Past Events
Date Artist Venue Dancing? Notes
2010
Fri Jan 1
Nighthawks & Billy Price Band
Birchmere
doubtful
7:30pm - $25+SC
Fri Jan 1
Grandsons
Kennedy Center
Millenium Stage
6-7pm - FREE
Sat Jan 2
Nighthawks
Spanish Ballroom
Glen Echo Park
yes, lesson @ 8pm
$14 - 9pm
Sat Jan 2
Rebirth Brass Band
State Theatre
Sun Jan 3
Sunday Waltz
Rhapsody
Spanish Ballroom
Glen Echo Park
yes, lesson @ 3pm
$8 - 3:30-6pm
Thur Jan 7
Asylum Street Spankers
Jammin' Java
Fri-Sat Jan 8-9
Ricky Skaggs & Kentucky Thunder
Birchmere
7:30pm - $35+SC
Fri Jan 8
Cedric Watson & Bijou Creole
Kennedy Center
Millenium Stage
6-7pm - FREE
Fri Jan 8
Blind Boys of Alabama
w/ Preservation Hall Jazz Band
Warner Theatre
8pm
Sat-Sun Jan 9-10
Sunset Grille Revival Weekend
Sunset Grille
Sat: Big Fat Daddy (5pm), Smylin' Jack (9:30pm)
Sun: Lost Highway (2pm), Bill Kirchen, Johnny Artis, & Guests
$5
Sat Jan 9
David Greely & Joel Savoy Fiddle Concert & Workshop
Knights of Columbus Hall
Catonsville MD
$30 workshop (5-6:30pm)
$20 Concert (8pm) & after Jam
Sat Jan 9
John Jorgenson Quintet
Jammin Java
8pm
Sat Jan 9
Smokin' Polecats w/ Jamie Lynch & Marianna Previti
Zoo Bar
Sat Jan 9
Chopteeth
Rock & Roll Hotel
8pm
Sun Jan 10
Rosie Ladet & the Zydeco Playboys
Spanish Ballroom
Glen Echo Park
yes, lesson @ 3pm
$20 - 3:30pm
Sun Jan 10
Four Duos
Hungry for Music Benefit
Church of the Resurrection
280 N. Beauregard St., Alexandria
$15(adv)/18(door) - 7pm - w/ Siobhan Quinn & Michael Bowers, The Sweater Set, Bumpkin Pie, Lisa Taylor & Dana Connor
Tue Jan 12
Hungry for Music Benefit
Unitarian Universalist Church
100 Welsh Park Drive, Rockville
8pm - $15(adv)/$18(door) - w/ Doug Alan Wilcox, David Lafleur, Michelle Swan, Jerry Bresee
Tue Jan 12
Natty Beaux
Clarendon Ballroom
yes
$10 - 9-11pm
Thur Jan 14
Tony Rice
Rams Head
Annapolis
Thur Jan 14
Grandsons
Head Over Heels Dance
Fairfax Old Town Hall
yes, w/ lesson
$10- 8pm
Thur Jan 14
Dan Hovey
JVs
Fri Jan 15
Scott Raminger & the Crawstickers
Sunset Grille
Fri Jan 15
Jumpin' Jupiter
JVs
Sat Jan 16
Mark O'Connor's Hot Swing
Terrace Theatre
Kennedy Center
siddown & shuddup
$45+SC - 5:30pm(Sold Out) & 9pm
Sat Jan 16
Marti Brom & the Garnet Hearts
Quarry House
Sat Jan 16
John Jennings & Friends
Barns @ Wolftrap
siddown & shuddup
7:30pm
Sat Jan 16
Karen Collins & The Backroads Trio
Tyson's Tavern
2112 Fleet Street, Baltimore
8pm
Sat Jan 16
January Allstars
JVs
9:30pm - Cover @ door - will fill up.
Sat Jan 16
Nadine Rae Fundraiser
Bowie Old Town Grille
7pm - $15 - w/ Capital Blues Ensamble, Swamp Dog, Dru Lore, Stacy Brooks, Dean Rosehtnal, & Clarence "Bluesman" Turner
Sun Jan 17
Sunday Waltz
Trio con Brio
Spanish Ballroom
Glen Echo Park
yes, lesson @ 3pm
$8 - 3:30-6pm
Sun Jan 17
Jon Carroll, Billy Coulter, & Memphis 59
Hungry for Music Benefit
Jammin' Java
$12 - 7pm
Sun Jan 17
January Allstars
Old Bowie Town Grille
$25 (adv)
Mon Jan 18
Carolina Chocolate Drops
Red Molly
Birchmere
siddown & shuddup
$25+SC
Mon Jan 18
Martin Luther King, Jr. Tribute
India.Arie
Kennedy Center
Millenium Stage
6-7pm - FREE - tickets @ 10am-noon... 1st come, 1st served
Mon Jan 18
Ouros (Danny Knicely, Ralph Gordon & the Oretea brothers)
IMT @ St. Mark Presby
10701 Old Georgetown Rd, Rockville
$15(adv)/$20 - 7:30pm
Mon Jan 18
Blue Monday
Jaques "Saxman" Johnson
Westminster Church
400 I St. SW
6-9pm - $5
Tue Jan 19
Carolina Chocolate Drops
Rams Head Annapolis
nope
Thur Jan 21
Otis Taylor
Blues Alley
harldy
Fri-Sat Feb 22-23
WFMA Benefit Weekend
Birchmere
7:30pm - $44.50-84+SC/night - w/ Catie Curtis, Herdman, Hills & Mangsen, Carolyn Hester, Hot Soup!, Doris Justis, Maura Kennedy, Lea, The Nields, SONiA & disappear fear, Lisa Taylor
Fri Jan 22
Paul Cebar
Barns at Wolf Trap
yep
8pm - $20
Fri Jan 22
Mark Wenner's Akousti-Kats w/ Esther Haynes
Creative Alliance at The Patterson
3134 Eastern Ave., Baltimore
Fri Jan 22
Doc Scantlin
Carlyle Club
8pm
Fri Jan 22
Richard Ray Farrell
Andy Paxton Band
Old Bowie Town Grille
8:30pm - $10
Sat Jan 23
Mark Wenner's Akousti-Kats w/ Esther Haynes
IMT @ St. Mark Presby
10701 Old Georgetown Rd, Rockville
$10(adv)/$15 - 8pm
Sat Jan 23
Jeffery Broussard & the Creole Cowboys
Knights of Columbus Hall
Catonsville MD
yes, lesson @ 9pm
$18 - 9-midnight
Sat Jan 23
Danny Knicely's Big Winter Concert
Franklin Park Arts Center
36411 Blueridge View Lane, Purcellville
$15(adv)/$17 - 8pm - w/ Nate Leath, bert Carlson, Aimee Curl, Dwanye Brook (for Django's 100th), & a surprise soul bassist
Sat Jan 23
Bio Ritmo
Rock & Roll Hotel
Sat Jan 23
Richard Ray Farrell
Gina DeSimmone (5pm)
JVs
9pm - $10
Sun Jan 24
John Jensen Quartet
Kennedy Center
Millenium Stage
6-7pm - FREE
Sun Jan 24
Ella Fitzgerald Tribute
w/ Dee Dee Bridgewater, Janis Siegel, Al Jarreau, & the Dizzy Gillespie Big Band
Kennedy Center
Concert Hall
7pm - $20-45
Mon Jan 25
Dale Watson
Iota
8pm - $15
Mon Jan 25
Blue Monday
Sherwood Blues Band
Westminster Church
400 I St. SW
6-9pm - $5
Tue Jan 26
Haiti Relief Benefit Concert
IMT @ St. Mark Presby
10701 Old Georgetown Rd, Rockville
w/ Billy Coulter, Cletus Kennelly and Lori Kelley, Lea, Patty Reese, Brian Simms & Joe Uehlein - $20 (donation) - 7:30pm
Thur Jan 28
Dave Chappell
JVs
Fri Jan 29
King Soul (10pm)
Cravin' Dogs(7pm)
Bangkok Blues
Fri Jan 29
Bobby Parker
Fish Head Cantina
9pm
Fri Jan 29
Carrie Rodriguez, Ben Sollee, & Erin McKeowin
Iota
9pm - $15
Fri Jan 29
Cypress Trio
New Deal Cafe
8pm
Sat Jan 30
George Porter & Kirk Joeseph
8x10
Sat Jan 30
Thrillbillies
Old Bowie Town Grille
8:30pm - $10
Sun Jan 31
Roomful of Blues
Tom Principato, Walter Jay & Texas Flood
Rams Head Live
Baltimore
4pm doors - $20
Sun Jan 31
Chaise Lounge
Kennedy Center
Millenium Stage
6-7pm - FREE
Mon Feb 1
2nd "Class of 88"s
IMT @ St. Mark Presby
10701 Old Georgetown Rd, Rockville
$15(adv)/$20 - 7:30pm - Jon Carroll, Deanna Bogart, & Bill Starks
Wed Feb 3
Buckwheat Zydeco
Barns @ Wolftrap
yes
Wed Feb 3
Guy Davis & Eric Bibb
Rams Head
Annapolis
Thur-Sat Feb 4-6
Corey Harris
Blues Alley
harldy
Thur Feb 4
Bobby 'Blue' Bland
80th Birthday
Birchmere
7:30pm - $29.50+SC
Thur Feb 4
the Persuasions
Barns at Wolf Trap
8pm - $25
Thur Feb 4
Janine Wilson
Iota
9pm - $12
Fri Feb 5
Postponed
Iguanas
Chopteeth
State Theatre
Fri Feb 5
Sonny Landreth
Tom Principato
Birchmere
7:30pm - $25+SC
Fri Feb 5
Postponed
Footworks Percussive Dance Ensemble
Fitzgerald Theater
Sat Feb 6
Cancelled
Blue Moon Big Band
Spanish Ballroom
Glen Echo Park
yes, lesson @ 8pm
$14 - 9pm
Sat Feb 6
Galactic w/ Cyril Neville
Cedric Burnside & Lightnin' Malcolm
9:30
Sat Feb 6
Black & White Ball Benefit
w/ Blue Sky 5
The Woman's Club of Chevy Chase
7931 Connecticut Avenue, Chevy Chase
yes, lesson @ 8:30pm
$20(adv)/$25(door) - 8pm doors
Sun Feb 7
Sunday Waltz
Taylor Among the Devils
Spanish Ballroom
Glen Echo Park
yes, lesson @ 3pm
$8 - 3:30-6pm
Tue Feb 9
Scott Ramminger & the Crawstickers
Clarendon Ballroom
yes
$10 - 9-11pm
Tue Feb 9
Flamenco Festival
Gala Flamenca
Lisner Auditorium
8pm - w/ Pastora Galvan, Manuel Linan, Belen Lopez & Rocio Molina
Wed Feb 10
Dr. John & the Lower 911
Birchmere
7:30pm - $39.50+SC
Wed Feb 10
Tab Benoit
Rams Head
Annapolis
siddon & shuddup
Thur Feb 11
Flamenco Festival
Compamnia Maria Pages
Lisner Auditorium
8pm
Thur Feb 11
JP McDermott & Western Bop
Old Fairfax Town Hall
yes
Fri Feb 12
CJ Chenier
Iota
concrete
9pm - $17
Fri Feb 12
Pinetop Perkins & Willie 'Big Eyes' Smith
State Theatre
9pm - $17(adv)/$20
Fri Feb 12
Phil Wiggins and Friends
Rick Franklin and Mike Baytop
Washington Ethical Society
750 16th Street, NW
8-10:30pm
Fri Feb 12
Wanda Jackson
Black Cat
Fri Feb 12
Nighthawks
Clydes of Chevy Chase
Fri Feb 12
Arty Hill & the Long Gone Daddy's
Blobs Park
8-midnight - Honky Tonk
Fri Feb 12
Marc Cohn
Suzanne Vega
Strathmore
Sat Feb 13
Hungry for Music's Mardi Gras Show
Bangkok Blues
10pm - $12 - w/ Squeeze Bayou, Ian Walters & Swampkeepers
Sat Feb 13
Tribute to Neil Finn/Crowded House
Barns at Wolf Trap
7:30pm - $25 - w/ Naked Blue, Jon Caroll, Margot MacDonald, John Jennings, David Kitchen, King Teddy, Cal Everett, Deeme Katson
Sat Feb 13
Bill Kirchen
Sunset Grille
room?
9pm
Sat Feb 13
Deanna Bogart
Jammin' Java
$20 - 7pm
Sat Feb 13
Mardi Gras Ball
Rhodes on the Pautuxent
Cranston, RI
yes
Steve Riley, Donna the Buffalo w/ Preston Frank, Corey Ladet - 6pm-midnight - $30(adv)/$35
Sat Feb 13
Nighthawks
Ram's Head Tavern
siddown & shuddup
Sun Feb 14
Tab Benoit
State Theatre
Sun Feb 14
Billy Price
Rams Head
Annapolis
5:30pm
Sun Feb 14
Flamenco Festival
Rocio Molina - "Oro Viejo"
Lisner Auditorium
7pm
Mon Feb 15
Eric Lindell
Jammin' Java
$20 - 8pm
Tue Feb 16
Fat Tuesday
Tue Feb 16
Curley Taylor & Zydeco Trouble
Spanish Ballroom
Glen Echo Park
yes, lesson @ 7:30pm
$15 - 8pm
Tue Feb 16
Nighthawks
Clarendon Ballroom
yes
$10 - 9-11pm
Tue Feb 16
John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers
Birchmere
7:30pm - $35+SC
Tue Feb 16
Scott Ramminger & the Crawstickers
Old Bowie Town Grille
7:30pm
Wed Feb 17
Geno Delafose & French Rockin' Boogie
Barns @ Wolftrap
yes
Wed Feb 17
Tony Trischka
Jammin' Java
7:30pm
Wed Feb 17
Eric Lindell
Rams Head
Annapolis
siddon & shuddup
Thur Feb 18
Dave Alvin & a Couple Guilty Women
Birchmere
7:30pm - $27.50+SC
Fri Feb 19
Curley Taylor & the Zydeco Trouble
Knights of Columbus Hall
Catonsville MD
yes, lesson @ 8pm
$18 - 9-midnight
Fri Feb 19
Nighhawks
Fish Head Cantina
$10 - 9pm
Fri Feb 19
King Teddy
Dulles Hilton
yes, lesson @ 8:30pm
$15 - 9pm
Fri Feb 19
Scott Ramminger & the Crawstickers
Sunset Grille
sure
Sat Feb 20
Doc Scantlin
Spanish Ballroom
Glen Echo Park
yes, lesson @ 8pm
$15 - 9pm
Sat Feb 20
Idle Americans
Quarry House
Sat Feb 20
Billy Coulter
Music Cafe
Demascus
8pm
Sun Feb 21
Sunday Waltz
Waverly Station
Spanish Ballroom
Glen Echo Park
yes, lesson @ 3pm
$8 - 3:30-6pm
Sun Feb 21
Flamenco Festival
Tres Culturas
Lisner Auditorium
7pm
Sun Feb 21
Hall Brothers
JVs
Tue Feb 23
Black Joe Lewis & the Honey Bears
Cedric Burnside
Rock & Roll Hotel
Tue Feb 23
Flamenco Festival
Compania Israel Galvan - "La Edad de Oro"
Lisner Auditorium
8pm
Tue Feb 23
Dawes, Jason Boesel, Corey Chisel & the Wandering Sons
Iota
8:30pm - $12
Wed Feb 24
Mark O'Connor (solo)
Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center
8pm - $37
Wed Feb 24
Eric Bibb & Guy Davis
Rams Head
Annapolis
Thur Feb 25
Trombone Shorty & Orleans Avenue
State Theatre
Thur Feb 25
Lavay Smith & Her Red Hot Skillet Lickers
Barns at Wolf Trap
yep
8pm - $22
Fri-Sat Feb 26-27
Jay Walkers
Intersections Arts Festival
Atlas Performing Arts Center
1333 H St. NE
w/ Jon Carroll, Tosin Aribisala & Michael Shereikis - Fri: 7:30pm, $15 & Sat "Dance Party": 11pm, $5
Fri Mar 26
Friday Contra
Love Mongrels
Spanish Ballroom
Glen Echo Park
yes, lesson @ 7:30pm
$9 - 8:30pm
Fri Mar 26
Sol
LA Bar - Arlington
FREE - 9:30pm
Sat Feb 27
Holmes Brothers
Charles "Big Daddy" Stallings
Baltimore Blues Society
Rosedale American Legion Hall
tile
$25(adv) - 9pm
Sat Feb 27
Natalie MacMaster & Donnell Leahy
Center for the Arts
George Mason
8pm - $22-44
Sat Feb 27
Eric Brace & Last Train Home w/ Peter Cooper
Barns at Wolf Trap
7:30pm - $18
Sat Feb 27
Karen Collins & The Backroads Band
the U-Liners
Remington's of Laurel
yes
9pm
Sat Feb 27
JP McDermott
Quarry House
Sat Feb 27
Gaye Adegbalola
Archie Edwards Blues Barbershop
4701 Queensbury Road, Riverdale
7pm - $15
Sun Feb 28
Jesse Lege & Bayou Brew
Spanish Ballroom
Glen Echo Park
yes, lesson @ 3pm
$15 - 3:30-6pm
Sun Feb 28
Wammies
State Theatre
w/ Afro Bop Alliance, Bela Dona, Tabi Bonney, Marti Brom, Elikeh, Hotspur, Patty Reese Band, Rosslyn Mountain Boys, the Dede Wyland Band, Seth Kibel & the DC Time Machine
Mon Mar 1
Blue Monday
Cathy Ponton King
Westminster Church
400 I St. SW
6-9pm - $5
Thur Mar 4
Bill Kirchen & Too Much Fun
Sunset Grille
room?
Thur Mar 4
Scott Ramminger & The CrawStickers
JVs
9pm
Thur Mar 4
Eli Cook
Ballroom Anex
Glen Echo Park
yes, lesson @ 8:15pm
$10 - 9pm
Fri Mar 5
La Grande Fete de la Francophonie
w/ Steve Riley & Nikolas Metaxas
La Maison Francaise, Embassy of France
$30 - 8pm
Fri Mar 5
Bela Fleck & The Africa Project
Weinberg Center For The Arts
Frederick
$25-45+SC
Fri Mar 5
Pinetop Perkins & Willie 'Big Eyes' Smith
Gypsy Sons
State Theatre
9pm - $17(adv)/$20
Fri Mar 5
Jon Carroll & Love Returns
Barns at Wolf Trap
$22 - 8pm - w/ 4pc horn section, etc.
Fri Mar 5
Ladysmith Black Mombazo
Strathmore
$18-55 - 8pm
Sat Mar 6
David Bromberg
Birchmere
Sat Mar 6
Augie Swing
Spanish Ballroom
Glen Echo Park
yes, lesson @ 8pm
$14 - 9pm
Sat Mar 6
The Ambassador's (Other) Ball & Post-Mardi Gras Party
Eastport Democratic Club
Annapolis
yes, lesson @ 8pm
$25 - 7pm - w/ Little Red, ...
Sun Mar 7
Sunday Waltz
Contratopia
Spanish Ballroom
Glen Echo Park
yes, lesson @ 3pm
$8 - 3:30-6pm
Sun Mar 7
Ronnie Baker Brooks
Rams Head
Annapolis
siddon & shuddup
Sun Mar 7
Paul Geremia
Archie's Barbershop
4-7pm - $15
Mon Mar 8
Blue Monday
Memphis Gold
Westminster Church
400 I St. SW
6-9pm - $5
Wed Mar 10
Habib Koite
Barns @ WT
8pm - $25
Wed Mar 10
Asleep at the Wheel
Rams Head Annapolis
siddown & shuddup
8pm - $37.50+SC
Thur Mar 11
Asleep at the Wheel
Birchmere
siddown & shuddup
Thur Mar 11
Radiators
8x10
Fri-Sat Mar 12-13
The Bridge
8x10
Fri Mar 12
Greg Brown
Barns at Wolf Trap
8pm - $30
Fri Mar 12
Sookey Jump Blues
Zoo Bar
Sat Mar 13
Greg Brown
Rams Head
Annapolis
8pm - $32+SC
Sat Mar 13
Smokin Polecats w/ Marianna Previti & Jamie Lynch
Zoo Bar
Sat Mar 13
Karen Collins & Backroads Trio
Tyson's Tavern
Baltimore
Sat Mar 13
Andy Cohen, Eleanor Ellis, and Walter Liniger
Washington Ethical Society Auditorium
8-10pm
Sat Mar 13
Deb Callahan
Madams Organ
Sun Mar 14
Protect & Serve Tour
Benefit for Mo.Co. Police
El Bouqeron II
3pm - $20 - w/ Mary Shaver & the Smokin' Polecats, Patty Reese, Wicked Jezebel, Jr. Cline & the Recliners, Nighthawks, ...
Sun Mar 14
River City Slim & the Zydeco Hogs
Spanish Ballroom
Glen Echo Park
yes, lesson @ 3pm
$15 - 3:30-6pm
Sun Mar 14
Eileen Ivers
Center for the Arts
George Mason
4pm - $44-22
Mon-Tue Mar 15-16
John Hiatt & The Combo
Birchmere
7:30pm - $49.50+SC
Tue Mar 16
Bad Influence
Clarendon Ballroom
yes
$10 - 9-11pm
Wed Mar 17
Scott Ramminger & The CrawStickers
Nick's Nightclub
yes
$10 - 9-11pm
Thur Mar 18
Rev Peyton's Big Damn Band
8x10
$10 adv/$12
Thur Mar 18
Robbie Fulks
Billy Coulter
Iota
$16 - 8:30pm
Thur Mar 18
Henry Butler @ "Fans of the Fest" Benefit
Madams Organ
$75 adv/$100 gack!
Fri Mar 19
Scott Ramminger & The CrawStickers
Sunset Grille
Sat Mar 20
Marti Brom w/ Daryl Davis
Hang-Over Royale
Quarry House
9:30pm
Sat Mar 20
Bio Ritmo
Rock & Roll Hotel
Sat Mar 20
Carl Filpiak & Tom Principato
8x10
Sun Mar 21
Sunday Waltz
Laura & the Lava Lamps
Spanish Ballroom
Glen Echo Park
yes, lesson @ 3pm
$8 - 3:30-6pm
Mon Mar 22
John Jorgenson Quintet
IMT @ St. Mark Presby
10701 Old Georgetown Rd, Rockville
Mon Mar 22
Blue Monday
CW Harrington
Westminster Church
400 I St. SW
6-9pm - $5
Tue Mar 23
Tom Mitchell & Double Scotch
Clarendon Ballroom
yes
$10 - 9-11pm
Tue Mar 23
Big Bad Voodoo Daddy
Rams Head
siddown & shuddup
8pm - $49.50+SC
Fri Mar 26
Nathan & the Zydeco Cha-chas
Bumpercar Pavillion
Glen Echo Park
yes, lesson @ 8pm
$20 - 9pm
Fri Mar 26
Ian Walters & the Swampkeepers
Zoo Bar
Fri Mar 26
Verify
Eddie Shaw & the Wolf Gang
Madams Organ
room?
Sat Mar 27
Angelique Kidjo
Lisner Auditorium
8pm - $25-45
Sat Mar 27
Flatfoot Sam & the Educated Fools
Zoo Bar
Sat Mar 27
Bobby Parker
Madams Organ
Sat Mar 27
Big Bad Voodoo Daddy
Alden Theatre
McLean
doubtful
8pm - $38/$33(residents)
Sun Mar 28
Shemekia Copeland
Barns at Wolf Trap
8pm - $22
Mon Mar 29
Jimmy Gaudreau & Moondi Klein
Sweater Set
IMT @ St. Mark Presby
10701 Old Georgetown Rd, Rockville
Mon Mar 29
Blue Monday
Clarence Turner Blues Band
Westminster Church
400 I St. SW
6-9pm - $5
Tue Mar 30
Cutaways
Clarendon Ballroom
yes
$10 - 9-11pm
Wed Mar 31
Cancelled
Fabulous Thunderbirds
Rams Head Live
Baltimore
sure
Wed Mar 31
Rebirth Brass Band
State Theatre
Wed Mar 31
Robert Earl Keen
Birchmere
Thur Apr 1
Holmes Brothers
Barns
Thur Apr 1
Riverdale Ramblers
Los Arrieros
Silver Spring
yes
$10 - 7:30pm
Fri Apr 2
Bill Kirchen
Jammin Java
Fri Apr 2
The Nighthawks
The Patterson
3134 Eastern Ave. Baltimore
unplugged & electric sets - 8pm - $20
Fri Apr 2
Keller Williams
Birchmere
7:30pm - $29.50+SC
Fri Apr 2
Hula Monsters
Dulles Hilton
yes, lesson @ 8:30pm
$15 - 9pm
Sat Apr 3
Red Stick Ramblers
Spanish Ballroom
Glen Echo Park
yes, lesson @ 8pm
$14 - 9pm
Sat Apr 3
Legendary Rhythm & Blues Review
State Theatre
room?
$25 - 9pm - Tommy Castro, Deanna Bogart, Joe Louis Walker, & Debbie Davies
Sat Apr 3
Leroy Thomas & the Zydeco Roadrunners
Knights of Columbus Hall
Catonsville MD
yes, lesson @ 9pm
$18 - 9-midnight
Sat Apr 3
U-Liners B-day tribute to Merle Haggard
Iota
w/ Dave Van Allen, Eli Gonzales, Ruthie Logsdon, ...
Sun Apr 4
Sunday Waltz
Quickstep Strings
Spanish Ballroom
Glen Echo Park
yes, lesson @ 3pm
$8 - 3:30-6pm
Mon Apr 5
Blue Monday
Big Joe Maher
Westminster Church
400 I St. SW
6-9pm - $5
Tue Apr 6
John Hammond & Ruthie Foster
Rams Head
$25 - 8pm
Tue Apr 6
Daryl Davis
Clarendon Ballroom
yes
$10 - 9-11pm
Wed Apr 7
John Hammond & Ruthie Foster
Barns
$25 - 8pm
Fri Apr 9
Grandsons
Dulles Hilton
yes
Fri Apr 9
Andy Paxon Band
Bangkok Blues
7-9pm
Fri Apr 9
Guzzlers
Austin Grill Rockville
9pm - FREE
Sat Apr 10
Emmylou Harris/Patsy Cline Tribute
The Creative Alliance
3134 Eastern Avenue, Baltimore
8pm - w/ Karen Collins, Dede Wyland, Linda Nelson, Arty Hill, ...
Sat Apr 10
Smokin Polecats w/ Marianna Previti & Jamie Lynch
Zoo Bar
Sat Apr 10
Clarence "The Bluesman" Turner w/ Stacy Brooks
American Legion Post #8
244 D Street, SE
9pm-midnight - $12(DCBS Member adv)/$17 (Member door)/$15(adv)/$20
Sun Apr 11
Leroy Thomas & the Zydeco Roadrunners
Bumpercar Pavillion
Glen Echo Park
yes, lesson @ 3pm
$18 - 3:30-6pm
Sun Apr 11
Rokia Traore
Lisner
$20-35 - 7pm
Sun Apr 11
DCBS Jam & Nadine Rae Benefit
American Legion Post 41
905 Sligo Avenue, Silver Spring
$15 - Jam @ 3pm, Beneift @ 5pm
Mon Apr 12
Kennedys
IMT @ St. Mark Presby
10701 Old Georgetown Rd, Rockville
7:30pm - $15(adv)/$20
Tue Apr 13
JP McDermott & Western Bop
Clarendon Ballroom
yes
$10 - 9-11pm
Wed Apr 14
Drive-by Truckers
Langhorne Slim
Recher Theatre
$25
Thur Apr 15
Music from the Crooked Road
Reston Community Center
8pm - $20-30 - w/ Wayne Henderson, Sammy Shelor, White Top Mountain Band, Kirk Stuphin & Eddie Bond, Amber Collins & Another Day, Elizabeth LaPrelle
Thur Apr 15
Dan Hovey
JVs
Thur Apr 15
Cherry Poppin' Daddies
State Theatre
Fri Apr 16
Music from the Crooked Road
Lisner Auditorium
8pm - $20-30 - w/ Wayne Henderson, Sammy Shelor, White Top Mountain Band, Kirk Stuphin & Eddie Bond, Amber Collins & Another Day, Elizabeth LaPrelle
Fri Apr 16
Blues for Haiti Benefit Concert with Robert Lighthouse
Universalist National Memorial Church
1810 16th St. NW
8pm
Fri Apr 16
Wild Asparagus
Spanish Ballroom
Glen Echo Park
yes, lesson @ 8pm
9pm
Sat Apr 17
Mark Hummel w/ Rusty Zinn & John Nemeth
Baltimore Blues Society
Rosedale American Legion Hall
tile
$25 (adv)/$30
Sat Apr 17
Mammojam w/ Big Sam's Funky Nation
8x10
Sat Apr 17
Sonny Landreth
Weinberg Center For The Arts
Frederick
Sun Apr 18
Jimmy Cole Benefit
State Theatre
5pm - $15 - w/ Jimmy Thackery, Nighthawks, Rossyln Mountain Boys, Randy Waller, Tommy Lepson, Cathy Ponton King, ...
Sun Apr 18
Sunday Waltz
Cabaret Sauvignon
Spanish Ballroom
Glen Echo Park
yes, lesson @ 3pm
$8 - 3:30-6pm
Sun Apr 18
Oscar D'Leon
The Salsa Room
Arlington
yes
Mon Apr 19
Blue Monday
Nighthawks
Westminster Church
400 I St. SW
6-9pm - $5
Tue Apr 20
Campbell Brothers
Kennedy Center
Millenium Stage
6-7pm - FREE
Tue Apr 20
Scott Ramminger & the Crawstickers
Clarendon Ballroom
yes
$10 - 9-11pm
Tue Apr 20
Campbell Brothers
Kennedy Center
Millenium Stage
6-7pm - FREE
Wed Apr 21
Raul Malo
Birchmere
Wed Apr 21
Smokin' Polecats w/ Marianna Previti
Nicks
yes
$10 - 9-11pm
Thur Apr 22
Raul Malo
Rams Head
8pm - $39.50+SC
Thur Apr 22
Dave Chappell
JVs
Fri-Sun Apr 23-25
Jazzfest
1st Weekend
New Orleans, LA
yes
Simon & Garfunkel, Lionel Richie, Anita Baker, Allman Brothers, My Morning Jacket, Dr. John, Black Crowes, Steel Pulse, Jonny Lang, Levon Helm, Baaba Maal, Parliament/Funkadellic, Better than Ezra, Blind Boys of Alabama, Elvin Bishop, funky Meters, Sax for Stax, Marcia Ball, Shawn Colvin, Terraence Blanchard, Cowboy Mouth, Campbell Brothers, Sam Bush, Voice of the Wetlands Allstars, Tab Benoit, Golden Eagles, Rockin' Dopsie Jr, Bonerama, Irvin Mayfield, Walter "Wolfman" Washington, Bob French, Jon Cleary, Irma Thomas tribute to Mahalia Jackson, NO Klezmer Allstars, Radiators, Wayne Toups, Kenny Neal, Bruce Diagrepont, Nathan & the Zydeco Cha-chas, Curley Taylor, Red Stick Ramblers, Susan Cowsill, Dwayne Dopsie, Lost Bayou Ramblers, DL Menard, Willis Prudhomme, ...
Fri Apr 23
Joe Bonamassa
Lisner Auditorium
8pm - $45-75
Fri Apr 23
Eilen Jewell
Iota
9pm - $12
Fri Apr 23
Mavis Staples
Terrace Theatrer
Kennedy Center
7:30pm - $38
Fri Apr 23
Sweet Heaven Kings
Todd Ledbetter Gospel Jazz Quartet
Kennedy Center
Millenium Stage
6-7pm - FREE
Fri Apr 23
Ian Walters & the Swampkeepers
Zoo Bar
Fri Apr 23
Footworks Percussive Dance Ensemble
Fitzgerald Theater
8pm
Fri Apr 23
Little Red & the Renegadess
Bumpercar Pavillion
Glen Echo Park
yes, lesson @ 8pm
$15 - 9pm
Sat Apr 24
Flatfoot Sam & the Educated Fools
Zoo Bar
Sat April 24
Cherryholmes w/ Ralph Stanley
Center for the Arts
George Mason
8pm - $46-23
Sat April 24
Bobby Parker
Madams Organ
Sat April 24
JP McDermott & Western Bop
Quarry House
Sun April 25
Kennsington Day of the Book
Howard Avenue
Old Town Kensington
FREE - 1pm JP McDermott, 3pm Mark Wenner's Kensington Blues All Stars
Tue Apr 27
"Freedom Sings" honoring Mary Chapin Carpenter
Newseum
$25 - 7:30pm - w/ Judy Collins, Rodney Crowell, & Eric Brace
Tue Apr 27
Ozomatli
Rams Head Live
Tue Apr 27
Del Rey
Reston/Herndon Folk Club
Tortilla Factory
nope
$21 - 7:15pm
Thur Apr 29-Sun May 2
Jazzfest
2nd Weekend
New Orleans, LA
yes
Pearl Jam, Aretha Franklin, Van Morrision, Widespread Panic, Neville Brothers, BB. King, Jeff Beck, Irma Thomas, Gipsy Kings, Elvis Costello, Allen Toussaint, Jose Felicano, Steve Martin, Kirk Franklin, Kenny Wayne Shepherd, Clarence Carter, Derek Trucks & Susan Tedeschi Band, Pete Fountain, Radiators, Blues Traveler, Trombone Shorty, Anders Osborne, Kermit Ruffins, Rebirth Brass, Sonny Landreth, Elvis Perkins in Deearland, Martin Sexton, Bernard Allison, Ruthie Foster, Dirty Dozen, Cyril Neville, Buckwheat Zydeco, Dumpstaphunk, Clarence "Frogman" Henry, Henry Butler, Beausoleil, Preservation Hall, John Mooney, subdudes, Iguanas, Dixie Cups, Nick Payton, Amanda Shaw, Steve Riley, New Birth Brass, Wild Magnolias, Cedric Watson, Allen Toussaint Jazzity Project, Charmaine Neville, Kirk Joeseph's Backyard Groove, Geno Delafose, Feaufolet, Creole Zydeco Farmers, Johnny Sansone, Mem Shannon, Sunpie & the Sunspots, THomas "Big Hat" Fields, Kieth Frank, Chubby Carrier, Lafayette Rhythm Devils, Wild Apaches, White cloud Hunters, & Wild Tchoupitoulas Mardi Gras Indians, ...
Thur-Fri Apr 29-30
Gogol Bordello w/ DeVotchka, Jesse Malin and The St. Marks Social
Rams Head Live
Balmer
Thur Apr 29
Baaba Maal
Lisner Auditorium
8pm - $25-35
Thur Apr 29
David Knopfler
Jammin' Java
8pm
Fri Apr 30 - Sun May 2
Breaux Bridge Crawfish Festival
Breaux Bridge, LA
Fri Apr 30
Infamous Stringdusters
8x10
Fri Apr 30
Deb Callahan
Madams Organ
Sat May 1
Strauss Waltz Ball
w/ Olde Vienna
Spanish Ballroom
Glen Echo Park
yes, lesson @ 8pm
$20(?) - 9-midnight
Sat May 1
Taj Mahal Trio
State Theatre
sure
$42 - 8:30pm
Sun May 2
Dead Mens Hollow (10:30am)
Memphis Gold & Jay Summerour (1pm)
Eastern Market
FREE
Tue May 4
House Party
Shotgun Party
6509 16th St NW
$10 + Potluck - 8pm music
Wed May 5
Big Bad Voodoo Daddy
"100 Years of Cab Calloway"
Birchmere
7:30pm - $39.50+SC
Thur May 6
Squeeze Bayou
Los Arrieros
Silver Spring
yes
$10 - 7:30pm
Thur May 6
The Klezmatics
Music Center at Strathmore
8pm
Fri May 7
Phil Wiggins
Montpieler Arts Center
Laurel
$20 - 8pm
Fri May 7
Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings
Rams Head
Annapolis
$39.50+SC - 8pm
Fri May 7
Natty Beaux
Dulles Hilton
yes, lesson @ 8:30pm
$15 - 9pm
Sat May 8
Rosanne Cash and Mark O'Connor
"Poets and Prophets"
Strathmore
$(59.40-23.40)+SC - 8pm
Sat May 8
Smokin' Polecats w/ Jamie Lynch
Zoo Bar
Sat May 8
Seductones
Quarry House
Sat May 8
Cathy Ponton King
Harp & Fiddle
Sun May 9
T Broussard & the Zydeco Steppers
Bumpercar Pavillion
Glen Echo Park
yes, lesson @ 3pm
$18 - 3:30-6pm
Sun May 9
Daryl Davis(10:30am)
Alexandria Kleztet (1pm)
Eastern Market
FREE
Sun May 9
"Big Daddy" Stallings
Black Falls
Fish Head Cantina
4pm, 8pm Jam afterward
Sun May 9
JP McDermott w/ Hangover Royale
JVs
Mon May 10
Wayne Henderson and Peter Lang
IMT @ St. Mark Presby
10701 Old Georgetown Rd, Rockville
7:30pm - $15(adv)/$20
Tue May 11
Jimmy & the Blue Dogs
Clarendon Ballroom
yes
$10 - 9-11pm
Wed May 21
Roomful of Blues
Janiva Magness
Birchmere
siddown & shuddup
$25+SC - 7:30pm
Fri-Sat May 14-15
Gulf Coast Zydeco Music Festival
Daphne Civic Center
Daphne, AL
Geno Delafose & French Rockin Boogie, Curley Taylor & Zydeco Trouble, Lil' Malcolm & Zydeco House Rockers, Same Ol Two Step
Fri May 14
Crooked Still
Chatham County Line
Birchmere
7:30pm - $25+SC
Fri May 14
Jammie Lynch Band
Bumper Car Pavillion
Glen Echo Park
yes, lesson @ 8pm
Fri May 14
Donna the Buffalo
State Theatre
sure
$17(adv)/$19 - 9pm
Sat May 15
Hungry for Crawfish Boil
Fort Hunt Park
12-5pm - $35 (Adv Purchase by 5/9) - includes Crawfish & Beverages - w/ Squeeze Bayou & the Swampkeepers
Sat May 15
JP McDermott & Delco Nightingale
Quarry House
tight
Sat May 15
Open House
w/ Archie's Barbershop and friends
DC Glassworks
4-8-ish
Sat May 15
King Teddy
Severna Park Community Center
617 Baltimore-Annapolis Blvd., Severna Park
yes, lesson @ 7:30pm
8-11pm - $15
Sun May 16
Sunday Waltz
Magic Foot
Spanish Ballroom
Glen Echo Park
yes, lesson @ 3pm
$8 - 3:30-6pm
Sun May 16
Taste of Wheaton
Wheaton Triangle
11-5pm - Matt Wigler, Sin Miedo, Natty Beaux, ...
Sun May 16
Rick Franklin & his Delta Blues Boys (1pm)
Eastern Market
FREE
Wed May 19
Dierks Bentley and Hayes Carll & the Travlin' McCourys
Rams Head Live
Balmer
Tue May 18
Tim Eriksen & Riley Baugus
Washington Revels
531 Dale Drive, Silver Spring
Wed May 19
Hangover Royale
Nicks
yes
$10 - 9-11pm
Wed May 19
Chopteeth
Blues Alley
Thur May 20
Dierks Bentley and Hayes Carll
6th & I Synagogue
dunno
Fri-Sun May 21-23
Last Train Home Weekend
Iota
Fri May 21
Daryl Davis
Dulles Hilton
yes, lesson @ 8:30pm
$15 - 9pm
Fri May 21
Johnny Seaton (Elvis Show)
Blobs Park
Sat-Sun May 22-23
Chesapeake Bay Blues Festival
Sandy Point Park
Annapolis, MD
grass
Sat: Patty Reese Band, Moreland and Arbuckle, Cedric Burnside and Lightning Malcolm, Tinsley Ellis, The Yardbirds, Shemekia Copeland, & Buddy Guy
Sun: Bobby Parker, Big Bill Morganfield, Anders Osborne, Bonerama, Joe Louis Walker, Jimmie Vaughan, & Chuck Berry
Sat May 22
Silver Spring Blues Fest
Silver Fountain
Ellsworth Drive, Silver Spring
2pm - Choo Choo Charlie Williams and Baltimore Red Jones
2:25pm - Jonny Grave
3:050pm - Andy Poxon Band
4pm - Daryl Davis Band
5pm - DC Blues Society Band w/ Clarence "The Bluesman" Turner
6pm - Mary Shaver and the Smokin' Polecats
7pm - The Nighthawks
Sat May 22
Flat Foot Sam & the Educated Fools
Zoo Bar
Sat May 22
Bobby Parker
Madams Organ
Sun May 23
"Zydeco Fundraiser For Breast Cancer"
Jeffrey Broussard and The Creole Cowboys
Westminster Church
400 I St. SW
7-11pm - $20
Mon May 24
Yachtsmen
Glasgow
Iota
Mon May 24
Matt Wigler Band
Westminster Church
400 I St. SW
6-9pm - $5
Tue May 25
Grandsons
Clarendon Ballroom
yes
$10 - 9-11pm
Wed May 26
Congressional Blues Fest
National Building Museum
$20 (inc food & drink) - w/ Robert Randolph, Bobby Parker, Sol, ...
Thur-Sun May 21-23
DelFest
Cumberland, MD
Del McCoury Band, Uncle Earl, Yonder Mountain String Band, David Grisman Bluegrass Experience, Railroad Earth, The Avett Brothers, The Travelin' McCourys, Mountain Heart, Steep Canyon Rangers, Larry Keel, ...
Thur May 27
Tab Benoit
Rams Head Annapolis
siddown & shuddup
8pm - $26.50+SC
Thur May 27
Spearhead
Wailers
Wolf Trap
Fri May 28
Carolina Chocolate Drops
Montpieller Arts Center
Laurel
Sold Out - 8pm
Fri May 28
Bruce Diagrepont
American Legion Post 136
6900 Greenbelt Road Greenbelt
yes, lesson @ 8pm
$18 - 9pm
Fri May 28
JP McDermott & Western Bop
Dulles Hilton
yes, lesson @ 8:30pm
$15 - 9pm
Fri May 28
Swamp Keepers
Zoo Bar
Sat-Sun May 29-30
Blues & Crab Festival
Delta Blues Juke Joint & Diner
2796 Old Washington Road, Waldorf
$10(adv)/$7(member adv)/$15(door) - Stacy Brooks, Clarence "The Bluesman" Turner, Tom Newman Blues Band featuring Ida Campbell, Steve Potter, The Robert Frahm Band, Big Boy Little Band, ...
Sat-Mon May 29-31
Hometown Holidays
Rockville
Sat: Bruce Diagrepont, Tab Benoit, Papa Grows Funk, Billy Coulter, Ruthie & the Wranglers, Cletus Kennelley, Nighthawks, Patty Reese, ...
Sun: Lloyd Dobler Effect, Natty Beaux, ...
Sat-Sun May 29-30
Bayou n' Boogie Fest
Francis Farm
Rehoboth, MA
yes
Andre Thierry, Corey Ladet, Skiffle Minstreels, Magnolia Cajun Band, Lil' Freddie King, CJ Chenier, Jeffery Broussard
Sat May 29
Pinetop Perkins w. Bob Margolin Band, Daryl Davis & Liz Lohr
Spanish Ballroom
Glen Echo Park
yes, lesson @ 8pm
$15 - 9pm
Sat May 29
Sonny Landreth
Tom Principato
Birchmere
siddown & shuddup
$25+SC - 7:30pm
Sat May 29
Red Whie & Blue Music Festival
Old Glory Harley-Davidson
11800 Laurel Bowie Rd. Laurel
Flatfoot Sam & The Educated Fools, Smokin' Polecats w/ Marianna Previti, Scott Weiss Band, Presstones
Sun May 30
Sunday Waltz
Honeysuckle Rose
Spanish Ballroom
Glen Echo Park
yes, lesson @ 3pm
$8 - 3:30-6pm
Sun May 30
Memorial Weekend Under the Tent
Sunset Grille
Dixie Wrecked, Nighthaws (4-8pm), Bloody Meri (9pm)
Sun May 30
Patty Reese & Dave Chappell (10:30am)
Honky Tonk Confidential (1pm)
Eastern Market
FREE
Mon May 31
Jacques "Saxman" Johnson w/ Little Margie Clark
Westminster Church
400 I St. SW
6-9pm - $5
Tue June 1
King Teddy
Clarendon Ballroom
yes
$10 - 9-11pm
Thur-Sun June 3-6
Western Maryland Blues Festival
Hagerstown, MD
Thur Prelude: Michael Westcott @ University Plaza Park - Free - 5pm
Fri: Big Daddy Stallings, Hamilton Loomis, Bernard Allision
Sat: Trombone Shorty, Eric Lindell, Eric Byrd Trio, Tommy Castro, Michael Burks, Kenny Neal, ...
Sun: Phil Wiggins w/ Correy Harris, Eden Brent, Flat Foot Sam, Hard Swimming Fish
Thur June 3
Bill Kirchen
Herndon Festival
Fri-Sun June 4-6
Michael Arnone's Crawfish Fest
Sussex County Fairgrounds, Augusta, NJ
Terrance Simien, Red Stick Ramblers, Jeffery Broussard, Taj Mahal, Dirty Dozen, George Porter Jr., Papa Grows Funk, Mem Shannon, Marcia Ball, Railroad Earth, Kenny Neal, Campbell Brothers, Iguanas, Jesse Lege, ...
Fri June 4
Iguanas
Chopteeth
State Theatre
Fri June 4
Eric Lindell
Club 66
Edgewood, MD
sure
7-11pm - $30(adv) - BYOB
Fri June 4
Howard Levy
Montpieler Arts Center
Laurel
8pm - $20
Sat-Sun June 5-6
Washington Folk Festival
Glen Echo Park
yes
Schedule
Sat: JP McDermott, Elke Baker, Donna Flechter & Friends, CAthy Fink & Marcy Marxdr, Reverb, Ocean Orchestra, Little Red, Furia Flamenca, Tom Paxton, Cyptress Trio, ...
Sun: Sweater Set, Carey Creed, Little Bit a Blues, Sunshine Skiffle Band, JP McDermott, Arte Flemenco, Rick Franklin, Archie's Barbershop, Gina DeSimone...
Sat-Sun June 5-6
Herndon Festival
Herndon, VA
yes
Schedule
Sat: Justin Trawick, Grandsons, Marshal Crenshaw, ...
Sun: Janine Wilson, ...
Sat June 5
Big Joe & the Dynaflows
Spanish Ballroom
Glen Echo Park
yes, lesson @ 8pm
$14 - 9pm
Sat June 5
Garnet Hearts
Record Relesase
Dundalk Moose Lodge
2800 Sollers Pt. Rd., Dundalk
Mon June 7
Jeff Beck
Wolf Trap
Tue June 8
Eric Lindell
State Theatre
Wed June 9
Leo Kottke
Birchmere
7:30pm - $35+SC
Thur June 10
Chuck Brown, Bobby Parker, & Nadine Rae
State Theatre
Thur June 10
Jimmy Cliff
Wolf Trap
Sat-Sun June 12-13
Tinner Hill Blues Festival
Falls Church
Sat: Patty Reese, MSG, Acoustic Blues, Murray Porter, Phil Wiggins & Correy Harris, Big Daddy Stallings, Pura Fe, Clarence "Blues Man" Turner, ...
Sun: Blues Brunch @ Bangok Blues
Thur June 10
King Teddy
Fairfax Old Town Hall
yes
Thur June 10
Forro No Escuro
Kennedy Center
Millenium Stage
6-7pm - FREE
Fri June 11
Salif Keita
Lisner
8pm - $25-45
Sat June 12
Steve James
Archie Edwards Blues Barbershop
4701 Queensbury Road, Riverdale
8pm - $15
Sat June 12
JP McDermott & Western Bop
Quarry House
small floor
Sat June 12
Boogie Woogie Piano Festival
w/ Ann Rabson, Dona Oxford, Arthur Migliazza, & Daryl Davis
Spanish Ballroom
Glen Echo Park
yes, lesson @ 8pm
$15 - 9pm
Sun June 13
Swamp Romp
Wolf Trap
concrete again' the wall
$25 - 2pm - w/ Marcia Ball, the Dirty Dozen Brass Band, BeauSoleil avec Michael Doucet, Rosie Ledet & The Zydeco Playboys
Sun June 13
Sunday Waltz
Waltz Magic
Spanish Ballroom
Glen Echo Park
yes, lesson @ 3pm
$8 - 3:30-6pm
Tue June 15
Harry Connick Jr.
Wolf Trap
Tue June 15
BB King
Pier 6
Wed-Thur June 16-27
Marc Broussard
Rams Head Annapolis
8pm - $39.50+SC
Wed June 16
Ruthie & the Wranglers
Lee District Park
7:30pm - FREE
Wed June 16
Bad Influence
Nicks
yes
$10 - 9-11pm
Wed June 16
The U-Liners
Strathmore Mansion
7:30pm - $15
Thur June 17
Sheryl Crow
Colbie Caillat
Wolf Trap
8pm - $50/35(lawn)
Fri June 18
Paul Cebar & Tomorrow Sound
Jammin' Java
yep
9:30pm
Fri June 18
Hot Tuna
State Theatre
Fri June 18
Harmonica Summit
Old Bowie Town Grille
$10 - w/ Big Boy Little, Kurt Drandall, & Matt Kelley
Sat June 19
Columbia Pike Blues Festival
Columbia Pike & Walter Reed Drive Arlington
1-8pm - FREE - Debbie Davies, Matt Wigler, Danny Blew, Bad Influence, Moondog Medicine Show
Sat June 19
CJ Chenier
Reston Town Center
concrete
7:30-10pm - FREE
Sat June 19
King Soul
Rhodes Tavern Troubadours
Iota
9pm - $15
Sat June 19
Suzy Bogguss
Birchmere
7:30pm - $29.50+SC
Sun June 20
Sunday Waltz
Jubilea
Spanish Ballroom
Glen Echo Park
yes, lesson @ 3pm
$8 - 3:30-6pm
Sun June 20
Coco Montoya
State Theatre
Sun June 20
Jammie Lynch Band
Bumper Car Pavillion
Glen Echo Park
yes, lesson @ 8pm
Mon June 14
Reggie Wayne Morris Band
Westminster Church
400 I St. SW
6-9pm - $5
Tue June 22
Chick Corea's Freedom Band
Wolf Trap
w/ Bela Fleck, Zakir Hussain, & Edgar Meyer Trio
Tue June 22
JP McDermott & Western Bop
Clarendon Ballroom
yes
$10 - 9-11pm
Wed June 23
Marce Lacouture & Friends
(David Greeley and Christy Guillory)
Kennedy Center
Millenium Stage
6-7pm - FREE
Wed June 23
Marce Lacouture & Friends
(David Greeley and Christy Guillory)
Coolidge Auditorium
Library of Congress
not a chance
noon
Wed June 23
Prestones
Main St & Midtown Rd
Gaithersburg
7pm
Wed-Sun June 24-28
Smithsonian Folklife Festival
National Mall
Asian Pacific Americans, Mexico, Smithsonian Inside Out
Thur June 24
Seldom Scene
Nottoway Park
Vienna
7:30pm
Fri June 25
Tinariwen (from Mali)
9:30
Fri June 25
Natty Beaux
Jazz in the Garden
National Gallery of Art Sculpture Garden
5-8:30pm - FREE
Fri June 25
Ian Walters & Swampkeepers
Zoo Bar
Sat-Sun June 26-27
DC Capital Barbecue Battle
Downtown
Washington, DC
asphalt
$10/$5(kids) -
Sat: Trouble Funk, Chuck Brown, ...
Sun: Cyril Neville, Bobby Parker, Chopteeth, ...
Sat June 26
Magnolia Sisters
Bumper Car Pavillion
Glen Echo Park
yes, lesson @ 7:30pm
$15 - 8:30pm
Sat June 26
Chopteeth
Iota
9pm - $15
Sat June 26
Fabulous Thunderbirds
Rams Head Annapoils
siddown & shuddup
8:30pm - $42.50+SC
Sat June 26
Ernie Hawkins
Archie Edwards Blues Barbershop
4701 Queensbury Road, Riverdale
8pm - $15
Sat June 26
Scott Raminger & the Crawstickers
Sunset Grille
Sun June 27
BBS 25 Year Anniversary Blues Picnic
Baltimore Blues Society
Rosedale American Legion Hall
1-7pm - $25 (adv) - Duke Robillard, Jackie Scott & The Housewreckers, Finals of the BBS Band Contest
Sun June 27
Sweater Set (10:30am)
Andra Faye & the Mighty Good Men (1pm)
Eastern Market
FREE
Mon June 28
Daryl Davis
Westminster Church
400 I St. SW
6-9pm - $5
Wed June 30
Pistolera
Strathmore
grass
FREE - 7pm
Wed-Sun July 1-5
Smithsonian Folklife Festival
National Mall
Asian Pacific Americans, Mexico, Smithsonian Inside Out
Thur July 1
Pine Leaf Boys
Bumper Car Pavillion
Glen Echo Park
yes, lesson @ 7:30pm
$15 - 8pm
Fri-Sat July 2-3
Gipsy Kings
Wolf Trap
Fri July 2
Bio Ritmo
Jazz in the Garden
National Gallery of Art Sculpture Garden
5-8:30pm - FREE
Fri July 2
Swing Speak
Royal Lake Park
Fairfax
7:30pm
Fri July 2
Glenn Crytzer & his Syncopators
Bumper Car Pavillion
Glen Echo Park
yes, lesson @ 8pm
9pm - $15
Sat July 3
Bill Kirchen
MaryAnn Price & Del Rio Trio
Birchmere
siddown & shuddup
$25+SC - 7:30pm
Sat July 3
Chuck Brown
Rams Head Annapoils
siddown & shuddup
$35+SC - 8 & 11pm
Sat July 3
Lady Luck & the Suicide Kings
Spanish Ballroom
Glen Echo Park
yes, lesson @ 8pm
$15 - 9pm
Sat July 3
Big Boy Little
Zoo Bar
Mon July 5
Stacy Brooks
Westminster Church
400 I St. SW
6-9pm - $5
Wed July 7
Ruthie & the Wranglers
Main St & Midtown Rd
Gaithersburg
7pm
Fri July 9
New Orleans Festival
Belmot Converence Center
Elkridge
w/ Junkyard Saints - 6:30pm - $45(w/ dinner)/$25(w/o)
Fri July 9
Pietasters
Grist Mill Park
Mt. Vernon
7:30pm
Fri July 9
Andy Paxon Band (7-9:30pm)
Clarence "Bluesman" Turner (10pm)
Bangkok Blues
Fri July 9
Sookey Jump Blues
Zoo Bar
Sat July 10
Pietasters
All Mighty Senators
Rams Head Live
Balmer
$15+SC
Sat July 10
Smokin' Polecats w/ Marianna Previti & Jamie Lynch
Zoo Bar
Sat July 10
JP McDermott & Western Bop
Quarry House
Sun-Fri July 11-16
Cajun-Creole/Early Country Week
Augusta Heritage Center
Elkins, WV
yes & lessons
w/ Bill Kirchen, ...
Sun July 11
Acadien Cajun Band
Spanish Ballroom
Glen Echo Park
yes, lesson @ 3pm
$15 - 3:30-6pm
Mon July 12
Chris Isaak
Marc Broussard
Wolf Trap
$40/$25(lawn) - 8pm
Mon July 12
Clarence Turner Blues
Westminster Church
400 I St. SW
6-9pm - $5
Wed July 14
Junkyard Saints
Mason District Park
Annandale
7:30pm
Thur-Sun July 15-18
Grey Fox Bluegrass Festival
Walsh Farm
Oak Hill, NY
yes & lessons
Host: Dry Branch Fire Squad
Sam Bush, Kathy Mattea, Tim O'Brien, David Grisman, Del McCoury, Doyle Lawson, Gibson Bros, Crooked Still, Donna the Buffalo, Josh Williams, Sarah Jarosz, Rockin' Acoustic Circus, ...
Fri-Sat July 16-18
Artscape
Baltimore
street
FREE
Fri: Musiq Soulchild, , ...
Sat: Govt' Mule, Mambo Comob, Jah Works, Chopteeth, ...
Sun: Janine Wilson, Toubab Krewe, ...
Fri-Sat July 16-18
Red Hot Blues n' BBQ
various
yes
Fri: Sherwood Blues @ Bumper Car Pavillion
Sat: Gordon Webster @ Spanish Ballroom
Sun: Eli Cook @ Upton Park
Fri July 16
the Cowsills
Rams Head Annapoils
siddown & shuddup
$29.50+SC - 8pm
Fri July 16
BB King
Pier Six
Fri July 16
Chopteeth, Sin Miedo, & Funk Ark
Carter Barron Ampitheatre
7:30pm - Free
Sat July 17
Jerry Butler, the Impressions, and the Jewels
Carter Barron Ampetheatre
Sat July 17
Shortstack
Iota
9pm - $12
Sat July 17
DCBS Fish Fry
American Legion Post 41
905 Silgo Ave, Silver Spring
4-11pm - $12 - w/ Dr. S.O. Feelgood, Gina DeSimone, Ida Campbelll, ...
Sat July 17
Blind Boys of Alabama
Rams Head Annapoils
siddown & shuddup
$55+SC - 8pm
Sat July 17
Deb Callahan
Madams Organ
Sun July 18
B.B. King
Lukas Nelson & the Promise of the Real
Wolf Trap
$42/25(lawn)
Sun July 18
Sunday Waltz
Rose By the Door
Spanish Ballroom
Glen Echo Park
yes, lesson @ 3pm
$8 - 3:30-6pm
Sun July 18
Rosie Ladet & the Zydeco Playboys
Cherry Hill Park
yes
$30 (w/ Buffet) - 3-7pm - "The Senior Connection" Fundraiser
Sun-Fri July 18-23
Blues Week
Augusta Heritage Center
Elkins, WV
yes & lessons
Mon July 19
David Grisman Bluegrass Experience
Rams Head Annapoils
siddown & shuddup
$46+SC - 8pm
Tue July 20
Steve Earle & Hot Tuna
Rams Head Live
Balmer
$35+SC
Wed July 21
King Teddy
Lee District Park
Franconia
7:30pm
Thur-Sun July 22-25
Floyd Fest
Floyd, VA
Levon Helm, Blue King Brown, Soulive, Railroad Earth, Kononno #1, Bearfoot, Eric Carasno, Bassekou Kouyate, Adrienne Young, William Walter, Christabel & the Jons, Boulder Acoustic Society, JJ Grey & Mofro, Karl Denson's Tiny Universe, Rockridge Brothers, Old Show Medicine Show, Galactic, ...
Wed July 21
Levon Helm
John Hiatt
Wolf Trap
$45/25 - 7:30pm
Wed July 21
King Teddy
Lee District Park
FREE
Thur July 22
Konono No. 1
Cheick Hamala Diabate
Black Cat
Thur July 22
Rockabilly Riot
Jack Oblivian & the Tennessee Tearjerkers, John paul Keith & the One Four Fives, J.P. McDermott & Western Bop
Jackie's Back Room
Silver Spring
$10
Thur July 22
GHZ
Harp & Fiddle
Fri July 23
Ian Walters & Swampkeepers
Zoo Bar
Verify... he's at Augusta
Fri July 23
Scott Ramminger & the Crawstickers
Sunset Grille
Fri July 23
Janine Wilson
Grist Mill Park
Mt. Vernon
7:30pm - FREE
Sat July 24
Solas
Reston Town Center
concrete
7:30-10pm - FREE
Sat July 24
Flatfoot Sam & Educated Fools
Zoo Bar
Sat July 24
Arn & Gerry's Danceathon
The Deutscher Club
Clark, NJ
1-11pm - $45/$40(adv) - w/ Jesse Lege, Lil' Malcolm, Johnny Ace & Sidewalk Zydeco, Mark Gamsjager and the Lustre Kings
Sat July 24
JP McDermott & Western Bop
Quarry House
Mon July 26
Vince Evans & Whop Frazier
Westminster Church
400 I St. SW
6-9pm - $5
Tue July 27
Smokin' Polecats w/ Marianna Previti
Clarendon Ballroom
yes
$10 - 9-11pm
Tue July 27
Steve Miller Band
Wolf Trap
$45/$25(lawn) - 8pm
Tue July 27
Chris Thomas King
Blues Alley
$20 - 8 & 10 pm
Wed July 28
Henry Butler
Blues Alley
$25 - 8 & 10 pm
Wed July 28
Bachman & Turner
Wolf Trap
$42/$25(lawn) - 8pm
Thur July 29
Aretha Franklin
Wolf Trap
$45/$25(lawn) - 8pm
Thur July 29
Horse Feathers
Iota
$12 - 9pm
Fri July 30
Asylum St. Spankers
Rams Head Annapoils
siddown & shuddup
$20+SC - 8pm
Fri July 30
John Jensen
Jazz in the Garden
National Gallery of Art Sculpture Garden
5-8:30pm - FREE
Fri July 30
Eli Cook
Madams Organ
Sat July 31
Mitch Woods
Spanish Ballroom
Glen Echo Park
yes, lesson @ 8pm
$15 - 9pm
Sat July 31
Grady Champion
American Legion Post 41
905 Sligo Ave, Silver Spring
8:30pm - $25/20(member)
Sat July 31
Bobby Parker
Madams Organ
Sat July 31
JP McDermott & Western Bop
Quarry House
Sun Aug 1
Sunday Waltz
Green Light Karma
Spanish Ballroom
Glen Echo Park
yes, lesson @ 3pm
$8 - 3:30-6pm
Sun-Fri Aug 1-6
Bluegrass/Swing Week
Augusta Heritage Center
Elkins, WV
yes & lessons
Tue Aug 3
Willie Nelson
Wolf Trap
$45/$25(lawn) - 8pm
Tue Aug 3
Johnny & the Stingrays
Clarendon Ballroom
yes
$10 - 9-10:30pm
Wed Aug 4
Toumani Diabate's Symmetric Orchestra
Birchmere
siddown & shuddup
$35+SC - 7:30pm
Wed Aug 4
Bad Influence
Main St & Midtown Rd
Gaithersburg
7pm
Fri-Sun Aug 6-8
Riverfront Blues Festival
Wilmington, DE
Matt "Guitar" Murphy, Donna Angelle, Rod Piazza, Perfect Age of Rock & Roll Blues Band (w/ Pinetop Perkins, Hubert Sumlin, Bob Margolin, Willie "Big Eyes" Smith), Lgendary Rhythm & Blues Cruises Review (Tommy Castro Band, Deanna Bogart, Magic Dick, & Joe Louis Walker), Skyla Burrell, Bernard Allison, Delta Harp Blast, ...
Fri Aug 6
Billy Coulter
Mason District Park
Annandale
7:30pm
Fri Aug 6
JP McDermott & Western Bop
Dulles Hilton
yes, lesson @ 8:30pm
$15 - 9pm
Fri Aug 6
BG & the Mojo Hands
Bumper Car Pavillion
Glen Echo Park
yes, lesson @ 8pm
$14 - 9pm
Sat Aug 7
Big Joe & the Dynaflows
Reston Town Center
concrete
7:30-10pm - FREE
Sat Aug 7
Big Daddy Stallings
Lurman Woodland Theatre
Catonsville
6pm - FREE
Sat Aug 7
Janine Wilson
Fenton St. Market
Silver Spring
1pm(?) - FREE
Sun Aug 8
Los Lobos
Birchmere
siddown & shuddup
$49.50+SC - 7:30pm
Mon Aug 9
First Thing Smokin' Blues Band
Westminster Church
400 I St. SW
6-9pm - $5
Tue Aug 10
George Thorogood & the Destroyers
Robert Cray Band
Wolf Trap
$42/25 - 7:30pm
Tue Aug 10
Anders Osborne
Rams Head Annapoils
siddown & shuddup
$23.50+SC - 8pm
Tue Aug 10
Jacques "Saxman" Johnson
71st Birthday
Blues Alley
$18 - 8 & 10 pm
Wed-Thur Aug 11-12
Tribute to the British Invasion
Strathmore
$17-22 - 7:30pm - w/ Tommy Lepson, Last Train Home, 4 Out of 5 Doctors, Margot MacDonald, The Hall Monitors, Jon Carroll, Marti Brom, Patty Reese, Jeff Watson, Julia Nixon, ...
Wed Aug 11
Nighthawks
Lee District Park
Franconia
7:30pm - FREE
Tue Aug 10
Leo Nocentelli's Meters Experience
Blues Alley
$30 - 8 & 10 pm
Fri Aug 13
Bill Kirchen
Royal Lake Park
Fairfax
FREE - 7:30pm
Sat Aug 14
Tab Benoit w/ Anders Osborne
State Theatre
Sat Aug 14
Brave Combo
Blobs Park
Polka!
Sat Aug 14
Bliar Carmen & the Belleview Boys
Spanish Ballroom
Glen Echo Park
yes, lesson @ 8pm
$15 - 9pm
Sat Aug 14
Lady Sings the Blues
Old Bowie Town Grille
$10/$7(DCBS members) - 8:30pm - w/ Carly Harvey, Moonshine Society, & Stacy Brooks Band
Sun Aug 15
Leroy Thomas & the Zydeco Roadrunners
Bumper Car Pavillion
Glen Echo Park
yes, lesson @ 3pm
$18 - 3:30-6pm
Sun Aug 15
Sunday Waltz
Addison Bleufonte
Spanish Ballroom
Glen Echo Park
yes, lesson @ 3pm
$8 - 3:30-6pm
Sun Aug 15
WAMA Award Winners Showcase
Iota
concrete
w/ David Kitchen, Margot MacDonald, & Semantics
$12 - 7:30pm
Sun Aug 15
Jammie Lynch Band
Ballroom Annex
Glen Echo Park
yes, lesson @ 7pm
8:30pm - $17(w/ lesson)/$12(w/o)
Sun Aug 15
Hall Brothers
JVs
9pm
Mon Aug 16
Nighthawks
Westminster Church
400 I St. SW
6-9pm - $5
Tue Aug 17
Nighthawks
Clarendon Ballroom
yes
$10 - 9-10:30pm
Tue Aug 17
Lyle Lovett & his Large Band
Ryan Bingham
Wolf Trap
$42/$25(lawn) - 7:30pm
Wed-Thur Aug 18-19
Keb' Mo'
Birchmere
siddown & shuddup
$59.50+SC - 7:30pm
Thur Aug 19
Mary Chapin Carpenter
Wolf Trap
$42/25 - 8pm
Thur Aug 19
Cathy Ponton King
Nottoway Park
Vienna
7:30pm
Fri-Sat Aug 20-21
"Big Daddy"Stallings & The Bluez Evolution Band
Club 219
Old Town
9pm
Fri Aug 20
Squeeze Bayou
Grist Mill Park
Mt. Vernon
7:30pm
Fri Aug 20
Tommy Lepson
Sunset Grille
Sat Aug 21
Hot August Blues
Oregon Ridge Park
Cockeysville
noon-10pm - $35(adv)/$40+SC - Lyle Lovett & his Large Band, Keb' Mo', Black Joe Lewis & the Honeybears, Jackie Green, Jackie Scott
Sat Aug 21
J Street Jumpers
Spanish Ballroom
Glen Echo Park
yes, lesson @ 8pm
$15 - 9pm
Sat Aug 21
Leroy Thomas & the Zydeco Roadrunners
Knights of Columbus Hall
Catonsville MD
yes, lesson @ 9pm
$18 - 9-midnight
Sat Aug 21
Jon Caroll (solo)
Acoustic on the Green
Leesburg
7pm
Sat Aug 21
Hard Swimming Fish
Bangkok Blues
7-9pm
Sun Aug 22
Junkyard Saints
Lurman Woodland Theatre
Catonsville
6pm - FREE
Mon Aug 23
Dave Sherman & the Smokin' Polecats w/ Marianna Previti
Westminster Church
400 I St. SW
6-9pm - $5
Tue Aug 24
Beausoleil
Rams Head
Annapolis
siddown & shuddup
Wed-Thur Aug 25-26
Doc Watson
Birchmere
siddown & shuddup
$35+SC - 7:30pm
Wed Aug 25
Jacques Johnson & Friends
Mason District Park
Annandale
7:30pm
Wed Aug 25
Steve Meisner & friends
Coolidge Auditorium
noon-1pm
Thur Aug 26
Kenny Neal
Surf Club
tix
Thur Aug 26
Grandsons
Nottoway Park
Vienna
7:30pm
Fri Aug 27
Rick Franklin & the Delta Blues Boys
Royal Lake Park
Fairfax
7:30pm
Fri Aug 27
JP McDermott & Western Bop
Bumper Car Pavillion
Glen Echo Park
yes, lesson @ 8pm
$15 - 9pm
Fri Aug 27
Nighthawks
Los FabuLocos w/ Kid Ramos
Wheaton Triangle
7pm - FREE
Fri Aug 27
Tommy Lepson
Harp & Fiddle
some room
Sat Aug 28
Annapalooza
Anne Arundel County Fairgrounds
noon-10pm - $20(adv)/$25 - Bill Kirchen, Pietasters, The Bridge, Dean Rosenthal Blues Review, ...
Sat Aug 28
Jesse Lege & Bayou Brew
Bumper Car Pavillion
Glen Echo Park
yes, lesson @ 8pm
$15 - 9pm
Sat Aug 28
Garnet Hearts
Quarry House
some room
Sat Aug 28
Nighthawks
Los FabuLocos w/ Kid Ramos
Jammin Java
8pm - $20
Sun Aug 29
Danny Knicely's Summer Concert
Old Stone School
Hillsboro, VA
w/ Nate Leath, Amimee Curl, & Bert Carlson
Mon Aug 30
Dr. John
Birchmere
siddown & shuddup
Tue Aug 31
Hangover Royale
Clarendon Ballroom
yes
$10 - 9-10:30pm
Tue Aug 31
Guitar Shorty
Chris Duarte Group
Rams Head
Annapolis
Wed Sept 1
The Bridge
8x10
Thur Sept 2
Big Sam's Funky Nation
8x10
Fri-Sun Sept 3-5
Rhythm & Roots Festival
Ninigret Park
Charlestown, RI
yes & lessons
Host: Horace Trahan & the Ossun Express
Fri: Johnny Nicholas, Red Stick Ramblers, Jeffery Broussard, Uncle Earl, Danny Barnes, Ed Poullard & Preston Frank, ...
Sat: Marcia Ball, Steve Riley, DTB, CJ, Bonerama, Little Freddy King, Jeffery Broussard, Danny Barnes, Ed Poullard & Preston Frank, Texas Tornados, Bonerama, Occidental Gypsy Jazz Auartet, ...
Sun: Robert Randolph, Steve Riley, DTB, Dave Alvin, CJ, Geoff Muldaur, Little Freddy King, Danny Barnes, Ed Poullard & Preston Frank, Dave Alvin & the Guilty Women, Occidental Gypsy Jazz Auartet, ...
Fri-Sun Sept 3-5
Nils Lofgren & Friends
Birchmere
siddown & shuddup
$45+SC - 7:30pm
Fri Sept 3
Mac McAnally
State Theatre
Sat Sept 4
DC Blues Festival
Carter Barron Ampetheatre
concrete
FREE - w/ Bryan Lee & the Blues Power Band, Diunna Greenleaf & the Blue Mercy Band, Cheryl Renee with Them Bones Blues Band, Doug MacLeod, & Big Boy Little Band
After Party w/ Cheryl Renee w/ Them Bones Blues Band @ American Legion Post 42, Silver Spring ($10-15 - 8:30pm)
Sat Sept 4
JP McDermott & Western Bop
Quarry House
some room
Sat Sept 4
Plaisance Zydeco Festival
Plaisance, LA
Pine Leaf Boys, Roy Carrier Tribute, Chubby, Buckwheat, Lil' Nathan, Nathan, Geno, Step Rideau, JJ Callier, Chris Ardoin, ...
Sat Sept 4
Eilen Jewel
Iota
$12
Sun Sept 5
Alonzo's Memorial Picnic
Baltimore Blues Society
Rosedale American Legion Hall
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James Armstrong, Diunna Greenleaf, Doug MacLeod, ...
Sun Sept 5
Sunday Waltz
Latter Day Lizards
Bumper Car Pavillion
Glen Echo Park
yes, lesson @ 3pm
$8 - 3:30-6pm
Mon Sept 6
Jacques "Saxman" Johnson & Lil' Margie Clarke
Westminster Church
400 I St. SW
6-9pm - $5
Wed Sept 8
The Bridge
8x10
Thur Sept 9
Eric Lindell
Recher Theatre
$12(adv)/$15
Thur Sept 9
Ryan Brunet & the Malefacteurs
Surf Club
yes
8pm - $15
Thur Sept 9
Jonathan Mudd
Billy Coulter Band
Iota
Fri Sept 10
Oklahoma Twisters
Blobs Park
yes w/ 'survial' lesson @ 7:30pm
8pm - $10
Fri Sept 10
Radio Caroline
JVs
Fri Sept 10
Donna the Buffalo
8x10
8pm - w/ Hoots & Hellmouth
Fri Sept 10
Bruce Swaim
Jazz in the Garden
National Gallery of Art Sculpture Garden
5-8:30pm - FREE
Sat Sept 11
Marti Brom & Friends
Quarry House
some room
Sat Sept 11
Smokin' Polecats w/ Jamie Lynch
Zoo Bar
Sat Sept 11
Silver Spring Jazz Festival
Veterans Plaza
Silver Spring Civic Building
3:30-10:30pm - FREE - Aaron Neville & his Quintet w/ Charles Neville, Marcus Johnson, Chopteeth Afrofunk Big Band, Rumba Club, ...
Sat Sept 11
Kennedy Center Open House
Kennedy Center
FREE - noon-7pm - "Arts across America" w/ Chuck Brown, Jake Shimabukuro, Eugenia Leon, ...
Sun Sept 12
Takoma Park Folk Festival
Takoma Park Middle School
some
11am-6:30pm - FREE - Janine Wilson, Karen Collins, Mary Battiata, Grandsons, Rick Franklin, ...
Sun Sept 12
Ryan Brunet and The Malfecteurs
Bumper Car Pavillion
Glen Echo Park
yes, lesson @ 3pm
$15 - 3:30-6pm
Sun Sept 12
El Gran Combo
Salsa Room
Arlington
yes
Sun Sept 12
Blue Rhythm Boys (1pm)
Eastern Market
FREE
Mon Sept 13
Ozomatli
Rams Head
Annapolis
siddown & shuddup
8pm - $29.50+SC
Mon Sept 13
Claire Lynch Band
IMT @ St. Mark Presby
10701 Old Georgetown Rd, Rockville
$18(adv)/$22
Tue Sept 14
Dave Chappell w/ Bruce Swaim
JVs
Tue Sept 14
King Teddy
Clarendon Ballroom
yes
$10 - 9pm
Wed Sept 15
"El Grito" w/ Ozomatli, Mariachi Los Amigos, & Ballet Folklorico de la Universidad Veracruzana
Kennedy Center
South Plaza
Nasty Concrete
FREE - 6pm
Wed Sept 15
the Bridge
8x10
Thur Sept 16
Pretty Small Opry
Hungry for Music Benefit
Bangkok Blues
7pm - w/ Karen Collins, J.P. McDermott, Jelly Roll Mortals, Dulcie Taylor, Alan MacEwen, Julia Kasdorf, Lynn Kasdorf, Janet Garbe
Thur Sept 16
Rana Santacruz
Kennedy Center
Millenium Stage
FREE - 6-7pm
Fri Sept 17
Robbie Fulks Band w. Chris Scruggs
David Kitchen
Iota
$15 - 9pm
Fri Sept 17
the Gourds
State Theatre
Fri Sept 17
Red Molly
Lyceum (Old Town)
$20(adv)/$23 - 8pm
Fri Sept 17
Flatfoot Sam & the Educated Fools
JVs
9pm
Sat Sept 18
Paul Tillotson Love Trio
Spanish Ballroom
Glen Echo Park
yes, lesson @ 8pm
$14 - 9pm
Sat Sept 18
Scott Ramminger & The CrawStickers (7pm)
Stacy Brooks (10pm)
Bangkok Blues
Sat Sept 18
Wendy LeBeau
Quarry House
some room
Sun Sept 19
Joe Louis Walker feat. Murali Coryell
The Andy Poxon Band
Rams Head
Annapolis
siddown & shuddup
7:30pm - $20+SC
Sun Sept 19
Sunday Waltz
Blue Bamboo
Spanish Ballroom
Glen Echo Park
yes, lesson @ 3pm
$8 - 3:30-6pm
Sun Sept 19
Karen Collins & the Backroads Band (10:30am)
Janine Wilson & Max Evans (1pm)
Eastern Market
FREE
Tues Sept 21
Alejandro Escovedo & the Sensitive Boys
Birchmere
nope
Tues Sept 21
Abigail Washburn
Jammin Java
Tues Sept 21
Jim "Texas Shorty" Chancellor
Kennedy Center
Millenium Stage
FREE - 6-7pm - 2010 NEA Heritage Award winner and five-time Texas State Champion fiddler
Wed Sept 22
Abigail Washburn
Rams Head Annapolis
nope
8pm - $20
Thur-Sat Sept 23-25
Watermelon Park Festival
Watermelon Park
Berryville, VA
Punch Brothers w/ Chris Thile, the Lonesome River Band, Justin Townes Earle, Bruce Molsky, Larry Keel, David Via & John Flower, the Shannon Whitworth Band, the Hot Seats, the Fox Hunt, the Martin Family Band, Gary Ruley & Mule Train and Old Sledge, Cedric Watson, ...
Thur Sept 23
Alejandro Escovedo & the Sensitive Boys
Rams Head Annapolis
nope
7pm - $39.50+SC
Thur Sept 23
Ben Sollee's Ditch The Van Tour
Cafe Nola
Thur Sept 23
Bobby Bare Jr.
Iota
8:30pm - $12 - w/ Blue Giant
Fri Sept 24
National Heritage Fellowship Awards Concert
Strathmore
FREE (get Tickets, else a waiting line) - 8pm - w/ Yacub Addy, Jim "Texas Shorty" Chancellor, Gladys Kukana Grace, Mary Jackson, Del McCoury, Kamala Lakshmi Narayanan, Mike Rafferty, Ezequiel Torres, Judith McCulloh
Fri Sept 24
Ben Sollee's Ditch The Van Tour
Mansion at Strathmore
Fri Sept 24
Magnolia Cajun Band
Bumper Car Pavillion
Glen Echo Park
yes, lesson @ 8pm
$15 - 9pm
Fri Sept 24
Radiators
8x10
9pm
Fri Sept 24
Pistolera
Montgomery College
Sat Sept 25
Flatfoot Sam & the Educated Fools
Zoo Bar
Sat Sept 25
Cedric Watson and Bijou Creole
TK Club
Conshohocken, PA
yes, lesson @ 7:30pm
$20 - 8:30pm
Sat Sept 25
Clarendon Day
Clarendon Blvd
asphalt
FREE - King Teddy, Jumpin' Jupiter, ...
Sat Sept 25
Atomic Swing Club
Quarry House
Sun Sept 26
Cedric Watson & Bijou Creole
Knights of Columbus Hall
Catonsville MD
yes, lesson @ 9pm
$20 - 9-midnight
Sun Sept 26
Archie's Barbershop Jambassadors (10:30am)
Seth Kibel & Bay Jazz Project (1pm)
Eastern Market
FREE
Sun Sept 26
Bluebird Blues Festival
Prince Georges Community College
301 Largo Rd, Largo
FREE - 12:30-6pm - Clarence Carter, Diunna Greenleaf & Blue Mercy, Charles "Big Daddy" Stallings, Tom Larsen Band, M.S.G.-The Acoustic Blues Trio, Barry Lee Pearson, Phil Wiggins & Rick Franklin, and Warner Williams & Jay Summerour
Sun Sept 26
Stanton Moore Trio w/ Anders Osborne
8x10
Tue Sept 28
Marc Cohn
Birchmere
Tue Sept 28
Bad Influence
Clarendon Ballroom
yes
$10 - 9-10:30pm
Wed Sept 29
Greg Brown
Recher Theatre
seated
$25(adv)/$28
Wed Sept 29
Marc Cohn
Ram's Head Annapolis
6 & 9pm - $39.50+SC
Thur Sept 30
Greg Brown
Paul Thorn
Birchmere
$29.50+SC - 7:30pm
Thur Sept 30
Karen Collins & the Backroads Band
Surf Club
yep
$10 - 8-10:30pm
Fri Oct 1
Jason & the Scorchers
Iota
9pm - $19
Fri-Sat Oct 1-2
"Big Daddy" Stallings & The Bluez Evolution Band
Club 219
9pm
Sat Oct 2
Jubal Kane
JVs
Sat Oct 2
JP McDermott & Western Bop
Quarry House
Sat Oct 2
Henry Butler
underground theatre
Chevy Chase
8pm - tix
Sun Oct 3
Takoma Park Street Festival
Downtown Takoma Park
in the street
FREE - 10am-5pm - noon: Pam Parker, 1pm: Joe Uehlein & the U-Liners, Sweater Set, 2pm: Tommy Lepson, Natty Beaux, 3pm: Dave Chappel & the Amazing Rays, Junkyard Saints, 4pm: Chopteeth, Tom Principato, ...
Sun Oct 3
Big Bad Voodoo Daddy
Rams Head Annapolis
8pm - $49.50+SC
Mon Oct 4
Dear New Orleans Benefit
Black cat
$20 - 8pm - w. Bonerama, Damian Kulash, Jenny Toomey & Franklin Bruno, ...
Tue Oct 5
Rockin' Bones
Clarendon Ballroom
yes
$10 - 9-10:30pm
Wed Oct 6
Indigenous
David Andrew Smith
8x10
7pm
Wed Oct 6
Tim O'Brien & Bryan Sutton
Mollie O'Brien & Rich Moore
Rams Head
Annapolis
8pm - $23.50+SC
Fri-Sun Oct 8-10
Richmond Folk Festival
Richmond Riverfront
FREE - Boinsoir Catin, Lil' Ed, Peter Rowan, Deke Dickerson & the Eccofonics w/ Daryl Davis, Rare Essence, Tony Rice, ...
Fri-Tue Oct 8-12
Artisphere Open House
1101 Wilson Blvd
Arlington
10am-11pm - Joe Falero Latin Jazz Allstars, Memphis Gold, Chopteeth, Mary Ann Redmond, Grandsons, Salsa Deconstructed Demo, La Excelencia (dance)
Fri Oct 8
Ebony Hillbillies
Washinton Ethical Society Auditorium
7:30pm - $15/free for members
Fri Oct 8
Dave Brubeck Quartet
the Callaway Sisters
Strathmore
8pm - $35-95
Fri Oct 8
Oklahoma Twisters
Blobs Park
yes, lesson @ 7:30pm
8pm
Sat Oct 9
Blue Moon Big Band
Spanish Ballroom
Glen Echo Park
yes, lesson @ 8pm
$14 - 9pm
Sat Oct 9
John Primer, Kilborn Alley Blues Band
Baltimore Blues Society
Rosedale American Legion Hall
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$25 (adv) - 9-1am
Sat Oct 9
Southern Culture on the Skids
9:30
Sat Oct 9
Mavis Staples
Bettye Lavette
Lisner
Sun Oct 10
Sunday Waltz
Waltz Wizards
Spanish Ballroom
Glen Echo Park
yes, lesson @ 3pm
$8 - 3:30-6pm
Sun Oct 10
The Subdudes
Rams Head
Annapolis
8pm - $35+SC
Mon Oct 11
Raul Malo
Birchmere
Tue Oct 12
Candye Kane
Clarendon Ballroom
yes
$10 - 9-10:30pm
Wed Oct 13
Mike + Ruthy (of The Mammals) with Liz McFadden
Takoma Park Community Center Auditorium
$15(adv)/$20 - 7:30pm
Thur Oct 14
Carolina Chocolate Drops
Birchmere Bandstand
sure
w/ Luminsecent Orchestra
Thur Oct 14
Bill Kirchen & Too Much Fun
Sunset Grille
will fill
Fri Oct 15
Dennis Stroughmatt & Creole Stomp
Greenbelt American Legion Post 136
yes, lesson @ 8pm
$15 - 8:30pm
Fri Oct 15
Jimmy Thackery & the Drivers
Deanna Bogart
Birchmere
siddown & shuddup
Fri Oct 15
Guitar Masters: Eric Johnson, Andy McKee, & Peppino D'Agostino
Strathmore
$25-48+SC - 8pm
Fri Oct 15
Blues & Brews w/ Bobby Parker, Big Daddy Stallings, Black Falls
8x10
7pm
Sat-Sun Oct 16-17
Dancing by the Bayou
C&Z Dance Festival
Glen Echo Park
yes
$100(adv weekend)
Steve Riley, Nathan, Dennis Stroughmatt, Rosie Ledet & Curley Taylor
Sat Oct 16
Deanna Bogart
Bumper Car Pavillion
Glen Echo Park
yes, lesson @ 8pm
$15 - 9pm-midnight
Sat Oct 16
The New Pornographers
Rams Head Live
Balmer
$32.50 +SC - w/ Tokyo Police Club
Sat Oct 16
Avett Brothers
Pier 6
Sun Oct 17
Lord of the Strings
JVs
9pm - w/ Dave Chappell, Dave Elliott, Claude Arthur, & Brian Simms
Sun Oct 17
The New Pornographers
9:30
Sun Oct 17
Martin Sexton
Birchmere
7:30pm - $35+SC
Mon Oct 18
Nick Lowe (w/ Full Band)
Birchmere
SOLD OUT
Tue Oct 19-20
Buddy Guy
Birchmere
Tue Oct 19
Richard Thompson
9:30
$35
Tue Oct 19
Susan Cowsill
David Jacobs-Strain
Jammin' Java
$12(adv)/$15 - 7:30pm
Tue Oct 19
Sin Miedo
Artisphere
yes
$15
Wed Oct 20
JP McDermott & Western Bop
Nick's
yes
9-11pm - $10
Thur Oct 21
Nighthawks
Blackrock Center
Germantown
yes (2nd Set)
7:30pm - $25
Fri-Sun Oct 22-24
Tangosutra Festival
multiple venues
yes w/ lessons
Fri Oct 22
Chuck Berry w/ Daryl Davis
Strathmore
$38-65 - 8pm
Fri Oct 22
Robert Randolph and the Family Band, Martin Sexton, Hill Country Revue
Rams Head Live Balmer
$25+SC - 7pm
Fri Oct 22
Swampkeepers
Zoo Bar
Fri Oct 22
Scott Ramminger & the Crawstickers
Sunset Grille
Sat Oct 23
Lil' Pookie & the Zydeco Sensations
Knights of Columbus Hall
Catonsville MD
yes, lesson @ 9pm
$18 - 9-midnight
Sat Oct 23
Yonder Mountain String Band (late)
9:30
Justin Townes Earl (cancelled)
Sat Oct 23
Beale Street Grill Blues Festival
Beale St. Grill
Rockville
1-5pm - w/ Eleanor Ellis, Daryl Davis, Rick Franklin & Neil Harpe, Memphis Gold & Jay Summerour
Sat Oct 23
Flat Foot Sam & the Educated Fools
Zoo Bar
Sun Oct 24
Benefit for Mike Melchione
Vienna Moose Lodge
9616 Courthouse Road
w/ Jimmy Cole Blues Band, The Nighthawks, Mike's own band Lost Highway, Cathy Ponton King Band w/ Bill Starks, Ron Holloway, Dave Chappell, Antoine Sanfuentes, and Ron Holloway, Little Red & the Renegades, Tommy Lepson Band, Big Boy Little Blues Band, Ratso & Switchblade, Heavy Country, Dave Elliott, Big Joe Maher, Big Daddy Del Puchert, John Previti
Sun Oct 24
Sunday Waltz
Crowfoot
Spanish Ballroom
Glen Echo Park
yes, lesson @ 3pm
$8 - 3:30-6pm
Sun Oct 24
Country Jamboree w/ Chris & Chick Hall
JVs
and Ty Braddock, Carrie Hoagland, Diana Quinn, Mike Woods, Danielle Westphal, ... - 5pm-midnight
Tue Oct 26
Jimmie Vaughan & Tilt-a-Whirl w/Lou Ann Barton
Birchmere
siddown & shuddup
Thur Oct 28
Doc Scantlin & the Imperial Palm Orchestra
Kogod Courtyard
American Art Museum
FREE - 5-7pm
Fri-Sat Oct 29-30
Blackpot Festival
Acadian Village
Lafayette, LA
Red Stick Ramblers, Feufollet, Pine Leaf Boys, Hank Sapoznik & the Youngsters of Zion, Ed Poullard & Preston Frank, Jay Ungar & Molly Mason, Steve James, Ray Abshire, Horace Trahan, Malefacteurs, ...
Fri-Sat Oct 29-30
Robert Randolph
9:30
Fri Oct 29
King Teddy
Dulles Hilton
yes, lesson @ 8:30pm
$15 - 9pm-midnight
Fri Oct 29
Andy Paxon
Bangkok Blues
7-9:30pm
Sat Oct 30
Chuck Brown
Christylez Bacon
Strathmore
$25-38+SC - 8pm
Sat Oct 30
Pietasters, Toasters, Players
8x10
Ska
Sat Oct 30
Orrin Star
Cabin John Gardens Community House
7:30pm
Sat Oct 30
JP McDermott & Western Bop
Quarry House
Mon Nov 1
Blue Monday
Big Boy Little Band
Westminster Church
400 I St. SW
6-9pm - $5
Mon Nov 1
Sarah McQuaid
IMT @ St. Mark Presby
10701 Old Georgetown Rd, Rockville
Tue Nov 2
Bio Ritmo
Artisphere
yes
$15
Wed Nov 3
Paul Barrere & Fred Tackett (Little Feat)
Barns of Wolf Trap
$25
Wed Nov 3
Delbert McClinton
Carrie Rodriguez
Birchmere
siddown & shuddup
$45+SC
Wed Nov 3
Savoy Family Band
Cultural Arts Center
Glen Allen, VA
dunno
$25 - 7pm
Thur Nov 4
Battlefield Band
Barns of Wolf Trap
siddown & shuddup
$24 - 8pm
Fri Nov 5
Chris Smither
Barns of Wolf Trap
siddown & shuddup
$24 - 8pm
Fri Nov 5
David Navarro
Eric Brace & Peter Cooper
Jammin' Java
$17 (each)/$30(both) - Acoustic-in-the-Round (7pm) & Full Sets (9:30pm)
Fri Nov 5
Cutaways
Washintgon Dulles Hilton
yes, lesson @ 8:30pm
$15 - 9pm
Sat Nov 6
Savoy Family Band
Knights of Columbus Hall
Catonsville MD
yes, lesson @ 9pm
$20 - 9-midnight
Sat Nov 6
Peter Davis & Lindy Hop Heaven
Spanish Ballroom
Glen Echo Park
yes, lesson @ 8pm
$14 - 9pm
Sat Nov 6
Cancelled
Tristan Prettyman
Iota
Sat Nov 6
College Park Blues Festival
Ritchie Coliseum
FREE - 7-11:30pm - w/ Bobby Parker, Waverly Milor, "Swamp Dog" Clark
Sat Nov 6
Four Star Combo & Billy Woodward
Quarry House
room?
Sun Nov 7
Sunday Waltz
Footloose
Spanish Ballroom
Glen Echo Park
yes, lesson @ 3pm
$8 - 3:30-6pm
Sun Nov 7
Toots & the Maytals
State Theatre
$26
Sun Nov 7
Bonerama
8x10
Mon Nov 8
Blue Monday
Clarence Turner Blues Band
Westminster Church
400 I St. SW
6-9pm - $5
Mon Nov 8
Robert Earl Keen, Randy Rogers Band, & Reckless Kelly
Birchmere Bandstand
7:30pm - $37.50+SC
Wed Nov 10
Red Stick Ramblers
Artisphere
yes
$15
Thur Nov 11
Chatham County Line
Jammin' Java
7:30pm - $12
Fri Nov 12
Punch Brothers w/ Chris Thile
Strathmore
$25-42+SC - 8pm
Fri Nov 12
Natty Beaux
Washintgon Dulles Hilton
yes, lesson @ 8:30pm
$15 - 9pm
Fri Nov 12
Arty Hill
Blobs Park
yep
Fri Nov 12
Billy Hancock & Marti Brom
JVs
$15
Sat Nov 13
Asleep At the Wheel
State Theatre
sure
$35 - 9pm
Sat Nov 13
Chuck Brown
Rams Head Annapolis
$35 - 9pm
Sat Nov 13
King Soul
Jackie's
Silver Spring
$8 - 9:30pm
Sat Nov 13
Deb Callahan
Madams Organ
Sun Nov 14
Bruce Swaim Benefit
Bangkok Blues
room?
$15 - Jazz (3-7pm) w/ Bruce Swaim Quaartet, Jeff Antoniuk, Mary Ann Redmond, Perry Conticcio, Jon Ozment, Paul Carr, Rick Whitehead Trio
Blues-Rock (7-11pm) J Street Jumpers, Tommy Lepson Band, Patty Reese, King Soul, Dave Chappel, Brian Simms, & frineds
Sun Nov 14
Johnny Ace & Sidewalk Zydeco
Bumper Car Pavillion
Glen Echo Park
yes, lesson @ 3pm
3:30-6pm - $15
Sun Nov 14
JVs 63rd Anniversary Bluegrass Show
JVs
w/ Andrew Acosta, New Old Time String Band, ..., ... - 4:30-8pm
Sun Nov 14
the Subdudes
Rams Head Annapolis
8pm - $35
Tue Nov 16
Terry Garland
Reston Folk Club
Tortilla Factory-Herndon
nope
7:15pm - $14
Tue Nov 16
J.P. McDermott & Western Bop
Clarendon Ballroom
yes
9pm - $10
Wed Nov 17
Scott Ramminger & Crawstickers
Nick's Nightclub
yes, lesson @ 8:30pm
$10 - 9-11pm
Wed Nov 17
King Teddy
Artisphere
yes
$15 - 8:30pm
Thur Nov 18
JJ Grey & Mofro
State Theatre
9pm - $18(adv)/$20
Fri Nov 19
Jive Aces
Washintgon Dulles Hilton
yes, lesson @ 8:30pm
$20 (get in advance, 200 limit) - 9pm
Fri Nov 19
Notorious
Spanish Ballroom
Glen Echo Park
yes, lesson @ 8pm
Contra - 9pm
Sat Nov 20
Jive Aces
Spanish Ballroom
Glen Echo Park
yes, lesson @ 8pm
$15 - 9pm
Sat Nov 20
Hungry for Music Benefit
Tribute to Van Morrison
Takoma Park City Auditorium
7:30pm - $15 - w/ Jerrye Bresee, David Morreale, Karyn Oliver, Lisa Taylor & Doug Alean Wilcox
Sat Nov 20
Chaise Lounge
Barns
nope
$18 - 7:30pm
Sat Nov 20
Railroad Earth
Cornmeal
Rams Head Live
Balmer
$20
Sat Nov 20
Chuck Brown, Rare Essence w/ James Funk, Suttle Thoughts
9:30
$30
Sun Nov 21
Sunday Waltz
Notorious
Spanish Ballroom
Glen Echo Park
yes, lesson @ 3pm
$8 - 3:30-6pm
& Contra in the Evening
Sun Nov 21
New Orleans Nights
w/ Allen Toussaint, Nicholas Payton, & the Joe Krown Trio
George Mason
Center for the Arts
nope
$44-22 - 7pm
Sun Nov 21
Caravan of Thieves
Megan McCormick
Jammin Java
$10(adv)/13(day) - 7:30pm
Sun Nov 21
Bonerama
8x10
Tue Nov 23
Jonny & the Stingrays
Clarendon Ballroom
yes
9pm - $10
Wed Nov 24
Bob Perilla's Big Hillbilly Bluegrass
Kennedy Center
Millenium Stage
6-7pm - FREE
Wed Nov 24
You know who
Same as usual
yes
get there early- 8pm start - will sell out
Wed Nov 24
Yachtsmen
Quarry House Tavern
yes
Thur Nov 25
Thanksgiving
Thur Nov 25
Thrillbillies
Sunset Grille
Fri Nov 26
the Nighthawks
Thrillbillies
State Theatre
sure
$15(adv)/$18
Fri Nov 26
the Grandsons
Barns of Wolf Trap
sure
$16 - 8pm
Fri Nov 26
Rhodes Tavern Troubadours
Iota
$12 - 9pm
Fri Nov 26
Lord of the Strings
JVs
w/ Dave Chappell & Dan Hovey - 9pm
Fri Nov 26
Swampkeepers
Zoo Bar
Sat Nov 27
Coco Montoya
Dackta D & the Infirmary
Baltimore Blues Society
Rosedale American Legion Hall
tile
Sat Nov 27
Scott Ramminger & the Crawstickers
Bangkok Blues
7-9:30pm
Sat Nov 27
Orrin Star & Jimmy Gaudreau
Holy Cross Lutheran Church, Herndon
7:30pm - $15
Sat Nov 27
J.P. McDermott & Western Bop
Quarry House
room?
Sat Nov 27
Flatfoot Sam
Zoo Bar
Sun Nov 28
Matt Wigler
Kennedy Center
Millenium Stage
6-7pm - FREE
Mon Nov 29
Blue Monday
All Blues
Westminster Church
400 I St. SW
6-9pm - $5 - Bill Heid, Big Joe, Lyle Link, & Tommy Cecil
Wed Dec 1
Dan Hicks & the Hot Licks
Barns of Wolf Trap
nope
$25 - 8pm
Wed Dec 1
Big Joe & the Dynaflows
Artisphere
yes
$15
Thur Dec 2
Curley Taylor & the Zydeco Trouble
Greenbelt American Legion Post 136
6900 Greenbelt Road
yes, lesson @ 7:30pm
$15 - 8pm
Thur Dec 2
Esther Haynes
JVs
9pm
Fri Dec 3 - Thur Dec 23
Downtown Holiday Market
Downtown DC
8th & F St.-ish NW
Music noon-7pm daily - Rick Franklin, United House of Prayer, Stacy Brooks, Esther Haynes, Karen Collins, ...
Fri-Sun Dec 3-5
BamBLOOZled
Glen Echo Park & DuShor Dance Studio
yes, & lessons
$90(full adv package)/$175(full @ door)
Fri: Meschiya Lake @ Bumper Car Pavillion - 9pm ($15)
Sat: Shemekia Copeland @ Spanish Ballroom - 9pm ($18)
Sun: Brother Yusef @ Bumper Car Pavillion - 8:30pm ($12)
Fri-Sat Dec 3-4
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, Graceliners, Karb Kings, Tom Principato, Sookey Jump Blues, Janine Wilson, ...
Sat: Barn Burners, Jed Douvall, Fabulettes, Graceliners, Honky Tonk Confidential, Karb Kings, Monsters from the Surf, Sookey Jump Blues, Janine Wilson, ...
Fri-Sat Dec 3-4
Four Bitchin' Babes
Birchmere
7:30pm - $35+SC
Fri Dec 3
Daryl Davis
Washintgon Dulles Hilton
yes, lesson @ 8:30pm
$15 - 9pm
Sat Dec 4
Big Joe & the Dynaflows
BBS Holiday Show & CD Release
Baltimore Blues Society
Fish Head Cantina
Sat Dec 4
Reverend Peyton's Big Damn Band
8x10
Sat Dec 4
U-Liners
Cravin' Dogs
Iota
$15 - 8:30pm
Sat Dec 4
Big Boy Little
Zoo Bar
Sun Dec 5
Sunday Waltz
Some Assembly
Spanish Ballroom
Glen Echo Park
yes, lesson @ 3pm
$8 - 3:30-6pm
Sun Dec 5
Tab Benoit & Friends
State Theatre
sure
$20(adv)/$25 - 7:30pm
w/ Anders Osborne & Big Chief Monk Boudreaux
Fri Dec 3 - Thur Dec 23
Downtown Holiday Market
Downtown DC
8th & F St.-ish NW
Music noon-7pm daily - Patty Reese, Seth Kibel, Janine Wilson, Billy Coulter, Jim Stephanson, Gina DeSimone, Dave Chappell, Alexandria Kleztet, ...
Mon Dec 6
Blue Monday
Vince Evans, Whop Frazier, Tom Crosby, & Andre "Blues" Web
Westminster Church
400 I St. SW
6-9pm - $5
Wed Dec 8
Blue Sky 5
Artisphere
yes, lesson @ 7:30pm
$15 - 8:30pm
Thur Dec 9
Memphis Gold Fundraiser
Surf Club Live
$15 - 7:30pm - w/ Mary Shaver Band, Memphis Gold, Stacy Brooks, Clarence Turner, Mark Wenner, Bobby Parker
Thur Dec 9
Jon Carroll (Solo)
Athenaeum
Alexandria
7pm
Fri Dec 10
Hazel Dickens Tribute Concert
Robert Kaufman Auditorium
Alexandria
$20 - 8pm - w/ Randy Barrett, Bumpkin Pie, Karen Collins & The Backroads Trio, Dudley Connell, Dead Men's Hollow, Bill Emerson & Sweet Dixie, Sally Love, The U-Liners, Dede Wyland, and Hazel Dickens
Fri Dec 10
Railroad Earth
Hackensaw Boys
9:30
$25
Fri Dec 10
Johnny Winter
State Theatre
$26
Fri Dec 10
Eli Cook
Madams Organ
Sat Dec 11
Ralph Stanley & The Clinch Mt. Boys
Birchmere
2:30 & 8pm - w/ Jon Carroll, Gary Smallwood, Michael Sheppard, Cal Everett, ...
Sat Dec 11
Bill Wharton the Sauce Boss
Madams Organ
Sat Dec 11
Grant Dermody, Rick Franklin, & Tommy Hannigan
Glassie House Concert
$20 - 8pm
Sat Dec 11
Santa Jam
Tally Ho Theatre
Leesburg
$11+unwrapped gift - w/ Mary Ann Redmond, Generation Vinyl, Soul Gravity & ...
Sat Dec 11
Smokin' Polecats & Marianna Preveti
Zoo Bar
Sun Dec 12
Dikki Du & the Zydeco Krewe
Spanish Ballroom
Glen Echo Park
yes, lesson @ 3pm
$15 - 3:30-6pm
Fri Dec 3 - Thur Dec 23
Downtown Holiday Market
Downtown DC
8th & F St.-ish NW NW
Music noon-7pm daily - Jim Stephanson, Seth Kibel, Patty Reese, Dave Chappel, Janine Wilson, Ian Walters, Stacy Brookx, United House of Prayer, Hot Buttered Nuggets, ...
Mon Dec 13
Blue Monday
Moonshine Society
Westminster Church
400 I St. SW
6-9pm - $5 - w/ Charlie Sayles, Pete Ragusa, ...
Tue Dec 14
the Method, the Yachtsmen, Glasgow
Iota
8pm
Tue Dec 14
BG & the Mojo Hands
Clarendon Ballroom
yes
9pm - $10
Tue Dec 14
Sin Miedo
Artisphere
yes, lesson @ 7:30pm
$15 - 8:30pm
Wed Dec 15
Smokin' Polecats w. Marianna Previti
Nicks Nighclub
yes
9pm - $10
Wed Ded 15
J St. Jumpers
Artisphere
yes, lesson @ 7:30pm
$15 - 8:30pm
Wed Dec 15
Tom Principato
Kennedy Center
Millenium Stage
6-7pm - FREE
Wed Dec 15
Aaron Neville & His Quintet w/ Charles Neville
Birchmere
7:30pm - $49.50+SC
Thur Dec 16
Sweet Heaven Kings
United House of Prayer
Kennedy Center
Millenium Stage
6-7pm - FREE
Thur Dec 16
Last Train Home
Iota
$12
Fri Dec 17
Honey Island Swamp Band
Madams Organ
Fri Dec 17
Bill Kirchen
Jammin' Java
$20 - Holiday Show
Fri Dec 17
Soul Crackers
Clydes
Chevy Chase
9pm - FREE
Sat-Sun Dec 17-18
Last Train Home
Iota
$12
Sat Dec 18
J.P. McDermott & Western Bop, the Spectacles & the Hall Monitors
Quarry House
room?
Sat Dec 18
Papa Grows Funk
Honey Island Swamp Band
8x10
8pm
Sat Dec 18
DC Blues Society Holiday Party
w/ BT Richardson & Black Coffee Experience
American Legion Post 268
Wheaton, MD
8pm - $10(member adv)/$12(Adv)/$15(door)
Sun Dec 19
Sunday Waltz
Terpsichore
Spanish Ballroom
Glen Echo Park
yes, lesson @ 3pm
$8 - 3:30-6pm
Sun Dec 19
Justin Townes Earle
9:30
Fri Dec 3 - Thur Dec 23
Downtown Holiday Market
Downtown DC
8th & F St.-ish NW
Music noon-7pm daily - Patty Reese, Dave Chappell, Sweater Set, Ian Walters, United House of Prayer, ...
Mon Dec 20
Blue Monday
Nighthawks
Westminster Church
400 I St. SW
6-9pm - $5
Mon Dec 20
Last Train Home
Kennedy Center
Millenium Stage
6-7pm - FREE tickets released at 4pm
Tue Dec 21
Nighthawks
Clarendon Ballroom
yes
9pm - $10
Tue Dec 21
Carol Gaylor & Bruce Katsu
JVs
Wed Dec 22
Nighthawks
Artisphere
yes, lesson @ 7:30pm
$15 - 8:30pm
Thur Dec 23
Santa Jam 14
State Theatre
$10 (toy donation) - 8pm - w/ Soul Gravity, Tommy Lepson, Linwood Taylor, ...
Thur Dec 23
Thrillbillies
Sunset Grille
Thur Dec 23
Dave Chappell Band
JVs
Fri Dec 24
SwampKeepers
Zoo Bar
Sat Dec 25
Christmas
Sat Dec 25
All Star Jazz Jam
w/ Chuck & Robert Redd, Lenny Robinson, Tom Williams, James King & Delores Williams
Kennedy Center
Millenium Stage
6-7pm - FREE
Sat Dec 25
Honky Tonk Confidential
JVs
Sun-Mon Dec 26-27
Southside Johnny & the Asbury Jukes
Rams Head
Annapolis
siddown & shuddup
$50+SC
Mon Dec 27
Hank Williams Tribute
Birchmere
7:30pm - $29.50+SC - w/ Cathy Fink & Marcy Marxer, Bill Kirchen, Robin & Linda Williams & their Fine Group
Wed Dec 29
Southside Johnny & the Asbury Jukes
Birchmere
7:30pm - $39.50+SC
Thur Dec 30
Trombone Shorty & Orleans Avenue
The Bridge
Rams Head Live
Balmer
$20(adv)/$25(day)
Thur Dec 30
Rhodes Tavern Troubadours
Sunset Grille
Thur Dec 30
Women in the Blues
JVs
Mary Shaver, Lisa Lim, & Sandy Dumas, w/ Smokin' Polecats
Thur Dec 30
Skip Castro Band
Nighthawks
State Theatre
8:30pm - $20
Thur Dec 30
Gogol Bordello
9:30
$35
New Years Eve
Fri Dec 31
First Night Alexandria
all over downtown Alexandria
depends on the room
Bill Kirchen, King Teddy, Janine Wilson, Quintango, Grandsons, Blue Moon Cowgirls, Matt Wigler, Al Williams, Zydeco Crayz, ...
Fri Dec 31
Lush Life w. Lynn "Luscious" McCune
Spanish Ballroom
Glen Echo Park
yes, lesson @ 8pm
$25
Fri Dec 31
DC Blues Society New Years Dinner/Dance
w/ Electrofied Blues Band
American Legion Post 41
Silver Spring, MD
8pm - $25(member adv)/$30(Adv)/$35(door)
Fri Dec 31
King Soul
Jackie's Backroom
Silver Spring
$30+
And
Deanna Bogart
Peaches O'Dell
Seldom Scene
Gogol Bordello & Trouble Funk
Rams Head Tavern
Black Cat
Birchmere
9:30