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; 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

* one of a series of performances, some before today

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Saturday, January 6

Epiphany

11:00 am >11:45 Jim Thorne (space scientist & w/Shenandoah Run), presents musical journey fm Apollo

program to the stars; f/grades 1-7; free, drop-in @ Mary Riley Styles Library, 120 N. Virginia

Ave., Falls Church, VA 22046

12:00 n SAW DC Songwriter’s Toolbox Session @ Tenley-Friendship Library, 4450 Wisconsin Ave.,

NWDC 20016;

1:00 pm blues jam @ Archie’s Barbershop, 4701 Queensbury Rd., Riverdale Park, MD 20737;



1:00 pm >5 Ray Sheehan & Heather Butler (of Wicked Olde) @ Cana Winery, 38600 John Mosby Hwy,

Middleburg, VA;

1:00 pm >4 Julia Kasdorf @ Big Cork Winery, 4236 Main St., Rohrersville, MD 21779

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

3:00 pm >6 Song Circle hosted by Joel Pomerantz @ Electric Maid, 268 Carroll St., (Takoma) NWDC

20012;

3:00 pm + 8 pm Dan Navarro w/David Glaser for Occasional House Concerts, Falls Church, VA; $25sugg’d;

ResReq; concerts.

4:00 pm The Snake Farmers @ JV’s Restaurant, 6666 Arlington Blvd., Falls Church, VA 22042

+9 Memphis Gold All Star Band, feat. Bill Starks, Steve Wolf, Joe Wells & Zena the Mojo Queen

@ JV’s; $10

4:00 pm FSGW open sing @ Callaghan’s in Edgewater, MD; info: - RSVP: callagh@

Topics: Holidays, celebrations, festivities

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

Lovettsville, VA; F.A.M.E.=

7:30 pm Lulu’s Fate “house concert” @ School of Musical Traditions, 2nd floor Talbot Bldg, 1097 Rockville

Pike, Rockville, MD 20852; $15/12stdts;

7:00 pm Adrienne & the Dirty Middle, bluesrock @ Beans in the Belfry, 122 W. Potomac St., Brunswick,

MD

7:00 pm Andrew McKnight + Michael DeLalla f/Redwood Run House Concert, Philomont, VA; RSVP:

smandelgiblin@

7:00 pm Emerald Isle Club Monthly Ceili (new venue) @ Atlantic Ballroom, 8819 Orchard Lane, Towson,

MD; music by Peter Fitzgerald & the J.Patrick’s All-Stars;

7:30 pm Armonia Nova, “O Luminous Night: Celebration of Epiphany & Solstice” feat. Constance

Whiteside/harps/perc, Tina Chancey/viols/vlns, Jacqueline Horner-Kwiatek/mezzo @ St. Mark’s

On Capitol Hill, 301 A St., SEDC; donation

7:30 pm FSGW/VITG storyswap in NWDC; RSVP: starrkopper@

7:30 pm Veronneau on Passport to the World series for Creative Cauldron @ ArtSpace Falls Church, 410 S.

Maple Ave., Falls Church, VA 22046; $22/20sr-mil-stdts;

7:30 pm Michael Clem (fm Eddie from Ohio) Trio of Five [incl Rusty Speidel/gtr, Thomas Gunn/bs/gtr,

Matty Metcalfe/kybds, Paul Rosner/dr] + opener Justin Storer @ Jammin’ Java, 227 E.Maple

Ave., Vienna, VA 22180; $15-18;

8:00 pm +10 Th-Sun Chris Thomas King @ Blues Alley, 1073 Wisconsin Ave., NWDC 20007; $25-30

8:00 pm Siobhan O’Brien @ Sonoma Cellar, 207 King St., Alexandria, VA

8:00 pm Norwegian dance & 6:30 potluck in Kensington, MD; music by Vilde Aaslid/hardanger fiddle;

MAND. or 301-371-4312

8:00 pm Shepherdstown Contras @ War Memorial Building, 102 E. German St., Shepherstown, WV 25443;

Janine Smith + Fiddle Retreat open band – staff & students; smad.us

8:30 pm Jacob Joliff Band [mandolinist leads all-star bluegrass group] + openers Split String Soup @ Pearl

Street Warehouse, 33 Pearl St., SWDC 20024 (in The Wharf); $10;

8:30 pm Greenbelt Contras @ Community YOUTH Center, Roosevelt Center, Greenbelt, MD;

$10/5under19/free6&under; April Blum + Transatlantic Crossing {Gardner family]

9:00 pm Michelle Hannan & One Blue Night @ Blue Side Tavern, 6 S. Bentz St., Frederick, MD

9:00 pm Daryl Davis band for swing dance @ Spanish Ballroom, Glen Echo Park, Glen Echo, Md;

$18/14stdt;

10:30 pm Herb & Hanson in upstairs VINYL LOUNGE @ Gypsy Sally’s, 3401 K St., NWDC; no cover

Sunday, January 7

Orthodox Christmas

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

11:00 am Seth Kibel & friends for Klezmer Brunch @ Edlavitch DCJCC, 16th & Q Sts, NWDC 20036;

$15concert/$30concert & brunch; brunch res. req. by 1/3:



11:00 am >2 DCBU bluegrass jam @ the Mansion on O, 2020 O St., NWDC;

11:30 am + 2pm Three Kings Day, traditional celeb of Epiphany, incl Magi, live animals, local performers,

Neighborhood walk, gifts @ Gala Hispanic Theatre, 3333 14th St., NWDC 20010; free;



12:00 n >3 Irish session @ O’Flynn’s Crab & Cask House, 3432 S. Hanover St., Baltimore, MD

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

+4 Black Muddy River Band @ JVs

+8:30 Linwood Taylor & Flat Foot Sam @ JVs

1:00 pm >4 bluegrass jam @ Frying Pan Park Country Store, 2709 W. Ox Rd., Herndon, VA 20171;

703-437-9101

1:00 pm >4 Andrew O’Day @ Big Cork Winery, 4236 Main St., Rohrersville, MD 21779

2:00 pm ukulele jam @ Archie’s Barbershop, 4701 Queensbury Rd., Riverdale Park, MD 20737;



3:00 pm Irish session @ Kirwan’s on the Wharf, 749 Wharf St., SWDC 20024

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

3:00 pm Moonshine Holler (duo performs southern roots) + Ann Porcella & Bill Schmidt @ Four Hour Day

Lutherie, 4305 Harford Rd., Baltimore, MD 21214; donations

3:30 pm Waltz with Some Assembly [Joe Klausner, Adam Lee, Mary Corletta Flora, Donna Boylan @

Spanish Ballroom, Glen Echo Park, Glen Echo, MD; $10; 2:45 lesson;

4:00 pm >8 DC Blues Society Jam @ American Legion Post 41, 905 Sligo Ave., Silver Spring, MD 20910;

Free;

4:00 pm Ken Waldman (from Alaska) poetry, fiddling & satire (w/David McCormick & other musical

guests) debuts his new theatre piece “Donald Trump Is My Muse” for IMT @ School of Musical

Traditions, 1097 Rockville Pike, Rockville, MD;

+2pm kids/family show featuring music from Ken’s 2 kids CDs;

5:00 pm Irish session Sundays @ Ryan’s Daughter Irish Pub, 600 E. Belvedere Ave., Baltimore, MD;

Leaders incl Laura Byrne, Pat Egan, Julia Fitzgerald

6:00 pm Armonia Nova, “O Luminous Night: Celebration of Epiphany & Solstice” feat. Constance

Whiteside/harps/perc, Tina Chancey/viols/vlns, Jacqueline Horner-Kwiatek/mezzo @ Christ

Church, 118 N. Washington St., Alexandria, VA; donation

6:00 pm Maggie Sansone New Year feat. Robin Bullock, Matthew Bell, Laura Byrne, Jimmy Eagan, Seth

Kibel @ Rams Head Onstage, 33 West St., Annapolis, MD; $25;

7:00 pm Junkyard Band + Flex Mathews opens @ U Street Music Hall, 1115 U St., NWDC 20009; $15

7:00 pm Mark Wenner presents McKinley James (16 yr-old guitarist) w/band @ New Deal Café, 113

Centerway, Roosevelt Center, Greenbelt, MD

7:30 pm Roy Book Binder f/Susquehanna Folk in Owen Salon @ Ware Center, 42 N. Prince St., Lancaster,

PA 17603; $25/23mem/5stdts;

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

Echo, MD; $13/freeToMem/5under18; Gaye Fifer + Polaris [Rose Jackson/fid, Marta

Bartholomew/fid, Sam Zakon-Anderson/pno, Jessie Ball/gtr/hamdulc/acc/feet];

8:00 pm Flamenco Passion feat. Cuerpo y Alma @ Bossa Bistro, 2463 18th St, NWDC; $25;

8:30 pm Sun-Wed Siobhan O’Brien @ Murphy’s, 713 King St., Alexandria, VA

Monday, January 8

7:00 pm open bluegrass jam @ Blue Side Tavern, 6 S. Bentz St., Frederick, Md

7:00 pm open mic/showcases hosted by Rob Hinkal; feat. Abadon Faluz @ Teavolve Café, 1401

Aliceanna St., Baltimore, MD 21231; teavolvecafe

7:30 pm Songwriter Showcase @ Brewers Alley, 124 N. Market St, Frederick, MD; piano prelude by

Renee Zabel; feat. Steve Warner & the Coyotes; cameos by Brian Keith, Michael Kelly; poetry by

Rod Deacey

8:00 pm 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 >10 Irish session @ Paddy Barry’s Pub, 8150 Leesburg Pike, Tyson’s Corner, VA

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

$11/8mem/stdtdisc; Ann Fallon + Tina Chancey/strs, Wayne Hankin/ , Jonathan Jensen/pno+

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

9:00 pm Joshua Powell + Jonny Grave @ Galaxy Hut, 2711 Wilson Blvd., Arlington, VA; $5

Tuesday, January 9

6:00 pm Native Pride Dancers features several tribes’ music, dance, regalia @ Kennedy Center Millennium

Stage, 27th & F Sts., NWDC; free

7:00 pm Baltimore old-time jam @ The Five & Dime Ale House, 901 W. 36th St., Baltimore, MD 21211;

Ken & Brad Kolodner host;

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

Herndon, VA 20170;

7:30 pm >930 trad Irish session @ Finnegan’s Grill, 2310 Woodlands Crossing Dr., Herndon, VA;

Info: Alan Carrick 202-294-8956

7:30 pm >10:30 Irish session @ Café Hon, 1002 W. 36th St., Baltimore, MD

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

8:00 pm Silky Dave hosts open mic in upstairs VINYL LOUNGE @ Gypsy Sally’s, 3401 K St, NWDC; free

8:00 pm traditional Irish session led by Dennis Botzer & C.B.Heinemann @ McGinty’s, 911 Ellsworth Dr.,

Silver Spring, MD 20910

8:30 pm Mark Wenner & James McKinley (16 yr.-old guitarist) @ JV’s Restaurant, 6666 Arlington Blvd.,

Falls Church, VA 22042

9:30 pm Cheick Hamala Diabate’s Griot Street, led by griot from Mali, downstairs @ Bossa Bistro, 2463

18th St, NWDC;

Wednesday, January 10

5:00 pm old tyme jam @ Music Café, 26528B Ridge Rd., Damascus, MD 20872

7:00 pm Henry Louis Gates, Jr. & Maria Tatar discuss their book “The Annotated African American

Folktales,” 160+ stories from Africa, US, Caribbean, Latin American + book signing @ National

Archives, Constitution Ave. between 7th & 9th Sts., NWDC 20408; free w/RSVP: 202-357-5946 or //18041.publicprograms or by phone 202-357-5946 May be SOLD OUT

7:30 pm U-Liners @ El Golfo Restaurant, 8737 Flower Ave., Silver Spring, MD 20901

7:30 pm Grapevine Storytelling @ Busboys & Poets, 235 Carroll St., (Takoma) NWDC; Noa Baum hosts,

w/open mic, Jasmin Cardenas, Baba Tony Brown & Kucha Brownlee; $15sugg’d;

7:30 pm SAW Variety Showcase hosted by Ron Goad, incl Steve Coffee & Pamela Ferguson + Tess Higgins

+ Doc Woodbury’s birthday + Doug Alan Wilcox + poetry by Abigail Richon + feature: Anna

Keller & Daniel Greenberg @ Epicure Café, 11104 Lee Hwy/Rt.29, Fairfax, VA;

7:30 pm Michael Kelly @ New Deal Café, 113 Centerway, Roosevelt Center, Greenbelt, MD

+8:30 Lynn Hollyfield @ New Deal Café;

7:30 pm SAW open mic w/hosts Michelle Murray & Dell Potter @ Island Pride Oasis, 617 S. Frederick

Ave., Gaithersburg, MD 20877;

8:00 pm Nick Moss Band w/Dennis Gruenling @ JV’s Restaurant, 6666 Arlington Blvd., Falls Church, VA

22042; $

8:00 pm traditional Irish session in front snug @ Daniel O’Connell’s, 112 King St., Alexandria, VA 22314

8:00 pm traditional Irish session [2nd, 4th Wed] @ O’Lordan’s Irish Pub, 14 Liberty St., Westminster, MD

21157

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

8:00 pm Ship’s Company open pub sing @ Wharf Rat, 801 S. Anne St, Fells Point/Baltimore, MD 21231



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

Blvd., Glen Echo, MD; $12/10mem/5stdt; Tom Spilsbury + Susan Brandt/fl, Tom Wright/mand,

Liz Donaldson/pno;

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

+ Laurie Andres/acc, Steve Hickman/fid, John Devine/gtr;

Thursday, January 11

6:00 pm >9 Irish session Thursdays @ Ryan’s Daughter Irish Pub, 600 E. Belvedere Ave., Baltimore, MD;

7:00 pm open mic w/James & Martha @ New Deal Café, 113 Centerway, Roosevelt Center, Greenbelt, MD

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

7:30 pm +Fri Antibalas, Afrobeat @ The Hamilton, 14th & F Sts., NWDC; $20-25; $40 for both days

7:30 pm SAW original songs open mic hosted by David Hale @ Café Sazon, 4704 Columbia Pike,

Arlington, VA;

7:30 pm Albert Lee (amazing guitarist w/full band) + openers The Cryers (AmericanaRock) @ Jammin’

Java, 227 E. Maple Ave., Vienna, VA 22180; $25-28;

7:30 pm open mic w/Sam Biskin @ JR Sports Bar, 605 S. Main St., Woodsboro, MD 21798

7:30 pm 2nd Thursday Silver Spring Contras @ Great Hall, Silver Spring Civic Bldg, One Veterans Plaza,

Silver Spring, MD 20910; $10/8mem; Ann Fallon + Potomac Revelers [Bruce Hutton, Bill

Mansfield, Chris Romaine]; 7pm lesson;

8:00 pm Ship’s Company open pub sing @ Paddy Barry’s, 8150 Leesburg Pike, Tysons Corner, VA 22182



8:30 pm 19th Street Band @ JV’s Restaurant, 6666 Arlington Blvd., Falls Church, VA 22042

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

Friday, January 12

Upper Potomac Pipers Weekend FriSatSun, feat. classes, concerts, sessions, for bellows-blown pipes, flute,

fiddle, mixed instruments in & around Shepherd Univ., Shepherdstown, WV; staff incl Joey Abarta/upipes;

Sean Gavin/IrishFl; Ian Lawther/Northumbrian smallpipes; Tim Cummings, EJ Jones & Bob Mitchell on

Scottish smallpipes & border pipes; Ian MacHarg, Mike McNintch, Brian McCandless, Frances

Cunningham/bzki;

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

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

7:00 pm Mark Brine @ Beans in the Belfry, 122 W. Potomac St., Brunswick, MD

7:30 pm Randy Barrett’s Big Howdy, feat. Dede Wyland on Passport to the World series for Creative

Cauldron @ ArtSpace Falls Church, 410 S.Maple Ave., Falls Church, VA 22046;

$22/20sr-mil-stdts;

7:30 pm FriSatSun Eddie from Ohio + opener Jake Armerding @ Birchmere, 3701 Mt.Vernon Ave.,

Alexandria, VA 22305; $42.50;

7:30 pm Cantor Lisa, Temple Shalom choirs, Washington Revels Jubilee Voices featured in Sabbath Eve

Service honoring Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. @ Temple Shalom, 8401 Grubb Rd., Chevy Chase,

MD 20815; free

8:00 pm Antibalas, Afrobeat @ The Hamilton, 14th & F Sts., NWDC; $20-25; $40 for both Fri&Sat

8:00 pm Ben Miller Band, Americana + openers Sons of Pitches + Southpaw Country @ Jammin’ Java, 227

E.Maple Ave., Vienna, VA 22180; $15-25

8:00 pm Todd C Walker @ Frederick Coffee Co., 100 N. East St., Frederick, MD

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

8:00 pm Tom Kimmel @ Baldwin’s Station, 7618 Main St., Sykesville, MD; $20;

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

Echo Open Band;

9:00 pm Larry Keel Experience (jam-grass) + openers The Woodshedders (WV roots rock) @ Gypsy

Sally’s, 3401 K St., NWDC 20007; $15/17;

9:00 pm Little Red & the Renegades @ Haydee’s, 3102 Mt. Pleasant St., NWDC 20010; no cover

9:00 pm Eric King & Thin Line Band @ JV’s Restaurant, 6666 Arlington Blvd., Falls Church, VA 22042

9:00 pm Split String Soup + Brandy Station Company @ Davis Street Pier, 302 E. Davis St., Culpeper, VA

22701

9:30 pm Revelator Hill @ Blue Side Tavern, 6 S. Bentz St., Frederick, MD; $5

10:30 pm Bess Greenberg, Americana in upstairs VINYL LOUNGE @ Gypsy Sally’s, 3401 K St., NWDC;

no cover;

10:30 pm Kiss & Ride feat. Carly Harvey in upstairs LOFT @ The Hamilton, 14th & F Sts., NWDC; no cover

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