Events/Things To Do

APPLE COREA PREMIER BEATLES EXPERIENCE Saturday, February 1, 2020 8PM Tickets: $15–$25 While most Beatles cover bands prefer to focus on one era of the legendary band’s career, Apple Core pride themselves on capturing the musicianship of The Beatles throughout their entire run. With their… Read More

MARGOT MACDONALD & PIOTR PAKHOMKIN Thursday, February 6, 2020 7:30PM Tickets: $24 Indie rock maven Margot MacDonald is known as something of a one-woman band. Using a looping pedal, she creates lush layers of haunting melodies. It will be a delight to see how the… Read More

DRUM TAO Friday, February 7, 2020 8PM Tickets: $29–$69 DRUM TAO 2020 is the latest production from TAO, internationally-acclaimed percussion artists. TAO’s modern, high-energy performances showcasing the ancient art of Japanese drumming have transfixed audiences worldwide. Combining highly physical, large-scale drumming with contemporary costumes, precise… Read More

The National Symphony Orchestra’s (NSO) Artistic Advisor Ben Folds takes center stage to perform at the  DECLASSIFIED: Ben Folds Presents concert on Friday, February 7, at 9 p.m.  in the Kennedy Center Concert Hall.  Other featured artists are composer-arranger-producer and multi-instrumentalist Jherek Bischoff and Chinese Pipa artist Wu Man. Ankush… Read More

CRIS JACOBS BAND Saturday, February 8, 2020 8PM Tickets: $25 in advance, $30 at the door The man Baltimore Magazine credited with inspiring an acoustic music revival that took over the city, Cris Jacobs is back with a follow-up to his highly acclaimed album Dust to Gold. His… Read More

THE THREE TENORS OF CLIMATE CHANGE WHEN:  FEBRUARY 10th, 2020 at 5:30 PM WHERE: The Mansion on O & O Museum, 2020 O Street, NWDC Tickets: $10 per person.  Reservations required at omuseum.org/tenors Science is about facts, and scientific fact is at the center of climatologist Dr.… Read More

LANDAU EUGENE MURPHY, JR. AN EVENING OF LOVE SONGS WITH AMERICA’S GOT TALENT WINNER Friday, February 14, 2020 8PM Tickets: $28–$45 “Got Talent” might be the understatement of the century when it comes to America’s Got Talent winner Landau Eugene Murphy, Jr. He stunned the nation with… Read More

BOWIE SYMPHONIC BLACKSTAR Saturday, February 15, 2020 8PM Tickets: $29–$69 Conceived, adapted, and arranged for orchestra by Evan Ziporyn, conductor Featuring Maya Beiser, cello and the Ambient Orchestra, featuring musicians from the Boston Conservatory at Berklee College of Music While secretly battling a fatal illness, rock icon David… Read More

CRACK THE SKY Saturday, February 15, 2020 8PM Tickets: $27–$50 Crack the Sky have an impressive prog rock résumé. The group spent the ’70s touring with everyone from Frank Zappa to ELO, and their eponymous debut album was named Rolling Stone’s Debut Album of the Year in… Read More

Mother Tongue Film Festival Opening and Screening Thursday, Feb. 20   The annual Mother Tongue Film Festival, presented by the Smithsonian’s Recovering Voices program, celebrates the United Nations’ International Mother Language Day by showcasing recently produced feature and short-length films about the cultural richness of Indigenous and… Read More

  February 20, 2020 at 7:30 & 9:30 p.m. Studio K Join the amazing group of improvisers from Baby Wants Candy as they create an epic Hip Hop musical based on a historical figure of your choosing. Tickets: $25

Inka Road Food Fiesta Friday, Feb. 21, 6:30–8:30 p.m. Potomac Atrium   Visitors can explore the foods found in communities that live along the Inka Road of South America. Freddie Bitsoie (Diné), executive chef of the Mitsitam Native Foods Cafe, and other guest chefs will… Read More

FRONTIERS THE ULTIMATE JOURNEY TRIBUTE BAND Friday, February 21, 2020 8PM Tickets: $20–$35 Frontiers secured their place as the world’s number one tribute to Journey thanks to their unparalleled attention to detail. Powerhouse lead vocalist Elaine Tuttle channels Steve Perry with stunning accuracy and she’s… Read More