Waka Flocka Flame

Waka Flocka Flame is bringing his brand of high-volume Southern rap to Bethesda Theater on August 27, a setting that should make for an interesting contrast with the room’s more dinner-and-show identity. The rapper’s catalog is built for a crowd that wants to shout along, from "Hard in da Paint" to "No Hands," and his recent live sets have continued to feature those familiar staples. The Bethesda date is a particularly easy midweek excuse to trade the usual quiet Thursday plans for something considerably louder. Doors and dinner start at 6:30pm, with the show scheduled for 8:30pm, so you can make an evening of it rather than treating the concert as a quick stop. If you know Waka primarily from the peak of the early 2010s, this is a chance to hear those tracks in the room where they were meant to be played: loudly and with other people.