SON VOLT (5/5) • THE DANDY WARHOLS W/COSMONAUTS, THE VACANT LOTS (5/6) • WALLOWS W/JOY AGAIN (5/7) • FKJ (5/8) • EX HEX W/THE MESSTHETICS, CLEAR CHANNEL — D.C. grrrl power (5/10) • ZARA LARSSON W/ASTRID S — Newest Swedish pop starlet (5/11) • BEAR’S DEN — London-based Springsteen- and
Fleetwood-influenced rock duo (5/12) • ARCHITECTS W/THY ART IS MURDER, WHILE SHE SLEEPS — Holy Hell North America (5/14) • LANY — Two nights on the World Tour 2019, both sold out (5/1516) • JIM JAMES W/AMO AMO — Uniform Distortion (5/17) • LIZZO W/TAYLA PARX — Gotta blame it on her juice, she’s out here making news, two sold out nights, gettin’ loose (5/19-20) • SUPERORGANISM (5/21) • CHROMATICS W/DESIRE, IN MIRRORS — $1 from every Double Exposure Tour ticket goes to support teachers and classroom resources (5/22) • CLOZEE — U Street Music Hall presents (5/25) • BETTY WHO — The most popular of the new crop of gay-popular divas, selling out two nights and going for three; $1 per ticket supports the Trevor Project (5/28-30) • LOCAL NATIVES — $1 per ticket supports gender-based violence intervention and prevention programs on the Spiral Choir Tour 2019 (6/3-4) • JAWBOX W/LAPÊCHE (6/28); W/THE PAUSES (6/29) THE ALDEN
1234 Ingleside Ave. McLean, Va. 703-790-0123 www.aldentheatre.org NEW YORK GILBERT AND SULLIVAN PLAYERS: “I’VE GOT A LITTLE TWIST” —
A cabaret revealing the timelessness of the comic opera masters through rewritten lyrics to G&S tunes, G&S numbers mashed-up with modern-day examples, and some untouched G&S classics (5/4) • “ALL THE WAY LIVE!” W/PAIGE HERNANDEZ AND BAYE HARRELL — B Fly Entertainment founder Hernandez teams up with fellow hip-hop artist for an interactive show featuring on-the-spot collaborations that “remix” everything from the alphabet to folktales (5/11) AMP BY STRATHMORE
11810 Grand Park Ave. North Bethesda, Md. 301-581-5100 www.ampbystrathmore.com LOSTON HARRIS — A cabaret with this singing jazz pianist (3/15) • ROCHELLE RICE (3/22) • BSO MUSIC BOX — “Classical for kids” (3/23, 5/11) • THE PORTLAND CELLO PROJECT — Performing their take 42
on Radiohead’s OK Computer (3/24) • TINSLEY ELLIS & COCO MONTOYA — Blues rock titans (3/26) • ANTONIO SÁNCHEZ & MIGRATION — Jazz drum machine (4/4) • GINA CHAVEZ — The Latin pop artist first leads an afternoon “Kids Pajama Jam party,” then a traditional evening concert for their parents and other adult fans (4/7) • KYLE RIABKO — “Bacharach Reimagined” (4/11) • CAROLINA EYCK (4/12) • OFFICIAL BLUES BROTHERS REVUE — “Aykroyd & Belushi approved” (4/13) • JEREMY SCHONFELD — Singersongwriter and theatrical showman performs the intimate, one-man show “Storyteller,” exploring his songwriting and show-making process (4/27) • CRAIG CHEE & SARAH MAISEL (5/1) • DAVINA & THE VAGABONDS (6/7) • DARRELL SCOTT — Country singer-songwriter (6/13) • AMY HELM (6/27) THE ANTHEM
901 Wharf St. SW. 202-265-0930 www.theanthemdc.com ERYKAH BADU — The far-out neo-soul diva returns for a second concert on the Wharf (3/16) • MEEK MILL W/LIL DURK, KASH DOLL, MELII — The Motivation Tour from Philadelphia-born rapper and former Nicki Minaj paramour (3/21) • JAWBREAKER W/WAR ON WOMEN, POHGOH — A night of classic punk (3/28) • GARY CLARK JR. — The popular young rock-and-soul shredder (3/30) •
star of Dear Evan Hansen and of the Pitch Perfect films showcases his new dramatic pop songs (5/11) • POD TOURS AMERICA (5/19) • DAVID GRAY (5/30) • SNARKY PUPPY W/JOSÉ JAMES (6/14) • JON BATISTE & STAY HUMAN W/BRASS-AHOLICS — The jazzy jam band and house
band for the Late Show with Stephen Colbert (6/15) • BILLIE EILISH W/DENZEL CURRY — Already sold-out concert from dark-pop teen wunderkind in the Lorde mold supporting the album When We All Fall Asleep (6/20) • HILLSONG UNITED — USA Tour 2019 with special guests Amanda Lindsey Cook + Mack Brock (6/29) • BEN FOLDS & VIOLENT FEMMES — The oddest co-headlining concert of many seasons, featuring a veteran punk band long driven to “rock harder than any other acoustic act on the planet” and a quirky genre-bending artist you could say pops harder than any other artistic advisor for the National Symphony (7/30) • ROB THOMAS W/ABBY ANDERSON — A solo show from the lead singer of dramatic rock band Matchbox Twenty (7/12) • RŰFŰS DU SOL — Mesmerizing progressive house band from Down Under (8/8) • BRYAN FERRY — The incredibly stylish new wave legend behind Roxy Music and more recently big room jazz band leader (8/13) • JENNY LEWIS (9/5) • PETER FRAMPTON — Finale: The Farewell Tour with Jason Bonham’s Led Zeppelin Evening (9/11))
MEGHAN TRAINOR W/MAX, JAKE MILLER
BETHESDA BLUES & JAZZ SUPPER CLUB
KODAK BLACK W/RODDY RICCH, CALBOY, SNIPER GANG (4/24) • SNOW PATROL W/ WE ARE SCIENTISTS, RYAN MCMULLAN —
JON WILLIAMS & JAMAR DUKES WITH THE BRENCORE ALLSTARS BAND — A Tribute
— IHeartRadio’s Blossom Bash this year is headlined by the former Capital Pride headliner who’s all about that bass (4/5) • TREY ANASTASIO — An already-soldout Ghosts of the Forest concert from Phish-head with guests Jon Fishman, Jennifer Hartswick, Celisse Henderson, Tony Markellis, and Ray Paczowski (4/6) • KENNY CHESNEY W/DAVID LEE MURPHY, CAROLINE JONES — Country superstar performs two nights on his Songs for the Saints Tour (4/18-19) •
The Irish alt-rock band forever known for its indelible hit love song “Chasing Cars” (4/26) • KALI UCHIS & JORJA SMITH — A double-bill of new-school R&B from two Millennial starlets, the Northern Virginia-reared Uchis and the JamaicanEnglish Smith (4/28) • MAREN MORRIS W/RAELYNN — Girl The World Tour 2019 from critically acclaimed rising country starlet (5/2) • LIL PUMP W/LIL SKIES (5/8) • BEN PLATT — The Tony-winning
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7719 Wisconsin Ave. 240-330-4500 www.bethesdabluesjazz.com K-CI — A solo outing from the member of the hit-making R&B bands of brothers K-Ci & JoJo and Jodeci (3/24) • CASSANDRA WILSON — The iconoclastic jazz singer-songwriter with a Southern soul sensibility (3/29) • THE EMOTIONS — The Chicago sisters trio based in gospel but known for crossover R&B hits plus the indelible, Grammy-winning No. 1 pop hit from 1977 “Best of My Love” (3/31) • to the Music of Marvin Gaye & Donny Hathaway (4/5) • MARANDA CURTIS — Second Sunday Praise (4/14) • LUTHER RE-LIVES — William “Smooth” Wardlaw embodies the sound and style of the late Vandross and performs as the leader of a band in tribute to The Velvet Voice (4/20) • HEY NINETEEN: A TRIBUTE TO STEELY DAN (4/27)