<p> FOLK EVENTS: WHO'S WHERE IN THE GREATER WASHINGTON, DC AREA</p><p>FYI: page setup for easy reading: Go to “File” then down to “Page Setup” - set Top, Bottom, Left & Right margins at .6"; click OK; Go to “Format,” then down to “Tabs” – set “Default Tab Stops at .8" Set document size as “Page Width” – and you can read/download the pages as they look here. ………….. Key: :01 Likely time; this list is not sure FSGW Folklore Society of Greater Washington; www.fsgw.org BFMS Baltimore Folk Music Society; www.bfms.org 410-366-0808 SFMS Susquehanna Folk Music Society; www.sfmsfolk.org SAW Songwriters Association of Washington; www.saw.org 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 * succeeding night of multi-day event</p><p><<< always confirm with venue >>> Saturday, April 15 R.I.P.: guitarist Bruce Langhorne 5/11/38-4/14/17 National Park Week 4/15-4/23 10:30am-12:30pm Martin Grosswendt guitar wkshop “The Bottleneck Guitar of Blind Willie Johnson @ Archie’s Barbershop, 4701 Queensbury Rd., Riverdale, MD; $30; Reg: [email protected] 1-3pm Paul McKenna & Andrew Finn Magill wkshop on Irish & Scottish fiddle & guitar techniques in Takoma Park, MD; $25/15mem; RSVP/directions: [email protected] 10:00 am >2p Bluebell Festival @ Riverbend Park, 8700 Potomac Hills St., Great Falls, VA; $9/7Ffx; incl Wildflowers, face painting, animals, moonbounce, music by Andrew McKnight; 1:00 pm blues jam @ Archie’s Barbershop, 4701 Queensbury Rd., Riverdale Park, MD 20737; acousticblues.com 2:00 pm +7:30 Ragtime, musical set in early 20th century incl music of the era @ Ford’s Theatre, 511 10th St., NWDC; $18-64; fords.org; show runs thru 5/20; post-7:30 show reception w/artists 2:00 pm >9:30 SW Waterfront Fireworks Festival on District Wharf, 600-650 Water St., SWDC; incl Live music, food trucks, beer garden, crafts, calligraphy, more; 8:30 FIREWORKS! Nationalcherryblossomfestival.org +6-9pm Titanic Memorial, SW Waterfront Park; free; live music, beer garden, food, hands-on Activities at both sites, preceding fireworks +8:30 fireworks; in case of bad weather, the following day, Sunday, 4/16 2:00 pm open mic w/Mike Taylor @ Music Café, 26528B Ridge Rd., Damascus, MD 20872 + 8pm Dave Chappell @ Music Cafe 4:00 pm City Farm Band @ JV’s, 6666 Arlington Blvd., Falls Church, VA 22042 +Johnny Artis Band 4:00 pm >7 Todd C Walker @ Red Shedman Farm Brewery, Linganore Winecellars, 13601 Glissans Mill Rd., Mt. Airy, MD 21771; redshedman.com 5:00 pm Harley String Band @ Paradise Springs Winery, 13219 Yates Ford Rd., Clifton, VA 6:00 pm Songs for Hope in tribute to Pete Seeger, performed by Ballad’ve, Jonny Grave, Candice Mills, Elena Lacayo, Laura Schwartz +@ Kennedy Center Millennium Stage, 27th & F Sts., NWDC; free 6:30 pm Rick LaRocca + Once a Year Band + Kathy Stanley + host Joe Isaacs for Music Matters Showcase @ Mad City Coffee, 10801 Hickory Ridge Rd., Columbia, MD 21044 7:00 pm Brendan Pelan & Chick Hall @ The Limerick Pub, 11301 Elkin St., Wheaton, MD 7:00 pm Joseph Monasterial @ Paddy Barry’s, 8150 Leesburg Pike, Tysons Corner, VA 7:00 pm Crowe Brothers @ Lucketts Cmty Ctr, 42361 Lucketts Rd, Leesburg, VA 20176; $15; luckettsbluegrass.com 7:00 pm Max Honn & friends @ Beans in the Belfry, 122 W. Potomac St., Brunswick, MD 7:00 pm UUCF Coffee House, open mic w/Brad Calhoun & Roy Greene @ UU Congregation, 4880 Elmer Derr Rd., Frederick, MD 21703 7:00 pm The Brahman Noodles @ JR’s, 605 S. Main St., Woodsboro, MD 21798 7:00 pm Bluetrain @ Morgan Inn, 15400 Frederick Rd., Woodbine, MD 21797 7:00 pm Scandia DC Dance w/7pm instruction @ Greenbelt Community Center Dance Studio, 15 Crescent Rd, Greenbelt, MD 20770; $10; fiddler Paul Carlson leads music; ScandiaDC.org 7:00 pm Annapolis Contras @ Friends Meeting House, 351 DuBois Rd., Annapolis, MD 21401; $10; 6:30 wkshop; Ann Fallon + Annapolis All-Starz; contradancers.com/atds 7:30 pm Cleve Francis takes a night off from being a cardiologist to sing country songs @ Birchmere, 3701 Mt. Vernon Ave., Alexandria, VA; $35 7:30 pm Paul McKenna & Finn Magill CD release @ Silver Spring B&O Railroad Station, 8100 GA Ave., Silver Spring, MD; $20/10fsgwmem; fsgw.org 8:00 pm Pete Seeger & the Power of Song: Tribute to a Folk Legend, feat. Rosanne Cash w/John Leventhal, Judy Collins, Peter Yarrow & Noel Paul Stookey, David Amram, Luther Dickinson, Sarah Lee Guthrie & Johnny Irion, Kaia Kater, The Last Internationale, Roger McGuinn, Tom Paxton, Tony Trischka w/Carmen Cusak, Josh White, Jr., in Concert Hall @ Kennedy Center, 27th & F Sts., NWDC; $39-129; in conjunction w/Grammy Museum, L.A. & part of A Centennial Celebration of John F. Kennedy; kennedy-center.org [recording for tv] 8:00 pm Chatham County Line @ The Hamilton, 14th & F Sts., NWDC; $20-40 +10:30 Fast Eddie & the Slowpokes in THE LOFT upstairs at The Hamilton; no cover 8:00 pm s/s Jay Byrd in upstairs VINYL LOUNGE @ Gypsy Sally’s, 3401 K St.,. NWDC; no cover 8:00 pm Owen Danoff @ AMP by Strathmore, Pike & Rose, 11810 Grand Park Ave., No.Bethesda, MD 20852; $20-30; ampbystrathmore.com 8:00 pm Le Mystere des Voix Bulgares @ Reston Community Center, 2310 Colts Neck Rd., Reston, VA 20191; $25Reston/$35non-RestonResidents; restoncommunitycenter.com 8:00 pm Bruce Ewan Blues Band @ Lahinch Tavern, 7747 Tuckerman Lane, Potomac, MD 8:00 pm POSTPONED TFN: Jesse Colin Young @ Rams Head Onstage, 33 West St., Annapolis, MD; $45 8:00 pm Jason & Michelle @ Frederick Coffee Co., 100 N. East St., Frederick, MD 8:00 pm Baltimore Banjo Masters, feat. Ken & Brad Kolodner Quartet (w/Rachel Eddy/fid/voc & Alex Lacquement/bs) + Mike Munford w/Patrick McAvinue/fid + Amadou Kouyate/kora + Lydia Sylvia Martin @ Creative Alliance, 3134 Eastern Ave., Baltimore, MD; $25/22mem/door+$3 +12-1:30 beginning banjo wkshop w/Brad Kolodner; $25-40 +2-3:30 intermediate/advanced banjo wkhop w/Brad Kolodner; $25-40 +4-5:30 bluegrass banjo wkshop w/Mike Munford; $25-40 creativealliance.org 8:30 pm Big Boy Little Band @ New Deal Café, 113 Centerway, Roosevelt Center, Greenbelt, MD 20770</p><p>Sunday, April 16 Easter + Emancipation Day in D.C. – celebrated tomorrow 9:30 am >11:45am acoustic jam weekly @ 49 West Coffeehouse, 49 West St., Annapolis, MD 21401 10:30 am +12:30pm +3pm Easter Gospel Brunch feat. Wilbur Johnson & the Gospel Persuades @ The Hamilton, 14th & F Sts., NWDC; $45; thehamiltondc.com 12:31 pm >3:31 2nd Story f/Easter Brunch @ Paddy Barry’s, 8150 Leesburg Pike, Tysons Corner, VA 1:00 pm Bluegrass Brunch w/the Bentwood Rockers @ JV’s, 6666 Arlington Blvd., Falls Church, VA +4: Josh Allen Band +8:30 Steve Wolf 1:30 pm kids open mic @ New Deal Café, 113 Centerway, Roosevelt Center, Greenbelt, MD 20770 3:00 pm Bela Fleck & Abigail Washburn all-ages matinee +7pm Bela Fleck & Abigail Washburn @ Rams Head Onstage, 33 West St., Annapolis, MD; $45 3:00 pm old time open jam @ Beans in the Belfry, 122 W. Potomac St., Brunswick, MD 6:00 pm Betsy O’Malley leads traditional Irish session @ The Limerick Pub, 11301 Elkin St., Wheaton, MD 7:00 pm Chuck Berry Tribute by 20 DC performers, incl The Rockits, Vi-Kings, Capitol Hillbillies, Bee Charmers, Dylz, Fabz, Harried Americans @ Jammin’ Java, 227 E. Maple Ave., Vienna, VA 22180; $15; jamminjava.com 7:30 pm FSGW Squares & Contras @ Spanish Ballroom, Glen Echo Park, MD; $13/freeToMem/5under18; Ann Fallon + Black Oranges [Sarah Foard/fid, Gary Prince/gtr, Manny Arciniega/perc]; fsgw.org</p><p>Monday, April 17 7:00 pm DCBU jam @ VFW Post 350, Orchard & 4th Aves., Takoma Park, MD 7:00 pm open mic, Rob Hinkal hosts, w/feat. @ Teavolve Café & Lounge, 1401 Aliceanna St., Baltimore, MD; 6pm signup; ilyaimy.com - focusmusic.org 7:30 pm Ragtime, musical set in early 20th century incl music of the era @ Ford’s Theatre, 511 10th St., NWDC; $18-64; fords.org show runs thru 5/20 7:30 pm Class of 88 – Celebrating Chuck Berry w/ Jon Carroll, Daryl Davis , Josh Christina @ St. Mark Presbyterian Church, 10701 Old Georgetown Rd., Rockville, MD 20852; $20/25; Imtfolk.org 7:30 pm s/s Erin Weston CD release + openers The Magi (s/s duo) @ Jammin’ Java, 227 E. Maple Ave., Vienna, Va 22180; $10/15/25; jamminjava.com 7:30 pm Touched by a Song gospel jam @ Floris United Methodist Church, 13600 Frying Pan Rd., Herndon, VA; info: [email protected] 8:00 pm traditional Irish session @ Paddy Barry’s, 8150 Leesburg Pike, Tysons Corner, VA 22182 8:00 pm BFMS English Country Dance @ St. Mark’s on the Hill Hall, 1620 Reisterstown Rd., Pikesville, MD; $11/8mem/stdtdisc; Mike Franch + Carl Friedman/vln, Steve Epstein/clar, Judy Meyers/pno; bfms.org 8:30 pm Wolf’s Blues Jam @ JVs, 6666 Arlington Blvd., Falls Church, VA 22042</p><p>Tuesday, April 18 Tax Filing Day 6:00 pm Sanam Marvi, Pakistani folk & sufi singer, in Punjabi, Saraiki, Sindhi languages @ Kennedy Center Millennium Stage, 27th & F Sts., NWDC; free 7:15 pm Jack Williams f/Folk Club of Reston & Herndon @ Amphora’s Diner Deluxe, 1151 Elden St., Herndon, VA 20170; 703-435-2402; restonherndonfolkclub.com 7:30 pm Kinky Friedman + opener Brian Molnar @ The Hamilton, 14th & F Sts.,. NWDC; $15-39.75; 7:30 pm Ragtime, musical set in early 20th century incl music of the era @ Ford’s Theatre, 511 10th St., NWDC; $18-64; fords.org show runs thru 5/20 8:00 pm jam with Gordon Sterling @ Iota, 2832 Wilson Blvd., Arlington, Va 22201; no cover 8:00 pm Dan Hovey Band @ JVs, 6666 Arlington Blvd., Falls Church, VA 22042 8:30 pm Wild the Waters, acoustic covers @ Hill Country, 410 7th St., NWDC; no cover</p><p>Wednesday, April 19 1:00 pm Scottish Outlander Tea feat. Jo Morrison/harp & Wayne Morrison/pipes @ Strathmore Mansion, 10701 Rockville Pike, No. Bethesda, MD; $28/mem25.20; ResReq: 301-581-5108 1:00 pm >3p Song Circle @ Margaret Schweinhaut Senior Center, 1000 Forest Glen Rd., Silver Spring, MD 20901; free 6:00 pm >8:30 Bill Baker Band @ Hershey’s Restaurant, 17030 Oakmont Ave., Gaithersburg, MD 20877 7:00 pm Ysaye Barnwell leads community sing @ Levine Music DC Campus: THEARC, 1901 Mississippi Ave.(Suite 201), SEDC; $5 7:00 pm acoustic open mic @ Happy Harbor Restaurant, 533 Deale Rd, Deale, MD 20751 7:30 pm Ragtime, musical set in early 20th century incl music of the era @ Ford’s Theatre, 511 10th St., NWDC; $18-64; fords.org show runs thru 5/20 7:30 pm 7pm reception; multi-media presentation with Daryl Davis: Blues as Foundation of American Music @ Silver Spring Civic Bldg, One Veterans Place, Silver Spring, MD; free 7:30 pm Maja & David (fiddle, foot perc & voc duo), world music in John Kendall Hall @ Potter Violins, 7711 Eastern Ave., Takoma Park, MD 20912; $15/20; imtfolk.org + Thu: 6:30 David Boulanger wkshop: Reels, Galoppes, waltzes & “podorhythmie;” $35; imtfolk.org + Thu: 6:30 Maja Kjaer Jacobsen wkshop: Traditional Danish tunes; $35; imtfolk.org 7:30 pm traditional Irish session @ The Limerick Pub, 11301 Elkin St., Wheaton, MD 7:30 pm Patrick McAvinue for AIR Wkshop: Tradition & Innovation in Roots Music @ Strathmore Mansion, 10701 Rockville Pike, No.Bethesda, MD; free; RSVP: strathmore.org 8:00 pm open mic hosted by Alex Parez, incl 10pm feat. Briton Bennet @ Iota, 2832 Wilson Blvd., Arlington, VA 22201; no cover 8:00 pm open mic w/ Vernon Santmyer @ JVs, 6666 Arlington Blvd., Falls Church, VA 22042 8:00 pm Tinariwen, Tuareg band @ Barns at Wolf Trap, 1635 Trap Rd., Vienna, Va 22182; $38;wolftrap.org 8:00 pm Jimmy Nalls & Neil Foley @ Lahinch Tavern, 7747 Tuckerman Lane, Potomac, MD 8:00 pm The Hackensaw Boys + openers The Tillers @ Rams Head on Stage, 33 West St., Annapolis, MD; $20; ramsheadonstage.com 8:00 pm Ships Company open pub sing @ Galway Bay, 63 MD Ave., Annapolis, MD 8:00 pm FSGW English Country Dance @ Glen Echo Town Hall, 6106 Harvard Ave., Glen Echo, Md; $12/10mem/5stdt; Laura Schultz & Stephanie Smith + Becky Ross/fid, Barbara Heitz/fl, Liz Donaldson/pno; fsgw.org 8:00 pm BFMS Contras @ Lovely Lane Ch, 2200 St.Paul St, Baltimore MD 21218; $13/9mem; Steve Gester + The Baltimore Open Band; bfms.org 8:30 pm Ryan Montbleau Band Album release + opener Suitcase Junket album release @ Gypsy Sally’s, 3401 K St., NWDC 20007; $15+fees; gypsysallys.com Thursday, April 20 7:00 pm Joe Harris hosts open mic @ New Deal Café, 113 Centerway, Roosevelt Center, Greenbelt, MD 7:00 pm Tomy Wright hosts open mic @ Beans in the Belfry, 122 W. Potomac St., Brunswick, MD 7:30 pm Ragtime, musical set in early 20th century incl music of the era @ Ford’s Theatre, 511 10th St., NWDC; $18-64; fords.org show runs thru 5/20 7:30 pm s/s Joe Pug + opener Laura Tsaggaris @ the Hamilton, 14th & F Sts., NWDC; $15-30 7:30 pm Lulu’s Fate in upstairs VINYL LOUNGE @ Gypsy Sally’s, 3401 K St., NWDC 20007; no cover +8:30 pm Better Off Dead 4/20, incl Dead Red (acoustic Dead w/Rex Wilkes of Better Off Dead) & Larry Joseloff downstairs in Gypsy Sally’s, $15; gypsysallys.com 7:30 pm Daisy Castro Quartet (Hot Club of France 30s & 40s style jazz) @ UU Congregation of York, 925 S.George St., York, PA 17403; $20/16mem/10stdts; sfmsfolk.org 8:00 pm John Durant, Jr. leads Folksong Sing-In @ The Limerick Pub, 11301 Elkin St., Wheaton, MD 8:00 pm John McCutcheon @ Barns at Wolf Trap, 1635 Trap Rd., Vienna, Va 22182; $25-28; wolftrap.org 8:00 pm Sligo Creek @ Lahinch Tavern, 7747 Tuckerman Lane, Potomac, MD 8:00 pm Sarah Jarosz @ Creative Alliance, 3134 Eastern Ave., Baltimore, MD 21224; creativealliance.org 8:30 pm Thrillbillys @ JV’s, 6666 Arlington Blvd., Falls Church, VA 22042 10:30 pm Kiss & Ride, blues/jazz feat. Carly Harvey in upstairs LOFT @ Hamilton, 14th & F Sts., NWDC</p><p>Friday, April 21 2:00 pm +7:30 Ragtime, musical set in early 20th century incl music of the era @ Ford’s Theatre, 511 10th St., NWDC; $18-64; fords.org show runs thru 5/20 6:00 pm Brooklyn Raga Massive, Indian-classical-based world music @ Kennedy Center Millennium Stage, 27th & F Sts., NWDC; free 6:30 pm Blanco y Negro, Cuban music @ El Golfo, 8739 Flower Ave., Silver Spring, MD 20901 6:30 pm Tal Naccarato @ Emma’s Espresso, 106 Hume Ave., Alexandria, VA 22301; emmascoffee.com 6:30 pm Revels-Carpe Diem Monthly Community Sing @ Revels Office, 531 Dale Dr., Silver Spring, MD 20910; 301-587-3835; themes: Arab Heritage, Earth Day, DC March f/Science; guests incl Faud Foty & Family; donations; revelsdc.org - CarpeDiemArts.org 7:00 pm Joseph Monasterial @ Paddy Barry’s, 8150 Leesburg Pike, Tysons Corner, VA 7:00 pm Jimi Cupino Project @ Beans in the Belfry, 122 W. Potomac St., Brunswick, MD 7:00 pm Kaitlyn Raitz & Ben Plotnick (cello, fiddle, vocals) @ Four Hour Day Lutherie, 4305 Harford Rd., Baltimore, MD; 8:00 pm The Hackensaw Boys + openers The Tillers @ The Hamilton, 14th & F Sts., NWDC; $15-20 +10:30 pm Justin Trawick & the Common Good upstairs in The Loft; no cover 8:00 pm Dennis Vaughan @ The Limerick Pub, 11301 Elkin St., Wheaton, MD 8:00 pm Dave Bing & the High Ridge Ramblers, w/Andrew Dunlap & Mark Payne, old time WV music @ Brown Memorial Woodbrook Presbyterian Church, 6200 N. Charles St., Baltimore, MD 21212; $25/22sr-stdt; commongroundonthehill.org + Sat. 1-4pm wkshop w/band @ McDaniel College, Westminster, MD; $75; Register: commongroundonthehill.org 8:00 pm FriSat Richard Thompson, solo acoustic @ Rams Head, 33 West St., Annapolis, MD; $79.50 8:00 pm Bill Staines + opener Lara Herscovitch @ Cellar Stage, Faith Community United Methodist Church, Baltimore, MD 21214; $21 ; uptownconcerts.com 8:00 pm Celtic Fiddle Festival [fiddlers Kevin Burke (Ireland), Christian Lemaitre (Brittany), Charlie McKerron (Scotland) & guitarist Nicolas Quemener (Brittany)] @ Barns of Rose Hill, 95 Chalmers Ct., Berryville, Va 22611; $25/35/freeunder13; barnsofrosehill.org</p>