Maryland-native Maggie Rogers returns to DC to play The Anthem on Monday and Tuesday with Empress Of. Photo by Caitlin Moore.
Week Of: October 7 — 13, 2019
Summary: Pack It In
Another amazing week of music ahead in the DMV. Take Friday night, for example. Go to any venue and you're destined to experience greatness. You'll need to start cloning yourself fast to get to them all.
Check out all the shows below, with personal choices in bold, along with a list of the DCMR staff top picks and sparkling"gems" that you won't want to miss.
Mon — October 7
DCMR Staff Picks
- An Evening with Sturgill Simpson at Black Cat
- Maggie Rogers with Empress Of at The Anthem
- Noah Kahan - Busyhead Tour w/ JP Saxe at 9:30 Club
Jams, Mics & Such
- Crank Jam (Monthly Go - Go Jam Session) at City Winery DC
- JAMonday at Epicure Café
- The Changing Face of Children's Music at Busboys and Poets Brookland
Sparkling Gems
- Dada Veda at The Pinch
- Abram Shook / Laurel Rose / The North Country solo at Girard Manor Columbia Heights
- Elizabeth Moen with Crooks and Crows at DC9 Nightclub
- Elder Island at Union Stage
- Levon Mikaelian TRIO (Piano) "Untainted" Release Party at 8p and 10p at Blues Alley
- ASCAP Musical Theater Week on Millennium Stage (FREE) at The Kennedy Center
- Tamm E Hunt and Her Band at Keystone Korner (Baltimore)
Tue — October 8
DCMR Staff Picks
- Kero Kero Bonito with Negative Gemini at 9:30 Club
- Karl Denson's Tiny Universe at The Hamilton Live
- Maggie Rogers with Empress Of at The Anthem
Jams, Mics & Such
- Gordon Sterling Presents: The Gypsy Sally's Jam at Gypsy Sally's
- Open Mic feat. Rosie Cima & What She Dreamed at Sauf Haus
- RevEx: Jazz Jam Fest at Solly's
- Trifling Tuesday Musical Charity Hang at The Wonderland Ballroom
- Soul Power (film) at Suns Cinema
Sparkling Gems
- Stray Fossa, Frass Green, Pen Palindrome at Pie Shop DC
- The OSYX Album Listening Party & Exclusive Acoustic Performance at 7DC
- Preening, Gauche, Drill & Park Snakes at Rhizome DC
- Teen Mortgage // A Deer A Horse (NY) // Lohesh at Songbyrd
- Kelsey Waldon / Conor & The Wild Hunt at Songbyrd
- 9:30 Presents Kiana Ledé at U Street Music Hall
- Bonnie Bishop and Tyrone Wells w/ Dan Rodriguez at City Winery DC
- ASCAP Musical Theater Week on Millennium Stage (FREE) at The Kennedy Center
Wed — October 9
DCMR Staff Picks
- Shovels & Rope at 9:30 Club
- The Future Is Female ft. Sam Divine at U Street Music Hall
- Charlie Parr Record Release at Black Cat
- Deaf Scene / The Most / Austin Loman Group at Seasons & Sessions
- Avril Lavigne at MGM National Harbor (Oxon Hill)
Jams, Mics & Such
- Capitol Hill Jazz Jam at Mr. Henry's
- Open Mic hosted by Alex The Red Parez aka El Rojo at Rhodeside Grill (Arlington)
- Behind the Lens ft. Mick Rock and Henry Diltz at City Winery DC
Sparkling Gems
- Youn Sun Nah Trio US Tour | Blues Alley, Washington D.C. at 8p and 10p at Blues Alley
- DMBQ (Japan) w Heavy Breathing at The Dew Drop Inn
- DC Jazz Prix Winner - Ernest Turner Trio at Twins Jazz
- Hakob Jaghatspanyan, All Colors of Autumn at The National Museum of Women in the Arts
- The Expendables w/ Higher Education / The Cant Evens at MilkBoy ArtHouse
- Madison Cunningham with Jonny Grave at DC9 Nightclub
- The Bearded Drummer Experience Live at Takoma Station
- Trupa Trupa w/ TONE at Pie Shop DC
- A Latin Jazz Concert Ft. Orquesta Melao at Dupont Underground
- Alforjs / Trigger / Weed Tree at Rhizome DC
- Ira Wolf + Andrea von Kampen at Hill Country DC
- MORTES at Bossa Bistro + Lounge
- Indonesian Junk / Teen Cobra / Thee Deluxe at Slash Run
- John Lennon Birthday Show: An Acoustic Tribute at The New Deal Cafe (Greenbelt)
- Pollinators w/ Dear Creek & Thin Wizard at The Electric Maid
- ASCAP Musical Theater Week on Millennium Stage (FREE) at The Kennedy Center
Thu — October 10
DCMR Staff Picks
- Spafford at The 8x10 (Baltimore)
- Big Something with Higher Education at Tally Ho Theater (Leesburg)
- Con Brio and Lyrics Born at The Hamilton Live
Jams, Mics & Such
- ProjectHERA Ladies Open Mic and Networking Event ft. RORIE at Songbyrd
- Thursday Night Jazz Jam with Landon Paddock at Columbia Station
- Mashriq Maghreb Jam night with Hacene Zennia at Bossa Bistro + Lounge
- Noche IberoAmericana 2019: Food, Drinks, Music and Dance at Mexican Cultural Institute DC
- Careless Memories: Just What I Needed at Dodge City DC
Sparkling Gems
- Oh He Dead - Acoustic Live at The Kreeger Museum
- Bady-Dorzhu w/Alash & special guests - live album recording at WTMD (Towson)
- Joseph & The Beasts/CHNNLL/Sweet Teej at Angels Rock Bar (Baltimore)
- SHAED w/Absofacto at 9:30 Club
- Thygui // Bottled Up // Arka at The Wonderland Ballroom
- RAM from Haiti with Crown Vic's Weird World at Tropicalia
- Jamie McLean Band + The Rock-A-Sonics at Pearl Street Warehouse
- Sweet Pickles w/Petty Indulgences, Big Like Bear at DC9 Nightclub
- Milo in the Doldrums/Dot.s/Spring Silver/Strangers at The Dew Drop Inn
- Jay Byrd at Vinyl Lounge at Gypsy Sally's
- Helena Hauff with Sophia Saze at U Street Music Hall
- Steve Turre’s Rahsaan Roland Kirk Honor Band With James Carter at 8p and 10p at Blues Alley
- Danube Sessions at The Green Zone
- Street Scenes: Herb Scott – Saxophonist, Vocalist at Hill Center
- Kal Marks, Bethlehem Steel, Taciturn, Tosser at Rhizome DC
- Weston Smith at Hotel RL
- Janowski conducts Bruckner's Seventh / Steinbacher plays Mozart at The Kennedy Center
- ASCAP Musical Theater Week on Millennium Stage (FREE) at The Kennedy Center
- Afro-Latino Chamber Music Tour at Montpelier Arts Center (Laurel)
- $UICIDEBOY$ at Echo Stage (Baltimore)
- Titus Andronicus with Control at Ottobar (Baltimore)
- Kristin Rebecca at An die Musik (Baltimore)
Fri — October 11
DCMR Staff Picks
- Silence The Violence - Benefit Concert with Katy Perry, Norah Jones, and more at The Anthem
- Perpetual Groove w/ Kendall Street Company at 9:30 Club
- Remembering Robert Hunter: an All-Star Grateful Dead Tribute at Gypsy Sally's
- Mystic Bowie's Talking Dreads w/ Shamans of Sounds at Hill Country DC
- Radkey at Black Cat
- Chance The Rapper at Capital One Arena
- India.Arie: The Worthy Tour at Strathmore (Bethesda)
- Chopteeth at Pearl Street Warehouse
- The Brian McKnight 4 at Bethesda Blues & Jazz Supper Club (Bethesda)
- Spafford at The 8x10 (Baltimore)
- An Evening with The Jerry Tripsters at Zen West (Towson)
- Lake Street Dive at The National (Richmond)
Jams, Mics & Such
- Rainbow Sparks Coming Out Day Celebration with music by BOOMScat and other artists at Acorn Urban Park (Silver Spring)
- Open Mic at Dive Bar
- The Festy Experience (Charlottesville)
Sparkling Gems
- Cathy Fink and Marcy Marxer with special guest Rocky Delaplaine at The Carroll Café at Seekers Church
- Pagan Reagan / Kid Hawk / Spinster City at The Dew Drop Inn DC
- Mystery Friends, Nah., The Eli Lev Collective at Pie Shop DC
- Lucky Daye at Union Stage
- Rockers Sessions: Put Down Your Weapons feat. Nkula + Nappy Riddem + Mighty Joshua at Jammin' Java
- Performance: Ashley Bathgate, cello; Soo Yeon Lyuh, haegum at Smithsonian's Freer Sackler
- Frederic Yonnet (Harmonica) at 8p and 10p at Blues Alley
- Uasuf Gueye Live! at Bossa Bistro + Lounge
- Bedouine | Gus Seyffert at Songbyrd
- Molly Drag at Songbyrd Vinyl Lounge
- Caligula Blushed at Public Bar
- Atlas Presents Jazz: Sofia Viola at Atlas Performing Arts Center
- SongPo Sessions - Mari Mana & Bernhard Eder at Seasons & Sessions
- Stolen Jars, The North Country, Mister Goblin at Comet Ping Pong
- Tropical Beat with Leon City Sounds at Showtime Bar
- Eric Sommer at Madams Organ
- Janowski conducts Bruckner's Seventh / Steinbacher plays Mozart at The Kennedy Center
- ASCAP Musical Theater Week on Millennium Stage (FREE) at The Kennedy Center
- Mike Sweeney: Heart & Soul at Citizen Heights
- The Listening Room Concert Series; Lauren Calve at Gateway Arts Center (Brentwood)
- Cris Jacobs at B Chord Brewing (Round Hill)
- The Prince Project - Tribute to Prince at Rams Head Live (Baltimore)
- Lonnie Liston Smith and The New Cosmic Echoes at Keystone Korner (Baltimore)
- Shagwüf // Mitras // Alice And The Reverie at Sound of Music Studios (Richmond)
- Les Filles de Illighadad at Barns of Rose Hill (Berryville)
Sat — October 12
DCMR Staff Picks
- The Black Keys, Modest Mouse & Jessy Wilson at The Anthem
- Mashrou Leila at 9:30 Club
- Jimmie Vaughan w/ Bobby Thompson at Rams Head On Stage (Annapolis)
- Psycho Killers at Gypsy Sally's
- Post Malone at Capital One Arena
- Incubus at The Warner Theatre
- The Brian McKnight 4 at Bethesda Blues & Jazz Supper Club (Bethesda)
- All Things Go Fall Classic 2019 at Union Market DC
Jams, Mics & Such
- Live Painting & Music Jam at Black Cat
- Latino Art, Beats & Culture Fest at National Museum of American History
- Second Annual Balkan Chestnut Festival at Wyoming Farm (Clinton)
- The Accordion Kings (film) at National Museum of American History
- DIY MIDI Controller Workshop - Part 1 at Rhizome DC
- Lap Dulcimer Workshops w/Karen Buglass at House of Musical Traditions (Takoma Park)
- Silver Spring Uke Jam at Christ Congregational Church (Silver Spring)
- The Festy Experience (Charlottesville)
Sparkling Gems
- Les Filles de Illighadad w/ Infinity Knives + Randi at Creative Alliance (Baltimore)
- Pete Seeger 100th Birthday Concert at Friends Meeting of Washington
- Janowski conducts Bruckner's Seventh / Steinbacher plays Mozart at The Kennedy Center
- Chucho Valdés | Jazz Batá at Library of Congress Coolidge Auditorium
- We Rock Cancer Benefit w Pat McGee, Brian Dunne, and Griefcat at Tyson's Corner
- TsuShiMaMiRe | Well Wisher at Songbyrd Vinyl Lounge
- Miramar at Bossa Bistro + Lounge
- Fantasia on Mourid Barghouti's Ramallah - Art, Poetry and Classical Music at French Embassy in the U.S.
- 9:30 Presents Pissed Jeans w/ Knife Wife at U Street Music Hall
- Stary Olsa at Seekers Church
- Frederic Yonnet (Harmonica) at 8p and 10p at Blues Alley
- Mad Meg with Chirality at Dive Bar
- Jus Paul at Sotto
- Caz Gardiner Trio at Vinyl Lounge at Gypsy Sally's
- Zo! + Carmen Rodgers at City Winery DC
- Justin Trawick & the Common Good at 7 Locks Brewing (Rockville)
- Fractal Love 5 - Women Rule the Night at El Techo
- Pristine Raeign with special guest Dar Stellabotta at Edith May's Paradise (Jessup)
- Black Masala at B Chord Brewing (Round Hill)
- Lonnie Liston Smith and The New Cosmic Echoes at Keystone Korner (Baltimore)
- This Old Town - song and dance with music by Geraldine and Caleb Stine, crankies, storytelling, and puppetry at Museum of Howard County History (Ellicott City)
Sun — October 13
DCMR Staff Picks
- Pink Talking Fish Perform Dark Side Of The Moon at The Hamilton
- Pink Martini feat. China Forbes & special guest Meow Meow at The Kennedy Center
- Melvin Seals and JGB with John Kadlecik at Toad's Place (Richmond)
- Incubus at The Warner Theatre
Jams, Mics & Such
- 30th DC Blues Festival at Wunder Garten at NoMa
- The Festy Experience (Charlottesville)
Sparkling Gems
- Mike Watt + the Missingmen at Black Cat
- Backyard Band at City Winery DC
- Howard Homecoming Gospel Concert 2019 at Howard University Cramton Auditorium
- Funktronics return to Bump n Grind! (Silver Spring)
- Kelton Norris + Joe Brotherton | CapitalBop's DC Jazz Loft at Rhizome DC
- Nana Grizol, Lee Bains III & The Glory Fires, Fail Sons at Comet Ping Pong
- Frederic Yonnet (Harmonica) at 8p and 10p at Blues Alley
- Combo Lulo at Millennium Stage FREE at 6p at The Kennedy Center
- The Bob Band (Bob Dylan tribute) at The Soundry (Columbia)
- The Lionel Lyles Quintet Live at Alice's Jazz And Cultural Society
- Cigarette Bums, Venray, and Herschel Hoover at Slash Run
- Delores Galore at Songbyrd Vinyl Lounge
- David Briggs, Organist at National City Christian Church
- Granny & The Boys at Showtime Bar
- Symphonic Travels at Atlas Performing Arts Center
- Tiffany at Rams Head On Stage (Annapolis)
- Lonnie Liston Smith and The New Cosmic Echoes at Keystone Korner (Baltimore)
