EVENTS WEEK OF
AUGUST 3 - 9

DATE
EVENT
HOURS
LOCATION
CONTACT
PRICE
DETAILS
This Week* Disney's The Lion King

Musical
Various hours John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, Opera House, 2700 F St. NW, Washington, DC (202)
467-4600
$25-$150 First time in D.C.! Experience the phenomenon! Winner of six 1998 Tony Awards, including Best Musical, Disney's The Lion King makes its D.C. premiere featuring direction and costumes by Julie Taymor and music by Elton John and Tim Rice. *Dates: June 26-Aug. 24.
3* CorbinDances

Dance
7PM* Dance Place
3225 8th Stree, NE, Washington, DC
(202)
269-1600
$22/General; $17/Seniors, students, artists, members, teachers (K-12); $8/Kids (2-17) After just receiving rave reviews at New York performances, CorbinDances performs an evening of contemporary work. *Dates: Aug. 2-3, hours vary.
3 Flobots

Concert
7PM doors Nightclub 9:30
815 V Street, NW, Washington DC
(800)
955-5566
$15 with People Under the Stairs
3 The Black Crowes Euphoria or Bust Tour

Concert
8PM Wolf Trap
Filene Center
1645 Trap Rd.
Vienna, VA 22182
Info: (703)
255-1900
Tix: (877)
WOLFTRAP
$42, $25 This rock band thrills audiences with hits such as "Hard to Handle" and "She Talks to Angels." Special guest: Grace Potter and the Nocturnals.
3 Vesta Williams

Concert
7:30PM Birchmere
3701 Mt. Vernon Ave.
Alexandria, VA 22305
(703)
549-7500
$35
4 Return to Forever

Concert
8PM Merriweather Post Pavilion
10475 Little Patuxent Parkway
Columbia, MD
(410)
715-5550
$40-$125 Featuring: Chick Corea, Stanley Clarke, Lenny White, Al DiMeola.
5 Face of America: Hawai`i Revisited

Concert
8:30PM Wolf Trap
Filene Center
1645 Trap Rd.
Vienna, VA 22182
Info: (703)
255-1900
Tix: (877)
WOLFTRAP
$38, $8 If you missed the premiere of this spectacular event in 2006, don't let this opportunity pass you by! Connect with a culture thousands of years old, a proud native people, and the spirit of aloha through traditional and contemporary music, hula, and gorgeous HD video footage of the natural beauty of the islands. Featuring H?lau O Kekuhi, The Brothers Cazimero, and Ledward Ka'apana.
5 Gnarls Barkley

Concert
7PM doors Nightclub 9:30
815 V Street, NW, Washington DC
(800)
955-5566
Sold Out with Hercules & Love Affair
5 Neil Diamond

Concert
8PM Verizon Center
601 F Street, NW
Washington, DC 20004
(202)
397-SEAT

(202)
628-3200
$120, $85, $55 2008 World Tour.
6 2 Skinnie J's

Concert
7PM doors Nightclub 9:30
815 V Street, NW, Washington DC
(800)
955-5566
$25 with Tragedy & The Peculiar Pretzelmen
6 Jethro Tull 40th Anniversary Tour

Concert
8PM Wolf Trap
Filene Center
1645 Trap Rd.
Vienna, VA 22182
Info: (703)
255-1900
Tix: (877)
WOLFTRAP
$42, $25 Special guest: Young Dubliners. This Grammy Award-winning British band celebrates 40 years of hits, such as "Aqualung" and "Thick as a Brick," and their new release, Live at Montreux.
6 Noel Gourdin

Concert
7:30PM Birchmere
3701 Mt. Vernon Ave.
Alexandria, VA 22305
(703)
549-7500
$25
7* Gipsy Kings

Concert
8PM Wolf Trap
Filene Center
1645 Trap Rd.
Vienna, VA 22182
Info: (703)
255-1900
Tix: (877)
WOLFTRAP
$42, $25 World music superstars ignite the stage with their one-of-a-kind flamenco style. *Dates: Aug. 7-8.
7 Janis Ian

Concert
7:30PM Birchmere
3701 Mt. Vernon Ave.
Alexandria, VA 22305
(703)
549-7500
$35
7 Judas Priest

Concert
5:30PM Nissan Pavilion
7800 Cellar Door Drive
Bristow, VA 20136
(703)
754-6400
NA Also: Heaven and Hell, Motorhead, Testament
7 KINKY

Concert
7:30PM doors Nightclub 9:30
815 V Street, NW, Washington DC
(800)
955-5566
$22 Presented by MNS
7* Summer Camp Show

Dance
7PM Dance Place
3225 8th Stree, NE, Washington, DC
(202)
269-1600
$10/Adults $3/Kids (2-17) Summer camp participants showcase what they learned in camp. *Dates: Aug. 7-8.
8* Gipsy Kings

Concert
8PM Wolf Trap
Filene Center
1645 Trap Rd.
Vienna, VA 22182
Info: (703)
255-1900
Tix: (877)
WOLFTRAP
$42, $25 World music superstars ignite the stage with their one-of-a-kind flamenco style. *Dates: Aug. 7-8.
8* Summer Camp Show

Dance
7PM Dance Place
3225 8th Stree, NE, Washington, DC
(202)
269-1600
$10/Adults $3/Kids (2-17) Summer camp participants showcase what they learned in camp. *Dates: Aug. 7-8.
9 1814 British Invasion of Prince George's County Bus Tour 8AM-5PM Darnall's Chance House Museum
14800 Governor Oden Bowie Dr.
Upper Marlboro, MD
(301)
952-8010
$ War of 1812 scholar Dr. Ralph Eshelman will be our ride-along guide as we travel the routes the British Army marched through the County in August of 1814. We will visit campsites, sites of skirmishes, the Bladensburg Battlefield and the town of Upper Marlborough--a hotbed of subterfuge and treason. Bus departs from and returns to Darnall's Chance. Reservation and payment required in advance.
9 Edwin McCain

Concert
7:30PM Birchmere
3701 Mt. Vernon Ave.
Alexandria, VA 22305
(703)
549-7500
$27.50
9 Gretchen Wilson

Concert
8PM Wolf Trap
Filene Center
1645 Trap Rd.
Vienna, VA 22182
Info: (703)
255-1900
Tix: (877)
WOLFTRAP
$42, $25 This "Redneck Woman" commands the stage with hard-partying country tunes.
9* Linda Bernard, Fabric

Art
10AM-5PM, daily Monteplier Arts Center
9652 Muirkirk Road, Laurel, MD
(301)
953-1993
TTY: (301)
490-2329
Free New works in fabric by Montpelier artist who is better known for her ceramics. Ms. Bernard teaches quilting and ceramics in the Montpelier class program. Dates: August 9-29.
9 Toby Keith "Biggest and Baddest Tour"

Concert
TBD Nissan Pavilion
7800 Cellar Door Drive
Bristow, VA 20136
(703)
754-6400
TBD With Montgomery Gentry
9* Virgin Mobile Festival 10AM Pimlico Race Course
Hayward & Winner Ave.
Baltimore, MD 21215
(877)
206-8042, ext. 300
$97.50 Main acts for this date: Bloc Party, Cat Power, Chuck Berry and The Silver Beats, Citizen Cope, Duffy, Foo Fighters, Gogol Bordello, Jack Johnson, KT Tunstall, Lupe Fiasco, The Offspring, Paramore, Rodrigo y Gabriela, Sharon Jones and the Dap Kings, The Swell Season and Wilco. *Dates: Aug. 9-10, different acts each day.

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