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Tuesday, 21 May 2013 [link to this day]

• the 9 Songwriters Series: Justin Trawick, Heather Lloyd, Jasmine Gillison, Tom Maxwell, Gina Sobel, Jeff Ting, Tobias Russell, Mike Sanzo, David Tewksbury - IOTA Club & Café
• Annie & the Beekeepers - Hill Country Live [410 7th St NW, WDC]
• Anti-Flag (20th Anniversary Tour), Hostage Calm, Code Orange Kids, and World's Scariest Police Chase - DC9
• the Atom Age and Goddamnit - Charm City Art Space (Baltimore) (Presented by Feed the Scene)
• Austin Goodwin, Robbie Moore, and Ida Saki (from So You Think You Can Dance) - Kennedy Center (Millennium Stage)
• Burn the Ballroom, Like a Real Boy, Fusebox Poet, Holly Would, No Blitz, Just Another Scene, and Maybe Aviator - Jammin' Java
• Caroline Smith & the Good Night Sleeps - Rock & Roll Hotel
• Coke Bust, Blockhead, Misled Youth, Vile Faith, and Forward - Black Cat (Backstage)
• Hot Club of DC (Gypsy Jazz) - Twins Jazz (Two shows)
• Korn and Device - Fillmore Silver Spring
• Ludovico Einaudi - Warner Theatre
• Macy Gray - Rams Head Center Stage (Arundel Mills, Hanover, MD)
• Mad Anthony and Polaroid Rage - Sidebar Tavern (Baltimore)
• Omoo Omoo, Noah Kain, and Fthia - Club K [2101 Maryland Ave, Baltimore, MD]
• Out of Your Head - Improvised and Experimental Music Collective - Wind-Up Space (Baltimore)
• Peter Tork: "In This Generation: My Life in the Monkees and so much more!" - Birchmere
• Slingshot Dakota, Taking Meds, Trust Fall, and Kissing Fractures - the Lab [1819 Crestwood Drive, Alexandria, VA]
• Thomas Dimuzio - Red Room at Normal's Books & Records [425 E. 31st St, Baltimore, MD]
• Tommy Cecil and Bill Mays - Sondheim Duos (bass/piano) - Blues Alley (Two shows)
• We Were Pirates and Ola Podrida - Velvet Lounge
• Wednesday 13, Vampires Everywhere, and Scarecrows Curse - Empire (formerly Jaxx)


Wednesday, 22 May 2013 [link to this day]

• 10,000 Maniacs and Jenn Grinels - Rams Head Tavern (Annapolis) - sold out
• Almost Journey (tribute) - Rams Head Center Stage (Arundel Mills, Hanover, MD)
• Attacca Quartet - Library of Congress Coolidge Auditorium [Thomas Jefferson Building, 10 First St SE, WDC] (8 PM show)
• Attack Attack, the Plot In You, Get Scared, Dangerkids, Closer Than Closure, and Encasing Embrace - Empire (formerly Jaxx)
• Coffin Dust, Part Death, and Virulence - Wind-Up Space (Baltimore) (Opening Reception for J.M. Giordano's portrait project Killer Angels: Faces of American Death Metal)
• Daisy Castro (Artist in Residence) - Strathmore (Mansion)
• Dan Wallace Cord Quartet - Twins Jazz (Two shows)
• Future Islands and Smoke Bellow - Metro Gallery (Baltimore) - sold out
• Homeward Bound Heroes - Strathmore (Music Center)
• Laura Tsaggaris, Carolyn Crysdale, and Sara Davenport - the Dunes [1402 Meridian Place NW, WDC]
RECOMMENDED - Lorelei, Talk It, Masha Qrella, and Frankie Rose - Black Cat (Backstage)
• Mago De Oz and Metanium - Howard Theatre
• Mixtapes, Masked Intruder, Chasing Morgan, and Class Picture - Charm City Art Space (Baltimore)
• Nicole Henry, Vinx, and Marcus Johnson - Birchmere
• NSO Pops: Trey Anastasio - Kennedy Center (Concert Hall)
• oOoOO, Rush Midnight, and Cavale - U St Music Hall
• Paper Route and Satellite - DC9
• Pete Holmes - 9:30 Club
• Pierce Pettis, Peyton Tochterman, and Luke Mitchem - Jammin' Java
• Pree, Adron, AG/LG, and Wei Zhognle - Velvet Lounge
• Raw Radar War, Wake, Nothing is Over, Cavern, Gradius, Drugs of Faith, Passage Between, Heartless, and Cold Inside - Sidebar Tavern (Baltimore)
• Sinkane (members of Yeasayer & Of Montreal) - Ottobar (Baltimore)
• Tim Callobre (guitar) - Kennedy Center (Millennium Stage)
• Toots & the Maytals and Anders Osborne - the Hamilton
• Trio Caliente (flamenco/pop/Brazilian jazz) - Blues Alley (Two shows)


Thursday, 23 May 2013 [link to this day]

• 10 Years, Saturate, and Adverse Attraction - Rams Head Live! (Baltimore)
• 10,000 Maniacs and Jenn Grinels - Rams Head Tavern (Annapolis) - sold out
• American Folklore, Heavy Friends, and Sweepstakes - Golden West Cafe (Baltimore)
• Balticore 4 featuring Watabou, the New Jedi Order, Crimespree, Finn McCool, Uppybump, Mherdad - Club K [2101 Maryland Ave, Baltimore, MD]
• Ben Redwine & the Samba Jazz Project - Twins Jazz (Two shows)
• Billy Colucci & the Billy Colucci Trio - Creative Alliance at the Patterson [3134 Eastern Avenue # A, Baltimore, MD] (2 PM Show)
• Coliseum, Red Hare, and Give - Black Cat (Backstage)
• the Dags and Brad Gunson & Gunson Roses - Metropolitan Kitchen & Lounge [169 West Street, Annapolis, MD]
• Derketa, Cemetery Piss, and Immaculate Deception - Sidebar Tavern (Baltimore) (2 PM Show)
• Dwele - Howard Theatre
• Finley Martin - Renaissance Arlington Capital View Hotel [2800 South Potomac Ave, Arlington, VA]
• Foster Care, Ravagers, and Savage Pinks - Golden West Cafe (Baltimore)
• Foster Care, Savage Pinks, and Hard Dads - Ottobar (Baltimore) (Upstairs)
• Futurebirds, Floating Action, and Justin Jones - 9:30 Club
• Godfrey - DC Improv [1140 Connecticut Ave NW, WDC]
• Jazz Lunch, Little Worlds, and Susan Alcorn - Wind-Up Space (Baltimore)
• Jennifer Koh (violin) and Reiko Uchida (piano) - Atlas Performing Arts Center [1333 H St NE, WDC]
• Lxsx Frxnk and Baronhawk Poitier - Tropicalia [2001 14th Street NW, WDC]
• Macy Gray (performing On How Life Is) - Birchmere
• Marie Miller and Kenny Kohlhaas - Jammin' Java
Maryland DeathFest XI: Bolt Thrower, Abigail, Cobolt, Diephago, Evoken, Ufomammut, Pallbearer, Necropsy - Former Sonar Main Room [Baltimore, MD]
• Matt Tarka, the French Admirals, and Carolyn Crysdale - Tree House Lounge [1006 Florida Ave NW, WDC]
• the Morrison Brothers Band - Hill Country Live [410 7th St NW, WDC]
• Mud Rey and Norman Rockwell - IOTA Club & Café
• the New Heaven & the New Earth, Laurelin Kruse, and Lies About Butter - the Beehive [1327 Delafield Pl NW, WDC]
• Roberto Pomili (bass/gypsy tango/flamenco) - Blues Alley (Two shows)
• Sam Cooper & the Sleepwalkers, the NRIs, and the Polka Dots - Rock & Roll Hotel
• Seryn and Nathan Reich - the Hamilton
• Sh!t Robot and Protect-U (DJ set) - U St Music Hall
• Shooter Jennings with Daniel Romano and Scott Kurt & Memphis 59 - State Theatre
• Somo and Nick Luebke - Empire (formerly Jaxx)
• Thunder From Down Under - Rams Head Center Stage (Arundel Mills, Hanover, MD)
• Tzveta Kassabova and Raja "Feather" Kelly - Kennedy Center (Millennium Stage)
• Victims of Experience, Orange Horse, and Geus Kake - Metro Gallery (Baltimore)
• Y Wonder & the Wonder Whys and Treal - Velvet Lounge


Friday, 24 May 2013 [link to this day]

• 10,000 Maniacs and Pegi Young & the Survivors (Pegi Young, Spooner Oldham, Kelvin Holly, Rock Rosas, Phil Jones) - Birchmere (Rescheduled from 2/10/13; all original tickets will be honored)
A Prairie Home Companion with Garrison Keillor - Wolf Trap (Filene Center)
• Alex Vans & the Hideaway, Hollywood Blanks, and Wooly Moon - Metropolitan Kitchen & Lounge [169 West Street, Annapolis, MD]
• Among Wolves, Mr. Mocassin, Us & Us Only, Western Blot MacGregor Burns, and Outlier (DJ set) - Ottobar (Baltimore) (Presented by Flying Dog Music)
• Bad Mooka (Primal CD Release Show), Tafru, Toad Head, and Arkestry - Empire (formerly Jaxx)
• Big Daddy Love - National Building Museum [401 F Street NW, WDC] (West Lawn - Hill Country's Backyard Barbecue - 5:30 PM Show)
• Boysetsfire, No Trigger, Pentimento, Light Years, and Makers - Rock & Roll Hotel
• Bumper Jacksons (CD Release), Letitia Vansant, Brad Kolodner, and D.T. Huber - Wind-Up Space (Baltimore)
• Chris Hardwick - Rams Head Live! (Baltimore)
• Coliseum, Spoilage, Red Hare, and Give - Sidebar Tavern (Baltimore)
• DC Traffic, Maple, Tom O'Connor, and the Northwest Players - IOTA Club & Café
• Emmet Cohen Jazz Trio - Kennedy Center (Millennium Stage)
• Fire & the Wheel, Brenda, Andrew Grossman, and Linsay Deming - Velvet Lounge
• Godfrey - DC Improv [1140 Connecticut Ave NW, WDC]
• Honor By August, Melodime, and Jesse Ruben - 9:30 Club
• International Contemporary Ensemble with John Adams (conductor) - Library of Congress Coolidge Auditorium [Thomas Jefferson Building, 10 First St SE, WDC] (8 PM show)
• James McCartney and Janita - Rams Head Tavern (Annapolis)
• Joel Forrester (piano) - An die Musik LIVE [409 North Charles St, Second Floor, Baltimore, MD]
• Kalob Griffin Band - Hill Country Live [410 7th St NW, WDC]
• Karissa LaRen, Victoria Vox, and Jayme Salviati - Ebenezers Coffeehouse [201 F Street NE, WDC]
• Lafayette Gilchrist Trio - Twins Jazz (Two shows)
• Lena Seikaly (jazz vocals) - Blues Alley (Two shows)
• Lost Years, the Better Fight, Sweat Life, Blackwater, Something More, Highest Honor, and Fallstreak - Charm City Art Space (Baltimore)
• Machet Reggae Band - Tropicalia [2001 14th Street NW, WDC]
Maryland DeathFest XI: Feastem, Full of Hell, Gehenna, Heartless, Hellshock, Old Lines, Rotten Sound, Sete Star Sept, Tragedy - Baltimore SoundStage
Maryland DeathFest XI: Ahumado Granujo, Ambassador Gun, Benediction, Carcass, Convulse, Ingrowing, Pelican, Pig Destroyer, Repulsion, Righteous Pigs - Former Sonar Compound [Baltimore, MD]
• Moogatu, WoodWork, and Threesound - Jammin' Java (Late show - 10 PM)
• the Moonshine Society - the Hamilton (Free Loft Late Night - 10:30 PM)
• Navi, Heavy Midgets, Dial Sup, Noisy Ghost, and Echo - Tosche Station [Springfield VA]
• Risa Binder - Jammin' Java (Early show - 7 PM)
• Ruthie & the Wranglers - National Gallery of Art Sculpture Garden [DC] (Jazz in the Garden at 5 PM)
• Soichi & Kaori Muraji - Evermay [1623 28th St NW, WDC]
• A Sound of Thunder, Dark Empire, Division, and My Enemy Complete - Balls Bluff Tavern [2-D Loudoun Street Southwest, Leesburg, VA]
• SWV - Howard Theatre (Early show - 8 PM)
• Thunder From Down Under - Rams Head Center Stage (Arundel Mills, Hanover, MD) (Two shows - 7:30 PM & 10 PM)
• Tigerscout, Caust, Smoother, and Grower - Club K [2101 Maryland Ave, Baltimore, MD]
• Todd Terry, John Johnson, and Andy Grant - U St Music Hall
• Trihexyn, Slurry, Hatef*ck, and Omit the Alibi - First Break Cafe [46970 Community Plaza, Sterling, VA]
• Urban Grooves Showcase: "A Grown and Sexy Live Music Experience" featuring the Vybe Band and Familiar Faces - Howard Theatre (Late show - 11 PM)
• Ustad Rahat Fateh Ali Khan - Patriot Center


Saturday, 25 May 2013 [link to this day]

A Prairie Home Companion with Garrison Keillor - Wolf Trap (Filene Center)
• Alma Tropicalia, Batala, and Fort Knox Five - Tropicalia [2001 14th Street NW, WDC]
• the Alternate Routes - FNDTN Gallery & Liveroom [3762A Howard Avenue, Kensington, MD]
• Baroness and Inter Arma - Rams Head Live! (Baltimore)
• Bastards of Reality and Foghound - Metropolitan Kitchen & Lounge [169 West Street, Annapolis, MD] (8:30 PM Show)
• Beacon and Pleasure Curses - DC9
• Bliss with Ellen Allien, Charles Martin, Sarah Myers - U St Music Hall
• Bobby Caldwell - Rams Head Tavern (Annapolis)
• BSO: Romeo and Juliet - Strathmore (Music Center)
• Building 429, Selah, and Royal Tailor - Pier Six Pavilion (Baltimore) (95.1 SHINE-FM Summer Blast)
• the Cheaters - Hill Country Live [410 7th St NW, WDC]
• Chris Hardwick and Chris Lamberth - 9:30 Club (Early show - 6 PM)
• Cobra Collective - IOTA Club & Café
• Conrad Tao (pianist) with Sirena Huang (violin) and Anna Litvinenko (cello) - Kennedy Center (Millennium Stage)
• Curved Dog, the Deads, and Amanda X - Casa Fiesta [4910 Wisconsin Ave NW, WDC]
• Deniz Tek (of Radio Birdman), Jake Starr & the Delicious Fullness, and the Stents - Quarry House Tavern [8401 Georgia Ave., Silver Spring, MD]
• Direct Effect, Ex-Breathers, and Sleepwell - Chapala's Blue Beetle [15530 Old Columbia Pike, Burtonsville, MD]
• Dusk Whales, Magpie String Band, and Red Sammy - NOVA Music Center [8963 Center St, Manassas, VA]
• Eric Roberson and Anami Jordan - Birchmere - sold out
• Footwerk and Inner Loop - Velvet Lounge
• Godfrey - DC Improv [1140 Connecticut Ave NW, WDC]
• the Good Fight, Idleminds, the Occupants, and Today's Tomorrow - the Lab [1819 Crestwood Drive, Alexandria, VA]
Heavy Breathing and Free Blood - Black Whiskey [1410 14th St NW, WDC] CANCELLED
• Hector Ayerdiz - Ebenezers Coffeehouse [201 F Street NE, WDC]
• James McCartney and Justin Trawick - Jammin' Java
• JEFF the Brotherhood and Hunters - Rock & Roll Hotel
• John Lamkin "Favorites" Jazz Quintet - An die Musik LIVE [409 North Charles St, Second Floor, Baltimore, MD]
• Ken Wenzel - the Hamilton (Free Loft Late Night - 10:30 PM)
• Kenny Chesney, Eric Church, Eli Young Band, and Kacey Musgraves - FedEx Field [1600 FedEx Way, Landover, MD 20785]
• Lafayette Gilchrist Trio - Twins Jazz (Two shows)
• Lori Williams (jazz vocals) - Blues Alley (Two shows)
• Man Man and Grandchildren - Ottobar (Baltimore)
Maryland DeathFest XI: Anhedonist, Antaeus, Aosoth, Asthma Castle, Broken Hope, Down, Ihsahn, Iniquity, Kommandant, Loss, (the) Melvins, The Obsessed, Revenge, Sleep, Vinterland, Weedeater - Former Sonar Compound [Baltimore, MD]
Maryland DeathFest XI: Disciples of Christ, Eddie Brock, Infest, Like Rats, Massgrav, Terveet Kadet, Vitamin X, Wake, Weekend Nachos - Baltimore SoundStage
• Of Montreal and Us & Us Only - Flying Dog Brewery [4607 Wedgewood Blvd, Frederick, MD] (5:30 PM to 9 PM)
• On the Run, Grand Revival, and Scott's Run - Electric Maid [268 Carroll St NW, WDC]
• oOoOO, Adventure, Braider, and Sick Din - Metro Gallery (Baltimore)
• pacificUV, the Fire Tapes, and Crimson Wave - Golden West Cafe (Baltimore)
• Rachel Joy Plets (EP Release Party) - Metropolitan Kitchen & Lounge [169 West Street, Annapolis, MD] (5 PM Show)
• the Radical Sound - An die Musik LIVE [409 North Charles St, Second Floor, Baltimore, MD] (3 PM Show)
• Sete Star Sept, Skelptarsis, Hoax, and Old Lines - Sidebar Tavern (Baltimore)
• Shoot the Cricket, Allison's Degradation, Sophia Nadja, the Senecas, Nick Cabrejos, Matthew Billingsley, Thomas hinds, the Axis, and Lionskin - Empire (formerly Jaxx) (12:30 PM show - Alchemy Acoustic Afternoon)
• Sparklefight, May Weather, and Thirteen Towers - O'Shaughnessy's Pub [1324 King St, Old Town Alexandria, VA]
• Thunder From Down Under - Rams Head Center Stage (Arundel Mills, Hanover, MD) (Two shows - 7:30 PM & 10 PM)
• Total Control, Parquet Courts, and UV Race - Black Cat (Mainstage)
• U.S. Army Blues - Atlas Performing Arts Center [1333 H St NE, WDC]
• Wonk N Roll: American University Battle of the Bands - Comet Ping Pong
• Yo Mama's Big Fat Booty Band - the Hamilton


Sunday, 26 May 2013 [link to this day]

• 2 Chainz, Big G, and Backyard - Echo Stage [2135 Queens Chapel Road NE, WDC]
• 2013 National Memorial Day Choral Festival - Kennedy Center (Concert Hall - 3 PM - FREE)
• Anders & Kendall (Anders Parker & Kendall Meade) - IOTA Club & Café
• Direct Effect, Ex-Breathers, Smoother, and Grower - Tosche Station [Springfield VA]
• the Fabulous Hubcaps - Rams Head Center Stage (Arundel Mills, Hanover, MD) (Two shows - 12 PM & 3 PM)
• Godfrey - DC Improv [1140 Connecticut Ave NW, WDC]
• Gospel Brunch featuring Jacques Johnson - the Hamilton (Two shows - 10:30 AM & 1 PM)
• Gum Yummy & Friends, the Electric Grandmother, and Cab27 - Velvet Lounge
A Happy Death and the Rumble - Rock & Roll Hotel NO LONGER ON VENUE WEB SITE
• Howard Gospel Brunch featuring the Greater Mount Calvary Holy Church Choir - Howard Theatre (1 PM Show)
• Jazz Mosaic Bobby Muncy - Twins Jazz (Two shows)
• Kate Davis (singer/songwriter/bassist) with Gabe Schnider (guitar) and Noah Kellman (piano) - Kennedy Center (Millennium Stage)
• Kelly Rowland and The-Dream - Fillmore Silver Spring
• Le'andria Johnson - Warner Theatre
Maryland DeathFest XI: Ascension, Carpathian Forest, Contrastic, Cruciamentum, Exodus, Glorior Belli, Gride, Integrity, Manilla Road, Midnight, Morgion, Pagan Altar, Pentagram, Sacred Reich, Sleep, Speedwolf, !T.O.O.H!, Venom - Former Sonar Compound [Baltimore, MD]
Maryland DeathFest XI: Citizens Arrest, Converge, Ilsa, Iron Lung, Kromosom, Magrudergrind, Tinner - Baltimore SoundStage
• Mike Reed's PeoplePlaces&Things - Bohemian Caverns [2001 11th Street, WDC]
National Memorial Day Concert: National Symphony Orchestra with Chris Mann and Katherine Jenkins - U.S. Capitol [First St NW, WDC] (West Lawn)
• Night Shift, Douglas J. MC Carthy, and Hopeful Machines - Empire (formerly Jaxx)
• Peter Tork: In This Generation, My Life in the Monkees and so much more - Rams Head Tavern (Annapolis)
• Red, We As Human, and Southbound Fearing - Rams Head Live! (Baltimore)
• Sea Patterns, the Cupcake Clan, Animal Lover, the Shaky Experience, and Lisa Drank - Club K [2101 Maryland Ave, Baltimore, MD]
• Sharon Clark (jazz vocals) - Blues Alley (Two shows)
• the Steel Wheels and Ana Egge - Rams Head Tavern (Annapolis) (All-Ages Matinee)
• Wolvhammer, Glorior Belli, and Krieg - Sidebar Tavern (Baltimore)
• Wreckless Eric & Amy Wrigby - An die Musik LIVE [409 North Charles St, Second Floor, Baltimore, MD]
• Your Cousin Marvin, A Happy Death, the Autonomics, and the Rumble - DC9


Monday, 27 May 2013 [link to this day]

• Asian-Pacific American Heritage Month performance - Kennedy Center (Millennium Stage)
• Blank Realm, Apache Dropout, Foul Swoops, and Thee Tsunamis - Black Cat (Backstage)
• Christopher O'Riley - IOTA Club & Café
• Kid & the Crater, Danielle Grubb, and Real Kind - Velvet Lounge
• Natural Child, Slow Jerks, the Matrimonials, and DJ Dad Weed - Metro Gallery (Baltimore)
• No Sir I Won't and Friendbeast - Sidebar Tavern (Baltimore)
• Noise in the Basement (98 Rock): Reina Williams, Joint Effort, Beetle & Juice, Flavian - Ottobar (Baltimore)
• Paul Kelly - Rams Head Tavern (Annapolis)
• Peabody Jazz Students: Adam Corson (sax), Jon Guo (bass), Kevin Clark (guitar), and Byung Kang (drums) - An die Musik LIVE [409 North Charles St, Second Floor, Baltimore, MD]
• the Pro Letarians, Congo Sanchez, and the Cornel West Theory - the Hamilton


Tuesday, 28 May 2013 [link to this day]

• Aaron Neville - Rams Head Tavern (Annapolis)
• Fado music - Kennedy Center (Millennium Stage)
• Hot Club of DC (Gypsy Jazz) - Twins Jazz (Two shows)
• Idleminds, Paper Dolls, and Clockbreaker - Velvet Lounge
• Keith Wesby Band (electric bass) - Blues Alley (Two shows)
• Kelly Rowland & The-Dream - Rams Head Live! (Baltimore)
• Krisiun and Krass Judgement - Empire (formerly Jaxx)
• Lemuria, War on Women, and Sick Sick Birds - Metro Gallery (Baltimore)
• Nikki Talley - Hill Country Live [410 7th St NW, WDC]
• the Smittens, Tigercat, Making Marks, and Arab Spring - Charm City Art Space (Baltimore)
• the Sun Club, Go Cozy, Carroll, and Us & Only Us - Golden West Cafe (Baltimore)
• Sunwolf, the Flying Eyes, and Secret Colours - Black Whiskey [1410 14th St NW, WDC]
• Tune In Write Now Local Artist Spotlight: Molly Hagen, Andy Zipf, Derek Evry, and Laura Tsaggaris - IOTA Club & Café (Tune In Right Now: Local Artist Spotlight)
• the Uncluded (Aesop Rock & Kimya Dawson) and Hamell On Trial - 9:30 Club


Wednesday, 29 May 2013 [link to this day]

• Aaron Neville - Birchmere
• Airstrip and Flashlights - DC9
• Black Alley & Be'La Dona - Howard Theatre
• Broken Lizard's Steve Lemme & Kevin Heffernan - Ottobar (Baltimore)
• Captain Fantastic (Elton John tribute) - Rams Head Center Stage (Arundel Mills, Hanover, MD)
• Cyprus culture - Kennedy Center (Millennium Stage)
• the Dandy Warhols (13 Tales from Urban Bohemia in its entirety) and the Shivas - 9:30 Club
• Dead Whale Ramblers, Hollywood Blanks, Drunk Monk, and You'll Never Guess What's Going On - Wind-Up Space (Baltimore)
• Eldar Djangirov Trio - Blues Alley (Two shows)
• From Baltimore to Cádiz: an evening of Spanish canciones and flamenco music and dance - An die Musik LIVE [409 North Charles St, Second Floor, Baltimore, MD]
• Grand Revival, Sub-Radio Standard, Good Gravity, and Sudden Impact - Jammin' Java (@JamnJavaDoorGal's Local Scene)
• Imperial China (final show), Tereu Tereu, and May Tabol (of Pree) - Black Cat (Backstage)
• Joe Krown Trio & Royal Southern Brotherhood - the Hamilton
• Mala, Author (live), and Deep Sessions Crew - U St Music Hall
• Moira Scar, Putrid Servant, Special People, Curse, and Decapitated Head - Sidebar Tavern (Baltimore)
• Rickie Simpkins (Artist in Residence) - Strathmore (Mansion)
• Ringo Deathstarr, Roomrunner (record release show), Hive Bent, and Wildhoney - Metro Gallery (Baltimore)
• South Rail - Vermillion [1120 King St, Alexandria, VA]
• Tamaki Kawakubo with Erik Schumann (Violin), Gareth Lubbe (Viola), Claudio Bohorquez (Cello), Tim Park (Cello), Nabil Shehata (Double Bass), and Yu Kosuge (Piano) - Evermay [1623 28th St NW, WDC]
• Toots & the Maytals and Anders Osborne - Rams Head Tavern (Annapolis) - sold out
• A Tribe Called Red and Maracuyeah - Tropicalia [2001 14th Street NW, WDC]
• the Young Black Mechanics - Twins Jazz (Two shows)
• Zo! (album release party), Deborah Bond, and Ab & Sy Smith - LIV Nightclub [2001 11th Street NW, WDC]


Thursday, 30 May 2013 [link to this day]

• 600 Lbs of Sin and Swamp Candy - Club Heaven and Hell [2327 18th St NW, WDC] (Indie Adams Morgan - Rock Roots Finale)
• the 9 Songwriters Series - Ebenezers Coffeehouse [201 F Street NE, WDC]
• Big Christ, Weed, Cascadia, and Gutterhooks - Sidebar Tavern (Baltimore)
• Bill Burr - Meyerhoff Symphony Hall [Baltimore, MD]
• BSO: the Magic of Motown - Strathmore (Music Center)
• Cahzmiere - Rams Head Center Stage (Arundel Mills, Hanover, MD)
• Covered with Jam featuring Ron Holloway, Djesben, and On the Bus - State Theatre (Jamband Fan Night)
• Darryl Brenzel and Mobtown Modern Big Band - Bethesda Blues & Jazz Club [7719 Wisconsin Ave, Bethesda, MD]
• El-Creepo (members of Polkadot Cadaver, Dog Fashion Disco) and Williamette - Ottobar (Baltimore)
• Hands and Nightlands - DC9
• Iris DeMent - Rams Head Tavern (Annapolis)
• Joe Brotherton Quintet - Twins Jazz (Two shows)
• John Pizzarelli Quartet (guitar/vocals) - Blues Alley (Two shows)
• the Kin, Taylor Carson (full band), and Sam PInkerton - Jammin' Java
• Krisiun, March to Victory, Doom Syndicate, Visceral Violation, Virulence, Demiz, and East Dear Park - Metro Gallery (Baltimore)
• moe. - 9:30 Club
• Monument, Cake & Calculus, and Mittenfields - Rock & Roll Hotel
• National Symphony Orchestra (John Adams, conductor): Jeremy Denk, piano, plays Ravel - Kennedy Center (Concert Hall)
• Overtures Chamber Music Project: Tamaki Kawakubo and Friends featuring Erik Schumann (violin), Gareth Lubbe (viola), Claudio Bohorquez (cello), Tim Park (cello), Nabil Shehata (double bass), and Yu Kosuge (piano) - Kennedy Center (Millennium Stage - in the Family Theater)
• Paul Kelly and Dan Kelly - the Hamilton
• Ploy, Carroll, and Pleasure Curses - Velvet Lounge
• Pop Evil, Devour the Day, and Guns Out at Sundown - Rams Head Live! (Baltimore)
• Sam the Man, Austin Twins Inc., 3PC, Messier 32, Johnny Smathers, and Johnny Balik - Empire (formerly Jaxx) (Mic Check - Hip Hop Night)
• Sylvia Browne (psychic and author) - Birchmere
• the Thermals, Hollywood, and Pure Junk (members of Double Dagger) - Black Cat (Mainstage)
• A Tribe Called Red - 8x10 [10 East Cross St, Baltimore, MD 21230]
• Walt Wilkins & the Mystiqueros - Hill Country Live [410 7th St NW, WDC]


Friday, 31 May 2013 [link to this day]

• Allyn Johnson Quartet - Twins Jazz (Two shows)
• Arrows In Her, Class Picture, and Collapser - the Lab [1819 Crestwood Drive, Alexandria, VA]
• the Bacon Brothers - Rams Head Tavern (Annapolis) (Two shows - 6:30 PM & 9:30 PM)
• Black Pus (Brian Chippendale of Lightning Bolt), Weekends, Baby Aprin DVD, Wing Dam, and Teenage Souls - Metro Gallery (Baltimore)
• Bobby Thompson Project and Scott Kurt & Memphis 59 - the Hamilton
• Bukkake Party Tonight, Blinding Eye Dog, the Deckards, Professional Victim, and the Assless Chaps - Sidebar Tavern (Baltimore)
• the Cheaters - Empire (formerly Jaxx)
• Chopteeth - National Gallery of Art Sculpture Garden [DC] (Jazz in the Garden at 5 PM)
• Crazy In Stereo - Rams Head Center Stage (Arundel Mills, Hanover, MD)
• D'Julz, Karina, Chris Burns, and Philip Goyette - U St Music Hall
• Debórah Bond - Howard Theatre
• Dog Fashion Disco with appearance by guitarist Greg Combs - a night of DFD Classics - Baltimore SoundStage
• Fall Out Boy - 9:30 Club - sold out
• the Highballers and the Saddletones - the Bier Baron Tavern [1523 22nd St NW, WDC]
• Iris Dement - Jammin' Java
• Jarflys and Josephine Olivia - Metropolitan Kitchen & Lounge [169 West Street, Annapolis, MD]
• John Pizzarelli Quartet (guitar/vocals) - Blues Alley (Two shows)
• Jonny Grave & the Tombstones - Hill Country Live [410 7th St NW, WDC]
• Kill Lincoln (album release), Disastrous Consequences, Cowabunga!, and Toy Store Riot - Rock & Roll Hotel
• Maceo Parker - Birchmere
• Manassas Chorale - a Star-Spangled Celebration - Hylton Performing Arts Center [10960 George Mason Circle, Manassas, VA]
• Matt Tarka - Busboys and Poets Shirlington [4251 S Campbell Ave, Arlington, VA]
• Mink Stole & Her Wonderful Band (record release show) - Creative Alliance at the Patterson [3134 Eastern Avenue # A, Baltimore, MD]
• National Symphony Orchestra (John Adams, conductor): Jeremy Denk, piano, plays Ravel - Kennedy Center (Concert Hall)
• the Orange Peels, Alice Despard Group, and Jelly Roll Mortals - IOTA Club & Café
• Pang!, Sexgender, Heavy Friends, and Mark Plasma - Holy Underground [2021 Maryland Ave, Baltimore, MD]
• Railroad Earth - Rams Head Live! (Baltimore)
• Ryo Yanagitani (piano) - Kennedy Center (Millennium Stage - in the Family Theater)
• the School of Rock Baltimore: the British are Coming and Indie Rock in the Internet Age - Ottobar (Baltimore)
The Mikado - New York Gilbert & Sullivan Players - Wolf Trap (Filene Center)
• Tigercats, the Mean Season, the Smittens, and Making Marks - Velvet Lounge
• Tom McBride and Olivia & the Mates - Black Cat (Mainstage)
• Turbine - National Building Museum [401 F Street NW, WDC] (West Lawn - Hill Country's Backyard Barbecue - 5:30 PM Show)
• Weed and Trouble - Comet Ping Pong


Saturday, 1 June 2013 [link to this day]

• Allyn Johnson Quartet - Twins Jazz (Two shows)
• Artie Lange - Howard Theatre (Two shows - 7:30 PM & 10 PM)
• Attila & the Huns, the Quarantines, and Oh Ontario - Sidebar Tavern (Baltimore)
• the Bacon Brothers - Rams Head Tavern (Annapolis) (Two shows - 6:30 PM & 9:30 PM)
• Bonerama - the Hamilton
• Burnt Sienna - Rams Head Center Stage (Arundel Mills, Hanover, MD)
• DC Flow, Lightspeed Rescue, and Abztrax - Velvet Lounge
• Dog Fashion Disco - Committed to a Bright Future (10 Year Anniversary) - Baltimore SoundStage
• the Doozies, the Sweets, and Flower Girl - Black Whiskey [1410 14th St NW, WDC]
• Dynamite Fishermen (Makin Waves EP release), Tideland, the Mostly Dead, Teamster, and B.S.R. - the Lab [1819 Crestwood Drive, Alexandria, VA] (Food Drive for the Capital Area Food Bank)
• Eats Everything, Harry Ransom, and Ken Lazee - U St Music Hall
• Fire in Elysium, Xstrophy, Lucy Paranormal, Neverthough, and the Wicked End - Rams Head Live! (Baltimore)
• Footwerk - IOTA Club & Café
• Grace Helbig, Hannah Hart, and Mamrie Hart - U St Music Hall (Two shows - 3 PM & 6 PM)
• Jamie McLean Band - Hill Country Live [410 7th St NW, WDC]
• Jamie McLean Band - National Building Museum [401 F Street NW, WDC] (West Lawn - Hill Country's Backyard Barbecue - 5:30 PM Show)
• John Pizzarelli Quartet (guitar/vocals) - Blues Alley (Two shows)
• Markus Groh (piano) - Kennedy Center (Terrace Theater - 2 PM)
• Moombahton Massive Day - with Nadastrom X Sabo, Gent & Jawns, Kingman Fire (Pickster One & Melo), Heartbreak, Jay Fay, DJ Ayres, Cousin Culo, Maxxin Crew (Cousin Culo X DJ Reck X Phi Unit), Thomas Blondet, Dee Jay Theory, Jon Kwest - 9:30 Club
• Mount Kimbie, Holy Other, and Vinyl Williams - Black Cat (Mainstage)
• National Chamber Ensemble: the Three B's - Bach, Beethoven, and Brahms - Artisphere (Spectrum Theatre)
• National Philharmonic: Wagner 200th Anniversary Celebration - Strathmore (Music Center)
• National Symphony Orchestra (John Adams, conductor): Jeremy Denk, piano, plays Ravel - Kennedy Center (Concert Hall)
• Ottmar Liebert & Luna Negra - Birchmere
• Paul & Storm - Jammin' Java (Early show - 7 PM)
• the Perfects, Burn the Ballroom, Car Party, the Ruin City, Norman Rockwell, Mokey Doris, Green Light at the End, and Stereo Riots - Empire (formerly Jaxx)
Politics, Propaganda, Prokofiev: the Intriguing Saga of Alexander Nevsky - Kennedy Center (Atrium - 1 PM)
• the Post-College Confusion Tour: Dan St. Germain (VH1's Best Week Ever), Josh Rabinowitz (Comedy Central's "Comics To Watch"), Jared Freid (MTV's Failosophy), Sara Armour (Laughing Skull Festival), Brandon Wardell (SXSW) - 6th & I
• Rocknoceros - Fillmore Silver Spring
• Shinobi Ninja, Irresponsible, and Dance for the Dying - Jammin' Java (Late show - 10 PM)
• the Sidleys (CD Release Concert) with Levi Stephens (guitar) - Bethesda Blues & Jazz Club [7719 Wisconsin Ave, Bethesda, MD]
• Sierra Leone Refugee All Stars - Artisphere (Ballroom)
• the Silver Liners, the Riverbreaks, and Go Cozy - DC9
• Snowden, Teen Mom, and Golden Looks - Rock & Roll Hotel
• South Carey (final show), Erik Petersen aka mischief br, Advlts., To Tremble, the Degenerettes, and Night Moves - Charm City Art Space (Baltimore)
• Still Penny (CD Release), the Subtle Hustle, and Loosey - Metropolitan Kitchen & Lounge [169 West Street, Annapolis, MD]
The Mikado - New York Gilbert & Sullivan Players - Wolf Trap (Filene Center)
• Tim McGraw, Brantley Gilbert, and Love & Theft - Jiffy Lube Live
• White Ford Bronco - State Theatre


Sunday, 2 June 2013 [link to this day]

• Aaron Carter, Alexis Babini, Chrystian, and Shelby Blondell - Baltimore SoundStage
• Coda and Well Played - Jammin' Java (1:30 PM Show - Local Scene Matinee)
• the Dead Women, Harris Face, and Addieville - Black Squirrel [2427 18th St NW, WDC]
Deepa Chari - Twins Jazz (Two shows) NO LONGER ON VENUE WEB SITE
• Feria de Sevilla - Strathmore (12 PM - outdoors and free!)
• Flobots, Wheelchair Sports Camp, and Higher Education - U St Music Hall
• the Front Bottoms and Weatherbox - Black Cat (Backstage)
• John Pizzarelli Quartet (guitar/vocals) - Blues Alley (Two shows)
• Keaton Simons (Beautiful Pain CD Release), Jason Adamo, and Andrew Tufano - Jammin' Java
• Kim Burrell - Howard Theatre
• Nick Finzer Quintet - Twins Jazz (Two shows)
• Ottmar Liebert - Rams Head Tavern (Annapolis)
• Patty Griffin and Scott Miller - Birchmere
• Poncho Sanchez - Rams Head Tavern (Annapolis)
• Project Pitchfork, Ayria, and Spider Lilies - Empire (formerly Jaxx)
• Rock Bottom, BenchPress, Pleasant Living, Passengers, and Dead Gods - Charm City Art Space (Baltimore)
• the School of Rock Baltimore: Indie Rock in the Internet Age, a Tribute to the Sunset Strip, Monday Night Rock School 101, the British are Coming, and Adult Program - Ottobar (Baltimore) (Doors at noon)
• the Senecas, Atlas At Last, Black Suit Youth, and In Your Memory - Velvet Lounge
• the Smithereens - the Hamilton
• Tab Benoit & the Voice of the Wetlands All-Stars with Moreland and Arbuckle - State Theatre
• Urban Arias - IOTA Club & Café
• Washington Men's Camerata: the Great American Songbook - Kennedy Center (Terrace Theater)


Monday, 3 June 2013 [link to this day]

• Alexander Trust, Telesthesia, and Brother Simon - Golden West Cafe (Baltimore)
• Black Jake & the Carnies, Black Masala, and Dinosawh - Velvet Lounge
• Candlebox - Rams Head Tavern (Annapolis)
• Charli XCX and Little Daylight - U St Music Hall
• Copper Rose & Bone (soul/R&B) - Blues Alley (Two shows)
• DC Jazz Festival - Kennedy Center
• A Great Big World, Julia Nunes, and Rebecca Haviland & Whiskey Heart - Jammin' Java
• Heather Mae and Roy Schneider - Tree House Lounge [1006 Florida Ave NW, WDC]
• the Kruger Brothers - the Hamilton
• the Mountain Goats and the Baptist Generals - 9:30 Club (seated show)
• Patty Griffin and Scott Miller - Birchmere
• Punk Rock Karaoke - a benefit for Casa Ruby - Black Cat (Backstage)
• Walt Wilkins & the Mystiqueros - Mansion on O St [2020 O St NW, WDC]
• Washington Saxophone Quartet - IOTA Club & Café


Tuesday, 4 June 2013 [link to this day]

• the Assembly Line, Cairo Fred, and Watermelon - U St Music Hall (Three Band Night - A Benefit Concert for the Stone and Holt Weeks Foundation)
• Best Coast, Guards, and Lovely Bad Things - 9:30 Club
• Earth Wind & Fire - Wolf Trap (Filene Center)
• Elk Rhythms - Sidebar Tavern (Baltimore)
• the Flatliners, the Holy Mess, and Astpai - Black Cat (Backstage)
• Idyll, Woolly Moon, and the MacGregor Burns Band - Golden West Cafe (Baltimore)
• James Madison High School Jazz Band - Jammin' Java
• Johnny & the Headhunters (roots/blues) - Blues Alley (Two shows)
• Out of Your Head - Improvised and Experimental Music Collective - Wind-Up Space (Baltimore)
• Redwine Jazz - Twins Jazz (Two shows)
• Tommy Malone Trio plus Moreland & Arbuckle - Rams Head Tavern (Annapolis)
• Turnpike Troubadours - Hill Country Live [410 7th St NW, WDC]
• Zoe Muth & the Lost High Rollers - IOTA Club & Café


Wednesday, 5 June 2013 [link to this day]

• the Bats and Dot Dash - DC9
• the Fishermen Band, Dirty City, the Polygons, and Nervous Pudding - Velvet Lounge
• In Gratitude: a tribute to Earth Wind & Fire - Rams Head Center Stage (Arundel Mills, Hanover, MD)
• Jazz Violin Summer Series with David Schulman - Twins Jazz (Two shows)
• Otherwise - Empire (formerly Jaxx)
• Owen Danoff (Artist in Residence) - Strathmore (Mansion)
• Phaze II featuring Lady K (soul/smooth jazz) - Blues Alley (Two shows)
• Pokey LaFarge and Luke Winslow King - Birchmere
• Roy Haynes' Fountain of Youth Band and Nasar Abadey - the Hamilton (DC Jazz Festival)
• Seaway, Knucklepuck, Batten Down the Hatches, Highest Honor, Chasing Morgan, and Something More - Sidebar Tavern (Baltimore)
• Toad the Wet Sprocket - Baltimore SoundStage
• Tomahawk and Buke & Gase - 9:30 Club
• Tommy Malone (of the Subdudes) and Clarence Bucaro - Jammin' Java
• Totally Enormous Extinct Dinosaurs (DJ set) - U St Music Hall
• Weird Al Yankovic - Rams Head Live! (Baltimore)
• Widespread Panic - Wolf Trap (Filene Center)
• Windhand and Ophidian - Ottobar (Baltimore) (Upstairs and free)


Thursday, 6 June 2013 [link to this day]

• Antone "Chooky" Caldwell (bass/soul fusion - CD Release Party) - Blues Alley (Two shows)
• Beach House - 9:30 Club
• BSO: Carmina Burana - Strathmore (Music Center)
• Departures and the El Reys - Black Whiskey [1410 14th St NW, WDC]
• the Dig (EP Release), Brett, and Wheelie - Beats [1219 9th St NW, WDC]
• the Dirty River Boys - Hill Country Live [410 7th St NW, WDC]
• Edwin McCain - Rams Head Tavern (Annapolis)
• the Enigma Code, Eastdeer Park, and Beyond My Flesh - Café 611 [611 Market St, Frederick, MD]
• Frank Turner - Sound Garden [1616 Thames St, Baltimore, MD] (7 PM In-Store)
• Frank Turner & the Sleeping Souls, the Architects, and Beans on Toast - Rams Head Live! (Baltimore)
• Here Come the Mummies - State Theatre
• Hooded Fang - Black Cat (Backstage)
• Hot 8 Brass Band - 6th & I (DC Jazz Festival)
• Jesse & Joy - Fillmore Silver Spring
• Kill Lincoln, Trashkanistan, Enemy Insects, Decades, and Boozeriot - Sidebar Tavern (Baltimore)
• the London Souls, Mission South, and the Ambitions - Rock & Roll Hotel
• Mobb Deep (20th Anniversary Tour) - Howard Theatre
• the National and the Dirty Projectors - Merriweather Post Pavilion
• National Symphony Orchestra (Jakub Hrusa, conductor): Augustin Hadelich, violin & Nadezhda Serdyuk, mezzo-soprano, with the Washington Chorus - Kennedy Center (Concert Hall)
• Nicholas Payton Triple X - the Hamilton (DC Jazz Festival)
• Ours (Ring the Bell Tour for the new album Ballet the Boxer) and Luna Arcade (featuring Joey Barnes) - DC9
• Practically Einstein - IOTA Club & Café
• Sansyou, Lost Civilizations experimental music project, and Cigarbox Planetarium - Tree House Lounge [1006 Florida Ave NW, WDC]
• Syd Straw, Tom McBride, and Will Dailey - Jammin' Java
• Tea Leaf Green - the Hamilton (Late show - 10:30 PM)
• Technicians, Morningbell, and the Mean Season - Velvet Lounge
• Total Whiteout The New Romance (80s covers) - Rams Head Center Stage (Arundel Mills, Hanover, MD)
• Universal Mind Ensemble - Twins Jazz (Two shows)


Friday, 7 June 2013 [link to this day]

• Andrew W.K., Thirteen Towers, Pain!, Accidents, and the Street Parade - Empire (formerly Jaxx)
• Believers, Raindeer, and Omoo Omoo - Golden West Cafe (Baltimore)
Capital Jazz Fest: Will Downing, Jammin' jay Lamont, "Catch a Rising Star" Showcase - Merriweather Post Pavilion
• Celebration + Janka Nabay and the Bubu Gang - Metro Gallery (Baltimore)
• Crazy In Stereo - Rams Head Center Stage (Arundel Mills, Hanover, MD)
• Cut Copy and World's End Press - 9:30 Club - sold out
• Everclear, Live, Filter, and Sponge - Celebrate Fairfax Festival [12000 Government Center Parkway, Fairfax, VA] (Summerland Tour)
• Existentium, As the Kingdom Falls, Hivesmasher, Cognitive, Bury the Memories, Piece Keeper, Consumed With Hatred, and American Womanhand - Sidebar Tavern (Baltimore)
• Face To Face, Teenage Bottlerocket, Blacklist Royals, and Joshua Black Wilkins - Black Cat (Mainstage)
Feed God Cabbage - Jammin' Java (In the Lobby Bar - 10 PM) NO LONGER ON VENUE WEB SITE
• John Hammond, Phil Wiggins Band, and Roy Book Binder - State Theatre
• Kenny Wessel Quartet - Twins Jazz (Two shows)
• the Latin Rock Invasion 2013 featuring Mache3, La Rina, Versus, Metanium, Wahyoyo, Lazaro, Sentius, & Elvis - Howard Theatre
• Love Rub & the Chocolate Delight and Cole Cash - Metropolitan Kitchen & Lounge [169 West Street, Annapolis, MD]
• Marianas Trench, Air Dubai, the Good Natured, and Protector - Fillmore Silver Spring
• Metric - Rams Head Live! (Baltimore)
• National Symphony Orchestra (Jakub Hrusa, conductor): Augustin Hadelich, violin & Nadezhda Serdyuk, mezzo-soprano, with the Washington Chorus - Kennedy Center (Concert Hall)
• Nightbirds, Big Eyes, and the Sniffs - Casa Fiesta [4910 Wisconsin Ave NW, WDC]
• Paperhaus, Shark Week, and Young Rapids - Rock & Roll Hotel
• Petticoat Tea Room, the Bryson Dudley Band, and Jordan August - Wind-Up Space (Baltimore)
Rock of Ages - Wolf Trap (Filene Center)
• the School of Rock Baltimore: A Tribute to Pink Floyd and the Senior Show - Ottobar (Baltimore)
• Sin Miedo (DC Jazz Festival) - National Gallery of Art Sculpture Garden [DC] (Jazz in the Garden at 5 PM)
• Southside Johnny & the Asbury Jukes - Rams Head Tavern (Annapolis)
• St. Paul & the Broken Bones - IOTA Club & Café
• Stefon Harris & Blackout - the Hamilton (DC Jazz Festival)
• Tea Leaf Green and Thomas Wynn & the Believers - Baltimore SoundStage
• Tiptoe Disco & Friends - Jammin' Java (In the Lobby Bar - 10 PM)
• Tuck & Patti (guitar/vocal duo) - Blues Alley (Two shows)
• Willie Nile Trio - Jammin' Java


Saturday, 8 June 2013 [link to this day]

• the B-52s and Shark Week - Celebrate Fairfax Festival [12000 Government Center Parkway, Fairfax, VA]
• Bach2Rock: Elementary school students Battle of the Bands - Fillmore Silver Spring (10 AM to 4 PM)
• Blue Miracle - Metropolitan Kitchen & Lounge [169 West Street, Annapolis, MD]
• Blues Traveler - Nationals Park [1500 South Capitol St SE, WDC] (NatsLive Concert Series: Washington Nationals vs. Minnesota Twins Post-Game Concert)
• Bruce Robinson & Kelly Willis - Birchmere
Capital Jazz Fest: Chaka Khan, Kenny "Babyface" Edmonds, Kindred the Family Soul, Vivian Green, the Ohio Players, Bilal, Dave Koz's Summer Horns (featuring Dave Koz, Richard Elliot, Mindi Abair, & Gerald Albright), Lalah Hathaway, Marcus Miller, Robert Glasper Experiment, Kim Waters, Ronny Jordan, "Catch a Rising Star" showcase featuring Gregory Porter - Merriweather Post Pavilion
• Destroyer of Worlds, Short Lives, and Vinyl Epitaph - Velvet Lounge
• Devendra Banhart & the Grogs - 6th & I
• Gary Louris (of the Jayhawks) - Jammin' Java
• Gerald Cleavers Black Host [Cooper-Moore (piano) Darius Jones (alto) Brandon Seabrook (guitar) Pascal Niggenkemper (bass) Gerald Cleaver (drums)] with Lafayette Gilchrist & Gerald Cleaver Duo - Wind-Up Space (Baltimore) (Presented by Creative Differences)
• Kenny Wessel Quartet - Twins Jazz (Two shows)
• Lissie and Vance Joy - U St Music Hall
• Mario Frangoulis - Lisner Auditorium
• Mint Condition - Rams Head Live! (Baltimore)
Moonrise Festival featuring Pretty Lights, Snoop Dogg aka Snoop Lion, Avicii, 2Rip, Alex English, Baker & Atkinson, Damn Right, Alex Young, Des McMahon, Gent & Jawns, Enferno, Borgore, Chuckie, Crookers, Datsik, Destroid, Congorock, Craze, CRNKN, The Crystal Method, Designer Drugs, Dieselboy, Emancipator, EOTO, Doctor P, Eric Prydz, Excision, Flux Pavilion, Eptic, ETC!ETC!, Feenixpawl, Gramatik, GTA, Flosstradamus, Gareth Emery, GZA (performing Liquid Swords) , Galaxy Dynamite, Gazzo, Knowledge, Malphunktion, Heroes x Villains, Hopsin, Icicle, Loadstar, Infected Mushroom, Krewella, Lotus, Morgan Page, Lucky Date, Matrix & Futurebound, Mayhem, Nadastrom, Papadosio, Paper Diamond, Schoolboy, NERO, Paul Van Dyk, Porter Robinson, STS9, Nixsin, Matt Goldman, RaceCarBed, Render One, Original Sin, DJ Sabo, Jen Lasher, Shiftee, Roberto Gonzales, RSK, Segway, Sidney Samson, SKiSM, Smooth, TC, Terravita, Tek Subport, Triggahappy, Torro Torro, Tittsworth, TyDI, Xilent, UZ, 3LAU, Alvin Risk, Brillz, Bro Safari - Port Covington [300 Cromwell St, Baltimore, MD] (Note: daily lineup not yet announced)
• National Philharmonic: Carmina Burana - Strathmore (Music Center)
• National Symphony Orchestra (Jakub Hrusa, conductor): Augustin Hadelich, violin & Nadezhda Serdyuk, mezzo-soprano, with the Washington Chorus - Kennedy Center (Concert Hall)
• Nicki Bluhm - Rams Head Tavern (Annapolis)
• NSO Teddy Bear Concert: Violins, Trombones, and Bears (Oh My!) - Kennedy Center (Family Theater - 11 AM & 1:30 PM)
• Peace and Team Spirit - Rock & Roll Hotel
• A Place in Time, Black Dog Prowl, and Stereostyle - St. Stephen & the Incarnation Episcopal Church (Indie Bands with a Mission Fourth Anniversary Show - Downstairs)
• Portugal. The Man and Skaters - 9:30 Club
• Randy Thompson Band - Hill Country Live [410 7th St NW, WDC]
Rock of Ages - Wolf Trap (Filene Center)
• Rubix Kube - Rams Head Center Stage (Arundel Mills, Hanover, MD)
• the School of Rock Baltimore: A Tribute to Pink Floyd, Tuesday Night Rock School 101, a Tribute to the Sunset Strip, Wednesday Night Rock School 101, and Adult Program - Ottobar (Baltimore) (Doors at 1 PM)
• Screaming Females, Pygmy Lush, Priests, Cane & the Sticks, and Jail Solidarity - St. Stephen & the Incarnation Episcopal Church
• A Sound of Thunder (Time's Arrow release show), King Giant, Blood Corps, and Terracide - Empire (formerly Jaxx)
• Stories & Songwriters - Alex Miller, Owen Danoff, & Ryan Harris Brown, hosted by Tiffany Thompson - Ebenezers Coffeehouse [201 F Street NE, WDC]
• Terri Lyne Carrington's Money Jungle - the Hamilton (DC Jazz Festival)
• Treeforts, Adventure Adventure!, Julia Weldon, Careers, the Temp Agency, and Six Months of Winter - Charm City Art Space (Baltimore)
• Tuck & Patti (guitar/vocal duo) - Blues Alley (Two shows)
• the Weathervanes (CD Release Show) and Norman Rockwell - IOTA Club & Café


Sunday, 9 June 2013 [link to this day]

• Andrea Pais, Kelsey, Eddy Faulkner, and Cecily - IOTA Club & Café
• Arturo O'Farrill & The Afro-Latin Jazz Orchestra with special guests Steven Bernstein and Anat Cohen - 6th & I (DC Jazz Festival)
• Bach2Rock: Middle school students Battle of the Bands - Fillmore Silver Spring (1 PM to 7 PM)
• Boardroom Heroes, Let It Go, Collapser, and Centerfield - Casa Fiesta [4910 Wisconsin Ave NW, WDC]
• Bruce Robison & Kelly Willis - Rams Head Tavern (Annapolis)
Capital Jazz Fest: Ledisi, Double Vision (featuring Bob James & David Sanborn), Gerald Albright & Norman Brown, Jazz In Pink (featuring Gail Jhonson, Karen Briggs, Althea Rene, Pamela Williams, & Lisa Deveaux), Ken Ford, "Catch a Rising Star" showcase featuring Gretchen Parlato, the Whispers, Eric Benét, Angie Stone, the SOS Band, Chanté Moore, Algebra Blessett - Merriweather Post Pavilion
• Cute is What We Aim For and the Dangerous Summer - 9:30 Club (Early show - 5 PM)
• the District Lights and Double Saginaw Familiarity - Black Squirrel [2427 18th St NW, WDC]
• Double Date with Brad Linde, Sarah Hughes, & more - Twins Jazz (Two shows)
• Father John Misty, Pure Bathing Culture, and the Red Vines - Ottobar (Baltimore)
• Gerald Cleaver's Black Host - TBA
• Kotak Band Beraksi di Amerika - Jammin' Java
• Lenorable, Rogue Satellites, and the Sour Notes - Black Whiskey [1410 14th St NW, WDC]
• Lucian Ban (piano) & Mat Maneri (viola) plus Marilyn Crispell (piano solo) - Wind-Up Space (Baltimore) (Presented by Creative Differences)
• Marc Cohn and Rebecca Pidgeon - Birchmere
Moonrise Festival featuring Pretty Lights, Snoop Dogg aka Snoop Lion, Avicii, 2Rip, Alex English, Baker & Atkinson, Damn Right, Alex Young, Des McMahon, Gent & Jawns, Enferno, Borgore, Chuckie, Crookers, Datsik, Destroid, Congorock, Craze, CRNKN, The Crystal Method, Designer Drugs, Dieselboy, Emancipator, EOTO, Doctor P, Eric Prydz, Excision, Flux Pavilion, Eptic, ETC!ETC!, Feenixpawl, Gramatik, GTA, Flosstradamus, Gareth Emery, GZA (performing Liquid Swords) , Galaxy Dynamite, Gazzo, Knowledge, Malphunktion, Heroes x Villains, Hopsin, Icicle, Loadstar, Infected Mushroom, Krewella, Lotus, Morgan Page, Lucky Date, Matrix & Futurebound, Mayhem, Nadastrom, Papadosio, Paper Diamond, Schoolboy, NERO, Paul Van Dyk, Porter Robinson, STS9, Nixsin, Matt Goldman, RaceCarBed, Render One, Original Sin, DJ Sabo, Jen Lasher, Shiftee, Roberto Gonzales, RSK, Segway, Sidney Samson, SKiSM, Smooth, TC, Terravita, Tek Subport, Triggahappy, Torro Torro, Tittsworth, TyDI, Xilent, UZ, 3LAU, Alvin Risk, Brillz, Bro Safari - Port Covington [300 Cromwell St, Baltimore, MD] (Note: daily lineup not yet announced)
• National Philharmonic: Carmina Burana - Strathmore (Music Center - 3 PM)
• NSO Teddy Bear Concert: Violins, Trombones, and Bears (Oh My!) - Kennedy Center (Family Theater - 1:30 PM & 4 PM)
• Pharmakon, Lust for Youth, and Body of Light - Black Cat (Backstage)
• Rivers of Nihil, Always to Never, La Rina, Thus Anguish, and Vicious Tides - Empire (formerly Jaxx)
• Roy Hargrove Quintet - the Hamilton (DC Jazz Festival)
• Sea Patterns, Ex Wife, Arab Spring, and USSA Pleasuredome - Charm City Art Space (Baltimore)
• Sea Wolf, On An On, and Savoir Adore - Rock & Roll Hotel
• Social Distortion, Cheap Time, and Dave Hause - Rams Head Live! (Baltimore)
• Solid Gold and Marijuana Deathsquads - DC9
• Spin Doctors - Celebrate Fairfax Festival [12000 Government Center Parkway, Fairfax, VA]
• Tamia - Howard Theatre
• Tricky - 9:30 Club (Late show - 10 PM)
• Tuck & Patti (guitar/vocal duo) - Blues Alley (Two shows)
• Wake Owl - Rams Head Tavern (Annapolis) (All-Ages Matinee)
• the Weathervanes - Half Street Fairgrounds [1299 Half St SE, WDC] (Nats pre-game)


Monday, 10 June 2013 [link to this day]

• Animal Collective and Deradoorian - 9:30 Club - sold out
• Ariel Pink, Purple Pigeons, and Kirin J. Callinan - U St Music Hall
• Foals, Surfer Blood, and Blondfire - Rams Head Live! (Baltimore)
• For the Fallen Dreams, Hundredth, Upon This Dawning, Gideon, and Sworn In - Empire (formerly Jaxx) (Some Things Never Change Tour)
• Gary Louris of the Jayhawks (solo) - Rams Head Tavern (Annapolis)
• the Heavy, the Silent Comedy, and the Skins - 6th & I
• the Holland Bros - IOTA Club & Café
• Jon Regen (piano/vocals) - Blues Alley (Two shows)
• the Menzingers, Fake Problems, Restoration, and Captain We're Sinking - Rock & Roll Hotel
• Pleasure Curses, Dangerous Cans, and Motion Lines - Velvet Lounge
• Radiation City - Black Cat (Backstage)
• Stephen Kellogg (Countdown to Blunderstone) and Seth Glier - Jammin' Java
• Tamia - Howard Theatre
• Wild Nothing and Twin Tigers - Metro Gallery (Baltimore)


Tuesday, 11 June 2013 [link to this day]

• Aaron Lewis - Fillmore Silver Spring (Jagermeister Country Tour)
• Animal Collective and Buke & Gase - 9:30 Club - sold out
• Ariel Pink, Purple Pilgrims, and Kirin J Callinan - Ottobar (Baltimore)
• the Body - Metro Gallery (Baltimore)
• Cold War Kids, the Vaccines, and the Drowners - Rams Head Live! (Baltimore)
• Dope Body, Speedy Ortiz, Rapdragons, and Hemlock Ernst (Sam Herring of Future Islands) - Black Cat (Backstage)
• Frankmusik (Between States Tour), Y Wonder & the Wonder Whys, and the Metaphysical - DC9
• Hot Tuna (acoustic) and Jill Sobule - Rams Head Tavern (Annapolis)
• Howlin' Bends, Mason's Case, and Cherry Tree - Velvet Lounge
• Julian Lynch and the Luyas - Paper Haus [4912 3rd St NW, WDC]
• Moutin Reunion Quartet (bass/drums/sax/keys) - Blues Alley (Two shows)
• Of Monsters & Men, HAIM, and Half Moon Run - Merriweather Post Pavilion
• Out of Your Head - Improvised and Experimental Music Collective - Wind-Up Space (Baltimore)
• Poncho Sanchez Latin Jazz Band - the Hamilton (DC Jazz Festival)
• Redwine Jazz - Twins Jazz (Two shows)
• Stab, Barge, WarXGames, and Zoom - Joint Custody [2337 18th St NW, WDC]
• Stab (UK) - TBA [DC]
• Stephan Chopek - Sidebar Tavern (Baltimore)
• Swingin' Utters, the Goddamn Gallows, and Walk the Plank - Rock & Roll Hotel
• Tommy Womack - Hill Country Live [410 7th St NW, WDC]


Wednesday, 12 June 2013 [link to this day]

• 70s Rewind - Rams Head Center Stage (Arundel Mills, Hanover, MD)
• Aisha Kahlil (jazz/soul/world) - Blues Alley (Two shows)
• Andres Lopez - State Theatre
• Animal Collective and Dan Deacon - 9:30 Club - sold out
• Blake Schwarzenbach (ex-Jawbreaker, ex-Jets To Brazil)'s 2013 Mobile Disco Decathlon, Us & Us Only, and Widow's Watch - Metro Gallery (Baltimore)
• Bossalingo Summer Guest Artist Series - Twins Jazz (Two shows)
• Buika - Howard Theatre
• Cyrus Chestnut Trio and the Berklee Jazz Sextet - the Hamilton (DC Jazz Festival)
• Iceage, Lower, and True Head - Rock & Roll Hotel
• Indigo Girls and Joan Baez - Wolf Trap (Filene Center)
• Julian Lynch, the Luyas, and Lands & Peoples - Golden West Cafe (Baltimore)
• Killswitch Engage, As I Lay Dying, Miss May I, Darkest Hour, the Word Alive, and Affiance - Fillmore Silver Spring (Disarm the Descent Tour)
• Old Time Machine and Her Fantastic Cats - Wind-Up Space (Baltimore)
• the Olms (Pete Horn and JD King) - U St Music Hall (Early show - 6 PM)
• Panic Manor - Sidebar Tavern (Baltimore)
• Ryan Cabrera, Jason Castro, and Deleasa - Jammin' Java
• Sting - Pier Six Pavilion (Baltimore) - sold out
• the Technicolors - Black Cat (Backstage)
• Wayne Newton - Birchmere


Thursday, 13 June 2013 [link to this day]

• BSO: West Side Story - Strathmore (Music Center)
• Buster Williams "Something More Quartet" with Patrice Rushen, Steve Wilson, Cindy Blackman-Santana - Blues Alley (Two shows)
• Dana Leong Trio - 6th & I (DC Jazz Festival - Downstairs)
• David Byrne & St. Vincent - Meyerhoff Symphony Hall [Baltimore, MD]
• David Schulman & Quiet Life Motel - Twins Jazz (Two shows)
• Don Ross and Trevor Gordon Hall - Jammin' Java
• Elena & Los Fulanos, Alpenglow, and Tommy Goldman - Velvet Lounge
• the Go-Go's - Wolf Trap (Filene Center)
• Hot Tuna (acoustic) - Birchmere
• In Between, Over & Out, and Let It Go - the Lab [1819 Crestwood Drive, Alexandria, VA]
• Joshua Worden, James Britton, and Dan Miraldi & the Albino Winos - Beats [1219 9th St NW, WDC]
• Make Do & Mend, Cheap Girls, and Diamond Youth - DC9
• National Symphony Orchestra (Matthew Halls, conductor): David Hardy, cello, plays Dutilleux - Kennedy Center (Concert Hall)
• the Outlaws - Rams Head Tavern (Annapolis)
• Queensryche, the Voodoos, and Something Unto Nothing - State Theatre
• Rac and Viceroy - U St Music Hall
• Ron Carter Golden Striker Trio - the Hamilton (DC Jazz Festival)
• Sai Capeta, Crashsight, and Bricklayer - Sidebar Tavern (Baltimore)
• Saul Williams (spoken word) - Black Cat (Mainstage)
• Spitalfield ("Remember Right Now" 10 Year Anniversary Tour), Shane Henderson & the Future Perfect, and John Walker (Panic! At the Disco) - Ottobar (Baltimore)
• Susana Baca - Howard Theatre
• the Toasters - IOTA Club & Café
• Villagers - Rock & Roll Hotel


Friday, 14 June 2013 [link to this day]

• Assemble (curated by Pat Noecker / RAFT formerly of These Are Powers and Liars) - Black Whiskey [1410 14th St NW, WDC]
• Baths, Houses, and D33J - Black Cat (Mainstage)
• Big Boi of Outkast(Shoes for Running 2013 World Tour), Killer Mike, Fishawk, and Renegade - Howard Theatre
• the Brass-A-Holics - Baltimore SoundStage
• the Brubeck Brothers Quartet: Tribute to Dave Brubeck - the Hamilton (DC Jazz Festival)
• Buster Williams "Something More Quartet" with Patrice Rushen, Steve Wilson, Cindy Blackman-Santana - Blues Alley (Two shows)
Celtic Woman - Wolf Trap (Filene Center)
DC Jazz Festival: Jazz Meets the Latin Classics - Kennedy Center (Terrace Theater - 7:30 PM & 9:30 PM)
• Deanna Bogart Band - National Gallery of Art Sculpture Garden [DC] (Jazz in the Garden at 5 PM)
• Gary Jenkins All Stars with Eddie Baccus Sr. & Ernie Krivda - Twins Jazz (Two shows)
• Hem - Birchmere
• I Against Eye, Nifty Breed, You're Right, JTL Revolver, and Flying Tuna - Electric Maid [268 Carroll St NW, WDC]
• Jazz and Jazz Samba: a Tribute to Stan Getz & Charlie Byrd featuring Harry Allen (tenor sax), Chuck Redd (drums/vibes), Nate Najar (guitar), and Tommy Cecil (bass) - Rams Head Tavern (Annapolis)
• Little Red & the Renegades - Haydee's [3102 Mt Pleasant St NW, WDC]
• Mac McAnally - State Theatre
• the Manhattans - Fillmore Silver Spring
• Marty Tucker Band - Ebenezers Coffeehouse [201 F Street NE, WDC]
• Mary Ann Redmond - Lubber Run Amphitheater [500 N Abingdon Street, Arlington, VA]
• National Symphony Orchestra (Matthew Halls, conductor): David Hardy, cello, plays Dutilleux - Kennedy Center (Concert Hall)
• New Kids on the Block (NKOTB), 98 Degrees, and Boyz II Men - Verizon Center (The Package Tour)
• Oscar G and Chris Burns - U St Music Hall
• Polkadot Cadaver, Exotic Animal Petting Zoo, Blood Daddy, and Williamette - Ottobar (Baltimore)
• Rev. Peyton's Big Damn Band, Jimbo Mathus, and Alvin Youngblood Hart - Rock & Roll Hotel (the Big Damn Blues Revolution Tour)
• Starcrush - Rams Head Center Stage (Arundel Mills, Hanover, MD)
• System Override featuring LJ MTX, Bass-ooka, Jon Deke, Brian Lindsay - Empire (formerly Jaxx)
• Tamia - Rams Head Live! (Baltimore)
• Triac, Abuse, Scaphe, Anti-Zen, and Vile Faith - the Rocketship [1223 Decatur St. NW, WDC]
• Valient Thorr, Ramming Speed, and Gypsy Hawk - Wind-Up Space (Baltimore)
• We Were Promised Jetpacks - Jammin' Java


Saturday, 15 June 2013 [link to this day]

• the 2013 World Pianist Invitational - Kennedy Center (Terrace Theater)
• 3MTs - Jammin' Java (Early show - 6:30 PM)
• Amandine Beyer & Gli Incogniti - La Maison Francaise / Embassy of France [4101 Reservoir Rd NW, WDC]
• Arty with Rebecca & Fiona - Echo Stage [2135 Queens Chapel Road NE, WDC]
• Axenstar, Division, Trihexyn, and Burning Shadows - Balls Bluff Tavern [2-D Loudoun Street Southwest, Leesburg, VA]
• Bach2Rock: High school students Battle of the Bands - 9:30 Club (9 AM to 3 PM)
• the Beanstalk Library (CD Release Show) and Norman Rockwell - IOTA Club & Café
• Bill Cosby - Wolf Trap (Filene Center)
• the Brass-A Holics - the Hamilton (DC Jazz Festival)
• Buster Williams "Something More Quartet" with Patrice Rushen, Steve Wilson, Cindy Blackman-Santana - Blues Alley (Two shows)
• Capitol Steps - Rams Head Tavern (Annapolis)
• Chaise Lounge - Fillmore Silver Spring (Fundraiser for Greater Silver Spring Chamber of Commerce)
Crowded Streets (Dave Matthews tribute) - Rams Head Center Stage (Arundel Mills, Hanover, MD) NO LONGER ON VENUE WEB SITE
• Darius Rucker, Rodney Atkins, and Jana Kramer - Pier Six Pavilion (Baltimore) - sold out
• Dead End Lane and Heart of the Matter - Sidebar Tavern (Baltimore)
• Deer Tick and Old Indian - Flying Dog Brewery [4607 Wedgewood Blvd, Frederick, MD] (5:30 PM to 9 PM)
• DJ ?uestlove - Howard Theatre (Late show - 11 PM)
• Emmet Swimming and Margot MacDonald - Birchmere
• the Executive Board and Euphonism - Arlington Temple [1835 N Nash Street, Arlington, VA]
• Gary Jenkins All Stars with Eddie Baccus Sr. & Ernie Krivda - Twins Jazz (Two shows)
• Halau O'Aulani and the Aloha Boys - Lubber Run Amphitheater [500 N Abingdon Street, Arlington, VA]
• Hanson - Fillmore Silver Spring
• the Highballers and Andy Vaughan & the Driveline - Quarry House Tavern [8401 Georgia Ave., Silver Spring, MD]
• Junip, Quadron, and Barbossa - 9:30 Club
• the Legwarmers - Rams Head Live! (Baltimore)
• Lost Civilizations experimental music project - St Elmo's Coffee Pub [2300 Mt Vernon Ave, Alexandria, VA 22301]
• Middle Distance Runner, M.R. Smith, the Baby Grand, and Dana Stefano & Doll Parts - the Lab [1819 Crestwood Drive, Alexandria, VA]
• National Symphony Orchestra (Matthew Halls, conductor): David Hardy, cello, plays Dutilleux - Kennedy Center (Concert Hall)
• Red Grant and Luenell, hosted by Mike Brooks - Warner Theatre
• the Roots - Kastles Stadium at the Wharf [800 Water Street, WDC] (DC Jazz Festival)
• Round About and Wes Tucker & the Skillets - Velvet Lounge
• South Rail - Hill Country Live [410 7th St NW, WDC]
• Tacobonds, Groundcover, and Echo Hey Hello - Golden West Cafe (Baltimore)
• Torche, KEN Mode, and Lo-Pan - Rock & Roll Hotel
• Twin Shadow and Elliphant - Black Cat (Mainstage)
• Upright Citizens Brigade Touring Company - 6th & I (Downstairs; Two shows - 7 PM & 10 PM)
• Woven Green, Pendrifter, and Call For Fire - Jammin' Java (Late show - 10 PM)


Sunday, 16 June 2013 [link to this day]

• Andy Aledort & the Groove Kings - Mansion on O St [2020 O St NW, WDC]
• the Baby Grand, M.R. Smith, and Skyview - Velvet Lounge
• Buster Williams "Something More Quartet" with Patrice Rushen, Steve Wilson, Cindy Blackman-Santana - Blues Alley (Two shows)
• the Capitol Youth Symphony Orchestra Spring Fantasy concert - Kennedy Center (Terrace Theater - 2 PM)
• Cartoon Johnny, Tonic & Gin, and Word of Mouth - Jammin' Java (1:30 PM Show)
• Dan Croll - 6th & I (Downstairs)
• David Ford - IOTA Club & Café
• Eric Lindell & the Sunliners featuring Anson Funderburgh with Walter "Wolfman" Washington & the Roadmasters - Rams Head Tavern (Annapolis)
• Ginny Blackmore - Jammin' Java
• Glen Hansard and Doug Paisley - 9:30 Club
• John McLaughlin & the 4th Dimension - Howard Theatre (DC Jazz Fest)
• Kelly Ash - Twins Jazz (Two shows)
• the Larry Brown Quintet - Bethesda Blues & Jazz Club [7719 Wisconsin Ave, Bethesda, MD]
• Like Your Dad Did: A Father's Day Celebration with Bill & Owen Danoff, Randy & Colin Thompson, Mike & Georgia Cotter, the Starks Family (Bill, Jack, David, Tom, Allison), Todd & Ryan Wright, Cal & Cory Everett, Ron & Ryan Newmyer, and more TBA - the Hamilton
• Louisana Swamp Romp - Wolf Trap (Filene Center)
• Pity Rally, Dinosawh, and Linsay Deming - Black Squirrel [2427 18th St NW, WDC]
• Say Anything, Eisley, HRVRD, and Northern Faces - Rams Head Live! (Baltimore)
• Sleep Patterns, Passengers, Stillglow, Jesse Denaro, and Julian - All Saints Episcopal Church [106 W Church St, Frederick, MD]
• Strike Anywhere and Highway Cross - Black Cat (Backstage)
• Tommy Emmanuel and Anthony Snape - Birchmere
• the xx and Grizzly Bear - Merriweather Post Pavilion


Monday, 17 June 2013 [link to this day]

• Alice Cooper, Marilyn Manson, and GWAR - Merriweather Post Pavilion
• Bachelor Boys - IOTA Club & Café
• Eric Alexander (sax) - Blues Alley (Two shows)
• Josh Krajcik (from The X Factor) - Jammin' Java
• Low and Mike Doughty - 6th & I
• Metropolitan Chorus - Lubber Run Amphitheater [500 N Abingdon Street, Arlington, VA]
• Redline Graffiti, Vundabar, and the Dead Women - Velvet Lounge
• the Resignators, Save the Swim Team, and Survay Says! - Charm City Art Space (Baltimore) (Presented by Feed the Scene)
• Tommy Emmanuel and Anthony Snape - Birchmere
• Turf War - Black Cat (Backstage)
• Walter Washington & the Roadmasters with Eric Lindell - the Hamilton
• the Zombies - Rams Head Tavern (Annapolis)


Tuesday, 18 June 2013 [link to this day]

• AM & Shawn Lee and Deleted Scenes - U St Music Hall
• Amadou & Mariam and Bombino - 9:30 Club
• Big Black Delta - Rock & Roll Hotel
• the DA, Fell Types, Priests, and 40 Whacks - Velvet Lounge
• Ian McLagan (of Faces) - Jammin' Java
• Imaginary Cities - Black Cat (Backstage)
• Melissa Etheridge and Eric Hutchinson - Wolf Trap (Filene Center)
• Merchandise, Milk Music, and Destruction Unit - DC9
• Out of Your Head - Improvised and Experimental Music Collective - Wind-Up Space (Baltimore)
• Patterson Hood & the Downtown Rumblers - Rams Head Tavern (Annapolis)
• the Postal Service - featuring Ben Gibbard, Jimmy Tamborello, and Jenny Lewis and Ra Ra Riot - Merriweather Post Pavilion
• Redwine Jazz - Twins Jazz (Two shows)
• Rosco Bandana - Hill Country Live [410 7th St NW, WDC]
• Suzanna Choffel - Hill Country Live [410 7th St NW, WDC]
• Swing Shift (18 Piece Big Band) - Blues Alley (Two shows)


Wednesday, 19 June 2013 [link to this day]

• American Royalty - DC9
• Dawes and Shovels & Rope - 9:30 Club
• George Porter Jr. - the Hamilton
• John Fullbright - Jammin' Java
• Josh Krajcik (from the X-Factor) - Rams Head Tavern (Annapolis)
• Juanes - Wolf Trap (Filene Center)
• Kylesa, Blood Ceremony, White Hills, and Lazer/Wulf - Rock & Roll Hotel
• Lamb of God, Acacia Strain, and Decapitated - Rams Head Live! (Baltimore)
• Lucius and Eureka Birds - Metro Gallery (Baltimore)
• Owen Danoff (Artist in Residence) - Strathmore (Mansion)
• Pianos Become the Teeth, Tiger Jaw, Dad Puncher, and Captain We're Sinking - Ottobar (Baltimore)
• the Potomac Harmony Chorus - Lubber Run Amphitheater [500 N Abingdon Street, Arlington, VA]
• Rancid and Transplants - Fillmore Silver Spring
• Rogue Wave and Caveman - Black Cat (Mainstage)
• Trina Broussard (neo-soul) - Blues Alley (Two shows)
• Trumpeter Joe Herrera - Twins Jazz (Two shows)
• Vundabar - Sidebar Tavern (Baltimore)


Thursday, 20 June 2013 [link to this day]

• Banding Together 2013: the Battle of the Law Firm Bands - a benefit for Gifts for the Homeless - Black Cat (Mainstage)
• Bill Payne of Little Feat: Tracing Footsteps, a Journal of Music Photography and Tales From the Road - Rams Head Tavern (Annapolis)
• Billy Idol and Cat Power - Wolf Trap (Filene Center)
• Bleeding Rainbow and Fat Creeps - Metro Gallery (Baltimore)
• Cold Cave and Boyd Rice - Rock & Roll Hotel
• Fuel - Empire (formerly Jaxx)
• Hot Tub Limo - Rams Head Center Stage (Arundel Mills, Hanover, MD)
• Jason Ager, Anthony Bernhauser, and Don Kim - Ebenezers Coffeehouse [201 F Street NE, WDC]
• Kokayi, Zooks, and Ben Guernsey - DC9 (Monk Czech Release Party - Dominon Brewing & Dawson's Liquors Beer Collaboration)
• Kung Fu, Watermelon, and Lethal Funk - LIV Nightclub [2001 11th Street NW, WDC]
• Monty Alexander (legendary Jamaican pianist) - Blues Alley (Two shows)
• National Symphony Orchestra (Krzysztof Urbanski, conductor): Jean-Yves Thibaudet, piano, plays MacMillan & Saint-Saëns - Kennedy Center (Concert Hall)
• the New Lows, Let It Go, and Oh Ontario! - Charm City Art Space (Baltimore) (Presented by Feed the Scene)
• Nordic Jazz 2013 - Christian Wallumrod Ensemble (Norway) - Twins Jazz (Two shows)
• Roosevelt Dime - Corner Store [900 South Carolina Ave SE, WDC]
• Simian Mobile Disco (DJ set) - U St Music Hall
• Son Volt and Colonel Ford - 9:30 Club
• SuckerPunch featuring Marc Brownstein & Aron Magner of the Disco Biscuits, Jamie Shields of the New Deal, & Mike Greenfield of Lotus - Howard Theatre
• Todd Park Mohr (of Big Head Todd & the Monsters) - the Hamilton


Friday, 21 June 2013 [link to this day]

• the Army Blues - Lubber Run Amphitheater [500 N Abingdon Street, Arlington, VA]
• Chvrches and Still Corners - Black Cat (Mainstage) - sold out
Del Ray Music Festival - the Market: the Beanstalk Library, Adrian Krygowski, and the Walkaways - Del Ray Music Festival [2701 Commonwealth Avenue, Alexandria, VA]
• Delbert McClinton - Rams Head Tavern (Annapolis)
• Dwight Yoakam - 9:30 Club
• Fest Too 2012 - Day 2 - the Ambulars, Among Friends, Centerfield, Dangerous Ponies, Dial-Up, Echo, Kill Lincoln, Lilac Daze, the Oddities, Pedals on Our Pirate Sihp (unplugged), Sundials - the Lab [1819 Crestwood Drive, Alexandria, VA] (4 PM - 11 PM)
• Fred Falke - U St Music Hall
• Friendbeast, Enemy Insect, and Night Moves - Golden West Cafe (Baltimore) (Benefit for Humane League/Bmore Barf)
• Hendrik Meurkens - National Gallery of Art Sculpture Garden [DC] (Jazz in the Garden at 5 PM)
• Intronaut, Scale the Summit, Mouth of the Architect, and Balor's Eye - Metro Gallery (Baltimore)
• Japandroids and Crocodiles - Ottobar (Baltimore) - sold out
• K-Ci & JoJo - Howard Theatre (Early show - 7:30 PM)
• Kid Architect - Rock & Roll Hotel
• Kristen & the Noise - Rams Head Center Stage (Arundel Mills, Hanover, MD)
• Leroy Justice - National Building Museum [401 F Street NW, WDC] (West Lawn - Hill Country's Backyard Barbecue - 5:30 PM Show)
• Luke Brindley & Friends (Album Release) - Jammin' Java
• Maggie Rose, Frankie Ballard, and Sara Marince - Fillmore Silver Spring
• the Melodic, the Blank Tapes, and Beach Day - IOTA Club & Café
• Mikal Cronin, Shannon & the Clams, and Roomrunner - Comet Ping Pong
• Mike Stud (the Relief Tour) - Baltimore SoundStage
• Monty Alexander (legendary Jamaican pianist) - Blues Alley (Two shows)
• National Symphony Orchestra (Krzysztof Urbanski, conductor): Jean-Yves Thibaudet, piano, plays MacMillan & Saint-Saëns - Kennedy Center (Concert Hall)
• Neil Gaiman - Lisner Auditorium
• Nordic Jazz 2013 - Tómas R. Einarsson Trio (Iceland) - Twins Jazz (Two shows)
• Papa Grows Funk (Farewell Tour) - Howard Theatre (Late show - 11 PM)
• Rahsaan Patterson - Birchmere
• Rossini: the Journey to Reims - Wolf Trap (the Barns)
• Seth Meyers - Warner Theatre
• Start Making Sense (Talking Heads Tribute) and Great White Caps - the Hamilton
• the Tenors - Wolf Trap (Filene Center)
• Umphrey's McGee - Rams Head Live! (Baltimore)
• Wall of Sleep, Cavern, Narrow Grave, and LTW - Pyramid Atlantic Arts Center [8230 Georgia Avenue, Silver Spring, MD]
• the Whiskey Gentry - Hill Country Live [410 7th St NW, WDC]


Saturday, 22 June 2013 [link to this day]

• Black Dog Prowl, the Joy Kills, and Vinyl Side - Jammin' Java (Late show - 10 PM)
• the Black Lillies and Mandolin Orange - the Hamilton
• Bob & Martha - Club K [2101 Maryland Ave, Baltimore, MD]
• Bruno Mars (the Moonshine Jungle Tour) and Fitz & the Tantrums - Verizon Center
• Catching Dragons, Sweet Interference, Grumpus, and Dizzy Bats - Velvet Lounge
• Courtney Love and Starred - Fillmore Silver Spring
• Daniel Tosh - Warner Theatre (Two shows - 7 PM & 9:30 PM)
Del Ray Music Festival - Main Stage: Catie Curtis, Elroy Jenkins, Kate Moran Band, the Weathervanes, I & I Riddim, Tiffany Thompson, the Reserves, the Highballers, and Orchard Wall - Del Ray Music Festival [2701 Commonwealth Avenue, Alexandria, VA]
• Fest Too 2012 - Day 3 - 3 Foot Leash, Au Revoir, Caust, Choke Up, Close Talker, Dinosawh, Ella Sophia, Family Cat, Greek Favorites, the Half Truths, Harrison Four, Hold Tight!, Mag Pie Stringband, Mary Mary Quite Contrary, Mobius Strip, Monument, Noisy Ghost, Rachel Kline, Relationships, Run Forever, the Scandals, Special Guest, Stephen Lee, Tideland, Told Slant, Unraveler - the Lab [1819 Crestwood Drive, Alexandria, VA] (11 AM - 11 PM)
• Get the Led Out - Rams Head Live! (Baltimore)
• Jon B - Baltimore SoundStage
• Joy Ike - Ebenezers Coffeehouse [201 F Street NE, WDC]
• the Kennedys - Jammin' Java (Early show - 7 PM)
• King Teddy - Lubber Run Amphitheater [500 N Abingdon Street, Arlington, VA]
• Laidback Luke & Fedde le Grand - Echo Stage [2135 Queens Chapel Road NE, WDC]
• Lemuria - Black Cat (Mainstage)
• Math the Band, Secret Crush Society, and Osprey - Charm City Art Space (Baltimore)
• Mausoleum, Sacrificial Blood, Coffin Dust, and Day of the Beast - Sidebar Tavern (Baltimore)
• Monty Alexander (legendary Jamaican pianist) - Blues Alley (Two shows)
Moving the Earth Festival Day 1 - the Flying Eyes, Foghound, Weed is Weed, War Injun, When the Deadbolt Breaks, Wasted Theory, the Deserts of Maine, the Walking Ghost - Wind-Up Space (Baltimore)
• National Symphony Orchestra (Krzysztof Urbanski, conductor): Jean-Yves Thibaudet, piano, plays MacMillan & Saint-Saëns - Kennedy Center (Concert Hall)
• Nordic Jazz 2013 - Line Kruse (Denmark) - Twins Jazz (Two shows)
• NSO Kinderkonzert - Peter and the Wolf - Kennedy Center (Family Theater - 11 AM & 1:30 PM)
• Old Southern Moonshine Revival - Hill Country Live [410 7th St NW, WDC]
• Orchard Wall and Hollertown - Jammin' Java (Matinee show - 1:30 PM - AFC Benefit Concert: Folk for the Free Clinic)
• Rahsaan Patterson - Rams Head Tavern (Annapolis) (Two shows - 6:30 PM & 9:30 PM)
• Selah Sue and Bushwalla - U St Music Hall
• the Seldom Scene and Jonathan Edwards - Birchmere
• Sing-A-Long Grease - Wolf Trap (Filene Center)
• South Rail - Cowboy Cafe [4792 Lee Highway, Arlington, VA]
• Syleena Johnson, YahZarah, and Lakeshore - Howard Theatre
• Two Gallants and Broncho - Rock & Roll Hotel
• Vandaveer - IOTA Club & Café
• Who's Bad (the ultimate Michael Jackson tribute band) - 9:30 Club
• Zac Brown Band, Levi Lowrey, and Nic Cowan - Merriweather Post Pavilion


Sunday, 23 June 2013 [link to this day]

• 7 Bridges (Eagles tribute band; formerly known as Tequila Sunrise) - Rams Head Tavern (Annapolis)
• Abe Ovadia plays the music of John Coltrane featuring Shareef Taher - Twins Jazz (Two shows)
• Bill Payne (of Little Feat) - Birchmere
• Buddy Guy - State Theatre
• the Constituents - Lubber Run Amphitheater [500 N Abingdon Street, Arlington, VA]
• Daniel Tosh - Warner Theatre (Two shows - 7 PM & 9:30 PM)
• Drowning Pool, Eye Empire, and Twenty12 Tribe - Empire (formerly Jaxx)
• Fitz & the Tantrums - Rams Head Live! (Baltimore)
Happy Together Tour 2013 - Wolf Trap (Filene Center)
• Hey Marseilles - Rams Head Tavern (Annapolis) (All-Ages Matinee)
• Imperial State Electric (ex-Hellacopters) - DC9
• JC Brooks & the Uptown Sound - Rock & Roll Hotel
• Jean-Paul Bourelly Solo (Tribute to Pete Cosey), Jean-Paul Bourelly & Ernest Dawkins Duet, and Drnest Dawkins' New Horizons plus Tribute to Fred Anderson - Bohemian Caverns [2001 11th Street, WDC]
• Jill Andrews - Jammin' Java
• the Legacy of Bob Marley - Kennedy Center (Concert Hall)
• Logic - Fillmore Silver Spring
• Man. . . Or Astro-Man? and Jacuzzi Boys - Black Cat (Mainstage)
• Matrimony - IOTA Club & Café
• Molly Hatchet - Rams Head Center Stage (Arundel Mills, Hanover, MD)
• Monty Alexander (legendary Jamaican pianist) - Blues Alley (Two shows)
Moving the Earth Festival Day 2 - Bastards of Reality (Black Sabbath tribute), the Convocation, the 91s, Borracho, Lazlo Lee & the Motherless Children, We Are Blackbirds, Balors Eye, Ophidian - Wind-Up Space (Baltimore)
• One Direction - Verizon Center
• Pleasure Curses and Hudson K - Galaxy Hut
• Roomrunner, Pure Junk, Peals, and Small Sur - Ottobar (Baltimore)
• Rossini: the Journey to Reims - Wolf Trap (the Barns - 3 PM)
• South Rail, the District Lights, and Matt Tarka - Black Squirrel [2427 18th St NW, WDC]
• Steve Gellman - Ebenezers Coffeehouse [201 F Street NE, WDC]


Monday, 24 June 2013 [link to this day]

• Amanda Mair and Chloe Angelides - Jammin' Java
• Billy Cox Band of Gypsys Experience (featuring the original bassist of the Jimi Hendrix Experience - the Hamilton
• IBIS Chamber Music: an eclectic program of Gershwin, Mozart, Francaix, and more, for harp, flute, and strings - IOTA Club & Café
• Line Kruse (violinist from Denmark) - Blues Alley (Two shows)
• Midnight Hike, White Ford Bronco, the Silver Liners, and Redline Addiction - 9:30 Club (Rock the Debt!)
• My Gold Mask, California Wives, and Mittenfields - Black Cat (Backstage)
• the Rolling Stones - Verizon Center
• Steve Martin & the Steep Canyon Rangers featuring Edie Brickell - Wolf Trap (Filene Center)
• Travis Tritt (solo) - Birchmere (Rescheduled from 3/25/13)


Tuesday, 25 June 2013 [link to this day]

• Counting Crows and the Wallflowers - Wolf Trap (Filene Center)
• Creole for Kidz and the History of Zydeco - Wolf Trap (Theatre-in-the-Woods - 10:30 AM)
• Earl Carter - "The Carter Project" - Blues Alley (Two shows)
• Heart and Jason Bonham's Led Zeppelin Experience - Jiffy Lube Live
• Love Canon - Hill Country Live [410 7th St NW, WDC]
• Out of Your Head - Improvised and Experimental Music Collective - Wind-Up Space (Baltimore)
• Phone Calls From Home - Jammin' Java
• Redwine Jazz - Twins Jazz (Two shows)
• Shakey Graves, Wild Child, and Marmalakes - the Hamilton
• Small Black and Heavenly Beat - Rock & Roll Hotel
• Superhumanoids - DC9


Wednesday, 26 June 2013 [link to this day]

• Caravan Palace - 9:30 Club
• Creole for Kidz and the History of Zydeco - Wolf Trap (Theatre-in-the-Woods - 10:30 AM)
• Dax Riggs - Rock & Roll Hotel
• Geto Boys - Howard Theatre
• Ha Ha Tonka, Someone Still Loves You Boris Yeltsin, and Ezra Furman - DC9
• Laughing Man, Grandchildren, the Cavemen, and Johnny Fantastic - Velvet Lounge
• Les Rhinoceros (CD Release) and Gutterhooks - Wind-Up Space (Baltimore)
• Naked Blue (CD Release - full band) and Eric Scott - Jammin' Java
• NSO @ Wolf Trap: Jerry Garcia Symphonic Celebration featuring Warren Haynes - Wolf Trap (Filene Center)
• Sol Driven Train and Dangermuffin - the Hamilton
• the Swing Set with Alex Cook - Rams Head Center Stage (Arundel Mills, Hanover, MD)
• Trumpeter Joe Herrera - Twins Jazz (Two shows)
• Veronneau (jazz samba) - Blues Alley (Two shows)


Thursday, 27 June 2013 [link to this day]

• Alesana, the Color Morale, Upon This Dawning, and Lions Lions - Empire (formerly Jaxx)
• the Cat Empire - Fillmore Silver Spring
• Eleanor Friedberger and TEEN - U St Music Hall
• Elizabeth Mitchell & You Are My Flower - Wolf Trap (Theatre-in-the-Woods - 10:30 AM)
• the Fuzz - Rams Head Center Stage (Arundel Mills, Hanover, MD)
• Ghost Owl and Former Champions - Jammin' Java
• Grandchildren and Paint Branch (ex-Q & Not U) - Metro Gallery (Baltimore)
• the Greyboy Allstars and Lance Herbstrong - Howard Theatre
• Gross Ghost and White Laces - Black Cat (Backstage)
• Heston & Julie Dexter - tribute to the music of Bob Marley - Blues Alley (Two shows)
Insubordination Fest 2013 - Day 1: Steinways, Kepi, Mikey Erg! Slow Death, Team Stray, Isotopes, Rational Anthem, Quarantines, Trashkanistan, Flamingo Nosebleed, Meeps, and Hellstroms - Ottobar (Baltimore)
• Kitchen Noise, the Lawsuits, and Birthday Punches - Velvet Lounge
• Live at the Fillmore: the Definitive Tribute to the Original Allman Brothers Band - Rams Head Tavern (Annapolis)
• Nordic Jazz 2013 - Soren Moller (Denmark) - Twins Jazz (Two shows)
• the Temptations and the Four Tops - Wolf Trap (Filene Center)
• Two Alpacas, Up the Chain, and Ryan Tennis - IOTA Club & Café
• Vakirai - Rock & Roll Hotel


Friday, 28 June 2013 [link to this day]

• Black Masala and Congo Sanchez - Rock & Roll Hotel
• Bronze Radio Return - the Hamilton
• the Congress - Hill Country Live [410 7th St NW, WDC]
• Crushing Day - Rams Head Center Stage (Arundel Mills, Hanover, MD)
• Elizabeth Mitchell & You Are My Flower - Wolf Trap (Theatre-in-the-Woods - 10:30 AM)
• Gangstagrass - Artisphere (Ballroom)
• the Greyboy Allstars and Lance Herbstrong - Baltimore SoundStage
• I Against Eye, Termina, JTL Revolver, You're Right, Acid Deth Kvlt, and Infamy - Pyramid Atlantic Arts Center [8230 Georgia Avenue, Silver Spring, MD] (Pyramid Atlantic Benefit)
Insubordination Fest 2013 - Day 2: Screaming Females, Copyrights, Nightbirds, Dead Mechanical, Ex Friends, Sick Sick Birds, Hospital Job, Direct Hit, Paper Dragons, Tight Bs, Dogpile, and Tonight We Strike - Ottobar (Baltimore)
• Kid Rock, Kool & the Gang, and Uncle Kracker - Jiffy Lube Live
• the Lettermen - Rams Head Tavern (Annapolis)
• Lillian Axe - Empire (formerly Jaxx)
• Margot MacDonald - Lubber Run Amphitheater [500 N Abingdon Street, Arlington, VA]
• Nordic Jazz 2013 - Eero Koivistoinen Quartet (Finland) - Twins Jazz (Two shows)
• NSO @ Wolf Trap: Frozen Planet in Concert - Wolf Trap (Filene Center)
• Paint Branch, Art Sorority for Girls, and Shana Falana - Comet Ping Pong
• Pieces of a Dream (smooth jazz) - Blues Alley (Two shows)
• Quentin & Conductor Brii - Empire (formerly Jaxx) (11:30 AM - Rock N Kids)
• Richard Cheese and Lounge Against the Machine - 9:30 Club (seated show)
• Shankar Ehsaan Loy - Patriot Center
• Swingtopia - National Gallery of Art Sculpture Garden [DC] (Jazz in the Garden at 5 PM)
• Three Dog Night - Birchmere
• Young Summer (EP Release) and Bethany & the Guitar - Jammin' Java


Saturday, 29 June 2013 [link to this day]

• the 18th Street Singers - Defining the Times: American Music Through the Generations - 6th & I
• Acoustic Syndicate - the Hamilton
• Anita Baker - Wolf Trap (Filene Center)
• Ballyhoo! And Authority Zero (Dual CD Release) with Versus the World - Rams Head Live! (Baltimore)
• Brad Paisley, Chris Young, Lee Brice, and the Henningsens - Jiffy Lube Live
• Brendan James and Jesse Ruben - Jammin' Java (Two shows - 7 PM & 9:30 PM)
• Broken Heroes, Blackout Brigade, the Screws, the Wolverines, and M-13 - Sidebar Tavern (Baltimore)
• Bronze Radio Return - Rams Head Tavern (Annapolis) (All-Ages Matinee)
• Conditions - Empire (formerly Jaxx)
• Conquering Rome, Accident Prone, the Noras, and Non Grata - House Show [Baltimore, MD]
• Dead Heart Bloom - IOTA Club & Café
• Death Casettes, Malatese, and Cosmic Halitosis - Casa Fiesta [4910 Wisconsin Ave NW, WDC]
• Delbert McClinton and Amy Black - Birchmere
• DinoRock - Wolf Trap (Theatre-in-the-Woods - 10:30 AM)
• Eric Scott - Lubber Run Amphitheater [500 N Abingdon Street, Arlington, VA]
• Harmonic Blue, Bosley, and Spades - Rock & Roll Hotel
Insubordination Fest 2013 - Day 3: the Mopes, Plow United, Kepi-Rights, Danny Vapid & the Cheats, Beatnik Termites, Fatal Flaw, Candy Hearts, Borderlines, Capitalist Kids, Firecrackers, Houseboat, Jetty Boys, Lipstick Homicide, Dewtons, City Mouse, Marshmallows, and Deecracks - Ottobar (Baltimore)
• Joe - Howard Theatre
• Joe Louis Walker - Rams Head Tavern (Annapolis)
• John Grant - U St Music Hall
• Johnny Cerisano and Tunnel - Jammin' Java (Local Scene Matinee Show - 2 PM)
• Max Garcia Conover - Ebenezers Coffeehouse [201 F Street NE, WDC]
• Maysa and YahZarah - Baltimore SoundStage
• Mickey Free, Eze (Soul Cannon), Rap Dragons, and Sam Herring - Metro Gallery (Baltimore)
• Nordic Jazz 2013 - Twins Jazz (Two shows)
• Pieces of a Dream (smooth jazz) - Blues Alley (Two shows)
• Reinventing Radio: an evening with Ira Glass - Strathmore (Music Center)
• Rossini: the Journey to Reims - Wolf Trap (the Barns)
• Tracy Morgan - Warner Theatre


Sunday, 30 June 2013 [link to this day]

• Black Muddy River Band - Lubber Run Amphitheater [500 N Abingdon Street, Arlington, VA]
• Collapser, French Admirals, and Dinosawh - Black Squirrel [2427 18th St NW, WDC]
• Darren Criss - Fillmore Silver Spring
• Dead Men's Hollow and Smoke n' Mangos - Jammin' Java (Bluegrass Brunch - 12:30 PM)
• Deafheaven and Marriages - Rock & Roll Hotel
• Go Cozy, Family Photo, and Us & Us Only - Velvet Lounge
• KES the Band - Howard Theatre
• Mom2 (Thomas Stanley/Efx, Luke Stewart/MPC, Bobby Hill/record players, and Lewis "Flip" Barnes/trumpet) and Trio (OOO) (Luke Stewart/bass, Aaron Martin/reeds, flute, Sam Lohman/drums, and freestyle verse by Sub Z) - Bohemian Caverns [2001 11th Street, WDC]
• Pieces of a Dream (smooth jazz) - Blues Alley (Two shows)
• Ronnie Laws & Tom Browne - Rams Head Tavern (Annapolis)
• the Slackers - the Hamilton
• Straight No Chaser - Wolf Trap (Filene Center)
• Vocalist Sharon Raquel with the Kash Wright Trio - Twins Jazz (Two shows)


Monday, 1 July 2013 [link to this day]

• Alpha Blondy - Howard Theatre
• CSS and IO Echo - 9:30 Club
• Holy Grail and Anti-Mortem - Metro Gallery (Baltimore)
• Jammin Java's Mid-Atlantic Band Battle 9 - Prelims - Jammin' Java
• Jason Isbell and Widowspeak - Birchmere
• Marty Knepp Trio (drums) - Blues Alley (Two shows)
• New Riders of the Purple Sage and Professor Louie & the Crowmatrix - the Hamilton
• Pink Martini - Wolf Trap (Filene Center)
• Washington Saxophone Quartet - IOTA Club & Café


Tuesday, 2 July 2013 [link to this day]

• Aaron Nigel Smith - Wolf Trap (Theatre-in-the-Woods - 10:30 AM)
BUDDY - the Buddy Holly Story - Wolf Trap (Filene Center)
• Cantina, Photo Ops, and Foe Destroyer - Paper Haus [4912 3rd St NW, WDC]
• Dikembe and Night Moves - Charm City Art Space (Baltimore)
• Jammin Java's Mid-Atlantic Band Battle 9 - Prelims - Jammin' Java
• Kato, Oddczar, and Passengers - Sidebar Tavern (Baltimore)
• Out of Your Head - Improvised and Experimental Music Collective - Wind-Up Space (Baltimore)
• Paul Carr Quartet with special guest Akiko Tsuruga - Bethesda Blues & Jazz Club [7719 Wisconsin Ave, Bethesda, MD]
• Pete & Will Anderson (twin saxophonists) - Blues Alley (Two shows)
• Simon & Garfunkel Retrospective performed by AJ Swearingen & Jonathan Beedle - Birchmere
• Tuesdays with Marty Nau - Twins Jazz (Two shows)


Wednesday, 3 July 2013 [link to this day]

• Aaron Nigel Smith - Wolf Trap (Theatre-in-the-Woods - 10:30 AM)
• Afrika Bambaataa and A Skillz with Fort Knox Five on 4 turntables and Pumpkin - U St Music Hall
BUDDY - the Buddy Holly Story - Wolf Trap (Filene Center)
• Eidolons, Big Hush, and Dead Mellotron - Black Whiskey [1410 14th St NW, WDC]
• Eric Felten Jazz Orchestra - "The Big Band Sound of WWII" - Blues Alley (Two shows)
• Gregg Allman - Rams Head Tavern (Annapolis) - sold out
• Jammin Java's Mid-Atlantic Band Battle 9 - Prelims - Jammin' Java
• Jazz Violin Summer Series with David Schulman - Twins Jazz (Two shows)
• Midnight Spaghetti and Jounce - State Theatre
• the Young Lions of Gypsy Jazz - Stars of the Django Rheinhardt NY Festival - Birchmere


Thursday, 4 July 2013 [link to this day]

• South Rail - Hill Country Live [410 7th St NW, WDC]
• Universal Mind Ensemble - Twins Jazz (Two shows)


Friday, 5 July 2013 [link to this day]

• Afroroots by Eme & Heteru - Twins Jazz (Two shows)
• American Pink Floyd - the Hamilton
• Bari Koral Family Rock Band - Wolf Trap (Theatre-in-the-Woods - 10:30 AM)
• Colleen Shanley and Grass Junction - Lubber Run Amphitheater [500 N Abingdon Street, Arlington, VA]
• Ernest "EC3" Coleman and Friends - National Gallery of Art Sculpture Garden [DC] (Jazz in the Garden at 5 PM)
• FeelFree, the Relics, and B Side Shuffle - Rock & Roll Hotel
• the Furious 5 ft. Grandmaster Mele Mel, Scorpio, the Kidd Creole, & Rahiem - Howard Theatre
• Harry Connick, Jr. - Wolf Trap (Filene Center)
• Jammin Java's Mid-Atlantic Band Battle 9 - Prelims - Jammin' Java
• Jean Carne (soul legend) - Blues Alley (Two shows)
• Jimmie Van Zant - Rams Head Tavern (Annapolis)
• the Mantles, Juan Wauters (of the Beets), and Foul Swoops - Black Whiskey [1410 14th St NW, WDC]
• Title Tracks and Sick Sick Birds - Comet Ping Pong


Saturday, 6 July 2013 [link to this day]

• 3 Doors Down, Daughtry, Halestorm, and Bad Seed Rising - Pier Six Pavilion (Baltimore)
• Ancient Shores, Narratives, and Dead Gods - Sidebar Tavern (Baltimore)
• Bari Koral Family Rock Band - Wolf Trap (Theatre-in-the-Woods - 10:30 AM)
• Bill Kirchen & Too Much Fun (CD Release Show) and Austin de Lone - Birchmere
• Caustic Casanova, Technicians, Murder Troy, and Helgamite - Rock & Roll Hotel
• Doobie Brothers - Wolf Trap (Filene Center)
• Jean Carne (soul legend) - Blues Alley (Two shows)
• the Maine, A Rocket to the Moon, This Century, and Brighten - 9:30 Club
• the Mantles and Juan Wauters (of the Beets) - Club K [2101 Maryland Ave, Baltimore, MD]
• Mystic Warriors - Lubber Run Amphitheater [500 N Abingdon Street, Arlington, VA]
• the Nighthawks - Jammin' Java
• Over & Out, Media Blitz, True Head, and Paranoid Minds - Casa Fiesta [4910 Wisconsin Ave NW, WDC]
• the Polyphonic Spree - 6th & I
• Ruut (CD Release Party) and Eric Scott - Rams Head Tavern (Annapolis)
• Sick Sick Birds, Title Tracks, and Jaabs - Metro Gallery (Baltimore)
• Thompson Square - Nationals Park [1500 South Capitol St SE, WDC] (NatsLive Concert Series: Washington Nationals vs. San Diego Padres Post-Game Concert)
• Trouble Funk (35th Anniversary) - Howard Theatre
Wonders to Wander to: Musical fables by Porter, Schumann, Bolcom, Coward, & Others - Wolf Trap (the Barns - 3 PM)
• Zevious - Wind-Up Space (Baltimore)


Sunday, 7 July 2013 [link to this day]

• Bob Gibson Big Band - Lubber Run Amphitheater [500 N Abingdon Street, Arlington, VA]
• Cayucas - DC9
• Chemical Peel, Teen Liver, and Aloners - Casa Fiesta [4910 Wisconsin Ave NW, WDC]
• Golden Dragon Acrobats from China - Wolf Trap (Filene Center - 2 PM)
• GrandMothers of Invention - Rams Head Tavern (Annapolis)
• Jean Carne (soul legend) - Blues Alley (Two shows)
• the Jill and Julia Show - Howard Theatre
• Kenia & Mozik - Twins Jazz (Two shows)
• Squarepusher - Black Cat (Mainstage)
• Swing Out Sister - Birchmere
Wonders to Wander to: Musical fables by Porter, Schumann, Bolcom, Coward, & Others - Wolf Trap (the Barns - 3 PM)


Monday, 8 July 2013 [link to this day]

• Arizmenda, Volahn, Bilirubin, BHL, and Putrid Servant - Sidebar Tavern (Baltimore)
• Carla Morrison - Howard Theatre
• Memphis May Fire, I See Stars, Madison Apart, Mortify The Scythian, and the Lives to Come - Empire (formerly Jaxx)
• Rachael Yamagata and Sanders Bohlke - Birchmere
• Swing Out Sister - Rams Head Tavern (Annapolis)
• Tallhart, From Indian Lakes, and Makeshift Prodigy - Black Cat (Backstage)
• Y'Anna Crawley (gospel soul) - Blues Alley (Two shows)


Tuesday, 9 July 2013 [link to this day]

• Blacksmithtomahawk, Wings Denied, Consumed With Hatred, and A Minor Error - Velvet Lounge
• Fatality - Sidebar Tavern (Baltimore)
• Japanther, Terror Pigeon Dance Revolt, and Unstoppable Death Machines - Metro Gallery (Baltimore)
• Los Lobos and Los Lonely Boys - Wolf Trap (Filene Center)
• Luciano - Howard Theatre
• Moona Luna - Wolf Trap (Theatre-in-the-Woods - 10:30 AM)
• Rachael Yamagata and Sanders Bohlke - Rams Head Tavern (Annapolis)
• the Royal Wigs - Hill Country Live [410 7th St NW, WDC]
• Tony Martucci Quartet (drums) - Blues Alley (Two shows)
• Tuesdays with Marty Nau - Twins Jazz (Two shows)


Wednesday, 10 July 2013 [link to this day]

• Big Time Rush, Victoria Justice, and Olivia Sumerlyn - Jiffy Lube Live
• Bossalingo Summer Guest Artist Series - Twins Jazz (Two shows)
• Everest - Rams Head Tavern (Annapolis)
Jazzy Blu (smooth jazz/soul) - Blues Alley (Two shows) NO LONGER ON VENUE WEB SITE
• Mac Miller (the Space Migration Tour) - Fillmore Silver Spring
• Moona Luna - Wolf Trap (Theatre-in-the-Woods - 10:30 AM)
• Mud Rey, Austin Caughlin, and Amanda Lee - Velvet Lounge
• Streetlight Manifesto and Rodeo Ruby Love - Empire (formerly Jaxx)
Vans Warped Tour w/ The Used, Chiodos, 3OH!3, Motion City Soundtrack, Bring Me the Horizon, August Burns Red, Reel Big Fish, Sleeping With Sirens, Black Veil Brides, We Came As Romans, Never Shout Never, Blessthefall, The Wonder Years, Memphis May Fire, Silverstein, The Black Dahlia Murder, Woe Is Me, Architects, I See Stars, Like Moths to Flames, While She Sleeps, LetLive, The Chariot, Upon A Burning Body, Oh, Sleeper, The Amity Affliction, Attila, Story Of The Year, Allstar Weekend, Man Overboard, Forever the Sickest Kids, The Summer Set, Hawthorne Heights, GO RADIO, The Story So Far, New Years Day, For The Foxes, Gin Wigmore, The Early November, Big D And The Kids Table, Action Item, Anarbor, Versaemerge, Tonight Alive, Goldhouse, RDGLDGRN, Stick To Your Guns, Hands Like Houses, The Swellers, Crossfaith, Bangups, Driver Friendly, Echosmith, Middle Finger Salute, Mighty Mongo, Art of Shock, TheCityShakeUp, Crown The Empire, Beebs and Her Money Makers, Citizen, Alvarez Kings, Emily's Army, Forever Came Calling, Handguns, Lionz of Zion, New Empire, No Bragging Rights, Secrets, Set it Off, Strawberry Blondes, Volumes, Big Chocolate, Crizzly, Five Knives, Kairo Kingdom, Mac Lethal, MC Lars, Run DMT, Stephan Jacobs, Wallpaper., Mad Child, Shy KidX, Itch, Outasight, Young London, Ace Enders, Allison Weiss, Austin Lucas, Brian Marquis, Craig Owens, The American Scene, Vinnie Caruana, William Beckett - Merriweather Post Pavilion


Thursday, 11 July 2013 [link to this day]

• Brian Charette Sextet - Twins Jazz (Two shows)
• BSO: Masters of the Baroque - Strathmore (Music Center)
• Firehorse - IOTA Club & Café
• Hi-Life Wedding, Pleasure Cuses, Gezus Kake, and Mothersday - Velvet Lounge
• Ian Fitzgerald & Courtney Gallagher - Ebenezers Coffeehouse [201 F Street NE, WDC]
• Julia Holter and Jessica Pratt - 6th & I (Downstairs)
• La Vela Puerca - State Theatre
• Marcus Johnson (keys/smooth/funky) - Blues Alley (Two shows)
• the Morrison Brothers Band, Jenny Leigh, and Paul Pfau - 9:30 Club
• Pearl & the Beard - Jammin' Java
• She & Him (Zooey Deschannel & M. Ward) and Camera Obscura - Wolf Trap (Filene Center)
• Sons of Bill - the Hamilton
• Souls of Mischief (93 Til Infinity Tour) - Rock & Roll Hotel


Friday, 12 July 2013 [link to this day]

• Belle & Sebastian and Yo La Tengo - Merriweather Post Pavilion
• Bona (CD Release) - Ebenezers Coffeehouse [201 F Street NE, WDC]
• Bosnian Rainbows - U St Music Hall
• Elikeh - Rock & Roll Hotel
• Joe Robinson and Marshall Cunningham - Jammin' Java
• Juanita Williams - National Gallery of Art Sculpture Garden [DC] (Jazz in the Garden at 5 PM)
• Juniper Lane - Lubber Run Amphitheater [500 N Abingdon Street, Arlington, VA]
• Katy Roberts with Salim Washington & more - Twins Jazz (Two shows)
• Little Red & the Renegades - Haydee's [3102 Mt Pleasant St NW, WDC]
• Marcus Johnson (keys/smooth/funky) - Blues Alley (Two shows)
• Mike Pinto, Natural Vibrations, Three Legged Fox, and 9 Mile Roots - Rams Head Live! (Baltimore)
• NRBQ - the Hamilton
• NSO @ Wolf Trap: Carmina Burana - Wolf Trap (Filene Center)
• Paul McCartney (Out There World Tour) - Nationals Park [1500 South Capitol St SE, WDC] - sold out
• the Persuasions - Howard Theatre
• Rhonda Vincent & the Rage and Lou Reid & Carolina - Birchmere
• Shonna Tucker & Eye Candy - Hill Country Live [410 7th St NW, WDC]
• the Specials - Fillmore Silver Spring
• the Sweet (featuring original member Steve Priest) - Rams Head Tavern (Annapolis)
• TGT (Tyrese, Ginuwine, & Tank) and Avant - Pier Six Pavilion (Baltimore)
• Tiptoe Disco & Friends - Jammin' Java (In the Lobby Bar - 10 PM)
• Train, Michael Franti, and Spearhead - Jiffy Lube Live
• Vinny Vegas, Molehill, Sooner or Later, and Mooks - Metro Gallery (Baltimore)


Saturday, 13 July 2013 [link to this day]

• Andrew Acosta and the New Old Time String Band - Lubber Run Amphitheater [500 N Abingdon Street, Arlington, VA]
• Broken Mic Night for the Avant Garde IV - Pyramid Atlantic Arts Center [8230 Georgia Avenue, Silver Spring, MD] (Sonic Circuits Event)
• Crimson Comedy Jam 2013 - Warner Theatre
• the Deedle Deedle Dees - America's Ultimate Teaching Band - Wolf Trap (Theatre-in-the-Woods - 10:30 AM)
• Julie Roberts - Rams Head Tavern (Annapolis)
• Katy Roberts with Salim Washington & more - Twins Jazz (Two shows)
• Lafayette Gilchrist with New Volcanoes - Wind-Up Space (Baltimore) (Presented by Creative Differences)
Lyfe Jennings - Howard Theatre MOVED TO 7/20/13
• M.H. and His Orchestra - Jammin' Java (Late show - 10 PM)
• Marcus Johnson (keys/smooth/funky) - Blues Alley (Two shows)
• Mooks, Molehill, and Vinny Vegas - Velvet Lounge
• NSO @ Wolf Trap: Video Games Live! - Bonus Round! - Wolf Trap (Filene Center)
• OMD and Diamond Rings - 9:30 Club
• Peru Rocks Festival - Miki Gonzalez, Bereto, and Zakke - State Theatre
• Phish - Merriweather Post Pavilion
• PJ Morton - Baltimore SoundStage
• Red Baraat - Rams Head Live! (Baltimore)
• Savages - Rock & Roll Hotel - sold out
• Shenandoah Run - Jammin' Java (Early show - 7 PM)
• SLV (Sandra Lilia Velásquez) - Artisphere (Dome Theatre)
• Southside Johnny & the Asbury Jukes - Birchmere
• the Sullivan and Son Comedy Tour featuring Steve Byrne, Ahmed Ahmed, Owen Benjamin and Roy Woods Jr. - 6th & I
• Turnover, Koji, Have Mercy, and Ivy League - Charm City Art Space (Baltimore)


Sunday, 14 July 2013 [link to this day]

• Adam Marsland - Ebenezers Coffeehouse [201 F Street NE, WDC]
Aria Jukebox - Wolf Trap (the Barns - 3 PM)
• Bobby Muncy - Twins Jazz (Two shows)
• Boz Scaggs and Michael McDonald - Wolf Trap (Filene Center)
• Cody Simpson and Ryan Beatty - DAR Constitution Hall
• Lynyrd Skynyrd, Bad Company, and Black Stone Cherry - Jiffy Lube Live
• Marcus Johnson (keys/smooth/funky) - Blues Alley (Two shows)
• Phish - Merriweather Post Pavilion
• PJ Morton ("New Orleans" CD Release Show) - Howard Theatre
• Satisfaction: the International Rolling Stones Show - Rams Head Tavern (Annapolis)
• Wire and Bear in Heaven - Black Cat (Mainstage)
• Yacht Rock Revue - the Hamilton


Monday, 15 July 2013 [link to this day]

• Bachelor Boys - IOTA Club & Café
• Barenaked Ladies, Ben Folds Five, Guster, and Boothby Graffoe - Merriweather Post Pavilion (Last Summer on Earth Tour)
• Chris Isaak - Birchmere
• Vocal Workshop Graduation Concert (student vocalist) - Blues Alley (Two shows)


Tuesday, 16 July 2013 [link to this day]

• Barbara Rosene (jazz vocals) - Blues Alley (Two shows)
• Farafina Kan - the Sound of Africa - Wolf Trap (Theatre-in-the-Woods - 10:30 AM)
• Gregory Alan Isakov and David Ramirez - the Hamilton
• Guy Forsyth - Hill Country Live [410 7th St NW, WDC]
• Jethro Tull's Ian Anderson - Wolf Trap (Filene Center)
• Number 9 Hard and the Sick Tight Nasty Nasty - Charm City Art Space (Baltimore)
• Out of Your Head - Improvised and Experimental Music Collective - Wind-Up Space (Baltimore)
• Steven Adler (formerly of Guns N Roses), Old School, the Stormin Norman Band, and Any Given Sin - Empire (formerly Jaxx)
• Tuesdays with Marty Nau - Twins Jazz (Two shows)


Wednesday, 17 July 2013 [link to this day]

• Cole Cash, Little Bird, Rust on the Carousel, and Dead Poet Society - Velvet Lounge
• the Draft - Rock & Roll Hotel
• the Iguanas and the Crawdaddies - Rams Head Tavern (Annapolis)
• Jars of Clay and Brooke Waggoner - Birchmere
• Jenny Igoe, vocalist - Twins Jazz (Two shows)
• Leon Russell - the Hamilton
• Lil Wayne, T.I., and Future - 1st Mariner Arena (Baltimore)
• Masked Intruder, Elway, Sam Russo, and Beatnik Termites - Sidebar Tavern (Baltimore)
• Recess Monkey - Wolf Trap (Theatre-in-the-Woods - 10:30 AM)
• Rx Bandits and Northern Faces - Baltimore SoundStage
• Sublime with Rome and Pennywise - Pier Six Pavilion (Baltimore)


Thursday, 18 July 2013 [link to this day]

• Abby & the Buddha Fly - Twins Jazz (Two shows)
• Chatham County Line - Jammin' Java
• Hollywood Undead - Fillmore Silver Spring
• Karla Chisholm (indie jazz vocals) - CD Release Party - Blues Alley (Two shows)
• Kassav - Howard Theatre
• No BS! Brass Band - the Hamilton
• Pet Symmetry, Sundials, and Monument - the Lab [1819 Crestwood Drive, Alexandria, VA]
• Real Friends, Alison Weiss, Slingshot Dakota, Candy Hearts, and Stickup Kid - Charm City Art Space (Baltimore)
• Recess Monkey - Wolf Trap (Theatre-in-the-Woods - 10:30 AM)
• Tim Barry of Avail, Corey Brannan, and Des Ark - DC9
• Yessirov, Elemental Canyon, and Mary Mary Quite Contrary - Tree House Lounge [1006 Florida Ave NW, WDC]


Friday, 19 July 2013 [link to this day]

• 311, Cypress Hill, and G Love & Special Sauce - Jiffy Lube Live
• Borracho, Lo-Pan, King Giant, and Kingsnake - Rock & Roll Hotel
• Deanna Bogart Band - Jammin' Java
• DJ Premier vs Pete Rock - Howard Theatre
• Elder - Sidebar Tavern (Baltimore)
• Euphonasia - National Gallery of Art Sculpture Garden [DC] (Jazz in the Garden at 5 PM)
• Flow Tribe - the Hamilton
• Incantation, Acheron, Deceased, Visceral Disgorge, and Noisem - Ottobar (Baltimore)
• Jonathan Butler - Fillmore Silver Spring
• KLYMAXX featuring Bernadette Cooper: Diva & a Turntable - Blues Alley (Two shows)
• Matt Schofield - Rams Head Tavern (Annapolis)
• NSO @ Wolf Trap: Verdi's La traviata - Wolf Trap (Filene Center)
• Red Dons, Draize, and Cheap Love - Casa Fiesta [4910 Wisconsin Ave NW, WDC]
• Ted Garber - Lubber Run Amphitheater [500 N Abingdon Street, Arlington, VA]
• Tim Whalen Septet - Twins Jazz (Two shows)
• The World is a Beautiful Place (record release), Dads, Pity Sex, and Daylight - the Lab [1819 Crestwood Drive, Alexandria, VA]


Saturday, 20 July 2013 [link to this day]

• the Beach Boys - Pier Six Pavilion (Baltimore)
• Blake Shelton, Easton Corbin, and Jana Kramer - Jiffy Lube Live
• Cannibal Ox - Rock & Roll Hotel
• Drop Electric, Janel & Anthony, and the Escape Artist - Black Cat (Mainstage)
• Fight Amp, Horrendous, Ilsa, Nothing, Dweller in the Valley, and Celtic Frosting - Sidebar Tavern (Baltimore) (Hasan's 25th Birthday Extravaganza)
• Folk Soul Revival - Hill Country Live [410 7th St NW, WDC]
• fun. and Tegan & Sara - Merriweather Post Pavilion
Gonzofest featuring the Jon Spencer Blues Explosion - Flying Dog Brewery [4607 Wedgewood Blvd, Frederick, MD] (3 PM to 7 PM)
• the Grandsons - Lubber Run Amphitheater [500 N Abingdon Street, Arlington, VA]
• the Highballers - Rock & Roll Hotel
• Ken Yates - FNDTN Gallery & Liveroom [3762A Howard Avenue, Kensington, MD]
• KLYMAXX featuring Bernadette Cooper: Diva & a Turntable - Blues Alley (Two shows)
• Kurt Vile and the Violators - 9:30 Club
• Lyfe Jennings - Howard Theatre (Moved from 7/13/13)
• Old Time Banjo Festival - Birchmere
• Rich & the Rockin' Dogs - Ebenezers Coffeehouse [201 F Street NE, WDC] (10:30 AM Show)
• Right On Band - State Theatre
• Scenic Route Records 2nd Annual Showcase - Wind-Up Space (Baltimore)
• Stories & Songwriters - Jenn Bostic, Justin Trawick, & Heather Mae, hosted by Tiffany Thompson - Ebenezers Coffeehouse [201 F Street NE, WDC]
• Tim Whalen Septet - Twins Jazz (Two shows)
• the Ultimate Doo-Wop Show - Wolf Trap (Filene Center)
• Watermelon, Rich Mahogany, and Albino Rhino - Velvet Lounge


Sunday, 21 July 2013 [link to this day]

• Frankie Valli & the Four Seasons - Wolf Trap (Filene Center)
• KLYMAXX featuring Bernadette Cooper: Diva & a Turntable - Baltimore SoundStage
• Lahla-Hadiya - Twins Jazz (Two shows)
• the Monkees - Warner Theatre
• the Osedax, Hollenlarm, Gaul, and Thrain - the Lab [1819 Crestwood Drive, Alexandria, VA]
• Pentatonix - Rams Head Live! (Baltimore)
• Russkie Musikanti - Lubber Run Amphitheater [500 N Abingdon Street, Arlington, VA]
• Sasha x Dubfire - Echo Stage [2135 Queens Chapel Road NE, WDC]


Monday, 22 July 2013 [link to this day]

• Abbe Buck (jazz vocals) - Blues Alley (Two shows)
• Condition Critical, Killing Session, and Paralyzer - Sidebar Tavern (Baltimore)
• the Eagles (History of the Eagles Tour) - Verizon Center
• Indians - Black Cat (Backstage)
• Robert Plant presents Sensational Space Shifters - Wolf Trap (Filene Center)
• Texas Hippie Coalition and Eve to Adam - Empire (formerly Jaxx)


Tuesday, 23 July 2013 [link to this day]

• Bob Dylan (and his band), Wilco, My Morning Jacket, and Ryan Bingham - Merriweather Post Pavilion (Americanarama Festival of Music)
• Burton Cummings (original lead singer & songwriter of the Guess Who) - Birchmere
• Dawes and Shovels & Rope - Rams Head Live! (Baltimore)
• the Dunwells - Rams Head Tavern (Annapolis)
• If Birds Could Fly - Hill Country Live [410 7th St NW, WDC]
• Robert Mwamba (guitar) - Blues Alley (Two shows)
• Smith Westerns - Black Cat (Mainstage)
• Steve Miller Band - Wolf Trap (Filene Center)
• Trashcan Tommy & the Blackouts, Wiscoholics, and Sick Tight Nasty Nasty - Sidebar Tavern (Baltimore) (Presented by Feed the Scene)
• Tuesdays with Marty Nau - Twins Jazz (Two shows)


Wednesday, 24 July 2013 [link to this day]

• Alastair Moock - Wolf Trap (Theatre-in-the-Woods - 10:30 AM)
• Brandi Carlile and the Lone Bellow - Wolf Trap (Filene Center)
• Carlos Vives - Patriot Center
• Dr. John - Birchmere
• Jessy J (sax/latin/smooth) - Blues Alley (Two shows)
• Our Mood Swings - Twins Jazz (Two shows)
Rockstar Energy Drink Mayhem Festival: Rob Zombie, Five Finger Death Punch, Mastodon, Amon Amarth, Machine Head, Job for a Cowboy, Butcher Babies, Battlecross, Huntress, Children of Bodom, Behemoth, Emmure, Born of Osiris, Motionless in White, Thrown Into Exile, City in the Sea, and 2 more TBA - Jiffy Lube Live (1 PM Doors)
• Samantha Crain and Bombadil - Rams Head Tavern (Annapolis)
• Spirit Family Reunion and 19th Street Band - the Hamilton
• Steve Miller Band - Pier Six Pavilion (Baltimore)
Victoria Justice - Wolf Trap (Filene Center) CANCELLED
• Yes - Warner Theatre


Thursday, 25 July 2013 [link to this day]

• Alastair Moock - Wolf Trap (Theatre-in-the-Woods - 10:30 AM)
• Bombadil and Samantha Crain - 6th & I (Downstairs)
• BSO: Gershwin's Greatest Hits - Strathmore (Music Center)
• Caleb and Neulore - the Hamilton
• Carolyn Malachi (soul/jazz/spoken word) - Blues Alley (Two shows)
• Donavon Frankenreiter - U St Music Hall (Early show - 6:30 PM)
• Gordon Lightfoot - Wolf Trap (Filene Center)
• Jason Yeager - Twins Jazz (Two shows)
• Lake Street Drive - Rams Head Tavern (Annapolis)
• Michael Kiwanuka - 9:30 Club
• Mindless Behavior, OMG Girlz, and Coco Jones - Pier Six Pavilion (Baltimore)
• Woods and Parquet Courts - Ottobar (Baltimore)


Friday, 26 July 2013 [link to this day]

• Anamanaguchi and Kitty Pride - Rock & Roll Hotel
• Big Time Rush and Victoria Justice - Pier Six Pavilion (Baltimore)
• Carbon Leaf - the Hamilton
• Future Bible Heroes (Claudia Gonson, Shirley Simms, Christopher Ewen, and Anthony Kaczynski) - Black Cat (Mainstage)
• the Hackensaw Boys - State Theatre
• Hydra Kyll, Existentium, Area 52, Corrupt Conspiracy, and Vela - Sidebar Tavern (Baltimore)
• Incendio - National Gallery of Art Sculpture Garden [DC] (Jazz in the Garden at 5 PM)
• Lianne La Havas - Baltimore SoundStage
• Loretta Lynn and Sarah Haze - 9:30 Club
• the Lumineers - Merriweather Post Pavilion
• Mary Mary - Howard Theatre (Two shows - 7:30 PM & 10 PM)
• Mindless Behavior (All Around the World Tour), OMG Girlz, and Coco Jones - DAR Constitution Hall
• Miyazaki, Night Panther, and Pleasure Curses - Velvet Lounge
• NSO @ Wolf Trap: 1812 Overture - Wolf Trap (Filene Center)
• O'Malley's March - Rams Head Tavern (Annapolis) (Two shows - 6:30 PM & 9:30 PM)
• OBN IIIs, Ex-Cult, and Cheap Love - Black Cat (Backstage)
• Shanice (soul/pop/R&B) - Blues Alley (Two shows)
• Thao & the Get Down Stay Down and Lady Lamb the Beekeeper - Ottobar (Baltimore)
• These Songs For You - Remembering the Life of Sean Albert Meyers - Jammin' Java
• the Traveling Players - Lubber Run Amphitheater [500 N Abingdon Street, Arlington, VA]
• Walter Beasley - Birchmere
• Xavier Rudd, Nahko, and Medicine for the People - Rams Head Live! (Baltimore)


Saturday, 27 July 2013 [link to this day]

• the Aristocrats featuring Guthrie Govan + Bryan Beller + Marco Minnemann - Jammin' Java (Early show - 7 PM)
• Black Clouds, Shark Week, Warchild, True Head, Highway Cross, and Blackout DJs - 9:30 Club
• Bob Schneider (band) - Birchmere
• Citizen Cope - Rams Head Live! (Baltimore)
• Dark Star Orchestra (acoustic show) - the Hamilton
• Dave Matthews Band and Gogol Bordello - Jiffy Lube Live
• Eric Brace & Peter Cooper with Callaghan - Rams Head Tavern (Annapolis)
• Eric Brace, Peter Cooper, and Callaghan - Rams Head Tavern (Annapolis)
• NSO @ Wolf Trap: America the Beautiful - tribute to Ansel Adams - Wolf Trap (Filene Center)
• Shanice (soul/pop/R&B) - Blues Alley (Two shows)
• These Songs For You - Remembering the Life of Sean Albert Meyers - Jammin' Java (Late show - 10 PM)
• the Tone Rangers - Lubber Run Amphitheater [500 N Abingdon Street, Arlington, VA]


Sunday, 28 July 2013 [link to this day]

• Bob Schneider Band - Rams Head Tavern (Annapolis)
• Bobby Muncy - Twins Jazz (Two shows)
• Callaghan and Eric Brace & Peter Cooper - Jammin' Java
• Dazz Band with Ronnie Laws - Howard Theatre
• Miranda Lambert, Dierks Bentley, Kix Brooks, and Raelynn - Jiffy Lube Live
• Nate Currin, Smoke N Mangos, and Kirbie - Velvet Lounge
• New Order and Holy Ghost! - Merriweather Post Pavilion
• Night Moves - DC9
• NSO @ Wolf Trap: Wicked Divas - Divas perform hits from Phantom of the Opera, Chicao, Titanic, Wicked, and more - Wolf Trap (Filene Center)
• Shanice (soul/pop/R&B) - Blues Alley (Two shows)
• Trampled Under Foot - Rams Head Tavern (Annapolis) (All-Ages Matinee)


Monday, 29 July 2013 [link to this day]

• Beyoncé (the Mrs. Carter Tour) - Verizon Center
• Black Dog Prowl, Clockwork Kids, and Chute - Velvet Lounge
• Burton Cummings (solo) - Rams Head Tavern (Annapolis)
• Gina Rose (soul/R&B) - Blues Alley (Two shows)
• Jonas Brothers - Jiffy Lube Live


Tuesday, 30 July 2013 [link to this day]

• Aspen Santa Fe Ballet - Wolf Trap (Filene Center)
• Beyoncé (the Mrs. Carter Tour) - Verizon Center
• Oran Etkin's Timbalooloo - Wolf Trap (Theatre-in-the-Woods - 10:30 AM)
• Out of Your Head - Improvised and Experimental Music Collective - Wind-Up Space (Baltimore)
• Paul Weller - 9:30 Club
• Tarea Anderson (jazz/soul vocals) - Blues Alley (Two shows)
• Ted Leo & the Pharmacists, Dope Body, and Crimson Wave - Ottobar (Baltimore)
• Tuesdays with Marty Nau - Twins Jazz (Two shows)


Wednesday, 31 July 2013 [link to this day]

• April Sampe (soul/R&B) - Blues Alley (Two shows)
• Bonnie "Prince" Billy & Dawn McCarthy with the Murphy Beds - 6th & I
• Craig Falk - Twins Jazz (Two shows)
• Michael Kiwanuka and Kat Edmonson - 9:30 Club
• Oran Etkin's Timbalooloo - Wolf Trap (Theatre-in-the-Woods - 10:30 AM)
• Poco & Pure Prairie League - Rams Head Tavern (Annapolis)
• SOJA and John Butler Trio - Wolf Trap (Filene Center)
• Vagabond Opera - the Hamilton


Thursday, 1 August 2013 [link to this day]

• John K Band featuring John Kadlecik of Further & DSO - Howard Theatre
• Matthew Perryman Jones - the Hamilton
• NSO @ Wolf Trap: Bugs Bunny at the Symphony II created and conducted by George Daugherty - Wolf Trap (Filene Center)
• OAR, Andrew McMahon, and Allen Stone - Merriweather Post Pavilion
• Robbie Schaefer - Wolf Trap (Theatre-in-the-Woods - 10:30 AM)
• Screen Vinyl Image, Dead Fame, Pleasure Curses, and Motion Lines - Rock & Roll Hotel
• Terisa Griffin (soul voclas) - Blues Alley (Two shows)
• Universal Mind Ensemble - Twins Jazz (Two shows)
• Wiz Khalifa, A$ap Rocky, B.o.B., Trinidad Jame$, Joey Bada$$ & Pro Era, Berner, Chevy Woods, & Smoke DZA - Jiffy Lube Live (Under the Influence of Music Tour)


Friday, 2 August 2013 [link to this day]

• A'ngela Winbush (soul/R&B) - Blues Alley (Two shows)
• Black Sabbath and Andrew W.K. - Jiffy Lube Live
Bonnie Koloc - the Hamilton POSTPONED to 10/27/13
• Brian Simms - National Gallery of Art Sculpture Garden [DC] (Jazz in the Garden at 5 PM)
• Corey Smith - Rams Head Live! (Baltimore)
• Dick Dale: the King of Surf Guitar - Rams Head Tavern (Annapolis)
• Dillinger Escape Plan, Animals As Leaders, Periphery, Norma Jean, Cattle Decapitation, the Ocean, Revocation, Aeon, Rings of Saturn, and Thy Art Is Murder - Fillmore Silver Spring (Summer Slaughter Tour)
• Doktor Kaboom! - Wolf Trap (Theatre-in-the-Woods - 10:30 AM)
• Hexagon Theatre Company - Lubber Run Amphitheater [500 N Abingdon Street, Arlington, VA]
• Lil Wayne, T.I., and 2 Chainz - Verizon Center
Mad Decent Block Party: Major Lazer, Zeds Dead, SBTRKT (DJ set), Skream, Riff Raff, Lunice, Griz - Merriweather Post Pavilion
• the Melvins (30th Anniversary Tour) and Honky - Ottobar (Baltimore)
• NSO @ Wolf Trap: Bugs Bunny at the Symphony II created and conducted by George Daugherty - Wolf Trap (Filene Center)
• Robert Randolph & the Family Band and Tauk - 9:30 Club
• Stephanie Mills - Birchmere


Saturday, 3 August 2013 [link to this day]

• A'ngela Winbush (soul/R&B) - Blues Alley (Two shows)
• Carbon Leaf - Rams Head Live! (Baltimore)
• Chris Ayer and Matt Simons - FNDTN Gallery & Liveroom [3762A Howard Avenue, Kensington, MD] (Postponed from 5/11/13)
• Doktor Kaboom! - Wolf Trap (Theatre-in-the-Woods - 10:30 AM)
• Goodnight, Texas - Jammin' Java
• Jonny Lang - State Theatre
• Justin Bieber (Believe Tour) - Verizon Center
• Justin Hayward (Moody Blues frontman) - Rams Head Tavern (Annapolis) - sold out
• NSO @ Wolf Trap: Singin' in the Rain - Wolf Trap (Filene Center)
• Poco & Pure Prairie League - Birchmere
• Rico Amero - Lubber Run Amphitheater [500 N Abingdon Street, Arlington, VA]
Summer Spirit Festival: D'Angelo, Erykah Badu, Busta Rhymes, Rare Essence, Black Alley, and Hiatus Kaiyote; hosted by Mike Epps - Merriweather Post Pavilion


Sunday, 4 August 2013 [link to this day]

• A'ngela Winbush (soul/R&B) - Blues Alley (Two shows)
• Bruce Hornsby & the Noisemakers - Wolf Trap (Filene Center)
• Dave Wilson Quartet - Twins Jazz (Two shows)
• Dick Dale - Birchmere
• Kris Kristofferson - Rams Head Tavern (Annapolis) - sold out


Monday, 5 August 2013 [link to this day]

• Havok - Empire (formerly Jaxx)
• Kris Kristofferson - Rams Head Tavern (Annapolis) - sold out
• OneRepublic, Mayer Hawthorne, and Churchill - Wolf Trap (Filene Center)
• Todd Rundgren - Birchmere


Tuesday, 6 August 2013 [link to this day]

• Arrival from Sweden: the Music of ABBA - Rams Head Tavern (Annapolis)
• Beres Hammond - Rams Head Live! (Baltimore)
• Kris Kristofferson - Birchmere
• Out of Your Head - Improvised and Experimental Music Collective - Wind-Up Space (Baltimore)
• Tuesdays with Marty Nau - Twins Jazz (Two shows)
• Under the Sun featuring Smash Mouth, Sugar Ray, Gin Blossoms, Vertical Horizon, Fastball - Wolf Trap (Filene Center)


Wednesday, 7 August 2013 [link to this day]

• All Shall Perish, Oceano, Within the Ruins, Obey the Brave, Reflections, and Betrayal - Empire (formerly Jaxx)
• Ballroom with a Twist - Wolf Trap (Filene Center)
• Beth Orton - 9:30 Club
• Eric Johnson & Mike Stern - Howard Theatre
• Jazz Violin Summer Series with David Schulman - Twins Jazz (Two shows)
• Jessie Ware - Rams Head Live! (Baltimore)
• Kris Kristofferson - Birchmere
• Nick Colionne & Steve Cole - Rams Head Tavern (Annapolis)


Thursday, 8 August 2013 [link to this day]

• Abby & the Buddha Fly - Twins Jazz (Two shows)
• Bad Rabbits - Rock & Roll Hotel
• Beres Hammond - Howard Theatre
• Caroline Aiken, Hannah Thomas, Hannah Aldridge - Ebenezers Coffeehouse [201 F Street NE, WDC]
• Frampton's Guitar Circus eaturing Peter Frampton & B.B. King - with Sonny Landreth - Pier Six Pavilion (Baltimore)
• Gipsy Kings - Wolf Trap (Filene Center)
• Jay-Z and Justin Timberlake - M&T Bank Stadium [1101 Russell Street, Baltimore, MD] (Legends of the Summer Tour)
• Keith Urban, Little Big Town, and Dustin Lynch - Merriweather Post Pavilion
• Terence Blanchard (GRAMMY-winning trumpeter) - Blues Alley (Two shows)


Friday, 9 August 2013 [link to this day]

• American Idol Live 2013 Tour - Patriot Center
• Angie Stone - Howard Theatre (Two shows - 8 PM & 10:30 PM)
• Bruce in the USA - Rams Head Tavern (Annapolis)
• Don McLean and Judy Collins - Wolf Trap (Filene Center)
• José James - Birchmere
• Josh Bayer - National Gallery of Art Sculpture Garden [DC] (Jazz in the Garden at 5 PM)
• Little Red & the Renegades - Haydee's [3102 Mt Pleasant St NW, WDC]
• the New Potato Caboose (Acoustic & Electric) and Wood-n-Steel - State Theatre
• OneRepublic, Mayer Hawthorne, and Churchill - Pier Six Pavilion (Baltimore)
• Reginald Cyntje "Love" CD Release - Twins Jazz (Two shows)
• Sonny Landreth and the Joe Taylor Group - the Hamilton
• Terence Blanchard (GRAMMY-winning trumpeter) - Blues Alley (Two shows)
• Verdi's Falstaff - Wolf Trap (the Barns)


Saturday, 10 August 2013 [link to this day]

• Almost Queen (Queen tribute) - State Theatre
• Bill Evans Soulgrass with Pimps of Joytime - the Hamilton
• Bit Gen Gamer Fest 8 - Rams Head Live! (Baltimore)
• Chris Eldridge (of Punch Brothers) & Julian Lage - 6th & I
• Dan Zanes Sing-A-Long - Wolf Trap (Theatre-in-the-Woods - 10:30 AM)
• Dark Star Orchestra and the Bridge - Pier Six Pavilion (Baltimore) (Believe in Music Benefit)
• El-P, Killer Mike, and Kool A.D. - 9:30 Club
• José James - Baltimore SoundStage
• the Killers - Merriweather Post Pavilion
• Marty Stuart - Birchmere
• Mary Chapin Carpenter and Shawn Colvin - Wolf Trap (Filene Center)
• Matchbox 20, Goo Goo Dolls, and Kate Earl - Jiffy Lube Live
• Reginald Cyntje "Love" CD Release - Twins Jazz (Two shows)
• Restless Heart - Rams Head Tavern (Annapolis) (Rescheduled from 1/12/13)
• Terence Blanchard (GRAMMY-winning trumpeter) - Blues Alley (Two shows)
• UkeFst 2013: Uke & Guitar Summit - Strathmore (Mansion)


Sunday, 11 August 2013 [link to this day]

• Dheepa Chari - Twins Jazz (Two shows)
• Jimmy Eat World - 9:30 Club
• Nick Lowe - Birchmere
• Peter Frampton and BB King - Wolf Trap (Filene Center)
• Slightly Stoopid, Atmosphere, and the Budos Band - Pier Six Pavilion (Baltimore)
• Terence Blanchard (GRAMMY-winning trumpeter) - Blues Alley (Two shows)
• UkeFst 2013: Uke & Guitar Summit - Strathmore (Mansion)
• Verdi's Falstaff - Wolf Trap (the Barns - 3 PM)


Monday, 12 August 2013 [link to this day]

• Amina Figarova Sextet (piano) - Blues Alley (Two shows)
• Ke$ha - Wolf Trap (Filene Center)
• Todd Rundgren - Rams Head Tavern (Annapolis) - sold out
• UkeFst 2013: Uke & Guitar Summit - Strathmore (Mansion)


Tuesday, 13 August 2013 [link to this day]

• Adam Ant & the Good, The Man & the Lovely Posse - 9:30 Club
• George Thorogood & Buddy Guy - Pier Six Pavilion (Baltimore)
• Huey Lewis & the News - Wolf Trap (Filene Center)
• Nick Lowe - Rams Head Tavern (Annapolis)
• Out of Your Head - Improvised and Experimental Music Collective - Wind-Up Space (Baltimore)
• Rolling Stones Tribute - BandHouse Gigs - Fillmore Silver Spring
• Tuesdays with Marty Nau - Twins Jazz (Two shows)
• Zach Bartholomew Trio (piano/bass/drums) - Blues Alley (Two shows)


Wednesday, 14 August 2013 [link to this day]

• Bossalingo Summer Guest Artist Series - Twins Jazz (Two shows)
• Diana Ross - Wolf Trap (Filene Center)
• Every Time I Die, Chelsea Grin, Veil of Maya, Terror, Stray from the Path, Capture the Crown, IWrestledABearOnce, For All Those Sleeping, Structures, Ice Nine Kills, and Dayshell - Fillmore Silver Spring (the AllStars Tour)
• the James Hunter Six - Rams Head Tavern (Annapolis)
• Justin Hayward (Moody Blues frontman) - Birchmere
• the New Mastersounds - Howard Theatre
• Phil Vassar (band) - Birchmere
• Tony Lucca - Jammin' Java (Two shows - 7 PM & 9:30 PM)
• UkeFst 2013: Uke & Guitar Summit - concert at 6 PM at the Gudelsky Gazebo - Strathmore (Mansion)
• Verdi's Falstaff - Wolf Trap (the Barns)


Thursday, 15 August 2013 [link to this day]

• Appetite for Destruction (Guns N Roses tribute), Poison'd (Poison tribute), and Red White & Crue (Motley Crue tribute) - Rams Head Live! (Baltimore) (Kings of Hollywood Tour)
• Dan Navarro and Bob Sima - Rams Head Tavern (Annapolis)
• Daughn Gibson and Hiss Golden Messenger - Black Cat (Backstage)
• Grace Potter & the Nocturnals - Wolf Trap (Filene Center)
• Justin Hayward (Moody Blues frontman) - Birchmere
• Monkey Pudding Face, Elemental Canyon, and Teething Veils - Tree House Lounge [1006 Florida Ave NW, WDC]
• Ryan Keberle and Catharsis - Twins Jazz (Two shows)
• Thievery Corporation - 9:30 Club


Friday, 16 August 2013 [link to this day]

• Alice In Chains, Jane's Addiction, Coheed & Cambria, Circa Survive, Walking Papers, Danko Jones, Middle Class Rut, New Politics, Chuck Shaffer Picture Show, and a "Battle of the Bands" winner - Jiffy Lube Live (Rockstar Energy Drink Uproar Festival - Doors at 2 PM)
• Ardamus, Far Exp, and Milo - Velvet Lounge
• Dan Navarro - Jammin' Java
• Doc Scantlin's Palmettos - National Gallery of Art Sculpture Garden [DC] (Jazz in the Garden at 5 PM)
• JD McPherson - Birchmere (in the Flex Stage)
• Josh Groban - Wolf Trap (Filene Center)
• Ted Nugent - Rams Head Live! (Baltimore)
• the Tubes featuring Fee Waybill - the Hamilton
• Uptown Vocal Jazz Quartet & Richie Cole - Blues Alley (Two shows)


Saturday, 17 August 2013 [link to this day]

• ABBA - the Concert - Wolf Trap (Filene Center)
• Alex Goot - Empire (formerly Jaxx)
• Ben Tufts & Friends (Craig Tufts Memorial Fundraiser) - Jammin' Java (Matinee show - 2 PM)
• DC Fest with Newsboys - Patriot Center
• Edwin McCain - Birchmere
• En Vogue - Rams Head Live! (Baltimore)
• Jimmy Buffett & the Coral Reefer Band (Songs from St. Somewhere Tour) - Jiffy Lube Live
• LeToya Luckett Live - Howard Theatre
• the Tubes featuring Fee Waybill - Rams Head Tavern (Annapolis)
• Uptown Vocal Jazz Quartet & Richie Cole - Blues Alley (Two shows)
• Verdi's Falstaff - Wolf Trap (the Barns)


Sunday, 18 August 2013 [link to this day]

• Blues Traveler - Rams Head Tavern (Annapolis)
• En Vogue - Birchmere
• the Original Wailers - Howard Theatre
• the Tuesday Project - Twins Jazz (Two shows)
• Uptown Vocal Jazz Quartet & Richie Cole - Blues Alley (Two shows)


Monday, 19 August 2013 [link to this day]

• Bret Michaels - Rams Head Tavern (Annapolis)
• Chicago - Wolf Trap (Filene Center)


Tuesday, 20 August 2013 [link to this day]

• Carolyn Wonderland - Howard Theatre
• the Cult (Electric 13 Tour) - Fillmore Silver Spring
• John Hiatt & the Combo and Native Run - Rams Head Tavern (Annapolis)
• Out of Your Head - Improvised and Experimental Music Collective - Wind-Up Space (Baltimore)
• Pat Benatar & Neil Giraldo and Cheap Trick - Wolf Trap (Filene Center)
• Tuesdays with Marty Nau - Twins Jazz (Two shows)


Wednesday, 21 August 2013 [link to this day]

• John Hiatt & the Combo and Native Run - Rams Head Tavern (Annapolis)


Thursday, 22 August 2013 [link to this day]

• Albert Lee - Jammin' Java
• Amy Grant - Birchmere
• Christian Perez - Twins Jazz (Two shows)
• Dash Rip Rock - Hill Country Live [410 7th St NW, WDC]
• Freddy Cole Quartet (piano/vocals) - Blues Alley (Two shows)
• Gladys Knight and the O'Jays - Pier Six Pavilion (Baltimore)
• Jennifer Holliday - Dreamgirls - Wolf Trap (Filene Center)


Friday, 23 August 2013 [link to this day]

• Dixie Power Trio - National Gallery of Art Sculpture Garden [DC] (Jazz in the Garden at 5 PM)
• Freddy Cole Quartet (piano/vocals) - Blues Alley (Two shows)
• In Gratitude: a tribute to Earth Wind & Fire - Rams Head Tavern (Annapolis)
• Jammin Java's Mid-Atlantic Band Battle 9 - Finals - Jammin' Java
• Jennifer Holliday - Dreamgirls - Wolf Trap (Filene Center)
• Styx and REO Speedwagon - Pier Six Pavilion (Baltimore)


Saturday, 24 August 2013 [link to this day]

• Freddy Cole Quartet (piano/vocals) - Blues Alley (Two shows)
• Gladys Knight and the O'Jays - DAR Constitution Hall (the Family Reunion Tour)
• Jennifer Holliday - Dreamgirls - Wolf Trap (Filene Center)
• Johnny Winter and Baskery - Birchmere
• Nikki Talley and Annalise Emerick - Ebenezers Coffeehouse [201 F Street NE, WDC]
• Saved by the 90s - a party with the Bayside Tigers - Rams Head Live! (Baltimore)
• Sonic Circuits Benefit - Pyramid Atlantic Arts Center [8230 Georgia Avenue, Silver Spring, MD] (Sonic Circuits Event)
• Toby Keith and Kip Moore - Jiffy Lube Live


Sunday, 25 August 2013 [link to this day]

• Freddy Cole Quartet (piano/vocals) - Blues Alley (Two shows)
• Jennifer Holliday - Dreamgirls - Wolf Trap (Filene Center)
• Kurtis Adams (award-winning jazz composer and saxophonist) - Twins Jazz (Two shows)
• Shawn Mullins - Rams Head Tavern (Annapolis)
• Valerie Simpson - performing the music of Ashford & Simpson - Birchmere


Monday, 26 August 2013 [link to this day]

• Albert Lee - Rams Head Tavern (Annapolis)
• Union 13 - Sidebar Tavern (Baltimore)


Tuesday, 27 August 2013 [link to this day]

• Belus - Sidebar Tavern (Baltimore)
• Out of Your Head - Improvised and Experimental Music Collective - Wind-Up Space (Baltimore)
• Passenger - 9:30 Club
• Sampson - Howard Theatre
• Tuesdays with Marty Nau - Twins Jazz (Two shows)


Wednesday, 28 August 2013 [link to this day]

• Carly Rae Jepsen - Wolf Trap (Filene Center)
• Lui Sono Io - Twins Jazz (Two shows)


Thursday, 29 August 2013 [link to this day]

• Chris Thomas King (blues/guitar/vocals) - Blues Alley (Two shows)
• Golden Gurls, Mink Hollow, and Infinite Honey - Wind-Up Space (Baltimore)
• Inside // Outside - Twins Jazz (Two shows)
• Larry Graham & Graham Central Station - Birchmere
• Lyle Lovett & His Large Band - Wolf Trap (Filene Center)


Friday, 30 August 2013 [link to this day]

• the Bar-Kays, Taste of Honey, and Brick - Howard Theatre
• Bruno Nasta and the U.S. Naval Academy "Next Wave" Jazz Ensemble - National Gallery of Art Sculpture Garden [DC] (Jazz in the Garden at 5 PM)
• Chris Thomas King (blues/guitar/vocals) - Blues Alley (Two shows)


Saturday, 31 August 2013 [link to this day]

• Chris Thomas King (blues/guitar/vocals) - Blues Alley (Two shows)
• Gavin DeGraw - Nationals Park [1500 South Capitol St SE, WDC] (NatsLive Concert Series: Washington Nationals vs. NY Mets Post-Game Concert)
• John Mayer and Phillip Phillips - Jiffy Lube Live
• the Outlaws - Birchmere
• Sing-A-Long Sound of Music - Wolf Trap (Filene Center)


Sunday, 1 September 2013 [link to this day]

• Chris Thomas King (blues/guitar/vocals) - Blues Alley (Two shows)
• Maysa - Birchmere
• STS9 & Umphrey's McGee - Wolf Trap (Filene Center)


Tuesday, 3 September 2013 [link to this day]

• Kamelot, Delain, and Eklipse - Baltimore SoundStage
• the Mission UK - 9:30 Club


Thursday, 5 September 2013 [link to this day]

• Gorguts - Empire (formerly Jaxx)
• Les Nubians - Birchmere
• Midnite - Howard Theatre
• the Persuasions - Rams Head Tavern (Annapolis)
• Simon & Garfunkel Retrospective performed by A.J. Swearingen and Jonathan Beedle - Jammin' Java


Friday, 6 September 2013 [link to this day]

• Alan Jackson and Gloriana - Merriweather Post Pavilion
• Patricia Barber (piano/vocals) - Blues Alley (Two shows)
• Steep Canyon Rangers - Birchmere
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (with live orchestra and chorus) - Wolf Trap (Filene Center)


Saturday, 7 September 2013 [link to this day]

• Maroon 5, Kelly Clarkson, and Tony Lucca - Jiffy Lube Live (Honda Civic Tour)
• Patricia Barber (piano/vocals) - Blues Alley (Two shows)
• Steelheart, Every Mother's Nightmare, and Juliet's Vice - House of Rock [11445 Pulaski Hwy, White Marsh, MD]
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (with live orchestra and chorus) - Wolf Trap (Filene Center)
• Young Dubliners - Rams Head Tavern (Annapolis)


Sunday, 8 September 2013 [link to this day]

• the Dreaming - Empire (formerly Jaxx)
• Patricia Barber (piano/vocals) - Blues Alley (Two shows)


Monday, 9 September 2013 [link to this day]

• the Rosebuds - Rock & Roll Hotel


Tuesday, 10 September 2013 [link to this day]

• Depeche Mode and Bat for Lashes - Jiffy Lube Live
• Fall Out Boy and Panic! At the Disco - Patriot Center
• Glenn Tilbrook - Rams Head Tavern (Annapolis)
• Pere Ubu - Rock & Roll Hotel


Wednesday, 11 September 2013 [link to this day]

• Damien Dempsey - the Hamilton
• Muse and Cage the Elephant - Verizon Center
• Rebelution, Matisyahu, Collie Budz, and Zion I - Pier Six Pavilion (Baltimore) (the Good Vibes Tour)
• Screamer and Zuul - Sidebar Tavern (Baltimore)
• ZZ Top - Wolf Trap (Filene Center)


Thursday, 12 September 2013 [link to this day]

• Heather Maloney - Jammin' Java
• New Gary Burton Quartet, 70th Bday Tour - with Julian Lage, Scott Colley, & Antonio Sanchez - Blues Alley (Two shows)


Friday, 13 September 2013 [link to this day]

• Charlie Hunter & Scott Amendola Duo - Jammin' Java
• Euge Groove - Birchmere
• New Gary Burton Quartet, 70th Bday Tour - with Julian Lage, Scott Colley, & Antonio Sanchez - Blues Alley (Two shows)


Saturday, 14 September 2013 [link to this day]

• Euge Groove - Rams Head Tavern (Annapolis)
• Frederic Yonnet (harmonica/soul/jazz fusion) - Blues Alley (Two shows)
• Jake Bugg - 9:30 Club
• Jason Aldean, Jake Owen, and Thomas Rhett - Jiffy Lube Live
• Pyramid Fest 2013 - Pyramid Atlantic Arts Center [8230 Georgia Avenue, Silver Spring, MD]
• Street Corner Symphony - Jammin' Java (Two shows - 7 PM & 9:30 PM)


Sunday, 15 September 2013 [link to this day]

• Donna the Buffalo - Rams Head Tavern (Annapolis)
• Frederic Yonnet (harmonica/soul/jazz fusion) - Blues Alley (Two shows)


Monday, 16 September 2013 [link to this day]

• Flag (Keith Morris, Chuck Dukowski, Dez Cadena, Bill Stevenson, and Descendents guitarist Stephen Egerton performing the music of Black Flag) - Baltimore SoundStage


Tuesday, 17 September 2013 [link to this day]

• City & Colour and Lucy Rose - 9:30 Club


Wednesday, 18 September 2013 [link to this day]

• Alt-J and Lord Huron - 9:30 Club


Thursday, 19 September 2013 [link to this day]

• Austra - Black Cat
• the Creole Joe Band featuring Joe Sample & Ray Parker Jr. - Rams Head Tavern (Annapolis)
• Feed the Scene 2-Year Anniversary Show Day 1 - TBA [Baltimore]
• Pet Shop Boys - Strathmore


Friday, 20 September 2013 [link to this day]

• the Creole Joe Band featuring Joe Sample & Ray Parker Jr. - Birchmere
• Feed the Scene 2-Year Anniversary Show Day 2 - TBA [Baltimore]
• Imagine Dragons - Merriweather Post Pavilion
• Jay & the Americans - Rams Head Tavern (Annapolis)
• Sarah Brightman - Modell Performing Arts Center at the Lyric [140 W Mt Royal Ave, Baltimore, MD] (Postponed from 2/19/13)
• Steely Dan and the Deep Blue Organ Trio - Jiffy Lube Live


Saturday, 21 September 2013 [link to this day]

• Jon Troast - FNDTN Gallery & Liveroom [3762A Howard Avenue, Kensington, MD]
• Montgomery Gentry - Nationals Park [1500 South Capitol St SE, WDC] (NatsLive Concert Series: Washington Nationals vs. Florida Marlins Post-Game Concert)
• Six Appeal and Cognitive Resonance - Arlington Temple [1835 N Nash Street, Arlington, VA]
• Steven Gellman - St Elmo's Coffee Pub [2300 Mt Vernon Ave, Alexandria, VA 22301]


Sunday, 22 September 2013 [link to this day]

• Al Petteway & Amy White - Jammin' Java
• Honor Society, Aaron Camper, Ben O'Neill, and Marlee in the Mixx - Howard Theatre
• Joe Robinson - Rams Head Tavern (Annapolis) (All-Ages Matinee)
• Michael Bublé - Verizon Center


Monday, 23 September 2013 [link to this day]

• Local Natives - Rams Head Live! (Baltimore)


Wednesday, 25 September 2013 [link to this day]

• Jazzanova Live featuring Paul Randolph - Howard Theatre
• Joe Satriani (with Marco Minnemann, Bryan Beller, and Mike Kenneally) and Steve Morse - Warner Theatre


Thursday, 26 September 2013 [link to this day]

• Mediaeval Baebes - Rams Head Tavern (Annapolis)
• Tower of Power - Birchmere


Friday, 27 September 2013 [link to this day]

• Blues Brothers Revue - Birchmere


Saturday, 28 September 2013 [link to this day]

• Dan Daniels - Ebenezers Coffeehouse [201 F Street NE, WDC]
• Kix - Rams Head Live! (Baltimore)
• National Philharmonic: Beethoven's Eternal Masterworks - Strathmore (Music Center)
• Rascal Flatts and the Band Perry - Jiffy Lube Live (WMZQ Fall Fest)
• the Wailin' Jennys - Birchmere


Sunday, 29 September 2013 [link to this day]

• Kathy Mattea - Rams Head Tavern (Annapolis) (Two shows - 4:30 PM & 7:30 PM)
• National Philharmonic: Beethoven's Eternal Masterworks - Strathmore (Music Center - 3 PM)
• Superchunk and Spider Bags - 9:30 Club


Monday, 30 September 2013 [link to this day]

• Atoms for Peace (Thom Yorke, Nigel Godrich, Flea, Joey Waronker, and Mauro Refosco) - Patriot Center


Tuesday, 1 October 2013 [link to this day]

• Mediaeval Baebes - Birchmere


Wednesday, 2 October 2013 [link to this day]

• BoDeans - Birchmere
• Marky Ramone's Blitzkrieg with Andrew W.K. on vocals - 9:30 Club
• Take 6 (vocal group) - Rams Head Tavern (Annapolis)


Thursday, 3 October 2013 [link to this day]

• BoDeans - Rams Head Tavern (Annapolis)
• Rachelle Ferrell (piano/vocals) - Blues Alley (Two shows)
• Wil Wheaton vs. Paul & Storm - Birchmere


Friday, 4 October 2013 [link to this day]

• BoDeans - Rams Head Tavern (Annapolis)
• Colin Hay ("Finding My Dance" Tour) - Birchmere
• Rachelle Ferrell (piano/vocals) - Blues Alley (Two shows)
• Take 6 (vocal group) - Howard Theatre (Two shows - 7:30 PM & 10:30 PM)


Saturday, 5 October 2013 [link to this day]

• 1964: the Tribute - Lisner Auditorium
• Colin Hay ("Finding My Dance" Tour) - Birchmere
• Rachelle Ferrell (piano/vocals) - Blues Alley (Two shows)


Sunday, 6 October 2013 [link to this day]

• Colin Hay ("Finding My Dance" Tour) - Birchmere
• Rachelle Ferrell (piano/vocals) - Blues Alley (Two shows)
• Vienna Teng - Rams Head Tavern (Annapolis)
• the Wiggles - Warner Theatre (Two shows - 12:30 PM & 4:30 PM)


Monday, 7 October 2013 [link to this day]

• Colin Hay: the "Finding My Dance" Tour - Rams Head Tavern (Annapolis)


Tuesday, 8 October 2013 [link to this day]

• Avery Sunshine, Ari Lennox, and Q Parker of 112 - Howard Theatre
• Unknown Mortal Orchestra - Rock & Roll Hotel


Thursday, 10 October 2013 [link to this day]

• Jorge Drexler - Birchmere
• Selena Gomez and Emblem3 (from X Factor) - Patriot Center
• Tim Berne's Snakeoil - Wind-Up Space (Baltimore) (Presented by Creative Differences)
• Vienna Teng and Alex Wong - the Hamilton


Friday, 11 October 2013 [link to this day]

• the Gourds - Birchmere (in the Flex Stage)
• Neutral Milk Hotel and Elf Power - 2640 Space at St. John's Church [2640 St Paul St, Baltimore, MD]
STPP Fest - TBA [DC]


Saturday, 12 October 2013 [link to this day]

• Craig Morgan and Raven Cliff - Rams Head Live! (Baltimore) (Moved from 5/10/13)
STPP Fest - TBA [DC]


Sunday, 13 October 2013 [link to this day]

• America - Birchmere
• Mint Condition - Howard Theatre
STPP Fest - TBA [DC]


Monday, 14 October 2013 [link to this day]

• Mint Condition - Howard Theatre


Tuesday, 15 October 2013 [link to this day]

• Patrizio Buanne - the Hamilton


Thursday, 17 October 2013 [link to this day]

• Gerald Albright - Rams Head Tavern (Annapolis)
• Stanley Clarke (legendary bassist) - Blues Alley (Two shows)


Friday, 18 October 2013 [link to this day]

• Herman's Hermits featuring Peter Noone - Birchmere
• Stanley Clarke (legendary bassist) - Blues Alley (Two shows)


Saturday, 19 October 2013 [link to this day]

• Keiko Matsui - Birchmere
• Stanley Clarke (legendary bassist) - Blues Alley (Two shows)
• Steven Gellman - St Elmo's Coffee Pub [2300 Mt Vernon Ave, Alexandria, VA 22301]


Sunday, 20 October 2013 [link to this day]

• Ralph Stanley & the Clinch Mt. Boys - Birchmere
• Stanley Clarke (legendary bassist) - Blues Alley (Two shows)


Thursday, 24 October 2013 [link to this day]

• Eric Roberson - Howard Theatre


Friday, 25 October 2013 [link to this day]

Autumn Screams Doom Day 1:Dopethrone, Negative Reaction, Magic Circle, Serpent Throne, Iron Man, Wizard Eye - Ottobar (Baltimore)
• Eric Roberson - Howard Theatre


Saturday, 26 October 2013 [link to this day]

Autumn Screams Doom Day 2: Loss, Serpentine Path, Uzala, Asthma Castle, Druglord, Sunburster, Hour of 13 - Ottobar (Baltimore)
• Fidlar and the Orwells - Rock & Roll Hotel
• National Philharmonic: Romantic Sentiments - Strathmore (Music Center)
• National Philharmonic: Zuill Bailey Cello Recital - Strathmore (Music Center - 3:30 PM)


Sunday, 27 October 2013 [link to this day]

• Bonnie Koloc - the Hamilton (Rescheduled from 8/2/13)
• National Philharmonic: Romantic Sentiments - Strathmore (Music Center - 3 PM)
• Russell Moore & IIIrd Tyme Out with Sleepy Man Banjo Boys - Birchmere


Tuesday, 29 October 2013 [link to this day]

• the Piano Guys - Birchmere


Wednesday, 30 October 2013 [link to this day]

• Drew Holcomb & the Neighbors - the Hamilton
• Kreator, Overkill, Warbringer, Ghost of War, and March To Victory - Baltimore SoundStage


Friday, 1 November 2013 [link to this day]

• Jim Belushi & Chicago Board of Comedy - Rams Head Tavern (Annapolis) (Two shows - 6:30 PM & 9:30 PM)


Saturday, 2 November 2013 [link to this day]

• Tom Paxton - Birchmere


Sunday, 3 November 2013 [link to this day]

• David Berkeley - Ebenezers Coffeehouse [201 F Street NE, WDC]


Thursday, 7 November 2013 [link to this day]

• Andy McKee - the Hamilton
Rock Harvest II 2013: Circle II Circle, Death Dealer, Seven Kingdoms, Order of Nine, White Wizzard, Mystic Force, A Sound of Thunder, Widow, Twisted Tower Dire - House of Rock [11445 Pulaski Hwy, White Marsh, MD]


Friday, 8 November 2013 [link to this day]

• David Bromberg Big Band - Birchmere
Rock Harvest II 2013: Flotsam & Jetsam, Heathen, Raven, Attackhead, DC4, Deathriders (feat. Neil Turbin of Anthrax), Alloy 20, Ghost of War, Benedictum, Day of Reckoning (featuring Rusty Cooly), Funeral For A Clown, Vainglory - House of Rock [11445 Pulaski Hwy, White Marsh, MD]


Saturday, 9 November 2013 [link to this day]

• the Four Bitchin' Babes - Birchmere
• Maria Bamford - 6th & I
• National Philharmonic: Lost Childhood, A Concert Opera - Strathmore (Music Center)
Rock Harvest II 2013: Love/Hate, Tuff, Russ Dwarf, Ron Keel, Mitch Malloy, Xander Demos, Leatherwolf, Silent Rage, Modern Superstar, Spread Eagle, Resistance, King Kobra, FarCry, Reverence, Edge Of Paradise, Stonebreed, Tango Down, Michael Angelo Batio, London, Hurricane, Hangmans Cry, Line of Fire, Liberty N' Justice - House of Rock [11445 Pulaski Hwy, White Marsh, MD]


Thursday, 14 November 2013 [link to this day]

• Loose Ends - Howard Theatre


Friday, 15 November 2013 [link to this day]

• Lewis Black - Weinberg Center for the Arts [20 W Patrick St, Frederick, MD]
• Loose Ends - Howard Theatre


Saturday, 16 November 2013 [link to this day]

• Steven Gellman - St Elmo's Coffee Pub [2300 Mt Vernon Ave, Alexandria, VA 22301]


Tuesday, 19 November 2013 [link to this day]

• Molly Ringwald (jazz vocals) - Blues Alley (Two shows)


Wednesday, 20 November 2013 [link to this day]

• Molly Ringwald (jazz vocals) - Blues Alley (Two shows)


Friday, 22 November 2013 [link to this day]

• Jonathan Edwards and John Ford Coley - Rams Head Tavern (Annapolis)
• Overkill, Kreator, and Warbringer - Empire (formerly Jaxx)


Saturday, 23 November 2013 [link to this day]

• Acoustic Alchemy - Rams Head Tavern (Annapolis)
• National Philharmonic: Verdi's Powerful and Timeless Requiem - Strathmore (Music Center)


Sunday, 24 November 2013 [link to this day]

• Pink - Verizon Center


Wednesday, 27 November 2013 [link to this day]

• the Fresh Beat Band - Patriot Center


Friday, 29 November 2013 [link to this day]

• Fates Warning and Brave - Empire (formerly Jaxx)


Saturday, 30 November 2013 [link to this day]

• Herman's Hermits (featuring Peter Noone) - Rams Head Tavern (Annapolis) (Two shows - 6 PM & 9 PM)


Friday, 6 December 2013 [link to this day]

• Blue Jupiter and the Capital Hearings - Arlington Temple [1835 N Nash Street, Arlington, VA]


Thursday, 12 December 2013 [link to this day]

• Andrea Bocelli - Verizon Center


Saturday, 14 December 2013 [link to this day]

• National Philharmonic: Handel's Messiah - Strathmore (Music Center)


Sunday, 15 December 2013 [link to this day]

• National Philharmonic: Handel's Messiah - Strathmore (Music Center - 3 PM)


Saturday, 21 December 2013 [link to this day]

• Steven Gellman - St Elmo's Coffee Pub [2300 Mt Vernon Ave, Alexandria, VA 22301]


Sunday, 22 December 2013 [link to this day]

• National Philharmonic: Washington Symphonic Brass - Strathmore (Music Center - 4 PM)


Saturday, 4 January 2014 [link to this day]

• National Philharmonic: Sounds of Central Europe - Strathmore (Music Center)


Sunday, 5 January 2014 [link to this day]

• National Philharmonic: Sounds of Central Europe - Strathmore (Music Center - 3 PM)


Saturday, 18 January 2014 [link to this day]

• the Fresh Beat Band - 1st Mariner Arena (Baltimore)
• National Philharmonic: Three Great Classics - Strathmore (Music Center)


Saturday, 22 February 2014 [link to this day]

• National Philharmonic: Brian Ganz: Chopin, the Storyteller - Strathmore (Music Center)


Saturday, 8 March 2014 [link to this day]

• National Philharmonic: Chopin Piano Concerto No. 1 - Strathmore (Music Center)


Sunday, 9 March 2014 [link to this day]

• National Philharmonic: Chopin Piano Concerto No. 1 - Strathmore (Music Center - 3 PM)


Saturday, 12 April 2014 [link to this day]

• National Philharmonic: Bach Mass in B Minor - Strathmore (Music Center)


Sunday, 13 April 2014 [link to this day]

• National Philharmonic: Bach Mass in B Minor - Strathmore (Music Center - 3 PM)


Saturday, 17 May 2014 [link to this day]

• National Philharmonic: Sarah Chang Plays Vivaldi's Four Seasons - Strathmore (Music Center)


Sunday, 18 May 2014 [link to this day]

• National Philharmonic: Sarah Chang Plays Vivaldi's Four Seasons - Strathmore (Music Center - 3 PM)


Saturday, 31 May 2014 [link to this day]

• National Philharmonic: Strauss Masterpieces - Strathmore (Music Center)