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
* succeeding day of multi-day event
< always confirm with venue >
Saturday, January 20
1:00 pm blues jam @ Archie’s Barbershop, 4701 Queensbury Rd., Riverdale Park, MD 20737;
acousticblues.com
1:00 pm Annie Stokes @ Big Cork Winery, 4236 Main St., Rohrersville, MD 21779
2:00 pm open mic w/Mike Taylor @ Music Café, 26528B Ridge Rd., Damascus, MD 20872
+8 Cross & Arrow @ Music Cafe
4:00 pm Pickin’ Grinnin’ & Sinnin’ @ JV’s Restaurant, 6666 Arlington Blvd., Falls Church, VA 22042
+9:15 Wicked Jezebel, rock @ JV’s
4:00 pm Pete Looney @ Red Shedman Farm Brewery, Linganore Winecellars, 13601 Glissans Mill
Rd., Mt. Airy, MD 21771; redshedman.com
6:00 pm Joseph Monasterial @ Clare & Don’s Beach Shack, 130 N. Washington St., Falls Church, VA
6:00 pm F.A.M.E. open mic hosted by Doug Rosner @ Lovettsville Pizza & Subs, 26 E. Broad Way,
Lovettsville, VA; frederickacoustic.org
6:30 pm Dominic Preston @ Paddy Barry’s, 8150 Leesburg Pike, Tyson’s Corner, VA
6:30 pm FSGW doo-wop sing in Potomac, MD; rsvp: or 301-270-9365; fsgw.org
6:30 pm Purple Jim + Scott Sivakoff + Billy J. Carter + host Joe Isaacs for Music Matters Showcase @ Mad
City Coffee, 10801 Hickory Ridge Rd., Columbia, MD 21044; josephisaacs.com
7:00 pm FriSat Sean Fleming @ Ireland’s 4 Provinces, 105 W. Broad St., Falls Church, VA 22046
7:00 pm FriSat Flying Cows of Ventry @ Auld Shebeen, 3971 Chain Bridge Rd., Fairfax, VA 22030
7:00 pm Lulu’s Fate + opener Gary Mitchell for Homegrown Coffehouse @ National Colonial Farm, 3400
Bryan Point Rd., Accokeek, MD; $12
7:00 pm Michael Cleveland & Flamekeeper @ Old Lucketts Schoolhouse/Community Center, 42361
Lucketts Rd., Leesburg, VA 20176; $15
7:00 pm >9:30 UU Church of Frederick Coffeehouse open mic hosted by Roy Greene & Brad Calhoun @
4480 Elmer Derr Rd. (Rt. 15 Mt.Zion Rd. exit to Elmer Derr Rd.), frederickuu.org
7:00 pm Willie Barry & His Chaperons, rockin @ Beans in the Belfry, 122 W. Potomac St., Brunswick, MD
7:00 pm Annapolis Contras @ Friends Meeting House, 351 DuBois Rd., Annapolis, MD 21401; $10;
6:30 wkshop; Kim Forry + Contra Rebels [Todd Clewell/fid, Barb Schmid/fid, Henry
Koretzky/gtr]; contradancers.com/atds
7:00 pm Lancaster Contras @ St.John’s Episcopal Church, 321 W. Chestnut St., Lancaster, PA 17603;
$9/6stdts; DeLaura Padovan + Devine Comedy [Steve Hickman/fid, Marty Taylor/conc/wsl,
John Devine/gtr]; lancastercontra.org
7:30 pm Eric Brace/Kevin Johnson/Karl Straub on Passport to the World series for Creative Cauldron @
ArtSpace Falls Church, 410 S.Maple Ave., Falls Church, VA 22046; $22/20sr-mil-stdts;
creativecauldron.org
7:30 pm Jacob Panic, banjo/vocals f/Monroe Bay Concerts @ Art & Frame, 205 W. Jefferson St., Falls
Church, VA 22046; $20; https://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/3233966 doors 6:30
7:30 pm Rufus Wainwright w/Lucy Wainwright Roche @ Birchmere, 3701 Mt. Vernon Ave., Alexandria,
VA 22305; $89.50
7:30 pm UnNaugural Concert feat. Tom Paxton (filling in for Christine Lavin), Magpie, Reggie Harris,
Heather Mae, Crys Matthews @ Theatre Arts Arena, Montgomery College, 51 Mannakee St.,
Rockville, MD 20850; $125VIP/Adv$50/Door$75/stdts$10; hosted by Md.Del.Cheryl Kagan;
BEN Voices for Social Justice, re: climate change, immigration, hunger, health care, sexual
assault; tix: unnaugural.org NOTE: NOT Parilla Theatre
7:30 pm Jennifer Ferguson Smith + Wyatt Easterling @ Historic Cooper’s House, Columbia, MD;
$20-25sugg’d; ResReq: or 410-772-1541
7:30 pm Ken & Brad Kolodner Trio @ Deer Creek Coffeehouse, Grace Memorial Episcopal Church, 1022
Main St., Darlington, MD 21034; $12/5youth sugg’d; deercreekfolk.com
8:00 pm Town Mountain + Jay Starling & friends, incl Danny Knicely @ The Hamilton, 14th & F Sts.,
NWDC; $12-17;
8:00 pm Pitches Be Crazy (eclectic a cappella quintet) in upstairs VINYL LOUNGE @ Gypsy Sally’s, 3401
K St., NWDC; no cover
8:00 pm The Infamous Stringdusters + Dangermuffin opens @ 930 Club, 815 V St., NWDC; $25
8:00 pm Virginia Man (folkrock) + 8:45/Strong Water (Harrisonburg Americana) + 9:45/Big Timber,
bluegrass @ Tropicalia Lounge, 2001 14th St., NWDC; $10eventbrite/15door;
8:00 pm Siobhan O’Brien @ Sonoma Cellar, 207 King St., Alexandria, VA
8:00 pm Louise Mosrie + Cliff Eberhardt for Stone Room House Concerts, Falls Church, VA; $20 sugg’d;
https://cliff-louise.brownpapertickets.com/ stoneroomconcerts.com
8:00 pm Mary Ann Redmond @ Flanagan’s,. 4844 Cordell Ave., Bethesda, MD
8:01 pm FriSat Brendan’s Voyage @ Limerick Pub, 11301 Elkin St., Wheaton, MD
8:00 pm Sligo Creek Band @ Lahinch Tavern, 7747 Tuckerman Lane, Potomac, MD
8:00 pm Lucy Kaplansky + opener Heather Maloney @ Barns at Wolf Trap, 1635 Trap Rd., Vienna Va
22182; $26-28; wolftrap.org
8:00 pm Casey Friedberg @ Frederick Coffee Company, 100 N. East St., Frederick, MD 21701
8:00 pm Joel Michael Schwartz @ Vini Culture, 20 N. Market St., Frederick, MD 21701
8:00 pm Amber North @ Brian Boru Restaurant, 489 Ritchie Hwy/Rt.2, Severna Park, MD 21146
8:30 pm Dan Bern + Jackson Edwards @ Pearl Street Warehouse, 33 Pearl St., SWDC 20024 (in The
Wharf); $18; pearlstreetwarehouse.com
8:31 pm *Pat Garvey @ Murphy’s, 713 King St., Alexandria, VA
+9:01 FriSat Both Sides @ Murphy’s, Old Town
8:30 pm Drew Vervan, Celtoid folkrock @ Killarney House, 584 W.Central Ave., Davidsonville, MD 21035
8:30 pm Great American Square Dance Revival @ St.Stephen & the Incarnation Episcopal Church, 1525
Newton St., NWDC; Janine Smith + The Leveetoppers [Lyle Warner/fid, Sasha Hsuczyk/gtr/voc,
Andy McLeod/bjo/gtr, Michael Foster/bs]; $5; fsgw.org & dcsquaredance.com
9:01 pm Pete Baker @ Irish Channel, 500 H St., NWDC
9:00 pm The Woodsheddeers + Tim Cintron Project @ Bright Box Theatre, 15 N. Loudoun St., Winchester,
VA 22601; $12/15; brightboxwinchester.com
9:31 pm Lenny Burridge @ Samuel Beckett’s, 2800 S. Randolph St., Arlington, VA
10:00 pm Tumbao y Raul Morel, Latin night @ Bossa Bistro, 2463 18th St., NWDC; $5
10:00 pm Justin Trawick & the Common Good @ Roofer’s Union, 2446 18th St., NWDC 20009
10:30 pm 40 Dollar Fine in upstairs LOFT @ The Hamilton, 14th & F Sts., NWDC; no cover
Sunday, January 21
9:30 am >11:45 acoustic jam Sundays @ 49 West Backroom, 49 West St., Annapolis, MD 21401
11:00 am >2 DCBU bluegrass & country jam @ the Mansion on O, 2020 O St., NWDC; omansion.com
12:00 n >3 Irish session @ O’Flynn’s Crab & Cask House, 3432 S. Hanover St., Baltimore, MD
1:00 pm Bentwood Rockers, bluegrass @ JV’s, 6666 Arlington Blvd, Falls Church, VA 22042
+Josh Allen Band @ JV’s
+8 Dan Hovey & the Tall Boys @ JV’s
1:00 pm >4 bluegrass jam @ Frying Pan Park Country Store, 2709 W. Ox Rd., Herndon, VA 20171;
703-437-9101
3:00 pm Irish session @ Kirwan’s on the Wharf, 749 Wharf St., SWDC 20024
3:00 pm old time open jam @ Beans in the Belfry, 122 W. Potomac St., Brunswick, MD
3:30 pm Piffaro, the Renaissance Band, music of Vermeer era (17th century) as exhibit closes in West
Building, West Garden Court, National Gallry of Art, 401 Constitution Ae., NWDC 20565; free
3:30 pm >7 Fundraiser for 47th Annual DC St.Patrick’s Day Parade @ Flanagan’s Harp & Fiddle, 4844
Cordell Ave., Bethesda, MD
3:30 pm Waltz with Karen Collins & the Backroads Band @ Spanish Ballroom, Glen Echo Park, Glen Echo,
MD; $10; 2:45 lesson; waltztimedances.org
4:00 pm Washington Metropolitan Accordion Society meeting & playalong @ Sleepy Hollow United
Methodist Church, 3435 Sleepy Hollow Rd., Falls Church, VA 22044; $8/memfree;
washingtonaccordions.org
4:00 pm >6 Sacred Harp Singing in schoolhouse behind Community Bldg, 17801 Meetinghouse Rd.,
Sandy Spring, MD 20860; potluck follows;
4:00 pm >8 Seamus Kelleher @ Galway Bay, 63 MD Ave., Annapolis, MD
4:00 pm >7 The Befuddlers @ 49 West Coffeehouse, 49 West St., Annapolis, MD; no cover
5:00 pm Brooks Tegler jazz @ Irish Inn at Glen Echo, Tulane & MacArthur, Glen Echo, MD
5:00 pm >7:30 Shape Note Singing @ U U Congregation of Fairfax, Classroom 1, 2709 Hunter Mill Rd.,
Oakton, VA 22124;
5:00 pm Step Afrika! Step Explosion w/guest Rowan Corbett @ Strathmore Center, 5301 Tuckerman Lane,
No.Bethesda, MD 20852; $35-75; strathmore.org - 301-581-5100
5:00 pm Kipyn Martyn + Nicole Belanus + Annette Wasilik + Megan Ukoh opens for new “Songwriter
Sundays” @ Milkboy Arthouse, 7416 Baltimore Ave., College Park, MD; $10;
milkboyarthouse.com
5:00 pm Sunday Songwriters open stage @ Frederick Coffee Co., 100 N. East St., Frederick, MD; saw.org
5:00 pm Jason Teach @ Blue Side Tavern, 6 Bentz St., Frederick, MD
5:00 pm Irish session Sundays @ Ryan’s Daughter Irish Pub, 600 E. Belvedere Ave., Baltimore, MD;
Leaders incl Laura Byrne, Pat Egan, Julia Fitzgerald
6:00 pm Brian Gaffney @ Daniel O’Connell’s, 112 King St., Alexandria, VA 22314
6:00 pm Fez Tones Hafla, Middle Eastern music & dance @ New Deal Café, 113 Centerway, Roosevelt
Center, Greenbelt, MD
6:30 pm Mid-Atlantic Song Contest Awards Gala, incl performances by winners in many genres, and
Awarding of top annual prizes @ Jammin’ Java, 227 E.Maple Ave., Vienna, Va 22180;
performers incl Michael Rhodes, Laura Baron, Mike Franke, Mari Black, Lea Morris, Susan
Rowe, Crys Matthews, many more; $14/12SAWmem; saw.org
7:00 pm Washington Revels Community Sing (new venue) @ Seeker’s Church, 276 Carroll St. (Takoma),
NWDC 20012; remembering Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. with songs of Peace, Liberty & Justice;
Special guest Lea Morris; $5 donation sugg’d; Revelsdc.org
7:00 pm Ken & Brad Kolodner Trio on Passport to the World series for Creative Cauldron @ ArtSpace Falls
Church, 410 S.Maple Ave., Falls Church, VA 22046; $22/20sr-mil-stdts; creativecauldron.org
7:00 pm House of Hamill [Rose Baldino fm Burning Bridget Cleary & Brian Buchanan of Enter the Haggis]
@ George Washington Masonic Memorial, 101 Callahan Dr., Alexandria, VA 22301; $15/18;
focusmusic.org
7:30 pm >Sat Conor Malone @ The Dubliner, 4 F St., NWDC
7:30 pm Ken Perlman @ Hamlin Street Diner, 1334 Hamlin St., NEDC; w/podcast interview by banjoist
Cameron DeWhitt; $10-20sugg’d; post-show jam; RSVP:
7:30 pm FSGW Squares & Contras @ Spanish Ballroom, Glen Echo Park, 7300 MacArthur Blvd., Glen
Echo, MD; $13/freeToMem/5under18; tba + The Bouncers [Jim Harrington/acc, T.J.
Crow/mand/fid, Bill Wellington/gtr/bjo; fsgw.org
Monday, January 22
10:00 am +12:15 “Freedom Train” show explores story of Harriet Tubman & Underground Railroad, features
Traditional spirituals, aimed at grades 3-9 @ Weinberg Center for the Arts, 20 W.Patrick St.,
Frederick, MD 21701; $7/6kids; weinbergcenter.org
6:00 pm folkjam @ Bump ‘n Grind Coffeehouse/Record Store, 1200 East West Hwy, Silver Spring, MD
7:00 pm Irish Inn Mates @ Irish Inn at Glen Echo, Tulane & MacArthur, Glen Echo, MD
7:00 pm >9 bluegrass jam @ Blue Side Tavern, 6 Bentz St., Frederick, MD
7:00 pm open mic/showcases hosted by Rob Hinkal; feat. Birds with Teeth @ Teavolve Café, 1401
Aliceanna St., Baltimore, MD 21231; facebook.com/teavolvecafe focusmusic.org
7:30 pm MonTue Gaelic Storm @ Birchmere, 3701 Mt. Vernon Ave., Alexandria, VA 22305; $35
8:00 pm traditional Irish music session @ Daniel O’Connell’s, 112 King St., Alexandria, VA 22314; usually
led by Brendan Mulvihill and/or Brian Gaffney
8:00 pm >10 Irish session @ Paddy Barry’s Pub, 8150 Leesburg Pike, Tyson’s Corner, VA
8:00 pm BFMS English Country Dance @ St. Mark’s on the Hill, 1620 Reisterstown Rd., Pikesville, MD;
$11/8mem/stdtdisc; Tom Spilsbury + Geud Band of Baltimore; bfms.org
8:30 pm Wolf Blues jam @ JV’s Restaurant, 6666 Arlington Blvd., Falls Church, VA 22042
Tuesday, January 23
8:00 pm traditional Irish session led by Dennis Botzer & C.B.Heinemann @ McGinty’s, 911 Ellsworth Dr.,
Silver Spring, MD 20910
7:00 pm Baltimore old-time jam @ The Five & Dime Ale House, 901 W. 36th St., Baltimore, MD 21211;
Ken & Brad Kolodner host; kenandbrad.com
7:15 pm open mic/showcases f/Reston-Herndon Folk Club @ Amphora’s Diner Deluxe, 1151 Elden St.,
Herndon, VA 20170; restonherndonfolkclub.com
7:30 pm >930 trad Irish session @ Finnegan’s Grill, 2310 Woodlands Crossing Dr., Herndon, VA;
Info: Alan Carrick 202-294-8956
7:30 pm Irish session @ Slainte, 1700 Thames St., Baltimore, MD
7:30 pm >10:30 Irish session @ Café Hon, 1002 W. 36th St., Baltimore, MD
8:00 pm Silky Dave hosts open mic in upstairs VINYL LOUNGE @ Gypsy Sally’s, 3401 K St, NWDC; free
8:00 pm Billy Strings + Dirty Grass Players @ Rams Head Onstage, 33 West St., Annapolis, MD 21401;
$20
8:30 pm Sons of Pitches, “country jazz” @ JV’s Restaurant, 6666 Arlington Blvd., Falls Church, VA 22042
8:31 pm Tu-Sat Sanford Markley @ Murphy’s, 713 King St., Alexandria, VA
9:30 pm Cheick Hamala Diabate’s Griot Street, led by griot from Mali, downstairs @ Bossa Bistro, 2463
18th St, NWDC; bossadc.com
Wednesday, January 24
7:00 pm WeThu Siobhan O’Brien @ Lahinch Tavern, 7747 Tuckerman Lane, Potomac, MD
7:00 pm Rob Hinkal (of ilyAIMY) part of Songwriter Showcase @ Hotel RL, 207 E. Redwood St.,
Baltimore, MD 21202;
7:00 pm >9 Happy Harbor Acoustic open mic @ Happy Harbor Waterfront Bar & Restaurant, 533 Deal Rd.,
Deale, MD 20751
7:15 pm SAW Variety Showcase hosted by Ron Goad, incl Gianna Lucia Andrea Benavidez Capelli + Jim
Combs + Michelle Swan + Michelle Lockey + Julia Kasdorf + feature Jack Bond @ Epicure Café,
11104 Lee Hwy/Rt.29, Fairfax, VA; Saw.org
7:30 pm The Conrads, roots rock in upstairs VINYL LOUNGE @ Gypsy Sally’s, 3401 K St., NWDC; no
Cover; gypsysallys.com
7:30 pm traditional Irish session @ Limerick Pub, 11301 Elkin St., Wheaton, MD 20902
7:30 pm SAW open mic w/hosts Michelle Murray & Dell Potter @ Island Pride Oasis, 617 S. Frederick