• 3rd Annual Ramones Tribute Night! - with the Pinheads (performing the entire Rocket to Russia album), the Quarantines, and Reggae Alstar Group - Sidebar Tavern [218 East Lexington St, Baltimore, MD]
• Al Kooper - Mansion on O St [2020 O St NW, WDC] POSTPONED - new date TBA
• Anoxia (CD Release Party), When Embers Ignite, When We Collide, Impact, Split 5, and Ashes to Embers - Sonar (Baltimore) (Main Stage)
• Apahm Tour 2012 featuring Jay Park - Fillmore Silver Spring
• Benito Gonzalez Quartet with Azar Lawrence - Twins Jazz (Two shows)
• Bilal - Howard Theatre
• Blood Red River, Rev. D-Ray and the Shockers, and Ubangis - Asefu's [1920 9th St NW, WDC]
• Bobby Slayton - DC Improv [1140 Connecticut Ave NW, WDC]
• Brian Regan - Warner Theatre (Two shows - 7 PM & 9:30 PM)
• Carsie Blanton and Dawn Landes - Jammin' Java
• Chip Taylor & the New Ukranians - Hill Country Live [410 7th St NW, WDC]
• Christopher West (8:30 PM), Rocka (8 PM), Kat Winkler (7 PM) - Artomatic 2012 [1851 S. Bell St - Crystal City, Arlington, VA] (Lampighter Stage)
• Dope Body, Hume, and Roomrunner - Coward Shoe [322 Howard St, Baltimore, MD]
• Dry the River and Andy Zipf - IOTA Club & Café
• Fight the Lion - Jammin' Java (FREE - In the Lobby Bar at 10 PM)
• Heather Mae, Marc Ganancias, and Phil Duarte - Velvet Lounge
• Indie Bands with a Mission show! - Casa Fiesta [4910 Wisconsin Ave NW, WDC] CANCELLED
• InfieldFEST at Preakness: Maroon 5, Wiz Khalifa, Little Big Town, the Darkness, and Mr. Greengenes - Pimlico Race Course [Hayward and Winner Ave, Baltimore, MD]
• Jazz Lunch with Karla Chisholm - the Hamilton (12:30 PM Show)
• Jeremy Denk (piano) - 6th & I
• Jon Cleary's Philthy Phew - Rams Head Tavern (Annapolis)
• Joy of Motion Dance Center's Youth Dance Ensemble - Kennedy Center (Millennium Stage)
• Julie Mack Group - Artomatic 2012 [1851 S. Bell St - Crystal City, Arlington, VA] (7th floor Cherry Smash Stage - 12:30 PM)
• the Kid Congo Powers Hour, Garbage Zone, and DJ Baby Alcatraz - Comet Ping Pong
• Kid Gloves (CD Release), Save the Empire, BGCZ, and Mad As Hell - Recher Theatre (Towson, MD)
• Kingsley Flood, Filligar, and Drawbridges - U St Music Hall (Early show - 7 PM)
• Last Tide (album release), Fire and the Wheel (album release), More Humans, and Teenage Aviation - Black Cat (Mainstage)
• the Legwarmers - State Theatre
• Lucinda Williams, Drive-By Truckers, and Justin Jones - Merriweather Post Pavilion
• Miles Stiebel - Reston Community Center [2310 Colts Neck Road, Reston, VA]
• Molehill, Clones of Clones, the Dirty Jacks, and Lush Farm - Red Palace
• Morrissey Birthday Bash - with tribute bands Spineless Swine (playing Smiths/Morrissey the way you love) & Speedway Operators (Smiths Rockabilly Covers) - Ottobar (Baltimore)
• Moshav - Adas Israel Congregation [2850 Quebec St NW, WDC] (13th Annual Washington Jewish Music Festival)
• Narek Hahknazaryan, cello - Library of Congress Coolidge Auditorium [Thomas Jefferson Building, 10 First St SE, WDC] (2 PM Show)
• National Philharmonic: Debussy's Martyrdom of St. Sebastian - Strathmore (Music Center)
• National Symphony Orchestra with Nelso Freire (piano) - Haydn's Symphony No. 83, Weill's Symphony No. 2, and Brahms's Piano Concerto No. 2 - Kennedy Center (Concert Hall)
• Paul Cebar Tomorrow Sound - the Hamilton
• Penguin Prison, Class Actress, and OUTPUTMESSAGE - Rock & Roll Hotel
• Polar Vibez (11:30 PM), Nice Trys (9:30 PM), Arvi Gowda (9 PM), Becky Levi (8:30 PM), Fast But Safe (8 PM), Kingdom of Sharks (7:30 PM) - Artomatic 2012 [1851 S. Bell St - Crystal City, Arlington, VA] (7th floor Cherry Smash Stage)
• Quartet Offensive and Susan Alcorn - Wind-Up Space (Baltimore)
• R2Hop2 Festival with the Rovers, Pasadena, Grilled Lincolns, bond and Bentley - Rams Head Live! (Baltimore)
• Rahsaan Patterson and Yahzarah - Baltimore SoundStage
• Ray Price & the Cherokee Cowboys - Birchmere
• Roy Haynes Fountain of Youth Band (legendary drummer) - Blues Alley (Two shows)
• Shockwave Magazine Show - Sinix (Baltimore)
• SOJA and DJ ?uestlove - 9:30 Club - sold out
• Sonic Circuits Showcase: Fast & Safe, Ted Zook, TL0741, Kingdom of Sharks, Mercury Fools the Alchemist, Domesticated Wild Drones, Ivan Khilko, and Robert Blake Highway - Artomatic 2012 [1851 S. Bell St - Crystal City, Arlington, VA] (7th floor Cherry Smash Stage - 2:30 PM)
• Soul Clap vs. Wolf + Lamb - U St Music Hall (Late show - 10 PM)
• Travis Laplante (Little Women, solo sax) and Peter Evans (solo trumpet) - Back Alley Theatre [Colorado Ave & Kennedy St NW, WDC]
• Twenty 4 Seven, Black Angel Down, the Electric Co., Fat Daddy Has Been, and Tsunami Rising - Rams Head Live! (Baltimore)
• the Van Allen Belt (11 PM), Dubpixels (9 PM), Saffron Holiday (8 PM), Koshari (7 PM), Devils Walk as Saints (6 PM) - Artomatic 2012 [1851 S. Bell St - Crystal City, Arlington, VA] (Main Stage)
• the Adicts, World Inferno Friendship Society, Stillborn, and Pain! - Ottobar (Baltimore)
• Afroroots by Eme & Heteru - Twins Jazz (Two shows)
• Andres Lopez - State Theatre
• Art Sherrod Jr. & Friends Celebrate the Godfather of Go-Go! featuring Sweet Cherie Mitchell and more friends of the Godfather - Blues Alley (Two shows)
• the Barr Brothers and Kishi Bashi - the Hamilton
• Bobby Slayton - DC Improv [1140 Connecticut Ave NW, WDC]
• Brian McKnight with the Duke Ellington Orchestra - Howard Theatre (Two Shows - 7 PM & 9:30 PM)
• Charlie Hunter - Night Cat [5 Goldsborough St, Easton, MD]
• the Darius Jones Piano Quartet - Historic Bohemian Caverns [2001 11th Street, WDC]
• Evan Bliss - IOTA Club & Café
• Father John Misty (Joshua Tillman, formerly of Fleet Foxes) and Har Mar Superstar - Rock & Roll Hotel
• Gospel Brunch featuring Tré Thomas - the Hamilton (Two shows - 10 AM & 12:30 PM)
• Half Brother and the Jefferson Davis Highway String Band - Jammin' Java (Afternoon show - 1 PM)
• Jammin' session (every Sunday) - Mansion on O St [2020 O St NW, WDC] (11 AM to 2 PM)
• Justin Townes Earle and Tristen - Rams Head Tavern (Annapolis)
• Lady Antebellum (Own the Night 2012 World Tour), Darius Rucker, and Thompson Square - Merriweather Post Pavilion
• Localpalooza: 520theKing, Deceptions Remedy, End of Silence, Cerebral Assassins, Release the Gates, Denizens of Washington, the Coming of Astro, and the Oddities - Empire (formerly Jaxx)
• Lockdown feat. S.P.Y. & Jaguar Skills - with R4ns0m and Contemplation - U St Music Hall
• Lost Civilizations, Loop 2.4.3, Koshari, and Maple - Galaxy Hut
• Man Forever and Audrey Chen - Wind-Up Space (Baltimore)
• Ms. Director (EP release) and Clear Plastic Masks - Black Cat (Backstage)
• Najee - Birchmere
• New Edition (30th Anniversary Tour) - 1st Mariner Arena (Baltimore)
• Par-Allèles presents The Three Wise Monkeys - Kennedy Center (Millennium Stage)
• Peter Himmelman - Ohev Sholom: the National Synagogue [1600 Jonquil St NW, WDC] (13th Annual Washington Jewish Music Festival)
• Phoebe Novak, the Distillery, Adam Day, and Matt Tarka - Velvet Lounge
• Raphael Trio - the Phillips Collection, Music Room [1600 21st St NW] (4 PM)
• Roy Haynes Fountain of Youth Band (legendary drummer) - Blues Alley (Two shows) CANCELLED - Refunds Available at point of purchase.
• Sabaton - Baltimore SoundStage
• Schmekel - Chief Ike's Mambo Room [1725 Columbia Road NW, WDC] (13th Annual Washington Jewish Music Festival)
• Soundbites (music * food * change) - a benefit for DC Central Kitchen featuring DJ Will Eastman, Bones Fur Feather, the Arkives, and Nappy Riddem; plus food tastings from area restaurants and food trucks - 9:30 Club
• Spirit Animal, Flying Cars, and Vamos - Red Palace
• Strange Boys, William Tyler, and the NVs - DC9 CANCELLED
• Sunday Gospel Brunch featuring the Harlem Gospel Choir - Howard Theatre (Matinee - 1:30 PM)
• The Washington Chorus: The Essential Wagner - Kennedy Center (Concert Hall - 5 PM)
• William Beckett (formerly of The Academy Is...) and Mansions - Jammin' Java (Evening show - 7:30 PM)
• Yeveto, Bellflur, and DJ Best Dressed Chicken - Ottobar (Baltimore) (Upstairs and Free!)
• Adam Ezra Group - IOTA Club & Café
• the Adicts, the World Inferno/Friendship Society, and Supreme Commander - Rock & Roll Hotel
• Alicia Svigals premieres an original score to the silent Pola Negri film the Yellow Ticket - Washington DC JCC [1529 16th St NW, Washington DC] (13th Annual Washington Jewish Music Festival)
• Bells and Hunters - Galaxy Hut
• Bobby Conn and Starring - Golden West Cafe (Baltimore)
• Chino Y Nacho - Fillmore Silver Spring
• Damien Jurado and JBM - Black Cat (Backstage)
• Dead Whale Ramblers, Pajama People, Signs of Iris, and Crushed Purple - Sidebar Tavern [218 East Lexington St, Baltimore, MD]
• the Edmund Burke School Jazz Ensemble - Blues Alley (9 PM Only)
• Ellen Cherry - Kennedy Center (Millennium Stage)
• Georgetown Day School Jazz Band - Blues Alley (7 PM Only)
• Girlfight, Mountpellier, Voyage In Coma, and Tigerscout - Sonar (Baltimore) (Talking Head Lounge)
• Justin Jones and Sean K. Preston - Ottobar (Baltimore)
• Lukas Nelson & Promise of the Real and Spirit Family Reunion - Jammin' Java
• Man Forever, Alex, and Collin Crowe (solo) - Velvet Lounge
• Noise in the Basement - Baltimore SoundStage
• the Polyphonic Spree and Sweet Lee Morrow - 6th & I
• Reggie Wats - 9:30 Club
• Sabaton and A Sound of Thunder - Empire (formerly Jaxx)
• Tommy Emmanuel - Birchmere
• the 9 Songwriter Series - IOTA Club & Café
• BRAD and Happy Chichester - Red Palace
• Crystal Fighters and Is Tropical - Rock & Roll Hotel
• DC Youth Orchestra - Kennedy Center (Millennium Stage)
• the Donkeys, Shark Week, and the Rememberables - Black Cat (Backstage)
• Eric Scott featuring Jon Carroll (CD Release Show) with Patty Reese Band - Rams Head Tavern (Annapolis)
• Fit For a King, Us From Outside, Erra, and One Year Later - Sonar (Baltimore) (Talking Head Lounge)
• Lloyd Dobler Effect - Hill Country Live [410 7th St NW, WDC]
• Meshuggah, Baroness, and Decapitated - Fillmore Silver Spring
• Our Vintage Film, Bonaventure, the Offset, and Money Cannot Be Eaten - Jammin' Java
• Out of Your Head - Improvised and Experimental Music Collective - Wind-Up Space (Baltimore) (Free!)
• the Parlor Soldiers, Dan Wolff, and Emmet Williams - the Black Squirrel [2427 18th St NW, WDC]
• Tizer with Cheikh Ndoye & Lao Tizer and Chieli Minucci & Raul Pineda - Blues Alley (Two shows)
• Tuesdays with Marty Nau - Twins Jazz (Two shows)
• Action Bronson - Empire (formerly Jaxx) NO LONGER ON VENUE WEB SITE
• Avery Sunshine (soul vocals) - Blues Alley (Two shows)
• Ben Sollee - U St Music Hall (Early show - 7 PM)
• Black Hills and Raindeer - Black Cat (Backstage)
• Bob Marley (comic) - DC Improv [1140 Connecticut Ave NW, WDC]
• Carousel (May residency) and Bike Trip - DC9
• Cletus and Lori, ilyAIMY, Naked Blue, and Véronneau - Jammin' Java
• Collective Soul (performing Dosage and other hits) - Fillmore Silver Spring
• Double Duchess, Lemz, and Vodkatrina - Golden West Cafe (Baltimore)
• Garbage - 9:30 Club - sold out
• Gary B, Wild Moccasins, and American Folklore - Wind-Up Space (Baltimore)
• Indigo Love - Twins Jazz (Two shows)
• Kahn Jaige, Pablo Pizzicato, Douglas Kallmeyer, and Dubpixels - Velvet Lounge
• Laura Strickling - Strathmore (Mansion - Art After Hours)
• Maps & Atlases and the Big Sleep - Rock & Roll Hotel
• Mic Check - Hip Hop Showcase - Empire (formerly Jaxx)
• the Next Up Artist Showcase - Baltimore SoundStage
• Simian Mobile Disco (DJ set) and Dave P & JDH (fixed) - U St Music Hall (Late show - 10 PM)
• Thrice, Animals As Leaders, and O'Brother - Howard Theatre
• Todd Ruhkamp - Artomatic 2012 [1851 S. Bell St - Crystal City, Arlington, VA] (Lampighter Stage - 7:30 PM)
• Todd Snider - Rams Head Live! (Baltimore)
• Tommy Emmanuel - Rams Head Tavern (Annapolis) - sold out
• Visceral Disgorge, the Hackish, Infidel, and Swamphog - Ottobar (Baltimore)
• Washington National Opera 2012-2013 Season Preview Concert - Kennedy Center (Millennium Stage)
• Xeukatre - Sidebar Tavern [218 East Lexington St, Baltimore, MD]
• America Hearts (America Hearts Singles Club #2), Cheniers, Dot Dash, and We Fought the Big One DJs - Black Cat (Backstage)
• Babasónicos - Howard Theatre
• Black Dice, Protect-U, the Little Dickheads, and Beautiful Swimmers (DJ) - U St Music Hall (Early show - 6 PM)
• Bob Marley (comic) - DC Improv [1140 Connecticut Ave NW, WDC]
• Christopher Mac Vittie, Jacqueline Stern, Brian Renzella, and Bobby Waters - the Black Squirrel [2427 18th St NW, WDC]
• Classic Albums 1977 featuring Rachel Levitin and Dave Mallen (as Fleetwood Mac, Rumours), Rene Moffatt (as Billy Joel, The Stranger), Jason Mendelson and the Open Doors (as Steely Dan, Aja), Addieville (as the Ramones, Rocket to Russia), Jon Kaplan (as Elvis Costello, My Aim is True), and Ken Wenzel (as Jackson Browne, Running on Empty) - IOTA Club & Café
• Dangermuffin and David Mayfield Parade - Jammin' Java
• Jazz night with Heidi Martin (vocals) + Kris Funn (bass) + John Lee (guitar) + Kush Abadey (drums) - Bistro Bistro [1727 Connecticut Ave NW, WDC] (10 PM Show)
• the Ketamines, Teen Liver, and the Doozies - Comet Ping Pong
• Leland Palmer, Tiger Bitter, and Sincerely Autumn - Ottobar (Baltimore)
• Mary Alouette - Kennedy Center (Millennium Stage)
• Maryland DeathFest X - Autopsy, Agalloch, Eyehategod, Dying Fetus, Absu, Desaster, Rorschach, Needful Things, Die Pigeon Die, Extermination Angel - Sonar (Baltimore)
• Michael Mayer - U St Music Hall (Late show - 10 PM)
• Miss Tess & the Bon Ton Parade - Night Cat [5 Goldsborough St, Easton, MD]
• One Direction - Patriot Center
• Patty Reese Band - Blues Alley (Two shows)
• Rodney Richardson - Twins Jazz (Two shows)
• the Shifters, the Pressure, and the Chariots - Rock & Roll Hotel
• Sockets Records Acoustic Showcase - Gibson Guitar Showroom [709 G St NW # 400, WDC]
• Stick Mob - Sova [1359 H Street NE, Washington DC] (Thursday night bluegrass)
• Tears for Mars - Fillmore Silver Spring (the Fillmore Locals Rock Series)
• the TEN: An Alternative Shavuot Experience - Featuring An Acoustic Evening with Matisyahu - 6th & I
• Tommy Emmanuel - Rams Head Tavern (Annapolis) - sold out
• Torch Runner, Bacchus, Morghulis, and Surgerydotcom - Casa Fiesta [4910 Wisconsin Ave NW, WDC]
• A Prairie Home Companion with Garrison Keillor - with Heather Masse and Sara Watkins - Wolf Trap (Filene Center)
• Amel Larrieux - Howard Theatre
• Atlas, With Daggers, Intstigate, and Bridges - Charm City Art Space (Baltimore)
• Bad Domes (11 PM), Black Tom (10 PM) - Artomatic 2012 [1851 S. Bell St - Crystal City, Arlington, VA] (Main Stage)
• Battle of the Bands - Baltimore SoundStage
• Billy Coulter Band - Hill Country Live [410 7th St NW, WDC]
• the Blackjacks (Classic Rock party show) - Jammin' Java (FREE - In the lobby bar - 10 PM)
• Bob Marley (comic) - DC Improv [1140 Connecticut Ave NW, WDC]
• Chain Denial, Fire In Elysium, and Break Fourth - Sinix (Baltimore)
• Chuck Brown - the godfather of gogo - Blues Alley (Two shows) CANCELLED
• Chuck Prophet and the Mission Express - IOTA Club & Café
• Corey Smith - Rams Head Live! (Baltimore)
• Daryl Davis Band (blues) - Rockville Town Square [200 East Middle Lane, Rockville, MD] (Friday Night Live: 6:30 - 9 PM)
• DJ Shawhin (11 PM) - Artomatic 2012 [1851 S. Bell St - Crystal City, Arlington, VA] (Jam Stage)
• Drake, J. Cole, Waka Flocka Flame, Meek Mill, 2 Chainz, and French Montana - Verizon Center
• the Flail - Twins Jazz (Two shows)
• Hank!, the Adults, Let It Go, Harley Frost, and Lay Em Dead - Wasted Dream [431 Kenyon St NW, DC]
• I the Breather - Empire (formerly Jaxx)
• Jeanette & Angela Carrasco - Fillmore Silver Spring
• Jesús Adrián Romero - Patriot Center
• Jonny Grave - Kennedy Center (Millennium Stage)
• Karla Chisolm - Blues Alley (Two shows)
• Marcus Johnson - the Hamilton
• Maryland DeathFest X - Godflesh, Napalm Death, Artillery, Negura Bunget, Unsane, Ghoul, Black Witchery, Macabre, Demigod, Today Is the Day, Morgion, Setherial, Nashgul, Castevet - Sonar (Baltimore)
• Miguel Migs, Lisa Shaw, Sam "The Man" Burns, and Jay Simon - U St Music Hall (Late show - 10 PM)
• Pictures In Pieces, Crash Boom Bang, and Late Night Habit - Rock & Roll Hotel
• Rocky Votolato and CALLmeKAT - Red Palace
• Stars and the Sea, Dead Fame, E. Joseph & the Fountain Heart, and Diefenbaker - Wind-Up Space (Baltimore)
• Steve Forbert - Jammin' Java (7 PM Show)
• Technicolor Motor Home (tribute to Steely Dan) - Rams Head Tavern (Annapolis)
• Tommy Emmanuel - Birchmere - sold out
• Wallpaper - U St Music Hall (Early show - 7 PM)
• Warrior Kids, Immoral Discipline, Offensive Weapon, and Dead Face - Asefu's [1920 9th St NW, WDC]
• White Life, Sassoon, and North America - Soft House [1511 Guilford Ave, Baltimore, MD]
• the Echo Wall (9 PM), Wytold (8 PM) - Artomatic 2012 [1851 S. Bell St - Crystal City, Arlington, VA] (7th floor Cherry Smash Stage)
• ZO2, King Belvedere, Kill Betty, Sextacy, and Lower Class Citizen - Recher Theatre (Towson, MD)
• A Prairie Home Companion with Garrison Keillor - with Heather Masse and Sara Watkins - Wolf Trap (Filene Center)
• Bad Domes - DC9
• Bob Marley (comic) - DC Improv [1140 Connecticut Ave NW, WDC]
• BSO: Beethoven's 9th Symphony - Strathmore (Music Center)
• Cedric the Entertainer - Modell Performing Arts Center at the Lyric [140 W Mt Royal Ave, Baltimore, MD]
• Chuck Brown - the godfather of gogo - Blues Alley (Two shows) CANCELLED
• Dia2ill, Maple, Raw Auras, and Cigar Etiquette - Jammin' Java (Late show - 9:30 PM)
• Dick Morgan - Blues Alley (Two shows)
• Distances, Stillglow, Comrades, Sea of Words, Flagship, Monolith, and Then Came the Sky - Charm City Art Space (Baltimore)
• Eric Roberson - Birchmere
• Fat Trel - Empire (formerly Jaxx)
• Femi the Dri Fish & the Out of Water Experience, Lovey, Sweet Suicide, On Standby, Hero of the Hour, and Middle Child Syndrome - Ottobar (Baltimore)
• Filligar, the Grey Area, and Rachel Levitin - DC9 (Early show - 7 PM)
• Fire Bison, the Fordists, Big Mouth, and Fell Types - Ras Hall [4809 Georgia Avenue NW, WDC] (7 PM show)
• the Flail - Twins Jazz (Two shows)
• Girls Guns and Glory - Hill Country Live [410 7th St NW, WDC]
• Gossaye Tesfaye + Mahmoud Ahmed - Howard Theatre (Late show - 11 PM)
• HariKaraoke Band Gong Show - the Hamilton
• Highpriest, Raze, and APF - R&K Pub [15 E. Baltimore St, Hagerstown, MD]
• Hoots and Hellmouth and Jim Hanft - IOTA Club & Café
• Isang & Lega-C (10 PM), Steam Theory (8 PM), the O Street Band (5:30 PM), Ken Moss Experience (5 PM) - Artomatic 2012 [1851 S. Bell St - Crystal City, Arlington, VA] (Main Stage)
• Jason Isbell - Rams Head Tavern (Annapolis) (All-Ages Matinee)
• Lalah Hathaway - Howard Theatre (Early show - 7:30 PM)
• Lorelei, Screen Vinyl Image, and Silo Halo - Artomatic 2012 [1851 S. Bell St - Crystal City, Arlington, VA] (7th Floor Cherry Smash Stage - 9:30 PM)
• Maryland DeathFest X - Morbid Angel, Brujeria, Anvil, Tsjuder, Winter, Confessor, Yob, Horna, Archgoat, Noothgrush, Hellbastard, Deviated Instinct, the Devil's Blood, Interment, Black Witchery, Haemorrhage, Looking For an Answer, Dragged Into Sunlight, October 31, Infernal Stronghold, Bloody Phoenix - Sonar (Baltimore)
• New Edition - DAR Constitution Hall
• New Edition - Warner Theatre Now at DAR Constitution Hall
• Oh Whitney, Sweet Interference, and the Parlor Soldiers - Velvet Lounge
• Oliver (U-Tern), Chris Malinchak, DJ Provoke, and DJ Remote Ctrl - U St Music Hall
• Palkoski, California Bleeding, Reacharounds, and Treble Lifter - Fat Tuesday's [10673 Braddock Road, Fairfax, VA]
• Patriotic Sounds, Cleansing Wave, and Hand Grenade Job - Wasted Dream [431 Kenyon St NW, DC]
• the Pietasters, Spitfires United, the Screws, the Incited, and the Unabombers - Rock & Roll Hotel (The Impact is Imminent: a Benefit for the Wounded Warrior Project)
• Priska Neely (6 PM) - Artomatic 2012 [1851 S. Bell St - Crystal City, Arlington, VA] (Lampighter Stage)
• Rhapsody of Fire, Voyager, and A Sound of Thunder - Baltimore SoundStage
• Robert Freeland (7:30 PM) - Artomatic 2012 [1851 S. Bell St - Crystal City, Arlington, VA] (7th floor Cherry Smash Stage)
• Sky Came Burning, Serial Attraction, 10th Hour, Beyond Dishonor, and GI9 - Rams Head Live! (Baltimore)
• Sonic Circuits presents: works by John Cage performed by DC-area artists - Kennedy Center (Millennium Stage)
• Stereosleep, Black Dog Prowl, and Fourmanchu - Black Cat (Mainstage)
• Steven Curtis Chapman, Natalie Grant, Ashes Remain, and Beckah Shae - Pier Six Pavilion (Baltimore) (95.1 SHINE-FM Summer Blast)
• superfuntime (10:30 PM) - Artomatic 2012 [1851 S. Bell St - Crystal City, Arlington, VA] (Jam Stage)
• A Tribute to Count Basie feat. The Dave Tucker 15-Piece Band - Rams Head Tavern (Annapolis)
• Urban Waste, Dead City Riot, Cultivator, Walk the Plank, and Misled Youth - Ras Hall [4809 Georgia Avenue NW, WDC] (3 PM Matinee Show)
• Vivacious, Bandits & Beggars, and Crush Atlantic - Jammin' Java (Early show - 6 PM)
• Yann Tiersen and Piano Chat - 9:30 Club
• 1964: the Tribute - Birchmere
• Afrika Bambaataa, All Good Funk Alliance, Fort Knox Five (DJ Set), and Nappy Riddem - U St Music Hall
• Afroroots by Eme & Heteru - Twins Jazz (Two shows)
• Battle of the Bands Finals - Grey Sky Eternal, Jackson and Traveller, Howlin Bends, Louder Than Quiet, Stone Monky, Bad Mooka, Set For Tomorrow, Regretfully I, Great Expectations, Toad Head, and Timeless Vision - Empire (formerly Jaxx)
• Bob Marley (comic) - DC Improv [1140 Connecticut Ave NW, WDC]
• Chuck Brown - the godfather of gogo - Blues Alley (Two shows) CANCELLED
• Eli Cook - Hill Country Live [410 7th St NW, WDC] (8 PM Show)
• Gospel Brunch featuring Honorable Voices of Praise - the Hamilton (Two shows - 10 AM & 12:30 PM)
• Gospel Supper featuring Greater Mt. Calvary Choir - Hill Country Live [410 7th St NW, WDC] (5:30 PM Show)
• Great Lake Swimmers and Cold Specks - Rock & Roll Hotel
• Holy Wave and Ed Schrader's Music Beat - Velvet Lounge NO LONGER ON VENUE WEB SITE
• Jammin' session (every Sunday) - Mansion on O St [2020 O St NW, WDC] (11 AM to 2 PM)
• Jason Isbell - Mansion on O St [2020 O St NW, WDC]
• Jess Klein (CD release) and Kenny White - IOTA Club & Café
• Joe - Howard Theatre (Evening show - 8 PM)
• Kentura, the Storyboard, Electric Animals, Typefighter, and the Right Condition - Jammin' Java
• Lalah Hathaway and Avery Sunshine - Baltimore SoundStage (Evening show)
• Maryland DeathFest X - Electric Wizard, Saint Vitus, Suffocation, Yob, Morgoth, Dodheimsgard, Pentagram (Chile), Sargeist, Church of Misery, Bethlehem, Unanimated, Mortuary Drape, Disma, Demonical, Ulcerate, Rwake, the Day Everything Became Nothing, Morbid Saint, Cough, Nausea, Coke Bust, Agents of Abhorrence, Backslider - Sonar (Baltimore)
• Nate Foley - Kennedy Center (Millennium Stage)
• National Memorial Day Choral Festival: We the People - Kennedy Center (Concert Hall - 3 PM)
• National Symphony Orchestra Memorial Day Capitol Concert - Kennedy Center (At the West Lawn of the U.S. Capitol - 8 PM)
• Nikka Costa and Anya Marina - the Hamilton
• the Phillips Camerata - the Phillips Collection, Music Room [1600 21st St NW] (4 PM)
• Pygmy Lush, Black God, and Highway Cross - Black Cat (Backstage)
• Sharon Clark - Blues Alley (Two shows)
• Southside Johnny & the Asbury Jukes - Rams Head Tavern (Annapolis)
• Sunday Gospel Brunch featuring the Harlem Gospel Choir - Howard Theatre (Matinee - 1:30 PM)
• Busdriver and Educated Consumers - DC9
• Fourmanchu and Stereosleep - IOTA Club & Café
• Gottaswing (a Memorial Day Swing Dance Party) - Kennedy Center (Millennium Stage)
• Justin Jones and Petticoat Tea Room - Ottobar (Baltimore)
• Noise in the Basement - Baltimore SoundStage
• O'Malley's March - Rams Head Tavern (Annapolis)
• Timothy B. Schmit (of the Eagles) - the Hamilton
• Breaking Laces - IOTA Club & Café
• the Dandy Warhols - 9:30 Club
• Grayson Capps - Hill Country Live [410 7th St NW, WDC]
• Jeremiah "REV" Headen, Symphonic Refrain, and Steve Tibbets - the Black Squirrel [2427 18th St NW, WDC]
• Marty Knepp Trio - with Clem Ehoff & Jason Gano - Blues Alley (Two shows)
• Moon Hooch, Stomp Status, and Moonliscious - Jammin' Java
• New Hope High School Jazz Band - Twins Jazz (Two shows)
• Nikka Costa and Anya Marina - Baltimore SoundStage
• Out of Your Head - Improvised and Experimental Music Collective - Wind-Up Space (Baltimore) (Free!)
• the Parlotones, Ryan Star, and the Silent Comedy - DC9
• Steve Winwood and Bobby Long - Wolf Trap (Filene Center)
• Unsacred, Distances, Instigate, American Womanhood, Discord, and the Lives to Come - Sidebar Tavern [218 East Lexington St, Baltimore, MD]
• Wounded Warrior - Kennedy Center (Millennium Stage)
• Al Scorch's Country Soul Ensemble and Spoonboy - Black Cat (Backstage)
• Austin Ellis (Coming of A.G.E. CD Release Show), Pressing Strings, and Nelly's Echo - Rams Head Tavern (Annapolis)
• Carousel (May residency) - DC9
• City and Colour and David Bazan (of Pedro the Lion) - Rams Head Live! (Baltimore)
• Dopapod, Covered with Jam & Ron Holloway, Psychedelphia, and the Rob Hornfeck Enterprise - Jammin' Java
• Fabian Almazan - Blues Alley (Two shows)
• Feufollet - Artisphere (Ballroom)
• Flo Anito - Strathmore (Mansion - Art After Hours)
• Jonathan Badger - Wind-Up Space (Baltimore)
• Kill Lincoln, Boardroom Heroes, and Squirt Gun Warriors - Velvet Lounge
• Red Bull Thre3Style - DJ Battle - Howard Theatre
• Sarah Lee Guthrie and Johnny Irion - Night Cat [5 Goldsborough St, Easton, MD]
• Suckers, Devin, and Minimus the Poet - Ottobar (Baltimore)
• Trio Shalva - Twins Jazz (Two shows)
• Uncle Lucius - the Hamilton
• the Used and Stars in Stereo - Fillmore Silver Spring
• Vocal Arts DC: Gidon Saks, bass-baritone & Roger Vignoles, piano - Kennedy Center (Terrace Theatre)
• Vocal Arts Society - Art Song Discovery Series - Kennedy Center (Millennium Stage)
• Bryson Dudley Band and Raindeer - Wind-Up Space (Baltimore)
• BSO: Beethoven's 3rd Piano Concerto - Strathmore (Music Center)
• Chappo - DC9
• Charlie Barreda SF Latin Jazz (Peruvian Vibraphonist) - Twins Jazz (Two shows)
• Grinchfinger, Gripe, Mind As Prison, and Peniside - Sidebar Tavern [218 East Lexington St, Baltimore, MD]
• Hero of the Hour, Mason Summers, Stealing The Sun, Redwud, and Adahlia - Rams Head Live! (Baltimore)
• Heybale! - Hill Country Live [410 7th St NW, WDC]
• HURT - Rock & Roll Hotel
• Ichicuts and the Sneaks - Ottobar (Baltimore)
• Ilyaimy (I love You And I Miss You), Justin Trawick, Paddy Kilrain, and Mike Burgess - the Black Squirrel [2427 18th St NW, WDC]
• Joe Nichols and Jenny Leigh Freeman - Recher Theatre (Towson, MD)
• Jon Langford and Acoustic Skull Orchard - IOTA Club & Café
• Kopecky Family Band, MyNameIsJohnMichael, and Bethany and the Guitar - Jammin' Java
• ms.fridrich, The Bengsons, and Serenity Fischer - Red Palace
• National Symphony Orchestra (Christoph Eschenbach, conductor): Sean Shepherd's Blue Blazes; Strauss's suite from Der Rosenkavalier; and Beethoven's Symphony No. 7 - Kennedy Center (Concert Hall)
• New Orleans Suspects - Rams Head Tavern (Annapolis)
• River City Extension, the Drowning Men, and Secret Mountains - 6th & I (Downstairs)
• Rodgers & Hammerstein's South Pacific - Wolf Trap (Filene Center)
• Simone Felice - the Hamilton
• Sun Wolf, Bobby E. Lee & the Sympathizers, and the Kickback - Velvet Lounge
• Tanya Ekanayaka - Kennedy Center (Millennium Stage)
• Ugly Purple Sweater, Typefighter, and Plume Giant - Black Cat (Backstage)
• Unwrapped: the Hidden Beach All Stars featuring Jeff Bradshaw & Sandra St. Victor - Blues Alley (Two shows)
• Victor Wooten - Howard Theatre
• Zac Brown Band, Blackberry Smoke, and Sonia Leigh - Merriweather Post Pavilion
• 8 Ohms (funk/soul) - Rockville Town Square [200 East Middle Lane, Rockville, MD] (Friday Night Live: 6:30 - 9 PM)
• Afrojack, R3hab, and Bobby Burns - Fillmore Silver Spring
• Anna Dagmar, Margot MacDonald, and Gideon Grove - Ebenezers Coffeehouse [201 F Street NE, WDC]
• Bellevederes and Alma Tropicalia - Wind-Up Space (Baltimore)
• Black Rob - Sonar (Baltimore) (Talking Head Club)
• Bonjour Ganesh!, East Ghost, and Maple - Rock & Roll Hotel
• Capital Jazz Fest: Anita Baker - Merriweather Post Pavilion
• Caryn Sever (7 PM) - Artomatic 2012 [1851 S. Bell St - Crystal City, Arlington, VA] (7th floor Cherry Smash Stage)
• Dawes and Sara Watkins - 9:30 Club
• Dr. John - Birchmere (Flex Stage)
• Fallen Martyr (CD Release Party), Strong Intention, Alhazred, Visceral iolation, and Feritas - Riverside Lounge [11272 Georgia Avenue, Silver Spring, MD]
• First Annual Soulful Symphony Gala Ghetto Safari ~ World Premiere Ballet - France-Merrick Performing Arts Center / Hippodrome (Baltimore)
• Frederic Yonnet - Blues Alley (Two shows)
• Frontiers (Journey tribute) - State Theatre
• Heybale! - Hill Country Live [410 7th St NW, WDC]
• the Incorrigibles (10 PM), the Asylees (7 PM) - Artomatic 2012 [1851 S. Bell St - Crystal City, Arlington, VA] (Main Stage)
• Jellycream, Jef Martini & the One Two Soul Revue, the Drive-In, and the Last Monarchs - Velvet Lounge
• Jerry Butler - Howard Theatre (Two shows - 8 PM & 10:30 PM)
• Kim Cameron, Eva Jade Landon, and the Gypsy Sons - Rams Head Live! (Baltimore)
• Manassas Chorale: Mozart and More - Hylton Performing Arts Center [10960 George Mason Circle, Manassas, VA]
• the Mantras, Moogatu, and Aarodynamics - Jammin' Java (Late show - 10 PM)
• Marcia Ball - Rams Head Tavern (Annapolis)
• National Symphony Orchestra (Christoph Eschenbach, conductor): Sean Shepherd's Blue Blazes; Strauss's suite from Der Rosenkavalier; and Beethoven's Symphony No. 7 - Kennedy Center (Concert Hall)
• On the Bus and Djesben - IOTA Club & Café
• Randy Weston Trio and Akua Allrich - the Hamilton
• Rocknoceros Happy Family Hour - Jammin' Java (Early show - 7 PM)
• Rodgers & Hammerstein's South Pacific - Wolf Trap (Filene Center)
• Stout, Lifeless, Hardside, Outlast, and Disturbing the Peace - Sidebar Tavern [218 East Lexington St, Baltimore, MD]
• Surgery Dot Com, Kid Is Qual, Corsair, and Koshari - Black Cat (Mainstage - STTP Fest Benefit)
• Tony Martucci with Luis Hernandez, Jeff Antoniuk, John Lee, and Tom Baldwin - Twins Jazz (Two shows)
• Unsacred, Satan's Satyrs, Morghulis, and Misled Youth - Casa Fiesta [4910 Wisconsin Ave NW, WDC]
• With Lions (Anthony 'Woody' Ranere of Lake Trout/Big In Japan with Christian Celaya of Benzos), Among Wolves, and the Water - Ottobar (Baltimore)
• Adrenaline: Volume 2 featuring Grime Syndicate - Jammin' Java (Late show - 9:30 PM)
• the Ambulars, Sourpatch, Swearin', and Queer Pressure - Dollhouse [1429 Madison St NW, WDC]
• Big Freedia - Rock & Roll Hotel (All tickets from 3/17 will be honored)
• Brodinski, Jokers of the Scene, and Lemz - U St Music Hall
• Capital Jazz Fest: George Benson, Kirk Whalum featuring Kevin Whalum, Maysa, Peter White, Euge Groove, Afro Blue Vocal Band, Gerald Veasley presents "the Sound of Philadelphia" (featuring Walter Beasley, Maysa, Nick Colionne, & Carol Riddick), "Catch a Rising Star Showcase" featuring Frank McComb and Ciny Bradley, Musiq Soulchild, Stephanie Mills, Kenny Lattimore, Steve Arrington, Tower of Power, and Valerie Simpson's Tribute to Nick Ashford (featuring the music of Ashford & Simpson) - Merriweather Post Pavilion
• Cartoon Johnny - Jammin' Java (Afternoon show - 2 PM)
• Chain and the Gang, Coup Sauvage, the Snips, and the Coathangers - Comet Ping Pong
• Chaquis Maliq (Sha-Keese Mah-Leek) (4 PM) - Artomatic 2012 [1851 S. Bell St - Crystal City, Arlington, VA] (Lampighter Stage)
• Curren$y with special guests The Jets, Smoke DZA, Fiend 4 Da Money, Corner Boy P, Trademark, and Young Roddy - Howard Theatre (Late show - 11 PM)
• Denizens of Washington (9:30 PM), Lenorable (8:30 PM), Quineice (8 PM), Colie Williams (5 PM) - Artomatic 2012 [1851 S. Bell St - Crystal City, Arlington, VA] (Main Stage)
• Frederic Yonnet - Blues Alley (Two shows)
• Frontiers (Tribute to Journey) - Rams Head Live! (Baltimore) (All February 11th Tickets Will Be Honored)
• Gay Men's Chorus of Washington presents Heart Throbs - Lisner Auditorium
• Hank and Cupcakes, Alma Tropicalia, and Access Royale - Montserrat House [2016 9th Street NW, WDC]
• Heather Mae (8:30 PM), Beat Club (7 PM), BNC (6 PM) - Artomatic 2012 [1851 S. Bell St - Crystal City, Arlington, VA] (7th floor Cherry Smash Stage)
• Heybale! - Hill Country Live [410 7th St NW, WDC]
• Joe Pug and David Wax Museum - 9:30 Club
• Kelly Meeder - Rams Head Tavern (Annapolis) (A Benefit for the Annapolis Go Red for Women Movement)
• Laff Mob: Red Grant, Rudy Rush, Roz G, & Mark Viera - Howard Theatre (Early show - 7:30 PM)
• Les Nubians - the Hamilton (Two shows - 8 PM & 10:30 PM)
• Marcia Ball - State Theatre
• Marduk, 1349, Withered, and Weapon - Sonar (Baltimore) (Talking Head Club)
• Mary Fahl (October Project) - Jammin' Java (Early show - 7 PM)
• National Chamber Ensemble: All That Jazz! (featuring award-winning pianist and composer Jeffrey Chappell - Artisphere (Spectrum Theatre)
• National Symphony Orchestra (Christoph Eschenbach, conductor): Sean Shepherd's Blue Blazes; Strauss's suite from Der Rosenkavalier; and Beethoven's Symphony No. 7 - Kennedy Center (Concert Hall)
• Opteryx, Fury of the Ancients, Green, Feritas, and Permafrost - Balls Bluff Tavern [2-D Loudoun Street Southwest, Leesburg, VA] (Monthly Metal at Ball's Bluff)
• Porcelain Raft and Man Without Country - Red Palace
• Queering Sound 1.2.Q.U. - featuring Blk w/ Bear, Mary Coble, Crawford Blair, Dan Vera, and Arthur Loves Plastic (with more to be confirmed) - Atlas Performing Arts Center [1333 H St NE, WDC] (Sonic Circuits event)
• Rodgers & Hammerstein's South Pacific - Wolf Trap (Filene Center - Two Shows)
• School of Rock presents: A Tribute to Power Pop, Thursday Rock School 101, and A Tribute to the Police - Ottobar (Baltimore) (Afternoon show - starts at noon)
• Smile Empty Soul, The Veer Union, Ionia, the Euphorics, Carbonstone, and Cyrenic Pale Discretion - Recher Theatre (Towson, MD)
• Southside Johnny & the Asbury Jukes - Birchmere
• Squaaks (CD Release), the Matrimonials, and Thee The The - Wind-Up Space (Baltimore)
• Steve Kimock, Bernie Worrell, Wally Ingram, and Andy Hess - Baltimore SoundStage
• Tim Rogers (from You Am I) - IOTA Club & Café
• Tommy Tune: Steps in Time, A Broadway Biography in Song and Dance - Strathmore (Music Center - two shows)
• Tony Martucci with Luis Hernandez, Jeff Antoniuk, John Lee, and Tom Baldwin - Twins Jazz (Two shows)
• Vox Pop - Herndon Festival, Elden St, Herndon, VA (12 noon show)
• ZOSO - the Ultimate Led Zeppelin Experience - Fillmore Silver Spring
• American Youth Philharmonic Orchestra - George Mason University Center for the Arts [4400 University Drive, Fairfax, VA] (3 PM Show)
• Bluegrass Jammin' session (First Sunday of the month) - Mansion on O St [2020 O St NW, WDC] (11 AM to 2 PM)
• Capital Jazz Fest: Fourplay, India Arie, Marion Meadows, Paul Taylor, Jessy J, Spyro Gyra, Naturally 7, Walter Beasley, "Catch a Rising Star" showcase (featuring Jackiem Joyer and Al Turner), Charlie Wilson, K.C. & the Sunshine Band, Marsha Ambrosius, Jeffrey Osborne, Anthony David, and the Foreign Exchange - Merriweather Post Pavilion
• Cravin Dogs - Blues Alley (Two shows)
• Curren$y (Jet Life Tour 2012) - Direct Flight with The Jets, Smoke DZA, Fiend 4 Da Money, Corner Boy P, Trademark, and Young Roddy - Baltimore SoundStage
• David Sanchez Quintet and Charlie Sepulveda and the Turnaround - the Hamilton
• the DC Jazz Festival - Twins Jazz (Two shows)
• Diane Reeves - Howard Theatre (Evening show - 8 PM)
• Everything Falls (CD/video release), TheRuinCity, Laws of Average, and Matt Hutchison - Jammin' Java
• Feria de Sevilla - Strathmore (Outdoors and free - 12-6PM)
• Gay Men's Chorus of Washington presents Heart Throbs - Lisner Auditorium
• Gospel Brunch featuring Lori Williams - the Hamilton (Two shows - 10 AM & 12:30 PM)
• IAmDynamite - DC9
• Jo Dee Messina - Rams Head Tavern (Annapolis) (All-Ages Matinee - 4:30 PM)
• Jo Dee Messina - Rams Head Tavern (Annapolis) (7:30 PM - 21+ only)
• The Kennedy Center Chamber Players play Boccherini, Paganini, & Mozart - Kennedy Center (Terrace Theater, matinee)
• Miranda Lambert, Chris Young, Pistol Annies, Jerrod Niemann, Lee Brice, Love and Theft, and Jana Kramer - Jiffy Lube Live (WMZQfest)
• Phantogram - Rams Head Live! (Baltimore)
• Radiohead and Caribou - Verizon Center
• the Rggie Pittman Quartet, featuring Lottie Porch - Historic Bohemian Caverns [2001 11th Street, WDC]
• Rodgers & Hammerstein's South Pacific - Wolf Trap (Filene Center - Two Shows)
• Rodney Crowell and Mary Karr - Birchmere
• School of Rock presents: A Tribute to the Police, Tuesday Rock School 101, and A Tribute to Power Pop - Ottobar (Baltimore) (Afternoon show - starts at noon)
• Smile Empty Soul - Empire (formerly Jaxx)
• Social Repose, HipHopMcDougal, and Low Battery - Velvet Lounge
• Sunday Gospel Brunch featuring the Harlem Gospel Choir - Howard Theatre (Matinee - 1 PM)
• Trihexyn and Death Penalty - CD Cellar [2607 Wilson Blvd, Arlington, VA] (3 PM Show)
• Tune-Yards and Mariachi El Bronx - 9:30 Club - sold out
• Align in Time - Empire (formerly Jaxx)
• Ben Williams Quartet and Jonathan Batiste Trio - the Hamilton
• Danzig (with Doyle Von Frankenstein) - performing music from Danzig & the Misfits - Fillmore Silver Spring
• the DC Jazz Festival - Twins Jazz (Two shows)
• DC Jazz Festival: Jazz Meets the Classics - Kennedy Center (Concert Hall)
• Justin Jones - Ottobar (Baltimore)
• Noise in the Basement presents Crossfade, Weaving the Fate, Candlelight Red, Down to Everything - Baltimore SoundStage
• Pop Zeus (Guided By Voices tribute) - Galaxy Hut
• Rhett Miller & the Serial Lady Killers and the Spring Standards - Jammin' Java
• Steve Kimock with Bernie Worrell, Wally Ingram, and Andy Hess - Howard Theatre
• Timothy B. Schmit (of The Eagles and Poco) - Rams Head Tavern (Annapolis)
• Us & Them and Bamboo Forest - Sidebar Tavern [218 East Lexington St, Baltimore, MD]
• the Vocal Workshop Graduation Concert - with Chris Grasso Trio - Blues Alley (Two shows)
• Antonio Hart Organ Trio and Jimmy Heath Quintet - the Hamilton
• Curren$y with special guests The Jets, Smoke DZA, Fiend 4 Da Money, Corner Boy P, Trademark, and Young Roddy - Empire (formerly Jaxx)
• Eef Barzelay (Clem Snide) and Heligoats (Chris Otepka solo/acoustic) - IOTA Club & Café
• JBM (June Residency) - DC9
• Nick Africano and Damian Anderson - the Black Squirrel [2427 18th St NW, WDC]
• the Original Wailers - Howard Theatre
• Out of Your Head - Improvised and Experimental Music Collective - Wind-Up Space (Baltimore) (Free!)
• Trace Bundy (Elephant King CD Release) - Jammin' Java
• Tuesdays with Marty Nau - Twins Jazz (Two shows)
• Victor Wooten - Rams Head Tavern (Annapolis)
• America and Widad - Birchmere
• Atlanta Rhythm Section - Rams Head Tavern (Annapolis) POSTPONED (new date TBD)
• Danger and Lightwaves - Rock & Roll Hotel
• Dengue Fever and Omar Souleyman - 9:30 Club
• Dying Fetus, Revocation, Strong Intention, Inhumation, Vitality, Shotgun Surgery, Butchers Hill, and Alhazred - Café 611 [611 Market St, Frederick, MD]
• FeelFree - DC9
• Future and Pusha T - Baltimore SoundStage
• Jon Regen - Blues Alley (Two shows)
• k.d. lang & the Siss Boom Bang - Wolf Trap (Filene Center)
• Karen Collins & the Backroad Band - Strathmore (Mansion - Art After Hours)
• Los Straitjackets and Eilen Jewell - Rams Head Tavern (Annapolis)
• Madison Violet (CD Release), Lauren Shera, and Davi Ramirez - Jammin' Java
• Man Man - Ottobar (Baltimore)
• Michelle Webb - Twins Jazz (Two shows)
• Oberhofer - Black Cat (Backstage)
• Our Last Night, Crown the Empire, Set It Off, Palisades, Lions Lions, and Alive in Standby - Empire (formerly Jaxx)
• Roy Hargrove Quintet and Marshall Keys Group: The Soulful Side of Cannonball Adderley - the Hamilton
• Technicians, Wise Eyes, Niteowl, and 9 Finger Discount - Velvet Lounge
• Xerxes, Mountain Man, Eddie Brock, and Caust - Casa Fiesta [4910 Wisconsin Ave NW, WDC]
• 3 Bad Jacks - U St Music Hall (Early show - 7 PM)
• Alvin Youngblood Hart's Muscle Theory - Jammin' Java
• Anat Cohen Quartet (DC Jazz Festival) - 6th & I
• Bowerbirds - Ottobar (Baltimore)
• By & By - Sova [1359 H Street NE, Washington DC] (Thursday night bluegrass)
• the Clean and Times New Viking - Rock & Roll Hotel
• the Cribs and Devin - Black Cat (Mainstage)
• Cyrus Chestnut Quartet and Roberta Gambarini - the Hamilton
• the Dead Women, Jackson Edwards, and Matt Tarka - Velvet Lounge
• Edwin McCain - Rams Head Tavern (Annapolis)
• Get the Led Out - Wolf Trap (Filene Center)
• Greg Proops (live podcast recording: "the Smartest Man in the World") - DC Improv [1140 Connecticut Ave NW, WDC]
• Janel and Anthony (CD Release) - IOTA Club & Café
• Jimmy Cliff - 9:30 Club
• Kingdom, Bok Bok, and DJs R4ns0m & Denman - U St Music Hall (Late show - 9 PM)
• Leo Kottke - Birchmere
• Levi Stephenson - Solly's [1942 11th St NW, WDC]
• National Symphony Orchestra (Christoph Eschenbach, conductor): Berlioz Roman Carnival - Overture; lalo Cello Concerto; and Tchaikovsky Symphony No. 5 - Kennedy Center (Concert Hall)
• Paul Pieper Quartet - Twins Jazz (Two shows)
• Silky Dave and Benjamin Hofer - the Black Squirrel [2427 18th St NW, WDC]
• Starkid - Fillmore Silver Spring
• Terisa Griffin - Blues Alley (Two shows)
• Thieving Irons (ex-Pela) and Kindlewood - DC9
• Wait, Wait...Don't Tell Me! - Strathmore (Music Center)
• Ayreheart and Audrey Tornblom - Takoma Park Community Center [7500 Maple Ave, Takoma Park, MD]
• Beach Bumz (tropical) - Rockville Town Square [200 East Middle Lane, Rockville, MD] (Friday Night Live: 6:30 - 9 PM)
• Black Oktagon (10:30 PM), Redline Graffiti (9:30 PM), Hassani Kwess (9 PM), Beyond Modern (9 PM) - Artomatic 2012 [1851 S. Bell St - Crystal City, Arlington, VA] (7th floor Cherry Smash Stage)
• the Brass-a-Holics with special guest Chuck Brown - the Hamilton (Two shows - 8 PM & 10:30 PM)
• Brother Joscephus & the Love Revival Revolution Orchestra and Yo Mama's Big Fat Booty Band - Baltimore SoundStage
• Crooked Tree and the Walkaways - Rock & Roll Hotel
• Dimitri From Paris - U St Music Hall
• Diunna Greenleaf (kick-off for the 2012 Tinner Hill Blues Festival) - State Theatre
• Exotic Animal Petting Zoo, Chopper Trike Rebels, Pandas, Hivesmasher, Sweet Suicide, and Cryptic Warning - Recher Theatre (Towson, MD)
• Fight Amp, Multicult, and Bardus - Charm City Art Space (Baltimore)
• First You Dream: the Music of Kander and Ebb - Kennedy Center (Eisenhower Theater)
• Greg Proops - DC Improv [1140 Connecticut Ave NW, WDC]
• Jonathan Coulton Band and Mike Phirman - Birchmere
• Justin Trawick - IOTA Club & Café
• Kenny Garrett (sax) - Blues Alley (Two shows)
• Kenny Rittenhouse Quartet - Twins Jazz (Two shows)
• Larry Graham & Graham Central Station - Rams Head Tavern (Annapolis)
• Manitoba, Biters, and Chelsea Graveyard - Ottobar (Baltimore)
• Mean Jeans, Hollywood, Murder, and the Shirks - Golden West Cafe (Baltimore)
• Muhsinah, Exit Clov, and Gods'illa - Black Cat (Mainstage)
• National Symphony Orchestra (Christoph Eschenbach, conductor): Berlioz Roman Carnival - Overture; lalo Cello Concerto; and Tchaikovsky Symphony No. 5 - Kennedy Center (Concert Hall)
• Queen Extravaganza (the official Queen tribute show) - 9:30 Club
• SNRG, Connie Lim, and Jenn Bostic - Jammin' Java (Late show - 10 PM)
• Struan Shields (CD Release Show) and Colin Healy - Jammin' Java (Early show - 6 PM)
• the Big Faux 4: Misstallica (all-female Metallica), Show No Mercy (New York's Slayer tribute), Peace Sells (Megadeth tribute), & Thunderbox as "Caught In a Box" (Lady Anthrax tribute) - Fillmore Silver Spring
• Via, Illustrated Highlife, Aries, the Drummer Quits, and Dead Center - Rams Head Live! (Baltimore)
• Wait, Wait...Don't Tell Me! - Strathmore (Music Center)
• the Whatleys, Hank!, Booze Riot, and Empire of Rust - Casa Fiesta [4910 Wisconsin Ave NW, WDC]
• Whoarfrost, Les Rhinoceros, and Drunk Monk - Wind-Up Space (Baltimore)
• WildLife - Howard Theatre
• Yanni - Wolf Trap (Filene Center)
• the 18th Street Singers: An Evening of Roses - Kennedy Center (Terrace Theater)
• 7 Door Sedan (11 PM), Dear Season (8:30 PM), Dark Dissolve (6:30 PM), Catching Dragons (4 PM) - Artomatic 2012 [1851 S. Bell St - Crystal City, Arlington, VA] (Main Stage)
• Alarms and Controls, John Bustine, and Brandon Butler - Comet Ping Pong
• Bad Domes - DC9
• Bass Drum of Death and DZ Deathrays - Red Palace
• BSO: Tchaikovsky's Violin Concerto and The Rite of Spring - Strathmore (Music Center)
• Carbon Leaf and Civil Twilight - Rams Head Live! (Baltimore)
• Ceremony (CA), Screaming Females, Sacred Love, Muck, Plastic Gods, and Girlstabs - St. Stephen & the Incarnation Episcopal Church
• Common - the Hung Tao Choy Mei Leadership Institute's 2012 Paul Robeson "Here I Stand" award presentation, featuring other performances by Malcolm X Drummers & Dancers, Whratnala USA, Ivy Rose Band featuring guest vocalist Chessa Toboada, Dragon Princess Olivia Zhang, and children and youth from the Hung Tao CHoy Mei Leadership Institute - Lincoln Theatre
• Damon Fowler Group - Night Cat [5 Goldsborough St, Easton, MD]
• Disette, Continent, Patience In Suffering, Illuminations, and Bridges - Sidebar Tavern [218 East Lexington St, Baltimore, MD]
• Edwin McCain (full band) - State Theatre
• Eilen Jewell and Los Straitjackets - Howard Theatre
• First You Dream: the Music of Kander and Ebb - Kennedy Center (Eisenhower Theater)
• Gavin DeGraw and Colbie Caillat - Wolf Trap (Filene Center)
• Greg Proops - DC Improv [1140 Connecticut Ave NW, WDC]
• Kenny Garrett (sax) - Blues Alley (Two shows)
• Kenny Rittenhouse Quartet - Twins Jazz (Two shows)
• Kristin Chenoweth - France-Merrick Performing Arts Center / Hippodrome (Baltimore)
• Larry Graham & Graham Central Station - Rams Head Tavern (Annapolis)
• the Love Below, Eddie Brock, and Old Lines - Golden West Cafe (Baltimore)
• Luis Enrique - Fillmore Silver Spring
• Maracuyeah presents: Verano Bass Meltdown with Precolumbian DJ and DC DJs Mafe + Rat - Velvet Lounge
• Matthew Sweet (playing Girlfriend in its entirety) and Callaghan - 9:30 Club
• McLean High School and Longfellow Middle School Big Band Jam - Jammin' Java (Afternoon show - 1:30 PM)
• Monty Alexander * Harlem-Kingston Express and Entienne Charles Quintet - the Hamilton (Two shows - 8 PM & 10:30 PM)
• National Symphony Orchestra (Christoph Eschenbach, conductor): Berlioz Roman Carnival - Overture; lalo Cello Concerto; and Tchaikovsky Symphony No. 5 - Kennedy Center (Concert Hall)
• NOI Chamber Orchestra - Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center at University of Maryland [Stadium Drive at Route 193, College Park, MD]
• Off the Grid IV - Pyramid Atlantic Arts Center [8230 Georgia Avenue, Silver Spring, MD] (Sonic Circuits event)
• Ralph Stanley & the Clinch Mountain Boys - Birchmere
• Rock the Block featuring performances by Miles Midnight, Astra Via, the Young Rapids, the Sea Life, Mission South, the Grits, Brent Peterson, Gigs All Stars - Antique Village [Kensington, MD} (12 PM - 8 PM; FREE!)
• School of Rock presents: A Tribute to Weezer (Rock School 201), Tribute to MTV Unplugged, and Tribute to the Police - Ottobar (Baltimore) (Afternoon show - starts at noon)
• Six Feet Under, Dying Fetus, and Revocation - Empire (formerly Jaxx)
• Unknown Mortal Orchestra, Doldrums, and Vinyl Williams - Rock & Roll Hotel
• Webb Wilder and Jumpin' Jupiter - IOTA Club & Café
• WitchHat and Otis Heat - Wind-Up Space (Baltimore)
• 2:54 and Widowspeak - Rock & Roll Hotel
• 2nd Sunday Jazz Series - Wind-Up Space (Baltimore)
• Aesthetic Perfection, X-RX, and Trainwrecked - Ottobar (Baltimore)
• Bach2Rock - U St Music Hall (11 AM Matinee Show)
• Bootsy Collins - State Theatre
• Dan Sartain - Golden West Cafe (Baltimore)
• Eyes Wide, Homelife, Dartagnan, Attractions, and Class Picture - Charm City Art Space (Baltimore)
• First You Dream: the Music of Kander and Ebb - Kennedy Center (Eisenhower Theater - 1:30 PM)
• Foster the People, the Kooks, and Kimbra - Merriweather Post Pavilion
• Freedom's Children - the Celebration - with Reginald Cyntje - Twins Jazz (Two shows)
• Gavin DeGraw and Colbie Caillat - Pier Six Pavilion (Baltimore)
• Gospel Brunch featuring the WPAS Gospel Choir - the Hamilton (Two shows - 10 AM & 12:30 PM)
• Greg Proops - DC Improv [1140 Connecticut Ave NW, WDC]
• Hawthorne Heights, Forever Came Calling, Failsafe, Super Prime, Over n Out, Life Review, and Split 5 - Recher Theatre (Towson, MD)
• Il Divo - Modell Performing Arts Center at the Lyric [140 W Mt Royal Ave, Baltimore, MD]
• Jammin' session (every Sunday) - Mansion on O St [2020 O St NW, WDC] (11 AM to 2 PM)
• Jill Sobule - IOTA Club & Café
• John Scofield Trio featuring Scott Colley and Bill Stewart - the Hamilton
• Kenny Garrett (sax) - Blues Alley (Two shows)
• Kristin Chenoweth - DAR Constitution Hall
• Little River Band - Rams Head Tavern (Annapolis) (All-Ages Matinee)
• Louisiana Swamp Rock - Wolf Trap (Filene Center - 2 PM Show)
• Marillion - 9:30 Club
• the Marshall Tucker Band - Rams Head Tavern (Annapolis)
• Matt Skiba and the Sekrets and Smoking Popes - Black Cat (Mainstage)
• Music from the Big House (documentary and live performance, with Q&A with blues musician Rita Chiarelli) - Artisphere (Dome Theatre)
• Pino Daniele - Howard Theatre (Evening show - 8 PM)
• Rachel Platten and Madi Diaz - Jammin' Java
• School of Rock presents: Tribute to MTV Unplugged, Tribute to Weezer (Rock School 201), Tribute to the Police - Ottobar (Baltimore) (Afternoon show - starts at noon)
• Sunday Gospel Brunch featuring the Harlem Gospel Choir - Howard Theatre (Matinee - 1 PM)
• T Bird & the Breaks, All Good Funk Alliance, and Funk Ark - DC9
• Valkyrie, Inter Arma, and Ilsa - Casa Fiesta [4910 Wisconsin Ave NW, WDC] MOVED TO RAS HALL
• Valkyrie, Inter Arma, and Ilsa - Ras Hall [4809 Georgia Avenue NW, WDC] (Moved from Casa Fiesta)
• Washington International Competition for Strings - Kennedy Center (Terrace Theater - 2 PM)
• Battles and Imperial China - Black Cat (Mainstage)
• Bootsy Collins - Rams Head Tavern (Annapolis)
• Claude Diallo Situation (piano/bass/drums) - Blues Alley (Two shows)
• Gary Jules (CD Release) and Mike Bram - Jammin' Java
• James McCartney (the complete EP collection, produced by Paul McCartney & David Kahne) - Fillmore Silver Spring
• Jill Andrews and Erick Baker - IOTA Club & Café
• Kinky Friedman - Birchmere
• Melon Farmers, Hawaiian Shirt Day, Survey Says!, and Kill Lincoln - Charm City Art Space (Baltimore)
• Michael Bolton - Howard Theatre
• Mogwai - 9:30 Club (All 9/29/11 tickets will be honored)
• Yamantaka and Sonic Titan - DC9
• Alejandro Escovedo - Birchmere POSTPONED TO 7/29/12. All original tickets will be honored
• Antigone Rising and A Fragile Tomorrow - IOTA Club & Café
• the Bastard Suns (acoustic) and Carry the One - Jammin' Java (In the Lobby Bar)
• the Bouncing Souls, the Menzingers, and Luther - Black Cat (Mainstage)
• CéU and Curumin - 6th & I
• Christylez Bacon and Juels Bland - the Black Squirrel [2427 18th St NW, WDC]
• the Cult, Against Me!, and Icarus Line - Fillmore Silver Spring
• First You Dream: the Music of Kander and Ebb - Kennedy Center (Eisenhower Theater)
• A Friend Called Fire, Annedel, and Kalevra - Sidebar Tavern [218 East Lexington St, Baltimore, MD]
• JBM (June residency) - DC9
• Kinky Friedman - Rams Head Tavern (Annapolis)
• Kyle Wolverton (sax/soul fusion) - Blues Alley (Two shows)
• Lady Piss, Whores, Friend of Collector, Hex Machine, and Power Take-Off - Ottobar (Baltimore)
• Laura Marling and Willy Mason - 9:30 Club
• Lindsey Buckingham - Howard Theatre
• Mary Christ, the Priests, and Grass Widow - Comet Ping Pong
• Mike Dambra, Irwin Loring, Ralph Cooper, Mike Finazzo, Dave Miller, and Tracey Locke - Empire (formerly Jaxx) (Comedy Night)
• Out of Your Head - Improvised and Experimental Music Collective - Wind-Up Space (Baltimore) (Free!)
• Scott Lucas & the Married Men - Red Palace
• Tuesdays with Marty Nau - Twins Jazz (Two shows)
• Two Door Cinema Club, Clap Your Hands Say Yeah, and Bad Veins - Rams Head Live! (Baltimore)
• Avi Avital - 6th & I
• Dan Sartain and Beach Bloods - Black Cat (Backstage)
• First You Dream: the Music of Kander and Ebb - Kennedy Center (Eisenhower Theater)
• Grouplove and Reptar - 9:30 Club - sold out
• Grupo Fantasma - Rams Head Tavern (Annapolis)
• Kurtis Adams (jazz composer and saxophonist) - Twins Jazz (Two shows)
• Langhorne Slim and Ha Ha Tonka - Rock & Roll Hotel
• Martina McBride and David Nail - Wolf Trap (Filene Center)
• Paul Thorn (band) - Birchmere
• Ski Johnson Album Premier - the Hamilton
• Sonia (from Disappear Fear) and Radhael Sage - Jammin' Java
• Sy Smith & Zo! - Blues Alley (Two shows)
• Tokimonsta and Chris Seeger (Moon/Bounce, DC) - U St Music Hall
• Veronneau - Strathmore (Mansion - Art After Hours)
• Ziggy Marley - Howard Theatre
• Bill Kirchen & Too Much Fun and Fred Eaglesmith - Birchmere
• Bonnie Raitt and Mavis Staples - Wolf Trap (Filene Center)
• Brazilian Girls - 9:30 Club
• Clear for Takeoff, the Ruin City, the Greater the Risk, and Farewell Midnight - Ottobar (Baltimore) (Bands Against Bullying show)
• the DBs (new CD!) - IOTA Club & Café
• First You Dream: the Music of Kander and Ebb - Kennedy Center (Eisenhower Theater)
• Gary Valentine - DC Improv [1140 Connecticut Ave NW, WDC]
• Gulley Jimson (Rockabilly Night) - Solly's [1942 11th St NW, WDC]
• John Kocur Quartet - Twins Jazz (Two shows)
• Judge Smith, Eric Scott, and Justine Miller - Ebenezers Coffeehouse [201 F Street NE, WDC]
• Ken Navarro - Blues Alley (Two shows)
• Laura Baron, Gina DeSimone & Pat Quinn, and Tom Dews - the Black Squirrel [2427 18th St NW, WDC]
• Lindsey Buckingham - Baltimore SoundStage
• Marissa Nadler and Faces on Film - DC9
• Neil Diamond Greatest Hits Tour 2012 - Verizon Center
• Nikki & the Weeps, Cave Country, Dan Miraldi & the Albino Winos, and Levi Strom - Velvet Lounge
• Of Montreal, Yip Deceiver, and Chappo - Recher Theatre (Towson, MD)
• the Robert Cray Band - Rams Head Tavern (Annapolis)
• Snakehead Run - Artomatic 2012 [1851 S. Bell St - Crystal City, Arlington, VA] (7th floor Cherry Smash Stage - 7:30 PM)
• Tab Benoit - the Hamilton
• Tinariwen, Buke and Gase, and Piers Faccini - Howard Theatre
• Truth Inside, In Between, Vices, Thick Skin, and Over and Out - Casa Fiesta [4910 Wisconsin Ave NW, WDC]
• Truth Inside, Manners, Vices, Judges, Distances, and Thick Skin - Charm City Art Space (Baltimore) CANCELLED
• Willie Nile Trio - Jammin' Java
• Alma Tropicalia and Jkebe Shakedown - Velvet Lounge
• Arlington Concert Band, Arlington Community Chorus, and Arlington Concert Orchestra - Thomas Jefferson Middle School Auditorium [Arlington, VA]
• B Street Band featuring Vini Mad Dog Lopez (a tribute to the Boss) - Rams Head Tavern (Annapolis)
• Balkan Beat Box - 9:30 Club
• Barbara Cook's Spotlight: Barbara Cook - Kennedy Center (Terrace Theater)
• the Beach Boys 50th Anniversary (Brian Wilson, Mike Love, Al Jardine, Bruce Johnston, and David Marks) - Merriweather Post Pavilion
• Big O and Dukes present a Night for Americans: the Pietasters and Sunny Ledfurd - Jammin' Java
• Brave Combo - State Theatre
• Buildings, Heliotropes, and Tone - Velvet Lounge
• Dean Fields, Andy Zipf, and Wendell Kimbrough - IOTA Club & Café
• Deathfix and Peanut Butter and Dave - Rock & Roll Hotel
• Donegal Express (Irish-American roots rock) - Rockville Town Square [200 East Middle Lane, Rockville, MD] (Friday Night Live: 6:30 - 9 PM)
• Doug Smith, Sam "The Man" Burns, DJ Kostas, Master Kev, and Thomas Blondet - U St Music Hall
• EDH, Phoebe, and Glitterlust - Comet Ping Pong
• First You Dream: the Music of Kander and Ebb - Kennedy Center (Eisenhower Theater)
• Gary Valentine - DC Improv [1140 Connecticut Ave NW, WDC]
• Grupo Fantasma - Black Cat (Mainstage)
• JEFF the Brotherhood and Heavy Cream - Red Palace
• Jesse Winchester - the Hamilton
• Keane and Mystery Jets - Strathmore (Music Center)
• Michael Mizrahi - Strathmore (Mansion)
• Moon River (8:30 PM), Adam Garcia (7:30 PM), Djesben (6 PM) - Artomatic 2012 [1851 S. Bell St - Crystal City, Arlington, VA] (7th floor Cherry Smash Stage)
• Novatones (9:30 PM), Color School (8:30 PM) - Artomatic 2012 [1851 S. Bell St - Crystal City, Arlington, VA] (Main Stage)
• Pat Martino (Undeniable: Live at Blues Alley CD Release Party) - Blues Alley (Two shows)
• Puscifer and Carina Round - Modell Performing Arts Center at the Lyric [140 W Mt Royal Ave, Baltimore, MD]
• Raul Midon - Howard Theatre
• Riverdance - Wolf Trap (Filene Center)
• Scott Lucas & the Married Men (featuring Scott Lucas of Local H) and the Dig - Metro Gallery (Baltimore)
• Sick Fix, Poison Planet, Sectarian Violence, and Thick Skin - Charm City Art Space (Baltimore)
• SoundConnection - Fillmore Silver Spring
• Tab Benoit and Bernard Allison - Rams Head Live! (Baltimore)
• Theresa Andersson and Lucius - the Hamilton
• Vince Gill ("Bluegrass Band") and Sarah Jarosz - Birchmere
• Bach2Rock - 9:30 Club (11 AM Matinee)
• Chuck Brown - Rams Head Tavern (Annapolis)
• CityDance: Dreams of the Warrior Princess - Strathmore (Music Center - 1 PM)
• CityDance: Seeing With Our Hearts - Strathmore (Music Center - 7:30 PM)
• Dance for the Dying (10 PM), My Enemy Complete (9 PM), milkmachine (8:30 PM) - Artomatic 2012 [1851 S. Bell St - Crystal City, Arlington, VA] (Main Stage)
• Dave Matthews Band and Gary Clark Jr. - Jiffy Lube Live
• Def Jam: 25 // Cey Adams, Bill Adler, EPMD, Spinderella, and more - Lincoln Theatre
• Destroyer and Sandro Perri - 9:30 Club
• Eternal Summers and Beach Week - Comet Ping Pong
• Felicia Chou (4:30 PM - Artomatic 2012 [1851 S. Bell St - Crystal City, Arlington, VA] (7th floor Cherry Smash Stage)
• First You Dream: the Music of Kander and Ebb - Kennedy Center (Eisenhower Theater - 1:30 PM & 7:30 PM)
• For Mercy Reunion - Jammin' Java (Early Show - 7 PM; Benefit Concert for One Voice)
• Gary Valentine - DC Improv [1140 Connecticut Ave NW, WDC]
• Here Come the Mummies - State Theatre
• Justin Martin, J. Philp, and Brian Billion - U St Music Hall
• Krishna Das with Sharon Salzberg and Tsoknyi Rinpoche - 6th & I
• Lana Avacada, Girl Scouts, johnxjackson, Whenskiesaregrey, Bridges, the Art of Creation, Instigate, and Red Exit - Charm City Art Space (Baltimore) (3 PM Show)
• Little Richard - Howard Theatre
• Loving the Lie and the Perfects - Ottobar (Baltimore)
• Michael Kiwanauka and BAHAMAS - Rock & Roll Hotel
• Millionproof, Soulicit, Run River Run, and Last Valorians - Rams Head Live! (Baltimore)
• NOI Philharmonic I - Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center at University of Maryland [Stadium Drive at Route 193, College Park, MD]
• the NVA Finals featuring Defakto, Actual Proof, and DJ Mercury - Jammin' Java (Late show - 10 PM)
• Pat Martino (Undeniable: Live at Blues Alley CD Release Party) - Blues Alley (Two shows)
• Ramona Falls (Brent Knopf, formerly of Menomena) and the Darcys - Red Palace
• Riverdance - Wolf Trap (Filene Center - Two Shows)
• School of Rock presents: Tribute to Monarchy Metal, Monday Rock School 101, Tribute to the 27 Club - Ottobar (Baltimore) (Afternoon show - starts at noon)
• Spanish Fly - U St Music Hall
• Teen Battle of the Bands - Artisphere (Dome Theatre)
• Venomous World Fest 2: Poison Planet, Sectarian Violence, Shaved Women, Misled Youth, and Caust - Ras Hall [4809 Georgia Avenue NW, WDC]
• Vince Gill ("Bluegrass Band") and Sarah Jarosz - Birchmere
• xRepresentx, Refiner, Distances, Lurker, and Of Noble Blood - All Saints Episcopal Church [106 W Church St, Frederick, MD]
• ZeroShift, Along Those Lines, and Cerca Trova - Empire (formerly Jaxx)
• Bach2Rock - 9:30 Club (11 AM Matinee)
• Barbara Cook's Spotlight: Barbara Cook - Kennedy Center (Terrace Theater)
• Bonnie Raitt and Mavis Staples - Pier Six Pavilion (Baltimore)
• Dave Nachmanoff (Step Up CD Release Party) and Tiffany Thompson - Jammin' Java
• David Sanborn & Brian Culbertson (the Dream Tour) - Rams Head Tavern (Annapolis)
• Eric Lindell - the Hamilton
• Experts of Nothing - Wind-Up Space (Baltimore)
• First You Dream: the Music of Kander and Ebb - Kennedy Center (Eisenhower Theater - 1:30 PM & 7:30 PM)
• Gary Valentine - DC Improv [1140 Connecticut Ave NW, WDC]
• Jacob Garbus - Twins Jazz (Two shows)
• Jammin' session (every Sunday) - Mansion on O St [2020 O St NW, WDC] (11 AM to 2 PM)
• Lisa Hannigan & Joe Henry - 6th & I
• Patterson hood (from Drive-By Truckers) - Birchmere
• the Pines and Paul Curreri - IOTA Club & Café
• Riverdance - Wolf Trap (Filene Center - Two Shows)
• School of Rock presents: Tribute to the 27 Club, Wednesday Rock School 101, Tribute to Monarchy Metal - Ottobar (Baltimore) (Afternoon show - starts at noon)
• Steve Smith & Vital Information and Barron Brown/Tom Coster/Vinny Valentino - Blues Alley (Two shows)
• Sunday Gospel Brunch featuring the Harlem Gospel Choir - Howard Theatre (Matinee - 1 PM)
• David Sanborn & Brian Culbertson (the Dream Tour) - Rams Head Tavern (Annapolis)
• Jon McLaughlin (CD release show), Say Chance, and Bob Stamper - Jammin' Java
• Lushfarm, Sound & Shape, and New Media - Sidebar Tavern [218 East Lexington St, Baltimore, MD]
• Mquest - Blues Alley (Two shows)
• Neil Hamburger and Duncan Trussell - Black Cat (Backstage)
• Santigold - 9:30 Club - sold out
• Wretched and King Conquer - Empire (formerly Jaxx)
• the 9 Songwriter Series - IOTA Club & Café
• Capital City Voices Jazz Choir - Blues Alley (Two shows)
• Cory Branan and Audra Mae - Golden West Cafe (Baltimore)
• Diana Krall - Meyerhoff Symphony Hall [Baltimore, MD]
• Fallworth, Cal For Fire, Theycallmepiano, Matt Porter, and Eddy Faulkener - Jammin' Java (@JamnJavaDoorGal's LOCAL SCENE)
• First You Dream: the Music of Kander and Ebb - Kennedy Center (Eisenhower Theater)
• Hawks and Doves (Gared O'Donnell of Planes Mistaken For Stars) and the Future Now - DC9
• the Hives - 9:30 Club
• Jon McLaughlin - Rams Head Tavern (Annapolis)
• Ken Wenzel and Joe Conley - the Black Squirrel [2427 18th St NW, WDC]
• Out of Your Head - Improvised and Experimental Music Collective - Wind-Up Space (Baltimore) (Free!)
• Santigold and Theophilus London - Rams Head Live! (Baltimore)
• Scala & Kolacny Brothers Choir - Warner Theatre
• Scott H Biram and Lydia Loveless - Black Cat (Backstage)
• Soul II Soul - Birchmere
• Tech N9ne, Machine Gun Kelly, Krizz Kaliko, Mayday, Prozak, and Stevie Stone - Baltimore SoundStage
• Teen Mom, the Fatty Acids, and Sat. Nite Duets - Velvet Lounge
• Tuesdays with Marty Nau - Twins Jazz (Two shows)
• We Were Skeletons, Beau Navire, Me Versus I, Fires, and MNWA - Charm City Art Space (Baltimore)
• Cake for Dinner - Strathmore (Outdoors and free)
• Counting Crows - Wolf Trap (Filene Center)
• David Sanborn & Brian Culbertson (the Dream Tour) - Birchmere
• the Fielding Mellish, the Right Condition, and Ghost Town - Velvet Lounge
• Finbar Furey - Jammin' Java
• Fiona Apple - Modell Performing Arts Center at the Lyric [140 W Mt Royal Ave, Baltimore, MD]
• First You Dream: the Music of Kander and Ebb - Kennedy Center (Eisenhower Theater)
• Holy Ghost Tent Revival - DC9
• Honey Island Swamp Band and Bonerama - State Theatre
• K. Flay - U St Music Hall
• the Magician, Plastic Plates, and Only Children - U St Music Hall
• Modest Mouse - 9:30 Club
• Ray Wylie Hubbard - the Hamilton
• Ryan Shaw - Rams Head Tavern (Annapolis)
• She Keeps Bees, Midtown Dickens, and Cigarette - Black Cat (Backstage)
• Shelby Brown - Blues Alley (Two shows)
• Steve Guyger (legendary bluesman) and House of Burgess - the Black Squirrel [2427 18th St NW, WDC]
• Vinso Valega - Twins Jazz (Two shows)
• Ansel Matthews, Jim Shirey, and Daniella - the Black Squirrel [2427 18th St NW, WDC]
• Banding Together '12: The Battle of the Law Firm Bands - A Benefit for Gifts For the Homeless - Black Cat (Mainstage + Backstage)
• Bluebeat DC Ska Night - Solly's [1942 11th St NW, WDC]
• Blues Control - Floristree [405 West Franklin St, Baltimore, MD]
• David Sanborn & Brian Culbertson (the Dream Tour) - Birchmere
• Diana Krall - Wolf Trap (Filene Center)
• Earth, Wind, & Fire - with Orchestra - Pier Six Pavilion (Baltimore)
• Empires and Team Spirit - Jammin' Java
• Emy Tseng (Brazilian jazz vocalist) - Twins Jazz (Two shows)
• Firm Roots: Benjie Porecki, Mark Prince, & Brad Collins (live CD recording) - Blues Alley (Two shows)
• First You Dream: the Music of Kander and Ebb - Kennedy Center (Eisenhower Theater)
• Greg Laswell and Elizabeth Ziman - Rock & Roll Hotel
• Hollertown - Sova [1359 H Street NE, Washington DC] (Thursday night bluegrass)
• Honey Island Swamp Band - Rams Head Tavern (Annapolis)
• Insubordination Fest 2012 Day 1: Dr. Frank and Friends plus more TBA - Ottobar (Baltimore)
• Jefferson Starship - Featuring members Paul Kantner, Cathy Richardson, David Freiberg, Slick Aguilar, Donny Baldwin, Chris Smith - Empire (formerly Jaxx)
• Jill Scott, Kem, Salt-n-Pepa, and Doug E. Fresh - Verizon Center
• Modest Mouse - 9:30 Club
• Nobody Beats the Drum - U St Music Hall
• Orgone - Red Palace
• Phillip Noss, Owen Danoff, Mike Squillante, and Natalie York - DC9
• Rubblebucket and Dinosaur Feathers - the Hamilton
• Slick Rick & the Soul Rebels - Howard Theatre
• the Sword, Red Fang, and Kyng - Sonar (Baltimore)
• the 2012 Nordic Jazz Festival - Twins Jazz (Two shows)
• Ahmad Jamal - Strathmore (Music Center)
• Angela Winbush - Blues Alley (Two shows)
• Aziz Ansari - Meyerhoff Symphony Hall [Baltimore, MD] (Two shows - 7:30 PM & 10:30 PM)
• Brother Shamus and Up the Chain - IOTA Club & Café
• Buika - Howard Theatre (Two shows - 8 PM & 11 PM)
• Canon Blue, Paper Route, and Half Noise - Red Palace
• Eli "Paperboy" Reed - U St Music Hall (Doors at 7 PM)
• First You Dream: the Music of Kander and Ebb - Kennedy Center (Eisenhower Theater)
• Hammer No More the Fingers, Alto Verde, Neutron Bomb, and Two Inch Astronaut - Golden West Cafe (Baltimore)
• Hot Snakes, History Repeated, and Last Year's Men - Rock & Roll Hotel
• Insubordination Fest 2012 Day 2 - Ottobar (Baltimore)
• Joan Sebastian & Pepe Aguilar - Patriot Center
• Johnny Winter - Birchmere
• Just Like Prom Night (80s cover band) - Rockville Town Square [200 East Middle Lane, Rockville, MD] (Friday Night Live: 6:30 - 9 PM)
• LaVell Crawford - DC Improv [1140 Connecticut Ave NW, WDC]
• Lucero - Rams Head Live! (Baltimore)
• RAIN - A Tribute to the Beatles - Wolf Trap (Filene Center)
• Ronnie Laws and Tom Browne - Rams Head Tavern (Annapolis)
• Saint Diablo, Elisium, Arabella, A Tragedy At Hand, Left Stronger, Demiz, and H Society - Sonar (Baltimore) (Talking Head Lounge)
• Spanish Harlem Orchestra - the Hamilton
• Stephen Kellogg and the Sixers - Jammin' Java
• Steven Wright - Warner Theatre
• Walk the Moon - Black Cat (Mainstage)
• Watermelon, Rich Mahogany, and MH the Verb - Velvet Lounge
• Who's Bad: The World's #1 Michael Jackson Tribute Band - 9:30 Club
• the 2012 Nordic Jazz Festival - Twins Jazz (Two shows)
• Angela Winbush - Blues Alley (Two shows)
• Avi Wisnia (7 PM) - Artomatic 2012 [1851 S. Bell St - Crystal City, Arlington, VA] (7th floor Cherry Smash Stage)
• Bad Domes - 8x10 [10 East Cross St, Baltimore, MD 21230] (Doors at 10 PM)
• Bonjour Ganesh! - IOTA Club & Café
• Childish Gambino and Danny Brown - Pier Six Pavilion (Baltimore)
• Dave Brewer's Family Show: Inside My Guitar - Fillmore Silver Spring (11 AM Show)
• Deanna Bogart Band - Rams Head Tavern (Annapolis)
• the Deathbillies (11 PM), Zero Mercury (8:30 PM), dharmata 101 (7:30 PM), Zero Mercury (2 PM) - Artomatic 2012 [1851 S. Bell St - Crystal City, Arlington, VA] (Main Stage)
• the Deer Tracks and Nouela - Metro Gallery (Baltimore)
• Face to Face acoustic (performing Ignorance is Bliss in its entirety) - U St Music Hall
• First You Dream: the Music of Kander and Ebb - Kennedy Center (Eisenhower Theater - 1:30 PM & 7:30 PM)
• The Flamenco Soul Project featuring Javier Limón, Nino de Los Reyes, & Ariadna Castellanos - Howard Theatre
• Get the Led Out: the American Led Zeppelin - Rams Head Live! (Baltimore)
• Insubordination Fest 2012 Day 3 - Ottobar (Baltimore)
• LaVell Crawford - DC Improv [1140 Connecticut Ave NW, WDC]
• the Mynabirds and Sean Bones - Black Cat (Mainstage)
• NOI Philharmonic II - Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center at University of Maryland [Stadium Drive at Route 193, College Park, MD]
• Prodigium, Silence the Blind, Hybrid, Cammo Shorts, Deranged Theory, and One Slack Mind - Fat Tuesday's [10673 Braddock Road, Fairfax, VA]
• Protect-U and Tresors - Velvet Lounge
• RAIN - A Tribute to the Beatles - Wolf Trap (Filene Center)
• Rascal Flatts, Little Big Town, Eli Young Band, and Edens Edge - Jiffy Lube Live
• Sonny Landreth and Milton - Birchmere
• Stephen Kellogg and the Sixers - Jammin' Java
• the Washington Chorus presents Paola Prestini's Oceanic Verses - Kennedy Center (Terrace Theater)
• Yellow Dubmarine and Jordan August - the Hamilton
• the 2012 Nordic Jazz Festival - Twins Jazz (Two shows)
• Angela Winbush - Blues Alley (Two shows)
• As the Kingdom Falls and Epitome of the Weak - Empire (formerly Jaxx)
• Demi Lovato and Hot Chelle Rae - Wolf Trap (Filene Center)
• First You Dream: the Music of Kander and Ebb - Kennedy Center (Eisenhower Theater - 1:30 PM & 7:30 PM)
• Fleetwood Mac: a Jammin Java Songwriters Circle Tribute with Anthony Fiacco, Luke Brindley, Todd Wright, and Michael Pearsall - Jammin' Java
• Jammin' session (every Sunday) - Mansion on O St [2020 O St NW, WDC] (11 AM to 2 PM)
• Jean Cook/David Brown with Janel & Anthony - Historic Bohemian Caverns [2001 11th Street, WDC]
• Kelly Willis & Bruce Robison - Birchmere
• LaVell Crawford - DC Improv [1140 Connecticut Ave NW, WDC]
• A Life Once Lost, Black Sheep Wall, and LTW - DC9
• the Parasites, the Promdates, Braceface, and Trashkanistan - Ottobar (Baltimore) (Upstairs!)
• Rain: A Tribute to the Beatles - Pier Six Pavilion (Baltimore)
• Ringo Starr and His All Starr Band - Meyerhoff Symphony Hall [Baltimore, MD]
• Sunday Gospel Brunch featuring the Harlem Gospel Choir - Howard Theatre (Matinee - 1 PM)
• Van Der Graaf Generator - Rams Head Tavern (Annapolis)
• Walt Wilkins and the Mystiqueros - Mansion on O St [2020 O St NW, WDC]
• the 2012 Nordic Jazz Festival - Twins Jazz (Two shows)
• Battle of the Bands Round 1 - Empire (formerly Jaxx)
• Flamenco Soul Project - Directed by Javier Limon - Baltimore SoundStage
• Glen David Andrews - the Hamilton
• Iona - Jammin' Java
• LMFAO and the Party Rock Crew with special guests Far East Movement, the Quest Crew, Sidney Samson, & more - Patriot Center
• Mishka & Anuhea and Micah Brown - Rams Head Tavern (Annapolis)
• the Proselyte, Flying Snakes, and Akris - Asefu's [1920 9th St NW, WDC]
• Purling Hiss, the Young, and the Convocation - Black Cat (Backstage)
• Andy Zipf, Susan Enan, Heather Mae Foard, and Sarah Kinas - the Black Squirrel [2427 18th St NW, WDC]
• Antoine Knight - Blues Alley (Two shows)
• Ballet Hispanico - Wolf Trap (Filene Center)
• Battle of the Bands Round 1 - Empire (formerly Jaxx)
• Becca Stevens Band and Lauren Mann and Fairly Odd Folk - Jammin' Java
• Dallas Vietty - DC Djangofolies Festival - Twins Jazz (Two shows)
• Fiona Apple - Warner Theatre
• First You Dream: the Music of Kander and Ebb - Kennedy Center (Eisenhower Theater)
• Jimmy Vaughan - Howard Theatre
• Los Campesinos! and Yellow Ostrich - Ottobar (Baltimore)
• Mean Jeans, Shirks, and Hollywood - Comet Ping Pong
• Out of Your Head - Improvised and Experimental Music Collective - Wind-Up Space (Baltimore) (Free!)
• Reel Big Fish and Goldfinger - 9:30 Club
• Stonecreep and Burning Shadows - Sidebar Tavern [218 East Lexington St, Baltimore, MD]
• Watershed and Erica Blinn - DC9
• Bang Tango - Empire (formerly Jaxx)
• Black Cobra and Gaza - Ottobar (Baltimore)
• Chaise Lounge - Blues Alley (Two shows)
• Donora and TeamMate - Rock & Roll Hotel
• First You Dream: the Music of Kander and Ebb - Kennedy Center (Eisenhower Theater)
• Frank Vignola - DC Djangofolies Festival - Twins Jazz (Two shows)
• Modern Day Escape, Dr Acula, Bunny & Bear, From Atlantis, Storm the Threshold, Save Our Sin, and We Reign Eternal - Recher Theatre (Towson, MD)
• Norah Jones - Wolf Trap (Filene Center)
• Retox (featuring Justin Pearson of the Locust) and Regents - DC9
• Stephane Wrembel - Strathmore (Outdoors and free)
• Van der Graaf Generator - Howard Theatre
• the 2012 Nordic Jazz Festival - Twins Jazz (Two shows)
• Becky Warren and the Great Unknowns, the Harley String Band, and Jean Bayou - the Black Squirrel [2427 18th St NW, WDC]
• Brandi Carlile, Josh Ritter & the Royal City Band, and the Lumineers - Wolf Trap (Filene Center)
• Dick Valentine - Black Cat (Backstage)
• Dierks Bentley - Pier Six Pavilion (Baltimore)
• First You Dream: the Music of Kander and Ebb - Kennedy Center (Eisenhower Theater)
• the Head and the Heart - 9:30 Club
• the Lettermen - Rams Head Tavern (Annapolis) (MOVED FROM 12/14/11)
• Modern Day Escape, Dr. Acula, the Bunny the Bear, and From Atlantis - Empire (formerly Jaxx)
• Patrick Lundy & the Ministers of Music - Howard Theatre
• Portland Cello Project - IOTA Club & Café
• the Skatalites, Murphy's Kids, and Full Hundred Band - Jammin' Java
• Stick Mob - Sova [1359 H Street NE, Washington DC] (Thursday night bluegrass)
• the 2012 Nordic Jazz Festival - Twins Jazz (Two shows)
• Chuck Brown - Howard Theatre (Rescheduled from 4/20/12. All original tickets will be honored.) - sold out To Be Rescheduled - All tickets will be refunded at point of purchase.
• Don Giovanni - Wolf Trap (the Barns)
• the Energy, Crooked Crow, and Kerri Leigh - Ebenezers Coffeehouse [201 F Street NE, WDC]
• First You Dream: the Music of Kander and Ebb - Kennedy Center (Eisenhower Theater)
• Half Hearted Hero, Wolves at Bay, and Class Picture - Charm City Art Space (Baltimore)
• Hammer No More the Fingers, More Humans, and Mittenfields - Velvet Lounge
• Honor By August - Rams Head Tavern (Annapolis)
• Jukebox the Ghost, Savoir Adore, and Bright Moments - 9:30 Club
• Kaskade (Freaks of Nature tour) - 1st Mariner Arena (Baltimore)
• Ledisi, Eric Benet, and Chrisette Michele - Pier Six Pavilion (Baltimore)
• Maceo Parker - State Theatre
• Marah, We Were Kings, and Marc Scibilia - Jammin' Java
• Modern Skirts, the District Attorneys, and England in 1819 - Rock & Roll Hotel
• the Pietasters and the Ducky Boys - Ottobar (Baltimore)
• Regina Belle - Blues Alley (Two shows)
• Robert Babicz (live PA), Jubilee, and Solomon Sanchez - U St Music Hall
• the Tender Thrill, Quilt, and Young Magic - Comet Ping Pong
• The Pirates of Penzance - New York Gilbert & Sullivan Players - Wolf Trap (Filene Center)
• Unity (reggae) - Rockville Town Square [200 East Middle Lane, Rockville, MD] (Friday Night Live: 6:30 - 9 PM)
• the 2012 Nordic Jazz Festival - Twins Jazz (Two shows)
• Broken Mic Night for the Avant Garde III - Pyramid Atlantic Arts Center [8230 Georgia Avenue, Silver Spring, MD] (Sonic Circuits event)
• the Dirty Jacks - Jammin' Java
• First You Dream: the Music of Kander and Ebb - Kennedy Center (Eisenhower Theater - 1:30 PM & 7:30 PM)
• Flosstradamus, Willy Joy, and Steve Starks - U St Music Hall
• Futurebirds - Black Cat (Mainstage)
• Iron Maiden and Alice Cooper - Jiffy Lube Live
• Japandroids and Cadence Weapon - Rock & Roll Hotel
• Jesse Malin and Vince Scheuerman - the Hamilton
• John Wesley Harding - Jammin' Java
• Miss Tess and the Bon Bon Parade - Wind-Up Space (Baltimore)
• NOI Philharmonic III - Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center at University of Maryland [Stadium Drive at Route 193, College Park, MD]
• Pauly Shore - Paulytics (televised on Showtime) - 9:30 Club (Two shows - 5:30 PM & 9 PM)
• Rare Earth - Rams Head Tavern (Annapolis)
• Regina Belle - Blues Alley (Two shows)
• Roger Clyne & the Peacemakers - State Theatre
• the Seldom Scene and the Boxcar Lillies - Birchmere
• the Silver Liners (release party!) - DC9
• SilverTung, Beyond the Scar, Moonbaby (tribute to Godsmack), and El Grande - Rams Head Live! (Baltimore)
• Spectrum Road featuring Jack Bruce, Vernon Reid, Jon Medeski, & Cindy Blackman - Howard Theatre
• The Pirates of Penzance - New York Gilbert & Sullivan Players - Wolf Trap (Filene Center)
• Beat Connection and White Arrows - DC9
• Bluegrass Jammin' session (First Sunday of the month) - Mansion on O St [2020 O St NW, WDC] (11 AM to 2 PM)
• Bo Bice - IOTA Club & Café
• Bobby Muncy Quartet - Twins Jazz (Two shows)
• Brian Settles / Central Union - Historic Bohemian Caverns [2001 11th Street, WDC]
• Don Giovanni - Wolf Trap (the Barns)
• Great White, Faster Pussycat, Bullet Boys, Pretty Boy Floyd, and Lillian Axe - Empire (formerly Jaxx)
• the Jacksons - Modell Performing Arts Center at the Lyric [140 W Mt Royal Ave, Baltimore, MD]
• Jim's Big Ego - Jammin' Java
• the Lumineers - Rams Head Live! (Baltimore)
• Motion City Soundtrack, the Henry Clay People, and the Front Bottoms - Ottobar (Baltimore)
• Pharmacists, the Disconnects, Crazy & the Brains, and Troll Tax - Velvet Lounge
• Portico Quartet - the Hamilton CANCELLED
• Regina Belle - Blues Alley (Two shows)
• Serenade! Festival Celebration: Imilonji KaNtu Choral Society, Minnetonka Chamber Choir, Countermeasure (a cappella), Voices of Namibia, Young Adelaide Voices, Verata E Liberia, Zvonky Praha, Boston City Singers, and Cantaré Children's Choir - Strathmore (Music Center - 4 PM)
• Single Mothers, Other Gods (ex-Liar's Academy), and Invitational - Sonar (Baltimore) (Talking Head Lounge)
• Chris Isaak - Birchmere (Rescheduled from May 14 & 15)
• Crosby, Stills, & Nash - Pier Six Pavilion (Baltimore)
• Jammin' Java's Mid-Atlantic Band Battle 7 - Jammin' Java
• Mickey Harte and John Condron - IOTA Club & Café
• Scissor Sisters - 9:30 Club
• Aerosmith and Cheap Trick - Jiffy Lube Live
• Chris Isaak - Birchmere (Rescheduled from May 14 & 15)
• Crosby, Stills, & Nash - Wolf Trap (Filene Center)
• EFJO - the Big Band Sound of WWII - Blues Alley (Two shows)
• Fake Boys and the Harrison Four - Charm City Art Space (Baltimore)
• the Jacksons - DAR Constitution Hall
• Jammin' Java's Mid-Atlantic Band Battle 7 - Jammin' Java
• Out of Your Head - Improvised and Experimental Music Collective - Wind-Up Space (Baltimore) (Free!)
• Scissor Sisters - 9:30 Club
• Wednesday 13 and Biters - Empire (formerly Jaxx)
• Black Breath, Martyrdod, the Secret, Burning Love, and Enabler - Sonar (Baltimore) (Talking Head Club - Southern Lord Records 4th of July Party)
• By & By - Sova [1359 H Street NE, Washington DC] (Thursday night bluegrass)
• the Chris Robinson Brotherhoo - Birchmere (All Standing in the Bandstand)
• Don Giovanni - Wolf Trap (the Barns)
• Elizabeth Mitchell (from Ida) - Wolf Trap (10:30 AM Theatre-in-the-Woods Performance)
• the Fordists, Big Fiction, Spacebach, and the Deads - Casa Fiesta [4910 Wisconsin Ave NW, WDC]
• Howard Jones - performing Human's Lib and Dream Into Action in their entireties - Howard Theatre
• Jammin' Java's Mid-Atlantic Band Battle 7 - Jammin' Java
• John Witherspoon - DC Improv [1140 Connecticut Ave NW, WDC]
• the Men - DC9
• Meshell N'Degeocello - Baltimore SoundStage
• Nada Surf - Rams Head Live! (Baltimore)
• Sarah McLachlan with the National Philharmonic Orchestra - Merriweather Post Pavilion
• Surewill & Joel De Rosario - Blues Alley (Two shows)
• Broadway ROCKS! (Randall Craig Fleischer, conductor) - Hits from Dream Girls, Hairspray, Rock of Ages, and more! - Wolf Trap (Filene Center)
• Elizabeth Mitchell (from Ida) - Wolf Trap (10:30 AM Theatre-in-the-Woods Performance)
• Friends - Rock & Roll Hotel
• George Porter Jr. and Runnin' Pardners - the Hamilton
• Jammin' Java's Mid-Atlantic Band Battle 7 - Jammin' Java
• John Witherspoon - DC Improv [1140 Connecticut Ave NW, WDC]
• Johnny Clegg - Howard Theatre
• Last Train Home - Rams Head Tavern (Annapolis)
• Lee Burridge and Mike Fisher - U St Music Hall
• Lenorable, Synthetic Division, and Miyazaki - Velvet Lounge
• Rumba Club (Latin) - Rockville Town Square [200 East Middle Lane, Rockville, MD] (Friday Night Live: 6:30 - 9 PM)
• Studio Spotlight: Dynamic presentation of opera scenes - Wolf Trap (the Barns)
• Tiebreaker, Refiner, Spine Buster, and Thick Skin - Casa Fiesta [4910 Wisconsin Ave NW, WDC]
• Aaron Crawford & the Bad Cards, Madrone, Fight the Lion, Niki Barr Band, and Elisium - State Theatre
• Battle of the Bands for Mayhem Fest Opening Slot - Empire (formerly Jaxx)
• Don Giovanni - Wolf Trap (the Barns)
• Doug & Telisha and the DT's - Night Cat [5 Goldsborough St, Easton, MD]
• Elizabeth Mitchell (from Ida) - Wolf Trap (10:30 AM Theatre-in-the-Woods Performance)
• Emanitos Verdes - Fillmore Silver Spring
• Gepe and DJs Mafe + Rat - Velvet Lounge
• Iluvatar - Jammin' Java
• John Witherspoon - DC Improv [1140 Connecticut Ave NW, WDC]
• Last Train Home - IOTA Club & Café (Two shows - 4 PM & 9 PM)
• Robyn (DJ set) and DJ Rokk - U St Music Hall
• Roy Clark - Rams Head Tavern (Annapolis)
• Set the Controls: Recreating the music of Pink Floyd - the Hamilton
• SUPER bob - Jammin' Java
• Tangerine Dream - Warner Theatre Now at the Howard Theatre on 7/8
• The Music of John Williams (Steven Reineke, conductor) - the music of Jurassic Park, Star Wars, Jaws, and more - Wolf Trap (Filene Center)
• These United States and the Henry Clay People - Black Cat (Mainstage)
• Tim Barry, Josh Small, and Julie Karr - Red Palace
• Bobby Muncy Quartet - Twins Jazz (Two shows)
• Coldplay, Robyn, and Wolf Gang - Verizon Center
• Furthur featuring Phil Lesh & Bob Weir - Merriweather Post Pavilion
• John Witherspoon - DC Improv [1140 Connecticut Ave NW, WDC]
• Matisyahu & Dirty Heads - Wolf Trap (Filene Center)
• Randy Thompson Band - Jammin' Java
• Studio Spotlight: Dynamic presentation of opera scenes - Wolf Trap (the Barns)
• Tangerine Dream - Howard Theatre
• Zappa Plays Zappa ("Accept No Substitutes") - Birchmere
• Coldplay, Robyn, and Wolf Gang - Verizon Center
• JD McPherson - IOTA Club & Café
• Kate Miller-Heidke - Jammin' Java
• Matisyahu and Dirty Heads - Rams Head Live! (Baltimore)
• 10 Years, Fair to Midland, and Kyng - Rams Head Live! (Baltimore)
• Def Leppard, Poison, and Lita Ford - Merriweather Post Pavilion
• Eddie Brock, Lung Matter, Media Blitz, Morghulis, and Harley Frost - Casa Fiesta [4910 Wisconsin Ave NW, WDC]
• He's My Brother She's My Sister and Sean Rowe - IOTA Club & Café
• Out of Your Head - Improvised and Experimental Music Collective - Wind-Up Space (Baltimore) (Free!)
• Seal and Macy Gray - Wolf Trap (Filene Center)
• Shawn Mullins - Rams Head Tavern (Annapolis)
• Barenaked Ladies, Big Head Todd & the Monsters, and Cracker - Wolf Trap (Filene Center)
• Incwell - Strathmore (Outdoors and free)
• Los Autenticos Decadentes and No Te Va Gustar - Howard Theatre
• Michelle Webb - Twins Jazz (Two shows)
• Buddy Guy and John Mayall - Wolf Trap (Filene Center)
• Marcus Johnson - Blues Alley (Two shows)
• Rhett Miller & the Serial Lady Killers and the Spring Standards - Rams Head Tavern (Annapolis)
• Roger Waters: The Wall Live - Verizon Center
• Scorpions - Merriweather Post Pavilion
• Snowday - Strathmore (Backyard Theatre for Children - 9:30 AM & 11:30 AM)
• the Steel Wheels - the Hamilton
• Yonder Mountain String Band - Baltimore SoundStage
• Buildings, Hume, and Other Colors - Comet Ping Pong
• A Cappella Showcase featuring Cartoon Johnny - Arlington Temple [1835 N Nash Street, Arlington, VA] (VoCALnation Festival)
• Cirque du Soleil - Michael Jackson; The Immortal World Tour - Verizon Center
• the Crawdaddies (cajun/zydeco) - Rockville Town Square [200 East Middle Lane, Rockville, MD] (Friday Night Live: 6:30 - 9 PM)
• Dream Theater and King Crimson ProjeKct - Warner Theatre
• Empire! Empire!, Perfect Future, Harrison Four, Studying, and Carved Our Names - Casa Fiesta [4910 Wisconsin Ave NW, WDC]
• In Gratitude (a tribue to Earth, Wind, & Fire) - Rams Head Tavern (Annapolis)
• Marcus Johnson - Blues Alley (Two shows)
• Marvin Hamlisch - Wolf Trap (Filene Center)
• Mindless Behavior, Lil' Twist, and Jacob Latimore - Pier Six Pavilion (Baltimore)
• Murder By Death and Cory Chisel and the Wandering Sons - Black Cat (Mainstage)
• Passafire - Jammin' Java
• Paul Mooney - the Godfather of Comedy - Howard Theatre (Two shows - 8 PM & 10:30 PM)
• Saving Abel and Fall From Grace - Rams Head Live! (Baltimore)
• Sonia Leigh - Recher Theatre (Towson, MD)
• Spoek Mathambo - U St Music Hall
• Tim Green, Simon Baker, and Brian Billion - U St Music Hall
• AER + OCD: Moosh & Twist - Jammin' Java
• Anders Osborne and Oli Brown Band - the Hamilton
• Best Coast and Those Darlins - 9:30 Club
• Cirque du Soleil - Michael Jackson; The Immortal World Tour - Verizon Center
• Cluster and Afro-Blue - Strathmore (Music Center - Part of the VoCALnation Festival)
• DJ Dan - Rock & Roll Hotel
• Iritis, Mirage, and Rob Martino - Velvet Lounge
• Ky-Mani Marley - Baltimore SoundStage
• Leela James - Rams Head Tavern (Annapolis)
• Marcus Johnson - Blues Alley (Two shows)
• Mike Seeger Commemorative Old Time Banjo Festival 2012 - Birchmere
• the Wizard of Oz (BSO with Emil de Cou,conductor) - Wolf Trap (Filene Center)
• Toby Keith and Brantley Gilbert - Jiffy Lube Live
• A Wilhelm Scream, the Holy Mess, Handguns, Younger Years, and Idleminds - Ottobar (Baltimore)
• ARRIVAL from Sweden (the Music of ABBA) - Rams Head Tavern (Annapolis) (4 PM All-Ages Matinee)
• ARRIVAL from Sweden (the Music of ABBA) - Rams Head Tavern (Annapolis) (7:30 PM 21+ Performance)
• Cirque du Soleil - Michael Jackson; The Immortal World Tour - Verizon Center
• El-P, Killer Mike, Mr. Motherfcking Exquire, and Despot - Rock & Roll Hotel
• From Bel Canto to Can Belto - Wolf Trap (the Barns)
• the Honeydogs and the Grownup Noise - the Hamilton
• Marcus Johnson - Blues Alley (Two shows)
• State Lines, the Hotel Year, and Montpellier. - Charm City Art Space (Baltimore)
• Tom Tallitsch - Twins Jazz (Two shows)
• Van Halen and Ky-Mani Marley - 1st Mariner Arena (Baltimore)
• Leela James - Birchmere
• Maria Muldaur - the Hamilton
• Refused and OFF! - Fillmore Silver Spring
• Blitzen Trapper - Birchmere (All Standing in the Bandstand)
• Dave Mason (co-founder of Traffic) - Rams Head Tavern (Annapolis)
• Neko Case and Kelly Hogan - Rams Head Live! (Baltimore)
• The Orchestre Poly-Rythmo de Cotonou - the Hamilton (Two shows - 7:30 PM & 9:30 PM)
• Out of Your Head - Improvised and Experimental Music Collective - Wind-Up Space (Baltimore) (Free!)
• Pet Parade and What Strange Beast - IOTA Club & Café
• Rusted Root - Recher Theatre (Towson, MD)
• Wilco and Lee Ranaldo Band (of Sonic Youth) - Wolf Trap (Filene Center)
• Abe Ovadia Group - Twins Jazz (Two shows)
• Dave Mason (co-founder of Traffic) - Rams Head Tavern (Annapolis)
• Elijah Balbed Quintet - Strathmore (Outdoors and free)
• Kenny Wesley - Blues Alley (Two shows)
• Marc Cohn - Birchmere
• Mindy Smith (CD Release) - Jammin' Java
• the Rebirth Brass Band - the Hamilton
• Wilco and Lee Ranaldo Band (of Sonic Youth) - Wolf Trap (Filene Center)
• 7 Bridges Band (Eagles tribute) - Rams Head Tavern (Annapolis)
• Abe Ovadia Group - Twins Jazz (Two shows)
• the B-52s and Squeeze - Wolf Trap (Filene Center)
• Cero 30 and DC Tropical Amor DJs - Velvet Lounge
• Chromatics - Rock & Roll Hotel
• the Dangerous Summer, New Empire, From Indian Lake, and Chasing Morgan - Recher Theatre (Towson, MD)
• Dead N Wasted - Empire (formerly Jaxx)
• Everett Harp - Blues Alley (Two shows)
• Hollertown - Sova [1359 H Street NE, Washington DC] (Thursday night bluegrass)
• Jim Messina - the Hamilton
• Morris Day & the Time - Howard Theatre
• OURS - U St Music Hall
• Recess Monkey - Strathmore (Backyard Theatre for Children - 9:30 AM & 11:30 AM)
• Shawn Colvin - Birchmere
• Tom Papa - DC Improv [1140 Connecticut Ave NW, WDC]
• the Casualties, Nekromantix, Down By Law, Lower Class Brats, Flatfoot 56, and the Sheds - Empire (formerly Jaxx) (Tonight We Unite Tour 2012)
• Cerca Trova and Daughter of Stars - Jammin' Java
• Charm City Devils, Niki Barr Band, Wasabi, and the Life In Review - Rams Head Live! (Baltimore) (Mid-Summer's Night Sinner's Ball)
• Johnny Mathis and Brad Upton - Wolf Trap (Filene Center)
• Jonny Grave & the Tombstones, Human Country Jukebox, and the Parlor Soldiers - Black Cat (Mainstage)
• Kiss and Motley Crue - Jiffy Lube Live
• Lower Dens, No Joy, and Alan Resnic - Rock & Roll Hotel
• Matthew Dear (DJ Set) - U St Music Hall
• Papa Grows Funk - the Hamilton
• the Promise Ring and Title Tracks - 9:30 Club
• Shanice - Blues Alley (Two shows)
• Shawn Colvin - Birchmere
• Soul of Summer featuring Jonathan Butler, Warren Hill, and Maysa - Strathmore (Music Center)
• Tom Papa - DC Improv [1140 Connecticut Ave NW, WDC]
• Ttotals - Casa Fiesta [4910 Wisconsin Ave NW, WDC]
• Yellow Dubmarine (Beatles covers) - Rockville Town Square [200 East Middle Lane, Rockville, MD] (Friday Night Live: 6:30 - 9 PM)
• Blame Canada (Rush tribute band) - 8x10 [10 East Cross St, Baltimore, MD 21230]
• Cirque Dreams - Pop Goes the Rock - Wolf Trap (Filene Center - Two Shows - 2 PM & 8 PM)
• Desert Rose Band (Acoustic Quartet - Chris Hillman, Herb Pedersen, John Jorgenson, and Bill Bryson) - Birchmere
• Jay Brannan - U St Music Hall
• Lotus Plaza and Pygmy Lush - Rock & Roll Hotel
• Nicki Minaj - DAR Constitution Hall
• the Right On Band (70s tribute) - State Theatre
• Shanice - Blues Alley (Two shows)
• the Slackers and the Shifters - the Hamilton
• Tom Papa - DC Improv [1140 Connecticut Ave NW, WDC]
• Aria Jukebox - Wolf Trap (the Barns)
• Arnold McCuller - Blues Alley (Two shows)
• Bobby Muncy Quartet - Twins Jazz (Two shows)
• Glen Campbell (The Goodbye Tour) and Instant People - Birchmere
• Hot Chip, Sleigh Bells, and James Murphy (DFA/LCD Soundsystem) DJ Set - Merriweather Post Pavilion
• John Tesh: Big Band LIVE! - Wolf Trap (Filene Center)
• the Persuasions - Jammin' Java
• Sugarland, Canaan Smith, and Lauren Alaina - Jiffy Lube Live
• Glen Campbell (The Goodbye Tour) and Instant People - Birchmere
• Jackson Browne and Sara Watkins - Wolf Trap (Filene Center)
• Aaron lewis - Birchmere (All Standing in the Bandstand)
• Iceage, Dirty Beaches, Give, and Satan's Satyrs - Black Cat (Backstage)
• Jeff Antoniuk & the Jazz Update - featuring Ingrid Jensen - Blues Alley (Two shows)
• Milo Greene - DC9
• Mindy Smith - Rams Head Tavern (Annapolis)
• Out of Your Head - Improvised and Experimental Music Collective - Wind-Up Space (Baltimore) (Free!)
• Rufus Wainwright and Ingrid Michaelson - Wolf Trap (Filene Center)
• Vans Warped Tour - Taking Back Sunday, All Time Low, New Found Glory, Senses Fail, Streetlight Manifesto, Yellowcard, Pierce The Veil, Four Year Strong, Of Mice And Men, We The Kings, Breathe Carolina, Miss May I, Falling In Reverse, Every Time I Die, Mayday Parade, Blessthefall, Chelsea Grin, For Today, Memphis May Fire, Motionless In White, Rise To Remain, Sleeping With Sirens, The Ghost Inside, Vampires Everywhere!, Title Fight, Bayside, Vanna, Polar Bear Club, We Are The In Crowd, Man Overboard, A Loss For Words, Funeral Party, Justina, I Fight Dragons, Machine Gun Kelly, Echo Movement, G-Eazy, Stepdad, The Constellations, Ballyhoo!, Champagne Champagne, T. Mills, Tomorrows Bad Seeds, Mod Sun, The Green, Amyst, Iwrestledabearonce, Born Of Osiris, Chunk! No, Captain Chunk!, Fireworks, Transit, Cold Forty Three, June Divided, Make Do And Mend, Matt Toka, Tonight Alive, Skip The Foreplay, Sick of Sarah, Mighty Mongo, Captain Capa, I Call Fives, Hostage Calm, The Silver Comet, Twin Atlantic, The Darlings, Dead Sara, After The Burial, Koji, Brian Marquis, Owen Plant, Anthony Raneri, Mike Herrera, Wick-It The Instigator, Tony D'Angelo - Merriweather Post Pavilion
• Volbeat, Hellyeah, and Iced Earth - Rams Head Live! (Baltimore)
• William Bonney, Old Gray, Whenskiesaregray, and New Years - Charm City Art Space (Baltimore)
• Aaron Lewis - Rams Head Live! (Baltimore)
• Ana Popovic - Rams Head Tavern (Annapolis)
• Everclear, Sugar Ray, Gin Blossoms, Lit, and Marcy Playground - Wolf Trap (Filene Center)
• Girlyman - Baltimore SoundStage
• Gracias Pero No Gracias, Polaroid Rage, and Panda Sanchez - Velvet Lounge
• Jacob Garbus - Twins Jazz (Two shows)
• Ledisi and Eric Benet - DAR Constitution Hall
• Liars - U St Music Hall
• Lyndsey Highlander - Strathmore (Outdoors and free)
• Paul Di'Anno, Icarus Witch, Widow, and Caultron - Baltimore SoundStage NO LONGER ON VENUE WEB SITE
• Prawn, Calculator, Monument, and Treeforts - Charm City Art Space (Baltimore)
• Theesatisfaction - Black Cat (Backstage)
• BSO presents the Music of Michael Jackson - Pier Six Pavilion (Baltimore)
• Dick Dale - Rams Head Tavern (Annapolis)
• Jimmy Cobb - Larry Coryell - Joey DeFrancesco: "Tribute to Jimmy Smith & Wes Montgomery" - Blues Alley (Two shows)
• Kenny Loggins and Blue Sky Riders - Birchmere
• Moona Luna - Strathmore (Backyard Theatre for Children - 9:30 AM & 11:30 AM)
• Sierra Leone's Refugee All Stars - the Hamilton
• the Tallest Man on Earth - 9:30 Club
• the Legend of ZELDA - Wolf Trap (Filene Center)
• Aisha Tyler - DC Improv [1140 Connecticut Ave NW, WDC]
• Among Wolves, the Honest Mistakes, Tim Kaye Band, and Mike Nestor - Wind-Up Space (Baltimore)
• BSO presents the Music of Led Zeppelin - Pier Six Pavilion (Baltimore)
• Courtlyn Carr - Rams Head Tavern (Annapolis)
• Dan Haas Band (acoustic Rock) - Rockville Town Square [200 East Middle Lane, Rockville, MD] (Friday Night Live: 6:30 - 9 PM)
• Danny Daze, Amirali, and Yacine A. - U St Music Hall
• Empresarios - the Hamilton
• Fear Factory, Voivod, Cattle Decapitation, Misery Index, Revocation, Havok, Dirge Within, Last Chance to Reason, Vildhjarta, the Browning, and Forged In Flame - Empire (formerly Jaxx) (Shockwave 2012 Tour)
• Gian Marco - Fillmore Silver Spring
• Identiy Festival 2012: Eric Prydz, Excision, Madeon, Wolfgang Gartner, Arty, Showtek, Noisia, and more TBA - Jiffy Lube Live
• Jimmy Cobb - Larry Coryell - Joey DeFrancesco: "Tribute to Jimmy Smith & Wes Montgomery" - Blues Alley (Two shows)
• Kindred the Family Soul - Birchmere
• Rod Stewart & Stevie Nicks (Heart & Soul summer tour) - Verizon Center
• the Planets - an HD Odyssey - Wolf Trap (Filene Center)
• 311 and Slightly Stoopid - Jiffy Lube Live
• Aisha Tyler - DC Improv [1140 Connecticut Ave NW, WDC]
• Beethoven's 9th - Wolf Trap (Filene Center)
• the Dan Band - 9:30 Club
• Dean Crawford & Dunn's River Band - Rams Head Tavern (Annapolis)
• Disobey and Old Lines - Charm City Art Space (Baltimore)
• Enrique Iglesias, Jennifer Lopez, and Wisin Y Yandel - Verizon Center
• Jimmy Cobb - Larry Coryell - Joey DeFrancesco: "Tribute to Jimmy Smith & Wes Montgomery" - Blues Alley (Two shows)
• Kindred the Family Soul - Birchmere
• Psycho Killers - a Talking Heads Tribute - Baltimore SoundStage NO LONGER ON VENUE WEB SITE
• Tim Barry, Julie Karr, and Josh Small - Ottobar (Baltimore)
• Toad The Wet Sprocket - the Hamilton (Two shows - 8:30 PM & 10:30 PM)
• Tribute to Stevie Wonder - with Julia Nixon, Chopteeth Afrofunk Big Band, Mary Ann Redmond, and Kenny Wesley - Fillmore Silver Spring
• Yellow Dubmarine and Psycho Killers - Rams Head Live! (Baltimore)
• Alejandro Escovedo - Birchmere (Moved from 6/12/12. All original tickets will be honored.)
• Bobby Muncy Quartet - Twins Jazz (Two shows)
• Happy Together Tour 2012 - featuring the Turtles (featuring Flo & Eddie), the Monkees lead singer Micky Dolenz, Gary Puckett & the Union Gap, the Grass Roots, and the Buckinghams - Wolf Trap (Filene Center)
• Jimmy Cobb - Larry Coryell - Joey DeFrancesco: "Tribute to Jimmy Smith & Wes Montgomery" - Blues Alley (Two shows)
• Joshua Radin and Tristan Prettyman - Rams Head Tavern (Annapolis)
• Mayhem Festival: Slipknot, Slayer, Motorhead, Anthrax, High on Fire, As I Lay Dying, Whitechapel, the Devil Wears Prada, Asking Alexandria - Jiffy Lube Live
• Maze featuring Frankie Beverly, Patti LaBelle, the O'Jays, Kenny "Babyface" Edmonds, and Tank - Verizon Center (Summer Music Festival)
• Moonface (featuring Spencer Krug of Wolf Eyes and Sunset Rubdown) and Siinai - Sonar (Baltimore) (Talking Head Club)
• Saint Motel - DC9
• the Big Pink - Rock & Roll Hotel
• Santana and the Allman Brothers Band - Merriweather Post Pavilion
• Toad the Wet Sprocket - Rams Head Tavern (Annapolis)
• Amadou and Mariam - 9:30 Club
• Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Dance Company - Wolf Trap (Filene Center)
• Dick Dale & band featuring son Jimmy Dale - Birchmere
• Kindred the Family Soul - Rams Head Tavern (Annapolis)
• Out of Your Head - Improvised and Experimental Music Collective - Wind-Up Space (Baltimore) (Free!)
• Bombay Bicycle Club and Plants and Animals - 9:30 Club
• George Thorogood & the Destroyers and Delbert McClinton - Wolf Trap (Filene Center)
• Joan Soriano - Strathmore (Outdoors and free)
• Pat Metheny Unity Band - Rams Head Tavern (Annapolis)
• Appetite for Destruction (Guns N Roses tribute) - State Theatre
• Farafina Kan - Strathmore (Backyard Theatre for Children - 9:30 AM & 11:30 AM)
• Freddy Cole - Blues Alley (Two shows)
• Joshua Radin (Underwater Tour 2012) and Tristan Prettyman - Birchmere
• Legendary Drummer Danny Seraphine and CTA - the Hamilton
• Old Crow Medicine Show and the Milk Carton Kids - 9:30 Club
• Pat Metheny Unity Band - Rams Head Tavern (Annapolis)
• the Temptations and the Four Tops - Wolf Trap (Filene Center)
• Armand Ntep - Twins Jazz (Two shows)
• Freddy Cole - Blues Alley (Two shows)
• Grainger & Friends - Rams Head Tavern (Annapolis)
• Idina Menzel - with Steven Reinke, conductor - Wolf Trap (Filene Center)
• the Nighthawks (blues/roots rock) - Rockville Town Square [200 East Middle Lane, Rockville, MD] (Friday Night Live: 6:30 - 9 PM)
• Old Crow Medicine Show and the Milk Carton Kids - 9:30 Club
• POCO - the Hamilton
• Stravinsky's The Rake's Progress - Wolf Trap (the Barns)
• Armand Ntep - Twins Jazz (Two shows)
• Freddy Cole - Blues Alley (Two shows)
• James McMurtry (solo) - Birchmere
• Poseur's 30th Anniversary Reunion Dance Party featuring Dee Jay Mohawk, Adam Leif, and more special guests - Rock & Roll Hotel
• Summer Slaughter - Cannibal Corpse, Between the Buried and Me, the Faceless, Periphery, Veil of Maya, Job for a Cowboy, Goatwhore, Exhumed, and more! - Sonar (Baltimore) (Main Stage - 1 PM doors)
• Summer Spirit Festival: Erykah Badu, Common, Sharron Jones and the Dap-Kings, Chuck Brown, Estelle, and Eric Roberson - Merriweather Post Pavilion (3 PM Doors)
• Tom Principato Band - Rams Head Tavern (Annapolis)
• West Side Story (Emil de Cou, conductor) - Wolf Trap (Filene Center)
• Yes and Procol Harum - Warner Theatre
• Aaron Neville with special guest Charles Neville - Howard Theatre
• Aesop Rock, Rob Sonic, DJ Big Wiz, Edison, and Dark Time - 9:30 Club
• Au and Tu Fawning - Black Cat (Backstage)
• Freddy Cole - Blues Alley (Two shows)
• Golden Dragon Acrobats from China - Wolf Trap (Filene Center)
• James McMurtry (solo) - Rams Head Tavern (Annapolis)
• Mark Bryan (of Hootie & the Blowfish) - Mansion on O St [2020 O St NW, WDC]
• the SteelDrivers - the Hamilton
• Stravinsky's The Rake's Progress - Wolf Trap (the Barns - 3 PM Show)
• Dukes of September: Donald Fagen, Michael McDonald, and Boz Scaggs - Wolf Trap (Filene Center)
• Deftones and System of a Down - Verizon Center
• Gypsy Kings - Wolf Trap (Filene Center)
• Pat Metheny Unity Band - featuring Pat metheny, Chris Potter, Antonio Sanchez, & Ben Williams - Birchmere
• Pathology, Enfold Darkness, Fallujah, Fit for an Autopsy, and Aegaeon - Empire (formerly Jaxx) (Slaughter Survivors Tour)
• American Idol Live! - with Colton Dixon, DeAndre Brackensick, Elise Testone, Erika Van Pelt, Heejun Han, Hollie Cavanagh, Jessica Sanchez, Joshua Ledet, Phillip Phillips, and Skylar Laine - Verizon Center
• Dan Navarro - Rams Head Tavern (Annapolis)
• Gypsy Kings - Wolf Trap (Filene Center)
• Jacob Garbus - Twins Jazz (Two shows)
• Little Feat and Amy Lennard - Rams Head Live! (Baltimore)
• Marti Brom - Strathmore (Outdoors and free)
• Pat Metheny Unity Band - featuring Pat metheny, Chris Potter, Antonio Sanchez, & Ben Williams - Birchmere
• American Idols Live! - 1st Mariner Arena (Baltimore)
• Angela Stribling - Blues Alley (Two shows)
• Howie Day - Rams Head Tavern (Annapolis)
• Il Divo - Wolf Trap (Filene Center)
• National Youth Orchestra of Canada - Strathmore (Music Center)
• Richard Elliot & Rick Braun - Birchmere
• the Zombies and the Left Banke - Howard Theatre
• Aloe Blacc - 9:30 Club
• the Alternate Routes - Jammin' Java
• Chico Trujillo and Maracuyeah (DJ set) - Artisphere (Ballroom)
• Jeff Coffin & the Mutet - Blues Alley (Two shows)
• O.A.R. and Rebelution - Merriweather Post Pavilion
• the Ravyns (rock) - Rockville Town Square [200 East Middle Lane, Rockville, MD] (Friday Night Live: 6:30 - 9 PM)
• Rick Braun & Richard Elliot - Rams Head Tavern (Annapolis)
• Steve Miller Band - Wolf Trap (Filene Center)
• Acquaviva - Rock & Roll Hotel
• Bad Domes - DC9
• Fresh Music Festival: Keith Sweat, Guy, SWV, K-Ci and Jojo, and Doug E. Fresh - 1st Mariner Arena (Baltimore)
• Howie Day - Birchmere
• Jeff Coffin & the Mutet - Blues Alley (Two shows)
• Linkin Park and Mutemath - Jiffy Lube Live (Honda Civic Tour)
• Live Wire (AC/DC tribute) - State Theatre
• Steve Miller Band - Wolf Trap (Filene Center)
• Stravinsky's The Rake's Progress - Wolf Trap (the Barns)
• ABBA - the Concert - Wolf Trap (Filene Center)
• Avi Wisnia (Brazilian Bossa Nova) - Twins Jazz (Two shows)
• Dan Navarro - Jammin' Java
• the Dangerous Summer and Indian Lakes - Empire (formerly Jaxx)
• Jeff Coffin & the Mutet - Blues Alley (Two shows)
• Kenny Chesney and Tim McGraw - FedEx Field [1600 FedEx Way, Landover, MD 20785]
• Marcus Johnson - Rams Head Tavern (Annapolis)
• Real Estate - 9:30 Club
• Bushwalla - Jammin' Java
• Joe Walsh - Wolf Trap (Filene Center)
• Albert Lee and Erica Nicole - Jammin' Java
• Hank!, Dead North, and Dartagnan - Casa Fiesta [4910 Wisconsin Ave NW, WDC]
• John Hiatt & the Combo - Rams Head Tavern (Annapolis)
• Lyle Lovett - Wolf Trap (Filene Center)
• Marina and the Diamonds and Ms Mr - 9:30 Club
• Tab Benoit and the Voice of the Wetlands All-Stars - with Cyril Neille, Big Chief Monk Boudreaux, Johnny Vidacovich, Waylon Thibodeaux, Johnny Sansone, and Corey Duplechin - State Theatre
• Bob Schneider - Rams Head Tavern (Annapolis)
• Cindy Bradley - Blues Alley (Two shows)
• John Prine and Emmylou Harris - Wolf Trap (Filene Center)
• UkeFest 2012 - Strathmore (Outdoors and free)
• Barry Manilow - Wolf Trap (Filene Center)
• Chatham County Line - Rams Head Tavern (Annapolis)
• the Dirty Projectors and Wye Oak - 9:30 Club
• Queer Queens of Qomedy featuring Poppy Champlin, Zoe Lewis, and Michele Balan - Birchmere
• Tribute to Eva Cassidy: Amikaeyla Gaston, Trelawny Rose, Mary Alouette, and more - Strathmore (Music Center)
• Barry Manilow - Wolf Trap (Filene Center)
• the Black Lillies - the Hamilton
• Charlie Mars - Rams Head Tavern (Annapolis)
• D.L. Hughley - DC Improv [1140 Connecticut Ave NW, WDC]
• Goapele - Birchmere
• Gonzo's Nose (80s/90s cover band) - Rockville Town Square [200 East Middle Lane, Rockville, MD] (Friday Night Live: 6:30 - 9 PM)
• Jammin' Java's Mid-Atlantic Band Battle 7 - Finals! - Jammin' Java
• Charlie Mars (CD Release) - Jammin' Java
• D.L. Hughley - DC Improv [1140 Connecticut Ave NW, WDC]
• DC Fest with MercyMe, Third Day, and more - Patriot Center (3 PM Show)
• Hot August Blues & Roots Festival - Gov't Mule, Trombone Shorty & Orleans Avenue, Justin Townes Earle, Locos Por Juana, Cris Jacobs Band, Magic Slim & the Teardrops, JC Brooks & the Uptown Sound, and more TBA - Oregon Ridge Park [Cockeysville, MD]
• Kim Waters - Birchmere
• Mary Chapin Carpenter and Loudon Wainwright III - Wolf Trap (Filene Center)
• My Morning Jacket and Band of Horses - Merriweather Post Pavilion
• Raheem DeVaughn, Tank, Carl Thomas, and the Panama Band - Pier Six Pavilion (Baltimore) (Hold Your Wife Tour)
• Alan Jackson - Wolf Trap (Filene Center)
• Big Time Rush, Cody Simpson, and Rachel Crow - Jiffy Lube Live
• D.L. Hughley - DC Improv [1140 Connecticut Ave NW, WDC]
• Jacob Garbus - Twins Jazz (Two shows)
• Paul Thorn - Rams Head Tavern (Annapolis)
• Window Liquor and Basement - Charm City Art Space (Baltimore)
• Steve Earle & the Dukes and the Mastersons - Birchmere
• Train, Mat Kearney, and Andy Grammer - Wolf Trap (Filene Center)
• the Brian Jonestown Massacre and Magic Castles - 9:30 Club
• Dave Koz with Candy Dulfer & Average White Band - Wolf Trap (Filene Center)
• Michelle Webb - Twins Jazz (Two shows)
• Franki Valli & the Four Seasons - Wolf Trap (Filene Center)
• Freedom's Children - the Celebration - with Reginald Cyntje - Twins Jazz (Two shows)
• Guy Torry - DC Improv [1140 Connecticut Ave NW, WDC]
• Kelly Clarkson, the Fray, and Carolina Liar - Jiffy Lube Live
• Norman Brown & Gerald Albright - Birchmere
• Psychostick - Empire (formerly Jaxx)
• Raheem DeVaughn - Howard Theatre
• Terence Blanchard (trumpet/Grammy winner) - Blues Alley (Two shows)
• Al Green - Wolf Trap (Filene Center)
• Bobby Keys (of the Rolling Stones) & the Suffering Bastards - Baltimore SoundStage
• Gerald Albright & Norman Brown - Rams Head Tavern (Annapolis)
• Guy Torry - DC Improv [1140 Connecticut Ave NW, WDC]
• Jason Mraz and Christina Perri - Merriweather Post Pavilion
• National Community Church presents The God Anthology - Birchmere
• the Rovers (Irish Celtic) - Rockville Town Square [200 East Middle Lane, Rockville, MD] (Friday Night Live: 6:30 - 9 PM)
• Since Antarctica - Jammin' Java
• Terence Blanchard (trumpet/Grammy winner) - Blues Alley (Two shows)
• Brad Paisley, the Band Perry, and Easton Corbin - Jiffy Lube Live
• Guy Torry - DC Improv [1140 Connecticut Ave NW, WDC]
• Paul & Storm - Birchmere
• the Plums, Lost Civilizations, Anthony Pirog Ensemble, Washerwoman, Cable Rot, NVS Trio, international electromatics, Akris, and sex complex - Pyramid Atlantic Arts Center [8230 Georgia Avenue, Silver Spring, MD] (Sonic Circuits Festival Fundraiser)
• Sing-a-long Sound of Music - Wolf Trap (Filene Center)
• Sonic Circuits Fundraiser - Atlas Performing Arts Center [1333 H St NE, WDC]
• Terence Blanchard (trumpet/Grammy winner) - Blues Alley (Two shows)
• Dethklok, Lamb of God, and Gojira - Pier Six Pavilion (Baltimore)
• Down To the Bone - Rams Head Tavern (Annapolis)
• Guy Torry - DC Improv [1140 Connecticut Ave NW, WDC]
• Straight No Chaser - Wolf Trap (Filene Center)
• Terence Blanchard (trumpet/Grammy winner) - Blues Alley (Two shows)
• Dead Can Dance - Wolf Trap (Filene Center)
• the Atomic Punks (a tribute to early Van Halen) - Rams Head Tavern (Annapolis)
• the Fresh Beat Band - Wolf Trap (Filene Center)
• CLARKE/DUKE 4 ("Bring It" Tour) and Boney James - Wolf Trap (Filene Center)
• Hot Tub Limo - Rams Head Tavern (Annapolis)
• Dan Wallace Organ Quartet with special guest Dan Andrews - Twins Jazz (Two shows)
• the Family Stone Experience - Rams Head Tavern (Annapolis)
• Mose Allison - Blues Alley (Two shows)
• Mose Allison - Blues Alley (Two shows)
• rob Abyer Band (country) - Rockville Town Square [200 East Middle Lane, Rockville, MD] (Friday Night Live: 6:30 - 9 PM)
• the King and I - Wolf Trap (Filene Center)
• Gesaffelstein - U St Music Hall
• Jimmy Buffett & the Coral Reefer Band - Jiffy Lube Live
• Maysa - Birchmere
• Mose Allison - Blues Alley (Two shows)
• the King and I - Wolf Trap (Filene Center - Two Shows)
• Crack the Sky - Rams Head Tavern (Annapolis)
• Crack the Sky - Rams Head Tavern (Annapolis) (All-Ages Matinee)
• Maysa - Birchmere
• Mose Allison - Blues Alley (Two shows)
• the King and I - Wolf Trap (Filene Center - Two Shows)
• Ben Harper - Wolf Trap (Filene Center)
• John Cage 2012 Festival: a reading of Cage's script James Joyce, Marcel Duchamp, Erik Satie: An Alphabet - Arena Stage at the Mead Center of American Theater
• Built To Spill, Helvetia, and Revolt Revolt - Ottobar (Baltimore)
• John Cage 2012 Festival: National Gallery of Art new music ensemble (Steve Antosca, artistic director) - works by Cage, Schonberg, and Tribute works by Jean-Baptist Barriere and Akaija Saariaho, and David Felder - NGA East Building Auditorium (12:10 PM show)
• John Cage 2012 Festival: Recital by Alexis Descharmes with guests Irvine Arditti, Steven Schick, and Jenny Lin - works by John Cage, Erik Satie, Klaus Huber, Pierre Boulez, and a Tribute work by Beat Furrer - La Maison Francaise / Embassy of France
• Kreator and Accept - Howard Theatre
• Patrick Watson - 9:30 Club
• Boyz II Men - Howard Theatre
• Icon of Coil, SITD, and DJ Loss of Signal - Empire (formerly Jaxx)
• John Cage 2012 Festival: Irvine Arditti performs the complete Freeman Etudes by John Cage: an American premiere with real-time sound spatilaization by Jaime Oliver - the Phillips Collection, Music Room [1600 21st St NW] (4 PM)
• Tommy Davidson - DC Improv [1140 Connecticut Ave NW, WDC]
• Boyz II Men - Howard Theatre
• Enter the Haggis and Young Dubliners - Birchmere (All Standing in the Bandstand)
• Gabriel Iglesias - DAR Constitution Hall
• John Cage 2012 Festival: Allen Otte, Russell Burge, and James Culley (Percussion Group Cincinnati) and Steve Schick, Dustin Donahue, Ross Karre, and Bonnie Whiting Smith (red fish blue fish) - with Ross Karre (coordinator) and Nancy Snider (American University Coordinator) - Performances, Theatrical realizations, and Installations featuring the percussion music of John Cage, and Tribute works by Ryan Bridge and Tamzin Ferré Elliott - American University (5:30 PM - 11:00 PM)
• Ruthie & the Wranglers (roots rock and country) - Rockville Town Square [200 East Middle Lane, Rockville, MD] (Friday Night Live: 6:30 - 9 PM)
• Tommy Davidson - DC Improv [1140 Connecticut Ave NW, WDC]
• Bad Domes - DC9
• Common - Lincoln Theatre
• Face of America: Spirit of South Florida - Parsons Dance (Multimedia presentation with live contemporary dance set to the music of Andrew Bird and Tiempo Libre) - Wolf Trap (Filene Center)
• Jason Aldean, Luke Bryan, Jon Pardi, Dustin Lynch, and Greg Bates - Jiffy Lube Live (WMZQ Fall Fest)
• John Cage 2012 Festival: Margaret Leng Tan, piano & voice - Four Walls by John Cage - the Freer Gallery [1050 Independence Ave SW, WDC]
• John Cage 2012 Festival: Piano Recital by Stephen Drury of music by John Cage, a Cage realization by David Tudor, and a Tribute work by Philip Glass - the Kreeger Museum (2 PM show)
• the Legwarmers - Rams Head Live! (Baltimore)
• Melissa Ferrick - Birchmere
• Metal Quest: Rare Candy, Aries, A Sound of Thunder, Dethlehem, and Ender's Game - Ottobar (Baltimore)
• Tommy Davidson - DC Improv [1140 Connecticut Ave NW, WDC]
• Gaelic Storm - Birchmere
• Il Volo - Warner Theatre
• John Cage 2012 Festival: National Gallery of Art new music ensemble (Steve Antosca, artistic director; Steven Schick, guest conductor) - ensemble music by John Cage, Henry Cowell, and Tribute works by Robert Ashley, George Lewis, Steve Antosca, and Roger Reynolds - NGA East Building Atrium (6:30 PM show)
• Peter Bradley Adams - Jammin' Java
• Rock of Ages - Wolf Trap (Filene Center)
• Rush - Jiffy Lube Live
• Tommy Davidson - DC Improv [1140 Connecticut Ave NW, WDC]
• Symphony X - Baltimore SoundStage
• Don Williams - Birchmere
• Kevin Pollak - DC Improv [1140 Connecticut Ave NW, WDC]
• Tony Rice Unit and Red Molly - Birchmere
• Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band - Nationals Park [1500 South Capitol St SE, WDC]
• Don McLean - Rams Head Tavern (Annapolis)
• the Feelies - 9:30 Club
• Kevin Pollak - DC Improv [1140 Connecticut Ave NW, WDC]
• Kris Delmhorst - Jammin' Java
• Sons of Pirates (acoustic rock) - Rockville Town Square [200 East Middle Lane, Rockville, MD] (Friday Night Live: 6:30 - 9 PM)
• Barry Manilow - 1st Mariner Arena (Baltimore)
• Don McLean - Birchmere
• Dragonette - Black Cat (Mainstage)
• Kevin Pollak - DC Improv [1140 Connecticut Ave NW, WDC]
• Kevin Pollak - DC Improv [1140 Connecticut Ave NW, WDC]
• the Kingston Trio - Rams Head Tavern (Annapolis) (4:30 PM - All Ages)
• the Kingston Trio - Rams Head Tavern (Annapolis) (7:30 PM - 21+ only)
• Sync - Historic Bohemian Caverns [2001 11th Street, WDC]
• Firewater - Black Cat (Backstage)
• Ben Howard - 9:30 Club
• Ramin Karimloo - star of Phantom of the Opera and Les Miserables - Birchmere
• Adrianne Gonzalez, Garrison Starr, and Maia Sharp - Rams Head Tavern (Annapolis)
• Florence + the Machine, the Weekend, and the Maccabees - Merriweather Post Pavilion
• Phil Perry - Birchmere
• Dreamstreet (classic rock cover band) - Rockville Town Square [200 East Middle Lane, Rockville, MD] (Friday Night Live: 6:30 - 9 PM)
• John Hiatt & the Combo - Birchmere
• Metric - Strathmore (Music Center)
• John Hiatt & the Combo - Birchmere
• Kix and the Factory - Rams Head Live! (Baltimore)
• Satisfaction (a tribute to the Rolling Stones) - Rams Head Tavern (Annapolis)
• the Avett Brothers - Pier Six Pavilion (Baltimore)
• John Hiatt & the Combo - Birchmere
• Lorelei, Tone, and Blue Sausage Infant - Strathmore (Mansion - Benefit for Sonic Circuits)
• Madonna - Verizon Center - sold out
• Madonna - Verizon Center
• Twin Shadow - Black Cat (Mainstage)
• BoDeans - Rams Head Tavern (Annapolis)
• Aries Spears - DC Improv [1140 Connecticut Ave NW, WDC]
• BoDeans - Rams Head Tavern (Annapolis)
• Fred Hersch Trio - Blues Alley (Two shows)
• Lewis Black - Warner Theatre
• Mark Kozelek (Sun Kil Moon) - Howard Theatre
• Stephen Wade ("The Beautiful Music All Around Us") - Birchmere
• Aries Spears - DC Improv [1140 Connecticut Ave NW, WDC]
• Bodeans - Birchmere
• B'z - Fillmore Silver Spring
• Frank Turner & the Sleeping Souls and Larry & His Flask - Rams Head Live! (Baltimore)
• Joe Sample Trio - Rams Head Tavern (Annapolis)
• Lewis Black - Warner Theatre
• Mambo Combo (tropical & easy listening) - Rockville Town Square [200 East Middle Lane, Rockville, MD] (Friday Night Live: 6:30 - 9 PM)
• Mark O'Connor - Blues Alley (Two shows)
• Sonic Circuits Festival - Atlas Performing Arts Center [1333 H St NE, WDC]
• Sonic Circuits Festival - Pyramid Atlantic Arts Center [8230 Georgia Avenue, Silver Spring, MD]
• Aries Spears - DC Improv [1140 Connecticut Ave NW, WDC]
• Darrell Scott and Cris Jacobs - Rams Head Tavern (Annapolis)
• Joe Sample (trio) - Birchmere
• Mark O'Connor - Blues Alley (Two shows)
• Powerman 5000, Chopper Trike Rebels, Millionproof, and Drift Plan - Baltimore SoundStage
• Several Species - the Pink Floyd Experience - Pier Six Pavilion (Baltimore)
• Sonic Circuits Festival - Atlas Performing Arts Center [1333 H St NE, WDC]
• Sonic Circuits Festival - Pyramid Atlantic Arts Center [8230 Georgia Avenue, Silver Spring, MD]
• Aries Spears - DC Improv [1140 Connecticut Ave NW, WDC]
• Asleep at the Wheel - Birchmere
• Joe Robinson - Rams Head Tavern (Annapolis)
• Larry Graham & Graham Central Station - Howard Theatre
• Mark O'Connor - Blues Alley (Two shows)
• Sonic Circuits Festival - Atlas Performing Arts Center [1333 H St NE, WDC]
• Sonic Circuits Festival - Pyramid Atlantic Arts Center [8230 Georgia Avenue, Silver Spring, MD]
• First Aid Kit and Dylan LeBlanc - 6th & I
• Powerman 5000 - Empire (formerly Jaxx)
• Eliane Elias & Jacqui Naylor - Birchmere
• Godspeed You! Black Emperor - Rams Head Live! (Baltimore)
• John Caparulo - DC Improv [1140 Connecticut Ave NW, WDC]
• Jorma Kaukonen - Birchmere
• Monika Herzig - Twins Jazz (Two shows)
• National Symphony Orchestra (Christoph Eschenbach, conductor): Kelley O'Connor, mezzo-soprano, sings Lieberson & Wagner - Kennedy Center (Concert Hall)
• Peter Mulvey - Jammin' Java
• John Caparulo - DC Improv [1140 Connecticut Ave NW, WDC]
• Jorma Kaukonen and Peter Mulvey - Rams Head Tavern (Annapolis)
• Mulgrew Miller Trio (KC Jazz Club) - Kennedy Center (Terrace Gallery)
• National Symphony Orchestra (Christoph Eschenbach, conductor): Kelley O'Connor, mezzo-soprano, sings Lieberson & Wagner - Kennedy Center (Concert Hall)
• the Rippingtons featuring Russ Freeman - Birchmere
• Sweet Tea Pumpkin Pie Festival (bands and venues TBA) - TBA [DC]
• David Cassidy - Birchmere
• Dr. Lonnie Smith Trio (KC Jazz Club) - Kennedy Center (Terrace Gallery)
• Herman's Hermits featuring Peter Noone - Rams Head Tavern (Annapolis)
• John Caparulo - DC Improv [1140 Connecticut Ave NW, WDC]
• the King's Men with Kirk Franklin, Donnie McClurkin, Marvin Sapp, and Isreal Houghton - Verizon Center (the Spirit of Praise Celebration)
• National Symphony Orchestra (Christoph Eschenbach, conductor): Kelley O'Connor, mezzo-soprano, sings Lieberson & Wagner - Kennedy Center (Concert Hall)
• Peter Mulvey - Night Cat [5 Goldsborough St, Easton, MD]
• Sweet Tea Pumpkin Pie Festival (bands and venues TBA) - TBA [DC]
• Joe Morris Trio - Historic Bohemian Caverns [2001 11th Street, WDC]
• John Caparulo - DC Improv [1140 Connecticut Ave NW, WDC]
• Sonny Landreth - Rams Head Tavern (Annapolis)
• Sweet Tea Pumpkin Pie Festival (bands and venues TBA) - TBA [DC]
• the Whispers - Birchmere
• Sphinx Virtuosi with the Catalyst Quartet and Elena Urioste, violin - Kennedy Center (Terrace Theater)
• Dispatch, Good Old War, and Parkington Sisters - DAR Constitution Hall
• JB Smoove - DC Improv [1140 Connecticut Ave NW, WDC]
• National Symphony Orchestra (Christoph Eschenbach, conductor): Nathalie Stutzmann, contralto, sings Wagner Lieder - Kennedy Center (Concert Hall)
• Robert Glasper Experiment - Birchmere
• Celtic Thunder - Modell Performing Arts Center at the Lyric [140 W Mt Royal Ave, Baltimore, MD]
• JB Smoove - DC Improv [1140 Connecticut Ave NW, WDC]
• National Symphony Orchestra (Christoph Eschenbach, conductor): Nathalie Stutzmann, contralto, sings Wagner Lieder - Kennedy Center (Concert Hall)
• Robert Glasper - Rams Head Tavern (Annapolis)
• Anjelah Johnson - Warner Theatre
• Bad Domes - DC9
• JB Smoove - DC Improv [1140 Connecticut Ave NW, WDC]
• Medeski Martin & Wood - Kennedy Center (Atrium)
• National Philharmonic: Beethoven: the Power of Three - Strathmore (Music Center)
• National Symphony Orchestra (Christoph Eschenbach, conductor): Nathalie Stutzmann, contralto, sings Wagner Lieder - Kennedy Center (Concert Hall)
• Celtic Thunder - Lisner Auditorium
• The Kennedy Center Chamber Players play Bach & Mendelssohn - Kennedy Center (Terrace Theater - 2 PM)
• National Philharmonic: Beethoven: the Power of Three - Strathmore (Music Center - 3 PM)
• This Land is Your Land: Woody Guthrie at 100 - Kennedy Center (Concert Hall)
• Anat Cohen Quartet (KC Jazz Club) - Kennedy Center (Terrace Gallery)
• Bobby Lee - DC Improv [1140 Connecticut Ave NW, WDC]
• Herman's Hermits featuring Peter Noone - Birchmere
• Bobby Lee - DC Improv [1140 Connecticut Ave NW, WDC]
• the Heath Brothers: Jimmy & Tootie Heath (KC Jazz Club) - Kennedy Center
• Raven's Night (bellydance & more) - Birchmere
• Bobby Lee - DC Improv [1140 Connecticut Ave NW, WDC]
• Ramsey Lewis (electric band) - Birchmere
• NSO Pops: Roberta Flack (Steven Reineke, conductor) - Kennedy Center (Concert Hall)
• Amernet String Quartet with James Tocco, piano - Kennedy Center (Terrace Theater)
• Janis Ian - Rams Head Tavern (Annapolis)
• Jason Moran & the Bandwagon with Bill Frisell & Alicia Hall Moran (KC Jazz Club) - Kennedy Center (Terrace Gallery)
• Jim Breuer - DC Improv [1140 Connecticut Ave NW, WDC]
• Kate Clinton - Birchmere
• NSO Pops: Roberta Flack (Steven Reineke, conductor) - Kennedy Center (Concert Hall)
• Jim Breuer - DC Improv [1140 Connecticut Ave NW, WDC]
• Kurt Elling - Kennedy Center (Terrace Theater)
• NSO Pops: Roberta Flack (Steven Reineke, conductor) - Kennedy Center (Concert Hall)
• Tom Paxton (75th Birthday Celebration) - Birchmere
• Jim Breuer - DC Improv [1140 Connecticut Ave NW, WDC]
• Asia (30th Anniversary Tour) - Rams Head Tavern (Annapolis)
• Banjo Summit featuring Bela Fleck, Tony Trischka, Bill Keith, Noam Pikelny, Richie Stearns, Eric Weissberg, Pete Wernick; with Russ Barenberg, Jesse Cobb, Alex Hargreaves, and Corey DiMario - Birchmere
• Midori in Recital: 30th Anniversary Concert - Kennedy Center (Terrace Theater)
• National Symphony Orchestra (Christoph Eschenbach, conductor): Beethoven: Missa Solemnis - Kennedy Center (Concert Hall)
• Tony Rock - DC Improv [1140 Connecticut Ave NW, WDC]
• Delbert McClinton - Rams Head Tavern (Annapolis)
• Lionel Loueke (KC Jazz Club) - Kennedy Center
• National Symphony Orchestra Chamber Concert: Christoph Eschenbach, piano & NSO Principal Players: Music of Beethoven - Kennedy Center (Concert Hall)
• Tony Rock - DC Improv [1140 Connecticut Ave NW, WDC]
• National Symphony Orchestra (Christoph Eschenbach, conductor): Beethoven: Missa Solemnis - Kennedy Center (Concert Hall)
• Roseanna Vitro: Music of Randy Newman (KC Jazz Club) - Kennedy Center
• Tony Rock - DC Improv [1140 Connecticut Ave NW, WDC]
• National Symphony Orchestra: In Recital: Lang Lang, piano - Kennedy Center (Concert Hall - 4 PM)
• Tony Rock - DC Improv [1140 Connecticut Ave NW, WDC]
• Jason Moran & the Bandwagon (Election Night Jam) - Kennedy Center (Millennium Stage)
• Carrie Underwood and Hunter Hayes - 1st Mariner Arena (Baltimore)
• National Symphony Orchestra: In Recital: Lang Lang & Christoph Eschenbach - Kennedy Center (Concert Hall)
• Adam Carolla - Warner Theatre
• Igudesman and Joo (violinist Aleksey Igudesman and pianist Hyung-ki Joo) - Kennedy Center (Terrace Theater)
• National Symphony Orchestra (Christoph Eschenbach, conductor): Lang Lang, piano, plays Beethoven - Kennedy Center (Concert Hall)
• National Symphony Orchestra (Christoph Eschenbach, conductor): Lang Lang, piano, plays Beethoven - Kennedy Center (Concert Hall)
• Ani DiFranco and Blake Mills - 9:30 Club
• Bad Domes - DC9
• National Philharmonic: Prokofiev: Beyond Peter and the Wolf - Strathmore (Music Center)
• National Symphony Orchestra (Christoph Eschenbach, conductor): Lang Lang, piano, plays Beethoven - Kennedy Center (Concert Hall)
• David Alan Grier & the Jason Moran Ensemble (an evening of comedy & music) - Kennedy Center (Concert Hall)
• National Symphony Orchestra (Vasily Petrenko, conductor): Sergey Khachatryan, violin, plays Tchaikovsky - Kennedy Center (Concert Hall)
• Ellis Paul - Jammin' Java
• National Symphony Orchestra (Vasily Petrenko, conductor): Beyond the Score: Shostakovich's Symphony No. 4 - Kennedy Center (Concert Hall)
• Carl Allen-Rodney Whitaker Project (KC Jazz Club) - Kennedy Center
• National Symphony Orchestra (Vasily Petrenko, conductor): Sergey Khachatryan, violin, plays Tchaikovsky - Kennedy Center (Concert Hall)
• Steel Wheels - Night Cat [5 Goldsborough St, Easton, MD]
• Citizen Cope - 9:30 Club
• Citizen Cope - 9:30 Club
• NSO Pops: Seth MacFarlane (Steven Reineke, conductor) - Kennedy Center (Concert Hall)
• Epica, Alestorm, Insomnium, System Divide, and Destiny Potato - Baltimore SoundStage
• Joe Bonamassa - Warner Theatre
• NSO Pops: Seth MacFarlane (Steven Reineke, conductor) - Kennedy Center (Concert Hall)
• Anonymous 4 (a cappella) - Kennedy Center (Terrace Theater)
• National Symphony Orchestra (Juraj Valcuha, conductor): Jonathan Biss, piano, plays Mozart & Ravel - Kennedy Center (Concert Hall)
• Danilo Pérez Trio - Kennedy Center (Terrace Theater)
• National Symphony Orchestra (Juraj Valcuha, conductor): Jonathan Biss, piano, plays Mozart & Ravel - Kennedy Center (Concert Hall)
• National Symphony Orchestra (Juraj Valcuha, conductor): Jonathan Biss, piano, plays Mozart & Ravel - Kennedy Center (Concert Hall)
• Paul Mecurio - DC Improv [1140 Connecticut Ave NW, WDC]
• National Symphony Orchestra (Hans Graf, conductor): Yuja Wang, piano, plays Chopin - Kennedy Center (Concert Hall)
• Paul Mecurio - DC Improv [1140 Connecticut Ave NW, WDC]
• National Symphony Orchestra (Hans Graf, conductor): Yuja Wang, piano, plays Chopin - Kennedy Center (Concert Hall)
• Paul Mecurio - DC Improv [1140 Connecticut Ave NW, WDC]
• Bad Domes - DC9
• National Philharmonic: Handel's Messiah - Strathmore (Music Center)
• National Symphony Orchestra (Hans Graf, conductor): Yuja Wang, piano, plays Chopin - Kennedy Center (Concert Hall)
• NPR's A Jazz Piano Christmas - Kennedy Center (Terrace Theater)
• Paul Mecurio - DC Improv [1140 Connecticut Ave NW, WDC]
• The Kennedy Center Chamber Players play Bach, Milhaud, Reinecke, & Bartok - Kennedy Center (Terrace Theater)
• Paul Mecurio - DC Improv [1140 Connecticut Ave NW, WDC]
• Fine Arts Quartet - Kennedy Center (Terrace Theater)
• Alonzo Bodden - DC Improv [1140 Connecticut Ave NW, WDC]
• NSO Pops: Happy Holidays! (Randall Craig Fleischer, conductor) - Kennedy Center (Concert Hall)
• Alonzo Bodden - DC Improv [1140 Connecticut Ave NW, WDC]
• Nnenna Freelon (KC Jazz Club) - Kennedy Center
• NSO Pops: Happy Holidays! (Randall Craig Fleischer, conductor) - Kennedy Center (Concert Hall)
• Alonzo Bodden - DC Improv [1140 Connecticut Ave NW, WDC]
• Anthony Braxton & the Diamond Curtain Wall Quartet (Taylor Bo Hynum, Mary Halvorsen, Ingrid Laubrock, and special guest Jason Moran) - Kennedy Center (Terrace Theater)
• NSO Pops: Happy Holidays! (Randall Craig Fleischer, conductor) - Kennedy Center (Concert Hall)
• Alonzo Bodden - DC Improv [1140 Connecticut Ave NW, WDC]
• NSO Pops: Happy Holidays! (Randall Craig Fleischer, conductor) - Kennedy Center (Concert Hall)
• A Festive Evening with the Washington Symphonic Brass - Strathmore (Music Center)
• Loni Love - DC Improv [1140 Connecticut Ave NW, WDC]
• Loni Love - DC Improv [1140 Connecticut Ave NW, WDC]
• National Symphony Orchestra: Handel's Messiah - Kennedy Center (Concert Hall)
• Loni Love - DC Improv [1140 Connecticut Ave NW, WDC]
• National Symphony Orchestra: Handel's Messiah - Kennedy Center (Concert Hall)
• Loni Love - DC Improv [1140 Connecticut Ave NW, WDC]
• National Philharmonic: Handel's Messiah - Strathmore (Music Center)
• National Symphony Orchestra: Handel's Messiah - Kennedy Center (Concert Hall)
• National Philharmonic: Handel's Messiah - Strathmore (Music Center - 3 PM)
• National Symphony Orchestra: Handel's Messiah - Kennedy Center (Concert Hall)
• Freddie Cole & the Dizzy Gillespie All-Star Big Band (a jazz New Year's Eve) - Kennedy Center (Terrace Theater)
• Natioanl Philharmonic: Mozart and the Voice of the Viola - Strathmore (Music Center)
• Natioanl Philharmonic: Mozart and the Voice of the Viola - Strathmore (Music Center - 3 PM)
• The Kennedy Center Chamber Players play Brahms & Schubert - Kennedy Center (Terrace Theater - 2 PM)
• National Symphony Orchestra (Christoph Eschenbach, conductor): Tzimon Barto, piano, plays Bartok - Kennedy Center (Concert Hall)
• National Symphony Orchestra (Christoph Eschenbach, conductor): Tzimon Barto, piano, plays Bartok - Kennedy Center (Concert Hall)
• Brian Ganz Chopin Project - Strathmore (Music Center)
• National Symphony Orchestra (Christoph Eschenbach, conductor): Tzimon Barto, piano, plays Bartok - Kennedy Center (Concert Hall)
• The Legacy of Bob Marley - Kennedy Center (Concert Hall)
• National Symphony Orchestra (Christoph Eschenbach, conductor): Dan Zhu, violin, plays Mozart - Kennedy Center (Concert Hall)
• National Symphony Orchestra (Christoph Eschenbach, conductor): Dan Zhu, violin, plays Mozart - Kennedy Center (Concert Hall)
• Eddie Palmieri and the Latin Jazz Septet - Kennedy Center (Terrace Theater)
• National Philharmonic: Lutosawski 100th Anniversary: Remembering Rostropovich - Strathmore (Music Center)
• National Symphony Orchestra (Christoph Eschenbach, conductor): Dan Zhu, violin, plays Mozart - Kennedy Center (Concert Hall)
• National Philharmonic: Lutosawski 100th Anniversary: Remembering Rostropovich - Strathmore (Music Center - 3 PM)
• Monterey Jazz Festival on Tour - Kennedy Center (Terrace Theater)
• Kris Bowers, Thelonious Monk Piano Winner (KC Jazz Club) - Kennedy Center
• Misha Dichter with the Harlem Quartet - Kennedy Center (Terrace Theater)
• Matt Wilson's Arts & Crafts (KC Jazz Club) - Kennedy Center
• National Philharmonic: Philharmonic of Many Colors - Strathmore (Music Center)
• National Symphony Orchestra (Christoph von Dohnányi, conductor): Renaud Capuçon, violin, plays Mendelssohn - Kennedy Center (Concert Hall)
• National Symphony Orchestra (Christoph von Dohnányi, conductor): Renaud Capuçon, violin, plays Mendelssohn - Kennedy Center (Concert Hall)
• National Symphony Orchestra (Christoph von Dohnányi, conductor): Renaud Capuçon, violin, plays Mendelssohn - Kennedy Center (Concert Hall)
• National Symphony Orchestra (Christoph Eschenbach, conductor): Pekka Kuusisto, violin, plays Lindberg - Kennedy Center (Concert Hall)
• National Symphony Orchestra (Christoph Eschenbach, conductor): Pekka Kuusisto, violin, plays Lindberg - Kennedy Center (Concert Hall)
• Natioanl Philharmonic: the American Virtuoso Violin - Strathmore (Music Center)
• National Symphony Orchestra (Christoph Eschenbach, conductor): Pekka Kuusisto, violin, plays Lindberg - Kennedy Center (Concert Hall)
• Anne Sofie von Otter, mezzo-soprano, in recital - Kennedy Center (Terrace Theater)
• National Symphony Orchestra (Christoph Eschenbach, conductor): Music of Mahler, Schubert, & Mozart - Kennedy Center (Concert Hall)
• National Symphony Orchestra (Christoph Eschenbach, conductor): Music of Mahler, Schubert, & Mozart - Kennedy Center (Concert Hall)
• National Symphony Orchestra (Christoph Eschenbach, conductor): Music of Mahler, Schubert, & Mozart - Kennedy Center (Concert Hall)
• Juho Pohjonen, piano - Kennedy Center (Terrace Theater)
• NSO Pops: The Chieftains - Kennedy Center (Concert Hall)
• Trio con Brio Copenhagen - Kennedy Center (Terrace Theater)
• Jaime Laredo and Jennifer Koh with the Curtis Chamber Orchestra - Kennedy Center (Terrace Theater)
• NSO Pops: The Chieftains - Kennedy Center (Concert Hall)
• NSO Pops: The Chieftains - Kennedy Center (Concert Hall)
• Jack DeJohnette 70th Birthday Tour - Kennedy Center (Terrace Theater)
• The Kennedy Center Chamber Players play Nielsen, Prokofiev, & Mozart - Kennedy Center (Terrace Theater)
• Betty Carter's Jazz Ahead - Kennedy Center (Millennium Stage)
• Betty Carter's Jazz Ahead - Kennedy Center (Millennium Stage)
• Betty Carter's Jazz Ahead - Kennedy Center (Millennium Stage)
• Charles Lloyd Birthday Celebration - Kennedy Center (Concert Hall)
• National Symphony Orchestra (Marek Jankowski, conductor): Arabella Steinbacher, violin, plays Beethoven - Kennedy Center (Concert Hall)
• National Symphony Orchestra (Marek Jankowski, conductor): Arabella Steinbacher, violin, plays Beethoven - Kennedy Center (Concert Hall)
• National Symphony Orchestra (Marek Jankowski, conductor): Arabella Steinbacher, violin, plays Beethoven - Kennedy Center (Concert Hall)
• National Symphony Orchestra (Hugh Wolff, conductor): Emanuel Ax, piano, plays Chopin - Kennedy Center (Concert Hall)
• Jason Moran's Fats Waller Dance Party (KC Jazz Club) - Kennedy Center (Atrium)
• National Symphony Orchestra (Hugh Wolff, conductor): Emanuel Ax, piano, plays Chopin - Kennedy Center (Concert Hall)
• National Philharmonic: Bach: Sleepers Awake! - Strathmore (Music Center)
• National Symphony Orchestra (Hugh Wolff, conductor): Emanuel Ax, piano, plays Chopin - Kennedy Center (Concert Hall)
• Soulive (KC Jazz Club) - Kennedy Center (Atrium)
• Jason Marsalis (KC Jazz Club) - Kennedy Center
• New Orleans Bingo! Show - Kennedy Center (Concert Hall)
• NSO Pops: Chris Botti (Steven Reineke, conductor) - Kennedy Center (Concert Hall)
• NSO Pops: Chris Botti (Steven Reineke, conductor) - Kennedy Center (Concert Hall)
• NSO Pops: Chris Botti (Steven Reineke, conductor) - Kennedy Center (Concert Hall)
• National Symphony Orchestra (Jaap van Zweden, conductor): Andreas Haefliger, piano, plays Beethoven - Kennedy Center (Concert Hall)
• Jason Moran & the Bandwagon (KC Jazz Club) - Kennedy Center
• National Symphony Orchestra (Jaap van Zweden, conductor): Beyond the Score: Tchaikovsky's Symphony No. 4 - Kennedy Center (Concert Hall)
• Kenny Barron & Dave Holland - Kennedy Center (Family Theater)
• National Symphony Orchestra (Jaap van Zweden, conductor): Andreas Haefliger, piano, plays Beethoven - Kennedy Center (Concert Hall)
• Kalichstein-Laredo-Robinson Trio - Kennedy Center (Terrace Theater)
• Fred Hersch & Julian Lage - Kennedy Center
• National Symphony Orchestra (Christoph Eschenbach, conductor): Music of Schnittke & Shostakovich - Kennedy Center (Concert Hall)
• National Philharmonic: the Melodies of Brahms - Strathmore (Music Center)
• National Philharmonic: the Melodies of Brahms - Strathmore (Music Center - 3 PM)
• Dawn Upshaw with Crash Ensemble - Kennedy Center (Terrace Theater)
• Mary Lou Williams Women in Jazz Festival - Kennedy Center (Terrace Theater)
• NSO Pops: The Wizard and I: The Musical Journey of Stephen Schwartz (Steven Reineke, conductor) - Kennedy Center (Concert Hall)
• Mary Lou Williams Women in Jazz Festival - Kennedy Center (Terrace Theater)
• NSO Pops: The Wizard and I: The Musical Journey of Stephen Schwartz (Steven Reineke, conductor) - Kennedy Center (Concert Hall)
• Mary Lou Williams Women in Jazz Festival - Kennedy Center (Terrace Theater)
• NSO Pops: The Wizard and I: The Musical Journey of Stephen Schwartz (Steven Reineke, conductor) - Kennedy Center (Concert Hall)
• National Symphony Orchestra (John Adams, conductor): Jeremy Denk, piano, plays Ravel - Kennedy Center (Concert Hall)
• National Symphony Orchestra (John Adams, conductor): Jeremy Denk, piano, plays Ravel - Kennedy Center (Concert Hall)
• National Philharmonic: Wagner 200th Anniversary Celebration - Strathmore (Music Center)
• National Symphony Orchestra (John Adams, conductor): Jeremy Denk, piano, plays Ravel - Kennedy Center (Concert Hall)
• DC Jazz Festival - Kennedy Center
• National Symphony Orchestra (Jakub Hrusa, conductor): Augustin Hadelich, violin & Nadezhda Serdyuk, mezzo-soprano - Kennedy Center (Concert Hall)
• National Symphony Orchestra (Jakub Hrusa, conductor): Augustin Hadelich, violin & Nadezhda Serdyuk, mezzo-soprano - Kennedy Center (Concert Hall)
• National Philharmonic: Carmina Burana - Strathmore (Music Center)
• National Symphony Orchestra (Jakub Hrusa, conductor): Augustin Hadelich, violin & Nadezhda Serdyuk, mezzo-soprano - Kennedy Center (Concert Hall)
• National Philharmonic: Carmina Burana - Strathmore (Music Center - 3 PM)
• National Symphony Orchestra (Matthew Halls, conductor): David Hardy, cello, plays Dutilleux - Kennedy Center (Concert Hall)
• National Symphony Orchestra (Matthew Halls, conductor): David Hardy, cello, plays Dutilleux - Kennedy Center (Concert Hall)
• National Symphony Orchestra (Matthew Halls, conductor): David Hardy, cello, plays Dutilleux - Kennedy Center (Concert Hall)
• National Symphony Orchestra (Krzysztof Urbanski, conductor): Jean-Yves Thibaudet, piano, plays MacMillan & Saint-Saëns - Kennedy Center (Concert Hall)
• National Symphony Orchestra (Krzysztof Urbanski, conductor): Jean-Yves Thibaudet, piano, plays MacMillan & Saint-Saëns - Kennedy Center (Concert Hall)
• National Symphony Orchestra (Krzysztof Urbanski, conductor): Jean-Yves Thibaudet, piano, plays MacMillan & Saint-Saëns - Kennedy Center (Concert Hall)
• One Direction - Verizon Center
