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🎸#19: List of Local Live Music
Week of Wed, August 6th, 2025 | Arlington | Falls Church
Matt Fleming
August 06, 2025
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At shows, always the more, the merrier -
better for the fans, the bands, and the venues.
Week of Wednesday, August 6th, 2025
Wednesday (8/6)
ARLINGTON
Westover Beer Garden: Westover Jam (6pm-8)
Thursday (8/7)
FALLS CHURCH
Clare and Don’s Beach Shack: Big Tow (4pm; Rock/Blues Cover band)
Founders Groove: Mardi Gras Kings (6:30pm-8:30; Zydeco, Jazz, Funk)
Friday (8/8)
ARLINGTON
Ballston Local: Postskript (7:30pm-10)
Friday’s at the Fountain@National Landing: Femi and the Foundation (5:30pm-8; Funk, Rock, HipHop, R&B)
FALLS CHURCH
The State Theater: Thurston Howell ($20; 8:30pm; Yacht Rock spectacular)
Clare and Don’s Beach Shack: Shartel & Hume (5:30; Acoustic Male Duo; Classic Rock/Americana Covers) and Sammi/Jackson/Stevie (8pm; Back Room; Soulful jammy music)
Saturday (8/9)
ARLINGTON
The Renegade: Wicked Sycamore and ILYAIMY($15; 6:30pm-9; Contemporary Folk)
Westover Beer Garden: Redacted (5pm-9)
Ragtime: Moon Landing Duo (9:30pm; Acoustic duo playing pop hits from 60’s-today)
FALLS CHURCH
The State Theater: Southern Accents ($18; 8:30pm; Tom Petty Tribute)
Clare and Don’s Beach Shack: Digital Underpants (6pm; Pop covers)
Dogwood Tavern: JMM Funk (9:30pm; Arlington Jazz/Funk Band)
Sunday (8/10)
FALLS CHURCH
The State Theater: Ozomatli ($40; 8pm; Latin, Funk, HipHop, Reggae)
Wednesday (8/13)
ARLINGTON
Westover Beer Garden: Song Writers Night (6-8pm)
FALLS CHURCH
Clare and Don’s Beach Shack: Justin Trawick and the Listening Room w/ Mary Moore ($20; 7:30pm-9:30; Urban folk rock)
Thursday (8/14)
FALLS CHURCH
Clare and Don’s Beach Shack: Dan and Chuck (5:30pm)
The SoundWave is for the fans, and by the fans. So if you have any ideas, requests, missing venues, bands to watch out for, etc, please email me at [email protected]. Thanks! - Matt