Mick Jenkins announced his 2024 Thank You For Waiting World Tour in support of his recent critically-acclaimed LP, The Patience, which was released in August by RBC Records/BMG.
The Chicago rapper performs at the Howard Theatre in DC on Sunday, Jan. 28.
Dance the night away at The Atlantis in DC with Take on Me: The Ultimate ’80s Party. This traveling dance party parks itself at The Atlantis for a night on Saturday, Jan. 20.
Brighten your January with not one but two ’90s dance parties as DC’s Mousetrap joins forces with Baltimore’s Underground for a combined celebration of (mostly British) indie and alternative music at 9:30 Club on Saturday, Jan. 20.
Yacht rock duo Young Gun Silver Fox are back with a deluxe edition of their most recent album, Ticket to Shangri-La. The gents embark on a winter tour that include a date at The Atlantis in DC on Monday, Feb. 5.
You can win a pair of tickets to see the show with Parklife DC! As an added plus, our winner also will receive a copy of Ticket to Shangri-La on vinyl.
New York singer-songwriter Willie Nile, who recently turned 75, will be playing a career retrospective show with his band at DC’s The Hamilton Live on Saturday, Jan. 27. At 75, Nile is still going strong, still writing new songs and making new music.
DC indie rock band Broke Royals release their latest EP, Big Dream, on Jan. 26. The next day, the band perform in an EP release show at Songbyrd Music House!
There are really only a handful of bands that have been able to sustain a cult-like following. There are the obvious ones like The Grateful Dead, but I would say that, in the past 30 years Tool have firmly rooted themselves near the top of that list. And this was no less evident at the first stop in the band’s winter tour in Baltimore.
TOTALLY TUBULAR FESTIVAL will debut in 17 markets across North America starting June 28 in Santa Barbara, California, and wrapping up July 27 in Cincinnati, Ohio, the festival recently announced.
Although there is no DC-area date on the schedule, Parklife recommends that DMV new wavers take an easy drive down to Raleigh, North Carolina, to catch the Totally Tubular Festival at the Red Hat Ampitheater on Saturday, July 13.
Festival headliners include Thomas Dolby, Tom Bailey of the Thompson Twins, and Modern English!
Last summer, Grace Potter, 3X GRAMMY-nominated singer-songwriter and “one of the greatest living voices in rock today,” released Mother Road via Fantasy Records. Across 10 dynamic tracks, Potter deconstructs her deepest fears and darkest regrets, charting the fallout with brutal honesty and emotional daring.
Grace visits DC to tour Mother Road at The Anthem on Saturday, Jan. 27.
I recently had the opportunity to attend a flamenco performance by Oleaje Flamenco, a Seattle, Washington-based dance company. Although Parklife DC rarely features dance performances, the artistic excellence and sheer power of flamenco guitar and dance matched any rock concert I’ve ever attended.
