May 2013 Concert Calendar

May's Global A Go-Go picks:

1. One of reggae's greatest-ever singing groups, Toots & The Maytals (pictured above) in Richmond at the Dominion Riverrock Festival on Saturday May 18, and in DC at the Hamilton on Wednesday May 22
2. The Celtic folk-rock of Richmond's own Carbon Leaf at Lewis Ginter Botanical Gardens' Groovin In The Garden series, Thursday May 30
3. The 14th annual Washington Jewish Music Festival, including performance by Daniel Kahn & The Painted Bird (Thursday May 2 at Artisphere) and Frank London's Klezmer Brass All Stars (Tuesday May 7 at Washington DCJCC)

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Wednesday May 1
Tribecastan at Twins Jazz (DC)
http://www.twinsjazz.com/index.php?option=com_eventlist&view=details&id=412&Itemid=18

Paris Combo at Reston Community Center (Reston)
http://www.restoncommunitycenter.com/arts_community_CenterStage_Schedule.shtml

Mika Karni & Kol Dodi at Sixth & I Historic Synagogue (DC)
http://sixthandi.org/EventDetails.aspx?evcatID=1&evSubCatID=66

Thursday May 2
Hotel X at Goree African Restaurant (Richmond)
https://www.facebook.com/GoreeAfricanRestaurant

Daniel Kahn & The Painted Bird and Sara Aroeste at Artisphere (Arlington)
http://thejdc.convio.net/site/Calendar?id=138703&view=Detail

Beats Antique at the Jefferson Theater (Charlottesville)
http://www.jeffersontheater.com/events_and_tickets

Friday May 3
Bio Ritmo and Los Masters Plus at Tropicalia (DC)
https://www.facebook.com/events/453034154776887

Beats Antique at the 9:30 Club (DC)
http://www.930.com/concerts

El Vez at the Black Cat (DC)
http://www.blackcatdc.com/schedule.html

Saturday May 4
Rattlemouth at Crossroads Coffee & Ice Cream, Forest Hill (Richmond)
http://rattlemouth.com/#acf/custom_plain

Bio Ritmo at Hardywood Park Craft Brewery (Richmond)
https://www.facebook.com/events/509986115709643

Jarabe De Palo at the Howard Theatre (DC)
http://thehowardtheatre.com/calendar

Sunday May 5
Gamelan Raga Kusuma at Balliceaux (Richmond)
http://www.balliceauxrva.com/events.html

Monday May 6
Culture at Tropicalia (DC)
http://tropicaliadc.com/#

Tuesday May 7
Frank London's Klezmer Brass All Stars: Klezmer Bhangra Extravaganza featuring Deep Singh at Washington DCJCC (DC)
http://thejdc.convio.net/site/Calendar?id=138723&view=Detail

Old Bay Ceili Band at Millenium Stage (DC)
http://www.kennedy-center.org/programs/millennium/schedule.html

Thursday May 9
My Son The Doctor at Chesterfield County Central Library (Chesterfield)
https://www.facebook.com/#!/events/156923344476698

Friday May 10
Cheick Hamala Diabate at the National Museum of African Art
http://artistdata.sonicbids.com/cheick-hamala-diabate/shows/washington-dc-national-museum-of-african-art-may-10-2013/1044749

The Funk Ark and Zongo Junction at Tropicalia (DC)
http://tropicaliadc.com/#

Friday May 17
No BS! Brass at Balliceaux (Richmond)
http://www.balliceauxrva.com/events.html

Saturday May 18
Toots & The Maytals at Dominion Riverrock (Richmond)
http://www.dominionriverrock.com/music/toots--the-maytals/

Collie Buddz & New Kingston at the National (Richmond)
http://www.thenationalva.com/events

No BS! Brass at the Camel (Richmond)
http://www.thecamel.org/calendar

My Son The Doctor at C'ville Coffee (Charlottesville)
https://www.facebook.com/#!/events/477117825692688

Ute Lemper: Last Tango In Berlin at Sixth & I Historic Synagogue (DC)
http://sixthandi.org/EventDetails.aspx?evcatID=1&evSubCatID=66

Monday May 20
Iron Lion at the Camel (Richmond)
http://www.thecamel.org/calendar

Wednesday May 22
Toots & The Maytals at the Hamilton (DC)
http://www.thehamiltondc.com/live/calendar

Bio Ritmo at Balliceaux (Richmond)
http://www.balliceauxrva.com/events.html

Friday May 24
No BS! Brass and Murphy's Kids at Brown's Island (Richmond)
http://www.venturerichmond.com/events/venture/cheers.html

Sunday May 26
My Son The Doctor at Sneed's Nursery (Richmond)
https://www.facebook.com/#!/events/245236502283984

Tuesday May 28
Ilda Maria at Millenium Stage (DC)
http://www.kennedy-center.org/programs/millennium/schedule.html

Wednesday May 29
A Tribe Called Red at Tropicalia (DC)
http://tropicaliadc.com/#

Thursday May 30
Carbon Leaf at Lewis Ginter Botanical Gardens (Richmond)
http://groovininthegarden.com/?page_id=61

Friday May 31
My Son The Doctor at Crossroads Coffee & Ice Cream, Forest Hill (Richmond)
https://www.facebook.com/#!/events/245236502283984

Antero at Sine Irish Pub (Richmond)
http://www.reverbnation.com/artist/artist_shows/765693