Scroll down to find Bluegrass and Bluegrass-Related events in the Washington, DC area and surrounding vicinities. Verify the Dates, Times, and Admission Fees, before traveling to any of these events.
All Day
UMBC Albin O. Kuhn Gallery, Baltimore MD
Celebrating old-time mountain music singers-songwriter Ola Belle Reed, this gallery exhibit features photos, videos and items from the Maryland Traditions Archive’s Ola Belle Reed collection.
Co-curated by the Library Gallery’s Curator of Exhibitions Emily Cullen and Media and Communications Studies Professor Bill Shewbridge with Tim Newby, author of Baltimore: The Hard Drivin’ Sound & its Legacy (McFarland and Company, Inc. 2015).
8:00 pm
The Music Center at Strathmore, North Bethesda MD
Coming from all the way across the pond, the Ukulele Orchestra of Great Britain reinvents entire genres with only their ukes and their voices. The small but mighty uke proves to hold its own in the hands of this virtuosic group on a journey from Tchaikovsky to Nirvana via Otis Redding and Spaghetti Western soundtracks. Using instruments small and large, the Orchestra uses the limitations of the ukulele to embrace musical freedom and reveal unsuspected musical insights. Both the beauty and vacuity of popular and highbrow music are highlighted, the pompous and the trivial, the moving and the amusing. The Ukulele Orchestra of Great Britain may bring you laughter, chills, or even tears, but one thing is certain: it will change the way you think about music.
PRE-CONCERT EVENT
UKULELE STRUM ALONG
Before the Ukulele Orchestra of Great Britain’s main-stage performance, join us for a pre-show community strum-along. Free with your concert ticket, but space is not guaranteed for non-registrants.