What concerts are you excited to attend over the next couple months? It better be a lot, because what else is there?
Peruse another round of live music recommendations for DC denizens. If you’re finding big name artist concerts too expensive these days, go hit up some of our locals artists/bands at the smaller venues! Do it, it’s easy. And you will enjoy a great night of live music and only fork out $15-25 or so. There are plenty of options highlighted below.
Also, it is starting to get hot hot hot, so stay hydrated for any upcoming outdoor shows.
As always, find local music in yellow. This is the nexus where you can support local businesses and artists at the same time. There is no such thing as too much live music.
July 2026
Sabel Jane w/ XK Scenario + Grace A. Keller @ Songbyrd Music House (7/1/26)
Cherub Tree w/ KINDA EVIL + Dorinda @ Pie Shop (7/2/26)
Louis Tomlinson w/ The Beaches + Picture Parlour @ The Anthem (7/7/26)
DC Punk Archive Rooftop Concert Series @ MLK Jr Memorial Library (7/8/26) (The July show features DC bands Pinkhouse, Buko Buko, and Bed Maker.)
WAXX w/ Birthday Girl + Girls on Toast @ Comet Ping Pong (7/8/26) (Both openers are from DC!)
A Shrewdness of Apes w/ JJX + 5th of Four @ Pie Shop (7/9/26)
Jack White @ The Anthem (7/10/26) Sold Out (Jack White announced the upcoming release of his seventh album, Frozen Charlotte (via Third Man Records), and what a fantastic stroke of fortune, it is the same day as the kickoff of his tour, at The Anthem on July 10th! It’s epically sold out, but find ways to get there.)
American Football w/ Ian Sweet @ 9:30 Club (7/11/26) Sold Out
Lindsey Stirling w/ PVRIS @ Wolf Trap (7/14/26)
Sarah Gross w/ Lydia von Hof @ The Pocket (7/17/26)
Phish @ Merriweather Post Pavilion (7/18 & 7/19/26)
American Vanity w/ Velvet Divide @ Pearl Street Warehouse (7/19/26) (Velvet Divide is from DC! They recently won a Wammie for Best Rock Song.
Mikaela Davis @ Songbyrd Music House (7/20/26)
Slippers + Dim Wizard @ Quarry House Tavern (7/21/26)
Kurt Vile and the Violators @ Howard Theatre (7/22/26)
Tori Amos w/ Bartees Strange @ Wolf Trap (7/22/26)
Alex Lahey w/ allie @ Songbyrd Music House (7/25/26) (Alex Lahey returns to DC performing a solo set without her band.)
Maya Delilah @ The Atlantis (7/25/26)
Holy Rollers w/ Hammered Hulls + The Owners @ Black Cat (7/25/26)
The Head and the Heart @ Wolf Trap (7/26/26)
maryjo @ DC9 (7/27/26)
Passion Pit @ 9:30 Club (7/28 & 7/29/26)
Muse w/ Temper Trap + Bloc Party @ Merriweather Post Pavilion (7/28/26)
Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit @ Wolf Trap (7/30/26)
August 2026
Metric + Broken Social Scene + Stars @ The Anthem (8/1/26)
Amelia Day w/ Miss Moon @ Songbyrd Music House (8/1/26) (Miss Moon is from DC!)
“Weird Al” Yankovic @ Merriweather Post Pavilion (8/2/26)
Julia Minkin w/ Hotel Sewing Kit (solo) + Sophie Coran @ Pie Shop (8/6/26)
Titus Andronicus @ The Atlantis (8/8/26)
Olivia Dean @ CFG Bank Arena (8/12/26)
Sundyr @ The Artemis (8/14/26)
Argo & The Violet Queens w/ Massie + Cuni + Pinkhouse @ Black Cat (8/15/26)
Foo Fighters w/ Queens of the Stone Age @ Nationals Park (8/17/26)
Flowerbomb w/ Cal Rifkin + Taisha Estrada @ Union Stage (8/22/26)
Tedeschi Trucks Band @ Wolf Trap (8/28 & 8/29/26)
Bonus!
(For when no one tried to stop you from going to concerts Every. Single. Day.)
Makeout Reef w/ Bleary Eyed + The Montaines @ DC9 (7/2/26) (The Montaines for from DC!)
Shakira @ CFG Bank Arena (7/6/26)
So Fetch @ 9:30 Club (7/18/26)
Vesuvian + Sexfaces + Teen Cobra + The Armors @ Rhizome (7/19/26)
Argo & The Violet Queens + ViRG w/ Lena Traynham @ Jammin Java (7/20/26)
Death Cab for Cutie w/ Japanese Breakfast @ Merriweather Post Pavilion (7/21/26)
Bruce Hornsby & The Noisemakers @ Strathmore (7/22/26)
Gov’t Mule & Joe Bonamassa @ Wolf Trap (7/29/26)
A DC Journey 