music – A DC Journey

Top Concerts for November/December 2025

Of Monsters and Men (Photo courtesy of Red Light Management) — Of Monsters and Men come to The Anthem on 11/3! (Photo courtesy of Red Light Management)

What concerts are you excited about as we close out 2025?

Top Concerts for September/October 2025

Wolf Alice (Photo Credit: Harriet Bols) — Wolf Alice come to the 9:30 Club for two shows! (Photo Credit: Harriet Bols)

What concerts are you excited about this Fall?

Top Concerts for May/June 2025

Bloc Party (Photo Credit: @emilymarcovecchio) — Bloc Party takes over DC on June 2nd! (Photo Credit: @emilymarcovecchio)

Which concerts will you be attending in May and June?

Top Concerts for October 2024

Gogol Bordello comes to Lincoln Theatre on Oct. 30th! (Photo Credit: Ben Wong)

What concerts are you ready for in October?

Top 20 Concerts for February 2024

The Kills hit the 9:30 Club for two shows! (Photo courtesy of Domino)

Longevity is key!

Concert Roundup: Best 15 Concerts of 2023

Who had the best concert in 2023? (Photo Credit: Andreas Neumann)

2023 was an excellent year for music in DC.

Concert Roundup: Best 8 Concerts of 2021

Middle Kids made the list! Which artist was #1 in 2021? (Photo Credit: Ellen Virgona)

Another end of year list!

A DC Journey: Best of 2020

Here is a look back at our best performing posts in the crazy year that was 2020.

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Concert Pick: Brian Fallon @ Lincoln Theatre (7/17/20) (NEW DATE)

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(Notice: this show and all other IMP shows [Anthem, 9:30 Club, Lincoln Theatre, and 9:30 Club Presents at U Street Music Hall] between March 12 and March 31 were postponed. The rescheduled date is July 17th. For more info from IMP, please see here.)

The untouchable Brian Fallon is touring in advance of his upcoming album, Local Honey, and the second night of his tour brings him to the Lincoln Theatre.

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Concert Review: Drive-By Truckers @ 9:30 Club (2/28/20)

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On the first of two nights, the Drive-By Truckers brought the 9:30 Club alive with a 30-song, 2.5 hour set.

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Concert Pick: Drive-By Truckers @ 9:30 Club (2/28/20 & 2/29/20)

The southern rock act is touring their new album, The Unraveling, and bringing their show to the 9:30 Club for two nights this week.

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A DC Journey: Best of 2019

Here is a look at the best performing posts for our main features in the year that was 2019.
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Do This: Smithsonian Folklife Festival @ The National Mall (6/29 & 6/30/19)

Ruby Ibarra will perform at 2019’s Folklife Festival (Photo from https://festival.si.edu/)

The 52nd annaul Folklife Festival comes for only two nights in June.

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A DC Journey: Best of 2018

Here is a look at the best performing posts for each of our main features in the year that was 2018.

Enjoy!

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Concert Review: Liz Cooper & The Stampede @ 9:30 Club (12/11/18)

Liz Cooper & The Stampede (Photo credit: Shervin Lainez)

Liz Cooper & The Stampede came to the 9:30 Club prepared to deliver on promises and shatter expectations.

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Concert Review: Andrew Bird, Gabriel Kahane and the NSO @ Kennedy Center (10/28/18)

Andrew Bird with the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra 9/26/18 — Andrew Bird in Indianapolis on Sept. 26 (Photo Credit: Tony Vasquez for Jams Plus Media Vasquez Photography)

I wasn’t sure what to expect from my first NSO pops concert. I could imagine a mega pop star – like Beyoncé or Barry Manilow, belting hits backed by swelling strings. But what to expect when one of your featured artist’s claim to fame is riding Amtrak around the US to bridge the political divide, and the other just finished recording his violin standing barefoot under a bridge?

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