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
* not the opening night of a multiple-night performance
< always confirm with venue >
Saturday, April 1, 2017
[note: add April, May Ragtime shows]
1:00 pm blues jam @ Archie’s Barbershop, 4701 Queensbury Rd., Riverdale Park, MD 20737;
acousticblues.com
3:00 pm Pierre Bensusan @ The Evergreen Museum & Library, 4545 N. Charles St., Baltimore, MD;
RSVP: 410-516-0341 or
7:00 pm Luke Brindley w/David Mansfield/mand/fid/gtr, recording live @ Jammin’ Java, 227 E. Maple
Ave., Vienna, Va 22180; $15-18; jamminjava.com
7:00 pm Audie Blaylock & Redline @ Lucketts Cmty Ctr, 42361 Lucketts Rd, Leesburg, VA 20176; $15;
luckettsbluegrass.com
7:03 pm Natural Rhythms Trio [Elise Witt, Becky Reardon, Terry Garthwaite] @ U U Church of Silver
Spring, 10309 NH Ave., Silver Spring, MD 20903; uucss.org
+1-4pm Singing Circle workshop, songs of celebration, ceremony, community
7:30 pm Keola Beamer & Jeff Peterson w/Moanalani Beamer, Hawaiian music & dance @ UU Church
of York, 925 S. George St., York, PA 17403; $24/20mem/10stdt; sfmsfolk.org
8:00 pm Rodney Crowell + opener Scott Miller @ The Hamilton, 14th & F Sts., NWDC; $30-68.50
8:00 pm The Kennedys for Sleepy Hollow Folk Club house concert near Falls Church, VA; $20; ResReq:
sleepyhollowfolk.com
8:00 pm Phil Wiggins & Eleanor Ellis @ Carroll Arts Center, 91 W. Main St., Westminster, MD 21157;
$25/22sr-stdt; commongroundonthehill.org
Sunday, April 2
5:00 pm Baseball songs performed by Tony Denikos, Alan MacEwen, James Von Lenz, Alan Oresky, host
Geoffrey Himes & others for Roots Café @ An Die Musik Live, 409 Charles St., Baltimore, MD;
$10/13; rootscafe.org or andiemusiklive.com
6:30 pm The Hillbenders play The Who’s Tommy: A Bluegrass Opry @ The Hamilton, 14th & F Sts.,
NWDC; $20-40; thehamiltondc.com
7:00 pm Flamenco Passion, feat. Michael Perez Miguelitogtr, Maksim Tsvetovat/ fl, Debra Belo/dance &
Guests @ Bossa Bistro, 2463 18th St., NWDC; $10
7:00 pm Rabbi Jack Gabriel, Hebrew/American /reggae s/s @ Temple Shalom, 8401 Grubb Rd., Chevy
Chase, MD 20815; $20/15templemembers/$10stdts/5kids;
7:30 pm The Everly Set [Sean Altman & Jack Skuller] for FocusMusic @ Tikvat Israel Congregation, 2200
Baltimore Rd., Rockville, MD 20851; $15/18; focusmusic.org
7:30 pm Pierre Bensusan f/IMT @ St.Mark Presbyterian Church, 10701 Old Georgetown Rd., Rockville,
MD 20852; $20/25; imtfolk.org
Monday, April 3
7:30 pm pianist Joe Holt welcomes Pam & Bob Ortiz for Mainstay Monday @ Mainstay, 5753 Main St.,
Rock hall, MD 21661; $10; mainstayrockhall.org
Tuesday, April 4
7:00 pm Ann Kirrane w/Gabriel Donohue @ Paddy Barry’s, 8150 Leesburg Pike, Tysons Corner, VA; $15
7:00 pm Baltimore old-time jam (moved) @ 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/Folk Club of Reston & Herndon @ Amphora’s Diner Deluxe, 1151 Elden
St., Herndon, VA 20170; 703-435-2402; restonherndonfolkclub.com
8:00 pm open mic, feat.artist @ Ireland’s 4 Courts, 2051 Wilson Blvd., Arlington, VA; signup 7; Brian
Franke hosts; saw.org
9:30 pm Cheick Hamala Diabate’s Griot Street @ Bossa Bistro, 2463 18th St., NWDC; no cover
Wednesday, April 5
8:00 pm FSGW English Country Dance @ Glen Echo Town Hall, 6106 Harvard Ave., Glen Echo, Md;
$12/10mem/5stdt;
8:00 pm BFMS Contras @ Lovely Lane Ch, 2200 St.Paul St, Baltimore MD 21218; $13/9mem;
9:00 pm Troker, band from Guadalajara, world/jazz) @ Bossa Bistro, 2463 18th St., NWDC; no cover
Thursday, April 6
7:00 pm open mic hosted by Dan Bourdeaux @ Music Café, 26528B Ridge Rd., Damascus, MD 20872
7:00 pm open mic @ Malones of Manassas, 9329 Main St., Manassas, VA 20111; Zac Quintana hosts;
– saw.org
7:30 pm The Quebe Sisters @ Weinberg Center for the Arts, 20 W. Patrick St., Frederick, MD 21701;
$10 sugg’d; “pay-what-you-want” series; weinbergcenter.org
7:30 pm Del Rey @ Ware Center Owen Salon, 42 N. Prince St., Lancaster, PA 17603; $25/22mem/10stdts;
Sfmsfolk.org
7:30 pm Camalache, East L.A. Latino band for Arlington Arts Global-Phonic Music Series @ Rosslyn
Spectrum Theatre, 1611 N. Kent St., Arlington, VA; free; ResReq:
eventbrite.com/e/cambalache-global-phonic-music-series-2017-tickets-30358443923
8:00 pm Dan Navarro w/David Glaser @ Baldwin’s Station, 7618 Main St., Sykesville, MD; $25;
Uptownconcerts.com SOLD OUT
Friday, April 7
4/7-9 Annual GWCC Spring Dance Weekend in Shepherdstown, WV; gwcc-online.org
7:30 pm Don McLean @ Birchmere, 3701 Mt. Vernon Ave., Alexandria, Va; $55
7:30 pm Dry Branch Fire Squad f/IMT @ St. Mark Presbyterian Church, 10701 Old Georgetown Rd.,
Rockville, MD 20852; $20/25; imtfolk.org
8:00 pm Over the Rhine @ Barns at Wolf Trap, 1635 Trap Rd., Vienna, Va 22182; $25-30; wolftrap.org
Saturday, April 8
10:00 am >12n National Cherry Blossom Festival Parade on Constitution Ave., from 7th to 17th Sts., NWDC;
$20grandstands; otherwise free; nationalcherryblossomfestival.org
Incl floats, bands, antique vehicles, marching units, celebrities …
7:00 pm Dry Branch Fire Squad @ Lucketts Cmty Ctr, 42361 Lucketts Rd, Leesburg, VA 20176; $15;
luckettsbluegrass.com
7:30 pm Martyn Joseph for singer-songwriter series @ Arts Barn, 311 Kent Square Rd., Gaithersburg, MD
20878; $30;
+3pm songwriting wkshop; $50wkshop&concert; gaitherburgmd.gov
7:30 pm James Keelaghan + Ian Foster opens @ Temple Isaiah, 12200 Scaggsville Rd., Fulton, MD; $25;
Uptownconcerts.org
8:00 pm Ladies Sing the Blues, feat. Catherine Russell, Brianna Thomas, Charenee Wade w/ band led by
Mark Shane/pno @ Strathmore Music Center, 53-1 Tuckerman Lane, No. Bethesda, MD 20852;
$35-75; Strathmore.org
8:01 pm The Bumper Jacksons @ Barns of Rose Hill, 95 Chalmers Court, Berryville, VA 22611;
$20/25/freeunder13; barnsofrosehill.org
8:00 pm Oklahoma Twisters for western swing dance @ American Legion Post 217, 9218 Baltimore
Ave./Rt. 1, College Park, MD 20740; $10 cash; blobsparksocialdanceclub.com
Sunday, April 9
2:00 pm The Stewart Sisters CD release @ Jammin’ Java, 227 E. Maple Ave., Vienna, VA $10
6:00 pm >7 The Sweet Heaven Kings, brass band fm United House of Prayer for closing of Emancipation
Day @ Eastern Market, 225 7th St., SEDC 20003; noting end of slavery in DC 4/16/1862
7:00 pm David Mallett + opener Ian Foster @ UU Church of Arlington, 4444 Arlington Blvd., Arlington,
VA; $15/18, focusmusic.org
7:00 pm The Box Cars in the Bluegrass Barn @ Frying Pan Farm Park Visitor Center, 2739 W. Ox Rd.,
Herndon, VA; $18/20/$112season; fairfaxcounty.gov/parks/fryingpanpark or 703-222-4664
7:00 pm Andrew McKnight + (Lynn) Holyfield/(Nicole) Belanus/(Annette) Wasilik + Wicked Olde for
World Folk Music Association Showcase @ Positano Restaurant, 4940 Fairmont Ave., Bethesda,
MD; $15/10mem; wfma.net
7:00 pm The Hard Travelers [Kenn Roberts, Mack Bailey, Mike Munford, Jon Glik, Ira Gitlin]: Farewell
Concert @ Rams Head Onstage, 33 West St., Annapolis, MD; $33
7:30 pm Riders in the Sky salute Roy Rogers @ Birchmere, 3701 Mt. Vernon Ave., Alexandria, Va; $25
7:30 pm Martyn Joseph for Stone Room House Concert; $20 sugg’d; ResReq: martynjoseph.bpt.me
8:00 pm Selwyn Birchwood @ Hill Country BBQ, 410 7th St., NWDC; $12/15
Monday, April 10
Tuesday, April 11
9:30 pm Cheick Hamala Diabate’s Griot Street @ Bossa Bistro, 2463 18th St., NWDC; no cover
Wednesday, April 12
8:00 pm FSGW English Country Dance @ Glen Echo Town Hall, 6106 Harvard Ave., Glen Echo, Md;
$12/10mem/5stdt;
8:00 pm BFMS Contras @ Lovely Lane Ch, 2200 St.Paul St, Baltimore MD 21218; $13/9mem;
Thursday, April 13
Friday, April 14
8:00 pm Jesse Colin Young band @ Bethesda Blues & Jazz, 7719 Wisc. Ave., Bethesa, MD 20814; $35;
bethesdabluesjazz.com
8:00 pm Hawaiian Slack Key Guitar Festival @ Barns at Wolf Trap, 1635 Trap Rd., Vienna, Va 22182; $27-
32; wolftrap.org
8:00 pm The Pam Ortiz Band + guests @ Robert Ortiz Studios, 207C S. Cross St., Chestertown, MD
21620; $15sugg’d; BEN Freestate Justice in support of LGBT community; part of series “Songs
for Our Future” hosted by Ortiz band
Saturday, April 15
2:00 pm >9:30 SW Waterfront Fireworks Festival on District Wharf, 600-650 Water St., SWDC
+6-9pm Titanic Memorial, SW Waterfront Park; free; live music, beer garden, food, hands-on
Activities at both sites, preceding fireworks
+8:30 fireworks; in case of bad weather, the following day, Sunday, 4/16
5:00 pm Harley String Band @ Paradise Springs Winery, 13219 Yates Ford Rd., Clifton, VA
6:30 pm Rick LaRocca + Once a Year Band + Kathy Stanley + host Joe Isaacs for Music Matters Showcase
@ Mad City Coffee, 10801 Hickory Ridge Rd., Columbia, MD 21044
7:00 pm Crowe Brothers @ Lucketts Cmty Ctr, 42361 Lucketts Rd, Leesburg, VA 20176; $15;
luckettsbluegrass.com
8:01 pm Tribute to Pete Seeger in Concert Hall, Kennedy Center, 27th & F Sts., NWDC; $39-129;
Part of JFKC: A Centennial Celebration of John F. Kennedy; kennedy-center.org
8:00 pm Owen Danoff @ AMP by Strathmore, Pike & Rose, 11810 Grand Park Ave., No.Bethesda, MD
20852; $20-30; ampbystrathmore.com
8:00 pm Jesse Colin Young @ Rams Head Onstage, 33 West St., Annapolis, MD; $45
Sunday, April 16
7:00 pm Bela Fleck & Abigail Washburn @ Rams Head Onstage, 33 West St., Annapolis, MD; $45
Monday, April 17
Tuesday, April 18
Wednesday, April 19
8:00 pm Tinariwen, Tuareg band @ Barns at Wolf Trap, 1635 Trap Rd., Vienna, Va 22182; $38;wolftrap.org
8:00 pm The Hackensaw Boys + openers The Tillers @ Rams Head on Stage, 33 West St., Annapolis, MD;
$20; ramsheadonstage.com
8:00 pm FSGW English Country Dance @ Glen Echo Town Hall, 6106 Harvard Ave., Glen Echo, Md;
$12/10mem/5stdt;
8:00 pm BFMS Contras @ Lovely Lane Ch, 2200 St.Paul St, Baltimore MD 21218; $13/9mem;
Thursday, April 20
8:00 pm John McCutcheon @ Barns at Wolf Trap, 1635 Trap Rd., Vienna, Va 22182; $25-28; wolftrap.org
8:00 pm Sarah Jarosz @ Creative Alliance, 3134 Eastern Ave.,
Baltimore, MD 21224; creativealliance.org
Friday, April 21
7:00 pm The Hackensaw Boys + openers The Tillers @ The Hamilton, 14th & F Sts., NWDC; $15-20
8:00 pm Dave Bing & the High Ridge Ramblers, w/Andrew Dunlap & Mark Payne), old time WV music @
Brown Memorial Woodbrook Presbyterian Church, 6200 N. Charles St., Baltimore, MD 21212; $25/22sr-stdt; commongroundonthehill.org
8:00 pm Bill Staines + opener Lara Herscovitch @ Cellar Stage, Faith Community United Methodist
Church, Baltimore, MD 21214; $21 ; uptownconcerts.com
8:00 pm Celtic Fiddle Festival [fiddlers Kevin Burke (Ireland), Christian Lemaitre (Brittany), Charlie
McKerron (Scotland) & guitarist Nicolas Quemener (Brittany)] @ Barns of Rose Hill, 95
Chalmers Ct., Berryville, Va 22611; $25/35/freeunder13; barnsofrosehill.org
Saturday, April 22
5:00 pm Mike Surratt & the Continentals @ Old Stein Inn, 1143 Central Ave., Edgewater, MD; no dance
floor
7:00 pm The Nields @ Jammin’ Java, 227 E. Maple Ave., Vienna, VA; $18-22; jamminjava.com
7:00 pm The Little Roy & Lizzie Show @ Lucketts Cmty Ctr, 42361 Lucketts Rd, Leesburg, VA 20176; $15; luckettsbluegrass.com
7:00 pm SFMS Spring Coffeehouse @ Ft. Hunter Centennial Barn, 5300 N. Front St., Harrisburg, PA
7:30 pm Washington Area Folk Harp Society Annual Concert, feat. Eve Watters, Linda Rice-Johnston, First
Light Ensemble (harps & flutes), Heatherwood Harp Ensemble, Barbra Bailey Bradley @
Knox Presbyterian church, 7416 Arlington Blvd., Falls Church, VA 22042; $15/10srs-stdts;
wafhs.org
7:30 pm Joan & Joni [Allison Shapira & Kipyn Martin] for Deer Creek Coffeehouse @ Grace Memorial
Episcopal Church, 1022 Main St., Darlington, MD 21034; $10sugg’d/$5youth
8:00 pm [Kaitlyn] Raitz & [Ben] Plotnick for house concert; ResReq:
Stoneroomconcerts.com
8:00 pm Dede Wyland & the Do-Rights for dance @ American Legion Post 217, 9218 Baltimore
Ave./Rt. 1, College Park, MD 20740; $10 cash; blobsparksocialdanceclub.com
10:00 pm Quinn Sullivan, young bluesman @ Jammin’ Java, 227 E. Maple Ave., Vienna, VA; $22-28;
mentored by Buddy Guy; jamminjava.com
Sunday, April 23
2:00 pm >5 DC- area Scottish Jam @ Fiona’s Irish Pub, 5810 Kingstowne Center, Alexandria, VA22315;
http://dcscottishsession.blogspot.com/
5:00 pm Karen Collins + Doug Stevenson + host Geoffrey Himes & others for Roots Café @ An Die Musik
Live, 409 Charles St., Baltimore, MD; $10/13; rootscafe.org or andiemusiklive.com
7:00 pm Ronny Cox for World Folk Music Association Showcase in the Plaza Room @ Positano Restaurant,
4948 Fairmont Ave., Bethesda, MD; $25; wfma.net
7:00 pm Richard Thompson @ Hylton Center, 10960 George Mason Circle, Manassas, VA; $30-50;
hyltoncenter.org
Monday, April 24
Tuesday, April 25
8:30 pm Seamus Kennedy @ Harry Browne’s, 66 State Circle, Annapolis, MD 21401
Wednesday, April 26
8:00 pm Idan Raichel, world music @ Barns at Wolf Trap, 1635 Trap Rd., Vienna, Va 22182; $45-55;
wolftrap.org
8:00 pm FSGW English Country Dance @ Glen Echo Town Hall, 6106 Harvard Ave., Glen Echo, Md;
$12/10mem/5stdt;
8:00 pm BFMS Contras @ Lovely Lane Ch, 2200 St.Paul St, Baltimore MD 21218; $13/9mem;
Thursday, April 27
Takoma Porch Festival
8:00 pm Tom Paxton @ Barns at Wolf Trap, 1635 Trap Rd., Vienna, Va 22182; $24-28; wolftrap.org
8:00 pm Kipyn Martin CD release w/David Glaser @ Baldwin’s Station, 7618 Main St., Sykesville, MD;
$17
Friday, April 28
8:00 pm Martin Hayes & Dennis Cahill @ Barns of Rose Hill, 95 Chalmers Ct., Berryville, VA 22611;
$25/35; barnsofrosehill.org
Saturday, April 29
7:00 pm Patuxent Partners @ Lucketts Cmty Ctr, 42361 Lucketts Rd, Leesburg, VA 20176; $15;
luckettsbluegrass.com
7:30 pm Mike Surratt & the Continentals for dance @ Liederkranz, 722 S. Chiques Rd., Mannheim, PA;
717-898-8451
Sunday, April 30
9:30 am >2 Harley String Band @ Mosaic Central Farm Market, 2910 District Ave., (Merrifield) Fairfax,
VA 22031
2:00 pm The Grascals @ American Legion Post 238, Rts.381 & 231, Hughesville, MD; $20; food
available; americanlegionbluegrass.com
4:00 pm Greater Washington Ceili Club dance @ Cherry Hill Park Ballroom, 9800 Cherry Hill Rd.,
College Park, MD; $25/20mem/teenshalf; music by ; gwcc-online.org