The local band will share the stage with Jesse Royal, Nippy Riddem, Backyard Band, and De La Soul at RFK.

The festival is coming to RFK festival grounds on April 23.

Maseo of De La Soul will DJ a special set at Tropicalia tonight at 8 p.m.

Monday >> Milwaukee-based indie pop quartet Maritime will be bringing their brand of sweet melodies to the Rock and Roll Hotel accompanied by the Swervedriver-inspired rock of Kansas City’s The Life and Times. We rarely get to make a Swervedriver reference, so enjoy it while you can. 8 p.m. >> Drive-By Truckers’ frontman Patterson Hood drops by the area for a show at the Birchmere in Alexandria. If you’re not familiar with the live stylings…

MONDAY: >> The definite must-see show this evening is sure to be Q and Not U’s performance at Fort Reno. As we reported earlier, the band is breaking up, and this concert will be one of their last. But if you can’t make it tonight, don’t worry too much – they’re playing shows at the Black Cat September 22 and 23. Tonight, the politically-charged hip hop group Son of Nun opens, and the music gets…

If we weren’t all going to die from this apparently massive, apocalyptic snowstorm that is going to eat our pets and start the second Ice Age, these are the shows we’d be going to see. Where are your musical destinations this week? MONDAY: >> The Finn Brothers, Kiwi nationals of Split Enz and Crowded House fame, take the stage with their classic pop and harmonies at the Birchmere. 7:30 p.m., $29.50. >> If the snow…

What’s on your radar? Here’s what we’ve got: FRIDAY: Mike Watt, formerly of the Minutemen, hits the Black Cat this evening at 9:30 p.m. $10. De La Soul with Butta Verses and ESL’s Thunderball and Federico Aubele at the 9:30 Club. Doors open at 10 p.m. $20. In a Halloween state of mind? Why not try a Capital Hauntings Walk? The creepy tour leads you through the Lafayette Square area, where, it’s claimed, “restless ghosts…