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February 2026
Bands: Nightwind, Mach Four, Liger Bombs, Twist & Writhe
Venue: Zen West (Towson, MD)
Date: Friday, February 6th, 2026
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Bands: Cemetery Sex, Bodied, Jade Weapon, Thisdogllhunt
Benefit Show for Ward 2 Mutual Aid
Venue: Transmission (formerly the Rock & Roll Hotel) (H St corridor NE Washington DC)
Date: Saturday, February 7th, 2026 – Doors open at 5pm, music from 6pm to 9pm
$15 at the door
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https://dcheavymetal.com/upcoming-concerts/#CemeterySex
Bands: Thra, Barbelith, Pilau, Mass Ego
Venue: Rhizome (Takoma NW Washington DC)
Date: Sunday, February 8th, 2026 (Super Bowl Sunday)
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Bands: Agriculture, Knoll, Sadness
The Spiritual Sound Tour
Venue: Metro Gallery (Baltimore, MD)
Date: Sunday, February 8th, 2026 (Super Bowl Sunday) New Date
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https://dcheavymetal.com/upcoming-concerts/#Agriculture
Bands: Nine Inch Nails, Boys Noize
Peel It Back Tour 2026
Venue: Capital One Arena (Chinatown NW Washington DC)
Date: Wednesday, February 11th, 2026
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https://dcheavymetal.com/upcoming-concerts/#NIN
Bands: Kayo Dot, Carl Gene
2026 North America Tour
Venue: Metro Gallery (Baltimore, MD)
Date: Thursday, February 12th, 2026
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Bands: Nosferatu Madre, Lemmy Shelter, Quick Machine
Farewell To The Kings: A Night of Black Sabbath & Ozzy Tributes
Venue: The Pocket at 7DrumCity (Truxton Circle NW Washington DC)
Date: Friday, February 13th, 2026
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https://dcheavymetal.com/upcoming-concerts/#SabbathTributeNight
Bands: Primeval Well, Torvus, Grandeur
Venue: Pie Shop (H St corridor NE Washington DC)
Date: Sunday, February 15th, 2026
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Bands: Thra, Barbelith, Genevieve, Crow’s Foot
Venue: Metro Gallery (Baltimore, MD)
Date: Friday, February 20th, 2026
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Bands: Genocide Pact, Suppression, Shitstorm, Sinister Feeling, Deliriant Nerve
Venue: The Ottobar (Baltimore, MD)
Date: Saturday, February 21st, 2026
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Bands: Wrekmeister Harmonies, Sadness, Oldest Sea, Witch’s Mirror
Venue: Rhizome (Takoma NW Washington DC)
Date: Monday, February 23rd, 2026
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Bands: Arkona (from Russia), Malphas
North American Paganist Tour 2026
Venue: Metro Gallery (Baltimore, MD)
Date: Thursday, February 26th, 2026
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Bands: Jarhead Fertilizer, Blood Monolith, Hollow Man, Primitive Rage
Venue: Metro Gallery (Baltimore, MD)
Date: Friday, February 27th, 2026
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Bands: Abominog, Nuclear Tomb, Contagion, Thionic
Venue: The Garage at Honey Acres (Boyds, MD)
Date: Friday, February 27th, 2026
$10 at the door
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March 2026
Bands: Author & Punisher, King Yosef, Black Magnet
Venue: Metro Gallery (Baltimore, MD)
Date: Monday, March 2nd, 2026
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Bands: Hallucination Realized, Eyecatcher, Invasive, Underserene
Venue: Brink Bar (Brightwood Park NW Washington DC)
Date: Wednesday, March 4th, 2026
$10 at the door
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Bands: Sinister Haze, Hagstone, Lathe
Venue: Metro Gallery (Baltimore, MD)
Date: Thursday, March 5th, 2026
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Bands: Black Lung, Super City, Nova Koloso
Forever Beyond album release show
Venue: The Ottobar (Baltimore, MD)
Date: Friday, March 6th, 2026
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Bands: Aphellion, Grozov, Arkas, Stafford
EP release show
Venue: Pie Shop (H St corridor NE Washington DC)
Date: Saturday, March 7th, 2026
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Bands: Katatonia, Rivers of Nihil
Venue: Recher Theater (Towson, MD)
Date: Sunday, March 8th, 2026
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Bands: Orbit Culture, Ov Sulfur, Atlas
Death Above Life North America 2026
Venue: The Fillmore Silver Spring (Silver Spring, MD)
Date: Tuesday, March 10th, 2026
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Bands: The Obsessed, Borracho, Foghound
Venue: Metro Gallery (Baltimore, MD)
Date: Wednesday, March 11th, 2026
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https://dcheavymetal.com/upcoming-concerts/#Wino
Bands: Nailed Shut MA, Godseyes
A Promise Made, A Promise Kept EP Release Tour Across The North East
Venue: DC9 (U St corridor NW Washington DC)
Date: Saturday, March 14th, 2026
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Bands: Bad Omens, Beartooth, President
Do You Feel The Love North American Tour
Venue: CFG Bank Arena (Baltimore, MD)
Date: Saturday, March 14th, 2026
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Bands: Sabaton, Pop Evil, Wings of Steel
Legends on Tour
Venue: The Theater at MGM National Harbor (Oxon Hill, MD)
Date: Sunday, March 15th, 2026 the Ides of March
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https://dcheavymetal.com/upcoming-concerts/#Sabaton
Bands: Hanabie., Nekrogoblikon, Enterprise Earth
Venue: The Fillmore Silver Spring (Silver Spring, MD)
Date: Sunday, March 15th, 2026 the Ides of March
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Bands: Internal Bleeding, Brick by Brick, Inoculation, Atomic Witch
Venue: Metro Gallery (Baltimore, MD)
Date: Sunday, March 15th, 2026 the Ides of March
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Bands: Lamb of God, Kublai Khan, Fit For An Autopsy, Sanguisugabogg
North America 2026
Venue: Theater at the MGM Casino at National Harbor (Oxon Hill, MD)
Date: Tuesday, March 17th, 2026 (St Patrick’s Day)
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Bands: Mammoth, 10 Years, James and the Cold Gun
The End Tour
Venue: Nevermore Hall (Baltimore, MD)
Date: Wednesday, March 18th, 2026
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Bands: Haunt, Intranced
The Extraordinary Tour – USA 2026
Venue: Metro Gallery (Baltimore, MD)
Date: Wednesday, March 25th, 2026
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Bands: Hirax, Savage Master, Desolus, Total Maniac, Devil Lust
Venue: Metro Gallery (Baltimore, MD)
Date: Friday, March 27th, 2026
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Bands: Sebastian Bach, Stitched Up Heart
The Party Never Ends Tour 2026
Venue: Tally Ho Theater (Leesburg, VA)
Date: Friday, March 27th, 2026
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Bands: Slomosa (Norway), The Mainliners
Breaking Ice Tour 2026
Venue: Pearl Street Warehouse (The Wharf SW Washington DC)
Date: Saturday, March 28th, 2026
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Bands: Invunche, Cape of Bats, Druhtiz, Dashuyn
Venue: Pie Shop (H St corridor NE Washington DC)
Date: Saturday, March 28th, 2026
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April 2026
Bands: Dogma, Frayle
Time To Rise US Tour 2026 Part 1
Venue: Black Cat (U St corridor NW Washington DC)
Date: Wednesday, April 1st, 2026
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Bands: Varials, UnityTX, HEAVY//HITTER, Boltcutter
Where The Light Leaves Release Tour 2026
Venue: The Ottobar (Baltimore, MD)
Date: Monday, April 6th, 2026
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Bands: Sunn O)))
US Tour Spring 2026
Venue: Lincoln Theatre (U St corridor NW Washington DC)
Date: Friday, April 10th, 2026
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https://dcheavymetal.com/upcoming-concerts/#Sunn
Bands: Slaughter To Prevail, Whitechapel, Attila
North American Tour 2026
Venue: The Fillmore Silver Spring (Silver Spring, MD)
Date: Saturday, April 11th, 2026
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Bands: Poison The Well, Converge, Spy, Balmora
Peace In Place Tour
Venue: Nevermore Hall (Baltimore, MD)
Date: Sunday, April 12th, 2026
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Bands: Helloween, Beast In Black
40th Anniversary North American Tour 2026
Venue: The Fillmore Silver Spring (Silver Spring, MD)
Date: Tuesday, April 14th, 2026
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Bands: Dark Tranquillity, Soen, Persefone
Scandinavian Heavy Arts Tour
Venue: Recher Theater (Towson, MD)
Date: Friday, April 17th, 2026
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https://dcheavymetal.com/upcoming-concerts/#DT
Bands: Black Tusk, Howling Giant, Total Maniac, Haze Mage (final show), Shadow Witch, Cemetery Sex, Almost Honest, Seasick Gladiator, Necromancer
Grim Reefer Fest 2026
Venue: The Ottobar (Baltimore, MD)
Date: Saturday, April 18th, 2026 (doors open at 2:30pm, music starts at 3:30pm)
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Bands: Pallbearer, Knoll
Performing Foundations of Burden in full
Venue: The Ottobar (Baltimore, MD)
Date: Sunday, April 19th, 2026
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Bands: Heavy Temple, Waxed, Druid Stone
Venue: Pie Shop (H St corridor NE Washington DC)
Date: Tuesday, April 21st, 2026
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Bands: Faetooth, Latter, Bosses
Venue: The Ottobar (Baltimore, MD)
Date: Friday, April 24th, 2026
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Bands: Bogside Sniper Squadron, Primitive Weapons, Shāhanshāh
Venue: Pie Shop (H St corridor NE Washington DC)
Date: Saturday, April 25th, 2026
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Bands: Behemoth, Deicide, Rotting Christ, Immolation
The Godless IV 2026
Venue: The Fillmore Silver Spring (Silver Spring, MD)
Date: Thursday, April 30th, 2026
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Bands: Uli Jon Roth
Venue: Tally Ho Theater (Leesburg, VA)
Date: Thursday, April 30th, 2026
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Bands: Uada, Mortiis, Rome, Wraith Knight
The Witches of Dystopia Tour MMXXVI
Venue: Metro Gallery (Baltimore, MD)
Date: Thursday, April 30th, 2026
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May 2026
Bands: Heavy Temple, Waxed
Venue: Metro Gallery (Baltimore, MD)
Date: Friday, May 1st, 2026 (May Day)
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https://dcheavymetal.com/upcoming-concerts/#HTMD
Bands: All That Remains, Born of Osiris, Dead Eyes
Venue: Nevermore Hall (Baltimore, MD)
Date: Saturday, May 2nd, 2026
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Bands: Cryptopsy, Necrot, Fulci, Blood Monolith
The Decibel Magazine Tour 2026
Venue: Baltimore Soundstage (Baltimore, MD)
Date: Saturday, May 2nd, 2026
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https://dcheavymetal.com/upcoming-concerts/#Decibel
Bands: Defeated Sanity, Vulvodynia, Organectomy, Scasm, Blood Vial
Venue: Metro Gallery (Baltimore, MD)
Date: Sunday, May 3rd, 2026
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Bands: Bring Me The Horizon, Motionless In White, The Plot In You, Amira Elfeky
North American Ascension Program 2
Venue: CFG Bank Arena (Baltimore, MD)
Date: Monday, May 4th, 2026
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Bands: Amon Amarth, Dethklok, Castle Rat
The Amonklok Conquest Tour: North America 2026
Venue: Theater at the MGM Casino at National Harbor (Oxon Hill, MD)
Date: Tuesday, May 5th, 2026 (Cinco De Mayo)
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Bands: Bleed From Within, Sylosis, Great American Ghost, Life Cycles
The Zenith Tour North America 2026
Venue: Nevermore Hall (Baltimore, MD)
Date: Wednesday, May 6th, 2026
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https://dcheavymetal.com/upcoming-concerts/#BFW
Bands: Archspire, Undeath, Crown Magnetar, Mutilation Barbecue
Long Roads Big Loads Tour 2026
Venue: Baltimore Soundstage (Baltimore, MD)
Date: Thursday, May 7th, 2026
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https://dcheavymetal.com/upcoming-concerts/#LRBL
Bands: Cradle of Filth, Suffocation, Ghost Bath, Cultus Black
Majestic In Death Tour 2026
Venue: Black Cat (U St corridor NW Washington DC)
Date: Monday, May 11th, 2026
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https://dcheavymetal.com/upcoming-concerts/#CoF
Bands: Black Label Society, Zakk Sabbath, Dark Chapel
North America Tour 2026
Venue: The Fillmore Silver Spring (Silver Spring, MD)
Date: Monday, May 11th, 2026
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Bands: Thy Art Is Murder, Carnifex, Bodysnatcher, 200 Stab Wounds, Ingested, Gates To Hell, Bodybox
Chaos & Carnage 2026
Venue: Nevermore Hall (Baltimore, MD)
Date: Wednesday, May 13th, 2026
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https://dcheavymetal.com/upcoming-concerts/#TAIM
Bands: Shadow of Intent, AngelMaker, Mental Cruelty, Synestia
Imperium Delirium North American Tour 2026
Venue: Baltimore Soundstage (Baltimore, MD)
Date: Thursday, May 14th, 2026
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Bands: The Amity Affliction, August Burns Red, Boundaries
The Spring Horizons Tour 2026
Venue: Nevermore Hall (Baltimore, MD)
Date: Friday, May 15th, 2026
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https://dcheavymetal.com/upcoming-concerts/#TAA
Bands: David Lee Roth
Venue: Warner Theatre (Downtown NW Washington DC)
Date: Saturday, May 16th, 2026
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https://dcheavymetal.com/upcoming-concerts/#DLR
Bands: Sevendust, Atreyu, Fire From The Gods, American Adrenaline
One Tour
Venue: Nevermore Hall (Baltimore, MD)
Date: Saturday, May 16th, 2026
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https://dcheavymetal.com/upcoming-concerts/#7dust
Bands: Napalm Death, Repulsion, Sinister, Monstrosity, Organ Donor
Maryland Deathfest XXI Pre-Fest Show
Venue: Nevermore Hall (Baltimore, MD)
Date: Wednesday, May 20th, 2026
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Maryland Deathfest XXI
Venue: Baltimore Inner Harbor
Date: Thursday, May 21st thru Sunday, May 24th, 2026
Tickets available here: here
Bands announced so far:
1914 (Ukraine)
Aberration
Acheron
Aftermath
Anatomia (Japan) Due to logistical issues with tour
…And Oceans (Finland)
Antichrist Siege Machine
Avernus
Batushka (Poland)
Blood Red Throne (Norway)
Bongripper
Bongzilla
Cancer (UK) Death Shall Rise set
Cephalic Carnage (Old school set – First 3 albums)
Cephalotripsy
Cerebral Hemmorhage
Chaotian (Denmark)
Condemned
The Crown (Sweden)
Cryptic Shift (UK)
Dead Void (Denmark)
Death Angel performing Act III in its entirety
Der Weg einer Freiheit (Germany)
Destruction performing Infernal Overkill in its entirety
Diabolic Oath
Dying Fetus first 3 albums set (Purification Through Violence, Killing on Adrenaline, Destroy the Opposition)
Emasculator
Excrescence
Gestation
God Dethroned (Netherlands)
Grave (Sweden) – Old School Grave/Corpse set
Grave Infestation
Haukago Grind Time
Havukruunu (Finland)
Hellbutcher (Sweden)
Hemorrhoid
Kreator (Germany) performing songs from Pleasure to Kill, Terrible Certainty, and Extreme Aggression
Lair of the Minotaur
Lividity
Lömsk (Sweden)
Macabre
Mellow Harsher
Melting Rot
Miasmatic Necrosis
Mortician
Necrofier
Novembers Doom
Old Man’s Child (Norway)
Ossuary
Pan-Amerikan Native Front
Pathology Due to a band member suffering an injury that will require extended physical therapy, Pathology are no longer able to perform at MDF 2026
Pig Destroyer Prowler in the Yard set
Poltergeist
Putridity (Italy)
Rotten Sound (Finland) Murderworks and Exit set
Rotting Christ (Greece) playing an old school set (1989-1995)
Rottrevore (replacing Pathology)
Rwake
Sarcófago (Brazil) (performed by Gerald “Incubus” Minelli and the Laws)
Sardonic Witchery
Sex Prisoner
Shitstorm
Slimelord (UK)
Soil of Ignorance (Canada)
Solitude Aeturnus
StarGazer (Australia)
!T.O.O.H.! (Czech Republic)
Torture Rack
Terror Corpse
To Violently Vomit (ex-Disgorge US)
Torsofuck (Finland)
Unmerciful
Warbringer
Whiplash
Windhand Due to booking recording studio time at the same time
Witch Vomit
Wolfheart (Finland)
Wrathprayer (Chile)
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https://dcheavymetal.com/upcoming-concerts/#MDFXXI
Bands: Buckethead
Venue: 9:30 Club (U St corridor NW Washington DC)
Date: Sunday, May 24th, 2026
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Bands: Master Boot Record
Venue: Metro Gallery (Baltimore, MD)
Date: Thursday, May 28th, 2026
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June 2026
Bands: Witch Club Satan, Penelope Trappes
Founding of the North American Coven
Venue: Baltimore Soundstage (Baltimore, MD)
Date: Tuesday, June 2nd, 2026
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https://dcheavymetal.com/upcoming-concerts/#WCS
Bands: Spite, Emmure, Psycho Frame, Rev3rent
United States Tour 2026
Venue: Baltimore Soundstage (Baltimore, MD)
Date: Wednesday, June 17th, 2026
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https://dcheavymetal.com/upcoming-concerts/#Spite
Bands: Wolfmother
Celebrating 20 years of their s/t debut album — performed in full
Venue: 9:30 Club (U St corridor NW Washington DC)
Date: Friday, June 19th, 2026
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https://dcheavymetal.com/upcoming-concerts/#Wolfmother
Maryland Doom Fest presents The Knights of Doom 2026
Saturday Bands: Lie Heavy, Crop, Vanishing Kids, Wolftooth, Black Manta, Hovel, Moonsinger, Tommy Stewart’s Dyerwulf, Bloodshot, Curse the Son, Thunderbird Divine, Clamfight, Uga Buga, Sun Voyager, Professor Emeritus, Gravediggers Biscuits, Bog Wizard, Bleak Shore
Sunday Bands: Thunder Horse, Stone Nomads, Foghound, Faith in Jane, Borracho, Double Planet, Strange Highways, Locust Pointe, End of Age, Grave Next Door, Kulvera, Dreadstar, Mourn the Light, Born of Plagues, Black Night, Stormtoker, Burn the Martyr
Venue: Cafe 611 (Frederick, MD)
Date: Saturday, June 20th + Sunday, June 21st, 2026
The Facebook event page for this concert is here
Direct link to this concert listing:
https://dcheavymetal.com/upcoming-concerts/#KoD
Bands: Sammy Hagar’s Best of All Worlds Band
Venue: The Theater at MGM National Harbor (Oxon Hill, MD)
Date: Friday, June 26th + Saturday, June 27th, 2026
The venue’s event page for these concerts is here
The Friday Facebook event page for this concert is here
The Saturday Facebook event page for this concert is here
Get tickets here
Direct link to this concert listing:
https://dcheavymetal.com/upcoming-concerts/#Hagar
Bands: Evanescence, Spiritbox, Nova Twins
Venue: Jiffy Lube Live (Brisow, VA)
Date: Saturday, June 27th, 2026
The Facebook event page for this concert is here
Get tickets here
Direct link to this concert listing:
https://dcheavymetal.com/upcoming-concerts/#Evanescence
August 2026
Bands: Mötley Crüe, Tesla, Extreme
The Return of Carnival of Sins Tour 2026
Venue: Jiffy Lube Live (Brisow, VA)
Date: Monday, August 3rd, 2026
The Facebook event page for this concert is here
Get tickets here
Direct link to this concert listing:
https://dcheavymetal.com/upcoming-concerts/#MotleyCrue
September 2026
Bands: Iron Maiden, Megadeth
Run For Your Lives World Tour 2026
Venue: Jiffy Lube Live (Brisow, VA)
Date: Friday, September 11th, 2026
The Facebook event page for this concert is here
Get tickets here
Direct link to this concert listing:
https://dcheavymetal.com/upcoming-concerts/#IronMaiden
Bands: Hammerfall, Evergrey, Elvenking
Venue: Tally Ho Theater (Leesburg, VA)
Date: Sunday, September 13th, 2026
The venue’s event page for this concert is here
Get tickets here
Direct link to this concert listing:
https://dcheavymetal.com/upcoming-concerts/#Hammerfall
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Thank you!! Finally a site to combine all metal shows.
Good list. Keep it up!
As always, nice info, Chris.
thanks for putting these together! very useful info dc needs.
Yes, very awesome! Thank you!
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Metal Chris, you could not be more awesome. Thank you so much for keeping this list going! If I ever run into you at one of these gigs, the beers are on me, dude.
very cool site.thanks for the listings. i think krass judgement are playing on the exumed/goatwhore show
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Had lots of fun at the Ghost show, It was fucking beautiful. Once again thanx for the site, new to area and pleased with this healthy metal sceene. DC knows how to tear shit up… See ya’ll at the Testament show!
thanks for the info,forever metal.greetings to all metal bassists from THUNDERCHILD…………..
kep it comin man thanks.
This site is really cool for letting people updated for their favorite metal band concerts and tours….
M/A was the band that got me into the genre many years ago.I’ve never seen them live and I pretty much adore you for making my day with the news that they are touring to a place I can see them….. in only a few months. I thank you big big. :-)
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Hammer fist!
By any chance did you whats the latest the buses run in Springfield, VA? I wil be livig in Washingon DC, but I would not have a problem going there, only getting back home.
Thanks
I don’t know but you can probably find out on the Metro’s website: http://www.wmata.com
Also check out the local Fairfax Connector busses:
http://www.fairfaxcounty.gov/connector.
(A good guide is on page 2 of the Metro section in the Sept. 2 Washington post.)
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Love the updates. I know DORO and SISTER SIN are coming to Empire (http://www.empire-nova.com/eventdetails.aspx?eventId=294 ) and Baltimore Soundstage next year.
this site is really cool! Thanks for keeping us up to date with shows!
Love this site. A real goldmine. Thanks for the time and effort keeping it up to date.
Would miss out and never hear about many of these local shows happening without it.
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Thanks so much for doing this!!!! I check it at least once a week XD