FOLK EVENTS: WHO'S WHERE IN THE GREATER WASHINGTON, DC AREA
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FSGW
Folklore Society of Greater Washington; www.fsgw.org
BFMS
Baltimore Folk Music Society; www.bfms.org 410-366-0808
SFMS
Susquehanna Folk Music Society; www.sfmsfolk.org
SAW
Songwriters Association of Washington; www.saw.org
s/s
Singer-songwriter
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In dance listings: caller + musicians
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In list of artists, indicates performing together
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In list of artists, indicates performing separately
UUCh
Unitarian Universalist Church
IMT
Institute of Musical Traditions
HMT
House of Musical Traditions
BEN
Benefit event
ResReq
Reservations required
S/O
Sold out
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Additional date of a multiple-date run
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Was withinout internet several days this week
Saturday, May 31
34 Washington Folk Festival SatSun 12n-7p @ Glen Echo Park, Md; free; fsgw.org;
today incl
Iona, Blue Rhythm Boys, Slaveya, Blue Panamuse, Lynn Hollyfield, Tim Livengood, Pete Seeger tribute,
Honky Tonk Confidential, waltzing, tango, New Old Time String Band, George Stephens & Kathy Westra,
Reverb, Flamenco Aparicio, Ian Walters & Matt Kelley, Margaret Chatham, Reuben Musgrave & Family,
Sheryl Sears Quartet, Heather Lloyd, Kipyn Martin, Wendy Lanxner, Christylez bacon, Joe Uehlein & the
U-Liners, Irish Song, English Country Dance, Jonny Grave, Bruce Hutton & Andy Wallace, Baba Jamal
Koram, Magpie, Everly Brothers Tribute, Cajun dance, Bill Mayhew, Ballad’ve, Randy Barrett & Dede
Wyland w/Mama Tried, New Century Irish, Roustabout …. Also see Sunday
Herndon Festival Th-Sun, downtown Herndon, 777 Lynn St., Herndon VA; Sat incl: Strung Like a Horse,
the Last Bison, Hannah & Maggie, W.B.Givens, Big Hoax, Snakehead Run, Marshall Artz, , lots more;
kidstuff, vendors, etc., herndonfestival.net
Scott Ainsley guitar workshop on “The Music of Mississippi John Hurt” @ Archie’s Barbershop, Riverdale
Park, MD; $35; res: info@acousticblues.com
10:00 am >12n Sweet Yonder, bluegrass @ Vienna Farmers Market, Mill & Church Sts. NE, Vienna Va
10:00 am >12n Kat & the Travelers @ the Farmers Market at Turner Pavilion, downtown Harrisonburg,
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>3 Irish session @ The Auld Shebeen Yeats Library, 3971 Chain Bridge Rd., Fairfax, VA
22030; 703-293-9600
2:00 pm >5 stride pianist Neville Dickie w/the Conservatory Classic Jazz Band @ Calvary Lutheran
Church, 9545 GA Ave., Silver Spring, MD; $25/22.50adv/20mem; prjc.org
3:30 pm >830 Jubilation Day Gospel @ pavilion, 31 S. Summit Ave., Gaithersburg, MD 20877,
Feat.: Seneca Creek Community Church, Music Makers (1st Baptist Church of Gaithersburg),
Praise Team of Rockville Church of God Prophecy, Alysia Hall (gospel poet), Mark Orrell
(of London Lane), Juan Rivas, Restoration Band, Tamilee P. Jules, New Beginning Church of
God Brass Band, Kenneth Anderson, Spiritual Jubilees of DC, Living Alabaster Dance
Minstry, Reaching the Nations Ministry International, Elder Boykin & Ministers of Praise,
Karlton Jackson, The Sons of God; free adm; food, crafts;
4:01 pm Billy Thompson Band @ Cats Eye Pub, 1730 Thames St., Fells Point/Baltimore, MD
5:00 pm >10p Sviraj plays for RADfest dancing in the park @ Williamson Pavilion, Lancaster Co.
Central Park, off S.Duke st., Lancaster, PA 17602; $20/15stdts; worlddancelancaster.com
7:00 pm Ellis Paul + Korby Lenker opens @ Jammin’ Java, 227 E. Maple Ave., Vienna, VA; $20-22
7:00 pm Laurie Rose Griffith & Peter Mealy @ Potomac Overlook Regional Park, 2845 N. Marcey Rd.,
Arlington, VA; $5 donation sugg’d; 703-528-5406
7:00 pm Joey Abarta w/Owen Marshall & Jackie O’Riley, Irish music & dance for house concert in
Springfield, VA; ResReq: joshuadukes@mac.com
7:00 pm Christopher James + Leah Ulansey & Marlin Ballard + Mark Huslage + Gary Kenneth Bass for
House concert, Baltimore area; $5; BEN Red Cross; ResReq: mrmallow3@yahoo.com
7:00 pm Caroline Ferrante, Americana @ Beans in the Belfry, 122 W. Potomac St., Brunswick, MD
7:01 pm Annapolis Contras @ Annapolis Friends Meeting House, 351 DuBois Rd, Annapolis, MD;
Kappy Laning + Ricochet [Walter Hojka/fid, Rya Martin/pno]
7:30 pm Jimmy Gaudreau & Moondi Klein for Weekend Bluegrass @ Holy Cross Lutheran Church, 1090
Sterling Rd., Herndon, VA 20170; $15/freeunder13; 703-435-8377
7:30 pm Melody Walker & Jacob Groopman for Cooper’s House concert, Columbia, MD; $20 sugg’d;
ResReq: 410-772-1541 or coopershouse1790@verizon.net
7:30 pm Dead Men’s Hollow provide music, actors from Guillotine Theatre read letters & diary entries
from soldiers and civilians from Civil War, following short film for 6th Annual Frederick Film
Festival @ The Faux School, 35 S. Carroll St., Frederick, MD 21701; $12/15;
Frederickfilmfest.vom
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* Conor Malone @ The Limerick Pub, 11301 Elkin St., Wheaton, MD 20902
The Tall Trees [Tim Grimm & Ben Bedford] w/Diedrick van Wassenair & Jackson & Connor
Grimm for Sleepy Hollow Folk Club, Falls Church house concert; $20 sugg’d; Res Req:
nstewart1@cox.net or the.mermaid@cox.net or 703-941-8441
8:00 pm Washington Balalaika Society Orchestra w/guests Volodymyr & Natalia Marunych (bayan &
domra from Kiev) & balalaika soloist Andrei Saveliev @ F. Scott Fitzgerald Theatre, 603
Edmonston Dr., Rockville, MD; $25/20sr/15stdts; balalaika.org
8:00 pm Tom Principato Band w/horns @ Bethesda Blues & Jazz, 7719 Wisconsin Ave., Bethesda, MD;
$25; bethesdabluesjazz.com
8:00 pm s/s Meade Skelton @ St. Elmo’s Coffee Pub, 2300 Mt. Vernon Ave., Alexandria, VA; 703-7399268
8:00 pm Black Muddy River Band, Grateful Dead tribute @ New Deal Café, 113 Centerway, Roosevelt
Center, Greenbelt, MD
8:00 pm Danny Paisley & the Southern Grass @ Mainstay, 5753 Main St., Rock Hall, MD; $20
8:00 pm Craig Rosendale @ Frederick Coffee Co., 100 N. East St., Frederick MD
8:00 pm s/s Gretchen Peters @ Ashland Coffee & Tea, 100 N. Railroad Ave., Ashland, VA; $15/20;
+ afternoon songwriting workshop: www.vocalsongwriter.org
8:00 pm Chris Smither for Wagon Shed Concerts @ Stringed Instrument Repair, 109 N. 2nd St., New
Freedom, PA 17349; $28.50; wagonshedconcerts.com
8:00 pm Norwegian Dance & 6:30potluck in Silver Spring, MD; Loretta Kelley/hardangerfiddle;
MAND.fanitull.org or 301-371-4312
9:00 pm The Lee Boys, sacred steel @ Gypsy Sally’s, 3401 K St., NWDC 20007; $15/18
9:30 pm The Brummy Brothers, bluegrass @ Hill Country, 410 7th St., NWDC; hillcountrywdc.com
10:30 pm Justin Trawick Trio @ The Hamilton LOFT, 14th & F Sts., NWDC; thehamiltondc.com
Sunday, June 1, 2014
34 Washington Folk Festival SatSun 12n-7p @ Glen Echo Park, Md; free; fsgw.org
today incl:
Shenandoah Run, Ocean Orchestra, polkas, Niavi, Sudrabavots, Conjure Woman, FSGW 50th Anniversary
Celebration, Suzanne Brindamour, Allison Shapira, Bob Clayton, Flory Jagoda, morris dance, Charles
Bearfighter Reddoor, Laura Baron, Bill Baker, Spyros Koliavasilis & Mosno Al-Moseeki, Culkin Irish
Dance, Hoover Uprights, Laura J.Bobrow, King Street Bluegrass, Siobhan Quinn & Michael Bowers,
Washington Toho Koto Society, Samovar, Archie’s Blues Barbershop, Lilt, Jesse Palidofsky, Little Bit a
Blues, Machaya, Rick Franklin & Tom Mindte, Reed Martin, Riki Schneyer, Gary Lloyd, Music Pilgrim
Trio, Ruthie & the Wranglers, Karpouzi Trio, contras, Ramon Tasat, ballads, Billy Thompson Band, Trio
Sefardi, Ladies Done Waiting, New Sunshine Skiffle Band; lots more
Herndon Festival Th-Sun, downtown Herndon, 777 Lynn St., Herndon VA; Sun incl: Beatles tribute, 19th
Street Band, The Lords of Liechtenstein, lots more; kidstuff, vendors, etc., herndonfestival.net
10:30 am Alexandria Kleztet for klezmer brunch @ Washington DC Jewish Community Center, 1529 16th
St., NWDC 20036; concert/brunch $31.50 – concert $11.50; for Wash. Jewish Music Festival;
wjmf.org
11:00 am Dupont Bluegrass Jam @ the Mansion on O, 2020 O St., NWDC; slow jam also; Reserve online
1:00 pm The Harlem Gospel Choir for gospel brunch @ The Howard Theatre, 620 T St., NWDC; $35/45;
Thehowardtheatre.com
1:00 pm Bluegrass jam @ Frying Pan Park, 2709 W. Ox Rd., Herndon, VA; 703-437-9101; (1st, 3rd Suns)
3:00 pm Washington Balalaika Society Orchestra w/guests Volodymyr & Natalia Marunych (bayan &
domra from Kiev) & balalaika soloist Andrei Saveliev @ Yorktown High School, 5200 N.
Yorktown Blvd., Arlington, VA; $25/20sr/15stdts; balalaika.org
3:00 pm old time jam @ Beans in the Belfry, 122 W. Potomaac St. Brunswick, MD
3:00 pm >6 Ceili at Old St. Mary’s Social Hall, Fairfax Station Rd. & Rt. 123, Fairfax Station, VA 22039;
Music: Shepherd’s Pie Ceili Band
4:00 pm Town Mountain @ Hill Center at the Old Naval Hospital, 921 PA Ave., SEDC; free;
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Sunday Songwriter Songfest @ Frederick Coffee, 100 N. East St., Frederick, MD; feat: Al
McKegg + Domenic Cicala; 301-698-0039; todd@toddcwalker.com
Steve Kraemer & the Bluesicians @ Cats Eye Pub, 1730 Thames St., Fells Point/Baltimore, MD
Andrew Acosta & the New Old time String Band @ JV’s, 6666 Arlington Blvd., Falls Church,
VA 22042
>8 Irish session led by Laura Byrne, Pat Egan, Julia Fitzgerald @ Ryan’s Daughter Irish Pub,
600 E. Belvedere Ave., Baltimore, MD; 410-464-1000
>545 U-Liners @ New Deal Café, 113 Centerway, Roosevelt Center, Greenbelt, MD;
Part of all-day [2-8pm] fundraiser for gubernatorial candidate Heather Mizeur; POLITICAL
CONTENT!
Matt Venuti, world music on Hang & Gubal for Focus Music @ Celebration Center for Spiritual
Living, 2840 Graham Rd.(block south of Lee Hwy), falls Church, VA; $15/20; focusmusic.org
Acoustic evening with Matisyahu, opening night of Washington Jewish Music Festival @ Lisner
Auditorium, 21st & H Sts., NWDC; $30/25/50VIP; wjmf.org
> Sat Brian Gaffney @ Dubliner, 4 F St., NWDC 20001; 202-737-3773
Baltimore Singing for Everyone @ Homewood Friends Meeting House, 3107 N. Charles St.,
Baltimore, MD; scwarner@hotmail.com
Bobby Long + Amy Regan opens @ Jammin’ Java, 227 E. Maple Ave., Vienna Va; $15
FSGW Squares & Contras @ Spanish Ballroom, Glen Echo Park, 7300 MacArthur Blvd,
Glen Echo, Md; $13/10/5under18; Susan Taylor + Raise the Roof [Matt Clark/fid, Judi
Stellar/hamdulc, Kathy Talvitie/gtr, Ralph Gordon/bs]; fsgw.org
Gretchen Peters @ Gypsy Sally’s, 3401 K St., NWDC; $20/25; gypsysallys.com
Monday, June 2
Electrofied Blues Band [Charlie Sayles/harm/voc, Scott Taylor/voc, Tony Fazio/gtr, Rob
Rusteberg/bs, Richard Burgess/dr] for Blue Monday @ Westminster Church, 400 I St, SWDC;
$5; 202-484-7700, westminsterdc.org
DC Bluegrass Union Jam @ VFW Post 350, 6420 Orchard Ave., Takoma Park, MD
The Irish Inn Mates @ The Irish Inn, Tulane Ave. & MacArthur Blvd., Glen Echo, MD
Todd Deacy hosts open mic @ Frederick Coffee Co., 100 N. East St., Frederick, MD
Songwriter Showcase @ Brewers Alley, 124 N. Market St, Frederick, MD; pianist Anna Keller
+ Rod Deacey + cameos Lexi Peto + Dave Koronet + feat. Annalise Emerick + Leify Green +
regulars Todd C Walker + poet John Holly, others
Irish session @ Nanny O’Brien’s, 3319 CT Ave, NWDC; 202-686-9189
Ships Company open Chantey Sing @ Limerick Pub, 11301 Elkin St., Wheaton, MD
Zoe Muth & the Lost High Rollers + The Hello Strangers open @ Jammin’ Java, 227 E. Maple
Ave., Vienna VA; $12; jamminjava.com
Scott Kirby & His Acoustic Group (New England to Key West acoustic) @ Rams Head Onstage,
33 West St., Annapolis, Md; $20; ramsheadonstage.com
BFMS English Country Dance @ St Mark's on the Hill, 1620 Reisterstown Rd, Pikesville Md;
$11/8/stdtdisc; Sharon McKinley + Elke Baker/vln, Susan Brandt/fl, Jonathan Jensen/pno+
>Sun The Creel, Irish duo @ Rira, 3125 M St., Georgetown/NWDC
Tuesday, June 3
Zoe Muth & the Lost High Rollers live at 1pm on Al Steiner Show on BluegrassCountry.org – 105.5FM
7:00 pm Ruthie & the Wranglers New Old Jamboree with guests @ New Deal Café, 113 Centerway,
Roosevelt Center, Greenbelt, MD;
7:15 pm Dana & Susan Robinson (resked fm weather) f/Folk Club of Herndon & Reston @ Amphora’s
Diner Deluxe, 1151 Elden St., Herndon, VA 20170; $12/11mem; 703-435-2402;
restonherndonfolkclub.com
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open mic @ Gypsy Sally’s Vinyl Lounge, 3401 K St., NWDC; free
Patty Reese hosts SAW songwriter series; feat: Harley String Band + Tom Dews + Paige Powell
@ Old Town Theatre, 815½ King St., Alexandria Va; adv$9/door10/12.50balcony
Irish seisiun w/Dennis Botzer & C.B. Heinemann @ McGinty’s, 911 Ellsworth Ave., Silver
Spring, MD
>Sat Ronan Kavanagh @ Murphy’s Pub, 713 King St., Alexandria Va
Wednesday, June 4
Orrin Star at 10:30 am on Chris Teskey Show on BluegrassCountry.org – 105.5FM
6:00 pm >8 Heather Lloyd @ Westview Promenade Courtyard, Rt. 85 & Crestwood Blvd., Frederick,
MD 21704
7:00 pm Washington Revels Maritime Voices @ Friendship Heights Village Center, 4433 So. Park Ave.,
Chevy Chase, MD; revelsdc.org
7:00 pm Warner Williams & Chris Colvin + Vevrly McClellan for Blues Festival Kick-off @ Civic
Building, One Veterans Plaza, Silver Spring, MD; $15/20; silverspringblues.com
7:00 pm Sunday kitchen jamming @ Beans in the Belfry, 122 W. Potomac St., Brunswick, MD
7:00 pm The Jolly Tars, shanty duo @ Havre de Grace Maritime Museum, 100 Lafayette St., Havre de
Grace, MD; free, donations accepted
7:30 pm Irish traditional session @ The Limerick Pub, 11301 Elkin St., Wheaton, MD 20902
7:30 pm s/s Ian Kraft @ St. Elmo’s Coffee Pub, 2300 Mt. Vernon Ave., Alexandria, VA; 703-739-9268
7:30 pm Amadou Kouyate @ Strathmore Mansion, 10701 Rockville Pike, No. Bethesda, Md; $17
7:30 pm Irish session @ Liam Flynn’s Ale House, 22 W. North Ave., Baltimore, MD
8:00 pm 19th Street Band @ The Irish Inn, Tulane Ave. & MacArthur Blvd., Glen Echo, MD
8:00 pm FSGW English Country Dance @ Glen Echo Town Hall, 6106 Harvard Ave., Glen Echo Md;
$10/8; Dan Gillespie + Chelle Fulk/fid, Ralph Gordon/ce, Liz Donaldson/pno; fsgw.org
8:00 pm BFMS Contras @ Lovely Lane Ch, 2200 St.Paul St, Baltimore MD 21218; $13/9; Michael
Hamilton + Triple Helix [Alexander Mitchell/fid, Colleen Reed/fl/sax, Keith Gillis/gtr]
bfms.org
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Thursday, June 5
Cantare for Thursday Morning Kids Concert @ Concert Pavilion, 31 S. Summit Ave.,
Gaithersburg, MD
Seamus Kennedy @ City Hall Concert Pavilion, 31 S. Summit Ave., Gaithersburg, MD; free
Aca Seca Trio, Argentinean contemporary folk @ Enrique V. Iglesias Audit, Inter-American
Development Fund, 1330 NY Ave., NWDC; free; Photo ID required; iadb.org
Mary Ann Redmond @ Decatur House on Lafayette Square, 1610 H St., NWDC; 202-842-0920
ClearSpring @ Beans in the Belfry, 122 W. Potomac St., Brunswick, MD
Kipyn Martin w/Kevin Johnson; Jeremy Rogers hosts @ Shepherdstown Opera House, 131 W.
German St., Shepherdsgown, WV; $5; operahouselive.com
Trad music sessions, Irish & 8:30 bluegrass @ Boe’s Strings, 26 S. Market St., Frederick MD;
301-662-0750, boesstrings.com
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Ayreheart @ Ebenezers Coffeehouse, 201 F St., NEDC 20002; $12; ebenezerscoffeehouse.com
Not So Modern Jazz Quartet jam @ St. Elmo’s Coffee Pub, 2300 Mt. Vernon Ave., Alexandria,
VA; 703-739-9268
Quinn Sullivan, 14-year-old blues prodigy @ Weinberg Center, 20 W. Patrick St., Frederick,
MD 21701; 410 sugg’d; weinbergcenter.org
Dusty Rose hosts open mic @ Old Brogue, 760C Walker Rd., Great Falls, VA
Friday, June 6
Kelly Willis & Bruce Robison 11 am on Chris Teskey Show, BluegrassCountry.org – 105.5FM
Fri evening + Sat 12n-6pm Beer Bourbon & BBQ Festival @ National Harbor Waterfront, MD; $25;
Incl bluegrass & other live music
7:00 pm Heather Lloyd @ Beans in the Belfry, 122 W. Potomac St., Brunswick, MD
7:00 pm FriSat >930 Dirty Pints @ Auld Shebeen, 3971 Chain Bridge Rd., Fairfax, VA
7:30 pm Bruce Robison & Kelly Willis + guests Dale Watson & the Lonestars @ The Birchmere, 3701
Mt. Vernon Ave., Alexandria, VA; $29.50; birchmere.com
7:30 pm Bob Margolin @ Grist Mill Park, 4710 Mt. Vernon Memorial Hwy, Alexandria VA 22309
7:30 pm open mic + feat. Tony Martriano + Rick Hill for a family First Friday Coffeehouse @ Trinity
Orchard House, 4599 Shepherdstown Rd. (Rt.45), Martinsburg, WV 25401; $10 sugg’d; 7:30
sign-up; Steve Warner hosts; 304-876-2915 or myspace.com/firstfridaycoffeehouse
8:00 pm s/s Joseph Keith @ St. Elmo’s Coffee Pub, 2300 Mt. Vernon Ave., Alexandria, VA; 703-7399268
8:00 pm Craig Cummings @ Frederick Coffee Co., 100 N. East St., Frederick, MD
8:30 pm FSGW open sing in Alexandria, VA; theme: “rocks, mountains, islands, etc.”; fsgw.org
Rsvp: kudrajk@gmail.com
8:30 pm Dean Fields + Andy Zipf + Jason Myles Goss + Eliot Bronson @ Iota, 2832 Wilson Blvd.,
Arlington, VA; $20; 703-52-8340
8:30 pm Friday Contras @ Spanish Ballroom, Glen Echo Park, 7300 MacArthur Blvd, Glen Echo,
MD; $10/5under18; Tony Parkes + Love Mongrels [Orrin Star/mand/gtr/bjo, Keith Carr/citrn,
Alexander Mitchell/fid, Ralph Gordon/bs]
9:00 pm The Hillbilly Gypsies @ Shepherdstown Opera House, 131 W. German St., Shepherdsgown,
WV; $10; operahouselive.com
9:01 pm Kevin James @ The Limerick Pub, 11301 Elkin St., Wheaton, MD
9:15 pm Shartel & Hume @ JV’s, 6666 Arlington Blvd., Falls Church, VA 22042; 703-241-9504
9:30 pm Janka Nabay & the Bubu Gang, contemporary take on trad Sierra Leone music @ Tropicalia,
2001 14th St., NWDC; $10/13;