Past Events
Date Artist Venue Dancing? Notes
2008
Wed Jan 2
Billy Hancock
JVs
Thur Jan 3
Squeeze Bayou
Los Arrieros
Silver Spring
yes
$10 - 7:30-10:30pm
Thur Jan 3
Delbert McClinton
Birchmere
doubtful
Thur Jan 3
Pete Kanaras Blues Band
Cat's Eye
Fri-Sat Jan 4-5
Ricky Skaggs & Kentucky Thunder
Birchmere
w/ the Whites
Fri Jan 4
JP McDermott & Western Bop
Chevy Chase Ballroom
yes, lesson @ 8:30pm
$15 - 9pm
Fri Jan 4
Grandsons
Dulles Hilton
yes, lesson @ 8:30pm
$15 - 9pm
Sat Jan 5
Nick Lowe Tribute
Barns of Wolf Trap
siddown & shuddup
"Sold Out" w/ Bill Kirchen, Eric Brace, Ruthie & Wranglers, The Rhodes Tavern Troubadours, Billy Hancock, Thrillbillys, Cravin' Dogs, JP McDermott, Tommy Lepson & Soul Crackers, Eric Ambel, Dead Men's Hollow, Martha Hull, Cal Everett
Sat Jan 5
Big Joe & the Dynaflows
Spanish Ballroom
Glen Echo Park
yes, lesson @ 8pm
$12
Sun Jan 6
Sunday Waltz
Gigmeisters
Spanish Ballroom
Glen Echo Park
yes, lesson @ 3pm
$8 - 3:30-6pm
Thur Jan 10
L'Angˇlus
Los Arrieros
Silver Spring
yes
$15 - Cajun from Lafayette
Thur Jan 10
John Jorgenson Quintet
Barns of Wolf Trap
no
8pm
Thur Jan 10
Grandsons
Bangkok Blues
Thur Jan 10
Little Pink
Karen Collins & the Backroads Band
Iota
9pm - $10
Fri Jan 11
Geno Delafose & French Rockin' Boogie
American Dance Institute
1570 E. Jefferson St. Rockville
yes (clean shoes, no high heels), lesson @ 8:30pm
$20 - 9pm
Fri Jan 11
Junkyard Saints & Chopteeth
Surf Club
sure
Fri Jan 11
Scott Taylor Band w/ Steve Wolf
River Road Unitarian Universalist Congregation
6301 River Road, Bethesda
yes, lesson @ 8pm
8:30-11pm - $15
Fri Jan 11
Dave Chappell & Friends
Cat's Eye
Fri Jan 11
Hula Monsters
Dulles Hilton
yes, lesson @ 8:30pm
$15 - 9pm
Sat Jan 12
Bob Margolin & Daryl Davis
Spanish Ballroom
Glen Echo Park
yes, lesson @ 8pm
$15
Sat Jan 12
Bill Kirchen's Winter Wing Ding
Birchmere
siddown & shuddup
w/ Marti Brom, Rickie Simkins, Peter Bonta, Buddy Charlton, Louise Kirchen, & the Grandsons Horns
Mon Jan 14
Alexandria Kleztet
IMT @ St. Mark Presby
10701 Old Georgetown Rd, Rockville
Tue Jan 15
Billy Hancock w/ Jacques Johnson & Margie Clark
JVs
Tue Jan 15
Grandsons
Clarendon Ballroom
yes
$10 - 9-11pm
Wed Jan 16
Uncle Earl
Ram's Head
Annapolis
nope
Wed Jan 16
Daryl Davis
Bangkok Blues
yes
7:30pm
Thur Jan 17
John Hammond - Duke Robilllard
Barns of Wolf Trap
nope
$22 - 8pm
Thur Jan 17
Sharon Jones & The Dap Kings
Black Cat
$15 - Verify, it has been postponed twice...
Fri Jan 18
John Hammond - Duke Robilllard
Ram's Head Annapolis
nope
Fri Jan 18
Chopteeth w/ Cheik Hamala Diabate
Rock & Roll Hotel
Fri Jan 18
Rockin' Bones
Chevy Chase Ballroom
yes, lesson @ 8:30pm
$15 - 9pm
Sat Jan 19
Johnny Castle's Thrillbillies
Quarry House Tavern
Sat Jan 19
Woody Guthrie Tribute
Jammin Java
Cathy Fink & Marcy Marxer, Dede Wyland, U-liners - Early Show
Sat Jan 19
Washington Folk Music Association Benefit Concert
Tribute to Tommy Makem
Rachel M. Schlesinger Concert Hall
Alexandria
w/ Schooner Fare, Jack Williams, Modern Man, Hot Soup!, Bethany Yarrow & Rufus Cappadocia, Side by Side, The Shaw Brothers, The Makem & Spain Brothers, Liam Clancy, Danny Doyle, Eugene Byrne and Danny Quinn.
Sat Jan 19
Boilermaker Jazz Band
Spanish Ballroom
Glen Echo Park
yes, lesson @ 8pm
$13 - 8pm
Sun Jan 20
Sunday Waltz w/ Avant Gardeners
Spanish Ballroom
Glen Echo Park
yes, lesson @ 3pm
3:30-6:30pm - $8
Sun Jan 20
Smokin Polecats women of the Blues Show
Mary Shaver, Marianna Previti, & Pauline Dross
JVs
Sun Jan 20
Ellen Cherry, Michael Jantz, & JP McDermott
Iota
CD Release (x2)
Mon Jan 21
The Mid-Atlantic Song Contest Winners Showcase and Benefit for Songwriters Association of Washington
IMT @ St. Mark Presby
10701 Old Georgetown Rd, Rockville
$14(adv)/$17 - 7:30pm - w/ Laura Brown ,Rick & Audrey Engdahl, Thomas Scott Pearce, Patty Reese, Gretchen Witt, & Rupert Wates
Tue Jan 22
King Teddy
Clarendon Ballroom
yes
$10 - 9-11pm
Tue Jan 22
Dave Chappell
JVs
Wed Jan 23
Richard Thompson
1000 Years of Popular Music
Lisner
$39.50 - 8pm
Wed Jan 23
Christine Lavin w/ Dave Potts
Birchmere
Thur Jan 24
Asylum Street Spankers
Jammin Java
$17(adv)/$20 - 8pm
Thur Jan 24
Gigahertz
Bangkok Blues
Fri Jan 25
Nathan & the Zydeco Cha-chas
CCBC Barn Theatre
yes, lesson @ 8pm
$20 - 9pm-
Fri Jan 25
Karen Collins & the Backroads Band
Rhodes Tavern Troubadours
Surf Club
yes
$12 - 9pm
Fri Jan 25
North Mississippi Allstars
w/ Alvin Youngblood Hart
State Theatre
Fri Jan 25
Acme Blues Co. (9:30pm show)
Melanie Mason (7pm show)
Bangkok Blues
sure
Fri Jan 25
Buckwheat Zydeco
Barns of Wolf Trap
yes
$22 - 8pm
Fri Jan 25
Chopteeth
Kennedy Center
Millenium Stage
FREE - 6-7pm - Afrofunk
Sat Jan 26
Legendary Rhythm & Blues Review
State Theatre
yes
Tommy Castro, Deanna Bogart, Ronnie Baker Brooks, & Magic Dick
Sat Jan 26
JP McDermott's Buddy Holly Tribute
Surf Club
yes
$15 - 9pm - w/ the Starlingtons, Hall Monitors, Garnet Hearts, Ellen Cherry, Michael Jantz, Billy Coulter, The Droptops, David Kitchen, Dagmar & the Seductiones, & Andy Rutherford
Sat Jan 26
Trombone Shorty, Virginia Coalition, Erin McKeown, & the Reserves
8x10
Benefit to fight Breast Cancer
Sun Jan 27
Curley Taylor
Surf Club
yes
$20 - 8pm
Sun Jan 27
Lord of the Strings
JVs
Mike Ault, Tom Principato, & Dan Hovey
Tue Jan 29
Legendary Rhythm & Blues Review
Ram's Head Annpolis
nope
Tommy Castro, Deanna Bogart, Ronnie Baker Brooks, & Magic Dick
Tue Jan 29
Big Boy Little
Bangkok Blues
yes
7:30pm
Wed Jan 30
Steve Riley
Barns of Wolf Trap
yes
$20 - 8pm
Wed Jan 30
George Leh & Friends
El Bouqueron
8pm - $10 - w/ Tom Principato, Steve Jacobs, Joe Wells, Tommy Lepson & the Souled Out Horns
Thur Jan 31
Nighthawks
Surf Club
yes
no-longer-the-finale
Thur Jan 31
George Leh & Friends
State Theatre
yes
$16 - 8:30pm - w/ Tom Principato, Steve Jacobs, Joe Wells, Tommy Lepson & the Souled Out Horns
Thur Jan 31
Jive Aces
Spanish Ballroom
Glen Echo Park
yes, lesson @ 7:30pm
$15 - 8pm
Fri Feb 1
Mardi Gras Benefit for Kirk Joeseph
8x10
Bonerama & Junkyard Saints
Fri Feb 1
Nighthawks
Clydes
Chevy Chase
could...
Sat Feb 2
Tom Principato Band w/ George Leh (Powerhouse)
Fish Head Cantina
Arbutus, MD
yes
$10 - 8:30pm - w/ Steve Jacobs, Joe Wells, Tommy Lepson & the Souled Out Horns
Sat Feb 2
Tom Mitchell & Double Scotch
Spanish Ballroom
Glen Echo Park
yes, lesson @ 8pm
$12
Sat Feb 2
Ok Go
Bonerama
9:30
$20
Sat Feb 2
Rhodes Tavern Troubadours
Avalon Theatre
10AM - Kiddie Show
Sun Feb 3
Sunday Waltz w/ Night Watch
Spanish Ballroom
Glen Echo Park
yes, lesson @ 3pm
3:30-6:30pm - $8
Sun Feb 3
Eric Lindell
Ram's Head Annapolis
nope
Fat Tuesday
Feb 5
Mardi Gras
Tue Feb 5
Little Red and the Renegades, Squeeze Bayou, & Junkyard Saints
Spanish Ballroom
Glen Echo Park
yes, lesson @ 7:30pm
$15 - 8-11pm
Tue Feb 5
Big Four Combo
Clarendon Ballroom
yes
$10 - 9-11pm
Clarendon Mardi Gras Parade beforehand
Wed Feb 6
Eric Lindell
Otis Taylor
State Theatre
Blues
Wed Feb 6
Billy Hancock tribute to the "Day the Music Died"
JVs
Thur Feb 7
Rosie Ladet & the Zydeco Playboys
Surf Club
yes
$20 - 8pm-
Thur Feb 7
Dagmar & The Seductones
Bangkok Blues
$5
Fri-Sun Feb 8-10
Corey Harris
Blues Alley
Fri Feb 8
Nighthawks
Chevy Chase Ballroom
yes, lesson @ 8:30pm
$15 - 9pm
Fri Feb 8
King Teddy
Dulles Hilton
yes, lesson @ 8:30pm
$15 - 9pm
Sat Feb 9
Steve Riley
CCBC Barn Theatre
yes, lesson @ 8pm
$20 - 9pm-
Sat Feb 9
JP McDermott & Western Bop
Rockin' Bones
Spanish Ballroom
yes
Sat Feb 9
Memphis Gold Fundraiser
Surf Club
yes
$10 - 7pm- - Bobby Parker, David Cole, Stacy Brooks, & TBD
Sat Feb 9
Flamenco Festival
Quatro Equinas
Lisner Auditorium
$55-35 - w/ Carmen Linares, Miguel Poveda, Juan Carlos Romero & Pastora Galv‡n
Sun Feb 10
Maxine Blank Benefit
El Boqueron II
Gude Dr, Rockvile
sure
4pm - w/ Flatfoot Sam, Janine Wilson, Mary Shaver, Ruthie & the Wranglers, Patty Reese & Dave Chappell, Tom Principato, Tommy Lepson, Mark Noone, Jr. Cline, Daryl Davis, & the Nighthawks
Sun Feb 10
Last Train Home
Barns of Wolf Trap
yes
$16 - 7:30pm
Sun Feb 10
Flamenco Festival
Tomatito Quintet
Lisner Auditorium
$55-35
Tue Feb 12
Natty Beaux
Clarendon Ballroom
yes
$10 - 9-11pm
Tue Feb 12
Flamenco Festival
Gala Flamenca: Mujeres
Lisner Auditorium
$60-35 - w/ Merche Esmeralda, Belˇn Maya, Roc’o Molina, & Diana Navarro
Wed Feb 13
Iguanas
Ram's Head Tavern
no way Jose'
Thur-Fri Feb 14-15
Flamenco Festival
Ballet Flamenco: Eva Yerbabuena
Lisner Auditorium
$60-35
Thur Feb 14
BeauSoleil
Barns of Wolf Trap
yes
8pm - Sold Out
Fri Feb 15
Smokin' Polecats w/ Marianna Previti
Chevy Chase Ballroom
yes, lesson @ 8:30pm
$15 - 9pm
Fri Feb 15
Iguanas
Patrick Alban & Noche Latina
Birchmere Bandstand
sure
Fri Feb 15
JP McDermott & Western Bop
Dulles Hilton
yes, lesson @ 8:30pm
$15 - 9pm
Fri Feb 15
Tuxedo Park Orchestra
Carlyle Club
yes
$15
Sat Feb 16
Kristin Andreassen and Friends
Lyceum
Old Town Alexandria
8pm - $20(adv)/$23 - w/ Matthey Olwell, Neil & Danny Knicely
Sat Feb 16
Guitar Shorty
Andrew "Jr. Boy" Jones
Baltimore Blues Society
Rosedale American Legion Hall
linoleum
$25(adv) - 9pm-
Sat Feb 16
Smokin' Polecats w/ Marianna Previti
Surf Club
sure
Sat Feb 16
Los Amigos Invisibles
Black Cat
Sun Feb 17
Subdudes
Sold Out
Barns of Wolf Trap
nope
7:30pm - Sold Out
Sun Feb 17
Sunday Waltz w/ Taylor Among the Devils
Spanish Ballroom
Glen Echo Park
yes, lesson @ 3pm
3:30-6:30pm - $8
Sun Feb 17
Hula Monsters
McGinty's Public House
yes
$10 - 8:30-10:30pm
Sun Feb 17
Wammies
State
w/ Billy Coulter, Cathy Fink & Marcy Marxer, David Kitchen, Elanor Ellis, Frederic Yonnet, Honky Tonk Confidential w/ Bob Schieffer, ...
Mon Feb 18
Swooners
JVs
Tue Feb 19
John Nemeth w/ Junior Watson
Clarendon Ballroom
yes
$10 - 9-11pm
Thur Feb 21
Back to the Delta Benefit
Justice Theatre
Hyattsville
7pm - $10 - Kelly Bell w/ Mark Wenner & Colours Splat Blues Orchestra
Thur Feb 21
Hillbilly Jazz
Surf Club
Thur Feb 21
Pete Kanaras Blues Band
JVs
Fri Feb 22
Junkyard Saints
Chopteeth
Surf Club
yes
9pm
Fri Feb 22
Rockin' Bones
Dulles Hilton
yes, lesson @ 8:30pm
$15 - 9pm
Sat Feb 23
Mardi Gras Ball
Rhodes on the Pawtuxet
Cranston, RI
Steve Riley, Kieth Frank, Red Stick Ramblers w/ Jesse Lege', & Hot Tamale Brass - $30(adv)/$35
Fri pre-show w/ Dennis Stroughmatt @ German Club
Sat Feb 23
JP McDermott & Western Bop
Quarry House
sure
Sat Feb 23
DCBS Festival Auditions
Surf Club
sure
10 Bands - FREE - 7pm
Sun Feb 24
Dennis Stroughmatt & Creole Stomp
Surf Club
Sun Feb 24
Lord of the Strings
JVs
Andy Rutherford, Doc Reed & Dan Hovey
Sun Feb 24
Radiators
State Theatre
w/ Backyard Tire Fire
Tue Feb 26
Wilco
9:30
Thur Feb 28
Roomful of Blues
Barns of Wolf Trap
yes
8pm - $22
Fri Feb 29
Eric Felten
Carlyle Club
yes
$20
Sat Mar 1
Red Stick Ramblers
Spanish Ballroom
Glen Echo Park
yes, lesson @ 8pm
$15
Sat Mar 1
Old Line Skiffle Combo w/ Jason "Hoss" Hicks & Ace Brown
Quarry House
sure
Sat Mar 1
Jay Ungar & Molly Mason
Common Ground on the Hill
Westminster, MD
Sun Mar 2
Rosie Ladet & the Zydeco Playboys
CCBC Barn Theatre
yes, lesson @ 7:30pm
$20 - 8pm-
Sun Mar 2
Sunday Waltz w/ Elixir
Spanish Ballroom
Glen Echo Park
yes, lesson @ 3pm
3:30-6:30pm - $8
Sun Mar 2
Jamie Lynch
McGinty's Public House
yes
$10 - 8:30-10:30pm
Sun Mar 2
Papa Grows Funk
8x10 Club
Mon-Tue Mar 3-4
BB King
Strathmore
Mon Mar 3
Los Hammer Kings
Jammin Java
Bill Kirchen w/ Eddie Angel & Mark Gamsjager
Mon Mar 3
Robert Cray
Birchmere
nope
$49.50+SC - 7:30pm
Wed Mar 5
Natalie MacMaster
Strathmore
8pm - $25-58
Thur Mar 6
Hope Line Spring Blast
State Theatre
7pm - $20 - w/ Tommy Lepson Band, Michelle Swan, Tom Miller, Tom Lofgren & Paper Umbrella, Radio Mosiac, Patty Reese, Natty Beaux, & Margot MacDonald
Thur Mar 6
Riverdale Ramblers
Los Arrieros
Silver Spring
yes
$10 - 7:30pm - Local Cajun Band
Fri-Sun Mar 7-9
Crawfish Festival
Vinoy Park
Downtown St. Petersburg
sure
Geno, Dennis Stroughmatt, Don Fontenot, Kevin Naquin, Chubby Carrier, plus Lil' Malcolm "After Hours" & Thurs.
Fri Mar 7
Smokin' Polecats w/ Mary Shaver & Marianna Previti
Surf Club
9pm
Fri Mar 7
Grandsons
Chevy Chase Ballroom
Fri Mar 7
Dance for Democracy
St. John's Church
Balmer
$5 - 7pm - Hula Monsters (9pm)
Sat Mar 8
Robbie Fulks
Jammin Java
$12 adv/$15 - 9:30pm
Sat Mar 8
Doc Watson
Hills of Home
George Mason University
w/ Richard Watson & David Holt - 8pm - $40-20
Sat Mar 8
Brooks Tiegler Big Band
Spanish Ballroom
Glen Echo Park
yes, lesson @ 8pm
$13
Sat Mar 8
Melanie Mason
Bangkok Blues
7-9:30pm
Sat Mar 8
MRE Ambassador's (Other) Ball & Mardi Gras Echo
Maritime Republic of Eastport
w/ Little Red & the Grandsons
Sat Mar 8
Orrin Star w/John Seebach
Derzon House Concert
Falls Church
8pm
Sun Mar 9
Corey Haris
Iota
$15 - w/ Justin Trawick
Sun Mar 9
Lord of the Strings
JVs
John Bell, Dave Chappell, & Dan Hovey
Sun Mar 9
JP McDermott & Western Bop
McGinty's Public House
yes
$10 - 8:30-10:30pm
Wed Mar 12
Los Lobos
James Hunter
Birchmere
siddown & shuddup
7:30pm - $49.50+SC - Sold Out
Thur Mar 13
Tommy Lepson
JVs
Thur Mar 13
Gigahertz
Bangkok Blues
Fri Mar 14
Craig Hutchinson Memorial Dance w/ the Mustangs
Spanish Ballroom
Glen Echo Park
yes, lesson @ 8pm
$15 - 9pm-2am
Fri Mar 14
JP McDermott & Western Bop
Surf Club Live
Sat Mar 15
the Nighthawks w/ Pinetop Perkins, Mitch Woods, & Daryl Davis
Spanish Ballroom
Glen Echo Park
yes, lesson @ 8pm
$18
Sat Mar 15
Ricardo Lemvo & Makina Loca
Rosslyn Spectrum
doubtful
$20 - 8pm
Sat Mar 15
Junkyard Saints
Mike's Crabhouse
Riva, MD
Sat Mar 15
Sweetback Sisters
Knox Presbyterian Church
7416 Arlington Boulevard
Falls Church
$15
Sun Mar 16
Memphis Gold Benefit
Fishhead Cantina
w. Memphis Gold Band, Big Daddy Stallings, Tommy Lepson, Bobby Parker, Nadine Rae, ACME Blues w/ Clarence Turner, Dean Rosenthal, & Linwood Taylor, Automatic Slim, ...
Sun Mar 16
Sunday Waltz w/ Honeysuckle Rose
Spanish Ballroom
Glen Echo Park
yes, lesson @ 3pm
3:30-6:30pm - $8
Sun Mar 16
ACME Blues Co.
Bumpercar Pavillion
Glen Echo Park
yes, lesson @ 7pm
8:30-11:30pm - $17(w/ lesson)/$12 (w/o)
Sun Mar 16
Billy Hancock w/ Jacques Johnson
JVs
Mon Mar 17
Dennis Gruenling CD Release
w/ Steve Guyger & Doug Demming
Brookmont Church
4000 Virginia Place, Bethesda
dunno
7pm
Mon Mar 17
Chuck Brown
Rams Head
6:30 and 9:30pm shows
Tue Mar 18
Hula Monsters
Clarendon Ballroom
yes
9-11pm - $10
Wed Mar 19
Daryl Davis
Bangkok Blues
sure
Thur Mar 20
Dagmar & the Seductiones
JVs
Fri Mar 21
Tommy Lepson
Surf Club Live
9pm
Fri Mar 21
Mary Shaver Band
JVs
Sat Mar 22
L'Angelus
Bumper Car Pavillion
Glen Echo Park
yes, w/ lesson @ 8pm
$15 - 9pm
Fri Mar 21
Daryl Davis
Chevy Chase Ballroom
yes
$15 - 9pm-12
Sat Mar 22
Mark Schatz & Friends
49 West
Annapolis
8 & 10pm shows - $12 - w/ Eileen Carson Schatz, Mark Delaney, Patrick McAvinue, Elizabeth Melvin. Jordan Tice
Sat Mar 22
Johnny Winter
State Theatre
Sun Mar 23
Easter
Sun Mar 23
Lorton Community Action Center Benefit
Harris Theater
George Mason
$25 - 4-9pm - Cepahs & Wiggins, the Deacons w/ Daryl Davis & Ron Holloway, Johnny Artis, ... -
Sun Mar 23
Grandsons (early)
Big Joe (late)
JVs
Mon Mar 24
Joe Uehlein & the U-Liners
IMT @ St. Mark Presby
10701 Old Georgetown Rd, Rockville
Tue Mar 25
JP McDermott & Western Bop
Clarendon Ballroom
yes
9-11pm - $10
Wed-Thur Mar 26-27
Buddy Guy
Birchmere
siddown & shuddup
$49.50+SC - 7:30
Wed Mar 26
Angelique Kidjo
Strathmore
8pm
Fri Mar 28
Jimmy Thackery & Deanna Bogart
Birchmere
siddown & shuddup
7:30pm - $25+SC
Fri Mar 28
Grandsons
Surf Club Live
Fri Mar 28
Jamie Lynch Band
Bumpercar Pavillion
Glen Echo Park
yes, lesson @ 7pm
8:30-11:30pm - $17(w/ lesson)/$12 (w/o)
Fri Mar 28
Eric Brace & Luke Brindley
Iota
$10 - 9:30pm
Fri Mar 28
Seldom Scene
Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver
Strathmore
8pm
Fri Mar 28
Jubal Kane
JVs
Sat Mar 29
Bastard Sons of Johnny Cash
Iota
$15 - 9pm - w/ Wink Keziah
Sat Mar 29
Tom Principato
Surf Club Live
Sat Mar 29
Seldom Scene
Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver
Weinberg Center
Frederick
Sun Mar 30
Hamilton Loomis
Fish Head Cantina
Arbutus
7pm
Sun Mar 30
Terence McArdle & Jumpin' Tonight
McGinty's Public House
yes
$10 - 8:30-10:30pm
Sun Mar 30
Hula Monsters
JVs
Mon Mar 31
John Jorgenson Quintet
IMT @ St. Mark Presby
10701 Old Georgetown Rd, Rockville
w/ Loralyn Coles
Tue Apr 1
Howard Levy w/ Chris Seibold
IMT @ St. Mark Presby
10701 Old Georgetown Rd, Rockville
Tue Apr 1
Tim O'Brien
the Greencards
Birchmere
Tue Apr 1
Squeeze Bayou
Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center
Robert and Arlene Kogod Studio Theatre
University of Maryland
yes
5:30pm - FREE
Thur-Fri Apr 3-4
Sonny Landreth
Barns of Wolf Trap
$24 - 8pm
Thur Apr 3
Waybacks
CD Release
Jammin' Java
$15 - 7pm
Thur Apr 3
Squeeze Bayou w/ Brian Simms
Los Arrieros
Silver Spring
yes
$10 - 7:30pm - Local Cajun Band
Thur Apr 3
JP McDermott & Western Bop
JVs
Fri-Sun Apr 4-6
DC Lindy Exchange
Fri: Glen Echo Bumper Car Pavillion, Chevy Chase Ballroom
Sat: Glen Echo Spanish Ballroom, Chevy Chase Ballroom
Sun: El Bouqueron II
yes
Fri: New Orleans Jazz Vipers, Gordon Webster Quintet w/ Brianna Thomas
Sat: Blue Crescent Septet w/ the New Orleans Jazz Vipers, Cangelosi Cards
Sun: Boilermaker Jazz Band
Fri Apr 4
Mary Shaver & Marianna Previti
w/ the Smokin' Polecats
Surf Club Live
yes
Fri Apr 4
Terence McArdle & Jumpin' Tonight
Dulles Hilton
yes
$15 - 9pm-12
Fri Apr 4
Olivarez Trio
49 West Coffee House
Annapolis
Gypsy Jazz - 8 & 10:15pm - $10
Fri Apr 4
Kelly Willis
Amanda Shaw & the Cute Guys
Birchmere
nope
Sat-Sun Apr 5-6
Last Train Home
Iota
room?
No Friday
Sat Apr 5
JJ Caillier & the Zydeco Knockouts
CCBC Barn Theatre
yes, lesson @ 8pm
$20 - 9pm-
Sat Apr 5
Nighthawks
Surf Club Live
Sat Apr 5
Bad Influence (late)
Meteors (early)
Bangkok Blues
Sun Apr 6
Santana
Derek Trucks
Meriweather Post
Sun Apr 6
Andre Thierry & Zydeco Magic
Bumper Car Pavillion
Glen Echo Park
yes, w/ lesson @ 7:30
$18 - 8pm
Sun Apr 6
Sunday Waltz
Contracopia
Spanish Ballroom
Glen Echo Park
yes, lesson @ 3pm
$8 - 3:30-6pm
Sun Apr 6
Jammin' for a Cure: A Benefit Concert for Relay for Life
Jammin Java
Robbie Schaefer and Julie Murphy Wells of Eddie from Ohio, Euphonism, the Dog Waggers, School of Rock, ... - 7pm - $20
Sun Apr 6
Jamie Lynch Band
McGinty's Public House
yes
$10 - 8:30-10:30pm
Mon Apr 7
Carolina Chocolate Drops
IMT @ St. Mark Presby
10701 Old Georgetown Rd, Rockville
perhaps
Mon Apr 7
Dale Watson
Dangerously Delicious Pies
Balmer
Tue Apr 8
Billy Hancock
CD Release
Blues Alley
8pm & 10pm shows - $20
Thur Apr 10
Felice Brothers
w/ Justin Townes Earle & McCarthy Trenching
Iota
9pm - $12
Fri April 11
Curley Taylor & Zydeco Trouble
Bumper Car Pavillion
Glen Echo Park
yes, w/ lesson @ 8pm
$18 - 9pm
Fri Apr 11
Grandsons
Dulles Hilton
yes
$15 - 9pm-12
Sat Apr 12
Ed & TobiÕs Old Fashioned House Rent Party & Harmonica Blow-Out!
Ed & Tobi's
Freeland, MD
$20 - w/ Mikey Jr., Deak Harp, Flatfoot Sam, Automatic Slim Roger Girke, Roger Girke, Pete Kanaras, Glen Moomau, Black Magic & ... - Noon, Acoustic @ 11pm...
Sat Apr 12
Count Baise Orchestra w/ Patti Austin
Strathmore
afterward
$18-35 - afterparty w/ Tommy Dorsey Orchestra
Sat Apr 12
Persephone's Masquerade
Hilton
Silver Spring
w/ Rhodes Tavern Troubadours - $70(w/ dinner)/$30(w/o), $5 off before March 1
Sat Apr 12
Rob Curto & his Sanfona Project
Rosslyn Spectrum Theatre
8pm - Brazilian forr— accordionist
Sat Apr 12
Oklahoma Twisters & Hula Monsters
Surf Club Live
sure
$12
Sat Apr 12
Lady Luck & the Suicide Kings
Spanish Ballroom
Glen Echo Park
yes, lesson @ 8pm
$15
Sun Apr 13
Blues Houseparty II Fundraiser
Bangkok Blues
$15 - 3-6:30pm - Cephas & Wiggins, Paul & Judy Luis Watson, Little Bit o' Blues, Rick Franklin, ...
Sun Apr 13
Lord of the Strings
JVs
Mike Tash (Bad Influence), Mike Wescott (Blues on Board), & Dan Hovey
Sun Apr 13
King Teddy
McGinty's Public House
yes
$10 - 8:30-10:30pm
Mon Apr 14
Wayne Henderson
IMT @ St. Mark Presby
10701 Old Georgetown Rd, Rockville
Wed Apr 16
Tempest
20th Anniversary
Jammin' Java
$15 - 7:30pm - Celtic Rock
Thur Apr 17
Toots & the Maytals
State Theatre
Fri Apr 18
Smokin' Polecats & Marianna Preveti
Dulles Hilton
yes, lesson @ 8:30pm
$15 - 9pm
Fri Apr 18
JP McDermott & Western Bop
Surf Club Live
Fri Apr 18
Anders Osborne
Rams Head
Annapolis
nope
$32.50+SC - 10pm
Fri Apr 18
Caroline Herring
CD Release
Jammin' Java
$12 - 7pm
Sat Apr 19
Marcia Ball
State Theatre
sure
$22 - 9pm
Sat Apr 19
John Mooney
Rosie Ladet & the Zydeco Playboys
Rosedale American Legion Hall
tile
$25 (adv), may sell out - 9pm-1am
Sat Apr 19
Bugs 'n Space Concert
Surf Club Live
sure
$8 - Reverb Galaxy, The Flea Bops, Atomic Mosquitoes, Beatnik Flies
Sat Apr 19
DC Salsa Rueda w/ La Sensual
Spanish Ballroom
Glen Echo Park
yes, lesson @ 3pm
$15 - 6pm-1am
Sun Apr 20
Chris Gaffney Benefit
Surf Club
sure
$20 - 4pm - w/ Bill Kirchen, the Grandsons, RTT, Thrillbillies, Chick Hall, & Mark Gamsjager
Sun Apr 20
BG & the Mojo Hands
Bumper Car Pavilion
Glen Echo Park
yes, lesson @ 7pm
$17(w/ lesson)/$12(w/o) - 8:30pm
Sun Apr 20
Sunday Waltz
Trio Con Brio
Spanish Ballroom
Glen Echo Park
yes, lesson @ 3pm
$8 - 3:30-6pm
Sun Apr 20
Marcia Ball
Rams Head
Annapolis
siddown & shuddup
$35 - 1pm
Sun Apr 20
Natty Beaux
McGinty's Public House
yes
$10 - 8:30-10:30pm
Mon Apr 21
Etran Finatawa
Iota
West African "blues"
Tue Apr 22
Jerry Douglas
Birchmere
$35+SC - 7:30pm
Tue Apr 22
Wilders
Iota
Tue Apr 22
Swing Speak w/ Dave Chappell
Blues Alley
Wed-Sun Apr 23-26
Festival International de Louisiane
Lafayette, LA
yes
Chris Ardoin, Blind Boys of Alabama, Dumstaphunk, Sonny Landreth, Mamadou Diabate Ensamble, Duhks, Habib Koite, Andy Palacio Tribute, Steve Riley, Rosie Ladet, Hot 8 Brass, Geno Delafose, Red Stick Ramblers, Feufollet, Creole Cowboys, Burning Spear, Terrance Simien, ...
Wed Apr 23
5th Annual Congressional Blues Festival
Kennedy Center
South Plaza
Robert Cray, Elvin Bishop, Sarah Lee Guthrie & Johnny Iron, Mudcat, Beverly "Guitar" Watkins, Macavine Hayes, Captain Luke, & Big Ron Hunter - FREE via Lottery
Wed Apr 23
Mark Hummel's Blues Harp Blowout
Rams Head
Annapolis
siddown & shuddup
$28.50+SC - 7pm - w/Rick Estrin, Curtis Salgado, Jerry Portnoy & Rusty Zinn
Thur Apr 24
Joe Ely
Birchmere
$25+SC - 7:30pm
Thur Apr 24
Levon Helm Band
Rams Head Live
Balmer
Thur Apr 24
Dagmar & the Seductiones
JV's
Fri-Sun Apr 25-26
Jazzfest
1st Weekend
New Orleans, LA
yes
Fri: Buckwheat, Cheryl Crow, Robert Plant & Allison Krauss, Ozomatli, Tab Benoit, Anders Osborne, Terrance Simien, Ellis Marsallis, Iguanas, Bruce Diagrepont, Susan Cowsill, ...
Sat: Dr. John, Billy Joel, Cowboy Mouth, James Cotton, John Cleary, Wyane Toups, Walter "Wolfman" Washington, Rosie Ladet, NewBirth, Eddie Bo, ...
Sun: Irma Thomas, Tim McGraw, Al Green, Elvis Cotello & Allen Toussaint, Delber McClinton, Voice of the Wetlands, Hot 8 Brass, Golden Eagles, Beausoleil, New Orleans Klezmer Allstars, Mamadou Diabate, Creole Cowboys, ...
Fri Apr 25
Tommy Lepson
Surf Club Live
Sat Apr 26
Uptown Rhythm Kings
Bumper Car Pavillion
Glen Echo Park
yes, w/ lesson
Sat Apr 26
Strauss Waltz Ball
w/ Old Vienna
Spanish Ballroom
Glen Echo Park
yes, lesson @ 8pm
$15 - 9-midnight
Sat Apr 26
Nick Lowe (solo)
Ron Sexmith (solo)
Rams Head
Annapolis
nope
$35+SC - 7pm
Sat Apr 26
Melanie Mason & Skyla Burrell
Surf Club Live
Sun Apr 27
Big Swinging Daves
JVs
9pm - Giegerich, Chappell, & Eliott w/ Rico Petrucelli
Sun Apr 27
Mikey Jr.
Fish Head Cantina
Arbutus
7pm
Tue Apr 29
Blue Sky 5
Clarendon Ballroom
yes
9-11pm - $10
Thur-Sun May 1-4
Jazzfest
2nd Weekend
New Orleans, LA
yes
Thur: Randy Newman, Tower of Power, Kermit Ruffins, Carolina Chocolate Drops, Bonerama, Steve Riley, CJ Chenier, Lee Boys, Kirk Joseph's Backyard Groove, Creole Zydeco Farmers, Topsy Chapman, Mem Shannon, ...
Fri: Art Nevile, Stevie Wonder, John Prine, Michael Franti & Spearhead, Richard Thompson, Marva Wright, Trombone Shorty, Papa Grows Funk, Sunpie Barnes tribute to Clifton, Lee Boys, Jumpin' Johnny's Harmonica Review, Chubby, Bluerunners, Ann Savoy's Sleepless Knights, DL Menard, ...
Sat: Marcia Ball, Jimmy Buffett, Diana Krall, Steel Pluse, Bobby McFerrin & Chick Corea, Kenny Wayne Shepherd, Dirty Dozen, Aaron Neville, Henry Butler, John Mooney, subdudes, Savoy Center Cajun Jam, Geno, Nathan, Pine Leaf Boys, Feaufollet, Lil' Nathan, Wild Tchoupitoulas, ...
Sun: Neville Brothers, Santana, Galactic, Radiators, Derek Trucks, Keb' Mo', Rebirth Breass, Sonny Landreth, Snooks Eglin, Mahalia Jackson Tribute w/ Irma Thomas, Marva Wright & Rachelle Richard, Dumpstaphunk, Abigail Washbrun w/ Bela Fleck, Kenny Neal, Chris Ardoin, Lost Bayou Ramblers, ...
Fri-Sun May 2-4
Breaux Bridge Crawfish Festival
Breaux Bridge, LA
yes
Fri May 2
Dan Hicks & the Hot Licks
Barns at Wolf Trap
Fri May 2
Godfather of Soul Tribute
Rams Head Live
Balmer
w/ Bootsy Collins & the Hardest Working Band & Chuck D
Fri May 2
King Teddy
Dulles Hilton
yes, lesson @ 8:30pm
$15 - 9pm
Sat May 3
Legends Night w/ Billy Hancock, Daryl Davis, & Ron Holloway
Spanish Ballroom
Glen Echo Park
yes, lesson @ 8pm
$15
Sat May 3
Tribute to Andy Palacio
the Garifuna Collective, Umaqlali, & special guests
Lisner
FREE - 8pm
Sat May 3
Uptown Rhythm Kings
Birchmere
siddown & shuddup
$25+SC - 7:30pm
Sat May 3
Thrillbillies
Quarry House Tavern
Sat May 3
Okra's Jazz Fest
Harris Pavilion
Manassas VA
1-11pm - Kelly Bell Band, Sol Creech Band, Gridloc, Eli Cook, ...
Sun May 4
Sunday Waltz
Squeeze Bayou
Spanish Ballroom
Glen Echo Park
yes, lesson @ 3pm
$8 - 3:30-6pm
Tue May 6
Grandsons
Clarendon Ballroom
yes
9-11pm - $10
Wed May 7
Ozomatli
State Theatre
Wed May 7
Chris Gaffney Benefit
Bob on Bob (Wills & Dylan)
Jammin' Java
$20 - 7pm - w/ Bill Kirchen & too Much Fun, Peter Bonta, & the Grandsons
Fri-Sat May 9-10
Drive By Truckers
9:30
Fri May 9
Chopteeth
Surf Club Live
Fri May 9
Hula Monsters
Chevy Chase Ballroom
yes, lesson @ 8:30pm
$15 - 9pm
Sat May 10
Smokin Polecats w/ Jamie Lynch
Zoo Bar
Sat May 10
Acme Blues Co.
Surf Club Live
Sat May 10
America's Polo Cup
Morven Park Equestrian Center
Leesburg
Huey Lewis And The News, Gipsy Kings, No Speed Limit - $25(HL only)/$50(adv)/$75(gate)/or $ way more
Sat May 10
Dagmar and the Seductones
Quarry House Tavern
Sun May 11
Bobby Parker Benefit
Surf Club Live
4-9pm - w/ Nighthawks, Memphis Gold, Terence McArdle, Mary Shaver, Robert Lighthouse, &...
Sun May 11
Jamie Lynch Band
Bumpercar Pavillion
Glen Echo Park
yes, lesson @ 7pm
8:30-11:30pm - $17(w/ lesson)/$12 (w/o)
Mon May 12
Peter Case
Iota
Tue-Wed May 13-14
Leo Kottke
Birchmere
$35+SC - 7:30pm
Tue May 13
Candye Kane Benefit
Clarendon Ballroom
yes
Nighthawks, Big Joe, Daryl Davis, Janine Wilson, Billy Hancock, Jamie Lynch, Billy Hancock, Marianna Previti, Roger Edsall, Chris Watling, Bruce Swaim, ...
Fri-Sat May 16-17
Wine in the Woods
Merriweather Post Pavillion
Junkyard Saints, King Teddy, Bad Influence, Deb Callahan, ...
Fri-Sat May 16-17
Camp Jam in the Pines
Old Cedar Campground
Monroeville, NJ
Steve Riley, Red Stick Ramblers, James Day, Wild Bohemians, John Cowan, Gibson Brothers, Cornmeal, Steve Lutke, ...
Fri May 16
Tommy Lepson
Bad Influence
Surf Club Live
sure
Fri May 16
Mary Shaver
JVs
Sat May 17
Hungry for Crawfish Boil
Ft. Hunt Park
Alexandria
yes
$35 (adv. only - by May 3) inc. Crawfish & Beverages
w/ The Grandsons, CP Blues, & Tommy Lepson
Sat May 17
LeRoy Thomas & the Zydeco Roadrunners
Surf Club Live
yes
Sat May 17
Rocky Velvet plus Marti Brom
Quarry House Tavern
Sun May 18
Steve Riley & the Mamou Playboys
Bumper Car Pavillion
Glen Echo Park
yes, w/ lesson @ 3pm
$20 - 3:30pm
Sun May 18
Bobby 'Blue' Bland
Birchmere
$29.50+SC - 7:30pm
Sun May 18
Hospice Fundraiser
Iota
Jumpin' Jupiter, Hey Norton, Karl Straub, Kevin Cordt, Timothy Bracken, Little Pink, ... - $10 - 3-11pm
Sun May 18
Lord of the Strings
JVs
Marty Baumann, Dave Chappell, & Dan Hovey
Sun May 18
Sunday Waltz
Jubilea
Spanish Ballroom
Glen Echo Park
yes, lesson @ 3pm
$8 - 3:30-6pm
Wed May 21
Tab Benoit
Rams Head
Annapolis
nope
$25+SC - 7pm
Thur May 22
Ruthie and the Wranglers, Patty Reese, & Billy Coulter
Jammin' Java
$15 - 7:30pm
Thur May 22
Tab Benoit
8x10
Thur May 22
Little River Band
Rams Head
Annapolis
nope
$39.50+SC - 7pm
Rolling Thunder Weekend
Fri May 23
Tab Benoit
State Theatre
sure
$16(adv)/$21 - 9pm
Fri May 23
Hot Club of Cowtown
Jammin' Java
$12 - 7pm
Fri May 23
Curley Taylor
Surf Club Live
sure
9pm-
Sat May 24
Jubal Kane (late)
Patty Reese (early)
JVs
Sat May 24
J.P. McDermott and Western Bop
Quarry House Tavern
Sat May 24
Charles Big Daddy Stallings
Nadine Ray
Surf Club Live
Sun May 25
Robert Lighthouse (1pm)
Hokum Jazz (10:30am)
Eastern Market
FREE
Sun May 25
Under the Tent Bull Roast
Sunset Grille
w/ the Nighthawks
Sun May 25
Eric Brace w/ Karl Straub & Peter Cooper
Iota
$12 - 8;30pm
Mon May 26
Kim Delmonte Benefit
JVs
$20 - Mike Wilkerson, Drew Holland & Melinda Root, Lost Highway Band, & Twangmasters... plus guests
Tue May 27
Dave Chappell Band w/ Tommy Lepson
JVs
9pm
Wed May 28
Sweet Honey in the Rock
Millenium Stage
Kennedy Center
FREE - 6-7pm
Thur May 29-Sun June 1
Herndon Festival
Downtown Herndon
Thur: Kelly Bell Band, ...
Fri: Pietasters, ...
Sat: Lloyd Dobler Effect, Lea, ...
Sun: Tempest, Janine Wilson...
Thur-Sat May 29-31
Graves Mountain Bluegrass Festival
Graves Mountain Park
Syria,VA
Thur: Steep Canyon Rangers
Fri: Cadillac Sky, Blue Highway, Carrie Hassler, Sierra Hull, Seldom Scene, ...
Sat: Peter Rowan, Ralph Stanley, Ronda Vincent & the Rage, ...
Thur May 29
Jocques Johnson & Margie Clark w/ Dave Chappell Band
JVs
9pm
Thur May 29
Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver
Millenium Stage
Kennedy Center
FREE - 6-7pm
Thur May 29
Gigahertz
Bangkok Blues
Fri May 30-Sun June 1
Western Maryland Blues Festival
Hagerstown, MD
Fri: Savoy Brown, Jimmy Thackery, ...
Sat: Bettye LaVette, Buckwheat Zydeco, Charlie Musselwhite, Lil' Ed, Nappy Brown, Flatfoot Sam, Scofield, Medeski & Deitch, ...
Sun: Guitar Shorty, Nora Jean Bruso, Eric Byrd Trio+4 (Ray Charles Tribute)...
Fri May 30-Sun June 1
Michael Arnone's Crawfish Fest
Sussex County Fairgrounds, Augusta, NJ
Keith Frank, Rosie Ledet, Leroy Thomas, DTB, Roddie Romero, Allen Toussaint, the Funky Meters, Radiators, Tab Benoit, Bonerama, Little Freddy King, Guitar Shorty, Railroad Earth, Nappy Brown, Lee Boys, Mitch Woods, ...
Fri May 30
Carolina Chocolate Drops
Montpelier Arts Center
Laurel
dunno
$20 - 8pm
Fri May 30
LeRoy Thomas
CCBC Barn Theatre
yes, lesson @ 8pm
$15 - 9pm-
Fri May 30
Paschall Brothers
The Persuasions
Millenium Stage
Kennedy Center
FREE - 6-7pm
Fri May 30
Idle Americans
Bumpercar Pavillion
Glen Echo Park
yes, lesson @ 8pm
9pm- $13
Sat May 31-Sun June 1
Washington Folk Festival
Glen Echo Park
yes
Sat: Arte Flamenco, Little Red & the Renegades, Little bit of Blues, Dead Men's Hallow, Joe Uehlein, Old Line Skiffle Combo, ...
Sun: Karen Collins, Dede Wyland, Alexandria Kleztet, Archie's Barbershop, Robert Lighthouse, Cathy Fink & Marcy Marxer,
Sat May 31-Sun June 1
Vintage Virginia Wine Fest
Bull Run Regional Park
Sat: Ivan Neville's Dumpstaphunk, Trombone Shorty, ...
Sun: Last Train Home, Scythian, ...
Sat May 31
Junkyard Saints
Surf Club Live
yep
Sat May 31
An evening w/ the Nighthawks
Jammin' Java
$20 - 8pm (Accoustic)
Sat May 31
George Gee & the Jump, Jive, & Wailers
Spanish Ballroom
Glen Echo Park
yes, w/ lesson
Sat May 31
Patsy Cline Tribute & Benefit
Brunswick Fire Hall
Brunswick, MD
sure
$45(adv)/$50(door) - 7pm(dinner)/9pm(music) - $10
Sun June 1
Bobby McFerin's "A World of Voices"
Kennedy Center
Concert Hall
SOLD OUT - 8pm - w/ Chanticleer, Ladysmith Black Mombazo, Sweet Honey & the Rock, Le Mystere des Voux Bulgares, Lav Capilla Virreinal de la Nueva Espana, & Jitro Czech Girls Choir
Tue June 3
Natty Beaux
Clarendon Ballroom
yes
$10 - 9-11pm
Wed June 4
Squirrel Nut Zippers
Rams Head Annapolis
nope
6:30 & 9:30pm - $39.50+SC
Thur-Sun June 5-8
Cajun/Zydeco Festival
Blast from the Bayou
Strawberry Park
Preston, CT
yep
w/ Geno Delafose, Beausoleil, Steve Riley, Chris Ardoin, The Pine Leaf Boys, Travis Matte, Donna the Buffalo, Jesse Lege, Li'l Anne, Dennis Stroughmatt
Thur June 5
Squeeze Bayou
Los Arrieros
Silver Spring
yes
7:30-10:30pm
Thur June 5
Squirrel Nut Zippers
Birchmere
nope
7:30pm - $25+SC
Thur June 5
Tommy Womack, the Coal Men, & Junior League
Iota
$10
Fri-Sun June 6-8
James Cotton
Blues Alley
Fri-Sun June 6-8
Celebrate Fairfax
Fairfax
Fri: OK Go, Kelly Bell, ...
Sat: Joan Jett, Scythian, Lloyd Dobler Effect, Janine Wilson, ...
Sun: Bruce Ewan, Billy Coulter, Luke Brindley, ...
Fri June 6
Corey Ladet
Fish Head Cantina
Arbutus, MD
yes, lesson @ 8pm
$15 - 9pm
Fri June 6
Grandsons
Surf Club Live
9pm
Fri June 6
Manhattan Transfer
Millenium Stage
Kennedy Center
FREE - 6-7pm
Sat June 7
Jay Ungar & Molly Mason
Alden Theatre - McLean
8pm - $27/$22(McLean residents)
Sat June 7
Ron Holloway Group
Jammin' Java
$17(adv)/$20
Sat June 7
Caz & the Commotions
Four Star Combo
Quarry House Tavern
Sat June 7
Chuck Brown
Midnight Star
Carter Barron Ampetheater
siddown & shuddup
$23 - 7:30pm
Sat June 7
Bill Kirchen
Rams Head
Annapolis
siddown & shuddup
$23.50+SC - 6:30pm
Sat June 7
JP McDermott w/ Ty Braddock
Surf Club Live
sure
Sun June 8
Swamp Romp
Wolf Trap
concrete again' the wall
$25 - 2pm - w/ Nathan & Zydeco Cha Chas, Balfour Toujours, Wild Magnolias, & Pineleaf Boys
Sun June 8
Harp Homecoming
Surf Club Live
sure
Mark Wenner, Phil Wiggins, Brett Littlehales, & Doug Jay - 7pm
Sun June 8
Burt Bacharach
Strathmore
$28-72 - 7pm
Sun June 8
Reverb Galaxy
Artmosphere Cafe
3311 Rhode Island Ave. Mount Rainier
$5 - 3-6pm
Thur June 12
Karen Collins & The Backroads Band
Arlington Co. Outdoor Concert Farmer's Market
N. Oak St at Wilson Blvd
FREE - 11:45am-1:45pm
Fri-Sun June 13-15
Great Connecticut Cajun/Zydeco
Music & Arts Festival
Sunrise Resort
Moodus, CT
yep
w/ Brian Jack, Dora & the Zydeco Badboyz, Basin Brothers, Corey Ladet, River City Slim, Pine Leaf Boys, Ball & Chain, Grouyan Gombo
Fri-Sun June 13-15
Last Train Home Weekend
Iota
room?
Fri June 13
Tommy Castro
State Theatre
$17 - 9pm
Fri June 13
Robert Plant & Allison Krauss
Merriweather Post
Fri June 13
Step Rideau
Millenium Stage
Kennedy Center
FREE - 6-7pm
Fri June 13
Washington Post's Weekends: Soul
Carter Barron Ampetheater
concrete
Free - 7:30pm - the Jewels, The Winstons,William DeVaughn, Sir Joe Quarterman, Shadz of Soul, Ignatius Mason, Joe Webb and hosted by Captain Fly
Fri June 13
Squeeze Bayou
Bumper Car Pavillion
Glen Echo Park
yes, w/ lesson @ 8pm
9pm
Fri June 13
Bad Influence
Bangkok Blues
Sat-Sun June 14-15
Red Cross Waterfront Festival
Old Town Alexandria Waterfront
Sat: Toad the Wet Sprocket, The Smithereens, Virginia Coalition
Sun: Little Feat, ...
Sat June 14
Roy Carrier
Surf Club Live
sure
9pm-
Sat June 14
Juneteeth Celebration
w/ Roy Carrier & others
Westlake High School
Waldorf, MD
sure, w/ lesson
noon-5pm - $5
Sat June 14
Ralph Stanley & the Clinch Mt. Boys
Birchmere
$29.50+SC - 7:30pm
Sat June 14
Tinner Hill Festival
Tribute to John Jackson
Cherry Hill Park
Falls Church, VA
FREE - Deanna Bogart, Memphis Gold, Acme Blues, Bobby Parker, Catfish Hodge, ...
Sat June 14
Groovie Moovie Weekend
Spanish Ballroom
Glen Echo Park
yes, lesson @ 8pm
$15 - Eric Felten Jazz Orchestra
Sat June 14
Potomac Celtic Festival
Morven Park
Leesburg
$15 - IONA, Coyote Run, Tinsmith, Fynesound, ...
Sun June 15
Sunday Waltz
Rhapsody Dance Band
Spanish Ballroom
Glen Echo Park
yes, lesson @ 3pm
$8 - 3:30-6pm
Sun June 15
Lord of the Strings
JVs
w/ Dan Hovey, John Bell, & Dave Sherman (also Grandsons @ 5pm)
Sun June 15
Takoma Park Jazz Festival
Carroll Ave
Takoma Park
11am-6pm - Squeeze Bayou, Sherwood Blues Band, Deanna Bogart, w. Brennan Erns & Mat Wigler
Mon June 16
Tab Benoit
Rams Head
Annapolis
nope
$25+SC - 7pm
Mon June 16
Big Bad Voodoo Daddy
"100 years of Cab Callaway"
Birchmere
siddown & shuddup
$35+SC - 7:30pm
Tue June 17
"Throw Down Your Heart" Screening
AFI Silver Theater
w/ Bela Fleck performance afterward
Tue June 17
Janine Wilson
Veteran's Park, Bethesda
Wed June 18
James Taylor
Wolf Trap
8pm
Wed June 18
Eric Lindell
8x10
10pm
Wed June 18
Holmes Brothers
Columbia Festival of the Arts
FREE
Wed June 18
Flatfoot Sam
Lee District Park Ampitheater
FREE
Thur June 19
Orchestra Baobab
Birchmere Bandstand
$37.50+SC - 7:30pm
Thur June 19
Unknown Hinson
Jammin' Java
$12 - 8:30pm - psychobilly
Fri June 20
Bill Kirchen
Braddock Nights
Royal Lake Park
FREE
Fri June 20
Avett Brothers
Birchmere Bandstand
$25+SC - 7:30pm
Fri June 20
Salif Keita
Lisner Auditorium
$45-25 - 8pm
Fri June 20
JP McDermott & the Rockin' Bones
The Barn
Carney, MD
yes
Sat-Sun June 21-22
DC Capital Barbecue Battle
Downtown
Washington, DC
asphalt
$10/$5(kids) -
Sat: Luke Brindley, Jimmie's Chicken Shack, Eric Scott, Chopteeth, Chuck Brown, ...
Sun: Captain Fly, Charlie Sayles, Deb Calahan, Eric Lindell, Deanna Bogart, Leon Russell, ...
Sat June 21
Columbia Pike Blues Festival
Columbia Pike & Walter Reed Drive Alexandria
1-8pm - FREE - Roomful of Blues, Memphis Gold, Tom Principato, Melanie Mason Band, Karl Stoll & The Dangerzone, and Danny Blew & The Blues Crew
Sat June 21
Billy Coulter
CD Release
McGinty's Public House
$5 - 10pm
Sat June 21
Acoustic Blues Benefit for Eileen Dermody
Brookmont Church
6506 Broad St. Bethesda
8pm - w/ Phil Wiggins, Gaye Adegbalola, Mike Lessin, Tommy Hannigan, Allen Holmes and Alison Chase Radcliffe, Mike Baytop, Chris Jones, Julie Littell and Jeff Glassie
Sat June 21
MSC Fundraiser
Maryland Science Center
601 Light St. Balmer
Buckwheat Zydeco & Lost Bayou Ramblers - 8pm - $125 (inc cajun food, open bar, & parking)
Sun June 22
Emmylou Harris
Wolf Trap
$40/$25(lawn)
Sun June 22
Nighthawks & Robert Lighthouse
Fish Head Cantina
9pm
Sun June 22
Barn Party & Grandma's House Benefit
Xavier Francois Brouchard Farm
16440 Ed Warfield Road, Woodbine, MD
w/ Roy Carrier - 3-8pm
Sun June 22
Gilberto Gil
Lisner
$75-35 - 8pm
Sun June 22
Acme Blues Co.
Bumper Car Pavillion
Glen Echo Park
yes, lesson @ 7pm
$17(w. lesson)/$12(w/o) - 8:30-11:30pm
Tue June 24
Dave Chappell
JVs
Tue June 24
Blue Sky 5 w/ Esther Haynes
Patterson Park
Balmer
6:30-8:30pm
Wed-Sun June 25-29
Smithsonian Folklife Festival
National Mall
Texas, NASA, & Bhutan - Terri Hendrix (6/25), Mingo Saldavar, Joe Ely(6/27)
Wed June 25
Ricky Scaggs & Bruce Hornsby
Wolf Trap
$40/$22(lawn)
Wed June 25
Jody Nix & the Texas Cowboys
Kennedy Center
Millennium Stage
FREE - 6-7pm
Wed June 25
Hula Monsters
Columbia Lakefront
8pm - FREE
Wed June 25
Redd Brothers
Blues Alley
Thur June 26
Sounds of San Antonio
Smithsonian Folklife Fest
Texas Dancehall stage on the Mall
FREE - 6pm- - w/ Los Texmaniacs with Mingo Saldivar, Augie Meyers, & Fiddlin' Frenchie Burke
Thur June 26
Dexter Ardoin
The Star Spangled Banner Flag House Museum
844 East Pratt Street, Baltimore
FREE - 6-8pm-
Fri June 27
Texas Songsters
Smithsonian Folklife Fest
Texas Opry House stage on the Mall
FREE - 6pm- - w/ Terri Hendrix & Lloyd Maines, Joe Ely w/ Joel Guzman
Fri June 27
Guy Davis
DC Blues Festival Fundraiser
American Legion Post #136
6900 Greenbelt Road, Greenbelt
$35/45 - 8pm
Fri June 27
Tristan Prettyman
Eva Marie Castillo
Iota
$15 - 9pm
Fri June 27
Dexter Ardoin
Surf Club Live
sure
9pm-
Fri June 27
Washington Post's Weekends: Latin Night
Carter Barron Ampetheater
concrete
Free - 7:30pm - Bio Ritmo, Orquesta Zeniza All Stars, & Sin Miedo
Sat June 28
The Saturday Night Concert
Smithsonian Folklife Fest
Texas Dancehall stage on the Mall
FREE - 6pm- - w/ Texas Johnny Brown plus The Jones Family Singers
Sat June 28
Jourma Kaukonen, Guy Davis, Robin & Linda Williams
Birchmere
Sat June 28
Cathy Ponton King
Columbia Lakefront
8pm - FREE
Sat June 28
Catfish Hodge
JVs
Sat June 28
J.P. McDermott and Western Bop
Quarry House Tavern
Sat June 28
Hall Brothers
Black Rock Center
Germantown
7pm - FREE
Sun June 29
Waltz Across Texas dance party
Smithsonian Folklife Fest
Texas Dancehall stage on the Mall
FREE - 6pm- - w/ Gillette Brothers, Jody Nix and the Texas Cowboys, & Asleep at the Wheel
Sun June 29
Sunday Waltz
Waltztrons
Spanish Ballroom
Glen Echo Park
yes, lesson @ 3pm
$8 - 3:30-6pm
Sun June 29
Dexter Ardoin
Fish Head Cantina
yes, lesson @ 6pm
7-10pm - $15
Sun June 29
The Oz Review
JVs
8pm
Sun June 29
Los Texmaniacs
Kennedy Center
Millennium Stage
FREE - 6-7pm
Mon June 30
Paul Thorn
Jammin' Java
Mon June 30
Dave Chappell (acoustic)
JVs
Tue July 1
Sergio Mendes and Zap Mama
Wolf Trap
Tue July 1
Quebe Sisters
Clarendon Ballroom
yes
$10 - 9-11pm
Tue July 1
Neville Brothers
Birchmere
nope
$49.50+SC
Wed-Sun July 2-6
Smithsonian Folklife Festival
National Mall
Texas, NASA, & Bhutan - CJ Chenier (7/2-3), Marcia Ball (7/5-6)
Wed July 2
Smithsonian Folklife Fest
Texas Dancehall stage on the Mall
FREE - 6pm- - w/ Tutu Jones & CJ Chenier
Wed July 2
Lyle Lovett
Wolf Trap
$42/$25(lawn)
Wed July 2
Jonathan Batiste
Strathmore Lawn
7-9pm - FREE
Wed July 2
Randy Bachman
Birchmere
Wed July 2
Quebe Sisters
Kennedy Center
Millennium Stage
FREE - 6-7pm
Thur July 3
Roy Carrier & the Night Rockers
Catonsville Barn Theatre
yes, no lesson
$15 - 8-11pm - Catonsville Finale
Thur July 3
the Viva El Paso: Building Connections with Bhutan concert
Smithsonian Folklife Fest
Texas Opry House stage on the Mall
FREE - 6pm- - w/ Mariachi Los Arrieros, artists from Bhutan Royal Academy of Performing Arts and from the Buddhist monk community
Thur July 3
JP McDermott
JVs
Thur July 3
Tutu Jones & the Soul Crew
Kennedy Center
Millennium Stage
FREE - 6-7pm
Fri July 4
Independance Day
Fri July 4
Mark Halata & Texavia
Kennedy Center
Millennium Stage
FREE - 6-7pm
Sat July 5
Smithsonian Folklife Fest
Texas Dancehall stage on the Mall
FREE - 6pm- - w/ Guy Clark and Marcia Ball
Sat July 5
Nighthawks
Spanish Ballroom
Glen Echo Park
yes, lesson @ 8pm
9pm - $12
Sat July 5
Marty Stuart
Quebe Sisters
Birchmere
$35+SC
Sun July 6
John Hiatt & the Ageless Beauties
Birchmere
$49.50+SC
Sun July 6
James Hand
Kennedy Center
Millennium Stage
FREE - 6-7pm
Sun-Fri July 6-11
Cajun/Creole Week
Augusta Heritage Center
Elkins, WV
yes & lessons
John Vidrine, Edward Pullard, Ray Abshire, Wilson Savoy, Ann Savoy, Courtney Grainger, Tracy Schwartz, Joel Savoy
Mon-Tue July 7-8
John Hiatt & the Ageless Beauties
Birchmere
$49.50+SC
Tue July 8
David "Honeyboy" Edwards
Blues Alley
Wed July 9
Bruce Ewan & Bobby Radcliff
Kennedy Center
Millennium Stage
FREE - 6-7pm
Wed July 9
Mickey Hart Band
Birchmere Bandstand
sure
w/ Steve Kimock & George Porter Jr. - $39.50+SC
Wed July 9
Billy Coulter
Lee District Park Ampitheater
FREE
Fri July 11
Phoebe Snow
Birchmere
Fri July 11
Leroy Thomas & the Zydeco Road Runners
Remington's Night Club
Fort Meade, MD
9pm - $17
Fri July 11
Swing Speak
Braddock Nights
Royal Lake Park
FREE
Fri July 11
Idle Americans, Rude Dog and his Rhythm Review w/ Linwood Taylor
Surf Club Live
9pm
Sat-Sun July 12-13
Arn & Gerry's CZ Dancethon
Elks Picnic Grove
Warren, NJ
yep
Jesse Lege, Roy Carrier, Willis Prudhomme, LeRoy Thomas, Dexter Ardoin, Savoy Family, Keith Frank, River City Slim, ...
Sat-Sun July 12-13
New York State Blues Fest
Syracuse, NY
Sat: Nappy Brown, Fabulous Thunderbirds, John Nemeth, ...
Sun: Anson Funderburgh & the Rockets, Jimmie Vaughan, Lou Ann Barton, ...
Sat July 12
Alejandro Escovedo
9:30
$20 - early show
Sat July 12
Nighthawks
Kingstowne Nights
Hayfield Elementary School
7:30pm - FREE
Sat July 12
J Street Jumpers
Spanish Ballroom
Glen Echo Park
yes, lesson @ 8pm
9pm - $12
Sat July 12
Old Time Banjo Festival
Birchmere
$29.50+SC - Mike Seeger, Ronnie Stoneman, Cathy Fink & Marcy Marxer, Cheick Hamala Diabte & Bob Carlin, Dan Gellert, ...
Sun-Fri July 13-18
Blues/Swing Week
Augusta Heritage Center
Elkins, WV
yes & lessons
Johnny Gimble, Andra Faye, Gaye Adegbalola, & Ann Rabson, Daryl Davis, Elanore Ellis, Cephas & Wiggins, Joe Flesko, Grant Dermody, Steve Abshire, Robert Redd, Ralph Gordon,
Sun July 13
Feufollet
Spanish Ballroom
Glen Echo Park
yes, lesson @ 3pm
3:30pm - $15
Sun July 13
Asylum Street Spankers
Jammin' Java
prolly not
2pm (kids show) / 8pm (less so)
Sun July 13
Lord of the Strings
JVs
w/ Dan Hovey, Dave Chappell, & Chick Hall
Sun July 13
John Mayer
Merriweather Post Pavillion
Sun July 13
L'Angelus w/ Gold Heart
Old Loudon County Courthouse Lawn
Mon July 14
Crooked Still, Infamous Stringdusters, & Chatham Co. Line
Birchmere
25+SC - 7:30pm
Tue July 15
Al Green
Wolf Trap Filene
$42/25(lawn)
Tue July 15
Steve Wolf & Friends
Clarendon Ballroom
yes
$10 - 9-11pm
Wed July 16
Rod Piazza & the Mighty Fliers
State Theatre
yep
8:30pm - $16(adv)/$19
Wed July 16
Last Train Home
Lee District Park Ampitheater
FREE
Wed July 16
Grandsons
Strathmore
grass
FREE - 7pm
Thur July 17
Roy Carrier
Kennedy Center
Millennium Stage
FREE - 6-7pm
Thur July 17
Steve Miller Band
Joe Cocker
Merriweather Post
Thur July 17
Andre Cristovam w/ Bruce Ewan
Silver Spring Swings
FREE
Fri-Sun July 18-20
Artscape
Downtown Baltimore
asphalt
Fri: Joan Jett, Roberta Flack, ...
Sat: Rusted Root, Nadine Rae, Memphis Gold, ...
Sun: the Wailers, Soja, Charles 'Big Daddy' Stallings, ...
Fri July 18
Roy Carrier
Bumper Car Pavillion
Glen Echo Park
yes, w/ lesson @ 8
$18 - 9pm-midnight
Fri July 18
Greg Brown
Bo Ramsey
The Patterson
$30(adv)/$35
Fri July 18
Rod Piazza & the Mighty Fliers
Huckas
Baltimore
9:30 - $18
Sat July 19
Steve Riley & the Mamou Playboys
Kingstowne Nights
Hayfield Elementary School
7:30pm - FREE
Sat July 19
Greg Brown
Birchmere
$29.50+SC
Sat July 19
Deanna Bogart
Bumper Car Pavillion
Glen Echo Park
yes, lesson @ 8pm
$15
Sat July 19
Cherryholmes
Strathmore
$25,35 - 8pm
Sat July 19
Fish Fry n' Blues & Bike Contest
American Legion Post #136
6900 Greenbelt Road, Greenbelt
$12 (inc fish sandwich) - 4pm
w/ Stacy Brooks, Country Bunker Funky Blues, First Thing Smokin', Second Line Band, Holly & those Ohter Guys, Idle Americans, & Lisa Lim Band
Sun July 20
Sunday Waltz
Terpsichore
Spanish Ballroom
Glen Echo Park
yes, lesson @ 3pm
$8 - 3:30-6pm
Sun July 20
Junkyard Saints
Surf Club Live
7pm
Sun July 20
Rockin' Bones
McGinty's Public House
yes
8:30pm - $10
Mon July 21
Stephanie Rooker
Iota
w/ Funk Art
Tue July 22
Mark Knopfler
Wolf Trap
$45/30(lawn) - 8pm
Tue July 22
Natty Beaux
Clarendon Ballroom
yes
$10 - 9-11pm
Thur-Sun July 24-27
Floyd Fest
Floyd, VA
Thur: Donna the Buffalo, Chatham County Line, ...
Fri: Jamie McLean, Rev. Peyton's Big Damn Band, Railroad Earth, The Speckers, Yo Mama's Big Fat Booty Band, ...
Sat: Jamie McLean, David Grisman, Tony Trischka, Crooked Still, Amos Lee, Speckers, Oliver Mtukuduzi, Rev. Peyton's Big Damn Band, Dumpstaphunk, Yo Mama's Big Fat Booty Band, ...
Sun: Crooked Still, No Speed Limit, Tony Trischka, The Speckers, Rev. Peyton's Big Damn Band, Avett Brothers, ...
Thur July 24
Bill Kirchen w/ Redd Volkaert & Cindy Cashdollar
Birchmere
nope
$25+SC
Fri-Sun July 25-27
Pocono Blues Fest
Big Boulder, PA
Bobby Rush, Jimmy McCracklin, Sugar Pie DeSanto, Ronnie Baker Brooks, Kenny Neal, Nappy Brown, Trudy Lynn, Michael Burks, the Holmes Brothers, Laurie Bell, Geno Delafose, the Kinsey Report, ...
Fri-Sat July 25-26
Jerry Jeff Walker
Birchmere
$55+SC - 7:30pm
Fri July 25
Oliver Mtukuduzi
w/ Nana Frimpong and Loide
Zanzibar
Fri July 25
Cherry Poppin Daddies
State Theatre
room?
Fri July 25
Ruthie & the Wranglers
Thrillbillies
Surf Club Live
sure
Fri July 25
Jamie Lynch Band
Bumper Car Pavillion
Glen Echo Park
yes, lesson @ 8pm
9pm - $13
Fri July 25
Deanna Bogart
National Gallery of Art
Sat July 26
Geno Delafose & French Rockin' Boogie
Bumper Car Pavillion
Glen Echo Park
yes, w/ lesson @ 8pm
$20 - 9pm-midnight
Sat July 26
J.P. McDermott and Western Bop
Quarry House Tavern
sure
Sun July 27
Terrance Simien & the Zydeco Experience
Fish Head Cantina
Arbutus, MD
sure
7-11pm
Mon July 28
Extra Golden
Chopteeth
Birchmere
$20
Tue July 29
Michael McDonald
Strathmore
$35-75 - 8pm
Wed July 30
Brave Combo
StrathmoreCancelled
moved to Surf Club
Wed July 30
Jimmie Dale Gilmore
Birchmere
$25
Wed July 30
John McCutcheon
Lee District Park Ampitheater
FREE
Thur July 31
Sleepy LaBeef
RTTs
Surf Club Live
sure
8pm - $15
Thur July 31
Pietasters
Nottoway Park
Vienna
FREE
Thur July 31
Dave Chappell & Friends
Columbia Lakefront
8pm - FREE
Thur July 31
Kid Congo Powers
Girl Loves Distortion
Fort Reno Park
FREE
Thur July 31
Archie Edwards Blues Heritage Night
Ossian Hall Park
FREE
Fri Aug 1
Nighthawks
Surf Club Live
sure
Sat Aug 2
Solomon Douglas Swingtet
Spanish Ballroom
Glen Echo Park
yes, lesson @ 8pm
$12
Sat Aug 2
Jerry Garcia Birthday
Iota
w/ Joe Uehlein & the U-Liners, Jon Carroll, & the Stray Horns
Sat Aug 2
Big Boy Little w/ Rusty Bogart
Zoo Bar
Sat Aug 2
J.P. McDermott and Western Bop
Quarry House Tavern
sure
Sun Aug 3
Sunday Waltz
Cabaret Sauvignon
Spanish Ballroom
Glen Echo Park
yes, lesson @ 3pm
$8 - 3:30-6pm
Sun Aug 3
Deja Blue
Spanish Ballroom
Glen Echo Park
yes, lesson @ 7pm
$17(w/ Lesson) & $12(w/o) - 8:30-11pm
Mon Aug 4
Return to Forever
Merriweather Post
Chick Corea, Stanley Clarke, Lenny White, & Al DiMeola
Tue Aug 5
BG & the Mojo Hands
Clarendon Ballroom
yes
$10 - 9-11pm
Wed Aug 6
Idle Americans
Bangkok Blues
sure
$5
Wed Aug 6
Billy Hancock
JVs
Thur-Sun Aug 7-10
Buffalo Jambalaya
Camp Ramblewood
Darlington, MD
yes & lessons
w/ Steve Riley, Lil' Malcolm, & J.J. Callier, Instructors: Anthony Lewis & Sheri Mullinex, Chris Trahan & Janine Dougas
Thur-Fri Aug 7-8
Gipsy Kings
Wolf Trap
$42/25(lawn)
Thur Aug 7
Lil' Ed & The Blues Imperials, Watermelon Slim & Workers, Nick Moss & Fliptop
State Theatre
Thur Aug 7
King Teddy
Nottoway Park
Vienna
FREE - 7:30-8:30pm
Fri Aug 8
Sookey Jump Blues Band
Zoo Bar
Fri Aug 8
Hall Brothers
Old Bowie Town Grille
Fri Aug 8
Daryl Davis
Chevy Chase Ballroom
yes, lesson @ 8:30pm
$15 - 9pm
Sat-Sun Aug 9-10
Swinging Blues Fest
Nighthawks & Kelly Bell
Linganore Winery
Mt. Airy, MD
Sat-Sun Aug 9-10
Virgin Mobile Festival
Pimlico Race Course
Baltimore, MD
Sat: Chuck Berry, Foo Fighters, Gogol Bordello, Sharon Jones & the Dap Kings, Wilco, ...
Sun: Bob Dylan, Iggy & the Stooges, Moby, Nine Inch Nails, ...
Sat Aug 9
Homemade Jamz
Surf Club Live
sure
$25/$20(adv)/$15(DCBS adv)
Sat Aug 9
COF-A-Que 2008
Chantilly
$30/$25(adv) - w/ CP Blues, ACME Blues, Tommy Lepson, Jumpin Jupiter, etc.
Sat Aug 9
Smokin' Polecats w/ Marianna Previti
Zoo Bar
Sat Aug 9
Jubal Kane & Acme Blues
Bangkok Blues
Sun Aug 10
Buffalo Jambalaya Sunday
Camp Ramblewood
Darlington, MD
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noon-4pm - $30 - w/ Steve Riley, Lil' Malcolm, & J.J. Callier
Sun Aug 10
BB King
Wolf Trap
$42/$25(lawn)
Sun Aug 10
Lord of the Strings
JVs
w/ Dan Hovey, Dave Chappell, & Mike Merchoni
Sun Aug 10
Last Waltz Ensamble
Iota
Mon Aug 11
Peter Frampton
Birchmere
Tue Aug 12
Los Lonley Boys
Los Lobos
Wolf Trap
$40/$25(lawn) - 8pm
They got the order wrong!
Tue Aug 12
Big Four Combo
Clarendon Ballroom
yes
$10 - 9-11pm
Wed Aug 13
John Cowan Band
Kennedy Center
Millenium Stage
FREE - 6-7pm - ex-New Grass Revival
Wed Aug 13
George Thorogood & the Destroyers
Buddy Guy
Wolf Trap
$40/$22(lawn) - 8pm
Thur Aug 14
Joni Mitchell Tribute
Strathmore
$15 - 7:30pm - w/ Mary Ann Redmond, Grace Griffith, Esther Haynes, Luke Brindley, Laura Burhenn, Jon Carroll, Deeme Katson, Frederic Yonnet, LEA, John Jennings, Margot MacDonald, Chaise Lunge, Naked Blue, ...
Fri Aug 15
El Vez for Prez Tour
Black Cat
w/ Human Hands - $15
Fri Aug 15
Curley Taylor
Remingtons
Laurel
yes
Fri Aug 15
BG & the Mojo Hands
Bumper Car Pavillion
Glen Echo Park
yes, w/ lesson @ 8pm
9pm - $13
Sat Aug 16
Hot August Blues
Oregon Ridge
Cockeysville, MD
John Hiatt, Marcia Ball, Bonerama, Janet Griffin, ... - $30/$40(day of)
Sat Aug 16
Tony Rice Unit
JD Crowe & the New South
Birchmere
Sat Aug 16
SingCo Rhythm Orchestra
Spanish Ballroom
Glen Echo Park
yes, lesson @ 8pm
$15
Sat Aug 16
Curley Taylor
Boordy Vinyards
Sat Aug 16
JJ Callier & the Zydeco Knockouts
Cancelled
Surf Club Live
Sun Aug 17
Sunday Waltz
Blue Amber
Spanish Ballroom
Glen Echo Park
yes, lesson @ 3pm
$8 - 3:30-6pm
Sun Aug 17
ACME Blues
Spanish Ballroom
Glen Echo Park
yes, lesson @ 7pm
$17(w/ lesson)/$12(w/o) - 8:30-11pm
Mon Aug 18
Danielle Westphal
JVs
Tue Aug 19
Bobby 'Blue' Band
Birchmere
nope
7:30pm - $29.50+SC
Tue Aug 19
Eugene 'Hideaway' Bridges w/ Seth Kibel
Clarendon Ballroom
yes
$10 - 9-11pm
Thur Aug 21
Chris Isaak
James Hunter
Wolf Trap
$42/$25(lawn)
Thur Aug 21
Cathy Ponton King
Nottoway Park
Vienna
FREE
Fri Aug 22
Pine Leaf Boys
Bumper Car Pavillion
Glen Echo Park
yes, w/ lesson @ 8pm
$18 - 9pm-midnight
Fri Aug 22
Eugene 'Hideaway' Bridges w/ Seth Kibel
Remingtons
Laurel
yes
$12 - 9pm
Fri Aug 22
Big Four Combo
Chevy Chase Ballroom
yes, lesson @ 8:30pm
$15 - 9pm
Sat Aug 23
Robert Cray Band
Keb' Mo'
Pier Six Pavilion
Sat Aug 23
Still Black, Still Proud: An African Tribute to James Brown
9:30
w/ Pee Wee Ellis and Fred Wesley, Cheikh Lo (Senegal), Vieux Farka Toure (Mali), Wunmi, Fred Ross, Pete Madsen, John Mader, Reggie Ward
Sat Aug 23
Big Joe & the Dynaflows
Reston Town Center
FREE - 7:30-10pm
Sun Aug 24
Sunday Contra
Love Mongrels
Glen Echo Park
yes, lesson @ 7pm
7:30pm
Sun Aug 24
Ben's Chili Bowl 50th Anniversary Concert
9:30
w/ Trouble Funk, EU ,Wes Felton and Friends, Mambo Sauce, ... - 1pm - FREE
Tue Aug 26
JP McDermott & Western Bop
Clarendon Ballroom
yes
$10 - 9-11pm
Wed Aug 27
Fabulous Thunderbirds
the Nighthawks
Birchmere
doubtful
7:30pm - $29.50+SC
Wed Aug 27
Indigenous
State Theatre
Thur Aug 28
Kinky Friedman
Birchmere
w/ Ratso & Little Jewford
Fri-Sun Aug 29-31
Rhythm & Roots Festival
Ninigret Park
Charlestown, RI
yes & lessons
Host: Pine Leaf Boys
Fri: Preston Frank, Johnny Nicholas, Great American Taxi, Bill Kirchen, Scythian, Corey Ladet, ...
Sat: Keb' Mo', Steve Riley, Red Stick Ramblers, Preston Frank, Dan Hicks, Waybacks, ...
Sun: Robert Cray, Steve Riley, Red Stick Ramblers, Preston Frank, Ed Poullard, the Gourds, Curley Taylor, ...
Fri Aug 29
Curley Talor & Zydeco Trouble
Remmington's
Laurel
yes
Fri Aug 29
King Soul
Thousand $ Car
Iota
concrete
9:30pm - $10
Fri Aug 29
Hall Monitors, JP McDermott, ...
R&R Hotel
8pm - $10
Sat Aug 30
DC Blues Festival
Carter Barron Ampetheatre
concrete
FREE - w/ Zac Harmon & The Mid-South Blues Revue, Lil' Dave Thompson, The Jazzy Blues Women, Acme Blues Co., Charles "Big Daddy" Stallings Band, The Country Bunker Funky Blues Band, ...
Sat Aug 30
Planet Arlington World Music Festival
Netherlands Carillon
Arlington
4pm - FREE - Solas, Ricardo Lemvo, Tania Saleh, Yang Ying
Sat Aug 30
Southlest Louisiana Zydeco Festival
Plaisance, LA
10:30am-1am - $10
Sat Aug 30
Daryl Davis
Bumper Car Pavillion
Glen Echo Park
yes, lesson @ 8pm
$15
Sat Aug 30
Chuck Brown's Birthday Party
9:30
w/ Chopteeth - 8pm doors - $25
Sat Aug 30
Eric Felten Jazz Orchestra
South Plaza Stage
Kennedy Center
nasty @$%! concrete, w/ lesson
FREE
Sat Aug 30
Karen Collins & The Backroads Band
JVs
Sun Aug 31
Alonzo's Memorial Picnic
Rosedale American Legion Hall
$25(adv) - w/ Billy Price, Big James Montgomery, Nothin' But Trouble
Mon Sept 1
Herndon Labor Day Jazz & Wine Festival
Herndon Town Green
John Jorgenson Quintet, ...
Thur Sept 4
Railroad Earth
9:30
Thur Sept 4
Squeeze Bayou
Los Arrieros
concrete
78:30-10:30pm - $10
Thur Sept 4
JP McDermott
JVs
Fri Sept 5
Bill Kirchen & too Much Fun
Jammin Java
doubtful
$20 - 8pm
Fri Sept 5
the Gourds
Justin Trawick
State Theatre
sure
$20 - 8pm
Sat Sept 6
Savoy Doucet
Grand Foyer
Kennedy Center
Carpet, w/ lesson @ 8:30-9pm
FREE - 9-11pm
Sat Sept 6
Piedmont Blues Birthday Party
The Patterson
3134 Eastern Ave, Balmer
$20/$17(adv) - 8pm - w/ Cephas & Wiggins, Eleanor Ellis, Rick Franklin & Michael Baytop
Sat Sept 6
Robert Redd & Friends
Spanish Ballroom
Glen Echo Park
yes, lesson @ 8pm
$12
Sat Sept 6
Mary Shaver & Marianna Previti w/ the Smokin' Polecats
Remingtons of Laurel
yes
9pm
Sat Sept 6
Buddy Holly Birthday
Surf Club
yes
9pm - w/ JP McDermott & Hall Monitors
Sat Sept 6
Cancelled
Rosslyn Jazz Festival
Gateway Park
Sun Sept 7
Steve Earle & Allison Moorer
Birchmere
7:30pm - $59.50+SC
Sun Sept 7
Sunday Waltz
Waltzing Stars
Spanish Ballroom
Glen Echo Park
yes, lesson @ 3pm
$8 - 3:30-6pm
Sun Sept 7
Jamie Lynch
Spanish Ballroom
Glen Echo Park
yes, lesson @ 7pm
$17(w/ lesson)/12(w/o) - 8:30-11pm
Sun Sept 7
Hall Brothers
Remingtons of Laurel
yes
9pm
Mon Sept 8
Karl & the Country Dutchmen
Theater Lab
Kennedy Center
yes, w/ polka lesson @ 6pm
FREE - 6:30-7:30pm
Mon Sept 8
Steve Earle & Allison Moorer
Birchmere
7:30pm - $59.50+SC
Tue Sept 9
Jive Aces
Clarendon Ballroom
yes
$15 - 9-11pm
Wed Sept 10
Jive Aces
Spanish Ballroom
Glen Echo Park
yes, lesson @ 7:30pm
$15 - 8-10:30pm
Thur Sept 11
King Teddy
Old Fairfax Town Hall
yes
8-10pm - $12
Fri Sept 12
Los Lobos & Pistolera
Birchmere
siddown & shuddup
7:30pm - $49.50+SC
Fri Sept 12
Kenny Neal & John Nemeth
FishHead Cantina
8:30pm - $15
Fri Sept 12
Blue Sky 5+2
Carlyle Club
yes
Sat Sept 13
Kennedy Center Open House
Kennedy Center
FREE - noon-11pm - Chuck Brown, Dan Zanes, Lila Downs, Jake Shimabukuro, ...
Sat Sept 13
T Broussard
Remmingtons
Laurel
yes
bring ID
Sat Sept 13
George Gee Orchestra
Spanish Ballroom
Glen Echo Park
yes, lesson @ 8pm
$18
Sat Sept 13
Sonny Landreth
Birchmere
7:30pm - $25+SC
Sat Sept 13
Smokin' Polecats w/ Jamie Lynch
Zoo Bar
Sun Sept 14
Takoma Park Folk Festival
Takoma Park Middle School
sure
FREE - Verlette Simon, Pam Parker , U-Liners, Chopteeth, Zan McLeod & Tina Eck, Bob Dylan tribute, ...
Sun Sept 14
Big Swinging Daves
JVs
Elliot, Chappell, Giegerich
Sun Sept 14
Felice Brothers
Birchmere Bandstand
sure
7:30pm - $20+SC
Sun Sept 14
Janine Wilson (1pm)
Bluesworks (10:30am)
Eastern Market
FREE
Mon Sept 15
Pinetop Perkins & the Nighthawks
Theater Lab
Kennedy Center
yes, w/ Blues dance lesson @ 6pm
FREE - 6:30-7:30pm
Mon Sept 15
Candye Kane
Creative Alliance @ the Patterson
$16/14(CA & BBS members) - benefit tour
Tue Sept 16
Candye Kane
Clarendon Ballroom
yes
9-11pm - benefit tour
Thur-Sat Sept 18-20
Watermelon Park Fest
Watermelon Park
Berryville, VA
Thur: Danny Knicely, ...
Fri: Crooked Still, Carolina Chocolate Drops, ...
Sat: Larry Keel, Dan Tyminki, ...
Thur Sept 18
Ana Popavic
State Theatre
sure
Fri-Sat Sept 19-20
Old Crow Medicine Show
9:30
Fri Sept 19
T Broussard & the Zydeco Steppers
Bumper Car Pavillion
Glen Echo Park
yes, w/ lesson @ 8pm
9pm - $18
Fri Sept 19
National Heritage Fellowship Awards Concert
Strathmore
FREE (get Tickets, else a waiting line) - 7:30pm - w/ Dr. Michael White, Mac Weisman, Walter Murray Chiesa, Mogues Seyoum, Jelon Vieira, Oneida Hymn Singers , Sue Yeon Park, BettyeKimbrell, Jeronimo E. Lozano, Horace P. Axtell, & Dale Harwood.
Fri Sept 19
Notorious
Spanish Ballroom
Glen Echo Park
yes, w/ lesson
Contra Dance
Fri Sept 19
Caroline Herring
Jammin' Java
$12 - 7:30pm
Sat Sept 20
Upper Marlboro Blues Fest
Broadwaters Estate
4205 Crain Hwy
$30 - w/ Bobby Parker & the Blues Night Band, Nighthawks, Big Jessie Yawn, Mary Shaver Band, & Dr So Feel Good
Sat Sept 20
Radio King Orchestra
Spanish Ballroom
Glen Echo Park
yes, w/ lesson
Sat Sept 20
Dr. Michael White
Kennedy Center
Millenium Stage
FREE - 6-7pm
Sat Sept 20
Chopteeth
CD Release
Black Cat
$15 Ń 9pm - w/ Farafina Kan, Cheick Hamala Diabate, & Head-Roc
Sat Sept 20
Ruthie & the Wranglers
Ty Braddock & the Branded Men
Remmingtons
Laurel
$10 - 9pm - No entry w/o ID
Sat Sept 20
Jonny & the Stingrays
Hank Dietle's Tavern
Sun Sept 21
Stax 50th Anniversary
Booker T & the MGs
9:30
$40
Sun Sept 21
Sunday Waltz
Notorious
Spanish Ballroom
Glen Echo Park
yes, lesson @ 3pm
$8 - 3:30-6pm (and the Contra dance afterward)
Sun Sept 21
Atlanta Swamp Orchestra
Bumper Car Pavillion
Glen Echo Park
yes, lesson @ 3pm
$10 - 3:30-6pm
Sun Sept 21
Melanie Mason Band
Spanish Ballroom
Glen Echo Park
yes, lesson @ 7pm
$17(w/ lesson)/12(w/o) - 8:30-11pm
Sun Sept 21
Chris Fest II
Sunset Grille
Johnny Artis, Dave Kitchen, ...
Mon Sept 22
Mingo Saldivar
Theater Lab
Kennedy Center
yes, w/ conjunto lesson @ 6pm
FREE - 6:30-7:30pm - get there EARLY
Tue Sept 23
Nighthawks
Rams Head
Wed Sept 24
Randy Newman
Strathmore
8pm
Thur-Sat Sept 25-27
Harvest Time Music Festival
Allegany County Fairgrounds
Cumberland, MD
Larry Keel & Natural Bridge, Tony Rice, Jim Lauderdale, Seldom Scene, Drew Emmitt Band, ...
Thur Sept 25
Toubab Krewe
State Theatre
Earplugs, bring earplugs
Thur Sept 25
Hazel Dickens
Kennedy Center
Millenium Stage
FREE - 6-7pm
Fri-Sun Sept 26-28
Last Train Home Weekend
Iota
room?
Fri Sept 26
Abigail Washburn & the Sparrow Quartet
Strathmore
8pm
Fri Sept 26
Fabulous Thunderbirds
Rams Head
Fri Sept 26
King Teddy
Dulles Hilton
yes, lesson @ 8:30pm
$15 - 9pm
Fri Sept 26
Tom Principato
Sunset Grille
Sat Sept 27
Severn Records 10th Anniversary
Fish Head Cantina
w/ Sugar Ray Norcia, Clarence Spady, All Mighty Senators, Darrell Nulisch, Mike Morgan, Big Joe Maher, Steve Guyger, Alex Schultz, Benjie Porecki, ...
Sat Sept 27
DCBS Battle of Bands
Surf Club Live
sure
$15/12(adv)/10(member adv) - w/ Second Line Band, Blues Unchained, Country Bunker Funky Blues BAnd, Clarence "Bluesman" Turner, Joe Poppen Band, Stacy Brooks Band, Robert Lighthouse Band, Billy Thompson & Friends, & Chris Winter Band
Sat Sept 27
Rockville Wine & Music Festival
Rockville Town Center
$10 wine tasting fee - noon-6pm - Kelly Bell, Daryl Davis, Bill Kirchen, Melanie Mason, Ruthie & the Wranglers, ...
Sat Sept 27
Donna the Buffalo
State Theatre
room
Sat Sept 27
Calvin Cooke
Kennedy Center
Millenium Stage
FREE - 6-7pm- Sacred Steel
Sat Sept 27
Bio Ritmo
South Plaza Stage
Kennedy Center
nasty concrete, w/ lesson
FREE
Sun Sept 28
Bluebird Blues Festival
Prince Georges Community College
301 Largo Rd, Largo
FREE - 1-6pm - The Holmes Brothers, Bettye LaVette, Memphis Gold, Blue Smoke Blues, Michael Baytop & Rick Franklin, ... - 1-6pm
Sun Sept 28
Blue Rhythm Boys (1pm)
Alexandria Kleztet (10:30am)
Eastern Market
FREE
Sun Sept 28
Down by the Riverside
Blind Boys of Alabama & Preservation Hall Jazz Band
Kennedy Center
Concert Hall
7pm - $65-20
Sun Sept 28
Carolina Chocolate Drops
Wienberg Center for the Arts
Mon Sept 29
Carolina Chocolate Drops
Theater Lab
Kennedy Center
yes, w/ square dancing/frolics lesson @ 6pm
FREE - 6:30-7:30pm - get there EARLY
Wed-Wed Oct 1-7
Duke Ellington Jazz Festival
Various Venues
Step Afrika!, Chopteeth, Duke Ellington Orchestra, La Timbistica, Cathy Fink & Marcy Marxer, Taj Mahal, McCoy Tyner, Dee Dee Bridgewater, ...
Wed Oct 1
Billy Hancock
JVs
9pm
Thur Oct 2
Riverdale Ramblers
Los Arrieros
Silver Spring
yes
$10 - 7:30pm - Local Cajun Band
Thur Oct 2
JP McDermpott
JVs
Fri-Sun Oct 3-5
Hardly Strictly Bluegrass Festival
Speedway Meadow, Golden Gate Park
San Francisco, CA
yes & lessons
FREE
Earl Scruggs, Bad Livers, Gourds, Desert Rose, Jerry Jeff Walker, Laurie Lewis, Hazel Dickens, Gogol Bordello, Waybacks, Robert Plant & Allison Krauss, Iris Dement, Greg Brown, Asleep at the Wheel, Del McCoury, Peter Rowan, Hot Rize, Santiago Jimenez, Infamous Stringdusters, Dave Alvin & the Guilty Women, Loudon Wainright III, Robert Earl Keen, ...
Fri-Sun Oct 3-5
Cancelled
Dance Vortex
Camp Riverview
Mentone, AL
"Mini-vortex" gigs scheduled in Atlanta & Huntsville
Sat Oct 4
Allstar Band Jam
Spanish Ballroom
Glen Echo Park
yes, lesson @ 8pm
$12 - 9pm - w/ Steve wolf, John Previti, Barry Hart, Chuck & Robert Redd, Jim Stephanson, Diane Westphal, Big Joe Maher, with 6 saxophones, ...
Sat Oct 4
Annapolis Roots Fest
the Whiskey
Annapolis
2pm-2am - w/ Janine Wilson, Dean Rosenthal, Gary & Leah, ...
Sat Oct 4
Thrillbillies
Quarry House Tavern
sure
9:30pm - $6
Sun Oct 5
Takoma Park Street Festival
Downtown Takoma Park
in the street
FREE - 10am-5pm - Janine Wilson, Gina DeSimone, Ruthie & the Wranglers, the Uliners, King Soul, Billy Coulter, Squeeze Bayou, Junkyard Saints, Melanie Mason, Tommy Lepson, Chopteeth, Jay Summerour & Michael Batop, & the Nighthawks.
Sun Oct 5
Cesaria Evora
Lisner Auditorium
$50-35 - 7pm
Sun Oct 5
Sunday Waltz
Nightingale
Spanish Ballroom
Glen Echo Park
yes, lesson @ 3pm
$8 - 3:30-6pm
Sun Oct 5
BG & the Mojo Hands
Bumper Car Pavillion
Glen Echo Park
yes, lesson @ 7pm
$17(w/ lesson)/12(w/o) - 8:30-11pm
Sun Oct 5
Buckwheat Zydeco
Reston Town Center
concrete
FREE - 7:30pm
Mon Oct 6
Nightingale
IMT @ St. Mark Presby
10701 Old Georgetown Rd, Rockville
perhaps
$14(adv)/$17
Wed Oct 8
Original Wailers
State Theatre
Thur Oct 9
Papa Grows Funk
State Theatre
Thur Oct 9
Natalie Cole
Strathmore
8pm
Fri-Sun Oct 10-12
Richmond Folk Festival
Richmond's Riverfront
Richmond, VA
FREE - Beausoleil, Ledward Ka'apana w/ Mike Kaawa, Laidan, Howard Tate, Dan Tymisnki, Dale Watson, Eddie & Alonzo Pennington, ...
Fri Oct 10
Boilermakers
Bumper Car Pavillion
Glen Echo Park
yes, lesson
Sat Oct 11
King Soul
Rhodes Tavern Troubadours
Surf Club
9pm
Sat Oct 11
Deanna Bogart Band
Jammin' Java
YES
$17(adv)/$20
Sat Oct 11
Iguanas
Barns @ Wolftrap
yes
Sat Oct 11
Pirate Bike Build
Hungry for Music Benefit
Jackman's Custom Cycles
Gaithersburg
Kevin Gordon, Remnants, & Tommy Lepson - "all day event"
Sat Oct 11
Karen Collins & the Backroads Band
Oklahoma Twisters
Remington's
yes
9pm - $10 - bring your ID
Sat Oct 11
Studebaker John & the Hawks
w/ BBS Challenge Finals
Baltimore Blues Society
Rosedale American Legion Hall
linoleum
$25(adv) - 9pm-
Sat Oct 11
Jonny & the Stingrays
Hank Dietle's Tavern
Sun Oct 12
WAMA Xtown Jam
Iota
concrete
Leaving, TX w/ Dave Kitchen & Little Pink - 8:30pm - $10
Sun Oct 12
Saffire the Uppity Blues Women
Barns @ Wolftrap
$25 - 7:30pm
Sun Oct 12
JP McDermott & Western Bop
McGinty's Pub
yes
Mon Oct 13
Jayme Stone & Mansa Sissoko
IMT @ St. Mark Presby
10701 Old Georgetown Rd, Rockville
perhaps
$15(adv)/$18 - Appalacian Banjo & guitar meets griot singer and kora
Tue Oct 14
FODfest
Iota
concrete
w/ Billy Coulter, Chad Hollister, Corring Campbell, Larura Secker Band, Sonia, ... - $donation
Tue Oct 14
Cutaways
Clarendon Ballroom
yes
9-11pm - $10
Wed Oct 15
JJ Grey & Mofro
w/ Hill Country Review
State Theatre
Thur Oct 16
Duhks
Iota
yes
9pm - $15
Thur Oct 16
Curley Taylor
Remington's
yes
8-11pm - $18 - bring your ID
Thur Oct 16
Dan Hovey Band
JVs
Fri Oct 17
Chuck Brown
w/ Huggy Low Down
Strathmore
8pm
Fri Oct 17
Leroy Thomas
Bumper Car Pavillion
Glen Echo Park
yes, w/ lesson @ 8pm
$18 - 9pm
Fri Oct 17
Catfish Hodge Band w/ DMike Dutton
JVs
Sat Oct 18
Steve Riley & the Mamou Playboys
20th Anniversary
Liberty Theatre
Eunice, LA
w/ Special Guests
Sat Oct 18
Jon Carroll
Barns @ Wolftrap
Sun Oct 19
Lyle Lovett & John Hiatt acoustic
Warner Theatre
Sun Oct 19
Bill Kirchen & Hammer of the Honky-Tonk Gods
American Legion Post 177
3939 Oak St. Fairfax
yep
$15 - 4-8pm
Sun Oct 19
Sunday Waltz
Oklahoma Twisters
Spanish Ballroom
Glen Echo Park
yes, waltz lesson @ 3pm, Texas 2step lesson @ 2pm
$8 - 3:30-6pm
Sun Oct 19
ACME Blues
Spanish Ballroom
Glen Echo Park
yes, lesson @ 7pm
$17(w/ lesson)/12(w/o) - 8:30-11pm
Sun Oct 19
Swinging Daves
JVs
Mon Oct 20
Lil' Ed & the Blues Imperials
8x10
Mon Oct 20
Rodney Crowell Trio
Birchmere
Mon Oct 20
Jason Mraz
Constitution Hall
Tue Oct 19
Daryl Davis
Clarendon Ballroom
yes
9-11pm - $10
Thur Oct 23
Los Straightjackets
Laika & the Cosmonauts
Barns of Wolf Trap
yes
Thur Oct 23
Squirrel Nut Zippers
Pistolera
State Theatre
Fri Oct 23
Phat Blues Tribute to Bo Diddley
8X10 Club
Kelly Bell, Kelly Bell Band, Automatic Slim, Mark Wenner, Deanna Bogart, Dean Rosenthal, Blue Method, All Mighty Senators
Fri Oct 23
Derek Trucks
Strathmore
8pm
Fri-Sat Oct 24-25
Blackpot Festival
Acadian Village
Lafayette, LA
Fri: Belton Richard, Pine Leaf Boys, Ann Savoy & her Sleepless Knights, Figs, Bonsoir Catin
Sat: Red Stick Ramblers, Racines, Ed Poullard & Preston Frank, Ginny Hawker & Tracy Schwartz, Balfa Toujours, Lafayette Rhythm Devils, Feufollet, ...
Fri Oct 24
Sweet Honey in the Rock
Warner Theatre
Sat Oct 25
Halloween Dance
Blue Sky 5+2
Spanish Ballroom
Glen Echo Park
yes, lesson @ 7pm
$15 - 8pm
Sat Oct 25
Nighthawks
FishHead Cantina
Sat Oct 25
Del McCoury Band
Birchmere
Sat Oct 25
Ruthie & the Wranglers
Billy Coulter Band
Surf Club
Sat Oct 25
JP McDermott & Western Bop
Quarry House Tavern
postage stamp sized floor
Sun Oct 26
Andre Thierry w/ Dexter Ardoin & the Creole Ramblers
Spanish Ballroom
Glen Echo Park
yes, lesson @ 7:30pm
$18 - 8pm
Sun Oct 27
Johnny Cash Tribute (early)
Hall Brothers (late)
JVs
Mon Oct 27
Jay Summerour, Michael Baytop, & Rick Franklin
IMT @ St. Mark Presby
10701 Old Georgetown Rd, Rockville
perhaps
$14(adv)/$17
Tue Oct 28
Edgar Meyer & Chris Thile
Lisner Auditorium
$35-20 - 8pm
Tue Oct 28
JP McDermott & Western Bop
Clarendon Ballroom
yes
$10 - 9-11pm
Wed Oct 29
Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver
Barns @ Wolftrap
Thur Oct 30
Roomful of Blues
State Theatre
$18 - 8:30pm
Thur Oct 30
Honky Tonk Confidential's
Patsy Cline Tribute
JVs
Fri Oct 31
Halloween
Fri Oct 31
Blue Spot Halloween Nite
Greenbelt American Legion Post 136
6900 Greenbelt Road, Greenbelt
$16 - 9pm - Halloween Party - w/ Nighthawks and Clarence "The Bluesman" Turner
Fri Oct 31
Dikki Du
Surf Club
$18 - 9pm - Halloween Party
Fri Oct 31
Delbert McClinton
Birchm
nope
Fri Oct 31
the Pietasters
Toasters
9:30
ska
Sat Nov 1
Brooks Tegler's Big Band
Spanish Ballroom
Glen Echo Park
yes, lesson @ 8pm
$12
Sat Nov 1
David North & the House of Jam Band
Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Fairfax
Oakton, VA
$35
Sat Nov 1
Rockin' Bones
Quarry House Tavern
sure
9:30pm - $6
Sun-Sun Nov 2-9
Zydeco Cruise 2008
Houston, Cozumel, Grand Cayman, Jamaica
yes
Geno Delafose, Steve Riley, & Corey Ladet
Sun Nov 2
Sunday Waltz
Rose by the Door
Spanish Ballroom
Glen Echo Park
yes, lesson @ 3pm
2pm Hambo Workshop
$8 - 3:30-6pm
Sun Nov 2
Deja Blue Blues Band
Bumper Car Pavillion
Glen Echo Park
yes, lesson @ 7pm
$17(w/ lesson), $12(w/o) - 8:30pm-
Mon Nov 3
Kristin Andreassen & Friends
IMT @ St. Mark Presby
10701 Old Georgetown Rd, Rockville
$15(adv)/$20
Tue Nov 4
Election Day
Tue Nov 4
King Teddy
Clarendon Ballroom
yes
$10 - 9-11pm
Tue Nov 4
Otis Taylor
Rams Head Tavern
Annapolis
nope
Wed Nov 5
Otis Taylor
Blues Alley
Nope
Wed Nov 5
Battlefield Band
Barns @ Wolftrap
Thur Nov 6
Blind Boys of Alabama
Constitution Hall
Thur Nov 6
Squeeze Bayou w/ Brian Simms
Los Arrieros
Silver Spring
yes
$10 - 7:30pm - Local Cajun Band
Thur Nov 6
James Cotton
Barns @ Wolftrap
Fri Nov 7
Keys to New Orleans
Kennedy Center
Allen Toussaint, Henry Butler, & John Cleary - $30 - 7:30 & 9pm
Fri Nov 7
Coco Montoya
Popa Chubby
State Theatre
Fri Nov 7
Nighthawks
Jammin' Java
$20 - 8pm
Fri Nov 7
Idle Americans
Bumper Car Pavillion
Glen Echo Park
yes, lesson @ 8pm
$13 - 9pm-
Sat Nov 8
Tribute to American Acoustic Music
Kennedy Center
Eisenhower Theatrer
Mark O'Connor, Frank Vignola, Tony Trischka, & the Biscuit Burners
Sat Nov 8
Ben Sollee w/ Kim Taylor
Iota
$13 - 3pm - early show
Sat Nov 8
Eric Felten
Spanish Ballroom
Glen Echo Park
yes, lesson @ 8pm
$15
Sat Nov 8
Cassandra Wilson
Warner Theatre
Sun Nov 9
Alejandro Escovedo
Birchmere
Tue Nov 11
Chris Watling's Band of Renegades
Clarendon Ballroom
yes
$10 - 9-11pm
Wed Nov 12
John Jennings & Jon Vezner
O'Briens BBQ
Rockville
Thur Nov 13
Marianna Previti & the Smokin Polecats
JVs
9pm-1am
Fri Nov 14
Dennis Stroughmatt & Creole Stomp
Bumper Car Pavillion
Glen Echo Park
yes, w/ lesson @ 8pm
$15 - 9pm
Fri Nov 14
Roots Cafe Songwriters Series
El Rancho Grande, 3608 Falls Rd., Baltimore
9pm - Jim Patton & Sherry Brokus (aka Edge City), Karl Straub, Geoffrey Himes, Peter Schmader
Fri Nov 14
The Bowmans
Contradiction Dance Studio
Takoma Park
8pm - $12
Fri Nov 14
Eileen Jewel
Adam Klein
Iota
9pm - $12
Sat Nov 15
John Jorgenson Quintet
Jammin' Java
$20 - 8pm
Sat Nov 15
Melissa Martin & the Mighty Rhythm Kings
Spanish Ballroom
Glen Echo Park
yes, lesson @ 8pm
$12
Sat Nov 15
Memphis Gold
Thank you celebration
Surf Club Live
$12
Sun Nov 16
Susan Tedeschi
James Hunter
Birchmere Bandstand
sure
$35+SC - 7:30pm
Sun Nov 16
Sunday Waltz
Waltz Magic
Spanish Ballroom
Glen Echo Park
yes, lesson @ 3pm
$8 - 3:30-6pm
Mon Nov 17
"Class of '88" Keyboard Magic
IMT @ St. Mark Presby
10701 Old Georgetown Rd, Rockville
$15(adv)/$20 - Jon Carroll, Brian Simms, & Daryl Davis
Mon Nov 17
Kelly Joe Phelps
Iota
8:30pm - $15
Tue Nov 18
Natty Beaux
Clarendon Ballroom
yes
$10 - 9-11pm
Wed Nov 19
Boz Scaggs
Blues Alley
Thur Nov 20
Corkey Siegel & Chamber Blues
Culpeper County High School
14240 Achievement Dr. Culpeper, VA
$20 - 7:30pm
Thur Nov 20
Dennis Stroughmatt & Creole Stomp
Remington's
yes
8-11pm - $18 - bring your ID
Thur Nov 20
Radiators
State Theatre
Fri Nov 21
Rosanne Cash & Mark O'Connor
Coolidge Auditorium
Library of Congress
nope
Free - Sold Out - Unused Tickets @ Door?
Fri Nov 21
Warren Zevon Tribute
Barns @ Wolftrap
$20 - 8pm - w/ Jon Carroll, John Jennings, Patty Reese, The Cravin' Dogs, Little Pink, Janine Wilson, The Hanson Brothers, Mike Cotter, Billy Coulter, David Kitchen, GHZ, The Alexandria Kleztet, Bill Starks, Paper Umbrella, Rocky Roberts
Fri Nov 21
King Teddy
Chevy Chase Ballroom
yes, lesson @ 8:30pm
$15 - 9pm
Fri Nov 21
Smokin' Polcats & Marianna Previti
Ice House Cafe
Fri Nov 21
Mary Shaver Band
JVs
Fri Nov 21
Cutaways
Dulles Hilton
yes, 8:30 lesson
$15 - 9pm
Sat Nov 22
Jimmy Thackery & the Drivers
Cathy Ponton King
Birchmere
siddown & shuddup
$25+SC - 7:30pm
Sat Nov 22
Randy Barrett, Dede Wyland, and Orrin Starr
Derzon House Concert
$25+potluck - - 7:30pm
Sat Nov 22
Jonny & the Stingrays
Quarry House Tavern
sure
9:30pm - $6
Sat Nov 22
Smokin' Polcats & Jamie Lynch
Zoo Bar
Sun Nov 23
Laura Vecchione
Junkyard Saints
Iota
8:30pm - $10
Tue Nov 25
Big Joe Trio
Clarendon Ballroom
yes
$10 - 9-11pm
Wed Nov 26
BB King
Birchmere
$135+SC - Sold Out
Wed Nov 26
Nighthawks
Same as usual
yes
get there early- 8pm start - will sell out
Thur Nov 27
Thanksgiving
Thur Nov 27
Bill Kirchen
Sunset Grille
fills up fast
Thur Nov 27
Abarts/The Hollywood: Hard Bop Heaven
Kennedy Center
Millenium Stage
FREE - 6-7pm - Larry Willis Trio, Jacques 'Saxman' Johnson, Dr. Bill Clark & Buck Hill
Fri Nov 28
Grandsons
Barns @ Wolftrap
yes
Fri Nov 28
Rhodes Tavern Troubadours (Plus)
Remnants
Iota
$10 - 9:30pm
Fri Nov 28
Nighthawks
Kelly Bell
State Theatre
Fri Nov 28
Cypress Trio
New Deal Cafe
local cajun - FREE - 8pm
Sat Nov 29
Blair Carman and the Belleview Boys
Spanish Ballroom
Glen Echo Park
yes, lesson @ 8pm
$15 - 9pm
Sat Nov 29
Duelling Divas: Mary Shaver & Marianna Previti w/ the Smokin' Polecats
Surf Club
Sat Nov 29
Roomful of Blues
w/ Matt Wigler
Baltimore Blues Society
Rosedale American Legion Hall
linoleum
$25 - 9pm-
Sat Nov 29
JP McDermott & Western Bop
Quarry House Tavern
sure
9:30pm - $6
Sun Nov 30
Aaron Neville Quintet w/ Charles Neville
Birchmere
Sun Nov 30
Swingin' Daves
JVs
Sun Nov 30
JP McDermott & Western Bop
Wonderland Ballroom
sure
9pm - no cover
Thur-Fri Dec 4-5
Schooner Fare
Barns
Thur Dec 4
Squeeze Bayou w/ Little Red
Los Arrieros
Silver Spring
yes
$10 - 7:30pm - Note: Band Change
Thur Dec 4
JP McDermott & Western Bop
JVs
Fri-Sat Dec 5-6
Night of 100 Elvises
Lithuanian Hall
851-3 Hollins St, Baltimore
some
7pm-2am - $55(adv) inc. bevs & food
Fri: Automatic Slim, The Barn Burners, the Karb Kings, King Soul, Tom Principato, Sookey Jump Blues Band, Janine Wilson, ...
Sat: the Fabulettes, Honky Tonk Confidential, the Karb Kings, Monsters From the Surf, Rockin' Bones, Sookey Jump Blues Band, Janine Wilson, ...
Fri Dec 5
Larry Keel & Natural Bridge
8x10
$12
Fri Dec 5
Jonny & the Stingrays
Old Towne Bowie Grille
Fri Dec 5
Hayes Carll
Rock & Roll Hotel
Sat Dec 6
Junkyard Saints
Spanish Ballroom
Glen Echo Park
yes, lesson @ 8pm
$12
Sat Dec 6
Loretta Lynn w/ The Lynns
Justin Jones
9:30
$55
Sat Dec 6
Cathy Fink & Marcy Marxer's Winter Family Concert
Eastern Middle School
300 University Boulevard, East
Silver Spring
$10(adv)/$12 - 1pm
Sat Dec 6
Rockin' Bones (5pm)
Oklahoma Twisters (9pm)
JVs
Sun Dec 7
Sunday Waltz
Blue Bamboo
Spanish Ballroom
Glen Echo Park
yes, lesson @ 3pm
$8 - 3:30-6pm
Mon Dec 8
Al Petteway, Amy White & Robin Bullock
IMT @ St. Mark Presby
10701 Old Georgetown Rd, Rockville
Tue Dec 9
Raul Malo
Birchmere
Tue Dec 9
Dave Chappell
JVs
Thur-Sun Dec 11-14
Dr. John
Blues Alley
Thur Dec 11
Santa Jam
State Theatre
$11+(optional)unwraped toy - 8pm - Mary Ann Redmond, Tom Principato, Tommy Lepson, Mary Shaver, Soul Gravity, Generation Vinyl, ...
Thur Dec 11
Larry Keel & Natural Bridge
Iota
9pm - $12
Thur Dec 11
Bela Fleck & the Flecktones
Birchmere
$59.50+SC - 7:30pm
Thur Dec 11
Dan Hovey
JVs
Fri-Sat Dec 12-13
Four Bitchin' Babes 'Hormonal Imbalance'
Birchmere
Fri Dec 12
New Orleans Jazz Orchestra
Home for the Holidays
Concert Hall
George Mason Center for the Arts
8pm - $44-22
Fri Dec 12
Old School Freight Train
Infamous Stringdusters
State Theatre
9pm - $12
Sat-Sun Dec 13-14
Footworks Percussive Dance Ensamble
Dance Place
3225 8th St NE, DC
performance
Sat: 8pm, Sun: 4pm - $22
Sat-Sun Dec 13-14
Riverdale Festival of Lights
Riverdale Park Town Center
4650 Queensbury Rd. Riverdale Park, MD
Sat (2-8pm)   : Rick Franklin & Mike Baytop, Previti Bass Quartet, Terrence McArdle & Liz Lohr, Jue Uehline, ...
Sun (noon-6pm): Rick Franklin, Elanore Ellis, Mike Baytop, MJanine Wilson, ...
Sat Dec 13
Tab Benoit
State Theatre
Sat Dec 13
Warner Williams (6pm)
Bad Influence (9pm)
JVs
Sat Dec 13
Brooks Tegler Big Band
Spanish Ballroom
Glen Echo Park
yes, lesson @ 8pm
$15
Sat Dec 13
Guzzlers
Dad's Neighborhood Pub
Rockville
9:30pm
Sun Dec 14
Swingin' Daves
JVs
9pm
Sun Dec 14
Bob Perilla's Big Hillbilly Bluegrass
Kennedy Center
Millenium Stage
6-7pm - FREE
Wed Dec 17
Blue Sky 5 w/ Brooks Tegler
Kennedy Center
Millenium Stage
6-7pm - FREE
Thur Dec 18
SAW Showcase & Hungry for Music Benefit
Bangkok Blues
$5? - 7-11pm - w/ Harry Blevins, David Kitchen, Dulcie Taylor, Bumpkin Pie, Esther Haynes, Little Pink, & Jelly Roll Mortals
Thur Dec 18
Thrillbillies
Sunset Grille
Fri-Sat Dec 19-21
Last Train Home Holiday Weekend
Iota
$13 - 9pm/2pm(Sun)
Fri Dec 19
Bill Kirchen's Honky-Tonk Holiday
Jammin' Java
Fri Dec 19
Tom Principato
Sunset Grille
Fri Dec 19
King Teddy
Dulles Hilton
yes, lesson @ 8:30
$15 - 9pm
Sat Dec 20
Dr. Zoot
Spanish Ballroom
Glen Echo Park
yes, lesson @ 8pm
$15
Sat Dec 20
Jonny & the Stingrays
Hank Dietle's Tavern
Sat Dec 20
DCBS Holiday Party
Whop Fraizer w/ Tom Newman
Surf Club Live
yes
8:30pm - $15/$12(adv)/$10(member adv.)
Sun Dec 21
Sunday Waltz
Some Assembly
Spanish Ballroom
Glen Echo Park
yes, lesson @ 3pm
$8 - 3:30-6pm
Tue Dec 23
Dave Chappell
JVs
Wed Dec 24
Sean Altman's Jewmongous
Jammin Java
$17(adv)/$20 - 7pm
Thur Dec 25
Christmas
Thur Dec 25
All-Star Christmas Day Jam
Kennedy Center
Millenium Stage
6-7pm - FREE - w/ James King, Lenny Robinson, Chuck & Robert Redd, Tom & Delores King Williams
Thur Dec 25
Honky Tonk Confidential
JVs
Fri Dec 26
Rockin' Homegrown Holiday
Iota
$10 - 9pm - Janine Wilson, Billy Coulter, David Kitchen
Fri Dec 26
Golem
Kennedy Center
Millenium Stage
6-7pm - FREE
Fri Dec 26
New Potato Caboose Reunion
The Bridge
Birchmere
Fri Dec 26
Slickee Boys
Ottobar
Balmer
w/ Chelsea Graveyard & Screams at Midnignt & the Diamondheads - 10pm
Sat Dec 27-Thur Jan 1
Carrier New Years
Offshore Lounge
Lawtell, LA
yep
Sat: Little Anne & Hot Cayenne, Dexter Ardoin, Dwight Carrier
Sun: Steve Riley & the Mamou Playboys, T Broussard & the Zydeco Steppers
Mon: J Paul & the Zydeco Nu-Breeds, Jo Jo Reed, Dikki Du
Tues: Cory (Pop) Ledet & His Zydeco Band, Leon Chavis & the Zydeco Flames
Wed: Fais Dos Dos w/Steve Riley, Willis Prudhomme, & Roy Carriere Family Jams
Thur: Step Rideau & the Zydeco Outlaws, Little Wayne & Same Ol 2-Step
Sat Dec 27
Slickee Boys
Surf Club
w/ Ottley & Monsters from the Surf - 9pm
Sat Dec 27
Nighthawks
Fish Head Cantina
$10 - 9:30pm
Sat Dec 27
Hank Williams Tribute
Birchmere
nope
Cathy Fink & Marcy Marxer, Bill Kirchen, Robbin & Linda Williams, ...
Sat Dec 27
Women of the Blues
Marianna Previti & Mary Shaver w/ the Smokin' Polecats
JVs
9pm
Sun Dec 28
Hula Holiday Dance
w/ the Hula Monsters
Spanish Ballroom
Glen Echo Park
yes, no lesson
$15 - 3-6pm
Sun Dec 28
Nighthawks
Kelly Bell Band
Surf Club
Mon-Tue Dec 29-30
Southside Johnny & the Asbury Jukes
Birchmere
w/ Billy Walton
Tue Dec 30
Last Train Home Holiday
Kennedy Center
Millenium Stage
6-7pm - FREE
New Years Eve
Wed Dec 31
First Night Alexandria
all over downtown Alexandria
depends on the room
Bill Kirchen, Billy Clements, Blue Moon Cowgirls, Carpenter Ants, Quintango, Hula Monsters, Curtis Blues, Zydeco Crayz, Bonnie Rideout, Grandsons, Alexandria Kleztet, Al Williams, Al Peteway & Amy White, ...
Wed Dec 31
Robert Randolph & the Family Band
9:30
Wed Dec 31
Rebirth Brass Band
8x10
Wed Dec 31
Seldom Scene
Good Deale Bluegrass
Birchmere
And
Robbie Schaefer & Virginia Coalition
Tom Cunningham
Last Train Home
Peaches O'Dell
Deanna Bogart
Hall Brothers
Clarence Turner, Mike Wescott, & Wave Milor
Jammin Java
Spanish Ballroom Glen Echo
Iota
Black Cat
Rams Head
Remingtons
Surf Club