Weekend Music Roundup: Buddy Guy, Diamond District, Blue Öyster Cult

Friday

• Buddy Guy w/ Ann Rabson. The Birchmere. $69.50
• The Shirks, the Ladies, Maybe Baby, Social Problems, Electrocutions, Young and High. The Velvet Lounge. $10. +21
• Jason Aldean w/ David Nail. Merriweather Post Pavilion. $30-$45.
• Altar of Plagues, Castevet, Velnias. Black Cat. $10. All ages.
• Bomba Estereo w/ King Chango, Natalia Cavlier. Rock and Roll Hotel. $20. All ages.
• Shankar Ehsaan Loy, Shafqat Amanat Ali. DAR Constitution Hall. $37-$127.
• Thriving Ivory w/ Ponderosa. IOTA Club & Cafe. $15. +21.
• Watermelon w/ Kenton Dunson, Alex Tebeleff. The Red and The Black. $8. +21
• Carolyn Malachi w/ DJ Heat, Taratibu Youth Association, Pinstriped Rebel. U Street Music Hall. $10-$35. +18
• Washington International Piano Festival. Kennedy Center Millennium Stage. Free.
• National Symphony Orchestra: Distant Worlds. Wolf Trap. $20-$52
• Michael Schenker Group, Lynch Mob w/ Baby Jayne, 15 Minutes, Kat Atomic. Jaxx. $30. +21
• Mudlark, Tall Richard. Bangkok Blues. Call for Price.

Saturday

• Diamond District w/ the Cornel West Theory, Damu the FudgeMunk, DTMD. Black Cat. $12. All ages.
• John Mayer. Jiffy Lube Live. $36-$79.50
• Paramore w/ Tegan and Sara, New Found Glory, Kadawatha. Merriweather Post Pavilion. $21-$36.
• Stella Mira, Blackbells, Fight the Lion, the Wicked Tomorrow. Rock and Roll Hotel. $10. All ages.
• The Shirks, the Ladies, Maybe Baby, Social Problems, Electrocutions, Young and High. The Velvet Lounge. $10. +21
• King Giant w/ Throwdown Syndicate, Above the Silence. 9:30 Club. $10. All ages.
• Pants Velour w/ Cayan, Belikos. DC9. $8. +18
• The U-Liners. IOTA Club & Cafe. $15. +21.
• Asylum Street Spankers. Jammin Java. $17. All ages.
• The Chuck Shaffer Picture Show w/ Conditions, Madrone. Jammin Java. $10. All ages.
• 1964: the Tribute. The Birchmere. $35
• Curbside Manner w/ Cesspool, the Honey Guns, the Weather Vanes. The Red and The Black. $8. +21
• National Symphony Orchestra: The Planets in HD! Wolf Trap. $20-$52
• Living Colour w/ Switched at Birth, One Slack Mind, From the Ashes of My Sins, Hubbub, Amethyst Heart. Jaxx. $28. +21
• One Nation, Clarence Buffalo. Bangkok Blues. Call for Price.

Sunday

• Outlaw Jam- Bad Company, Candlebox, Blue Oyster Cult. Frederick County Fairgrounds. $37.75-$198.75.
• Greta Morgan w/ Tennis System, Matthew Hemmerlein, DJ KnowBox. U Street Music Hall. $20. +18
• Lights. Jammin Java. $20. All ages.
• Brooks & Dunn w/ Gary Allan. Jiffy Lube Live. $25-$69.25
• Power Pirate w/ the Neon Rush, Ivy Rose. DC9. $8. All ages.
• Andrius Mamontovas. Black Cat. $30. All ages.
• WPAS Children of the Gospel Choir. Kennedy Center Millennium Stage. Free
• As Blood Runs Black, Oceano, Arsonists Get All the Girls, The Tony Danza Tap Dance Extravaganza, Thick As Blood, Burning the Masses, Circle of Contempt, Blind Witness, This or the Apocalypse. Jaxx. $14. All ages.

The Shirks photo via Myspace