DCMR Staff Recs

• Buddy Guy with Tom Hambridge at The Birchmere
• Lenny Kravitz Raise Vibration Tour at The Anthem 
• Isaac Slade (Lead Vocalist of The Fray) at Gypsy Sally's 
• The Struts with special guests White Reaper and Spirit Animal​ at The National (Richmond) 
• Mark Guiliana "space Heroes" (Award Winning Drummer) at Blues Alley
• Hometown Sounds presents Time Is Fire at the Kennedy Center's Millennium Stage
• Louis Prima Jr. & the Witnesses at City Winery DC

Hidden Gems

• Hana Vu with La Roche at Songbyrd Music House & Record Cafe
• An Evening with BLESD at Songbyrd Music House & Record Cafe
• Bobby Thompson Trio, w Ben Tufts & Christopher Brown at Galaxy Hut
• Supersuckers 30th Anniversary "The Big Show" Tour at Pearl Street Warehouse
• Casanovela - Outdoor Performance Series at 5:30 at 7413 Baltimore Ave, College Park

OPEN MIC/JAMS:

• Open Mic Mondays at MilkBoy ArtHouse
• JAMonday at Epicure Café
• Open Mic at Boundary Stone DC 

DCMR Staff Recs

• Diana Ross at Strathmore
• Lita Ford at Rams Head On Stage 
• Father John Misty at Sprint Pavilion (Charlottesville) 
• Veronneau (Samba/Bossa) at Blues Alley
• Chromeo and Steven A. Clark at Rams Head Live! 
• The Pianist of Willesden Lane at The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts

Hidden Gems

• Fickle Friends with Lavender at DC9 Nightclub
• Ornithopter / Dissekerad / Sailor Poon at Slash Run
• Shaolin Jazz "Can I Kick It?" Fan's Pick Edition! at Songbyrd Music House & Record Cafe
  
• 6-week series: Experiments in Sound Meditation at Rhizome DC
• Game of Thrones Live Concert Experience at Capital One Arena

OPEN MIC/JAMS:

• Sauf Haus Open Mic feat. Cecily at Sauf Haus Bier Hall & Garden
• Open Mic ft. Heather Aubrey Lloyd at Busboys & Poets Takoma

DCMR Staff Recs

• Diana Ross at Strathmore
• Anne-Marie at U Street Music Hall
• George Porter Jr. at Rams Head On Stage
• An Evening with Pete Yorn - You & Me Solo Acoustic Tour at The Howard Theatre
• The Way Down Wanderers with 19th Street Band at Gypsy Sally's
• Rainbow Kitten Surprise at The National (Richmond) 

Hidden Gems

•  Fractal Cat / Ezra Mae & the Gypsy Moon / Del Florida at Songbyrd Music House & Record Cafe
• Prince "Piano & A Microphone 1983" Release Party at Songbyrd Music House & Record Cafe
• DC Punk Archive Rooftop Show at Woodridge Library
• The Campfire Sessions at New Deal Cafe
• The 9 Songwriter Series at Union Stage
• Joan Jett documentary Bad Reputation at AFI Silver Theatre and Cultural Center

OPEN MIC/JAMS:

• Neel Singh's Open Jam and Workshop at Villain & Saint 
• Capitol Hill Jazz Jam at Mr. Henry's
• OMN w/Alex Parez! Ftd at 10: Kosi! at Rhodeside Grill

DCMR Staff Recs

• Andaiye featuring OSHUN (Soul Fusion) at Blues Alley
• The Gipsy Kings at Strathmore
• Front Country w/ Lauren Calve at Pearl Street Warehouse
• The Reverend Peyton's Big Damn Band at The Soundry 
• Magic Beans - Tweed at The 8x10 
• Moon Taxi w/ Ripe and Kendall Street Company​ at Sprint Pavilion (Charlottesville)
• Department of Motor Vehicles Plus Baltimore at The Pinch
•  Andy Frasco & The U.N. at Gypsy Sally's 
• Korean Culture Week: Park Ji-ha’s Crossover Music, Communion at The Kennedy Center Terrace Theater

Hidden Gems

• Tyshawn Sorey: Artist talk at Rhizome DC
• Pierce Edens + Brother Dege at Hill Country DC 
• Sons of Kemet with Shabaka Hutchings, Sir E.U at Songbyrd Music House & Record Cafe
• BlackLee LakeBo at Mediterranean Cafe
• Open Mike Eagle at Songbyrd Music House & Record Cafe
• Miniature Tigers - Tell It To The Volcano 10th Anniversary Tour at Rock And Roll Hotel 
• Fiona Kohrman / Forgetter at The Dew Drop Inn DC
• Bosley at MilkBoy ArtHouse 
• Dreamers at Union Stage
• Freedom Hawk with Electropathic/ Broke Jokes at Slash Run

OPEN MIC/JAMS:

• The Open Mic at Club Heaven and Hell

DCMR Staff Recs

• Joan Baez at The Warner Theatre
•  Leftover Salmon w/ Two Ton Twig at The State Theatre
• The National w/ Cat Power, Phoebe Bridgers at Merriweather Post Pavilion
• The Reverend Peyton's Big Damn Band at The Hamilton 
• Hemlines Farewell Show with Bacchae at Black Cat
• Revelator Hill at The Music Cafe
• The Ocean Blue with Riverside at Union Stage 
• Future Islands with Ed Schrader’s Music Beat at The Anthem
• Brandi Carlile with Darlingside at Sprint Pavilion (Charlottesville) 
• Toad The Wet Sprocket
  at The National (Richmond) 
• Rene Marie: Experiment in Truth (Jazz Vocalist) at Blues Alley
  

Hidden Gems

• Bill Murray, Jan Vogler & Friends: New Worlds at Strathmore
• Jade Bird with Field Report (solo) at The Rock And Roll Hotel
• Sister Ex & Ménage À Garage at Dangerously Delicious Pies DC
• 1+1 showcase 8 bands 2 stages at Chapala Blue Beetle Rock Bar
• 2018 Sonic Circuits Festival : Day 001 at Rhizome DC
• Robotaki Live – The Experiment at U Street Music Hall
• CBDB with The Groove Orient and Toad Head at Gypsy Sally's
• LOOSE w/ The Lothario, Mathias, & Jackson Kachor at Songbyrd Music House & Record Cafe
• Blood Orange with Yves Tumor at The Lincoln Theatre
• Elena & Los Fulanos at Dupont Underground
  

DCMR Staff Recs

• DEAD Night: Jerry Tripsters FREE show at Union Craft Brewing (Baltimore)
• Rainbow Kitten Surprise w. Caroline Rose at Rams Head Live
• Den-Mate *Album Release* / Moonee / Jenna Camille at Black Cat
• Chopteeth Afrofunk Big Band w/ Caz Gardiner at Gypsy Sally's 
• Social Distortion w/ Justin Townes Earle and Valley Queen at The Fillmore Silver Spring 
  
• Rene Marie: Experiment in Truth (Jazz Vocalist) at Blues Alley
• Folk Soul Revival Album Release Show at City Winery DC
• Jonny Grave, Uptown Boys Choir, and Emma G! at Dangerous Pies DC
• Reggae Fest at The Howard Theatre
   

Hidden Gems

• Opera in the Outfield: The Barber of Seville (FREE) at Nationals Park
  
• Heterodyne at Art All Night at Blagden Alley
• SHAED: Melt EP Release Show w/ Saba Abraha at Rock And Roll Hotel 
• 2018 Sonic Circuit Festival : Day 002 at Rhizome DC
• MilkBoy ArtHouse One Year Anniversary featuring Paint Branch Creek at MilkBoy ArtHouse 
• Ardamus w/Soul Sun + other guests at Charlie's American Cafe ​(Norfolk)
• Eunmi Kim 5tet and the Epicure Jazz band at Epicure Café
• 90s Reruns Flashband Showcase at Smith Public Trust
• Rumba/Folk/Latin blues at Bossa Bistro + Lounge
• Ellisa Sun / Wicked Sycamore / Ms. Fridrich at The Dew Drop Inn DC
• JEFF the Brotherhood, Teen Mortgage & The Effects at Comet Ping Pong
• Shoreline Mafia: Only The Xclusives Tour at Songbyrd Music House & Record Cafe
• Heidi Martin at Sotto
• Legwarmers at The State Theatre

DCMR Staff Recs

• Rene Marie: Experiment in Truth (Jazz Vocalist) at Blues Alley
• Gopal, Gunn & Gleason at Bossa Bistro + Lounge
• Bombadil | Justin Trawick at Songbyrd
• Dwele at City Winery DC
• St. Paul & The Broken Bones with Mattiel at The Anthem
• Heady Sunday Phunday w/ On The Bus - Grateful Dead Tribute on The Boomerang Pirate Ship

Hidden Gems

• Story of The Slits at Slash Run
• Annie Stokes at Pippin Hill at Pippin Hill Farm & Vineyards
• 2018 Sonic Circuits Festival : Day 003 at Rhizome DC
• Cigarette - Dreamcast - IMKA at Black Cat
• Alex The Red Parez & the Hell Rojos and Derek Evry at Galaxy Hut
• Live Drawing +燐 Lin, Tetsu from NONMALT, Taciturn, Smith Gardens at The Pinch