Saturday, 1 January 2011

• B B King and Daryl Davis - Birchmere
• Justin Trawick and Friends and Bad Luck Blue Eyes - IOTA Club & Café
• Maggie Sansone, Al Petteway, and Amy White - Rams Head Tavern (Annapolis)
• Mambo Sauce, the Movement, and the Five One - Jammin' Java (Late show)
• the Grandsons - Kennedy Center (Millennium Stage)
• the Great Larry Willis Quartet - Twins Jazz (Two shows)
• the Pietasters - Rams Head Live! (Baltimore)
• Trombone Shorty & Orleans Avenue and the Bridge - 9:30 Club
• Yahzarah - Blues Alley (Two shows)

Sunday, 2 January 2011

• B B King and Daryl Davis - Birchmere
• Buster Brown and the Get Down, Chris Collat Band, and Dimestore - IOTA Club & Café
• Dan from Amateur Hour (playing songs for girls) and Drew Champion (of the Coastals) - Velvet Lounge
• Maggie Sansone - Kennedy Center (Millennium Stage)
• Seeber/Aleinikoff Quintet - Twins Jazz (Two shows)
• the Shield Brothers "Danger Danger" Release Show, the Getaways, and A+ Dropouts - Jammin' Java

Monday, 3 January 2011

• Clear For Takeoff, the Aviator Set, Bright and Early, Still Rings True, and Echoes in Color - Ottobar (Baltimore)
• Fred Eaglesmith - Jammin' Java
• Johnny & the Headhunters and Pete Ragusa & Steve Wolfe - Blues Alley
• Lower Dens - Kennedy Center (Millennium Stage)
• Scott McKnight, Bill Williams, and David Kitchen - IOTA Club & Café

Tuesday, 4 January 2011

• Dangermuffin, Eric Fuller, and Scott Schoem - IOTA Club & Café
• Fat Trel, Frayz, and Phil Da Phuture - Jammin' Java
• Keith Wesby - Blues Alley (Two shows)
• Out of Your Head - Improvised and Experimental Music Collective - Wind-Up Space (Baltimore)
• Project Natalie - Kennedy Center (Millennium Stage)
• the Lovin' Spoonful - Rams Head Tavern (Annapolis)

Wednesday, 5 January 2011

• Brian Huber full band "Imagination of Ourselves" CD Release, Gringo, and Dimestore - Jammin' Java
• Danny Gouker's Misfit Toys, Ben Frock's Subatomic Particles, and the Chris Pumphrey Sextet - Wind-Up Space (Baltimore)
• Gregg Allman - Rams Head Tavern (Annapolis) - sold out
• Julie Dexter - Blues Alley (Two shows)
• Secret Society - Kennedy Center (Millennium Stage)

Thursday, 6 January 2011

• Blind Man Leading, Grandma's Kitchen, the Young Edgar, and the Rivals - Ottobar (Baltimore)
• Elizabeth and the Catapult, the Last Monarchs, and Cecelia Jeffrey - Jammin' Java
• Gangland Buries Its Own and Memories From the Space Age - Velvet Lounge
• Modern Man, Rival Skies, and Prisms - Rock & Roll Hotel
• Mose Allison Trio - Blues Alley (Two shows)
• NSO Youth Orchestra Day - Kennedy Center (Millennium Stage)
• Sherell Rowe - the Red Palace
• the Gift, Cat Vet, and Hey Girl - Black Cat (Backstage)
• the Steeldrivers - Rams Head Tavern (Annapolis)
• Victoria Vox, Todd Wright, and Christylez Bacon - IOTA Club & Café
• Zack Cross Trio - Twins Jazz (Two shows)

Friday, 7 January 2011

• Anderson Twins - Twins Jazz (Two shows)
• Arbouretum, Hush Arbors, and Jason Ajemian - Wind-Up Space (Baltimore)
• Battlefield Band with Seamus Kennedy - Rams Head Tavern (Annapolis)
• Big in Japan, Katrina Ford (of Celebration the Water), Infinite Honey, and Avocado Happy Hour - Ottobar (Baltimore)
• BSM Rap Series "Come and Get It": David Correy, Ashes to Embers, Maryland's Most Wanted, Hood Fellas, Donni Teflon, Big Chief, and SK3 - Sonar (Baltimore) (Club Stage)
• Frontiers (the Premiere Tribute to Journey) - the State Theatre
• Funk Ark and Phone Home - Velvet Lounge
• Mose Allison Trio - Blues Alley (Two shows)
• Nayas and Ten Feet Tall - IOTA Club & Café
• Olivia Mancini & the Mates, Greenland, Birdlips, and Diamond's Ahead - Black Cat (Mainstage)
• Paul Collins Beat, Mondo Topless, and the Electric Mess & Hall Monitors - Comet Ping Pong
• Radioviolet, Pants Velour, and Mercury In Summer - Rock & Roll Hotel
• Ricky Skaggs & Kentucky Thunder - Birchmere
• the Dance Party, Wallpaper, K-Flay, and Marianas Trench - 9:30 Club
• the Michael Clem Trio and Peyton Tochterman - Jammin' Java
• the Yale Glee Club - Strathmore
• Vs. the Earth and P.U.S.H. - Rams Head Live! (Baltimore)
• Wings of Apollo and Clock Strikes XII - Jaxx
• Yoro Ndiaye - Kennedy Center (Millennium Stage)

Saturday, 8 January 2011

• Anderson Twins - Twins Jazz (Two shows)
• Bach2Rock - 9:30 Club (Matinee)
• Battle for Ice Jam - Jaxx
• Bonjour! Ganesh, Constant Alarm, the NRIs, and DJ Sidekick - the Red Palace
• Independent EP Release and the Wave Exchange - Jammin' Java
• Kingsley Flood, Typefighter, and Sounds from Atlantis - Rock & Roll Hotel
• Maysa - Rams Head Tavern (Annapolis) (Two evening shows)
• Michael Jackson Dance Party - the State Theatre
• Mose Allison Trio - Blues Alley (Two shows)
• National Philharmonic: Vivaldi's Four Seasons - Strathmore
• Priddy Guitar Academy's Battle of the Bands - Rams Head Tavern (Annapolis) (Matinee)
• Ricky Skaggs & Kentucky Thunder - Birchmere
• the Mason Chamber Players - Kennedy Center (Millennium Stage)
• the Max Levine Ensemble, Good Luck, Bomb the Music Industry, and Delay - Black Cat (Mainstage)
• the Pietasters, HR, Copstabber, and the Shifters - 9:30 Club
• the Regal Beagles and Sons of Pirates - Rams Head Live! (Baltimore)
• the Weathervanes, June Star, and Brainfang Unplugged - IOTA Club & Café
• the White Noise Supremacists and Noon:30 - Comet Ping Pong
• Tom Chapin - Wolf Trap (Barns)
• Who Are the Southern Baptists, Ben Schlabach, and Presto Bando - Velvet Lounge

Sunday, 9 January 2011

• Anamanaguchi and Club Scout - Black Cat (Backstage)
• Bach2Rock - 9:30 Club (Matinee)
• RECOMMENDED - Derek Evry & Digging Up Virgins - Galaxy Hut
• Greg Brown and Jason Wilber - Rams Head Tavern (Annapolis)
• Kevin Peter Jones - Twins Jazz (Two shows)
• Meet the Doggetts "the Sweet Retreat" - Jammin' Java
• Mose Allison Trio - Blues Alley (Two shows)
• National Philharmonic: Vivaldi's Four Seasons - Strathmore (Matinee)
• Scythian - Kennedy Center (Millennium Stage)
• the Funnelcakes, Here's To, and Redwud - Ottobar (Baltimore)

Monday, 10 January 2011

• Jammin' Java's Mid-Atlantic Band Battle IV - Jammin' Java
• Jayme Stone - Kennedy Center (Millennium Stage)
• John Kocur - Blues Alley (Two shows)
• Little Pink - IOTA Club & Café
• Sarah McLachlan, Butterfly Boucher, and Melissa McClelland - DAR Constitution Hall
• Scarlet Avel, the Caution Children, Montpellier, Tiger Scout, and Passengers - Ottobar (Baltimore)

Tuesday, 11 January 2011

• Big Bad Voodoo Daddy - Birchmere
• Electric 11s - Velvet Lounge
• Jammin' Java's Mid-Atlantic Band Battle IV - Jammin' Java
• RECOMMENDED - Jucifer and Tideland - Black Cat (Backstage)
• Little Feat and Roy Jay - Rams Head Live! (Baltimore)
• Obits, Shortstack, and Double Dagger - Sonar (Baltimore) (Talking Head)
• Out of Your Head - Improvised and Experimental Music Collective - Wind-Up Space (Baltimore)
• Ron Bankett - Blues Alley (Two shows)
• the Ghost of a Saber Tooth Tiger (Sean Lennon and Charlotte Kemp Muhl) and Julianna Barwick - IOTA Club & Café
• Vincent Lę Quang Trio - Kennedy Center (Millennium Stage)

Wednesday, 12 January 2011

• Aaron Seeber Quintet - Twins Jazz (Two shows)
• Jammin' Java's Mid-Atlantic Band Battle IV - Jammin' Java
• Jucifer, Mother Sun Flower, IED-IUD, and Passage Between - Sonar (Baltimore) (Talking Head)
• Lemme - Blues Alley (Two shows)
• Machines On Vacation - the Red Palace
• Saxony-Anhalt Brass Quintet - Kennedy Center (Millennium Stage)
• the Escape Artist, Drunk Buddies, and Bad Lieutenant - Velvet Lounge
• the Music of ABBA with Arrival From Sweden - Rams Head Tavern (Annapolis)

Thursday, 13 January 2011

• Amy Bormet - Twins Jazz (Two shows)
• Big Bad Voodoo Daddy - Rams Head Tavern (Annapolis)
• Bruce in the USA (Bruce Springsteen Tribute) - Rams Head Tavern (Annapolis)
• Das Racist, Future People, and Adam Gonzo - Sonar (Baltimore) (Talking Head)
• Grant Hart (of Hüsker Dü) and the Venables - Black Cat (Backstage)
• International Guitar Night - Wolf Trap (Barns)
• Jammin' Java's Mid-Atlantic Band Battle IV - Jammin' Java
• Jeffrey Osborne - Birchmere
• Jellyroll Mortals and Tom O'Connor - IOTA Club & Café
• NSO Youth Fellows - Kennedy Center (Millennium Stage)
• Railsplitter, War Tempest, and Worn In Red - Velvet Lounge
• Stanton Warriors and the Chavy Boys - U St Music Hall
• the Octopus Machine, Odyssey, Shakeface, From the Trees, and Acrid - Ottobar (Baltimore)
• Tuck & Patti - Blues Alley (Two shows)

Friday, 14 January 2011

• Akua Allrich - Twins Jazz (Two shows)
• Alive N Kickin, Silvertung, Everybody Wants Some, Traces of Lead, and Rain Delay - Rams Head Live! (Baltimore)
• Bob Franke - Kennedy Center (Millennium Stage)
• RECOMMENDED - Das Racist, Ardamus and the Metaphysical, and Fat Tony - Rock & Roll Hotel
• DJ Matheus, 5ive, Keep It Terror, and Forever the Win - Jammin' Java (Late show)
• Eddie From Ohio and Peter Bradley Adams - Birchmere
• Fluorescent Scents - Velvet Lounge
• Justin Jones and the Driving Rain, Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit, and American Aquarium - 9:30 Club
• Practically Einstein, the Zelos, and Kindlewood - IOTA Club & Café
• Punk Rock Tribute/Covers night: Stillborn Monster Babies (as the Misfits), the Fun Brigade (as Bad Brains), the Snallygasters (as the Ramones), and the Quarantines (as Green Day) - Ottobar (Baltimore)
• the OK Corral (CD Release), Static Cinema, and Alvin Tan - Jammin' Java (Early show)
• the Peabody Trio (the Discovery Series) - Wolf Trap (Barns)
• the State Department, the Vita Ruins, Loose Lips, and Broad DJs - Black Cat (Mainstage)
• Truth & Salvage Co., a Thousand Horses, and Black Dog Prowl - the Red Palace
• Tuck & Patti - Blues Alley (Two shows)

Saturday, 15 January 2011

• A Cool Stick, Soul Cannon, E-Major, and the Five One - Ottobar (Baltimore)
• BLOWOFF ft. DJ Bob Mould & Richard Morel - 9:30 Club (Late show)
• Bruce in the USA (Bruce Springsteen Tribute) - the State Theatre
• BSO: Icarus at the Edge of Time - Strathmore
• Buskin & Batteau - Wolf Trap (Barns)
• Chopteeth Afrofunk Big Band and Texas Fred (the Zydeco Cowboy Spinning Dance Music For Ya) - IOTA Club & Café
• DJ Stereo Faith - DC9
• Eddie From Ohio and the Fretful Porcupine - Birchmere - sold out
• RECOMMENDED - Eli Paperboy Reed & the True Loves, Spirit Kid, and the Shifters - Rock & Roll Hotel
• Have Mercy, Leland Palmer, Frenamie, Grand Dai, Sepia, and Stealing the Sun - Rams Head Live! (Baltimore)
• Hume, Skeletons, Buildings, and Laughing Man - Black Cat (Mainstage) Sockets Records Showcase
• Jamuary: Box & Won, Venise, and Empuls - Jammin' Java (Late show)
• Lakeview (CD Release Show), the Kindness of Strangers, Son of a Gun, Ketura, Calm These Waves, We Carry the Fire, and All Out Chaos - Jaxx
• Lucky Dub - Kennedy Center (Millennium Stage)
• Painted Face and Raindeer - Velvet Lounge
• Sing Me Insomnia and Struan Shields - Jammin' Java (Early show)
• Suede - Rams Head Tavern (Annapolis)
• Tuck & Patti - Blues Alley (Two shows)
• Virginia Coalition, Danni Rosner, and School of Rock DC - 9:30 Club (Early show)

Sunday, 16 January 2011

• Afro Bop Big Band - Rams Head Tavern (Annapolis) (Matinee)
• Billy Coulter (CD Release) and the Ruins (CD Release) - IOTA Club & Café
• Eddie From Ohio and Adam Erza - Birchmere
• Eternal Summers, Maybe, Baby, and Fluorescent Scents - the Red Palace
• In Layman Terms and Holly Montgomery - Jammin' Java (Afternoon show)
• Justyn With a Y, the Echo Wall, and Peter Maybarduk - Velvet Lounge
• Kurtis Adams - Twins Jazz (Two shows)
• McTwist (CD Release), Action Item, and the Dukes - Jammin' Java (Evening show)
• REACTION 2011 w/ Susan Morabito (NYC) & Guy Smith (NYC) - 9:30 Club (Late show)
• Rocknoceros - 6th & I (Morning show)
• the Kindness of Strangers, Lakeview, Rosiere, Within Wolves, Ketura, and Why Not - Ottobar (Baltimore)
• Tuck & Patti - Blues Alley (Two shows)
• University of Rochester Brass Choir - Kennedy Center (Millennium Stage)

Monday, 17 January 2011

• Chris Pureka and Vandaveer - IOTA Club & Café
• Mother's Finest - Birchmere
• Negroni's Trio - Blues Alley (Two shows)
• Rev. Nolan Williams Jr., Patti LaBelle, and Let Freedom Ring Choir - Kennedy Center (Millennium Stage)
• the Toasters (30th Anniversary Tour), Alma Tropicalia, and Ugly - Jammin' Java
• Tyvek, Xray Eyeballs, and Foul Swoops - Comet Ping Pong
• RECOMMENDED - We Are Hex, Night and the City, and Prom Concussion - Velvet Lounge

Tuesday, 18 January 2011

• Alfonso Velez - Artisphere (Dome)
• Dragana Jugovic del Monaco and Nemanja Bogunovic - Kennedy Center (Millennium Stage)
• Eric Roberson and Angela Johnson - Rams Head Tavern (Annapolis)
• Hot Club of Detroit - Twins Jazz (Two shows)
• J.Irwin and Jacob Early - IOTA Club & Café
• Lyle Lovett & John Hiatt (acoustic) - Birchmere - sold out
• Out of Your Head - Improvised and Experimental Music Collective - Wind-Up Space (Baltimore)
• Pilesar, Prussia, and Lucia Lucia - Velvet Lounge
• Trio Caliente - Blues Alley (Two shows)
• Understudies, Punch Drunk Poets, Forever the Win, Caryn Server, Ethan Douglas, and Treble Lifter - Jammin' Java

Wednesday, 19 January 2011

• Braxton Cook - Twins Jazz (Two shows)
• David Sanchez - Blues Alley (Two shows)
• Dirty Names and Billy Woodward and the Senders - Ottobar (Baltimore)
• Gary Puckett & the Union Gap - Rams Head Tavern (Annapolis)
• Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis School at American Ballet Theatre - Kennedy Center (Millennium Stage)
• RECOMMENDED - Lyle Lovett & John Hiatt (acoustic) - Birchmere - sold out
• Pierce Pettis and Grace Pettis - Jammin' Java
• Sleeping States (Misra/Bella Union), Black Telephone, and the Homophones - Velvet Lounge
• the B-52s - 9:30 Club
• the Queers, the Apers, and Sick Sick Birds - Black Cat (Backstage)
• Trailer Park Boys - Lisner Auditorium

Thursday, 20 January 2011

• a Guy Called Gerald, Measax, and Solomon Sanchez - U St Music Hall
• Chicago City Limits: America Idles - Wolf Trap (Barns)
• Daddy Lion, Petticoat Tearoom, and Stripmall Ballads - Velvet Lounge
• Disturbed Individuals, Claire Hux, Rui, E-Dubble, Chris Rockbourne, Justin Rhymes, and Tommy Buns - Ottobar (Baltimore)
• Eddie Palmieri-Brian Lynch Quartet - Blues Alley (Two shows)
• Gary Puckett & the Union Gap - Rams Head Tavern (Annapolis)
• Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis School at American Ballet Theatre - Kennedy Center (Millennium Stage)
• RECOMMENDED - Kylesa, Zoroaster, and Fight Amp - Black Cat (Backstage)
• Peanut Butter and Dave and the Riverbreaks - Rock & Roll Hotel
• Schiavone, We Were Kings, and My Radio - Jammin' Java
• Terry Adams (of NRBQ) and his Rock and Roll Quartet and Bobby Houck (of the Blue Dogs) - IOTA Club & Café
• The Vocal Workshop - Twins Jazz
• Tokyo Police Club, Two Door Cinema Club, and Someone Still Loves You Boris Yeltsin - 9:30 Club - sold out
• Universal Order of Armageddon, Regents, Oak, and the Gift - Sonar (Baltimore) (Club Stage)

Friday, 21 January 2011

• Alex Vans, Zach Peterson, and Benny - Velvet Lounge
• Bear Hands, Snakes Say Hiss, and Ex-Replicas - Sonar (Baltimore) (Talking Head)
• Beatlemania Now - Warner Theatre
• BSO's Off the Cuff: Shostakovich's Fifth Symphony - Strathmore
• Chely Wright and Deep River - Birchmere
• Chicago City Limits: America Idles - Wolf Trap (Barns)
• Chris Webby, Henny, Fat Trel, David Correy, DJ Rob, Tehron Porter, Kwame Darko, and Sagar Moktan - Jaxx
• Chrisette Michele - Rams Head Live! (Baltimore)
• Donna the Buffalo and Roy Jay Band - the State Theatre
• Du Brut, the Jones, and Borracho - Rock & Roll Hotel
• Eddie Palmieri-Brian Lynch Quartet - Blues Alley (Two shows)
• RECOMMENDED - Eilen Jewell - IOTA Club & Café
• Francis Farewell Starlite - Kennedy Center (Millennium Stage)
• Kessler, Williams, Norfleet, Hawkins Quartet - Twins Jazz (Two shows)
• Microkingdom (Record Release), Violet Hour, and Witch Hat - Wind-Up Space (Baltimore)
• RECOMMENDED - the Dismemberment Plan, Bluebrain, and Tereu Tereu - Black Cat (Mainstage) - sold out Proceeds to benefit Fort Reno and We Are Family
• the Sights, the Blackberry Belles, and the Milkstains - the Red Palace
• the Smithereens - Rams Head Tavern (Annapolis) (Two shows)
• RECOMMENDED - Yo La Tengo and William Tyler - 9:30 Club

Saturday, 22 January 2011

• A389 Records 7 Year Anniversary: Integrity, Haymaker, Rot In Hell, Dropdead, the Love Below, Seven Sisters of Sleep, Pale Creation, and Pharaoh - Sonar (Baltimore) (Club Stage)
• Chrisette Michele - Birchmere - sold out
• Crowded Streets, Yield, Bari Leigh, and the Fisherman Band - Rams Head Live! (Baltimore)
• Dismemberment Plan, Poor But Sexy, and Batala - 9:30 Club - sold out
• Eddie Palmieri-Brian Lynch Quartet - Blues Alley (Two shows)
• Evan Dando, Juliana Hatfield, and Lady Lamb the Beekeeper - IOTA Club & Café
• Fight the Bear and Overdrive Superthruster - Jammin' Java (Late show)
• Gabriel Iglesias - Warner Theatre
• Gilded Lily Burlesque - Rams Head Tavern (Annapolis)
• Little Dragon and Billygoat - Black Cat (Mainstage)
• Music of Wayne Shorter - Jeff Antoniuk, Jazz Update, Alex Norris - Twins Jazz (Two shows)
• National Philharmonic: Brian Ganz - Chopin Piano Recital - Strathmore
• RECOMMENDED - Periphery and An Obscure Signal - Ottobar (Baltimore)
• Sierra Hull - Kennedy Center (Millennium Stage)
• the Bigger Lights, Boys Will Be Boys, and the Love Light - Jammin' Java (Early show)
• the Silver Liners, Brittany Jean, and Council Bluffs - Velvet Lounge
• the Smithereens - the State Theatre
• U.S. Royalty, the Rassle, and Honey House - Rock & Roll Hotel

Sunday, 23 January 2011

• Backslider, Chainsaw to the Face, Cokskar, and Mind As Person - Ottobar (Baltimore) (Upstairs)
• Dismemberment Plan, Office of Future Plans, and Fulton Lights - 9:30 Club - sold out
• Eddie Palmieri-Brian Lynch Quartet - Blues Alley (Two shows)
• I See Stars, Close Your Eyes, Abandon All Ships, Us, From Outside, and Marilyn Is Dead - Jaxx
• John McCauley & Ian O'Neil (of Deer Tick) and the Shivers - Rock & Roll Hotel
• Lenorable, A Field Mouse, and Allison Weiss - Velvet Lounge
• Lyle Lovett & John Hiatt (acoustic) - Birchmere - sold out
• Max Light Trio - Twins Jazz (Two shows)
• Mid-Atlantic Song Contest Awards Gala - Jammin' Java
• the Garret Gleason Trio, Ivy Rose, and the Sea Life - Ottobar (Baltimore) (Afternoon show)
• Trashkanistan, the Pipe Smoking Rabbits, Caulfield Rebellion, and Percy Shaw - Ottobar (Baltimore) (Evening show)
• Turku (Nomads of the Silk Road) and Mavi - IOTA Club & Café
• U.S. Navy Band in "John F. Kennedy: Celebrating 50 years of Diplomacy Through Culture" - with U.S. Navy Band Sea Chanters, U.S. Naval Academy Band, U.S. Navy Band Brass Quintet, and U.S. Navy Band - Kennedy Center (Millennium Stage)

Monday, 24 January 2011

• Addieville - IOTA Club & Café
• James "Super Harp" Cotton - Blues Alley (Two shows)
• Party Pack - Wind-Up Space (Baltimore)
• Rock Against Cancer: Zeroshift, Make Love & War, Bethany & the Guitar, Cerca Trova, Sol Bandits, and Black Dog Prowl - Jammin' Java
• U.S. Navy Band in "John F. Kennedy: Celebrating 50 years of Diplomacy Through Culture" - with U.S. Navy Band and U.S. Navy Commodores - Kennedy Center (Millennium Stage)
• Wise Old Lions and Fell Types - Black Cat (Backstage)
• Young the Giant and Deleted Scenes - the Red Palace

Tuesday, 25 January 2011

• Adema, Omit the Alibi, And It Must Occur, Sons of the Radio, Tolerance for Tragedy, Irresponsible, Enecia, Illuminations, Seraph, and Violet Says 5 - Jaxx
• Culkin School of Traditional Irish Dance - Kennedy Center (Millennium Stage)
• Jolie Holland and Kyp Malone - IOTA Club & Café
• Liz Phair and Harper Blynn - Rams Head Live! (Baltimore)
• Matthew Dear, Outputmessage, and Alvin Risk - U St Music Hall
• Out of Your Head - Improvised and Experimental Music Collective - Wind-Up Space (Baltimore)
• Pierre Bensusan - Jammin' Java
• Sons of Disobedience, Barrio Andalusi (ft. Guillermo Christie), and George Karos - Black Cat (Backstage)
• STOMP - Warner Theatre
• the Concretes and Hooray For Earth - Rock & Roll Hotel
• Vinx - Blues Alley (Two shows)
• Zoso (a Tribute to Led Zeppelin) - Rams Head Tavern (Annapolis) - sold out

Wednesday, 26 January 2011

• Anberlin, Circa Survive, and Foxy Shazam - Rams Head Live! (Baltimore)
• Blessing Offor - Kennedy Center (Millennium Stage)
• David Berkeley (CD Release) and Seth Glier - Jammin' Java
• Peterbuilt and the Cheaters - Rams Head Tavern (Annapolis)
• Sanjay Mishra - Blues Alley (Two shows)
• STOMP - Warner Theatre
• Ted Garber - Strathmore (Afternoon show)
• the Kindness of Strangers, Montpellier, Tigerscout, Marathon Girl, and Magic Missile - Ottobar (Baltimore)
• Tribe of Vibe - Twins Jazz (Two shows)
• Velvet, Dance for the Dying, and Achtung Panda - the Red Palace

Thursday, 27 January 2011

• "Damaged Bloody Damaged 2": bands performing Black Flag & Black Sabbath songs! with Triac, Bet the Devil, Sal Bando, the Exponentials, Ex-Replicas, Pala, Radical Discharge, the Jons, Melungen, Lifetime Shitlist, and Honkey Kong - Ottobar (Baltimore)
• Annual H St Karaoke Championship - Rock & Roll Hotel
• Ari Hest and Bess Rogers - Wolf Trap (Barns)
• Benjamin T. Rome School of Music at Catholic University - Kennedy Center (Millennium Stage)
• Clay Cook vs. Levi Lowrey - IOTA Club & Café
• Conspirator ft. members of Disco Biscuits - with Segway and the Mantis - State Theatre
• Jonas Sees In Color, Poema, Queens Club, Mercury In Summer, and the Baby Grand - Jammin' Java
• Kathleen Madigan - Birchmere
• Le Zhang - Twins Jazz (Two shows)
• Less Than Jake, the Supervillians, Off With their Heads, and Transit - Sonar (Baltimore) (Club Stage)
• Mike Doughty and Patrick McGrath - Rams Head Tavern (Annapolis)
• Roy Ayers - Blues Alley (Two shows)
• Small Black, Delicate Steve, and Bear Hands - the Red Palace
• STOMP - Warner Theatre
• RECOMMENDED - Thee Ultimate Vag vs. Rat Bastard, the Plums, and Paul Joyner Band - Velvet Lounge
• Twin Tigers, Tennis System, and Thee Lolitas - Black Cat (Backstage)

Friday, 28 January 2011

• Alma Tropicalia, Super Vacations, and Cane & the Sticks - Comet Ping Pong
• Archivists, Fluorescent Sense, and Southern Sense - Rock & Roll Hotel
• Battle for Ice Jam: My Ransomed Soul, Waking the Monolith, Blessings in Disguise, Nekotaż. With local showcase: Freqontrol, Witness Thy Martyr, Epitome of the Weak, Sordid, Dream Atlantic - Jaxx
• Callers and Brainfang - Jammin' Java (Early show)
• Charles Ross' One Man Star Wars Trilogy - Birchmere
• Custer's Last Stand (of DC) and the Attic Ends - Velvet Lounge
• David Jolley & Edward Lauren, horn & piano (the Discovery Series) - Wolf Trap (Barns)
• Dr. Dog, the Head and the Heart, and the Old Fashioneds - 9:30 Club - sold out
• Joe Louis Walker and Eric Gales - State Theatre
• Justin Kauflin Trio - Kennedy Center (Millennium Stage)
• Murphy's Kids, Irresponsible, and Feed God Cabbage - Jammin' Java (Late show)
• Office of Future Plans, SPRCSS, and Whoarfrost - Wind-Up Space (Baltimore)
• Pasadena, Tay 'N Nycist, Oz, Miss Cream, Miss DZ, Pope, Chance Willz - Sonar (Baltimore) (Club Stage)
• Ramzy and the Brothers Handsome - Twins Jazz (Two shows)
• Roy Ayers - Blues Alley (Two shows)
• Small Black, Delicate Steve, Sun Airway, and Dustin Wong - Ottobar (Baltimore)
• STOMP - Warner Theatre
• the Bacon Brothers and Sahara Smith - Rams Head Tavern (Annapolis) (Two shows) - sold out
• the John Scofield & Joe Lovano Quartet - Strathmore
• the Moderate, Junior League Band, and Oh So Peligroso - Black Cat (Mainstage)
• the Moondoggies and Quiet Life - IOTA Club & Café

Saturday, 29 January 2011

• BSO: Brahms' Violin Concerto - Strathmore
• Creative Differences: Lafayette Gilchrist & the New Volcaones - Wind-Up Space (Baltimore)
• Deaf Dog and the Indictments and the Promissory Notes - Velvet Lounge
• Detox Retox, Loose Lips, Cobra Collective, and Dead Heart Bloom - Rock & Roll Hotel
• Dr. Dog, the Head and the Heart, and Buried Beds - 9:30 Club - sold out
• Egg Babies Orchestra, Meetwood Flack (performing Fleetwood Mac songs), and the Bellevederes - Ottobar (Baltimore)
• Evolution (the Journey tribute) and Unforgettable Fire (the U2 Tribute) - Jaxx
• John Eaton - Wolf Trap (Barns)
• Kid Goat, the Walkaways, Tom O'Conno, and Clarence Buffalo - IOTA Club & Café
• King Giant, the Crimson Electric, Throwdown Syndicate, and Death Penalty - State Theatre
• Liebreman and Beethoven: National Chamber Ensemble - Artisphere (Artisphere Spectrum Theatre)
• Mikroknytes - Artisphere (Dome)
• Musical Tribute to Jim Tucker (1962-2010) featuring the Lost Highway Band, Laurie Jones & SB2, and MHR - Jammin' Java (Afternoon show)
• NSO Prelude - Kennedy Center (Millennium Stage)
• Passafire, Three Legged Fox, and Sin Is In - Jammin' Java
• Roy Ayers - Blues Alley (Two shows)
• SI*SE and Sun Wolf - Black Cat (Mainstage)
• STOMP - Warner Theatre (Two shows)
• Suzanne Westenhoefer - Birchmere
• the Bacon Brothers - Rams Head Tavern (Annapolis) (Two shows) - sold out
• the Bridge (CD Release Party) and Yellow Dubmarine - Rams Head Live! (Baltimore)
• the Killer Balloons, Mercies, and Presto Bando - the Red Palace

Sunday, 30 January 2011

• Action Item, A Fall for the Scene, David Ringwood, and Clear for Takeoff - Ottobar (Baltimore)
• Amped & Alive's Ice Jam-- Silverstein & We Came as Romans, Miss May I, Pierce the Veil, For Today, the Word Alive, and the Chariot - Sonar (Baltimore) (All Rooms)
• Angela Bofill Experience (ft. Maysa and Grammy-winner Dave Valentin) - Birchmere
• Dar Williams with the IBIS Chamber Music Society - Artisphere (Artisphere Rosslyn Spectrum)
• Dreamers of the Ghetto and Sleeper Agent! - Black Cat (Backstage)
• I Saw a Ghost (final show) - Jaxx
• Joe Louis Walker & Linwood Taylor Quartet - Rams Head Tavern (Annapolis) (Evening)
• Lissie and Dylan LeBlanc - 9:30 Club
• Noah Getz (jazz and classical saxophonist) - Twins Jazz (Two shows)
• RECOMMENDED - Robbie Fulks and Timothy Bracken - Jammin' Java
• Roy Ayers - Blues Alley (Two shows)
• STOMP - Warner Theatre (Two shows)
• the Capitol Jazz Project - Kennedy Center (Millennium Stage)
• Tina Dico - Rams Head Tavern (Annapolis) (Matinee)
• Umphrey's McGee and Giant Panda Guerilla Dub Squad - Rams Head Live! (Baltimore)
• Walker and Jay, Stephen Strohmeier, and Dust Busters - Wind-Up Space (Baltimore)

Monday, 31 January 2011

• Best Coast, Wavves, and No Joy - 9:30 Club
• Big Band Caliente - Blues Alley (Two shows)
• Gaelic Storm - Rams Head Tavern (Annapolis)
• Girl Talk and Penguin Prison - Rams Head Live! (Baltimore) - sold out
• Joan of Arc and Pillars and Tongues - Black Cat (Backstage)
• Just For Now, Butcher's Hill, and Balor's Eye - Ottobar (Baltimore)
• Kennedy Center American College Theater Festival - Kennedy Center (Millennium Stage)
• Local Songwriter Showcase feat. Caleb Stine - with Derek Evry, Alex the Red Parez, Jamie Potter, and Amy J. Sullivan - IOTA Club & Café

Tuesday, 1 February 2011

• Aysha Upchurch's Life, Rhythm, Move Project - Kennedy Center (Millennium Stage)
• Chris Boomer ft. Members of SOJA (the "I Am Who I Am" Album Release Party) - IOTA Club & Café
• Death Angel, LaZarus A.D., Bonded By Blood, and Faulted Creation - Jaxx
• Gaelic Storm - Rams Head Tavern (Annapolis) - sold out
• Girl Talk and Penguin Prison - 9:30 Club - sold out
• Home Brewed, Dominic Elliott, Upper 90, Georgiamac, Brittany Bliss, and Elikeh - Jammin' Java
• Otis Taylor - Blues Alley (Two shows)
• Out of Your Head - Improvised and Experimental Music Collective - Wind-Up Space (Baltimore)
• Robert Plant & the Band of Joy - DAR Constitution Hall
• Robyn, Diamond Rings, and Natalia Kills - Rams Head Live! (Baltimore)
• the End of America (album release) and Andy Zipf - Black Cat (Backstage)
• the Radio Dept. and Young Prisms - Rock & Roll Hotel

Wednesday, 2 February 2011

• 2AM Club, Vonnegutt, JustSayHello, and the Baby Grand - Sonar (Baltimore) (Club Stage)
• Backyard Fence and Seelow Hights - Velvet Lounge
• Bands Without Borders featuring Brother Shamus, the Weathervanes, and Half Brother - Jammin' Java
• Buckwheat Zydeco - Wolf Trap (Barns)
• Defiant Calibur, City of Flames, Bletzer Road, and Tripvine - Ottobar (Baltimore)
• Emy Tseng - Twins Jazz (Two shows)
• Gaelic Storm - Rams Head Tavern (Annapolis) - sold out
• Girl Talk and Penguin Prison - 9:30 Club - sold out
• Hercules & Love Affair (DJ set) and lesbanAnnie - U St Music Hall
• Joshua Bell - Strathmore (Rescheduled from 1/26)
• Kristina Winiarski with NSO Youth Fellowship Emerald Quartet - Kennedy Center (Millennium Stage)
• Steven B. - Blues Alley (Two shows)
• Suite Ensemble, Quartet Offensive, and Three Red Crowns - Wind-Up Space (Baltimore)

Thursday, 3 February 2011

• BSO SuperPops: Big Band Hit Parade - Strathmore
• Buckwheat Zydeco - Rams Head Tavern (Annapolis)
• Christian Scott - Wolf Trap (Barns) Cancelled
• Corey Harris - Blues Alley (Two shows)
• Deb Felz and Curbside Manner - Velvet Lounge
• Downtown Basement and Rarely a Mellow Blue - the Red Palace
• Escape the Fate and Alesana - Rams Head Live! (Baltimore)
• Lawrence Olds Quartet - Twins Jazz (Two shows)
• NSO Youth Fellows - Kennedy Center (Millennium Stage)
• Ogun, Billy Lyve, Dirt Platoon, Gerredd, Akilah Brock, Trife, Flat Iron Ryder - Sonar (Baltimore) (Club Stage)
• Roseanne Cash, John Wesley Harding, Kristin Hersh, and Josh Ritter: Singers Singing and Reading - Birchmere Cancelled
• the Kindness of Strangers, Montpellier, Tigerscout, Marathon Girl, and Magic Missile - Ottobar (Baltimore)
• Todd Wright and Cal Everett - Jammin' Java

Friday, 4 February 2011

• A Life Once Lost, Delusions, Disette, and Far Beyond the Valley - Sonar (Baltimore) (Club Stage)
• Chasing Morgan, Kalmia, Rekless Endangerment, Hypodermic, Xstrophy, and Angry Shadow - Rams Head Live! (Baltimore)
• Corey Harris - Blues Alley (Two shows)
• Ellis Paul and Peyton Tochterman - Jammin' Java
• Hunter Valentine and Vanity Theft - U St Music Hall
• J Raud and the Firing Squad and Benyaro - Velvet Lounge
• Left On Vermont (CD Release Party), the Public Good, and the Crash Take-Off - Rock & Roll Hotel
• Lynch Mob, Willie Basse, Baby Jayne, Kneel to Zod, Bullistic, and Thrust - Jaxx
• Miguel - Birchmere
• Mike Epps and D.L. Hughley - DAR Constitution Hall (Two shows)
• Monotonix, Federation X, and Pujol - Comet Ping Pong
• Nitty Gritty Dirt Band and the Seldom Scene - Strathmore
• Ra Ra Rasputin and Hume - Strathmore (Mansion)
• Salim Washington / Harlem Arts Ensemble - Twins Jazz (Two shows)
• Steve Solomon (one-man comedy show: My Mother's Italian, My Father's Jewish, & I'm in Therapy) - Wolf Trap (Barns)
• Tea Leaf Green and the Bridge - 9:30 Club
• the Glenmont Popes, Desert Boys, Deadmen, Lazlo Lee, and the Motherless Children - Ottobar (Baltimore)
• the Legwarmers - State Theatre
• the Ransom Notes, Amy K. Bormet, and Manzari Brothers - Kennedy Center (Millennium Stage)
• Ton McBride and Evan Bliss and the Welchers - IOTA Club & Café
• We Used To Be Family, Caustic Casanova, and the Suits - Wind-Up Space (Baltimore)

Saturday, 5 February 2011

• A Life Once Lost, This Time It's War, Delusions, Epitome of the Weak, Calm These Waves, ASOU, Buried Breathing, and Sordid - Jaxx
• Betaraz Entertainment presents: Batteries Not Included Mixtape Tour - LoLa Monroe (Thee Queen Bo$$et); performing smash single "Overtime" ft. Trina - Jammin' Java (Late show)
• Chromeo, MNDR, and the Suzan - 9:30 Club - sold out
• Corey Harris - Blues Alley (Two shows)
• DC Record Fair Special Event - Artisphere (Ballroom; noon-5PM)
• Fishnet Stalkers, the Bators, Nervous Impulse, and Sidewalk Driver - Velvet Lounge
• Ghostland Observatory - Rams Head Live! (Baltimore)
• Good Deale Bluegrass - Rams Head Tavern (Annapolis)
• Huun-Huur-Tu - Artisphere (Spectrum Theatre)
• Kids - DC9
• RECOMMENDED - Martin Bisi w/ Brian Viglione of Dresden Dolls, the Plums, and Fern Knight - Comet Ping Pong
• Misstallica, Queen Diamond, Honey Tounge, and the Alckemists - Sonar (Baltimore) (Club Stage)
• Patti LaBelle - Strathmore
• Salim Washington / Harlem Arts Ensemble - Twins Jazz (Two shows)
• Scott MacIntyre - Kennedy Center (Millennium Stage)
• Steve Solomon (one-man comedy show: My Mother's Italian, My Father's Jewish, & I'm in Therapy) - Wolf Trap (Barns)
• the Great Unknowns, Porch Pickers Brigade, and Big Chimney - IOTA Club & Café
• the Legwarmers - State Theatre
• the Nighthawks - Jammin' Java (Early show)
• the Very Small, No Compromise, Savage Badger Vags, and 7 Door Sedan - Rock & Roll Hotel
• Violens and Class Actress - the Red Palace
• Walter Beasley - Birchmere
• Willy Joy and Harry Ransom - U St Music Hall

Sunday, 6 February 2011

• Chromeo, MNDR, and the Suzan - 9:30 Club
• Jam Messengers and Tail Draggers - Black Cat (Backstage)
• U.S. Army Band - "Pershing's Own" Chamber Ensenble - Kennedy Center (Millennium Stage)

Monday, 7 February 2011

• Bobby Bare Jr. and Frontier Ruckus - IOTA Club & Café
• RECOMMENDED - Deerhoof, Chain and the Gang, Ben Butler and Mousepad, and Nervous Cop - 9:30 Club
• Hellogoodbye, Gold Motel, You Me and Everyone We Know, and Now, Now - Jammin' Java
• Shadz of Soul - Blues Alley (Two shows)
• Tapes 'n Tapes, Oberhofer, and Xylos - Rock & Roll Hotel
• the Aviator Set, the Kindness of Strangers, and Farewell Fighter - Ottobar (Baltimore)
• the Memorials (ft. Thoma Pridgen/ex-Mars Volta), Just Like Vinyl (ft. Thomas Erak of Fall of Troy), Vinny Vegas, and Skylines - Sonar (Baltimore) (Talking Head)
• Wellesley Women Onstage - Jane Condon and Paula Butturini - State Theatre

Tuesday, 8 February 2011

• Army Field Band Soldiers' Chorus & Pianists - Kennedy Center (Millennium Stage)
• Cas Haley - Jammin' Java Cancelled
• Chris Ayer, John Schmitt, Barnaby Bright, and Morgan Holland - Jammin' Java
• Cowboy Mouth and Dash Dip Rock - 9:30 Club
• Eric Lindell - Rams Head Tavern (Annapolis)
• Grass Is Green, Dirty Dishes, Forks of Ivy, Dark Montgomery, Bobby E Lee, and the Sympathizers - Ottobar (Baltimore)
• Jake Shimabukuro - Birchmere - sold out
• Out of Your Head - Improvised and Experimental Music Collective - Wind-Up Space (Baltimore)
• Rob Maletick & Vince Chapman - Blues Alley (Two shows)
• Talib Kweli ("Gutter Rainbows" CD Release Show) and Von - Black Cat (Mainstage)
• RECOMMENDED - Thao (of the Get Down Stay Down) - IOTA Club & Café
• Woods, Ducktails, and Dustin Wong - Golden West Cafe (Baltimore)

Wednesday, 9 February 2011

• "DC's Got Talent" - Antone 'Chooky' Caldwell and Tamika Jones - Kennedy Center (Millennium Stage)
• 3 Foot Leash - Velvet Lounge
• Benny Green - Blues Alley (Two shows)
• Eliot Seppa Quartet - Twins Jazz (Two shows)
• Eric Lindell - State Theatre
• Gang of Four and Hollerado - 9:30 Club
• RECOMMENDED - Lost in the Trees and Hammer No More the Fingers - Black Cat (Backstage) Cancelled
• Miranda Cosgrove (of iCarly) and Greyson Chance - Strathmore
• Project/Object Featuring Ike Willis - Jammin' Java
• the Greencards - Wolf Trap (Barns)
• the Love Language and Fossil Eyes (formerly Junkers) - the Metro Gallery (Baltimore)
• WAR - Rams Head Tavern (Annapolis) (Two shows; Rescheduled from Feb 4th)
• Zachary Peterson, Snakehead Run, and the Mob Warehouse Band - the Red Palace

Thursday, 10 February 2011

• Biffy Clyro, Moving Mountains, and Solar Powered Sun Destroyer - Rock & Roll Hotel
• BSO: Rachmaninoff's Second Piano Concerto - Strathmore
• Colour Revolt, Lands & Peoples, and Deaf Scene - Sonar (Baltimore) (Talking Head)
• David Wilcox - Wolf Trap (Barns)
• RECOMMENDED - Drop Electric - Bossa (downstairs)
• GW Law Revue bands featuring Motion to Quash and Attractive Nuisance - the Red Palace
• Jef Lee Johnson Band - Strathmore (Mansion)
• Lauryn Hill - Rams Head Live! (Baltimore)
• Lights Resolve and the OK Corral - Velvet Lounge
• Linkin Park - Verizon Center Cancelled
• Little River Band - Rams Head Tavern (Annapolis) - sold out
• Mercies and Jake Troth - Black Cat (Backstage)
• Morcheeba and Lance Herbstrong - 9:30 Club
• Sanga Equation - Twins Jazz (Two shows)
• SGGL - Jammin' Java
• Soul Cycle - Blues Alley (Two shows)
• Ted Garber - Kennedy Center (Millennium Stage)
• the Deadmen and John Bustine - IOTA Club & Café
• the Twelves, AutoRock, and Mr. Bonkerz - U St Music Hall
• WAR - Birchmere

Friday, 11 February 2011

• Baths, Braids, and Star Slinger - Rock & Roll Hotel
• Coke Bust (Record Release), Direct Control, Vaccine, Rations, and Deep Sleep - Hole in the Sky
• RECOMMENDED - Daddy Lion, Bellflur, and Screen Vinyl Image - Strathmore (Mansion)
• Funk Fest: Cameo and Sugarfoot's Ohio Players - DAR Constitution Hall
• Honor By August, Simplified, and Red Wanting Blue - IOTA Club & Café
• Ill Nino, A New Revolution, Fashion Bomb, EkoTren, and To the Fight - Jaxx
• Jerry "the Iceman" Butler (30th Anniversary Appearance) - Blues Alley (Two shows)
• Johnny Winter and Damon Fowler - Rams Head Tavern (Annapolis)
• Keller Williams (solo) - Rams Head Live! (Baltimore)
• Kid Architect (CD Release), Attractions, and Poly-Opto - Jammin' Java (Late show)
• Lizz Wright and V.Rich - Birchmere
• Lotus, Daedelus, and Mr. Lif - 9:30 Club
• Misstallica (all-female tribute to Metallica) - State Theatre
• Natalie York and Chelsea Lee - Jammin' Java (Early show)
• NSO Prelude - Kennedy Center (Millennium Stage)
• Rebel Baroque (the Discovery Series) - Wolf Trap (Barns)
• Shark Tank, Ed Schrader, Moss of Aura, and the Plural MC - Wind-Up Space (Baltimore)
• Sin Miedo - Bossa
• Sons of the Radio, Silvertung, Hero of the Hour, Bloody for my Valentine, and Sin 4 Sin - Sinix (Baltimore)
• the Courtesans and Red Sammy - Velvet Lounge
• Violet Says 5, the Five One, and the Mighty Heard - Black Cat (Mainstage)
• Wailin' Mailman Buck Hill with Bob Butta, Nasar Abadey - Twins Jazz (Two shows)
• Whoarfrost, Damon Moon and the Whispering Drifters, Soon Clyde, and Bethany Dinsick - the Metro Gallery (Baltimore)
• Wino & Scott Kelly, Pilgrim (unplugged), and Darsombra - Sonar (Baltimore) (Club Stage)

Saturday, 12 February 2011

• Buckcherry, Hellyeah, All That Remains, and the Damned Things - Rams Head Live! (Baltimore)
• Chad & Jeremy - Wolf Trap (Barns)
• David Bromberg Big Band - Birchmere - sold out
• David Wax Museum and Twain - 6th & I (Downstairs)
• Dying Fetus, Resurgency, Spellborne, Serial Audophile, Anarch, and Fck U All - Jaxx
• Ghost of War, Without Reason, Torque, Iron Priest, Strange Ways, and Crashleery - Sinix (Baltimore)
• Honor By August, Red Wanting Blue, and Darlingside - IOTA Club & Café
• Jerry "the Iceman" Butler (30th Anniversary Appearance) - Blues Alley (Two shows)
• Johnny Winter and Damon Fowler - Rams Head Tavern (Annapolis)
• Lotus and Daedelus - 9:30 Club
• National Philharmonic: All Mozart - Strathmore
• Nouveau Riche, Gavin Holland, Steve Starks, and Nacey - U St Music Hall
• Palanke Music Company - Bossa
• Reverb with Blacks in Wax - Kennedy Center (Millennium Stage)
• the Civil Wars and Lucy Schwartz - Jammin' Java (Early show) - sold out
• the Postelles, Snowmine, and Dinosaur Bones - the Red Palace
• the Resistance, the Influence, and Cerca Trova - Jammin' Java (Late show)
• Time Travels and Gifts - Velvet Lounge
• Trey Songz - DAR Constitution Hall
• Wailin' Mailman Buck Hill with Bob Butta, Nasar Abadey - Twins Jazz (Two shows)
• Weekends, Raindeer, Winks, and Holy Ghost Party - Golden West Cafe (Baltimore)
• Wild Nothing, Abe Vigoda, and Deleted Scenes - Rock & Roll Hotel

Sunday, 13 February 2011

• All You Need is Love 2 - Jammin' Java's Songwriter's Circle: A Tribute to the Beatles & Love Songs - Jammin' Java
• Arboretum Record Release Party with Secret Mountains - Ottobar (Baltimore) (Free! Upstairs!)
• Black Milk, SmCity, Gods'illa, and X.O. - U St Music Hall
• Brian Robertson - Twins Jazz (Two shows)
• Emilie Autumn - Rock & Roll Hotel
• H.R., A Warm Gun, the Screws, the Coits, Nightfall, TriffStore Magic, and Nervous Impulse - Hole in the Sky
• Jerry "the Iceman" Butler (30th Anniversary Appearance) - Blues Alley (Two shows)
• Jimmy Eat World and David Bazan - 9:30 Club - sold out
• Malevolent Creation, Full Blown Chaos, the Absence, Havok, Beyond Terror Beyond Grace, Croatoan Vitality, Eternal Ruin, Death Penalty, Suffer No Guilt, and Krass Judgment - Ottobar (Baltimore) Cancelled
• Milkshake - Rams Head Live! (Baltimore) (Afternoon show)
• National Philharmonic: All Mozart - Strathmore (Matinee)
• NSO Young Soloists' High School Competition - Kennedy Center (Millennium Stage)
• Pat Sommers Rockshop - Jammin' Java (Afternoon show)
• Soul Brazil - Bossa
• the Association - Rams Head Tavern (Annapolis)
• RECOMMENDED - the Church (performing "Untitled #23", "Priest=Aura", and "Starfish" in their entierty) - Birchmere
• the Silver Liners, We Were Pirates, and Time Travel - Black Cat (Backstage)

Monday, 14 February 2011

• Burlesque-a-pades! - Birchmere
• Dianne Reeves - Strathmore
• Heartland Chamber Chorale - Kennedy Center (Millennium Stage)
• Josh Ritter and Scott Hutchison (of Frightened Rabbit) - 9:30 Club - sold out
• Laila Sante - Twins Jazz (Two shows)
• Lizz Wright - Rams Head Tavern (Annapolis)
• Odd Future Wolf Gang Kill Them All and Phil Ade - U St Music Hall
• Ron Goad's BMI-SAW Showcase Evening - Jammin' Java
• Valentine's Day with the Iceman - Blues Alley (Two shows)
• Victory in Numbers, the Status, and Icarus the Owl - Ottobar (Baltimore)
• Whitechapel, the Acacia Strain, Veil of Maya, Chelsea Grin, I Declare War, and An Obscure Signal - Jaxx

Tuesday, 15 February 2011

• Alisa Weilerstein (cello) & Gabriel Kahane (vocals/piano) - Strathmore (Mansion)
• Angela Stribling - Blues Alley (Two shows)
• Cheick Hamala Diabate - Bossa
• Del McCoury Band - Wolf Trap (Barns) CANCELLED
• Ethan Douglas Band, Shoes, the Leify Green Conspiracy, Cosmonaut, the Hundred Acre Wood, Kabob-o-taj, TJ Gaghan, and Emotions - Jammin' Java
• Graham Reynolds - Kennedy Center (Millennium Stage)
• James Hunter and Jesse Dee - Rams Head Tavern (Annapolis)
• Joe Herrera - Twins Jazz (Two shows)
• John Mellencamp - DAR Constitution Hall
• Joshua Radin, Justin Nozuka, and Andrew Alley - 9:30 Club (Early show) - sold out
• Out of Your Head - Improvised and Experimental Music Collective - Wind-Up Space (Baltimore)
• Shai Hulud, Close Your Eyes, Monsters, I, the Breather, Counterparts, Walk the Plank, and Arabella - Jaxx
• Star Fk Radium, Todd Miller, Alex Vans, Austin Ellis, and Dan Goldberger - IOTA Club & Café
• the Petrojvic Blasting Company and the Torches - Black Cat (Backstage)
• Yann Tiersen - 9:30 Club (Late show)

Wednesday, 16 February 2011

• Aunt Martha, the Last Monarchs, and Thundertyts - Rock & Roll Hotel
• Cap City Blue, Synonyms for Sound, Head Ease, and the Human Condition - Ottobar (Baltimore)
• Connor Christian and Southern Gothic and Casey - Jammin' Java
• Darla Blake - Twins Jazz (Two shows)
• Dee Lucas - Blues Alley (Two shows)
• Del McCoury Band - Wolf Trap (Barns) CANCELLED
• Herb Alpert & Lani Hall - Birchmere
• Jane Franklin Dance - Kennedy Center (Millennium Stage)
• Project/Object ft. Ike Willis & Ray White (performing the music of Frank Zappa) - Rams Head Tavern (Annapolis)
• Sick Fix, Nightbirds, and Government Warning - Hole in the Sky
• Slightly Stoopid, Fishbone, and Dumpstaphunk - 9:30 Club
• Taproot, Me Talk Pretty, Descent to Daylight, Shinguh, and AnoXia Sky - Jaxx
• the Young Dubliners, Barleyjuice, and the Rovers - Rams Head Live! (Baltimore)

Thursday, 17 February 2011

• Blues at the Crossroads: Robert Johnson Centennial Concert - Strathmore
• Celtic Crossroads - Birchmere
• Crowded Streets (the Dave Matthews Tribute Band Show) - State Theatre
• Dan Bern and John Francis - Jammin' Java
• Darwin Deez, Friends, and Painted Face - Black Cat (Backstage)
• Dear Havanah, Nicky Egan & the Majority, and Do It to Julia - the Red Palace
• Deep River - Kennedy Center (Millennium Stage)
• Eyehategod, Misery Index, Magrudergrind, Cough, Surroundings, and Strong Intention - Sonar (Baltimore) (Club Stage)
• Il Culo, F (ft. Landis Expandis from Almighty Senators and Paul Joyce from Compression/Dark Water Transit), and Ben Frock & the Subatomic Particles - Ottobar (Baltimore)
• Jazz Band Masterclass - Twins Jazz (Two shows)
• Kindred the Family Soul - Blues Alley (Two shows)
• RECOMMENDED - Kings Go Forth, the Mighty Heard, and DJ Nitekrawler - Rock & Roll Hotel
• Mobius Strip and Troll Tax - Velvet Lounge
• Monteclair, Friends of Yours, and Friends of the Octopi - Golden West Cafe (Baltimore)
• Paul Baribeau, The Boy Who Could Fly, Spoonboy, and The Bepstein Show - Hole in the Sky CANCELLED
• Paul Thorn - Wolf Trap (Barns)
• Shane Burke and Time Columns, Ricky Barnwell, Stacked Like Pancakes, Swarm the North, and the First Condition - Rams Head Live! (Baltimore)
• Slightly Stoopid, Fishbone, and Tommy T - 9:30 Club
• Tom Principato Band - Rams Head Tavern (Annapolis)
• Tommy Stinson (of the Replacements, Guns and Roses) and Mike Gent (of the Figgs) - IOTA Club & Café

Friday, 18 February 2011

• Anoxia, Descent to Daylight, and Not Liable - Sinix (Baltimore)
• Asheru - Kennedy Center (Millennium Stage)
• Ashes to Embers, Super Bob, Embers for Ashes, To the Fight, and CCWB - Sonar (Baltimore) (Club Stage)
• Drive-By Truckers and J Roddy Walston and the Business - 9:30 Club - sold out
• Freqontrol, Scatterplot, and Walking the Monolith - Jaxx
• Ham, Harco, Rodrigo Souza, and Edmont Ngati - Hole in the Sky CANCELLED
• Incwell - Strathmore (Mansion)
• Jammin' Java's Mid-Atlantic Band Battle IV - FINALS - Jammin' Java
• Jonathan Edwards - Wolf Trap (Barns)
• Kid Congo Powers and the Pink Monkey Birds - Comet Ping Pong
• Kim Waters - Blues Alley (Two shows)
• Lawrence Clark with Eric Wheeler - Twins Jazz (Two shows)
• Max Bemis (Say Anything) and River City Extension - Ottobar (Baltimore) - sold out
• Plain White T's, MIGGS, and Parachute - Rams Head Live! (Baltimore)
• Ronny Jordan - Rams Head Tavern (Annapolis)
• Rooney, Eisley, and the Old Ceremony - Rock & Roll Hotel
• Spectral Vision, Shortwave Communique, We Are Friends, and Jonny Grave - Velvet Lounge
• Spiritual Rez and Feel Good Cabbage - State Theatre
• the Avett Brothers and Jessica Lea Mayfield - DAR Constitution Hall
• the Godfathers, Frosting, and Dot Dash - Black Cat (Mainstage)
• the Public Good - IOTA Club & Café
• Tom Principato Band (CD Release Show) and Bill kirchen & the Hammer of the Honky Tonk Gods - Birchmere

Saturday, 19 February 2011

• BSO: Ingrid Fliter Plays Chopin - Strathmore
• Classixx and Micah Vellian - U St Music Hall
• Danny Gokey - Rams Head Tavern (Annapolis) (Matinee)
• Drive-By Truckers and J Roddy Walston and the Business - 9:30 Club - sold out
• Dry Season, Martin Bisi w/ Brian Viglione of the Dresden Dolls, Flying Eyes, and Solar Temple Suicides - the Metro Gallery (Baltimore)
• Fatal, Midnight, Inter Arma, and Windhand - Candelhaus in NOVA [Fairfax, VA]
• Fatal, Midnight, Inter Arma, and Windhand - Hole in the Sky Moved to Candelhaus in NOVA
• Foul Swoops, Maybe Babe, Ice Cream, and Hiding Places - DC9
• Future (CD Release) and Modern Thieves - Jammin' Java (Late show)
• Kennedy Center Opera House Orchestra - Kennedy Center (Millennium Stage)
• Kim Waters - Blues Alley (Two shows)
• Lawrence Clark with Eric Wheeler - Twins Jazz (Two shows)
• Marq Paul LaRose, Balor's Eye, Matthew Mills, and Spartan Death Kick - Sinix (Baltimore)
• Modern Man, Walk the Moon, ANR, and Alvin Risk - Rock & Roll Hotel
• Pirate Rob's Birthday Bash - with Pasadena, Bond and Bentley, The Grilled Lincolns, Steel Chin Jimmy, Twenty 4 Seven, Bumpin Uglies, Groundscore, and the Turn - Rams Head Live! (Baltimore)
• Playground Etiquette, the Escape Artist, Dementia & Hope Trails, Bad Idea, and Sit Down Strikes - Ottobar (Baltimore)
• Poirier, Uncle Jesse, Cullen Stalin, and Simon Phoenix - Golden West Cafe (Baltimore)
• Salt-N-Pepa, Naughty by Nature, MC Lyte, Kool Moe Dee, and Kurtis Blow - 1st Mariner Arena (Baltimore)
• Tennis System, Red Moon Preachers, and Bake Sale - Velvet Lounge
• the Bacon Brothers and Jenna Andrews - Birchmere - sold out
• the Beanstalk Library, Hans Chew, and Light Pillars - IOTA Club & Café
• the Dreamscapes Project, Melodime, Crooked Crow, and Cobra Collective - State Theatre
• the Nighthawks - Rams Head Tavern (Annapolis) (Evening)
• Young Dubliners - Wolf Trap (Barns)

Sunday, 20 February 2011

• Accidents, McTwist, Whyte Crimson, the Concussion Theory, and Angel Row - Jammin' Java
• Anais Mitchell presents: Virginia Sings Hadestown - 6th & I (Downstairs)
• Avon Walk for Breast Cancer Benfit Concert: Backfires, Kate Mountain, Sane Asylum, and Bluff - IOTA Club & Café
• Broken Records and US Royalty - Black Cat (Backstage)
• Celtic Crossroads - Rams Head Tavern (Annapolis) (Two shows)
• Dr. Everett N. Jones III - Kennedy Center (Millennium Stage)
• Ethan Bortnic and his Musical Time Machine - Lisner Auditorium CANCELLED
• Fences and Ryan McLaughlin of Typefighter - the Red Palace
• Frontier Myth, the New Media, and Those Wolves Actually Happened - Golden West Cafe (Baltimore)
• Gasoline Heart, Don't Panic, and Former Members Of - Ottobar (Baltimore)
• RECOMMENDED - Immortal and Absu - Sonar (Baltimore) (Main Stage)
• Kim Waters - Blues Alley (Two shows)
• Leather, State Violence, and Pollution - Hole in the Sky CANCELLED
• Mychael Pollard - Twins Jazz (Two shows)
• the 25th annual WAMMIES - State Theatre
• the Bacon Brothers and Liz Queler & Seth Farber - Birchmere - sold out
• the Beets, German Measles, and America Hearts - Velvet Lounge (Evening)
• Tosin and the Afrikan Rhapsody - Bossa
• Trapped Under Ice, Give, and Mob Mentality - Velvet Lounge (Matinee)

Monday, 21 February 2011

• Allen Thompson Band, Max Beizer, and David Kitchen - Jammin' Java
• Fluorescent Sense - IOTA Club & Café
• Kid Exp, Kingsfoil, Younger Years, In and Of Itself, the Chance, California Start, and Wasted Jenny - Ottobar (Baltimore)
• Los Lobos & Taj Mahal - 9:30 Club
• the Curtis Institute of Music - Kennedy Center (Millennium Stage)
• the Robert Cray Band and Billy Thompson - Birchmere
• Tristen and Daddy Lion (solo) - the Red Palace
• Victoria Purcell - Blues Alley (Two shows)
• Vusi Mahlasela - Rams Head Tavern (Annapolis)

Tuesday, 22 February 2011

• Brandon Butler and Small Doses - IOTA Club & Café
• David Garrett - Birchmere - sold out
• David Gray (Lost and Found - an Intimate Acoustic Band Performance) - Strathmore (Music Center)
• Earl R. Johnson Jr. & Lori Jenaire - Blues Alley (Two shows)
• Julieta Venegas - State Theatre (Moved from the Black Cat)
• New England Conservatory of Music - Kennedy Center (Millennium Stage)
• Oakton Deca-Pink Rhythm - Jammin' Java
• Out of Your Head - Improvised and Experimental Music Collective - Wind-Up Space (Baltimore)
• PS I Love You and Diamond Rings - the Red Palace
• Robert Cray Band - Rams Head Tavern (Annapolis) - sold out
• Stalley, Greenspan, Al Great, and Kane Mayfield of Mania Music - Ottobar (Baltimore)
• Ted Garber (Artist in Residence) - Strathmore (Mansion)
• Theophilus London - U St Music Hall
• Underoath, Thursday, Animals As Leaders, and a Skylit Drive - 9:30 Club
• Weedeater, ASG, and Radical Discharge - Sonar (Baltimore) (Club Stage)

Wednesday, 23 February 2011

• Alicia Ward (Artist in Residence) - Strathmore (Mansion)
• An Obscure Signal, Disette, Valiant, and Why They Kill - Ottobar (Baltimore)
• Barrage - Wolf Trap (Barns)
• Bill Kirchen and Los Straightjackets - Rams Head Tavern (Annapolis)
• Earl R. Johnson Jr. - Twins Jazz (Two shows)
• Futurebirds and Miss Shevaughn & Yuma Wray - Black Cat (Backstage)
• Homegoing and Rum and Kidney Band - the Red Palace
• Joe Johnson - Blues Alley (Two shows)
• Keola & Moana Beamer and Halau Ho'omau I ka Wai Ola O Hawai'i - Birchmere
• Pat Green - 9:30 Club - sold out
• the Vienna House Band, In Layman Terms, and the Best Band For Your Party - Jammin' Java
• University of Michigan School of Music, Theatre, and Dance - Kennedy Center (Millennium Stage)

Thursday, 24 February 2011

• Artists Against War-DC with Creative Healing Music - Twins Jazz (Two shows)
• Barrage - Wolf Trap (Barns)
• Brendan James and Matt White - Jammin' Java
• BSO: the Magic Flute - Strathmore (Music Center)
• Buster Williams / Patrice Rushen / Steve Wilson / Cindy Blackman - Blues Alley (Two shows)
• Double Dagger, Imperial China, and Tiny Bombs - Black Cat (Backstage)
• Galactic (ft. Cyril Neville of the Neville Brothers & Corey Henry of Rebirth Brass Band) and High and Mighty Brass Band - 9:30 Club
• James Hunter and Los Straitjackets - Birchmere
• RECOMMENDED - Lady Gaga and Scissor Sisters - Verizon Center
• Medicine Lake, Smooth Kentucky, and Cameron Blake - Rams Head Live! (Baltimore)
• Minimus the Poet, Short Wave Society, Honeyboat, and Joseph Mulhollen - Wind-Up Space (Baltimore)
• Revolver, Wendell Kimbrough, and Aaron Thompson - the Red Palace
• Shemekia Copeland - Rams Head Tavern (Annapolis)
• Steve Bowes (of the Pharmacy Prophets) - IOTA Club & Café
• Sun Wolf (ex-Midnight Kids) and Okinawa - Velvet Lounge
• the Low Anthem and Bobby and Daniel Lefkowitz - 6th & I
• the Peabody Institute at the Johns Hopkins University - Kennedy Center (Millennium Stage)
• the White House Band, Phil Ade, Hollis Brown, and Lyriciss - DC9
• Twin Shadow, the Dialogue, Me and This Army, and Raindeer - Ottobar (Baltimore)

Friday, 25 February 2011

• Bonjour, Ganesh!, Constant Alarm, Libel, and the XOs - Rock & Roll Hotel
• Buster Williams / Patrice Rushen / Steve Wilson / Cindy Blackman - Blues Alley (Two shows)
• Cypress String Quartet (the Discovery Series) - Wolf Trap (Barns)
• Dead Mechanical, Blackbirds, Caestles, and New Weapons - Wind-Up Space (Baltimore)
• Fred Armisen - Black Cat (Mainstage)
• Griffin House & Charlie Mars - Jammin' Java (Late show)
• Height and Friends, Mobil, Disturbed Individual, and R.M. O'Brien - Golden West Cafe (Baltimore)
• Justin Trawick Group, the Weathervanes, and Zach Peterson Band - IOTA Club & Café
• Manhattan School of Music - Kennedy Center (Millennium Stage)
• Marshall Crenshaw - Jammin' Java (Early show)
• Miles Griffith - Twins Jazz (Two shows)
• Mountain Heart and Courtlyn Carr - Rams Head Tavern (Annapolis)
• Pat McGee Band and Jonathan Mudd (trio) - Birchmere
• Peanut Butter, Crash Take Off, and Toby Fallsgraf (of Daddy's Gonna Kill Ralphie) - Velvet Lounge
• Rasputina, Voltaire, and Stars and the Sea - Ottobar (Baltimore)
• Sex Slaves, Cab Ride Home, Almost Human, and All Access - Jaxx
• Shredfest ft. 10th Hour, Sky Came Burning, Chopper Trike Rebels, Epic Harvest, Embers for Ashes, Anoxia Sky - Rams Head Live! (Baltimore)
• Silvertung, the Villains 21, and Cyrenic - Sinix (Baltimore)
• the Atticus Metal Tour III: Darkest Hour, Born of Osiris, As Blood Runs Black, and the Human Abstract - 9:30 Club (Early show)
• the Dirty Jacks, Revel, Chasing Scarlette, Always Better Tomorrow, Analog Anthem, and Chris Reynolds and his Fantastic Steam-Powered Orchestra - Sonar (Baltimore) (Club Stage)
• the Funk Ark - Strathmore (Mansion)
• Wanda Jackson and the Lustre Kings - 9:30 Club (Late show)

Saturday, 26 February 2011

• 28 North and the Burnside Shattered - Velvet Lounge
• Always Dope, Ninjasonik, Rockhoundz, KC & Vibelime, EMajor, Uncle Jesse, and Fishfood - Sonar (Baltimore) (Club Stage)
• Battle of the Bands: with Halcyon, Crash Concept, Amethyst Heart, Katabasis, Evereaux, Static Cinema, A World Away, Ten Black Lines, Pulse, and many more TBA - Jaxx (Afternoon show)
• RECOMMENDED - Beach House and Papercuts - 9:30 Club (Late show) - sold out
• Benefit for Positive Force PA: Ra Ra Rasputin, Title Tracks, the Cheniers, and Laughing Man - St. Stephen & the Incarnation Episcopal Church
• Berklee College of Music - Kennedy Center (Millennium Stage)
• Bo Burnham and (No) Friends - Lisner Auditorium
• Buster Williams / Patrice Rushen / Steve Wilson / Cindy Blackman - Blues Alley (Two shows)
• Charlie Mars and Griffin House - Rams Head Tavern (Annapolis)
• Eureka Birds, the Russians, and Slow Jets - the Metro Gallery (Baltimore)
• Gregory Alan Isakov and Dietrich Strause - 6th & I (Downstairs)
• Helo and America Hearts - IOTA Club & Café
• Hume, the Cherch, and Cope Body - Hole in the Sky CANCELLED
• J.Beale, SoLo, and Fortune Family - Jaxx (Evening show)
• Jonathan Richman - 9:30 Club (Early show)
• Live Wire (the Ultimate Tribute to AC/DC) - State Theatre
• Los Amigos Invisibles and Rubblebucket - Black Cat (Mainstage)
• Maura O'Connell and Jonell Mosser - Birchmere
• Midnight Hike, the Cheaters, the Method, and Power Pirate - Rock & Roll Hotel
• Miles Griffith - Twins Jazz (Two shows)
• Pat Green and Wade Bowen - Rams Head Live! (Baltimore)
• Salt-N-Pepa - DAR Constitution Hall
• the Ash Lovelies (CD Release Party) - Artisphere (Dome Theatre)
• the Water, For a Minor Reflection, and Uakari - Wind-Up Space (Baltimore)
• TobyMac - Patriot Center
• Typefighter, Bridges and Powerlines, and Pree - the Red Palace
• Vemorrah, Bag of Babies, Apophis, and 15 Stitches - Sinix (Baltimore)
• Video Games Live - Strathmore (Two shows)

Sunday, 27 February 2011

• Bon Jovi - Verizon Center
• Buster Williams / Patrice Rushen / Steve Wilson / Cindy Blackman - Blues Alley (Two shows)
• Christian Scott - Rams Head Tavern (Annapolis)
• David Caldwell-Mason Trio - Twins Jazz (Two shows)
• Eluveitie, 3 Inches of Blood, Holy Grail, System Divide, and Ethereal Genocide - Jaxx
• Franz Nicolay, David Dondero, and Poor But Sexy - Black Cat (Backstage)
• Jay Nash (CD Release), Natalia Zukerman, and Garrison Starr - Jammin' Java
• Lady Pcoq & the Plumes - Bossa
• Patent Pending, the Baby Grand, Restless Ammunition, and the Dukes - Ottobar (Baltimore)
• Satori Trova, Minor Stars, and Prisms - the Red Palace
• the Indiana University Jacobs School of Music - Kennedy Center (Millennium Stage)
• RECOMMENDED - the Nels Cline Singers with ROVA - Wind-Up Space (Baltimore)
• Tiny Victories, Alvin Rusk, and Sososo - Velvet Lounge
• White Rabbits and Caveman - Rock & Roll Hotel

Monday, 28 February 2011

• Cleveland Institute of Music - Kennedy Center (Millennium Stage)
• Gull and Fell Types - Black Cat (Backstage)
• Kid Liberty, I Call Fives, A Place in Time, Go Home Freshmen, Call Me Anything, Sylvianna, and the Understudies - Sonar (Baltimore) (Club Stage)
• Lynnette Washington - Blues Alley (Two shows)
• Ryan Cabrera, Howard Jennings, and Tami D'Mar - Jammin' Java
• the Scene Aesthetic, He Is We, Carter Hulsey, and Plug In Stereo - Ottobar (Baltimore)

Tuesday, 1 March 2011

• Bobby Long and the Petticoat Tea Room - Ottobar (Baltimore)
• Empress Hotel - IOTA Club & Café
• Future Islands, Thank You, and Ed Schrader's Music Beat - Red Palace
• Hyetension, Lights in the Fog, and Grand Revival - Jammin' Java
• Jeff Coffin & the Mu'Tet - Blues Alley (Two shows)
• Ladysmith Black Mambazo - Rams Head Tavern (Annapolis) - sold out
• Marc Broussard and Drew Holcomb & the Neighbors - Rams Head Live! (Baltimore)
• Out of Your Head - Improvised and Experimental Music Collective - featuring guest artist Andrew D'Angelo - Wind-Up Space (Baltimore)
• Parkway Drive, Set Your Goals, the Ghost Inside, the Warriors, A City in Streetlights, and My Ransomed Soul - Sonar (Baltimore) (Main Stage)
• Sourvein, Bet the Devil, Extermination Angel, the Passage Between, Questioner, and Ilsa - Sonar (Baltimore) (Talking Head)
• Straight Line Stitch, War of Ages, and High Fives Died in the 80s - Jaxx CANCELLED
• RECOMMENDED - the Get Up Kids, Miniature Tigers, and Brian Bonz - Black Cat (Mainstage)
• U.Shrinivas - Kennedy Center (Millennium Stage)
• YARN, Caleb Stine, and Andy Friedman - Metro Gallery (Baltimore)

Wednesday, 2 March 2011

• "Women in Jazz" series - Twins Jazz (Two shows)
• Al Stewart - Wolf Trap (Barns)
• Burning the Birds and Harris Face - Velvet Lounge
• Ensiferum, Finntroll, Rotten Sound, Barren Earth, and Ice Fortress - Jaxx
• Ian Axel, Paul Dempsey (Something for Kate), and Sub-Radio Standard - Jammin' Java
• Jesse Cook - Rams Head Tavern (Annapolis)
• Marc Broussard and Drew Holcomb & the Neighbors - Birchmere
• RECOMMENDED - Marnie Stern and Tera Melos - Red Palace
• Middle Brother, Dawes, and Deer Tick - 9:30 Club
• Nathan & Noble Jolley (Artist in Residence) - Strathmore (Mansion)
• Of the West, Star FK Radium, and Deaf Scene - Wind-Up Space (Baltimore)
• POGO and Telepath - Black Cat (Backstage)
• Randy Newman - Strathmore (Music Center)
• Rhythm of Rajasthan - Kennedy Center (Millennium Stage)
• Trina Broussard - Blues Alley (Two shows)

Thursday, 3 March 2011

• Al Stewart - Rams Head Tavern (Annapolis)
• Certain Signals and Blackberry Belles - IOTA Club & Café
• Dan Nainan - Kennedy Center (Millennium Stage)
• Espen and the Witch, Wise Blood, and Last Tide - Red Palace
• Fires, the High 5s, and Harwood - Ottobar (Baltimore)
• Harper Blynn and Schuyler Fisk - Metro Gallery (Baltimore)
• Jesse Cook - Birchmere
• Leon Redbone - Wolf Trap (Barns)
• Master, Croatoan, Nightfire, Lifetime Shitlist, Lightning Swords of Death, and Strong Intention - Sonar (Baltimore) (Talking Head) CANCELLED
• Mike Stern Band; Dave Weckl, Bob Franeschini, & Tom Kennedy - Blues Alley (Two shows)
• Ra Ra Riot and Anamanaguchi - Rams Head Live! (Baltimore)
• Ron Kearns & Paul Wingo - Strathmore (Mansion)
• Sharon Raquel with the Kash Wright Trio - Twins Jazz (Two shows)
• Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb and Musicband - Velvet Lounge
• Susan Alcom, Chris Farmer, and Decapitated Head - Wind-Up Space (Baltimore)
• the Riverbreaks and Paperhaus - DC9
• Tim Reynolds and TR3 and Justin Trawick - State Theatre
• RECOMMENDED - Tracy Bonham, Jim Boggia, and Bleu - Jammin' Java

Friday, 4 March 2011

• Alma Tropicalia, Changing Modes, and Insect Factory - Velvet Lounge
• Anoxia, Absinthe, and Kitten on Capitol Hill - Sinix (Baltimore)
• Atomic Tom and Hotspur (early show) / Andy Zipf (late show) - Jammin' Java (Two Shows)
• Big in Japan, Do You Need the Service, and Caverns - Wind-Up Space (Baltimore)
• Epitome of the Weak, All Out Chaos, Upper 90, the Chuck Fenech Band, Rising Chaos, Silence the Blind, Abandoning Arborland, and Proper Addiction - Jaxx
• Eugene Mirman & Pretty Good Friends - Black Cat (Mainstage)
• Good Charlotte, Forever the Sickest Kids, This Century, and Runner Runner - 9:30 Club
• Imani Winds (the Discovery Series) - Wolf Trap (Barns)
• Junior League Band - Strathmore (Mansion)
• Malaka, A New Disorder, Fusion in the Flux, Area 52, Polaris, and Descent to Daylight - Sonar (Baltimore) (Club Stage)
• Michael Thomas Quintet - Twins Jazz (Two shows)
• Mike Stern Band; Dave Weckl, Bob Franeschini, & Tom Kennedy - Blues Alley (Two shows)
• Murder By Death, Fake Problems, and Buried Beds - Ottobar (Baltimore)
• Native & Caspian - with Chiaroscuro - Golden West Cafe (Baltimore)
• Raghu Dixit - Kennedy Center (Millennium Stage)
• Rahsaan Patterson and Avery Sunshine - Birchmere - sold out
• Rock on the Rise Tour ft. Rev Theory, Pop Evil, Hail the Villain, and the Black Cloud - Rams Head Live! (Baltimore)
• RECOMMENDED - Smith Westerns, Unknown Mortal Orchestra, and the Tennis System - Rock & Roll Hotel - sold out
• Snowmine, Molly Hagen, and Bravenoise - IOTA Club & Café
• Vienna Teng and Matt Duke - Rams Head Tavern (Annapolis)

Saturday, 5 March 2011

• Alex Winston and Typefighter - Black Cat (Mainstage)
• Arbouretum, Future Islands, and Celebration - Space 2640 (Baltimore) [2640 St. Paul St., Baltimore, MD]
• Arlo Guthrie ("Journey On" with special guests Abe Guthrie & the Burns Sisters) - Birchmere - sold out
• Bobby Long and Kaleb Griffin Band - Jammin' Java (Early show)
• BSO: Rachmaninoff's Rhapsody - Strathmore (Music Center)
• Chris Collat Band, Emily Wells, and Zelos - IOTA Club & Café
• Corey Smith and Matt Stillwell - 9:30 Club (Early show)
• De Temps Antan - Artisphere (Spectrum Theatre)
• Doc Hochman's Mardi Gras Dixieband - Rams Head Tavern (Annapolis) (Matinee)
• Eachothers, Omoo Omoo, Dead Drums, and Teenage Souls - Wind-Up Space (Baltimore)
• Essential Events & Goodvibes "Essential Breaks" - Curtis B, Symbl, Proxxy & Lantern, Dream Master, Grime Syndicate, Malphunktion, DJ Zvi, Submit, Turbo Slut 4000 - Sonar (Baltimore) (Club Stage)
• Fist Monkey, King Belvedere, and Shadow Call - Sinix (Baltimore)
• John Eaton - Wolf Trap (Barns)
• Kailash Kher's Kailasa - Kennedy Center (Millennium Stage)
• Kayhan Kalhor with Brooklyn Rider - 6th & I
• Michael Thomas Quintet - Twins Jazz (Two shows)
• Mike Stern Band; Dave Weckl, Bob Franeschini, & Tom Kennedy - Blues Alley (Two shows)
• OCD: Moosh and Twist - Jaxx (Late show)
• Paint It Black, Screaming Females, Punch, Coke Bust, Slingshot Dakota, and Give - St. Stephen & the Incarnation Episcopal Church
• Post-Classical Ensemble (Sublime Confluence: the Music of Lou Harrison) - Lisner Auditorium
• Rahsaan Patterson and Avery Sunshine - Rams Head Tavern (Annapolis)
• Seamonsters, Drawbridges, and Luncheon - Velvet Lounge
• Tennis, La Sera, and Holiday Shores - Rock & Roll Hotel - sold out
• the Legwarmers - Rams Head Live! (Baltimore) - sold out
• the Parlotones and Xylos - Red Palace

Sunday, 6 March 2011

• Borderline, Home Brewed, shangoband, The Understudies, All In Karma, Rick Franklin, World Of Light, LEDs and Smoke Machines, Melissa Carroll, and Rogue Mind - Jaxx
• Drawbridges, Courtesy Tier, and the Yes Way - DC9
• RECOMMENDED - Dum Dum Girls, Minks, and Dirty Beaches - Black Cat (Mainstage)
• L. Subramaniam - Kennedy Center (Millennium Stage)
• Laurie Berkner Band - Lisner Auditorium (Two shows)
• Lower Dens, Magik Markers, Nautical Almanac (Cover the Earth Lineup), and Afternoon Penis - Ottobar (Baltimore)
• Magik Markers - Golden West Cafe (Baltimore)
• Mike Stern Band; Dave Weckl, Bob Franeschini, & Tom Kennedy - Blues Alley (Two shows)
• Mother Mother, Velvet, and Dance for the Dying - Red Palace
• Native, Caspian, and Chiaroscuro - Jammin' Java (Late show)
• Paul Michel and Solar Powered Sun Destroyer - Velvet Lounge
• Rival Schools, Police & Thieves, and Radar Fiction - Rock & Roll Hotel
• Sirens & Sailors, Call Me the Patriot, Far From Abandoned, and Sky Came Burning - Sonar (Baltimore) (Club Stage)
• STS9 - 9:30 Club CANCELLED
• Sunday Jazz Lounge with Rodney Richardson and Joe Herrera - Twins Jazz (Two shows)
• Tami D'Mar (CD Release), Matthew McGinn, and Dayna Kurtz - IOTA Club & Café
• That 1 Guy - Jammin' Java
• the Glamour Kills Tour - featuring the Ready Set; with Allstar Weekend, the Downtown Fiction, and We Are the In Crowd - Rams Head Live! (Baltimore) (Moved from the Ottobar)
• Tim Reynolds and TR3 - Rams Head Tavern (Annapolis)
• WATCH Awards Ceremony (Washington Area Theatre Community Honors) - Birchmere

Monday, 7 March 2011

• AMIJ - Blues Alley (Two shows)
• Astronautalis, Sims, and Ardamus - Red Palace
• Chase Coy, Jimmy Robbins, and School Boy Humor - Jammin' Java
• Dinosaur Feathers and Motel Motel - IOTA Club & Café
• Dinosaur Feathres, Motel Motel, Frontier Myth, and Bard & Moustache - Ottobar (Baltimore)
• Heavy Cream, XRay Eyeballs, and Thee Lolitas - Black Cat (Backstage)
• Natyalakshana - Kennedy Center (Millennium Stage)
• Rebelution, Giant Panda Guerilla Dub Squad, and the Green - State Theatre
• Scissor Sisters - 9:30 Club - sold out Postponed
• Shawn Colvin and Natalia Zukerman - Rams Head Tavern (Annapolis)
• the Pogues and Titus Andronicus - Rams Head Live! (Baltimore)
• Yelawolf, CyHi the Prynce, and Low Budget's Kaimbr - Rock & Roll Hotel

Tuesday, 8 March 2011

• Along Those Lines Mardi Gras Spectacular with Static Cinema, Kurtis Parks Band, and Playground Etiquette - Jammin' Java
• ALTAN (from Ireland) and LILT - Birchmere
• Brother Shamus - IOTA Club & Café
• Cheikh Ndoye with Karen Briggs - Fred Yonnet - Leni Stern - Lao Tizer - Blues Alley (Two shows)
• Des Ark, Pygmy Lush, and Hey Girl - Black Cat (Backstage)
• Gulabi Sapera & Party - Kennedy Center (Millennium Stage)
• Ladysmith Black Mambazo - Rams Head Tavern (Annapolis)
• Little Gold, Heaven's Jail, and Strange Fur - Golden West Cafe (Baltimore)
• Out of Your Head - Improvised and Experimental Music Collective - Wind-Up Space (Baltimore)
• Revolta, Spine Buster, and Earthling - Corpse Fortress [Silver Spring, MD]
• the Capital Focus Jazz Band ft. Mr Johne Forges - Twins Jazz (Two shows)
• the Coronas, the Kin, and Via Audio - Red Palace
• the Pogues and Titus Andronicus - 9:30 Club - sold out

Wednesday, 9 March 2011

• "Women in Jazz" series - Twins Jazz (Two shows)
• Aziza Miller - Blues Alley (Two shows)
• Backwoods Payback, Admiral Browning, Lo-Pan, and Billows - Sonar (Baltimore) (Talking Head)
• California Guitar Trio - Wolf Trap (Barns)
• Eli "Paperboy" Reed - Rams Head Tavern (Annapolis)
• Fan Tan, Painted Face, and Sensual Harrassment - Velvet Lounge
• Jesse Malin & the St. Marks Social, the Herd of Main Street, the Lombards, and Oktober Guard - Ottobar (Baltimore)
• King Tuff, Hollywood, Heavy Cream, and the Bam Bams - Golden West Cafe (Baltimore)
• MCYO Presents Romantics and Beyond - Strathmore
• Nicole Atkins & the Black Sea, Cotton Jones, and Lightfoot - Rock & Roll Hotel
• Robyn Hitchcock & Joe Boyd ("Chinese White Bicycles") - Birchmere
• Rotting Christ, Melechesh, Hate, Abigail Williams, Lecherous Nocturne, and the Ziggurat - Jaxx
• Say Hi, Blair, and Yellow Ostrich - Black Cat (Backstage)
• Tanusree Shankar Dance Company - Kennedy Center (Millennium Stage)
• RECOMMENDED - the Pogues and Titus Andronicus - 9:30 Club - sold out
• Tony Lucca, Jerad Finck, and Brad Rhodes of Melodime - Jammin' Java

Thursday, 10 March 2011

• Asima - Kennedy Center (Millennium Stage)
• Atheist, A Life Once Lost, Revocation, Last Chance to Reason, Deranged Theory, Fallen Martyr, Radamanthys, and Binary Code - Sonar (Baltimore) (Club Stage)
• BSO SuperPops: a Celtic Celebration - Music of the Emerald Aisle - Strathmore (Music Center)
• Daddy Lion and Goodman Brown - Velvet Lounge
• Dark Star Orchestra (Continuing the Grateful Dead Concert Experience) - State Theatre
• RECOMMENDED - Eli "Paperboy" Reed & the True Loves, the Electrocutions, and Thee Lexington Arrows - Rock & Roll Hotel
• Hahn-Bin (violin) - Strathmore (Mansion)
• Jesse Malin & the St. Marks Social and Josh Abt & the Regulars - Jammin' Java
• Ladysmith Black Mambazo - Lisner Auditorium
• Major 6th - Twins Jazz (Two shows)
• Men Aloud - Birchmere CANCELLED
• OMD and Oh Land - 9:30 Club
• Peterbuilt & the Cheaters and the Grilled Lincolns - Rams Head Tavern (Annapolis)
• Pontiak, White Hills, and Pilgrim - Golden West Cafe (Baltimore)
• SCHOOL, Whoarfrost, and Meek is Murder - Wind-Up Space (Baltimore)
• Sharon Van Etten, Ava Luna, and Soon Clyde - Metro Gallery (Baltimore)
• Stanley Jordan - Blues Alley (Two shows)
• Success Ensemble, James Haitchwai, and Demon Moon - Hole in the Sky CANCELLED
• the Wonder Years, Handguns, With the Punches, Allison Weiss, and This Is Our Fight - Ottobar (Baltimore)
• Tom Paxton - Wolf Trap (Barns)
• We Were Kings and Delta Rae - IOTA Club & Café
• Wild Flag (Carrie Brownstein, Mary Timony, Rebecca Cole, Janet Weiss), Yellow Fever, and the Aquarium - Black Cat (Mainstage)
• Your 33 Black Angels, Apollo Heights, and Caustic Casanova - DC9

Friday, 11 March 2011

• "Experience the Project" with Project Natalie - Twins Jazz (Two shows)
• Amateur Hour and Gist - IOTA Club & Café
• Bo Jankans & Educated Consumer - Strathmore (Mansion)
• Brian Adams ("the Bare Bones Tour") - Strathmore (Music Center) CANCELLED
• Celtic Woman - Patriot Center
• Drugs of Faith, Gradius, and Meek Is Murder - Firehouse Grill [3988 University Drive, Fairfax, VA]
• Eddie From Ohio - Rams Head Tavern (Annapolis)
• Girlfriends, Taildraggers, and Fossil Eyes (former Junkers) - Comet Ping Pong
• Goodbye New Plans, Embarassing Fruits, and Lushfarm - Wind-Up Space (Baltimore)
• Kix, the Cherry People, and Soul - Jaxx
• Leftover Crack, Daycare Swindlers, Trashkanistan, Mora Orsa, and Station - Ottobar (Baltimore)
• Parikrama - Kennedy Center (Millennium Stage)
• R.A. the Rugged Man w/ M-80 - Sonar (Baltimore) (Club Stage)
• Rocknoceros Family Happy Hour - Jammin' Java (Early show)
• Second City: Fair & Unbalanced - Wolf Trap (Barns)
• Silvertung, Chopper Trike Rebels, and Tolerance for Tragedy - Sinix (Baltimore)
• Sinbad - Warner Theatre
• Stanley Jordan - Blues Alley (Two shows)
• Super Bob (Formerly Bob), Star City Meltdown, and DJ Krazy Josipher - Jammin' Java (Late show)
• the Legwarmers - State Theatre
• the Mighty Heard, Mello D and the Rados, and Navi and the WHole Damn Delegation - Velvet Lounge
• the Silver Liners, the Honeyguns, the Blue Line, and Redline Addiction - Rock & Roll Hotel
• Tony Rice Unit and Sierra Hull & Highway 111 - Birchmere
• Vetiver, Sarah Lee Guthrie, and Johnny Irion - Metro Gallery (Baltimore)
• Wye Oak, Lower Dens, and Lands & Peoples - Black Cat (Mainstage) - sold out
• Z02, King Belvedere, Kill Betty, Sweet Cyanide, and One Way Bullet - Rams Head Live! (Baltimore)

Saturday, 12 March 2011

• "Experience the Project" with Project Natalie - Twins Jazz (Two shows)
• Ashford & Simpson and Jay Hayden - Birchmere
• Deep River and Grace Pettis - Jammin' Java
• Disturbed Individuals, Mickey Free, R.U.I., and Solograph - Ottobar (Baltimore)
• RECOMMENDED - Dropdead, Magrudergrind, Wasted Time, Ilsa, and Cough - St. Stephen & the Incarnation Episcopal Church
• Eddie From Ohio - Rams Head Tavern (Annapolis)
• Emmet Swimming - IOTA Club & Café (Evening show)
• Empresarios, Funk Ark, and Thunderball DJ Set - Rock & Roll Hotel
• Get the Led Out: the American Led Zeppelin - Rams Head Live! (Baltimore)
• Grace Potter and the Nocturnals - 9:30 Club - sold out
• Harvey Milk, the Red Chord, Trap Them, and Gaza - Sonar (Baltimore) (Club Stage)
• Ibis, an open rehearsal (the quartet will be rehearsing the Brahms String Quartet Opus 51, No. 1 and the Schubert Quintet for Strings) - IOTA Club & Café (Free; 2:30 PM)
• Jenny & the Holzers and Fossil Eyes - Wind-Up Space (Baltimore)
• Kix, Baby Jayne, Relapse, Nightsbridge, Drift Plan, and Thrust - Jaxx
• Kohoutek, Caves Caverns, and PJB (aka Psychedelic Jam Band) - Velvet Lounge
• Low Budget, Stereofaith, Cullen Stalin, and Simon Phoenix - Golden West Cafe (Baltimore)
• March Metalfest: Immortal Decay, Reticle, Orgy Of The Damned, Above the Altar, Division, Cab Ride Home, Scream/Ruin, Iris Divine - Ball's Bluff Sports Tavern and King's Court Tavern [2-D Loudon St, Leesburg, VA]
• Nasanbayr Shuree Ayurgina - Artisphere (Spectrum Theatre)
• National Philharmonic: Grieg's Piano Concerto - Strathmore (Music Center)
• Nouveau Riche, Gavin Holland, Steve Starks, and Nacey - U St Music Hall
• Poncho Sanchez and his Latin Jazz Band - Warner Theatre
• Screen Vinyl Image, the Plums, Buildings, and Degollado - Artisphere (Dome Theatre)
• Second City: Fair & Unbalanced - Wolf Trap (Barns)
• Split Five, Playground Etiquette, Kid Architect, Irresponsible, and Tom Sless - Sinix (Baltimore)
• Stanley Jordan - Blues Alley (Two shows)
• the Ex, DJ /Rupture, and SPRCSS - Black Cat (Mainstage)
• the Ishara Puppet Theatre Trust: Images of Truth - Kennedy Center (Millennium Stage)
• the Legwarmers - State Theatre
• the Love Language, Telekinesis, and the Belle Brigade - Red Palace

Sunday, 13 March 2011

• Al Petteway & Amy White CD Release Show - Jammin' Java
• Ana Popovic - Rams Head Tavern (Annapolis) (Evening show)
• Apocalyptica and Caverns - 9:30 Club (Late show; Rescheduled from 12/7)
• Archer Spade and David Smooke Ensemble - Wind-Up Space (Baltimore)
• Boyz II Men - Birchmere - sold out
• Dean Crawford & Dunn's River Band - Rams Head Tavern (Annapolis) (Matinee)
• Rajan and Sajan Misra - Kennedy Center (Millennium Stage)
• Small Sins and True Womanhood - Red Palace
• Stanley Jordan - Blues Alley (Two shows)
• Streetlight Manifesto, Terrible Things, a Loss for Words, and Larry and his Flask - 9:30 Club (Early show)
• Sunday Jazz Lounge with Rodney Richardson and Joe Herrera - Twins Jazz (Two shows)
• the Kindness of Strangers (CD Release Show), Octaves, Lakeview, Within Wolves, Enecia, and Montpellier - Sonar (Baltimore) (Club Stage)
• the Red Chord, Gaza, Trap Them, Dethtoll, To the Teeth, All In Karma, and In Hell with Traitors - Jaxx
• RECOMMENDED - the Rural Alberta Advantage and Pepper Rabbit - Rock & Roll Hotel

Monday, 14 March 2011

• America - Rams Head Tavern (Annapolis)
• Chateau Marmont - Velvet Lounge
• Justin Trawick, Bobbie Allen, Chris Aaron Behrmann, and Heather Renee - IOTA Club & Café
• Meredith Bragg (full band) and Oh So Peligroso - Black Cat (Backstage)
• Neil Hamburger, the Kenny "K-Strass" Strasser Yo-Yo Extravaganza, and Major Entertainer Mike H - Ottobar (Baltimore)
• Nick Hempton - Blues Alley (Two shows)
• Odissi Vision & Movement Centre - Kennedy Center (Millennium Stage)
• Pete Yorn, Ben Kweller, and the Wellspring - 9:30 Club - sold out
• the Lowdown, Jo Williamson, Ketura, and Princeton University Tigerlilies - Jammin' Java
• the Saw Doctors and AM Taxi - Birchmere (All Standing in the Bandstand)

Tuesday, 15 March 2011

• Al di Meola - Wolf Trap (Barns)
• America - Rams Head Tavern (Annapolis)
• Bushwalla and Jason Ager - Jammin' Java
• Documentaries: The Story of Gitanjali and Pather Panchali: A Living Resonance - Kennedy Center (Millennium Stage)
• Forks of Ivy, Communipaw, and Honey Boat - Golden West Cafe (Baltimore)
• Lucinda Williams and Dylan LeBlanc - 9:30 Club - sold out
• Luke Carlos O'Reilly (Album release party) - Twins Jazz (Two shows)
• MURS, Whole Wheat Bread, Ab-Soul, and DJ Foundation - DC9
• Out of Your Head - Improvised and Experimental Music Collective - Wind-Up Space (Baltimore)
• Rocky Votolato and Matt Pond - Black Cat (Mainstage)
• the Adicts, Juicehead, Beast Infection, Dead End Lane, and Funnelcakes - Ottobar (Baltimore)
• the Blasters and Billy Coulter - IOTA Club & Café
• Yasmin Levy performs for Rebuild Pakistan - Blues Alley

Wednesday, 16 March 2011

• Al di Meola - Wolf Trap (Barns)
• Boyce Avenue, Alex Goot, and Joanna Weybret - Rock & Roll Hotel - sold out
• Crystal Castles and Teengirl Fantasy - 9:30 Club - sold out
• Delbert McClinton - Rams Head Tavern (Annapolis)
• Documentaries: Does Gandhi Matter? and Ismat & Annie - Kennedy Center (Millennium Stage)
• Genitorturers, Hanzel & Gretyl, Dying Design, Death Maschine, and Machines of Living Death - Bourbon Street (Baltimore) (the Ballroom)
• In the Midst of Lions, This or the Apocalypse, Your Memorial, No Bragging Rights, Omit the Alibi, and Oh the Irony - Jaxx
• Kenia Origin - Twins Jazz (Two shows)
• Kingdom of Giants, Famous Last Words, We Are Danger, Anoxia Sky, Aries, and Remember the Maine - Bourbon Street (Baltimore) (the Quarter)
• Neil Hamburger, the Kenny "K-Strass" Strasser Yo-Yo Extravaganza, and Major Entertainer Mike H - Black Cat (Backstage)
• the Pretty Reckless (ft. Taylor Momsen), A Thousand Horses, and Face the Sun - Ottobar (Baltimore)
• WPAS: NHK Symphony with Andre Previn - Strathmore (Music Center)

Thursday, 17 March 2011

• "Staff Infection" - all Ottobar Employee Bands - Misery Index, Office of Future Plans, Sal Bando, Bet the Devil, Radical Discharge, Darsombra, UNNH, Plurals, Passage Between, Mopar Mountain Daredevels, and Red This Ever - Ottobar (Baltimore)
• Average White Band - Rams Head Tavern (Annapolis)
• Black Dog Prowl, Chute, and Force Major - Rock & Roll Hotel
• BSO: Schubert, Berg, and Beethoven - Strathmore (Music Center)
• Celtic Jazz - Twins Jazz (Two shows)
• Cold, Egypt Central, and Kopec - Rams Head Live! (Baltimore)
• Earl Klugh - Blues Alley (Two shows)
• Further: Phil Lesh & Bob Weir - Patriot Center
• Immanent Voiceless, Keep, and Samuel Joseph Kim - Velvet Lounge
• Kataklysm, All Shall Perish, Decrepit Birth, Conducting from the Grave, Abysmal Dawn, Far Beyond the Valley, Hydra Kill, Dysfigure, Feritas, and Legends of Betrayal - Jaxx
• RECOMMENDED - Loretta Lynn and the Secret Sisters - 9:30 Club
• O'Tasty and Hellfire and the Brimtones - IOTA Club & Café
• Rachelle Ferrell - Birchmere - sold out
• River James and US Royalty - Black Cat (Backstage)
• Tapered Mind, How to Be a Hero, Area 52, and High 5 for Failure - Bourbon Street (Baltimore) (the Quarter)
• the Pretty Reckless and A Thousand Horses - Jammin' Java - sold out
• Tickets to Bollywood - Kennedy Center (Millennium Stage)

Friday, 18 March 2011

• 1964: the Tribute - Strathmore (Music Center) CANCELLED
• Almost Kings (CD Release Party), Reckless Endangerment, Funk Mnkyz, and Hypodermic - Bourbon Street (Baltimore) (the Quarter)
• Anoxia, A Sound of Thunder, and Staggering Back - Sinix (Baltimore)
• Cuarteto Latinoamerica (the Discovery Series) - Wolf Trap (Barns)
• Dark Sea Dream, 28 Degrees Taurus, Night and the City, and Phonic Riot - Velvet Lounge
• David Gibson Quartet - Twins Jazz (Two shows)
• Earl Klugh - Blues Alley (Two shows)
• RECOMMENDED - Justin Jones and the Driving Rain, Laura Tsaggaris, and Brandon Minow - IOTA Club & Café
• KEM, El Debarge, and Ledisi - DAR Constitution Hall
• Rachelle Ferrell - Rams Head Tavern (Annapolis) (Two shows) - sold out
• SOJA, Mambo Sauce, and Chris Boomer - 9:30 Club - sold out
• Sub-Continental Drift - Strathmore (Mansion)
• Swift Technique, A Cool Stick, Soul Cannon, and Ponderosis - Rock & Roll Hotel
• Taal India: Percussion Ensemble - Kennedy Center (Millennium Stage)
• the Adicts, Soul Craft, and Spit Dirty - Jaxx
• the Average White Band - Birchmere
• the Fighting Jamesons - Rams Head Live! (Baltimore)
• Tommy Castro and Tinsley Ellis - State Theatre

Saturday, 19 March 2011

• A Rocket to the Moon, Valencia, Anarbor, Runner Runner, and Go Radio - Bourbon Street (Baltimore) (the Quarter) - sold out
• Choralis: an Evening with Brahms - Strathmore (Music Center)
• David Gibson Quartet - Twins Jazz (Two shows)
• Deanna Bogart Band - Jammin' Java
• Dig 13, A Normal Kill, Driftplan, and Impact - Sinix (Baltimore)
• Earl Klugh - Blues Alley (Two shows)
• Enter the Haggis - Jammin' Java
• Halestorm, Charm City Devils, and Lovin' the Lie - Rams Head Live! (Baltimore)
• Juniper Lane, No Second Troy, and Against Grace - IOTA Club & Café
• KEM, El Debarge, and Ledisi - DAR Constitution Hall
• Kerala Kalamandalam Kathakli Troupe - Kennedy Center (Millennium Stage)
• Mi Ami - Subterranean A
• Rodney Crowell (Chinaberry Sidewalks Tour) - Rams Head Tavern (Annapolis)
• Strunz and Farah - State Theatre (Early show)
• the Average White Band - Birchmere - sold out
• the Fighting Jamesons (performing Irish rock's greatest hits) - State Theatre (Late show)
• the Flying Eyes, Slow Jerks, and Lazlo Lee & the Motherless Children - Golden West Cafe (Baltimore)
• Tim Barry of Avail, Jenny Owen Youngs, and Josh Small - Red Palace

Sunday, 20 March 2011

• Bobaflex, Xstrophy, Angry Shadow, Staggering Back, Drift Plan, and the Taken - Bourbon Street (Baltimore) (the Quarter)
• Boys Will Be Boys with Greater Risk + Andrew Rohlk (early show) // Safety Word Orange + Samantha Darnell (late show) - Jammin' Java (Two Shows)
• Bushwalla and Buster Brown and the Get Down - Red Palace
• Earl Klugh - Blues Alley (Two shows)
• godspeed you! black emperor and Eric Chenaux - 9:30 Club - sold out
• Kid Architect, Radioviolet, and Proverbial - IOTA Club & Café
• League of the Unsound Sound (LotUS) - Wind-Up Space (Baltimore) (Afternoon show)
• Lil Wayne, Nicki Minaj, Rick Ross, Travis Barker, and Mixmaster Mike - 1st Mariner Arena (Baltimore)
• Panjabi MC - Kennedy Center (Millennium Stage)
• Rodney Crowell (Chinaberry Sidewalks Tour) - Birchmere
• Salem and DJ Doc Rok - Rock & Roll Hotel
• Spark to Inferno (CD release party) - Ottobar (Baltimore)
• Strunz and Farah and Adrian Legg - Rams Head Tavern (Annapolis)
• Sunday Jazz Lounge with Rodney Richardson and Joe Herrera - Twins Jazz (Two shows)
• the Del McCoury Band - Strathmore (Music Center)
• the Matrimonials - Ottobar (Baltimore) (Upstairs and free!)
• Torche, Post Teens, Lord, and Area 52 - Jaxx

Monday, 21 March 2011

• (Sounds Of the) Kaleidoscope and Ancient Creature - Golden West Cafe (Baltimore)
• RECOMMENDED - Agalloch, Worm Ouroboros, Vindensang, and Aerial Ruin - Sonar (Baltimore) (Club Stage)
• Althea Rene with Phaze II - Blues Alley (Two shows)
• Apex Manor (formerly the Broken West) and the Moderate - Red Palace
• Danny Barnes (of the Bad Livers) - IOTA Club & Café
• Gaelic Storm - Birchmere
• Henry Rollins: "50" - Rams Head Tavern (Annapolis) - sold out
• Khaira Arby - DC9
• Noise in the Basement - with performances by Sin 4 Sin, Rebel Inc, Kill Betty, Playground Etiquette, Silvertung - Bourbon Street (Baltimore) (the Quarter)
• Nouveau Trio Gitan - Kennedy Center (Millennium Stage)
• Poluck and Russian Red - 6th & I (Downstairs)
• the Factory, Alexander Bryant, Brian Coyne & White Loafer, Alexander Bryant, Kedromelon, DJ CATS, TreyFrey, and Bad Krohma - Jammin' Java
• Tres Mountains (ft. Jeff Ament, Mike McCready, Richard Stuverud, Dug Pinnick) and Gull - Black Cat (Mainstage)

Tuesday, 22 March 2011

• (the Sounds Of) Kaleidoscope, Ancient Creature, and Black Telephone - Black Cat (Backstage)
• Adrian Legg - IOTA Club & Café
• Alicia Ward - Kennedy Center (Millennium Stage)
• Blackbells, Archivists, the Wicked Tomorrow, and the Chance - DC9
• Chris Grasso's the Vocal Workshop - Blues Alley (Two shows)
• DeVotchKa and Mariachi El Bronx - 9:30 Club
• Ellie Goulding and the Knocks - Rock & Roll Hotel - sold out
• Gaelic Storm - Birchmere
• Jacob Anderskov's Agnostic Revelations - Twins Jazz (Two shows)
• Janet Jackson (Number Ones: Up Close and Personal Tour) - DAR Constitution Hall
• Justin Trawick and Christylez Bacon - Artisphere (Dome Theatre)
• Kathy Mattea - Wolf Trap (Barns)
• Out of Your Head - Improvised and Experimental Music Collective - Wind-Up Space (Baltimore)
• Stryper, Cinder Road, Alive-N-Kickin, and Orphan Project - Bourbon Street (Baltimore) (the Ballroom)
• Tim Be Told and Wendell Kimbrough - Jammin' Java
• Young Galaxy and Winter Gloves - Red Palace

Wednesday, 23 March 2011

• "Women in Jazz" series - Twins Jazz (Two shows)
• Blue Man Group - Warner Theatre
• Caspa ft. Rod Azlan - Bourbon Street (Baltimore) (the Ballroom)
• Deep Dark Robot (ft. Linda Perry of 4 Non Blondes), Devils Walk as Saints, and Alexis George - Red Palace
• Diamonds Ahead, Pat Jordache, and Insect Factory (7" release) - Black Cat (Backstage)
• Human Landscape Dance - Kennedy Center (Millennium Stage)
• Juan de Marcos & Afro-Cuban All Stars - Strathmore (Music Center)
• Kathy Mattea - Wolf Trap (Barns)
• Kevin Whalum - Blues Alley (Two shows)
• Lands and Peoples and Secret Mountains - Wind-Up Space (Baltimore)
• Metalliance Tour 2011: Helmet, Saint Vitus, Crowbar, Kylesa, Red Fang, Howl, the Atlas Moth, Witchburn, and Moth Eater - Jaxx
• Nathan & Noble Jolley (Artist in Residence) - Strathmore (Mansion)
• Royksopp and Jon Hopkins - 9:30 Club - sold out
• Sick Puppies, Framing Hanley, and Adelita's Way - Rams Head Live! (Baltimore)
• Stanley Clarke and Victor Wooten - State Theatre
• the Badrats, Miss Shevaughn & Yuma Wray, and Grand Revival - Jammin' Java
• the Gay Blades and the OK Corral - DC9
• the High Kings - Birchmere
• the Zits, Idleminds, T.F.M., and the Firecrackers - Ottobar (Baltimore)
• Tommy Castro Band - Rams Head Tavern (Annapolis)

Thursday, 24 March 2011

• A Place to Bury Strangers, Hooray for Earth, and the Deaf Scene - Ottobar (Baltimore)
• A. Murph, mrzeke, Ace Reign, alleyway G.$.$, Ardamus, CAL CUTTA, Da Money-Dogg, Day Deuce, High Off Life (H.O.L.), Infearion, Jay Dollar, K.I.D, Kid-Kash, KING KAN, Kle Live @ Jaxx, Lil Bill, LoRenzo Luciano, Mateus, Product, R'moni XL, SONCIER, Work, World Of Light - Jaxx
• Black Joe Lewis & the Honeybears and Those Darlins - Black Cat (Mainstage) - sold out
• Blue Man Group - Warner Theatre
• Dance Gavin Dance, Iwrestledabearonce, In Fear and Faith, Close to Home, and DJ Big Chocolate - Rams Head Live! (Baltimore)
• Foul Swoops, Ice Cream, and Teen Mom - Velvet Lounge
• Fujiya & Miyagi, BRAHMS, and Warm Ghost - Rock & Roll Hotel
• Ghost Mode and Subatomic Particles - Wind-Up Space (Baltimore)
• Here Come the Mummies - State Theatre
• Hey Rosetta!, Being Born Rich, and Ms. Fridich - DC9
• Janet Jackson - DAR Constitution Hall
• Jeff Beck and Imelda May - 9:30 Club - sold out
• Joan Rivers - Strathmore (Music Center)
• John Doe and Jill Sobule - IOTA Club & Café
• Kevin Eubanks (from "the Tonight Show") - Blues Alley (Two shows)
• Lucy Kaplansky - Wolf Trap (Barns)
• Moon Duo, Crazy Dreams Band, Birth Noise, and Simon Phoenix - Golden West Cafe (Baltimore)
• OFF! {Keith Morris of Black Flag/Circle Jerks; Dimitri Coats of Burning Brides; Mario Rubalcaba of Earthless/Hot Snakes/Rocket From the Crypt; and Steven McDonald of Redd Kross}, Trash Talk, and Nervous Impulse - Red Palace
• Renee Edwards - Twins Jazz (Two shows)
• Robert Earl Keen and Reckless Kelly - Birchmere (All Standing in the Bandstand)
• Sitali - Bossa
• Stephen Bishop - Rams Head Tavern (Annapolis)
• the Perlman Music Program with Itzhak Perlamn, violin - Kennedy Center (Terrace Theatre)
• Tog and Lenorable - Comet Ping Pong
• Zaccai Curtis & Sonia Szajnsberg - Kennedy Center (Millennium Stage)

Friday, 25 March 2011

• a Tribute to the Byrds - Wolf Trap (Barns)
• Asobi Seksu, Cults, and Sun Airway - Rock & Roll Hotel
• Blue Man Group - Warner Theatre
• Dan Mackenzie & Katie Costello - Kennedy Center (Millennium Stage)
• Eye of All, Rosabella, Onset, Left Stronger, and Eyes of Autumn - Rams Head Live! (Baltimore)
• Gal Costa - Lisner Auditorium
• Kevin Eubanks (from "the Tonight Show") - Blues Alley (Two shows)
• Mike Gordon - State Theatre
• Nasar Abadey, James King, Allyn Johnson - Twins Jazz (Two shows)
• Naturally 7 - Strathmore (Music Center)
• Peter Wolf and Kenny White - Birchmere
• Pissed Jeans, Heks Orkest (ex-Denali, Avail, Action Patrol, Engine Down), and Regents (ex-Exploder, Sleepytime Trio, Frodus) - Red Palace
• Rhythms of Azerbaijan: Natig Rhythm Group & The Rast Group - Lincoln Theatre
• Ron Sexsmith ("Late Player Bloomer" CD Release) and Caitlin Rose - Jammin' Java
• Scrapomatic ft. Mike Mattison - Strathmore (Mansion)
• Silvertung, Jaded, and Modern Day Aintz - Sinix (Baltimore)
• the Courtesans - Velvet Lounge
• the Joy Formidable, Mona, and the Lonely Forest - Black Cat (Mainstage)
• the Mountain Goats and Megafaun - 9:30 Club
• Tom Rush - Rams Head Tavern (Annapolis)
• Trash Talk and OFF! {Keith Morris (Black Flag/Circle Jerks) - Dmitri Coats (Burning Brides) - Mario Rubalcaba (Hot Snakes/Rocket From the Crypt) - Steven McDonald (Redd Kross)} - Ottobar (Baltimore)
• Trey Palms (Relay-For-Life Concert), J.M.P., and the Famous People - Sonar (Baltimore) (Club Stage)
• Vetiver, Sarah Lee Guthrie, and Johnny Irion - IOTA Club & Café

Saturday, 26 March 2011

• 24th Annual Evening of Comedy - Wolf Trap (Barns)
• Blue Man Group - Warner Theatre (Three shows)
• Bob Schneider - Rams Head Tavern (Annapolis) (Matinee)
• Branford Marsalis Quartet and Terence Blanchard Quintet - Kennedy Center (Concert Hall)
• BSO: Grieg's Piano Concerto - Strathmore (Music Center)
• Carmen Balthrop (soprano) - Artisphere (Spectrum Theatre)
• Cold War Kids and Baths - 9:30 Club - sold out
• E. Joseph and the Phantom Heart, PolyWestern, Survival Society, and Me and This Army - Wind-Up Space (Baltimore)
• Electra - Kennedy Center (Millennium Stage)
• Elton John - 1st Mariner Arena (Baltimore)
• Fergus & Geronimo and Sal Bando - Golden West Cafe (Baltimore)
• Harper Blynn, the Damnwells, and Howard Jennings - IOTA Club & Café
• Hume, Carol Bui, Tereu, Tereu, and the Caribbean - St. Stephen & the Incarnation Episcopal Church
• Jil Aigrot - Lisner Auditorium
• Kevin Devine and River City Extension - Red Palace
• Kevin Eubanks (from "the Tonight Show") - Blues Alley (Two shows)
• Matinee at Midnight, Sepia, the Vista Saints, Have Mercy, Steam Powered Orchestra, and Alckemists - Rams Head Live! (Baltimore)
• Nunchucks (CD release party), Cobra Collective, Loose Lips, and Honey House - Rock & Roll Hotel
• Rhythms of Azerbaijan: Natig Rhythm Group & The Rast Group - Lincoln Theatre
• Sebadoh and Richard Buckner - Black Cat (Mainstage)
• Spark to Inferno (CD Release show), Marilyn is Dead, From Atlantis, Camisado, With Lying Eyes, Delirium Voltage, Fusebox Poet, Friends of Fiends, and Eclips of Solace - Jaxx
• the Last Monarchs and Dreamscapes Project - Velvet Lounge
• Throwdown Syndicate (Discontent Release Party), the Glenmont Popes, the New Retro, and Dave Linantud - DC9
• Tom Rush - Birchmere
• Tribute to the Byrds by BandHouse Gigs - Rams Head Tavern (Annapolis)
• Wolventhrone, Infliction, Dropping Stone, and Blood Corps - Sinix (Baltimore)
• World Inferno Friendship Society, Mirrors and Wires, Neutron Bomb, and the Gorons - Ottobar (Baltimore)
• Wrong Way (a Tribute to Sublime) - State Theatre

Sunday, 27 March 2011

• An Horse, Prisms, and Bake Sale - DC9
• Andy Zipf Band, Blackjacks (acoustic), and Rene Moffat - IOTA Club & Café
• Asobi Seksu - Kennedy Center (Millennium Stage)
• Blue Man Group - Warner Theatre (Two shows)
• Cky, Lionize, Black Cowgirl, and Bleech - Bourbon Street (Baltimore) (the Quarter)
• David Lindley - Jammin' Java
• Family Portrait, the Twerps, and Get A Tan - Rock & Roll Hotel
• Glassjaw - Rams Head Live! (Baltimore)
• Kevin Eubanks (from "the Tonight Show") - Blues Alley (Two shows)
• Kingston Trio - Rams Head Tavern (Annapolis) (Two shows)
• Lady Pcoq & the Plumes - Bossa
• Omar Rodriguez Lopez Group (the Mars Volta) and Zechs Marquise - 9:30 Club
• Over the Rhine and Lucy Wainwright Roche - Birchmere
• Philadelphia Freeway, SmCITY, Black Cobain, and Kingpen Slim - U St Music Hall
• Prison Book Club and JP Harris & the Tough Choices - Ottobar (Baltimore) (Upstairs and free!)
• Rhythms of Azerbaijan: Natig Rhythm Group & The Rast Group - Lincoln Theatre
• Silent Civilian, Yesterday's Saints, and Seelow Heights - Jaxx
• Sunday Jazz Lounge with Rodney Richardson and Joe Herrera - Twins Jazz (Two shows)
• Trophy Wife, War on Women, and Trophy Wives - Sonar (Baltimore) (Talking Head)
• Typefighter (CD Release Party) - Red Palace
• Wild Yaks, Lil Daggers, Jacuzzi Boys, Jeff and the Brotherhood, and Fergus & Geronimo - Comet Ping Pong

Monday, 28 March 2011

• All Time Low, Yellowcard, Hey Monday, and the Summer Set - 9:30 Club - sold out
• American Youth Philharmonic - Strathmore (Music Center)
• Bob Schneider (solo) and Olivia Mancini (solo) - Birchmere
• Cincinnati Boychoir - Kennedy Center (Millennium Stage)
• Dave Mason (co-founder of Traffic) - Rams Head Tavern (Annapolis) (being rescheduled)
• Evergreen - 6th & I (Free)
• Grandchildren, Old Liner, and Silent Old Mtns - Ottobar (Baltimore)
• RECOMMENDED - Lost in the Trees - Black Cat (Backstage)
• Matt Wertz and Ben Rector - Jammin' Java - sold out
• Noise in the Basement - with performances by Zach Myers of Shinedown (Acoustic), Wasabi, Bad Idea, All At Once, Shot in the Dark - Bourbon Street (Baltimore) (the Quarter)
• Rhythms of Azerbaijan: Natig Rhythm Group & The Rast Group - Lincoln Theatre
• Rosaline, Sleep City, the Kindness of Strangers, Above All, and Rosiere - Sonar (Baltimore) (Talking Head)
• Ted Garber and Margot MacDonald - IOTA Club & Café
• the Body, Oak, and Whitehorse - Golden West Cafe (Baltimore)
• Trophy Wives (ex-Young Widows, Elliott, Coliseum) and Phonic Riot - DC9
• U-Nam - Blues Alley (Two shows)

Tuesday, 29 March 2011

• Amy Speace and Jill Andrews - IOTA Club & Café
• RECOMMENDED - Cut Copy and Holy Ghost! - 9:30 Club - sold out
• Daedelus and Tokimonsta - U St Music Hall
• Dave Mason - Wolf Trap (Barns) CANCELLED
• Freshman 15, Take Cover, All the Right Moves, and the Baby Grand - Ottobar (Baltimore)
• Jeff Lorber Fusion - Blues Alley (Two shows)
• Jefferson Starship: 40th Anniversary Tour - Bourbon Street (Baltimore) (the Ballroom)
• Jessica Lea Mayfield and Daniel Martin Moore - Black Cat (Mainstage)
• Kaki King and Joe Robinson - Birchmere
• Out of Your Head - Improvised and Experimental Music Collective - Wind-Up Space (Baltimore)
• Pearl and the Beard and Deathblack Flowers - DC9
• Radio Jazzhead Project - Twins Jazz (Two shows)
• Sick of Sarah, Hunter Valentine, Curtis Peoples, and Lucas Silveira - Jammin' Java
• the Word Alive, Upon a Burning Body, Abandon All Ships, The Color Morale, For All Those Sleeping, Freqontrol, and Wretched Reality - Jaxx
• Wilson Senior High School Concert Choir - Kennedy Center (Millennium Stage)

Wednesday, 30 March 2011

• "Women in Jazz" series - Twins Jazz (Two shows)
• Backslider, Nimbus Terrifix, D.O.C., and Mind As Prison - Golden West Cafe (Baltimore)
• Blue Man Group - Warner Theatre
• Cut Copy and Holy Ghost! - 9:30 Club - sold out
• Dave Mason - Wolf Trap (Barns) CANCELLED
• Duke Special and Eli Staples - Jammin' Java
• ICP Orchestra (Instant Composers Pool Orchestra) - Wind-Up Space (Baltimore)
• Illuminare - Strathmore (Mansion)
• Jeff Lorber Fusion feat. Eric Marienthal - Rams Head Tavern (Annapolis)
• Klaxons and Creep - Ottobar (Baltimore)
• Mimosa and DJ Vadim - Bourbon Street (Baltimore) (the Quarter)
• Papercuts and Banjo or Freakout - Black Cat (Backstage)
• Silent Civilian (ft. Jonny Santos from Spineshank), 10th Hour, Tolerance for Tragedy, And They Bled, and the Skies Have Shattered - Sonar (Baltimore) (Club Stage)
• Starf*cker and Casiokids - Rock & Roll Hotel
• Steve Smith & Vital Information - Blues Alley (Two shows)
• the Cave Singers and Lia Ices - Red Palace
• the Duke Ellington School of the Arts Music Department - Kennedy Center (Millennium Stage)
• the Green and Groundscore - DC9
• the Human Abstract, High Fives Died in the 80s, Eyes of Eli, and Balor's Eye - Jaxx
• the Wailin' Jennys - Birchmere
• Tombs, Wormrot, Lifetime Shitlist, Necropsy, and Visceral Violation - Sonar (Baltimore) (Talking Head)
• WPAS: Maurizio Pollini - Strathmore (Music Center)

Thursday, 31 March 2011

• AfroBeat for your Soul - Two Year Anniversary Party - Bossa
• Blue Man Group - Warner Theatre
• Burn the Ballroom, Safety Word Orange, and Turtle Recall - Jammin' Java
• Chuck Redd (Vibes) - CD Release Party - Blues Alley (Two shows)
• David Sedaris - Strathmore (Music Center)
• Erik Spanger and Jason Sloan, Broadcloth, and Three Red Crowns - Wind-Up Space (Baltimore)
• ForwardFest DC: Octave One, Daniel Bell, Kink, Noah Pred, and Measax+Docindo - U St Music Hall
• Joe Robinson - Rams Head Tavern (Annapolis)
• John McCutcheon - Wolf Trap (Barns)
• Lisa Hilton - Twins Jazz (Two shows)
• Maze ft. Frankie Beverly - DAR Constitution Hall
• RECOMMENDED - Mike Watt & the Missingmen and Suns of Guns - Black Cat (Backstage)
• Of Mice & Men, I Set My Friends on Fire, Sleeping With Sirens, Woe Is Me, and the Amity Affliction - Ottobar (Baltimore)
• Stripmall Ballads, Alex Vans, and Teddy & the Roosevelts - DC9
• Swarm the North, Emerge Victorious, In These Dreams, Brivell, Wyoming Exploded, and All Night Long - Rams Head Live! (Baltimore)
• the Easy Star All-Stars, the Green, and Cas Haley - Bourbon Street (Baltimore) (the Quarter)
• the Felice Brothers and Diamond Doves - Rock & Roll Hotel
• the Fleshtones and the Yachtsmen - IOTA Club & Café
• the Great Unknowns, Big Chimney, and the Porch Pickers Brigade - Red Palace
• the Wailin' Jennys - Birchmere - sold out
• Those Darlins, the Demon Beat, and DJ Amanda Otto - Golden West Cafe (Baltimore)
• West Virginia University Choir - Kennedy Center (Millennium Stage)

Friday, 1 April 2011

• Alex Pinto - Twins Jazz (Two shows)
• Anoxia, Not My Own, and Negro Childe - Sinix (Baltimore)
• Blackberry Belles, Sleeping in the Aviary, and Snowmine - Velvet Lounge
• Blue Man Group - Warner Theatre
• BSO's Off the Cuff: Cinderella Suite - Strathmore (Music Center)
• RECOMMENDED - Cartoon Johnny, Capital Blend, UVA Sil'hooettes, and Vox Pop - Williamsburg Middle School Auditorium [3600 N. Harrison Street, Arlington, VA] (Leukemia & Lymphoma Society Benefit)
• Civil Twilight, A Silent Film, and the Rassle - Rock & Roll Hotel
• Dry Season, Lollipop Factory, Sal Bando, Disarmer, and Of the West - Metro Gallery (Baltimore)
• Eugene Chadbourne and Tatsuya Nakatani - Pyramid Atlantic Gallery [8230 Georgia Avenue, WDC]
• ForwardFest DC: Sunshine Jones, Buster, DJ Love Grove, Ray Casil - U St Music Hall
• Gold Panda, Dan Mantle, and OUTPUTMESSAGE - Red Palace
• ilyAIMY & Primitivity - Strathmore (Mansion)
• Maze ft. Frankie Beverly - DAR Constitution Hall
• Mike Doughty (of Soul Coughing) and Clare Burson - IOTA Club & Café
• Mike Watt & the Missingmen, Red Sammy, and Northernmost - Ottobar (Baltimore)
• Mista Hyde, Shux, Twizm, and Nooky Beats - Jammin' Java (Late show)
• Peter Murphy and Livan - State Theatre
• Roger McGuinn - Wolf Trap (Barns)
• Several Species: the PINK FLOYD Experience - 9:30 Club
• Steep Canyon Rangers - Rams Head Tavern (Annapolis)
• the Guggenheim Grotto and Galen Curry - Jammin' Java (Early show)
• the Jazz Crusaders (ft. Joe Sample, Wilton Felder, Wayne Henderson) - Birchmere
• the Pains of Being Pure at Heart and Twin Shadow - Black Cat (Mainstage) - sold out
• Third Day, Tenth Avenue North, and Trevor Morgan - Patriot Center
• Tim Reynolds - Blues Alley (Two shows)
• Who's Bad: the Ultimate Michael Jackson Tribute Band - Rams Head Live! (Baltimore)

Saturday, 2 April 2011

• "Far From the Moon" featuring Raphael Bhatti - with Alex Flynn, Ryan Linde, and Shelby Neal - Jammin' Java (Late show)
• Alex Pinto - Twins Jazz (Two shows)
• Alvin Risk, Pls Dnt Stp, Vibe Lime, and KC - Sonar (Baltimore) (Club Stage)
• Anal Cunt, Strong Intention, Suffer No Guilt, Vitality, Harlequin Ichthyosis, Dethtoll, and Malestrom - Sonar (Baltimore) (Talking Head)
• Angelica de la Riva & Nilko Andreas - Strathmore (Mansion)
• Arms & Sleepers and Holy MTN - Metro Gallery (Baltimore)
• Blue Man Group - Warner Theatre (Three shows)
• Cassandra Syndrome and A Sound of Thunder - Rams Head Live! (Baltimore)
• Charlie Parker and Strings - Artisphere (Spectrum Theatre)
• Cravin' Dogs (25th Anniversary Celebration) and the Michael Clem Trio - Wolf Trap (Barns)
• Echoes & Leland Palmer - with Band of Brothers and Pandemonia - Bourbon Street (Baltimore) (the Ballroom)
• ForwardFest DC: Toddla T., Redlight, Untold, Star Eyes, and the Captain - U St Music Hall
• Gene Bertonici - Blues Alley (Two shows)
• Ginuwine, Tank, Carl Thomas, and Case - DAR Constitution Hall
• Heypenny and Ella Riot (formerly My Dear Disco) - IOTA Club & Café
• Ira Glass - Lisner Auditorium
• John Doe and Jill Sobule - Rams Head Tavern (Annapolis) (Matinee)
• Lucky Dub (CD release party), the Method, and Kill Lincoln - Rock & Roll Hotel
• Marti Jones & Don Dixon - Rams Head Tavern (Annapolis) (Evening show)
• Maryland's Most Wanted, Kryptic Souls, Neglected Life, Malum in Se, and Kira - Sinix (Baltimore)
• Mid-Atlantic Harmony Sweepstakes: the Agency, Da Capo, DoubleShot!, 4 the Record, Harmonization Without Representation, Justus, the Lake Effect, and Loose Interpretations - hosted by West Side 5 - Birchmere
• National Philharmonic: All Beethoven - Strathmore (Music Center)
• Royal Bangs, Maybe Baby, and Raindeer - Golden West Cafe (Baltimore)
• Subhumans, Millions of Dead Cops, Deep Sleep, and Scum Again - Ottobar (Baltimore)
• Susan McKeown, Cheryl Hurwitz, and Lisa Moscatiello - 6th & I (Downstairs) CANCELLED
• the Clarks and Memphis 59 - State Theatre
• Toots Thielemans & Kenny Werner - Kennedy Center (Terrace Theatre)
• Warpaint, PVT, and Family Band - Black Cat (Mainstage)
• Willy Porter - Jammin' Java (Early show)

Sunday, 3 April 2011

• Billie Holiday Tribute - ft. Yaala Ballin - Twins Jazz (Two shows)
• Black Angels and Suuns - 9:30 Club
• Blue Man Group - Warner Theatre (Two shows)
• Chaise Lounge - IOTA Club & Café
• Civil Twilight and A Silent Film - Rams Head Tavern (Annapolis) (Matinee)
• ForwardFest DC: High Contrast, Slant, Bjoo - U St Music Hall
• Fourplay - Bob James, Nathan East, Chuck Loeb, Harvey Mason - Birchmere - sold out
• Gene Loves Jezebel and Dark Dissolve - Jaxx
• Harvard, Robbers, Race of Robots, and will88 - DC9
• John and Susie Beatty Competition for Classical Guitar - Kennedy Center (Millennium Stage)
• Lil Wayne with Nicki Minaj, Rick Ross, Travis Barker, Mix Master Mike - Verizon Center
• Mark Hummel's Harp Blowout (ft. Lazy Lester, Mark Wenner, Jerry Portnoy) - Rams Head Tavern (Annapolis) (Evening show)
• Marti Jones & Don Dixon - Strathmore (Mansion) - sold out
• National Philharmonic: All Beethoven - Strathmore (Matinee; Music Center)
• Petal Blight, ilyAIMY, and Strum the Fox - Metro Gallery (Baltimore)
• Peter Murphy (of Bauhaus) and Livan - Bourbon Street (Baltimore) (the Ballroom)
• Pretend and Release and Talk Like They're Famous - Jammin' Java
• Roommate, HOneyboat, and the Degenerettes - Wind-Up Space (Baltimore)
• Royal Bangs, Fine Peduncle, and Raindeer - Black Cat (Backstage)
• Sara Bareilles, Ximena Sarinana, and Elizabeth and the Catapult - Rams Head Live! (Baltimore) - sold out
• Sherrie Maricle & the Diva Jazz Orchestra - Blues Alley (Two shows)

Monday, 4 April 2011

• Afro Blue - Blues Alley (Two shows)
• Champagne Champagne (ex-Blood Brothers), Montpellier, Dead End Kidz, and Hip-Hope McDougal - Ottobar (Baltimore)
• Dan Ryan Harris and Brian Jarvis - Jammin' Java
• Fourplay - Rams Head Tavern (Annapolis)
• Gobble Gobble, Connect the Dots, and FMRM - Red Palace
• Jars of Clay - "The Shelter Tour" with special guests Matt Maher, Derek Webb, and Audrey Assad - Birchmere
• Kagero - Kennedy Center (Millennium Stage)
• Moonalice and Tom Freund (special guest Jess Klein) - IOTA Club & Café
• Morning Teleportation and Nicos Gun - Black Cat (Backstage)
• Moss of Aura, Alexis Gideon, and Showbeast - Wind-Up Space (Baltimore)
• Noise in the Basement - with Truth N Tempest, Cerca Trova, Sucker Punch Sadie, Ourglass, and Mason Vixon - Bourbon Street (Baltimore) (the Quarter)
• Reesa Renee and Kamila Gem - Velvet Lounge
• Screen Vinyl Image and Glowfriends - Galaxy Hut
• Yes - Warner Theatre

Tuesday, 5 April 2011

• Antone "Chooky" Caldwell - Blues Alley (Two shows)
• Bare Wires and Maybe Baby - Comet Ping Pong
• Brad Linde presents dialogues and duets series - Twins Jazz (Two shows)
• Craobh Rua - Kennedy Center (Millennium Stage)
• Destroyer and the War on Drugs - Black Cat (Mainstage)
• Fourplay - Rams Head Tavern (Annapolis)
• House of Pain, Big B, Dirtball, and Sozay - 9:30 Club
• MEN (ft. JD Samson of Le Tigre), Romy, Painted Face, and DJ Joshua - Red Palace
• Mike Viola and Justin Trawick - Jammin' Java
• Out of Your Head - Improvised and Experimental Music Collective - Wind-Up Space (Baltimore)
• the Extraordinaires - Velvet Lounge
• the Octopus Project, the Torches, and the Electricutions - DC9
• Tiffany Thompson and Bobbie Allen - IOTA Club & Café
• Widespread Panic - Warner Theatre
• You Hang Up (ft. Frankie Muniz of Malcolm in the Middle) and the Understudies - Jaxx CANCELLED

Wednesday, 6 April 2011

• Amos Lee and the Secret Sisters - 9:30 Club - sold out
• BeBe & CeCe Winans and Mary Mary - Lincoln Theatre
• Blu & J Davey, Soul Cannon, Black Sunn, and Trace Blam - Sonar (Baltimore) (Club Stage)
• Club Scout (Record Release) - Black Cat (Backstage)
• Ed Schrader's Music Beat, Child Bite, and Prussia - Golden West Cafe (Baltimore)
• Ezra Furman & the Harpoons, Tristen, and the Apache Relay - Jammin' Java
• Hammer No More the Fingers (CD Release), Caverns, Deleted Scenes, and Zoos of Berlin - Red Palace
• Harris Eisenstadt's Canada Day - Twins Jazz (Two shows)
• Lucia Lucia, the Droids We're Looking For, and Demivolt - DC9
• Marsha Ambrosius & Melanie Fiona - with Hal Linton - Birchmere - sold out
• N'Dambi, Sy Smith, and W Ellington Felton - U St Music Hall
• Orla Fallon (formerly of Celtic Woman) - Wolf Trap (Barns)
• Sonny Fortune - Blues Alley (Two shows)
• the Extraordinaires, Aexual Woods, and Lush Farm - Metro Gallery (Baltimore)
• the Sweater Set (Artist in Residence) - Strathmore (Mansion)
• Tzveta Kassabova - Kennedy Center (Millennium Stage)
• Walter Trout & Jimmy Thackery - Rams Head Tavern (Annapolis)
• Widespread Panic - Warner Theatre
• Younger Brother, Jesters of Kindness, and Elemental - Bourbon Street (Baltimore) (the Quarter)

Thursday, 7 April 2011

• 62nd St Chamber Players - Kennedy Center (Millennium Stage)
• Acoustic Africa (ft. Habib Koite, Oliver Toku Mtukudzi, and Afel Bocoum) - Lisner Auditorium
• ATOS Trio - Kennedy Center (Terrace Theatre)
• BSO SuperPops: Live and Let Die - a Tribute to Paul McCartney - Strathmore (Music Center)
• Cigarette, Rivle Recoil, and Softspot - Velvet Lounge
• Colin Hay (solo) and Chris Trapper - Birchmere
• Elin - Bossa
• Fair to Midland, Periphery, Scale the Summit, Elisium, Iris Divine, and Evereaux - Jaxx
• Hammer No More the Fingers, Deleted Scenes, Gary B and the Notions, and Vinny Vegas - Metro Gallery (Baltimore)
• Hot Club of Cowtown - Jammin' Java
• Lee Ritenour - Blues Alley (Two shows)
• Leslie Casey - Twins Jazz (Two shows)
• Marsha Ambrosius & Melanie Fiona - with Anthony David - Rams Head Live! (Baltimore) - sold out
• Orla Fallon (formerly of Celtic Woman) - Wolf Trap (Barns)
• Pet Parade, the Torches, and Typefighter - IOTA Club & Café
• Senses Fail, the Ghost Inside, Man Overboard, Transit, and Voyage In Coma - Rock & Roll Hotel
• the Black Lips, the Vivian Girls, and Jeff the Brotherhood - Ottobar (Baltimore)
• the Dean's List, XV, and Brenton Duvall - Bourbon Street (Baltimore) (the Quarter)
• the RiverBreaks, Bearshark, and Jessica Louise Dye (of Lightfoot) - DC9
• Vertigo String Quartet - Strathmore (Mansion)
• William Fitzsimmons - Rams Head Tavern (Annapolis)
• Wire and Weekend - Black Cat (Mainstage)
• Yanni - Warner Theatre

Friday, 8 April 2011

• a Cat Called Cricket, the Great Unknown, and Silent Whys - Wind-Up Space (Baltimore)
• Black Lips, Vivian Girls, and Moon Women - Black Cat (Mainstage)
• Carbonstone - Sonar (Baltimore) (Club Stage)
• Colin Hay (solo) and Chris Trapper - Birchmere - sold out
• Ha Ha Tonka, the Spring Standards, and Via Audio - Red Palace
• Iritris and Bad.Loud.Trio - Velvet Lounge
• Jessica 6 - U St Music Hall
• Jimmy Thackery and Walter Trout - State Theatre
• Kate Lindsey, mezzo-soprano, & Kim Pensiger Whitman, pianist (the Discovery Series) - Wolf Trap (Barns)
• Kris Delmhorst - IOTA Club & Café
• Lee Ritenour - Blues Alley (Two shows)
• Machines of Living Death, Tolerance for Tragedy, Dying Design, and Cyber Strike - Sinix (Baltimore)
• Marcia Ball - Rams Head Tavern (Annapolis)
• Margot MacDonald, Derek Evry, Levi Stephens, Dan Fisk, and Jayme Salviati - Ebeneezer's Coffeehouse [201 F St NE, Washington, DC]
• Palanke Music Company - Bossa
• Sin Miedo - Strathmore (Mansion)
• Stealing the Sun, Defiant Caliber, Chute, and Gate 1 - Bourbon Street (Baltimore) (the Quarter)
• Stereo Trigger (CD Release), Once Jacob, Coal, and Sick Circle - Rams Head Live! (Baltimore)
• Stravinsky's Russian Accent - Strathmore (Music Center)
• Tamagawa University Taiko Drumming and Dance Troupe - Kennedy Center (Millennium Stage)
• the Whigs and Beast Make Bomb - 9:30 Club
• Tom Williams Quintet - Twins Jazz (Two shows)
• Violet Says 5, the Fif, Phila Da Future, and DJ Beezy - Rock & Roll Hotel
• William Fitzsimmons and Slow Runner - Jammin' Java

Saturday, 9 April 2011

• Apophis, Beyond Dishonor, Sky Came Burning, River Runs Scarlett, and Bury the Memories - Sinix (Baltimore)
• Artillery Breath, Torch Runner, the Deads, Revolta, and Extermination Angel - Corpse Fortress [Silver Spring, MD]
• Arturo Sandoval - Strathmore (Music Center)
• Austin Lounge Lizards - Wolf Trap (Barns)
• Baltimore Vocal Jazz Ensemble - American Legion Hall [2301 Putty Hill Avenue, Parkville, Maryland 21234-3943]
• Bass Drop Vol 1 ft. Jack Beats w/ special guest Breakage - Bourbon Street (Baltimore) (the Ballroom)
• Chopteeth Afrofunk Big Band and DJ Texas Fred - the Zydeco Cowboy - Rock & Roll Hotel
• Cobra Collective, Death By Sexy, Nunchucks, and Triggers - IOTA Club & Café
• Conspirator and Segway - Bourbon Street (Baltimore) (the Quarter)
• DYS, Antidote, Face Value, Urban Waste, Hands Tied, and Mindset - Ottobar (Baltimore)
• Foolz Fest - with Fat Trel, Da Phuture, Kingpen Slim, Frayz, Rated R, Rob Rugah, Phat Rabbit, M-City, Ski-Money, and Young Moe - Jaxx (Late show)
• I the Breather, An Obscure Signal, In Our Shallow Grave, A World Away, Calm These Waves, 1Alliance, In Fate We Trust, They Rode On Horses, and the Rhineheart Nebula - Jaxx (Early show)
• Instrumental tribute to Daft Punk's "Discovery" with Landis Expandis' "Funky Bass and Beat Group Known as F" and Decapitated Head - Wind-Up Space (Baltimore)
• Junior Brown and Ruthie & the Wranglers - Birchmere
• Kater James and David Andrew Smith - Rams Head Live! (Baltimore)
• Lee Ritenour - Blues Alley (Two shows)
• Loudon Wainwright III - Rams Head Tavern (Annapolis)
• Marcia Ball - State Theatre
• Montreat Scottish Pipes & Drums - Kennedy Center (Millennium Stage)
• Nerd Nite w/ Derek Evry - DC9 (Early show)
• Pandamonium ft. Julian Franco, Ypset, and Dirty Steeeve!!! - Jammin' Java (Late show)
• Ra Ra Rasputin, Medals, and Miyazaki - Velvet Lounge
• Simone Dinnerstein (piano) - 6th & I
• Sin Miedo - Bossa
• Stryke the System, the Tom Sless Band, the Chance, Mace Ballard, Worth Our While, and All At Once - Sonar (Baltimore) (Club Stage)
• Toad the Wet Sprocket and Deep River - 9:30 Club
• Tom Williams Quintet - Twins Jazz (Two shows)
• Tone Rangers and Cornell University Hangovers - Holton-Arms School [7303 River Road, Bethesda]
• William Fitzsimmons and Slow Runner - Jammin' Java (Early show)

Sunday, 10 April 2011

• Bardo Pond and Surf City - Black Cat (Backstage)
• Battle of the Bands: Bassfinger, The Dukes, The Free Radical, GI9, The Head Ease, Hellpie, The Last Monarchs, Midnight Sunrise, Ritual of the Boar, Tex and Dubby of Burg City, Upper 90 - Jaxx
• Buddy Guy and Quinn Sullivan - Birchmere - sold out
• Cloud Nothings, Eternal Summers, and the Dialogue - Ottobar (Baltimore)
• Colin Hay (of Men at Work) and Chris Trapper - Rams Head Tavern (Annapolis) - sold out
• Curren$y, Greenspan, Al Great, Ellis, and DJ Soundwave - Sonar (Baltimore) (Main Stage) CANCELLED
• DC Music Fest for a DC Film Fest - Bossa
• Eric Mayo - Twins Jazz (Two shows)
• Fitzmaurice and Frank Solivan & Dirty Kitchen Band - Rams Head Tavern (Annapolis) (All-Ages Matinee)
• Harris Eisenstad's Canada Day - Wind-Up Space (Baltimore)
• Jefferson Starship 40th Anniversary Tour (ft. special performance of Blade Runner Against the Universe) - State Theatre POSTPONED
• Juanes - Patriot Center
• Lee Ritenour - Blues Alley (Two shows)
• Levine School of Music - Kennedy Center (Millennium Stage)
• Moon Taxi and Robin Smith of the Very Small - Red Palace
• Old 97s and Teddy Thompson - 9:30 Club
• Peter Mulvey and Po'Girl - Jammin' Java
• Stravinsky and the Piano - Strathmore (Music Center)
• the Movement, Mambo Sauce, 20 Fiction Down, and Stacked Like Pancakes - Sonar (Baltimore) (Club Stage)
• TV on the Radio and Celebration - Rams Head Live! (Baltimore)
• Walk the Moon and Alvin Risk - DC9

Monday, 11 April 2011

• Cloud Nothings, Eternal Summers, and Invisible Hand - DC9
• Dirty Heads and New Politics - 9:30 Club
• Grouplove, Foster the People, and We Barbarians - Red Palace - sold out
• Kurt Vile and the Violators, Lands and Peoples, and Friend Collector - Ottobar (Baltimore)
• Laura Strickling and Melissa Wimbish - Kennedy Center (Millennium Stage)
• Mambo Sauce and the Movement - Jammin' Java
• Michiel Borstlap - Blues Alley (Two shows)
• Noise in the Basement - with Hero of the Hour, Breech, Midnight Hike, the Villains 21 - Bourbon Street (Baltimore) (the Quarter)
• Taj Mahal (solo) - Rams Head Tavern (Annapolis)
• the Ocean, All Access, Maelstrom, and Home Brewed - Jaxx
• Tower of Power - Birchmere

Tuesday, 12 April 2011

• Aimee Mann and Ivan & Alyosha - Birchmere
• Archie Fisher with Garnet Rodgers - Artisphere (Dome Theatre)
• Brad Linde presents dialogues and duets series - Twins Jazz (Two shows)
• Cheick Hamala Diabate - Bossa
• Gamma Pulse and She Has a Fashion Vice - Sonar (Baltimore) (Talking Head)
• RECOMMENDED - Iris Divine, Division, TimeLord, and Death Penalty - Jammin' Java
• Karma to Burn, Rough Love (ex-Ironboss), and Unnh - Ottobar (Baltimore)
• Michiel Borstlap - Blues Alley (Two shows)
• National Gallery of Art String Quartet - Kennedy Center (Millennium Stage)
• Out of Your Head - Improvised and Experimental Music Collective - Wind-Up Space (Baltimore)
• Pokey Lafarge, Lissy Rosemont, and Charlie Parr - IOTA Club & Café
• the Builders & the Butchers and Damion Suomi & the Minor Prophets - Red Palace
• the Greenhornes and Hacienda - Rock & Roll Hotel
• the Ocean, Sistered, Questioner, and Billows - Sonar (Baltimore) (Club Stage)
• Three Days Grace and My Darkest Days - 9:30 Club - sold out
• Tower of Power - Rams Head Tavern (Annapolis)
• WPAS: St. Petersburg Philharmonic Orchestra w/ Temirkanov & Weilerstein - Strathmore (Music Center)

Wednesday, 13 April 2011

• Accept, Sabaton, Kat Atomic, and a Sound of Tunder - Jaxx
• RECOMMENDED - Aimee Mann and Ivan & Alyosha - Birchmere
• Beach Fossils, Craft Spells, Infinite Honey, and Fossil Eyes - Ottobar (Baltimore)
• Betty Carter's Jazz Ahead - Kennedy Center (Millennium Stage)
• Clube Do Samba - Bossa
• Hollywood Undead, 10 Years, Drive A, and New Medicine - Bourbon Street (Baltimore) (the Ballroom)
• Ilsa, Amarok, and Spirals - Corpse Fortress [Silver Spring, MD]
• Jamaica and Phillip Goyette - U St Music Hall
• Jesse Winchester and Neema - Jammin' Java
• JJ Gray & MOFRO - Recher Theatre (Towson, MD)
• Joe Pug and Strand of Oaks - Black Cat (Backstage)
• KT Tunstall ("The Solo Show"), Robert Francis, and Miggs - 6th & I - sold out
• Liam Finn and the Luyas - Red Palace
• Michel Legrand - Blues Alley (Two shows)
• Nadav Remez - Twins Jazz (Two shows)
• NSO Pops: Pink Martini - Kennedy Center (Concert Hall)
• Of the West, Psalmships, and Forks of Ivy - Metro Gallery (Baltimore)
• Scythian - Rams Head Tavern (Annapolis)
• the Go! Team and Dom - 9:30 Club
• the Orchid, Mittenfields, and the Plums - DC9
• Three Days Grace and My Darkest Days - Rams Head Live! (Baltimore) - sold out
• Toro Y Moi, Braids, and Adventure - Sonar (Baltimore) (Talking Head) - sold out
• Vinnie Paz & Ill Bill - Heavy Metal Kings Tour ft. Vinnie Paz of Jedi Mind Tricks & Ill Bill of Non Phixion, King Syze, and Diabolic - Sonar (Baltimore) (Club Stage)

Thursday, 14 April 2011

• Acid Mothers Temple Melting Paraiso U.F.O. and Shilpa Ray and her Happy Hookers - Red Palace
• Beach Fossils and Craft Spells - DC9
• Betty Carter's Jazz Ahead - Kennedy Center (Millennium Stage)
• Billows, Amarok, the Osedax, and Borracho - Sidebar (Baltimore, MD) [218 E. Lexington Street]
• Cake - 9:30 Club - sold out
• Chatham County Line - Jammin' Java
• Devils Walk as Saints, the XOs, and Aubriot - Velvet Lounge
• Dirty Heads, Ballyhoo!, and New Politics - Rams Head Live! (Baltimore)
• Drop Electric - Bossa
• GW Symphonic Band: the Roaring 20s - Lisner Auditorium
• Hotels and Highways, Taylor Carson, and Peter Katz - IOTA Club & Café
• Kirby Lane - Bourbon Street (Baltimore) (the Quarter)
• Last Tide, Hiding Places, and Lenorable - Black Cat (Backstage)
• Livingston Taylor and Buskin & Batteau - Birchmere
• LSG - Keith LeBlanc, TM Stevens, and Eric Gales: Voodoo Chile Tour 2011 - Jimi Hendrix Tribute - with Bourne of Ash - Jaxx CANCELLED
• Michel Legrand - Blues Alley (Two shows)
• Never To Be Silenced and Division - Bunker Sports Cafe [510-I E Market St, Leesburg, VA]
• NSO Pops: Pink Martini - Kennedy Center (Concert Hall)
• Poco and Idlewheel (ft. Jack Sundrud and Craig Bickhardt) - Rams Head Tavern (Annapolis)
• Ramzy and the Brothers Handsome - Twins Jazz (Two shows)
• Rise of the Witness, Soulfurl Aggression, We Reign Eternal, and Two Gents and a Scholar - Recher Theatre (Towson, MD)
• Spectrum (new material and classic Spectrum / Spacemen 3 songs), Asteroid No. 4, and Screen Vinyl Image - Sonar (Baltimore) (Club Stage)
• the Mountain Goats and Megafaun - Ottobar (Baltimore)
• Toro Y Moi, Braids, and Adventure - Rock & Roll Hotel - sold out

Friday, 15 April 2011

• 10th Hour, Tolerance for Tragedy, the Bannished, And They Bled, Emerge Victorious, and Serial Attractions - Bourbon Street (Baltimore) (the Quarter)
• Acid Mothers Temple Melting Paraiso U.F.O., Shilpa Ray and her Happy Hookers, Mopar Mountain Daredevils, and Tsarship Unicorn - Ottobar (Baltimore)
• Betty Carter's Jazz Ahead - Kennedy Center (Millennium Stage)
• BSO: Charlie Chaplin's the Gold Rush - Strathmore (Music Center)
• Cake - 9:30 Club - sold out
• Chain Denial, How To Be a Hero, and Taking Tragedy - Sinix (Baltimore)
• Dave Brubeck - Blues Alley - sold out
• Diamond Dustin's Ultra Mega Cover Show Rager: Fairies Wear Beards (Black Sabbath), Louder Than Love (Soundgarden), Fun Brigade (Jawbreaker), and Texas is the F*cking Reason (Misfits) - Sonar (Baltimore) (Club Stage)
• Girlyman & Susan Werner - Birchmere
• Graham Colton - Jammin' Java (Early show)
• Lake Street Drive - IOTA Club & Café
• Michaela Harrison - Twins Jazz (Two shows)
• NSO Pops: Pink Martini - Kennedy Center (Concert Hall)
• OverKill, Bitter, Krass Judgement, Kneel to Zod, Pain!, Xstrophy, and Histrionic Witch - Jaxx
• Poor But Sexy, lowercaseletters, and the Cascade - Rock & Roll Hotel
• Seether and Red Jumpsuit Apparatus - Rams Head Live! (Baltimore) - sold out
• Sin Miedo - Bossa
• the Board Administration - Jammin' Java (Late show)
• the Expotentials, Ex-Replicas, Desserts of Maine, and Gunpowder Falls - Metro Gallery (Baltimore)
• the Fab Faux - Lisner Auditorium
• the Legwarmers - State Theatre
• Trans Siberian Orchestra - 1st Mariner Arena (Baltimore)
• RECOMMENDED - Velvet (farewell show), the Chance, and Honeyguns - Black Cat (Mainstage)
• Vicki Lawrence & Mama - Rams Head Tavern (Annapolis)

Saturday, 16 April 2011

• 2011 Strathmore Spring Gala: Johnny Mathis - Strathmore (Music Center)
• Blue Line, Social Hero, and Vinyette - Velvet Lounge
• Brubeck Institute Jazz Quintet - Twins Jazz (Two shows)
• Burlesque-a-pades ft. the Pontani Sisters - Rams Head Tavern (Annapolis)
• Cake - 9:30 Club - sold out
• Camisado, In Dying Arms, And It Must Occur, Enecia, Somnium de Ainsley, Leper Lord, Allison's Degradation, Saints Will Rise, Louder Than Quiet, and In Hell With Traitors - Jaxx
• Carrie Newcomer & Debi Smith - Birchmere
• RECOMMENDED - Danielson and Benjy Ferree - Red Palace
• Dave Brubeck - Blues Alley - sold out
• Eastern Standard Time, the Scotch Bonnets, the Thrilltones, and Selector Pablo Fiasco - Ottobar (Baltimore) (Late show)
• Eldar - Kennedy Center (Terrace Gallery)
• Fan Death Records Showcase 2011: Ed Schrader's Music Beat, Heroin Sucks, Broken Water, Locrian, Leather, Pleasure Leftists, Kim Phuc - Sonar (Baltimore) (Club Stage)
• Feritas, Part Death, and Vitality - El Caracol Café [609 Sligo Ave, Silver Spring, MD]
• Graham Colton - Rams Head Tavern (Annapolis) (All-Ages Matinee)
• Isaac, CIK, and Trigga Happy - Bourbon Street (Baltimore) (the Quarter)
• John Mark McMillan and Friends and All the Bright Lights - Jammin' Java (Late show)
• Joseph and Goldie Feder Memorial String Competition - Kennedy Center (Millennium Stage)
• Justin Trawick Group, the Riverbreaks, and Bobbie Allen - IOTA Club & Café (Two shows)
• Memphis (Torquil Campbell of Stars) and the Barr Brothers - DC9
• Memphis May Fire, Us from the Outside, and This Romantic Tragedy - Ottobar (Baltimore) (Early show)
• NSO Pops: Pink Martini - Kennedy Center (Concert Hall)
• Overnight Lowes, Adam Thorn, and Thee Lotilas - Comet Ping Pong
• Palanke Music Company - Bossa
• Robbie Schaefer (from Eddie From Ohio) - Jammin' Java (Early show)
• Several Species: the PINK FLOYD experience - Rams Head Live! (Baltimore)
• Silence the Blind, Crimson Orchid, Malum in Se, Cryptic Warning, and Maryland's Most Wanted - Sinix (Baltimore)
• Steve Swell / Gebhard Ulmann Group - Wind-Up Space (Baltimore)
• the Boxer Rebellion and We Are Augustines - Black Cat (Mainstage)
• the Legwarmers - State Theatre
• Wye Oak and Callers - Space 2640 (Baltimore) [2640 St. Paul St., Baltimore, MD]

Sunday, 17 April 2011

• Alternative Press Tour ft. Black Veil Brides, DRUGS (Destroy Rebuild Until God Shows), I See Stars, VersaEmerge, Conditions - 9:30 Club
• Asleep at the Wheel - Rams Head Tavern (Annapolis)
• Black Telephone and Umbrella Men - Velvet Lounge
• Brubeck Institute Jazz Quintet - Kennedy Center (Millennium Stage)
• Carnifex, Oceano, the Tony Danza Tap Dance Extravaganza, Within the Ruins, As the Kingdom Falls, Upon Disfigurement, Walking the Monolith, Disette, and Burnside Landing - Jaxx
• Chris Cornell and William Elliott Whitmore - 6th & I - sold out
• Dave Brubeck - Blues Alley - sold out
• Hawthorne Heights, After Midnight Project, Handguns, Self Centered, Sons of Radio, Chasing Morgan, the Getaways, and A Crimson Atlantic - Recher Theatre (Towson, MD)
• Jim Avett - IOTA Club & Café
• Jonathan Tyler the Northern Lights and Taddy Porter - DC9
• Julie Mack with Amy Bormet, Zack Pride, Leland Nakamura - Twins Jazz (Two shows)
• K Holes and Aids Wolf - Comet Ping Pong
• Kina Grannis - Jammin' Java (Two Shows)
• RECOMMENDED - Sharon Van Etten and Lady Lamb the Beekeeper - Red Palace
• Sunday Jazz Lounge - Bossa
• the Raveonettes and Tamaryn - Black Cat (Mainstage)
• Vivian Green and Eric Roberson ("Soul Survivors") - Rams Head Live! (Baltimore)
• Warped Tour East Coast Indie Stage Battle Finals: Better Dead Than Red, Moon Critters, Survival Society, the Dukes, Moden Day Aints, A+ Dropouts, Matinee at Midnight, To the Fight - Ottobar (Baltimore)
• We Used To Be Family, New Age Music For Cats, UXOR, Teenage Souls, The Great Tap Root, Bean, and Mr. Moccasin - Wind-Up Space (Baltimore)

Monday, 18 April 2011

• Cigarette and Caves Caverns - Galaxy Hut
• Dave Brubeck - Blues Alley - sold out
• Eric Roberson & Vivian Green ("Soul Survivors") - Birchmere
• Ethereal Genocide, Croatoan, Permafrost, and Death Penalty - So Addictive Lounge [733 Elden Street, Herndon, VA 20170]
• Karen Reedy Dance - Kennedy Center (Millennium Stage)
• Minh, Saffron Holiday, and Haley Sales - Jammin' Java
• New Riders of the Purple Sage - Rams Head Tavern (Annapolis)
• Noise in the Basement - with E.Joseph and The Phantom Heart, Blackpool Holiday, The Jon Bailey Band, Soul Island Rebels, and the Control - Bourbon Street (Baltimore) (the Quarter)
• Rickolus - IOTA Club & Café
• Skeletonwitch, 3 Inches of Blood, Radical Discharge, and Maelstrom - Ottobar (Baltimore)
• Triangle Shirt Factory (EP Release) and the Last Monarchs - Black Cat (Backstage)
• Woodsman and Tjutjuna - Red Palace

Tuesday, 19 April 2011

• Adam Arcuragi and Cameron McGill and What Army - IOTA Club & Café
• Bowie State University Jazz Ensemble - Blues Alley (Two shows)
• Brad Linde presents dialogues and duets series - Twins Jazz (Two shows)
• British Sea Power and A Classic Education - Black Cat (Mainstage)
• Charlie Sheen - DAR Constitution Hall
• Cheick Hamala Diabate - Bossa
• Coheed and Cambria - Rams Head Live! (Baltimore) - sold out
• Ether and Steve Bowes (ex-Pharmacy Prophets) - DC9
• Hunx & His Punx, Shannon and the Clams, Personal and the Pizzas, and Barreracudas - Golden West Cafe (Baltimore)
• John Popper & the Duskray Troubadours - Rams Head Tavern (Annapolis)
• Maimouna "Luna E" Youssef - Kennedy Center (Millennium Stage)
• RECOMMENDED - Mogwai and Errors - 9:30 Club POSTPONED until October
• Molotov Solution, Burning the Masses, MurderDeathKill, the Absum Sun, All Eyes to Oblivion, and Eclipse of Solace - Jaxx
• Nanci Griffith and the Kennedys - Birchmere
• Nathan Angelo, Chris Ayer, and Chelsea Lee - Jammin' Java
• Out of Your Head - Improvised and Experimental Music Collective - Wind-Up Space (Baltimore)
• Pantha Du Prince, the Sight Below, and Moss of Aura - Ottobar (Baltimore)
• Solar Temple Suicides, Lost Trail, and the Duc D'Angelos Quartet - Metro Gallery (Baltimore)

Wednesday, 20 April 2011

• The 26th Annual Mayor's Arts Awards - Kennedy Center (Millennium Stage)
• Ari Hest and Katie Costello - Jammin' Java
• Clube Do Samba - Bossa
• Coheed and Cambria performing "the Second Stage Turbine Blade" in its entirety, with electric/acoustic sets - 9:30 Club - sold out
• Gum Yummy and Friends Four-Twenty Fest - Velvet Lounge
• Ice Nine Kills, Where the Ocean Meets the Sky, All's Quiet, No Bragging Rights, I Am History, A Place in Time, All Out Chaos, Sylvianna, and Morgan's Accident - Jaxx
• Iron & Wine and the Low Anthem - Rams Head Live! (Baltimore) - sold out
• Jazz Loft Quartet with Freddie Redd - Twins Jazz (Two shows)
• J-Roddy Waltson & the Business and Jonny Corndawg - Rock & Roll Hotel
• Nanci Griffith and the Kennedys - Birchmere
• Pantha Du Prince, the Sight Below, and Solomon Sanchez - U St Music Hall
• Phil Woods / Brian Lynch / Bill Mays / Steve Gilmore / Bill Goodwin - Blues Alley (Two shows)
• Rooney, Skybombers, and Voxhaul Broadcast - Bourbon Street (Baltimore) (the Quarter)
• Sick Sick Birds, Dead Dog, Busman's Holiday, Aloners, and Catpaw - Everlasting Life Café [2928 Georgia Ave NW, WDC]
• Skyzoo - Ottobar (Baltimore)
• Title Tracks (Record release) and Foul Swoops - Black Cat (Backstage)
• the White House Band, Outasight, RA the MC, and Lyriciss - DC9

Thursday, 21 April 2011

• Andrea Wood CD Release Event - Bossa
• Appetite for Destruction (tribute to Guns N' Roses), King Belvedere, and Sin4Sin - Rams Head Live! (Baltimore)
• Bret Michaels - Rams Head Tavern (Annapolis) - sold out
• Brokencyde, Vampires Everywhere, Dot Dot Curve, and It Boys - Ottobar (Baltimore)
• Constant Alarm, Southern Problems, and Elena Lacayo - Velvet Lounge
• Denney and the Jets - Comet Ping Pong
• Emy Tseng - Twins Jazz (Two shows)
• EOTO & Beats Antique - with Eskimo - 9:30 Club
• the High 5s, Yesterdays War, Run the Risk, and Paradigm - Recher Theatre (Towson, MD)
• Jimmy Gnecco (acoustic performance of "The Heart" in its entierty) - Jammin' Java
• John Popper and the Duskray Troubadours and Lisa Bouchelle and Bobby T Project - State Theatre
• the Jolley Twins Group - Kennedy Center (Millennium Stage)
• RECOMMENDED - Maps & Atlases, Delicate Steve, and Gypsyblood - Rock & Roll Hotel
• Musicband, Lady Cop, and Diamonds Ahead - DC9
• New Riders of the Purple Sage and Commander Cody - Birchmere
• Phil Woods / Brian Lynch / Bill Mays / Steve Gilmore / Bill Goodwin - Blues Alley (Two shows)
• River James and Hurricane Bells - Black Cat (Backstage)
• Shortwave Society - IOTA Club & Café

Friday, 22 April 2011

• 7 Bridges Band (formerly known as "Tequila Sunrise") - an EAGLES tribute - Rams Head Tavern (Annapolis)
• Achtung Panda, Video Daughters, and Savage Badger Vags - Velvet Lounge
• Avant Fairfax Festival Opening Night: Last of England, Winter Ritual, Pregnant Spore, Gary Stevens, Raw Kale, Krull, Hostage Pageant, Mannequin Hollowcaust, Stephen Palke, Heartstrung, and Kingdom Of Sharks - Candel Haus [Fairfax, VA]
• Bad Idea, Sit Down Strikes, the Warehouse Fire, and Play It By Panic - Recher Theatre (Towson, MD)
• Beats Antique and Eskmo - Bourbon Street (Baltimore) (the Ballroom)
• the Caribbean - U St Music Hall
• Crystal Stilts, German Measles, and the We Fought the Big One DJs - Black Cat (Backstage)
• Descent to Daylight, the Villains 21, and Kitten on Capitol - Sinix (Baltimore)
• the Foreign Exchange (Phonte + Nicolay) - State Theatre
• Gilded Lily Burlesque - Birchmere
• GRAILS and James Blackshaw - Rock & Roll Hotel
• Iron & Wine and the Low Anthem - 9:30 Club - sold out
• Marah (acoustic) - IOTA Club & Café
• Modern Superstar, Baby Jayne, Method of Friction, Sick Circle, and Roller's Rights - Jaxx
• Monsterz Under the Bed, Marmoset, Gambit, Dubaldo, and Na'meen vs. Daska - Sonar (Baltimore) (Club Stage)
• Nancy Wilson - Strathmore (Music Center)
• Niklas Sivelöv - Kennedy Center (Millennium Stage)
• Noah Haidu & Jeremy Pelt - Twins Jazz (Two shows)
• Phil Woods / Brian Lynch / Bill Mays / Steve Gilmore / Bill Goodwin - Blues Alley (Two shows)
• Rush - 1st Mariner Arena (Baltimore)
• Sin Miedo - Bossa
• Stephen Kellogg ("Solo & Down Low Tour!") and Tift Merritt - Jammin' Java - sold out
• Volbeat and Hourcast - Sonar (Baltimore) (Main Stage)

Saturday, 23 April 2011

• Avant-Fairfax IV w/ Michael Chapman, The Black Twigs, Kohoutek, Caves Caverns, Human Adult Band, Drums Like Machine Guns, FUN, Heavy Medical, Nathan Bowles, & Scott Verrastro Percussion Duo - Old Fairfax Town Hall
• Big K.R.I.T., Freddie Gibbs, Smoke DZA, and D.T.F. - Jaxx
• Cassandra Syndrome - DC Midnight [1707 L St NW, WDC]
• Chopper Trike Rebels, Apophis, Silence the Blind, For Fear Itself, Dying for Tomorrow, and Bury the Memories - Recher Theatre (Towson, MD)
• Cleve Francis - Birchmere
• Crack the Sky, the Crack Pack Horns, Paul Lewis, and YNOT!? - Rams Head Live! (Baltimore)
• the Downtown Fiction, He Is We, Candy Groves, and Amely - 9:30 Club (Early show)
• Ethereal Genocide, Deranged Theory, and Permafrost - Record & Tape Exchange [9448 Main St, Fairfax, VA]
• Femi Kuti and the Positive Force - 9:30 Club (Late show)
• Jukebox the Ghost, Wakey! Wakey!, and Pretty & Nice - Black Cat (Mainstage)
• June Star, Herd of Main Street, Petticoat Tea Room, and Booker Lee and the County Fair - Wind-Up Space (Baltimore)
• The Kennedy Center/Dance Theatre of Harlem Community Residency Program - Kennedy Center (Millennium Stage)
• the Nields - Jammin' Java (Evening show)
• Noah Haidu & Jeremy Pelt - Twins Jazz (Two shows)
• Palanke Music Company - Bossa
• Peter Cottonkill!!! Easter Thrash Party - with Demiz, Dying Design, Maelstrom, Necropsy - Sonar (Baltimore) (Talking Head)
• Phil Woods & Kim Nazarian with the Smithsonian Jazz Masterworks Orchestra - Tribute to Ella - Blues Alley (Two shows)
• RECOMMENDED - the Pipettes and Olivia Mancini - Red Palace
• the Rock N Roll Freakshow, Split 5, and DJ Knight Rider - Sinix (Baltimore)
• Rocknoceros - Jammin' Java (Morning show)
• Shane Gamble (album release show), Tony Alany, and Matt Boerum - IOTA Club & Café
• Sheer Terror, Stout, Rival Mob, Backtrack, and Stick Together - Ottobar (Baltimore)
• the Slackers and the Thrilltones - Rock & Roll Hotel
• Soulive - State Theatre
• Tim Barry, Jenny Owen Youngs, and Josh Small - Golden West Cafe (Baltimore)
• a Tribute to Pinetop Perkins ft. the Nighthawks, Daryl Davis, and Andy Poxon Band - Rams Head Tavern (Annapolis)
• Trouble and Bass, Drop the Lime, Flinch, Udachi, the Captain, Fish Food, Teksubport, Kosta, Rockhoundz, and Ruckus - Sonar (Baltimore) (Main and Club Stages)
• Voyage In Coma, Heaviness of the Load, WhenSkiesAreGrey, and the Kindness of Strangers - Chapalas (Burtonsville, MD) [15530 Old Columbia Pike, Burtonsville, MD]
• Zion I & the Grouch, One Be Lo, Shotgun Wedding Quintet, and Ullnevano - Bourbon Street (Baltimore) (the Quarter)

Sunday, 24 April 2011

• the Air I Breathe, Ten After Two, Scarlett O'Hara, the Plot In You, Lions! Tigers! Bears!, Omit the Alibi, and a World Away - Jaxx
• The Alan Baylock Jazz Orchestra - Kennedy Center (Millennium Stage)
• Allison Miller / the Honey Ear Trio - Bossa
• Daniel Janklow Quartet - Twins Jazz (Two shows)
• Davila 666, Hollywood, and Bass Drum of Death - Black Cat (Backstage)
• the Kills, Cold Cave, and the Entrance Band - 9:30 Club - sold out
• Local H and the Dig - Rock & Roll Hotel
• MXPX's Mike Herrera, Gasoline Heart (acoustic set), Run the Risk, Younger Years, and Quiet Life Rebellion - Ottobar (Baltimore)
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Monday, 25 April 2011

• Federico Aubele - Rock & Roll Hotel
• the Fresh & Onlys, Crocodiles, and Young Prisms - Red Palace
• Hopsin, SwizZz, Dreadeye, Homicydal Maniaxe, Isolated Beingz, Hazey Fam, Acidic, and Prophecy - Sonar (Baltimore) (Club Stage)
• Jon McLaughlin and Say Chance - Rams Head Tavern (Annapolis)
• Justin Trawick, Addieville, and the Kate Moran Band - IOTA Club & Café
• Noise in the Basement - with King Belvedere, Black Angel Down, Graddai, Rev Jack Starr Band, and Ashleigh Chevalier - Bourbon Street (Baltimore) (the Quarter)
• Northwestern University Bienen School of Music - Kennedy Center (Terrace Theatre)
• the Pink Spiders, the Funnelcakes, Restless Ammunition, Katie's Got Guts, and the Alkemists - Ottobar (Baltimore)
• the Riot Before, Pipe Smoking Rabbits, Trashkanistan, and Caulfield Rebellion - Charm City Art Space (Baltimore) [1731 Maryland Ave, Baltimore, MD]
• Saliva, Rev Theory, Emphatic, and Seven Day Sonnet - Jaxx
• Scala and Kolacny Brothers - 9:30 Club
• Silverstein & Bayside with Polar Bear Club, the Swellers, Texas in July - Rams Head Live! (Baltimore)
• Swing Shift (CD release party) - Blues Alley (Two shows)
• YACHT, Light Asylum, and Jeffrey Jerusalem - Black Cat (Mainstage)

Tuesday, 26 April 2011

• Brad Linde presents dialogues and duets series - Twins Jazz (Two shows)
• Brand New - Sonar (Baltimore) (Main Stage) - sold out
• Burning Hearts and Kid Goat - IOTA Club & Café
• Cheick Hamala Diabate - Bossa
• Devin the Dude and Coughee Brothaz - Rock & Roll Hotel
• Forever the Sickest Kids, Breathe Carolina, We Are the In Crowd, Before Their Eyes, and Tonight Alive - Recher Theatre (Towson, MD)
• Joey DeFranesco & the Sideguys - ft. Ricky Peterson - Rams Head Tavern (Annapolis)
• Lake, AgesandAges, and Wisdom Tooth - Golden West Cafe (Baltimore)
• Lord Huron, In Tall Buildings (Erik Hall of NOMO), and Frau Eva - DC9
• RECOMMENDED - Low and Bellflur - Black Cat (Mainstage)
• the Manhattan Transfer - Blues Alley (Two shows)
• Out of Your Head - Improvised and Experimental Music Collective - Wind-Up Space (Baltimore)
• Rise Against, Bad Religion, and Four Year Strong - 9:30 Club - sold out
• the San Francisco Conservatory of Music - Kennedy Center (Terrace Theatre)
• Secondhand Serenade, Andrew Allen, and Plug In Stereo - Jammin' Java
• Stone Temple Pilots and Rose Hill Drive - Pier Six Pavilion (Baltimore)
• Two Funerals, Hot Mess, and Foozle - Everlasting Life Café [2928 Georgia Ave NW, WDC]
• Zola Jesus and Naked on the Vague - Red Palace

Wednesday, 27 April 2011

• A.J. Swearingen & Jonathan Beedle: a Simon & Garfunkel Retrospective - Rams Head Tavern (Annapolis)
• Atmosphere, Blueprint, Grieves with Budo, Sab the Artist, and DJ Abilities - 9:30 Club (Early show)
• Bad Biology (CD Release), Heaviness of the Load, Ape!, Pala, and Nudes - Sidebar (Baltimore, MD) [218 E. Lexington Street]
• Clube Do Samba - Bossa
• the Creepers, In Tall Buildings (Erik Hall of NOMO), and Strange Fur - Metro Gallery (Baltimore)
• CunninLynguists and Homeboy Sandman - DC9
• Dave Days, David Choi, Destorm, Ricky Ficarelli, the Gregory Brothers, Christina Grimmie, and the Key of Awesome - Jammin' Java
• Dave Hause (of the Loved Ones), Mikey Erg, and Ian Graham - Black Cat (Backstage)
• Girugamesh and Acey Slade and the Dark Party - Jaxx
• Harris Face, Echo Armada, Ms. Fridrich, and Logan Kraft - Velvet Lounge
• Jackie Greene and Drew Holcomb & the Neighbors - Birchmere
• Jon Spencer Blues Explosion - Ottobar (Baltimore)
• J-Roddy Waltson & the Business and Deleted Scenes - Rock & Roll Hotel
• Lake, AgesandAges, and the Mean Season - Red Palace
• the Manhattan Transfer - Blues Alley (Two shows)
• Mutasm, Party Pack, and Nathan Bell - Wind-Up Space (Baltimore)
• One Night of Queen with Gary Mullen and the Works - Strathmore (Music Center)
• Rise Against, Bad Religion, and Four Year Strong - Rams Head Live! (Baltimore) - sold out
• Rubblebucket and Elikeh - U St Music Hall
• the Sweater Set (Artist in Residence) - Strathmore (Mansion)
• Thirty Seconds to Mars - Patriot Center
• Titus Andronicus, Double Dagger, and Dinowalrus - Black Cat (Mainstage) - sold out
• Wolfgang Gartner - Bourbon Street (Baltimore) (the Ballroom)
• Yale School of Music - Kennedy Center (Terrace Theatre)
• Yelle and French Horn Rebellion - 9:30 Club (Late show)
• Zeebop Jazz Trio - Twins Jazz (Two shows)

Thursday, 28 April 2011

• AfroBeat For Your Soul - Bossa
• Big K.R.I.T., Freddie Gibbs, and miss j NYce - Bourbon Street (Baltimore) (the Quarter)
• Caleb Stine, Swampcandy, Gary Wright and Leah Weiss, and Gregory Rago - Wind-Up Space (Baltimore)
• the Cassettes and Drawbridges - IOTA Club & Café
• CunninLynguists, Homebody Sandman, and UllNevaNo - Sonar (Baltimore) (Club Stage)
• Dean Fields (CD Release Party) and Shane Hines - State Theatre
• Dirty Vegas - U St Music Hall
• Eastman School of Music at the University of Rochester - Percussion Ensemble - Kennedy Center (Terrace Theatre)
• Eisley, the Narrative, and Christie Dupree - Jammin' Java
• Greyson Chance, Cody Simpson, and Camryn and Shane Harper - 6th & I
• the Manhattan Transfer - Blues Alley (Two shows)
• Of Montreal and Painted Palms - 9:30 Club
• Parts & Labor, Hume, and Meta (mem. of Laughing Man) - Red Palace
• Pipe Smoking Rabbits, States Away, Sigma 6, and Monkfish - Recher Theatre (Towson, MD)
• Poetic, Darrin Carter, EmCee the MC, and H Green and Guests - Jaxx
• Questioner, Imbroglio, and Wolfnuke - Charm City Art Space (Baltimore) [1731 Maryland Ave, Baltimore, MD]
• Reds and Blue, Arc in Round, and Last Tide - Comet Ping Pong
• Rusko and Doorly - Rams Head Live! (Baltimore)
• Rusko - Rams Head Live! (Baltimore)
• Smith Westerns, Unknown Mortal Orchestra, and the Water - Ottobar (Baltimore)
• the Submarines and Pepper Rabbit - Black Cat (Backstage)
• Tereu Tereu, Ed Schrader's Music Beat, Bars of Gold, and Monument - Velvet Lounge
• Tone, Gray Young, and Screen Vinyl Image - DC9
• Watcha Clan - Artisphere (Ballroom) CANCELLED
• Wishbone Ash - Rams Head Tavern (Annapolis)
• Wiz Khalifa and Cyhi da Prince - Pier Six Pavilion (Baltimore) - sold out

Friday, 29 April 2011

• Angels of Babylon, Seventh Calling, Thrust, and Survive the Demise - Jaxx
• Balkan Beat Box and Joro Boro - 9:30 Club (Late show)
• Carbonstone, Killy Betty, Funkmnkyz, Breech, and the White Lighters - Recher Theatre (Towson, MD)
• the Dan Band - 9:30 Club (Early show)
• David Cook - Warner Theatre
• Elikeh and the Chris Pumphrey Sextet - Wind-Up Space (Baltimore)
• Evolver and Tommy Hate (Reunion) - Sinix (Baltimore)
• Felicia Carter & Amy Shook (Release Party) - Twins Jazz (Two shows)
• Fidel Nadal, Anexo Social, and DJ Rockativo - Rock & Roll Hotel
• Frank Turner and Justin Jones - Red Palace - sold out
• Goodbye New Plans, Gray Young, Sal Bando, and Harco - Metro Gallery (Baltimore)
• Graham Parker - Jammin' Java - sold out
• Greenland, Cheniers, and Tyler Jon Tyler - Comet Ping Pong
• Guster and Good Old War - Rams Head Live! (Baltimore) - sold out
• Hot Tuna - Birchmere
• Jonathan Edwards & Jesse Colin Young - Rams Head Tavern (Annapolis)
• Justin Trawick - Howard Avenue Arts Incubator Gallery [4218 Howard Avenue, Kensington, MD]
• Krallice, Withered, the Wayward, and Birth Noise - Sonar (Baltimore) (Club Stage)
• Leadheart Deadbird (CD release party), Wyoming Exploded, Baltimore String Felons, and Aqua Phonetics - Ottobar (Baltimore)
• Los Angeles Electric 8 - Strathmore (Mansion)
• Los Muńequitos de Matanzas - Lisner Auditorium
• Lotus F*cker, Shoppers, Lions & Tigers & Whales, and Fell Types - Everlasting Life Café [2928 Georgia Ave NW, WDC]
• the Manhattan Transfer - Blues Alley (Two shows)
• Modern Skirts - IOTA Club & Café
• the North Country, the Camels That Ride, and Marian McLaughlin - Velvet Lounge
• Papadosio and Damn Right! - State Theatre
• Parts & Labor, Double Dagger, and Beyond Say - Golden West Cafe (Baltimore)
• Saliva, Rev Theory, Emphatic, and Seven Day Sonnet - Bourbon Street (Baltimore) (the Ballroom)
• the Shepherd School of Music at Rice University - Kennedy Center (Terrace Theatre)
• Sin Miedo - Bossa
• WPAS: Marc-Adre Hamelin, piano - Strathmore (Music Center)

Saturday, 30 April 2011

• the Apathy Eulogy, Minimus the Poet, the Painter and the Canvas, and Pandomonia - Ottobar (Baltimore) (Late show)
• the Appleseed Cast, A Great Big Pile of Leaves, Edie Sedgwick, and Pianos Become the Teeth - Rock & Roll Hotel
• Bio Ritmo - U St Music Hall
• BSO: Brahms' Second Symphony - Strathmore (Music Center)
• Buffalo Tom and Mean Creek - Black Cat (Mainstage)
• Chopteeth Afrofunk Big Band - IOTA Club & Café (Late show)
• Cuban Cowboys - Artisphere (Ballroom)
• Dave Days, Mystery Guitar Man, David Choi, Destorm, the Gregory Brothers, and Ricky Ficarelli - Sonar (Baltimore) (Club Stage)
• Dennis Miller - Warner Theatre
• Drumming for the song ft. Motion City Soundtrack's Tony Thaxton + Claudia Rivera (Saves the Day) - Jammin' Java (Morning show)
• Felicia Carter & Amy Shook (Release Party) - Twins Jazz (Two shows)
• High Voltage (a Tribute to AC/DC) - Recher Theatre (Towson, MD)
• Jazz for Moms ft. Norman Brown, Spyro Gyra, and Marcus Johnson - DAR Constitution Hall CANCELLED
• Jonathan Edwards & Jesse Colin Young - Rams Head Tavern (Annapolis)
• the Juilliard School - Kennedy Center (Terrace Theatre)
• Kim Richey - IOTA Club & Café (Early show)
• Kylie Minogue and DJ Ed Bailey - Patriot Center
• the Manhattan Transfer - Blues Alley (Two shows)
• Michael Feinstein: the Sinatra Project - Rams Head Live! (Baltimore)
• Mobtown Music Festival 2: Hotspur, Loving the Lie, Others May Fall, Forgive the Fallen, Cold Harbour, and Clear for Takeoff - Bourbon Street (Baltimore) (the Ballroom)
• Negative Plane, Occultation, Agrath, and Archael - El Caracol Café [609 Sligo Ave, Silver Spring, MD]
• New Rock Church of Fire, Mas Y Mas, and Dominus (mem. of Rattler, Middle Distance Runner, and SEAS) - DC9
• Octaves, Texas Instruments, and Sleep Bellum Sono - Charm City Art Space (Baltimore)
• Palanke Music Company - Bossa
• Peter Bjorn and John and Bachelorette - 9:30 Club (Early show)
• Protest the Hero, Maylene & the Sons of Disaster, Tesseract, and Baylor's Eye - Ottobar (Baltimore) (Early show)
• Reticle, Vitality, Prodigium, and Ethereal Genocide - the Browns' House [Springfield, VA]
• Rusko and Doorly - 9:30 Club (Late show) - sold out
• the Silver Liners, Time Travel, and Alternate Seduction - Velvet Lounge
• Stephanie Mills and Kenny Wesley - Birchmere - sold out
• Tyrone Wells and Matt Duke - Jammin' Java (Two evening shows) - sold out
• Vijay Iyer Trio - 6th & I

Sunday, 1 May 2011

• Alejandro Escovedo and the Sensitive Boys and Jesse Malin - 9:30 Club
• Alkaline Trio and River City Extension - Recher Theatre (Towson, MD)
• Arsonists Get All the Girls, a Plea for Purging, Lionheart, Contortionist, and Volumes - Sonar (Baltimore) (Club Stage)
• Asia - Geoff Downes, Steve Howe, Carl Palmer, John Wetton - Birchmere
• Bad.Loud.Trio - Twins Jazz (Two shows)
• Capital Blend - Warehouse Theatre [1017-1021 7th Street NW, Washington, DC] (3 PM)
• Holly Golightly and Malcolm Halcombe - IOTA Club & Café
• Jackie Greene, Deep River, and Waylon Speed - Rams Head Live! (Baltimore)
• Joe Fiedler Trio and Lafayette Gilchrist - Wind-Up Space (Baltimore)
• Life In Vacuum, Paranoia Agent, Sea Breezes, and Sinatra - Charm City Art Space (Baltimore)
• Like Moths to Flames, Epitome of the Weak, Enecia, Johan Weimer, the Absum Sun, Sky Came Burning, I the Abstract, Our Last Infamy, and Standing As Giants - Jaxx
• the Manhattan Transfer - Blues Alley (Two shows) - sold out
• Oberlin Conservatory of Music - Kennedy Center (Terrace Theatre)
• o'brother and Solar Powered Sun Destroyer (farewell show) - DC9
• Pinback and Judgement Day - Black Cat (Mainstage)
• Randy Thompson and City Dwelling Nature Seekers - Jammin' Java
• Reagan Youth and Stressbomb - Ottobar (Baltimore)
• Rockapella - Rams Head Tavern (Annapolis)
• Someone Still Loves You Boris and Koo Koo Kanga Roo - Rock & Roll Hotel
• Sweetlife Festival: the Strokes, Girl Talk, Lupe Fiasco, Crystal Castles, Cold War Kids, Ra Ra Riot, Walk the Moon, U.S. Royalty, Modern Man - Merriweather Post Pavilion
• White Wires, Hollywood, and Deep Sleep - Ottobar (Baltimore) (Upstairs show)
• WPAS: Itzhak Perlman - Strathmore (Music Center)

Monday, 2 May 2011

• Amon Amarth (two sets) - Jaxx - sold out
• Bad Manners - Rams Head Tavern (Annapolis)
• Chamberlin and Bronze Radio Return - DC9
• David Crosby and Graham Nash - Strathmore (Music Center)
• Del the Funky Homosapien, Bukue One, and Trace Blam - Ottobar (Baltimore) - MOVED FROM SONAR
• Delicate Steve - Kennedy Center (Millennium Stage)
• Julian Lage Trio (with Tupac Mantilla & Jorge Roeder) - Blues Alley (Two shows)
• Lower Dens and Tara Jane O'Neil - Ottobar (Baltimore) CANCELLED
• Matt Dusk and Anna Wilson - Birchmere Moved to IOTA
• Matt Dusk and Anna Wilson - IOTA Club & Café (Moved from the Birchmere)
• Noise in the Basement: Novella (Brian from Blind Rhetoric), Niki Barr Band, Tears of Mars, the New Media, the Alkemists - Bourbon Street (Baltimore) (the Quarter)
• Stray from the Path, And It Must Occur, Watership Down, the Lives to Come, and American Womanhood - Charm City Art Space - MOVED FROM SONAR/TALKING HEAD
• Uh Huh Her and Diamonds Under Fire - 9:30 Club

Tuesday, 3 May 2011

• ASIA: Geoff Downes, Steve Howe, Carl Palmer, John Wetton - Rams Head Tavern (Annapolis) - sold out
• Bell'Aria - Birchmere CANCELLED
• Chombichrist, iVardensphere, Star Killer, and Angel Spit - Bourbon Street (Baltimore) (the Quarter)
• Diego Garcia (former Elefant frontman) and Dan Scheuerman (of Deleted Scenes) - DC9
• Harm's Way, Venia, Expire, Carry the Fire, Monolity, Resolutions, and Hero - Sonar (Baltimore) (Talking Head)
• Holly Golightly & the Broke-Offs, Teen Angel, and Television Hill - Ottobar (Baltimore)
• Jared Evan and Along Those Lines - Jammin' Java
• the Orchard Wall and Downtown Basement - Velvet Lounge
• Out of Your Head - Improvised and Experimental Music Collective - Wind-Up Space (Baltimore)
• Pičces de Résistance - Kennedy Center (Millennium Stage)
• Rogiers - Blues Alley (Two shows)
• Rose Hill Drive, the Pilgrim, and Thunderhyts - Red Palace
• Schpongle presents the Schpongletron Experience with Random Rab - 9:30 Club
• Stan Ridgway and June Star - IOTA Club & Café
• Stereo Skyline, Swimming With Dolphins, and Since Forever - Rams Head Live! (Baltimore)
• Talib Kweli and Jean Grae - Black Cat (Mainstage)
• Violette - Twins Jazz (Two shows)

Wednesday, 4 May 2011

• Anoraak & In Flagranti and Simple Things (Spaceagent & Wallyjojo) - U St Music Hall
• ASIA: Geoff Downes, Steve Howe, Carl Palmer, John Wetton - Rams Head Tavern (Annapolis)
• Bereft, Twat Sauce, Surrogate Activity, and Beast Wars - Corpse Fortress [Silver Spring, MD]
• Daddy Lion, the Deuces, Elemental Canyon, Monkey Pudding Face, and the Rachel Carson's Project (ex-Jakuta & Carl) - Bella Cafe and Restaurant [900 Florida Ave NW DC 20001]
• Daryl Davis (Artist in Residence) - Strathmore (Mansion)
• Infinite Honey, You Won't, and Strange Fur - Wind-Up Space (Baltimore)
• Jared Evan, Hizneway, and Cloud9 - Bourbon Street (Baltimore) (the Quarter)
• Joan as Police Woman, Sam Cooper, and Duke Walker - Jammin' Java
• J-Roddy Waltson & the Business and the Features - Rock & Roll Hotel
• Lin Rountree - Blues Alley (Two shows)
• Monika Herzog's "Come With Me" - Twins Jazz (Two shows)
• Orquesta La Leyenda - Kennedy Center (Millennium Stage)
• the Parlor Scouts (10-Year Anniversary), Drawbridges, and Haroula Rose - Black Cat (Backstage)
• Paul Williams - 6th & I (Downstairs)
• Romance on a Rocketship, For the Foxes, and Stay - Jaxx
• Smoking Popes and Girl in a Coma - Red Palace
• Steel Train and Dave Trichter - DC9
• Talib Kweli, Jean Grae, Saleem & the Music Lovers, and For the People Ent - Bourbon Street (Baltimore) (MOVED FROM SONAR)
• Talib Kweli, Jean Grae, Saleem & the Music Lovers, and For the People Ent - Sonar (Baltimore) (Main Stage) MOVED TO BOURBON STREET

Thursday, 5 May 2011

• ABBA - the Concert - Pier Six Pavilion (Baltimore)
• Aesthetic Perfection, Faderhead, Everything Goes Cold, Firing Solution, and DJ Loss Of Signal - Jaxx
• Blue Felix, Sky Came Burning, Emerge Victorious, and MIllionproof - Bourbon Street (Baltimore) (the Quarter)
• Bomba Estéreo and Ocho de Bastos - Black Cat (Mainstage)
• Bruce Cockburn (with band) and Jenny Scheinman - Rams Head Tavern (Annapolis) - sold out
• Cinco de Mayo with Duende's Latin Jazz - Twins Jazz (Two shows)
• Doreen's Jazz New Orleans (Doreen Ketchens) - Blues Alley (Two shows)
• Elin - Bossa
• Holy Grail, Cauldron, and To the Teeth - Red Palace
• the Honeyguns, Primal Static, and the Last Monarchs - DC9
• If All Else Fails, Pompeii Graffiti, and Comonwidit - Recher Theatre (Towson, MD)
• Jarrod Gorbel (the Honorary Title), Josiah Leming, and Dion Roy - Jammin' Java
• Jesters of Kindness, Counter Riot, Timmy Hann, and DJ Soohan - Ottobar (Baltimore)
• the Levine School of Music - Kennedy Center (Millennium Stage)
• Mac Miller and Rhapsody - 9:30 Club - sold out
• Nils Lofgren and Friends: Acoustic (ft. Greg Varlotta and Mary Ann Redmonds) - Strathmore (Music Center)
• Pierre-Laurent Aimard, piano - 6th & I
• Rockapella and Cartoon Johnny - Birchmere
• Sister Sparrow and the Dirty Birds and Watermelon - State Theatre
• the White Buffalo and Zelos - IOTA Club & Café

Friday, 6 May 2011

• Alex Pinto (CD Release Party) - Twins Jazz (Two shows)
• Asian American Music Society - Kennedy Center (Millennium Stage)
• Azar Lawrence Quintet (Benito Gonzalez / Eddie Henderson / Billy Hart) - Blues Alley (Two shows)
• Bowling for Soup, the Dollyrots, and Patent Pending - Sonar (Baltimore) (Club Stage) MOVED TO BOURBON STREET ROOFTOP TERRACE
• Bowling for Soup, the Dollyrots, and Patent Pending - Bourbon Street (Rooftop Terrace - MOVED FROM SONAR)
• Celldweller - Bourbon Street (Baltimore) (the Quarter)
• the Chosen, a Sound of Thunder, the Dreamers, and Momentary Miracle - Bourbon Street (Baltimore) (the Ballroom) CANCELLED
• Dark Sea Dream, Ghost Box Orchestra, Phonic Riot, and Get a Tan - Velvet Lounge
• Daytrader, Seahaven, Invitational, and Let's - Sonar (Baltimore) (Talking Head Club) CANCELLED
• Denis Matsuev (piano) - Strathmore (Music Center)
• E. Joseph and the Phantom Heart - Rams Head Live! (Baltimore)
• Foals, Freelance Whales, and the Naked and the Famous - 9:30 Club
• Gangsta Fun, Grime Syndicate, Instagib, and Desypher - Jammin' Java (Late show)
• the John K Band - State Theatre
• Jonathan Coulton and Paul & Storm - Birchmere
• KC Jazz Club: Marcus Strickland - Kennedy Center (Terrace Gallery)
• Kill Betty, Staggering Back, and Infraction - Sinix (Baltimore)
• Movits and Cigarbox Planetarium - IOTA Club & Café
• Municipal Waste, D.O.C., and Extermination Angel - Comet Ping Pong
• Neil Innes - Jammin' Java (Early show)
• Polkadot Cadaver (CD Release Party), Eat Your Neighbors, To the Fight, and Asexual Woods - Ottobar (Baltimore)
• the Riverbreaks Radioviolet, the Silver Liners, and Presto Bando - Rock & Roll Hotel
• Soul Clap and Wolf + Lamb - U St Music Hall
• Steve Forbert and Scott Miller - Rams Head Tavern (Annapolis)
• Tame Impala, Yuck, and Yawn - Black Cat (Mainstage) - sold out
• theNEWDEAL, Ott, and Sub Swara - Bourbon Street (Baltimore) (the Ballroom - MOVED FROM SONAR)
• theNEWDEAL, Ott, and Sub Swara - Sonar (Baltimore) (Main Stage) MOVED TO BOURBON STREET

Saturday, 7 May 2011

• Alex Pinto (CD Release Party) - Twins Jazz (Two shows)
• Apache Drop Out and Foul Swoops - Comet Ping Pong
• Azar Lawrence Quintet (Benito Gonzalez / Eddie Henderson / Billy Hart) - Blues Alley (Two shows)
• Ballyhoo, Murphys Kids, Fiction 20 Down, Bumpin Uglies, and Experiments In Stereo - Recher Theatre (Towson, MD)
• BSO: Songs of the Earth - Strathmore (Music Center)
• Carbon Leaf, Scythian, and the Alternate Routes - Rams Head Live! (Baltimore)
• Fight the Bear and Overdrive Superthruster - Jammin' Java (Late show)
• Foals, Freelance Whales, and the Naked and the Famous - Ottobar (Baltimore)
• the Infamous Stringdusters and the Two Man Gentleman Band - State Theatre
• Joanie Leeds and the Nightlights - Kennedy Center (Millennium Stage)
• Jonathan Coulton and Paul & Storm - Rams Head Tavern (Annapolis) - sold out
• Jukebox the Ghost, Wakey! Wakey!, and Pretty & Nice - Sonar (Baltimore) (Club Stage) CANCELLED
• Justin Trawick Band and the Weathervanes - Artisphere (Ballroom)
• Les Savy Fav and Rival Skies - Black Cat (Mainstage)
• Milk Machine (CD Release Party), American Sinner, and Pilesar - Red Palace
• Mint Condition - Bourbon Street (Baltimore) (the Ballroom)
• the National Rifle, Weird Feelings, Little Cricket, and Matt Pless and the Paper Airplane Deisgn - Charm City Art Space (Baltimore)
• Punk Rock Flea Market & Skill Share - with Deleted Scenes, Foul Swoop, and America Hearts - St. Stephen & the Incarnation Episcopal Church
• Slapshot, Rival Mob, Coke Bust, and No Values - U St Music Hall
• Sleigh Bells, CSS, Mr. Dream, and Wet Witch - 9:30 Club - sold out
• Sons of the RRadio, Suckerpunch Sadie, Modern Day Aints, and Aries - Sinix (Baltimore)
• Steve Forbert - Jammin' Java (Early show)
• Steve Ignorant's CRASS Songs, Final Conflict, and Goldblade - Sonar (Baltimore) (Main Stage; rescheduled from 3/25 - STILL AT SONAR! NO BOOZE!)
• Sweet Honey in the Rock - Birchmere
• Throwdown Syndicate, Sister Ex (CD Release), Color School, and Acoustic Sauce - Velvet Lounge
• Toh Kay (Tomas from Streetlight Manifesto) - IOTA Club & Café
• UFO, MindFlow, ZO2, and After Therapy - Jaxx

Sunday, 8 May 2011

• Airborne Toxic Event and Voxhaul Broadcast - 9:30 Club - sold out
• Angela Johnson - Blues Alley (Two shows)
• Carolyn Malachi - Kennedy Center (Millennium Stage)
• Charlie Hunter - Jammin' Java
• Crooked Still and Phil & Naomi Rosenthal - Birchmere
• Donald Glover + Childish Gambino (Iamdonald tour) - Black Cat (Mainstage) - sold out
• James Blake and Active Child - Rock & Roll Hotel - sold out
• Manchester Orchestra, Cage the Elephant, and O'Brother - Rams Head Live! (Baltimore)
• Mother's Day Jazz Bash with Sanga Equation ft. Lena Seikaly - Twins Jazz (Two shows)
• the Outlaws - Rams Head Tavern (Annapolis)
• Trio StarLicker (mem. of Tortoise / Chicago Underground Duo) - Red Door

Monday, 9 May 2011

• Beans and Ardamus - DC9
• Bruce Cockburn (with band) and Jenny Scheinman - Birchmere
• Cavalera Conspiracy and Lazarus AD - Recher Theatre (Towson, MD)
• Dead Rider (ex-US Maple, Joan of Arc) and Adventure - Ottobar (Baltimore)
• Dirty Beaches and Holy Mtn - Black Cat (Backstage)
• Donald Glover & Childish Gambino - Rams Head Live! (Baltimore) - sold out
• Ember Schrag, Brice Randall Bickford, and Marian McLaughlin - Velvet Lounge
• Gandalf Murphy & the Slambovian Circus of Dreams - Jammin' Java
• the Impresarios - Blues Alley (Two shows)
• Jon Anderson (of Yes) - Rams Head Tavern (Annapolis)
• Julia Nunes and Ian Axel - Red Palace
• Mickey Thomas Terry - Kennedy Center (Concert Hall)
• Noise in the Basement: Super Bob, Sin 4 Sin, From Russia With Love, Defiant Calibur, DriftPlan - Bourbon Street (Baltimore) (the Quarter)
• Steve Poltz - IOTA Club & Café
• the Twilight Singers and Margot and the Nuclear So and So's - 9:30 Club
• the Vocal Workshop - Twins Jazz
• Whoarfrost, Ribs, Lights Revolve, and Borracho - Sidebar (Baltimore, MD) [218 E. Lexington Street]

Tuesday, 10 May 2011

• ...And You Will Know Us By the Trail of Dead, Surfer Blood, and True Widow - Rock & Roll Hotel - sold out
• Anthony David - Blues Alley (Two shows)
• Beans - Sonar (Baltimore) (Club Stage) CANCELLED
• David Vandervelde and Fences - IOTA Club & Café
• Destruction, WARBEAST, Heathen, and Necropsy - Bourbon Street (Baltimore) (the Quarter)
• Diego Garcia (former Elefant frontman) and Dan Scheuerman (of Deleted Scenes) - DC9
• Eric Benet - Rams Head Live! (Baltimore)
• An Horse and Sal Bando - Ottobar (Baltimore)
• Latvian Jazz with Maris Briezkalns Quintet - Twins Jazz (Two shows)
• Lisa Shaw - Kennedy Center (Millennium Stage)
• Maybe Baby and Love Dimension - Velvet Lounge
• My Chemical Romance, Thursday, and the Architects - 9:30 Club - sold out
• Ottmar Liebert - Rams Head Tavern (Annapolis)
• Out of Your Head - Improvised and Experimental Music Collective - Wind-Up Space (Baltimore)
• Phosphorescent and Family Band - Red Palace
• Tommy Emmanuel - ft. Phil Emmanuel and the Australian All Star Band - Birchmere - sold out
• Tribal Seeds, Through the Roots, and Feed God Cabbage - Jammin' Java

Wednesday, 11 May 2011

• ...And You Will Know Us By the Trail of Dead, Surfer Blood, True Widow, Weekends, and the Dialogue - Ottobar (Baltimore)
• Andrea Wood: Dhyana (CD Release) - Twins Jazz (Two shows)
• Beirut and Lady Lamb the Beekeeper - Rams Head Live! (Baltimore)
• Blue Pinto and You Won't - Velvet Lounge
• Brandon Butler and John Bustine - DC9
• Charlie Barnett Duo - Strathmore (Mansion)
• the Courtesans and Maple - Black Cat (Backstage)
• Echo & the Bunnymen and Kelley Stoltz - 9:30 Club
• Father Figures - Kennedy Center (Millennium Stage)
• Johnny A - Jammin' Java
• Jon Anderson (of Yes) - Rams Head Tavern (Annapolis)
• J-Roddy Waltson & the Business and These United States - Rock & Roll Hotel
• Moss of Aura, Dead Drums, Say NO! to Architecture, and Hear Hums - Metro Gallery (Baltimore)
• Ottmar Liebert & Luna Negra - Birchmere
• Rise and Fall, Give, Masakari, and Peace - Charm City Art Space (Baltimore)
• UFO, Last perfect Thing, Mind Blow, and Alive N Kickin - Bourbon Street (Baltimore) (the Quarter)
• Wintersleep - Golden West Cafe (Baltimore)
• Wooly Moon, Girls in Trouble, and Charm City Klezmer Band - Wind-Up Space (Baltimore)

Thursday, 12 May 2011

• Adele and the Civil Wars - 9:30 Club - sold out
• Anthony Green (Circa Survive), Carla Salimando, and the Baby Grand - Ottobar (Baltimore)
• the Besnard Lakes, Wintersleep, and Loose Lips - Black Cat (Mainstage)
• Beyond the Veil, Janelia, Screams and Whispers, and Stacked Like Pancakes - Recher Theatre (Towson, MD)
• Cheap Time, Murder, and Crimes - Golden West Cafe (Baltimore)
• Colt Ford and Rachel Farley - Rams Head Live! (Baltimore)
• Court Yard Hounds and Justin Jones - 6th & I
• D Charles Speer - Velvet Lounge
• David Mayfield Parade, Kalob Griffin Band, and Lake Street Drive - Jammin' Java
• Doug Stanhope - State Theatre
• Elin - Bossa
• Eric Benet - Birchmere - sold out
• Imagination Movers - Lisner Auditorium
• Keiko Matsui - Blues Alley (Two shows)
• Michelle Webb's King Kong - Twins Jazz (Two shows)
• Mickey Free, Bryson Dudley, Fossil EyesWeird Feelings (members of Secret Mountains), and Ellie Beziat - Wind-Up Space (Baltimore)
• NSO Pops: Jon Secada and Tito Puente Jr. / Marvin Hamlisch, conductor - Kennedy Center (Concert Hall)
• NSO Youth Fellows - Kennedy Center (Millennium Stage)
• Ra Ra Rasputin, the Silo Effect, and Navi - DC9
• the Revere - Asylum (DC)
• the Ruins, Jonathan Mudd, and Cal Everett - IOTA Club & Café
• Sharona Joshua (Broadwood piano) - Strathmore (Mansion)
• Southern Culture on the Skids - Rams Head Tavern (Annapolis)
• U.S. Air Force Band: America's Veterans - a Musical Tribute - Strathmore (Music Center)

Friday, 13 May 2011

• Aesop Rock & Kimya Dawson - also ft. Rob Sonic and DJ Big Wiz - Rock & Roll Hotel
• Anthony David and Yahzarah - Rams Head Tavern (Annapolis)
• B.A.M.B. and Tall In the Saddle - Recher Theatre (Towson, MD)
• BSO Off the Cuff: Schumann's Beautiful Mind - Strathmore (Music Center)
• Chad Dukes and Danny Rouhier (from 106.7 the Fan) - Jammin' Java (Late show)
• Coliseum, Gods and Queens, Ancient Shores, and War on Women - Charm City Art Space (Baltimore)
• Dale Earnhardt Jr Jr and the Generationals - Red Palace
• Destruction, Acrassicauda, Destroyer 666 Heathen, Warbeast, Division, Krass Judgement, and Jotunn - Jaxx
• Friends Records Showcase: Sri Aurobindo, Birds of Avalon, Witch Hat, and Happy Family - Wind-Up Space (Baltimore)
• Hoots and Hellmouth - IOTA Club & Café
• Keiko Matsui - Blues Alley (Two shows)
• Kinky Friedman and Mary McBride - Birchmere
• the Legwarmers - State Theatre
• Lola Danza - Kennedy Center (Millennium Stage)
• M3 Rock Festival: Kix, Warrant, LA Guns, Jetboy - Merriweather Post Pavilion
• Magnetic Ear and Ellen Cherry - Metro Gallery (Baltimore)
• Mercury in Summer ("In Your Face" EP release show) and Static Cinema - Jammin' Java (Early show)
• Midnight Hike, Niki Barr Band, and the Jones - Velvet Lounge
• My Life with the Thrill Kill Kult, 16Volt, and Twitch the Ripper - Bourbon Street (Baltimore) (the Quarter)
• Neko Case and Y La Bamba - Black Cat (Mainstage; TWO shows) - sold out
• NSO Pops: Jon Secada and Tito Puente Jr. / Marvin Hamlisch, conductor - Kennedy Center (Concert Hall)
• Psychostick, Yesterday's Day, Gloominous Doom, and Maryland's Most Wanted - Bourbon Street (Baltimore) (the Ballroom - MOVED FROM SONAR)
• Psychostick, For Fear Itself, Gloominous Doom, Yesterdays Day, and Maryland's Most Wanted - Sonar (Baltimore) (Club Stage) MOVED TO BOURBON STREET
• the Queers, Dear Landlord, the Front, the Sainte Catherines, and Singleton - Ottobar (Baltimore)
• Social Distortion, Chuck Ragan, and Sharks - Rams Head Live! (Baltimore) (Rescheduled from 11/06/2010) - sold out
• Taking Tragedy, the Things They Carried, and Pennhurst - Sinix (Baltimore)
• Ted Garber (Live at Strathmore CD release party) - Strathmore (Mansion)
• Veronneau (CD Release Party) - Twins Jazz (Two shows)
• Xavier Rudd and HoneyHoney - 9:30 Club