DC/Baltimore /DMV Global Music and More – June 2023
Compiled & curated
by Steve Kiviat and edited and updated frequently (go-go shows are often just
announced the week of the show). Work your way down day by day.
Calendar is posted, updated, and viewable here on the blog,
and events tweeted @stevekiviat. International (mainly African, Caribbean,
Brazilian), roots, rap, soul, go-go, indie-rock, punk, pop, club dj dance and
more DMV & Baltimore & Annapolis gigs that I am interested in. Additional gigs added after first posting
have been added at bottom of each day and have an *asterisk. Events listed have been found on websites, Instagram,
Facebook, Twitter, email, postcards, flyers, tik-tok, What’s app, & club
voicemails.
To submit events (for
posting) or comments (that are not posted) e-mail stevenkiviat @ gmail.com
Lots of good free outdoors
shows this month and next…Stay safe, have fun ...
Some Highlights:
Friday June 2-Billy woods and Kenny segal at dc 9 (underground rap) (sold Out)
Sat. June 3- DC Afro Latino Fest free @ Malcolm X
Park acts include Afro-Peruvian band Kumanana @ 1:25 ; Joel Santiago @ 2: 15;
La Laberinto del Coco from Puerto Rico @ 4:30; Cimafunk @ 6 .
Doo-Wop under the Street Lamp photo exhibit opens 2 to 4 @ Harmony Hall, Ft Washington , MD
(runs through July 27)
Leon City Sounds djs 5 year anniversary of providing
tropical dj sounds celebration w/ special guests El Frenetico (Lima , Peru)
& Utter a Mutter (Brooklyn) @ 10 @ Green Zone
Sunday June 4- Sirius Company 2 to 4 @ MLK Library Rooftop
free (go-go)
Wednesday June 7- Doo-Wop in DC : From the Street Corner to the
Stage photos and more exhibit opens w/ Sounds of Harmony (featuring Ron Poozie
Miles of the Rainbows) singing some songs plus “Checking Out Mingering Mike:
Washington DC’s Imaginary Soul Superstar artwork exhibit opens from 5:30 to
7:30 (exhibits run through July 24) @ MLK Library
Tinariwen @ Lincoln Theatre
(north African guitar led band)
Saturday June 10 -Southern soul at Lamont’s with Ms
Jody, Jeff Floyd, Hardway Connection, JRed the Nephew
Sunday June 11- Memorial Tribute to late DC soul
singer Eddie Jones w/ the Young Bucks Band feat. Earl Jones, Patti Hatchett and
more guests . Plus dinner at 7. 6pm to 10 pm @ VFW Post 8950, 9800 Good Luck
Road., Lanham (202)-702-8049
Rare Essence 2 to 4 @ MLK Library Rooftop free (go-go)
Saturday June 17-The Home Rule festival with EU,
Brian Jackson (the leader of Gil Scott-Heron’s 1970s bands), Doug Carn and the
Home Rule Band, Kahil El'Zabar’s Ethnic Heritage Ensemble, The Experience Band
& Show, and Mark G. Meadows & The Movement at the Parks at Walter Reed.
The day will include an outdoor record fair, food trucks, local vendors
Afram fest w/ Isley Brothers @ Druid Hill Park Baltimore
Juneteenth benefit celebration of Du-Drop Inn in Emery
Grove, MD & fundraiser for Scotland Baptist Church w/ Hardway Connection,
Shirleta Settles, Daryl Davis, Ray Apollo Allen, Jay Sumerour, Jimi Dougans,
Robbin Kapsalis, Tom Cliford doing soul and more w/ dinner @ 5 and show from 7
to 11
Sunday June 18-Re: Set w/ LCD Soundsystem Jamie XX,
Idles, L’Rain @ 4 @ Merriweather Post
Pavilion (rock & electronic)
Inner Ear Studio celebration w/ Scream, Bed Maker, La
Machetres @ 3 @ Lamont Park (DC punk) (Antonico Tricarico Inner Ear book
release)
Thursday June 29 to July 9 – Smithsonian Folklife
Fest -Ozarks, Ukraine, Gospel, Faith , blues, folk, Afro-Brazilian, Puerto
Rican
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Thurs. June 1-
Taj Mahal, Los Lobos, North Mississippi Allstars @ Wolf Trap
Big Boi (Outkast rapper)
w/ Kari Faux @ the Bullpen
Hot Chip @ 930 (sold Out)
Bucky Malone @ Pie Shop
Sirius Company @ Union Oyster (go-go)
TCB @ Power (bouncebeat go-go)
New Impressionz playing “classic throwbacks” @ Restaurant 55
(go-go) cancelled
What Band @ Martini’s (go-go)
Live Ethiopian music @ Shalla Restaurant in Silver Spring
(through Sunday)
Afrobeats dj Jamstar @ Spectrum Lounge in Beltsville
Roots Band @ Makeda Restaurant, Van Dorn St., Alexandria
(Ethiopian)
Ethiopian music @ MHL Lounge in Falls Church
Local Latin jazz @ Simple Bar
Asmae & Chakib @ Cloud Lounge in Arlington (locally
based Arabic/Middle Eastern)
Black Bohemian w/ drummer Trae Crudup @ Mr Braxton’s 8 to 11
“Chuck & Eva” jazz in-series at true reformers bldg.
(later in Baltimore) 1 & 2
Go-go Spring string Jam w/ violinist Michelle Winters, Youth
Orchestra, go-go musicians from 6 to 8 @
Bell Multicultural School
*Sirius Company @ Union Oyster (go-go)
*La Marvela w/ djs Tonik, Rellybelly, Daniel Diaz, Annya
plus dj workshop @ Artemis, 3605 14th St NW
Jo-go Big Band @ Keystone Korner in Baltimore (jazz &
go-go)
Phillips after 5 with Be Steadwell
Solo guitar w/ Anthony Pirog, Jeremy Hairston, Ivan Liptak,
Mike Gassman @ Rhizome
Djs Jay Swann & Bri Mafia @ 9 @ Current Space in
Baltimore;
Pure , Berra @ Comet P Pong;
Verny Varela @ Bossa ( dc based Colombian salsa);
Cherub Tree, diet lite, dyeboy @ Runaway
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Fri. June 2-
John Legend @ Wolf
Trap
Billy woods and Kenny segal at dc 9 (underground rap) (sold Out)
Paramore @ Capital One Arena
454, *Wifigawd, & more @ Comet (rap)
Dance Africa Fete w/ Coyaba Youth Ensemble, Kankouran West
African Dance Company, Diemensions Dance Tap Ensemble @ 7:30 @ Dance Place
(sold out)
Jonny Cohen Love Machine record release at dew drop inn
Oud Night with Chakib
Hilali @ Phoenicia Restaurant and Lounge
Rare Essence @ Fast Eddie’s
Backyard Band @ Restaurant 55
Junkyard Band @ Nipseys (go-go)
Brothers 7 Band w/ guest singer Toni Love (from Hardway
Connection) @ Lamont’s
Alfredo Mojica Group @ Bossa (salsa)
Peace Band @ Twist Lounge (Ethiopian music Fri. through
Saturday)
Roots Band @ Makeda Restaurant, Van Dorn St., Alexandria
(Ethiopian)
Live Ethiopian music @ Shalla
Ethio Band @ Black Rose Lounge
Dina Paucar @ Papassitos Bar
Sirius Company and Top 5 Band @ Air w/ host Marsha Ambrosius
Lifters (w/ Razz drummer Doug Tull) w/ special guest Abaad
Behram from Razz @ Hank Dietle’s (garage and roots rock)
Old School Hiphop & R’n’b djs Jiggamann, Dec, & DJ
100 @ Fatburger in Manassas
2nd annual Chocolate City Bicycle Ride @ 5 pm w/
a set from TOB and youth bike giveaway @ Anacostia Park
DJ Kayydrizz, DJ Beast and rappers FMG Dez, 36Nokutz,
Elonthe Don, Rare Mystik, Wyrm Star, Smooth Water 4 Am @ The Crown
Faycez U Know @ Babylon Falls Church
Natalie Macmaster and Donnell Leahy @ Birchmere
Kinda Evil, Alex Jonestown Massacre @ Runaway
Save your Soul dj event w/ Baby Alcatraz and Rob Macy @ Lithuanian
Hall Baltimore
TCB & TOB @ Power
Still Familiar @ 11 @ Shark Bar Waldorf
*Techno in the Park w/ Kotic Couture 7 to 10 @ Malcolm X Park ( a Black Techno Matters event)
*Afropolitan dc @ St Yves
*DJ Basbousa @ Green Zone
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DC Afro Latino Fest
free @ Malcolm X Park acts include
Afro-Peruvian band Kumanana @ 1:25 ; Joel Santiago @ 2: 15; La Laberinto del
Coco from Puerto Rico @ 4:30; Cimafunk @ 6 .
Mayor Bowser is speaking briefly @ 3.
Dance Africa DC village celebration w/ Malcolm X dancers @ 10
am; and more through the day including Ni Dembaya @ 2; Soka Tribe @ 5; Elikeh
from 6 to 7:30 @ Marist Hall Lawn @ Catholic U
Lagos to Soweto Afrobeat-Amapiano day party @ 3 pm @ Lydia
on H St (1427 H St NE)
Doo-Wop under the Street Lamp photo exhibit opens 2 to 4 @ Harmony Hall, Ft Washington , MD
(runs through July 27) (there’s also a related DC Doo-wop in DC: From the
Street Corner to the Stage exhibit opening at MLK Library on June 7 plus a Mingering Mike Imaginary Soul
Superstar one opening June 7)
Washington Folk Fest 12 to 7 @ Glen
Echo (Sunday too) (Saturday includes Christylez Bacon, Phil Wiggins &
Ian Walters , Sol Roots, Jay Summerour, DC Tango Orchestra Orchest er
Prazevica, Bulgarian dance and more . See their website)
Chinatown Community Fest w/ K-pop dancers and more @ 11 am @
Chinatownark , 6th St NW
Greek Fest with food and a dj at night at St Katherine’s in
Falls Church (dj just Sat. night; fest is Friday through Sunday)
Feid @ MGM National Harbor (Colombian reggaeton/r’n’b/ rap)
Feid after-party at Public Bar Live
John Legend @ Wolf Trap
Eladio Carrion @ Fillmore (Latin trap rap) (resale tix only
left)
Hardway Connection (dress western theme party) @ Lamont’s
(southern soul)
Me & the Boys NRBQ tribute band w/ singer Dave Chappell
plus Johnny Spampinato & the Value
Leaders @ 5 and @ 9:30 @ Hank Dietles After Dark Fund shows)
Argentino Fest @ 3 @
Kenmore middle school in Arlington
Christopher Prince “Loud as the rolling Sea- Songs of
Resistance and Recognition” @ 4 pm @ Atlas
Ron Recinos singing Bob Marley’s Exodus @ 7 @ Simple Bar
Orquesta alto Comando, JC Aleman @ Club One
Sirius Company & Friends @ Fast Eddie’s (go-go)
DMV 18th annual car, truck, bike, sling shot
cruise in show w/ Junkyard Band, Blacc
Print Experience, Project 360, Prosperity Band, Pocket 3 @ 1 to 9pm @ Geno’s Ballpark in Lothian, MD
Tumbao @ 10 @ Bossa
(DC Latin dance band)
Peace Band @ Twist Lounge (Ethiopian music Fri. through
Saturday)
Roots Band @ Makeda Restaurant, Van Dorn St., Alexandria
(Ethiopian)
Live Ethiopian music @ Shalla
Rare Essence @ Aqua
Rock-a-Sonics 8 to 10 @ Capitol Cider House
Subhumans , Upchuck, Little A @ Black Cat (punk)
Shana Tucker (singer /cellist) w/ Amy K Bormet & others
@ Montpelier Arts Center ( “ChamberSoul”)
Capital Jazz Fest w/ George Benson, Ne-yo, Corinne Bailey
Rae, Stokley, Robert Glasper, and more @ Merriweather Post
Prince birthday party w/ Junie Henderson @ Bethesda Blues
and Jazz
Mike’s Dead, the Haunt, Breezy Supreme @ Comet P Pong
Gregory Uribe @ Bossa
Radiator Hospital @ Joe Squared in Baltimore
Smithsonian American Art Pride Family Day w/ Different
Drummers, Batala, Snowday 11am to 3.
TCB @ Hangars
Southside Johnny & the Asbury Jukes @ Birchmere
*Soundscene 2023 @ the Hirshhorn 10 am to 5
*Freq Flag, Club USA, Bitter Wish @ Slash Run
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Sun. June 4-
Celebration of Women in Hip Hop w/ host MC Lyte, plus
Rapsody, Kash Doll, Bahamadia, Mama Sol @ Kennedy Center
Kaleta & Super Yamba Band free outdoors at 4:30 pm @
Hill Center (old-school afropop)
Harold Melvin’s Blue Notes and Blue Magic @ Bethesda Blues
and Jazz (soul)
Sirius Company 2 to 4 & Relentless Band 1:30 to 4:30@ MLK Library free
(go-go)
Dance Africa Fest closing celebration w/ Griot Mama Sylvia
Soumah, DC Casineros, and more from 1 to 6 @ Edgewood Arts Center
Washington Folk Fest 12 to 7 with Esther Haynes, Stephen
Wade, Chinese Lion Dance, Rock-a-Sonics, Mrs Toretsky’s Nightmare, Machaya
Klezmer and many more @ Glen Echo
Queering Sound 23 w/ Ari Voxx, Julie Outrage and more @
Rhizome
Capital Jazz Fest w/ Isley Brothers, Dianna Reeves, Marsha
Ambrosius, Jonathan Butler, PJ Morton, Loose Ends, Chelsey Green @ Merriweather
Post
El Gato Peter @ Champions Sports Bar
1252 Band @ Lamont’s (soul)
Seven Voices tribute to Patsy Cline @ 4 & 7:30 @ Tonal
Park Studios Allyworld
Corey Arceneaux & Zydeco Hot Peppers @ Hank Dietles
Stacy Brooks Band @ Madams Organ (blues/soul)
Roots Band @ Makeda Restaurant, Van Dorn St., Alexandria
(Ethiopian)
Live Ethiopian music @ Shalla
Afro X dj party (afrobeats, amapiano, soca, dancehall, rap)
5 to 10 @ Gazuza Lounge
Over Easy Queer dance party w/ Dj Clamazon, Kristy La Rat, Mothershiester
1 to 6 @ Songbyrd
Fenne Lily @ Black Cat (indie-folk-pop)
Modern English @ Atlantis (sold out)
Sampa the Great @ 930
Radiator Hospital , Paper Bee , *Clear Channel @ Comet
Pagode y samba @ Bossa
Open streets Brookland on 12th st NE between
Franklin St & Michigan Ave
Backyard Band @ Society Lounge (go-go)
*World Heritage Fest @ Veterans plaza Silver Spring from 1 to 7 pm
*Extended Play w/ djs Ge-ology, Adrian Loving, Bamantha Francesca, Martin Miguel from 3 to 9 @ Mess Hall DC loading dock
*TOB, the Men @ Union Oyster (bouncebeat go-go)
*Ras Band @ Black Rose Lounge in Bailey's Crossroads Falls Church (Ethiopian)*
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Mon June 5
Nucleus and Friends Band 5 G from 6
to 9 @ Westminster Church SW Blue Monday Blues
Franz Ferdinand @ Atlantis (sold out)
*Salsa dance @ the Renegade in Clarendon
*experimental music @ Rhizome
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Tuesday June 6 –
DJ Mesay @ Champion Lounge in Falls
Church (Ethiopian)
Temples, Post
Animal @ Black Cat (Brit psych rock headliners)
Palace @ 930 Club
Pixies @ Atlantis
(sold out)
*Bruno Mars @ MGM National Harbor
*Blacc Print Experience @ Martini's in White Plains (go-go)
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Tinariwen @ Lincoln
Theatre (north African guitar led band)
Teen Mortgage, Grady, Fantazma @ DC Punk Archives show @ MLK
library roof 6:30 to 8:30
New Impressionz @
Babylon Café Falls Church (go-go)
Salsa and bachata
dancing at Fells Point Tavern in Baltimore
Jo-go Project @
Songbyrd (jazz & go-go)
*Kumana! Opening night
of production about the Santa Cruz siblings who led the resurgence of
Afro-Peruvian music, dance, art in Peru ; @ 8 @ Gala Hispanic Theatre
Amazons, Dot Dash,
Kinda Evil @ Quarry House
*Bruno Mars @ MGM night 2
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Thurs. June 8-
Valerie June @ the Howard Theatre ( afro-folk-r’n’b) w/ Nate
Bergman opening
Las Cafeteras @ Merriweather Colorburst Park (East LA Afro-Mexican
roots music ) CANCELLED DUE TO SMOKE IN AIR
Johnny Rawls & guests @ 9 @ JVs (blues and soul)
Cheick Hamala & Griot Street @ Bossa
Larry and Joe @ Hill Center (Latingrass & Venezuelan
sounds)
Logic, Fat Trel, Ade @ Echostage (DMV rap)
Irene Jalenti & band (includes Elijah Balbed ) @ Blues
Alley (Jazz singer recording live album)
Sirius Company @ Union Oyster (go-go)
What Band @ Martini’s (go-go)
Live Ethiopian music @ Shalla Restaurant in Silver Spring
(through Sunday)
Afrobeats dj Jamstar @ Spectrum Lounge in Beltsville
Roots Band @ Makeda Restaurant, Van Dorn St., Alexandria
(Ethiopian)
Ethiopian music w/ *Ethio Band & guest vocalists @ MHL Lounge in Falls Church
Local Latin jazz @ Simple Bar
Asmae @ Cloud Lounge in Arlington (locally based
Arabic/Middle Eastern)
“One Hand Don’t Clap” @ 7:30 @ AFI
Silver ( Kavery Dutta Kaul's
newly-restored 1988 documentary traces the history of calypso and soca music
from their birth in the African and East Indian traditions of Trinidad and
Tobago to their spread through the country's worldwide diaspora) 35th
Anniversary screening with filmmaker Kavery Dutta Kaul and reception hosted by
Camella’s Kitchen (June 8 screening).
Cinema Hearts , the Endlings @ Songbyrd (pop-rock)
Flack @ VFW 350 Hells Bottom
MDC @ Runaway
Grandsons @ Hank Dietles
*Yob, Cave In, Darsombra @ Ottobar
*Danube Sessions w/ Orchester Prazevica live @ Green Zone
*Nag Champa Art Ensemble 7 to 10 @ Shanklin Hall, 2325 18th St NW
*Cory Townes talkin about N.E.R.D.'s "In Search: of album @ 7 Eaton
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Fri. June 9-
Anthony Hamilton @ MGM
Dawn Richard @ Smithsonian National Museum of African
American History and Culture (free but advance registrations full)
Las Cafeteras @ 8 @ Lubber Run (East LA Afro-Mexican roots
music )
Hello Seahorse! @ Union Stage (Mexican alt-rock)
Sharpoorji Pallonji’s Mughal-E-Azam stage drama @ Lyric in
Baltimore (through the 11th)
Combinacion de la Habana Giancarlo Rodriguez y la Tremenda @
the Palace
Rakim y Ken-y @ CocoCabana
in Adelphi
Lauryn Hill @ Wolf Trap
Tank and the Bangas @ Atlantis (sold Out)
TLC, Shaggy, En Vogue and Sean Kingston @ Jiffy Lube
Sabor Sabor, Histeria, Bonanza @ 9 @ Whitfield Studios
Ricardo Arjona @ Capital One
Booty rex queer pride party w/ Kristy La Rat, Natty Boom,
Mothershiester and more @ Black Cat
Oud Night with Chakib Hilali @ Phoenicia Restaurant and
Lounge
Rare Essence @ Fast Eddie’s
Backyard Band @ Restaurant 55
Junkyard Band @ Nipseys (go-go)
TCB & *TOB* @ Power
Brothers 7 Band w/ guest singer Toni Love (from Hardway
Connection) @ Lamont’s
Alfredo Mojica Group @ Bossa (salsa)
Peace Band @ Twist Lounge (Ethiopian music Fri. through
Saturday)
Roots Band @ Makeda Restaurant, Van Dorn St., Alexandria
(Ethiopian)
Live Ethiopian music @ Shalla
DAB Family Jam w/ Dior Ashley Brown , DJ Rachi, Farah Flosscett,
Riz da Great, DJ Franky J, Pink Moni, DJ Face for a fundraiser for the DC Music
Summit @ 6 pm @ the Anacostia Sandlot
Hast de Feuer presents Aurora Halal, James Bangura, Ron Jackson,
Native Sun, Sir E.U. rapping, Scop13 @ 10 pm @ 618 H St NW
Earth, Wind & Fire Tribute Band @ 7:30 @ Grist Mill Park
Cumbia Heights @ Songbyrd
Still Familiar @ 11 @ Shark Bar Waldorf
*Black Techno Matters presents Show Me Love pride happy hour w/ dj Dee Clark playing all vinyl set of 1990 to 1993 records that were played at the New Eagle Creek Saloon, from 6 to 8 @ Stable, 336 Randolph Place NE
*Seth Kibel album release @ An Die Musik (klezmer)
*Samara Joy @ Keystone Korner (jazz singer)
*Ko-C, Libianca and more @ Karma
*DJ Remi Hassoun @ Green Zone (Arabic)
*Pianist Lafayette Gilchrist & Masonic Trip Masters band 6 to 9 @ Westminster Church SW (jazz w/ a touch of old-school go-go & more)
*Blacc Print Experience @ Takoma Station (go-go)*
*Dance Club Pride Event DJ Delish w/Joyce Lim, Tommy C, Baronhawk Poitier @ Owl Room*
*Fadi Jano @ Cloud Lounge Arlington (Middle Eastern)
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Southern soul at 2 @ Lamont’s with Ms Jody, Jeff Floyd, Hardway Connection, JRed the Nephew
All Souls Church NW DC –*Songs of the Living Community Sing with Toshi Reagon 6 to 8 afro futurist woman event sponsored by Strathmore w/ free registration on Strathmore Parable of the Sower page
Pixies, Franz Ferdinand, Bully @ Anthem (sold out)
Yo La Tengo @ Atlantis (sold out)
Tim Woodson & the Heirs of Harmony , Chevela & the
Spiritual Voices & more gospel @ 6pm @ Greater Foundation Holiness Temple,
3816 Bexley Place, Suitland- Silver Hill , MD
Sharpoorji Pallonji’s Mughal-E-Azam stage drama @ Lyric in
Baltimore (through the 11th)
Tinner Hill Blues fest w/ Dumpstaphunk, Joe Louis Walker,
the Boneshakers, Gaye Adegbalola, Shamans of Sound, Gordon Sterling, from 12 to 8 pm @ Cherry Hill Park in Falls
Church
Seventh Stanine Fest w/ Matt Cohen, Bushmeat Sound,
Theftable, DJ PJ Brownlee, Poem-emcees, Brian Harnetty, Timothy Bailey &
the Humans, Marcus J. Moore, Devin Ocampo w/ * Jerry Busher, The Caribbean, Bill Nace, DJ Michael
Berstein, Boat Burning, Savak, Zwei Null Zwei 12 to 8:30 @ Rhizome
Caribbean Wine , music , and food fest w/ Etana through the 12th @ Muldoon Farms/Potomac
Polo Arena, Poolesville, MD
Backyard Band @ 5 Sisters Lounge
Karl Straub Combo @ VFW Hells Bottom
Taste of the Islands block party @ Sandlot Anacostia
El Chaval de la Bachata @ VIP Room Baltimore
Los Rolands de la Ceiba @ Pappasitoos Bar (punta rock)
La Autoridad de La Sierra @ Bar Azul in Gaithersburg
Messiah @ Mangos in Hyattsville
Ceky Viciny @ Leyla’s
Junkyard Band, DC Vybe, Sirius Company , Top 5 12 to 8 pm @ John
Hensley Park, 4200 Eisenhower Ave. (Eventbrite)
Tumbao @ 10 @ Bossa
(DC Latin dance band)
Peace Band @ Twist Lounge (Ethiopian music Fri. through
Saturday)
Roots Band @ Makeda Restaurant, Van Dorn St., Alexandria
(Ethiopian)
Live Ethiopian music @ Shalla
Rare Essence @ Aqua (go-go)
Mega Bolivian fest w/
Sabor Sabor, Histeria, Bonanza @ Bull Run Park
Pressure Busspipe and Munit Mesfin @ Crossroads 2
Cymone Lovett and the Dream doing Prince @ 8 @ Party HQ in
Bowie Town Center
Daryl Davis (swing blues and rock pianist) @ 7:30 @ Lorton
Workhouse Arts Center
Eastern Standard Time,
Scotch Bonnets for Jump Up Records anniversary @ Songbyrd (neo-ska)
Lucy Kaplansky @ Jammin Java (folk)
*Ottobar punk rock flea market 11am
*New Birth: The Baltimore Club Revolution w/ Rod Lee, DJ Boobie, Brightstar Nature, Kade Young @ Crown Pink Room
*WTMD 20th anniv. w/ Dan Deacon and more @ B &O Railroad Museum
*Kix @ RamsHead Baltimore (rock)
*Samara Joy @ Keystone Korner (jazz singer)
*DJ Kristy La Rat @ 500 8th St SE
*Jogo Project @ 5 @ Good Hope Community Center Silver Spring (jazz & go-go)
*Crown Vic's Weird World vinyl dj @ Green Zone
*DJ False Witness @ collective Noxeema Jackson's Rage event @ 10 @ 618 H St NW
*TCB @ quick Flight Live, Hotel Charles Bar *
*book & vinyl swap w/ vinyl djs and Dior Ashley Brown @ 2 to 6pm @ Eaton , 1203 K St NW
*Corcoran Holt w/ Farafina Kan Percussion Ensemble 5 to 8 @ lawn @ Walter Reed (rsvp encouraged at the parks dc dot com) (jazz and African dance)
*What Band, New Impressionz, Obsession @ 9 @ Fast Eddies
*Capital Pride parade starts @ 3 @ 14th & T Sts NW & finishes @ 21st & P 4 hours later
* The Smithsonian Jazz Masterworks Orchestra honors the centennial of the Duke Ellington Orchestra with an all-Ellington program featuring works from across the broad spectrum of his output, from the early days in Harlem to his later “Sacred Concerts.” 7 pm @ Smithsonian Natural History Museum
*Saturday Night Rumba @ Simple Bar
*The Tunde Fitila Band @ 8 to 2 am @ Eko House (DMV) in Rockville (Nigerian music band)
*Drain @ Baltimore Soundstage
*TOB @ Hangars
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Sunday June 11-
Memorial Tribute to late DC soul singer Eddie Jones w/ the
Young Bucks Band feat. Earl Jones, Patti Hatchett and more guests . Plus dinner
at 7. 6pm to 10 pm @ VFW Post 8950, 9800 Good Luck Road., Lanham (202)-702-8049
Sharpoorji Pallonji’s Mughal-E-Azam stage drama @ Lyric in
Baltimore
Yo La Tengo @ 930 Club
Me: You (a collaboration between 2 founding members of Mourning
a BLKstar) (punky jazzy r’n’b); Crate O(atmospheric
metal); Zottoh (Argentina drone noise) @ Rhizome
“One Hand Don’t Clap” @ 7:30 @ AFI Silver ( Kavery Dutta Kaul's newly-restored 1988
documentary traces the history of calypso and soca music from their birth in
the African and East Indian traditions of Trinidad and Tobago to their spread
through the country's worldwide diaspora)
“Bebo” @ 7:30 @ AFI Silver (documentary tells the story
of influential Cuban Latin jazz
pianist/bandleader Bebo Valdés)
Stone Pleasure Band @ Lamont’s
Backyard Band 3 to 8 @ Babylon Falls Church
Requiem @ the Crown (drone music)
Taste of Peru @ 11 am @ UDC
Carnival nation Caribbean American Heritage Fest @ Veterans
Plaza in Silver Spring (Eventbrite)
Buddy Guy, Samantha Fish, & Robert Randolph at Wolf Trap (blues legend guitarist/singer
headliner on final tour)
Rare Essence @ 2 to 4pm @ MLK Library
Haitian Heritage & Cultural Festival w/ band Lokal 2 to
6 @ Dacha Navy Yard
Stacy Brooks Band @ Madams Organ
Roots Band @ Makeda Restaurant, Van Dorn St., Alexandria
(Ethiopian)
Live Ethiopian music @ Shalla
Afro X dj party (afrobeats, amapiano, soca, dancehall, rap)
5 to 10 @ Gazuza Lounge
Friendship gathering honoring Dave Elliott w/ Memphis Gold,
Big Joe Maher band & more 12 noon to 8 @ VFW Post 8241, 1051 Spring Hill Rd , Mclean
R’n’b club talks Prince at 12 noon @ Songbyrd
Alex Lahey @ 7 @ Songbyrd
Tweet @ Birchmere (r’n’b)
*Caribbean American Heritage Fest at Veterans Plaza Silver Spring
*Soweto global dj's amapiano music 3 pm to 12 mdt @ Eaton Workshop Wild Days
*Samara Joy @ Keystone Korner
*Caribbean and cumbia music w/ Pan Masters, Los Nuevos Diablos de la Cumbia, Eclipse International 3:30 to 6 pm @ @ Fairwood Community Park in Glen Dale, MD
* The Funset's annual Prince birthday celebration w/ djs & maybe a movie @ 5 @ Dew Drop Inn
*DJ Lunch Money & Grits event returns, spinning soul, funk, reggae 8 to 12 @ All Souls Bar
*Ethiopian music w/ *Ethio Band & guest vocalists @ MHL Lounge in Falls Church
*Ras Band @ Black Rose Lounge in Bailey's Crossroads Falls Church (Ethiopian)*
* Bese Saka 5th anniversary w/ djs Timmy Regisford (Shelter NYC), Michael Jorner, DJ Myty, Ed Ramsey @ Baltimore Soundstage (danceclub music)
*Backyard Band @ 3 to 8 @ Babylon Falls Church (go-go)
*TOB @ Union Oyster
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Monday June 12
B4 Brothers from Other Mothers from 6 to 9 @ Westminster
Church SW Blue Monday Blues
Bebo” @ 5 @ AFI Silver (documentary tells the story of influential Cuban Latin jazz
pianist/bandleader Bebo Valdés)
*Phony Ppl @ Union Stage (soul-funk)
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Tuesday June 13-
Sir EU & Pinky Killacorn @ Songbyrd
DJ Mesay @ Champion Lounge in Falls Church (Ethiopian)
Black Midi @ Howard Theatre
*Blacc Print Experience @ Martini's in White Plains (go-go)
*Las Cafeteras @ 7 @ LakeFront Park in Columbia, MD (East LA Afro-Mexican roots music )
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Wednesday June 14-
Sirius Company @ Sobe (go-go)
New Impressionz @ Babylon Café Falls Church (go-go)
Salsa and bachata dancing at Fells Point Tavern in Baltimore
Tank and the Bangas @ Atlantis (sold Out)
Dim Wizard (David Combs) @ Quarry House w/ Trust Fund,
American Poetry Club
*Kassa Overall w/ Black Assets @ Creative Alliance (jazz and funk)
* Teach Me How to Dabke w/ Jinan @ Green Zone
*William Wardlaw & Keith Busey & the Unit Band @ Eloquent Touch Ballroom in Marlow Heights, MD
* 930 Club Memorial for soundperson Shawn Gus Vitale @ 6 @ 930 Club for friends and family
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Thursday June 15-
Angelique Kidjo @ Strathmore (afro-pop)
WPFW r’n’b Dj Lance Reynolds family friendly 6 to 8 event at
Carter Barron parking lot, 4850 Colorado Ave (Thursdays in June via the Rock
Creek Conservancy)
Sirius Company @ Union Oyster (go-go)
What Band @ Martini’s (go-go)
Live Ethiopian music @ Shalla Restaurant in Silver Spring
(through Sunday)
Afrobeats dj Jamstar @ Spectrum Lounge in Beltsville
Roots Band @ Makeda Restaurant, Van Dorn St., Alexandria
(Ethiopian)
Ethiopian music w/ *Ethio Band & guest vocalists @ MHL Lounge in Falls Church
Local Latin jazz @ Simple Bar
Asmae & *Chakib @ Cloud Lounge in Arlington (locally based Arabic/Middle
Eastern)
Elikeh @ 7 @ Lakefron Live in Columbia
Stuck, Sensor Ghost, Power Washer @ Quarry House
Juneteenth event w/ storyteller & roots musician Robert B
Jones @ Library of Congress Coolidge Aud.
*Reggae and ska dj @ Eaton Workshop Wild Days
*Erphaan Alves @ Karma (soca)
*Soul Sauce vinyl dj night w/ Kenny M @ Green Zone
*Kate Davis @ Songbyrd (indie-alt singer/songwriter)
*Suttle 7 to 11 @ Takoma Station (go-go)
*Verny Varela @ 9:30 @ Bossa (salsa )
*West Kensingtons , Dunia & Aram @ Wonderland Ballroom (ska )
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Friday June 16-
Re: Set Fest w/ Boygenius, Clairo, Dijon, Bartees Strange @ Merriweather
Post
Home Rule Music Fest w/ Kassa Overall @ Songbyrd
Water From Your Eyes, Ecstatic International, Emotional World 2 Comet P Pong
Luis Angel el Flaco, Marco Flores, Banda Jerez, & Polo
Gonzales @ CocoCabana
Maelo Ruiz @ Diamond Lounge
Bad Moves w/ Ekko Astral @ Ottobar
Intense Dhamaka with Mika Singh @ MGM National Harbor
Lakefest Live w/ Shamarr Allen from 6 to 7:15 ; Judith Hill
7:30 to 9; Dupont Brass 9:15 to 10:30;
in Columbia, MD
Oud Night with Chakib Hilali @ Phoenicia Restaurant and
Lounge
Rare Essence @ Fast Eddie’s
Backyard Band @ Restaurant 55
Junkyard Band @ Nipseys (go-go)
TCB , *TOB @ Power
Brothers 7 Band w/ guest singer Toni Love (from Hardway
Connection) @ Lamont’s
Alfredo Mojica Group @ Bossa (salsa) & *DJ Lu upstairs (reggaeton, Latin Pop)
Peace Band @ Twist Lounge (Ethiopian music Fri. through
Saturday)
Roots Band @ Makeda Restaurant, Van Dorn St., Alexandria
(Ethiopian)
Live Ethiopian music @ Shalla
Be’la Dona @ Bethesda
Blues and Jazz
Portside in Old Town Alexandria
music fest through Saturday . Friday includes jazz singer Sharon Clark 8:15
to 9pm
Rose Moraes Forro Party @ 8 @ Lubber Run (accordion driven northeastern
Brazilian dance music)
NRBQ @ Birchmere
Still Familiar @ 11 @ Shark Bar Waldorf
Pile 'o Rocks @ 9 @ Hank Dietles (Rockpile, Nick Lowe, Dave Edmunds pub rock cover band)
* Gilbert Torossian dj @ Green Zone * ( Arabic /Armenian)
*Rare Essence appearance @ 4 pm @ Mystics Fan Fest @ Sycamore & Oak, 1110 Oak Dr SE
* Jah Izreal live reggae sound system performance @ 10 @ Appioo African Bar
*Monica Giraldo @ Hamilton Live (Colombian singer-songwriter)
*DC Mayor's Office on Caribbean Affairs presents Caribbean Cultural Concert: @ 5:00 p.m. @ Freedom Plaza (1301 Pennsylvania Avenue NW)
*Fadi Jano & *Rawi @ Cloud Lounge Arlington (Middle Eastern)*
*Akua Allrich & the Tribe 5 to 8 @ the Parc Tysons, 8508 Leesburg Pike (Jazz & African)
*Dance Club w/Tommy Cornelis, Baronhawk Poiter @ Jimmy Valentine's (techno, electro)
*Sirius Company @ Ivy City Smokehouse (go-go)
*New Impressionz, ABM @ Hangars
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Saturday June 17-
Kehlani, Syd & UMI @ jiffy Lube Live
Re:set Fest w/ Steve Lacy, James Blake, Toro y Moi, Foushee
@ Merriweather Post
The Home Rule festival with EU, Brian Jackson (the leader of
Gil Scott-Heron’s 1970s bands), Doug Carn and the Home Rule Band, Kahil
El'Zabar’s Ethnic Heritage Ensemble, The Experience Band & Show, and Mark
G. Meadows & The Movement at the Parks at Walter Reed. 1 to 9 .The day will include
an outdoor record fair, food trucks, local vendors
Afram fest w/ Isley Brothers @ Druid Hill Park Baltimore
Juneteenth benefit celebration of Du-Drop Inn in Emery
Grove, MD & fundraiser for Scotland Baptist Church w/ Hardway Connection,
Shirleta Settles, Daryl Davis, Ray Apollo Allen, Jay Sumerour, Jimi Dougans,
Robbin Kapsalis, Tom Cliford doing soul and more w/ dinner @ 5 and show from 7
to 11 @ Bethesda Blues
Annapolis Juneteenth Parade and Festival with Rakim and Be ‘la
Dona and gospel singer Le’Andria Johnson
Juneteenth @ Black Rock with Chuck Brown Band
Trombone Shorty, Ziggy Marley, Mavis
Staples @ Wolf Trap
Motown explosion w/ Dynamic Superiors , Jimi Smooth, Kammy
Kearse, Linda Harris , Jeannete Harris David Cole @ 7 @ @ Westminster Church
Queering Sound closing night @ Rhizome
Silver Spring blues fest
Lakefront Live Fest w/ Wilde
Lake Steel Drum Band @ 1 to 1:45; Buffalo Nichols @ 3;15 to 4:15; Quitapenas
Afro-Latin 7:30 to 8:45 pm; Garifuna Collective from 9 to 10:30 pm free in
Columbia
Taiwanese Cultural Heritage Night w/ music & dance @
7:30 @ Ossian Hall Park in Annandale
Grupo Ladron, Los Cumbianberos de Morazon @ Papasitos Bar
Los Rolands de Honduras @ Club One
Tumbao @ 10 @ Bossa
(DC Latin dance band); *Maggie Yacoub Egyptian jazz @ 8; DJ Lu upstairs @ 10:30 w/ reggaeton, Latin pop, bachata, salsa
Peace Band @ Twist Lounge (Ethiopian music Fri. through
Saturday)
Roots Band @ Makeda Restaurant, Van Dorn St., Alexandria
(Ethiopian)
Live Ethiopian music @ Shalla
Backyard Band @
Fast Eddies
TCB, Raw Image,
UCB, Reaction, New Impressionz, TOB @ 9 m @ ECC, 2154 24th Place NE
Columbia Pike Blues
Fest w/ Judith Hill, Annika Chambers & Paul DesLauriers, Bobby Thompson,
Gayle Harrod Band, Spice Cake Blues 1 to
8:30 in Arlington
Juneteenth celebration
w/ DC Vybe 12 to 4 @ Safeway, 2845 Alabama Ave. SE
Portside in Old Town
Alexandria music fest w/ flamenco 1:15 to 2pm;
Ethiopian singer & dancer Kalkidan Meshesha 2:30 to 3:15; Oh He Dead
3:45 to 4:30; Curley Taylor & Zydeco Trouble 6:15 to 7:15; Hermanos Galvin
Orquesta Latin 7:45 to 9
Veronneau w/ guest
musicians @ 8 @ Lubber Run (world-jazz)
Home Rule Fest
after party @ Songbyrd
NRBQ @ Ottobar
*Crown Vic's Weird World vinyl dj'ing @ Eaton Workshop Allegory Room
*Johnson Lee from Joe's Record Paradise vinyl dj @ Green Zone*
*Juneteenth 12 to 5 with Rare Essence @ Watkins Regional Park in Upper Marlboro, MD
*Bed Maker, Teen Mortgage @ 8 @ Ka-Chunk Records in Annapolis (punk)
*DJ Nitekrawler w/ funk 45s @ 10 pm @ Showtime Lounge
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Sunday June 18-
Afro Soca wine, food, and music fest 11 am to 5 @ Anne
Arundel Fairgrounds (Eventbrite)
Meshell Ndegeocello @
Kennedy Center (r'n'b)
Wednesday , Tenci @ Black Cat (rock ) (sold out)
Re: Set w/ LCD Soundsystem Jamie XX,
Idles, L’Rain @ 4 @ Merriweather Post
Pavilion
Bar-Kays @ Bethesda Blues and Jazz
Neptune, Model Home,
Special World @ Rhizome
Inner Ear Studio celebration
w/ Scream, Bed Maker, La Machetres @ 3 @ Lamont Park (DC punk) (Antonico
Tricarico Inner Ear book release
Lakefront Live Fest w/ G4L the Wilde Lake High School Step team
from 12 to 12:20pm; Line Dancing w/ Dancing
diva April 12:35 to 1:50; Deborah Bond 2:05 to 3:20; JoGo Project @ 4 to 5:15;
Delfeayo Marsalis 5:30 to 7 free in Columbia
Trombone Shorty, Ziggy Marley, Mavis Staples @ Wolf Trap
Heavenly songs gospel fathers day show w/ the Fantastic
Violinaires, Donny Darryl & the Joyboys, the Mcduffies, 4 His Glory, James
Hillian and more @ 4 pm @ Meridian Hill Baptist Church, Capitol Heights, MD
Grupo Miramar @ La Villa in Gaithersburg
Grupo Exterminador @ VIP Room
Fathers Day
Black Alley @ 2 to 4pm @
MLK Library roof
Stacy Brooks Band @ Madams Organ
Roots Band @ Makeda Restaurant, Van Dorn St., Alexandria
(Ethiopian)
Live Ethiopian music @ Shalla
Afro X dj party (afrobeats, amapiano, soca, dancehall, rap)
5 to 10 @ Gazuza Lounge
Afram Fest day 2 @ Druid Hill Park Baltimore
Adamare and Jru Anthony @ Union Stage
Proverbs reggae Band @ 7 @ Allen Pond Park Amphitheatre in
Bowie
Atlantic Starr @ Birchmere
Dave Chappell Band 2 to 4:30 @ Hank Dietles
*Ethiopian music w/ *Ethio Band & guest vocalists @ MHL Lounge in Falls Church*
*Ras Band @ Black Rose Lounge in Bailey's Crossroads Falls Church (Ethiopian)*
*Liber8 DC w/ Black Techno Matters dj Bernard plus Nia Wave, Suzi Analogue, Deforrest Brown Jr., DJ Underdog, Jahsonic and more @ the Owl Room *
*Suttle @ 5 Sisters Lounge
*Homeless benefit show w/ Malik Dope, Nims, Alex Purdy, Cam Murdoch, DJ Bri Mafia , Valley Delinquent, Scolla @ Songbyrd *
*Hailu Amerga, Dibekulu @ Privilege (Ethiopian)
*TOB @ Union Oyster
*Still Familiar @ Restaurant 55
*Hookie Weekend soca and Caribbean closer-Riddim & Road: House of Cards 2 to 8 @ Rosecroft Raceway, Ft. Washington. MD
*Remodeled outdoor basketball court ribbon cutting 1 to 5 with New Impressionz (maybe @ 3:30) @ 1330 V St NW (13 & V st NW) (bouncebeat go-go)
*Backyard @ Aqua
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Mon. June 19-
Step Afrika step
Xplosion w/ 5 local step teams @
Strathmore
Juneteenth Don’t Mute DC go-go crank and conversation honoring DC urbanwear and sneakers pioneers event w/ TOB & *Black Alley* from
2 to 6 at new retail location Sycamore & Oak, 1110 Oak Dr SE next to ESA Arena
Juneteenth w/ Experience Band & Show and Too Much Talent
Band, *Fly Zyah, Dev Duf plus family activities 11 am to 4 pm @ Anacostia Museum
Wyclef Jean and Tarrus Riley, *Patrice Roberts, *Gyptian, *Ricardo Dru & djs Ablaze, Ricky Platinum, Destiny Sound & more @ 12:30 Juneteenth @ was Howard County
Fairgrounds (Caribbean) *Moved to Anthem DC at 5 pm *
Blues *w/ Clarence Turner & the Muleman & band from 6 to 9 @ Westminster Church SW Blue Monday Blues
Sylvan Esso @ Atlantis (sold out)
Cindy Blackman Santana trio @ Bethesda Blues and Jazz
* EU, gospel singer Anthony Brown, EWF tribute band, Image Band (Caribbean ) @ 12 noon @ Black Lives Matter Plaza
*Jazz4 Justice fest w/ Alison Crockett, Herb Scott, Brent Birckhead w/ Jazz 4 Justice Allstars 6 to 9 pm @ Busboys & Poets Brookland, 625 Monroe St NE
*Juneteenth show w/ BWC Chorus, Ras Lidj Reggae-go-go, Rythm & Crank go-go, spoken word, fire dancers, dj craig @ One DC Black Workers Ctr & Lot, 2500 MLK Jr Ave SE
*dj Jahsonic & Salah Ananse @ Owl Room*
*Integriti Reeves @ Blues Alley (jazz singer)*
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Tuesday June 20-
CeCe Wynans w/ National Symphony Orchestra @ Kennedy Center
Protomartyr @ Black Cat (postpunk)
DJ Mesay @ Champion Lounge in Falls Church (Ethiopian)
Wavves, Cloud Nothings @ Union Stage
Califone @ Quarry House
Happy Together tour w/ Turtles, Little Anthony, Gary Puckett
& the Union Gap, the Vogues, the Classics IV, Cowsills @ Birchmere
*Christone Kingfish Ingram @ 8 x 10 in Baltimore (blues)
*The Waco Brothers (Jon Langford of Mekons) w/ Highballers @ Pearl Street Live
*Blacc Print Experience @ Martini's in White Plains (go-go)
* Caseroloops , La Pia Paez @ 7 @ Simple Bar
*Dev Duff @ Sankofa , 2714 GA Ave NW
*Afro-Latin Dance Party w/ Kizomba dj Charlie Devine & dance lesson 7 to 9pm @ Veterans Plaza Silver Spring
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Wed. June 21-
Sirius Company @ Sobe (go-go)
New Impressionz @ Babylon Café Falls Church (go-go)
Salsa and bachata dancing at Fells Point Tavern in Baltimore
*Souls of Mischief @ Baltimore Soundstage (rap)
*Habbina Habbina (Middle Eastern surf music) w/ Soroche (DC cumbia psych ska rock) @ Rhizome
*Saleka @ Songbyrd (r'n'b)
*TCB @ Martini's in Ft Washington (bouncebeat go-go)
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Thurs. June 22-
Souls of Mischief -93 til Infinity 30th anniversary tour @ Howard
Theatre (hiphop)
Christone Kingfish Ingram blues guitarist opening for Steve
Miller band @ Wolf Trap
“Pieces of Me: Music, Memory, and Club Photography”- Dr.
Natalie Hopkinson & panelists Dr Symone Campbell, Thomas Sayers Ellis
(go-go photographer & author of Maverick Room), Maleka Glee, & Latoya
Patterson all talk go-go photography @ 7 pm @ Busboys and Poets on 14th
street
Jerry Harrison & Adrian Belew and band doing Talking Heads Remain in Light @
Lincoln Theatre
WPFW r’n’b Dj Lance Reynolds family friendly 6 to 8 event at
Carter Barron parking lot, 4850 Colorado Ave (Thursdays in June via the Rock
Creek Conservancy)
Boza w/ Mach & Daddy @ Rio Cantina
Sirius Company Mab 2,0 @
Union Oyster (go-go)
What Band @ Martini’s (go-go)
Live Ethiopian music @ Shalla Restaurant in Silver Spring
(through Sunday)
Afrobeats dj Jamstar @ Spectrum Lounge in Beltsville
Roots Band @ Makeda Restaurant, Van Dorn St., Alexandria
(Ethiopian)
Ethiopian music w/ *Ethio Band & guest vocalists @ MHL Lounge in Falls Church
Local Latin jazz @ Simple Bar
Asmae @ Cloud Lounge in Arlington (locally based
Arabic/Middle Eastern)
Live Skull, Quattracenta, J Robbins @ Ottobar
*Bucky Malone @ Crown Back Bar (rap)
*Gladys Knight @ MGM National Harbor
*Mazboota w/ Fady D all vinyl dj @ Green Zone *
*DJ Grand Ancestor spinning dub @ Owl Room
*Nag Champa @ Shanklin Hall
*Rare Essence @ @ Merriweather Colorburst Park (free but evite registration suggested) POSTPONED tba
*Bonny Doon, John Andrews & the Yawns @ Comet P Pong
*Pablo's Brazilian Pagode night @ Bossa
*Brandee Younger (black jazz harpist) @ Creative Alliance
*Elikeh @ Veterans plaza Silver Spring
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Friday June 23-
Witch w/ Death Valley Girls, & Abraxas @ Black Cat (Zambia
garage rock w/ one original member)
Charlie Wilson and Babyface @ Wolf Trap (r'n'b)
The Revelers @ 7:30 @ Grist Mill Park, 4710 Mt Vernon Mem
Highway in Fairfax County part of Alexandria.(Cajun swamp pop w/ members of Red
Stick Ramblers & Pine Leaf Boys)
Nathan Williams zydeco band @ NGA jazz in the Garden series Cancelled
Hubby Jenkins @ Archie Edwards Blues Workshop in Hyattsville
La Banda Blanca of Honduras @ Diamond Lounge
Lupillo Rivera, Oscar Maydon & Betillo Guerrero @ the
Palace (corridos)
Mariela Shaker and Riyad Nicolas free from 6 to 7 @ Kennedy
Center Millennium Stage (& streamed on KC FB & Youtube) (Syrian refugees
violinist and pianist )
Oud Night with Chakib Hilali @ Phoenicia Restaurant and
Lounge
Rare Essence late @
Fast Eddie’s
Backyard Band @ Restaurant 55
Junkyard Band @ Nipseys (go-go)
TCB & *TOB* @ Power
Brothers 7 Band w/ guest singer Toni Love (from Hardway
Connection) @ Lamont’s
Alfredo Mojica Group @ Bossa (salsa)
Peace Band @ Twist Lounge (Ethiopian music Fri. through
Saturday)
Roots Band @ Makeda Restaurant, Van Dorn St., Alexandria
(Ethiopian)
Live Ethiopian music @ Shalla
Eric Scott @ 8 @ Lubber Run (pop-soul)
The Set r’n’b dj party @ Howard Theatre
Still Familiar @ 11 @ Shark Bar Waldorf
Tarsha Fitzgerald presents voices of Motown tribute @
Birchmere
*Dj Saba @ Green Zone (Arabic) *
*Fadi Jano @ Cloud Lounge Arlington (Middle Eastern)
*Legado, La Septima Banda, novel codeciado @ Mexico Lindo, 5652 Annapolis Rd., Bladensburg
*Dj Kristy La Rat, and others @ As You Are
*Burial Waves, Teen Mortgage @ Comet P Pong
*The Inner Ear of Don Zientara panel w/Don Zientara, Joe Lally, & Alec Mackaye @ 7 @ Lost Origins Gallery *
*Madison Mcferrin soul-appella @ Creative Alliance
*What Band , All Star Blend @ Aqua (go-go)
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Saturday June 24-
Summer Days Fest w/ r’n’b singer Lucky Daye, Muni Long, Redveil @ Pier 6 Baltimore
Latin Fest 2023 w/ La Sonora Dinamita, Los Adolescentes,
Zona Band desde El Salvador, Bad Hombres, Explosion Tropical, from 11 am to 9
pm @ Patterson Park Baltimore
Home Rule Fest closing event w/ Hear in Now (Tomeka Reid);
Hmid Drake’s Turiya : honoring Alice Coltrane; Nag Champa Art Ensemble; Jamal
Moore @ Black Cat
Indonesian Cultural heritage Night w/ dance and music @ 7:30
@ Ossian Hall Park in Annandale
Adobo DMV Caliente featuring Bombon Texas day party w/ *djs ActBadd, All Day Ray, ill-Set, Pedro Night 2 to 10
@ The Bullpen, 1201 Half St Se
Out and About Fest w/ Brandi
Carlisle , Yola , Rufus Wainwright , Oh He Dead, Bad Moves @ Wolf Trap
Kane Brown @ Jiffy Lube Live
Carnival Cruceno @ Bull Run
Victor Manuelle @ Eaglebank Arena (salsa singer)
“Chuck & Eva” jazz in-series at Baltimore Theatre
Project (jazz musicians and singers do Chuck Brown & Eva Cassidy songs)
Giant Food National Barbeque Battle day 1 w/ Experience
Band, Mambo Sauce, Be la Dona, Backyard Band, Experience Unlimited, Ras Slick,
Clones of Funk, Jru Anthony , DJ Jazzy Jeff 2:30 to 4 On PA. Ave NW
Junkyard Band, Members Only Band Denim & White 2 to 8 pm
day party @ Babylon Falls Church
Junkyard Band, Still Familiar, Changing Phaces band @ Fast
Eddie’s
Tumbao @ 10 @ Bossa (DC Latin dance band)
Peace Band @ Twist
Lounge (Ethiopian music Fri. through Saturday)
Roots Band @ Makeda
Restaurant, Van Dorn St., Alexandria (Ethiopian)
Live Ethiopian
music @ Shalla
Rare Essence @ Aqua (go-go)
Joe Keyes & the Late Bloomer Band @ 8 @ Lubber Run (funk
and jazz )
Flea Bop trio rockabilly @ Runaway
*Jerome Baker & Friends on Mars @ Eaton Hotel Wild Days
*Nectar w/ V:Shal Kanwar & Dhakfu djs @ Green Zone
*J'ouvert National Caribbean Heritage Month celebration @ Harlot
*One Journey fest w/ Cambodian hiphop dancer Sokeo Ros, Afghan rock band Kabul Dreams, Batala Washington percussion free from 11 am to to 6 @ Washington National Cathedral
*Columbia Heights Day
*DJ Crown Vic & Leon City Sounds @ Marx Cafe (tropical global sounds)
*Proper Utensils w/ Zyona ft Michael Muse @ 9 @ Union District Oyster (old-school go-go & r'n'b)
*Ghost Funk Orchestra, Rudy De Anda, Light Beams @ Comet P Pong
*Joseph @ 6 @ 930 Club (indie-pop-folk)
*Summer Peace Jam w/ TOB @ 12 noon @ Marvin Gaye Park NE
*TCB, Big Action, XMB @ Hangars *
* master guitarist Iuri Bittar and mandolin player Almir Cortex from Rio de Janeiro, who play choro, samba, baiao, and bossa nova/Brazilian jazz are @ Creative Alliance in Baltimore
*The Elements of House @ Simple Bar, 5802 GA Ave.
*Billie Marten @ Union Stage (indie-pop)
*Solstice Saturday w/ Joe Tohonnie Jr & Apache Crown Dancers 1 to 8 @ National Museum of American Indian
*Solstice Saturday w/ Les the DJ 6 to 8 in Haupt Garden sponsored by Asian/Freer/Sackler Smithsonian & 8 to 12 mdt. performances by DJ Marauder, DJ Malcolm Xavier, and Black Alley curated by Smithsonian African Art in Haupt Garden * Rain or shine
*DMC regional dj battle @ Flash
*Voices 24/7 Band @ Lamont's
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Sunday June 25 –
The Cure and the Twilight Sad @ Meriweather Post
X @ the Atlantis (sold out) POSTPONED
Feeble Little Horse @ Songbyrd (indie rock w/ shoegaze accents) CANCELLED
Cedric Ballou & the Zydeco Trendsetters @ Hank Dietles Postponed
Giant Food National Barbeque Battle day 2 w/ DC strings
go-go symphony, Sean Stormm, Crank Crusaders w/ Raheem Devaughn, Black Alley,
Chuck Brown Band, Jahfam Jamaican dancers, Grufolpawa- Panama, Empresarios on PA. Ave. NW
Porfi Baloa y Sus Adolescentes @ Diamond Lounge
Ada Chura & Ruth
Karina @ Rvash in Chantilly
Rare Essence w/ Jas Funk plus Sirius Company from 6 to 11 @
Karma
Backyard Band @ Nottinghams
Chike @ Zebbie’s
Garden, 3rd Floor @ 1223 Conn Ave NW (Afropop)
Ensemble Volcanic Ash and Kim Sator @ Rhizome (*CANCELLED due to family emergency)
A praise celebration event by Eric Bossman Graham w/ Highway QCs, Gospel Legends, Doc McZenzie & Hilites @ First Christian Community Church @ 4 pm in
Annapolis
Crank Caviar w/ *Go-Go Mickey , Jammin Jeff, Bo-Jack, TOB Chris & more feat. Buggy of Junkyard Shauney Baby from Pleasure Band @ 2 to 4pm (1 flyer says 1:30 to 4:30) w/ Relentless Band, DJ Big John @
MLK Library roof
Stacy Brooks Band @ Madams Organ
Roots Band @ Makeda Restaurant, Van Dorn St., Alexandria
(Ethiopian)
Live Ethiopian music @ Shalla
Afro X dj party (afrobeats, amapiano, soca, dancehall, rap)
5 to 10 @ Gazuza Lounge
Praisabration with the Singing Angels @ the Blue Dolphin in
Gambrills, MD
Out and About Fest w/ Brandi Carlisle , Yola , Rufus
Wainwright , Oh He Dead @ Wolf Trap
*Ethiopian music w/ *Ethio Band & guest vocalists @ MHL Lounge in Falls Church*
*Ras Band @ Black Rose Lounge in Bailey's Crossroads Falls Church (Ethiopian)*
*Wanted Man, Freaky Wilderness, Ex Reverie, Anthony Pirog @ 12 noon @ the Pocket (rock)
*Rum n Jerk Fest 5 to 10 @ Privilege
*Hailu Amerga, Dibekulu after 10 @ Privilege (Ethiopian)
*Asiantque Market w/ food and music 5 to 9 pm
*Baby Rose @ Howard Theatre (DC to North Carolina retro soul r'n'b)
*El Salvador fest @ 12 noon @ Lamont Park in Mt Pleasant DC *
*Rise Band & Show @ Lamont's *
*Nathan & the Zydeco Cha-chas @ 3:30 @ Peerless Rens in Annapolis (dance lesson @ 3)
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Monday June 26 –
Sergio Mendes @ MD Hall in Annapolis (Brazilian)
Blues w/ the Nighthawks from 6 to 9 @ Westminster Church SW Blue Monday Blues
Zoh Amba & Chris Corsano/ Luke Stewart @ Rhizome
(avante-garde jazz)
X and Squirrel Nut Zippers @ 930 POSTPONED
*Larry's Market Run (Larry June) @ Fillmore (rap)
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Tuesday June 27-
Sloan @ Union Stage
(pop-punk)
DJ Mesay @ Champion Lounge in Falls Church (Ethiopian)
Golden Seas Duo w/ percussionist Kahil El’Zabar and David
Murray @ Rhizome (jazz)
Jeff Tweedy & Le Ren @ 930
Shania Twain @ Merriweather
*Herbie Hancock @ Kennedy Center
*Blacc Print Experience @ Martini's in White Plains (go-go)
*Larry's Market Run (Larry June) @ Fillmore (rap)
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Octavia Butler’s
Parable of the Sower at Strathmore (with musical input from Toshi Reagon and Bernice Johnson Reagon)
Jeff Tweedy , Le Ren @ Atlantis (sold Out)
Sirius Company @ Sobe (go-go)
New Impressionz @ Babylon Café Falls Church (go-go)
Salsa and bachata dancing at Fells Point Tavern in Baltimore
Live Skull and Continuals @ Black Cat (post punk rock)
*Jungle Brothers @ Baltimore Soundstage (rap)
*Eels @ Fillmore
* US and Korea friendship event w/ Rami Seo's World Music Ensemble (Korean & jazz) w/ Sirius Company (go-go) free @ 6 @ MLK Library (rsvp requested for this Mayor's Office on Asian & Pacific Islander Affairs gig)
*Son Little from 6 to 7 free @ Kennedy Center Millennium Stage
* Free Layover Party w/ DJs Mathias & NativeSun spinning Afro-electronica @ 9 @ The Owl Room
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Thursday June 29-
Octavia Butler’s Parable of the Sower at Strathmore
La Santa Cecilia free from 6 to 7 @ Kennedy Center
Millennium Stage (& streamed on KC FB & Youtube)
June 29 to July 9 – Smithsonian Folklife Fest on national mall-Ozarks,
Ukraine, Gospel, Faith , blues, folk, Afro-Brazilian, Puerto Rican
12 noon -Bomba Yemaya bomba music & dance from Puerto
Rico ; Hampdem Mennonite Church hymn singing @ 1; Ozark Highballers string band
music in the pickin parlor @ 2; Native American, Brazilian, & Puerto Rican
percussion together @ Encounter stage @2: ; Shape-note singing w/ Brockwell gospel
Music school @ 3 ; Egbe Omo Alara Afro-Brazilan
music @ 5; Ozarks Women w/ Pam Setser, Cindy Woolf, Marideth Cisco, Melissa Carper @ 6 to 8
Robert Plant & Alison Krauss & JD McPherson @ Wolf
Trap (sold out)
WPFW r’n’b Dj Lance Reynolds family friendly 6 to 8 event at
Carter Barron parking lot, 4850 Colorado Ave (Thursdays in June via the Rock
Creek Conservancy) CANCELLED due air quality issue
Sirius Company @ Union Oyster (go-go) (cancelled I think)
What Band @ Martini’s (go-go)
Live Ethiopian music @ Shalla Restaurant in Silver Spring
(through Sunday)
Afrobeats dj Jamstar @ Spectrum Lounge in Beltsville
Roots Band @ Makeda Restaurant, Van Dorn St., Alexandria
(Ethiopian)
Ethiopian music w/ *Ethio Band & guest vocalists @ MHL Lounge in Falls Church
Local Latin jazz @ Simple Bar (cancelled?)
Asmae @ Cloud Lounge in Arlington (locally based
Arabic/Middle Eastern)
Ab-soul @ Union Stage (hiphop)
Dave Chappell Band @ JVs (roots)
*Sharon Clark tribute to Ethel Ennis @ Keystone Korner (jazz vocals)
*DJ tba @ Green Zone*
*Soul Fyne w/ Anissa Twinky-Hargrove, Shawn Allen & others @ Blue Dolphin
*Sky Ferreira @ Fillmore (pop)
*David Murray Quartet w/ Marta Sanchez on the piano, Luke Stewart on the bass and Kassa Overall on the drums @ Blues Alley (jazz)
*Cumbia reggae night w/Bongo District @ Bossa *
*Experience Band @ 5 @ Overlook Park, 1365 Conn. Ave NW
*The Owners @ DC 9 (punky rock)
*Glosser w/ Alfred Jones & See Plus @ the Pocket
*Cinema Hearts dj night free @ Runaway
*DJ Pedro Night @ St Ex (from Adobo DMV)
*Sahel 7 to 9 @ Mansa Kunda
*Amapiano djs @ Gazuza
*Azul Band @ 8 @ Soussi
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Friday June 30-
Smithsonian Folklife Fest from 11 am
to 7 w/ various music styles including gospel @ 6 to 9 pm w/ *Legendary Ingramettes; Fran Lady Strings Grace ; Kingdom Fellowship AME Church
Octavia Butler’s Parable of the Sower @ Strathmore
Marisa Monte w/
Rodrigo Amarante @ Wolf Trap (Brazilian
singer)
Sparks @ Lincoln Theatre
Newmyer Flyer presents songs of Burt Bacharach and Hal David
w/ Lynn Veronneau, Desson Thomson, Steve Washington, Anita King , Shuga Shang &
more @ Birchmere
K Rose, Danny D (of Xtreme), Monchy, Jay Heightz @ the Palace
Bulin 47 @ Mangos Hyattsville (dembow)
El Yaki, Oscar Maydon, Carlos Sarabia, La Kumbre &
Juanma @ CocoCabana
Oud Night with Chakib Hilali @ Phoenicia Restaurant and
Lounge
Rare Essence @ Fast Eddie’s
Backyard Band @ Restaurant 55
Junkyard Band @ Nipseys (go-go)
TCB, *Reaction, TOB @ Power
Brothers 7 Band w/ guest singer Toni Love (from Hardway
Connection) @ Lamont’s
Alfredo Mojica Group @ Bossa (salsa)
Peace Band @ Twist Lounge (Ethiopian music Fri. through
Saturday)
Roots Band @ Makeda Restaurant, Van Dorn St., Alexandria
(Ethiopian)
Live Ethiopian music @ Shalla
*Ras Band w/ guest singers @ MHL Lounge (Ethiopian)*
Sean Heely Celtic Trio @ 7:30 @ Mason District Park Amphitheatre
in Annandale
Kiti Gardner & the Drifting Valentines @ 8 @ Lubber Run
(rockabilly, western swing, roots country)
You and Me and You , Lotion Princess @ Black Cat (folk-rock headliners)
Cheakity @ Union Stage
Still Familiar @ 11 @ Shark Bar
Waldorf
*The FCTRY djs @ Eaton Workshop Wild Days *
*Kindred & the Family Soul @ Baltimore Soundstage
*Fadi Jano & guests @ Cloud Lounge Arlington (Middle Eastern)
*Ashraf Bashah, Asmae, Manaf Alameer, DJ Basbousa, Rhia @ 9:30 @ Martini Lounge Falls Church
*Divine Sweater, Dorinda, M Andy @ Comet P Pong
*Tito Mira, La Sonora Dinamita @ VIP Room Baltimore
*Los Andantes Caminantes @ Mi Pueblo Bar in Falls Church
*Bachata Heightz @ Diamond Lounge
*Conjunto Alazar , La Sexta Norteña @ 90 Degrees in Manassas
*Proper Utensils ft. Jas Funk @ 10 @ Union Oyster (old-school go-go)
*Afro-Caribbean djs @ the Park
*"Rhizome is Home" doc screening @ 7 @ Takoma Park Community Center preceded by 6pm party and then parade over from Rhizome
*EU and Allstar Project free 6 to 9 pm @ MLK Library rooftop (go-go)
*Ozark Highballers free from 6 to 7 @ Kenn Ctr Millennium Stage (streamed also on K. Ctr youtube & Facebook)
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Saturday July 1-
Diana Ross @ Wolf Trap
Smithsonian Folklife Fest from 11 am
to 7 w/ various music styles including next generation Ozarks @ 6 to 8 w/ Pure Coco, Kalyn Fay, Sylamore Special, Grace Stormont, MARK Harmony @
Octavia Butler’s Parable of the Sower @ Strathmore
Davido at Capital One
Arena (Nigerian afrobeats)
Los Lara @ El Ranchon
Tumbao @ 10 @ Bossa
(DC Latin dance band)
Peace Band @ Twist Lounge (Ethiopian music Fri. through
Saturday)
Roots Band @ Makeda Restaurant, Van Dorn St., Alexandria
(Ethiopian)
Live Ethiopian music @ Shalla
Rare Essence @ Aqua (go-go)
Munit Mesfin band from 6 to 7:30 @ Mosaic District , 2985
District Ave., Fairfax (Ethiopian jazzy r’n’b)
Irish Breakfast Band @ 7:30 @ Ossian Hall Park in Annandale
Lauren Calve @ 8 @ Lubber Run
Reggae Fest dc dj party @ Howard theatre
*DSA Sound System party 10am to 8 pm @ Howard County Fairgrounds
*A celebration of the life & career of the late Joshua Culbreath, aka Black Indian , a longtime DC rapper w/ the dc hiphop community from 3 to 8 @ Eaton
*TCB, *Simplicity Band, the Men @ Ivy City Smokehouse
*Devin the Dude (rap) w/ Backyard Band, New Impressionz & more (go-go) @ Lamont's
* Wrizzards (Filipino DC r'n'b-pop) @ Songbyrd
*Afrocentric night w/ DJ Claude di Martian @ 10 @ Citizens Rooftop Silver Spring
*DJ Toddophonic (Todd of WFMU) @ Showtime Lounge
*What Band @ 5 Sisters Lounge
*Summer Breeze Line and Hand Dance Social from 1 to 5 pm @ Lamond Rec Ctr , 20 Tuckerman St NE
*Their / They're / There, Short Fictions, Pretty Bitter @ Comet P Pong
*Basher (New Orlean improv free jazz party band) w/ Throat Play @ Rhizome
*Korinn Walfall sings Burt Bacharach songbook w/ Eric Felten Quartet @ Blues Alley
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Sunday July 2
Smithsonian Folklife Fest from 11 am
to 7 w/ various music styles including “Singing together: Riyaaz Qawwali
and the Jones Family Singers gospel @ 5:30 to 7
Manolito & Su Trabuco w/ Hermanos Galvin & Orquesta
@ the Palace
Stacy Brooks Band @ Madams Organ
Roots Band @ Makeda Restaurant, Van Dorn St., Alexandria
(Ethiopian)
Live Ethiopian music @ Shalla
Afro X dj party (afrobeats, amapiano, soca, dancehall, rap)
5 to 10 @ Gazuza Lounge
*Afrobeat Sunday dj party @ 10 @ Ultra Bar
*Ethiopian music w/ *Ethio Band & guest vocalists @ MHL Lounge in Falls Church
*Ras Band @ Black Rose Lounge in Bailey's Crossroads Falls Church (Ethiopian)*
*Northeast Groovers, Suttle @ 5 Sisters Lounge *
*Amapiano Sunday w/ djs Da Towel, Mobu, Thato, MixmasterZulu, Outlier.MP3 @ 2pm Sandlot Georgetown, 2715 PA Ave. NW
*Be la Dona , Sirius Company, Blacc Print Experience @ Lamont's
*Junkyard Band, Still Familiar @ Restaurant 55
*El Chapo de Sinaloa @ Vibe in Annapolis
*Los Andantes Caminantes @ Club One
*Afrobeats and Amapiano dj @ St Ex
*Brunch w/ DJs Jahsonic, Adrian Loving, Stylus @ 12 to 5 pm @ Le Mont Royal, 1815 Adams Mill Rd. NW
*Korinn Walfall sings Burt Bacharach songbook w/ Eric Felten Quartet @ Blues Alley
*Anees @ Echostage
*"305 to Go-go" w/ New Impressionz, DJ KD, DJ Spinser Tracy from 5 to 10 @ Sandlot Anacostia
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Monday July 3
Smithsonian Folklife Fest from 11 am to 7 w/ various music
styles
Blues w/ Dave Chappell Band from 6 to 9 @ Westminster Church SW Blue Monday Blues
Rare Essence and EU @ Hamilton Live
*TCB, TOB, Reaction, Big Action @ Club One in Alexandria (bouncebeat go-go)
*Northeast Groovers @ Longtime No Sea , Festival lane Manassas
*New Impressionz 1 to 8 w/ Sukihana @ Lamont's ( go-go & pool party)
*Bachata Heightz @ VIP Room Baltimore
*Abraham Gebremedhin w/ Eden Gebreselassie @ Privilege (Ethiopian )
*Grand Scheme, Consec, Caustic Agent, Relief @ Rhizome (hardcore punk)
*Barry Farms doc @ 6:30 @ Busboys and Poets Brookland
* Junkyard Band at Nottinghams
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Tues. July 4-
Smithsonian Folklife Fest
presents De Libertate : Sounds of Ukraine w/ Bozhychi & Shchuka Ryba 2:30 to 4; Singing through the Dark w/ Carrie Newcomber & Gary Walters 5 to 5:45pm; Ozark Mountain DareDevils 6:30
to 7:30
Fireworks
DJ Mesay @ Champion Lounge in
Falls Church (Ethiopian)
*Blacc Print Experience @ Martini's in White Plains (go-go)
*Afroamp fest w/ Afrobeats & Amapiano w/ dj Mambo, Guiltybeatz, Caltonicsa @ Culture, 2006 Fenwick St NE
*Cherry Hill Arts & Music waterfront fest 1 pm to late w/ David Smooth's Temps cover revue @ 3:30; Monie Love @ 6 (old school rap) Mychal Rose from Black Uhuru @ 8, fireworks @ 9 @ Middle Branch Park, Waterview Ave Baltimore
*Jo-go Project from 7 to 8pm @ Takoma Park free concert on Maple Avenue
*A Capital 4th with Boyz II Men & others
*Independence Day Parade on Constitution Ave
* Wale, Sirius Company, Black Alley, US Air Force Band free for DC govt &(covered by CNN) 4th of July event @ 5 pm @ 13th & PA Ave. NW
* Frederick Douglass house reopening event
More lists-- Capital Bop has jazz; Mary Cliff has folk;
Fools Night Out has roots music; tickeri has Latinx, Mi Gente DMV has Latin
dance (salsa, bachata, zouk), Kesta Happenings DC Facebook has Latinx too, and
baltshowplace.tumblr has Baltimore punk & more; Elliot Gross on Facebook
has DC blues & blues-rock
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