Friday, November 28, 2008

NIGHTCLUBS
Rock, Pop, Folk, Etc.
The District

AVENUE Allure Fridays, Friday; College Night, Thursday. 649 New York Ave. NW. 202-347-8100.

BAMBULE Ricardo Marlow and Miguel Bard, Friday-Saturday; Trio Caliente, Thursday. 5225 Wisconsin Ave. NW. 202-966-0300.

BLACK CAT No Scrubs with DJ Will Eastman and DJ Brian Billion, Friday; Homo/Sonic with Little Dragon, Saturday; Mittenfields, Teedo, and Loose Lips, Monday; Noah & the Whale, Tuesday; O'Death and Wye Oak, Thursday. 1811 14th St. NW. 202-667-7960.

BLUES ALLEY Alex Bugnon, Friday-Sunday. 1073 Wisconsin Ave. NW (rear). 202-337-4141.

CAFE CITRON Miguelito and friends, Monday; Alfredo Mohuca and friends, Tuesday. 1343 Connecticut Ave. NW. 202-530-8844.

CAFE MOZART Temur Tsaguria, Friday and Thursday. 1331 H St. NW. 202-347-5732.

CARDINAL'S NEST The KGB Band, Wednesday. 3748 10th St. NE. 202-269-6378.

CLYDE'S/GEORGETOWN Tim Metz, Tuesday; Fran Scuderi, Wednesday. 3236 M St. NW. 202-333-9180.

DC9 Liberation Dance Party, Friday; Snowden, Twin Tigers and Illinois, Tuesday; J.Viewz and DJ Gal Tesler, Thursday. 1940 Ninth St. NW. 202-483-5000.

FUR Global Saturdays, Saturday. 33 Patterson St. NE. 202-842-3401.

IRELAND'S FOUR FIELDS Ronan Kavanagh, Saturday. 3412 Connecticut Ave. NW. 202-244-0860.

IRISH TIMES Pete Papageorge, Thursday. 14 F St. NW. 202-543-5433.

MADAM'S ORGAN Catfish Hodge, Friday; Bobby Parker and the Blues Night Band, Saturday; B.T. Richardson Band, Sunday; One Nite Stand, Monday; Old Man Brown, Tuesday; Bob Perilla's Big Hillbilly Bluegrass Band, Wednesday; Patrick Alban and Noche Latina, Thursday. 2461 18th St. NW. 202-667-5370.

MARKET INN The Lennie Thomas, Lewis Powers Duo, Saturday-Sunday. 200 E St. SW. 202-554-2100.

9:30 CLUB Vampire Weekend and the Teenagers, Monday-Tuesday; the Dan Band, Wednesday; Dr. Dog, Wednesday; Stephen Kellogg and the Sixers and Erin McKeown, Thursday. 815 V St. NW. 202-393-0930.

THE RED AND THE BLACK Junius, Thursday. 1212 H St. NE. 202-399-3201.

ROCK & ROLL HOTEL Drunken Jenga, Thursday. 1353 H St. NE. 202-388-7625.

TWINS JAZZ The Tim Warfield Quartet, Friday-Saturday. 1344 U St. NW. 202-234-0072.

VELVET LOUNGE Kocho-Bi-Sexual, Tuesday; City of Ships and Worn in Red, Wednesday; Skeletons & the Girl-Faced Boys, Thursday. 915 U St. NW. 202-462-3213.

WONDERLAND Danielle Elliot, Wednesday. 1101 Kenyon St. NW. 202-232-5263.

ZOO BAR The Idle Americans, Saturday; blues jam open mike with the Big Boy Little Band, Thursday. 3000 Connecticut Ave. NW. 202-232-4225.

BEACH COVE Blues jam open mike with the Idle Americans, Wednesday. 8416 Bayside Rd., Chesapeake Beach. 301-855-0025.

BRIAN BORU Pete Papageorge, Wednesday. 489 Ritchie Hwy., Severna Park. .

BUSHWALLER'S The Boonesfarmers, Friday; Karma Issue, Saturday; Sanford Markley, Sunday. 209 N. Market St., Frederick. 301-695-6988.

CAT'S EYE PUB Jimmi Sexton and Big Bottom, Saturday early show; Patrick Alban and Noche Latina, Saturday late show; Steve Kraemer and the Bluesicians, Sunday early show; the Timmy Shelley Band, Sunday late show; the Idle Americans, Tuesday. 1730 Thames St., Baltimore. 410-276-9866.

CHAMPIONS/FREDERICK Jimmie's Chicken Shack, Friday; the Interns, Saturday. 5205 Buckeystown Pike, Frederick. 301-846-0089.

CROSSROADS Escape Happy Hour and Dance Party, Friday; DJ Majestic, DJ Chic, DJ Supa Scotty and DJ Book, Saturday; Energy Dance Party with DJ Chick, DJ Book, DJ Supa Scotty and Mr Majestic, Saturday; Dancehall Sundays with DJ Jason Steele, DJ Supa Scotty and DJ Chick, Sunday; Early Mondays with DJ Ghost, Monday; Jamaica Me Crazy Happy hour with live reggae, Thursday. 4103 Baltimore Ave., Bladensburg. 301-927-1056.

DOGFISH HEAD ALEHOUSE Marshall Artz, Saturday. 800 West Diamond Ave., Gaithersburg. 301-963-4847.

LOUISIANA KITCHEN AND BAYOU BAR George Oakley and Nick Lipkowski, Monday. 4907 Cordell Ave., Bethesda. 301-652-6945.

MACK'S Eleven : Eleven, Friday; Bigger, Better, Faster, More, Saturday. 10 W. College Ter., Frederick. 301-695-7200.

MURPHY'S PUB The Idle Americans, Friday. 6971 Indian Head Highway, Bryan's Road. 20616.

OUTTA THE WAY CAFE Acoustic open mike, Wednesday. 7503 Redland Rd., Rockville. 301-963-6895.

QUARRY HOUSE TAVERN J.P. McDermott and Western Bop, Saturday. 8401 Georgia Ave., Silver Spring. 301-587-9406.

RAMS HEAD LIVE Dragonforce, Turisas and Powerglove, Friday; Anamide, Anubis Unbound, Seventh Seal, Behold the Flood and Forgive the Fallen, Saturday. 20 Market Pl., Baltimore. 410-244-8854.

RAMS HEAD TAVERN Chuck Brown, Saturday; John Pizzarelli, Sunday; Aaron Neville & his Quintet, Tuesday-Wednesday. 33 West St., Annapolis. 410-268-4545.

SURF CLUB LIVE Dueling Divas of the Blues, Mary Shaver and Marianna Previti and the Smokin' Polecats, Saturday. 4711 Kenilworth Ave., Hyattsville. 301-927-6310.

AULD SHABEEN Celtic Marc, Friday; Rude Buddha, Friday late show; Celtic Marc, Saturday. 3971 Chain Bridge Rd., Fairfax. 703-293-9600.

BANGKOK BLUES Pschycadelia, Saturday; Bliss with Aaron Eckolls, Saturday; blues jam with the Meteors, Sunday. 926 W. Broad St., Falls Church. 703-534-0095.

BIRCHMERE The Seldom Scene & Dry Branch Fire Squad, Friday; Christmas with Aaron Neville & his Quintet, Sunday; Hot Tuna, Monday; A Peter White Christmas with Mindi Abair & Rick Braun, Wednesday; the Roches with a Holiday Twist, Thursday. 3701 Mount Vernon Ave., Alexandria. 703-549-7500.

BOMBAY TANDOOR Stuart Hill, Tuesday; John Bell, Thursday. 8301 Westwood Dr., Vienna. 703-734-2202.

BORDER CAFE Gary Smallwood and Bryan & Andre Fox, Thursday. 5825 Trinity Pkwy., Centreville. 703-266-4400.

BUNKER SPORTS CAFE Hyjinx, Saturday. 510 E. Market St., Leesburg. 703-443-0777.

CLYDE'S/BROADLANDS Paul Lewis, Friday. 42920 Broadlands Blvd., Broadlands. 703-820-8300.

THE DOCK Anonymous Brave, Saturday. 19286 Promenade Dr., Leesburg. 533-333-4747.

DOGFISH HEAD/FALLS CHURCH Evan Bliss and the Welchers, Saturday. 6363 Seven Corners Center, Falls Church. 703-534-3342.

DOGWOOD TAVERN Brother Shamus, Friday; Matt Weilmuenster, Saturday. 132 W. Broad St., Falls Church. 703-237-8333.

DOUGHERTY'S The Steve Palmer Band, Friday; Farley Granger, Saturday. 2055 Jefferson Davis Hwy., Stafford. 540-657-8985.

FAT TUESDAY'S/FAIRFAX Open mike night, Sunday. 10673 Braddock Rd., Fairfax. 703-385-5717.

FIRESIDE GRILL Ted Garber, Thursday. 9000 Lorton Station Blvd., Lorton. 703-372-1923.

GREAT FALLS TAVERN Tim Metz, Saturday. 9835 Georgetown Pike, Great Falls. 703-757-4770.

INN AT KELLY'S FORD Dave Goodrich, Saturday. 16589 Edwards Shop Rd., Remington. 540-399-1779.

IOTA Juniper Lane, Saturday; First Mondays, Monday; open mike, Wednesday; Toby Lightman, Thursday. 2832 Wilson Blvd., Arlington. 703-522-8340.

J.V.'S The Bullets, Friday; Jeff Smith and his Band of Steves, Saturday early show; Kurt Crandle and his Blues Band, Saturday; Roger Henderson, Sunday early show; the Swinging Daves, Sunday; Dianna Quinn and Mike Woods acoustic open mike, Monday; the Jason Mezas band, Tuesday; open mike with Bob and Martha and the Band, Wednesday; JP McDermott and the Western Bop Band, Thursday. 6666 Arlington Blvd., Falls Church. 703-241-9504.

JAMMIN' JAVA Shane Hines & the Trance and MHR, Friday; Enter the Haggis and the Sweet Remains, Saturday; Rock 'n Roll Songwriters Circle featuring Anthony Fiacco, Shane Hines and Todd Wright, Sunday; Crash Boom Bang, the Hint, Ocean is Theory and Amen the Animal, Tuesday; Melissa Ferrick, Wednesday; Adrian Legg, Thursday. 227 Maple Ave. E., Vienna. 703-255-1566.

JAXX Arsenic, No Shots for Ben and Through Exile, Friday. 6355 Rolling Rd., Springfield. 703-569-5940.

KILROY'S Kara and Matty D, Saturday. 5250 Port Royal Rd., Springfield. 703-321-7733.

NED DEVINE'S/CENTREVILLE JunkFood, Saturday. 620 Multiplex Dr., Centreville. 703-266-2194.

NED DEVINE'S/HERNDON Jah Works, Friday; Fuzzy Bunny Slippers, Saturday. 2565 Centreville Rd., Herndon. 703-793-7377.

NICK'S Chillbilly, Tuesday; Tight Posse, Thursday. 642 S. Pickett St., Alexandria. 703-751-8900.

O'FAOLAIN'S IRISH PUB Kara and Matty D, Friday; Brian Weber, Saturday. 20921 Davenport Dr., Sterling. 703-444-9796.

OLD BROGUE Ted Garber, Friday; Brian, Mary and Neil, Saturday; Jody Marshall's Christmas Concert, Sunday; Brendan's Voyage, Wednesday; open mike night, Thursday. 760 Walker Rd., Great Falls. 703-759-3309.

PAT TROY'S Alan Scott, Friday; Buster Brown and the Get Down, Saturday; Lee Davenport, Sunday; Rocky Guttman, Tuesday-Thursday. 111 N. Pitt St., Alexandria. 703-549-4535.

RAGTIME Open mike night, Sunday. 1345 N. Courthouse Rd., Arlington. 703-243-4003.

RESTON-HERNDON FOLK CLUB Open mike, Tuesday. 648 Elden St., Herndon. 703-435-2404.

RIVER CREEK COUNTRY CLUB Nate Ihara, Friday. 43800 Olympic Blvd., Leesburg. 703-779-2022.

SANGAM Stuart Hill, Wednesday. 1211 N. Glebe Rd., Arlington. 703-524-2728.

SHOOTER MCGEE'S Tommy Gann, Friday. 5239 Duke St., Alexandria. 703-751-9266.

SPANKYS SHENANIGANS Cover Up, Friday; Identity Crisis, Saturday. 538 E. Market St., Leesburg. 703-777-2454.

STATE THEATRE The Nighthawks and Kelly Bell Band, Friday; the Machine, Saturday; Fishbone, Heavy Mojo and Natives of the New Dawn, Sunday; Morrigan Condo, Wednesday. 220 N. Washington St., Falls Church. 703-237-0300.

STONEWALL'S Josh Burgess Band, Friday. 44050 Woodbridge Pkwy., Leesburg. 703-729-4081.

SULLY'S Furious George, Friday; the Jimbo Manion Band, Saturday. 14513 Lee Jackson Memorial Hwy., Chantilly. 703-818-9292.

SUNSET GRILLE Drivin' Blind, Friday; the Sparkplugs, Saturday. 7250 Columbia Pike, Annandale. 703-658-0928.

TIFFANY TAVERN The Skystone Bluegrass Band, Friday; Virginia Hills, Saturday; open mike, Monday-Thursday. 1116 King St., Alexandria. 703-836-8844.

219 The Rick Whitehead Trio, Friday. 219 King St., Alexandria. 703-549-1141.

VILLAGE WHARF Zipper, Friday. 7966 Fort Hunt Rd., Alexandria. 703-765-0661.

VINTAGE 50 Joe Daniels, Wednesday. 50 Catoctin Cir. NE, No. 100, Leesburg. 703-777-2169.