‘Bands & Brews’ bar crawl returns next Saturday to Del Ray

The Del Ray Music Festival isn’s happening for the third year in a row, but an upcoming bar crawl next Saturday (August 20) hopes to make up for it.

The second annual Bands & Brews: Del Ray Summer Bar Crawl is back, and will feature more than 20 local acts at Del Ray restaurants.

Del Ray Business Association President Lauren Fisher hopes that the music festival can return next year. In the meantime, she says the day will be full of activity.

The bar crawl will be held from 1 p.m. to 6 p.m. Participants will be transported on a trolley, and musicians will perform at the restaurants and Pat Miller Neighborhood Square.

The first 250 registrants will get a swag bag, and advance tickets cost $15 per person. Tickets at the door cost $20. Participants must be 21 years of age.

The schedule is below:

• Lena’s Wood-fired Pizza & Tap — Tobago Boy Band, 12 to 3 p.m.
• Matt & Tony’s Restaurant — John Shreiner and Maddie Assel, 12:30 to 3:30 p.m.
• Northside 10 — Jonathan Mitchum, 12:30 to 3:30 p.m.
• Bella Napoli — Ashleigh Chevalier, 1 to 4 p.m.
• The Garden — Buskateers (Duo), 1 to 4 p.m.
• Barkhaus — Sally and the Mander, 1 to 4 p.m.
• Los Tios — Ocho De Bastros (Latin pop), 1 to 4 p.m.
• St. Elmo’s Coffee Pub — Madie Cantrell, 2 to 4 p.m.
• Cheesetique — Kevin Pace Quartet (Jazz), 2 to 5 p.m.
• Evening Star Cafe — Stereobouncers, 2 to 5 p.m.
• Hops N’ Shine — Erin McDonald, 2 to 5 p.m.
• Kaizen — The Summer of George, 2 to 5 p.m.
• Del Ray Pizzeria — Squid Inc. (Reggae), 2 to 5 p.m.
• Piece Out — LowBall, 3 to 5 p.m.
• Elo’s Italian Restaurant — Janna Audey, 3 to 6 p.m.
• Pat Miller Square — Mars Rodeo (Cover band), 3 to 6 p.m.
• Lena’s Wood-fired Pizza & Tap — The Walkaways, 3:30 to 6:30 p.m.
• Cheesetique — The DC Radiohead Jazz Project, 4 to 6 p.m.
• St. Elmo’s Coffee Pub — Neal Learner, 4 to 6 p.m.
• SpiceKraft — Lucas Mason, 4 to 6 p.m.

An after-party will be held at Pork Barrel BBQ from 5 to 8:30 p.m. and feature DJ BOB.