Friday

  • Needtobreathe, Will Hoge, Matt Hires. 9:30 Club. $16.
  • Gato & the Palenke Music Co. Strathmore. $10 in advance, $12 at door.
  • Los Angeles Guitar Quartet. Wolf Trap. $35.
  • The Caribbean, Ryan Holladay, Twins of a Gazelle. Velvet Lounge. $8. 21+.
  • Tamagawa University Taiko Drumming and Dance Troupe. Kennedy Center Millennium Stage. Free.
  • The Wedding Present, The Jet Age. Black Cat mainstage. $15.

Saturday

  • Baltimore Symphony Orchestra. Strathmore. $30-$90.
  • bob (CD release show), Almost Kings, Feed God Cabbage. Jammin Java. $12 in advance, $15 day of.
  • Richard Bacchus and The Luckiest, Yell County, DJ Kid Congo Powers. Comet Ping Pong. $8.
  • Noon:30, The Aquarium. Black Cat backstage. $8.

Sunday

  • Blue October, Stars of Track and Field, Hurricane Bells. 9:30 Club. $25.
  • Caustic Casanova, Dark Sea Dream, Akris, Disco Machine Gun. Velvet Lounge. $8. 21+.
  • I Saw A Ghost, The Kindness of Strangers, A Sense of Urgency, Light Up the Sky, Failing the Fallen, Thatswhatshesaid. Jammin Java. $10 in advance, $13 day of.
  • High on Fire, Priestess, Black Cobra, Bison B.C. Black Cat mainstage. $15.
  • Rocky Votolato, Brooke Waggoner. DC9. $13 in advance, $15 day of. 18+.

Will Hoge photo by Drew Gurian, via MySpace.