variety.com/2026/music/n... Top 5 songs in US Hot 100 are country. Langley’s “Choosin’ Texas,” is still #1. Morgan Wallen’s new single, “Been by Now,” No. 2. Taylor Swift’s “I Knew It, I Knew You” @ 3. 4th is a duet w/ Langley & Wallen, “I Can’t Love You Anymore.” 5 is Stella Lefty “Boston.”

Country Songs Take All Five Slots in the Billboard Hot 100’s Top 5 for the First Time in Chart History

For the first time , country songs take the top five spots on the Billboard 100, thanks to Ella Langley, Morgan Wallen, Stella Lefty and Taylor Swift.

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Wed. Aug. 5 in DMV DC-Digable Planets "Celebrating 30 Years of Blowout Comb” @ Md. Hall Annapolis (rap); Thomas Walsh 5:30-7 free @ Hank Dietle’s (Irish collaborator w/ Neil Hannon of The Divine Comedy who does pop Kinks/XTC/ELO style music solo); Riff Wood , Willowake @ Atlantis (teenage pop-punk)🧵

Book talk next month on September 12 for Crankin: Power & Resilience in Washington DC’s Go-go Culture w/ authors Alona Wartofsky, Charles Stephenson, and Kato Hammond 6:30 @ Politics & Prose Union Market

freedcproject.org/event-list/f... Free DC 6-8 Thursday Aug 6 event

One Year of Occupation: Freedom Dreaming — Free DC

Join us at this in-person Freedom Dreaming session. Together we’ll explore how life in DC would be different if we had full political power, and create a vision for what we’ll want to achieve when we ...

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This dc-hardcore dot com website lists more hardcore punk shows than I do if that is your thing. dc-hardcore.com

DC Hardcore - Upcoming Shows

Upcoming hardcore shows in the DC area

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The Kennedy Center was closed Monday August 3 and Tuesday August 4th for “maintenance “ their website says but will reopen August 5 and include “tours.” Earlier they had announced the cancellation of tours. Screenshot here & link in next post of thread. Some Millennium Stage gigs are at the Reach

friendshipheights.com/events/pavil... photographer Pat Graham curated exhibit w/ work by Cynthia Connolly, Tim Kerr, Lely Constantinople & many more . Open 9am -5 Mon thru Friday & certain Saturdays

www.theguardian.com/world/2026/a... Ivorian street dance to Biama music

Acrobatic, goofy and super-fast: the biama battles redefining Ivorian dance culture

Fuelled by TikTok and street dance battles, the coupé-décalé offshoot is latest expression of Côte d’Ivoire’s pop culture

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Tues. Aug. 4 in DMV DC-Graham Nash @ Birchmere ( Hollies CSNY) (sold out); Wayne Baker Brooks, w/ the Nighthawks @ Hank Dietle’s (Chicago blues guitarist); Crazy Sexy Cool The TLC Musical @ Arena Stage; PJ Morton @ Rams Head Live Annapolis; Mohini Dey 5pm @ Keystone Korner (South Asian fusion) 🧵

August DMV DC area music calendar has dj events, rock bands, music book events, go-go, rap, multiple Latino genres, African, Asian, roots rock, experimental, r& b, Caribbean , free shows, & a few pricey stadium ones. My highlights on top & full list below stevekiviat.blogspot.com/2026/08/dc-b...

Rest in Power to Johanna Fernández, leading historian of NYC amsterdamnews.com/news/2026/08...

Johanna Fernández, Young Lords historian and prison abolitionist, makes her transition

Dr. Johanna Fernández, the Dominican American historian, prison abolitionist, and movement scholar, died on July 30.

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"Richie Bonilla helped shape, promote and protect the music we now call salsa. ..Richie worked the phones, negotiated the contracts, found the venues, crossed the borders and made certain the bands arrived, were taken care of, paid and came back happy. " open.substack.com/pub/aurorafl...

From Willie Colón to Marc Anthony: Remembering Salsa Pioneer Richie Bonilla

He worked the phones, found the venues, crossed the borders, and opened doors for Latino artists. Richie Bonilla, the old-school gentle music man whose handshake was his bond, has died at 89.

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August DMV DC area music calendar has dj events, rock bands, music book events, go-go, rap, multiple Latino genres, African, Asian, roots rock, experimental, r& b, Caribbean , free shows, & a few pricey stadium ones. My highlights on top & full list below stevekiviat.blogspot.com/2026/08/dc-b...

Mon. Aug. 3 in DMV DC- Graham Nash @ Birchmere ( Hollies & CSNY folk rock) (sold out); SH!TOMATO, The Peopling, Simmone Wrath, Inter Not Milan @ Rhizome (noise-rock, alt-hiphop, experimental); David Cole & Main Street Blues 6-9 pm @ Westminster Church SW ; Millkzy @ Atlantis (r&b); 🧵

of COURSE Trump wants to build an immense and totally pointless parking garage at Dulles www.notus.org/metro/dulles...

Let’s Talk About the Massive Parking Garage Trump Wants to Build at Dulles

The 32,000-spot deck would surpass both existing parking capacity and what airport officials have said is needed.

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2019 Washington Post article about Dancing Tony who’s being honored right now at MLK Library. He’s not dancing anymore but he’s here www.washingtonpost.com/local/a-diff...

Perspective | A different kind of Tony award: Dancin’ Tony, the King of Oldies, to be honored

For years, Dancin’ Tony Artis showed his signature moves at area nightclubs. He’s 82 now.

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Sun. Aug. 2 in DMV DC - Karol G, Becky G @ Northwest Stadium (good Latin tropical pop ); R2Bees @ Howard Theatre (Afrobeats); Luh Tyler @ Union Stage (rap) ; A Celebration of Dancin' Tony: A Hand Dance Legend" 1-4 pm @ MLK Library 5th Floor (a film, & hand dancing & talk; Tony will be there)🧵

Flyer for the Dancin Tony event on Sunday 1-4 pm at MLk Library in Washington DC

Unless you have a ticket to the Grand Prix in DC that will go near the National Gallery of Art , you can’t visit the National Gallery on August 22 and 23. Crazy

Vibe Conductor draws from decades of r& b and rap for his djing. He & Kerim the dj are @ Grazie Mille tonight

Jeff "Monoman" Conolly dead at 69 from cancer. Led great Boston garage rock bands DMZ and Lyres.

Joe Bonomo@joebonomo.bsky.social · 4d ago

At No Such Thing As Was: Remembering Jeff "Monoman" Conolly and the records he made with DMZ and Lyres. joebonomo.substack.com/p/jeff-conol...

Sat. Aug 1 in DMV DC – Chance the Rapper @ Wolf Trap; Patti Griffin 2pm @ Rams Head Annapolis (Americana folk); Zoh Amba @ Pearl St Warehouse (punky country blues); Sundiata Ramin author of Soul Searcher,re Chuck Brown 3:10 panel @ Black Books Matter Festival at Mahogany Books National Harbor🧵

Hosea Williams posted on Facebook back on July 18 that Roland Smith who was a conga player with the Chuck Brown band and later was in a dc band called Sluggo has passed away. On WPFW they just said services will be August 7th. Lance R on WPFW said that rap group Kid n Play sampled Smith’s percussion

This event happened Friday @ the Smithsonian Museum of African Art with art by Tsedaye, dance by Jasmine , & music by Alsarah

Julieta Venegas Turns Memory Into ‘Norteña’ at LAMC: ‘It Made Sense to Write a Memoir About My Relationship to Music’

Julieta Venegas Turns Memory Into ‘Norteña’ at LAMC: ‘It Made Sense to Write a Memoir About My Relationship to Music’

Julieta Venegas opens up about her 'Norteña' album & memoir, exploring memory, migration, family, and her creative journey at LAMC 2026.

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Julieta Venegas’ set @ the Howard Theatre included some of her her new Norteno album songs that meld her pop sensibility w/ traditional Mexican music, as well as her older classics like “Lento” with its gorgeous melody. She played keys, guitar, & accordion.

FLASH: Justice Dept seeks to dismiss Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool criminal case against former Olympian David Hearn Trump Admin acknowledges: "Damage to the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool in June 2026 was the result of flawed installation by the contractor"

While you were over here trying to figure out how you were going to cover the rent and food—this guy was over there using $5.1 million in taxpayer money YOU paid into the system to cover these statues in 23 karat gold. Yeah, he did that.

Dancin' Tony used to do flashy splits on Breeze's public access dc show that was filmed @ the Chateau. I wrote about the show for City Paper. Tony's in assisted living now, but his family is bringing him to MLK library Sunday for a special event honoring him www.awesomefoundation.org/en/projects/...

A Hand Dance Tribute To "Dancin' Tony

This project honors Gene Ray Artis, affectionately known as “Dancin’ Tony,” a beloved legend in the Washington, DC hand dance community. For more t...

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I know that posting most of the DMV music gig calendar for a Friday in a thread is tldr (& there's a link for full month) but I like showcasing the variety of events available. Link has Aug 1 & 2 now w/ full August coming soon stevekiviat.blogspot.com/2026/07/dc-b...

Steve Kiviat@dcsuburbanite.bsky.social · 5d ago

Friday July 31 in DMV DC- Julieta Venegas @ Howard Theatre (Mexican indie-pop); Mon Laferte @ Warner Theatre (artsy Chilean-Mexican indie-pop); Souls of Mischief, Nature Boi, Beau Young Prince @ Union Stage (rap); After 7 @ Bethesda Theater (r& b); Rose Moraes free @ Lubber Run ( Brazilian Forro) 🧵