July 2013 Concert Calendar

July's Global A Go-Go picks:

1. This year's Smithsonian Folklife Festival features a host of Hungarian tanchaz (dance-house or folk-dance) bands; the festival runs June 26-30 and July 3-7 on the National Mall and is entirely free of charge
2. Romania's Fanfare Ciocarlia (pictured above), the titans of gypsy brass, will blow down the Kennedy Center's Millennium Stage on Tuesday July 16
3. Kobo Town, an exciting Toronto-based new-calypso project, also has a two-part DC gig: Monday July 8 at Millennium Stage (early), and Tropicalia (late) along with The Garifuna Collective
4. Global A Go-Go faves Quatro Na Bossa at VCU's Guitar And Other Strings series, Friday July 19 at the Singleton Center's Vlacevic Concert Hall

 Have an event you'd like me to include, or a suggestion for the concert calendar?  Just drop me a line at globalagogoradio [at] gmail [dot] com, or leave me a message right here.

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Monday Jul 1
Alpha Blondy at the Howard Theatre (DC)
http://thehowardtheatre.com/calendar

Wednesday Jul 3
Bio Ritmo at Emilio's (Richmond)
http://www.bioritmo.com/shows.html

Bob Cohen, Szalonna, Heveder, Gazsa & Juhasz Family at Smithsonian Folklife Festival (DC)
http://www.festival.si.edu/2013/schedule/july-3

The Young Lions Of Gypsy Jazz at the Birchmere (Alexandria)
http://birchmere.com/calendar

Thursday Jul 4
Hotel X at Goree African Restaurant (Richmond)
https://www.facebook.com/GoreeAfricanRestaurant

Friday Jul 5
No BS! Brass at Balliceaux (Richmond)
http://www.balliceauxrva.com/events.html

Suenos Gitanos at Virginia Museum of Fine Arts (Richmond)
http://www.vmfa.state.va.us/2012/FirstFridays.aspx

Tanchaz (dance-house) featuring all the Hungarian bands participating in this year's Smithsonian Folklife Festival (DC)
http://www.festival.si.edu/2013/schedule/july-5

HR & The Scotch Bonnets at Tropicalia (DC)
http://tropicaliadc.com/index.php/calendar

Saturday Jul 6
Rattlemouth at Crossroads Coffee & Ice Cream, Forest Hill (Richmond)
http://www.crossroadsrva.com/calendar.html

Tanchaz (dance-house) featuring all the Hungarian bands participating in this year's Smithsonian Folklife Festival (DC)
http://www.festival.si.edu/2013/schedule/july-6

Andrea Navratil at Millennium Stage (DC)
http://www.kennedy-center.org/programs/millennium/schedule.html

Monday July 8
Kobo Town at Millennium Stage (DC)
http://www.kennedy-center.org/programs/millennium/schedule.html

The Garifuna Collective and Kobo Town at Tropicalia (DC)
http://tropicaliadc.com/index.php/calendar

Tuesday Jul 9
Luciano at the Howard Theatre (DC)
http://thehowardtheatre.com/calendar

Wednesday Jul 10
Bio Ritmo at Emilio's (Richmond)
http://www.bioritmo.com/shows.html

Thursday Jul 11
Sahel at Tropicalia (DC)
http://tropicaliadc.com/index.php/calendar

Friday July 12
Happy Lucky Combo at Crossroads Coffee & Ice Cream, Forest Hill (Richmond)
http://www.crossroadsrva.com/calendar.html

The Specials at the Fillmore (Silver Spring MD)
http://fillmoresilverspring.com/event-calendar

Saturday July 13
Bio Ritmo at Emilio's (Richmond)
http://www.bioritmo.com/shows.html

Beto Jamaica at Millennium Stage (DC)
http://www.kennedy-center.org/programs/millennium/schedule.html

Samba Trovao at Tropicalia (DC)
http://tropicaliadc.com/index.php/calendar

Tuesday July 16
Fanfare Ciocarlia at Millennium Stage (DC)
http://www.kennedy-center.org/programs/millennium/schedule.html

Thursday Jul 18
No BS! Brass at the Hamilton (DC)
http://www.thehamiltondc.com/live/calendar

Friday Jul 19
Quatro Na Bossa at VCU Singleton Center (Richmond)
http://www.vcu.edu/arts/music/dept/events/index.html

Hotel X at Crossroads Coffee & Ice Cream, Forest Hill (Richmond)
http://www.crossroadsrva.com/calendar.html

Rattlemouth at 2113 Bistro (Richmond)
http://rattlemouth.com/#acf/custom_plain

Saturday Jul 20
Antero at the Camel (Richmond)
http://www.thecamel.org/calendar

Dub City Renegades & Session Rockers at Jammin' Java (Vienna)
https://jamminjava.com/calendar

Sunday Jul 21
Rattlemouth at the Camel (Richmond)
http://www.thecamel.org/calendar

Tuesday Jul 23
Krar Collective at Millennium Stage (DC)
http://www.kennedy-center.org/programs/millennium/schedule.html

Wednesday Jul 24
Casuarina at Millennium Stage (DC)
http://www.kennedy-center.org/programs/millennium/schedule.html

Thursday Jul 25
Seu Jorge at the Birchmere (Alexandria)
http://birchmere.com/calendar

Friday Jul 26
Carbon Leaf at the Hamilton (DC)
http://www.thehamiltondc.com/live/calendar

Los Enanitos Verdes at the Fillmore (Silver Spring MD)
http://fillmoresilverspring.com/event-calendar

Saturday Jul 27
Chopteeth Afrofunk Big Band at IOTA (Arlington)
http://iotaclubandcafe.com

Wednesday Jul 31
Alasdair Roberts at Millennium Stage (DC)
http://www.kennedy-center.org/programs/millennium/schedule.html