Week Of: September 16 — 22, 2019
Summary: HERA, REACH, H Street, and HUGE artists
Big things happening this week. There are epic local festivals, huge artists, and some very cool, off the beaten path opportunities to experience music.
Starting with our feature photo: HERA Fest 2019, an all-ages (18 and younger free admission!), female-fueled music festival showcasing women in music from DC and beyond, will be held at City Winery DC starting at noon on Sunday, Sept 22nd. With over 35 female-fronted acts (including headliner, Jill Sobule), multiple local vendors and awesome musical-themed activities, HERA Fest '19 will have something for everyone.
Proceeds will benefit ProjectHERA, a DC-based, 501c(3) nonprofit organization that provides opportunities for women of all ages to connect and support each other throughout the local music scene. A special emphasis will be placed on the younger generation, providing performance opportunities in a supportive environment. In addition, Project HERA is partnering with the National Center for Children and Families and will be collecting unused toiletries as donations.
This is a not-to-be-missed festival since you can see some of the best DC musicians (including local loves like Shelia, Elizabeth II, La Marvela, Alex Purdy, and Hayley Fahey, to name only a few) performing in one place for an amazing cause.
Every day this week there are FREE events at the REACH at The Kennedy Center where you can experience "creativity in action." There are too many fabulous REACH events to list out here (although many are listed below), so be sure to check out their FULL SCHEDULE and get to this amazing opportunity before it ends on Sunday.
On Saturday, get to H Street to what the Washington City Paper's Best of DC & Washingtonian Magazine says is "the best festival in town." Spanning 11 blocks of H Street NE and featuring 15 staging areas and more than 250 businesses, restaurants, community organizations and vendors. There will be great food, drinks, music, contests, kids’ activities and related events at amazing music venues on the block like the H Street Festival Kick-Off at Pie Shop DC and H Street Festival Party at Rock & Roll Hotel.
Let's list some out right here:
- Tues:The B-52s at The Anthem
- Wed: Vida Blue at the 9:30 Club
- Wed: Cat Power with Arsun at The Jefferson Theatre
- Wed: Holly Bowling at The Hamilton
- Wed: Jake Shimabukuro at The Birchmere
- W-Sat: NSO Pops | Maxwell: A Night at the Symphony at The Kennedy Center
- Th - Sat: Billy Bragg 'One Step Forward, Two Steps Back' at The Birchmere
- Th - Sun: Dee Dee Bridgewater (NEA Jazz Master) at 8p and 10p at Blues Alley
- Thurs: Tinariwen with Lonnie Holley at The Lincoln Theatre
- Fri: Mac Demarco with Dustin Wong & Takako Minekawa at The Anthem
- Fri: Shonen Knife at City Winery DC
Off the Beaten PatH Opps
Not just a show, but a conversation, a workshop, a listening party, and so much more. Conversations with Nick Cave and Billy Bragg? Yes, please. Check out all this good stuff:
- Mon: Billy Bragg | The Three Dimensions of Freedom with David Weigel at Politics & Prose
- Mon: Prine Time - an IMT Tribute to John Prine at Saint Mark Presbyterian Church
- Wed: Pre-Show Jams (before Jake Shimabukuro) at The Birchmere
- Thurs: Workshop: Intro to Home Recording at WeWork (80 M St SE)
- Thurs: Visual Rhythm: Electronic Music and the Visual Arts at ArtSpace Herndon
- Fri: Conversations with Nick Cave in Washington, DC at The Lincoln Theatre
- Sat: ArtSounds: Sculptural Study with Gina Sobel at Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden
- Sat: National Museum of Women in the Arts - Free Admission Day
- Sat: YAM JAM (Yoga + Live Afrobeat Music SweatJam) at MilkBoy ArtHouse
- Sat: Atomic Music 25th Anniversary Sale and Concert
- Sat: Tosin Abasi & Javier Reyes - Fluence Pickups Clinic at Chuck Levin's Washington Music Center
- Sun: Classic Album Sundays D.C.: David Bowie "Heroes" at Songbyrd
So, yes, do get out there and check out our INSANELY AWESOME scene this week— MORE 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.
- The REACH Opening Festival (FREE) at The Kennedy Center
- Prine Time - an IMT Tribute to John Prine at Saint Mark Presbyterian Church
- JAMonday at Epicure Café
- Billy Bragg | The Three Dimensions of Freedom with David Weigel at Politics & Prose
- Church Girls / The OSYX at Galaxy Hut
- Strangepride / Friday Junior / Pen Palindrome at Slash Run
- Los Wemblers de Iquitos at Songbyrd
- The B-52s at The Anthem
- SIR E.U, KAG at Black Cat
- The REACH Opening Festival (FREE) at The Kennedy Center
- Open Mic - Two Year Anniversary Bash at Sauf Haus
- TidalCycles Tuesdays at Spacylounge
Hidden Gems
- Saintseneca, Long Beard at Comet Ping Pong
- Vida Blue at the 9:30 Club
- Cat Power with Arsun at The Jefferson Theatre
- Jake Shimabukuro (with Pre-Show Jams)at The Birchmere
- Holly Bowling at The Hamilton
- Black Uhuru at The Howard Theatre
- MARINA (w/ Daya and LPX) ✦ Love + Fear at The Anthem
- NSO Pops | Maxwell: A Night at the Symphony at The Kennedy Center
- Jonny Lang W/ Zane Carney at The State Theatre
- The REACH Opening Festival (FREE) at The Kennedy Center
Jams, Mics & Such
- Capitol Hill Jazz Jam at Mr. Henry's
- Open Mic hosted by Alex The Red Parez aka El Rojo at Rhodeside Grill
- Spacy Wednesday Open Mic at Spacylounge
- Dave Weiner, Free Guitar Clinic! at Island Music Company (La Plata)
- Manacá Brazilian Trio at Bossa Bistro + Lounge
- Tesla at The Warner Theatre
- Liah Perez at Dive Bar
- Zane Campbell, Miles Gannett Trio, and Lost City Lowdown at Zissimos Bar
- Sheena, Anika & Augusta, Bartees Strange, The Goodbye Party at Rhizome DC
- GDSC Live! ft. Social Musica, REX, Black Hole Boombox at The Ugly Mug
- DC Punk Archive Library Rooftop Show: Taciturn & Clear Channel at Woodbridge Library
- Tinariwen with Lonnie Holley at The Lincoln Theatre
- Billy Bragg 'One Step Forward, Two Steps Back' Night One - Current Career Spanning Set at The Birchmere (Alexandria)
- Dee Dee Bridgewater (NEA Jazz Master) at 8p and 10p at Blues Alley
- NSO Pops | Maxwell: A Night at the Symphony at The Kennedy Center
- The REACH Opening Festival (FREE) at The Kennedy Center
- Songbyrd Open Mic Night! at Songbyrd
- Workshop: Intro to Home Recording at WeWork (80 M St SE)
- Visual Rhythm: Electronic Music and the Visual Arts at ArtSpace Herndon
- Black Moth Super Rainbow, Taraka Larson at Black Cat
- Jerry Paper | Cigarette at Songbyrd
- Modell, Soderstrom & James + Sotê at Bossa Bistro + Lounge
- Caroline Rose at Union Stage
- 9:30 Presents Louis Cole w/ Thumpasaurus at U Street Music Hall
- The Cassaday Concoction // Higher Numbers at Public Bar
- Cocina Collective FREE at Boundary Stone
- Brews, Blues & Zydeco w/ Ruben Moreno and Zydeco Re-Evolution at Waverly Brewing Company
- Mac Demarco with Dustin Wong & Takako Minekawa at The Anthem
- Billy Bragg 'One Step Forward, Two Steps Back' Night Two - First Three Albums at The Birchmere (Alexandria)
- Better Off Dead at Gypsy Sally's
- The Chuck Brown Band at The Soundry (Columbia)
- Dee Dee Bridgewater (NEA Jazz Master) at 8p and 10p at Blues Alley
- Paquito D'Rivera Quintet at Keystone Korner (Baltimore)
- Umphrey's McGee with Big Something at Sprint Pavilion (Charlottesville)
- NSO Pops | Maxwell: A Night at the Symphony at The Kennedy Center
- The REACH Opening Festival (FREE) at The Kennedy Center
- Conversations with Nick Cave in Washington, DC at The Lincoln Theatre
- Sonic Frontiers Concert series - a night of experimental music at Gateway Arts Center (Brentwood)
- Weirdos for Life: Fundraiser for Trans Lifeline *ASL* at The Dew Drop Inn DC
- The Goliard Presents: HOME Covers! at The Underground
- Shonen Knife at City Winery DC
- Nicole Saphos BAND at Montpelier Cultural Arts Center
- Spring Silver, Steady Sun, The Big Net, Miss Understand Me at The Velvet Lounge
- Ugly God w/ Drizzle Gwalla, Geez Da Gawd, Tiger Baby at MilkBoy ArtHouse
- Colonel Josh and the Honkey Tonk Heros and Rhodes Tavern Troubadors at Villain & Saint
- Billy Bragg 'One Step Forward, Two Steps Back' Night Three - Second Three Albums at The Birchmere (Alexandria)
- Washington Social Club, Bad Moves, The OSYX at Black Cat
- The Allman Others Band, The Last Rewind at Gypsy Sally's (with Dan Lipton Trio next door at Vinyl Lounge at Gypsy Sally's)
- Bastille at The Anthem
- Justin Trawick and The Common Good, Ryand Johnson and The Unsung Heroes at Pearl Street Warehouse
- Jordan August & Friends Tribute to Paul Simon's Graceland (with Tim Nodar opening) at The 8x10 (Baltimore)
- Morgan Heritage At The Howard Theatre
- Dee Dee Bridgewater (NEA Jazz Master) at 8p and 10p at Blues Alley
- Paquito D'Rivera Quintet at Keystone Korner (Baltimore)
- Popa Chubby at The Soundry (Columbia)
- NSO Pops | Maxwell: A Night at the Symphony at The Kennedy Center
- The REACH Opening Festival (FREE) at The Kennedy Center
- H Street Festival on H Street, DC
- H Street Festival Kick-Off at Pie Shop DC
- H Street Festival Party at Rock & Roll Hotel
- Hampdenfest 2019
- ArtSounds: Sculptural Study with Gina Sobel at Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden
- Free Admission Day at National Museum of Women in the Arts
- YAM JAM (Yoga + Live Afrobeat Music SweatJam) at MilkBoy ArtHouse
- Legwarmers at The State Theatre
- 25th Anniversary Sale and Concert at Atomic Music
- Tosin Abasi & Javier Reyes - Fluence Pickups Clinic at Chuck Levin's Washington Music Center
- Caleb Stine, Mary Battiata, Georgie Jessup at Rooster & Hen (Catonsville)
- DeSanguashington at Bossa Bistro + Lounge
- Funktronics at Seasons and Sessions
- Funkateers Ball Clip Payne 420 Funk Mob Mike Hampton Kash Waddy at Bethesda Blues & Jazz Supper Club (Bethesda)
- The Duskwhales live on the Summer Stage at Old Bust Head Brewing Company
- SOLSDANCE: the equinox set to sun & sound at Meridian Hill Park
- Rosie Cima & What She Dreamed/Option Paralysis/Little Synth Band at Dwell DC
- Variety Show at Lost Origins Gallery
- Form of Expression at Mariachi's
- HERA MUSIC FEST ‘19 starting at 12p at City Winery DC (featured above)
- Dee Dee Bridgewater (NEA Jazz Master) at 8p and 10p at Blues Alley
- Uptown Boys Choir, Griefcat, Cravin Dogs at Pie Shop DC
- Paquito D'Rivera Quintet at Keystone Korner (Baltimore)
- The REACH Opening Festival (FREE), Homecoming: A Film by Beyoncé (FREE outdoor film at the REACH), and Closing Day at the REACH (FREE) at The Kennedy Center
- Mashriq Maghreb Jam night with Spyros Pilios Koliavasilis at Bossa Bistro + Lounge
- Classic Album Sundays D.C.: David Bowie "Heroes" at Songbyrd
- 9:30 Presents Raveena with Dianna Lopez at U Street Music Hall
- Tasha | Christelle Bofale at Songbyrd
- Dude York, Born Dad, Company Calls at Comet Ping Pong
- FREE, Live & Local: Bassappella at The Pub & The People
- Spirit Plots + Yes Vacancy to perform music for you at Galaxy Hut
- Linwood Taylor & Along for the Ride at The 219
- Lindsay Lou and Trout Steak Revival at The Jefferson Theatre (Charlottesville)
- Que Fuerte: Afro and Cuban Music Concert at Springfield Christian Church Disciples of Christ
- Great Northern at The New Deal Cafe (Greenbelt)
