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Don’t Miss: Route 94 @ U Street Music Hall, 6/8/17

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Route 94 (Photo courtesy the artist)

Best known for his anthem “My Love,” Rowan Tyler Jones, better known as Route 94, has dropped a series of EPs over the past several years, most recently collaborating with famous London nightclub Fabric on Brand New Day. Route 94 is dropping by DC to perform at U Street Music Hall on Thursday, June 8.

Don’t Miss: Andrew Rayel @ Echostage, 6/9/17

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Andrew Rayel (Photo by Linda van den Broek)

Moldovan producer and DJ Andrew Rayel released his second studio album Moments via Armada Music on May 5, and then he embarked on a world tour. Andrew will perform at Echostage in DC on Friday, June 9.

Ticket Giveaway: Caravan Palace @ 9:30 Club, 7/5/17

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Looking for something different, yet fun and embraceable, for your dancing pleasure? Look no further than the French septet Caravan Palace, who cite among their influences Cab Calloway *and* Daft Punk.

The electroswing collective is coming to the United States again off their very strong third album <|°_°|> (pronounced “Robot Face”), and they perform at 9:30 Club on Wednesday, July 5. You can win tickets to go with Parklife DC.

Snapshots: Lupe Fiasco @ 9:30 Club — 6/2/17

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Lupe Fiasco dropped by 9:30 Club on Friday to promote his most recent album, Drogas Light, published February via 1st and 15th Productions. Chris Castillo was there to document Lupe’s show!

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.