Past Events
Date Artist Venue Dancing? Notes
2009
Thur Jan 1
Grandsons
Kennedy Center
Millenium Stage
6-7pm - FREE
Thur Jan 1
Thrillbilly Karaoke
Sunset Grille
Fri-Sat Jan 2-3
Gogol Bordello
9:30
Fri Jan 2
'Original' Hula Monsters
49 West
Annapolis
Tom Mitchell, Moe Nelson, Jack O'Dell, & Dave Giegerich
Sat Jan 3
Red Stick Ramblers
Spanish Ballroom
Glen Echo Park
yes, lesson @ 8pm
$15
Sat Jan 3
Charlottesville Allstars
Rosslyn Mountain Boys
the Nighthawks
State Theatre
yes
9pm - $17(adv)/$20
Sat Jan 3
Mardi Gras Kick-Off Party
Surf Club
yes
Grandsons & Little Red & the Renegades - 9pm
Sun Jan 4
Sunday Waltz
Green Light Karma
Spanish Ballroom
Glen Echo Park
yes, lesson @ 3pm
$8 - 3:30-6pm
Mon Jan 5
Blue Monday
Stacy Brooks Band w/ Kenny Neal
Westminster Church
400 I St. SW
6-9pm - $5
Tue Jan 6
Red Stick Ramblers
Kennedy Center
Millenium Stage
6-7pm - FREE
Tue Jan 6
Gregg Allman
State Theatre
Tue Jan 6
BG & the Mojo Hands
Clarendon Ballroom
yes
$10 - 9-11pm
Wed Jan 7
Occidental Brothers Dance Band International
Kennedy Center
Millenium Stage
6-7pm - FREE
Wed Jan 7
Swooners
JVs
Thur Jan 8
David Kitchen Band w/ Dan Hovey
Sunset Grille
Thur Jan 8
Marcio Local
Kennedy Center
Millenium Stage
6-7pm - FREE
Fri Jan 9
Lavay Smith & Her Red Hot Skillet Lickers
Barns @ Wolftrap
yes
Fri Jan 9
Femi Kuti
9:30
Fri Jan 9
Grandsons
Dulles Hilton
yes, lesson @ 8:30pm
$15 - 9pm
Fri Jan 9
Grupo Fantasma
Black Cat
Sat Jan 10
Bobby Parker
Surf Club
yes
$15 - 9pm
Sat Jan 10
Ricky Skaggs & Kentucky Thunder
Birchmere
Sat Jan 10
Brad Randell & the Zydeco Ballers
Remingtons
yes
$18 - 9pm
Sat Jan 10
Lavay Smith & Her Red Hot Skillet Lickers
Gordon Center
Owings Mills, MD
dunno
Sat Jan 10
City Rhythm Orchestra
Spanish Ballroom
Glen Echo Park
yes, lesson @ 8pm
$15 - 9pm
Sat Jan 10
Scott Ramminger & Friends
Bangkok Blues
small floor
7-9:30pm
Sun Jan 11
Brad Randell & the Zydeco Ballers
Spanish Ballroom
Glen Echo Park
yes, lesson @ 3pm
$15 - 3:30-6pm
Tue Jan 13
James Intveld
Iota
8:30pm - $12
Tue Jan 13
James Hunter
Ryan Shaw
Birchmere
Thur Jan 15
Sammy Naquin & The Zydeco Whips w/ Al Berard
Los Arrieros
Silver Spring
yes
$15
Fri Jan 16
Jay Ungar & Molly Mason
Cellar Stage
Baltimore
$20
Fri Jan 16
Rockin' Bones
Dulles Hilton
yes, lesson @ 8:30pm
$15 - 9pm
Fri Jan 16
Smokin' Polecats w/ Marianna Previti
Ice House
Fri Jan 16
Daryl Davis
Carlyle Club
yes
Fri Jan 16
Hall Brothers
Old Bowie Town Grill
8:30pm
Sat-Sun Jan 17-18
January Allstars
JVs
9pm & 11pm shows
Sat Jan 17
Chopteeth
Rock & Roll Hotel
Sat Jan 17
Blue Sky 5+2
Spanish Ballroom
Glen Echo Park
yes, lesson @ 8pm
$14 - 9pm
Sat Jan 17
Holmes Brothers
Iota
9:30pm - $20
Sat Jan 17
JP McDermott & Western Bop
Quarry House Tavern
Sun Jan 18
Sunday Waltz
Night Watch
Bumper Car Pavillion
Glen Echo Park
yes, lesson @ 3pm
$8 - 3:30-6pm
Sun Jan 18
Azalea City Pre-Innaugural CD Release
Jammin' Java
7pm - $10(adv)/$12 - Jon Carroll, Zoe Mulford, Joe Uehlein, Karen Collins, Ruthie & the Wranglers, ...
Sun Jan 18
We Are One: The Obama Inaugural Celebration
Lincoln Memorial
-or-
HBO & NPR
FREE - 1:30pm? Verify The Time - you and half a milliion of your closest friends
Beyonce, Mary J. Blige, Bono, Garth Brooks, Sheryl Crow, Renee Fleming, Josh Groban, Herbie Hancock, Heather Headley, John Legend, Jennifer Nettles, John Mellencamp, Usher Raymond IV, Shakira, Bruce Springsteen, James Taylor, will.i.am, & Stevie Wonder
Mon Jan 19
MLK Day
Mon Jan 19
"Let Freedom Ring" Celebration
Kennedy Center
Concert Hall
6pm - FREE tix available @ 4pm 1 per person - w/ Aretha Franklin, Nuttin' but Stringz, and the Let Freedom Ring Choir
Mon Jan 19
Black Tie & Boots Ball
National Harbor
dunno
w/ Asleep at the Wheel, Tracy Bird, Gary P. Nunn, Dale Watson, ...
Mon Jan 19
Big Shoulders Innaguration Ball
Black Cat
$50 - 7pm - w/ Andrew Berd, Waco Brothers, David "Honeyboy" Edwards, ...
Tue Jan 20
Inauguration Day
Tue Jan 20
Donna the Buffalo
Inauguration Bash
State Theatre
room?
Tue Jan 20
Toubab Krewe & Jar-e
Jammin' Java
$10(adv)/$12 - 8pm
Tue Jan 20
Glen Echo Park Inaugural Ball
Spanish Ballroom
Glen Echo Park
yes
$20 - 7:30-llpm - Gig Meisters & Idle Americans
Tue Jan 20
DC Inaugural Ball
Old Post Office Pavilion
$150 w/ food/drink - Chuck Brown & Clones of Funk
Thur Jan 22
Billy Hancock
Jr. Cline Benefit
JVs
Fri Jan 23
Natty Beaux
Dulles Hilton
yes, lesson @ 8:30pm
$15 - 9pm
Fri Jan 23
Daryl Davis
Carlyle Club
yes
Fri Jan 23
Hall Brothers
College Park American Legion Hall
yes
8:30-11:30pm
Sat Jan 24
Bill Kirchen
Tom Principato
Birchmere
doubtful
Sat Jan 24
King Soul & Col. Josh Arnson
Surf Club Live
Sat Jan 24
Karen Collins & the Backroads Band
JVs
5-8pm
Sun Jan 25
Mark O'Connor (solo)
Reston Community Center
2310 Colts Neck Road
$30 - 3pm
Sat Jan 24
Ladysmith Black Mambazo
Maryland Hall for the Creative Arts
Annapolis
Sat Jan 24
Hall Brothers
JVs
Sun Jan 25
Arturo Sandoval
Birchmere
Mon Jan 26
Ladysmith Black Mombazo
Barns @ Wolftrap
Tue Jan 27
King Teddy
Clarendon Ballroom
yes
$10 - 9-11pm
Wed Jan 28
Sonny Landreth
Rams Head Tavern
Thur Jan 29
Thrillbilly
5th Anniversary
Sunset Grille
Thur Jan 29
Sonny Landreth
Barns @ Wolftrap
Fri Jan 30
Rosie Ladet
Madams Organ
room?
Fri Jan 30
Hula Monsters
Dulles Hilton
yes, lesson @ 8:30pm
$15 - 9pm
Fri Jan 30
Doc Scantlin
Carlyle Club
yes
Sat Jan 31
Winter Dance Party: A Celebration of the Life and Music of Buddy Holly
Surf Club
yes
9pm - $15 - w/ JP McDermott, Mark Noone, Slickee Boys, Billy Coulter, Dagmar, David Kitchen, Andy Rutherford, ...
Sat Jan 31
Rosie Ladet
Remmingtons
yes
9pm
Sat Jan 31
Millenium Stage 12th anniversary
Kennedy Center
Opera House
6pm - FREE tix at 4pm - Tony Award performances
Sat Jan 31
Flea Bops
Quarry House Tavern
Sun Feb 1
Super Bowl Sunday
Sun Feb 1
Sunday Waltz
Taylor Among the Devils
Spanish Ballroom
Glen Echo Park
yes, lesson @ 3pm
$8 - 3:30-6pm
Mon Feb 3
Remembering Vic Heyman Scholarship Fundraiser
IMT @ St. Mark Presby
10701 Old Georgetown Rd, Rockville
$20(Adv)/$25 - 7:30pm - w/ Cathy Fink & Marcy Marxer, Siobhan Quinn & Michael Bowers, Terri Allard, John Jennings, Bet Williams, & Hot Soup
Tue-Wed Feb 3-4
Three Girls & their Buddy
Birchmere
Emmylou Harris, Patty Griffin, & Shawn Colvin w/ Buddy Miller
Tue Feb 3
Buddy Holly: The Day the Music Died
National Museum of Natural History
dunno
$30(member)/$40 - 6:45pm - Lecture w/ songs - J.P. McDermott
Tue Feb 3
Cedric Burnside & Lightnin' Malcolm
Iota
Tue Feb 3
Rockin' Bones
Clarendon Ballroom
yes
$10 - 9-11pm
Thur Feb 5
JP McDermott & Western Bop
JVs
Thur Feb 5
Flamenco Festival
Flamenco Dance on Stage... Starring You
Lisner Auditorium
lesson
$20 - 7 & 9pm classes
Thur Feb 5
Cypress Trio
Los Arrieros
Silver Spring
yes
$0 - Traditional Cajun
Fri Feb 6
the Persuasions
Barns @ Wolftrap
Fri Feb 6
Caz & the Commotions
Chevy Chase Ballroom
yes, lesson @ 8:30pm
$15 - 9pm
Fri Feb 6
Capital Blues Ensemble
Surf Club Live
8pm
Sat-Mon Feb 7-9
Corey Harris
Blues Alley
Sat Feb 7
Daryl Davis Band
Spanish Ballroom
Glen Echo Park
yes, lesson @ 8pm
$14
Sat Feb 7
Conor Porecki Fundraiser for Autism Awareness
Harp & Fiddle
2pm to close - Mary Ann Redmond, Benjie Porecki, Blues Webb, Tad Robinson, Carl Filipack, Texas Chainsaw Horns, Downtown, Radio Caroline, ...
Sat Feb 7
Eileen Ivers & Immigrant Soul
Barns @ Wolftrap
Sat Feb 7
Nighthawks
Sully's
Sat Feb 7
The Grandsons
Karen Collins & The Backroads Band
Remingtons
yes
$10 = 9pm
Sat Feb 7
Cedric Burnside & Lightnin' Malcolm
Flatfoot Sam & the Educated Fools
Baltimore Blues Society
Rosedale American Legion Hall
tile
$15(adv)
Sun-Mon Feb 8-9
Vusi Mahlasela
Clarice Smith Center
Sun Feb 8
Little Red & the Renegades
Spanish Ballroom
Glen Echo Park
yes, lesson @ 3pm
$15 - 3:30-6pm
Mon Feb 9
Pete & Maura Kennedy
IMT @ St. Mark Presby
10701 Old Georgetown Rd, Rockville
$15(Adv)/$20 - 7:30pm
Tue Feb 10
Abigail Washburn & the Sparrow Quartet
Grosvenor Auditorium
National Geographic
7pm - $24(member)/$28
Tue Feb 10
JP Mcdermott & Western Bop
Clarendon Ballroom
yes
$10 - 9-11pm
Wed Feb 11
Scott Ramminger & Friends
Bangkok Blues
sure
Thur Feb 12
Flamenco Festival
Noche de Sevilla: Arcangel, Dorantes, Rosario Toledo
Lisner
8pm - $35-55
Thur Feb 12
Rokia Traore
Barns
8pm
Thur Feb 12
Sol, Jesse Dee, Leah Randazzo
DC9
Thur Feb 12
Fishnet Fete
Tango Mercurio fundraiser
Lisner
performances
7pm - $25
Fri Feb 13
Del McCoury Band
Birchmere
Fri Feb 13
Lil' Dave Thompson
Surf Club Live
Fri Feb 13
Fairfax Humane Society Fundraiser
w/ King Teddy
Dulles Hilton
yes, lesson @ 8:30pm
$15 - 9pm
Fri Feb 13
Daryl Davis
Carlyle Club
yes
Sat Feb 14
Valentines Day
Sat-Sun Feb 14-15
Flamenco Festival
Antonio Gades Company: Carmen
Lisner
8pm - $35-65
Sat Feb 14
Shemekia Copeland
Barns @ Wolftrap
$20
Sat Feb 14
Hula Monsters
Grandsons
Surf Club Live
sure
Sat Feb 14
JP McDermott & Western Bop
Quarry House Tavern
Sat Feb 14
Eric Felten Jazz Orchestra
Spanish Ballroom
Glen Echo Park
yes, lesson @ 8pm
$15 - 9pm
Sat Feb 14
Stacy Brooks
Harp & Fiddle
Sun Feb 15
Sunday Waltz
Waltz Wizards
Spanish Ballroom
Glen Echo Park
yes, lesson @ 3pm
$8 - 3:30-6pm
Sun Feb 15
Nighthawks
Sunset Grille
Sun Feb 15
Bad Influence
McGinty's Public House
yes
$10 - 8-10pm
Sun Feb 15
Swingin' Daves
JVs
Tue Feb 17
Nighthawks
Clarendon Ballroom
yes
$10 - 9-11pm
Tue Feb 17
The Idle Americans
JVs
Tue Feb 17
Joao Erbetta
Iota
CD release
Wed Feb 18
C.J. Chenier & the Red Hot Louisiana Band
Barns @ Wolftrap
yep
$20
Wed Feb 18
Jourma Kaoukonen, Robben Ford, & Ruthie Foster
State Theatre
Wed Feb 18
Dan Tyminski
Rams Head Tavern
Thur Feb 19
Three Girls & their Buddy
Meyerhoff
Emmylou Harris, Patty Griffin, & Shawn Colvin w/ Buddy Miller
Thur Feb 19
Jeffery Broussard & the Creole Cowboys
Remington's
yes
Fri Feb 20
BB King & Buddy Guy
Constitution Hall
Fri Feb 20
Eric Lindell & Anders Osborne
Mardi Gras Party
State Theatre
Fri Feb 20
Cutaways
Dulles Hilton
yes, lesson @ 8:30pm
$15 - 9pm
Fri Feb 20
Andrea Faye Birthday
Bangkok Blues
9:30pm
Fri Feb 20
Jonny & the Stingrays
Zydeco Crayz
Surf Club Live
sure
Sat Feb 21
Mardi Gras Ball
Rhodes on the Pautuxent
Cranston, RI
yes
Steve Riley, CJ Chenier, Jeffery Broussard, & Red Hot Louisiana Band - 6pm-midnight - $30(adv)
Sat Feb 21
Hubert Sumlin w/ Bob Margolin & Tinsley Ellis
State Theatre
sure
Sat Feb 21
Marti Brom Winter Rock & Roll Party
Surf Club Live
yes
$12 - 8pm - w/ the Hall Monitors, J.P. McDermott, Wendy LeBleau, Billy Hankcock, Garnet Hearts
Sat Feb 21
King Teddy
Spanish Ballroom
Glen Echo Park
yes, lesson @ 8pm
$15 - 9pm
Sat Feb 21
Black & White Swing Dance
Woman's Club of Chevy Chase
7931 Connecticut Ave., Chevy Chase
yes, lesson @ 8:30pm
$20(adv)/$25 - w/ Blue Sky 5
Sat Feb 21
Cletus & Lori
Billy Coulter
"Next to the House" Concert
Contradiction Dance Studio
7014 Westmoreland Ave, Takoma Park
yes, lesson @ 8:30pm
$12
Sun Feb 22
Fred Eaglesmith
Jammin' Java
$20 - 7:30pm
Sun Feb 22
Hall Brothers
JVs
Sun Feb 22
Little Red & the Renegades
Mardi Gras Party
Surf Club Live
3-6pm
Mon Feb 23
Somethymes Why
IMT @ St. Mark Presby
10701 Old Georgetown Rd, Rockville
$15(Adv)/$20 - 7:30pm - Kristin Andreassen, Ruth Ungar, & Aoife O'Donovan
Tue Feb 24
Fat Tuesday
Tue Feb 24
Mardi Gras Party
w/ Andre Thierry & Zydeco Magic
Spanish Ballroom
Glen Echo Park
yes, lesson @ 7:30pm
$15 - 8-11pm
Tue Feb 24
Hula Monsters
Clarendon Ballroom
yes
$10 - 9-11pm - Mardi Gras Parade before
Tue Feb 24
Dave Chappell & Friends
Cats Eye
Wed-Thur Feb 25-26
Flamenco Festival
Los Farruco
Lisner
8pm - $35-65
Wed Feb 25
Ian McLagan & the Bump Band
Jammin Java
Wed Feb 25
Marcia Ball
Rams Head Tavern
siddown & shuddup
Wed Feb 25
Bachir Attar & the Master Musicians of Jajouka
Eisenhower Theater
Kennedy Center
8pm
Thur-Fri Feb 26-27
Women in Rock
JVs
$5 - w/ Wicked Jezebel, Diana Quinn, Gina DeSimone, ...
Fri Feb 27
Marcia Ball
State Theatre
yep
Fri Feb 27
Andre Thierry & Zydeco Magic
Remington's Night Club
yes
$18 - 9pm
Fri Feb 27
Natty Beaux
Dulles Hilton
yes, lesson @ 8:30pm
$15 - 9pm
Fri Feb 27
Warner Williams, Clarence Turner, & the Sherwood Blues Band
Surf Club Live
yep
Fri Feb 27
Daryl Davis
Carlyle Club
yes
Sat Feb 28
Fools Night Out 10th Anniversary Party
DC Glassworks
5346 46th Avenue
Hyattsville
3:30-8:30pm - w/ the Rhodes Tavern Troubadours
Sat Feb 28
Pine Leaf Boys
Unitarian Universalist Church of Rockville
100 Welsh Park Drive
yes, lesson @ 7:30pm
$15 - 8-11pm
Sat Feb 28
Honky Tonk Blues: Hank Williams Tribute
The Patterson
3134 Eastern Ave. Baltimore
w/ Arty Hill & his long gone Daddy's, the Hello Strangers, plus... - 8pm - $16/$14(member/student)
Sat Feb 28
JP McDermott & Western Bop
Quarry House Tavern
Sat Feb 28
Jamie Lynch
Annapolis Recreation Center
yes, lesson @ 8pm
$15 - 8:30-11:30pm
Sat Feb 28
Stacy Brooks
Bangkok Blues
perhaps
Sun Mar 1
Sunday Waltz
Waltzing Stars
Spanish Ballroom
Glen Echo Park
yes, lesson @ 3pm
$8 - 3:30-6pm
Mon Mar 2
Robert Cray Band
Birchmere
siddown & shuddup
Tue Mar 3
Marianna Previti & the Smokin' Polecats
JVs
Wed Mar 4
Buckwheat Zydeco
8x10
Thur Mar 5
Beausoleil
Barns @ Wolftrap
yes
$25
Fri Mar 6
Saffire the Uppity Blues Women
Farewell Tour
Birchmere
siddown & shuddup
Fri Mar 6
JP McDermott & Western Bop
Dulles Hilton
yes, lesson @ 8:30pm
$15 - 9pm
Fri Mar 6
Bireli Lagrene & Siylvian Luc
Coolidge Auditorium
Library of Congress
Free+Ticketmaster charges - Gypsy Jazz Guitar
Sat Mar 7
J Street Jumpers
Spanish Ballroom
Glen Echo Park
yes, lesson @ 8pm
$14
Sat Mar 7
OK Go
Recher Theater
Sat Mar 7
Big Boy Little
Zoo Bar
Sat Mar 7
Cancelled
Capital Blues Ensemble
Surf Club Live
Sun Mar 8
Jesse Lege & Bayou Brew w/ Joel Savoy
Spanish Ballroom
Glen Echo Park
yes, lesson @ 3pm
$15 - 3:30-6pm
Sun Mar 8
Bill Kirchen w/ Austin De Leon & Derek Houston
Jammin' Java
7pm
Sun Mar 8
Lord of the Strings
JVs
w/ Dave Chappell & Charles Arthur
Mon Mar 9
Chieftains
Kennedy Center Concert Hall
Mon Mar 9
Blue Monday
w/ Smokin' Polecats w/ Marianna Previti
Westminster Presbyterian Church
400 I St., SW
$5 - 6-9pm
Wed Mar 11
Yo-Yo Ma & the Silk Road Ensmble
Strathmore
Wed Mar 11
the Bridge
Santa Fe Cafe
College Park
Thur Mar 12
Ozomotli
9:30
Thur Mar 12
Cornmeal
Yarn
Iota
$12
Fri-Sun Mar 13-15
Crawfish Festival
Vinoy Park
Downtown St. Petersburg
sure
Geno, Dennis Stroughmatt, Don Fontenot, Kevin Naquin, Steve Riley, & T-Broussard
Fri Mar 13
Blues Vipers of Brooklyn
Chevy Chase Ballroom
yes, lesson @ 8:30pm
$15 - 9pm
Fri Mar 13
Dan Tyminski
Birchmere
Fri Mar 13
Ozomotli
Sonar
Fri Mar 13
Capitol Blues Festival
Show Place Arena
Upper Marlboro, MD
$46-54 - 8pm - Clarence Carter, Latimore, Mel Waiters, Marvin Sease, Roy-C
Sat Mar 14
Cancelled
CW Harrington
Surf Club Live
Sat Mar 14
Lady Luck & the Suicide Kings
Balboa Weekend
Spanish Ballroom
Glen Echo Park
yes, lesson @ 8pm
$15 - 9pm
Sat Mar 14
Smokin' Polecates w/ Jamie Lynch
Zoo Bar
10pm
Sat Mar 14
JP McDermott & Western Bop
Wonderland
Sat Mar 14
Bill Wharton
Madams Organ
Sun Mar 15
Sunday Waltz
Avant Gardeners
Spanish Ballroom
Glen Echo Park
yes, lesson @ 3pm
$8 - 3:30-6pm
Sun Mar 15
Swingin' Daves
JVs
Sun Mar 15
Clarence "Bluesman" Turner
Fish Head Cantina
6-11pm - donation at door
Mon Mar 16
Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra w/ Wynton Marsalis
Kennedy Center Concert Hall
Mon Mar 16
Eric Brace & Peter Cooper
IMT @ St. Mark Presby
10701 Old Georgetown Rd, Rockville
$15(Adv)/$20 - 7:30pm
w/ Mike Auldridge & Kevin Cordt
Tue-Wed Mar 17-18
Doc Watson
Birchmere
Tue Mar 17
Tab Benoit
Rams Head Tavern
siddown & shuddup
Tue Mar 17
Blue Sky 5
Clarendon Ballroom
yes
$10 - 9-11pm
Thur Mar 19
Railroad Earth
Crooked Still
Birchmere
Thur Mar 19
Battlefield Band
Barns @ Wolftrap
Fri Mar 20
Dwight "Black Cat" Carrier & the Ro-Doggs
Knights of Columbus St. Agnes Hall
2021 Frederick Rd. Catonsville
yes
$15 - 9pm
Fri Mar 20
Nighthawks
Fish Head Cantina
Fri Mar 20
King Teddy
Dulles Hilton
yes, lesson @ 8:30pm
$15 - 9pm
Fri Mar 20
Jim Hall Trio
Coolidge Auditorium
Library of Congress
Free+Ticketmaster charges - Jazz Guitar
Sat Mar 21
Nighthawks
Clydes
Sat Mar 21
Chopteeth
Black Cat
$15
Sat Mar 21
The Garnet Hearts
Quarry House Tavern
Sat Mar 21
Dwight "Black Cat" Carrier & the Ro-Doggs
Remmingtons
yes
$15 - 9pm
Sat Mar 21
Blue Crescent Quintet
Spanish Ballroom
Glen Echo Park
yes, lesson @ 8pm
$15 - 9pm
Sun Mar 22
Warner Williams
JVs
5pm
Sun Mar 22
Rooms Journal Launch Party
Iota
$10 - 7pm - w/ Laughing Man, Pabir & the Substitutes, Sleeping Man
Tue Mar 24
Daryl Davis's Birthday Party
Clarendon Ballroom
yes
$10 - 9-11pm
Thur Mar 26
Garnet Rogers
Jammin' Java
Thur Mar 26
Dan Hovey
JVs
Thur Mar 26
Paul Thorn
Barns @ Wolftrap
$20
Thur Mar 26
Grace Potter & the Nocturnals
8x10
Fri Mar 27
King Cadillac
Chevy Chase Ballroom
yes, lesson @ 8:30pm
$15 - 9pm
Fri Mar 27
Boilermaker Jazz Band
Bumper Car Pavillion
Glen Echo Park
yes, lesson @ 8pm
$13 - 9pm
Sat Mar 28
Dwight "Black Cat" Carrier & the Ro-Doggs
Bumper Car Pavillion
Glen Echo Park
yes, lesson @ 8pm
$15 - 9pm
Sat Mar 28
Jubal Kane Blues
JVs
9pm
Sat Mar 28
Bobby Parker
Madams Organ
Sun Mar 29
John Cephas Memorial
Baird Auditorium
Smithsonian Museum of Natural History
1-3pm - Jam afterward at Westminster Presby (400 I St. SW)
Sun Mar 29
Big Boy Little
Spanish Ballroom
Glen Echo Park
yes, lesson @ 7pm
8:30pm - $17(w/ lesson)/$12(w/o)
Sun Mar 29
BB King
Lyric Opera House
ha!
Mon-Tue Mar 30-31
Joe Bonamassa
Birchmere
siddown & shuddup
$45+SC
Mon Mar 30
John Jorgenson Quintet
IMT @ St. Mark Presby
10701 Old Georgetown Rd, Rockville
Mon Mar 30
Kim Wilson Blues Review
Rams Head Annapolis
siddown & shuddup
Tue Mar 31
Natty Beaux
Clarendon Ballroom
yes
$10 - 9-11pm
Tue Mar 31
Kim Wilson Blues Review
Blues Alley
hardly
Tue Mar 31
Juan de Marcos & the Afro-Cuban All Stars
Strathmore
8pm
Wed Apr 1
Josh Basson Benefit
JVs
$10 - 9pm - w/ the Stingrays, Bob & Jerry Show, Martha Capone, ...
Thur Apr 2
Toubab Krewe
8x10
Thur Apr 2
Langhorne Slim w/ Sam Lowry
Iota
$14 - 9pm
Thur Apr 2
Riverdale Ramblers
Los Arrieros
Silver Spring
yes
$10
Fri Apr 3
the Gourds
State Theatre
why not?
Fri Apr 3
the Legendary Rhythm & Blues Review
Rams Head
siddown & shuddup
w/ Tommy Castro, Deanna Bogart, Magic Dick, & Ronnie Baker Brooks
Fri Apr 3
Little Red
Haydee's
3102 Mount Pleasant St NW
no Cover - 9pm
Sat Apr 4
the Legendary Rhythm & Blues Review
State Theatre
Sure
w/ Tommy Castro, Deanna Bogart, Magic Dick, & Ronnie Baker Brooks
Sat Apr 4
Nighthawks
Surf Club Live
yes
Sat Apr 4
Swingspeak w/ Danielle Westphal
Spanish Ballroom
Glen Echo Park
yes, lesson @ 8pm
$14
Sat Apr 4
Cherryholmes
George Mason Center for Performing Arts
8pm - $44-22
Sat Apr 4
Grandsons
Quarry House Tavern
Sun Apr 5
Sunday Waltz
Blue Bamboo
Spanish Ballroom
Glen Echo Park
yes, lesson @ 3pm
$8 - 3:30-6pm
Sun Apr 5
Little Red & the Renegades
Band Change
Bumper Car Pavillion
Glen Echo Park
yes, lesson @ 3pm
3:30-6pm - $15
Mon Apr 6
Raul Malo
Rams Head
siddown & shuddup
Wed Apr 8
Niko Case
Crooked Fingers
9:30
Wed Apr 8
Raul Malo
Birchmere
siddown & shuddup
$35+SC
Wed Apr 8
King Teddy
Blues Alley
not likely
8 & 10pm shows - $18+SC
Thur Apr 9
Bela Fleck & the Africa Project
State Theatre
why not?
w/ Toumani Diabate, D'Gary, & Anania Ngoglia - $50 - 8:30pm
Fri Apr 10
Brad Randell & the Zydeco Ballers
Cancelled
Remington's
Fri Apr 10
Chuck Brown
Barns @ Wolftrap
8pm - $30
Fri Apr 10
Keller Williams
Birchmere
7:30pm - $29.50+SC
Fri Apr 10
Natty Beaux
Chevy Chase Ballroom
yes, lesson @ 8:30pm
$15 - 9pm
Fri Apr 10
BG & the Mojo Hands
Bumper Car Pavillion
Glen Echo Park
yes, lesson @ 8pm
$14 - 9pm
Sat Apr 11
Allen Toussaint Tribute
Barns @ Wolftrap
doubtful
$25 - 7:30 - w/ Nighthawks, Mary Ann Redmond, Grandsons, Junkyard Saints, Tommy Lepson, January Allstars, Jon Carroll, ...
Sat Apr 11
Pinetop Perkins w/ Daryl Davis, Liz Lohr, & the Bob Margolin Blues Band
Spanish Ballroom
Glen Echo Park
yes, lesson @ 8pm
$18 - 9pm
Sat Apr 11
Dan Hicks & the Hot Licks
State Theatre
Early Show
Mon Apr 13
Blue Monday
w/ Clarence Turner
Westminster Presbyterian Church
400 I St., SW
$5 - 6-9pm
Tue Apr 14
Patty Reese & Dave Chappell
JVs
Thur-Sun Apr 16-19
Spring Shakori Hills Grassroots Festival
Shakori Hills
Pittsboro, NC
yes
Donna the Buffalo, Eileen Jewell, Jim Lauderdale, Justin Townes Earle, Keith & Preston Frank, Mamadou Diabate, Music Maker Review, Pura Fe, Ralph Stanley, Ray Abshire, Horseflies, Old Ceremony, ...
Thur-Fri Apr 16-17
The Flatlanders: Joe Ely, Jimmie Dale Gilmore, & Butch Hancock
Birchmere
siddown & shuddup
7:30pm - $29.50+SC
Thur Apr 16
Habib Koite & Dobet Gnahore
Lisner Auditorium
8pm - $35-25
Fri-Sun Apr 17-19
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: Brooks Tegler Quartet/Blue Crescent Quintet
Sat: Phil Ogilvie's Rhythm Kings/Cangelosi Cards
Sun: Boilermaker Jazz Band
Fri Apr 17
Infamous Stringdusters & Smooth Kentucky
8x10
Sat Apr 18
Marquee Ball 2009 Goldfinger
Creative Alliance @ the Patterson
Balmer
w/ Junkyard Saints, Spytastic Vaudeville, ... - $35/$40(door) w/ drinks & food - 9pm
Sat Apr 18
Smokin' Joe Kubeck w/ B'nois King
Jason Ricci
Baltimore Blues Society
Rosedale American Legion Hall
tile
$15(adv)
Sat Apr 18
Dave Brubeck
Warner Theatre
$85-45 - 8pm
Sat Apr 18
DC Blues Society Festival Auditions
Surf Club Live
FREE - 6:30pm-1am
Sat Apr 18
Trombone Shorty & Orleans Avenue
8x10
Sat Apr 18
Suzy Bogguss
Birchmere
Sun Apr 19
Tim O'Brien
Barns @ Wolftrap
Sun Apr 19
Sunday Waltz
Some Assembly
Spanish Ballroom
Glen Echo Park
yes, lesson @ 3pm
$8 - 3:30-6pm
Sun Apr 19
Swingin' Daves
JVs
Mon Apr 20
Blue Monday
w/ Scott Ramminger & Friends
Westminster Presbyterian Church
400 I St., SW
$5 - 6-9pm
Tue Apr 21
Tift Merritt & Ollabelle
Birchmere
Wed-Sun Apr 24-26
Festival International
Lafayette, LA
yes
Pine Leaf Boys, Kieth Frank, Marc Broussard, Feufollet w/ the Quebe Sisters, Grupo Fantasma, Cherish the Ladies, Corey Ledet, Cedric Watson w/ Lil' Buck Sinegal, Zachary Richard, Dobet Gnahore, Balfa Toujors, Red Stick Ramblers, Louisiana Folk Roots tributes, Roddie Romero, Racines, Lil Nathan, Horace Tahan & Matt Doucet w/ the Bluerunners, ...
Wed Apr 22
John Scofield's Piety Street Band
State Theatre
w/ Jon Cleary, Donald Ramsey, Ricky Fataar
Thur Apr 23
Jr. Brown
Barns @ Wolftrap
$54
Thur Apr 23
John Scofield's Piety Street Band
8x10
w/ Jon Cleary, Donald Ramsey, Ricky Fataar
Fri-Sun Apr 24-26
Jazzfest
1st Weekend
New Orleans, LA
yes
Wynton Marsalis, Dave Matthews Band, James Taylor, Joe Cocker, Earth, Wind & Fire, Spoon, Erykah Badu, Irma Thomas, Robert Cray, Etta James, Mavis Staples, Drive By Truckers, Johnny Winter, Pete Seeger, Hugh Masekela, Sharon Jones & the Dap Kings, Galactic, Pete Fountain, Avett Brothers, Roy Rogers, Del McCoury, Marc Broussard, Buckwheat Zydeco's 30th Anniversary, Tab Benoit, Brass Band Reunion, Dumpstaphunk, Terrance Simien, Mahalia Jackson Tribute, Papa Gros Funk, Sonny Landreth, Mem Shannon, Don Vappie, Dixie Cups, Chubby Carrier, John Mooney, Savoy Center Cajun Jam, Eddie Bo, Allen Toussaint, Wayne Toups, Bruce Diagrepont, Golden Eagles, Henry Gray, Walter "Wolfman" Washington, Texas Johnny Brown, Lil' Malcolm, Thomas "Big Hat" Fields, Willis Prudhomme, Lost Bayou Ramblers, Cadley Castille, ...
Fri Apr 24
The Keels & Natural Bridge
8x10
Fri Apr 24
Squeeze Bayou w/ Lil' Red
Bumper Car Pavillion
Glen Echo Park
yes, lesson @ 8pm
$12 - 9pm
Fri Apr 24
The Grandsons
American Legion Hall
125 York Rd. Towson
yes, lesson @ 8pm
$12 - 9pm
Fri Apr 24
Natty Beaux
Dulles Hilton
yes, lesson @ 8:30pm
$15 - 9pm
Sat Apr 25
JP McDermott & Western Bop
Quarry House
Sat Apr 25
Guy Clark
Birchmere
Sat Apr 25
Reverb Galaxy w/ Sister Ex & Pup Tent
Frazier's on the Avenue
Baltimore
$8
Sun Apr 26
Melanie Mason
Bumper Car Pavillion
Glen Echo Park
yes, lesson @ 7pm
$17(w/ lesson)/$12(w/o) - 8:30pm
Tue Apr 28
Dave Chappell
JVs
Wed Apr 29
the Bobs
Barns @ Wolftrap
Wed Apr 29
Five Peace Band
Strathmore
Chick Corea, Christian McBride, John McLaughlin, Kenny Gerrett, & Vinnie Colaiuta
Thur Apr 30
Chopteeth
Los Arrieros
Thur Apr 30
Dan Hovey
JVs
Thur Apr 30-Sun May 3
Jazzfest
2nd Weekend
New Orleans, LA
yes
Aretha Franklin, Ben Haper, Tony Bennett, Neville Brothers, Bonnie Raitt, Emmylou Harris, Dr. John, Buddy Guy, Los Lobos, O'Jays, Toots & the Maytalls, Allen Toussaint, John Mayall, Doc Watson, Chuck Brown, Meter Men, Cowboy Mouth, Guy Clark, Radiators, Aaron Neville, Lil' Ed, Wetland Allstars, Marcia Ball, Ellis Marsalis, Kermit Ruffins, Dirty Dozen, Jon Cleary, Beausoleil, Walter "Wolfman" Washington, Anders Osborne, subdudes, Chris Thomas King, Miles Davis Tribute, Nicholas Payton, Irvin Mayfield, Bonerama, Preservation Hall Jazz Band, Geno Delafose, Nathan & the Zydeco Cha-Chas, Cedric Burnside & Lightnin' Malcolm, Cheick Hamla Diabate, Iguanas, Treme Brass, Rosie Ladet, Bo Dollis, Steve Riley, Sunpie, Marva Wright, C.J. Chenier, Roddie Romero, Charmaine Neville, D.L. Menard, New Orleans Klezmer Allsars, Kieth Frank, Red Stick Ramblers, Johnny Sansone, Cedric Watson, Jamabalaya, Corey Ladet, Creole Zydeco Farmers, Wild Tchopitoulas, ...
Fri May 1
Bill Kirchen & Too Much Fun
Billy Coulter
Rams Head Tavern
Annapolis
siddown & shuddup
8pm - $23.50+SC
Fri May 1
Leroy Thomas & the Zydeco Roadrunners
Remmingtons
yes
9pm
Fri May 1
Grandsons
Dulles Hilton
yes, lesson @ 8:30pm
$15 - 9pm
Sat May 2
Strauss Waltz Ball
w/ Old Vienna
Spanish Ballroom
Glen Echo Park
yes, lesson @ 8pm
$20 - 9-midnight
Sat May 2
CW Harrington
Surf Club
sure
$15(door)
Sat May 2
Lush Life
Bumper Car Pavillion
Glen Echo Park
yes, lesson @ 8pm
9-midnight
Sat May 2
Herdeljezi Festival
Paint Branch Unitarian Universalist Church
3215 Powder Mill Road, Adelphi
11am-11pm - $30 - Romani dance & music - Drago Ensamble, Michael Ginsburg, Silk Road Dance Co. ...
Sun May 3
Sunday Waltz
Figments
Spanish Ballroom
Glen Echo Park
yes, lesson @ 3pm
$8 - 3:30-6pm
Sun May 3
Leroy Thomas & the Zydeco Roadrunners
Creative Alliance @ the Patterson
Balmer
yes, lesson @ 6pm
7-10pm - $15
Sun May 3
Riverdale Park Arts Fest
Riverdale
FREE - 11-6pm - w/ Rick Franklin, Honky Tonk Heart, Janine Wilson, Marianna Previti, ...
Sun May 3
Karim & Iness
Archie Edwards Barbershop
Riverdale
5pm - $10 - World Blues from Algeria & France
Sun May 3
Daryl Davis (10:30am)
Blue Rhythm Boys (1pm)
Eastern Market
FREE
Mon May 4
Blue Monday
w/ Daryl Davis Band
Westminster Presbyterian Church
400 I St., SW
$5 - 6-9pm
Mon May 4
Pete Seeger 90th Birthday Tribute
IMT @ St. Mark Presby
10701 Old Georgetown Rd, Rockville
$20(Adv)/$25 - 7:30pm - w/ Joe Uehlein, Avril Smith, Siobhan Quinn & Michael Bowers, ilyAIMY, Andy Blyth, Kristen Jones, John Seebach, ...
Wed May 6
Tommy Lepson
Blues Alley
nope
8 & 10pm
Wed May 6
Antibalas
Black Cat
Afrofunk
Wed May 6
Loose Marbles
Muse Lounge
717 6th Street, NW
yes, swing lesson @ 8pm
8:30pm - from New Orleans
Thur May 7
Rod Piazza & the Mighty Fliers
Rams Head
yeah right
Thur May 7
Squeeze Bayou w/ Brian Simms
Los Arrieros
Silver Spring
yes
$10
Fri May 8
Savoy-Doucet Cajun Band
Montpelier Arts Center
9652 Muirkirk Road, Laurel
dunno
$20 - Near Sell Out
Fri May 8
Natty Beaux
Chevy Chase Ballroom
yes, lesson @ 8:30pm
$15 - 9pm
Fri May 8
Footworks Percussive Dance Ensemble 30th Anniversary
Maryland Hall for the Creative Arts
Annapolis
$25 - 8pm - w/ Tim O'Brien, Rodney Sutton, assorted alumni, ...
Fri May 8
Daryl Davis
American Legion Hall-Towson
yes, lesson @ 8pm
9pm
Fri May 8
Sharon Jones & the Dap Kings
9:30
Sat May 9
Natalie MacMaster
George Mason Center for Performing Arts
8pm - $44,36,22
Sat May 9
Hungry for Crawfish Boil
Fort Hunt Park
12-5pm - $35 (by May 1) includes Crawfish & Beverages - w/ Squeeze Bayou, CP Blues, & King Soul
Sat May 9
Silver Spring Blues Festival
Downtown Silver Spring
2-6pm - Memphis Gold, Johnny Grave, Capital Blues Ensamble, ...
Sat May 9
Jesse Yawn's Baltimore Reunion
Creative Alliance @ the Patterson
Balmer
8pm - $10
Sat May 9
Eilen Jewell
David Kitchen
Iota
concrete
9pm
Sun May 10
Leroy Thomas & the Zydeco Roadrunners
Spanish Ballroom
Glen Echo Park
yes, lesson @ 3pm
$18 - 3:30-6pm
Sun May 10
ACME Blues Co.
Spanish Ballroom
Glen Echo Park
yes, lesson @ 7pm
$17(w/ Lesson)/$12(w/o) - 8:30-11pm
Sun May 10
Jr. Brown
Rams Head Tavern
Annapolis
siddown & shuddup
7pm - $29.50+SC
Mon May 11
Leonard Cohen
Merriweather Post
$40-250 - 7:30pm
Tue May 12
Spinal Tap "Unwigged & Unplugged"
Lyric Opera House
Tue May 12
Dave Chappell
JVs
Wed May 13
Spinal Tap "Unwigged & Unplugged"
Warner Theatre
$70-44.50 - 8pm
Thur May 14
St. Bernard Project Benefit
Temple Shalom
8401 Grubb Road, Chevy Chase
yep
$25 - 7pm - Bill Kirchen and Too Much Fun, Derek Huston, Bob Perilla
Thur May 14
Southern Culture on the Skids
Los Straightjackets
Recher Theatre
Fri May 15
Southern Culture on the Skids
Los Straightjackets
9:30
Fri Jan 15
JP McDermott & Western Bop
Dulles Hilton
yes, lesson @ 8:30pm
$15 - 9pm
Fri May 15
Enter the Haggis
Jammin Java
7:30pm & 10pm
Sat-Sun May 16-17
Chesapeake Bay Blues Festival
Sandy Point Park
Annapolis, MD
grass
w/ Johnny Lang, Los Lonley Boys, Eric Burdon & the Animals, Big Bad Voodoo Daddy, Shemekia Copeland, Ana Popavik, Lonnie Brooks Band, Nighthawks, Sugar Blue, Back Door Slam, Zac Harmon, Albert Cummings, ...
Sat May 16
Etta James & the Roots Band
Birchmere
7:30pm - $107.50+SC GACK!
Sat May 16
Karim Albert Kook & Innes w/ the Delta Bluesboys
Cassats
4536 Lee Hwy
7-9pm
Sat May 16
Jimmy Sturr
Blobs Park
8pm - $15
Sat May 16
Big Four Combo
Annapolis Rec Center
yes, lessson @ 8pm
8:30pm - $15
Sat May 16
Guzzlers
Dad's Pub
yes, lessson @ 8pm
9pm
Sun May 17
Asylum Street Spankers
Jammin Java
limited at best
8pm - may Sell Out
Sun May 17
Sunday Tango Vals
Gigmeisters
Spanish Ballroom
Glen Echo Park
yes, lessons @ 2&3pm
$8 - 3:30-6pm - Tango Special
Sun May 17
Mary Flower
Archie Edwards Barbershop
Riverdale
7pm
Sun May 17
Karen Collins & the Backroads Band (5pm)
Swingin' Daves (9pm)
JVs
Sun May 17
Mystic Warriors (10:30am)
Hokum Jazz (1pm)
Eastern Market
FREE
Mon May 18
Ben Sollee
Iota
Tue May 19
Natty Beaux
Clarendon Ballroom
yes
$10 - 9-11pm
Tue May 19
Infamous Stringdusters
Jammin Java
Wed May 20
Sol w/ Stacy Brooks
Bangkok Blues
Thur-Sun May 21-25
Frankie Manning's 95th Birthday Festival/Memorial
NYC
yep & lessons
w/ George Gee, Boilermakers, Lavay Smith, Blue Vipers, ...
Thur May 22
Les Tomat Choades
219
9pm - Mary Shaver, Janine Wilson & Cindy Cain w/ Benjie Porecki, Steve Wolf, & Barry Hart
Rolling Thunder Weekend
Fri-Sat May 22-23
Last Train Home
Peter Cooper
Iota
$12 - 9pm
Sat-Sun May 22-23
Bayou & Boogie Fest
Smithfield Elks Club
Rhode Island
Lil' Nathan, Curley Taylor, Corey Ladet, Dennis Stroughmatt, ...
Fri May 22
Dave Sherman & the Nightcrawlers w/ Mary Shaver, Marianna Previti & Cindy Cain
JVs
8:30pm
Fri May 22
Nighthawks
Sullys
with all your favorite bikers
Fri May 22
Lee Boys
8x10
Fri May 22
Bio Ritmo
Rock n Roll Hotel
Sat-Mon May 23-25
Hometown Holidays
Rockville
Sat: Bill Kirchen(1:30pm), Jah Works(5:30pm), Natty Beaux(5:30pm), Pat McGee(7pm), ...
Sun: the Wailers(7pm), Mystic Warriors(3:30pm), James Mabry(1pm), Swingin' Daves(5:30pm), Nighthawks(5:30pm), ...
Sat May 23
Bobby Parker Blues
Surf Club
sure
8:30pm
Sat May 23
Bad Influence (4pm)
Jubal Kane (8pm)
JVs
Sat May 23
Red, White, & Blues
Old Glory Harley Davidson-Laurel
Phil Brown, CC Colletti, Scott Weis, & Smokin' Polecats - FREE
Sat May 23
Roy C, Miss Jody, & Hardway Connection
Lamonts
Sun May 24
Jamie Lynch
Spanish Ballroom
Glen Echo Park
yes, lesson @ 7pm
$17(w/ lesson)/$12 - 8:30-11pm
Sun May 24
Patty Reese (4pm)
Oz Show & Review (8pm)
JVs
Sun May 24
King Soul
w/ Colonel Josh's Honkey Tonk Junk
Iota
$15 - 7pm
Sun May 24
Dirty Dozen
State Theatre
Mon May 25
Blue Monday
Jacques Johnson w/ Little Margie
Westminster Church
400 I St. SW
6-9pm - $5
Mon May 25
The Duhks
Iota
$15 - 8pm
Tue May 26
Eric Lindell
Jammin' Java
Tue May 26
King Teddy
Clarendon Ballroom
yes
$10 - 9-11pm
Wed May 27
Eric Lindell
8x10
Thur-Sun May 28-31
Western Maryland Blues Festival
Hagerstown, MD
Thur Prelude: Nighthawks @ University Plaza Park - Free - 5pm
Fri: Ronnie Ray, Chopteeth, Lil' Ed, & Jimmy Thackery
Sat: Bonerama, Kelly Bell, Roomful of Blues, Bad Influence, Willie "Big Eyes" Smith, Derek Trucks, ...
Sun: Campbell Brothers, Ruby Hayes, ...
Thur-Sat May 28-30
Graves Mountain Bluegrass Festival
Graves Mountain Park
Syria, VA
Thur: Heather Berry & Tony, the Wells Family, J. Sisk & Ramblers Choice, Larry Cordle, Cherryholmes
Fri: "Country Current" Bluegrass Group, Mark Templeton, James King Band, Lonesome River Band, IIIrd Thyme Out, & Heights of Grass Reunion
Sat: Rhonda Vincent & the Rage, Sceldom Scene, Bluegrass Brothers, Mark Newton, Steel Drivers, & Graves Mountain Jam
Thur May 28
Little Feat
Railroad Earth
Sunset Concerts @ National Harbor
lawn
$16.50(GA adv)/$30(seating) - 7pm
Thur May 28
Swingin' Swamis
Rockville Town Square
6-8pm - FREE
Fri-Sun May 29-31
Michael Arnone's Crawfish Fest
Sussex County Fairgrounds, Augusta, NJ
Radiators, Marcia Ball, Terrance Simien, Tab Benoit, Trombone Shorty, Lee Boys, Eric Lindell, Guitar Shorty, Pine Leaf Boys, Jesse Lege, JJ Grey & Mofro, Papa Grows Funk, Steve Riley, Trombone Shorty, Jeffery Broussard, ...
Fri May 29
Jive Aces
Dulles Hilton
yes, lesson @ 8:30pm
$15(adv)/$20(door) - 9pm - limited room
Fri May 29
Brokedown Playboys, JP McDermott, Garnet Hearts
Surf Club
$12
Fri May 29
Papa Grows Funk
8x10
Sat-Sun May 30-31
Washington Folk Festival
Glen Echo Park
yes
Schedule
Sat: JP McDermott, Joe Uehlein, Backroads Band, Mystic Warriors, Squeeze Bayou, ...
Sun: Cathy Fink & Marcy Marxer, Little Bit A Blues, New Shine Skiffle Band, Archie's Barbershop, Hokum Jazz, Pete Seeger 90th Bday tribute, ...
Sat May 30
Jive Aces
Spanish Ballroom
Glen Echo Park
yes, lesson @ 8pm
$15 - 9pm
Sat May 30
Roots Rock Revival
Surf Club Live
Billy Coulter & Junkyard Saints - 9pm - $10
Sat May 30
Three Girls & thier Buddy
Wolf Trap
Emmylou Harris, Patty Griffin, Shawn Colvin w/ Buddy Miller - $40/$25(lawn) - 8pm
Sun May 31
Swallowtail
Spanish Ballroom
Glen Echo Park
yes, lesson @ 7pm
$12 - 7:30-10:30pm
Sun May 31
Billy Hancock
JVs
Mon June 1
Blue Monday
Cathy Ponton King
Westminster Church
400 I St. SW
6-9pm - $5
Wed June 3
Corey Harris
Rams Head Annapolis
8pm
Thur-Sun June 4-7
Cajun/Zydeco Festival
Blast from the Bayou
Strawberry Park
Preston, CT
yep
w/ Geno Delafose, Steve Riley, The Pine Leaf Boys, Brian Jack, Feaufollet, Donna the Buffalo, Jesse Lege, Li'l Anne, Dennis Stroughmatt
Thur June 4
Papa Grows Funk
State Theatre
Thur June 4
Nighthawks
Rockville Town Square
6-8pm - FREE
Thur June 4
David Grisman Quintet
Birchmere
Fri-Sun June 5-7
Celebrate Fairfax
Fairfax, VA
Fri: Blues Traveller, Kelly Bell, Janine Wilson...
Sat: Eric Scott, Lloyd Dobler Effect, The Fixx, Old Skool All-Stars, ...
Sun: Billy Coulter, Luke Brindley, Phil Vassar, Justin Trawick, ...
Fri-Sun June 5-7
Capital Jazz
Merriweather
Fri: Natalie Cole, Fourplay
Sat: George Duke, Norman Brown, ...
Sun: Al Jarreau, Kirck Whalum, Peabo Bryson, ...
Fri June 5
John Prine
Steve Earle
Wolf Trap
$42/$25(lawn) - 8pm
Fri June 5
Martha Hull Birthday Celebration
Surf Club Live
w/ Ottley, Beatnick Flies, ... - 9pm
Sat June 6
Pine Leaf Boys
Surf Club Live
yes
9pm
Sat June 6
Nick Moss & the Flip Tops
Dave Gross
Baltimore Blues Society
Rosedale American Legion Hall
tile
9pm - $25(adv)
Sat June 6
David Byrne
Wolf Trap
$45/$25(lawn) - 8pm
Sat June 6
Girls from Mars
Spanish Ballroom
Glen Echo Park
yes, lesson @ 8pm
$14
Sat June 6
King Wilkie
Iota
9pm - $10
Sat June 6
Glover Park Day
Guy Mason Rec. Ctr
11am-5pm - Hokum Jazz, Whale Etouffe, The Drive In, Colonel Josh's Honky Tonk, Soul Generation
Sun June 7
Swamp Romp
Wolf Trap
concrete again' the wall
$25 - Preservation Hall Jazz Band, Tab Benoit, Steve Riley, and Geno Delafose
Sun June 7
Sunday Waltz
Waverly Station
Spanish Ballroom
Glen Echo Park
yes, lesson @ 3pm
$8 - 3:30-6pm
Sun June 7
Patty Reese & Dave Chappell
Eastern Market
10:30am - FREE
Mon-Sun June 8-14
Duke Ellington Jazz Festival
Various
(8-13): New Orleans on the Potomac @ Kennedy Center
Sat (13): Rebirth Brass Band, Tuxedo Jazz Band, Little Freddy King, Don Vappie, Terrence Blanchard @ Sylvan Theatre
Sun (14): Buckwheat Zydeco, Irma Thomas, Nicholas Payton, Trombone Shorty, ...
Mon June 8
Little Richard
Birchmere
siddown & shuddup
7:30pm - $65+SC
Tue June 9
Nighthawks
Clarendon Ballroom
yes
$10 - 9-11pm
Tue June 9
Yomamanem
Kennedy Center
Millenium Stage
6-7pm - FREE
Wed June 10
Cypress Trio w/ Al Berard (Basin Brothers)
Los Arrieros
Silver Spring
yes
$12 - 7:30-10:30pm
Wed June 10
Scott Ramminger & the Crawstickers w/ Brian Simms
Bangkok Blues
Thur June 11
Elvis Costello & the Sugarcanes
Wolf Trap
w/ Jerry Douglas, Jim Lauderdale, ... - $45/$25(lawn) - 8pm
Thur June 11
Avett Brothers
Lisner
Fri-Sun June 12-14
Tinner Hill Blues Festival
Falls Church
Fri: Choo Choo Charlie Williams, Greg Kimball & Jeffery Scott, ...
Sat: Curtis Blues, Deanna Bogart, Daryl Davis, Ruby Hayes, Stacy Brooks, Nadine Rae, Warner Williams, ...
Sun: John Jackson & John Cephas tribute, M.S.G. Trio
Fri-Sun June 12-14
Ulster Cajun & Zydeco Music & Dance Festival
Mountain Valley Resort Club
Kerhonkson, NY
yes
w/ Corey Lil' Pop Ladet, Lil Anne & the Hot Cayenne, Leroy Thomas, Jesse Lege, Roy Carrier, ...
Fri-Sat June 12-13
Gipsy Kings
Wolf Trap
concrete again' the wall
$42/$25(lawn) - 8pm
Fri June 12
Chuck Brown's Down Home Blues w/ Bobby Parker's Blues Night Band
State Theatre
sure
$25 - 9pm
Fri June 12
Legendary Sidemen of Classic Rock
Carlyle Club
w/ Del Puschert, Darlyl Davis, & Kenny Walker - 8pm - $20 or $10+SC
Fri June 12
Monsters from the Surf
Hula Monsters
Tail Draggers
Surf Club Live
8:30pm - $10
Fri June 12
Nighthawks
Wheaton Triangle
6:30pm - FREE
Fri June 12
Deanna Bogart
National Gallery of Art
Sculpture Gardene
5-8:30pm - FREE
Fri June 12
Bob French & the Original Tuxedo Jazz Band
Kennedy Center
Millenium Stage
6-7pm - FREE
Fri June 12
Post Weekends: Latin Night
Carter Baron
concrete
7:30pm - FREE - Orquesta La Romana, Joe Falero & the DC Latin Jazz Allstars, Orqestra La Leyenda
Fri June 12
Natty Beaux
Dulles Hilton
yes, lesson @ 8:30pm
$15 - 9pm
Fri June 12
Leo Kottke
Birchmere
7:30pm - $35+SC
Fri June 12
Idle Americans
Bumper Car Pavillion
Glen Echo Park
yes, lesson @ 8pm (WC & Slow Blues)
$14 - 9pm
Sat June 13
Eric Clapton
Steve Winwood
Verizon Center
Sat June 13
Chesapeake Bay Music Festival
4H Park
Centerville MD
Bill Kirchen, Ben Arnold, Big Joe's Danny Gatton Tribute, ... - 3-10pm - $16(adv)/$20
Sat June 13
Ralph Stanley
Birchmere
siddown & shuddup
7:30pm - $35+SC
Sat June 13
Sonny Landreth
State Theatre
Sat June 13
Orquesta la Sensual
Spanish Ballroom
Glen Echo Park
yes, lesson @ 8pm
$15 - 9pm
Sat June 13
Derwoodstock
Outta the Way Cafe
$5 - 7pm - Guzzlers, Soul Gravity, Jonny & the Stingrays, Zachary J, & Jack & Denise
Sat June 13
Orrin Star Duo
U.U. Sterling
$15-8pm
Sun June 14
Acadien Cajun Band
Spanish Ballroom
Glen Echo Park
yes, lesson @ 3pm
$15 - 3:30pm
Sun June 14
Melanie Mason Band
Spanish Ballroom
Glen Echo Park
yes, lesson @ 7pm
$17(w/ lesson)/$12(w/o) - 8:30pm
Sun June 14
Nighthawks
Esther Haynes
Jammin' Java
Sun June 14
Ultimate Doo-Wop Show
Wolf Trap
w/ Drifters, Skyliners, Contours, Clovers, ... - $40/$25(lawn) - 8pm
Mon June 15
Jon Cleary
Rams Head Annapolis
Wed June 17
Mama Digtown's NO Brass Band
Bertha's Balmer
Thur June 18
Huey Lewis & the News
Wolf Trap
$40/$25(lawn) - 8pm
Thur June 18
Cadillac Records
movie & concert
Arlington Cinema & Draft House
$13 - 7:30pm(movie)/9pm(music) - w/ Linwood Taylor, Janine Wilson, Roger Edsall, Melanie Mason, Clarence Turner, Oscar "Oz" Smith, Jumpin' Jupiter, Flatfoot Sam, Stacy Brooks, Mike Tash and Bad Influence
Thur June 18
Little Red & the Renegades
Mama Digtown's NO Brass Band
Surf Club
$12 - 8pm
Fri June 19
Delbert McClinton
Birchmere
siddown & shuddup
w/ Seth Walker - 7:30pm - $35+SC
Fri June 19
Ida Campbell & Blues Nation
Hugh Feeley & Talk is Cheap
Capital Blues Ensamble
Surf Club
sure
Fri June 19
King Teddy
Dulles Hilton
yes, lesson @ 8:30pm
$15 - 9pm
Sat-Sun June 20-21
Red Cross Waterfront Festival
Oronoco Bay Park
Alexandria
Sat: Luke Brindley, Virginia Coalition, Pat McGee Band, ...
Sun: Grandsons, Bill Kirchen, Dumpstaphunk
Sat June 20
12th Annual Cajun Festival & Shrimp Boil
Breaux Vineyards
Purcellville, VA
yep
Dixie Power Trio and Little Red & the Renegades - 11-6pm
Sat June 20
Columbia Pike Blues Festival
Columbia Pike & Walter Reed Drive Arlington
1-8pm - FREE - Memphis Gold, Nadine Rae, Danny Blew, Paul Mark, and Deja Blue
Sat June 20
Hungry for Music Concert: Sam Baker & Peter Case
Strathmore
7pm
Sat June 20
Rhodes Tavern Troubadours
Gaithersburg City Hall
FREE
Sat June 20
Madeline Peryroux
Linser
$25-35 - 8pm
Sun June 21
Buddy Guy
Susan Tedeschi
Wolf Trap
$40/$25(lawn) - 8pm
Sun June 21
LeRoy Thomas & the Zydeco Road Runners
Bumper Car Pavillion
Glen Echo Park
yes, lesson @ 2:30pm
$18 - 3-6pm
Sun June 21
Radiators
State Theatre
Sun June 21
Sunday Waltz
Trio Con Brio
Spanish Ballroom
Glen Echo Park
yes, lesson @ 3pm
$8 - 3:30-6pm
Mon June 22
View Farka Toure
Rock & Roll Hotel
Tue June 23
Michael McDonald
Boz Scaggs
Wolf Trap
$42/$25(lawn) - 8pm
Tue June 23
Bad Influence
Clarendon Ballroom
yes
$10 - 9-11pm
Wed-Sun June 24-28
Smithsonian Folklife Festival
National Mall
Giving Voice: The Power of Words in African American Culture, The Americas: A Musical World, & Wales
Wed June 24
Grandsons
Mason District Park
7:30pm - FREE
Thur June 25
Daryl Davis
Rockville Town Square
6-8pm - FREE
Fri June 26
Anders Osborne, Pete Kanaras w/ Lil' Ronnie, Pat O'Shea
The Quarter @ Bourbon Street Ballroom - Balmer
8:30pm - $25
Fri June 26
Los Texmaniacs
Millenium Stage
Kennedy Center
6pm - FREE
Fri June 26
Junkyard Saints
National Gallery of Art
Sculpture Garden
5-8:30pm - FREE
Fri June 26
Brokedown Playboys, Rockin’ Bones, Flea Bops, Two Tone Tony
Surf Club Live
$12
Fri June 26
Hula Monsters
Dulles Hilton
yes, lesson @ 8:30pm
$15 - 9pm
Fri June 26
Post Weekends: Ska Night
Carter Baron
concrete
7:30pm - FREE -The Pietasters, Lionize, The Players Band
Sat-Sun June 27-28
DC Capital Barbecue Battle
Downtown
Washington, DC
asphalt
$10/$5(kids) -
Sat: Janine Wilson, Junkyard Saints, Chuck Brown, ...
Sun: Anders Osborne, Clarence Turner, Stacy Brooks, Patty Reese, Robert Lighthouse, Image Band, Marcus Johnson, ...
Sat June 27
Night Concerts @ Folklife Festival
National Mall
yes
FREE - 5:30pm: Ralph Rinsler Memorial Concert w/ Ella Jenkins, Cathy Fink & Marcy Marxer; 7pm: Diana Parker Retirement Party w/ Phil Wiggins, Corey Harris, & Beausoleil
Sat June 27
Yankee Zydeco Co.
Spanish Ballroom
Glen Echo Park
yes, lesson @ 8pm
$15 - 9pm-midnight
Sat June 27
Femi Kuti
9:30
Sat June 27
King Soul
Surf Club
sure
Sun June 28
Bill Kirchen & too Much Fun
McLean Central Park
FREE - 3-4pm
Sun June 28
Big Boy Little
Spanish Ballroom
Glen Echo Park
yes, lesson @ 7pm
$17(w/ lesson)/$12(w/o) - 8:30pm
Sun June 28
Nighthawks (6:30pm)
Cathy Ponton King(8pm)
Lakefront Stage
Columbia
FREE
Sun June 28
Rick Franklin (10:30am)
Dead Men's Hollow (1pm)
Eastern Market
FREE
Tue June 30
Daryl Davis
Clarendon Ballroom
yes
$10 - 9-11pm
Wed-Sun July 1-5
Smithsonian Folklife Festival
National Mall
Giving Voice: The Power of Words in African American Culture, The Americas: A Musical World, & Wales
Thur July 2
Fabulous Bel Airs
Silver Plaza
Silver Spring
7-9pm - FREE
Thur July 2
Tony Bennett
Wolf Trap
Fri July 3
Cancelled
Dikki Du
Remingtons
Fri July 3
Bio Ritmo
National Gallery of Art
Sculpture Gardene
5-8:30pm - FREE
Fri July 3
Grandsons
Chevy Chase Ballroom
yes, lesson @ 8:30pm
$15 - 9pm
Fri July 3
Stacy Brooks Band, Clarence Bluesman Turner, Anthony Swamp Dog Clark
Surf Club Live
sure
8:30pm
Fri July 3
King Cadillac
Dulles Hilton
yes, lesson @ 8:30pm
$15 - 9pm
Sat July 4
Independance Day
Sat July 4
Deanna Bogart
Columbia Town Center
Sun-Fri July 5-10
Cajun-Creole/Early Country Week
Augusta Heritage Center
Elkins, WV
yes & lessons
$420 tution, w/ Jesse Lege, Michelle Kaminsky, Al Benard, Tracy Schwartz, Ed Poullard, Randy Vidreine, Larry Miller, Cedric Watson, Bill Kirchen, Ginny Hawker, ...
Sun July 5
Last Train Home
McLean Central Park
FREE - 3-4pm
Sun July 5
Sunday Waltz
Rhapsody Dance Band
Spanish Ballroom
Glen Echo Park
yes, lesson @ 3pm
$8 - 3:30-6pm
Mon July 6
Eric Lindell
Rams Head Annapolis
siddown & shuddup
Tue July 7
Big Three Trio
Clarendon Ballroom
yes
$10 - 9-11pm
Wed July 8
Wilco
Wolf Trap
Wed July 8
King Teddy
Lee District Park
Thur July 9
Eric Lindell
State Theatre
Thur July 9
JP McDermott
Head Over Heels Dance
Fairfax Old Town Hall
yes, leson @ 7:30pm
$8- 8:30pm
Thur July 9
Billy Coulter
Lee District Park Amphitheater
7:30pm - FREE
Thur July 9
Hula Monsters
Nottaway Park
FREE
Fri July 10
Rosanne Cash
Birchmere
nope
Fri July 10
Last Train Home
Strathmore Backyard Theatre
$10 - 7pm
Fri July 10
Chopteeth
Rock & Roll Hotel
Fri July 10
Deja Blue (7pm)
Clarence "Bluesman" Turner (10pm)
Bangkok Blues
sure
Fri July 10
Scott Ramminger & the CrawStickers
Andy Poxon Band
Surf Club Live
sure
9pm
Sat-Sun July 11-12
Reston Festival
Reston Town Center
FREE - Noon-10pm(Sat), 1:30-7pm(Sun)
Sat: Grandsons, Bobby Parker, Luke Brindley, ...
Sun: Chuck Brown, ...
Sat July 11
Lil' Ed & the Blues Imperials
Fish Head Cantina
Arbutus, MD
$15 - 3-7pm
Sat July 11
JP McDermott & Western Bop w/ Marti Brom
Spanish Ballroom
Glen Echo Park
yes, lesson @ 8pm
$15 - 9pm
Sat July 11
Billy Joel & Elton John
Nationals Park
Sat July 11
Old Time Banjo Festival
Birchmere
w/ Mike Seeger, Buruce Molsky, Cathy Fink & Marcy Marxer, ...
Sun July 12
Johnny Ace and Sidewalk Zydeco
Spanish Ballroom
Glen Echo Park
yes, lesson @ 3pm
$15 - 3:30pm
Sun July 12
Grandsons
McLean Central Park
FREE - 3-4pm
Sun July 12
Hall Brothers
JVs
9pm
Sun July 12
Blue Sky 5
Baker Park Bandshell
Frederick
FREE - 7-8:30pm
Sun-Fri July 12-17
Blues/Guitar Week
Augusta Heritage Center
Elkins, WV
yes & lessons
$420 tution, w/ Gaye Adegbalola, Andra Fae, Louisiana Red, Daryl Davis, Ann Rabson, Grant Dermody, Joe Flisco, Phil Wiggins, Eleanor Ellis, Rick Franklin, Mary Flower, ...
Mon July 13
Guy Forsyth
Iota
8:30pm - $12
Mon July 13
Last Train Home
Lee District Park Amphitheater
7:30pm - FREE
Tue July 14
Natty Beaux
Clarendon Ballroom
yes
$10 - 9-11pm
Thur-Sun July 16-19
Finger Lakes Grassroots Fest
Trumansburg Fairgrounds
Trumansburg, NY
yes
TBD
Thur-Sun July 16-19
Grey Fox Bluegrass Festival
Walsh Farm
Oak Hill, NY
yes & lessons
Host: Dry Branch Fire Squad
Ricky Skaggs, Marty Stuart, David Bromberg, Del McCoury, Tim O'Brien, Peter Rowan, the Waybacks, Crooked Still, Footworks Percussive Dance Ensamble, Red Stick Ramblers, Lee Boys, ...
Thur July 16
Dave Chappell Benefit
Surf Club Live
8pm - $20 - Nighthawks, Junkyard Saints, Cathy Ponton King, Mary Ann Redmond, King Soul, ...
Thur July 16
Robert Cray Band
Birchmere
7:30pm - $55+SC
Thur July 16
Bill Kirchen Solo
Rockville Town Square
6-8pm - FREE
Thur July 16
Knockout Kings & Bruce Ewan
Silver Plaza
Silver Spring
7-9pm - FREE
Fri-Sat July 17-19
Artscape
Baltimore
street
FREE
Fri: Dionne Warwick, Matt Wigler, ...
Sat: Robert Randolph, CAKE, Bio Ritmo, Los Reyes del K.O. w/ Bruce Ewan, ...
Sun: Eileen Cherry, Big Boy Little, ...
Fri-Sun July 17-19
Red Hot Blues & BBQ
Glen Echo Park
Du-Shor Dance Studio (Sat)
yes
$55(adv) - (Fri) Eli Cook, (Sat) Gordon Webster, & (Sun) Gina Sicilia
Fri July 17
Cancelled
Rosie Ledet
Remington's
Fri July 17
Chopteeth Afrofunk Big Band
Strathmore Backyard Theatre
$10 - 7pm
Fri July 17
King Sunny Ade
9:30
8:30pm
Fri July 17
WAMA Jam in the Park
Tribute to Patsy Cline & Emmylou Harris
Carter Baron
concrete
7:30pm - FREE - w/ Marti Brom, Janine Wilson, Karen Collins, Flat Broke w/ Peter Bonta, ...
Fri July 17
Tori Sparks
Potter's House
1658 Columbia Rd NW
7:30pm - Hungry for Music Benefit
Fri July 17
Los Reyes del K.O. (The Knockout Kings)
Madam's Organ
room?
10pm
Fri July 17
Rockabilly Riot 3
Surf Club Live
sure
Garnet Hearts, Jumpin' Jupiter, Cold-Cold Heartbreakers - $12
Sat July 18
Nighthawks
Spanish Ballroom
Glen Echo Park
yes, lesson @ 8pm
Sat July 18
Dikki Du & the Zydeco Krewe
Knights of Columbus
Catonsville
yes, lesson @ 8pm
$15 - 9pm
Sat July 18
Bill Kirchen with Ruthie & the Wranglers
Birchmere
siddown & shuddup
Sat July 18
Bryan Lee
Surf Club Live
sure
8:30pm
Sun July 19
Sunday Waltz
Rose by the Door
Spanish Ballroom
Glen Echo Park
yes, lesson @ 3pm
$8 - 3:30-6pm
Sun July 19
Los Reyes del K.O. (The Knockout Kings)
McGinty's Pub
yes, lesson @ 3pm
8-10pm
Sun July 19
Sue Foley & Peter Karp
Iota
Sun July 19
Toots & the Maytals
the English Beat
Pier 6
Mon July 20
Big Band Voodoo Daddy
Cab Calloway Tribute
Birchmere
siddown & shuddup
Tue July 21
King Teddy
Clarendon Ballroom
yes
$10 - 9-11pm
Tue July 21
The Waybacks
Devon Sproule & Carsie Blanton
Jammin' Java
7pm
Tue July 21
Swingin' Daves
JVs
Wed July 22
Uke Fest 2009
Strathmore Gazebo
FREE - 7pm - w/ James Hill, Cathy Fink & Marcy Marxer, Bruce Hutton & Victoria Cox
Wed July 22
Ruby Hayes
Blues Alley
8pm & 10pm
Thur-Sun July 23-26
Floyd Fest
Floyd, VA
Peter Rowan, Blues Traveler, Toubab Krewe, Yard Dogs Road Show, Dynamites w/ Charles Walker, Forro in the Dark, Lee Boys, Hot 8 Brass, Duhks, Ollabelle, Nathan & the Zydeco Cha-Chas, Horse Flies, Laura Reed & Deep Pocket, William Walter & Co., Grace Potter, Railroad Earth, Donna the Buffalo, Grupo Fantasma, Blue Mule, ...
Thur-Fri July 23-24
James Cotton
Blues Alley
8pm & 10pm
Thur July 23
Patty Reese Band
Mason District Park Amphitheater, Annandale
7:30pm - FREE
Thur July 23
Grupo Fantasma
State Theatre
Fri July 24
Jimmy Thackery & The Drivers
Lil Ed & the Blues Imerials
Birchmere
siddown & shuddup
7:30pm - $25+SC
Fri July 24
Billy Coulter
Strathmore Backyard Theatre
$10 - 7pm
Fri July 24
Jeffery Broussard
Remington's
yes
$18 - 9pm
Fri July 24
Brooks Tegler Band
Wheaton Triangle
6:30pm - FREE
Fri July 24
Dave Alvin & the Guilty Women
Eileen Jewell
Ram's Head Tavern
siddown & shuddup
w/ Sarah Brown, Cindy Cashdollar, Amy Ferris, Kristy McWilson, & Lisa Pankratz
Sat July 25
Dave Alvin & the Guilty Women
Birchmere
siddown & shuddup
w/ Sarah Brown, Cindy Cashdollar, Amy Ferris, Kristy McWilson, & Lisa Pankratz - 7:30pm - $25+SC
Sat July 25
Arn & Gerry's Danceathon
The Deutscher Club
Clark, NJ
1-11pm - $45/$40(adv) - w/ Jeffery Broussard, Jesse Lege, Mark Gamsjager and the Lustre Kings, River City Slim and the Zydeco Hogs
Sat July 25
Junkyard Saints
Strathmore
7pm
Sat July 25
Ian Walters & Swampkeepers
JVs
Sat July 25
Jason Mraz
Merriweather Post
w/ G. Love & Special Sauce
Sun-Fri July 26-31
Bluegrass/Swing Week
Augusta Heritage Center
Elkins, WV
yes & lessons
Tony Trischka, Ira Gitlin, Dave Giegrich, Buddy Spicher, ...
Sun July 26
Nathan & the Zydeco Cha-Chas
Bumper Car Pavillion
Glen Echo Park
yes, lesson @ 3pm
$20 - 3:30-6pm
Sun July 26
Blind Boys of Alabama
Ladysmith Black Mombazo
Pier Six Pavillion
$45-25
Sun July 26
Los Lobos
Long's Park
Lancaster, PA
FREE
Mon July 27
Chris Issac
Wolf Trap
Mon July 27
Blue Monday
Clarence Turner Blues Band
Westminster Church
400 I St. SW
6-9pm - $5
Tue July 28
Neko Case
Rams Head Live
Baltimore
$30 - w/ Jason Lytle
Tue July 28
Dave Chappell
JVs
9pm
Wed July 29
Justin Townes Earle
Strathmore Gazebo
FREE - 7pm
Wed July 29
Nighthawks
Lee District Park
FREE
Wed July 29
Natty Beaux
Mason District Park
FREE
Thur July 30-Sun Aug 2
Bayou Boogaloo
Town Point Park
Norfolk, VA
$10/day-$20(3day adv) - Terrance Simien, Lil' Malcolm, Nathan & the Zydeco Cha-chas, Bonerama, Anders Osborne, Steve Riley
Thur July 30
Bruce Swaim Quintet
Millennium Stage
Kennedy Center
6-7pm - FREE
Thur July 30
Bonerama
Rams Head
Annapolis
Fri July 31
Deanna Bogart & Tom Principato
Birchmere
siddown & shuddup
7:30pm - $25+SC
Fri July 31
Eastern Standard Time
Mason District Park
FREE
Fri July 31
Ruthie & the Wranglers
Strathmore Backyard Theatre
$10 - 7pm
Fri July 31
Smokin' Polecats
Dulles Hilton
yes, lesson @ 8:30pm
$15 - 9pm
Fri Feb 6
Jimmy & the Blue Dogs
Chevy Chase Ballroom
yes, lesson @ 8:30pm
$15 - 9pm
Sat Aug 1
DC Blues Society 5th Annual Fish Fry 'N' Blues 'N' Bike Contest
American Legion Post 41
Silver Spring
$12 (inc. fish sandwich) - w. Out of Service, Big Boy Little, Capital Blues Ensemble, Southside Georgetown Blues Breakers, Gina DeSimone, Nadine Rae, KERQ, SwampKeepers, 2nd Line Band, Ira Campbell
Sat Aug 1
Junkyard Saints
Gaithersburg City Hall
FREE
Sat Aug 1
Terrance Simien & Zydeco Experience
Rams Head
Annapolis
siddown & shuddup
$20
Sun Aug 2
Sunday Waltz
Terpsichore
Spanish Ballroom
Glen Echo Park
yes, lesson @ 3pm
$8 - 3:30-6pm
Sun Aug 2
BG & the Mojo Hands
Bumper Car Pavillion
Glen Echo Park
yes, lesson @ 8pm (WC & Slow Blues)
$14 - 9pm
Wed Aug 5
Daryl Davis
Bangkok Blues
sure
7:30pm
Thur-Sun Aug 6-9
Buffalo Jambalaya
Camp Ramblewood
Darlington, MD
yes & lessons
w/ Feufollet, Andre Thierry, & Cedric Watson, Instructors: Mike & Sharron and Michael Seider & Barbara Davis, & Chef Brian Smith (Randol's).
Thur Aug 6
King Teddy
Nottoway Park
Vienna
7:30pm - FREE
Thur-Fri Aug 6-7
Van Morrison
Constituion Hall
Fri Aug 7
Fabulous Thunderbirds
Lil' Ronnie & the Grand Dukes
Birchmere
siddown & shuddup
7:30pm - $25+SC
Sat Aug 8
Flea Bops
Quarry House
Sat Aug 8
Gas House Gorillas
Spanish Ballroom
Glen Echo Park
yes, lesson @ 8pm
$15 - 9pm
Sat Aug 8
Tracy Chapman
9:30
Sat Aug 8
Sherwood Blues Band
Willy K's - Greenbelt Holiday Inn
8:30pm
Sun Aug 9
Buffalo Jambalaya Fais Do Do
Camp Ramblewood
Darlington, MD
yes
w/ Feufollet, Andre Thierry, & Cedric Watson - $30 - noon-4pm
Sun Aug 9
Neville Brothers
Birchmere
siddown & shuddup
7:30pm - $49.50+SC
Sun Aug 9
Hall Brothers
JVs
Tue Aug 11
Walter Trout w/ Guitar Shorty
Rams Head
Anapolis
doubtful
Tue Aug 11
Dave Chappell
JVs
Wed Aug 12
New Riders of the Purple Sage
Commander Cody
Birchmere
siddown & shuddup
7:30pm - $29.50+SC
Wed Aug 12
Scott Ramminger & Friends
Bangkok Blues
Wed Aug 12
Pietasters
Lee District Park
FREE
Thur Aug 13
Tribute to Woodstock's 40th Anniversary
Strathmore
7:30pm - $19-22 (SOLD OUT) - w/ Eddie from Ohio, Bill Kirche, Patty Reese, Tommy Lepson, Jon Carroll, Cathy Fink & Marcy Marxer, Joe Uehlein, GHz, Brian Simms, Caz Gardiner, ...
Thur Aug 13
Rebirth Brass Band
State Theatre
Thur Aug 13
New Riders of the Purple Sage
Yarn
8x10
8pm
Thur Aug 13
Jonny & the Stingrays
Potomac Grille
Rockville
8:30pm
Fri Aug 14
Junkyard Saints
Wheaton Triangle
6:30pm - FREE
Fri Aug 14
Big Boy Little
Bumper Car Pavillion
Glen Echo Park
yes, lesson @ 8pm
$14 - 9pm
Fri Aug 14
Robert Gordon w/ Chris Spedding, Slim Jim Phantom (Stray Cats), & Glen Matlock (The Sex Pistols)
9:30
$20 - 8pm - because of or in-spite of RG?
Fri Aug 14
Bobby Parker
JVs
9pm - $40!!!
Sat Aug 15
Brave Combo
Blobs Park
yes
Sat Aug 15
Hot August Blues
Oregon Ridge
Cockeysville, MD
Derek Trucks, Joe Bonamassa, Davey Knowles, Chopteeth, ... - $25(early bird)
Sat Aug 15
Natty Beaux
Spanish Ballroom
Glen Echo Park
yes, lesson @ 8pm
$14
Sat Aug 15
Chopteeth
Reston Town Center
7:30pm - FREE
Sat Aug 15
Glen Miller Orchestra
Annapolis Recreation Center
9 Saint Mary's Street
yes, lesson 8pm
8:30pm - $25(door)/$20(adv)
Sun Aug 16
Bonnie Raitt & Taj Mahal
Wolf Trap
$48/$30(lawn) - 8pm
Sun Aug 16
Rt. 29 Review
Merriweather Post
Old Crow Medicine Show, Levon Helm, Iron and Wine, Grace Potter and the Nocturnals, The Felice Brothers, Justin Jones
Sun Aug 16
Sunday Waltz
Addison Bleaufonte
Spanish Ballroom
Glen Echo Park
yes, lesson @ 3pm
$8 - 3:30-6pm
Sun Aug 16
Savior Faire Cajun Band
Bumper Car Pavillion
Glen Echo Park
yes, lesson @ 3pm
$15 - 3:30pm
Sun Aug 16
ACME Blues Company
Spanish Ballroom
Glen Echo Park
yes, lesson @ 7pm
$17 (w/ lesson)/$12 (w/o) - 8:30-11pm
Sun Aug 16
Junkyard Saints
Bay Cafe
sure
4-8pm
Wed Aug 19
MSG
Mason District Park
Annandale
7:30pm - FREE
Thur Aug 20
Steve Miller Band
Wolf Trap
$45/$25(lawn) - 8pm
Thur Aug 20
Henry Butler
Blues Alley
$25 - 8 & 10pm shows
Fri Aug 21
Donna the Buffalo
Carolina Chocolate Drops
Rams Head Live
Baltimore
$25
Fri Aug 21
Joe Louis Walker
Linwood Taylor
Rams Head
Annapolis
Fri Aug 21
Bob Margolin
Michael Burks
State Theatre
Fri Aug 21
Caz & the Commotions
Chevy Chase Ballroom
yes, lesson @ 8:30pm
9pm- - $15
Sat Aug 22
The Blues: Roots, Branches, and Beyond
Outdoor Welcome Plaza
National Museum Of The American Indian
FREE - 5pm - George Leach Band & the Rez Bluez All-Starz w/ Corey Harris and the Carolina Chocolate Drops
Sat Aug 22
Chuck Brown's Birthday Party
9:30
Sat Aug 22
J.P. McDermott & Western Bop
Quarry House
Sun Aug 23
The Blues: Roots, Branches, and Beyond
Kennedy Center
Millenium Stage
FREE - 6-7pm - George Leach Band & the Rez Bluez All-Starz w/ Corey Harris and the Carolina Chocolate Drops
Sun Aug 23
Nighthawks
Fish head Cantina
Arbutus, MD
Sun Aug 23
Scott Raminger & the Crawstickers
JVs
Wed Aug 26
Asleep At The Wheel
Birchmere
siddown & shuddup
7:30pm - $35+SC
Wed Aug 26
Alexandria Kleztet
Kennedy Center
Millenium Stage
FREE - 6-7pm
Thur Aug 27
BeauSoleil
Rams Head
Annapolis
siddown & shuddup
$26.50+SC
Fri Aug 28
Nighhawks
Fish Head Cantina
Fri Aug 28
Bio Ritmo
Wheaton Triangle
6:30pm - FREE
Fri Aug 28
Squeeze Bayou
Mason District Park
FREE
Fri Aug 28
Junkyard Saints
Belvedere Square
Baltimore
6-9pm - FREE
Sat-Sun Aug 29-30
Swingin' Blues Fest
Linginore Winery
Nighthawks & Kelly Bell - noon
Sat Aug 29
Curley Taylor & Zydeco Trouble
Knights of Columbus St. Agnes Hall
2021 Frederick Rd. Catonsville
yes, lesson @ 8pm
$18 - 9pm
Sat Aug 29
Rockabilly Blowout
Quarry House
JP, Brokedown Playboys, Billy Woodward, Garnet Hearts, Flea Bops, Gully Jimson - $5 - 5pm-
Sat Aug 29
Doc Scantlin's Imperial Palms Orchestra
Spanish Ballroom
Glen Echo Park
yes, lesson @ 8pm
$15 - 9pm
Sat Aug 29
Legendary Orioles, the Jewels, & the Memories
Reston Town Center
7:30pm - FREE
Sun Aug 30
B.B. King
Wolf Trap
$42/$36(lawn) - 8pm
Mon Aug 31
Blue Monday
Nighthawks
Westminster Church
400 I St. SW
6-9pm - $5
Mon Aug 31
Mediaeval Baebes
IMT @ St. Mark Presby
10701 Old Georgetown Rd, Rockville
Tue Sept 1
Big Sandy & the Fly Rite Boys
Eileen Jewell
Iota
$16 - 8:30pm
Thur Sept 3
Steve Riley w/ whoever shows
The Towers
Narragansett, RI
yes
$20
Thur Sept 3
JP McDermott
JVs
Fri-Sun Sept 4-6
Rhythm & Roots Festival
Niniret Park
Charlestown, RI
yes & lessons
Host: Keith Frank, Ed Poullard & Preston Frank
Fri: Lee Boys, Travelling McCourys, Lil' Anne, Duhks, Cedric Watson, Eilen Jewell, Corey Dedet, ...
Sat: Hot Tuna, Steve Riley, Tab Benoit, Corey Ladet, Lil' Anne, Duhks, Big Sandy, Cedric Watson, Asleep at the Wheel, Magnolia ...
Sun: Great Big Sea, Steve Riley, Mitch Woods, Corey Ladet, Jerry Douglas, Big Sandy, Cedric Watson, Papa Mali, ...
Fri-Sat Sept 4-5
Pat McGee
Rams Head
Annapolis
Fri Sept 4
Daryl Davis
Chevy Chase Ballroom
yes, lesson @ 8:30pm
9pm- - $15
Fri Sept 4
Slickee Boys
Girl Loves Distortion
Black Cat
9pm - $13
Fri Sept 4
Love Mongrels
Spanisgh Ballroom
Glen Echo
yes
8:30-11:30pm (Contra)
Fri Sept 4
Phil Mathieu
National Gallery of Art
Sculpture Garden
5-8:30pm - FREE
Sat Sept 5
DC Blues Festival
John Cephas Memorial
Carter Barron Ampetheatre
concrete
FREE - w/ Eugene "Hideaway" Bridges, Eddie Turner, Michael Hill & The Blues Mob, Billy Thompson & Friends, Capital Blues Ensemble, & ...
After Party w/ CW Harrington @ American Legion Post 41, Silver Spring ($10-15 - 8:30pm)
Sat Sept 5
Southlest Louisiana Zydeco Festival
Zydeco Park
Plaisance, LA
10:30am-1am - $10
Sat Sept 5
Scott Raminger & the Crawstickers
JVs
Sun Sept 6
Sunday Waltz
Latter Day Lizards
Bumper Car Pavillion
Glen Echo Park
yes, lesson @ 3pm
$8 - 3:30-6pm
Sun Sept 6
Alonzo's Memorial Picnic
Rosedale American Legion Hall
1-8:30pm - $25(adv)/$30 - Eugene "Hideaway" Bridges, Mississippi Heat, Robin Rogers, Little Joe McLerran, Clarence Turner
Mon Sept 7
Blue Monday
Ruby Hayes Blues Band
Westminster Church
400 I St. SW
6-9pm - $5
Thur Sept 10
Legends and Legacies: An American Folklife Center Celebration of Public Folklore
Coolidge Auditorium
7-10pm - FREE Standby only - w/ Sweet Heaven Kings, Bill McComiskey, Brendan Mulvihill, Phil Wiggins, Tom Mauchahty-Ware, & the New Ballard's Branch Bogtrotters
Thur Sept 10
Squeeze Bayou with Little Red
Los Arrieros
yes
$10 - 7:30-10:30pm
Thur Sept 10
Cathy Ponton King
Rockville Town Square
6-8pm - FREE
Fri Sept 11
Stacy Brooks (10pm)
Jen & the Tonics (7pm)
Bangkok Blues
Fri Sept 11
Sookey Jump
Zoo Bar
Sat Sept 12
Silver Spring Jazz Fest
Colesville & Georgia Ave.
3:30-10:45 p.m. - w/ Allen Toussaint (9:15pm), the Madison Sweet Heaven Kings (8pm), Unified Jazz Ensemble, Afro Bop Alliance, & Marcus Johnson
Sat Sept 12
Kennedy Center Open House
Kennedy Center
FREE - noon-7pm - NSO, Bio Ritmo, Chopteeth, Byron Cage, Mambo Sauce ...
Sat Sept 12
SingCo Rhythm Orchestra
Spanish Ballroom
Glen Echo Park
yes, lesson @ 8pm
$15 - 9pm
Sat Sept 12
Rossyln Jazz Fest
Gateway Park
Rossyln
FREE - 12:30-7pm - w/ Spanish Harlem Orchestra, Lafayette Gilchrist, Frederic Yonnet, & Holly Cole
Sat Sept 12
DC Glass Open House
DC Glassworks
FREE/Donation - 4-8pm - w/ World Jam Club
Sat Sept 12
Smokin' Polecats w/ Marianna Previti & Jamie Lynch
Zoo Bar
Sun Sept 13
Little Red & the Renegades
Band Change
Bumper Car Pavillion
Glen Echo Park
yes, lesson @ 3pm
$15 - 3:30-6pm
Sun Sept 13
Takoma Park Folk Festival
Takoma Park Middle School
some
11am-6:30pm - FREE - Janine Wilson, Ruthie & the Wranglers, Grandsons, Cathy Fink & Marcy Marxer, Pete Seeger Tribute, ...
Sun Sept 13
Bluebird Blues Festival
Prince Georges Community College
301 Largo Rd, Largo
FREE - 1-6pm - Bobby Parker, Ruby Hayes, Whop Frazier, Terance McArdle, Phil Wiggins & Correy Haris, Daryl Davis, Jeffery Scott, & Barry Lee Pearson
Sun Sept 13
Bruce Ewan & the Solid Senders
McGinty's
yes
8-10pm
Sun Sept 13
Archie's Barbershop Jambassadors
Eastern Market
10:30am - FREE
Sun Sept 13
Brunch Garden Party
La Maison Francaise
Embassy of France
$5 - 11am-8pm - w/ Positive Vibrations Steel Orchestra, magic, jugglers, acrobats, ...
Mon Sept 14
Big Bad Voodoo Daddy
Rams Head
Annapolis
yeah, right
Tue Sept 15
Nick Curran & the Lowlifes
Quarry House
sure
$5 - 8:30-11:30pm
Tue Sept 15
King Teddy
Clarendon Ballroom
yes
9-11pm - $10
Tue Sept 15
Trombone Shorty
8x10
Thur Sept 17
Hot Club of Cowtown
Iota
Fri Sept 18
Scott Raminger & Friends
Bangkok Blues
7pm
Fri Sept 18
Marty Stuart & His Fabulous Superlatives
Jon Dee Graham
Birchmere
siddown & shuddup
7:30pm - $35+SC
Fri Sep 18
Daryl Davis
Dulles Hilton
yes, lesson @ 8:30pm
$15 - 9pm
Sat Sept 19
Big Joe & the Dynaflows
Spanish Ballroom
Glen Echo Park
yes, lesson @ 8pm
$14 - 9pm
Sat Sept 19
Paul Rishell & Annie Raines
Archie's Barbershop
7:30-10:30pm
Sat Sept 19
King Teddy
Annapolis Rec. Center
yes, lesson @ 8pm
$15 - 8:30pm
Sun Sept 20
Sunday Waltz
Cabaret Sauvignon
Spanish Ballroom
Glen Echo Park
yes, lesson @ 3pm
$8 - 3:30-6pm
Sun Sept 20
Wayne "the Train" Hancock
Iota
Sun Sept 20
Jamie Lynch Band
Bumper Car Pavillion
Glen Echo Park
yes, lesson @ 7pm
$17(w/ lesson)/$12(w/o) - 8:30pm
Sun Sept 20
Little Bit a Blues
Eastern Market
1pm - FREE
Mon Sept 21
Nighthawks
Kennedy Center
Millenium Stage @ the Theatre Lab
yes, lesson @ 6pm
FREE - 6:30-7:30pm
Mon Sept 21
Blue Monday
Big Joe & the Dynaflows
Westminster Church
400 I St. SW
6-9pm - $5
Tue Sept 22
Nighthawks w/ Liz Lohr
Clarendon Ballroom
yes
$10 - 9-11pm
Thur-Sat Sept 24-26
Watermelon Park Festival
Watermelon Park
Berryville, VA
Peter Rowan Bluegrass Band, Tim O'Brien, Larry Keel, the Woodshedders and Furnace Mountain, Bruce Molsky, Randy Waller, Cedric Watson, ...
Thur Sept 24
National Heritage Fellowship Awards Concert
Strathmore
FREE (get Tickets, else a waiting line) - 7:30pm - w/ Mike Seeger, Queen Ida Guillroy, Birmingham Sunlights, Edwin Colon Zayas, Chitresh Das, LeRoy Garber, Dudley Laufman, Amma D. McKen, Joel Nelson, Teri Rofkar, & Sophiline Cheam Shapiro
Fri Sept 25
Chuck Brown
Woodrow Wilson Plaza
5pm - FREE
Fri Sept 25
Major Handy Zydeco Band
Knights of Columbus St. Agnes Hall
2021 Frederick Rd. Catonsville
yes, lesson @ 8pm
9pm
Fri Sept 25
Swamp Keepers
Zoo Bar
Sat Sept 26
Marcia Ball
Blackrock Center for the Arts
Frederick
doubtful
$35-45
Sat Sept 26
Junkyard Saints
Bumper Car Pavillion
Glen Echo Park
yes, lesson @ 8pm
$13 - 9pm-
Sat Sept 26
Flatfoot Sam
Zoo Bar
Sat Sept 26
Subdudes
Birchmere
nope
7:30pm - $25+SC
Sun Sept 27
Jon & Ben Carroll
Kennedy Center
Millenium Stage
FREE - 6-7pm
Sun Sept 27
Subdudes
Birchmere
nope
7pm - $29.50+SC
Mon Sept 28
Rick Estrin & the Nightcats
8x10
$15 - 7pm
Mon Sept 28
Blue Monday
Jacques "Saxman" Johnson & Margie Clark
Westminster Church
400 I St. SW
6-9pm - $5
Mon Sept 28
Oklahoma Twisters
Kennedy Center
Millenium Stage @ the Theatre Lab
yes, lesson @ 6pm
FREE - 6:30-7:30pm
Tue Sept 29
Natty Beaux
Clarendon Ballroom
yes
$10 - 9-11pm
Thur Oct 1
Cypress Trio
Los Arrieros
Silver Spring
yes
$10 - 7:30-10:30pm
Fri-Sun Oct 2-4
BamBLOOZled
Glen Echo Park
yes, & lessons
$90(full adv package)/$175(full @ door)
Fri: Clarence Turner Band @ Bumper Car Pavillion - 9pm ($15)
Sat: Barbara Morrison @ Spanish Ballroom - 9pm ($20)
Sun: Kim Massie & Daryl Davis @ Spanish Ballroom - 8:30pm ($17)
Fri Oct 2
Papa Grows Funk
the Bridge
State Theatre
Fri Oct 2
Tom Mitchell & Double Scotch
Chevy Chase Ballroom
yes, lesson @ 8:30pm
$15 - 9pm
Sat Oct 3
L'Angelus
Okra's Louisiana Bistro
Manassas
dunno
6-10pm
Sat Oct 3
Poppa Chubby
Jammin' Java
Sat Oct 3
Mark Hummel's Blues Harmonica Blowout
Avalon Theatre
Easton, MD
w/ Lee Oscar, Billy Branch, & Mark Hummel, plus Willie Big Eyes Smith & Rusty Zinn - 8pm
Sat Oct 3
Eddie from Ohio
Blackrock Center for the Arts
Frederick
doubtful
$30-40
Sun Oct 4
Takoma Park Street Festival
Downtown Takoma Park
in the street
FREE - 10am-5pm - 11am: Grandsons, noon: Little Red, 1pm: King Soul, Justin Trawick, Prabir & the Substitutes, 2pm:Janine Wilson, Jay Summerour & Memphis Gold, Tommy Lepson, 3pm: Billy Coulter, Sweater Set, Nighthawks, 4pm: Chopteeth, Tom Principato, ...
Sun Oct 4
Sunday Waltz
Oklahoma Twisters
Spanish Ballroom
Glen Echo Park
yes, waltz lesson @ 3pm, 2step lesson @ 2pm
$8 - 3:30-6pm
Sun Oct 4
Janine Wilson (10:30am)
Karen Collins & the Backroads Band (1pm)
Eastern Market
FREE
Sun Oct 4
Roy Carrier Benefit
Slim's Y-Ki-Ki
Opelousas, LA
w/ Terrence Simien, Brad Randall, Same Old 2step, Curley Taylor, That Chubby Dikki Thing, ....
Mon-Tue Oct 5-6
Los Lonley Boys
Alejandro Escovedo w/ Hacienda
Birchmere
ha!
$45+SC - 7:30pm
Tue Oct 6
Ray Gelato & City Rhythm Orchestra
Clarendon Ballroom
yes
$10 - 9-11pm
Wed Oct 7
Nanci Griffith
Eric Brace & Peter Cooper
Rams Head
Annapolis
Wed Oct 7
Daryl Davis
Bangkok Blues
7:30pm - $7
Thur-Fri Oct 8-10
Nanci Griffith
Eric Brace & Peter Cooper w/ Mike Auldridge
Birchmere
$39.50+SC - 7:30pm
Fri-Sun Oct 9-11
Richmond Folk Festival
Richmond's Riverfront
Richmond, VA
FREE - Jeffery Broussard & The Creole Cowboys, Corey Harris, Jerry Douglas, Martin Hayes & Dennis Cahill, Samba Mapangala, Swamp Dogg, Jerry Douglas, Trouble Funk, Wylie & the Wild West, ...
Fri Oct 9
Blair Carman & the Belleview Boys
Washington Dulles Hilton
yes, lesson @ 8:30pm
$15 - 9pm
Fri Oct 9
Junior League Band
Iota
$12 - 9pm
Sat Oct 10
Blair Carman & the Belleview Boys
Spanish Ballroom
Glen Echo Park
yes, lesson @ 8pm
$15 - 9pm
Sat Oct 10
DCBS Battle of the Bands
American Legion #268
11225 Fern St. Wheaton
w/ Andy Paxon Band, Big Boy Little, Blue Dog, Gina DeSimone & the Moaners, Lady Rose, Mike Lucci, Stack O'Blues, 7pm-12:30am - $10(mbr adv)/$12(non-mbr adv)/$15(door)
Sun Oct 11
Bruce Ewan & the Solid Senders
McGinty's
yes
8-10pm
Sun Oct 11
Rebirth Brass Band
Liv on U. St.
Mon Oct 12
Solas w/ Bearfoot
Kreeger Auditorium
6125 Montrose Rd, Rockville
8pm
Tue Oct 13
Loudon Wainwright III
Richard Thompson
Goucher College
Towson
Tue Oct 13
Jimmy Cole Band w/ Daryl Davis
Clarendon Ballroom
yes
$10 - 9-11pm
Wed Oct 14
"Big Daddy" Stallings & The Bluez Evolution Band
8x10
$10
Thur Oct 15
Avett Brothers
Rams Head Live
Baltimore
Thur Oct 15
Forro in the Dark
Iota
Thur Oct 15
LeRoy Thomas
Dynasty Ethiopian Restaurant
2210 14th St. NW
room?
$10 - 8:30-11:30pm
Thur Oct 15
Cedric Burnside
9:30
Thur Oct 15
Zap Mama
Black Cat
Fri Oct 16
Beausoleil
Washington Mall @ Beausoleil Home
5-7pm
Fri Oct 16
Saffire the Uppity Blues Women
Farewell Tour
Rams Head
Annapolis
siddown & shuddup
$27.50+SC
Fri Oct 16
LeRoy Thomas & the Zydeco Roadrunners
Knights of Columbus St. Agnes Hall
2021 Frederick Rd. Catonsville
yes, lesson @ 8pm
$18 - 9pm
Sat-Sun Oct 17-18
Dancing by the Bayou
Fall Dance Festival
Glen Echo Park
yes
$85(adv weekend)
Sat 11am-midnight: Beausoleil Cajun Quartet, Nathan and the Zydeco Cha Chas, Cedric Watson & Bijou Creole, Leroy Thomas, Jesse Ege & Bayou Brew w/ Joel Savoy, Squeeze Bayou, Little Red & the Renegades, ...
Sun 11am-6:30pm: Nathan and the Zydeco Cha Chas, Beausoleil Cajun Quartet, Cedric Watson, Jesse Ege & Bayou Brew w/ Joel Savoy, Leroy Thomas
Sat Oct 17
Janiva Magness
Mikey Jr. & Stone Cold Blues
Baltimore Blues Society
Rosedale American Legion Hall
tile
$25(adv)
Sat Oct 17
Natty Beaux
Bumper Car Pavillion
Glen Echo Park
yes, lesson @ 8pm
9-midnight
Sat Oct 17
William Walter & Co.
Whitlows
10pm
Sun Oct 18
Nick Lowe
Barns @ Wolftrap
siddown & shuddup
7:30pm
Sun Oct 18
Sunday Waltz
Elixer
Bumper Car Pavillion
Glen Echo Park
yes, lesson @ 3pm
$8 - 3:30-6pm
Mon Oct 19
Robert Cray
Rams Head
Annapolis
siddown & shuddup
$65+SC
Mon Oct 19
Caravan of Thieves
Iota
$10
Tue Oct 20
Little Richard
Rams Head
Annapolis
siddown & shuddup
$85+SC
Tue Oct 20
JP McDermott & Western Bop
Clarendon Ballroom
yes
$10 - 9-11pm
Wed Oct 21
Congressional Blues Festival
Mellon Auditorium
$15 - Bettye Lavette, Memphis Gold, ...
Fri Oct 23
Tarbox Ramblers
Iota
9:30pm - $12
Fri Oct 23
Melanie Mason Band
Bumper Car Pavillion
Glen Echo Park
yes, lesson @ 8pm
$14 - 9pm
Fri Oct 23
Dan Hicks & the Hot Licks
Barns @ Wolftrap
siddown & shuddup
$22 - 8pm
Fri Oct 23
Natty Beaux
Washington Dulles Hilton
yes, lesson @ 8:30pm
$15 - 9pm
Fri Oct 23
Karen Colllins & the Backroads Band
Oklahoma Twisters
Remingtons of Laurel
9pm
Sat Oct 24
Rodrigo y Gabriela
Rams Head Live
Sat Oct 24
JP McDermott & Western Bop
Quarry House
Sun Oct 25
Big Boy Little Band
Bumper Car Pavillion
Glen Echo Park
yes, lesson @ 7pm
$17 (w/ lesson)/$12 (w/o) - 8:30pm
Mon Oct 26
Susan Cowsill
Iota
w/ Musikanto
Mon Oct 26
Blue Moon Cowgirls
CD release
IMT @ St. Mark Presby
10701 Old Georgetown Rd, Rockville
7:30pm - w/ Orrin Star
Tue-Wed Oct 27-28
Keb' Mo' Band
Birchmere
siddown & shuddup
$59.50+SC - 7:30pm
Tue Oct 27
Rockin' Bones
Clarendon Ballroom
yes
$10 - 9-11pm
Tue Oct 27
Patty Reese Band
Blues Alley
$18 - w/ Dave Chappell, Brian Simms, Deanna Bogart, Nadine Rae, ...
Wed Oct 28
Smokin' Polecats w/ Mariana Previti
Nicks
$10 - 9pm
Thur Oct 29
Hard Times in the Land of Plenty: A Conversation with the Blues
Kellogg Conference Center
Gallaudet University
$20 - 3-6pm performace with Pinetop Perkins, Hubert Sumlin, & the Nighthawks
Thur Oct 29
Hungry for Music's 15th Anniversary Benefit Concert Series
Bangkok Blues
8pm - $10 - w/ CP Blues, Flatfoot Sam, Mike Wescott, Janine Wilson, ...
Thur Oct 29
Ricky Skaggs & Kentucky Thunder
Strathmore
8pm - $52.20-34.40+SC
Thur Oct 29
Playing for Change Band
Rams Head
Annapolis
siddown & shuddup
$45+SC
Fri-Sat Oct 30-31
Saffire the Uppity Blues Women
Farewell Tour
Barns @ Wolftrap
siddown & shuddup
Fri-Sat Oct 30-31
Blackpot Festival
Acadian Village
Lafayette, LA
Red Stick Ramblers, Pine Leaf Boys, Corey Ledet, Bonsoir Catin, Horace Trahan, Lost Bayou Ramblers, Walter Mouton, Ed Poullard & Preston Frank, Jesse Lege, Mike & Ruthy, Sammy Lind & Caleb Klauder, Atomic Duo
Fri Oct 30
Bill Kirchen
Candye Kane
Birchmere
siddown & shuddup
$25+SC
Fri Oct 30
Hula Monsters
Chevy Chase Ballroom
yes, lesson @ 8:30pm
$15 - 9pm
Fri Oct 30
King Teddy
Washington Dulles Hilton
yes, lesson @ 8:30pm
$15 - 9pm
Fri Oct 30
Nighthawks
Bentz Street Sports Bar
Sat Oct 31
Halloween
Sat Oct 31
Eric Bibb
Blues in the Schools Fundraiser
Westminster Chruch
400 I St. SW, DC
$40(VIP),$30(adv),$35(door) - 8pm
Sat Oct 31
Hungry For Jam Bands
Hungry for Music Benefit
the Domes of Beltsville
noon-6pm - $10 w/ Ally Way, Situation Normal, Railaway, & Pigeons Playing Ping Pong
Sun Nov 1
Sunday Waltz
Honeysuckle Rose
Spanish Ballroom
Glen Echo Park
yes, lesson @ 3pm
$8 - 3:30-6pm
Mon Nov 2
Lyle Lovett & his Large Band
Strathmore
$59.50-125+SC - 8pm
Mon Nov 2
Uncle Earl, Sierra Hull & Highway 111, Dixie Bee-Liners
Birchmere
siddown & shuddup
$29.50+SC - 7:30pm
Mon Nov 2
Memphis Gold
Westminster Chruch
400 I St. SW, DC
$5 - 6-9pm
Wed Nov 4
Frederic Yonnet
Strathmore Mansion
$17 - 7:30pm
Thur Nov 5
Chatham County Line
Jammin' Java
8pm
Thur Nov 5
Susan Tedeschi
Rams Head
Annapolis
Thur Nov 5
Squeeze Bayou w/ Little Red
Los Arrieros
Silver Spring
yes
$10
Fri Nov 6
Tribute to "Bowling Green" John Cephas
The Patterson
3134 Eastern Ave. Baltimore
$15/$13(member) - 8pm - w/ Phil Wiggins, Eleanor Ellis & Rick Franklin, Warner Williams & Jay Summerour, and Mark Puryear
Fri Nov 6
Ellis Paul
Jammin' Java
7:30pm
Fri Nov 6
Rockin' Bones
Chevy Chase Ballroom
yes, lesson @ 8:30pm
$15 - 9pm
Sat Nov 7
Junkyard Saints
Spanish Ballroom
Glen Echo Park
yes, lesson @ 8pm
$14 - 8pm
Sat Nov 7
Saffire the Uppity Blues Women
Final Concert
Dodd Auditorium
University of Mary Washington
Fredericksburg
$25-35+ - 7pm
Sat Nov 7
Andy Paxton Band
Calvert House
rt.1 & E-W Highway
8-11pm - $7/center>
Sat Nov 7
College Park Blues Festival
Ritchie Coliseum
College Park
FREE - 7-11:30pm - Homeade Jamz, DC Blues Society Band, & Big Boy Little
Sun Nov 8
Acadien Cajun Band
Bumper Car Pavillion
Glen Echo Park
yes, lesson @ 3pm
$15 - 3:30pm
Sun Nov 8
Homade Jamz Blues Band
Rams Head
Annapolis
siddown & shuddup
$18.50+SC
Sun Nov 8
Bruce Ewan & the Solid Senders
McGinty's
yes
8-10pm
Sun Nov 8
Eric Lindell
State Theatre
Mon Nov 9
Daryl Davis
Westminster Chruch
400 I St. SW, DC
$5 - 6-9pm
Mon Nov 9
Jonny Lang
Birchmere
nope
Tue Nov 10
Garnet Rogers
Reston/Herndon Folk Club
Tortilla Factory
nope
$14 - will sell out
Tue Nov 10
Patty Reese
Open Hearth Foundation
Westminster Chruch
400 I St. SW, DC
$13 - 7pm
Wed Nov 11
Scott Ramminger & the Crawstickers
Nick's
yes
9pm - $10
Wed Nov 11
Dixie Power Trio
Kennedy Center
Millenium Stage
6-7pm - FREE
Thur Nov 12
Eric Lindell
8x10
Thur Nov 12
Janine Wilson
JVs
Fri Nov 13
Chris Smither
Paul Cebar (solo)
Birchmere
siddown & shuddup
Fri Nov 13
Shortstack, Doc Marhalls, & Anders Parker
Iota
$12- 9pm
Fri Nov 13
Joan Osborne, the Holmes Brothers, & Paul Thorn
Strathmore
$(49.50-22.50)+SC - 8pm
Fri Nov 13
Arty Hill
Blobs Park
Fri Jan 13
Natty Beaux
Dulles Hilton
yes, lesson @ 8:30pm
$15 - 9pm
Sat Nov 14
Veteran's Day USO Dance
w/ Eric Felten Jazz Orchestra
Spanish Ballroom
Glen Echo Park
yes, lesson @ 8pm
9-midnight
Sat Nov 14
Fabulous Thunderbirds
Rams Head
Sat Nov 14
DCBU Fall Concert with The Gibson Brothers & Chester River Runoff
James Lee Community Center
2855-A Annandale Road, Falls Church
$22/($18 members)-7pm
Sun Nov 15
Ed Extraviganza & Benefit
Fish Head Cantina
noon-10pm - w/ Pete Kanaras, Flatfoot Sam, Janine Wilson, Roger Girke, Gina De Luca, Deb Callahan, Automatic Slim, Nothin' but Trouble, ...
Sun Nov 15
Los Lobos
Birchmere
siddown & shuddup
8pm - $65+SC
Sun Nov 15
Sunday Waltz
Notorious
Spanish Ballroom
Glen Echo Park
yes, lesson @ 3pm
$8 - 3:30-6pm (& Contra later)
Sun Nov 15
Feufollet
Bumper Car Pavillion
Glen Echo Park
yes, lesson @ 3pm
$15 - 3:30pm
Sun Nov 15
Kelly Joe Phelps
Iota
8:30pm - $15
Mon Nov 16
C.W. Harrington
Westminster Chruch
400 I St. SW, DC
$5 - 6-9pm
Mon-Tue Nov 16-17
Los Lobos
Rams Head-Annapolis
Mon Nov 16
House Party
Shotgun Party
6509 16th St NW
$10 + Potluck - 8pm music
Mon Nov 16
Cherry Poppin' Daddies
Blues Alley
Wed Nov 18
Bela Fleck & the original Flecktones (w/ Howard Levy!)
Strathmore
$(58-25)+SC - 8pm
Wed Nov 18
Barbara Lynn & Friends
Kennedy Center
Millenium Stage
6-7pm - FREE
Wed Nov 18
Barbara Lynn & Friends
Coolidge Auditorium
Library of Congress
noon
Wed Nov 18
Kinky Friedman
Birchmere
siddown & shuddup
Thur Nov 19
Delbert McClinton
Birchmere
siddown & shuddup
Fri Nov 20
Anne & Pete Sibley
Kennedy Center
Millenium Stage
6-7pm - FREE
Fri Nov 20
JP McDermott & Western Bop
Chevy Chase Ballroom
yes, lesson @ 8:30pm
$15 - 9pm
Fri Nov 20
Swampkeepers
Bangkok Blues
yes
$7 - 7-9pm
Fri Nov 20
the Fabulettes
Dulles Hilton
yes, lesson @ 8:30pm
$15 - 9pm
Sat Nov 21
Robbie Fulks
Jammin Java
Sat Nov 21
Del McCoury Band
Birchmere
$35+SC
Sat Nov 21
Scott Ramminger & friends
Sunset Grille
9:30pm
Sun Nov 22
Dennis Stroughmatt & Creole Stomp
Bumper Car Pavillion
Glen Echo Park
yes, lesson @ 3pm
$15 - 3:30-6pm
Sun Nov 22
JP McDermott & Western Bop
4 Star Combo
JVs
8pm
Mon Nov 16
The Flatlanders
Birchmere
siddown & shuddup
Tue Nov 24
Dave Chappell Band
JVs
Tue Nov 24
Daryl Davis
Clarendon Ballroom
yes
$10 - 9-11pm
Wed Nov 25
You know who
Same as usual
yes
get there early- 8pm start - will sell out
Wed Nov 25
Tommy Castro & Coco Montoya
Birchmere
siddown & shuddup
Thur Nov 26
Thanksgiving
Thur Nov 26
Thrillbilly Karaoke
Sunset Grille
Thur Nov 26
Bob Perilla's Big Hillbilly Bluegrass
Kennedy Center
Millenium Stage
6-7pm - FREE
Fri Nov 27
Grandsons
Barns @ Wolftrap
sure
8pm - $16
Fri Nov 27
Nighthawks w/ Bobby Radcliff
State Theatre
sure
9pm - $13(adv)/$16
Fri Nov 27
Bastard Sons of Johnny Cash
Iota
Fri Nov 27
Brian Zetzer Orchestra
Christmas Rocks Extraviganza
Strathmore
doubtful
$(35-95<GACK>)+SC - 8pm
Sat Nov 28
Joe Louis Walker w/ Linwood Taylor
BBS's Blues Talent Competition
Rosedale American Legion Hall
tile
$25(adv)/$30 - 9pm - w/ Ursula Ricks, Flatfoot Sam, & Jackie Scott
Sat Nov 28
Orrin Star & Jimmy Gaudreau
Holy Cross Lutheran Church
1090 Sterling Rd, Herndon
$15 - 7:30pm
Sat Nov 28
JP McDermott & Western Bop
Quarry House
Sun Dec 29
Billy Hancock
JVs
Mon Nov 30
Dr. S.O. Feelgood
Westminster Chruch
400 I St. SW, DC
$5 - 6-9pm
Mon Nov 30
Roy Book Binder
IMT @ St. Mark Presby
10701 Old Georgetown Rd, Rockville
$15(Adv)/$20 - 7:30pm
Tue Dec 1
Smokin' Polecats & Marianna Previti
Clarendon Ballroom
yes
$10 - 9-11pm
Thur Dec 3
El Vez w/ Los Straightjackets
9:30
Thur Dec 3
Andre Thierry & Zydeco Magic
Spanish Ballroom
Glen Echo Park
yes, lesson @ 7pm
$15 - 7:30-10:30pm
Thur Dec 3
Hot Tuna (Acoustic)
Birchmere
siddown & shuddup
Fri-Sat Dec 4-5
Night of 100 Elvises
Lithuanian Hall
851-3 Hollins St, Baltimore
some
7pm-2am - $55(adv) inc. bevs & food
Fri: Automatic Slim, Billy Coulter, Jed Douvall, the Grace Liners, the Karb Kings, Sookey Jump Blues, Janine Wilson, ...
Sat: Barn Burners, Jed Douvall, Monsters from the Surf, Sookey Jump Blues, Janine Wilson, Tail Draggers, ...
Sat Dec 5
Forro in the Dark
National Geographic
7:30pm - $10(member)/12
Sat Dec 5
Solomon Douglas Swingtet
Spanish Ballroom
Glen Echo Park
yes, lesson @ 8pm
$14 - 8pm
Sat Dec 5
Doc Watson
Center for the Arts
George Mason
8pm - $21-42
Sat Dec 5
Dropdown Playtops
Garnet Hearts
Quarry House
room?
9pm - $5
Sun Dec 6
Sunday Waltz
Crowfoot
Spanish Ballroom
Glen Echo Park
yes, lesson @ 3pm
$8 - 3:30-6pm
Sun Dec 6
BBS Holiday Party
Pete Kanaras Band w/ Steve Guyger
Fish Head Cantina
Arbutus, MD
sure
3pm (doors)
Sun Dec 6
Andre Thierry
Dynasty Restaurant
2210 14th St NW
yes
$15 - 8pm
Mon Dec 7
Very Jerry Christmas show with The Jerry Douglas Band
Birchmere
$35+SC - 7:30pm - w/ John Oates (of Hall & Oates) & Maura O'Connell
Mon Dec 7
Raphael Saadiq
9:30
$35+SC
Mon Dec 7
Dom Flemons
Jammin' Java
Wed Dec 9
Bad Influence
Nick's
yes
9pm - $10
Wed Dec 9
Rick Franklin & the Delta Blues Boys
Mansion at Strathmore
7:30-8:30pm - $15
Wed Dec 9
Asleep at the Wheel
Rams Head On Stage
8pm - $37.50+SC
Thur Dec 10
Santa Jam
State Theatre
$11+unwrapped gift - w/ Mary Ann Redmond, Generation Vinyl, Soul Gravity & ...
Thur Dec 10
JP McDermott & Western Bop
Head Over Heels
Fairfax
yes
Thur Dec 10
Riverdale Ramblers
Los Arrieros
Silver Spring
yes
$10 - 7:30pm
Thur Dec 10
Donna Frost & Billy Hancock
JVs
Fri Dec 11
Railroad Earth & Infamous Stringdusters
9:30
Sat Dec 12
Dr. Zoot
Spanish Ballroom
Glen Echo Park
yes, lesson @ 8pm
$15 - 9pm
Sat Dec 12
Ralph Stanley
Birchmere
$35+SC
Sat Dec 12
JP McDermott & Western Bop
Quarry House
Sat Dec 12
Billy Coulter
Music Cafe
Demascus
$8 - 8pm
Sat Dec 12
Don Hayden's Swing Time Big Band
Mother of God School Gym
Gaithersburg
$15(adv)/$18(door) - 8pm
Sun Dec 13
Dikki Du & the Zydeco Krewe
Spanish Ballroom
Glen Echo Park
yes, lesson @ 3pm
$15 - 3:30pm
Sun Dec 13
Very Jerry Christmas show with The Jerry Douglas Band
Rams Head
Annapolis
w/ John Oates (of Hall & Oates) & Maura O'Connell
Sun Dec 13
Hungry for Chanukah Music
Hungry for Music Benefit
Montgomery College Performing Arts Center
Silver Spring/Takoma Park
$20-25 - 7pm - w/ the Alexandria Kleztet, Lox and Vodka, Klezcentricity, Alan Oresky, MC Macabee, & ...
Mon Dec 14
Rory Block
Jammin' Java
Mon Dec 14
Blue Monday
Clarence Turner
Westminster Church
400 I St. SW
6-9pm - $5
Thur Dec 17
Sweet Heaven Kings
(United House of Prayer)
Kennedy Center
Millenium Stage
6-7pm - FREE
Thur Dec 17
A John Waters Christmas
9:30
7:30pm - $39.50
Fri-Sun Dec 18-20
Last Train Home Weekend
Iota
room?
9pm $12, (Sun)2pm $10
Fri Dec 18
Bill Kirchen & Too Much Fun
Holiday Show
Jammin Java
8pm
Fri Dec 18
Dropdown Playtops w/ Marti Brom
Dundalk Moos Lodge
2800 Sollers Point Road Dundalk, MD
$5+canned good food drive - 9pm
Fri Dec 18
Natalie MacMaster
Christmas in Cape Breton
Center for the Arts
George Mason
8pm - $23-46
Fri Dec 18
JP McDermott & Western Bop
Chevy Chase Ballroom
yes, lesson @ 8:30pm
$15 - 9pm
Sat Dec 19
Toys for Tots Holiday Dance
w/ Daryl Davis
Spanish Ballroom
Glen Echo Park
yes, lesson @ 8pm
9-midnight
Sat Dec 19
Trixie & Monkey's Holiday Spectac-u-thon
Creative Alliance at The Patterson
3134 Eastern Ave., Baltimore
$18 - 7&10pm
Sun Dec 20
Sunday Waltz
Waltz Magic
Spanish Ballroom
Glen Echo Park
yes, lesson @ 3pm
$8 - 3:30-6pm
Sun Dec 20
Swingin' Daves
JVs
Tue Dec 22
Natty Beaux
Clarendon Ballroom
yes
$10 - 9-11pm
Tue Dec 22
Last Train Home
Kennedy Center
Millenium Stage
6-7pm - FREE
Fri Dec 25
Christmas
Fri Dec 25
All Star Christmas Day Jazz Jam
Kennedy Center
Millenium Stage
6-7pm - FREE - w/ Chuck & Robert Redd, Lenny Robinson, Tom Williams, James King, & Delores Williams
Sat-Sun Dec 26-27
Holiday Vaudveville
Kennedy Center
Millenium Stage
6-7pm - FREE - w/ Sean Grissom w/ Alexandria Kleztet, & Mark Mitton
Sat Dec 26
JP McDermott & Western Bop
Quarry House
Sat Dec 26
DC Blues Society Party
w/ Hardway Connection
American Legion
11225 Fern Street, Wheaton
8:30pm - $10(adv member)/$12(adv non)/$15(door)
Sat Dec 26
Tom Cunnhingham Orchestra
Spanish Ballroom
Glen Echo Park
yes, lesson @ 8pm
$15 - 9pm
Sun Dec 27
Southside Johnny & Asbury Jukes
Rams Head
Annapolis
Mon Dec 28
Blue Monday
Nighthawks
Westminster Church
400 I St. SW
6-9pm - $5
Mon Dec 28
Southside Johnny & Asbury Jukes
Rams Head
Annapolis
Tue-Wed Dec 29-30
Hank Williams Tribute
Birchmere
nope
7:30pm - $29.50+SC - Cathy Fink & Marcy Marxer, Robbin & Linda Williams, Bill Kirchen, Rickie Simpkins, Mark Schatz, & Dave Giegerich
Tue Dec 29
Rhodes Tavern Troubadours
King Soul
Iota
$15 - 8pm
Tue Dec 29
Southside Johnny & The Asbury Jukes
w/ Patty Reese
Birchmere
nope
7:30pm - $39.50+SC
Tue Dec 29
JP McDermott & Western Bop
Clarendon Ballroom
yes
$10 - 9-11pm
Tue Dec 29
Rebirth Brass
8x10
Wed Dec 30-Sun Jan 3
Carrier New Years
Offshore Lounge
Lawtell, LA
yep
Wed: Dikki Du, Roy Carrier, Donna Angelle
Thur: Leon Chavis, Dexter Ardoin, Willis Prudhomme, T Broussard
Fri: Joe Hall & Step Rideau
Sat: Cory Ledet & Wayne Singleton
Sun: Lil' Guyland Ledet Family Band
New Years Eve
Thur Dec 31
First Night Alexandria
all over Old Town Alexandria
depends on the room
$15 - Al Petteway & Amy White, Quintango, Grandsons, Bill Kirchen, Billy Clements, Zydeco Crayz, Gina DeSimone, Virginia Coalition, ...
Thur Dec 31
Lady Luck & the Suicide Kings
Spanish Ballroom
Glen Echo Park
yes, lesson @ 8pm
$20 - 9pm
Thur Dec 31
Doc Scantlin & the Imperial Palms Orchestra
National Press Club Ballroom
yes
$100 (w/ open bar...) - 8pm
Thur Dec 31
CW Harrington & the Blues Messengers
Silver Spring American Legion Post
8:30pm - $25(adv member)/$30(adv non-member)/$35(door)
And
Seldom Scene
Clerance Turner & Stacy Brooks
Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings
Deanna Bogart
Southern Culture on the Skids
Legwarmers
Peaches O'Dell
Scott Ramminger & the Crawstickers
Birchmere
Bangkok Blues
9:30
Rams Head Tavern
8x10
State Theatre
Black Cat
Potomac Grille