Black Cat

Wednesday, June 12th 2024
The Raveonettes + Soap Horse
7:30pm - $30 - All Ages

THE RAVEONETTES
Copenhagen, Denmark
http://www.theraveonettes.com/

When The Raveonettes released their debut album Whip it on! in 2002, there was quite a buzz around the Danish duo. With its dogmatic concept a la Lars Von Trier/Dogma ’95 and a razor-sharp sound, Whip It On! kicked off the biggest rock event in recent Danish history.

After 20 years, Whip it is on! sounds just as precise and uncompromising. And after a 5-year concert hiatus, Sune and Sharin are once again cracking the whip with a series of anniversary concerts. "... It’s a thrill for us that Whip It On! is still a source of inspiration out there. That album passed the test of time somehow, and it makes us very proud. We’re excited to play it live again in its 21 minute glory. Our own little time travel.”

Sune & Sharin Sune Rose Wagner (guitar and vocals) and Sharin Foo (bass, guitar and vocals) drew inspiration from 1950s American Rock'n'roll, 60s girl groups and the surf guitar sound from California. Back in the Noughties, they were part of the new garage rock movement that featured bands like The Strokes, The Hives and The White Stripes. Their unique contribution were especially Wagner and Foo's 'vocal candy': the compressed, modal, sweet boy / girl harmonies in stark contrast to an explosive and dissonant sound, and that peculiar feeling of surfing in the rain.

The Raveonettes have since become a source of inspiration for a large number of bands, and according to NME helped trigger the American pop renaissance that took place in the 10s with bands like Best Coast, The Drums and Dum Dum Girls who found inspiration in Raveonettes' classic pop
sensibility.

The Raveonettes who have had a solid and unshakable cult fan base ever since releasing their first album, would like to celebrate the sound that started it all. The duo will hit the road in the key of Bb minor,- which was one of the original dogmas when the band created Whip It On! “Recorded in Glorious Bb Minor” Sune and Sharin are bringing the original live band from 2002, consisting of Manoj Ramdas on guitar and Jakob Høyer on drums.

SOAP HORSE
Copenhagen, Denmark
https://soaphorse.bandcamp.com/

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Thursday, June 13
Forróçacana: Festa Junina In The DMV!
Forróçacana + DJ Grace
7:30pm - $40 Advance / $45 Day of Show - All Ages

EducArte celebrates its first annual Festa Junina party, featuring forró super band Forróçacana directly from Brazil! Festa Junina is Brazil’s second largest festival after Carnival and just as fun! Celebrate this amazing festival with traditional music and dances like forró and quadrilha. This year, EducArte presents Forróçacana, one of Brazil’s most innovative forró bands, celebrating 25 years of thrilling audiences with their high-energy music.

Forróçacana emerged in 1997 from the union of a young group of musicians who had a shared love for forró pé de serra and were heavily inspired by forró legends Luiz Gonzaga, Jackson do Pandeiro, and Dominguinhos. Their unique style, born from three decades of performance, combines traditional forró with other Brazilian rhythms such as samba and choro, while also drawing from other influences such as rock and reggae music. They have made several global international tours and they now perform for the first time in Washington, DC.

This is a family-friendly event. All ages are welcome. Presented by EducArte.

EducArte celebra sua primeira Festa Junina anual apresentando a banda de forró Forróçacana diretamente do Brasil! A Festa Junina é o segundo maior festival do Brasil, após o Carnaval, com músicas e danças tradicionais como forró e quadrilhas. Forróçacana é uma das bandas de forró mais inovadoras do Brasil, comemorando 25 anos de empolgar o público com sua música energética e contagiosa.

Forróçacana surgiu em 1997 da união de um grupo jovem de músicos que tinham um amor pelo forró pé de serra e foram inspirados pelos ícones do forró Luiz Gonzaga, Jackson do Pandeiro e Dominguinhos. Seu estilo único, nascido de três décadas de atuação, combina forró tradicional com outros ritmos brasileiros como samba e choro, além de ser influenciado por outras vertentes como rock e reggae. Eles fizeram várias turnês internacionais globais e agora se apresentam pela primeira vez em Washington, DC.

Este é um evento para toda a família. Todas as idades são bem-vindas. Apresentado pela EducArte.

**Ticket buyers' email addresses will be shared with Educarte.**


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Friday, June 14th
All Fantasy Everything Podcast Live
6:30 - $30 - All Ages
*Limited VIP front row seating available for $40. VIP ticket holders may access the front 2 rows of seating*

All Fantasy Everything is a show where funny people and experts come together to fantasy draft the whole entire world - from pop culture to nostalgia to the Taco Bell drive-thru menu - everything is in play. Hosted by Ian Karmel and featuring the talents of Sean Jordan and David Gborie, each episode the crew picks a topic - anything from Rom-Coms to Rap Albums, the Best Breakfast foods to the Best Smells. You name it, they can draft it. And then debate it, clown each other for the picks, reveal our secret terrible taste that we didn’t even know was terrible and then laugh about the whole operation. 

Note: There will be no recording or photography of any kind permitted at this show. This includes personal cell phones. You will be subject to removal without refund if caught recording the show.

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Saturday, June 15th 2024
Mortified DC Live: Pride Edition
Doors at 7:00pm - Show at 8:00pm
$25 - All Ages

As we celebrate Pride Month in DC this edition of Mortified features adults sharing their childhood and adolescent diaries, poetry, locker notes, etc. exploring sexual and gender identity, coming out, and other LGBTQ stories.

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Sunday, June 16th 2024
Strung Out + Adolescents + Mercy Music
7:00 - $28 Advance / $32 Day of Show - All Ages

STRUNG OUT
Simi Valley, CA
https://www.strungoutofficial.com/

ADOLESCENTS
Fullerton, CA
https://www.theadolescents.net/

MERCY MUSIC
Las Vegas, NV
https://mercymusicforyou.com/

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STRUNG OUT VIP MEET & GREET
$128
- 1 general admission ticket
- Access to soundcheck
- Early access to merch
- Photo with the band
- VIP laminate
- Can bring or buy items to sign

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Tuesday, June 18th 2024
Los Campesinos! + Short Fictions
7:30pm - $25 - All Ages

***In order to attempt to make the shows as accessible to all, Los Campesinos! and Black Cat are subsidizing a limited number of tickets for low income buyers.***

LOS CAMPESINOS!
Cardiff, Wales
https://www.loscampesinos.com/

SHORT FICTIONS
Pittsburgh, PA
https://shortfictions.bandcamp.com/music

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Thursday, June 20th 2024
Banding Together:
A Benefit for Gifts for the Homeless
7:00 - $25 - All Ages

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Friday, June 21 2024
Home Rule Music Festival Opening Night
7:00 - $40 Advance / $50 Day of Show - All Ages

THE JOGO PROJECT
Washington, DC
https://www.jogoproject.com/
Jazz and GoGo Band featuring Elijah Jamal Balbed

THE NEW DOUG CARN SEXTET 
w/ Special Guest VANESSA RUBIN
St. Augustine, FL / New York, NY
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doug_Carn
https://www.vanessarubin.com/
The legendary spiritual jazz artist Doug Carn brings his magic back to the Home Rule Music Festival with the amazing Vanessa Rubin. 

Doug Carn, Piano/Organ
Vanessa Rubin, Vocals
Duane Eubanks – Trumpet
Stacy Dillard, Saxophone
Derrick White, Trombone
Dishan Harper, Bass
Bernard Linette, Drums

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Saturday, June 22nd, 2024
Safe Space: Cowboys vs. Aliens Dance Party
9:00pm | 21+
Early Bird: $10
2nd Release: $15
3rd Release: $20

YEE (and we cannot stress this enough) HAW! 

That's right, SAFESPACE is back from a year long hiatus just in time for the Pride Month full moon and we're pushing the yeehaw agenda! Grab your cowboy hats, pull yourself up by your bootstraps, and get in partner, we're going to space!! As the name implies, SAFESPACE is intended to be just that. This all inclusive dance party was created to give every corner of the community a space to feel free and come as they are, while showcasing some of the best LQBTQIA+  DJs and talent in the galaxy. You can find us at the intersection of Space Nerd St, Cub Kid Ave, House Music Cir., and No Wrong Way. Come as you are and remember, at SAFESPACE, everyones a star. 

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Tuesday, June 25th 2024
Os Mutantes
7:30 - $30 Advance / $35 Day of Show - All Ages

OS MUTANTES
São Paulo, Brazil
https://osmutantes.bandcamp.com/
Os Mutantes ("The Mutants") are an influential Brazilian psychedelic rock band that were linked with the Tropicália movement of the late 1960s. When Os Mutantes was formed, it combined influences from psychedelic acts from the English-speaking world like The Beatles, Jimi Hendrix, and Sly & the Family Stone with bossa nova, tropicália, samba and the cultural legacy of the Brazilian art vanguards from the modernist movement.

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Friday, June 28th 2024
Les Savy Fav + Birthday Girl + Dim Wizard
8:00 - $25 Advance / $30 Day of Show - All Ages

LES SAVY FAV
Brooklyn, NY
https://lessavyfav.com/

BIRTHDAY GIRL
Washington, DC
https://birthdaygirlmusic.bandcamp.com/

DIM WIZARD
Washington, DC
https://dimwizard.bandcamp.com/

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Saturday, June 29th, 2024
Malikat Al Dabke + Bottom/Top + Panda God
8:00 - $20 - All Ages

Join us for an evening of Palestinian music, poetry, dabke, and solidarity at the Black Cat. Malikat al Dabke, one of DC's premiere Dabke groups will perform alongside local musicians and poets to raise funds for UNRWA, which provides critical aid to those in Gaza.

MALIKAT AL DABKE
DMV
https://www.instagram.com/malikat_al_dabke/
Malikat Al Dabke (Queens of Dabke) is the first all-female dabke troupe in the DC, Maryland and Virginia (DMV) area, specializing in unique Arab-American and traditional dabke. Fairouz Foty, co-founder of Quartertonez Music School was inspired to start the group to develop a community of women and girls based on a mutual love for dance, Arab and Arab-American culture, to spread the tradition across generations. The group creates a collaborative space to collectively explore Arab heritage through dance within an American setting, as an outlet to preserve our identity and resist the erasure and appropriation of our culture. The most recent choreography incorporates the contributions of its Palestinian, Lebanese, Iraqi, Egyptian, contemporary American, and belly dancing members. It is a true fusion of identities.

BOTTOM/TOP
Silver Spring, MD
https://bottomtop.bandcamp.com/
Bottom/Top: Bottom/Top is a melody-driven indie basement rock band. With powerful lead vocals and queer heart-wrenching lyrics, swirly guitar tones, driving bass riffs, and contemporary drums, they all come together to make something familiar yet unique. Scattered throughout the DMV and brought together over Craigslist, Bottom/Top has been making music and performing locally since 2019. They released two singles, “Four Months” and “Cold Calls” in 2023 and are on their way to releasing more in 2024.

PANDA GOD
Washington, DC
https://pandagodband.bandcamp.com/
Panda God: Panda God is a 3-piece alternative rock band from Washington, DC. Panda God emphasizes rhythmic diversity and mixed modality and their music touches on a variety of genres. Panda God's live set is dynamic with songs featuring riff-based fuzz and gentle falsettos.


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Friday, July 5th, 2024
Yesterday & Today: DC Does Dischord Compilation Release
7:00 - $20 - All Ages

Featuring:

SUPREME COMMANDER
https://supremecommander.bandcamp.com/

TORO
https://toroallcaps.bandcamp.com/

DOT DASH
https://dotdashdc.bandcamp.com/

CELEBRATION SUMMER
https://celebrationsummer.bandcamp.com/

BRACEFACE
https://braceface.bandcamp.com/

BREEZY SUPREME
https://breezysupreme.bandcamp.com/

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Friday, June 12th 2024
Gilsons
Presented by Educarte
8:00 - $40 Advance / $45 Day of Show - All Ages

GILSONS
Brazil
https://www.instagram.com/gilsonsoficial/
Formed in 2018, Gilsons continue the musical legacy of their father and grandfather, Gilberto Gil, a leading artist in the Tropicália movement of 1960s Brazil. Gilsons is the musical partnership of Francisco, João, and José Gil, a leading band of the new Brazilian popular music (MPB), blending influences of pop rock, samba, reggae, and Bahian rhythms alongside the sounds of classic MPB.

After a series of successful releases, including their smash hits “Várias Queixas” and “Devagarinho,” the band won a 2022 Latin GRAMMY®  for their debut album “Pra Gente Acordar.” The trio has toured at major festivals throughout Brazil—including performing on the  Sunset Stage of Rock In Rio to an audience of over 100,000 people, as well as at Lollapalooza Brazil in 2023. 

Formada em 2018, os Gilsons continuam o legado musical de seu pai e avô, Gilberto Gil, um dos principais artistas do movimento Tropicália do Brasil dos anos 1960. Gilsons é a parceria musical de Francisco, João e José Gil e uma das principais revelações da nova geração do MPB que mistura influências de pop rock, samba, reggae e ritmos baianos ao som da música popular brasileira (MPB).

Após uma série de lançamentos bem-sucedidos, incluindo os sucessos "Várias Queixas" e "Devagarinho", a banda ganhou um Latin GRAMMY® em 2022 pelo álbum de estreia "Pra Gente Acordar". O trio já se apresentou em grandes festivais em todo o Brasil, incluindo shows no Sunset Stage do Rock In Rio para um público de mais de 100.000 pessoas, assim como no Lollapalooza Brasil em 2023.

**Ticket buyers email addresses will be shared with Educarte.**

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Friday, July 19 2024
The North Country (Record Release Party!) + Mystery Friends
8:00 - $20 - All Ages

THE NORTH COUNTRY
Washington, DC
https://www.thenorthcountrymusic.com/
"The Future’s All We Need is 11 tracks of genre-defying, danceable deliberations on 21st-century civilization and its discontents" - Washington City Paper

MYSTERY FRIENDS
Washington, DC
https://www.mysteryfriendsmusic.com/

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Saturday, July 20th 2024
Girls Rock! July Summer Camp Showcase
11:00am - All Ages
$10 Student / $20 Early Bird / $30 General Admission

Support the next generation of rock stars and see TEN brand new youth bands share their original music!

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Thursday, August 8th 2024
Kid Congo & the Pink Monkey Birds + The Owners
7:30 - $20 - All Ages

KID CONGO & THE PINK MONKEY BIRDS
Tuscon, AZ
https://kidcongothepinkmonkeybirds.bandcamp.com/

THE OWNERS
Washington, DC
https://theowners1.bandcamp.com/

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Saturday, August 10th 2024
Girls Rock! DC August Summer Camp Showcase
11:00am - All Ages
$10 Student / $20 Early Bird / $30 General Admission

Support the next generation of rock stars and see TEN brand new youth bands share their original music!

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Saturday, August 17th 2024
Chameleons performing the album "Strange Times"
w/ Vision Video + A Cloud of Ravens
8:00 - $40 - All Ages

CHAMELEONS
Manchester, UK
https://www.chameleonsmark.com/
'80s post-punk take note, Chameleons will be touring in 2024. This marks a reunion between The Chameleons frontman Mark Burgess and guitarist Reg Smithies, who had not toured together under Chameleons name in nearly two decades until 2023's tour with The Mission UK. The band formed in Greater Manchester UK and is known as one of the genre's greatest bands. 

VISION VIDEO
Athens, GA
https://visionvideoband.com/

A CLOUD OF RAVENS
Brooklyn, NY
https://acloudofravens.bandcamp.com/

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Tuesday, August 20
Gyedu-Blay Ambolley
performing his 1975 debut album "Simigwa" in its entirety
7:30 - $30 - All Ages

GYEDU-BLAY AMBOLLEY
Takoradi, Ghana
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gyedu-Blay_Ambolley

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