Week Of: February 5-11, 2018
Summary:
With Bob Marley's birthday on February 6, there are some great tribute band opportunities happening this week plus a whole lot of funk, album releases, jazz, and indie.
See "All Featured Events" highlighted below for some great jams for the week ahead!
Must See Shows:
So many (see calendar below) that it's hard to choose just one!
- DC Music Review staff agree that Tedeschi Trucks at the Warner Theater on both Fri, Feb 9 and Sat, Feb 10 (sold out) is a must see show: DC Music Review: Tedeschi Trucks on Feb 9 and 10
- And if you want to keep the party going on Saturday night, be sure to hit the Hamilton's Tedeschi Trucks afterparty featuring the Ron Holloway band: DC Music Review: TT afterparty with Ron Holloway on Feb 10
- Also, this Fri, Feb 9 is AZTEC SUN's last show in the area before heading up to MA to enter the studio with Alan Evans: DC Music Review: AZTEC SUN on Feb 9
There are THREE hidden gem shows this week:
- Wednesday, Feb 7 at Gypsy Sally's: Choose Your Own Adventure (CYOA) and Buddha Cons for the live, composed funk. If you want a jam with some of the areas most exciting and up-and-coming musicians, this is the show to catch: DC Music Review: CYOA and Buddha Cons on Feb 7
- Saturday, Feb 10 at The Baltimore Soundstage, The Bridge, reunites again in A Benefit For HopeWell Cancer Support. The Bridge is a legendary Baltimore band featuring Cris Jacobs. In addition to the regular set, a VIP performance will feature a special Tom Petty Tribute set. Check this performance out: DC Music Review: The Bridge
- Sunday, Feb 11 at 9:30 Club: múm is an exploratory Icelandic musical group whose music is characterized by experiments in electronic music, soft vocals, glitch beats, innovative sampling and eerie effects with a variety of traditional and unconventional instruments. Check them out: DC Music Review: múm on Feb 11
Here are our recommendations for shows throughout the DMV.
All Featured Events
District
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Maryland
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Virginia
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If you have not seen some of the artists highlighted in featured shows above, please dig a little deeper at our coverage and podcasts of these artists from the DC Music Review archives.
