Live Shows VA / DC / MD Concerts & Clubs

Tickets $25 + Fees

Lets continue celebrating 25 years of Jammin Java by going to see a couple of early aughts northern Virginia Bands. It has been over 10 years since this guys last played together. The common link to these two bands in guitarist Buddy Spier.

Anthemic Rock joins Melodic Funk as two DMV legends unite for a dual reunion show for Jammin Java’s 25th Anniversary Oct 23rd. The last time Welbilt and Boogiehawg performed was over 10 years ago, both at Jammin Java, both for the charity Music Makes Life Better, but not the same show. Despite sharing band members, this will be their first time sharing a stage. Expect nasty grooves and riffs, stanky bass and horns, powerful vocals, all conjuring old memories and cooking up new ones. Come hear your favorite songs and relive the moments we all shared getting lost in the music. Don’t be surprised when you see a couple of Boogiehawgs puttin some stank on Welbilt tunes and some Welbilts throwin the boom down on Boogiehawg jams. It’s gonna be that kinda night. Wear your party pants

Welbilt Band Members
• Nate Ihara – Lead vocals and guitar
• Buddy Speir – Guitar and backup vocals
• Bill Ledbetter – Original member (replaced by Matt Waller in 2006)
• Nick Briscoe – Original member (replaced by Mike Smirnoff in 2006)

Boogiehawg Band
• Patrick Thornton – Bass, Lead Vocals
• Buddy Speir – Guitar, Vocals
• Nick Guitart – Trumpet, Percussion, Vocals
• Steve Lovecchio – Alto and Tenor Sax, Flute
• Matt Borer – Drums, Vocals

Tickets GA Seated $38
It's election day in the America so go vote! But after that come join at The Hamilton in DC for some blues by the ever so talented Ally Venable. I saw her a few years ago at the last Chesapeake Bay Blues Festival and as part of the Experience Hendrix tribute tour and they girl can play guitar and sing pretty good too. This show is at The Hamilton in DC just a block from Metro Center.

Bio:
Texas blues-rock singer/songwriter and guitarist extraordinaire, Ally Venable, entertains wherever she goes. With her signature glitter dresses and black knee-high boots, Venable comes off the ropes swinging dazzling crowds on tour or throughout the festival circuit. “Venable pulls off a stunner of gritty and/or sultry blues rock tunes embellished with lots of tasty guitar solos.” - Guitar Player Magazine. A Kilgore, Texas native, Ally began singing at church at four and picked up the guitar at age 12. By 13, she started her own band and through her early influence of Stevie Ray Vaughan captured the passion and yearning for more in the blues genre. Early releases No Glass Shoes (2016) and Puppet Show (2018) started her fanbase, charting radio play, and several East Texas Music Awards. It was 2019’s #2 Billboard Blues charting Texas Honey and rocking sets on Ruf’s European Blues Caravan tour that propelled her internationally. “Ally is the future of blues and the crossover music of American roots-rock.” - Mike Zito.
In what silenced many musicians during the pandemic, Venable now in her 20’s, released another Blues Billboard charting album, Heart of Fire (2021), which challenged her to write not only about love but the unguarded honesty of feeling pain. ”On this album, I really wanted to create a tone of overcoming your struggles and persevering through them,” she explains. Mentor and featured artist on this album, Kenny Wayne Shepherd, lends his guitar skills on XM Bluesville’s charted song, “Bring on the Pain.” In 2022, Guitar World Magazine named Ally #2 on the top 15 Young Guns Making the Gibson Les Paul Cool Again, and she received the Road Warrior award from the Independent Blues Music Awards. Along with Ally’s own tour domestically and in Europe, her band has supported Buddy Guy and Kenny Wayne Shepherd throughout the US, as well as Colin James in Canada. She has performed as a featured artist on the Experience Hendrix Show at the ACL Live at Moody Theater in Austin, Texas. Fans are anticipating Venable’s upcoming spring 2023 release produced by Grammy award winning producer, Tom Hambridge, which includes a duet with the iconic Buddy Guy and a song featuring powerhouse guitarists Joe Bonamassa.

$22 GA seated show

Join us for singer/songwriter Liz Longley for original music from this very talented musical artist who continues to develop quite a following. Her latest album New Life released in 2025 is quite goo
d. Opener is The Young Fables
There are a few reserved seats still available or buy GA seated for $25.

Liz Longley is a Nashville-based singer-songwriter celebrated for her stop-you-in-your-tracks voice and deeply emotional music. Known for her distinctive blend of folk, pop, and Americana, Liz has earned accolades from prestigious songwriting competitions, including the BMI John Lennon Songwriting Scholarship Competition.
Her self-titled debut album was praised as “stunning” (HuffPost) and marked by “cleverness and wit” (Dallas Morning News). The follow-up, Weightless (2016), was lauded as “a thing of beauty” by Pop Dose. Liz’s sixth album, Funeral For My Past, became a notable success after her fans raised over $150,000 on Kickstarter to fund its independent release, making her the #4 most funded solo female musician in Kickstarter history. The album received widespread acclaim, with Forbes calling it “stunning” and Billboard highlighting its diverse range from Americana to shimmering pop anthems.
Becoming a mother in 2022 profoundly impacted Liz’s songwriting, infusing her music with greater depth and perspective. Her upcoming album reflects this new chapter in her life, showcasing both her personal growth and her continued evolution as an artist.