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
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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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in series of performances, not opening night
<<< always confirm with venue >>>
Saturday, June 23
Del Ray Music Festival, 10a-10p, 2701 Commonwealth Ave., Alexandria Va; incl Chatham Street, The
Distillers, Natalie York, rock, student performances, country, roots
Montgomery County Heritage Days SatSun 12n-4pm at historic sites around the county;
heritagemontgomery.org - also see individual music events
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Music on the Rise, string band folk @ Oakley Cabin African American Museum & Park,
3610 Brookeville Rd., Olney, MD
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Traditional African-American music & Civil War era music by Washington Revels Jubilee
Voices @ Sandy Spring Slave Museum, 18524 Brooke Rd., Sandy Spring, MD
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The Garbo Singers, gospel @ Warren Historic Site, 22625 Whites Ferry Rd., Martinsburg,
for Montgomery Heritage Days
12:01 pm Doug Jimerson, Civil War music @ Sugarloaf Regional Trails/Edward’s Ferry/Lockhouse 25,
Rover Rd/ & Edwards Ferry Rd., Poolesville, MD; For Montgomery Heritage Days
1:00 pm >5 blues jam @ Archie’s Barbershop, 4701 Queensbury Rd., Riverdale Park, MD 20737
acousticblues.com
1:00 pm Washington Toho Koto Society @ National Geographic Museum, 1145 17th St., NWDC
3:00 pm Bill Jenkins leads a drum circle for (with) kids & all kinds of percussion @ Artomatic, 1851
S. Bell St. (Crystal City), Arlington VA; artomatic.org
3:15 pm Washington Revels Jubilee Voices @ Sugarland Ethno History Project/St. Paul Community
Church, 14730 Sugarland Lane, Poolesville, MD; part of Montgomery heritage Days
6:30 pm Brian Gaffney @ The Irish Channel, Crofton, 1053 MD Rt.3 No., Gambrills, MD 21054
7:00 pm Linwood Taylor + Clarence “The Blues Man’ Turner + Bad Influence + Patty Reese & Dave
Chappell @ Wheaton American Legion Post 268, 11225 Fern St., Wheaton, MD 20802; $20
240-855-2834, yourliveblues.com
7:00 pm Ruthie & the Wranglers @ Workhouse Arts Center at Lorton, 9601 Ox Rd., Lorton, VA 22079;
free; weather number 703-324-7469
7:00 pm Naked Blue @ Leesburg Town Green, 25 W. Market St., Leesburg VA; 703-737-7156
7:30 pm Sonny Landreth + Milton opens @ Birchmere, 3701 Mt Vernon Ave.,Alexandria. VA; $25; 703549-7500, birchmere.com
7:30 pm Connor Garvey + Barnaby Bright f/house concert @ historic Cooper's House, Oakland Mills,
Columbia MD; $20; ResReq: 410-772-1541 or coopershouse1790@verizon.net
7:30 pm European Polka & Waltz Night, feat. Mike Surratt & the Continentals @ Ossian Hall Park, 7900
Heritage Dr., Annandale VA; free; Weather number 703-324-7469
7:30 pm FSGW ContraSonic @ Ballroom Annex, Glen Echo Park, Md; $8/6; Anna Rain + dJ improper
8:00 pm Doris Justis @ St. Elmo’s Coffee, 2300 Mt. Vernon Ave., Alexandria Va; 703-739-9268
8:00 pm Piedmont Blues Plus – Warner Williams, Joyce Ettingoff, Billy Hancock & guests @ Dunmore’s
Tavern, 18257 Flower Hill Way, Gaithersburg, MD 20879; 301-355-7807
8:00 pm The Mountain Music Project (film by Tara Linhardt, Danny Knicely, Jacob Penchansky) @
Weinberg Center f/the Arts, 20 W. Patrick St., Frederick, MD; part of Frederick Film Festival;
+9pm Dead Men’s Hollow for Filmmaker’s Reception; frederickfilmfest.com
8:00 pm *Conor Malone @ Limerick Pub, 11301 Elkin St., Wheaton, MD 20902; 301-946-3232
8:00 pm John Gorka @ Ashland Coffee & Tea, 100 N. Railroad Ave., Ashland VA; $20/25;
804-798-1702, ashlandcoffeeandtea.com
8:00 pm Red June CD release @ Mainstay, 5753 Main St., Rock Hall, MD 21661; $15; 410-639-9133
8:00 pm The Hot Seats @ Cristina’s Café, 219 W. King St., Strasburg VA
8:00 pm NO Frederick contras this month; contradancers.com/
8:30 pm Deanna Bogart Band @ Rams Head Tavern, 33 West St., Annapolis, MD; $23.50
9:01 pm Sean Fleming Band @ Ireland’s 4 Fields, 3412 CT Ave., NWDC; 202-244-0860 reservations
recommended; restaurant closes 6/27
10:00 pm Skyla Burrell @ Madam’s Organ, 2461 18th St., NWDC
10:00 pm Mary Shaver Band @ The Zoo Bar, 3000 CT Ave., NWDC
Sunday, June 24
Early banjo styles workshop with Clark Buehling, minstrel & parlor music, 2-4pm; intermediate & advanced
players; workshops@hmtrad.com, 301-270-9090
10:00 am +12:30 Naomi Shelton & the Gospel Queens for gospel brunch @ The Hamilton, 600 14th St.
(14th & F), NWDC; $25
12:00 pm >3 Sunday brunch Irish session led by Naomi Lesley & Marc Glickman @ P. Brennan’s, 2910
Columbia Pike, Arlington VA 22204; 703-553-1090, pbrennans.com
1:00 pm Washington Revels Heritage Voices w/Roustabout Band, Civil War era music @ Glen Echo
Park, MD; for Heritage Days
1:30 pm Harlem Gospel Choir for gospel brunch @ Howard Theatre, 620 T St., NWDC; $35-40
2:00 pm >6 CABOMA Summer Pick-Nic and Jam @ Lyon Park Community Center, N. Filmore St &
Pershing Dr, Arlington VA; some food; bring sides; 301-274-3441
3:00 pm >6 PRJC monthly jam, incl Wash. Conservatory Traditional Jazz Band open/close @ Normandie
Farm Restaurant, 10710 Falls Rd., Potomac, MD 20854; $10 non-jammers; prjc.org
4:00 pm >8 Steelpan Jam @ Plaza Stage, 150 National Plaza, National Harbor, Oxon Hill, MD; free;
nationalharbor.com
4:00 pm >8 Mike Surratt & the Continentals 40th Anniversary Celebration @ Blob’s Park, 8024 Max
Blobs Park Rd., Jessup, MD; 410-799-7130; blobspark.net
4:00 pm >8 FSGW Sacred Harp Singing @ St. Peter’s Episcopal Church, 4250 N. Glebe Rd., Arlington,
VA; 301-229-8534
4:00 pm >6 Capitol Hillbillies with Rollo the piano in front of Riverby Books, 417 E. Capitol St., SEDC;
202-543-4342
4:00 pm >515 Sligo Creek Hedge School hosts youth/family Irish music session @ Limerick Pub, 11301
Elkin St., Wheaton, MD 20902
+530 Brendan Mulvihill hosts Irish session @ Limerick Pub
4:00 pm Steve Kraemer & the Bluesicians @ Cat’s Eye Pub, 1730 Thames St., Fells Point/Baltimore,
MD
+9 Timmy Shelley band
4:00 pm Fourth at Four Storyfolk @ Towson UU Ch, 1710 Dulaney Valley Rd., Towson, MD; potluck
At break; 410-321-8419
5:00 pm >10 Sean Fleming, others, BEN @ Ireland’s 4 Fields, 3412 CT Ave., NWDC; 202-244-0860
reservations recommended
5:00 pm Patsy’s Honky Tonk Torch & Twang (aka Pat Stevens & the Hall Brothers) @ JV’s, 6666
Arlington Blvd., Falls Church VA 22042; 703-241-9504
6:00 pm Junkyard Saints @ Lurman Theatre, 425 Bloomsbury Ave., Catonsville, MD 21228; weather
No. 877-278-0961
6:00 pm Calico Jack @ Reedville Maritime Museum pavilion, 504 Main St., Reedville VA; $5; 804-4533004 or rfmuseum.org
7:00 pm John Gorka + guest Jon Patton (Midway Fair) @ Adat Chaim Congregation, 115 Cockeys Mill
Rd., Reisterstown, MD 21136; $26; uptownconcerts.com, 410-922-5210
7:00 pm Big Daddy Stallings & the Bluez Evolution Band @ Baker Park, 121 N. Bentz St., Frederick,
MD; free; celebratefrederick.com
7:00 pm Mike Flaherty’s Dixieland Band @ The Zoo Bar, 3000 CT Ave., NWDC
7:30 pm Kelly Willis & Bruce Robison + Amy Black opens @ Birchmere, 3701 Mt Vernon
Ave.,Alexandria. VA; $25; 703-549-7500, birchmere.com
7:30 pm Hot Club of DC, Gypsy jazz @ Germano’s, 300 S. High St., Baltimore MD 21202;
dcdjangolfolies.com
7:30 pm Alt Washingtonia, Bavarian dance group @ Mason District Park Amphitheatre, 6621 Columbia
Pike, Annandale VA 22003; free; weather number 703-324-7469
7:30 pm Musical Celebration of the Life of Phil Mathieu @ The Hamilton DC, 600 14th St., (14th & F)
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NWDC; feat. Deanna Bogart, Natty Beaux, Ty Braddock & the Branded Men feat. Chick Hall,
Dixie Power Trio, Esther Haynes, Brian Litz, Ricardo Marlow, Patty Reese, Karen Collins &
the Backroads Band, Jane Wilson, Ruthie & the Wrangers & guests; BEN Ruthie’s expenses.
FSGW Squares & Contras @ Bumper Car Pavilion, Glen Echo Park, 7300 MacArthur Blvd,
Glen Echo, Md; $12/9; Sargon de Jesus + Sligo Street Stompers
Union Street Preservation Society, eclectic string band @ Iota, 2832 Wilson Blvd., Arlington
VA; $12; 703-522-8340
Stacy Brooks @ Madam’s Organ, 2461 18th St., NWDC; $3-7
Monday, June 25
Larry Hanks & Deborah Robins @ Kennedy Center Millennium Stage, NH Ave. & F St.,
NWDC; free; kennedy-center.org
Lady Di for Blue Monday @ Westminster Church, 400 I St, SWDC; $5; 202-484-7700
Bitter Dose Combo, Gypsy jazz @ Bistrot Lepic, 1736 Wisconsin Ave., NWDC,
dcdjangofolies.com
“Love Songs from the Liberation Wars, “ the True Story of “We Shall Overcome,” a musical
Based on a concept by Steve Jones & Elise Bryant (words/music by Jones), concert
performance feat. Pam Parker, Luci Murphy, Peter Jones, Marianna Previti, Julian Hipkins,
more singers @ Cedar Lane UUCh, 9601 Cedar Lane, Bethesda, MD 20814; $10 sugg’d;
Iona, Celtic Christian music from UK @ Jammin Java, 227 E. Maple Ave., Vienna Va 22180;
$25-30; 703-255-1566, jamminjava.com
Songwriter Showcase @ Brewers Alley, 124 N. Market St, Frederick, MD 21701; 301-6310089; incl feat: Chatham Street (Christal & Peter Prout); Raquel Orsini & Ed, pianist Doris Au
MacDonald, Joe Peck, the Braeded Chord; regulars poet John Holly, Todd C Walker, Rod
Deacey
Junkyard Saints @ Creative Alliance at the Patterson, 3134 Eastern Ave., Baltimore MD
traditional Irish session, hosted by Brendan Mulvihill & Brian Gaffney @ O’Connell’s Pub, 112
King St., Alexandria Va 22314; 703-739-1124
Hot Tuna (electric) + Steve Kimock opens @ The National, 708 E. Broad St., Richmond, VA;
$20-25; thenationalva.com
BFMS English Country Dance @ St Mark's on the Hill, 1620 Reisterstown Rd, Pikesville Md;
$11/8; Michael Barraclough + Becky Ross/vln, Robin Wilson/fl/conc & Judy Meyers/pno
Wolf’s Blues Jam @ JV’s, 6666 Arlington Blvd., Falls Church VA; 703-241-9504
Tuesday, June 26
BanjoMan Frank Cassel for young kids @ Lebanese Taverna, 7141 Arlington Rd., Bethesda,
MD; free; 301-951-8681
>130 Ted Garber @ Freedom Park, 17th St. between Lynn St. & Wilson Blvd., Arlington, VA;
Free; rosslynnva.org
Unukupukupu, Halau Hula of Hawaii Community College, Hilo f/Homegrown Music @
Coolidge Auditorium, Jefferson Bldg., Library of Congress, 1st & Independence Ave., SEDC;
free; 202-707-5510
The Crawdaddies @ Woodrow Wilson Plaza, Ronald Reagan Bldg., 1300 PA Ave., NWDC
>5 Patricia A. Turner [UC Davis] on “Crafting Change: African American Folk Artists and the
Civil Rights Movement; Botkin Lecture @ Mary Pickford Theatre, 3rd Floor, James Madison
Bldg, Library of Congress, 1st St. & Independence Ave, SEDC; free
>7:45 Sligo Creek Hedge School host children’s Irish music session upstairs @ McGinty’s Pub,
911 Ellsworth Dr., Silver Spring, MD 20910;
+8pm Dennis Botzer & C.B. Heineman host Irish session @ McGinty’s
open mic/showcases f/Folk Club of Herndon & Reston HAVE MOVED !!!
NEW LOCATION: Amphora’s Diner Deluxe, 1151 Elden St., Herndon, VA 20170
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703-435-2402; $1; restonherndonfolkclub.com
Billy Bragg - Wishes Woody Guthrie a happy 100th Birthday @ Birchmere, 3701 Mt Vernon
Ave., Alexandria. VA; $49.50; 703-549-7500, birchmere.com
Sierra Leone’s Refugee All Stars @ The Hamilton, 600 14th St. (14th & F), NWDC; $30
Ships Company Chantey pub Sing @ Laughing Man Tavern, 1306 G St, NWDC 20005
Acoustic Eidolon [Joe Scott (double-neck guitjo) & Hannah Alkire (cello)] f/Focus Music @
UUCh of Rockville, 100 Welsh Park Dr., Rockville MD 20850; $18/15; 301-275-7459,
focusmusic.org
Mary Alouette, Gypsy jazz vocals @ An Die Musik, 409 N. Charles St., Baltimore MD;
Djdjangofolies.com
Hot Tuna (electric) + Steve Kimock opens @ The Grand, 818 N. Market St., Wilmington, DE
19801; $33-41; thegrandwilmington.org
+10 Dallas Vietty Musette Project, swing jazz accordion @ Twins Jazz, 1344 U St., NWDC;
Dcdjangofolies.com
JimmieVaughan, blues @ Howard Theatre, 620 T St., NWDC; $26-30; thehowardtheatre.com
Eric Lindell @ Rams Head Tavern, 33 West St., Annapolis, MD; $20; 410-268-4545
By & By + Gravel Road Bluesgrass + The Stick Mob for Bluegrass Night @ Iota, 2832 Wilson
Blvd., Arlington VA; $10; 703-522-8340
Seamus Kennedy @ Harry Browne’s, 66 State Circle, Annapolis, MD; 410-263-4332,
harrybrownes.com
Justin Trawick @ Hill Country BBQ, 410 7th St., NWDC
Wednesday, June 27
Smithsonian Folklife Festival on National Mall, DC; 11a-5:30p; W-Sun + 7/4-8; folklife.si.edu
Programs: Campus & Community celebrating Public & Land-grant universities and the USDA at 150;
Citified: Arts & creativity east of the Anacostia River;
confirm events
Creativity & Crisis: Unfolding the AIDS Memorial Quilt; see days + evening concerts
11:00 am Folklife Opening Ceremony at Morrill tent on National Mall, DC; today’s music incl U of
Hawaii Tuahine Troupe, Dennis Stroughmatt et L’Esprit Creole, WV Univ. Steel Band, U of
Hawaii Hula Halau Unukupkupo, U of TX-PanAm Mariachi Aztlan; soul & funk, hip-hop,
Dance, story, cabaret, Sheryl Lee Ralph, NAMES stories, quilt workshops, food, agriculture;
+6pm WV Univ Steel Band feat. Ellie Mannette
+6pm Bring Back the Funk feat. George Clinton, Ivan Neville & Dumpstaphunk, Meshell
Ndegeocello
11:45 am >1:30 pm Patty Reese Duo @ CentralSpace, Wilson Blvd. & N. Moore St., Arlington VA;
rosslynva.org, free; 703-522-6628
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>130 Ruthie & the Wranglers @ Rockville Town Center, E. Montgomery Ave., Rockville, MD
7:00 pm Stephane Wrembel, guitar outdoors at Strathmore Center, 5301 Tuckerman Lane, No. Bethesda,
MD; Strathmore.org, 301-581-5100; bring seating
7:00 pm Cajun Jam @ New Deal Café, 113 Centerway, Roosevelt Center, Greenbelt, MD 20770;
Newdealcafe.com
7:00 pm The Bog Band for Wednesday Night STARZ series @ Veterans Plaza, 1 Veterans Place, Silver
Spring, MD 20910
8:00 pm SAW showcase @ Epicure, 11213A Lee Hwy (Rt.29), Fairfax (City), VA 22030; Bob Dylan
Tribute Marathan, incl Don Brown, Ben Hamblin, Elizabeth Stone, Chuck Haskins, Nancy
Katz & Bill Briplett, Chatham Street, Steve Coffee & Ted Murphree, Jean Bayou, Bill
Mulroney, Tom Bodine, Larry Mediate, Billy Hancock, Sherry Stewart, Valeria Stewart,
Bumpkin Pie, Brother Lou, Jane Tatum & Jim Nagle + open mic; Ron Goad hosts
8:00 pm +10 Frank Vignola @ Twins Jazz, 1344 U St., NWDC; dcdjangofolies.com
8:00 pm Brian Gaffney @ P. Brennan’s, 2910 Columbia Pike, Arlington, VA 22204
8:00 pm Philippe Varlet leads traditional Irish session @ Limerick Pub, 11301 Elkin St., Wheaton, MD
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20902; 301-946-3232
Final Pub Quiz & Closing Party @ Ireland’s 4 Fields, 3412 CT Ave., NWDC; 202-244-0860
FSGW English Country Dance @ Glen Echo Town Hall, 6106 Harvard Ave., Glen Echo Md;
$10/8; Liz Donaldson + Becky Ross/fid, Susan Brandt/fl, Melissa Running/pno
BFMS Contras @ Lovely Lane Ch, 2200 St.Paul St, Baltimore MD 21218; $13/9; Kim Forry +
Baltimore Open Band
Dogs among the Bushes @ Cat’s Eye Pub, 1730 Thames St., Fells Point/Baltimore, MD
Thursday, June 28
10:30 pm Culkin School of Traditional Irish Dance @ Wolf TrapTheatre-in-the-Woods, 1551 Trap Road,
Vienna Va 22182; $8; wolftrap.org
11:00 am Folklife Festival on National Mall, DC; today’s music incl U of Hawaii Tuahine Troupe, Dennis
Stroughmatt et L’Esprit Creole, WV Univ. Steel Band, U of Hawaii Hula Halau Unukupkupo,
U of TX-PanAm Mariachi Aztlan; soul & funk, Christylez Bacon, hip-hop, dance, story,
cabaret, Camaroon orphans play, NAMES stories, quilt workshops, food, agriculture;
+6pm Azerbaijani Mugham Music feat. Imamyar Hasanov/kamancha & Pezhham Akhavass/perc
11:45 am >130 Andrew Acosta & the New Old time String Band @ Wilson Blvd. & N. Oak St., Arlington;
free; rosslynva.org
6:00 pm Quetzal, Mexican/Afro-Cuban fusion @ Kennedy Center Millennium Stage, NH Ave. & F St.,
NWDC; free; kennedy-center.org - w/Smithsonian Folklife Festival
6:00 pm Jean Bayou + the Harley String Band + Becky Warren @ The Black Squirrel, 2427 18th St.,
NWDC 20009
7:00 pm Patrick Lundy & the Ministers of Music @ Howard Theatre, 620 T St., NWDC; $20
7:00 pm >8:30 Calico Jack @ Annapolis Maritime Museum, 726 2nd St., Annapolis MD 21403; $10
sugg’d; amaritime.org
7:00 pm >9 Delectrified [Brian Gross & Steve Levine] @ El Golfo Restaurant, 8739 Flower Ave., Silver
Spring, MD 20901; 301-608-2121
7:00 pm Washington Revels singers perform (& sing National Anthem) before 7:30 Bethesda Big Train
baseball game v. Youse’s Orioles @ Shirley Povich Field, 10600 Westlake Dr., Cabin John
Regional Park, Bethesda, MD
7:00 pm Gypsy Roots @ Bistrot Lepic, 1736 Wisconsin Ave., NWDC, dcdjangofolies.com
7:00 pm >830 Calico Jack [Janie Meneely & Paul DiBlasi] @ Annapolis Maritime Museum, 723 2nd St.,
Annapolis, MD; $10sugg’d; 410-295-0104; amaritime.org
7:00 pm Joe Herrmann, David McLaughlin & Marshall Wilborn @ Hill Chapel House Concert, 4 Main
St., New Market, MD; $10-20 sugg’d; Thehillchapelhouseconcerts.com
7:00 pm Trad music sessions, Irish & 8:30 bluegrass @ Boe’s Strings, 26 S. Market St., Frederick MD;
301-662-0730, boesstrings.com
7:00 pm >9 SAW open mic hosted by Lynn Hollyfield & David Weaver @ New Deal Café, 113
Centerway, Roosevelt Center, Greenbelt, MD 20770; 301-474-5642
7:20 pm Hedge Teens play Irish music before Chesapeake Shakespeare Company “Pride & Prejudice” @
Outdoor amphitheatre at PFI Historic Park, 3691 Sarahs Lane, Ellicott City, MD; play tix:
Chesapeakeshakespeare.com
7:30 pm Larnell Starkey & the Spiritual Seven @ Frying Pan Farm Park, 2709 W. Ox Rd., Herndon VA
20171; free; weather number 703-324-7469
7:30 pm Ted Garber @ Nottoway Park, 9537 Courthouse Rd., Vienna VA 22181; free; weather number;
703-324-7469
7:30 pm >830 Clarence “The Blues Man” Turner @ Bumper Car Pavilion, Glen Echo Park, 7300
MacArthur Blvd., Glen Echo, MD; free; 301-634-2222
7:30 pm Glen Echo International Folkdancers @ Church of the Redeemer, 6201 Dunrobbin Dr., Glen
Echo, MD; mostly recorded music; lesson first, request dances from 9; $5; fsgw.org &
dancingplanetproductions.com
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Gina DeSimone & the Moaners @ Limerick Pub, 11301 Elkin St., Wheaton, MD 20902; 301946-3232
Big Hillbilly Bluegrass @ Acre 121, 1400 Irving St., NWDC;
Not So Modern Jazz Quartet @ St. Elmo’s Coffee, 2300 Mt. Vernon Ave., Alexandria Va; 703739-9268
Big Boy Little hosts blues jam @ The Zoo Bar, 3000 CT Ave., NWDC; 202-232-4225
Ruben Montoya Band @ Cat’s Eye Pub, 1730 Thames St., Fells Point/Baltimore, MD
Friday, June 29
Banjo Man Frank Cassel for young kids @ Jammin Java, 227 E. Maple Ave., Vienna VA; $5;
703-255-1566, jamminjava.com
10:30 pm FriSat: Eric Brace & Peter Cooper sing Tom T. Hall’s Songs of Fox Hollow @ Wolf
TrapTheatre-in-the-Woods, 1551 Trap Road, Vienna Va 22182; $8; wolftrap.org
2:00 pm Ebony Hillbillies, Sparky & Rhonda Rucker music & dance demo in Warner Bros. Theatre,
National Museum of American History, 14th St. & Constitution Ave., NWDC
11:00 am Folklife Festival on National Mall, DC; folklife.si.edu; today’s music incl U of Hawaii Tuahine
Troupe, Dennis Stroughmatt et L’Esprit Creole, WV Univ. Steel Band, U of Hawaii Hula
Halau Unukupkupo, U of TX-PanAm Mariachi Aztlan; soul & funk, Christylez Bacon; hiphop, dance, story, cabaret, NAMES stories, quilt workshops, food, agriculture;
+6pm La Sardina de Naiguata (border Carnival music) + Quetzal (East L.A. Chicano rock)
+6pm Music of Monticello & the Blue Ridge, feat. Amathyst Kiah, Sparky & Rhonda Rucker,
Ebony Hillbillies + caller & square dance
6:00 pm Mariachi Aztlan, pan-Mexican music @ Kennedy Center Millennium Stage, NH Ave. & F St.,
NWDC; free; kennedy-center.org
6:30 pm Cletus Kennelly & Lori Kelley @ Vienna Town Green, 144 E. Maple Ave., Vienna Va
6:30 pm Unity, reggae @ Rockville Town Square, E. Middle Lane, N. Washington St. & Beall Ave.,
Rockville MD; free; rockvilletownsquare.com
7:00 pm Chatham Street @ The Gazebo, Town Commons, Main & Chester Sts., Front Royal VA;
facebook.com/BlueRidgeArts
7:00 pm Lilt for Monopoly House concert, Hyattsville MD; $10; ResReq:
concertsinyourhome.com/event-dmcquade20120629.html
7:00 pm Hedge Teens, Irish for house concert, Rockville MD; ResReq: 240-372-4086 or
jramarui@gmail.com
7:00 pm Eric Brace & Peter Cooper for house concert, Westminster, MD; ResReq:
triciashouseconcerts@hughes.net
7:30 pm The Flatlanders [Jimmie Dale Gilmore, Joe Ely, Butch Hancock] @ Birchmere, 3701 Mt Vernon
Ave., Alexandria. VA; $35; 703-549-7500, birchmere.com
7:30 pm Cheryl Wheeler @ Royal Lake Park, 5344 Gainsborough Dr., Fairfax, VA 22032; free;
Weather number 703-324-7469
7:30 pm Ann Rabson Band @ Mason District Park Amphitheatre, 6621 Columbia Pike, Annandale, VA
22003; weather number 703-324-7469
8:00 pm Cooking with Gas @ New Deal Café, 113 Centerway, Greenbelt, MD 20770
8:00 pm F/Sat Brendan Sheridan & Pat Farrell @ Limerick Pub, 11301 Elkin St., Wheaton, MD 20902;
301-946-3232
8:01 pm Catfish Hodge Band @ JV’s, 6666 Arlington Blvd., Falls Church VA
8:00 pm Girls from Mars, female vocal swing trio w/bass & trumpet for FSGW house concert, Derwood,
MD; $20; ResReq: 301-670-6716 or reitz@verizon.net
8:00 pm Susan Jones, jazz violin @ 49 West Coffeehouse, 49 West St., Annapolis, MD;
dcdjangofolies.com
8:00 pm Jesse Winchester @ Ashland Coffee & Tea, 100 N. Railroad Ave., Ashland VA; $25/30;
804-798-1702, ashlandcoffeeandtea.com
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Locust Lane Contras @ Christ the Savior Orthodox Church hall, 5501 Locust Lane, Harrisburg
Pa; $9/8/4stdts; Janine Smith + Gooseberries
Friday Contras @ Spanish Ballroom, Glen Echo Park, 7300 MacArthur Blvd, Glen Echo,
MD; $9; Ann Fallon + Bold Weevils [Orrin Star/mand/gtr/bjo, Alexander Mitchell/fid, Marc
Glickman/pno]
Red Hot Rhythm Chiefs & Hot Club of DC for swing dance @ Bumper Car Pavilion, Glen
Echo Park, MD; $15; dcdjangofolies.com
Skyla Burrell band @ Cat’s Eye Pub, 1730 Thames St., Fells Point/Baltimore, MD