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 & maybe Substack/ghost 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 August 2026 Highlights (mostly visiting acts) (then much longer full list below w/ local & visiting acts of many genres). Your choice of highlights might differ.
Sun. Aug. 2 - Karol G, Becky G @ Northwest Stadium (good Latin tropical pop)
Sat. Aug. 8- Rooh (Sufi, Qawali & Strings) w/ Ahmed Jehanzeb, Nirmal Roy, Raveed Gill @ Karma
India-Mapiano w/ Anansi, Jaha, Mobu, Priyanka 4-9 @ Onyx rooftop Lounge (Djs w/ India bollywood & South African amapiano music)
Steve Turre @ Takoma Station Tavern ( jazz & Latin jazz trombone and conch shell player)
Sun. Aug. 9- NoName @ the Howard Theatre (Chicago rapper/activist) (sold out but there’s waiting list)
Saturday Aug. 15- The Girl Can’t Help It 1956 movie w/ Little Richard, Fats Domino, Gene Vincent, Eddie Cochran, Julie London, Abbey Lincoln and The Platters. In cinemascope 4:30 @ AFI Silver (also on Aug. 17, 19)
Farafina Kan Birthright african dance and percussion album release concert 5pm @ UDC Theatre of the Arts
Friday Aug. 21- Tea Eater, Suppai Helwa, Girls on Toast @ DC 9 (artsy noisy, & glammy punk from NY, Baltimore, DC)
Saturday Aug. 22 - Chuck Brown Day w/ bands tba @ Fort Dupont Park (dc go-go)
20th Annual Southern Soul Celebration w/ Big G (from Richmond), T.J. Hooker Taylor, Hardway Connection and more @ 3 pm Mr. B's Park, 7243 Gatewood Road, Woodford, VA 804-389-3558. Gates open 12 Noon.
Adobo DMV Brazilian themed Adobao w/ Mango & Ginger, Marcela Biondo, Pedro Night dj’ing 4-9 pm @ Transmission, H St NE
Sunday Aug. 23- Za- the Forgotten Maqams of Lorestan, Iran 7-9pm @ Silver Spring Black Box Theatre (Za means birth. This is Persian music made with the Iranian tar, spiked fiddle, & large snare drum by Mazdak Alipour, Behfar Bahadoran, and Nariman Assadi)
Fri. Aug. 28- Asake, Uncle Waffles @ Merriweather Post Pavilion (Afrobeats)
Charlie Aponte y Oscar Arriaga, Hermanos Galvan, Pasion Orchestra 9pm @ Diamond Lounge (Aponte was lead salsa singer for legendary El Gran Combo for decades; Arriega is a Venezuelan salsa singer)
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Full August 2026 list below- (*asterisks will be used to show any additional events added throughout the month or changes *)
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Saturday, Aug 1 –
Chance the Rapper, Vic Mensa @ Wolf Trap
Patti Griffin 2pm @ Rams Head Annapolis (folkie Americana sometimes w/ minor chords)
Some Velvet Sidewalk, Roscoe Tripp @ Quarry House Tavern
Zoh Amba @ Pearl St Warehouse (noisy punk country blues)
Sundiata Ramin author , Soul Searcher, Life and Legend of Chuck Brown, Godfather of Go-go, 3:10 panel @ Black Books Matter Festival at Mahogany Books National Harbor
Blackstone Marsh, Mergers & Acquisitions 8pm @ American Legion Post 41 Cissel Saxon (Marshall Keith is guitarist in Blackstone M ; garage punk )
After 7 @ Bethesda Theater
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)
Kenny Pirog and brother Anthony @ Lubber Run (Vintage Rock n’ Roll)
Leon CIty Sounds djs @ Green Zone (pan-tropical Latin including cumbia on vinyl)
Oatakon Asian pop culture & anime fest w/ some music @ Walter Washington Convention Center (through Sunday)
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
Crazy Sexy Cool The TLC Musical 2 shows @ Arena Stage (through August 9th)
Larry Campbell & Teresa Williams w/ Jenna Nicholls 8pm @ Rams Head Live Annapolis (Americana guitarist Campbell played w/ Dylan for some years)
AfroKulture w/ dj playing hiphop, afrobeats, reggae, soca, Latin, amapiano 10 pm @ Citizens & Culture
Keith Fullerton Whitman, Bill Nace, Deli Philosophers (Brian Weitz & Michael R Bernstein) 7pm @ Tonal Park
Ethiopian jazz musicians night 6-9 pm @ Bole Bole Ethiopian Rest. Herndon
5K Electronica w/ Wurld & others 3 pm @ Bananas @ Berhta (Afro-electronica fest)
Wild Child, Motenko @ Atlantis (Austin indie-folk)
Metric, Broken Social Scene, Stars @ Anthem
TCB, TOB, The Men @ Throw Social (bouncebeat go-go)
Crazy Sexy Cool The TLC Musical 2 shows @ Arena Stage (through August 9th)
Hiphop vs afrobeats dj 5-10 pm @ Auir
Amelia Day @ Songbyrd
Linda Smith, Specific Thing & Ben Duboise @ Normal’s Books (twee pop)
Family Crest @ DC9
Orquesta Manplesa @ Haydee’s
The Thrills @ VFW 350 Hells Bottom
Spillfest caribbean dj event @ Metro Bar
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Sun. Aug. 2 -
Karol G, Becky G @ Northwest Stadium (good Latin tropical pop )
R2Bees @ Howard Theatre (Afrobeats)
Luh Tyler @ Union Stage (rap)
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; Tony will be there)
Oatakon Asian pop culture & anime fest w/ some music @ Walter Washington Convention Center (through Sunday) ;
Mohini Dey @ Birchmere (South Asian fusion )
Rare Essence @ Ivy City Smokehouse (go-go)
Raheem DeVaughn @ Takoma Station Tavern
Nice Breeze, Blood Family Reunion @ Galaxy Hut (dc art-punk)
Raja 50 @ Eaglebank Arena
Raheem DeVaughn & Crank Crusaders @ Takoma Station Tavern (go-go & r& b)
New Impressionz 9pm @ Piano Keys (go-go)
Granny & the Boys @ Showtime
Amapiano Sunday w/ Kwamzy, Mobu, & more djs 4-9 @ Culture
Heitor Presser 8pm @ Bossa (Brazilian)
Weird Al @ Merriweather Post Pavilion
TOB 5-9 pm for 17th anniv of Saint Martins barbershop, 1908 N. Capitol St NW
Sam Cooke tribute for Gerard Pinkney birthday location tba
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")
Max Mcknown @ Fillmore (Nashville folk-Americana)
Crazy Sexy Cool The TLC Musical 2 shows @ Arena Stage (through August 9th)
Yiddish movie Green Fields @ Rhizome
Prisoner & 3 more @ Songbyrd (metal and industrial punk)
Grupo Kachimba @ Mexico Lindo
Funset dj party 4-10 @ Dew Drop Inn (r&b & House)
Balkan party @ Ambar Clarendon
DJ Curry, DJ Bimshire @ 1942 DC (afrobeats & caribbean & rap)
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Mon. Aug. 3-
Graham Nash @ Birchmere ( Hollies & CSNY folk rocker) (sold out)
SH!TOMATO, The Peopling, Simmone Wrath, Inter Not Milan @ Rhizome (noise-rock, alt-hiphop, experimental)
David Cole & Main Street Blues 6-9 pm @ Westminster Church SW
Millkzy @ Atlantis (r&b) -Oops -Aug. 10th
Marcus Young 10 pm @ Andrews in Morningside, MD ;
Ethiopian music live @ Napoli Lounge;
Ethiojazz w/ the Roots Band @ Shalla;
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Tues. Aug. 4-
Graham Nash @ Birchmere ( Hollies & CSNY folk rocker) (sold out)
Wayne Baker Brooks, w/ the Nighthawks @ Hank Dietle’s (Chicago blues guitarist)
Crazy Sexy Cool The TLC Musical @ Arena Stage (through August 9th)*
PJ Morton @ Rams Head Live Annapolis
Mohini Dey 5pm @ Keystone Korner (South Asian fusion )
Nine Vicious @ Fillmore Silver Spring (rap)
Walker Redds Project 12-1pm @ Wilson Plaza Reagan Bldg (r& b)
Blaster, Gorf, Brain Surgery, Gifts Ungiven @ Rhizome (punk, metalcore)
Memphis Gold & blues express w/ Tia Dae @ Blues Alley ( blues)
“Do the Right Thing” @ Suns Cinema (sold out)
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
George Pelecanos reading from new novel “The Blue Flame” 7pm @ Politics & Prose Conn. Ave
*Drink Deep (from Berlin), Out to Destroy, Bullzeye, Fantazma 8pm @ Death Punch, 2321 18th St. NW (punk)*
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Wed. Aug. 5-
Digable Planets "Celebrating 30 Years of Blowout Comb” @ Maryland Hall Annapolis (rap)
Thomas Walsh 5:30-7 free @ Hank Dietle’s (Irish collaborator w/ Neil Hannon of The Divine Comedy who does power pop meets Kinks/XTC/ELO style music solo)
Riff Wood , Willowake @ Atlantis (teenage pop-punk)
Crazy Sexy Cool The TLC Musical 2 shows @ Arena Stage (through August 9th)
PJ Morton @ Warner Theatre
Pietasters @ Franconia Rec Center (neo-ska)
Dupont Brass 12-1pm @ Wilson Plaza Reagan Bldg (r& b)
3 Dog Night @ the Birchmere (1970s pop rock)
Victor Vieira-Branco's Bark Culture, We All Witness (Bormet-Butler-Hughes-Paluch)@ Rhizome (jazz )
Jordan Smart , Jay Skaggs, This Dogll hunt @ Quarry House Tavern
After hours w/ JoGo Project 5:30-9 @ Hillwood estate Museum & gardens (jazz & go-go)
Seth Kibel album release 5pm @ Keystone Korner
Matheus Fonseca 6-9 @ Cana (Brazilian guitar)
Brazilian Brothers feat. Heitor Presser 7-10 @ Mercy Me
New Impressionz @ * Hemen Lounge Alexandria * (go-go)
What Band feat. Killa Cal free @ Shark Bar (go-go)
Live Ethiopian music @ Napoli Lounge
TCB @ Ivy City Smokehouse (bouncebeat go-go)
Push Play 6-10 @ 12 Stories rooftop (go-go)
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Thurs. Aug. 6-
Al Jardine & the Pet Sounds Band @ Maryland Hall Annapolis (Beach Boys classics)
Unity 12-1pm @ Wilson Plaza Reagan Bldg (reggae)
Arty Hill & the Long Gone Daddys 7:30 @ Glen Echo Bumper Car Pavilion
Crazy Sexy Cool The TLC Musical @ Arena Stage (through August 9th)
Carla Cook @ Blues Alley
76th Street @ Songbyrd (indie pop-rock) (sold out)
Still Familiar & Ambition Band @ 6ish @ Sycamore & Oak (go-go)
Phillips After 5 jazz @ Phillips Collection
Pinkshift, Dosser, Soul Meets Body @ Ottobar
Longtimers 8 pm @ Hank Dietle’s Tavern (roots rock rooted in New Orleans music)
Thrills & Hardcore Troubadours @ JVs (roots 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
Pedro Night dj’ing @ Felina party 10pm @ Tigres de la Noche, alley entrance 405 Morse St NE (salsa, bachata, mas) (you have to lock up your cellphone here)
Jamaican Independence Celebration w/ djs @ Encore
Dave Zirin for his book “The People’s Historian” About Howard Zinn @ Politics & Prose Conn Ave NW
Push Play 7-10 @ Ivy City Smokehouse (go-go)
*Verny Varela 10pm @ Bossa (salsa, cumbia, vallenato)*
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Fri. Aug. 7-
Crazy Sexy Cool The TLC Musical 2 shows @ Arena Stage (through August 9th)
Agent Orange & 3 openers @ Ottobar (80s Southern California punk & surf)
Alex Isley @ MGM National Harbor
Barrio Fino, Giovanni Kral, Ayrton Laura , La Tremendita @ The Palace in Woodbridge
Colombian vs Peruvian salsa music @ the State Theatre
The Briefs , the Sleeveens @ Comet P Pong (rock)
Save Your Soul w/ DJ Baby Alcatraz and That Rob Macy 9pm @ Lithuanian Hall Baltimore (soul vinyl)
Abby Holliday & Charli Adams @ Songbyrd (ethereal singer songwriter indie pop ballads )
Lilly Hiatt Band @ Rams Head Live Annapolis (John Hiatt’s indie rock singer/songwriter daughter)
Be’la Dona 7:30 -9 @ Grist Mill, 4710 Mt Vernon Highway Alexandria (go-go)
Kiti Gardner & the Drifting Valentines 7:30-8:30 @ Mason District Park Amphitheater (rockabilly & western swing & country)
Patrick Alban & Noche Latina 12-1pm @ Wilson Plaza Reagan Bldg (whirled music )
“Mississippi Masala “ movie @ Suns Cinema
District of Afrobeats dj @ Abigail
Centigrade 2, Karacell, Syncretist, Diner Hours, Secret Wilderness@ Rhizome (experimental electronics )
Queens of Funk Tribute to Chaka Khan and Teena Marie @ Bethesda Theater
Carla Cook @ Blues Alley
Honey Dewdrops 6pm @ National Gallery of Art Sculpture Garden
Cruddy Crankerz & others 4-10pm @ Anacostia Park
Jamaica 64th IndepenDance party w/ djs @ 3237 Rhode Island Ave., Mt. Rainier
Col. Josh & Paisley Tonk @ VFW 350 Hells Bottom
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; *4th Stream & Moongold @ 7 (international improv jazz funk & soul)*
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
Sirius Company @ House of Soul (go-go)
Backyard Band @ Ivy City Smokehouse (go-go)
Push Play @ 1865 Steakhouse (go-go)
*Public Acid, Invertebrates, Cryin Hand, Laughing Corpse @ St Stephens (punk)*
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Sat. Aug. 8-
Titus Andronicus @ Atlantis (alt-rock)
Rooh (Sufi, Qawali & Strings) w/ Ahmed Jehanzeb, Nirmal Roy, Raveed Gill @ Karma
Krew of Pyros Summer Mardi Gras Parade @ 10:00 AM near gallery place & then Krew of Pyros Fyah Fest w/ New Orleans DJ Mannie Fresh 12-6 pm @ Anthem Row, 777 I St NW
India-Mapiano w/ Anansi, Jaha, Mobu, Priyanka 4-9 @ Onyx rooftop Lounge (Djs w/ India & South African music)
Baila Habibi dj night @ Darna in Arlington ( Arabic & Latin)
Omo Naija Fest w/ Rotimi 10pm @ Throw Social (Nigerian-American singer & actor)
Crazy Sexy Cool The TLC Musical 2 shows @ Arena Stage (through August 9th)
Fer Martinez & Los Illigales de Lempira @ Blue Moon Lounge Annandale
La Chanchona 503 @ La Cueva in Manassas
The Goons, Murphy’s Law, Menstrual Tramp @ Songbyrd (punk)
Steve Turre @ Takoma Station Tavern ( jazz & Latin jazz trombone and conch shell player)
Clones of Funk 6-8 free @ Quiet Waters Park Annapolis (P-Funk covers)
Extended Play Loft Party w/ djs Marcellus Pittman, Kai Alce, Martin miguel 10pm @ National Union Bldg
Ammonite, Blackout Transmission, Grace A. Keller @ Rhizome (rock)
Kaleo @ Anthem (Icelandic blues-rock)
West African Cultural Heritage Night w/ Dogo du Togo & The Alagaa Beat Band 7:30 @ Ossian Hall Park Annandale
Bloom Fest w/ Kanysha & Crush Funk Brass 5-8 @ Good Hop Rec Center Silver Spring (r&b & funk)
Girls Rock DC August showcase 11am @ Black Cat
Sunfo, Finalbosfight, the Overlook @ Quarry House Tavern
Liv Warfield @ Blues Alley
Fairweather, Dosser, Celebration Summer 7 @ DC9; Dance Club w/ Joyce, Tommy C., Baronhawk Poitier 11 pm @ DC 9 (techno djs)
4th annual Southside Community fest w/ What Band, Mature Clientele, Strictly Bizness 12-8pm @ Nannie J. Lee rec Ctr., 1108 Jefferson St Alexandria (go-go)
Raw Image & UCB @ Shark Bar in Waldorf (go-go)
Push Play, Pure Elegance, Blacc Print, Re-up Band & more @ Emery Hts Community Day @ Emery Hts Community Ctr., 5701 GA. Ave NW (go-go)
“Cigars & Sundresses” party w/ Bela Dona, Sirius Company, Positive Vybz Band, Sunshine Anderson outdoors @ Lamont’s (go-go & r& b)
Lolo’s Cuban Social Club w/ Orquesta Manplesa & Son Cubano Subterraneo @ El Golfo in Silver Spring (rsvp on lolo’s eventbrite recommended)
Islands in the Park Caribbean Food Wine Music Fest 12-7 @ Anne Arundel County Fairgrounds
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
Ehsaas Sundowner w/ DJ trux from India 6-10 @ Twelve after Twelve rooftop (Desi & Indo house music)
DJ Jofaquino & DJ Sonido Panzon 10 pm @ Green Zone (Cumbia, salsa, merengue, bugalu on vinyl)
TOB, ABM @ 1726 17th St NE (bouncebeat go-go)
Push Play, Kim Michelle Experience at Pink & White Party 8-1am @ Doubletree by Hilton Arlington (go-go)
*Seth Kibel @ Creative Cauldron *
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Sun. Aug. 9-
NoName @ the Howard Theatre (Chicago rapper/activist) (sold out but there’s waiting list)
Loe Shimmy @ Fillmore (rap)
Bucky Malone @ Songbyrd (rap)
Crazy Sexy Cool The TLC Musical @ Arena Stage (final performance)
Festival LatinoAmericano w/ El Chaval de la Bachata, Kazzabe, La Sonora Dinamita, Miramar, Ilegales de Lempira, La Chanchona de los Hermanos Lobos 10am @ Md State Fairgrounds in Timonium, MD
Jamaica Fest 12-9 pm w/ Etana & more @ Veterans Plaza Silver Spring
Murphy’s Law, Gasket, Secret Society, Bad Wave, Mortal Ground @ 6pm @ Ottobar
Degloved, Abortion Breath, Hydroencephalocystocele,Numbing Agent @ Rhizome (noise-core and industrial)
guitarist Jorma Kaukonen and bassist Jack Casady's Hot Tuna acoustic @ Birchmere
Sid Satellite, Alex Parez @ Galaxy Hut
Margot Sinclair @ DC 9 (Cali rock)
1252 Band @ Lamont’s (soul)
Funset dj party @ Metro Bar (r& b & house )
Stacy Kidd dj’ing 11 am to @ Bladensburg Waterfront Park
V St. Market 12-6 @ Atlantis
Fanoplane improv ensemble @ Galactic Panther
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")
Backyard Band @ Ikonic in Baltimore (go-go)
Push Play 6-10 @ Mix & Mingle (go-go)
*Ndule 8:30 @ Bossa (Congolese improv )*
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Mon. Aug 10-
BTS @ M& T Bank Stadium (& on 11th) (K-pop)
Lip Critic & 2 openers @ Songbyrd (electro-punk) (sold out )
Molly Santana , North West @ Fillmore (rap, r&b, alternative)
HillHillHill: Will Greene, Ishmael Ali, Lily Finnegan @ Rhizome (Chicago jazz musicians)
Miss Gavri @ Blues Alley
Vince Evans Authentic Blues Band 6-9 pm @ Westminster Church SW
Marcus Young 10 pm @ Andrews in Morningside, MD ;
Ethiopian music live @ Napoli Lounge;
Ethiojazz w/ the Roots Band @ Shalla;
Millkzy @ Atlantis (r&b)
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Tuesday Aug. 11-
BTS @ M& T Bank Stadium (K-pop stars)
Shirleta Settles 12-1pm @ Wilson Plaza Reagan Bldg (old school r& b)
Wes Watkins @ Blues Alley (r&b & go-go)
Kiti Gardner & the Drifting Valentines @ Hank Dietle’s (rockabilly & western swing & country)
Sloppy Jane , Cherub Tree @ Songbyrd
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
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Wed. Aug. 12-
Abacot, Girls on Toast, special guest for DC Punk Archive MLK Rooftop show
Olivia Dean @ CFG Arena (sold out)
Southern Ave @ Rams Head Live Annapolis (retro-soul)
Patrick Budd @ Songbyrd (local country/alt-folk )
Junkyard Band 7:30-8:30 @ Franconia Rec Center Alexandria (go-go)
Djanglo 12-1pm @ Wilson Plaza Reagan Bldg (French jazzy )
Clique Band 6pm ish @ Magic 102.3 night @ Sycamore & Oak SE DC
My House Walkthrough, Abriction, Bile, Naomi 10 Million @ Rhizome
David Kitchen Band @ VFW 350 Hells Bottom (roots rock Americana)
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
Gaza Champions Resistance Rhythms benefit for families in Gaza w/ dj, dabke, market & more 8:30 pm @ El Secreto de Rosita
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Thurs. Aug. 13-
Thomas Rhett @ Merriweather Post Pavilion (country)
Next, Silk, & H-Town- R& B unplugged @ Bethesda Theater
Sirius Company @ Pier 6 (go-go)
Ainae @ Union Stage (DC-based r& b)
Sol y Rumba 5:30-7 @ Fairfax County Government Center
Seldom Scene @ Nottoway Park (bluegrass)
Housie, Saafewaay, Powerband, Deen Gray, Qiiiiiiik @ Rhizome (punk)
The Grandsons & Tommy Lepson @ Hank Dietle’s (roots rock)
Flack @ VFW 350 Hells Bottom (pop rock /roots 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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Fri. Aug 14-
Yard Act, The Armed @ Black Cat (Leeds post-punk & more)
Night Hawk, Spirit of the Bear, Jem Wilde @ DC 9 (Night Hawk are critic fave touching rock from Maine w/ alt-country accents)
Rafael Ponde, Bronson Tennis 7:30-9:30 @ Bossa (Brazilian)
Chinatown Funk Express w/ Dj Les 9pm @ Lucky Danger ( (City Pop, Japanese funk, Cantonese Hi-NRG, OPM (Original Pilipino Music), Korean funk-pop, Asian disco)
African Diaspora International Film Fest through the 16th @ GW Univ.
Marco Antonio Solis @ MGM National Harbor
Leann Rimes @ Warner Theatre (country)
Faouzia @ Union Stage (Canadian-based Moroccan pop singer) (sold out)
Shadow Riot, Sun Within, Neon Grlz benefit for Food Not Bombs Gaza via Positive Force dc w/ MC Mahmoud Boz Salman & 6pm Palestinian cooked food for attendees by Muna Foodaz, 7:30 bands @ St Stephen’s Church NW
Brass Queens 6pm @ National Gallery of Art Sculpture Garden
Triptides, Some Nobodies @ Comet P. Pong
Rome Streetz & 2 openers @ Songbyrd (London-born rapper)
BeLa Dona @ Piano Keys (go-go)
Maria Grand & Shakoor Hakeem, Bashi Rose @ Rhizome (jazz & improv)
Experience Band @ Wharf (go-go & r&b)
Moombahton Massive w/ Dave Nada, Tittsworth, Mathias @ Culture DC
The Fray w/ Dashboard Confessional @ Merriweather Post Pavilion
Max Rosado & 7th St Band 12-1pm @ Wilson Plaza Reagan Bldg (salsa)
John Woo film “Hard Target “ w/ DJ 2-Tone playing hiphop music 7pm @ Asian Art Meyer Auditorium
Blacc Print @ Takoma Station Tavern ( go-go)
Cruddy Crankerz & others 4-10pm @ Anacostia Park
4Kampe- A night of Haitian konpa, plus raboday, dancehall, soca, afrobeats w/ djs Etn, Bimshire, Popkorn @ Strand DC, 1400 I St NW
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
New Impressionz @ Sax (go-go)
TOB, Reaction Band @ Throw Social (bouncebeat go-go)
*The Guitar Renegades (led by Cristian Perez) @ Creative Cauldron (jazz & boomer rock & bossa, & Latin)*
*Candy Kitsch dj 10pm free @ Showtime (motown, soul, 50s & 60s rock n roll vinyl) *
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Saturday Aug. 15-
Sagar Wali Qawwali (a modern Sufi musical project and live act led by singer-songwriter Sagar Bhatia, known for contemporary pop takes on traditional Qawwali, and large ensemble stage shows) @ MGM National Harbor
The Girl Can’t Help It 1956 movie w/ Little Richard, Fats Domino, Gene Vincent, Eddie Cochran, Julie London, Abbey Lincoln and The Platters. In cinemascope 4:30 @ AFI Silver (also on Aug. 17, 19)
Farafina Kan Birthright african dance and percussion album release concert 5pm @ UDC Theatre of the Arts
Camino De Sol, 1trick, And Andysalright Present 6 Underground Acts from Tokyo & US East Coast at The Intersection Of Edm, Psychedelic Rap, And Hyperpop, plus 4 djs - also bill includes 4 acts in 1st DC appearance - Kiryano, Maxxant, Yoshi Douglas,Yuk1, plus Dmv’s Own:Katmoji, Ec, & 4 Djs: Andysalright, Freakyt, Fijidaniel, Prollyiris @ DC 9
50 years of go-go celebration w/ ABM, N2L, High Quality Band, Big Action, The Full Bump. Simple Groove, Janess Band 11am -8pm @ Sylvan Theatre stage near Washington Monument (bouncebeat & newer go-go bands)
Quattracenta Album Release w/ Freq Flag, L’Avenir 9pm @ Holy Frijoles (art-punk)
Rick Ross Port of Miami Orchestra tour @ Warner Theatre
The Mobu dj Experience 4-9pm @ Onyx rooftop Lounge (dc-based South African amapiano- she will release her own single soon)
“LEGENDARY - Rewind Edition (80s, 90s, and 2000s dancehall vibes)” dj @ Buena Vista Ballroom in Jessup, MD
Moya afro-house night w/ G-Wash 10, Udura & more @ Transmission
Josh Tatofi @ Union Stage (Hawaiian r& b singer)
Pearie Sol, That This, Jackie Cougar & The Vampires From Africa @ Rhizome (artsy & noisy dc punk)
Rimpa Siva tabla player w/ Srikar Ayyalasomayajula on harmonium 6-8pm @ India Cultural and Spiritual Center in Chantilly, VA
Simone Baron, master accordionist with Brazilian jazz band 12-3 @ Dupont Circle
Argo & the Violet Queens record release w/ Massive, Cuni, Pinkhouse in a benefit for Immigrant Solidarity Mutual Aid @ Black Cat
Howard Jones, Wang Chung, English Beat, Modern English, Richard Blade @ Anthem (new wave)
Oh He Dead @ 930 Club
Najee w/ Regina Bell @ Bethesda Theater
Matthew Whitaker @ Birchmere (jazz pianist)
Jollof Fest @ Union Market
Compassion and Action Music Fest migrant solidarity benefit & fair 2-8pm @ Epiphany Episcopal Church in Herndon
TOB @ Urban Crab (bouncebeat go-go)
Cruddy Crankerz & others 4-10pm @ Fort Dupont Park
Everything Nice 3-9 event @ the Bullpen
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
New Impressionz, ABM @ Tandoori (bouncebeat go-go)
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Sun. Aug. 16-
“Goundafa, the Cursed Song” film as part of African International Film Fest 10am -11:30 am @ George Washington U Student Center ( In the mountain village of Goundafa, Morocco, 3 guys make music during the day & dream of success while women work the land & sing happily while doing so)
Simple Plan @ MGM National harbor
Pam Tillis Trio @ Rams Head Live Annapolis (country)
The No Headliners Tour ft. Heno., Kwame Adu, My Favorite Color, zayALLCAPS @ Songbyrd (rap)
Hey Cousin Culture Fest 1pm @ Veterans Plaza Silver Spring (Black Diaspora music and art)
Image Band @ Takoma Station Tavern ( Caribbean band)
Dolly Ave & 2 openers @ DC9 (Vietnamese-American pop-indie-rock)
Salvadoran Fest w/ live music & folkloric dance 12-7pm @ Harris Pavilion Manassas
Funset dj party 4-10 @ Dew Drop Inn (r&b & House)
DC zine fest & bleach & tie die clothes event 6-9 pm @ Rhizome
Hula Monsters 6pm @ Hank Dietle’s (roots)
Ray Apollo Allen 4pm @ JVs (soul/Motown) Nella B & the Noise 8:30 @ JVs (blues)
Backyard Band, UCB @ Citizens & Culture
Summer house w/ djs Sero, Amiana, Frase 4-9 @ Zebbie’s garden
New Impressionz 9pm @ Piano Keys (go-go)
DMV Caribbean & Soul Food fest plus I Wayne, Ras Slick , Lady Da Flame @ Carroll Park Baltimore
Rum & Rise Breakfast party w/ DJ Aakil 10am -3pm @ 8844 Washington Blvd., Jessup, MD
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. Aug. 17-
The Girl Can’t Help It 1956 movie w/ Little Richard, Fats Domino, Gene Vincent, Eddie Cochran, Julie London, Abbey Lincoln and The Platters. In cinemascope 11:45am @ AFI Silver (also on 15th & 19th)
Foo Fighters, Queens of the Stone Age, Mannequin Pussy @ Nats Park
Isaiah Rashad @ Fillmore Silver Spring
Clarence Turner blues band 6-9 pm @ Westminster Church SW
Anyone Awake , & 2 openers @ DC 9 (Idaho indie-rock)
Marcus Young 10 pm @ Andrews in Morningside, MD ;
Ethiopian music live @ Napoli Lounge;
Ethiojazz w/ the Roots Band @ Shalla;
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Tues. Aug 18-
My Chemical Romance, Modest Mouse @ Nats Park (rock)
Blossom & Sledges w/ Guttered @ Comet P Pong (rock)
River Shook @ Songbyrd (outlaw cow-punk )
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
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Wednesday Aug. 19-
The Girl Can’t Help It 1956 movie w/ Little Richard, Fats Domino, Gene Vincent, Eddie Cochran, Julie London, Abbey Lincoln and The Platters. In cinemascope 6:45pm @ AFI Silver
Diana Ross @ Wolf Trap (Motown soul singer)
Musiq Soulchild @ Warner Theatre
Emm & 3 openers @ Songbyrd ( alt-pop)
Blacc Print 6pm ish @ Magic 102.3 night @ Sycamore & Oak SE DC (go-go)
Walker Redds @ Takoma Station Tavern
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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Thursday Aug. 20-
Jason Isbell & the 400 Unit, Patty Griffin @ Wolf Trap (alt-country & folk)
NRBQ & the Whole Wheat Horns @ Birchmere (Americana roots rock)
Prelude to JazzFest DC with the JazzDC AllStars @ temporary stage inside Carter Barron Amphitheater
Afternoon Bike Ride @ DC 9 (eclectic Montreal indie band)
Black Pontiac , The Montaines, Alaska’s Angels @ Comet P Pong
jazz tba 6-8 @ Lamond-Riggs/Lillian J. Huff Neighborhood Library, South Dakota Ave NE
Kiti Gardner & the Drifting Valentines 12-1pm @ Wilson Plaza Reagan Bldg (rockabilly, western swing, country)
Capital Rats, Darelynns, Ari Voxx @ Pearl St Warehouse
David Chappell Band @ JVs (roots/Americana)
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
Patrick Alban & his Buena Vista Social @ Glen Echo Park Bumper Car Pavilion
*Go-Go on the Green 5-8 (band or dj tba) 8000 Walker Mill Rd., Capitol Heights, MD *
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Friday Aug. 21-
Ella Mai at Anthem (r&b) (sold out)
Jon Batiste & National Symphony Orchestra @ Wolf Trap (r&b & jazz & classical) ( sold out but waiting list available)
Chubb Rock @ Bethesda Theater (old school rap)
Ledisi tribute to Dinah Washington @ Strathmore
Robert Earl Keen Then and Now Tour w/ Race Ricketts @ Birchmere (alt-country )
Bruiser Wolf, DJ Raphy (both from Detroit ), Eze Jackson, Butch Dawson @ @ Le Mondo (idiosyncratic rap)
Ludd Roe, Scoria , Caustic Casanova @ Comet P Pong
Chicha Morada 5:30 pm Crystal City Fountain/National Landing Waterpark , 1601 Crystal Drive, Arlington
Sylver Logan Sharp & the Groovement Allstars @ temporary stage inside Carter Barron Amphitheater (r&b)
Tea Eater, Suppai Helwa, Girls on Toast @ DC 9 (artsy noisy, & glammy punk from NY, Baltimore, DC)
Velvet Divide, Soul Meets Body, Aita @ Black Cat
Stacy Brooks Band @ Royal Lake Park (blues)
Orquesta Tropikiimba 7:30 @ Mason District Park ( salsa & timba )
Proper Utensils @ Takoma Station Tavern ( go-go w/ lead talker James Jas Funk)
Baile World @ Transmission
Latino Landia dj party @ Union Stage
“Poetic Justice” 6pm @ Suns Cinema, “Love Jones” 8:35 @ Suns Cinema
Cruddy Crankerz & others 4-10pm @ 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
Honky Tonk Dance With Agalisiga Mackey & Country Band @ Glen Echo (Cherokee singer sings country)
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Saturday Aug. 22 -
Chuck Brown Day w/ bands tba @ Fort Dupont Park
20th Annual Southern Soul Celebration w/ Big G (from Richmond), T.J. Hooker Taylor, Hardway Connection and more @ 3 pm Mr. B's Park, 7243 Gatewood Road, Woodford, VA 804-389-3558. Gates open 12 Noon.
Adobo DMV Brazilian themed Adobao w/ Mango & Ginger, Marcela Biondo, Pedro Night dj’ing 4-9 pm @ Transmission, H St NE
Robert Earl Keen Then and Now Tour w/ Race Ricketts @ Birchmere (alt-country ) (sold out)
Gary Allan @ Capital One Tyson’s (country)
Ala Jaza @ Leyla's Restaurant in Chillum (pioneered MamWali, a 21st century style of urban merengue that blends merengue and trap music) (sold out)
Black Alley and Chester Burke Jr. & Company @ temporary stage inside Carter Barron Amphitheater (Black Alley are go-go-”hood rock” hybrid; Burke Jr is gospel)
The late Joe Strummer of the Clash birthday tribute w/ The Delarcos and others @ Pie Shop
Los Kjarkas 2pm @ Prince William County Fairgrounds (Bolivian Andean folk music vets 55th aniv.)
NRBQ @ Ottobar
Deep Dish 6pm @ Berhta (deep house/ techno)
Ledisi tribute to Dinah Washington @ Strathmore
Travis Malloy & Urban Worship Collective @ Bethesda Theater
Flowerbomb, Cal Rifkin, Taisha Estrada @ Union Stage (DC & Baltimore area rock)
Soft Palms @ Quarry House Tavern
Hue, Mend, Pulses, RenRiot @ Pearl St Warehouse (Hue are go-go metal)
HuDost 7:30 @ Arrowbrook Centre Park Herndon (Americana & global)
Masego @ Anthem
Rock-a-Sonics @ Hank Dietle’s (rockabilly, country)
Dave Zirin for his book “The People’s Historian” About Howard Zinn 6pm @ People’s Book
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 Aug. 23-
Za- the Forgotten Maqams of Lorestan, Iran 7-9pm @ Silver Spring Black Box Theatre (Za means birth. This is Persian music made with the Iranian tar, spiked fiddle, & large snare drum by Mazdak Alipour, Behfar Bahadoran, and Nariman Assadi)
Mariachazo w/ Mariachi Vargas de Tecalitlán and Mariachi Nuevo Tecalitlán @ Capital One Tyson's (Mexican mariachi bands)
Fattmack @ Howard Theatre (rap)
Kajwan Ziaoddini and Miead Nikfarjam playing Iranian dastgaah music on santour & koubeh 2pm @ Loudoun County Public Library, Cascades Library mtg room A in Potomac Falls , VA
Robert Earl Keen Then and Now Tour w/ Race Ricketts @ Birchmere (alt-country)
Gipsy Kings @ Wolf Trap
Will Wood & the Tapeworms @ Fillmore (alt-rock & goth cabaret)
R&B club discusses legacy of Aaliyah 12 noon @ Songbyrd
Playlunch @ DC9 (Australian funk)
Washington Folk Fest includes the Sarv School of Persian Music; Group Mavi, made up of members of the DMV Turkish Music Ensemble; Humayun Khan with Whirling Dervishes; and Kylie Hilali & The Fez Tones, Andean folk from Raymi; Furia Flamenca; Russian and Ukrainian folk music from Samovar; Washington Toho Koto Society; traditional Irish music and dance from the Culkin School; English Morris dance from the Rock Creek Morris Women; singer-songwriter sets from Charlie Bryant, Lydia Martin, and Collide; and bluegrass from Blue Spruce, *Little Red & the Renegades* 12-7 @ Glen Echo Park
1252 Band 6pm @ Lamont’s (soul) & earlier in the day Back to School Community Day 12-7 @ Lamont’s
Funset dj party @ Metro Bar (r&b & House)
Jellyroll Mortals plays The Lovin’ Spoonful and the Monkees 2pm @ Hank Dietle’s
X-Factor (cover classic R&B), Devotion (cover Earth, Wind & Fire), and Vivian Taylor's Tribute to Phyllis Hyman. The evening will be hosted by Shorty Corleone of WHUR 96.3 @ 5pm @ The Panorama Room SE DC
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 Aug. 24-
Big Joe & the Dynaflows 6-9 pm @ Westminster Church SW (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. Aug. 25-
Chance the Rapper @ Nevermore Hall (rap)
Swerve Driver, Slow Fiction @ Atlantis (alt-rock)
Robert Glasper @ Birchmere
Ghalia Volt w/ Kent Burnside @ Rams Head Live Annapolis (Belgium born blues rocker living in New Orleans w/ RL Burnside’s oldest grandson opening w/ a mix of Hill Country & other blues)
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
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Wed. Aug. 26-
”Punk the Capital” doc screening @ Greenbelt Cinema
Windows , & openers @ DC 9 (Los Angeles country-psych)
Jogo Project 12-1pm @ Wilson Plaza Reagan Bldg (jazz & go-go)
Jon Moritsugu’s “Numbskull Revolution” (made w/ ex-wife Amy Davis) 7pm @ Rhizome (punk rock attitude movie they say)
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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Thursday Aug 27-
Kehlani, Durrand Bernarr, The Arti$t, Waseel @ Merriweather Post ( r&b & dance)
Ekko Astral farewell show, w/ Right Chipper, & Berra @ DC 9 (punk)
Edwige Dandicat (Haitian-American author) book talk at Busboys & Poets 14th st NW
Tony Fletcher w/ book "Pow! When UK Punk Went Pop, 1980–84" @ Politics & Prose Union Market
Waka Flocka @ Bethesda Theater (rap)
Les Greene & the Swayzees @ Collective Encore
Femme Art Fair (through Aug. 30) @ The Square, 1850 K St NW
Chatham County Line @ Jammin Java
The Thrills @ Hank Dietle’s (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
Azul @ El Secreto de Rosita
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Fri. Aug. 28-
Asake, Uncle Waffles @ Merriweather Post Pavilion (Afrobeats)
Charlie Aponte y Oscar Arriaga, Hermanos Galvan, Pasion Orchestra 9pm @ Diamond Lounge (Aponte was lead salsa singer for legendary El Gran Combo for decades; Arriega is a Venezuelan salsa singer)
Ranjit Bawa Live: A Night of Punjabi Energy and Passion @ Hylton Performing Arts Center
Res @ Songbyrd (alt-r& b) (sold Out)
Raheem DeVaughn @ Birchmere
Subscape music fest @ Le Mondo & @ Current Space for 3 day, 3 stage, 60+ band celebration of Baltimore's music scene plus Soul Glo & more. Details tba
Ustad Shafaat Khan & Praneetha Akula 7:30 pm @ Creative Alliance
Sango, New Impressionz, Xavier Omar, Matt Mcghee & Lelynd Darkes 8pm @ La Cosecha
Super Art Fight event w/ Hue @ Black Cat (dc metal-go-go)
Alberto Plaza @ the Palace (Chilean folk singer)
Black Masala @ Grist Mill Alexandria
4 Queens r& b tribute show @ Bethesda Theater
Dess Dior @ Union Stage (hiphop)
Orquesta Manplesa @ Haydee’s GA. Ave NW (salsa)
Disco Biblioteca: Music Books & Listening Party talks Salman Rushdie's "The Ground Beneath Her Feet" 7pm @ People's Book
Cruddy Crankerz & others 4-10pm @ 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
Pedro Night dj’ing @ St. Ex
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Sat. Aug. 29-
Arlo Parks @ Howard Theatre
Beirut to DC w/ djs 10pm @ Culture
Res @ Songbyrd (alt-r& b) (sold Out)
SwampFoot & 2 openers @ DC ( (2 piece hardcore punk band)
Roller skating 12 noon to 10 pm w/ 95.5 WPGC's DJ Jealousy,From 6 pm – 8 pm, Go-Go Karaoke Live, featuring The Pressure Band, then DC Link Up skaters lead from 8 pm – 10 pm @ Anacostia Park outdoor roller rink
Wisdom Speaks @ Ceasefire stop the killings 19th annual cookout with music & boxing @ Upshur Rec. Ctr.
Subscape music fest @ Le Mondo & @ Current Space for 3 day, 3 stage, 60+ band celebration of Baltimore's music scene plus Soul Glo & more. Details tba
Natyabhoomi School of Dance 7:30 @ Arrowbrook Centre Park Herndon
Around the World Cultural Food Festival @ Orinoco Bay Park Alexandria
Dead Billionaires , Sheila , Naya @ Quarry House Tavern
Kontrolled Khaos Band @ Union Stage (“garage soul” they say)
Love Groove Festival w/ Robert Glasper, Saba, Alex Vaughn, +MORE. 12pm @ Point Park Baltimore
Son Cubano Subterraneo 7-10 @ Smithsonian African Art Museum (classic Afro-Cuban tunes)
Les the DJ 10pm @ Suns Cinema
Bruk Out dancehall & soca party @ Baltimore Soundstage
One Pulse Dancehall, soca, afrobeats, amapiano dj party @ Eaton Wild Days rooftop
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
“Fully Loaded “ Soca, dancehall, afrobeats, reggae, amapiano dj event @ 1942, 1942 9th St NW
“Pandemonium DMV” Soca dj 10pm @ Citizens & Culture
Push Play @ Eloquent Touch Ballroom (go-go)
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Sunday Aug. 30-
Los Inquietos del Norte, Banda Carnaval, Banda Clave Nueva, La Original Banda el Limon de Salvador Lizarraga , Los Austereos de Durango, Los Caimanes de Sinaloa 12 noon @ Prince William County Fairgrounds
Clarent @ Howard Theatre (Puerto Rican rap)
Res 12 noon @ Songbyrd (alt-r& b) (sold Out)
The Missing Peace, Blanket , & Day Aches @ Songbyrd (alt-rock, shoegaze)
Subscape music fest @ Le Mondo & @ Current Space for 3 day, 3 stage, 60+ band celebration of Baltimore's music scene plus Soul Glo & more. Details tba
The Kennedys 6pm @ Hank Dietle’s (rocking folk rock)
The Spotlight Band @ Lamont’s (soul)
Fundraiser for Migrant Solidarity Mutual Aid (MSMA) w/ Southside Shai, Acid Red Dress, Melting Virgo @ Rhizome
Funset dj party 4-10 @ Sandlot uptown (r&b & House)
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. Aug. 31-
Sour Tooth, Stafford, Torn Memory, Tissue Culture, Gifts Ungiven @ Rhizome (post-hardcore punk, screamo)
Henry Moodie @ Union Stage (British pop tik tok star)
Marcus Young 10 pm @ Andrews in Morningside, MD ;
Ethiopian music live @ Napoli Lounge;
Ethiojazz w/ the Roots Band @ Shalla;
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Tues. Sept. 1-
Mike D @ 930 Club (from Beastie Boys)
Patti Smith @ Atlantis (sold out)
New Impressionz , Major League Band, Strictly Business 6-12 @ Diablo’s Cantina
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Wed. Sept. 2- Patti Smith Quartet @ Md Hall Annapolis
DC Jazz fest Sept 2-6 @ Wharf
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Sept 3- Big Tony & Trouble Funk, Kim Michelle experience @ 930 Club
Sept. 4- Grupo Frontera @ Eaglebank Arena
Sept 5- Softtones @ Harmony Hall
Afro Plus Fest Sept 4-6 @ Northwest Stadium
Sept 6- Danny Gatton birthday celebration @ Birchmere
Zap Outdoorz
Sept 6 - Summer soul go-go fest w/ RE , Pock3t more @ Charles County
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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 has techno ; Also-Washington Post Going Out Guide; dc-hardcore .com; Washingtonian monthly one; pa palace go-go one also have events
