Summer Concerts

I love it when someone does the work of sifting through concert listings to hit upon a few good excuses to picnic at Merriweather. I haven’t been to Columbia, Maryland’s musical emporium since a Metallica concert circa 1994, in their shining Sandman days.

Below, a listing of DC-area shows including Seu Jorge and Thievery Corporation, which which I will consol myself when I wake up and realize I can’t walk to the Water Taxi on 34th street anymore.

May 17 – Preakness Stakes (Horse race) – Baltimore – $25
May 27 – Afrissippi – Iota – $12
May 28 – Ben Folds – Wolf Trap
May 22- June 1st – Shakespeare free for all – Hamlet
June 7 – Rilo Kiley – Rams Head Live (930 show sold out)
June 9 – Death Cab for Cutie – Merriweather Pavilion $30
June 11 – REM and Modest Mouse – Merriweather $50
June 12 – Pete Francis and Brad (from dispatch) The State Theater – $15
June 17 – Adele – Sixth and I Historic Synaugug – $15
June 19 – Jonathan Rice – Rock and Roll Hotel – $12
June 19 – Rain: The Beatles Experience – Wolf Trap $25
June 20 – Salif Keita – Lisner Auditorium $25
June 28 – The Thievery Corporation and Seu George – Merriweather $35
July 1 – Sergio Mendes/Zap Mama – Wolf Trap $25
July 2 – Coldplay – Verizon center – $50
July 10 – NSO Tschaikovsky – Wolf Trap $25
July 17 – Indigo Girls/Brandi Carlisle – Wolf Trap $25
July 25 – Matt Costa – Recher Theater (Baltimore) $18
August 11- Herbie Hancock – Wolf Trap $30
August 15 – G. Love and the Special Sauce $35
August 23 – Sgt Pepper’s Lonely Heart’s Club Band (famous people do the entire beatles album) – Wolf Trap – $30

In Baltimore, upcoming shows include Dan Deacon and Dilpo at Sonar.