Past Events
Date Artist Venue Dancing? Notes
2005
Sat Jan 1
Nighthawks w/ Tommy Lepson
Half Moon BBQ
Sat Jan 1
Hank Williams Tribute
Birchmere
Robin & Linda Williams & Their Fine Group, Bill Kirchen, Cathy Fink & Marcy Marxer, Ricky Simpkins, Dave Giegrich, Mark Schatz - $25/30+SC
Sat Jan 1
Deanna Bogart
Funkbox
Sun Jan 2
Sunday Waltz
w/ Sugar Beat
Spanish Ballroom
Glen Echo
yes, lesson @ 3
$7
Tue Jan 4
BB King
Rams Head Live
Baltimore
Wed Jan 5
WAMA Timeline: Root Boy Slim
Strathmore Hall
no
w/ Tommy Lepson, Deanna Bogart, Dan Hovey, Ron Holloway, Torro Gamble, Scott Ambush, & the Original Rootettes.SOLD OUT
Thur Jan 6
Geno Delafose & French Rockin' Boogie
Birchmere Bandstand
yes
$19.50+$3SC
Thur Jan 6
Rhodes Tavern Troubadours
Half Moon BBQ
Thur Jan 6
Doc Scantlin & His Imperial Palms Orchestra
Ronald Reagan Building
Fri-Sat Jan 7-8
Ricky Skaggs & Kentucky Thunder
Birchmere
$35+$3SC
Fri Jan 7
Geno Delafose & French Rockin' Boogie
Holy Savior Club
436 East Main St
Norristown, PA
yes, lesson @ 7:30
$20
Sat Jan 8
Mitch Woods & his Rocket 88s
Spanish Ballroom
Glen Echo Park
yes, Lesson @ 8pm
$15
Sat Jan 8
Aloha Elvis
w/ the Hula Monsters
Del Ray Artisans Gallery
2704 Mt. Vernon Ave
$15
Sat Jan 8
Lil' Malcolm & the House Rockers
Barn Theatre at Catonsville CC
yes, Lesson @ 8pm
$12
Sun Jan 9
Lil' Malcolm & the House Rockers
Chick Hall's Surf Club
yes
$12
Mon Jan 10
Geno Delafose & French Rockin' Boogie
Rams Head Live
Baltimore
yes
$13.75(online), +$2(day of show)
Mon-Tue Jan 10-11
Derek Trucks
Rams Head
Annapolis
Tue Jan 11
SXSWĘSinger/Songwriter Semi-Finals
Austin Grill
Silver Spring
J.P. McDermott, Shwa Lobsen, Billy Coulter, Bob Kannenberg, Meghan Hayes, & Danielle Westphall
Tue Jan 11
Terri Allard
Kennedy Center
Millenium Stage
Folk - FREE - 6-7pm
Wed Jan 12
Paris Combo
Baird Auditorium
Natural History Museum
$22/$17(members)
Thur Jan 13
Smokin' Polecats
JVs
Fri Jan 14
George Clinton
Chuck Brown & the Soul Searchers
9:30
Fri Jan 14
Pete Kanaras & Friends
Half Moon BBQ
w/ Lil' Ronnie Owens, Mark Stephens, Tommy Hannigan, & Clark Matthews8:30pm
Billy Hancock cancelled
Fri Jan 14
The Mammals
Montgomery College
Rockville
Fri Jan 14
Mary Ann Redmond Band
Jammin' Java
8pm
Sat Jan 15
Hillbilly Jazz
Spanish Ballroom
Glen Echo
yes, Lesson @ 8pm
$12
Sat Jan 15
Lil' Malcolm
Bumper Car Pavillion
Glen Echo
yes, Lesson @ 8pm
$13
Sat Jan 15
Lush Life
Club H2O
yes, Lesson @ 7:45pm
$20 advance
Sun Jan 16
B.B. King
DAR Constitution Hall
Sun Jan 16
Funk Brothers
Birchmere
$45+SC
Sun Jan 16
Sunday Waltz
w/ Notoriuos
Spanish Ballroom
Glen Echo
yes, lesson @ 3
$7
Mon Jan 17
Alision Kraus & Union Station
Myerhoff
Mon Jan 17
Jonny Lang
Rams Head Live
Baltimore
Tue Jan 18
Asleep at the Wheel
Dulcie Taylor
Birchmere
$25+$3SC
Wed Jan 19
Black Tie & Boots Inaugural Ball
Washington, DC
Derailers & Reckless Kelly - MegaBux
Thur Jan 20
Bio Ritmo
State Theatre
Thur Jan 20
Rhodes Tavern Troubadours
Half Moon BBQ
8:30pm
Thur Jan 20
Billionaires for Bush Re-Coronation Ball
Platinum Nightclub
$250-$20(advance) w/ Chopteeth Afro Beat Orchestra
Thur Jan 20
Non-Partisan Inaugural Ball
Spanish Ballroom
Glen Echo Park
yes
$15 - Waltz (7:30-9:15pm) w/ Martin's Flight
Swing (9:45pm-midnight) w/ SwingSet
Fri Jan 21
Bob Margolin, Mark Wenner, Mookie Brill, & Big Joe Maher
January Allstars
State Theatre
Sat Jan 22
Rhodes Tavern Troubadours
Mackey's
1823 L. St. NW
Sat Jan 22
Dagmar & the Seductones
Half Moon BBQ
9:30pm
Sun Jan 23
8th Anniversary w/
Count Basie Orchestra
Millenium Stage
Kennedy Center
believe it or not, yes and a lesson
FREE
Mon Jan 31
Tsunami Relief Jam
Chevy Chase Ballroom
yes
$10 - 9-11pm
Wed Feb 2
Sonny Landreth
CC Adcock & the Mau Mau Playboys
Barns of Wolftrap
Wed Feb 2
Tinsley Ellis
Tommy Castro
Rams Head
no
Wed Feb 2
Flamenco Gala 2005
Los 4 Elementos
Lisner Auditorium
$30-50
Thur Feb 3
Rhodes Tavern Troubadours
Half Moon BBQ
Thur Feb 3
Flamenco Gala 2005
Flamenco Dancing on Lisner's Stage ... Starring You!
Lisner Auditorium
$15 - Limited Attendance
Fri-Sat Feb 4-5
Iguanas
Barns of Wolftrap
yes
$18 - Sat Sold Out
Fri Feb 4
Subdudes
State Theatre
Note: Early show 7:30-9pm - $19
then Get the H#LL out for the Legwarmers
Fri Feb 4
The Creole Cowboys
Surf Club
yes
$12 - 9-midnight - Jeffery Broussard & D'Jalma Garnier
Fri Feb 4
Tommy Castro
Crawdaddies
Funk Box
Baltimore Blues Society show - $17/20 - 8pm
Fri Feb 4
Nighthawks
Chevy Chase Ballroom
yes, lesson @ 8:30pm
9-12 - $13
Sat-Sun Feb 5-6
Flamenco Gala 2005
Ballet Flamenco Sara Baras: Sue–os
Lisner Auditorium
$30-50 - 8pm
Sat Feb 5
Nathan & the Zydeco Cha-Chas
Catonsville CC Barn Theatre
yes, lesson
Sat Feb 5
Toni Lynn Washington
Spanish Ballroom
Glen Echo
yes, lesson
$13
Sat Feb 5
JP McDermott's Buddy Holly Celebration
Half Moon BBQ
$10 - 9:30pm w/ lots of guests
Sat Feb 5
Tommy Castro
Tinsley Ellis
State Theatre
Sat Feb 5
Leo Kottke
Birchmere
Sun Feb 6
Iguanas
Rams Head Tavern
Siddown & Shuddup
Sun Feb 6
Sunday Waltz w/ Gigmeiesters
Spanish Ballroom
Glen Echo
yes, lesson @ 3pm
$7
Sun Feb 6
HUM Benefit for Suzanne Ives
Jammin Java
$20 - w/ Dulcie Taylor, Dennis Jay, Roger Henderson, David Kitchen, Scott McKnight & Naughty Pine, Jay Jenc, Bumpkin Pie, NovaZanz & others
Mon Feb 7
19th Annual Wammie Awards
Strathmore Music Center
Performers Include: Chopteeth Afrofunk Big Band, Ellis Paul, EU featuring Sugar Bear, Hillbilly Jazz, Jennifer Cutting's Ocean Orchestra, Pat McGee Band, Root Boy Slim Tribute, & Tom Principato
Mon Feb 7
CancelledThe Creole Cowboys
Half Moon BBQ
Mon Feb 7
Llasa
Jammin' Java
Tue Feb 8
Fat Tuesday
Tue Feb 8
Dr. John
Nighthawks
Strathmore Hall
8pm
Tue Feb 8
Habib Koite
Barns of Wolftrap
$22
Tue Feb 8
The Creole Cowboys
Cats Eye Pub
$5 - 9pm
Tue Feb 8
The Grandsons
The Bungalow
Arlington
Tue Feb 8
Buckwheat Zydeco
Funk Box
Tue Feb 8
Mardi Gras Party
Fat Tuesday's
Fairfax
music starts at 1pm - w/ Trip Lizard, Boones Farmers, Too Damn Big, Jeff Watson & Downtown, and Midnight Spaghetti & G Strings
Tue Feb 8
Mardi Gras Parade
Wilson Blvd
Clarendon
Wed Feb 9
Dirty Dozen Brass Band
Funk Box
Wed Feb 9
Flamenco Gala 2005
Ca–izares and Jose Maria Gallardo: Mano a Mano
Lisner Auditorium
$25-40
Thur Feb 10
Junkyard Saints
belated-Mardi Gras Party
Los Arrieros
Silver Spring
$10 - 8-11pm
Thur Feb 10
Sceldom Scene
King Wilkie
Birchmere
$20+SC
Fri Feb 11
Hula Monsters
Half Moon BBQ
Fri Feb 11
Mary Shaver w/ the Smokin' Polecats
JVs
Sat Feb 12
Tad Robinson
Lou Pride
Rosedale Americal Legion Hall
Sat Feb 12
Hula Monsters & Big Hillbilly Bluegrass
Roots Cafe
St. Johns Church
Baltimore
Sat Feb 12
Karen Collins & the Backroads Band
Half Moon BBQ
$7 - 9-12:30am
Sat Feb 12
Red Dress Ball
w/ Eric Felton Septet
Spanish Ballroom
Glen Echo Park
yes, Lesson @ 8?
$13 - 8-midnight
Sat Feb 12
Flamenco Gala 2005
Crossroads
Lisner Auditorium
$25-40 - 8pm
Sun Feb 13
Dr John
Rams Head
Sun Feb 13
DC Allstars
Birchmere
$26+SC - featuring Pookie Hudson & the Spaniels, The Jewels, The Velons, The Orioles, Skip Mahoney & the Casuals, The Winstons, Al Johnson, Sir Joe Quarterman, Greg Cooper, H.A.L.O., NU ERA, Host & M/C "Capt. Fly, Smooth & Easy Dancers
Mon&Wed Feb 14&16
Guy Clark, Joe Ely, John Hiatt, & Lyle Lovett
Birchmere
siddown & shuddup
$100+3SC - SOLD OUT
Wed Feb 16
Greg Allman
Rams Head Live
Baltimore
Thur Feb 17
Rhodes Tavern Troubadours
Half Moon BBQ
Fri-Sun Feb 18-20
Last Train Home
Iota
room?
Fri Feb 18
Jimmy Thackery & the Drivers
State Theatre
Fri Feb 18
Roomful of Blues
Rams Head
Siddown & Shuddup
Fri Feb 18
Rev. Billy C. Wirtz
Golden Sports Bar
Ellicott City
Sat Feb 19
Corey Harris
Loyola College
8pm - FREE (tickets required)
Sat Feb 19
Ron Holloway & Julia Nixon
Ram's Head Tavern
Sat Feb 19
Boilermaker Jazz Band
Spanish Ballroom
Glen Echo Park
yes, lesson @ 8pm
$12
Sat Feb 19
Roomful of Blues
Funk Box
Sat Feb 19
JP McDermott & Western Bop
Old Line Skiffle Band, Divide By 3
Old Town Theater
815.5 King Street Alexandria
9:55pm - $8
Sat Feb 19
Gogol Bordello
Black Cat
Ukranian Gypsy Punk
Sun Feb 20
Guy Clark, Joe Ely, John Hiatt, & Lyle Lovett
Rams Head Live
Baltimore
$60+3SC
Sun Feb 20
Roomful of Blues
Barns of Wolftrap
yes
7:30pm
Mon Feb 21
Guy Clark, Joe Ely, John Hiatt, & Lyle Lovett
Birchmere
siddown & shuddup
$100+3SC
Mon Feb 21
Squeeze Bayou
Institute of Musical Traditions Concert/Dance
St Mark Presbyterian Church
10701 Old Georgetown Rd.
Rockville, MD
yes
8pm - $14/17(door)
Mon Feb 21
Jimmie Dale Gilmore
Blue Rhythm Boys
Birchmere
Tue Feb 22
Fabulettes
Clarendon Ballroom
yes
$10 - 9-11pm
Wed Feb 23
Joe Bonamassa
Rams Head Live
Baltimore
Thur Feb 24
Rhodes Tavern Troubadours
Sunset Grille
Thur Feb 24
Dexter Ardoin & the Creole Ramblers
Surf Club
$12 - 7-10pm
Fri-Sun Feb 25-28
Nils Lofgren
Birchmere
7:30pm - $35+$3SC
Fri Feb 25
Big Bad Voodoo Daddy
Rams Head Live
Baltimore
Fri Feb 25
Shambells
Duck N' Roll
Seidels' Bowling Alley
yes
Fri Feb 25
JP McDermott & Western Bop
Austin Grill
Silver Spring
Fri Feb 25
Wendy LeBeau & her Beaus
Fleabops
Iota
Sat Feb 26
Mardi Gras Ball
Rhodes on the Pawtuxet
Craanston, RI
Steve Riley, Chris Ardoin, Dexter Ardoin & Li'l Anne
6-mindnight - $30(adv)/$35(door)
Also note Friday Preparty w// Chris Ardoin
Sat Feb 26
Flatfoot Sam & the Educated Fools
Zoo Bar
w/ Steve "Baby Jake" Jacobs
Sat Feb 26
Blue Moon Cowgirls
Weil House Concert
$12
Sun Feb 27
BBS Blues Jam w/ Troscaderos
Funk Box
No Cover - 2:30-6:30pm
Mon Feb 28
Lesley Byers & the Jazz Cats
Chevy Chase Ballroom
yes
$10 - 9-11pm
Tue March 1
Toni Lynn Washington
Clarendon Ballroom
yes
$10 - 9-11pm
Tue March 1
Mosquitos
Cigarbox Planetorium
Iota
$10
Wed March 2
Robert Lighthouse
Chief Ike's Mambo Room
$5 - regular gig begins...
Thur March 3
Alejandro Escovedo
Barns
no
$25
Thur Mar 3
John Cleary & the Absolute Monster Gentlemen
Rams Head
Anapolis
Thur Mar 3
Rhodes Tavern Troubadours
Sunset Grille
Fri Mar 4
John Cleary & the Absolute Monster Gentlemen
Funk Box
Fri Mar 4
Alejandro Escovedo
Rams Head
Fri Mar 4
Dennis Stroughmatty & Creole Stomp
Catonsville CC Barn Theatre
yes, w/ lesson
$12 - 9pm-
Fri March 4
Kings of Strings
J. Geils, Gerry Beaudoin, Bob Nieske, Jerry Miller, & Aaron Weinstein
Barns of Wolftrap
$22
Fri Mar 4
Terrence MacArdle & Jumpin' Tonight
Hilton Hotel
Dulles Airport
yes, lesson @ 8:30pm
$13 - 9-midnight
Sat March 5
WSDC 20th Anniversary
Daryl Davis & Deanna Bogart w/ Ron Holloway
Spanish Ballroom
Glen Echo Park
yes, lesson @ 8pm
$15
Sat Mar 5
John Cleary & the Absolute Monster Gentlemen
State Theatre
9pm
Sun Mar 6
Mark O'Connor's Hot Swing Trio
Music Center at Strathmore
siddown & shuddup
7pm - $25-45
Sun Mar 6
Mary Shaver & the Smokin' Polecats
JVs
Sun Mar 6
Sunday Waltz
Honeysuckle Rose
Spanish Ballroom at Glen Echo
yes, lesson @ 3pm
$7 - 3:30-6pm
Tue March 8
Ram Blues Jam w/ Dean Rosenthal, Tom Principato, Kelly Bell, Linwood Taylor, Automatic Slim, ...
Rams Head Live
Baltimore
Wed March 9
Jimmy Cliff
State Theatre
Wed March 9
Eddie From Ohio
Jammin' Java
7 & 9:30 shows - Sold Out
Thur March 10
Rhodes Tavern Troubadours
Sunset Grille
Fri March 11
Mary Ann Redmond
Jammin' Java
Fri March 11
Grandsons
Washington Dulles Hilton
yes
$13
Fri March 11
JP McDermott & Western Bop
JV's
Fri March 11
Groupo Niche
H2O
Sat March 12
Mondo Exotica
American Visionary Arts Museum
Baltimore
w/ Brave Combo - $70+
Sat March 12
Swing Speak w/ Tom Mitchell
Avalon Studio
15 Mellor Ave, Catonsville, MD
yes, lesson @ 8pm
$12 - 9pm-midnight
Sat March 12
Casey MacGill & the Spirits of Rhythm
Spanish Ballroom
Glen Echo Park
yes, lesson @ 8pm
$15
Sat March 12
Terry & The Bad Boys
Surf Club
yes
$12
Sat March 12
JP McDermott & Western Bop
w/ Dead Men's Hollow
Half Moon BBQ
Sat March 12
Tab Benoit
Sweet Carolines
Winchester, VA
Mon March 14
Buddy Guy
Birchmere
$45+SC
Tue March 15
Chieftans
Kennedy Center Concert Hall
Wed-Sun March 16-20
South By Southwest
Austin, TX
Wed March 16
Nighthawks
Sunset Grille
Thur-Fri March 17-18
Tarbox Ramblers
Iota
Thur March 17
Junkyard Saints
Los Arrieros
Silver Spring
$10
Thur March 17
Ruthie & Greg's Half Moon Jamboree
Half Moon BBQ
w/ guests from Honky Tonk Confidential - 8:30pm-
Thur March 17
Terry & the Bad Boys
Chick Hall's Surf Club
yes
$12
Fri March 18
JP McDermott & Western Bop
Silver Spring Moose Lodge
Fri March 18
Sentimental Journey
Music of the 40s
Kennedy Center Concert Hall
w/ Aretha Franklin, Dwight Yoakam, Johnny Mathis - $30-150
Fri March 18
Los Amigos Invisibles
Black Cat
Fri March 18
Chopteeth
Los Arrieros
$8/$5(students)
Fri March 18
the Shambells
Cats Eye
Sat March 19
Big Joe & the Dynaflows
Spanish Ballroom
Glen Echo Park
yes, lesson @ 8pm
$12
Sat March 19
Steve Earle & the Dukes
Allison Moorer
9:30
Sat March 19
Baltimore Blues Society 20th Anniversary
Odetta, Magic Slim, & Richard Johnson
Shriver Hall
Sat March 19
Orchestra Baobab
Birchmere Bandstand
7:30pm - $30+$3SC
Sat March 19
Old Line Skiffle Combo
Wendy LeBeau & her Beaus
Half Moon BBQ
9:30pm - $6
Sat March 19
Canecutters
Terry & the Bad Boys - Cancelled
Bumper Car Pavillion
Glen Echo Park
yes, lesson @ 8pm
Sun March 20
Sunday Waltz w/ Moving Violations
Spanish Ballroom
Glen Echo Park
yes, lesson @ 3pm
$7 - 3:30-6pm
Sun March 20
Danny Morris Band
Sunset Grille
Mon March 21
Buddy Guy
Tom Hambridge
Birchmere
Mon March 21
Patti Reese & Dave Chappel
JVs
Tue March 22
Terence MacArdle & Jumpin' Tonight
Clarendon Ballroom
yes
$10 - 9-11pm
Tue March 22
Buddy Guy
Rams Head Live
Baltimore
Thur March 24
Danny Morris Band
Bangkok Blues
Thur March 24
Lisa Moscotiello
Half Moon BBQ
Thur March 24
Doc Scantlin
Reagan Building
Fri March 25
Jr. Brown
Rhodes Tavern Troubadours
Birchmere
7:30pm
Fri March 25
King Sunny Ade
Lincoln Theatre
The ruler of Nigerian juju music
Sat March 26
Steady Rollin' Bob Margolin
Rev. Billy C. Wirtz
State Theatre
Sat March 26
Rhodes Tavern Troubadours
Half Moon BBQ
2:30-4pm Kiddie Show
9:30pm- std show
Sat March 26
Jr. Brown
Rams Head Live
Baltimore
$20
Sat March 26
Black Tie Swing Gala w/ Lush Life
Andrews Airforce Base Officers Club
yes
$50/person advance
Sun March 27
Toots & the Maytals
State Theater
Mon March 28
Pat Metheny Group
Lisner Auditorium
Wed-Thur March 30-31
Battlefield Band
Barns of Wolftrap
Thur March 31
Dr. Billy Taylor's final concert - "Diz"
Kennedy Center
Terrace Theatre
7:30 and 9:30pm
Thur March 31
JP McDermott's Buddy Holly Tribute
JVs
Fri-Sun April 1-3
Last Train Home
Iota
room?
Fri-Sat Apr 1-2
Leo Kottke
Birchmere
$25+$3SC
Fri Apr 1
Big Joe & the Dynaflows
Chevy Chase Ballroom
yes, lesson @ 8:30pm
$13 - 9-midnight
Sat Apr 2
Blind Boys of Alabama
Charlie Musselwhite
Lisner Auditorium
8pm - $45/40/35/25
Sat April 2
Girls from Mars & Almost Recess
Spanish Ballroom
Glen Echo Park
yes, lesson @ 8pm
$12
Sat Apr 2
Persuasions
Alden Theatre
McLean, VA
Sat Apr 2
Rhodes Tavern Troubadours
Mackey's
Washington, DC
Sat Apr 2
Big Boy Little & Rusty Bogart
Zoo Bar
Sun Apr 3
Artoro Sandoval
Strathmore Hall
Sun Apr 3
Sundqy Waltz w/
Rhapsody Dance Band
Spanish Ballroom
Glen Echo Park
yes, lesson @ 3pm
$7 - 3:30-7pm
Tue April 5
Grandsons
Clarendon Ballroom
yes
$10 - 9-11pm
Wed April 6
Ann Rabson
Jammin' Java
all ages - 8pm
Wed April 6
Bobby "Blue" Brand
Rams Head
Thur Apr 7
Ladysmith Black Mombazo
Vusi Mahlasela
Clarice Smith Center
Univeristy of Maryland
Thur Apr 7
Nighthawks
Barns
yes
$18
Thur Apr 7
Rhodes Tavern Troubadours
Sunset Grill
Thur Apr 7
Marianna PrevitiĘ& East-West
JVs
Thur-Mon Apr 7-11
Six Points Music Festival
Various
Thur Whitlow's - Paul Iwancio, Radio Caroline, No Second Troy
Staccato - T.G.O., Koko Boom, N~Theory
Fri Dr. Dremo's - The Groaning, The Want, Jezebel's Cure

Ragtime - Michael Jantz, Daniel Lee, Nefrit El-Or Band
Sat Royal Lee (1pm) - A Month of Sundays, John Evans Band, Greenland, Saints of Silence
Rock Bottom - Laura Tsaggaris, Lianna, Lejeune
Front Page - Steve Orders (Trystic), Cerulean Groove
Sun Madam's Organ - Jasmine Blue, Marshall Artz, Rude Dog's Rhythm Revue
Clarendon Grill - Nimat, Alec Gross & the Districts. Inertia, Marwood
Iota - Little Pink, Brother Shamus, Billy Coulter
Mon Velvet Lounge - Spiraling, Confidence Man, Chrysalis, Seventh Seal
murky coffee: Arlington - Zoe Mulford, Cletus Kennelly & Lori Kelley
Austin Grill Dave Kline Band, 2nd Story Band, First Rays. Sam'O & JFC
Fri Apr 8
Hula Monsters
Half Moon BBQ
w/ Andy Rutherford on Guitar
Fri Apr 8
Bob Margolin
Sweet Caroline's
Winchester, VA
Fri Apr 8
Rockin' Bones
Washington Dulles Hilton
yes, lesson @ 8:30pm
9pm-12 - $13
Sat Apr 9
Marcia Ball
State Theatre
yes
$22 - 9pm
Sat Apr 9
T Broussard & the Zydeco Steppers
Catonsville CC Barn Theater
yes w/ lesson
$12 - 9pm-
Sat April 9
JP McDermott & Western Bop
w/ Leaving, TX
Half Moon BBQ
Sat Apr 9
Smokin' Polecats w/ Mary Shaver
Zoo Bar
Sun April 10
Marcia Ball
Rams Head
Sun April 10
T Broussard & the Zydeco Steppers
Cats Eye Pub
Sun Apr 10
Smokin' Polecats w/ Mary Shaver
JVs
Mon April 11
Dale Watson
Dennis Jay & Lonesome Town
Iota
$12 - 8:30pm
Mon April 11
Yo-Yo Ma & Silk Road Ensamble
Kennedy Center
Concert hall
8pm
Mon April 11
Grupo Fantasma
Kennedy Center
Millenium Stage
FREE
Tue April 12
King Teddy
Clarendon Ballroom
yes
$10 - 9-11pm
Tue April 12
Melanie Mason
CD Release Party
Blues Alley
Thur Apr 14
Rhodes Tavern Troubadours
Half Moon BBQ
Fri Apr 15
Bill Kirchen w/ Austin deLone, John Main, & Ron Erwin
Jammin' Java
$15(adv)/$18(door)
Fri Apr 15
Nighthawks
Half Moon BBQ
Fri Apr 15
Cocuzzi, Maher, & Wolf
Washington Dulles Hilton
yes, lesson @ 8:30pm
$13 - 9pm+
Fri Apr 15
Oscar D'Leon
H2O
yes
Sat Apr 16
BBS Founders Day Show
Johnny Sansone & Blues Party
Michael Powers
Rosedale American Legion Hall
1311 Seling Ave
Rosedale, MD
tile
$25(door)/$20(advance) - 8:30pm-
Sat Apr 16
T Broussard & the Zydeco Steppers
Bumper Car Pavillion
Glen Echo Park
yes, lesson @ 7:30pm
$13 - 8:30pm-
Sat Apr 16
Peter Davis & Lindy Hop Heaven
Spanish Ballroom
Glen Echo Park
yes, lesson @ 8pm
$12
Sat Apr 16
Shambels
Zoo Bar
Sun Apr 17
Sunday Waltz w/
Blue Bamboo
Spanish Ballroom
Glen Echo Park
yes, lesson @ 3pm
$7 - 3:30pm-
Sun Apr 17
Women in the Blues
Smokin' Polecats w/ Mary Shaver & Marianna Previti
JVs
Sun Apr 17
Greg Root Benefit
Westminster American Legion
2-7pm - $30 inc buffet & soft drinks
Good Deale Bluegrass Band, Walt Michael, Martha Trachtenberg, Danny Weiss and Dede Wyland, Gary Ferguson w/ Jordan Tice, Jim Bienemann, & Jon Simmons, Hula Monsters, Mike Garris & Area 51, Jack Sanbower and the No Leeway Band, Mitch Harrell & South River Express, Satyr Hill, Harry Orlove, Annapolis Bluegrass Coalition, Bob Perilla & Big Hillbilly Bluegras
Wed Apr 20
Sam Bush, Natalie MacMaster, & the Sceldom Scene
Strathmore Hall
Wed Apr 20
Ricardo Lemvo & Macina Loca
Zanzibar
Thur Apr 21
Austin Lounge Lizards
Barns at Wolftrap
Thur Apr 21
Junkyard Saints
Los Arrieros
Silver Spring
$10
Thur Apr 21
Rhodes Tavern Troubadours
Sunset Grill
Fri-Sun Apr 22-24
Jazzfest - Week 1
New Orleans
Schedule http://www.nojazzfest.com/schedule/index04.html
Fri Apr 22
Last Train Home
Duck & Roll
Seidel's Bowling Alley
sure
Fri Apr 22
Salsa Band TBA
Bumper Car Pavillion
Glen Echo Park
yes, lesson @ 8pm
$12 - 9pm-
Fri Apr 22
Daryl Davis
Chevy Chase Ballroom
yes, lesson @ 8:30pm
$13 - 9-midnight
Fri Apr 22
Antibalas Afrobeat Orchestra
9:30
Fri Apr 22
Cello/Piano Project
Church of the Redeemer
Baltimore
w/ Eugene Friesen
Sat Apr 23
Pete Kanaras & Trocaderos Blues Band
JVs
Sat Apr 23
Jimmy Gaudreau & Orrin Star
Institute of Musical Traditions
St Mark Presbyterian Church
10701 Old Georgetown Rd
Bethesda
$14(adv)/$17
Sun Apr 24
Elvis Costello & the Pickups
Rams Head Live
Baltimore
$65!
Sun Apr 24
Women in the Blues
Mary Shaver, Martha Capone, and Margie Clark
JVs
Sun Apr 24
Jive Aces
Spanish Ballroom
Glen Echo Park
yes, lesson @ 7:30pm
$13 - 8pm-
Sun Apr 24
Savoir Faire Cajun Band
Bumper Car Pavillion
Glen Echo Park
yes, lesson @ 3pm
$10 - 3:30pm-
Sun Apr 24
Preservation Hall Jazz Band
National Academy of Sciences
Sun Apr 24
Sol Y Canto
Strathmore Hall
Tue-Wed Apr 26-27
Bob Weir &Amp; RatDog
Donna the Buffalo
9:30
Tue Apr 26
The Duhks
Iota
w/ the Brothers Fed (of Sythinan) - 8:30pm - $12
Tue Apr 26
J.P. McDermott, Dennis Jay, & Nancy Daugherty
Austin Grill
Silver Spring
Wed Apr 27
Culture featuring Joeseph Hill
State Theatre
Thur Apr 28 - Sun May 1
Jazzfest - Week 2
New Orleans
Schedule http://www.nojazzfest.com/schedule/index04.html
Thur Apr 28 - Sun May 1
MerleFest
Wilkesboro, NC
Thur Apr 28
Rhodes Tavern Troubadours
Half Moon BBQ
Thur Apr 28
Preservation Hall Jazz Band
Smithsonian
Thur Apr 28
Blue Sky 5
Spanish Ballroom
Glen Echo Park
yes
$12 - 9pm-
Thur Apr 28
Culture featuring Joeseph Hill
Funk Box
Fri April 29
Artie Shaw Orchestra
Women's Club of Chevy Chase
yes, lesson @ 8:30pm
$25(adv)/30 - 9pm-12
Fri April 29
Junkyard Saints
Golden Bar & Grill
Ellicott City
$5 - 9pm-1am
Fri April 29
Victor Manuelle
DAR Constitution Hall
Sat May 30
22nd "Evening with Strauss" w/ Old Vienna
Spanish Ballroom
Glen Echo Park
yes, lesson @ 8pm
$15 - 9pm-
Sat April 30
Lowen & Navarrow
Birchmere
Sat April 30
Surf Club 50th Anniverasry
Surf Club
No Cover - Music: 4pm- - Heroes & Friends & more Friends
Sat April 30
Karen Collins & the Backroads Band
Half Moon BBQ
$7 - 9pm-
Sun May 1
Montpelier Spring Festival
Montpelier Mansion
Laurel
FREE - Backroads Band, Squeeze Bayou, ...
Tue May 3
Terrance McArdle & Jumpin' Tonight
Clarendon Ballroom
yes
$10, 9-10pm
Wed May 4
Nighthawks
Sunset Grille
Wed May 4
Hank Williams Night
JP McDermott & Western Bop
JVs
Thur May 5
Paul Geremia
Bertha's upstairs studio
743 S. Broadway - Baltimore
$15
Fri-Sun May 6-8
Crawfish Festival
Breaux Bridge, LA
Fri May 6
Mary Ann Redmond
Jammin' Java
Fri May 6
Pietasters
Iota
Sat May 7
11th Annual Hungry for Crawfish Boil
Grandsons & Dixie Power Trio
Ft Hunt Park
Alexandria VA
12-5pm - $30 - Tickets must be purchased in advance
Sat May 7
Blue Moon Cowgirls
Derzan House Concert Series
7:30pm - $15 - Reservations: rderzon54@cox.net or 703-916-0635
Sat May 7
Swallowtail
Lovely Lane Church
Baltimore
Details
Sat May 7
Marshall Crenshaw & J.P. McDermott
Austin Grill
Baltimore
Sun May 8
DC Allstars
Birchmere
Pookie Hudson & the Spaniels, Jewels, Velons, Orioles, Skip Mahoney & the Casuals, Winstons, Little Sonny Warner, ...
Sun May 8
Sunday Waltz w/
Swallowtail
Spanish Ballroom
Glen Echo Park
yes, lesson @ 3pm
$7 - 3:30pm-
Mon May 9
Deke Dickerson
Iota
Thur May 23
Rhodes Tavern Troubadours
Sunset Grille
Fri May 13
El Vez
Black Cat
$15
Fri May 13
"Killing Kareoke"
Surf Club
Smokin' Polecats w/ Mary Shaver, JP McDermott & Western Bop, and the Shambells - $10
Sat-Sun May 14-15
Old Town Arts & Crafts Fiar
Old Town Alexandriar
yes
FREE
Sat: Michelle Swan, Bumpkin Pie, 2nd Story Duo, Jasmine Blue
Sat: Kat Mills, Janine Wilson & Max Evans, Ruth Logsdon, Fleastoppers
Sat May 14
Paul Cebar & the Milwaukeeans
State Theater
yes
Sat May 14
Donna the Buffalo
FunkBox
Sat May 14
Lavay Smith & Red Hot Skillet Lickers
Spanish Ballroom
Glen Echo Park
yes, lesson
Sat May 14
Nathan & the Zydeco Cha-Chas
Alden Theatre
McLean, VA
"small dance floor"
Sat May 14
J.P. McDermott & Western Bop
Ty Braddock & the Branded Men
Half Moon BBQ
Sat May 14
David Bromberg
Rams Head
Mon May 16
Garnet Rogers
St. Marks Presbyterian
Rockville
Thur May 19
Junkyard Saints
Los Arrieros
Silver Spring
$10
Thur May 19
Railroad Earth
State Theater
Thur May 19
Enter the Haggis
Ken Oak Band
Jammin' Java
Fri May 20
Charivari
Catonsville CC Barn Theater
yes w/ lesson
$12 - 9pm-
Fri May 20
The Big Sky
Half Moon BBQ
Sat-Sun May 21-22
Chesapeake Bay Blues Festival
Sandy Point State Park
Annapolis
$40(1day)/65(2day) advance
Sat: Isaak Hayes, Mavis Staples, Legends of Chicago Blues: James Cotton, Hubert Sumlin, Willie "Big Eyes" Smith, Bob Margolin, and Pinetop Perkins, ...
Sun: Delbert McClinton, Dr John, Booker T & the MGs, ...
Sat May 21
Shambells
Zoo Bar
Sat May 21
Jumpin' Jupiter
Southern Bitch
Iota
Sat May 21
Sceldom Scene
Nothin' Fancy
Birchmere
$20
Sat May 21
Chopteeth
Los Arrieros
$8 - 7-10pm
Sun May 22
Taj Mahal
Melanie Mason
Birchmere
Sun May 22
Zydeco Crayz
Bumper Car Pavillion
Glen Echo Park
yes, lesson @ 3pm
$10 - 3:30-6:15pm
Mon May 23
Martha Wainwright Band
Lisa Moscatiello & the Space Dots
Iota
Tue May 24
Mitch Woods & his Rocket 88s
Clarendon Ballroom
$10
Wed May 25
Dick Dale
Birchmere
Rolling Thunder Weekend
Thur May 26
Sleepy LaBeef
Half Moon BBQ
Fri May 27
Nighthawks
Sully's
Chantilly
Fri May 27
Burlesque-a-Pades
Birchmere
Pontani Sisters, Todd Robbins, Dirty Martini, Corn Mo, ...
Fri May 27
Junkyard Saints
Bay Cafe
Baltimore
$5
Fri May 27
Mary Shaver & the Smokin' Polecats
JVs
Fri May 27
LeRoy Thomas
Surf Club
yes
$12
Sat May 28
Allison Krauss & Union Station featuring Jerry Douglas
Merriweather Post Pavillion
Sat May 28
Rockville Art Festival
Rockville Courthouse
Hula Monsters, Last Train Home, Hootie & the Blowfish....
Sat May 28
Nighthawks
The Exchange
Washington DC
Sat May 28
Lil' Ronnie & the Grand Dukes
Reston YMCA
yes, lesson @ 8:30pm
9pm-12 - $12
Sat May 28
Washington DC Louisiana Collegiate Coalition 2005 Crawfish Boil
Ft Hunt Park
Alexandria VA
w/ LeRoy Thomas
Sun May 29
Slickee Boys
9:30's 25th Anniversary
9:30
FREE - band @ 9pm
Sun May 29
Sunday Waltz w/
Taylor Among the Devils
Spanish Ballroom
Glen Echo Park
yes, lesson @ 3pm
$7 - 3:30pm-
Sun May 29
Flatfoot Sam & the Educated Fools
JVs
Tue May 31 - Wed June 1
Gipsy Kings
Wolf Trap
$40(house)/$25(lawn)
Wed June 1
Nighthawks
Sunset Grille
Wed June 1
JP McDermott
JVs
Wed June 1
LeRoy Thomas
Talianos
$12 - 8-12
Thur-Sun June 2-5
Herndon Festival
Downtown Herndon, VA
Thur: Beausoleil, Country Gentlemen
Fri: Brindley Brothers, Bio Ritmo, Ari Hest...
Sat: Almost Recess, Cecilia, Leah Morgan, Pete Schmidt...
Sun: Eddie From Ohio...
Thur June 2
Sonny Landreth, Linwood Taylor, Rude Dog
Mt Vernon Park
Baltimore
5:30pm - FREE
Thur June 2
Funky Meters
9:30
Thur June 2
Rhodes Tavern Troubadours
Half Moon
Fri-Sun June 3-5
Western Maryland Blues Festival
Hagarstown, MD
Fri: Sonny Landreth
Sat: Cephas & Wiggins, Dirty Dozen Brass Band, Larry Carlton, Marcia Ball, Albert Cummings, Otis Taylor, & TBA
Sun: James "Blood" Ulmer, & TBA
Fri-Sun June 3-5
Crawfish Fest
Sussex County Fairgrounds
Augusta, NJ
$20/day advance, $85 2day w/ camping
Fri: Nathan & The Zydeco Cha Chas, Red Stick Ramblers and The Knuckle Sandwiches
Sat: The Funky Meters, Sonny Landreth, Rebirth Brass Band, Nathan & The Zydeco Cha Chas, Red Stick Ramblers, Leroy Thomas and the Zydeco Roadrunners and Swampadelica
Sun: Buckwheat Zydeco, Papa Grows Funk, The subdudes, Leroy Thomas and the Zydeco Roadrunners, Red Stick Ramblers and Swampadelica
Fri June 3
Curley Taylor & Zydeco Trouble
Catonsville CC Barn Theater
yes w/ lesson
$12 - 9pm-
Fri June 3
Dirty Dozen Brass Band
State Theatre
Sat-Sun June 4-5
Washington Folk Festival
Glen Echo Park
yes
FREE
Sat: JP McDermott, Robert Lighthouse, Orrin Star, Steve Key, Squeeze Bayou, Esencia Tropical, ...
Sun: Maggie Sansone, Lisa Moscatiello, Daryl Davis, Hula Monsters, Arte Flamenco, Cathy Fink & Marcy Marxer, ...
Sat-Sun June 4-5
Virginia Wine Festival
The Plains, VA
$6
Sat: Tony Denikos Band, The Crawdaddies, Carl Filipiak, The Nighthawks
Sun: Last Train Home, Naked Blue, The Junkyard Saints, MOOSSA
Sat-Sun June 4-5
Frederick Festival of the Arts
East Street
Frederick
$6
Sat: Dennis Jay, Naked Blue, Maggie Sansone, Al Petteway & Amy White amilia k spicer, Shane Gamble, The Alexandria Kleztet, Laura Secker, The Melanie Mason Band
Sun: David A. Alberding, Tinsmith, The Grandsons, The Dreamscapes Project, The Satyr Hill Band
Sat June 4
Robbie Fulks
Iota
Sat June 4
Marianna Previti & East-West
JVs
if you must
w/ Dave Sherman, John Previti, Tom Sullivan, & Big Joe Maher.
Sun June 5
Robert Cray
Birchmere
siddown & shuddup
Sun June 5
Funky Meters
Funk Box
Sun June 5
Columbia Pike Blues Festival
S. Walter Reed Dr. at Columbia Pike
The Nighthawks, Tom Principato, Barbara Martin, Dr. Feelgood - FREE - 6pm-
Tue June 7
Santana
Los Lonely Boys
Merriweather Post Pavillion
Tue June 7
Derailers
Iota
$12
Wed June 8
Oliver Mtukudzi & Black Spirits
Birchmere Bandstand
yes
$20+SC - 7:30pm
Wed June 8
Steel Pulse
State Theatre
Thur-Sun June 9-12
Blast from the Bayou Cajun/Zydeco Festival
Strawberry Park, Preston, CT
Thur: Curley Taylor, Jesse Lege, Li'l Anne, ...
Fri: Steve Riley, Curley Taylor, Jesse Lege...
Sat: Geno Delafose, Steve Riley, CJ Chenier...
Sun: Chris Ardoin...
Thur June 9
Mary Chapin Carpenter
Wolf Trap
$38(house)/$22(lawn)
Thur June 9
Ozomatli
State Theatre
Thur June 9
Cephas & Wiggins
Silver Spring Swings
Silver Plaza
FREE - 7pm
Fri-Sun June 10-12
Celebrate Fairfax
Fairfax, VA
Fri: Better Than Ezra
Sat: "Honky Tonk Tailgate Party", Chad Brock, Daryle Singletary, David Kersh, Celebrate Fairfax Rhett Akins, Viki Nova, ...
Sun: King Teddy, ...
Fri-Sun June 10-12
Chicago Blues Fest
Grant Park, Chicago, IL
Buddy Guy, Koko Taylor, Mavis Staples, John Mayall, Bob Margolin, Savoy Brown, Carey & Lurrie Bell, Jody Williams...
Fri June 10
Greg Brown
Karen Savoca & Pete Heitzman
Birchmere
no
Fri June 10
George Gee's Jump Jive & Wailers
Chevy Chase Ballroom
yes
$15! - 9-midnight
Fri June 10
JP McDermott & Western Bop
Barnburners
Old Town Theatre
Sat-Sun June 11-12
Columbia Festival of the Arts
Lakefest
Columbia Town Center Lakefront
Sat: Terrance Simien & the Zydeco Experience, Junkyard Saints, Honky Tonk Confidential...
Sun: One World Tribe, Pietasters, Thrillbillies, ...
Sat June 11
Roy Carrier & the Night Rockers
Bumper Car Pavillion
Glen Echo Park
yes, lesson @ 7:30pm
$13 - 8:30pm-
Sat June 11
Michael Burks
Charles 'Big Dady' Stallings
Recher Theatre
Towson, MD
Sat June 11
Asleep at the Wheel
Ruthie & the Wranglers
Birchmere
siddown & shuddup
Sat June 11
Mary Shaver w/ the Smokin' Polecats
Zoo Bar
Sat June 11
Subdudes
Rams Head
siddown & shuddup
Sat June 11
Rebirth Brass Band
Funk Box
Sat June 11
Campus Five
Spanish Ballroom
Glen Echo Park
yes, lesson @ 8pm
$18! - 9-midnight
Sun June 12
Louisiana Swamp Romp
Filene Center Wolf Trap
concrete
the Presveration Hall Jazz Band, Steve Riley & the Mamou Playboys, Geno Delafose & French Rockin' Boogie, & Jon Cleary & the Absolute Monster Gentlemen - $20/25 day of...
Sun June 12
Big Bad Voodoo Daddy
DaVinci's Noteboook
Crystal Square
Crystal City
noon-5pm - FREE
Sun June 12
Asleep at the Wheel
Rams Head
siddown & shuddup
Mon June 13
Dan Hicks & the Hot Licks
Greencards
Birchmere
siddown & shuddup
$19.50+SC
Mon June 13
Jon Cleary & the Absolute Monster Gentlemen
Ram's Head Live
Mon June 13
Junkyard Saints
Woodrow Wilson Plaza
Reagan Building
noon-1:30pm - FREE
Tue June 14
Bob Dylan, Willie Nelson, & the Greencards
Prince George's Stadium
Bowie, MD
Tue June 14
Steve Winwood
Rams Head Live
Baltimore, MD
$45
Wed June 15
Jon Cleary & the Absolute Monster Gentlemen
Funk Box
Thur-Sun June 16-19
Wolf Trap's Jazz & Blues Festival
Wolf Trap
Thur: Stanley Clarke, Bela Fleck & Jean Luc Ponty
Fri: Al Jarreau & Cassandra Wilson
Sat: Tony Bennett
Sun: Buddy Guy, Susan Tedeschi, & Chris Smither
Thur June 16
Tarbox Ramblers
The Moaners
Iota
$12
Thur June 16
Rhodes Tavern Troubadours
Half Moon BBQ
Thur June 16
Junkyard Saints
Los Arrieros
Silver Spring
$10
Fri-Sat June 17-18
Last Train Home Weekend
Iota
$12
Fri June 17
Make It Funky
Silver Docs Festival @ AFI
Silver Spring
Walter Wolfman Washington & Big Sam's Funky Nation - 7:30pm, movie @ 9:30pm
Fri June 17
Iguanas
Funk Box
Fri June 17
"Killing Karaoke"
Surf Club
yes
Mary Shaver & the Smokin' Polecats, J.P. McDermott & Western Bop, The Shambells - $10
Sat June 18
Nighthawks
Spanish Ballroom
Glen Echo Park
yes, lesson @ 8pm
$12
Sat June 18
John Prine
Warner Theatre
siddown & shuddup
Chip Taylor & Carrie Rodriguez
Sat June 18
Gator Day
Lamont's
Pomonkey, MD
w/ Roy C., Jesse Yawn, Bobby Parker, & Lee Fields
Sat June 11
Shambles
Zoo Bar
Sat June 18
Buckwheat Zydeco
ReBirth Brass Band
Birchmere
dunno
Sat June 18
Karen Collins & Backroads Band
Half Moon BBQ
$7 - 9pm-12
Sun June 19
Mountain Stage at Strathmore
Strathmore Music Center
siddown & shuddup
Guy Clark, Loudoun Wainwright III, Last Train Home - $28-45
Sun June 19
Sunday Waltz w/ Waverly Station
Spanish Ballroom
Glen Echo Park
yes, lesson @ 3pm
$7 - 3:30-6pm
Sun June 19
Squeeze Bayou
Bumper Car Pavillion
Glen Echo Park
yes, lesson @ 3pm
$10 - 3:30-6:15pm
Tue June 21
Disability Rights Benefit Concert
Bruce Hornsby
Sweet Honey & the Rock
Strathmore
Tue June 21
Cafe' Tacuba
Birchmere
Wed June 22
Last Train Home
Strathmore Hall
FREE - 7pm
Wed June 22
Junkyard Saints
Sunset Serenades
Centenail Lake, Columbia
FREE - 8-11pm
Wed June 22
Robert Lighthouse Acoustic Showcase
w/ Mark Wenner & Roy Carrier
Chief Ike's
$10
Thur-Sun June 23-26
Buffalo Jambalaya
Buffalo Gap
Capon Bridge, WV
yes & lessons
Curley Taylor, Zydeco Force, & Lafayette Rhythm Devils
Thur-Mon June 23-27
Smithsonian Folklife Festival
National Mall
Washington, DC
FREE - Oman, Forest Service, Nuestra Musica, & Food Culture USA
Thur June 23
Melanie Mason
Veterans Park
Bethesda
6-8pn - FREE
Thur June 23
Rhodes Tavern Troubadours
Half Moon BBQ
Thur June 23
Mark Chesnutt
Last Train Home
Power Plant Live
FREE - 7 & 8pm
Fri-Sun June 24-26
Old Dominion Beer Festival
Behind the Brewery
Ashburn, VA
Fri: Brindley Brothers, Gonzo's Nose
Sat: Bruce Ewan & the Solid Senders, Wrinkle Neck Mules, Last Train Home, Chatham County Line
Sun: Shenandoah Travlers, Crawdaddies
Fri-Sun June 24-26
Swingin' Blues Wine Festival
Mt. Airy, MD
Nighthawks & Kelly Bell
Fri June 24
Brave Combo
Millenium Stage
Kennedy Center
lesson @ 5:30pm
6pm
Fri June 24
Radiators
Funk Box
Fri June 24
King Wilkie
Mason District Park
Annandale
FREE
Fri June 24
Junkyard Saints
Belvedere Square
Baltimore
6-9pm - FREE
Fri June 24
JP McDermott
The Teardrops
Half Moon BBQ
Sat-Sun June 25-26
National Capitol BBQ Battle
Downtown Washington
Sat: Mary Ann Redmond, Jah Works, CJ Chenier, Chuck Brown
Sun: Mem Shannon & Membership, Holmes Brothers, Nighthawks, Maria Muldaur
Sat June 25
Glen Echo Park, Then & Wow!
Glen Echo Park
noon-6pm - Dancing & Lessons
7-9pm - Reception w/ Robert Redd Trio @ Bumpercar pavillion - $125 (inc. Dance)
9-midnight - Glen Miller Orchestra @ Ballroom - $35 adv/$40 door
Sat June 25
Janine Wilson
Austin Grill
Baltimore
9pm
Sat June 25
Odetta
Blues Alley
Sun June 26
Mark Knopfler
Wolf Trap
$42(house)/$25(lawn)
Sun June 26
Sunday Waltz w/ Avant Gardeners
Spanish Ballroom
Glen Echo Park
yes, lesson @ 3pm
$7 - 3:30-6pm
Sun June 26
Al Green
9:30
Sun June 26
Roy Carrier
Cats Eye
Tue June 28
John Hiatt
North Mississippi Allstars
Wolf Trap
$36(house)/$20(lawn)
Tue June 28
Kenny Wayne Shepherd
Birchmere Bandstand
Tue June 28
Laura Cantrell
Paul Burch
Iota
Tue June 28
Grandsons
Clarendon Ballroom
yes
9-11pm - $10
Wed-Thur June 29-30
Fabulous Thunderbirds
Rams Head
siddown & shuddup
$36.50
Wed June 29
Cephas & Wiggins
Mason District Park
Annandale, VA
FREE
Wed June 29
Janine Wilson
Austin Grill
Silver Spring
9pm
Wed June 29
Frederic Yonnet Band
Strathmore Hall
FREE - 7pm - Jazz harmonica
Thur June 30 - Mon July 4
Smithsonian Folklife Festival
National Mall
Washington, DC
FREE - Oman, Forest Service, Nuestra Musica, & Food Culture USA
Thur June 30
Ruthie & Greg's 1/2 Moon Jamboree
Half Moon BBQ
w/ Dave Giegrch & Dede Wyland
Thur June 30
Blue Sky 5
Spanish Ballroom
Glen Echo Park
yes, lesson @ 8:15-9pm
$12 - 9-11:30pm
Fri July 1
The Fabulous Thunderbirds
Billy Price Band
Birchmere Bandstand
yes
Fri July 1
Nighthawks
Half Moon BBQ
room?
Fri July 1
The Grand Ole Opry
Ricky Scaggs, Patty Loveless, Del McCoury, Riders in the Sky, Old Crow Medicine Show
Wolf Trap
$36(house)/$22(lawn)
Fri July 1
Roy Carrier
Chick Hall's Surf Club
yes
$12 - 9pm-12
Sat July 2
Sam Bush
State Theatre
Sat July 2
Ralph Stanley & the Clinch Mt. Boys
Birchmere
no
$27.50+SC - 7:30pm
Sat July 2
Blue Sky 5
Spanish Ballroom
Glen Echo Park
yes, lesson @ 8pm
$12
Sun July 3
Delbert McClinton
Belmont Concerts
Ashburn, VA
$15 - 6:15pm
Sun July 3
Mariana Preveti & the Smokin' Polecats
JVs
9pm-12:30
Mon July 4
King Teddy
Rockville 4th ofJuly
Tue July 5
Bill Kirchen & Too Much Fun
Woodrow Wilson Plaza
Reagan Building
noon-1:30pm - FREE
Tue July 5
Squeeze Bayou
Spice of Life Plaza
1401 Wilson Blvd - Rossyln
11:45am-1:30pm - FREE
Wed July 6
Tom Principato
Strathmore Hall
FREE - 7pm
Wed July 6
Automatic Slim
Cats Eye
Wed July 6
Omar & the Howlers
KcLingers Tavern
Hannover, PA
$5
Thur July 7
Keith Frank & the Soileau Zydeco Band
Bumper Car Pavillion
Glen Echo Park
yes, 7:30pm
$13 - 8-11pm
Thur July 7
Rhodes Tavern Troubadours
Half Moon BBQ
Thur July 7
Mary Ann Redmond Band
National Zoo
Lion-Tiger Hill
FREE - 6:30pm
Thur July 7
Joe Bonamassa
Blues Alley
Thur July 7
Troscoderos
Cats Eye
Thur July 7
Chopteeth
Strathmore Hall
Backyard Theatre
$6 - 9:30 & 11:30 AM
Fri July 8
Sonny Landreth
Brindley Brothers
9:30
sure
$20
Fri July 8
Weekend's Weekends: Swing Night
Carter Barron Ampetheatre
concrete
Brooks Tegler Big Band & the J Street Jumpers - FREE - 8:30pm
Fri July 8
Junkyard Saints
Bay Cafe
6-10pm
Sat-Sun July 9-10
Common Ground on the Hill
Carroll Co Farm Museum
Westminster, MD
$40(weekend)/$25(Sat)/$20(Sun)
w/ Hot Tuna, Tom Chapin, etc.
Sat July 9
Austin Lounge Lizards
Reston Town Center
concrete & little kiddies everywhere
FREE - 7:30pm
Sat July 9
Nighthawks
Sweet Carolines
Winchester
Sat July 9
JP McDermott
The Barn Burners
Half Moon BBQ
Sun July 10
Michael McDonald
Wolf Trap
$38(house)/$25(lawn)
Sun July 10
the Wailers
Belmont Concerts
Ashburn, VA
$15 - 6:15pm
Sun-Fri July 10-15
Cajun/Creole Week
Augusta Heritage Center
Elkins, WV
yes & lessons
Zydeco Force, Wilson Savoy, Jesse Lege, ...
Mon July 11
Dale Watson
Iota
Tue July 12
Cigar Store Indians
Clarendon Ballrom
yes
$10 - 9-11pm
Wed July 13
Beausoleil
Rams Head
Annapolis
siddown & shuddup
$31.50
Wed July 13
J.P. McDermott & Western Bop
Lee District Park
Alexandria
Wed July 13
Kermit Ruffins
Millenium Stage
Kennedy Center
FREE - 6-7pm
Thur July 14
Beausoleil
State Theatre
yes
$19+SC - 8:30pm
Thur July 14
Mike Lapadula & the Lost Souls
Veterans Park
Bethesda
6-8pn - FREE
Fri July 15
Bill Kirchen
Avett Brothers
Birchmere Bandstand
$17.50+SC - 7:30pm
Fri July 15
Keith Frank & the Soileau Zydeco Band
Catonsville CC Barn Theater
yes w/ lesson
$12 - 9pm-
Fri July 15
Temptations
Four Tops
Wolf Trap
$36(house)/$22(lawn)
Fri July 15
Mary Shaver & the Smokin' Polecats
JVs
Sat July 16
Femi Kuti
9:30
Sat July 16
Hotter-than-July Fish Fry & Show
Remembering WPFW's Jerry "The Bama" Washington
Chick Hall's Surf Club
4pm-midngight - $10(member, adv)/$12(non, adv)/$15(door)/Free(4-7pm)
w/ James Funk, Guy Middleton, Bill Wax, Da Gator, Acme Blues Company, Dr. S-O Feelgood, & The Badabing Blues Band
Sat July 16
Doc Watson
Birchmere
$29.50+SC - 7:30pm
Sat July 16
Keith Frank & the Soileau Zydeco Band
Boordy Vineyards
Hydes, MD
yes, lesson @ 6:30pm
6-9:30pm - $15(gate)/12.50(adv)
Sat July 16
Marianna Previti & East-West
JVs
Sat July 16
Bucks County Blues Society Picnic
Bucks County, PA
w/ Paul Cebar & the Milwaukeeans, Roy Carrier, & ...
Sat July 16
King Teddy
Reston YMCA
yes, lesson @ 8:30pm
$13 - 9pm
Sun July 17
Sunday Waltz
w/ Addison Bluefonte
Spanish Ballroom
Glen Echo Park
yes, lesson @ 3pm
$8 - 3:30-6pm
Sun-Fri July 17-22
Swing Week
Augusta Heritage Center
Elkins, WV
yes & lessons
Rusty Mason, Girls from Mars, ...
Mon July 18
Tom Cunningham Orchestra
Chevy Chase Ballroom
yes
Tom Koerner's Birthday
$10 - 9-11pm
Wed July 20
Little Feat
Rams Head Live
Baltimore, MD
$25 advance
Thur July 21
Junkyard Saints
Los Arrieros
Silver Spring
8-11pm - $10
Thur July 21
Rhodes Tavern Troubadours
Veterans Park
Bethesda
6-8pm - FREE
Fri-Sun July 22-24
Artscape
Downtown Baltimore
asphalt
Fri: Morris Day & the Time, Boyz II Men, Dagmar & the Seductones, ...
Sat: Crawdaddies, O'Malley's March, Maxi Priest, Drive By Truckers, Chopteeth, Automatic Slim, Glen Moomau, Linwood Taylor, ...
Sun: Jah Works, Shaggy, Subdudes, Ozomatli, Roger Kirke Band, Archie Edwards Heritage Foundation, ...
Fri July 22
Little Charlie & the Nightcats
Chevy Chase Ballroom
yes, lesson @ 8:30pm
$15 - 9-midnight
Fri July 22
Rhodes Tavern Troubadours
Billy Coulter
Iota
Fri July 22
Daryl Davis
Bethesda Metro Center
concrete
6pm - FREE
Fri July 22
Iguanas
Rams Head
Annapolis
Siddown & Shuddup
$22.50
Sat July 23
Frederick Blues Festival
Holiday Inn
Rt. 40 - Frederick, MD
Little Charlie & the Nightcats, Kelly Bell Band, MaryLou, Flatfoot Sam, Black Magic, Skyla Burrel, & Bo Weevil - $10(adv)/15(gate)
Sat July 23
Royal Crown Revue
Spanish Ballroom
Glen Echo Park
yes, lesson @ 8pm
$15 - 9-midnight
Sat July 23
Flatfoot Sam & the Educated Fools
Zoo Bar
Sun July 24
Little Feat
Belmont Concerts
Ashburn, VA
$15 - 6:15pm
Sun July 24
King Teddy
Old Courthouse Leesburg
7-9pm - coupla bux
Sun July 24
Leroy Thomas & the Zydeco Road Runners
Chick Hall's Surf Club
yes
$12 - 8-11pm
Mon July 25
Sin Miedo
Woodrow Wilson Plaza
Reagan Building
noon-1:30pm - FREE
Mon July 25
Patty Reese & Dave Chappell
JVs
Tue July 26
Catfish Hodge
Millenium Stage
Kennedy Center
6-7pm - FREE (Parking $$$$)
Wed July 27
Lyle Lovett
Wolf Trap
$38(house)/$22(lawn)
Wed July 27
Squeeze Bayou
Frendship Heights Village
FREE - 7:30pm
Wed July 27
Melanie Mason (solo)
Chief Ike's
Thur-Sun July 28-31
Arturo Sandoval
Blues Alley
Thur July 28
Asylum Street Spankers
Iota
Thur July 28
Squeeze Bayou
Silver Spring Swings
Silver Plaza
FREE - 7pm
Thur July 28
Herman's Hermits w/ Peter Noone
Birchmere
$39.50+SC - 7:30pm
Fri-Sun July 29-31
Floyd Fest
Floyd, VA
Geno Delafose, Steve Riley, Donna the Buffalo, Ani DiFranco, African Showboyz, Hot Tuna, Jim Lauderdale, Corey Harris, JD Crowe, Larry Keel, Railroad Earth, Asylum Street Spankers, ...
Ask for "Cajun Tent Discount"
Fri-Sun July 29-31
Poconos Blues Fest
Big Boulder Resort
Lake Harmony, PA
Michael Powers, Wayne Baker Brooks, Eddie Kirkland, John Primer, Sharrie Williams, Robert Lockwood, James Blood Ulmer, Lil' Ed, Latimore, Ruth Brown, Carey & Laurie Bell, EC Scott, Bernard Allison, Lonnie Brooks, Percy Sledge, ...
Fri-Sat July 29-30
Fabulous Thunderbirds
Rams Head Live
Baltimore, MD
Fri July 29
Last Train Home
w/ Grace Potter & the Nocturnals
Birchmere Bandstand
yes
7:30pm
Fri July 29
Boilermaker Jazz Band
Spanish Ballroom
Glen Echo Park
yes, lesson @ 8pm
$13 - 9-midnight
Fri July 29
Junkyard Saints
Bay Cafe
6-10pm
Sat July 30
Chopteeth
Millenium Stage
Kennedy Center
6-7pm - FREE (Parking $$$$)
Sat July 30
Dirty Dozen Brass Band
Funk Box
Sun July 31
Elvis Costeello & the Imposters featuring Emmylou Harris
Wolf Trap
Sun July 31
Sunday Waltz
w/ Waltzing Stars
Spanish Ballroom
Glen Echo Park
yes, lesson @ 3pm
$8 - 3:30-6pm
Fri Aug 5
Junkyard Saints
Belvedere Square
Baltimore
6-9pm - FREE
Fri Aug 5
Deanna Bogart
Daniella Cotton
Jammin Java
8pm - $15
Sat Aug 6
Chicago Blues Reunion
Rams Head
Annapolis
siddown & shuddup
w/ Barry Goldberg, Harvey Mandel, Nick Gravenites, Sam Lay, Tracy Nelson and Corky Siegel
7pm & 10pm shows - $28.50+SC
Sat Aug 6
BG & the Mojo Hands
Spanish Ballroom
Glen Echo Park
yes, lesson @ 8pm
$12
Sat Aug 6
Big Boy Little
Zoo Bar
Sat Aug 6
Sin Miedo
Reston Town Center
concrete & little kiddies everywhere
FREE - 7:30pm
Sun Aug 7
Doobie Brothers
Filene Center Wolf Trap
Sun Aug 7
Funk Brothers
Birchmere
Sun Aug 7
Sunday Waltz w/
Summer Blossoms
Spanish Ballroom
Glen Echo Park
yes, lesson @ 3pm
$8 - 3:30-6pm
Sun Aug 7
Billy Hancock, Brinson Doc Reed, John Previti, & Big Joe Maher
JVs
Wed Aug 3
Blue Rhythm Boys Duo
Chief Ike's
Jim Stephanson & Tom Mitchell
Thur Aug 4
Ron Holloway/Deanna Bogart
Blues Alley
8 & 10pm
Thur Aug 4
Radio King Orchestra
Nottoway Park
Vienna
lawn
FREE - 7:30pm
Fri Aug 5
Lil' Malcolm & the House Rockers
Relay Town Hall
yes, lesson @ 7:30pm
$15 - 8:30-11:30pm
Fri Aug 5
Coco Montoya
State Theatre
Wed Aug 10
Brian Wilson
Wolf Trap
$38(house)/$25(lawn)
Wed Aug 10
All-star tribute to The Band
Strathmore Hall
FREE - 7pm - Bob Berberich, Martha Hull, Tom Lofgren, Tom Miller, Tommy Lepson, Ronnie Newmyer, Bill Holland, & LOTS more.
Wed Aug 10
Dave Sherman, Roger Edsall, & Mary Shaver (acoustic)
Chief Ike's
Thur Aug 11
Raul Malo (of the Mavericks)
Birchmere
Thur Aug 11
Bruce Ewan & the Solid Senders
Silver Spring Swings
Silver Plaza
FREE - 7pm
Thur Aug 11
Sleepy LaBeef
Half Moon BBQ
8:30pm
Thur Aug 11
Little Malcolm & the House Rockers
Surf Club
$12 - 8-11pm
Fri-Sun Aug 12-14
Heritage Music Blues Fest
Wheeling, WV
Fri: Cephas & Wiggins, Dave Hole, Charlie Musselwhite, ...
Sat: Deb Callahan, Anthony Gnomes, James Blood Ulmer, WC Handy Blues Allstars (John Hammond, Duke Robillard, Coco Montoya), ...
Sun: Smokin Joe Kubek w/ Benois King, Bernard Allison, James Cotton & Hubert Sumlin, ...
Fri Aug 12
Roomful of Blues
Maryland BBQ Bash
Bond & Thomas Street
Bel Air, MD
FREE
Fri Aug 12
Shambells
Wendy LeBeau & her Beaus
Iota
9:30pm - $10
Fri Aug 12
Gina Forsyth & the Malvinas
House Concert
Takoma Park
8pm - $15 - for reservations and directions
Fri Aug 12
Hula Monsters
Phillips Harborplace
Baltimore
8-12
Fri Aug 12
Grandsons
National Gallery of Art
Sculpture Garden
5-8pm - FREE
Fri Aug 12
Rosie Ladet
Surf Club
$12 - 9-midnight
Fri Aug 12
Billy Kemp
Half Moon BBQ
8:30pm
Fri Aug 12
Karl Stroll & Danger Zone
Bistro Europa
Alexandria
Sat-Sun Aug 13-14
Riverfront Blues Fest
Wilmington, DE
Host: Studebaker John & the Hawks
Sat: James Cotton w/ Hubert Sumlin, Carl Weathersby, Chris Cain, ...
Sun: The Fabulous Thunderbirds, Chicago Rhythm & Blues Kings, Billy Price, ...
Sat Aug 13
Los Straightjackets
Pontani Sisters
Birchmere
$17.50+SC
Sat Aug 13
King Wilkie
Tony Rice Unit
Kennedy Center
Millennium Stage
new-grass - FREE - 6-7pm
Sat Aug 13
Lil' Malcolm & the House Rockers
Bumper Car Pavillion
Glen Echo Park
yes, lesson @ 7:30pm
$13 - 8:30-midnight
Sat Aug 13
Stompy Jones
Spanish Ballroom
Glen Echo Park
yes, lesson @ 8pm
$15 - 9-midnight
Sat Aug 13
Bernard Allison
Rams Head
Annapolis
no
$17.50 - 7pm
Sat Aug 13
Toni Lynn Washington Band
Reston Town Center
concrete & Little Kiddies everywhere
FREE - 7:30pm
Sun Aug 14
George Thorogood & the Destroyers
Duwayne Burnside
Birchmere Bandstand
room?
$35+SC
Sun Aug 14
John Hammond
State Theatre
$15+SC
Tue Aug 16
Jimmy & the Blue Dogs
Clarendon Ballroom
yes
$10 - 9-11pm
Thur Aug 18
Nathan & the Zydeco Cha-Chas
Nottoway Park
Vienna
lawn
FREE - 7:30pm
Thur Aug 18
Rhodes Tavern Troubadours
Sunset Grille
Thur Aug 18
Bastard Sons of Johnny Cash
Iota
Thur Aug 18
Junkyard Saints
Los Arrierios
yes
$10 - 8-11pm
Thur Aug 18
Creole Zydeco Farmers
Surf Club
$12 - 8-11pm
Thur Aug 18
Blue Sky 5
Spanish Ballroom
Glen Echo
yes, lesson @ 8:15pm
$12 - 9-11pm
Thur Aug 18
Raul Malo
Birchmere
Thur Aug 18
Dwight Yoakam
9:30
Fri-Sat Aug 19-20
James Cotton
Blues Alley
Fri-Sun Aug 19-21
Last Train Home
Iota
room?
Fri Aug 19
John Mooney & Bluesiana
City Tavern Club
3206 M Street, NW
$15(adv/Paypal)/$20(door) - 9pm- - Info
Fri Aug 19
John Mooney (acoustic)
Kennedy Center
Millennium Stage
FREE - 6-7pm
Fri Aug 19
Rhodes Tavern Troubadours
Half Moon BBQ
Fri Aug 19
Little Malcolm & the House Rockers
Surf Club
$12 - 9-midnight
Sat Aug 20
Hot August Blues
Oregon Ridge Park
Walter 'Wolfman' Washington w/ John Mooney, Shemekia Copeland,, Chubby Carrier, Anthony Gnomes, & Kelly Bell Band
Sat Aug 20
The Radiators
State Theatre
$22+SC
Sat Aug 20
Eric Felten Jazz Orchestra
Spanish Ballroom
Glen Echo Park
yes, lesson @ 8pm
$13 - 9-midnight
Sat Aug 20
Shambles
Zoo Bar
Sat Aug 20
Karen Collins & the Backroads Band
Half Moon BBQ
$7 - 9-12:30am
Sun Aug 21
Huey Lewis & the News
Paul Thorn
Filene Center Wolf Trap
$38(house)/$22(lawn)
Sun Aug 21
Sunday Waltz w/
Notorious
Spanish Ballroom
Glen Echo Park
yes, lesson @ 3pm
$8 - 3:30-6pm
Sun Aug 21
Creole Zydeco Farmers
Cats Eye Pub
$5 - 9:30pm-1:30am
Sun Aug 21
Mary Shaver & the Smokin' Polecats
JVs
Tue Aug 23
Mary Shaver & Marianna Previti
w/ the Smokin' Polecats
JVs
Tue Aug 23
Tempest
Jammin Java
$15 - 8pm - Celtic Rock
Tue Aug 23
Dolly Parton
Last Train Home
Constitution Hall
$75.75 & $55.75 <Gack>
Thur Aug 25
Emmylou Harris
Birchmere
Fri-Sat Aug 26-27
Crystal City Jazz Celebration
Hyatt Regency Crystal City
John Cocuzzi, John Previti, Eric Felton, Big Joe Maher, Keter Betts, Houtson Person, Bruce Swaim, Vince McCool, Tim Ford, Ed Polcer, Houston Person, John Sheridan, ...
Fri Aug 26
Sonny Landreth
Funk Box
$15(adv)/$18(day of)
Fri Aug 26
Junkyard Saints
Bay Cafe
6-10pm
Fri Aug 26
Creole Cowboys w/ Jeffery Broussard & D'Jalma Garnier
Surf Club
8-11pm - $12
Fri Aug 26
David Allan Coe
State Theatre
Fri Aug 26
Boilermaker Jazz Band
Bumpercar Pavillion
Glen Echo Park
yes, lesson @ 8pm
$13 - 9-midnight
Sat Aug 27
Chuck Brown & Friends
Birthday Party
w/ Fertile Ground
9:30
Sat Aug 27
Steve Miller Band
Wolf Trap
$42(house)/$25(lawn)
Sat Aug 27
Legendary Orioles, the Jewels, & the Memories
Reston Town Center
concrete & Little Kiddies everywhere
FREE - 7:30pm
Sun Aug 28
Beach Boys
Wolf Trap
$34(house)/$25(lawn) - 2pm & 8pm shows
Sun Aug 28
Nathan & the Zydeco Cha-Chas
Barn Theatre
Catonsville Community College
yes, lesson @ 6
$15 - 7-10pm
Sun Aug 28
Paul Cebar & the Milwaukeeans
Rams Head
Annapolis
siddown & shuddup
$21.50 - 7pm
Sun Aug 28
King Teddy
Mason District Park
Annandale
7:30-8:30pm
Wed Aug 31
Brave Combo
w/ Continentals
Blobs Park
yes
$25 w/ Dinner
Thur-Sun Sept 1-4
Mose Allison
Blues Alley
Thur Sept 1
Brave Combo
Brother Shamus
Iota
9pm - $12
Thur Sept 1
Jewels
Woodrow Wilson Plaza
Reagan Building
noon-1:30pm - FREE
Thur Sept 1
Earl Scruggs w/ Family & Friends
Birchmere
Fri-Sun Sept 2-4
Rhythm & Roots Festival
Ninigret Park
Charlestown, RI
yes & lessons
Host: Steve Riley & the Mamou Playboys
Fri: Paul Cebar, Geno Delafose, Asylum St. Spankers, Poullard, Watson, & Adams, April Verch
Sat: Paul Cebar, Geno Delafose, Donna the Buffalo, Keb'Mo', Marcia Ball, Slaid Leaves, Wilders, Asylum Street Spankers, Magnolia, Zydeco Hogs, Poullard, Watson, & Adams
Sun: Sonny Landreth, Reckless Kelly, Little Feat, Wilders, La Bottine Soriante, LeRoy Thomas, Creole Cowboys, Magnolia, Zydeco Hogs, Poullard, Watson, & Adams
Fri Sept 2
Marcia Ball
Cathy Ponton King
State Theatre
room?
$22+SC
Fri Sept 2
Junkyard Saints
New Orleans Tribute
Bethesda Metro Center
concrete
6pm - FREE
Salvation Army accepting Donations
Fri Sept 2
Candye Kane
Chevy Chase Ballroom
yes
Fri Sept 2
the Legendary Orioles
Woodrow Wilson Plaza
Reagan Building
noon-1:30pm - FREE
Fri Sept 2
El Gran Combo
CocoCabana
Hyattsville
Sat Sept 3
DC Blues Society Festival
Carter Barron Ampetheatre
concrete
FREE - Saffire-the Uppity Blues Women, Sharrie Williams, Candye Kayne, DeConstance, Ruby Hayes, ...
Sat Sept 3
Derek Trucks
Recher Theatre
Sat Sept 3
John Hiatt & Shawn Colvin
Solo Acoustic
Rams Head Live
Baltimore
Sat Sept 3
Marianan Previti & East-West
JVs
Sun Sept 4
Alanzo's Memorial Day Picnic
Rosedale American Legion Hall
Candye Kane, Clarence Spady, Mikey Jr. & Stone Cold Blues, Archie Edwards Heritage Foundataion
2-9pm - $25(Door)/$17.50(adv)
Sun Sept 4
John Hiatt & Shawn Colvin
Solo Acoustic
9:30
Sun Sept 4
Sunday Waltz w/
Terpsicore
Spanish Ballroom
Glen Echo Park
yes, lesson @ 3pm
$8 - 3:30-6pm
Sun Sept 4
Derek Trucks
Rams Head
Annapolis
Sun Sept 4
Mary Shaver & the Smokin' Polecats
JVs
Wed Sept 7
Brooks Tegler Big Band
Blues Alley
Wed Sept 7
Los Jaivas
Millenium Stage
Kennedy Center
FREE - 6-7pm
Thur Sept 8
Tribute to Keter Betts
Blues Alley
Thur Sept 8
Lura
Millenium Stage
Kennedy Center
FREE - 6-7pm
Fri Sept 9
Last Train Home
Hackensaw Boys
Mike Holden Band
9:30
$15 - 9:45pm-
Fri Sept 9
Branford Marsalis
Dekelboum Concert Hall
University of Maryland
$45/$35/$25 - Still on as best I can tell
Fri Sept 9
Hula Monsters
Hyattsville Summer Jam
4310 Gallatin St.
6:30-8:30pm - across from Franklin's Pub
Fri Sept 9
JP McDermott & Western Bop
Half Moon BBQ
Fri Sept 9
Oscar D'Leon
H2O
Sat-Sun Sept 10-11
Taste of the Blue Ridge
Jazz & Blues Festival
Downtown Roanoke, VA
Sat: Eddy "the Chief" Clearwater, John Mooney & Bluesiana, Kenny Neal, ...
Sun: John Brown Quintet, Luciana Souza, Dr. lonnie Smith
Sat Sept 10
Kennedy Center Open House
Kennedy Center
FREE - NSO, Dave Liebman, Doc Scantlin, Del Castillo, Last Train Home, ...
Sat Sept 10
George Gee's Jump, Jive & Wailers
Spanish Ballroom
Glen Echo Park
yes, lesson @ 8pm
$18! - 9-midnight
Sat Sept 10
Leroy Thomas & the Zydeco Road Runners
Bumpercar Pavillion
Glen Echo Park
yes, lesson @ 7:30pm
$13 - 8:30-midnight
Sun Sept 11
Takoma Park Folk Festival
Takoma Park Middle School
Chopteeth, Ruthie & the Wranglers, Joni Mitchell Tribute, Dulcie Taylor, ...
Sun Sept 11
BB King Blues Festival 2005
BB King & Joe Bonamassa
Wolf Trap
$40(house)/$25(lawn)
Sun Sept 11
Leroy Thomas & the Zydeco Road Runners
Blackeyed Susan riverboat
Leaving: Brown's Wharf
S. Broadway, Baltimore
yes
$25 - Boarding @ 2:45, leaving @ 3pm
Mon Sept 12
Acoustic Showcase
IMT - St. Mark Presby. Church
10701 Old Georgetown Rd. - Rockville
w/ Chris Chandler with David Roe, Billy Coulter, Lilly Neill, Zoe Mulford, Might Could, Patrick Smith, James Key, Mark Sylvester, Ellen James, and Willie Cisins
Thur Sept 15
Junkyard Saints
Los Arrieros
Silver Spring
$10
Thur Sept 15
Rhodes Tavern Troubadours
Sunset Grille
8:30pm
Fri Sept 16
The Iguanas
Birchmere Bandstand
yes
7:30pm - $19.50+SC
Sat Sept 17
Bill Kirchen
Shambells
Creative Alliance
Patterson Theater
Eastern Ave, Baltimore
dunno
Sat Sept 17
Jivewires
Spanish Ballroom
Glen Echo Park
yes, lesson @ 8pm
$12
Sat Sept 17
King Teddy
YMCA Reston
yes, lesson @ 8:30pm
$13
Sat Sept 17
So Others May Eat Charity Fundraiser
Surf Club
yes
w/ the Smokin' Polecats, Mary Shaver, Heroes & Friends, ...
Sun Sept 18
PGCC Blues Festival
Prince George's Community College
Largo, MD
Cephas & Wiggins, Blue Rhythm Boys, Daryl Davis, Bobby Rush, The Jewels, ...
Sun Sept 18
Cellpones for Soldiers Benefit
w/ Cathy Ponton King
JVs
6-8:30pm - $5
Sun Sept 18
Mary Shaver & Marianna Previti w/ East-West
JVs
9:30pm-
Sun Sept 18
Sunday Waltz w/
Cabaret Sauvignon
Spanish Ballroom
Glen Echo Park
yes w/ lesson @ 3pm
$8 - 3:30pm-6pm
Mon Sept 19
Lisa Moscatiello
CD Release
IMT - St. Mark Presby. Church
10701 Old Georgetown Rd. - Rockville
Tue Sept 20
Donna the Buffalo
Rams Head Tavern
Annapolis
$25.50 - 8pm
Tue Sept 20
Mitch Woods & his Rocket 88s
Clarendon Ballroom
9-11pm
Tue Sept 20
Samarabalouf
Millenium Stage
Kennedy Center
FREE - 6-7pm
Wed Sept 21
Stephen Bruton & Kevin Gordon
Jammin Java
$10 - 7:30pm
Wed Sept 21
Rev. Billy C. Wirtz
Ram's Head
Thur Sept 22
Susan Cowsill
Iota
Thur Sept 22
Blue Sky 5
Spanish Ballroom
Glen Echo Park
yes, lesson @ 8:15pm
$12 - 9-11:30pm
Fri-Sun Sept 23-25
Austin City Limits Music Festival
Austin, TX
Fri Sept 23
National Heritage Fellowship Awards
Lisner Auditorium
FREE - 7:30pm - Awardees: Eldrid Arntzen, Earl Barthe, Chuck Brown, Janette Carter, Michael Doucet, Jerry Grcevich, Wanda Jackson, Grace Henderson Nez, Herminia Albarrán Romero, Beyle Schaechter-Gottesman, Albertina Walker, & James Ka'upena Wong
Fri Sept 23
Benefit for New Orleans
8x10
formerly Funk Box-formerly 8x10
8pm - "Queen of Blues" Marva Wright backed by The Greg Hatza Organization w/ special guests
Fri Sept 23
Hula Monsters
Half Moon BBQ
Sat Sept 24
Leroy Thomas & the Zydeco Road Runners
Barn Theatre at Catonsville CC
yes, Lesson @ 8pm
$12
Sat Sept 24
Mobtown Greaseball
Orchard Landing
Towson
Free Car show noon-4pm, Music $7 - 5-2am
w/ '65 Fastback, Old Line Skiffle Combo, The Droptops, JP McDermott & Western Bop, The Bobwhites, Ultra Kings, & Lords of the Highway
Sat Sept 24
Pietasters
The Players, Rude Buddha, Pressure Sounds, & Trip Lizard
9:30
$12
Sat-Sun Sept 24-25
Baltimore Book Festival
600 Block North Charles St.
Baltimore
Sat: Mambo Combo, Charles "Big Daddy" Stallings, ...
Sun: Rude Dog, Chopteeth, Melanie Mason, Junkyard Saints, Carl Filipiak
Sun Sept 25
Katrina Benefit
State Theatre
yes
Mary Ann Redmond, Cathy Ponton King, Fatskeys featuring Alan Scott, Taylor Carson Politicks, Marcus Johnson, Swooners/The Idle Time Band - Proceeds to Red Cross, matched by Verizon & Fannie Mae
Sun Sept 25
JP McDermott
Boordy Vineyards
$10
Tue Sept 27
Los Lobos (acoustic)
Birchmere
siddown & shuddup
$47.50+SC - 7:30pm
Tue Sept 27
Boubacar Traore
Millenium Stage
Kennedy Center
FREE - 6-7pm - Malian Blues
Thur Sept 29
Rhodes Tavern Troubadours
Sunset Grille
8:30pm
Thur Sept 29
Chico O'Farrill Orchestra
Duke Ellington Jazz Festival
Lincoln Theatre
8pm
Thur Sept 29
Ruthie & Greg's Half Moon Jamboree
Anniversary Show
Half Moon BBQ
8:30pm - w/ Dede Wyland, Melanie Mason, Ira Gitlin, JP McDermott, Ty Braddock, Dave Giegerich, Diana Quinn, Helen Hausmann
Fri Sept 30
Alejandro Escovedo Orchestra
Jon Dee Graham
Lenny Kaye
9:30
Fri Sept 30
Zap Mama
Black Cat
Fri Sept 30
Bill Kirchen & friends
Jammin Java
one 90min. set- $17(adv)/$20(door) - 7:30pm
Fri Sept 30
Shambells
Surf Club
10pm
Sat-Sun Oct 1-2
Fells Point Fun Festival
Fells Point
w/ Roy Carrier, Dagmar & the Seductones, JCJ band, Arte Flamecno, ...
Sat Oct 1
Roy Carrier & the Night Rockers
Barn Theatre at Catonsville CC
yes, Lesson @ 8pm
$12
Sat Oct 1
J Street Jumpers
Spanish Ballroom
Glen Echo Park
yes, lesson @ 8pm
$12
Sat Oct 1
Duke Ellington Jazz Festival
Jazz on the Mall
Sylvan Theatre
the Mall
FREE - 12-8pm - w/ Wayne Shorter Quartet, Wallace Roney Sextet, the Dirty Dozen Brass Band, Chuck Brown, Jerry Gonzalez, & Sunny Sumter
Sat Oct 1
Hurricane Katrina Fundraiser
Washington Ethical Society
yes, lesson @ 8pm
$25 to relief organizations - Squeeze Bayou, Rita Clarke & the Naturals, & Bassment Breaks
Sat Oct 1
Big Boy Little w/ Rusty Bogart
Zoo Bar
Sat Oct 1
Hurricane Relief Benefit for Red Cross
Iota
1-6pm
Sun Oct 2
Takoma Park Street Festival
Takoma Park Middle School
Lisa Moscatiello, JP McDermott, Hula Monsters, Rhodes Tavern Troubadours, Shambells, Grandsons, Robert Lighthouse, Billy Coulter, Tommy Lepson, Chopteeth, Melanie Mason, ...
Sun Oct 2
Sunday Waltz w/
Footloose
Spanish Ballroom
Glen Echo Park
yes w/ lesson @ 3pm
$8 - 3:30pm-6pm
Tue Oct 4
Los Lobos
Music Center at Strathmore
$25-45
Tue Oct 4
Daryl Davis
Clarendon Ballroom
yes
9-11pm - $10
Wed Oct 5
Roy Carrier
Robert Lighthouse
Chief Ike's Mambo Room
8:30pm - $10
Thur Oct 6
Squeeze Bayou w/ Brian Simms
Los Arrieros
Silver Spring
yes
$10 - 7:30-10:30pm
Thur Oct 6
JP McDermott
JVs
VA CD release
Fri Oct 7
Charlie Sexton
State Theatre
$20 - 9pm
Fri Oct 7
King Teddy
Chevy Chase Ballroom
yes
$13 - 9pm
Fri Oct 7
Junkyard Saints
Golden Sports Bar
Ellicott City
9pm
Sat Oct 8
Cancelled
Jimmy Sturr & His Orchestra
Barns of Wolftrap
Sat Oct 8
Roy Carrier
Surf Club
$12 - 9pm-
Sat Oct 8
Doctors of Jazz
Spanish Ballroom
Glen Echo Park
yes, lesson @ 8pm
$13
Sat Oct 8
JP McDermott
Half Moon BBQ
MD CD release
Sun Oct 9
Cancelled
Jimmy Sturr & His Orchestra
Blob's Park
Sun Oct 9
Women of the Blues
JVs
Billy Hancock w/ Mary Shaver, Marianna Previti, Janine Wilson... proceeds to the Marva Wright family
Sun Oct 9
Nickel Creek
9:30
Mon Oct 10
Shemekia Copeland
Kelly Bell
Sweet Carolines
Winchester, VA
Tue Oct 11
"Bail out the Big Easy"
Mardi Gras Benefit
Lulu's
22nd & M St NW DC
yes
$40/30(adv) [inc Bud & Hurricanes] to benefit the American Red Cross - 4pm-
Rebirth Brass Band, Cowboy Mouth, Junkyard Saints, Grandsons, Canecutters, Kelly Bell, ...
Tue Oct 11
Nickel Creek
Rams Head Live
Baltimore
Tue Oct 11
Toni Lynn Washington Band
Clarendon Ballrom
yes
$10 - 9-11pm
Wed Oct 12
Delbert McClinton
Birchmere
nope
7:30pm - $40+SC
Wed Oct 12
Robert Wlater's Super Heavy Organ
Otis Taylor
8x10
Thur Oct 13
Rebirth Brass Band
8x10
10pm
Thur Oct 13
Rhodes Tavern Troubadours
Sunset Grille
8:30pm
Thur Oct 13
Eileen Ivers & Immigrant Soul
Barns of Wolftrap
$22
Fri Oct 14
Lil' Stooges Brass Band
Surf Club
$12 - 9pm
Sat Oct 15
Roy Carrier & the Zydeco Night Rockers
Bumper Car Pavillion
Glen Echo Park
yes w/ lesson
$13
Sat Oct 15
Donna the Buffalo
State Theatre
$17(adv)/$19(day of)
Sat Oct 15
Susan Tedeschi
Rams Head Live
Baltimore
$25(adv)/$28(day of)
Sat Oct 15
Karen Collins & Backroads Band
Half Moon BBQ
$7 - 9pm-
Sat Oct 15
Clarendon Day
Clarendon, VA
Lil' Stooges Brass Band (12pm), ...
Sat Oct 15
Salsa Band TBA
Spanish Ballroom
Glen Echo Park
yes w/ lesson
$??
Sun Oct 16
Baltimore Blues Soecity presents:
Cephas & Wiggins
Paul Rishell & Annie Raines
8x10
8pm - $15(adv)
Sun Oct 16
Sunday Waltz w/
Karen Collins & the Backroads Band
Spanish Ballroom
Glen Echo Park
yes w/ lesson @ 3pm
$8 - 3:30pm-6pm
Sun Oct 16
Katrina Benefit
Surf Club
yes
Rockin' Bones, Smokin' Polecats, Billy Otis, Blue Lou, Heroes & Friends, Riverdale Ramblers ... - $10 to benefit Tipatina's Foundation
Sun Oct 16
Susan Tedeschi
Birchmere
nope
7:30pm - $45+SC - w/ Jackie Greene
Tue Oct 18
Roy Rogers & the Delta Rhythm Kings
Clarendon Ballroom
yes
Tue Oct 18
Rosie Flores
Stephen Bruton
Jammin Java
Tue Oct 18
Branford Marsalis
Kennedy Center
Wed Oct 19
Chris Isaak
9:30
Thur Oct 20
Junior Brown
Barns at Wolftrap
siddown & shuddup
$24
Thur Oct 20
Ruthie & Greg's Jamboree
Half Moon BBQ
Thur Oct 20
Marva Wright
Madams Organ
Thur Oct 20
Lowen & Navarro
8x10
Fri Oct 21
Roy Carrier & the Night Rockers
Surf Club
$12
Fri Oct 21
Shambells
Farewell to Russ show
Cat's Eye Pub
Last Chance
Fri Oct 21
Flatfoot Sam & the Educated Fools
Firestones
Frederick
Sat Oct 22
Nighthawks
Half Moon
Sat Oct 22
Caroline Hering
Jammin' Java
Sun Oct 23
Big Sandy & Los Straightjackets
Iota
Sun Oct 23
Women of the Blues
JVs
Smokin Polecats w/ Mary Shaver, Marianna Previti, & Martha Capone... proceeds to the Marva Wright family
Sun Oct 23
Roy Carrier
Surf Club
Sun Oct 23
Rebirth Brass Band
Velvet Lounge
Washington DC
Sun Oct 23
Rebuild the Bayou Benefit
Bangkok Blues
$10(adv)/15(door) - w/ What's Left, Margie Parez & Disaster Relief, Vitale Signs, and Clara Bellino with the Dan Sachs Band
Sun Oct 23
Junkyard Saints
Boordy Vineyards
Mon Oct 24
Roy Carrier
Bayou Cafe
Mon Oct 24
Dennis Jay
Oklahoma Twisters
IMT - St. Mark Presby. Church
10701 Old Georgetown Rd. - Rockville
yes, w/ lesson
Dance - $12(adv)/$15(door)
Wed Oct 26
Tom Principato
CD Release Party
Blues Alley
nope
w/ Mark Wenner, Tommy Lepson, & Chris Watling
Thur Oct 27
Django Reinhardt Festival
Kennedy Center
$25 - 7:30 & 9:30 shows - French ensemble featuring guitarists Dorado Schmitt and Samson Schmitt, swing accordionist Ludovic Beier, and violinist Pierre Blanchard, plus American saxophonist Joel Frahm
Thur Oct 27
"Hell or High Water"
Fundraiser for Gulf Coast Musicians
State Theatre
yes
8pm - $25/$20(adv) w/ Chuck Brown, Nighthawks, Buck Hill Quartet, Tom Principato, Big Joe & the Dynaflows, Tommy Lepson, Rhodes Tavern Troubadours, Grandsons, Junkyard Saints, Chopteeth, & Soul Crackers Tribute to the Band
Thur Oct 27
Mariana Previti & East West
JVs
Thur Oct 27
J Street Jumpers
Kennedy Center
Millenium Stage
FREE - 6-7pm
Thur Oct 27
JP McDermott
Bangkok Blues
Fri Oct 28
Hurricane Relief Benefit
w/ Robert Randolph & the Family Band
Rams Head Live
Baltimore
proceeds to Music Maker Fund
Fri Oct 28
Rhodes Tavern Troubadours
Half Moon BBQ
9:30pm
Fri Oct 28
Masquerasde Ball w/
Los Amigos Invisibles
Black Cat
Fri Oct 28
Boilermaker Jazz Band
Spanish Ballroom
Glen Echo Park
yes, lesson @ 8pm
$13 - 9-midnight
Fri Oct 28
Billy Price Band
Rams Head
Annapolis
siddown & shuddup
$22.50+SC - 8:30pm
Sat Oct 29
George Gee Orchestra
Boilermaker Jazz Band
Spanish Ballroom
Glen Echo Park
yes, lesson @ 8pm
$18 - 9-midnight
Sat Oct 29
Los Straightjackets w/ Big Sandy (vocals)
Avalon Theatre
Easton, MD
Sun Oct 30
Youssou N'Dour
Fathy Salama Orchestra
Music Center at Strathmore
siddown & shuddup
$59-23 - 7pm
Sun Oct 30
Rod Piazza & the Mighty Fliers
Rams Head
Annapolis
siddown & shuddup
$22.50+SC
Sun Oct 30
Mark O'Connor's Hot Swing
Birchmere
siddown & shuddup
$45+SC - 7:30pm
Sun Oct 30
Danny Morris Band
Sunset Grille
Sun Oct 30
DC Blues Society Battle of the Bands
Surf Club
Tue Nov 1
HBO's "The Wire" Benefit for Katrina Victims
Sonar
Baltimore
i guess
$50 - the Subdudes, the Igaunas, & Rebirth Brass Band
Tue Nov 1
Rod Piazza & the Mighty Fliers
Blues Alley
siddown & shuddup
Tue Nov 1
Chuck Brown & the Lissen Band
9:30
Wed Nov 2
JP McDermott's Buddy Holly Night
JVs
Thur Nov 3
Rhodes Tavern Troubadours
Sunset Grille
9pm
Thur Nov 3
Ruthie & the Wranglers
Lisa Moscatiello & the Space Dots
Jammin Java
Thur Nov 3
Dikki Du & the Zydeco Crew
Surf Club
$12 cover - 9pm-midnight
Fri-Sat Nov 4-6
Dr. John
Blues Alley
Fri Nov 4
Uncle Earl
Jammin Java
As seen at Ninigret - female quintet of folk/old time/bluegrass musicians
Fri Nov 4
Marva Wright
Bangkok Blues
$15(adv)/$20(door) - 7-11pm - w/ Bennie Miller, Robert Lighthouse, Margie Perez & Disaster Relief
Fri Nov 4
Dikki Du & the Zydeco Crew
Surf Club
Fri Nov 4
Daryl Davis Band
Chevy Chase Ballroom
yes. lesson @ 8:30pm
$13 - 9-midnight
Sat Nov 5
Brooks Tegler Big Band
Spanish Ballroom
Glen Echo Park
yes, lesson @ 8pm
$12
Sat Nov 5
Rob Bamburger's Hot Jazz Saturday Night
25th Anniversary w/ Peaches O'Dell
Clarendon Ballroom
yes, w/ lesson
$100/$88.50 (WAMU member), get ticket in advance
Sat Nov 5
Jimmy Gaudreau & Orrin Starr
Blue Daze
James Lee Community Center
2855-A Annandale Road
Falls Church
$20 - DC Bluegrass Union Fall Fundraiser
Sat Nov 5
Surf the Swamp with Reverb Galaxy & the Swamprunners
Barn Theatre
CCBC Catonsville
yes
$8 - 9-12
Sun Nov 6
Sunday Waltz w/
Contratopia
Spanish Ballroom
Glen Echo Park
yes w/ lesson @ 3pm
$8 - 3:30pm-6pm
Sun Nov 6
Janine Wilson
CD Release Party
Iota
w/ Eric Brace, Ruthie Logsdon, & Michelle Walker
Sun Nov 6
Lord of the Strings
JVs
w/ Dan Hovey, Pete Kanaras, Dave Sherman
Sun Nov 6
Dikki Du & the Zydeco Crew
Cats Eye
$5 - 9:30pm-
Tue Nov 8
King Teddy
Clarendon Ballroom
yes
$10 - 9-11pm
Wed Nov 9
Robert Cray
State Theatre
$40 - 8pm
Sun-Sun Nov 6-13
Zydeco Cruise 2005 w/
Geno Delafose & Steve Riley
Norwegian Sun Cruise Ship
Houston, Cozumel, Belize City, Roatan, Playa del Carmen
yes & lessons
from $644-
Thur Nov 10
Robert Cray
Roomful of Blues
Rams Head Live
Baltimore
sure
$22.50(adv)/$25(day of)
Thur Nov 10
Dikki Du & the Zydeco Crew
Talianos
yes
$12
Fri Nov 11
Last Train Home
Barns of Wolftrap
yes
$16 - Sold Out
Fri Nov 11
John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers
George Mason Center for the Arts
you can try...
$40/32/20
Fri Nov 11
Tommy Castro
State Theatre
Fri Nov 11
Junkyard Saints
Rams Head Savage Mill
9:30pm-midnight
Fri Nov 11
JP McDermott & Western Bop
Half Moon BBQ
Sat Nov 12
Dikki Du & the Zydeco Crew
Bumper Car Pavillion
Glen Echo Park
yes w/ lesson
$13
Sat Nov 12
Lush Life
Spanish Ballroom
Glen Echo Park
yes w/ lesson @ 8pm
$13
Sat Nov 12
Stars & Stripes Ball
Artie Shaw Orchestra
Womens Club of Chevy Chase
7931 Connecticut Ave.
yes w/ lesson @ 8:30pm
$60!!! (inc Buffet) - Dress up required
Sat Nov 12
B'More for the Big Easy Benefit Concert
Lithuanian Hall
851 Hollins St. Baltimore
$25/$30(door) - Noche Latina, Larry Dennis & Wild Rice, Tony Scuito, ...
Sat Nov 12
Smokin Polecats w/ Mary Shaver
Zoo Bar
Sun Nov 13
Sonny Landreth & Johnny A
Rams Head
Annapolis
siddown & shuddup
$32+SC - 8pm - Also 17th.
Sun Nov 13
Laurie Lewis & Tom Rozum
Calvarly Baptist Chruch
8th & H Streets NW
yes
FREE (Fundraiser) - 7pm
Sun Nov 13
Hurricane Releif Benefit
Rhodes on the Pawtuxet
Cranston, RI
yes
$25 - 1-9pm - Marcia Ball, Duke Robillard, Creole Cowboys, Chip Taylor, Dikki Du, Jesse Lege, & Planet Zydeco
Mon Nov 14
Dikki Du & the Zydeco Crew
Bayou Cafe
Whitemarsh
$5
Mon Nov 14
Jaques "Saxman" Johnson w/ Dr. Bill Clark
Blues Alley
no
CD Release
Mon Nov 14
Gigmeisters
CD Release & Contra dance
IMT - St. Mark Presby. Church
10701 Old Georgetown Rd. - Rockville
yesn
Dance - $12(adv)/$15(door) - show dancing shoes for $3 off.
Tue Nov 15
The Blasters
Timothy Bracken Band
Iota
concrete
Tue Nov 15
Cigar Store Indians
Clarendon Ballroom
yes
9-11pm
Tue Nov 15
North Mississippi Allstars
8x10
Wed Nov 16
Greg Garing, Chris Scruggs (BR549), & Rosie Flores
Jammin' Java
Thur Nov 17
Blue Sky 5
Spanish Ballroom
Glen Echo Park
yes, lesson @ 8:15pm
$12 - 9-11:30pm
Thur Nov 17
Ruthie & Greg's Half Moon Jamboree
Half Moon BBQ
Thur Nov 17
Paul Thorn
Barns of Wolftrap
$18 - Sold Out
Thur Nov 17
Sonny Landreth & Johnny A
Rams Head
Annapolis
siddown & shuddup
$32+SC - 8pm
Fri-Sat Nov 18-19
Galactic w/ Ivan Neville & the Stooges Brass Band
9:30
Fri Nov 18
Savoy Family Band
National Geographic
yes
$30(non-member)/$25(member) - 6:30pm
Fri Nov 18
Blasters
Rams Head Tavern
siddown & shuddup
Fri Nov 18
Boilermaker Jazz Band
Bumpercar Pavillion
Glen Echo Park
yes, lesson @ 8pm
$13 - 9-midnight
Fri Nov 18
Four Fabulous Fiddlers
Lyceum
201 S. Washington St. Alexandria
$18(adv)/$20(door) - 8pm - Hanneke Cassel, Laura Courtese, Jeremy Kittel, Jake Armerding
Fri Nov 18
Sonny Landreth & Johnny A
Barns of Wolftrap
nope
$22 - Sold Out
Sat Nov 19
Robbie Fulks (solo)
Jammin Java
Sat Nov 19
If I Had a Hammer
Habitat for Humaity Benefit
Half Moon BBQ
$6 - Billy Coulter, Ruthie, JP McDermott, Andy Rutherford, Brian Simms, ...
Sat Nov 19
Casey MacGill & The Spirits of Rhythm
Spanish Ballroom
Glen Echo Park
yes, lesson @ 8pm
$15 - 9-midnight
Sat Nov 19
Persuasions
Barns at Wolftrap
$22
Sun Nov 20
10th Anniversary Sunday Waltz w/
Notorius
Spanish Ballroom
Glen Echo Park
yes w/ lesson @ 3pm
$8 - 3:30pm-6pm
Sun Nov 20
Alison Krauss & Union Station feat. Jerry Douglas
Patriot Center
George Mason
Mon Nov 21
Shemekia Copeland
Rams Head Tavern
Annapolis
siddown & shuddup
Mon Nov 21
Duwayne Burnside & Mississippi Mafia w/ Jimbo Mathus
Iota
$13
Tue Nov 22
Daryl Davis Band
Clarendon Ballroom
yes
$10 - 9-11pm
Wed Nov 23
Nighthawks
Kennsington Armory
yes
$10 - 8-11pm - BYOB/Food
Wed Nov 23
Brian Setzer Orchestra's
Holiday Extraviganza
9:30
Thur Nov 24
Happy Thanksgiving
Thur Nov 24
Bill Kirchen w/ Johnny & Jack
Sunset Grille
Fri Nov 25
Hubert Sumlin & the Nighthawks
State Theatre
Fri Nov 25
Curley Talor & Zydeco Trouble
Surf Club
yes
$15 - 9pm-midnight
Fri Nov 25
Junkyard Saints
Seidels Bowling Alley
Roots Cafe
sure
Fri Nov 25
Mitch Woods & his Rocket 88s
Chevy Chase Ballroom
yes
$15 - 9-midnight
Fri Nov 25
Rhodes Tavern Troubadours
Half Moon BBQ
Fri Nov 25
Grandsons
Barns of Wolftrap
yes
$16
Sat Nov 26
Hubert Sumlin & the Nighthawks
plus the Battle of the Bands
Baltimore Blues Society
Rosedale American Legion Hall
sure
8:30pm-1am - $20(adv)/$25(door) - Battle w/ Blues On Board, Charles "Big Daddy" Stallings, Johnnie & the Lowdowns, Nightstreet
Sat Nov 26
Orrin Starr & Gimmmy Gaudreau
Holy Cross Chruch
1090 Sterling Rd. Herndon
$10 - Thanksgiving Weekend Concert
Sat Nov 26
Flatfoot Sam & the Educated Fools
Zoo Bar
Sat Nov 26
JP McDermott
Austin Grille
Silver Spring
Mon Nov 28
Squeeze Bayou
Rita & the Naturals
IMT Concert/Dance
St. Mark Presby Church
10701 Old Georgetown Rd. - Rockville
yes
7:30-10pm - $15 to hurricane relief
Tue-Wed Nov 29-30
Del McCoury Band
Barns at Wolftrap
$30
Tue Nov 29
Marianna Previti & East-West
JVs
Tue Nov 29
Top Dead Center
JP McDermott & Western Bop
Iota
Wed Nov 30
Junkyard Saints
Bangkok Blues
7:30-10:30pm
Thur Dec 1
Squeeze Bayou w/ Brian Simms
Los Arrieros
Silver Spring
yes
$10 - 7:30-10:30pm
Thur Dec 1
Aaron Neville's Quintet w/ Charles Neville
Birchmere
Fri-Sat Dec 2-3
Night of 100 Elvises
Lithauanian Hall
yes
$50(adv.) - 7pm-2am - w/ Automatic Slim, the Barn Burners, Billy Coulter, JP McDermott, Dagmar, Janine Wilson, etc.
Fri-Sat Dec 2-3
Charm City to Crescent City
A Benefit for New Orleans Musicians
8x10
$18(adv)/$22(door) 10pm - w/ the Radiators
Fri Dec 2
Phil Lesh & Friends
George Mason University
w/ Barry Sless, Chris Robertson, Jimmy Herring, John Molo, & Mookie Siegel
Fri Dec 2
King Teddy
Hilton Washington Dulles Airport
yes, lesson @ 8:30pm
$13 - 9-midnight
Sat Dec 3
Pinetop Perkins, Bob Margolin, Mookie Brill, & Willie "Big Eyes" Smith
State Theatre
sure
$16(adv)/$19(day of)
Sat Dec 3
Creole Cowboys w/ Jeffery Broussard & D'Jalma Garnier
Barn Theatre at Catonsville CC
yes, Lesson @ 8pm
$12
Sat Dec 3
Swing Speak w/ Marianna Previti
Spanish Ballroom
Glen Echo Park
yes, lesson @ 8pm
$12
Sat Dec 3
Azalea City Artists Showcase
Sangha
7014 Westmoreland Ave., Takoma Park
yes, lesson @ 8pm
$10 - 8pm - Carey Creed, Karen Collins, Loretta Kelley, & guests
Sat Dec 3
Big Boy Little w/ Rusty Bogart
Zoo Bar
Sun Dec 4
Big Bad Voodoo Daddy
Holiday Party
Rams Head Live
Baltimore
yes
$25(adv)/$28(door)
Sun Dec 4
Joe Stanley
JVs
Sun Dec 4
Sunday Waltz w/
Fiddlestyx
Spanish Ballroom
Glen Echo Park
yes w/ lesson @ 3pm
$8 - 3:30pm-6pm
Mon-Tue Dec 5-6
Aaron Neville's Quintet w/ Charles Neville
Rams Head Tavern
Annapolis
siddown & shuddup
Tue Dec 6
Bonnie Raitt
Marc Broussard
Constitution Hall
nope
Wed Dec 7
Karen Collins & Backroads Band
Old Town Firehouse Cue
Gaithersburg
sure
10-12:30am - no Cover
Thur Dec 8
Santa Jam 9
State Theatre
$10 or Toy donation - some Nighthawks, Mary Ann Redmond Band, Tommy Lepson Band, Radio Mosaic, Mary Shaver, Linwood Taylor, Perry, Polman, & Gamble
Thur Dec 8
Junkyard Saints
Los Arrieros
yes
8-11pm - $10
Thur Dec 8
Rhodes Tavern Troubadours
Sunset Grille
Fri Dec 9
Tarbox Ramblers
Seidels Bowling Alley
Roots Cafe
Fri Dec 9
NPR's Jazz Piano Christmas
Kennedy Center
Terrace Theatre
doubtful
$30 - 7:30 (Sold Out) & 9:30pm shows (apx. 75 min.) - w/ Marcia Ball, Hank Jones, Hilton Ruiz, & Pete Escovedo
Fri Dec 9
Big Sky
JVs
Sat Dec 10
Hungry for Music Benefit
Iota
$20 (inc. copy of CD) - 9:30pm - w/ Joe Uehlein & the Uliners, Brindley Brothers, Tim Bracken Band, Fire-Dean
Sat Dec 10
Jimmy Thackery
State Theatre
yes
Sat Dec 10
Ralph Stanley & Clinch Mountain Boys
Birchmere
no
$27.50+SC
Sat Dec 10
Junkyard Saints
Olde Town Tavern
Frederick
Sat Dec 10
JP McDermott & Western Bop
Half Moon BBQ
Sun Dec 11
Sometimes Why
Lyceum
201 S. Washington St. Alexandria
$18(adv)/$20(door) - 8pm - Ruth Ungar (Mammals), Kristin Andreassen (Uncle Earl), & Aoife O'Donovan (Crooked Still)
Sun Dec 11
Lord of the Strings #2
JVs
w/ Dan Hovey, Andy Rutherford, & Dave Chappell
Sun Dec 11
Suzy Bogguss' Christmas Show
Birchmere
$29.50+SC
Mon Dec 12
Patty Reese & Dave Chappel
JVs
Tue Dec 13
King Teddy
Clarendon Ballroom
yes
$10 - 9-11pm
Tue Dec 13
Jason Mraz
Tristan Prettyman
9:30
Wed Dec 14
Geno Delafose & French Rockin' Boogie
Birchmere Bandstand
yes
$19.50+SC
Thur Dec 15
Geno Delafose & French Rockin' Boogie
Barn Theatre at Catonsville CC
yes, Lesson @ 7pm
$18 - 8-11pm
Thur Dec 15
Ruthie & Greg's Holiday Jamboree
Half Moon BBQ
w/ Moe Nelson, Alan MacEwan, & Chris Watling
Thur Dec 15
Rhodes Tavern Troubadours
Sunset Grille
w/ Moe Nelson, Alan MacEwan, & Chris Watling
Fri-Sun Dec 16-18
Last Train Home Weekend
Iota
room?
Fri Dec 16
Saffire the Uppity Blues Women
Rams Head Tavern
Annapolis
siddown & shuddup
Fri Dec 16
Bill Kirchen
Half Moon BBQ
Fri Dec 16
Christmas in Alexandria
Old Town Theater
Alexandria
$15 - 10pm - w/ Jon Carroll, Dede Wyland, Mary Sue Twohy, Jen & Scott Smith, Mary Ann Redmond, & Doug Segree
Fri Dec 16
Bad Influence
JVs
Fri Dec 16
DCBS Holiday Party
Surf Club
yes
$15/$10(members) $5 off in advance
w/ the Wescott Brothers Band
Sat Dec 17
Legendary Orioles
Spanish Ballroom
Glen Echo Park
yes, Hand Dance lesson @ 8pm
$12 - w/ the Smooth N EZ Hand Dancers
Sat Dec 17
Geno Delafose & French Rockin' Boogie
Joseph Pilsudski Polish Fraternal Club
2535 E. Ontario St., Philadelphia
yes, lesson @ 7:30pm
$20 - Note Venue Change
Sat Dec 17
Hungry for Music Benefit
Potter's House
$10 - 7:30pm - w/ Loralyn Coles, Nikki Rouse, Ira Gitlin, Bumpkin Pie (Suzanne Ives & Michael Dunkley), Big Sky, Dead MenŐs Hollow, Dennis Jay & Lonesome Town
Sat Dec 17
Saffire the Uppity Blues Women
Birchmere
siddown & shuddup
Sun Dec 18
Billy Hancock's Holiday Celebration
JVs
w/ Dave Chappell, Steve Wolf, Robbie Lee, John Cocuzzi, Bruce Swaim, Mary Shaver, & special guest
Sun Dec 18
Sunday Waltz w/
Blue Bamboo
Spanish Ballroom
Glen Echo Park
yes w/ lesson @ 3pm
$8 - 3:30pm-6pm
Sun Dec 18
Rev. Billy C. Wirtz
Rams Head Tavern
Annapolis
siddown & shuddup
Sun Dec 18
Hungry for Music "A Chanukah Feast" Benefit
Jewish Community Center of Greater Washington
Rockville, MD
FREE - 1-4pm - w/ Alexandria Kleztet & Jew Bop All-Stars
Mon Dec 19
Los Straightjackets Christmas w/ the Pontani Sisters
Rams Head Tavern
Annapolis
siddown & shuddup
8pm - $23
Tue Dec 20
Billy Hancock & the Fat Boys
JVs
Tue Dec 20
Melanie Mason
Bangkok Blues
Wed-Thur Dec 21-22
Martin Sexton
Birchmere
Thur Dec 22
Hungry for Music Benefit
Mansion at Strathmore
$20 (inc. copy of CD) - 7:30pm - w/ Billy Coulter, Janine Wilson, Esther Haynes, Honky Tonk Confidential
Thur Dec 22
Oklahoma Twisters
Surf Club
Fri Dec 23
Slickee Boys
Switchblade
Iota
$18 - 9:30pm-
Fri Dec 23
Junkyard Saints
Mayorga Coffee
8040 Georgia Ave - Silver Spring
Fri Dec 23
Catfish Hodge
JVs
Fri Dec 23
JP McDermott
Austin Grille
Silver Spring
no Cover - 9:30pm
Fri Dec 23
Kathy Ponton King
Flanagan's Harp & Fiddle
Bethesda
No Cover
Sun Dec 25
Merry Christmas
Tue Dec 27
WAMA Crosstown Jam for Flood Relief
Jammin Java
concrete/carpet
$10 - 7:30pm - w/ Eric Brace and Friends, Darryl Davis Band, Hula Monsters, Honky Tonk Confidential, Dick's House of Beauty, and Chopteeth (tentative)
Tue Dec 27
WAMA Crosstown Jam for Flood Relief
Iota
concrete
$10 - 8:30pm - w/ Laura Burhenn, Rachel Cross, Fools and Horses, Gist, Michael Jantz, A Month of Sundays, Practically Einstein, and Janine Wilson
Tue Dec 27
Swing Professors w/ John Cocuzzi
Clarendon Ballroom
yes
$10 - 9-11pm
Wed Dec 28
James Brown
Chuck Brown
9:30
$55
Wed Dec 28
WAMA Crosstown Jam for Flood Relief
Surf Club
yes
$10 - 7:30pm - w/ Billy Hancock, Ty Braddock, Ruthie & the Wranglers, Thrillbillies, Crime Stoppers, Billy Coulter, and David Alberding
Wed Dec 28
Wailers
State Theatre
Wed Dec 28
Hungry for Music "A Chanukah Feast" Benefit
Mansion at Strathmore
$20 (inc. copy of CD) - 8pm - w/ Klezcentricity, Marc Glickman & the Geltones, Lox & Vodka, Alexandria Kleztet
Thur Dec 29 - Sun Jan 1
New Years Winter Camp at Ashokan
Ashokan Camp, NY
yes w/ lessons
Jay Ungar & Molly Mason w/ Swingology, the Redstick Ramblers, Great Bear Trio, & Planet Zydeco
Thur Dec 29
Railroad Earth
State Theatre
Thur Dec 29
Slickee Boys
Mojo
4825 Belair Road - Baltimore
Thur Dec 29
Billy Hancock
Half Moon BBQ
8:30pm
Fri Dec 30 - Sun Jan 1
Carrier Family Festival
Offshore Lounge
Lawtell, LA
Slims Y-Ki-Ki (Sat)
yes
Thur: Goldman Thibodeaux, the Creole Cowboys, Dikki Du, Willis Prudhomme
Fri: T-Broussard, Dexter Ardoin, Zydeco Joe
Sat: Chris Ardion, Geno Delafose, Roy Carrier
Fri Dec 30
The Nighthawks
Rossalyn Mountain Boys
State Theatre
yes
9pm - $13+SC(adv)/$16+SC
Fri Dec 30
Hank Williams Tribute
Birchmere
no
Bill Kirchen, Cathy Fink & Marcy Marxer, Robin & Linda Williams, Dave Gigrich, & Ricky Simpkins
Fri Dec 30
Rhodes Tavern Troubadours
Half Moon BBQ
9:30pm
Fri Dec 30
North Mississippi Allstars
9:30
Fri Dec 30
Deanna Bogart
Jammin Java
room?
7pm (Early Show)
Fri Dec 30
Adrienne Young and Little Sadie
Jammin Java
9:30pm (Late Show)
Sat Dec 31
New Years Eve
Sat Dec 31
First Night Alexandria
all over downtown Alexandria
depends...
Steve Key, Ruthie & the Wranglers, Janine Wilson, Lisa Moscatiello, Janine Wilson Trio, Zydeco Crayz, Hula Monsters, Dennis Jay, Bonnie Rideout, Al Petteway & Amy White, Bill Kirchen, The Grandsons, ...
Sat Dec 31
First Night Annapolis
downtown Annapolis
Junkyard Saints, ACME Blues Band, Summit Hill Bluegrass...
Sat Dec 31
JP McDermott & Western Bop
Half Moon BBQ
Sat Dec 31
Last Train Home
Iota
Sat Dec 31
Robert Randolph & the Family Band
9:30
Sat Dec 31
Deanna Bogart
Rams Head Tavern
Annapolis
siddown & shuddup
Sat Dec 31
Tom Cunningham Orchestra
Spanish Ballroom
Glen Echo Park
yes