• 2017-2018 Kennedy Center Citizen Artist Fellows - Kennedy Center (Millennium Stage)
• the Brian Jonestown Massacre and Dot Dash - 9:30 Club
• Charlie Worsham and Lauren Calve - Gypsy Sally's
• Dan Croll and the Dig - Rock & Roll Hotel
• Dead Cross and Secret Chiefs 3 - Baltimore SoundStage
• the Flail - Twins Jazz (Two shows)
• Jackal, Basscamp, and SMASHA - U St Music Hall (Late show - 10:30 PM)
• the James Brown Dance Party: the Funkiest All-Star Tribute In Show Business - the Hamilton
• Kromanauts - Bossa
• Lightshow - Fillmore Silver Spring
• London Calling (a tribute to the legendary British bands of the 60s and 70s) - Jammin' Java (Early show - 7 PM)
• the Manhattans featuring Gerald Alston - Birchmere - sold out
• Marco Antonio Solis - Patriot Center / EagleBank Arena
• Mark Bryan (of Hootie and the Blowfish) and the Screaming Trojans with Taylor Carson - Jammin' Java (Late show - 10 PM)
• Matthew Sweet - Rams Head On Stage (Annapolis)
• Mike P. Ryan and the Sweet Nolas Po'Boys - Gypsy Sally's (Free - in the Vinyl Lounge)
• Mike Stern - Dennis Chambers with Tom Kennedy & Randy Brecker - Blues Alley (Two shows)
• Mount Eerie - St. Stephen & the Incarnation Episcopal Church
• NE-HI and Paperhaus - DC9 (Early show - 6:30 PM)
• Shabazz Palaces, Porter Ray, and DJ Ayescold - Black Cat (Mainstage)
• Show Pony, Jerkagram, Caustic Casanova, and NAH. - Slash Run [201 Upshur St NW, WDC]
• Sun Dogs - State Theatre
• Taking Back Sunday - Power Plant Live [34 Market Place, Baltimore, MD]
• Tank - Howard Theatre
• Tei Shi - U St Music Hall (Early show - 7 PM)
• Trevor Noah - Kennedy Center (Concert Hall - 7 PM & 9:30 PM)
• 2 Chainz and Young Dolph - Fillmore Silver Spring (Pretty Girls Like Trap Music Tour 2017) - sold out
• 2017-2018 Kennedy Center Citizen Artist Fellows - Kennedy Center (Millennium Stage)
• the Afghan Whigs and Har Mar Superstar - 9:30 Club
• Anatomy of Frank, J. Flax & the Heart Attacks, and Cinema Hearts - Slash Run [201 Upshur St NW, WDC]
• Apocalyptica: plays Metallica by Four Cellos Tour - Lincoln Theatre
• ARIZONA and Glades - U St Music Hall (Early show - 7 PM) - sold out
• the Bayside Tigers (90s Tribute) - State Theatre
• Big Thief, Lucy Dacus, and Molly Sarlé - Black Cat (Mainstage) - sold out
• Birdtalker and Becca Mancari - Jammin' Java (Late show - 9:30 PM)
• Bottled Up, Wae, Play3r, and Viu - Rock & Roll Hotel
• Brad Paisley, Dustin Lynch, Chase Bryant, and Lindsay Ell - Jiffy Lube Live (2017 Country Megaticket)
• Chante Moore - Howard Theatre (8 PM Show)
• Cher - the Theater at MGM National Harbor [7100 Oxon Hill Rd, Oxon Hill, MD]
• the Dangerous Summer - Metro Gallery (Baltimore) - sold out
• Deep Sugar 14th Anniversary with DJ Byron b2b Mookie Wizzo - U St Music Hall (Late show - 10:30 PM)
• Echoheart, All Of Sun, Never Hide, Face Value, Dakota Kade - Sidebar Tavern (Baltimore)
• the Flail - Twins Jazz (Two shows)
• Graham Stone and Olivia Millerschin - Gypsy Sally's (Free - in the Vinyl Lounge)
• Gustavo Dudamel and the National Youth Orchestra of Venezuela - Wolf Trap (Filene Center)
• Kix and Pretty Monsters - Rams Head Live! (Baltimore)
• Live at the Fillmore (The Original Allman Brothers Band tribute) - Rams Head On Stage (Annapolis)
• Luther Re-Lives with Drew Olivia Tillman - the Hamilton
• Michael Martelly - Howard Theatre (Late show - 11 PM)
• Mike Stern - Dennis Chambers with Tom Kennedy & Randy Brecker - Blues Alley (Two shows)
• Mixtape 9 Year Anniversary Party with DJs Shea Van Horn & Matt Bailer - 9:30 Club (11 PM Show)
• My Brother My Brother & Me (podcast) - Lisner Auditorium - sold out
• Parthenon Huxley performs new songs & rare nuggets - Jammin' Java (Early show - 6 PM)
• Picture This - Rock & Roll Hotel NO LONGER ON VENUE WEB SITE
• Psycho Killers (Talking Heads tribute) and Rockville Strings - Gypsy Sally's
• Sarah Potenza and Paleface - Hill Country Live [410 7th St NW, WDC]
• the Seldom Scene & Jonathan Edwards - Birchmere
• Shabazz Palaces, Porter Ray, Bobbi Rush, JPEGMafia, and Station North Sadboi - Ottobar (Baltimore)
• Smantx EP release show with the Henchmen, Yo No Say, Milton J & the Leftovers, and Thunder Club - Baltimore SoundStage
• Team Familiar - Strathmore (Live from the Lawn)
• Tha Raw, Stranger, Delta Creeps, and Paul Santoris Random Opponent - Velvet Lounge
• Trevor Noah - Kennedy Center (Concert Hall)
• Aldous Harding and Den-Mate - DC9
• Anatomy of Frank and June Star - Wind-Up Space (Baltimore)
• Beverly and EZTV - Black Cat (Backstage)
• Beyond Peace, the Unknown Threat, and Speculative Friction - Slash Run [201 Upshur St NW, WDC]
• Brass-A-Holics - the Hamilton
• Cher - the Theater at MGM National Harbor [7100 Oxon Hill Rd, Oxon Hill, MD]
• Conspirator and Electric Love Machine - Gypsy Sally's
• the Fabulous Hubcaps - Rams Head On Stage (Annapolis)
• Hot Rize - Birchmere
• Mike Stern - Dennis Chambers with Tom Kennedy & Randy Brecker - Blues Alley (Two shows)
• Nathan For You - Sneak Peak and Q&A - Lincoln Theatre
• Neotolia - Twins Jazz (Two shows)
• Nick Murphy (Chet Faker), Charlotte Cardin, and Heathered Pearls - 9:30 Club
• Rachel Baiman - Kennedy Center (Millennium Stage)
• Rick Springfield and Richard Marx - Wolf Trap (Filene Center)
• the Rumpus Room with Marc Meistro and Stereo Faith - U St Music Hall (11 AM Show)
• Star FK Radium and Two Ton Twig - Galaxy Hut
• Teenage Bottlerocket, OC45, and Beatnik Termites - Ottobar (Baltimore)
• Tom Jones - Pier Six Pavilion (Baltimore)
• Tom Russell Duo (album release show) - Jammin' Java
• William Hooker and Weed Tree - RhizomeDC [6950 Maple St NW, WDC]
• Alison Moyet (of Yazoo) - 6th & I
• Bideew Bou Bess - Kennedy Center (Millennium Stage)
• Big Boi - Fillmore Silver Spring
• Black Cat 24th Anniversary Show: Fuzzqueen, Foster Carrots, Foul Swoops, Bust Down, comedy by Noel Manzullo, and vinyl spun by Dante & Friends - Black Cat (Backstage)
• Hurray for the Riff Raff, Xenia Rubinos, and Joy Postell - Rams Head Live! (Baltimore)
• Jarrod Lawson - Blues Alley (Two shows)
• Kuschty Rye Ergot, Jeff Barsky, and Bushmeat Airways - RhizomeDC [6950 Maple St NW, WDC] (Andrew McCarry memorial show)
• Mobley, Redline Graffiti, and exits - Jammin' Java
• Nick Murphy (Chet Faker), Charlotte Cardin, and Heathered Pearls - 9:30 Club
• Slaves, Secrets, Out Came the Wolves, and Picturesque - Ottobar (Baltimore)
• Tank & the Bangas and Sweet Crude - U St Music Hall (Early show - 7 PM) - sold out
• Tim Darcy and Devon Welsh - DC9
• Witchtrial, Quayde LaHüe, and An Invitation - Slash Run [201 Upshur St NW, WDC]
• 2Cellos - Wolf Trap (Filene Center)
• Bellydance Evolution - Birchmere
• Best Coast, Snail Mail, and Vayda - Ottobar (Baltimore) - sold out
• the Cambodian Space Project - Kennedy Center (Millennium Stage)
• Frankie Rose, Splashh, and Suburban Living - DC9
• Gordon Sterling Presents: the Gypsy Sally's Jam - Gypsy Sally's
• Johnny Fantastic, Shark Jackson, NarkotroniK, and AquaReef - Velvet Lounge
• the Magic Beans, Derd Berner, and Sauce - Jammin' Java
• Mondo Cozmo and Flagship - U St Music Hall (Early show - 7 PM)
• Nicole Atkins and the Kernal - the Hamilton
• Pat Benatar & Neil Giraldo and Toto - Pier Six Pavilion (Baltimore)
• Rod Picott - Hill Country Live [410 7th St NW, WDC]
• Stanley Jordan - Rams Head On Stage (Annapolis)
• Steve Earle & the Dukes and the Mastersons - Baltimore SoundStage
• Swervedriver: performing Raise and Mezcal Head - Black Cat (Mainstage)
• Swing Shift - Blues Alley (Two shows)
• Tom Jones - the Theater at MGM National Harbor [7100 Oxon Hill Rd, Oxon Hill, MD]
• UB40 Legends Ali, Astro, & Mickey - Howard Theatre
• Big Bad Voodoo Daddy - Birchmere
• Black Joe Lewis & the Honeybears and Lightnin Malcolm - Ottobar (Baltimore)
• De'Sean Jones & Knomadik - Twins Jazz (Two shows)
• Del the Funky Homosapien and Richie Cunning with DJ Bad DJ - Rock & Roll Hotel
• Don Q, Loso Loaded, S.U. the Clique, and Drewskii Doe - Baltimore SoundStage
• Duo B. plus Sarah Hughes Trio plus Michaels-Weber Duo - Wind-Up Space (Baltimore)
• El Ten Eleven and Sego - Metro Gallery (Baltimore)
• Eli Lev, Loi Loi, Kittens Slay Dragons, and Shyguy - Velvet Lounge
• Garrison Keillor's Love & Comedy Tour 2017 featuring Richard Dworsky & The Road Hounds, Heather Masse, and Fred Newman - Pier Six Pavilion (Baltimore)
• Josecito Alvarenga - Kennedy Center (Millennium Stage)
• Joseph and Bailen - 9:30 Club
• Julian Velard - DC9
• Karla Bonoff - Rams Head On Stage (Annapolis)
• the Last Revel and Jon Stickley Trio - Gypsy Sally's
• Lionize, Tomato Dodgers, and Raygunomics - Black Cat (Backstage)
• Paramore - the Theater at MGM National Harbor [7100 Oxon Hill Rd, Oxon Hill, MD]
• Sonder - U St Music Hall (Early show - 7 PM)
• St. Paul & the Broken Bones and Banditos - Rams Head Live! (Baltimore)
• Veronneau (CD release party) - Blues Alley (Two shows)
• Yes featuring Jon Anderson, Trevor Rabin, & Rick Wakeman - Wolf Trap (Filene Center)
• 32nd Annual Mayors Arts Awards - Lincoln Theatre
• Andy Woodhull & "Mello" Mike Miller - AMP
• Big Bad Voodoo Daddy - Rams Head On Stage (Annapolis)
• Boyce Avenue, Madilyn Bailey, and Megan Davies - Fillmore Silver Spring
• BSO: Tchaikovsky Thrill Ride - Strathmore (Music Center)
• Citizen Cope: solo/acoustic listening performance - Rams Head Live! (Baltimore)
• Combo Chimbita and Dark Water Rising - Kennedy Center (Millennium Stage)
• David Liebe Hart (Adult Swim / Tim & Eric) - Ottobar (Baltimore)
• Dennis DeYoung & the Music of Styx - Maryland Hall for the Creative Arts [801 Chase Street, Annapolis, MD]
• Dust Moth, Mustard Gas & Roses (featuring Mike Gallagher from the band Isis), and Thought Eater - Metro Gallery (Baltimore)
• the Funky Meters and 7Come11 - the Hamilton
• the Heavy Pets and Staycation - Gypsy Sally's
• J Balvin - Patriot Center / EagleBank Arena (Energia Tour)
• Nelson Dougherty - Twins Jazz (Two shows)
• NOTS (Goner Records, Memphis) and Quitter - Wind-Up Space (Baltimore)
• Penny & Sparrow and Lowland Hum - Birchmere
• Prophets of Rage - 9:30 Club - sold out
• Sizzla - Howard Theatre (Rescheduled from 6/29/17)
• Steve Martin & Martin Short - Wolf Trap (Filene Center - An Evening You Will Forget for the Rest of Your Lives)
• Street Corner Symphony and Capital Blend - Jammin' Java
• Varsity - Comet Ping Pong
• Waker and Pierce Edens - DC9
• the Werks & Passafire - U St Music Hall (Early show - 6 PM)
• Wild Belle and Fred Thomas - Black Cat (Mainstage)
• Yellowjackets - Blues Alley (Two shows)
• 2017 NEA National Heritage Fellowships Concert - Lisner Auditorium
• Andres Cepeda - Howard Theatre
• Appetite for Destruction (Guns N' Roses tribute) - Rams Head On Stage (Annapolis)
• Big Sandy & His Fly-Rite Boys - IOTA Club & Café
• Brockhampton and Romil - Rock & Roll Hotel (Two shows - 6 PM & 10 PM) - sold out
• Bruno Martini - U St Music Hall (Late show - 10:30 PM)
• Chris Smither and Milton - the Hamilton
• Christine Lavin (Spaghettification album release concert) with Doug Mishkin - Jammin' Java
• Electric Guest and TOMI - Metro Gallery (Baltimore)
• Eugenie Jones - Twins Jazz (Two shows)
• Frenship and William Bolton - DC9 (Early show - 6:30 PM)
• High Voltage (AC/DC tribute) - Fillmore Silver Spring (Big 100 Throwback Bash)
• Inquisition, UADA, and Volahn - the Pinch [3548 14th St NW, WDC]
• John Mark McMillan, the Brilliance, and LaPeer - McLean Bible Church [8925 Leesburg Pike, Vienna, VA] (Mercury & Lightning Tour)
• Karla Bonoff - Birchmere
• Kendall Street Company (album release show), Iron Eyes Cody, and Pressing Strings - Gypsy Sally's
• MHD - U St Music Hall (Early show - 7 PM)
• Ms Lauryn Hill & Nas with Hannibal Buress and Chronixx - Jiffy Lube Live
• NSO Pops: Blue Suede Tunes with Frankie Moreno - Kennedy Center (Concert Hall)
• Onespot, Stars & the Sea, and Indictments - Joe Squared [33 West North Ave, Baltimore, MD]
• Pasadena's farewell show with Bumpin Uglies, Bond & Bentley, the Grilled Lincolns, Sweet Leda, and Minlus & McCracken - Baltimore SoundStage
• Shreyah Ghosal - the Theater at MGM National Harbor [7100 Oxon Hill Rd, Oxon Hill, MD]
• Sonic Circuits Festival of Experimental Music (Day 1) - Ryan Keberie & Catharsis, MV Carbon / Eve Essex / Hunter Hunt-Hendrix, Geoff Wilt, Jax Deluca - RhizomeDC [6950 Maple St NW, WDC]
• Sound Underground - Kennedy Center (Millennium Stage)
• Steve Martin & Martin Short - Wolf Trap (Filene Center - An Evening You Will Forget for the Rest of Your Lives)
• Sturgill Simpson and Fantastic Negrito - Merriweather Post Pavilion
• Sun Ra Arkestra under the direction of Marshall Allen - Ottobar (Baltimore) (Celebrated Summer's 11th & Ottobar's 20th Anniversary Bash)
• Ted Leo & the Pharmacists and TK Echo - Black Cat (Mainstage)
• the Weeknd, Gucci Mane, and Nav - Capital One Arena (formerly Verizon Center) (Starboy: Legend of the Fall 2017 World Tour: Phase 2)
• Yellowjackets - Blues Alley (Two shows)
• ZOSO (Led Zeppelin tribute) and Pierce Edens - State Theatre
• 3rd Annual Wounded Warrior Benefit Concert - Pier Six Pavilion (Baltimore)
• Arcade Fire - Capital One Arena (formerly Verizon Center) (Infinite Content Tour)
• Astrid S and Jasmine Thompson - U St Music Hall (Early show - 7 PM)
• Back To the 90s: Grunge Unplugged featuring Lithium (Nirvana tribute), Erik Bradford (Chris Cornell tribute), and Brains of J (Pearl Jam tribute) - Jammin' Java (Late show - 9:30 PM)
• Brodown Throwdown 6: Names, Mike of Doom, High Waisted, the Coax, Raindeer, Copes, Teen Mortgage, Venn, Cold Beaches - Rock & Roll Hotel (Free - 1 PM Show)
• Candy Machine, Roads to Space Travel, and DJ David Koslowski (of Liquor Bike/Gerty/Baby's On Fire) - Ottobar (Baltimore) (Ottobar's 20-year anniversary bash)
• Cemetery, Luminous Vault, Axebreaker, and Social Station - Sidebar Tavern (Baltimore)
• Cheetah Chrome's Dead Boys Set with Ravagers, the Goons, Natioanl Razor F.D.I.C., DJ El Suprimo - Metro Gallery (Baltimore)
• Coyote Peterson - Lincoln Theatre (Brave Adventures Tour)
• Dada and the Trews - Rams Head Live! (Baltimore)
• Dream Discs: the Rolling Stones Sticky Fingers and Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers Damn the Torpedoes - the Hamilton
• Eugenie Jones - Twins Jazz (Two shows)
• Feed Me Disco ft. Eau Claire - U St Music Hall (Late show - 10:30 PM)
• Gavin Turek and DJ Ayes Cold - DC9
• Gipsy Kings featuring Nicolas Reyes and Tonino Baliardo - Wolf Trap (Filene Center)
• Hot in Herre: 2000s Dance Party with DJs Will Eastman and Brian Billion - 9:30 Club
• Less Art and Vattnet - Songbyrd Music House & Record Café [2477-2475 18th St NW, WDC]
• Mariachi Herencia de México - Kennedy Center (Millennium Stage)
• Maysa - Birchmere
• NSO Pops: Blue Suede Tunes with Frankie Moreno - Kennedy Center (Concert Hall)
• Obituary, Exodus, Power Trip, and Dust Bolt - Baltimore SoundStage
• Post Malone - Fillmore Silver Spring - sold out
• Sam Hunt, Maren Morris, Chris Janson, and Ryan Follese - Jiffy Lube Live (15 in a 30 Tour)
• Shenandoah Run - Jammin' Java (Early show - 6:30 PM)
• the Skip Castro Band - Gypsy Sally's
• Sonic Circuits Festival of Experimental Music (Day 2) - Marcia Bassett & Bob Bellerue, Brian Osborne & Nick Millevoi, Samara Lubelski, Cathy van Eck, Sgt Pepper's Plastic Inevitable Pet Sounds, duo B., Six-Six, Lime Rickey International, Communicating Vessels, Autumn Pool - RhizomeDC [6950 Maple St NW, WDC]
• Stephen Wade (DC's Banjo Dancing master) - AMP
• Ted Leo & the Pharmacists and Soccer Team - Black Cat (Mainstage)
• The Princess Bride: An Inconceivable Evening with Cary Elwes - Strathmore (Music Center)
• Trial By Fire (Journey tribute) - State Theatre
• The Weight Band featuring members of the Band, Levon Helm Band, & Rick Danko Group - Rams Head On Stage (Annapolis)
• Xiu Xiu and H.O.W. & Re-Tros (Beijing post-punk) - Wind-Up Space (Baltimore)
• Yellowjackets - Blues Alley (Two shows)
• Young the Giant, Cold War Kids, and Joywave - Merriweather Post Pavilion (Home of the Strange Tour)
• BadBadNotGood - 9:30 Club
• BoDeans: Stripped Down, Beautiful Renditions of BoDeans Classics - Rams Head On Stage (Annapolis) (Rescheduled from 4/30/17)
• Concert for Yoko Ono, Washington and the World: Kim Gordon, Lizzi Bougatsos, and Moor Mother - Hirshhorn Museum [700 Independence Ave SW, WDC]
• Corcoran Holt - Kennedy Center (Millennium Stage)
• Dada and the Trews - State Theatre
• Daddy Yankee - Wolf Trap (Filene Center)
• David Ryan Harris and Justin Kawika Young - Jammin' Java
• Diet Cig, Ratboys, Bacchae, and Alain Ginsberg - Metro Gallery (Baltimore)
• Insane Clown Posse - TBA [DC] (See more here.)
• Jason Richardson (ex-Chelsea Grin / All That Remains) & Luke Holland (ex-the Word Alive) with the Reign of Kindo, Stolas, & Body Thief - Ottobar (Baltimore)
• Levon Mikaelian - Twins Jazz (Two shows)
• the NRIs (CD release show), Dr. Robinson's Fiasco, and Step Pets - Black Cat (Backstage)
• Parsonfield - IOTA Club & Café
• Paul Kelly and Jess Cornelius - the Hamilton
• Ralphie May - Birchmere
• Ryan Sheridan & Ronan Nolan - DC9
• Sitcom and Jennifer Vanilla - Comet Ping Pong
• Sonic Circuits Festival of Experimental Music (Day 3) - Saajtak, Iraine Krempl, Stylus + Astatine with Mei Mei Chang, evolv, Janel Leppin, Eduardo Astudillo, Bushmeat Airways - RhizomeDC [6950 Maple St NW, WDC]
• Tom Rainey, Ingrid Laubrock, and Mary Halverson - Wind-Up Space (Baltimore)
• Wild Kard 2017 The 1st Tour in America Pt. 2 - Warner Theatre
• Yellowjackets - Blues Alley (Two shows)
• Alexz Johnson (A Stranger Time record release show) and Dress Black - Jammin' Java
• the Bachelor Boys - IOTA Club & Café
• the Baggios and Pitbull 1999 - Black Cat (Backstage)
• Christopher Linman - Kennedy Center (Millennium Stage)
• the Cranberries - 9:30 Club - sold out CANCELLED
• Dave Kline Band (CD release party) - Blues Alley (Two shows)
• Gospel Music Heritage Foundation presents: Evolution of Gospel 2017 - Kennedy Center (Concert Hall)
• Heterodyne, Welch & Oshima, and Lost Civilizations - Galaxy Hut
• Hillary Clinton - Warner Theatre - sold out
• In the Vane of . . . Bruce Springsteen: Annapolis artists playing tributes & Springsteen-inspired originals - Rams Head On Stage (Annapolis)
• Jake Clemons - Baltimore SoundStage
• Patti Smith: a reading from Devotion - 6th & I
• Randy Newman - Birchmere
• Sleeping With Sirens, the White Noise, Palaye Royale, and Chase Atlantic - Ottobar (Baltimore) (Gossip Tour)
• Sleeping With Sirens (acoustic) - Sound Garden [1616 Thames St, Baltimore, MD] (5 PM In-Store Performance)
• Adam Ant and Glam Skanks - Baltimore SoundStage (the Anthems Tour)
• Broken Social Scene and Belle Game - 9:30 Club - sold out
• Caamp and Doc Robinson - DC9
• Chris Kimball's Milk Street Live! - Lisner Auditorium
• Comedy at the Kennedy Center: James Veitch - Kennedy Center (Millennium Stage - in the Family Theater)
• Dave Chappelle - Warner Theatre - sold out
• Ed Sheeran - Capital One Arena (formerly Verizon Center)
• Film Screening: L7: Pretend We're Dead - Black Cat (Backstage)
• Jake Clemons (from the E Street Band) and the Cowards Choir - Jammin' Java
• Julian Brezon Septet, Theljon Allen Group, and Liberata - Wind-Up Space (Baltimore)
• Kari Faux, Babeo Baggins, and Sugg Savage - U St Music Hall (Early show - 7 PM)
• Peter Cincotti - Blues Alley (Two shows)
• Randy Newman - Birchmere
• Remnants, Hez, Syringe, and Curse - Sidebar Tavern (Baltimore)
• Rodney Crowell - Rams Head On Stage (Annapolis)
• Seun Kuti & Egypt 80 and Sahel - the Hamilton
• the Spits, Lip, and Pearl - Ottobar (Baltimore)
• Alejandro Lerner - State Theatre
• Ana Popovic - Rams Head On Stage (Annapolis)
• Brand X Reunion Show featuring Goodsall Percy Jones, Kenny Grohowski, Chris Clark, Scott Weinberger with the Jane Getter Premonition, an "all-star" jazz/fusion band featuring Adam Holzman (Miles Davis), Mark Egan (Pat Methany, Elements), Rocky Bryant, and Alex Skolnick (Testament, Alex Skolnick Trio) - Birchmere
• Brandy - Fillmore Silver Spring
• Broken Social Scene and Belle Game - 9:30 Club
• Brushy One String with live band - Gypsy Sally's CANCELLED
• Chris Urquiaga - Kennedy Center (Millennium Stage)
• Dave Chappelle - Warner Theatre (Two shows - 7 PM & 10 PM) - sold out
• Drewcifer featuring members of Railroad Earth, Infamous Stringdusters, & Guster with Dan N Friends (ft. Dan Steele) - Gypsy Sally's
• Ed Sheeran - Capital One Arena (formerly Verizon Center)
• Endless Field - Twins Jazz (Two shows)
• Gabrielle Aplin and John Splithoff - U St Music Hall (Early show - 7 PM)
• Hello Shark, Golden Papo, and Generifus - Comet Ping Pong
• Jax Jones - U St Music Hall (Late show - 10:30 PM)
• Lindi Ortega and Andrew Combs - Jammin' Java
• Lizz Wright and Leeda "Lyric" Jones - Howard Theatre
• Marcus Mitchell - Marcus Young - Marcus Canty - Blues Alley (Two shows)
• Middle Kids, Queue, and Lavender - Rock & Roll Hotel
• the Movielife, the Early November, and Heart Attack Man - Baltimore SoundStage
• the Mynabirds, Luke Rathborne, and Madeline Kenney - DC9
• Nell Robinson & Jim Nunally Band and Dan Lipton Trio - Gypsy Sally's (Free - in the Vinyl Lounge)
• Praxis 1 with Marshall Trammell and Thomas "Bushmeat"S tanley - RhizomeDC [6950 Maple St NW, WDC]
• Radney Foster (special acoustic CD/book release party) and Chad Elliott - the Hamilton
• VetsAid 2017: Joe Walsh, Zac Brown Band, Keith Urban, and Gary Clark Jr. - Patriot Center / EagleBank Arena
• Whiskey Shivers and Billy Strings - Black Cat (Backstage)
• the Accused A.D., Enemy of the State, and WarXGames - Ottobar (Baltimore)
• the Blasters - Hill Country Live [410 7th St NW, WDC]
• Brian Weber & Two Man Trio - Gypsy Sally's (Free - in the Vinyl Lounge)
• Dave Chappelle - Warner Theatre - sold out
• Digable Planets - Howard Theatre (Rescheduled from 5/16/17)
• Drab Majesty, StatiqBloom, Koev Halev, and DJ Hysteria - Metro Gallery (Baltimore)
• Gaby Moreno and Elena & Los Fulanos - Black Cat (Backstage)
• Grieves and deM atlaS - DC9
• Jazz Band Master Class - Twins Jazz (7:30 PM Show only)
• John Waite - AMP
• Local Dance Commissioning Project: LOCS/you can play in the sun - Kennedy Center (Millennium Stage)
• Love Theme, Bernardino Femminielli, and Andrew Bernstein - Wind-Up Space (Baltimore)
• Mason Jennings - Rams Head On Stage (Annapolis)
• Nothing More, As Lions, My Ticket Home, and Hell or Highwater - Baltimore SoundStage
• Polyrhythmics and Backbeat Underground - Gypsy Sally's
• Ruff Ryders 20th Anniversary Tour: DMX, Eve, Swizz B eatz, the Lox, Drag-On, with special guest Fat Joe - Baltimore Arena (Royal Farms Arena) CANCELLED
• Sinjin Hawke & Zora Jones with Rewak - U St Music Hall (Late show - 10 PM)
• Spirits, Reality Check, and Payback - Slash Run [201 Upshur St NW, WDC]
• Tony Lucca and Derik Hultquist - Jammin' Java
• Trina Broussard - Blues Alley (Two shows)
• Vérité and Tigertown - Rock & Roll Hotel - sold out
• Valerie June and Amythyst Kiah - Birchmere
• Aaron Watson and Gunnar & the Grizzly Boys - 9:30 Club (Early show - 6 PM)
• Almost Queen (Queen tribute) - State Theatre
• Ben Ottewell of Gomez and Buddy - DC9 (Early show - 6:30 PM)
• Bernstein on Broadway - Kennedy Center (Eisenhower Theater)
• Between the Buried & Me, the Contortionist, Polyphia, and Toothgrinder - Baltimore SoundStage - sold out
• Bill O'Reilly, Dennis Miller, and Jesse Watters - Baltimore Arena (Royal Farms Arena) (The Spin Stops Here Tour 2017)
• the Chief End, One Life To Lead (EP release), the Chance, Longest Start, and Brendan Biondi (of Clear for Takeoff) - Metro Gallery (Baltimore)
• Coast Modern - U St Music Hall (Early show - 7 PM)
• Cold As Life, Dead and Dreaming, Trail Of Lies, Queensway, End It - Sidebar Tavern (Baltimore)
• Dave Chappelle - Warner Theatre (Two shows - 7 PM & 10 PM) - sold out
• Dina Martina; Fine Avec Me! - Howard Theatre
• Drab Majesty, Statiqbloom, and DJ Dianamatic - Songbyrd Music House & Record Café [2477-2475 18th St NW, WDC]
• the Fabulous Dialtones Acoustic Party with Marshall Artz - Jammin' Java
• Frankie Cosmos and Ian Sweet - Black Cat (Mainstage)
• Hovvdy and Yowler - Comet Ping Pong
• J.Phlip with Sacha Robotti, Brian Billion - U St Music Hall (Late show - 10:30 PM)
• John McCutcheon - Birchmere
• Local Dance Commissioning Project: LOCS/you can play in the sun - Kennedy Center (Millennium Stage)
• Mutemath - Play Dead Live with Colony House and ROMES - Fillmore Silver Spring
• Nicole Saphos Quartet - Twins Jazz (Two shows)
• No BS! Brass Band and Three Man Soul Machine - Gypsy Sally's
• Revelator Hill and Jon Spear Band - IOTA Club & Café
• Selma: A Film and Live Music Event with the NSO Pops, Jason Moran, and others - Kennedy Center (Concert Hall)
• the Simon & Garfunkel Story - Strathmore (Music Center)
• Sleeping With Sirens, the White Noise, Playe Royale, and Chase Atlantic - Rock & Roll Hotel (Gossip Tour) - sold out
• Slow Creek and 5J Barrow - Gypsy Sally's (Free - in the Vinyl Lounge)
• Space Jesus - 9:30 Club (Late Show - 10 PM)
• the SteelDrivers - the Hamilton
• Tha Raw, Kromanauts, the Originators, and Rocket City Riot - Velvet Lounge
• Will Calhoun: Celebrating Elvin Jones (drummer from Living Colour) - Blues Alley (Two shows)
• Alison Krauss and David Gray - Merriweather Post Pavilion
• All Mighty Senators and the Scotch Bonnets - Metro Gallery (Baltimore)
• BSO: Poetic Fire - Strathmore (Music Center)
• Church Night - Black Cat (Backstage)
• the Cribs and Paws - U St Music Hall (Early show - 7 PM)
• Decapitated, Thy Art is Murder, Fallujah, Ghost Bath, and Silent on Fifth Street - Baltimore SoundStage
• Derek Evry - IOTA Club & Café
• Escape-ism & Light Beams (split 7" release show) - Comet Ping Pong
• Jay Som, Stef Chura, and Soccer Mommy - Rock & Roll Hotel
• Jeffrey Osborne - Rams Head On Stage (Annapolis)
• Kevin James - Warner Theatre
• Keyboard Conversations with Jeffrey Siegel - Concert with Lively Commentary; Celebrating Leoonard Bernstein - Kennedy Center (Millennium Stage)
• LaPêche and J.Robbins - DC9
• the Legwarmers (80s tribute) - Rams Head Live! (Baltimore)
• Mark Farina - U St Music Hall (Late show - 10:30 PM)
• Nicole Saphos Quartet - Twins Jazz (Two shows)
• Not Even Record Release Show - Jammin' Java
• PageNinetyNine, Majority Rule, Wildhoney, and Post Pink - Ottobar (Baltimore) (Celebrated Summer's 11th & Ottobar's 20th Anniversary Bash - a benefit for 901 Arts)
• Red Molly: One For All & All For One - Birchmere
• Story District Presents I Did It For the Story: A Tribute to 20 Years of Storytelling - Lincoln Theatre (Presented by Story District)
• Tyga, Chief Keef, RJ, and Honey C - Fillmore Silver Spring
• White Ford Bronco (90s tribute) - 9:30 Club
• Will Calhoun: Celebrating Elvin Jones (drummer from Living Colour) - Blues Alley (Two shows)
• Will Hoge and Dan Layus - the Hamilton
• X (40th Anniversary Tour) and Skating Polly - State Theatre
• Ari Hest - AMP
• Avery*Sunshine - Birchmere
• Beats Antique and Asadi - Rams Head Live! (Baltimore)
• Ben Tankard featuring Phil French (sax) - Blues Alley (Two shows)
• Black Lillies - Mansion on O St [2020 O St NW, WDC]
• Celestial Pincushion (aka Cigar Box Planetarium), the Mole Suit Choir, and the Mole Suit Choir - Galaxy Hut
• Dave Chappelle - Warner Theatre - sold out
• Deqn Sue, Echelon the Seeker, and Sir E.U. - Black Cat (Backstage)
• Eric Brace, Peter Cooper, & Thomm Jutz Trio - Jammin' Java
• Hanson - Fillmore Silver Spring (25th Anniversary Middle of Everywhere Tour) - sold out
• the Hot Lanes - Jammin' Java (1 PM Afternoon Show)
• Janel Leppin, Gold Dime, and Abstract Human - RhizomeDC [6950 Maple St NW, WDC]
• Jeffrey Osborne - Rams Head On Stage (Annapolis)
• Jen Kirkman - Howard Theatre (the All New Material, Girl Tour 2017)
• NSO: Season Opening Gala Concert - Kennedy Center (Concert Hall)
• Rare Essence - U St Music Hall (Early show - 7 PM)
• UFO, Saxon, and Jared James Nichols - Baltimore SoundStage
• Väsen - Kennedy Center (Millennium Stage)
• WPOC Sunday in the Country: Rascal Flatts, Billy Currington, Scotty McCreery, Dylan Scott, Carly Pearce, Levon - Merriweather Post Pavilion (Doors @ 1 PM)
• Zealyn - Metro Gallery (Baltimore)
• Dave Chappelle - Warner Theatre (Two shows - 7 PM & 10 PM)
• the Del Arcos and the Mildewz - Galaxy Hut
• Drew Tucker & the New Standard - Blues Alley (Two shows)
• Dylan Moran and Grumbling Mustard - Lincoln Theatre
• Katy Perry - Capital One Arena (formerly Verizon Center) (Witness: The Tour)
• Kennedy Center Opera House Orchestra - Kennedy Center (Millennium Stage)
• Tops and Faith Healer - DC9
• Väsen - Jammin' Java
• Wire and Noveller - Black Cat (Mainstage)
• Wishbone Ash - Rams Head On Stage (Annapolis) (the Tough & Tender Tour)
• Big Ups, Two Inch Astronaut, the Effects, Proper Nouns, and Et Al - DC9
• Chris Hillman & Herb Pedersen with Jon Jorgenson with Jonathan Mudd - Birchmere
• Dave Chappelle - Warner Theatre
• Glorious?, Isotope, Humanmania, and Glue Traps - Sidebar Tavern (Baltimore)
• Jesse Cook - Rams Head On Stage (Annapolis)
• Joey Antico - Kennedy Center (Millennium Stage)
• Steve Smith & Vital Information NYC Edition - Andy Fusco, Mark Soskin, Vinny Valentino, & Baron Browne - Blues Alley (Two shows)
• Stiff Little Fingers and Death by Unga Bunga - Black Cat (Mainstage)
• Thomas Wynn & the Believers and Southpaw Country - Gypsy Sally's
• the Toasters and Caz Gardiner - Black Cat (Backstage)
• TOPS and Faith Healer - Metro Gallery (Baltimore)
• Trevor Hall and East Forest - 9:30 Club
• Yelle - U St Music Hall (Early show - 7 PM)
• Chantae Cann - Blues Alley (Two shows)
• Coral Benders, the Fix Ups, and Lotion Princess - Velvet Lounge
• Dan Lipton Trio - Gypsy Sally's (Free - in the Vinyl Lounge)
• Dave Chappelle - Warner Theatre - sold out
• Epica, Lacuna Coil, Insomnium, and Elantris - Rams Head Live! (Baltimore)
• the Fairfield Four - Kennedy Center (Millennium Stage)
• Jesse Cook and Christine Lenee - Birchmere (Beyond Borders Tour 2017)
• Langhorne Slim and Twain - 6th & I
• Mandolin Orange - 9:30 Club
• Marilyn Manson and Alice Glass - Fillmore Silver Spring - sold out
• Open Mike Eagle and Scallops Hotel - Black Cat (Backstage)
• Oz Noy & Ozone Squeeze and Disco Risqué - Gypsy Sally's
• Pavel Urkiza - Twins Jazz (Two shows)
• the Queers, the Ataris, and Canker Blossom - Baltimore SoundStage
• Saint Etienne - U St Music Hall (Early show - 7 PM)
• Solardo & Latmun - U St Music Hall (Late show - 10:30 PM)
• Touché Amoré, Single Mothers, and Gouge Away - Rock & Roll Hotel
• the Trashcan Sinatras (acoustic) - Jammin' Java
• Wynonna & the Big Noise - Rams Head On Stage (Annapolis)
• XYLO - DC9 CANCELLED
• Abby Schaffer - Twins Jazz (Two shows)
• Arkaik, Alterbeast, Inanimate Existence, Bound By The Grave, Condemn The Infecte - Sidebar Tavern (Baltimore)
• Bone Thugs-n-Harmony, Guy Grams, Eva Rhymes, MC Bravado, and Donnie Breeze - Baltimore SoundStage
• Charm City Brass Band and Kinetic Renick - Wind-Up Space (Baltimore)
• Craig Shoemaker - AMP
• Dave Chappelle - Warner Theatre
• Electric Six and Groves - Black Cat (Backstage)
• GoGo Penguin - the Hamilton
• IIDA Cosmo Couture 2017 - Howard Theatre
• Local Dance Commissioning Project: When Snails Collide - Kennedy Center (Millennium Stage)
• NSO (Cristian Macelaru, conductor) with Cameron Carpenter (organ): Copland (suite from Appalachian Spring), Adams (Short Ride in a Fast Machine), Copland (Symphony for Organ and Orchestra), and Bernstein (Divertimento) - Kennedy Center (Concert Hall)
• Project Two - Gypsy Sally's (Free - in the Vinyl Lounge)
• the Push Stars (reunion show) and Brent Shuttleworth - Jammin' Java
• Rainer Maria and Olivia Neutron-John - Rock & Roll Hotel
• the Rippingtons featuring Russ Freeman - Birchmere
• Songhoy Blues - U St Music Hall (Early show - 7 PM)
• Super Doppler (formerly Major & the Monbacks) and Charley Crockett Band - Gypsy Sally's
• Terence Blanchard E-Collective - Blues Alley (Two shows)
• Together Pangea, Daddy Issues, and Lala Lala - Metro Gallery (Baltimore)
• Two Owls, Savage Patch, and Tripnotic b2b Infexzion - U St Music Hall (Late show - 10:30 PM)
• VNV Nation and iVardensphere - Ottobar (Baltimore) - sold out
• Wynonna & the Big Noise - Rams Head On Stage (Annapolis)
• Atlas Road Crew and the Artisanals - U St Music Hall (Early show - 6:30 PM)
• the Beat Hotel, the Allman Others Band, and Johnny & the Headhunters - Gypsy Sally's
• Box of Rain ('68-'74 Grateful Dead tribute) and Getting' Weir'd (Bob Weir tribute) - Ottobar (Baltimore)
• Bruno Mars and Dua Lipa - Capital One Arena (formerly Verizon Center) (24K Magic Tour) - sold out
• Dave Chappelle - Warner Theatre
• Fillmore Flashback: 80s vs 90s Dance Party featuring Biz Markie - Fillmore Silver Spring
• Here Come the Mummies - Birchmere
• Higher Education (album release party) - Rams Head Live! (Baltimore)
• ILYaimy and Craig Miller (of Grand Ole' Ditch) - Gypsy Sally's (Free - in the Vinyl Lounge)
• Jake Miller, the Stolen, and Tian - Baltimore SoundStage
• Jeff Antoniuk - Twins Jazz (Two shows)
• Local Dance Commissioning Project: When Snails Collide - Kennedy Center (Millennium Stage)
• NSO (Cristian Macelaru, conductor) with Cameron Carpenter (organ): Copland (suite from Appalachian Spring), Adams (Short Ride in a Fast Machine), Copland (Symphony for Organ and Orchestra), and Bernstein (Divertimento) - Kennedy Center (Concert Hall)
• Oliver and Bit Funk - U St Music Hall (Late show - 10:30 PM)
• PigPen Theatre Co. and David Luning - Jammin' Java
• Pressing Strings - Rams Head On Stage (Annapolis)
• Quicksand and No Joy - Black Cat (Mainstage)
• Soca Inferno - Howard Theatre
• Terence Blanchard E-Collective - Blues Alley (Two shows)
• Thundercat and Saco & Uno - 9:30 Club
• Torres - Rock & Roll Hotel
• Weller and Kississippi (solo) - Comet Ping Pong
• Wild Cub and Parade of Lights - DC9 (Early show - 6:30 PM)
• the Bad Plus - the Hamilton
• Beijing No. 166 High School & Freedom High School Intercultural Music Concert - Strathmore (Music Center)
• Bruno Mars and Dua Lipa - Capital One Arena (formerly Verizon Center) (24K Magic Tour)
• Crystal Castles - 9:30 Club
• Dead vs. Phish ft. Steal Your Face, Control for Smilers - Gypsy Sally's
• DJ Pierre and Beyun - U St Music Hall (Late show - 10:30 PM)
• Electric Six - Metro Gallery (Baltimore)
• Gauche, Espejos, and Sow - Slash Run [201 Upshur St NW, WDC]
• House of Angklung - Kennedy Center (Millennium Stage)
• Issues, Volumes, Too Close to Touch, and Sylar - Fillmore Silver Spring (Headspace Tour)
• Jeff Antoniuk - Twins Jazz (Two shows)
• Joon Moon and Rob Smokes Funk Disaster - DC9 (Early show - 6:30 PM)
• the Lemon Twigs and Cut Worms - Black Cat (Mainstage)
• Leo Kottke - Birchmere
• Lindsay Collette & the Evening Stars with Ara Casey and Annette Wasilik - Gypsy Sally's (Free - in the Vinyl Lounge)
• NSO (Cristian Macelaru, conductor) with Cameron Carpenter (organ): Copland (suite from Appalachian Spring), Adams (Short Ride in a Fast Machine), Copland (Symphony for Organ and Orchestra), and Bernstein (Divertimento) - Kennedy Center (Concert Hall)
• Pinback and Savak - Rock & Roll Hotel (Autumn of the Seraphs 10th Anniversary Tour)
• Russ Liquid and Marvel Years - Baltimore SoundStage
• Several Species (Pink Floyd tribute) - Pier Six Pavilion (Baltimore)
• Sinbad - Warner Theatre
• Technicolor Motor Home (Steely Dan tribute) - Rams Head On Stage (Annapolis)
• Terence Blanchard E-Collective - Blues Alley (Two shows)
• the Young Dubliners - AMP
• Zen Warship, Apt204, and Dangerous at Four - Velvet Lounge
• Zola Jesus and John Wiese - U St Music Hall (Early show - 7 PM)
• the Church and the Helio Sequence - 9:30 Club
• Classic Albums Live: Rush 2112 - the Hamilton
• Emarosa, A Lot Like Birds, and Jule Vera - DC9
• Harry Styles - DAR Constitution Hall
• Jeff Austin Band and the Dirty Grass Players - Gypsy Sally's
• Jon Steele - Twins Jazz (Two shows)
• Keith Sweat - the Theater at MGM National Harbor [7100 Oxon Hill Rd, Oxon Hill, MD] (Magic 102.3 30th Anniversary Concert Series)
• Mashrou' Leila - Birchmere (In the Flex Stage)
• Mdou Moctar (Multiflora Music Festival) - Kennedy Center (Millennium Stage)
• Mock Identity, TK Echo, and Faunas - Black Cat (Backstage)
• Outcalls, Rvby My Dear, Tigerer, and Joseph Mulhollen - Wind-Up Space (Baltimore)
• Pinback and Savak - Rock & Roll Hotel (Autumn of the Seraphs 10th Anniversary Tour)
• the Psychedelic Furs and Bash & Pop - Baltimore SoundStage
• the Secret Sisters - Rams Head On Stage (Annapolis)
• Seu Jorge presents: The Life Aquatic, a tribute to David Bowie - Rams Head Live! (Baltimore)
• Terence Blanchard E-Collective - Blues Alley (Two shows)
• Young Oceans and Wylder - Jammin' Java
• Ásgeir and TUSKS - 6th & I
• the DC Palestinian Film and Arts Festival previews - Kennedy Center (Millennium Stage)
• George Mason University Jazz Ensemble directed by Jim Carroll - Blues Alley (Two shows)
• Jaguardini, Ships in the Night, and Joel Blumenthal - Galaxy Hut
• Josh Krajcik and Angel Snow - Jammin' Java
• Leo Kottke - Rams Head On Stage (Annapolis)
• Oh Wonder and Sigrid - 9:30 Club - sold out
• the Script - Lincoln Theatre
• Venom Inc, Goatwhore, Toxic Holocaust, and the Convalescence - Baltimore SoundStage (Bloodstained Earth Tour)
• Band of Roses - Blues Alley (Two shows)
• the Chris Robinson Brotherhood - Baltimore SoundStage CANCELLED
• the DC Youth Orchestra (DCYO) - Kennedy Center (Millennium Stage)
• Enrique Iglesias and Pitbull - Capital One Arena (formerly Verizon Center)
• Fastball - Rams Head On Stage (Annapolis)
• Greta Van Fleet and the Glorious Sons - Ottobar (Baltimore) - sold out
• Herman's Hermits starring Peter Noone - Birchmere
• Hope & Healing for Humanity: A Benefit Concert for BRAWS - Jammin' Java
• the Huntress & Holder of Hands and Liz Isenberg - Black Cat (Backstage)
• Manchester Orchestra, Tigers Jaw, and Foxing - Fillmore Silver Spring
• Oh Wonder - 9:30 Club
• Pelican and Jaye Jayle - Rock & Roll Hotel
• Real Life Buildings, Diners, and Baby Grill - Comet Ping Pong
• Saint Pé + Crocodiles - U St Music Hall (Early show - 7 PM)
• Shopkins Live! - Warner Theatre
• Sweet Spirit & Tinnarose - Metro Gallery (Baltimore)
• the Bronx, Plague Vendor, and '68 - Ottobar (Baltimore)
• BSQ - Twins Jazz (Two shows)
• Chicano Batman / Khruangbin and the Shacks - 9:30 Club
• Denzel Curry and Show Me the Body - Baltimore SoundStage (Illegal Civ Cinema Tour)
• Digitour: Goodtimes - State Theatre
• Eugene Tyler Band - Gypsy Sally's (Free - in the Vinyl Lounge)
• the Kooks and Barns Courtney - Lincoln Theatre - sold out
• Leisure Burn, Chill Russell, and Bottled Up - Velvet Lounge
• Libor Smoldas - Kennedy Center (Millennium Stage)
• Nick Hakim and Sam Evian - Metro Gallery (Baltimore)
• Peter Bernstein - Larry Goldings - Bill Stewart Trio - Blues Alley (Two shows)
• the Proper Ornaments and Kyle Forester - DC9
• the Psychedelic Furs: The Singles Tour with special guest Bash & Pop - Birchmere (In the Flex Stage)
• Rise Against - Pier Six Pavilion (Baltimore)
• the Secret Sisters and Mary Bragg - the Hamilton
• Sweet Spirit, Eric Slick (of Dr. Dog), and Tinnarose - Black Cat (Backstage)
• Terri Clark - Rams Head On Stage (Annapolis)
• X_X (members of Rocket from the Tombs / Mirrors / the Electric Eels / Styrenes), Kohoutek, Dot Dash, and XMC - Slash Run [201 Upshur St NW, WDC]
• America’s Navy -- Celebrating 242 Years of Service - Strathmore (Music Center)
• Aquilo and Yoke Lore - Rock & Roll Hotel
• Bleep Bloop, NastyNasty, and sumthin sumthin - U St Music Hall (Late show - 10:30 PM)
• Cafe Tacvba - Fillmore Silver Spring
• Charlie Hunter Trio - Jammin' Java
• Chick Corea - Steve Gadd Band with Lionel Loueke, Steve Wilson, Carlitos Del Puerto, & Luisito Quintero - Blues Alley (Two shows)
• Cigarettes After Sex - U St Music Hall (Early show - 7 PM)
• Eugene Tyler Band - Gypsy Sally's (Free - in the Vinyl Lounge)
• Here Come the Mummies - Rams Head On Stage (Annapolis)
• KMFDM, OHGR, and Lord of the Lost - State Theatre (2017 Hell Yeah Tour)
• Needtobreathe and Billy Raffoul - 9:30 Club - sold out
• NSO (Nathalie Stutzmann, conductor) with Arabella Steinbacher (violin): Lalo's Overture from Le roi d'Ys, Brahms's Violin Concerto, and Dvorak's Symphony No. 7 - Kennedy Center (Concert Hall)
• NSO Prelude - Kennedy Center (Millennium Stage)
• Paperhaus (record release show), Natural Velvet, Joseph & the Beasts, and :3Lon - Metro Gallery (Baltimore)
• Pouty and Idle Bloom - Comet Ping Pong
• RAC and LPX - Black Cat (Mainstage)
• Terri Clark (solo) - Birchmere
• Tim Barry, Gallows Bound, and Roger Harvey - DC9
• VoicePlay - Baltimore SoundStage CANCELLED
• the Wonder Years: Intimate Acoustic Tour with the Obsessives and Jetty Bones - Ottobar (Baltimore) - sold out
• Awkward Sex . . . And the City - Black Cat (Mainstage)
• Banditos and Ezra Mae & the Gypsy Moon - DC9 (Early show - 6:30 PM)
• BSO Off the Cuff: Wagner's Quest - Strathmore (Music Center)
• Chick Corea - Steve Gadd Band with Lionel Loueke, Steve Wilson, Carlitos Del Puerto, & Luisito Quintero - Blues Alley (Two shows)
• Chopteeth Afrofunk Big Band: Special Bone Reader CD Release Show - the Hamilton
• Dreaming of Eden, the Common Threat, and Six Foot Machine - Jammin' Java
• Euge Groove - Birchmere
• Front 242, Distorted, Retrospect, Venal Flesh, and DJ Neska - Baltimore SoundStage
• Have Mercy, Boston Manor, Can't Swim, and A Will Away - Ottobar (Baltimore)
• Hundred Waters and Kelsey Lu - U St Music Hall (Early show - 7 PM)
• Jason Moran and Q-Tip - Kennedy Center (Terrace Theater)
• Kesha - Fillmore Silver Spring (Rainbow Tour 2017) - sold out
• Kitchen Dwellers and Horeshoes & Hand Grenades - Gypsy Sally's
• Melody's Echo Chamber - Black Cat (Mainstage) NO LONGER ON VENUE WEB SITE
• Metz and Uniform - Rock & Roll Hotel
• Michel Nirenberg - Twins Jazz (Two shows)
• Naomi Punk - Comet Ping Pong
• NSO (Nathalie Stutzmann, conductor) with Arabella Steinbacher (violin): Lalo's Overture from Le roi d'Ys, Brahms's Violin Concerto, and Dvorak's Symphony No. 7 - Kennedy Center (Concert Hall - 11:30 AM)
• Retroglyphs, Blue Skies & Death, and Art Daniels Band - Velvet Lounge
• Run Come See - Kennedy Center (Millennium Stage - in collaboration with Hometown Sounds)
• Safes, Lexington Arrows, and PLRLS - Wind-Up Space (Baltimore)
• Sonny Fodera - U St Music Hall (Late show - 10:30 PM)
• Stone Horses (EP release), Rise Among Rivals, and Arkhaven - Metro Gallery (Baltimore)
• Tash Sultana and Pierce Brothers - 9:30 Club - sold out
• Will Pellerin and Dupont Brotheers - Gypsy Sally's (Free - in the Vinyl Lounge)
• Alvvays and Nap Eyes - Rock & Roll Hotel - sold out
• Better Off Dead and The The Band Band - Gypsy Sally's (Planned Parenthood Benefit)
• Cameron Esposito & Rhea Butcher: Back To Back - 9:30 Club (Early show - 7 PM)
• Chick Corea - Steve Gadd Band with Lionel Loueke, Steve Wilson, Carlitos Del Puerto, & Luisito Quintero - Blues Alley (Two shows)
• Cloakroom - Comet Ping Pong
• Conner Youngblood and Alexander Gallows - DC9 (Early show - 6:30 PM)
• the Dig and KOLARS - Metro Gallery (Baltimore)
• Josiah Johnson and Planes on Paper - Kennedy Center (Millennium Stage)
• Kohti Tuhoa, E.D.S., Iron Cages, and Secular Media (members of Brainpan) - Slash Run [201 Upshur St NW, WDC]
• Leroy Sanchez and Mario Jose - Jammin' Java (Elevated World Tour)
• Luca Lush - U St Music Hall (Late show - 10:30 PM)
• Lynn Hollyfield - Gypsy Sally's (Free - in the Vinyl Lounge)
• Madeintyo, 24Hrs, and K Swisha - Baltimore SoundStage
• Magic City Hippies - Black Cat (Mainstage)
• Michael Feinstein - AMP
• Michel Nirenberg - Twins Jazz (Two shows)
• the Midtown Men (from the original Broadway cast of Jersey Boys) - Strathmore (Music Center)
• Nate Staniforth: Real Magic Tour - Black Cat (Backstage)
• Opus 1 - Merriweather Post Pavilion (4 PM Show)
• Paul Weller and Lucy Rose - Lincoln Theatre
• Shawn Wayans - Howard Theatre (Two shows - 7:30 PM & 10 PM)
• Splintered Sunlight - the Hamilton
• Thomas Rhett, Dan + Shay, and Walker Hayes - Jiffy Lube Live (2017 Country Megaticket)
• Timeflies, DAWIN, and Loote - Fillmore Silver Spring
• Troyboi and Slumberjack - 9:30 Club (Late show - 10 PM)
• the Whispers - Birchmere
• Whitney Cummings - 6th & I
• Wye Oak and Luke Temple - Ottobar (Baltimore) - sold out
• Alvvays and Nap Eyes - Rock & Roll Hotel - sold out
• Aterciopelados - Howard Theatre
• BSO: Wagner's Quest - Strathmore (Music Center - 3 PM)
• Cayetana and Hemming - Metro Gallery (Baltimore)
• Chick Corea - Steve Gadd Band with Lionel Loueke, Steve Wilson, Carlitos Del Puerto, & Luisito Quintero - Blues Alley (Two shows)
• the Devil Wears Prada, Veil of Maya, Silent Planet, and Thousand Below - Baltimore SoundStage (No Sun / No Moon Tour)
• Glass Animals and Amber Mark - 9:30 Club - sold out
• Good Times, Bad Times - the JaM Project - Kennedy Center (Millennium Stage)
• In This Moment, Of Mice & Men, and Avatar - Fillmore Silver Spring (Half God - Half Devil Tour)
• the James Hunter Six - the Hamilton
• Joan Shelley and James Elkington - Wolf Trap (the Barns)
• Levon Mikaelian - Twins Jazz (Two shows)
• Lisa Loeb - AMP (8:30 PM Concert)
• Lisa Loeb Kids' Concert: Kids' Pajama Jam Party - AMP (4 PM Concert)
• Little Silver and Phoenix Auto Group - Galaxy Hut
• NSO (Nathalie Stutzmann, conductor) with Arabella Steinbacher (violin): Lalo's Overture from Le roi d'Ys, Brahms's Violin Concerto, and Dvorak's Symphony No. 7 - Kennedy Center (Concert Hall)
• Rata Blanca - State Theatre
• the Stone Foxes and Sub-Radio - Gypsy Sally's
• Thelonius Monk Centennial Celebration with Jason Moran, Geri Allen, and Kenny Barron - Kennedy Center (Concert Hall)
• Three Commons - Jammin' Java
• Wand and Darto - DC9
• the Whispers - Birchmere
• Eric Nolan of the O'Jays - Blues Alley (Two shows)
• Glass Animals and Amber Mark - 9:30 Club - sold out
• Halsey, PartyNextDoor, and Charlie XCX - Capital One Arena (formerly Verizon Center) (Hopeless Fountain Kingdom World Tour)
• KMFDM, Ohgr, and Lord of the Lost - Baltimore SoundStage
• Lany - Fillmore Silver Spring
• Maria Muldaur - Jammin' Java
• Max Frost and Nawas - DC9
• the Rememberables and the Pauses - Galaxy Hut
• Sahba Montallebi - Kennedy Center (Millennium Stage)
• Tides of Man - Ottobar (Baltimore)
• Wynonna & the Big Noise - Birchmere (Roots & Revival Tour 2017)
• Yawning Man and We Are the Asteroid - Black Cat (Backstage)
• Azealia Banks - Rams Head Live! (Baltimore)
• Buddy Guy - Birchmere
• the Californai Honeydrops - Gypsy Sally's
• Dead Horses - Jammin' Java
• Deerhoof, Outer Spaces, and Baklavaa - Ottobar (Baltimore)
• Hudson: DeJohnette, Grenadier, Medeski, Scofield - the Hamilton
• Jacussi Suit, Secret Nudist Friends, and Aerial View - Slash Run [201 Upshur St NW, WDC]
• Karuna (Hamid Drake / Adam Rudolph) and Luke Stewart - RhizomeDC [6950 Maple St NW, WDC]
• Loide - Blues Alley (Two shows)
• Matisyahu, Common Kings, and Orphan - Lincoln Theatre (the Broken Crowns Tour)
• Peach Pit and Andrew Phelan - Comet Ping Pong
• Ron Pope, Ages & Ages, and the Heart Of - 9:30 Club
• Swet Shop Boys and Anik Khan - Black Cat (Mainstage)
• Syd - Fillmore Silver Spring
• Throwing Shade Live - 6th & I
• Turnover, Elvis Depressedly, and Emma Ruth Rundle - Rock & Roll Hotel
• Washington National Opera Domingo-Cafritz Young Artist Program 2017-2018 recital series - Kennedy Center (Millennium Stage)
• Widowspeak and Clearance - DC9
• Charlie Parr - Black Cat (Backstage)
• Corazon de Granada - Kennedy Center (Millennium Stage)
• Daley - Fillmore Silver Spring
• David Ramirez and Molly Parden - Jammin' Java (We're Not Going Anywhere Tour)
• Emily Saliers - Birchmere (Murmuration Nation Tour)
• Gina Sicilia - Gypsy Sally's (Free - in the Vinyl Lounge)
• the High Divers and Great Peacock - Gypsy Sally's
• Jack Novotny - Twins Jazz (Two shows)
• Josh Blue - Kennedy Center (Terrace Theater)
• Karuna and Adam Rudolph & Hamid Drake - Wind-Up Space (Baltimore) (Presented by Creative Differences)
• the Lighthouse & the Whaler - DC9
• Max Weinberg's Jukebox and JD & the Straight Shot - Wolf Trap (the Barns)
• Mura Masa and Joey Purp - 9:30 Club
• Ricardo Arjona - Patriot Center / EagleBank Arena (Circo Soledad Tour)
• Tedd Baker Quartet (CD release party) - Blues Alley (Two shows)
• Witt Lowry and Ro Ransom - Baltimore SoundStage (I Could Not Plan This Tour)
• 2-4-6-8! A Chamber Music Celebration by the Numbers - Kennedy Center (Terrace Theater - Fortas Chamber Music Concerts)
• Act of Impalement, Narrow Grave, Sickdeer, and MFM - the Pinch [3548 14th St NW, WDC]
• Andrew W.K. - Rock & Roll Hotel - sold out
• the Black Dahlia Murder, Suffocation, Decrepit Birth, Necrot, and Wormwitch - Rams Head Live! (Baltimore)
• Brasil Guitar Duo - Strathmore (Mansion)
• BSO: Cirque Goes Broadway - Strathmore (Music Center)
• Chris Wilcox & the High Divers - Metro Gallery (Baltimore)
• Eilen Jewell and Miss Tess - the Hamilton
• Foo Fighters and the Struts - The Anthem [901 Wharf Street SW, Washington, DC] - sold out
• Grace Morrison - Gypsy Sally's (Free - in the Vinyl Lounge)
• Incognito - Rams Head On Stage (Annapolis) (Two shows - 6:30 PM & 9:30 PM)
• Jenn Grinels (full band) - Jammin' Java
• Kevin Lee - AMP
• the Main Squeeze and Box Era - Gypsy Sally's
• Mdou Moctar and the Messthetics - Comet Ping Pong
• Mindi Abair & the Boneshakers - Birchmere
• Mountain Heart - Wolf Trap (the Barns)
• NSO (Juanjo Mena, conductor) with Garrick Ohlsson (piano): Tchaikovsky's "Pathétique" Symphony, Bates' Auditorium, Barber's Piano Concerto, Op. 38 - Kennedy Center (Concert Hall)
• Pink Floyd Laser Spectacular - State Theatre
• Rachelle Ferrell - Blues Alley (Two shows)
• Sun Seeker - DC9
• Tembembe Ensamble Continuo - Kennedy Center (Millennium Stage)
• Together Live - Warner Theatre
• the Twins Jazz Orchestra - Twins Jazz (8:30 PM Show Only)
• Vagabon and Nnamdi Ogbonnaya - Black Cat (Backstage)
• Wolves in the Throne Room and Pillorian - Baltimore SoundStage
• 10,000 Maniacs - performing In My Tribe in its entirety and more with Julian Velard - Birchmere
• Against Me!, Bleached, and the Dirty Nil - 9:30 Club
• Andrew Belle (Dive Deep album release) and Praytell - Jammin' Java
• Black Alley Band and Footwerk - Metro Gallery (Baltimore)
• Blind Pilot and Charlie Cunningham - Lincoln Theatre
• Cash'd Out - Hill Country Live [410 7th St NW, WDC]
• the Courtneys and Versing - DC9 (Early show - 6:30 PM)
• David Grisman Bluegrass Experience and Circus No. 9 - the Hamilton
• Erin Kron and Dominic Cicala - Gypsy Sally's (Free - in the Vinyl Lounge)
• the Larry Brown Quintet - Twins Jazz (Two shows)
• MadeinTYO, K Swisha, and 24hrs - Fillmore Silver Spring
• Manilla Killa & Robotaki - U St Music Hall (Late show - 10:30 PM)
• Martin Barre (Jethro Tull guitarist) - AMP
• Mike Birbiglia - The New One - Warner Theatre (Two shows - 7 PM & 9:30 PM)
• Mindi Abair & the Boneshakers - Rams Head On Stage (Annapolis)
• Nate Staniforth: Real Magic Tour - Black Cat (Backstage)
• Paisajes Sonoros - Kennedy Center (Millennium Stage)
• Rachelle Ferrell - Blues Alley (Two shows)
• Renée Fleming & Christian McBride - Kennedy Center (Terrace Theater - 7 & 9 PM)
• Runaway Gin (Phish tribute) - Gypsy Sally's
• the Sea Life, Crumb, and Yung Pocket$ & Alfred - Comet Ping Pong (Babe City + Citrus City Showcase)
• Set & Setting, Thisquietarmy, Lunar Locust, and Exar Kun - Slash Run [201 Upshur St NW, WDC]
• Susto & Esmé Patterson - U St Music Hall (Early show - 7 PM)
• Syd - Baltimore SoundStage
• Tim McGraw and Faith Hill - Capital One Arena (formerly Verizon Center) (Soul 2 Soul 2017)
• Tommy Castro & the Painkillers - Wolf Trap (the Barns)
• the Underachievers - Rock & Roll Hotel (Renaissance Tour)
• Whoopi Goldberg - Kennedy Center (Concert Hall)
• Blues Traveler and Los Colognes - Fillmore Silver Spring (30th Anniversary Tour)
• Chelsea Wolfe and Youth Code - Baltimore SoundStage
• David Choi - Jammin' Java (Early show - 6:30 PM)
• Drew Holcomb & the Neighbors and Lewis Watson - 9:30 Club
• Everything Everything - Black Cat (Mainstage)
• the Garcia Project, Cousin Earth, and Acoustically Speaking - Gypsy Sally's
• Herman's Hermits Starring Peter Noone - Rams Head On Stage (Annapolis) (Two shows - 5:30 PM & 8:30 PM)
• Kaleo, ZZ Ward, and Wilder - The Anthem [901 Wharf Street SW, Washington, DC]
• Kat Wright & the Indomitable Soul Band - the Hamilton
• the Larry Brown Quintet - Twins Jazz (Two shows)
• Leslie Odom Jr. - Kennedy Center (Eisenhower Theater)
• Manu Chao Tribute Live with La Fiesta Zakke - Jammin' Java (Late show - 10 PM)
• Margaret Cho: Fresh Off the Bloat - Warner Theatre
• National Philharmonic: Star-Studded Season Opening - Strathmore (Music Center)
• NEA Jazz Master Lee Konitz at 90 - Kennedy Center (Terrace Theater)
• NSO (Juanjo Mena, conductor) with Garrick Ohlsson (piano): Tchaikovsky's "Pathétique" Symphony, Bates' Auditorium, Barber's Piano Concerto, Op. 38 - Kennedy Center (Concert Hall)
• POCO featuring Rusty Young and Tish Hinojosa - Birchmere
• Quinn XCII with shallou - U St Music Hall (Early show - 7 PM) - sold out
• Rachelle Ferrell - Blues Alley (Two shows)
• SUM - Kennedy Center (Millennium Stage)
• TEDxTysonsSalon: "Lessons Learned" - Wolf Trap (the Barns)
• TOKiMONSTA - U St Music Hall (Late show - 10:30 PM)
• Bent Knee, Drop Electric, and Super City - Metro Gallery (Baltimore)
• Blue October - Fillmore Silver Spring
• Cheyenne Jackson - Wolf Trap (the Barns)
• Cults - Rock & Roll Hotel
• Eric Andersen - Jammin' Java (3 PM Afternoon Show)
• Felipe Pelaez Unplugged - Howard Theatre
• Felix Peikli & Joe Doubleday's Showtime Band - Twins Jazz (Two shows)
• Gusti Sudarta - Kennedy Center (Millennium Stage)
• Leslie Odom Jr. - Kennedy Center (Eisenhower Theater)
• Metro Station, Assuming We Survive, Avion Roe, Lancifer, and Megosh - Baltimore SoundStage
• Motionless In White, the Amity Affliction, Miss May I, and William Control - Rams Head Live! (Baltimore)
• Mountain Heart - Rams Head On Stage (Annapolis)
• National Philharmonic: Star-Studded Season Opening - Strathmore (Music Center - 3 PM)
• NSO (Juanjo Mena, conductor) with Garrick Ohlsson (piano): Tchaikovsky's "Pathétique" Symphony, Bates' Auditorium, Barber's Piano Concerto, Op. 38 - Kennedy Center (Concert Hall - 3 PM)
• Peppa Pig Live! - Warner Theatre (Two shows - 1 PM & 5 PM)
• Rachelle Ferrell - Blues Alley (Two shows)
• Sphinx Virtuosi - Kennedy Center (Terrace Theater - 2 PM - Fortas Chamber Music Concerts)
• the Steel Wheels - the Hamilton
• Trombone Shorty & Orleans Avenue and Vintage Trouble - The Anthem [901 Wharf Street SW, Washington, DC]
• Weaves and Tancred - DC9
• WMAL Free Speech Forum - Birchmere
• Atlas Genius, Magic Giant, and Half the Animal - 6th & I
• Dead Rider - DC9
• Guitar Tango with Peter White & Marc Antoine - Birchmere
• Johnny A - Blues Alley (Two shows)
• Mother2Mother (M2M): A Community Cabaret - Jammin' Java
• Phoenix - The Anthem [901 Wharf Street SW, Washington, DC]
• PVRIS, Lights, and Flint Eastwood - 9:30 Club
• Taimane - Kennedy Center (Millennium Stage)
• Time, Literals, Bacchae, and Reyna Valencia - Comet Ping Pong
• Truckfighters and Telekinetic Yeti - Black Cat (Mainstage)
• YehMe2 - U St Music Hall (8 PM Show)
• Anuhea & Sammy J ft. Mahi - Gypsy Sally's
• Billy Woods, Nasa 8, Dyyo Faccina, Josh Stokes, and Satcho - Wind-Up Space (Baltimore)
• Boney James - Birchmere
• Julien Baker and Half Waif - 9:30 Club
• Kali Uchis and Phony Ppl - U St Music Hall (Early show - 7 PM) - sold out
• LCD Soundsystem - The Anthem [901 Wharf Street SW, Washington, DC] - sold out
• MC Lars, MC Frontalot, Mega Ran, and Schaffer the Darklord - Ottobar (Baltimore)
• Michael Bowie BLAST - Blues Alley (Two shows)
• Propagandhi, Iron Chic, and Heartsounds - Rock & Roll Hotel
• Shovels & Rope - Rams Head On Stage (Annapolis)
• Toadies and Local H - Black Cat (Mainstage)
• Trad.Attack! - Kennedy Center (Millennium Stage)
• Twiztid, Moonshine Bandits, Blaze Ya Dead Homie (performing his self-titled EP), and Whitney Peyton - Baltimore SoundStage
• Vita & the Woolf, Queen of Jeans, and Marian McLaughlin - DC9
• Wayne "The Train" Hancock (full band) and the Rock-A-Sonics - Jammin' Java
• Chris Rock - the Theater at MGM National Harbor [7100 Oxon Hill Rd, Oxon Hill, MD]
• Cowboys & Frenchmen - Blues Alley (Two shows)
• EINSHOCH6 - Kennedy Center (Millennium Stage)
• Hamilton Leithauser and Courtney Marie Andrews - 9:30 Club
• Japanese Connections: featuring Kazunori Kumagai and Yumi Kurosawa - Kennedy Center (Terrace Theater)
• John Kocur - Twins Jazz (Two shows)
• LCD Soundsystem - The Anthem [901 Wharf Street SW, Washington, DC]
• Lewis Watson - Metro Gallery (Baltimore)
• Melkbelly - Comet Ping Pong
• Messer Chups, Black Flamingos, and Atomic Masuitos - State Theatre
• the National Parks and RIVVRS - Jammin' Java
• Nick Lowe's Quality Rock & Roll Revue staring Los Straitjackets - Birchmere
• Peter Rowan and Todd Sheaffer (of Railroad Earth) - Gypsy Sally's
• Racquet Club - DC9
• Rickie Lee Jones - Rams Head On Stage (Annapolis)
• Sinkane and the Kominas - Black Cat (Mainstage)
• Trenchgrinder, Dagger Moon, Brainpan, and Crawler - the Pinch [3548 14th St NW, WDC]
• Troker - Wolf Trap (the Barns)
• Violet Delancey - Gypsy Sally's (Free - in the Vinyl Lounge)
• Aces In Chains (Alice in Chains tribute) - State Theatre
• Anthony Walker & Friends - Blues Alley (Two shows)
• Ashley Sierra, Buddha Bass, Mia Sparrow, and Thurman Junior - Wind-Up Space (Baltimore)
• Chris Rock - the Theater at MGM National Harbor [7100 Oxon Hill Rd, Oxon Hill, MD]
• Daniel Caesar and Snoh Aalegra - Baltimore SoundStage - sold out
• Guns N' Roses - Capital One Arena (formerly Verizon Center) (Not In This Lifetime Tour)
• Hope Sandoval & the Warm Inventions and Holy Wave - 9:30 Club (Early show - 7 PM)
• Jazz Band Master Class - Twins Jazz (7:30 PM Show only)
• Jordan Okrend - Gypsy Sally's (Free - in the Vinyl Lounge)
• Kjarkas 46th Anniversary - DAR Constitution Hall
• Lady Mary and the Indahouse Band - Kennedy Center (Millennium Stage)
• Lich King, Hidden Intent, Bound By the Grave, and Ashes of Mankind - Metro Gallery (Baltimore)
• Ministry and Death Grips - Fillmore Silver Spring
• Montgomery Gentry - Birchmere (In the Flex Stage)
• Nahko: My Name is Bear with 1,000 Fuegos and Christina Holmes - the Hamilton
• Paco Peña - Wolf Trap (the Barns)
• Paula Cole - AMP
• Pet Symmetry and Broken Hills - DC9
• Rock This Town (daily lineups TBA): Red Wanting Blue, Green River Ordinance, Andy Frasco & the U.N., Radio Birds, the Currys, Michael Tolcher, the Rocketboys, All About a Bubble, Taylor Carson, the Georgia Flood - Jammin' Java
• San Fermin and Gracie & Rachel - Ottobar (Baltimore)
• Sergio Mendes - Strathmore (Music Center)
• Vance Joy, Amy Shark, and Chappell Rose - Lincoln Theatre - sold out
• the Weeks and Dan Luke & the Raid - Rock & Roll Hotel
• What So Not x Baauer - 9:30 Club (Late show - 10 PM)
• Who's Bad (Michael Jackson tribute) - Rams Head On Stage (Annapolis)
• André M. Zachery - Kennedy Center (Millennium Stage)
• Carrie Mae Weems: Grace Notes: Reflections for Now - Kennedy Center (Eisenhower Theater)
• Chris Lake and Dombresky - U St Music Hall (Late show - 10 PM)
• Chris Rock - the Theater at MGM National Harbor [7100 Oxon Hill Rd, Oxon Hill, MD]
• the Clarks and Scott Kurt & Memphis 59 - State Theatre
• Dial 251 - Twins Jazz (Two shows)
• the Fab Faux: the Beatles 1966-1967 - the Hamilton
• the Fleshtones - U St Music Hall (Early show - 7 PM)
• Four Year Strong, Seaway, Like Pacific, Grayscale, and Life Lessons - Baltimore SoundStage
• Goldlink and Masego - Fillmore Silver Spring
• Grails - Metro Gallery (Baltimore)
• Heavy Wire and the Southern Ocean - Slash Run [201 Upshur St NW, WDC]
• Hollywood Nights (Bob Seger & the Silver Bullet Band tribute) - Rams Head On Stage (Annapolis)
• JJ Grey & Mofro and the Commonheart - 9:30 Club
• Lara St. John (violin), Matt Hershkowitz 9piano) - Founder's Day - Wolf Trap (the Barns)
• Lila Downs - Strathmore (Music Center)
• Najee - Blues Alley (Two shows)
• Nekromantix, the Brains, and the Glenmont Popes - Ottobar (Baltimore)
• Queens of the Stone Age and Royal Blood - The Anthem [901 Wharf Street SW, Washington, DC] - sold out
• Rock This Town (daily lineups TBA): Red Wanting Blue, Green River Ordinance, Andy Frasco & the U.N., Radio Birds, the Currys, Michael Tolcher, the Rocketboys, All About a Bubble, Taylor Carson, the Georgia Flood - Jammin' Java
• Scott Thorn, the Glimpses, and Caz Gardiner - Gypsy Sally's (Free - in the Vinyl Lounge)
• Sheer Mag - Wind-Up Space (Baltimore)
• Swift Technique and Thunder Body - Gypsy Sally's
• Tenth Avenue North, Brandon Heath, and Jon McLaughlin - McLean Bible Church [8925 Leesburg Pike, Vienna, VA] (I Have This Hope Tour)
• Theory of a Deadman and Ayron Jones - Rams Head Live! (Baltimore)
• Tom Hanks in conversation with Ann Patchett - Warner Theatre - sold out
• Andy Mineo - Rams Head Live! (Baltimore)
• Billie Eilish and Thutmose - Rock & Roll Hotel (Don't Smile At Me Tour) - sold out
• the Bobs - Farewell Tour - Wolf Trap (the Barns)
• BSO: Symphonic Stories - Strathmore (Music Center)
• Chris Tomlin with Matt Maher - Baltimore Arena (Royal Farms Arena) (Good Father Tour)
• Colin Hay and Chris Trapper - Lincoln Theatre
• Comedy at the Kennedy Center: Underground Comedy - Kennedy Center (Millennium Stage - in the Family Theater)
• Dial 251 - Twins Jazz (Two shows)
• Dizzy Gillespie Centennial Celebration - Kennedy Center (Eisenhower Theater)
• the Fab Faux: the Beatles 1969-1970 - the Hamilton
• Jake Shimabukuro - Rams Head On Stage (Annapolis) (All-Ages Matinee)
• King Krule - Black Cat (Mainstage) - sold out
• Moon Hooch & Marco Benevento - 9:30 Club (Late show - 10 PM)
• Moon Taxi and Too Many Zooz - 9:30 Club (Early show - 6 PM)
• Najee - Blues Alley (Two shows)
• Pickwick and the Elwins - DC9 (Early show - 6:30 PM)
• Raven's Night 2017: The Ghosts of La Belle Epoque (an esoteric evening of belly dance & entertainment) - Birchmere
• Rik Emmett of Triumph - acoustic duo performance with Dave Dunlop - Rams Head On Stage (Annapolis)
• Robert Post's Comedy Theatre for Kids - Kennedy Center (Family Theater - 2 PM)
• Rock This Town (daily lineups TBA): Red Wanting Blue, Green River Ordinance, Andy Frasco & the U.N., Radio Birds, the Currys, Michael Tolcher, the Rocketboys, All About a Bubble, Taylor Carson, the Georgia Flood - Jammin' Java
• So You Think You Can Dance - Live Tour - Warner Theatre
• Strathmore Cabaret - AMP
• Troy Ramey & Johnny Gates and Smithjackson - Gypsy Sally's (Free - in the Vinyl Lounge)
• Whethian and Opia - Baltimore SoundStage
• Zedd with Grey and Lophiile - The Anthem [901 Wharf Street SW, Washington, DC]
• 10,000 Maniacs - Rams Head On Stage (Annapolis)
• Al Stewart: Year of the Cat Classic Album Concert with the Empty Pockets - Birchmere
• Avey Tare (of Animal Collective) - 6th & I
• Black Kids and Surf Rock Is Dead - DC9
• Brooklyn & Bailey - Baltimore SoundStage (4 PM All-Ages Show)
• Comedy at the Kennedy Center: the Cooties - Kennedy Center (Millennium Stage - in the Family Theater)
• David Letterman: the 20th Annual Mark Twain Prize for American Humor - Kennedy Center (Concert Hall)
• the Gibson Brothers - AMP
• Judah & the Lion, the Academic, and Tyson Motsenbocker - 9:30 Club - sold out
• Julian Hartwell Project - Twins Jazz (Two shows)
• Lecrae - Fillmore Silver Spring (All Things Work Together Tour)
• Martin Sexton Trio - the Hamilton
• Najee - Blues Alley (Two shows)
• Palisades, Righteous Vendetta, and Ignite the Fire - Metro Gallery (Baltimore)
• Shen Yun Symphony Orchestra - Strathmore (Music Center - 3 PM)
• Swearingen & Kelli (the music of Simon & Garfunkel) - Jammin' Java (3 PM Afternoon Show)
• Wolf Parade and Charly Bliss - Black Cat (Mainstage) - sold out
• Benjamin Booker and She Keeps Bees - 9:30 Club
• I Prevail, We Came As Romans, the Word Alive, and Escape the Fate - Rams Head Live! (Baltimore) (Rage On the Stage Tour)
• Jacqui Naylor Quartet (CD release party) - Blues Alley (Two shows)
• Mild High Club and Anemone - DC9
• Mondo Cozmo and Billy Raffoul - Baltimore SoundStage
• TV Girl and Brothertiger - Comet Ping Pong
• Volker Goetze and Josh Myer (bassist from Sister Sparrow & the Dirty Birds) - Kennedy Center (Millennium Stage)
• the War on Drugs and the Building - The Anthem [901 Wharf Street SW, Washington, DC]
• A Wilhelm Scream, Such Gold, After the Fall, and We Were Sharks - Metro Gallery (Baltimore)
• Beach Fossils, Snail Mail, and Raener - 9:30 Club (Late show - 10 PM)
• Brad Garrett with Rita Rudner - the Theater at MGM National Harbor [7100 Oxon Hill Rd, Oxon Hill, MD]
• Brian McKnight - Birchmere
• Exprezz Duo - Kennedy Center (Millennium Stage)
• Florist and Keeper - DC9
• Louise Goffin (full band) and Sara Niemietz & W.G. Snuffy Walden - Jammin' Java
• Noah Gunderson and Silver Torches - 9:30 Club (Early show - 6 PM)
• the Smoking Popes and Chris Farren - Black Cat (Backstage)
• Third Eye Blind - Fillmore Silver Spring
• Wendy Hicks - Blues Alley (Two shows)
• Yumi Zouma - U St Music Hall (Early show - 7 PM)
• Brian McKnight - Birchmere
• Brooksie Wells - Gypsy Sally's (Free - in the Vinyl Lounge)
• the Effects (Record Release) - Black Cat (Backstage)
• Giraffage and Sweater Beats - U St Music Hall (Late show - 10 PM)
• Jazzy Blu - Blues Alley (Two shows)
• Kris Delmhorst (the Wild CD release) and Jeffrey Foucault - Gypsy Sally's
• Lords of Acid, Combichrist, Christian Death, En Esch, and Wiccid - Baltimore SoundStage
• Louis the Child and Prince Fox - 9:30 Club
• Orchestra dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia with Martha Argerich - Kennedy Center (Concert Hall)
• Phil Lesh & the Terrapin Family Band with special guests Nicki Bluhm & Robert Randolph featuring Jason Crosby, Ross James, Alex Koford, Grahame Lesh - The Anthem [901 Wharf Street SW, Washington, DC]
• Sarah Wilcox - Twins Jazz (Two shows)
• Slaid Cleaves - Hill Country Live [410 7th St NW, WDC]
• Small Water Woman - Kennedy Center (Millennium Stage)
• Son Little and ALA.NI - Wolf Trap (the Barns)
• Steely Dan - the Theater at MGM National Harbor [7100 Oxon Hill Rd, Oxon Hill, MD]
• Trevor Sensor and Lean Year - DC9
• Adam Dodd - AMP
• Aminé - Howard Theatre
• Anders Osborne & Jackie Greene - with Cris Jacobs - Birchmere (Tourgether 2017: An Acoustic Evening)
• Bentzen Ball: Tig Notaro & Friends - Lincoln Theatre
• Djangolaya - Gypsy Sally's (Free - in the Vinyl Lounge)
• Gwar, Ghoul, Doyle, and U.S. Bastards - Rams Head Live! (Baltimore)
• Jane Monheit - Blues Alley (Two shows)
• Jim Breuer - Fillmore Silver Spring (The Family Warrior Tour)
• John Lodge (of the Moody Blues) - Wolf Trap (the Barns)
• Ken Block & Drew Copeland of Sister Hazel - Jammin' Java
• Max and Rozes - U St Music Hall (Early show - 7 PM)
• Microwave, Big Jesus, and Blis. - Metro Gallery (Baltimore)
• Nora Jane Struthers & the Party Line (album release party) and Chris Berardo & the DesBerardos - Gypsy Sally's
• NSO Pops: Pink Martini with China Forbes - Kennedy Center (Concert Hall)
• Philippe Lemm (drums), Angelo Di Loreto (piano), and Jeff Koch (bass) - Kennedy Center (Millennium Stage)
• Protomartyr, Flasher, and Street Stains - Rock & Roll Hotel
• Rachel Franklin (piano) - Strathmore (Mansion)
• The Return (Beatles tribute) - Rams Head On Stage (Annapolis)
• Sara Curtin (album release) and PNMA - Black Cat (Backstage)
• Sotê - Twins Jazz (Two shows)
• Soulfly does Nailbomb: Performing Point Blank with Harms Way, Noisem, Lody Kong - Baltimore SoundStage
• Aaron Lewis and Blackberry Smoke - the Theater at MGM National Harbor [7100 Oxon Hill Rd, Oxon Hill, MD]
• Bentzen Ball: How Did This Get Made? Live featuring Paul Scheer, June Diane Raphael, Jason Mantzoukas - Lincoln Theatre - sold out
• Days of Darkness Pre-Fest: Slough Feg, Acid King, Cough, Inter Arma, Blood Mist - Rams Head Live! (Baltimore)
• Drugs of Faith, Escuela, Stimulant, and Brainpan - Slash Run [201 Upshur St NW, WDC]
• Eric Roberson - Howard Theatre
• Forgotten Princesses by Padi Dapi Fish of Lithuania - Kennedy Center (Millennium Stage)
• Harold López-Nussa Trio - AMP
• the Head and the Heart and Phosphorescent - The Anthem [901 Wharf Street SW, Washington, DC]
• Jane Monheit - Blues Alley (Two shows)
• Johnny Clegg - Warner Theatre
• Katie Kuffel and Claire Hitchins - Gypsy Sally's (Free - in the Vinyl Lounge)
• Melvin Seals & JGB - the Hamilton
• Michael Thomas Quintet - Twins Jazz (Two shows)
• MisterWives, Smallpools, and Vinyl Theatre - 9:30 Club - sold out
• New Found Glory - Baltimore SoundStage
• NSO Pops: Pink Martini with China Forbes - Kennedy Center (Concert Hall)
• the Obsessed, Cobalt, and Serpents of Secrecy - Metro Gallery (Baltimore)
• Paperhaus (record release), Go Cozy, Tony Kill, and DJ Alex DB - Black Cat (Mainstage)
• Peelander-Z - Ottobar (Baltimore)
• Pink Talking Fish: Phishbills - the best of Phish Halloween Costumes with Hayley Jane & the Primates perfoming Jenny & the Gumps (a Forrest Gump fueled concept show) - Gypsy Sally's
• Possessed by Paul James - Hill Country Live [410 7th St NW, WDC]
• Ron Carter Trio - Kennedy Center (Terrace Theater - 7 & 9 PM)
• Sachal Ensemble - Wolf Trap (the Barns)
• Satan's Unholy Abomination Festival 5 (daily lineups TBA): Inferno, Utux Xul, Alastor Sanguinary Embryo, Empty, Pheretron, Maledictvs, Panizchda, Sardonic Witchery, Ingnis Nocten, Holocaust, Vesterian, Savage Necropolis, Ancient Sacrifice, Xeukatre, Athame, Decieverion, Ehecalth - H Restaurant & Night Club [11300 Georgia Ave, Silver Spring, MD] (Daily lineups TBA - more info here)
• Susan Werner (An American in Havana album release concert) - Jammin' Java
• Suzanne Westenhoefer - Birchmere
• This Is the Kit - DC9 (Early show - 6:30 PM)
• 51 Peg, hERETICSINtHElAB, and Red This Ever - Raw Ink Tattoo Studio [18630 Woodfield Rd, Gaithersburg, MD]
• Bentzen Ball Comedy Festival: Andrea Gibson and Amber Tamblyn - Kennedy Center (Terrace Theater)
• BSO: Sol Gabetta Performs Tchaikovsky - Strathmore (Music Center)
• Chris Cassaday - Gypsy Sally's (Free - in the Vinyl Lounge)
• Days of Darkness Festival: Neurosis, Manilla Road, Captain Beyond, Perturbator, Elder, Cavity, Dance with the Dead, Dalek, Computer Magic, Crypt Sermon, Alms - Rams Head Live! (Baltimore)
• Death From Above and the Beaches - Fillmore Silver Spring
• Deon Cole & Gary Owen - the Theater at MGM National Harbor [7100 Oxon Hill Rd, Oxon Hill, MD] (Magic 102.3 30th Anniversary Concert Series)
• Ellis Paul and Sophie B. Hawkins - Jammin' Java (Early show - 6:30 PM)
• Eric Roberson - Howard Theatre
• the Fritz - Jammin' Java (Late show - 10 PM)
• Gary Owen & Deon Cole - the Theater at MGM National Harbor [7100 Oxon Hill Rd, Oxon Hill, MD]
• Gavin DeGraw - 6th & I (RAW Tour)
• Gryffin, Autograf (DJ set), and ayokay - 9:30 Club (Late show - 11 PM)
• Hallowscene ft. Drop Electric, Nappy Riddem, Staycation - Gypsy Sally's
• Jane Monheit - Blues Alley (Two shows)
• King Crimson - Lisner Auditorium
• Maggie Rose - Wolf Trap (the Barns)
• Michael McDonald and Marc Cohn - Warner Theatre
• Michael Thomas Quintet - Twins Jazz (Two shows)
• MisterWives, Smallpools, and Vinyl Theatre - 9:30 Club (Early show - 6:30 PM)
• Nellie McKay - AMP
• NSO Pops: Pink Martini with China Forbes - Kennedy Center (Concert Hall)
• Primus and Clutch - The Anthem [901 Wharf Street SW, Washington, DC]
• Reckless Kelly and Chris Berardo & the DesBerardos - the Hamilton
• Satan's Unholy Abomination Festival 5 (daily lineups TBA): Inferno, Utux Xul, Alastor Sanguinary Embryo, Empty, Pheretron, Maledictvs, Panizchda, Sardonic Witchery, Ingnis Nocten, Holocaust, Vesterian, Savage Necropolis, Ancient Sacrifice, Xeukatre, Athame, Decieverion, Ehecalth - H Restaurant & Night Club [11300 Georgia Ave, Silver Spring, MD]
• Saving Syrian Lives - Kennedy Center (Millennium Stage)
• Tom Paxton & Friends: 80th Birthday Bash - Birchmere
• Anna Nalick (At Now record release show) - Jammin' Java (7:30 PM Evening Show)
• Bad Suns, Hunny, and QTY - 9:30 Club
• Bentzen Ball: Al Franken & Ira Glass - Giant of the Senate and Giant of the Radio in Conversation - Lincoln Theatre
• BJ the Chicago Kid & Sir the Baptist - Fillmore Silver Spring
• the Bohemian Caverns Jazz Orchestra (BCJO) - Kennedy Center (Millennium Stage)
• Boy Harsher and Technophobia - DC9
• Citizen, Sorority Noise, and Great Grandpa - Baltimore SoundStage
• Craig Finn & the Uptown Controllers and John K. Samson - Rock & Roll Hotel (the We All Want the Same Things Tour)
• Days of Darkness Festival: Om, Cirith Ungol, Warning, Boris, GosT, Unearthly Trance, Le Matos, Bongripper, Magic Sword, Night Demon, Asthma Castle - Rams Head Live! (Baltimore)
• Edwin McCain - Rams Head On Stage (Annapolis)
• the Everly Brothers Experience - AMP
• Halloween Spooktacular (NSO Family Concert) - Kennedy Center (Concert Hall - 2 PM & 4 PM)
• Jake Shimabukuro - Birchmere
• Jane Monheit - Blues Alley (Two shows)
• Josh Turner - the Theater at MGM National Harbor [7100 Oxon Hill Rd, Oxon Hill, MD]
• King Crimson - Lisner Auditorium
• Léon and Wrabel - U St Music Hall (Early show - 7 PM)
• Ludovico Einaudi: Essential Einaudi - Warner Theatre
• Spookappella Halloween Jam hosted by PBC with On the Verge, Drop the Mic, and Impitched - Jammin' Java (2 PM Matinee Show)
• Curren$y, Kent Jones, Corner Boy P, T.Y., and DJ Ski Beatz - Baltimore SoundStage
• Dawg Yawp - Kennedy Center (Millennium Stage)
• Ile - State Theatre
• Iration, Fortunate Youth, and Through the Roots - 9:30 Club
• Japandroids and Cloud Nothings - Rams Head Live! (Baltimore)
• Roderick Giles & Grace - Blues Alley (Two shows)
• Shawn Colvin & Her Band with special guests Larry Campbell & Teresa Williams - Birchmere (A Few Small Repairs 20th Anniversary Tour)
• Simon Posford presents the Shpongletron - Fillmore Silver Spring
• Who? Weekly Live - 6th & I
• Balmorhea and Adam Torres - Jammin' Java
• the Dresden Dolls and This Way to the Egress - 9:30 Club - sold out
• Evanescence: Synthesis Live with Orchestra - the Theater at MGM National Harbor [7100 Oxon Hill Rd, Oxon Hill, MD]
• Joy of Motion Dance Center: Rocky Horror - Kennedy Center (Millennium Stage)
• L.A. Witch - Metro Gallery (Baltimore)
• Nothing But Thieves, Missio, and Airways - Rock & Roll Hotel - sold out
• Shawn Colvin & Her Band with special guests Larry Campbell & Teresa Williams - Birchmere (A Few Small Repairs 20th Anniversary Tour)
• Shout Out Louds - U St Music Hall (Early show - 7 PM)
• Trivium, Arch Enemy, While She Sleeps, and Fit For an Autopsy - Baltimore SoundStage
• the Woggles & the Hall Monitors and Jake Starr & the Delicious Fullness - Hill Country Live [410 7th St NW, WDC]
• Acoustic Alchemy - Birchmere
• Bernhoft - Wolf Trap (the Barns)
• BSQ - Twins Jazz (Two shows)
• the Conrads - Gypsy Sally's (Free - in the Vinyl Lounge)
• Cypress Hill - Fillmore Silver Spring
• Eric Essix MOVE Trio featuring Tracy Hamlin - Blues Alley (Two shows)
• Ibeyi and theMIND - 9:30 Club
• J. Views - Rock & Roll Hotel
• Lil' Peep, Beau Young Prince, and Spell Jordan - U St Music Hall (Early show - 7 PM)
• A Perfect Circle - Patriot Center / EagleBank Arena
• Ratboys and Dags! - DC9
• Rich Chigga - Howard Theatre (Come To My Party Tour)
• Sam Riggs Band and Shane Smith & the Saints - Gypsy Sally's
• Screaming Females, Street Eaters, Outer Spaces, and Purrer - Metro Gallery (Baltimore)
• U.S. Girls - Comet Ping Pong
• Whitehorse - Jammin' Java
• 311 - Rams Head Live! (Baltimore)
• Ardamus, ESH, and Dope Knife - Velvet Lounge
• Bonnie Bishop - Jammin' Java
• Brujeria, Voodoo Glow Skulls, and Pinata Protest - Baltimore SoundStage
• the Clientele and Hoops - Rock & Roll Hotel
• Del McCoury Band - the Hamilton
• Dirty Heads with the Unlikely Candidates and Tyrone's Jacket - Fillmore Silver Spring
• Fall-Out Boy - Patriot Center / EagleBank Arena
• Honey Island Swamp Band and John Papa Gros - Gypsy Sally's
• Jonathan Butler - Blues Alley (Two shows)
• Josh Ritter & the Royal City Band and Good Old War - Lincoln Theatre
• Jr Jr and Chad Valley - 9:30 Club
• Loud Boyz, Pee Circles, and Cool Moon (ex Del Cielo) - Black Cat (Backstage)
• Lydia Loveless - AMP
• Phoebe Ryan and MORGXN - U St Music Hall (Early show - 7 PM)
• Raizes featuring Mariza, Custodio Castelo, and Jorge Fernando - Birchmere (Up Close & Personal - USA Tour 2017)
• Renaissance: A Symphonic Journey - Rams Head On Stage (Annapolis)
• Rodney Crowell - Wolf Trap (the Barns)
• the Shins and Baio - The Anthem [901 Wharf Street SW, Washington, DC]
• Straight No Chaser - DAR Constitution Hall
• the Twins Jazz Orchestra - Twins Jazz (8:30 PM Show Only)
• Victor Provost - Strathmore (Mansion)
• Brett Young and Carly Pearce - Rams Head Live! (Baltimore) (Caliville Tour)
• Cabinet - 9:30 Club
• Cold Specks and La Timpa - Black Cat (Mainstage - Fool's Paradise World Tour 2017)
• the Dears - DC9 (Early show - 6:30 PM)
• the Del McCoury Band - Rams Head On Stage (Annapolis) (Two shows - 6:30 PM & 9:30 PM)
• Delbert McClinton with Daryl Davis - Birchmere
• Dotan - Jammin' Java (Solo Tour 2017) NO LONGER ON VENUE WEB SITE
• George Clinton & Parliament Funkadelic - Howard Theatre
• John Mulaney - DAR Constitution Hall
• Jon Pardi, Midland, and Runaway June - Fillmore Silver Spring (Lucky Tonight Tour)
• Jonathan Butler - Blues Alley (Two shows)
• Livingston Taylor - AMP
• Lydia Loveless (solo) - Metro Gallery (Baltimore)
• Nick Offerman - Warner Theatre (Two shows - 7:30 PM & 10 PM)
• POD Tours America - The Anthem [901 Wharf Street SW, Washington, DC]
• the Proletariat, Syringe, Bidet, and Bellicosas - Sidebar Tavern (Baltimore)
• Rebirth Brass Band - the Hamilton (Two shows - 7 PM & 10:30 PM)
• Reginald Cyntje - Twins Jazz (Two shows)
• Scott Miller (Ladies Auxiliary record release show) - Jammin' Java
• Tauk and Broccoli Samurai - Baltimore SoundStage
• Tori Amos - the Theater at MGM National Harbor [7100 Oxon Hill Rd, Oxon Hill, MD]
• U+NFEST 6, Night 1 (daily lineups TBA): Girlpool, Waxahatchee, Ought, Palm, Give, Post Pink, Natural Velvet, Lily & Horn Horse, Joe Biden - Ottobar (Baltimore)
• Alton Brown - Warner Theatre (Two shows - 3 PM & 8 PM)
• Baltimore 90s Block Party - Guy featuring Teddy Riley, Jagged Edge, Ginuwine, 112 and Next - Baltimore Arena (Royal Farms Arena)
• Black Tiger Sex Machine, Apashe, and Lektrique - Baltimore SoundStage
• the Breeders - Lincoln Theatre
• Elbow - 9:30 Club - sold out
• Face the Fish: One Enchanted Evening - Jammin' Java
• A Far Cry & Luciana Souza: The Blue Hour - 6th & I
• Griz - The Anthem [901 Wharf Street SW, Washington, DC]
• Honey Island Swamp Band - Rams Head On Stage (Annapolis) (All-Ages Matinee)
• JD McPherson - Black Cat (Mainstage)
• Jesse Colin Young - Rams Head On Stage (Annapolis) Postponed - new date TBA
• John Mulaney - DAR Constitution Hall
• Jonathan Butler - Blues Alley (Two shows)
• Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith, Maria Usbeck, and Cool Maritime - DC9
• the Movement, New Kingston, and Little Stranger - Gypsy Sally's
• Niall Horan and Gavin James - Fillmore Silver Spring (Flicker Sessions 2017) - sold out
• Pat McGee Band - Birchmere
• Paul Mooney and special guests - tribute to Dick Gregory - Howard Theatre (Two shows - 7:30 PM & 10:30 PM)
• Rebirth Brass Band - the Hamilton (Two shows - 7 PM & 10:30 PM)
• Reginald Cyntje - Twins Jazz (Two shows)
• Tera Melos and Speedy Ortiz - Rock & Roll Hotel
• U+NFEST 6, Night 2 (daily lineups TBA): Girlpool, Waxahatchee, Ought, Palm, Give, Post Pink, Natural Velvet, Lily & Horn Horse, Joe Biden - Ottobar (Baltimore)
• Yautja, Pyrrhon, ASM, Tomb Warden, and Negative Impressions - Atlas Brew Works [2052 West Virginia Ave NE #102, WDC]
• All Them Witches and King Buffalo - Rock & Roll Hotel
• Ana Gabriel - Patriot Center / EagleBank Arena
• And the Kids and Kalbells - DC9
• Ariel Pink - 9:30 Club
• Attacca Quartet - Wolf Trap (the Barns)
• The Best of the Second City - Rams Head On Stage (Annapolis)
• Callaghan and Jesse Terry - Jammin' Java
• Cattle Decapitation, Revocation, Full of Hell, and Artificial Brain - Baltimore SoundStage (North American Extinction Tour Part 2: Inhuman Beings)
• Imagine Dragons - Capital One Arena (formerly Verizon Center) (Evolve Tour)
• John Mulaney - DAR Constitution Hall
• Jonathan Butler - Blues Alley (Two shows)
• Joshua Bell - Strathmore (Music Center - 4 PM)
• Kevin Smith - Lincoln Theatre
• Kidz Bop - Warner Theatre (Best Time Ever Tour)
• Oleta Adams - Birchmere
• I the Mighty, Hail the Sun, and Good Tiger - Metro Gallery (Baltimore)
• Joyce Manor, Wavves, and Culture Abuse - Baltimore SoundStage
• Lao Tizer Quartet featuring Karen Briggs (violin) - Blues Alley (Two shows)
• Mister Heavenly and Anna Burch - Black Cat (Backstage)
• the Mountain Goats and Mothers - 9:30 Club
• Oteil & Friends (John Kadlecik, Alfreda Gerald, Eric Krasno, Jay Lane, Weedie Braimah) - Fillmore Silver Spring
• the Rural Alberta Advantage and Yukon Blonde - Rock & Roll Hotel
• Stephen Marley - Wolf Trap (the Barns) CANCELLED
• Susanne Sundfor - the Hamilton
• Bela Fleck & Abigail Washburn - Birchmere
• Courtney Barnett & Kurt Vile and the Sea Lice - The Anthem [901 Wharf Street SW, Washington, DC]
• Frontline Assembly and Cubanate - State Theatre
• Jonwayne, Danny Watts, EMV, and ULLNEVANO - Metro Gallery (Baltimore)
• Knuckle Puck, Movements, With Confidence, and Homesafe - Baltimore SoundStage
• the Mountain Goats and Mothers - 9:30 Club
• Roy Hargrove - Blues Alley (Two shows)
• Stephen Marley - Wolf Trap (the Barns) CANCELLED
• White Reaper and Post Animal - Rock & Roll Hotel
• Yasmin Levy & The Klezmatics - Strathmore (Music Center)
• AJJ - Rock & Roll Hotel - sold out
• Blank Banshee - U St Music Hall (Late show - 10:30 PM)
• Demoncy, Crurifragium, Ululatum, Tollunt, and Genocide Pact - Atlas Brew Works [2052 West Virginia Ave NE #102, WDC]
• El Debarge - Birchmere
• Elephant Revival - the Hamilton
• EMA, the Blow, and Ian Svenonius/Escape-Ism - DC9
• Evanescence: Synthesis Live with Orchestra - France-Merrick Performing Arts Center / Hippodrome [12 N Eutaw St, Baltimore, MD]
• Grizzly Bear and SerpentWithFeet - The Anthem [901 Wharf Street SW, Washington, DC]
• Humming House (Companion record release tour) and Becca Mancari - Jammin' Java
• JD Souther - Wolf Trap (the Barns)
• Josh Abbott Band - 9:30 Club
• Oteil & Friends Oteil Burbridge with Melvin Seals, Eric Krasno, Wedie Braimah, Jay Lane, John Kadlecik, Alfreda Gerald) - Baltimore SoundStage
• Roy Hargrove - Blues Alley (Two shows)
• Tony Deyo - AMP
• Wax Tailor (solo set & guests) and Dirty Art Club - U St Music Hall (Early show - 7 PM)
• the World is a Beautiful Place and I Am No Longer Afraid to Die, Rozwell Kid, and Animal Flag - Ottobar (Baltimore)
• Battle of the Brass Round III ft. Breakdown Brass, New Breed Brass Band - Gypsy Sally's
• BSO: Pinchas Zukerman Performs Bach - Strathmore (Music Center)
• HIM, CKY, and 3Teeth - Fillmore Silver Spring (Bang & Whimper 2017 - The Farewell Tour)
• Iron & Wine and John Moreland - Lincoln Theatre - sold out
• John Cleese with a screening of Monty Python & the Holy Grail - Warner Theatre
• Marc Anthony - Patriot Center / EagleBank Arena (Full Circle Tour 2017)
• Morris Day & the Time - Birchmere
• Primitive Man, Bell Witch, Foehammer, and Corpse Light - Sidebar Tavern (Baltimore)
• the Reverend Peyton's Big Damn Band - Metro Gallery (Baltimore)
• Roy Hargrove - Blues Alley (Two shows)
• the Sherlocks - DC9
• the Strumbellas and Noah Kahan - 9:30 Club
• A. Savage (Parquet Courts) and Jack Cooper (Ultimate Painting) - DC9 (Early show - 6:30 PM)
• the Accidentals - Jammin' Java
• Black Violin - Strathmore (Music Center)
• Eli Young Band, the Morrison Brothers Band, and Jacob Davis - Fillmore Silver Spring
• Frank Solivan & Dirty Kitchen and Two Ton Twig - the Hamilton
• Hackensaw Boys and Old Salt Union - Gypsy Sally's
• JD Souther - Rams Head On Stage (Annapolis)
• John Prine and Dan Auerbach (of the Black Keys) - DAR Constitution Hall
• the Lone Bellow and the Wild Reeds - 9:30 Club
• the Magpie Salute - Rams Head Live! (Baltimore)
• the Maine, Dreamers, and Night Riots - Baltimore SoundStage
• No Age, Escape-ism, and Permanent Waves - Metro Gallery (Baltimore)
• Overcoats - Rock & Roll Hotel
• Paula Poundstone - Birchmere
• Project Natale - Twins Jazz (Two shows)
• Red Baraat - Wolf Trap (the Barns)
• Rhett & Link's Tour of Mythicality - Lincoln Theatre - sold out
• Roy Hargrove - Blues Alley (Two shows)
• Dave Kline Band & Veronneau - AMP
• Fernando Varela - 6th & I CANCELLED
• George Winston - Wolf Trap (the Barns - 3 PM & 8 PM)
• Goblin and Morricone Youth - Baltimore SoundStage
• John McLaughlin / Jimmy Herring: Meeting of the Spirits - Lincoln Theatre
• Lee Ranaldo and the Messthetics (Brendan Canty, Joe Lally, Anthony Pirog) - Black Cat (Mainstage)
• Macklemore - Fillmore Silver Spring (the Gemini Tour) - sold out
• National Philharmonic: Bach & Bachinas - Strathmore (Music Center)
• Paula Poundstone - Birchmere
• Project Natale - Twins Jazz (Two shows)
• Roy Hargrove - Blues Alley (Two shows)
• Sahbabii - U St Music Hall (Early show - 7 PM)
• Sannhet - Rock & Roll Hotel
• Shilpa Ray - Comet Ping Pong
• Tegan & Sara - The Anthem [901 Wharf Street SW, Washington, DC] (The Con 10th Anniversary acoustic tour)
• Tomb Mold, Taphos Nomos, Ilsa, and Left Cross - Atlas Brew Works [2052 West Virginia Ave NE #102, WDC]
• Tusk (Fleetwood Mac tribute) - State Theatre
• Willie Nile: a night of rock n roll with James Maddock - Jammin' Java
• Xibalba and Itzaes - Raw Ink Tattoo Studio [18630 Woodfield Rd, Gaithersburg, MD]
• Campfire Caravan, Mipso, the Brothers Comatose, and the Lil Smokies - 9:30 Club
• the Coronas - DC9
• David Bazan and Michael Nau - Rock & Roll Hotel
• Doyle Bramhall II - the Hamilton
• Irma Thomas with members of Preservation Hall & Blind Boys of Alabama - Strathmore (Music Center - 4 PM)
• Leftover Salmon - Gypsy Sally's
• Levon Mikaelian - Twins Jazz (Two shows)
• Maysa - Rams Head On Stage (Annapolis) (Two shows - 5:30 PM & 8:30 PM)
• No Age - Comet Ping Pong
• Paula Poundstone - Birchmere
• Roy Hargrove - Blues Alley (Two shows)
• Saint Motel - Baltimore SoundStage
• the Shadowboxers and Harts - U St Music Hall (Early show - 7 PM)
• Willie Nile: Positively Bob and other hits from his catalogue with James Maddock - Jammin' Java
• the Wrecks, Mainland, and the Technicolors - Metro Gallery (Baltimore)
• Alex Clare - Rock & Roll Hotel (Tail of Lions Tour)
• the Black Heart Procession and Sam Coomes (Quasi/Heastmiser) - Ottobar (Baltimore)
• Casper Skulls - Comet Ping Pong
• the Contenders (Jay Nash & Josh Day) - Jammin' Java (Laughing with the Reckless Tour)
• Cousin Stizz, Swoosh, and Big Leano - U St Music Hall (Early show - 7 PM)
• Flamenco Legends by Javier Limon: The Paco De Lucia Project - Birchmere
• Haley Reinhart - Fillmore Silver Spring
• Herb Alpert & Lani Hall - Wolf Trap (the Barns)
• Hippo Campus and Remo Drive - 9:30 Club
• Jazzmeia Horn - Blues Alley (Two shows)
• Antigone Rising - Jammin' Java
• Bruce Cockburn (band) - Birchmere
• Habib Koité & Bamada - the Hamilton
• Haley Reinhart - Baltimore SoundStage
• Herb Alpert & Lani Hall - Wolf Trap (the Barns)
• Ilana Glazer & Phoebe Robinson: YQY Comedy Tour - Lincoln Theatre (Two shows - 6:30 PM & 10 PM)
• Luna and Eleanor Friedberger - Black Cat (Mainstage)
• Neil deGrasse Tyson - Warner Theatre
• One for Pops: the JoGo EP - Blues Alley (Two shows)
• Poppy - Rock & Roll Hotel - sold out
• Silversun Pickups and Minus the Bear - 9:30 Club
• the Used and Glassjaw - Fillmore Silver Spring
• Adrian Legg - Jammin' Java
• Bruce Cockburn - Rams Head On Stage (Annapolis)
• Bully and Aye Nako - U St Music Hall (Early show - 7 PM)
• Chelsey Green Project - Blues Alley (Two shows)
• the Cocuzzi Courtet with interPLAY Orchestra - AMP
• Downtown Boys and Olivia Neutron-John - Wind-Up Space (Baltimore)
• Elizabeth II, Little Coyote, and Ménage À Garage - Velvet Lounge
• Hayden James, BAYNK, and Grace Pitts - U St Music Hall (Late show - 10:30 PM)
• Hot Snakes - Rock & Roll Hotel
• Joe Vetter Quartet - Twins Jazz (Two shows)
• Johnnyswim - Lincoln Theatre
• Justin Townes Earle and Joshua Hedley - Wolf Trap (the Barns)
• Lukas Nelson & Promise of the Real and Nikki Lane - Rams Head Live! (Baltimore)
• Lyle Lovett & John Hiatt: an acoustic evening - Birchmere
• the Revivalists - 9:30 Club
• California Guitar Trio - Wolf Trap (the Barns)
• the Drums and Methyl Ethyl - Black Cat (Mainstage)
• Elliott Brood - DC9
• Freebo with Alice Howe - Mansion on O St [2020 O St NW, WDC]
• the Frights, Vundabar, and Hockey Dad - Rock & Roll Hotel
• Intern John's Peer Pressure Comedy Tour - Warner Theatre
• Janet Jackson - Capital One Arena (formerly Verizon Center) (State of the World Tour)
• Jazz Band Master Class - Twins Jazz (7:30 PM Show only)
• Lez Zeppelin - Rams Head On Stage (Annapolis)
• Lucero - Ottobar (Baltimore)
• Lyle Lovett & John Hiatt: an acoustic evening - Birchmere
• Matt Wertz and Dustin Ransom - Jammin' Java
• the Revivalists - 9:30 Club
• Roberta Gambarini - Blues Alley (Two shows)
• Slowdive - Rams Head Live! (Baltimore)
• Sonnambula - Strathmore (Mansion)
• Stephen Wade (DC's Banjo Dancing master) - AMP
• Thrice, Circa Survive, CHON, and Balance & Composure - Fillmore Silver Spring
• Whitechapel, Carnifex, Rings of Saturn, Entheos, and So This Is Suffering - Baltimore SoundStage (Decade of Defilement Tour)
• Zach Deputy - Gypsy Sally's
• Crywolf - Baltimore SoundStage
• DakhaBrakha - Strathmore (Music Center)
• the Dustbowl Revival - the Hamilton
• Felly and Trip Carter - Rock & Roll Hotel
• Ghost-Note ft. members of Snarky Puppy & Prince, the Nth Power - Gypsy Sally's
• Joe Biden: American Promise Tour - Warner Theatre - sold out
• Lucero - Ottobar (Baltimore)
• Luke Combs, Josh Phillips, and Faren Rachels - Rams Head Live! (Baltimore) (Don't Tempt Me with a Good Time Tour) - sold out
• Puddles Pity Party - Lincoln Theatre
• the Quebe Sisters - Wolf Trap (the Barns)
• Roberta Gambarini - Blues Alley (Two shows)
• Rocket City Riot, RadaR, and StereoRiots - Comet Ping Pong
• Savoy Brown featuring Kim Simmonds - Rams Head On Stage (Annapolis)
• Tim Whalen Septet - Twins Jazz (Two shows)
• Walter Beasley and Unit 3 Deep - Birchmere
• Yelawolf, Mikey Mike, Big Henri, and Cookup Boss - Fillmore Silver Spring
• Yonder Mountain String Band and the Last Revel - 9:30 Club
• American Football and Pure Bathing Culture - Howard Theatre
• Back to the 80s: an 80s Themed Murder Mystery Comedy Show - Jammin' Java (7 PM Evening Show)
• the Ballroom Thieves and Frances Luke Accord - DC9
• Better Off Dead - Jammin' Java (Late show - 9:30 PM)
• Big Sam's Funky Nation - the Hamilton
• the Black Heart Procession - Rock & Roll Hotel
• Boy Named Banjo and Grand Ole' Ditch - Gypsy Sally's
• BSO: André Watts Returns for Rach 2 - Strathmore (Music Center)
• the Dirty Grass Players and Pressing Strings - Metro Gallery (Baltimore)
• Erykah Badu - The Anthem [901 Wharf Street SW, Washington, DC]
• Evening of Indian Dance - Wolf Trap (the Barns)
• the Infamous Stringdusters and Cris Jacobs - Rams Head Live! (Baltimore)
• Janet Jackson - Baltimore Arena (Royal Farms Arena) (State of the World Tour)
• the Mavericks - Lincoln Theatre
• Middleway Music Studio Concert XV - Jammin' Java (Noon matinee show)
• Paul Thorn Band - Birchmere
• Roberta Gambarini - Blues Alley (Two shows)
• Ron White - Warner Theatre
• Simply Three - Rams Head On Stage (Annapolis)
• Tim Whalen Septet - Twins Jazz (Two shows)
• A Night with Janis Joplin - Strathmore (Music Center)
• Alex Lahey and Dude York - DC9
• Angus & Julia Stone - 9:30 Club
• Bettye LaVette - the Hamilton
• Cults - Ottobar (Baltimore)
• Dark Desert Eagles (Eagles tribute) - AMP
• Eyelids, Jay Gonzalez & the Guilty Pleasures, and Humble Fire - Black Cat (Backstage)
• Hot Chip (open-to-close DJ set) - U St Music Hall (Late show - 10:30 PM)
• Jeff Cosgrove / Noah Preminger Quartet - Twins Jazz (Two shows)
• John Eaton - Founding Fathers: Irving Berlin & Jerome Kern - Wolf Trap (the Barns)
• Kathy Mattea featuring Bill Cooley: The Acoustic Living Room Song & Stories - Birchmere
• Lady Gaga - Capital One Arena (formerly Verizon Center) (Joanne World Tour)
• Mouths of Babes - Jammin' Java (3 PM Afternoon Show)
• P.O.S, Metasota, and Transit22 - Jammin' Java (8 PM Evening Show)
• Roberta Gambarini - Blues Alley (Two shows)
• Echosmith and Banners - 9:30 Club
• Fit For a King, In Hearts Wake, Like Moths to Flame, and Phinehas - Baltimore SoundStage
• Gaelic Storm - Rams Head On Stage (Annapolis)
• Ginhild Carling: Sweden's Queen of Swing - Blues Alley (Two shows)
• Ron Gallo and Naked Giants - DC9
• the Stanley Clarke Band - Birchmere
• the Strawbs: Chapter & Verse featuring "Hero & Heroine" - Jammin' Java
• Kandace Springs and Bobby Bazini - Blues Alley (Two shows)
• Mewithoutyou, Pianos Become the Teeth, and Slow Mass - Baltimore SoundStage (Life 15 Year Tour)
• the Stanley Clarke Band - Rams Head On Stage (Annapolis)
• 6lack, Sabrina Claudio, and Sy Ari the Kid - 9:30 Club
• Hoodie Allen - Fillmore Silver Spring
• Kia Bennett: Bullet-Proof Soul, a Tribute to Sade - Blues Alley (Two shows)
• Pierce Fulton and Nvdes with Noosa - Baltimore SoundStage (Better Places Tour)
• Stacked Like Pancakes - Rams Head Live! (Baltimore)
• Alex Bugnon - Blues Alley (Two shows)
• Benito Gonzalez - Twins Jazz (Two shows)
• Black Friday featuring Psycho Killers (Talking Heads tribute), Life on Mars (David Bowie tribute from Richmond VA) - Baltimore SoundStage
• Chaka Khan - Warner Theatre
• the Front Bottoms, Basement, and Bad Bad Hats - Fillmore Silver Spring
• the Nighthawks and Skip Castro Band - State Theatre NO LONGER ON VENUE WEB SITE
• Odesza, Sofi Tukker, and Louis Futon - The Anthem [901 Wharf Street SW, Washington, DC]
• Alex Bugnon - Blues Alley (Two shows)
• Benito Gonzalez - Twins Jazz (Two shows)
• Bone Thugs-N-Harmony - Fillmore Silver Spring
• the Brian Setzer Orchestra Christmas Tour - Warner Theatre
• the Classic Rock Experience featuring the music of Pink Floyd, Led Zeppelin, Styx, Boston, Deep Purple, Journey, and more - Rams Head On Stage (Annapolis)
• David Bromberg Quintet - Birchmere
• Keller Williams's Thanksforgrassgiving featuring Larry & Jenny Keel, Jeremy Garrett, Danny Barnes, and Jay Starling - 9:30 Club
• Kindred the Family Soul - Baltimore SoundStage
• Kirk Franklin & Ledisi - DAR Constitution Hall
• Koo Koo Kanga Roo and MC Lars - Jammin' Java
• Newmyer Flyer: the Songs of Burt Bacharach & Hal David - Wolf Trap (the Barns)
• Pigeons Playing Ping Pong and Ripe - Rams Head Live! (Baltimore)
• Alex Bugnon - Blues Alley (Two shows)
• Hatebreed - Baltimore SoundStage (20 Years of Desire & 15 Years of Perseverance)
• Hollywood Undead and Butcher Babies - Rams Head Live! (Baltimore)
• Scott Bradlee's Postmodern Jukebox - Fillmore Silver Spring
• Braxton Cook - Blues Alley (Two shows)
• St. Vincent - The Anthem [901 Wharf Street SW, Washington, DC]
• Beach Slang, Dave Hause & the Mermaid, and the Homeless Gospel Choir - Black Cat (Mainstage)
• David Crosby & Friends - Wolf Trap (the Barns)
• Deepak Chopra - Strathmore (Music Center)
• Maximo Park - U St Music Hall (Early show - 7 PM)
• Merlon Devine - Blues Alley (Two shows)
• Squeeze - 9:30 Club
• Bearcubs - DC9
• David Crosby & Friends - Wolf Trap (the Barns)
• Fresh Air - AMP
• Front Country - Gypsy Sally's
• Jay-Z - Capital One Arena (formerly Verizon Center) (4:44 Tour)
• Liam Gallagher - Lincoln Theatre - sold out
• Lorree K. Slye: Christmas Season Kickoff - Blues Alley (Two shows)
• Arturo Sandoval - Blues Alley (Two shows)
• Deer Tick - 9:30 Club
• Hundredth, Spotlights, Tennis System, and Gleemer - Metro Gallery (Baltimore)
• Joe Vetter Quartet - Twins Jazz (Two shows)
• JP Sears - Lincoln Theatre
• Larry XL - AMP
• Loudon Wainwright III and Lucy Wainwright Roche - Wolf Trap (the Barns)
• the Marshall Tucker Band - Birchmere
• Arturo Sandoval - Blues Alley (Two shows)
• Bill Kirchen & Too Much Fun and Commander Cody: A Honky Tonk Holiday - Birchmere
• BSO Off the Cuff: Mozart's Mysterious Requiem - Strathmore (Music Center)
• Descendents and Frank Iero & the Patience - Rams Head Live! (Baltimore)
• Eileen Ivers - Wolf Trap (the Barns)
• Mayhem, Immolation, and Black Anvil - Baltimore SoundStage
• Nappy Riddem, Dub City Renegades, and Roots of a Rebellion - Gypsy Sally's
• Suicideboy$ - Fillmore Silver Spring (Global Epidemic Tour)
• Arturo Sandoval - Blues Alley (Two shows)
• Blasphemy Tour featuring Borgore - Rams Head Live! (Baltimore)
• Cheryl Wheeler & John Gorka - Birchmere
• Dark Star Orchestra: Recreating the Grateful Dead's 6/14/91 RFK Show - The Anthem [901 Wharf Street SW, Washington, DC]
• Emily Haines (of Metric) - 6th & I
• Jacob Banks - Rock & Roll Hotel
• Maryland Classic Youth Orchestras of Strathmore: Symphonic Devotions - Strathmore (Music Center - 4:30 PM)
• Needtobreathe - Lincoln Theatre - sold out
• Paula Poundstone - Rams Head On Stage (Annapolis)
• Steve Forbert - Jammin' Java
• Waterparks, As It Is, Chapel, and Sleep On It - Baltimore SoundStage (Monster Energy Outbreak Tour)
• Arturo Sandoval - Blues Alley (Two shows)
• the Barr Brothers - 6th & I
• Blood Sweat & Tears featuring Bo Bice with Chrissi Poland - Birchmere
• BSO: Mozart's Requiem - Strathmore (Music Center - 3 PM)
• Nelson Dougherty - Twins Jazz (Two shows)
• Washington Symphonic Brass Home for the Holidays - Wolf Trap (the Barns)
• Cindy Wilson (of the B-52s) - Black Cat (Backstage)
• Dave Koz: 20th Anniversary Christmas Tour with special guests David Benoit, Rick Braun, Peter White, & introducing Selina Albright - Strathmore (Music Center)
• Gloria Reuben: Great Ladies of Song - Blues Alley (Two shows)
• Hot Tuna (acoustic) - Birchmere
• Marshall Tucker Band and the Steppin Stones - Rams Head On Stage (Annapolis)
• the National and This Is the Kit - The Anthem [901 Wharf Street SW, Washington, DC] - sold out
• Pinegrove, Saintseneca, and Adult Mom - Black Cat (Mainstage) - sold out
• Sons of Serendip's Christmas Tour - AMP
• Yann Tiersen - Lincoln Theatre
• Nicole Henry: Set for the Holidays - Blues Alley (Two shows)
• Embalmer, Morta Skuld, and Scorched - Sidebar Tavern (Baltimore)
• Marcus Johnson's Holiday Jam - Blues Alley (Two shows)
• Suicide Silence, Upon a Burning Body, Slaughter to Prevail, and Prison - Baltimore SoundStage (10 Year Anniversary Tour)
• the Twins Jazz Orchestra - Twins Jazz (8:30 PM Show Only)
• Canadian Brass: Christmas Time is Here - Strathmore (Music Center)
• Carbon Leaf - Rams Head On Stage (Annapolis)
• Dar Williams: in concert including reading & discussions from her new book What I Found In a Thousand Towns - Birchmere
• A Darlene Love Christmas: Love for the Holidays - Howard Theatre
• the Interrupters, SWMRS, and the Regrettes - Black Cat (Mainstage)
• Marcus Johnson's Holiday Jam - Blues Alley (Two shows)
• the New Potato Caboose DC Reunion Show - Gypsy Sally's
• Thunder From Down Under - Baltimore SoundStage
• Wolf Alice - 9:30 Club
• American Freak Show featuring Bear Grillz - 9:30 Club (Late show - 10 PM)
• Carbon Leaf - Rams Head On Stage (Annapolis) (Two shows: 3 PM All-Ages Matinee and 8:30 PM Evening Show)
• Dar Williams: in concert including reading & discussions from her new book What I Found In a Thousand Towns - Birchmere
• Gary Numan and Me Not You - 9:30 Club
• Marcus Johnson's Holiday Jam - Blues Alley (Two shows)
• Storm Large - 6th & I
• SZA, Smino, and Ravyn Lenae - Rams Head Live! (Baltimore) (the CTRL Tour) - sold out
• Thunder From Down Under - Baltimore SoundStage
• Andrea Bocelli - Capital One Arena (formerly Verizon Center)
• Bohemian Caverns Jazz Orchestra - Strathmore (Mansion - 3 PM & 7 PM)
• BSQ - Twins Jazz (Two shows)
• Marcus Johnson's Holiday Jam - Blues Alley (Two shows)
• Mogwai and Xander Harris - 9:30 Club
• Strathmore Children's Chorus: Peace, Paz, Shalom - Strathmore (Music Center)
• Tracy Grammer and Jim Henry - Jammin' Java
• Converge, Pile, and Give - Baltimore SoundStage
• Daniel Weatherspoon: Celebrates Christmas - Blues Alley (Two shows)
• Hiss Golden Messenger - 9:30 Club
• Converge, Pile, and Give - Rock & Roll Hotel
• Eric Felton Jazz Orchestra: Duke Ellington Nutcracker - Blues Alley (Two shows)
• the Hip Hop Nutcracker - Strathmore (Music Center)
• Chaise Lounge: Swinging Thru the Holidays - Blues Alley (Two shows)
• the Hip Hop Nutcracker - Strathmore (Music Center)
• Over the Rhine: An Acoustic Christmas - Birchmere
• Robyn Helzner Trio - Strathmore (Mansion)
• the White Buffalo - 9:30 Club
• Alone & Together - 6th & I
• Angel Olsen and White Magic - 9:30 Club
• Carbon Leaf - Birchmere
• Dopapod - Gypsy Sally's
• Freddy Cole Quartet - Blues Alley (Two shows)
• Robyn Helzner Trio - Strathmore (Mansion)
• Trans-Siberian Orchestra presents the Ghosts of Christmas Eve - Capital One Arena (formerly Verizon Center)
• Zhenya Lopatnik - Strathmore (Mansion) CANCELLED
• Carbon Leaf - Birchmere
• Freddy Cole Quartet - Blues Alley (Two shows)
• Southside Johnny & the Asbury Jukes - Rams Head On Stage (Annapolis)
• the Washington Chrous: A Candlelight Christmas - Strathmore (Music Center)
• Amy Grant & Michael W. Smith - Patriot Center / EagleBank Arena
• Freddy Cole Quartet - Blues Alley (Two shows)
• National Philharmonic: Handel's Massiah - Strathmore (Music Center - 3 PM)
• National Philharmonic: Handel's Massiah - Strathmore (Music Center)
• O.A.R. - The Anthem [901 Wharf Street SW, Washington, DC]
• Southside Johnny & the Asbury Jukes - Birchmere
• Victor Wooten Trio featuring Dennis Chambers & Bob Franceschini - 9:30 Club
• Chris Pureka and the Harmaleighs - Jammin' Java
• Freddy Cole Quartet - Blues Alley (Two shows)
• Levon Mikaelian - Twins Jazz (Two shows)
• Norman Brown's Joyous Christmas with Bobby Caldwell & Marion Meadows - Birchmere
• Pentatonix: A Pentatonix Christmas Tour - The Anthem [901 Wharf Street SW, Washington, DC]
• the Tree House School of Music - Fillmore Silver Spring (11 AM Morning Show)
• Dave Detwiler & the White House Band: Tis the Season - Blues Alley (Two shows)
• Shell Tour featuring Snails with Funtcase and Boogie T - Rams Head Live! (Baltimore)
• Up & Vanished Live - 9:30 Club
• the Wailin' Jennys - Birchmere
• a John Waters Christmas - Baltimore SoundStage
• the Wailin' Jennys - Birchmere
• Robert Glasper Experiment - Birchmere
• Tom Teasley & Seth Kibel: Tiny Planet - Strathmore (Mansion)
• a John Waters Christmas - Birchmere
• Nghtmre Before Xmas featuring Nghtmre - Rams Head Live! (Baltimore)
• Shemekia Copeland - Blues Alley (Two shows)
• Skylark: A Celtic Solstice - Strathmore (Mansion)
• Moscow Ballet's great Russian Nutcracker - Strathmore (Music Center)
• Ookay - 9:30 Club (Late show - 10 PM)
• Shemekia Copeland - Blues Alley (Two shows)
• Freddie Jackson - Birchmere
• Moscow Ballet's great Russian Nutcracker - Strathmore (Music Center - 2 PM & 7 PM)
• Shemekia Copeland - Blues Alley (Two shows)
• Joe Herrera & Rodney Richardson's Holiday Party featuring Lena Seikaly (vocals) - Blues Alley (Two shows)
• Charles Esten - Birchmere
• Cyrus Chestnut Trio - Blues Alley (Two shows)
• Live at the Fillmore (Allman Brothers Band tribute) - the Hamilton
• Charles Esten - Birchmere
• Cyrus Chestnut Trio - Blues Alley (Two shows)
• Thursday and Pup - Rams Head Live! (Baltimore)
• Cyrus Chestnut Trio - Blues Alley (Two shows)
• Stephen Kellogg: Alone for the Holidays with Chris Koza - Jammin' Java
• Cyrus Chestnut Trio - Blues Alley (Two shows)
• Pieces of a Dream - Birchmere
• SOJA with Twiddle and Footwerk - The Anthem [901 Wharf Street SW, Washington, DC]
• Cyrus Chestnut Trio - Blues Alley (Two shows)
• Ex Hex and Des Demonas - Black Cat (Mainstage)
• Salute to Vienna New Year's Concert - Strathmore (Music Center)
• Cyrus Chestnut Trio and Integriti Reeves - Blues Alley (Two shows)
• the Marcus King Band - Baltimore SoundStage
• Levin Brothers - Jammin' Java
• Chris Thomas King - Blues Alley (Two shows)
• Dan Navarro - Mansion on O St [2020 O St NW, WDC]
• Rik Emmett of Triumph: Acoustic Duo Performance with Dave Dunlop - Birchmere
• Catherine Russell & John Pizzarelli: A Salute to Billie Holliday & Frank Sinatra - Strathmore (Music Center)
• Chris Thomas King - Blues Alley (Two shows)
• Get the Led Out (Led Zeppelin tribute) - Rams Head Live! (Baltimore)
• Popa Chubby - the Hamilton
• the British Invasion Years - State Theatre
• BSO: Mozart's Jupiter - Strathmore (Music Center)
• Chris Thomas King - Blues Alley (Two shows)
• Chris Thomas King - Blues Alley (Two shows)
• the Killers - The Anthem [901 Wharf Street SW, Washington, DC]
• Stanley Jordan - Blues Alley (Two shows)
• Vivian Green - Birchmere
• BSO Off the Cuff: Impressionist Masterworks - Strathmore (Music Center)
• Eddie from Ohio with Jake Armerding - Birchmere
• Say Anything: In Defense of the Genre (Disc 1) and Say Anything in their entirety - Ottobar (Baltimore)
• Stanley Jordan - Blues Alley (Two shows)
• Eddie from Ohio with Jake Armerding - Birchmere
• Say Anything - Rams Head Live! (Baltimore)
• Stanley Jordan - Blues Alley (Two shows)
• BSO: Concerto for Two Timpanists - Strathmore (Music Center - 3 PM)
• Eddie from Ohio with Jake Armerding - Birchmere
• Stanley Jordan - Blues Alley (Two shows)
• Graham Bonnet - Baltimore SoundStage
• Shakira - Capital One Arena (formerly Verizon Center) (El Dorado World Tour)
• Eric Benet - Birchmere
• Gina Sobel (artist-in-residence) - Strathmore (Mansion)
• Tinsley Ellis - Blues Alley (Two shows)
• Eric Benet - Birchmere
• Joey DeFrancesco - Blues Alley (Two shows)
• Joey DeFrancesco - Blues Alley (Two shows)
• Junior Brown - Birchmere
• Station to Station (Earl Slick & Bernard Fowler) - AMP
• BSO: Tchaikovsky's Vivid Virtuosity - Strathmore (Music Center)
• G Jones B2B Eprom with Mad Zach - Baltimore SoundStage
• Joey DeFrancesco - Blues Alley (Two shows)
• Lucy Kaplansky and Heather Maloney - Wolf Trap (the Barns)
• Rufus Wainwright - Birchmere
• Joey DeFrancesco - Blues Alley (Two shows)
• Krakauer-Tagg Duo - Wolf Trap (the Barns)
• Step Afrika! Step Xplosion - Strathmore (Music Center - 5 PM)
• Tennis - 9:30 Club
• BSO: Diva to Diva - Strathmore (Music Center)
• Joel Fan (piano) - Strathmore (Mansion)
• Roy Ayers - Blues Alley (Two shows)
• the Ventures - Birchmere
• Aaron Tveit - Wolf Trap (the Barns)
• Maxim Vengerov - Strathmore (Music Center)
• Ricky Skaggs & Kentucky Thunder - Birchmere
• Roy Ayers - Blues Alley (Two shows)
• Aaron Tveit - Wolf Trap (the Barns)
• National Philharmonic: Cosmic Designs - Strathmore (Music Center)
• Ricky Skaggs & Kentucky Thunder - Birchmere
• Roy Ayers - Blues Alley (Two shows)
• Sinbad - Warner Theatre
• National Philharmonic: Cosmic Designs - Strathmore (Music Center - 3 PM)
• Roy Ayers - Blues Alley (Two shows)
• Gina Sobel (artist-in-residence) - Strathmore (Mansion)
• International Guitar Night - Wolf Trap (the Barns)
• Neck Deep - Rams Head Live! (Baltimore)
• BSO: Stephen Hough Performs Mendelssohn - Strathmore (Music Center)
• Corey Harris - Blues Alley (Two shows)
• International Guitar Night - Wolf Trap (the Barns)
• Justin Moore and Dylan Scott - The Anthem [901 Wharf Street SW, Washington, DC]
• Olivier Stankiewicz (oboe) - Strathmore (Mansion)
• Arturo O'Farrill & The Afro Latin Jazz Orchestra with Dr. Cornel West - Strathmore (Music Center)
• Chase Rice - Fillmore Silver Spring (Lambs & Lions Tour)
• Corey Harris - Blues Alley (Two shows)
• New York Festival of Song: Bernstein at 100 - Wolf Trap (the Barns)
• Corey Harris - Blues Alley (Two shows)
• Steven Page & The Art of Time Ensemble - Strathmore (Music Center)
• Ladysmith Black Mambazo - Wolf Trap (the Barns)
• Ladysmith Black Mambazo - Wolf Trap (the Barns)
• Lara Fabian - Warner Theatre
• Grace VanderWaal - 9:30 Club
• Jon Stickley Trio - Strathmore (Mansion)
• Marcia Ball - Wolf Trap (the Barns)
• Masters of Hawaiian Music - Wolf Trap (the Barns)
• National Philharmonic: Brian Ganz Plays Chopin's Hidden Gems - Strathmore (Music Center)
• Masters of Hawaiian Music - Wolf Trap (the Barns)
• Uasuf Gueye (artist in residence) - Strathmore (Mansion)
• the Seamus Egan Project - Wolf Trap (the Barns)
• American Rhapsody: the Gershwin Songbook - Wolf Trap (the Barns)
• BSO: Pictures at an Exhibition - Strathmore (Music Center)
• the Bernstein Story - Strathmore (Music Center - 4 PM)
• Mistuko Uchida - Strathmore (Music Center)
• 1964: the Tribute - Wolf Trap (the Barns)
• Ashley Bathgate (cello) - Strathmore (Mansion)
• Idan Raichel - Strathmore (Music Center)
• 1964: the Tribute - Wolf Trap (the Barns)
• BSO Off the Cuff: Rite of Spring - Strathmore (Music Center)
• National Philharmonic: Gershwin's Porgy & Bess - Strathmore (Music Center)
• PubliQuartet: Freedom and Faith - 6th & I
• BSO: Rite of Spring - Strathmore (Music Center - 3 PM)
• Cherish the Ladies - Wolf Trap (the Barns)
• Styx - Strathmore (Music Center)
• Uasuf Gueye (artist in residence) - Strathmore (Mansion)
• Cherish the Ladies - Wolf Trap (the Barns)
• Oscar Peñas (jazz guitar) - Strathmore (Mansion)
• Marc-André Hamelin (piano) - Wolf Trap (the Barns)
• Annapolis Symphony Orchestra - Strathmore (Music Center - 3 PM)
• Jim Belushi & the Board of Comedy - Rams Head On Stage (Annapolis) (Two shows - 6:30 PM & 9:30 PM)
• Michael Schenker Fest - Fillmore Silver Spring
• the Philadelphia Orchestra - Strathmore (Music Center)
• the Chieftains - Strathmore (Music Center)
• John Eaton - Indiana On Our Minds: the Music of Cole Porter & Hoagy Carmichael - Wolf Trap (the Barns)
• "S" by Circa - Strathmore (Music Center)
• Drew Kid (artist in residence) - Strathmore (Mansion)
• Barry Flanagan of HAPA with special guest Eric Gilliom - Wolf Trap (the Barns)
• BSO: Schubert the Great - Strathmore (Music Center)
• Hot Club of San Francisco - Strathmore (Mansion)
• Barry Flanagan of HAPA with special guest Eric Gilliom - Wolf Trap (the Barns)
• Nils Frahm - 9:30 Club
• Nils Frahm - 9:30 Club
• Niyaz: The Fourth Light Project - an Immersive Multimedia Experience - Strathmore (Music Center)
• National Philharmonic: Spirited Brahms - Strathmore (Music Center)
• National Philharmonic: Spirited Brahms - Strathmore (Music Center - 3 PM)
• Omar Sosa & Seckou Keita - AMP
• SPHINXtravaganza Debut Artists - Wolf Trap (the Barns)
• Altan - Wolf Trap (the Barns)
• The Joey Alexander Trio with Jamison Ross - Strathmore (Music Center)
• BSO: Rachmaninoff's Transcendent Fantasy - Strathmore (Music Center)
• Drew Kid (artist in residence) - Strathmore (Mansion)
• Diego El Cigala - Strathmore (Music Center)
• Million Dollar Quartet - Strathmore (Music Center)
• Ana Moura - Wolf Trap (the Barns)
• Dirkschneider, A Sound of Thunder, and Cyber Strike - Baltimore SoundStage
• Ranky Tanky - Strathmore (Mansion)
• Aaron Diehl Trio - 6th & I
• a BandHouse Gigs Tribute to Leon Russell - Wolf Trap (the Barns)
• BSO: Symphonic Dances - Strathmore (Music Center)
• the Boston Pops: Esplanade Orchestra - Strathmore (Music Center - 2 PM & 7 PM)
• Cameron Crozman (cello) - debut artist - Wolf Trap (the Barns)
• Lorde - The Anthem [901 Wharf Street SW, Washington, DC]
• Chao Tian (artist in residence) - Strathmore (Mansion)
• BSO: Vegas Nights with Frankie Moreno - Strathmore (Music Center)
• Michael Brown (piano) - Strathmore (Mansion)
• the Gay Men's Chorus of Washington, DC: Small Ensembles Extravaganza - Wolf Trap (the Barns - 4 PM & 8 PM)
• National Philharmonic: School for Lovers - Strathmore (Music Center)
• Kamelot, Delain, and Battle Beast - Fillmore Silver Spring
• Fred Hersch Trio - AMP
• John McCutcheon - Wolf Trap (the Barns)
• Scrap Arts Music - Strathmore (Music Center)
• Ukulele Orchestra of Great Britain - Strathmore (Music Center)
• Air Play - Strathmore (Music Center - 4 PM)
• John Corigliano 8.0 - Wolf Trap (the Barns)
• Chao Tian (artist in residence) - Strathmore (Mansion)
• Just Call Me God starring John Malkovich - Strathmore (Music Center)
• 31st Annual Evening of Comedy - Wolf Trap (the Barns)
• BSO Off the Cuff: Tchaikovsky with Balanchine - Strathmore (Music Center)
• 31st Annual Evening of Comedy - Wolf Trap (the Barns)
• National Philharmonic: Northern Lights - Strathmore (Music Center)
• BSO: Tchaikovsky with Balanchine - Strathmore (Music Center - 3 PM)
• National Philharmonic: Beethoven's Pastoral Symphony - Strathmore (Music Center)
• Cecily (artist in residence) - Strathmore (Mansion)
• BSO: Raiders of the Lost Ark - Strathmore (Music Center)
• Chelsey Green & the Green Project - 6th & I
• BSO: Liszt & Brahms - Strathmore (Music Center)
• Hammerfall, Flotsam & Jetsam, and Omnislash - Baltimore SoundStage
• Cecily (artist in residence) - Strathmore (Mansion)
• BSO: Gershwin's Piano Concerto - Strathmore (Music Center)
• National Philharmonic: 100th Anniversary of Poland's Independence - Strathmore (Music Center)
• Sean McCann - Jammin' Java
• BSO: Shostakovich's Hidden Themes - Strathmore (Music Center)
• Josanne Francis (artist in residence) - Strathmore (Mansion)
• Harry Styles and Kacey Musgraves - Capital One Arena (formerly Verizon Center)
• Josanne Francis (artist in residence) - Strathmore (Mansion)
• Shania Twain - Capital One Arena (formerly Verizon Center) (Now Tour)
