TUESDAY, MARCH 10

Philadelphia indie rock band The Districts hits D.C. just days before Friday’s release of new album You Know I’m Not Going Anywhere. The album finds the quartet taking a more experimental approach—as recent single “Cheap Regrets” suggests—borne out of self-reflection and some personal struggles. 9:30 Club. 7 p.m. doors. $20. All ages, accessible venue.

Though she’s toured off-and-on, Celine Dion spent the better part of the past decade living and working in Las Vegas, where she’s held down an extensive residency. Now she’s out on the road supporting last year’s Courage, her first English-language album in six years, much of which is about life after the 2016 death of her husband René Angélil. Capital One Arena. 6:30 p.m. doors. 7:30 p.m. show. $205-$215. All ages, accessible venue.
Update, 3/11/20: Celine Dion’s tour date in D.C. has been postponed due to illness.

WEDNESDAY, MARCH 11

As her name suggests, Los Angeles-based violinist and singer Sudan Archives is inspired in part by Sudanese fiddle music, which she melds with R&B and electronic music, as evident on last year’s breakout Athena. Union Stage. 6:30 p.m. doors. 7:30 p.m. show. $15-$30. All ages, accessible venue.

Iconic California punk band Dead Kennedys have carried on for the past two decades without founding singer Jello Biafra; Ron “Skip” Greer has held that role since 2008 as the band continues to tour behind their high-energy, politically-charged albums from the 1980s. 9:30 Club. 7 p.m. $30. All ages, accessible venue.

Brooklyn-based trumpeter Jaimie Branch has been a fixture in indie rock, playing with such acts as Spoon, TV on the Radio, and Bell Orchestre. She’s also an avante garde composer that fuses jazz with a punk spirit on her latest album Fly or Die II: Bird Dogs of Paradise. Kennedy Center. 7:30 p.m. $15-$35. All ages, accessible venue.

THURSDAY, MARCH 12

There’s a radical intensity present in the songs of Atlanta rock and soul band Algiers, which recently released There Is No Year. D.C. punk fans will want to get there early for an opening set from Hammered Hulls, the new(ish) project from Mark Cisneros, Alec MacKaye, Mary Timony, and Chris Wilson. Black Cat. 7:30 p.m. doors. $15. All ages, accessible venue.

FRIDAY, MARCH 13

A trio of female-led D.C. bands teams up at Pie Shop on Friday: Keyboardist Natalie Brooke, who specializes in funky, jazzy improv-heavy rock music, headlines with support from guitar rocker Elizabeth II and the soulful sounds of Pleasure Train, led by singer Valerie Vega. 7:30 p.m. doors. 8 p.m. show. $10-$12. All ages, accessible venue.

Denver’s The Motet and New York’s Tauk are bands that both thrive in the live setting—expanding songs and adding fun covers. Both bands have also recently released live albums, so you can get a feel for their shows before Friday’s 9:30 Club co-bill. This year’s Electric Dream: Live at Red Rocks showcases The Motet’s funk and soul sound, while Tauk’s multi-volume Real Tauk series emphasizes the quartet’s genre-shifting progressive rock sound. 7:30 p.m. doors. $25. All ages, accessible venue.

SATURDAY, MARCH 14

As part of the Kennedy Center’s Direct Current festival, mandolinist Chris Thile is bringing his Live From Here radio show to D.C. with a female-centric lineup of performers that includes Americana icon Lucinda Williams, pop and soul singer Emily King, violist Nadia Sirota, and Lake Street Dive singer Rachael Price, who will play each other’s songs, covers, and songs that were written just for the show with Thile and his band. 5:45 p.m. show. $49-$125. All ages, accessible venue.

SUNDAY, MARCH 15 

There’s a raw yet delicate nature to cult singer-songwriter Kath Bloom, who began her career in the 1970s, then disappeared for several years. When director Richard Linklater used her “Come Here” in his 1995 film, Before Sunrise, Bloom started writing again and eventually started touring in 2009. Her latest album, 2017’s This Dream of Life, features AVI Buffalo and Mark Kozelek. Songbyrd Vinyl Lounge. 8 p.m. doors. 8:30 p.m. show. FREE ($10 suggested donation). All ages, accessible venue.

MONDAY, MARCH 16

Sturgill Simpson and Tyler Childers, two of the biggest names on the fringes of mainstream country music, have teamed up for a massive arena tour that gets scaled down (slightly) for D.C. audiences with two nights at The Anthem (Sunday is already sold out). The collaborators are both touring in support of new albums. Childers will open with a focus on his latest set of twangy, expertly crafted country songs, Country Squire. Simpson headlines behind Sound & Fury, a heavy rock album that sounds more like ZZ Top experimenting with disco and synthesizers than Waylon Jennings. 6:30 p.m. doors. 7:30 p.m. shows Sunday and Monday. $80.50-$100.50. All ages, accessible venue.

English pop trio Stealing Sheep specializes in massive electronic beats and bold harmonies. The band just released the dance floor-ready single “Just Do,” which follows last year’s full-length Big Wows (a not inaccurate description of the band’s music). Pearl Street Warehouse. 7 p.m. doors. 8 p.m. show. FREE. 21+, accessible venue.

This post has been updated to reflect that Jaimie Branch will perform on Wednesday.