CLUBS
POP AND ROCK
Bioko
5313 Georgia Ave. NW. 202/722-4800.
DJ. Wednesday, Friday, Saturday.
Birchmere Music Hall
3701 Mount Vernon Ave., Alexandria. Shows 7:30 p.m. unless otherwise noted. 703/573-SEAT.
Spyro Gyra. Oct. 30.
Joe Sample. Oct. 31.
Vanessa Carlton. Oct. Nov. 1.
Arlo Guthrie. Nov. 3-4.
Black Cat
1811 14th St. NW. 8 p.m.-2 a.m. weekdays, 6 p.m.-3 a.m. weekends. 202/667-7960 (information); 202/432-SEAT (tickets).
K’s Choice. Oct. 28.
Hidden Hand and Wooly Mammoth. Oct. 29.
El Vez for Prez and Machtres. Oct. 30.
UK Subs, The Goons and Tradition Dies Here. Nov. 1.
Dillinger Escape Plan and Everytime I Die. Nov. 3.
Blue Moon Cafe
11753 Lee Highway, Sperryville, Va. Most shows at 8:30 p.m. 540/987-3162.
Open mike night every Friday.
Bohager’s
515 S. Eden St., Fells Point, Baltimore. 410/563-7220.
Rotating musicians Fridays. Call for schedule. 5 p.m.
Chi-Cha Lounge
1624 U St. NW. 202/234-8400. Shows at 9:30 p.m.
Los del Barrio. Thursday.
Gibraltar. Monday.
Con Candela. Tuesday.
Patrick de Santos. Wednesday.
Crossroads
3988 University Drive, Fairfax. 703/352-1547.
DJ. 10 p.m. Wednesday.
Live music. 8 p.m. Friday and Sunday.
Five
1214-B 18th St. NW. 202/331-7123.
Passion. Thursday.
Pearl. Friday.
Music Makes Magic. Saturday.
Sunday Mass. Sunday.
DNB Sessions. Wednesday.
Iota
2832 Wilson Blvd., Arlington. Shows 8:30 and 9 p.m. $8-$15. 703/522-8340.
The Lost Trailers with Edge City. Oct. 28.
Last Train Home. Oct. 29-30.
Motive. Oct. 31.
Robin Guthrie. Nov. 1.
Open-mike night. Nov. 3.
Jaxx Nightclub
6355 Rolling Road, Springfield. 703/569-5940.
Blue Oyster Cult. Oct. 29.
Welbilt, Bloodshot and 33 WEst. Oct. 30.
J.J. Muldoon’s Restaurant and Saloon
16143 Shady Grove Road, Gaithersburg. Shows 8 p.m. Wednesday, 9:30 p.m. Saturday, 8:30 p.m. Sunday unless otherwise noted. 301/258-8866.
Karaoke. Thursday.
Jammin’ Java
231 Maple Ave., Vienna. All shows at 8 p.m. unless otherwise noted. $7-$16. 703/255-1566.
Rockwell Church. Oct. 29.
Deanna Bogart. Oct. 30.
Richard Shindell and We’re About Nine. Oct. 31.
Open mic night. Nov. 1.
BR5-49. Nov. 2.
Adrian Legg. Nov. 3.
9:30 Club
815 V St. NW. Shows 6-11 p.m. 202/393-0930.
Gov’t Mule. Oct. 28.
Matt Nathanson with Charlotte Martin. Oct. 29.
Del tha Funky Homosapien (Late Show). Oct. 29.
Super Diamond. Oct. 30.
Z104 Bosom Ball with Howie Day, the Pat McGee Band and Bowling for Soup. Oct. 31.
Mest with Hawthorne Heights, Bayside and Punchline. Nov. 1.
Story of the Year with My Chemical Romance. Nov. 3.
Old Brogue
760-C Walker Road, Great Falls. 703/759-3309. Shows 8 p.m. Monday-Thursday, 9 p.m. Friday and Saturday.
Open-mike night every first and third Thursday. 9 p.m.
Platinum
915 F St. NW. 202/393-3555.
College night. Thursday.
Paradise. Friday.
Beautiful Saturdays. Saturday.
Platinum Sundays. Sunday.
The Ram’s Head Tavern
33 West Street, Annapolis. Shows at 8 p.m. unless otherwise noted. 410/268-4545, www.ramsheadtavern.com.
Steve Forbert and Lucy Kaplansky. Oct. 28.
Raul Malo. Oct. 29.
Pure Prairie League featuring Craig Fuller, Mike Reilly and Curtis Wright. Oct. 30.
KEM. Nov. 1-2.
Robert Bradley’s Blackwater Surprise. Nov. 3.
Recher Theatre
512 York Road, Towson, Md. 703/218-6500.
Particle. Oct. 28.
Super Diamond. Oct. 29.
All Mighty Senators and Jimmie’s Chicken Shack. Oct. 30.
Pat Green. Oct. 31.
Pillar with Project 86. Nov. 1.
Remington’s of Laurel
3340 Fort Meade Road, Laurel. 301/490-7000.
Karaoke every night
State Theatre
220 N. Washington St., Falls Church. Call for showtimes. $7-$20. 202/432-SEAT.
Yonder Mountain String Band. Oct. 28.
Yerba Buena. Oct. 29.
Fright Night Halloween Bash with Fighting Gravity. Oct. 30.
U-Melt and Bonsai. Nov. 2.
Los Prisoners. Nov. 3.
Whitlow’s on Wilson
2854 Wilson Blvd., Arlington. 703/276-9693. 10 p.m. Tuesday-Saturday.
Three Quarter Squeegee. Oct. 28.
Warehouse. Oct. 29.
Worry Stones. Oct. 30.
Velvet Lounge
915 U St. NW. 202/462-3213. Shows at 8 p.m. unless otherwise noted.
Rockmaster General and ZO2. Oct. 28.
Full Minute of Mercury and Pink Slips. Oct. 29.
Bustine. Oct. 30.
The Chance and The Mall. Oct. 31.
Echocast. Nov. 1.
The Cheats. Nov. 3.
Zig’s
4531 Duke St., Alexandria. 703/823-2777.
Fooling April. Oct. 28.
Peyaqua and Paul Minor Band. Oct. 29.
JAZZ/BLUES
Basin Street Lounge
219 King St., Alexandria. Shows start at 8:30 p.m. Tuesday-Thursday, 9 p.m. Friday and Saturday. $5 cover charge Friday and Saturday. 703/549-1141.
Rotating musical acts with focus on jazz artists.
Bistro Bistro
4021 S. 28th St., Arlington. 6:30-9:30 p.m. 703/379-0300.
Live Jazz & Dance Band with LaMont Mitchell & Friends. Wednesday.
Blues Alley
Wisconsin Avenue south of M Street NW. Shows at 8 p.m., 10 p.m. and midnight Friday and Saturday. Preferred seating with 6 p.m. dinner show. ($9 minimum purchase and $2.25 surcharge for all shows.) 202/337-4141.
Acoustic Alchemy. Through Oct. 28.
Eddie Palmieri Latin Jazz. Oct. 29-30.
McCoy Tyner Trio. Nov. 2-7.
Bohemian Caverns
2001 11th St. NW. 202/299-0800.
Live jazz and dinner special. 6 p.m. Thursday; 3 p.m. Sunday.
Ice House Cafe
760 Elden St., Herndon. Shows 8 p.m.-midnight.
Open mike. Wednesday.
Matsutake Steak & Sushi
4121 Wilson Blvd., Arlington. 703/351-8787.
Live Jazz & Dance Band with LaMont Mitchell & Friends. Friday.
Pier 7 Restaurant
Channel Inn Hotel, 650 Water St. SW. 8 p.m.-1 a.m. Thursday; 9 p.m.-2 a.m. Friday and Saturday; 7:30-11:30 p.m. Sunday. 202/554-2500.
Rotating blues and jazz acts.
ACOUSTIC/FOLK
Fish Market
105 King St., Alexandria. Shows at 8 p.m. 703/836-5676.
Live music Thursday, Friday and Saturday.
The Round Table
4859 Wisconsin Ave. NW. 9:30 p.m. Sunday-Thursday; 10 p.m. Friday and Saturday. 202/362-1250.
Butch Grant. Sunday and Monday.
COMEDY
The Improv
1140 Connecticut Ave. NW. 8:30 p.m. Tuesday-Thursday; 8 p.m. Friday-Sunday; 10:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday. 202/296-7008.
Nick Swardson. Through Oct. 30.
Flip Orley. Nov. 2-14.
JAZZ, PIANO, CABARET
Garden Terrace Lounge
Four Seasons Hotel, 2800 Pennsylvania Ave. NW. 202/342-0444.
Live jazz. 3-6 p.m. and 8:30 p.m.-12:30 a.m. Tuesday-Friday, 3-7 p.m. and 8 p.m.-1 a.m. Saturday, 3-6:30 p.m. Sunday.
The Grill
Morrison House, 116 S. Alfred St., Alexandria. 703/838-8000.
Pianist-vocalist Pat Rohrer. 8 p.m.-midnight. Thursday-Saturday.
Le Canard
132 Branch Road SE, Vienna. 703/281-0070.
Pianist Reinhard Liebig. 8 p.m.-1 a.m. Monday.
Lobby Lounge, Tysons Corner
Ritz-Carlton Tysons Corner, 1700 Tysons Blvd., McLean. 703/506-4300.
Rotating pianists 2-11 p.m. Monday-Thursday, 2-11:30 p.m. Friday, noon-11:30 p.m. Saturday, noon-10 p.m. Sunday.
Market Inn
200 E St. SW. 202/554-2100.
Piano music 6-10 p.m. weekdays. Jazz brunch 11 a.m.-2 p.m. Sunday.
Opus 88
Hilton McLean at Tysons Corner, 7920 Jones Branch Drive, McLean. 703/761-5159.
Pianist Michael Terence. 7:30 p.m.-12:30 a.m. Tuesday-Saturday.
Town and Country Lounge
Renaissance Mayflower Hotel, 1127 Connecticut Ave. NW. 202/347-3000.
Pianist Dan Ruskin. 5:30-8 p.m. Monday-Friday.
Rotating pianist. 8 p.m.-midnight Friday, Saturday.
