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 November 2026 Highlights (mostly visiting acts) (then much longer full list below w/ local & visiting acts of many genres). Your choice of highlights might differ.
Tues. Nov. 3- Flipper & openers Saafewaay, DMV, Glycine @ Fridge (slow-core punk)
Thurs. Nov. 5- Tul8te @ Fillmore (Egyptian singer/rapper)
Ian Mackaye and Darryl Jennifer talk about the Bad Brains - Are You Ready! The Birth of the Bad Brains and their First Studio Recording 6:30-8pm @ MLK library (eventbrite free tix may be gone, but if you get there early there may end up being some seats available)
Hamilton Leithauser & Rostam joint tour w/ 2 openers @ 930 Club (dc-rooted indie rock from Walkmen & Vampire Weekend members)
Fri. Nov. 6- Are You Ready! The Birth of the Bad Brains and their First Studio Recording exhibit w/ artifacts, film, photos, flyers @ Lost Origins Gallery opens 7pm (runs thru Dec. 6)
Sat. Nov. 7- Red Baraat @ Barns of Wolf Trap (bhangra funk)
Mon. Nov. 9- The Tubs & Slippers @ Songbyrd (Tubs have Richard Thompson-ish vocals over pop-punk & celtic rock; Slippers are pop punk)
Shyne, Barrington Levy, Lil Cease @ Warner Theatre (reggae) Cancelled
Sat. Nov. 14- Sounds of Africa w/ DC’s Qlatse Band / Qlatse Ethio-Jazz Project 7-10 free @ Smithsonian African Art Museum (eventbrite)
Sun. Nov 15- Los Gaiteros de San Jacinto, Fruko, and Carmelo Torres present Madre Cumbia @ Union Stage (Colombia greats)
Wed. Nov. 18- Go-go Remembered, w/ Sundita Ramin, Kato Hammond, Alona Wartofsky, Charles Stephenson 7pm at MLK Library
Friday Nov 20-Caroline, Giant Claw @ Howard Theatre (UK post-rock w/ tuneful aspects)
Mon. Nov. 23- Stevie Wonder Songs in the Key of Life 50th anniv. Tour @ Capital One Arena (sold out)
Fri. Nov 27- Los Tigres del Norte @ CFG Arena (norteno)
Sat. Nov. 28- Manhattans feat. Gerald Alston @ Birchmere (soul/r&B)
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Full November List starts below. *Updates, added events, changes will include asterisks *
Sun. Nov 1-
Eva Ayllon & Daniella Darcourt @ Howard Theatre (Afro-Peruvian legend w/ Peruvian salsa singer ) ;
RaiNao @ Union Stage (Puerto Rican) (sold out) ;
Washington Ballet’s Go-go 50 w/ Black Alley @ Warner Theatre
Prayers @ Pearl St Warehouse (“Cholo-goth”)
Corey Arceneaux and the Zydeco Hot Peppers 6pm @ Hank Dietle's
Disney Pixar’s Coco Live-to-Film Concert on Tour, featuring a screening of the complete film with composer Michael Giacchino’s musical score performed live by the 20-member Orquesta Folclórica Nacional de México 3:30 pm @ Strathmore Music Center
Electropico World w/ Cheo y los Consentidos, Mr. Pauer, Bongo District, Leon City Sounds djs @ Throw Social
Shirley Jones of The Jones Girls and a Tribute to Jerry Butler featuring Joseph Bennett backed by The Unit Band directed by Keith Showtime Busey 5pm @ Camp Springs Elks Lodge #2332
Parallax Scrolls 8pm @ Galaxy Hut
Tardeata Jarocha (a Mexican Jarocha late afternoon party) w/ Junior Klan and Apache 16 @ Mexico Lindo
Saxafon Magico w/ Geru y Su Legion 7 @ Mi gran mariachi, 10841 Lanham Severn Road
Glenn Dale, Md
Los Dos de Tamaulipas @ Rio Cantina
Pedro Night dj’ing @ Don Tito
Baby Alcatraz & Smile Now, Cry Later dj’ing 5-9 for Dia de los muertos @ Vagabond
Sherri Barbee Band @ Lamont’s
Maryna Krut 4 & 7pm @ Strathmore Mansion (contemporary Ukrainian folk);
live Ethiopian music @ Shalla Restaurant in Silver Spring ;
Roots Band @ Makeda Restaurant, Van Dorn St., Alexandria (Ethiopian)
Ethiopian music @ MHL Lounge in Falls Church
Ras Band @ Black Rose Lounge (Ethiopian) ;
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")
Scooby Da Godson w/ Sirius Company @ 1865 steak Lounge (go-go); *Afro MasqHalloween party @ GQ Event Center in Greenbelt (or in Beltsville ) ;
*Purple Velvet Planet movie & Brandon Woody WPFW show 4pm @ Palisades Centre * *dia de los muertos in Cielo Rojo parking lot * *Dia de los Muertos fest w/ music & folk dancers 5:30-8pm @ National Portrait Gallery Museum courtyard * ; Dia de los Muertos w/ Folklórico dance from Los Quetzales and music from Mariachi Estrella 5-8 pm @ Arlington Museum of Contemporary Art * ;
Dia de los Muertos 3-6 pm @ the Wharf *; *That Cloud live recording 2pm @ Rhizome ( noise & ambient dismantling of 60s pop & more); ;
*Youth in Government (DC space-rock; shoegaze; post-rock) , Furniture Music (Jeff Barsky & JS Adams play inspired by Satie 1917 background music) , We All Witness ( Amy K. Bormet, Sarah Marie Hughes, Christine Paluch, Keith Butler Jr. and Thomas Stanley. play adventurous jazz) 7 pm @ Rhizome* ;
*Fallfest dj party 2-7:30 @ the Bullpen* *Shorty Corleone & the Creatives 11am -5pm @ Piano Keys (go-go brunch)*; *Junkyard Band 5:30 pm @ Northwest Stadium Legends plaza gate H pre-Commanders game go-go*; *Raheem D'Vaughn & the Crank Crusaders @ Takoma Station Tavern *
*Reaction Band @ Martini's * *Heitor Presser 8pm @ Bossa (good Brazilian music singer)* ; *Push Play @ Mix & Mingle (go-go); *
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Mon. Nov. 2-
Dia de los Muertos @ Rhizome ;
TCB, TOB, Reaction, XIB, the Men @ Martini's
Bass Drum of Death @ DC9
Hovvdy @ 930 Club (indie-folk-country-bedroom rock pop)
Push Play @ Chateau Lounge (go-go)
Marcus Young 10 pm @ Andrews in Morningside, MD ;
Ethiopian music live @ Napoli Lounge;
Ethiojazz w/ the Roots Band @ Shalla
Strathmore artists in residence class of 2027 plus pianist Mark G. Meadows @ Strathmore (many genres)
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Tues. Nov. 3-
Flipper & openers Saafewaay, DMV, Glycine @ Fridge (slow-core punk)
Janel Leppin’s Ensemble Volcano Ash @ Rhizome (Jazz-noisy-art rock)
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. Nov. 4-
Ashley Monroe and Charlie Worsham @ Birchmere (clever critics friendly country w/ a bit of pop)
This is Lorelei @ Atlantis (critic fave twangy indie-rock) (sold out)
Rawayana @ MGM National Harbor (Venezuelan trippy psych pop)
The music of Hey Arnold cartoon live @ 930 Club (sold Out)
Ak’chamel (psychedelia), Ecology Homestones (noise) @ Rhizome
Dead Gowns, Lamplight, Sabel Jane @ Comet P Pong
Chrming, 4Hann, Jean Wilder @ Quarry House Tavern
Matheus Fonseca 6-9 @ Cana (Brazilian guitar)
Brazilian Brothers feat. Heitor Presser 7-10 @ Mercy Me
New Impressionz @ Hemen Lounge (go-go)
What Band feat. Killa Cal free @ Shark Bar (go-go)
Live Ethiopian music @ Napoli Lounge
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Thurs. Nov. 5-
Tul8te @ Fillmore (Egyptian singer/rapper)
Ian Mackaye and Darryl Jennifer talk about the Bad Brains - Are You Ready! The Birth of the Bad Brains and their First Studio Recording 6:30-8pm @ MLK library (eventbrite free tix may be gone, but if you get there early there may end up being some seats available)
Hamilton Leithauser & Rostam joint tour w/ 2 openers @ 930 Club (dc-rooted indie rock from Walkmen & Vampire Weekend members)
Built to Spill, Quasi @ Union Craft Brewing (sold out)
Q Marsden @ Union Stage (alt-r&b)
Felina salsa & bachata dance party w/Pedro Night dj’ing 10 pm @ Tigres de la Noche
Poncho Zuleta & Cocha Molina @ the Palace (vallenato)
Microcinema: Daniel Bachman - The Witness Tree 7 pm @ Rhizome (the sounds and visuals of trees over 100 years old plus insects, river, & some fingerpicking guitar)
Longtimers 8pm @ Hank Dietle’s Tavern (roots)
Double exposure investigative film fest
Mess & Friction: A Baltimore reading & poetry series w/ Brian G. Gilmore, Matthew Klane, Nicolette Polek, Chris L. Terry @ Fadensonnen Upstairs Tavern Baltimore (Gilmore is an impressive poet & writer)
DC Greeks Pan-Hellenism weekend thru Nov. 8th
Edmar Castenada 8pm @ Library of Congress Coolidge Aud. (harpist)
Proper Utensils @ Piano Keys (go-go)
Azul Band @ El Secreto de Rosita (north African & global sounds)
Brazilian forro & samba music w/ Felipe Garibaldi & Rosa Morais 7-10 pm @ Mercy Me
What Band @ Martinis (go-go)
Reaction Band @ Hemen 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. Nov. 6-
Geese , Gwenifer Raymond @ Anthem (sold out)
Are You Ready! The Birth of the Bad Brains and their First Studio Recording exhibit w/ artifacts, film, photos, flyers @ Lost Origins Gallery opens 7pm (runs thru Dec. 5)
Diwali Fest after dark 5- 9:30pm @ Museum of Asian Art
Tibet Film Fest opening reception w/ music by Tenzin Choegyal 8:45pm @ JCC DC, 1529 16th St. NW (Australia based Tibet musician)
Imperial Teen, Gay Meat @ Comet P Pong (punky pop rock)
David Castro @ Diamond Lounge (“king of Bolivian cumbia”)
Fer Martínez y sus cuates de Olancho , & Las Chicas Rolands @ Rio Cantina
Daniel Calderon y los Gigantes de vallenato @ VIP Room Baltimore
Zedicus @ Brentwood Arts Exchange (DC-based Ethiopian reggae)
DJ Baby Alcatraz & That Rob Macy w/ Save Your Soul dj party @ Lithuanian Hall Baltimore
Nate Wooley & Dave Ballou & John Dierker & Mike Kuhl 8pm @ Normals Books
Bed Maker, The Armors, Bohemian Waxwing @ Rhizome (3 different types of punk from dc area)
Dream Brigade with Phillip Golub (piano), Lesley Mok (drums) 7:30 @ Tonal Park (improv jazz)
Diwali Banger w/ dj Browny @ Darna
Carsie Blanton @ Union Stage
Allure Band 6-10 @ Takoma Station Tavern (r&b/go-go)
Qui Yu Quartet free 6-7 pm @ Kennedy Center Millennium Stage @ the Reach Bldg
Scottish fiddler Louise Bichan All Hallows Eve spooky tunes 7-9pm @ Hill Center
Oklahoma Twisters 9pm @ Hank Dietle’s Tavern (roots)
Orquesta Manplesa 9pm @ Qui Qui
Jad Halal from Lebanon to DC @ Zebbie’s Garden
Rare Essence, EU w/ Sugar Bear @ Fast Eddie’s
Moya Afrohouse Experience @ Transmission
Backyard Band @ Ivy City Smokehouse
Akua Allrich album listening party 7pm @ Fireplace Records
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
Afrobeats, amapiano, & house dj @ SkyVibe Laurel
Arabic music dj @ Green Zone
*"Feast Your Ears: The Story of WHFS" movie doc showing as a benefit for WETA 6pm @ Palisades Hub Centre *
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Sat. Nov 7-
Scarface birthday concert feat. Devin the Dude @ Black Cat (old school rap)
“Don’t Need You: The Herstory of Riot Grrl” doc screening & discussion 2-4:30pm @ St. Stephen’s Church , 1525 Newton St. NW
Tenzin Choegyal & Gyurme Tethong 8:30 pm @ JCC DC (Tibetan music) ( you have to buy a ticket to movie Far from Home @ 6:30 or buy a full fest pass to attend)
El Cousteau, Kelow Latesha , 2 more 10:30 pm @ Pearl St Warehouse (dc rap)
Hiss Golden Messenger, Sam Amidon 6pm @ 930 Club
Red Baraat @ Barns of Wolf Trap (bhangra funk)
Extended Play loft party w/ Chicago house dj Mike Dunn , Sam Park @ National Union building
Mood II Swing, Diyana Monet, My Friend Jack @ Transmission (90s r&b, house & more)
Jon B @ Bethesda Theater
DJ Bullet, Wemi, Mambo, Mobu, Dave Mercure w/ La Musique 9 pm @ Strand NW DC (Haitian & African Afro House )
Chicas Rolands @ El Palenque Sports bar Falls Church
Innocence Mission @ Union Stage
Kate Nash @ Hamilton Live ( UK alt pop)
Orange Dog Club, Lookout @ Comet P Pong
Chloe Kimes, Leyna Traynham @ Quarry House Tavern
Nervous Verbs, Crowd Scene @ Rhizome (post-rock & post-psychedelic bands )
Bobby Mahoney, Home Remedies, Apollo 66 8pm @ American Legion Post 41 Cissel-Saxon
Reggae, afrobeats, soca dj @ Karma
Chicha Morada @ Marx Cafe
Adams Morgan Porch Fest w/ TOB 1-4 pm @ High ROad Hotel, 1804 Belmont Rd NW
Konshens the MC free 6-7 pm @ Kennedy Center Millennium Stage @ the Reach Bldg
“Rumble: The Indians who Rocked the World “ film doc 7:30 @ the Justice Forum in the Kennedy Center Reach Building
Jason Marsalis w/ vocalist Vanisha Gould @ Harmony Hall (jazz)
TCB 7-11pm @ Urban Garden Brewing (bouncebeat go-go)
Orquesta Manplesa 10 pm @ Haydee’s Mt Pleasant (salsa)
Push Play, Still Familiar, 9pm ish @ Lamont’s (go-go)
Tropical Beat w/ Leon City Sounds djs @ Green Zone
Los Empresarios (tropical funk), Kromanauts (reggae-rap-funk), all-vinyl DJ Vico Vibez @ Pie Shop
TOB @ Blue Moon Lounge (Bouncebeat go-go)
Backyard Band, Ambition Band @ Shark Bar (go-go)
Image Band @ Fall Vibes Fest 12-4pm @ Mall at Prince George’s (calypso/soca/Caribbean)
Shelly Alfred backed by band @ Fire Station 1 (Caribbean glow party)
Frank Reyes @ Fast Eddie’s
Present Imperfection art exhibit w/ polaroids at Friendship Heights pop-up pavilion
Puro Ritmo history of salsa exhibit @ Smithsonian American History Museum
Rare Essence @ 11 @ Aqua (go-go)
Tumbao (Latin salsa ) @ 10:30pm @ 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 w/ Fasika, Anitenehi & band 9:30pm @ Arada restaurant & bar New Hampshire Ave. Takoma Park
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Sun. Nov. 8-
William Basinski @ Bette @ Berhta (critic fave avante-garde ambient composer who uses loops from his old decaying tapes)
Akeem Ali @ Howard Theatre (southern rap)
Pakeezah 2 pm @ Museum of Asian Art (1972 Bollywood musical)
Afghan Whigs @ Baltimore Soundstage
Petroleros del Bravo @ Mexico Lindo
Lighthearted, Kate Stephenson, Vintz Desert 9pm @ Comet P Pong
The R&B Club discusses the year 1996 in R&B 12 noon @ Songbyrd
Fulton Lights, Devin Ocampo & Jerry Busher 8pm @ Galaxy Hut (post-punk - Ocampo & Buser are Dischord associated)
Darryl Davis backstage 4pm @ Palisades Hub
Sonic Chambers Quartet @ Rhizome (New Orleans & NYC collaborative jazz)
Billy Price Band 6pm 8pm @ Hank Dietle’s Tavern (roots & blue-eyed soul)
Flea market w/ DJ Baby Alcatraz spinning records 12-5pm @ Lyman’s Tavern
Backyard Band @ Sax (go-go)
1252 Band 4pm ish @ Lamont’s (soul)
Cannelle @ Atlantis (French electro-synth pop)
Little Hag, Soul Meets Body, Sheila 7pm @ 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
Ras Band @ Black Rose Lounge (Ethiopian)
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. Nov. 9-
The Tubs & Slippers @ Songbyrd (Tubs have Richard Thompson-ish vocals over pop-punk & celtic rock; Slippers are pop punk)
Shyne, Barrington Levy, Lil Cease @ Warner Theatre (reggae) cancelled
Slow Pulp @ 930 Club (Chicago indie rock)
Rally to stop the “Bipartisan American Affordability and Jobs Act” a Republican bill that in Title III would gut the National Historic Preservation Act including language that gives tribal nations a voice; 12:30-2 pm by US Capital pool
Marcus Young 10 pm @ Andrews in Morningside, MD ;
Ethiopian music live @ Napoli Lounge;
Ethiojazz w/ the Roots Band @ Shalla
*Capitol Hill Cajun dance @ Hill Center *
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Tues. Nov 10-
Deerhoof, That This, Jackie Cougar & the Vampyres from Africa @ Black Cat (Bay area artsy rock w/ 2 dc bands)
Ami Taf Ra & Kamasi Washington @ Keystone Korner (jazz)
Beat (Former King Crimson members Adrian Belew and Tony Levin are joined by guitarist Steve Vai and drummer Terry Bozzio to perform the music of three 1980s King Crimson albums) @ MGM National Harbor
New Orthodox, Red Sunflower, Alma Laprida & Mike Kuhl @ Rhizome (experimental rock)
Aaron lee Tasjan @ Songbyrd
New Constellations @ Howard Theatre (dream pop & synth wave)
Brookelen, Humidifier, It Wants @ Quarry House Tavern
Sombr @ Capital One (pop)
Papa Lebas & Gumbo Ya Ya feat. Joe Krown & Corey Arcenaux @ Rams Head Onstage Annapolis
Matheus Fonseca band for OAS night @ Blues Alley (Brazilian guitar led music)
Kiti Gartner & Drifting Valentines 8pm @ Hank Dietle’s Tavern (roots honky tonk & rockabilly & western swing )
“Tribute to Polo for Lovember” w/ TCB & TOB live recording taking it back to the old days w/ guests 10pm @ Citizens & Culture rooftop
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
* Corey Arceneaux & the Zydeco Hot Peppers @ Rams Head Annapolis *
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Wed. Nov. 11 -
Adult, A Place to Bury Strangers, Vosh @ Black Cat
Freak Slug @ Atlantis
Boyhood, Emotional World , Flo Petite @ Quarry House Tavern
Papa Lebas & Gumbo Ya Ya fest. Joe Krown 8pm @ Hank Dietle’s Tavern (roots)
David Chappell Band @ VFW 350 Hells Bottom (roots rock)
Matheus Fonseca 6-9 @ Cana (Brazilian guitar)
Brazilian Brothers feat. Heitor Presser 7-10 @ Mercy Me
New Impressionz @ Hemen Lounge (go-go)
What Band feat. Killa Cal free @ Shark Bar (go-go)
Live Ethiopian music @ Napoli Lounge
*"See it Loud: The Globe Poster Story " film doc 7pm @ MICA Falvey Hall Baltimore *
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Thurs. Nov. 12 -
Daniel Lanois Trio @ Hamilton Dc live (Atmospheric roots music)
Jodeci 35th aniv. Tour of Forever My Lady @ MGM National Harbor (r&B)
Marty Stuart & his Fabulous Superlatives @ Birchmere (country & roots jangle rock)
Chat Pile, Soul Glo, Shallowater @ Black Cat
Willi Carlise, Sparrow Smith @ Union Stage (punky-folk)
Racecourse, Sware @ Rhizome (alt-rock via Red Brick promoter)
Raiatea Helm @ Barns of Wolf Trap (Hawaiian)
Jewel House @ Quarry House Tavern
Jimi Smooth and the Hit Band @ Montpelier Arts Center
Teri Tobin’s Home for the holidays experience w/ Imani-Grace Cooper @ Songbyrd (quiet storm r& b)
Flack @ VFW 350 Hells Bottom (roots rock-power pop)
East Potomac Park lobby to prevent golf course expansion day on Capitol Hill
Orrin Evans trio @ Blues Alley (jazz)
The Grandsons w/ Scott McKnight 8pm @ Hank Dietle’s Tavern (roots)
Elijah Balbed w/ ALex Hamburger @ U of MD Clarice Smith Ctr
Danube sessions live w/Dj Šarkan & orchester PraŽevica @ Green Zone
Brazilian forro & samba music w/ Felipe Garibaldi & Rosa Morais 7-10 pm @ Mercy Me
What Band @ Martinis (go-go)
Reaction Band @ Hemen 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. Nov. 13-
Geese, Gwenifer Raymond @ Anthem (sold out)
War @ Bethesda Theater (and the 14th)
Protomartyr @ Black Cat
Sweeping Promises, Clear Channel @ Union Stage (Sweeping Promises are critic-praised)
The War and Treaty @ Fillmore
Joy Oladokun @ Howard Theatre (indie-folk)
Banda Guerrerense , Banda Perla Sagrada @ Mexico Lindo
Los Toros Band, El Varon de la Bachata @ Rio Cantina
La Gigi @ Bravo Bravo
Afro Desi feat. Mr. Saj & friends 11 pm @ Songbyrd
Radiator Hospital, Noun, Dim Wizard @ Comet P Pong
Red Brick Weekend w/ Flowers for the Dead , Music Mouse 6:30 @ Takoma Park Presbyterian Church Gym
Shake & Shout 60s soul dance party w/ DJ Candie Kitsch @ Neptune Room
The Last Waltz done by DC roots rockers @ Hamilton Live
Blacc Print Experience 6-10pm @ Takoma Station Tavern (go-go)
Chante Moore @ Birchmere (Neo-soul r&B)
fingerstyle guitarist Jon Shain and bassist FJ Ventre blend Piedmont blues, folk, bluegrass, swing, and ragtime 8pm @ Archie Edwards Blues Barbershop Hyattsville
Cold Chocolate free 6-7 pm @ Kennedy Center Millennium Stage @ Studio K in the Reach Bldg (Americana folk meets funk)
Sequoia “REDWOOD” Snyder’ 12:30 @ Devine Theater Georgetown U. (jazz keyboardist also influenced by hiphop)
Orrin Evans trio @ Blues Alley (jazz)
Negril Jamaican restaurant reopens on GA Ave
Dead Billionaires, Trash Boat & the Ambush, Ammonite @ Pie Shop
DJ Jahsonic @ La Betty
Downtown DC holiday market (with bands?) opens
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
Afrobeats, amapiano, & house dj @ SkyVibe Laurel
Arabic music dj @ Green Zone
* Charlie Parr @ Jammin Java (folk-blues & blues-rock) *
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Sat. Nov. 14-
War @ Bethesda Theater (funk)
Diles que no me maten (from Mexico City) w/ Toro, Ardo @ Pie Shop (Mexico City band nicely melds post-punk & krautrock drone; others are dc area alt-rock)
The Mercado: Adobo DMV presents a block party w/ a band tba, & djs tba 2-9 pm; after-party w/ Pedro Night dj 9pm - 2am @ La Cosecha at Union Market 1280 4th St NE
Sounds of Africa w/ DC’s Qlatse Band / Qlatse Ethio-Jazz Project 7-10 free @ Smithsonian African Art Museum (eventbrite)
Red Brick 5th anniv. Weekend w/ Omni, Fib, Saafewaay 5:30 @ Takoma Park Presbyterian Church Gym
Red Brick Brick show w/ Violetville (1st gig; have members of dmv acts Massie, Spring Silver, Lean Tee, Dorinda), Postdog, Beam Zillion 1pm @ Rhizome (shoegaze rock & more)
Heru spoken dub w/ Lybia’sun of Bambu Station Dub, Muata Blues 7 – 11pm @
Sankofa Video Books & Café, 2714 Georgia Ave NW, Washington, DC 20001, USA
Jeffrey Osbourne & Will Downing @ MGM National harbor
Fruit Bats 10pm @ 930 Club
Don Joaco @ La Curva Tex-Mex Bar in Laurel (Nicaragua)
Noche Colombiana w/ Grupo de Millo Aires del Folclor, DJ Flaco @ Public Bar Live (Colombian)
Bedouine @ Atlantis (Armenian-American indie-folk)
Raga Boyz , Shae Gill @ Throw Social
Lee Bains III, Little A @ Quarry House Tavern
Dan Deacon, Chicago Al’s Magic Harmonica 7pm @ 8x10
Afrobeats to the world djs @ Soundstage
The Last Waltz done by DC roots rockers @ Hamilton Live
DC zine fest & the 50th anniversary of punk 11am to 4 @ MLK Library; & Punks like us 1-3pm @ MLK Library
Chante Moore @ Birchmere (Neo-soul r&B)
Elijah Easton Band @ Takoma Station Tavern (jazz sax)
Black Black w/ Fyah Oats, more @ College Park venue tba
Crown Vic’s Weird World vinyl dj’ing @ Green Zone
Hiphop Studies Conference & DJ battle 10am -11pm @ Sandlot Uptown, 1900 7th St NW
Caribbean dj party @ Fire Station 1
Akua Allrich 2pm @ Banneker-Douglass Museum Annapolis (jazz & more vocalist)
New Impressionz, Reaction, ABM @ Fast Eddie’s (bouncebeat go-go)
Rare Essence @ 11 @ Aqua (go-go)
Tumbao (Latin salsa ) @ 10:30pm @ 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 w/ Fasika, Anitenehi & band 9:30pm @ Arada restaurant & bar New Hampshire Ave. Takoma Park
Present Imperfection art exhibit w/ polaroids at Friendship Heights pop-up pavilion
Puro Ritmo history of salsa exhibit @ Smithsonian American History Museum
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Sun. Nov 15-
Los Gaiteros de San Jacinto, Fruko, and Carmelo Torres present Madre Cumbia @ Union Stage (Colombia greats)
Dennis Stroughmatt et L'Esprit Creole Cajun dance 1-4pm @ Glen Echo Park
Sarau de Samba w/ Brazilian music and dancing 2-5pm @ Glen Echo Park Ballroom Backroom
Gilla Band @ Atlantis
Red Brick weekend aftershow tba
Dan Deacon, Chicago Al’s Magic Harmonica 7pm @ 8x10
The Bad Plus @ Keystone Korner
Pluto’s Not a Planet, tba @ Galaxy Hut
blooming, Rhea Burdick, Patrick Smith @ Rhizome (experimental folk & fingerstyle guitar)
Perhutao @ Takoma Station Tavern (global beat)
Hula Monsters 6pm @ Hank Dietle’s Tavern (roots)
Youngnam Samulmori Golden Drum 1:30 to 1:50 @ MLK Library Aud.
N2 Studios Kpop dance demonstration 3-3:40 @ MLK Library Aud.
Beartooth @ MGM National Harbor (metalcore)
Rise Band 4pm ish @ Lamont’s (soul)
live Ethiopian music @ Shalla Restaurant in Silver Spring
Roots Band @ Makeda Restaurant, Van Dorn St., Alexandria (Ethiopian)
Ethiopian music @ MHL Lounge in Falls Church
Ras Band @ Black Rose Lounge (Ethiopian)
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")
*Diwali rock celebration w/ Argo & Violet Queens, Nayan, Deccan Traps, Ananth 7pm @ Palisades Hub Centre*
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Mon. Nov 16-
Greg Freeman, Robber Robber @ Atlantis (critic fave rock)
Gregory Porter, String Queens for DC Jazz Fest benefit @ Anthem
Lalah Hathaway @ Rams Head Annopolis (r&b)
Inayah @ Union Stage (southern r&b)
Your Brain on music: Science, sound, & soul w/ PostClassical Ensemble doing Beethoven’s Eighth Symphony, & visuals of brain scans & more @ Hopkins Bloomberg Ctr in DC
Adenochrome, Infiltrators, Reason Why, Unused Einstein @ Rhizome (hardcore punk from Milwaukee & Baltimore)
Marcus Young 10 pm @ Andrews in Morningside, MD ;
Ethiopian music live @ Napoli Lounge;
Ethiojazz w/ the Roots Band @ Shalla
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Tues. Nov. 17-
An Evening with Brandon Tensley and Emily Lordi re their books on Whitney Houston @ 7 @ Lost City Books
The Hiphop Nutcracker @ National Theatre (thru Nov. 22)
Sleep & 2 more @ Lincoln Theatre
Dauber, Keegan del Rio @ Quarry House Tavern
Your Brain on music: Science, sound, & soul w/ PostClassical Ensemble doing Beethoven’s Eighth Symphony, & visuals of brain scans & more @ Hopkins Bloomberg Ctr in DC
D. Davis, Sun V Set, Vanessa Wills @ Rhizome (folk)
The Cocteau Twins album”Heaven or Las Vegas” is played as part of Selector Series #39 and then discussed 7pm Idle Hour in Baltimore
Seth Kibel clarinetist record release @ Blues Alley (Jazz, klezmer, 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. Nov. 18-
Go-go Remembered, w/ Sundita Ramin, Kato Hammond, Alona Wartofsky, Charles Stephenson 7pm at MLK Library
Mark O’Connor’s Appalachian Christmas feat. Maggie O’Connor @ Barns of Wolf Trap
David W Chappell Band @ Blues Alley (DC roots guitarist)
Matheus Fonseca 6-9 @ Cana (Brazilian guitar)
Brazilian Brothers feat. Heitor Presser 7-10 @ Mercy Me
New Impressionz @ Hemen Lounge (go-go)
What Band feat. Killa Cal free @ Shark Bar (go-go)
Live Ethiopian music @ Napoli Lounge
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Thurs. Nov. 19-
The Saami Brothers Qawwali 7pm @ Church of the Epiphany, 1317 G St NW (great Pakistani Qawwali)
Aga Khan Master Musicians @ 6th & I
Sirintip @ the Pocket (NY-based Swedish Thai jazz-pop singer)
Gnarls Barkley @ Fillmore
Stella Lefty @ Atlantis (sold out)
They Might Be Giants @ 930 Club (through the 22nd)
Gene, Weston Loney @ Howard Theatre
Virg (album release) , Anthony Pirog & Red Sunflower, Dumb Lucky @ Songbyrd
The Owners, Live Skull, Skull Practitioners @ Comet P Pong
Mark O’Connor’s Appalachian Christmas feat. Maggie O’Connor @ Barns of Wolf Trap
Benefit for Baldwin House coop - Bodied, Undoll, Chunder, A. Guiou @ Rhizome (hardcore screamo)
Phat Doug free 6-7 pm @ Kennedy Center Millennium Stage @ Studio K in the Reach Bldg (1990s era rap)
L.A. Young & Soul Society do the Phyliss Hyman songbook @ Blues Alley
Soul Sauce w/ dj Kenny M on vinyl @ Green Zone
Brazilian forro & samba music w/ Felipe Garibaldi & Rosa Morais 7-10 pm @ Mercy Me
What Band @ Martinis (go-go)
Reaction Band @ Hemen 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
*Yemen Blues 7:30 pm @ Palisades Hub Centre *
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Friday Nov 20-
Caroline, Giant Claw @ Howard Theatre (UK post-rock w/ tuneful aspects)
Karan Aujla @ Capital One Arena (Punjabi pop & rap)
Ecce Shnak w/ Catie Turner & Kiss Bang @ Metro Gallery Baltimore (NY art-rock/prog-punk)
Doja Cat @ CFG Arena (pop-rap)
They Might Be Giants @ 930 Club (through the 22nd)
El Torito Hector Acosta @ Rio Cantina
Norteno Fest w/ Nueva Pradera, Los Tortugas del Norte @ Papasitos in Manassas Park
Banda Orquesta San Jeronimo , Marjory (La Reina de la tonada), Lili Macas @ Delight Ballroom, Rosedale, MD
Las Chicas Roland @ La Caverna Sports Bar in Hyattsville
Los Corraleros de Majagual @ Diamond Lounge
Yenddi @ Bravo Bravo (bachata & more)
Mel Bryant, Griefcat, Ballerina @ Comet P Pong
Paul Cebar Tomorrow Sound 9pm @ Hank Dietle’s Tavern (roots)
Whoops Album Release w/ Linda Smith, Caleb Holt, Jiffy 9pm @ Holy Frijoles
Roscoe Tripp, Catherine Savage, Magic Item, Calico 7pm @ Peabody Heights
Proper Utensils 6-10pm @ Takoma Station Tavern (go-go)
Sex Faces, Song People, Credit @ Rhizome (punk/alt rock )
Marcus Davon Clark (G Money from UCB) free 6-7 pm @ Kennedy Center Millennium Stage @ the Reach Bldg
DIck Smith @ Westminster Church (jazz singer)
The Icks (florida) , The Hickeys (florida), Rocky IV, and Powerband @ the Fridge (see Capital city sound system on IG for more info)
Caribbean dj party @ Fire Station 1
Les the DJ @ La betty
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
Afrobeats, amapiano, & house dj @ SkyVibe Laurel
Arabic music dj @ Green Zone
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Sat. Nov. 21-
Doja Cat @ Capital One Arena (pop-rap)
Terence Blanchard & Ravi Shankar @ Strathmore (jazz & more)
Ginja NY based & Amapiano DMV rooftop party w/ Ethan Tomas & friends -afrobeats, , amapiano, dancehall djs 4-10 @ Decades /Zebbie’s garden
Beirut to DC w/ DJs Anthony Raad, Farouq Murad @ Culture
They Might Be Giants @ 930 Club (through the 22nd)
Marshall Crenshaw Band w/ Sarah Borges @ Rams Head Onstage Annapolis
Chrisette Michele @ Bethesda Theater
Brnda,Problem Addict, Petrichor @ Comet P Pong
Giancarlo Rodriguez y La Tremenda w/ Colombian salsa and Peruvian salsa @ The Salsa Room In Mclean
Yenddi @ Euphoria in Baltimore (bachata & more)
June Henry, Chrysalis, Jem Wilde @ Quarry House Tavern
Liana Flores @ Union Stage (folk pop & bossa nova)
Vienna Tang @ Hamilton Live (classical piano & singer/songwriter folk)
Quattracenta, Skull Practitioners, Live Skull 8pm @ Holy Frijoles
Ms. Kim Experience @ Ivy City Smokehouse (go-go)
DC Punk rock flea market at St Stephens
Jason Carter and Michael Cleveland @ Barns of Wolf Trap (bluegrass)
Can I Kick It?: The Warriors 7:30 pm @ Creative Alliance (hiphop score added to movie)
Stephan Crump’s Passerine w/ drummer Ches Smith, sax player David Leon, trumpeter Kenny Warren @ Rhizome (jazz improv)
Chi-Ali free 6-7 pm @ Kennedy Center Millennium Stage @ the Reach Bldg (rapper from Native Tongues )
“Put it in the Pocket: DC’s Go-go Music” doc 7:30 @ Kennedy Center Justice Forum in the Reach Bldg
Leigh Pilzer band @ Takoma Station tavern (jazz sax and organ)
Paul Cebar Tomorrow Sound 9 pm @ Hank Dietle’s Tavern (roots)
Spirit Electricity w/ Coptic Times, Soul Craft, Jenny Hates Techno, Thaylobleau @ Pie Shop (DC reggae and funk rock)
DJ Johnson Lee (From Joe’s Record Paradise) @ Green Zone
Club Ghetto-Tech : Vol. 10 @ Transmission
Soca for breakfast dj party @ Society
Akua Allrich @ Little havana in Baltimore
Orquesta Manplesa @ Plaza Oaxaca
Rare Essence @ 11 @ Aqua (go-go)
Tumbao (Latin salsa ) @ 10:30pm @ 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 w/ Fasika, Anitenehi & band 9:30pm @ Arada restaurant & bar New Hampshire Ave. Takoma Park
*Prabir Trio & the Yachtsmen 7:30 @ Palisades Hub Centre *
Present Imperfection art exhibit w/ polaroids at Friendship Heights pop-up pavilion
Puro Ritmo history of salsa exhibit @ Smithsonian American History Museum
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Sun. Nov 22-
Pouya @ Fillmore (underground rap)
Mary in the Junkyard @ dc 9 (sold out)
They Might Be Giants @ 930 Club
Marshall Crenshaw w/ Sarah Borges & Eric Ambel @ Birchmere
Paul Cebar Tomorrow Sound 9 pm @ Hank Dietle’s Tavern (roots)
Chicas Rolands @ Tacos el Morro Bar & Restaurant
Herman’s Hermits starring Peter Noone 2 shows @ Rams Head Onstage Annapolis (British invasion)
Tosser, Ex Pilots, Visiting Hour, Pseud 6pm @ the Fridge
Roscoe Tripp, Magic Item @ Galaxy Hut
Fanoplane (improvisational w/ Bob Boilen (synthesizer), Ted Zook (basscello), & Doug Kallmeyer (bass guitar and electronics), Jerry Busher (drums), Patrick Whitehead (horns), Maya Renfro (violin and voice), Brie Anderson (baritone guitar), Dan Gutstein (spoken word), Sarah Marie Hughes (sax, flute and voice), and Sarah Paz Hyde (violin, more); Plank (experimental band) @ Rhizome
Baltimore Record Bazaar 12pm free @ Peabody Heights
We the People presented by Washington National Opera w/ Renee Fleming & others 4pm @ DAR Const. Hall
Trippie Redd @ Echostage (emo rap)
1252 Band 4pm ish @ Lamont’s (soul)
Leon City Sounds djs @ record bazaar @ Peabody Hts Brewery
live Ethiopian music @ Shalla Restaurant in Silver Spring
Roots Band @ Makeda Restaurant, Van Dorn St., Alexandria (Ethiopian)
Ethiopian music @ MHL Lounge in Falls Church
Ras Band @ Black Rose Lounge (Ethiopian)
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")
*Addis Misganaw/Addio album "Ras Addis" release gig 4pm @ Vista Banquet Hall of Alexandria , 7846 Richmond Highway, Alexandria (Ethiopian)*
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Mon. Nov. 23-
Stevie Wonder Songs in the Key of Life 50th anniv. Tour @ Capital One Arena (sold out)
Toosii @ Howard Theatre
Pete Kerlin (solo 8 string bass) , Janel Leppin (solo cello) @ Rhizome (post-rock & jazz)
Marcus Young 10 pm @ Andrews in Morningside, MD ;
Ethiopian music live @ Napoli Lounge;
Ethiojazz w/ the Roots Band @ Shalla
Big Bill, Massie, New Passengers @ Pie Shop
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Tues. Nov. 24-
Kurt Vile And The Violators, Twisted Teens 7pm @ Ottobar (sold out)
Hell’s Kitchen (Alicia Keys musical w/ her songs ) @ National Theatre (thru Dec 6)
National Symphony Orchestra presents Dolly Parton’s Threads: My Songs in Symphony @ Anthem
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. Nov. 25-
Pinto Picasso @ TSR Tyson’s
Charlie Brown Xmas live onstage @ Lincoln Theatre
Junkyard Band @ Bethesda Theater
Ravel and many more @ Michael & Son Sportplex in Rockville (Dominican meringue)
Dalvin La Melodia @ Rio Cantina
Yenddi @ the Palace (bachata & more)
Nio Garcia @ Ibiza
Dani Cortaza Pan-American w/ lots of Brazilian guitar @ Blues Alley
Ms. Kim Experience @ Hamilton Hotel (go-go)
Terri & the Back Alley Rhythm Cats 8pm @ Hank Dietle’s Tavern (roots)
Mystic Nights VIII: GIÁ NHƯ ANH LÀ EM @ MGM National Harbor (Vietnamese singers do ballads)
4Kampe Glow in the Dark edition w/ djs playing afrobeats & dancehall @ the Strand NW
Plies, Sirius Company, more @ Echostage
Stone Pleasure Band , dj @ Lamont’s (soul)
Proper Utensils @ St Luke’s , East Capitol St SE (go-go)
Matheus Fonseca 6-9 @ Cana (Brazilian guitar)
Brazilian Brothers feat. Heitor Presser 7-10 @ Mercy Me
New Impressionz @ Hemen Lounge (go-go)
What Band feat. Killa Cal free @ Shark Bar (go-go)
Live Ethiopian music @ Napoli Lounge
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Thurs. Nov. 26-
Jimi Smooth & Hit time @ JVs (local soul act is here)
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I haven’t (yet) confirmed whether the below local acts will be performing on Thanksgiving Thursday
Brazilian forro & samba music w/ Felipe Garibaldi & Rosa Morais 7-10 pm @ Mercy Me
What Band @ Martinis (go-go)
Reaction Band @ Hemen 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. Nov 27-
Los Tigres del Norte @ CFG Arena (norteno)
Los Tucanes de Tijuana @ Eaglebank Arena
Victoria Monet @ Anthem
Lomiel @ Mexico Lindo
Messthetics & James Brandon Lewis , Janel Leppin’s The Realest @ Hamilton dc live (DC jazz-rock )
Afrobeats 10 pm @ 5 Sisters Lounge Laurel
Carl Craig, Seth Troxler, Roni Amitai @ Berhta (Detroit techno)
John Galm, William H. Travis, adobe moon, ghostworld @ Rhizome (minimalist singer/songwriter folk)
Blacc Print Experience 6-10 pm @ Takoma Station Tavern (go-go)
Seldom Scene @ Birchmere
Mary Battiata & Little Pink 5:30 pm @ Hank Dietle’s Tavern (roots)
Brazilian zouk social dance 7:30pm @ Glen Echo Park Ballroom Back room
Orquesta Manplesa 10 pm @ Nottingham’s (salsa)
Moment Band @ Lamont’s (r&B/soul)
Twerk 2 Freedom w/ Beodegaparty, znorthy, Tromac @ Transmission
“A Night at the CFE” w/ TOB, Reaction, ABM, New Vision, Tru Expressionx, XIB, All Starz 9pm @ Eritrean Cultural Center, 2154 24th Place NE (bouncebeat go-go)
DJ Najair @ Buena Vista Ballroom in Jessup (Caribbean)
DJ Underdog @ La Betty
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
Afrobeats, amapiano, & house dj @ SkyVibe Laurel
Arabic music dj @ Green Zone
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Sat. Nov. 28-
Manhattans feat. Gerald Alston @ Birchmere (soul/r&B)
Blackbyrds @ Bethesda Theater
EU feat. Sugar Bear, w/ the Chuck Brown Band @ Hamilton Live (go-go)
Nicole Atkins w/ John Gallagher Jr & Callum @ Rams Head Onstage Annapolis (Americana chamber pop)
Dalvin La Melodia @ Cococabana
Roni Size, Dieselboy, Circadian, Spinscott, Mc Messinan 8pm @ Soundstage (drum & bass)
Chus & Ceballos w/ Mina @ Berhta (Spanish tribal house)
Venezuelan rumba w/ dj @ El Secreto de Rosita
Ms. Kim Experience at St. Luke
Loud Luxury @ Echostage (electro house)
Night Train 357, Dumi Right, Marc 2Ray @ Songbyrd
Swing dance w/ Seth Kibbel Band & guests Daryl Davis & Mitch Woods @ Glen Echo Park
Miss Chief Rocka w/ Native American & hiphop dance free 6-7 pm @ Kennedy Center Millennium Stage @ the Reach Bldg
Top 5 Band 8pm @ Lamont’s (r&b/go-go)
Buko Buko, the Montaines @ Pie Shop
Nectar w V:Shal Kanwar dj @ Green Zone
Caribbean dj all black affair @ Buena Vista Ballroom in Jessup, MD
Bashment give thanks dj party @ Strand NW DC
Rare Essence @ 11 @ Aqua (go-go)
Tumbao (Latin salsa ) @ 10:30pm @ 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 w/ Fasika, Anitenehi & band 9:30pm @ Arada restaurant & bar New Hampshire Ave. Takoma Park
*Cellar Door Concerts discussion and reunion 3pm @ Palisades Hub Centre *
Present Imperfection art exhibit w/ polaroids at Friendship Heights pop-up pavilion
Puro Ritmo history of salsa exhibit @ Smithsonian American History Museum
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Sunday Nov. 29-
Distortion Inc album release 2pm @ Pie Shop (Black Market Baby bassist)
Bassmasters, Herschel Hoover @ Galaxy Hut
Bmore Zinefest 4-8pm free @ Peabody Heights
Daryl Jr Cline & Friends acoustic 2pm 8pm @ Hank Dietle’s Tavern (roots)
J.P. McDermott & Western Bop 6pm @ Hank Dietle’s Tavern (rockabilly & country)
Un-Corr Band 4pm ish @ Lamont’s (soul)
DJ Bimshire Caribbean party 5-9:30 @ St Ex
live Ethiopian music @ Shalla Restaurant in Silver Spring
Roots Band @ Makeda Restaurant, Van Dorn St., Alexandria (Ethiopian)
Ethiopian music @ MHL Lounge in Falls Church
Ras Band @ Black Rose Lounge (Ethiopian)
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 Nov. 30-
Yuki Chiba @ Union Stage (rap)
Marcus Young 10 pm @ Andrews in Morningside, MD ;
Ethiopian music live @ Napoli Lounge;
Ethiojazz w/ the Roots Band @ Shalla
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Tues. Dec. 1-
The War & the Treaty @ Rams Head Onstage Annapolis
Hank Azaria & the EZ Street Band- a Springsteen Celebration @ Atlantis
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
Wed. Dec. 2- Tyla @ Anthem (afropop/r&b) ; Dec. 3 ; Dec. 4- Gamelan and koto at Clarice Smith Ctr ; Dec. 5 -Spanish Harlem Orchestra @ George Mason ; Brencore Allstars @ Harmony Hall; Dec. 8-Sundiata Ramin book talk @ Woodridge Library
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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 & WPFW radio 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 danceclubs ; Also-Washington Post Going Out Guide; dc-hardcore .com; Washingtonian monthly one; pa palace go-go one, dcnights dot com & IG page *Gogo Weekly* & *District Daleel IG* also have events
