Week Of: August 13-19, 2018
Summary: Music in the Streets
This week continues to showcase what is best about DC by bringing music, acceptance, freedom, diversity, and love to the streets, parks, and lawns. Lots of great and eclectic OUTDOOR choices this week from:
- Funk on 14th St. to
- a Uke Fest Live from the Strathmore Lawn to
- Baltimore's Live at Patterson Park closing concert with Caleb Stine to
- The Sound of DC at 6p at Dupont Circle, and
- the 4th Annual Chuck Brown Day at Chuck Brown Memorial Park.
There's also a lot of great (indoor) local music festivals to check out including:
- The three day Audioteka II event at Club Heaven and Hell with MANY amazing DMV bands,
- The DC Music Rocks Festival at 9:30 Club,
- The Hot August Music Festival in Cockeysville, MD just a little north of Baltimroe
- A Fundraiser for The Craig Tufts Educational Scholarship Fund at Pearl Street Warehouse.
More details about all of the can't-go-wrong choices are below, including...
- DCMR staff picks (what we may be covering/seeing), and
- Hidden Gems (sometimes smaller, often local, always downright cool shows)
...for every day of the week (with my personal choices in bold). Have fun!
Monday, August 13
DCMR Staff Recs
- Mindi Abair and the Boneshakers at The Birchmere
Hidden Gems
- Echo Courts // Blacklodge + em.g // Tooth Choir at Songbyrd Music House & Record Cafe
Tuesday, August 14
DCMR Staff Recs
Hidden Gems
- Funk on 14th St. at Chicken & Whiskey
- Good Deal with JB Dunn, John Bolton, and Casanovela at the New Deal Cafe
Wednesday, August 15
DCMR Staff Recs
- Tim Whalen Quintet at Blues Alley
- Gladys Knight & The O'Jays at Wolf Trap
- Seu Jorge at 9:30 Club
- Band of Horses with special guest Bonny Dune at The National in Richmond, VA
- Shawn Mullins at Rams Head on Stage
Hidden Gems
- Live from the Lawn: UkeFest Finale at Strathmore
- Caleb Stine! Friends of Patterson Park Concert Series Closer at Friends of Patterson Park
- Republican Hair with Dot Dash at DC 9 Nightclub
- Neel Singh's Open Jam and Workshop at Villain & Saint
- Capitol Hill Jazz Jam at Mr. Henry's
- Project HERA All Talent Open Mic at Epicure Café
Thursday, August 16
DCMR Staff Recs
- Audioteka II at Club Heaven and Hell
- The Sound of DC at 6p at Dupont Circle
- The Grass is Dead at Pearl Street Warehouse
- Wild Common, Two Ton Twig at Gypsy Sally's
- Honey Island Swamp Band at City Winery DC
- Karen Jonas at Hill Country BBQ DC
- Shroom Pickers - Unstrung Heroes - Conor and the Wild Hunt at The 8x10
Hidden Gems
- Jay Byrd & The Music Trust at Evening Star Cafe
- Suga Grits & Surprise Attack at Villain & Saint
- Show Me The Body with Urochromes at Songbyrd Music House & Record Cafe
- Austin Loman Group + EMOTiO at MilkBoy ArtHouse
- Cup, Bottled Up (tape release), & Bike Thiefs at Black Cat DC
- Joe Keyes and the Late Bloomer Band at Bossa Bistro
Friday, August 17
DCMR Staff Recs
- Tacocat w/ GYMSHORTS at DC9 Nightclub
- Trombone Shorty, Galactic, Preservation Hall, and more! at Wolf Trap
- Audioteka II at Club Heaven and Hell
- Gangstagrass at Hill Country DC
- Zach Bellas & The Company Band at Villain & Saint
- Yellow Dubmarine & Hustle Souls at The 8x10
- Melba Moore at Blues Alley
- Spyro Gyra at The Hamilton
- Wyclef Jean at Power Plant Live!
- The Messthetics, Mellow Diamond, and Puff Pieces at Rock And Roll Hotel
- Mura Masa at 9:30 Club
Hidden Gems
- Lauren Calve Band / Stranger In The Alps / Mary-Elaine Jenkins at Songbyrd Music House & Record Cafe
- Black Violin at Baltimore Soundstage
- The Influence, FuzzQueen, Dr. Robinson's Fiasco, and The NRIs at Jammin' Java
- Honey Island Swamp Band at The Soundry
- Flamenco trio featuring Julia Patinella and Andreas Arnold at Bossa Bistro
- Ultra Beauty w/ Hothead, Romantic States, and DJ Savaughn Weir at Rhizome DC
- Starranko and Adamantium at Epicure Café
Saturday, August 18
DCMR Staff Recs
- DC Music Rocks Festival at 9:30 Club
- Free- 4th Annual Chuck Brown Day at Chuck Brown Memorial Park
- Hot August Music Festival (with Revivalists headlining) in Cockeysville, MD
- CAKE & Ben Folds with Tall Heights at Merriweather Post Pavilion
- The Avett Brothers with Nicole Atkins at Wolf Trap
- Maryland Folk Metal Fest IV at The Ottobar
- Sypro Gyra at the Tally Ho Theater
- Audioteka II at Club Heaven and Hell
- Melba Moore at Blues Alley
Hidden Gems
- Heady Jam Band Revue featuring Threesound, Pleasure Train, Ginada Piñata, and Form of Expression at Jammin' Java
- Ra Ra Riot - The Rhumb Line 10th Anniversary Tour at U Street Music Hall
- 1 Identity, The Shirts and Shoes, Honey Kill, Elizabeth II (solo) at Villain & Saint
- The Blasters at Hill Country DC
- Howie Day with Brian Mackey at City Winery DC
- The High & Wides - Vinyl Release Concert at Songbyrd Music House & Record Cafe
- Bachelor & the Bad Actress, Secondhand, Crooks & Crows at Sky Stage
- On the Bus at JV's with special guest Ron Holloway! at JV's Restaurant
- Vacation / Kid Claws / Blue Streak at Comet Ping Pong
Sunday, August 19
DCMR Staff Recs
- A Fundraiser for The Craig Tufts Educational Scholarship Fund featuring Crys Matthews, Gordon Sterling & the People, Shamans of Sound, Brian Farrow & the Cliffhangerz, Elena y Los Fulanos, Mink's Miracle Medicine & Albatross at Pearl Street Warehouse
- The Revivalists with ZZ Ward at Wolf Trap.
- Audioteka II at Club Heaven and Hell
- Melba Moore at Blues Alley
Hidden Gems
- Amber North at Bossa Bistro
- Granny & The Boys at Showtime!
- DC World Reggae Festival 2018 at Lot 8 Barra Brava RFK Stadium
- Go-Go Returns To U Street: Be'la Dona with Beauty Pill at U Street Music Hall
