Events in July 2009

June 30 to Aug 9 – Musical Color Purple @ Kennedy Center Opera House, DC
July 2 – Chuck Brown @ Zanzibar Nightclub, DC
July 2 – Tony Bennett @ Wolf Trap Filene Center, VA
July 3 – Jah Works @ Hula's Bungalow, MD
July 3 – African American Heritage Festival featuring Raheem DeVaughn, Teena Marie, Chubb Rock, Rob Base @ Camden Yards, MD
July 4 – African American Heritage Festival featuring Tony, Toni, Tone, En Vogue, Eric Roberson, Angela Johnson, Anthony David @ Camden Yards, MD
July 5 – Gladys Knight @ Wolf Trap Filene Center, VA
July 5 – Image Band @ Georgetown Summer Concert, MD
July 5 – Marcus Johnson @ Rams Head Tavern, MD
July 5 – African American Heritage Festival featuring Anita Baker, Fertile Ground @ Camden Yards, MD

July 6 to 12 – Hip Hop Theatre Festival – go to www.hhtf.org for more info
July 7 to Aug 2 – Musical Spring Awakening @ Kennedy Center Eisenhower Theatre, DC
July 8 – Tony Terry @ Blues Alley, DC
July 8 – Les Nubians @ Birchmere, VA
July 8 – Who’s Bad: The World's #1 Michael Jackson Tribute Band @ Rams Head Live, MD
July 9 – Alex Bugnon & Paul Taylor @ Birchmere, VA
July 10 – Washington Post Weekend's Weekends Neo Soul Night featuring Fertile Ground, Wayna, Deborah Bond, Tamika Jones @ Carter Barron Amphitheatre, DC
July 10 – David Alan Grier @ Rams Head Live, MD
July 10 – Alex Bugnon & Paul Taylor @ Rams Head Tavern, MD
July 11 – Chuck Brown @ Rams Head Tavern, MD
July 11 – Barrington Levy, Rising Sun Reggae Band @ Zanzibar Nightclub, DC
July 11 – Ashford & Simpson, Al Johnson @ Carter Barron Amphitheatre, DC
July 12 – Rock the Bells Festival featuring NAS & Damian Marley, The Roots, Common, Busta Rhymes, Big Boi, KRS-One, Reflection Eternal (Talib Kweli & Hi-Tek), Tech N9ne, RZA vs. GZA, Raekwon, K'naan, Sage Francis, Slaughterhouse (Joe Budden, Royce da 5'9", Joel Ortiz, and Crooked I), Buckshot, M.O.P., Necro, Slum Village, Eyedea & Abilities, Evidence & Alchemist, The Knux, Psycho Realm, Mystik Journeymen, Chali 2na, Mickey Factz, B. Dolan, Tabi Bonney. Hosted by: KRS-One, Supernatural, Murs, and Pete Rock @ Merriweather Post Pavilion, MD
July 12 – Reggae 2009! A Moment in Time Beres Hammond, Culture featuring Kenyatta Hill & Lenya Wilks, Harmony House Singers, Harmony House Musicians @ Wolf Trap Filene Center, VA
July 12 – Kindred The Family Soul @ Birchmere, VA
July 12 – Jamaica Outdoor Reggae Festival featuring Tinga Stewart, Frankie Paul, King Yellow Man, Leroy Sibbles, Professor Nuts, Storm reggae band, Jah Works, Image Band, Yard Link, Rising Sun reggae band @ Anne Arundel County Fair Ground, MD

July 15 - Russ Parr Presents Something like a Business Comedy Show featuring Kevin Hart, Lazee Lamont, Leslie, D. Rawling and C. Spencer and many more @ Lincoln Theatre
July 16 – Jah Works @ Seacrets, MD
July 16 – Marcus Johnson Project @ Blues Alley, DC
July 17 – Jah Works @ Seacrets, MD
July 17 – Oleta Adams @ Birchmere, VA
July 17 – John Legend, India Arie, Vaughn Anthony @ Merriweather Post Pavilion, MD
July 17 – Marcus Johnson Project @ Blues Alley, DC
July 18 – Jah Works @ Seacrets, MD
July 18 – Marcus Johnson Project @ Blues Alley, DC
July 18 – Joe, Chico DeBarge, Be’la Dona @ Carter Barron Amphitheatre, DC
July 18 – Oleta Adams @ Rams Head Tavern, MD
July 18 – Reggae Wine Festival @ Linganore Winery, MD
July 19 – Marcus Johnson Project @ Blues Alley, DC
July 19 – Reggae on the Harbor "Three Generations of Ska" featuring Toots and the Maytals, Reel Big Fish, The English Beat, Super Villains, DJ Baltimojo, and more @ Pier Six Pavilion
July 19 – Reggae Wine Festival @ Linganore Winery, MD

July 22 – Toots & the Maytals @ 9:30 Club, DC
July 24 – The Footprint In Hip Hop Tour featuring Method Man, Redman and Ghostface Killah @ 9:30 Club, DC
July 25 – Ohio Players, SOS Band, "Mousey" Thompson and the James Brown Experience @ Carter Barron Amphitheatre, DC
July 26 – Earl Klugh @ Rams Head Tavern, MD

July 27 – Afro Bop Alliance @ Kennedy Center Millenium Stage, DC
July 29 – Method Man, Redman and Ghostface Killah @ Rams Head Live, MD
July 30 – Jodi Watley @ Birchmere, VA
July 30 – Kevin Hart @ DC Improv
July 30 – Beres Hammond & Culture @ Rams Head Live, MD
July 31 – Kevin Hart @ DC Improv
July 31 – The Comedic Stimulus Package Concert starring Bruce Bruce and Deray Davis @ The Hippodrome Theatre, MD
July 31 – Cedric the Entertainer @ Lyric Opera House, MD