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.

• East Coast Caravan. The Red & The Black. $8. 21+.

• Shwa, The Royal We. IOTA Club & Cafe. $10.

• Bonjour, Ganesh!, The Jones, Big Chimney, Blankus Larry. Rock and Roll Hotel. $10.

• Andy Poxon. Bangkok Blues. Call for price.

• The Caribbean, Ryan Holladay, Twins of a Gazelle. Velvet Lounge. $8. 21+.

• Tamagawa University Taiko Drumming and Dance Troupe. Kennedy Center Millennium Stage. Free.

• Maybe Baby, Exactly, John Powers. Comet Ping Pong. Free.

• The Wedding Present, The Jet Age. Black Cat mainstage. $15.

Saturday

• Done & Done Festival. All Souls Unitarian Church. $12-$20.

• Baltimore Symphony Orchestra. Strathmore. $30-$90.

• Julie Murphy Wells. Wolf Trap. $25.

• The Honeyguns, The Grit Pushers. The Red & The Black. $8. 21+.

• Honor By August, The Ruse, Luna Halo. IOTA Club & Cafe. $12.

• Wicked Liquid featuring Fuzzy G, Pants Velour, The Canon Logic. Rock and Roll Hotel. $10.

• The Icemen. Bangkok Blues. Call for price.

• Alex Gruenberg, Astronomers, Natives. Velvet Lounge. $8. 21+.

• bob (CD release show), Almost Kings, Feed God Cabbage. Jammin Java. $12 in advance, $15 day of.

• Harmonia Opera Company. Kennedy Center Millennium Stage. Free.

• 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.

• Red Sparowes, Doomriders, Fang Island. Rock and Roll Hotel. $10 in advance, $12 at door.

• 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.

• George Benson. Kennedy Center Concert Hall. $20-$45.

• 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.