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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
* later night of a multi-night event
< always confirm with venue >
Saturday, October 17
Maryland Renaissance Festival SatSun thru 10/25, 10am – 7pm @ Revel Grove, 1821 Crownsville Rd.,
Annapolis, MD 21401; kidstuff (rides, ponies, juggling, theatre); music, theatre, mime,
juggling, pub sings, ballet, choruses, chamber, morris dance, pirates, Celtic music, pipes, drums, Maypole,
Shakespeare, dueling; regulars incl Pyrates Royale, Piperjones, “O” & “LaLa” [Mark Jaster & Sabrina
Mandell], Dinty the Moor, Wolgemut, the Steele Sisters, O’Danny Girls, The Hooligans, The Ditty Family
& Daughters (Palmer Family) + rennfest.com
Russian Festival FriSatSun @ Holy Trinity Russian Orthodox Church, 1723 E. Fairmount Ave., Baltimore,
MD; incl Sat&Sun/Lyman Ukrainian Dance Group, Washington Balalaika Society; russfest.org
Beginning harmonica lessons w/Geoff Seals @ Archie Edwards Blues Barbershop, 4701 Queensbury Rd.,
Riverdale Park, MD; continuing 3rd-Sat. series; $15; bring harmonica in “A” – acousticblues.com
Split String Soup is part of Merrifield Fall Festival, 11-5 2920 District Ave., Fairfax, VA
Berlin, MD Oktoberfest in historical downtown Berlin, MD
Maryland Oktoberfest in Timonium, MD incl Mike Surratt & Continentals 12n-6p
2:00 pm +8 National Circus & Acrobats of People’s Republic of China: Peking Dreams (feat. trad
Chinese music @ GMU Center for the Arts, 4400 Univ. Dr., Fairfax, VA; $30-50; cfa.gmu.edu
3:00 pm + Sun 3pm: “Hootenanny,” backstage at a bluegrass version of Macbeth, feat. Cate Brewer,
Doug Krehbel & Dead Men’s Hollow bluegrass band, written by Monique LaForce @ The
Receiving Vault at Ivy Hill Cemetery, 2823 Kings Cloister Circle, Alexandria, VA 22302; $25;
part of Women’s Voices Theatre Festival
4:00 pm Josh Grigsby & County Line @ Northern Neck Farm Museum, 12705 Nortumberland Hwy,
Heathesville, VA 22473; part of Seafood Boil
4:00 pm >7 Todd C Walker @ Red Shedman Farm Brewery, Linganore Winecellars, 13601 Glissans Mill
Rd.,. Mt. Airy, MD 21771; Linganorewines.com
5:30 pm >930 FSGW Doo-Wop Sing in Bethesda, MD; fsgw.org –
6:00 pm Iron ridge @ Union Volunteer Fire Co., 61 Main St., Felton, PA; $12; 717-246-3892
6:30 pm Elizabeth Fixsen, Scott Sivakoff, Roxanne Jarrett, host Joseph Isaacs f/Music Matters Showcase
@ Mad City Coffee House, 10801 Hickory Ridge Rd, Columbia MD 21044; donations;
www.josephisaacs.com - BEN homeless
7:00 pm Gina DeSimone + Kevin Dudley for Focus Music @ Church of St. Clement, 1701 No. Quaker
Lane, Alexandria, VA 22302; $15/18; focusmusic.org
7:00 pm Eddie & Martha Adcock w/Tom Gray @ Lucketts Community Center, 42361 Lucketts Rd.,
Lucketts, VA 20176; $15; luckettsbluegrass.com
7:00 pm Plain Wonder, acoustic trio @ Beans in the Belfry, 122 W. Potomac St., Brunswick, MD
7:00 pm Carroll County Ramblers + Bluestone @ Arcadia Fire Co., 16020 Carnival Dr., Upperco, Md
21155; $15
7:00 pm Scandia DC dance @ Greenbelt Community Center Dance Studio, 15 Crescent Rd., Greenbelt,
MD; opens with lesson; Loretta Kelley/hardanger fiddler; scandiadc.org
7:00 pm Contras @ Annapolis Friends Meeting House, 351 DuBois Rd., Annapolis, MD 21401;
$10/memsrstdtdiscs; Karl Senseman + The MetroGnomes [McGregor Yatsevitch/fid/mand,
Bob Garber/clar, Mark Vidor/pno; contradancers.com/atds
7:00 pm Contras @ St. John’s Episcopal Church, 321 W. Chestnut St., Lancaster, PA 17603; Bob Isaacs
+ Run of the Mill String Band [Palmer Loux/fid, Greg Loux/gtr, Paul Sidlick/bjo, Matt
Clark/bs]; 6:15 wkshop; $9/6stdts/freeunder16; lancastercontra.org
7:30 pm Ben Sollee opens for Mother Falcon @ The Howard Theatre, 620 T St., NWDC 20001; $17/20
7:30 pm Greg Klyma w/guest Bill “Poss” Passalacqua for Cooper’s House concert, Columbia, MD; $20
sugg’d; ResReq: 410-772-1541 or
7:30 pm Folk Dances of India @ the Barns at Wolf Trap, 1635 Trap Rd., Vienna, VA 22182; $25-27
7:30 pm Jim Ritter & the Creole Gumbo Jazz Band @ Westlawn Inn, 9200 Chesapeake Ave., No. Beach,
MD
8:00 pm tribute to Bob Dylan feat. open mic all-stars [incl Silky Dave, Ken Cobb, dan Lipton, Steve
Siekkinen, Denny Stewart] @ Gypsy Sally’s VINYL LOUNGE, 3401 K St., NWDC; free
8:00 pm Low Lily [Liz Simmons, Flynn Cohen and Lissa Schneckenburger] for FSGW @ Seekers
Church, 276 Carroll St., (Takoma) NWDC; $20/10; fsgw.org
8:00 pm Mouths of Babes [Ty Greenstein (of Girlyman) & Ingrid Elizabeth (of Coyote Grace)] + guest
Julie Weldon @ UU CH of Arlington, 4444 Arlington Blvd., Arlington, VA; $20/10stdt-sr;
BEN Americans United f/Separation of Church & State;
brownpapertickets.com/event/1434526
8:00 pm Steven Gellman @ St. Elmo’s Coffee Pub, 2300 Mt. Vernon Ave., Alexandria, VA;
8:00 pm Julie Fowlis, Scottish song @ Alden Theatre, McLean Community Center, 1234 Ingleside Ave.,
McLean, VA 22101; $35/20McLean; mcleancenter.org
8:00 pm Ronny Cox for TESCA Concerts @ Baltimore Hebrew Congregation, 7401 Park Heights Ave.,
Baltimore, MD 21208; $25; http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/2080831
8:00 pm Folkoteka “Izvor” feat, Zharava, Bulgarian folk dance ensemble @ Church of the Holy
City, 1611 16th St., NWDC; $10/kidsfree; 1st half hour wkshop; zharava.org/upcoming.html
8:00 pm Wine & House @ Frederick Coffee Co., 100 N. East St., Frederick, MD
8:30 pm Hard Swimmin’ Fish @ The Main Cup, 14 W. Main St., Middletown, MD 21769
9:30 pm Young Dubliners + Danny Burns Band @ Fado Irish Pub, 808 7th St., NWDC; $10/15
9:30 pm Split String Soup @ Kalypso’s Sports Tavern, 1617 Washington Plaza No., Reston, VA 20190
10:30 pm Moonshine Society in the Hamilton LOFT, 14th & F Sts., NWDC; free
Sunday, October 18
RESCHEDULED TO TODAY: Takoma Park Street Festival 10-5 around 7000 Carroll Ave; one music
stage, incl Mr. Gabe, The Meer, ilyAIMY, Jay Summerour & James Mabry, Smokin’ Polecats, Esther
Haynes & JC Veve, http://www.mainstreettakoma.org/featured-events/takoma-park-festival/
11:00 am >1 Irish session @ P. Brennan’s Irish Pub, 2910 Columbia Pike, Arlington, VA
12:00 n >6p Mike Surratt & the Continentals for Maryland Oktoberfest @ Timonium Fairgrounds, 2200
York Rd., Lutherville/Timonium, MD
12:00 n Flower Hill String Band @ Butler’s Orchard, 22200 Davis Mill Rd., Germantown, MD 20876;
Part of Butler’s Pumpkin Festival
1:30 pm +4pm The Maccabeats, a cappella @ Jewish Community Center of Northern Virginia, 8900
Little River Tnpk, Fairfax, VA 22031; $29/$25mem-srs/$21from9-21/$18ages 3-9; jccnv.org
3:00 pm Eddie & Martha Adcock w/Tom Gray for house concert, Hyattsville, MD; $20; ResReq: 301-
422-0292 or
3:00 pm old time jam @ Beans in the Belfry, 122 W. Potomac St., Brunswick, MD
3:30 pm waltz with Waverly Station [David Knight/fid, Barbara Heitz/fl, Liz Donaldson/pno, Ralph
Gordon/bs] @ Spanish Ballroom, Glen Echo park, MD; $10; 230 lesson; waltztimedances.org
4:00 pm Washington Metropolitan Accordion Society meeting, guest artist Cody McSherry & Bayrisch
Und Steirisch” Bavarian dance group @ Sleepy Hollow United Methodist Church, 3435
Sleepy Hollow Rd., Falls Church, VA; washingtonaccordions.org
1:30 pm +4 The Maccabeats, Jewish/American/Israeli a cappella @ Jewish Community Center of
Northern Virginia, 8900 Little River Tnpk, Fairfax, VA; $34/25mem-sr/21stdt/18ltlkids;
jccnv.org
4:00 pm National Circus & Acrobats of People’s Republic of China: Peking Dreams (feat. trad Chinese
music @ Hylton Performing Arts Center, 10960 George Mason Circle, Manassas, VA 20110;
$30-50; hyltoncenter.org
4:00 pm >7 Songwriters Songfest @ Frederick Coffee Co., 100 N.East St., Frederick MD; 301-698-0039;
Henry Koretsky + Chris Titchner;
5:00 pm Brian Franke hosts open mic @ Paddy Barry’s, 8150 Leesburg Pike, Tyson’s Corner, VA 22182
6:00 pm Brian Gaffney @ Daniel O’Connell’s Pub, 112 King St., Alexandria, VA 22314
7:00 pm Ronn McFarlane & Mindy Rosenfeld for Baltimore area house concert; ResReq: 410-532-5604
Or
7:30 pm >Sat Conor Malone @ The Dubliner, 4 F St., NWDC 20001
[7:30 pm Herman’s Hermits feat. Peter Noone @ Birchmere, 3701 Mt. Vernon Ave., Alexandria VA;
$45; birchmere.com]
7:30 pm Lou & Peter Berryman for house concert, Hyattsville, MD; ResReq:
7:30 pm Jud Caswell CD release + Michelle Michelle [Michelle Murray & Michelle Lockey] opens for Focus Music @ Tikvat Israel Congregation, 2200 Baltimore Rd., Rockville, MD 20851;
$15/18; focusmusic.org first Focus show at NEW Rockville SITE
7:30 pm FSGW Squares & Contras @ Spanish Ballroom, Glen Echo Park, 7300 MacArthur Blvd., Glen
Echo, MD; $13/10mem/5stdts; Greg Frock + Sugar Beat [Elke Baker/fid, Marc Glickman/pno,
Susan Brandt/fl]
8:15 pm Mary Ann Redmond Band @ Flanagan’s, 4844 Cordell Ave., Bethesda, MD
8:30 pm SunMon Ronan Kavanagh @ Murphy’s Pub, 713 King St., Alexandria, VA
Monday, October 19
7:00 pm DCBU Jam @ VFW Post 350, 6420 Orchard Ave., Takoma Park, MD; free
7:00 pm The Irish Inn Mates @ Irish Inn, 6119 Tulane Ave.(at MacArthur Blvd), Glen Echo, MD
7:15 pm Songwriter Showcase @ Brewers Alley, 124 N. Market St, Frederick, MD; pianist Ray Jozwiak
+ feat. Mark Mandeville & Raianne Richards + cameos Jimbo + regulars Rod Deacey,
John Holly, others
8:00 pm Irish session @ Daniel O’Connell’s, 112 King St., Alexandria, VA; usually led by Brian Gaffney
& Brendan Mulvihill
8:00 pm BFMS English Country Dance @ St Mark's on the Hill, 1620 Reisterstown Rd, Pikesville Md;
$11/8/stdtdisc; Tom Spilsbury + Jeff Steinberg/vln, Brian Cardell/winds, Carl Friedman/pno
8:30 pm Wolf’s blues jam @ JV’s, 6666 Arlington Blvd., Falls Church, VA 22042
9:01 pm Capital Blues Ensemble @ 219 Restaurant, 219 King St., Alexandria VA
9:30 pm >Sun: The Black Donnellys @ RiRa, 3215 M St., NWDC 20007
Tuesday, October 20
6:30 pm open mic talent night w/Todd C Walker @ Frederick Coffee Co., 100 N. East St., Frederick, MD
7:00 pm >9 Andrew Acosta Band @ Famous Dave’s BBQ, 730 W. Broad St., Falls Church, VA 22046
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
7:30 pm The Wailin’ Jennys [Ruth Moody, Nicky Mehta, Heather Masse] @ Birchmere, 3701 Mt.
Vernon Ave., Alexandria VA; $49.50 SOLD OUT
7:30 pm Ben Hunter & Joe Seamons, early 20th century blues to bluegrass @ Patuxent Music, 409 N.
Stonestret Ave., Rockville, MD; $10-20 sugg’d; RSVP:
8:00 pm open mic in Vinyl Lounge, Gypsy Sally’s, 3401 K St., NWDC; free adm; gypsysallys.com
8:00 pm Irish trad session @ McGinty’s, 911 Ellsworth Dr., Silver Spring, MD 20910
8:30 pm >Sat Sanford Markley @ Murphy’s Pub, 713 King St., Alexandria, VA
9:00 pm Cheick Hamala Diabate’s Griot Street, downstairs @ Bossa Bistro, 2463 18th St., NWDC; 202-
650-9351
Wednesday, October 21
1:00 pm >2 Steven Gellman @ Holiday Park, 3950 Ferrara Dr., Wheaton, MD; holidaypark.us
1:00 pm 3 Schweinhaut Song Circle @ Schweinhaut Senior Center, 1000 Forest Glen Rd., Silver
Spring, MD;
6:00 pm Pam Ortiz Band members in concert reflecting book “The Boys in the Boat” by Daniel James
Brown @ Kent County Public Library, 408 High St., Chestertown, MD; free
6:30 pm Revels-Carpe Diem Community Sing @ Revels Space, 531 Dale Dr., Silver Spring, MD;
Topic: autumn + Italian & Polish Heritage Months; guest songleaders; donations;
carpediemarts.org & revelsdc.org
7:00 pm Hot Club of DC @ Bistrot Lepic, 1736 Wisc. Ave., NWDC
7:00 pm Sunday Kitchen Celtic jam @ Beans in the Belfry, 122 W. Potomac St., Brunswick, MD
7:01 pm 19th Street Band @ Irish Inn, 6119 Tulane Ave.(at MacArthur Blvd), Glen Echo, MD
7:30 pm CANCELLED The Western Flyers [Joey McKenzie/gtr, Katie Glassman/fid/voc, Gavin
Kelso/bs] for IMT @ Allyworld, 7014C Westmoreland Ave., Takoma Park, MD;
+2pm Western Swing/Hot Jazz wkshop w/Western Flyers @ Allyworld; $45; imtfolk.org
7:30 pm traditional Irish session @ The Limerick Pub, 11301 Elkin St., Wheaton, MD 20902
7:30 pm Herb & Hanson (bluegrass/country) join John Kocur (jazz sax) for Artist-in-Residence Alumni
show@ Strathmore Mansion, 10701 Rockville Pike, No. Bethesda, MD; $17; Strathmore.org
8:00 pm Ships Co. open chantey sing @ Laughing Man Tavern, 1306 G St., NWDC shipscompany.org
8:00 pm FSGW English Country Dance @ Glen Echo Town Hall, 6106 Harvard Ave., Glen Echo, Md;
$12/10mem/5stdt; Melissa Running + David Knight/fid, Susan Brandt/fl, Liz Donaldson/pno
8:00 pm BFMS Contras @ Lovely Lane Ch, 2200 St.Paul St, Baltimore MD 21218; $13/9mem; Brian
Hamshar +Avenue X [Ross Harris/sax/gtr, Christopher Jacoby/gtr/mand/acc]; bfms.org
8:30 pm Bud’s Collective, Mountain Ride, Sam Burchfield @ Gypsy Sally’s, 3401 K St., NWDC; $10/12
Thursday, October 22
3:00 pm Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver @ Brunswick Fire Hall, 1500 Volunteer Dr., Brunswick, MD; $20;
301-834-7503 - Bvfd5.org
6:30 pm Andrew Acosta Band @ Clare & Don’s Beach Shack, 130 N. Washington St., Falls Church, VA
7:00 pm Gina DeSimone & Pat Quinn @ The Limerick Pub, 11301 Elkin St., Wheaton, MD 20902
7:00 pm Marty Stuart visits @ Library of Congress Packard Campus, 19053 Mt. Pony Rd., Culpeper, VA
22701 w/the Western Flyers
7:30 pm open mic w/Sam Biskin & Doug May @ Furnace Bar & Grill, 12841 Catoctin Furnace Rd.,
Thurmont, MD 21788
7:30 pm Glen Echo Intl Folkdancers @ Church of the Redeemer, 6201 Dunrobbin Dr., Glen Echo, MD; $5; 301-466-3018; dancingplanetproductions.com
8:00 pm Della Mae @ The Falls Church Episcopal, 115 E. Fairfax St.(at S. Wash. St./Rt.29), Falls
Church, VA 22046; free; stoneroomconcerts.com
8:00 pm Albert Cummings, blues @ AMP by Strathmore, 11810 Grand Park Ave., No.Bethesda, MD
20852; $22-30; ampbystrathmore.com
8:00 pm Steven Gellman @ Great Sage, 5809 Clarksville Square Dr., Clarksville, MD; greatsage.com
8:00 pm Maria Muldaur @ Rams Head Onstage, 33 West St., Annapolis, MD; $35
8:00 pm FSGW spooky sonic dance @ Spanish Ballroom, Glen Echo Park, Md; $10/8mem; Brian
Hamshar + Phase X [Ross Harriss & Christopher Jacoby]; fsgw.org
8:30 pm ThFriSat Sanford Markley + Glasgow/Strutton @ Murphy’s Pub, 713 King St., Alexandria, VA