FOLK EVENTS: WHO’S WHERE IN THE GREATER …



FOLK EVENTS: WHO’S WHERE IN THE GREATER WASHINGTON, DC AREA

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FSGW Folklore Society of Greater Washington;

BFMS Baltimore Folk Music Society; 410-366-0808

SFMS Susquehanna Folk Music Society

SAW Songwriters Association of Washington;

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 the opening night of a multiple-night performance

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Saturday, December 29

12:00 n Irish Trad session @ Auld Shebeen, 3971 Chain Bridge Rd., Fairfax, VA 22030

2:00 pm +8 “A Civil War Christmas,” play draws on music of 1864 in Washington, DC @ 1st Stage Theatre,

1524 Spring Hill Rd., Tysons, VA; $39/36sr/15stdt-mil; thru 12/30;

Theatre is end unit, on mezzanine above Auto Tech of Tysons – tomorrow is closing day

2:00 pm open mic w/Mike Taylor @ Music Café, 26528B Ridge Rd., Damascus, MD 20872

2:00 pm Ed Barney @ Big Cork Winery, 4236 Main St., Rohrersville, MD 21779

3:00 pm &8 + Sun 3 “Christmas at the Old Bull & Bush” – Christmas 1918 in a London publick house incl

music hall songs & Christmas carols, jokes, sketches @ Metro Stage, 1201 N.Royal St.,

Alexandria, VA 22314; $55; ends tomorrow;

4:00 pm Downtown Band @ JV’s, 6666 Arlington Blvd., Falls Church, VA

+9 Young Relics @ JV’s

4:00 pm >7 Joe Murray @ Red Shedman Farm Brewery, Linganore Winecellars, 13601 Glissans Mill Rd.,

Mt. Airy, MD 21771;

5:00 pm Dan Cronin @ Milkhouse Brewery, 8253 Dollyhyde Rd., Mt. Airy, MD 21771

6:30 pm John Durant, 18th Century Christmas @ Catoctin Breeze Winery, 15010 Ruddy Rd., Thurmont, MD

21788 – SOLD OUT

7:00 pm Sean Fleming @ Auld Shebeen, 3971 Chain Bridge Rd., Fairfax, VA 22030

7:00 pm Davis Bradley bluegrass duo @ Beans in the Belfry, 122 W. Potomac St., Brunswick, MD

7:30 pm Last Train Home + Cravin’ Dogs open @ Birchmere, 3701 Mt.Vernon Ave., Alexandria, Va $25

8:00 pm Conor Molone @ The Dubliner, 4 F St., NWDC

8:00 pm Clarence “The Bluesman” Turner @ Sotto, 1610 14th St., NWDC 20009; $15

8:00 pm Andrew Burleson Duo @ Old Brogue, 760C Walker Rd., Great Falls, VA

8:00 pm Tom Blood & Late As Usual @ Lahinch Tavern, 7747 Tuckerman Lane, Potomac, MD

8:00 pm Junkyards Saints @ The Soundry, 10221 Wincopin Circle, Columbia, MD 21044; $5-8;



8:00 pm Scott Ambush @ Vini Culture, 20 N. Market St., Frederick, MD 21701

8:30 pm Joseph Arthur @ City Winery Wine Garden, 1350 Oakie St., NEDC; $18;

8:30 pm Moose Jaw, bluegrass @ New Deal Café, 113 Centerway, Greenbelt, MD

9:00 pm Brian Gaffney @ Irish Channel, 500 H St., NWDC

9:00 pm Hackensaw Boys + opener South Hill Banks (jamgrass) @ Gypsy Sally’s, 3401 K St., NWDC

20007; $16/20+fees;

9:00 pm >Sat Siobhan O’Brien @ Murphy’s, 713 King St., Alexandria, VA

10:00 pm Chris Brunn @ Dogwood Tavern, 132 W. Broad St., Falls Church, VA 22046

10:30 pm 40 Dollar Fine, roots rock in upstairs LOFT @ The Hamilton, 14th & F Sts., NWDC; no cover

Sunday, December 30

R.I.P. William Varian Mitchell Steele (Bill Steele), 2/20/32 – 12/17/18

9:00 am >12n acoustic jam @ 49 West Backroom, 49 West St., Annapolis, MD

1:00 pm Dixieland Direct @ JV’s, 6666 Arlington Blvd., Falls Church, VA

+4:30 Jon Spear Blues band @ JV’s

8:30 Memphis Gold AllStars @ JV’s

2:00 pm “A Civil War Christmas,” play draws on music of 1864 in Washington, DC @ 1st Stage

Theatre, 1524 Spring Hill Rd., Tysons, VA; $39/36sr/15stdt-mil;

Theatre is end unit, on mezzanine above Auto Tech of Tysons

2:00 pm Drew Adams @ Big Cork Winery, 4236 Main St., Rohrersville, MD 21779

3:00 pm Irish session @ Kirwan’s on the Wharf, 749 Wharf St., SWDC

3:00 pm “Christmas at the Old Bull & Bush” – Christmas 1918 in a London publick house incl music hall

songs & Christmas carols, jokes, sketches @ Metro Stage, 1201 N.Royal St., Alexandria, VA

22314; $55; closing show;

5:00 pm >8 Siobhan O’Brien @ O’Connell’s, 112 King St., Alexandria, Va

5:00 pm open mic @ Falls Church Distillers, 442A S.Washington St., Falls Church, VA 22046

7:00 pm Cadillac Jump Blues Band @ New Deal Café, 113 Centerway, Greenbelt, MD

7:30 pm Brian Gaffney @ The Dubliner, 4 F St., NWDC

7:30 pm David Wax Museum (Mexo-Americana band) @ Union Stage, 740 Water St., SWDC 20024;

$15/20;

7:30 pm 22nd Annual Hank Williams Tribute feat. Cathy Fink & Marcy Marxer + The Kennedys +

Robin & Linda Williams w/Patrick McAvinue & Marshall Wilborn @ Birchmree, 3701 Mt.

Vernon Ave., Alexandria, VA 22305; $29.50+fees;

7:30 pm FSGW Contras & Squares in Spanish Ballroom @ Glen Echo Park, Glen Echo, MD; $13/10mem;

Alex Deis-Lauby + Dave Langford/fid, Glen Loper/mand, Bethany Waickman/gtr;

8:00 pm Seldom Scene @ Rams Head Onstage, 33 West St., Annapolis, MD; $36.50

8:30 pm SunMon Pat Carroll, Irish acoustic+ @ Murphy’s, 713 King St., Alexandria, VA

Monday, December 31

New Year’s Eve

First Night Alexandria – see artists below

Watch Night Falls Church incl music, food, puppets, historic themes, shuttle bus from East Falls Church Metro

every 30 minutes; Main stage 7/Leesburg Pike band (bluegrass), John Ballou band, Sudden M’Pac;

Music also in Falls Church Episcopal (115 E.Fairfax St.) incl 9/Andrew Acosta & friends; Falls Church

Presbyterian Church (225 E.Broad St.); incl Northern Lights Orchestra + Cowboy Hay; free;



New Year’s Eve Annapolis; free; 3-6pm Family Friendly Entertainment behind Maryland Hall, 801 Chase St.,

Annapolis; 5:30/early bird fireworks;

8-12m party @ Susan Campbell Park on the dock w/live music; 12m Fireworks; park in city garages

5:00 pm The Bag o’Vaughans @ Limerick Pub, 11301 Elkin St., Wheaton, MD 20902

+930 The Soul Truth w/Billy Mayfield @ Limerick

6:00 pm Pat Garvey leads annual Irish New Years Eve Celebration @ Auld Shebeen, 3971 Chain Bridge

Rd., Fairfax, VA 22030

+9pm Downstairs Annual NYE Masquerade Ball @ Auld Shebeen

+10pm Upstairs bar Radio NV, covers @ Auld Shebeen

7:00 pm The Glimpses, duo @ Lloyd House, 220 N.Washington St., Alexandria, VA 22314; f/1st NightAlex.

7:00 pm The Grandsons @ Torpedo Factory, 105 N.Union St., Alexandria, VA 22314; f/1st Night Alex.

7:00 pm Irish Breakfast Band @ The Lyceum, 201 S.Washington St., Alexanria, VA 22314; f/1stNight Alex.

7:00 pm Lunch with Bob, eclectic rock @ Christ Church, 110 N.Washington St., Alexandria; f/1st NightAlex

7:00 pm Nobody’s Business, bluesy @ American Legion Post 24, 400 Cameron St, Alexandria; 1stNightAlex

7:00 pm Robert E.Person, gospel/jazz @ Geo.Wash.MasonicMem’l, 101 Callahan Dr., Alex.Va; 1stNight

7:00 pm The TrueHearts, duo @ Long & Foster, 400 King St., Alexandria, VA; f/1st NightAlexandria

7:00 pm +8:30+10+11:30 Nicole Belanus @ St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, 228 S.Pitt St., Alex., VA; 1st Night

7:00 pm +8:30+10 Not So Modern Jazz Quartet @ The Lyceum, 201 S.Washington St., Alex., VA; 1st Night

7:00 pm +8:30+10 Ruthie & the Wranglers @ Christ Church, 110 N.Washington St., Alex., VA; 1st Night

7:00 pm >9 CONFIRM!! Open bluegrass jam @ Blue Side Tavern, 6 S.Bentz St., Frederick, MD

7:15 pm Cletus Kennelly @ Kate Waller Barrett Branch Library, 717 Queen St., Alexandria, VA; 1stNight

7:30 pm Curtis Blues @ G W Masonic Memorial, 101 Callahan Dr., Alexandria, VA; 1st Night Alexandria

7:31 pm Bill Kirchen & Too Much Fun @ Torpedo Factory, 105 N.Union St., Alexandria, VA; 1st Night

7:45 pm Janine Wilson @ American Legion Post 24, 400 Cameron St., Alexandria, VA; 1st Night Alexandria

8:01 pm Brendan’s Voyage @ Dubliner, 4 F St., NWDC

8:00 pm New Year’s Eve with The Seldom Scene + The High & Wides + MsAdventure [Vickie Vaughan,

Kimber Ludiker, Avril Smith] @ Birchmere, 3701 Mt.Vernon Ave., Alexandria, VA 22305;

$39.50+fees;

8:01 pm Al Petteway & Amy White @ Old Presbyterian Meeting House, 321 S.Fairfax St, Alex.Va; 1stNight

8:00 pm 19th Street Band @ Flanagan’s, 4844 Cordell Ave., Bethesda, MD

8:00 pm CONFIRM!! traditional Irish music session @ Daniel O’Connell’s, 112 King St., Alexandria, VA

22314; usually led by Brendan Mulvihill and/or Brian Gaffney

8:00 pm CONFIRM!! Irish session @ Paddy Barry’s, 8150 Leesburg Pike, Tysons Corner, VA

8:00 pm Dave Chappell band, incl Mitch Woods, Daryl Davis, Pete Ragusa, Jan Zukowski for “Boogie

Woogie New Year Eve” in Spanish Ballroom @ Glen Echo Park, Glen Echo, MD;



8:00 pm FSGW New Years Eve Contras Ball @ Woman’s Club of Chevy Chase, 7931 CT Ave., Chevy

Chase, MD; ADVANCE TIX REQ; Ted Hodapp + Stomp Rocket [Dave Langford, Bethany

Waickman, Glen Loper]; $44/40mem; register @

8:30 pm Blues, Rock & Soul New Years Eve feat: Rock-A-Sonics + Linwood Taylor band @ Pearl Street

Warehouse, 33 Pearl Street., SWDC; $30-50 incl mnt toast;

8:30 pm Trombone Shorty & Orleans Avenue @ The Anthem, 901 Wharf St., SWDC; $75-125

8:30 pm funk v. bluegrass New Year’s Eve party feat. Aztec Sun + BenCoolen + The Dirty Grass Players @

Union Stage, 740 Water St., SWDC 20024; $30-50;

8:30 pm Mark Wenner’s Blues Warriors f/DC Blues Society New Year’s Eve Party @ Silver Spring

American Legion Hall, 905 Sligo Ave., Silver Spring, MD 20910; Adv$40/35mem,

Door$45/40mem

8:30 pm New Years Eve party feat. the Hackensaw Boys + Steble Shakers + the Blue Ridge Outlaws @

Bright Box Theatre, 15 N. Loudoun St., Winchester, VA; $22/25+fees;

8:30 pm [6:30 reception, 7:30 potluck] BFMS New Year’s Eve English Gala Dance @ Church of the

Nativity & Holy Comforter, 6112 York Rd., Baltimore, MD 21212; Melissa Running + Elegant

Echoes [Becky Ross/fid, Colleen Reed/fl, Liz Donaldson/pno]; 10:30 dessert, midnight

champagne toast; AdvRegReq: $32-39/stdtdiscs; pdf/NYE_English_Gala_2018.pdf

9:00 pm Pat Carroll, Irish acoustic, bluegrass @ Murphy’s, 713 King St., Alexandria, VA

+9 Poehemia, Irish Rock @ Murphy’s

9:00 pm Sean Fleming Band @ Lahinch Tavern, 7747 Tuckerman Lane, Potomac, MD; $10

[9:30 pm Wicked Jezabel – TICKETS ONLY @ JV’s, 6666 Arlington Blvd., Falls Church, VA; $43/50 at

shows ]

10:00 pm Moonshine Society in the upstairs LOFT @ The Hamilton, 14th & F Sts., NWDC; $35

Tuesday, January 1, 2019

4:00 pm GWCC Ceili @ Cherry Hill Park Center, 9800 Cherry Hill Rd., College Park, MD; music by

Ellis Island [Dave Abe, Myron Bretholz, Peter Fitzgerald, Martin McCann, Andy Thurston];

$25/20mem/half ages 11-20/freeunder11; gwcc-

7:15 pm open mic f/Reston-Herndon Folk Club @ Amphora’s Diner Deluxe, 1151 Elden St., Herndon, VA

20170;

7:30 pm CONFIRM! Irish session @ Slainte, 1700 Thames St., Baltimore, MD

7:30 pm CONFIRM! Irish Session @ Café Hon, 1002 W.36th St., Baltimore, MD

8:00 pm CONFIRM! Irish Session hosted by Dennis Botzer & C.B. Heinemann @ McGinty’s Publick

House, 911 Ellsworth Ave., Silver Spring, MD

8:00 pm Taco Jam & open mic w/host Zac Quintana @ Mariachis, 9428 Battle St., Manassas, VA 20110;

CONFIRM!

8:30 pm Wolf’s Blues Jam @ JV’s Restaurant, 6666 Arlington Blvd., Falls Church, VA 22042

Wednesday, January 2

7:00 pm Crazy after Midnight host open mic @ JV’s, 6666 Arlington Blvd., Falls Church, VA 22042

8:00 pm J2B2 [John Jorgenson Bluegrass Band: Jorgenson/gtr/mand/voc, Herb Pederson/bjo/gtr/voc,

Mark Fain/bs, Patrick Sauber/gtr/voc] @ City Winery, 1350 Okie St., NEDC 20002; $18-25

8:00 pm Official Blues Brothers Revue @ Rams Head Onstage, 33 West St., Annapolis, MD; $45

8:00 pm Irish session Wednesdays @ Galway Bay, 63 MD Ave., Annapolis, MD

8:00 pm FSGW English Country Dance in Glen Echo Town Hall (upstairs), 6106 Harvard Ave., Glen Echo,

MD 20812; $12/10mem/5stdts; Stephanie Smith + Carrie Rose/fl, Sophie Chang/ce, Liz

Donaldson/pno;

8:00 pm BFMS Contras @ Lovely Lane Ch, 2200 St.Paul St, Baltimore MD 21218; $13/mem9; Susan

Taylor + Taylor among the Devils [Steve Hickman/fid, Marty Taylor/wsl/conc, Jonathan

Jensen/pno];

9:30 pm open mic/jam hosted by Zac Quintana @ Fat Tuesday’s, 10673 Braddock Rd., Fairfax, VA 22032;



Thursday, January 3

7:00 pm open mic hosted by Lynn Hollyfield, feat. performer Eryn Michel @ New Deal Café, 113

Centerway, Roosevelt Center, Greenbelt, MD

8:00 pm Michelle Swan @ Mr. Henry’s, 601 PA Ave., SEDC 20003

8:00 pm +10 ThFriSatSun Chris Thomas King @ Blues Alley, 1073 Wisconsin Ave., NWDC; $25-30

8:30 pm Thrillbillys @ JV’s, 6666 Arlington Blvd., Falls Church, Va 22042

Friday, January 4

Upper Potomac Fiddle Retreat FriSatSun, Shepherd College, Shepherdstown, WV; incl classes, jams, concerts,

Staff incl Joe DeZarn, Rachel Eddy, Pascal Gemme, Sean Heely, Jaige Trudel, Adam Broome, Brad

Kolodner, Ken Kolodner; styles incl Scottish, Cape Breton, Appalachian, Irish, French Canadian;

fiddleretreat/index.html

6:00 pm Acoustic Soul, acoustic cover duo @ JV’s, Arlington Blvd., Falls Church, VA

+9 Shartel & Hume Band @ JVs

7:00 pm open mic + feat. My One & Only [Benjamin & Kassie Wilson] for First Friday Coffeehouse @

Trinity Orchard House, 4599 Shepherdstown Rd. (Rt.45), Martinsburg, WV 25401; Steve Warner

hosts; $10 sugg’d; pages/First-Friday-Coffeehouse/403869326350259

7:30 pm Seth Glier @ Baldwin’s Station, 7618 Main St., Sykesville, MD; $20;

8:00 pm FSGW open sing in Kensington, MD; topic: “Folk Herbology – songs involving plants of any

kind” – RSVP: nlking2@ -

8:30 pm Friday Night Contras & Squares in Spanish Ballroom @ Glen Echo Park, Glen Echo, MD;

$10/5under17; Janine Smith + The Morrison Brothers Band [Jim Morrison/fid/gtr, Owen

Morrison/gtrs, Will Morrison/dr];

10:30 pm Jonny Grave in upstairs LOFT @ Hamilton, 14th & F Sts., NWDC; no cover

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