Past Events
Date Artist Venue Dancing? Notes
2013
Thur-Sun Jan 3-6
Chris Thomas King
Blues Alley
$22.50 - 8pm & 10pm shows
Thur Jan 3
Thrillbillies
JVs
Thur Jan 3
Cooking With Gas
El Golfo
Silver Spring
7-9pm - $5 cover includes drink
Fri Jan 4
King Soul
Bayou on Penn
Fri Jan 4
Mary Ann Redmond
Iota
8:30pm - $15.00
Fri Jan 4
Tone Rangers
Jammin' Java
Sat Jan 5
Thrillbillies
Quarry House Tavern
Sat Jan 5
Big Boy Little
Zoo Bar
Sat Jan 5
Hall Brothers
New Deal Cafe
Sun Jan 6
Sunday Waltz
Blue Bamboo
Spanish Ballroom
Glen Echo Park
yes, lesson @ 2:45pm
$10 - 3:30-6pm
Wed Jan 9
Thrillbillies
Nicks
yes
9-11pm - $10
Wed Jan 9
Yo Mama's Big Fat Booty Band
Hamiltons
$17(adv)/$20
Thur Jan 10
Beausoleil
Barns
yes
Thur Jan 10
Big Sam's Funky Nation
Kennedy Center
Millenium Stage
6-7pm - FREE
Thur Jan 10
Pat Quinn & Gina deSimone
El Golfo
Silver Spring
7-9pm - $5 cover includes drink
Fri-Sat Jan 11-12
Ricky Skaggs & Kentucky Thunder
Birchmere
7:30pm - $39.50+SC
Fri Jan 11
A Fiddler's Feast
Strathmore
8pm - $18-42 - w/ Alasdair Fraser, Natalie Haas, Dirk Powell, Jay Ungar & Molly Mason
Fri Jan 11
Squeeze Bayou
Blobs Park
8-11pm - $10
Fri Jan 11
Blues Piano Kings: Ian Walters & Eric Byrd
Carroll Cafe/Seekers Church/TKPK
$15 - 7:30pm - w/ Phil Wiggins
Sat Jan 12
Paul Cebar
Barns
yes
7:30pm - $22
Sat Jan 12
Thrillbillies
Sullys
Sat Jan 12
Blue Sky 5+2
Spanish Ballroom
Glen Echo Park
yes, lesson @ 8pm
9pm - $15
Sat Jan 12
Smokin' Polecats
Zoo Bar
Mon Jan 14
Blue Monday
Eddie Jones & the Young Bucks
Westminster Church
400 I St. SW
6-9pm - $5
Mon Jan 14
Los Texmaniacs
Hamilton
$17
Tue Jan 15
Tom Cunningham
Carlyle
Wed Jan 16
NY Banjo Summit
Birchmere
7:30pm - $49.50+SC - w/ Bela Fleck, Tony Trischka, Bill Keith, Noam Pikelny, Richie Stearns, Eric Weissberg
Thur Jan 17
Albertini & Mori
El Golfo
Silver Spring
7-9pm - $5 cover includes drink
Fri-Sat Jan 18-19
Texas Rollin' Empire Inaugural Zydeco Gala
Step Rideau & the Zydeco Outlaws
Tremont Suites Ballroom
222 St. Paul St, Balmer
yes
$50 - 8pm-midnight
Fri Jan 18
Hangover Royalle
Dulles Hilton
yes, w/ lesson @ 8:30pm
9pm - $15
Fri Jan 18
Capital Blues Ensamble
Special Olympics Fundraiser
Harp & Fiddle
9:30pm - $5
Sat Jan 19
Soul Serenaders
Kenmont Swim Club
Billy Price, Tommy Lepson, Dan Hovey, Bruce Swaim, Pete Regusa, Jan Zukowski
Sat Jan 19
Hula Monsters Winter Luau & Dance Party
Creative Alliance @ The Patterson
8pm - $15
Sat Jan 19
Roots Rock Revue
Artisphere Ballroom
8-11:30pm - w/ Arty Hill, Karl Straub, & The Grandsons
Sat Jan 19
Chopteeth
Iota
Sun Jan 20
Smokey Robinson & the Let Freedom Ring Choir
Kennedy Center
Millenium Stage/Concert Hall
6-7pm - FREE tickets starting at 5pm
Sun Jan 20
Soul Serenaders
Rams Head (12:30pm)
Sullys (8pm)
Billy Price, tommy Lepson, Dan Hovey, Bruce Swaim, Pete Regusa, Jan Zukowski
Sun Jan 20
Sunday Waltz
Karen Collins & The Backroads Band
Spanish Ballroom
Glen Echo Park
yes, lesson @ 2:45pm
$10 - 3:30-6pm
Mon Jan 21
Inauguration Day
Mon Jan 21
Iris Dement
Birchmere
7:30pm - $39.50+SC
Mon Jan 21
Ruthie & the Wranglers
New Deal Cafe
7-9pm
Mon Jan 21
Blue Monday
Clarence Turner Blues Band
Westminster Church
400 I St. SW
6-9pm - $5
Mon Jan 21
Inaugural Ball
w/ Gig Meisters
Spanish Ballroom
Glen Echo Park
yes
$20 - 7:30pm - Waltzes, etc.
Tue Jan 22
Sing the Truth: Angelique Kidjo, Dianne Reeves, Lizz Wright
Strathmore
8pm - $38-78+SC
Tue Jan 22
Sweetback Sisters
Hill Co. BBQ
8:30pm - FREE
Tue Jan 22
Fred Eaglesmith
Jammin Java
8pm - w/ Fif Ginn
Wed Jan 23
Ralph Stanley
Barns
Wed Jan 23
Railroad Earth
9:30
Wed Jan 23
We are the 9
Takoma Park Community Center
$15(adv)/$18 - w/ Justin Trawick, Laura Baron, Karen Collins, Paddy Kilrain, Ted Garber, Owen Danoff, Rob Hinka, Laura Van Duzer, Kevin de Souza
Thur Jan 24
Red Baraat
9:30
Thur Jan 24
Snakehead Run
El Golfo
Silver Spring
7-9pm - $5 cover includes drink
Fri Jan 25
Steep Canyon Rangers
Birchmere
7:30pm - $29.50+SC - w/ Shannon Whitworth
Fri Jan 25
Ladysmith Black Mambazo
Strathmore
8pm - $25-65+SC
Fri Jan 25
Femi Kuti
9:30
Fri Jan 25
Lord of Strings
JVs
w/ Dan Hovey & Tom Principato
Sat Jan 26
Cowboy Mouth
9:30
w/ Almighty Senators
Sat Jan 26
Mary Shaver
Zoo
Sat Jan 26
Patsy & the Hall Brothers
Sapphire - Laurel
Sun Jan 27
Joe Stanley Tribute
JVs
5-8pm - w/ Bruce Swaim, Chris Watling, Jimmy Stepheson, Big Joe Maher, and John Previti...
Sun Jan 27
Victoria Vox and Karen Collins
An Die Musik
Baltimore
Wed Jan 30
Robert Earl Keen
Birchmere "Flex Stage"
7:30pm - $39.50+SC
Wed Jan 30
Brittany Haas, Cleek Schre, Jordan Tice, Nic Gareiss
Takoma Park Community Center
7:30pm - $18(adv)/$22
Wed Jan 30
Kelley Hunt
Archie Edwards Barbershop
4701 Queensburry Rd, Riverdale
8pm - $20
Thur Jan 31-Sat Feb 2
Corey Harris "Rasta Blues Experience"
Blues Alley
$25 - 8pm & 10pm shows
Thur Jan 31
Dave Chappell
JVs
Thur Jan 31
Takoma Dave: Family & Friends
El Golfo
Silver Spring
7-9pm - $5 cover includes drink
Thur Jan 31
JP Harris & Tough Choices
Hill Co. BBQ
Fri Feb 1
Persuasions
Barns
8pm
Fri Feb 1
King Teddy
Dulles Hilton
yes, w/ lesson @ 8:30pm
9pm - $15
Sat Feb 2
Buddy Holly Tribute
Blobs Park
yes
8pm - $15 - w/ Flea Bops, Jelly Roll Mortals, 52 Pickup, Billy Coulter, Ruthie & the Wranglers, David Kitchen, Dede Wyland, Dagmar & Bob, Rodeo Motel, & Droptops
Sat Feb 2
FSGW MiniFest
Takoma Park Middle School
$20/$15(member)/... - noon-10:30pm - schedule: Archie's Barbershop Jam, Chromatics a capella, Capitol Hillbillies, Flawn Williams, Fire Fly, & lotsa dances & workshops
Sat Feb 2
Daryl Davis
Spanish Ballroom
Glen Echo Park
yes, lesson @ 8pm
9pm - $15
Sat Feb 2
Grace Potter and the Nocturnals
Rams Head Live
SOLD OUT - also Monday 4th
Sat Feb 2
Big Boy Little
Zoo Bar
Sun Feb 3
Sunday Waltz
Taylor Among the Devils
Spanish Ballroom
Glen Echo Park
yes, lesson @ 2:45pm
$10 - 3:30-6pm
Mon Feb 4
Robin & Linda Williams and Their Fine Group
IMT @ Saint Mark Presby
10701 Old Georgetown Rd., Rockville
$20(adv)/$24 - 7:30pm
Mon Feb 4
Peace in Mali Concert/Benefit
Arena Stage
$25 - 6-9pm - w/ Cheick Hamala Diabate (Mali), Taka Tanni (Cameroon), Finckya (Congo), & H.E. Al Maamoun Keita, Mali's Ambassador to the US
Mon Feb 4
Bad Influence
Kennedy Center
Millennium Stage
6-7pm - FREE
Tue Feb 5
Ruthie & the Wranglers w/ Dede Wyland
New Deal Cafe
7-9pm
Wed Feb 6
Bob Perilla
Madams
Wed Feb 6
Atomic Swing Club
Nicks
yes
Thur Feb 7
Nolafunk Mardi Gras w/ Kermit Ruffins, Stooges Brass, & the Main Squeeze
Howard Theatre
8pm
Thur Feb 7
Time Jumpers
Hamilton
$64-$74+SC - 7:30pm - (featuring Vince Gill, Dawn Sears, Kenny Sears and Ranger Doug Green)
Thur Feb 7
Thrillbillies
JVs
Thur Feb 7
Cooking With Gas
El Golfo
Silver Spring
7-9pm - $5 cover includes drink
Thur-Fri Feb 7-8
Punch Brothers
9:30
w/ Anais Mitchell - Fri Sold Out
Fri Feb 8
Arty Hill: Blues in the Night (Johnny Mercer Tribute)
Creative Alliance @ The Patterson
8pm - $20
Fri Feb 8
Carrie Rodriguez
Dome Theatre @ Artisphere
8pm
Fri Feb 8
Fabulettes
Dulles Hilton
yes, w/ lesson @ 8:30pm
9pm - $15
Sat Feb 9
Taj Mahal Trio
State
$42+SC - 9pm
Sat Feb 9
Red Dress Ball w/ Eric Felten Ball
Spanish Ballroom
Glen Echo Park
yes, lesson @ 8pm
9pm - $15
Sat Feb 9
Fabulettes
Corner Store
yes
$25(RSVP)/$30 - 8pm
Sat Feb 9
Smokin' Polecats
Zoo Bar
Sun Feb 10
Vusi Mahlasela
Hamilton
Sun Feb 10
Al Petteway & Amy White
Old Brogue
4 & 6pm shows - $17
Mon-Tue Feb 11-12
Tab Benoit
Rams Head
Annapolis
siddown & shuddup
Mon Feb 11
Albert Lee
Jammin Java
Mon Feb 11
Blue Monday
Memphis Gold
Westminster Church
400 I St. SW
6-9pm - $5
Tue Feb 12
Fat Tuesday
Tue Feb 12
Eric Lindell
Jammin Java
Tue Feb 12
Nathan & the Zydeco Cha-chas
Spanish Ballroom
Glen Echo Park
yes, lesson @ 8pm
$18 - 8:30-11pm
Tue Feb 12
Jesse Lege & Bayou Brew
Maryland Live Casino
FREE - 8-9:30pm
Tue Feb 12
Grandsons
Iota
FREE - After the Clarendon Mardi Gras Parade
Tue Feb 12
Speakers of the House
Cats Eye
Wed Feb 13
Tab Benoit
Birchmere
siddown & shuddup
7:30pm - $27.50+SC
Thur Feb 14
Valentines Day
Thur Feb 14
Red Molly & Steel Wheels
Barns
Thur Feb 14
Dan Hovey
JVs
Thur Feb 14
Sweater Set Serenade
The Fridge
516 1/2 8th Street SE
7:30pm - $15
Fri-Sun Feb 15-17
Eddie From Ohio
Birchmere
$35+SC - 7:30pm - w. Dan Navarro (fri,sun) & Jake Amerding (sat)
Fri Feb 15
Jeffery Broussard
Hill Co BBQ
concrete, room?
FREE - 9:30pm
Fri Feb 15
Johnny Neel
Cats Eye
Fri Feb 15
Daryl Davis
Dulles Hilton
yes, w/ lesson @ 8:30pm
9pm - $15
Fri Feb 15
Stacy Brooks
Madams
Sat Feb 16
Duke Robillard
Andy Paxon Band
Baltimore Blues Society
Rosedale American Legion Hall
8:30pm - $25(adv)/$35
Sat Feb 16
Arty Hill & the Long Gone Daddys'
Patsy's Honkytokn Torch & Twang
American Legion Post 217
College Park
yes, lesson @ 7:30pm
$10 - 8pm
Sat Feb 16
David Kitchen Band w/ Dan Hovey
Sully's
$15 - 9pm
Sat Feb 16
King Soul
Iota
$12 - 9pm - w/ Kid Goat
Sat Feb 16
King Teddy
Blobs Park
yes
$10 - 8-11pm
Sun Feb 17
Sunday Waltz
Devine Comedy
Spanish Ballroom
Glen Echo Park
yes, lesson @ 2:45pm
$10 - 3:30-6pm
Sun Feb 17
Big Joe and the DC Houserockers (5pm)
Johnny Neel w/ Dave Chappell (9pm)
JVs
will be crowded
Sun Feb 17
Wammies
State Theatre
Sun Feb 17
Nighthawks
New Deal Cafe
Reservations Suggested
Sun Feb 17
Scott Ainslie w/ Rick Franklin
Church of the Resurrection
2280 N. Beauregard St., Alexandria
$18, $15(adv) - 7pm
Mon Feb 18
Blues at the Crossroads II: Muddy & The Wolf
Birchmere
siddown & shuddup
w/ the Fabulous Thunderbirds, JJ Grey, Jody Williams, James Cotton, & Bob Margolin - 7:30pm - $49.50+SC
Mon Feb 18
Nighthawks
Jammin Java
Mon Feb 18
Christylez Bacon, Naistha Raj, & Wytold
Kennedy Center
Millennium Stage
6-7pm - FREE
Tue Feb 19
Buddy Miller & Jim Lauderdale w/ Max Gomez
Birchmere
siddown & shuddup
7:30pm - $35.00+SC
Wed Feb 20
Bob Perilla
Madams
Wed Feb 20
Scott Ramminger
Nicks
Thur Feb 21
Thrillbillies
JVs
Thur Feb 21
Speakers of the House
Cats Eye
Fri Feb 22
Bill Kirchen & Too Much Fun
Wayne 'the Train' Hancock
Birchmere
siddown & shuddup
$29.50+SC - 7:30pm
Fri Feb 22
CJ Chenier
Artisphere
yes, lesson @ 7:30
$20 - 8:30pm
Fri Feb 22
Elizabeth LaPrelle & Anna Roberts-Gaevalt
Creative Alliance
3134 Eastern Ave, Balmer
8pm
Fri Feb 22
Swamp Keepers
Zoo Bar
Sat Feb 23
Mardi Gras Ball
Rhodes on the Pautuxent
Cranston, RI
yes
Steve Riley, Jeffery Broussard, Andre Thierry - 6pm-midnight - $30(adv)/$40
Sat Feb 23
Railroad Earth
9:30
Sat Feb 23
60s Girl Group Tribute w/ the Fabulettes
Blobs Park
yes
$10
Sat Feb 23
Jumpin' Jupiter
Izzy & the Castrophonics
Iota
9pm - $12
Sat Feb 23
Cathy Ponton King
Flanagans
Sat Feb 23
Joe Uehlein and the U-Liners
Quarry House
Sun Feb 24
Barry Hart Benefit
Golden Bull
7 Dalamar St Gaithersburg
2-11:15pm - $15
Jazz (2:30pm) - w/ Bob Schwartz Quartet, Bruce Swaim Quartet w/ Mary Ann Redmond, Rick Whitehead Trio, Jim Stephanson & Friends
R&B (after) - Andy Poxon, Scott Ramminger & friends, Moonshine Society, King Soul, Nighthawks, Dave Chappell Band w/ Tommy Lepson & Patty Reese
Sun Feb 24
Rich DelGrosso & Jonn Del Toro Richardson
Archie Edwards Barbershop
4701 Queensburry Rd, Riverdale
8pm - $15
Sun Feb 24
Sean Tyrell
Old Brogue
4 & 6pm (& 8pm?) shows - $17
Sun Feb 24
Afro Cuban Allstars
Howard
Mon Feb 25
Blue Monday
Nadine Rae
Westminster Church
400 I St. SW
6-9pm - $5
Tue Feb 26
Steve Jacobs & Ann Tenardo
JVs
Tue Feb 26
Scott Miller
Hill Country BBQ
Wed Feb 27
Bobby Radcliff & the Nighthawks
Blues Alley
siddown & shuddup
Two shows
Wed Feb 27
Skatalites
Howard
8pm
Thur Feb 28
Andre Thierry
Blobs Park
yes
$18 - 8:30pm
Thur Feb 28
Dave Chappell
JVs
Fri Mar 1
James McMurtry
Hamilton
$31.50+SC
Sat Mar 2
Turtle Island Quartet w/ Michael Doucet
George Mason
$46-23 - 8pm
Sat Mar 2
Catfish Hodge w/ Steve Jacobs
JVs
9:30pm
Sat Mar 2
Chopteeth
Hamilton
Sun Mar 3
Sunday Waltz
Contratopia
Spanish Ballroom
Glen Echo Park
yes, lesson @ 2:45pm
$10 - 3:30-6pm
Sun Mar 3
Dirty Dozen
Hamilton
Sun Mar 3
Shannon Dunne, Sean McComiskey, and Graham DeZarn
Old Brogue
4 & 6pm shows - $17
Mon Mar 4
Rayna Gellert & Kristin Andreassen
IMT @ Saint Mark Presby
10701 Old Georgetown Rd., Rockville
$20(adv)/$24 - 7:30pm - CD Release - 1/2 of orignal Uncle Earl
Mon Mar 4
Blue Monday
Charlie Sayles & the Blues Disciples
Westminster Church
400 I St. SW
6-9pm - $5
Wed Mar 6
Rebirth Brass Band
Hamilton
Wed Mar 6
Cancelled
King Teddy
Nicks
yes
Thur Mar 7
Thrillbillies
JVs
Fri Mar 8
Eric Bibb and Habib Koite: Brothers in Bamako
Spectrum Theatre
Arlington
8pm - $30
Fri Mar 8
Deanna Bogart & Ursula Ricks Project
Creative Alliance
Patterson Theatre
perhaps
Fri Mar 8
Robert Lighthouse
Madams Organ
6-9pm
Sat Mar 9
Sweater Set Sideshow w/ Christylez Bacon & Ebony Qualls
Atlas Theatre
1333 H St NE
Sat Mar 9
Smokin Polecats w/ Marianna Previti
Zoo Bar
Sat Mar 9
Jumpin Jupiter
Quarry House Tavern
Sat Mar 9
Big Boy Little
Chef Macs
Sun Mar 10
Jesse Lege & Bayou Brew
Spanish Ballroom
Glen Echo Park
yes, lesson @ 3pm
$15 - 3:30-6pm
Sun Mar 10
Trinstan Prettyman
Hamilton
$22.50 - 7:30pm
Sun Mar 10
Iona
Old Brogue
4 & 6pm shows - $17
Sun Mar 10
Danny Knicely w/ Nate Leath & Friends
Iota
9pm
Mon Mar 11
Blue Monday
Scott Ramminger & the Crawstickers
Westminster Church
400 I St. SW
6-9pm - $5
Tue Mar 12
George Thorogood & the Destroyers
Birchmere
Flex Stage
sure
7:30pm - $45+SC
Tue Mar 12
Dr. John
Rams Head
Annapolis
pfat chance
Tue Mar 12
Takoma Dave, Ian Walters, & Matt Kelly
Royal Mile Pub
6-9pm
Wed Mar 13
Paul Thorn
Barns
Wed Mar 13
Marcy Marxer CD Release
Takoma Park Community Center
$15(adv)/$20 - 7:30pm
Thur Mar 14
Dan Hovey
JVs
Thur Mar 14
El Gran Combo
Howard
presumably
8pm - $55(adv)+SC
Fri-Sun Mar
15-17
Archie Edwards Blues Heritage Foundation
(Augusta) Blues Week Reunion
Archie's Barbershop, and...
University of Maryland Golf Course, College Park (Sat night)
sure
Fri: "Ice House Jam" - 8-11pm - $5
Sat: workshops ($25 - 11am - Blues Mandolin w/ Andra Faye, Noon - Finger Style Blues Buitar w/ Scott Ballantine)
Sat afternoon Blues Jam - 1-5pm - FREE
Sat Night: Andra Faye & Scott Ballantine, Sheryl Sears, Ian Walters & the Swampkeepers - 7:30pm - $25/$20(adv)
Sun: Gospel Brunch w/ Lea Gilmore - 11am-1pm - $25/$20(adv)
Fri Mar 15
Allen Toussaint
Hamilton
$27.50-33
Fri Mar 15
Gina DeSimone & the Moaners
Dulles Hilton
yes, w/ lesson @ 8:30pm
9pm - $15
Fri Mar 15
Rumba Club
Blobs Park
yes
$12
Fri Mar 15
Dave Chappell
Cats Eye
Sat Mar 16
Bandhouse Gigs - Chrissy Hinde Tribute
Barns
SOLD OUT
Sat Mar 16
King Soul
Bayou
10pm - $7
Sat Mar 16
Lilt
Jammin Java
1:30pm
Sun Mar 17
Dirk Powell & Cedric Watson
VFW Takoma Park
5pm - $25(adv required) SOLD OUT
Sun Mar 17
Natalie MacMaster
George Mason
$48-24 - 7pm
Sun Mar 17
Sunday Waltz
Some Assembly
Spanish Ballroom
Glen Echo Park
yes, lesson @ 2:45pm
$10 - 3:30-6pm
Sun Mar 17
Oklahoma Twisters
American Legion Post 217
College Park
yes
FREE - 6-9pm
Sun Mar 17
interPLAYcompany band w/ Daryl Davis
Strathmore
$20 - 6-9pm
Mon Mar 18
Blue Monday
Anthony "Swamp Dog" Clark
Westminster Church
400 I St. SW
6-9pm - $5
Tue Mar 19
Clarence "Bluesman" Turner
JVs
Wed Mar 20
Smokin Polecats w/ Marianna Previti
Nicks
yes
9-11pm - $10
Thur Mar 21
Classic Albums: 1979
Iota
w. Harris Face & the Restoration (Eagles the Long Run), Weathervanes (Tom Petty Damn the Torpedoes), Sweater Set (Michael Jackson Off the Wall), Two Dragons & a Chetah (Clash London Calling), Jason Mendelson & the Open Doors (Pink Floyd The Wall)
Thur Mar 21
Thrillbillies
JVs
Fri Mar 22
Revellers (Red Stick/Pineleaf merger)
Artisphere Ballroom
yes
7:30pm
Fri Mar 22
Sarah & the Tall Boys
Madams
room?
Fri Mar 22
Grande Fete de la Francophonie
w/ Bastian Baker
La Maison Francaise
Embassy of France
Fri Mar 22
Nighthawks
Sullys
$10
Fri Mar 22
Tom Principato w/ Tommy Lepson
Bethsda Blues & Jazz
dunno
$12.50-$25 - 8pm
Sat Mar 23
James Cotton
Howard Theatre
8pm
Sat Mar 23
Battle of the Beltawy Bands
Greenbelt American Legion
sure
Vi-Kings vs. Nowhere Men - 7-11pm
Sat Mar 23
Doc Scantlin & his Imperial Palms
Bethsda Blues & Jazz
dunno
$17.50-35 - 8pm
Sat Mar 23
MSG Acoustic Blues Trio
Unitarian Universalist Church of Columbia
7-9:30pm - $12
Sun Mar 24
Bruce Swaim Quartet
Bethsda Blues & Jazz
dunno
$10-20 - 7:30pm & 9:30pm
Mon-Tue Mar 25-26
Kenny Wayne Shepard
Rams Head Anapolis
Mon Mar 25
Claire Lynch
IMT @ Saint Mark Presby
10701 Old Georgetown Rd., Rockville
$22(adv)/$26 - 7:30pm
Tue-Wed Mar 26-27
DC Houserockers
JVs
Tue Mar 26
Big Boy Little
Carlyle Club
9-10:30pm - $10
Wed Mar 27
Warner Williams, Jay Summerour, & Friends
Blues Alley
8 & 10pm - $20
Wed Mar 27
Pietasters, Caz & the Day Laborers, the Shifters
Black Cat
8pm - $20
Wed Mar 27
Hawaiian Slack Key Guitar Fest
Birchmere
7:30pm- $29.50+SC - w/ Dennis Kamakahi, Bobby Moderow, Jr., Stephen Inglis, LT Smooth, Paul Togioka
Thur Mar 28
Underhill Rose
Hill Co. BBQ
FREE - 8:30pm
Thur Mar 28
Dave Chappell
JVs
Fri Mar 29
Emmylou Harris & Rodney Crowell
w/ Richard Thompson
Strathmore
8pm
Fri Mar 29
Iguanas
Barns
yes
8pm - $22
Fri Mar 29
Curley Taylor & Zydeco Trouble w/ Stacy Brooks
Creative Alliance
Patterson Theatre, Baltimore
yes, 7pm lesson
8pm
Sat Mar 30
Patty Reese w/ Dave Chappell
JVs
Sat Mar 30
Ann Todaro w/ Steve Jacobs
Zoo Bar
Sat Mar 30
Vi-Kings
Quarry House
Sun Mar 31
Sunday Waltz
Honeysuckle Rose
Spanish Ballroom
Glen Echo Park
yes, lesson @ 2:45pm
$10 - 3:30-6pm
Sun Mar 31
Memphis Gold w/ Robert Lighthouse
JVs
Sun Mar 31
Stacy Brooks
Madams Organ
Mon Apr 1
Foghorn Stringband
Hill Center @ Old Naval Hospital
Abraham Lincoln Hall
$18(adv)/$20
Tue Apr 2
Ron Sexmith
Jammin Java
Wed Apr 3
Carolina Chocolate Drops
Birchmere Flex Stage
sure
7:30pm - $25+SC
Wed Apr 3
Ozomatli
9:30
w/ Federico Aubele
Wed Apr 3
Otis Taylor
Blues Alley
8pm & 10pm - $27.50
Wed Apr 3
Brad Cole
JVs
8:30pm - No Cover
Thur Apr 4
David Wax Museum
9:30
w/ Kingsley Flood
Thur Apr 4
Peter Case
Iota
8pm - $20 - w/ Mike Farrio
Fri Apr 5
Jive Aces w/ Toni Prima
Dulles Hilton
yes, w/ lesson @ 8:30pm
9pm - $20(adv)/$30
Fri Apr 5
Victoria Vox
Del Rey
Creative Alliance
Patterson Theatre, Baltimore
yes
8pm
Fri Apr 5
Karen Collins & the Backroads Band
New Deal
8pm
Sat Apr 6
Jive Aces w/ Toni Prima
Spanish Ballroom
Glen Echo Park
yes, lesson @ 8pm
Sat Apr 6
Mo' Mojo
Blobs Park
yes
$15 - 8pm
Sat Apr 6
King Soul
Kenmont Swim Club, Wheaton
concrete
$12 - 8:30-11:30pm
Sun Apr 7
Soul Serenaders
Golden Bull
7 Dalamar St. Gaithersburg
yes
$20 - 7:30pm - Billy Price, Dan Hovey, Tommy Lepson, et.al.
Sun Apr 7
Sunday Waltz
Green Light Karma
Spanish Ballroom
Glen Echo Park
yes, lesson @ 2:45pm
$10 - 3:30-6pm
Sun Apr 7
Karen Collins & The Backroads Band
Blobs Park
yes, chacha lesson @ 3pm
4-8pm - $8
Tue Apr 9
Hot Club of Cowtown
Jammin Java
Tue Apr 9
Mavericks
Birchmere
Flex Stage
yes
$25+SC - 7:30pm ... done early like the last time?
Wed Apr 10
Marc Broussard
Birchmere
$35+SC - 7:30pm
Wed Apr 10
Diana Krall
Strathmore
SOLD OUT
Thur Apr 11
Alejandro Escovedo
Hamilton
$27.50(adv)/$29.50
Thur Apr 11
Garnet Rogers
Jammin Java
w/ Eliot Bronson
Fri Apr 12
Hugh Masekela
Lisner
$30-45
Fri Apr 12
King Teddy
Dulles Hilton
yes, w/ lesson @ 8:30pm
9pm - $15
Fri Apr 12
Oscar De Leon
The Palace
Annandale
yes
Fri Apr 12
Ruthie & the Wranglers
Carroll Cafe
Seekers Church, Takoma DC
$15
Sat Apr 13
Pasty's Honky Tonk Torch & Twang
Blobs Park
yes, lesson @ 1st break
$10
Sat Apr 13
New Orleans Bingo! Show
Kennedy Center
Millenium Stage
w/ Preservation Hall Jazz, Givers, Big Freedia, ...
Sat Apr 13
Smokin' Polecats
Zoo Bar
Sat Apr 13
Jason Hicks' Speedway Operator
QHT
Tue Apr 16
Robert Cray
Rams Head
Annapolis
Tue Apr 16
Soul Rebels Brass Band
Kennedy Center
Millenium Stage
6-7pm - FREE
Wed Apr 17
Nora Jane Struthers & the Party Line
Tacoma Park Community Center
7500 Maple Ave.
7:30pm - $18-$22
Wed Apr 17
Hangover Royalle
Nicks
yes
9-11pm - $10
Wed Apr 17
Lloyd Jones
Archie Edwards Barbershop
4701 Queensbury Rd, Riverdale
8pm - $20
Thur Apr 18
Flatlanders: Joe Ely, Jimmie Dale Gilmore, Butch Hancock
w/ Joe Pug Trio
Birchmere
$35+SC - 7:30pm
Thur Apr 18
Speakers of the House
Cats Eye
Fri Apr 19
Legendary Rhythm & Blues Revue
State
$25+SC - 9pm - w/ Tommy Castro, Deanna Bogart, Magic Dick, & Ronnie Baker Brooks
Fri Apr 19
American Routes 15th Anniversary
Rock & Bowl, New Orleans
$25(door) - 8pm - w/ Irma Thomas, Robert Parker, Walter "Wolfman" Washington, Ivan Neville, Jon Cleary & the Absolute Monster Gentlemen, Lost Bayou Ramblers, Treme Brass Band
Fri Apr 19
Meschiya Lake and the Little Big Horns
Glen Echo Bumper Car Pavillion
yes, lesson @ 8pm
$20 - part of DCLX
Fri Apr 19
Ellis Paul
Jammin Java
Sat Apr 20
Legendary Rhythm & Blues Revue
Baltimore Blues Society
Rosedale American Legion Hall
SOLD OUT - $30(adv)/$40 - 9pm - w/ Tommy Castro, Deanna Bogart, Magic Dick, & Ronnie Baker Brooks
Sat Apr 20
Dwayne Doopsie & the Zydeco Hellraisers
Kennedy Center
Millenium Stage
6-7pm - FREE
Sat Apr 20
JJ Grey & Mofro
9:30
w/ Sister Sparrow & the Dirty Birds
Sat Apr 20
Hard-Core Troubadours and the Coolerators
Quarry House
Sat Apr 20
Chopteeth
Lucky Dub
U St. Music Hall
7-10pm
Sat Apr 20
DCLX
Spanish Ballroom
Glen Echo Park
yes, lesson @ 8pm
$20 - 9pm - w/ Bria Skonberg's Hot Five, Blue Crescent Syncopators, and Boilermaker Jazz Band
Sun Apr 21
Sunday Waltz
Waltz Wizards
Spanish Ballroom
Glen Echo Park
yes, lesson @ 2:45pm
$10 - 3:30-6pm
Sun Apr 21
Frank Solivan & Dirty Kitchen
Hill Center
921 Penn. Ave SE
FREE - 5:30-7:30pm - Also CD release concert on Sat
Mon Apr 22
Leo Kottke
Birchmere
7:30pm - $35+SC
Tue Apr 23
Jake Shimabukuro
Sixth & I Historic Synagogue
Tue Apr 23
Bad Influence
Carlyle
yes
Wed Apr 24
Eilen Jewell
Jammin Java
Thur Apr 25
Sam Bush
Hamilton
Thur Apr 25
Chaise Lounge w/ Posie Lewis & Annie Watts
Creative Alliance
Patterson Theatre, Baltimore
yes
8pm
Thur Apr 25
David Lindley
Jammin Java
Thur Apr 25
Billy Bragg
Birchmere
w/ Kim Churchill - 7:30pm - $49.50+SC
Fri Apr 26
Jr. Brown
Birchmere
w/ Sturgill Simpson - 7:30pm - $25+SC
Fri Apr 26
Little Red & the Renegades
Mike Surratt & the Continentals
Glen Echo Bumper Car Pavillion
yes, lesson @ 8:30pm
9-midnight - $15
Fri Apr 26
King Soul
Bayou
$7 - 10pm
Fri Apr 26
David Grisman & John Sebastian
Howard
8pm - $40(adv)/$45+SC
Fri Apr 26
Dave Chappell
Cats Eye
Fri Apr 26
Sierra Hull & Mountain Heart
Hamilton
Sat Apr 27
King Teddy
Blobs Park
yes
$10 - 8-11pm
Sat Apr 27
Steve James
Archie Edwards Barbershop
4701 Queensbury Rd, Riverdale
8pm - $15
Sat Apr 27
Thrillbillys
Electric Palm
Woodbridge
Sat Apr 27
Bobby Parker
Madams Organ
Sun Apr 28
Red Molly
Hamilton
$22.50(adv)/$27.50
Wed May 1
Tedeschi Trucks Band
9:30
SOLD OUT
Wed May 1
David Knopfler
Jammin Java
Thur May 2
Ben Harper & Charlie Musselwhite
9:30
SOLD OUT
Thur May 2
Hayes Carll
Warren Hood & the Goods
Birchmere
siddown & shuddup
7:30pm - $27.50+SC
Thur May 2
Thrillbillies
JVs
Fri May 3
El Vez
Black Cat
9pm - $18(adv)/$20
Fri May 3
Fabulous Hubcaps
Blobs
$15
Fri May 3
Benefit for Wash. Area Bicyclists Assoc.
w/ Atomic Swing Club
Eastern Market
Yes
8pm-12 - $55 inc. food & drinks
Sat May 4
Strauss Waltz Ball
w/ Olde Vienna
Spanish Ballroom
Glen Echo Park
yes, lesson @ 8pm
$20 - 9-midnight
Sat May 4
Cathy Ponton King & the Grandsons
Bethesda Blues & Jazz
think so
8pm - $20
Sat May 4
Harmonica Hoedown
Chef Macs
w/ Anthony "Swamp Dog" Clark, Steve Levine, Charlie Sayles, & Jay Summerour - $30
Sat May 4
SteelDrivers
Hamilton
Sat May 4
Radio Caroline
JVs
Sun May 5
Police Unity Tour Fundraiser
JVs
$20 - 2-7pm - Thrillbillies, Young Relics, Robbin Kapsalis
Sun May 5
Johnny Neel
JVs
8pm? - w/ Lepson & Chappell
Tue May 7
Steve Earle & the Dukes
Mastersons
Birchmere
siddown & shuddup
7:30pm - $59.50+SC
Tue May 7
New Old Jamboree
New Deal Cafe'
Greenbelt
7-9pm - Ruthie & the Wranglers w/ Esther Haynes
Wed May 8
Janine Wilson
Bethesda Blues & Jazz
7:30pm - $20
Thur May 9
Doc Scantlin
Bethesda Blues & Jazz
8pm - $20
Thur May 9
Skyla Burrell Blues
Cats Eye
Fri May 10
Bela Fleck & Marcus Roberts Trio
Strathmore
8pm - $28-58
Fri May 10
Big Sam's Funky Nation
King Soul
Artisphere Ballroom
8pm - $20(general)/$30(lounge level)
Fri May 10
Beausoleil
State Theatre
Culpeper
dunno
8pm - $22.50-28.50
Fri May 10
Nighthawks
Bethesda Blues & Jazz
$10-20 - 8pm
Sat May 11
Dream Discs: "Moondance" & "The Wild, The Innocent, & E Street Shuffle"
Hamilton
$25 - 8:30pm - w/ Brian Simms, Billy Coulter, Daryl Jr. Cline, Kirk Phillips, ...
Sat May 11
Donna the Buffalo
State Theatre
Falls Church
9pm - $17(adv)/$20
Sat May 11
Lyle Lovett
State Theatre
Culpeper
8pm - $125 (inc. open bar)
Sat May 11
Hula Monsters
Quarry House Tavern
Sun May 12
Preston Frank and Big Daddy Zydeco
Glen Echo Spanish Ballroom
yes, lesson @ 3pm
$18 - 3:30-6pm
Sun May 12
Mary Ann Redmond Band
Flanagans
Mon May 13
Shinyribs
Hill Co BBQ
No Cover - 8:30pm - w/ Kevin Russell (The Gourds)
Mon May 13
Red Elvises
Iota
Tue May 14
Tinsley Ellis
Rams Head Annapolis
Wed May 15
Asleep at the Wheel
Amelia White
Birchmere
siddown & shuddup
7:30pm - $35+SC
Wed May 15
Thrillbillies
Nicks
yes
9-11pm - $10
Wed May 15
Tinsley Ellis
Blues Alley
Ha!
$25 - 8&10pm
Wed May 15
Lake St. Drive
Jammin' Java
Thur May 16
Honey Island Swamp Band
8x10
8pm
Thur May 16
Shannon McNally
Hill Co BBQ
$12-15
Thur May 16
Thrillbillies
JVs
Thur May 16
Speakers of the House
Cats Eye
Fri May 17
Big Sandy & the Fly-Rite Boys
Iota
9pm - $17 - 25th Anniv. Tour
Fri May 17
King Soul
Bayou on Penn
10:30pm
Fri May 17
Pete Kanaras Blues Band w/ Flatfoot Sam
Chef Mac's
Sat-Sun May 18-19
Chesapeake Bay Blues Festival
Sandy Point Park
Annapolis, MD
grass
Sat: Eric Burdon & the Animals, Trombone Shorty, Lucky Peterson, Samantha Fish, Bad Influence, ...
Sun: Bonnie Raitt, Mavis Stapples, Indigenous, Slide Brothers, Deanna Bogart, ...
Sat May 18
Hungry for Crawfish Boil
Fort Hunt Park
12-5pm - $40 (adv purchase required) - includes Crawfish & Beverages - Junkyard Saints &Second Line Band
Sat May 18
Blind Boys of Alabama
Bettye Lavette
Howard
8pm
Sat May 18
Dan Hovey Band
David Kitchen
Quarry House Tavern
Sat May 18
Ana Popovic
Bethesda Blues & Jazz
$25 - 8pm
Sun May 19
Sunday Waltz
Swallowtail
Spanish Ballroom
Glen Echo Park
yes, lesson @ 2:45pm
$10 - 3:30-6pm
Sun May 19
Ana Popovic
Rams Head Annapolis
Sun May 19
ZZ Top
Pier Six
Sun May 19
Patsy's Honky Tonk Torch & Twang
JVs
5-8pm
Sun May 19
S.N.A.F.U Songwriter Series
Pure Wine Cafe
Ellicott City
7-9pm - FREE - Billy Coulter w/ Ruthie Logsdon
Mon May 20
Blue Monday
Big Joe & the Dynaflows
Westminster Church
400 I St. SW
6-9pm - $5
Tue May 21
King Teddy
Carlyle Club
yes
$10
Wed May 22
Toots & the Maytals
Anders Osborne
Hamilton
$51.50(adv)/$59
Thur-Sat May 23-25
DelFest
Allegany Co. Fairgrounds, MD
Del McCoury, Old Crow Medicine Show, Yonder Mt. String Band, Masters of Bluegrass, Trampled by Turtles, Leftover Salmon, Travelin' McCourys, Keller Williams, Carolina Chocolate Drops, Jerry Douglas, Infamous Stringdusters, Campbell Brothers, Larry Keel, Aoife O'Donovan, Reverend Peyton's Big Damn Band, ..
Thur May 23
Marie Miller w/ L'Angelus
Jammin' Java
8:00pm
Thur May 23
Daniel Romano w/ Catlin Rose
State
Memorial Day Weekend
Rolling Thunder
Fri-Sat May 24-25
Prarie Home Companion w/ Garison Keillor
Wolf Trap
Filene Center
8pm(Fri)/5:45(Sat) - w/ Howard Levy & Aoife O'Donovan
Fri May 24
Johnny Neel w/ Dave Chappell & Tommy Lepson
JVs
8:30pm
Fri May 24
Swamp Keepers
Zoo Bar
Sat-Sun May 25-26
Rockville Hometown Holidays
Rockville Town Center
asphalt
Sat: Honky Tonk Confidential, Kelly Bell, David Wax Museum, Chopteeth, ...
Sun: King Soul, Nighthawks, Crystyleze Bacon, Radio Caroline, ...
Sat May 25
Grandsons & Garnet Hearts
Creative Alliance
Patterson Theatre, Baltimore
yes
8pm - $15
Sat May 25
DC Houserockers
JVs
3:45-7:45pm
Sat May 25
Bruce Ewan
Zoo Bar
Sat May 25
Jake Starr & the Delicious Fullnes w/ The Stents
Quarry House Tavern
Sun May 26
Memphis Gold w/ Ida Campbell, Robert Lighthouse, Bob Israel, ...
JVs
8:30pm
Sun May 26
Stacy Brooks
Madams
Mon May 27
Blue Monday
Jacques Johnson & Margie Clark
Westminster Church
400 I St. SW
6-9pm - $5
Tue May 28
Mayer, Wolf, & Heid
Carlyle Club
yes
9-10:30pm - $10
Wed May 29
Aaron Neville
Birchmere
siddown & shuddup
7:30pm - $55+SC
Wed May 29
Bad Influence
Bethesda Blues & Jazz
yes
$10 - 7:30pm
Thur May 30-Sun June 2
Western Maryland Blues Festival
Hagerstown, MD
Thur Prelude: Bad Influence @ University Plaza Park - Free - 5pm
Fri: Trampled Under Foot, Moreland & Arbuckle, Rudy & the Bluefish, Hard Swimming Fish @ City Central Lot - $25/$20(adv)
Sat: Sonny Landreth, Maceo Parker, Honey Island Swamp Band w/ Jimmy Carpenter, Eric Steckel, Harper & the Midwest Kind, Clarence "Bluesman" Turner, ... @ City Central Lot - $40/$35(adv)
Sun: Nighthawks, Skyla Burrell, Fast Eddie, Scott Ainslie @ City Park Bandshell - FREE
Thur May 30-Sun June 2
Michael Arnone's Crawfish Fest
Sussex County Fairgrounds, Augusta, NJ
Aaron Neville, VOW All-stars, Cowboy Mouth, Anders Osborne, Big Sam's Funky Nation, Tab Benoit, Papa Grows Funk, Rosie Ladet, Johnny Sansone, Davell Crawford, Joe Krown Trio, Kevin Naquin, Jesse Lege, ...
Thur May 30
Kevin Naquin & the Ossun Playboys
Blobs Park
yes
$15 - 8:30-11pm
Fri May 31
Jesse Lege & Bayou Brew
Glen Echo Bumper Car Pavilion
yes, lesson @ 8:30pm
$15 - 9pm
Fri May 31
Railroad Earth
Rams Head Live
Bawlmer
Fri May 31
Bullets
JVs
Fri May 31
Daryl Davis
Dulles Hilton
yes, w/ lesson @ 8:30pm
9pm - $15
Sat-Sun June 1-2
Washington Folk Festival
Glen Echo Park
yes, w/ lessons
FREE - Noon-7pm - Schedule
Sat: Jonny Grave, Lilt, Joe Uehlein & the U-Liners, Eleanor Ellis, Ian Walters & Matt Kelly, , ...
Sun: Ruthie & the Ramblers, Archie's Barbershop, Christylez Bacon, Cathy Fink & Marcy Marxer, Little Bit a Blues, Bob Rychlik, Blue Panamuse, Andrew Acosta w/ Speedy Tolover, ...
Sat-Sun June 1-2
Patty Griffin
Birchmere
$55+SC - 7:30pm
Sat June 1
Gator Appreciation Day
Lamont's
Pomonkey, MD
2pm - w/ Miss Jody, Charles "Big Daddy" Stallings, Clarence "Bluesman" Turner, Jim Bennett and Lady Mary, DC Blues Society Band, Stacy Brooks, & Ida Campbell
Sat June 1
Fleabops & the Garnet Hearts
Quarry House Tavern
Sat June 1
Radio King Orchestra
Reston Town Center
concrete
7:30-10pm - FREE
Sun June 2
Iris Dement
Jammin Java
"An Evening With" - 8pm - $45
Sun June 2
Tab Benoit & the VOW All-Stars
State
8pm - $20(adv)/$23
Sun June 2
Herndon Festival
Downtown Herndon
w/ Cathy Ponton King, Anthony "Swamp Dog" Clark, Natty Beaux, ...
Mon June 3
Blue Monday
Stacy Brooks
Westminster Church
400 I St. SW
6-9pm - $5
Wed June 5
Pokey LaFarge
Birchmere
w/ Luke Winslow King - $20+SC - 7:30pm
Wed June 5
Jon Caroll
Mason District Park
Annandale
7:30pm - FREE
Wed June 5
Pietasters
Lee District Park
Franconia, VA
7-8pm - FREE
Wed Feb 6
Matt Kelley & Ian Walters
Nicks
yes
Fri June 7
John Hammond, Phil Wiggins & the Chesapeake Sheiks, Roy Book Binder
State Theatre
9pm - $32(Adv)/$37+SC - Tinner Hill Kickoff
Fri June 7
Sarah & the Tall Boys
Madams
Fri June 7
Chopteeth
Bethesda Blues & Jazz
$20 - 8pm
Sat-Sun June 8-9
Tinner Hill Blues Festival
Falls Church
Sat: Big Bill Morganfield, Sista Monica, Mary Ann Redmond, Daryl Davis, Beverly Guitar Watkins, Roy Book Binder, Elleanor Ellis, Pearl Bailes, Gina DeSimone, & Pat Quinn, Sheryl Warner, ... @ Cherry Hill Park ($15)
Sun: Archie's Barbershop - Blues Brunch @ Mad Fox Brewing Co.
Sat June 8
J.P. McDermott & Western Bop with The Stepping Stones
Quarry House Tavern
Sat June 8
Daryl Davis & Deanna Bogart
Sherwood Center
Fairfax
yes, lesson @ 7:30pm
8-11pm - $15
Sun June 9
Marc Cohn
Birchmere
7:30 - $45+SC
Tue June 11
Jr. Cline & Mike Cotter
JVs
Tue June 11
Blue Sky 5
Bethesda Blues & Jazz
7:30pm
Wed June 12
Sting
Pier Six
Wed June 12
Janine Wilson
Mason District Park
Annandale
7:30pm - FREE
Thur June 13
Toasters
Iota
8:30pm - $14 - w/ Kill Lincoln
Fri-Sun June 14-16
Groovie Movie weekend
varies
yes, w/ lessons
Fri: Mora's Modern Rhythmists - Chevy Chase Ballroom - 9pm - $20
Sat: George Ghee vs Mora - Spanish Ballroom - 9pm - $20
Fri June 14
King Teddy
Dulles Hilton
yes, w/ lesson @ 8:30pm
9pm - $15
Fri June 14
Deanna Bogart Band
National Gallery of Art
Sculpture Garden
room? & concrete
5-8:30pm - FREE
Sat June 15
Silver Spring Blues Festival
Silver Fountain
Ellsworth Drive, Silver Spring
FREE - 10am-9pm - w/ Stacy Brooks, MSG, Gina DeLuca, Blue Panamuse, Archie Edwards Blues Ensemble, School of Rock, Bushmaster, Skyla Burrell, Bad Influence, Ursula Ricks, Bobby Parker
Sat June 15
Columbia Pike Blues Festival
S. Walter Reed Drive & Columbia Pike
Arlington
FREE - 1-8pm - w/ G.E. Smith, Cathy Ponton King, Chris Polk, Clarence "Bluesman" Turner, BG &the Mojo Hands
Sat June 15
Maryland Traditions Folklife Festival
Creative Alliance
Patterson Theatre, Baltimore
FREE - 11am-7pm - Lafayette Gilchrist (Jazz), Swallows (Doo-Wop), Carroll County Ramblers (Bluegrass), Sam Ouen-Tes (Kahmer), Marimba Linda Xelaju (Guatemala), Uhwachi-Reh (Native American Dance)
Sun June 16
Swamp Romp
Wolftrap Filene Center
concrete, again' the wall
Marcia Ball, Steve Riley, Rosie Ladet - $25
Sun June 16
Joe Louis Walker
Bethesda Blues & Jazz
7:30pm - $25
Sun June 16
Eric Lindell & the Sunliners w/ Walter 'Wolfman' Washington
Rams Head Annapolis
siddown & shuddup
8pm - $22.50+SC
Sun June 16
Sunday Waltz
Avant Gardeners
Spanish Ballroom
Glen Echo Park
yes, lesson @ 2:45pm
$10 - 3:30-6pm
Mon June 17
Walter 'Wolfman' Washington, w/ Eric Lindell
Hamilton
$27.50(adv)/$29.50
Tue June 18
Ian McLagan (of Faces)
Jammin Java
Wed June 19
Robin & Linda Williams & their Fine Group
Jammin Java
7:30pm
Wed Feb 19
Hula Monsters
Nicks
yes
Wed Feb 19
Hall Brothers
Mason District Park
FREE - 7:30-8:30pm
Fri-Sunday June 21-23
Colonial Beach Blues Fest
High Tides
Colonial Beach, VA
Fri: Andy Paxon, Moonshine Society, Anthony 'Swamp Dog' Clark
Sat: Bobby Messano, Cathy Ponton King, Jumpin Jupiter, ...
Sun: Nighthawks, Bad Influence, Crawstickers, Warner Williams, ...
Thur Feb 20
Speakers of the House
Cats Eye
Fri Feb 21
Dwight Yoakham
9:30
Fri Feb 21
Delbert McClinton
Rams Head Annapolis
Ha!
w/ Mike Zit - 8pm - $65+SC
Fri Feb 21
Benefit Concert for Frager's Hardware
Eastern Market
w/ Little Red - 6-8pm - $6/2
Fri Feb 21
Shari Kane & Dave Steele
Archie Edwards Barbershop
Riverdale
8pm - $15
Sat June 22
Big Joe & the Dynaflows w/ Anson Funderburgh
Baltimore Blues Society
Rosedale American Legion Hall
$20(adv)/$25 - 9pm
Sat June 22
Tribute to Women of Country
Blobs Park
8pm - $15 - w/ Diana Quinn & Honky Tonk Confidential, Karen Collins and the Backroads Band, Ruthie Logsdon, Crayfish Sisters, Dagmar and Bob Newscaster, Wendy LeBeau and the Flea Bops, LesLee "Bird" Anderson
Sat June 22
Bruce Ewan
Zoo Bar
Sun June 23
Curley Taylor & Zydeco Trouble
Blobs Park
yes, lesson @ 4pm
$15 - 4:30-7:30pm
Sun June 23
Buddy Guy
State Theatre
$61+SC - 8pm - w/ Tom Hambridge
Sun June 23
Joe Stanley Tribute
JVs
5pm
Sun June 23
Steve Jacobs & Linwood Taylor
JVs
9pm
Mon June 24
Steve Martin & the Steep Canyon Rangers w/ Edie Brickell
Wolftrap Filene Center
$45/$25(lawn)
Mon June 24
Blue Monday
Clarence Turner Blues Band
Westminster Church
400 I St. SW
6-9pm - $5
Tue June 25
Big Boy Little
Carlyle Club
Thur-Mon June 26-30
Smithsonian Folklife Festival
National Mall
Hungarian Heritage, One World, Many Voices, The Will to Adorn
Wed June 26
Daryl Davis
Lee District Park
Franconia, VA
7-8pm - FREE
Wed June 26
Tribute to Alex Chilton
Hungry for Music Benefit
Epicure Cafe
11213 Lee Hwy Fairfax
7-9pm - $5 - w/ Billy Coulter, Jelly Roll Mortals, Scott Kurt and more
Thur June 27
Peter Roelvink Benefit
Kennsington Armory
sure
w/ Nighthakws, Melonheads - 6:30-11pm - $30
Thur June 27
Temps & Tops
Wolftrap Filene Center
$40/$25(lawn)
Thur June 27
Quintango
Glen Echo Park
Bumper Car Pavillion
7:30pm - FREE
Fri June 28
Mo' Mojo
Glen Echo Bumper Car Pavilion
yes, lesson @ 8:30pm
9pm - $15
Fri June 28
Swamp Keepers
Zoo Bar
Fri June 28
Tribute to the Women of Rock
JVs
9:30pm - w/ Wicked Jezabel, Mary Shaver, Carol Gaylor...
Fri June 28
Hot Seats
Royal Lake Park
Fairfax
7:30-8:30pm - FREE
Sat June 29
Delbert McClinton
Birchmere
siddown & shuddup
$45+SC - 7:30pm - w/ Amy Black
Sat June 29
Sierra Hull & Highway 111
Workhouse Arts Center
Lorton, VA
7-8pm - FREE
Sat June 29
MS is BS Team Fund Raiser
Cassatt's Cafe & Gallery
4536 Lee Highway, Arlington
7-9pm - w/ Rick Franklin
Sat June 29
Billy Coulter Band w/ Janine Wilson
Quarry House Tavern
Sat June 29
Jr Cline, Julia Nixon, & the Recliners
Bethesda Blues & Jazz
8pm - $20
Sun June 30
Sunday Waltz
Trio Con Brio
Spanish Ballroom
Glen Echo Park
yes, lesson @ 2:45pm
$10 - 3:30-6pm
Sun June 30
DC Houserockers
JVs
5pm - w/ Big Joe Maher, Marty Baumann and Bill Heid
Mon July 1
Blue Monday
Daryl Davis
Westminster Church
400 I St. SW
6-9pm - $5
Mon July 1
Jason Isbell
Birchmere
$25+SC - with Widowspeak - 7:30pm
Tue July 2
New Old Jamboree w/ Ruthie & the Wranglers
New Deal Cafe
Wed-Sun July 3-7
Smithsonian Folklife Festival
National Mall
Hungarian Heritage, One World, Many Voices, The Will to Adorn
Wed July 3
Young Lions of Gypsy Jazz
Birchmere
Samson Schmitt, Ludovic Beier, Pierre Blanchard, Doudou Cuillerier, Brian Torff - 7:30pm - $25+SC
Wed July 3
Ruthie & the Wranglers
Mason District Park
Thur July 4
Independence Day
Thur July 4
Thrillbillies
JVs
w/ Keith Grimes
Fri-Sun July 5-7
Jambalaya Music Fest
Kempton, PA
Paul Cebar, Iguanas, Dikki Du, Honey Island Swamp Band, Walter Wolfman Washington, Jude Taylor, Corey Ladet, Magnolia Sisters, T-Broussard, Dennis STroughmatt, Mo' Mojo, ... - $95(weekend)
Fri July 5
Harry Connick Jr
Wolftrap Filene Center
Fri July 5
Skyla Burrell
Madams
Sat July 6
Bill Kirchen w/ Austin De Lone
Birchmere
siddown & shuddup
7:30pm - $29.50+SC
Sat July 6
Nighthawks
Jammin Java
7:30pm
Sat July 6
Doobie Brothers
Wolftrap Filene Center
Sat July 6
Frank Solivan & Dirty Kitchen
Workhouse Arts Center
Lorton, VA
7-8pm - FREE
Sun-Fri July 7-12
Cajun/Creole/Early Country Week
Augusta Heritage Center
Elkins, WV
yes & lessons
Jesse Lege, Blake Miller, Joel Savoy, David Greely, Courtney Granger, Christing Balfa, Tracy Schwartz, Larry Miller, Bill Kirchen, Ginny Hawker, Karen Collins...
Sun July 7
Sunday Waltz
Destino da Rosa
Spanish Ballroom
Glen Echo Park
yes, lesson @ 2:45pm
$10 - 3:30-6pm
Sun July 7
Nighthawks
Hank Dietle's
Sun July 7
Christylez Bacon
Kennedy Center
Millenium Stage
6-7pm - FREE
Tue July 9
Los Lobos
Los Lonely Boys
Wolftrap Filene Center
$40/$25(lawn)
Wed July 10
Daryl Davis's Roots Music Review
Strathmore Gazebo
7pm - FREE
Thur July 11
Lost Bayou Ramblers
Bayou on Penn
9:30pm
Thur July 11
Aloha Boys
Kidwell Farm
Herndon
7:30-8:30pm - FREE
Thur July 11
Bruce Ewan
Silver Spring Swings
7-9pm - FREE
Fri-Sun July 12-14
Red Wing Roots Fest
Natural Chimneys Park
w/ Del McCoury, Tim O'Brien, Sam Bush, Preservation Hall, Steel Wheels, Duhks, JD McPherson, John Jorgenson, Claire Lynch, Yarn, Ellen Jewell, Larry Keel, Wayne "the Train" Hancock, Pokey LaFarge, Lost Bayou Ramblers, ...
Fri July 12
John Jorgenson Quintet
Mason District Park
Annandale
7:30pm - FREE
Fri July 12
NRBQ
Hamilton
$25.50(adv)/$27.50
Fri July 12
Johnny Neel, Kevin Ball Band, Outpatients
Iota
8:30pm - $15
Fri July 12
Nighthawks
Wheaton Triangle
6:30pm - FREE
Sat-Sun July 13-14
Common Ground on the Hill fest
Carroll Co. Farm Museum
Westminster, MD
Sat: Buckwheat Zydeco, Paul McKenna Band, Margot Leverett
Sun: CJ Chenier, Little Queenie, Walt Michael & Co.
Sat July 13
Claire Lynch
Workhouse Arts Center
Lorton, VA
7-8pm - FREE
Sat July 13
Woody Guthrie's 101st Birthday Tribute
Takoma Park Community Center
7500 Maple Ave
w/ Joe Uehlein - 7:30pm - $12(adv)/$15
Sat July 13
Sandra Lilia Velasquez (of Pistolera)
Artisphere
Dome Theatre
not really
8pm - FREE
Sun-Fri July 14-19
Blues/Swing Week
Augusta Heritage Center
Elkins, WV
yes & lessons
Ann Rabson, Daryl Davis, Joe Filisko, Annie Raines, Phil Wiggins, Ralph Gordon, Seth Kibel, Paul Anastasio, Dave Davies, Eleanor Ellis, Steve James, Paul Rishell, Erwin Helfer, Gay Adegalola, ...
Sun July 14
Rusty Metoyer & Zydeco Krush
Glen Echo Bumper Car Pavilion
yes, lesson @ 3pm
3:30-6pm - $15
Mon July 15
Iguanas
Jammin Java
"An Evening with..."
Mon July 15
Blue Monday
Memphis Gold
Westminster Church
400 I St. SW
6-9pm - $5
Tue July 16
Guy Forsyth
Hill Co BBQ
8:30pm - No Cover (from Asylum St. Spankers)
Tue July 16
Fanfare Ciocarlia
Kennedy Center
Millenium Stage/Concert Hall
6-7pm - Gypsy brass orchestra
Wed July 17
Grandsons
Mason District Park
Annandale
7:30pm - FREE
Wed July 17
Iguanas w/ Crawdaddies
Rams Head Annapolis
siddown & shuddup
$22.50
Wed July 17
Cutaways
Nicks
yes
9-11pm - $10
Thur-Sun July 18-21
Grey Fox Bluegrass Festival
Walsh Farm
Oak Hill, NY
yes & lessons
Host: Dry Branch Fire Squad
Del McCoury Band, Jerry Douglas, Tim O'Brien, Gibson Brothers, Infamous Stringdusters, Carolina Chocolate Drops, Keller Williams, Duhks, SteelDrivers, Chris Thile & Michael DAves, Nora Jane Struthers, ..., ...
Thur July 18
Chatham County Line
Jammin Java
Thur July 18
King Soul
Fairfax Govt Center
5-6:30pm
Fri-Sun July 19-21
Artscape
Cathedral & Charles Street
Baltimore
street
FREE
Fri: Kem, ...
Sat: Dirty Dozen, No. Mississippi Allstars, ...
Sun: Wailers, ...
Fri July 19
Billy Price Band
Birchmere
siddown & shuddup
7:30pm - $20.00+SC - CD Release
Fri July 19
King Soul
Bethesda Metro
5:30-8:30pm - FREE
Fri July 19
King Teddy
Grist Mill Park
Mt. Vernon
7:30pm - FREE
Fri July 19
Deanna Bogart
Jammin' Java
"An Evening with..."
Sat July 20
Guy Forsyth
Hill Co Backyard BBQ
National Building Museum
5:30pm - No Cover (from Asylum St. Spankers)
Sat July 20
Quetzal Guerrro, She King & Ozomatli
National Museum of the American Indian
5pm - FREE Ticketed
Sat July 20
Highballers
Hello Strangers
Rock & Roll Hotel
Sat July 20
Old Time Banjo Festival
Birchmere
w/ Tony Trischka, Dan Gellert, Adam Hurt, Paul Brown, Cathy Fink & Marcy Marxer - $29.50+SC
Sun July 21
Sunday Waltz
Addison Bleufonte
Spanish Ballroom
Glen Echo Park
yes, lesson @ 2:45pm
$10 - 3:30-6pm
Sun July 21
Mary Ann Redmond Band
Flanagans
Mon July 22
Robert Plant & the Sensational Space Shifters
Wolftrap Filene Center
Mon July 22
Lil' Ed & the Blues Imperials
Rams Head
Annapolis
$21+SC
Mon July 22
Blue Monday
Linwood Taylor
Westminster Church
400 I St. SW
6-9pm - $5
Tue July 23
Bob Dylan, Wilco, My Morning Jacket
Merriweather
Tue July 23
Steve Miller
Wolftrap Filene Center
$45/$30(lawn)
Tue July 23
DC Houserockers
JVs
Wed July 24
Trouble Funk
Strathmore Gazebo
7pm - FREE
Wed July 24
Dr. John
Birchmere
siddown & shuddup
7:30pm - $45+SC
Wed July 24
Chopteeth
Lee District Park
Franconia, VA
7-8pm - FREE
Thur-Sun July 25-28
Floyd Fest
Mile Post 170.5
Blue Ridge Parkway
Floyd, VA
Yonder Mountain String Band, Trampled by Turtles, Railroad Earth, Citizen Cope, Lumineers, Yarn, Edward Sharpe & the Magnetic Zeros, Hot Tuna, Infamous Stringdusters, No. Mississippi Allstars, Ben Sollee, Brandi Carlile, Gogol Bordello, Old Crow Medicine Show, ...
Thur July 25
Thrillbillies
Nottaway Park
Vienna
7:30pm - FREE
Thur July 25
Lake St. Dive
Rams Head
Annapolis
$18.50+SC - 8pm
Thur July 25
Dave Chappell
JVs
Fri July 26
Loretta Lynn w/ Sarah Haze
9:30
Fri July 26
Soul Crackers
Wheaton Triangle
6:30pm - FREE
Fri July 26
Wicked Jesabel BDay Party w/ Jed Duvall, Gina DeSimone
2nd Chance Saloon
Columbia
9pm - $10
Fri July 26
Mary Ann Redmond
Mason District Park
Annandale
7:30pm - FREE
Fri July 26
Victoria Vox
Schooley Mill Park
Highland, MD
6:30pm - FREE
Sat July 27
Debi Smith
Workhouse Arts Center
Lorton, VA
7-8pm - FREE
Sat July 27
Chopteeth
Iota
8:30pm - $15
Sat July 27
National Dance Day
Dancing under the Stars
Kennedy Center
South Plaza & Grand Foyer
yes, w/ lessons
1-5:30pm: Performances, 7-8pm: Culture Shock & Manzari Brothers, 8-11:30pm: Arturo O'Farrill & the Afro Latin Jazz Orchestra w/ Tito Rodriguez, Jr. - FREE
Sat July 27
Cravin' Dogs
Quarry House Tavern
Sun July 28
Nighthawks
New Deal
5-8pm - Reservations Suggested
Sun July 28
Rebecca Loebe
Victoria Vox
Iota
$12 - 7:30pm
Sun July 28-Fri Aug 2
Bluegrass Week
Augusta Heritage Center
Elkins, WV
yes & lessons
Alan Munde, Phil Leadbetter, Brittany Haas, Russ Barenberg, Alan Bibey, Ira Gitlin, ...
Mon July 29
Blue Monday
Charlie Sayles & the Blues Disciples
Westminster Church
400 I St. SW
6-9pm - $5
Mon July 29
Bobby Bare Jr.
Iota
8:30pm - $15
Wed July 31
Jam Session for Mali
Benefit for Amahrec-Sahel
Liv Nightclub
8pm(doors) - $10 - w/ Vieux Farka Toure, Cheick Hamala Diabate, Michael Sherekis, Massama Dogo, Will Rast, ...
Wed July 31
Cathy Ponton King
Mason District Park
Annandale
7:30pm - FREE
Thur Aug 1
Little Red & the Renegades
Evening in the Ellipse
Fairfax Govt Center
5-6:30pm - FREE
Thur Aug 1
Cooking with Gas
El Golfo
7:30pm
Fri-Sun Aug 2-4
Riverfront Blues Fest
Tubman Garrett Riverfront Park
Wilmington, DE
Fri: James Cotton, John Primer, Moreland & Arbuckle, ...
Sat: Rod Piazza & the Mighty Fliers reunion, Eric Lindell w/ Anson Funderburgh, ...
Sun: Elvin Bishop, Lee Boys, Mac Arnold
Fri Aug 2
Robert Randolph & the Family Band
9:30
Fri Aug 2
Speakers of the House
National Gallery of Art
Sculpture Garden
concrete
5-8:30pm - FREE
Fri Aug 2
Ruthie & the Wranglers
Rockville Town Center
concrete
6:30-9:30pm - FREE
Sat Aug 3
BandHouse Gigs Tribute to the Rolling Stones
Fillmore
w/ Julia Nixon, Tommy Keene, Mary Ann Redmond, Jon Carroll, John Jennings, Tommy Lepson, Randy & Colin Thompson, Billy Coulter, Ruthie & The Wranglers, Scott Kurt, Laura Tsaggaris, Janet Emma Garbe, Levi Stephens, Scott Ramminger, Kurt Kratch, Linwood Taylor, Dan Hovey, John Penovich, Pete Ragusa, Jan Zukowski, Louie Newmyer, Bill Craig, Tom Miller, Tom Fridrich, Matt Spielman, Paul Pisciotta, Jay Turner, ...
Sat Aug 3
Nathan & the Zydeco Cha-chas
Reston Town Center
7:30-10pm - FREE
Sat Aug 3
Chief Monk Boudreaux & the Golden Eagles
Kennedy Center
Millenium Stage
6-7pm - FREE
Sat Aug 3
Hangover Royale and The Droptops
Quarry House Tavern
Sat Aug 3
Glen Miller Orchestra
Spanish Ballroom
Glen Echo Park
yes, lesson @ 8pm
Sun Aug 4
Bruce Hornsby
Railroad Earth
Wolf Trap Filene Center
8pm - $42/$25(lawn)
Sun Aug 4
Sunday Waltz
Cabaret Sauvignon
Spanish Ballroom
Glen Echo Park
yes, lesson @ 2:45pm
$10 - 3:30-6pm
Sun Aug 4
Rodrigo y Gabriella w/ Alex Wilson
Strathmore
7pm - $55-78
Sun Aug 4
Chuck Prophet & the Mission Express
Iota
7pm - $20
Tue Aug 6
New Old Jamboree w/ Ruthie Logsdon
New Deal
7-9pm
Wed Aug 7
Nighthawks
Lee District Park
Franconia, VA
7-8pm - FREE
Thur Aug 8
Gipsy Kings
Wolf Trap Filene Center
8pm - $42/$30(lawn)
Thur Aug 8
Peter Frampton, BB King, & Roger McGuinn
Pier 6
Thur Aug 8
CJ Chenier & the Red Hot Louisiana Band
Kidwell Farm
Herndon
7:30-8:30pm - FREE
Thur Aug 8
Hula Monsters
Nottaway Park
Vienna
7:30pm - FREE
Fri Aug 9
David Kitchen Band
Royal Lake Park
Fairfax
7:30-8:30pm - FREE
Fri Aug 9
Squeeze Bayou w/ Brian Simms & Ira Gitlin
Blob's Park
8-11pm - $10
Fri Aug 9
Sonny Landreth w/ Joe Taylor Group
Hamilton
$27.50(adv)/$30.50
Fri Aug 9
Mary Shaver Band
Rockville Roof Top Live
8pm - $10
Sat Aug 10
Mary Chapin Carpenter & Shawn Colvin w/ Beausoliel
Wolftrap Filene Center
$42/$25(lawn)
Sat Aug 10
Marty Stuart & his Fabulous Superlatives
Birchmere
siddown & shuddup
7:30pm - $35+SC
Sat Aug 10
Cheick Hamala Diabate & Corey Harris
Reston Concerts on the Town
7:30-10pm - FREE
Sat Aug 10
the Ubangis plus Monsters From the Surf
Quarry House Tavern
Sat Aug 10
Smokin' Polecats
Zoo Bar
Sun Aug 11
Nick Lowe
Birchmere
$35+SC - w/ Kim Richey
Sun Aug 11
Peter Frampton
BB King
Wolf Trap Filene Center
$45/$30(lawn)
Sun Aug 11
Big Sam's Funky Nation
Hamilton
Sun Aug 11
Mary Ann Redmond
Flanigans
Mon Aug 12
Blue Monday
Deanna Bogart
Westminster Church
400 I St. SW
6-9pm - $5
Tue Aug 13
Huey Lewis & the News
Sports 30th Anniversary
Wolf Trap Filene Center
$42/$25(lawn)
Tue Aug 13
Nick Lowe
Rams Head
Annapolis
$39.50+SC - w/ Kim Richey
Tue Aug 13
Buddy Guy & George Thorogood
Pier 6
Tue Aug 13
Dan Hovey
JVs
9pm
Wed Aug 14
Ukefest
Strathmore Gazebo
7pm - FREE
Wed Aug 14
James Hunter 6
RH Annapolis
Pfat chance
8pm - $29.50+SC
Wed Aug 14
Patty Reese Band
Mason District Park
Annandale
7:30pm - FREE
Thur Aug 15
Grace Potter & the Nocturnals
Trombone Shorty
Wolftrap Filene Center
$40/$30(lawn)
Thur Aug 15
Seldom Scene
Nottaway Park
Vienna
7:30pm - FREE
Thur Aug 15
Caz & the Day Laborers
Kennedy Center
Millenium Stage
6-7pm - FREE
Thur Aug 15
Honey Island Swamp Band
State
Thur Aug 15
Speakers of the House
Cats Eye
Fri Aug 16
JD McPherson
Birchmere Flex
sure
$20+SC
Fri Aug 16
Doc Scantlin's Palmettos
National Gallery of Art
Sculpture Garden
room? & concrete
5-8:30pm - FREE
Fri Aug 16
Dan Navarro
Jammin Java
Sat Aug 17
Hot August Blues
Oregon Ridge Park
Cockeysville, MD
$49+SC(adv)/$65(door) +$10-parking - Grace Potter & the Nocturnals, Galactic, Antibalas, JD McPherson, Eddy Clearwater, ...
Sat Aug 17
Cherry Poppin Daddies
Hamilton
dunno
Sat Aug 17
Beatnik Flies, & the Yachtsmen
Quarry House
room?
Sat Aug 17
Mary Ann Redmond
State
$16(adv)/$20+SC
Sun Aug 18
California Honeydrops
Hill Co BBQ
No Cover(pre-7:30pm)/$8(after) - 8:30pm show
Sun Aug 18
Sunday Waltz
Waverly Station
Spanish Ballroom
Glen Echo Park
yes, lesson @ 2:45pm
$10 - 3:30-6pm
Sun Aug 18
Pete Kanaras
Cats Eye
Tue Aug 20
Carolyn Wonderland
Howard
8pm
Tue Aug 20
John Hiatt & the Combo
Rams Head
Annapolis
siddown & shuddup
$85+SC - 8pm - w/ Native Run
Tue Aug 20
Levi Stephens
Ned Devines - Herndon
9pm
Wed Aug 21
Roomful of Blues
Hamilton
$27.50(adv)/$29.50
Wed Aug 21
Linwood Taylor
Mason District Park
Annandale
7:30pm - FREE
Thur Aug 22
Albert Lee
Jammin Java
Thur Aug 22
Gladys Knight & the O'Jays
Pier 6
Thur Aug 22
Roots of Annapolis
Rams Head Tavern
Annapolis
w/ Neil Harpe, Cory Seznec, Eleanor Ellis, Jay Summerour, and Max Ochs
Thur Aug 22
Dave Chappell
JVs
Fri Aug 23
Toubab Krewe
Hamilton
$17(adv)/$19
Fri Aug 23
Oscar D'Leon
The Palace
Fri Aug 23
Swamp Keepers
Zoo Bar
Sat Aug 24
Arty Hill & the Long Gone Daddy's
Blob's Park
8pm - $10
Sat Aug 24
QuinTango
Workhouse Arts Center
Lorton, VA
7-8pm - FREE
Sat Aug 24
Bruce Ewan
Zoo Bar
Sun Aug 25
Jeffery Broussard & the Creole Cowboys
Creative Alliance
Patterson
yes, lesson @ 6:30pm
7:30pm - $20
Sun Aug 25
Rhodes Tavern Troubadours
Mason District Park
Annandale
7:30pm - FREE
Mon Aug 26
Blue Monday
DC Blues Society Band
Westminster Church
400 I St. SW
6-9pm - $5
Wed Aug 28
Clarence "Bluesman" Turner
Mason District Park
Annandale
7:30pm - FREE
Wed Aug 28
Albert Lee
Rams Head
Annapolis
Thur Aug 29-Sun Sept 1
Chris Thomas King
Blues Alley
$24 - 8&10pm
Thur Aug 29
Lyle Lovett & His Large Band
Wolftrap Filene Center
$42/$25(lawn)
Thur Aug 29
Bill Kirchen & Texicali
w/ Cindy Cashdollar & Johnny Nicholas
Rams Head
Annapolis
siddown & shuddup
$29.50+SC - 8pm
Fri Aug 30-Sun Sept 1
Rhythm & Roots Festival
Ninigret Park
Charlestown, RI
yes & lessons
Host: Cedric Watson & Bijou Creole
Fri: Los Texmaniacs, Geno Delafose, Corey Ladet, Yvette Landry, Phoebe Hunt, Roddie Romero, Feufollet, ...
Sat: Red Stick Ramblers, Los Texmaniacs, Steve Earle, Marcia Ball, Steve Riley, Carolyn Wonderland & Cindy Cashdollar, Geno Delafose, Corey Ladet, Yvette Landry, Bill Kirchen, Della Mae, Phoebe Hunt, Roddie Romero, Ed Poullard & Preston Frank, Goldan Triangle Swamp Blues, Feufollet, ...
Sun: Jim Kweskin Jug Band Reunion, Taj Mahal Trio, Red Stick Ramblers, Los Texmaniacs, Carolina Chocolate Drops, Albert Lee, Ellen Jewell, Roddie Romero, Steve Riley, Corey Ladet, Yvette Landry, Ed Poullard & Preston Frank, Goldan Triangle Swamp Blues, Feufollet, Maria Muldaur, ...
Fri Aug 30
Bruce Molsky & the Jumpsteady Boys
Royal Lake Park
Fairfax
7:30-8:30pm - FREE
Fri Aug 30
King Soul
Bethesda Blues & Jazz
8pm - $10
Fri Aug 30
Squeeze Bayou
Grist Mill Park
Mt. Vernon
7:30pm - FREE
Sat Aug 31
DC Blues Festival
Carter Barron Ampetheatre
concrete
noon - FREE - w/ Albert Castiglia, Big G, Austin Walkin' Cane, Fast Eddie & The Slowpokes, the DC Blues Society Band, The UnXpected Band, ...
Sat Aug 31
Christabel & the Jons
Hill Co BBQ
9:30pm - FREE
Sat Aug 31
Jumpin’ Jupiter plus Kiti Gartner
Quarry House
Sat Aug 31
Bobby Parker
Madams
Sun Sept 1
Alonzo's Memorial Picnic
Baltimore Blues Society
Rosedale American Legion Hall
Mark Hummel's Tribute to Little walter w/ Little Charlie, Lil' Ronnie, & Steve Guyger, Albert Castiglia, Nothin' But Trouble, Matt Kelly & Ian Walters - $30(adv)/$40 - 1-8:30pm
Sun Sept 1
Sunday Waltz
Waltz Du Jour
Spanish Ballroom
Glen Echo Park
yes, lesson @ 2:45pm
$10 - 3:30-6pm
Mon Sept 2
Blue Monday
Jacques Johnson & Lil' Margie Clark
Westminster Church
400 I St. SW
6-9pm - $5
Tue Sept 3
Carolina Chocolate Drops
Ironing Board Sam
Hamilton
Music Maker Benefit - $25-100
Tue Sept 3
New Old Jamboree w/ Ruthie Logsdon
New Deal
7-9pm
Wed Sept 4
Andre Thierry
Blobs Park
yes
8pm - $15
Wed Sept 4
Jonny Grave
Madams
Thur Sept 5
Thrillbillies
JVs
Fri Sept 6
Steep Canyon Rangers
Birchmere
7:30pm - $29.50+SC
Fri Sept 6
Chopteeth
Black Cat
$15 - 9pm
Fri Sept 6
Tony Trischka & Territory
Hamilton
Fri Sept 6
Fabulettes
Dulles Hilton
yes, w/ lesson @ 8:30pm
9pm - $15
Fri Sept 6
Junkyard Saints
Rockville Town Center
6:30-9:30pm - FREE
Sat-Sun Sept 7-8
Southern MD Blues Festival
Calvert Co. Fairgrounds
Canned Heat, Anna Popovic, Walter Trout, Bonerama, Marhall Tucker Band, Mark Hummel's Little Walter Tribute, Rosie Ladet, Daryl Davis Band, ...
Sat-Sun Sept 7-8
Great Grapes Fest Reston
Reston Town Center
King Teddy, Tx Chainsaw Horns, Reagle Beagles, ...
Sat Sept 7
Jumpin' Jupiter w/ Hangover Royalle
Iota
$12 - 9pm
Sat Sept 7
Ruthie and the Wranglers
Quarry House
Sun Sept 8
Takoma Park Folk Festival
Takoma Park Middle School
some
11am-6:30pm - FREE - Mary Battiata & Little Pink, Marenje Marimba Ensemble, Lea, Blue Panamuse, Justin Trawick's The 9, Grandsons Jr., ...
Sun Sept 8
Phil Wiggins & Max Ochs
Roots Cafe @ An Die Musik Live
409 Charles St., Balmer
5pm - $7(adv)/$9
Sun Sept 8
Swing Xing: Three Generations of Swing Guitar
Hamilton
Bucky Pizzarelli, Frank Vignola, and Vinny Raniolo - $27.50(adv)/$29.50
Mon Sept 9
Blue Monday
Mary Shaver Band
Westminster Church
400 I St. SW
6-9pm - $5
Tue Sept 10
Jr Cline & Mike Cotter
JVs
Wed Sept 11
Los Texmaniacs
Kennedy Center
Millenium Stage
6-7pm - FREE - also noon @ Library of Congress
Wed Sept 11
ZZ Top
Wolf Trap Filene Center
Thur Sept 12
Dan Hovey
JVs
Thur Sept 12
Dirty Dozen
Hamilton
Thur Sept 12
Reyna Gellert & Scott Miller
Rams Head
Annapolis
Fri Sept 13
Mary Ann Redmond
Bethesda Blues & Jazz
8pm - $20
Fri Sept 13
Brian Simms
Hamilton Loft
Free - 10:30pm
Fri Sept 13
No. Mississippi Allstars
State
Fri Sept 13
Gina DeSimone & the Moaners
New Deal
Sat-Sun Sept 14-15
Frederic Yonnet
Blues Alley
$25 - 8&10pm
Sat Sept 14
Bill Kirchen w/ Daryl Davis
Birchmere
siddown & shuddup
7:30pm - $29.50+SC
Sat Sept 14
Classic Albums 1983
Iota
8:30pm - $12
Johnny Grave - Stevie Ray Vaughan (Texas Flood), Selling Fairfax by the Pound - Genesis (Genesis),
Beanstalk Library - REM (Murmur), These Future Saints - Bob Marley (Confrontation)
Sat Sept 14
Fabulettes
Blobs Park
yep
8pm - $10
Sat Sept 14
Greenbelt Blues Fest
Old Greenbelt
2-11pm - Anthony "Swamp Dog" Clark, Paulverizers, Oz Review, Billy Thompson, Capitol Blues Ensemble, Fast Eddie, ...
Sun Sept 15
Sunday Waltz
KGB
Spanish Ballroom
Glen Echo Park
yes, lesson @ 2:45pm
$10 - 3:30-6pm
Sun Sept 15
Donna the Buffalo
Rams Head
Annapolis
siddown & shuddup
$22.50+SC - 8pm
Sun Sept 15
Songwriters Circle: A Tribute to Women of Rock
Jammin Java
w/ Luke Brindley, Mike Clem, Anthony Fiacco, Todd Wright
Mon Sept 16
Big Sandy & the FlyRite Boys
Jumpin' Jupiter
Jammin Java
7:30pm - $15/$18(VIP)
Mon Sept 16
Blue Monday
7th Anniversary Jam
Westminster Church
400 I St. SW
6-9pm - $5
Thur Sept 19
Infamous Stringdusters
Birchmere Flex
7:30pm - $25+SC
Fri-Sun Sept 20-22
Anniversary Party
Mobtown Ballroom
Fri & Sat Meschiya Lake
Fri Sept 20
Robbie Fulks
Iota
$15 - 9pm
Fri Sept 20
Dream Discs: Van Morrison & Bruce Springsteen Tribute
Jammin' Java
8pm - $25 - w/ Justin Jones, Jon Carroll, Luke Brindley, Owen Danoff, Billy Coulter, Jr. Cline, Tommy Lepson, ...
Fri Sept 20
Michael Franti & Spearhead
Filmore
Fri Sept 20
Joe Sample's Creole Joe Band
Birchmere
siddown & shuddup
$65 - 7:30pm - w/ Ray Parker Jr. and CJ Chenier
Sat-Sun Sept 21-22
Richard Thompson
Birchmere
$39.50+SC - 7:30pm - Sat Sold Out
Sat Sept 21
Bluebird Blues Fest
Prince Georges's Community College
Largo, MD
FREE - 11am-6pm - Diunna Greenleaf, Big Daddy Stallings, Upton Blues Band, Nathan Fox, the Jewels, Phil Wiggins Trio, ...
Sat Sept 21
Guy Davis
Kennedy Center
Millenium Stage
6-7pm - FREE
Sat Sept 21
CJ Chenier & the Red Hot Louisiana Band
SI American Indian Museum
FREE - 5-6:30pm
Sat Sept 21
Gaithersburg Blues Festival
City Hall Concert Pavillion
FREE - 5pm - Debbie Davies, Bad Influence, Built for Comfort
Sat Sept 21
Karen Collins and the Backroads Band
Quarry House
Sun Sept 22
Willie Nelson & Family
Pier 6
Sun Sept 22
Patsy's Torch & Twang
Blob’s Park
4pm
Mon Sept 23
Blue Monday
Little Royal
Westminster Church
400 I St. SW
6-9pm - $5
Tue Sept 24
Alejandro Escovedo & Shelby Lynne
Birchmere
$39.50+SC - 7:30pm - "An Evening of Stories & Songs"
Thur-Sat Sept 26-28
Watermelon Park Festival
Watermelon Park
Berryville, VA
Masters of Bluegrass (Del McCoury, JD Crowe, ...), Quebe Sisters, Cedric Watson, Larry Keel w/ Danny Barnes, Dirk Powell, Woodshedders, ...
Fri Sept 27
National Heritage Fellowship Awards Concert
Lisner
FREE (get Tickets starting 8/27) - 8pm - w/ Sheila Kay Adams (Ballad Singer), Ralph Burns (Storyteller), Veronica Castillo (ceramicist), Shemus Connolly (Irish Fiddler), Nicolae Feraru (Cimbalom player), Carol Fran (Swamp Blues), Pauline Hillaire (Lummi Tribe traditions), David Ivey (sakred Harp singer), Ramon "Chunky" Sahnchez (Chicano musician)
Fri Sept 27
Fishtank Ensemble
Hamilton
Gypsy/Rockabilly
Fri Sept 27
Corey Harris & Phil Wiggins w/ Amadou Kouate
Creative Alliance
Patterson Theatre
Fri Sept 27
Squeeze Bayou
Glen Echo
Bumper Car Pavillion
yes, w/ lesson @ 8pm
$15 - 9-midnight
Fri Sept 27
Mike Stinson
Hill Co BBQ
9:30pm - no Cover
Fri Sept 27
Natty Beaux
Dulles Hilton
yes, w/ lesson @ 8:30pm
9pm - $15
Sat Sept 28
Sidi Toure
Artisphere
Dome Theatre
8pm - $15
Sat Sept 28
Elikeh
Iota
9pm - $12
Sat Sept 28
Chris Knight
Hill Co BBQ
10:30pm - $20-25
Sat Sept 28
Bruce Ewan
Zoo Bar
Sun Sept 29
Mary Ann Redmond Band
Flanagans
Mon Sept 30
John Jorgenson Bluegrass Band
IMT @ Saint Mark Presby
10701 Old Georgetown Rd., Rockville
$20(adv)/$25 - 7:30pm
Mon Sept 30
Wailin Jennys
Birchmere
$39.50+SC - 7:30pm - also Sat SOLD OUT
Mon Sept 30
Funky Meters
Hamilton
Tue Oct 1
James Cotton
Hamilton
Tue Oct 1
Ruthie's New Old Jamboree
New Deal Cafe
7-9pm
Tue Oct 1
Ben Stollee
R&R Hotel
$15
Wed Oct 2
Matt Kelley & Ian Walters
Nicks
yes
9-11pm - $10
Thur Oct 3
Lake St. Dive
8x10
8pm
Thur Oct 3
Antibalas
Black Cat
$18(adv)/$20
Thur Oct 3
Pete Kanaras
Cats Eye
Fri Oct 4
Step Rideau & the Zydeco Outlaws
Greenbelt American Legion Post 136
yes
8:30-11:30pm - $18
Fri Oct 4
Battlefield Band
Barns
Sat Oct 5
Dancing by the Bayou
Fall Dance Festival
Blobs Park
Venue Change
yes
noon-Midnight - Step Rideau, Rusty Metoyer & Jesse Lege
Sat Oct 5
Cathy Ponton King & Bobby Parker
Bethesda Blues & Jazz
yes
8pm - $20
Sat Oct 5
Arty Hill & the Long Gone Daddys
Patsy's Honky Tonk Torch & Twang
American Legion Post 217
College Park
yes, lesson @ Break
7:30pm - $10
Sat Oct 5
Billy Joe Shaver
Hill Co BBQ
9:30pm - $30-25
Sun Oct 6
Takoma Park Street Festival
Downtown Takoma Park
in the street
FREE - 10am-5pm - w/ Chopteeth, Tom Principato, Ruthie & the Wranglers, Cathy Fink & Marcy Marxer, Tommy Lepson, Billy Coulter, U-Liners, Patty Reese, King Teddy, Sweater Set, ...
Sun Oct 6
Sunday Waltz
Larry, Elke, & Friends
Clara Barton Rec Center
7425 MacArthur Blvd, Cabin John

Venue Change
yes, lesson @ 2:45pm
$10 - 3:30-6pm
Mon Oct 7
Marie Miller & L'Angelus
Jammin Java
w/ Alanna Boudreau - 8pm - $12(adv)/$15
Mon Oct 7
John Mayall
Hamilton
$38(adv)/$43.50
Tue Oct 8
Orquestra Buena Vista Social Club
Lisner
8:00pm - $35-75 - is Orquesta BVSC, Eliades Ochoa, Omara Portuond
Tue Oct 8
Buddy Guy
Birchmere
$69.50+SC - 7:30pm - w/ Kingfish Ingram & Daryl Davis
Thur Oct 10
Tim O'Brein & Darrell Scott
Barns
Thur Oct 10
Dan Hovey
JVs
Thur Oct 10
Andy Statman
Creative Alliance
Fri-Sun Oct 11-13
Richmond Folk Festival
Richmond Riverfront
FREE - Chuck Brown Tribute, James King Band, Khac Chi Ensemble, Rhythm of Rajasthan, Spanish Harlem Orchestra, Thomas Maupin, Daniel Rothwell w/ Overall Creek, Jesse Lege & Joel Savoy, Laurie Bell, Mighty Sam McCain, Stooges Brass, ...
Fri Oct 11
Gourds
Gangstagrass
Birchmere Flex Stage
sure
$25+SC - 7:30pm
Fri Oct 11
Phil Wiggins, Rick Franklin, & Eleanor Ellis
Carroll Cafe @ Seekers Church
276 Carroll St. NW
$16 - 7:30pm
Fri Oct 11
Vieux Farke Toure
Atlas
Fri Oct 11
Lavay Smith & Her Red Hot Skillet Lickers
Bethesda Blues & Jazz
prolly not
8pm - $25
Sat Oct 12
Surf Club Reunion
College Park American Legion
sure
$10 (Cash Only) - 5pm-1am - Hall Brothers, Karen Collins, Randy Leith, Patsy Stephens, Benny Potter, Nick Davis, ...
Sat Oct 12
Soul Crackers
Bethesda Blues & Jazz
yes
$10 - 8pm
Sat Oct 12
DCBS Battle of the Bands
American Legion Post 258, Wheaton
tile
7pm - $10-15
Sat Oct 12
The Bobs
Barns
Sun Oct 13
Karen Collins & The Backroads Band
Blobs Park
yes
$8 - 4-8 pm
Tue Oct 16
Nora Jane Struthers & the Party Line
Gypsy Sallys
Tue Oct 16
Celtic Voices
Benefit for Parkinson's
Takoma Park Community Center
7:30pm - $16(adv)/$20 - w/ Lisa Moscatiello, Barbara Ryan, Loralyn Coles
Thur Oct 17
Mo' Mojo
Creative Alliance
Patterson Theatre
yes
Thur Oct 17
Dave Kitchen
JVs
Thur Oct 17
Speakers of the House
Cats Eye
Fri Oct 18
Dennis Stroughmatt & Creole Stomp
Bumper Car Pavillion
Glen Echo Park
yes, lesson @ 8:30
$18 - 9pm
Fri Oct 18
Bullets
JVs
Fri Oct 18
Julia & Company 30th Anniversary
Hamilton
w/ Julia Nixon, Dave Ylvisaker, Gary Grainger, Greg Grainger, ...
Sat Oct 19
John Nemeth & James Armstrong
Baltimore Blues Society
Rosedale American Legion Hall
8:30pm - $25(adv)/$35
Sat Oct 19
Vieux Farka Toure
Creative Alliance
Patterson Theatre
Sat Oct 19
Dave Chappell (late)
Deb Callahan (4-8)
Cats Eye
Sat Oct 19
Paul Geremia
Archie Edwards Barbershop
4-6pm
Sun Oct 20
Sunday Waltz
Gigmeisters
Spanish Ballroom
Glen Echo Park
yes, lesson @ 2:45pm
$10 - 3:30-6pm
Sun Oct 20
Lindi Ortega
Hamilton
Sun Oct 20
Ralph Stanley & the Clinch Mt. Boys
Birchmere
7:30pm - $35+SC
Mon Oct 21
Avril Smith, Becky Warren & Friends
IMT @ Saint Mark Presby
10701 Old Georgetown Rd., Rockville
$15(adv)/$18 - 7:30pm
Mon Oct 21
Whitey Johnson
Hill Country BBQ
8:30pm
Tue Oct 22
James Hunter 6
Hamilton
debatable
7:30pm
Tue Oct 22
Whitey Johnson
Bethesda Blues & Jazz
Wed Oct 23
Hugh Laurie
Birchmere
7:30pm - $79.50+SC
Wed Oct 23
Jr Cline & Friends
JVs
Wed Oct 23
English Beat
State
Thur Oct 24
Blind Boys of Alabama
Hamilton
Thur Oct 24
Dave Chappell
JVs
Thur Oct 24
Copper Box & Mike Surratt & the Continentals
Blobs Park
yes
7:30pm - $15
Fri-Sat Oct 25-26
Blackpot Festival
Acadian Village
Lafayette, LA
yes
$20 Fri/$30 Sat - Corey Ledet, Swayback Sisters, Revelers, Pine Leaf Boys, Leroy Thomas, Yvette Lanndry, Jay Ungar & Molly Mason, Ginny Hawker & Tracy Schwartz, Preson Frank & Ed Poulard, Little Freddie King, Lost Texmanicas, Red Stick Ramblers
Fri Oct 25
"Halloween Howl"
Hamilton
w/ the Sidleys, Laura Tsaggaris, Cal Everett, Alan MacEwen, Mark Noone, Nate Ihara, The Crimestoppers, Cairo Fred, Bill Craig, ...
Fri Oct 25
Sam Bush
Barns of Wolftrap
siddown & shuddup
8pm
Fri Oct 25
King Teddy
Dulles Hilton
yes, w/ lesson @ 8:30pm
Halloween Hop
9pm - $15
Fri Oct 25
The Greencards
Jammin Java
7:30pm - w/ Casey Driessen Singularity
Fri Oct 25
An Evening of Bluegrass
w/ Noam Mikelny, Bryan Sutton, Jesse Cobb, Luke Bulla, Barry Bales
Birchmere
7:30pm- $35+SC
Sat Oct 26
Amy Helm & the Handsome Strangers
Gypsy Sally's
Sat Oct 26
Magpie 40th Anniversary
Barns of Wolf Trap
7:30pm - $20-22
Sat Oct 26
Ubangis
Marshall Keith
Quarry House
Sun Oct 27
Whitey Johnson (9pm)
Patsy's Honky Tonk Torch & Twang (4:30pm)
JVs
Sun Oct 27
Shemekia Copeland & Daniella Cotton
Rams Head
Annapolis
siddown & shuddup
$26.50+SC - 7:30pm
Mon Oct 28
Blue Monday
Whitey Johnson
Westminster Church
400 I St. SW
6-9pm - $5
Tue Oct 29
Mondo Zombie Boogaloo
Southern Culture on the Skids, Los Straightjackets, & the Fleshtones
U St. Music Hall
7pm - $25
Wed Oct 30
Neko Case
Lincoln Theatre
7pm - $40
Wed Oct 30
Chris Thile
Strathmore
8pm - $26-36
Thur Oct 31
Marc Broussard
Birchmere
7:30pm - $35+SC
Thur Oct 31
Halloween
Thur Oct 31
Niko Case
Lincoln Theatre
Thur Oct 31
David Kitchen Band
JVs
Thur Oct 31
Cooking with Gas
El Golfo Restaurant
7:30-9:30pm
Fri Nov 1
Julia Nixon: Tribute to Carole King
Strathmore Mansion
$37 - 7:30pm & 9:30pm
Travis Tritt in the Music Ctr
Fri Nov 1
Rockin' Bones
Dulles Hilton
yes, w/ lesson @ 8:30pm
9pm - $15
Sat Nov 2
Tribute to the Band & the Last Waltz
Hamilton
redo
Sat Nov 2
World on a String
Redeemer Lutheran Church
3799 East West Hwy, Hyattsville
7pm - $20 - Christylez Bacon, Paul Oorts, Phil Wiggins, Andrea Hoag, ...
Sat Nov 2
Dom Flemons
Jammin Java
w/ Grace & Tony
Sat Nov 2
King Teddy
Glen Echo
Bumper Car Pavillion
yes, w/ lesson
Sat Nov 2
College Park Blues Fest
Ritchie Coliseum
yes
FREE - 6-11:30pm - w/ Daddy Mac Blues, Little Bit a' Blues, DCBS Band, ...
Sun Nov 3
Sunday Waltz
Caberet Sauvignon
Spanish Ballroom
Glen Echo Park
yes, lesson @ 2:45pm
$10 - 3:30-6pm
Mon Nov 4
Big Freedia
Howard Theatre
8pm
Tue Nov 5
Ruthie's New Old Jamboree
New Deal Cafe
7-9pm
Wed Nov 6
Duhks
Jammin Java
Wed Nov 6
Scott Ramminger
Nicks
Wed Nov 6
Cathy Fink w/ Brad Kolodner & Amadou Kouyate
Strathmore Mansion
7:30 - $17
Thur Nov 7
Delbert McClinton
Birchmere
siddown & shuddup
7:30pm - $45+SC- w/ Teresa James
Thur Nov 7
Thrillbillies
JVs
Thur Nov 7
Pete Kanaras
Cats Eye
Fri-Sat Nov 8-9
Rebirth Brass Band
Hamilton
Fri Nov 8
Mavis Staples
Kay Theatre @ Clarice Smith Ctr
8pm - $50
Fri Nov 8
John Fogerty
DAR Constitution Hall
Fri Nov 8
Steep Canyon Rangers
Rams Head Live
Bawlmer
$20-22+SC - 8pm
Fri Nov 8
David Bromberg Big Band
Birchmere
siddown & shuddup
7:30pm - $45+SC - w/ Honey Child
Fri Nov 8
Leftover Salmon
9:30
w/ Swear and Shake
Fri Nov 8
Cheick Hamala Diabate
Creative Alliance @ The Patterson
8pm
Sat Nov 9
Joe Uehlein and the U-Liners
Quarry House
Sat Nov 9
Four Bitchin' Babes
Birchmere
7:30pm - $35+SC
Sat Nov 9
Skyla Burrell
Madams
Sun Nov 10
Leroy Thomas
Blobs Park
yes
4pm - $15
Sun Nov 10
Aaron Neville
Hamilton
Sun Nov 10
New Orleans Suspects
8x10
Sun Nov 10
Maggie Sansone, Sharon Knowles, and Pat Egan
Old Brogue
5 & 7pm - $17
Mon Nov 11
Blue Monday
Nadine Rae & the All-Stars
Westminster Church
400 I St. SW
6-9pm - $5
Tue-Wed Nov 12-13
Gary Clark Jr.
9:30
w/ Max Frost (Tue), Warren Hood (Wed)
Tue Nov 12
Skatalites
Howard
8pm
Wed Nov 13
Time Jumpers
Birchmere
yes
7:30pm - $59.50+SC - w/ Brian Albin, Larry Franklin, Paul Franklin, Vince Gill, "Ranger Doug" Green, Andy Reiss, Dawn Sears, Kenny Sears, Jeff Taylor, Billy Thomas
Wed Nov 13
James Taylor & Jim Croce Song Tribute
Hungry for Music Benefit
Epicure Cafe
Fairfax
yes
9pm - - w/ Demetrios, Thomas Nichols, Tim White, Bill Mulroney, John Ciccantelli, Scott Kurt, Doug Alan Wilcox, Kevin Ball, Rick Hill, Lea, Cletus Kennelly
Thur Nov 14
Andy Statman Trio
6th & I Synagogue
$25(adv)/$28 - 8pm
Thur Nov 14
Skyla Burrell
Cats Eye
Fri Nov 15
World Blues w/ Taj Mahal, Vusi Mahlasela, Deva Mahal, Fredericks Brown
GMU Center for the Arts
$46-23 - 8pm
Fri Nov 15
Streets of Baltimore: Songs of our City
Creative Alliance @ The Patterson
$17 - 7:30pm - w/ Milkshake, Kings of Crownville, Tony Denikos, Tom Chalkley, Karen Collins, ...
Fri Nov 15
Gina DeSimone & the Moaners
Dulles Hilton
yes, w/ lesson @ 8:30pm
9pm - $15
Sat Nov 16
The Flea Bops
52 Pickup
Quarry House
Sat Nov 16
Girls from Mars w/ Tom Mitchell
Spanish Ballroom
Glen Echo Park
yes, lesson @ 8pm
9pm
Sat Nov 16
Fabulettes
Blobs Park
yes
8pm - $10
Sat Nov 16
Tom Principato
Bethesda Blues & Jazz
doubtful
CD release - $25
Sun Nov 17
Eric Lindell Band
Jammin Java
Sun Nov 17
Sunday Waltz
Rhapsody
Spanish Ballroom
Glen Echo Park
yes, lesson @ 2:45pm
$10 - 3:30-6pm
Sun Nov 17
Patsy's Honky Tonk Torch & Twang
Blob's Park
4-8pm - $8
Sun Nov 17
Country Music Tribute w/ Chris Hall & Guests
JVs
5pm
Mon Nov 18
Blue Monday
Anthony Swampdog Clark & the Blues All-Stars
Westminster Church
400 I St. SW
6-9pm - $5
Mon Nov 18
Eric Lindell
Rams Head
Wed Nov 20
Robert Cray Band
Birchmere
7:30pm - $49.50+SC
Wed Nov 20
Bob Perilla
Madams
Wed Nov 20
Robert Frahm
Cats Eye
Thur Nov 21
Joe Ely & Paul Thorn
Birchmere
7:30pm - $35+SC
Thur Nov 21
Thrillbillies
JVs
Thrillbilly Karaoke night
Thur Nov 21
Dumpstaphunk
8x10
Thur Nov 21
Speakers of the House
Cats Eye
Fri Nov 22
Elvis Costello (solo)
Lisner
Sold Out
Fri Nov 22
Lord of the Strings
JVs
w/ Dave Chappell & Dan Hovey
Fri Nov 22
Natty Beaux
Dulles Hilton
yes, w/ lesson @ 8:30pm
9pm - $15
Fri Nov 22
El Gran Combo
Palace
13989 Jefferson Davis Hwy, Woodbridge
yes
Sat Nov 23
Bela Fleck & Brooklyn Rider
6th & I Synagogue
$35 - 7pm
Sat Nov 23
Billy McComiskey's Pride of New York
Creative Alliance @ The Patterson
$25 - 8pm
Sat Nov 23
Chopteeth
Bethesda Blues & Jazz
yes
Sat Nov 23
Al Petteway & Amy White Homecoming
Takoma Park Community Center
7:30-9:30pm - $25/$20(adv)
Sat Nov 23
American Voices w/ Erin Driscoll & Jon Carroll
Kennedy Center
Millenium Stage
6-7pm - FREE
Sun Nov 24
Jesse Lege & Bayou Brew
Spanish Ballroom
Glen Echo Park
yes, lesson @ 3pm
$15 - 3:30-6pm
Sun Nov 24
Eric Lindell & Cris Jacobs
Creative Alliance @ The Patterson
$25 - 7pm
Sun Nov 24
Iona
Old Brogue
5 & 7pm shows - $17
Sun Nov 24
Jake Shimabukuro
Lisner
Mon Nov 25
Allen Toussaint
Hamilton
Tue Nov 26
Steve Jacobs w/ Big Boy Little
JVs
8:30pm
Wed Nov 27
Nighthawks
Kennsington Town Hall
yes
$10 & food donation - BYOB/Food - No alcohol
Wed Nov 27
The Bridge
Rams Head Live
w/ Freedom Enterprise
Thur Nov 28
Thanksgiving
1st day of Chanukah
Thur Nov 28
USO-themed Thanksgiving Day Swing Dance
Tom Cunningham Orchestra w/ Jean Veloz
Kennedy Center
Millenium Stage
yes, lesson @ 6pm
7-9pm - FREE
Thur Nov 28
Dave Chappell
JVs
Fri Nov 29 - Mon Dec 23
Downtown Holiday Market
Downtown DC
8th & F St.-ish NW
Music noon-7pm daily - Jim Stephanson (Fri noon), King Street Bluegrass (Sat noon), Phil & Chris of Lloyd Dobler Effect (Sat 5pm), Karen Collins & Backroads Band (Sun 2:30pm), ...
Fri-Sat Nov 29-30
Kelly Willis & Bruce Robinson's Holiday
Janet Emma & Seven West
Gypsy Sally's
$30-35 - 8pm
Fri Nov 29
Nighthawks & Skip Castro Band
State Theatre
yes
$20 - 9pm
Fri Nov 29
Brian Setzer Orchestra
"Christmas Rocks" 10th Anniversary
Warner Theatre
Fri Nov 29
BG & the Jive Mojos w/ Jan Veloz
Dulles Hilton
yes, lesson
Fri Nov 29
Seldom Scene
Dry Branch Fire Squad
Birchmere
7:30pm - $35+SC
Fri Nov 29
King Soul
Bethesda Blues & Jazz
sure
$15 - 8pm
Sat Nov 30
Doc Scantlin's Imperial Palms Orchestra
Glen Echo
Spanish Ballroom
yes, lesson @ 8pm
Sat Nov 30
Nighthawks w/ Billy Price
Baltimore Blues Society
Rosedale American Legion Hall
8:30pm - SOLD OUT - BYOB
Sat Nov 30
Del McCoury Band
Hamilton
Sat Nov 30
Seldom Scene
Dry Branch Fire Squad
Birchmere
7:30pm - $35+SC
Sat Nov 30
Orrin Star with Jimmy Gaudreau
Holy Cross Lutheran Church
1090 Sterling Rd, Herndon
7:30pm
Sat Nov 30
Radio Caroline
JVs
Sun Dec 1
Sunday Waltz
Elixer
Spanish Ballroom
Glen Echo Park
yes, lesson @ 2:45pm
$10 - 3:30-6pm
Sun Dec 1
Jody Marshall's Holiday Celebration
Old Brogue
5 & 7pm - $17 - w/ Jim Queen, Paul Nahay, & Carey Creed
Sun Dec 1
Stacy Brooks
Madams
Sun Dec 1
Mary Ann Redmond
Flanagans
Fri Nov 29 - Mon Dec 23
Downtown Holiday Market
Downtown DC
8th & F St.-ish NW
Music noon-7pm daily - Dave Chappell & Dave Hartage (Mon noon, Fri noon), Billy Coulter Trio (Tue 5pm), Patty Reese (Thur noon), Jonny Grave (Fri 2:30pm), Sheryl Sears Quartet (Sat noon), Hot Buttered Nuggets (Sat 5pm), Seth Kibel & Sean Lane (Sun noon), Phil & Chris of Lloyd Dobler Effect (Sun 5pm), ...
Mon Dec 2
Preservation Hall Jazz Band
Birchmere
"Creole Christmas" - 7:30pm - $29.50+SC
Tue Dec 3
Ruthie's New Old Jamboree
New Deal Cafe
7-9pm
Wed Dec 4
Emmylou Harris
Hamilton
Bonaparte's Retreat benefit - 7:30pm - $94(standing)/seated Sold Out
Wed Dec 4
April Verch
Takoma Park Community Center
7500 Maple Ave
7:30pm - $18(adv)/$22
Thur Dec 5
Racines avec Steve Riley
Curley Taylor & Zydeco Trouble
Blobs
yep, no lesson
$20 - 8-11:30pm
Thur Dec 5
Bill Kirchen Xmas
Creative Alliance @ The Patterson
$20 - 7:30pm
Thur Dec 5
Thrillbillies
JVs
Fri-Sat Dec 6-7
Night of 100 Elvises
Lithuanian Hall
851-3 Hollins St, Baltimore
some
7pm-2am - $57(adv) inc. bevs & food
Fri: Janine Wilson, Jumpin' Jupiter, Karb Kings, Sookey Jump Blues, Wild Anacostias Brass, Tail Draggers, ...
Sat: Fabulettes, Honky Tonk Confidential, Jed Duvall, Janine Wilson, Monsters From the Surf, Karb Kings, Sookey Jump Blues, Wild Anacostias Brass, Tail Draggers, ...
Fri Dec 6
Chopteeth
Creative Alliance @ The Patterson
$15 - 8pm
Fri Dec 6
Fabulettes
Colvin Run Community Hall
yes
Fri Dec 6
Girls from Mars
49 West
Annapolis
8:30pm - $15 - w/ Tom Mitchell, Howard Sitron, and John Previti
Sat Dec 7
Girls from Mars
Glen Echo
Spanish Ballroom
yes, lesson @ 8pm
$18 - 9pm - w/ Tom Mitchell, Big Joe Maher, & Ralph Gordon
Sat Dec 7
Bill Kirchen Xmas
Birchmere
7:30pm - $29.50+SC - w/ Commander Cody
Sat Dec 7
Ultra Kings
Quarry House Tavern
Sun Dec 8
Natalie MacMaster
Birchmere
7:30pm - $39.50+SC
Sun Dec 8
Lea Gilmore's Soulful Joy
Creative Alliance @ The Patterson
noon-2:30pm - $90 (inc Brunch)
Fri Nov 29 - Mon Dec 23
Downtown Holiday Market
Downtown DC
8th & F St.-ish NW
Music noon-7pm daily - Ron Scott & Ira Gitlin (Mon noon), Janine Wilson & Max Evans (Tue 5pm), Jim Stephanson (Wed noon), Ian Walters (Wed 5pm), Patty Reese (Thur noon), Billy Thompson Band (Fri 2:30 & 5pm), Fast Eddie & the Slowpokes (Sat noon), Lilt (Sat 2:30pm), David Kitchen (Sat 5pm), Stacy Brooks (Sun 2:30pm), Mary Battiana & Little Pink (Sun 5pm), ...
Mon Dec 9
Jim Lauderdale
Gipsy Sally's
$15 (adv)/$20 - 8pm - w/ Wil Gravatt Band
Wed Dec 11
Sarah Lee Guthrie & Johnny Irion
w/ Billy Coulter
Arts Barn
311 Kent Square Road, Gaithersburg
7:30pm
Wed Dec 11
Wooten Brothers
Birchmere
Thur Dec 12
Steve Winwood
Filmore
$55+SC - w/ Cris Jacobs
Thur Dec 12
Sklya Burrell
Cats Eye
Fri Dec 13
Rockin' Bones
Colvin Run Community Hall
yes, lesson @ 8:30pm
9pm-midnight - $15
Fri Dec 13
Ellis Paul
Jammin' Java
w/ Mariana Bell
Fri Dec 13
Watusi Horns
JVs
9pm - Dan Hovey, Vince McCool, Chris Watling, ...
Fri Dec 13
Underhill Rose
Madams
7-9pm
Sat Dec 14
Daryl Davis
Glen Echo
Spanish Ballroom
yes, lesson @ 8pm
$18 - 9pm
Sat Dec 14
The Taildraggers & Monsters From the Surf
Quarry House
Sat Dec 14
Chaise Lounge Chtristmas
Bethesda Blues & Jazz
doubtful
8pm
Sat Dec 14
Smokin' Polecats
Zoo Bar
Sun Dec 15
Sunday Waltz
Sugar Beat
Spanish Ballroom
Glen Echo Park
yes, lesson @ 2:45pm
$10 - 3:30-6pm
Fri Nov 29 - Mon Dec 23
Downtown Holiday Market
Downtown DC
8th & F St.-ish NW
Music noon-7pm daily - Dave Chappell & Dave Hartage (Mon noon), Ian Walters (Mon 5pm), Gina DeSimone & Pat Quinn (Tue noon), Snakehead Run (Tue 5pm), Jim Stephanson (Wed noon), Jonny Grave (Thur noon), Sweater Seth (Thur 5pm), Diana Quinn & Mike Wood (Fri 5pm), Esther Haynes & J.C.VeVe (Sat noon), Billy Thompson (Sat 5pm), Gina DeSimone & the Moaners (Sat 5pm), Stacy Brooks (Sun 2:30pm), ...
Tue Dec 17
Big Bad Voodoo Daddy
Birchmere
siddown & shuddup
7:30pm - $39.50+SC
Wed Dec 18
Chatham Co. Line
Jammin Java
8pm - $20 - Electric Tour
Wed Dec 18
Sweetback Sisters
Gypsy Sally's
8pm
Thur Dec 19
Speakers of the House
Cats Eye
Fri-Sat Dec 20-21
Soul Crackers
Clydes Chevy Chase
free
Fri-Sat Dec 20-21
Last Train Home Weekend
Iota
8:30pm - $15+SC - w/ Karl Straub Combo (Fri), the Linemen (Sat)
Fri Dec 20
Steady Rollin' Bob Margolin
Gypsy Sally's
8pm - w/ Janine Wilson
Fri Dec 20
King Teddy
Dulles Hilton
yes, w/ lesson @ 8:30pm
9pm - $15
Sat Dec 21
Sweet Heaven Kings
Kennedy Center
Millenium Stage
6-7pm - FREE
Sat Dec 21
Donna the Buffalo
Howard Theatre
7:30pm
Sat Dec 21
Eileen Ivers - Irish Christmas
George Mason
$50-25 - 8pm
Sat Dec 21
Hula Monsters
Quarry House
Sat Dec 21
Glenn Miller Orchestra
Spanish Ballroom
Glen Echo Park
yes, lesson @ 8pm
9pm
Sun Dec 22
Hall Brothers
Country Holiday Show
JVs
9:30pm
Sun Dec 22
Nighthawks
New Deal Cafe
5pm
Sun Dec 22
Last Train Home
Kennedy Center
Millenium Stage
6-7pm - FREE
Fri Nov 29 - Mon Dec 23
Downtown Holiday Market
Downtown DC
8th & F St.-ish NW
Music noon-7pm daily - Mary Alouette & Seth Kibel (Mon 2:30pm), Ian Walters (Mon 5pm), ...
Mon Dec 23
Blue Monday
Nighthawks
Westminster Church
400 I St. SW
6-9pm - $5
Wed Dec 25
Christmas
Wed 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
Wed Dec 25
Jr. Cline
JVs
Thur Dec 26
Deanna Bogart Band
Jammin' Java
Thur Dec 26
Dave Chappell
JVs
Fri-Sat Dec 27-28
Gogol Bordello
9:30
w/ Man Man
Fri-Sat Dec 27-28
Holiday Vaudeville w/ Alexandria Kleztet and Sean Grissom
Kennedy Center
Millennium Stage
FREE - 6pm
Fri Dec 27
Annual Hank Williams Tribute
Birchmere
siddown & shuddup
$29.50+SC - 7:30pm - w/ Claire Lynch, Cathy Fink & Marcy Marxer, Robin & Linda Williams & their Fine Group, Rickie Simpkins & Mark Schatz
Fri Dec 27
Bad Influence
Dulles Hilton
yes, w/ lesson @ 8:30pm
9pm - $15
Fri Dec 27
Cold Hard Cash
New Deal Cafe
8pm
Fri Dec 27
Swamp Keepers
Zoo Bar
Sat Dec 28
DC Houserockers w/ Tommy Lepson
JVs
4:30pm
Sat Dec 28
Jumpin' Jupiter & Suburban Surfers
Quarry House
Sun Dec 29
Tom Cunningham Orchestra
Spanish Ballroom
Glen Echo Park
yes, lesson @ 8pm
$18 - 9pm
Sat Dec 28
Cathy Ponton King
Flanigans
9:30pm
Sun Dec 29
Trombone Shorty
9:30
w/ Funk Ark
Sun Dec 29
Sunday Waltz
Terpsichore
Spanish Ballroom
Glen Echo Park
yes, lesson @ 2:45pm
$10 - 3:30-6pm
Sun Dec 29
Nighthawks
(Back to the Psychedelly)
Bethesda Blues & Jazz
yes
Sun Dec 29
Memphis Gold
JVs
Mon Dec 30
Trombone Shorty
9:30
w/ Chopteeth
Mon Dec 30
Blue Monday
Jocques Johnson & Margie Clarke
Westminster Church
400 I St. SW
6-9pm - $5
Tue Dec 31
New Years Eve
Tue Dec 31
First Night Alexandria
all over Old Town Alexandria
depends on the room
King Teddy, Robin Bullock, Anthony "Swamp Dog" Clark, Curtis Blues, Rose Between the Thorns, Al Petteway & Amy White, Janine Wilson, Grandsons, Bill Kirchen, ...
Tue Dec 31
Lady Luck & the Suicide Kings
Spanish Ballroom
Glen Echo Park
yes, lesson @ 8pm
$25
Tue Dec 31
Dr. John & Wanda Jackson
Hamilton
$110/$100(standing)+SC - inc. Gumbo & Champagne
Tue Dec 31
Hardway Connection
American Legion #268 Wheaton
$35(adv)/$40/-$5(member) - inc. Dinner & Champagne
Tue Dec 31
Keller Williams, the Keels, ...
Rams Head Live
Tue Dec 31
Trombone Shorty w/ Trouble Funk
9:30
And
Seldom Scene, ...
Deanna Bogart
Hard Swimming Fish
Birchmere
Rams Head
New Deal