We're back to crank the Bethesda Theater on Saturday May 30! Reserve your seat or table on line and party with The Chuck Brown Band as we take you to the Go-Go, Chuck Brown Style!
WIND ME UP CHUCK
The Chuck Brown Band
Carrying forward the legacy of the Godfather of Go-Go, Wiley Brown leads the Chuck Brown Band in delivering the signature DC sound—funk-driven, percussive, and built for the people.
Home Rule Music Festival is more than just a stage—it’s a space where our history, creativity, and community come together to create something lasting. Every year, we honor the legacy of Black music while building a future that’s rooted in culture and powered by people. Each festival day features live performances spanning jazz, go-go, hip-hop, soul, and contemporary Black music, alongside a curated Music & Record Fair highlighting top record shops and local vendors, live art murals, a Kids Zone, and a wide selection of the city’s best local food and merch vendors.
34th Annual Giant Barbecue Battle
Pepsi Lays Art to Go Go Stage, Between 3rd and 7th Street NW, Washington, DC
Pepsi Lay's Art to Go-Go Stage 11:00 AM Pock3t Band 12:30 PM Perfe3tion Band 1:30 PM Spoken Word to Go-Go Finals / Experience Band 3:00 PM Junkyard 4:30 PM The Kim Michelle Experience 6:00 PM The Chuck Brown Band 7:45 PM Rare Essence
Chill out with good vibes and cool tunes as we soak up the summer breeze together.
Concert that features The Chuck Brown Band with the Go-Go sound, United Souls Band, Raggae, Phase II Band R & B and special guest Fortresses. Food trucks and vendors present. $50 ticket includes tshirt or tank top. After purchase of ticket with shirt please let us know size and which shirt in contact event organizer section of this app. Bring Lawn Chairs. No coolers allowed
DC JazzFest 2026 will once again deliver a veritable cornucopia of jazz flavors and vivid colors, presenting a tantalizing bounty of the music that makes 21st century jazz an evolving, multi-stylistic expression. As an international jazz festival, one of our primary responsibilities is to showcase an appealing and mind-expanding range of the stylistic nuances that make jazz such a broad and vibrant art form, including presenting various musical streams that are stylistically jazz-adjacent and reflect the influence of jazzAnd there is no better way to musically celebrate DC’s 250th than through the music of legendary DC funk & jazz go-go pioneer Chuck Brown, as embodied by the ever-popular Chuck Brown Band. They will be joined by a “very special guest” to be announced shortly. Where else but DC JazzFest are you going to find such a broad range of tantalizing jazz expressions? Nowhere….