The Longtimers
8:00PM • $10 Cover
Ben Holmes, Tom Clifford, Moe Nelson, and Pete Rose are DC's newest old-school band: expect high energy Americana roots rock inspired by New Orleans, soul and more.
Rise
5:30 • No Cover • Happy Hour 4-8
Lifetime musician and recording artist. Vocals/Guitarist of Merkin Records recording artists, Monkeyspank. Lead guitar for Reptilian Records recording artists, Iron Boss. Vocals/Guitar for Death Rebel Records recording artists, Listless. Vocals/Guitar for Too Many Dogs Music recording artists, The Ornery Bros. Vocals/Ukulele/Guitar for Glad Music Company recording artists, Combo Mahalo. Vocals/Ukulele for Hollywood Electrical Recordings artists, The Hollywood Revue.
The Nighthawks • Celebrate Muddy Waters' 112th Birthday
9pm • $20 • Tickets on Eventbrite and at the door if still available
Muddy Waters 112th Birthday Celebration
featuring The Nighthawks
with special guests!
The Nighthawks - “Live @Hank Dietle’s Tavern”
Bones Jones Music Students
1:00pm Doors • 1:30 Show • No Cover
Get ready to rock the night away as the Bones Jones Music bands take the stage at Hank Dietle’s Tavern in Rockville! BJM is Rockville’s home for specialized guitar lessons and a real world rock band experience. At these performances, you’ll hear electrifying covers that showcase the versatility of our all ages student and staff bands. Come enjoy a wide variety of songs from many styles including all of your hard rock, blues, classic rock, punk, and metal favorites! These performances promise to be a fun and memorable experience every time.
Big Howdy Bluegrass Showcase Featuring: The Oldtime Cobras • Free Clog Dancing Lesson @ 4:30
4:30pm • $15 • Tickets on Eventbrite and at the door if still available
The first Saturday of each month Big Howdy hosts a showcase featuring a special guest!
Special Guest: The Oldtime Cobras
The Oldtime Cobras are a 5- piece youth old-time string band ranging from 13-16 years of age who are dedicated to performing traditional oldtime stringband music. Based in Washington, D.C. and Maryland, the band brings a unique blend of energy and passion to every performance. They were founded in 2021 and have since played at square dances, music festivals, small concerts and community parties all across the DMV. They are the budding vocalists and performers of the future and have worked up a set of songs especially for Hank Deitle’s! Come on out and see some of our bright young local musicians!
*Free clog dancing lesson right before the show, 4:30 – 5pm, taught by local clogging meister Posey Eitzen!!
A DC-based progressive bluegrass band featuring the duet singing of Dede Wyland and Randy Barrett. The group offers a mix of original songs plus reinterpretations of classic country, bluegrass and roots material. Dede is a nationally recognized vocalist while Randy is a well-established singer songwriter and banjoist. Together with Ira Gitlin on bass and Tom McLaughlin on mandolin, Big Howdy sounds unlike any other band. And that's the way they like it.
Dede Wyland - Vocals Guitar
Randy Barrett - Vocals, Banjo, Guitar
Ira Gitlin - Vocal, Bass
Tom McLaughlin - Vocals, Mandolin, Guitar
Bad Influence Band
9:00pm - $10 Cover
Staying at the apex of the mid-Atlantic region's competitive blues and roots music scene for a career that spans three decades isn't easy. But that's what the Bad Influence Band has done.. even while extending their reputation across the country thanks to wildly entertaining, high-energy performances, extensive airplay and three well-received albums.
Whether performing at a festival, on a stage at Kennedy Center or on Memphis' hallowed Beale Street, the four-piece group featuring guitarist Michael Tash, harmonica ace and singer Roger Edsall, bassist-vocalist Bob Mallardi and drummer Joe Wells are unabashed crowd pleasers thanks to their expert ensemble playing, strong melodies, addictive grooves, sly original songwriting and sheer intensity.
"The most important thing is that everybody has fun, the audience and us," explains bandleader Tash. "Whether we're playing an original song or a classic, we're going to put our hearts and souls into it in a way that people can hear, see and practically touch."
The Moran Tripp Band
2:00PM • No Cover • $10 Suggested Donation for the Band
Now playing the first Sunday of each month!
Rock band from Annapolis, MD. These young musicians show their ‘old souls’ with Allman Brothers, Skynrd, and other favorites. Tons of talent and energy you won’t want to miss!
“One of the best bands I’ve see in a long time. I see bands all the time in my area and this band is one you need to follow and seek out. They play covers but their originals will blow you away!” - Susan Richards
“Very talented musicians and you have to see them live, awesome show!!” Joe Cerullo
Sparklebot & Clem Fandango
6pm • $10 Cover
Sparklebot - Rock band from Washington, DC. Sparklebot cut their teeth in the 80s DC Punk scene with a heap (not Heep) of influence from 70s-80s Rock and Punk. Solid original tunes with some singalong covers thrown in to keep the audience guessing. Their current release EVOLVEr blurs the barriers between music genres and delivers a pleasing purple punch!
"This is a damn good record!" -- Tom Lyle (Government Issue), about EVOLVEr
Clem Fandango - After playing in local bands The Neighbors, Super Jones Affair, and Mother May I in the late 1900s, sharing stages with NRBQ, Roy Orbison, Paul Westerberg, Smashing Pumpkins and Marshall Crenshaw among others, accused singer songwriter and former Zamboni driver Peter Gilstrap left the area at sundown for the deserts of the west.
Now, he has returned to the DMV with a burning desire to play music at any cost. So far, it’s been well over $200.
Joined by the formidable talents of Bill Williams, Edward O’Connell, Scott McKnight and Antoine Sanfuentes veterans of Last Train Home, Jelly Roll Mortals, Dede and the Do-Rights, Little Red & the Renegades, the Half Smokes and Kevin Johnson and the Linemen—Clem Fandango was born.
It’s an earworm buffet of Gilstrap’s original songs inspired by the work of Nick Lowe, George Jones, Burt Bacharach, The Move, The Replacements, and pre-mustache Beatles. Get it while it’s hot.
Wolf's Every Monday Blues Show & Sit-In Jam
7:00pm • NO COVER! •Happy Hour 4-8
Great way to hear local blues talent, and you never know who's going to show up. Sometimes out-of-towners and touring musicians.
Even prominent national acts have stopped by to jam including Guitar Shorty, Bill Kirchen, Eugene Hideaway Bridges, Jimmy Carpenter, Memphis Gold, Bruce Ewan, Bobby Radcliff, Pierre Beauregard, Johnny Sansome, Johnny Vidacovich and Grammy Nominees Tab Benoit and Steve Riley!
Show Set: Wolf's Blues Shows & Sit-in Jams start the night with the Host band playing an opening show set. The host band features a weekly rotational lineup of some of DC's top blues frontmen such as:
Linwood Taylor--International touring artist (guitar & vocals),
Matt Kelley--Albert King Award winner (guitar & vocals), and
Backed up by: Andy Hamburger (drums) and Wolf Crescenze (bass).
Occasionally, other special guests will join the band!
Sit-in Jam Sets
The sit-in jam portion of the evening begins at the conclusion of the show set. Throughout the rest of the night, musicians who have signed up will be invited to come up 1 or 2 at a time to sit in and jam with the band.
Dan Hovey
5:30pm - Happy Hour prices! • NO COVER!
Dan Hovey
The former Nighthawks guitarist plays finger-style in the tradition of Takoma Park legend John Fahey.
Kiti Gartner & the Drifting Valentines
8:00pm • $10 Cover
Kiti & the Drifting Valentines will be performing on the second Tuesday of each month.
Kiti Gartner & the Drifting Valentines
A band out of Washington DC who play western swing, rockabilly, old country and some jump blues. Their influences include music from the 1940s thru the early 60s, including almost everything that came out of The Quonset Hut and RCA Studio B in Nashville, Sun Records in Memphis, and Bakersfield. Band members are Kiti Gartner (vocals, rhythm), Zachary Sweeney (electric guitar), Steve Wolf (bass), Brian Alpert (drums).
DC Bluegrass Union Songwriter Showcase
8pm • No cover, but a suggested donation of $10-$20 is appreciated!
DC Bluegrass Union Songwriter Showcase
Host: Shannon Leigh Reynolds
Come join DCBU for the our songwriter's rounds series at Hank Dietle's Tavern.
More info soon!
Bill Starks w/David Chappell
5:30 • NO COVER! • Happy Hour 4-8
Bill Starks is an award winning songwriter and keyboard player with a rockin' piano style and a tendency to defy genres, blending rock n roll, honky tonk, boogie woogie and blues into a kind of Americana musical gumbo.
As a member of DC's longtime favorite Americana group Ruthie and the Wranglers, as well NRBQ tribute band Me & the Boys, and a BandHouse Gigs regular, Bill is a favorite for DC audiences, with a lovable lived-in voice, amazing piano chops, and a distinctive songwriting style. His tune "300 Miles from Memphis To New Orleans" won WAMA's song-of-the-year award. In addition to recording with Ruthie and the Wranglers, Bill has released two solo CD's, "I See Trouble" and "Do You Hear Me Now?" on Azalea City Recordings. In 2015 Bill received the WAMA Songwriter of the Year award.
New Release! “Peace, Love & Boogie Woogie”
David is Washington, DC native, is one of the most sought after and respected musicians in the area. For the last several years, he has won the Washington Area Music Awards (WAMMIES) for 'Musician of the Year', 'Rock Instrumentalist of the Year', and 'Roots Rock Instrumentalist of the Year'.
The Grandsons
8:00pm • $10 Cover
A fan aptly described The Grandsons exuberant sound as “American music in a blender with the lid off.” The more prominent elements in this eclectic whirlpool are New Orleans rhythm and blues, rockabilly, swing, and country two-steps. The Grandsons bring with them a pawn shop of instruments. Vocalist-guitarist-trumpeter Alan MacEwen charms audiences with his sly wit and winsome original songs. DC blues veteran Matthew Sedgley locks in the groove on drums and percussion. Saxophonist Chris Watling puts out a sound so meaty and memorable that he is in demand all over as a guest artist and session player. Moe Nelson holds down the low end on upright bass but has been known to break out the ukulele. Join The Grandsons as they move and shake into their 3rd decade in the world of rock and roll!
The Poor Ellen Smith Band
5:30pm • NO COVER • Happy Hour 4-8
A seasoned Americana band bringing to you the songs and acoustic guitar sounds of vintage Bluegrass, Blues and Country in the style of Doc Watson, Norman Blake and others. The band has been active in the greater Washington area and played venues like the Takoma Park Festival, New Deal Cafe, Sandy Springs Museum, Beans in the Belfry, Potomac Overlook Regional Park, plus wineries like Barrel Oak in VA and others.
The Rock-A-Sonics
9:00pm • $15 • Tickets on Eventbrite and at the door if available
The band plays a versatile mix of rockabilly, vintage country, and piano pounding rock ‘n roll. Led by the gifted, young, Willie Barry, they’re the real deal. They perform regularly throughout the Mid-Atlantic and at national rockabilly festivals.
Willie Barry (vocals, acoustic guitar), Eric Hurtt (electric guitar, vocals), Louie Newmyer (upright bass, vocals), Tommy Bowes (drums, vocals), Kim Reynolds (piano, sax, steel)
Annie Sidley Student Concert
1:00pm • $20 suggested donation goes to the Dietle’s 2025 Spring Fundraiser
Paramount Jazz Orchestra
5:00 - 7:30PM • $10-$20 suggested donation
Paramount Jazz Orchestra
Once upon a time, the artistic creativity of musicians and technology came together to create perhaps the most prolific and amazing change in music the world has known—and all while alcohol was illegal! That would be in the 1920’s when radio, sound movies, music recording technology, and music publishing coincided with the northern migration of people for jobs. The blacks, whites, the new immigrants, and the long time citizens all took part in the synergy and that was dawn of jazz. The American Dream visited music.
Meet an orchestra full of curators—The Paramount Jazz Orchestra. This band has been sharing hot pre-swing jazz since the 1980’s. Their arrangements are vintage and often transcriptions of famous recordings. The ten piece orchestra plays the hit songs of the era as done by the likes of early Duke Ellington, Bix Biederbecke, Fletcher Henderson, Ray Noble, Glen Gray, Cab Calloway and Isham Jones. It is the next best thing to a time machine.
Beast from the East
2pm • $20 • Tickets on Eventbrite and at the door if still available
Beast from the East
Wardell Howell • Chuck Underwood • Deren Blessman • Dan Hovey
Four incredibly talented versatile musicians that have joined forces to create a Rockin, bebop swinging, Jazzy, funky, R&B, Gospel Fusion of feel good music!!
Their sound is a hypnotic dynamic pulse that moves between a Dr. Jeckyl and Mr Hyde sonic vibe. Deren and Wardell lay down a groovy funky foundation, for which Chuck and Dan play incredible rich harmonic melodies over a variety of notable covers and beautiful original compositions!
Big 3 Trio
6pm • $10 Cover
BIG JOE MAHER • JOHN PREVITI • JIM STEPHANSON
Grammy Award-winning drummer Big Joe Maher with John Previti and Jim Stephanson are the Big 3 Trio, bringing a great night of swing dancing and listening to Hank Dietle's Tavern!
Wolf's Every Monday Blues Show & Sit-In Jam
7:00pm • NO COVER! •Happy Hour 4-8
Great way to hear local blues talent, and you never know who's going to show up. Sometimes out-of-towners and touring musicians.
Even prominent national acts have stopped by to jam including Guitar Shorty, Bill Kirchen, Eugene Hideaway Bridges, Jimmy Carpenter, Memphis Gold, Bruce Ewan, Bobby Radcliff, Pierre Beauregard, Johnny Sansome, Johnny Vidacovich and Grammy Nominees Tab Benoit and Steve Riley!
Show Set: Wolf's Blues Shows & Sit-in Jams start the night with the Host band playing an opening show set. The host band features a weekly rotational lineup of some of DC's top blues frontmen such as:
Linwood Taylor--International touring artist (guitar & vocals),
Matt Kelley--Albert King Award winner (guitar & vocals), and
Backed up by: Andy Hamburger (drums) and Wolf Crescenze (bass).
Occasionally, other special guests will join the band!
Sit-in Jam Sets
The sit-in jam portion of the evening begins at the conclusion of the show set. Throughout the rest of the night, musicians who have signed up will be invited to come up 1 or 2 at a time to sit in and jam with the band.
Dan Hovey
5:30pm - Happy Hour prices! • NO COVER!
Dan Hovey
The former Nighthawks guitarist plays finger-style in the tradition of Takoma Park legend John Fahey.
Hot Fuzz: featuring Michael Harris, Chuck Karner and John Previti
8pm • $10 Cover
Hot Fuzz
Hot Fuzz is comprised of Michael Harris, guitar, Chuck Karner, drums and John Previti, bass, playing virtuosic instrumental versions of everything from Stevie Wonder to Django Reinhardt. The results are unexpected… even for them!
Steve Ragsdale Quartet
5:30PM • Happy Hour prices • NO COVER!
Featuring Pete Chauvette is a tasteful combination of guitar and vibes. They explore different aspects of the jazz tradition from be-bop, through the Beatles and beyond.
Steve Ragsdale - Guitar • Pete Chauvette - Vibraphone • Scott Giambusso - Bass • Scott Taylor - Drums
All lifetime Montgomery County musicians. Come out and hear decades of experience!
Songwriters Association of Washington (SAW) Showcase
8:00pm - Suggested donation $10 - $20
Songwriters' Association of Washington
This Month Features:
Sponsored by:
Songwriters Association of Washington
Hank Dietle’s Tavern
Hosted by:
Know1Else
Kyle Rowland
8pm • $10 • Tickets on Eventbrite ands at the door if still available
Kyle Rowland dishes out a sauté of boisterous Chicago and swampy Texas blues with a pinch of West Coast swing. Danceable and listenable, his show will have you wanting more, with your toes tapping into the next morning. Rowland quickly and naturally developed his own sound. With help from a few of his heroes such as James Cotton, Lazy Lester, Hubert Sumlin, Matt “Guitar” Murphy and many others, Rowland learned specific techniques of stage presence, the music business, and several highly revered harmonica secrets. In August of 2022, Rowland signed an endorsement deal with harmonica company, Hohner, which he has proudly used for his entire career.
Sacramento Blues Hall of Fame inductee 2024
International Blues Challenge Semifinalist 2024 & 2025
Beatles at Dietle's
5:00pm • Happy Hour prices • NO COVER!
DIETLESMANIA! Their 46th appearance at Dietle’s! Sarah Bonner (co-owner of Dietle's) and brothers Paul and Mark Zimmerman playing LOTS of Beatles songs (many album cuts and many hits from Introducing … The Beatles! through Rubber Soul), along with other good '60s stuff. Paul picked the tunes this time. Once again they will be welcoming local favorite Jack Bond and his guitar to the stage, but with a twist this time - he'll be playing both sets with them! Bring some friends, give it a try; you’ll have a good time! Should be a FAB show!
Jonathan Sloane Band
9:00pm • $20 Tickets on Eventbrite and at the door if still available
• Robbie Cooper - Bass
Jonathan Sloane is a multi-talented, lifelong musician, instructor, guitarist and lyricist based in Rockville, Maryland, just outside of Washington, DC. His compositions, tone and lyrical lead guitar playing are deeply rooted in the blues; expanding into R&B, rock 'n' roll, funk and soul.
Having played to sold out crowds at both the local and national level with different bands, Sloane is a sought after talent in the Baltimore and Washington, DC music scenes.
He toured and made records with Baltimore native Cris Jacobs from 2016-2020 and now continues to tour with New Orleans singer/songwriter Anders Osborne.
Jonathan writes/arranges and performs with several other projects, each offering a unique outlet for his eclectic influences to shine
Danny Paisley & The Southern Grass
5:00pm • $15 • Tickets on Eventbrite and at the door if still available
Danny Paisley & The Southern Grass
Danny Paisley and The Southern Grass continue to be deeply rooted in tradition but look to the future with enthusiasm and anticipation. The group’s latest release, Bluegrass Troubadour, was nominated for IBMA’s Album of the Year and earned significant chart action, with the song Blink of an Eye spending several months at the #1 spot on the Bluegrass music charts and was also nominated for IBMA Song of the Year.
Danny Paisley and the Southern Grass play powerful, unadorned, and intense traditional bluegrass. There is no hybrid or genre-bending music here. Their combination of instrumentation and vocals convey the energy and emotion of classic bluegrass and country music. Danny’s lead vocals will captivate your senses, so much so that many prominent musicians, including Alison Krauss, have considered Danny as one of their favorite singers. His voice combines powerful range and soulful blues with a sound like no one else in bluegrass today.
Since Danny’s father, Bob Paisley (founder of Southern Grass), passed away in 2004, Danny Paisley and The Southern Grass have made their niche in the bluegrass world, producing consecutive chart-topping albums. The group has been given over 20 Bluegrass Music Award Nominations and won the 2009 IBMA Song of the Year for Don’t Throw Mama’s Flowers Away. In 2024, Danny Paisley joined an elite group of vocalists to be awarded the IBMA Male Vocalist of the Year for the fourth time - an achievement bestowed only to three others in the history of Bluegrass music.
With Danny Paisley on guitar, Southern Grass continues the family tradition by adding Danny’s son Ryan on mandolin, the next generation of up-and-coming pickers. Southern Grass continues the rich musical heritage started by Bob Paisley and Ted Lundy with Lundy’s sons T.J. (Fiddle) and Bobby (Bass and Vocals). T.J. Lundy is a highly respected fiddler bridging the gap between old-time fiddling and bluegrass music. Bobby Lundy is also a renowned multi-instrumentalist who has gained attention for his unique bass style. Southern Grass also includes Dean Phillips on banjo.
Danny Paisley, born in Landenberg, PA, in 1959, grew up listening to the music his father Bob played and enjoyed hearing the sounds of classic bluegrass like Red Allen, Mac Martin, Bill Monroe, the Stanleys, Reno and Smiley, and the Osbornes. In addition to old-time mountain music and traditional country music. Once you hear Danny sing, it is no surprise that he lists George Jones and Vern Gosdin as major influences in his singing.
Danny Paisley and The Southern Grass continue to carry on a legacy set forth over six decades ago, gathering fans at each event; Danny Paisley and The Southern Grass look forward with renewed energy as they bring their unique sound to audiences near and far.
The Wharf Rats 420 Show
9:00pm - $10 Cover
It started fifteen years ago as a project to bring a new interpretation to the long format jam sound created by the Dead. The band has evolved over these past years to incorporate originals as well in the same genre. The band has played at numerous venues in the DMV area, and is expanding out to the Delaware shore. The sound is unique and captivating, drawing a loyal following as we expand our musical bounds that have no limits. " Shall we go, you and I, while we can....."
✿ ♫ MEMBERS ♫ ✿
Sven Abow- Drums
Eric "dawg" Metzman - Vocals / Guitar
Dell Potter - Vocals / Guitars
Alicia Beall - Vocals
Dan Kehoe - Bass
* Billy Monroe - Keys, Vocals
* Kirsten Stage - Djembe, Percussion
Christian Knight / Sound engineering
The Buds
2:00pm • $10 • Tickets on Eventbrite and at the door if still available
THE BUDS
The Buds formed several years ago as a refuge from the members’ other gigging bands, gathering weekly in a living room to play the kinds of deep cuts and originals that musicians play for themselves while hanging with other musicians. Now they’ve decided it’s time to bring the living room to you. Given their diverse backgrounds, you can expect anything from roots, to blues, to rockabilly, country and power pop. It’s all there.
The Buds are:
· Mark Stutso on drums, vocals (The Nighthawks, Mark Wenner’s Blues Warriors)
· Bruce Moyer on guitar, vocals (40 Dollar Fine, Pile O’ Rocks)
· Buddy Griffin on pedal steel and guitar, vocals (Cairo Fred, The McDuffees)
· Edward O’Connell on keyboards, vocals (BandHouse Gigs veteran, The McDuffees)
· Matt Spielman on bass, vocals (BandHouse Gigs and Newmyer Flyer veteran, Flatbroke)
The Hula Monsters
6:00pm - $10 Cover
Hawaiian swing, country Latin, rock and roll, rhythm and blues, Western swing and honky tonk country
Wolf's Every Monday Blues Show & Sit-In Jam
7:00pm • NO COVER! •Happy Hour 4-8
Great way to hear local blues talent, and you never know who's going to show up. Sometimes out-of-towners and touring musicians.
Even prominent national acts have stopped by to jam including Guitar Shorty, Bill Kirchen, Eugene Hideaway Bridges, Jimmy Carpenter, Memphis Gold, Bruce Ewan, Bobby Radcliff, Pierre Beauregard, Johnny Sansome, Johnny Vidacovich and Grammy Nominees Tab Benoit and Steve Riley!
Show Set: Wolf's Blues Shows & Sit-in Jams start the night with the Host band playing an opening show set. The host band features a weekly rotational lineup of some of DC's top blues frontmen such as:
Linwood Taylor--International touring artist (guitar & vocals),
Matt Kelley--Albert King Award winner (guitar & vocals), and
Backed up by: Andy Hamburger (drums) and Wolf Crescenze (bass).
Occasionally, other special guests will join the band!
Sit-in Jam Sets
The sit-in jam portion of the evening begins at the conclusion of the show set. Throughout the rest of the night, musicians who have signed up will be invited to come up 1 or 2 at a time to sit in and jam with the band.
Dan Hovey
5:30pm - Happy Hour prices! • NO COVER!
Dan Hovey
The former Nighthawks guitarist plays finger-style in the tradition of Takoma Park legend John Fahey.
Swing 5 Jazz/ Includes beginner Balboa dance lesson @7:15
7:15 Lesson 8:00pm Show • $10 - $20 Recommended Donation
Swing 5
Swing 5 will transport you back to France in the 1930s. Begin with the heartbeat of a slap bass and the pulse of two rhythm guitars. Add to it melodic runs sweetly played on the accordion and a soaring fiddle. What you get is the Swing 5 band playing jazz and swing music from a time when a night out meant live music that provokes the uncontrollable urge to dance! Lead by talented local guitarist James Key and influenced by the legendary Django Reinhardt, this is a show you won't want to miss!
Intro to Balboa
Do you like listening to Swing 5 but find it challenging to dance to their energetic tempos? If so, come learn beginner Balboa with Tony Treston and Katherine Anderson! Experienced dance teachers Katherine and Tony, who regularly teach at Glen Echo, will be offering a free basic lesson in Balboa — a footwork-focused dance style which is tailor made for fast-tempo tunes and crowded dance floors — at 7:15 pm before Swing 5 takes the stage. Come for the 30-minute lesson, then stay to put your new moves into practice on the Hank Dietle’s dance floor!
Bill Baker Band
5:30 • No Cover • Happy Hour 4-8
Local boy Bill Baker has become a familiar name in the Washington DC music scene. His award winning and critically acclaimed songs and voice have made their way across the States and onto main stage venues at Kerrville Folk Festival, Merlefest, Kennedy center, Strathmore arts center and Barns at Wolftrap as well as performances in Europe.
Playing with Bill are Scott Giambusso on bass, Derek Brock on guitar, and the very beautiful Steve Bloom on percussion.
Nashville Twisters: Amelia White & Linda McRae w/ Mary Battiata
8pm • $15 • Tickets on Eventbrite and at the door if still available
Nashville Twisters
The Thrills
8:00pm - $10 Cover
“Spine Tingling Rock n’ Roll”
DAVID KITCHEN - LEAD VOCALS/GUITAR
David is an uber-talented singer-songwriter with deep roots in the DC area. He has won multiple WAMMMIE awards for his work with The David Kitchen Band and The Thrillbillys.
ANDY RUTHERFORD - GUITAR/SLIDE/VOCALS
Andy has been an in-demand musician in the DC area for the past 35 years. He has won multiple WAMMIE awards with the likes of The Thrillbillys, Ruthie and the Wranglers, and Little Pink.
JOHNNY COMBS - BASS/VOCALS
Johnny has been a cornerstone of the DC area music scene for the past 40 years playing with Evan Johns and the H-Bombs, Tex Rubinowitz, Pink and Black, and Doc Scantlin and the Imperial Palms Orchestra
BRIAN ALPERT - DRUMS/VOCALS
Brian is a veteran of the DC and Charlottesville music scenes. Brian has been the backbone of many legendary bands including Cowboy Jazz, The Assassins, and Doc Scantlin and the Imperial Palms Orchestra. Brian also played and toured with guitar legend Danny Gatton.
Munford & Cohen
5:30pm • No Cover • Happy Hour ‘til 8pm
They don’t just play classic rock. They are classic rock. In the Summer of Love, 1967, Munford sang the million-selling psychedelic record "Incense and Peppermints" by the Strawberry Alarm Clock (who toured with the Beach Boys, Buffalo Springfield and the Who among others). But while they play the fun, familiar songs of the Stones, the Meters, the Ronettes and others, Munford and Cohen is no cover band. With a guitar, a bass, 2 voices and a rhythm machine of loops, delays and programmed drums they breathe new life into old (and some current and original) tunes with a fresh sound that favors deep grooves over high volume for a new take on an old school vibe. Call it fresh classic rock.
Soul Crackers
9:00pm - $20 Tickets on Eventbrite and at the door if available
Take some of the greatest party music ever made, make sure it’s sung & played by a band that has made a career out of belting out those sweet soul sounds - and you've got yourself a REAL good time — meet the SOUL CRACKERS!
Their music encompasses Memphis & Motown soul, and features timeless songs by artists like Otis Redding, Average White Band, Martha & The Vandellas & Stevie Wonder among many others. This is the music that brings all ages and personalities together to a dance party. The SOUL CRACKERS grew up with this music and honor it with the legitimacy of a crackerjack soul horn band from the 60's.
Lead vocalist Tommy Lepson has won numerous "BEST VOCALIST" awards (WAMMIES) from the Washington Area Music Association and is considered a singer's singer. Possessing a stunning and powerful voice, Tommy conveys all the joy and passion that makes this music come alive. His blue-eyed soulful voice is world class. He is joined by The Too Much Sisters — two stellar vocalists Anita King and Caz Gardiner, and together they pull off those beautiful Motown harmonies.
On guitar is Paul Bell, who played with Nils Lofgren and The Nighthawks. The horn section includes Chris Hutton (trumpet) and Wayne Sulc (sax), and completing the band are Spencer Hoopes (keyboards); Chuck Sullivan (drums); and Ronnie Newmyer (bass) who have been a solid rhythm section for decades. This is a tight soulful 9-piece band that will literally drive you to the dance floor with their signature medleys and inspire you with three-part harmonies and amazing solos.
This band is the real deal.
Formed in 1982, the SOUL CRACKERS were a full time performing powerhouse on the East Coast bar circuit for many years. Headlining shows such as the Adams Morgan Day Festival and clubs like the Bayou and the Wax Museum led to a command performance at the White House in 1994.
They have played every type of function possible and specialize in clubs, parties, anniversaries, corporate events, weddings and festivals. Soul Crackers has recorded several CDs, including: LIVE at the Barns of Wolf Trap (2003); Soul Crackers, 30 Years of Soul (2011); Soul Crackers, 30 Years of Soul, Volume 2 (2015); and A Soulful Christmas released in December 2018 — all available on ITunes and CD Baby.
School of Musical Traditions Showcase
1:00pm • No Cover
School of Musical Traditions Showcase
School of Musical Traditions is proud to present a few of our adult ensembles in a benefit concert raising funds for the Justice Arts Coalition. This eclectic showcase will include sets from our Traditional Bluegrass Ensemble, our Folk Americana Band, and the SMT Jazz ensemble and all proceeds from donations will go to the Justice Arts Coalition.
Justice Arts Coalition, transforming art into a tool for advocacy, empowerment, and community building.
Justice Arts Coalition unites artists impacted by the criminal legal system and creatives everywhere to harness art's transformative power and reimagine justice. Through the sharing of resources, stories, and learning opportunities, JAC is building a nationwide collective of people who are committed to increasing opportunities for creative expression in carceral settings, amplifying the voices of those most impacted by mass incarceration, and shaping public dialogue around the intersection of the arts and justice.
JAC has remained a grassroots project throughout its recent transformation into a national 501c3 nonprofit organization.
The Blue Rhythm Boys
5:00pm • $10 Cover
The Blue Rhythm Boys bring authenticity, originality and joy to their own swinging mix of hot jazz, country blues and hokum. Their love of the great, acoustic string bands of the last century shines clear and strong. You'll hear music from the 1920's & 30's; a raucous repertoire featuring songs from Mississippi John Hurt, Blind Blake, Washington Phillips and Pink Anderson as well as the "hot club" swing of Django Reinhardt, the western swing of Bob Wills & The Texas Playboys, and the thrilling music of Slim & Slam, Hank Penny and the great Fats Waller. The Blue Rhythm Boys have played this music their entire lives, and their great delight and considerable chops will be evident pretty quick into their first set.
"Swingin’ Acoustic Guitars,southern-tinged vocals,and the best repertoire East of Bucks County all combine to float your boat up the mighty Miss-i-sip!” -Folk/Swingster Dan Hicks
Billy Coulter Band
9:00pm • $10 • Tickets on Eventbrite and at the door
Washington D.C. singer/songwriter Billy Coulter’s distinctive style straddles the line between Roots Rock and Power Pop. Blending diverse influences from Springsteen and Petty to Lennon and Bowie he’s created a fresh, authentic sound with a nod to the classics that inspired him. Coulter quickly made a name for himself with his unique songwriting and vocals winning 20 Washington Area Music (WAMMIE) Awards including Album of the Year (Dose), Song of the Year (Party of One), Songwriter of the Year. He recently won the Mid-Atlantic Song Contest Grand Prize for his composition "A Million Pieces." Billy's engaging live performances have graced the stages at some of the region’s top venues and festivals including The Birchmere, Rams Head, Strathmore, The Hamilton, and regional festivals, frequently supporting national acts.
Bingo Gigolos
2:00pm • NO COVER
A quartet leaning heavily on the distinct, soulful sound of 60's and 70's Hammond B3 organ. Think Santana, Allman Brothers, Jimmy Smith and then some hipper contemporary stuff like The Delvon Lamarr Organ Trio and The New Master Sounds.
The Gigolos are:
Eric Ulreich Guitar • Ron Newmyer Bass • Brian Alpert Drums • Bobby Fagel Hammond B3
Corey Arceneaux & the Zydeco Hot Peppers
6:00pm • $20 • tickets on Eventbrite and at the door if available
Corey Arceneaux and the Zydeco Hot Peppers
Corey Arceneaux is a Louisiana born and bred zydeco accordionist and band leader. He learned the accordion at a young age and formed his first band while still in high school. His great-uncles, musicians Rodney Bernard and the legendary Fernest Arceneaux, were his inspirations. As he found his style, Clifton Chenier and Stanley “Buckwheat” Dural, Jr. became his favorites, and Buckwheat also became a mentor and friend.
Corey and the Zydeco Hot Peppers perform internationally and domestically – wowing dignitaries and crowds at special events, festivals, clubs and Mardi Gras balls through the years. They also recorded five studio albums. Simultaneously, Corey has been a radio DJ for about 30 years, which has allowed him to promote Zydeco and the Creole culture of Southwest Louisiana to a larger audience. Currently, he hosts “Hot Sauce Saturday” on KFXZ/Z105.9 FM/www.z1059.com on Saturdays from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Central time.
After moving to Virginia, Corey connected with area musicians with experience in and a passion for Zydeco music. They jammed, and everything came together like a pot of gumbo. The talented Zydeco Hot Peppers are Ben Holmes (drummer), Doug Bell (guitar), Gene Monroe (bass) and Pat Clark (scubboard/frottoir).
Ben Holmes started playing Zydeco in the 1980s. He’s toured and recorded with Al Rapone and the Zydeco Express and the Grammy-winning Queen Ida and the Bon Temps Zydeco band. He’s taken Zydeco on the road from Australia to Africa. Ben plays various genres, but he has a genuine love for Louisiana music styles.Since 1995, Ben has played with DC favorites, such as The Hula Monsters, King Soul, Zydeco Crayz, Savoir Faire Cajun Band, The Canecutters, Canebrake Cajun Band and The Longtimers.
Doug Bell is a veteran musician in the DC area and has performed across the eastern U.S. for nearly 25 years. He has played in bands such as Zydeco Crayz, The Louisiana Sugar Kings, Charlie Sayles and Union Mission Blues, Savoir Faire Cajun Band and Canebreak Cajun Band. His passion is for authentic southern American roots music, especially the dance styles of south Louisiana.
Gene Monroe comes from a musical family and has been a working bassist for the past 30 years. He has performed with artists such as Billy Thompson, King Soul, The Grandsons, Skyla Burrell, Daryl Davis, Shrimp City Slim, Little Bit A’ Blues, Mike Westcott, J.B. Beverley, Deane Kern and Hard Swimming Fish, to name just a few. He has played well-known clubs and festivals both in the DC region and up and down the Atlantic Coast, Memphis, Chicago, San Diego and Japan.
Pat Clark is a professional drummer, guitarist, and private music teacher from Silver Spring, Maryland. As a kid, he went to New Orleans, Louisiana every year for Jazz Fest so Zydeco is in his bones. Pat has been influenced from artists such as Taylor Swift, Dashboard Confessional, Stanton Moore and Los Lobos.
Corey Arceneaux and the Zydeco Hot Peppers “Live @Hank Dietle’s”
Corey Arceneaux and the Zydeco Hot Peppers are ready to spice up the music scene and to bring authentic Zydeco to the DMV and beyond.
Wolf's Every Monday Blues Show & Sit-In Jam
7:00pm • NO COVER! •Happy Hour 4-8
Great way to hear local blues talent, and you never know who's going to show up. Sometimes out-of-towners and touring musicians.
Even prominent national acts have stopped by to jam including Guitar Shorty, Bill Kirchen, Eugene Hideaway Bridges, Jimmy Carpenter, Memphis Gold, Bruce Ewan, Bobby Radcliff, Pierre Beauregard, Johnny Sansome, Johnny Vidacovich and Grammy Nominees Tab Benoit and Steve Riley!
Show Set: Wolf's Blues Shows & Sit-in Jams start the night with the Host band playing an opening show set. The host band features a weekly rotational lineup of some of DC's top blues frontmen such as:
Linwood Taylor--International touring artist (guitar & vocals),
Matt Kelley--Albert King Award winner (guitar & vocals), and
Mike Westcott - Guitar & Vocals
Backed up by: Andy Hamburger (drums) and Wolf Crescenze (bass).
Occasionally, other special guests will join the band!
Sit-in Jam Sets
The sit-in jam portion of the evening begins at the conclusion of the show set. Throughout the rest of the night, musicians who have signed up will be invited to come up 1 or 2 at a time to sit in and jam with the band.
Dan Hovey
5:30pm • No Cover • Happy Hour prices!
Dan Hovey
The former Nighthawks guitarist plays finger-style in the tradition of Takoma Park legend John Fahey.
Buffalo Nickel Band
8:00pm • $10-$20 suggested donation
Is a driving swing band with a new twist on the old with a great mix of strings and reeds. Lively vocal and instrumental harmonies float above the irresistible dance rhythms. Tom Mindte—mandolin, accordion; Marv Reitz—reeds; Pete Hinz—violin; Tom McLaughlin—guitar; Kathy Reitz—double bass.
Jack Bond
5:30 • NO COVER! • Happy Hour 4-8
Singer/Songwriter Jack Bond is a performing musician living in Maryland and Nashville. His voice and guitar playing echo the years he spent living in Nashville as a songwriter/performer/studio musician. Jack’s songwriting career includes the title cut on Polydor artist Roy Buchanan’s album “That’s What I Am Here For.” He has performed dozens of times at the world famous “Bluebird Café” in Nashville. Jack is an accomplished guitarist playing on major artist records as well as producing his own recordings.
Jack has a myriad of styles including Nashville Country, Americana, Pop, Rock, and Christian. He continues to write with some of the best in Nashville, producing guitar tracks and collaborating with them. In November of 2018, Jack was selected to join the ranks of Jason Mraz, Black-eyed Peas and David Lee Roth as a composer for Songs of Love Foundation, producing original songs for children with very serious medical issues.
Jack’s latest venture is composing original songs for TV & Film and he is proud to announce that his song “Blue Memories” written with Jim Pasquale (cuts with Ray Charles, to name a few,) is to be featured in the Hollywood indie-film Turnover. He is “in it for the love of music, and people”.
And who can forget the classic! “Thank God It’s Friday” by Harbison, Bond, and Goddard
The Longtimers
8:00PM • $10 Cover
Ben Holmes, Tom Clifford, Moe Nelson, and Pete Rose are DC's newest old-school band: expect high energy Americana roots rock inspired by New Orleans, soul and more.
Swamp Grass
5:30pm • $10 Suggested donation
Swamp Grass is a bluegrass band that grew out of weekly jam sessions in Capitol Hill(extra Swampy). Playing Classic tunes with modern arrangements as well as plenty of originals and probably too much improvisation.
Wild Anacostias
9pm • $17 in advance on Eventbrite • $20 at the door if available
The Wild Anacostias! Hyattsville's preeminent New Orleans/Blues style, funky, raucous, merry-making, multi-morphous Zydeco party band!!
Big Howdy Bluegrass Showcase
5:00pm • $15 • Tickets on Eventbrite and at the door if still available
The first Saturday of each month Big Howdy hosts a showcase featuring a special guest!
Special Guest: TBA
A DC-based progressive bluegrass band featuring the duet singing of Dede Wyland and Randy Barrett. The group offers a mix of original songs plus reinterpretations of classic country, bluegrass and roots material. Dede is a nationally recognized vocalist while Randy is a well-established singer songwriter and banjoist. Together with Ira Gitlin on bass and Tom McLaughlin on mandolin, Big Howdy sounds unlike any other band. And that's the way they like it.
Dede Wyland - Vocals Guitar
Randy Barrett - Vocals, Banjo, Guitar
Ira Gitlin - Vocal, Bass
Tom McLaughlin - Vocals, Mandolin, Guitar
16th & T Band
9:00pm • $15Cover • Tickets on Eventbrite and at the door if still available.
Born out of the Dupont Circle - Adams Morgan house band party scene of the early 90's, 16th & T is nothing if not the most coveted, crowd-pleasing cover ensemble this side of the Potomac. From classic R&B to pop, southern shuffle to sizzle, this sextet brings the songs to life that everyone knows but forgets they love, until it's served up 16th and T-style. Fronted by De Blumberg's enchanting and soulful vocals, the gritty guitar grooves and rhythm nation back beats will leave you shouting Encore!
Wolf's Every Monday Blues Show & Sit-In Jam
7:00pm • NO COVER! •Happy Hour 4-8
Great way to hear local blues talent, and you never know who's going to show up. Sometimes out-of-towners and touring musicians.
Even prominent national acts have stopped by to jam including Guitar Shorty, Bill Kirchen, Eugene Hideaway Bridges, Jimmy Carpenter, Memphis Gold, Bruce Ewan, Bobby Radcliff, Pierre Beauregard, Johnny Sansome, Johnny Vidacovich and Grammy Nominees Tab Benoit and Steve Riley!
Show Set: Wolf's Blues Shows & Sit-in Jams start the night with the Host band playing an opening show set. The host band features a weekly rotational lineup of some of DC's top blues frontmen such as:
Linwood Taylor--International touring artist (guitar & vocals),
Matt Kelley--Albert King Award winner (guitar & vocals), and
Backed up by: Andy Hamburger (drums) and Wolf Crescenze (bass).
Occasionally, other special guests will join the band!
Sit-in Jam Sets
The sit-in jam portion of the evening begins at the conclusion of the show set. Throughout the rest of the night, musicians who have signed up will be invited to come up 1 or 2 at a time to sit in and jam with the band.
Dan Hovey
5:30pm - Happy Hour prices! • NO COVER!
Dan Hovey
The former Nighthawks guitarist plays finger-style in the tradition of Takoma Park legend John Fahey.
Brother Bill Quintet
8:00pm • $10-$20 suggested donation
CLASSIC 50’s and 60’s BLUE NOTE JAZZ
• Dan Gutwein - Saxophone
• Nick Ruggieri - Drums
• Hart Pettit - Trumpet
• Alec Petkoff - Bass
• Tam Sullivan - Keyboard
David Goodfriend
5:30pm • NO COVER! • Happy Hour 4-8
David Goodfriend has played in Goin' Goin' Gone for more than 40 years. What you might not know is that he and Russ Beeker had a duo called The Beverly Brothers that played at Kramerbooks for more than a decade. David's solo act includes a few GGG tunes but mostly it's songs that he wrote that the band never played, songs that move inside his soul, songs he sings to his living room walls.
"Local Cream" songwriter showcase
8:00pm - $10-$20 Suggested donation for the artists.
Every first Wednesday of the month, Annette Wasilik curates and hosts this showcase of the area's finest singer/songwriters at Hank Dietle's Tavern in Rockville, which has literally risen from the ashes and it looks, sounds and feels fabulous! $10-$20 Suggested donation for the artists.
This month features: TBA
Bill Starks
5:30 • NO COVER! • Happy Hour 4-8
Bill Starks is an award winning songwriter and keyboard player with a rockin' piano style and a tendency to defy genres, blending rock n roll, honky tonk, boogie woogie and blues into a kind of Americana musical gumbo.
As a member of DC's longtime favorite Americana group Ruthie and the Wranglers, as well NRBQ tribute band Me & the Boys, and a BandHouse Gigs regular, Bill is a favorite for DC audiences, with a lovable lived-in voice, amazing piano chops, and a distinctive songwriting style. His tune "300 Miles from Memphis To New Orleans" won WAMA's song-of-the-year award. In addition to recording with Ruthie and the Wranglers, Bill has released two solo CD's, "I See Trouble" and "Do You Hear Me Now?" on Azalea City Recordings. In 2015 Bill received the WAMA Songwriter of the Year award.
The Grandsons
8:00pm • $10 Cover
A fan aptly described The Grandsons exuberant sound as “American music in a blender with the lid off.” The more prominent elements in this eclectic whirlpool are New Orleans rhythm and blues, rockabilly, swing, and country two-steps. The Grandsons bring with them a pawn shop of instruments. Vocalist-guitarist-trumpeter Alan MacEwen charms audiences with his sly wit and winsome original songs. DC blues veteran Matthew Sedgley locks in the groove on drums and percussion. Saxophonist Chris Watling puts out a sound so meaty and memorable that he is in demand all over as a guest artist and session player. Moe Nelson holds down the low end on upright bass but has been known to break out the ukulele. Join The Grandsons as they move and shake into their 3rd decade in the world of rock and roll!
Gina DeSimone and the Moaners
5:30pm • NO COVER!
Swing, Rock 'n' Roll, Blues, R&B with a Twist —
Gina DeSimone & The Moaners are a DC-based blues and swing foursome that are sure to liven up any event with an eclectic mix of music from all eras! Since 2007, The Moaners have made their mark on the D.C. music scene with unrelentingly danceable tunes and fun-loving humor. The group's musically diverse backgrounds come together to deliver a night of enthusiastic fun, foot tappin' rhythm, and killer harmonies
Cravin' Dogs
9:00pm - $10 Cover
They began as a “gonzo-folk” trio in 1986. Founding members Caldwell Gray, Lisa “Weezy” Venable Gray, and Tom Helf crafted a sparse brand of rock & roll that used acoustic guitar, drums and harmony-driven vocals to create a unique blend of folk, classic rock, ’80s new wave and bluegrass.
“Joining Caldwell and Tom in the current line-up are John Penovich (lead guitar and vocals), Todd Baker (fiddle and vocals), and Arch Alcantara (bass and vocals).”
Cravin’ Dogs has since evolved into an all-original, eclectic, roots-rock quintet that has played over 1000 shows and released ten full-length albums, one EP and two compilation retrospectives.
Candyman & The Baltimore Show
8pm • $10 • Tickets on Eventbrite and at the door
POWERFUL, HIGHLY ENJOYABLE, & MEMORABLE LIVE MUSIC PERFORMANCES!
The SHOW presents an outstanding cast of some of the best musicians from the Baltimore/DC Metro area.
Each contributing band member brings their unique musical talent to THE SHOW.
And on any given night there can be a different all-star band lineup that backs the CANDYMAN at popular live-performance venues, restaurants and bars, nightclubs, shopping centers, festivals, corporate events, or weddings.
THE SHOW is moved by the time-honored sound of American music - from Boogie Woogie Blues to Jazz to R&B to Rock n' Roll & Swing – good-time stuff!
Music transforms the mood, and THE SHOW makes you feel good!
Wolf's Every Monday Blues Show & Sit-In Jam
7:00pm • NO COVER! •Happy Hour 4-8
Great way to hear local blues talent, and you never know who's going to show up. Sometimes out-of-towners and touring musicians.
Even prominent national acts have stopped by to jam including Guitar Shorty, Bill Kirchen, Eugene Hideaway Bridges, Jimmy Carpenter, Memphis Gold, Bruce Ewan, Bobby Radcliff, Pierre Beauregard, Johnny Sansome, Johnny Vidacovich and Grammy Nominees Tab Benoit and Steve Riley!
Show Set: Wolf's Blues Shows & Sit-in Jams start the night with the Host band playing an opening show set. The host band features a weekly rotational lineup of some of DC's top blues frontmen such as:
Linwood Taylor--International touring artist (guitar & vocals),
Matt Kelley--Albert King Award winner (guitar & vocals), and
Backed up by: Andy Hamburger (drums) and Wolf Crescenze (bass).
Occasionally, other special guests will join the band!
Sit-in Jam Sets
The sit-in jam portion of the evening begins at the conclusion of the show set. Throughout the rest of the night, musicians who have signed up will be invited to come up 1 or 2 at a time to sit in and jam with the band.
Dan Hovey
5:30pm - Happy Hour prices! • NO COVER!
Dan Hovey
The former Nighthawks guitarist plays finger-style in the tradition of Takoma Park legend John Fahey.
Wolf's Every Monday Blues Show & Sit-In Jam
7:00pm • NO COVER! •Happy Hour 4-8
Great way to hear local blues talent, and you never know who's going to show up. Sometimes out-of-towners and touring musicians.
Even prominent national acts have stopped by to jam including Guitar Shorty, Bill Kirchen, Eugene Hideaway Bridges, Jimmy Carpenter, Memphis Gold, Bruce Ewan, Bobby Radcliff, Pierre Beauregard, Johnny Sansome, Johnny Vidacovich and Grammy Nominees Tab Benoit and Steve Riley!
Show Set: Wolf's Blues Shows & Sit-in Jams start the night with the Host band playing an opening show set. The host band features a weekly rotational lineup of some of DC's top blues frontmen such as:
Linwood Taylor--International touring artist (guitar & vocals),
Matt Kelley--Albert King Award winner (guitar & vocals), and
Backed up by: Andy Hamburger (drums) and Wolf Crescenze (bass).
Occasionally, other special guests will join the band!
Sit-in Jam Sets
The sit-in jam portion of the evening begins at the conclusion of the show set. Throughout the rest of the night, musicians who have signed up will be invited to come up 1 or 2 at a time to sit in and jam with the band.
Dan Hovey
5:30pm - Happy Hour prices! • NO COVER!
Dan Hovey
The former Nighthawks guitarist plays finger-style in the tradition of Takoma Park legend John Fahey.
Wolf's Every Monday Blues Show & Sit-In Jam
7:00pm • NO COVER! •Happy Hour 4-8
Great way to hear local blues talent, and you never know who's going to show up. Sometimes out-of-towners and touring musicians.
Even prominent national acts have stopped by to jam including Guitar Shorty, Bill Kirchen, Eugene Hideaway Bridges, Jimmy Carpenter, Memphis Gold, Bruce Ewan, Bobby Radcliff, Pierre Beauregard, Johnny Sansome, Johnny Vidacovich and Grammy Nominees Tab Benoit and Steve Riley!
Show Set: Wolf's Blues Shows & Sit-in Jams start the night with the Host band playing an opening show set. The host band features a weekly rotational lineup of some of DC's top blues frontmen such as:
Linwood Taylor--International touring artist (guitar & vocals),
Matt Kelley--Albert King Award winner (guitar & vocals), and
Backed up by: Andy Hamburger (drums) and Wolf Crescenze (bass).
Occasionally, other special guests will join the band!
Sit-in Jam Sets
The sit-in jam portion of the evening begins at the conclusion of the show set. Throughout the rest of the night, musicians who have signed up will be invited to come up 1 or 2 at a time to sit in and jam with the band.
Dan Hovey
5:30pm • No Cover • Happy Hour prices!
Dan Hovey
The former Nighthawks guitarist plays finger-style in the tradition of Takoma Park legend John Fahey.
Jack Bond
5:30 • NO COVER! • Happy Hour 4-8
Singer/Songwriter Jack Bond is a performing musician living in Maryland and Nashville. His voice and guitar playing echo the years he spent living in Nashville as a songwriter/performer/studio musician. Jack’s songwriting career includes the title cut on Polydor artist Roy Buchanan’s album “That’s What I Am Here For.” He has performed dozens of times at the world famous “Bluebird Café” in Nashville. Jack is an accomplished guitarist playing on major artist records as well as producing his own recordings.
Jack has a myriad of styles including Nashville Country, Americana, Pop, Rock, and Christian. He continues to write with some of the best in Nashville, producing guitar tracks and collaborating with them. In November of 2018, Jack was selected to join the ranks of Jason Mraz, Black-eyed Peas and David Lee Roth as a composer for Songs of Love Foundation, producing original songs for children with very serious medical issues.
Jack’s latest venture is composing original songs for TV & Film and he is proud to announce that his song “Blue Memories” written with Jim Pasquale (cuts with Ray Charles, to name a few,) is to be featured in the Hollywood indie-film Turnover. He is “in it for the love of music, and people”.
And who can forget the classic! “Thank God It’s Friday” by Harbison, Bond, and Goddard
"Local Cream" songwriter showcase
8:00pm - $10-$20 Suggested donation for the artists.
Every first Wednesday of the month, Annette Wasilik curates and hosts this showcase of the area's finest singer/songwriters at Hank Dietle's Tavern in Rockville, which has literally risen from the ashes and it looks, sounds and feels fabulous! $10-$20 Suggested donation for the artists.
This month features:
David Goodfriend
5:30pm • NO COVER! • Happy Hour 4-8
David Goodfriend has played in Goin' Goin' Gone for more than 40 years. What you might not know is that he and Russ Beeker had a duo called The Beverly Brothers that played at Kramerbooks for more than a decade. David's solo act includes a few GGG tunes but mostly it's songs that he wrote that the band never played, songs that move inside his soul, songs he sings to his living room walls.
Brother Bill Quintet
8:00pm • $10-$20 suggested donation
CLASSIC 50’s and 60’s BLUE NOTE JAZZ
• Dan Gutwein - Saxophone
• Nick Ruggieri - Drums
• Hart Pettit - Trumpet
• Alec Petkoff - Bass
• Tam Sullivan - Keyboard
Dan Hovey
5:30pm - Happy Hour prices! • NO COVER!
Dan Hovey
The former Nighthawks guitarist plays finger-style in the tradition of Takoma Park legend John Fahey.
Wolf's Every Monday Blues Show & Sit-In Jam
7:00pm • NO COVER! •Happy Hour 4-8
Great way to hear local blues talent, and you never know who's going to show up. Sometimes out-of-towners and touring musicians.
Even prominent national acts have stopped by to jam including Guitar Shorty, Bill Kirchen, Eugene Hideaway Bridges, Jimmy Carpenter, Memphis Gold, Bruce Ewan, Bobby Radcliff, Pierre Beauregard, Johnny Sansome, Johnny Vidacovich and Grammy Nominees Tab Benoit and Steve Riley!
Show Set: Wolf's Blues Shows & Sit-in Jams start the night with the Host band playing an opening show set. The host band features a weekly rotational lineup of some of DC's top blues frontmen such as:
Linwood Taylor--International touring artist (guitar & vocals),
Matt Kelley--Albert King Award winner (guitar & vocals), and
Backed up by: Andy Hamburger (drums) and Wolf Crescenze (bass).
Occasionally, other special guests will join the band!
Sit-in Jam Sets
The sit-in jam portion of the evening begins at the conclusion of the show set. Throughout the rest of the night, musicians who have signed up will be invited to come up 1 or 2 at a time to sit in and jam with the band.
John Previti • Danny Knicely • Baakari Wilder
6pm • $10-$20 suggested donation
John Previti • Danny Knicely • Baakari Wilder
Multi-instrumentalist Danny Knicely ignites a compelling combustion of live music and dance fueled by the explosive feet of tap dancer Baakari Wilder and incendiary hands of John Previti on double bass. Together with Danny on mandolin and guitar, these three masters of their craft perform an intricate array of jazz, original and traditional music producing an inferno of rhythm, melody and improvisation.
The McDuffees
2:00pm $10 cover
For the past sixteen years The McDuffees have been playing in and around the Washington area re-creating the Laurel Canyon country rock sounds of the 60s and 70s and dipping into some classic rock favorites! The current line-up includes Lois McDuffee on guitar and vocals, Tom McDuffee on bass and vocals, Joe Goulait on guitars, mandolin and vocals, and Rand Gardner on drums along with Band House alumni Buddy Griffin on pedal steel, guitar and vocals and Ed O’Connell on keyboards and vocals. The group is known for its three- and four-part harmonies over a solid rhythm section.
Joe Goulait - Guitar, Mandocaster, Vocals
Lois McDuffee - Guitar, Vocals
Tom Mcduffee - Bass, Vocals
Rand Gardner - Drums, Percussion
Buddy Griffin - Pedal Steel, Guitar, Vocals
Ed O’Connell - Keyboards, Vocals
The Oklahoma Twisters
9:00pm • $15 • Tickets on Eventbrite and at the door
They came together in the Fall of 1995 to bring Western Swing to the Nation's Capitol. We have been well-received at past gigs both public and private. The Twisters concentrate on music for dancing. Ours is a social dance crowd that enjoys a mix of Texas two-steps, swing, waltzes and polkas.
• George Welling - Rhythm Guitar, Vocals
• Jeff Reynolds - Fiddle, Electric Mandolin, Vocals
• Ira Gitlin - String Bass, Vocals
• Lynn Kasdorf - Steel Guitar, Vocals
• Brian Alpert - Drums
• Tom McLaughlin Lead Guitar, Fiddle
Thanks for dropping in! Browse around and enjoy!
Dede & the Do-Rights w/ Special Guest: Harry Orlove
5PM • $10 Suggested Donation
DEDE & THE DO-RIGHT'S music is a wondrous fusion of some of the best elements of vintage country music with an early rock ‘n roll feel. Their powerful vocals and beautiful harmonies are a treat to the ear and the band’s infectious energy makes their listeners want to jump to their feet and dance the night away!
Harry Orlove is a consummate studio and performance guitarist. For more than forty years, he was a widely sought-after session guitarist in L.A. as well as the musical director of the famous Palomino Music Club house band in LA. He's known for knocking your socks off so be sure to bring an extra pair!
Caligula Blushed - A Tribute to The Smiths and Morrissey
9:00pm • $15 Cover • Tickets on Eventbrite and at the door if available
Dedicated to the notion that fans of the Smiths and Morrissey want to hear some of the greatest music ever written in a true live concert setting, Caligula Blushed delivers an authentic rendition of Smiths/Morrissey songs, with each performance based on an impeccable set list.
Seasoned Mozzer Quinn has fronted multiple Smiths tributes, including Girlfriend In A Coma, with whom he once performed in place of Morrissey’s 2007 Rams Head cancellation. Quinn’s spot-on Moz mannerisms and vocals, paired with the band's top flight musicians, render each Caligula Blushed performance a visceral live experience for all Smiths and Morrissey fans!
Vocals - Quinn
Guitar - Craig Gildner
Bass - Stephen “Gio” Brusca
Drums - Steven Snyder
Soul Sonic Samurai
5:30 • No cover • Happy Hour 4-8
After many years of study on a remote Japanese island, three masters combine forces to become the Soul Sonic Samurai. Sensei Frank Mitchell's tenor horn has cut through dense forests around the world with dojos like Thievery Corporation and All Mighty Senators. Holding down the organ Sensei Bronson Hoover has studied with the elders and shared his talents with masters like Scott Tournet, Chris O'Leary, and Gabe Stillman. Sensei Nick Ruggieri learned his craft with the wizards of Boston before sharpening his sticks with Mama Jama and the Pacific Orchestra. Three come together as one voice. It's jazz. It's soul. It's dangerous. It's the Soul Sonic Samurai.
The Thrills
8:00pm - $10 Cover
“Spine Tingling Rock n’ Roll”
DAVID KITCHEN - LEAD VOCALS/GUITAR
David is an uber-talented singer-songwriter with deep roots in the DC area. He has won multiple WAMMMIE awards for his work with The David Kitchen Band and The Thrillbillys.
ANDY RUTHERFORD - GUITAR/SLIDE/VOCALS
Andy has been an in-demand musician in the DC area for the past 35 years. He has won multiple WAMMIE awards with the likes of The Thrillbillys, Ruthie and the Wranglers, and Little Pink.
JOHNNY COMBS - BASS/VOCALS
Johnny has been a cornerstone of the DC area music scene for the past 40 years playing with Evan Johns and the H-Bombs, Tex Rubinowitz, Pink and Black, and Doc Scantlin and the Imperial Palms Orchestra
BRIAN ALPERT - DRUMS/VOCALS
Brian is a veteran of the DC and Charlottesville music scenes. Brian has been the backbone of many legendary bands including Cowboy Jazz, The Assassins, and Doc Scantlin and the Imperial Palms Orchestra. Brian also played and toured with guitar legend Danny Gatton.
Jay Byrd
5:30pm • Happy Hour • No Cover
Jason (Jay) Byrd has been a professional guitarist, singer, and songwriter since his late teens. In his early twenties, he co-founded the blues-rock trio The Groov with Kerry Brooks, and in 1996 joined the then-Grateful Dead cover band Wavy Train. Byrd's original songs and guitar work helped Wavy Train to forge a sound that combined pop-oriented melodies with extended improvisation. After moving to the Washington, DC area in 2001, Jason began crafting songs with a decidedly Americana bent. An award-winning songwriter (NewSong, Mid-Atlantic Songwriting Contest, Bernard-Ebb Finalist), Jason continues to write and perform original roots-influenced music. Jay’s new album, At Home Again, is set for release in 2022. His previous band, South Rail, has released three EPs, a self-titled debut in 2012, "Stars" (2014), produced by Don Was, and most recently, “Take The Wheel” (2018).
Throughout the years with Wavy Train, South Rail and as a solo artist, Jay has opened for Little Feat, Chely Wright, Cary Morin, Don Dixon & Marti Jones, Kevin Gordon, Caroline Rose, Yarn, etc. and has shared stages with String Cheese Incident, Tom Constanten, Col. Bruce Hampton, Ratdog and Steve Winwood, among many others.
Rick Whitehead Jazz Trio
8:00pm • $10 Cover
Rick Whitehead Trio Performing as a trio shortly after the untimely death of Danny Gatton, they immediately discovered their musical compatibility and have produced a tight and cohesive musical unit, resulting in stunning performances. The trio presented a concert in July 2004 at the Washington National Cathedral as part of the Cathedral’s Summer Music Festival. Some of the venues where they have appeared are Blues Alley, Bohemian Caverns, the Smithsonian’s Jazz Club, the IOTA Club, the John F. Kennedy Center’s Millennium Stage and, appear on a regular basis at the 219 Restaurant in Alexandria, Virginia.
Rick Whitehead - Guitar
Led by master jazz guitarist, Rick Whitehead, the other members of the trio are bassist John Previti and drummer Nick Ruggieri. This highly acclaimed trio has been performing together since 1994. Their first CD, Live in Captivity, won the Washington Area Music Association WAMMIE Award in 1998 for best Contemporary Album. Their second CD, Live in Captivity, Again was released in 2001. In 2004, 2006 and 2007 they were nominated by WAMA as Best Jazz Ensemble. The trio’s third recording So There We Were … was released in July 2006.
John Previti - Bass
has the distinction of receiving the Washington Area Musicians Award in 2002 for best musician in the Metro area. From Southern Maryland, Previti was a long-time member of the Danny Gatton Band. Considered the guitarist’s bass player, he has performed with Charlie Byrd, Herb Ellis and Les Paul, and with the great trumpeter, Doc Cheatham. Previti has also recorded with Herb Ellis and Paul Simon. He fronts his own quartet and recently released a new CD, Swinging Lullabyes for My Rosetta, which received rave reviews.
Nick Ruggieri - Drums
Nick attended Berklee School of Music in Boston, MA, majoring in Percussion Performance. While in Boston, he studied with Fred Budha, Chief Percussionist with the Boston Philharmonic as well as Alan Dawson, the famous Jazz Drummer/Instructor. While attending Berklee, Nick studied with Joe Hunt, the Latin/Jazz drummer with Stan Getz and Antonio Carlos Jobim, as well as Bob Gulotti, with the the Avant-Garde Jazz Band, The Fringe. Nick recorded and traveled extensively with the Reggae /Ska band, Pacific Orchestra, both on Ras Records and DB Records. Upon returning to the DC area, Nick performed with Mama Jama, a Soca/Calypso and Afro-Pop band from Annapolis MD. He has since played with many area groups in all genres and styles, continuing performance and teaching full time.
Bill Baker Band
5:30 - 7:00pm - No Cover
Local boy Bill Baker has become a familiar name in the Washington DC music scene. His award winning and critically acclaimed songs and voice have made their way across the States and onto main stage venues at Kerrville Folk Festival, Merlefest, Kennedy center, Strathmore arts center and Barns at Wolftrap as well as performances in Europe.
Playing with Bill are Scott Giambusso on bass, Derek Brock on guitar, and the very beautiful Steve Bloom on percussion.
Swing 5 Jazz/ Includes beginner Balboa dance lesson @7:15
7:15 Lesson - 8:00pm Show • $10 - $20 Recommended Donation
Swing 5
Swing 5 will transport you back to France in the 1930s. Begin with the heartbeat of a slap bass and the pulse of two rhythm guitars. Add to it melodic runs sweetly played on the accordion and a soaring fiddle. What you get is the Swing 5 band playing jazz and swing music from a time when a night out meant live music that provokes the uncontrollable urge to dance! Lead by talented local guitarist James Key and influenced by the legendary Django Reinhardt, this is a show you won't want to miss!
Intro to Balboa
Do you like listening to Swing 5 but find it challenging to dance to their energetic tempos? If so, come learn beginner Balboa with Tony Treston and Katherine Anderson! Experienced dance teachers Katherine and Tony, who regularly teach at Glen Echo, will be offering a free basic lesson in Balboa — a footwork-focused dance style which is tailor made for fast-tempo tunes and crowded dance floors — at 7:15 pm before Swing 5 takes the stage. Come for the 30-minute lesson, then stay to put your new moves into practice on the Hank Dietle’s dance floor!
Dan Hovey
5:30pm • No Cover • Happy Hour prices!
The former Nighthawks guitarist plays finger-style in the tradition of Takoma Park legend John Fahey.
Wolf's Every Monday Blues Show & Sit-In Jam
7:00pm • NO COVER! •Happy Hour 4-8
Great way to hear local blues talent, and you never know who's going to show up. Sometimes out-of-towners and touring musicians.
Even prominent national acts have stopped by to jam including Guitar Shorty, Bill Kirchen, Eugene Hideaway Bridges, Jimmy Carpenter, Memphis Gold, Bruce Ewan, Bobby Radcliff, Pierre Beauregard, Johnny Sansome, Johnny Vidacovich and Grammy Nominees Tab Benoit and Steve Riley!
Show Set: Wolf's Blues Shows & Sit-in Jams start the night with the Host band playing an opening show set. The host band features a weekly rotational lineup of some of DC's top blues frontmen such as:
Linwood Taylor--International touring artist (guitar & vocals),
Matt Kelley--Albert King Award winner (guitar & vocals), and
Backed up by: Andy Hamburger (drums) and Wolf Crescenze (bass).
Occasionally, other special guests will join the band!
Sit-in Jam Sets
The sit-in jam portion of the evening begins at the conclusion of the show set. Throughout the rest of the night, musicians who have signed up will be invited to come up 1 or 2 at a time to sit in and jam with the band.
Mary Battiata & Little Pink
6PM • $10 Tickets on Eventbrite and at the door if still available
is a singer-songwriter and alt-Country bandleader who plays and tours from home base in Northern Virginia, outside Washington, DC.
Mary was raised in the Maryland suburbs outside Washington DC, when local radio was still playing hours of classic Country and vintage Bluegrass every day (thank you Eddie Stubbs!) She was singing and playing acoustic guitar by high school, and began writing songs in the mid-1990s, after returning from several years as a foreign correspondent (in East Africa and Eastern Europe). She formed her first alt-Country band in 1997, inspired by the songwriters – local and touring – that she saw at her neighborhood music venue, the newly hatched IOTA club, where she played, too. In 1999, she formed Little Pink, a capable and fluid lineup of top-tier players drawn from the DC and Baltimore Roots and Country scenes. The band’s name, and its sound, were inspired by The Band recording, Music From Big Pink.
Songbird Collective Showcase
2:00PM • No Cover
Today Features:
• Jenn Byrne
Songbird Collective is a space to amplify women, and those who identify as women artists. We want to hype, connect, find opportunities for women musicians, we often have strength in numbers, if we perform together.
At Songbird Collective, we are passionate about all genres of music and the transformative power it has on people’s lives. We believe that music is a universal language, capable of inspiring and uplifting people from all walks of life. We are committed to joining together to raise the visibility of our artists.
The VI-Kings
8:00pm • $15 • Tickets on Eventbrite and at the door if available
Are the breeze that swept through Liverpool, Surrey and Richmond, out of the Haight, down Sunset Boulevard, up the Mississippi and along South Michigan Avenue. It blew down Beacon Street, across Washington Park and into Georgetown.”60s/early 70s Soundtrack of Your Life“. Beatles Stones, Motown, Kinks, Credence, Dylan, Eagles, Petty, Byrds, Marvin Gaye, James Brown and on and on. There’s a reason that this wonderful music has endured through the decades. It is joyous, fresh and as relevant today as it was the day it was released.
The VI-Kings are Bob Berberich, Joe Dolan, Matthew Maury, Bill Craig, Pete Cage, and Sean Chyun.
The VI-Kings - “Live @Hank Dietle’s”
Tony Denikos
5:00pm • Suggested donation $10-$20
Tony's music is a roots rock'n, country blues'n, folk'n americana experience. And when he performs as a soloist, you'll want to hear every note and every word. An award winning, poetic, witty and sometimes gritty songsmith who can make you laugh out loud, just as a tear rolls down your cheek. He delivers his songs of real life, love, hardship and humor with an ever engaging command of stage and musicianship. But he truly is a vocalist at heart. Soulfully sweet, subtle and powerful; you'll feel every emotion, as he presents you with his songs as only he can.
Bobby Thompson Band
9:00pm • $10 Cover
Bobby Thompson Band
Renowned for their electrifying live shows, the Bobby Thompson Trio+ (the plus denoting a quartet at times) delivers a high-voltage blend of electric blues rock that has made waves in the Washington DC area and up and down the east coast of the United States. In 2019, Thompson’s self-title full-electric album garnered regional hits such as ‘My Everything’ and ‘On the Ground’, which are played regularly on stations such as WPFW in Washington DC. The trio's unique fusion of soulful vocals and electrifying guitar riffs has mesmerized audiences and garnered widespread acclaim, establishing them as a rising force in the electric blues rock scene.
The Bobby Thompson Trio's impassioned lyrics and evocative melodies strike a chord with audiences, immersing them in a dynamic musical experience. Their dedication to honoring the essence of the blues tradition while injecting it with their own creative flair distinguishes them as a compelling and relevant voice in the contemporary electric blues rock landscape. As a testament to their unwavering commitment and musical prowess, the trio's music continues to captivate an expanding fan base, cementing their status as a prominent presence in the electric music scene.
The trio took the stage at the Montreal Jazz Festival in 2015, preceding the launch of Thompson’s lauded album ‘Live at IOTA’, which was recorded in Arlington, Virginia. Following their tour along the east coast that summer, the trio returned home and expanded their lineup by adding a keyboard player to enrich their sound, resulting in the album swiftly becoming a fan favorite. Tracks such as ‘Good Things That We Have’ and ‘Nobody’s Fool’ have become fan favorites, prompting numerous requests, and the album maintains substantial CD sales and online streaming numbers.
Bobby has opened for Marcus King, Jimmie Vaughan, Sue Foley, and The Iguanas in the past few years, and garnered the attention of Gary Clark Jr in 2013 when opened for him, with another band, and displayed a high-level of a blues-rock performance.
Beatles at Dietle's
5:00pm • Happy Hour prices • NO COVER!
DIETLESMANIA! Their 45th appearance at Dietle’s! Sarah Bonner (co-owner of Dietle's) and brothers Paul and Mark Zimmerman playing LOTS of Beatles songs (many album cuts and many hits from Introducing … The Beatles! through Rubber Soul), along with other good '60s stuff. Paul picked the tunes this time. Once again they will be welcoming local favorite Jack Bond and his guitar to the stage, but with a twist this time - he'll be playing both sets with them! Bring some friends, give it a try; you’ll have a good time! Should be a FAB show!
The Grandsons
8:00pm • $10 Cover
A fan aptly described The Grandsons exuberant sound as “American music in a blender with the lid off.” The more prominent elements in this eclectic whirlpool are New Orleans rhythm and blues, rockabilly, swing, and country two-steps. The Grandsons bring with them a pawn shop of instruments. Vocalist-guitarist-trumpeter Alan MacEwen charms audiences with his sly wit and winsome original songs. DC blues veteran Matthew Sedgley locks in the groove on drums and percussion. Saxophonist Chris Watling puts out a sound so meaty and memorable that he is in demand all over as a guest artist and session player. Moe Nelson holds down the low end on upright bass but has been known to break out the ukulele. Join The Grandsons as they move and shake into their 3rd decade in the world of rock and roll!
Sonia & Dave
5:30 • No Cover • Happy Hour 4-8
Sonia & Dave
Sonia & Dave bring a heartfelt blend of soulful vocals and rich guitar tones to every performance. Sonia’s expressive voice, with its captivating low register, draws listeners in, while Dave’s guitar work and warm harmonies add depth and texture. Their diverse setlist spans pop, rock, indie, country, soul, and jazz, featuring everything from Stevie Wonder to Fleetwood Mac to Amy Winehouse, Billie Eilish and Hozier. Both Montgomery County natives, they craft a sound that’s both familiar and fresh, offering a mix of beloved classics and modern favorites.
Songwriters Association of Washington (SAW) Showcase
8:00pm - Suggested donation $10 - $20
Songwriters' Association of Washington
This Month Features:
Sponsored by:
Songwriters Association of Washington
Hank Dietle’s Tavern
Hosted by:
Know1Else
Steve Ragsdale Quartet
5:30PM • Happy Hour prices • NO COVER!
Featuring Pete Chauvette is a tasteful combination of guitar and vibes. They explore different aspects of the jazz tradition from be-bop, through the Beatles and beyond.
Steve Ragsdale - Guitar • Pete Chauvette - Vibraphone • Scott Giambusso - Bass • Scott Taylor - Drums
All lifetime Montgomery County musicians. Come out and hear decades of experience!
Allumé - featuring Miss Tess, KC Jones, & Thomas Bryan Eaton
Doors 8:00pm show 8:30 • $20 Tickets on Eventbrite and at the door if still available
Allumé
Miss Tess • KC Jones • Thomas Bryan Eaton
Allumé is a powerhouse collaboration uniting Nashville’s Miss Tess and Thomas Bryan Eaton with Lafayette, Louisiana’s K.C. Jones (Feufollet, The Daiquiri Queens) and Trey Boudreaux (The Revelers). This Cajun-country-cozy supergroup weaves together rich harmonies, pedal steel, fiddle, bass, and stripped-down drums for a sound that’s both rootsy and dynamic. Expect a mix of fresh originals and timeless covers, plus highlights from Cher Rêve, the newly released album by Miss Tess. Don’t miss this chance to catch these acclaimed multi-instrumentalists lighting up the stage together!
This new band—like Miss Tess’s latest album, Cher Rêve (out Feb 7, 2025)—is born from a deep admiration for the culturally rich Acadiana region of South Louisiana, particularly the vibrant city of Lafayette. Known as the “Little Easier,” Lafayette is a magnetic hub where community, tradition, and music thrive. Cajun and Creole melodies fill the air, dancers move across hardwood floors, and generations carry on time-honored traditions of language and cuisine. Warm, welcoming, and steeped in culture, it’s a place that has a way of changing those who experience it.