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Date Artist Venue Dancing? Notes
2023
Sun Jan 1, 3:30-6pm
Sunday Waltz
Dance du Jour
Spanish Ballroom
Glen Echo Park
dancing, lesson @ 2:45pm
$15
Sun Jan 1, 6pm
Corey Arceneaux & the Zydeco Hot Peppers
Hank Dietles
dancing
$10
Mon Jan 2, 6-9pm
Blue Monday:
Nighthawks
Westminster Church
400 I St. SW
$10
Wed Jan 4, 7pm
Dale Watson & his Lone Stars
Hill Country BBQ
$20+
Wed Jan 4, 8pm
Local Cream Songwriters
Hank Dietles
w/ Annette Wasilik, ... - $10-20 donation - David Goodfriend @ 5:30pm
Wed Jan 4, 8pm
Matt Kelly's Swangbang
Cats Eye
Thur Jan 5, 8pm
Longtimers
Hank Dietles
$10
Thur Jan 5, 8pm
Pete Kanaras & the Hi-Fliers
Cats Eye
Fri-Sat Jan 6-7
Ricky Skaggs & Kentucky Thunder
Birchmere
$45+SC - Also Thur @ Rams Head
Fri Jan 6, 9pm
Kennedys
Jammin' Java
$10
Fri Jan 6, 9pm
Ruthie & the Wranglers
Hank Dietles
$10
Fri Jan 6
Sookey Jump
Hershey's
Sat Jan 7, 7-10pm
King Soul
Hells Bottom VFW
Sat Jan 7, 9pm
Fast Eddie & the Slowpokes
Hank Dietles
$10
Sun Jan 8, 8pm
Linwood Taylor Band
JVs
Sun Jan 8, 6pm
Charlie Owen & Pocket Change
Hank Dietles
$10
Thur Jan 12
Sol Roots Band w/ Mike Ault
JVs
Thur Jan 12, 8pm
Grandsons
Hank Dietles
$10
Thur Jan 12, 7-9:30pm
Flack
Hells Bottom VFW
Thur Jan 12
Cadillac Jump Blues
New Deal
Fri Jan 13, 7:30pm
Dream Discs: Van Morrison's Moondance, Springsteen's Wild, Innocent & the E-Street Shuffle
Birchmere
siddown & shuddup
Fri Jan 13, 4pm
Mike Tash, Mary Shaver, & Bob Malardi
JVs
Sat Jan 14, 9pm
(Cherry Poppin') Daddies
Spanish Ballroom
Glen Echo Park
dancing, lesson @ 8pm
$20(adv)/$30(door)
Sat Jan 14, 7:30pm
Last Train Home
Birchmere
siddown & shuddup
$29.50+SC - also Thursday (12) at Rams Head
Sat Jan 14
Vintage #18 w/ Robbin Kapsalis (8:30pm)
Ray Apollo Allen Band (4pm)
JVs
Sat Jan 14
Yachtsmen
Flack
Hank Dietles
Sat Jan 14
Steel Wheels
Hamilton
Sat Jan 14, 8pm
Larry & Joe
Joe's Movement Emporium
Mount Rainier
$25 (tix)
Sun Jan 15, 3:30-6pm
Sunday Waltz
Djangolaya
Spanish Ballroom
Glen Echo Park
dancing, lesson @ 2:45pm
$15
Sun Jan 15
Hula Monsters (6pm)
Dave Chappell Trio (2pm)
Hank Dietles
Tue Jan 17
Albert Lee
Jammin Java
also Thur @ Rams Head
Tue Jan 17, 8pm
Buffalo Nickel Band
Hank Dietles
Thur-Sat Jan 19-21
Del McCoury Band
Barns of Wolftrap
Thur Jan 19
Pile O'Rocks
JVs
Thur Jan 19
Going Going Gone
Hells Bottom
Thur Jan 19
Grandsons (8pm)
Marxer, Chappell, & Previti (5pm)
Hank Dietles
Fri Jan 20
Tex Rubinowitz & the Bad Boys Reunion
Birchmere
w/ Eddie Angel, Ratso, Johnny Castle, Scotty Flowers, Martha Hull
Fri Jan 20, 9-11:30pm
Natty Beaux
Colvin Run Dance Hall
inside, lesson @ 8:30
Fri Jan 20
Billy Price
Rams Head
Sat Jan 21
Justin Trawick "Bday Show"
w/ Kentuckey Ave. & GrifeCat
Pearl St. Warehouse
Sat Jan 21, 8:30pm
Wicked Jezabel
JVs
Sat Jan 21, 7pm
Furnace Mountain Band
Barns of Rosehill
Sun Jan 22, 6pm
Miss Tess
Hank Dietles
$20 (tix)
Tue Jan 24, 8pm
Mark Wenner's Blues Warriors
Hank Dietles
$10
Wed Jan 25, 8pm
Mark Wenner's Blues Warriors
JVs
Thur Jan 26, 8pm
Dave Chappell Band
JVs
Thur Jan 26, 8pm
Thrills
Hank Dietles
Fri-Sat Jan 27-28
Greensky Bluegrass
Anthem
w/ (F) Railroad Earth, (S) Daniel Donato
Fri Jan 27, 8pm
Nathan & the Zydeco Cha-Chas
American Legion Post 108
3608 Legion Dr., Cheverly
$24(door/adv tix) - shrimp etouffe dinner($15)
Fri Jan 27, 6:30-9:30pm
Phil Wiggins, Memphis Gold, & Steve Wolf
National Colonial Farm, Accokeek
$25
Fri Jan 27, 6:30-9:30pm
DCBS 4th Friday Happy Hour
Fast Eddie & the Slowpokes
Cissel Saxon American Legion #41
905 Sligo Ave, SS
No Cover
Fri Jan 27, 7pm
Nighthawks
Old Bowie Town Grille
$15
Sat Jan 28, 9pm
Seth Kibel Quintet w/ Flo Anito
Spanish Ballroom
Glen Echo Park
dancing, lesson @ 8pm
$20(adv)/$30(door)
Sat Jan 28, 8pm
Newmyer Flyer: Little Feat Tribute
Rams Head
siddown & shuddup
$28.50+ - w/ Eric Scott, Patty Reese, Tommy Lepson, Bill Starks, Brian Simms, Tony Denikos, Paull Bell, Chuck Underwood, Chuck Sullivan, ...
Sat Jan 28, 7pm
Corey Harris Band
Barns of Rose Hill
Sat Jan 28, 8-11pm
Dave Chappell
New Deal
Sat Jan 28, 7-10pm
Hula Monsters
Hells Bottom
Sun Jan 29, 3:30-6pm
Sunday Waltz
Sugar Beat
Spanish Ballroom
Glen Echo Park
dancing, lesson @ 2:45pm
$15
Sun Jan 29, 4pm
Nighthawks
Hershey's
Sun Jan 29, 7pm
Larry & Joe
Creative Alliance
$23
Tue Jan 31
9 Songwriter Series
Pearl St. Warehouse
w/ Justin Trawick, Bradley Rhodes, Chris Cassaday, Christine Chung, Jenny Langer, Emma G, Larua Love, Landon Paddock, Sara Curtin
Fri Feb 3, 8pm
Mike & the Moonpies
Pearl St. Warehouse
w/ Rob Leines - $18+
Fri Feb 3, 9-11:30pm
Have-a-Heart Hop & Fundraiser
w/ Rock-a-Sonics
Colvin Run Dance Hall
inside
$25(adv)/$30
Fri Feb 3, 9pm
Karen Collins & the Backroads Band
Hank Dietles
Sat Feb 4, 8pm
Voices of Mississippi
Strathmore
siddown & shuddup
$24+ w/ Bobby Rush, Sharde Thompas, Luther & Cody Dickinson...
Sat Feb 4, 7pm
Little Red & the Renegades
Longtimers
HubCapCenter
5200 Cathedral Ave, DC
Rocklands Food Truck
Sun Feb 5, 7:30pm
Daryl Davis's Thanks for the Memories
Birchmere
siddown & shuddup
$39.50+ w/ Angela Hill, Deletta Gillespie, Jeff Jones, John Jamison, Patty Reese, ...
Sun Feb 5, 3:30-6pm
Sunday Waltz
Devine Comedy
Spanish Ballroom
Glen Echo Park
dancing, lesson @ 2:45pm
$15
Sun Feb 5, 6-8pm
Tex Rubinowitz
New Deal
& Carly Harvey @ 11am-1pm
Sun Feb 5, 6pm
King Teddy
Hank Dietles
Tue Feb 7
Enter the Haggis
Hamilton
Wed Feb 8, 7pm
Mike & the Moonpies
8x10
w/ Rob Leines
Thur Feb 9, 8pm
Gibson Brothers
Rams Head
Thur Feb 9, 7-9:30pm
Flack
Hells Bottom VFW
Thur Feb 9, 8:30pm
Sol Roots
JVs
Fri Feb 10, 8-10pm
Spice Cake
Archie's Barbershop
$20 (Baerbershop benefit)
Fri Feb 10, 7pm
Wes Collins, Tom Prasada-Rao, Annette Wasilik
Hank Dietles
$20
Fri Feb 10, 7-10pm
Terri & the Back Alley Rhythm Cats
Hells Bottom VFW
Sat Feb 11, 8pm
Newmyer Flyer: Love Songs - Beatles
Hamilton
siddown & shuddup
$25+ - w/ Cal Everett, Tom Lofgren, Todd Wright, Gordon Sterling, Julie Lloyd, Parthenon Huxley, Willie Barry, Dave Egelhofer, Chuck Sullivan, Ronnie Smith, Brian Goddard, Edward O'Connell & Ronnie Newmyer, ...
Sat Feb 11, 8-11pm
Little Red & the Renegades
New Deal Cafe
Sat Feb 11, 9pm
Red Valentine Swing Dance w/ Craig Gildner & the Blue Sky 5
Spanish Ballroom
Glen Echo Park
dancing, lesson @ 8pm
Sat Feb 11
Ellis Paul
Jammin Java
Sun Feb 12
Linwood Taylor (8:30pm)
Mike Tash Trio (3:30pm)
JVs
Mon Feb 13, 7:30pm
Keb' Mo'
Rams Head
siddown & shuddup
w/ Anthony D'Amato
Mon Feb 13, 6-9pm
Blue Monday:
Carly Harvey's Kiss & Ride
Westminster Church
400 I St. SW
$10
Tue Mar 14
Valentine's Day
Tue Mar 14
Sookie Jump
JVs
Thur-Sat Feb 16-18
Tedeschi Trucks Band
Warner Theatre
Thur Feb 16, 7-9pm
Jontavious Willis
Hill Center
$22
Thur Feb 16, 7pm
Arty Hill
Waverly Brewing
Balmer
Thur Feb 16, 8pm
Ray Apollo Allen
Hank Dietles
Fri Feb 17, 8pm
Jontavious Willis
Creative Alliance
w/ Andrew Ali - In Person is Sold Out - streaming - $10
Fri Feb 17, 8:30pm
King Teddy
Colvin Run Dance Hall
inside, lesson @ 8pm
$20(online)/$25(door)
Fri Feb 17
Burt the Dirt
Old Bowie Town Grille
Sat Feb 18, 8-11pm
Wild Anacostias
New Deal
reservations recommended
Sat Feb 18, 7pm
Corey Arceneaux & the Zydeco Hot Peppers
Terry Hanck w/ Charlie Owen & Pocket Change
Baltimore Blues Society
Dundalk American Legion Hall #38
3300 Dundalk Ave
inside
$25(adv)/$30
Sat Feb 18
19th St. Band
Rockville Elks Lodge
Sat Feb 18, 4pm
Bullets
JVs
Sun Feb 19, 7pm
Buddy Holly Tribute
Rosensteel Hall
9707 Rosensteel Ave, Silver Spring
dancing
$25(adv)(tix) - w/ Rock-A-Sonics, Ruthie & the Wranglers, David Kitchen Band, Jelly Roll Mortals, Goin' Goin' Gone, J.P. McDermott, Crayfish Sisters, Jason Hicks, Ryan Cain, Matt Jordan, Bill O'Brien, Tooky & MC Colin Davies
Sun Feb 19, 3:30-6pm
Sunday Waltz
Valse Impressions
Spanish Ballroom
Glen Echo Park
dancing, lesson @ 2:45pm
$15
Sun Feb 19, 8pm
Shawn Colvin, Marc Cohn, & Sarah Jarosz
Warner Theatre
Mon-Tue Feb 20-21, 7:30pm
Keb' Mo'
Birchmere
siddown & shuddup
w/ Anthony D'Amato
Mon Feb 20, 6-9pm
Blue Monday:
Swampdog Blues
Westminster Church
400 I St. SW
$10
Tue Mar 21
Mardi Gras
Tue Mar 21, 7pm
Wild Anacostias
Streetcar 82
Hyattsville
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Tue Mar 21, 5:30-8:30pm
Capitol Hillbillies
Republic Cantina
43 N St. NW
"ad hoc" dancing
no Cover
Tue Mar 21
Sookie Jump (8pm)
Scott Ramminger (4:30pm)
JVs
Tue Mar 21, 8pm
Blues Warriors
Hank Dietles
also JVs on Wednesday
Wed Feb 22
Rob Ickes & Trey Hensley
Jammin' Java
Wed Feb 22
Soul Rebels
Hamilton
Thur Feb 23
Thrills
Hank Dietles
$10
Thur Feb 23
Dave Chappell
JVs
Fri-Sat Feb 24-25, 7:30pm
Richard Thompson (solo acoustic)
Birchmere
siddown & shuddup
also Thursday @ Rams Head
Fri Feb 24, 8-10pm
Gaye Adebgolola
Archie's Barbershop
$20
Fri Feb 24, 9pm
King Soul
Hank Dietles
Bill Williams @ 5:30pm
Fri Feb 24
Afro-Cuban All Stars
Strathmore
Sat Feb 25, 9pm
Dr. Zoot
Spanish Ballroom
Glen Echo Park
dancing, lesson @ 8pm
Sat Feb 25, 9pm
Billy Coulter & Julie Warles
Hank Dietles
$10
Sat Feb 25, 7pm
Plate Scrapers
Barns of Rose Hill
Sat Feb 25, 8:30pm
Mo'Mojo
TK Club
Conshohcken. PA
Lesson @ 7:45pm
$20
Sat Feb 25, 2pm
James Lovell
Smithsonian Museum of the American Indian
Garafuna
Sun Feb 26, 7-9pm
Jon Carroll
Palisades Hub-Backstage
5200 Cathedral Ave NW
$15 - stories & songs
Sun Feb 26, 4:30 & 6:30pm shows
Iona
Old Brogue
Great Falls
inside
$21
Sun Feb 26, noon
Soul & Blues
Music Maker Showcase
National Gallery of Art
East Building
Pat "Mother Blues" Cohen, Dedicated Men of Zion, Gail Ceasar, Jeffery Scott
Mon Feb 27, 7:30pm
Class of 88s
IMT @ Saint Mark Presby
10701 Old Georgetown Rd., Rockville
$25+2(adv)/$30(door) - w/ Deanna Bogart, Jon Carroll, & Bill Starks
Mon Feb 27, 6-9pm
Blue Monday:
Scott Raminger
Westminster Church
400 I St. SW
$10
Tue Feb 28
9 Songwriter Series
Pearl St. Warehouse
Tue Feb 28, 8pm
Blues Warriors
Hank Dietles
Wed Mar 1, 8pm
Local Cream Songwriters
Hank Dietles
$10-20 donation - w/ Susan Rowe, Nicole Belanus, John Bolten, & Annette Wasilik
Thur-Sat Mar 2-4
Tedeschi Trucks Band
Warner Theatre
Thur Mar 2
Thrills
JVs
Thur Mar 2, 8pm
Longtimers
Hank Dietles
$10
Fri Mar 3, 8pm
Fabulettes
Colvin Run Dance Hall
inside, lesson @ 8pm
$20(online)/$25(door)
Fri Mar 3
Burt the Dirt w/ Starooth (8pm)
Cahoots (5:30pm)
Hank Dietles
Fri Mar 3, 5pm
19th St. Band
Guinness Open Gate Brewery
Fri Mar 3
Chopteeth AfroFunk Big Band
Pearl St. Warehouse
$20
Sat Mar 4, 8pm
Steep Canyon Rangers
Barns of Wolftrap
$47
Sat Mar 4
Soul Crackers (9pm)
RTT w/ Ben Holmes (5pm)
Hank Dietles
$20 (tix) - $10 for RTT
Sat Mar 4
Natalie MacMaster & Donnell Leahy
Rescheduled to June 2
Birchmere
Sat Mar 4, 8-11pm
Daryl Davis & Patsy Stephens "Country Meets the Blues"
American Legion #217, College Park
$20
Sat Mar 4, 7pm
Little Red & the Renegades
El Golfo
dancing
No Cover
Sun Mar 5, 7:30-9:30pm
Jive Aces
Spanish Ballroom
Glen Echo Park
dancing, lesson @ 7pm
$20(adv)/$30(door)
Sun Mar 5, 6:30pm
Corey Arceneaux & the Zydeco Hot Peppers
Hank Dietles
dancing
$20
Sun Mar 5, 2:30-5pm
Sunday Waltz
Daybreak Trio
Spanish Ballroom
Glen Echo Park
dancing, lesson @ 1:45pm
$15 - Note an hour earlier than usual
Mon Mar 6, 6-9pm
Blue Monday:
Robbin Kapsalis & Vintage #18
Westminster Church
400 I St. SW
$10
Mon Mar 6
Robert Cray
Rams Head
Tue Mar 7
Enter the Haggis
Hamilton
Wed-Thur Mar 8-9, 7:30pm
Lyle Lovett & his Acoustic Group
Birchmere
Sold Out
Wed Mar 8, 7 & 9pm shows
Dave Chappell, Anthony Pirog, John Preveti, ↦ Mike Kuhl
Blues Alley
$30+
Thur Mar 9
Larkin Poe
9:30
$30 - w/ Tall Heights
Thur Mar 9
Grandsons (8pm)
Bill Starks (5:30pm)
Hank Dietles
Thur Mar 9, 8pm
Po Ramblin Boys w/ Karen Jonas
Pearl St. Warehouse
$16
Fri-Sat Mar 10-11
Baltimore Old Time Music Fest
Creative Alliance
square dance
w/ Ben Hunter, Joe Seamons & Phil Wiggins, Ginny Hawker Trio, Hubby Jenkins, Ken & Brad Kolodner, Lonesome Ace Stringband, ... workshops, etc.
Fri Mar 10, 6pm
Nellie McCay
Kennedy Center
Millenium Stage
FREE, ticketed
Fri Mar 10, 7-10pm
Bobby Thompson Trio
Old Bowie Town Grille
Fri Mar 10
Dave Chappell Trio
49 West
Sat Mar 11, 7:30pm
Curley Taylor & Zydeco Trouble
American Legion Post 108
3608 Legion Dr., Cheverly
lesson @ 6:30pm
"Mardi Gras in March" - $25(door/adv tix) - Jambalaya dinner($15) - also @ TK Club on Friday
Sat Mar 11, 5pm
19th St. Band
Guinness Open Gate Brewery
Sat Mar 11, 8-10pm
Nighthawks "Spring Fling"
Palisades Hub Cap Centre
dancing
$17.85 (tix) - BOYE
Sat Mar 11, 7-10pm
Thrills
Old Bowie Town Grille
Sat Mar 11, 8-11pm
Bad Influence
New Deal
also Kim's Grand Rounds Songwriter's Circle - 1-4pm
Sun Mar 12, 6pm
Tex Rubionowitz & Tom Mindte Band
Karen Collins & Ira Gitlin
Hank Dietles
$15 - Patty Reese Band @ 2pm
Mon Mar 13, 6-9pm
Blue Monday:
Mark Wenner's Blues Warriors
Westminster Church
400 I St. SW
$10
Tue Mar 14
Pi Day
Wed Mar 15, 5-7pm
Dave Chappell & Friends
49 West
Thur Mar 16, 8:30pm
Thrills
JVs
Fri Mar 17
St. Patrick's Day
Fri-Sat Mar 17-18, 5-9pm
19th St. Band
Guinness Open Gate Brewery
Fri Mar 17, 8-10pm
Guy Davis
Archie's Barbershop
$20
Fri Mar 17, 8pm
Gina DeSimone & the Moaners
Colvin Run Dance Hall
inside, lesson @ 8pm
$20(online)/$25(door)
Fri Mar 17, 9pm
Cravin Dogs
Hank Dietles
$10
Sat Mar 18, 9-11:30pm
Rock-a-Sonics & Natty Beaux
Spanish Ballroom
Glen Echo Park
dancing, lesson @ 8pm
$20(adv)/$30(door)
Sat Mar 18
Arty Hill (8pm)
Tony Denikos (5pm)
Hank Dietles
$10
Sat Mar 18, 8pm
King Soul
Washington/Rockville Elks
5 Taft Court
$10
Sat Mar 18, 8pm
Vintage #18
219
Sun Mar 19, 3:30-6pm
Sunday Waltz
Larry Unger & Friends
Spanish Ballroom
Glen Echo Park
dancing, lesson @ 2:45pm
$15
Sun Mar 19, 7-9pm
Johnny Castle & Ratso
Palisades Hub-Backstage
5200 Cathedral Ave NW
$15 - stories & songs
Sun Mar 19
Hula Monsters (6pm)
Dave Chappell Trio (2pm)
Hank Dietles
$10
$5
Mon Mar 20, 6-9pm
Blue Monday:
Mama Moon & the Rumpshakers
Westminster Church
400 I St. SW
$10
Tue-Wed Mar 21-22
Ladysmith Black Mombazo
Barns of Wolftrap
Tue Mar 21
Sookie Jump Band
JVs
Wed Mar 22
Amadou & Miraim
9:30
Wed Mar 22
Soul Rebels
Hamilton
$25+
Thur-Fri Mar 23-24, 8pm
Beausoleil
Amp
maybe dancing
$25+ - "Farewell Tour" - Thurday SOLD OUT, Friday added
Thur Mar 23, 8pm
Thrills
Hank Dietles
$10
Thur Mar 23
Quinn Sullivan & Veronica Lewis
Rams Head
Thur Mar 23, 7-9pm
Porch Delights
New Deal
Ruthie Logsdon, Arch Alcantara, Bill Williams
Fri Mar 24, 8pm
Dustbowl Revival
Hamilton
also @ Rams Head on Saturday @ 1pm
Fri Mar 24
Bobby Thompson Trio
Jim Stephanson Trio (5pm)
Hank Dietles
$10
Fri Mar 24
Popa Chubby
Jammin' Java
Sat Mar 25, 8pm
Sun Mar 26, 7pm
Big Bad Voodoo Daddy
Barns of Wolftrap
yes, lesson @ pre-show
$55
Sat Mar 25, 5pm
19th St. Band
Guinness Open Gate Brewery
Sat Mar 25, 9pm
Craig Gildner & the DC All Stars
Spanish Ballroom
Glen Echo Park
dancing, lesson @ 8pm
Sat Mar 25
Ty Braddock & the Loyal Inmates (9pm)
Big Howdy (5pm)
Hank Dietles
Sun Mar 26
Thrills
Women of the Blues (4pm)
JVs
WOB = Mary Shaver, Robbin Kapsalis, Shari Puorto, & Bad Influence
Sun Mar 26
Rock-a-Sonics
Hank Dietles
$12
Mon Mar 27, 6-9pm
Blue Monday:
Clarence Turner Blues Band
Westminster Church
400 I St. SW
$10
Tue Mar 28, 8pm
Mark Wenner's Blues Warriors
Dan Hovey (5:30pm)
Hank Dietles
$10 - also JVs on Wednesday
Tue Mar 28
9 Songwriter Series
Pearl St. Warehouse
w/ TBD
Wed Mar 29, 6pm
Suzzy Roche & Lucy Wainwright Roche
Kennedy Center
Millenium Stage
FREE, ticketed - Corrected Date
Wed Mar 29, 8pm
Marcia Ball & Tinsley Ellis
Pearl St. Warehouse
"Acoustic songs & stories" - Also Tuesday @ Rams Head
Wed Mar 29, 8pm
George Singleton
Hank Dietles
$10 eventbrite tix
Thur Mar 30, 8pm
HalFSmokes
Hank Dietles
$10
Thur Mar 30, 8pm
Cadillac Jump Blues
New Deal
Fri Mar 31, 6-8pm
Nighthawks
Cheverly American Legion 108
outside, weather permitting
playing for tips - food trucks
Fri Mar 31, 8-11pm
Fast Eddie & the Slow Pokes
New Deal
Fri Mar 31
Deanna Bogart & Bob Malone
Jammin Java
Sat Apr 1
April Fools Day
Sat Apr 1, 8pm
BandHouse Gigs: Fountains of Wayne tribute
Barns of Wolftrap
siddown & shuddup
$27 - w. Naked Blue, David Kitchen, Todd & Ryan Wright, Cal Everett, ...
Sat Apr 1, 8-10pm
19th St. Band
Rockville Elks Lodge
$15
Sat Apr 1, 8pm
Okalahoma Twisters
Rosensteel Hall
Emerald Room (downstairs)
lesson @ 7:30pm
Sat Apr 1, 8pm
Steel Wheels
Weinberg Center, Frederick
Sun Apr 2, 3:30-6pm
Sunday Waltz
Waverly Station
Spanish Ballroom
Glen Echo Park
dancing, lesson @ 2:45pm
$15
Sun Apr 2, 7-9pm
Nighthawks
Palisades Hub-Backstage
5200 Cathedral Ave NW
$15 - stories & songs
Sun Apr 2, 8pm
Tommy Castro & the Painkillers
Early Times
Rams Head
Mon Apr 3, 6-9pm
Blue Monday:
Moonshine Society
Westminster Church
400 I St. SW
$10
Tue Apr 4, 8pm
Muddy Waters 110th Bday
Nighthawks & Bob Margolin
Sold Out
Hank Dietles
$25+ (tix)
Thur-Fri Apr 6-7, 8pm
Marty Stuart & his Fabulous Superlatives
Barns of Wolftrap
Thur Apr 6, 8:30pm
Thrills
JVs
also Sunday, 6-8pm @ New Deal
Thur Apr 6, 8:30pm
Longtimers (8pm)
Other O'Briens (5:30)
Hank Dieltes
Fri Apr 7, 8pm
Igor & the Red Elvises
Kiti Gartner & the Drifting Valentines
Pearl St. Warehouse
Fri Apr 7, 5-7pm
Hula Monsters
Columbia Island Marina
Fri Apr 7, 9-11:30pm
Fabulettes
Colvin Run Dance Hall
inside, lesson @ 8:30
Fri Apr 7, 9-11:30pm
Tommy Lepson & the Bad Dawgs (9pm)
Bill Williams (5:30pm)
Hank Dieltes
$10
Fri Apr 7, 6pm
Bassekou Kouate & Ngoni Ba
Kennedy Center
Millenium Stage
FREE, ticketed, livestreamed
Sat Apr 8, 8:30pm
Lord of the Strings
Redd Volkaert & Dave Chappell
JVs
dancing
$20(adv)/$25(day of) - Ticketed - w/ John Previti & Pete Ragusa
Sat Apr 8, 8-10pm
King Soul
Palisades Hub Cap Centre
dancing
$15+ - BBQ truck, BOYE
Sat Apr 8
Rev Peyton's Big Damn Band
Jammin Java
w/ the Hooten Hallers
Sat Apr 8, 6pm
Eric Scott Trio w/ Deanna Bogart
Old Bowie Town Grille
Sun Apr 9, 8pm
Carolyn Wonderland
Rams Head
w/ Bad Influence
Sun Apr 9, 5pm
Charlie Owen & Pocket Change
Hank Dieltes
Mon Apr 10, 6-9pm
Blue Monday:
Vince Evans Authentic Blues Band
Westminster Church
400 I St. SW
$10
Wed Apr 12
Booker T Jones
Barns of Wolftrap
also Thursday @ Rams Head
Wed Apr 12, 7:30pm
Little Feat
Maryland Hall
w/ Miko Marks
Wed Apr 12
Peter Case
Jammin' Java
w/ Ben de la Cour
Thur Apr 13
Grandsons (8pm)
Bill Starks (5:30)
Hank Dietles
Thur Apr 13
Flack
Hells Bottom VFW
Fri Apr 14, 7pm
Ouros (Danny Knicely, Mario & Jose Ortega, Ralph Gordon)
Barns of Rose Hill
$20(adv)
Fri Apr 14
Terri & the Back Alley Rhythm Cats
Hells Bottom VFW
Fri Apr 14, 8-11pm
Anthony "Swampdog" Clark
New Deal
Sat Apr 15, 9-11:30pm
Big Joe & the Dynaflows
Spanish Ballroom
Glen Echo Park
dancing, lesson @ 8pm
Sat Apr 15, 7:30pm
Oh He Dead
Birchmere
w/ Cramer
Sat Apr 15, 9pm
Newmyer Flyer: Best of Lovin' Spponful
Hank Dietles
w/ Jelly Roll Mortals - $15 (tix)
Sat Apr 15, 9pm
Afropop Worldwide: The African Rivers Project
Kennedy Center
Eisenhower Theater
w/ Georges Collinet and musicians from Mali, Niger, Nigeria, & Congo
Sun-Mon Apr 16-17
Wailin' Jennies
Sold Out
Birchemre
Sun Apr 16, 3:30-6pm
Sunday Waltz
Djangolaya Trio
Spanish Ballroom
Glen Echo Park
dancing, lesson @ 2:45pm
$15
Sun Apr 16, 6pm
Hula Monsters
Hank Dietles
$10
Mon Apr 17, 6-9pm
Blue Monday:
Jose Ramirez Blues Project
Westminster Church
400 I St. SW
$10
Tue Apr 18
Tax Day
Tue-Wed 18-19, 7:30pm
Graham Nash
Birchemre
Tue Apr 18, 7:30pm
Robbie Fulks
Jammin' Java
Wed Apr 19, 8pm
SAW Showcase
Hank Dietles
w/ Julia Kasdorf, Parthenon Huyxley, & Diana Quinn - $10-20
Thur Apr 20, 7pm
Tony Trischka
Creative Alliance
also @ Barns of Rose Hill on Friday
Thur Apr 20
Thrills
JVs
Thur Apr 20
Going Going Gone
Hells Bottom
Fri-Sun Apr 21-23
DCLX
Various, mostly Glen Echo
yes
Fri: Craig Gildner Big Band (9pm), Keenan Mckenzie && the Riffers, Taryn Newborne & the Real Deal (1am)
Sat: Chelsea Reed & the Fair Weather Band (2pm) @ TBD, Scott Sibert Big Band (9pm), Mint Julep Jazz (1am), Chelsea Reed (1am)
Sun: Jon Tigert's Hangover Jam Band (2pm) @ Bumper Car, Gordon Webster & Friends (8pm)
Fri Apr 21
Gibson Brothers
Amp
$28+
Fri Apr 21, 8pm
Carsie Blanton
Hamilton
w/ Brittany Ann Tranbaugh
Fri Apr 21, 8pm
Rockits (8:30pm)
Shartel & Hume (4pm)
JVs
Fri Apr 21, 7pm
Janine Wilson & Arch Alcantara
Maryland Meadworks, Hyattsville
Fri Apr 21, 9pm
Eric Scott Trio w/ Deanna Bogart
Hank Dietles
$10 - Beatles at Dietles @ 5pm
Sat Apr 22, 8-10pm
Andy Cohen
Archie's Barbershop
$20
Sat Apr 22, 6:30-10:30pm
19th St Band
Starr Hill Biergarten
1805 Capital One Dr, Suite 1100, Tysons Corner
Sat Apr 22
Karl Stoll & the Danger Zone (8:30pm)
Groovequest (4pm)
JVs
Sun Apr 23, 7pm
Bela Fleck, Edgar Meyer, Zakir Hussain, & Rakesh Chaurasia
Strathmore
Sun Apr 23, 11-4pm
Day of the Book
Howard Ave, Kensington
w/ Phil Wiggins (1:30), Mark Wenner's Blues Warriors (11:30am), & Pile O'Rocks (2pm)
Mon Apr 24, 6-9pm
Blue Monday:
David Cole & Main St. Blues
Westminster Church
400 I St. SW
$10
Mon Apr 24, 8pm
Sona Jobarteh
Sold Out
Howard
Tue Apr 25
Wailers
Howard Theatre
Tue Apr 25
Mark Wenner's Blues Warriors (8pm)
Dan Hovey (5:30)
Hank Dietles
$10
Wed Apr 26, 8pm
Robert Lighthouse
Hank Dietles
$10 (tix)
Wed Apr 26, 8pm
Blues Warriors
JVs
Thur Apr 26, 8pm
Thrills
Hank Dieltes
$10
Thur Apr 26, 8pm
Dave Chappell
JVs
Fri-Sun Apr 28-30
Jazzfest
1st Weekend
New Orleans, LA
yes
Fri: Lizzo, Robert Plant & Allison Krauss, WuTang Clan+Soul Rebels, Big Freedia, Tank & the Bangas, Mavis Staples, Nicholas Payton, Kermit Ruffins, Charlie Musselwhite, New Orleans Classic Recording Review, Terrance Simien, Bassekou Kouyate, Jon "Papa" Gross, Jason Marsalis, Steve Riley, CC Adcock, Geno Delafose, Curley Taylor, Bonsir Catin, Wild Apaches, , ...
Sat: Ed Sheeran, Steve Miller, Taj Mahal, Leo Nocentelli, Christone "Kingfish" Ingram, CAtherine Russell, Samantha Fish, Dirty Dozen, Agelique Kidjo, Irma Thomas, Sonny Landreth, Campbell Brothers, Sunpie, Cedric Watson, Roddie Romero, Creole Wild West, Mitch Woods, Golden Star Hunters, Horace Trahan, ...
Sun: Tedeschi Trucks Band, Gary Clark Jr., Jill Scott, Kenny Loggins, Los Lobos, Dumpasphunk, Jon Cleary, Cyril Neville, Rebirth Brass, Big Chief Monk Boudreaux, Davell Crawford, Little Freddie King, Lost Bayou Ramblers, Honey Island Swamp Band, Iguanas, Lil' Nathan, Russell Batiste, New Orlaens Storyville, Band, Stooges Brass, Kenny Neal, Preservation Brass, T'Monde, ...
Fri Apr 28, 8pm
Newmyer Flyer: Laurel Canyon
Hamilton
$20+ - w/ David Kitchen, Margot MacDonald, Marueen Andary, Flo Anito, Colin Sidley, Juliet Lloyd, ...
Fri Apr 28, 8-10pm
Messthetics
the Yachtsmen
Palisades Hub Cap Centre
dancing
BBQ truck, BOYE
Fri Apr 28
Steeldrivers
Rams Head
Annapolis
Sat-Sun Apr 29-30
Drive By Truckers
9:30
$25
Sat Apr 29, 9pm
Strauss Waltz Ball
w/ Olde Vienna
Spanish Ballroom
Glen Echo Park
yes, lesson @ 8pm
$30 - 9-midnight - inc. refreshments
Sat Apr 29, 9pm
Billy Coulter Band w/ Tony Denikos
Hank Dietles
$10 (tix)
Sat Apr 29, 9pm
Cactus Liquors (8:30pm)
Honky Tonk Cassanovas (4pm)
JVs
Sun Apr 30, 6-8pm
Patsy's Honky Tonk Torch & Twang
New Deal
$10 (tix)
Sun Apr 30, 6pm
Ray Apollo Allen & the Apollo 1 Band
Hank Dietles
$10 (tix)
Sun Apr 30, 4pm
Mike Tash, Mary Shaver, & Clarence "Bluesman" Turner
JVs
Tue May 2, 8pm
Oh He Dead
Rams Head
Wed May 3, 8pm
"Local Cream" Songwriters
Hank Dietles
$10-20 - w/ Robert Gould, Doug Alan Wilcox, Sam Jones, Susan Rowe; David Goodfriend @ 5:30pm
Wed May 3
Dave Chappell & Friends
49 West
No Cover
Thur-Sun May 4-7
Jazzfest
2nd Weekend
New Orleans, LA
yes
Thur: Santana, Leon Bridges, Buddy Guy, Larkin Poe, Cowboy Mouth, Hot 8 Brass, Bonerama, Rockin' Dopsie, Jr., John Mooney, Meschiya Lake, Sunpie, Astral Project, Johnny Sansone, Jo-El Sonnier, Michael Doucet & Lacher Prise, Corey Ledet, Revelers, Papa Mali, ...
Fri: Jon Batiste, Ludacris, Irma Thomas, Molly Tuttle, Eric Gales, Soul Rebels, Marcia Ball, Big Sam's Funky Nation, Eric Lindell, John Boutte, Sue Foley, CJ Chenier, Savoy Family Cajun Band, Big Chief Donald Harrison Jr. Chris Thomas King, Wayne Toups, Amanda Shaw, Pine Leaf Boys, Yvette Landry, Jefferey Broussard, Buckwheat Zydeco Jr., ...
Sat: Dead & Company, Lumineers, H.E.R, Preservation Hall Jazz Band, John Hiatt & the Goners, Keb' Mo', Robert Randolph , Anders Osborne, Hurray for the Riff Raff, George Porter Jr., Dee Dee Bridgewater, Terrance Blanchard, Beausoleil, Layla McCalla, Deacon John, Judith Owen, Dwayne Dopsie, Chubby Carrier, Dr. Michael White's Origina Liberty Jazz, Feufollet, Bruce Diagrepont, ...
Sun: Mumford & Sons, Tom Jones, Trombone Shorty, Herbie Hancock, Melissa Etheridge, Galactic, Radiators, Zigaboo Modeliste, Flatlanders, Tab Benoit, Continental Drifters, Delfeayo Marsalis, Kermit Ruffins, Nathan & the Zydeco Cha Chas, Big Chief Bo Dollis & the Wild Magnolias, Don Vappie, Treme Brass, Flow Tribe, Jambalaya Cajun Band, New Birth Brass, Terry & the Zydeco Bad Boys, ...
Thur-Sun May 4-7
Shakori Hills Grassroots Fest
Pittsboro, NC
w/ Donna the Buffalo, Vieux Farka Toure, Marty Stuart, Larry & Joe, Sierra Hull, ...
Thur May 4, 6pm
Vieux Farke Toure
Kennedy Center
Millenium Stage
FREE, ticketed, livestreamed
Thur May 4
Thrills (8:30pm)
Robert Lighthouse (5pm)
JVs
Thur May 4
Dan Navarro
Jammin Java
Thur May 4
Longtimers (8pm)
Bill Starks (5:30)
Hank Dietles
Fri-Sat May 5-6
Charm City Bluegrass
Union Craft Brewing
1700 W 41st St. #420, Baltimore
Adv tix: $69+ (Sat), $79+ (both)
w/ Infamous Stringdusters, Cris Jacobs (John Prine Tribute), Steel Wheels, Magic Beans, Grateful Dub, Fireside Collective, Twisted Pine, Pert Near Sandstone, Caleb Stine, Honey Dewdrops, High & Wides, ... & Late Nights @ 8x10
Fri May 5
Cinco de Mayo
Fri May 5, 8pm
David Wax Museum
Hamilton
w/ Water Bears
Fri May 5, 9-11:30pm
Rock-a-Sonics
Colvin Run Dance Hall
inside, lesson @ 8:30
Fri May 5, 7:30-9:30pm
I Draw Slow
Hill Center
$30
Fri May 5, 9pm
Little Red & the Renegades
Hank Dietles
$10
Sat May 6, 6pm
Alejandro Escovedo
Kennedy Center
Millenium Stage
FREE, ticketed, livestreamed
Sat May 6, 7:30-10:30pm
Wild Anacostias
American Legion Post 108
3608 Legion Dr., Cheverly
$14(adv tix)/$20(door) - shrimp creole dinner ($15)
Sat May 6, 7:30pm
Sweater Set
Takoma Spark
7112 Willow Ave, TkPk
$15
Sun May 7, 3:30-6pm
Sunday Waltz
Valse Impressions
Spanish Ballroom
Glen Echo Park
dancing, lesson @ 2:45pm
$15
Sun May 7, 7-9pm
Quebe Sisters
Creative Alliance
also at Rams Head Tuesday
Sun May 7
King Teddy (6pm)
Dave Chappell Band (2pm)
Hank Dietles
Mon May 8, 6-9pm
Blue Monday:
Bill Heid & Big Joe Maher
Westminster Church
400 I St. SW
$10
Wed May 10, 8pm
Sweet Lillies
19th St Band
Pearl St. Warehouse
Thur May 11, 7:30pm
Iguanas
Hamilton
w/ Bobby Thompson Trio, also @ Rams Head on Friday
Thur May 11
Leyla McCalla
Amp
Thur May 11, 8pm
Grandsons w/ Dave Chappell
Hank Dietles
"Instrumental Mood Swings, v2"
Fri May 12, 9pm
Goin' Goin' Gone
Hank Dietles
Fri May 12
Karl Straub Combo
Hells Bottom VFW
Fri May 12, 8pm
Town Mountain
Pearl St. Warehouse
$20+
Sat May 13, 9-11:30pm
Mitch Woods & his Rocket 88s
Spanish Ballroom
Glen Echo Park
dancing, lesson @ 8pm
Sat May 13
Jerry Douglas Band
Birchmere
$35+
Sat May 13
Jimmy Carpenter Band (8:30pm)
Ron MacDonald, Dave Elliott, Jimmy Stephanson, & John Previti (4pm)
JVs
Sat May 13, 7-10pm
Nighthawks
Old Bowie Town Grille
$15
Sat May 13
Fabulettes
College Park
American Legion
Sun May 14, 6pm
Groovin' with Holmes
Hank Dietles
$10 - Dan Hovey, Tam Sullivan, John Previti, & Nick Ruggieri
Tue May 16, 8pm
McKinley James w/ Mark Wenner
Hank Dietles
$20 - w/ Dan Hovey @ 5:30pm
Wed May 17, 6pm
Steve Forbert
Kennedy Center
Millenium Stage
FREE, ticketed, livestreamed
Wed May 17, 8pm
Eric Gales
6th & I
$35(adv)/$40 - also @ Baltimore Sound Stage on Thursday
Thur-Sun May 18-21
Swamp in the City
Various Venues
Brooklyn, NY
dancing
Curley Taylor, Revelers, Sheryl Cormier, Roddie Romero, Cedric Watson, Jesse Lege, ...
Thur May 18, 8pm
Gibson Brothers
Rams Head
Thur May 18, 7:30pm
Dirk & Amelia Powell
IMT @ Saint Mark Presby
10701 Old Georgetown Rd., Rockville
$20+2(adv)/$25(door)
Thur May 18, 8:30pm
Thrills
JVs
Thur May 18, 7-11pm
Roberta Lea
19th St. Band
Downtown Columbia Lakefront
FREE
Fri May 19, 8pm
Sierra Hull
Rams Head
Fri May 19, 9pm
Rock-a-Sonics w/ Jason Hicks
Hank Dietles
Beatles @ Dietles' @ 5pm
Fri May 19, 9pm
Bad Influence Band (8:30pm)
Shartel & Hume (4pm)
JVs
Fri May 19, 8-10pm
Ian Walters & Matt Kelley
Archie's Barbershop
FREE
Sat-Sun May 20-21
Wine in the Woods Festival
Symphony WoodsColumbia
$40(adv) - (Sat 20) King Teddy, J Castro, Secret Society, Bad influence, ..., (Sun 21) Kelly Bell Band, The Sidleys, the Reflex, ...
Sat May 20, 7-9pm
Dirk & Amelia Powell
Barns of Rose Hill
$25(adv)/$30
Sat May 20, 9pm
King Soul
Hank Dietles
$20 - Chuck Underwood Trio @ 5:30
Sat May 20, 7:30pm
Thrills
Hells Bottom VFW
Sat May 20, noon-5pm
Bladensburg Waterfront Arts Festival
Bladensburg Waterfront Park
FREE - Wild Anacostias 3-5pm, prolly some band before that
Sun May 21, 3:30-6pm
Sunday Waltz
Wyndream
Spanish Ballroom
Glen Echo Park
dancing, lesson @ 2:45pm
$15
Sun May 21, 3:30pm
Curley Taylor & Zydeco Trouble
Peerless Rens Club
406 Chester Ave, Annapolis
dancing
$25
Sun May 21, 4:30-6:30pm
Oh He Dead
Hill Center
outside
FREE ticketed
Sun May 21, 4:30-6:30pm
Hula Monsters
Hank Dietles
$10
Mon May 29
Memorial Day
Mon May 29, 4pm
Memphis Gold
JVs
Tue May 30, 7:30pm
9 Songwriter Series
Pearl St. Warehouse
w/ TBD
Thur June 1, 7:30
Taj Mahal, Los Lobos, North Mississippi Allstars
Wolf Trap
Thur June 1, 8pm
John Nemeth
Hamilton
Fri-Sat June 2-3
John Legend
Wolf Trap
Fri June 2
Natalie MacMaster & Donnell Leahy
Birchmere
$25+
Fri June 2, 7:30pm
19th St Band
Grist Mill Park
Sat-Sun June 3-4, noon-7:30pm
Washington Folk Festival
Glen Echo Park
yes, w/ lessons
FREE - Schedule
Sat: Lilt, DC Mudd, Phil Wiggins & Ian Walters, Joe Euhlein & the U-Liners, Elke Baker, Reverb, Spice Cake, Capitol Hillbillies, Chrystylez Bacon, Djangolaya, Sweater Set, Sol Roots, Jay Summerour, & Eric Selby, ...
Sun: Rock-a-Sonics, Rick Franklin & Tom Mindte, Annet Wasilik & the Porchmen, Crayfish Sisters, Ruthie & the Wranglers, Esther Haynes & Tom Mindte, King St. Bluegrass, Karen Collins & the Backroads Band, Blue Panamuse, DeDe & the Do-Rights, ...
Sat June 3, 8-10pm
Soul Crackers
Palisades Hub Cap Centre
dancing
$17.85 (tix) - BOYE
Sat June 3, 5pm & 9:30pm shows
Me & the Boys
Johnny Spampinato & the Value Leaders
Hank Dietles
$20
Sun June 4, 4 & 7:30pm shows
Seven Voices tribute to Patsy Cline
Tonal Park Studios
Allyworld
$25+ - w/ Nicole Saphos, Maureen Andary, Dave Chappell, Ele Rubenstein, & Jess Eliot Myhre
Sun June 4
Curtis Salgado
Jammin' Java
"An Evening with"
Sun June 4
Corey Arceneaux & Zydeco Hot Peppers
Hank Dieltes
dancing
>$20
Wed June 7, 7:30
Indigo Girls
Wolf Trap
Wed June 7
Tinariwen
Lincoln Theatre
Thur-Sun June 8-11
C/Z Music & Dance Festival
Strawberry Park
Preston, CT
$170 (4 day) - Geno Delafose, Wayne Singleton, Steve Riley, Cedric Watson, Curley Talor, Jeffery Broussard, Pine Leaf Boys, Dennis Stroughmatt, ...
Thur June 8, 7pm
Larry & Joe
Hill Center
$22
Thur June 8, 8pm
Valerie June
Howard Theatre
w/ Nate Mergman
Fri June 9, 8pm
Karen Collins & the Backroads Band
New Deal
Fri June 9, 9pm
Arty Hill & the Long Gone Daddies
Hank Dietles
Sat-Sun June 10-11
HonFest
36h & Chestnut, Baltimore
outside
Sat: Fabulettes (5pm), Wild Anacostias (3:30pm)
Sat June 10, 9-11:30pm
"One Guy Named Moe"
Spanish Ballroom
Glen Echo Park
dancing, lesson @ 8pm
$20(adv)/$30 - King Teddy & the Grandsons
Sat June 10, 8pm
19th St Band
Lubber Run
FREE
Sat June 10, 11am-8pm
Tinner Hill Music Fest
Cherry Hill Park
Falls Church
$30+ - w/ Dumpstaphunk, Joe Louis Walker, Boneshakers, Shamans of Sound, Gay Adegbalola, ...
Sat June 10
Still Standing
New Deal
Sun June 11, 7:30pm
Buddy Guy, Samantha Fish, & Robert Randolph
Wolf Trap
Filene Center
Sun June 11, noon-8pm
Friendship Gathering honoring Dave Elliott
VFW Post 8241
1051 Spring Hill Rd. McLean
w/ Memphis Gold, Gig Joe Maher & the Big 3 Trio, Shotgun Highway Band, & TBD
Sun June 11, 2pm
Gina DeSimone & the Moaners
New Deal
Mon June 12, 7:30pm
Mark Schatz, Bryan McDowell, & the Dirty Grass Players
IMT @ Saint Mark Presby
10701 Old Georgetown Rd., Rockville
$20+2(adv)/$25(door)
Tue June 13, 5:30pm
Dan Hovey
Hank Dietels
No Cover
Thur June 15
Angelique Kidjo
Strathmore
FREE
Thur June 15, 8pm
Gabe Stillman
Hank Dietels
$20
Fri-Sun June 16-18
Columbia Lakefest
Downtown Columbia Lakefront
w/ Judith Hill, Delfeayo Marsalis, Garifuna Collective, Dupont Brass, Sidleys, ...
Fri June 16, 7:30pm
NRBQ
Birchmere
$45+
Fri June 16, 6pm
19th St. Band
Bethesda Streetery
Fri June 16, 9pm
Pile O' Rocks
Hank Dietles
$10
Fri June 16, 8pm
Fast Eddie & the Slowpokes
New Deal
Sat-Sun June 17-18, 7pm
Trombone Shorty
Ziggy Marley
Mavis Staples
Wolf Trap
Filene Center
Sat June 17, 10am-10pm
Silver Spring Blues Fest
Downtown Silver Spring
outside
w/ Clarence "the Bluesman" Turner, Bonshakers w. Ron Holloway, Mak "Muleman" Massey, Fast Eddie, Ale Ponto, Women in the Blues, Blue Panamuse, Archie Edwards Blues Ensemble, ...
Sat June 17, 9-11:30pm
Girls from Mars
Spanish Ballroom
Glen Echo Park
dancing, lesson @ 8pm
Sat June 17, 11-8:30pm
Columbia Pike Blues Fest
922 S. Walter Reed Dr, Arlington
outside
w/ Judith Hill, Annika Chambers & Paul DesLouriers, Bobby Thompson, Gayle Harrod Band, Spice Cake
Sat June 17
Little Red
New Deal
Sun June 18, 3:30-6pm
Sunday Waltz
Sugar Beat
Spanish Ballroom
Glen Echo Park
dancing, lesson @ 2:45pm
$15
Sun June 18
Hula Monsters (6pm)
Dave Chappell Band (2pm)
Hank Dietles
Tue June 20, 8pm
Jimmie Vaughan & the Tilt-a-Whirl Band
Rams Head
Tue June 20, 8pm
Thrills
JVs
Tue June 20
Christone "Kingfish" Ingram
8x10
Wed June 21
19th St. Band
Rock the Dock Concert Series
The Wharf, DC
also Starr Hill in Tysons on Friday
Wed June 21, 5-7pm
Dave Chappell & Friends
49 West
Thur June 22, 8pm
Steve Miller Band
Christone "Kingfish" Ingram
Wolf Trap
Filene Center
Thur June 22, 8pm
Thrills
Hank Dietles
Thur June 22, 8:30pm
Sol Roots
JVs
Fri-Sun June 23-25
American Buffalo
Contra Dance Weekend
Buffalo Gap
Capon Bridge, WV
The Gigmeisters, The Faux Paws, Larry Unger, Emily Troll, Eric Boodman, Critten Hollow Stringband, Janine Smith and Adina Gordon Callers
Fri June 23
Nathan & the Zydeco Cha-Chas
Jazz in the Garden
National Gallery of Art
Sculpture Garden
concrete
FREE - ticketed/lottery
Fri June 23, 7:30pm
Revelers
Grist Mill Park
grass
FREE
Fri June 23, 8-10pm
Hubby Jenkins
Archie's Barbershop
$25
Fri June 23
Charlie Owen & Pocket Change (8pm)
Jim Stephanson Trio (5:30)
Hank Dietle's
Sat-Sun June 24-25, 4pm
Out & About Festival
Wolf Trap
$75+ (festival or day?) - Brandi Carlile, Yola, Rufus Wainwright, Lucious, Celisse, Brandy Clark, Oh He Dead, Jake Wesley Rogers, Bad Moves, ...
Sat June 24
Rodrigo y Gabriella
Atlantis
Long ago sold out, I'm sure
Sat June 24, 5pm
Karen Collins & the Backroads Band
Hank Dietles
CD release
Sat June 24, 8pm
U-Liners
New Deal
Sun June 25
Nathan & the Zydeco Cha-chas
Peerless Rens
$25 - 2pm doors
Sun June 25
Rodrigo y Gabriella
9:30
Sun June 25, 6pm
Cancelled - Cedryl Ballou & the Zydeco Trendsetters
Now: Terri & the Back Alley Rhythm Cats
Hank Dietles
@ TK club Saturday
Sun June 25
Linwood Taylor (8pm)
Celbration of Tom Holland (1-6pm)
JVs
Tue-Wed June 27-28, 7:30pm
Tedeschi Trucks Band
Wolf Trap
Filene Center
Tue June 27, 7:30pm
9 Songwriter Series
Pearl St. Warehouse
$12 - w/ TBD
Tue June 27
Mark Wenner's Blues Warriors (8pm)
Dan Hovey (5:30pm)
Hank Dietles
Blues Warriors @ JVs on Wednesday
Wed June 28, 5-7pm
Dave Chappell & Friends
49 West
Wed June 28, 7pm
Seth Kibel Quartet
New Deal
Thur June 29-Sun July 2
Smithsonian Folklife Festival
Evening Concerts
National Mall
outside/tents
Thur 6-9pm: Ozarks Women
Fri 6-9pm: Fran Grace, Kingdom Fellowship, Legendary Ingramettes
Sat 6-9:30pm: NextGen Ozarks Showcase: Pura Coco, Kayln Fay, Sylamore Special, Grace Stormount, & Community Square dance
Sun 5:30-7pm: Riyaaz Qawwali, The Jones Family Singers
Thur June 29, 8pm
Robert Plant & Allison Krauss
JD McPherson
Wolf Trap
Filene Center
SOLD OUT
Thur June 29, 8pm
Dave Chappell
JVs
Thur June 29, 7:30pm
Ruthie & the Wranglers
Glen Echo Park
Bumper Car Pavillion
FREE
Thur June 29, 7pm
Jimi Smooth & HitTime
Rock the Dock
The Wharf
FREE
Fri June 30, 7:30pm
Newmyer Flyer: Songs of Burt Bacharach & Hal David
Birchmere
siddown & shuddup
w/ Steve Washington, Shuga Shang, Lynn Veronneau, Anita King, Nikko Atiim Nixon, Desson Thomson, Margot MacDonald, Deeme Katson w/ Mike Mills, Andy Hamburger, Chuck Underwood, John Dawson, Al Williams, Zack Smith
Fri June 30, 8pm
Kiti Gartner & the Drifting Valentines
Lubber Run
FREE
Fri June 30, 8pm
Robert Lighthouse
Hank Dietles
Fri June 30
Bobby Thompson Band
Tommy Lepson & the Bad Dawgs
Collective Encore, Columbia
$15-20
Sat July 1, 7pm
Guy Davis
Barns of Rose Hill
Sat July 1
Scythian
Reston Town Center
FREE
Sat July 1, 8pm
Skyla Burrell
New Deal
Tue July 4
Independence Day
Tue July 4
Smithsonian Folklife Festival
Evening Concerts
National Mall
outside/tents
6-7:30pm: The Ozark Mountain Daredevils
2:30-4pm: De Libertate: Sounds of Ukraine
Wed July 5, 7pm
Nighthawks
Burke Lake Park
FREE
Wed July 5, 8pm
Local Cream Songwriters
Hank Dietles
w Jeff Smith, Krista O'Connell, Mike Ryan & Annette Wasilik - David Goodfriend @ 5:30pm
Thur-Sun July 6-9
Smithsonian Folklife Festival
Evening Concerts
National Mall
outside/tents
Thur 6-9pm: Ozarks Opry: Terry Sanders; Scrivener, McAlister & Cavins Trio; Sylamore Special; Williams Family; Big Smith
Fri 6-8pm: Fran Grace, Kingdom Fellowship, Legendary Ingramettes
Fri 8:30-10pm: Folkways at 75: Jake Blount, No-No Boy, Harry Smith's Early Abstractions Short Films
Sat 6-10pm: Sad Daddy, Creek Rocks, Po' Ramblin' Boys, & Community Square dance
Sun 5-6:30pm: Blues and Roots: Celebrating the Musicians of Playing for the Man at the Door: Dom Flemons, Yasmin Williams, Phil Wiggins
Thur July 6, 7:30pm
Bill Kirchen
Nottoway Park
FREE
Thur July 6, 6-8pm
Wild Anacostias
Lake Artemesia
Berwyn Heights
FREE
Thur July 6, 7:30pm
Longtimers (8pm)
Jelly Roll Mortals Trio @ 5:30pm
Hank Dietles
Fri July 7, 7:30pm
Soul Crackers
Royal Lake Park
FREE
Fri July 7, 9-11:30pm
Gina DeSimone & the Moaners
Colvin Run Dance Hall
inside, lesson @ 8:30
Fri July 7, 8pm
Black Joe Lewis
Hamilton
Fri July 7, 6pm
DC Mudd
Bethesda Streetery
Sat July 8, 8pm
King Soul
Lubber Run
FREE
Sat July 8, 9pm
Good Shot Judy
Spanish Ballroom
Glen Echo Park
dancing, lesson @ 8pm
Sat July 8, 8pm
The Thrills and Liz Springer
Rockville Elks Club
Sat July 8, 9pm
HalfSmokes
Hank Dietles
also Sunday 6pm @ Great Falls Green
Sun July 9, 3:30-6pm
Sunday Waltz
Taylor Among the Devils
Spanish Ballroom
Glen Echo Park
dancing, lesson @ 2:45pm
$15
Sun July 9, 7:30pm
Bettye Lavette
Hamilton
Sun July 9, 6:30pm
Rock-A-Sonics
Downtown Columbia Lakefront
FREE
Mon July 10, 7:30pm
Nick Lowe & Los Straitjackets
Sold Out
Birchmere
$45+SC
Tue July 11, 8pm
Blues Warriors
Hank Dietles
$10
Wed July 12, 7pm
Chopteeth
Strathmore Lawn
FREE
Wed July 12, 7:30pm
Pietasters
Franconia District Park
FREE
Wed July 12, 7:30pm
Johnny Artis Band
Mason District Park
FREE
Thur July 13, 7:30pm
Little Red & the Renegades
Nottoway Park
FREE
Thur July 13, 8pm
Grandsons
Hank Dietles
$10
Thur July 13, 5:30-7pm
Jumpin' Jupiter
Fx Govt Center
FREE
Fri July 14, 8pm
Steep Canyon Rangers
Rams Head
Fri July 14
Ultrafaux & the Hot Club of Baltimore
Jazz in the Garden
National Gallery of Art
Sculpture Garden
concrete
FREE - ticketed/lottery
Fri July 14
King Teddy
Reston Station
Fri July 14, 6pm
Billy Coulter
Bethesda Streetery
Sat July 15, 7pm
Eric Lindell
Pearl Street Warehouse
Sat July 15, 8:30pm
Bad Influence
JVs
Sat July 15
Ian Walters
Limerick Pub
Sat July 15
Mary Battiata & Little Pink (9pm)
Jim Stephanson Trio (5pm)
Hank Dietles
$15
Sun July 16, 7:30pm
Rodney Crowell
Robk Ickes & Trey Hensley
Birchmere
$59.50+SC
Sun July 16, 2pm
Hula Monsters (6pm)
Hard Swimming Fish (2pm)
Hank Dietles
$10 & $5
Sun July 16, 7:30pm
Cathy Fink & Marcy Marxer, w. Chao Tian
Mason District Park
Tue July 18, 8pm
Buffalo Nickel Band
Hank Dietles
No Cover
Wed July 19, 7:30pm
Thrills
Mason District Park
FREE
Wed July 19, 7:30pm
Selwyn Birchwood
Eli Cook
Hamilton
Thur July 20, 7:30pm
Tab Benoit
Sold Out
Birchmere
siddown & shuddup
$45+SC - w/ Anthony Rosano & the Concqeroos
Thur July 20, 6pm
Hurray for the Riff Raff
Kennedy Center
Millenium Stage
FREE, ticketed
Thur July 20
Legendary Ingramettes
Creative Alliance
Fri-Sat July 21-22, 8pm
Tab Benoit
Rams Head
siddown & shuddup
Fri July 21, 8pm
Bio Ritmo
Royal Lake Park
FREE
Fri July 21, 7:30pm
King Teddy
Grist Mill Park
FREE - also noon @ Ronald Reagan Building in DC
Fri July 21, 9pm
Igor & the Red Elvises
Hank Dietles
Fri July 21, 8pm
Hot Club of Baltimore
Lubber Run
FREE
Sat July 22, 7:30pm
Big Bad Voodoo Daddy
Reston Town Center
outside, concrete
FREE
Sat July 22, 8pm
Newmyer Flyer: Everyly Brothers Tribute
Collective Encore
Columbia
$20+ - w/ David Kitchen, Ginger Kitchen, Willie Barry, Jelly Roll Mortals, Ruthie Logsdon, Bill Starks, Andy Rutherford, Louie Newmyer, & Tom Fridrich
Sat July 22
Flack
Karl Straub Combo
Hank Dietles
Sat July 22
Matt Kelly's SwangBang(9:30pm)
Ursula Ricks' project (4pm)
Cats Eye Pub
Sun July 23, 3:30-6pm
Sunday Waltz
Karen Collins & the Backroads Band
Spanish Ballroom
Glen Echo Park
dancing, lesson @ 2:45pm
$15
Sun July 23, 7:30pm
Nickel Creek
Aoife O'Donovan
Wolf Trap
Filene Center
Sun July 23, 7:30pm
Bumper Jacksons
Mason District Park
FREE
Wed-Sun July 26-30
Floyd Fest
Cancelled
Venue Issues
Wed July 26, 7pm
Skip Castro Band
Burke Lake Park
FREE
Wed July 26, 7pm
Carly Havery
Strathmore Lawn
FREE
Wed July 26, 7pm
Blues Warriors
JVs
Thur July 27, 7:30pm
Los Lobos
Caleb Stine
Rams Head
50th Anniversary tour
Thur July 27, 7:30pm
Frank Solivan & Dirty Kitchen
Frying Pan Farm Park
FREE
Thur July 27
Ana Popovic
Hamilton
Thur July 27, 7:30pm
Grandsons
Glen Echo Park
Bumper Car Pavillion
FREE
Fri July 28, 6pm
Nighthawks
Marian Fryer Town Plaza, Wheaton
FREE
Fri July 28, 6pm
Hard Swimming Fish
Bethesda Streetery
No Cover
Fri July 28, 7:30pm
HalfSmokes
Grist Mill Park
Fri July 28, 6pm
Fast Eddie & the Slowpokes
Old Bowie Town Grille
No Cover
Fri July 28, 9pm
Burt the Dirt
Hank Dietles
Sat July 29, 8pm
Seven Voices: Patsy Cline Tribute
Lubber Run
FREE - w/ Jess Eliot Myhre, Nicole Saphos, Dave Chappell, Maureen Andary, ...
Sat July 29, 8pm
Rev. Billy C. Wirtz
Hank Dietles
Sat July 29
Soul Crackers
Collective Encore
Sat July 29
Mark Wenner's Blues Warriors
Old Bowie Town Grille
Sun July 30, 6pm
Tex Rubinowitz & Tom Mindte Roots Rock & Roll Band w/ Karen Collins & Ira Giglin
Hank Dietles
$15 - also: Dave Chappel Band @ 3pm - $7
Sun July 30, 7:30pm
Patty Reese Band
Mason District Park
Sun July 30, 8pm
Ruthie Foster
Hamilton
Also Saturday, 1pm @ Rams Head
Sun July 30, 1pm
Anders Osborne Duo
Rams Head
Wed Aug 2, 8pm
Jason Isbell & the 400 Unit
Filene Center
Wolf Trap
w/ SG Goodman
Wed Aug 2, 5-7pm
Dave Chappell & Friends
49 West
Thur-Sun Aug 3-6
Buffalo by the Bayou
Buffalo Gap Retreat
Capon Bridge, WV
yes
w/ Bruce Diagrepont, Leroy Thomas, Jeffery Broussard - Camping & limited Cabin space
Thur Aug 3, 7:30pm
Seldom Scene
Nottoway Park
FREE
Thur Aug 3
Karen Jonas & Bryan Elijah Smith
Jammin' Java
Thur Aug 3
Keller Williams & the Hillbenders
Hamilton
Fri Aug 4, 9-11:30pm
Rock-a-Sonics
Colvin Run Dance Hall
inside, lesson @ 8:30
Fri Aug 4
Seldom Scene
Jazz in the Garden
National Gallery of Art
Sculpture Garden
concrete
FREE - ticketed/lottery
Fri Aug 4, 6:30-9:30pm
The Thrills
Old Bowie Town Grille
Fri Aug 4, 7:30pm
HalfSmokes
Royal Lake Park
FREE
Sat Aug 5, 8pm
Lyle Lovett & his Large Band
Wolf Trap
Filene Center
w/ the NSO
Sat Aug 5, 7:30pm
Deanna Bogart w/ Magic Dick
Reston Town Center
outside, concrete
FREE
Sat Aug 5
Rock-A-Sonics (9pm)
Big Howdy Bluegrass (5pm)
Hank Dietles
$12 (RaS)
$15 (Bluegrass)
Sat Aug 5, 8pm
Jenny Langer & Moonshine Society w/ Carly Harvey
Collective Encore
Sun Aug 6, 3:30-6pm
Sunday Waltz
Go Figure
Spanish Ballroom
Glen Echo Park
dancing, lesson @ 2:45pm
$15
Sun Aug 6, 8pm
Jason Mraz & his Superband
Wolf Trap
Filene Center
w/ the Mysticla Magical Rhythmical Radical Ride
Sun Aug 6, 7pm
Sarah Borges
Hank Dietles
$17
Mon Aug 7, 6-9pm
Blue Monday:
Carly Harvey's Kiss & Ride
Westminster Church
400 I St. SW
$10
Tue Aug 8, 8pm
Blues Warriors
Hank Dietles
$10
Wed Aug 9
Thrills
JVs
Thur Aug 10
Grandsons (8pm)
Bill Starks (5:30)
Hank Dietles
$10 & No Cover
Thur Aug 10
Asleep at the Wheel
Birchmere
siddown & shuddup
$39.50+ - w. Michelle Lordi
Thur Aug 10, 7:30pm
Carly Harvey
Nottoway Park
Thur Aug 10, 7:30pm
Flack
Hells Bottom VFW
Fri Aug 11, 7:30pm
Memphis Gold
Royal Lake Park
FREE
Fri Aug 11
Charm City Junction
Collective Encore
Fri Aug 11, 6pm
Margo Price
Kennedy Center
Millenium Stage
FREE, ticketed, livestreamed
Fri Aug 11, 7:30-9:30pm
Dave Chappell Trio
49 West
Sat Aug 12, 8pm
Bandhouse Gigs: Tom Petty Tribute
Warner Theatre
w/ Keren Jonas, David Kitchen, Bobby Thompson, Cal Everett, Tom Logrin, Billy Coulter, Ty Braddock, Pile O'Rocks, Bill Starks, ...
Sat Aug 12, 7:30pm
Bumper Jacksons
Reston Town Center
outside, concrete
FREE
Sat Aug 12, 8:30pm
Rockits
JVs
Sat Aug 12
Terri & the Back Alley Rhythm Cats
Hells Bottom VFW
Sun Aug 13, 6pm
Miss Tess
Hank Dietles
$20
Sun Aug 13
Linwwood Taylor (8pm)
Rock-a-Sonics (4pm)
JVs
Sun Aug 13, 6:30pm
Dave Chappell
Columbia Lakefront
FREE
Mon Aug 14, 6-9pm
Blue Monday:
Sol Roots
Westminster Church
400 I St. SW
$10
Mon Aug 14, 6:30pm
Cane Mill Road
Takoma Spark
7112 Willow Avenue, TkPk
$20
Wed Aug 16, 7pm
UkeFest Finale
Strahtmore Lawn
FREE
Wed Aug 16, 7pm
Natty Beaux
Mason District Park
FREE
Wed Aug 16, 7:30pm
Dave Alvin & Jimmie Dale Gilmore w/ the Guilty Ones
Birchmere
$45+SC - w/ Dead Rock West
Wed Aug 16, 7pm
Nighthawks
Franconia District Park
FREE
Thur Aug 17, 7:30pm
Nathan & the Zydeco Cha-Chas
Creative Alliance
dancing
$25/$15(streaming)
Thur Aug 17, 8pm
Shemekia Copeland
Sold Out
Collective Encore
Thur Aug 17, 7:30pm
Hula Monsters
Glen Echo Park
BumperCar Pavillion
FREE
Thur Aug 17, 7pm
Rock-a-Sonics
Waverly Brewing
Balmer Honky Tonk
FREE
Fri Aug 18, 7pm
Jimmie Vaughan & the Tilt-a-Whirl Band
State Theatre
Fri Aug 18, 9-11:30pm
Hula Monsters
Colvin Run Dance Hall
inside, lesson @ 8:30
Fri Aug 18, 7:30pm
John McCutcheon
Mason District Park
FREE
Fri Aug 18, 9pm
Ruthie & the Wranglers
Hank Dietles
$10 - Beatles at Dietle's (5pm)
Sat Aug 19, 9-11:30pm
Big Sandy & the Fly-Rite Boys
Rock-a-Sonics
Bumper Car Pavillion
Glen Echo Park
yes, lesson @ 8pm
$20(adv)/$30
Sat Aug 19
Corey Arceneaux & The Zydeco Hot Peppers
Old Bowie Town Grille
$20
Sat Aug 19, 8pm
John Fogerty
Wolf Trap
Filene Center
Sat Aug 19
Arty Hill & the Long Gone Daddies (9pm)
Blue Rhythnm Boys (5:30pm)
Hank Dietles
$10 each
Sun Aug 20, 3:30-6pm
Sunday Waltz
Waltz Weavers
Spanish Ballroom
Glen Echo Park
dancing, lesson @ 2:45pm
$15
Sun Aug 20, 6-9pm
Nathan & the Zydeco Cha-Chas
American Legion Post 108
3608 Legion Dr., Cheverly
$25(door/adv tix) - jambalaya dinner($15)
Sun Aug 20, 6pm
Hula Monsters
Hank Dietles
$10
Sun Aug 20, 7:30pm
Frank Solivan & Jillian Lea
Mason District Park
FREE
Mon Aug 21, 6-9pm
Blue Monday:
Midnight Blue
Westminster Church
400 I St. SW
$10
Wed Aug 23
Blues Warriors
JVs
Wed Aug 23, 5-7pm
Dave Chappell & Friends
49 West
Thur Aug 24, 7pm
Bill Kirchen w/ Johnny Castle
Old Bowie Town Grille
$30
Thur Aug 24, 8pm
Zydeco Takeover - Blackcat (Dwight) Carrier & Ruben Moreno
Hank Dietles
$25
Thur Aug 24, 7:30pm
Fast Eddie & the Slowpokes
Nottoway Park
FREE - Also Hershey's on Friday
Thur Aug 24
Pile O' Rocks
JVs
Fri-Sat Aug 25-26
Soul Crackers
Hank Dietles
$20
Fri Aug 25, 7:30pm
Deanna Bogart
Grist Mill Park
FREE
Fri Aug 25, 6:30-9:30pm
DCBS 4th Friday Happy Hour
Bad Influence Band
Cissel Saxon American Legion #41
905 Sligo Ave, SS
No Cover
Fri Aug 25, 8pm
Dave Chappell
New Deal
Sat Aug 26, 8pm
Mary Chapin Carpenter
Wolf Trap
Filene Center
w/ Dawes
Sat Aug 26, 7:30pm
Dwayne Dopsie & the Zydeco Hellraisers
Reston Town Center
outside, concrete
FREE
Sat Aug 26, 8pm
King Soul
$1000 Car
Palisades Hub
dancing
$15
Sat Aug 26, 7pm
Redd Volkaert
Barns of Rose Hill
Sat Aug 26, 7:30pm
HalFSmokes
Washington Rockville Elks Lodge
$10
Sun Aug 27, 6pm
Nighthawks
New Deal
Sun Aug 27, 7:30pm
Robert Cray
Birchmere
siddown & shuddup
$59.50+SC
Sun Aug 27
Paisly Tonk w/ Col Josh (6pm)
Dave Chappell (2pm)
Hank Dietles
Sun Aug 27, 4:30pm
Wildmans
Hill Center
outside
FREE - Ticketed
Mon Aug 28, 6-9pm
Blue Monday:
Clarence Turner Blues Band
Westminster Church
400 I St. SW
$10
Tue Aug 29
Jason Carter & Friends
Pearl St. Warehouse
w/ Wicked Sycamore
Wed Aug 30, 7:30pm
Iris DeMent
Birchmere
$45+SC
Wed Aug 30, 5-7pm
Dave Chappell & Friends
49 West
Thur Aug 31, 7-9pm
Jelly Roll Mortals
New Deal
Thur Aug 31
Dave Chappell Band
JVs
Fri-Sun Sept 1-3
Rhythm & Roots Festival
Ninigret Park
Charlestown, RI
w/ Greensky Bluegras, Trombone Shorty, JJ Grey, Robert Cray, Dumpstaphunk, Infamous Stringdusters, Shinyribs, Dustbowl Revival, Tuba Skinny, Steve Riley, Curley Taylor, Revelers, Cory Ledet, Old Fashioned Aces, Knickerbocker All-stars, ...
Fri-Sat Sept 1-2, 8pm
Sting
Wolf Trap
Filene Center
w/ Joe Sumner & the Last Bandoleros
Fri Sept 1, 6pm
Soul Crackers
Bethesda Streetery
FREE
Fri Sept 1, 6:30-10pm
19th St Band
Starr Hill Brewer-Tysons
Fri Sept 1, 9pm
Blues Warriors
Hank Dietles
$10
Sat-Sun Sept 2-3
Social Dance Showcase
Bumper Car Pavillion & Ballroom Back Room
Glen Echo Park
lotsa dancing
FREE - Dancing: Ballroom, Soul Line, Square, Balboa, Rueda de Casino, Sevillanas, Cajun/Zydeco, Blues, Swing, Contra, Waltz, Tango, Ceili, Folk, &zmp; Zook; w/ recorded & live music from Mike Surrat, Little Red, & Some Assembly
Sat Sept 2
Oh He Dead
9:30
w/ Dior Ashley Brown, Everyday Everybody, Jai'Len Josey
Sat Sept 2, 8pm
Nighthawks
Collective Encore
Sat Sept 2, 8pm
Ruthie & the Wranglers
New Deal
Sun Sept 3
BBS: Alonzo's Memorial Show
Dundalk American Legion
3300 Dundalk Ave.
w/ Anthony Geraci's Boston All-stars, Billy the Kid & the Regulators, Carly Harvey, ...
Sun Sept 3, 7pm
Tommy Malone (Subdudes)
Jammin' Java
Sun Sept 3, 6pm
Ray Apollo Allen & the Apollo 1 Band
Hank Dietles
$10
Mon Sept 4
Labor Day
Mon Sept 4, 6-9pm
Blue Monday:
David Cole & Main St. Blues
Westminster Church
400 I St. SW
$10
Wed Sept 6, 8pm
Local Cream Songwriters
Hank Dietles
w/ Annette Wasilik, David Johnson, Greg Marsh, Roisin - $10-20 donation - David Goodfriend @ 5:30pm
Wed Sept 6
Pat Quinn & Gina DeSimone
Hells Bottom VFW
Thur, Fri, Sun Sept 7-8,10, 8pm
James Taylor & his All-Star Band
Wolf Trap
Filene Center
w/ Dawes
Thur Sept 7, 8pm
Longtimers
Hank Dietles
Fri-Sun Sept 8-10
Bristol Rhythm & Roots Runion
Downtown Bristol, TN/VA
w/ Nickel Creek, Margo Price, Bruce Hornsby, Watchouse, Mavericks, Larkin Poe, Allison Russell, Amythiyst Kiah, Quebe Sosters. ...
Fri Sept 8, 6pm
Shinyribs
Kennedy Center
Millenium Stage
FREE, ticketed, livestreamed
Fri Sept 8, 7:30pm
Curley Taylor & Zydeco Trouble
Peerles Rens Annapolis
$25+ (tix)
Sat Sept 9
Danny Gatton Birthday Tribute
Birchmere
w/ Dave Chappell, Dave Elliott, John Preveti, Redd Volkaert, ...
Sat Sept 9, 8-10pm
Billy Price
Palisades Hub Cap Centre
dancing
Sat Sept 9, 8pm
19th St Band
Collective Encore
Sun Sept 10, 10:30am-7pm
Takoma Park Folk Festival
Takoma Park Middle School
FREE - w/ Miles Spicer, Slade, Annette Wasilik & the Porchmen, Flo Anito, Justin Trawick, Joe Uehlein & the Uliners, Nelson Cade III, ...
Sun Sept 10, 8pm
Steel Wheels
Hamilton
w/ Palmyra
Sun Sept 10, 6pm
Big Howdy Bluegrass
Kimber Ludiker & Avril Smith
Hank Dietles
$15
Wed Sept 13, 7:30pm
Sonny Landreth
Peter Case
Hamilton
Peter Case @ Hank Dietles on Tuesday
Wed Sept 13, 7:30pm
Jonathan Coulton
Paul & Storm
Birchmere
Thur Sept 14, 7:30pm
Paul Thorn
Hamilton
Thur Sept 14, 7:30pm
James McMurtry
Birchmere
w/ Betty Soo
Thur Sept 14
Flack
Hells Bottom
Fri Sept 15, 6-9pm
Wild Anacostias
Peabody Heights Brewery
Fri Sept 15, 9-11:30pm
King Teddy
Colvin Run Dance Hall
lesson @ 8:30
Fri Sept 15
Antohny Swamp Dog Clark
New Deal
Sat-Sun Sept 16-17, 7:30pm
Tommy Emamanuel
Larry Campbell & Teresa Williams
Birchmere
$59.50+SC - Sat Sold Out
Sat Sep 16, 7pm
Cherry Poppin' Daddies
State Theatre
dancing
Sat Sep 16, 8-11pm
Rock-a-Sonics with Ray Apollo Allen
College Park American Legion Post 217
dancing
$15
Sat Sep 16
King Soul
Hells Bottom
Sun Sept 17, 3:30-6pm
Sunday Waltz
Larry & Carol
Spanish Ballroom
Glen Echo Park
dancing, lesson @ 2:45pm
$15
Sun Sept 17, 11:30am-11:30pm
Greenbelt Blues Festival
Roosevelt Center
Centerway, Greenbelt
Spice Cake, Snakehead Run, Gayle Harrod, Honest Lee Soul, Sherletta Settles, Mike Westcott, All-star jam finale, after Still Standing @ New Deal
Sun Sep 17, 6-9pm
Hula Monsters
Hank Dietles
$10 - w/ Tom Mitchell
Also Saturday @ VFW Post 350 TkPk
Mon Sept 18, 7:30pm
Patty Griffin
Birchmere
w/ Betty Soo
Tue Sep 19, 8pm
Buffalo Nickel Band
Hank Dietles
Wed-Sun Sept 20-24
Artscape
Downtown Balmer
Wed Sep 20, 8pm
SAW showcase
Hank Dietles
w/ Laura Baron, Juels Bland, Christie Chirinos, Dave Fiely, Jen & Dave Hawley, Lynn Hollyfield, Dan Kenney, Know1Else, Michelle Lockey
Thur Sept 21, 6pm
Larry & Joe
Kennedy Center
Millenium Stage
FREE, ticketed, livestreamed
Thur Sept 21
Seven Voices - Patsy Cline Tribute
Creative Alliance
w/ Jess Eliot Myhre, Dave Chappell, Maureen Andary, Nicole Saphos, ...
Thur Sept 21, 6-8pm
Patsy’s Honky Tonk Torch & Twang
Dorsey's Search Village Center
Ellicott City
Fri-Sun Sept 22-24
Maryland Folk Festival
Downtown Salisbury, MD
w/ Chuck Brown Band, Daryl Davis, High & Wides, Ken & Brad Kolodner, Tifane, Blue & Gold, Quebe Sisters, ...
Fri-Sun Sept 22-24
Mobtown's Last Stand w/ Meschiya Lake & the Little Big Horns
Mobtown Ballroom
Fri-Sat Sept 22-23
Seven Voices - Patsy Cline Tribute
Barns of Rose Hill
w/ Jess Eliot Myhre, Dave Chappell, Maureen Andary, Nicole Saphos, ...
Fri Sept 22
Leyla McCalla
Amp
Fri Sept 22, 8pm
Grandsons w/ Derek Huston
Palisades Hub Cap Centre
dancing
$15(adv)/$20(door) - BOYE
Sat Sept 23, 9-11:30pm
Uptown Rhythm Kings Reunion: Eric Shoutin' Sheridan Tribute
Spanish Ballroom
Glen Echo Park
yes, lesson @ 8pm
Sat Sept 23
"One Killer Night" Jerry Lee Lewis Tribute
State Theatre
yes, lesson @ 8pm
w/ Jon Carroll, Daryl Davis, Jsoh Christina, Henri Herbert, Patty Reese, ...
Sun Sept 24, 7pm
Chatham County Line
Jammin' Java
Sun Sept 24, 7pm
Retirement Party for Tom Carrico
Rosensteel Hall
Silver Spring
w/ Nighthawks, Chopteeth, King Soul, Goin' Goin' Gone, Billy Price, Bobby Thompson, Bob Berberich, Martha Hull, Jon Carroll, ...
Sun Sep 24, 6pm
King Teddy
Hank Dietles
Sun Sep 24
Women in Blues
JVs
Mary Shaver, Liz Springer, Carly Harvey w/ Bad Influence
Tue Sept 26, 8pm
John Hiatt
Cancelled
Rams Head
Wed Sept 27, 8pm
Amythyst Kiah
Rams Head
w/ Jon Muq
Thur Sept 28
Thrills
Hank Dietles
$10
Thur Sept 28
Mighty Poplar
Hamilton
Noam Pikelny, Chris Eldridge, ...
Thur Sept 28, 7pm
Carly Havey
New Deal
Fri Sept 29, 8-11pm
Fast Eddie & the Slowpokes
New Deal
Fri Sept 29, 8-11pm
Fatoumata Diawara
Strathmore
$28-54+
Fri Sept 29, 9pm
SububsFest
Hank Dietles
w/ HalFSmokes & Frank Muffin
Sat Sept 30, 7pm
Carsie Blanton
Barns of Rose Hill
Sun Oct 1, 10am-5pm
Takoma Park Street Festival
Downtown Takoma Park
outside, asphalt
Nighthawks, Chopteeth, Tommy Lepson, Jon Carroll, Burt the Dirt, Beat Hotel, Sidleys, Natty Beaux, Bill Baker, Djangolaya, Thrills, Big Howdy, Local (Takoma) Cream, ...
Sun Oct 1
Groovin with Holmes (6pm)
Mary Ann Redmond (2pm)
Hank Dietles
$10
$20
Mon Oct 2, 7:30pm
Jake Shimabukuro
Birchmere
$49.50+
Tue Oct 3, 7:30pm
Lil' Smokies
Town Mountain
Birchmere
$29.50+
Tue Oct 3
Walter Trout
Rams Head
Wed Oct 4, 8pm
Local Cream Songwriters
Hank Dietles
w/ Annette Wasilik, Erik Balkey, Dirk Hamilton, Carlie Bryant - David Goodfriend @ 5:30pm
Thur Oct 5
Longtimers
Hank Dietles
$10
Thur Oct 5
SwangBang
Cats Eye
Fri-Sun Oct 6-8
Ramble Festival
Camp Ramblewood, Darlington, MD
$200 - w/ Del MCoury, Travelling McCourys, Tauk Moore w/ Robert Randolph, Hillbenders, ...
Fri Oct 6
Johnny Smampinato & the Value Leaders (9pm)
Jim Stephanson Trio (5:30pm)
Hank Dietles
$20
-
No Cover
Fri Oct 6
Pete Kanaras & the Hi-Fliers
Cats Eye
Fri Oct 6, 9-11:30pm
Terri & the Back Alley Rhythm Cats
Colvin Run Dance Hall
lesson @ 8:30
Fri Oct 6, 8pm
HalFSmokes & Naked Blue
Collective Encore
Sat Oct 7, 8pm
Newmyer Flyer: Cellar Door Tribute
Hamilton
w/ Last Train Home, Slickee Boys, Kennedy's, Mama Moon, Jon Carroll, Steve Washington, Airport 77s, Longtimers, Richard Green, Daren Blessman, Keith Grimes, Steve Wolf, Tom Fridrich
Sat Oct 7, 6pm
Big Howdy Bluegrass
w/ Tom Mindte
Hank Dietles
$15 - Billy Coulter Band @ 9pm - $10
Sun Oct 8, noon
Celebration fo the life of Pedro Sera-leyva
Hank Dietles
$25 (suggested, to Pedro's family) - w/ Dave Chappell, Ratso, Johnny Castle, Andy Rutherford, Abaad Behram, Pete Ragusa, Lynn Kasdorf, Ruthie Logsdon, Chior Boys, Peashooters, Janine Wilson, Goin' Goin' Gone, ...
Sun Oct 8, 7pm
Eric Brace & Thomm Jutz
Jammin' Java
Sun Oct 8, 6pm
Corey Arceneaux
Cancelled
Hank Dietles
Sun Oct 8, 6pm
Robert Lighthouse
Hank Dietles
Sun Oct 8
Vanessa Collier
AMP
Tue Oct 10, 7:30pm
Iris DeMent
Birchmere
Tue Oct 10, 8pm
Coco Montoya
Rams Head
also Sat @ AMP
Thur Oct 12, 8pm
Rock-a-Sonics
Hank Dietles
Fri-Sun Oct 13-15
Richmond Folk Festival
Richmond Riverfront
FREE - Baba Commandand & the Mandingo Band, Bio Ritmo, Chuck Mead, Genticorum, Halau 'O Lilinoe, Michael Cleveland & Flamekeeper, Melody Angel, Nathan & the Zydeco Cha-chas, Danny Knicely & Chao Tian, Gail Ceasar, Legendary Ingramettes, Sherman Holmes, Wayne Henderson, ...
Fri Oct 13
Phil Wiggins & Hubby Jenkins
Carroll Cafe
Seekers Church
276 Carroll St. NW
$25 (tix)
Sat Oct 13, 8-10pm
Igor & the Red Elvises
Palisades Hub Cap Centre
dancing
$20(door)/$15(adv)
Sat Oct 13, 8pm
Gipsy Kings
Strathmore
Sat Oct 13, 7:30pm
From China To Appalachia
Cathy Fink & Marcy Marxer with Chao Tian
IMT @ Saint Mark Presby
10701 Old Georgetown Rd., Rockville
$20+$2(adv)/$25
Sat Oct 14
Patsy Cline Tribute
Good Hope Neighborhood Rec Ctr
lawn concert
FREE ("RSVP) - w/ Jess Eliot Myhre, Dave Chappell, Maureen Andary, & Nicole Saphos
Sat Oct 14
Masquer-AID & Cafe Ball
Sold Out
New Deal
$50 - w/ Just Stones & Wild Anacostias
Sun Oct 15, 3:30-6pm
Sunday Waltz
Valsa Chorinho
Spanish Ballroom
Glen Echo Park
dancing, lesson @ 2:45pm
$15
Sun Oct 15, 6pm
Music for Maui Fundraiser
Hank Dietles
$40 - w/ Hula Monsters, Dave Chappell, Aloha Boys, & TePua Hio Hio Tahitian dancers - Dave Chappel Band @ 2pm
Sun Oct 15, 5-9pm
DCBS Battle of the Bands/Solo/Duo
Silver Spring American Legion #41
905 Sligo Ave.
$20/$20(member) - w/ Reggie Right Eye, Fat Cat, DC Mudd, Little Joe Bourgeois, Destiny & Soul, Sam O'Hare & Danny Garrett, Steve Hung, and Paul the Resonater & Vince Fireball
Wed-Sat Oct 18-21
Archie's Barbershop 25th Anniversary Celebration
Archie's Barbershop (or else)
W: 'Blues Houseparty" Screening
H: Ale Ponti
F: Ellis & Summerour
S: Gala Dinner @ Busboys & Poets - $50
Tue Oct 18, 7:30pm
Rodney Crowell
Rob Ickes & Trey Hensley
Birchmere
Wed 18, 3pm
Enter The Haggis
Rams Head
Thur Oct 19
Grandsons (8pm)
Marcy Marxer, Dave Chappell, John Previti (5pm)
Hank Dietles
Fri Oct 20, 9-11:30pm
Hula Monsters
Colvin Run Dance Hall
dancing, lesson @ 8:30
Fri Oct 20, 5:30-8:30pm
19th St. Band
Starr Hill Brewpub-Tysons
Fri Oct 20
Cravin' Dogs (9pm)
Beatles @ Dietles (5pm)
Hank Dietles
Sat Oct 21
Alejandro Esovedo
Hamilton
w/ Diane Gentile
Sat Oct 21, 8pm
Cash Box Kings
Mark Wenner's Blues Warriors
Dundalk American Legion Post 38
3300 Dundalk Ave, Dundalk
$22(adv)/$30(door) - BBS
Sat Oct 21, 1-5pm
Georgetown Oyster & Beer Fest
Tony & Joes
w/ Jumpin' Jupiter & the Yachtsmen - $75 tix - 21 & up
Sat Oct 21, 7pm
Little Red & The Renegades
El Golfo Restaurant
8739 Flower Ave., Silver Spring
No Cover
Sun Oct 22, 6pm
Lil' Pookie & the Zydeco Sensations
Hank Dietles
also Saturday @ TK Club
Sun Oct 22
Sam Bush
Barns of Wolftrap
Sun Oct 22, 1-7pm
DC Blues Festival
Wunder Garten
1101 1st St. NE
w/ Johnny Burgin Band, Bob Stroger, Mama Moon & the Rump Shakers, Spice Cake
Tue-Wed Oct 24-25, 7:30pm
Buena Vista Social Club
Rams Head
Tue Oct 24, 8pm
Lucinda Williams
Capitol One Hall, Tysons
Thur-Sat Oct 26-28, 7:30pm
Mary Chapin Carpenter & Shawn Colvin
Birchmere
Thur Oct 26
Della Mae
Hamilton
w/ Crys Matthews
Thur Oct 26
The Thrills (8pm)
Bill Williams (5:30pm)
Hank Dietle's
Fri-Sat Oct 27-28, 8pm
Vi-Kings
Hank Dietle's
Fri Oct 27, 6pm
Spooky Square Dance & Haunted Honky Tonk
Baltimore Museum of Industry
w/ the Kolodners & Arty Hill - $18 (adv)/$23
Fri Oct 27, 6:30-9:30pm
Mama Moon & the Rump Shakers
Silver Spring American Legion #41
905 Sligo Ave.
4th Friday Happy Hour - FREE
Fri Oct 27, 8pm
Junkyard Saints
Collective Encore
Sat Oct 28, 8-11pm
Halloween Howl: w/ Rock-a-sonics, Crimestopers, Liz Springer, Alan MacEwan, ...
Washington Rockville Elks
5 Taft Court, Rockville
yes
$20 (adv - tix)
Sat Oct 28, 9-11:30pm
King Teddy
"Halloween Hop"
Spanish Ballroom
Glen Echo Park
yes, lesson @ 8pm
Sat Oct 28
Red Baraat
Barns of Wolf Trap
Sun Oct 29, 3:30-6pm
Sunday Waltz
Djangolaya Trio
Spanish Ballroom
Glen Echo Park
dancing, lesson @ 2:45pm
$15
Sun Oct 29
California Honeydrops
9:30
Sun Oct 29, 4pm
Patsy's Honky Tonk Torch & Twang
Old Bowie Town Grille
outside if weather cooperates
No Cover, tips
Sun Oct 29, 6pm
Los Straightjakets
Sold Out
Hank Dietles
Sold Out before you knew
Tue Oct 31
Halloween
Wed Nov 1, 8pm
Slaid Cleves & Robbie Fulks
Sold Out
Jammin' Java
also Rams Head - Sun Oct 29
Wed Nov 1, 8pm
Sue Foley
Hamilton
Thur Nov 2, 8pm
Ruthie & the Wranglers
Hank Dietles
$10
Thur Nov 2
Pete Kanaras & the High-Fliers
Cats Eye
Fri Nov 3, 8pm
Ranky Tanky
Strathmore
$28-68+ - w/ Lisa Fischer
Fri Nov 3, 8pm
19th St. Band
Soul Crackers
Knights of Columbus
Bethesda
Fri Nov 3, 9pm
Pile O'Rocks
Hank Dietles
Fri Nov 3, 9-11:30pm
Fabulettes
Colvin Run Dance Hall
inside, lesson @ 8:30
Sat Nov 4, 8-11pm
9th Annual Tribute to Women of Country
American Legion Post 217
9218 Baltimore Ave (Route 1), College Park
$20 (cash) - w/ Patsy's Honky Tonk Torch & Twang, Karen Collins & The Backroads Band, The Crayfish Sisters, and Kiti Gartner
Fri Nov 3, 9pm
Pile O'Rocks
Hank Dietles
Fri Nov 3, 7-10pm
Moonshine Society
Old Bowie Town Grille
$15(adv)/$20
Fri Nov 3, 5pm
Big Howdy w/ Leon Morris
Hank Dietles
$10
Sun Nov 5, 3:30-6pm
Sunday Waltz
Petrichord
Spanish Ballroom
Glen Echo Park
dancing, lesson @ 2:45pm
$15
Sun Nov 5, 7pm
Silkroad Ensemble w/ Rhiannon Giddens
GMU Center for the Arts Concert Hall, Fairfax
Sun Nov 5, 6pm
Oklahoma Twisters
Hank Dietles
$15
Mon Nov 6, 6-9pm
Blue Monday:
B4 Brothers from Other Mothers
Westminster Church
400 I St. SW
$10 - w/ Benji Porecki
Wed-Thur Nov 8-9
Kathy Mattea
Barns of Worf Trap
doubtful
Wed Nov 8, 7pm
Jeff Tweedy
6th & I
reflection and "a few acoustic songs"
Wed Nov 8, 5:30pm
Keith Grimes & Dean Dalton
Hank Dietles
No Cover
Thur Nov 9, 7:30pm
Chris Issak
Birchmere
Thur Nov 9, 8pm
Karen Jonas w/ Ramona & the Holy Smokes
Pearl St. Warehouse
Fri-Sat Nov 10-11
Newmyer Flyer: Last Waltz Tribute
Hamilton
$30-70+ - w/ Big Joe Maher, Tommy Lepson, Ruthie Logsdon, Margot MacDonald, Bill Starks, Bobby Thompson, $40 Fine, Bill Williams, Bill Baker, Kirk Philips, Steve Wolf, Andy Rutherford, Trever Specht, ...
Sat Nov 11
Seven Voices - Patsy Cline Tribute
IMT @ Saint Mark Presby
10701 Old Georgetown Rd., Rockville
also Sun 12 @ Hylton Performing Arts Center (4 & 7pm)
Sat Nov 11, 9pm
Craig Gildner & the Ivy City 6
Spanish Ballroom
Glen Echo Park
dancing, lesson @ 8pm
Sun Nov 12, 6-8pm
Nighthawks
New Deal
Sun Nov 12, 6pm
Charlie Owen & Pocket Change
Hank Dietles
$10
Mon Nov 13, 6-9pm
Blue Monday:
Big Blues Band
Westminster Church
400 I St. SW
$10
Tue Nov 14, 8pm
Mark Wenner's Blues Warriors
Hank Dietles
$10
Wed Nov 15, 7&9pm
Dave Chappell's Bday Party
Blues Alley
$10 - w. Anthony Pirog
Fri Nov 17 - Sat Dec 23
Downtown Holiday Market
Downtown DC
8th & F St.-ish NW
outside
Music noon-7pm daily
18: 19th St. Band (noon-2pm), Carly Harvey (5-7pm); 19: Gayle Harrod Band (5-7pm)
Fri Nov 17, 8-10pm
Phil Wiggins & the Chesapeake Sheiks
Montpelier Arts Center
$30
Fri Nov 17, 10pm (doors)
Mipso
9:30
$25+
Fri Nov 17, 9:30-11pm
Rock-a-Sonics
Colvin Run Dance Hall
yes, lesson @ 8pm
$20(adv)/$25(door)
Fri Nov 17, 8pm
Little Red & the Renegades
Longtimers
Palisades Hub Cap Centre
dancing
$15(adv)/$20 - BBQ truck, BOYE
Fri Nov 17, 8pm
Rev Peyton's Big Damn Band
Hooten Hallers
Pearl St. Warehouse
Sat Nov 18, 7:30pm
Corey Arceneaux & the Zydeco Hot Peppers w/ Lynn August
American Legion Post 108
3608 Legion Dr., Cheverly
$25
Sat Nov 18, 7-10pm
Wild Anacostias
Hell's Bottom VFW
Sat Nov 18
Donna the Buffalo
Hamilton
Sat Nov 18, 9pm
Rock-A-Soncis
Hank Dietles
$12
Sat Nov 18, 8pm
Steep Canyon Rnagers
Hylton Performing Arts Center
$30+
Sun Nov 19, 3:30-6pm
Sunday Waltz
Callithump
Spanish Ballroom
Glen Echo Park
dancing, lesson @ 2:45pm
$15
Sun Nov 19, 1pm-
Mike Melchonie Tribute/Fundraiser
VFW Post 8241
1051 Springhill Road, McLean
Jimmy Cole 1pm, Bad Influence 2pm, Little Red 3pm, Nighthawks 4pm, Shotgun Highway Band 5pm
Sun Nov 19
Hula Monsters (6pm)
Dave Chappell (2pm)
Hank Dietles
$10
$7
Sun Nov 19
Ha Ha Tonka
Jammin Java
w/ Sam C. Jones
Fri Nov 17 - Sat Dec 23
Downtown Holiday Market
Downtown DC
8th & F St.-ish NW
outside
Music noon-7pm daily
20: Swingology (5-7pm); 21: Flo Anito (noon-2pm), Ian Walters (5-7pm); 24: Bill Baker Band (noon), Sweater Set (2:30-4:30pm), Stacy Brooks (5-7pm); 25: DC Mudd (noon), Grandsons (2:30pm); 26: Alpha Dog Blues (noon)
Mon Nov 20, 6-9pm
Blue Monday:
Swampdog Blues
Westminster Church
400 I St. SW
$10
Tue Nov 21
Molly Tuttle & Golden Highway
9:30
$28 - w/ Willi Carlisle
Tue Nov 21
Buffalo Nickel Band (8pm)
Dan Hovey (5:30pm)
Hank Dietles
No Cover
Wed Nov 22, 7pm
Nighthawks
Kennsington Town Hall
Wed Nov 22
Dave Chappell
49 West
No Cover
Thur Nov 23
Thanksgiving
Fri Nov 24
Nighthawks
Soul Crackers
State Theatre
Fri Nov 24, 6pm
Cathy Fink & Marcy Marxer
Big Family Ukelele Jam & Sing Along
Kennedy Center
Millenium Stage
FREE, ticketed
Fri Nov 24
Big Boy Little
Hank Dietles
$10
Fri Nov 24, 7pm
Gabe Stillman
Old Bowie Town Grille
Sat Nov 25, 7-10pm
Nighthawks
Old Bowie Town Grille
$15(adv)/$20
Sat Nov 25, 8pm
Billy Price
Collective Encore
Sat Nov 25, 9pm
George Gee Swing Orchestra
Spanish Ballroom
Glen Echo Park
dancing, lesson @ 8pm
Sat Nov 25, 9pm
Dream Disks: The Wild, The Innocent, & amp; the E St. Shuffle and Moondance
Barns of Wolftrap
siddown & shuddup
w/ 19th St Band, Eric Scott, Brian Simms, Billy Coulter, Tony Denikos, Kirk Philips, Greg Hardin, Bill Starks, Margot MacDonald, ...
Sun Nov 26, 4:30 & 6:30pm shows
Beth Patterson & Sean Heely
Old Brogue Irish Pub
Great Falls
$21+
Fri Nov 17 - Sat Dec 23
Downtown Holiday Market
Downtown DC
8th & F St.-ish NW
outside
Music noon-7pm daily
27: Dave Chappell Trio (noon-2pm); 28: Janine Wilson & Arch Alcantara (noon); 29: Jim Stephanson Trio (noon); 1: !9th St. Band (noon); 2: Lilt (2:30pm); 3: Hula Monsters (2:30pm), Fast Eddie (5-7pm)
Tue Nov 28
Swing 5 (8pm)
Dan Hovey (5:30pm)
Hank Dietles
Wed-Thur Nov 29-30
Joan Osborne
Barns of Wolftrap
Thur Nov 30
Martin Sexton
Amp
Thur Nov 30
Ruben Moreno & Zydeco ReEvolution
Waverly Brewing Company
yes
$10
Thur Nov 30, 8pm
Terri & the Back Alley Rhythim Cats
Hank Dietles
Fri Dec 1, 4pm-2am
Night of 100 Elvises
Lord Baltimore Hotel
$104+ - Cadillac Jump Blues, Gina DeLuca, Jed Duvall, Robert Lighthouse, Randoll Rivers, SONiA, Sookey Jump, Wild Anacostias, Janine Wilson, ...
Fri Dec 1, 7:30pm
Post Modern Jukebox
Birchmere
$89.50+SC
Fri Dec 1, 6-8:30pm
King Teddy
Rockville Town Square
FREE - Christmas Tree Lighting
Fri Dec 1, 9-11:30pm
Fabulettes
Colvin Run Dance Hall
lesson @ 8:30
Sat Dec 2, 8-11pm
Cathy Ponton King & Robert Lightouse
Mussel Bar
800 N. Glebe Rd, Arlington
s
Sat Dec 2, 8pm
Natalie MacMaster & Donnell Leahy
GMU Center for the Arts
Concert Hall, Fairfax
Celtic Family Xmas - $36+
Sat Dec 2, 5pm
Dave Chappell Band w/ Redd Volkaert
JVs
Sat Dec 2, 5pm
Big Howdy Bluegrass w/ Shannon Leigh Reynolds
Hank Dietles
$15 - also Flower Avenue @ 9pm
Sat Dec 2, 9-11:30pm
Ralf Bocker & Friends
Tribute to Sindey Behcet
Spanish Ballroom
Glen Echo Park
yes, lesson @ 8pm
Sun Dec 3, 3:30-6pm
Sunday Waltz
Tanterine Tempo
Spanish Ballroom
Glen Echo Park
dancing, lesson @ 2:45pm
$15
Sun Dec 3, 6pm
Tex Rubinowitz & Tom Mindte Roots Rock & Roll Band
Hank Dietles
$15
Sun Dec 3, 8pm
Emmylou Harris
Hamilton
$90+ - Benefit for Bonaparte's Retreat
Sun Dec 3
Samantha Fish, Jesse Datyon, Jon Spencer, & Eric Johanson
Filmore
Fri Nov 17 - Sat Dec 23
Downtown Holiday Market
Downtown DC
8th & F St.-ish NW
outside
Music noon-7pm daily
5: Seth Kibel & Sean Lane (noon-2pm)
6: Billy Coulter (noon)
7: Dave Chappell Trio (noon), Ian Walters (5-7pm)
9: King Teddy (noon), DC Mudd (2:30pm), Stacy Brooks (5-7pm)
10: Blue Panamuse (noon)
Mon Dec 4, 7:30pm
Tab Benoit
Dirty Dozen Brass
Birchmere
$49.50+
Tue Dec 5, 8pm
Pokey LaFarge
Rams Head
Tue Dec 5
Rosanne Cash
Cancelled
Birchmere
Wed Dec 6, 8pm
Local Cream Songwriters
Hank Dietles
w/ Annette Wasilik, Craig Cummings, Jesse Palidofsky, Rich Morey... - $10-20 donation - David Goodfriend @ 5:30pm
Wed Dec 6, 7pm
Danny Paisley & the Southern Grass
Dunlap & Mabe
Lucketts Community Center
$22 (tix)
Wed Dec 6, 5-7pm
Dave Chappell & Friends
49 West
Thur Dec 7, 8pm
Longtimers
Hank Dietles
$10
Thur Dec 7, 8:30pm
Thrills
JVs
Thur Dec 7
Rose & the Bros
Waverly Brewing
also @ TK Club on Saturday
Fri Dec 8
Beausoleil
Tin Pan
Richmond
$45
Fri Dec 8, 10pm
Little Red & The Renegades
Hank Dietles
$10
Sat Dec 9, 8pm
Bill Kirchen
Jammin Java
Xmas show
Sat Dec 9, 9pm
Billy Coulter Band
Ruthie & the Wranglers
Hank Dietles
$10 - Holiday show
Sat Dec 9, 9pm
Bad Influence
JVs
Sat Dec 9, 8pm
Hard Swimmin' Fish
Hersheys
Sun Dec 10
Johnny Burgin w/ Bruce Ewan
Hank Dietles
$10
Sun Dec 10
Bobby Thompson Band
JVs
Sun Dec 10, 4-5:30pm
Daryl Davis
Palisades Hub-Backstage
5200 Cathedral Ave NW
$15(adv)/$20 - stories & songs
Fri Nov 17 - Sat Dec 23
Downtown Holiday Market
Downtown DC
8th & F St.-ish NW
outside
Music noon-7pm daily
11: Cooking With Gas (noon-2pm)
13: Flo Anito & Seth Kibel (noon)
14: Cooking With Gas (noon)
15: Seth Kibel (noon), Kiti Gartner (2:30pm)
16: Karen Collins (noon)
17: Janine Wilson (2:30pm), Fast Eddie (5-7pm)
Mon Dec 11, 6-9pm
Blue Monday:
Dave Chappell Band w/ Tommy Lepson
Westminster Church
400 I St. SW
$10
Tue Dec 12
Blues Warriors
Hank Dietles
$10
Thur Dec 14, 7-9pm
Patsy's Honky Tonk
New Deal
Tips
Thur Dec 14
Flack
Hells Bottom
Thur Dec 14
Sol Roots Band
JVs
Fri Dec 15, 8-11pm
Wild Anacostias
New Deal
reservations recommended - Tips
Fri Dec 15, 8pm
King Teddy
Colvin Run Dance Hall
inside, lesson @ 8pm
Fri Dec 15, 9pm
Fast Eddie & the Slowpokes
Hank Dietles
$10
Fri Dec 15
Ellis Paul
Jammin' Java
Sat Dec 16,, 9pm
Pile O'Rocks
Hank Dietles
$10
Sat Dec 16
ULiners
New Deal
Tips
Sat Dec 16, 9-11:30pm
Boilermaker Jazz Band
Spanish Ballroom
Glen Echo Park
dancing, lesson @ 8pm
Sun Dec 17, 3:30-6pm
Sunday Waltz
Wyndream
Spanish Ballroom
Glen Echo Park
dancing, lesson @ 2:45pm
$15
Sun Dec 17
Hula Monsters (6pm)
Dave Chappell Trio (2pm)
Hank Dietles
$10
$7
Sun Dec 17
Holiday Blues-a-palooza
Pearl St. Warehouse
$25+ - Kelly Bell Band, Jenny Langer & Moonshine Society, Ron Holloway, ∓ Carly Harvey
Fri Nov 17 - Sat Dec 23
Downtown Holiday Market
Downtown DC
8th & F St.-ish NW
outside
Music noon-7pm daily
18: Jim Stephanson (noon-2pm)
19: Alpha Dog Blues (noon), Bill Baker Band (2:30pm)
20: Maureen Andaray (noon), Snakehead Run (2:30pm)
21: Ian Wlaters (5-7pm)
22: Grandsons Jr. (2:30pm)
23: King St. Bluegrass (noon), Carly Harvey (5-7pm)
Mon Dec 18, 6-9pm
Blue Monday:
Stacy Brooks Band
Westminster Church
400 I St. SW
$10
Tue Dec 19, 8pm
Buffalo Nickel Band
Hank Dietles
No Cover
Wed Dec 20, 5-7pm
Dave Chappell & Friends
49 West
Wed Dec 20, 8pm
Songwriters Association of Washington
Hank Dietles
$10-20 donation
Thur Dec 21, 8:30pm
Thrills
JVs
Thur Dec 21, 8pm
Patsy's Torch & Twang
Crayfish Sisters
Hank Dietles
$10 - also Cathy Fink & Marcy Marxer @ 5:30pm
Thur Dec 21
Goin' Goin' Gone
Hells Bottom
Fri Dec 22, 8pm
Nighthawks w/ Bill Starks
Hank Dietles
$20
Fri Dec 22, 8-11pm
Fast Eddie & the Slowpokes
New Deal
$20
Sat Dec 23
Gina DeSimone & the Moaners
Limerick Pub
Wheaton
$20
Sat Dec 23
Reluctant Playboys
Hank Dietles
$10
Sun Dec 24, 7:30pm
Sookie Jump
JVs
Mon Dec 25
Xmas
Mon Dec 25, 8:30pm
Jimi Smooth & Hit Time
JVs
Tue Dec 26, 6-9pm
Blue Monday:
David Cole & Main St. Blues
Westminster Church
400 I St. SW
$10
Wed Dec 27, 8pm
David Wax Museum
Songbyrd
also Thur @ Purple Fiddle
Wed Dec 27
Blues Warriors
JVs
Thur Dec 28, 7:30pm
Annual Hank Williams Tribute
Creative Alliance
inside, siddown & shuddup
w/ Cathy Fink & Marcy Marxer, Daryl Davis, Jake Blount, Robin & Linda Williams, Patrick McAvinue, Alex Lacquement, ...
Thur Dec 28, 8pm
Thrills
Hank Dietles
$10
Thur Dec 28
Dave Chappell
JVs
also Wed at 49 West
Fri Dec 29, 7:30pm
Annual Hank Williams Tribute
Birchmere
inside, siddown & shuddup
w/ Cathy Fink & Marcy Marxer, Daryl Davis, Jake Blount, Robin & Linda Williams, Patrick McAvinue, Alex Lacquement, ...
Fri Dec 29, 8pm
19th St. Band
Hamilton
$15+ - Justin Trawick in the Loft (10:30pm)
Fri Dec 29, 5pm
Robert Lighthouse
Hank Dietles
$10
Fri Dec 29, 8-11pm
Still Standing
New Deal
Sat-Sun Dec 30-31
Southern Culture on the Skids
Pearl St. Warehouse
w/ Jumpin' Jupiter (Sat), Highballers (Sun)
Sat-Sun Dec 30-31
Rebirth Brass Band
Hamilton
In the Loft w/ Speakers of the House (Sat), Moonshine Society (Sun)
Sun Dec 31
NYE
Sun Dec 31
First Night Alexandria
various venues in Old Town
~$35+ (early)/$50+ (VIP) - w/ Grandsons Jr, Jainine Wilson, Billy Coulter, & Scott McKnight, Irish Breakfast Band, Thrills, Bob Band, ...
Sun Dec 31, 3:30-6pm
Sunday Waltz
Waltz Sisters
Spanish Ballroom
Glen Echo Park
dancing, lesson @ 2:45pm
Sun Dec 31, 9pm
Alpha Rhythm Kings
Spanish Ballroom
Glen Echo Park
dancing, lesson @ 8pm
$40/$30(adv)
Sun Dec 31, 9pm
Rock-a-Sonics
w/ Shawn Young & Jason Hicks
Hank Dietles
$25
Sun Dec 31, 8:30pm
Mark Wenner's Blues Warriors w/ Fast Eddie
American Legion Post 41
Sligo Ave, Silver Spring
$50 -$5(DCBS members) -$5(adv)
Sun Dec 31, 9pm
King Soul
Clydes-Chevy Chase
Sun Dec 31
Seldom Scene & The Porch Delights
Birchmere
Sun Dec 31
Oh He Dead
Union Stage
Sun Dec 31
Wicked Jezabel
JVs