Friday: Diwali Rock Show at Atlas Brew Works Diwali is approaching next week and events celebrating the Hindu Festival of Lights are popping up across the city. One unmissable event is the third annual Diwali Rock Show at Atlas Brew Works, featuring local bands led by Indian American artists including Laal Taal (a member of Bottled Up ), NAYAN , Prabir Trio , and Sravani . The showcase began three years ago as a project of Richmond-based musician Prabor Mehta , supported by D.
C.’s Nayan Bhula (of NAYAN). In the years since its inception, the showcase has grown into a festival featuring far more than music, now highlighting Indian art, food trucks, and clothing.
It’s part of a larger celebration of Diwali, the joyous festival marking the triumph of light over darkness and good over evil. The showcase, and holiday more broadly, is an opportunity for people to come together and celebrate the good in their lives. The showcase starts at 7 p.
m. on Oct. 25 at Atlas Brew Works Ivy City, 2052 West Virginia Ave.
NE. atlasbrewworks.com .
$12. —Serena Zets Friday: Loboko at Hill Center New York’s Loboko play Congolese dance music, a style that is best known for its high-pitched, mesmerizing guitar lines, tuneful vocals, and a funky bass and drums bottom. The band was founded in 2019 by Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo-born singer and guitarist Yohni Djungu Sungu (who’s toured with Congolese acts Soukous Stars and Fally Ipupa ) and drummer Morgan Greenstreet (also an a.
