8/6/2019 New Concert Venue 'Fillmore' To Open in Silver Spring, MD!

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Coincidence? We Think Not.We’re glad that Screen on the Green didn’t have

an existential threat this year and all, but isn’t

showing “In the Heat of the Night” (star-

ring Sidney Poitier and Rod Steiger,

pictured) as the first film tonight

a little bit on the nose? We get

it: D.C. is hot, and we’re willing-

ly to sit outside. Get there a cou-

ple hours early. National Mall,

between 8th and 14th streets;

Mon., dusk, free; 877-262-

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Dia de los MúsicosWell, this is unfortunate timing.

David Wax is a rabbi in New Jersey

recently accused of murder, but that’s not

the David Wax who fronts the David Wax

Museum, a Latin folk band! This is all a

terrible coincidence. David Wax (pictured

here with bandmate Suz Slezak) and the

other members play raucous, Mexican-

tinged folk music that also pays hom-

age to indie rock (but without any iron-

ic detachment). Kennedy Center, 2700 F 

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Appalachian SingThe music of the Mid-Atlantic

mountains has a ghostly, time-

less quality, or so we assume from the

music of Mountain Man, the trio of sing-

ers Molly Erin Sarle, Alexandra Sauser-

Monnig and Amelia Randall Meath. The

three, who occasionally accompany their

gorgeous harmonies with an acoustic gui-

tar, give an authentic idea of what it’s like

to hike the Appalachian Trail (not like that).

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 Arlington; Tue., 8:30 p.m., $12; 703-522-

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Mary J. Blige will playthe first show at a newSilver Spring venue

t’ll be an evening f it for a queen

— namely, the queen of hip-hop

oul.The Fillmore Silver Spring will

finally open its doors Sept. 15 with

a performance by R&B great Mary 

. Blige — the first in a handful of 

oncerts the venue announced Fri-

day. Tickets for the Blige show go

on sale July 29 at 10 a.m. through

Ticketmaster. Other notable acts

on the schedule include Black Star,

Blondie, Primus, Cheap Trick, Pret-

y Lights and Louis Black.

The 2,000-capacity venue is

cheduled to open nearly four years

after Live Nation, the world’s larg-

est producer of concerts, sealed adeal to build one of its Fillmore ven-

ues on Colesville Road, near Geor-

gia Avenue, where a J.C. Penney 

department store once stood.

Now, after years of red tape and

onstruction, the venue is promis-

ng big names and a wide variety 

of entertainment offerings.

“We’re working to make this

venue representative of the really 

ich diversity that’s in this region

and in Silver Spring in particular,”

says Stephanie Steele, the Fillmore

Silver Spring’s general manager.Fans can expect R&B singers,

classic rockers, country acts, alter-

native-rock bands, rock en Espan-

ol groups, comedians, local musi-

cians and collaborations with the

Fillmore’s across-the-street-neigh-

 bor, the AFI Silver Theatre. The

Fillmore will also be available for

private events.

Steele says the general-admis-

sion, all-ages club will be open three

to five nights a week to start, with

hopes of booking all seven nights

in the future. Concerts will finishin time for patrons to catch the last

Red Line trains out of the nearby 

Silver Spring Metro station.

Fans can preview the space Sept.

13 at an evening open house.

The original Fillmore, in San

Francisco, became a hub for psyche-

delic rock in the 1960s, hosting the

Doors, Jefferson Airplane, the Grate-

ful Dead and countless others. Since

then, the venue has spawned into a

Live Nation-owned chain with loca-

tions in Denver, Detroit, Miami and

Charlotte, N.C. Live Nation rebrand-

ed New York City’s Irving Plaza with

the Fillmore name in 2007 but bent

to pressure from fans and switchedit back in 2010.

The promotion company says its

newest Fillmore is here to stay.

“We’re in it for the long

haul,” says Arich Berghammer,

the Fillmore’s executive vice

president of clubs and theaters

for North America. “We have the

full expectation that in 20 years,

 we’re going to renew the lease for

another 20 years.” CHRIS RICHARDS

(THE WASHINGTON POST)

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Bonus: Concerts at the Fillmore will finish in time to catch the last Red Line trains.

A Silver Lineup

The Fillmore Silver Spring is

offering a variety of shows

to attract concertgoers, and

tickets are still available.

(EXPRESS)

Sept. 18:Black Star

(Mos Def and Talib Kweli)

Sept. 20: Blondie

Sept. 27: Cheap Trick

Sept. 29:Pretty Lights

Oct. 14: Blue October with

iamdynamite

Oct. 23: Lewis Black

Oct. 29:Chromeo

They’re back! Socially inept Beavis and

Butt-head return to the tube in October.

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 When the ever-adolescent Beavis

and Butt-head return to MTV in

the fall — nearly two decades after

their heyday — even their own net-

 work won’t be safe from the trash-

talking duo’s mockery.

Creator Mike Judge came to SanDiego’s Comic-Con on Thursday to

talk about the reboot of his beloved

animated characters and offer a

peek at the new season, which is

set to premiere in October.

In their new incarnation, the

two perennial teens — still wear-

ing their AC/DC and Metallica

shirts — riff on music videos, You-

Tube submissions and MTV shows

such as “Jersey Shore” and “Teen

Cribs.” (AP)