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
* in a series of performances, not opening night
< always confirm with venue >
Saturday, June 30
Smithsonian Folklife Festival on National Mall, DC; 11a-5:30p; W-Sun + 7/4-8; folklife.si.edu
Programs: Campus & Community celebrating Public & Land-grant universities and the USDA at 150;
Citified: Arts & creativity east of the Anacostia River; confirm events
Creativity & Crisis: Unfolding the AIDS Memorial Quilt; see days + evening concerts
10:00 am Pirate Jack for kids @ Lake Fairfax Park Amphitheater, 1400 Lake Fairfax Dr, Reston VA
20190; free; weather number 703-324-7469
11:00 am Folklife Festival on National Mall, DC; folklife.si.edu; today’s music incl U of Hawaii Tuahine
Troupe, Dennis Stroughmatt et L’Esprit Creole, WV Univ. Steel Band, U of Hawaii Hula
Halau Unukupkupo, U of TX-PanAm Mariachi Aztlan; soul & funk, Christylez Bacon; hip-
hop, Chosen (gospel), East of the River Boys & Girls Steelband, dance, story, cabaret,
NAMES stories, quilt workshops, food, agriculture;
+6pm Rinzler Memorial Concert celebrating Worth Long’s Legacy, feat. Sweet Heaven Kings +
Rising Star Fife & Drum Band led by Othar Turner granddaughter Sharde Thomas
+6pm In Process… + Rock Creek Singers (fm Gay Men’s Chorus of DC)
1:00 pm >5 blues jam @ Archie’s Barbershop, 4701 Queensbury Rd., Riverdale Park, MD 20737
acousticblues.com
2:00 pm >5 Cool McFinn @ Fox Meadows Winery, 13310 Freezeland Rd., Linden VA; 540-636-6777;
Foxmeadowwinery.com
3:00 pm >5 Steven Gellman @ Elk Run Vineyards, 15113 Liberty Rd., Mt. Airy, MD; 410-775-2513
5:00 pm >9 Mike Surratt & Continentals @ Old Stein Inn, 1143 Central Ave., Edgewater, MD; 410-798-
6807
6:00 pm Souad Massi, Algerian s/s/gtr @ Kennedy Center Millennium Stage, NH Ave. & F St., NWDC;
free; kennedy-center.org
7:00 pm John Wesley Harding @ Jammin’ java, 227 E. Maple Ave., Vienna VA 22180; $15
7:00 pm Chopteeth @ Workhouse Arts Center at Lorton, 9601 Ox Rd., Lorton VA 22079; free; weather
Number 703-324-7469
7:00 pm +9 Kruno Spisic, traditional Gypsy jazz guitar @ 49 West Coffeehouse, 49 West St., Annapolis,
MD; dcdjangofolies.com
7:00 pm Veronneau for Petworth Jazz Project @ 8th & Taylor Sts., NWDC; petworthjazzproject.com
7:00 pm Native Run @ Leesburg Town Green, 25 W. Market St., Leesburg VA; 703-737-7156
7:00 pm Annapolis English Country Dance @ Annapolis Friends Meeting House, 351 Dubois Rd.,
Annapolis, MD; $10/sr-stdtdiscs; Joseph Pimentel + Elegant Echoes [Becky Ross/vln, Colleen
Reed/fl, Liz Donaldson/pno] contradancers.com/atds, 410-268-0231
7:30 pm The Seldom Scene + Boxcar Lilies open @ Birchmere, 3701 Mt Vernon Ave., Alexandria. VA;
$25; 703-549-7500, birchmere.com
7:30 pm IONA, pan-Celtic music, for Swift Run House Concerts, Fairfax Station, VA; $20; ResReq:
703-426-1450 or
7:30 pm Kevin Neidig + Honor Finnegan for house concert, Rockville, MD; $20; ResReq:
7:30 pm Chinese Cultural Heritage Night @ Ossian Hall Park, 7900 Heritage Dr., Annandale, VA 22003
8:00 pm *Brendan Sheridan & Pat Farrell @ Limerick Pub, 11301 Elkin St., Wheaton, MD 20902;
301-946-3232
8:00 pm Cathy Ponton King by Lake Kittamaqundi, Columbia MD; free
8:00 pm The Wharf Rats (Grateful Dead music)@ New Deal Café, 113 Centerway, Roosevelt Center,
Greenbelt, MD 20770; 301-474-5642
9:01 pm Bobby Parker @ Madam’s Organ, 2461 18th St., NWDC
9:01 pm Big Boy Little Band @ JV’s, 6666 Arlington Blvd., Falls Church VA; 703-241-9304
9:30 pm Honky Tonk Confidential @ Hill Country BBQ, 410 7th St., NWDC 20004; hillcountrywdc.com
Sunday, July 1, 2012
Common Ground on the Hill Traditions Week I Sunday-Saturday @ McDaniel College, Westminster, MD;
Incl classes, concerts, dances, other activities in traditional roots-based arts; all-star staff; festival next Sat-
Sun, then Traditions Week II Sunday-Saturday; commongroundonthehill.org
11:00 am Folklife Festival on National Mall, DC; folklife.si.edu; today’s music incl U of Hawaii Tuahine
Troupe, Dennis Stroughmatt et L’Esprit Creole, WV Univ. Steel Band, U of Hawaii Hula
Halau Unukupkupo, U of TX-PanAm Mariachi Aztlan; soul & funk, Christylez Bacon; hip-
hop, Chosen (gospel), Galilee Baptist Church Choir, dance, story, cabaret, Camaroon orphans
play, NAMES stories, quilt workshops, food, agriculture;
+6pm Hungarian Roma music feat. Kalman Balogh Gypsy Cimbalom Band + Karavan Familia
11:00 am Dupont Bluegrass Jam @ the Mansion on O, 2020 O St., NWDC; slow jam also; Reserve online:
https://www.omansion.com/museum/sro/reservation.shtml?Event=Jammin
12:00 pm >3 Josh Dukes/fl/gtr & Doc Botzer/pno lead Sunday brunch Irish session @ P. Brennan’s, 2910
Columbia Pike, Arlington VA 22204; 703-553-1090, pbrennans.com
1:00 pm Djangofolies open Jam @ New Deal Café, 113 Centerway, Roosevelt Center, Greenbelt, MD;
Dcdjangofolies.com
4:00 pm >8 Steelpan Jam @ Plaza Stage, 150 National Plaza, National Harbor, Oxon Hill, MD; free;
nationalharbor.com
4:00 pm >8 Mike Surratt & the Continentals @ Blob’s Park, 8024 Max Blobs Park Rd., Jessup, MD; 410-
799-7130; blobspark.net
5:00 pm Brendan Mulvihill leads traditional Irish session @ Limerick Pub, 11301 Elkin St., Wheaton,
MD 20902; 301-946-3232
7:30 pm The Woodshedders, Gypsy Americana @ Germano’s, 300 S. High St., Baltimore MD 21202;
Dcdjangofolies.com
7:30 pm FSGW Squares & Contras @ Bumper Car Pavilion, Glen Echo Park, 7300 MacArthur Blvd,
Glen Echo, Md; $12/9; April Blum + Sugar Beat [Elke Baker/fid, Susan Brandt/fl, Marc
Glickman/pno/bdrn]
Monday, July 2
6:00 pm Celtic Aire, folk music ensemble of US Air Force Band @ Kennedy Center Millennium Stage,
NH Ave. & F St., NWDC; free; kennedy-center.org
6:00 pm Vince Evans for Blue Monday @ Westminster Church, 400 I St, SWDC; $5; 202-484-7700
7:00 pm DCBluegrass Union jam @ VFW Post 350, 6420 Orchard Ave, Takoma Park, MD; 301-270-
8008 dcbu.org
7:01 pm Crosby Stills & Nash @ Pier Six, 731 Eastern Ave., Baltimore, MD 21202; $36-68.50;
Piersixpavilion.com
8:00 pm Jimmy Cliff, reggae @ Rams Head Tavern, 33 West St., Annapolis, MD; $75; 410-268-4545
8:00 pm BFMS English Country Dance @ St Mark's on the Hill, 1620 Reisterstown Rd, Pikesville Md;
$11/8; Rich Galloway + Edie Stern/vln, Emily Aubrey/vln, Ben Hobbs/pno
8:30 pm Mickey Harte, Irish s/s + John Condron @ Iota, 2832 Wilson Blvd., Arlington VA 22201; $15;
703-522-8340; iotaclubandcafe.com
Tuesday, July 3
7:00 pm >9 Don Walters @ New Deal Café, 113 Centerway, Roosevelt Center, Greenbelt, MD 20770;
301-474-5642
7:00 pm Seldom Scene @ in Festival Theatre, Castleton Festival, 7 Castleton Meadow Lane, Castleton,
VA 22716; $25; fireworks follow; castletonfestival.org
7:15 pm open mic/showcases f/Folk Club of Herndon & Reston HAVE MOVED !!!
NEW LOCATION: Amphora’s Diner Deluxe, 1151 Elden St., Herndon, VA 20170
703-435-2402; $1; restonherndonfolkclub.com
8:00 pm Crosby Stills & Nash @ Wolf Trap Filene Center, 1551 Trap Road, Vienna Va 22182; $25-55;
wolftrap.org
8:00 pm Ship’s Company Shanty Sing NEW LOCATION @ American Legion Post 268, 11225 Fern St.,
Wheaton, MD (c.block fm Wheaton Metro & nr intersection of Rts.193 & 97);
shipscompany.org confirm
8:00 pm Beppe Gambetta for Staff Concert @ Alumni Hall Theatre, McDaniel College, Westminster,
MD; commongroundonthehill.org $10/freeunder12
+10 folk dance
Wednesday, July 4
Independence Day
Smithsonian Folklife Festival on National Mall, DC; 11a-5:30p; W-Sun + 7/4-8; folklife.si.edu
Programs: Campus & Community celebrating Public & Land-grant universities and the USDA at 150;
Citified: Arts & creativity east of the Anacostia River; confirm events
Creativity & Crisis: Unfolding the AIDS Memorial Quilt; see days + evening concerts
10:00 am CONFIRM: BanjoMan Frank Cassel for young kids @ Lebanese Taverna, 5900 Washington
Blvd., Arlington, VA 22205; 703-241-8681; free
10:00 am Takoma Park 4th of July Parade along Carroll & Maple Aves., Takoma Park, MD; incl The
Washington Revels – Hobby Horse, Green Man, morris dancers, singers; takomapark4th.org
10:00 am Skystone Bluegrass Band part of 4th of July Parade, Main St., Fairfax (City), VA
10:30 am Dixie Power Trio part of Heritage Festival, Fredericksburg, VA
11:00 am Folklife Festival on National Mall, DC; folklife.si.edu; today’s music incl U of Hawaii Tuahine
Troupe, WV Univ. Steel Band, U of Hawaii Hula Halau Unukupkupo, Guernsey Brothers, U of
TX-PanAm Mariachi Aztlan; soul & funk, Christylez Bacon; hip-hop, Go-Go, step dance,
Head Roc, African Heritage Dancers & Drummers, story, Camaroon orphans play, NAMES
stories, quilt workshops, food, agriculture;
1:00 pm >5 Random Neural Firings @ Winery at La Grange, 4970 Antioch Rd., Haymarket, VA 20169;
703-753-9360
5:00 pm By & By, bluegrass @ Rose Park, 20th & P Sts., NWDC; Parade at 4:30
6:00 pm Kearsney College Choir, classical, pop & indigenous music from KwaZulu-Natal, Durban, South
Africa @ Kennedy Center Millennium Stage, NH Ave. & F St., NWDC; free;
kennedy-center.org
6:30 pm >10 Esther Haynes Trio [w/J.C. Veve/gtr/voc & Eric Shramek/bs) @ LaPorta’s, 1600 Duke St.,
Alexandria VA
8:00 pm King Street Bluegrass @ King Street Blues, 112 N. Saint Asaph St., Alexandria Va; confirm
8:00 pm CONFIRM: Zan McLeod & Mitch Fanning lead traditional Irish session @ Limerick Pub,
11301 Elkin St., Wheaton, MD 20902; 301-946-3232
8:00 pm Josh Hisle + Gainne Hambley & William Jackson + Comas + Andrew Finn Magill for Celtic & Folk Staff Concert @ Alumni Hall Theatre, McDaniel College, Westminster, MD;
+10 folk dance commongroundonthehill.org $10/freeunder12
8:00 pm FSGW English Country Dance @ Glen Echo Town Hall, 6106 Harvard Ave., Glen Echo Md;
$10/8; Bob Farrall + Bruce Edwards/bsn/conc, Adam Bern/fid, Liz Donaldson/pno
8:00 pm BFMS Contras @ Lovely Lane Ch, 2200 St.Paul St, Baltimore MD 21218; $13/9; Dave
Colestock + AP & the Banty Roosters [Andy Porter/fid, Mark Lynch/mand/uke, Art
Abrams/bs, Joe Langley/gtr]
Thursday, July 5
11:00 am Folklife Festival on National Mall, DC; folklife.si.edu; today’s music incl U of Hawaii Tuahine
Troupe, WV Univ. Steel Band, U of Hawaii Hula Halau UNUKUPUKUPU, Guernsey
Brothers, U of Tx-PanAm Mariachi Aztlan; soul & funk, Christylez Bacon; hip-hop, Go-Go,
step dance, Head Roc, hand dancing, story, Camaroon orphans play, NAMES stories, quilt
workshops, food, agriculture;
+6pm Azerbaijani Mugham Music feat. Imamyar Hasanov/kamancha & Pezhham Akhavass/perc
6:00 pm La Sardina de Naiguata, traditional/progressive Venezuelan parranda band @ Kennedy Center
Millennium Stage, NH Ave. & F St., NWDC; free; kennedy-center.org - w/Smithsonian
Folklife Festival
6:30 pm Dixie Power Trio @ Washingtonian Center, Gaithersburg, MD
7:00 pm >9 Cooking with Gas, acoustic @ El Golfo Restaurant, 8739 Flower Ave., Silver Spring, MD
20901; 301-608-2121
7:00 pm Trad music sessions, Irish & 8:30 bluegrass @ Boe’s Strings, 26 S. Market St., Frederick MD;
301-662-0730, boesstrings.com confirm
7:00 pm Bad Influence Band @ Main Street Pavilion, Main St. & Midtown Rd., (Kentlands) Gaithersburg
MD;
7:00 pm Atwater Donnelly @ The Hill Chapel, 6 E.Main St., New Market, MD; 301-862-7172
7:30 pm Seldom Scene @ Nottoway Park, 9537 Courthouse Rd., Vienna VA 22181; free; weather
number; 703-324-7469
7:30 pm Glen Echo International Folkdancers @ Church of the Redeemer, 6201 Dunrobbin Dr., Glen
Echo, MD; mostly recorded music; lesson first, request dances from 9; $5; fsgw.org &
dancingplanetproductions.com
8:00 pm Not So Modern Jazz Quartet @ St. Elmo’s Coffee, 2300 Mt. Vernon Ave., Alexandria Va; 703-
739-9268
8:00 pm Guy Davis + Prof. Louie + Scott Ainslie + Jonathan Gilmore + Harry Orlove + Sparky &
Rhonda Rucker + Christopher James for Blues Night Staff Concert @ Alumni Hall Theatre,
McDaniel College, Westminster, MD; it’s Hawaiian Shirt Night! $10/freeunder12
+10 New Orleans dance commongroundonthehill.org
9:00 pm By & By, bluegrass @ SOVA, 1359 H St., NEDC 20002
9:01 pm Memphis Gold Band @ JV’s, 6666 Arlington Blvd., Falls Church VA
Friday, July 6
10:30 am Banjo Man Frank Cassel for young kids @ Jammin Java, 227 E. Maple Ave., Vienna VA; $5;
703-255-1566, jamminjava.com
10:30 am FriSat Elizabeth Mitchell family @ Wolf Trap Children’s Theatre in the Woods, 1551 Trap Rd., Vienna, VA; $8; 703-255-1868, wolftrap.org
11:00 am Folklife Festival on National Mall, DC; folklife.si.edu; today’s music incl U of Hawaii Tuahine
Troupe, WV Univ. Steel Band, U of Hawaii Hula Halau UNUKUPUKUPU, Guernsey
Brothers, U of Tx-PanAm Mariachi Aztlan; soul & funk, hip-hop, Go-Go, step dance, hand
dancing, African Heritage Dancers & Drummers, story, Camaroon orphans play, NAMES
stories, quilt workshops, food, agriculture;
+6pm U Tx-Pan Am Mariachi Aztlan + Mariachi Los Camperos de Nati Cano
4:00 pm Dixie Power Trio @ Stoney Point Mall, Richmond, VA
5:00 pm Circa Blue f/Fridays at 5 @ Town Square, King & Queen Sts., Martinsburg WV;
Travelwv.com
6:00 pm Univ of Hawaii’s Tuahine Troupe, traditional music & dance @ Kennedy Center Millennium
Stage, NH Ave. & F St., NWDC; free; kennedy-center.org - w/Smithsonian Folklife Festival
7:00 pm Keep off the Grass @ Duvall’s Marketplace, 2846 Jessup Rd (Rt. 175), Jessup, MD 20794;
BBQ from 5 pm; bring seating; $5;
7:30 pm Jonathan Edwards + Jimmy Gaudreau & Moondi Klein open @ Birchmere, 3701 Mt Vernon
Ave., Alexandria. VA; $29.50; 703-549-7500, birchmere.com
7:30 pm Bill Emerson & Sweet Dixie @ Old Culpeper County Courthouse, 25 W. Davis St., Culpeper,
VA; free; bluemont.org (weather site, the train depot, 109 Commerce St.)
7:30 pm Hui O Ka Pua ‘Ilima @ Grist Mill Park, 4710 Mt. Vernon Memorial Hwy, Alexandria VA
22309; free; Weather number 703-324-7469
7:30 pm Rick Franklin & His Delta Blues Boys @ Royal Lake Park, 5344 Gainsborough Dr., Fairfax, VA
22032; free; Weather number 703-324-7469
7:30 pm The Flaming Shillelaghs [Jesse Winch, Joe DeZarn, Tina Eck, Melissa Weaver Dunning] @ Old
Frederick Co. Courthouse, Rouss Ave. & N. Cameron St., Winchester, VA; free; bluemont.org
– weather site: 1st Presby.Church, 116 S. Loudoun St.
8:00 pm Ted Garber @ Lubber Run Amphitheater, N. 2nd & Columbus Sts., Arlington VA; free
Arlingtonarts.org
8:00 pm Eric Brace & Last Train Home @ Rams Head Tavern, 33 West St., Annapolis, MD; $20