DC Baltimore DMV Global Music and More May 2022

 

DC/Baltimore /DMV Global Music and More -May 2022

 Compiled & curated by Steve Kiviat and edited and updated frequently . 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 gigs that I am interested in.  Additional gigs added after first posting have an *asterisk. To submit events (for posting) or comments (that are not posted) e-mail stevenkiviat @ gmail.com

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 Some highlights from 5-3 on (with full list below)-

Tues. May 3- Koffee @ Filmore (reggae)

Fri. May 6 & Sat. May 7-Yemandja @ 8 @ Kennedy Center .  Angélique Kidjo stars in Yemandja, a new music theater work

Thurs. May 12-Los Van Van y Havana D’Primera @ Cococabana now (was at the Palace) (Cuban greats)

Sat. May 14- Rare Essence Reunion show @ MGM (46th anniversary reunion  w/ many guests)

Lamont’s belated birthday party w/ TJ Hooker Taylor (Johnnie’s son) , Hardway Connection, Stone Pleasure, Jim Bennett & Lady Yaya, Lady Mary & Da House Band, Ray Apollo Allen w/ doors at noon, show @ 2 pm @ Lamont’s in Pomonkey

Sat. May 21 –Moechella 3rd anniversary w/ TCB, TOB, New Impressionz & special guests @ Howard Theatre

Tues. May 31-Youssou N’Dour @ Strathmore (Senegalese singing legend)

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Sun. May 1-

Tamar Braxton @ Bethesda Blues

Emma G album release party @ DC 9

Bacanal (Adobo DMV tropical sounds dj  party w/ SpydaT.E.K. & Mathias, & El Pedro )3 to 10 @ The Bullpen , 1201 Half St SE

Road To Roots Picnic presents serpentwithfeet, VanJess, and India Shawn @ Kennedy Center Terrace Theatre

Festival of Colors/Holi @ 12 noon to 5 @ Bull Run Park (South Asian)

 Spring dance concert @  2pm  @ Parilla Performing Arts Ctr Montgomery College

Grupo Samuray, Los Terribles del Norte, El Tiempo, El Original Conjunto Mar Azul, Varonil @ 90 Degrees in Manassas

 

The DC Blues Society 35th anniversary concert w/ FREE live music at The Wunder Garten (1101 First St NE) @ 1-7pm. The lineup and anticipated set times are: Moonshine Society 1:00-2:15; The Daryl Davis Band 2:30-3:40; DCBS founders Rick Franklin, Neil Harpe, Mark Wenner, and other surprise guests 3:50-5:00; Joe Louis Walker (with special guest Linwood Taylor) 5:30-7:00

  Fanm d'Ayiti (Women of Haiti)(concert-length work for voice, flute, string quartet, and electronics) created by composer/performer Nathalie Joachim and w/ Spektral Quartet @ 3 pm @ Nat. Gallery Of Art West Building, West Garden Court

Pagode & samba @ Bossa w/ roda de Amigos

Screaming Females @ Black Cat

Sol Roots @ JoJo’s Bar

Stacy Brooks @ Madam’s Organ

Ethiopian music @ MHL Lounge in Falls Church

Diane Cluck, Kelly Cervick, Rosie Cima @ Rhizome DC

Backyard Band @ Society Lounge

J Robbins from Jawbox w/ Gordon Withers on cello @ 1 pm Sunday @ Johns Hopkins Spring Fair

Ras Band @ Twist Lounge

Iranian-American Community Center Traditional Music Concert feat. Mojgan Shajarian &

 Pejman Hadadi w/Sorvad Ensemble in The Vault @ Capital One Hall, 7750 Capital One Tower                   Rd., Tysons, VA (sold out)

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Mon. May 2-

Curtis Harding @ Black Cat

Mama Moon & the Rumpshakers @ Westminster Church, SW DC 6-9 pm blue Monday blues

Charlie Burg @ DC 9

Dijon @ 6^th & I

Born Ruffians @ union stage

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Tues. May 3-

 Koffee @ Filmore (reggae)

La Santa Cecilia @ State Theatre

Nilufer Yanya, Tasha, Ada Lea @ Black Cat

Angelique Kidjo talk 7 to 8 @ Enoch Pratt Free Library in Baltimore  (live & stream)

Negativeland w/ Sue-C w/ Lexie Mountain @ Metro Baltimore , 1700 North Charles St. (experimental pioneers)

Regrettes and Alex Lahey @ Lincoln Theatre

Pardoner @ Pie Shop

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Wed. May 4-

Helado Negro @ 930 club

Shining Down soul jam session @ Bossa

Simple Plan & Sum 41 @ Fillmore

Roni Size @ Flash

Sirius Company @ Privilege

Olivia Rodrigo @ Anthem (sold out)

Hatchie @ Songbyrd

Young M.A. @ Howard Theatre

Afrobeats djs Jamstar & Mike Obi @ KNY (kitchen near you) 5321 Ager Rd In Hyattsville

*Backyard Band @ Hard Rock Cafe 

*Sirius Company @ Privilege 

*TOB @ Hangars

*What Band @ Fast Eddie's 

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Thurs. May 5-

Valerie June  @ Fillmore

Destroyer , Rosali @ Black Cat

Feedel Band @ Bossa (Ethiojazz)   

Jean Carlos Centeno & Los Inquietos Del Vallenato @ Rio Cantina

Filipa Tavares for free from 6 to 7 @ Kennedy Center Millennium Stage (Portuguese fado singer)

Live Ethiopian music @ Shalla Restaurant in Silver Spring (through Sunday)

Afrobeats Thursdays @ Spectrum Lounge in Beltsville

The Green Show @ Mr. Braxtons DC (local r'n'b & rap every Thursday)

Roots Band @ Makeda Restaurant, Van Dorn St., Alexandria (Ethiopian)

Ethiopian music @ MHL Lounge in Falls Church

Local Latin jazz @ Simple Bar

Asmae @ Cloud Lounge in Arlington (locally based Arabic/Middle Eastern)

Longtimers @ Hank Dietle’s (roots rock) 

Cheick Hamala Diabate/ngoni/kora w/Rob Coltun/gtr, Diandree Dukes/djembe + Karen Collins &

The Backroads Band w/Ira Gitlin/gtr, Pat Publisi/dr, James Key/bs @ Bumper Car Pavilion, Glen

  Echo Park, MacArthur Blvd., Glen Echo, MD; free;

Pablo Regis Brazilian music @ Mr. Henry’s

Kaina & Foot x Coles @ Songbyrd

Sunflower Bean @ Union Stage

Parquet Courts and 2 other bands free @ 5:30pm @ Canton Waterfront Park in Baltimore (rock)

 *DC Vybe @ Capital Restaurant in Lanham 

* DJ Baby Alcatraz 5 to 7 @ Mercy Me /Yours Truly DC 1143 New Hampshire Ave NW 

*La Colombopercutiva free @ 6 to 8 pm @ El Gavilan in Silver Spring

*Maribel, DJ Kristy La Rat & Screening of La Manplesa @ Lamont St park in Mt Pleasant  @ 7:30 music & 8:30 movie for free 

*      Music Without Borders W/ Azul Band (Live)     @ Green Zone

*New Impressionz @ Hashtag Lounge  (go-go)

*Night Train 357 @ Pie Shop ( rap) 

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Fri. May 6-

Yemandja @ 8 @ Kennedy Center .  Angélique Kidjo stars in Yemandja, a new music theater work that is a family drama and historical thriller, redolent of Greek tragedy and infused with themes of love, betrayal, honor, free will, and the horror and injustice of slavery. Named for a Yoruban deity.

La Nueva Onda Norteña, Los Elegantes De La Perla, y Conjunto Alazar @ 90 Degrees in Manassas

Sujeto Oro 24 @ Champions Sports Bar in Silver Spring

Raulin Rodriguez “El Cacique De La Bachata” & El Gringo De La Bachata @ Coco Cabana

Los Adolescentes @ 9:00pm @ Johanas, 4728 14TH St.

Algodon @ El Cuscatleco Restaurant, 251 West Glebe Rd., Alexandria

Estrellas Dela kumbia @ Bar bb Ortiz, 6422 Holabird Ave., Baltimore

Alfredo Mojica Group @ Bossa (DC salsa)

The Owners, Bat Fangs @ Black Cat

Jane Monheit @ Keystone Korner (through May 8)

Mary Lou Williams Jazz Fest @ Kennedy Center

Ras Band w/ Tsehaye Yohannes & Fikeraddis Nekatibeb @ Twist Lounge (Ethiopian music Fri. through Sunday)

Roots Band @ Makeda Restaurant, Van Dorn St., Alexandria (Ethiopian)

Brothers 7  Band @ Lamont's in Pomonkey

Save your Soul djs @ Lithuainian Hall in Baltimore w/ Rob Macy & DJ Baby Alcatraz

Stokley @ Bethesda Blues

Cut Copy @ 930

Ruthie & the Wranglers @ Hank Dietle’s (roots rock)  

Amaru & friends @ Songbyrd

Eli Paperboy Reed @ Hamilton (soul/Americana)

Afropolitan DC @ St Yves

Rina Sawayama @ Howard Theatre (sold out)

Pinkhouse w/ Cal Rifkin, & Cuni @ Pie Shop

*EU @ Club Elevate

*Rare Essence @ Fast Eddie's 

*Backyard & TOB & Reaction  @ Aqua  

* Gilbert Torossian (Arabic/Armenian) @ Green Zone

* New Impressionz @ Hangars  

*Junkyard Band @ Nipsey's 

*Broccoli Fest late night Frequency w/ appearances by New Impressionz, Pinky Killacorn , afrosocalove djs, adobo dmv djs @ WEG Studios

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Sat. May 7-

Yemandja @ 8 @ Kennedy Center .  Angélique Kidjo stars in Yemandja, a new music theater work that is a family drama and historical thriller, redolent of Greek tragedy and infused with themes of love, betrayal, honor, free will, and the horror and injustice of slavery. Named for a Yoruban deity.

Big G’s birthday bash w/ Backyard Band & Northeast Groovers @ 2 to 7 pm @ The Bullpen Postponed to Sunday afternoon

Broccoli Fest  Day 1 w/ 21 Savage, Ari Lennox, Wale,  Lil Durk,  Rico Nasty, more @ RFK parking lot grounds

Funk Parade Fest with CCB, Naptown Brass Band and others near U street (no parade , just a small fest now) POSTPONED

Around the world embassy tours in DC 9am to 4:30pm @ participating embassies (Passport DC)

TCB & TOB doing bouncebeat versions of Big G of Backyard Band songs @ 10 pm @ Power

Vag Lavi @ Gisele’s (Haitian)

Tumbao @ Bossa (Pan-Latin dance music)

Tres Minutos @ Songbyrd

Harold Melvin’s Revue and Stylistics Revue @ VFW in Riverdale

Junkyard, Be’la Dona, Wisdom Speaks, Rock Steady Project @ 1 pm @ Lamont’s 

Manuel Donayre  "Homenaje A Mama Por Su Dia"@ Don Churro Restaurant, 13905 Metrotech Drive, Chantilly, Virginia

Sonora Dinamita @ Caliente Grill in Annapolis

Rhodes Tavern Troubadours and 7 Door Sedan @ 7:30 @ Hub Cap Centre , 5200 Cathedral Ave NW (roots & garage rock)

Perlita de Huaral @ El Meson restaurant Bar (Romantic Peruvian folk)

Mary Lou Williams Jazz Fest @ Kennedy Center

Michael Seyer, Wabie, Brassie @ Comet Ping Pong

Stokley @ Bethesda Blues

Gogol Bordello @ 930  (sold out)

Disclosure @ Anthem

XMC @ Hank Dietle’s (ex motorcycle couriers hard rock w/ punk roots) 

Roots Band @ Makeda Restaurant, Van Dorn St., Alexandria (Ethiopian)

Chopteeth Afrofunk Big Band @ Hamilton (afrobeat)

Quebe Sisters @ Barns of Wolf Trap

St. James and the Apostles, The Stents, Combat and Apollo 66 @ American Legion Post 41, Cissel-Saxon

Fete Decale African & Caribbean dj event 4 to 10 @  Lesaac Ethiopian Cafe in Silver Spring (zouk, soukous, coupe decale, kizomba, kompa)

Tres Minutos 10 -year anniversary show @ Songbyrd ; Not for Sale dj party @ 11 w/  DJ Jahsonic @ Songbyrd

The Antlers @ Miracle Theatre

Mephiskaphales w/ Scoth Bonnets, Hub City Stompers @ Pie Shop

Juliana Barwick @ Creative Alliance

EU @ City Winery

*Rare Essence @ Aqua 

* Stop the Violence show 5 to 10 with Moneybagg Yo, No Savage, YG Teck, TCB, Big Homey G, Money Jake @ Anne Arundel County Fairgrounds 

*What Band and Still Familiar @ Fast Eddie's 

*  Tropical Beat W Leon City Sounds (All-Vinyl!) @ Green Zone

*Gabel album release @ Mix Bar

*HU graduation

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Sun. May 8-

Atif Aslam @ MGM (Pakistani playback singer)

Yailin @ Rio Cantina

* Broccoli Fest Day 2 w/ Summer Walker, Gunna, Don Toliver,Tems , Wizkid @ RFK parking lot grounds

Los Rehenes, Samuray, Cadetes de Linares y Los Caminantes en el Mega Parrandon @ Cococabana

Backyard & Junkyard @ Diamond Lounge from 9 pm on

Donnie Mcclurkin , Tamela Mann, Erica Campbell @ Chesapeake Arena (gospel)

Ethiopian music @ MHL Lounge in Falls Church

Tori Amos @ MGM

Howard Hewett @ Bethesda Blues

A tribute to the great Organ/ Guitar Combos w/ Dan Hovey, Tam Sullivan, John Previti, and Nick Ruggieri @ 6 @ Hank Dietle's

Backyard Band @ Society Lounge  

DJ Jamstar & DJ Mike Obi @ Gee’s Ultra Lounge

Sir Chloe @ Songbyrd

Afrobeats djs @ Gee’s Ultra

*Gunna & TCB @ Bliss 

*TOB @ Martini's 

*Big G’s birthday bash w/ Backyard Band & Northeast Groovers @ 2 to 7 pm @ The Bullpen 

*Ras Band @ Twist Lounge (Ethiopian)

*Live Ethiopian music @ Shalla 

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Mon. May 9-

Joeboy @ Fillmore (Nigerian afrobeats)

Joy Oladokun @ Union Stage (sold out) (indiefolk-soul)

Clarence Turner blues band @ Westminster Church SW Blue Monday Blues 6 to 9 pm

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Tues. May 10

Freestyle Love Supreme (from Broadway—the original hip hop musical from Thomas Kail, Lin-Manuel Miranda, and Anthony Veneziale.w/ Christopher Jackson on some shows) @ Kennedy Center Eisenhower Theatre (through May 15)

Julia Blair + Cecil & Delilah + Austin Blanton @ Quarry House Tavern

Can I Kick It feat. Clan of White Lotus & DJ 2-Tone Jones @ Songbyrd (hiphop)

Midlake @ Union Stage (indie)

Richard Lloyd Group w/ Dot Dash @ City Winery DC (and at Black Cat June 1) @ City Winery Loft stage;  GZA on Main Stage City Winery

*The Menzingers @ Black Cat (sold out)

* Salsa dance weekly outside on Tuesdays through 6/28 7:15-8:15 pm @ Columbia Heights Civic Plaza

* ESPN's Justin Tinsley Discusses book It Was All a Dream (about Notorious B.I.G.) w/Derrick A. Young @ 6:30 pm @ Mahogany Books Anacostia

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Wed. May 11

Mariah the Scientist @ Fillmore (r’n’b)

Brian Jonestown Massacre @ Black Cat (psych rock)

Sloppy Boys and Dear Bianca @ Quarry House Tavern

Carsi Blanton & Lilli Lewis) (singer/songwriter Americana ) @ Birchmere

Taisha Estrada @ Amp

Afrobeats djs Jamstar & Mike Obi @ KNY (kitchen near you) 5321 Ager Rd Hyattsville

GZA on Main Stage City Winery

*Backyard Band @ Hard Rock Cafe 

*Sirius Company @ Privilege 

*  Teach Me How To Dabke W/ Jinan  @ Green Zone

* Finding Your Roots tv show sneak preview episode w/ Don't Mute DC's Ron Moten & Dr. Natalie Hopkinson virtual @ 6:30 pm on Ovee

*TOB @ Hangars

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Thurs. May 12-

Los Van Van y Havana D’Primera @  Cococabana now (was at the Palace) (Cuban greats)

Ricardo Arjona @ Capital One Arena

El Chaval De La Bachata, Dj Carolina @ Rio Cantina

Freddie Gibbs @ Fillmore

Ethel free 6 to 7 @ Kenn. Ctr. Mill. Stage

Live Ethiopian music @ Shalla Restaurant in Silver Spring (through Sunday)

Afrobeats Thursdays @ Spectrum Lounge in Beltsville

The Green Show @ Mr. Braxtons DC (local r'n'b & rap every Thursday)

Roots Band @ Makeda Restaurant, Van Dorn St., Alexandria (Ethiopian)

Ethiopian music @ MHL Lounge in Falls Church

Asmae @ Cloud Lounge in Arlington (locally based Arabic/Middle Eastern)

Local Latin jazz @ Simple Bar

Grandsons @ Hank Dietle’s (roots rock Americana )

Rhodes Tavern Troubadours @ VFW Post 350 Hells Bottom

Vincint @ Union Stage

Alvin Lucier Festival @ University of Baltimore

* Danube Sessions W/ Orchester Praževica (Live) @ Green Zone

*Sirius Company @ Capital Restaurant 

*DC Vybe & Be'la Dona @  7 to 11:30 pm @ Wassaka Event Center , 2154 24th Place NE 

*Current Swell @ DC 9

*Built to Spill @ 930

*New Impressionz, The Men (1st gig) @ Hashtag Lounge 

*All her Muses, Seamstresses, more @ Slash Run

*TCB @ Power

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Fri. May 13-

Alacranes Musical @ Omega Bar in Hyattsville (Illinois Mexican duranguese band)

Billo’s Caracas Boys @ Cococabana

Los Rehenes, Samuray, Cadetes de Linares y Los Caminantes @ El Ranchon in Woodbridge

Xtreme @ VIP Room in Baltimore

Magnolia Zenekar & Szikra @ 7:30 pm @ Bossa (traditional Hungarian dance music); Alfredo Mojica Group @ 10:30 @ Bossa (DC salsa)

Stevie Wonder tribute @ Caton Castle in Baltimore

Ras Band w/ Tsehaye Yohannes & Fikeraddis Nekatibeb @ Twist Lounge (Ethiopian music Fri. through Sunday)

Roots Band @ Makeda Restaurant, Van Dorn St., Alexandria (Ethiopian)

Brothers 7  Band @ Lamont's in Pomonkey

Oh Wonder @ 6 pm @ 930 Club (sold out)

Raveena @ 10 @ 930 Club (Sikh r’n’b singer)

Haim, Faye Webster @ Anthem

Vanesa Martin @ Lincoln Theatre (Spanish singer/songwriter)

Yoke Lore @ Howard Theatre

Cowboy Junkies @ Rams Head Annapolis

*Dionne Warwick @ Warner Theatre 

* Dj Remi Hassoun (Arabic) @ Green Zone

*Backyard , TOB, Reaction @ Aqua 

*The 2022 DC Tango Festival kicks off with Argentine Mariana Quinteros & her band @ Argentina embassy 

*Rare Essence @ Fast Eddie's 

*DJ Laura Lopez & DJ Soul Call Paul @ Showtime Bar 

*Lingua Ignota @ Capital Turnaround (extreme- metal w/ strings ) 

*Hologram, Fashion Change, Asesinato, Demon Unit @ Slash Run 

*Lobby Boy @ the Pocket (indie-pop synth rock)

*Image Band @ Mix Bar (Caribbean ) 

*TCB @ Martini's 

*Junkyard @ Nipsey's 

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Sat. May 14-

Rare Essence Reunion show @ MGM (46^th anniversary reunion  w/ many guests)

Lamont’s belated birthday party w/ TJ Hooker Taylor (Johnnie’s son) , Hardway Connection, Stone Pleasure, Jim Bennett & Lady Yaya, Lady Mary & Da House Band, Ray Apollo Allen w/ doors at noon, show @ 2 pm @ Lamont’s in Pomonkey (soul)

Rhythms of Laxmikant–Pyarelal with Bollywood singers and musicians @ Eaglebank Arena (a tribute to their 70s through 90s songs. Lxmikant died in 98) 

Alvin Youngblood Hart’s Muscle Theory for free from 6 to 7 @ Kennedy Center Millennium Stage  (blues)  

Kermit Ruffins & the Barbecue Swingers @ Hamilton

Tumbao @ Bossa (Pan-Latin dance music)

Pedro Capo @ Howard Theatre

Savak (w/ Sohrab Habibion from Edsel) , Upper Wilds, Bed Maker @ Quarry House Tavern (post-punk)

Panas Party (Ygor, Kelmary, Helvis Rangel, Tambores De San Juan) @ Champion Sports Bar

Eladio Carrion @ the Palace

Alex Bueno & Kiko Rodriguez @ Club One

Takoma Porchfest

Roots Band @ Makeda Restaurant, Van Dorn St., Alexandria (Ethiopian)

Questlove “Music is History” @ Kennedy Center Terrace Theater

Evolfo, Pearie Sol, Thunderpaw @ Comet Ping Pong

Omar Apollo @ 930 (sold out)

Haim, Faye Webster @ Anthem

AJR @ Merriweather Post (indie-pop)

Greg Cooper’s Soul revue @ 4 @ JVs (Cooper imitates old school soul stars well)

NAE, BLK Vapor, J3rry Homes, AfroVelvet @ NoMuNoMu Gallery, 709 North Howard St ., Baltimore

*Backyard Band and DC Vybe @ Fast Eddie's 

 * Crown Vic’s Weird World (All-Vinyl!) @ Green Zone

*free Panel Discussion: "Cuban and Puerto Rican Roots in Latin Jazz"-Roberto Fonseca, Cuban jazz pianist, will join a panel of experts, including educator, percussionist and bandleader Fran Vielma, Puerto Rican trombonist and bandleader William Cepeda, trombonist, author, and ethnomusicologist Chris Washburne, and Claudia Morales from the Library’s Music Division in a discussion of the influences and roots of Latin jazz. @ 5:30pm. Library of Congress, Thomas Jefferson Building, Whittall Pavilion.

* Roberto Fonseca @ 8pm. Library of Congress, Thomas Jefferson Building, Coolidge Auditorium.

*Betty @ DC JCC

*Caribbean Wine, Food , & Music Fest w/ Richie Stephens, Lukie D, Bryan Art, Turner, Ras Lidj Regg'go Band, & The Eclipse International band @ Frederick Fairgrounds 11:30 am 

*European Union embassies open house (see Passport DC website)

*Moonwheels, Nayan, Sleepmarks @ Slash Run

*TCB & New Impressionz Fire Station 1 (bouncebeat) 

* NAE, BLK Vapor, J3rry Homes , Afro Velvet @ 7 @ Nomu Nomu Gallery, 700 N. Howard St. 

*Bacchanal caribbean day party @ Ivy City Smokehouse  

*Acraze @ Echostage

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Sun. May 15-

 Vive La Salsa DMV 2022 w/ Grupo Niche, India,Tito Nieves, Bobby Valentin, Puerto Rican Power, Domingo Quinones @ Prince William County Fairgrounds in Manassas Postponed to June 12

DC Go-Go Artists United at The Loft at City Winery DC to raise money for Malachai Johns who is battling brain cancer.  With Back Yard, Black Alley, Chuck Brown Band, Junk Yard Band, Secret Society, Suttle and more

Alacranes Musical @ Rio Cantina

Sounds of Harmony Allstars @ Mr. Henry’s (DC doo-wop and r’n’b singing vets) 12 noon to 3:30pm

Tex Rubinowitz ,Tom Mindte, Ira Gitlin & more  roots rock & roll band, w/ opener Dan Hovey, The Nighthawks guitarist playing John Fahey finger-style @ Hank Dietle's

070 Shake@ Fillmore

Ethiopian music @ MHL Lounge in Falls Church

Beach Bunny @ 930 (sold out)

Eileen Jewell and Chris Smither @ Hamilton (Americana)

Messthetics @ Blues Alley (2 sets)

No-no Boy @ Songbyrd (Folkways label folk singer/songwriter who uses backing archival photos)

Afrobeats djs @ Gee’s Ultra

* Ghetto Tango ( w/  Zalmen Mlotek, Daniella Rabbani and Avram Mlotek)  is a concert that highlights the songs  performed in the underground cabarets in the Jewish ghettoes in Nazi-occupied Europe. 3 pm @ DC JCC

*  Socalled (Josh Dolgin), (Yiddish hip-hop)w/ the Bachanalia Chamber Players, &  songs from the Yiddish theatre, Hasidic melodies, klezmer, folksongs, songs from the Holocaust and from Israel @ 7:30 pm @ DC JCC

*Gospel w/  Rev. Patterson & Triumph, Andrew Walker & Prayze, Nte & New Generation, , Voices of Deliverance, Next Generation, DC Stars @ 4 pm @ Corinth Baptist, 814 Cypresstree Drive, Capital Heights, MD

*Wednesday @ 930 (indie-rock) 

*Rise Band and show @ Lamont's 

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Mon. May 16-

NLE Choppa @ Fillmore (rap)

Orville Peck & Teddy and the rough Riders @ 930

Midnight Blue featuring soul music trumpeter Curtis Pope, singer Juanita Williams @ Westminster Church SW Blue Monday Blues 6 to 9 pm

Amy K Bormet @ Blues Alley (jazz piano album release event)

Shout Out Louds @ Union Stage  

* Ethan Iverson with the Bohemian Caverns Jazz Orchestra: Bud Powell In The 21st Century @ Atlas 

*Indonesian Junk, Capital Offender, Downstrokes @ Slash Run 

* Ned Collette, Weed Tree, & Mike Andre (from Sensor Ghost & Puff Pieces) @ Rhizome 

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Tues. May 17

Calliope Musicals  (Austin Texas) @ Quarry House Tavern (glam avante-space rock)

Orville Peck, & Teddy and the rough Riders @ 930

Amber Mark @ Howard Theatre

*The Jews and the Blues movie @ 6:15 @ DC JCC -Filmmaker, musician, and talk show host Drew Stone travels to Israel in search of the connection between Jews and the Blues. He finds  roots in Arab, Jewish, Ethiopian, and Moroccan traditions, all filtered through the contemporary Israeli experience. Featuring interviews w/ and a soundtrack from—leading contemporary Israeli musicians, including Ori Frank, Ravid Kahalani, and Gili Yalo.

* Soprano Karyn Levitt and pianist Jed Distler perform songs  of émigré and exiled composers who fled Nazi Europe Such as Kurt Weill, Max Steiner, Erich Korngold, Dimitri Tiomkin, Miklós Rózsa, @ 7:30 @ DC JCC

** Salsa dance weekly outside on Tuesdays through 6/28 7:15-8:15 pm @ Columbia Heights Civic Plaza

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Wed. May 18

Nathan & the Zydeco Cha-chas @ Hank Dietle’s

Fivio Foreign @ Fillmore (rap)

Dupont Brass @ Songbyrd

Eric Hutchinson @ 930 (rock singer/songwriter)

Afrobeats djs Jamstar & Mike Obi @ KNY (kitchen near you) 5321 Ager Rd In Hyattsville

*Sasha & the Valentines, Light Beams,  Ava Mirzadegan  @ Comet P P

*Backyard Band @ Hard Rock Cafe 

*Sirius Company  & Black Passion 6 to 11 @ Privilege 

* Gili Yalo duo with The Anbessa Orchestra’s Nadav Peled @ DC JCC (Ethiopian-Israeli Funk) 

*TOB @ Hangars 

*New Impressionz @ Babylon Falls Church 

*What Band w/ Killa Cal @ Fast Eddie's 

DJ Simba @ MHL Hookah Lounge (Ethiopian) 

*Dogo du Togo w/ band including Sticky Bear from Kino Musica@ Bossa 

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Thurs. May 19-

Dry Cleaning (UK postpunk) w/ Fake Fruit @ Ottobar

Dj Luian @ Rio Cantina 

 Pablo’s Brazilian Pagode night @ Bossa

Live Ethiopian music @ Shalla Restaurant in Silver Spring (through Sunday)

Afrobeats Thursdays @ Spectrum Lounge in Beltsville

The Green Show @ Mr. Braxtons DC (local r'n'b & rap every Thursday)

Roots Band @ Makeda Restaurant, Van Dorn St., Alexandria (Ethiopian)

Ethiopian music @ MHL Lounge in Falls Church

Asmae @ Cloud Lounge in Arlington (locally based Arabic/Middle Eastern)

Local Latin jazz @ Simple Bar

Royal Blood @ 930 (sold out) (rock)

Patsy Stephens and The Hall Brothers, as Patsy’s Honky Tonk Torch & Twang, w/ openers the Crayfish Sisters @ Hank Dietle's

Going , goin, gone @ VFW Post 350 Hells Bottom (roots)

Pom Pom Squad and Chloe Lilac @ Songbyrd

*Nathan and the Zydeco Cha-chas @ BuddyLou's in Hancock, MD

* Soul Sauce Sub W/ Martin Miguel  (All-Vinyl!) @ Green Zone

*TCB @ Power

*Griselda rap collective w/Westside Gunn, Conway the Machine, Benny The Butcher; Special Guest: Doe Boy  @ Echostage 

*Still Familiar @ Capital Restaurant 

*What Band @ Hangars  

*GogoTalx Live podcast w/ Malachai Johns talking to Big G of Backyard @ 7 @ City Winery POSTPONED

*Kizomba dj Afrodeshiak @ Mix Bar 

*New Impressionz @ Hashtag Lounge

*Cheikh Hamale Diabate & band @ Bossa 

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Fri. May 20-

J. Balvin @ Capital One Arena (reggaeton) POSTPONED

Son Rompe Pera @ State Theatre (great Mexican cumbia marimba garage punk)

Makaya Mccraven @ City Winery (acclaimed cutting edge jazz drummer)

Alfredo Mojica Group @ Bossa (DC salsa)

Earthgang @ Fillmore (hiphop)

Algodan @ Copan

Ras Band w/ Tsehaye Yohannes & Fikeraddis Nekatibeb @ Twist Lounge (Ethiopian music Fri. through Sunday)

Roots Band @ Makeda Restaurant, Van Dorn St., Alexandria (Ethiopian)

Brothers 7 Band @ Lamont's in Pomonkey

The Delarcos + Johnny Bombay & The Reactions (Abaad from Razz) + Oil City Confidential @ Hank Dietle's

Rodney Crowell @ Birchmere

*Nathan and the Zydeco Cha-chas @ Peerless Rens club in Annapolis

* Preakness LIVE w/ Lauryn Hill,  Megan Thee Stallion,  D-Nice and Baltimore acts including  Brittney Spencer, Darin Atwater & The Soulful Symphony, and more

*  Dj Basbousa (Arabic) @ Green Zone

* Vintage #18 & Sol Roots @ Pearl St. Warehouse 

*Lucian Ban @ Tonal Park 

*Backyard Band & TOB @ Aqua 

*Nu-Look Band @ Fire Station 1  (Florida konpa ) 

*The North Country, Pretty Bitter, Pockets @ Comet Ping Pong

*New Impressionz @ Hangars 

*Still Familiar @ Shark Bar 

*Rare Essence & Sirius Company @ Fast Eddie's

*Voices of Zion- Black Georgetown Cemeteries Project @ 7 pm @ Dumbarton United Methodist Church, 3133 Dumbarton St NW 

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Sat. May 21 –

Moechella 3^rd anniversary w/ TCB, TOB, New Impressionz & special guests @ Howard Theatre

Chuck Brown Band @ PG Publick Playhouse

Sleaford Mods, Sorry @ Black Cat

Algodon Y Julio Paiz @ Pappasitos

Tumbao @ Bossa (Pan-Latin dance music)

Injury Reserve & Armand Hammer w/ Akai Solo @ Fillmore (rap)

Luis Miguel @ Leyla’s

Weakened Friends, Queen of Jeans, Courage Mother @ Comet Ping Pong

Sofi Tukker @ 930 (sold out) ( indie pop)

Mary Battiata & Little Pink @ Hank Dietle’s

Roots Band @ Makeda Restaurant, Van Dorn St., Alexandria (Ethiopian)

Chesapeake Bay Blues Fest @ Sandy Point State Park in Annapolis  w/ Bernard Allison @ 4:05pm; The Spinners @ 5:30pm; Joss Stone @ 7pm (plus more . Also on Sun.)

Iguanas @ Hamilton (New Orleans Americana)

Col. Josh & Paisley Tonk (w/ Karl Straub) @ VFW Post 350 Hells Bottom

Airport 77s @ American Legion Post 41, Cissel-Saxon (power pop)

Shad @ Songbyrd @ 7 ; Dan Deacon dj set @ 10

No Man, Hirs, Pearl @ Ottobar

*24kGoldn @ Union Stage

* Preakness day infield fest w/ Marshmello, The Chainsmokers, MoneyBagg Yo, noted electronic DJ Frank Walker and more.

* Johnson Lee (Joe’s Record Paradise - All-Vinyl) @ Green Zone

*Sunstoney, Wabeya, Cauzndefx @ Rhizome 

*Backyard Band & Ambition Band 10 pm to 3 am @ Fire Station 1 (go-go)

*Sirius Company @ Hard Rock Cafe (go-go)

*Still Familiar @ Crystal City Hyatt early

*Still Familiar @ Chateau Remix late 

*TOB @ Power

*Rare Essence @ Aqua 

*Junkyard Band @ Moose Lodge in Rockville  

*Be'la Dona Band sometime between 9 am & 1pm @ Open Streets event ,Martin Luther King Jr. Ave SE, between Good Hope Road SE and Morris Road SE

*Be'la Dona @ Shark Bar @ 10 pm on 

*Voices of Zion- Black Georgetown Cemeteries Project @ 7 pm @ Dumbarton United Methodist Church, 3133 Dumbarton St NW 

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Sun. May 22-

Go-go brunch w/ Be-la Dona @  12 noon @ Bethesda Blues

The Roots @ Kennedy Center

Ethiopian music @ MHL Lounge in Falls Church

Sofi Tukker @ 930 (sold out) ( indie pop)

Joe Jackson @ Lincoln Theatre

Bilal @ Birchmere (neo-soul)

Sriram Gopal 4^th Stream @ Bossa

Iguanas @ 12:30 pm @ Rams Head Annapolis (New Orleans Americana)

William Hooker and Sarah Hughes @ Rhizome (jazz) POSTPONED

Amyl & the Sniffers @ Rams Head Baltimore

Baltimore record bazaar 11 am to 5 pm @ Peabody Hts Brewery

Afrobeats djs @ Gee’s Ultra

* Ukranian Benefit Concert:Featuring Gerdan W/ Solomia Gorokhivska & Andrei Pidkivka from 4:00pm-6:00pm @ Hill Center 

*Prince Daddy & the Hyena @ Union Stage

*Silk Road Fest from 11 am to 5 pm with music & dance (Silk Rd Dance, Kazakh, Uyghur , Uzbek folk) @ Elliot School of Int Affairs 

*What Band & Collective Measures Band from 3 to 9 @ Nottingham's 

*Still Familiar @ Clout  

*7th annual dance and music fest with a family-friendly spotlight on house music from 3 to 9 @ Veterans Plaza in Silver Spring 

*Backyard Band @ Babylon Falls Church

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Mon. May 23-

Lady D & the Shorty Slim Band (w/ guitarist David Cole) @ Westminster Church SW Blue Monday Blues 6 to 9 pm

Reyna Tropical (afro-Mexican tropical pop) w/ DJ Kristy La Rat (from Maracuyeah) @ Songbyrd

*The Who @ Capital One Arena 

*Elin sings Elis Regina @ Blues Alley

*We Were Here Before (Luke Stewart, Nik Francis, Mark Cisneros) @ Neptune Room 

* Damian Geter's An African American Requiem infuses the traditional Latin requiem with spirituals, modern declarations relating to racial violence against African Americans, as well as a setting of Ida B. Wells’s speech “Lynching is Color Line Murder” and the famous last words of Eric Garner, “I can’t breathe.” The program will open with DC composer Nolan Williams, Jr.’s Spirituals Suite for Choir and Orchestra. @ kennedy Center

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Tues. May 24-

Anais Mitchell @ 930 Club (folky theatrical singer/songwriter)

Monsta X @ Eaglebank Arena (kpop boy band)

* Salsa dance weekly outside on Tuesdays through 6/28 7:15-8:15 pm @ Columbia Heights Civic Plaza

*NPR Tiny Desk night w/ Alisa Amador (2022 winner) plus Neffy (last year’s Tiny Desk Contest winner) & honorable mention choices Outer Loop , & Everyday Everybody (fka Aztec Sun) @ Songbyrd

*Slayyter @ Union Stage (sold out) (pop) 

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Wed. May 25-

National Symphony Orchestra Pops presents Love: A Joni Mitchell Songbook With Renée Fleming, Lalah Hathaway, Raul Midón, Aoife O’Donovan, Jimmie Herrod @Kennedy Center Concert Hall  (note lineup changed)

Jens Lekman w/ DC Youth Orchestra @ 930 (Swedish guitar pop w/ samples accompanied by strings)

Thrillbillys @ Hank Dietle’s

Taisha Estrada @ Amp

Jack O’Dell Band @ VFW Post 350 Hells Bottom

Cut Worms @ Songbyrd

Afrobeats djs Jamstar & Mike Obi @ KNY (kitchen near you) 5321 Ager Rd In Hyattsville

*Backyard Band @ Hard Rock Cafe 

*Sirius Company @ Privilege 

*Den-mate, Witchcoast, Blackfoot Millie @ Pie Shop  (Postponed due to musicians w/ Covid)

*Dior Ashley Brown & the Filthy Animals hump day funk @ Bossa Bistro DC 

*CCB @ 10 @ Eaton Hotel 

* New Impressionz @ Babylon Falls Church

*TOB @ Hangars 

*Sirius Company @ Privilege

*Cumbia Heights from 6 to 9 @ Mercy Me 

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Thurs. May 26-

National Symphony Orchestra Pops presents Love: A Joni Mitchell Songbook With Renée Fleming, Lalah Hathaway, Raul Midón, Aoife O’Donovan, Jimmie Herrod @Kennedy Center Concert Hall  (note lineup changed)

Joe Kaplow, Near Northeast, Cinema Hearts @ Quarry House Tavern (indie pop)

Live Ethiopian music @ Shalla Restaurant in Silver Spring (through Sunday)

Afrobeats Thursdays @ Spectrum Lounge in Beltsville

The Green Show @ Mr. Braxtons DC (local r'n'b & rap every Thursday)

Roots Band @ Makeda Restaurant, Van Dorn St., Alexandria (Ethiopian)

Ethiopian music @ MHL Lounge in Falls Church

Asmae @ Cloud Lounge in Arlington (locally based Arabic/Middle Eastern)

Local Latin jazz @ Simple Bar

Turnstile plus 3 openers @ 930 Club (sold out)

Tora @ Songbyrd (Aussie synthpop)

Jogo Big Band Project @ Keystone Korner (jazz & go-go) 

*Nelly @ MGM

*Mazboota W/ Fady D (Alternative Arabic Electro) @ Green Zone 

*Teen Cobra last show in DC w/ Thee Deluxe @ Black Cat 

*Sarah Shook & the Disarmers @ DC9 

*Sugar Bear of EU in conversation w/ Bryan Jenkins @ 7 on zoom in association w/ upcoming June 11 Home Rule Music Fest

*Project Locrea w/ singer Munit Mesfin @ 6:30 pm @ Takoma Park Community Aud. 

* New Impressionz @ Hashtag Lounge 

*Sirius Company @ Capital Restuarant 

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Fri. May 27-

Son Tentacion @ Epiq

RKM & Ken-y @ Cococabana

Haragan & CIA @ Mexico Lindo

Conjunto Mar Azul @ Bar bb Ortiz

Alfredo Mojica Group @ Bossa (DC salsa)

Ras Band w/ Tsehaye Yohannes & Fikeraddis Nekatibeb @ Twist Lounge (Ethiopian music Fri. through Sunday)

Roots Band @ Makeda Restaurant, Van Dorn St., Alexandria (Ethiopian)

Brothers 7  Band @ Lamont's in Pomonkey

Arijit Singh @ Eaglebank Arena (India singer)

Ohio Players @ Birchmere

Rory Block @ Blues Alley ( blues and blues-rock)

LB199X @ Songbyrd (DC rapper)

* Martha Redbone Roots Project 6 to 8:30 @ National Gallery Sculpture Garden (registration required)

* Bassam Haddad (Arabic) @ Green Zone

* An evening of solo guitar curated by Anthony Pirog w/ Anthony Pirog; Annie Bailey; Ivan Liptak; Jake Finck; Walsh Kunkel @ Rhizome 

*"Samposium"--celebrating the life of DC house music dj Sam the Man Burns w/ panel moderators Ronya Lee and Adrian Loving & panel w/ Darryl Mandrill Harris, Holly Bass, & Russell Campbell from 6 to 8 @ Eaton Workshop, 1201 K St NW (part of a series of events) 

*WPFW 89.3 radio tribute to Sam Burns @ 10 pm   

*Backyard Band & TOB @ Aqua 

*Sirius Company @ 11 pm @ Shark bar 

*Junkyard Band @ Nipsey's 

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Sat. May 28-

Troublefunk, Eu w/ Sugar Bear, Junkyard Band @ Wolf Trap

Tirzah @ Miracle Theatre (moved from Fillmore) 

Hardway Connection, Stone Pleasure, West Mob, Cymone Lovett tribute to Prince from 12 noon to 8 @ Walls Farm in Brandywine

Valerie June @ Rams Head Annapolis

Haragan & CIA @ El Ranchon

RKM & Ken-y @ Pappasittos

Banda de Honduras @ Club One

Ray de la Paz @ Champions Sports Bar

Algodon and Julio Paiz @ Caliente Grill

Pan American Symphony Orchestra (PASO) presents Tango of the Americas @ Kennedy Center Terrace Theater

The Punk Cellist + Weird Babies + Interstate Rivals @ Quarry House Tavern

Four Star Combo @ Hank Dietle’s (rockabilly and honky-tonk)

Ohio Players @ Birchmere

Roots Band @ Makeda Restaurant, Van Dorn St., Alexandria (Ethiopian)

Black Assets, G.O.L.D., Kotic Couture @ NoMuNoMu Gallery, 709 North Howard St ., Baltimore

Rory Block @ Blues Alley ( blues and blues-rock)

The O’My’s  @ Songbyrd (Prince & Miguel inspired r’n’b duo)

The Set @ Howard Theatre

Les Savy Fav @ Ottobar

*Sam the Man Burns Capital House Music Festival tribute event @ 11 am to 9 pm @ Fort Reno Park 

*Reggaefest @ Bliss 

*WMZQ Fest country music w/ Tim McGraw & more @ Jiffy Lube 

* Zvuk Dana W/ V:Shal Kanwar & Dhakfu    @ Green Zone

*Sirius Company & Project 71 @ Hard Rock Cafe (go-go)

*Boukman Eksperyans w/ Tetpway @ St Mark Fellowship Hall, 10701 Old Georgetown Rd., Rockville (Haitian)

*Ana Souza sings Brazilian samba early show @ Bossa ; Tumbao Latin music late @ Bossa 

*Grupo Bryndis &Los Fugitivos @ Omega Bar 

*Mala Vista, BBQT, Turd Merlin @ Runaway DC 

*Rare Essence @ Aqua Lounge 

*TOB, XIB, TDB @ Power 

*Backyard , Be'la Dona, Faycez U Know @ Dominion Raceway @ 4pm 

*Black Masala @ 11am to 12:30pm @ Montgomery College Stage @ Holidays in Rockville fest

*Dreamrose, Oh, Violet, Ja'wuan, Glowhazel, Yousef Shami, Meggalooch, Pablo Sosa & local poets from 3 to 6 pm  near Joan of Arc statue in Malcolm X Park

* Junkyard Band and Mental Attraction band late @ Fast Eddie's 

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Sun. May 29-

Rare Essence w/ DCVybe @ Howard Theatre

 Dadju @ Fillmore (French-Congolese singer)

Cheik Hamale Diabete w/ guest Kumera Zekarias Tumbao @ Bossa (Pan-Latin dance music) (Malian and more) 

Ethiopian music w/ Fasika, Saba, & Kalkidan @ MHL Lounge in Falls Church

Turnstile plus 3 openers @ 930 Club (sold out)

Lucky Seven @ Songbyrd (rap)

Lightmare (soul-punk), Dear Daria (pop-rock album release), Kinda Evil   @ Pie Shop

Afrobeats djs @ Gee’s Ultra

*Yael Naim @ City Winery (French-Israeli singer/songwriter) 

*reggae selector sundays w/ Dutty Bookman & more djs @ Club Timerhri

*Backyard Band @ Ivy City Smokehouse 

*TCB & TOB @ Power

*Montez de Durango & Patrulla 81 @ Coco Cabana (duranguese music)  

*soca on Sunday 3 to 9 pm @ 2122 24th Place NE 

*Sirius Company, Still Familiar, let it Flow @ Fast Eddie's 

*Jimmy Valentine's club 15th anniversary w/ Djs Steeple, Jacq Jill, Joyce, NativeSun, Jeff Hancock, Joe L (electro, house, tecno & more) 

*Junkyard Band @ Martini's in Ft Washington 

*African Liberation Day w/ Proverbs reggae band, Xaala Drumming, Park Vibe drummers , poetry & speakers 1 to 6 @ Lafayette Square Park in Baltimore 

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Mon. May 30-

Syd @ Fillmore (rap/r’n’b)

Sol Roots Band @ Westminster Church SW Blue Monday Blues 6 to 9 pm

Sharón Clark and Janis Siegel jazz vocalists together w/ the Chris Grasso Trio @ Blues Alley

Anika @ Union Stage (electro-pop/post-punk )

Eugene  Chadbourne  & David Menestres duo @ Rhizome 

*Voices of Zion- Black Georgetown Cemeteries Project @ 2 pm @ Dumbarton United Methodist Church, 3133 Dumbarton St NW  

* Grin Again & Danger Bird @ 3 pm @ Washington Rockville Elks Lodge #15 off of Gude Drive (headliners do Grin, openers do Neil Young songs) 

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Tues. May 31-

Youssou N’Dour @ Strathmore (Senegalese singing legend)

Marzz @ Songbyrd (r’n’b)

* Salsa dance weekly outside on Tuesdays through 6/28 7:15-8:15 pm @ Columbia Heights Civic Plaza

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Wed. June 1

Poison Ruin, Sqk Fromme, Demon Unit @ Comet Ping Pong

Creachies, Hall Monitors, Dead Ringers @ Ottobar

*Bettye Lavette for free 6 to 7 @ Kennedy Center Millennium Stage

*Backyard Band 9 to 1 @ Hard Rock Cafe 

 *TOB, XIB, Entourage @ Hangars

*New Impressionz @ Babylon Falls Church

*Sirius Company @ Privilege 

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Thurs. June 2

*Benefit for Kent Stacks (Scream drummer ) w/ Distortion Inc., Scream, XK Scenario, Hammered Hulls, Messthetics, Bed Maker, PG Soldiers, Nate Bergman & djs Ian Mackaye , Baby Alcatraz @ 7 @ Black Cat

*Toby Walker @ Catonsville Clubhouse (fingerpicking ragtime roots guitarist)  

* Cheik Hamale Diabete w/ guest Kumera Zekarias  @ Bossa (Malian and more)

*Black Rave Culture djs @ Flash (techno )

*TOB, New Impressionz, Reaction @ Hashtag Lounge

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Fri. June 3-

Buika @ Howard Theatre

Southside Johnny @ Rams Head Annapolis

 Pedrito Martinez Afro-Cuban band @ National Gallery Sculpture Garden (registration required)

*Backyard Band & TOB @ Aqua 

*Rare Essence & Collective Measures Band @ Fast Eddie's 

*New Impressionz & N2L @ Hangars 

*Washington Ballet free @ City Center plaza (Saturday too) 

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Sat. June 4

*Rare Essence & Black Passion Band @ Aqua 

Above events found on websites, Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, email.  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)

DC/Baltimore /DMV Global Music and More -April 2022

 DC/Baltimore /DMV Global Music and More -April  2022

Compiled & curated  by Steve Kiviat and edited and updated frequently . 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 gigs that I am interested in.  Additional gigs added after first posting have an *asterisk. To submit events (for posting) or comments (that are not posted) e-mail stevenkiviat @ gmail.com

Stay safe ...

Some highlights from 4-7 on-

Thursday April 7- Vivien Goldman w/ Dunia & Aram @ Red Room @ Normal Books  in Baltimore (UK postpunk pioneer & Punk professor)

Saturday April 9- Made in DMV conference (DC hiphop, r’n’b, go-go and more) 

Sun. April 10-Glenn Jones , Jordan Perry @ Rhizome (fingerpick guitar) 

Washington Performing Arts Gospel Choirs and Choral Arts @ Kennedy Center 

Anacostia River Festival: April 10 from 1 to 4 p.m. at Anacostia Park, Good Hope Road SE and Anacostia Drive SE near new bridge with Experience Band @ 1:20;  Word to Go-go finalists @ 1:50; TOB @ 2 pm;  Eastern Marching Band @ 2:35; Sirius Company @ 3:20pm

Tues, April 12- Chalaban (Moroccans in Hungary band ) @ Creative Alliance in Baltimore  

Friday April 15- Chontidelia for free from 6 to 7 @ Kennedy Center Millennium Stage   (Afro-Colombian band)

Wed. April 20- Juana Molina solo  @ Union Stage (Argentina avante-indie singer/guitarist & keyboard) 

Sat. April 23- Contours at Harmony Hall (old-school Detroit r’n’b including “Do You Love Me”)

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Fri. April 1-

Ras Band w/ Tsehaye Yohannes & Fikeraddis Nekatibeb @ Twist Lounge (Ethiopian music Fri. through Sunday)

Rafael Ponde early show samba @ Bossa ; Alfredo Mojica Group late @ Bossa

Paul Wills' Brothers 7  Band @ Lamont's in Pomonkey

Manhattans feat. Gerald Alston @ Birchmere

Snoh AAllegra @ Anthem

Jones Girls featuring Shirley Jones @ City Winery 

Clear Channel, Model Home, Faunas, Sensor Ghost  @ 6 to 9pm @ Rhizome

The evolution of hand dance in dc w/ the National Hand Dance Assoc. from 10:30 am to 11:45 am @ DC History Conference @ MLK Library 

Fresh Convos breathe: The Untold story of DC hiphop presentation shows U Street from a teenager’s perspective in the 1990s to early 2000s, @  3 to 4:15pm @ DC History Conference @ MLK Library w/ Khalil Gill, Director, Editor and Arts Scholar, DC HipHop ; Phil Henery, Screenwriter, Narrator, and Score Contributor, DC HipHop ; Shatungwa Juma, Associate Director and Editor, DC HipHop; 

Gabriel Benn, Event Advisor, DC HipHop ; Moderator: Judy Cohall, Project Manager, Video Producer, Writer, DC HipHop

Leigh Pilzer’s Seven Pointed Star @ Montpelier Mansion as part of Washington Women in Jazz Fest 2022

Pip Blom (Dutch indie rock) @ Pie Shop

Ellis Paul @ Cellar Stage @ Timonium United Methodist (folk) 

Techno in the Park w/ B_X_R_N_X_R_D & Diyanna Monet from 7 to 10 @ Malcolm X Park

Vivien Goldman backed by Dunia & Aram @ 10 pm @ Marx Cafe (The UK punk professor & musician)

Be'la Dona @ Babylon in Woodbridge

Save your Soul djs @ Lithuainian Hall in Baltimore w/ Rob Macy & DJ Baby Alcatraz 

New Impressionz @ Hangars

Backyard Band, what Band @ Aqua 

Positive Force presents Ukrainian & Afghan refugees benefit w/ Messthetics, Bed Maker, Celebration Summer, R-not 6 to 10 pm @ St Stephen's Church, Newton St NW 

Rare Essence @ Fast Eddie's

EU & DC Vybe @ Hard Rock Cafe3

Carpathia folk ensemble tribute to Ukraine show for free from 6 to 7 @ Kennedy Center Millennium Stage   

Music of Margaret Bonds with Leah Claiborne, Piano at Georgetown U Mcneir Hall 12:30

What’s Goin On- 50th Anniversary Concert celebrating  Marvin Gaye w/ Singer Raheem DeVaughn and friends including Keith Showtime Busey Unit band, NOW horns and more @ PG Community College Center for the Performing Arts Grand Theater 

First night of Ramadan

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Sat. April 2

Japanese twenty-string koto musician and composer Yumi Kurosawa w/  violinist Emil Israel Chudnovsky and Chinese flute (dizi) virtuoso Yimin Miao. (classical music from Japan and China as well as new music composed by Kurosawa for this event inspired by the Freer Gallery of Art exhibition Mind Over Matter: Zen in Medieval Japan). Near  Asian Freer Art Museum Moongate at Haupt garden @ 1 pm & 3 pm for free (weather permitting)

Be'la Dona @ City Winery 

Junkyard, DC Vybe, Let it Flow @ Hilton Crystal City 

Still Familiar , & Mature Clientele @ Fast Eddie’s 

Congress Heights Soul of the City Marketplace 10 am to 3 pm , 2700 MLK Ave Se & Elm St 

Buddy Guy w/ Kingfish Ingram @ Capital One Hall in Tyson’s 

Kenny Endo for free from 6 to 7 @ Kennedy Center Millennium Stage   (Japanese taiko music in association w/ Cherry Blossom fest) 

Proper Utensils @ Hard Rock Cafe for Gogo Mickey's 55th Birthday bash

Rise Band @ Lamont's 

Ana Souza Sings samba @ Bossa 

Rare Essence & Sirius Co @ Aqua 

TCB, Reaction, Ambition Band @ Chateau Remix

Bloomaroo fest w/ Chuck Brown Band @ 5:15 TO 6:15 pm @ the Wharf plus fireworks @ 8:30 ish

Dupont Brass @ 7 @ Union Stage ; Maxo Kream @ 10 @ Union Stage (rap)

Oddisee @ Eaton (hiphop) 

EU @ Shark Bar in Waldorf 

Maxwell @ Capital One Arena (r’n’b) (sold out) 

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Sun. April 3-

Sun Ra @ Wild Days roof @ Eaton Hotel

Omar Sosa and Seckou Keita Suba Trio featuring Gustavo Ovalles @ Amp Sun. April 3 

*Sakura Sunday 12 to 6 @ National Harbor Plaza 

TCB @ Martini's in Ft Washington

DJ Kid Capri @ Mayflower club 3 to 9 pm

Poppy @ Fillmore (alt-rock )

Carpathian dancing 2 to 4 pm  w/Carpathia Folk Dance Ensemble with special guests Ukrainian acapella group SPIV-Zhyttya and Hungarian folk dance ensemble Tisza @ All Souls Church (benefit for World Central Kitchen Ukraine relief)

PTC (short for ‘parent teacher conferences’ are DC public school teachers who play jazz rock fusion) & Synae @ Songbyrd

Bedouine @ Miracle Theatre 

Backyard Band @ Society Lounge (go-go)

Sirius Company @ Balkonie in Greenbelt

DC Record Fair @ Penn Social, 801 E St NW 11am to 5 pm

Brazilian pagode and samba night @ Bossa 

*Anacostia River Festival @ DC bridge park from 1 to 4 pm w/ Sirius Company, TOB, Black Alley, & Experience Band

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Mon. April 4 –

Parquet Courts w/ L’Rain @ 930 Club (sold out)

Lil Tecca @ Echostage (rap)

Jose Ramirez Blues Project from 6 to 9 pm @ Westminster Church SW DC

DJ Little Anthony @ Cheverly American Legion 6 to 10 pm (hand dancing. Rsvp required)

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Tues. April 5

Lido Pimienta w/ Combo Chimpita @ Songbyrd (Pimienta is a Canadian -Colombian electro pop act) 

Clap Fest w/ TCB, TOB, New Impressionz, XIB, XMB @ Club One (bouncebeat go-go) 

Luna Luna @ DC9 

Mogwai @ 930 Club

Daniel Rossen @ Miracle Theatre (from Grizzly Bear)

Colin Hay @ Rams Head Annapolis 

Black Midi @ Black Cat 

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Wed. April 6-

L’Imperatrice @ 930 (French pop-disco) 

*What Band @ Fast Eddie's (go-go) 

*Sirius Company @ Privilege 7 to 12

*Frank Sirius featuring w/ New Impressionz late  @ Babylon Falls Church 

*TOB @ Hangars 

*Backyard Band @ Hard Rock Cafe

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Thurs. April 7-

*Vivien Goldman w/ Dunia & Aram @ Red Room @ Normal Books  in Baltimore (UK postpunk pioneer & Punk professor)

Kazzabe @ La Villa in Gaithersburg, MD 

Ms. Nina @ Songbyrd (neo-perreo)

Azul Band live @ Green Zone (w/ Sticky Bear from Kino Musical sittin in)

Pablo Regis roots samba @ Mr Henry’s 

Nardo Wick @ Union Stage (rap) 

Feedel Band @ Bossa (Ethio-jazz) 

Live Ethiopian music @ Shalla Restaurant in Silver Spring (through Sunday)

Afrobeats Thursdays @ Spectrum Lounge in Beltsville

The Green Show @ Mr. Braxtons DC (local r'n'b & rap every Thursday)

Roots Band @ Makeda Restaurant, Van Dorn St., Alexandria (Ethiopian)

Average White Band @ Rams Head Annapolis

LTJ Bukem @ Flash 

* Jennifer O’Connor w/ Uruguay & Insect Factory @ Quarry House Tavern (indie )

*Sirius Company @ Union Oyster, 501 Morse St NE (go-go)

*What Band @ Hangars (go-go) 

*TCB @ Power

*Local Latin jazz @ Simple Bar 

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Fri. April 8-

Akua Allrich & the Tribe for free from 6 to 7 @ Kennedy Center Millennium Stage   (DC jazz vocalist)

Baltimore Zouk Fest (through the 11th)  @ Westin Hotel near BWI Airport

Nene Malo @ El Ranchon in Woodbridge

Hot Flash Heatwave @ Songbyrd (indie rock synth )

Joy Crookes @ Union Stage (sold out) 

Alfredo Mojico group @ Bossa (dc salsa) 

Ras Band w/ Tsehaye Yohannes & Fikeraddis Nekatibeb @ Twist Lounge (Ethiopian music Fri. through Sunday)

Genesis Owusu @ DC 9 (Ghanaian-Australian rapper/rocker )

El Mimoso " Luis Antonio Lopez, Luis Alfonso Partida " El Yaki ", Jp "La Leyenda De La Banda @ Cococabana

Key Glock @ Fillmore (rap) 

Louie Vega @ Flash

DJ Remi Hassoun @ Green Zone (Arabic)

DC LEGENDARY MUSICIANS, Inc. present "The History of Gospel & Jazz: From The African Drum to Gospel to Blues to R&B Hip Hop to Jazz @ Kennedy Center Reach

*Colonel Josh & Paisley Tonk 7 to 9:30 @ VFW Post 350 Hells Bottom

* EU & Sirius Company @ 15 K St NE (Friday & or Saturday???)

*Backyard Band & TCB @ Aqua

*New Impressionz & Drama Squad Band @ Hangars 

*Junkyard Band @ Nipsey's 

*Got My Own Sound @ City Winery Loft 

*Sugarhill Gang @ City Winery main stage 

*Rare Essence @ Fast Eddie's 

*Sol Roots @ Montpelier Mansion (blues/roots )

*Crown Vic's Weird World vinyl dj'ing @ Allegory lounge in Eaton Hotel

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Sat. April 9- 

Hardway Connection @ Malakhi Lounge in Manassas

Dom Flemons for free from 6 to 7 @ Kennedy Center Millennium Stage   (Americana; Louisiana Creole banjo & guitar)

Cece Peniston @ City Winery DC

Still Familiar @ Nottingham’s 

K-Paz de la Sierra @ Club One 

Kazzabe, El Chevo, Mr Jc @ VIP Room 

Tumbao @ Bossa (pan-Latin dance) 

Made in DMV conference (DC hiphop, r’n’b, go-go and more) 

Easy Life @ Union Stage

Schizophonics @ DC 9

Cousin Stizz @ Union Stage (rapper) 

Afro Kulture Saturdays @ Kaldis Rooftop 

Djs Akua and Limitbreak @ DC 9 

Justin Quiles @ 930 Club (reggaeton) 

Nazca @ Don Churro in Chantilly (local Peruvian group)

Marisela @ Warner Theatre (Mexican – American) 

EU & Sirius Company @ 15 K St NE *(Friday & or Saturday ?) 

Sakura Matsuri Japanese street fest on PA Ave NW 

Bright Eyes @ Anthem 

Crown Vic’s Weird World vinyl dj @ Green Zone

Deer Scout w/ Spring Silver + Carmen Canedo @ the Pocket

*TOB @ Power

*What Band & Obsession Band @ Fire Station 1

*Ballet Folklorico Mexicano de Georgetown @ 8 @ Gaston Hall, Healy Bldg., Georgetown U 

*TCB @ Hangars 

*Gospel show with NewVizion , Darrel Petties, Take 2, Seek & Find, Zion, Angela Robinson & High Praise, Phayze, James Hilliam Jr & Company @ 4pm @ Meridian Hill Baptist Church, Capital Heights, MD 

*Cherry Blossom parade in morning with appearances by Rare Essence and high school marching bands

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Sun. April 10-

Junkyard Band @ Nottingham’s 

Glenn Jones , Jordan Perry @ Rhizome (fingerpick guitar) 

Washington Performing Arts Gospel Choirs and Choral Arts @ Kennedy Center 

Slow Crush @ Songbyrd (Belgian shoegaze)

Backyard Band @ Society Lounge (go-go)

Retirement Party, Carly Cosgrove @ Comet Ping Pong

Boy Harsher @ Black Cat 

Cowboy Junkies @ Birchmere 

*Black Orpheus movie @ 3 pm @ National Gallery of Art 

*Schizophonics and Monsters from the Surf @ Ottobar 

* Anacostia River Festival: April 10 from 1 to 4 p.m. at Anacostia Park, Good Hope Road SE and Anacostia Drive SE near new bridge with Experience Band @ 1:20;  Word to Go-go finalists @ 1:50; TOB @ 2 pm;  Eastern Marching Band @ 2:35; Sirius Company @ 3:20pm

* Ron Moten - Don't Mute Moe book release party: 5:30 to 9 p.m. at Cambria Hotel Washington D.C. Capitol Riverfront, 69 Q St. SW

*Palm Sunday gospel bash w/ the Gospel Legends, Lil David & the Bells of Joy, Tammy Edwards & the Edwards Sisters, Kenny Davis & the Melodyaires, the Joy Boyz, Rohn & Reborn, Wings of Praise, United in Christ, Shonda Turner @ 2:30 pm @  Christ Deliverance Church, 71 Walnut St., Baltimore 

*Mark Cisneros dj'ing late night jazz records 10pm to 2 am @ Showtime 

*4 pm local blues and blues-rock women singers-Gayle Harrad, Robbin Kapsalis, Mary Shaver @ JVs

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Mon. April 11-

Shirleta Settles from 6 to 9 pm @ Westminster Church SW DC (blues & soul)

Pillow Queens @ Songbyrd (Irish female emo-punk-indie)

Spoon @ 930 Club (sold out)

DC abortion fund charity popup @ Green Zone

Conversation and crank with Backyard Band 6:30 to 8:30  @ Kennedy Center Reach (sold out)  

*Vacation, Dog Heaven, Saffron @ Slash Run (rock)

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Tues, April 12- 

Chalaban (Moroccan in Hungary band ) @ Creative Alliance in Baltimore  

Heart Attack Man @ Songbyrd (Cleveland punk) 

Dummy, Emotional World, tvo @ Comet Ping Pong

Superchunk w/ Torres @ Black Cat POSTPONED

Spoon @ 930 Club (sold out)

*Yeat @ Fillmore

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Wed. April 13-

4 Tops @ Rams Head Annapolis

Jonathan Acosta (Venezuelan singer-songwriter, vocalists, and cuatro player) @ Songbyrd 

Lightmare @ the Pocket 

*Sirius Company @ Privilege 7 to 12

*New Impressionz @ Babylon Futbol Cafe in Falls Church

*Honysuckle @ Pie Shop (indie folk)

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Thursday, April 14- 

Nio Garcia @ Rio Cantina (reggaeton)

Zakir Hussain, tabla, w/ his Triveni trio w/ Jayanthi Kumaresh, veena; Kala Ramnath, Carnatic violin @  Sixth & I  (musical dialogues between Hindustani (North Indian) and Carnatic (South Indian) music)

Sergio Mendes @ Birchmere (81 year-old Brazilian lounge jazz and bossa nova pop pianist & band)

National Gallery Night—Flowers After Hours—is an ode to our blossoming city and all things floral. Expect music by DJ Little Bacon Bear, performances from electric cellist Benjamin Gates, and live art from botanical artist Emily Paluska of Revery Paper Flora. 

Yasmin Nur, Flowerbomb, Magazine Beach @ Comet Ping Pong

Live Ethiopian music @ Shalla Restaurant in Silver Spring (through Sunday)

Afrobeats Thursdays @ Spectrum Lounge in Beltsville

The Green Show @ Mr. Braxtons DC (local r'n'b & rap every Thursday)

Roots Band @ Makeda Restaurant, Van Dorn St., Alexandria (Ethiopian

Danube Sessions w/ Orchestra Prazevica @ Green Zone

*Stanley Jordan plays Jimi @ Blues Alley (on 15th too)

*Sirius Company & TOB  8 to 12 mdt @ Union Oyster, 501 Morse St NE (go-go)

*Venray,Miranova, Closest Relative, Boayt @ Slash Run

*Rhodes Tavern Troubadours @ VFW Post 350 Hells Bottom

*Local Latin jazz @ Simple Bar 

* Chip Py DC go-go book talk @ 7 @ Public Option

*DC r'n'b, funk, and soul night w/ Craig Alson, Karen Linette, Greg Boyer, Elijah Balbed & more @ Keystone Korner in Baltimore

*TCB @ Power 

*What Band @ Hangars

*New Impressionz w/ guests Big G & Weensey of Backyard & Rick & Keith of Reaction @ Hashtag Lounge 

* Cambodian Solar New Year @ Cambodian temple w/ vendors and food : 13800 New Hampshire Ave, Silver Spring, (through 4-17)

* Cheick Hamala & Griot Street @ Bossa 

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Friday April 15- 

Temps & 4 Tops @ Lyric in Baltimore (Motown)

Chontidelia for free from 6 to 7 @ Kennedy Center Millennium Stage   (Afro-Colombian band)

Tay Money @ Songbyrd (Dallas rapper)

Tony, Toni, Tone @ Bethesda Blues (r'n'b)

First night of Passover

Ras Band w/ Tsehaye Yohannes & Fikeraddis Nekatibeb @ Twist Lounge (Ethiopian music Fri. through Sunday)

A Celebration of Women in Hip Hop  w/ MC Lyte, Da Brat, Trina, Remy Ma, Monie Love, MuMu Fresh, Yo Yo, Mama Sol, Tierra Whack, Ra Brown, & DJ Eque  @ Kennedy Center

R.A.P. Feirera @ Pie Shop (spelling?)

Sugar Daddiez @ Bossa (Italian music focused ) early

Alfredo Mojico group @ Bossa (dc salsa) @ 10:30pm

*DJ Lu spins Latin hits @ Bossa upstairs

KRS One @ Baltimore Soundstage

Monica @ DAR Constitution Hall 

We were promised Jetpacks, Frankie Rose @ Black Cat 

Cat Power @ Lincoln Theatre

DJ Basbousa @ Green Zone (Arabic) 

*Stanley Jordan plays Jimi @ Blues Alley 

* Benefit dance for longtime DC area r'n'b singer Paul Wills (Dynamic Corvettes and the Brothers 7 Band) who is recovering from a stroke , with the Brothers 7 Band, Stone Pleasure, Jim Bennett & Unique Creation, & Cymone Lovett & the Dream Band @ 7:30 @ Lamont's in Pomonkey 

*Danceclub w/ djs Baronhawk, Tommy C, Joyce  1432R @ 10 @ Redroom (electro/techno) 

*Secret Society @ Mix Bar 

*TCB, Reaction, ABM @ Martini's in Ft Washington, MD 

*NoMuNoMu "Between Two Worlds " art exhibit 4 to 7 pm @ 709 North Howard St., Baltimore 

*Rare Essence late @ Fast Eddie's

*Gargee’an, 15th day of Ramadan from 11am to 3 pm @ Quatar America Institute for Culture

*Still Familiar @ Shark Bar (go-go)

*Somalia (Atlanta neo-soul singer) @ the Pocket

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Saturday April 16- DC Emancipation Day

Lucky Daye @ Fillmore (r’n’b) 

Rare Essence for free from 6 to 7 @ Kennedy Center Millennium Stage   (dc go-go)

Backyard Band @ Martini’s 

Junkyard Band & DC Vybe @ Fast Eddie’s 

Hardway Connection @ Lamont’s in Pomonkey

Grupo Miramar @ Villa Flores in Glen Burnie 

Porches @ Union Stage

Juan Wauters @ Comet P P (Uruguay-born, NYC based indie)

Xavier Wulf @ Howard Theatre (trap-metal rap) 

Tumbao @ Bossa (pan-Latin dance)

*DJ Lu spins Latin hits @ Bossa upstairs

Reggaefest: dancehall v soca @ Bliss DC 

Circle Jerks , 7 Seconds, Negative Approach @ Black Cat (punk) (sold out) 

Lorde @ Anthem (Sold out)

Johnson Lee (from Joe’s record Paradise) @ Green Zone

*Daryl Hall & the Daryl's house band w/ Todd Rundgren @ MGM National Harbor 

*Sirius Company @ Gaylord resort in National harbor 

*Airport 77s @ American Legion Post 41  (powerpop) 

*Emancipation Day Parade @ 2 pm; Concert @ 3 @ Freedom Plaza w/ Dior Ashley Brown & the Filthy Animals, Junkyard band and more ; Fireworks @ 8:30 pm

*Robert Glasper and Jason Moran @ Kennedy Center (jazz pianists) 

* Robert Glasper, author of book on Dilla--Dan Charnas, and Kelley Carter in Conversation about Hip Hop Producer J Dilla @ 1 pm @ GW Morton Auditorium

*Antfarmusic @ Harlot 

*Sirius Company 9 pm @ Gaylord National Harbor and then late show @ Shark Bar (go-go) 

*TCB @ Fire Station 1 (bouncebeat)

*Long Live Go-go Emancipation Day 11 am to 8 pm w/ Yaddiya (Moechella) & more  @ location tba 

*Emancipation Day events- 5:30 PM - - GoGo truck & Flash Mob teaching Statehood dance! 2617 Pennsylvania Avenue, SE; 6:30 PM -  GoGo truck & Flash Mob teaching Statehood dance!- Anacostia Big Chair; 7:30 – 8:30 PM - GoGo gig @ 14th and U Street, NW

*Rare Essence @ Aqua 

*Proper Utensils @ the Chateau Remix

* Cambodian Solar New Year @ Cambodian temple w/ vendors and food : 13800 New Hampshire Ave, Silver Spring, (through 4-17)

*Blossom blockfest @ congress Heights, Oak & Sycamore Sts SE 

*Violinis Shu-ting w/ Huai-En Tsai @ 10 am  & 1pm in front of Elephant Center at the National Zoo; Gin dancers @11 am & 1:45 pm; Lion Dancers @ 12 noon @ Zoo

*Baltimore salsa bachata Congress @ Hilton Baltimore 

*Go-go bingo & more @ Mystics parking lot St. Elizabeth's campus 10 to 5pm 

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Sunday April 17- 

My birthday

Passover day 2 

Easter Sunday

Easter celebration of gospel with Tony Bowman @ Bethesda Blues 

Gospel Angels @ the Hamilton 

Hurray for the Riff-Raff, Anjimile, Amelia Jackie  @ Union Stage 

B*tch (queer folkpop) w/ Sean Barna ( Bowie-esque pop) @ Songbyrd

Backyard Band @ Society Lounge (go-go)

*vintage clothes and vinyl sale @ Slash Run 

*Sirius Company @ Bowie, MD Arts Center  10 pm 

*Sultry Sundays Afrobeats @ Spectrum Lounge 

*Blkvapor @ the Pocket (alt-indie-punk)

* Cambodian Solar New Year @ Cambodian temple w/ vendors and food : 13800 New Hampshire Ave, Silver Spring, (through 4-17)

 * Dong Xi live music  2pm  to 3:30 pm in front of Elephant Center at the National Zoo

*Artsouca (live music accompanying painting w/ guitarist Rob Coltun & others @ 7:30 @ Bossa

*TCB & CCB plus dj reggie-reg & go-go Frank 5 to 9 pm free @ RFK parking lot

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Mon. April 18-

Bbymutha @ Songbyrd (rapper) 

Easter Monday 

Sharon Clark & Gene Bertoncini "Tribute to Ella and Pass" @ Blues Alley

*Mike Amezcua (Georgetown Assistant prof) talk re Latinx participants in DC punk in the 80s @ 12 noon zoom via george washington u museum website sign up

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Tues. April 19

Janelle Monáe and Collaborating Writer Alaya Dawn Johnson on the book the Memory Librarian  In Conversation with Kimberly Drew @ 6th & I live & streamed

Zombies @ Rams Head Annapolis

*Lena Seikaly & Steve Herberman "Celebrate Ella and Pass" @ Blues Alley 

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Wed. April 20-

Juana Molina solo  @ Union Stage (Argentina avante-indie singer/guitarist & keyboard) 

Meditations On Mingus: w/ Brad Linde - alto saxophone; Abe Mamet - horn; Bags Davis - trumpet/flugelhorn; Leo Maxey - trumpet; Joe Herrera - trumpet; Liz Prince - tuba; Luke Stewart - bass; Keith Butler, Jr. - drums @ Rhizome

Delta Sleep @ Songbyrd (Brit math rock) 

Joao Fenix  @ Bossa (Brazilian)

Loving, Sipper, Makeup Girl @ Comet Ping Pong

Indigo Desouza @ Black Cat (indie singer/songwwriter)

*Sirius Company @ Privilege 7 to 12

*Pearie Sol @ the Runaway 

*Lucki @ Fillmore (rap)

*ABM & Ambition Band @ Gee's 

*New Impressionz @ Babylon Falls Church 

*TCB & TOB @ Aqua 

* Crown Vic's Weird World Vinyl Party @ Spacycloud Lounge 

*Backyard Band @ Hard Rock Cafe 

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Thurs. April 21-

Adia Victoria & Lizzie No @ Miracle Theatre (indie-Americana)

Heidi Martin Ensemble for free from 6 to 7 @ Kennedy Center Millennium Stage   (jazz singer) 

Big Thief @ Anthem (indie w/ folkie-Americana touches)

Joel Harrison & Free Country @ Rhizome (jazz-Americana)  

Snotty-nose Rez Kids @ Songbyrd (Canadian indigenous rappers)  

Pablo’s Brazilian Pagode night @ Bossa DC 

Live Ethiopian music @ Shalla Restaurant in Silver Spring (through Sunday)

Afrobeats Thursdays @ Spectrum Lounge in Beltsville

The Green Show @ Mr. Braxtons DC (local r'n'b & rap every Thursday)

Roots Band @ Makeda Restaurant, Van Dorn St., Alexandria (Ethiopian

Fontaines DC @ 930 (sold out)

Soul Sauce w/ Kenny M @ Green Zone

*Sirius Company @ Union Oyster, 501 Morse St NE (go-go)

*Celebration Summer, You Vandal, Curse Words @ Slash Run

*Local Latin jazz @ Simple Bar 

*Kronos Quartet live with documentary film @ Strathmore

*greet death @ Pie Shop (heavy sludge rock)

*Junkyard Band & Still Familiar from 8 to 12 mdt  @ Capital Restaurant in Lanham 

*What Band @ Hangars 

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Fri. April 22-

Baby Rasta y Gringo @ VIP Room in Baltimore 

Maelo Ruiz @ El Ranchon   

Chuck Brown Band @ Bethesda Blues

Alfredo Mojica  group @ 10:30 @  Bossa (dc salsa)

Bassam Haddad @ Green Zone (Arabic)

A musical journey across Indian Country w/ Dennis Zotigh and Ralph Zotigh for free from 6 to 7 @ Kennedy Center Millennium Stage   

Homeshake @ 930 Club 

Jeffrey Alexander & the Heavy Lidders (psych experim)  w/ Generation Gap (Wilson High students & teachers) @ Rhizome 

Mndsgn (r'n'b-soundtrack-psych-jazzy) @ Union Stage

Ras Band w/ Tsehaye Yohannes & Fikeraddis Nekatibeb @ Twist Lounge (Ethiopian music Fri. through Sunday)

Good Morning @ DC 9

Alejandra Guzman & Paulina Rubio @ Capital One Hall in Tyson’s 

The Doo Wop Project @ Rams Head Annapolis

*J.P. McDermott @ Hank Dietle's (rockabilly)

*Tierney Sutton @ Blues Alley (through the 24th) (jazz singer) 

*Anthony David @ City Winery (r'n'b singer)

*Brandon Camphor's OneWay @ 12:30pm @ Georgetown U.'s Mcneir Hall New North Bldg. (gospel/Christian pop)

*“Sacrifices of Praise: Unsung Forerunners of Praise and Worship in Black Gospel Music” talk  by Prof. Birgitta Johnson (Univ. of South Carolina) @ 2pm in Georgetown U.'s Mcneir Hall, New North Bldg

*Atlas Theatre 15th anniversary w/ Akua Allrich & the Tribe & more 6:30 to 10 pm @ Atlas 

*Crank & Flo w/ Marcus Johnson & Shorty Corleone @ Mix Bar 

*Angel & Khriz y K Rose @ CocoCabana 

*Rare Essence & Sirius Company @ Fast Eddie's 

*Backyard Band & TOB @ Aqua 

*Aaron Myers @ Mr. Henry's (dc jazz singer/pianist)

* Dave Chappell Blues Alley Guitar Symposium Street Fest w/ Anthony Pirog, John Previti and Larry Ferguson

@ 6:00PM — 9:00PM @ Georgetown Sandlot, 2715 Pennsylvania Ave. NW, 

* Outlier.mp3, Born I, Spring Silver @ Chaos FM 

*Still Familiar @ 11 pm @ Shark bar

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Sat. April 23-

Contours at Harmony Hall (old-school Detroit r’n’b including “Do You Love Me”)

Capella Grey & Sirius Co. @ Bliss DC (r’n’b/hiphop; & go-go from Sirius) 

Tumbao @ Bossa (pan-Latin dance)

Empath, Clear Channel, Tired All the Time    @ Comet (shoegaze, punk)

Stonecold Pleasure Band @ Lamont’s  

Griefcat for free from 6 to 7 @ Kennedy Center Millennium Stage   (indie-folk duo) 

Nora Brown @ Songbyrd (old-time banjo Americana)

Rejjie Snow @ Union Stage (Irish rapper )

Bellows,  You and Me and You, Carmen Canedo @ DC9 (indie )

Valerio Rinaldi solo set & Asociación Ilícita @ Simple Bar (rock en Espanol) 

Old 97s @ the Hamilton

Zvuk Dana w/ V’Shal Kanwar & Dhakfu @ Green Zone

*Kem and Babyface @ MGM National Harbor 

*Regina Belle @ City Winery Main stage

*Black Alley @ City Winery Loft stage 

*Veronneau @ Creative Cauldron in Falls Church

*Blue Carpet dj event w/ DJ Ezzy, DJ Frisco, DJ Big John, DJ Supa Dan, DJ 808, DJ Stevo  @ Balkonie Bar 

*The King of All the World movie (Spanish director Carlos Saura drama about the creation of a dance epic about a woman in a wheelchair and the selection of the lead dancing couple in Mexico and Mexican politics) @ 6 pm @ Landmark E Street

*Go-go City movie doc 3 pm screening followed by Rocksteady Project band w/ conga player Rocksteady Brown all from 3 to 6 @ MLK Library 

*Junkyard Band @ Dominion Raceway in Virginia 

*Sugarbear & EU @ Malikhi Lounge in Manassas 

* National Cannabis Fest W/ Wiz Khalifa, Ghostface Killa, Backyard Band, Dupont Brass, Shamans of Sound, SLick Rick, Footwerk @ RFK 

*Backyard Band & New Impressionz @ Fast Eddie's 

*Vi-kings @ Palisades Hub Cap Centre 

*Hovvdy @ Union Stage (Austin indie-pop)

* "Don't Mute Mo" Ron Moten book release event 4:30 to 8:30 w/ Experience Band & DJ Supa Dan  @ Secret Garden, 1922 MLK Ave SE

*TCB @ Hangars

* Lindy swing dance for free w/ Gretchen & the Sidecar 6 from 2 to 5 @ Dupont Circle 

* Lee Bains, Saffron, Teen Cobra @ Quarry House Tavern

*TOB, ABM, XIB @ Power

* Record Store day @ Joe's and elsewhere

*Proper Utensils @ Nottingham's 

*Rare Essence @ Aqua 

*Lokal band @ Mix Bar (Haitian)

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Sun. April 24- 

CJ Chenier & the Red Hot Louisiana Band @Hill Center, 921 Pennsylvania Ave SE DC 4:30-6:30. FREE outdoor concert

Musicologist Ian Nagoski talk & listening session re Armenian-American  singer Zabelle Panosian   @ Rhizome

Dr. Natalie Hopkinson  talk on go-go @  ?

Luwten @ Songbyrd (Dutch electro club pop w/ field recording sounds mixed in)

Backyard Band @ Society Lounge (go-go)

Godspeed You ! Black Emperor @ 930 (artsy cinematic indie)

*Enchantment, with Ray, Goodman, and Brown @ Bethesda Blues (r'n'b)

*Kem and Babyface @ MGM National Harbor (r'n'b)

*Okaidja Afroso Trio from 1 to 2 and from 3 to 4 for free  @ National Gallery of Art West Bldg. garden court (US based Ghanaian) (reservations suggested) 

*La La @ Black Cat (indie ) CANCELLED

*  The Hard Art 1979 ( second edition) book release event 3 to 7 pm  w/ photographer Lucian  Perkins  and Alec Mackaye . Mackaye wrote text for this book that includes Perkins photos at 1979 DC punk gigs including at the Hard Art Gallery. 3 bands - POA , Quattracenta  Time is Fire will perform @ Lamont St. plaza and their will be photos on display in Elle Alley off of Mt Pleasant St NW 

*Go-go promoter Big Butch's 65th birthday party w/Quality Band, A Level Up Band, rapper DC Scorpio, DJ Big John from 3 to 8 @ Hangar's  

*What Band @ Nottingham's

*Lila Downs @ George Mason Center for the Arts (Mexican-American traditional singer)

*Leo Rua @ Bossa (soul-reggae-folk) 

*What Band @ Nottingham's 

*Ethiopian music @ MHL Lounge in Falls Church 

*Funset DJs ( Diyanna Monet, Kenny M, DJ Smudge) 5 to 10 pm @ Dew Drop Inn

*Image Band 5 to 9pm @ Mix Bar (Caribbean)

*Chip Py go-go book event and signing @ Alice's Jazz and Cultural Society @ 6:00-9pm. 

*[Jawbreaker @ Fillmore]

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Monday April 25-

Eddie Jones & the Young Bucks from 6 to 9 pm @ Westminster Church SW DC (soul) (recommended)

The Weather Station, Ignorance, Sam Amidon @ Union Stage (headliner is critics fave jazzy indie folk) 

Aimee Mann @ Birchmere

*The movie Casablanca Beats streaming online April 25 through 28th via Filmfest DC ( nonprofessionals playing docu-fictionalised versions of themselves, learning to rap at an arts centre in Casablanca, Morocco )

* Chip Py signing copies of his book about dc go-go @ 7:30 pm @ the Pug

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Tues. April 26- 

Ericdoa @ Songbyrd (hyperpop)

Aimee Mann @ Birchmere

*Jo-go Project @ City Winery

*Girl Talk @ 930 Club

* Bachata dj night @ La Cosecha 

*Made in the DMV : Organic Choice showcase night @ Pie Shop (rap)

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Wed. April 27- 

Saba @ Fillmore (rap) 

Michelle @ Songbyrd (New York indie-pop 6 member collective )

Son Lux @ Union Stage (experimental electronic post-rock)

Kelsey Karter @ DC 9 (New Zealand glam pop rock) 

Shelby Lynne & Allison Moorer @ Birchmere 

*Sirius Company @ Privilege 7 to 12

*Jack O'Dell Band @ VFW Post 350 Hells Bottom (roots Americana)

*TOB @ Eaton Hotel 

*What Band w/  Killa Cal @ Fast Eddie's

*Backyard Band @ Hard Rock Cafe 

*Still Familiar @ Martini's in Ft Washington 

*Hump Day funk w/ Dior Ashley Brown & the Filthy Animals @ Bossa DC 

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Thurs. April 28-

Dunia & Aram @ Bluebeat DC (ska & reggae)

Muni Long @ Miracle Theatre (singer-songwriter r’n’b) 

Indian Classical Vocalist Samia Mahbub Ahmad @ Kennedy Center Reach 

Live Ethiopian music @ Shalla Restaurant in Silver Spring (through Sunday)

Afrobeats Thursdays @ Spectrum Lounge in Beltsville

The Green Show @ Mr. Braxtons DC (local r'n'b & rap every Thursday)

Roots Band @ Makeda Restaurant, Van Dorn St., Alexandria (Ethiopian)

Lindsey Buckingham @ Capital One Hall in Tyson’s (ex-Fleetwood Mac )

Raul Malo @ Birchmere 

Mazboota w/ Fady D @ Green Zone (alternative Arabic electro) 

*Sirius Company @ Union Oyster, 501 Morse St NE   @ Capital Restaurant in Lanham    (go-go)

*Jo-go Project @ Keystone Korner

*Brian McKnight @ City Winery 

*Local Latin jazz @ Simple Bar 

* Toshi Reagon and ensemble in adaptation of Octavia Butler’s 1993 novel, “Parable of the Sower,” as a folk opera @ Strathmore (& on 29th)

* Blu Anxxiety and Lazuli and Asesinato @ Slash Run (hardcore punk)

* Latchkey Kids & Ekko Astral @ Quarry House Tavern

*La Colombopercutiva @ Bossa (cumbia)

* Live Ethiopian music @ MHL Hookah lounge in Falls Church

* New Impressionz @ Hashtag Lounge 

*TCB @ Power 

*Victor Provost @ the Fridge (steel pan jazz) 

*What Band @ Hangars

*Still Familiar, Obsession Band @ Mexico Lindo in Bladensburg

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Fri. April 29-

Alfredo Mojica group @  10:30 @ Bossa  1st floor (dc salsa) & DJ Lu spins Latin hits upstairs 

Ted Leo for free from 6 to 7 @ Kennedy Center Millennium Stage   (rock)

Choreographer Kyle Abraham's A.I.M. including "An Untitled Love" (dance piece using music of D'Angelo ) @ Kennedy Center (also on 4-30)

Dunia & Aram @ Goucher College (ska & reggae)

Ho99o9 @ Songbyrd (industrial punk-rap)

Tenille Townes @ Union Stage (country) 

Ras Band w/ Tsehaye Yohannes & Fikeraddis Nekatibeb @ Twist Lounge (Ethiopian music Fri. through Sunday)

Shelby Lynne & Allison Moorer @ Rams Head Annapolis

Bad Moves, Gauche, Bottled Up @ Black Cat

*Brian McKnight @ City Winery 

* Spring dance concert @  8 @ Parilla Performing Arts Ctr Montgomery College

* DJ Baby Alcatraz @ Showtime Bar 

* Toshi Reagon and ensemble in adaptation of Octavia Butler’s 1993 novel, “Parable of the Sower,” as a folk opera @ Strathmore 

*Still Familiar @ 11 pm @ Shark bar

*Rare Essence & Mature Clientele @ Fast Eddie's 

*Backyard @ Aqua 

*Sirius Company @ Club Elevate 

*Dylan Scott @ Fillmore

*-_-; Max D; Sir E.U. & Tooth Choir @ Rhizome (rap and electro and more) 

*DJ Underdog & DJ Native Sun playing amapiano & afrobeats @ Mojuba in Silver Spring

* Junkyard Band @ Nipsey's 

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Sat. April 30-

Tex Rubinowitz @ 4 pm @ JVs

Danilo Pérez’s Global Messengers @  Sixth & I ( Panamanian jazz pianist and UNESCO Artist for Peace Danilo Pérez unites his twin passions of music and humanitarianism in this international sextet w/his bandmates—hailing from Palestine, Greece, and Jordan)  

Choreographer Kyle Abraham's A.I.M. including "An Untitled Love" (dance piece using music of D'Angelo ) @ Kennedy Center

Lizzie No for free from 6 to 7 @ Kennedy Center Millennium Stage   (singer/songwriter, harpist, guitarist) 

Junkyard Band, Still Familiar, Mature Clientele @ Ivy City Smokehouse 

Altin Gun @ Capital Turnaround (Turkish psych rock)

Tumbao @ Bossa (pan-Latin dance) 1st floor while DJ Lu spins Latin hits upstairs 

Dua Saleh @ Songbyrd (rap-pop) 

Trupa Trupa @ DC 9 (art-rock, psychedelic post punk band from Gdańsk, Poland) @ DC 9

Afrobeats, soca, dancehall @ Bliss DC 

Project Glow afterparty w/ Diplo @ Echostage 

Tamar Braxton @ Bethesda Blues

Palace @ 930

*Karl Straub Combo @ VFW Post 350 Hells Bottom

*Petworth Porch Fest 2 to 6 pm (Janel & Anthony @ 2 & Messthetics @ 3 @ 4515 5th st NW; Lightmare @ 4 @ 600 Emerson St.; Samba school @ 4 & DMV rumbaros @ 821 Upshur St.; Near Northeast @5 @ 801 Taylor St main stage; Weird Babies @ 5 @ 720 Varnum St 

*Afro-Atlantic Histories symposium and events @ National Gallery of Art & virtual 10 am to 5 pm-- Batala drum crew @ 12 noon @ West Building entrance mall side; 2pm sticks & marimbas youth ensemble @ West bldg garden court; East of the River steelband @ 4pm @ west building entrance national mall side

* Spring dance concert @  8 @ Parilla Performing Arts Ctr Montgomery College

*The King of All the World movie (Spanish director Carlos Saura drama about the creation of a dance epic about a woman in a wheelchair and the selection of the lead dancing couple in Mexico and Mexican politics) @  4:30 pm @ Landmark E Street

*TCB @ Hangars 

*Sirius Company, & DC Vybe @ Fast Eddie's 

*Rare Essence @ Aqua 

*Backyard Band @ Union Oyster 

*Big K.R.I.T. @ Fillmore 

* "Billy Stewart: How Nice It Is" program @ 1:30pm @ MLK Library, 901 G Street, NW,  w/ - Screening of doc "Fat Boy: The Billy Stewart Story. A Panel discussion;  Hand Dance Showcase; & "Silk Soul" performing

*Weird World dj @ Green Zone

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Sun. May 1-

Tamar Braxton @ Bethesda Blues

Emma G album release party @ DC 9 

*Bacanal (Adobo DMV tropical sounds dj  party w/ SpydaT.E.K. & Mathias, & El Pedro )3 to 10 @ The Bullpen , 1201 Half St SE 

*Festival of Colors/Holi @ 12 noon to 5 @ Bull Run Park (South Asian)

* Spring dance concert @  2pm  @ Parilla Performing Arts Ctr Montgomery College

*Grupo Samuray, Los Terribles del Norte, El Tiempo, El Original Conjunto Mar Azul, Varonil @ 90 Degrees in Manassas

*The DC Blues Society 35th anniversary concert w/ FREE live music at The Wunder Garten (1101 First St NE) @ 1-7pm. The lineup and anticipated set times are: Moonshine Society 1:00-2:15; The Daryl Davis Band 2:30-3:40; DCBS founders Rick Franklin, Neil Harpe, Mark Wenner, and other surprise guests 3:50-5:00; Joe Louis Walker (with special guest Linwood Taylor) 5:30-7:00

*  Fanm d'Ayiti (Women of Haiti)(concert-length work for voice, flute, string quartet, and electronics) created by composer/performer Nathalie Joachim and w/ Spektral Quartet @ 3 pm @ Nat. Gallery Of Art West Building, West Garden Court

*Pagode & samba @ Bossa w/ roda de Amigos 

*J. Robbins solo acoustic w/ Gordon Withers on cello @ 1 pm Johns Hopkins Spring Fair Homewood campus Decker Gardens Beer stage (from Jawbox) 

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May 3- Koffee @ Fillmore

May 4-Helado Negro @ 930

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)