Fool's Night Out
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Upcoming Events
for the Greater Washington DC area
Date Artist Venue Dancing? Notes
Mon Apr 3, 6-9pm
Blue Monday:
Moonshine Society
Westminster Church
400 I St. SW
$10
Tue Aor 4, 8pm
Muddy Waters 110th Bday
Nighthawks & Bob Margolin
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
Sat Apr 8, 8-10pm
King Soul
Palisades Hub Cap Centre
dancing
$15+ - BBQ truck, BOYE
Sun Apr 9, 8pm
Carolyn Wonderland
Rams Head
$15 - stories & songs
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
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
Sat Apr 15, 9pm
Newmyer Flyer: Best of Lovin' Spponful
Hank Dietles
w/ Jelly Roll Mortals - $15 (tix)
Sun Apr 16, 3:30-6pm
Sunday Waltz
Djangolaya Trio
Spanish Ballroom
Glen Echo Park
dancing, lesson @ 2:45pm
$15
Tue Apr 18
Tax Day
Tue Apr 18, 7:30pm
Robbie Fulks
Jammin' Java
Thur Apr 20, 7pm
Tony Trischka
Creative Alliance
also @ Barns of Rose Hill on Friday
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
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, ...
Sat Apr 29, 9pm
Strauss Waltz Ball
w/ Olde Vienna
Spanish Ballroom
Glen Echo Park
yes, lesson @ 8pm
$30 - 9-midnight - inc. refreshments
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, ...
Fri May 5
Cinco de Mayo
Fri May 5, 8pm
David Wax Museum
Hamilton
Sat May 6, 8-11pm
Wild Anacostias
American Legion Post 108
3608 Legion Dr., Cheverly
Sun May 7, 3:30-6pm
Sunday Waltz
Valse Impressions
Spanish Ballroom
Glen Echo Park
dancing, lesson @ 2:45pm
$15
Thur May 11, 7:30pm
Iguanas
Hamilton
also @ Rams Head on Friday
Thur May 11
Leyla McCalla
Amp
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
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
Fri May 19, 8pm
Sierra Hull
Rams Head
Sun May 21, 3:30-6pm
Sunday Waltz
Wyndream
Spanish Ballroom
Glen Echo Park
dancing, lesson @ 2:45pm
$15
Thur-Sun May 25-28
DelFest
Cumberland, MD
w/ Del McCoury, Travellin' McCourys, St. Paul & the Broken Bones, Trampled by Turtles, Infamous Stringdusters, California Honeydrops, Sierra Hull, Rising Appalachia, Tim O'Brien, Peter Rowan & Los Texmaniacs, Linday Lou, Cris Jacobs, Joe Craven, Molly Tuttle, Sam Bush, Keller Williams, Hillbenders, Gibson Brothers, Dirty Grass Players, ...
Thur May 25, 8pm
Mark Hummel's Blues Surviors w/ Anson Funderburgh
Rams Head
Sat May 27, 9-11:30pm
Criag Gildner Big Band
Spanish Ballroom
Glen Echo Park
dancing, lesson @ 8pm
Mon May 29
Memorial Day
Thur June 1, 7:30
Taj Mahal, Los Lobos, North Mississippi Allstars
Wolf Trap
Thur June 1, 8pm
John Nemeth
Hamilton
Fri June 2
Natalie MacMaster & Donnell Leahy
Birchmere
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, ...
Sat June 10, 9-11:30pm
"One Guy Named Moe"
Spanish Ballroom
Glen Echo Park
dancing, lesson @ 8pm
King Teddy & the Grandsons
Sun June 11, 7:30pm
Buddy Guy, Samantha Fish, & Robert Randolph
Wolf Trap
Filene Center
Thur June 15
Angelique Kidjo
Strathmore
Sat June 17, 9-11:30pm
Girls from Mars
Spanish Ballroom
Glen Echo Park
dancing, lesson @ 8pm
Sun June 18, 3:30-6pm
Sunday Waltz
Sugar Beat
Spanish Ballroom
Glen Echo Park
dancing, lesson @ 2:45pm
$15
Tue June 20, 8pm
Jimmie Vaughan & the Tilt-a-Whirl Band
Rams Head
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, ...
Tue-Wed June 27-28, 7:30pm
Tedeschi Trucks Band
Wolf Trap
Filene Center
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
Tue July 4
Independence Day
Sun July 9, 3:30-6pm
Sunday Waltz
Taylor Among the Devils
Spanish Ballroom
Glen Echo Park
dancing, lesson @ 2:45pm
$15
Sun July 23, 3:30-6pm
Sunday Waltz
Karen Collins & the Backroads Band
Spanish Ballroom
Glen Echo Park
dancing, lesson @ 2:45pm
$15
Wed-Sun July 26-30
Floyd Fest
5826 Floyd Hwy N
Check, VA
Black Crowes, My Morning Jacket, Sheryl Crow, Goose, Maggie Rose, Town Mountain, Leftover Salmon, KellerGrass, Town Mountain, Plate Scrapers, ...
Sat Aug 5, 8pm
Lyle Lovett & his Large Band
Wolf Trap
Filene Center
w/ the NSO
Sat Aug 5, 7:30pm
Deanna Bogart w/ Special Guest
Reston Town Center
outside, concrete
FREE
Sun Aug 6, 3:30-6pm
Sunday Waltz
Go Figure
Spanish Ballroom
Glen Echo Park
dancing, lesson @ 2:45pm
$15
Sat Aug 12, 7:30pm
Bumper Jacksons
Reston Town Center
outside, concrete
FREE
Sun Aug 20, 3:30-6pm
Sunday Waltz
Waltz Weavers
Spanish Ballroom
Glen Echo Park
dancing, lesson @ 2:45pm
$15
Sat Aug 26, 8pm
Mary Chapin Carpenter
Wolf Trap
Filene Center
Sat Aug 26, 7:30pm
Dwayne Dopsie & the Zydeco Hellraisers
Reston Town Center
outside, concrete
FREE
Fri-Sun Sept 2-4
Rhythm & Roots Festival
Ninigret Park
Charlestown, RI
w/ TBD, ...
Fri-Sat Sept 1-2, 8pm
Sting
Wolf Trap
Filene Center
w/ Joe Sumner & the Last Bandoleros
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, ...
Sun Sept 9, 3:30-6pm
Sunday Waltz
Some Assembly
Spanish Ballroom
Glen Echo Park
dancing, lesson @ 2:45pm
$15
Thur-Sat Sept 14-16
Watermelon Pickers Festival
Fairgrounds
Berryville, VA
w/ TBD, ...
Sun Sept 17, 3:30-6pm
Sunday Waltz
Larry & Carol
Spanish Ballroom
Glen Echo Park
dancing, lesson @ 2:45pm
$15
Wed-Sun Sept 20-24
Artscape
Downtown Balmer
w/ TBD, ...
Sun Oct 1, 10am-5pm
Takoma Street Festival
Cancelled
Downtown Takoma Park
outside, asphalt
TBD, ...
Sun Oct 15, 3:30-6pm
Sunday Waltz
Valsa Chorinho
Spanish Ballroom
Glen Echo Park
dancing, lesson @ 2:45pm
$15
Sun Oct 29, 3:30-6pm
Sunday Waltz
Djangolaya Trio
Spanish Ballroom
Glen Echo Park
dancing, lesson @ 2:45pm
$15
Sun Nov 5, 3:30-6pm
Sunday Waltz
Petrichord
Spanish Ballroom
Glen Echo Park
dancing, lesson @ 2:45pm
$15
Sun Nov 19, 3:30-6pm
Sunday Waltz
Callithump
Spanish Ballroom
Glen Echo Park
dancing, lesson @ 2:45pm
$15
Sun Dec 3, 3:30-6pm
Sunday Waltz
Tanterine Tempo
Spanish Ballroom
Glen Echo Park
dancing, lesson @ 2:45pm
$15
Sun Dec 17, 3:30-6pm
Sunday Waltz
Wyndream
Spanish Ballroom
Glen Echo Park
dancing, lesson @ 2:45pm
$15
Sun Dec 31, 3:30-6pm
Sunday Waltz
Waltz Sisters
Spanish Ballroom
Glen Echo Park
dancing, lesson @ 2:45pm

#include <Standard Disclaimer.h>
Fool's Night Out is an attempt to gather all the bands, and shows that I enjoy into one public site. It is in no way comprehensive and is not genre specific. It matches my tastes, but includes other recommendations as well. It tends to focus on Roots Music; specifically Blues, Swing, Rockabilly, Zydeco, and occasionally Latin, Ska, and Cajun, as well as the un-classifyable.
This information is gathered and updated in my spare time. Verify the events and times.
--- Scott Mitchell

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Last Updated: 2023/03/20
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