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Don’t Miss: River and Roots Festival @ Watermelon Park (Berryville, Va.), 6/23-6/25/17

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A performance at the River and Roots Festival (Photo by Chester Simpson)

With the long, hot lazy days of summer surely finally approaching, what better way to spend a weekend than to lounge by the water and listen to music?

The fourth annual River and Roots Festival, hosted by Shepherds Ford Productions, affords you an opportunity to do just that along the Shenandoah River in Watermelon Park outside of Berryville, Virginia (not far from Winchester) on Friday, June 23, through Sunday, June 25 with a lineup of bluegrass, Americana, and roots musicians.

Around Town: SAVOR: An American Craft Beer & Food Experience @ National Building Museum, 6/2/17

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Jeff Hancock of DC Brau pours The Wise and the Lovely imperial stout at SAVOR 2017.

On the opening night of SAVOR: An American Craft Beer & Food Experience, anticipation ran high at the National Building Museum. Beer aficionados queued early in lines than ran down the block before opening. And SAVOR, I daresay, exceeded their expectations with a retooled experience that proved artful, decorative, and delicious.

Don’t Miss: 311 @ The Fillmore Silver Spring, 7/24 + 7/25/17

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311 (Photo by Brian Bowen Smith)

311 will release their 12th studio album Mosaic on June 23 via BMG. And the funky rockers will bring an accompanying tour to The Fillmore Silver Spring for two nights on Monday, July 24 and Tuesday, July 25.

Don’t Miss: Dine-N-Dash @ 14th Street NW + Penn Quarter, 6/7/17

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José Andrés addresses the 2019 World Bank/IMF Spring Meeting on April 12, 2019. (Photo courtesy World Bank)

Limited tickets remain for the annual Dine-N-Dash, held by José Andrés and World Central Kitchen to benefit World Central Kitchen’s mission to find smart solutions to hunger and poverty, on June 7.

Don’t Miss: Trapper Schoepp @ DC9, 6/14/17

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Trapper Schoepp (Photo courtesy Clarion Call Media)

On June 2, singer-songwriter Trapper Schoepp released his latest project — Bay Beach Amusement Park, a six-song concept EP inspired by the tourist attraction of the same name in Green Bay, Wisconsin — via Xtra Mile Recordings and Kay Bank Recording. Trapper is on tour with a stop at DC9 on Wednesday, June 14.

Don’t Miss: 3Teeth @ U Street Music Hall, 7/7/17

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3Teeth (Photo courtesy Secret Service PR)

Los Angeles industrial band 3Teeth released their second album, shutdown.exe, via OMF Records on May 19, and their accompanying tour comes to U Street Music Hall on Friday, July 7.

Don’t Miss: Bent Knee @ Black Cat, 6/8/17

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Bent Knee (Photo by Chris Anderson)

Avant-garde collective Bent Knee is preparing to release their fourth album Land Animal via InsideOutMusic/Sony, and the band performs at Black Cat on Thursday, June 8.

Interview: Howard Jones (on Retro Futura Tour @ Pier Six Pavilion [Baltimore, Md.], 7/30/17)

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Howard Jones (Photo by David Conn)

“Do you feel scared? I do, but I won’t stop and falter.”

So, sang Howard Jones in his smashing 1985 hit “Things Can Only Get Better,” which in my opinion perfectly framed Howard’s ethos. The Englishman is unflappably upbeat and optimistic, and he makes fantastically irresistible music still today.

Music Park: Sylvan Esso @ 9:30 Club — 5/27/17

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Amelia Meath sings with Sylvan Esso at All Things Go Fall Classic in DC on Oct. 8, 2016.

The music of Durham, North Carolina duo Sylvan Esso was introduced to me last year by my friend and Spotify buddy Jenny, in the form of a YouTube video for their song “Hey Mami.” Straightaway, I admired singer Amelia Meath’s energy and extro-expressiveness, both on display in a sold-out show at 9:30 Club on Saturday.

Don’t Miss: Roosevelt @ U Street Music Hall, 6/3/17

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Roosevelt (Photo by Brian Vu)

Roosevelt, born Marius Lauber, burst out of Germany with his self-titled debut album last year via Greco-Roman. Roosevelt is on a tour of the United States, and he dances into U Street Music Hall this Saturday, June 3.