JAZZ is PHSH is performing with special guest Felix Pastorius at UNION Craft Brewing on Thursday night. Photo by Jason Herman.
Week Of: January 27 — February 2, 2020
Summary: Keeping Warm
Get out there and check out our kinetic and smooth scene— lots of great 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!
- Swinging to Freedom: Pilsner Jazz Band at The Kennedy Center
- Funk Parade Community Meeting at Thurgood Marshall Center Trust Inc.
- JAMonday (feat. Gordon Sterling) at Epicure Café (Fairfax)
- Iann dior: Industry Plant Tour w/ Landon Cube / Poorstacy at Songbyrd
- The Pressure Kids at Songbyrd Vinyl Lounge
- Greater District Sound Night w/ Liah Perez at The Ugly Mug
- Women Who Rock - Ashleigh Chevalier + Rachel Ann Morgan + Mary-eL at Jammin' Java (Vienna)
- G. Love & Special Sauce w/ Jontavius Willis at Rams Head On Stage (Annapolis)
- Peter Fraize Quintet at 8p and 10p at Blues Alley
- Open Mic feat. Dylan DelliSanti at Sauf Haus
- Jazz Jam at Takoma Station (Takoma Park)
- Dan Steele N' Friends Tues Nite Tiny Jams at Clare and Don's Beach Shack (Falls Church)
- Open Mic at Settle Down Easy Brewing (Falls Church)
Sparkling Gems
- Roopa in Flux on Millennium Stage at The Kennedy Center
- Roddy Ricch at 9:30 Club
- Idiomatic Styles in Irish Traditional Music at School of Musical Traditions (Rockville)
- FoSho Live presents: Shamans of Sound w/ Nkula at U Street Music Hall
- An Evening With Cowboy Junkies at The Birchmere (Alexandria)
- The Wood Brothers w/ Kat Wright at Rams Head Live (Baltimore)
- Davy Knowles at Rams Head On Stage (Annapolis)
- Yonder Mountain String Band, The Travelin' McCourys at The National (Richmond)
- The Good Vibes Jam at 7DC's The Pocket
- Capitol Hill Jazz Jam at Mr. Henry's
- Open Mic w/Alex The Red Parez aka El Rojo at Rhodeside Grill (Arlington)
- An Acoustic Evening with Yuna at City Winery DC
- Julian Lynch (of Real Estate) / Jeremy Ray / Blair at Rhizome DC
- District of Raga Presents Roopa in Flux at Bossa Bistro + Lounge
- Nada Surf, Aaron Lee Tasjan at Black Cat
- Lobby Boy w/ Scorpio, Sasha at DC9 Nightclub
- Hands Like Houses + Dead American + Picturesque at Union Stage
- Acoustic Wednesdays at The Renegade
- Maddy Curtis at Twins Jazz
- Ariella at Jammin' Java (Vienna)
- Matt Savage (solo piano) at An die Musik (Baltimore)
- JAZZ is PHSH at UNION Craft Brewing (Baltimore)
- The OSYX w/ Cool Moon / Yes, Vacancy at DC9 Nightclub
- Jonny Grave Trio, Gordon Sterling, and Bellwether Bayou at Pie Shop DC
- Caamp with Angela Perley at 9:30 Club
- Fletcher's Grove w/ Deaf Scene, Natalie Brooke & the Band at The 8x10 (Baltimore)
- G. Love & Special Sauce at The Hamilton
- Beginning Guitar Group Class at House of Musical Traditions (Takoma Park)
- Open Mic at Evening Star Cafe (Alexandria)
- Vinyl Preservation Society Benefit Show featuring Billy Gibbons, Ron Holloway Trio, and Free Lobster Buffet at Pearl Street Warehouse
- Your Smith at Songbyrd
- to feel love/d with Luke James at Union Stage
- Spendtime Palace, The Paranoyds, Knife Wife at Comet Ping Pong
- An Acoustic Evening with Yuna at City Winery DC
- Eskimo Bands D.C. Presents "Best of The DMV" at Jammin' Java (Vienna)
- Jack Wright+Ron Stabinsky / Disassociation Go! / Chris Culhane at Rhizome DC
- Pablo's Baile 2020: A Festa Continua! at Bossa Bistro + Lounge
- Neck Barham at Twins Jazz
- Don Zientara at Dive Bar
- Beijing Guitar Duo at Strathmore (Bethesda)
- Lugansky plays Mozart / Honeck conducts Dvořák at The Kennedy Center
- Terminal Vertigo / Triple Bunkbed / Fuzz Voyage at Slash Run
- Tarsha Fitzgerald Presents Earth, Wind & Fire Tribute Band at Keystone Korner (Baltimore)
- Greensky Bluegrass at The Anthem
- Go-Go Friday Kick off at The REACH at The Kennedy Center
- Donna The Buffalo at The Hamilton
- Caamp w/ Angela Perley at 9:30 Club
- The Tommy McGee Band at Pearl Street Warehouse
- Hide Your Fires, Dear Spring, ALMAS at Pie Shop DC
- Open Mic at Dive Bar
- Bluegrass night with Feinwood & more! at Poulet - COOP on York Road (Timonium)
- Luce Unplugged Community Showcase: Pree & Carly Harvey at Smithsonian American Art Museum and the Renwick Gallery
- Juan de Marcos & The Afro-Cuban All Stars at Strathmore (Bethesda)
- GoGo Night at The Pocket ft. R.I.S.E Band & All-Star GoGo Band at 7DC's The Pocket
- An Evening with Parthenon Huxley at Jammin' Java (Vienna)
- Griefcat Live at Creative Cauldron (Falls Church)
- Black Alley at City Winery DC
- Will Downing at The Birchmere (Alexandria)
- Rosie Cima & WSD, Marshal Fuzz, Fleetwood DeVille & Unflushables at The Ugly Mug
- Swim Camp (phl), Pen Palindrome, Carmen Canedo, Belly Shin at Rhizome DC
- The Invisibles, M4TR and Emma G at Public Bar Live
- DC Cuban All Stars at Sotto
- Max Light at Twins Jazz
- Spirit Plots/Zero for Conduct/DMV KARS at Slash Run
- FSGW Presents: Jake Blount at Potters Violins (Takoma Park)
- Punk Soul Sisters at Showtime
- The Fuss at New Deal Cafe (Greenbelt)
- Kindo | Del Florida at Songbyrd
- Electric Lynne Orchestra - The ELO Show! at Tally Ho Theater (Leesburg)
- Lugansky plays Mozart / Honeck conducts Dvořák at The Kennedy Center
- The Honey Dewdrops at Creative Alliance (Baltimore)
- The Butterbean Jazz Quartet plays Burt Bacharach at The Tin Pan
- Davy Knowles w/ The Bobby Thompson Trio at Pearl Street Warehouse
- Surprise Attack Farewell Show with Special Guest The Cassaday Concoction at Union Stage
- Greensky Bluegrass at The Anthem
- Town Mountain at The Hamilton
- Psycho Killers (Unofficial After Party) at Union Stage
- AZTEC SUN at Carroll Arts Center (Westminster)
- Allman Others Benefit for Australian Fire Relief at Dive Bar
- Wildfire: A Night of Music for Australia at Black Cat
- An Evening With Better Off Dead at The 8x10 (Baltimore)
- DC MUSIC SUMMIT 2020 at Eaton Hotel
- World in a Box: DC’s Festival of Cajas and Crankies at Rhizome DC
- Saturday Drum Circle at New Deal Cafe (Greenbelt)
- Knovo and Eastern Standard Time at Tropicalia
- Will Downing at The Birchmere (Alexandria)
- An Evening w/ Ann Nesby at City Winery DC
- Carter Lou & The Project w/Lucys Letdown, Unsullied at DC9 Nightclub
- Knyves Escobar / The Experience / Blaquestone at Songbyrd
- Bandit / No/Más / Ground / Needle / MSD at Pie Shop DC
- Lugansky plays Mozart / Honeck conducts Dvořák at The Kennedy Center
- Run Come See - The Public Option Residency feat. Elena Lacayo at The Public Option
- Jon Bibbs at Sotto
- Max Light at Twins Jazz
- Kevin Undefined: New Beginnings at 7DC's The Pocket
- Mardi Gras Blowout at New Deal Cafe (Greenbelt)
- Aaron + Odara at Bossa Bistro + Lounge
- There Will Be Cakes Punk Night at Slash Run
- Folkal Point Presents: June Star at An die Musik (Baltimore)
- Piramid Scheme (Record Release) + Warm Sun at Black Cat
- Hamlin St. Diner: Ye Vagabonds at The Public Option
- Workshop: Collective Sounds Jam Workshop at 7DrumCity
- 7DC Open House Potluck Jam at 7DrumCity
- Sunday Night Jams at The Renegade
- Post-African Healings at The Four Hour Day Lutherie (Baltimore)
- Slow Crush | Grivo at Songbyrd Vinyl Lounge