This season, the buzz in concert-land is mostly all concentrated in one area: the new Wharf neighborhood in D.C.’s Southwest Waterfront. Surely you’ve heard about the Anthem, the 9:30 Club’s built-from-scratch bigger brother, which opens next month with the Foo Fighters, LCD Soundsystem, and Tegan and Sara, among others.
Yet the 6,000-capacity Anthem is only the biggest of three music venues to come to the Wharf. Also opening Thursday, Oct. 12, is the 300-capacity Pearl Street Warehouse from the team behind Cantina Marina. Waiting in the wings: The 450-capacity Union Stage from the owners of Virginia’s Jammin Java, opening date to be announced.
Elsewhere, there’s the return — and expansion — of the All Things Go Fall Classic. There’s Tori Amos, who steps into Cher’s shoes to make her MGM National Harbor debut. Of course, Diva Central remains downtown. And in addition to Janet, Gaga, Katy and Bruno, the re-christened Capital One Arena presents a headlining show from the newest bisexual diva around, Halsey.
Cheyenne Jackson, Emily Saliers, Kesha, Billy Gilman, Rufus Wainwright — the season offers an impressive assortment of LGBTQ stars all around us. So get out and get your concert on.
After a year at Yards Park, the annual indie-pop festival returns to its somewhat smaller, original venue. But make no mistake, the Fall Classic is bigger than ever, expanding in its fourth year from a single Saturday outing with eight or so bands to a full, three-day weekend featuring 26 acts. The New York-based nu-disco/electro-pop duo and festival mainstay The Knocks help kick things off Friday, Oct. 6, along with headliner Galantis, the sharp Swedish electronic/dance duo. Bearson, jackLNDN, Win and Woo, and Lightwaves round out the first day lineup. Rising Atlanta rapper Young Thug leads a hip-hop-heavy bill the next day — Vince Staples, Saba, Kweku Collins, Jay IDK, Innanet James, April, and Vista — plus Norwegian alt-R&B producer Cashmere Cat. If you can only go for one day, though, it should be Sunday, Oct. 8, when the festival showcases three top-draw acts — Foster The People, Bleachers, and Betty Who — and also includes several promising up-and-coming acts, including Great Good Fine Ok, Fletcher, Foreign Air, Now, Now, and Young Futura. Single-day tickets are $64 for general admission or $150 for VIP, while a three-day pass costs $154, or $250 for VIP including quick entry, premium viewing areas, a dedicated cash bar, and festival swag.
Ari Hest — Folk artist with a captivating baritone voice (9/24)
The Young Dubliners — Celtic rockers, in case you didn’t catch that from the name (9/30)
Michael Feinstein — The unofficial keeper of the Great American Songbook offers an intimate evening of showtune standards and other gay favorites (10/7)
Lisa Loeb — “You say, I only hear what I want to…” (10/8)
Martin Barre — Jethro Tull guitarist (10/13)
Paula Cole — “I Don’t Want to Wait…” (10/19)
Strathmore Cabaret — A swinging celebration (10/21)
The Gibson Brothers (10/22)
Harold Lopez-Nussa Trio — Understated jazz piano (10/27)
Nellie McKay (10/28)
The Everly Brothers Experience — The Zmed Brothers offers an authentic tribute with close harmonies and festive rockabilly (10/29)
Lydia Loveless — Commanding vocalist offering a genre-hopping blend of roots country, proto-punk and soaring pop (11/2)
Livingston Taylor (11/3)
Dave Kline Band & Veronneau (11/11)
The Cocuzzi Courtet w/interPLAY Orchestra (11/15)
Dark Desert Eagles — Tribute to the Eagles (11/19)
Fresh AIR: Artists-In-Residence 2018 Preview Concert — This season’s AIR, who will take the stage with their mentors, are singer-songwriter Gina Sobel, West African musician Uasuf Gueye, singer-songwriter Drew Kid, Chinese dulcimer player Chao Tian, singer-songwriter Cecily, and steel pan player Josanne Francis (11/29)
Sons of Serendip — Christmas Tour (12/5)
Station to Station — Featuring Earl Slick & Bernard Fowler (1/19/18)
Foo Fighters w/The Struts — I.M.P. Productions’ grand new venture, bigger than the 9:30 Club by a degree of multitudes, opens on the Wharf with Virginia-native and punk hero Dave Grohl and his five fighting cohorts (10/12)
Phil Lesh & The Terrapin Family Band w/special guests Nicki Bluhm & Robert Randolph — Featuring Jason Crosby, Ross James, Alex Koford, Grahame Lesh (10/25)
The Head and the Heart w/Phosphorescent (10/27)
Primus w/Clutch (10/28)
The Shins w/Baio (11/2)
Griz (11/4)
Courtney Barnett & Kurt Vile (and the Sea Lice) (11/7)
Grizzly Bear w/Serpentwithfeet (11/8)
Lindsey Stirling — Warmer in the Winter Christmas Tour (11/10)
Tegan and Sara — The Con 10th Anniversary Acoustic Tour (11/11)
Bob Dylan & His Band (11/14)
Erykah Badu (11/18)
Odesza w/Sofi Tukker, Louis Futon (11/24)
St. Vincent (11/27)
Dark Star Orchestra — Recreating the Grateful Dead’s 6/14/91 RFK Show (12/2)
Joan Shelley w/James Elkington — A Wolf Trap debut from an up-and-coming folkie touring in support of a self-titled album produced by Wilco’s Jeff Tweedy (10/8)
Max Weinberg — Another Wolf Trap debut, though this time a true veteran, the rhythmic force propelling the E Street Band for 43 years also known for his 17-year stint as bandleader for Conan O’Brien (10/11)
Mountain Heart — “A long lost collision between the Allman Brothers and some expert bluegrass players,” writes Rolling Stone (10/12)
Tommy Castro & the Painkillers — Winner of six Blues Music Awards on its Stompin’ Ground Tour (10/13)
Cheyenne Jackson — The gay heartthrob from Broadway, 30 Rock, and most recently American Horror Story (10/15)
Troker — every bit as boisterous and chaotic and captivating as you’d expect from a jazz band proud of its Mexican musical roots (10/18)
Paco Pena — Legendary flamenco guitarist (10/19)
The Bobs — “Glee for grownups” say goodbye after over 35 years and one more night of a cappella rock covers (10/21)
Son Little w/Ala.ni — Singer-songwriter Aaron Livingston wears his heroes Stevie Wonder and Jimi Hendrix on his sleeves (10/25)
Sachal Ensemble — Putting their Pakistani spin on iconic songs by Duke Ellington and the Beatles, among others (10/27)
Maggie Rose — One of CMT’s “Next Women of Country” in 2016 (10/28)
Bernhoft — Grammy-nominated retro-soul artist makes Wolf Trap debut (11/1)
Rodney Crowell — Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame inductee (11/2)
JD Souther (11/8)
Red Baraat — Jazz artist Sunny Jain leads bhangra-rooted eight-piece party band sure to give a Barns-storming debut (11/10)
George Winston (11/11)
Herb Alpert & Lani Hall — Grammy winners offer what the New York Times calls an “exuberant brand of Brazilian- and Mexican-flavored pop” (11/3-14)
Justin Townes Earle — Son of Steve and Americana leader in his own right (11/15)
California Guitar Trio (11/16)
The Quebe Sisters — Triple-threat fiddle champions (11/17)
John Eaton — An evening of piano selections from the Washington legend (11/19)
Newmyer Flyer: The Songs of Burt Bacharach & Hal David (11/25)
David Crosby & Friends — James Raymond, Mai Agan, Steve DiStanislao, Jeff Pevar and Michelle Willis (11/28-29)
Loudon Wainwright III — Folk legend and father of musical progeny Rufus, Martha, and Lucy (11/30)
Eileen Ivers — The preeminent exponent of the Irish fiddle (12/1)
Lucy Kaplansky w/Heather Maloney (1/20/18)
Aaron Tveit — The original Gabe in Next to Normal also known on the screen from work in Les Miserables and Grease Live (1/26/18-1/27/18)
Mycah Chevalier — The Creole Butterfly preview (9/20)
Michael Henderson & Cherrelle – Starship Landing (9/21)
Marcus Johnson (9/22)
Be-la Dona (9/23)
A Tribute to the Music of The O’Jays featuringForever Yours (9/24)
CoCo Montoya (9/27)
Dexter Wansel Presents Sounds Of Philadelphia — With Marilyn Ashford-Brown and Damon Williams (9/29)
Roy Buchanan Tribute — One of Rolling Stone‘s “100 Greatest Guitarists” gets honored by his regular collaborator R&B singer Billy Price, as well as by proteges including noted D.C. guitarists Tom Principato, Dave Chappell, Gantt Kushner, and Anthony Pirog(9/30)
Drew Davidsen (10/5)
Newmyer Flyer Presents John Lennon Birthday Tribute Vol. 3 — Featuring The Linemen, David Kitchen, Cal Everett, Loose Ties, Lauren Calve, Kenny Sharp, Anita King, Mike Smith, Brandon Ehrgood (10/7)
EU (Experience Unlimited) — Columbus Day Denim Fall Fiesta with leading go-go band (10/8)
Incognito (10/13)
A Tribute to the Music of Gerald Levert, Donny Hathaway and More — Jamar Dukes and Craig T. Dobson lead this revue (10/15)
The Sidleys and The Eric Scott Band (10/19)
Wayne Linsey — Howard Homecoming Concert (10/20)
A Tribute to the Music of Stephanie Mills, Chaka Khan and Aretha Franklin — Performed by Brencore AllStars Band (10/22)
BJ Jansen & Common Ground — Featuring Delfeayo Marsalis and Duane Eubanks (10/25)
Billy Gilman — Childhood country hitmaker turned budding gay adult pop star, as seen on The Voice (10/29)
Hank Levy Legacy band (11/2)
Jesse Colin Young and Band (11/3)
Selina Albright & Steve Cole (11/5)
Life’s Rich! — A Centennial Celebration of the Music of Buddy Rich featuring Steve Fidyk (11/8)
Mousey Thompson & the James Brown Experience (11/25)
Landau Murphy Jr. — Holiday Show (12/8)
Holiday Winds — Featuring Elan Trotman, Althea Rene and Tracy Hamlin (12/10)
Motown & More Holiday Show — Dance Night (12/17)
A Redd Christmas! — A D.C.-area holiday tradition featuring Chuck and Redd with Tommy Cecil and Tony Martucci (12/20)
Frank McComb, Kenya & Deborah Bond Soul & Jazz Holiday Show (12/21)
The Soul Crackers — “30 Years of Soul!” (12/23)
Doc Scantlin & His Imperial Palms Orchestra (12/31)
THE BIRCHMERE
3701 Mount Vernon Ave.
Alexandria , Va.
703-549-7500 birchmere.com
Karla Bonoff (9/15)
Maysa (9/16)
Ralphie May (9/17)
Randy Newman — A copy of the Oscar- and Grammy-winner’s new album Dark Matter with every ticket purchase (9/18-19)
Brand X Reunion Tour w/the Jane Getter Premonition — John Goodsall, Percy Jones, Kenny Grohowski, Chris Clark, and Scott Weinberger, with jazz/fusion band featuring Adam Holzman, Mark Egan, Rocky Bryant, and Alex Skolnick (9/20)
Valerie June — Old-timey-sounding African-American folk vocalist who oozes charm (9/21)
John McCutcheon (9/22)
Red Molly — “One For All & All for One” (9/23)
Avery*Sunshine (9/24)
Chris Hillman & Herb Pedersen w/John Jorgenson — Jonathan Mudd is also on the bill (9/26)
Jesse Cook w/Christie Lenee — Beyond Borders Tour 2017 (9/27)
The Rippingtons feat. Russ Freeman (9/28)
Here Come The Mummies — An eight-piece funk-rock band that has opened for P-Funk, Al Green and Cheap Trick (9/29)
Leo Kottke (9/30)
Mashrou’ Leila (10/1)
Herman’s Hermits starring Peter Noone (10/3)
The Psychedelic Furs — The Singles Tour with special guest Bash & Pop (10/4)
Terri Clark (10/5)
Euge Groove (10/6)
The Whispers (10/7-8)
Wynonna & The Big Noise — Roots & Revival Tour 2017 (10/9)
Buddy Guy (10/10)
Emily Saliers — The Indigo Girl stops by on her Murmuration Nation Tour (10/11)
Mindi Abair & the Boneshakers (10/12)
10,000 Maniacs — Performing In My Tribe in its entirety with Julian Velard, but without Natalie Merchant (10/13)
POCO feat. Rusty Young w/Tish Hinojosa (10/14)
Peter White & Marc Antoine — “Guitar Tango” (10/16)
Boney James (10/17)
Nick Lowe’s Quality Rock & Roll Revue starring Los Straitjackets (10/18)
Montgomery Gentry (10/19)
Al Stewart — Year of the Cat Classic Album Concert with special guests the Empty Pockets (10/22)
Brian McKnight (10/24-25)
Anders Osborne & Jackie Greene — “Sitting Around, Singing Some Songs – Tourgether 2017 with Chris Jacobs (10/26)
Tom Paxton & Friends — 80th Birthday Bash! With special guests Tom Rush, Debi Smith, David Buskin, Robin Bullock, Cathy Fink & Marcy Marxer & the DonJuans (10/28)
Jake Shimabukuro (10/29)
Shawn Colvin and Her Band — “A Few Small Repairs 20th Anniversary Tour” with special guests Larry Campbell & Teresa Williams (10/30-31)
Acoustic Alchemy (11/1)
Mariza w/Raizes (Roots) — Up Close & Personal USA Tour 2017 (11/2)
Delbert McClinton w/Daryl Davis (11/3)
Pat McGee Band (11/4)
Oleta Adams (11/5)
Bela Fleck & Abigail Washburn (11/7)
El Debarge (11/8)
Morris Day & The Time (11/9)
Flamenco Legends by Javier Limon — The Paco de Lucia Project (11/13)
Bruce Cockburn (Band) (11/14)
Lyle Lovett & John Hiatt — An Acoustic Evening (11/15-16)
Walter Beasley w/Unit 3 Deep (11/17)
Paul Thorn Band (11/18)
Kathy Mattea feat. Bill Cooley — “The Acoustic Living Room Song & Stories” (11/19)
The Stanley Clarke Band (11/20)
David Bromberg Quintet (11/25)
The Marshall Tucker Band (11/30)
Bill Kirchen & Too Much Fun and Commander Cody — “A Honky Tonk Holiday!” (12/1)
Cheryl Wheeler & John Gorka (12/2)
Blood Sweat & Tears feat. Bo Bice w/Chrissi Poland (12/3)
Hot Tuna (Acoustic) (12/5)
Dar Williams — A concert plus reading and discussions from her new book What I Found in a Thousand Towns (12/8-9)
Over The Rhine — An Acoustic Christmas (12/13)
Carbon Leaf (12/14-15)
Southside Johnny & the Asbury Jukes (12/16)
Norman Brown’s Joyous Christmas w/Bobby Caldwell & Marion Meadows (12/17)
The Wailin’ Jennys (12/18-19)
Robert Glasper Experiment (12/20)
Freddie Jackson (12/23)
Charles Esten (12/26-27)
Pieces of a Dream (12/29)
Rik Emmett of Triumph, Dave Dunlop — Acoustic Duo Performance (1/14/18)
Vivian Green (1/11/18)
Eddie From Ohio w/Jake Armerding (1/12/18-1/14/18)
Rufus Wainwright — The gay troubadour offers a rare local concert (1/20/18)
The NRIS w/Dr. Robinson’s Fiasco, Step Pets — CD Release Show (9/17)
The Baggios w/Pitbull 1999 (9/18)
Whiskey Shivers, Billy Strings (9/20)
Gaby Moreno w/Elena & Los Fulanos (9/21)
Frankie Cosmos w/Ian Sweet (9/22)
DeQn Sue w/Echelon the Seeker, Sir E.U. — Alt-pop act with a sharp lyrical edge (9/24)
Wire w/Noveller (9/25)
Stiff Little Fingers w/Death by Unga Bunga (9/26)
The Toasters w/Caz Gardiner (9/26)
Open Mike Eagle w/Scallops Hotel (9/27)
Electric Six w/Groves (9/28)
Quicksand w/No Joy (9/29)
The Lemon Twigs w/Cut Worms (9/30)
Heavy Rotation — Strictly Vinyl Funk, Disco, and Soul Jams from Days Past (9/30)
Mock Identity w/TK Echo, Faunas (10/1)
The Huntress and Holder of Hands w/Liz Isenberg (10/3)
Sweet Spirit w/Eric Slick (of Dr. Dog), Tinnarose (10/4)
RAC w/LPX — A kind of thinking man’s electro-pop — now a Grammy winner to boot — with a thinking woman’s electro-punk (10/5)
Magic City Hippies (10/7)
Nate Staniforth — Real Magic Tour (10/7, 10/13)
Yawning Man w/We Are The Asteroid (10/9)
Charlie Parr (10/11)
Vagabon w/Nnamdi Ogbonnaya (10/12)
Everything Everything w/Savoir Adore (10/14)
Truckfighters w/Telekinetic Yeti (10/16)
Toadies w/Local H (10/17)
Sinkane w/the Kominas (10/18)
Natalie Prass w/Wild Honey, Den-Mate (10/20)
King Krule (10/21)
Wolf Parade w/Charly Bliss (10/22)
The Smoking Popes w/Chris Farren (10/24)
The Effects — Record Release (10/25)
Sara Curtin w/PNMA — Album Release (10/26)
Paperhaus w/Go Cozy, Tony Kill, DJ Alex DB — Record Release (10/27)
DJs Missguided, Steve EP, and Killa K: Halloween Dance Party — FYM Productions presents a full club event (10/28)
Loud Boyz w/Pee Circles, Cool Moon (ex Del Cielo) (11/2)
Cold Specks w/special guest La Timpa — Fool’s Paradise World Tour 2017 (11/3)
JD McPherson (11/4)
Blitzen Trapper w/Lilly Hiatt (11/5)
Mister Heavenly w/Anna Burch (11/6)
Dance Yourself Clean — Lights & Music presents an Indie-Pop Dance Party (11/10)
Lee Ranaldo w/the Messthetics — Co-founder of alt-rock band Sonic Youth and one of Spin‘s greatest guitarists of all time, with an opening act comprised of Brendan Canty, Joe Lally, and Anthony Pirog (11/11)
Luna w/Eleanor Friedberger (11/14)
The Drums w/Methyl Ethel (11/16)
Eyelids w/Jay Gonzalez & the Guilty Pleasures, Humble Fire (11/19)
Beach Slang w/Dave Hause & the Mermaid, the Homeless Gospel Choir (10/28)
Cindy Wilson — The B-52’s singer steps out on her own tin roof (12/4)
Pinegrove w/Saintseneca, Adult Mom (12/5)
The Interrupters, Swmrs w/the Regrettes (12/8)
Ex Hex w/Des Demonas — D.C.’s great female punk trio returns (12/30)
Jane Monheit — A return engagement and another tribute to her greatest influence as with her recording The Songbook Sessions: Ella Fitzgerald (10/26-29)
Roderick Giles & Grace (10/30)
Eric Essix Move Trio (11/1)
Jonathan Butler (11/2-5)
La Tizer Quartet (11/6)
Roy Hargrove (11/7-12)
Jazzmeia Horn (11/13)
One for Pops — The JoGo EP (11/14)
Chelsey Green Project (11/15)
Roberta Gambarini (11/16-19)
Gunhild Carling — “Sweden’s Queen of Swing” (11/20)
Kandace Springs (11/21)
Kia Bennett — “Bullet Proof Soul, A Tribute to Sade” (11/22)
Alex Bugnon (11/24-26)
Braxton Cook (11/27)
Merlon Devine (11/28)
Lorree K. Slye — “Christmas Season Kickoff” (11/29)
Arturo Sandoval — Ten-time Grammy-winning Latin jazz legend (11/30-12/3)
Gloria Reuben — Actress known from E.R. and Lincoln returns for a “Great Ladies of Song” cabaret (12/5)
Nicole Henry — “Set for the Holidays” (12/6)
Marcus Johnson — Holiday Jam (12/7-10)
Daniel Weatherspoon — “Celebrates Christmas” (12/11)
Eric Felten Jazz Orchestra — “Duke Ellington Nutcracker” (12/12)
Chaise Lounge — “Swinging thru the Holidays” (12/13)
Freddy Cole Quartet (12/14-17)
Dave Detwiler & the White House Band — “Tis the Season” (12/18)
The Weeknd — Starboy: Legend of the Fall 2017 World Tour: Phase Two (9/15)
Arcade Fire — Infinite Content Tour (9/16)
Ed Sheeran (9/19-20)
Katy Perry w/Noah Cyrus — Witness: The Tour (9/25)
Bruno Mars w/Dua Lipa — 24k Magic World Tour (9/29-30)
Enrique Iglesias and Pitbull (10/3)
Halsey w/PartyNextDoor, Charli XCX — Headliner’s quick ascent is thrilling, given her strong solo work, and the fact that she’s a proud bisexual (10/9)
Tim McGraw and Faith Hill — Soul 2 Soul 2017 (10/13)
Guns N’ Roses — Not In This Lifetime Tour (10/19)
Imagine Dragons (11/5)
Janet Jackson — Will she finally follow through and tour after several false starts? (11/16)
Lady Gaga — Joanne World Tour (11/19)
Dead & Company — Mickey Hart, Bill Kreutzmann, John Mayer and Bob Weir (11/21)
Jay-Z — 4:44 Tour (11/29)
Andrea Bocelli (12/10)
Trans-Siberian Orchestra — The Ghosts of Christmas Eve (12/14)
Escape-ism — “Found-sound dream-drama with Ian Svenonius,” sharing a bill with fellow D.C. band Light Beams and San Francisco’s Cold Beat (9/23)
Naomi Punk (10/6)
Mdou Moctar, the Messthetics — A desert blues singer/songwriter from Niger, sharing a bill with Brendan Canty, Joe Lally and Anthony Pirog’s new D.C. band (10/12)
U.S. Girls (11/1)
Shilpa Ray — New York punk with a twist of blues (11/11)
No Age — Two-piece punk/experimental band from Los Angeles (11/12)
Gentlemen of Distinction in Honor of Denyse Pearson — Jazz/soul vocalist and band (9/21, Arts Walk at Monroe Street Market, 716 Monroe St. NE)
Metro Mambo — Jim Byers, host of WPFW 89.3 FM’s Latin Flavor, presents rare, live and unreleased recordings of Palladium Ballroom-era Latin music legends (9/23)
Coquitrucos — “El Salvador meets Borinquen” is a multimedia performance of four elders of the D.C. Latinx arts community: bassist Pepe Gonzalez and poet Sammy Miranda from Puerto Rico, and percussionist Ivan Navas and poet Quique Aviles from El Salvador (9/23)
Wig & Disco: DJs Sean Morris & Bill Spieler (9/15)
Gavin Turek w/DJ Ayes Cold (9/16)
Peach Pit with DJ Matt Bailer — A Gay Dance Party (9/16)
Ryan Sheridan & Ronan Nolan w/Andrew Grossman of the North Country (9/17)
Caamp w/Doc Robinson (9/19)
The Mynabirds w/Luke Rathborne, Madeline Kenney (9/20)
Grieves w/deM atlaS (9/21)
Ben Ottewell of Gomez w/Buddy (9/22)
LAPêCHE, J.Robbins (9/23)
The Sam Burns Boat Party After Party (9/23)
Tops w/Faith Healer (9/25)
Big Ups w/The Effects, Two Inch Astronaut, Proper Nouns (9/26)
A People’s Choir DC (Sing-Along) (9/28)
Wild Cub w/Parade of Lights (9/29)
Liberation Dance Party w/DJ Bill Spieler (9/29)
Joon Moon w/Rob Smokes Funk Disaster (9/30)
Emarosa w/A Lot Like Birds, Jule Vera, Body Thief (10/1)
The Proper Ornaments w/Kyle Forester, the Slim Jimmies (10/4)
Tim Barry w/Gallows Bound, Roger Harvey (10/5)
Banditos w/Ezra Mae and the Gypsy Moon (10/6)
Conner Youngblood w/Alexander Gallows (10/7)
Wand w/Darto (10/8)
Max Frost w/Nawas (10/9)
Widowspeak w/Clearance, Julian (10/10)
The Lighthouse and the Whaler w/Silent Old Mtns. (10/11)
Sun Seeker (10/12)
The Courtneys w/Versing (10/13)
Weaves w/Tancred, Casper Skulls (10/15)
Dead Rider w/Mock Identity (10/16)
Vita and the Woolf w/Queen of Jeans, Marian McLaughlin (10/17)
Racquet Club (10/18)
Pet Symmetry w/Broken Hills (10/19)
Pickwick w/the Elwins (10/21)
Black Kids w/Surf Rock Is Dead (10/22)
Mild High club w/Anemone (10/23)
Florist w/Keeper (10/24)
Trevor Sensor w/Lean Year (10/25)
Lawrence Rothman (10/26)
This Is The Kit — This is a case of an on-the-verge act that you can say you saw up close and intimate — a month before opening for the National (10/27)
Boy Harsher w/Technophobia (10/29)
Astronomy on Tap (10/30)
Ratboys w/Dags! (11/1)
The Dears (11/3)
Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith w/Maria Usbeck, Cool Maritime (11/4)
And the Kids w/Kalbells (11/5)
Portrayal of Guilt (11/6)
Diane Coffee (11/7)
EMA, the Blow, Escape-ism feat. Ian Svenonius (11/8)
The Sherlocks (11/9)
A. Savage of Parquet Courts w/Jack Cooper of Ultimate Painting (11/10)
The Coronas (11/12)
Shame (11/13)
Elliott Brood (11/16)
The Band Camino (11/17)
The Ballroom Thieves w/Frances Luke Accord (11/18)
Alex Lahey w/Dude York (11/19)
Ron Gallo w/Naked Giants (11/20)
Bearcubs (11/29)
EAGLEBANK ARENA
George Mason University
4500 Patriot Circle
Fairfax, Va.
703-993-3000 Eaglebankarena.com
Joe Walsh & Friends Present VetsAid — “The Concert for Our Veterans” (9/20)
Ricardo Arjona — Latin star from Guatemala on his Circo Soledad Tour (10/11)
A Perfect Circle — Rock supergroup currently consisting of Maynard James Keenan of Tool, Billy Howerdel of Ashes Divide, James Iha of Smashing Pumpkins, Jeff Friedl of Puscifer, and Matt McJunkins of Eagles of Death Metal (11/1)
Fall Out Boy — M A N I A North American Tour (11/2)
Ana Gabriel — Veteran Mexican singer-songwriter (11/5)
Marc Anthony — Full Circle Tour 2017 (11/9)
Christmas with Amy Grant and Michael W. Smith (12/16)
ECHOSTAGE
2135 Queens Chapel Rd. NE
202-503-2330 echostage.com
STS9 (9/21)
Alison Wonderland w/Elohim — Female Australian DJ/producer draws from pop, techno, trap and future beats for her own music and gigs (9/23)
Famous Dex — “A Boogie Wit Da Hoodie” (9/24)
ASAP Mob — Rocky, Ferg, Twelvyy, Nast, Ant, Key!, Cozy Boys, they’re all here (9/27)
Jazz Meets France — Leading American and French jazz artists, including Christian Escoude, the Alvin Queen quartet, the Air Force’s Airmen of Note, Smithsonian Jazz Masterworks Orchestra, celebrate the African-American soldiers who introduced American jazz to France in 1917 (11/15)
227 Maple Ave. E.
Vienna, Va.
703-255-3747 jamminjava.com
Christine Lavin w/Doug Mishkin (9/15)
John Mark McMillan (9/15)
Shenandoah Run (9/16)
Back To The ’90s Grunge Unplugged — Featuring Lithium (Nirvana Tribute), Erik Bradford (Chris Cornell Tribute) and The Singles (Pearl Jam/Alice in Chains Tribute) (9/16)
David Ryan Harris w/Justin Kawika Young (9/17)
Alexz Johnson (9/18)
Jake Clemons (from the E Street Band) w/The Cowards Choir (9/19)
Lindi Ortega, Andrew Combs (9/20)
Tony Lucca w/Derik Hultquist (9/21)
The Fabulous Dialtones w/Marshall Artz — Acoustic Party (9/22)
Not Even — Record Release Show (9/23)
The Hot Lanes (9/24)
Eric Brace, Peter Cooper & Thomm Jutz Trio (9/24)
Vasen (9/25)
Jammin Java Local Scene: Sunshine Hysteria, Cursor, Krobopl (9/26)
The Trashcan Sinatras (9/27)
The Push Stars Reunion Show w/Brent Shuttleworth (9/28)
PigPen Theatre Co. (9/29)
Young Oceans w/Wylder (10/1)
Josh Krajcik w/Angel Snow (10/2)
Charlie Hunter Trio (10/5)
Dreaming of Eden w/The Common Threat, Six Foot Machine (10/6)
Leroy Sanchez (10/7)
Thee Commons (10/8)
Maria Muldaur (10/9)
Dead Horses (10/10)
David Ramirez w/Molly Parden — We’re Not Going Anywhere Tour (10/11)
Jenn Grinels (10/12)
Andrew Belle (10/13)
David Choi (10/14)
Manu Chao Tribute Live w/La Fiesta Zakke (10/14)
Eric Andersen (10/15)
A Tribute to Jackson Browne (10/15)
Mother2Mother (M2M: A Community Cabaret (10/16)
Wayne “The Train” Hancock (10/17)
The National Parks w/Rivvrs (10/18)
Tenth Avenue North, Brandon Heath, Jon McLaughlin (10/20)
The Music of Simon & Garfunkel feat. Swearingen & Kelli (10/22)
Louise Goffin, Sara Niemietz, W.G. Snuffy Walden (10/24)
Ken Block & Drew Copeland of Sister Hazel (10/26)
Susan Werner (10/27)
Ellis Paul, Sophie B. Hawkins (10/28)
The Fritz (10/28)
Spookappella Halloween Jam: PBC, On The Verge, Drop the Mic, Impitched (10/29)
Anna Nalick w/Kathryn Dean (10/29)
Balmorhea (10/31)
Whitehorse (11/1)
Bonnie Bishop (11/2)
Scott MIller (11/3)
Face the Fish (11/4)
Callaghan, Jesse Terry (11/5)
Humming House (11/8)
matt McAndrew (11/9)
Owen Danoff (11/9)
The Accidentals (11/10)
Willie Nile (11/11-12)
The Contenders (Jay Nash & Josh Day) (11/13)
Antigone Rising (11/14)
Adrian Legg (11/15)
Matt Wertz w/Dustin Ransom (11/16)
Ruen Brothers (11/17)
Middleway Music Studio Concert XV (11/18)
Better Off Dead (11/18)
Mouths of Babes (11/19)
P.O.S. (11/19)
The Strawbs (11/20)
Zay Hilfigerrr (11/21)
Koo Koo Kanga Roo (11/25)
Steve Forbert (12/2)
Joe Henry (12/5)
Tracy Grammer w/Jim Henry (12/10)
Chris Pureka w/the Harmaleighs — Lesbian folkie (12/17)
Stephen Kellogg — “Alone for the Holidays” (12/28)
Levin Brothers (1/3/18)
JIFFY LUBE LIVE
7800 Cellar Door Drive
Bristow, Va.
703-754-6400 livenation.com
Solange and the Sun Ra Arkestra — Orion’s Rise special performance in support of A Seat at the Table, last year’s acclaimed release from Beyonce’s sister (10/1, Concert Hall)
Jason Moran & Q-Tip — The Artistic Advisor for Jazz and Artistic Director for Hip Hop Culture team up for what is billed as a one-night-only collaborative concert (10/6, Terrace Theater)
In The Beginning Dance Party: DJ Rich Medina, The Marksmen — Free party to celebrate the monumental Moran & Q-Tip concert (10/6)
Thelonious Monk Centennial Celebration with Jason Moran and Kenny Barron (10/8, Concert Hall)
Renée Fleming & Christian McBride (10/13, Terrace Theater)
Lee Konitz at 90 — NEA Jazz Master (10/14, Terrace Theater)
Dizzy Gillespie Centennial Celebration — Exactly 100 hundred years to the day of his birth, late trumpeter and 1990 Kennedy Center Honoree gets celebrated by his namesake big band, Paquito D’Rivera, Jimmy Heath, Jimmy Owens, Terell Stafford, Antonio Hart, Cyrus Chestnut, and Steve Davis (10/21, Eisenhower Theater)
Ron Carter Trio (10/27, Terrace Theater)
The Isley Brothers (11/5, Concert Hall)
Django Festival All-Stars — Legendary gypsy guitarist and violinist Dorado Schmitt is joined by his guitar-playing sons Amati and Samson and other musicians for tribute to Belgian guitarist Reinhardt (11/6, Theater Lab)
Mason Bates’s KC Jukebox: Mouse on Mars — Combining live electronica and acoustic instruments, renowned German electronica duo, heirs to Kraftwerk, make a rare D.C. appearance (11/15, Atrium)
Christian Sands — Grammy-nominated pianist and 2007 Betty Carter’s Jazz Ahead alumnus returns in support of his new album Reach (11/18, Terrace Gallery)
The Bridge Concert Series: Pioneering Emcees, Vol. 1 — MC Sha-Rock, Queen Lisa Lee, Spoonie Gee, Kurtis Blow, and Kool Moe Dee are among the hip-hop giants honored at this event hosted by Roxanne Shante and Grandmaster Caz, with music by Kool DJ Red Alert (11/20)
In the Beginning Dance Party: Holiday Jam and Silent Disco (12/8, Atrium)
NSO Holiday Pops! featuring Megan Hilty — A year after offering her own intimate Christmas show, the Smash star joins the NSO under conductor Steven Reineke with the Washington Chorus (12/8-9, Concert Hall)
NPR’s A Jazz Piano Christmas (12/9, Terrace Theater)
Keith and Kristyn Getty Band — Sing! An Irish Christmas (12/13, Eisenhower)
Harriet Tubman — KC Jazz Club debut of soul/funk group inspired by its namesake to create “its own kind of genre-defying musical freedom” (12/16, Terrace Gallery)
A Jazzy New Year’s Eve: Dee Dee Bridgewater’s Memphis — Performing from her album Memphis, a collection of blues and soul songs that originated from the city in the 1960s; ticket includes the Kennedy Center Grand Foyer Party counting down to 2018 (12/31, Terrace Theater)
Daniel Johnston & Friends — And by friends, we’re talking members of Fugazi (10/3)
The Kooks w/Barns Courtney (10/4)
Paul Weller w/Lucy Rose (10/7)
John McLaughlin/Jimmy Herring — A Meeting of the Spirits with two virtuosic jazz fusion and jam band guitarists (11/11)
The Mavericks — Genre-defying group touring in support of debut independent release Brand New Day (11/18)
NeedToBreathe — South Carolina alt-rock band with no time for spaces (12/2)
Yann Tiersen — Supporting EUSA, a solo piano album of sparse beauty (12/5)
LOGAN FRINGE ARTS SPACE
Trinidad Theatre
1358 Florida Ave. NE.
202-733-6321 capitalfringe.org
Danger Painters — NPR’s Bob Boilen and Brendan Canty are two of five musicians, all members of other D.C. bands, playing together publicly for what they insist is a one time thing (9/24)
Counter Classic Cocktails — Eclectic trio blends classic classical music with contemporary rap and live electronics — and all with cocktail pairings (9/29)
WPOC Sunday in the Country — Rascal Flatts, Billy Currington, Scotty McCreery, Carly Pearce, Dylan Scott, Morgan Wallen, Levon perform at this country music festival that closes the season at Merriweather (9/24)
La Manta — From flamenco to rock, jazz to classical, group’s diverse musical mashup turns traditional Mexican music on its head (10/6)
Jaimeo Brown Transcendence — A trio with guitarist Chris Sholar and alto-saxophonist Jaleel Shaw that takes historical work songs and blends them with contemporary jazz, blues and hip-hop (10/12)
Warren Wolf and Wolfpack — Baltimore native hailed as a leading force on the vibraphone and a proud purveyor of straight-ahead jazz (11/2)
Booker T. Jones — Intimate venue in the Wharf will debut with a concert from Stax Records veteran, also a Grammy winner for solo work with the Drive-By Truckers and the Roots (10/12)
Amy Helm — Daughter of Levon (10/13)
Town Mountain (10/14)
Kim Richey (10/15)
Driftwood (10/18)
Eli “Paperboy” Reed w/High & Mighty Brass Band (10/19)
Grant-Lee Phillips (10/20)
Daryl Davis Band w/Ingrid Berry — Chuck Berry’s Reelin’ & Rockin’ 91st Birthday Bash (10/21)
Fletcher’s Grove & Groove Fetish (10/26)
Amythyst Kiah (10/27)
Davy Knowles w/Blueheart Revival (10/28)
Justin Jones — Local singer-songwriter (11/3)
Nick Fradiani — American Idol Season 14/2015 Winner (11/4)
Atlas Genius w/Magic Giant, Half the Animal (10/16)
Avey Tare — Co-founder of Animal Collective tours in support of solo set Eucalyptus, which is somehow even more eccentric than the band’s experimental pop (10/22)
Gavin DeGraw (10/28)
Mark Mulcahy — Known from the bands Polaris and Miracle Legion (11/19)
Emily Haines — Metric frontwoman performs from solo album Choir of the Mind (12/2)
The Barr Brothers (12/3)
Storm Large (12/9)
Alone & Together — Elvis Perkins, Joe Russo, Eric D. Johnson of the Fruit Bats, Sam Cohen, and Josh Kaufman will cover one another in addition to playing their own songs and surprise jams (12/14)
The Memory Palace — Short, surprising stories from the dustier corners of American history, set to music (1/6/18)
ZoSo — “The Ultimate LED Zeppelin Experience” (9/15)
Trial By Fire — Journey Tribute (9/16)
Dada w/the Trews (9/17)
Alejandro Lerner (9/20)
Almost Queen (9/22)
X — 40th Anniversary Tour (9/23)
AAA Girls — Willam, Courtney Act, and Alaska Thunderfuck(9/28)
The Legwarmers — D.C.’s Biggest ’80s Retro Dance Party (9/30)
Digitour: Goodtimes (10/4)
KMFDM w/Ohgr & Lord of the Lost (10/5)
Rata Blanca (10/8)
Pink Floyd Laser Spectacular (10/12)
The Dusty 45S (10/13)
Messer Chups w/Black Flamingos and Atomic Mosquitos (10/18)
Aces in Chains — A Tribute to Alice (10/19)
The Clarks w/Scott Kurt & Memphis 59 (10/20)
Ile (10/30)
Front Line Assembly and Cubanate (11/7)
So Fetch — “All The Best Music From the 2000s” (11/10)
Tusk — “The Ultimate Fleetwood Mac Tribute” (11/11)
Saved By The ’90s — “A Party With The Bayside Tigers” (12/16)
Girlfriend In A Coma — “A Tribute to Morrissey and the Smiths” (1/5/18)
STRATHMORE
5301 Tuckerman Lane
North Bethesda, Md.
301-581-5100 strathmore.org
The Simon & Garfunkel Story — A theatrical concert fresh from a successful run on London’s West End (9/22, Music Center)
The Midtown Men — Featuring four stars from the original cast of Jersey Boys, Christian Hoff, Michael Longoria, Daniel Rechiard and J. Robert Spencer, a fundraiser for Community Services for Autistic Adults and Children (CSAAC) (10/7, Music Center)
Sergio Mendes — One of the most successful Brazilian artists of all time (10/19, Music Center)
Lila Downs — Grammy Award-winning Mexican-American artist with unforgettable voice, innovative music, poignant storytelling, and dynamic live performance (10/20, Music Center)
Primary Blues — Alumni of Strathmore’s Artist in Residence program and special guest artist Horace “Black Magic” Turner perform a crash course for kids and adults alike in one of America’s quintessential musical genres (10/28, Music Center)
Victor Provost: The Bright Eyes Project — Jazz percussionist with foundation in bebop, a contemporary sensibility, and deep roots in Caribbean music (11/2, Mansion)
Yasmin Levy with the Klezmatics — Jerusalem-born Ladino singer joins the Grammy-winning superstars of the klezmer world for a celebration of traditional Jewish music from around the world co-presented by Washington Jewish Music Festival (11/7, Music Center)
Irma Thomas — With Members of Preservation Hall Jazz Band and Blind Boys of Alabama (11/12)
A Night with Janis Joplin (11/19, Music Center)
Dave Koz — 20th Anniversary Christmas Tour (12/4, Music Center)
Bohemian Caverns Jazz Orchestra — Namesake venue is gone, but the popular band plays on (12/10, Mansion)
Strathmore Children’s Chorus — “Peace, Paz, Shalom” (12/10, Music Center)
Robyn Helzner Trio — Featuring Helzner on vocals, Dov Weitman on mandolin and guitar, and singer-instrumentalist Matt Holsen for a performance of Jewish world music at its finest (12/13-14, Mansion)
Tom Teasley & Seth Kibel — Two local music icons, world percussionist Teasley and woodwind specialist Kibel, join forces to showcase tunes from their new duet album, Tiny Planet (12/20, Mansion)
Skylark — Tunes and Songs from Celtic Lands (12/21, Mansion)
DJ Burgerfeet w/Tony Trimm — The DJ’s real name is Hannibal Buress, the comedian; your guess is as good as ours (9/15)
Astrid S w/Jasmine Thompson — Another coquettish dance-pop chanteuse hoping to be the next Halsey, in this case rightfully so (9/16)
Feed Me Disco ft. Eau Claire w/Ozker — D.C.-based DJ and producer offers a feel-good blend of house, nu-disco and indie dance (9/16)
Gabrielle Aplin w/John Splithoff (9/20)
Jax Jones (9/20)
Sinjin Hawke & Zora Jones w/Rewak (9/21)
Coast Modern w/Salt Cathedral, Dr Robinson’s Fiasco (9/22)
J.Phlip w/Sacha Robotti, Brian Billion (9/22)
The Cribs w/Paws (9/23)
Mark Farina w/Sam “The Man” Burns (9/23)
Rare Essence w/Jahsonic (9/24)
Yelle — Fun French dance-pop act (9/26)
Saint Etienne (9/27)
Solardo & Latmun w/Rawle Night Long (9/27)
Songhoy Blues (9/28)
Two Owls w/Savage Patch, Tripnotic b2b, Infexzion (9/28)
Atlas Road Crew w/The Artisanals (9/29)
Oliver (9/29)
Jacob Sartorius (9/30)
Zola Jesus w/John Wiese — Dramatic, classically inspired electronic artist from Wisconsin returns with the dark, exploratory Okovi (9/30)
DJ Pierre w/Beyun — Afro Acid Showcase (9/30)
Saint Pé, Crocodiles (10/3)
Cigarettes After Sex (10/5)
Bleep Bloop w/NastyNasty, sumthin sumthin (10/5)
Hundred Waters w/Kelsey Lu (10/6)
Sonny Fodera w/Shawn Q, K Cap — All Things Go Fall Classic: After Dark (10/6)
Luca Lush (10/7)
Danny Krivit w/Adrian Loving, Tommy Cornelis — A queer-friendly show from veteran New York DJ, with one of D.C.’s leading queer underground DJs as opening act (10/8)
Tricky w/In The Valley Below — More brooding dark synth-pop from British veteran (10/11)
Phantoms (10/12)
Susto & Esmé Patterson (10/13)
Manila Killa & Robotaki (10/13)
Quinn XCII w/shallou (10/14)
TokiMonsta (10/14)
YehMe2 w/Bortz, Don Campbell (10/16)
Kali Uchis w/Phony Ppl (10/17)
The Fleshtones (10/20)
Chris Lake w/Dombresky, Alex Eljaiek — Lose My Mind Tour from creative British DJ/producer (10/20)
Black Pistol Fire w/Blackfoot Gypsies (10/21)
Claptone (10/21)
Yumi Zouma w/She-Devils (10/24)
Giraffage w/Sweater Beats, Wingtip (10/25)
Max w/Rozes (10/26)
Hot Since 82 (10/26)
Stranger Synth — Halloween Costume Party (10/27)
U Hell ft. Amtrac w/Will Eastman (10/28)
Leon w/Wrabel (10/29)
T-Pain w/Smino — Acoustic Tour, presented by the 9:30 Club (10/30)
Shout Out Louds (10/31)
Lil’ Peep w/Beau Young Prince, Spell Jordan (11/1)
Phoebe Ryan w/Morgxn (11/2)
Slow Magic (11/4)
Dhani Harrison w/Summer Moon (11/7)
Wax Tailor w/Dirty Art Club (11/8)
Blank Banshee (11/8)
Chet Porter (11/9)
Orgone (11/10)
Sahbabii (11/11)
MK (11/11)
The Shadowboxers w/Harts (11/12)
Cousin Stizz w/Swoosh, Big Leano (11/13)
Bully w/Aye Nako (11/15)
Hayden James w/Baynk, Grace Pitts (11/15)
Kelela (11/16)
Ekali w/josh pan, y2k (11/16)
Arkells w/Irontom (11/18)
Hot Chip — Open-to-close DJ set from this great British synth-pop act (11/19)
Moonchild — L.A.-based soul-jazz trio of multi-instrumentalists generating buzz (11/21)
Ducktails w/Erotica, Calvin LeCompte (11/24)
Maximo Park w/Active Bird Community (11/28)
Allan Rayman (12/2)
Busty and the Bass (12/7)
UNION STAGE PRESENTS
The Miracle Theatre
535 8th St. SE
202-400-3210 jamminjava.com
In advance of opening their second music venue, Wharf’s Union Stage, Jammin Java-proprietors the Brindley brothers have announced a series of concerts at the newly refurbished Miracle Theatre in D.C.’s Eastern Market: Sun Kil Moon featuring Magik*Magik Orchestra, Steve Shelley and Josh Haden (10/5)
Jon Foreman (of Switchfoot) (11/12)
Choir! Choir! Choir! (11/6)
Liz Longley w/Dylan LeBlanc (11/18)
Kris Allen — “Somethin’ About Christmas” Tour (12/7)
Storm Large — The bawdy Pink Martini chanteuse (9/29)
Craig Morgan w/Mac Powell & Ally Beaird — American Stories Tour (9/30)
Rhiannon Giddens — Co-founder of Carolina Chocolate Drops and fan favorite on CMT’s Nashville tours in support of Freedom Highway (10/1)
Bailen — Three siblings with what Entertainment Weekly calls “vocal harmonies to rival Simon and Garfunkel” (10/5)
Darlene Love (10/6)
Classic Albums Live — Hotel California (10/20)
Martin Sexton Trio (10/21)
Tracy Lawrence (10/22)
Somi (10/26)
Steven Curtis Chapman (10/29)
The Commonheart (11/2)
Dailey & Vincent — The “rockstars of bluegrass” per CMT (11/3)
Newmyer Flyer Presents: The Last Waltz (11/10)
The Steel Wheels (11/16)
Simply Three (11/17)
Joe Nichols (11/19)
Tuba Christmas — An annual Weinberg Center tradition, where as many as 80 regional tuba and euphonium players perform four-part Christmas carols (11/25)
Chanticleer — “The world’s reigning male chorus,” according to the New Yorker (11/28)
Ornament — Eleven-piece orchestra reproduces the wintery rock sound of the Trans-Siberian Orchestra with lights, smoke and lasers (11/30)
Shadows of the ’60s: A Holiday Tribute to Motown (12/2)
Tucked below D.C. in Dupont Underground on a recent October evening, the Washington Ballet soft-launched its 2024-2025 season with an immersive Dance for All program. In addition to a well-timed popup pre-show, TWB's lithe Studio Company performed new choreography by artistic director Edwaard Liang, set to music by composer Blake Neely.
To my surprise, Liang's was practically the first face I saw as I descended into the bustling space for the performance. The former New York City Ballet soloist-turned-choreographer, and now company leader, was greeting patrons at the door, the soul of easygoing ambassadorship.
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