Concerts

I'm a seasonal concert goer, which means I go a few times a season, usually see a bunch of bands at once, then stop for a few months. I went into the city a lot when I was younger but now I have too much to take care of around the house (I'm old).

I'm still putting this list together, not sure it could possibly comprehensive, but I'll try my best! There are also lots of local shows and last-minute things I attended that won't reflect here.

1990s

When | Where 1998 | RFK Stadium
Event Tibetan Freedom Concert
Bands that I remember seeing
  • KRS-1
  • Live
  • Dave Matthews
  • Radiohead
  • R.E.M.
  • Sonic Youth
  • A Tribe Called Quest
  • Beastie Boys
  • Wyclef Jean
  • Kraftwerk
  • Sean Lennon
  • Pearl Jam
  • Pulp
  • The Wallflowers

When | Where 1999 | PSINet Stadium
Event HFStival
Bands that I remember seeing
  • Buckcherry
  • The Living End
  • 2 Skinnee Js
  • Jimmie's Chicken Shack
  • Lit
  • silverchair
  • Mighty Mighty Bosstones
  • Orgy
  • Sugar Ray
  • Live
  • The Offspring
  • Red Hot Chili Peppers

When | Where 1999 | RFK Stadium
Event HFStival
Bands that I remember seeing
  • Staind
  • Long Beach Dub Allstars
  • Fuel
  • Powerman 5000
  • Jimmie's Chicken Shack
  • Buckcherry
  • Filter
  • Everclear
  • 311
  • Bush
  • The Chemical Brothers
  • Limp Bizkit

2000-2002

When | Where 2000 | FEDEX Field
Event HFStival
Bands that I remember seeing
  • Good Charlotte
  • Kittie
  • SR-71
  • Slipknot
  • Sev
  • Vertical Horizon
  • Bloodhound Gang
  • Staind
  • Deftones
  • Filter
  • Godsmack
  • Cypress Hill
  • Third Eye Blind
  • Stone Temple Pilots
  • Rage Against The Machine

When | Where 2000 | Nissan Pavillion
Event Warped Tour
Bands that I remember seeing
  • Green Day
  • NOFX
  • MXPX
  • The Mighty Mighty Bosstones

When | Where 2001 | Bender Arena
Event A Perfect Circle

When | Where 2001 | RFK Stadium (Monday)
Event HFStival
Bands that I remember seeing
  • The Little Kingz
  • American Hi Fi
  • Stabbing Westward
  • Fuel
  • Fatboy Slim
  • Live
  • Staind
  • Mide D & Mixmaster Mike

When | Where 2001 | 9:30 Club
Event Ours, opening for Pete Yorn
MemoryWe met the band!

When | Where 2001 | Falls Church Theatre
Event Ours with opener: Lennon
MemoryWe met the band again!

When | Where 2001 | MCI Center
Event TOOL with opener: Fantomas

When | Where 2002 | Black Cat
Event Daniel Ash with opener: Lennon

When | Where 2002 | Nation
Event VNV Nation

When | Where 2002 | Nissan Pavillion
Event David Bowie Area 2 tour with Moby and Blue Man Group

When | Where 2002 | Nation
Event The Cruxshadows
MemoryDanced on stage with the band!

When | Where 2002 | Nation
Event Mission UK

When | Where 2002 | 9:30 Club
Event Ours, opening for the Wallflowers
MemoryMet the band again and brought them a glittery Ours logo tshirt to sign!

When | Where 2002 | MCI Center
Event Zwan at the HFSmas Holiday Nutcracker

2016-2019

When | Where 2017 | DC9
Event Holy Fuck, Light Beams
Memory This is a concert I went to where I met a friend of mine! We "met" on OKCupid, always as friends (never the intent for more), and became good friends from there.

When | Where 2017 | Merriweather Post Pavilion
Event Sigur Ros

When | Where 2017 | Rock'n'Roll Hotel
Event Touche Amore, Gouge Away

When | Where 2017 | Baltimore Soundstage
Event Citizen

When | Where 2017 | Fillmore Silver Spring
Event Postmodern Jukebox

When | Where 2017 | United Center
Event Andrea Bocelli

When | Where 2017 | Baltimore Soundstage
Event Converge

When | Where 2017 | Rock'n'Roll Hotel
Event Converge

When | Where 2018 | Baltimore Soundstage
Event Architects, Stick to Your Guns, Counterparts
Memory After this show I was severely injured and could not walk, due 100% to the crush of the crowd and being in a particularly intense spot just on the outskirts of the pit. I still think about that night. Everyone moved together, and supported each other, but you couldn't find your feet (probably numb under someone else's foot). It was a great lineup and everyone was super into it. When we were into the depth of the pandemic phase 1 and I was missing the FUCK out of concerts, this is one of the shows I was thinking of.

When | Where 2018 | The Black Cat
Event Mac Sabbath

When | Where 2018 | Rock'n'Roll Hotel
Event Diet Cig, Great Grandpa

When | Where 2018 | Rock'n'Roll Hotel
Event Superorganism

When | Where 2018 | The Anthem
Event Modest Mouse

When | Where 2018 | The Black Cat
Event Cold Cave

When | Where 2018 | The Crystal Ballroom
Event Jawbreaker
Memory I traveled to Portland because they were playing close enough to my birthday. 20 year old me would be SO happy I finally saw them. Everyone was masking and I felt very comfortable.

When | Where 2018 | The Anthem (2 nights)
Event Nine Inch Nails
Memory This was another finally realized lifelong dream concert and I'm glad I got to see them two nights in a row. Even Deeper gutted me. The transition from The Frail to The Wretched live was so magical. Every moment was everything.

When | Where 2019 | Patriot Center
Event Pentatonix

2020+

When | Where 2020 | Rock'n'Roll Hotel
Event Refused
Memory This was my last concert before March 2020!

When | Where 2021 | Baltimore Soundstage
Event Strawberry Girls
Memory I had anxiety the entire time and I can't believe I went out to a concert for a band I didn't know during a pandemic, all for a dude who later ghosted me. Rude.

When | Where 2021 | Baltimore Soundstage
Event Touche Amore

When | Where 2021 | Black Cat
Event Diet Cig

When | Where 2022 Fort Reno

When | Where 2022 | 9:30 Club
Event Bartees Strange

When | Where 2023 | The Anthem
Event Fever Ray

When | Where 2023 | The Anthem
Event The Flaming Lips

When | Where 2023 | Merriweather Post Pavilion
Event The Cure