Foster the People will headline All Things Go Fall Classic in DC. (Photo courtesy All Things Go)
The fourth annual All Things Go Fall Classic, DC’s foremost local indie pop music festival, expands to three days this year, Oct. 6-8, 2017, offering one-day lineups on Friday, Saturday, and Sunday as well as a three-day pass. With a move to Union Market (1309 5th St. NE, DC), All Things Go Fall Classic features headliners Foster the People, Young Thug, and Galantis.
Sister Hazel (Photo courtesy Ticketfly)
Jangle poppers Sister Hazel made the leap to country with their ninth studio album, Lighter in the Dark, which was released in 2016 via Croakin’ Poets/Rock Ridge. Sister Hazel are on tour, and they perform at 9:30 Club on Friday, July 21. You can win tickets to go with Parklife DC.
Twenty One Pilots had a massive crowd eating out of their hands at Firefly Music Festival on Friday, June 16, 2017. (Photo courtesy Firefly Music Festival/Live at Firefly)
The sixth edition of the Firefly Music Festival delivered a diverse line-up over four days of musical performances June 15-18, 2017. Threatened rains stayed away, and artists as different as 21 Pilots, Bob Dylan, and Muse came to stay. An estimated 90,000 people descended on The Woodlands in Dover, Delaware to watch more than 125 acts.
Joseph Williams and Steve Porcaro perform with TOTO at the Maryland Hall for the Creative Arts in Annapolis, Md., on June 14, 2017.
Steve Lukather paused to introduce the current members of TOTO about two-thirds of the way through a very full show at the Maryland Hall for the Creative Arts in Annapolis, Maryland, on last Wednesday. And in so doing, he reminded a very happy crowd of the deep talents and resumes of the four principal members of TOTO.
Chino Moreno of Deftones performs at MGM National Harbor on June 14, 2017. (Photo by Paivi)
Alt-metal quintet Deftones stopped by MGM National Harbor to play a show in a double bill with Rise Against on Wednesday, June 14. Paivi was there to photograph the action! (Check out her photos of Rise Against also.)
Rise Against perform at The Theater MGM National Harbor on June 14, 2017. (Photo by Paivi)
Rise Against rocked their way into MGM National Harbor on June 14, only days after releasing their latest album Wolves (which surfaced on June 9 via Virgin Records).
Franz Ferdinand take a bow at Firefly Music Festival on Friday, June 16, 2017. (Photo copyright Firefly Music Festival.)
Franz Ferdinand blew up the main stage of the Firefly Music Festival on Friday, June 16, igniting a dance riot with their well-recognized favorites but also introducing a few new songs and a few new members.
GWAR (Photo courtesy Freeman Promotions)
We’re looking ahead to next month and to VANS Warped Tour, which is bringing quite an eclectic mix of metal acts particularly to Merriweather Post Pavilion on Sunday, July 16.
Here are three acts to consider checking out while you’re there — including hardcore shockmasters GWAR!
Saint Etienne (Photo courtesy Heavenly Recordings)
Saint Etienne released their latest album Home Counties on June 2 via Heavenly Recordings, and the English synthpop trio will launch a US tour in Boston on Sept. 24, arriving in DC several days later to perform at U Street Music Hall on Wednesday, Sept. 27.
Rise Against (Photo by Anthony Saint James)
Hardcore rockers Rise Against released their ninth studio album Wolves on June 9 via Virgin Records, and they hit The Theater at MGM National Harbor tonight, June 14, with Deftones!