Friday

• M. Ward, Chain & the Gang. 9:30 club. $25. All ages.
• Deanna Bogart & Tom Principato Band. Birchmere. $25.
• Shortstack, Lorelei, The Moderate. Black Cat. $10. All ages.
• The Charm Offensive, Lanterns, Drunken Banshees, Free Electric State. The Red & The Black. $8. +21.
• The Method, Ramzy, The Frustrations, Justin Trawick. Rock and Roll Hotel. $10. All ages.
• Sunsets with a Soundtrack: The U.S. Army Band Downrange. West Steps U.S. Capitol. Free.
• The Blue Planet Live w/ NSO. Filene Center at Wolf Trap. $20-$48.
• Deep Sang. Cafe Saint Ex.

Saturday

• Old Bridge Festival w/ Future Islands, BLDGS, Laughing Man, Hume, etc. 1256 Old Bridge Rd., Amissville, Va. $10.
• Xavier Rudd, Jeremy Fisher. 9:30 club. $20. All ages.
• The Ruins, 12.0. Bangkok Blues. Call for price.
• Gato Barbieri. Birchmere. $45.
• Run For Cover! Fort Reno Benefit Show. Black Cat. $10. All ages.
• Sean Walsh & the National Reserve, David Schultz & the Skyline, Carlos I’m Pregnant. Comet Ping Pong.
• The U-Liners perform “Happy Birthday Jerry Garcia Tribute.” IOTA Club and Café. $12. +21.
• So Damn Thirsty, Pain!, The Buried, One Slack Mind, Disclosure, Anchors Aweigh. Jaxx. $10/$12. All ages.
• Dream Theater, Zappa Plays Zappa, Queensryche, Bigelf, Scale the Summit. Merriweather Post Pavilion. $30–$45.
• The Veils, Foreign Born, Faces on Film. Rock and Roll Hotel. $12. All ages.
• Keelhaul, The Wayward, Jefferson Plane Crash, Within The Lich Gate, Athens. Velvet Lounge. $8. +18.
• NSO: “Broadway ROCKS!” Filene Center at Wolf Trap. $20-$48.
• DJ Will Eastman. Cafe Saint Ex.

Sunday

• Jazmine Sullivan. 9:30 club. $20. All ages.
• Blues Jam w/ the Idle Americans, Todd Tongdee w/ special guest Ted Lewand. Bangkok Blues. Call for price.
• Midian, Reni Lane. DC9. $8. +18.
• Kashgar, Leyna. Velvet Lounge. $7. +21.
• Daryl Hall & John Oates. Filene Center at Wolf Trap. $25–$42.
• DJ Eskimo. Cafe Saint Ex.

M. Ward photo by Wendy Peyton, via MySpace.