Free Events: Music
If you're a music lover on a budget, you've come to the right place! Below you can find free music events including concerts, chamber music, hip-hop, jazz and many other live music events.
Performances
The Conservatory Project
Terrace TheatreWed. Feb 20
El Niño y la Verdad
Millennium Stage at the Kennedy CenterThu. Feb 21
Atlas Intersections Festival: Free Cafe Concert: Benjamin Gates
Atlas Performing Arts CenterFri. Feb 22
FMMC Composers Series
Calvary Baptist ChurchFri. Feb 22
The Youth Jazz Orchestra of North Rhine Westphalia (YJO NRW)
Millennium Stage at the Kennedy CenterFri. Feb 22
Atlas Intersections Festival: Free Cafe Concert: Capital City Symphony presents Double the Viola
Atlas Performing Arts CenterSat. Feb 23
Chamber Music Concert
Saint Mark's Episcopal ChurchSat. Feb 23
Donvonte McCoy & CP Time
Millennium Stage at the Kennedy CenterSat. Feb 23
Jubilee Voices presented by Darnall's Chance
Trinity Episcopal ChurchSat. Feb 23
The Apollo Orchestra with WNO's Domingo-Cafritz Young Artists
Church of the EpiphanySat. Feb 23
Atlas Intersections Festival: Free Cafe Concert: Flo Anito
Atlas Performing Arts CenterSun. Feb 24
Atlas Intersections Festival: Free Cafe Concert: Hannah Jaye and the Hideaways
Atlas Performing Arts CenterSun. Feb 24
Juggling the Middle Ages Concert - Eya and Niccolo Seligmann
Dumbarton OaksSun. Feb 24
Jasna Popovic
Millennium Stage at the Kennedy CenterMon. Feb 25
Indian Ragas on Piano by Utsav Lal
Millennium Stage at the Kennedy CenterTue. Feb 26
Hometown Sounds
Millennium Stage at the Kennedy CenterThu. Feb 28
Atlas Intersections Festival: Free Cafe Concert: Clara Delfina
Atlas Performing Arts CenterFri. Mar 1
Bitter Dose Combo - First Fridays: Groovin' On the Pike
Columbia Pike Branch LibraryFri. Mar 1
FMMC: Calvary Baptist Church Concert Series
Calvary Baptist ChurchFri. Mar 1
Saba Abraha
Millennium Stage at the Kennedy CenterFri. Mar 1
Atlas Intersections Festival: Family Fun Days Free Concert: Mr. Skip
Atlas Performing Arts CenterSat. Mar 2
Gaby Moreno
Millennium Stage at the Kennedy CenterSat. Mar 2
Atlas Intersections Festival: Free Cafe Concert: Capital City Symphony presents The Lady Quartet
Atlas Performing Arts CenterSun. Mar 3
Noah Getz and Friends Absolute Art and Jazz between the Wars
National Gallery of ArtSun. Mar 3
The Boulanger Initiative
Millennium Stage at the Kennedy CenterSun. Mar 3
Noreum Machi
Millennium Stage at the Kennedy CenterMon. Mar 4
Swamp Romp
Millennium Stage at the Kennedy CenterTue. Mar 5
Washington National Opera: Faust / Eugene Onegin preview
Millennium Stage at the Kennedy CenterWed. Mar 6
FMMC: Strathmore Mansion Concert Series
The Mansion at StrathmoreThu. Mar 7
Interference Concert
American University Museum at the Katzen Arts CenterThu. Mar 7
Avanti Orchestra Concert
Church of the EpiphanyFri. Mar 8
BLACK GIRLS ROCK! FEST™: Free Welcome Party featuring DJs Beverly Bond and MC Lyte
The Kennedy CenterFri. Mar 8
Coldness & Lightness
Millennium Stage at the Kennedy CenterFri. Mar 8
FMMC: Calvary Baptist Church Concert Series
Calvary Baptist ChurchFri. Mar 8
Paul Lewis
Library of CongressFri. Mar 8
Jean Rondeau, harpsichord
Library of CongressSat. Mar 9
Marta Pereira da Costa
Millennium Stage at the Kennedy CenterSat. Mar 9
Concert: Peter Vinograde J. S. Bach’s Seven Keyboard Toccatas
National Gallery of ArtSun. Mar 10
FMMC: Lyceum Concert Series
The LyceumSun. Mar 10
The Apollo Orchestra with Cellist, Amit Peled
Terrace TheatreSun. Mar 10
Redhot & Blue
Millennium Stage at the Kennedy CenterMon. Mar 11
FMMC: Dumbarton Concert Series
Dumbarton HouseTue. Mar 12
NSO Youth Fellows
Millennium Stage at the Kennedy CenterTue. Mar 12
Cecily
Millennium Stage at the Kennedy CenterWed. Mar 13
FMMC: Steinway Concert Series
Steinway Piano GalleryWed. Mar 13
Brent Birckhead
Millennium Stage at the Kennedy CenterThu. Mar 14
FMMC: Old Town Hall Concert Series
Old Town HallThu. Mar 14
Ensemble Signal with Rachel Calloway, soprano
Library of CongressFri. Mar 15
FMMC: Calvary Baptist Church Concert Series
Calvary Baptist ChurchFri. Mar 15
Parthenia with Ryland Angel, countertenor Tomb Sonnets
National Gallery of ArtSun. Mar 17
Washington Women in Jazz Festival
Millennium Stage at the Kennedy CenterMon. Mar 18
Duke Ellington School of the Arts: From the Requiem to the Passion
Millennium Stage at the Kennedy CenterTue. Mar 19
Lubana
Millennium Stage at the Kennedy CenterWed. Mar 20
La Francophone: Horizons
Millennium Stage at the Kennedy CenterThu. Mar 21
Vishten-French Canadian music from Prince Edward Island and the Magdalen Islands
Library of CongressThu. Mar 21
B.B. King Tribute featuring Memphis Gold & Ms. Zeno
Millennium Stage at the Kennedy CenterFri. Mar 22
Borodin Quartet
Library of CongressFri. Mar 22
FMMC: Calvary Baptist Church Concert Series
Calvary Baptist ChurchFri. Mar 22
Aaron Diehl
Library of CongressSat. Mar 23
Greenspring Concert Series
Greenspring Retirement CommunitySat. Mar 23
National Cherry Blossom Festival: Opening Ceremony
Warner TheatreSat. Mar 23
Hugar
Millennium Stage at the Kennedy CenterSun. Mar 24
Natalie Clein, cello
National Gallery of ArtSun. Mar 24
Elder Ones
Millennium Stage at the Kennedy CenterMon. Mar 25
FMMC: Chevy Chase Woman's Club Series
Woman's Club of Chevy ChaseTue. Mar 26
Tashera
Millennium Stage at the Kennedy CenterTue. Mar 26
Alash Ensemble
Library of CongressWed. Mar 27
Liberated Muse
Millennium Stage at the Kennedy CenterWed. Mar 27
Roscoe Mitchell with Moor Mother
Millennium Stage at the Kennedy CenterThu. Mar 28
FMMC: Calvary Baptist Church Concert Series
Calvary Baptist ChurchFri. Mar 29
Hypercube Ensemble
Millennium Stage at the Kennedy CenterSat. Mar 30
Fauré Quartett
National Gallery of ArtSun. Mar 31
Yuka C Honda: Revert to Sea
Millennium Stage at the Kennedy CenterSun. Mar 31
As One
Millennium Stage at the Kennedy CenterMon. Apr 1
Gato Preto
Millennium Stage at the Kennedy CenterTue. Apr 2
Sister Nancy Live with DollarVan
Millennium Stage at the Kennedy CenterWed. Apr 3
FMMC: Strathmore Mansion Concert Series
The Mansion at StrathmoreThu. Apr 4
J Hoard
Millennium Stage at the Kennedy CenterThu. Apr 4
FMMC: Calvary Baptist Church Concert Series
Calvary Baptist ChurchFri. Apr 5
Los Gallos Negros - First Fridays: Groovin' On the Pike
Columbia Pike Branch LibraryFri. Apr 5
Tanya Tagaq
Millennium Stage at the Kennedy CenterFri. Apr 5
FMMC Chorale
Lutheran Church of the ReformationApr. 4 & 6
Laraaji
Millennium Stage at the Kennedy CenterSat. Apr 6
Brownout - The Keepers Of Latin Funk
Millennium Stage at the Kennedy CenterSun. Apr 7
Chamber Music Concert
Saint Mark's Episcopal ChurchSun. Apr 7
Haimovitz–Iyer Duo
National Gallery of ArtSun. Apr 7
The Apollo Orchestra, featuring concert pianist, Peter Orth
Church of the EpiphanySun. Apr 7
FMMC: Jordan Kitt's Music Series
Jordan Kitt’s MusicWed. Apr 10
Eva Salina and Peter Stan: Serbian and Roma music
Library of CongressThu. Apr 11
Jerusalem Quartet
Library of CongressFri. Apr 12
East Coast Chamber Orchestra
National Gallery of ArtSun. Apr 14
Mokoomba
Library of CongressMon. Apr 15
Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center
Library of CongressThu. Apr 18
Jazzmeia Horn Quintet
Library of CongressSat. Apr 20
Duo Sonidos Fourth Friday Sound Sketch
National Gallery of ArtFri. Apr 26
Franz Liszt’s Sardanapalo
Library of CongressSat. Apr 27
Concert: The Brandee Younger Trio
National Gallery of ArtSun. Apr 28
Tetzlaff-Tetzlaff-Vogt Trio
Library of CongressSat. May 4
DC Concert Orchestra - Postcards
Church of the EpiphanySun. May 5
Poulenc Trio From Nature, Truth: Whitman, Ruskin and the American Pre-Raphelites
National Gallery of ArtSun. May 5
Concert: The Canales Project Hear Her Voice, Part II: A Mother’s Day Celebration
National Gallery of ArtSun. May 12
Polaris Piano Trio
Potter ViolinsFri. May 17
Yumi Kurosawa, koto
National Gallery of ArtSun. May 19
National Memorial Day Choral Festival
The Kennedy CenterSun. May 26
Orpheus Chamber Orchestra
Library of CongressSat. Jun 1
Chamber Music Concert
Saint Mark's Episcopal ChurchSun. Jun 9
AIR Workshop: Secrets for Success with Trey Sorrells
The Mansion at StrathmoreWed. Jun 19
