Concert Pick: Silversun Pickups @ 9:30 Club (11/14/17)

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Silversun Pickups (Photo from FB @silversunpickups)

Still touring strong for their last album, Better Nature, Silversun Pickups descends on the 9:30 Club on Nov. 14th!

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Do This: Drink Free Beer in Shaw to Support Ivy and Coney (10/23-10/26/17)

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Ivy and Coney in the middle (Photo from: https://www.nationalgeographic.com/voteyourmainstreet)

Enjoy a free beer at a few places in Shaw this week!

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Concert Pick: The Head And The Heart @ The Anthem (10/27/17)

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The Head And The Heart (Photo from FB @theheadandtheheart, Credit: FAYSAL MARTIN)

The Head and the Heart will continue the run of big name acts when they roll into DC’s newest venue, The Anthem, on Friday, October 27.

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Festival Review: All Things Go Fall Classic 2017 Day 3 (10/8/17)

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All Things Go Fall Classic 2017 (Photo Credit: Doug Van Sant)

Foster the People and Bleachers rocked DC at the 2017 All Things Go Fall Classic!

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Concert Review: Alvvays @ Rock and Roll Hotel (10/7/17)

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Molly Rankin of Alvvays at Treefort Music Fest 2017 (Photo Credit: ChristinaBirkinbine 2605)

Alvvays lit up the Rock and Roll Hotel with waves of luminous and crowd-pleasing dream pop on Saturday, October 7th.

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Concert Pick: The War on Drugs @ The Anthem (10/23/17)

Adam Granduciel of The War on Drugs
Adam Granduciel of The War on Drugs (Photo from FB @thewarondrugs)

The War on Drugs continues the otherworldly October run of bands/artists to kick-off The Anthem’s opening.

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Do This: Smithsonian Food History Weekend Festival (10/28/17)

The Smithsonian Food History Weekend Festival
(Photo from: http://americanhistory.si.edu/events/food-history-weekend/festival)

The third annual Smithsonian Food History Weekend Festival is coming soon!

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Concert Review: Alex Cameron @ Songbyrd Music House (10/2/17)

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Alex Cameron @ Songbyrd Music House

DC’s Songbyrd is the right venue for certain artists at certain points in their careers. Alex Cameron was that artist at that point on Monday night. Ascendant; playing to a packed room of people who knew the words to the hits and the anti-hits, songs from the new album and the old; and who were in thrall to his dance moves, his character-based glare, and his and Roy’s “pretty mean posse”.

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Do This: IlluminAsia (10/14-10/15/17)

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Food at IlluminAsia! (Photo from http://www.asia.si.edu/reopening/illuminasia.asp)

How about a weekend in DC with Asian food, art demonstrations and live music?

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Concert Review: Mandolin Orange @ 9:30 Club (9/27/17)

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Mandolin Orange (Photo from FB @MandolinOrange)

As we waited in anticipation, instruments sat quietly alone on the backlit 9:30 Club stage. Just the basics for folk artists. A drum set, a cello, three guitars and a banjo.

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Festival Pick: All Things Go Fall Classic 2017 (10/6-10/8/17)

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(Photo from Twitter @AllThingsGo)
DC’s very own music festival is coming!

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