We are so excited for Montreal pop group, The Submissives (feature photo), to come to DC to play with the awesomely local loves Knife Wife and Poppy Patica at Jackie Lee's on Wednesday. It's our top show pick of the week and not to be missed! Photo by  Michele Young.

Week Of:  August 26 — September 1, 2019

Summary: Summer Still Blooming

Some big names coming into town this last week of August, like Sting at Wolf Trap on Monday, Tuesday, AND Wednesday, and Mary J. Blige & Nas at Baltimore's Royal Farms Arena on Thursday. Not so shabby! 

Plus, there are a LOT of great shows by artists we simply love that are SURE WINS. We think every single of of these shows are going to be top notch:

• Mon: Lowlight / Pagan Reagan at Galaxy Hut (Arlington)
• Tues: Sol Roots Band w Ron Holloway at JV's (Falls Church)
• Tues: FREE, Live & Local: Justin Trawick at The Pub & The People
• Wed: Knife Wife / The Submissives / Poppy Patica at Jackie Lee's (featured)
• Wed: The Feed, Erik Bradford (Short Lives) at Evening Star Cafe (Alexandria)
• Fri: Oh He Dead at Sotto
• Fri: Cat Janice + Fellowcraft + Elizabeth II at Union Stage
• Sat: Castlecomer | Company Calls at Songbyrd
• Sat: An Evening With Better Off Dead at The 8x10 (Baltimore)
• Sun: Garrett Gleason & Tetsuya Ueda Album Release Show w/ Gordon Sterling at Gypsy Sally's 
• Sun: Reggae, Dub, Ska Festival ft. The Louving Paupers, The Shamans Of Sound and The Kromanauts at Tropicalia

And then, there are a LOT of artists playing who are ON OUR RADAR, who we are very excited to CHECK OUT, like:

• Mon: Big Business, A Deer A Horse at Comet Ping Pong
• Mon: Samantha Riott / James Brandon Lewis Trio at Rhizome DC
• Tues: Anita Aysola LIVE on Millennium Stage FREE at 6p at The Kennedy Center
• Wed: Lauren Lee at Twins Jazz
• Thurs: Mon Laferte - La Gira De Norma w/ Ambar Lucid at The Fillmore (Silver Spring)
• Thurs: Hayden Arp / You and Me and You at The Dew Drop Inn DC
• Fri: Brivele, Mark Gunnery, and Barrage Band Orchestra at Space 2640 (Baltimore)
• Fri: Rayshun Lamarr at Marvin
• Fri: Jenna Camille at The Unicorn Habitat
• Sat: Oshun at Union Stage
  
• Sat: Putter / Sugar Glass / Sybling / Baby Carrots at Wax Atlas (Baltimore)
• Sun: Concetta Abbate, Tristan Welch, Teething Veils at Rhizome DC
• Sun: Knife wife, media jeweler, picky bunches, pearie sol at Jackie Lee's

You really can't go wrong any night this week.  It's a great time to get out there, see what you love, discover something new, and let music keep you grounded.  

There are even MORE hand-picked shows are listed in the links below, 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, support local music, and send August off right!