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, December 7
Christmas Revels SatSun & next FriSatSun @ Lisner Auditorium, NWDC; “Echoes of Thrace” revelsdc.org
Music, dance & drama from Bulgaria, Greece & Turkey feat. 100+ actors, singers, dancers, tradition
bearers this weekend & next at Lisner Auditorium, NWDC; see times below
Antietam National Battlefield Annual Memorial Illumination; Jennie Avila w/Hot Soup & the Ebenezer
Choir outdoors at Visitor Center, 5831 Dunker Church Rd., Sharpsburg, MD 21782; 301-432-5124; 23,000
Candles placed on battlefield, representing the dead ; nps.gov/anti/planyourvisit/luminary.htm
Phil Jamison leads Square Dance calling (& a little history) workshop @ Hillyer Art Space, 9 HIllyer Ct.,
NWDC; register:
11:00 am 43rd Annual Scottish Christmas Walk, from Wilkes & So. St. Asaph St. to Market Square,
Alexandria, VA; massed bands at Market Square; campagnacenter.org
12:00 n >2 ON Sheryl Sears Quartet (blues/jazz) + 2:30-4:30 Barrington Madrigal Singers + 5-7 Hot
Buttered Nuggets (jazz/Americana for Downtown Holiday Market, F St., between 7th & 9th
Sts., NWDC; with exhibits, vendors; downtownholidaymarket.com
1:00 pm >5 Cool McFinn @ Cana Vineyards & Winery, 38600 John Mosby Hwy, Middleburg, VA
20117; canavineyards.com
1:00 pm >5 Annual holiday party & auction @ Archie’s Barbershop, 4701 Queensbury Rd., Riverdale
Park, MD; online auction: acousticblues.com
+12n piedmont guitar practice w/Gina DeSimone; $5; confirm acousticblues.com
2:00 pm +7:30 +tomorrow & nx wk: Christmas Revels, Echoes of Thrace, feat. Karpouzi Trio, Lyuti
Chushki, Tzvety Dosseva Weiner, Tanya Dosseva, Lyuben Dossev, Bryndyn Weiner,
Washington Revels Brass, Byzantio Greek dancers, Zharava Bulgarian dancers, choruses @
Lisner Auditorium, 21st & H Sts., NWDC; $18-50/youthdiscounts; revelsdc.org, 301-587-3835
3:00 pm + 7p Moya Brennan: An Irish Christmas @ National Geographic Grosvenor Audit., 1600 M St.,
NWDC 20036; $30/27mem; 202-857-7700 , events.nationalgeographic.com
3:00 pm +7p DC Labor Chorus @ Takoma Park Community Center, 7500 Maple Ave., Takoma Park,
MD 20912; donations; laborheritage.org
3:00 pm +8 Woody Sez: The Life & Music of Woody Guthrie @ DC Jewish Community Center, 1529
16th St., NWDC; $25-30; dcjcc.org see further performances
4:00 pm +8 +Sun4 & next Sat4Sun4 Barnes & Hampton Celtic Consort @ Dumbarton Church, 3133
Dumbarton St., NWDC; $35/30sr/17youth; dumbartonconcerts.org
4:00 pm >530 Annual Wolf Trap Holiday Singalong w/ US Marine Band & choral groups @ Filene
Center, 1551 Trap Road, Vienna Va 22182; free + bring Toys for Tots gift
5:00 pm >8 FS Mt. Vernon by Candlelight features 18th century dance & music by the Martin Family
Band @ Mt. Vernon Mansion, 3200 Mt. Vernon Memorial Hwy, Alexandria VA; $22/15youth;
Mountvernon.org 11/29 thru 12/22
6:00 pm Antigone Rising + Mama’s Black Sheep @ Jammin’ Java, 227 E. Maple ave., Vienna VA
22180; $15-18; jamminjava.com
6:30 pm Christmas in the Caribbean @ High Point High School, 3801 Powder Mill Rd., Beltsville, MD;
$20/20kids; for Trinidad & Tobago Assoc.
7:00 pm James Keelaghan for FocusMusic @ St. Aidan’s Episcopal Church, 8531 Riverside Rd.,
Alexandria, VA 22308; $18/15mem&adv; focusmusic.org
7:00 pm Rosanne Cash (new CD evokes southern places) + Natasha Tretheway, Poet Laureate Consultant
in Poetry, hosted by Robert Casper, dir. LoC Poetry & Literature Center in Rm LJ 119,
Jefferson Building, Library of Congress, 1st & Independence Ave., SEDC; free, no tix req’d
7:00 pm Nothin’ Fancy holiday show @ Bull Run Unitarian Church, 9350 Main St., Old Town Manassas,
VA 20110; $20; bruu.org
7:00 pm Coral Cantigas w/Strathmore Children’s Chorus, Winter Celebration: Holiday Songs &
Parrandas @ Bethesda United Methodist Church, 8300 Old Georgetown Rd., Bethesda, MD
20814; $20-25/freeunder12; cantigas.org 301-230-1361
7:00 pm Iona for house concert, Great Falls, VA; part of 3-day craft show; pigpenpottery.com
7:00 pm Better Said Than Done Tellers Ann Cavazos, Ellouise Schoettler, Susan Gordon, Richard Barr,
Anna Marie Trester, Barbara Effron, Soledad Roybal and first time teller Shye Gilad join host
Jessica Robinson for a night of true stories about the people who make life interesting @ The
Auld Shebeen (downstairs), 3971 Chain Bridge Rd., Fairfax, VA;$10;
bettersaidthandone.com
7:00 pm Candice Mowbray, holiday tunes on classical guitar @ Beans in the Belfry, 122 W. Potomac St.,
Brunswick, MD
7:00 pm Patuxent Partners for house concert, Hyattsville MD; + potluck; ResReq:
301-351-8087
7:00 pm Ralph Stanley II Band @ Lucketts Community Center, 42361 Lucketts Rd., Lucketts, VA
20176; $15; luckettsbluegrass.com
7:00 pm Steven Gellman w/Doug Poplin/ce, Margaret Wolfe/voc/perc/harm @ Hill Chapel House
Concert, 6 E. Main St., New Market, MD; $20 sugg’d; recording for CD;
thehillchapelhouseconcerts.com
7:00 pm An Irish Dancing Christmas feat. “Irish Mystique” dance troupe @ Weinberg Center for the
Arts, 20 W. Patrick St., Frederick, MD; 301-600-2828 or weinbergcenter.org
7:00 pm Baltimore Emerald Isle Club Ceili @ American Legion Post 183 Hall, 2301 Putty Hill Ave.,
Parkville, MD 21234; Marilyn Moore + Peter Fitzgerald & J.Patrick’s All Star Ceili Band;
Special Guest: Santa Claus; $18/9over age 7; emeraldisleclub.com
7:00 pm Annapolis English Country Dance @ Annapolis Friends Meeting Hall, 351 Dubois Rd.,
Annapolis, MD; $10/sr-stdt-memdiscs; 630 lesson; Tom Spilsbury + Elke Baker & Liz
Donaldson; contradancers.com/atds
+2-4:30 wkshop on playing for English Country Dance; 410-268-0231
7:30 pm Bill Kirchen & Too Much Fun, Honky Tonk Holiday @ Birchmere, 3701 Mt. Vernon Ave.,
Alexandria, VA; $29.50
8:00 pm Michelle Swan @ St. Elmo’s Coffee Pub, 2300 Mt. Vernon Ave., Alexandria, VA; 703-739-
9268
8:00 pm Eric Schwartz (R-rated) + Cynthia Kaplan opens for Folk ‘n’ Great house concert, Rockville,
MD; $20-25 sugg’d; ResReq:
8:00 pm Joe Uehlein & the U-Liners @ New Deal Café, 113 Centerway, Roosevelt Center, Greenbelt,
MD 20770; newdealcafe.org
8:00 pm Annapolis Bluegrass Coalition @ 49 West Gallery, 49 West St., Annapolis, MD 21401; $10;
49westcoffeehouse.com
8:00 pm the Orioles + The Clovers @ Publick Playhouse, 5445 Landover Rd., Cheverly, MD; $20;
Arts.pgparks.com/home/htm
8:00 pm Walt Michael Annual Holiday Concert @ Carroll Arts Center, 91 W. Main St., Westminster,
MD; $19/17sr-stdt; commongroundonthehill.com
8:00 pm Brad Kolodner/bjo, Patrick McAvinue/fid, Katie Baseman/fl @ The Parlor, 800 St. Paul St.,
Baltimore, MD; 410-279-3170
8:00 pm >930 Seth Kibel & Friends (incl Susan Jones/vln, Vladimir Fridman/gtr/voc, Ed Goldstein/tuba,
Tim Jarvis/dr): A Swingin’ Klezmer Chanukah! @ An Die Musik, 407 N. Charles St.,
Baltimore, MD 21201; $12/10stdts; andiemusiclive.com
8:00 pm The Steel Wheels @ Ashland Coffee & Tea, 100 N. Railroad Ave., Ashland, VA; SOLD OUT!
+9:45 show added! $18/23; ashlandcoffeeandtea.com
8:00 pm Judy Collins holiday show @ Avalon Theatre, 40 E. Dover St., Easton, MD; $60;
avalontheatre.com
8:L00 pm Shepherdstown Dance @ War Memorial building, King & German Sts., Shepherdstown WV;
Adina Gordon + Maivish [Adam Broome/gtr/ctrn, Jaige Trudel/fid, Matt Olwell/fl/perc]
8:30 pm FSGW open sing in Edgewater, MD; rsvp: -- fsgw.org
8:30 pm The Great American Square Dance Revival for FSGW @ St. Stephen’s Episcopal Church, 1525
Newton St., NWDC; $5; fsgw.org; Phil Jamison + The Mostly Mountain Boys [Paul Brown,
John Schwab, Terri McMurray, Marshall Wilborn]; $5; fsgw.org
10:00 pm Big Boy Little Band @ The Zoo Bar, 3000 CT Ave., NWDC
Sunday, December 8
CONSIDER ROAD CONDITIONS BEFORE GOING TO EVENTS IN THIS REGION TODAY;
HERE IS WHAT I KNOW AS OF 7PM TODAY:
10:30 am +12:30 Uptown Gospel Singers for gospel brunch @ The Hamilton, 14th & F Sts., NWDC;
$30-40; thehamiltondc.com
11:00 am Spencer Nitchie/conc/fl/fid & Mark Glickman/pno lead Irish Session Brunch @ P. Brennan’s,
2910 Columbia Pike, Arlington, VA
12:00 n >2 ON Seth Kibel & Sean Lane (holiday jazz) + 2:30-4:30 Blue Panamuse + 5-7 Phil & Chris
(Americana fm Lloyd Dobbler Effect) for Downtown Holiday Market, F St., between 7th & 9th
Sts., NWDC; with exhibits, vendors; downtownholidaymarket.com
2:00 pm +nx wk: Christmas Revels, Echoes of Thrace, feat. Karpouzi Trio, Lyuti Chushki, Tzvety
Dosseva Weiner, Tanya Dosseva, Lyuben Dossev, Bryndyn Weiner, Washington Revels Brass,
Byzantio Greek dancers, Zharava Bulgarian dancers, choruses @ Lisner Auditorium, 21st & H
Sts., NWDC; $18-50/youthdiscounts; revelsdc.org, 301-587-3835
2:00 pm +5 +nx2wks A Victorian Christmas Music Hall feat. incl Pyrates Royale, magician Brian
Morton, Steve Wannall Stephon Walker (Shakespeare's Skum) & other characters from the
Maryland Renaissance Festival @ Historic Baldwin Hall, 1358 Millersville Rd., Millersville,
MD 21108; $30; Victorian/steampunk costumes encouraged ON RENNFEST.COM
2:00 pm >6 CABOMA Jam @ Lyon Park Community Center, N. Fillmore St & Pershing Dr, Arlington
VA; 703-527-9520, caboma.org
2:30 pm Greg Howard hosts a Chapman Stick Expo @ Jammin’ Java, 227 E. Maple ave., Vienna VA
22180; jamminjava.com
3:00 pm +8 Woody Sez: The Life & Music of Woody Guthrie > 12/14 @ DC Jewish Community Center,
1529 16th St., NWDC; $25-30; dcjcc.org (hootenanny extra) see further performances
3:00 pm >6 Ceili @ Liam Flynn’s, 22 W. North Ave., Baltimore, MD; 410-244-8447
3:00 pm Ken & Brad Kolodner @ Springfield Presbyterian Church, 7314 Spout Hill Rd., Sykesville, MD
3:00 pm CANCELLED Bluegrass jam @ Beans in the Belfry, 122 W. Potomac St., Brunswick, MD
3:30 pm +6p 13th Annual Christ Church Celtic Christmas Concerts, feat. Maggie Sansone/hamdulc,
Andrea Hoag/fid, Sharon Knowles/CHarp, Pat Egan/voc/gtr @ Christ Church West River, 220
Owensville Rd., West River, MD 20778; 443-254-2081
4:00 pm *& next Sat4Sun4 Barnes & Hampton Celtic Consort @ Dumbarton Church, 3133
Dumbarton St., NWDC; $35/30sr/17youth; dumbartonconcerts.org
4:00 pm >8 POSTPONED TO NEXT SUNDAY FSGW gospel sing in NWDC; rsvp: 301-593-8045 --
fsgw.org
4:00 pm >8 Bob Zentz & Jeanne McDougall + Muddy Creek [Janie Meneely & Jeff Holland w/Chelle
Fulk/fid, Erik Sharar/gtr/bs + Captain Christmas (Steve Winick) @ Havre de Grace Maritime
Museum, 100 Lafayette St., Havre de Grace, MD 21078; $15;
4:00 pm CANCELLED, weather: bluegrass/roots jam @ Grounds Central station, 9360 Main St.,
Manassas, VA; [winter replacement for Sterling Golf Club jam];
facebook.com/SterlingClubJam
4:30 pm WAS MOVED 5pm @ TO SEEKERS CHURCH, 276 Carroll St., (Takoma), NWDC;
imtfolk.org Cathy Fink & Marcy Marxer “Blanket & Pillow”
concert w/Justin Roberts for IMT @ Takoma Park Middle School, 8711 Piney Branch Rd.,
Takoma Park/Silver Spring, MD; $12/15/10groups; +Marvelous Toy Drive: bring new toys
for needy kids (& wear pjs)
5:00 pm >8 FS Mt. Vernon by Candlelight features 18th century dance & music by the Martin Family
Band @ Mt. Vernon Mansion, 3200 Mt. Vernon Memorial Hwy, Alexandria VA; $22/15youth;
Mountvernon.org 11/29 thru 12/22
5:00 pm Jack Couldn’t Make It @ New Deal Café, 113 Centerway, Roosevelt Center, Greenbelt, MD
20770; newdealcafe.org
6:00 pm Raya Brass Band, Eastern European carnival traditions & New Orleans roots mark Hanukkah @
Kennedy Center Millennium Stage, NH Ave. & F St., NWDC; free; kennedy-center.org
7:00 pm CANCELLED, WEATHER: Les Hatley + Frank Cassel + Chatham Street for World Folk
Music Association Showcase @ El Golfo, 8739 Flower Ave., Silver Spring, MD 20901;
$15/10mem; Res: 301-608-2121; wfma.net
7:00 pm Tom Neilson for FSGW house concert, Great Falls, VA; $15; ResReq: 703-821-1373 or
CONCERT IS ON!!
7:00 pm David Grier for house concert in Laurel, MD; $20; ResReq:
7:00 pm Sweet Honey in the Rock @ Maryland Hall for the Creative Arts, 801 Chase St., Annapolis,
MD; $58/53m3m; mdhallarts.org 410-280-5640 CONCERT IS ON!!
7:00 pm Steel Wheels @ Court Square Theatre, 41 Court Square, Harrisonburg, VA;
+ 4pm SHOWS ON, according to website valleyarts.org
7:30 pm Mike Flaherty’s Dixieland Direct Jazz Band @ The Zoo Bar, 3000 CT Ave., NWDC
7:30 pm Songs of Water (world band) + Tiffany Thompson opens @ The Hamilton, 14th & F Sts.,
NWDC; $20/22.50; thehamiltondc.com
7:30 pm Natalie MacMaster, Christmas in Cape Breton w/guests Connolly School of the Holy Child
Choir @ Birchmere, 3701 Mt. Vernon Ave., Alexandria, VA; $35
7:30 pm CANCELLED, Park Closed, WEATHER: FSGW Squares & Contras @ Spanish Ballroom,
Glen Echo Park, Md; $13/10/5under18; Adina Gordon + Maivish [Adam Broome/gtr/ctrn,
Jaige Trudel/fid, Matt Olwell/fl/perc] Glen Echo weather closing hotline: (301) 320-2330
9:00 pm Orchester Prazevica (Baltimore Gypsy band) + Raya Brass Band (Eastern European carnival
traditions & New Orleans roots) @ Tropicalia, 2001 14th St. (basement), NWDC 20009
Monday, December 9
12:00 n >2 ON Ron Scott & Ira Gitlin (honkytonk) + 5-7 Blackface Band (R&B) for Downtown
Holiday Market, F St., between 7th & 9th Sts., NWDC; with exhibits, vendors;
downtownholidaymarket.com
1:00 pm Port Righ for tea @ Strathmore Mansion, 10701 Rockville Pike, No. Bethesda, MD;
$24/21.60mem; Res: 301-581-5108; Strathmore.org
6:00 pm Midnight Blue for Blue Monday @ Westminster Church, 400 I St, SWDC; $5; 202-484-7700,
westminsterdc.org
7:30 pm Woody Sez: The Life & Music of Woody Guthrie >12/14 @ DC Jewish Community Center,
1529 16th St., NWDC; $25-30; dcjcc.org see further performances
7:30 pm Robin Bullock , Ken Kolodner, Elke Baker f/IMT @ St. Mark Presbyterian Church, 10701 Old
Georgetown Rd., Rockville, MD; $20/25; imtfolk.org
7:30 pm 2nd Monday Songwriters Series @ 49 West Gallery, 49 West St., Annapolis, MD 21401; $10;
49westcoffeehouse.com
7:30 pm Songwriter Showcase @ Brewers Alley, 124 N. Market St, Frederick, MD; pianist Tom Fabinski
+ feat + regulars Todd C
Walker, Rod Deacey, poet John Holly, Tomy Wright, percs Ron Goad & Walt Wagner
8:00 pm Jim Lauderdale + 9:30 Wil Gravatt Band @ Gypsy Sally’s, 3401 K St., NWDC; $15/20
8:00 pm BFMS English Country Dance @ St Mark's on the Hill, 1620 Reisterstown Rd, Pikesville Md;
$11/8/stdtdisc; Sharon McKinley + Barbara Gorin/vln/ce, Dave Crandall/winds, Jonathan
Jensen/pno+; bfms.org
8:30 pm Wolf’s Blues Jam w/ Matt Kelley @ JV’s, 6666 Arlington Blvd., Falls Church, VA 22042