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



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;

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

* one of a series of performances, some before today

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Saturday, December 2

RIP: Orrin Star, age 62

“Nina Simone: Four Women” thru 12/24 @ Arena Stage, SWDC; from American songbook to Civil Rights

anthems, with story and song;

11:00 am 47th Scottish Christmas Walk in Alexandria, VA, incl clans, marching units, pipes & drums,

Scottish dancers, dogs, reenactors, dignitaries, classic cars, Santa; begins at St. Asaph & Wolfe

Sts, north past Duke, King & Cameron Sts., right on Queen St, 3 blocks, right onto Fairfax St.,

South to King St., right 2 blocks, ending at Market Square & City Hall, followed by concert of

massed bagpipers; rain/shine;

12:00 n Alpha Dog Acoustic Blues feat. Roger Hart @ Downtown Holiday Market, 8th & F Sts., NWDC;

+2:30 Ruthie & the Wranglers @ Downtown Holiday Market; all outdoors

+5 pm King Street Bluegrass @ Downtown Holiday Market

12:00 n DC Songwriter’s Toolbox Session (1st Sat) @ Electric Maid, 268 Carroll St.(Takoma), NWDC

20012;

12:30 pm >3:30 Christmas in the Barn feat. Michael Schirf @ Red Shedman Farm Brewery, Linganore

Winecellars, 13601 Glissans Mill Rd., Mt. Airy, MD 21771;

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

2:00 pm >5 Mark England @ Big Cork Winery, 4236 Main St., Rohrersville, MD 21779

2:00 pm >5 Chris Smaha @ Springfield Manor Winery, 11836 Auburn Rd., Thurmont, MD 21788

3:00 pm SAW song circle @ Electric Maid, 268 Carroll St.(Takoma), NWDC 20012;

Takoma Metro Station AND parking lot are closed this weekend

3:00 pm &8+Sun3&7 “Christmas at the Old Bull & Bush” – British music hall style holiday >12/24 @

MetroStage, 1201 N. Royal St., Alexandria, VA; $55-60;

4:00 pm Wolf Trap Holiday Sing-A-Long @ Filene Center, 1551 Trap Rd, Vienna Va 22182; free

4:00 pm >7 Craig Rosendale @ Red Shedman Farm Brewery, Linganore Winecellars, 13601 Glissans Mill

Rd., Mt. Airy, MD 21771;

6:00 pm “Song of Granite” film screening w/intro by Paddy Meskell (of Solas Nua), reception follows; film

of Joe Heaney, Irish sean nos singer, includes performance and narrative by Heany along with

singing by other sean nos singers; @ AFI Silver Theater, 8633 Colesville Rd., Silver Spring, MD

20910; $15/13mem; silver. another screening Tuesday 7:20

6:00 pm The Hazards, bluegrass @ Brookeville Beer Farm, 20315 GA Ave., Brookeville, MD 20888;

6:00 pm F.A.M.E. open mic hosted by Doug Rosner @ Lovettsville Pizza & Subs, 26 E. Broad Way,

Lovettsville, VA;

7:00 pm Acoustic Guitar Project hosted by Suzanne Brindamour & Mike P. Ryan, feat. Lynn Hollyfield,

Emma G, Naimah, Gary Mitchell, Greta Ehrig @ Bump ‘n Grind, 1200 East-West Hwy, Silver

Spring, MD 20910;

7:00 pm FriSat Sean Fleming @ Ireland’s Four Provinces, 105 W. Broad St., Falls Church, VA 22046

7:00 pm Ralph Stanley II + openers Blue Moon Cowgirls @ Lucketts Community Center, 42361 Lucketts

Rd., Leesburg, VA 20176; $15cash.

7:00 pm Steven Gellman trio, holiday show @ Beans in the Belfry, 122 W. Potomac St., Brunswick, MD

7:00 pm Philip Dutton & the Alligators, New Orleans-inspired @ The Mainstay, 5753 Main St., Rock Hall,

MD 21661; $15/18;

7:30 pm +Sun 4pm Capitol Hill Chorale “Homeward Bound for Christmas”, incl premier of Kevin

Siegfried’s “Appalachian Christmas Cantata” based on music of Jean Ritchie + Early American,

Shaker, Moravian & other traditional carols @ Lutheran Church of the Reformation, 212 E.

Capitol St., NEDC 20003; $25/15underage30/freeunder13;

7:30 pm Meridian [Olivia Gale & Colin de la Barre] + openers Molly Graham Hickman & Corinne Ducey

For FSGW Holiday Concert @ Seekers Church, 276 Carroll St.,(Takoma), NWDC; $5/memfree;

Collecting donations for homeless;

7:30 pm DC Labor Chorus, holiday concert @ ATU Tommy Douglas Conference Center (fka George Meany

Center/Natl Labor College), 10000 NH Ave., Silver Spring, MD 20903; free/donations

7:30 pm Jake Blount + Cameron DeWhitt for Hamlin Street Diner @ new location, 4304 37th St.,

Brentwood, MD; jam follows; $10-20

7:30 pm Walt Michael & Co. [incl Alexander Mitchell/fid, Ralph Gordon/ce, Rob Caswell/gtr/bjo], holiday

concert @ Carroll Arts Center, 91 W. Main St., Westminster, MD 21157; $25/22sr-stdt;



7:30 pm Cheryl Wheeler + John Gorka @ Birchmere, 3701 Mt. Vernon Ave., Alexandria, VA 22305;

$39.50;

7:30 pm ilyAIMY @ 7 Locks Brewing, 12227 Wilkins Ave., No. Bethesda, MD 20852

7:30 pm Joan & Joni [Allison Shapira & Kipyn Martin] for Folkal Point @ An Die Musik Live, 409 N.

Charles St., Baltimore, MD 21201; $15/18/stdts8;

8:00 pm Stephen Wade, “The Sky’s the Limit: Tall Tales & Traditional Tunes,” 3rd in series of 3 @ AMP

by Strathmore, Pike & Rose, 11810 Grand Park Ave., No. Bethesda, MD 20852; $25-35; incl

screening of trailer for upcoming film based on Wade’s book “The Beautiful Music All Around

Us” -

8:00 pm Paul Gannon & Mitch Fanning @ Limerick Pub, 11301 Elkin St., Wheaton, MD

8:00 pm Meg & Angie @ Brian Boru Restaurant, 489 Ritchie Hwy/Rt.2, Severna Park, MD 21146

8:00 pm s/s Eli Lev for Glenmont, MD house concert; ResReq: eli-

8:00 pm >11 Liz Springer Trio @ Lahinch Tavern, 7747 Tuckerman Lane, Potomac, MD 20854

8:00 pm Scott Barrett Christmas Show @ Frederick Coffee Co., 100 N. East St., Frederick, MD

8:00 pm Open Mic Night (7:30 signup), acoustic @ UU Church of York, 925 S. George St., York, PA

17403; free/donations appreciated;

8:30 pm Just Stones, tribute band incl blues @ New Deal Café, 113 Centerway, Roosevelt Center,

Greenbelt, MD

8:30 pm Andrew Bell @ Killarney House, 584 W.Central Ave., Davidsonville, MD 21035

8:30 pm The Steep Canyon Rangers w/guest Larry Keel @ Jefferson Theatre, downtown mall,

Charlottesville, VA; $25/28;

9:00 pm Slambovian Circus of Dreams @ Jammin’ Java, 227 E. Maple Ave., Vienna, VA 22180; $20

9:00 pm La Unica, world music @ Hershey’s, 17030 Oakmont Ave., Gaithersburg, MD 20877

10:30 pm Tumbao y Raul Morel, downstairs @ Bossa Bistro, 2463 18th St., NWDC; $5;

Sunday, December 3

9:30 am >11:45 acoustic jam Sundays @ 49 West Backroom, 49 West St., Annapolis, MD 21401

12:00 n Potomac Revelers, incl Bruce Hutton, Chris Romaine, Bill Mansfield @ Downtown Holiday

Market, 8th & F Sts., NWDC; outdoors

+2:30 Karen Collins & Backroads Band @ Downtown Holiday Market

+5 Lovejoy Group, jazz @ Downtown Holiday Market

12:30 pm >3:30 Christmas in the Barn feat. Safe Harbor @ Red Shedman Farm Brewery, Linganore

Winecellars, 13601 Glissans Mill Rd., Mt. Airy, MD 21771;

1:00 pm Andrew Acosta Band f/bluegrass brunch @ JV’s, 6666 Arlington Blvd., Falls Church, VA 22042

+4 King Teddy, rockabilly + 8:30 Harried Americans

1:00 pm >4 Jason Teach, covers @ Big Cork Winery, 4236 Main St., Rohrersville, MD 21779

2:00 pm Pasatono Orquesta Mexicana @ Smithsonian American Art Museum, Kogod Courtyard, 8th & F

Sts., NWDC; free

2:00 pm Wicked Olde @ 8 Chains North Winery, 38593 Daymont Lane, Waterford, VA 20197

3:00 pm old time jam @ Beans in the Belfry, 122 W. Potomac St., Brunswick, MD

3:30 pm Waltz with Rhapsody [Marty Taylor/winds/conc, Alexander Mitchell/fid/mand, Dave

Wiesler/pno/gtr, Ralph Gordon/bs] @ Spanish ballroom, Glen Echo Park, Glen Echo, MD; $10;

2:45 lesson;

4:00 pm +7 Cherish the Ladies @ BlackRock Center for the Arts, 12901 Town Commons Dr., Germantown,

MD 20874; $29-51; 301-528-2260;

5:00 pm Brooks Tegler jazz @ Irish Inn at Glen Echo, Tulane & MacArthur, Glen Echo, MD

5:00 pm +7 Jody Marshall’s holiday w/Jim Queen/fid/bjo/voc, Paul Nahay/pno, Carey Creed/gtr/voc for

Fall Celtic Series @ The Old Brogue, 760C Walker Rd., Great Falls, VA 22066; $18/12kids;

advance tix at – season ticket $80/60kids;

5:00 pm Letitia Van Sant + Georgie Jessup w/host Geoffrey Himes f/Roots Café Christmas Show @ An Die

Musik Live, 409 N.Charles St., Baltimore, MD 21201; $12/13;

6:00 pm >9 Patsy’s Honky Tonk Torch & Twang: A Country Christmas @ Old Bowie Town Grille, 8604

Chestnut Ave., Bowie, MD 20715;

6:00 pm Kristin Rebecca part of Garden in Lights @ Annmarie Garden, 13480 Dowell Rd., Dowell

(Solomons), MD; $6;

7:00 pm Shenandoah Run f/Creative Cauldron @ ArtSpace Falls Church, 410 S. Maple Ave., Falls Church,

VA 22046; $22/20sr-mil/18stdt/15group;

7:00 pm The Nighthawks @ New Deal Café, 113 Centerway, Roosevelt Center, Greenbelt, MD

7:30 pm A duo of trios: No Good Sister + Lulu’s Fate for FocusMusic @ Tikvat Israel Congregation, 2200

Baltimore Rd., Rockville, MD 20851; $15/18;

7:30 pm FSGW Squares & Contras @ Spanish Ballroom, Glen Echo Park, 7300 MacArthur Blvd., Glen

Echo, MD; $13/freeToMem/5under18; 7pm lesson; Ann Fallon + Rhapsody [Dave Wiesler/pno,

Alexander Mitchell/fid, Marty Taylor/wsl];

8:00 pm Mary Ann Redmond @ Flanagan’s Harp & Fiddle, 4844 Cordell Ave., Bethesda, MD

8:00 pm Paul Gannon & Mitch Fanning @ Limerick Pub, 11301 Elkin St., Wheaton, MD

8:00 pm Sean Watkins (of Nickel Creek) + guests Lily & Madeleine @ Jammin’ Java, 227 E. Maple Ave.,

Vienna, VA 22180; $20

Monday, December 4

Today, Dec. 4 through Sunday, Dec. 10, the WERA-LP 96.7FM First Fundraiser to mark the 2nd Anniversary of

WERA’s broadcasting. Quick & easy way to contribute in support of your favorite music or interview shows:

open wera.fm and click on the record; that takes you directly to a page where you can make your

contribution in whatever amount this station is worth to you. There are a few premiums to suggest amounts.

You can also leave comments. And thanks!!!

12:00 n Billy Coulter Duo @ Downtown Holiday Market, 8th & F Sts., NWDC; outdoors

+5 Runakuna, Andean music @ Downtown Holiday Market

7:00 pm Irish Inn Mates @ Irish Inn at Glen Echo, Tulane & MacArthur, Glen Echo, MD

7:00 pm DCBU/VFW Jam @ VFW Post 350, 6420 Orchard Ave., Takoma Park, MD; free

7:00 pm Bluegrass jam @ The Blue Side Tavern, 6 S. Bentz St., Frederick, MD 21701

7:00 pm open mic/showcases hosted by Rob Hinkal @ Teavolve Café, 1401 Aliceanna St., Baltimore, MD

21231; teavolvecafe

7:30 pm Winter Jubilee, feat. Sam Gleaves, Tyler Hughes, Emily Mann, Hasee Ciacco for Baltimore house

concert & likely post-concert jam; $15-20sugg’d; RSVP: bradkolodner@

8:00 pm Ship’s Company open chantey sing @ Limerick Pub, 11301 Elkin St., Wheaton, MD

8:00 pm traditional Irish session @ Paddy Barry’s, 8150 Leesburg Pike, Tyson’s Corner, VA 22182

8:00 pm BFMS English Country Dance @ St. Mark’s on the Hill, 1620 Reisterstown Rd., Pikesville, MD;

$11/8mem/stdtdisc; Sharon McKinley + Emily Aubrey/vln, Robin Wilson/winds/conc, Liz

Donaldson/pno;

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

Tuesday, December 5

12:00 n Jeffrey Greenberg & Tom Kitchen, jazz @ Downtown Holiday Market, 8th & F Sts., NWDC;

+5 Ian Walters & Friends @ Downtown Holiday Market, all outdoors

1:00 pm >230 Song Circle @ Jewish Community Center of Greater Wash., 6125 Montrose Rd., Rockville,

MD 20852; Frieda: fenoch@ [1st & 3rd Tues]

7:00 pm Ruthie & the Wranglers host New Old Jamboree w/guest Mary Shaver @ New Deal Café, 113

Centerway, Roosevelt Center, Greenbelt, MD

7:15 pm open mic/showcases f/Folk Club of Reston & Herndon @ Amphora’s Diner Deluxe, 1151 Elden

St., Herndon, VA 20170;

7:20 pm “Song of Granite” film screening w/intro by Paddy Meskell (of Solas Nua), reception follows; film

of Joe Heaney, Irish sean nos singer, includes performance and narrative by Heany along with

singing by other sean nos singers; @ AFI Silver Theater, 8633 Colesville Rd., Silver Spring, MD

20910; $15/13mem; silver. earlier screening Saturday, 12/2, 6 pm

7:30 pm Hot Tuna, acoustic @ Birchmere, 3701 Mt. Vernon Ave., Alexandria, VA 22305; $49.50;



7:30 pm Joe Henry + guest Rose Cousins @ Jammin’ Java, 227 E. Maple Ave., Vienna, VA 22180; $20-25

8:00 pm traditional Irish session in the snug @ McGinty’s, 911 Ellsworth Dr., Silver Spring, MD 20910

8:00 pm open mic w/Crazy after Midnight @ JV’s, 6666 Arlington Blvd., Falls Church, VA 22042

8:00 pm open mic @ Black Squirrel Music, 2670 Avenir Place, Vienna, VA 22180;

9:30 pm Cheick Hamala Diabate’s Griot Street @ Bossa Bistro, 2463 18th St., NWDC 20009

Wednesday, December 6

12:00 n Emma G, acoustic soul @ Downtown Holiday Market, 8th & F Sts., NWDC; outdoors

+5 Seth Kibel & Sean Lane, holiday jazz mostly @ Downtown Holiday Market

6:00 pm Painted Trillium for Garden in Lights @ Annmarie Garden, 13480 Dowell Rd., Dowell (Solomons),

MD; $6;

6:00 pm ilyAIMY @ Barley & Hops. 5473 Urbana Pike, Frederick, MD 21704

6:31 pm Southern Culture Jazz, acoustic, feat. Esther Haynes/voc/gtr, JC Veve/gtr/voc, Stefan Custodi/bs @

Laporta’s, 1600 Duke St., Alexandria, VA 22314

7:00 pm >9 acoustic open mic @ Happy Harbor Restaurant, 533 Deale Rd., Deale, MD 20751

7:00 pm Joe Newberry & April Verch @ Paris Apothecary, 692 Federal St., Paris, VA 20130; $18/22;

Holiday show; block off Rt.50/Mosby Hwy

7:01 pm David Rawlings, Americana @ Lincoln Theatre, 1215 U St., NWDC 20009; $36; Doors 6:30;



7:30 pm Brooksie Wells in upstairs VINYL LOUNGE @ Gypsy Sally’s, 3401 K St., NWDC; no cover

7:30 pm Steve Earle & the Dukes w/guests The Mastersons @ Birchmere, 3701 Mt. Vernon Ave.,

Alexandria, VA 22305; $59.50;

7:30 pm trad Irish session @ Limerick Pub, 11301 Elkin St., Wheaton, MD

7:30 pm Rogue Johnsen Trio, blues @ New Deal Café, 113 Centerway, Roosevelt Center, Greenbelt, MD

8:00 pm The Suitcase Junket + opener Lauren Calve Duo @ Gypsy Sally’s, 3401 K St., NWDC; $10

8:00 pm SAW acoustic open mic @ Politics & Prose, 5015 CT Ave., NWDC 20008;

8:00 pm Loud Mountains (Americana duo) + interpretive dancer @ Electric Maid, 268 Carroll St.(Takoma),

NWDC 20012; $10

8:00 pm Irish Session @ Galway Bay, 63 Maryland Ave., Annapolis, MD 21401

8:00 pm >Fri+Sat3&8+Sun3&7 “Christmas at the Old Bull & Bush” – British music hall style holiday @

MetroStage, 1201 N. Royal St., Alexandria, VA; $55-60; thru 12/24

8:00 pm open mic w/Vernon Santmeyer @ JV’s, 6666 Arlington Blvd., Falls Church, VA 22042

8:00 pm >11 19th Street Band @ Lahinch Tavern, 7747 Tuckerman Lane, Potomac, MD 20854

8:00 pm FSGW English Country Dance @ Glen Echo Town Hall (upstairs), Harvard Ave. & MacArthur

Blvd., Glen Echo, MD; $12/10mem/5stdt; Tom Spilsbury + Jeff Steinberg/fid, Colleen Reed/fl,

Liz Donaldson/pno; 7:30 lesson for beginners;

8:00 pm BFMS Contras @ Lovely Lane Ch, 2200 St.Paul St, Baltimore MD 21218; $13/9mem; tba

+ Wild Wombats of the Chesapeake [Ralph Barthine/gtr, Carl Friedman/fid/fl, Janina

O’Brien/pno, Robin Wilson/fl/conc];

Thursday, December 7

12:00 n Patty Reese @ Downtown Holiday Market, 8th & F Sts., NWDC; outdoors

+5 Painted Trillium @ Downtown Holiday Market

6:00 pm Andrew O’Day @ Clare & Don’s Beach Shack, 130 N. Washington St., Falls Church, VA 22046

6:00 pm Robert Pereira & Bill Hall @ Ayse Meze in Everedy Square, 6 N. East St., Frederick, MD

7:01 pm Robert Earl Keen “Merry Christmas from the Fam-o-lee” @ Lincoln Theatre, 1215 U St., NWDC

20009; $35-55; doors 6:30;

7:00 pm “Dar Williams - What I Found in a Thousand Towns: A Traveling Musician's Guide to

Rebuilding America's Communities--One Coffee Shop, Dog Run, and Open-Mike Night at a

Time”; the singer reads and discusses her book, might sing a bit too at Politics & Prose, 5015

CT Ave., NWDC 20008; free; first come, first served seating

7:00 pm SAW open mic w/Paige Powell @ New Deal Café, 113 Centerway, RooseveltCenter, GreenbeltMD

7:00 pm open mic w/Dan Bourdeaux @ Music Café, 26528B Ridge Rd., Damascus, MD 20872

7:30 pm Peter Yarrow @ Bethesda Blues & Jazz, 7719 Wisconsin Ave., Bethesda, MD 20814; $35/40

7:30 pm Joe Newberry & April Verch @ Appalachian Brewing Co. Gallery, 50 N. Cameron St.,

Harrisburg, PA 17101; $24/20mem/10stdts;

7:30 pm Glen Echo Intl Folkdancers @ Church of the Redeemer, 6201 Dunrobbin Dr., Glen Echo, MD; $7; 301-466-3018; - annual Romanian Day Party

8:00 pm Only Lonesome, bluegrass @ Mr. Henry’s, 601 PA Ave., SEDC

8:00 pm >11 Gerry Timlin @ Lahinch Tavern, 7747 Tuckerman Lane, Potomac, MD 20854

8:00 pm singer songwriter showcase @ Outta the Way Café, 17503 Redland Rd., Derwood, MD 20855

8:00 pm Danny Barnes Trio [banjo +Joe K. Walsh/mand, Grant Gordy/gtr] @ Barns of Rose Hill, 19

Chalmers Court, Berryville, VA 22611; $15/20;

8:00 pm Empty Ecstasy @ Frederick Coffee Co., 100 N. East St., Frederick, MD

8:00 pm Celtic Christmas Celebration w/Laura Byrne/fl, Jim Eagan/fid, Pat Egan/voc/gtr @ Baldwin’s

Station, 7618 Main St., Sykesville, MD; $22; SOLD OUT

8:00 pm Steep Canyon Rangers @ Rams Head Onstage, 33 West St., Annapolis, MD $42.50

8:30 pm Rumpke Mountain Boys, “trashgrass” + Brokedown Hustlers, acoustic band @ Gypsy Sally’s, 3401

K St., NWDC 20007; $12;

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

9:30 pm Feedel Band, EthioJazz @ Bossa Bistro, 2463 18th St., NWDC; $10;

9:30 pm Greg Snyder @ Dogwood Tavern, 132 W. Broad St., Falls Church, VA 22046

10:00 pm ilyAIMY @ Firestone’s Culinary Tavern, 105 N. Market St., Frederick, MD 21701

Friday, December 8

11:00 am Platinum Live: A Gospel Christmas feat. Brencore Allstars @ Publick Playhouse, 5445 Landover

Rd., Cheverly, MD 20784; for seniors 60+; $10; Publick Playhouse 40th Anniversary Celebration

12:00 n Carly & Sol @ Downtown Holiday Market, 8th & F Sts., NWDC; outdoors

+2:30 pm The Clear Harmonies Carolers @ Downtown Holiday market

+5 Janine Wilson & Max Evans @ Downtown Holiday Market

6:00 pm Andrew Acosta Band @ Clare & Don’s Beach Shack, 130 N. Washington St., Falls Church, VA

6:00 pm >9 Richard Walton @ Black Ankle Winery, 14463 Black Ankle Rd., Mt. Airy, MD 21771

7:00 pm FriSat Gerry Timlin @ Ireland’s Four Provinces, 105 W. Broad St., Falls Church, VA 22046

7:00 pm >9 trad Irish music & Culkin Irish dancers @ Lahinch Tavern, 7747 Tuckerman Lane, Potomac,

MD 20854

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

7:30 pm Trifilio Tango Trio for Carroll Café @ Seekers Church, 276 Carroll St., (Takoma) NWDC; $18/20;



7:30 pm FriSat Dar Williams, music and discussion of her new book @ Birchmere, 3701 Mt. Vernon Ave.,

Alexandria, VA 22305; $35;

8:00 pm Brendan Sheridan & Bob Spates @ Limerick Pub, 11301 Elkin St., Wheaton, MD

8:00 pm John Cowan w/Darin & Brooke Aldridge @ Jammin’ Java, 227 E. Maple Ave., Vienna, VA 22180;

$20-25;

8:00 pm Natalie MacMaster & Donnell Leahy: A Celtic Family Christmas @ George Mason Univ. Center

for the Arts, Braddock Rd. & Rt. 123, Fairfax, VA; $33-55/kids27.50; cfa.gmu.edu

+ pre-concert discussion

8:00 pm Still Standing, rootsrock @ Ruddy Duck Brewery & Grill, 13200 Dowell Rd., Dowell, MD 20629

8:00 pm One Blue Night @ Vini Culture, 20 N. Market St., Frederick, MD 21701

8:00 pm Handsome Molly, bluegrass @ Music Café, 26528B Ridge Rd., Damascus, MD 20872

8:00 pm Steve Earle & the Dukes + openers The Mastersons @ Jefferson Theatre, downtown mall,

Charlottesville, VA; $33.50-52;

8:30 pm Danny Barnes Trio + Herb & Hanson open @ Pearl Street Warehouse, 33 Pearl St., SWDC 20024

(in The Wharf); $20;

8:30 pm FriSat Scott Fallon @ Fiona’s, 5810 Kingstowne Center, Alexandria, VA 22315

8:30 pm Smokin’ Polecats w/Marianna Previti @ New Deal Cafe, 113 Centerway, Roosevelt Center,

Greenbelt, MD

8:30 pm + Sat 3&8:30 Carbon Leaf @ Rams Head Onstage, 33 West St., Annapolis, MD; $38.50

8:30 pm Friday Contras in Spanish Ballroom @ Glen Echo Park, MD; $10/5under18; Gaye Fifer + Glen

Echo Open Band;

9:00 pm Little Red & the Renegades CD release @ Haydees, 3102 Mt. Pleasant St., NWDC 20010, no cover

9:00 pm Bad Influence (Mike Tash birthday) @ JV’s, 6666 Arlington Blvd., Falls Church, VA 22042

9:00 pm Tony Denikos w/Andrew McKnight/gtr @ Blue Side Tavern, 6 S. Bentz St., Frederick, MD 21701

10:30 pm Alfredo Mojica Group, downstairs @ Bossa Bistro, 2463 18th St., NWDC; $5;

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