Jazz @ Met
2024-10-10 16:30 - 2024-10-24 18:30 (America/New_York) | DC
Enjoy jazz at Metropolitan Park with a free, weekly concert presented by the DC Jazz Festival and National Landing BID from September 12 – October 24, 2024.
Ease into the evening with musical performances at one of National Landing’s newest park spaces. Bring a picnic or grab some bites to go from area restaurants. Select your spot on the green or bring your own chair. Partake in a free, arts activity led by Museum of Contemporary Art Arlington while you take in some tunes as part of their MoCA on the Move program at Met Park.

Sounds of Africa Series
2024-10-26 19:00 - 22:00 | Smithsonian National Museum of African Art, 950 Independence Ave SW, Washington, District of Columbia, 20560, United States
Celebrate 60 years of African Art with the Sounds of Africa concert series featuring the music of the African diaspora!
This ongoing series, which will run through November 16, brings together a stellar lineup of artists who are pushing the boundaries of music from Africa while honoring its roots.
Grab a drink, enjoy the lively beats, and dance the night away!

HIP-HOP KARAOKE @ WILD DAYS (DC)
2024-11-03 18:00 - 21:00 | Wild Days, 1201 K St NW, Washington, DC, DC, 20005, United States
Hop on the mic and show your skills with hip-hop classics, R&B hits and more. You’re the star!
Hosted by DJ Bigg Meech
A perfect date night or hang with your friends…

Full bar and cocktails

Comfortable lounge style seating

FREE entry | 6pm – 9pm | HAPPENING EVERY FIRST SUNDAY OF THE MONTH
RSVP: wblinc.org/karaoke
brought to you by Words Beats & Life, the DMV’s premier nonprofit preserving the culture of hip-hop through education to transform our community.

Home for the Holidays - Loudoun Symphony Orchestra
2024-12-08 16:00 - 18:00 | DC
Join us for a one-hour festive program perfect for all ages featuring old favorites and new. The Lightridge Singers will join the LSO to lead our singalong. Arrive early so that your children can make fun holiday crafts and get a picture with Santa. You’ll also be treated to a pre-concert holiday performance by members of our Loudoun Symphony Youth Orchestra.
Program:

Robert Wendal: Overture to a Merry Christmas

Nicolai Rimsky-Korsakov: Polonaise from Christmas Eve

Glen Ballard and Alan Silvestri, arr. Brubaker: Concert Suite from The Polar Express

Brian Folus (arr): A Taste of Chanukah

John Williams: Three Holiday Songs from Home Alone

Sheldon Bair (arr): Twelve Days of Christmas

John Finnegan: Christmas Singalong

Leroy Anderson: Sleigh Ride

Faraway Ghost x Sunken Cages / little a / Khristian Weeks at Rhizome
2024-12-08 19:00 - 21:30 | Rhizome, 6950 Maple St. NW, District of Colombia, 20012, United States
Electric Cowbell presents a Secret Planet concert…
Iranian multi-instrumentalist Kamyar Arsani (Faraway Ghost) and Indian-born drummer/electronic music producer Ravish Momin (Sunken Cages) create their own brand of digital folk music that draws on Sufi mysticism, traditional Persian Music, street rhythms from Mumbai and contemporary electronic music at once. Momin accompanies Arsani’s vocals and daf (frame-drum) with a masterful blend of electronic and acoustic percussion, including live-looping via his unique drum-loop performance system. Celebrating a new release, Ashk Haye Moghavemat.
Kamyar Arsani is an Iranian multi-instrumentalist, singer and songwriter based in Washington DC. Through his solo work and numerous collaborations, Arsani creates music across an array of styles, ranging from classical Persian music to genre-defying electronic experimentation. A teacher, performer and scholar of the daf (the Iranian frame drum). Arsani has been a featured artist at the Kennedy Center, the Library of Congress, Voice of America, Georgetown University and numerous other stages throughout the region. “Along with his solo work and collaborations, Arsani is also the singer and lyricist of Shadow Riot, a Washington D.C punk band.”
Sunken Cages is the moniker of drummer/electronic music producer Ravish Momin, who studied with US Jazz master-drummer Andrew Cyrille. He has worked as a sideman with a wide array of musicians including US avant-Jazz legend Kalaparush Maurice McIntyre (AACM/Chicago.) In addition, he has also led his own Jazz/global group Tarana on international stages for the past 14 years.As Sunken Cages, Momin plays electronic and acoustic drums. He layers loops while manipulating them in real-time to blur the lines between composition and improvisation. While rooted in Indian and Black Music traditions, he is also influenced by the street sounds of underground dance music from Sao Paolo to Durban to Mumbai and beyond.
little a – We are four punks making our own noise. Our younger selves graced punk house basements in 1905, Blue Bodies, Body/Cop, Forensics, and Tiny Bombs.
Khristian Weeks is an artist, composer and improviser living in Baltimore. His work deals in the presentation of phenomena-sound, situation, light/shadow, movement, silence, behavior.

Sounds of the Season
2024-12-09 20:00 - 22:00 | Holy Comforter-Saint Cyprian Roman Catholic Church, 1353 E Capitol St SE, Washington, DC, 20003, United States
Ring in the holiday season with the 257th Army Band! This annual tradition will showcase various holiday favorites and special guests
As always the concert is free and open to the public – no tickets required. Parking is limited to street parking, so public transportation is suggested.

Psycho Killers (Talking Heads Tribute) w/ Walking In The Air @ The Hamilton Live 2/22/25
2025-02-22 20:00 - 23:30 | The Hamilton Live, 600 14th St NW, Washington, DC, 20005, United States
PSYCHO KILLERS
Same as it ever was? Not exactly, but pretty close! Psycho Killers, Talking Heads tribute band, will take you on a musical journey through the expansive catalog of one of the most diverse bands in rock and roll history! Known for their high energy, always changing live shows, Psycho Killers deliver a Once In A Lifetime experience that must be seen to be believed!
WALKING IN THE AIR
Touching down in the nation’s capital, Walking In The Air creates a dreamy space of familial harmonies, funky jam-rock and world music. Setting the tone for giving back to the community, Walking In The Air contributes a percentage from every show to local non-profits.
Walking In The Air is:
Jason Skeen ~~~~ drums
Brian Dodds ~~~~ keys, organs
Dave Salvo ~~~~ guitar, vocals
Mike Tony Scoglio -~~- bass, bowed bass, upright bass, ukulele, harmonica, vocals
Neel Singh ~~~~ bowed electric guitar, guitar, bass, vocals
Nikhil Sus ~~~~ guitar, vocals
Chris Lee -~~~ guitar
Kaya Trippel ~~~~ vocals, viola
Sunny Trippel ~~~~ vocals, guitar
