AltFreq Weekend Planner (4/30/15-5/2/15)
–Written by Kevin Madert
It’s nearly impossible to keep track of all the events going on in the area, so we’re here to let you know what’s happening in live music over the next few days. Watch out on Sundays for our “Weekly Planner,” where we’ll cover the remaining four days of the week.
Thursday 4/30:
DC
(SOLD OUT) The Wombats @ 930 Club – (Info)
Shy Girls @ U Street Music Hall (EARLY SHOW) – (Tickets / Info)
Bag Raiders (DJ Set) @ U Street Music Hall (LATE SHOW) – (Tickets / Info)
Culoe De Song @ Flash – (Tickets / Info)
Gazzo @ Ultrabar – (Tickets / Info)
Mittenfields @ Black Cat – *Album release show* (Tickets / Info)
The Blind Owl Band @ Gypsy Sally’s – (Tickets / Info)
An Evening With Ewan Dobson @ Jammin’ Java (VA) – (Tickets / Info)
Friday 5/1:
DC
(SOLD OUT) James Bay @ 930 Club – (Info)
M3 Rock Fest @ Merriweather Post Pavilion – *Day 1 performers include Kix, Dokken, & Quiet Riot* (Friday Tickets / Two Day Passes / Info)
The Juan MacLean (Live) @ U Street Music Hall – (Tickets / Info)
City Hearts w/Butane, Mikey Lion, Lee Reynolds & More @ Flash – *Presented by Desert Hearts Festival* (Tickets / Info)
Dash Berlin @ Echostage – (Tickets / Info)
ILoveMakonnen @ Howard Theatre – (Tickets / Info)
The Used w/Every Time I Die @ Fillmore Silver Spring – (Tickets/Info)
(ALTFREQ PICK) Twin Peaks @ Rock & Roll Hotel – (Tickets / Info)
Tom Principato’s DC Blues Explosion @ The Hamilton – (Tickets / Info)
Baltimore
Operation Dankstar @ The 8×10 – *Album release party* (Tickets/Info)
Bad Suns @ Ottobar – (Tickets/Info)
The Meatmen @ Metro Gallery – (Tickets / Info)
Saturday 5/2:
DC
Joe Pug @ 930 Club – (Tickets / Info)
M3 Rock Fest @ Merriweather Post Pavilion – *Day 2 performers include Europe, Queensrÿche, Warrant, Krokus, & LA Guns* (Saturday Tickets / Two Day Passes / Info)
Daughtry Stripped @ Lincoln Theatre – *Acoustic performance* (Tickets / Info)
See-I @ U Street Music Hall (EARLY SHOW) – *Funk Parade Afterparty, free show* (Info)
Bit Funk @ U Street Music Hall (LATE SHOW) – *Free for 21+ before 11PM* (Tickets / Info)
Ovum Label Night w/Josh Wink & Pete Moss @ Flash – (Tickets / Info)
(ALTFREQ PICK) Atmosphere @ Echostage – (Tickets / Info)
Lee Fields & The Expressions @ Howard Theatre – (Tickets / Info)
Pokey LaFarge @ Black Cat – (Tickets / Info)
Two Gallants @ Rock & Roll Hotel – (Tickets / Info)
Driftwood @ Gypsy Sally’s – (Tickets / Info)
The Reverend Peyton’s Big Damn Band @ The Hamilton – (Tickets / Info)
Tom Russell @ Jammin’ Java (VA) – *The Rose of Roscrea album release* (Tickets / Info)
(ALTFREQ PICK) Eliot Lipp @ Tally Ho Theatre (VA) – (Tickets/Info)
Baltimore
Halestorm @ Pier Six Pavilion – (Tickets / Info)
Better Off Dead @ The 8×10 – (Tickets/Info)
Fat White Family – (Tickets / Info)