Arlo Guthrie at Strathmore
Friday, Nov. 7 – A natural-born storyteller and a master of multiple instruments, Arlo Guthrie weaves tales and tunes into a tapestry that you want to wrap around you and wear home.
Events
Ticket Giveaway
Tues. October 28: Bluegrass Country and GW Lisner Auditorium are giving away 5 pairs of tickets to Edgar Meyer and Chris Thile in concert. Enter the Giveaway.
DCBU Fall Concert Featuring The Infamous Stringdusters
Saturday, Nov. 1 – The Infamous Stringdusters will perform at – and Jordan Tice will open – the D.C. Bluegrass Union’s fall concert at the James Lee Theater in Falls Church, Va.
The Bajich Brothers–Tamburitza Music from Kansas
The Bajich Brothers, Boris, Paul, Peter and Robert, are a Serbian-American tambura quartet from Kansas.
Frying Pan Farm Park presents Bill Emerson and the Sweet Dixie Band
Saturday, Sept. 27 – Award-winning bluegrass legend Bill Emerson and his new Sweet Dixie Band will strum old favorites and future classics.
Speedy Tolliver Fiddler and Banjo Fest
WAMU’s Bluegrass Country host Katy Daley will emcee the annual event honoring old time music master Speedy Tolliver.
Common Ground on the Hill Roots Music and Arts Festival
Westminster, MD
July 12 & 13
Homegrown Concert Series: The Zionaires
American Folklife Center
Noon, Wednesday, July 24
Coolidge Auditorium
Thomas Jefferson Building, ground floor
Homegrown Concert Series: Merita Halili and the Raif Hyseni Orchestra
American Folklife Center
Noon, Thursday, June 19
Coolidge Auditorium
Thomas Jefferson Building, ground floor
Homegrown Concert Series: Opalanga Pugh
American Folklife Center
Noon, Wednesday, May 28
Coolidge Auditorium
Thomas Jefferson Building, ground floor
Williams & Clark Expedition in Concert
Cherrydale United Methodist Church
7:30 p.m., Friday, May 16
3701 Lorcom Lane
Arlington, Virginia 22207
Folklife Concerts: The Beehive Band — Traditional Mormon String Band Music from Utah
April 24, 12 p.m., Coolidge Auditorium, Library of Congress: The Beehive Band perform hymns, songs, and fiddle tunes of the Utah pioneers, emphasizing primarily the initial period of the Mormon migration west (1847 -1869), or the period before the railroad came to Utah.
DC Bluesgrass Union Spring Concert
April 12: At the James Lee Community Center Theater in Falls Church with David Parmley & Continental Divide and Goode Deal Bluegrass Band with Mike Auldridge.
The Larry Stephenson Band
March 28: The Larry Stephenson Band brings bluegrass and gospel music to Cherrydale United Methodist Church. The concert features one of the few female banjo players in the bluegrass community, Kristin Scott Benson.
The Seldom Scene and Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver
March 28: Presented by Strathmore. The Seldom Scene take rock classics like “After Midnight†and turn them into bluegrass tunes, while 2006 National Heritage Award winner Doyle Lawson and his band Quicksilver play modern bluegrass that appeals to gospel enthusiasts and long-time bluegrass followers.
