GO TO THESE SHOWS THIS WEEK.
Monday, May 11
Kiesza, Betty Who @ Lincoln Theatre
RiYL: “Hideaway”
Laibach @ Black Cat
RiYL: “The Whistleblowers”
Tuesday, May 12
Mystic Braves @ Black Cat
RiYL: “Desert Island”
Tennis @ U Street Music Hall
RiYL: “Needle and a Knife”
Wednesday, May 13
Rare Essence @ Howard Theatre
RiYL: The Essence of Funk
Hop Along @ Black Cat
RiYL: “Tibetan Pop Stars”
Lo-Fang @ U Street Music Hall
RiYL: Matthew Hemerlein
Thursday, May 14
Dear Jerry @ Merriweather Post Pavilion
RiYL: Mickey Hart, Bill Kreutzmann’s Billy & the Kids, Bob Weir, Allen Toussaint, Bruce Hornsby, Buddy Miller, David Grisman, Eric Church, Grace Potter, Greensky Bluegrass, Jimmy Cliff, Jorma Kaukonen, Los Lobos, moe., O.A.R., Peter Frampton, Railroad Earth, The Disco Biscuits, Trampled by Turtles, Widespread Panic, Yonder Mountain String Band, Communion Ft. Phil Lesh, Stu Allen, Grahame Lesh, Ross James, Alex Koford, Jason Crosby, No Lawn Chairs!
Live Band Punk Rock Karaoke @ Black Cat
RiYL: Bad Religion, Circle Jerks, The Dickies, Agent Orange, The Adolescents, Social Distortion
Aaron Watson @ 9:30 Club
RiYL: “That Look”
Friday, May 15
Gay Men’s Chorus of Washington @ Lincoln Theatre
RiYL: songs and stories from Civil and Equal Rights movements
Black-Eyed Susan Day Concert @ Pimlico Race Course
RiYL: Gin Blossoms, Fuel, Vertical Horizon, The Reagan Years, Margaret Valentine
Sam Prekop @ U Street Music Hall
RiYL: “Something”
Papadosio @ 9:30 Club
RiYL: revolutionary technology and messages
Saturday, May 16
Frank ‘Scooby’ Sirius @ Howard Theatre
RiYL: the legacy of Chuck Brown
Preakness InfieldFest @ Pimlico Race Course
RiYL: Armin van Buuren, Childish Gambino, Easton Corbin, Trampled by Turtles, A Thousand Horses
Walk Off the Earth @ 9:30 Club
RiYL: supposedly being grounded in reality
Sunday, May 17
The Blind Boys of Alabama @ Lincoln Theatre
RiYL: the Mid-Atlantic Innocence Project and the Innocence Project New Orleans
