🎸#6: Local Live Music

Please subscribe for weekly newsletters,
or forward to other local live music fans. Or follow on Facebook.
At shows, always the more, the merrier -
better for the fans, the bands, and the venues.

Week of Tuesday, April 29th, 2025

Tuesday (4/29)

• ARLINGTON

  • Ballston Local: Open Mic and Singo aka Musical Bingo (7:30-11:30pm)

  • Bronson Beirhall: Mackenzie Ryan (6pm-9pm; solo; Pop/Rock/Country covers)

• FALLS CHURCH

  • JV’s Live Music Room: Vernon Santmyer’s Open Mic Show (7:30pm)

  • Ireland’s Four Provinces: Traditional Irish Music (8-9:30pm)

Wednesday (4/30)

• ARLINGTON

  • Westover Beer Garden: Allstar Jazz (6-8pm; local student Jazz band)

  • The Renegade: Renegade Roundup (8pm-12; weekly country music line dancing and DJ)

  • Bronson Bierhall: Justin Suede (6-9pm; solo; Originals, and Southern Rock covers)

• FALLS CHURCH

  • JV’s Live Music Room: Hambone Wilson w/ Daryl Davis (8pm; Blues and slide guitarist)

Thursday (5/1)

• ARLINGTON

  • The Renegade: Razed in Black (7-11pm; $20/30; Industrial/Goth/Darkwave)

  • Rhodeside Grill: David Thong (5:30-8:30pm; Singer/songwriter, Classic/Alternative/Pop covers)

• FALLS CHURCH

  • JV’s Live Music Room:

    • Dan Hovey Solo (5-7pm; Former Nighthawks guitarist, Folk/Blues/Fingerpicking)

    • The Thrills (8pm; High-energy, Spine-tingling 4-man rock band)

Friday (5/2)

• ARLINGTON

  • The Renegade: Night to Forget ($5; 9:30pm-1:30; Pop/punk covers)

  • Westover Beer Garden: The Walkaways (6-9pm; Alt/Country/Americana/folk originals)

  • Three Whistles: Veronneau & Friends (8-11pm; acoustic group which plays jazz, bossa nova, gypsy jazz, and swing)

  • Rhodeside Grill: Somethin’ Shiny (8:30-11:30pm; Acoustic bass/guitarist duo’ Eclectic covers)

  • William Jeffreys: Billy James Herrington (9:30pm; Eclectic/Americana Husband/Wife Duo)

  • Ragtime: Second Hand Chaos (9:30pm; Pop/punk/rock covers)

  • Bronson Bierhall: Shake Rattle and Roll (9pm-12am; Piano bar show)

• FALLS CHURCH

  • The State Theater: Salsa Night: Tribute to Hector Lavoe (8pm; $30; Live band performing hits from one of the greatest salsa singers of all time)

  • Solace Outpost: Holding a Grunge (8pm; 90’s Pop punk/rock covers)

  • Dogwood Tavern: James Stevens (9:30pm; Eclectic covers)

  • JV’s Live Music Room:

    • Shartel & Hume Band (4pm; Classic Rock and Americana covers)

    • Melody Trucks and The Fitzkee Brothers (8:30pm; percussionist/vocalist with funk/soul band)

Saturday (5/3)

• ARLINGTON

  • The Renegade: The Fearless Eras (9:30pm-1:30; $10; Taylor Swift Tribute)

  • Ballston Local: Ladywood, w/ special guest John Cunningham (of The Walkaways) on drums (8-11pm; Acoustic cover Duo)

  • Westover Beer Garden: Wilbur’s Redemption (5-9pm; Old-timey modern day string band)

  • Three Whistles: Open Mic (8-10pm)

  • Rhodeside Grill: David Andrew Smith (8:30-11:30pm; Singer/songwriter)

  • William Jeffreys: Greg Edmundson (9:30pm; acoustic 80/90s Rock covers)

  • Ragtime: Rob Hornfeck (9:30pm; Singer/songwriter with covers and looping)

  • Bronson Bierhall: Lew Calico (9pm-12; solo; originals and eclectic covers/R&B/Soul)

• FALLS CHURCH

  • The State Theater: Misil Stereo Tributo a Soda Stereo + Gustavo Cerati ($30; 8:30pm; Tribute to one of the most influential Spanish Rock bands from the 80/90’s era)

  • Solace Outpost: Hand Painted Swinger (8pm; Rock/Alt-rock cover band)

  • Dogwood Tavern: Eric Zatz (9:30pm; Eclectic covers)

  • Clare and Don’s Beach Shack:

    • King Bullfrog ($15; 11:30-1pm; Kindie Rock Trio playing High-energy music for kids and adults)

    • The Badmanors (5-8pm; Vinyl Classic Rock)

  • JV’s Live Music Room: Special Bluegrass Event (1-7pm)

    • Forty Years After (1pm)

    • Hourglass Too Slow (2:30pm)

    • No Part of Nothin’ Band (4pm; Contemporary Bluegrass/Americana)

Sunday (5/4)

• ARLINGTON

  • Galaxy Hut: Mercy Alliance ($10; 9pm; Indie roots/rock trio) and Bohemian Waxwing

  • Bronson Bierhall: Tom Starr (3-7pm; Singer/songwriter)

• FALLS CHURCH

  • JV’s Live Music Room: Wolf’s Open Blues Jam (8:30pm; like it sounds)

Monday (5/5)

• ARLINGTON

  • Bronson Bierhall: Kevin Koa (6-9pm; Soul/blues/classic rock)

  • The Renegade: Latin Night ($10; Lessons at 7:30pm, Live band at 8:30pm)

• FALLS CHURCH

  • JV’s Live Music Room: Tom Saputo (7:30pm; Pianist; Sit and sing)

Featured Shows

Friday (5/2)

The Walkaways at Westover Beer Garden

6-9pm. The Walkaways play a blend of original music primarily described as alt-country and Americana. Their sound also incorporates elements from folk, roots rock, country, indie folk, blues, and classic rock. They draw influences from artists like Ryan Adams, Son Volt, Wilco, Springsteen, Uncle Tupelo, and The Band. This diverse mix gives their music a rich, roots-oriented character with a metropolitan DC-based origin since 2006. Free; Westover Beer Garden.

Veronneau and Friends at Three Whistles

8-10pm. Expect an intimate show featuring multilingual, jazzy songs blending bossa nova, French chanson, and more. The duo's heartfelt vocals and guitar create a strong connection with audiences through themes of love and friendship. Their shows are energetic, engaging, and creatively refreshing, earning them awards and acclaim. It's a memorable musical journey worth experiencing (AI wrote this for me). The venue, Three Whistles, should add to the sense of intimacy.

Saturday (5/3)

Ladywood at Ballston Local

8-11pm. Ladywood is an acoustic duo featuring Rick Hegg and Greg Hamilton. Guest drummer John Cunningham may show up, too. They play a cool mix of covers from an unexpected assortment of bands like the Stones and The Who, REM and the Cure, Son Volt and Ryan Adams, and TLC and Taylor Swift. You won't hear the Beatles, Eagles or anything even remotely related to Yacht Rock, so please don't ask. These guys are a lot of fun and know how to take it to eleven. Free; Ballston Local.

(Afterwords, you might want to consider heading to The Renegade to catch The Fearless Eras (9:30pm-1:30; $10; Taylor Swift Tribute band). They are pretty new, so not sure how good they might be, but chances are you won’t hear the two female vocalists much over everyone else singing along, including yourself.)

Misil Stereo and Gustavo Cerati at The State Theater

8:30pm. This is a tribute band to Soda Stereo (Who, you ask? Only one of the most influential Spanish Rock bands from the 80/90’s era, of course). Don’t know much about all this, but Gustavo Cerati (originally in Soda Stereo) has close to 3 million Facebook followers and sold 10 million records, so he might be pretty good. $30, The State Theater.