Sunday, 1 January 2012

• Aster Awake and Dawit Melese - DC Star [2135 Queens Chapel Road NE, WDC]
• the Grandsons - Kennedy Center (Millennium Stage)
• Maggie Sansone & Friends featuring Al Petteway & Amy White - Rams Head Tavern (Annapolis)
• Rocco Ventrella - Blues Alley (Two shows) NO LONGER ON VENUE WEB SITE
• Wale and Black Cobain - Fillmore Silver Spring

Monday, 2 January 2012

• the Heavenly States - Kennedy Center (Millennium Stage)
• Johnny & the Headhunters - Blues Alley (7 PM Show Only)
• Justin Jones (full band) - DC9 (FREE - Dec/Jan Residency)
• Matthew Stewart and Soundtrack for Silent Films - Jammin' Java
• Mittenfields, Young Adult Fiction, and Basmati - Velvet Lounge
• Noise in the Basement - Baltimore SoundStage
• Salute to Vienna - Strathmore (Music Center - matinee)
• Super Casuals - IOTA Club & CafÈ
• Weathervanes and Chris Kennedy - Galaxy Hut

Tuesday, 3 January 2012

• Accidents, Left & Right, and Grammar - Velvet Lounge
• Colleen Dyer, Rogue Mind, the Pieces, Brian Glennon, FW Williams Band, Joshua "Guitarman" Dixon, Killer Paisley, Mark Bradley, Fallworth, and Grand Revival - Jammin' Java
• David Kitchen Band - Hill Country Live [410 7th St NW, WDC]
• Daytona Drive By, Nghbrs, No Outlet, and Paper & Glue - Ottobar (Baltimore)
• Dee Lucas - Tony Exum Jr. - "Just for Art & George" - Blues Alley (Two shows)
• Gridiron Sing Off (featuring Baltimore football players and hosted by Ray Rice) - to benefit the Ladarius Webb Foundation - Rams Head Live! (Baltimore) (MOVED FROM 12/16/11)
• Juancho Herrera - Kennedy Center (Millennium Stage)
• Lyle Link Tuesdays with Marty Nau - Twins Jazz (Two shows)
• Out of Your Head - Improvised and Experimental Music Collective - Wind-Up Space (Baltimore) (Free!)
• the Sniffs, F*ck Detector, and the DiMarcos - Asefu's [1920 9th St NW, WDC]
• Whores, Friend Collector, and Passage Between - Golden West Cafe (Baltimore)
• Young Adult Fiction and Basmati - Sidebar Tavern [218 East Lexington St, Baltimore, MD]

Wednesday, 4 January 2012

• the Eva Jade Landon Band, Poor Eve, and J Street - Velvet Lounge
• the Fred Eaglesmith Traveling Show and Tif Ginn (of the Ginn Sisters) - Jammin' Java
• RECOMMENDED - Garland of Hours (Album Release Party) and Gordon Withers - Black Cat (Backstage)
• Lady Alma - Blues Alley (Two shows)
• Mayay, Aloners, and Endless Bummer - Wasted Dream [431 Kenyon St NW, DC]
• Pleasure Wizard, Left & Right, Atlas, and Tendrills - Sidebar Tavern [218 East Lexington St, Baltimore, MD]
• Sofia Rei - Kennedy Center (Millennium Stage)

Thursday, 5 January 2012

• Bitter American, Washerwoman, Br'er, Dan NY, and Jeff Galfond - Paper Haus [4912 3rd St NW, WDC]
• BSO SuperPops: Jack Everly and the Gershwins - Strathmore (Music Center)
• Covered with Jam, On the Bus, Ron Holloway, the Rob Hornfeck Enterprise, the Billy Triplett Trio, and DJ Root Boi - Jammin' Java
• Days Run Away, Fall of Nicaea, Free Advice, and Wyndcrest and the Mufyia Rhythm - Recher Theatre (Towson, MD)
• Emma & Hetru - Twins Jazz (Two shows)
• the Fielding Mellish, Cerebral Assassins, and Threat Level Midnight - Velvet Lounge
• Grey March, Dot Dash, and History Repeated (featuring John Stabb) - Black Cat (Backstage)
• J. Rabbit, Helicopter Showdown, and AK1200 - U St Music Hall
• Jason and the Scorchers (30th Anniversary Tour) - IOTA Club & CafÈ
• Jordan Page - Rams Head Tavern (Annapolis)
• Kevin Nealon - DC Improv [1140 Connecticut Ave NW, WDC]
• Levi Stephenson - Solly's [1942 11th St NW, WDC]
• Lloyd Dobler Effect - Hill Country Live [410 7th St NW, WDC]
• Mose Allison - Blues Alley (Two shows)
• the New Media, Young Bloods, Car Party, Like the Stars, and Echoes in Color - Ottobar (Baltimore)
• Not So Modern Jazz - St Elmo's Coffee Pub [2300 Mt Vernon Ave, Alexandria, VA 22301]
• Orgone and the 8 Ohms Band - DC9
• the Slow Burn - Sunset Grille [7250 Columbia Pike, Annanale, VA]
• Stooges Brass Band - Kennedy Center (Millennium Stage)

Friday, 6 January 2012

• Akron/Family and Bad Weather California - Rock & Roll Hotel
• Anderson Twins - Twins Jazz (Two shows)
• Badfish (a Tribute to Sublime), Yellow Dubmarine, and Scotty Don't - Rams Head Live! (Baltimore)
• Canzoniere Grecanico Salentino - Kennedy Center (Millennium Stage)
• Carbon Leaf - Wolf Trap (the Barns)
• Diogo Nogueira: Brazilian Samba Star (2010 Latin Grammy Award winner) - Artisphere (Ballroom)
• Emperor X, Other Colors, and Amy Reid - Golden West Cafe (Baltimore)
• J.P. McDermott and Western Bop - Hill Country Live [410 7th St NW, WDC]
• Jesse Cook - Rams Head Tavern (Annapolis)
• Kevin Nealon - DC Improv [1140 Connecticut Ave NW, WDC]
• the Michael Clem Trio and Ted Garber - Jammin' Java
• Mickey Cucchiella of 98 Rock - Night Cat [5 Goldsborough St, Easton, MD]
• More Gore #8: Street Trash, Hobo with a Shotgun, and Icefox - Sidebar Tavern [218 East Lexington St, Baltimore, MD]
• Mose Allison - Blues Alley (Two shows)
• Nerdist Podcast Live! with Chris Hardwick, Jonah Ray, and Matt Mira - 9:30 Club - sold out
• Northernmost, Alarms & Controls, Sal Bando, and Goodbye New Plans - Wind-Up Space (Baltimore)
• Once Okay Twice, Ghost Ship, and Glitter Lust - Velvet Lounge
• Pat McGee Band reunion show (all original members) and Tony Lucca - Birchmere - sold out
• Pianos Become the Teeth (CD Release Party), Tigers Jaw, Balance and Composure, Hostage Calm, Holy Tongues, and Captain We're Sinking - Ottobar (Baltimore)
• Psycho Enhancer, Bury the Memories, Turbomatic, Swarm the North, 14-5, and On Standby - Sonar (Baltimore) (Talking Head Club)
• Red Fridays: Forquarters Collective, Sam Burns, Juan Zapata - U St Music Hall
• Sansyou - Baked and Wired [1052 Thomas Jefferson St, WDC] (Show at 7:30 PM sharp)
• Second Wind - Fat Tuesday's [10673 Braddock Road, Fairfax, VA]
• Slingshot Dakota, Fell Types, Family Dinner, and The World is a Beautiful Place & I Am No Longer Afraid to Die - Paper Haus [4912 3rd St NW, WDC]
• the Walkaways, the Reserves, and Orchard Wall - IOTA Club & CafÈ
• the Workers' Party: a night of Black Cat staff bands - Mean Season, Booze Riot, the Red Moon Preachers, and Raindeer - Black Cat (Mainstage)
• ZO2, Wasabi, Teazer, and Angel Row - Recher Theatre (Towson, MD)

Saturday, 7 January 2012

• Above the Altar, Iris Divine, Synesthesia, Palkoski, Reticle, and Feritas - Balls Bluff Tavern [2-D Loudoun Street Southwest, Leesburg, VA] (Monthly Metal at Balls Bluff XV)
• Anderson Twins - Twins Jazz (Two shows)
• the Asian American Music Society - Kennedy Center (Millennium Stage)
• Bach2Rock - 9:30 Club (11 AM Matinee)
• Bandits & Beggars (CD Release), Tom Lohrmann, and Marshall Cunningham (Sing Me Insomnia) - Jammin' Java (Early Show)
• Beauty Pill - photography and music installation - Opening Reception - Artisphere (Black Box Theatre; 7 PM to 10 PM)
• Bike Trip and Cathedral Spires - Red Palace
• Carbon Leaf - Wolf Trap (the Barns)
• Cobra Collective, Niki and the Weeps, and the Danvilles - IOTA Club & CafÈ
• Colourslide and Crooked Tree - IOTA Club & CafÈ NO LONGER ON VENUE WEB SITE
• Crash Boom Bang, Elim, Typefighter, Val Yumm, and DJ Natty Rico - 9:30 Club
• Dance For the Dying, Hiding Places, Chappo, and the Velvet Ants - Rock & Roll Hotel
• Dartagnan, Paul Newman and the Ride Home, LetteropenerAtlas At Last, and the Foxtrots - Charm City Art Space (Baltimore)
• DecembeRadio, Melodime, and hizNeway - State Theatre
• the Degenerettes (CD Release Party), Saddle of Centaur, Schwervon!, and Snacks - Metro Gallery (Baltimore)
• the Doozies, Sad Bones, and Gold Spur - Velvet Lounge
• Feed God Cabbage, Dub City Renegades, and Carry the One - Jammin' Java (Late Show)
• the Great Unknowns - Hill Country Live [410 7th St NW, WDC]
• Grey March, the Unknown, and Condor - Ottobar (Baltimore)
• Johnny Winter Band and J.P. Soars - Rams Head Tavern (Annapolis)
• Kevin Nealon - DC Improv [1140 Connecticut Ave NW, WDC]
• King Face and Rustbuckit - Black Cat (Mainstage)
• Klever & Tittsworth as "Kleavage" - with JWLS - U St Music Hall
• the Legwarmers - Rams Head Live! (Baltimore)
• Mass Movement featuring Trapped Under Ice, Next Step Up, Down To Nothing, Rival Mob, Foundation, Backtrack, Mindset, Suburban Scum, Lockdown, and Dead and Dreaming - Sonar (Baltimore) (Free!)
• Mickey Cucchiella of 98 Rock - Night Cat [5 Goldsborough St, Easton, MD]
• Mose Allison - Blues Alley (Two shows)
• National Philharmonic Presents: Bach's Unaccompanied Cello Suites - Strathmore (Music Center - matinee)
• National Philharmonic: Beethoven, Haydn, & Mozart - Strathmore (Music Center)
• A New Disorder, the Alckemists, a Fall For the Scene, and Blowing the Lead - Recher Theatre (Towson, MD)
• Pat McGee Band reunion show (all original members) and Tony Lucca - Birchmere - sold out
• Pipe Smoking Rabbits, Hammerthrow, One Watt Sun, and Sea Patterns - Sidebar Tavern [218 East Lexington St, Baltimore, MD]
• Poison Planet, In Between, Ragdoll, and Past Time - Charm City Art Space (Baltimore) (2 PM Afternoon Show)
• Rocknoceros - Ebenezers Coffeehouse [201 F Street NE, WDC] (10:30 AM show)
• Soul Cannon and the Water - Wind-Up Space (Baltimore)
• Tenement, the State, Coke Bust, DOC, Poison Planet, Positive Noise, Shattered Badge, and Torch Runner - Ras Hall [4809 Georgia Avenue NW, WDC] (Venomous World Fest)
• Throwdown Syndicate, Sinez-X, Born of Kings, Sir Psycho, and Wycked - Surf City [9654 Belair Rd, Perry Hall, MD]
• Washington Performing Arts Society: Orion Weiss, piano - Kennedy Center (Terrace Theater)

Sunday, 8 January 2012

• RECOMMENDED - Kill All Redneck Pricks: A Documentary Film About a Band Called KARP - Black Cat (Backstage)
• And It Must Occur, Blood of the Martyrs, Bring the Arsenal, Illuminations, Bury the Memories, Legions Prevail, Life As a Martyr, Wretched Reality, Beloved By Me, Petrify, and Nothing Like Second Chances - Sonar (Baltimore) (Talking Head Club & Lounge)
• Bach2Rock - 9:30 Club (11 AM Matinee)
• Beauty Pill - photography and music installation - Artisphere (Black Box Theatre)
• Creative Differences Presents: 2nd Sunday Jazz Series - Wind-Up Space (Baltimore)
• Eric Johnson - Birchmere
• Grand Candy and Don Zientara - Galaxy Hut
• Johnny Winter Band and J.P. Soars - Rams Head Tavern (Annapolis)
• Jonny Grave and the Tombstones - IOTA Club & CafÈ
• Ketura, Shaun Daknis, the Only, the Rebuilt Machine, and All In Karma - Jammin' Java
• Kevin Nealon - DC Improv [1140 Connecticut Ave NW, WDC]
• Ko-Eun Lee (piano) - the Phillips Collection, Music Room [1600 21st St NW] (4 PM)
• Mose Allison - Blues Alley (Two shows)
• Nidhal Jebali (violin) and Kimball Gallagher (piano) - Kennedy Center (Millennium Stage - in the Terrace Theater)
• No Statik, Lotus F*cker, Voyage In Coma, and At the Graves - Bell Foundry [1539 N. Calvert St, Baltimore, MD]
• Signals Midwest and Harrison Four - Wasted Dream [431 Kenyon St NW, DC]

Monday, 9 January 2012

• Beauty Pill - photography and music installation - Artisphere (Black Box Theatre)
• Cane and the Sticks and Alarms and Controls - Galaxy Hut
• Héctor Del Curto - Kennedy Center (Millennium Stage)
• Jammin Java's Mid-Atlantic Band Battle 6: Threat Level Midnight, Fourth Quarter Comeback, Brightwork, Everything Falls, Fistful of Fifties, GO, the Grey Area - Jammin' Java
• Justin Jones (full band) - DC9 (FREE - Dec/Jan Residency)
• Noise in the Basement: Anoxia, NeverThought, Saint Diablo, Balor's Eye, and SilverTung - Baltimore SoundStage
• Polina Kourakina and Sonny Cole Cole Mangialardi - IOTA Club & CafÈ
• the Vocal Workshop Graduation Concert - with Chris Grasso Trio - Blues Alley (Two shows)
• Xerxes, Code Orange Kids, Tigerscout, and Voyage in Coma - Charm City Art Space (Baltimore)

Tuesday, 10 January 2012

• Beauty Pill - photography and music installation - Artisphere (Black Box Theatre)
• Bobbie Allen, Alex Miller, and Shanna Hoar - Velvet Lounge
• Buraka Som Sistema - 9:30 Club MOVED TO U STREET MUSIC HALL
• Buraka Som Sistema and Willy Joy - U St Music Hall (MOVED FROM 9:30 CLUB)
• Drew Gibson (CD Release Show) and Wes Tucker - IOTA Club & CafÈ
• Eric Johnson Electric Band and Dreamboat Armada - Baltimore SoundStage
• Jammin Java's Mid-Atlantic Band Battle 6: Pulse, Freqontrol, the Head Ease, North Country, the Rebuilt Machines, Kill the Alarm, the Weathervanes - Jammin' Java
• Karen Collins & the Backroads Band - Hill Country Live [410 7th St NW, WDC]
• Lyle Link Tuesdays with Marty Nau - Twins Jazz (Two shows)
• Maedgen/Gillet featuring Clint Maegden and Helen Gillet - Kennedy Center (Millennium Stage)
• The Music of ABBA with ARRIVAL from Sweden & ABBA original musicians - Rams Head Tavern (Annapolis)
• Out of Your Head - Improvised and Experimental Music Collective - Wind-Up Space (Baltimore) (Free!)
• Signals Midwest, Foozle, the Coastals, and the Harrison Four - Charm City Art Space (Baltimore)
• Star FK Stadium, Kallispell, Adelyn Rose, and Adrian Mathenia - Sidebar Tavern [218 East Lexington St, Baltimore, MD]
• Tanya Blount - Blues Alley (Two shows)

Wednesday, 11 January 2012

• Antone "Chooky" Caldwell - Blues Alley (Two shows)
• Bad Reputation: Pierre de Gaillande sings Brassens - Kennedy Center (Millennium Stage)
• Beauty Pill - photography and music installation - Artisphere (Black Box Theatre)
• Boom Bap Society feat. Shodekeh and Eze Jackson - Wind-Up Space (Baltimore)
• Bootsy Collins - Baltimore SoundStage CANCELLED
• Burma Jones, Kris Abe Band, and David from the Incorrigibles - Chief Ike's Mambo Room [1725 Columbia Road NW, WDC]
• Bye June, Days Run Away, and Capitol Ghost - DC9
• the Chariots, the Danvilles (CD Release), and Zero Hour - Black Cat (Backstage)
• the HarDDads, Hank, Rangifer Wolf, and the Scandals - Ottobar (Baltimore)
• Jammin Java's Mid-Atlantic Band Battle 6: Grand Revival, Fallworth, Faraday, Groove 8, Poor Man's Copyright, the Later Sun, the Dirty Jacks - Jammin' Java
• Jay Hayden (Artist in Residence) - Strathmore (Mansion)
• Orchard Lounge and Mr. Bonkerz - U St Music Hall
• Rodney Richardson Trio - Twins Jazz (Two shows)
• Thievery Corporation and Novalima - 9:30 Club - sold out
• Universal Remonster, Burning Streets, Trashkanistan, Hellcat Maggie, Wasted, and Ahab's Revenge - Sidebar Tavern [218 East Lexington St, Baltimore, MD]

Thursday, 12 January 2012

• Apollo Kids with David of the Wolves and Trev-Ski on the 1 and 2s - Red Palace
• April Sampe - Blues Alley (Two shows)
• the Archives - Montserrat House [2016 9th Street NW, WDC] (Afterparty for Thievery Corporation at 9:30 Club)
• Blame Sally - Night Cat [5 Goldsborough St, Easton, MD]
• Bruce Swaim Quartet - Strathmore (Mansion)
• Christopher Cross - Wolf Trap (the Barns)
• Escapist, Old Wounds, Antivenom, and Guilty - Wasted Dream [431 Kenyon St NW, DC]
• Graham Keir (jazz guitarist) - Twins Jazz (Two shows)
• Gulley Jimson - Solly's [1942 11th St NW, WDC]
• Havoc, 93 Buic, Feeding Ciacco, Annedel, and EvaJade Landon - Recher Theatre (Towson, MD)
• the Independents (20th Anniversary Tour), Have Nots, Pain!, Kill Lincoln, and Disastrous Consequences - Ottobar (Baltimore)
• Jammin Java's Mid-Atlantic Band Battle 6: Classified Frequency, Adam In America, Shoot the Radio, Buster Brown and the Get Down, the Greater the Risk, Madrone, TheRuinCity - Jammin' Java
• Jonny Grave & the Tombstones, Benny, and Normal Rockwell the Howls - Black Cat (Backstage)
• the Knocks, Brenton Duvall, and Magic Man - U St Music Hall
• Medicine Lake - Rams Head Live! (Baltimore)
• Memphis 59 - Hill Country Live [410 7th St NW, WDC]
• Microkingdom, Jason Ajemian and the High Life, and Teenage Souls - Wind-Up Space (Baltimore)
• NSO: Debussy/Matthew, Five Preludes; Mackey Beautiful Passing; Sibelius Symphony No. 5 - Kennedy Center (Concert Hall)
• Robby Hecht and Liz Longley - Ebenezers Coffeehouse [201 F Street NE, WDC]
• Stillborn Identity - Sidebar Tavern [218 East Lexington St, Baltimore, MD] NO LONGER ON VENUE WEB SITE
• Thievery Corporation and Novalima - 9:30 Club - sold out
• A Troop of Echoes, Fires, Sea Patterns, and Red Exit - Charm City Art Space (Baltimore)
• Yip Deceiver (Featuring Davey Pierce & Nicolas Dobbratz from of Montreal), Drawbridges, the Absent Center, and the Velvet Ants - Velvet Lounge
• Yoko K. - Kennedy Center (Millennium Stage)

Friday, 13 January 2012

• Anybody Who's Anybody (CD Release), the OK Corral, and Alvin Tan - Jammin' Java (Late Show - 9:30 PM)
• Beauty Pill - photography and music installation - Artisphere (Black Box Theatre)
• Benito Gonzalez Quartet - Twins Jazz (Two shows)
• Better Said Than Done - Jammin' Java (Early Show - 7 PM)
• Bootsy Collins - State Theatre POSTPONED; new date to be announced
• Cheikh Ndoye & Friends - Frederic Yonnet, Karen Briggs, & more - Blues Alley (Two shows)
• Christopher Cross - Wolf Trap (the Barns) - sold out
• Cris Jacobs Band - Night Cat [5 Goldsborough St, Easton, MD]
• Deathrats (last show), Draize, Skvlt, and Mary Christ - La Casa [3166 Mount Pleasant St, WDC]
• The Dial-Up Tour with Live Lava Live, Meekakitty, Nanalew, & Friends - Fillmore Silver Spring
• Droids We're Looking For and Potomac Bombs - Red Palace
• E Joseph and the Phantom Heart, Test Pattern Radio, Robert Mitchell, JD Sage, and Mercury Rising - Recher Theatre (Towson, MD)
• Eddie From Ohio and Dan Navarro - Birchmere
• G Love & Special Sauce and Kristy Lee - Rams Head Live! (Baltimore)
• Ice Jam Pre-Show Party: This or the Apocalypse - Sonar (Baltimore) (Talking Head Club)
• Jayme Stone: Room of Wonders - Strathmore (Mansion)
• Jeff Bradshaw - Kennedy Center (Millennium Stage)
• Jeremiah and DJ Ace - DC Star [2135 Queens Chapel Road NE, WDC]
• King Soul and Justin Trawick - Hill Country Live [410 7th St NW, WDC]
• Lazlo Lee and the Motherless Children, the Funky Bass, and Beat Group Known As F - Wind-Up Space (Baltimore)
• Meow vs Meow, Vinny Vegas, and Pompeii Graffiti - Velvet Lounge
• NSO: Debussy/Matthew, Five Preludes; Mackey Beautiful Passing; Sibelius Symphony No. 5 - Kennedy Center (Concert Hall)
• On the Bus and Black Muddy River Band - IOTA Club & CafÈ
• Paint Fumes, the Nervous Ticks, and DJ Amanda Otto - Sidebar Tavern [218 East Lexington St, Baltimore, MD]
• Roll It Over, Other May Fall, and the Last Valorians - Sinix (Baltimore)
• SAW Young Artists Showcase - hosted by Margot MacDonald - Ebenezers Coffeehouse [201 F Street NE, WDC]
• Sheryl Underwood - DC Improv [1140 Connecticut Ave NW, WDC]
• Sinatra, Au Revoir, Johnny Booth, Flagship, and Hobby Wolf Airport - Charm City Art Space (Baltimore)
• Slowdance, the Baby Grand, and Social Repose - Comet Ping Pong
• the Smithereens - Rams Head Tavern (Annapolis) (Two Shows (6:30 PM & 9:30 PM))
• Stephanie Mills - Strathmore (Music Center) MOVED TO THE BIRCHMERE 1/16/12 and 1/17/12 - original tickets will need to be refunded at Strathmore.
• Tabi Bonney and DTMD - Black Cat (Mainstage)
• Thievery Corporation and Novalima - 9:30 Club - sold out
• This Or the Apocalypse - Sonar (Baltimore) (Talking Head Club)
• Fear of Virginia, the London Souls, the Highballers, and the XOs - Rock & Roll Hotel
• Yip Deciever (members of Of Montreal), Eureka Birds, and Absent Center - Metro Gallery (Baltimore)

Saturday, 14 January 2012

• Anthony Green (from Circa Survive) and the Dear Hunter - Recher Theatre (Towson, MD)
• Beauty Pill - photography and music installation - Artisphere (Black Box Theatre)
• Belo - Artisphere (Ballroom)
• Benito Gonzalez Quartet - Twins Jazz (Two shows)
• BSO: Itzhak Perlman - Strathmore (Music Center)
• Caesar Millan - Lyric Opera House [Baltimore, MD]
• Chaise Lounge - the Hamilton [600 14th St NW, WDC]
• Charm City Devils, Yesterday's War, Calsius, .50 Caliber Romance, Skies In Chaos, and the Euphorics - Baltimore SoundStage
• Cheikh Ndoye & Friends - Frederic Yonnet, Karen Briggs, & more - Blues Alley (Two shows)
• the Choir Boys - Jammin' Java (Early Show - 6:30 PM)
• Christopher Cross - Rams Head Tavern (Annapolis)
• Classic Albums Live: the Dark Side of the Moon - France-Merrick Performing Arts Center / Hippodrome (Baltimore)
• Cults and Dirty Fences - Black Cat (Mainstage; TWO SHOWS) - sold out
• Eddie From Ohio and Jake Armerding - Birchmere - sold out
• Eric Scott and Nelson Emokpae - Night Cat [5 Goldsborough St, Easton, MD]
• George Lopez - DAR Constitution Hall
• GhostxShip, Concrete, Shedding Skin, and Lurker - Charm City Art Space (Baltimore)
• Girlfriend in a Coma (Smiths/Morrissey Tribute Band - Reunion Show) - Ottobar (Baltimore)
• Ice Jam, Day 1: August Burns Red, For Today, Silverstein, For the Fallen Dream, Texas in July, On Broken Wings, Letlive, Like Moths to Flames, Delusions, An Obscure Signal - Sonar (Baltimore) (All Rooms)
• Ilana Silverstein + Violet, High Life, Immanent Voiceless, Twenty-First Century Chamber Ensemble, and Amptext - Bethel World Outreach Church [8242 Georgia Ave, Silver Spring, MD] (Sonic Circuits event)
• In Flames, Trivium, Veil of Maya, and Kyng - Rams Head Live! (Baltimore)
• JB Smoove (of HBO's Curb Your Enthusiasm) - 9:30 Club
• Kingsley Flood and Tom McBride - IOTA Club & CafÈ
• Lost Tribe, Cult of Youth, and Anasazi - Golden West Cafe (Baltimore)
• Mid-Atlantic Jazz Orchestra - Kennedy Center (Millennium Stage)
• No Stringz Attached and Impact - Sinix (Baltimore)
• Nouveau Riche: Gavin Holland, Steve Starks, Nacey - U St Music Hall
• NSO: Debussy/Matthew, Five Preludes; Mackey Beautiful Passing; Sibelius Symphony No. 5 - Kennedy Center (Concert Hall)
• NSO: Teddy Bear Concert - Kennedy Center (Family Theater; Two Shows)
• Of the West, Screen Vinyl Image, USSA Pleasuredome, and the Expanding Man - Wind-Up Space (Baltimore)
• Pants Velour, Drop Electric, and 2nd Revolution - Rock & Roll Hotel
• Pat Sommers' Rock Shop - Jammin' Java (Afternoon - 1:30 PM)
• Paul Cebar & the Milwaukeeans and Tomorrow Sound - Wolf Trap (the Barns)
• Publicist, Alex, the State Department, Edie Sedgwick, the Dance Party, and DJ Jim Q - Gold Leaf Studios [443 Eye St NW, Washington DC] (Farewell to Gold Leaf Studios)
• Rew Smith, Bull Moose Party, and Classified Frequency - Velvet Lounge
• Save Your Soul presents: I Heart Toubin Benefit - with DJs Kid Congo Powers, Baby Alcatraz, Amanda Otto, Robert Fearless, King Gilbert, & Rob Javanillo - Metro Gallery (Baltimore)
• School of Rock presents: A Tribute to Funk and a Tribute to the Who - Ottobar (Baltimore) (Afternoon show)
• the Screws, Blackout Brigade, Combat Crisis, Steelhead, and the Incited - Sidebar Tavern [218 East Lexington St, Baltimore, MD]
• Sheryl Underwood - DC Improv [1140 Connecticut Ave NW, WDC]
• Shinobi Ninja, Irresponsible, and Square Trio - Jammin' Java
• the Smithereens - State Theatre
• Tereu Tereu, Bob Doto, Presto Bando, and Uncle Bengine - Paper Haus [4912 3rd St NW, WDC]

Sunday, 15 January 2012

• Aaron Seeber Quartet - Twins Jazz (Two shows)
• Battle of the Bands - Finals - Baltimore SoundStage
• Beauty Pill - photography and music installation - Artisphere (Black Box Theatre)
• Burton Cummings (of the Guess Who) - Rams Head Tavern (Annapolis) - sold out
• Cheikh Ndoye & Friends - Frederic Yonnet, Karen Briggs, & more - Blues Alley (Two shows)
• Chris Coccia - DC Improv [1140 Connecticut Ave NW, WDC]
• Chrystal Williams (mezzo-soprano) & Lucas Wong (piano) - the Phillips Collection, Music Room [1600 21st St NW] (4 PM)
• the Drive, Blind Til Now, Classified Frequency, Carthage, and Femi the Dri Fish and the Out of Water Experience - Ottobar (Baltimore)
• the Drive and Street Lights at Midnight - Sidebar Tavern [218 East Lexington St, Baltimore, MD] NO LONGER ON VENUE WEB SITE
• Eddie From Ohio and Native Run (formerly Deep River) - Birchmere
• Ellis Paul - Night Cat [5 Goldsborough St, Easton, MD]
• Graveyard, Radio Moscow, and Daniel Davies - Golden West Cafe (Baltimore)
• Ice Jam, Day 2: Attack Attack!, I See Stars, Stick To Your Guns, Memphis May Fire, Close Your Eyes, On Broken Wings, the Breather, Make Me Famous, Life On Repeat, Dr. Acula, Frequontrol - Sonar (Baltimore) (All Rooms)
• Jaymay, Flanagan Smith, and the Chris Pumphrey Sextet - Wind-Up Space (Baltimore)
• Justyn with a Y, Surgery Dot Com (ex-True Womanhood), the False Hope, and James Haitchwai - Velvet Lounge
• Luther, DJ Mark Louque, Pee Play, Bil Todd, and Ryan Smith - U St Music Hall
• Mid-Atlantic Song Contest Awards Gala - Jammin' Java
• NRBQ and Michael Burks - State Theatre
• the NRIs and Loser Leaves Town - Galaxy Hut
• Oh So Peligroso, Edgewood, and Technicians - Black Cat (Backstage)
• Paul Cebar Tomorrow Sound - Rams Head Tavern (Annapolis) (All-Ages Matinee)
• Priests, Paint Fumes, the Young Ladies, and Teen Liver - Comet Ping Pong
• Reaction 2012 - 9:30 Club (Late Show)
• Rebelution - Fillmore Silver Spring
• Refreshing Spring Church of God In Christ - Kennedy Center (Millennium Stage)
• Romania & Jaabs and Plurals - Ottobar (Baltimore) (Upstairs and Free!)
• Think Fast Jak and 16 Large - IOTA Club & CafÈ
• Wake Up Monday, Ape Riot, Farewell Midnight, and Digital Citrus - Recher Theatre (Towson, MD)

Monday, 16 January 2012

• Beauty Pill - photography and music installation - Artisphere (Black Box Theatre)
• the Black Lillies - the Whiskey Annapolis [1803 West St., Annapolis, MD]
• Bobby McFerrin and the Let Freedom Ring Choir (free tickets required) - Kennedy Center (Millennium Stage - in the Concert Hall)
• Croatoan, Palkoski, and Kalevra - Old Firestation #3 [3988 University Drive, Fairfax, VA]
• Eilen Jewell - IOTA Club & CafÈ
• the Fielding Mellish, Threat Level Midnight, and Cerebral Assassins - Jammin' Java
• Graveyard, Radio Moscow, and Daniel Davies - DC9
• Let Freedom Ring! - Kennedy Center (Concert Hall)
• Noise in the Basement - Baltimore SoundStage
• Sachal Vasandani (Indian Jazz Series) - Blues Alley (Two shows)
• Stephanie Mills - Birchmere
• We Were Pirates and Tereu Tereu - Galaxy Hut

Tuesday, 17 January 2012

• Anthony Pirog, CJ Boyd, and Tag Cloud - Velvet Lounge
• Beauty Pill - photography and music installation - Artisphere (Black Box Theatre)
• Bike Trip, Stereosleep, and the XOs - Black Cat (Backstage)
• the Bright Light Social Hour, Wise Eyes, Howard Jennings, and Collin Warren - DC9
• Burton Cummings (of the Guess Who) - Rams Head Tavern (Annapolis) - sold out
• David Mead - Kennedy Center (Millennium Stage)
• Freedy Johnston, Jaymay, and Flanagan Smith - Jammin' Java
• the Grandsons and the Sweater Set - the Hamilton (FREE)
• Greensky Bluegrass and Todd Schaffer (of Railroad Earth) - 8x10 [10 East Cross St, Baltimore, MD 21230]
• Harper Blynn and David Mead - IOTA Club & CafÈ
• Matthew Archer Stephenson (of the Influence), Timothy Bracken, Andrew Ullman (of Johari), Derek Evry, and hosted by Jon Kaplan (of Bicycle Thieves) - Artisphere (Dome Theatre - Words & Music Singer/Songwriter Series)
• Out of Your Head - Improvised and Experimental Music Collective - Wind-Up Space (Baltimore) (Free!)
• Sanjay Mishra & Friends (Indian Jazz Series) - Blues Alley (Two shows)
• Sansyou (as part of Lost Civilizations experimental music project) - Dynasty [2210 14th St NW, WDC]
• Stephanie Mills - Birchmere
• Tuesdays with Marty Nau - Twins Jazz (Two shows)
• Yarn - Hill Country Live [410 7th St NW, WDC]

Wednesday, 18 January 2012

• Beauty Pill - photography and music installation - Artisphere (Black Box Theatre)
• Boy, Constant Alarm, and Ice Cream - Red Palace
• Champian Fulton (pianist/vocalist) - Twins Jazz (Two shows)
• Dar Stellabotta and Jahiti of Brown Fish - Sidebar Tavern [218 East Lexington St, Baltimore, MD]
• Haha Night: An Evening of Acoustic Jams and Comedy featuring Jimi Haha of Jimmie's Chicken Shack, Kevin Hock & Sean Stinchcomb of Loving the Lie, Adverse Attraction, Nelly's Echo, Mike Finazzo, Tommy Sinbazo, and special guest Tony Correlli - 8x10 [10 East Cross St, Baltimore, MD 21230]
• HaVoC, Apple Scruff, Pinata, and Corpsule - Ottobar (Baltimore)
• He's My Brother She's My Sister, Henry Wolfe, and Deathblack Flowers - DC9
• Inky Skulls - DC Radical Space [5525 Illinois Ave NW, WDC]
• International Guitar Night - Wolf Trap (the Barns) - sold out
• Jucifer, Fortress, Harlequin Ichthyosis, and Radical Discharge - Sonar (Baltimore) (Talking Head Lounge)
• Moombahton Massive XI: Nadastrom, Sabo, Bro Safari, Pickster One - U St Music Hall
• Rafrechi - Kennedy Center (Millennium Stage)
• Rez Abassi (Indian Jazz Series) - Blues Alley (Two shows)
• Robert Earl Keen and the Deep Dark Woods - Rams Head Tavern (Annapolis) - sold out
• RECOMMENDED - Screen Vinyl Image, Ceremony, and Silo Halo - Black Cat (Backstage)
• T.Vibe, Joseph Guerra, and Arch - Jammin' Java
• Weiss-Kaplan-Newman Trio - Kennedy Center (Terrace Theater)

Thursday, 19 January 2012

• Aztec Two-Step 40th Anniversary Tour CD Release - Jammin' Java CANCELLED (rescheduled date TBA)
• Beauty Pill - photography and music installation - Artisphere (Black Box Theatre)
• Bluebeat DC Ska Night - Solly's [1942 11th St NW, WDC]
• BOUM Closing Party with music by Bamboo, Vlonde, Nest - Metro Gallery (Baltimore)
• Christine Lavin - Wolf Trap (the Barns)
• Dean Fields, Victoria Vox, and Carl Anderson - IOTA Club & CafÈ
• the Evokatones, the Players, the 8 Ohms Band, and the 27th Street Sound System - Ottobar (Baltimore)
• Executioner, Born of Kings, Illustrated Highlife, and Shock Holiday - Recher Theatre (Towson, MD)
• RECOMMENDED - Ghost, Blood Ceremony, and Ancient VVisdom - Rock & Roll Hotel
• John Pinette - DC Improv [1140 Connecticut Ave NW, WDC]
• Liftoff (album release party), DJ set by Fort Knox Five, and DJ set by Thunderball - Black Cat (Backstage)
• Mavis Staples and Eric Scott - the Hamilton
• Michael Knox (CD Release) and Rene Moffatt - Ebenezers Coffeehouse [201 F Street NE, WDC]
• Monsterbaiters - Sidebar Tavern [218 East Lexington St, Baltimore, MD] NO LONGER ON VENUE WEB SITE
• the Morrison Brothers Band and Deaf Dog and the Indictments - 9:30 Club
• NRBQ - Rams Head Tavern (Annapolis)
• NSO Youth Fellowship Program - Kennedy Center (Millennium Stage)
• NSO: Mozart Divertimento in D major; Schumann Piano Concerto; Glanert Fluss ohne Ufer (NSO co-commission; US premiere); Mozart Symphony No. 41 "Jupiter" - Kennedy Center (Concert Hall)
• the Orchid, Zvoov, and Degollado - Velvet Lounge
• Riot - Jaxx CANCELLED
• Robert Earl Keen - Birchmere (All Standing in the Bandstand)
• Rudresh Mahanthappa (alto sax) (Indian Jazz Series) - Blues Alley (Two shows)
• Sex Cult Showcase: Designer Drugs, PLS DNT STP, Black Matter, Skitsnygg - U St Music Hall
• Stephen Synk and Griff Kaz - Twins Jazz (Two shows)
• Tommy Lepson - Hill Country Live [410 7th St NW, WDC]
• the Unruly, the Sea Life, and Soul Card - DC9
• Wildlife, Tereu Tereu, and Pet Parade - Red Palace

Friday, 20 January 2012

• Dark Girls documentary - Warner Theatre
• 18th Street Singers - First Trinity Lutheran Church [309 E St NW, WDC]
• Abdou Mboup's Waakaw with Marimbist Lloyd Harbor - Twins Jazz (Two shows)
• Andy Vaughan and Driveline - Hill Country Live [410 7th St NW, WDC]
• Bad Biology, Tideland, Fire Bison, Unfair Roots, Christopher Nobody and the Nothing, and Sinclair - Charm City Art Space (Baltimore)
• Bad Liquor Pond (album release party), the Flying Eyes, and the Slow Jerks - Golden West Cafe (Baltimore)
• Beauty Pill - photography and music installation - Artisphere (Black Box Theatre)
• Bruce in the USA - Rams Head Tavern (Annapolis) - sold out
• BSO Off the Cuff: Zarathustra - Strathmore (Music Center)
• Collie Buddz, Zion I, and New Kingston - 9:30 Club
• Dakaboom - Axum's Level X Lounge [1934 9th St. NW, WDC]
• Death By Sexy, the Dustys, and Big Fat Marker - Velvet Lounge
• Domino Falls, Alice Anna, Violet Says 5, Stereo Trigger, and Steel Chin Jimmy - Rams Head Live! (Baltimore)
• Foozle, Guilty, Coxey Brown, Dactly, Belegost, and the Black Sparks - St. Stephen & the Incarnation Episcopal Church (Benefit for All Ages Movement Project)
• Front Bottoms, Mansions, and Blind Man Leading - Jammin' Java (Early Show - 6 PM)
• Garrett Anderson - 8x10 [10 East Cross St, Baltimore, MD 21230]
• the Goddamn Gallows and JJ Damage and the Bandits - Asefu's [1920 9th St NW, WDC]
• Hatred, Extermination Angel, and La Rina - Irene's Sky Bar [11300 Georgia Ave, Silver Spring, MD]
• How To Be a Hero and Neverthought - Sinix (Baltimore)
• In Fate We Trust, Sic 'Em Buster, Sit Down Strikes, Hillsmere, Enemy at the Gate, and Donkey Punch - Sonar (Baltimore) (Talking Head Club)
• the Independents, Have Nots, and the Real Deal - Fat Tuesday's [10673 Braddock Road, Fairfax, VA]
• Ingrid Michaelson - U St Music Hall - sold out
• John Pinette - DC Improv [1140 Connecticut Ave NW, WDC]
• RECOMMENDED - Jucifer, Borracho, and Akris - Black Cat (Mainstage)
• Judge Smith, Mercy Alliance, and Janine Wilson - Ebenezers Coffeehouse [201 F Street NE, WDC]
• K Holes, the Gumbas, DJ Kid Congo Powers, DJ Baby Alcatraz, M.C. Majestic Ape, and Video Art by Ryan Hill & Rob Parrish - Comet Ping Pong
• Lush Farm, Asexual Woods, Victims of Experience, and Orange Horse - Metro Gallery (Baltimore)
• Madi Diaz - Night Cat [5 Goldsborough St, Easton, MD]
• NSO Prelude - Kennedy Center (Millennium Stage)
• NSO: Mozart Divertimento in D major; Schumann Piano Concerto; Glanert Fluss ohne Ufer (NSO co-commission; US premiere); Mozart Symphony No. 41 "Jupiter" - Kennedy Center (Concert Hall)
• Oh Susannah! - Ebenezers Coffeehouse [201 F Street NE, WDC] (10:30 AM show)
• Oli Brown Band - Strathmore (Mansion - Friday Night Eclectic)
• Pandas, Big Ego, Drop 42, Pale Discretion, Ourglass, and Kelly Loclear Jacobs - Recher Theatre (Towson, MD)
• Part Death, Necropsy, Universal Remonster, and Alhazred - Sonar (Baltimore) (Talking Head Lounge)
• Red Fridays: Tony Humphries, Louisahhh!!!, and Joe L. - U St Music Hall
• Red Molly - Wolf Trap (the Barns)
• Ronnie Laws & Tom Browne - Birchmere
• Rudresh Mahanthappa (alto sax) (Indian Jazz Series) - Blues Alley (Two shows)
• Scott Miller - IOTA Club & CafÈ
• Strange Design and the Big Apple Horns (a tribute to PHISH at Arrowhead Ranch 7/21/91) - Fillmore Silver Spring
• Tab Benoit and Cris Jacobs Band (featuring Cris Jacobs of the Bridge) - State Theatre
• Three Legged Fox and Quincy Mumford and the Reason Why - Jammin' Java (Late Show - 10 PM)
• Tom Principato Band and Celeste Starchild - the Hamilton
• the Wanted and Zander Black - Rock & Roll Hotel
• ZVOOV, Time Columns, Troops of Echoes, and RioLinda Deaf Scene - Sidebar Tavern [218 East Lexington St, Baltimore, MD]

Saturday, 21 January 2012

• 18th Street Singers - First Trinity Lutheran Church [309 E St NW, WDC]
• A389 Anniversary Show - Eyehategod, Integrity, Gehenna, Pulling Teeth, Magrudergrind, Weekend Nachos, Starkweather, Seven Sisters of Sleep, Low Places, Junior Bruce, Pick Your Side, Full of Hell, Homewrecker, Young and In the Way, Triac, Hatewaves, and Eddie Brock - Sonar (Baltimore) (All rooms)
• Abdou Mboup's Waakaw with Marimbist Lloyd Harbor - Twins Jazz (Two shows)
• Adam Carolla - Fillmore Silver Spring (RESCHEDULED FROM 11/4/11; Two shows - 8 PM & 10 PM)
• the Air Force Strings - Kennedy Center (Millennium Stage)
• Along Those Lines, the Chuck Shaffer Picture Show, and the Velvet Ants - Jammin' Java (Late Show - 10 PM)
• Arty and Roberto Gonzalez - Fur Nightclub [33 Patterson Street NE, WDC]
• Bach2Rock - 9:30 Club (11 AM Matinee)
• Beauty Pill - photography and music installation - Artisphere (Black Box Theatre)
• Bruce in the USA (Bruce Springsteen Tribute) - State Theatre
• Cass McCombs, Frank Fairfield, and Walker and Jay - Ottobar (Baltimore)
• Cheryl Wheeler and Peyton Tochterman - Birchmere
• Chucky Santos & Su Banda Bachatera with DJ Letrero - Baltimore SoundStage
• Down Society and Throwdown Syndicate - Club Baltimore [8014 Pulaski Hwy, Rosedale, MD]
• Dru Hill, Sisquo, and Black Angel Down - Rams Head Live! (Baltimore)
• Dubtribe Soundsystem and All Good Funk Alliance - U St Music Hall
• the Electric 11s, Blue Pinto, and Text Message - Rock & Roll Hotel
• Ethel Merman's Broadway starring Rita McKenzie - Strathmore (Music Center)
• Fallen Martyr, What We Call Victory (CD Release), Aether Realm, Yesterday's Saints, Deranged Theory, As the Kingdom Falls, Vitality, and Waking the Monolith - CafÈ 611 [611 Market St, Frederick, MD]
• Give, Free Spirit, Disengage, Curmudgeon, Clear, and Intent - Asefu's [1920 9th St NW, WDC]
• Glitterlust and J Street - DC9
• Jesse Rose and J. Phlip - U St Music Hall NO LONGER ON VENUE WEB SITE
• John Pinette - DC Improv [1140 Connecticut Ave NW, WDC]
• Justin Trawick Group, Ryan Tennis and the Clubhouse Band, and Shanna Hoar - IOTA Club & CafÈ
• RECOMMENDED - King Giant (CD Release), Borracho, the Crimson Electric, Auroboros, and Weed Warlock - Empire (formerly Jaxx)
• Madi Diaz (CD Release) and Luci Schwartz - Jammin' Java (Early Show - 7 PM)
• Marcus Johnson - the Hamilton
• Naylor Court, District Lights, and Half Past 3 - Velvet Lounge
• NSO: Mozart Divertimento in D major; Schumann Piano Concerto; Glanert Fluss ohne Ufer (NSO co-commission; US premiere); Mozart Symphony No. 41 "Jupiter" - Kennedy Center (Concert Hall)
• Ozomatli and Chopteeth AfroFunk Big Band - 9:30 Club
• S1ngleton, MisEuphoria, Save the Empire, A Life Less Ordinary, and Matt Pless - Sidebar Tavern [218 East Lexington St, Baltimore, MD]
• School of Rock presents: A Tribute to Elton John and a Tribute to Stone Temple Pilots - Ottobar (Baltimore) (Afternoon show)
• Scott Ramminger & the Crawstickers - Hill Country Live [410 7th St NW, WDC]
• the Silver Liners, the River Breaks, and Young Rapids - Red Palace
• Soul Atrophy - Sinix (Baltimore)
• Syleena Johnson - Blues Alley (Two shows)
• Taproot, Millionproof, 10 Blade, Roll It Over, Drift Plan, and Ashes To Embers - Recher Theatre (Towson, MD)
• Tom Chapin - Wolf Trap (the Barns)
• Tom Wopat - Rams Head Tavern (Annapolis)
• Volta Bureau, Ra Ra Rasputin, and Miyazaki - St. Stephen & the Incarnation Episcopal Church (Benefit for Collective Action for Safe Spaces)

Sunday, 22 January 2012

• Ace Enders (the Early November), Anthony Raneri (Bayside), Chris Conley (Saves the Day), Evan Weiss (Into It. Over It.), and Matt Pryor (the Get Up Kids) - Ottobar (Baltimore) (Where's the Band Tour 2012)
• Action Against Hunger - with Let's Be Honest, Hit This City, Forever Is Forever, and Light Up the Sky - Jammin' Java (Afternoon Show - 1 PM)
• Aer, Ballyhoo!, and Poor Man's Copyright - Jammin' Java (Evening Show - 8 PM)
• Andrea Pais (singer/songwriter and pianist) - Twins Jazz (Two shows)
• Ann Chang (piano) with Paul Chou (violin) - Kennedy Center (Millennium Stage)
• Battle of the Bands - Baltimore SoundStage
• Beauty Pill - photography and music installation - Artisphere (Black Box Theatre)
• Brad Linde Sextet - the Hamilton
• Cheryl Wheeler - Rams Head Tavern (Annapolis)
• John Pinette - DC Improv [1140 Connecticut Ave NW, WDC]
• Judy Collins - Wolf Trap (the Barns) - sold out
• Karen Geoghegan (bassoon) & Timothy End (piano) - the Phillips Collection, Music Room [1600 21st St NW] (4 PM)
• Karl Stoll and the Danger Zone (CD Release Show) and CGBK - IOTA Club & CafÈ
• The Kennedy Center Chamber Players play Bruch, Prokofiev, & Beethoven - Kennedy Center (Terrace Theater)
• Lahla Hadiya - Blues Alley (Two shows)
• Real Estate and the Babies - Black Cat (Mainstage) - sold out
• Sabrina Chap and Curtis Eller - Wind-Up Space (Baltimore)
• Silent Civilian and Bandits & Beggars - Empire (formerly Jaxx)
• SoftGammaRepeater - Galaxy Hut NO LONGER ON VENUE WEB SITE
• Stout, Ballistic, Lock Down, Dead And Dreaming, and Walk The Plank - Velvet Lounge (A benefit for Yury Sanchez - doors at 3:30 PM)
• Swarm the North, Echoglph, and Seaglass - Recher Theatre (Towson, MD)
• Washington Performing Arts Society: Living the Dream... Singing the Dream - Kennedy Center (Concert Hall)

Monday, 23 January 2012

• Aimee Mann - Rams Head Tavern (Annapolis) - sold out
• the Baby Grand, Gardening Not Architecture, Dinner and a Suit, Survival Society, Boy in the Well, and David Ringwood - Ottobar (Baltimore)
• Bravenoise, the Grey Area, and Rene Moffatt - IOTA Club & CafÈ
• Bryan Adams: Bare Bones Tour - Strathmore (Music Center) - sold out
• Call For Fire, TBS, Theycallmepiano, and Rick Caballo - Jammin' Java
• Deangelo Redman - Blues Alley (Two shows)
• the Empresarios - Kennedy Center (Millennium Stage)
• Ethel - Atlas Performing Arts Center [1333 H St NE, WDC]
• Noise in the Basement - the 10th Hour, Code Cansas, Billy Lyve, Femi the Drifish - Baltimore SoundStage
• Ryan Harvey (or possibly his punk band Bouncing Betty), XgirlfriendX, Wood Spider, and Reverse Swan - Curious Palace [126 S. Arlington, Baltimore, MD] (Benefit for ALKQN)
• Twin Sister, Ava Luna, and Bike Trip - Rock & Roll Hotel
• Washington Performing Arts Society: Joshua Bell (violin) with Sam Haywood (piano) - Kennedy Center (Concert Hall)

Tuesday, 24 January 2012

• Fela! - Warner Theatre CANCELLED
• the 9 Songwriter Series: Justin Trawick, Scott Tiernan, Phil Rossi, Michael Huckleberry, Luke Mitchem, Jim Shirley, Jeff Ting of Mayday Radio, Ben Hofer, and Emily Henry - IOTA Club & CafÈ
• Castle of Genre, the Howlin Bends, Amanda Badzé, and Nor Castor & the Ooh La Las - Jammin' Java
• D.R.U.G.S., Hit the Lights, Like Moths to Flames, Spark the Rescue, and My Arcadia - 9:30 Club
• Delta Rae and Say Chance - 6th & I (Downstairs)
• Erin McDermott Band - Hill Country Live [410 7th St NW, WDC]
• Heston - Blues Alley (Two shows)
• JP Reali - Kennedy Center (Millennium Stage)
• Out of Your Head - Improvised and Experimental Music Collective - Wind-Up Space (Baltimore) (Free!)
• Rocky Loves Emily - Ottobar (Baltimore)
• Ryan Adams and Jason Isbell - Strathmore (Music Center) - sold out
• Steve Earle (solo & acoustic) - Rams Head Tavern (Annapolis) - sold out
• Tuesdays with Marty Nau - Twins Jazz (Two shows)
• Velma, Mark Bernal & the Walk of Shame, CafÈ Lamotta, and Electric Fireworks - Sidebar Tavern [218 East Lexington St, Baltimore, MD]
• Waxahatchee, Mary Christ, Dee & the Warlocks, and Michael Cantor (solo) - Dollhouse [1429 Madison St NW, WDC]
• Widespread Panic (all-acoustic show) - Fillmore Silver Spring - sold out

Wednesday, 25 January 2012

• Fela! - Warner Theatre CANCELLED
• the 9 Songwriter Series - with Justin Trawick, Michael Huckleberry, Jenny Leigh Freeman, Jason Ager, Victoria Vox, Adam Scott-Wakefield, Kevin Heider, Garrett Anderson, and Tomas of The Petticoat Tea Room - Metro Gallery (Baltimore)
• Aimee Mann and John Roderick - Birchmere - sold out
• Coeur de Pirate and Leif Vollebekk - 9:30 Club
• Griffin House and Matthew Perryman Jones - Rams Head Tavern (Annapolis)
• Ingram Hill, Matt Duke, and Sarah Miles - Jammin' Java
• Jay Hayden (Artist in Residence) - Strathmore (Mansion)
• Julia Nixon (vocalist) - Twins Jazz (Two shows)
• June Star (CD Release) and Fancy Face - Wind-Up Space (Baltimore)
• Ladytron DJ Set featuring Reuben Wu with Shea Van Horn and DJ Cale - U St Music Hall
• Lori Williams - Blues Alley (Two shows)
• Mike Flaherty's Dixieland Direct Jazz Band Bilal - Kennedy Center (Millennium Stage)
• Rosemary's Infanticide, Coxey Brown, the Eleventh Hour, Your Favorite Coastline, the Atlantic Light, and Seasons - Ottobar (Baltimore)
• Simulcast of Ratdog Reunion Concert (in cooperation with Bob Weir's TRI studios) - the Hamilton (FREE)
• stereosleep, Devils Walk as Saints, and Fight the Bear - Red Palace
• Widespread Panic (all-acoustic show) - Fillmore Silver Spring - sold out

Thursday, 26 January 2012

• Fela! - Warner Theatre
• Fela! Band - Montserrat House [2016 9th Street NW, WDC]
• Ari Hest and Sarah Siskind - Wolf Trap (the Barns)
• Carsie Blanton and Mark Erelli - Black Cat (Backstage) - sold out
• Cowboy Mouth and the Assembly Line - 9:30 Club
• Diego Garcia and John Mancini Acoustic Band - 8x10 [10 East Cross St, Baltimore, MD 21230]
• Eme & Heteru - Bossa
• Fear of Virginia, the Blue Transfer, and Gallons to Ounces - Velvet Lounge
• Gash, Human Waste, Brain Slug, Lotus F*cker, and Mind As Prison - Wasted Dream [431 Kenyon St NW, DC]
• Griffin House and Matthew Perryman Jones - Jammin' Java
• Huggy Lowdown and Chris Paul - DC Improv [1140 Connecticut Ave NW, WDC]
• Imani Winds - Strathmore (Mansion)
• Jane Monheit - Rams Head Tavern (Annapolis)
• Jimmy Solesky, Marg-Paul LaRose, White Shadow, and Stars & the Sea - Sidebar Tavern [218 East Lexington St, Baltimore, MD]
• John Jennings and ellen cherry - the Hamilton NO LONGER ON VENUE WEB SITE
• Justin Jones (full band) and Pretty Tail - Night Cat [5 Goldsborough St, Easton, MD]
• the Lizardman and Joel Kieth - Red Palace
• Luke Carlos O'Reilly - Twins Jazz (Two shows)
• Maya Jane Coles, Chris Nitti, and Lxsx Frxnk - U St Music Hall
• Maysa - Birchmere
• Michael Winograd Klezmer Trio - Kennedy Center (Millennium Stage)
• Miranda Lambert, Chris Young, and Jerrod Nilemann - 1st Mariner Arena (Baltimore)
• Not So Modern Jazz Band - St Elmo's Coffee Pub [2300 Mt Vernon Ave, Alexandria, VA 22301]
• NSO: Widmann Armonica; Mozart Clarinet Concerto; Schubert Symphony No. 9 - Kennedy Center (Concert Hall)
• Octaves, Girlfight, Whenskiesaregray, Wren Lloyd, and American Womanhood - Ottobar (Baltimore)
• Oh Sleeper and Skip the Foreplay - Sonar (Baltimore) (Talking Head Club)
• Prussia and Grammar - DC9
• the Road and Djesben - IOTA Club & CafÈ
• Roy Ayers - Blues Alley (Two shows)
• the Sea the Sea, Barnaby Bright, and John Schmitt - Ebenezers Coffeehouse [201 F Street NE, WDC]
• Tobias Russell and Rhianna LaRocque - Rams Head Tavern (Annapolis) (All-Ages) NO LONGER ON VENUE WEB SITE
• Ugly Orange, Pretty Little Kennedy Curse, and California Start - Recher Theatre (Towson, MD)
• Vocal Arts DC: Lydia Teuscher, soprano & Graham Johnson, piano - Kennedy Center (Terrace Theatre)
• Wil Gravatt Band - Hill Country Live [410 7th St NW, WDC]
• Words Live - with Maimouna Youssef - Atlas Performing Arts Center [1333 H St NE, WDC]

Friday, 27 January 2012

• Fela! - Warner Theatre
• the 9 Songwriter Series: Justin Trawick, Becky Warren, Gideon Grove, Jonny Grave, Amanda Lee, Victoria Vox, Max Kuzmyak, Mary Alouette, Nita Chawla - Strathmore (Mansion - Friday Night Eclectic) - sold out
• Aaron Lowenberger - St Elmo's Coffee Pub [2300 Mt Vernon Ave, Alexandria, VA 22301]
• Affiance, Serianna, Us From the Outside, Sirens and Sailors, and Handed to the Thousands - Sonar (Baltimore) (Talking Head Club)
• Attic Dancers, SuperSharpShooter, Orchester Prazevica, and Barrage Band Orchestra - Sidebar Tavern [218 East Lexington St, Baltimore, MD]
• Benny, Norman Rockwell, and the Parlor Soldiers - the Dunes [1402 Meridian Place NW, WDC]
• Big Head Todd and the Monsters and the Dig - 9:30 Club
• Bill Kirchen & Too Much Fun - Wolf Trap (the Barns)
• Bite the Bullet, Rome Apart, Angry Shadow, and Hickey From an Alien - Recher Theatre (Towson, MD)
• Bomani, Immaletchufinish, Lady Pcoq & the Plumes, and DJ D'Salaam - Axum's Level X Lounge [1934 9th St. NW, WDC]
• Brick, Sacred Love, Peace, Lapse, Big Mouth, Wargmes, and Past Time - Charm City Art Space (Baltimore)
• Catie Curtis - Night Cat [5 Goldsborough St, Easton, MD]
• Cindy's Basement - Sinix (Baltimore)
• Crowded Streets (Dave Matthews tribute) - Rams Head Live! (Baltimore)
• DC Hearts Jonathan Toubin benefit show - featuring Chain and the Gang, Deathfix, Cane and the Sticks, and DJs Kid Congo Powers & Baby Alcatraz - Comet Ping Pong
• Donna the Buffalo and Woody Pines - State Theatre
• Earthling, Hessian, Marrow, and Icefox - Barclay House [Baltimore, MD]
• Elizaveta and Tiffany Thompson - Jammin' Java (Early Show - 7 PM)
• Future Says Farewell to Charlie Bucket - Jammin' Java (Late Show - 10 PM)
• Harvard, Vinny Vegas, and Monteclair - Ottobar (Baltimore) (Late show - 10 PM)
• Holy Ghost Tent Revival - Hill Country Live [410 7th St NW, WDC]
• Huggy Lowdown and Chris Paul - DC Improv [1140 Connecticut Ave NW, WDC]
• Imani Winds - Atlas Performing Arts Center [1333 H St NE, WDC]
• Iris Dement and Pieta Brown - Birchmere
• Jeff Mangum and the Music Tapes - Lincoln Theatre - sold out
• Jimmy Webb - Rams Head Tavern (Annapolis)
• John Heginbotham - Kennedy Center (Millennium Stage)
• KC Jazz Club: Grace Kelly Quintet with Special Guest Phil Woods: Man with the Hat - Kennedy Center (Terrace Gallery)
• Kenny Rittenhouse Sextet - Twins Jazz (Two shows)
• K-von (from Disaster Date) - Arlington Cinema & Drafthouse [2903 Columbia Pike, Arlington, VA]
• Laura Gibson and Cotton Jones - IOTA Club & CafÈ
• Lethal Peanut (debut album release party), Fight the Lion, and Once Okay Twice - Rock & Roll Hotel
• Lightfoot (album release party), Loose Lips, Ugly Purple Sweater, and Paperhaus - Black Cat (Mainstage)
• Red Fridays: King Britt, Sleepy & Boo, and Ken Lazee - curated by Farid - U St Music Hall
• Roy Ayers - Blues Alley (Two shows)
• School of Rock presents: A Tribute to Classic Punk and a Tribute to Aerosmith - Ottobar (Baltimore) (Early show - 6 PM)
• Shark Week, Les Rhinoceros, John Thornley, and Aaron Baird spinning Gem Jams - Montserrat House [2016 9th Street NW, WDC]
• Swedish National Youth Orchestra - Strathmore (Music Center)
• the Tommyhawks (members of the Nighthawks featuring Tommy Lepson) - the Hamilton
• Toy Store Riot, Mason Summers, and the American Space Cadets - Velvet Lounge

Saturday, 28 January 2012

• Fela! - Warner Theatre (Two Shows)
• 3MTs - Jammin' Java (Early Show - 7 PM)
• Abigail Williams, Torture Therapy, Butcher's Hill, Fall of Man, Sinez-X, Anu, and Illuminations Sic Em Buster - Sonar (Baltimore) (Talking Head Lounge)
• AMIJ, VC7, Over and Out, and Christopher Wilson Band - Rams Head Live! (Baltimore)
• Artists of Industry to benefit Yury Sanchez - with music by Next Step Up, Stout, Ballistic, Sal Bando, Passage Between, Chokeslammer, Rodney Henry, Radical Discharge, Asthma Castle, Sab Grey, Trephine, & Bet the Devil - Ottobar (Baltimore)
• Awakening, Vibesquad, and Biodiesel - Sonar (Baltimore) (Main Stage)
• BachFest: Paolo Pandolfo, viola da gamba - Library of Congress Coolidge Auditorium [Thomas Jefferson Building, 10 First St SE, WDC]
• Bliss - with Will Eastman, Walker & Royce, Lxsx Frxnk - U St Music Hall (Late Show - 10 PM)
• Brad Mehidau - 6th & I
• Bride Dressed in Black - Empire (formerly Jaxx) NO LONGER ON VENUE WEB SITE
• BSO: Life: A Journey Through Time - Strathmore (Music Center)
• Chain Denial, Caught Red Handed, and Electric Outlaw - Sinix (Baltimore)
• the Chariots, the Shifters, and Stacked Like Pancakes - DC9
• Charlie Ross's One Man Lord of the Rings Trilogy - Birchmere
• Chester River Runoff - Night Cat [5 Goldsborough St, Easton, MD] (Late show - 9:30 PM)
• Children of Uganda Choir - Kennedy Center (Millennium Stage)
• Class Actress - U St Music Hall (Early Show - 7 PM)
• Cosmic Gate and Emma Hewitt - Fur Nightclub [33 Patterson Street NE, WDC]
• Crooked Crow, Satellite Papa, TJ Gaghan, and Hypodermic - Empire (formerly Jaxx)
• the Dialogue, Have Mercy, and DJ Jigga - Golden West Cafe (Baltimore)
• Division, Cab Ride Home, Iris Divine, Almost Human, and Silence the Blind - Fat Tuesday's [10673 Braddock Road, Fairfax, VA]
• Doris Justis - St Elmo's Coffee Pub [2300 Mt Vernon Ave, Alexandria, VA 22301]
• the Dreamscapes Project and Taylor Carson - the Hamilton
• Dub Nation's 3 Year Anniversary featuring Vaski, Terravita, Crizzly - with more TBA - Baltimore SoundStage
• For Fear Itself, Discoveries, Tread the Tides, At Their Throats, Your Last Descent, To Such Great Depths, Save Our Sins, This Side of the Sky, and Signals the Sky - GenXaret [9104 Red Branch Road, Columbia, MD] (4 PM Show)
• For Fear Itself, Signals the Sky, This Side of the Sky, Save Our Sins, To Such Great Depths, Your Last Descent, Tread the Tides, and Discoveries - Sonar (Baltimore) (Talking Head Club)
• Fuel, the Rovers, Sticktime, and Hot Tub Limo - Rams Head Live! (Baltimore) (in the Ice Lodge at the 16th Annual MSP Polar Bear Plunge)
• Gash, Human Waste, Bible Thumper, Haldol, Scum Again, and Cold Inside - Sidebar Tavern [218 East Lexington St, Baltimore, MD]
• Git Up and Git Down: World Music Grooves from Africa to Brazil - Artisphere (Ballroom)
• the Highballers, the Resistance (EP Release), and the WeatherVanes - Jammin' Java (Late Show - 10 PM)
• Huggy Lowdown and Chris Paul - DC Improv [1140 Connecticut Ave NW, WDC]
• Illuminations, Behind the Madness, Throne of the Artilect, Kysmet, Nightmare of Sovereignty, and Encasing Embrace - KC's Music Alley [1917 Princess Anne St, Fredericksburg, VA]
• Iris Dement and Pieta Brown - Rams Head Tavern (Annapolis)
• Jackass Flats - Hill Country Live [410 7th St NW, WDC]
• Jeanne Robertson - Lisner Auditorium
• Jeff Mangum and the Music Tapes - Lincoln Theatre - sold out
• JJ Grey and Mofro with Monkey Junk - State Theatre
• Justin Jones (full band), Long Arms, and Mercedes Mill - IOTA Club & CafÈ
• KC Jazz Club: Antonio Hart Organ Group featuring Bobby Floyd - Kennedy Center (Terrace Gallery)
• K-von (from Disaster Date) - Arlington Cinema & Drafthouse [2903 Columbia Pike, Arlington, VA]
• Lamb of God, the Acacia Stain, and Too Late the Hero - 9:30 Club - sold out
• Little Victory, Troll Tax, and Death Rattle - Comet Ping Pong
• Merrifield Records Presents: An All-Ages Afternoon Show - Jammin' Java (Afternoon Show - 1 PM)
• Motown & Paint Factory - Special Tribute to Michael Jackson - France-Merrick Performing Arts Center / Hippodrome (Baltimore)
• NSO: Widmann Armonica; Mozart Clarinet Concerto; Schubert Symphony No. 9 - Kennedy Center (Concert Hall)
• OK Go - Recher Theatre (Towson, MD)
• Pigeons Playing Ping Pong and Freedom Enterprise - 8x10 [10 East Cross St, Baltimore, MD 21230]
• RECOMMENDED - Protect-U, Imperial China, Buildings, and Cigarette - Black Cat (Sockets Records Showcase; Mainstage)
• Roy Ayers - Blues Alley (Two shows)
• Sterling Sisters, Lurch and Holler, Omoo Omoo, and Jon Lipscomb - Wind-Up Space (Baltimore)
• Sunwolf and Suns of Guns - Montserrat House [2016 9th Street NW, WDC]
• Swampcandy - Night Cat [5 Goldsborough St, Easton, MD] (Early show - 7:30 PM)
• the Very Small, the New Media, and Overrun - Red Palace
• Z.T.S., History Repeated, Ambition Burning, and Pharmacists - Velvet Lounge

Sunday, 29 January 2012

• Fela! - Warner Theatre (Two Shows)
• Alsarah & the Nubatones - Kennedy Center (Millennium Stage)
• Anvil "Monument of Metal" tour, Division, Rome in a Day, and Defending Cain - Jammin' Java
• Beach Week, Text Message, and the Coastals - Black Cat (Backstage)
• Clancy Newman, cello & Noreen Cassidy-Polera, piano - Strathmore (Mansion - 4 PM)
• Dallas Wayne - Mansion on O St [2020 O St NW, WDC]
• Dark Funeral, Belphegor, Abigail Williams, Inquisition, Gigan, and Helgardh - Empire (formerly Jaxx) POSTPONED - new date TBA
• Dawn Landes and Michael Fracasso - IOTA Club & CafÈ
• Dead Face, JJ Damage and the Bandits, Disastrous Consequences, and Myopic - Asefu's [1920 9th St NW, WDC]
• Haldol, Bible Thumper, Castles, and Hubris - Ras Hall [4809 Georgia Avenue NW, WDC]
• Haldol, Bible Thumper, and Castles - Wasted Dream [431 Kenyon St NW, DC]
• Han Bennink (drums), Mary Oliver (viola/violin), John Dierker (reeds), Michael Formanek (double bass), Lafayette Gilchrist (piano) - Wind-Up Space (Baltimore)
• Helena Goldberg - voice and piano - Epicure CafÈ [11213-A Lee Highway, Fairfax, VA]
• How To Be a Hero, Neverthought, and Roll It Over - Sinix (Baltimore) (NOON show - All Ages!)
• Huggy Lowdown and Chris Paul - DC Improv [1140 Connecticut Ave NW, WDC]
• Light Years, Pentimento, Maker, Placeholder, and Let It Go - Charm City Art Space (Baltimore)
• Matt Nathanson and Audra Mae & the Almighty Sound - Rams Head Live! (Baltimore) - sold out
• NSO: Widmann Armonica; Mozart Clarinet Concerto; Schubert Symphony No. 9 - Kennedy Center (Concert Hall; 3 PM Show)
• Roy Ayers - Blues Alley (Two shows)
• Ryan Montbleau Band - Night Cat [5 Goldsborough St, Easton, MD]
• Sal Bando (Suicide Summer 7" Release Party), Squaaks, and Monster Museum - Ottobar (Baltimore) (Upstairs and Free!)
• Simone Dinnerstein (piano) - Strathmore (Music Center)
• Stephane Wrembel & his Django a Go-Go Festival - Birchmere
• Sunday's Workshop featuring Sven Weisemann, Anthony Collins, NavboX, and Jubilee - Montserrat House [2016 9th Street NW, WDC]
• Swagfunk - Twins Jazz (Two shows)
• Tinsley Ellis - Rams Head Tavern (Annapolis)
• Treble Lifter and Dialect - Galaxy Hut
• Washerwoman (ex-Phonic Riot), LTW, Names Divine, and Lenorable - Velvet Lounge
• Yoonjung Han (piano) - the Phillips Collection, Music Room [1600 21st St NW] (4 PM)

Monday, 30 January 2012

• Dallas Wayne, Sons of Bill, the Deep Dark Woods, and Chris Berardo & the Desberardos Acoustic Trio - Hill Country Live [410 7th St NW, WDC] (Hill Country Live Wildfire Benefit)
• Gabe Dixon, Leila Broussard, and Kayte Grace - Jammin' Java
• Marc Broussard - Rams Head Tavern (Annapolis)
• Movimento Violao presents Joao Kouyoumdjian - Kennedy Center (Millennium Stage)
• Noise in the Basement - When Embers Ignite, Playground Etiquette, Midnight Spin, All or Nothing, and Awake At Last - Baltimore SoundStage
• Simone Sattler and the Spectrum and the Beanstalk Library - IOTA Club & CafÈ
• the Thrilltones and Lady Hatchet - Galaxy Hut
• Touche Band & Show - Blues Alley (Two shows)
• XO and XIB - Pure Lounge [1326 U St NW, WDC]

Tuesday, 31 January 2012

• Bob Margolin's Vizztone Revue - Blues Alley (Two shows)
• Dean, Senium, and 3PM - Sidebar Tavern [218 East Lexington St, Baltimore, MD]
• Down with Webster, FreeSol, and Zak Downtown - Jammin' Java
• the Duke Ellington School of the Arts Music Department - Kennedy Center (Millennium Stage)
• Gin Yummy, the Dry Sea, and Forgetting - Velvet Lounge
• Justin Trawick - Hill Country Live [410 7th St NW, WDC]
• Lacuna Coil - Rams Head Live! (Baltimore)
• Marc Broussard and Sugar + the Hi-Lows - Birchmere
• Next Level Showcase - with DJ Rob, TwoFace, D.O Men - Empire (formerly Jaxx)
• Out of Your Head - Improvised and Experimental Music Collective - Wind-Up Space (Baltimore) (Free!)
• Robert Earl Keen and the Deep Dark Woods - Rams Head Tavern (Annapolis)
• Samantha Crain and Ben Weaver - Red Palace
• Scratch Track and Adrian Krygowski - IOTA Club & CafÈ
• Tuesdays with Marty Nau - Twins Jazz (Two shows)
• Weatherbox, Montpellier, Drunk Monk, and Holy Tongues - Sonar (Baltimore) (Talking Head Lounge)

Wednesday, 1 February 2012

• Anthony Pirog Trio - Twins Jazz (Two shows)
• the Asteroids Galaxy Tour, Vacationer, and Ed the Metaphysical - Rock & Roll Hotel
• Bert Kreischer - DC Improv [1140 Connecticut Ave NW, WDC]
• Charles the Hammer, Crash Empire, and Dirtstache - Velvet Lounge
• Classified Frequency, Shane Gamble, and Rew Smith - DC9
• Ellen Cherry (Artist in Residence) - Strathmore (Mansion)
• Empire! Empire! (I was a lonely state), Monument, One Hundred Year Ocean, and Amateur Thieves the Harrison Four - Wasted Dream [431 Kenyon St NW, DC]
• Fight the Big Bull - Kennedy Center (Millennium Stage)
• Jen Krupa-Leigh Pilzer Quintet - Atlas Performing Arts Center [1333 H St NE, WDC]
• Luminscent Orchestrii, Frenchy and the Punk, Ameranouche, and Mezmer Society Cabret - Red Palace
• Machine Head, Suicide Silence, Darkest Hour, and Rise To Remain - Rams Head Live! (Baltimore)
• Nexgen Music, TiNiN, DJ sPm, Jahney Aleus, and Affectionate Grooves - U St Music Hall
• Over the Rhine - Rams Head Tavern (Annapolis)
• Panel of Experts, A Hero Poetic, and the Duskwhales - Jammin' Java
• Rocco Ventrella - Blues Alley (Two shows)
• Smith Westerns, Porcelain Raft, and Bleached - Black Cat (Mainstage)
• Tiller's Prospect, the Mahlors, and Daytona Drive-By - Sidebar Tavern [218 East Lexington St, Baltimore, MD]
• You Me At Six, the Swellers, Twin Atlantic, and We Are the Ocean - Ottobar (Baltimore)

Thursday, 2 February 2012

• Aaron Crawford & the Badcards, Nate Ihara, DJ Drew, and A Raven on the Rosary - Jammin' Java - sold out
• Alexander Trust, Winks, NARC, and Brother Simon - Metro Gallery (Baltimore)
• Arts and the Brain Series: The Mature Amateur - Creativity and the Aging Brain - Strathmore (Mansion)
• Bert Kreischer - DC Improv [1140 Connecticut Ave NW, WDC]
• BSO: Bach's Brandenburg - Strathmore (Music Center)
• Corey Harris - "Rasta Blues Experience" - Blues Alley (Two shows)
• Cricket Fusion - Twins Jazz (Two shows)
• Crooked Tree, Shabbala, and Jamie Potter - DC9
• Evol Intent, the Skeptiks, and Mayhem - U St Music Hall
• the Jackfields, Aaron Thompson, and Bobbie Allen - IOTA Club & CafÈ
• Jim Weider Project Percolator - Rams Head Tavern (Annapolis)
• the Kills, JEFF the Brotherhood, and Hunters - 9:30 Club - sold out
• Levi Stephenson - Solly's [1942 11th St NW, WDC]
• A Lot Like Birds, Just Like Vinyl, Decoder, Love Rub & the Chocolate Delight, and Pinata - Ottobar (Baltimore)
• the Natty Beaux - the Hamilton
• Not So Modern Jazz Band - St Elmo's Coffee Pub [2300 Mt Vernon Ave, Alexandria, VA 22301]
• NSO Youth Fellowship Program - Kennedy Center (Millennium Stage - in the Terrace Theater)
• NSO: R. Strauss Metamorphosen; Beethoven Symphony No. 3 "Eroica" - Kennedy Center (Concert Hall)
• Post Freedom, Widows Watch, Whiff, and Dead Women - Sidebar Tavern [218 East Lexington St, Baltimore, MD]
• Quincy Mumford & the Reason Why - Night Cat [5 Goldsborough St, Easton, MD]
• Raul Midon - Baltimore SoundStage
• Sebastian Bach - Rams Head Live! (Baltimore)
• Solas - Wolf Trap (the Barns)
• Tycho and Beacon - Rock & Roll Hotel
• Undercurrent, Rogue Mind, and Sweet Interference - Velvet Lounge
• Veld (black metal from MA), Pliant, and Terraset - Wasted Dream [431 Kenyon St NW, DC] CANCELLED
• Warbringer, Vitality, Terror Inc., Strong Intention, Corrupt Conspiracy, Bury the Memories, and Yesterday's Saints - Sonar (Baltimore) (Talking Head Lounge)
• Wild Fruit, You're Jovian, and Rocket Boat - Black Cat (Backstage)
• Zakke and La Rina - Puente de Oro [11123 Veirs Mill Rd, Wheaton, MD]

Friday, 3 February 2012

• All I Did Was Ask - An Evening with NPR's Terry Gross - Strathmore (Music Center)
• Atrium, Panic Manor, Foreverisforever, and Us & Them - Jammin' Java (Early Show - 6 PM)
• Ballyhoo, Three Legged Fox, and Stacked Like Pancakes - Recher Theatre (Towson, MD)
• Bert Kreischer - DC Improv [1140 Connecticut Ave NW, WDC]
• Bloodlines and Overdrive Superthruster - Jammin' Java (Late Show - 10 PM)
• Bonjour Ganesh!, the Morning After, and Charles the Hammer - Red Palace
• Bosley and Miss Tess and the Bon Ton Parade - Wind-Up Space (Baltimore)
• Bryson Dudley Band, Among Wolves, and Desert Boys - Metro Gallery (Baltimore)
• Burma Jones, Harris Face, the Incorrigibles, and the Tillions - Axum's Level X Lounge [1934 9th St. NW, WDC]
• Cerca Trova, Undercommand, EightyEightSix, Shot in the Dark, Tijuana Gunpowder, and Fields Without Fences - Sonar (Baltimore) (Talking Head Club)
• Chamber Ensemble of the Shanghai Chinese Orchestra - Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center at University of Maryland [Stadium Drive at Route 193, College Park, MD]
• Charlie Mars - Night Cat [5 Goldsborough St, Easton, MD]
• Corey Harris - "Rasta Blues Experience" - Blues Alley (Two shows)
• Cornmeal and Cris Jacobs Band - Baltimore SoundStage
• Cygnus Ensemble presents a tribute to Fritz Kreisler with a premiere of two works by Harold Meltzer - special guests Miranda Cuckson, Blair McMillen, & Daniel Panner, with Kreisler's Guarneri del Gesu violin - Library of Congress Coolidge Auditorium [Thomas Jefferson Building, 10 First St SE, WDC]
• David Garrett - Lisner Auditorium
• Dead Mechanical, Backpocket, and Cellmates - Charm City Art Space (Baltimore)
• the Deanna Bogart Band - the Hamilton
• Demetri Martin - Warner Theatre
• Disarmer (tape release!), Glocca Mora, Balkan Falcon, and Goat - Sidebar Tavern [218 East Lexington St, Baltimore, MD]
• Discover Ellington: Chris Vadala Trio - Ellington Standards - Strathmore (Mansion - 11 AM)
• Discovery Artist in the KC Jazz Club: Aaron Diehl - Kennedy Center (Terrace Gallery; shows at 7:30 PM & 9:30 PM)
• ECCO (East Coast Chamber Orchestra) - Wolf Trap (the Barns)
• Edgar Winter Band - Rams Head Tavern (Annapolis)
• Educated Consumers with Kokayi - Strathmore (Mansion - Friday Night Eclectic)
• Fort Lean - Gibson Guitar Showroom [709 G St NW # 400, WDC]
• Girls with Guitars and a Piano Man: an acoustic evening with Phil Vassar, Sara Evans, Easton Corbin, LeAnn Womack, Sunny Sweeney, and Joanna Smith - Fillmore Silver Spring
• Gist, Cinnamon Band, and Burning Hearts - IOTA Club & CafÈ
• Ice Cream, Last Tide, and the Young Ladies - Velvet Lounge
• J.P. McDermott and the Western Bop - Hill Country Live [410 7th St NW, WDC]
• Jesse Rose, J. Phlip, and Jubilee - U St Music Hall (Late Show - 10 PM)
• RECOMMENDED - Kathleen Edwards and Hannah Georgas - 9:30 Club
• the Legwarmers - State Theatre - sold out
• Mark Elf Trio with Harold Summey & James King - Twins Jazz (Two shows)
• Matt Braunger (from Letterman, The Tonight Show, and MADtv) - Arlington Cinema & Drafthouse [2903 Columbia Pike, Arlington, VA]
• Nick Carter (of the Backstreet Boys), Guinevere, and the Midi Mafia - Rams Head Live! (Baltimore)
• NSO Prelude - Kennedy Center (Millennium Stage - in the Terrace Theater)
• NSO: R. Strauss Metamorphosen; Beethoven Symphony No. 3 "Eroica" - Kennedy Center (Concert Hall)
• Passafire, Tomorrows Bad Seed, and Pacific Dub - 8x10 [10 East Cross St, Baltimore, MD 21230]
• Red Baraat - U St Music Hall (Early Show - 7 PM)
• Sitali Siyolwe and Jake Phillips - BloomBars [3222 11th St NW, WDC]
• Steep Canyon Rangers and Shannon Whitworth - Birchmere - sold out
• Strong Intention, Wolfnuke, and the Vomiting Dinosaurs - R&K Pub [15 E. Baltimore St, Hagerstown, MD]
• Tamer Hosny - Lincoln Theatre
• Telesma, Dub City Renegades, and Nappy Riddem - Rock & Roll Hotel
• Velma, the White Lighters, Poor Greedo, and Cafe Lamotta - Ottobar (Baltimore)
• the Water (CD Release) and Yeveto - Golden West Cafe (Baltimore) (FREE)

Saturday, 4 February 2012

• Alla Zagaykevych, Janel & Anthony & Violet, Rupert Chapelle, and Myo - Pyramid Atlantic Arts Center [8230 Georgia Avenue, Silver Spring, MD] (Sonic Circuits event)
• As the Kingdom Falls, Strong Intention, Fallen Martyr, What We Call Victory, and Illuminations - Irene's Sky Bar [11300 Georgia Ave, Silver Spring, MD]
• Astra Via (new band from Olivia Mancini), Little Anchor, and the Courtesans - Rock & Roll Hotel
• Augmented Eight, Yale University Red Hot & Blue, Georgetown Day School Five O'Clock Shadow, and Tone Rangers - Metropolitan Memorial United Methodist Church [3401 Nebrasca Ave NW, WDC] (Sing Out for Shelter Benefit Concert)
• Augustana, graffiti6, and Say Chance - 9:30 Club
• Bert Kreischer - DC Improv [1140 Connecticut Ave NW, WDC]
• Classixx: Bit Funk, Brian Billion - U St Music Hall
• Corey Harris - "Rasta Blues Experience" - Blues Alley (Two shows)
• Cuddle Magic - Wind-Up Space (Baltimore)
• D.C. Battle of the Bands Finals - featuring Disengage, For the Broken, Grand Revival, Yellow Tie Guy, Mothership, 4 Tha Truth, Hyetension, Despite Char, Breakthrough, Southern Governor, and Renaissance Republic - Empire (formerly Jaxx)
• Dia Frampton (of Meg & Dia), Andrew Allen, and the Baby Grand - Recher Theatre (Towson, MD)
• Discovery Artist in the KC Jazz Club: Gregory Porter - Kennedy Center (Terrace Gallery)
• Dixie Power Trio - Hill Country Live [410 7th St NW, WDC]
• Double Negative, Murder (LP Release), Triac, and Wargames - Golden West Cafe (Baltimore)
• Electric Grandmother, Mobius Strip, and Southern Problems - Dynasty [2210 14th St NW, WDC]
• Eye Empire, Colonist, Cyrenic, Drift Plan, and A Vision Of - Sonar (Baltimore) (Talking Head Club)
• Good Deale Bluegrass with Dudley Connell & Tim Finch - Rams Head Tavern (Annapolis)
• Gregory Porter (Discovery Artist in the KC Jazz Club) - Kennedy Center (Terrace Gallery; 7:30 PM & 9:30 PM)
• Inhumation, Trihexyn, To the Teeth, and Behind the Madness - Balls Bluff Tavern [2-D Loudoun Street Southwest, Leesburg, VA] (Monthly Metal at Balls Bluff XVI)
• James Madison University Presents Chamber Music of Debussy - Kennedy Center (Terrace Theater; 2 PM Show)
• James Madison University School of Music faculty - the music of Claude Debussy - Kennedy Center (Millennium Stage - in the Terrace Theater)
• Jimmie's Chicken Shack, Lower Class Citizens, and Niki Barr Band - Rams Head Live! (Baltimore)
• John Eaton - Wolf Trap (the Barns)
• John K Band - IOTA Club & CafÈ
• Jonathan Biss (piano) - 6th & I
• the Kennedys - Jammin' Java (Early Show - 7 PM)
• Killer of Sheep, Sacri-Fidelis, Spoilage, Endless Bummer, and Hammerthrow - Sidebar Tavern [218 East Lexington St, Baltimore, MD]
• the Legwarmers - State Theatre - sold out
• Let the Monkey Go (P-Funk All-Stars), Freedom Enterprise, Young Funk Masters, and DJ Chicko Slamm - Ottobar (Baltimore)
• Local Ladies of Rock - Betty Boo, the Sol Bandits, Familiar Faces, Guilty Pleasure, the Marla Vickers Project, Angel Row, Subtle Madness, Lisa Lim Band, Side FX, Local Ladies Jam Session, Kayla Pence (guitar solo), and A Sound of Thunder - L&B's Pizzeria and Sports Bar [5401 Mapledale Plaza, Woodbridge, VA] (Show starts at 2 PM)
• Mark Elf Trio with Harold Summey & James King - Twins Jazz (Two shows)
• Matt Braunger (from Letterman, The Tonight Show, and MADtv) - Arlington Cinema & Drafthouse [2903 Columbia Pike, Arlington, VA]
• Monkey Doris, Time & Hour, and Margot MacDonald - Jammin' Java (Late Show - 10 PM)
• National Chamber Ensemble's "Night at the Palace" - Artisphere (Spectrum Theatre)
• National Philharmonic: All Tchaikovsky - Strathmore (Music Center)
• NSO: R. Strauss Metamorphosen; Beethoven Symphony No. 3 "Eroica" - Kennedy Center (Concert Hall)
• Papadosio - Baltimore SoundStage
• Persian Classical Music: Hossein Alizadeh, tar and setar; Pejman Hadadi, percussion - the Freer Gallery [1050 Independence Ave SW, WDC]
• Porter Robinson, Sound Prank, and Des McMahon - Fur Nightclub [33 Patterson Street NE, WDC]
• Reptar - Gibson Guitar Showroom [709 G St NW # 400, WDC]
• Splintered Sunlight - 8x10 [10 East Cross St, Baltimore, MD 21230]
• Stephie Coplan & the Pedestrians (playing two sets) and the North Country - Velvet Lounge
• Suzanne Westenhoefer - Birchmere
• the U.S. Army Band - "Pershing's Own" - Atlas Performing Arts Center [1333 H St NE, WDC]
• Washington Performing Arts Society: Susan Graham (mezzo-soprano) with Malcolm Martineau (piano) - Kennedy Center (Concert Hall; 3 PM Show)

Sunday, 5 February 2012

• Bone Thugs-n-Harmony featuring Krayzie Bone & Wish Bone with Dilemma & Dizzy - 9:30 Club
• Cathy Fink & Marcy Marxer (Rockin' the Uke CD Release concert) - Jammin' Java RESCHEDULED TO 3/18/12
• Dierks Bentley and Jenny Leigh Freeman - Recher Theatre (Towson, MD) (3:30 PM Show - FREE)
• Euphonasia - IOTA Club & CafÈ NO LONGER ON VENUE WEB SITE
• Konstantin Soukhovetski (piano) - the Phillips Collection, Music Room [1600 21st St NW] (4 PM)
• Matt Gornick - Ebenezers Coffeehouse [201 F Street NE, WDC] (4 PM to 6 PM)
• Mychael Pollard - Twins Jazz (Two shows) Moved to 2/12/12
• National Philharmonic: All Tchaikovsky - Strathmore (Music Center - matinee)
• Rise Against, A Day to Remember, and the Menzingers - Patriot Center
• Skream & Benga - U St Music Hall
• U.S. Navy Band - Navy Pioneers: a History of African Americans in Navy Music - Kennedy Center (Millennium Stage)

Monday, 6 February 2012

• Darryl Evans Jones - Blues Alley (Two shows)
• Jake Barkley, Nate Good, the Squid, Bumbles, and DJ Skyler Kelly - Jammin' Java
• the Mantis - Galaxy Hut
• Matt Tarka, Charlie and the Contraband, and Double Saginaw Familiarity - Velvet Lounge
• Misery Index and Bet the Devil - Ottobar (Baltimore) (Upstairs and FREE! ($5 for 18-20))
• Mutts Gone Nuts (comedy) and Jonathan Burns (contortionist) - a preview for Look Both Ways: Street Arts Across America - Kennedy Center (Millennium Stage - in the Terrace Theater)
• Nicolay with: the Hot at Nights - 8x10 [10 East Cross St, Baltimore, MD 21230]
• Noise in the Basement - Baltimore SoundStage
• Nomad and Get Together - IOTA Club & CafÈ
• Society's Plague and Cause for Revelation - Ottobar (Baltimore)
• the St Olaf Choir - Strathmore (Music Center)
• Theophilus London and Phony Ppl - 9:30 Club
• Third Eye Blind - Rams Head Live! (Baltimore) - sold out
• Thurston Moore, Kurt Vile, and Hush Arbors - Black Cat (Mainstage) - sold out
• the Yardbirds - Birchmere

Tuesday, 7 February 2012

• A$ap Rocky - Baltimore SoundStage
• Adam Acuragi and the Lupine Chorale Society and Jukebox Serenade (acoustic) - IOTA Club & CafÈ
• Anthrax, Testament, and Death Angel - Rams Head Live! (Baltimore)
• Bearfoot and David Kitchen - Hill Country Live [410 7th St NW, WDC]
• Eric Benet - Birchmere
• Exposed Festival - Jammin' Java
• George Clinton and Parliament Funkadelic - 9:30 Club
• RECOMMENDED - Hail! Hornet (featuring members of Buzzoven, Weedeater, Alabama Thunderpussy, SourVein) and Zoroaster - plus a special screening of the film Slow Southern Steel - Black Cat (Backstage)
• Kathleen Supové (piano) - Atlas Performing Arts Center [1333 H St NE, WDC]
• the Lighthouse and the Whaler, Silent Old Mountains, and Prisms - DC9
• Monument, Victor Villareal (members of Joan of Arc, ex-Cap'n Jazz), Meryll, and Bear Shark - Velvet Lounge
• Movers & Shakers - Sidebar Tavern [218 East Lexington St, Baltimore, MD]
• Out of Your Head - Improvised and Experimental Music Collective - Wind-Up Space (Baltimore) (Free!)
• Tuesdays with Marty Nau - Twins Jazz (Two shows)
• Vinx - Blues Alley (Two shows)
• the Virginia Big Band - Kennedy Center (Millennium Stage)
• Walter Beasley and David Dyson - Rams Head Tavern (Annapolis)

Wednesday, 8 February 2012

• Andy Grammer, Ryan Star, and Action Item - Jammin' Java - sold out
• Boom Bap Society feat. Saleem & Max Beats (beatboxer) with Purple City Players (string section) - Wind-Up Space (Baltimore)
• Bravenoise, Satori Trova, and Dos Osos - DC9
• Christoph Eschenbach and NSO Concertmaster Nurit Bar-Josef present an evening of classical music - Kennedy Center (Millennium Stage)
• the Darkness, Foxy Shazam, and Crown Jewel Defense - 9:30 Club - sold out
• Disney on Ice: 100 Years of Magic - 1st Mariner Arena (Baltimore)
• Eric Benet - Birchmere - sold out
• Javier Colon and Ernie Halter - Baltimore SoundStage CANCELLED - Refunds available at place of purchase.
• Kindlewood and Northpilot Bailiff - Velvet Lounge
• Meklit Hadero - Artisphere (Dome Theatre)
• Rodney Richardson Trio - Twins Jazz (Two shows)
• Stray From the Path, Cruel Hand, Structures, Betrayal, and Counterparts - Ottobar (Baltimore)
• Sweet Suicide, Forbidden Mission, No Divide, and the Control - Sidebar Tavern [218 East Lexington St, Baltimore, MD]
• Todd Snider and Rosi Golan - Rams Head Tavern (Annapolis)
• V.Rich - with Deborah Bond & Brian Lenair - Blues Alley (Two shows)
• Veronica Falls and Brilliant Colors - Black Cat (Backstage)
• War on Women (LP Release), Alice Bag, Big Mouth, and Donna Lethal - Golden West Cafe (Baltimore) (MOVED FROM 2/9/12)
• Wayne Static, Polkadot Cadaver, the Agonist, Anoxia, and Cryptic Warning - Recher Theatre (Towson, MD)

Thursday, 9 February 2012

• 12th Planet, Kill the Noise, Flinch, and Kastle - Baltimore SoundStage
• 3 Kings, Red Yeti and the Cool Whip Kids, and Grave Yard Kids - Ottobar (Baltimore)
• Alleghany St, Occidental Gypsy, and Justina & Marie Miller - Ebenezers Coffeehouse [201 F Street NE, WDC]
• Aristotles Paradox, Who is Atlas, Such Is Life, and Fawn and Rabbit - Recher Theatre (Towson, MD)
• Black Stone Cherry, Cavo, and Rains - Rams Head Live! (Baltimore)
• BSO SuperPops: A BSO Valentine - Strathmore (Music Center)
• Darlingside - IOTA Club & CafÈ
• Death Before Dishonor, Barricade, Get Railed, and Shedding Skin - Sidebar Tavern [218 East Lexington St, Baltimore, MD]
• Disney on Ice: 100 Years of Magic - 1st Mariner Arena (Baltimore)
• Dog Bowles (tenor) + Karin Paludan (soprano) + Alex Hassan (piano) - the Greatest Songs You've Never Heard - Kennedy Center (Millennium Stage - in the Terrace Gallery)
• Gigamesh, Summer Camp, Ghost Beach, and Moonlight Matters - U St Music Hall
• Gulley Jimson - Solly's [1942 11th St NW, WDC]
• GW Law Revue House Bands - with Attractive Nuisance and Motion to Quash - Rock & Roll Hotel
• Jess Righthand - Twins Jazz (Two shows)
• Johnny Sketch and the Dirty Notes - 8x10 [10 East Cross St, Baltimore, MD 21230]
• Karl Denson's Tiny Universe presents the Rolling Stones album Sticky Fingers in its entirety with special guest Anders Osborne and more... - State Theatre
• Marc Price & Rain Pryor - DC Improv [1140 Connecticut Ave NW, WDC]
• the Max Levine Ensemble, Traveling, and Spraynard - Black Cat (Backstage)
• Memphis 59 - Hill Country Live [410 7th St NW, WDC]
• Mountain Heart - Wolf Trap (the Barns) Sold Out
• Not So Modern Jazz Band - St Elmo's Coffee Pub [2300 Mt Vernon Ave, Alexandria, VA 22301]
• NSO: Shostakovich Violin Concerto No. 1; Bruckner Symphony No. 9 - Kennedy Center (Concert Hall)
• Rebirth Brass Band and the Funk Ark - 9:30 Club - sold out
• Royal Baths, Slowdance, and Surgery Dot Com - DC9
• the Spots, Norman Rockwell, and James Colvin - Velvet Lounge
• Todd Snider and Rosi Golan - Rams Head Tavern (Annapolis)
• Walter Beasley - Blues Alley (Two shows)
• War on Women (LP Release), Alice Bag, Big Mouth, and Donna Lethal - Golden West Cafe (Baltimore) SHOW MOVED TO 2/8/12
• Wooly Moon, American Folklore, Viking Moses, Teenage Mysticism, and Mother McKenzie - Wind-Up Space (Baltimore) (Epiphysis Foundation Showcase)

Friday, 10 February 2012

• Ba$h Brotherz, Higher Hands, and Project 360 - the Whiskey Annapolis [1803 West St., Annapolis, MD]
• Big Freedia, Schwarz, and Lemz - Golden West Cafe (Baltimore) POSTPONED TO 4/5/12
• Big O and Dukes Live - Jammin' Java (Late Show - 10 PM)
• Billy Coulter Band - Hill Country Live [410 7th St NW, WDC]
• Brooks Long and the Mad Dog No Good - Night Cat [5 Goldsborough St, Easton, MD]
• Chicago City Limits - Isn't It Iconic? - Wolf Trap (the Barns)
• Clockwork - Sarah Myers - U St Music Hall
• Columbia Players (classical) & Burning Boat (experimental) - a benefit concert - BloomBars [3222 11th St NW, WDC]
• Craig Campbell and Dean Crawford and the Dunn's River Band - Recher Theatre (Towson, MD)
• Dazz Band - Rams Head Tavern (Annapolis)
• Disney on Ice: 100 Years of Magic - 1st Mariner Arena (Baltimore) (Two shows - 10:30 AM & 7:30 PM)
• Duncan Trussell (from Funny or Die, Curb Your Enthusiam, and Comedy Central) - Arlington Cinema & Drafthouse [2903 Columbia Pike, Arlington, VA]
• English Dogs, the Casualties, Toxic Holocaust, Havok, Pain, Universal Remonster, and Cobra Clutch - Ottobar (Baltimore)
• Figo and Motive - Rock & Roll Hotel NO LONGER ON VENUE WEB SITE
• the Gitus (ex-Mondo Topless), DJ Matt Walter, and DJ Amanda Otto - Sidebar Tavern [218 East Lexington St, Baltimore, MD]
• the Grey Area and 19th Street Band - Strathmore (Mansion - Friday Night Eclectic)
• Howlin Rain, Soldiers of Fortune (Brad Truax of Home, Matt Sweeney of Chavez/Superwolf), and Kid Millions of Oneida), D. Charles Speer & the Helix, and the Jones - Red Palace
• Jack's Mannequin, Jukebox the Ghost, and Allen Stone - 9:30 Club - sold out
• Jerry "the Iceman" Butler - Blues Alley (Two shows)
• Jim Jefferies - DC Improv [1140 Connecticut Ave NW, WDC]
• John Hodgman and Paul & Storm - Birchmere - sold out
• the John K Band (featuring John Kadlecik of Further) - 8x10 [10 East Cross St, Baltimore, MD 21230]
• John Pizzarelli & Kurt Elling - Strathmore (Music Center) RESCHEDULED TO 5/10/12 - all original tickets will be honored.
• Johnny O'Neal - Twins Jazz (Two shows)
• Karl Denson's Tiny Universe Presents The Rolling Stones album Sticky Fingers in its entirety with special guest Anders Osborne and more - Baltimore SoundStage
• KC Jazz Club: Nicholas Payton - Kennedy Center (Terrace Gallery; shows at 7:30 PM & 9:30 PM)
• King Soul and Rhodes Tavern Troubadours - IOTA Club & CafÈ
• Lo Mada (Record Release) and Monster Museum - Wind-Up Space (Baltimore)
• Mike Epps - DAR Constitution Hall (Two shows - 7 PM & 10:30 PM)
• Nakatani Gong Orchestra - Kennedy Center (Millennium Stage)
• NSO: Shostakovich Violin Concerto No. 1; Bruckner Symphony No. 9 - Kennedy Center (Concert Hall)
• Orpheus Chamber Ensemble with Jean-Yves Thibaudet (piano) - Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center at University of Maryland [Stadium Drive at Route 193, College Park, MD]
• the Queers, the Ataris, Far From Finished, Kill Lincoln, and Guilty - St. Stephen & the Incarnation Episcopal Church
• Rocknoceros Happy Family Hour - Jammin' Java (Early Show - 7 PM)
• Roomful of Blues - the Hamilton
• SAW's Emerging Artist Showcase Hosted by Margot MacDonald - Ebenezers Coffeehouse [201 F Street NE, WDC]
• Screen Vinyl Image, Insect Factory, and Foul Swoops - CD Cellar [2607 Wilson Blvd, Arlington, VA]
• Wanda Sykes - Strathmore (Music Center)
• Who's Bad (the World's #1 Michael Jackson Tribute Band) - Rams Head Live! (Baltimore)
• Yacht Rock Revue (to benefit the National MS Society) - State Theatre

Saturday, 11 February 2012

• Delainie Simpson Benefit: Pale Divine, War Injun, Iron Man, Ghost of War, Admiral Browning, Akris, Trifecta, Despite Charm, This Too Shall Burn, and the Civil - Brunswick Fire Hall [223-225 West Potomac Street, Brunswick, MD] (2 PM show)
• Above & Beyond - Group Theory 2012 Tour - Baltimore SoundStage
• Art of Creation, Remember Kris, Shiloh, and Orgavin - Sidebar Tavern [218 East Lexington St, Baltimore, MD]
• Assemble - a round robin of artists featuring Bob Boilen (NPR's All Songs Considered and Tiny Desk series), Jerry Busher (Small Doses, French Toast), and RAFT (Patrick Noecker x These Are Powers, the Liars), with video art by Robin Bell & Expensive Sh!t (featuring members from !!!) - Comet Ping Pong
• the Association - Birchmere
• Balor's Eye, Monger, Weed is Weed, When the Deadbolt Breaks, Lifetime Shitlist, F*ck You All (FUA), Shakeface, Drunk Monk, and Universal Remonster - Overlea Station [6900 Belair Rd, Baltimore, MD] (Drinking with Lincoln Fest)
• Chicago City Limits - Isn't It Iconic? - Wolf Trap (the Barns)
• Chopper Trike Rebels, Purgatory Earth, True Unholy Death, Carthage, and Hell in Attica - Sonar (Baltimore) (Talking Head Lounge; Manta Ray Death Festival)
• Chopteeth Afrofunk Big Band and DJ Guilherme - Rock & Roll Hotel
• Christylez Bacon, Party Girl (Elvis Costello cover band), and Edge Theory - 6th & I (Our City Film Festival Opening Night Party)
• Clones of Funk and Mike McHenry Tribe - the Whiskey Annapolis [1803 West St., Annapolis, MD]
• Columbia Nights, Watermelon, and Rich Mahogany - Velvet Lounge
• Concert for Hope Six - Recher Theatre (Towson, MD)
• Disney on Ice: 100 Years of Magic - 1st Mariner Arena (Baltimore) (Three shows - 11 AM, 2:30 PM, & 7:30 PM)
• Dr. Ralph Stanley and The Clinch Mountain Boys - Hylton Performing Arts Center [10960 George Mason Circle, Manassas, VA]
• Duncan Trussell (from Funny or Die, Curb Your Enthusiam, and Comedy Central) - Arlington Cinema & Drafthouse [2903 Columbia Pike, Arlington, VA]
• Fooled Again (Baltimore's Who Tribute) and Blame Canada (Tribute to Rush) - 8x10 [10 East Cross St, Baltimore, MD 21230]
• Frontiers (tribute to Journey) - Rams Head Live! (Baltimore) POSTPONED - New Date TBA
• Gareth Emery - Fur Nightclub [33 Patterson Street NE, WDC]
• Ivan Neville's Dumpstaphunk and Jamie McLean Band - the Hamilton
• Jack's Mannequin, Jukebox the Ghost, and Allen Stone - 9:30 Club - sold out
• Javier Colon - Lisner Auditorium NO LONGER ON ARTIST'S WEB SITE
• Jerry "the Iceman" Butler - Blues Alley (Two shows)
• Jim Jefferies - DC Improv [1140 Connecticut Ave NW, WDC]
• Joe Scheer plays Bach Solo Violin Sonatas (free open rehearsal) - IOTA Club & CafÈ (Afternoon Show - 3 PM)
• Johnny O'Neal - Twins Jazz (Two shows)
• Julie Roberts - Rams Head Tavern (Annapolis)
• KC Jazz Club: The Cookers - Kennedy Center (Terrace Gallery)
• Kinobe & the African Sensation - Night Cat [5 Goldsborough St, Easton, MD]
• Matt Boerum and the Cold Hearted Disasters (CD release), Modern Yesterday (reunion show), and Tony Alany (solo acoustic) - IOTA Club & CafÈ (Evening Show - 9 PM)
• National Philharmonic presents Brian Ganz Chopin Project - Strathmore (Music Center)
• Nouveau Riche: Gavin Holland, Steve Starks, Nacey - U St Music Hall
• NSO Prelude - Kennedy Center (Millennium Stage)
• NSO: Shostakovich Violin Concerto No. 1; Bruckner Symphony No. 9 - Kennedy Center (Concert Hall)
• Passafire and Dub City Renegades - Jammin' Java (Late Show - 10 PM)
• the Persian Stars - Shahram Solati, Sepideh, Saeid, & Shahyad - Warner Theatre
• Phibes, Blockhead, Lashing Out, and Misled Youth - Asefu's [1920 9th St NW, WDC] (Benefit for So Others Might Eat (SOME))
• Playtime Revenue, Younger Years, Ninety-Six Ghosts, Invitational, and Cake Eater - Ottobar (Baltimore)
• the Rail Runners, the Blackberry Belles, and Jackie and the Treehorns - Red Palace
• Reign Supreme, Agitator, Cop Problem, Carrying the Fire, and Debtor - Charm City Art Space (Baltimore)
• Roomful of Blues and the Nighthawks - Rams Head Live! (Baltimore)
• Ruthie & the Wranglers - Hill Country Live [410 7th St NW, WDC]
• Scars on 45 and Anya Marina - Rams Head Tavern (Annapolis) (All-Ages Matinee)
• RECOMMENDED - Sharon Van Etten and Shearwater - Black Cat (Mainstage) - sold out
• the Slow Down - Wind-Up Space (Baltimore)
• Star Slinger - DC9 (DC9 8th Anniversary Show)
• Steve Aoki and Datsik - Fillmore Silver Spring
• Voodoo Glow Skulls (Black Coffee + White Knuckles Tour), Skyfox, Idleminds, and Toy Store Riot - Sonar (Baltimore) (Talking Head Club)
• Washington Performing Arts Society: Sol Gabetta (cello) and Alessio Bax (piano) - Kennedy Center (Terrace Theater; 2 PM Show)
• Willie Nile - Jammin' Java (Early Show - 7 PM)
• the Woodshedders - Hill Country Live [410 7th St NW, WDC]
• ZOSO (the ultimate Led Zeppelin experience) and LotusLand (a tribute to Rush) - State Theatre

Sunday, 12 February 2012

• Allen Stone, Tommy and the High Pilots, and Mark Hopkins and the Hotel - 8x10 [10 East Cross St, Baltimore, MD 21230]
• Andrea Parkins & IRIS - Historic Bohemian Caverns [2001 11th Street, WDC]
• the Association - Rams Head Tavern (Annapolis)
• Bad Mooka and Thoughts on Standby - Jammin' Java (Afternoon show - 1 PM)
• Battle of the Bands - featuring Grey Sky Eternal, Empress and Tasting Darkness, Crown of Oak, Ignite the Night, Lonnie Kadir, Money Bags, Tenth Road North, Theo S M, Jackson and Traveller, Innerspace, Threat Level Midnight, Just Another Scene, and the Lowdown - Empire (formerly Jaxx)
• Bluegrass Allstar Jam (featuring Claire Lynch, Don Rigsby, Sammy Shelor, Missy Raines, Michael Cleveland, and Kenny & Amanda Smith - Birchmere
• the Cab, the Summer Set, He Is We, Days Difference, and Paradise Fears - Baltimore SoundStage
• Cate Le Bon and Marian Fahey McLaughlin - DC9 (Early Show - 7 PM)
• Chute, Michael K, and Wasted Talent - the Whiskey Annapolis [1803 West St., Annapolis, MD]
• Darius Jones (Creative Differences Presents: 2nd Sunday Jazz Series) - Wind-Up Space (Baltimore)
• Die Antwoord and Nacey - 9:30 Club - sold out
• Disney on Ice: 100 Years of Magic - 1st Mariner Arena (Baltimore) (Two shows - 12 noon & 4 PM)
• RECOMMENDED - Dum Dum Girls, Widowspeak, and Punks On Mars - Black Cat (Mainstage)
• the Electrolocutions and the Do Likes - Galaxy Hut
• Hometown Heroes - Uptown XO, Kingpen Slim, Phil Ade, Fat Trel, RAtheMC, Phil Da Phuture, and more - LIV Nightclub [2001 11th Street NW, WDC]
• the Jealous Sound, Edgewood, and the Mean Ideas - Rock & Roll Hotel
• Jerry "the Iceman" Butler - Blues Alley (Two shows)
• Jim Jefferies - DC Improv [1140 Connecticut Ave NW, WDC]
• Kennedy Center Opera House Orchestra performing Concertos No. 10 and No. 11 from Vivaldi's L'estro armonico and Schoenberg's Verklarte Nacht - Kennedy Center (Millennium Stage)
• Larry Keel and Natural Bridge - the Hamilton
• Leif Ove Andsnes (piano) - Strathmore (Music Center)
• Live Gospel Brunch featuring the Gospel Persuaders - the Hamilton (Shows at 10:30 AM and 1 PM)
• Mercury Rising, Your 33 Black Angels, and In Your Memory - Velvet Lounge
• Mychael Pollard - Twins Jazz (Two shows; moved from 2/5/12)
• Overtone Quartet - Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center at University of Maryland [Stadium Drive at Route 193, College Park, MD]
• the Pilgrim and Slowbull - Ottobar (Baltimore) (Upstairs and Free!)
• Rainbowdragoneyes, Inverse Phase, Roniit, Shawn Phase, and 640x480 - Sonar (Baltimore) (Talking Head Lounge)
• Rickolus - IOTA Club & CafÈ
• Rosi Golan and Cassidy - Jammin' Java
• Seed the Sound Sunday featuring Tamika "Love" Jones - BloomBars [3222 11th St NW, WDC]
• This Will Destroy You, Amen Dunes, and Mountains - Red Palace
• Umphrey's McGee - Rams Head Live! (Baltimore)
• US Air Force Band - DAR Constitution Hall
• Voxare String Quartet - the Phillips Collection, Music Room [1600 21st St NW] (4 PM)
• the Whitest Kids U'Know - State Theatre

Monday, 13 February 2012

• Ariel Rubin, Victoria Vox, and Letitia Van Sant - Sidebar Tavern [218 East Lexington St, Baltimore, MD]
• Ben Claassen art opening featuring the Torches, Third Channel, and other attractions - Galaxy Hut
• Discover Ellington: "The Duke" Lecture/Demonstration - Strathmore (Mansion)
• Doomtree (featuring featuring P.O.S., Dessa, Sims, Cecil Otter, Mike Mictlan, Lazerbeak, and Paper Tiger), F.Stokes, and Educated Consumers - Rock & Roll Hotel
• Euphonasia and Harmonic Blue - IOTA Club & CafÈ
• Find Vienna, Brian Glennon, and Andrea Pais - Jammin' Java
• RECOMMENDED - JD Souther - Mansion on O St [2020 O St NW, WDC]
• Miss Jessica Presents - Blues Alley (Two shows)
• Noise in the Basement - Baltimore SoundStage
• the Pan American Symphony Orchestra - Kennedy Center (Millennium Stage)
• Tab Benoit - Rams Head Tavern (Annapolis)

Tuesday, 14 February 2012

• All Eyes West, Sal Bando, and the NVs - Sidebar Tavern [218 East Lexington St, Baltimore, MD]
• Allstar Weekend with special guests plus Hollywood Ending and the Afterparty - Fillmore Silver Spring
• Burlesque-a-pades featuring the world-famous Pontani Sisters & more - Birchmere
• the Catholic University Music Department - Kennedy Center (Millennium Stage)
• Chubby Checker - the Hamilton
• Jason Weems - DC Improv [1140 Connecticut Ave NW, WDC]
• Jerry "the Iceman" Butler (Valentine's Day dinner/show package) - Blues Alley (Two shows)
• Kalichstein-Laredo-Robinson Trio [Joseph Kalichstein (piano), Jaime Laredo (violin), and Sharon Robinson (cello), with Michael Tree (viola) and Harold Robinson (double bass)] performing Beethoven Piano Trio in B-flat major, Op. 11; Zwilich Quintet for piano, violin, viola, cello, and bass (DC premiere); Schubert Quintet, Op. 114 "the Trout" - Kennedy Center (Terrace Theater)
• Kevin Hart - Meyerhoff Symphony Hall [Baltimore, MD] (Two Shows - 7 PM & 10:30 PM)
• Laila Sanie (vocalist) - Twins Jazz (Two shows)
• Out of Your Head - Improvised and Experimental Music Collective - Wind-Up Space (Baltimore) (Free!)
• Slow Club, Air Waves, and Young Rapids - DC9
• Speedway Operator (Rockabilly Morrissey Tribute) and Spineless Swine (Smiths/Morrissey tribute) - Jammin' Java (Is It Really So Strange? - a Morrissey/Smiths Valentine!)
• Tab Benoit - Rams Head Tavern (Annapolis)
• Victoria Vox - IOTA Club & CafÈ
• Wil Gravatt Band - Hill Country Live [410 7th St NW, WDC]
• Yasmin Levy with Omar Faruk Tekbilek - Strathmore (Music Center)

Wednesday, 15 February 2012

• the 9 Songwriter Series - Justin Trawick, Molly Hagen, Ryan Bailey (the Riverbreaks), Rene Moffatt, Phil Kominski (Lloyd Dobler Effect), Andy Zipf, Bobbie Allen, Charlie Harrison, Amanda Lee, and Gideon Grove - the Hamilton
• Alice Ripley (TONY Award-winner) - cabaret performance - Kennedy Center (Millennium Stage)
• the Angela Bofill Experience, narrated by Angela Bofill, performed by Melba Moore, Dae alentin, & the Original Angela Bofill Ban - Birchmere
• Ben Allison Quartet - Atlas Performing Arts Center [1333 H St NE, WDC]
• Benny Marchant - 8x10 [10 East Cross St, Baltimore, MD 21230]
• Cathy Fink & Marcy Marxer (CD release concert for "Rockin' The Uke"), Victoria Vox, and Katie Chambers - Rams Head Tavern (Annapolis)
• Clube Do Samba - Bossa
• Coup Sauvage and the Snips and Red Line Graffiti - Black Cat (Backstage)
• Damon Fowler Group - Night Cat [5 Goldsborough St, Easton, MD]
• Disney on Ice: 100 Years of Magic - Verizon Center
• Emerson String Quartet/Wu Han, piano - Strathmore (Music Center)
• Flo Anito, Amil Byleckie Band, and Trip Dicks - Velvet Lounge
• Frank Sirius - Blues Alley (Two shows)
• Hunter Hayes - Recher Theatre (Towson, MD) - sold out
• JD Souther - Wolf Trap (the Barns)
• Jimmy Gnecco (acoustic) and Free Dominguez (of kidneythieves) - Jammin' Java
• Justin Jones (acoustic band) - Dangerously Delicious Pies [2839 O'Donnell Street, Baltimore, MD]
• K.Flay, Cheyne, and Gage - DC9
• Kevin Hart - Meyerhoff Symphony Hall [Baltimore, MD] (Two Shows - 7 PM & 10:30 PM)
• Kurtis Adams (jazz composer and saxophonist) - Twins Jazz (Two shows)
• Lock Up (featuring Tom Linberg of At The Gates, Anton Reisenegger of Chile's Pentagram & Criminal, Shane Embury of Napalm Death, and Nick Barker of Cradle of Filth & Dimmu Borgir), Goatwhore, Strong Intention, Krass Judgement, Part Death, Visceral Violation, Gradius, Burnt to Ashes, and Executioner - Sonar (Baltimore) (Talking Head Club)
• Man Overboard, Handguns, Seahaven, Candyhearts, and Who Is Atlas - Ottobar (Baltimore)
• Moombahton Massive XII - Nadastrom, Sabo, Heartbreak, Munchi, Jen Lasher - U St Music Hall
• RED & Thousand Foot Krutch, Manafest, Nine Lashes, and Kiros - 9:30 Club
• the Six Shot's Tour with Martyparty - Baltimore SoundStage
• Thee Lexington Arrows, Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb, and Thee Lolitas - Red Palace
• V. Rich - Blues Alley (Two shows) NO LONGER ON VENUE WEB SITE
• Vocal Arts DC: Florian Boesch, baritone & Roger Vignoles, piano - Kennedy Center (Terrace Theatre)
• War On Women, the Wooly Moon, the Matrimonials, Bobby E Lee an the Sympathyzers, and Simon - Metro Gallery (Baltimore)

Thursday, 16 February 2012

• the 9 Songwriter Series - the Whiskey Annapolis [1803 West St., Annapolis, MD]
• Ana Egge - Hill Country Live [410 7th St NW, WDC]
• Biohazard, Madball, Sworn Enemy, CCWB, and Carthage - Recher Theatre (Towson, MD)
• Blind Pilot and Cotton Jones - Rams Head Live! (Baltimore)
• Bluebeat DC Ska Night - Solly's [1942 11th St NW, WDC]
• Bonerama - the Hamilton
• BSO: Genius of Mozart - Strathmore (Music Center)
• Cheick Hamala Diabate - Bossa
• Cipherstock & Single Release Party - BloomBars [3222 11th St NW, WDC]
• Culkin School of Traditional Irish Dance - Kennedy Center (Millennium Stage - in the Eisenhower Theater)
• Cupid Shuffle featuring DJ Rob - Empire (formerly Jaxx) (Late show - 9:30 PM)
• Discover Ellington: Mostly Ellington - Robert Glasper, piano - Strathmore (Mansion)
• Disney on Ice: 100 Years of Magic - Verizon Center (Two shows - 10:30 AM & 7:30 PM)
• Flock of Dimes (Jenn Wasner of Wye Oak), Other Colors, and Foul Swoops - Black Cat (Backstage)
• Free Lobster Buffet and the Chariots - Red Palace
• FunkMnkyz, Jay Mills, and 200 Proof - Velvet Lounge
• Gary Puckett & the Union Gap - Rams Head Tavern (Annapolis)
• Gregory Alan Isakov and Jeffrey Foucault - Wolf Trap (the Barns)
• the HariKaraoke Band Gong Show! - Live Band Karaoke - Fillmore Silver Spring
• Indigo Love - Twins Jazz (Two shows)
• Jumpcuts, Ichicuts, and the Sneaks - Wind-Up Space (Baltimore)
• Kevin Hart - Meyerhoff Symphony Hall [Baltimore, MD] (Two Shows - 7 PM & 10:30 PM)
• Martyparty - U St Music Hall (Late Show - 10 PM)
• Niki Barr Band, Black Dog Prowl, and Chute - IOTA Club & CafÈ
• Norm MacDonald - DC Improv [1140 Connecticut Ave NW, WDC]
• Not So Modern Jazz Band - St Elmo's Coffee Pub [2300 Mt Vernon Ave, Alexandria, VA 22301]
• NSO: Beethoven Symphony No. 4; R. Strauss Ein Heldenleben - Kennedy Center (Concert Hall)
• O'Brother, Junius, and Black Clouds - DC9
• Otis Day and the Knights - State Theatre
• Robert Person - Blues Alley (Two shows)
• Scale the Summit and Elitist - Empire (formerly Jaxx) (Early show - 5 PM Doors)
• Seryn - Night Cat [5 Goldsborough St, Easton, MD] NO LONGER ON VENUE WEB SITE
• Seth Glier, Lucy Wainwright Roche, and Eileen Graham - Jammin' Java
• Sleigh Bells, Black Bananas, and Liturgy - 9:30 Club - sold out MOVED TO 3/27/12
• Soweto Gospel Choir - Meyerhoff Symphony Hall [Baltimore, MD] CANCELLED
• Suzie Brown, Cariad Harmon, Matt Koziol, and Barnaby Bright - Ebenezers Coffeehouse [201 F Street NE, WDC]
• Thomas Helton (solo bass) and Thomas Helton/Luke Stewart/Brit Powell (bass trio) - Back Alley Theatre [Colorado Ave & Kennedy St NW, WDC]
• Young Concert Artists: Benjamin Beilman, violin, with Yekwon Sunwoo, piano - Kennedy Center (Terrace Theater)
• Zola Jesus and Talk Normal - U St Music Hall (Early Show - 7 PM)

Friday, 17 February 2012

• Mid-Atlantic Jazz Festival: Midnight Jam Session with the Wes Biles Trio, Carmen Bradford (featuring the Mid-Atlantic Jazz Orchestra), Black High School Jazz Band, Mark Mosley Group, the Winard Harper Group, William Jones College Preparatory School (Chicago), the Eric Byrd Trio and the Brother Ray Band, Bonnie Harris (featuring Vince Smith, Wes Biles, and Jeff Neal), Sherwood High School Jazz Band, Jamie Broumas Group, the Jazz Academy Youth Ensemble, Janice Brown, the Alex Poetzschke Group, Jessie's Soul Line Dancers, the Maurice Lyles Quartet, Robert Frost Middle School Jazz Band - Hilton Rockville Hotel [1750 Rockville Pike, Rockville, MD]
• the Alfredo Mojica Group - Bossa
• America's National Parks: Through the Artist's Lens - Wolf Trap (the Barns) - sold out
• Big Gigantic and Adventure Club - 9:30 Club - sold out
• Bonerama - 8x10 [10 East Cross St, Baltimore, MD 21230]
• Carousel Rogues, Caleb Hawley, Michael Knox, and Jason Brown - Ebenezers Coffeehouse [201 F Street NE, WDC]
• RECOMMENDED - Carrie Rodriguez & Lori McKenna - Birchmere
• Caught Looking, How To Be a Hero, and Wasted Talent - Sinix (Baltimore)
• Caustic Casanova (album release party), Oh So Peligroso, and Accidents - Velvet Lounge
• Dead End Lane, the Scotch Bonnets, the Converted, and the Rockaway Beach Boys - Sidebar Tavern [218 East Lexington St, Baltimore, MD]
• Diane Reeves - Kennedy Center (Terrace Theatre; shows at 7:30 PM & 9:30 PM)
• Discover Ellington: Brian Stokes Mitchell Sings Ellington American Songbook - Strathmore (Music Center)
• Disney on Ice: 100 Years of Magic - Verizon Center
• Echo, 3 Foot Leash, Car Seat Headrest, and Who Are the Southern Baptists? - ABH House [McLean, VA] (Death to the ABH House - final show)
• Emilie Autumn - Recher Theatre (Towson, MD)
• Every Avenue, We Are the In Crowd, Plug In Stereo, Simple As Surgery, Hit This City, and the Atlantic Lights - Empire (formerly Jaxx)
• Faction of Fools - Kennedy Center (Millennium Stage)
• Gary Puckett & The Union Gap - Rams Head Tavern (Annapolis)
• Gay Shapes, 36 (Sam Lohman solo noise), Washerwoman, the Deads, and Ancient Noir - Amma House [Alexandria, VA]
• the Grilled Lincolns, the Retar Crew, Pagi, Tobias Russell, and Educated Consumers - the Whiskey Annapolis [1803 West St., Annapolis, MD]
• Height With Friends, Ceschi, Disturbed Individuals, and Collectible Humans - Golden West Cafe (Baltimore)
• Holly Hoffman/Mike Wofford Quartet - Twins Jazz (Two shows)
• Jammin Java's Mid-Atlantic Band Battle 6 - Finals! - Jammin' Java
• the Junior League Band, Holy Ghost Tent Revival, and the John Lee Experience - Rock & Roll Hotel
• Kim Waters - Blues Alley (Two shows)
• Man Forever (Kid Millions of Oneida) and Plasma Expander - Warehouse Theatre [1019 7th St NW, WDC]
• Neal Brennan (Co-Creator of Chappelle's Show) - Arlington Cinema & Drafthouse [2903 Columbia Pike, Arlington, VA]
• Norm MacDonald - DC Improv [1140 Connecticut Ave NW, WDC]
• Owen Temple - Hill Country Live [410 7th St NW, WDC]
• Red Fridays: DJ Spinna, Chris Burns, Cortega - U St Music Hall
• Right On Band (70s band tribute) - State Theatre
• Royal Comedy Tour: featuring Sommore and Bruce Bruce with appearances by Earthquake, Tony Rock, and Mark Curry - with guest DJ Spinderella - 1st Mariner Arena (Baltimore)
• Simon & Garfunkel Retrospective performed by AJ Swearingen and Jonathan Beedle - the Hamilton
• Smokey Stevens' "I Just Want To Tell Somebody" - BloomBars [3222 11th St NW, WDC]
• SONiA & disappear fear - Night Cat [5 Goldsborough St, Easton, MD]
• Stereosleep, Pet Parade, and Jukebox Serenade - Black Cat (Mainstage)
• Steve Harvey - DAR Constitution Hall
• the Stylemasters - St Elmo's Coffee Pub [2300 Mt Vernon Ave, Alexandria, VA 22301]
• the Tender Thrill, More Humans, and Danvilles - Comet Ping Pong
• They Might Be Giants and Jonathan Coulton - Rams Head Live! (Baltimore)
• Ugly Purple Sweater, NRIS, and Kindlewood - IOTA Club & CafÈ
• Visceral Disgorge, Inhumation, Visceral Violation, and La Rina - Irene's Sky Bar [11300 Georgia Ave, Silver Spring, MD]
• Washington Performing Arts Society: Chris Botti (trumpet) - Kennedy Center (Concert Hall)

Saturday, 18 February 2012

• Mid-Atlantic Jazz Festival: Midnight Jam Session with the Wes Biles Trio, Roy Haynes Fountain of Youth Band, Jessie's Soul Line Dancers, Ernest EC3 Coleman and Friends, Denise Thimes (featuring the Chris Grasso Trio), Aaron Seeber Quartet, Anthony E. Nelson Jr., the Contemporary Jazz Event (two acts: Trey Eley and Chelsey Green), Warren Wolf, Baker Middle School Jazz Band, Sandra Y. Johnson, Robert Frost Middle School Jazz Band, High School Band Competition Finals, Ambuscade (featuring Iva Ambush), Integriti Reeves, , MAJF Junior Jam Session, Kathy Lyon, Joanna Pascale, Bethesda-Chevy Chase High School Jazz Band, Trombone Master Class with Doug Elliot, Jazz Ain't Dead Dance Troupe, Trumpet Master Class with Terell Stafford, Sine Qua Non, Vocal Masterclass with Carmen Bradford, Saxophone Master Class with Alex Hoffman, Chad Carter, Howard University Jazz Ensemble, the Zach Brown Quartet, Drum Master Class with Winard Harper, and Jazz Band Competition featuring the following schools: Walter Johnson High School (Bethesda, MD), Washington Lee High School (Arlington, VA), Black River Public School (Holland, MI), Walt Whitman High School (Bethesda, MD), Mountain Ridge High School (Frostburg, MD), CE Jordan High School (Durham, NC), Fairfax High School (Fairfax, VA)Jefferson High School (Shenandoah Junction, WV), Yorktown High School (Arlington, VA), and TC Williams High School (Alexandria, VA) - Hilton Rockville Hotel [1750 Rockville Pike, Rockville, MD]
• Aces High (Aces Over Kings album release party), Third Kind, Cubbie Bear, Gritty Gang, Stevie Krizz, Bishop, and Nick Swann - Sonar (Baltimore) (Talking Head Club)
• Aeroplane, Cassian, and DJ Provoke - U St Music Hall (Late Show - 10 PM)
• America - Rams Head Tavern (Annapolis)
• Battle of the Bands - Empire (formerly Jaxx)
• Bellflur, Yellow Raincoats, and Joseph Mulhollen - Wind-Up Space (Baltimore)
• Bobby Blue Band - the Hamilton
• Carolina Chocolate Drops - Library of Congress Coolidge Auditorium [Thomas Jefferson Building, 10 First St SE, WDC]
• Chris Douglas (CD Release) - Ebenezers Coffeehouse [201 F Street NE, WDC] MOVED TO 2/25/12
• Clash Tribute Night (5th annual!) - featuring the Chariots, Thee Lexington Arrows, the Evokatones, Blinding Eye Dog (feat. Carrie Reveleven), the Coastals, Standing Armies, and Type 53 - Sidebar Tavern [218 East Lexington St, Baltimore, MD]
• Coke Bust, Wren Lloyd, Curse, Kilgore Trout, Foulmouth, Hank!, and Caust - Little Man's Garage [1125 Priscilla Lane, Alexandria, VA]
• Comic Strip: A Variety Show - State Theatre
• Dead Milkmen - U St Music Hall (Early show - 7 PM)
• Dean Rosenthal, Kings of Crownsville, and the Highballers - the Whiskey Annapolis [1803 West St., Annapolis, MD]
• Dieselboy, Numbernin6, and Big Chocolate - Baltimore SoundStage
• Discover Ellington: Big Band Ellington - Duke Goes Latin - Strathmore (Music Center)
• Disney on Ice: 100 Years of Magic - Verizon Center (Three shows - 11 AM, 2:30 PM, & 6:30 PM)
• Down Society, Soul Craft, La Rina, and Throwdown Syndicate - Old Firestation #3 [3988 University Drive, Fairfax, VA]
• RECOMMENDED - Euphonism (album release party) and Capital Blend - Arlington Temple [1835 N Nash Street, Arlington, VA]
• Explorers Club, Dot Dash, and Sara Curtin - the Dunes [1402 Meridian Place NW, WDC]
• Gay Men's Chorus of Washington Presents The Kids Are All Right - Lisner Auditorium
• Goteborg in the Burg: Gradius, Kysmet, Yesterday's Saints, A Sound of Thunder, Cammo Shorts, Division, and Cab Ride Home - Balls Bluff Tavern [2-D Loudoun Street Southwest, Leesburg, VA]
• Holly Hoffman/Mike Wofford Quartet - Twins Jazz (Two shows)
• Honky Tonk Confidential - Hill Country Live [410 7th St NW, WDC]
• Johnny Neel (of the Allman Brothers Band) and Joshua Woodard - Night Cat [5 Goldsborough St, Easton, MD] (Late show - 9:30 PM)
• Julia Fischer (violin) and Milana Cheryavska (piano) - 6th & I
• Jumpin Jupiter and Cactus Liquors - IOTA Club & CafÈ
• Kim Waters - Blues Alley (Two shows)
• Kronos Quartet & Alim Quasimov Ensemble - Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center at University of Maryland [Stadium Drive at Route 193, College Park, MD]
• Less Than Jake, Sam I Am, Plow United, and Flat Foot 56 - Recher Theatre (Towson, MD)
• Lies of Murderer, Myopic, and Bastard Thieves - Asefu's [1920 9th St NW, WDC] CANCELLED
• Maggie Rogers - Night Cat [5 Goldsborough St, Easton, MD] (Early show - 7 PM)
• Matthew Santos, Eric Stepanian, and Sweetbread Jim's - Black Cat (Mainstage)
• Mona, the Rassle, and the Silver Liners - Rock & Roll Hotel
• Neal Brennan (Co-Creator of Chappelle's Show) - Arlington Cinema & Drafthouse [2903 Columbia Pike, Arlington, VA]
• the Nighthawks - Jammin' Java (Early Show - 7 PM)
• Nils Lofgren & Friends - Acoustic - Birchmere - sold out
• No Diide, Border State, and Gus's Goatee - Metro Gallery (Baltimore)
• Norm MacDonald - DC Improv [1140 Connecticut Ave NW, WDC]
• A Normal Kill and Frowned Upon - Sinix (Baltimore)
• NSO: Beethoven Symphony No. 4; R. Strauss Ein Heldenleben - Kennedy Center (Concert Hall)
• Palanke Music Company - Bossa
• Pirate Rob's Birthday Bash - including Pasadena, Bond & Bentley, Minlus & McCracken, The Grilled Lincolns, Lovebettie, Sweet Leda, Jenn Grinels, Groundscore, Fresh Competition, 86 The Effort, Cheyne, The Cheaters, Brandon Hardesty, Tsunami Rising, Oz, Bravenoise, Bryan Russo, and Jade Fox - Rams Head Live! (Baltimore)
• Psycho Killers (Baltimore's Talking Heads Tribute) and the 14th Circuit - 8x10 [10 East Cross St, Baltimore, MD 21230]
• Pygmy Jerboa, Andrea Pensado, Michael Haleta & Matt Wellins, Slut Walk, and Tag Cloud - Pyramid Atlantic Arts Center [8230 Georgia Avenue, Silver Spring, MD] (Sonic Circuits event)
• SGGL - Wolf Trap (the Barns) - sold out
• Since Antarctica (CD Release), Crooked Crow (CD Release), and DJ George K - Jammin' Java (Late Show - 10 PM)
• the Slow Burn - JV's Restaurant [6666 Arlington Blvd, Falls Church, VA]
• Steve Harvey - DAR Constitution Hall
• Steven Gellman - St Elmo's Coffee Pub [2300 Mt Vernon Ave, Alexandria, VA 22301]
• Swanky Tunes and W&W - Fur Nightclub [33 Patterson Street NE, WDC]
• Tea Leaf Green and Ha Ha Tonka - 9:30 Club
• Throne of the Artilect, From Nothing We Conquor, Behind the Madness, Epitome of the Weak, Eyes of Eli, Boltt, and Palkoski - Elks Lodge [14602 Minnieville Rd, Woodbridge, VA]
• Typefighter, Bridges and Powerlines, and Watermelon - Paper Haus [4912 3rd St NW, WDC]
• Washington National Opera Insight - a preview of highlights from Mozart's Cosi fan tutti, featuring members of the Domingo-Cafritz Young Artist Program - Kennedy Center (Millennium Stage)

Sunday, 19 February 2012

• Mid-Atlantic Jazz Festival: Midnight Jam Session with the Wes Biles Trio, Paul Carr Quartet, Cloudburst, the Trumpet Summit, Tacha Coleman Parr and Ron Elliston, Lori Williams, the Jazz Academy Orchestra under the direction of Paul Carr, George Washington University Combo, the American University Faculty (featuring Josh Bayer, Jon Ozment with special guest Dominic Smith), Kim Burrell (featuring Vince Evans and the Gospel Roots), Anthomy Compton, Einstein High School Jazz Band, Vince Evans (featuring the Gospel Roots), Blues Alley Youth Jazz band, Lydia Lewis (featuring Lena Seikaly, Allyn Johnson, and bassist tba), Jessie's Soul Line Dancers, American University Big Band, Brittney Wright, Gospel Brunch with Janine Carter and Eric Byrd - Hilton Rockville Hotel [1750 Rockville Pike, Rockville, MD]
• 26th annual WAMMIES - State Theatre
• America - Rams Head Tavern (Annapolis)
• ArcoVoce - the Phillips Collection, Music Room [1600 21st St NW] (4 PM)
• The Cambridge Country Club presents Riot! featuring DJ Heavy D and DJ Schemes - Empire (formerly Jaxx) (Late show - 9 PM)
• Casadee Pope (of Hey Monday), Stephen Jerzak, Justin Young, and Darling Parade - Baltimore SoundStage
• Cherub and Stout Cortez - Red Palace
• Conservatory Project: students from Curtis Institute of Music - Kennedy Center (Millennium Stage - in the Terrace Theater)
• Dan Fisk, Nathanial Davis, and Nita Chawla - Bossa (Singer-Songwriter Showcase)
• Dilla, Stylus, Roddy Rod, 2 Tone Jones, R.B.I., Quartermaine, Pudge, Mimms, Harvey Dent, Cuzzin B - U St Music Hall
• Discover Ellington: Ellington - A Sacred Concert - Strathmore (Music Center - 4 PM)
• Disney on Ice: 100 Years of Magic - Verizon Center (Two shows - 12:30 PM & 4:30 PM)
• Eddie Money - the Hamilton (Two shows - 7:30 PM & 10 PM)
• Former Champions and Pigeons Playing Ping Pong - the Whiskey Annapolis [1803 West St., Annapolis, MD]
• Gods & Queens, Highway Cross, Crimes, and We Are Black Birds - Wind-Up Space (Baltimore)
• Gorilla Music Battle of the Bands - Empire (formerly Jaxx) (Afternoon show - 2 PM)
• Homayoun Shajarian - Lisner Auditorium
• Idleminds, Braceface, and Cavedweller - Velvet Lounge
• Illuminations (CD Release), In Dying Arms, Legions Prevail, Adahlia, Roses for the Dead, Diary of Azael, TheyRodeOnHorses, Waking the Monolith, We Reign Eternal, Wretched Reality, Friend For a Foe, and Innovations - Sonar (Baltimore) (Talking Head Club & Lounge)
• Kim Waters - Blues Alley (Two shows)
• Leslie Casey - Twins Jazz (Two shows)
• Lettis, Gary B, and Charlie Jamison - Ottobar (Baltimore) (Upstairs and Free!)
• Live Gospel Brunch featuring the Gospel Persuaders - the Hamilton (Shows at 10:30 AM and 1 PM)
• Mansour featuring DJ Taba & DJ Barbari - Fur Nightclub [33 Patterson Street NE, WDC]
• the Mastersons - Mansion on O St [2020 O St NW, WDC]
• Natural Child, Slow Jerks, Nightmare Boyzzz, and Habibi - Golden West Cafe (Baltimore)
• Next Big Thing (featuring over 20 local alternative and punk acts) - 9:30 Club
• the Next Big Thing Tour - DC9 (Doors at 11 AM)
• Next Big Thing Tour - Rock & Roll Hotel (Doors at 11 AM)
• Next To Nothing, My Favorite Colour, and Lights on the Atlantic - Recher Theatre (Towson, MD)
• Nils Lofgren & Friends - Acoustic - Birchmere
• Nine Days Gone, Carry the One, the Wayside, and Tenth Road North - Jammin' Java
• Norm MacDonald - DC Improv [1140 Connecticut Ave NW, WDC]
• NSO: Beethoven Symphony No. 4; R. Strauss Ein Heldenleben - Kennedy Center (Concert Hall)
• Peter Frampton - Warner Theatre
• Scream Tour Presents: Diggy Simmons, Jacob Latimore, Jawan Harris, Omg Girlz, and TK-N-Cash - DAR Constitution Hall
• Scud Mountain Boys and John Cunningham John Brodeur - Black Cat (Mainstage)
• Shanna Hoar and Logan Kraft Band - IOTA Club & CafÈ
• Suffocation, Shotgun Surgery, Strong Intention, and Inhumation - CafÈ 611 [611 Market St, Frederick, MD]
• Supreme Commander, Killer of Sheep, BSR (Basic Skills Review), Cultivator, and JJ Damage + the Bandits - Ras Hall [4809 Georgia Avenue NW, WDC] (3 PM Show)
• Swamps, Unite Resist, Eddie Brock, Lapse, American Womanhood (record release), and Caust - Charm City Art Space (Baltimore)
• Tim Berne's Snake Oil - Historic Bohemian Caverns [2001 11th Street, WDC]
• Triple Fantasy & Mary Christ - CD Cellar [2607 Wilson Blvd, Arlington, VA]

Monday, 20 February 2012

• Mid-Atlantic Jazz Festival: the Larry Brown Group - Hilton Rockville Hotel [1750 Rockville Pike, Rockville, MD]
• Ben Lee - Rams Head Tavern (Annapolis)
• Chris Webby and Something Complex - Ottobar (Baltimore)
• Cody Simpson - Fillmore Silver Spring (4 PM Show)
• Conservatory Project: students from Bienen School of Music at Northwestern University perform a brass recital featuring works by composers David Sampson, Verne Reynolds, John Stevens, and Jan Bach - Kennedy Center (Millennium Stage - in the Terrace Theater)
• Discover Strathmore Free Open House: Duke Ellington - featuring the following performances and demonstrations: Hot 8 Brass Band, Jazz Academy Jazz Orchestra with Warren Wolf, JazzReach's Ellington! featuring Metta Quintet, Members of Bohemian Caverns Jazz Orchestra--I Didn't Know About Duke: A Young Person's Introduction to Edward Kennedy Ellington, Mark Jaster and Sabrina Mandell, Bari Koral Family Rock Band, BSO Musicians Chris Dudley and Jonathan Jansen--Ellington: Reminiscing in Tempo, CityDance Performances and Sample Classes, Ellington Lecture by John Edward Hasse - Strathmore (Music Center - 11 AM - 4 PM)
• Disney on Ice: 100 Years of Magic - Verizon Center
• Doron Petersan (from Sticky Fingers Bakery) lecture/book signing for Sticky Fingers' Sweets: 100 Super-Secret Vegan Recipes - Busboys and Poets [2021 14th St NW, WDC]
• the Highballers, Ian Walters Trio, and Charlie and the Contraband - IOTA Club & CafÈ
• Hoax, SQRM, State Violence, and New Breed - the Rocketship [1223 Decatur St. NW, WDC]
• Merciless Game, Chaos Destroy, and Lotus F*cker - Wasted Dream [431 Kenyon St NW, DC]
• Mittenfields, Gray Young, and Left & Right - Black Cat (Backstage)
• Mos Def - 9:30 Club
• Nat & Alex Wolff and Theycallmepiano - Jammin' Java
• National Presidents Day Choral Festival 2012 - Kennedy Center (Concert Hall - Matinee)
• Nightmare Boyzzz (Muscle Shoals, AL) and the Spectacles - Asefu's [1920 9th St NW, WDC]
• Noise in the Basement - Baltimore SoundStage
• Robert Cray Band and Lili Anel - Birchmere
• Soulful Night of Keys with Lonnie Liston Smith - with Brian Jackson & Mark Adams - Blues Alley (Two shows)

Tuesday, 21 February 2012

• Akoma Drummers - Bossa
• the Ash Lovelies and Flo Anito - IOTA Club & CafÈ
• Cesar Orozco (pianist) Tuesdays with Marty Nau - Twins Jazz (Two shows)
• Dixie Power Trio - Hill Country Live [410 7th St NW, WDC]
• the Elephant's Gerald, Jordan Eastman, and Dan Wolff - Velvet Lounge
• Eric Lindell - Jammin' Java (Fat Tuesday Party)
• Fred the Godson featuring Panama, Gist, the Essence, J-Lie, and Greenspan - Ottobar (Baltimore)
• John Mayall and Ernie Hawkins - Birchmere
• Justin Jones (acoustic band) - Jackie's Sidebar [8081 Georgia Ave, Silver Spring, MD]
• Lalah Hathaway - Rams Head Tavern (Annapolis) (Two Shows)
• Marshall Keys Soulful Night of Keys with Lonnie Liston Smith - with Brian Jackson & Mark Adams - Blues Alley (Two shows)
• Other Lives and WIM - Red Palace - sold out
• Out of Your Head - Improvised and Experimental Music Collective - Wind-Up Space (Baltimore) (Free!)
• Portlandia the Tour - with Carrie Brownstein and Fred Armisen - 9:30 Club (Two shows - 6 PM & 9 PM)
• the Souljazz Orchestra and the 8 Ohms Band - Rock & Roll Hotel
• Ted Garber and Drew Gibson - Artisphere (Dome Theatre)
• Tony Anthony & his Malvivants and Cigarbox Planetarium - Black Cat (Backstage)
• WNO Domingo-Cafritz Young Artist Program - Kennedy Center (Millennium Stage - in the Terrace Theater)

Wednesday, 22 February 2012

• Amanda Badzé and Reesa Renee - DC9
• Amen Dunes, Mountains, and Vlonde - Golden West Cafe (Baltimore)
• BeauSoleil avec Michael Doucet - Wolf Trap (the Barns)
• Big Sam's Funky Nation - the Hamilton
• Cissa Paz - Bossa
• the Coastals, dartagan, Dealer's Hand, and Ryan Ford - Rock & Roll Hotel NO LONGER ON VENUE WEB SITE
• Conservatory Project: students from Cleveland Institute of Music performing a classical program featuring works by composers Francis Poulenc, Arnold Bax, Mozart, Edward Elgar, Ante Grgin, Fritz Kreisler, Gareth Farr, and Alexander Arutiunian - Kennedy Center (Millennium Stage - in the Terrace Theater)
• Eiko & Koma and Kronos Quartet: Fragile - Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center at University of Maryland [Stadium Drive at Route 193, College Park, MD]
• Ellen Cherry (Artist in Residence) - Strathmore (Mansion)
• Estelle - Birchmere (Moved from 2/27/12) - sold out
• Ewan Pearson, Protect-U, and Chris Nitti - U St Music Hall
• Faith In Jane, Wise Eyes, and Red Carnival - Sidebar Tavern [218 East Lexington St, Baltimore, MD]
• Forro & Samba and Trio Momo - Sova [1359 H Street NE, Washington DC]
• Herbert Scott (saxophonist) - Twins Jazz (Two shows)
• Islands and Idiot Glee - Black Cat (Mainstage)
• Justin Jones (acoustic band) - Dangerously Delicious Pies [2839 O'Donnell Street, Baltimore, MD]
• Ladysmith Black Mambazo - Rams Head Tavern (Annapolis)
• Music From Japan: Echoes of the Silk Road - the Freer Gallery [1050 Independence Ave SW, WDC]
• My Ticket Home, Casino Madrid, and That's Outrageous - Empire (formerly Jaxx)
• Nic Cowan, Brian Collins Band, and Luke Mitchem - Red Palace
• Otis Taylor's Contraband - Blues Alley (Two shows)
• PFX (Pink Floyd Experience) - Fillmore Silver Spring
• Rachel Platten and Bess Rogers - Jammin' Java
• Steel Pulse with Dr. Dubenstein, Ace Reporter - 9:30 Club

Thursday, 23 February 2012

• Afrobeat for your Soul - Bossa
• Angry Shadow, Ten Feet Thick, Enemy at the Gate, Cerca Trova, and Lose the Halo - Rams Head Live! (Baltimore)
• Ann Rabson Band, Bob Margolin, and Big Joe Maher - the Hamilton
• Bassdrop featuring the Crystal Method with more TBA - Baltimore SoundStage
• Blackberry Smoke - Hill Country Live [410 7th St NW, WDC]
• Buster Williams "Something More" - with Mulgrew Miller & Cindy Blackman-Santana - Blues Alley (Two shows)
• Cabinet and Andy Belt and Friends (featuring Warren Boes) - 8x10 [10 East Cross St, Baltimore, MD 21230]
• CHAPPO, the Resistance, Dance for the Dying, Stereo Trigger, Dreamboat Armada, and Victims of Experience - the Whiskey Annapolis [1803 West St., Annapolis, MD]
• Conservatory Project: students from the Juilliard School - Kennedy Center (Millennium Stage - in the Terrace Theater)
• Cut Hands, Blue Sausage Infant, and Janel & Anthony + Violet - Pyramid Atlantic Arts Center [8230 Georgia Avenue, Silver Spring, MD] (Sonic Circuits event)
• Devils Walk As Saints and Alexis George - Velvet Lounge
• Dizzy Reed of Guns N Roses (performing GNR songs and much more) with Chatterbox and more TBA - Sonar (Baltimore) (Talking Head Club) NO LONGER ON VENUE WEB SITE
• Donnell Rawlings - DC Improv [1140 Connecticut Ave NW, WDC]
• Eiko & Koma and Kronos Quartet: Fragile - Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center at University of Maryland [Stadium Drive at Route 193, College Park, MD]
• the Ethnic Heritage Ensemble - Historic Bohemian Caverns [2001 11th Street, WDC]
• Farewell Republic and Heads on Sticks - DC9 (Monument Fundraiser)
• Galactic featuring Corey Glover (of Living Colour) and Corey Henry (Rebirth Brass Band) and the Soul Rebels - 9:30 Club
• Guns N Roses - Fillmore Silver Spring - sold out
• Islands, Idiot Glee, and the Dialogue - Metro Gallery (Baltimore)
• Jazz Band Masterclass Bands with Jeff Antoniuk - Twins Jazz (7 PM Show Only)
• Jim Gaffigan - Warner Theatre
• Man Forever (Kid Millions of Oneida) and Plasma Expander - the Floristree [405 West Franklin St, Baltimore, MD]
• Meg Hutchinson - Night Cat [5 Goldsborough St, Easton, MD]
• Narek Hakhnazaryan, cello & Noreen Cassidy-Polera, piano - Strathmore (Mansion)
• New Orleans Dance Party: Hot 8 Brass Band - Strathmore (Music Center) CANCELLED
• Not So Modern Jazz Band - St Elmo's Coffee Pub [2300 Mt Vernon Ave, Alexandria, VA 22301]
• NSO Pops: Cirque de la Symphonie / Michael Krajewski, conductor - Kennedy Center (Concert Hall)
• Otis Taylor (CD Release) and Cris Jacobs - Rams Head Tavern (Annapolis)
• Patrizio - Wolf Trap (the Barns)
• the Puppini Sisters - Birchmere CANCELLED - Refunds available at place of purchase.
• Red Wanting Blue and Owen Danoff - Jammin' Java
• Rick Ross & Jeremiah - DAR Constitution Hall
• Saul Williams and CX Kidtronik Spoek Mathambo - Black Cat (Mainstage)
• Stick Mob - Sova [1359 H Street NE, Washington DC] (Thursday night bluegrass)
• Tittsworth Birthday Bash - Tittsworth vs Willy Joy, Switch vs Sinden - U St Music Hall
• Toska, Slim Pickinz, Mimi Loco, Guilty in a Sense, and Psykotic Melody - Recher Theatre (Towson, MD)
• Trashkanistan, Kill Lincoln, Disastrous Consequences, the Interstate Rivals, the Evokatones, and the Melon Farmers - Sidebar Tavern [218 East Lexington St, Baltimore, MD]
• TT HANCO Records showcase - Empire (formerly Jaxx)
• RECOMMENDED - the Twilight Sad, Forest Fire, and Micah P Hinson - Rock & Roll Hotel CANCELLED DUE TO VISA ISSUES - Refunds available at place of purchase
• White Life, DDM, and Dope Body - Ottobar (Baltimore)
• William Fitzsimmons and Denison Witmer - 6th & I
• Wylie Hunter and the Cazdores, Tom O'Connor, and the Walkaways (acoustic) - IOTA Club & CafÈ
• Zee Family and Hemerlein - Montserrat House [2016 9th Street NW, WDC]

Friday, 24 February 2012

• Against Grace, Juniper Lane, and Margot MacDonald - IOTA Club & CafÈ
• the Alfredo Mojica Group - Bossa
• Amy Schumer (from Curb Your Enthusiasm, 30 Rock, Cupid, Last Comic Standing) - Arlington Cinema & Drafthouse [2903 Columbia Pike, Arlington, VA] (Late Show - 10 PM)
• Andy Kindler (Judge from Last Comic Standing and Letterman) - Arlington Cinema & Drafthouse [2903 Columbia Pike, Arlington, VA] (Early Show - 7:30 PM)
• Attack! Attack!, Sleeping With Sirens, and Chunk! No Captain Chunk! - 9:30 Club
• Bad Domes ("Get There" - an evening of mashups) - Black Cat (Backstage)
• BSO Off the Cuff: Prokofiev's 5th Symphony - Strathmore (Music Center)
• Buster Williams "Something More" - with Mulgrew Miller & Cindy Blackman-Santana - Blues Alley (Two shows)
• Carl Craig, Jubilee, and Mike Fisher - U St Music Hall
• Cherish the Ladies - Wolf Trap (the Barns)
• Cheyney Thomas Quartet Chris Bacas - Twins Jazz (Two shows)
• Citizen Cope (full band) - Recher Theatre (Towson, MD) - sold out
• Conservatory Project: students from San Francisco Conservatory of Music performing a program featuring vocal selections from Handel's Giulio Cesare in Egittoas and Alcina, Rossini's La regatta veneziana, Bizet's Carmen, and a performance of Britten's String Quartet No. 1 in D Major by the Conservatory's The Ethos Quartet - Kennedy Center (Millennium Stage - in the Terrace Theater)
• Discovery Artist in the KC Jazz Club: Milton Suggs - Kennedy Center (Terrace Gallery; shows at 7:30 PM & 9:30 PM)
• Donnell Rawlings - DC Improv [1140 Connecticut Ave NW, WDC]
• Doris Justis - St Elmo's Coffee Pub [2300 Mt Vernon Ave, Alexandria, VA 22301]
• the Fab Four - the Ultimate Tribute - the Hamilton (Two shows - 8 PM & 10:30 PM)
• Flogging Molly, Black Joe Lewis, and the Honeybears - Fillmore Silver Spring
• For Valor and Glory, In Fate We Trust, Your Last Descent, and Illustrated Highlife - Sonar (Baltimore) (Talking Head Lounge)
• Future and Murphy's Kids - Jammin' Java (Late Show - 10 PM)
• Hot Day at the Zoo - Night Cat [5 Goldsborough St, Easton, MD]
• Infinite Jets, Grammar, Hiding Places, and Nunchucks - Velvet Lounge
• Jim Gaffigan - Warner Theatre (Two shows - 7:30 PM & 10 PM)
• Joe Louis Walker & Popa Chubby - Rams Head Tavern (Annapolis)
• Junkyard Saints - Strathmore (Mansion - Friday Night Eclectic)
• the Justin Trawick Group, Tauk, and the Orchid - Black Cat (Mainstage)
• King Soul and Natalie York - Hill Country Live [410 7th St NW, WDC]
• LOBO, Newman III, LION DA KING, Flight Krew, Sixxcess, Wolfpac Music, JP the Truth, and Guests - Empire (formerly Jaxx)
• Mr. Greengenes, Burnt Sienna, Liquid A, and Full Effect - Rams Head Live! (Baltimore) (Back to the Beach Bash)
• New York Gypsy All-Stars - Dirty Martini Lounge [1223 Connecticut Ave NW, WDC]
• the NoWhere Men - the Whiskey Annapolis [1803 West St., Annapolis, MD]
• NSO Pops: Cirque de la Symphonie / Michael Krajewski, conductor - Kennedy Center (Concert Hall)
• Pearl and the Beard, the Torches, and Drawbridges - Rock & Roll Hotel
• Ra Ra Rasputin, Chappo, My M.O., and Dance for the Dying - Red Palace
• Rodney Carrington - Meyerhoff Symphony Hall [Baltimore, MD]
• the Saiyuki Trio with Rudresh Mahanthappa, alto saxophone - Atlas Performing Arts Center [1333 H St NE, WDC]
• Soulful Symphony: Evolution of a People - France-Merrick Performing Arts Center / Hippodrome (Baltimore)
• Stephane Wrembel and Martha White's Widow - 8x10 [10 East Cross St, Baltimore, MD 21230]
• Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb, Foul Swoops, the Electrolocutions, Teen Livers, and the Snallygasters - Casa Fiesta [4910 Wisconsin Ave NW, WDC]
• Strength for a Reason, Animal Haus (CD Release), Brick, Copstabber, Abject, Sped, and Ballistic - Sidebar Tavern [218 East Lexington St, Baltimore, MD]
• Teitur and Marit Larsen - Jammin' Java (Early Show - 7 PM)
• Terrestrial Mass, Shining Mirrors, the Flying Eyes, and Dead Whale Ramblers - Wind-Up Space (Baltimore)
• Terri Clark and Jefferson Ross - Birchmere

Saturday, 25 February 2012

• Kol HaOlam (National Collegiate Jewish A Cappella Competition) - Hooshir (Indiana University), Jewop (University of Wisconsin), Kaskeset (Binghamton University), Kol HaKavod (University of Michigan), Kol Sasson (University of Maryland), Mezumenet (University of Maryland), Rak Shalom (University of Maryland), Staam (Washington University), Tizmoret (Queens College), Kolot (University of Massachusetts Amherst) - Adas Israel Congregation [2850 Quebec St NW, WDC]
• Amy Schumer (from Curb Your Enthusiasm, 30 Rock, Cupid, Last Comic Standing) - Arlington Cinema & Drafthouse [2903 Columbia Pike, Arlington, VA] (Late Show - 10 PM)
• Andy Kindler (Judge from Last Comic Standing and Letterman) - Arlington Cinema & Drafthouse [2903 Columbia Pike, Arlington, VA] (Early Show - 7:30 PM)
• Archaic Revival, Minnesota, and Sugarpill - Sonar (Baltimore) (Main Stage)
• Bad Domes - 19th Bar [1900 I St NW, WDC]
• Bayside, the Sidekicks, and the Coastals - Black Cat (Mainstage)
• Blake Shelton (Well Lit & Amplified Tour), Justin Moore, and Dia Frampton - Patriot Center
• Bliss - with Will Eastman, Dave P & Sammy Slice, and Lxsx Frxnk - U St Music Hall (Late Show - 10 PM)
• Buster Williams "Something More" - with Mulgrew Miller & Cindy Blackman-Santana - Blues Alley (Two shows)
• Cherish the Ladies - Wolf Trap (the Barns)
• Cheyney Thomas Quartet Chris Bacas - Twins Jazz (Two shows)
• Chris Douglas (CD Release) - Ebenezers Coffeehouse [201 F Street NE, WDC] (Moved from 2/18/12)
• Commander Cody - the Hamilton
• Conservatory Project: students from Yale School of Music - Kennedy Center (Millennium Stage - in the Terrace Theater)
• Dice Raw (of the Legendary Roots Crew) and Wendel Patrick - Wind-Up Space (Baltimore)
• DJ Pauly D - Fur Nightclub [33 Patterson Street NE, WDC]
• Donnell Rawlings - DC Improv [1140 Connecticut Ave NW, WDC]
• Elikeh, the Chariots, and Malcolm X Park Drummers - Rock & Roll Hotel
• Fear of Virginia and SweetBread Jim's - DC9
• Fortress, Passage Between, and Raze - R&K Pub [15 E. Baltimore St, Hagerstown, MD]
• Frontier(s), Troubled Sleep, Police & Thieves, the Fordists, and the Deads - St. Stephen & the Incarnation Episcopal Church
• Goodbye New Plans (CD Release Party), Lush Farm & the New Media, and the Diplomas - Metro Gallery (Baltimore)
• Gringo Star, the Silver Liners, and Voodoo Farm - Hard Rock Café [999 E St NW, WDC]
• Harmony Sweepstakes 2012 - Epic, Faithful, Glorious, GQ, Keystone, Loose Interpretations, and TBD (from the Harmonizers) - and hosted by the 2011 National Champions, Da Capo - Birchmere
• Javelin, Black Hills, and Downtown Boys - Red Palace
• Jeffrey Ross - Fillmore Silver Spring
• Jim Gaffigan - Warner Theatre (Two shows - 7 PM & 10 PM)
• Jonny Grave Arty Hill & the Long Gone Daddy's - Hill Country Live [410 7th St NW, WDC]
• KC Jazz Club: Aaron Parks - Kennedy Center (Terrace Gallery; shows at 7:30 PM & 9:30 PM)
• Kid Architect, the Poly-Opto (CD Release), and Ditched by Kate - Jammin' Java (Late Show - 10 PM)
• the Left Bank Quartet performing Casting a Long Shadow (Johannes Brahms), Sechs Bagatellen Op. 9 (Anton Webern), and with Jonathan Richards for Max Bruch's Viola Quintet in A Minor. - American University,Katzen Arts Center, Abramson Family Recital Hall [4400 Massachusetts Ave NW, WDC]
• Leigh Nash (from Sixpence None the Richer) - Jammin' Java (Early Show - 7 PM)
• Lionize and Maylene and the Sons of Disaster - U St Music Hall (Early Show - 6 PM)
• the Machine Performs Pink Floyd (the ultimate tribute to Pink Floyd) - State Theatre
• National Philharmonic: All Bach - Strathmore (Music Center)
• NSO Pops: Cirque de la Symphonie / Michael Krajewski, conductor - Kennedy Center (Concert Hall)
• Others May Fall and Split Five - Sinix (Baltimore)
• Palanke Music Company - Bossa
• Priests, Noon:30, and Pity Rally Big Mouth - Comet Ping Pong
• Rana Santacruz - Artisphere (Dome Theatre)
• Rocknoceros - Jammin' Java (Morning Show - 10:30 AM)
• Roger French - St Elmo's Coffee Pub [2300 Mt Vernon Ave, Alexandria, VA 22301]
• Ryan Montbleau Band and Marco Benevento - 8x10 [10 East Cross St, Baltimore, MD 21230]
• Satori Trova, Is And Of The, and Bravenoise - Velvet Lounge
• Several Species (the Pink Floyd Experience) - Rams Head Live! (Baltimore)
• The Sixth Generation, Elephant Pistol, Luke Mitchem, Nero Noir, A Raven On The Rosary, Grand Revival, Just Another Scene, No Worries, fight the bear, Amanda Badze, and Auto Da Fe - Empire (formerly Jaxx)
• Smash Gordon, Sluggo, and Hulk - 9:30 Club
• Sublime tribute night featuring Brandon Hardesty & Friends - the Whiskey Annapolis [1803 West St., Annapolis, MD]
• Suede - Rams Head Tavern (Annapolis)
• Technicolor Motor Home (tribute to Steely Dan) - Recher Theatre (Towson, MD)
• the Tom Cunningham Orchestra - featuring the swingin' sounds of Glenn Miller - Glen Echo Park [7300 MacArthur Blvd, Glen Echo, MD]
• Us From Outside, A Faylene Sky, Camisado, Palisades, Send the Messenger, and For Fear Itself - Sonar (Baltimore) (Talking Head Lounge)
• Veronneau - Night Cat [5 Goldsborough St, Easton, MD] (Early show - 7 PM)
• Westmain (CD Release) and the Weathervanes - IOTA Club & CafÈ
• WPAS Men and Women of the Gospel Choir and Heritage Signature Chorale: Fortune's Bones: the Manumission Requiem - Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center at University of Maryland [Stadium Drive at Route 193, College Park, MD]
• Zee Avi - Night Cat [5 Goldsborough St, Easton, MD] (Late show - 9:30 PM)
• Zee Avi - Rams Head Tavern (Annapolis) (All-Ages Matinee)

Sunday, 26 February 2012

• Acadia, Sweet Suicide, Aries, Outram, Chainsaw Baby, Defiant Caliber, and Knockout Victory - Sonar (Baltimore) (Talking Head Lounge)
• Buckwheat Zydeco - Rams Head Tavern (Annapolis)
• Buster Williams "Something More" - with Mulgrew Miller & Cindy Blackman-Santana - Blues Alley (Two shows)
• Conservatory Project: students from the Shepherd School of Music at Rice University performing a program featuring classical works by Barber, Tchaikovsky, and Kodaly, as well as vocal selections from Bizet's Carmen and Rossini's il barbiere di Siviglia - Kennedy Center (Millennium Stage - in the Terrace Theater)
• David Caldwell-Mason Trio - Twins Jazz (Two shows)
• the Dean's List - Empire (formerly Jaxx)
• Disney Live - Phineas & Ferb - Patriot Center (Two shows (1 PM / 4 PM))
• Donnell Rawlings - DC Improv [1140 Connecticut Ave NW, WDC]
• Estelle, Stacy Barthe, Elle Varner, and Luke James - Baltimore SoundStage (BET Music Matters Tour)
• Forsaken Entity, Balor's Eye, Trumpet the Harlot, and Lovey - Ottobar (Baltimore)
• hiphopmcdougal, jaysaturn, and Social Repose - DC9
• Huda Asfour - Bossa
• Jonah Kim (cello) & Claire Huangci (piano) - the Phillips Collection, Music Room [1600 21st St NW] (4 PM)
• Lily Tomlin - Strathmore (Music Center)
• Live Gospel Brunch featuring the Gospel Persuaders - the Hamilton (Shows at 10:30 AM and 1 PM)
• Medicine Lake, Blind Man Leading, Three Man River Band, and Jr Bryce Band (Jarflys, Blue Miracle) - the Whiskey Annapolis [1803 West St., Annapolis, MD]
• Outlast, Good Times, and Restless - Charm City Art Space (Baltimore)
• RECOMMENDED - Peter Bradley Adams and Carl Anderson - Jammin' Java
• Peter Yarrow (of Peter Paul & Mary) - Hylton Performing Arts Center [10960 George Mason Circle, Manassas, VA] (2 PM Show)
• Plump DJs - Fort Knox Five, Proxxy & Lantern, Malphunktion - U St Music Hall
• Slow Bull, the Pilgrim, and Caleb Stine - Wind-Up Space (Baltimore)
• SpineBuster, Kool Klux Klan, Mercury Rising 33, and DJ Jauhny Aleus - Ras Hall [4809 Georgia Avenue NW, WDC] (4 PM Matinee Show)
• Star Fk Radium and the Nice Trys - Galaxy Hut
• Stomp Status - IOTA Club & CafÈ
• US Air Force Band - DAR Constitution Hall
• the Ventures - Birchmere RESCHEDULED TO 4/5/12
• Washington Performing Arts Society: Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis - Kennedy Center (Concert Hall)
• WPAS Men and Women of the Gospel Choir and Heritage Signature Chorale: Fortune's Bones: the Manumission Requiem - Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center at University of Maryland [Stadium Drive at Route 193, College Park, MD] (Matinee)

Monday, 27 February 2012

• Argos and Bubbling Well - Galaxy Hut
• Derek Evry & His Band of Misanthropes, Pet Parade, and Classified Frequency - IOTA Club & CafÈ
• Estelle - Birchmere RESCHEDULED TO 2/22/12
• Heartless Bastards, Hacienda, and Devin Therriault - Ottobar (Baltimore)
• Hot Tuna (acoustic) - Rams Head Tavern (Annapolis)
• Melissa Ferrick - Jammin' Java
• Music as Music In Our Schools Month (MIOSM) performance - Kennedy Center (Millennium Stage)
• Noise in the Basement - Baltimore SoundStage
• Richard Buckner - Night Cat [5 Goldsborough St, Easton, MD]
• the Screws, Babies with Rabies, Abject!, and Sped - Asefu's [1920 9th St NW, WDC]
• Shearwater and Small Sur - Metro Gallery (Baltimore)
• Spirit Animal, Paul Michel, and Shark Week - Black Cat (Backstage)
• Steve Abshire & Paul Wingo - "For Herb & Barney" Lennie Cuje - Blues Alley (Two shows)
• Tex Railer's Doomtown, the Recently Deceased, the Highballers, and Oella - Sidebar Tavern [218 East Lexington St, Baltimore, MD]
• Us From Outside, A Faylene Sky, Palisades, and Send the Messenger - Empire (formerly Jaxx) (the Revived Tour)
• the Vaginasaurs, St Stephen, Baklavaa, and Hivebent - Charm City Art Space (Baltimore)

Tuesday, 28 February 2012

• the 9 Songwriter Series - Justin Trawick , Rachel Levitin, Karen Jonas, Tami D'Mar, Scott Kurt, Wes Tucker, Jon Braman, Natalie York, and Courtney Brown - IOTA Club & CafÈ
• Alyson Williams - Blues Alley (Two shows)
• Call Me a Dreamer (farewell show), the Art of Creation, JohnXJohnson, Bridges, and a surprise opener - Sidebar Tavern [218 East Lexington St, Baltimore, MD]
• Chiddy Bang and Xaphoon Jones (DJ set) - U St Music Hall
• Cowboy Junkies - Rams Head Tavern (Annapolis)
• the Distillery, Parsely, and Jonny Grave - Paper Haus [4912 3rd St NW, WDC]
• Justin Jones (electric band) - Quarry House Tavern [8401 Georgia Ave., Silver Spring, MD] (10 PM Show)
• Kristy Hanson, Letitia VanSant, and Celeste Starchild - Red Palace
• Lenorable (record release), Dangerosa, and Last Tide - Black Cat (Backstage)
• Music as Music In Our Schools Month (MIOSM) performance - Kennedy Center (Millennium Stage)
• Next Level Showcase II - Empire (formerly Jaxx)
• O.A.R. Extended Stay - 9:30 Club - sold out
• Out of Your Head - Improvised and Experimental Music Collective - Wind-Up Space (Baltimore) (Free!)
• Pert 'Near Sandstone - Hill Country Live [410 7th St NW, WDC]
• Rogue Mind, the Influence, and All the Gods - Jammin' Java
• Tuesdays with Marty Nau - Twins Jazz (Two shows)
• We Might Collide, Thee The The, Squaaks, and Bratcore (members of the Shackeltons) - Ottobar (Baltimore)

Wednesday, 29 February 2012

• 3LAU - Recher Theatre (Towson, MD)
• Amanda Lee, Rooftop Pursuit, Colleen Dyer, and No Admittance - Jammin' Java
• Aziza Miller - Blues Alley (Two shows)
• Buckwheat Zydeco - Wolf Trap (the Barns)
• Clube Do Samba - Bossa
• Connaitre Miller (Artist in Residence) - Strathmore (Mansion)
• Cowboy Junkies and Anais Mitchell - Rams Head Tavern (Annapolis)
• Creepoid and Holy Ghost Party - Golden West Cafe (Baltimore)
• Curley Taylor & Zydeco Trouble (co-presented with Dancing by the Bayou; class at 7:30 PM) - Artisphere (Ballroom)
• Dinosaur Feathers and Grandchildren - Black Cat (Backstage)
• Donee Middleton (Jazz Noir) - Twins Jazz (Two shows)
• Doug Levitt - Kennedy Center (Millennium Stage)
• Flamenco Festival 2012: Gala - Bailando a Lorca - Lisner Auditorium
• Harmonic Blue, Shane Tully, and Sarah Castille - Red Palace
• Heaviness of the Load, Windhand, Pilgrim, Melungeon, and Swamphog - Sidebar Tavern [218 East Lexington St, Baltimore, MD]
• the Honeyguns - Rock & Roll Hotel NO LONGER ON VENUE WEB SITE
• Hot Tuna (acoustic) - Birchmere
• Justin Jones (acoustic band) - Dangerously Delicious Pies [2839 O'Donnell Street, Baltimore, MD]
• Klute, Encrypticon, ODJ, and Magnetie - U St Music Hall
• Lauryn Hill - Warner Theatre
• Mynoni & Friends and East Ghost - DC9
• O.A.R. Extended Stay - 9:30 Club - sold out
• Washington Performing Arts Society: Vienna Philharmonic / Lorin Maazel, conductor - performing Mozart Overture to Le Nosse di Figaro and Symphony No. 40; Sibelius Symphony No. 7; R. Strauss Suite from Der Rosenkavalier - Kennedy Center (Concert Hall)
• Y & T - Baltimore SoundStage

Thursday, 1 March 2012

• Afroroots by Eme & Heteru - Twins Jazz (Two shows)
• Bassdrop with Lazy Rich, Shiftee, Sazoon Boya, Uncle Jesse, LJ MTX - U St Music Hall
• Brad Paisley, the Band Perry, and Scotty McCreery - 1st Mariner Arena (Baltimore) (Chevy Presents the 2012 Camobunga World Tour)
• By & By - Sova [1359 H Street NE, Washington DC] (Thursday night bluegrass)
• Caroline Smith & the Good Night Sleeps, Dietrich Strause, and Kindlewood - Rock & Roll Hotel
• Company of Thieves, Girl In a Coma, and Chris Merritt and the Dirty Girls - Jammin' Java
• Cowboy Junkies - Birchmere - sold out
• the Dandies, Lazlo Lee & the Motherless Children, and Black Lung - Golden West Cafe (Baltimore)
• RECOMMENDED - Deicide, Jungle Rot, Krass Judgement, Abigail Williams, Lecherous Nocturne, and Orthrus - Empire (formerly Jaxx)
• Dinosaur Feathers, Grandchildren, and Gary B & the Notions - Metro Gallery (Baltimore)
• Doron Petersan (from Sticky Fingers Bakery) lecture/book signing for Sticky Fingers' Sweets: 100 Super-Secret Vegan Recipes - 6th & I
• the Honeycutters - Night Cat [5 Goldsborough St, Easton, MD]
• Jay & the Americans - Rams Head Tavern (Annapolis)
• Jessie Baylin and the Watson Twins - IOTA Club & CafÈ
• Kennedy Center Opera House Orchestra - Salon music - part of The Music of Budapest, Prague, and Vienna - Kennedy Center (Millennium Stage)
• Levi Stephenson and Derek Evry - Solly's [1942 11th St NW, WDC]
• the Life and Times, Office of Future Plans, and Black Clouds - Black Cat (Backstage)
• Lloyd Dobler Effect - Hill Country Live [410 7th St NW, WDC]
• Max Raabe und das Palast Orchester - Strathmore (Music Center)
• Mike Stern & Dave Weckl and Tom Kennedy & Bob Franceschini - Blues Alley (Two shows)
• Not So Modern Jazz Band - St Elmo's Coffee Pub [2300 Mt Vernon Ave, Alexandria, VA 22301]
• Nu Fusion, Bombenkinder, Dreamboat Armada, Rebel Nation, Fat Man Cat Bite, a New Disorder - Sonar (Baltimore) (Talking Head Lounge)
• O.A.R. Extended Stay - 9:30 Club - sold out
• One vs Many Peace Festival - DC9
• Peter Yarrow (of Peter, Paul, & Mary) and Mustard's Retreat - Wolf Trap (the Barns)
• Psychedelphia, Freedom Enterprise, Deaf Scene, and Second Self - the Whiskey Annapolis [1803 West St., Annapolis, MD]
• Randy Rogers Band and Dean Fields - State Theatre
• Saddle of Centaur, F, and 4 Footer - Ottobar (Baltimore)
• the Saw Doctors - Fillmore Silver Spring
• Shinola, JD & the Blades, and Feinwood - Recher Theatre (Towson, MD)
• Treble Lifter, Palkoski, and Gradius - Velvet Lounge
• Two Inch Astronaut, Self Help, St Stephen (members of ChaosDestroy), and Thieves - Sidebar Tavern [218 East Lexington St, Baltimore, MD]

Friday, 2 March 2012

• Alma Tropicalia, John Davis + Chris Richards, and Insect Factory - Joe's Movement Emporium [3309 Bunker Hill Rd, Mt Rainier, MD]
• Anais Mitchell (CD Release) and Rachel Ries - Jammin' Java (Early Show - 7 PM)
• Big Time Rush and One Direction - Patriot Center (Better With U Tour)
• Boyz II Men - Rams Head Live! (Baltimore)
• Chris Franjola (from Chelsea Lately) - Arlington Cinema & Drafthouse [2903 Columbia Pike, Arlington, VA]
• Chuck Mead (of BR549) and his Grassy Knoll Boys - Night Cat [5 Goldsborough St, Easton, MD]
• Corrosion of Conformity, Torche, Valient Thorr, and A Storm of Light - Sonar (Baltimore)
• Covered With Jam, Ron Holloway, John Kadlecik, and Djesben - Jammin' Java (Late Show - 10 PM)
• Craig Finn (of the Hold Steady) and Marcellus Hall - Rock & Roll Hotel - sold out
• David Bromberg Big Band and Marye Lobb - Birchmere
• Debussy at 150: Calefax Reed Quintet - the Freer Gallery [1050 Independence Ave SW, WDC]
• Dr. Acula, the Devastated, Design the Skyline, and Bryan Fountain - Empire (formerly Jaxx)
• Femi the DriFish & the Out of Water Experience, Golden Seal, and DJ Harvey Dent - Wind-Up Space (Baltimore)
• Flamenco Festival 2012: CompaÒÌa Olga Pericet - Lisner Auditorium
• fun. - Recher Theatre (Towson, MD) - sold out
• the Getaways, Floral Terrace, and Over N Out - Sonar (Baltimore) (Talking Head Lounge)
• GHz and the Yachtsmen - the Hamilton
• Globsters - Wasted Dream [431 Kenyon St NW, DC]
• Honey Island Swamp Band and Petticoat Tea Room - 8x10 [10 East Cross St, Baltimore, MD 21230]
• Hooking Up, Chestpiece, Coxey Brown, and Meta - Casa Fiesta [4910 Wisconsin Ave NW, WDC] (Moved from Slime Castle)
• Hooking Up, Chestpiece, Coxey Brown, and Meta - Slime Castle [1727 19th St NW, WDC] NOW AT CASA FIESTA
• Hoots & Hellmouth - the Whiskey Annapolis [1803 West St., Annapolis, MD]
• the Horse Flies - IOTA Club & CafÈ
• J.P. McDermott and Western Bop Austin Allsup - Hill Country Live [410 7th St NW, WDC]
• Jerusalem String Quartet - Wolf Trap (the Barns)
• John Oliver - DC Improv [1140 Connecticut Ave NW, WDC]
• Josh Wink and Sanath - U St Music Hall
• Julia Nunes, Lightfoot, and Astra Via - Red Palace
• Kohoutek, Lo-Pan, Eye, and Ambition Burning - Velvet Lounge
• Langhorne Slim, Silent Old Mountains, and the Alkemists - Ottobar (Baltimore)
• the Legwarmers - State Theatre - sold out
• Mercies, Shark Week, and Tiny Victories - Paper Haus [4912 3rd St NW, WDC]
• Mike Bell & the Movies, Monument, and Glocca Morra - Golden West Cafe (Baltimore)
• Mike Stern & Dave Weckl and Tom Kennedy & Bob Franceschini - Blues Alley (Two shows)
• Neverthought, Chain Denial, and the Last Valorians - Sinix (Baltimore)
• O.A.R. Extended Stay - 9:30 Club - sold out
• Pony Bones - Dollhouse [1429 Madison St NW, WDC]
• the Revelevens, the Heels, Blinding Eye Dog, the Snallygasters, and Bukkake Party Tonight - Sidebar Tavern [218 East Lexington St, Baltimore, MD]
• Salim-Sulaiman - DAR Constitution Hall
• Satisfaction (a Rolling Stones experience) - Fillmore Silver Spring
• Score for Mongolia - Mining Challenges a Civilization featuring a Mongolian dance troupe, Mongolian ballad and throat singers, and a Mongolian contortionist - Kennedy Center (Millennium Stage)
• Speaking Tube featuring Parisian vocalist Emilie Lesbros - Twins Jazz (Two shows)
• Ted Vigil (a tribute to John Denver) and Steve Weisberg - Rams Head Tavern (Annapolis)
• Tiffany Thompson and David James (of Ndelible) - Ebenezers Coffeehouse [201 F Street NE, WDC] (Young Life Benefit Concert)
• UMD Symphony Orchestra: Streams and Savagery - Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center at University of Maryland [Stadium Drive at Route 193, College Park, MD]
• Voyage in Coma, Boscawen, Flagship, and Stillglow - All Saints Episcopal Church [106 W Church St, Frederick, MD]
• Yefim Bronfman (piano) - Strathmore (Music Center)

Saturday, 3 March 2012

• Aziatix, Russell W., and Atlas - Rock & Roll Hotel
• the Beanstalk Library, Leland Sundries, and the Torches - IOTA Club & CafÈ
• Ben Frock's Love Unit, Ghost Mode (CD Release), and Rod Hamilton - Wind-Up Space (Baltimore)
• Benjamin Grosvenor, piano - Kennedy Center (Terrace Theater)
• Bill Burr Live on Stage - Lincoln Theatre (Two shows - 7 PM & 10 PM)
• Bill Charlap and Renee Rosnes: Double Portrait - Kennedy Center (Family Theater)
• Blacks in Wax - Kennedy Center (Millennium Stage)
• BSO: Voices of Light - Strathmore (Music Center)
• Buskin & Batteau - Wolf Trap (the Barns)
• Celtic Woman - Believe - Patriot Center
• Chris Franjola (from Chelsea Lately) - Arlington Cinema & Drafthouse [2903 Columbia Pike, Arlington, VA]
• A Conversation with Larry King - France-Merrick Performing Arts Center / Hippodrome (Baltimore) NO LONGER ON VENUE WEB SITE
• Corey Smith - 9:30 Club
• Cults and Mrs. Magician - Ottobar (Baltimore)
• Denis Kolokol, Safe Fast & Effective, Kristian Derek Ball, Nancy Havlik's Dance Performance Group + Barbiero/Hilmy/Rouzer, Hag, and It Would Be a Period of Detailed Order - Pyramid Atlantic Arts Center [8230 Georgia Avenue, Silver Spring, MD] (Sonic Circuits event)
• Dex Romweber Duo, Orbo & the Longshots, and the Blackberry Belles - Red Palace
• Disastrous Consequences, Kill Lincoln, and Daycare Swindlers - Comet Ping Pong
• Drop Electric, Teen Mom, Mittenfields, and Sam Cooper & the Sleepwalkers - Black Cat (Mainstage)
• Elite 8 Bhangra Invitational - Warner Theatre
• Enter the Haggis - the Hamilton
• Flamenco Festival 2012: Ballet Flamenco Manuela Carrasco - Lisner Auditorium
• Gaelic Storm - Birchmere - sold out
• Hybrid, Gradius, Silence the Blind, Survive the Demise, and Vomiting Dinosaurs - Balls Bluff Tavern [2-D Loudoun Street Southwest, Leesburg, VA] (Monthly Metal at Balls Bluff)
• John Oliver - DC Improv [1140 Connecticut Ave NW, WDC]
• Kid Gloves, Bionic Man, Wales, and BGCZ - Sinix (Baltimore)
• Kill Betty, Ashes to Embers, Black Angel Down, Perg Effect, and Community Center - Recher Theatre (Towson, MD)
• the Legwarmers - State Theatre - sold out
• Lords of the Highway, JP McDermott & the Western Bop, Pete Yorko, and Robert Mitchell - Sidebar Tavern [218 East Lexington St, Baltimore, MD]
• Manassas Symphony: Musical Kaleidoscope - Hylton Performing Arts Center [10960 George Mason Circle, Manassas, VA]
• Mary Chapin Carpenter - a night of storytelling, music, & dance - with Rain Pryor - Meyerhoff Symphony Hall [Baltimore, MD]
• MeWithoutYou, Sainthood Reps, and Cold Fronts - Metro Gallery (Baltimore)
• Mike Stern & Dave Weckl and Tom Kennedy & Bob Franceschini - Blues Alley (Two shows)
• the Milk Carton Kids - Night Cat [5 Goldsborough St, Easton, MD]
• the No Antidote Tour with Two Fresh & Nit Grit - Baltimore SoundStage
• Pain in the Big Neck 2012: the Spits, TV Ghost, Livids (feat. New Bomb Turks' Eric Davidson), Hollywood, Plates, White Whale, Tremors II, Murder, and Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb - Sonar (Baltimore) (Talking Head Club & Lounge)
• Playground Etiquette, the Root Stompers, and Brace Yourself - Big Bear CafÈ [1700 First St NW, WDC]
• Possessed, Darkness Descends, and Seelow Heights - Empire (formerly Jaxx)
• The Return (Beatles Tribute) - Rams Head Tavern (Annapolis)
• The Rockin' Massacre (bands to be announced) - Sinix (Baltimore) CANCELLED
• Scott Ramminger & the Crawstickers - Hill Country Live [410 7th St NW, WDC]
• Speaking Tube featuring Parisian vocalist Emilie Lesbros - Twins Jazz (Two shows)
• Stout Cortez, Uma Thurman, and Sugarm - Velvet Lounge
• Test Pattern Radio, Out Cold, Swarm the North, High Risk High Reward, and Slurp Crunch - Rams Head Live! (Baltimore)
• Treasure Fingers, Stereo Faith, and DJ Yorker - U St Music Hall
• Trey Songz and Big Sean - DAR Constitution Hall
• UMD Wind Orchestra: Czechs and Balances - Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center at University of Maryland [Stadium Drive at Route 193, College Park, MD]
• the Werks and Jesters of Kindness - 8x10 [10 East Cross St, Baltimore, MD 21230]
• Whiskey & the Kidney Stones and FatManCatBite - the Whiskey Annapolis [1803 West St., Annapolis, MD]
• RECOMMENDED - Windhand, Ilsa, Natur, Pilgrim, and Midnight Eye - St. Stephen & the Incarnation Episcopal Church
• Young Jeezy - Fillmore Silver Spring

Sunday, 4 March 2012

• the 9 Singer-Songwriter Series (presented by Justin Trawick) - Metro Gallery (Baltimore)
• Arborea and Ambassadors - Jammin' Java
• Battle of the Bands - Baltimore SoundStage
• Ben Bellman (violin) - Strathmore (Mansion - 4 PM)
• Casey James and Mason Vixon - Recher Theatre (Towson, MD)
• Celtic Woman - France-Merrick Performing Arts Center / Hippodrome (Baltimore) (Two Shows)
• Children of Bodom, Eluveitie, Revocation, and Threat Signal - Rams Head Live! (Baltimore)
• Chuck Loeb - Rams Head Tavern (Annapolis)
• Conservatory Project: students from the Manhattan School of Music Percussion Ensemble perform a program of works by Steve Reich - Kennedy Center (Millennium Stage - in the Terrace Theater)
• Copstabber, Common Enemy, Reanimate, the NVs, and Demands - Ras Hall [4809 Georgia Avenue NW, WDC]
• Doc Hochman's Mardi Gras Dixieband - Rams Head Tavern (Annapolis) (All-Ages Matinee)
• Eliot Seppa Quartet - Twins Jazz (Two shows)
• EmCee the MC, PHZ Sicks, GED Gettin Every Dollar, Smithradio, CoOla Blacardi, JIT, Menace, Jay Dollar, 1st Fam, Fam 1st, Ellis D, Paper Plain, STREET CELEBRITY ENT - Empire (formerly Jaxx)
• Gaelic Storm - Birchmere - sold out
• Glen Phillips (of Toad the Wet Sprocket) - Wolf Trap (the Barns)
• Gospel Brunch featuring the Gospel Persuaders - the Hamilton (Two shows - 10:30 AM and 1 PM)
• A Great Big Pile of Leaves, Young Statues, Mansions, the Baby Grand, and Have Mercy - Ottobar (Baltimore)
• Heypenny and Antennas Up - IOTA Club & CafÈ
• Jessica Smucker - Ebenezers Coffeehouse [201 F Street NE, WDC] (4 PM to 6 PM)
• Jim Avett - Night Cat [5 Goldsborough St, Easton, MD]
• Jim Jones (Vampire Life - We Own the Night tour) with guests Ninjasonik, Nayemiah Supreme, Skotch Davis, Only (G.H.G.H.) - Sonar (Baltimore)
• Jonas Sees in Color, For the Foxes, This Love, Jon Garcia, and the Wild Hunt - Sonar (Baltimore) (Talking Head Lounge)
• Liudmila Georgievskaya (piano) - the Phillips Collection, Music Room [1600 21st St NW] (4 PM)
• Michael Burks - the Hamilton
• Mike Stern & Dave Weckl and Tom Kennedy & Bob Franceschini - Blues Alley (Two shows)
• Monika Jalili - the Freer Gallery [1050 Independence Ave SW, WDC] (Two Shows - 1 PM & 4 PM)
• Mr. Moccasin, Travels (ex-Metal Hearts, ex-Victory at Sea), and Cathedral Spires - Golden West Cafe (Baltimore)
• NSO Family Concert: the Mozart Experience with Magic Circle Mime Company - Kennedy Center (Concert Hall - 1 & 3 PM)
• RECOMMENDED - Silo Halo, the Water, Heavy Sons, and Priests - Sova [1359 H Street NE, Washington DC]
• Teen Mom, Each Other, and Cigarette - Velvet Lounge
• What Makes it Great? With Rob Kapilow - Beethoven's Cello Sonata No. 3 - Zuill Bailey (cello) and Yuliya Gorenman (piano) - 6th & I
• Young Prisms and Boy Friend - DC9

Monday, 5 March 2012

• Another Brother, Deadbeat Darling, and Urban Cartel - DC9
• Big Band Caliente - Blues Alley (Two shows)
• Blues Alley Youth Orchestra - Kennedy Center (Millennium Stage)
• Boyz II Men - Birchmere - sold out
• Chevelle, Middle Class Rut, and Janus - Rams Head Live! (Baltimore) - sold out
• Christoph Eschenbach & Matthias Goerne, baritone - Kennedy Center (Terrace Theater)
• Derek Evry (2-hour performance and birthday celebration) - Buzz Bakery [901 Slaters Lane, Alexandria, VA]
• the Flatliners, Static Radio, and Kill Lincoln - Sonar (Baltimore) (Talking Head Lounge)
• Jim James (Vampire Life tour), Ninjasonik, and Nyemiah Supreme - U St Music Hall
• Korallreven, Lemonade, Young Magic, and Stout Cortez - Black Cat (Mainstage)
• Lights and Ambassadors - 9:30 Club
• the Milk Carton Kids and Trevor Menear - Jammin' Java
• Monkey Doris, the Highway, and Justin Trawick - Velvet Lounge
• Noise in the Basement - Baltimore SoundStage
• Prince Rama and Pygmy Lush (ex-Pg. 99) - Comet Ping Pong
• the Sidekicks, Dartagnan, and the Fordists - Charm City Art Space (Baltimore)
• Sparklehorse tribute, featuring members of bellflur playing good morning spider in its entirety, with an opening solo piano set by Hundredhundred - Galaxy Hut
• Travels (ex-Victory at Sea, ex-metal hearts) and Brandon Butler - IOTA Club & CafÈ
• Tyga - Fillmore Silver Spring

Tuesday, 6 March 2012

• Akoma Drummers - Bossa
• Altan - Wolf Trap (the Barns)
• Burnham, Romance on a Rocketship, Weatherstar, the Getaways, Drop 42, and Orange Light Catalyst - Ottobar (Baltimore)
• Conservatory Project: students from Jacobs School of Music at Indiana University perform a program featuring works by composers J.S. Bach, Carl Maria von Weber, Georges Bizet, Manuel de Falla, Gioachino Rossini, Alexander Scriabin, Dmitri Shostakovich, Sergei Rachmaninoff, and Nikolai Kapustin. - Kennedy Center (Millennium Stage - in the Terrace Theater)
• David Kitchen Band - Hill Country Live [410 7th St NW, WDC]
• Experience Hendrix - featuring Billy Cox (of the Band of Gypsys & Jimi Hendrix Experience), Buddy Guy, Jonny Lang, Kenny Wayne Shepherd, Dweezil Zappa, Brad Whitford (of Aerosmith), Chris Layton (of Stevie Ray Vaughan & Double Trouble), Mato Nanji (of Indigenous) and Eric Gales - Strathmore (Music Center) - sold out
• A Great Big Pile of Leaves, Young Statues, Mansions, and the Baby Grand - Jammin' Java
• Jerry Joseph - IOTA Club & CafÈ
• Justin Jones (acoustic band) - Jackie's Sidebar [8081 Georgia Ave, Silver Spring, MD]
• the Knocks, St. Lucia, and Savoir Adore - U St Music Hall
• Little Wings Little Hips, Happy New Year, Battle Ave Cheers Elephant, and Me and This Army - Sidebar Tavern [218 East Lexington St, Baltimore, MD]
• Mindless Self Indulgence and Morningwood (farewell tour) - Rams Head Live! (Baltimore)
• Nate Najar - Blues Alley (Two shows)
• Oberhofer, Pond, and Dive - Black Cat (Backstage)
• Out of Your Head - Improvised and Experimental Music Collective - Wind-Up Space (Baltimore) (Free!)
• Royal Baths, Other Colors, and Slowdance - Golden West Cafe (Baltimore)
• School Boy Humor, Rookie of the Year, and Fourth Quarter Comeback - Sonar (Baltimore) (Talking Head Club)
• Soul Salvation feat. Ruthie Foster with Paul Thorn - Rams Head Tavern (Annapolis)
• Tom Cunningham Orchestra - Carlyle Club [411 John Carlyle Street, Alexandria, VA]
• Travis Tritt (solo) - Birchmere - sold out
• Tuesdays with Marty Nau - Twins Jazz (Two shows)
• Typefighter, Cheers Elephant, and the Trillions - Velvet Lounge
• XRay Eyeballs, Foul Swoops, and Bezoar - Comet Ping Pong

Wednesday, 7 March 2012

• Anti-Flag, the Flatliners, and Have Nots - Rock & Roll Hotel
• Body Wishes, Moon King, Odonis Odonis, Hooded Fang, and Tops - Paper Sun [WDC]
• Bombay Bicycle Club, the Darcys, and Lucy Rose - 9:30 Club
• Boyce Avenue, Secondhand Serenade, and After Party - Rams Head Live! (Baltimore)
• Burnham, Romance on a Rocketship, the Getaways, Drop 42, and Orange Light Catalyst - Ottobar (Baltimore) (Catch Me If You Can Tour)
• Cissa Paz - Bossa
• Conservatory Project: Students from Eastman School of Music at the University of Rochester perform a vocal program featuring works by composers Gioacchino Rossini, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Samuel Barber, Bedrich Smetana, Richard Strauss, Georges Bizet, Jason Robert Brown, and Jerome Kern. - Kennedy Center (Millennium Stage - in the Terrace Theater)
• Dead Leaf Echo, the Water, Fan-Tan, and Bad Liquor Pond - Metro Gallery (Baltimore)
• Fanfarlo, Young Man, and DJ Lil E - U St Music Hall (Early Show - 7 PM)
• Flamenco Festival 2012: CompaÒÌa Rafaela Carrasco - Lisner Auditorium
• the Idan Raichel Project - 6th & I
• Jennifer O'Connor, Romania & the Jaabs (members of the Oranges Band), and Tim Faljahn - Velvet Lounge (Donut Go There: Zine Release Party & Indie Rock Show)
• Justin Jones (acoustic band) - Dangerously Delicious Pies [2839 O'Donnell Street, Baltimore, MD]
• Matthew Dear, Body Language, and Prab K - U St Music Hall (Late Show - 10 PM)
• Me You Us Them, Screen Vinyl Image, and Dead Mellotron - Sonar (Baltimore) (Talking Head Lounge)
• Memphis Gold - Blues Alley (Two shows)
• the Michael Schenker Group - MSG - (reunion tour with Robin McAuley) and Seelow Heights - Empire (formerly Jaxx)
• Nate Foley (Artist in Residence) - Strathmore (Mansion)
• Nicole Saphos Quartet - Twins Jazz (Two shows)
• Paul Thorn Band & Ruthie Foster Band - Birchmere
• Pigeons Playing Ping Pong, the Shack Band, and the Rez - 8x10 [10 East Cross St, Baltimore, MD 21230] (March Residency)
• Playing for Change Band - Rams Head Tavern (Annapolis)
• Samuel Beckett's Ohio Impromptu directed by Joy Zinzoman and Cygnus Ensemble - Day 1 of a two-day celebration of the legacy of pianist/composer Dina Koston - Library of Congress Coolidge Auditorium [Thomas Jefferson Building, 10 First St SE, WDC]
• Scott Kelly (of Neurosis and Shrinebuilder - acoustic) and Eugene Robinson (of Oxbow - spoken word/acoustic) - Golden West Cafe (Baltimore)
• Tribal Seeds, Fortunate Youth, and Bimini Rd. - Jammin' Java (2012 Run the Show Tour)
• White Rabbits, Tennis, and Daughter - Black Cat (Mainstage) - sold out

Thursday, 8 March 2012

• Ary Zogdoule and his Cameroonian all-star crew, members of Chopteeth and Cheick Hamala Diabate, celebrating the release of Zemelewa from Ivorian-American group Zieti - Bossa
• the Australian Bee Gees Show - Rams Head Tavern (Annapolis)
• Balkan Beat Box and Palenke Soultribe - Rams Head Live! (Baltimore)
• Bellflur, Spanish Prisoners, and Cigarette - IOTA Club & CafÈ
• Black Box Revelation and the Jones - DC9
• the Black Lillies - Night Cat [5 Goldsborough St, Easton, MD]
• Bull Moose Party, Constant Alarm, and the NRIs - Rock & Roll Hotel
• Cabinet - Hill Country Live [410 7th St NW, WDC]
• the Clippers, Barrow, Trees on Light, Among Friends, Montpellier, Voyage In Coma, and Fires - Charm City Art Space (Baltimore)
• Conservatory Project: students from New England Conservatory of Music perform a program featuring works by composers Michael Sachs, Ehud Ettun, Andrew Halchak, Camille Saint-Saens, and Maurice Ravel - Kennedy Center (Millennium Stage - in the Terrace Theater)
• Daikaiju, JJ Damage & the Bandits, Dirty Fences, and Young Jaguars - Asefu's [1920 9th St NW, WDC]
• Dangermuffin, Cris Jacobs Band, and Medicine Lake - Jammin' Java
• Denis Beuret (Swiss Trombone Star) with Elliott Levin, Weasel Walter (of the Flying Luttenbachers), and Marc Edwards - the Dunes [1402 Meridian Place NW, WDC]
• Earl Klugh - Blues Alley (Two shows)
• Gulley Jimson - Solly's [1942 11th St NW, WDC]
• Jerry Joseph and Matt Gamble - 8x10 [10 East Cross St, Baltimore, MD 21230]
• Jon Anderson (of Yes) - Baltimore SoundStage
• Karl Scully (former Irish Tenor) - Wolf Trap (the Barns)
• Kathleen Madigan - Birchmere - sold out
• Kayte Grace, Ali Grayson, Justin Levinson, and Casey Dinkin - Ebenezers Coffeehouse [201 F Street NE, WDC]
• Leon Fleischer (piano and conductor) and Katherine Jacobson Fleischer (piano) with musicians from the Peabody Institute of the Johns Hopkins University - Day 2 of a two-day celebration of the legacy of pianist/composer Dina Koston - Library of Congress Coolidge Auditorium [Thomas Jefferson Building, 10 First St SE, WDC]
• Los Amigos Invisibles (End of the World Tour), Lou Lou (Thievery Corp), and DJ Afro - Black Cat (Mainstage)
• Michael Thomas Quintet - Strathmore (Mansion)
• National Symphony Orchestra: Christoph Eschenbach, conductor / Matthias Goerne, bass-baritone & Michelle DeYoung, mezzo-soprano / Music of BartÛk - Kennedy Center (Concert Hall)
• Nick Horner Ensemble, Tuth Baar, and Beep Honk - Wind-Up Space (Baltimore)
• Niki & the Dove and Gordon Voldwell - U St Music Hall
• Not So Modern Jazz Band - St Elmo's Coffee Pub [2300 Mt Vernon Ave, Alexandria, VA 22301]
• Pat Green - 9:30 Club
• Secret Mountains, Arbouretum, and Sri Aurobindo - Ottobar (Baltimore)
• Secret Music, Raindeer, Youngster, and the Gentlemen - Metro Gallery (Baltimore)
• Sourvein, Order of the Owl (ex-Zoroaster), OAK, and Heaviness of the Load - Sidebar Tavern [218 East Lexington St, Baltimore, MD]
• Steam Powered Orchestra, Half Past Seven, Firebird Special, and Borderline - Recher Theatre (Towson, MD)
• Todd Glass - DC Improv [1140 Connecticut Ave NW, WDC]
• Violette - Twins Jazz (Two shows)
• Washerwoman, Dead Leaf Echo, Fan-Tan, and Sansyou - Velvet Lounge

Friday, 9 March 2012

• Color Me Obsessed: The Potentially True Story of the Last Best Band, The Replacements Film Screening, followed by a Q&A with filmmaker Gorman Bechard - Black Cat (Backstage)
• the 9 Songwriter Series: Justin Trawick, Gideon Grove, Molly Hagen, Amanda Badze, Wendell Kimbrough, Nathan Robinson, Jim Shirey, Owen Danoff, Ben Hofer - Black Cat (Mainstage)
• the Alfredo Mojica Group - Bossa
• All 4 U, Amardon, and DJ Iceluv - the Whiskey Annapolis [1803 West St., Annapolis, MD]
• All Maryland Local band showcase - Then Came TheSky (Experimental/Dark Electronic), Corpusle (Post-Hardcore/Experimental), Disette (Death Metal/Metalcore), the Pessimist Hangs the Optimist (Screamo), Go Home Freshman (Pop-Punk), the Usual ("Emoviolence"), Coxey Brown (Power Pop), and Shedding Skin (Hardcore) - Charm City Art Space (Baltimore)
• Alvin Tan with Matthew Almodiel, Christopher Santa Ana, Isaac Poet, Atoms Apart, Rooftop Pursuit, and DJ Asu Rock - the Dunes [1402 Meridian Place NW, WDC] (Kollaboration DC Fundraiser)
• The Amazing Kreskin - Wolf Trap (the Barns)
• Bet on Black (CD Release), Lakeview, ELIM, In Visions, Epitome of the Weak, Nine Days Gone, Painted Skies, Bandits and Beggars, The Rebuilt Machine, Aim for the Weekend, and For Valor and Glory - Empire (formerly Jaxx)
• the Black Keys and Arctic Monkeys - Verizon Center - sold out
• Con Gioia with soprano Julianne Baird and Preethi de Silva, harpsichord and fortepiano - commemorating an "Originalgenie: A Birthday Tribute to Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach" - Library of Congress Coolidge Auditorium [Thomas Jefferson Building, 10 First St SE, WDC]
• Conservatory Project: Students from Berklee College of Musicøs Silent Film Orchestra perform a 2011 original score to the 1925 Sergei Eisenstein film Battleship Potemkin - Kennedy Center (Millennium Stage - in the Terrace Theater)
• Crooked Tree, Sol Roots Trio, and Orchard Wall - Rock & Roll Hotel
• Dangermuffin and Cris Jacobs Band - 8x10 [10 East Cross St, Baltimore, MD 21230]
• Dub Nation featuring Gemini & Koan Sound - Recher Theatre (Towson, MD)
• Earl Klugh - Blues Alley (Two shows)
• the Grandsons and Jon Shain - IOTA Club & CafÈ
• Journopalooza - the Hamilton
• Kaiser Chiefs and Walk the Moon - 9:30 Club (RESCHEDULED FROM 9/16/11) - sold out
• Kathleen Madigan - Birchmere - sold out
• Kindred the Family Soul and Jeff Bradshaw - Baltimore SoundStage - sold out
• La Shica: Flamenco Fusion Artist - Artisphere (Dome Theatre)
• Lifestream, Eddie Brock, Passengers, LTW, and Wiretap - the Boathouse [10348 Commonwealth Blvd, Fairfax, VA]
• National Symphony Orchestra: "Hungarian Dances" (music by Bartok, Kodaly, and Liszt) - Kennedy Center (Concert Hall)
• NOVOFEST Day 1: Buildings, Les Rhinoceros, Beyond Say, Three Red Crowns, Time Columns, hard Knocks, Ike Shark, Valerian Swing - Wind-Up Space (Baltimore)
• Old Wounds, Caust, Family Dinner, Hank!, and Cheesus Crust - Asefu's [1920 9th St NW, WDC]
• the Pandas (CD Release Party), Radical Discharge, Simon, and Diary of Azael - Metro Gallery (Baltimore)
• Passing Phases, Minutes, and Whales - Comet Ping Pong
• Pat Green and Josh Abbott Band - Rams Head Live! (Baltimore)
• Paula Cole - Rams Head Tavern (Annapolis)
• Red Fridays: Paul Woolford, Joe L. - U St Music Hall
• the Roadhouse Clams and Karen Collins and the Backroads Band - Night Cat [5 Goldsborough St, Easton, MD]
• Romeo Santos - Patriot Center
• SAW Emerging Artist Showcase - hosted by Margot MacDonald - Ebenezers Coffeehouse [201 F Street NE, WDC]
• Screen Vinyl Image, the Foreign Resort, Last Remaining Pinnacle, and Teething Veils - Velvet Lounge
• Scrubpines - St Elmo's Coffee Pub [2300 Mt Vernon Ave, Alexandria, VA 22301]
• Sing Me Insomnia and Foreverisforever (acoustic) - Jammin' Java (Early show - 7 PM)
• Sleeping With Sirens, Abandon All Ships, Conditions, and Secrets - Ottobar (Baltimore) - sold out
• SNRG PRESENTS: Lucky Number Fireday 7: The Heat Is On! - Jammin' Java (Late Show - 10 PM)
• Spank Rock and Po Po - Golden West Cafe (Baltimore)
• Spirit of Uganda: A Project of Empower African Children - Strathmore (Music Center)
• Stone Kawala with Burnett Benardo Jazz Trio and Spit Hot Fire - Strathmore (Mansion)
• Stray From the Path, My Ransomed Soul, Haven in Exile, the Lives to Come, and Eyes on Chelsea - LHUMC [200 School Ln, Linthicum Heights, MD]
• Todd Glass - DC Improv [1140 Connecticut Ave NW, WDC]
• Veronneau - Twins Jazz (Two shows)
• the Woodshedders - Hill Country Live [410 7th St NW, WDC]

Saturday, 10 March 2012

• Bad Domes - DC9
• Black Dog Prowl, Kid Architect, and Frenamie - Red Palace
• the Black Lilies and Drew Gibson - the Hamilton
• Brighter than a Thousand Suns, Life As a Ghost, Save Our Sins, Petrify, Fields Without Fences, and As It Ends - Sonar (Baltimore) (Talking Head Lounge)
• Chopteeth Afrofunk Big Band and All Mighty Senators - U St Music Hall (Early Show - 7 PM)
• Conservatory Project: Students from Oberlin Conservatory of Music perform a program featuring works by composers Joseph Haydn, Luciano Berio, Zoltan Kodaly, Henri Dutilleux, and Patrick Adams. - Kennedy Center (Millennium Stage - in the Terrace Theater)
• Crowded Streets (Dave Matthews Band tribute) - Fillmore Silver Spring
• Cubista - Bossa
• Dada Life - Baltimore SoundStage
• the Dance Party, the Silver Liners, New York Rivals, and Redline Graffiti - Rock & Roll Hotel
• Diplo and Des McMahon - Fur Nightclub [33 Patterson Street NE, WDC]
• Earl Klugh - Blues Alley (Two shows)
• Faster Pussycat, King Belvedere, Wasabi, and Teazer - Sonar (Baltimore) (Talking Head Club)
• Hate Eternal - Sonar (Baltimore) CANCELLED
• HELLPIE, Replicant., Stella Mira, Shade Parade, Howlin Bends, Blasted Varmints, Always In Transit, Subject to Change, and IMU URI - Empire (formerly Jaxx)
• the Lemonheads (performing It's a Shame About Ray in its entirety), Meredith Sheldon the Shining Twins, and the Courtesy Line - Ottobar (Baltimore)
• Losers Sometimes Win, Red Eyed Devils, Ballistic, Pleasant Living, Disturbing the Peace, and Empire of Rust - Charm City Art Space (Baltimore)
• Manassas Chorale: Voices United - Hylton Performing Arts Center [10960 George Mason Circle, Manassas, VA]
• Maura O'Connell and Buddy Mondlock - Birchmere
• Mike Elosh - St Elmo's Coffee Pub [2300 Mt Vernon Ave, Alexandria, VA 22301]
• moe. and The Founding Fathers (ft. Andy Falco & Chris Pandolfi of The Infamous Stringdusters) - Rams Head Live! (Baltimore)
• Mooks, Moniker, and Vinny Vegas - Velvet Lounge
• Mutemath and Canon Blue - 9:30 Club (the Odd Soul Tour) - sold out
• Nate Leath and Friends, Big Chimney, and Porch Pickers Brigade - IOTA Club & CafÈ
• National Symphony Orchestra: Christoph Eschenbach, conductor / Matthias Goerne, bass-baritone & Michelle DeYoung, mezzo-soprano / Music of BartÛk - Kennedy Center (Concert Hall)
• North Mississippi Allstars and Lightnin' Malcolm - State Theatre CANCELLED
• Nouveau Riche - Gavin Holland, Steve Starks, Nacey - U St Music Hall (Late Show - 10 PM)
• NOVOFEST Day 2: We Used To Be Family, Cavallo, Drunk Monk, Caverns, Young Jaguars, Tone, Scrotalope, the Dry Sea - Wind-Up Space (Baltimore)
• On Standby, Sweet Suicide, Annendel, and Kalevra - Sidebar Tavern [218 East Lexington St, Baltimore, MD]
• Outram - Night Cat [5 Goldsborough St, Easton, MD]
• Paula Cole - Wolf Trap (the Barns)
• Reverb & Euphonism: Intersecting A Cappella - Atlas Performing Arts Center [1333 H St NE, WDC]
• Rocknoceros - Ebenezers Coffeehouse [201 F Street NE, WDC] (11 AM Show)
• Sanhedron, Violet Says 5, Tommy McGee & the Baby Please, the Civics Club, and Eden Burns - the Whiskey Annapolis [1803 West St., Annapolis, MD]
• School Boy Humor, Rookie of the Year, and Fourth Quarter Comeback - Jammin' Java (Early Show - 6 PM)
• the Screws, Dead Face, Booze Riot, and Dial-Up - La Casa [3166 Mount Pleasant St, WDC] (Benefit for Jobs With Justice)
• Shockwave Magazine show - Sinix (Baltimore)
• Stephen Kellogg and the Sixers, Native Run, and Katrina - 8x10 [10 East Cross St, Baltimore, MD 21230]
• Straight Line Stitch, Xstrophy, Feritas, Lovey, and When Cities Sleep - Recher Theatre (Towson, MD)
• Tereu Tereu, Moonlight Bride, and Southern Problems - the Dunes [1402 Meridian Place NW, WDC]
• Terri Clark (Roots & Wings Unplugged Tour) - Rams Head Tavern (Annapolis)
• Todd Glass - DC Improv [1140 Connecticut Ave NW, WDC]
• Unity (a 311 Day Tribute) - Jammin' Java (Late show - 10 PM)
• Velvet Ants, 9 Days Gone, and In Like Lions - Axum's Level X Lounge [1934 9th St. NW, WDC]
• Yoga Activist Dance Party with DJ Names Names (Ian Svenonius) and Stainless Space (Michelle Mae) - Comet Ping Pong

Sunday, 11 March 2012

• Andrea Pais (singer/songwriter and pianist) - Twins Jazz (Two shows)
• Andres Lopez - State Theatre POSTPONED
• Bluegrass Brunch w/ Dead Men's Hollow - Jammin' Java (Afternoon show - 1 PM)
• Creative Differences Presents: 2nd Sunday Jazz Series - Pierre Favre (drums) & Samuel Blaser (trombone) with Dave Ballou (trumpet), John Dierker (reeds) & Lafayette Gilchrist (piano) - Wind-Up Space (Baltimore)
• Earl Klugh - Blues Alley (Two shows)
• Garuda Face, Hobby Wolf Airport, Nobody Likes Neville, and the Krumpled Ones - Recher Theatre (Towson, MD)
• Gemini and Koan Sound - U St Music Hall
• Gospel Brunch featuring the Gospel Persuaders - the Hamilton (Two shows - 10:30 AM & 1 PM)
• the Grilled Lincolns, Rebel Nation, and Aer (Aer is now performing on 4/22/12) - Baltimore SoundStage
• Herbie Hancock - Kennedy Center (Concert Hall)
• Ilsa, Hollow Leg, and Passage Between - Golden West Cafe (Baltimore)
• Jon Anderson - the Hamilton
• Joseph Bowie + Nasar Abadey, Jessica Boykin-Settles Quartet, and Eliot Seppa Trio - the Dunes [1402 Meridian Place NW, WDC] (DC Jazz Loft)
• Localpalooza featuring Encasing Embrace, One Year Later, Behind The Madness, Omit the Alibi, and Forgive the Grave - Empire (formerly Jaxx)
• Narrows, All Pigs Must Die, L.T.W., and Holy Tongues (ex-Ruiner) - DC9
• Orgy, One Eyed Doll, and Faultline - Rams Head Live! (Baltimore)
• Paul Galbraith (guitar) - Strathmore (Mansion)
• Paul Kelly - Jammin' Java - sold out
• Senayit and the Mercy Alliance - BloomBars [3222 11th St NW, WDC]
• the Shrouded Strangers and Diamonds Ahead - Black Cat (Backstage)
• Steven Osborne - the Phillips Collection, Music Room [1600 21st St NW] (4 PM)
• Terri Clark (Roots & Wings Unplugged Tour) - Rams Head Tavern (Annapolis)
• Three Cities Chamber Music Marathon - part of The Music of Budapest, Prague, and Vienna (check Kennedy Center site for times) - Kennedy Center (Millennium Stage - in the Terrace Theater)
• Throwing Up, Sick Sick Birds, Widows Watch, and Mondo Ray - Ottobar (Baltimore) (8 PM Show - Upstairs)
• Todd Glass - DC Improv [1140 Connecticut Ave NW, WDC]
• Triac, Callous, Mind As Prison, Ecco, and Misled Youth - Casa Fiesta [4910 Wisconsin Ave NW, WDC]
• The United States Army Band - "Pershing's Own" - Strathmore (Music Center; 3 PM Show)
• Warped Tour Battle of the Bands - Ottobar (Baltimore) (5 PM Show)
• Watch Awards - Birchmere
• Young the Giant and Grouplove - 9:30 Club - sold out
• Youth Orchestra of Prince William: Something Old, Something New - Hylton Performing Arts Center [10960 George Mason Circle, Manassas, VA] (3 PM Show)

Monday, 12 March 2012

• Allan Holdsworth, Virgil Donati & Jimmy Haslip - Rams Head Tavern (Annapolis)
• Christoph Eschenbach (piano) & Dan Zhu (violin) - Kennedy Center (Terrace Theater)
• Conservatory Project: Students from University of Michigan School of Music, Theatre, & Dance perform a program featuring works by composers Andrea Clearfield, Arvo Part, Amilcare Ponchielli, and Claude Debussy - Kennedy Center (Millennium Stage - in the Family Theater)
• Crunk Witch and Social Repose - Galaxy Hut
• Gomez and Hey Rosetta! - 9:30 Club
• Jay Farrar, Will Johnson, Anders Parker, & Yim Yames (members of Son Volt, Centro-Matic, Varnaline, and My Morning Jacket) - paying homage to Woody Guthrie on their new album New Multitudes - with an opening set by Bobby Bare Jr. - Birchmere - sold out
• Ladysmith Black Mambazo - Wolf Trap (the Barns) - sold out
• the Max Levine Ensemble, Delay, Tin Armor, and Mary Christ - Asefu's [1920 9th St NW, WDC]
• Noise in the Basement - Baltimore SoundStage
• Paul Kelly - Jammin' Java - sold out
• Roomrunner, Priests, and the Deads - Black Cat (Backstage)
• Shinedown (acoustic show) - Baltimore SoundStage (6 PM - win tickets on 98 Rock)
• Sweet Interference and Ditched By Kate - IOTA Club & CafÈ
• Swing Shift (18 piece big band) - Blues Alley (Two shows)
• United States Marine Band - "The President's Own" - Strathmore (Music Center)
• VNV Nation and Straftanz - Rams Head Live! (Baltimore)

Tuesday, 13 March 2012

• Big Leg Emma - Hill Country Live [410 7th St NW, WDC]
• City Lights, Freshman 15, Half Past 12, Go Home Freshmen, Like You To Me, and Something More - Ottobar (Baltimore)
• Conservatory Project: Students from The Peabody Institute perform a program featuring works by composers Franz Schubert, Hugo Wolf, Richard Strauss, Samuel Barber, and Ludwig van Beethoven - Kennedy Center (Millennium Stage - in the Family Theater)
• Drew Holcomb and the Neighbors and Nathan Angelo - Night Cat [5 Goldsborough St, Easton, MD]
• Enter the Haggis - Rams Head Tavern (Annapolis)
• Four Tet (live) and FaltyDL - U St Music Hall
• Iced Earth and Warbringer - 9:30 Club
• Jimmy Bruno (guitar) - Blues Alley (Two shows)
• RECOMMENDED - John K Samson and the Provincial Band (from the Weakerthans) and Shotgun Jimmie - Black Cat (Mainstage)
• Justin Jones (electric band) - Quarry House Tavern [8401 Georgia Ave., Silver Spring, MD] (10 PM Show)
• the Last Monarchs and Sarah White - IOTA Club & CafÈ
• Monty Python's Spamalot - Warner Theatre
• Out of Your Head - Improvised and Experimental Music Collective - Wind-Up Space (Baltimore) (Free!)
• Ray Bennett & Band, Ockham's Razor, and Concrete Cloud - Jammin' Java
• Swagfunk, Kabob-O-Taj, and Re Yeti - Sidebar Tavern [218 East Lexington St, Baltimore, MD]
• Takács Quartet - Kennedy Center (Terrace Theater)
• Tuesdays with Marty Nau - Twins Jazz (Two shows)

Wednesday, 14 March 2012

• Afroroots by Eme & Heteru - Twins Jazz (Two shows)
• Charlie & the Contraband - St Elmo's Coffee Pub [2300 Mt Vernon Ave, Alexandria, VA 22301]
• Club Scout, Classified Frequency, and Philomath - Velvet Lounge
• Clube Do Samba - Bossa
• Drew Holcomb and the Neighbors and Nathan Angelo - Jammin' Java
• Expansive Eye and Melaphyrd - Ottobar (Baltimore) (Upstairs and Free!)
• the Fighting Jamesons - Rams Head Tavern (Annapolis)
• Frank Vignola (guitar) - Blues Alley (Two shows)
• Frank Yamma - Kennedy Center (Millennium Stage)
• Gentleman and the Evolution and Jah Works - State Theatre
• the Irish Rovers - Wolf Trap (the Barns) - sold out
• Jefferson Starship - the Hamilton
• MCYO: Con Forza, Fuoco, y Passione - Strathmore (Music Center)
• Monty Python's Spamalot - Warner Theatre
• Moombahton Massive XIII - Nadastrom, Sabo, Toddla T - U St Music Hall
• Obits, Fists, and Talk It - Black Cat (Backstage)
• Pharmacists, Walk the Plank, Tideland, and Z.T.S. (members of Damnation AD) - DC9
• Pi(e) Day Radio CPR Benefit featuring live music and Radio CPR DJs (and pie) - St. Stephen & the Incarnation Episcopal Church
• Pigeons Playing Ping Pong - 8x10 [10 East Cross St, Baltimore, MD 21230] (March Residency)
• Thumbscrew - Halvorsen/Formanek/Fujwara - Wind-Up Space (Baltimore)
• Uncle Kracker, Sonia Leigh, and Ty Stone - 9:30 Club

Thursday, 15 March 2012

• Andy Kushner Entertainment - Fillmore Silver Spring
• Arts and the Brain Series: The Theater of the Brain - Strathmore (Mansion)
• Average White Band - Rams Head Tavern (Annapolis)
• Barnyard Sharks VS Oella and Bobby E Lee & the Sympathizers - Wind-Up Space (Baltimore)
• Bluebeat DC Ska Night - Solly's [1942 11th St NW, WDC]
• Charlie Murphy - DC Improv [1140 Connecticut Ave NW, WDC]
• CJ Chenier - Hill Country Live [410 7th St NW, WDC]
• Coco Montoya and the Patty Reese Band - Birchmere
• Darrell Scott (CD Release party) and Grace Pettis - Jammin' Java - sold out
• Dizzy Reed of Guns N Roses (performing GNR songs and much more) with Chatterbox, Euphorics, Ourglass, and Skitzo Calypso - Recher Theatre (Towson, MD)
• Electro Invasion - with DJ 3rd Degree, Marcius, Dirty Lou, Frankie Fingers - Empire (formerly Jaxx)
• Elliott Brood and the Pack A.D. - DC9
• Emy Tseng (Brazilian jazz vocalist) - Twins Jazz (Two shows)
• Fractal Cat, "F", and No Dancing - Metro Gallery (Baltimore)
• RECOMMENDED - Hank 3 and HellBilly and Attention Deficit Dominiation and 3 Bar Ranch (Kuntry-Hellbilly-Doom) with film Tribulation 99 by Craig Baldwin - 9:30 Club
• He Is Legend, Afreudian Slip, the Life Review, Rome Apart, and Dakota John - Ottobar (Baltimore)
• Hollertown - Sova [1359 H Street NE, Washington DC] (Thursday night bluegrass)
• Jenny Owen Youngs, Beach Week, and Marian McLaughlin - Red Palace
• Leslie & the Lys, Pennyhawk, and Ramona & the Swimsuits - Golden West Cafe (Baltimore)
• Maceo Plex, Catz N Dogz, and Eats Everything - U St Music Hall
• Megafaun and William Tyler - Black Cat (Backstage)
• Mokey Doris and Norman Rockwell - IOTA Club & CafÈ
• Monty Python's Spamalot - Warner Theatre
• National Symphony Orchestra Youth Fellows - Kennedy Center (Millennium Stage)
• National Symphony Orchestra: Christoph Eschenbach, conductor, with the Choral Arts Society of Washington: Beethoven's Fidelio - Kennedy Center (Concert Hall)
• Not So Modern Jazz Band - St Elmo's Coffee Pub [2300 Mt Vernon Ave, Alexandria, VA 22301]
• Paul Reed Smith's Hamilton Band and Brent Mason - the Hamilton
• Perpetual Groove and John Mancini Band - Baltimore SoundStage
• Reel Around the Shamrock with Eileen Ivers - Strathmore (Music Center)
• Sahel - Bossa
• Sal Bando, Pet Parade, and James Haitchwai - Velvet Lounge
• Stanley Jordan (solo guitar) - Blues Alley (Two shows)
• Tom Paxton - Wolf Trap (the Barns)
• Tuaca Drinks & Ink with Powerflex 5 featuring Corey Miller, celebrity tattoo artist - Rams Head Live! (Baltimore) (Free!)
• Violadores, Ratones Paranoicos, & Riff - State Theatre

Friday, 16 March 2012

• DC101 Kegs & Eggs #13: Anberlin, Sleeper Agent, Carbon Leaf, and special guest host Bert Kreischer - 9:30 Club (8 AM Show - 21+ only)
• Aaron Walker and Spiritual Rhythms - Twins Jazz (Two shows)
• the Alfredo Mojica Group - Bossa
• Andy Vaughan and Driveline - Hill Country Live [410 7th St NW, WDC]
• Average White Band - Birchmere
• Bike Trip, Megaphone Barons, and the North Country - Rock & Roll Hotel
• BLUEfiveone and Blue County and Lowercaseletters - Jammin' Java (Late Show - 10 PM)
• Burdens, Passengers, Refiner, Hard Feelings, Unsacred, and Instigate - Charm City Art Space (Baltimore)
• Busted Taillight - St Elmo's Coffee Pub [2300 Mt Vernon Ave, Alexandria, VA 22301]
• Celtic Nights: Journey of Hope - Hylton Performing Arts Center [10960 George Mason Circle, Manassas, VA]
• Charlie Murphy - DC Improv [1140 Connecticut Ave NW, WDC]
• the Chieftans with Paddy Moloney (50th Anniversary Tour) - Kennedy Center (Concert Hall - 8 PM)
• the Courtesans, Nunchucks, Cane & the Sticks, and Maple - Black Cat (Mainstage)
• Derrick Carter & Alan Braxe and Juan Zapata - U St Music Hall
• Dr. Dog - 9:30 Club - sold out
• Drymill Road - Night Cat [5 Goldsborough St, Easton, MD]
• Everything Falls, Psykotic Melody, Hickey From an Alien, and Palace at 4am - Recher Theatre (Towson, MD)
• the Fighting Jamesons (performing Irish Rock's Greatest Hits), the Accidents, and Breaking Borders - State Theatre
• Garrett Anderson Band, Tillers Prospect, and Dropping Sully - Metro Gallery (Baltimore)
• Gay Men's Chorus of Washington presents Richard O'Brien's The Rocky Horror Show - Lisner Auditorium
• Grilled Lincolns, Sweet Leda, 8 OHMS, and Higher Hands - the Whiskey Annapolis [1803 West St., Annapolis, MD]
• GrooveLily - Wolf Trap (the Barns)
• Henry Rollins ("The Long March" Tour) - Baltimore SoundStage - sold out
• the Highballers, Charlie Harrison & the Contraband, and Bobby E Lee & the Sympathizers - Velvet Lounge
• Members of the National Symphony Orchestra - part of The Music of Budapest, Prague, and Vienna - Kennedy Center (Millennium Stage)
• Midnight Spin, When Embers Ignite, and SOMA - 8x10 [10 East Cross St, Baltimore, MD 21230]
• Mindset, Coke Bust, and Dactyl - Asefu's [1920 9th St NW, WDC] SHOW MOVED TO LA CASA IN Mt PLEASANT
• Mindset, Coke Bust, Sick Fix, Dactyl, and History Repeated - La Casa [3166 Mount Pleasant St, WDC] (Moved from Asefu's)
• Monty Python's Spamalot - Warner Theatre
• National Symphony Orchestra: Music by the Strauss Family - Kennedy Center (Concert Hall - 1:30 PM)
• Perpetual Groove - the Hamilton
• Pop Evil, Landsdowne, Otherwise, and Silvertung - Rams Head Live! (Baltimore)
• Restoration Ministries Benefit with Bethany and the Guitar - Ebenezers Coffeehouse [201 F Street NE, WDC]
• Rosie Thomas and Bhi Bhiman - Jammin' Java (Early Show - 7 PM)
• the Rovers and Crossing Celtic - Rams Head Tavern (Annapolis) - sold out
• Satellite Papa, Anthony Alvarado, Half Brother, Panel of Experts, and Guests - Empire (formerly Jaxx)
• Shane Hines, Tony Alany, and Chris Collat Band - IOTA Club & CafÈ
• Sirens & Sailors, Handed to the Thousands, Set to Reflect, One Year Later, Auburn, Thoughts in Reverse, and the Art of Creation - Sonar (Baltimore) (Talking Head Club & Lounge)
• Soul Jam: the Whispers, the Stylistics, & Cuba Gooding Sr. - DAR Constitution Hall
• Stanley Jordan (solo guitar) - Blues Alley (Two shows)
• Super Art Fight 13 with Paul and Storm and Beefy - Ottobar (Baltimore)
• the Tone Rangers, Cornell Hangovers, Walt Whitman High School's Pitch Please, and N.O.T.A. - Potomac United Methodist Church [10300 Falls Road, Potomac, MD]
• Vadim Repin (violin) - Strathmore (Music Center)
• RECOMMENDED - Vox Pop and Euphonism - Strathmore (Mansion - St Patrick's Day A Cappella Celebration)

Saturday, 17 March 2012

• You Ain't Seen Nothin', Yet, Created and Performed by Mark Brutsche - Reston Community Center [2310 Colts Neck Road, Reston, VA]
• Big/Bright, Big Freedia, DJ vANNIEty kills, DJ AutoRock, and DJ Ed the Metaphysical - Rock & Roll Hotel
• Aaron Walker and Spiritual Rhythms - Twins Jazz (Two shows)
• the Ambulars, Dry Feet, Sucked Dry, Bad Doctors, and Negative Degree - Asefu's [1920 9th St NW, WDC]
• Average White Band - Birchmere - sold out
• Better Said Than Done - Jammin' Java (Early Show - 7 PM)
• Brother Joscephus and the Love Revival Revolution Orchestra and Sol Roots - the Hamilton
• BSO: Beethoven and Dvorak - Strathmore (Music Center)
• Celtic Nights: Journey of Hope - Hylton Performing Arts Center [10960 George Mason Circle, Manassas, VA]
• Charlie Murphy - DC Improv [1140 Connecticut Ave NW, WDC]
• Copstabber, Blackout Brigade, the Screws, the Incited, the Mandroids, and Empire of Rust - Sidebar Tavern [218 East Lexington St, Baltimore, MD]
• Cubista - Bossa
• Dale and the Zdubs, Green River Junction, and Tony Kenneth - Velvet Lounge
• Danny Rouhier's CD Recording & St Patrick's Day Drinking Experience - Jammin' Java (Late show - 9:30 PM)
• Dave Russell and Pat Premier - Mad Rose Tavern [3100 Clarendon Blvd, Arlington, VA]
• DDm, Eze Jackson featuring Wendel Patrick, Get 'em Mamis, and Rootword - Golden West Cafe (Baltimore)
• Diecast, Chopper Trike Rebels, Conflict Within, Neverthought, Blood Corps, and We Reign Eternal - Recher Theatre (Towson, MD)
• Dr. Dog - Rams Head Live! (Baltimore)
• the Dream - Fillmore Silver Spring
• Egg Babies Orchestra - Movie Show IV with Among Wolves (album release) & Meetwood Flack (Fleetwood Mac cover band) - Ottobar (Baltimore)
• EMA and Nu Sensae - U St Music Hall (Early Show - 7 PM)
• The First Ever Good Sports Music Fest feat. The Rhodes Tavern Troubadours + Carter Louthian & Curtis Barnes - Jammin' Java (12 Noon Show)
• Gay Men's Chorus of Washington presents Richard O'Brien's The Rocky Horror Show - Lisner Auditorium
• Glow in the Dark with Cazzette - Fur Nightclub [33 Patterson Street NE, WDC]
• GooGoosh Live - DAR Constitution Hall
• the Infamous Stringdusters and Giant Panda Guerilla Dub Squad - 9:30 Club
• John Eaton - Wolf Trap (the Barns)
• McAdoo - Night Cat [5 Goldsborough St, Easton, MD]
• Mexican Institute of Sound - Artisphere (Ballroom)
• Mic Harrison & the High Score - Hill Country Live [410 7th St NW, WDC]
• the Moderate and North of Bondi - the Dunes [1402 Meridian Place NW, WDC] (Come Play! A Benefit show for Horton's Kids and the Anacostia Watershed Society)
• Monty Python's Spamalot - Warner Theatre (Two Shows)
• the Motorettes, the Matrimonials, and the Beerded - Wind-Up Space (Baltimore) (2nd Annual BRO-Down - St Patty's Edition)
• National Symphony Orchestra: Christoph Eschenbach, conductor, with the Choral Arts Society of Washington: Beethoven's Fidelio - Kennedy Center (Concert Hall)
• O'Tasty and Megaphone Barons - IOTA Club & CafÈ
• the Psychedelic Furs and Dance for the Dying - State Theatre
• Rich Robinson (of the Black Crowes) and Amy LaVere - Red Palace
• Screaming Monkeys - Ned Devine's [2465 Centreville Road Herndon, VA]
• Sixth Floor Trio - part of The Music of Budapest, Prague, and Vienna - Kennedy Center (Millennium Stage)
• Soul Jam: the Whispers, the Stylistics, the Main Ingredient with Cuba Gooding Sr. - 1st Mariner Arena (Baltimore)
• Stanley Jordan (solo guitar) - Blues Alley (Two shows)
• Steve Gellman - St Elmo's Coffee Pub [2300 Mt Vernon Ave, Alexandria, VA 22301]
• Tommy Castro Band - Rams Head Tavern (Annapolis)
• Volta Bureau, Starks & Nacey, and Brian Billion - U St Music Hall (Late Show - 10 PM)
• Washington National Opera: DiVa Light: An Evening with Deborah Voigt - Kennedy Center (Opera House) CANCELLED
• Zakir Hussain and the Masters of Percussion - Kennedy Center (Concert Hall - 3 PM)

Sunday, 18 March 2012

• Accidents, Derek Evry, Madrone, and Today's Tomorrow - Jammin' Java (Afternoon Show - 1 PM - to benefit City Year)
• Atom Smash - Empire (formerly Jaxx)
• Black Alley and Funk Mnkyz - Rock & Roll Hotel
• Blood of the Martyrs, Scare Don't Fear, Restless Streets, Storm the Threshold, Silence the Requiem, Fall of Nicaea, Discoveries, From This We Rise, Behold the Uprising, Waves of Creation, and Sins of Sorrow - Sonar (Baltimore) (Talking Head Club & Lounge)
• Bomb the Music Industry, Classics of Love, and Mike Park - Black Cat (Backstage)
• Burdens, Walk the Plank, Spine Buster, and Cheesus Christ - Ras Hall [4809 Georgia Avenue NW, WDC] (3 PM Matinee Show)
• Casting Crowns, Matthew West, and Royal Tailor - 1st Mariner Arena (Baltimore)
• Cathy Fink & Marcy Marxer (Rockin' the Uke CD Release concert) - Jammin' Java (Moved from 2/5/12)
• Charlie Murphy - DC Improv [1140 Connecticut Ave NW, WDC]
• Daun-Te and Ryan Lucas - Ebenezers Coffeehouse [201 F Street NE, WDC] (The Transparent Tour)
• The Dream (Kill the Lights Tour), CJ Hilton, and Sterling Simms - Baltimore SoundStage
• Dub Nation feat. Cookie Monsta and Delta Heavy - U St Music Hall
• the Eri Yamamoto Trio (Eri Yamamoto - piano; David Ambrosio - bass; Ikuo Takeuchi - drums) - Historic Bohemian Caverns [2001 11th Street, WDC] (Two shows - 7 PM & 9 PM)
• Fairfax Symphony Orchestra Presents Pianist Rick Rowley - Hylton Performing Arts Center [10960 George Mason Circle, Manassas, VA] (3 PM Show)
• Gabriel Iglesias - Lyric Opera House [Baltimore, MD]
• Gay Men's Chorus of Washington presents Richard O'Brien's The Rocky Horror Show - Lisner Auditorium
• Good Vibe Tribe, August in One, Daytona Drive By, and Paradigm - Recher Theatre (Towson, MD)
• Ice Cream, New Metro, and Panda One Productions - CD Cellar [2607 Wilson Blvd, Arlington, VA] (6 PM & Free!)
• Lee Ritenour - Rams Head Tavern (Annapolis)
• Max Fisher - Bossa
• Monty Python's Spamalot - Warner Theatre (Two Shows)
• Murray Perahia (piano) - Strathmore (Music Center - 4 PM)
• Nitty Gritty Dirt Band and Jonathan & Nathan McEuen - Birchmere
• Rich Robinson (of the Black Crowes) and Amy LaVere - Rams Head Tavern (Annapolis) (All-Ages Matinee)
• Shan Ren (Chinese folk rock) - IOTA Club & CafÈ
• Sharon Raquel with the Kash Wright Trio - Twins Jazz (Two shows)
• Sidney's Viennese Waltz Orchestra with fiddler Elke Baker; with dance lessons by Donna Barker - part of The Music of Budapest, Prague, and Vienna - Kennedy Center (Millennium Stage)
• South Carey, Braceface, FFN, and 96 Ghosts - Charm City Art Space (Baltimore)
• Stanley Jordan (solo guitar) - Blues Alley (Two shows)
• Verdehr Trio - the Phillips Collection, Music Room [1600 21st St NW] (4 PM)

Monday, 19 March 2012

• L'Arpeggiata: Christina Pluhar "La Tarantella" - Library of Congress Coolidge Auditorium [Thomas Jefferson Building, 10 First St SE, WDC]
• the McEuan Brothers (the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band's "String Wizard" John McEuen with sons Jonathan & Nathan) - Jammin' Java
• the Monday Night Social Club - Recher Theatre (Towson, MD)
• Noise in the Basement - Baltimore SoundStage
• Pet Parade and the Love Load - Black Cat (Backstage)
• the Psychedelic Furs - Rams Head Tavern (Annapolis) - sold out
• School Without Walls Senior High School Concert Choir: Wilson Senior High School Concert Choir - Kennedy Center (Millennium Stage)
• Shan Ren (Chinese folk rock) and the Weathervanes - IOTA Club & CafÈ
• Toots and the Maytals and the Constellations - 9:30 Club
• Ute Lemper with the Vogler Quartet: Berlin Nights/Paris Days: The Art of Chanson - Kennedy Center (Terrace Theater)
• Vocal Workshop Graduation Concert with Chris Grasso Trio - Blues Alley (Two shows)

Tuesday, 20 March 2012

• the 9 Songwriter Series - Justin Trawick, Heather Renee, Brent Peterson, Ben Und Jasmin, Zia Hassan, Charles Harrison, Maureen Andary, Flo Anito, Jenee Halstead - IOTA Club & CafÈ
• Ahab's Revenge, Yellow Tie Guy, Old Indian, and Dream Gallows - Sidebar Tavern [218 East Lexington St, Baltimore, MD]
• the Bottom Dollars and the Nuclears - DC9
• Celtic Crossroads - Wolf Trap (the Barns)
• David Choi and Justin Armstrong - Baltimore SoundStage
• David Kitchen Band - Hill Country Live [410 7th St NW, WDC]
• Devil Driver, the Faceless, Dying Fetus, Job for a Cowboy, 3 Inches of Blood, Impending Doom, Wretched, and Anu - Sonar (Baltimore) (Metal Alliance Tour 2012)
• the Head and the Heart - with Drew Grow and the Pastors Wives - Rams Head Live! (Baltimore) - sold out
• Hungarian Csardas dance with music by the eletfa Hungarian Folk Ensemble - part of The Music of Budapest, Prague, and Vienna - Kennedy Center (Millennium Stage)
• John Marc McMillan and Friends, Jude Moses, and the Royal Royal - Jammin' Java
• Kasabian and Hacienda - 9:30 Club - sold out
• Kuschty Rye Ergot, the Big Drum in the Sky Religion, Blue Sausage Infant, and Borborites - Velvet Lounge
• Lost Civilizations with Doug Kallmeyer, Loop 2.4.3, and Natura Morta - Dynasty [2210 14th St NW, WDC]
• Out of Your Head - Improvised and Experimental Music Collective - Wind-Up Space (Baltimore) (Free!)
• Prague Philharmonia - Kennedy Center (Eisenhower Theatre)
• the Psychedelic Furs - Rams Head Tavern (Annapolis)
• Tom Mitchell - Blues Alley (Two shows)
• Tuesdays with Marty Nau - Twins Jazz (Two shows)
• the Wedding Present, the Jet Age, and Pinky Piglets - Rock & Roll Hotel

Wednesday, 21 March 2012

• Adema, Violet Says 5, Millionproof, Anoxia, and Sweet Suicide - Recher Theatre (Towson, MD)
• Allison Miller - Atlas Performing Arts Center [1333 H St NE, WDC] (Washington Women in Jazz Festival)
• Annie Mac - U St Music Hall (Late Show - 10 PM)
• Beast Make Bomb and You Can Be a Wesley - DC9
• RECOMMENDED - Bowerbirds and Dry the River - Black Cat (Mainstage)
• Celtic Crossroads - Wolf Trap (the Barns)
• Charles Rahmat Woods & the DC Love Orchestra - Twins Jazz (Two shows)
• Cissa Paz - Bossa
• the Civics Club, Let It Go, Noble Animals, and Hank - Ottobar (Baltimore)
• the Contagion Effect, Disette, Distances, Legions Prevail, Waves, and Vagina* - Sidebar Tavern [218 East Lexington St, Baltimore, MD] (Todd & Shaun's B-Day Bash)
• Czech polka dances with music by the polka band Czech and Then Some! - part of The Music of Budapest, Prague, and Vienna - Kennedy Center (Millennium Stage)
• Devon Allman's Honeytribe - the Hamilton
• Digitour 2012: Dave Days, DeStorm, Ricky Ficarelli, Alex Goot, Asher Monroe, Nice Peter, the Key of Awesome, and WhatADayDerek - Jammin' Java
• Disciple, Write This Down, Blood of the Martyrs, Bride Dressed in Black, TAG, and Chris Bernstoff - Empire (formerly Jaxx)
• Excision, Liquid Stranger, and Lucky Date - Rams Head Live! (Baltimore)
• Fiona Apple - 6th & I - sold out POSTPONED to 3/28/12. All tickets will be honored
• Gene Bertoncini (guitar) - Blues Alley (Two shows)
• John Mark McMillan and friends, Jude Moses, and the Royal Royal - the Whiskey Annapolis [1803 West St., Annapolis, MD]
• John McEuen and Sons (John McEuen of the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band plus sons Jonathan and Nathan) - Night Cat [5 Goldsborough St, Easton, MD]
• Justice and Busy P - 9:30 Club - sold out
• Kimya Dawson and Your Heart Breaks - 2640 Space at St. John's Church (2640 St Paul St, Baltimore, MD)
• the Mean Season, the Blue Line, the Wicked Tomorrow, Musicband, and Courtesy Tier - Velvet Lounge (Early Show - 7:30 PM)
• Phil Vassar - Rams Head Tavern (Annapolis)
• Pigeons Playing Ping Pong - 8x10 [10 East Cross St, Baltimore, MD 21230] (March Residency)
• Urban Arias - Artisphere (Black Box Theatre)
• Vetusta Morla - U St Music Hall (Early Show - 7 PM)
• Wringer, Red Exit, Trashkanistan, and Foul Swoops - Charm City Art Space (Baltimore)

Thursday, 22 March 2012

• André Henry - Kennedy Center (Millennium Stage)
• Bitch - Night Cat [5 Goldsborough St, Easton, MD]
• Bomba Estéreo and Maracuyeah DJ Crew - Black Cat (Mainstage)
• Brasil Guitar Duo - Strathmore (Mansion)
• the Brew and Bronze Radio Return - IOTA Club & CafÈ
• Brothers Past - 8x10 [10 East Cross St, Baltimore, MD 21230]
• BSO: Tchaikovsky's 5th Symphony - Strathmore (Music Center)
• Cheick Hamala Diabate - Bossa
• Dave Barnes, Andrew Ripp, and Angie Hill - Rock & Roll Hotel
• David Choi and Jeff LeBlanc - Jammin' Java
• the Digitour 2012 - featuring Dave Days, DeStorm, Ricky Ficarelli, Alex Goot, Asher Monroe, Nice Peter, and the Key of Awesome - Sonar (Baltimore)
• Ellen Rowe - Ingrid Jensen - Mary Ann McSweeney - An die Musik LIVE [409 North Charles St, Second Floor, Baltimore, MD] (Washington Women in Jazz Festival)
• Gotye and Kimbra - 9:30 Club - sold out
• the HariKaraoke Band Gong Show (live band karaoke) - Fillmore Silver Spring
• High Contrast, and Netsky with MC Dynamite and a DnB set from Triggahappy - Baltimore SoundStage
• the Holmes Brothers and Leyla McCalla - the Hamilton
• Infinite Honey, You Won't, Joseph Mulhollen, and Arcadia - Wind-Up Space (Baltimore)
• Jazz Band Masterclass Bands with Jeff Antoniuk - Twins Jazz (7 PM Show Only)
• Jumpcuts, Dave Fells, Bronx on Benzedrine, and RadMartigan - Sidebar Tavern [218 East Lexington St, Baltimore, MD]
• Kevin Eubanks (guitar) - Blues Alley (Two shows)
• Kurt Vile & the Violators and the Supreme Dicks - Rams Head Live! (Baltimore)
• L˙nasa - Reston Community Center [2310 Colts Neck Road, Reston, VA] - sold out
• Marrakesh Express (a Crosby, Stills, Nash, & Young Experience) - Rams Head Tavern (Annapolis)
• Miniature Tigers, the Chain Gang of 1974, Geographer, and Pretty & Nice - DC9
• Moveable Feast Benefit Show - Bad Biology, Holy Tongues, Old Lines, and At the Heart of the World - Sonar (Baltimore) (Talking Head Lounge)
• My Enemy Complete, Classified Frequency, White Shadow, and Eva Jade Landon - Ottobar (Baltimore)
• National Symphony Orchestra - Dvor·k: Stabat Mater - Kennedy Center (Concert Hall)
• Neon Indian and Purity Ring - Ottobar (Baltimore) CANCELLED - Refunds available at place of purchase.
• Not So Modern Jazz Band - St Elmo's Coffee Pub [2300 Mt Vernon Ave, Alexandria, VA 22301]
• Pablo Francisco - DC Improv [1140 Connecticut Ave NW, WDC]
• Purity Ring and Ava Luna - Red Palace
• Reverend, Ted Garber, and Stephen Chandler - Ebenezers Coffeehouse [201 F Street NE, WDC]
• the Second City (comedy) - Laugh Out Loud - Wolf Trap (the Barns) - sold out
• Shake, Rattle, and Roll: A 1950's American Cabaret - Atlas Performing Arts Center [1333 H St NE, WDC]
• Stick Mob - Sova [1359 H Street NE, Washington DC] (Thursday night bluegrass)
• Sugarpill, Flufftronix, DJ JD, and Denman - U St Music Hall
• Surgery Dot Com, Public Speaking, and Sansyou - Velvet Lounge
• Tao: the Art of the Drum - Meyerhoff Symphony Hall [Baltimore, MD]
• Those Victorious, Twin Radio, Silent Tale Band, and Cecilia Grace - Recher Theatre (Towson, MD)
• TT HANCO Records showcase - Empire (formerly Jaxx)
• Yarn (record release show) - Hill Country Live [410 7th St NW, WDC]

Friday, 23 March 2012

• the Alfredo Mojica Group - Bossa
• Andrew Leahey & the Homestead, the Petticoat Tearoom, and Tom McBride - Rock & Roll Hotel
• Andy Akiho, Celia Woodsmith, Della Mae - Kennedy Center (Millennium Stage)
• Becca Stevens Band - Artisphere (Dome Theatre)
• Bells and Hunters, Brains of J, and Kelly & Keith (& friends) Acoustic Set - Telegraph Station [5735 Telegraph Road, Alexandria, VA]
• Cecelia Jeffrey, Joshua Johnston, Jon Paul, and David Kitchen - Ebenezers Coffeehouse [201 F Street NE, WDC]
• Charm City Saints, Ramshackle Army, the Pubcrawlers, Kilmaine Saints, and Population Zero - Sidebar Tavern [218 East Lexington St, Baltimore, MD]
• Dan Haas Band - Night Cat [5 Goldsborough St, Easton, MD]
• Derek Webb and Sandra McCracken - Jammin' Java (Early show - 7 PM)
• Dreams presented by Electric Current - notixx, bassdread, da grim reefer, dj star3m, gatsby, twizm, dj sweego, dj heavy d, jeph c, b.dolla, doc nahstay, dj valar - Empire (formerly Jaxx)
• El Ten Eleven, Deleted Scenes, and Race of Robots - Sonar (Baltimore) (Talking Head Lounge)
• Ethan Bortnick and His Musical Time Machine - Strathmore (Music Center)
• Fatboy Slim - 9:30 Club
• Franz Nicolay (ex-Hold Steady), the Harrison Four, Amateur Thieves, and Neutron Bomb - Wasted Dream [431 Kenyon St NW, DC]
• Girl Fight, Passengers, Rosemarys Infanticide, Coxey Brown, and the Smallest Violin - All Saints Episcopal Church [106 W Church St, Frederick, MD]
• Headwounds, Lazlo Lee & the Motherless Children, and the Thing with Two Heads - Metro Gallery (Baltimore)
• How To Be a Hero, Neverthought, and the Last Valorians - Sinix (Baltimore)
• Irresponsible and Feed God Cabbage - Jammin' Java (Late Show - 10 PM)
• Joan Rivers - France-Merrick Performing Arts Center / Hippodrome (Baltimore)
• Katie Herzig, Bison, and Andy Davis - Baltimore SoundStage (Early Show)
• Kevin Eubanks (guitar) - Blues Alley (Two shows)
• Modigliani Quartet Elias Quartet with Jonathan Biss, piano - Library of Congress Coolidge Auditorium [Thomas Jefferson Building, 10 First St SE, WDC]
• Naked Blue - Night Cat [5 Goldsborough St, Easton, MD]
• National Symphony Orchestra with Lukas Vondracet (piano) - music by Dvorak and Janacek - Kennedy Center (Concert Hall)
• New Riders of the Purple Sage with Devon Allman's Honeytribe & Sweet Leda - Rams Head Live! (Baltimore)
• Old Man Brown - 8x10 [10 East Cross St, Baltimore, MD 21230]
• Pablo Francisco - DC Improv [1140 Connecticut Ave NW, WDC]
• Phil Perry - Birchmere
• Polica and OUTPUTMESSAGE - Red Palace - sold out
• the Postelles and Fort Lean - U St Music Hall (Early Show - 7 PM)
• Primitivity - Strathmore (Mansion - Friday Night Eclectic)
• Psychic TV / PTV3, Celebration, and Psychic Teens - Sonar (Baltimore) (Talking Head Club)
• Public Enemy, Epmd, Doug E. Fresh, Kool Moe D, and Black Sheep - DAR Constitution Hall (Hip Hop Gods Tour) CANCELLED
• Ralphie May: Too Big to Ignore - Lisner Auditorium
• Red Cups and Refills - Sonar (Baltimore) (Talking Head Club) NO LONGER ON VENUE WEB SITE
• Red Fridays: Sam 'the man' Burns, Muramasa, DJ Baronhawk Poitier - U St Music Hall (Late show - 10 PM)
• Roctopus - Hill Country Live [410 7th St NW, WDC]
• Salim Washington & Harlem Arts Ensemble - Twins Jazz (Two shows)
• Sam Grow Band and the Piranhas - the Whiskey Annapolis [1803 West St., Annapolis, MD]
• the Second City (comedy) - Laugh Out Loud - Wolf Trap (the Barns) - sold out
• Shake, Rattle, and Roll: A 1950's American Cabaret - Atlas Performing Arts Center [1333 H St NE, WDC]
• Shannon Gunn and the Bullettes (DC's Female Big Band) - Westminster Presbyterian Church [400 I St. SW, WDC] (Washington Women in Jazz Festival)
• SingStrong - Aca-Idol Competition: Capital Blend, The Cocktails (University of South Carolina), Dhamakapella (Case Western Reserve University), GQ, InChant (Ohio State University of Marion), Note-oriety (James Madison University), THUMMp, The RAMifications (VCU), The Sapphires (UNCG), and Shameless - South Lakes High School [11400 South Lakes Drive, Reston, VA]
• Sons of Bill and Carl Anderson - IOTA Club & CafÈ (Free!)
• Thomas Tolby (the Time Capsule Tour), Aaron Jonah Lewis, and Ben Belcher - Rams Head Tavern (Annapolis) (Two Shows - 6:30 PM & 9:30 PM)
• Tim Motzer + J A Deane, Gert-Jan Prins, and Northern Machine - Pyramid Atlantic Arts Center [8230 Georgia Avenue, Silver Spring, MD]
• Underground Kings Benefit Concert with Big K.R.I.T. - Fillmore Silver Spring
• the Velvet Underfronic - St Elmo's Coffee Pub [2300 Mt Vernon Ave, Alexandria, VA 22301]
• the Weathervanes, Whiskey Parade, the Reserves, and Orchard Wall - Black Cat (Mainstage)
• White Panda - Baltimore SoundStage (Late Show) CANCELLED - Refunds available at place of purchase.
• Who Are the Southern Baptists?, the National Rifle, and Caestles - Velvet Lounge

Saturday, 24 March 2012

• Reason Rally: Bad Religion, Tim Minchin, Dr. Richard Dawkins, Dr. PZ Myers, Taslima Nasrin, Paul Provenza, James Rani, Adam Savage, Jessica Ahlquist, Dan Barker, Jamila Bey, Greta Christina, Dr. R. Elisabeth Cornwell, Fred Edwords, Sean Faircloth, Jesse Galef, Annie Laurie Gaylor, Dr. Greg Graffin, Victor Harris, Jamie Kilstein, Lawrence Krauss, Ron Lindsay, Hemant Menta, Cristina Rad, Michael Shermer, Shelley Segal, David Lisverman, Roy Speckhardt, Rep. Pete Stark, Sen. Tom Harkin, Todd Stiefel, Rational Warrior a.k.a. Tombstone Da Deadman, and Indra Zuno - National Mall [Washington, DC]
• Shamrock Fest: the Dropkick Murphys, Gavin DeGraw, Carbon Leaf, Scythian, Ramshackle Army, Aaron Crawford & the Badcards, Along Those Lines, Charm City Saints, Dr FU, Fight the Lion, Honor By August, Glasgow Kiss, Icewagon Flu, Kid Is Qual, Kilmaine Saints, the Mighty Regis, Of Good Nature, Redline Addiction, the Rovers, Shane Gamble, Once Okay Twice, Cheap Date, White Ford Bronco, Gaelic Mishap, the Skels, the Vigilantes, Practically Einstein (acoustic), High Five, Kevin Wacker (acoustic), plus DJs Chris Styles, Dave Russell (Flipside), Freezie, Pat Premier, Dance to Tipperary (DJ set), Flounder, Neekola, Boris Gluck, Lil Fos, Maskell, Flow, Rene, Clifton Matthews, and KWEST - RFK Stadium Festival Grounds [2400 E. Capital Street, WDC]
• ADRENALINE Dance Music Party: Instagib, Shux, and DJ Vation - Jammin' Java (Late Show - 10 PM)
• Ambition Burning Supreme Commander, Scandals, Musicband, Pharmacists, and Jukebox Romantics - Fat Tuesday's [10673 Braddock Road, Fairfax, VA]
• Angelique Kidjo - Lisner Auditorium
• the Art of Kabuki: Bando Kotoji - the Freer Gallery [1050 Independence Ave SW, WDC] (2 PM Show)
• Arty Hill & the Long Gone Daddys (CD Release) - Night Cat [5 Goldsborough St, Easton, MD]
• Atomic Books Presents: Red Weasel, Adults, and Monster Museum - Metro Gallery (Baltimore)
• Band of Skulls and We Are Augustines - 9:30 Club
• Barefoot Truth - Jammin' Java NO LONGER ON VENUE WEB SITE
• Benny, Save the Empire, and the Susan Constant - Velvet Lounge
• the Bobby Thompson Project Jackass Flats - Hill Country Live [410 7th St NW, WDC]
• Bronze Radio Return and Pressing Strings - the Whiskey Annapolis [1803 West St., Annapolis, MD]
• Brown Shoe, VC 7, Stereo Trigger, and Pale Discretion - Sonar (Baltimore) (Talking Head Lounge)
• Bruce Molsky and Ale Moller - Takoma Park Community Center [7500 Maple Ave, Takoma Park, MD]
• Casket, Terraset, Spine Buster, and Guilty - Casa Fiesta [4910 Wisconsin Ave NW, WDC]
• Celtic Crossroads - Rams Head Tavern (Annapolis) (All-Ages Matinee)
• Celtic Crossroads - Rams Head Tavern (Annapolis) (8 PM 21+ show)
• Chris Ayer, Matt Simons, and Adam Barnes - Jammin' Java (Early show - 7 PM)
• Crack the Sky and the LutherVillains - Rams Head Live! (Baltimore)
• Cubista - Bossa
• Doris Justis - St Elmo's Coffee Pub [2300 Mt Vernon Ave, Alexandria, VA 22301]
• Double Tap, Born of Kings, Mean Machine, and Chris Hamilton - Sidebar Tavern [218 East Lexington St, Baltimore, MD]
• Electric Eel Shock, Hot Cha Cha, Thee Lolitas, and Caustic Cassanova - Black Cat (Mainstage)
• Elijah Jamal Balbe Trio, Heavy Breathing, and DJ Natty Boom - Capitol Skyline Hotel [10 I St SW, WDC] (5x5 Kickoff presented by Mayor Vincent C Gray and the DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities)
• the Galt Line, Lost Indian, and Silent Old Mountains - Church Street Pub [489 E. Church St, Frederick MD]
• Interlochen Arts Academy 50th Tour - DAR Constitution Hall
• Kali Mutsa - Marx CafÈ [3203 Mt Pleasant St NW, WDC]
• Katie Herzig (with band), Bison, and Andy Davis - Red Palace
• Kevin Eubanks (guitar) - Blues Alley (Two shows)
• Knives Out!, Orange Horse, El-Grande, Tank Murdock, and Vessel - Ottobar (Baltimore)
• the Legendary Rhythm and Blues Revue - featuring Tommy Castro Band, Deanna Bogart, Joe Louis Walker, and Debbie Davies - State Theatre
• Matt Haimovitz & Christopher O'Riley - George Mason University Center for the Arts [Fairfax, VA]
• Melodime - IOTA Club & CafÈ
• Members of the NSO with Christoph Eschenbach - Dvorak's Piano Quintet - part of The Music of Budapest, Prague, and Vienna - Kennedy Center (Millennium Stage)
• Mythbusters - Warner Theatre (Two Shows - 4 PM and 8 PM)
• National Philharmonic: All Mozart - Strathmore (Music Center)
• National Symphony Orchestra - Dvor·k: Stabat Mater - Kennedy Center (Concert Hall)
• Open Hearts Ball - with Straight Up Tribal and Higher Hands - 2640 Space at St. John's Church (2640 St Paul St, Baltimore, MD)
• Pablo Francisco - DC Improv [1140 Connecticut Ave NW, WDC]
• Railroad Earth - Baltimore SoundStage
• Rebel Lion - the Blue Banana [3632 Georgia Ave NW, WDC]
• Reptar and Frankie Broyles - 6th & I (Downstairs)
• Rhythm Summit at BloomBars - BloomBars [3222 11th St NW, WDC] (Washington Women in Jazz Festival)
• Rhyton and Brian Adam Ant (member of Lands + Peoples) - Golden West Cafe (Baltimore)
• Roberto Gonzalez - Fur Nightclub [33 Patterson Street NE, WDC]
• Salim Washington & Harlem Arts Ensemble - Twins Jazz (Two shows)
• Screaming Mönkeys - Bunker Sports Cafe [510-I E Market St, Leesburg, VA]
• Shake, Rattle, and Roll: A 1950's American Cabaret - Atlas Performing Arts Center [1333 H St NE, WDC] - sold out
• Shuffle.Play.Listen (Christopher O'Riley and Matt Haimovitz) - George Mason University Center for the Arts [4400 University Drive, Fairfax, VA]
• SingStrong - High School Competition: featuring the Single Singers and Masai Electro - South Lakes High School [11400 South Lakes Drive, Reston, VA] (2 PM Show)
• SingStrong - Saturday Night Concert #1: Blue Jupiter, Julia Easterlin, Masai Electro, Maxx Factor - South Lakes High School [11400 South Lakes Drive, Reston, VA] (7 PM Show)
• SingStrong - Saturday Night Concert #2: Pentatonix, the Edge Effect, Da Capo, Alex Glenfield - South Lakes High School [11400 South Lakes Drive, Reston, VA] (9:30 PM Show)
• SingStrong - Spotlight Showcase Concert: THUMMp, The VCU Notochords, Love Note Sentiment, The Brown Eyed Darlings, and TGFI (Too Good For Instruments) - South Lakes High School [11400 South Lakes Drive, Reston, VA] (1 PM Show)
• Soulful Symphony: Say Amen Somebody with Israel Houghton - France-Merrick Performing Arts Center / Hippodrome (Baltimore)
• Supernova Studios, The Underdogs, and the Dictators - Empire (formerly Jaxx)
• Swearin' (members of PS Eliot), Spoonboy, Foozle!, and Biketrip - Dollhouse [1429 Madison St NW, WDC]
• Tall in the Saddle and Mister Wilson - Recher Theatre (Towson, MD) (Benefits the Nikki Perlow Foundation)
• Tom Rush - Birchmere
• Tribes and Jonquil - DC9
• U Hall DC DJ Showcase: Wild North DJs, Moon/Bounce DJs, DJ Provoke, William Devon, Remote Ctrl, DJ eLoeL - U St Music Hall
• the Wheel - A Musical Celebration of Jerry Garcia and Benefit for the Rex Foundation - with New Riders of the Purple Sage, Moonalice, Jesse McReynolds - the Hamilton
• Yo Mama's Big Fat Booty Band and the Jon Wood Band - 8x10 [10 East Cross St, Baltimore, MD 21230]
• Youth Lagoon and Dana Buoy - Rock & Roll Hotel - sold out

Sunday, 25 March 2012

• 50 Licks: A Tribute to the Rolling Stones on their 50th Anniversary Featuring Anthony Fiacco + Luke Brindley + Todd Wright - Jammin' Java
• Buckethead and That One Guy as the Frankenstein Brothers - with Wolff and Tuba - Rams Head Live! (Baltimore)
• Camo & Krooked - U St Music Hall
• A City Scape, Enemy At the Gate, Direct Deposit, Polar!Polar, Murderland, and Just Friends - Sonar (Baltimore) (Talking Head Club)
• Deathfix, Les Rhinocéros, and Many Arms - Comet Ping Pong
• RECOMMENDED - Dysrhythmia, Cleric, Torrential Downpour, and Balor's Eye - Sonar (Baltimore) (Talking Head Lounge)
• English Beat - State Theatre
• Forgetting, Keep Questioner, Wall of Sleep, and Beau Finley - Velvet Lounge (Show benefits the Humane Society)
• the Fourth Stream - Bossa
• the Galt Line and Lost Indian - Wonderland Ballroom [1101 Kenyon St NW, WDC] (Free)
• Grace Woodroofe and Ms Fridrich - Black Cat (Backstage)
• Housse de Racket - 9:30 Club
• Jordan Knight - Fillmore Silver Spring
• Kevin Eubanks (guitar) - Blues Alley (Two shows)
• Kevin Seconds - with guests Kepi Ghoulie, Franz Nicolay (the Hold Steady), and Vic Ruggiero (the Slackers) - Golden West Cafe (Baltimore)
• Kids Rock (presented by The Music Workshop) - Recher Theatre (Towson, MD) (1:30 PM Show)
• Kihnoua - Larry Ochs/Dohle Lee/Trevor Dunn/Scott Amendola - Wind-Up Space (Baltimore)
• Langhorne Slim and Mike Ferrio (of Good Luck Mountain and Tandy) - IOTA Club & CafÈ
• Moonalice - 8x10 [10 East Cross St, Baltimore, MD 21230]
• Pablo Francisco - DC Improv [1140 Connecticut Ave NW, WDC]
• Roman Rabinovich (piano) - the Phillips Collection, Music Room [1600 21st St NW] (4 PM)
• the Sax Pack - featuring Kim Waters, Jeff Kashiwa, and Steve Cole - Rams Head Tavern (Annapolis)
• Shake, Rattle, and Roll: A 1950's American Cabaret - Atlas Performing Arts Center [1333 H St NE, WDC] (4 PM Matinee)
• Shane Henderson (Valencia/Promise of Redemption), Things That Fly, Joseph Keith, the Eleventh Hour, and Your Favorite Coastline - Ottobar (Baltimore)
• SingStrong - Sunday Matinee Concert: Afro-Blue Vocal Band, Pentatonix, Julia Easterlin, Alex Glenfield, and Da Capo - South Lakes High School [11400 South Lakes Drive, Reston, VA] (2 PM Show)
• Slaughterhouse and Rudy Williams Welcome To Our House - Baltimore SoundStage
• Swagfunk - Twins Jazz (Two shows)
• Target Family Night: Penny the One of a Kind Piano - Kennedy Center (Millennium Stage)
• This Century, the Getaways, and Foreverisforever - Jammin' Java (2 PM Show)
• Thomas Dolby ("the Time Capsule Tour"), Aaron Jonah Lewis, and Ben Belcher - Birchmere
• Tribute to Abbey Lincoln with Jessica Boykin-Settles - with Amy K Bormet (piano), Karine Chapdelaine (bass), & Lydia Lewis (drums) - Smithsonian Anacostia Community Museum [1901 Fort Place SE, WDC] (Washington Women in Jazz Festival - FREE - 2 PM show)
• University Singers an Women's Chorale Concert - George Mason University Center for the Arts [4400 University Drive, Fairfax, VA] (4 PM Show)
• Washington Women in Jazz Festival's Vocal Showcase - featuring Howard Alumnae - Christie Dashiell, Jessica Boykin-Settles, and SAASY, with Amy K Bormet (piano), Karine Chapdelaine (bass), & CV Dashiell (drums) - the Hamilton
• Woodbridge Flute Choir: Concerto Competition Concert - Hylton Performing Arts Center [10960 George Mason Circle, Manassas, VA] (3 PM Show)

Monday, 26 March 2012

• Born Without Bones, Hotel Year, Wolves At Bay, the Baby Grand, the Nominal, and Wake Up Monday - Sonar (Baltimore) (Talking Head Lounge)
• Chris Thomas King (guitar/blues fusion) - Blues Alley (Two shows)
• Grass Is Green and Two Inch Astronaut - Charm City Art Space (Baltimore) CANCELLED
• Grass Is Green, Two Inch Astronaut, and the Fordists - Galaxy Hut
• the Joy Formidable, A Place to Bury Strangers, and Exitmusic - 9:30 Club
• Kevin Seconds, Vic Ruggiero, Franz Nicolay, and Kepi Ghoulie - Black Cat (Backstage)
• Ladies Night with the Bohemian Caverns Jazz Orchestra - with arrangements by Maria Schneider, Mary Lou Williams, Toshiko Akiyoshi, Leigh Pilzer, Amy Bormet, and Shannon Gunn - Historic Bohemian Caverns [2001 11th Street, WDC] (Washington Women in Jazz Festival)
• Luminescent Orchestrii - part of The Music of Budapest, Prague, and Vienna - Kennedy Center (Millennium Stage)
• No Blitz, Aside Oceans, the Red Letter, and Me and This Army - Jammin' Java
• Noise in the Basement - Baltimore SoundStage
• Rachael Yamagata - Rams Head Tavern (Annapolis)
• Redline Graffiti, Happy New Year, and Cornel West Theory - Montserrat House [2016 9th Street NW, WDC]
• Shanna Hoar, Jodi Shaw, and Allison Veltz - IOTA Club & CafÈ
• Speedwolf, Ilsa, Satan's Satyrs, Bad Biology, and Swan King - Sidebar Tavern [218 East Lexington St, Baltimore, MD]
• Teebs, Sonnymoon, and Time Wharp - DC9
• This Century (special acoustic show), the Getaways, Farewell Midnight, and Ryan Bassetti - Ottobar (Baltimore)

Tuesday, 27 March 2012

• Buxton and Little Pink - Black Cat (Backstage)
• Captain Luke (Luther Mayer), Ironing Board Sam, Big Ron Hunter, and Shelton Powe - Clyde's of Gallery Place [707 7th St NW, WDC] (Capitol Blues Night to benefit Music Maker Relief Foundation)
• Chris Thomas King and Bobby Thompson - IOTA Club & CafÈ
• Chuck Ragan (of Hot Water Music), Dan Adriano (of Alkaline Trio), Tommy Gabel (of Against Me!), and Cory Branan - Recher Theatre (Towson, MD) (the Revival Tour 2012)
• D.R.I. and Bet the Devil - Baltimore SoundStage
• Davy Mooney (guitar) - Blues Alley (Two shows)
• Dead Mechanical and Girl Crush - Charm City Art Space (Baltimore)
• DJ Shadow - Fillmore Silver Spring
• Epsilon Sigma Alpha's 6th Annual Battle of the Bands to benefit St. Jude's Children's Hospital - featuring Tate Tucker, the Blackberry Belles, Level 7, Tycho Brahe, the Riverbreaks, and the Heartless Romantics - George Washington University: Marvin Center, Continental Ballroom [21st St NW, Washington, DC]
• Feeding Ciacco and Wretched Reality - Sidebar Tavern [218 East Lexington St, Baltimore, MD]
• Gaelic Storm (Old Songs and Old Stories) - Rams Head Tavern (Annapolis) - sold out
• the Galt Line, M-Ray, and Dark Dissolve - Dangerously Delicious Pies [2839 O'Donnell Street, Baltimore, MD] (Free)
• Jack Ingram - Hill Country Live [410 7th St NW, WDC]
• the Levine School of Music - Kennedy Center (Millennium Stage)
• Mad As Hell, Diefenbaker, the Beautiful View, and Branch Avenue - Ottobar (Baltimore)
• Merrin Karras, Brockway, Logan Venderlic, and Isaac Gill For Valor and Glory - Jammin' Java
• Metronomy and Friends - Rock & Roll Hotel
• Next Level Showcase III - Empire (formerly Jaxx)
• Out of Your Head - Improvised and Experimental Music Collective - Wind-Up Space (Baltimore) (Free!)
• the Plums and Akris - Dynasty [2210 14th St NW, WDC]
• Rachael Yamagata - Birchmere
• Sleigh Bells, Black Bananas, and Liturgy - 9:30 Club (MOVED FROM 2/16/12) - sold out
• the Swan King, Galloping Ruin, and the Wayward - DC9
• Tiesto - Fur Nightclub [33 Patterson Street NE, WDC]
• Treble Lifter, Grandfather, Accidents, and Floating Colors - Velvet Lounge
• Tuesdays with Marty Nau - Twins Jazz (Two shows)
• Van Hunt - the Hamilton
• Washington Women in Jazz Festival Closing Night Young Artist Competition and Jam Session - featuring YAC Finalists & the WWJF All-Star Rhythm Section, with an open jam to follow - HR-57 [816 H St NE, WDC] (Washington Women in Jazz Festival)

Wednesday, 28 March 2012

• Alcest, Deafheaven, and Arbouretum - Golden West Cafe (Baltimore)
• Amy Obenski - St Elmo's Coffee Pub [2300 Mt Vernon Ave, Alexandria, VA 22301]
• At the Graves, Highpriest, Wall of Sleep, and Fortress - Sidebar Tavern [218 East Lexington St, Baltimore, MD]
• Buxton - Night Cat [5 Goldsborough St, Easton, MD]
• the Chance, Grant Hart (of Husker Du), and Janel & Anthony - Black Cat (Backstage)
• Clube Do Samba - Bossa
• COMMUNION: Austin To Boston Feat. Ben Howard + The Staves + Nathaniel Rateliff + Bear's Den - Jammin' Java
• Example - U St Music Hall (Early show - 7 PM) CANCELLED - Refunds available at place of purchase
• Fiona Apple - 6th & I (Rescheduled from 3/21/12) - sold out
• Flip Orley - DC Improv [1140 Connecticut Ave NW, WDC]
• Franco De Vita - Fillmore Silver Spring
• Friday Morning Music Club Foundation: Yoonyung Han (piano) - Kennedy Center (Terrace Theater - 7:30 PM)
• Gaelic Storm (Classic Song & Revelry) - Rams Head Tavern (Annapolis) - sold out
• Hacienda and Zeus - DC9 CANCELLED
• HAPA - Wolf Trap (the Barns)
• Jesse Winchester - Mansion on O St [2020 O St NW, WDC]
• Kennedy Center Opera House Orchestra - Kennedy Center (Millennium Stage)
• Krafty Kuts, Deekline, Fort Knox Five, and Proxxy & Lantern - U St Music Hall (Late Show - 10 PM)
• Leslie Casey - Twins Jazz (Two shows)
• Melanie Fiona - the Hamilton
• Nate Foley (Artist in Residence) - Strathmore (Mansion)
• Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds - Warner Theatre
• Paul Pieper (guitar) - Blues Alley (Two shows)
• Pigeons Playing Ping Pong - 8x10 [10 East Cross St, Baltimore, MD 21230] (March Residency)
• Red Star Red Army Chorus and Dance Ensemble - Strathmore (Music Center)
• Slaughterhouse and Rudy Williams - 9:30 Club
• Toubab Krewe and Marco Benevento - State Theatre
• Van Halen and Kool & the Gang - Verizon Center
• Van Hunt and Vintage Trouble - Baltimore SoundStage

Thursday, 29 March 2012

• the 9 Songwriter Series - Hip-Hop: Flex Matthews, Cristopolis, Ardamus, Unknown, Tobias Russell, Mic Myers, Redhead, Scott Free, and Sonny Gabriel - Velvet Lounge
• AfroBeat For Your Soul - Bossa
• RECOMMENDED - Alcest, deafheaven, Black Clouds, and Auroboros - DC9
• Arts and the Brain Series: Music Cognition and Perception - Strathmore (Mansion)
• Aunt Martha, the Last Monarchs, and Luke Mitchem - Rock & Roll Hotel
• Chelsea Berry, Derik Hultquist, Amy Obenski, and Neil Sullivan - Ebenezers Coffeehouse [201 F Street NE, WDC]
• Donee Middleton (Jazz Noir) - Twins Jazz (Two shows)
• Dos Osos, Bravenoise, and Satori Trova - Sidebar Tavern [218 East Lexington St, Baltimore, MD]
• Eben Trio (formerly Puella Trio) - Kennedy Center (Terrace Theater)
• Flip Orley - DC Improv [1140 Connecticut Ave NW, WDC]
• Georgia Anne Muldrow - LIV Nightclub [2001 11th Street NW, WDC]
• HAPA - Wolf Trap (the Barns)
• Kyogen and Daidengaku - Kennedy Center (Millennium Stage)
• Lazerbitch, the Sneaks, Violent Vickie, and Polaroid Rage - Ottobar (Baltimore)
• Lee Ritenour (guitar/fusion) - Blues Alley (Two shows)
• Mr. Greengenes - Recher Theatre (Towson, MD) (Benefit for www.CF4CF.com)
• Nero (live) and Dillon Francis - 9:30 Club - sold out
• Nneka and Bajah & the Dry Eye Crew - Jammin' Java
• Not So Modern Jazz Band - St Elmo's Coffee Pub [2300 Mt Vernon Ave, Alexandria, VA 22301]
• NSO Pops: Wayne Brady Sings the Sammys / Steven Reineke, conductor - Kennedy Center (Concert Hall)
• On the Bus and Black Muddy River Band - IOTA Club & CafÈ
• Paganfest - Turisas, Alestorm, Arkona, Ex Deo, Huntress, Deranged Theory, Fallen Martyr, and Yesterday's Saints - Sonar (Baltimore) (Main Stage)
• Pearl and the Beard - Night Cat [5 Goldsborough St, Easton, MD]
• Rahsaan Patterson - Birchmere
• Rodney Crowell and Mary Karr - Birchmere POSTPONED - new date TBA
• Ryan Montbleau and the Band of Heathens - the Hamilton
• Seven Jackson, TEFF BANGA, HAMSQUAD, and Guests - Empire (formerly Jaxx)
• Sterling Sisters, Charlie Rauh & Concetta Abbate, Janel & Anthony, and the Expanding Man - Wind-Up Space (Baltimore)
• Trevor Hall and Cas Haley - Baltimore SoundStage
• UMD Symphony & Wind Orchestras with Daniel Bernard Roumain (violin) - Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center at University of Maryland [Stadium Drive at Route 193, College Park, MD]
• Wil Gravatt Band - Hill Country Live [410 7th St NW, WDC]
• Wildlife City, Lethal Peanut, and Western Affairs - Red Palace