January
* Tues, Jan 6, 2026 Joe Westerlund / Jay Hammond @Rhizome
* Wed, Jan 7, 2026 Maria Chávez, Shahzad Ismaily, Greg Saunier @Rhizome
* Sun, Jan 11, 2026 Ches Smith’s Clone Row w Mary Halvorson, Liberty Ellman, Nick Dunston – Transparent @Tonal Park
* Mon, Jan 12, 2026 Cate Le Bon @Howard Theater
* Wed, Jan 14, 2026 Derek Gripper & Ballaké Sissoko @Birchmere
Fri, Jan 16, 2026 Henbane / Mia & The Argonauts / Sagecraft @Rhizome
* Thu, Jan 22, 2026 Modern Nature / Brigid Dawson & The Mothers Network @DC9
* Fri, Jan 23, 2026 Jeff Pearring Quartet – Transparent @Rhizome
– Sun, Jan 25, 2026 Magic Tuber String Band @Union Stage (postponed to 4/29)
* Tue, Jan 27, 2026 Sharp Pins @CPP (during sleet-crete)
* Thu, Jan 29, 2026 Kris Davis trio @Blues Alley (late set)
* Sat, Jan 31, 2026 TONE / Hiroe / Suture @DC9
February
Sun, February 1, 2026 Taper’s Choice / Rich Ruth @PearlStreetWarehouse (PSW)
* Fri, Feb 6, 2026 Matthew Shipp (solo piano) – Transparent @Tonal Park
* Thur, Feb 12, 2026 JeJaWeDa Quartet @Rhizome
Thur, Feb 12, 2026 The Knee-Hi’s / Ione / Peak Bloom @Pie Shop
* Fri, Feb 13, 2026 Starr & the Czars (Record Release!) / The Owners @CPP 10p
Fri, Feb 13, 2026 JeJaWeDa Quartet @RedRoom
Sat, Feb 14, 2026 Marissa Nadler @Songbyrd
Sun, Feb 15, 2026 Sandy Ewen / Resuscianne / Kajwan Ziaoddini @Rhizome
Thu, Feb 19, 2026 Kahil ‘El Zabar’s Ethnic Heritage Ensemble – Transparent @Rhizome
Sat, Feb 21, 2026 21st Century Consort: F(P)pigments @Hirshhorn 5pm
Sat, Feb 21, 2026 Makaya McCraven @Clarice
Mon, Feb 23, 2026 Wrekmeister Harmonies, Oldest Sea, Sadness @Rhizome wrekmeister got stranded and canceled
* Wed, Feb 25, 2026 Joel Ross (Vibraphone) @BluesAlley This was a quintet w piano and upright base + Maria Grand on sax and Jeremy Dutton on drums.
* Thur, Feb 26, 2026 Wayne Horvitz & Sarah Schoenbeck Duo + Trio w Anthony Pirog @Rhizome
Thur, Feb 26, 2026 Mali Obomsawin @Clarice
Sat, Feb 28, 2026 The Andrews / Jonathan Matis / A.M. Howard @Rhizome
March
Tue, March 3, 2026 Bobby Zankel & The Warriors of the Wonderful Sound 6 @Rhizome
* Wed, Mar 4, 2026 Phillip Greenlief (solo sax) / The Keefe Jackson Quartet “These Things Happen” (w Luke Stewart and Mikel Patrick Avery) – Transparent @Rhizome
Sat, Mar 7, 2026 Susie Ibarra @umbc
Sat, Mar 7, 2026 Peter Evans w/Borax, Pluta / We Sundry Vessels @Redroom
* Sun, Mar 8, 2026 Peter Evans & Sam Pluta / Heather Stebbins & Ning Yu / Erin Demastes @Rhizome
* Tue, Mar 10, 2026 Lia Kohl / Zachary Good / Alrich – Garrett @Rhizome
Wed, Mar 11, 2026 George Lewis’s compositions @umbc
Wed, Mar 11, 2026 Dave Chappell @Hell’s Bottom, VFW Post 350
Thur, Mar 12, 2026 Shadow Riot + Rope Trick + Motherfuckers JMB & Co @CPP 9p
Thurs, Mar 12, 2026 Electro-acoustic instrumental music: Bruce Willen & Sarah Manley // Melissa Hyatt Foss // Carillon // XOR @2640 Space
Sat, Mar 14, 2026 Roger Miller w Anvil Orchestra [new music for silent films] @JxJ – Jewish Film Festival – Washington, DC [performing to Man With The Movie Camera]
* Sun, Mar 15, 2026 Roger Miller w Anvil Orchestra [new music for silent films] @JxJ – Jewish Film Festival – Washington, DC [performing to Man With The Movie Camera]
Sun, Mar 15, 2026 Trio Céleste @Phillips 4p Perform Pierre Jalbert’s first piano trio; Paul Schoenfeld’s Café Music; Dvořák’s Piano Trio No. 4 in E minor, Op. 90 “Dumky.”
Mon, Mar 16, 2026 Daniel Romano’s Outfit / Shadow Show / Mod Lang @KungFuNecktie
Tue, March 17, 2026 Solomon Gottfried, Jacob Sacks, & Connor Parks / José Luiz Martins Quartet
Mon, Mar 23, 2026 Janel Leppin Record Release / Janel & Anthony @Rhizome
* Tue, Mar 24, 2026 Evicshen (Victoria Shen) @Ottobar
Tue, Mar 24, 2026 Nik Bärtsch and Ronin @Palisades Hub
Tue, Mar 24, 2026 Mariam Rezaei / Katie Magician / Lustre Chantant @Rhizome
Tue, Mar 24, 2026 Julianna Barwick & Mary Lattimore @Miracle Theater
Sun, Mar 29, 2026 Tord Gustafason Trio @ The Mansion @Strathmore – sold out
* Sun, Mar 29, 2026 The Surfrajettes / Bethlehem Shalom @Metro Baltimore
Tue, Mar 31, 2026 Patrick Watson @930
April
* Mon, April 6, 2026 Tatsuya Nakatani @Rhizome
* Wed, April 8, 2026 Maurice Louca’s “Fera” (quartet) / TALsounds @Rhizome
* Fri, Apr 10, 2026 Sunn O ))) @Lincoln
* Sat, Apr 11, 2026 Raven Chacon Ensemble (w ThingNY) @LoC
* Sat, April 18, 2026 Biotic (Shawn Lovato, Ingrid Laubrock and Henry Mermer) / Sam Pluta, Robert Karpay, Shelly Purdy and Rachel Beetz @2640 Space
* Fri, Apr 24, 2026 Lydia Lunch’s “Murderous Again” w Tim Dahl & Matt Nelson / Genre is Death / Oms (Monica Stroik Douglas Kallmeyer) @CPP
* Mon, Apr 27, 2026 Whitney Johnson Lia Kohl Macie Stewart @Redroom 6p
May
* Fri, May 1, 2026 Boogarins / TBA @CPP
Sat, May 2, 2026 Ty Segall @Union Craft Brewing 7p
* Tue, May 5, 2026 Son of Goldfinger w Tim Berne, David Torn, and Ches Smith – Transparent Productions @Rhizome
* Thu, May 7, 2026 Kali Malone, organ: All Life Long @Clarice, UMD Chapel
* Fri, May 8, 2026 Wolf Eyes / Beauty / Agnonesiac @Rhizome
Sat, May 9, 2026 Caroline Davis and Dustin Carlson (duo) @Rust Library Leesburg, Va 2p
Sat, May 9, 2026 The Lemon Twigs @930
Sat, May 9, 2026 Caroline Davis and Dustin Carlson (duo) – Transparent @Rhizome
Sat, May 9, 2026 Trinary System / The Messthetics and James Brandon Lewis @Blackcat
Mon, May 11, 2026 Bill Callahan / Noveller @Union Stage
Mon, May 11 > May 17, 2026 fimav @Victoriaville
* Tue, May 12, 2026 Puuluup @Songbyrd
* Fri, May 15, 2026 Christian McBride @LoC
* Sat, May 16, 2026 Bill Kirchen @JamminJava
Mon, May 18, 2026 Mint Field @PieShop
Wed, May 20, 2026 MEMORIALS @PieShop
Wed, May 20, 2026 Scott Robinson Quartet @BluesAlley
Fri, May 22, 2026 Ensemble Volcanic Ash record release @Comet Ping Pong
Wed, May 27, 2026 Glenn Jones / Liam Grant / Ari Rosenfield @Rhizome
! Thu, May 28, 2026 Chicha Libre / Miramar @Songbyrd
Sat, May 30, 2026 French TV @Orion Studios
Sat, May 30, 2026 The Slickee Boys 50th Anniversary Party / Birthday Girl DC @930
June
Mon, June 1, 2026 The Early / Bent Light / Raven Bauer Durham @Rhizome
Sun, June 7, 2026 Bill Frisell Trio ftrg Luke Bergman & Tim Angulo @Keystone Korner 5p / 7:30p all good seats gone early
Mon, June 8, 2026 Paolo Angeli / TBA @Rhizome 6:30p
* Tue, June 9, 2026 Michael Foster’s Ghost – Transparent @Rhizome
* Thu, June 11, 2026 The Darts @PieShop
* Fri, June 12, 2026 Seventh Stanine Festival: Marisa Anderson / Shane Parish @Rhizome
Sat, June 13, 2026 Seventh Stanine Festival @Rhizome 12:30
Ian Williams (BAT/.TLES) / Dorothy Carlos / Paleography (Hugh McElroy of Black Eyes) / Day for Night / Daniel Wyche
* Sun, June 14, 2026 Kalia Vandever / I hate performing alone (Emily Francisco & Alex Tyson) / Niki Afsar @Rhizome
Sun, June 14, 2026 Max Richter @Joseph Meyerhoff Symphony Hall
Thur, June 18, 2026 Wilco @Filene Center
Mon, June 22, 2026 ..of Montreal @930
Tue, June 23 > Sun, June 28, 2026 Vision Fest (30th) @Abrons Art Center
* Thur, June 25, 2026 Fred Frith (solo) / Liz Meredith & Timothy Wisniewski / Bonnie Lander & John Dierker
@2640 Space – Saint Paul Church’s Sunday Room
* Fri, June 26, 2026 Fred Frith (solo) / Chao Tian (solo) @Rhizome
Fri, June 26, 2026 Aaron Irwin + Mike Baggetta / John Lee Tree-O @Hub
* Sun, June 28, 2026 Tortoise / Basic @930
Sun, June 28, 2026 Thee Marloes @CPP 9p