Pop Music / Concerts

THE BARNS AT WOLF TRAP
1645 Trap Road
Vienna, Va.
703-255-1900
www.wolf-trap.org

· Rodney Crowell (10/3)
· John Gorka (10/4)
· Chad & Jeremy (10/5)
· The Nields (10/6)
· Noel Paul Stookey (10/13)
· Mike Marshall & Darol Anger (10/19)
· Bettye LaVette (10/31)
· Karla Bonoff (11/2-3)
· Steve Forbert & The Sound Benders (11/4)
· Jonatha Brooke (11/15)
· Livingston Taylor (11/16-17)
· John Eaton — An Evening of Harold Arlen — the Wonderful Wizard of Song! (11/24)
· Schooner Fare (11/28-29)
· A Tribute to Nick Lowe — Featuring: Eric Brace, Ruthie & The Wranglers, The Rhodes Tavern Troubadours, Billy Hancock, Thrillbillys, Cravin’ Dogs, JP McDermott, Tommy Lepson & Soul Crackers, Eric Ambel, Dead Men’s Hollow, Martha Hull, Cal Everett (1/5/08)
· Catie Curtis (1/11/08)
· Melissa Manchester (11/13)
· Maureen McGovern (1/31-2/1/08)

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THE BIRCHMERE
3701 Mt. Vernon Ave.
Alexandria, Va., 202-397-7328
www.birchmere.com

· JOHNNY WINTER (9/14)
· UNCLE EARL & KING WILKIE — w/ Teddy Thompson (9/16)
· NICK LOWE — w/ Ron Sexsmith (9/17)
· SUZANNE VEGA (9/18)
· MICHAEL BOLTON (9/20)
· THOMAS DOLBY (9/21)
· PETER FRAMPTON (9/24-25)
· THE KINSEY SICKS (9/28)
· HENRY ROLLINS (10/1-2)
· HOWARD JONES (10/3)
· MARY LYNN RAJSKUB (10/7)
· LEON REDBONE & LOUDON WAINWRIGHT III (10/15)
· WAYNE NEWTON (10/18)
· KATHY MATTEA — Special guest Mary Gauthier (10/21)
· The Freewheeling YO LA TENGO (10/23)
· COWBOY JUNKIES (10/25-26)
· ROBERT FRIPP (10/29)
· ARLO GUTHRIE (11/7-8)
· DAR WILLIAMS (11/9-10)
· DON McLEAN (11/15)
· KATE CLINTON (11/16)
· SUZY BOGGUSS (12/2)
· THE ROCHES — Holiday show with Lucy Wainwright Roche (12/8)
· SOUTHSIDE JOHNNY & THE ASBURY JUKES (12/26-27)
· ISAAC HAYES (1/17/08)

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I.M.P. Shows
Various Locations
202-397-SEAT
www.930.com

· Ben Harper and the Innocent Criminals (9/17, Warner Theatre)
· Blue October (9/22, D.A.R. Constitution Hall)
· Bob Dylan & His Band — with Elvis Costello (solo) and Amos Lee (9/28, Merriweather Post Pavilion)
· The Shins (10/22, Merriweather Post)
· Ryan Adams & The Cardinals (10/30, D.A.R. Constitution Hall)
· The Young Wild Things Tour — Fall Out Boy, Gym Class Heroes, Plain White T’s, Cute Is What We Aim For (11/11, Patriot Center)

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LIVE NATION SHOWS
Various Locations
202-397-SEAT
www.livenation.com

· STEVIE WONDER (9/16, Pier 6 Pavilion)
· KATHY GRIFFIN (9/18, 9/20, Kennedy Center; 9/19 D.A.R. Constitution Hall)
· Genesis (9/23, Verizon Center)
· Jennifer Lopez & Marc Anthony (10/5, Verizon Center)
· BRAD PAISLEY (10/6, Nissan Pavilion)

Morrisey

· PRAY FOR PEACE — Featuring Graham Nash, David Crosby and Jackson Browne (10/16, National Cathedral)
· PHIL LESH (10/16, Lyric Opera House)
· Maroon 5 (10/16, Verizon Center)
· Kelly Clarkson (10/24, D.A.R.)
· Tori Amos (10/26, D.A.R.)
· Van Halen (11/1, Verizon Center)
· Morrissey (11/2, D.A.R.)
· Tegan & Sara (11/24, Lisner Auditorium)
· Jim Gaffigan (11/30-12/1, Warner Theatre)

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NIGHTCLUB 9:30
815 V St. NW
202-397-SEAT
www.930.com

· BLOWOFF (9/15)
· Hanson (9/16)
· The Apples in Stereo (9/19)
· Soulive (9/22)
· Rilo Kiley (9/26)
· Animal Collective (9/28)
· Megadeth (9/30)
· Jose Gonzalez (10/2)
· State Radio (10/6)
· Klaxons — w/ Shit Disco (10/8)
· Josh Ritter (10/9)
· The Pipettes (10/10)
· Circa Survive (10/16)
· The New Pornographers (10/27)

RAM’S HEAD LIVE
20 Market Place
Baltimore, Md.
410-244-1131
www.ramsheadlive.com

· Regina Spektor — A veteran of New York’s anti-folk scene, Regina Spektor makes quirky, highly eclectic, but always personal music. An enormously idiosyncratic composer and lyricist, Spektor combines eclectic and evocative melodies with intricately structured character studies that owe more to Chekhov and Gogol than to most modern songwriters (9/19)
· Dashboard Confessional Solo — Chris Carrabba is going back to his roots with a rare North American solo tour, his first in five years (9/28)
· Paolo Nutini — Born and raised in Paisley, Scotland, Paolo Nutini is a 20-year-old singer-songwriter blessed with a soulful, passionate voice and the natural gift of being able to tell a story in a song (10/5)
· Boyz II Men –– the most commercially successful R&B group of all time (10/12)
· The Disco Biscuits — Their music, a crazy-quilt mixture of rock, techno, jazz, soul, blues and classical, quickly took them to the upper echelon of the jam-groove scene. Guitarist-lead vocalist Jon Gutwillig has declared that the goal of the group is to create the wildest — or craziest — music of all time (10/26)
· Martin Sexton with Melissa Ferrick — An evening of soul-filled folk music (10/27)
· Morrissey –– As the lead singer of the Smiths, arguably the most important indie band in Britain during the ’80s, Morrissey’s theatrical crooning and literate, poetic lyrics connected powerfully with a legion of similarly sensitive, disaffected youth (10/31)
· Dark Star Orchestra — A Grateful Dead tribute band named after the Dead’s famous song ”Dark Star.” The idea behind the Dark Star Orchestra is that, at each of its concerts, the band re-creates a specific Grateful Dead concert, playing the same songs in the same arrangements on similar equipment (12/29)

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THE STATE THEATER
220 N. Washington St.
Falls Church, Va.
703-237-0300
www.thestatetheatre.com

· New Riders of the Purple Sage (9/14)
· Karl Denson Trio (9/21)
· Porcupine Tree (9/12)
· Mason Jennings (10/20)
· An Evening of Stand-Up Comedy — with Comedy Central’s Mike Birbiglia (11/16)
· The Nighthawks, Rosslyn Mountain Boys, The Charlottesville AllStars Reunion (11/24)
· Sonny Landreth (10/30)

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STRATHMORE MUSIC CENTER & MANSION
301-581-5100
www.strathmore.org

· Patti LuPone: Coulda, Woulda, Shoulda — Tony and Olivier Award winner Patti LuPone brings her one-woman show, Coulda, Woulda, Shoulda, to Strathmore. Accompanied by Chris Fenwick on piano, Ms. LuPone performs a selection of songs from classic musicals, including Hair, Bye Bye Birdie, Funny Girl, West Side Story, Evita, Anything Goes and Peter Pan (10/5)
· Queen Latifah: Trav’lin’ Light — Grammy Award winner, Oscar nominee, jazz vocalist, hip-hop artist, label president, author and entrepreneur, Queen Latifah has crossed genres and boundaries to establish herself as one of the most talented women in the media industry. Latifah will perform selections from her new Jazz-R&B album, Trav’lin’ Light (10/14)
· Sinead O’Connor (10/24)
· An Evening of American Acoustic Music — This concert is a rare opportunity to hear some of the greatest musicians of American bluegrass and country. The legendary guitarist David Bromberg (deemed ”electrifying” by The New York Times), boundary-busting bluegrass icon Tony Rice and singer/songwriter/yodeler/multi-instrumentalist Peter Rowan journey through American music, from early Stephen Foster to Texas swing and from Cajun fiddling to Delta blues (10/25)
· BSO Superpops: Michael Feinstein — One of the greatest interpreters of the American Songbook, celebrated vocalist, pianist and ”America’s Ambassador of Song,” Feinstein joins Jack Everly and the BSO SuperPops for this special performances (11/1)
· Three Dog Night — With 21 consecutive Top 40 hits, 18 straight Top 20s, 11 Top 10s, three No. 1s, 7 million-selling singles and 12 straight RIAA Certified Gold LPs, Three Dog Night’s universal hits include ”Mama Told Me (Not To Come),” ”Joy to the World,” ”Shambala” and ”One.” The band includes founding members Cory Wells and Danny Hutton on lead vocals, original keyboardist Jimmy Greenspoon and guitarist Michael Allsup (11/2)
· The Australian Pink Floyd Show — A spellbinding live concert experience featuring a phenomenal group of Aussie musicians whose breathtaking note-for-note perfect performances of Pink Floyd classics — along with an eye-popping lighting and special effects show — have thrilled audiences across the U.K and North America (11/6)
· Rain: The Beatles Experience — The award-winning Beatles concert makes its Strathmore debut for two shows only. The evening is a multi-media, multi-dimensional experience featuring a fusion of historical footage and television commercials from the 1960s on video screens and live cameras that zoom in for close-ups (11/8-9)
· Jethro Tull — With 60 million albums sold and over 2,500 concerts played in 40 countries, Jethro Tull, led by Ian Anderson, is a true rock’n’roll legend (12/3)

WARNER THEATRE
513 13th St. NW
202-397-SEAT
www.warnertheatre.com

· SWEET HONEY IN THE ROCK — This Grammy Award-winning a cappella ensemble has a stunning vocal prowess that captures the complex sounds of blues, spirituals, gospel, reggae, ancient lullabies and jazz improvisation (10/26)
· ZAPPA PLAYS ZAPPA ACCEPT NO SUBSTITUTES — Dweezil Zappa & The Zappa Family Trust present the music of their father, rock music visionary Frank Zappa, who died 13 years ago (11/7)
· EARTHA KITT — With a remarkable career and starring roles on Broadway and television, singer Eartha Kitt has created her own captivating persona (11/10)
· CLAY AIKEN CHRISTMAS — Performing with the Chelsea Symphony Orchestra (12/2)