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, event-brite, 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 July 2026 Highlights (mostly visiting acts) (then much longer full list below w/ local & visiting acts of many genres). Your choice of highlights might differ.
Thurs. July 2- Orchestra Manplesa , Los Locos, Son Cosita Seria in Unity for Venezuela earthquake relief benefit show @ DC Al Toque on 14th St NW (salsa)
Friday July 3- Rare Essence, EU 9:30 pm @ 930 Club (go-go at 50 years for RE who will have guest horn section)
Saturday July 4-No To Nationalism! community solidarity market, concert, fundraiser w/ Freedom Futures Collective (Activist Hip-Hop Collective), Djoser (L.E.N.G. Heavy Bass Electronics), Trash Boat and the Ambush (Anarchist Punk), Orchester Praževica (Danube Basin Kriminal Pop), Makeup Girl (Indie Rock), DJ Underdog, Dj Crown Vic, Leon City Sounds djs 12-5 @ Rhizome
Tuesday July 7- Bricknasty, Beam Zillion @ DC 9 (Bricknasty are Irish & hiphop jazzy & neo-soul & more)
Thurs. July 9- Earl Sweatshirt & Mike @ Nevermore Hall (rap)
Friday July 10- A.R. Rahman & NSO @ Wolf Trap (India Bollywood w/ orchestra )
Baltimore Washington One Carnival in Baltimore weekend ( Also main events July 11-12 details tba)
Saturday July 11- “Freedom in the Air”: The Enduring Legacy of Bernice Johnson Reagon’s Work discussion by former Smithsonian employees 11am to 12 @ Smithsonian Arts & Industries South Hall
Sunday July 19- Alejandro Escovedo @ Hamilton Live (roots punk veteran)
Tues. July 21- Slippers, Dim Wizard @ Quarry House Tavern (rockin guitar pop)
Black Banjo Renaissance with a lecture and concert, consisting of an interview between Dr. Allie Martin of Dartmouth College and a special guest, and a performance by Demeanor (Justin Harrington). Demeanor is an MC, banjo and bones player 7-9 @ Library of Congress Madison Bldg Montpelier Room
Friday July 31- Julieta Venegas @ Howard Theatre (Mexican indie-pop)
Mon Laferte @ Warner Theatre (artsy Chilean-Mexican indie-pop)
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Full July 2026 list below- (*asterisks will be used to show any additional events added throughout the month or changes *)
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Wed. July 1-
Rocksteady Project 7pm @ Franconia Rec Center, Alexandria (go-go)
New Impressionz @ Babylon (go-go)
What Band feat. Killa Cal free @ Shark Bar (go-go)
Live Ethiopian music @ Napoli Lounge
Brazilian Brothers-Heitor Presser & Filipe Brandao 6-9 @ Mercy Me (Brazilian bossa nova )
Matheus Fonseca 6-9 @ Bar Cana (Brazilian music guitarist)
Chill Parents, CS Cleaners, Slot, GORF @ Rhizome (hardcore punk)
Sabel Jane, XK Scenario, Grace Keller @ Songbyrd (DC rock)
Keaton Schiller (New Orleans singer/songwriter), Massie, Birthday Girl @ Pie Shop
Paul Carr, Sean Jones tribute to Miles & Coltrane @ Blues Alley
The Arm, The Caribbean 7pm @ Design Distillery (alt-rock)
7 Days in DC activist day programming 10 -6 @ Black Cat
Push Play @ 12 Stories (go-go)
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Thurs. July 2-
Sarah Hanahan Quartet 5pm @ Keystone Korner (critic fave jazz)
Carín León 7pm @ CFG Arena
Orchestra Manplesa , Los Locos, Son Cosita Seria in Unity for Venezuela earthquake relief benefit show @ DC Al Toque on 14th St NW
TCB, UCB @ Citizens & Culture (go-go)
Taiko Japanese Drums, Vienna Community Band, Ocho de Bastos (Latin pop) 6 to 9:30 when fireworks start @ Yeonas Park, 1319 Ross Dr. SW, Vienna , VA
Pablo Antonio y La Firma free 6-7 @ Kennedy Center Mill. Stage (DC Latin music)
Makeout Reef, Bleary Eyed, The Montaines 7pm @ DC 9
Microcinema: Films by Khwaja Hamzah Saif, Paul Bishow (The House that Dripped Blood), and Jeff Krulik (Hitler's Hat) , with selected shorts from various sources / protest music by Sad Veiled Bride in between films 7pm @ Rhizome
Cherub Tree, Kinda Evil, Dorinda @ Pie Shop
Longtimers @ Hank Dietle’s (roots)
Creators for Democracy closing party w/ Funset djs Jahsonic & Harry Hotter 7 to 9 MLK Library rooftop (r& b, house, more)
Thrills @ JVs (roots)
Push Play & Plug-In @ 5 sisters Lounge (go-go)
7 Days in DC activist day programming 10 -6 @ Black Cat
DMV Senior Hand Dancers 12 to 4 @ Cheverly American Legion
Phillips Collection after 5 Summer Fiesta 5-8:30
Sirius Company @ Mary Lou’s (go-go)
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)
Abraham, Danny, Hanna @ Shalla Restaurant in Silver Spring (Ethiopian)
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 @ Spectrum Lounge
Afro-Caribbean dj @ Kaldi’s
live reggae 9 pm @ Bukom
Anatolian psych folk @ Green Zone
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Friday July 3-
Rare Essence, EU 9:30 pm @ 930 Club (go-go at 50 years for RE who will have guest horn section )
2Tuff Crew forever w/ many djs including DB, Slant @ Bette @ Berhta (drum & bass, jungle)
Black Country, New Road, Horsegirl @ Nevermore Hall (alt-rock)
Harry Connick Jr @ Wolf Trap
Push Play, Urb feat. Ms Yendy @ Bethesda Theater (go-go)
Talein (former singer of Atlantic Starr) 12-6 pm @ Blue Dolphin in Gambrills
Save Your Soul w/ Djs Baby Alcatraz and That Rob Macy @ Lithuanian Hall Baltimore (soul music on vinyl dance event)
Kay L.A., Akilah Divine, L.E.A.N., Kotic Couture 6:30pm @ Current Space Baltimore
Orquesta Manplesa @ Qui Qui (salsa)
Afrobeats, r&b, dancehall @ Public Bar live
DMV Music Academy Steel Pan Ensemble 5-6:30 pm @ Eastern Market Metro Plaza Park
Penanggalan, Crows Foot, Tartarean @ Rhizome (metal)
The Marvin Rooftop Reunion 6-11 pm @ ESL Shaw
Sex Faces, Burden’s Landing, Fantazma @ Songbyrd (punk)
A rock resistance show w/ Brock Butler Band and Allstrike @ Black Cat
New Impressionz 10 pm @ AIr
TOB, ABM, XIB @ Meetup PG in Lanham (free w/ eventbrite rsvp) (bouncebeat go-go) (tentative)
Plus n Sounds r&b , hiphop, afrobeats dj party @ Eaton Wild Days rooftop
DJ Crown Vic @ Cana
Still Familiar 9pm early show @ Shark Bar (go-go)
Gospel go-go live cookout w/ Body of Evidence, Mission Band, Tru Worshiperz, & more 7pm @ 9106 E. Hampton Drive, Capitol Heights (bring lawn chairs)
Backyard Band 10 pm @ Ivy City Smokehouse (go-go)
Sirius Company w/ guests Rapper & Derrick @ House of Soul
Blacc Print Experience (BPE) w/ Line Dancing Queen LaShea Iyonna & a dj outdoors 6pm @ Lamont's (old-school go-go, soul )
Dancehall dj night @ Alpha & Omega Country club @ Woodlawn, MD
Str8Soca dj night @ Public Bar Live
TCB, Reaction @ Martini’s (bouncebeat go-go)
After Thought Band @ Lamont’s (soul)
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;
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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Saturday July 4-
Resolute 4th of July Jam w/ djs Moodymann, DjMinx, Shvili, & many more djs from 4 pm to 4am @ 416 Morse St NE
Goapele @ Keystone Korner (r& b)
Backyard Band @ Fire Station 1 (go-go)
Junkyard Band, Strictly Bizness, MOB 8pm @ Hemen Lounge Alexandria (go-go) ;
No To Nationalism! A community solidarity market, concert, and fundraiser. Raising funds for Migrant Solidarity Mutual Aid (MSMA), Gaza Soup Kitchen, and the Jewish Voice for Peace DC Metro chapter w/ Freedom Futures Collective (Activist Hip-Hop Collective), Djoser (L.E.N.G. Heavy Bass Electronics), Trash Boat and the Ambush (Anarchist Punk), Orchester Praževica (Danube Basin Kriminal Pop), Makeup Girl (Indie Rock), DJ Underdog, Dj Crown Vic, Leon City Sounds djs 12-5 @ Rhizome
Anti-Fest noise w/ J&R'S Music World, Collapsing, T3ratoma, Distorting a Woodpecker, Bleak Outlook, OVRSTMLTD (By Evilshadex.exe), Whitey Alabastard, Deepgrave Min OG Dog, acheleg,
Ashwolf 6pm to 10 @ Rhizome (noise)
Orchestra Manplesa 10 pm @ Haydees Mt Pleasant (salsa)
TCB, Reaction, ABM, XIB 10:04 pm @ Chateau (bouncebeat go-go)
Too Much Talent Band between 1 & 4pm @ Dupont Circle;
We Sing America–folk, civil rights, classics w/Nolan Williams, Jr, Esther Ciammachilli & band 1-2:30pm @ Franklin Park (Williams works w/ gospel & civil rights in a skilled way)
Barracks row Watermelon fest w/ Too Much Talent Band & Capitol Hill parade 10 am @ 8th & I St. SE;
What to the Slave is the 4th of July reading 10am @ Cedar Hill, 1411 W. St SE
Dom Flemons & the Traveling Wildfires, Chasing Straights before Howard County fireworks 5pm @ Columbia Lakefront, 10275 Wincopin Circle , Columbia ( roots)
Takoma Park parade 10 am & Takoma Park Festival w/ Takoma Park Community Band, OhHe Dead Band 6-9 pm on Maple Avenue
Kush Jones, Lelynd Darkes, Father Sokka and more @ Transmission
DJ Lickashot @ Cana
TOB 12 noon videotaping @ Tha Carryout (bouncebeat go-go)
Pedro Night vs Jordan Jetson round 2 dj battle @ ESL , 1230 9th St NW
AfroKulture w/ dj playing hiphop, afrobeats, reggae, soca, Latin, amapiano 10 pm @ Citizens & Culture
Push Play @ Society (go-go)
Lime & friends caribbean 3-10 @ Throw Social
Vybz afrobeats, dancehall, soca dj 10pm @ Karma
Cups Up day party w/ Caribbean music djs Fyah Oats, DJ Aakil, Trigga HalfKrazy & 2 more @ Carib Express Laurel
Palisades dc parade
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)
Samri, Fekadu, Eleni & band @ Shalla (Ethiopian)
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
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Sunday July 5-
Goapele @ Keystone Korner (r& b)
Amapiano Sunday @ Culture Ivy City (South African dance music)
Bellows, Art Sorority, Pinky Lemon @ Black Cat (alt - rock)
Sarah McLachlin, Allison Russell @ Wolf Trap (folk & pop-folk)
Her New Knife @ The Fridge (shoegaze)
Afrobeats & Wine fest 2-9 @ Union Market
Trepenate, Hostile Mind, Lay Waste, Drugs of Faith 7:30 @ Rhizome (hardcore , grindcore)
Raheem Devaughn & The Crank Crusaders @ Takoma Station Tavern
Porch party potluck 1pm & then Peter Gilstrap band Clen Fandango 2pm @ Hank Dietle’s
Jason Hicks with the Rock-A-Sonics • Ryan Cain & The Ables 6-9 pm @ Hank Dietle's (roots country & rockabilly)
Je Ka Jaiye (Let’s Enjoy Life) w/ djs Babyscalp, EJ, Teabee & more 4-10 @ Kickaxe, 1401 Okie St NE
Backyard Band cookout 9pm @ Throw Social (go-go)
Push Play 6-10 @ Mix & Mingle (go-go)
DJ Bimshire 5-11 pm @ 1942 DC (1942 9th St NW )
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
Afrobeats dj @ St Ex
Afrobeats, hiphop, dancehall party w/ dj 4 to 9 @ Decades (dresscode- "fashionable")
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Monday July 6-
Shakira @ CFG Arena
Anthony Swampdog Clark 6-9 @ Westminster Church (blues)
Marcus Young 10 pm @ Andrews in Morningside, MD ;
Ethiopian music live @ Napoli Lounge;
Ethiojazz w/ the Roots Band @ Shalla;
Dabin Ryu @ Bles Alley (Korean jazz pianist)
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Tuesday July 7-
Bricknasty, Beam Zillion @ DC 9 (Bricknasty are Irish & hiphop jazzy & neo-soul & more)
Lizzo w/ National Symphony Orchestra @ Wolf Trap (r& b)
Sun Kil Moon w/ Lisa Cerbone @ Birchmere (wistful rock)
Joe Jackson @ Lincoln Theatre (rock) (sold out)
“Agridulce (bittersweet)” film doc screening 2:15 pm w/ post-show talk w/ producer @ AFI Silver (doc about student at a bachata academy)
Hatchetface, Eleagnus, NEON GRLZ @ Rhizome
DMV Senior Hand Dancers 12 to 4 @ Cheverly American Legion
Still Familiar @ Fast Eddie's (go-go)
Kalkidan & Fekadu backed by Dani Key & Dave Sax @ Rumor Bar Silver Spring (Ethiopian)
"vintage groove" Ethiopian music band feat. Fikir & Fitsum 8-11 @ Makeda Restaurant, Van Dorn St., Alexandria
Hayoung Lyu @ Blues Alley (Korean jazz)
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Wednesday July 8-
Smithsonian Folkways celebrates 40 years 11 am @ Arts & Industries Bldg South Hall
Maruja Limon @ Strathmore lawn ( all female Barcelona Latin flamenco pop)
Waax , Birthday Girl, Girls on Toast @ Comet Ping Pong
Bed Maker, Buko Buko, Pinkhouse for DC Punk Archive MLK Rooftop show
Chris Alford; Rahul Nair; The Hyde and Zook Ensemble @ Rhizome (improv)
Wyatt Easterling @ Hank Dietle’s (Country & roots)
Jihee Heo @ Blues Alley (Korean jazz)
Pablo Perez/Rene Ibanez and Cubano Groove 7 -8:30 pm @ Franconia Rec Center, Alexandria
Matheus Fonseca 6-9 @ Cana (Brazilian guitar)
Brazilian Brothers feat. Heitor Presser 7-10 @ Mercy Me
Buio Omega (MN), Bootcamp (Iowa) , Saafewaay , Grudge @ Le Mondo
David Chappell Band @ VFW 350 Hells Bottom (roots)
New Impressionz @ Babylon (go-go)
What Band feat. Killa Cal free @ Shark Bar (go-go)
Live Ethiopian music @ Napoli Lounge
Nella B & the Noise @ Takoma Station Tavern (blues)
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Thurs. July 9-
Let’s Get Free March to US Supreme Court 5:30 & then concert w/ Dead Prez, Mumu Fresh, Flor de Toloache, Chuck Brown Band, Kemba, Syrup Kids 7:30 pm @ Penn. Ave NW & 3rd St NW
Earl Sweatshirt & Mike @ Nevermore Hall (rap)
Ratboys, Blessing Jolie, Fitzkee Brothers 6 pm free @ Canton Waterfront Park(Ratboys are critic fave indie rock)
Lelo @ DC 9 (Detroit alt-rap) (sold out)
author Sundiata Ramin book talk for “Soul Searcher: Life and Legacy of Chuck Brown, Godfather of Go-Go” @ MLK Library (tentative)
Todd Rundgren @ Warner Theatre (rock)
Jane Monheit @ Blues Alley (jazz singer)
Mature Clientele Band 5:30 -7pm @ Fairfax Government Center (go-go/r&b)
Finger Foods, Flo Petite, Close @ Quarry House Tavern (alt-rock)
Bill Starks & Willie Barry free happy hour show 5:30 @ Hank Dietle’s (roots)
Grandsons w/ Daryl Davis 8pm @ Hank Dietle’s (roots)
DMV Senior Hand Dancers 12 to 4 @ Cheverly American Legion
Sam Elmore, This Dog’ll Hunt, Alexander Gallows @ Songbyrd (indie-countryish)
Flack @ VFW 350 Hells Bottom (roots pop rock)
Brazilian forro & samba music w/ Felipe Garibaldi & Rosa Morais 7-10 pm @ Mercy Me
What Band @ Martinis (go-go)
Reaction Band @ Black Rose Lounge (bouncebeat go-go)
New Impressionz @ Shark Bar (go-go & bouncebeat go-go)
Abraham, Danny, Hanna @ Shalla Restaurant in Silver Spring (Ethiopian)
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 @ Spectrum Lounge
Afro-Caribbean dj @ Kaldi’s
live reggae 9 pm @ Bukom
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Friday July 10-
Garry Burnside 6-8:30 pm @ National Gallery of Art Sculpture Garden (Mississippi Hill country blues from R.L.’s son) (tickets are free but by registration; some day of ones 5pm before the show)
Jack White @ Anthem (rawk) (sold Out)
Usher , Chris Brown @ Northwest Stadium (r& b) (also July 11, 13)
A.R. Rahman & NSO @ Wolf Trap (India Bollywood w/ orchestra )
Baltimore Washington One Carnival in Baltimore weekend ( Also July 11-12)
Soca party at power plant live baltimore
Soca, Rum, & Dancehall @ Buena Vista Ballroom in Jessup
Tony Terry @ Keystone Korner (new jack swing r&b singer)
Tamil Sing along and dance party w/ Super Singers (Kanmami, Sai Shankar, Ganesh Venkataraman, Roshini) feat. The Untitled Band (TUB) on the Whistle Podu tour 7pm @ All Go Rhythms Bar in Sterling, VA
Jesse Uribe @ Cocacabana
Los Caimanes de Sinaloa @ Mexico Lindo
Luis Vega @ the Palace
Explosion of Corrido w/ Los Varones de California, Comando Exclusivo, La Regencia @ 90 Degrees
Jane Monheit @ Blues Alley (jazz singer)
Vessel: an art & music exhibition Featuring: Emily Alff • Virginia Boyles • Sam Contrino • Deirdre Darden • Elsie Dwyer • Ella Gallogly • Charlotte Hodgeson • Fiona Kohrman • Diane Krauthamer • Jaxyn Lethe • Genevieve Ludwig • Katie Macyshyn • Sarah Ozment • Emilie Toler • Kelly Xio • Brit Whited . Curated by Fiona Kohrman, Deirdre Darden, and Sam Contrino. Opening night 7-10 @ Rhizome
Shovels & Rope @ Rams Head Annapolis
Rare Essence & Raw Image @ Fast Eddie’s (go-go)
David Kitchen Band 5:30 to 7:30 @ Hank Dietle’s (roots pop-rock)
Corey Arceneaux & the Zydeco Hot Peppers 9pm @ Hank Dietle’s
Fly Birds 7:30 @ Creative Cauldron Falls Church (alternative bluegrass)
Afrobeats dj @ AG Restaurant H St NE
Yo Quiero Bailar fest - Perreo vs. Dembow @ Howard Theatre
Punchis Banda Rave @ Fillmore (Regional Banda music melded with EDM)
Cruddy Crankerz & more @ Anacostia Park
Newmyer Flyer presents Simon & Garfunkel Songbook done by Tom Lofgren & others @ Birchmere
Moonscape plays videogame & anime music 5-6:30 pm @ Eastern Market Metro Plaza Park
Ray Apollo Allen 4pm @ JVs (soul)
DJ Native Sun 10 pm @ Suns Cinema
Claudia (Leon CIty Sounds dj) 10:30 @ Cana
UCB @ Bistro 64 (go-go)
After Thought Band inside @ Lamont’s (soul)
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;
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
Blacc Print 6-11 @ Takoma Station Tavern (go-go)
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Saturday July 11-
Highway QCs 81st anniversary 3pm @ Southern Friendship Baptist Church Temple Hills, MD (gospel)
Usher , Chris Brown @ Northwest Stadium (r& b) (also July 10, 13)
Grupo Escalante @ Mie Tierra Restaurant , Lexington Park, MD (Mexican norteno)
Vivian Girls 9:30 @ Comet Ping Pong (reunited again girl group meets punk)
The Black Network (1936 20 min. movie w/ Nicholas Brothers dancers) plus Stormy Weather, (1943 film starring Bill Robinson, Lena Horne, Fats Waller, Cab Calloway, and the Nicholas Brothers) 2pm @ National Gallery of Art East Bldg.
Masaki Morii 8pm @ Kaldi’s (Japanese deep house dj)
Pocket Fest w/ Major League_Band, Mental Attraction Band 2.0, Red Carpet Affair Band DC, PrimeTime Crank, Pressure Band, Original Facez 12-8 pm @ Sycamore & Oak (go-go)
Orquesta San Vicente , La Sonora Dinamita @ El Palenque
Joe Coleman 7:30 @ Creative Cauldron (soul & jazz)
Joe Falero Band 7:30 @ Lorton Workhouse Arts Center (salsa)
Boom Selecta @ Mobtown Ballroom Baltimore (reggae)
Peruvian Cultural Heritage Night 7:30 @ Ossian Hall Park Annandale
“Freedom in the Air”: The Enduring Legacy of Bernice Johnson Reagon’s Work discussed by James Counts Early, former Smithsonian assistant secretary for education and public service; Niani Kilkenny, former director of the Program in African American Culture at the National Museum of American History; and Krystal Klingenberg, curator of music at the National Museum of American History, for a discussion of Bernice Johnson Reagon’s groundbreaking contributions to scholarship, publication, folklore and folklife festivals, and public presentations across the Smithsonian. 11am to 12 @ Smithsonian Arts & Industries South Hall
Baltimore Washington One Carnival in Baltimore (more details soon)
Josanne Francis steel drum player free @ bloom events @ Good Hope Rec Ctr Silver Spring via Strathmore
Magic Tuber Stringband, Tacoma Park, Jon Camp Band @ Rhizome (fingerstyle guitar & artsy takes on folk music)
Shovels & Rope @ Birchmere
American Football @ 930 (& July 12)
Tiny Desk Contest on the road @ Howard Theatre
Colette March, Rosalíe, Mýles Aubrii @ Quarry House Tavern (rock)
Cruddy Crankerz & more @ Fort Dupont Park
Les the DJ 10 pm @ Suns Cinema
Rumba Hi-Fi @ Cana
The Kickback dj event 3-10 @ 12 Stories
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)
Samri, Fekadu, Eleni & band @ Shalla (Ethiopian)
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
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Sunday July 12-
Taj Mahal & Phantom Blues Band @ Birchmere (blues) (sold out)
Magic Tuber String Band, Anthony Pirog, Steve Strohmeir 7pm @ Comptoir du Vin (artsy guitarists)
Jive Bomb, Fade to Nothing, Agonesiac, Bad Wave benefit for Remora House DC @ Pearl St Warehouse
Jane Monheit @ Blues Alley (jazz singer)
American Football @ 930 (& July 11)
“Moe Open” After Party w/ TOB & New Impressionz & hosted by Yaddiya @pennsocialdc 7pm - 11pm
Tribute to the music of Peabo Bryson & Dexter Wansel w/ several groups 5pm @ Camp Springs Elk Lodge 2332, 7350 Temple Hills Rd., Camp Springs, MD (r&b)
Great Frederick Fair Gran Jaripeo Baile w/ Cardenales de Nuevo Leon, La Energia Nortena, Los Nuevos Chavos & more @ 797 E. Patrick St,. Frederick, MD
After party w/ Los Austeros de Durango @ Mexico Lindo in Bladensburg
Kim Michelle Experience @ Diablo’s at MGM National Harbor (go-go)
Downtown Tumbao @ Patterson Park Baltimore (Latin Jazz)
Baltimore Washington One Carnival in Baltimore
Prabir 5-7 @ Palisades Hub (India raag inspired music on guitar w/ 2 other musicians)
Tom Mindte & Willie Barry & The Original Dixieland Rock n' Roll Band 6-9 pm @ Hank Dietle's
R& B club discusses legacy of Stax Records 12 noon @ Songbyrd
Jejune w/ Ethel Meserve 7 pm @ Songbyrd
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
Afrobeats dj @ St Ex
Afrobeats, hiphop, dancehall party w/ dj 4 to 9 @ Decades (dresscode- "fashionable")
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Mon. July 13-
Usher , Chris Brown @ Northwest Stadium (r& b) (also July 10-11)
J. Chris 12-1 pm @ Wilson Plaza Reagan Bldg (Urban Latino)
Lovejoy Blues Machine 6-9 pm @ Westminster Church SW
Murena, Thumbsucker26, Guillermo Pizarro @ Rhizome (soundscapes, ambient noise, field recordings)
Marcus Young 10 pm @ Andrews in Morningside, MD ;
Ethiopian music live @ Napoli Lounge;
Ethiojazz w/ the Roots Band @ Shalla;
Minh Vo @ Blues Alley (local jazz pianist)
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Tues. July 14-
Bastille Day (check French embassy page )
Kiti Gartner & the Drifting Valentines 8pm @ Hank Dietle's (western swing, rockabilly)
Casi @ Quarry House Tavern
Still Familiar @ Fast Eddie's (go-go)
Kalkidan & Fekadu backed by Dani Key & Dave Sax @ Rumor Bar Silver Spring (Ethiopian)
"vintage groove" Ethiopian music band feat. Fikir & Fitsum 8-11 @ Makeda Restaurant, Van Dorn St., Alexandria
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Wed. July 15-
Stephen Marley and Buju Banton @ Jiffy Lube Live (reggae)
Chuck Brown Band 12-1 pm @ Wilson Plaza Reagan Bldg (go-go)
Start Today, Quick to Judge, Suicide Eyes, Fightback 8:30 @ Comet Ping Pong
Kicked in the Head by a Horse; Underneath; Letterstoyou; Saltuponwounds; Expiration Date @ Rhizome (hardcore & screamo)
Doll Spirit Vessel @ Quarry House Tavern
Matheus Fonseca 6-9 @ Cana (Brazilian guitar)
Brazilian Brothers feat. Heitor Presser 7-10 @ Mercy Me
Texas Chainsaw Horns 7 pm @ Franconia Rec Center (covers of pop & rock)
New Impressionz @ Babylon (go-go)
What Band feat. Killa Cal free @ Shark Bar (go-go)
Live Ethiopian music @ Napoli Lounge
Walker Redds Project @ Takoma Station Tavern
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Thurs. July 16-
Cola, Parking, Emotional World @ Songbyrd (Cola are critics fave Canadian post-punk)
Nathan & the Zydeco Cha-chas @ Cheverly American Legion
Alison Krauss & Union Station featuring Jerry Douglas @ Wolf Trap (sold Out)
author Sundiata Ramin book talk for “Soul Searcher: Life and Legacy of Chuck Brown, Godfather of Go-Go” 6:30-8:30 @ Sankofa Books
Honky Tonk w/ Wayne Hancock 6:30 pm @ Mobtown Ballroom
Generacion Suicida , Loosey, Index @ Pearl St Warehouse
Masiel Malaga @ Rio Cantina (Peruvian salsa)
Jon Z @ Ibiza (reggaeton)
jazz tba 6-8 @ Lamond-Riggs/Lillian J. Huff Neighborhood Library, South Dakota Ave NE
Shadz of Soul @ Blue Dolphin
Joe Falero Band 6:30-8pm @ Concert Pavilion in Gaithersburg
Backyard Band , Black Alley, Hue @ Pier 6 (Not a live nation show; a go-go museum one)
Chuck Strangers, AKAI Solo, Focus The Truth @ Comet P Pong
Cape Crush, Mallcops, Truth or Dare @ Quarry House Tavern
Hula Monsters 8 pm @ Hank Dietle’s
Brazilian forro & samba music w/ Felipe Garibaldi & Rosa Morais 7-10 pm @ Mercy Me
What Band @ Martinis (go-go)
Reaction Band @ Black Rose Lounge (bouncebeat go-go)
New Impressionz @ Shark Bar (go-go & bouncebeat go-go)
Abraham, Danny, Hanna @ Shalla Restaurant in Silver Spring (Ethiopian)
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 @ Spectrum Lounge
Afro-Caribbean dj @ Kaldi’s
live reggae 9 pm @ Bukom
Fania Records salsa records display with salsa dancing & instruction 6-8 @ Library of Congress’ Jefferson Bldg Great Hall
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Fri. July 17-
Alejandro Escovedo 8 pm @ Club 603 (sold out)
Satinder Sartaaj @ Capital One Hall Tyson’s
Ne-yo & Akon @ Jiffy Lube live (r&b)
Alison Krauss & Union Station featuring Jerry Douglas @ Wolf Trap (sold Out)
Wu Lyf, Infinity Knives x Brian Ennals @ Union Stage (Manchester UK rock)
Joe Pug 6-8:30 pm @ National Gallery of Art Sculpture Garden (Americana/folk singer influenced by John Prine & Bob Dylan) (tickets are free but by registration; some day of ones 5pm before the show)
Alberto Plaza @ Diamond Lounge
Jey One @ Manna in Hyattsville
Paco Pineda and Aleymi Funez y Sus Compas @ El Palenque (International Tex-Mex)
Lucius Arthur @ DC 9 (UK & US inspired rock & electro pop)
Trina @ Bethesda Theater (r & b)
Papa Secreto @ VIP Room Baltimore
Proper Utensils 6-10 @ Takoma Station Tavern (go-go)
Still We Sing led by Suzanne Brindamour: roots musicians unite for an evening of peace and protest music: David Kitchen, Arch Alcantara, Valeria Stewart, Night Train 357, Michelle Murray, Suzanne Brindamour, Dumi Right, Joey Campfire, Grey Jacks, & percussionist Eddie Hartness, violinist Gabbi Boguslaw 7:30 @ Creative Cauldron
Mariachi Los Amigos 7:30 @ Lake Accotink, Springfield
Oasis Steel Drum band 12-1 pm @ Wilson Plaza Reagan Bldg
Carmen Jones film with Dorothy Dandridge & Harry Belafonte opens at AFI SIlver
Cruddy Crankerz & others @ Anacostia Park
After Thought Band @ Lamont’s (soul)
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;
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
dance performance choreographed by Sophiline Cheam Shapiro and inspired by the bronze Vishnu 7:30 @ Museum of Asian Art
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Sat. July 18-
Trombone Shorty & Orleans Avenue, Mavis Staples, The War And Treaty @ Wolf Trap (brass, roots , soul, r&b pop)
Alejandro Escovedo 8 pm @ Club 603 (sold out)
Alice Gerrard & Reed Stutz 5-7:30 @ Hank Dietle's (90 year-old bluegrass & old timey folk music legend Gerrard and veteran bluegrass performer Stutz)
Tame Impala @ CFG Arena (sold out)
T. I. @ Fillmore (rap)
Colombian Independence Day w/ DJ Panye @ Mango’s Restaurant , 1401 Univ. Blvd. East, Hyattsville
Van Lester y Orquesta tribute to Hector Lavoe @ Papassitoos in Manassas Park
Ethan Iverson plays the Thelonious Monk songbook @ Blues Alley
Alice Smith @ Lincoln Theatre
Sounds of Africa Concert featuring Sugarlane (Sylvia Williams Gallery, S1)7pm-10pm @ Smithsonian African Art Museum
Son Cubano Subterraneo @ Lubber Run (Cuban Son/Salsa)
Bolivian Cultural Heritage Night @ Ossian Hall
Kadencia Orchestra 7:30 @ Arrowbrook Centre Park in Herndon (Puerto Rican from Richmond)
Cecily tribute to disco, Donna Summer, Evelyn Champagne King 7:30 @ Creative Cauldron
Layers sound collage with King Britt @ DC Comm of Arts and Humanities
What Band, Still Familiar, New Impressionz, r & S, Major League @ Lamonts
TOB @ Urban Crab
Simone Baron, master accordionist with Brazilian jazz band 12-3 @ Dupont Circle
Legendary Wailers feat. Junior Marvin tribute to Bob Marley @ Hamilton Live
Girls rock DC july showcase 11 am @ Black Cat
Push Play @ Fast Eddie’s (go-go)
Josanne Francis steelpan trio @ Glenstone Museum (Caribbean)
Matheus Fonseca free 6-7 @ Kennedy Center Mill. Stage (Brazilian music guitarist)
Classic Traffic @ Quarry House Tavern
A Tribute to the Guitar and Music of Norman Blake w/ a workshop & concert 1 to 4 @ Hank Dietle's
Ward 7 Cafe concert w/ Black Alley, Experience Band 12-4 @ the Strand @ Marvin Gaye Park, 5131 Nannie Helen Burroughs Ave NE (go-go)
DJ Martin Miguel 10 pm @ Suns Cinema
Keith Butler Jr., Abe Mamet, Zoe Jorgenson 3 pm @ Kreeger Museum (jazz)
Fiesta DC Brazilian Delegation fundraiser w/ Heitor Presser 6-10 @ Palisades Hub
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)
Samri, Fekadu, Eleni & band @ Shalla (Ethiopian)
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
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Sunday July 19-
Alejandro Escovedo @ Hamilton Live (roots punk veteran)
Dash Rip Rock @ Hank Dietle’s
Vesuvian; Sexfaces ; Teen Cobra; The Armors @ Rhizome (punk w/ some garage & glam roots)
Brencore Allstars at Fairwood in Bowie (r&b)
Tame Impala @ CFG Arena (sold out)
Junkyard band at Sweet Escape Fest @ Linganore Wine Cellar (go-go)
King Britt, Diyanna Monet @ Extended Play in the Loading Dock (house dance)
Dikembe, Padfoot @ Comet P. Pong
Bachata Festival @ The Plains VA
Corcoran Hold @ Takoma Station Tavern (jazz)
UCB @ the House Nightclub, GA Ave NW (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
Afrobeats dj @ St Ex
Afrobeats, hiphop, dancehall party w/ dj 4 to 9 @ Decades (dresscode- "fashionable")
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Mon. July 20-
Francis Forever @ DC 9 (Boston area indie-pop)
Proverbs reggae band 12-1 pm @ Wilson Plaza Reagan Bldg
Memphis Gold & the Scrap-Iron Band 6-9 pm @ Westminster Church SW (blues)
Pig Heart Transplant; FRKSE; HSFB; Vasterian @ Rhizome (industrial noise )
Marcus Young 10 pm @ Andrews in Morningside, MD ;
Ethiopian music live @ Napoli Lounge;
Ethiojazz w/ the Roots Band @ Shalla;
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Tues. July 21-
Death Cab for Cutie , Japanese Breakfast @ Merriweather Post Pavilion (pop indie)
Slippers, Dim Wizard @ Quarry House Tavern (rockin guitar pop)
Black Banjo Renaissance with a lecture and concert, consisting of an interview between Dr. Allie Martin of Dartmouth College and a special guest, and a performance by Demeanor (Justin Harrington). Demeanor is an MC, banjo and bones player 7-9 @ Library of Congress Madison Bldg Montpelier Room
Sophie Gault 8pm @ Hank Dietle’s (Americana )
Still Familiar @ Fast Eddie's (go-go)
Kalkidan & Fekadu backed by Dani Key & Dave Sax @ Rumor Bar Silver Spring (Ethiopian)
"vintage groove" Ethiopian music band feat. Fikir & Fitsum 8-11 @ Makeda Restaurant, Van Dorn St., Alexandria
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Wed, July 22-
Downtown Boys, Pop Music Fever Dream @ DC 9 (bilingual activist tuneful punk rock)
Tori Amos, Bartees Strange(solo) @ Wolf Trap
Kurt Vile & the Violators @ Howard Theatre
lovergirl ; Druid Stone ; Courage Mother @ Rhizome (screamo, doom metal, post-hardcore)
Noah Kahan w/ Gigi Perez @ Nats Park
RX Bandits @ Fillmore (rock/ska )
Matheus Fonseca 6-9 @ Cana (Brazilian guitar)
Brazilian Brothers feat. Heitor Presser 7-10 @ Mercy Me
New Impressionz @ Babylon (go-go)
What Band feat. Killa Cal free @ Shark Bar (go-go)
Live Ethiopian music @ Napoli Lounge
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Thurs. July 23-
J. Cole @ CFG Arena (rap)
Cory Hanson @ DC 9 (Drag City label singer/guitarist melds rock & Willie Nelson)
Beach Boys @ Wolf Trap
Jey One @ Ibiza
Analog Day Dream, Horizon Point, Maka Sticks, Batsnack 7pm @ Shamrock Inn
James Eichman, Oscar Lindsey @ Quarry House Tavern
Babyface Edmonds tribute @ Blue Dolphin
WJ Dance & Entertainment 6-8pm @ Rock Creek Regional Park in Rockville (K-pop)
King Soul @ Glen Echo (blue-eyed soul)
Seth Kibel Band 6:30-8pm @ Concert Pavilion in Gaithersburg (jazz)
Thrills 8pm @ Hank Dietle’s
Brazilian forro & samba music w/ Felipe Garibaldi & Rosa Morais 7-10 pm @ Mercy Me
What Band @ Martinis (go-go)
Reaction Band @ Black Rose Lounge (bouncebeat go-go)
New Impressionz @ Shark Bar (go-go & bouncebeat go-go)
Abraham, Danny, Hanna @ Shalla Restaurant in Silver Spring (Ethiopian)
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 @ Spectrum Lounge
Afro-Caribbean dj @ Kaldi’s
live reggae 9 pm @ Bukom
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Fri. July 24-
Bob Dylan, Lucinda Williams, Jimmy Vaughn & the Tilt-a-Whirl Band @ Wolf Trap (roots rock) (also on 25th)
Anthony Hamilton @ MGM National Harbor (r& b)
Red Baraat 6-8:30 @ National Gallery of Art Sculpture Garden (tickets are free but by registration; some day of ones 5pm before the show)
Sonny Singh, Ria Modak, Sukhmani 6pm @ National Geographic Museum of Exploration
Juicy J and Project Pat @ Howard Theatre
Rose Royce @ Bethesda Theater
Eastern Standard Time 7:30 @ Creative Cauldron
Starr & the Czars, Teen Cobra @ Black Cat (garage rock & garage punk)
Fundraiser Show - All Out for Nedaa w/ Kiing; Spring Silver; Strawbalien; Young Swansii; Motel Portrait @ Rhizome
Rise Band 6-8 @ Woodmont Triangle, Corner of Norfolk & St. Elmo Avenues Bethesda
Cruddy Crankerz & others @ Anacostia Park
Brookhouse 12-1 pm @ Wilson Plaza Reagan Bldg (Cuban American rock)
DMV Music Academy Drumline 5-6:30 pm @ Eastern Market Metro Plaza Park
Kanysha “Strawberry Sessions” free 6-7 @ Kennedy Center Mill. Stage (r& b singer)
Meowpocalypse w/ Sir EU, TV-MAEulogy, AFK, Dicqbeats 4-9pm @ DC Brau
After Thought Band @ Lamont’s (soul)
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;
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
Blacc Print 6-10 @ Takoma Station Tavern (go-go)
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Sat. July 25-
Bob Dylan, Lucinda Williams , Jimmy Vaughn & the Tilt-a-Whirl Band @ Wolf Trap (roots rock)
Backyard Band 35th anniversary @ MGM National Harbor (go-go)
Adobo Gigante 8th anniversary w/ Lelynd Darkes, Pedro Night dj’ing @ AI Warehouse, 5330 Penn St. NE
Nick Lowe & Los Straightjackets @ Hamilton Live
Holy Rollers, Hammered Hulls, The Owners @ Black Cat (DC - rooted old school punk)
Allah-las @ 930
Braxton Keith @ Fillmore (country)
International Colombian Festival w/ guests from Argentina & Spain 11am on @ Catholic University
La Sonora Dinamita @ La Cueva in Manassas
Sugar Bear’s birthday Bash w/ E.U. & DCVybe @ Bethesda Theater (go-go)
Dave Kline Band @ Creative Cauldron (jazzy )
Northeast Groovers @ Annapolis Day (go-go)
Rock Steady Project @ Lorton Community Center
Black Alley @ Lorton Workhouse Arts Center (hood rock & go-go)
Bulgarian Cultural Heritage Night @ Ossian Hall Park
Pearl & the Oysters, L'éclair, The Infinite Daisy Chains @ Comet P. Pong
Mess & 4 more bands 6pm @ DC 9 (Mess are Mexican punk inspired by British Oi punk)
Somebody's Daughter (EP Release!), T0SKA, Atrophy Wife @ Quarry House Tavern
OCCIPITAL Fashion Festival w/ locally designed clothes & music performances 3-10 @ Rhizome
Flyboy and Flack 9pm @ Hank Dietle’s (Flyboy w/ Mark Noone cover Slickee Boys & Beatnik Flies songs; Flack do garage-roots rock )
Black Audio Society dj @ Le Mondo
Stop the Killing rally w/ bands Hot Profit, Rock Steady Project & more 11am-8pm @ Malcolm X Park 16th St 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)
Samri, Fekadu, Eleni & band @ Shalla (Ethiopian)
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
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Sunday July 26-
Grupo Niche & food fest 11am to 5 @ Prince William Fairgrounds
Elmiene @ Nevermore Hall (sold out)
Branford Marsalis Quartet 4 & 7 pm @ Keystone Korner (jazz)
Baltimore Record Bazaar free 12 noon @ Peabody Heights
Tomahawk, The Melvins @ 930 Club (sold Out)
Sugar Bear of E.U.’s Birthday Bash 2 w/ Push Play feat D Floyd @ Bethesda Theater (go-go)
Sex Mex @ Comet P. Pong
Stephen G @ DC 9 (rap & r&b)
Wheaton Julina Brazilian mid-summer fest 12 -4 w/ Felipe Hostins, Dora Flor, Davi Massape, Jo Silva @ Marian Fryer Town Plaza
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
Afrobeats dj @ St Ex
Afrobeats, hiphop, dancehall party w/ dj 4 to 9 @ Decades (dresscode- "fashionable")
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Mon. July 27-
Shirletta Settles & friends 6-9 pm @ Westminster Church SW (soul & blues)
Marcus Young 10 pm @ Andrews in Morningside, MD ;
Ethiopian music live @ Napoli Lounge;
Ethiojazz w/ the Roots Band @ Shalla;
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Tues. July 28-
Daniel Caesar @ CFG Arena (r&b)
Muse , Bloc Party, Temper Trap @ Merriweather Post Pavilion
Bilal @ Rams Head Annapolis
Canas y Su 12-1 pm @ Wilson Plaza Reagan Bldg (mariachi)
Afro-Caribbean day party w/ djs & live acts 3pm @ JCK Bar Hyattsville
Devi Mccallion, Bubblegum Octopus @ Comet P. Pong
Mundy ; Shiloh The Messenger ; D Skillz Harris ; Raf Almighty ; Fly G 7:30 @ Rhizome
Still Familiar @ Fast Eddie's (go-go)
Kalkidan & Fekadu backed by Dani Key & Dave Sax @ Rumor Bar Silver Spring (Ethiopian)
"vintage groove" Ethiopian music band feat. Fikir & Fitsum 8-11 @ Makeda Restaurant, Van Dorn St., Alexandria
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Wed. July 29-
John Mellencamp @ Jiffy Lube Live
April & Vista @ Songbyrd (dc-rooted r&b)
Jason Marsalis plays the rare music of Ellis Marsalis @ Blues Alley
Brazilian Brothers feat. Heitor Presser 7-10 @ Mercy Me
New Impressionz @ Babylon (go-go)
What Band feat. Killa Cal free @ Shark Bar (go-go)
Live Ethiopian music @ Napoli Lounge
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Thurs. July 30-
Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit, Patty Griffin @ Wolf Trap (alt-country & folk)
Smoking Popes, Radiator Hospital 7pm @ Metro
Lafayette Gilchrist & New Volcanos & Carl Filipiak 5pm @ Keystone Korner (jazz)
Aniparty Otakubeats @ Black Cat Red Room (Japanese music dance party scheduled for days of Otakon Japanese anime daytime event)
Downtown Tumbao 12-1 pm @ Wilson Plaza Reagan Bldg (Baltimore Latin Jazz )
Sweet Sweetback’s Baadaassss Song film 9:45 @ Suns Cinema
Bossman Dlow @ Fillmore (rap)
Psyop, Body Farm, Vomit Dolls, Trepanate @ Quarry House Tavern
Trace Amount ; LUNACY ; S Y Z Y G Y X ; Serpent Hologram @ Rhizome (artsy industrial)
Dede & the Do-rights 8pm @ Hank Dietle’s (old-school country)
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)
Abraham, Danny, Hanna @ Shalla Restaurant in Silver Spring (Ethiopian)
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 @ Spectrum Lounge
Afro-Caribbean dj @ Kaldi’s
live reggae 9 pm @ Bukom
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Friday July 31-
Julieta Venegas @ Howard Theatre (Mexican indie-pop)
Mon Laferte @ Warner Theatre (artsy Chilean-Mexican indie-pop)
Souls of Mischief, Nature Boi, Beau Young Prince @ Union Stage (rap)
After 7 @ Bethesda Theater (r& b)
Aniparty Otakubeats @ Black Cat Red Room(Japanese music dance party scheduled for days of Otakon Japanese anime daytime event)
Rose Moraes free @ Lubber Run ( Brazilian Forro)
Qveen Herby @ Fillmore (blue-eyed rap)
Justine Skye 7pm @ DC 9 (r&b singer)
Rare Essence @ Cocacabana
Pedro Night dj'ing 10pm @ St. Ex (pan-Latin, tropical & DC music)
DMV Music Academy Brass Ensemble 5-6:30 pm @ Eastern Market Metro Plaza Park
Cruddy Crankerz & others @ Anacostia Park
GREX ; Lesley Mok ; Embroidered Bird 7:30 @ Rhizome (experimental)
Blank Slate, Gorf @ Galactic Panther
DJ Basbousa @ Green Zone (Arabic music)
What Band @ Hemen’s Lounge
Disco Biblioteca book club talks about “Yoko Ono” book by David Sheff 7pm @ People’s Book Takoma Park
After Thought Band @ Lamont’s (soul)
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;
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
Suttle Thoughts 6-10 @ Takoma Station (go-go)
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Saturday, Aug 1 –
Chance the Rapper @ Wolf Trap
Patti Griffin 2pm @ Rams Head Annapolis
Some Velvet Sidewalk, The Smashing Times @ Quarry House Tavern
Zoh Amba @ Pearl St Warehouse
Orquesta Hermanos Flores @ Cococabana
Marcella Simien 7:30 @ Lawn @ Strathmore ( zydeco & jam singer Terence Simien’s daughter sings Creole roots music)
Gina Young, Mac’n’Toss, Renriot @ Black Cat (Punk & indie rock)
KennyPirog @ Lubber Run (Vintage Rock n’ Roll)
Taiwan Cultural heritage Night @ Ossian Hall Park
Binomio de Oro @ El Ranchon
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)
Samri, Fekadu, Eleni & band @ Shalla (Ethiopian)
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
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Sun. Aug. 2 -
Karol G @ Northwest Stadium (Latin pop )
R2Bees @ Howard Theatre (Afrobeats)
The National Hand Dance Association presents "A Celebration of Dancin' Tony: A Hand Dance Legend" 1-4 pm @ MLK Library 5th Floor (a film, & hand dancing & talk)
Sam Cooke tribute for Gerard Pinkney birthday location tba
India-Mapiano w/ Priyanka @ Onyxrooftop 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 ; Afrobeats dj @ St Ex;
Afrobeats, hiphop, dancehall party w/ dj 4 to 9 @ Decades (dresscode- "fashionable")
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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
