The Birchmere’s (3701 Mt Vernon Avenue) annual Halloween event Raven’s Night is scheduled to return next month, along with a slew of other musical acts.
Raven’s Night is returning for its 10th year. The event features belly dancing, live music, a costume contest and a pre-show carnival.
This year’s theme is Underworld, emphasizing demons, witches and wizards. Tickets are $35 and the event is scheduled for Saturday, Oct. 29.
Singer, songwriter, and composer Rufus Wainwright is scheduled to perform at The Birchmere at 7:30 p.m. on Oct. 12. In addition to writing two operas and setting Shakespeare sonnets to music, Wainwright was also featured in the Shrek soundtrack.
Apparently, a different version of the song was used in the movie vs the soundtrack, but this is an Alexandria news site and not a Shrek news site so that’s as far into that as we’ll go.
The band 10,000 Maniacs was scheduled to perform late in October. but The Birchmere said family and health challenges have led the band to cancel their tour.
Other shows coming up include:
- Oct. 1: WMAL Free Speech Forum
- Oct. 2: Cheryl Wheeler & Christine Lavin
- Oct. 4: Milton Nascimento
- Oct. 6: Sierra Hull
- Oct. 7: White Ford Bronco
- Oct. 8: Hiroshima
- Oct. 9: The Manhattans
- Oct. 12: Rufus Wainwright
- Oct. 13: The Man in Black: a Tribute to Johnny Cash
- Oct. 14: Kirk Whalum & Keiko Matsui
- Oct. 15: Oleta Adams
- Oct. 16: WAR
- Oct. 17: Leo Kottke
- Oct. 19: Jim Brickman
- Oct. 20: Avery Sunshine
- Oct. 21 and 22: The Whispers
- Oct. 23: Watkins Family Hour
- Oct. 25: Steve Vai
- Oct. 26: Brent Cobb & Hayes Carll
- Oct. 27: Larry Fleet
- Oct. 28: We Are One X-Perience
- Oct. 29: Raven’s Night 2022
- Oct. 30: Tom Paxton
- Oct. 31: Squirrel Nut Zippers
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