“Zydeco, blues, and Cajun music collide for the hottest party of the summer celebrating the lively music of the Bayou State.”
Don’t miss the 21st annual Louisiana Swamp Romp on Sunday, June 13 at 2pm. Despite Hurricane Katrina and this Spring’s massive oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, Cajun music is as soulful and funky as ever. Since the Swamp Romp is at Wolf Trap, you can bring your favorite bourbon with you and pretend like you are in New Orleans. The lineup is after the jump. (more…)
Northern Virginia’s largest community-wide event, the 29th annual Celebrate Fairfax! Festival, is set to take place June 11-13, 2010 on the grounds of the Fairfax County Government Center. The Celebrate Fairfax! Festival features 25 acres of amazing concerts, family programs, science and technology, history, thrilling carnival rides and nightly fireworks! Among the festival’s highlights are the more than 90 concerts and performances on six stages, with an exceptional line-up of national, regional and local artists. Included are four fantastic headlining performances:
2010 Headline Entertainment Schedule for the Bud Light Main Stage: (more…)
In the name of crass corporate arena sponsorship, I thought that it couldn’t get worse than switching the name of the Peach Bowl to the Chick-fil-A Peach Bowl to just the Chick-fil-A Bowl to go along with all other ridiculous bowl names. We all secretly know that The Verizon Center and FedEx Field are vulgar corporate names, but there is a certain ring that those names have to them. Now, not only was the pavilion in Bristow, VA crassly named The Nissan Pavilion, but now it is the “Jiffy Lube Live.” Yes, the terribly named pavilion has gotten worse than anyone could have thought. Did the pavilion ever even have a real name?
At any rate, the name is changed and Jiffy Lube is having the grand re-opening on Thursday. The (Blank) Pavilion is starting off with ’90s super grunge band Pearl Jam at 7:30pm, Thursday, May 13th. Tickets range from $26-$225 and can be purchased here.
Get ready to get your funk on. One of Virginia’s best funk groups, The D.J. Williams Projekt is traveling to Northern Virginia this Saturday, April 24th. Sure DJ Williams comes to Whitlow’s quite often, but it’s getting to be summertime and I’m guessing that the Projekt will be doing its typical Mid-Atlantic outdoor festival tour. If you don’t catch them in April, it may be some time before you can see them at Whitlow’s (that’s just my guess). So make sure that you make it out and rock out.
If you can’t make it to Mardi Gras and you live in the DC area, don’t worry, head to Fat Tuesday’s in Fairfax, VA. In DC, there is no better place to celebrate Fat Tuesday than Fat Tuesday’s. Located across the street from George Mason University, it’s sure to have its fair-share of wannabe Mardi Gras revelers. While there’s no replacement for New Orleans in mid-February, Fat Tuesday’s will have ten bands playing all day (starting at 3pm!) including: (more…)
Don’t miss Poor Man’s Lobster’s Cd Release Party this Saturday February 13th at Fat Tuesday’s in Fairfax, VA. The Fairfax-based quintet has been jamming together for three years and has finally put together an album that’s sure to be funky. Poor Man’s Lobster is one of the few original bands in the northern Virginia area worth checking-out. I’ve jammed to their music several times at Fat Tuesday’s and have never been disappointed. Hopefully if they know how to push the album right, they can expand their territory – it would be a good thing for the DC area and Mid-Atlantic region to get more funky jam bands playing at the bars. It’s only $5 to get-in so don’t miss this show.
Charlie Hunter is bringing his unique guitar style back to Jammin’ Java this Saturday, January 30th at 9:30pm. He’s out touring to promote his new album “Gentlemen, I Neglected To Inform You, You Will Not Be Getting Paid“. This time around Hunter will be playing with Eric Kalb on Drums and Curtis Fowlkes on Trombone. If you’ve never seen or heard of Charlie Hunter before, he’s best known for playing guitar and bass at the same time – it’s a really unique style and he’s funky as hell. Check this show out! Tickets are $15 in advance and $20 at the door, but make sure you get tickets before they sell-out.
This Saturday don’t miss the funk while you celebrate Martin Luther King, Jr. Day. The Monster Band will be bringing it’s funky cover tunes to Whitlow’s on Wilson this Saturday, January 16th. The show should start around 10pm, but be sure to come early and enjoy Whitlow’s happy hour. It’s usually 5 bucks to get in to Whitlow’s, so it won’t break the bank.
Ethnic Detour is an instrumental trio that got started as a Quartet in the Spring of 2003 at the Virginia Tech International Street Fair. While the group’s three core musicians (Gjergji Theka, Cameron McLaughlin and David Arditi) focused on other projects, they continually came back to play the VT International Street Fair each Spring. This is a video of Nato Jenkins at the International Street Fair in 2005 when Ethnic Detour began to focus on original music. Browse the videos from that show that are also posted on YouTube, also check-out more of Gjergji’s videos while you are there.
“Zydeco, blues, and Cajun music collide for the hottest party of the summer celebrating the lively music of the Bayou State.”
Northern Virginia’s largest community-wide event, the 29th annual 
In the name of crass corporate arena sponsorship, I thought that it couldn’t get worse than switching the name of the Peach Bowl to the 
If you can’t make it to Mardi Gras and you live in the DC area, don’t worry, head to 
Charlie Hunter
This Saturday don’t miss the funk while you celebrate Martin Luther King, Jr. Day.