Fool's Night Out
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Upcoming Events
for the Greater Washington DC area
Date Artist Venue Dancing? Notes
Mon Aug 4
Return to Forever
Merriweather Post
Chick Corea, Stanley Clarke, Lenny White, & Al DiMeola
Thur-Sun Aug 7-10
Buffalo Jambalaya
Camp Ramblewood
Darlington, MD
yes & lessons
w/ Steve Riley, Lil' Malcolm, & J.J. Callier, Instructors: Anthony Lewis & Sheri Mullinex, Chris Trahan & Janine Dougas, & w/ Chef TBD
Thur-Fri Aug 7-8
Gipsy Kings
Wolf Trap
$42/25(lawn)
Thur Aug 7
King Teddy
Nottoway Park
Vienna
FREE
Sat-Sun Aug 9-10
Swinging Blues Fest
Nighthawks & ???
Linganore Winery
Mt. Airy, MD
Sat-Sun Aug 9-10
Virgin Mobile Festival
Pimlico Race Course
Baltimore, MD
Sat: Chuck Berry, Foo Fighters, Gogol Bordello, Sharon Jones & the Dap Kings, Wilco, ...
Sun: Bob Dylan, Iggy & the Stooges, Moby, Nine Inch Nails, ...
Sat Aug 9
Homemade Jamz
Surf Club Live
sure
$25/$20(adv)/$15(DCBS adv)
Sun Aug 10
BB King
Wolf Trap
$42/$25(lawn)
Sun Aug 10
Lord of the Strings
JVs
w/ Dan Hovey, Dave Chappell, & Mike Merchoni
Tue Aug 12
Los Lonley Boys
Los Lobos
Wolf Trap
$40/$25(lawn) - 8pm
They got the order wrong!
Wed Aug 13
George Thorogood & the Destroyers
Buddy Guy
Wolf Trap
$40/$22(lawn) - 8pm
Thur Aug 14
Joni Mitchell Tribute
Strathmore
$15 - 7:30pm - w/ Luke Brindley, Laura Burhenn, Jon Carroll, Deeme Katson, Frederic Yonnet, LEA, John Jennings, Margot MacDonald, Mary Ann Redmond, Grace Griffith, Esther Haynes, Naked Blue, ...
Fri Aug 15
El Vez for Prez Tour
Black Cat
Fri Aug 15
BG & the Mojo Hands
Bumper Car Pavillion
Glen Echo Park
yes, w/ lesson @ 8pm
9pm - $13
Sat Aug 16
Hot August Blues
Oregon Ridge
Cockeysville, MD
John Hiatt, Marcia Ball, Bonerama, Janet Griffin, ... - $30/$40(day of)
Sat Aug 16
Tony Rice Unit
JD Crowe & the New South
Birchmere
Sat Aug 16
JJ Callier & the Zydeco Knockouts
Surf Club Live
yes
Sat Aug 16
SingCo Rhythm Orchestra
Spanish Ballroom
Glen Echo Park
yes, lesson @ 8pm
$15
Sun Aug 17
Sunday Waltz
Blue Amber
Spanish Ballroom
Glen Echo Park
yes, lesson @ 3pm
$8 - 3:30-6pm
Tue Aug 19
Bobby 'Blue' Band
Birchmere
nope
7:30pm - $29.50+SC
Thur Aug 21
Chris Isaak
James Hunter
Wolf Trap
$42/$25(lawn)
Thur Aug 21
Cathy Ponton King
Nottoway Park
Vienna
FREE
Sat Aug 23
Robert Cray Band
Keb' Mo'
Pier Six Pavilion
Sun Aug 24
Sunday Contra
Love Mongrels
Glen Echo Park
yes, lesson @ 3pm
7:30pm
Wed Aug 27
Fabulous Thunderbirds
the Nighthawks
Birchmere
doubtful
7:30pm - $29.50+SC
Wed Aug 27
Indigenous
State Theatre
Fri-Sun Aug 29-31
Rhythm & Roots Festival
Ninigret Park
Charlestown, RI
yes & lessons
Host: Pine Leaf Boys
Fri: Preston Frank, Johnny Nicholas, Great American Taxi, Bill Kirchen, Scythian, Corey Ladet, ...
Sat: Keb' Mo', Steve Riley, Red Stick Ramblers, Preston Frank, Dan Hicks, Waybacks, ...
Sun: Robert Cray, Steve Riley, Red Stick Ramblers, Preston Frank, Ed Poullard, the Gourds, Curley Taylor, ...
Sat Aug 30
DC Blues Festival
Carter Barron Ampetheatre
concrete
FREE - w/ Zac Harmon & The Mid-South Blues Revue, Lil Dave Thompson, Charles ’ÄúBig Daddy’Äù Stallings Band, Acme Blues Co., The Jazzy Blues Women, The Country Bunker Funky Blues Band, The Colours Splatt Blues Band, ...
Sat Aug 30
Daryl Davis
Bumper Car Pavillion
Glen Echo Park
yes, lesson @ 8pm
$15
Sat Aug 30
Karen Collins & The Backroads Band
JVs
Sun Aug 31
Alonzo's Memorial Picnic
Rosedale American Legion Hall
$25(adv) - w/ Billy Price, Big James Montgomery, Nothin' But Trouble
Mon Sept 1
Herndon Labor Day Jazz & Wine Festival
Herndon Town Green
John Jorgenson Quintet, ...
Fri Sept 5
Bill Kirchen & too Much Fun
Jammin Java
doubtful
$20 - 8pm
Fri Sept 5
the Gourds
State Theatre
sure
$20 - 8pm
Sat Sept 6
Robert Redd & Friends
Spanish Ballroom
Glen Echo Park
yes, lesson @ 8pm
$12
Sun Sept 7
Steve Earle & Allison Moorer
Birchmere
7:30pm - $59.50+SC
Sun Sept 7
Sunday Waltz
Waltzing Stars
Spanish Ballroom
Glen Echo Park
yes, lesson @ 3pm
$8 - 3:30-6pm
Mon Sept 8
Steve Earle & Allison Moorer
Birchmere
7:30pm - $59.50+SC
Fri Sept 12
Kenny Neal & John Nemeth
FishHead Cantina
Sat Sept 13
George Gee Orchestra
w/ Frankie Manning
Spanish Ballroom
Glen Echo Park
yes, lesson @ 8pm
$18
Sat Sept 13
Sonny Landreth
Birchmere
Sun Sept 14
Takoma Park Folk Festival
Takoma Park Middle School
sure
FREE
Sun Sept 14
Janine Wilson (1pm)
Bluesworks (10:30am)
Eastern Market
FREE
Tue Sept 16
Candye Kane
Clarendon Ballroom
yes
9-11pm
Thur-Sat Sept 18-20
Watermelon Park Fest
Watermelon Park
Berryville, VA
Thur: Danny Knicely, ...
Fri: Crooked Still, Carolina Chocolate Drops, ...
Sat: Larry Keel, Dan Tyminki, ...
Fri Sept 19
T Broussard & the Zydeco Steppers
Bumper Car Pavillion
Glen Echo Park
yes, w/ lesson @ 8pm
9pm
Sat Sept 20
Radio King Orchestra
Spanish Ballroom
Glen Echo Park
yes, w/ lesson
Sun Sept 21
Sunday Waltz
Notorious
Spanish Ballroom
Glen Echo Park
yes, lesson @ 3pm
$8 - 3:30-6pm
Sun Sept 28
Blue Rhythm Boys (1pm)
Alexandria Kleztet (10:30am)
Eastern Market
FREE
Sun Sept 28
Down by the Riverside
Blind Boys of Alabama & Preservation Hall Jazz Band
Kennedy Center
Concert Hall
7pm - $65-20
Mon Sept 29
Carolina Chocolate Drops
Kennedy Center
??Millennium Stage??
Fri-Sun Oct 3-5
Hardly Strictly Bluegrass Festival
Speedway Meadow, Golden Gate Park
San Francisco, CA
yes & lessons
FREE
Earl Scruggs, Bad Livers, Gourds, Desert Rose, Jerry Jeff Walker, Laurie Lewis, Hazel Dickens, Gogol Bordello, Waybacks, Robert Plant & Allison Krauss, Iris Dement, Greg Brown, Asleep at the Wheel, Del McCoury, Peter Rowan, Hot Rize, Santiago Jimenez, Infamous Stringdusters, Dave Alvin & the Guilty Women, Loudon Wainright III, Robert Earl Keen, ...
Fri-Sun Oct 3-5
Dance Vortex
Camp Riverview
Mentone, AL
yes & lessons
Leon Chavis and the Zydeco Flames, Briggs Brown and the Bayou Cajuns, Notorious, Cis Hinkle, & Atlanta Swamp Opera
Sat Oct 4
Allstar Band Jam
Spanish Ballroom
Glen Echo Park
yes, lesson @ 8pm
$12
Sat Oct 4
Thrillbillies
Quarry House Tavern
sure
9:30pm - $6
Sun Oct 5
Takoma Park Street Festival
Downtown Takoma Park
in the street
FREE - 10am-5pm - Janine Wilson, TBD
Sun Oct 5
Cesaria Evora
Lisner Auditorium
$50-35 - 7pm
Sun Oct 5
Sunday Waltz
Nightingale
Spanish Ballroom
Glen Echo Park
yes, lesson @ 3pm
$8 - 3:30-6pm
Fri Oct 17
Leroy Thomas
Bumper Car Pavillion
Glen Echo Park
yes, w/ lesson @ 8pm
$18 - 9pm
Sat Oct 18
Steve Riley & the Mamou Playboys
20th Anniversary
Liberty Theatre
Eunice, LA
w/ Special Guests
Sun Oct 19
Sunday Waltz
Oklahoma Twisters
Spanish Ballroom
Glen Echo Park
yes, lesson @ 3pm
$8 - 3:30-6pm
Thur Oct 23
Los Straightjackets
Laika & the Cosmonauts
Barns of Wolf Trap
Fri-Sat Oct 24-25
Blackpot Festival
Acadian Village
Lafayette, LA
Fri: Belton Richard, Pine Leaf Boys, Ann Savoy & her Sleepless Knights, Figs, Bonsoir Catin
Sat: Red Stick Ramblers, Racines, Ed Poullard & Preston Frank, Ginny Hawker & Tracy Schwartz, Balfa Toujours, Lafayette Rhythm Devils, Feufollet, ...
Fri Oct 24
Sweet Honey in the Rock
Warner Theatre
Sat Nov 1
Brooks Tegler's Big Band
Spanish Ballroom
Glen Echo Park
yes, lesson @ 8pm
$12
Sun-Sun Nov 2-9
Zydeco Cruise 2007
New Orleans, Cozumel, Grand Cayman, Jamaica
yes
Geno Delafose & Steve Riley
Sun Nov 2
Sunday Waltz
Rose by the Door
Spanish Ballroom
Glen Echo Park
yes, lesson @ 3pm
$8 - 3:30-6pm
Fri Nov 7
Keys to New Orleans
Kennedy Center
Allen Toussaint, Henry Butler, & John Cleary - $30 - 7:30 & 9pm
Sat Nov 8
Eric Felten
Spanish Ballroom
Glen Echo Park
yes, lesson @ 8pm
$15
Sat Nov 8
Cassandra Wilson
Warner Theatre
Fri Nov 14
Dennis Stroughmatt & Creole Stomp
Bumper Car Pavillion
Glen Echo Park
yes, w/ lesson @ 8pm
$18 - 9pm
Sat Nov 15
Melissa Martin & the Mighty Rhythm Kings
Spanish Ballroom
Glen Echo Park
yes, lesson @ 8pm
$12
Sun Nov 16
Sunday Waltz
Waltz Magic
Spanish Ballroom
Glen Echo Park
yes, lesson @ 3pm
$8 - 3:30-6pm
Sat Nov 29
Blair Carman and the Belleview Boys
Spanish Ballroom
Glen Echo Park
yes, lesson @ 8pm
$15
Fri-Sat Dec 5-6
Night of 100 Elvises
Lithuanian Hall
851-3 Hollins St, Baltimore
some
7pm-2am - $55(adv) inc. bevs & food
Fri: Janine Wilson, ...
Sat: Janine Wilson, ...
Sat Dec 6
Junkyard Saints
Spanish Ballroom
Glen Echo Park
yes, lesson @ 8pm
$12
Sun Dec 7
Sunday Waltz
Blue Bamboo
Spanish Ballroom
Glen Echo Park
yes, lesson @ 3pm
$8 - 3:30-6pm
Sun Dec 21
Sunday Waltz
Some Assembly
Spanish Ballroom
Glen Echo Park
yes, lesson @ 3pm
$8 - 3:30-6pm
2009
Sat Mar 7
Natalie MacMaster
George Mason Center for Performing Arts
8pm - $44,36,22
Sun-Mon Feb 8-9
Vusi Mahlasela
Clarice Smith Center
Mon Mar 9
Chieftains
Kennedy Center Concert Hall
Wed Mar 11
Yo-Yo Ma & the Silk Road Ensmble
Strathmore
Mon Mar 16
Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra w/ Wynton Marsalis
Kennedy Center Concert Hall
Sat Apr 4
Cherryholmes
George Mason Center for Performing Arts
8pm - $44-22

#include <Standard Disclaimer.h>
Fool's Night Out is an attempt to gather all the bands, and shows that I enjoy into one public site. It is in no way comprehensive and is not genre specific. It matches my tastes, but includes other recommendations as well. It tends to focus on Roots Music; specifically Blues, Swing, Rockabilly, Zydeco, and occasionally Latin, Ska, and Cajun, as well as the un-classifyable.
This information is gathered and updated in my spare time. Verify the events and times.
--- Scott Mitchell

Fool's Night Out : Upcoming Events | Regular Events | Artists | Venues | Reviews | Dance Lessons | Sources & Links


Last Updated: 2008/07/22
© 1999-2008 Scott Mitchell

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