visits relatives in Trinidad & Jamaica 4:45 @ AFI Silver as part of DC Caribbean Filmfest
“The Easy Kind” movie starring country/folk singer Elizabeth Cook as the fictionalized EC who struggles w/ money, family, & relationship issues 7:15 w/ Q&A with filmmaker Katy Chevigny and actor/musician Elizabeth Cook @ AFI Silver
“Madalu, the Seaman” 22 minute short film about a grandfather who was a whaler and singer of Saint Vincent island sea shanties who wants to pass on his traditions to his grandson who is more into soccer, 2:10 pm before doc “Possible Landscapes” about environmental crises in the Caribbean @ AFI SIlver as part of Caribbean Film Fest (also on June 10)
Michael Foster’s Ghost @ Rhizome (jazz)
The Cahoots w/ David Kitchen & Arch Alcantra 5:30 @ HanK Dietle’s (roots & Brit invasion influenced guitarists) ; Kurt Crandall & True Story 8pm @ Hank Dietle’s (blue-eyed blues & swing)
Noli Korean jazz ensemble @ Blues Alley
Still Familiar @ Fast Eddie's (go-go)
Ethiopian music w/ Kalkidan & Fekadu backed by Dani Key & Dave Sax @ Rumor Bar Silver Spring
"vintage groove" Ethiopian music band feat. Fikir & Fitsum 8-11 @ Makeda Restaurant, Van Dorn St., Alexandria
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Wed. June 10-
Devo @ the Lyric
Amyl & the Sniffers @ Anthem (Australian punk pub rock)
“Agridulce (Bittersweet)” @ 9:10 pm @ AFI Silver as part of DC Caribbean Filmfest (coming of age film about child bachata musicians from a rural Dominican Republic town)
“Queen of Soca” 4:20 @ AFI Silver as part of DC Caribbean Filmfest (coming of age film about Olivia, a young Trinidad singer who wants to become a professional soca singer and about her religious mother who thinks soca is sinful)
“Carnival: They Can’t Steal Our Joy” doc about the African-rooted history of the carnival tradition and the celebration of it in 5 countries 2:30 pm @ AFI Silver as part of DC Caribbean FIlmfest (also Thurs. June 11)
Cowboy Junkies Celebrating 40 years and beyond @ Birchmere
“Madalu, the Seaman” 22 minute short film about a grandfather who was a whaler and singer of Saint Vincent island sea shanties who wants to pass on his traditions to his grandson who is more into soccer, 6:30 pm before doc “Possible Landscapes” about environmental crises in the Caribbean @ AFI SIlver as part of Caribbean Film Fest
Derrick Holmes & Plug n Band @ Diablo’s Cantina @ MGM National Harbor
Caroline Jesalva, Bearduo, Love and Liberation @ Rhizome (experimental)
David Kitchen Band @ VFW 350 Hells Bottom (roots pop)
Liam Purcell & Cane Mill Road 6-7 free @ Kennedy Center Millennium Stage (bluegrass)
As Is feat. Al & Stacy Schulman @ Blues Alley(jazz, Brazilian , pop)
Kanysha @ Strathmore Mansion (r&b /funk album release gig )
New Impressionz @ Babylon (go-go)
What Band feat. Killa Cal free @ Shark Bar (go-go)
Live Ethiopian music @ Napoli Lounge
Heitor Presser & Filipe Brandao 6-9 @ Mercy Me (Brazilian bossa nova )
Matheus Fonseca 6-9 @ Bar Cana (Brazilian music guitarist)
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Thurs. June 11 -
Jill Scott @ MGM National Harbor (r&b)
“Carnival: They Can’t Steal Our Joy” doc about the African-rooted history of the carnival tradition and the celebration of it in 5 countries 2:30 pm @ AFI Silver as part of DC Caribbean FIlmfest (also Thurs. June 11)
Ahmed Saad @ Fillmore Silver Spring (impressive Egyptian pop singer)
Cecile Mclorin-Salvant: Book of Ayres ( blending folk, blues, early music, jazz & baroque) w/ Brandee Younger Trio (jazz harpist group) @ Strathmore
Mariposas Galácticas @ Le Mondo (cumbia & klezmer hybrid)
Fareed Haque, Mike Clark, Peter Washington @ Blues Alley (global jazz guitar )
Bob Marley One Love film @ Old Major Baltimore
Lauren Daigle, Preservation Hall Jazz Band @ Wolf Trap
Tinner Hill concert w/ Bushmaster Band feat. Gary Brown in Falls Church
“Reggae Girlz” doc about 2023 Jamaican women’s soccer team who despite meager financial support challenged the more established global giants France & Brazil (film has a Marley soundtrack & Cedella Marley is connected to the team) 8:45 @ AFI Silver as part of DC Caribbean Filmfest
Ray Bull w/ Babehoven @ Atlantis
Hardy, w/ Tucker Wetmore, McCoy Moore @ Merriweather Post Pavilion (country)
Whiskey Ginger, Pinkhouse, Mancalla @ Comet P. Pong
Flack @ VFW 350 Hells Bottom (roots rock)
Grandsons & Tom Mitchell @ Hank Dietle’s (roots)
Liam Purcell & Cane Mill Road @ Jammin Java (bluegrass)
Shakey Graves @ Howard Theatre (moved from Nats plaza)
Brazilian forro & samba music w/ Felipe Garibaldi & Rosa Morais 7-10 pm @ Mercy Me
What Band @ Martinis (go-go)
Reaction @ Black Rose Lounge (bouncebeat go-go)
New Impressionz @ Shark Bar (go-go & bouncebeat go-go)
Ethiopian music w/ Abraham, Danny, Hanna @ Shalla Restaurant in Silver Spring
Selam Sound @ Makeda Restaurant, Van Dorn St., Alexandria (Ethiopian)
Ethiopian music @ MHL Lounge in Falls Church
Ethiopian music @ Mulashewa
Ethiopian music @ JD Bar
Ethiopian music @ Rumor Bar Fenton St Silver Spring
Afrobeats w/ DJ Jamstar @ Spectrum Lounge (?)
Afro-Caribbean dj @ Kaldi’s
live reggae 9 pm @ Bukom
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Fri. June 12-
Mehrnam Rastegari at Hill Center (NY_based Persian Iranian spike fiddle instrumentalist)
“The Last Critic” doc about longtime music critic Robert Christgau w/ post-talk w/ producer Paul Lovelace 8:45 pm @ Regal Gallery Place as part of DC/Dox fest
Amythyst Kiah @ Creative Alliance (afro-folk)
Kevin Morby w/ Liam Kazar @ Lincoln Theatre (indie-folkie from The Woods)
42 Dugg and Babyface Ray @ Fillmore Silver Spring (Detroit rap)
AG Ghent @ Birchmere (sold out)
“Journey(s): addis to DC” 8:15 @ Regal Gallery Place (honoring the stories of Ethiopian women & Black women across the diaspora) part of DC/Dox fest
“When the Revolution Doesn’t Come “ 5 pm @ Regal Gallery Place (doc about Black Panthers and successive generations w/ music soundtrack via Pharoah Sanders & Floating Points)
“Sara Bareilles:Good Grief” doc w/ post show talk w/ Bareilles & director Josh Alexander 7pm @ Woolly Mammoth Theatre part of DC/DOX fest
Bleachers, @ Merriweather Post Pavilion (Jack Antonoff producer singer/guitarist’s pop rock band)
Orquesta Manplesa @ National Gallery of Art Jazz in the Garden series (dc salsa band)
7th Stanine Fest 1st night- Marisa Anderson (critic acclaimed Portland, Ore finger picking ) , Shane Parish (Athens, GA) plays Autechre guitar, Ian Nagoski djs @ Rhizome
Mundial de Chanchona w/La Chanchona de los Hnos. Lovo, La Chanchona 503, La Chanchona de Efraín Lobos, and Moisés y su Chanchona @ Cococabana in Hyattsville, MD
Deer Tick w/ Jobi Riccio @ Atlantis
Monty Alexander @ Blues Alley (Jamaican jazz piano) (through Sunday)
Sergio Mendes @ Rams Head Onstage Annapolis
Young the Giant, Cold War Kids, Almost Monday @ Wolf Trap (indie rock)
‘90s party w/ Rare Essence feat. Jas Funk & guest Go-go Mickey, Pleasure (reunited all women go-go band) 10 pm until 2:30 am @ CItizens & Culture (go-go)
Celebration of Goodman League basketball w/ Junkyard Band & DC Vybe @ Hampton Conference Ctr. Capitol Hts
Redd Volkaert , David Chappell, John Previti , Pete Ragusa @ Hank Dietle’s (roots rock)
Dogo tu Togo @ Lubber Run (Togo african music)
Pride Month fundraiser for Smyal w/ Mac n Toss, Shame Shame, Pinky Lemon @ Songbyrd ( punk & indie)
Blacc Print Experience @ Takoma Station Tavern (go-go)
Claudia of Leon City Sounds dj’ing vinyl 10:30 @ Bar Cana
After Thought Band @ Lamont’s (soul)
Still Familiar @ Shark Bar (go-go)
Junkyard Band @ Urban Crab Lounge (go-go) (THIS WEEK Junkyard on the 13th not the 12th)
Kim Michelle Experience 10pm @ Fast Eddie's(go-go)
Alfredo Mojica Group @ 10:30 @ Bossa (salsa) plus DJ w/ Latin hits upstairs;
Traditional Ethiopian music band @ Makeda Restaurant, Van Dorn St., Alexandria
Belema Band @ Shalla (Ethiopian)
Ethiopian music @ MHL Lounge
Ethiopian music @ Black Rose Lounge
Ethiopian music 9 to 12 mdt. @ Meleket
Ethiopian Music @ Rumor Bar Fenton Street Silver Spring (?)
Ethiopian music @ Mulashewa
Ethiopian music @ JD Bar
Arabic Music dj @ Green Zone
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Sat. June 13th -
“Earth, Wind, & FIre (To Be Celestial vs That’s the Weight of the World) “ doc directed by Questlove w/ post-movie talk w/ Questlove & KB White, eldest son of EWF’s Maurice White 7pm as part of DC/Dox Fest @ Woolly Mammoth Theatre (r&b greats) part of DC/DOX fest
“Los Lobos Native Sons “ east coast movie doc premier w/ post-show talk w/ director Doug Blush 8pm @ Regal Gallery Place ( East LA roots rockin band) part of DC/DOX fest
“Phenomena” w/ music by Nils Frahm & “ethereal electronic score” by Rival Consoles 8pm @ Burke Theatre at US Navy Memorial (“a psychedelic odyssey into the fabric of the universe”) part of DC/DOX fest
7th Stanine Fest 2nd day-The Caribbean, Lea Bertucci, Iam Williams (Battles) , Day for Night, Dorothy Carols, Paleography (Hugh from Black Eyes), Daniel Wyche (Chicago) & djs Devin Ocampo, Archie Moore, Lee Gardner, PJ Brownlee @ Rhizome
“Do you Love Me” doc 9pm @ Eaton Cinema (love letter to Beirut doc w/ 70 years of footage)
Love Fellowship Choir w/ Hezekiah Walker for Juneteenth @ Bethesda Theater
Robert Wilson and the CIvil Wars film (w/ David Byrne) 2pm National Gallery of Art
Ryan Bingham & the Texas Gentlemen @ the Lincoln Theatre
Vans Warped Tour @ RFK Stadium grounds
Father & JabbaGotDaJuice 10 pm @ Union Stage (rap)
Kingpen Slim @ DC 9 (dc rap)
Marioteca Queer Latine Pride Month dance party w/ Djs Kristy La Rat, El Sucio, & Cybersyd @ DC 9 (Kristy is a good dj)
Monty Alexander @ Blues Alley (Jamaican jazz piano) (through Sunday)
Washington Blade Pride on the pier @ the wharf free
Music from the Hearts of America - Brian Gaffney with Brendan’s Voyage (Irish music)12- 1pm & 2-3pm @ Smithsonian American History Museum plaza
Rumba Club @ Lubber Run (Latin Jazz)
Hotel Sewing Kit @ Songbyrd
Tristen, Duskwhales @ Quarry House Tavern
Christylez Bacon & friends 5pm @ Good Hope Rec Center Silver Spring
Junkyard Band @ Urban Crab Lounge (go-go)
TCB, TOB, New Impressionz, Reaction, ABM, DSB, XMB, XIB 2 pm to 9 @ Lamont’s (bouncebeat go-go)
TCB late @ Shark Bar (bouncebeat go-go)
Rare Essence @ 11 @ Aqua (go-go)
Tumbao (Latin salsa ) @ 10:30 @ Bossa 1st floor & DJ w/ Latin Hits upstairs;
Nani & Negussie w/ Band @ Makeda Restaurant (Ethiopian)
Ethiopian music w/ Samri, Fekadu, Eleni & band @ Shalla
Ras Band @ MHL Lounge (Ethiopian)
Ethiopian music @ Black Rose Lounge
Ethiopian Music @ Rumor Bar Fenton Street Silver Spring
Ethiopian music @ Mulashewa
Ethiopian music @ JD Bar
Ethiopian music @ Arada restaurant & bar New Hampshire Ave. Takoma Park
Orquesta Manplesa 10pm @ Diosa (salsa)
DJ Crown Vic @ Green Zone
Archie Edwards Blues Ensemble 10am to 12 noon @ Trolley Day in Hyattsville
Cool in You Wine & Music fest w/ Push Play 7 pm @ Rosecroft Raceway (go-go)*
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Sun. June 14-
Talib Kweli @ Bethesda Theater (rap & r&b)
“The Lorraine” doc about the history of this Black-owned Memphis motel and its visitors from 1945 on including MLK’s tragic death there w/ post show talk by director Sam Pollard 7pm @ Woolly Mammoth Theatre part of DC/DOX fest
“Newport & the Great Folk Dream” w/ post-show talk by director Robert Gordon & journalist Eddie Dean 1:45 @ Burke Theatre at the US Navy Memorial , 701 PA Ave. (1963 to 1966 archival footage w/ Johnny Cash, Joan Baez, Pete Seeger, the Freedom SIngers & other blues, gospel, folk artists) part of DC/DOX fest
“The Baddest Speechwriter of All” 11:30 am @ Regal Gallery Place (doc about just passed at 95 Clarence B Jones, speechwriter & lawyer for MLK, Juilliard-trained clarinetist)
Orville Peck, Kaitlin Butts, August Ponthier @ Wolf Trap (modernized retro country w/ rock touches)
Monty Alexander @ Blues Alley (Jamaican jazz piano)
Los Mirlos @ Metro Baltimore
Junior Brown @ Birchmere (guitarist)
Kalia Vandever, I hate performing alone (Emily Francisco & Alex Tyson), niki afsar 7 pm @ Rhizome (experimental)
Vans Warped Tour @ RFK Stadium grounds
Rare Essence @ Ivy City Smokehouse (go-go)
WPFW benefit w/ Amy K. Bormet, Elijah Jamal Balbed 4pm @ Palisades Hub (jazz)
Out n Bad: Pressure- DC Pride Queer Caribbean Bashment dj night @ Zebbie’s Garden
Kill Lincoln, Jer, Bad Operation, Flying Racoon Suit @ Black Cat
Robert Lighthouse @ JVs (blues)
R & B Club discusses Legacy of T-Pain @ Songbyrd
Suttle Thoughts 6-10 @ Takoma Station Tavern (go-go)
live Ethiopian music @ 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 @ Rumor Bar Fenton Street Silver Spring
Ethiopian music @ Mulashewa
Ethiopian music @ JD Bar
Drumming @ 3 to 7 @ Malcolm X Park (when weather is warm & if not blocked by turf & fountain work )
Afrobeats dj @ St Ex
Afrobeats, hiphop, dancehall party w/ dj 4 to 9 @ Decades (dresscode- "fashionable")
Orquesta Manplesa 2pm @ Alexandria Jazz Fest
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Mon. June 15-
Big Blues Band feat. Kenny Holmes and Curtis Pope 6-9 pm @ Westminster Church SW (blues )
Neptune (from Boston), Shadow Riot (DC), Icky Bits (Philly w/ Verrastro from DC) 7:30 @ Rhizome (post-punk)
Sunny War @ Songbyrd
Catterina Zapponi @ Blues Alley (global jazz vocals)
Marcus Young 10 pm @ Andrews in Morningside, MD ;
Ethiopian music live @ Napoli Lounge;
Ethiojazz w/ the Roots Band @ Shalla;
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Tues June 16-
Wednesday @ Nevermore Hall Baltimore (critic fave indie-rock)
Latin Music Fans: Making Culture & Keeping Tradition discussion w/ Pablo Yglesias (DJ Bongohead) and Ranald Woodaman from new Pure Ritmo exhibit @ Smithsonian 11 am - 12 pm @ Arts & Industries bldg.
S.L.O.G.G., Chemsex , Pilau @ Quarry House Tavern
Kels @ Songbyrd
Still Familiar @ Fast Eddie's (go-go)
Ethiopian music w/ Kalkidan & Fekadu backed by Dani Key & Dave Sax @ Rumor Bar Silver Spring
"vintage groove" Ethiopian music band feat. Fikir & Fitsum 8-11 @ Makeda Restaurant, Van Dorn St., Alexandria
Selector Series - Sonny Rollins “Saxophone Colossus “ played in full & then discussed-7 pm @ Idle Hour
Orquesta Manplesa 10pm @ Eighteenth St Lounge
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Wed. June 17-
Ca7riel & Paco Amoroso @ Anthem (Latin alternative)
Chris Travis @ Howard Theatre (Memphis rapper)
Wild Nothing w/ Deakin @ Ottobar
Robyn Hitchcock w/ Emma Swift @ Rams Head Onstage Annapolis
Asko, Death by Despair, Limit Break, Peace Be With You @ Rhizome (hardcore punk)
Inara George (of the Bird and the Bee indie pop) @ Jammin Java
Fiery Furnaces @ Miracle Theatre
Business Of The Arts: Black Music Infrastructure for the Nation's Capital (Do you have to leave DC to get love from DC) 5:30 - 8:30 @ DC Comm. On the Arts & Humanities
Free Workshop led by singer Kanysha: Genre-Bending: A Non-Conforming Exploration of American Music & how American music genres developed @ Strathmore Mansion
Long Live Go-go presents Something for the People w/ TOB & Yaddiya @ Songbyrd
New Impressionz @ Babylon (go-go)
What Band feat. Killa Cal free @ Shark Bar (go-go)
Live Ethiopian music @ Napoli Lounge
Heitor Presser & Filipe Brandao 6-9 @ Mercy Me (Brazilian bossa nova )
Matheus Fonseca 6-9 @ Bar Cana (Brazilian music guitarist)
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Thurs. June 18-
Wilco @ Wolf Trap (alt rock)
Moe Fest celebrating Juneteenth w/ New Impressionz, TOB, UCB, Drama Squad hosted by Yaddiya 3-9pm @ Harrison Park, 13th & V St. NW (bouncebeat go-go)
Hookie Life Caribbean weekend dj event @ Ivy City Smokehouse & other locations too
Jack Rubies, Dot Dash, The Crowd Scene @ Quarry House Tavern
Black Passion Band 5pm-8 @ Sandlot downtown 555 12th st NW
Big Bad Voodoo Daddy @ Birchmere
TCB, New Impressionz @ Hamilton Hotel (go-go & bouncebeat go-go)
José Luiz Martins 5-7 pm @ Metropolitan Park Crystal City/Arlington (Brazilian Jazz)
Archie Edwards Blues Heritage Foundation presents :Stormi & the Blue Skies and The Mudd Brothers 5-8 pm @ El Golfo's Patio
Rooted #003 Afro Sound Experience w/ dj @ Vortex Restaurant ( Amapiano, afrobeats, gqom, 3 step )
Banding together- battle of the law firm bands benefit for Gifts for the homeless 6 pm @ Black Cat
I am Your Daddy Band for Juneteenth @ Glen Echo (Kid Creole & the Coconuts tribute band)
Doug Carn benefit for Home Rule Fest at private location
LIVE CINEMA NOW! 99 Hooker, Tara & David Gladden, Ex Lamp @ Rhizome (experimental film & music)
Tony Jupiter, Rangoo, Bruha @ Comet P. Pong
Brazilian forro & samba music w/ Felipe Garibaldi & Rosa Morais 7-10 pm @ Mercy Me
What Band @ Martinis (go-go)
Reaction @ Black Rose Lounge (bouncebeat go-go)
New Impressionz @ Shark Bar (go-go & bouncebeat go-go)
Ethiopian music w/ Abraham, Danny, Hanna @ Shalla Restaurant in Silver Spring
Selam Sound @ Makeda Restaurant, Van Dorn St., Alexandria (Ethiopian)
Ethiopian music @ MHL Lounge in Falls Church
Ethiopian music @ Mulashewa
Ethiopian music @ JD Bar
Ethiopian music @ Rumor Bar Fenton St Silver Spring
Afrobeats w/ DJ Jamstar @ Spectrum Lounge (?)
Afro-Caribbean dj @ Kaldi’s
live reggae 9 pm @ Bukom
Azul Band 8pm @ El Secreto de Rosita (DC global tropical North African Gypsy combination)
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Fri. June 19-
Beat Ya Feet Dance workshop 4pm & go-go performance by Next Gen Krank 5:00–7:00 p.m. @ Smithsonian National Museum of American History Coulter Performance Plaza as part of Juneteenth weekend Smithsonian Indepen'Dance events
Hookie Life Caribbean weekend Riddim & Glow dj event @ Rosecroft Raceway
Juneteenth 10am to 10 pm w/ art of roller skating 10am ; music from 12-7 w/ in order- DJ Heat, Playback Theater, Autumn Labella, Black Alley, Chuck Brown Band, rapper IDK; Then DJ B Sharp roller skating session in the parking lot 7 pm on till 10; Plus "These Truths" w/ poets Colie Aziza, Dwayne Lawson Brown, and Khadijah Ali-Coleman 7-8:30 inside @ Anacostia Museum (go-go & r& b)
Daliwonga & DJ Maphorisa 10 pm @ Karma (South African amapiano)
Juneteenth w/ Proper Utensils feat. Jas. Funk 6-11 @ Takoma Station Tavern (go-go)
3Quency @ Howard Theatre (girl group winners on “Building the Band” )
Tye Tribbett @ MGM National Harbor (gospel)
Juneteenth celebration w/ Tank & the Bangas , Akinola Pedro, Cecily, Amuche the Poet @ Lincoln Theatre
Discoteca del Sol: An Indepen’DANCE Evening Program w/ DJ Adrian Collazo and Orquesta Manplesa 7-11 @ Smithsonian Museum of American History via Smithsonian American Latino Museum presenters (dc-based salsa band )
TCB, TOB, Reaction doors at 6pm, show 9 -12 am @ Bethesda Theater (go-go & bouncebeat go-go)
Georgia Heers 6-8:30pm @ National Gallery of Art Sculpture Garden (jazz singer)
Booty Rex Queer Pride Party w/ djs Kristy La Rat, Mothershiester, Natty Boom & more @ Black Cat
Afram music fest June 19-21 in Baltimore Druid Hill Park w/ schedule tba feat. Charlie Wilson, SWV, the Lox , PJ Morton, Ultra Nate, Brandon Woody
Gold teeth & Gumbo-From Houston to Atlanta to New Orleans w/ djs playing trap, r&b, & southern soul @ Rosebar
Salsa & bachata dance w/ DJ Sidekick @ Glen Echo Ballroom Backroom
Noise Complaints presents late night r&b experience tour @ Fillmore Silver Spring
Vocalist and songwriter Amy Hānaialiʻi 7pm @ American Indian Museum Potomac Atrium (Native Hawaiian)
Juneteenth Community Day vendors trunk fest sale 10am -5 pm in African-American Museum Heritage Hall plus a line dancing workshop with The DMV City Slickerz and DJ Zoom, along with a Juneteenth Go-Go performance by the Ras Lidj Regg’Go Band—@ 11am and 3pm @ Smithsonian African-American Museum
“Daughters of the Dust” 11:30am free showing @ AFI Silver
“Young Soul Rebels- Director’s Cut” of 1991 Isaac Julien directed movie drama w/ UK punks, skinheads, & soulboys in the ‘70s @ 2pm @ AFI Silver (also on 20th, 22nd, 23rd)
Norman Kelley, editor of book R&B (Rhythm and Business): The Political Economy of Black Music. speaks about "Structures of Music Exploitation (S.O.M.E.) 6pm @ Rhizome
Subhumans, Iron Roses, Sex Faces @ Union Stage (punk)
Abdu Mongo Ali X Twurl Presents Juneteenth: Soul Of Tomorrow 6pm @ Current Space
Dee Dee Bridgewater doing Abbey Lincoln Tribute @ Keystone Korner (jazz vocals)
Lower Class Brats, Vaxine, Laughing Corpse @ Comet P. Pong
John Murph dj’ing @ Bar Cana
After Thought Band @ Lamont’s (soul)
Still Familiar @ Shark Bar (go-go)
Junkyard Band @ Urban Crab Lounge (go-go)
Kim Michelle Experience 10pm @ Fast Eddie's(go-go)
Alfredo Mojica Group @ 10:30 @ Bossa (salsa) plus DJ w/ Latin hits upstairs;
Traditional Ethiopian music band @ Makeda Restaurant, Van Dorn St., Alexandria
Belema Band @ Shalla (Ethiopian)
Ethiopian music @ MHL Lounge
Ethiopian music @ Black Rose Lounge
Ethiopian music 9 to 12 mdt. @ Meleket
Ethiopian Music @ Rumor Bar Fenton Street Silver Spring (?)
Ethiopian music @ Mulashewa
Ethiopian music @ JD Bar
Arabic Music dj @ Green Zone
*Push Play @ 1865 Steak & Seafood Lounge (go-go) *
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Sat. June 20-
Wale & Smino @ Nats Park Plaza Stage (dc rap) (sold out)
Ohio Players @ Birchmere (funk/r& b)
Home Rule Fest with Trouble Funk, Chuck Brown Band, Melanie Charles, Sun Ra Arkestra @ Walter Reed & After-party w/ Melanie Charles @ Milk Crate
Afram music fest June 19-21 in Baltimore Druid Hill Park w/ schedule tba feat. Charlie Wilson, SWV, the Lox , PJ Morton, Ultra Nate, Brandon Woody (r&b)
Detroit Gospel Presents Festival of Praise @ MGM National Harbor
Rostam & 2 openers @ 930 (ex-Vampire Weekend indie pop)
Peter Bug Day w/ soul/r&b acts & drummers 10 am to 7 @ 13th & E Sts SE (Peterbug Matthews shoe repair shop has held this fest for 50 years)
Dee Dee Bridgewater doing Abbey Lincoln Tribute @ Keystone Korner (jazz vocals)
Solstice celebration @ Smithsonian African Art @ 8:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m., Performance by DJ SIO and VJ Inka (Mezzanine, S1); 10 p.m. to 11 p.m., Live Afrocentric Percussion ft. DJ & Ni Dembaya Band (Williams Gallery, S1); & 11 p.m. to 11:45 p.m., DJ B2B DJ Detailz & DJ Grimmworkz ft. Eli the Drummer (Mezzanine, S1)
Scott Silbert’s Biggest Big Band w/ swing era jazz dance music 4-6pm @ Smithsonian American History Museum Madison Drive Terrace
Kenny Mason @ Howard Theatre (grunge rap)
Blackhause Juneteenth 10pm @ AI Warehouse , Penn. Ave NE
Hookie Life Caribbean weekend Lion’s Pride J’ Ouvert Titans of Soca event @ Rosecroft Raceway
Zach Top w/ Wyatt McCubbin @ Merriweather Post Pavilion (country)
Hand dance association w/ hand dance lessons 1-4 @ Smithsonian American History Museum Coulter Plaza as part of Juneteenth weekend Indepen'Dance events @ Smithsonian museums
Dance classes with City Dance and Capitol Movement 12 noon to 10pm in Smithsonian American History Museum Flag Hall as part of Indepen'Dance weekend
“Hairspray” movie about Baltimore teen dance show & the fight against segregation in 1960s 2pm @ Smithsonian American History Warner Bros. Theater part of Juneteenth weekend Indepen'Dance events @ Smithsonian museums
Leon City Sounds djs 6-9pm @ Smithsonian American History Museum as part of Juneteenth weekend Indepen'Dance events @ Smithsonian museums
DJ Baronhawk Poitier 6-8 @ Smithsonian American History Museum Madison Drive Terrace (techno, house, disco, funk) as part of Juneteenth weekend Indepen'Dance events @ Smithsonian museums
DJ Les 8-10 @ Smithsonian American History Museum Madison Drive Terrace (funk, boogie-disco, old-school hiphop) as part of Juneteenth weekend Indepen'Dance events @ Smithsonian museums
“Young Soul Rebels- Director’s Cut” of 1991 Isaac Julien directed movie drama w/ UK punks, skinheads, & soulboys in the ‘70s @ 2:15 pm @ AFI Silver (also on 22nd, 23rd)
Silver Spring blues fest 10am to 10pm w/ Archie Edwards Blues Ensemble @ 12 noon; Cathy Ponton King w/ Curtis Pope on trumpet @ 4; David Cole & Main St blues 5pm; Nella B & the Noise 6pm; Mud Morganfield w/ Daryl Davis doing Chicago blues 8pm; Allstar blues jam w/ Morganfield, Davis & more
“Pure Ritmo”- discussion about the new salsa music exhibit @ American History Museum w/Ranald Woodaman, assistant director of exhibition development and lead curator of the exhibition; Natalia Febo, community engagement and volunteer coordinator; and museum collaborator Dan Ramirez, Hyattsville Branch Library manager 1pm @ Smithsonian Arts & Industries Bldg. South Hall
Fete de la Musique w/ Orquesta Manplesa 5pm (salsa) on Georgetown waterfront & other acts tba in various Georgetown locations
Solstice Saturday events @ Smithsonian museums
Juneteenth celebration w/ music 12-6 @ Takoma Park Middle School
Smokedope2016 @ Fillmore Silver Spring (rap)
Bad Plus farewell tour @ Blues Alley
What Band and Still Familiar for Steve Roy’s birthday 10 pm @ Lamont’s (go-go)
TCB late @ Chateau (bouncebeat go-go)
Bill Murray & his Blood Brothers @ Warner Theatre
Northeast Groovers, Hardway Connection , Neff NuffSed, Quiet Fire, Praise & Worship 12-7 pm @ Ida Lee Park, Leesburg, VA
Shane McAnally 1pm @ Rams Head Live Annapolis (country)
Grandsons 40th aniv. @ Lubber Run (roots rock)
Dance Club techno party 11 pm @ DC 9
After Dark D.C. @ Karma
Solstice Asia after Dark celebration DJ dance party 6-9 @ Museum of Asian Art
Haves & Thirds, Travis B, Tiff & T, Sema @ 7:30 @ Rhizome (alt-indie rock)
Thousand $ Car, Longtimers @ VFW 350 Hells Bottom (roots)
Lew Tabackin @ Takoma Station Tavern (jazz)
Ms. Kim Michelle Experience @ Sycamore & Oak & later @ Fast Eddie’s (maybe?)
Rare Essence @ 11 @ Aqua (go-go)
Tumbao (Latin salsa ) @ 10:30 @ Bossa 1st floor & DJ w/ Latin Hits upstairs;
Nani & Negussie w/ Band @ Makeda Restaurant (Ethiopian)
Ethiopian music w/ Samri, Fekadu, Eleni & band @ Shalla
Ras Band @ MHL Lounge (Ethiopian)
Ethiopian music @ Black Rose Lounge
Ethiopian Music @ Rumor Bar Fenton Street Silver Spring
Ethiopian music @ Mulashewa
Ethiopian music @ JD Bar
Ethiopian music @ Arada restaurant & bar New Hampshire Ave. Takoma Park
*Junkyard Band, Push Play @ Fast Eddie's (go-go) *
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Sun. June 21- Fathers Day
Wale, UCB, Foggieraw @ Nats Park Plaza Stage (dc rap & go-go)
Afram music fest June 19-21 in Baltimore Druid Hill Park w/ schedule tba feat. Charlie Wilson, SWV, the Lox , PJ Morton, Ultra Nate, Brandon Woody
S.G. Goodman, Case Oats @ Metro (critic fave indie)
Home Remedies album release @ DC 9 (rock)
Canaries, Starsign, Tosser, Evil @ Supremo, 3209 Mt. Pleasant St. NW
Dad Noise: Amptext , Perfectly Reasonable People, Jeff Surak, Tag Cloud, James Wolf, Francesca H & Alex McGrath @ 6 @ Rhizome (experimental)
Tarsha Fitzgerald presents Voices of Motown Fathers Day Celebration @ Birchmere
Big Father’s Day Gospel concert w/ Lil David & the Bells of Joy, Zion of Washington , The Gospel Legends, RL Bush & the Revived Sons, and many more groups 3:30 pm @ Christ Deliverance Church in Baltimore
Bad Plus farewell tour @ Blues Alley
David Chappell Band 2pm @ Hank Dietle’s (roots)
Hula Monsters 6pm @ Hank Dietle’s
Seth Kibel & Geoff Himes 1pm @ An Die Musik
Rumba Club @ Takoma Station Tavern (Latin jazz)
live Ethiopian music @ 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 @ Rumor Bar Fenton Street Silver Spring
Ethiopian music @ Mulashewa
Ethiopian music @ JD Bar
Drumming @ 3 to 7 @ Malcolm X Park (when weather is warm & if not blocked by turf & fountain work )
Afrobeats dj @ St Ex
Afrobeats, hiphop, dancehall party w/ dj 4 to 9 @ Decades (dresscode- "fashionable")
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Mon. June 22-
Of Montreal @ 930
Oasis DC @ CItizens & Culture
Brothers from Other Mothers 6-9 pm @ Westminster Church SW (blues)
“Young Soul Rebels- Director’s Cut” of 1991 Isaac Julien directed movie drama w/ UK punks, skinheads, & soulboys in the ‘70s @ 9:30 pm @ AFI Silver (also on 23rd)
Marcus Young 10 pm @ Andrews in Morningside, MD ;
Ethiopian music live @ Napoli Lounge;
Ethiojazz w/ the Roots Band @ Shalla;
Attinshun band open mic @ Haven
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Tues. June 23-
The Breeders with Violet Grohl @ Nevermore Hall Baltimore (rock)
Ratboys, Shallowater @ Ottobar (Chicago indie rock) (sold Out)
Sonido Gallo Negro, Bongo District @ Black Cat (psych cumbia, chicha, surf)
“Young Soul Rebels- Director’s Cut” of 1991 Isaac Julien directed movie drama w/ UK punks, skinheads, & soulboys in the ‘70s @ 7 pm @ AFI Silver (also was on June 19,20, 22nd, 23rd)
Son Little w/ Tonina @ Atlantis
Jim Lauderdale & the Game Changers @ Creative Alliance
Grace A. Keller, Jem Wilde, Devin Shaffer, Ella G @ Rhizome (alt-indie folk)
12 Rods, Abacot, Mieke @ Comet P. Pong
Still Familiar @ Fast Eddie's (go-go)
Ethiopian music w/ Kalkidan & Fekadu backed by Dani Key & Dave Sax @ Rumor Bar Silver Spring
"vintage groove" Ethiopian music band feat. Fikir & Fitsum 8-11 @ Makeda Restaurant, Van Dorn St., Alexandria
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Wed. June 24-
Spoon and the Beths @ Nevermore Hall (rock) (sold out)
Keiyaa @ DC 9 (neo-soul hiphop & r& b)
Samuel Prather tribute to 1976 funk & r& b @ Blues Alley
Jesse & Joy @ Strathmore (Mexican pop)
Melissa Etheridge, Wynonna Judd, Maggie Rose @ Wolf Trap
Blanket Approval, Staring in Spaces, Aidan Leclaire @ Comet P. Pong
Concert 2: Live from the Vault: Kanysha Unarchived @ Strathmore (r&b singer)
New Impressionz @ Babylon (go-go)
What Band feat. Killa Cal free @ Shark Bar (go-go)
Live Ethiopian music @ Napoli Lounge
Heitor Presser & Filipe Brandao 6-9 @ Mercy Me (Brazilian bossa nova )
Matheus Fonseca 6-9 @ Bar Cana (Brazilian music guitarist)
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Thurs. June 25-
Big Freedia @ 930 Club (New Orleans club r& b)
Fred Frith @ 2640 Space Baltimore (art rock)
St. Vincent w/ National Symphony Orchestra (alt-rock & orchestra)
author Sundiata Ramin book talk for “Soul Searcher: Life and Legacy of Chuck Brown, Godfather of Go-Go” @ Bus, Boys and Poets-Anacostia
Bangzz, Mac n Toss, Ammonite @ Quarry House Tavern (alt-rock)
Guillermo Klein Quintet @ Blues Alley (Argentine jazz takes on tangos & more)
Indigenous Eastern Woodlands flute player and maker Hawk Henries and his daughter, Sierra Henries, will be artists in residence through June 28 in the Smithsonian marketplace in the Arts & Industries building (daytime specific times tba)
Wellvis 5:30 @ Hank Dietle’s (Karl Straubglambilly & psych band ) ; Thrills 8pm @ Hank Dietle’s (roots)
Brazilian forro & samba music w/ Felipe Garibaldi & Rosa Morais 7-10 pm @ Mercy Me
What Band @ Martinis (go-go)
Reaction @ Black Rose Lounge (bouncebeat go-go)
New Impressionz @ Shark Bar (go-go & bouncebeat go-go)
Ethiopian music w/ Abraham, Danny, Hanna @ Shalla Restaurant in Silver Spring
Selam Sound @ Makeda Restaurant, Van Dorn St., Alexandria (Ethiopian)
Ethiopian music @ MHL Lounge in Falls Church
Ethiopian music @ Mulashewa
Ethiopian music @ JD Bar
Ethiopian music @ Rumor Bar Fenton St Silver Spring
Afrobeats w/ DJ Jamstar @ Spectrum Lounge (?)
Afro-Caribbean dj @ Kaldi’s
live reggae 9 pm @ Bukom
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Fri. June 26-
A celebration of DJ Flexx’s 30 years @ WPGC w/ Northeast Groovers and Major League @ Howard Theatre (go-go)
Caribbean cultural concert 4pm @ Sycamore & Oak SE
The Church @ 930 (alt-rock)
Fred Frith, Chao Tian @ Rhizome (art rock)
Fat Trel birthday celebration w/ New Impressionz doing 3 sets @ Chateau (rap & go-go)
Salsa w/ Giancarlo Rodriguez World Cup edition @ the State Theatre
Peace & Body Roll Duo BOOMscat (w/ keyboardist/drummer/producer, Asha Santee (BOOM), and vocalist/songwriter Jennifer Patience Rowe (scat)) @ BLues Alley
Sally Baby’s Silver Dollars @ National Gallery of Art Sculpture Garden
Madona the Night Nurse’s Disco Biblioteca book club discusses book Backbeats: A History of
Rock and Roll in 15 Drummers by John Lingan at 7 pm @ People’s Book
Peace & Body Roll Duo BOOMscat (w/ keyboardist/drummer/producer, Asha Santee (BOOM), and vocalist/songwriter Jennifer Patience Rowe (scat)) @ BLues Alley
Yoi Toki - A Future Funk/Vaporwave Party feat. Saint Pepsi @ Baltimore Soundstage
Blacc Print Experience @ Takoma Station Tavern (go-go)
Nella B & the Noise for DC Blues Society gig 6:30 @ American Legion Post 41 Silver Spring
After Thought Band @ Lamont’s (soul)
Still Familiar @ Shark Bar (go-go)
Junkyard Band @ Urban Crab Lounge (go-go)
Kim Michelle Experience 10pm @ Fast Eddie's(go-go)
Alfredo Mojica Group @ 10:30 @ Bossa (salsa) plus DJ w/ Latin hits upstairs;
Traditional Ethiopian music band @ Makeda Restaurant, Van Dorn St., Alexandria
Belema Band @ Shalla (Ethiopian)
Ethiopian music @ MHL Lounge
Ethiopian music @ Black Rose Lounge
Ethiopian music 9 to 12 mdt. @ Meleket
Ethiopian Music @ Rumor Bar Fenton Street Silver Spring (?)
Ethiopian music @ Mulashewa
Ethiopian music @ JD Bar
Arabic Music dj @ Green Zone
Orquesta Manplesa 10 pm @ Nottingham’s (salsa)
*Chinatown Funk Express - Asian City Pop Dance Party w/ DJ Les & guest Dj Mista B 8pm @ Lucky Danger, 709 D St NW *
*Push Play @ 1865 Steak & Seafood Lounge (go-go) *
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Sat. June 27-
Classical Arabic Music with the Torath Ensemble 7:30 @ Rachel M. Schlesinger Concert Hall Arts Center Alexandria ( skilled retro sound)
Adobo DMV party w/ Pedro Night dj’ing 5:30-10pm @ Nationals Park Plaza Stage
Strokes, Thundercat, Hamilton Leithauser @ Merriweather Post Pavilion (indie rock & more)
Des Demonas, Soroche, That This @ Black Cat
Korean Cultural Heritage night w/ music & dance 7:30 @ Ossian Hall Park In Annandale
Furia Flamenco Dance Company @ Glen Echo Park
The String Queens @ the Hamilton
Dark Thoughts, the Smarthearts, Janitors @ Comet P. Pong
Veronneau @ Blues Alley (global jazzy )
Junior Cline & the Recliners & Guy Bouchie @ Bethesda Theater (blue-eyed r&b & blues)
King Soul @ Lubber Run (blue-eyed soul)
Daryl Davis & Chuck Berry’s grandson @ JVs
Tribute to Mose Allison w/ local music trio 5pm @ Hank Dietle’s ; Airport 77s w/ the Cynz @ 9 @ Hank Dietle’s
Brandon Woody, Dogo tu Togo , DJ Dolla 5pm Union Craft Brewery anniv. Celebration @ Union Craft Brewery (jazz, African, more)
Giant Food Barbecue Battle w/ go-go music on Pepsi & Lay’s stage from Pocket Band 11 am; Perfection Band 12:30; Spoken word finals & Experience Band 1:30; Junkyard Band 3pm; Kim Michelle Experience 4:15 pm; Chuck Brown Band 5:45pm; Rare Essence 7:30 pm on PA Ave. NW (betw. 3rd & 7th Sts NW)
Giant Food Barbecue Battle w/ world music on Pepsi stage from I& I Riddim 12; DJ Terry 1; Mambo Sauce 1:30; DJ Terry 2:30; Lokal (Haitian) 3; Afrobeats dj P SMoov & dancers 4; Caribbean dj Giovanni w/ drummers & dancers 4:30; Josanne Francis steel pan drum & Baltimore Tassa Group 5:30; Zeniza All Stars salsa band 6; reggaeton dj Saal 7:15; Tito Puente Jr. Latin jazz 7:45 on PA Ave. NW (betw. 3rd & 7th Sts NW)
Rare Essence @ 11 @ Aqua (go-go)
Tumbao (Latin salsa ) @ 10:30 @ Bossa 1st floor & DJ w/ Latin Hits upstairs;
Nani & Negussie w/ Band @ Makeda Restaurant (Ethiopian)
Ethiopian music w/ Samri, Fekadu, Eleni & band @ Shalla
Ras Band @ MHL Lounge (Ethiopian)
Ethiopian music @ Black Rose Lounge
Ethiopian Music @ Rumor Bar Fenton Street Silver Spring
Ethiopian music @ Mulashewa
Ethiopian music @ JD Bar
Ethiopian music @ Arada restaurant & bar New Hampshire Ave. Takoma Park
Orquesta Manplesa 10 pm @ diosa
*Baylies Band, Buko Buko, Fantazma, The Armors 7pm @ Galactic Panther*
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Sun. June 28-
R2Bees @ Howard Theatre (Ghanaian hiphop & hiplife duo from Tema)
Tortoise @ 930 Club
Taste Di Islands Block Party w/ soca act Lyrikal, dancehall act Charly Black, & dj Ricky Platinum @ the Bullpen
Kahil El'Zabar & David Murray @ An Die Musik (jazz)
Giant Food Barbecue Battle w/ go-go music on Pepsi & Lay’s stage from Major League Band 11:15am; TCB 12:45 pm; Be’la Dona 2:30 pm; Raheem DeVaughan & Crank Crusaders 4pm; EU feat. Sugar Bear 5:45;
Giant Food Barbecue Battle w/ world music on Pepsi stage from Blake Coleman 11:30; DJ Mystic Vibes 6.0 12:15; Cissa Paz Bossa Nova Trio 12:45; DJ Mystic Vibes 1:30; Taste of Peruvian music & dance 2pm; DJ Mystic Vibes 2:45; Ras Slick & Dutty Bus Crew 3pm; High Brid 4; DJ Ricky Platinum 4:45; Reverend Peyton’s Big Damn Band 5:30;
Thee Marloes @ Comet P. Pong
Rock-a-Sonics 4pm @ VFW 350 Hells Bottom
Canebrake Cajun Band (locally based) 6pm @ Hank Dietle’s
Veronneau @ Blues Alley (global jazzy )
live Ethiopian music @ 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 @ Rumor Bar Fenton Street Silver Spring
Ethiopian music @ Mulashewa
Ethiopian music @ JD Bar
Drumming @ 3 to 7 @ Malcolm X Park (when weather is warm & if not blocked by turf & fountain work )
Afrobeats dj @ St Ex
Afrobeats, hiphop, dancehall party w/ dj 4 to 9 @ Decades (dresscode- "fashionable")
Orquesta Manplesa 2 year anniversary 4-7 pm @ Lamont Plaza (salsa)
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Mon. June 29-
Nella B & the Noise 6-9 pm @ Westminster Church SW (blues)
Pain Response, Peel Off Your Skin @ Rhizome (hardcore punk)
Songwriters Showcase w/ Jake Flack, Tommy Clifford, Karl Straub, Grasso Brothers, Bailey Avenue @ VFW Post 350 Hells Bottom
Marcus Young 10 pm @ Andrews in Morningside, MD ;
Ethiopian music live @ Napoli Lounge;
Ethiojazz w/ the Roots Band @ Shalla;
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Tues. June 30-
Human League w/ Soft Cell, Alison Moyet @ Wolf Trap (new wave synth pop)
Rashmeet Kaur @ Songbyrd (modernized Punjabi folk)
Still Familiar @ Fast Eddie's (go-go)
Ethiopian music w/ Kalkidan & Fekadu backed by Dani Key & Dave Sax @ Rumor Bar Silver Spring
"vintage groove" Ethiopian music band feat. Fikir & Fitsum 8-11 @ Makeda Restaurant, Van Dorn St., Alexandria
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Wed. July 1-
Rocksteady Project 7pm @ Franconia Rec Center (go-go)
New Impressionz @ Babylon (go-go)
What Band feat. Killa Cal free @ Shark Bar (go-go)
Live Ethiopian music @ Napoli Lounge
Heitor Presser & Filipe Brandao 6-9 @ Mercy Me (Brazilian bossa nova )
Matheus Fonseca 6-9 @ Bar Cana (Brazilian music guitarist)
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Thurs. July 2- Brazilian forro & samba music w/ Felipe Garibaldi & Rosa Morais 7-10 pm @ Mercy Me ; What Band @ Martinis (go-go); Reaction @ Black Rose Lounge (bouncebeat go-go) ; New Impressionz @ Shark Bar (go-go & bouncebeat go-go) ;
Ethiopian music w/ Abraham, Danny, Hanna @ Shalla Restaurant in Silver Spring;
Selam Sound @ Makeda Restaurant, Van Dorn St., Alexandria (Ethiopian) ;
Ethiopian music @ MHL Lounge in Falls Church; Ethiopian music @ Mulashewa;
Ethiopian music @ JD Bar ; Ethiopian music @ Rumor Bar Fenton St Silver Spring ;
Afrobeats w/ DJ Jamstar @ Spectrum Lounge (?); Afro-Caribbean dj @ Kaldi’s;
live reggae 9 pm @ Bukom ;
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Fri. July 3- Rare Essence, EU @ 930 Club (go-go at 50) ; Sat. July 4- Junkyard Band, Strictly Bizness, MOB 8pm @ Hemen Lounge Alexandria (go-go)
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More lists-- Capital Bop has jazz; Tickeri DMV has Latinx, Mi Gente DMV has Latin dancing (salsa, bachata, zouk), Kesta Happenings DC Facebook has Latinx too, baltshowplace.tumblr has Baltimore punk & more; Elliot Gross on Facebook has DC blues & blues-rock; DC. Hometown Sounds on Instagram & substack has dc indie rock & punk & more; district.hardcore on Instagram has hardcore ; gogomusixdmv on Instagram has go-go flyers; Fans of Tom Cole's G-Strings on Facebook has jazz & international; RA ; Also-Washington Post Going Out Guide; dc-hardcore .com; Washingtonian monthly one; pa palace go-go one also have events
