October 2015 Concert Calendar

October's Global A Go-Go picks:

1. The big one in October is always the Richmond Folk Festival, free to all Friday October 9 through Sunday October 11 on Richmond's historic downtown waterfront; world music artists to watch this year include Georgian chorus Zedashe (pictured above), Afro-Colombian ensemble Grupo Rebolu and DC-based Ethio-jazz combo Feedel Band
2. There's a big Folk Festival after-party at Capital Ale House on Sunday October 11 featuring Bio Ritmo, the aforementioned Zedashe, Capoeira Resistencia and possibly some special guests
3. The amazing Czech singer-violinist Iva Bittova plays DC's Atlas Performing Arts Center on Thursday October 22
4. A cool world music double-bill at the Camel on Monday October 26, with Richmond's one-of-a-kind Indo-Appalachian string band Rumput and Fado Nosso, RVA's homegrown fado combo

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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Thursday Oct 1
Hotel X at Stir Crazy Cafe (Richmond)
http://stircrazyrva.com/events

Rattlemouth at Balliceaux (Richmond)
http://www.balliceauxrva.com/events

Feedel Band at Bossa Bistro (DC)
http://bossadc.com/events

Steel Pulse, Zedicus and Nappy Riddem at the Fillmore (Silver Spring)
http://www.fillmoresilverspring.com

Friday Oct 2
Rattlemouth at Crossroads Coffee & Ice Cream (Richmond)
http://www.crossroadsrva.com/calendar.html

Lobo Marino and the Vulgar Bulgars at Gallery 5 (Richmond)
http://gallery5arts.org/newsitedesign/?page_id=226

Spanglish Fly at Tropicalia (DC)
http://tropicaliadc.com/index.php/calendar

Alfredo Mojica Group at Bossa Bistro (DC) [also Oct 9, 16, 23 and 30]
http://bossadc.com/events

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

Saturday Oct 3
Rahim Al Haj and Waness Zanour's Ensemble at Tropicalia (DC)
http://tropicaliadc.com/index.php/calendar

Tumbao Y Raul Morel at Bossa Bistro (DC) [also Oct 10, 17, 24 and 31]
http://bossadc.com/events

Sunday Oct 4
Richard Miller at VCU Singleton Center (Richmond)
http://arts.vcu.edu/music/events

Reggae Stadium Splash featuring Steel Pulse, Mighty Joshua, Jesse Chong, Nature's Child, Octopus and Sean Peterson Experiment at War Memorial Stadium (Hampton)
https://www.facebook.com/events/478704018971008

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

The Afrolacian Connection: Cheick Hamala Diabate & Danny Knicely at Bossa Bistro (DC)
http://bossadc.com/events

Furia Flamenca at Atlas Performing Arts Center (DC)
http://www.atlasarts.org/?post_type=tribe_events

Tuesday Oct 6
Passafire, Lionize and Backbeat Sound System at the Southern (Charlottesville)
http://www.thesoutherncville.com

Cheick Hamala's Griot Street at Bossa Bistro (DC) [also Oct 13, 20 and 27]
http://bossadc.com/events

Wednesday Oct 7
Passafire, Lionize and Backbeat Sound System at the Broadberry (Richmond)
http://www.thebroadberry.com/calendar

Dan Hanrahan at Balliceaux (Richmond)
http://www.balliceauxrva.com/events

Thursday Oct 8
Afro-Zen Allstars at Balliceaux (Richmond)
http://www.balliceauxrva.com/events

Rattlemouth at Stir Crazy Cafe (Richmond)
http://rattlemouth.com/#shows

Mike Davison & The Latin Jazz Messengers at VMFA Best Cafe (Richmond)
http://vmfa.museum/calendar/events/jazz-cafe

Friday Oct 9, Saturday Oct 10 and Sunday Oct 11
Richmond Folk Festival at downtown Richmond's historic riverfront
     Zedashe - 3:45 Saturday, 2:45 & 4:00 Sunday
     Group Rebolu - 9:00 Friday, 1:15 & 8:30 Saturday, 1:00 Sunday
     Feedel Band - 5:15 & 7:00 Saturday, 3:15 Sunday
     Amargue Bachata Quintet - 1:00 & 4:30 Saturday, 5:15 Sunday
     Riyaaz Qawwali - 8:45 Friday, 2:30 & 4:45 Saturday, 12:00 Sunday
     Ensemble Shanbehzadeh - 12:00 & 8:45 Saturday, 4:15 Sunday
     The Alt - 6:30 Friday, 3:30 & 5:45 Saturday, 5:15 Sunday
     Ahava Raba - 1:00 & 3:00 Sunday
     Brooklyn Klezmer Orchestra - 12:00 & 3:00 Saturday
     Washington Balalaika Society Orchestra - 1:00 Saturday
     Richmanian Ramblers - 1:30 Sunday
     Thomas Wakefield & Gypsy Roots - 2:45 Sunday
Complete schedule here: http://www.richmondfolkfestival.org/docs/event_schedule.html

Friday Oct 9
No BS! Brass at the Broadberry (Richmond)
http://www.thebroadberry.com/calendar

Nito Mestre at Tropicalia (DC)
http://tropicaliadc.com/index.php/calendar

Saturday Oct 10
DJ Graybeard's Afropop Dance Thang at Balliceaux (Richmond)
http://www.balliceauxrva.com/events

Sunday Oct 11
Bio Ritmo, Zedashe and Capoeira Resistencia at Capital Ale House (Richmond)
http://capitalalehouse.ticketfly.com

Panteon Rococo at the Howard Theatre (DC)
http://thehowardtheatre.com/calendar

Anjahla & Ilavibez at Bossa Bistro (DC)
http://bossadc.com/events

Tuesday Oct 13
Richmanian Ramblers at Balliceaux (Richmond)
http://www.balliceauxrva.com/events

Wednesday Oct 14
Orchester Prazevica at Bossa Bistro (DC)
http://bossadc.com/events

Thursday Oct 15
Rattlemouth at Stir Crazy Cafe (Richmond)
http://stircrazyrva.com/events

People's Champs at the Garage (Charlottesville)
http://www.thegarage-cville.com/events

Kamel Zennia at Bossa Bistro (DC)
http://bossadc.com/events

Friday Oct 16
Hotel X at Crossroads Coffee & Ice Cream (Richmond)
http://www.crossroadsrva.com/calendar.html

Happy Lucky Combo at Rare Olde Times (Richmond)
http://www.rareoldetimes.com/performances

No BS! Brass at the Southern (Charlottesville)
http://www.thesoutherncville.com

People's Champs at Tropicalia (DC)
http://tropicaliadc.com/index.php/calendar

Saturday Oct 17
DJ Carlito's Non-Stop K-Pop at Balliceaux (Richmond)
http://www.balliceauxrva.com/events

An artist-curator conversation with Siemon Allen, WRIR's David Noyes and Tosha Grantham at Second Street Gallery (Charlottesville)
http://www.secondstreetgallery.org/index.php/exhibitions/detail/siemon-allen

Sunday Oct 18
Happy Lucky Combo at Balliceaux (Richmond)
http://www.balliceauxrva.com/events

Tuesday Oct 20
Daby Toure at Jammin' Java (Vienna)
https://jamminjava.com/calendar

Thursday Oct 22
Fado Nosso at Crossroads Coffee & Ice Cream (Richmond)
http://www.crossroadsrva.com/calendar.html

Iva Bittova at Atlas Performing Arts Center (DC)
http://www.atlasarts.org/?post_type=tribe_events

Banda Magda at Bossa Bistro (DC)
http://bossadc.com/events

Giant Panda Guerilla Dub Squad at the Hamilton (DC)
http://live.thehamiltondc.com/listing

Saturday Oct 24
Murphy's Kids at the Camel (Richmond)
http://www.thecamel.org/calendar

Mariza at Lisner Auditorium (DC)
http://lisner.gwu.edu/events

Iration, The Green, The Movement and Hours Eastly at the Fillmore (Silver Spring)
http://www.fillmoresilverspring.com

Monday Oct 26
Rumput and Fado Nosso at the Camel (Richmond)
http://www.thecamel.org/calendar

Loreena McKennitt at the Birchmere (Alexandria)
http://www.birchmere.com/calendar

Tuesday Oct 27
UB40 at the 9:30 Club (DC)
http://www.930.com/concerts

Loreena McKennitt at the Birchmere (Alexandria)
http://www.birchmere.com/calendar

Wednesday Oct 28
La Internacional Sonora Balkanera at Bossa Bistro (DC)
http://bossadc.com/events

Thursday Oct 29
Afro-Zen Allstars at Garden Grove Brewery (Richmond)
http://www.afrozenallstars.org/#!shows/c1wnv

Natalie McMaster & Donnell Leahy at the Birchmere (Alexandria)
http://www.birchmere.com/calendar