Fool's Night Out
Fools Night Out comes from a song by Phil Wiggins | Moon photo courtesy Michael's Photo Gallery.


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Upcoming Events
for the Greater Washington DC area
Date Artist Venue Dancing? Notes
Thur Dec 3
El Vez w/ Los Straightjackets
9:30
Fri-Sat Dec 4-5
Night of 100 Elvises
Lithuanian Hall
851-3 Hollins St, Baltimore
some
7pm-2am - $55(adv) inc. bevs & food
Fri: TBD, ...
Sat: TBD, ...
Sat Dec 5
Doc Watson
Center for the Arts
George Mason
8pm - $21-42
Sat Dec 5
Forro in the Dark
National Geographic
7:30pm - $10(member)/12
Sat Dec 5
Solomon Douglas Swingtet
Spanish Ballroom
Glen Echo Park
yes, lesson @ 8pm
$14 - 8pm
Sun Dec 6
Sunday Waltz
Crowfoot
Spanish Ballroom
Glen Echo Park
yes, lesson @ 3pm
$8 - 3:30-6pm
Thur Dec 10
Santa Jam
State Theat
w/ Mary Ann Redmond, Generation Vinyl, Soul Gravity & ...
Sat Dec 12
Dr. Zoot
Spanish Ballroom
Glen Echo Park
yes, lesson @ 8pm
$15 - 9pm
Sat Dec 12
Ralph Stanley
Birchmere
$35+SC
Sun Dec 13
Dikki Du & the Zydeco Krewe
Spanish Ballroom
Glen Echo Park
yes, lesson @ 3pm
$15 - 3:30pm
Sun Dec 13
Hungry for Chanukah Music
Hungry for Music Benefit
Montgomery College Performing Arts Center
Silver Spring/Takoma Park
$20-25 - 7pm - w/ the Alexandria Kleztet, Lox and Vodka, Klezcentricity, Alan Oresky, MC Macabee, & ...
Fri Dec 18
Natalie MacMaster
Christmas in Cape Breton
Center for the Arts
George Mason
8pm - $23-46
Fri Dec 18
Bill Kirchen & Too Much Fun
Holiday Show
Jammin Java
8pm
Sun Dec 20
Sunday Waltz
Waltz Magic
Spanish Ballroom
Glen Echo Park
yes, lesson @ 3pm
$8 - 3:30-6pm
Tue Nov 22
Last Train Home
Kennedy Center
Millenium Stage
6-7pm - FREE
Fri Nov 25
All Star Christmas Day Jazz Jam
Kennedy Center
Millenium Stage
6-7pm - FREE - w/ Chuck & Robert Redd, Lenny Robinson, Tom Williams, James King, & Delores Williams
Wed Dec 30
Hank Williams Tribute
Birchmere
nope
7:30pm - $29.50+SC - Cathy Fink & Marcy Marxer, Bill Kirchen, Robbin & Linda Williams, ...
New Years Eve
Thur Dec 31
First Night Alexandria
all over downtown Alexandria
depends on the room
Bill Kirchen, TBD
Thur Dec 31
Lady Luck & the Suicide Kings
Spanish Ballroom
Glen Echo Park
yes, lesson @ 8pm
$?? - 9pm
And
Seldom Scene
Clerance Turner & Stacy Brooks
Birchmere
Bangkok Blues
2010
Fri Jan 1
Nighthawks & Billy Price Band
Birchmere
doubtful
7:30pm - $25+SC
Fri Jan 8
Blind Boys of Alabama
w/ Preservation Hall Jazz Band
Warner Theatre
8pm
Sat Jan 9
John Jorgenson Quintet
Jammin Java
8pm
Sat Jan 16
John Jennings & Frineds
Barns @ Wolftrap
siddown & shuddup
7:30pm
Mon Jan 18
Carolina Chocolate Drops
Red Molly
Birchmere
dunno
Thur Jan 22
Paul Cebar
Barns at Wolf Trap
yep
8pm - $20
Wed Feb 3
Buckwheat Zydeco
Barns @ Wolftrap
yes
Thur Feb 4
the Persuasions
Barns at Wolf Trap
8pm - $25
Thur Feb 11
Shemekia Copeland
Barns at Wolf Trap
8pm - $22
Sat Feb 13
Tribute to Neil Finn/Crowded House
Barns at Wolf Trap
7:30pm - $25 - w/ Naked Blue, Jon Caroll, Margot MacDonald, John Jennings, David Kitchen, King Teddy, Cal Everett, Deeme Katson
Wed Feb 17
Geno Delafose & French Rockin' Boogie
Barns @ Wolftrap
yes
Thur Feb 25
Lavay Smith & Her Red Hot Skillet Lickers
Barns at Wolf Trap
yep
8pm - $22
Sat Feb 27
Natalie MacMaster & Donnell Leahy
Center for the Arts
George Mason
8pm - $22-44
Sat Feb 27
Eric Brace & Last Train Home w/ Peter Cooper
Barns at Wolf Trap
7:30pm - $18
Mon Mar 1
Jazz @ Lincoln Center Orchestra w/ Wynton Marsalis
Kennedy Center Concert Hall
8pm
Fri Mar 5
Bela Fleck & The Africa Project
Weinberg Center For The Arts
Frederick
$25-45+SC
Sat Mar 6
David Bromberg
Birchmere
Wed Mar 10
Habib Koite
Barns @ WT
8pm - $25
Fri Mar 12
Greg Brown
Barns at Wolf Trap
8pm - $30
Sat Mar 13
Greg Brown
Rams Head
Annapolis
8pm - $32+SC
Sat Mar 14
Eileen Ivers
Center for the Arts
George Mason
4pm - $44-22
Sat April 24
Cherryholmes w/ Ralph Stanley
Center for the Arts
George Mason
8pm - $46-23
Thur Apr 29
David Knopfler
Jammin' Java
8pm
Sat May 8
Rosanne Cash and Mark O'Connor
"Poets and Prophets"
Strathmore
$(59.40-23.40)+SC - 8pm
Sun-Fri July 11-16
Cajun-Creole/Early Country Week
Augusta Heritage Center
Elkins, WV
yes & lessons
Sun-Fri July 18-23
Blues Week
Augusta Heritage Center
Elkins, WV
yes & lessons
Sun-Fri Aug 1-6
Bluegrass/Swing Week
Augusta Heritage Center
Elkins, WV
yes & lessons

#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: 2009/11/17
© 1999-2009 Scott Mitchell

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