Past Events
Date Artist Venue Dancing? Notes
2012
Sun Jan 1
Sunday Waltz
Terpsichore
Spanish Ballroom
Glen Echo Park
yes, lesson @ 3pm
$10 - 3:30-6pm
Sun Jan 1
Grandsons
Kennedy Center
Millenium Stage
6-7pm - FREE
Mon Jan 2
Blue Monday
Bill Heid Blues Band
Westminster Church
400 I St. SW
6-9pm - $5
Tue Jan 3
David Kitchen
Hill Country BBQ
No Cover
Wed Jan 4
The Fred Eaglesmith Traveling Show
Jammin Java
8pm
Thur Jan 5
Stooges Brass Band
Kennedy Center
Millenium Stage
6-7pm - FREE
Thur Jan 5
Elvis Bday Tribute
Red Palace
$10 - 9pm - w/ JP McDermott
Thur Jan 5
Billy Coulter
Hamilton
600 14th St. NW
No Cover - 8pm
Fri Jan 6
Johnny Ace & Sidewalk Zydeco
Blobs Park
yes, lesson @ 8pm
$15 - 8:30pm
Fri Jan 6
Guy Davis
Common Ground on the Hill series
Brown Memorial Presby
6200 N. Charles St., Balmer
$19 - 8pm
Fri Jan 6
JP McDermott & Western Bop
Hill Country BBQ
No Cover
Sat Jan 7
Jim O'Neal Benefit
American Legion Post - Wheaton Post 268
yes
7-11pm - w/ Memphis Gold, Cathy Ponton King, DC Blues Society Band, Bret Littlehales, Linwood Taylor, ...
Sat Jan 7
Big Boy Little
Zoo Bar
Sat Jan 7
Deb Callahan
Madams Organ
Sun Jan 8
Delco Nightingale
Carlyle Club
yes
$20 - 7:30pm
Sun Jan 8
Stacy Brooks
Madams Organ
Tue Jan 10
Karen Collins & The Backroads Band
Hill Country BBQ
8:30pm - No Cover
Thur Jan 12
Hula Monsters
Ruthie & the Wranglers
Hamilton
600 14th St. NW
$15 - 8pm
Thur Jan 12
David Kitchen
Sunset Grille
Thur Jan 12
Bruce Swaim Quartet
Strathmore Mansion
$30 - 7:30pm
Fri-Sun Dec 13-15
Eddie From Ohio
Birchmere
siddown & shuddup
$35+SC - 7:30pm - w/ Dan Navarro (Fri), Jake Armerding (Sat), Deep River (Sun)
Fri Jan 13
King Soul
Justin Trawick
Hill Country BBQ
9:30pm - No Cover
Fri Jan 13
"MLK Blues" with Lea Gilmore, Walt Michaels and Ian Walters
Sheryl Sears Trio
Carroll Cafe
Seekers Church, Takoma Park
7:30pm - $15
Fri Jan 13
Sookey Jump Blues
Zoo Bar
Sat Jan 14
Paul Cebar & Tomorrow Sound
Barns of Wolf Trap
yes
7:30pm - $22
Sat Jan 14
JP McDermott & Western Bop
Quary House Tavern
9:30pm
Sat Jan 14
Chaise Lunge
Hamilton
600 14th St. NW
$20 - 8pm
Sat Jan 14
Smokin' Polecats w/ ???
Zoo Bar
Sun Jan 15
Sunday Waltz
Karen Collins & The Backroads Band
Spanish Ballroom
Glen Echo Park
yes, lesson @ 3pm
$10 - 3:30-6pm
Sun Jan 15
Paul Cebar & Tomorrow Sound
Rams Head
Annapolis
siddown & shuddup
12:30pm - $20+SC
Sun Jan 15
NRBQ w/ Michael Burks
State Theatre
sure
$18 - 8pm
Sun Jan 15
California Honeydrops
St. John's UCC Fellowship Hall.
1000 S. Rolling Rd, Catonsville
tile
$5 -7pm
Sun Jan 15
Jon Carroll
Hamilton
600 14th St. NW
$15 - 8pm
Mon Jan 16
Eilen Jewell
Iota
$15 - 8pm
Mon Jan 16
Claire Lynch
IMT @ St. Mark Presby
10701 Old Georgetown Rd, Rockville
$20(adv)/$25 - 7:30pm
Mon Jan 16
Bobby Mc Ferrin & the Let Freedom Ring Choir
Kennedy Center
Millenium Stage/Concert Hall
6-7pm - FREE tickets starting at 5pm
Mon Jan 16
Blue Monday
Mike Westcott
Westminster Church
400 I St. SW
6-9pm - $5
Tue Jan 17
Grandsons
Hamilton
600 14th St. NW
$15 - 8pm
Tue Jan 17
Yarn
Hill Country BBQ
$7 - 8:30pm
Wed Jan 18
Revellers (Red Stick/Pineleaf merger)
Artisphere
yes, lesson @ 7:30pm
$15 - 8:30pm
Thur Jan 19
Robert Earl Keen
Birchmere Bandstand
sure
7:30pm - $39.50+SC
Thur Jan 19
Mavis Staples
Eric Scott
Hamilton
600 14th St. NW
$100 Wow! - 8pm
Thur Jan 19
David Kitchen
Sunset Grille
Fri Jan 20
Tab Benoit
State Theatre
sure
$18(adv)/$22 - 9pm
Fri Jan 20
California Honeydrops
Tortoise & Hare
567 23rd St S, Arlington
should be able to
9pm
Fri Jan 20
Gina DeSimone & the Moaners
Corner Store
900 S Carolina Ave SE
yes
$15 - 8pm
Sat Jan 21
California Honeydrops
Spanish Ballroom
Glen Echo Park
yes, lesson @ 8pm
$16 - 9pm
Sat Jan 21
Ozomatli
Chopteeth
9:30
Sat Jan 21
ViKings
Quarry House
Sat Jan 21
Scott Ramminger & the Crawstickers
Hill Co. BBQ
Mon Jan 23
Blue Monday
Eddie Jones & the Young Bucks
Westminster Church
400 I St. SW
6-9pm - $5
Mon Jan 23
Steve Earle
Rams Head
Annapolis
Wed Jan 25
Bog Band w/ Shannon Dunne Dancers
IMT @ Takoma Park Community Center Auditorium
7500 Maple Avenue, Takoma Park
$15(adv)/$18 - 7:30pm
Thur Jan 26
David Kitchen
Sunset Grille
Thur Jan 26
Cowboy Mouth
9:30
Thur Jan 26
Ian Walters & Friends w/ Jeff Watkins
El Golfo
8739 Flower Ave, Silver Spring
$5 w/ free drink - 7-9pm
Fri-Sun Jan 27-29
DC Balboa Weekend
(Fri) Back Room Anex - Glen Echo
(Sat) Spanish Ballroom - Glen Echo
(Sun) McGinty's Public House - SS
yes, w/ lessons
(Sat) Tom Cunningham Orchestra - $15, (Fri & Sun) DJ
Fri Jan 27
Bill Kirchen & Too Much Fun
Barns of Wolf Trap
siddown & shuddup
8pm - $22 - Sold Out
Fri Jan 27
Donna the Buffalo
State Theatre
room?
$18(adv)/$20 - 9pm
Fri Jan 27
Nighthawks w/ Tommy Lepson
Hamilton
600 14th St. NW
$15 - 9pm
Fri Jan 27
Iris Dement
Birchmere
nope
7:30pm - $35+SC - w/ Pieta Brown
Sat Jan 28
JJ Grey & Mofro
State Theatre
$20 - 9pm - w/ Monkey Junk
Sat Jan 28
Phil Wiggins, Rick Franklin, & Eleanor Ellis
Washington Ethical Society
7750 16th St., NW
$15
Sat Jan 28
JP McDermott & Western Bop
Quary House Tavern
9:30pm
Sat Jan 28
Iris Dement
Rams Head
Annapolis
nope
Sun Jan 29
Joe Stanley Tribute
JVs
5pm- - w/ Big Joe Maher, Bruce Swaim, Jerry Greene, Chris Watling, Jimmy Stephason, John Previti, The Hall Bothers, ...
Sun Jan 29
Sunday Waltz
Waltzing Stars
Spanish Ballroom
Glen Echo Park
yes, lesson @ 3pm
$10 - 3:30-6pm
Sun Jan 29
Tinsley Ellis
Rams Head
Annapolis
siddown & shuddup
8pm - $22.50+SC
Tue Jan 31
Bob Margolin's Vizztone Revue
Blues Alley
siddown & shuddup
$20 - 8pm & 10pm shows
Tue Jan 31
Marc Broussard
Birchmere
nope
$35+SC
Thur-Sat Feb 2-4
Corey Harris "Rasta Blues Experience"
Blues Alley
nope
8 & 10pm - $25
Thur Feb 2
Natty Beaux
Hamilton
No Cover - 7:30pm
Fri Feb 3
Steep Canyon Rangers w/ Shannon Whitworth
Birchmere
nope
7:30pm - $25+SC
Fri Feb 3
Deanna Bogart
Hamilton
$22.50 - 8:30pm
Fri Feb 3
Squeeze Bayou w/ Little Red
Blobs Park
yes, w/ lesson
$10 - 8-10pm
Sat Feb 4
Blue Rhythm Boys
Spanish Ballroom
Glen Echo Park
yes, lesson @ 8pm
$15 - 9-midnight
Sat Feb 4
FSGW MiniFest
Takoma Park Middle School
$20/$15(member)/... - noon-10:30pm - schedule: Blue Moon Cowgirls, Firefly, Chromatics, Esther Haynes, Glen Echo Open Band, Blue Panamuse, Gina DeSimone & the Moaners, Social Ramble, Capitol Hillbillies, assorted workshops & dances
Sat Feb 4
Black & White Ball
Womens Club of Chevy Chase
yes, w/ lesson @ 8pm
w/ Blue Sky Five - $20(adv)/$25 - 9pm-midnight
Sat Feb 4
Dom Flemons
Carroll Arts Center
91 West Main St, Westminster, MD
$19 - 8pm
Sun Feb 5
Sunday Waltz
Waltz Weavers
Spanish Ballroom
Glen Echo Park
yes, lesson @ 3pm
$10 - 3:30-6pm
Sun Feb 5
Robert Lighthouse
Madams Organ
Mon Feb 6
Blue Monday
Whop Frasier Memorial
Westminster Church
400 I St. SW
6-9pm - $5
Tue Feb 7
George Clinton & P-Funk
9:30
Johnny's Back
Thur Feb 9
Thrillbillies
Sunset Grille
Thur Feb 9
Rebirth Brass Band
The Funk Ark
9:30
Thur Feb 9
Occidental Gypsy
Ebenezers Coffeehouse
201 F Street NE
$10 - 7:30pm
Fri Feb 10
King Soul & Rhodes Tavern Troubadours
Iota
concrete
9pm - $12
Fri Feb 10
Duets w/ Arty Hill
The Patterson
3134 Eastern Ave, Balmer
$16 - 8pm - w/ John Shock, Paul Margolis, Susan Alcorn, Michael Raitzyk, Ed Hough, & Mink Stole
Fri Feb 10
JP McDermott & Western Bop
Blobs Park
yes, lesson
Fri Feb 10
Roomful of Blues
Hamilton
$20-30 - 8:30pm
Fri Feb 10
Billy Coulter
Hill Co BBQ
No Cover
Sat Feb 11
JP McDermott & Western Bop
Quarry House Tavern
room?
No Cover
Sat Feb 11
Valentine's Dance Party with The Fabulettes
the Corner Store
900 South Carolina Ave SE
yes
$25(adv)/$30 - 8pm
Sat Feb 11
Roomful of Blues
Nighthawks
Rams Head Live
sure
Sat Feb 11
Ivan Neville's Dumpstaphunk
Hamilton
$20-30 - 8:30pm
Sun Feb 12
Nathan & the Zydeco Cha-chas
Spanish Ballroom
Glen Echo Park
yes, lesson @ 3pm
$18 - 3:30-6pm
Sun Feb 12
Larry Keel & Natural Bridge
Hamilton
$25 - 7:30pm
Sun Feb 12
Hall Brothers
JVs
9pm
Mon-Tue Feb 13-14
Tab Benoit
Rams Head
Annapolis
siddown & shuddup
8pm - $29.50+SC
Mon Feb 13
Blue Monday
Swampdog Clark & the Blues Allstars
Westminster Church
400 I St. SW
6-9pm - $5
Tue Feb 14
Valentines Day
Tue Feb 14
Chubby Checker
Hamilton
$50-60 - 7:30pm
Tue Feb 14
Dave Chappell
JVs
Tue Feb 14
Burlesque-a-pades w/ Pontani Sisters, ...
Birchmere
$29.50+SC - 7:30pm
Thur Feb 16
Bonerama
Hamilton
$17.50-27.50 - 7:30pm
Thur Feb 16
Thrillbillies
Sunset Grille
Thur Feb 16
Dan Hovey
JVs
Sat-Sun Feb 18-19
Nils Lofgren & Friends Acoustic
Birchmere
nope
7:30pm - $45+SC
Sat Feb 18
Carolina Chocolate Drops
Coolidge Auditorium
Library of Congress
2pm - Sold Out??
Sat Feb 18
Bob Margolin's Vizztone Revue
w/ Gaye Adegbalola, Tad Walters, & Big Joe Maher
Baltimore Blues Society
Rosedale American Legion Hall
8:30pm - $25(adv)/$35 - BYOB
Sat Feb 18
Mardi Gras Ball
Rhodes on the Pautuxent
Cranston, RI
yes
Steve Riley, CJ Chenier, Pine Leaf Boys, Preston Frank, Ed Poullard & Big Daddy Zydeco, Hot Tamale Brass - 5pm-midnight - $35(adv)/$45 - w/ Curley Tayor @ Roots Cafe on Friday
Sat Feb 18
Nighthawks
Jammin Java
concrete
7pm
Sat Feb 18
Bobby Blue Bland
Hamilton
$35-45 - 8:30pm
Sat Feb 18
Glen Moomau & the Juke Drivers
Bayou on Penn
Sun Feb 19
Sunday Waltz
Taylor Among the Devils
Spanish Ballroom
Glen Echo Park
yes, lesson @ 3pm
$10 - 3:30-6pm
Sun Feb 19
Soweto Gospel Choir
George Mason
Center for the Arts
8pm - $44-22
Mon Feb 20
Robert Cray
Birchmere
nope
7:30pm - $49.50+SC
Mon Feb 20
Blue Monday
Nadine Rae
Westminster Church
400 I St. SW
6-9pm - $5
Tue Feb 21
Fat Tuesday
Tue Feb 21
Ruthie & the Wranglers
Little Red & the Renegades
Spanish Ballroom
Glen Echo Park
yes, lesson @ 8pm
$15 - 8:30-11pm
Tue Feb 21
Eric Lindell
Jammin Java
Tue Feb 21
Laissez Foure, White Loafer, & Yamomanem
Bayou on Penn
$25 (all you can eat)
Tue Feb 21
Junkyard Saints plus
Cats Eye
Tue Feb 21
John Mayall
Birchmere
nope
7:30pm - $49.50+SC
Wed Feb 22
Beausoleil avec Michael Doucet
Barns of Wolf Trap
yes
8pm - $27
Wed Feb 22
Otis Taylor
Blues Alley
nope
8 & 10pm - $25
Wed Feb 22
Big Sam's Funky Nation
Hamilton
$20 - 7:30pm
Thur Feb 23
Ann Rabson Band w/ Bob Margolin & Big Joe Maher
Hamilton
$17.50-27.50 - 7:30pm
Thur Feb 23
Otis Taylor w/ Chuck Campbell & Annie Harris
Rams Head
Annapolis
siddown & shuddup
8pm - $25+SC
Thur Feb 23
Hot 8 Brass Band
New Orleans Dance Party
Strathmore
amongst the seats?
$28 - 8pm - Orchestra seats are General Admission, Balcony seats are assigned
Fri-Sat Feb 24-25
DC Bluegrass Union Fest
Holiday Inn - College Park
$60/$15(Fri)/$45(Sat) - Fri: Band Contest, Eddie & Martha Adcock
Sat: Mama Tried, Big Chimney, Eddie & Martha Adcock, Country Current, Sierra Hull, & the Boxcars
Fri Feb 24
Nighthawks
Phil Wiggins & Eleanor Ellis
The Patterson
3134 Eastern Ave, Balmer
$16 - 8pm
Fri Feb 24
Junkyard Saints
Strathmore Mansion
maybe
$10 - 9pm
Fri Feb 24
Joe Louis Walker & Popa Chubby
Rams Head
Annapolis
Fri Feb 24
King Soul
Hill Country BBQ
9:30pm - No Cover
Sat Feb 25
Radio Caroline
JVs
Sat Feb 25
JP McDermott & Western Bop
Quarry House
Sat Feb 25
Daddy Mack Blues Band
American Legion Post 41
905 Sligo Avenue, Silver Spring
8pm - $15(adv)/$17(door)/-$5(DCBS members)
Sun Feb 26
Buckwheat Zydeco
Rams Head
Annapolis
siddown & shuddup
$28.50+SC
Sun Feb 26
Jazz @ Lincoln Center Orchestra w/ Wynton Marsalis
Kennedy Center
Concert Hall
8pm
Mon Feb 27
Hot Tuna (acoustic)
Rams Head
Annapolis
siddown & shuddup
8pm - $49.50+SC
Tue Feb 28
Jimmy Cole Band
Clarendon Ballroom
yes
$10 - 9-11pm - Final T&D dance @ Clarendon
Wed Feb 29
Curley Taylor & Zydeco Trouble
Artisphere
yes, lesson @ 7:30pm
$15 - 8:30pm
Wed Feb 29
Buckwheat Zydeco
Barns of Wolf Trap
yes
8pm - $27
Wed Feb 29
Hot Tuna (acoustic)
Birchmere
siddown & shuddup
8pm - $35+SC
Thur May 1
Memphis Gold
JVs
Fri Mar 2
Horseflies
Iota
8:30pm - $13
Fri Mar 2
Honey Island Swamp Band
8x10
Fri Mar 2
Compania Olga Pericet
Flamenco Festival
Lisner Auditorium
8pm
Sat Mar 3
Garnet Hearts
Quarry House
Sat Mar 3
Daryl Davis Band w. Ingrid Berry Clay
Spanish Ballroom
Glen Echo Park
yes, lesson @ 8pm
$18 - 9pm-
Sat Mar 3
Ballet Flamenco Manuela Carrasco
Flamenco Festival
Lisner Auditorium
8pm
Sat Mar 3
Enter the Haggis
Hamilton
Sun Mar 4
Sunday Waltz
Waltz Irregulars
Spanish Ballroom
Glen Echo Park
yes, lesson @ 3pm
$10 - 3:30-6pm
Sun Mar 4
Stacy Brooks
Madams Organ
Mon Mar 5
Hot Seats
IMT @ St. Marks Presby
10701 Old Georgetown Rd, Rockville
$16(adv)/$19(door) - 7:30pm
Tue Mar 6
Ruthie Foster & Paul Thorn
Rams Head
$28.50
Tue Mar 6
David Kitchen Band
Hill Co. BBQ
8:30pm - No Cover
Tue Mar 6
Tom Cunningham Orchestra
Carlyle Club
Wed Mar 7
Ruthie Foster & Paul Thorn
Birchmere
$29.50
Wed Mar 7
Memphis Gold Birthday Bash
Blues Alley
$20
Wed Mar 7
Compania Raaela Carrasco
Flamenco Festival
Lisner Auditorium
8pm - Closing Party @ Jaleo
Thur Mar 8
David Kitchen
Sunset Grille
Fri Mar 9
Arty Hill & King Soul
Blobs Park
yes, w/ survival dance lessons
$12 - 8pm
Fri Mar 9
Mary Ann Redmond & Dan Hovey
JVs
Fri Mar 9
Karen Collins & The Backroads Band
The Roadhouse Clams
NightCat
Easton, MD
8pm
Fri Mar 9
Fast Eddie & the Slowpokes
Ice House Cafe
Sat Mar 10
Chopteeth Afrofunk Big Band
All Mighty Senators
U Street Music Hall
Sat Mar 10
JP McDermott & Western Bop
Quarry House Tavern
Sat Mar 10
Smokin' Polecats
Zoo Bar
Sun Mar 11
Squeeze Bayou
Spanish Ballroom
Glen Echo Park
yes, lesson @ 3pm
$15 - 3:30-6pm
Sun Mar 11
Herbie Hancock
Kennedy Center
Concert Hall
7pm
Mon Mar 12
Ladysmith Black Mombazo
Barns of Wolf Trap
Wed Mar 14
Irish Rovers
Barns of Wolf Trap
Wed Mar 14
Jefferson Starship
Hamilton
Thur Mar 15
CJ Chenier
Hill Country BBQ
concrete, room?
$15 - 9:30pm
Thur Mar 15
Coco Montoya w/ Patty Reese
Birchmere
$25+SC
Thur Mar 15
Thrillbillies
Sunset Grille
Thur Mar 15
Dan Hovey
JVs
Fri Mar 16
JP McDermott & Western Bop
Colvin Run Community Hall
Great Falls
yes, lesson @ 8:30pm
9pm-midnight - $15
Fri Mar 16
Chieftains
50th Anniversary
Kennedy Center
Concert Hall
8pm
Fri Mar 16
Ellen Cherry
Corner Store
900 S Carolina Ave SE
yes
$15(adv)/$20(door) - 8pm
St. Patrick's Day
Sat Mar 17
Grant Dermody, Frank Fotusky, & Tommy Hannigan
Brookmont Church
4000 Virginia Place, Bethesda
8-11pm
Sat Mar 17
Rhodes Tavern Troubadours, Scott Ramminger, Carter Louthian & Crutis Barnes
Jammin Java
noon-4pm
Sat Mar 17
Tommy Castro
Rams Head
Annapolis
Sat Mar 17
Infamous Stringdusters
Giant Panda Guerilla Dub Squad
9:30
Sun Mar 18
Sunday Waltz
Waverly Station
Spanish Ballroom
Glen Echo Park
yes, lesson @ 3pm
$10 - 3:30-6pm
Mon Mar 19
Toots & the Maytals
9:30
Tue Mar 20
Hangover Royale
Carlyle Club
yes
9-11pm - $10
Tue Mar 20
Tom Mitchell
Blues Alley
8 & 10pm shows
Wed Mar 21
Smokin' Polecats w. Marianna Previti
Nicks
yes
9-11pm - $10
Thur Mar 22
Thrillbillies
Sunset Grille
Thur Mar 22
The Holmes Brothers & Leyla McCalla
Hamilton
Thur Mar 22
Yarn
Hill Co. BBQ
Fri-Sun Mar 23-25
Archie Edwards Blues Heritage Foundation
(Augusta) Blues Week Reunion
Archie's Barbershop, and...
B&O RR Station, Silver Spring (Sat night)
sure
Fri: "Ice House Jam" w/ Ian Walters - 8pm - $25/$20(adv)
Sat: workshops ($30 - 11am harp, noon guitar) & jam (Free)
Sat Night: MSG, Gaye Adegalola, & Ian Walters & the Swampkeepers - 7:30pm - $30/$25(adv)
Sun: Gospel Brunch w/ Lea Gilmore - 11am-1pm - $25/$20(adv)
Fri Mar 23
Karen Collins & The Backroads Band
The Sweetback Sisters
The Patterson
3134 Eastern Ave, Balmer
$16 - 8pm
Fri Mar 23
Swampkeepers
Zoo Bar
Sat Mar 24
Legendary Rhtyhm & Blues Review
w/ Tommy Castro, Joe Louis Walker, Debbie Davies
State Theatre
$25 - 9pm
Sat Mar 24
LeRoy Thomas & the Zydeco Roadrunners
Bumper Car Pavillion
Glen Echo Park
yes, lesson @ 8:30pm
$18 - 9pm
Sat Mar 24
Angelique Kidjo
Lisner
$25-45+SC
Sat Mar 24
Yo Mama's Big Fat Booty Band
8x10
Sat Mar 24
Bruce Molsky & Ale Moller
Takoma Park Community Center
7500 Maple Ave
$18(adv)/$22 - 7:30pm
Sun Mar 25
Jedd Duvall's Johnny Cach Tribute
JVs
Sun Mar 25
Langhorne Slim
Iota
8pm - $14
Mon Mar 26
Luminescent Orchestrii
Kennedy Center
Millennium Stage
6-7pm - FREE
Mon Mar 26
Chris Thomas King
Blues Alley
$22 - 8 & 10pm shows
Tue Mar 27
Mary Ann Redmond's Jazz Band
JVs
Wed Mar 28
Toubab Krewe & Marco Benevento
State Theatre
$13(adv)/$16
Thur Mar 29
Thrillbillies
Sunset Grille
Thur Mar 29
Ian Walters & Friends
El Golfo
Silver Spring
Fri Mar 30
Shawn Colvin
Birchmere
w/ Carsie Blanton - $45+SC
Fri Mar 30
Hoots & Hellmouth
Iota
Sat Mar 31
Andy Rutherford (5pm)
Big Boy Little (9pm)
JVs
Sat Mar 31
Capitol Country Showcase & Dance
Karen Collins & The Backroads Band
The Truck Farmers
American Legion Post 8
224 D Street, S.E.
yes
8-12 pm - $10
Sat Mar 31
Bobby Parker
Madams Organ
Sat Mar 31
JP McDermott & Western Bop
Quarry House Tavern
Sun Apr 1
Sunday Waltz
Destubi da Rosa
Spanish Ballroom
Glen Echo Park
yes, lesson @ 3pm
$10 - 3:30-6pm
Sun Apr 1
Asleep @ the Wheel
Rams Head Annapolis
siddown & shudup
7:30pm - $39.50+SC
Sun Apr 1
Stacy Brooks
Madams Organ
Mon Apr 2
Blue Monday
Charlie Sayles Band
Westminster Church
400 I St. SW
6-9pm - $5
Tue Apr 3
Scott Ramminger & the Crawstickers
Carlyle Club
yes
$22 - 8&10pm shows
Wed Apr 4
Lavay Smith & her Red Hot Skillet Lickers
Blues Alley
yes
$10 - 9-11pm
Thur Apr 5
"Blues House Party" screening
Artisphere
w/ discussion/music from Eleanor Ellis & Phil Wiggins - 7:30pm - $8
Thur Apr 5
Thrillbillies
Sunset Grille
Fri Apr 6
Mitch Woods & his Rocket 88s
Dulles Hilton
yes, w/ lesson @ 8:30pm
9pm - $15?
Fri Apr 6
Squeeze Bayou with Brian Simms
Blobs Park
yes, lesson @ 8pm
8-11 - $10
Fri Apr 6
James Hunter
Rams Head
Annapolis
siddown & shuddup
$29.50+SC - w/ Jesse Dee
Fri Apr 6
Jr. Brown
Will Gravatt
Birchmere
siddown & shuddup
$25+SC
Fri Apr 6
JP McDermott & Western Bop
Hill Country BBQ
No Cover - JP's leaving soon
Fri Apr 6
Jimmy Thackery
Cathy Ponton King
State
Double CD Release
Sat Apr 7
Mitch Woods & his Rocket 88s w/ Daryl Davis & Deanna Bogart
Spanish Ballroom
Glen Echo Park
yes, lesson @ 8pm
9pm
Sat Apr 7
Lord of the Strings
JVs
w/ Dave Chappell & Dan Hovey - 9pm
Sat Apr 7
Jr. Brown
Rams Head
Annapolis
siddown & shuddup
1pm - $25+SC
Sat Apr 7
Alabama Shakes
Rams Head Live
Balmer
w/ Lee Bains III and The Glory Fires
Tue Apr 10
Big Boy Little
Hill Co. BBQ
no cover
Wed Apr 11
Dan Navarro & Tracy Grammer
Barns
8pm
Thur Apr 12
Thrillbillies
Sunset Grille
Thur Apr 12
Robbie Schafer & Ellis Paul
Barns
8pm
Thur Apr 12
Alligator Pears (Eleanor Ellis & Pearl Bailes)
El Golfo
Silver Spring
7-9pm - $5 cover includes drink
Fri Apr 13
Shemekia Copeland
Hamilton
Fri Apr 13
JP McDermott & Western Bop
Dulles Hilton
yes, lesson @ 8:30pm
$15 - 9pm - Last Chance to Dance w/ JP
Fri Apr 13
Dennis Stroughmatt & Creole Stomp
Bumper Car Pavillion
Glen Echo Park
yes, lesson @ 8:30pm
$15 - 9pm
Fri Apr 13
Tribute to Rod Stewart
Rams Head
Annapolis
siddown & shuddup
$25 - 8pm - w/ Eric Scott, Patty Reese, Daryl Davis, Jon Carroll, The Nighthawks, Jeff Watson, Gold Heart, Tommy Lepson, Bobby Thompson, Daryl Jr. Cline & Mike Cotter
Fri Apr 13
Eddie Shaw & the Wolf Gang
Madams Organ
Fri Apr 13
Karen Collins & the Backroads Band
Blobs Park
yes, lesson @ 8pm
8-11 - $10
Sat Apr 14
Sugar Ray & the Bluetones
Terry Hanck
Baltimore Blues Society
Rosedale American Legion Hall
9pm - $25(adv)/$35
Sat Apr 14
Alison Krauss & Union Station w/ Jerry Douglas
Meyerhoff Hall
siddown & shuddup
Sat Apr 14
Tribute to Rod Stewart
Barns of Wolf Trap
siddown & shuddup
Sold Out $25 - 7:30pm - w/
Sat Apr 14
JP McDermott & Western Bop
Quarry House Tavern
Leaving Soon
Sat Apr 14
Chopteeth
Iota
$15
Sun Apr 15
Lil' Ed & the Blues Imperials
American Legion Post 268
11225 Fern St. Wheaton
5-9:30pm - $17/$12(adv)/-$2(member)
Sun Apr 15
Sunday Waltz
Over the Topp
Spanish Ballroom
Glen Echo Park
yes, lesson @ 3pm
$10 - 3:30-6pm
Mon Apr 16
John Jorgenson
IMT @ St. Mark Presby
10701 Old Georgetown Rd, Rockville
7:30pm
Mon Apr 16
Blue Monday
Clarence Turner Blues Band
Westminster Church
400 I St. SW
6-9pm - $5
Tue Apr 17
Music of Bill Monroe
w/ Peter Rowan, Tony Rice, & the Travelin' McCourys
Strathmore
ha!
$25-55 - 8pm
Tue Apr 17
Shelley King
Hill Co. BBQ
No Cover
Tue Apr 17
BG & the Mojo Hands
Carlyle
yes
Tue Apr 17
White Loafers
w members of the Fab. Thunderbirds
Cats Eye
Wed Apr 18
Nanci Griffith
the Kennedys
Rams Head
Annapolis
$45+SC
Wed Apr 18
Karen Collins & The Backroads Band
CD Release Show
Takoma Community Auditorium
Takoma Park
Wed Apr 18
King Teddy
Nicks
yes
Thur Apr 19
Thrillbillies
Sunset Grille
Thur Apr 19
Miles Spicer (of MSG)
El Golfo
Silver Spring
7-9pm - $5 cover includes drink
Thur Apr 19
Steel Wheels
Hill Co. BBQ
Thur-Sun Apr 19-22
DCLX
Varies
yes, lessons
Fri: Blue Crescent Syncopators @ GE Bumper Car Pavillion (9-midnight), Brooks Tegler @ Chevy Chase Ballroom (1-5am)
Sat: TCO & Blue Rhythm Band @ GE Ballroom (9-midnight), DJ @ CC Ballroom
Sun: Boilermakers @ Colvin Run CC (9pm-2am)
Fri Apr 20
Rosie Ladet & the Zydeco Playboys
American Legion Post 136
6900 Greenbelt Road Greenbelt
yes, lesson @ 8:30pm
$20 - 9pm
Fri Apr 20
Eli Cook
Madams Organ
Fri Apr 20
Tommy Hawks
Hank Dietle's Tavern
Sat Apr 21
Deanna Bogart Band
Jammin Java
Sat Apr 21
Bobby Parker
Madams Organ
Sun Apr 22
"True Blues" w/ Taj Mahal Trio w/ Shemekia Copleland, Corey Harris, Guy Davis, Alvin Youngblood Hart
Howard Theatre
doubtful
8pm - $49.50(adv)/$55+SC
Sun Apr 22
Jr. Cline and Patty Reese
JVs
5pm
Mon Apr 23
Bela Fleck & the Flecktones
Sold Out
Birchmere
$59.50+SC
Mon Apr 23
Blue Monday
TommyHawks
Westminster Church
400 I St. SW
6-9pm - $5
Tue Apr 24
Steve James
Folk Club of Reston/Herndon
Amphora's Diner
7:15pm - $12/$11(member)
Tue Apr 24
Triage
Dark Dissolve acoustic
New Deal Cafe
7pm - No Cover
Wed Apr 25
Rodrigo Y Gabriela & C.U.B.A.
Warner Theatre
Wed Apr 25
Karen Collins & The Backroads Band
Blue Moon Cowgirls
Takoma Park Community Center
$16(adv)/$19(door) - 7:30pm
Wed Apr 25
Meshell Ndegeocello
Howard Theatre
Thur Apr 26
Thrillbillies
Sunset Grille
Thur Apr 26
Blue Panamuse
El Golfo
Silver Spring
7-9pm - $5 cover includes drink
Fri-Sun Apr 27-29
Jazzfest
1st Weekend
New Orleans, LA
yes
Fri: Beach Boys, Bon Iver, Steel Pulse, Buckwheat Zydeoc, Seun Kuti, Texas Tornados, Dixie Cups, Chuck Leavell, Irma Thomas' Mahalia Jackson Tribute, Eric Lindell, Beausoleil, Chubby Carrier, Lil' Buck Seinegal, Geno Delafose, Henry Gray, ...
Sat: Tom Petty, Trombone Shorty, Bobby Rush, Dave Koz, Carolina Chocolate Drops, Amanda Shaw, Walter "Wolfman" Washington, Cheick Lo, Voice of the Wetlands Allstars, Nathan & the Zydeco Cha-chas, Pine Leaf Boys, Dr. Michael White, Roddie Romero, Savoy Music Center Cajun Jam, D.L. Menard, Creole Wild West, ...
Sun: Bruce Springsteen, Al Green, John Mayer, Dr. John, Pete Fountain, Iron & Wine, Cowboy Mouth, Tab Benoit, Sonny Landreth, Papa Grows Funk, C.J. Chenier, Nicholas Payton, Ellis Marsalis, Golden Eagles, Corey Harris & Phil Wiggins, Sunpie & the Louisiana Sunspots, NO Klezmer Allstars, Treme Brass, Steve Riley, Jumpin' Johnny Sansone, Don Vappie & the Creole Jazz Serenaders, Hadley J. Castille, ...
Fri Apr 27
Punch Brothers
9:30
Sold Out
Fri Apr 27
Swampkeepers
Zoo Bar
Fri Apr 27
Fabulettes
Dulles Hilton
yes, w/ lesson @ 8:30pm
9pm - $15
Sat Apr 28
Strauss Waltz Ball
w/ Olde Vienna
Spanish Ballroom
Glen Echo Park
yes, lesson @ 8pm
$20 - 9-midnight
Tom Cunningham @ Bumper Car Pavillion
Sat Apr 28
Igor And the Red Elvises
Yachtsmen
Iota
$15
Sat Apr 28
Big Boy Little
Chef Macs
Balmer
Mon Apr 30
Nick Lowe Band
Birchmere
siddown & shuddup
$45+SC
Mon Apr 30
Blue Monday
Stacy Brooks Band
Westminster Church
400 I St. SW
6-9pm - $5
Wed May 2
Duke Robillard
Hamilton
$30
Wed May 2
Sarah & the Tall Boys
Madams Organ
Thur-Sun May 3-5
Jazzfest
2nd Weekend
New Orleans, LA
yes
Thur: Eddie Vedder, Florence + the Machine, Dumpstaphunk, Ani DiFranco, Dirty Dozen, James Cotton, George Porter Jr., Henry Butler, Honey Island Swamp Band, Little Freddy King, Astral Project, Rosie Ladet, Iguanas, Cheick Hamala Diabate, Stooges Brass, ...
Fri: Grace Potter & the Nocturnals, Rodrigo y Gabriela and C.U.B.A., Mavis Staples, Marcia Ball, Bonerama, Little Anthony & the Imperials, Bruce Hornsby, Donald Harrison, Deacon John, Wayne Toups, Delfeayo Marsalis, Bruce Diagrepont, Lil' Nathan, Topsy Chapman, Hot 8 Brass, Revealers, Feaufollet, Bryan Lee, Lesa Cromier, , ...
Sat: Eagles, My Morning Jacket, Irma Thomas, Herbie Hancock, Allen Toussaint, Levon Helm w/ Mavis Staples, Better than Ezra, Preservation Hall Jazz, Steve Earle, Aaron Neville Gospel, Big Sam's Funky Nation, Jon Cleary, Anders Osborne, John Boutte, John Mooney, Lost Bayou Ramblers, Dwayne Dopsie, New Birth Brass, Red Stick Ramblers, Jeffery Broussard, Belton Richard, ...
Sun: Foo Fighters, Neville Brothers, Bonnie Raitt, Galactic, Sharon Jones, Preservation Hall Jazz Jam, David Sanborn & Joey DeFrancesco, Funky Meters, Kermit Ruffins, Asleep at the Wheel, Rebirth Brass, Rockin Dopsie Jr., Bo Diollis & the Wild Magnolias, Los Hombres Calientes, Boutte Family, Joe Krown Trio, Terrance Simien, Mem Shannon, George French, Keith Frank, Jambalaya Cajun Band, Curley Taylor, Mardi Gras Indians: Wild Tchoupitoulas, Wild Apaches, Buffalo Hunters, Apache Hunters, ...
Thur May 3
Tinsley Ellis
Blues Alley
$25 - 8 & 10pm shows
Thur May 3
Tom Principato w/ Tommy Lepson
Barns
8pm
Fri-Sun May 4-6
James Cotton
Blues Alley
$27.50 - 8 & 10pm shows
Fri May 4
Sammy Naquin & the Zydeco Whips
Blobs Park
yes, lesson @ 8pm
$15 - 8:30pm
Fri May 4
Southern Culture on the Skids
Rams Head
Annapolis
$35+SC
Fri May 4
Toast Big Band
Dulles Hilton
yes, w/ lesson @ 8:30pm
9pm - $15
Sat May 5
JP McDermott & Western Bop
Quarry House Tavern
Farewell Show
Sat May 5
Hungry for Crawfish Boil
Fort Hunt Park
12-5pm - $35 (Adv Purchase by 4/22) - includes Crawfish & Beverages - Second Line Band & Lil' Red & the Renegades
Sun May 6
Vusi Mahlasela
Hamilton
Sun May 6
Sunday Waltz
Honeysuckle Rose
Spanish Ballroom
Glen Echo Park
yes, lesson @ 3pm
$10 - 3:30-6pm
Sun May 6
Oscar D'Leon
Salsa Room
Mon May 7
Blue Monday
Memphis Gold
Westminster Church
400 I St. SW
6-9pm - $5
Tue May 8
Janine Wilson
Hill Country BBQ
No Cover
Tue May 8
Grandsons
JVs
Wed May 9
Gourds
Memphis 59
State
Thur-Sat May 10-12
Big Bad Voodoo Daddy & the NSO
Kennedy Center
Concert Hall
$20-85
Thur May 10
Carolina Chocolate Drops
Birchmere Bandstand
$25+SC
Thur May 10
Thrillbillies
Sunset Grille
Thur May 10
Warner Williams
El Golfo Restaurant
Silver Spring
yep
7-9 - $5 inc. drink
Fri May 11
Avett Brothers
Patriot Center @ GMU
8pm
Fri May 11
Blue Moon Cowgirls
Harley String Band
Carroll Cafe/Seekers Church
Takoma Park
7:30pm - $15
Fri May 11
King Teddy
Friday Night Swing Dance Club
Towson
Sat May 12
Ed & Tobi's Old Fashioned House Party
Ed & Tobi's
Freeland, MD
Big Boy Little, Matt Kelly, DC Jitters, Brian Kendig, Jonny & the Stingrays, ...
Sat May 12
David Lindley
Jammin Java
Sat May 12
Bill Wharton "the Sauce Boss"
Madams Organ
Sat May 12
Smokin' Polecats w/ ????
Zoo Bar
Sun May 13
Squeeze Bayou
Bumper Car Pavillion
Glen Echo Park
yes, lesson @ 3pm
$15 - 3:30-6pm
Sun May 13
Bruce Katsu & Carol Gaylor
JVs
9pm
Mon May 14
Frank Solivan & Dirty Kitchen
IMT @ St. Mark Presby
10701 Old Georgetown Rd, Rockville
7:30pm
Mon May 14
Jon Cleary's Philthy Pehew
Hamilton
Mon May 14
Blue Monday
Bad Influence Band
Westminster Church
400 I St. SW
6-9pm - $5
Wed May 16
Little Bit of Blues
(Warner Williams & Jay Summerour)
Blues Alley
$20 - 8 & 10pm shows
Thur May 17
Kenny Wayne Shepherd
Howard Theatre
Thur May 17
Thrillbillies
Sunset Grille
Thur May 17
Grandsons
Hill Country BBQ
No Cover
Fri May 18
Ruben Moreno & Creole Soul
American Legion Post 136
6900 Greenbelt Road, Greenbelt
yes, lesson @ 8:30pm
$?? - 9pm
Fri May 18
Night of 1000 Dylans
Creative Alliance @ The Patterson
$16/$11(member) - 7:30pm - w/ Stone Hill Allstars, Tom Chalkley & Craig Hankin, Howard Markman, Brian Simms, ...
Fri May 18
Ivan Neville's Dumpstaphunk
Old Man Brown
8x10
Sat-Sun May 19-20
Chesapeake Bay Blues Festival
Sandy Point Park
Annapolis, MD
grass
Sat: Tedeschi-Trucks Band, Big Head Todd, Ruthie Foster, Bernard Allison & Laurie Bell, Javina Magness, Honey Island Swamp Band, Chesapeake Bay Blues Band
Sun: Jonny Lang, JJ Grey, Sehemekia Copeland, Albert Cummings, ...
$55(1 day adv) / $70(1 day gate) / $95 (adv weekend) / $120 (weekend gate)
Sat May 19
Paul Cebar & Tomorrow Sound
Hamilton
$24 - 8:30pm
Sat May 19
Lucinda Williams & Drive-By Truckers
Merriweather Post
w/ Justin Jones
Sat May 19
Lamont's Blues Fest
Lamont's Pomonkey, MD
w/ Bobby Parker, Chick Willis, Clarence "Bluesman" Turner, ...
Sun May 20
Sunday Waltz
Swallowtail
Spanish Ballroom
Glen Echo Park
yes, lesson @ 3pm
$10 - 3:30-6pm
Sun May 20
Taste of Wheaton
Downtown Wheaton
11am-5pm - TommyHawks, Gurpo Latino, Elikeh, 8 Ohms Band, & Gina DeSimone
Sun May 20
The Songs of Bob Dylan
Hungry for Music Benefit
Church of the Resurrection
2280 N Beauregard St, Alexandria
7pm - $15(adv)/$18 - w/ Doug Alan Wilcox, Timothy Bracken, Rod Deacey, Willie Berry, Chatham Street
Mon May 21
Jeffrey Broussard
IMT @ St. Mark Presby
10701 Old Georgetown Rd, Rockville
probably
7:30pm
Mon May 21
Ellen cherry
Kennedy Center
Millennium Stage
6-7pm - FREE
Wed May 23
Ben Sollee
U St. Music Hall
Wed May 23
"Latin Flavor" Dance
Artisphere
$10(adv)/$15
Thur May 24
Thrillbillies
Sunset Grille
Thur May 24
Patty Reese
Blues Alley
$20 - 8 & 10pm shows
Thur May 24
Sears, Moss & Oziel
El Golfo
8739 Flower Ave, Silver Spring
$5 w/ free drink - 7-9pm
Memorial Day Weekend
Rolling Thunder
Thur-Mon May 25-28
Red Hot Blues n' BBQ
various
yes
Thur: DJs @ Ballroom Anex
Fri: Jonny Grave @ Bumper Car Pavillion ($15)
Sat: Joe Krown Trio @ Spanish Ballroom ($15)
Sun: Stacy Brooks @ Ballroom Anex ($15)
Mon: Eli Cook @ Ballroom Anex ($10)
Fri-Sun May 25-27
Cancelled
Chuck Brown
Blues Alley
RIP Chuck
Fri-Sat May 25-26
Prarie Home Companion w/ Garison Keillor
Wolf Trap
Filene Center
8pm(25th)/5:45(26th) - $55-25
Fri May 25
Swamp Keepers
Zoo Bar
Fri May 25
Nighthawks
Sully's
FREE
Fri May 25
Billy Coulter Band
Hill Country BBQ
FREE
Sat-Mon May 26-28
Rockville's Hometown Holidays
Downtown Rockville
asphalt
Sat: Nighthawks, Bruce in the USA, Dave Chappell, Dixie Power Trio, King Soul, Ruthie, Billy Coulter, Chopteeth, Jah Works, Justin Trawick, ...
Sun: Patty Reese, Bruce Swaim, Dan Hovey, Lloyd Dobler Effect, ...
Sat May 26
Jason Isbell
Rams Head Tavern
siddown & shuddup
Sat May 26
Mary Shaver Band
Zoo Bar
Sat May 26
Bobby Parker
Madams Organ
Sun May 27
Nighthawks
Sunset Grille (Parking Lot)
4-8pm
Sun May 27
Flatfoot Sam
JVs
8pm
Sun May 27
Eli Cook
Hill Country BBQ
8pm - No Cover
Mon May 28
Memorial Day
Mon May 28
Jacques Johnson & Margie Clarke
IMT @ St. Mark Presby
10701 Old Georgetown Rd, Rockville
7:30pm
Mon May 28
Lady Luck & the Suicide Kings
Kennedy Center
Millenium Stage
yes, lesson @ 5pm
6-7pm - FREE
Tue May 29
Steve Winwood
Wolf Trap
Filene Center
Wed May 30
Feufollet
Artisphere
yes, lesson @ 7:30pm
$15 - 8:30pm
Thur May 31
Heybale
Hill Co. BBQ
Thur May 31
Thrillbillies
Sunset Grille
Thur May 31-Sun June 3
Western Maryland Blues Festival
Hagerstown, MD
Thur Prelude: Rudy & the Bluefish @ University Plaza Park - Free - 5pm
Fri: Skyla Burrell, Billy Thompson, Walter "Wolfman" Washington, Matt Schofield @ City Central Lot - $25/$20(adv)
Sat: Ronnie Earl & the Broadcasters, Walter Trout, Lee Boys, Trampled Underfoot, Mike Westcott w/ Tommy Lepson, Hard Swimming Fish, ... @ City Central Lot - $40/$35(adv)
Sun: Bobby Parker, Barbara Ingram, Bad Influence, Stack O' Blues, Paul Pfau @ City Park Bandshell - FREE
Thur May 31-Sun June 3
Herndon Festival
Herndon, MD
Thur Chopteeth (7:30), ...
Fri: ...
Sat: World Jam Club (3pm), Sweater Set (5pm), Caravan of Theves (6pm), ...
Sun: Anthony Swampdog Clark (1pm), Janine Wilson Band (3pm), ...
Thur May 31
Dave Chappell w/ Bruce Swaim
JVs
9pm
Thur May 31
Takoma Dave, Family & Friends
El Golfo
8739 Flower Ave, Silver Spring
$5 w/ free drink - 7-9pm
Fri-Sat June 1-2
Frederic Yonnet
Blues Alley
8 & 10pm shows - $25
Fri June 1
Curley Taylor & Zydeco Trouble
Blobs Park
yes, lesson @ 8pm
$15 - 8:30pm
Fri June 1
Deanna Bogart Band
National Gallery of Art
Sculpture Garden
concrete
FREE - 5-8:30pm
Fri June 1
Dr. John
Birchmere Bandstand
yes
$35+SC - 7:30pm - w/ Derrick Houston
Fri June 1
Marcia Ball
Rams Head Annapolis
siddown & shuddup
8pm - $39.50+SC
Sat-Sun June 2-3
Washington Folk Festival
Glen Echo Park
yes, w/ lessons
Schedule
Sat: Squeeze Bayou. Ian Walters & Matt Kelley, Cathy Fink & Marcy Marxer, Snakehead Run, KanKouran, Deja Blue Band, Crystylez Bacon, Sweater Set, ...
Sun: Stacy Brooks, Orrin Star, Lisa Moscatiello, Bob Rychlik, Little Bit a Blues, Speedy Tolliver, ...
Sat June 2
Marcia Ball
State Theatre
sure
9pm - $22+SC
Sat June 2
Joe Pug & David Wax Museum
9:30
Sat June 2
Big Boy Little
Zoo Bar
Sun June 3
Rodney Crowell
Birchmere
nope
9pm - $29.50+SC - w. Mary Karr
Sun June 3
Arty Hill and Andrew Grimm
Roots Cafe @ An Die Musik Live
409 Charles St., Balmer
5pm - $7(adv)/$9
Sun June 3
Stacy Brooks
Madams Organ
Wed June 6
Los Straitjackets
Eilen Jewell
Rams Head
Annapolis
siddown & shuddup
8pm - $22.50
Wed June 6
KD Lang & the Sis Boom Bang
Wolf Trap
Filene Center
Thur-Sun June 7-10
Blast from the Bayou
Strawberry Park
Strawberry Park
Preston, CT
Steve Riley, Geno Delafose, Keith Frank, Jesse Lege, Horace Trahan, Ryan Burnet, Planet Zydeco, Pine Leaf Boys, Lil' Anne, ...
Thur June 7
Leo Kottke
Birchmere
$35+SC
Thur June 7
Tom Principato
Lee District Park
Franconia
7:30pm - FREE
Thur June 7
Jimmy Cliff
9:30
Thur June 7
Alvin Youngblood Hart's Muscle Theory
Jammin Java
8pm
Thur June 7
Memphis Gold w/ Charlie Sayles
JVs
Fri June 8
Diunna Greanleaf & Blue Mercy
Memphis Gold
State Theatre
8pm - $30 - Tinner Hill Kickoff
Fri June 8
Karen Collins & The Backroads Band
Blobs Park
yes
$10 - 8pm
Fri June 8
Blue Sky 5
Mason District Park
Annandale
7:30pm - FREE
Sat-Sun June 9-10
Tinner Hill Blues Festival
Falls Church
Sat: Music Maker Blues Review, Kelly Bell, Braithwaite & Whiteley, Cathy Ponton King, Pluckerland Band, Big Boy Little, ... @ Cherry Hill Park ($15)
Sun: Archie's Barbershop - Blues Brunch @ Mad Fox Brewing Co.
Sat June 9
Los Straitjackets
Eilen Jewell
Howard Theatre
$15(adv)/$18+SC
Sat June 9
Ralph Stanley & the Clinch Mt. Boys
Birchmere
$35+SC
Sat June 9
Smokin' Polecats
Zoo Bar
Sun June 10
Louisiana Swamp Romp
Wolf Trap
Filene Center
concrete, again' the wall
2pm - $25 - w/ Allen Toussaint Band, Dirty Dozen Brass Band, & Big Sam's Funky Nation
Sun June 10
Hall Brothers
JVs
9pm
Sun June 10
Linwood Taylor
Cats Eye
Mon June 11
Kinky Friedman
Birchmere
$35+SC
Tue June 12
DC Roots (w/ Dave Chappell & Bruce Swaim)
Hill Country BBQ
No Cover
Tue June 12
King Teddy
Carlyle Club
$10 - 9-11pm
Wed June 13
Steve Riley & the Mamou Playboys
Artisphere
yes, lesson @ 7:30pm
$15 - 8:30pm
Wed June 13
Paul Thorn w/ Jamie McLean
Birchmere
$25+SC - 7:30pm
Wed June 13
Patty Reese
Mason District Park
Annandale
7:30pm - FREE
Thur June 14
Bonnie Raitt & Mavis Staples
Wolf Trap
Filene Center
Thur June 14
Bill Kirchen & Too Much Fun
Fred Eaglesmith
Birchmere
siddown & shuddup
$35+SC - 7:30pm
Thur June 14
Tab Benoit
Hamilton
$22.50-38+SC - 7:30pm
Thur June 14
Robert Cray
Rams Head Annapolis
siddown & shuddup
$67.50+SC
Thur June 14
Snakehead Run
Artomatic - Cherry Smash Stage
7:30-9:30pm
Fri-Sat June 15-16
Vince Gill Bluegrass Band
Birchmere
$89.50+SC - 7:30pm
Fri June 15
Brave Combo
State Theatre
sure
9pm - $12(adv)/$15
Fri June 15
Tab Benoit & Bernard Allision
Rams Head Live
sure
8:30pm - $25+SC
Fri June 15
Andy Paxon
Hill Co. BBQ
FREE
Fri June 15
Karen Collins & The Backroads Band
River Hill Village Center
Columbia
6-8pm - FREE
Sat June 16
Maryland Traditions Folklife Festival
Creative Alliance
Patterson Theatre, Baltimore
FREE - 11am-7pm - The Legendary Orioles, Appalachian and Shout Gospel, South African boot dancers, Wolfpack (Greek), La Leyenda (Salsa)
Sat June 16
Columbia Pike Blues Fest
South Walter Reed Drive & Columbia Pike, Arlington
FREE - 12-6pm - Sue Foley & Peter Karp, Chris Polk, Moondog Medicine Show, Danny Blew & Blues Crew, Karl Stoll & the Danger Zone
Sat June 16
Silver Spring Blues Festival
Silver Fountain
Ellsworth Drive, Silver Spring
FREE - 10-11pm - w/ Warner Williams, School of Rock, Nate Foley & FLLD, Moonshine Society, Fast Eddie & the Slowpokes, DC Blues Band, Archie Edwards Blues Ensamble, Sheryl Sears Trio, Cooking with Gas, Gina DeSimone, ...
Sat June 16
Anson Funderburgh & Friends
Sully's
Sat June 16
Flea Bops
Quarry House Tavern
room?
Sat June 16
Cathy Ponton King w/ Ron Holloway & Daryl Davis
Taste of Reston @ Town Center
noon-3pm - FREE
Sun June 17
Eric Lindell w/ Anson Funderburgh
Hamilton
$27.50+SC - 7:30pm
Sun June 17
Sunday Waltz
Sugar Beat
Spanish Ballroom
Glen Echo Park
yes, lesson @ 3pm
$10 - 3:30-6pm
Sun June 17
Bonnie Raitt & Mavis Staples
Pier 6 Pavillion
Mon June 18
Cedric Watson & Bijou Creole
Hill Country BBQ
concrete
$10 - 8pm
Wed June 20
Honey Island Swamp Band & Bonerama
State Theatre
sure
8pm - $13(adv)/$16
Wed June 20
Anders Osborne
Old Man Brown
8x10
Wed June 20
Pietasters
Lee District Park
7:30pm - FREE
Thur June 21
Dennis Stroughmatt
Kennedy Center
Millennium Stage
6-7pm - FREE (also noon at Library of Congress)
Thur June 21
Natty Beaux
Nottaway Park
7:30pm - FREE
Thur June 21
Honey Island Swamp Band
Rams Head Annapolis
$15+SC
Fri June 22
C'est Bon Cajun Band
Bumper Car Pavillion
Glen Echo Park
yes, lesson @ 8:30pm
$15 - 9pm
Fri June 22
Billy Coulter
Mason District Park
Annandale
7:30pm - FREE
Fri June 22
Mary Ann Redmond
Wheaton Summer Concert
6:30-8pm - FREE
Fri June 22
Dave Chappell
Cats Eye
Sat-Sun June 23-24
DC Capital Barbecue Battle
Downtown
Washington, DC
asphalt
$12(adv)/$15 -
Sat: Chuck Brown Tribute Band, Soul Asylum, ...
Sun: Cowboy Mouth, ...
Sat June 23
Derailers
Hill Country BBQ
No Cover
Sat June 23
Sonny Landreth w/ Milton
Birchmere
$25+SC
Sat June 23
Linwood Taylor, Patty Reese, Clarecnec Turner, & Bad Influence
Wheaton American Legion Hall
tile
$20 - 7-11pm
Sat June 23
Hardcore Troubadours & The Coolerators
Quarry House Tavern
Sun June 24
Phil Mathieu Tribute
Hamilton
$27.50 - w/ Deanna Bogart, Natty Beaux, Ty Braddock w/ Chick Hall, Dixie Power Trio, Esther Haynes, Brian Litz, Patty Reese, Karen Collins and the Backroads Band, Janine Wilson, & Ruthie and the Wranglers
Sun June 24
Dave Costa Rock'a'Thon Benefit
Sully's
Chantilly
$12 - w/ The Smokin' Polecats with Mary Shaver and Daryl Davis, the Unruly Blues Band, The Dixie Road Ducks, Robert Tieman, ...
Sun June 24
Grandsons
Lubber Run Amphitheater
Arlington
6pm - FREE
Tue June 26
Jimmie Vaughan
Howard Theatre
Thur June 27 - Mon July 1
Smithsonian Folklife Festival
National Mall
Campus and Community, Citified, and Creativity and Crisis
Wed June 27
George Clinton, Meshell Ndegeocello, and Ivan Neville and Dumpstaphunk
Smithsonian Folklife Festival's "Panorama Room"
6-9pm - FREE
Wed June 27
Norah Jones
Wolf Trap
Filene Center
Wed June 27
Hangover Royalle
Lee District Park
Franconia
FREE
Thur June 28
The Skatalites
Murphy's Kids and Full Hundred Band
Jammin Java
8:00PM - $17(adv)/$20
Thur June 28
Quetzal
Kennedy Center
Millennium Stage
6-7pm - FREE
Fri June 29
Flatlanders (40th Anniversary)
Birchmere
siddown & shuddup
(Joe Ely, Jimmie Dale Gilmore, & Butch Hancock)
Fri June 29
La Sardina de Naiguata And Quetzal
Music of Monticello and the Blue Ridge
Smithsonian Folklife Festival
6-8pm - FREE
Fri June 29
Post's Going Out Guide
Blues Boogie Night
Carter Barron Ampitheatre
w/ Darly Davis Band & Grandsons - 7:30pm - FREE
Fri June 29
Ann Rabson
Mason District Park
Annandale
7:30pm - FREE
Sat July 30
Jason Hoss Hicks and Thommy Burns Birthday Special
Quarry House Tavern
Sat July 30
Bobby Parker
Madams Organ
Sat July 30
Chopteeth
Workhouse At Lorton
7pm - FREE
Sun July 1
Sunday Waltz
Waltz Magic
Spanish Ballroom
Glen Echo Park
yes, lesson @ 3pm
$10 - 3:30-6pm
Sun July 1
Stacy Brooks
Madams
Mon-Tue July 2-3
Chris Isaak
Birchmere
7:30pm - $89.50+SC
Tue July 3
CSN
Wolf Trap
Filene Center
$45/$30(lawn)
Thur-Mon July 4-8
Smithsonian Folklife Festival
National Mall
Campus and Community, Citified, and Creativity and Crisis
Thur July 5
Seldom Scene
Nottoway Park
Vienna
7:30pm - FREE
Thur July 5
David Kitchen
JVs
Thur July 5
DC Roots
Hill Co. BBQ
No Cover
Thur July 5
Cooking With Gas
El Golfo
8739 Flower Ave, Silver Spring
$5 w/ free drink - 7-9pm
Fri July 6
Rick Franklin & his Delta Blues Boys
Royal Lake Park
Fairfax
7:30pm - FREE
Fri July 6
Jumpin Jupiter
JVs
Sat July 7
Last Train Home
Iota
9pm - $14
Sat July 7
George Porter & His Runnin Pardners
8x10
Sat July 7
Big Boy Little
Zoo Bar
Sun-Fri July 8-13
Cajun/Creole, Guitar, & Early Country Week
Augusta Heritage Center
Elkins, WV
yes & lessons
Walter Mouton, Joel & Wilson Savoy, Ed Poullard, David Greely, Al Bernard, Christine Balfa, Yvette Landry, Tracy Schawartz, Ginny Hawker, Courtney Granger, Tracy Schwartz, Jim Miller, Karen Collins, ...
Sun July 8
Holmes Brothers
Mason District Park
Annandale
7:30pm - FREE
Sun July 8
Mo' Mojo
Bumper Car Pavillion
Glen Echo Park
yes, lesson @ 3pm
$15 - 3:30-6pm
Sun July 8
Fabulous Bel Airs
Silver Spring Swings
7-9pm - FREE
Sun July 8
Hall Brothers
JVs
Tue July 10
Woody Guthrie Centennial w/ Sara Lee Guthrie & Johnny Irion
Hill Co. BBQ
$15-20
Thur July 12
Buddy Guy & John Mayal
Wolf Trap
Filene Center
Thur July 12
Steel Wheels
Hamilton
$17+SC
Thur July 12
Thrillbillies
Kilroy's Springfield
Thur July 12
Cooking With Gas-Electrified
El Golfo
8739 Flower Ave, Silver Spring
$5 w/ free drink - 7-9pm
Fri July 13
John Jorgenson Quintet
Mason District Park
Annandale
7:30pm - FREE
Fri July 13
Hackensaw Boys w/ Tony Trischka
Hamilton
$25+SC
Fri July 13
Arty Hill
Blobs
8pm-midnight
Fri July 13
Sookey Jump Blues
Zoo Bar
7:30pm - FREE
Sat July 14
King Teddy
Spanish Ballroom
Glen Echo Park
yes, lesson @ 8pm
$15 - 9pm
Sat July 14
Hoter than July Fish Fry n' Blues
American Legion Post 41
905 Sligo Ave., Silver Spring
$12 inc. Fish Sandwich - 4-11pm - In-Lay-Mans-Terms, Blues Obsession, Tan Man Blues Band, Dave Panzer & the Bluesicians, Joyce Ettingoff, DC Blues Society Band f/Ayaba Bey, Almost Blue, Fast Eddie & the Slow Pokes, Ida Campbell, Mikey Ambrosino, & XPress
Sat July 14
Legendary Orioles, the Jewels, Memories
Taste of Reston @ Town Center
7:30pm - FREE
Sat July 14
Old Time Banjo Festival
Birchmere
w/ Bill Evans, Cathy Fink & Marcy Marxer, Adam hurt, Evie Ladin, & The Old 78's - $29.50+SC
Sat July 14
The Fleabops
Quarry House
Sat July 14
Smokin Polecats
Zoo Bar
Sun-Fri July 15-20
Blues Week
Augusta Heritage Center
Elkins, WV
yes & lessons
Rich DelGroso, Ralph Gordon, Ann Rabson, Daryl Davis, Joe Filisko, Annie Raines, Grant Dermody, Phil Wiggins, Mary Flower, Paul Geremia, Paul Rishell, Elija Wald, Joan Fenton, Andre Faye, Gay Adegalola, Andra Faye, ...
Sun July 15
Sunday Waltz
Blue Bamboo
Spanish Ballroom
Glen Echo Park
yes, lesson @ 3pm
$10 - 3:30-6pm
Sun July 15
Bruce Ewan
Silver Spring Swings
7-9pm - FREE
Sun July 15
Stacy Brooks
Madams
Sun-Fri July 15-20
Blues Week
Augusta Heritage Center
Elkins, WV
yes & lessons
Rich DelGroso, Ralph Gordon, Ann Rabson, Daryl Davis, Joe Filisko, Annie Raines, Grant Dermody, Phil Wiggins, Mary Flower, Paul Geremia, Paul Rishell, Elija Wald, Joan Fenton, Andre Faye, Gay Adegalola, Andra Faye, ...
Mon July 16
Maria Muldaur
Hamiltons
$22.50+SC
Mon July 16
Blue Monday
Lil Royal Steppin' Up
Westminster Church
400 I St. SW
6-9pm - $5
Tue-Wed July 17-18
Wilco
Lee Ranaldo Band
Wolf Trap
Tue July 17
Neko Case w/ Kelly Hogan
Rams Head Live
Balmer
Wed July 18
Thrillbillies
Mason District Park
Annandale
7:30pm - FREE
Wed July 18
Rebirth Brass
Hamiltons
$33+SC
Wed July 18
Hangover Royalle
Nicks
yes
Thur-Sun July 19-22
Grey Fox Bluegrass Festival
Walsh Farm
Oak Hill, NY
yes & lessons
Host: Dry Branch Fire Squad
Hot Rize, Del McCoury, David Grisman Sextet, Infamous Stringdusters, Punch Brothers, David Bromberg, Grateful Dead Tribute, Mountain Heart, Noam Pikelny w/ Aeife O'Donovan, Gibson Brothers, Claire Lynch Band, Frank Solivan, Sarah & the Tall Boys, ...
Thur July 19
Snakehead Run
El Golfo
8739 Flower Ave, Silver Spring
$5 w/ free drink - 7-9pm
Fri-Sat July 20-22
Artscape
Baltimore
street
FREE
Fri: Swingin Swamis, ...
Sat: Black Joe Lewis & the Honeybears, ...
Sun: Rebirth Brass, ...
Fri July 20
Hot Seats
Royal Lake Park
Fairfax
7:30pm - FREE
Fri July 20
Bliar Carman & the Belleview Boys
Dulles Hilton
yes, lesson @ 8:30pm
$15 - 9pm
Fri July 20
Wil Gravatt
Mason District Park
Annandale
7:30pm - FREE
Fri July 20
Papa Grows Funk
Hamiltons
$27.50+SC
Fri July 20
Oscar D'Leon
Diamond Lounge
Annandale
prolly
$35 - 8-11:30pm
Sat July 21
C.J. Chenier & the Red Hot Louisiana Band
Reston Town Center
concrete
7:30pm - FREE
Sat July 21
Memphis Blues Blowout
w/ Preston Shannon & Daddy Mack
Lamont's Entertainment Complex
Pomonkey, MD
$25/$20(adv)/$18(Member Adv) - 1pm gates - w/ Jim Bennet, Lady Mary & the Unique Creation Band, Dr. S.O. Feelgood, ...
Sat July 21
Bliar Carman & the Belleview Boys
Bumper Car Pavillion
Glen Echo Park
yes, lesson @ 8pm
$15 - 9pm
Sat July 21
The Yachtsmen
Quarry House
Sun-Fri July 22-27
Irish/Celtic Week
Augusta Heritage Center
Elkins, WV
yes & lessons
Sun July 22
Persuasions
Tone Rangers, Snow Day
Jammin Java
Sun July 22
Daryl Jr. Cline and Patty Reese
JVs
Mon July 23
Blue Monday
Linwood Taylor
Westminster Church
400 I St. SW
6-9pm - $5
Wed July 25
Ana Popovic
Rams Head
$25+SC
Thur-Sun July 26-29
Floyd Fest
Floyd, VA
Allison Krauss w/ Jerry Douglas, Dawes, Ricky Skaggs & Jerry Douglas, Michael Franti, Brandi Carlile, Leftover Salmon, Bruce Hornsby, Ozomatli, Galactic, Anders Osborne, Jackson Browne, Drive By Truckers, David Wax Museum, Toubab Krewe, Drew Emmit Band, Steep Canyon Rangers, Chris Thile, Wayne Henderson, ...
Thur July 26
Toubab Krewe
Nottoway Park
Vienna
7:30pm - FREE
Thur July 26
Thrillbillies
Pub 7
Falls Church
Thur July 26
Dick Dale
Rams Head
Fri July 27
Robin & Linda Williams & thier Fine Group
Mason District Park
Annandale
7:30pm - FREE
Fri July 27
Shari Kane & Dave Steele
AEBHF Barbershop
470 Queensbury Rd. Riverdale, MD
8pm - $15 (Madcat Ruth & Ultrasonics alumns)
Fri July 27
Peace Tones Benefit Concert
Montserrat House
2016 9th St NW
$15 - 8pm - w/ Carolyn Malachi w/ JayArr
Fri July 27
Atomic Swing Club
Grist Mill Park
FREE
Sat July 28
Tribute to Stevie Wonder
Filmore
$25+SC - 7:30pm - w/ Julia Nixon, Mary Ann Redmond, Eric Scott, Skip Mahoney, Lea, Chopteeth, Tommy Lepson & the Soul Crackers, ...
Sat July 28
Babineau Sisters Band
Bumper Car Pavillion
Glen Echo Park
yes, lesson @ 8:30pm
$15 - 9pm
Sat July 28
Mary Shaver
Zoo Bar
Sat July 28
Clarence "Bluesman" Turner & "Anthony Swamp Dog" Clark
American Legion Post #41, Silver Spring
$20/$18(DCBS Members) - 8pm
Sun July 29-Fri Aug 3
Swing & Bluegrass Week
Augusta Heritage Center
Elkins, WV
yes & lessons
Sun July 29
Alejandro Escovedo
Birchmere
siddown & shuddup
$25+SC - 7:30pm
Sun July 29
Gospel Supper w/ Jim Lauderdale
Hill Co. BBQ
$15 - 6pm
Mon July 30
Santana & the Allman Brothers Band
Merriweather Post
Tue July 31
Dick Dale
Birchmere
7:30pm - $29.50+SC
Tue July 31
Eric Lindell
Blues Alley
$20 - 8 & 10pm
Wed Aug 1
George Thorogood & Delbert McClinton
Wolf Trap
Filene Center
Wed Aug 1
King Soul
Mason District Park
Annandale
7:30pm - FREE
Thur Aug 2
Temptations
Four Tops
Wolf Trap
Filene Center
Thur Aug 2
Thrillbillies
JVs
Thur Aug 2
Igor & the Red Elvises
Atomic Mosquitos
Iota
$15 - 9pm
Thur Aug 2
Social Ramble
El Golfo
8739 Flower Ave, Silver Spring
$5 w/ free drink - 7-9pm
Fri Aug 3
Mavericks Reunion
Birchmere Bandstand/Flex Stage
yes
Fri Aug 3
Junkyard Saints
Royal Lake Park
Fairfax
7:30pm - FREE
Fri Aug 3
Zac Harmon
Wheaton American Legion
11225 Fern St
sure
7:30pm = $20/$18(adv)/$18(member)/$15(member adv)
Fri Aug 3
Yarn
Hill Co. BBQ
$10 - 10pm
Sat Aug 4
Summer Spirit Festival
Merriweather Post
Erykah Badu, Chuck Brown Tribute, Sharon Jones & the Dap-Kings,...
Sat Aug 4
Hangover Royale and Guests
Quarry House Tavern
Sat Aug 4
Nighthawks
Jammin Java
7pm
Sat Aug 4
Big Boy Little
Zoo Bar
Sun-Fri Aug 5-12
Old-Time, Vocal, & Dance Week
Augusta Heritage Center
Elkins, WV
yes & lessons
Sun Aug 5
Victoria Vox, Karen Collins, & Geffery Himes
Roots Cafe @ An Die Musik Live
409 Charles St., Balmer
5pm - $7(adv)/$9
Sun Aug 5
Sunday Waltz
Avant Gardeners
Spanish Ballroom
Glen Echo Park
yes, lesson @ 3pm
$10 - 3:30-6pm
Sun Aug 5
Buckwheat Zydeco
Mason District Park
Annandale
7:30pm - FREE
Tue-Wed Aug 7-8
Gipsy Kings
Wolf Trap
Filene Center
Tue Aug 7
Mighty Mighty Bosstones
9:30
w. Have Nots & Shifters
Wed Aug 8
Marti Brom
Strathmore Summer Concert
7pm - FREE
Wed Aug 8
Nighthawks
Lee District Park
Franconia
7:30pm - FREE
Wed Aug 8
Hall Brothers
Mason District Park
7:30pm - FREE
Thur Aug 9
Karen Collins & The Backroads Band
Frying Pan Park
Herndon
7:30pm - FREE
Thur Aug 9
Cooking With Gas-Electrified
El Golfo
8739 Flower Ave, Silver Spring
$5 w/ free drink - 7-9pm
Thur Aug 9
Classic Albums of 1991
Iota
$12 - 8pm - Adrian Krygowski, Grand Candy, Alex Parez, Beanstalk Library, Justin Trawick, Derek Evry, Chris Polk
Fri-Sat Aug 10-11
Steve Miller Band
Wolf Trap
Filene Center
Fri Aug 10
Hula Monsters
Mason District Park
Annandale
7:30pm - FREE
Fri Aug 10
Soul Crackers
Wheaton Summer Concert
6:30-8pm - FREE
Fri Aug 10
4 Star Combo
Blobs Park
$10
Sat Aug 11
Marti Brom and The Garnet Hearts
Karb Kings Balmer
Dundalk Moose Lodge
8pm-1am
Sat Aug 11
Smokin' Polecats
Zoo Bar
Sat Aug 11
DC's Legends 'n Soul Night
Fort Dupont Park
Al Johnson & his A Team, Peaches & Herb, Skip Mahoney & the Casuals, and HALO
Sat Aug 11
Glen Miller Orchestra
Spanish Ballroom
Glen Echo
yes, lesson @ 8pm
$20 - 9pm
Sun Aug 12
Johnny Neel
JVs
9pm
Sun Aug 12
Dikki Du
Cats Eye Pub
room?
$5 - 9-1am - & Steve Kraemer 4-8pm
Sun Aug 12
Dan Navarro
Jammin Java
Sun Aug 12
Trigger Hippy
Hamilton
$25 - 7:30pm - Joan Osborne, members of Black Crowes & Widespread Panic
Mon Aug 13
Blue Monday
Daryl Davis Band
Westminster Church
400 I St. SW
6-9pm - $5
Mon Aug 13
Joe Walsh
Wolf Trap
Tue Aug 14
Lyle Lovett
Wolf Trap
Tue Aug 14
Tab Benoit & the VOW Allstars
State Theatre
8pm - $20(adv)/$23+SC
Tue Aug 14
Candye Kane
Bad Influence
Hamiltons
$22.50+SC
Tue Aug 14
Jon Hiatt & the Combo
Rams Head
$79.50+SC
Tue Aug 14
Albert Lee
Jammin Java
Tue Aug 14
Dave Chappell
JVs
Wed Aug 15
John Prine
Emmylou Harris
Wolf Trap
$79.50+SC
Wed Aug 15
Bruce Ewan
Mason District Park
7:30pm - FREE
Thur Aug 16
Chatham Co Line
Rams Head
$15+SC
Thur Aug 16
King Teddy
Frying Pan Park
7:30-8:30pm - FREE
Thur Aug 16
Robert Earl Keen
Hamilton
Thur Aug 16
Dan Hovey
JVs
Fri Aug 17
Leroy Thomas & the Zydeco Roadrunners
Greenbelt American Legion Post 136
tile, w/ lesson @ 8pm
9-midnight
Fri Aug 17
Sierra Hull & Highway 111
Grist Mill Park
Alexandria
7:30pm - FREE
Fri Aug 17
Billy Coulter
Hill Country BBQ
Sat Aug 18
Brave Combo
Blobs Park
yep
$20 - 8pm
Sat Aug 18
Hot August Blues
Oregon Ridge Park
Cockeysville, MD
noon-10pm - $44(adv)/$60/$9(parking)/$150(VIP)+SC - Gov't Mule, Magic Slim, Trombone Shorty, JC Brooks, Junstin Townes Earle, ...
Sat Aug 18
Mary Chapin Carpenter
Loudon Wainwright III
Wolf Trap
Filene Center
Sat Aug 18
MS is BS BBQ Fundraiser 2012
Barcroft Community House
800 S Buchanan St, Arlington
$35+ (donation) - noon-5pm - w/ Daryl Davis, M.S.G., the Sheryl Sears Trio, Rick Franklin & His Delta Blues Boys
Sat Aug 18
Pokey LaFarge
DC9
Sun Aug 19
Sunday Waltz
Addison Bleufonte
Spanish Ballroom
Glen Echo Park
yes, lesson @ 3pm
$10 - 3:30-6pm
Sun Aug 19
Alan Jackson
Wolf Trap
Filene Center
Sun Aug 19
Dom Flemons and Boo Hanks
the Hamilton
Mon Aug 20
Cedric Burnside Project
the Hamilton
Tue Aug 21
Steve Earle & the Dukes
Birchmere
siddown & shuddup
7:30pm- $59.50+SC
Tue Aug 21
Orrin Star
Kennedy Center
Millenium Stage
6-7pm - FREE
Tue Aug 21
DC Houserockers
JVs
8:30pm - Big Joe Maher, John Previti, Marty Baumann & Lil' Ronnie
Tue Aug 21
Jimmy & the Blue Dogs
Carlyle Club
yes
9pm - $10
Wed Aug 22
Girls like Us: Tribute to Joni, Carole, & Carly
Epicure Cafe
Fairfax
8pm - w/ Ellen Adintori, Patrice Moerman, Fritzi Alwin, Mandee Price, Jean Bayou, Carey Creed, Jane Tatum, Bumpkin Pie, ... - SAW & HFM
Thur Aug 23
Thrillbillys
Kilroys
Thur Aug 23
Mary Ann Redmond Band
JVs
Fri Aug 24
Wayne "the Train" Hancock
Hill Co. BBQ
$15 - 10:30pm
Fri Aug 24
Al Green and Taj Mahal
Wolf Trap
Fri Aug 24
Nighthawks
Wheaton Summer Concert
6:30-8pm - FREE
Fri Aug 24
Grandsons
Royal Lake Park
Fairfax
7:30pm - FREE
Sat Aug 25
Big Joe & the Dynaflows
Reston Town Center
concrete
7:30pm - FREE
Sat Aug 25
Ruthie and the Wranglers
Quarry House Tavern
Sat Aug 25
Mary Shaver
Zoo
Sat Aug 25
Bobby Keys
Howard Theatre
8pm
Sat Aug 25
Triage & Dark Dissolve
New Deal Cafe
8pm
Sun Aug 26
Benefit for Best Buddies
Sullys
noon-6pm - $15(adv)/$20 - w/ The Nighthawks(5pm), the Thrillbillys (4pm), Lisa Dotolo, ...
Sun Aug 26
Memphis Gold
JVs
9pm
Mon Aug 27
Blue Monday
Anthony "Swampdog" Clark & the Blues All-Stars
Westminster Church
400 I St. SW
6-9pm - $5
Tue Aug 28
Bobby Womack
Birchmere
Tue Aug 28
Gina DeSimone & the Moaners
Carlyle Club
yes
$10 - 7:30pm
Wed Aug 29
Nighthawks w/ Eleanor Ellis & Phil Wiggins
Blues Alley
$20 - 8&10pm shows
Wed Aug 29
Solomon Douglas Quartet w/ Alison Dreyfuss
Nicks
yes
9-11pm - $10
Thur Aug 30
Thrillbillys
Public House #7
Falls church
Thur Aug 30
Takoma Dave-Friends & Family
El Golfo
8739 Flower Ave, Silver Spring
$5 w/ free drink - 7-9pm
Thur Aug 30
Dave Chappell
JVs
Thur Aug 30
Linwood Taylor
Cats Eye
Fri Aug 31-Sun Sept 2
Rhythm & Roots Festival
Ninigret Park
Charlestown, RI
yes & lessons
Host: Pine Leaf Boys
Fri: Geno Delafose, Gourds, Roddy Romero, Donna the Buffalo, Johnny Nicholas, Sarah & the Tall Boys, ...
Sat: Steve Riley, Geno Delafose, Gourds, Carolina Chocolate Drops, Roddy Romero, Johnny Nicholas, Duhks, Sarah & the Tall Boys, Dennis Stroughmatt, Jesse Lege, Hugh Laurie, La Bottine Souriante, Andre Thierry, Paul Cebar, Poullard & Frank, ...
Sun: Steve Riley, David Bromberg, Duhks, Sarah & the Tall Boys, Dennis Stroughmatt, Jesse Lege, Paul Cebar, Poullard & Frank, ...
Fri Aug 31
Tribute to the Women of the Blues
JVs
w/ Bad Influence, Stacy Brooks, Marianna Previti, ...
Fri Aug 31
Rebirth Brass Band
Baltimore SoundStage
Fri Aug 31
Janine Wilson
Royal Lake Park
Fairfax
7:30pm - FREE
Fri Aug 31
Hard Swimming Fish
Zoo Bar
Sat-Sun Sept 1-2
Plaisance Zydeco Festival
Zydeco Park, Plaisance, LA
yes
Sat: Leon Chavis, J Paul Jr., Rockin Dopsie Jr, Lil Nate, Setep Rideau, Nathan Williams, Corey Ladet, ...
Sun: Caharley Rivers, Chubby CArrier, ..., ...
Sat Sept 1
DC Blues Festival
Carter Barron Ampetheatre
concrete
FREE - w/ Sista Monica Parker, Sugar Ray & the Blue Tones, Lionel Young Band, Clarence "Bluesman" Turner, DCBS Band, ...
After Party @ American Legion Silver Spring w/ Lionel Young Band
Sat Sept 1
Big Boy Little
Zoo Bar
Sun Sept 2
Alonzo's Memorial Picnic
Baltimore Blues Society
Rosedale American Legion Hall
Homes Brothers, Lionel Young Band, Mikey Jr. Trio, Sac-au-lait - $25 (adv) - 1-8:30pm
Sun Sept 2
Sunday Waltz
Waltz Du Jour
Spanish Ballroom
Glen Echo Park
yes, lesson @ 3pm
$10 - 3:30-6pm
Mon Sept 3
Blue Monday
Jaques Johnson & Lil' Margie
Westminster Church
400 I St. SW
6-9pm - $5
Tue Sept 4
Sweater Set, Star Fk Radium, & Addieville
Iota
$10 - 8pm
Wed Sept 5
Curley Taylor
Blobs Park
yep, no lesson
$15 - 8-11pm
Wed Sept 5
the 44s & Nighthawks
State Theatre
8pm - $15+SC
Thur Sept 6
Nighthawks, Tom Principato & the 44s
West Mt. Vernon Park
Balmer
5:30pm - FREE - & Pete Kanaras w/ Steve Guyger @ Cats Eye
Thur Sept 6
Sarah & the Tall Boys
Madams Organ
Thur Sept 6
Cheik Hamala Diabate
Bossa
Fri Sept 7
Larry Keel & Natural Bridge
Hamiltons
$22.50+SC
Fri Sept 7
Enter the Haggis
Young Dubliners
Birchmere Bandstand
sure
$25+SC - 7:30
Fri Sept 7
King Teddy
Dulles Hilton
yes, w/ lesson @ 8:30pm
9pm - $15
Sat Sept 8
Little Red & the Renegades
The Continentals
Bumper Car Pavillion
Glen Echo Park
yes, lesson @ 7:30pm
$15 - 8:30-11pm
Also Lush Life in the Ballroom
Sat Sept 8
Smokin Polecats
Zoo Bar
Sat Sept 8
Taildraggers
Monsters from the Surf
Quarry House
Sat Sept 8
Rosslyn Jazz Fest
Gateway Park
Rosslyn
FREE - 1-7pm - w/ Joshua Redman, Rene Marie, Don Byron, Afro-Blue.
Also, 6-9pm Roots of Music Benefit w/ New Orleans Jazz artists @ Bayou Bakery - $60+
Sun Sept 9
Takoma Park Folk Festival
Takoma Park Middle School
some
11am-6:30pm - FREE - Cathy Fink & Marcy Marxer, Glen Echo Open Band, Piedmont Blues Plus, Woody Guthrie Tribute, Christylez Bacon, Lilt, Eric Scott, Anthony "Swamp Dog" Clark, ...
Sun Sept 9
Kelly Joe Phelps
Iota
8:30pm - $15
Sun Sept 9
Mary Ann Redmond
Flanigans
Mon Sept 10
Blue Monday
Mary Shaver w/ the Smokin' Polecats
Westminster Church
400 I St. SW
6-9pm - $5
Mon Sept 10
Richard Thompson (solo)
Birchmere
Sold Out
Tue Sept 11
Chris Thomas King
Blues Alley
Thur Sept 13
Dale Watson
Creative Alliance
3134 Eastern Ave, Balmer
yes, survival lesson @ 7:30pm
8pm - $18/$13(mbr)
Thur Sept 13
Slaid Cleaves
Hill Country BBQ
9:30pm - $18
Thur Sept 13
Tony Rice Unit
Red Molly
Birchmere
$25+SC
Fri Sept 14
Bill Kirchen & Dale Watson
Birchmere
siddown & shuddup
7:30pm- $29.50+SC
Fri Sept 14
Bruce Molsky
Corner Store
$20/$15(RSVP) - 8pm
Fri Sept 14
Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band
Nationals Park
Fri Sept 14
Paul Geremia
Archie Edwards Barbershop, Riverdale
8-11pm
Fri Sept 14
Sparky and Rhonda Rucker
Carroll Cafe at Seekers Church, Takoma Park
7:30pm
Sat Sept 15
Nathan & the Zydeco Cha-chas
Triage (8:30-9:30)
Artisphere
yes, lesson @ 9:30pm
$20 - 10pm-midnight
Sat Sept 15
Rick Franklin & His Delta Blues Boys
Cassatt's Cafe
7-9pm
Sat Sept 15
Skyla Burrell
Madams Organ
Sun Sept 16
Sunday Waltz
Blue Bamboo
Spanish Ballroom
Glen Echo Park
yes, lesson @ 3pm
$10 - 3:30-6pm
Sun Sept 16
Stacy Brooks
Madams Organ
Sun Sept 16
A Tribute to Johnny Cash
Jammin Java
7pm - Anthony Fiacco, Todd Wright, Michael Clem
Mon Sept 17
Sean Keane (Chieftains)
Kennedy Center
Millenium Stage
6-7pm - FREE
Mon Sept 17
Steve Earle
Rams Head
Annapolis
Mon Sept 17
the Chuck Brown Band & George Clinton
Howard Theatre
Tue Sept 18
Victoria Vox, Aaron English, Mark Growden
Iota
8:30pm - $12
Thur-Sat Sept 20-22
Watermelon Park Festival
Watermelon Park
Berryville, VA
Del McCoury Band, Tim O'Brien, Larry Keel, Bruce Molsky, Elizabeth LaPrelle, Hot Seats, ...
Thur Sept 20
Frank Solivan & Dirty Kitchen
Corner Store
$25/$20(adv) - 8pm
Fri-Sun Sept 21-23
John Hiatt & the Combo
Birchmere
siddown & shuddup
7:30pm - $55+SC - Sat SOLD OUT
Fri Sept 21
Doug Macleod
Archie Edwards Barbershop, Riverdale
8pm
Fri Sep 21
Nina Simone Tribute
"Put a Spell on You"
Creative Alliance
3134 Eastern Ave, Balmer
Sat Sept 22
Bluebird Blues Festival
Prince Georges Community College
301 Largo Rd, Largo
FREE - 12:30-6pm - Bobby Blue Bland, Clarence Carter, Orioles, Bobby Parker, Yazarah, Daryl Davis, Phil Wiggins, Little Bit a' Blues, & the Jewels
Sat Sept 22
Karen Collins & The Backroads Band
JVs
4:30-8pm
Sat Sept 22
Cathy Ponton King
Flanagan’s
Sat Sept 22
Mary Ann Redmond
Jammin Java
Sun Spet 23
Country Jamboree w/ Hall Brothers
JVs
4:30-8pm
Mon Sept 24
Blue Monday
Clarence Turner Blues Band
Westminster Church
400 I St. SW
6-9pm - $5
Mon Sept 24
Michelle Shocked
Sweater Set
Iota
8pm - $25
Mon Sept 24
Bruce Molsky presents The Bee Eaters
IMT @ St. Mark Presby
10701 Old Georgetown Rd, Rockville
7:30pm - $18(adv)/$22
Tue Sept 25
Antibalas
Black Cat
$18 (adv)/$20
Tue Sept 25
4 Star Combo
Carlyle
yes
Thur Sept 27
Frederic Yonnet
Strathmore Mansion
$30 - 7:30pm
Thur Sept 27
North Mississippi Allstars
Recher
$20(adv)/$24
Fri-Sun Sept 28-30
Mark O'Connor
Blues Alley
siddown & shuddup
8pm & 10pm shows - $45+SC
Fri Sept 28
Natty Beaux
Dulles Hilton
yes
$15
Fri Sept 28
Swampkeepers
Zoo Bar
Fri Sept 28
King Teddy
Friday Night Swing Dance Club, Towson
yes, lesson @ 8pm
$12 - 9pm
Sat Sept 29
Shemekia Copland w/ Allen Toussaint
Hamiltions
$28.40-59+SC
Sat Sept 29
Roomful of Blues
Spanish Ballroom
Glen Echo Park
yes, lesson @ 8pm
9pm
Sat Sept 29
Woody Guthrie Happy 100th! Tribute
Creative Alliance
3134 Eastern Ave, Balmer
7pm & 9:30pm - $18/$13(mbr) - w/ Caleb Stine, Artyt Hill, John Shock & Paul Margolis, ...
Sat Sept 29
Bobby Parker
Madams
Sun Sept 30
Allen Toussaint
Hamiltions
$30-48.50+SC
Sun Sept 30
Asleep at the Wheel
Birchmere
siddown & shuddup
7:30pm - $35+SC
Sun Sept 30
Holmes Brothers
Hill Co BBQ
8:30pm - $15
Mon Oct 1
Los Lobos (performing "Kiko")
Cris Jacobs
Birchmere
siddown & shuddup
$49.50+SC - 7:30pm
Mon Oct 1
Blue Monday
Deanna Bogart
Westminster Church
400 I St. SW
6-9pm - $5
Thur Oct 4
National Heritage Fellowship Awards Concert
Lisner
FREE (get Tickets, else a waiting line) - 7:30pm - w/ Mike Auldridge, Flaco Jimenez, Paschall Brothers, Andy Statman, Paul & Darlene Bergen, Harold Burnham, Albert Head, Lynne Yoshiko Nakasone, Molly Neptune Parker
Thur Oct 4
Jorma Kaukonen
Birchmere
siddown & shuddup
$25+SC - 7:30pm
Thur Oct 4
Cooking With Gas-Electrified
El Golfo
8739 Flower Ave, Silver Spring
$5 w/ free drink - 7-9pm
Fri Oct 5
Big Sandy & the Fly-Rite Boys
Iota
9:30pm - $16
Fri Oct 5
Rosie Ledet & The Zydeco Playboys
Creative Alliance
Baltimore
yes, w/ lessons
8pm - $18/$13(mbrs)
Fri Oct 5
Hangover Royalle
Dulles Hilton
yes
$15
Sat Oct 6
Dancing by the Bayou
Dancing By the Bayou Fall Dance Festival
Glen Echo Park
yes
w/ Curley Taylor, Rosie Ladet, Mo' Mojo, ...
Sat Oct 6
Virgin Mobile Freefest
Merriweather Post
ZZ Top, Ben Folds, Jack White, Alabama Shakes, Nas, ...
Sat Oct 6
Leftover Salmon
9:30
Sat Oct 6
Taste of Bethesda
Downtown Bethesda
King Soul, Llloyd Dobler Effect, Chopteeth, JCJ, ...
Sun Oct 7
Takoma Park Street Festival
Downtown Takoma Park
in the street
FREE - 10am-5pm - w/ Janine Wilson, Joe Uehlein, Chopteeth, Tommy Lepson, Backroads Band, Squeeze Bayou, Blue Moon Cowgirls, Rhodes Tavern Troubadours, Crhristylez Bacon, Tom Principato, ...
Sun Oct 7
Indigenous w/ Plateros
State Theatre
8:30pm - $15+SC
Sun Oct 7
Stacy Brooks
Madams Organ
Mon Oct 15
Garnet Rogers
IMT @ St. Mark Presby
10701 Old Georgetown Rd, Rockville
Mon Oct 15
Nathan & the Zydeco Cha-Chas
Kennedy Center
Millennium Stage
yes, lesson @ 5pm
6-7pm - FREE
Mon Oct 15
Blue Monday
Bill Heid
Westminster Church
400 I St. SW
6-9pm - $5
Tue Oct 16
Be Good Tanyas w/ Dan Bern
Hamilton
$27.50
Tue Oct 16
Clarence "Bluesman" Turner
JVs
Wed-Thur Oct 17-18
Jonny Lang
Howard Theatre
8pm
Wed Oct 17
Joel Savoy, Jesse Lege, & Cajun Country Revial
Artisphere
yes, lesson @ 7:30pm
$15 - 8:30-11pm
Wed Oct 17
Mavis Staples
Hamilton
$52-62
Wed Oct 17
John Jorgenson Trio
Jammin Java
7:30pm
Wed Oct 17
Tinariwen
Rams Head
Annapolis
Thur Oct 18
Sheryl Sears Trio
El Golfo
8739 Flower Ave, Silver Spring
$5 w/ free drink - 7-9pm
Thur Oct 18
Radio Caroline
JVs
Fri Oct 19
Guitar Jam w/ Dan Hovey, Mike Davis, Matt Kelly
JVs
Fri Oct 19
Daryl Davis
Dulles Hilton
yes, w/ lesson @ 8:30pm
9pm
Fri Oct 19
Honky Tonk Confidential
Hill Country BBQ
Fri Oct 19
Caroline Herring
Jammin Java
CD Release - 7:30pm
Sat Oct 20
Garnet Hearts
Quarry House
room?
Sat Oct 20
OctoBEARfest
Maryland Zoo
dunno
w/ Doubleshot & Junkyard Saints - $40(w/ beer sampling)/$20(w/o)
Sat Oct 20
All Mighty Senators
8x10
w/ Sweet Leda
Sun Oct 21
Sunday Waltz
Cabaret Sauvignon
Spanish Ballroom
Glen Echo Park
yes, lesson @ 3pm
$10 - 3:30-6pm
Sun Oct 21
Mary Ann Redmond
Flanagans
Sun Oct 21
Stacy Brooks
Madams Organ
Mon Oct 22
Blue Monday
Memphis Gold
Westminster Church
400 I St. SW
6-9pm - $5
Tue Oct 23
Jerry Douglas
6th & I Synagogue
Tue Oct 23
DC Houserockers w/ Mark Wenner
JVs
Wed Oct 25
Music Maker Capitol Blues Night
Hamiltons
$25 - /w Ironing Board Sam, Captain Luke, Cool John Ferguson, Sol, and Big Ron Hunter
Thur Oct 25
Thrillbillys
Public House #7
7 Corners
Thur Oct 25
Henry Butler
Blues Alley
$25 - 8pm & 10pm
Fri-Sat Oct 26-27
Blackpot Festival
Acadian Village
Lafayette, LA
Red Stick Ramblers, Pine Leaf Boys, Huval Family, Caleb Klauder & Reeb Willms, Firecracker Jazz, Lost Bayou Ramblers, Lafayette Rhythm Devils, Walter Mouton, Les Bassettes,Preston Frank & Ed Poullard, Ginny & Tracy, ...
Plus Thursday @ Blue Moon & Sunday @ Lakeview Park, Eunice
& Pre-festival camp (Sun 21-Wed 24)
Fri Oct 26
Buddy Guy
Howard Theatre
Fri Oct 26
King Teddy
Halloween dance
Dulles Hilton
yes, w/ lesson @ 8:30pm
$15 - 9pm
Fri Oct 26
Swampkeepers
Zoo Bar
Sat Oct 27
Sammy Naquin & Big Easy Zydeco
Bumper Car Pavillion
Glen Echo Park
yes, lesson @ 8:30pm
$15 - 9pm
Sat Oct 27
Matt Hill & Dep Fryed 2
Balmer Blues Challenge
Baltimore Blues Society
Rosedale American Legion Hall
8:30pm - $25(adv)/$35 - BYOB
Sat Oct 27
Yonder Mt. String Band
Fillmore
$25+SC
Sat Oct 27
Cathy Ponton King
Flanagan's
Sun Oct 28
Rusty Motoyer & Zydeco Krush
JVs
4pm - $10 - w/ Cathy Fink & Joe Uehlein
Sun Oct 28
Family Sing: Woody Guthrie Sing-Along
Strathmore
Sun Oct 28
Jason Borland & the Stragglers
Hill Co BBQ
8:30pm - $15
Mon Oct 29
Blue Monday
Nadine Rae & the All-Stars
Westminster Church
400 I St. SW
6-9pm - $5
Tue Oct 30
NY Banjo
Birchmere
$58.85+SC - 7:30pm - w/ Bela Fleck, Eric Wieissberg, Pete Wernick, Richie Sterns, & Tony Triscka
Thur Nov 1
Acoustic Africa
Lisner
siddown
$30-45 - 8pm - w/ Dobet Gnahore (Ivory Coast), Manou Gallo (Ivory Coast) and Kareyce Fotso (Cameroon)
Thur Nov 1
Delbert McClinton
Marshall Chapman
Birchmere
siddown & shuddup
$45+SC - 7:30pm
Thur Nov 1
Cooking With Gas
El Golfo
8739 Flower Ave, Silver Spring
$5 w/ free drink - 7-9pm
Fri Nov 2
WAMU Bluegrass Country @ 45
Lisner
$40 - 8pm - w/ Del McCoury Band & the Gibson Brothers
Fri Nov 2
Chopteeth
Eastern Standard Time
Black Cat
$15 - 9pm
Fri Nov 2
Meter Men
Howard Theatre
8pm - w/ Zigaboo Modeliste, Leo Nocentelli, George Porter Jr., Page McConnell
Fri Nov 2
Janine Wilson Band
Hill Country BBQ
9:30pm
Sat Nov 3
Keb Mo
Strathmore
8pm - $28-58
Sat Nov 3
Dr. John & the Blind Boys of Alabama
George Mason
$46-23 - 8pm
Sat Nov 3
Jim Lauderdale Trio
Artisphere Dome Theatre
$22 - 8pm
Sat Nov 3
World on a String
Unitarian Universallist of Silver Spring
$90 (includes workshops & concert) - w/ Dovetail Ensemble, Javier Godinez (Afro-Peruvian), Spyros Koliavasilis (Greek), Wytold Lebing, Philippe Varlet (Irish), Michelle Webb (Afro/Arabic), Cathy Yang (China)
Sun Nov 4
Sunday Waltz
Rhapsody
Spanish Ballroom
Glen Echo Park
yes, lesson @ 3pm
$10 - 3:30-6pm
Sun Nov 4
JD McPherson
State Theatre
Sun Nov 4
Ivan Neville & Dumpstaphunk
Anders Osborne
Howard Theatre
8pm
Sun Nov 4
Johnny Neel
JVs
Mon Nov 5
Blue Monday
Reggie Wayne Morris
Westminster Church
400 I St. SW
6-9pm - $5
Tue Nov 6
Ruthie & The Wranglers' New Old Jamboree
The New Deal Cafe
Greenbelt
7-9pm - FREE
Wed Nov 7
Stooges Brass Band
Hamilton
$17+SC
Wed Nov 7
Bob Perilla & Big Hillbilly Bluegrass
Madams Organ
Thur Nov 8
Musical Visions
Gibson Guitar Center VIP Showroom
709 G Street, Level 400
w/ Bob Perilla & Big Hillbilly Bluegrass, Rick Franklin & Charles Solomon, Bohemian Caverns Jazz Trio - 7-11pm - $30
Thur Nov 8
Tim O'Brien
Barns
8pm - $24
Thur Nov 8
Carolina Chocolate Drops
Weinberg Center - Frederick
Thur Nov 8
Thrillbillies
JVs
Fri-Sat Nov 9-11
Florida Cajun Zydeco Festival
Hard Rock Casino
Hollywood, FL
yep
Curley Taylor, the Savoy Family Band, C'est Bon Cajun Dance Band, Chubby Carrier, Lisa Haley, Fefoullet, Geno DeLafose, Rosie Ladet, ...
Fri Nov 9
Roomful of Blues
Hamilton
$27.50+SC - 8:30pm
Fri Nov 9
11th Anniversary Party with Luke Brindley and Friends
Jammin Java
Fri Nov 9
Dan Hovey
JVs
Sat Nov 10
College Park Blues Festival
Ritchie Coliseum
College Park
sure
FREE - 6-11:30pm - Eleanor Ellis, Mark Wenner, & Rick Franklin, DCBS Band w/ Ayaba Bey, Nighthawks, & Fast Eddie & the Slowpokes
Sat Nov 10
Gilberto Gil
Lisner
siddown
$35-75 - 8pm
Sat Nov 10
Tinsley Ellis & Chris Duarte
Cathy Ponton King
State
Sat Nov 10
Toubab Krewe
8x10
w/ Consider the Source
Sat Nov 10
Veterans Day WWII Canteen Dance
Eric Felten Jazz Orchestra
Spanish Ballroom
Glen Echo Park
yes, lesson @ 8pm
$15 - 9pm
Sun Nov 11
Bandhouse Tribute to the Band's Last Waltz
Hamilton
$25 (SRO only) - Tom Principato, Jon Carroll, Mike Clem, Tommy Lepson, Pete Regusa, 40 Dollar Fine, Chuck Sullivan, Ronnie Newmyer, Spencer Hoopes, ...
Sun Nov 11
Dennis Stroughmatt & Creole Stomp
Bumper Car Pavillion
Glen Echo Park
yes, lesson @ 3pm
$15 - 3:30-6pm
Sun Nov 11
Thrillbillies
Hank Dietles Tavern
Rockville
Tue Nov 13
Bobby Bare Jr
Iota
8pm - $12 - w/ David Dondero
Tue Nov 13
Justin Townes Earl w/ Tift Merritt
Rams Head Live
Wed-Thur Nov 14-15
John Hiatt & the Combo
Birchmere
siddown & shuddup
7:30pm - $55
Thur Nov 15
Ron Hicks Project
El Golfo
8739 Flower Ave, Silver Spring
$5 w/ free drink - 7-9pm
Fri-Sat Nov 16-17
Steve Meisner
Blobs Park
8pm - $12
Fri Nov 16
Jive Aces w/ Toni Prima
Dulles Hilton
yes, w/ lesson @ 8:30pm
$20(adv)/$30 - 9pm
Fri Nov 16
Rosie Flores & Marti Brom
Hill Country BBQ
perhaps, concrete
$15 - 10pm
Fri Nov 16
Howard Levy w/ Chris Siebold
Barns
8pm - $25
Fri Nov 16
Ellis Paul
Jammin Java
w/ Peyton Tochterman
Sat Nov 17
Jive Aces w/ Toni Prima
Spanish Ballroom
Glen Echo Park
yes, w/ lesson @ 8:30pm
$20 - 9pm
Sat Nov 17
The Coolerators and The Hard-Core Troubadours
Quarry House Tavern
Sat Nov 17
"Big Daddy" Stallings & The Bluez Evolution Band
Chef Macs
Balmer
8pm
Sun Nov 18
Sam Bush & Del McCoury
Birchmere
siddown & shuddup
$39.50+SC - 7:30pm
Sun Nov 18
NRBQ
Blue Dogs
State Theatre
$18+SC - 8pm
Sun Nov 18
Sunday Waltz
Waltz Wizards
Spanish Ballroom
Glen Echo Park
yes, lesson @ 3pm
$10 - 3:30-6pm
Sun Nov 18
Bobby Blue Bland
Hamilton
Sun Nov 18
Iona
Old Brogue
$15 - 5pm & 7pm shows
Tue Nov 20
Bob Dylan w/ Mark Knopfler
Verizon Center
Tue Nov 20
DC Houserockers w/ Bill Heid
JVs
Wed Nov 21
Nighthawks
Kennsington Armory
yes
7pm - $10 - Bethesda Help Food Pantry donations
New Rules: No Alcohol
Thur Nov 22
Thanksgiving
Thur Nov 22
Thrillbillies
JVs
Thur Nov 22
Doc Scantlin's Palmettos
Kennedy Center
Millenium Stage
yes, lesson @ 5pm
6-7:30pm - FREE
Fri Nov 23
Nighthawks & Skip Castro Band
State Theatre
sure
9pm - $20+SC
Fri Nov 23
Grandsons
Barns
yes
8pm - $18
Sat-Sun Nov 24-25
BB King
Howard Theatre
8pm - $150(adv)... Gack
Sat Nov 24
Brave Combo
Blobs Park
yes
$20
Sat Nov 24
Dan Hovey Band
Quarry House Tavern
yes
$20
Sat Nov 24
Mikey Jr. & Stone Cold Blues
Cats Eye
Sun Nov 25
Bruce Molsky
Old Brogue Snuggery
Great Falls
$15 - 5 & 7pm shows (adv reservations required @ 703-759-3309)
Sun Nov 25
Carol Gaylor & Bruce Katsu
JVs
Tue Nov 27
Coco Montoya & John Hammond
Hamilton
7:30pm - $25+2.50SC
Tue Nov 27
Clarence Turner
JVs
Thur Nov 29
Donna the Buffalo
Recher Theatre
Thur Nov 29
Dave Chappell
JVs
Thur Nov 29
Steep Canyon Rangers
Rams Head Live
Fri Nov 30 - Fri Dec 23
Downtown Holiday Market
Downtown DC
8th & F St.-ish NW
Music noon-7pm daily - Dave Chappell & Dave Hartage (Fri noon), Ian, Matt & Andrew (F 5pm), Karen Collins & Backroads Band (Sun noon-2), Christylez Bacon (Sun 2:30pm), ...
Fri Nov 30 - Sat Dec 1
Night of 100 Elvises
Lithuanian Hall
851-3 Hollins St, Baltimore
some
7pm-2am - $57(adv) inc. bevs & food
Fri: Janine Wilson, Jed Duvall, Jumpin' Jupiter, Karb Kings, Sookey Jump Blues, Tail Traggers, ...
Sat: Fabulettes, Honky Tonk Confidential, Jed Duvall, Monsters from the Surf, Karb Kings, Sookey Jump Blues, Tail Draggers, ...
Fri Nov 30
Eileen Ivers & Immigrant Soul
Barns
8pm - $27
Fri Nov 30
Patti Smith
Rams Head Live
Fri Nov 30
Women Rock the Hurricane Fundraiser
Outta the Way Cafe
Derwood, MD
7pm - $10 - w/ Wicked Jezabel, Mrianna Previti, Mary Shaver, Patty Reese, One 3rd Wish
Fri Nov 30
Natty Beaux
Dulles Hilton
yes, w/ lesson @ 8:30pm
9pm
Fri Nov 30
Julia Nixon: Songs of Burt Bacharach
Strathmore
7:30pm (Sold Out) & 9pm
Sat Dec 1
Ruthie and The Wranglers
Billy Coulter Band
Music Cafe
Damscus
Sat Dec 1
Jumpin' Jupiter
Quarry House
Sun Dec 2
Sunday Waltz
Some Assembly
Spanish Ballroom
Glen Echo Park
yes, lesson @ 3pm
$10 - 3:30-6pm
Fri Nov 30 - Fri Dec 23
Downtown Holiday Market
Downtown DC
8th & F St.-ish NW
Music noon-7pm daily - Patty Reese (Mon noon), Eleanor Ellis (Tue noon), Dave Chappell & Dave Hartage (Wed noon), 4 Star (Thur noon), Billy Coulter (Thur 5pm), Jim Stephanson (Fri 2:30pm), Stacy Brooks (Fri 5pm), Seth Kibel (Sat noon), Glorious Sounds (Sat 2:30), Gina DeSimone & Pat Quinn (Sun noon), ...
Mon Dec 3
El Vez
Jumpin' Jupiter
U St. Music Hall
7pm - $20
Mon Dec 3
Nighthawks
Westminster Church
400 I St. SW
6-9pm - $5
Tue Dec 4
X & Reverend Horton Heat
9:30
Tue Dec 4
Robert Cray
Birchmere
7:30pm - $49.50+SC
Tue Dec 4
Brian Setzer Orchestra
Xmas thingy
Strathmore
8pm
Wed Dec 5
Reverend Peyton's Big Damn Band
8x10
Thur-Sun Dec 6-9
Grace Potter and the Nocturnals
9:30
Thur-Sat Sold Out
Thur-Fri Dec 6-7
Los Straitjackets
Iota
9pm - $15 - w/ Jake Starr(Th) & Yachtsmen (Fr)
Thur Dec 6
Ray Abshire
Kennedy Center
Millennium Stage
6-7pm - FREE
Thur Dec 6
Thrillbillies
JVs
Thur Dec 6
Natalie MacMaster: Christmas in Cape Breton
Strathmore
8pm - $28-58+SC
Fri Dec 7
Reverend Peyton's Big Damn Band
Whitey Morgan & the 78s
Jammin Java
$20 - 8pm
Fri Dec 7
Fabulous Hubcaps
Blobs Park
$15
Fri Dec 7
Victoria Vox & Christylez Bacon
Artisphere Dome Theatre
8pm
Fri Dec 7
Fabulettes
Dulles Hilton
yes, lesson @ 8:30pm
$15 - 9pm
Sat Dec 8
Robert Cray w/ Shemekia Copeland
Rams Head Live
Balmer
Sat Dec 8
Ray Abshire
Blobs Park
yes, lesson @ 8pm
$15 - 8:30pm
Sat Dec 8
Chopteeth
Nayas
Artisphere Ballroom
$15 - 9:30pm
Sat Dec 8
Jed Duval Trio
Johnny Cash Tribute
Quarry House Tavern
Sat Dec 8
Lush Life w/ Lynn "Luscious" McCune
Spanish Ballroom
Glen Echo Park
yes, lesson @ 8pm
$15 - 9pm
Sun Dec 9
Jason Isbel & the 400 unit
9:30
late
Sun Dec 9
Raul Malo w/ Seth Walker
Birchmere
siddown & shuddup
7:30pm- $29.50+SC
Sun Dec 9
Nighthawks
Hank Dietle's Tavern
Fri Nov 30 - Fri Dec 23
Downtown Holiday Market
Downtown DC
8th & F St.-ish NW
Music noon-7pm daily - Esther Haynes & J.C. VeVe (Tue noon), Patty Reese (Wed noon), Billy Coulter (Wed 5pm), 4 star (Thur noon), Ian, Matt & Andrew (Thur 5pm), Seth Kibel (Fri noon), Jonny Grave (Fri 2:30pm), Janine Wilson & Max Evans (Fri 5pm), Blue Panamuse (Sat 2:30pm), GrooveQuest (Sat 5pm), Gina DeSimone & the Moaners (Sun 5pm), ...
Mon Dec 10
Linwood Taylor
Westminster Church
400 I St. SW
6-9pm - $5
Tue Dec 11
Big Bad Voodoo Daddy
Swingin' Holiday Party
Birchmere
siddown & shuddup
$35+SC - 7:30pm
Tue Dec 11
Wanda Jackson w/ Jonny Fritz
Hamilton
Tue Dec 11
Dropkick Murphys
U St. Music Hall
Wed Dec 12
Phil Wiggins & Corey Harris
Kennedy Center
Millennium Stage
6-7pm - FREE
Thur Dec 13
Mark O'Connor: Appalachian Christmas
Strathmore
$25-55 - 8pm
Thur Dec 13
Dan Hovey
JVs
Fri-Sat Dec 14-15
Four Bitchin' Babes
Birchmere
7:30pm - $35+SC - w/ Sally Fingerett, Debi Smith, Deidre Flint, & Marcy Marxer
Fri Dec 14
Cancelled
King Soul
Hill Country BBQ
Fri Dec 14
Karen Collins & The Backroads Band
Blobs Park
yes
8-11pm - $10
Fri Dec 14
Flatfoot Sam
JVs
Fri Dec 14
King Teddy
Dulles Hilton
yes, lesson @ 8:30pm
$15 - 9pm
Sat Dec 15
Rockabilly Bash: Jason Hicks, Fleabops, & Garnet Hearts
Quarry House Tavern
Sat Dec 15
Radio Caroline
JVs
Sat Dec 15
Ruthie and The Wranglers
Hill Country BBQ
Sat Dec 15
Dr. Zoot
Spanish Ballroom
Glen Echo Park
yes, lesson @ 8pm
9pm
Sun Dec 16
Sunday Waltz
Rose by the Door
Spanish Ballroom
Glen Echo Park
yes, lesson @ 3pm
$10 - 3:30-6pm
Fri Nov 30 - Fri Dec 23
Downtown Holiday Market
Downtown DC
8th & F St.-ish NW
Music noon-7pm daily - Seth Kibel (Mon noon), Jim Stephanson (Tue noon), Snakehead Run (Tue 5pm), Diana Quinn & Mike Wood (Wed 5pm), Dave Chappell & Dave Hartage (Fri noon), Sweater Set (Fri 5pm), King Street Bluegrass (Sat noon), Ian, Matt & Andrew (Sun 5pm), ...
Tue Dec 18
Chuck & Robert Redd
Blues Alley
$18 - 8pm & 10pm shows
Wed Dec 19
Chatham Co Line
Birchmere
'Electric Holiday Tour' - 7:30pm - $22.50+SC
Thur Dec 20
Los Lobos
Rams Head
Annapolis
Early & Late shows
Thur Dec 20
Last Train Home
Kennedy Center
Millennium Stage
6-7pm - FREE
Thur Dec 20
Thrillbillys
JVs
Thur Dec 20
Alison Chase Radcliffe & Allen Holmes
El Golfo
8739 Flower Ave, Silver Spring
$5 incl. drink - 7-9pm
Fri-Sat Dec 21-22
Last Train Home
Iota
9pm - $14
Fri Dec 21
End of the World
Fri Dec 21
Nighthawks
Hamilton
Fri Dec 21
Honky Tonk Confidential
Hill Co. BBQ
9:30pm - Free
Fri Dec 21
Daryl Davis
Dulles Hilton
yes, lesson @ 8:30pm
$15 - 9pm
Sat Dec 22
Bill Kirchen's Holiday Show
w/ Dudley Connell, Sally Love, Louise Kirchen, and The Grandsons' Alan MacEwen & Chris Watling
Birchmere
siddown & shuddup
7:30pm - $29.50+SC
Sat Dec 22
Beatnick Flies & the Yachtsmen
Quarry House Tavern
Sat Dec 22
End of the World as We Know It (or maybe not)
Washington Ethical Society
w/ Blue Panamuse, Shannon Dunne Dance Troupe, y Mariachi Los Amigos - $20 - 7:30pm
Sun Dec 23
Mary Ann Redmond
Flanagans
Sun Dec 23
Patsy & the Hall Brothers
JVs
5-8pm
Sun Dec 23
Queen Aisha's Holiday Blues
Westminster Church
400 I St. SW
6-9pm - $5
Tue Dec 25
Christmas
Tue 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
Thur Dec 27
Sweet Heaven Kings
Kennedy Center
Millenium Stage
6-7pm - FREE
Thur Dec 27
Thrillbillys
Hill Country BBQ
Thur Dec 27
Rebirth Brass
Funk Ark
9:30
Fri Dec 28
Annual Hank Williams Tribute
Birchmere
siddown & shuddup
$29.50+SC - 7:30pm - w/ Cathy Fink & Marcy Marxer, Bill Kirchen, Robin & Linda Williams & their Fine Group, Rickie Simpkins & Mark Schatz
Fri Dec 28
Lord of the Strings
JVs
w/ Dave Chappell & Dan Hovey
Fri Dec 28
Deanna Bogart & Eric Scott
Jammin Java
Sat-Sun Dec 29-30
Sean Grissom & the Alexandria Kleztet
Kennedy Center
Millenium Stage
6-7pm - FREE
Sat Dec 29
Mary Ann Redmond & Dan Hovey (4:30pm)
Bullets (8pm)
JVs
Sat Dec 29
Brooks Tegler Big Band
Spanish Ballroom
Glen Echo Park
yes, lesson @ 8pm
9pm - $15
Sat Dec 29
Jelly Roll Mortals
Quarry House Tavern
Sat Dec 29
Infamous Stringdusters
State Theatre
w/ Lake Street Dive
Sun Dec 30
Sunday Waltz
Gigmeisters
Spanish Ballroom
Glen Echo Park
yes, lesson @ 3pm
$10 - 3:30-6pm
Sun Dec 30
Little Feat
Hamiltons
$59-74
Sun Dec 30
Jacques Johnson & Lil' Margie
Westminster Church
400 I St. SW
6-9pm - $5
Tue Dec 31
New Years Eve
Tue Dec 31
First Night Alexandria
all over downtown Alexandria
depends on the room
$15(adv)/$20 - Bill Kirchen, Janine Wilson Band, Grandsons, Rose Between the Thorns, Curtis Blues, Anthony "Swamp Dog" Clark, Junkyard Saints, Al Petteway & Amy White, Folsom Prisoners, Irish Breakfast Band, Quintango, ...
Bonnie Rideout (7pm - St. Paul's Church @ 7pm - extra $10 reserved seat)
Tue Dec 31
Mitch Woods & his Rocket 88s
Spanish Ballroom
Glen Echo Park
yes, lesson @ 8pm
$25
Tue Dec 31
Chaise Lounge
Kennedy Center
Millenium Stage
6-7pm - FREE
And
Peaches O'Dell
Little Feat
Seldom Scene, Hot Seats, ...
Linwood Taylor (DCBS)
Mary Ann Redmond
Hall Brothers
Andy Paxon
Black Cat
Hamilton
Birchmere
American Legion-Wheaton
Flanagan's
College Park American Legion
New Deal Cafe