A new culture festival was recently announced to take place in DC on September 25th, 2021. NEXTfest is being promoted as “DC’s largest fully free celebration of jazz, funk, and go-go music culture.”
Late last month, a crowd of people went underground — to the Dupont Underground — in Dupont Circle to see some musicians play in an intimate setting. Originated by Sofar Sounds (Sofar standing for “Songs From a Room”), the event was part of a global music series that… Read More
“Celebrating the international language of jazz, the 2016 DC Jazz Festival represents our broadest, most varied menu of jazz and jazz extensions offerings ever!” said Willard Jenkins, DC JazzFest Artistic Director. And so, the fastest growing jazz festival in the U.S., the DC Jazz Festival® (DC… Read More
This April, DC’s renowned intimate music venue is getting its own reality show. In a new series unlike any other — Live At 9:30 Hosted by Squarespace, the 9:30 Club is taking its talents to public television (and the web!). It’s set to be an unpredictable, modern-day music variety show… Read More
The owners of Soundcheck — the same team that brought DC Echostage, Ultrabar, Barcode — opened the city’s newest accoustics-inspired venue last week. Soundcheck, a no-frills nod to the ’80s and ’90s club decades, replaces the former Lotus Lounge nightclub on K Street. The space’s design is old school, but its electronics are… Read More
Strathmore’s Free Summer Outdoor Concerts series has offered free, culturally diverse performances for more than 30 years, and this year features concerts ranging from folksy ukulele and bluegrass to West African and Afro-Mexican. Canadian trio Ten Strings and a Goatskin opens the series with its… Read More
Free, live music will fill the air and transform the pedestrian experience at lunchtime and during the commute home as the Mount Vernon Triangle Community Improvement District (MVT CID) launches a new concert series, “Tunes in the Triangle” in DC’s Mount Vernon Triangle neighborhood. Local artists… Read More
