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 opening night in a series of performances
< always confirm with venue >
Saturday, September 13
Bicentennial of the writing of “The Star-Spangled Banner”
19th CCE Irish Folk Festival 12n-8p @ Sherwood Center at VanDyck Park, 3740 Old Lee Hwy + Auld
Shebeen Pub, 3971 Chain Bridge Rd., Fairfax City, VA; 3 stages: music, dance, sessions, ceili, food;
Features John Carty/fid, The Hedge Band; incl Iona, Lilt, Brendan Mulvihill & Brian Gaffney, Celtic Font
[Mai Hernon & Mick McEvilleyl, Sior Og, Craggy Island, Irish Breakfast Band, Karen & Paul & Hedge
School Teens, Cool McFinn, Bog Band, Dirty Pints, Dogs Among the Bushes, workshops, singers circle,
Calico Cloggers, Shannon Dunne, Maple School, Culkin School, O’Neill James, Greater Washington Ceili
Club; ccepotomac.org
12th Annual Greenbelt Blues Festival outdoors in Roosevelt Center, Greenbelt, MD;
Incl Jennifer Cooper & Groovespan, the Paulverisers, Kevin Robinson & KERQ, Fast Eddie & the Slow
Pokes, Mike WSestcott, Norman Taylor, Billy Thompson Band;
Evening in New Deal Café incl Liz Springer & Built for Comfort, Capitol Blues Ensemble, Truly Unruly
Band
Fall Festival & Taste of Falls Church 10a-4p around Community Center, 223 Little Falls St., Falls Church,
VA 22046; music incl 11/Big Tow, 1:30/No Better Off, 2:45/40 Thieves
Taste of Georgetown 12n-5pm, K St. between Wisconsin Ave. & Thomas Jefferson St., incl music by
12:15/Justin Trawick & the Common Good, 1:15/Letitia Van Sant & the Bonafides, 3/Human Country
Jukebox.
Maryland Renaissance Festival SatsSuns 10am-7pm @ Revel Grove, 1821 Crownsville Rd., Annapolis, MD
21401; incl food & drink, drama, kidstuff, vendors, arts, crafts, music, dance; incl, The O’Danny
Girls, Shakespeare, Pyrates Royale, Maggie Sansone, The Steele Sisters, The Trouveres,
The Wayfaring Willows, harper Kristin Rebecca, Larksong, Darcy Nair, Painted Trillium; Marylandrenaissancefestival.com
Bluegrass on the Farm, 12n-6pm @ Agricultural History Farm Park, 18400 Muncaster Rd., Derwood, MD;
$12/15; incl The Boxcars, ClearSpring Bluegrass, John O’Dell & Windy Ridge; vluegrassonthefarm.com
12:00 n +1p +2p +3p US Air Force Band Singing Sergeants + Celtic Aire @ National Harbor
Waterfront Plaza Stage, 165 Waterfront St., National Harbor, MD; free
12:30 pm Washington Revels Maritime Voices + 5/Aberdeen Green on West Shore Concert Stage for
Star Spangled Spectacular @ Baltimore Inner Harbor, near Ft. McHenry, Baltimore, MD
1:30 pm Jinny Marsh’s Hot Kugel Klezmer Band @ Anderson House, 2118 Mass. Ave., NWDC; free
2:01 pm Rt. 29 Revue @ Merriweather Post Pavilion, Columbia, MD; incl Trampled by turtles,
Trombone Shorty & Orleans Avenue, Iron & Wine, The Devil Makes 3, Gutter, Hooray for the
Riff Raff; 930.com
3:30 pm Washington Revels Maritime Voices @ Star Village Stage, Fort McHenry, Baltimore, MD
5:00 pm >9 Mike Surratt & the Continentals @ Old Stein Inn, 1143 Central Ave., Edgewater, MD; 410-
798-6807 – no dance floor
7:00 pm Carey Creed + Laura Baron for FocusMusic @ St. Clement’s Episcopal Church, 1701 N.
Quaker Lane, Alexandria, VA 22302; $15/18; focusmusic.org
7:00 pm +Sun 6p Dailey & Vincent, recording for TV/CD/DVD, with band, Manassas Chorale & GMU
Singers @ Hylton Performing Arts Center, 10906 George Mason Circle, Manassas, VA 20110;
$20/10military&youth; hyltoncenter.org 888-945-2468
7:01 pm David Roth for Panzer house concert, Columbia, MD; $20sugg’d; ResReq: 410-531-9233 or
7:00 pm Caroline Ferrante & the Whole Mangilla, Americana @ Beans in the Belfry, 122 W. Potomac
St., Brunswick, MD
7:30 pm Not So Modern Jazz Quartet @ Westlawn Inn, 9200 Chesapeake Ave., North Beach, MD
7:30 pm Contras @ Christ Episcopal Church Parish Hall, 37497 Zach Fowler Rd., Chaptico, MD;
$10/6mem; Greg Frock + open band; smtmd.org
8:00 pm Mike Elosh @ St. Elmo’s, 2300 Mt. Vernon Ave., Alexandria Va
8:00 pm Iona for Creative Cauldron @ ArtSpace Falls Church, 410 S. Maple Ave., Falls Church, VA
22046; $20/18stdt-sr; Creativeauldron.org
8:00 pm Laura Zucker + Rob Lytle for Rockville house concert; $25 sugg’d; folkngreatmusic.org
8:00 pm Christian Lopez Band, alt-folk/countryrock @ Bright Box Theatre, 15 N. Loudoun St.,
Winchester, VA; $10/15; brightboxwinchester.com
8:00 pm Steven Gellman @ Cornerstone Coffeehouse, 2133 Market St., Camp Hill, PA; 717-737-5026
8:00 pm Jim Lauderdale @ Ashland Coffee & Tea, 100 N. Railroad Ave., Ashland, Va $15/20
8:00 pm BFMS 2nd Saturday contras @ St. Marks on the Hill, 1620 Reisterstown Rd., Pikesville, MD;
$13/9mem/4stdts; Andrea Nettleton + Rhythmajigs [Jack Maus/kybds, Walter Hojka/fid, Patti
Reum/winds, David Stone/mand/gtr]; bfms.org
8:30 pm Shemekia Copeland + Bad Influence opens @ The Hamilton, 14th & F Sts., NWDC; $22-27
8:30 pm Brendan Pelan @ Killarney House, 584 W. Central Ave., Davidsonville, MD
9:00 pm Tony Trischka Territory + James Maddock @ Gypsy Sally’s, 3401 K St., NWDC; $15-25;
Part of First Anniversary Week
9:01 pm *Sat Brian Gaffney @ The Dubliner, 4 F St., NWDC
Sunday, September 14
Hampstead Hill Festival 10a-8:30 at site of American victory in Baltimore during War of 1812; incl
historical re-enactors & crafts & fashions, cannons, photos, craft beverages, 11/Frank Solivan & Dirty
Kitchen, 1/Charm City Junction, 6/O’Malley’s March; banjo history, Hampstead Troubadours, Fife &
Drum Corps, Maryland Sings, 1814: the Rock Opera, National Anthem singalong led by Gov. Martin
O’Malley; in Patterson Park, 200 S. Linwood Ave., Baltimore, MD 21224; creativealliance.org
Adams Morgan Day 11a-7p incl food, community groups, crafts, music, dance, around 18th St. & Florida
Ave., NWDC
Maryland Renaissance Festival SatsSuns 10am-7pm @ Revel Grove, 1821 Crownsville Rd., Annapolis, MD
21401; incl food & drink, drama, kidstuff, vendors, arts, crafts, music, dance; incl Bayfield Brass, Brinjal,
Ceol Anam Cara, Bob & Sue Esty, The Ditty family, harper Kristin Rebecca, Larksong, Darcy Nair, The
O’Danny Girls, Consort Anon, Painted Trillium, Pyrates Royale, Rambling Sailors, Maggie Sansone, Cu
Dubh, Abby Green, Wolgemut; Marylandrenaissancefestival.com
12:00 n +1pm Ricardo Marlow & Ensemble, flamenco music & dance @ National Gallery of Art
Sculpture Garden, 7th St. & Constitution Ave., NWDC; free
1:00 pm The von Trapps, all ages matinee @ Rams Head Onstage, 33 West St., Annapolis, MD;
$20; ramsheadonstage.com
2:00 pm >6 CABOMA Jam @ Lyon Park Community Center, N. Fillmore St. & Pershing Dr., Arlington
VA; 703-527-9520, caboma.org NEW TEMP SITE NEXT MONTH
2:00 pm >6 Mike Surratt & the Continentals for Oktoberfest @ Liederkranz, Lancaster, PA; 717-898-
8451
3:00 pm Potomac River Jazz Club Jam feat. The Conservaotry Classic Jazz Band @ Normandie Farms
Restaurant, 10710 Falls Rd., Potomac, MD 20854; $10non-jammers/kidsfree; 301-983-8838
3:00 pm bluegrass open jam @ Beans in the Belfry, 122 W. Potomac St., Brunswick, MD
3:00 pm >5 FSGW Family Dance in Bkrm Annex of Sp B’rm, Glen Echo Park, MD; $5;
Andrea Nettleton + The Little Dustup String Band
3:30 pm The Crawdaddies on West Shore Concert Stage for Star Spangled Spectacular @ Baltimore
Inner Harbor, near Ft. McHenry, Baltimore, MD
3:30 pm Ship’s Company Chanteymen + 5/US Naval Academy Band Crabtowne Stompers (New Orleans
Jazz) @ Star Village Stage, Fort McHenry, Baltimore, MD
4:00 pm Frank Solivan & the Dirty Kitchen @ Hill Center, 921 PA Ave, SEDC
4:00 pm FSGW gospel sing in Gaithersburg, MD; RSVP: 301 987-6410; fsgw.org
4:30 pm Drew Holland, Dan Chute, Jerry Bresee & friends @ JV’s, 6666 Arlington Blvd., Falls Church,
VA 22042
5:00 pm Angela Blueskies & friends, inspirational music @ New Deal Café, 113 Centerway,
Roosevelt Center, Greenbelt, MD
6:00 pm * Dailey & Vincent, recording for TV/CD/DVD, with band, Manassas Chorale & GMU Singers
@ Hylton Performing Arts Center, 10906 George Mason Circle, Manassas, VA 20110;
$20/10military&youth; hyltoncenter.org 888-945-2468
6:00 pm >9 Acoustic Music Jam @ Sterling Golf Club, 333 S. Sterling Blvd., Sterling, VA 20164;
Dirk 703-406-4698
7:00 pm Youssou N’Dour, from Senegal @ Lisner Auditorium, 21st & H Sts., NWDC; $35-75; lisner.org
7:00 pm Tower Green + Nancy Dougherty + Aca-Perco for WFMA showcase @ El Golfo Restaurant,
8739 Flower Ave., Silver Spring, MD; $15/10; wfma.net
7:00 pm Briege Murphy, Irish singer/songwriter for Swift Run house concert, Fairfax Station, VA; $15;
ResReq: 703-426-1450 or Swiftruncelticconcerts.com bring seating, picnic, etc.
7:30 pm Jackson Brown @ Kennedy Center Concert Hall, 2700 F St., NWDC; $65-99; SOLD OUT
7:30 pm Paul Thorn solo & with band @ The Birchmere, 3701 Mt. Vernon Ave., Alexandria, VA; $29.50
7:30 pm The von Trapps (great grandchildren of Capt. & Maria von Trapp) @ Jammin’ Java, 227 E.
Maple Ave., Vienna, VA; $15/20
7:01 pm Brian Gaffney @ Daniel O’Connell’s, 112 King St., Alexandria, VA 22314
7:30 pm FSGW Squares & Contras @ Bumper Car Pavilion, Glen Echo Park, 7300 MacArthur Blvd,
Glen Echo, Md; $13/10/5under18; Andrea Nettleton + Sugar Beat [Elke Baker/fid, Marc
Glickman/pno, Susan Brandt/fl]
8:00 pm Mary Ann Redmond @ Flanagan’s Harp & Fiddle, 4844 Cordell Ave., Bethesda, MD
8:00 pm Parker Millsap + Lera Lynn opens – Americana @ Rams Head Onstage, 33 West St., Annapolis,
MD; $20; ramsheadonstage.com
8:01 pm > Sat Brendan’s Voyage @ The Dubliner, 4 F St., NWDC
8:30 pm The Blasters (w/Phil Alvin), roots rock + Gas House Gorillas open @ Gypsy Sally’s, 3401 K St.
NWDC; $20/25; part of First Anniversary Week
8:31 pm SunMon Pat Garvey @ Murphys, Old Town, 713 King St., Alexandria Va 22314
Monday, September 15
6:00 pm 8th Blue Monday Blues Anniversary gathering for Blue Monday @ Westminster Church, 400 I
St, SWDC; $5; 202-484-7700, westminsterdc.org
7:00 pm DC Bluegrass Union Jam @ VFW Post 350, 6420 Orchard Ave., Takoma Park, MD
7:00 pm Irish Inn Mates @ The Irish Inn, Tulane Ave. & MacArthur Blvd., Glen Echo, MD
7:15 pm Songwriter Showcase @ Brewers Alley, Frederick, MD; pianist Jimbo + feat.Davey-O +
Cameos Mike Kelly + Savannah King + Eli Staples regulars Todd C Walker, Rod Deacey,
John Holly, others
[7:30 pm British Invasion Tour 2014, feat. Gerry & the Pacemakers, Billy J. Kramer, Mike Pinder’s
Searchers, Denny Laine (of Moody Blues & Wings), Chad & Jeremy @ The Birchmere, 3701
Mt. Vernon Ave., Alexandria, VA; $65] Note: Gerry Marsden ill, Terry Sylvester (of Hollies)
filling in; SOLD OUT
8:01 pm Whiskey Shivers + The Legendary Shack Shakers @ Black Cat, 1811 14th St., NWDC; $12/15;
Backstage
8:00 pm Curtis McMurtry (son of James, grandson of Larry) CD release @ Iota, 2832 Wilson Blvd.,
Arlington, VA; $12
8:00 pm Brian Gaffney & Brendan Mulvihill lead session @ O’Connell’s, 112 King St., Alex, VA
8:00 pm BFMS English Country Dance @ St Mark's on the Hill, 1620 Reisterstown Rd, Pikesville Md;
$11/8/stdtdisc; Mike Franch + Carl Friedman/vln, David Crandall/fl/sax, Ben Hobbs/pno
9:00 pm Eleanor Ellis & Jay Summerour @ Republic, 6939 Laurel Ave., Takoma Park, MD
Tuesday, September 16
6:00 pm Khumariyaan (The Intoxicators -- Pakistani jam band) + Ribab Fusion (Moroccan funk) @
Kennedy Center Millennium Stage, NH Ave. & F St., NWDC; free; kennedy-center.org
Part of US State Dept. Center Stage Program
7:00 pm open mic night @ John Strongbow’s Tavern, 710 King St., Alexandria VA
7:15 pm open mic/showcases f/Folk Club of Herndon & Reston @ Amphora’s Diner Deluxe, 1151 Elden
St., Herndon, VA 20170; 703-435-2402; restonherndonfolkclub.com
7:30 pm TuWed Justin Townes Earle + American Aquarium opens, Americana/alt-country @ Birchmere,
3701 Mt. Vernon Ave., Alexandria, VA; $29.50
8:00 pm Curtis McMurtry CD release @ Ashland Coffee & Tea, 100 N. Railroad Ave., Ashland, Va
$10/12
8:01 pm > Sat Brian Gaffney @ Irish Channel, 500 H St., NWDC; 202-216-0046
8:31 pm > Sat Rocky Guttman @ Murphys, Old Town, 713 King St., Alexandria Va 22314
8:30 pm 19th Street Band @ JV’s, 6666 Arlington Blvd., Falls Church, VA 22042
8:30 pm TIPSC, vocal group@ Killarney House, 584 W. Central Ave., Davidsonville, MD
Wednesday, September 17
6:00 pm Amadou Kouyate, Manding music from Strathmore Artist in Residence @ Kennedy Center
Millennium Stage, NH Ave. & F St., NWDC; free; kennedy-center.org
6:30 pm Sarah McQuaid for Jam Inc. @ In Your Ear Studio, 1813 E. Broad St., Richmond, VA; $20/25
7:00 pm Ken & Brad Kolodner @ Bowie Public Library, 15210 Annapolis Rd., Bowie, MD 20715
7:00 pm Sunday Kitchen Celtic jam @ Beans in the Belfry, 122 W. Potomac St., Brunswick, MD
7:30 pm Tom Prasada-Rao for IMT @ Takoma Park Community Center, 7500 Maple Ave., Takoma Park,
MD; $15/20/stdtdiscs; imtfolk.org
7:30 pm Irish traditional session @ The Limerick Pub, 11301 Elkin St., Wheaton, MD
8:00 pm Ruthie Foster @ Howard Theatre, 620 T St., NWDC; $25-60; thehowardtheatre.com
8:00 pm Ships Company open chantey sing @ Galway Bay, 63 MD Ave., Annapolis, MD 21401
8:00 pm Dirty Bourbon River Show @ The Opera House Live, 131 W. German St., Shepherdstown, WV
25443; $10; operahouselive.com
8:00 pm Big Sandy & His Fly-Rite Boys @ Ashland Coffee & Tea, 100 N. Railroad Ave., Ashland, Va
$12/17
8:00 pm Haas Kowert Tice [Brittany Haas/fid, Paul Kowert/bs, Jordan Tice/gtr] @ Stolz Listening Room,
Avalon Theatre, 40 E. Dover St., Easton, MD 21601; $20
8:00 pm FSGW English Country Dance @ Glen Echo Town Hall, 6106 Harvard Ave., Glen Echo Md;
$10/8; Melissa Running & Ann Fallon + Ralph Gordon/ce, Barbara Heitz/fl, Liz
Donaldson/pno; fsgw.org
8:00 pm BFMS Contras @ Lovely Lane Ch, 2200 St.Paul St, Baltimore MD 21218; $13/memfree; local
Callers for Chestnut Night + Devine Comedy [Marty Taylor/wsl/conc, Steve Hickman/fid,
John Devine/gtr]; bfms.org
8:31 pm >Mon Fighting Jamesons @ Murphys, Old Town, 713 King St., Alexandria Va 22314
+ ThFriSat Rocky Guttman
Thursday, September 18
Arcadia Bluegrass Festival ThFriSat @ Firemen’s Activity Grounds, Upperco, MD;
Appalachian Festival ThFriSat @ Frostburg State University & other Frostburg, MD venues; Thursday