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Summer of sound: Upcoming music festivals across the DC area

ݮý's Jason Fraley previews upcoming music festivals (Part 1)

You can’t throw a proverbial rock across the Potomac River without hitting a DMV music festival.

In recent weeks, Maryland hosted the M3 Rock Festival at Merriweather Post Pavilion, D.C. hosted Project GLOW Fest at RFK Stadium and Virginia hosted the Something in the Water music festival in Virginia Beach.

If you missed those events, don’t worry, there are plenty of other music festivals coming to the D.C. area this year.

Here’s a roundup if you want to mark your calendar for the upcoming months:

Upcoming Music Festivals in the DMV:

  • May 19-Aug. 4:
    Martha Redbone Roots Project, Chelsey Green, Dupont Brass, Seldom Scene
  • May 25-28:
    Del McCoury, Molly Tuttle, Sam Bush, Trampled by Turtles, Pigeons Playing Ping Pong
  • May 28:
    Joe Mantegna, Gary Sinise, Mary McCormack, National Symphony Orchestra
  • May 28:
    Jacquees, Big Freedia, Mannie Fresh, UCB and DJ 5’9
  • June 2-4:
    Collective Soul, 311, Lit, Cold War Kids, Chris Young, Kip Moore
  • June 24:
    Kane Brown, Gabby Barrett and Restless Road
  • June 25:
    Brandi Carlile, Yola, Lucius, Rufus Wainwright, Brandy Clark
  • June 29-July 9:
    Pam Setser, Fran “Lady Strings” Grace, Pura Coco, and many more
  • July 4:
    National Symphony Orchestra with celebrity lineup TBD
  • July 12-16:
    Najee, Pieces of a Dream, War, Eric Roberson, Frank McComb, Mike Phillips
  • July 15-16:
    Lil Uzi Vert, Jazmine Sullivan, City Girls, Brent Faiyaz, Kodak Black, Glorilla
  • July 28:
    Willie Nelson, Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats, Kurt Vile & The Violators
  • Aug. 12-13:
    Dillon Francis, Above & Beyond, Bonnie x Clyde, Elephante, Loud Luxury, Slander, Zomboy
  • Aug. 30-Sept. 3:
    Gregory Porter, Kenny Garrett, Charles Lloyd, Samara Joy, Terri Lyne Carrington
  • Sept. 2-3:
    Scythian, Blue Highway, TBA, Screaming Orphans, Chatham Rabbits
  • Sept. 16:
    Lineup TBD
  • Sept. 29-Oct. 1:
    Jack Johnson, Alanis Morissette, John Mayer, Incubus, Sheryl Crow, Lumineers, Weezer
  • Sept. 30-Oct.1:
    Maggie Rogers, Carly Rae Jepsen, Mt. Joy, Lana Del Rey, Boy Genius, Muna
  • Oct. 14:
    Lineup TBD
ݮý's Jason Fraley previews upcoming music festivals (Part 2)

Jason Fraley

Hailed by The Washington Post for “his savantlike ability to name every Best Picture winner in history," Jason Fraley began at ݮý as Morning Drive Writer in 2008, film critic in 2011 and Entertainment Editor in 2014, providing daily arts coverage on-air and online.

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