FOLK EVENTS: WHO'S WHERE IN THE GREATER WASHINGTON, DC AREA
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FSGW Folklore Society of Greater Washington; www.fsgw.org
BFMS Baltimore Folk Music Society; www.bfms.org 410-366-0808
SFMS Susquehanna Folk Music Society; www.sfmsfolk.org
SAW Songwriters Association of Washington; www.saw.org
s/s Singer-songwriter
+ In dance listings: caller + musicians
& In list of artists, indicates performing together
+ In list of artists, indicates performing separately
UUCh Unitarian Universalist Church
IMT Institute of Musical Traditions
HMT House of Musical Traditions
BEN Benefit event
ResReq Reservations required
S/O Sold out
* Additional date of a multiple-date run
<<< always confirm with venue >>>
Saturday, May 30
Washington Folk Festival SatSun 12n-7pm @ Glen Echo Park, MD; 8 stages; free; fsgw.org
Sat. incl Pete Kraemer & Bob Clayton, Shenandoah Run, Ocean, ukes, waltzing, squeezeboxes, Lea, harps,
Alan Oresky, Eng.Country Dance, Rockledge, Barbara Effron, Bill Baker, Greek Nubian Collective, tango,
Saltanah (MiddleEastern), Bill Jenkins, Glyn Collinson & Andrew Marcus, Furia Flamenca, Lulu’s Fate,
Cynthia Cathcart, Martha Burns, Riki Schneyer, Christylez Bacon, fiddles, Lynn Hollyfield/Carey Creed &
fiends, Reed Martin, Bruce Hutton/Chris Romaine/Bill Mansfield, Culkin Irish Dance, Lisa Null, Fairfax
Chinese Dance, Buffalo Nickel Band, Jesse Palidofsky, Conjure Woman, Anne Sheldon, Alan Jabbour,
Tim Livengood, Hoag/Kelley/Pilzer, Rock Franklin & Delta Blues Boys, Zawash Shadmehr (santour),
Orchester Prazevica, Aloha Boys, songwriters, harmonicas, Wash.Revels Jubilee Voices, Peter Brice,
Alice Gu-Zheng (Chinese zither), English Ceilidh, Patuxent Partners; arts, crafts, vendors, jams
20th Annual Western Maryland Blues Festival thru Sunday, downtown Hagerstown, MD; blues-fest.org
Sat.Downtown House Party @ City Center Lot, N. Potomac St., Hagerstown, MD; $35/45/freeunder13;
Blues Fest Stage 12/Justin Kalk Orchestra, 2/Nikki Hill, 4/Mike Zito & the Wheel, 6:30/Bonerama;
Blue Moon Stage 1/Kelly Bell Band, 3/Jarekus Singleton, 5:15/Lil’Ed & the Imperials, 8/Matt Schofield;
Also see Thursday, Friday, Sunday
11:00 am Michelle Lockey + Michelle Murray @ Main St. Artists & Farmers Market, 301 Main St.,
Gaithersburg, MD 20878
1:00 pm blues jam @ Archie’s Barbershop, 4701 Queensbury Rd., Riverdale Park, MD 20737;
acousticblues.com
4:00 pm >7 Sarno & Hess @ Red Shedman Farm Brewery, Linganore Winecellars, 13601 Glissans Mill
Rd., Mt. Airy, MD 21771; Linganorewines.com
6:30 pm Miss Tess & the Talkbacks + opener Letitia vanSant & the Bonafides @ Jammin’ Java, 227 E.
Maple Ave., Vienna, Va; $15; jamminjava.com
7:00 pm Willie Barry & His Chaperones @ Beans in the Belfry, 122 W. Potomac St., Brunswick, MD
7:00 pm Ben Eppard + openers Josh Gray, Conor, and Charlie Abell for Hill Chapel Concert, 6 E. Main
St., New Market, MD; 301-882-7172; thehillchapelhouseconcerts.com
7:00 pm Mike Surratt & the Continentals for German Night at Knights of Columbus Ireton Center,
Richmond, VA
7:00 pm Annapolis English Country Dance @ Friends Meeting House, 351 DuBois Rd., Annapolis, MD
21401; $10/discs-mem-sr-stdt; Kappy Laning + Melissa Running/pno, Edith Coakley
Stowe/vln, Tina Chancey/vln; 630 lesson; contradancers.com/atds
7:30 pm Washington Balalaika Society, Svetlana Nikonova cond., Tamara Volskaya/domra, Anatoliy
Trofimov/bayan, Andrei Savaliev/balalaika – Russian, Ukrainian & Gypsy music @
Washington-Lee High School, 1301 N. Stafford St., Arlington, VA;
$25/20sr/15stdt/freeunder13; balalaika.org
+ see Sun afternoon
7:30 pm Cravin’ Dogs @ AMP by Strathmore, 11810 Grand Park Ave., No. Bethesda, MD 20852; $20-
25; ampbystrathmore.com
7:30 pm Jimmy Gaudreau & Moondi Klein for Weekend Bluegrass @ Holy Cross Lutheran Church,
1090 Sterling Rd., Herndon, VA; $15/freeunder13; hclcbluegrass.wordpress.com
8:00 pm Suzanne Vega @ BlackRock Center for the Arts, 12901 Town Commons Dr., Germantown, MD; $21-42; standing room only $24; blackrockcenter.org
8:00 pm Catoctin Mtn Hwy @ Frederick Coffee Co., 100 N. East St., Frederick, MD
8:00 pm The Kennedys @ Stolz Listening Room, The Avalon Theatre, 40 E. Dover St., Easton, MD; $25;
8:00 pm Martin Sexton @ Avalon Theatre, 40 E. Dover St., Easton, MD; $30-40
8:00 pm violist Nevin Dawson, eclectic repertoire @ The Mainstay, 5753 Main St., Rock Hall, MD; $15
8:00 pm Baltimore Square Dance @ Mobtown Ballroom, 861 Washington Blvd., Baltimore, MD; $10/7;
Bill Wellington + Lynn “Chirps” Smith/fid, Steve Rosen/bjo, Bill Schmidt/fid, Ann
Porcella/gtr/voc;
8:30 pm The Jello Boys @ New Deal Café, 113 Centerway, Roosevelt Center, Greenbelt, MD
8:31 pm * Rocky Guttman + Glasgow/Strutton @ Murphy’s Old Town, 713 King St., Alexandria, VA
9:00 pm Better Off Dead, Grateful Dead tribute + opener Black Muddy River Band @ Gypsy Sally’s,
3401 K St., NWDC; $10/14
9:30 pm Donna the Buffalo @ Clementine Café, 153 S. Main St., Harrisonburg, VA; $20/25;
clementinecafe.com
Sunday, May 31
Washington Folk Festival SatSun 12n-7pm @ Glen Echo Park, MD; 8 stages; free; fsgw.org
Incl Sweater Set, Sligo Creek Hedge School, Karpouzi Trio, Hungarian Dance, Jesse Palidofsky, teller
Arianna Ross, Magpie, Hawaiian music & dance, Wash. Toho Koto Society, Cajun dance, Hokum Jazz,
mime Mark Jaster, Kipyn Martin & Allison Shapira, African dance, Flory Jagoda, Joe Uehlein & U-Liners,
Orrin Star, Calico Jenny, Margaret Chatham, Little Bit a Blues, Greg C. Adams banjo, klezmer dance,
Andrew Acosta Band, Hoover Uprights, Music Pilgrim Trio, Hesperus, Souma Chakraverty (sarod), Baba
Jamal Koram, contradance, songwriters, Bill Mayhew, banjos, Fast Eddie & the Slowpokes, Son Cosita
Seria (Mexican Mexican), Slaveya, Lyuti Chushki, 19th Street Band, Lilt, ballads, taiko, Archie’s Blues
Barbershop jam, New Sunshine Skiffle Band; arts, crafts, vendors, jams
20th Annual Western Maryland Blues Festival thru Sunday, downtown Hagerstown, MD; blues-fest.org
Family Blues Picnic @ City Park Bandshell, incl 12/Hard Swimmin’ Fish, 1:15/Stack O’Blues, 2:30/Ian
Siegel, 3:30/original artwork poster drawing, 3:45/Moreland & Arbuckle; free
+ Washington Co. Museum of Fine Arts: 12:30/Ian Siegel Music Siegel, 2&3/Smithburgh High School
Jazz Band; multi-day tickets available -- also see Thurs., Fri., Sat.
Israel Fest 12n-5pm @ Village at Shirlington, Arlington, VA; incl Israeli s/s Yoni Jahasi, Israeli dance,
Choruses, bands, sing-alongs, teen activities, drumming wkshops, food; jccnv.org -- free
12:00 n >6p Feria de Seville, flamenco festival in Gudelsky Gazebo, Strathmore Center, 5301
Tuckerman Lane, No. Bethesda, MD; free
2:00 pm The Okee Dokee Brothers, “Adventure Songs” for ages 5+ @ McLean Community Center,
1234 Ingleside Ave., McLean, VA 22101; $15/10McLean
2:00 pm 2nd Annual Silver Spring Sean Nos Competition @ McGinty’s, 911 Ellsworth Dr., Silver Spring,
MD; solo & duet competitions
2:00 pm >5 Ben Eppard @ Linganore Winecellars, 13601 Glissans Mill Rd., Mt. Airy, MD 21771;
Linganorewines.com
3:00 pm Washington Balalaika Society, Svetlana Nikonova cond., Tamara Volskaya/domra, Anatoliy
Trofimov/bayan, Andrei Savaliev/balalaika – Russian, Ukrainian & Gypsy music @ F. Scott
Fitzgerald Theatre, 603 Edmondston Dr., Rockville, MD 20851;
$25/20sr/15stdt/freeunder13; balalaika.org
4:00 pm Sol Roots Band @ JV’s, 6666 Arlington Blvd., Falls Church, VA 22042
+8pm Memphis Gold All Star Jam
4:00 pm Sunday Songwriters Songfest @ Frederick Coffee Co., 100 N. East St., Frederick, MD; feat.
Rob Robinson + Michelle Murray
5:00 pm >8 Schmuck, Baltimore klezmer-ish @ New Deal Café, 113 Centerway, Roosevelt Center,
Greenbelt, MD
6:00 pm Boyle School of Irish Dance: Spring Concert @ Hylton Center’s Merchant Hall, 10960 George
Mason Circle, Manassas, VA 20110; $15adults/5kids; hyltoncenter.org
7:30 pm FSGW Squares & Contras @ Spanish Ballroom, Glen Echo Park, MD; $13/10mem/5stdts; Ann
Fallon + Chirps Smith/fid & Steve Rosen/bjo
8:00 pm Jonatha Brooke + opener Jo Lawry @ Rams Head, 33 West St., Annapolis, MD; $29.50
8:31 pm *Glasgow/Strutton @ Murphy’s Old Town, 713 King St., Alexandria, VA
Monday, June 1, 2015
6:00 pm Bill Heid’s True Blues Blue Monday @ Westminster Church, 400 I St, SWDC;
$5; 202-484-7700, westminsterdc.org
7:15 pm Songwriter Showcase @ Brewers Alley, 124 N. Market St, Frederick, MD; pianist Jimbow
+ feat. Billy Coulter + cameos Michelle Murray + Ben Eppard + + regulars Rod Deacey,
John Holly, Ron Goad + Tomy Wright, others
7:30 pm Joe Ely + Lucette opens @ Birchmere, 3701 Mt. Vernon Ave., Alexandria, VA; $25
8:00 pm Ship’s Company sea chantey pub sing @ Limerick Pub, 11301 Elkin St., Wheaton, MD
8:00 pm BFMS English Country Dance @ St Mark's on the Hill, 1620 Reisterstown Rd, Pikesville Md;
$11/8/stdtdisc;
8:30 pm Wolf’s Blues Jam @ JV’s, 6666 Arlington Blvd., Falls Church, VA 22042
Tuesday, June 2
7:00 pm Ruthie & the Wranglers host New Old Jamboree w/guests @ New Deal Café, 113 Centerway,
Roosevelt Center, Greenbelt, MD
7:00 pm open mic talent night; 6pm sign up w/host Todd C Walker @ Frederick Coffee Co., 100 N. East
St., Frederick, MD
7:15 pm Folk Club
7:30 pm Samantha Fish + Andy Poxon, blues @ Birchmere, 3701 Mt. Vernon Ave., Alexandria, VA; $25
8:00 pm open mic in Vinyl Lounge, Gypsy Sally’s, 3401 K St., NWDC; free adm; gypsysallys.com
8:15 pm bluegrass & country open mic @ JV’s, 6666 Arlington Blvd., Falls Church, VA 22042
9:30 pm Cheick Hamala Diabate’s Griot Street, downstairs @ Bossa Bistro, 2463 18th St., NWDC; 202-
650-9351
Wednesday, June 3
6:00 pm >8 Gravy Soppers for Westview Promenade Concerts, 5223 Buckeystown Pike, Frederick, MD
7:00 pm Washington Revels Maritime Voices @ Friendship Heights Village Center, 4433 S. Park, Chevy
Chase, MD 20815; free
7:00 pm The Nighthawks + Nate Ihara opens BEN Leukemia & Lymphoma Society @ Jammin’ Java,
227 E. Maple Ave., Vienna, VA; $20-30; jamminjava.com
7:00 pm Beggar’s Ride @ New Deal Café, 113 Centerway, Roosevelt Center, Greenbelt, MD
7:00 pm Sunday kitchen old time jam @ Beans in the Belfry, 122 W. Potomac St., Brunswick, MD
7:30 pm Marc Broussard @ Birchmere, 3701 Mt. Vernon Ave., Alexandria, VA; $35
7:30 pm acoustic open mic @ McGinty’s, 911 Ellsworth Dr., Silver Spring, MD
7:30 pm Irish traditional session led by Zan McLeod or Philippe Varlet @ The Limerick Pub, 11301
Elkin St., Wheaton, MD 20902
8:00 pm Ramblin’ Jack Elliott + opener Rick Robbins @ AMP by Strathmore, 11810 Grand Park Ave.,
No. Bethesda, MD 20852; $25-35; ampbystrathmore.com
8:00 pm FSGW English Country Dance @ Glen Echo Town Hall, 6106 Harvard Ave., Glen Echo, Md;
$12/10mem/5stdt; Colin Hume + Tina Chancey/fid, Susan Brandt/fl, Melissa Running/pno
8:00 pm BFMS Contras @ Lovely Lane Ch, 2200 St.Paul St, Baltimore MD 21218; $13/9mem; Will
Mentor + Nova [Kathleen Fownes/fid, Guillaume Sparrow-Pepin/acc/pno, Everest
Witman/gtr/feet]; bfms.org
8:30 pm open mic w/Bob Hume & Martha Capone & Band @ JV’s, 6666 Arlington Blvd., Falls Church,
VA 22042
Thursday, June 4
1:30 pm >5 Documenting Culture in the 21st Century, American Folklife Center symposium @ Library of
Congress, Madison Bldg., Montpelier Room; Independence Ave. & 1st St., SEDC; free
7:00 pm John Lyon & Brian Dorothy @ The Limerick Pub, 11301 Elkin St., Wheaton, MD
7:00 pm bluegrass jam led by Barry Bales & Claude Jones @ Beans in the Belfry, 122 W. Potomac St.,
Brunswick, MD
7:00 pm Clydes on Fire, bluegrass/Americana @ Vinyl Lounge, Gypsy Sally’s, 3401 K St., NWDC; free
7:00 pm SAW open mic hosted by Paige Powell @ New Deal Café, 113 Centerway, Roosevelt Center,
Greenbelt, MD
7:30 pm Jonny Grave & the Tombstones + Human country Jukebox + Sligo Creek Stompers @ the
Hamilton, 14th & F Sts., NWDC; $15; thehamiltondc.com
7:30 pm Grapevine: Storytelling for Adults, Teens feat. Kit Turin + Sheila Arnold Jones; Jane Dorfman
Host @ Takoma Park Community Center, 7500 Maple Ave., takoma Park, MD 20912; $10
sugg’d
7:30 pm Olivia Chaney + openers Luray @ Jammin’ Java, 227 E. Maple Ave., Vienna, VA; $15;
jamminjava.com
7:30 pm The Lonesome Trio [Ed Helms/gtr/bjo/voc, Ian Riggs/bs/voc, Jacob Tilove/mand/voc],
bluegrassy @ Birchmere, 3701 Mt. Vernon Ave., Alexandria, VA; $20
7:30 pm The Decemberists + Father John Misty opens @ Merriweather Post Pavilion, Columbia, MD;
$38.50-48.50
8:30 pm Johnny Rawls Show @ JV’s, 6666 Arlington Blvd, Falls Church, VA 22042
Friday, June 5
Celebrate Fairfax FSS incl much rock @ Fairfax Co. Gov’t Center; 9 stages, petting zoo, kidstuff; Fairfax
Corner Community Stage incl int’l dance, martial arts, clog, karaoke, opera, cheering,
10:30 am Anthony Clark & the All Stars Blues Band for Seniors @ Langley Park Senior Activity Center,
1500 Merrimac Dr., Hyattsville, MD 20781; 301-408-4343
11:30 am >1 Trio Galilei @ Walter Reed Warrior Café, Bethesda, MD
12:50 pm >1:50 Memphis Gold for seniors @ Camp Springs Senior Activity Center, 6420 Allentown Rd.,
Temple Hills, Md 20748; 301-449-0490
7:00 pm sign-up open mic + feat. Lon & Elizabeth Williamson for First Friday Coffeehouse
@ Trinity Orchard House, 4599 Shepherdstown Rd. (Rt.45), Martinsburg, WV 25401; $10;
Steve Warner hosts; 304-876-2915 or myspace.com/firstfridaycoffeehouse
7:00 pm Sarno & Hess, covers @ Beans in the Belfry, 122 W. Potomac St., Brunswick, MD
7:30 pm The 9 Songwriters Series @ Ebenezer’s Coffeehouse, 201 F St., NEDC 20002; $10; incl Justin
Trawick, Zia Hassan, Cash & Earle, Brandon Walker, Wes Tucker, Andres Gallego, Zack
Parkman, Flo Anito, Jasmine Gillison; ebenezerscoffeehouse.com
7:30 pm Ottmar Liebert & Luna Negra @ Birchmere, 3701 Mt. Vernon Ave., Alexandria, VA; $35
7:30 pm Luke Brindley full band album release + opener Daniel Champagne @ Jammin’ Java, 227 E.
Maple Ave., Vienna, VA; $15; jamminjava.com
7:30 pm FriSat Brendan’s Voyage @ The Limerick Pub, 11301 Elkin St., Wheaton, MD
8:00 pm Josh Garrels + opener Zach Winters @ McLean Bible Church – Smith Center, 8925 Leesburg
Pike, Vianna, VA 22182; $20-35; jamminjava.com
8:00 pm Joe Mullins & the Radio Ramblers for Weekend Bluegrass @ Holy Cross Lutheran Church,
1090 Sterling Rd., Herndon, VA 20170; $15/freeunder13; hclcbluegrass.wordpress.com
8:00 pm Susan Werner + Vance Gilbert BEN for Uptown Concerts @ Faith Community Methodist
Church of Hamilton, 5315 Harford Rd., Baltimore, MD 21214; $26; uptownconcerts.org
8:00 pm Bumper Jacksons CD release @ Creative Alliance, 3134 Eastern Ave., Baltimore, MD 21224;
Adv$15/12mem, door$18/15mem; creativealliance.org
8:30 pm The SteelDrivers + opener Todd Burge @ The Hamilton, 14th & F Sts., NWDC; $20-30
+10:30pm 19th Street Band in Hamilton LOFT; free
8:30 pm The Roustabouts, blues-rock @ New Deal Café, 113 Centerway, Roosevelt Center, Greenbelt,
MD
8:30 pm Albert Castiglia Band + Bad Influence Band @ JV’s, 6666 Arlington Blvd., Falls Church, VA
8:30 pm Friday Contras @ Spanish Ballroom, Glen Echo Park, 7300 MacArthur Blvd, Glen Echo, MD;
$10/5under18; Colin Hume + Contra Rebels [Todd Clewell/fid, Barb Schmid/fid, Bruce
Campbell/bs, Henry Koretzky/gtr]
9:00 pm Jarekus Singleton + opener Ashleigh Chevalier @ Clementine Café, 153 S. Main St.,
Harrisonburg, VA; $10/13; clementinecafe.com