Featured above is the amazing band Circles Around the Sun, which one friend describes as, "if Jon Scofield, Medeski Martin & Wood, and the Grateful Dead had a baby." They are playing at Gypsy Sally's on Thursday night. Photo by Josh Brick Graphics.
Week Of: May 27 — June 2, 2019
Summary: Circling Around the Sun
Summer is closing in —the thick thick heat has not been shy, music and summer smells fill the DC air — so you know it's about to get HOT.
This week has lots of visiting artists that are sooooo very good, including (but so not limited to):
- L7 - Scatter The Rats Tour w/ Le Butcherettes at The Fillmore
- Betty Who at 9:30 Club
- The English Beat at Rams Head Onstage
- Stone Temple Pilots at The National (Richmond)
- Anderson .Paak & The Free Nationals at MECU Pavilion
- Youssou NDOUR at Strathmore
- Geto Boys Final Farewell Tour at The Howard Theatre
- Circles around the Sun at Gypsy Sally's (FEATURED ABOVE)
- David Gray with Gaby Moreno at The Anthem
- Toots and the Maytals w/ The Players Band and Strykers Posse at The Fillmore
- Ludovico Einaudi at The Kennedy Center
...and that is only skimming the surface. Listed in the links below are many more great shows (including LOCAL loves) with personal choices in bold, along with a list of the DCMR staff top picks and cool "gems" that you don't want to miss. Get out there and check out our sunny scene!
Mon — May 27
DCMR Staff Recs
- Dishwalla at Rams Head Onstage (Annapolis)
Monday Mics, Jams, & Such
- JAMonday at Epicure Café
- Monday Night at the Mic at MilkBoy ArtHouse
- Open Mic at Boundary Stone
Hidden Gems
- Nadah El Shazly with Luke Stewart / Bushmeat at Rhizome DC
- Kari Faux: "Help Wanted" Tour at Songbyrd
- The Benny Russell Big Band at Keystone Korner (Baltimore)
Tue — May 28
DCMR Staff Recs
- L7 - Scatter The Rats Tour w/ Le Butcherettes at The Fillmore Silver Spring
- Betty Who (Night One) at 9:30 Club
- Joel Ross "Good Vibes" (Acclaimed Vibraphonist) at Blues Alley
- A.J. Croce at City WInery DC
- The English Beat at Rams Head Onstage (Annapolis)
- Stone Temple Pilots at The National (Richmond)
- Anderson .Paak & The Free Nationals at MECU Pavilion (Baltimore)
Tuesday Mics, Jams, & Such
- Book Launch DC: Making Spaces Safer by Shawna Potter at The Potter's House
- Go-Go Music, Metro PCS, and the Power of Music to Heal at Smithsonian Folklife
- Sauf Haus Open Mic feat. Zen Warship at Sauf Haus
Hidden Gems
- FREE, Live & Local: 1 Identity at The Pub & The People
- Sol Roots Band w special guest Tommy Lepson at JV's
- Apocalyptica – Plays Metallica By Four Cellos Tour at The Lincoln Theatre
- Born Dad / Gabbie Rotts / Company Calls at Rhizome DC
- Nowadays / heckdang / Space Phase at Dwell DC
- Jazz 'N More At The Port at Don Berto's Kitchen
- Deterioration, Under Attack, Needle at Slash Run
- Double Bill: Raul Midon / Sean Jones "dizzy Spellz" May 28-29 at Keystone Korner (Baltimore)
Wed — May 29
DCMR Staff Recs
- Youssou NDOUR at Strathmore
- Geto Boys Final Farewell Tour at The Howard Theatre
- Betty Who (Night Two) at 9:30 Club
- Ziggy & Lou: A Walk on the Wild Side at Gypsy Sally's
- Stephane Wrembel Band - The Django Experiment at City Winery DC
- Mountain Man at Creative Alliance (Baltimore)
Wednesday Mics, Jams, & Such
- Neel Singh’s Open Jam/Workshop at Villain & Saint
- Capitol Hill Jazz Jam at Mr. Henry's
- Open Mic Series at Busboys & Poets 450K
- Open Mic Night hosted by Alex The Red Parez at Rhodeside Grill
- Wednesday Sing Out at Sticky Rice
- Living Wake for the Windup Space: Days Before Death at The Windup Space (Baltimore)
Hidden Gems
- All The Feels: A Mental Health Variety Show at Union Stage
- District of Raga Presents Rohith Chandrasekar at Bossa Bistro + Lounge
- The Hut Jenny Hates Techno and 1Identity Band at Anacostia Arts Center
- Cub Sport | Minor Poet at Songbyrd
- 9:30 Pres. Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever at U Street Music Hall
- Brian Krock at Twins Jazz
- Suzi Wu at DC9 Nightclub
- EyeQ x Ohm-I x Kadesh Flow at The Velvet Lounge
- Thelma | Dove Lady and Carson Cox at Songbyrd Vinyl Lounge
- Double Bill: Raul Midon / Sean Jones "dizzy Spellz" at Keystone Korner (Baltimore)
Thu — May 30
DCMR Staff Recs
- Circles around the Sun at Gypsy Sally's (with DC3 at The Vinyl Lounge)
- David Gray with Gaby Moreno at The Anthem
- Betty Who with Loote (Third and Final Night Added!) at 9:30 Club
- Marcus Johnson at City Winery DC
- Midnight Driver w/ Les The DJ at Black Cat
- Unexpected Italy (II): Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini at The Kennedy Center
- Kendall Street Company with Moogatu at The 8x10 (Baltimore)
Hidden Gems
- No Holds Barred Bluegrass Cage Match - By & By and Moosejaw at Mr. Henry's
- Venray, Kid Claws, Alright (solo) at Smith Public Trust
- 9:30 Presents Omar Apollo at U Street Music Hall
- Sol Roots band with Stacy Brooks and Linwood Taylor at JV's
- Chaos Chaos | Carroll at Songbyrd
- Jason Kahn / Joe Baiza / Maslo at Rhizome DC
- Teenage Halloween x Wyndwood x Lightmare at Songbyrd Vinyl Lounge
- Des Demonas, Heavy Breathing at The Dew Drop Inn DC
- Free! 70's Psych Rock Night at Pearl Street Warehouse
- Reggae on the Rooftop at DC9 Nightclub
- Plateau Below, The Cryptkeeper Five, The Vansaders at Slash Run
- Pablo's Baile: Brazilian Dance Night at Bossa Bistro + Lounge
- Deep Tech Residents: Shawn Travolta ft Nocturnal Wax, Kevin Pons at Zeba Bar
- Live Music Thursdays! at The Midlands
- Last Thursday Singer-Songwriter Night with Nicole Belanus at Bump 'n Grind
- Danube Sessions at Marx Cafe
- Little Mazarn w/ Mole Suit Choir + Greg Hatem at Creative Alliance (Baltimore)
Fri — May 31
DCMR Staff Recs
- Toots and the Maytals w/ The Players Band and Strykers Posse at The Fillmore Silver Spring
- The Last Rewind, Eat Your Meat at Gypsy Sally's
- Ludovico Einaudi at The Kennedy Center
- Sammy Hagar at Wolf Trap
- The Dirty Dozen Brass Band with Gordon Sterling and the People at Tally Ho Theater
- Punk, Funk & Pies for the People ft High-Brid, M4TR, 1 Identity at Dangerously Delicious Pies DC
- Two Night Jailbreak Americana Fest feat. Two Ton Twig + Shannon Bielski & Moonlight Drive at Union Stage
- Vanessa Collier with Vintage #18 at The Hamilton Live
- Black Masala - John Papa Gros at The 8x10 (Baltimore)
Friday Mics, Jams, & Such
- Femme Fatale DC Extension Party in DC
- Jazz in the Garden 2019 at Sculpture Garden Pavilion Cafe
- Artlab: Open Mic at Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden
- Films and Music in Celebration of Walt Whitman at Rhizome DC
Hidden Gems
- 9:30 Presents Weyes Blood at U Street Music Hall
- The Distillers with Starcrawler at 9:30 Club
- Jason Yeager & Randal Despommier Quintet at Twins Jazz
- Rebel Grrrls: Tribute to Bikini Kill benefit For HIPS at Slash Run
- Kim Jordan at Bethesda Blues & Jazz Supper Club
- All Birds Are Bad / Baltic Noise / Triple Backflip Committee at VFW Post 9274
- Off The Cuff: Beethoven's Emperor at Strathmore
- Brian Farrow live at the Listening Room at Gateway Arts Center
- National Symphony Orchestra Community Concert (FREE) at Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception
- DuoDuo Quartet at Creative Alliance (Baltimore)
- $100 Girlfriend EP Release with Sugar Glass and Gabbie Rotts at The Windup Space (Baltimore)
Sat — June 1
DCMR Staff Recs
- An Evening with Better Off Dead at The 8x10 (Baltimore)
- Keyon Harrold (Trumpet) at 8p and 10p at Blues Alley
- The 2019 “Feel That You’re Feelin Tour” at City Winery DC
- Beyond Psycho: Music of Bernard Herrmann at Washington National Cathedral
- Music Under the Dome: Talking Heads at Maryland Science Center (Baltimore)
Saturday Festivals
- Washington Folk Festival at Glen Echo Park
- P.G. Caribbean Festival at Waterfront Park, Bladensburg, MD
- Honky Tonk Heroes play Glover Park Day at Guy Mason Playground
- Ruckus Fest: Emo & Pop Punk Tribute Festival at POWER PLANT LIVE!
- Blast From The Past! DC Decades Fest at The Bullpen
- Get Crooked Fest 2019 at Anne Arundel County Fairgrounds
- Hall Williams Band at The Taste Of Three Cities at Patterson Park (Baltimore)
- Baltimore Summer Jam feat. LITZ: Daft Funk v12.7 w. Space Bacon at Baltimore Soundstage
Hidden Gems
- Dark Wave Night ft. Spider Lilies, 11 Grams, the Neuro Farm at Dangerously Delicious Pies DC
- Honey Cutt / Panini Girlfriend at The Dew Drop Inn DC
- Lionize/Caustic Casanova/ Distinguished Gentlemen at Oliver Brewing Company
- John McEuen & The String Wizards at The Hamilton
- Soul Crackers feat. Tommy Lepson & The Too Much Sisters at Pearl Street Warehouse
- KAZKA at The Howard Theatre
- Boricua Bohème Music Nights Featuring: Fernandito Ferrer at Bossa Bistro + Lounge
- Mystery Friends Album Release with Den-Mate and Del Florida at Black Cat
- Imani Grace - Brunch Show at Sotto
- Jolly Papa, Georges Collinet & Friends at MilkBoy ArtHouse
- The Mystery Lights w/ Future Punx at DC9 Nightclub
- Frass Green/ bruce take nap/Tayo O./Shadow Year(ny) at Songbyrd
- FACS, TK Echo, Tosser at Comet Ping Pong
- Spirits Rise: Astral Spirits in DC at 5p at Rhizome DC
- Sister Ex - Tru Fax & the Insaniacs - Apollo 66 at American Legion Post 41, Cissel-Saxon
- Jason Yeager & Randal Despommier Quintet at Twins Jazz
- That 70's Party W/ Superflydisco featuring Erin Willet at The State Theatre
- American Roots at 4p at The Breadery (Catonsville)
- Frogohmine, Clean Breast Collective, Microkingdom, Hestina at Current Space (Baltimore)
- Swing Underground at the Elk Room
- Caleb Stine and Kagey Parrish - presented by Folkal Point at An die Musik (Baltimore)
Sun — June 2
DCMR Staff Recs
- The New Respects + Apollo LTD at Union Stage
- Works of Poulenc, Penderecki & Beethoven at The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts
- Hellwana on Millennium Stage FREE at 6p at The Kennedy Center
- Griffin House Album Release w/ Brian Elmquist of The Lone Bellow at City Winery Washington DC
- Keyon Harrold (Trumpet) at 8p and 10p at Blues Alley
- Coheed And Cambria & Mastodon: The Unheavenly Skye Tour at MECU Pavilion (Baltimore)
Sunday Mics, Jams, & Such
- Workshop: Intro to Improv, Jamming & Making New Music! at 7Drum City
- Jammin’ June Potluck Jam at 7Drum City
- An Introduction to TidalCycles (where livecoding allow audiences to interact and influence the music) at Spacylounge
- The Old Time Session at The Petworth Citizen
- DC Blues Society Jam - 1st Sunday at American Legion Post 41, Cissel-Saxon
- Silver Spring Record Fair in Silver Spring
- The Soul of Curtis Mayfield at Bethesda Blues & Jazz Supper Club
Hidden Gems
- Caroline Spence w/ Vim & Vigor at Pearl Street Warehouse
- FREE, Live & Local: Laura Tsaggaris at The Pub & The People
- DNF at V&S Free Sunday Funday FUNK Fusion DANCE PARTY at Villain & Saint
- Great Northern at Bossa Bistro + Lounge
- Queering Sound : Leap into the Void at 2p at Rhizome DC
- Amy Klein (NYC), Babbling April, Weston Smith at Rhizome DC
- Thouxanbanfauni | MK Zulu at Songbyrd
- Luna EP Release, Odd Mojo, Charlie Monroe, Übrgrl at Dangerously Delicious Pies DC
- Teen Daze | Baltic Noise | Shormey at Songbyrd Velvet Lounge
- Grateful Jams Showcase at El Golfo
- Banda Magda at Creative Alliance (Baltimore)
