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
* one of a series of performances, some before today
< always confirm with venue >
Saturday, October 8
Waterford Fair FriSatSun 10am-5pm in town of Waterford, VA; incl home tours, traditional arts & crafts,
farming lore; food to see, eat and take home; music incl trad to contemporary: Sat/Mike Hansen & friends
Dominion 4, Patent Pending, Celtic Rhythm School of Dance, John McLaughlin, Victor Furtado, Madeline
MacNeil; John DuRant; waterfordfoundation.org/event/waterford-fair/ - also see FriSun
Oktoberfest Reston in Town Center, 12n-11pm incl German music through the day
Route 108 Fall Music Festival 12n-6pm @ Sandy Spring Museum, 17901 Bentley Rd., Sandy Spring, MD
20860; incl music 12n/Avril Smith & Friends incl Rickie Simpkins, 1:30/Nasar Abadey, 3/Darol Anger & the
Republic of Strings, 4:30/Paul Bollenback Organ Experience, 5:30/blues w/Paul Bollenback, Darol Anger &
Friends; wkshops 1/bluegrass/newgrass w/Darol Anger & friends, 2:30/jazz guitar w/Paul Bollenback &
Friends, 4/early bluegrass brother duets w/Neel Brown & John Seebach; food, beer, wine, history; $20-100;
sandyspringmuseum.org
Maryland Renaissance Festival SatSun 10am-7pm thru 10/22 @ 1821 Crownsville Rd., Annapolis, MD 21401;
$24/discs f/kids/srs/groups; this is Family Fun Day; tomorrow is American Sign Language Day; rennfest.com
Set in 1526; incl reenactors, food, vendors, arts, lore, music, dance, participatory activities; performers incl
The Crimson Pirates, Cu Dubh, Fol-de-Rol, drummer James of Perry Hall, The Hooligans, The O’Danny
Girls, harper Kristin Rebecca, Seamus Kennedy this weekend, Larksong (a cappela ensemble) today, Painted
Trillium, Piperjones, Maggie Sansone; Seraphim tomorrow, Wine & Alchemy, Wolgemut (pipes & drums);
lots of physical feats, comedy, magic
Richmond Folk Festival FSS in downtown Richmond VA riverfront, from 2nd to 7th Sts, from Byrd St. to the
river, incl Brown’s Island, the American Civil War Center at Tredegar, CarMax Family Area, VCU Health
Stage, craft beers, crafts marketplace, Virginia foods; music incl (AltriaStage) 12/Sheila Kay Adams,
1/Homayoun Sakhi & Salar Nader (Afghan), 2/Joe Mullins & the Radio Ramblers, 3:15/Adonis Puentes & the
Voice of Cuba Orchestra, 4:15/Fairfield Four, 6/Maceo Parker (funk), 7/Jason D.Williams (rockabilly),
8/Natalie MacMaster & Donnell Leahy, 9/Gary U.S. Bonds w/Gene “Daddy G” Barge (Norfolk sound);
(WestRock Fndn.Stage) 12:15/Fairfield Four, 1:30/Sri Lankan Dance Academy of NY, 2:30/ “World Song
Slam: From Queens to the Congo” feat. members of various bands, 3:45/Gary US Bonds & Daddy G,
5:30/Kaynak Pipers Band (Bulgarian), 6:30 Homayoun Sakhi & Salar Nader (Afghan), 7:30/Canzoniere
Grecanico Salentino (so.Italy), 8:45/Balinese All Stars (gamelan orch.); (Community Fndn Stage) 12/Paddy
Keenan & Jimmy Noonan, 1/Canzioniere Grecanico Salentino, 2/”Juke Jts, Honky-Tonks & Old Time
Religion feat. Phil Wiggins & Junious Brickhouse, Jason D. Williams, Branchettes, Sherman Holmes,
3:15/Kaynak Pipers, 4:15/Natalie MacMaster & Donnell Leahy, 5:15 L’Orch. Afrisa Int’l, 7/Marquise Knox,
8/Joe Mullins & the Radio Ramblers, 9/Geno Delafose & French Rockin’ Boogie; (Dominion Dance Pav.)
12:15/Geno Delafose & French Rockin’ Boogie, 1:30/Adonis Puentes & theVoice of Cuba Orch.,
2:30/conjunto dance lesson, 3/Conteno (conjunto tejano & Norteno), 4:15/ The Beatbox, 6:15/Gary US Bonds
& Daddy G, 7:30/L’Orhestre Afrisa Int’l, 9/Maceo Parker (funk); (VCU Health Stage) 12:15/The Branchettes
(gospel), 1:15/Ben Hall/gtr, 2/15/Paddy Keenan & Jimmy Noonan, 3:15/Sri Lankan Dance Academy of NY,
4:15/Phil Wiggins Blues House Party, 5:30/”The Big Squeeze” feat. accordionists; (CarMax Family Stage)
12/Rebekah Todd, 1/Kevin Locke (Lakota hoop dance & flute), 2/Chico Simoes (Brazilian puppets), 3/Sheila
Kay Adams, 4/Scott Street 5-string finals (youth banjo contest); (Union Bank & Trust VA Folklife Stage)
12/Rev. Frank Newsome (opening hymn), 12:05/The Hurdle Bros.&Rev. Tarrence Paschall, 1/Humayun
Khan (Hindustani song), 2/Dori Freeman (Appal. s/s), 3/Cora Harvey Armstrong (gospel), 4/spiritual vocals
incl Armstrong, Newsome, Kahn, Susan Gaeta, Legendary Ingramettes, 5/Shadowgrass; oyster & cooking
competitions and demonstrations; Richmondfolkfestival.org - see Friday & Sunday
Virginia Folk Music Association Jumpin’ Bluegrass ’16 Th-Sun @ Chesterfield VA County Fairgrounds, 10300
Courthouse Rd., Chesterfield, VA; incl Sat/Copper Ridge, Homegrown Bluegrass, Heritage, Dark Hollow,
Blue Highway, Wayne Taylor Hall of Fame Induction; Vafolkmusic.org see ThuFriSun
50th National Apple Fest, South Mt. Fairgrounds, 615 Narrows Rd., Biglerville, PA; incl 10/Bluetrain
12:00 n The Nighthawks @ White Flint Fall Festival, 5701 Marinelli Rd., No.Bethesda, MD 20852
12:00 n Route 108 Fall Festival @ Sandy Spring Museum, 17901 Bentley Rd., Sandy Spring, MD 20860;
Incl food, drink; music by Mr. Sun [Darol Anger/fid, Grant Gordy/gtr, Joe K.Walsh/mand, Ethan
Jodziewicz/bs] + Charm City Junction + + ; sandyspringmuseum.org
1:00 pm blues jam Saturdays @ Archie’s Barbershop, 4701 Queensbury Rd., Riverdale Park, MD
20737; acousticblues.com
1:30 pm Jamey Turner, glass harp behind Torpedo Factory, Union & King Sts., Alexandria, VA
2:00 pm Andes Manta @ Publick Playhouse, 5445 Landover Rd., Cheverly, MD 20784; free
3:30 pm >5 Wicked Olde part of Fairfax Fall Festival along University Dr. in Fairfax (City), VA; shuttles
Run 9:30-5:30 between festival & GMU Rappahannock Parking deck + from Fairfax High School
Parking lot, on Rebel Run; festival from 10a-5p; free
4:00 pm Djangolaya @ Alexandria Visitors Center, 221 King St., Alexandria, VA 22314
5:00 pm BFMS Family dance @ St. Marks on the Hill Hall, 1620 Reisterstown Rd., Pikesville, MD; $6/4;
Susan Taylor + Megan Beller & the Charles St. Fiddlers - potluck 6:30-7:30
+8pm 2nd Saturday Squares & Contras: Susan Taylor + Some Assembly; $13/9mem/stdts6/4
6:00 pm Randy Barrett & Brandon Lee Adams for house concert, Falls Church, VA; $20
+9bluegrass jam $10 BEN BluegrassCountry Foundation; RSVP:
6:30 pm Capitol Hillbillies f/Cajun Night at the Dew Drop Inn, 2801 8th St., NEDC
7:00 pm Sharon Clark Trio @ Laporta’s, 1600 Duke St., Alexandria, VA
7:00 pm Scott Slay & the Rail @ Denizens Brewery, 1115 East-West Hwy, Silver Spring, MD 20910
7:00 pm Beth Patterson for Swift Run House Concerts, Fairfax Station, VA; $20sugg’d; ResReq: 703-426-
1450 or
7:00 pm Gold Heart @ Lucketts Community Center, 42361 Lucketts Rd., Leesburg, VA 20176; $15;
Luckettsbluegrass.com
7:00 pm Not So Modern Jazz Quartet @ The Westlawn inn, 9200 Chesapeake Ave., No.Beach, MD
7:00 pm Steven Gellman @ Beans in the Belfry, 122 W. Potomac St., Brunswick, MD
7:00 pm “100 Years of Acoustic Music” feat. Rick Hill, Scott Barrett, Cumberland Valley, Brian Derek,
Dan Bourdeaux, Michelle Swan, Cecilia Grace @ Jack Kusmaul Theatre, Frederick Community
College, 7932 Opossumtown Pike, Frederick, MD 21702; $20/10mem-srs; sp’d by Frederick
Acoustic Music Enterprises (F.A.M.E.)
7:30 pm John Carty/fid for Baltimore house concert; jam follows; ResReq: 410-494-8838; $20sugg’d
7:30 pm Contras @ Christ Episcopal Church Hall, 37497 Zach Fowler Rd., Chaptico, MD;
$10/6mem/bandfree; Ann Fallon + open band; ice cream social follows; smtmd.org
8:00 pm Run Come See, area Americana trio @ Vinyl Lounge, upstairs at Gypsy Sally’s, 3401 K St.,
NWDC; no cover
8:00 pm Dream Discs: “Layla & Other Assorted Love Songs” & Best of Eric Clapton incl Tom Principato,
Lisa Lim, Bobby Thompson, Holly Montgomery, Paul Bell, Liz Springer, Ty Braddock, Bill
Starks, Patty Reese, Eddie & Earl Jones+ @ the Hamilton, 14th & F , NWDC; $18-25
8:00 pm Beausoleil avec Michael Doucet for Center Stage @ Reston Community Center, 2310 Colts Neck
Rd., Reston, VA; $50/Reston25;
8:00 pm Local Yokel Vocal Band CD release @ Frederick Coffee Co., 100 N. East St., Frederick, MD
8:00 pm California Twang! Tribute to West Coast country feat. Arty Hill & the Long Gone Daddys, Caleb
Stine, Linda Nelson, The Highballers, The Racket, Karen Collins & the Blue Moon Cowgirls, L’il
Mo, Teri Joyce, Patsy Stephens @ Creative Alliance at the Patterson, 3134 Eastern Ave.,
Baltimore, MD 21224; Adv $30/25mem/door$33/28mem; BEN We Believe in Music;
webelieveinmusic.com - creativealliance.org
8:00 pm Daryl Davis Band part of FallFest @ The Mainstay, 5753 Main St., Rock Hall, MD 21661; $20;
Res 410-639-9133; mainstayrockhall.org
8:00 pm Celtic Fiddle Festival @ Palace Theatre, 31 E. Main St., Frostburg, MD; 301-687-8040
8:00 pm Roomful of Blues for swing dance @ Spanish Ballroom, Glen Echo Park, MD; $20
8:00 pm Silver Spring English Country Dance @ Glen Haven Elementary School, 10900 Inwood Ave.,
Silver Spring, MD; Bob Farrall + Peascods Gathering; $5;
8:30 pm Rocky Guttman @ Fiona’s Irish Pub, 5810 Kingstowne Center, Alexandria, VA 22315
8:30 pm Great American Square Dance Revival f/FSGW @ St. Stephen’s Church, 1525 Newton St.,
NWDC; $5; Mike Costello + The Allegheny Highballers [Scott Prouty/fid, Anne Hartman/bjo,
Josh Wanstreet/gtr, Kevin Enoch/bs]; fsgw.org
9:00 pm Pat Garvey + Pat Carroll @ Murphy’s, 713 King St., Alexandria, VA
9:00 pm Roomful of Blues for dance @ Spanish Ballroom, Glen Echo Park, 7300 MacArthur Blvd., Glen
Echo, MD; $20; gottaswing.com
10:00 pm Blue Water Highway, roots, harmonies @ Hill Country Barbecue, 410 7th St., NWDC; no cover;
hillcountry.com/dc
10:30 pm Johnny & the Headhunters in the LOFT, @ The Hamilton, 14th & F Sts., NWDC; free
Sunday, October 9
Waterford Fair FriSatSun 10am-5pm in town of Waterford, VA; incl home tours, traditional arts & crafts,
farming lore; food to see, eat and take home; music incl trad to contemporary: Sun/Tupelo, Doug Jimerson,
Patent Pending, Blue Ridge Thunder Cloggers, Danny Knicely & Aimee Curl, Old Flames, Mt. Zion UMC
Choir, John DuRant, Madeline MacNeil; waterfordfoundation.org/event/waterford-fair/ - also see FriSun
Richmond Folk Festival FSS in downtown Richmond riverfront, from 2nd to 7th Sts, from Byrd St. to the river,
Incl Brown’s Island, the American Civil War Center at Tredegar, CarMax Family Area, VCU Health Stage,
Craft beers, crafts marketplace, Virginia food; music incl (Altria) 12n/Branchettes, 1/Paddy Keenan & Jimmy
Noonan, 2/Anzioniere Grecanico Salentino, 3/Jason D.Williams, 4/Marquise Knox, 5/MacMaster & Leahy;
(WestRock Fnd.) 12/Balinese Allstars, 1/Kevin Locke, 2/Sri Lankan Dance of NY, 3/“Musical Legacies of
The British Isles” feat.Adams, Noonan, MacMaster & Leahy, Joe Mullins & Radio Ramblers; 4:15/Ben Hall
(Travis style gtr), 5:15/Joe Mullins & Radio Ramblers; (Cmty Fndn) 12n/world percussion, 1:15/Homayoun
Sakhi & Salar Nader, 2:15/global pickin’, 3:15/Conteno, 4:15, beatbox, 5:15/Phil Wiggins blues house party;
(DominionDancePav) 12/Conteno, 1:15/Marquise Knox, 2:15/Cuban son dance lesson, 2:45/Adonis Puentes
& the Voice of Cuba Orchestra, 4/L’Orchestre Afrisa Int’l, 5:15/Jason D. Williams; (VCU Health) 12/Ben
Hall, 1/Sheila Kay Adams, 2/Phil Wiggins blues house party, 3/Kevin Locke, 4/world bagpipes,
5/The Branchettes; (CarMax Family) 12/James Harrison & Emma White, 12:45/Kaynak Pipers, 1:45/Chico
Simoes, 2:45/Nicole Paris & Ed Cage (beatbox), 3:30/Chico Simoes, 4:30/Tin Can Fish Band; (Union Bank &
Trust VA Folklife Stage) 12/Rev.Frank Newsome (Old Regular Baptist hymns), 12:15/Sherman Holmes,
1/songwriters Dori Freeman, Martha Spencer, David & Mason Via, Ingramettes; 2/Trio Sefardi, 3/Davie &
Mason Via, 4/Larry Sigmon & Martha Spencer (oldtime), 5/Legendary Ingramettes; on James River Boat
Landing 12n: Communal Tashlikh ceremony led by Rabbi Michael Knopf w/music by Frank London’s Mini-
Klezmer Allstars; documentary films @ Natl Park Svc Civil War Visitors Ctr
Richmondfolkfestival.org also see Fri Sat
Virginia Folk Music Association Jumpin’ Bluegrass ’16 Th-Sun @ Chesterfield VA County Fairgrounds, 10300
Courthouse Rd., Chesterfield, VA; incl Sun/VFMA bluegrass championships; Josh Grigsby & County Line,
Judging, winners; Vafolkmusic.org see ThuFriSat
12:00 n >1 The Sweater Set [Maureen Andary & Sara Curtin] & BYO Ukes for Strum-Along-Sing-Along
@ Plum Gar Recreation Center, 19561 Scenery Dr., Germantown, MD 20876; free
12:00 n Aiofe Clancy & Robin Bullock @ Germano’s Piattini, 300 S. High St., Baltimore, MD 21202; $20;
Germanospiattini.com
12:00 n >4 SatSun Cromwell Valley Park Fall Festival@ Cromwell Valley Park Willow Grove Farm, 2175
Cromwell Bridge Rd., Parkville, MD 21234; incl BFMS song circle & jam; $5/car
Family crafts & games, hay rides, nature center exhibits, beekeeper, food vendors, Native
American Activities ….
1:00 pm Rebirth Brass Band, New Orleans music @ Rams Head Onstage, 33 West St., Annapolis, MD
$39.50; ramsheadonstage.com
2:00 pm >6 CABOMA Jam @ Lyon Park Community Center, N. Fillmore St & Pershing Dr, Arlington
VA; caboma.org
2:00 pm DCBU Fall PicNic @ Takoma Park VFW, 6420 Orchard Ave., Takoma Park, MD 20912
2:00 pm Dixieland Direct @ JV’s, 6666 Arlington Blvd., Falls Church, VA 22046
+4 Drew Holland & Friends
+8:30 Jameson Green
3:00 pm bluegrass open jam @ Beans in the Belfry, 122 W. Potomac St., Brunswick, MD
3:00 pm John Carty, Irish fiddle w/daughter Maggie for Stone Jug house concert, Biglerville, PA; $15;
Bring seating; ResReq: or 301-938-0881
3:00 pm >5 FSGW family dance in Ballroom Back Room, Glen Echo Park, MD; $5; Liz Donaldson &
Friends; fsgw.org
4:00 pm Katie McNally Trio [Katie/fid, Neil Pearlman/pno, Shauncey Ali/vla] + openers Capital Accord
barbershop chorus for FSGW @ Washington Ethical Society, 7750 16th St., NWDC;
$20/memfree; fsgw.org
+ 12n-1:30 Katie McNally fiddle workshop, Scottish, Cape Breton @ Takoma Park Firehouse,
7201 Carroll Ave., Takoma Park, MD 20912; $20; rsvp:
4:00 pm FSGW gospel sing in Silver Spring, MD; RSVP: 240-708-6443; fsgw.org
4:00 pm >8 Mike Surratt & the Continentals @ Old Stein Inn, 1143 Central Ave., Edgewater, MD; 410-
798-6807 – no dance floor
4:00 pm Handsome Molly w/guest Avril Smith @ Frederick Eagles Club, 216 E. Patrick St., Frederick, MD;
No cover
5:00 pm Andes Manta for Seeger house concert; $40 BEN Carpe Diem Arts; ResReq:
5:00 pm The Nighthawks @ New Deal Café, 113 Centerway, Roosevelt Center, Greenbelt, MD 20770
5:00 pm acoustic music/bluegrass jam to winter site: Neighbors Restaurant, 262 Cedar Lane, Vienna, Va
22180., Dirk 703-406-4698
5:00 pm Rattlesnake Hill [Ed Schaeffer/gtr/voc, Danny Stewart/bjo, Barb Diederich/bs/voc, Kenny
Wise/mand/voc] @ Cactus Flats, 10026 Hansonville Rd., Frederick, MD 21702
5:30 pm Brooks Tegler’s Hot Jazz @ Irish Inn at Glen Echo, Tulane & MacArthur Blvds, Glen Echo, MD