December 2013 Concert Calendar

December's Global A Go-Go picks:

1. Desert blues guitar shredder Bombino from Niger, whose superb recent album was produced by Dan Auerbach of the Black Keys, lands at the Hamilton on Tuesday December 3
2. Gogol Bordello, the kings and queens of gypsy punk (pictured above), spread their unique brand of holiday cheer at DC's 9:30 Club on December 27 and 28
3. A Balkan brass double bill at Tropicalia: Baltimore's Orchestra Prazevica and Brooklyn's Raya Brass Band on Sunday December 8

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Sunday Dec 1
My Son The Doctor at the Camel (Richmond)
http://www.thecamel.org/calendar

Tuesday Dec 3
Bombino at the Hamilton (DC)
http://www.thehamiltondc.com/live/calendar

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

Zohaib Hassan and Abhik Mukherjee at Millennium Stage (DC)
http://www.kennedy-center.org/programs/millennium/schedule.html

Wednesday Dec 4
Timba Street at Millennium Stage (DC)
http://www.kennedy-center.org/programs/millennium/schedule.html

Friday Dec 6
Srinivas Reddy, Guy Beck & Nitin Mitta at Meyer Auditorium (DC)
http://www.asia.si.edu/events/performances.asp

Saturday Dec 7
Rattlemouth at Crossroads Coffee & Ice Cream, Forest Hill (Richmond)
http://www.crossroadsrva.com/calendar.html

Giant Panda Guerilla Dub Squad at Tropicalia (DC)
http://tropicaliadc.com/index.php/calendar

Sofia Rei at Artisphere (Arlington)
http://www.artisphere.com/calendar/music.aspx

Sunday Dec 8
Raya Brass Band at Millennium Stage (DC)
http://www.kennedy-center.org/programs/millennium/schedule.html

Orchestra Prazevica and Raya Brass Band at Tropicalia (DC)
http://tropicaliadc.com/index.php/calendar

Tuesday Dec 10
Frank London, Michael Winograd & Yanky Lemmer at Millennium Stage (DC)
http://www.kennedy-center.org/programs/millennium/schedule.html

Thursday Dec 12
The Encounter - New Music From Iran And Syria at Meyer Auditorium (DC)
http://www.asia.si.edu/events/performances.asp

Friday Dec 13
Bio Ritmo at the Camel (Richmond)
http://www.thecamel.org/calendar

No BS! Brass at Balliceaux (Richmond)
http://www.balliceauxrva.com/sample-page

Saturday Dec 14
Reggae Rampage III at the Canal Club (Richmond)
http://www.thecanalclub.com

Wednesday Dec 18
OkayAfrica DC at Tropicalia (DC)
http://tropicaliadc.com/index.php/calendar

Thursday Dec 19
Mighty Joshua at Balliceaux (Richmond)
http://www.balliceauxrva.com/sample-page

Carbon Leaf at the Birchmere (Alexandria)
http://www.birchmere.com/calendar

Friday Dec 20
Hotel X at Crossroads Coffee & Ice Cream, Forest Hill (Richmond)
http://www.crossroadsrva.com/calendar.html

Bio Ritmo at Tropicalia (DC)
http://tropicaliadc.com/index.php/calendar

Carbon Leaf at the Birchmere (Alexandria)
http://www.birchmere.com/calendar

Saturday Dec 21
Carbon Leaf at the National (Richmond)
http://www.thenationalva.com/events

Bio Ritmo at the Jefferson Theater (C'ville)
http://www.jeffersontheater.com/events

Karikatura and Black Masala at Tropicalia (DC)
http://tropicaliadc.com/index.php/calendar

Friday Dec 27
Gogol Bordello at the 9:30 Club (DC)
http://www.930.com/concerts

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

Saturday Dec 28
Antero at Sine Irish Pub (Richmond)
http://www.reverbnation.com/artist/artist_shows/765693

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

Yellow Dubmarine at the Hamilton (DC)
http://www.thehamiltondc.com/live/calendar

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

Sunday Dec 29
Mariachi Flor De Toloache at Millennium Stage (DC)
http://www.kennedy-center.org/programs/millennium/schedule.html

Tuesday Dec 31
No BS! Brass at the Camel (Richmond)
http://www.thecamel.org/calendar

Rattlemouth at Dogtown Dance Theater (Richmond)
https://www.facebook.com/events/474654349318501

My Son The Doctor at Artspace (Richmond)
https://www.facebook.com/events/630883750282504

Slightly Stoopid and Passafire at the Fillmore (Silver Spring)
http://fillmoresilverspring.com/event-calendar