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- U.S. Air Guitar Championships: Washington D.C. Regional Competition. 9:30 club. $15. All ages.
- Concrete Blues. Bangkok Blues. Call for price.
- Candy Dulfer. Birchmere. $39.50.
- Toadies, The Willowz, Backyard Tire Fire. Black Cat. $15. All ages.
- The Marquees (featuring former members of Marvin Gaye’s first band). Champions Billiards. Free.
- Future, Among Criminals. IOTA Club & Cafe. $10. +21.
- Britny Fox, Baby Jayne. Jaxx. $12.
- The Public Good (CD release), Club Scout, Impossible Hair. Rock and Roll Hotel. $14. All ages.
- Carl Filipiak and the Jimi Jazz Band, Tom Principato. The State Theatre. $15.
- The Courtesans (CD release), Secret Pop Band, Gist. Velvet Lounge. $8. +18.
- DJ Will Eastman. Cafe Saint Ex.
Saturday
- Cake (Sat.-Sun.). 9:30 club. SOLD OUT. All ages.
- Woven Green, Choptank Murphy. Bangkok Blues. Call for price.
- An Acoustic Evening With Poco, Firefall. Birchmere. $35.
- Isis, Pelican, Tombs. Black Cat. $15. All ages.
- Jagjit Singh. DAR Constitution Hall. $35-$105.
- Frog Holler, Frontier Ruckus. IOTA Club & Cafe. $10. +21.
- Arise, Ruin with Heal These Wounds. Jaxx. $12.
- Nava Ensemble. Kennedy Center Millennium Stage. Free.
- Congressional Chorus: Fresh Currents: Songs of the New Millennium. Kennedy Center Terrace Theater. $35.
- M3 Rock Festival: Twisted Sister, Ratt, Extreme Kix, Dokken, Slaughter, Y&T, Gilby Clarke, Keel, Jetboy, L.A. Guns, Jani Lane (formerly of Warrant), XYZ, BulletBoys, Carmine Appices Slamm, Steel Panther. Merriweather Post Pavilion. $35–$75.
- National Philharmonic Orchestra: Mahler’s “Titan” (Sat.-Sun.). Music Center at Strathmore. $29–$79.
- Au Revoir Simone, Jeff Lewis, The Antlers. Rock and Roll Hotel. $14.
- Bob. The State Theatre. $12.
- Elikeh, DJ Kimozaki. Velvet Lounge. $8. +21.
- DJ Dk. Cafe Saint Ex.
Sunday
- Blues Jam with the Idle Americans. Bangkok Blues. Call for price.
- Forensics, Cinemasophia, Ringfinger. Black Cat Backstage. $8. All ages.
- Katie Melua. Birchmere. $29.50.
- All Things Rock Summer Recital. Jammin’ Java. $8.
- Saverio Mercadante’s “Il Giuramento.” Lisner Auditorium. $30–$90.
- D.C. Youth Orchestra. Kennedy Center Terrace Theater. Free.
Toadies photo by Jason Janik, via MySpace.