MAY 2024
Wednesday, May 1, 2024
Dustin Kensrue. 6:30PM, $22 adv/$26 doors @ Ottobar
Trivia & Karaoke Night. 9PM, $FREE @ Ottobar Upstairs
Sugar Tradition, Magick Potion, Strawberry Sleepover. 7PM, $15 @ Metro Gallery
Pleasure Rat Office Hours: B-Movies & Chill. $FREE @ Crown Back Bar
Rebel Ernie, Velella Valhalla, John Lawton. 7:30PM, $10 @ Zissimos
Art Of Comedy Open Mic. 9PM, $FREE @ Motor House
Chess Night. 8PM, $FREE @ Rocket To Venus
Hotel Paradise Orchestra, Janet Paulsen. 7:30PM, $10-$30 @ Keystone Korner
TWRP, Trey Magnifique, Nelward. 6PM, $25 @ Soundstage
Open Mic. 6:30PM, $FREE @ Zen West
Thursday, May 2, 2024
Mondo Baltimore. 7PM, $FREE @ Ottobar Upstairs
Scum Dungeon. 10PM, $FREE @ Ottobar Upstairs
The Asteroid No. 4, Paint Fumes, Jupie, Anocean. 7PM, $15 @ Metro Gallery
Selkies, Concrete City, Freq Flag. 7:30PM, $10 @ Crown Back Bar
DJ Diaspora. 9PM, $FREE @ Royal Blue
Visceral Violation. 7PM @ The Depot
Baltimore Abortion Fund Blossom Bash w/ Kotic Couture, Pretty Boi Drag. 6PM, $50 suggested donation @ Purchase tickets for address
The Cinema Detective, The Couch, N.O. Smith. 7PM, $10 @ Normal’s Books
Spellbinder Salon. 8PM, $12 adv/$15 doors @ Black Cherry Puppet Theater
Mud To Music: Clay Flute Making. 6PM, $75 @ Creative Alliance
Lighthouse Writer’s Workshop. 7PM @ Motor House
Stas Venglevski. 8PM, $10-$20 @ An Die Musik
Kevin Jackson. 7:30PM, $15-$35 @ Keystone Korner
From Ashes To New, Point North, Ekoh, Phix, Elijah. 5PM, $30 @ Soundstage
Shy Glizzy. 7PM, $40 @ Rams Head
“Imagination: A Manifesto” w/Lawrence Brown, Ruha Benjamin . 7PM, $FREE @ Red Emma’s
Jim Jones. 6:30PM, $FREE @ Zen West
Maryland Film Festival. $350 @ Parkway Theatre
Friday, May 3, 2024
The Messthetics, Sensor Ghost, Walsh Kunkel. 8PM, $17 adv/$20 doors @ Ottobar
Extra Medium. 9PM, $FREE @ Ottobar Upstairs
Gates To Hell, Vomit Forth, Corpse Pile, Deep Rest, Eyecatcher. 6:30PM, $16 @ Metro Gallery
Vakili Band, Old Eastern, Adjective Animal, Kanak. 7PM, $10 adv/$12 doors @ Crown Back Bar
Swing Night w/ Jonathan Ng. 7PM, $20 @ Mobtown Ballroom
Scramble, Gooch, Dogbark, Kartwheel, Drivel. 6PM, $FREE @ DM bands for address
Tripper, Samskara, Feral Creature, In Jest. 7PM, $FREE @ DM bands for address
Jason Anderson, Sleepy Sword. 8PM, $10 @ Clovr Collective
Nova Koloso, Heaven’s Gate, Megazillion, Rags Of Might. 7PM, $15 @ Watermelon Room (DM bands for address)
Duval & Rovinsky & Patrick Crossland, Darien Baiza, Alma Laprida. 8PM @ Normal’s Books
Albert And Christian, Animal, Surrender, Phantomime. 6PM, $12-$14 @ Current Space
Music & Video Games w/ Frankjavcee, King Quartz, V4Ngoe, Heavensample, Sage Hardware. 7PM, $15 adv/$20 doors @ M.A.P. Technologies (322 W Baltimore St.)
Save Your Soul. 9PM, $6 @ Lith Hall
Baltimore Crankie Festival. 8PM, $SOLD OUT @ Creative Alliance
Rhonda Robinson Trio. 6PM, $FREE @ Peabody Brewing
BARCS Benefit w/ Dead Dreams, Time Police, DJ GroovyTwist. 7PM, $30.39 @ 8x10
The Gross Brothers. 7PM, $10-$30 @ An Die Musik
Ms. Lisa Fischer & Grand Baton. 7PM & 9:30PM, $15-$55 @ Keystone Korner
Black Kray, Aok Aka Bootychaaain, Hunned Mill, Kane Grocerys, Clip. 7PM, $25 @ Soundstage
Who’s Bad (Michael Jackson Tribute). 7PM, $25 @ Rams Head
Maryland Film Festival. $350 @ Parkway Theatre
London Film Music Orchestra. 7PM, $78 @ Hippodrome
Phil Wickham. 7PM, $30 @ The Lyric
Conversation about Mental Health w/ Danielle Ariano, Jeannie Vanasco, Ashley Elizabeth, Marion Winik. 7PM, $FREE @ Red Emma’s
Emo Night Brooklyn. 8PM, $18 @ The Recher
Saturday, May 4, 2024
Lucky Night Market. 6PM, $FREE @ Ottobar
80s Dance Party w/ DJ Brandon. 9PM, $FREE @ Ottobar Upstairs
David Liebe Hart, Daphne London, Brandon Youngblood, Turd Merlin. 7PM, $15 adv/$17 doors @ Ottobar
Sun Years, Holy Fingers, Scryclops. 4:30PM, $12 @ Metro Gallery
Metroschock. 9PM, $10 @ Metro Gallery
Orange Peel Mystic, Mevius, Origin of Speech. 6PM, $10 adv/$13 doors @ Crown Pink Room
Maryland Film Fest After Party w/ GRL PWR, Pussy Noir, DJ Aave. $10 ($FREE with MDFF ticket) @ Crown Pink Room
Movable Feast Benefit w/ Dreambaby, Ginger De Winter, DJ Nicholai, +MORE. 8PM, $20 suggested donation @ Crown Back Bar
We Are Better Off Alone 90s/00s Dance Party. 9PM, $10 @ Mobtown Ballroom
Festerdeca, Big Bowel, Entrail Asphyxiation, Putricine. 8PM, $15 @ The Compound
Tripping Corpse, Yadi Sixx, Gatwick, Emma Wrath, Godsmosthated. 7PM @ The Undercroft
Outer World, Mother of Sighs. 9PM, $10 @ Normals Books
Highwire Improv, 7PM. $10 @ Old Major
Baltimore Crankie Festival. 4PM & 8PM, $SOLD OUT @ Creative Alliance
Mini-Gold Tournament. 3PM, $30 @ Union Craft Brewing
Beef & Beer & Beatdowns w/ Art Of Deception, Redacted, Knife Spitter, +MANY MORE. 12PM, $10 @ Charm City Meadworks
10 Year Bowl-A-Versary. 11AM, $FREE @ Skatepark of Baltimore
Charm City Bluegrass Fest Latenight w/ Cycles, Graham Good, Rock Creek Revival. 7PM, $19.06 @ 8x10
Ian Hrdlicka. 3PM, $10-$20 @ An Die Musik
Melodic Intersect. 7PM, $10-$25 @ An Die Musik
Ms. Lisa Fischer & Grand Baton. 6PM & 8:30PM, $15-$55 @ Keystone Korner
The Ghost Inside, Paleface Swiss, Bleed From Within, Great American Ghost. 6PM, $27 @ Soundstage
Boywithuke, Arden Jones. 7PM, $SOLD OUT @ Rams Head
Maryland Film Festival. $350 @ Parkway Theatre
Mother Earth Poetry Vibe w/ Drew Anderson, Dwayne B. 7PM, $FREE @ Red Emma’s
Fresh Funk, Freedom Enterprise, Skribe, Night Walks. 6PM, $15 adv/$20 doors @ Zen West
Lola, The Luvable Idiots, Dorinda, Dead October. 6PM, $15 @ The Recher
Sunday, May 5, 2024
Ottobar Punk Rock Flea Market. 12PM, $FREE @ Ottobar
Industry Night. 9PM, $FREE @ Ottobar Upstairs
Chastity, No Girlfriend, Fly By the Seat. 6PM, $15 @ Metro Gallery
Gamine, Tear Sponsor, Eighth House, Pluot, Batty. 7PM, $10-$15 @ Crown Pink Room
Anime Movie Night. 5:30PM, $FREE @ Crown Back Bar @ Crown Back Bar
Dodomeki, Motel Portrait, Cicadahead, Wallflower Nightclub, Samantha H. 7PM @ The Undercroft
Cal Folger Day, I4A X 1000Z of Beez, Aytwit. 7PM, $10 @ Purr Palace (DM bands for address)
Savino Palumbo, Sarah Hughes Quartet, Hays/Madani/Cook/Marcus/Rowles. 8PM, $10 @ Zissimos
Los Dientes, Heup, Panophonic, Dialetheist. 4PM, $5-$10 @ Wax Atlas
Scott Kelly. 8PM, $FREE @ Fadensonnen
Baltimore Crankie Festival: Open Crank. 11AM, $15 @ Creative Alliance
Bumpin Uglies’ Brandon Hardestry, Higher Education, Ashley La Rue Band. 7PM, $13.39 @ 8x10
Ms. Lisa Fischer & Grand Baton. 5PM & 7:30PM, $15-$55 @ Keystone Korner
Korpiklaani, Visions Of Atlantis, Illumishade, Foretoken. 6PM, $30 @ Soundstage
Stiff Little Fingers, Ricky Warwick. 7PM, $35 @ Rams Head
Maryland Film Festival. $350 @ Parkway Theatre
Artur Menezes, Milesbandana, Anxiety Monster, Soul Miners Union. 6PM, $15 adv/$20 doors @ Zen West
Cycle Of Abuse, Torment, Deluzion, Crucial Rip, Dare2Live. 7PM, $15 @ Shamrock Inn
Monday, May 6, 2024
Brontez Purnell, Friday Junior, Clear Channel, Kaz. 8PM, $15 adv/$18 doors @ Ottobar
Metal Monday. 9PM, $FREE @ Ottobar Upstairs
Swing Night. 7PM, $10 @ Mobtown Ballroom
Blankslate., Moving Boxes, Triple Bunk Bed, Still Bones. 7PM @ The Undercroft
Sujay Pathak. 6PM, $FREE @ Peabody Brewing
Soft Pink Truth, Pique Collective, Androgynous Bulge. 8PM, $10 @ Comptoir du Vin
Fluid Movement: Splash Games Water Ballet. 6:30PM @ Zoo Pavillion (1 Safari Place)
Poetry Open Mic. 7PM, $FREE @ Topside
Jam Sandwich: Improv & Jam. 7PM, FREE @ Homewood Friends Meeting House
Citizen Soldier, Icon For Hire, Icon For Hire, Halocene. 6:30PM, $SOLD OUT @ Soundstage
Tuesday, May 7, 2024
Sharp Spikes & Spurs. 9PM, $FREE @ Ottobar Upstairs
Trauma Ray, Kraus, MX Lonely, Polarview. 7PM, $17 @ Metro Gallery
Crown Karaoke. 9PM, $FREE @ Crown Back Bar @ Crown Back Bar
Open Mic Showcase. 7:30PM, $FREE @ The Depot
Nuvolascura, Euclid C. Finder, Mondrary, Spoiled Brat, Carl Gene. 7PM @ The Undercroft
Alasdair Fraser & Natalie Haas. 7:30PM, $35 @ Creative Alliance
Furious Bongos. 7:30PM, $15-$35 @ Keystone Korner
Tuesday Jazz Affair. 7PM, $FREE @ Bloom’s
Clue Opening Night. 8PM, $57 @ Hippodrome
“(Not) In Service” w/ Unique Robinson. 7PM, $FREE @ Red Emma’s
Wednesday, May 8, 2024
Trivia & Karaoke Night. 9PM, $FREE @ Ottobar Upstairs
Loma Prieta, Slow Fire Pistol, Tripper, Gloop. 7PM, $15 @ Metro Gallery
Pleasure Rat Office Hours: B-Movies & Chill. $FREE @ Crown Back Bar
Royal Bingo. 8PM, $FREE @ Royal Blue
Heaven Sample, King Quartz, Sage Hardware, Frank Javcee, V4ngoe. $15 adv/$20 doors @ MAP Technologies
Art Of Comedy Open Mic. 9PM, $FREE @ Motor House
Alpha Wolf, Emmure, Unity TX, Chamber. 6PM, $18 @ Soundstage
Breathe Baltimore: Art Opening & Talk w/ Dominic Moulden. 7PM, $FREE @ Red Emma’s
Thursday, May 9, 2024
Ashley Kutcher, Dead Like Disco. 7PM, $20 @ Ottobar
Renegade Karaoke. 9PM, $FREE @ Ottobar Upstairs
Spy, Combust, Destiny Bond, Gasket, Out Sick. 7PM, $20 @ Metro Gallery
Rivers of Nihil, The Zenith Passage, Virtiol, Noxious. 6:30PM, $20 adv/$25 doors @ Crown Pink Room
DJ Nerva & DJ T.E. 8:30PM, $FREE @ Royal Blue
Funk & Jazz Jam Session. 7PM, $FREE @ Mobtown Ballroom
Flannau Duo, Matchstick Percussion. 7:30PM @ 2640 Space
Read the Room Poetry & Prose Open Mic. 6:30PM, @ Old Major
The Vibe Check Open Jam Session. 8PM, $FREE @ Motor House
Trinidad & Tobago Steel Orchestra. 5:30PM, $FREE @ Waverly Commons (32nd St & Brentwood Ave)
Magic Beans, Three Fourteen. 7PM, $24.72 @ 8x10
Derrick Michaels Quartet. 8PM, $10-$20 @ An Die Musik
Take 6. 7PM & 9:30PM, $15-$65 @ Keystone Korner
Insomnium, Omnium Gatherum, Wilderun. 6PM, $26 @ Soundstage
CKY, Crobot, X-Cops. 6:30PM, $30 @ Rams Head
“Anarchist Popular Power: Dissident Labor and Armed Struggle in Uruguay, 1956-76” w/ Troy Andreas Araiza Kokinis. 7PM, $FREE @ Red Emma’s
Angelo Moore (Fishbone), Old Bay Thrashers, Lady Hatchet. 6:30PM, $25 adv/$30 doors @ Zen West
Friday, May 10, 2024
Modern Life Is War, Jaye Jayle, Ammo. 8PM, $18 adv/$22 doors @ Ottobar
#Flashbackfridays w/ DJ Mills. 9PM, $FREE @ Ottobar Upstairs
Vision Video, Then Comes Silence, Tears For The Dying, DJ Hell O’Kitty. 6:30PM, $SOLD OUT @ Metro Gallery
Scary Spies, Little Lungs, Hallisca, Glorian. 8PM, $10 adv/$12 doors @ Crown Pink Room
The Wayward, Rope Trick, Dead Ringers, Bisch. 7PM, $10 adv/$12 doors @ Crown Back Bar
Viogression, Funeral Of God, Wizard Violence. 6PM @ The Depot
Swing Night. 7PM, $10 @ Mobtown Ballroom
Morphing Grid w/ Planet, Benjamin Banger, Torian & King AP, Antimgrn & Graffiti Tech. 9PM, $10 @ Motor House
Skallar, Death Gasp, Scramble. 9PM @ Holy Frijoles
Phony Macaroni & The Impastas, Flying Faders, Krime Slugs. 8PM, $15 @ Watermelon Room (DM bands for address)
Cadeem Lamarr EP Release w/ Flotussin, Tromac, Jayswann. 9PM, $10 adv/$15 doors @ 300 W. Pratt St.
Distraxi, Yotzeret Sheydim, Dickgirl, Aether. 7PM, $5-$10 @ Wax Atlas
Crosscurrence: Happy Accidents. 6PM, $10-$20 @ Current Space
Se:Um Korean Jazz-Folk Fusion. 7:30PM, $30 @ Creative Alliance
Scotty P, DJ Selah. 6PM, $FREE @ Peabody Brewing
Lovelight Band (Grateful Dead Tribute). 7PM, $22.46 @ 8x10
Hannah Mayer. 7PM, $10-$20 @ An Die Musik
Take 6. 7PM & 9:30PM, $15-$65 @ Keystone Korner
High On Fire, Zeta, High Command. 6PM, $25 @ Soundstage
Saturday, May 11, 2024
Dyke Nite w/ Hissyfit, Hykes. 10PM, $10 @ Ottobar
The Second Saturday S#!T Show w/ Elizabeth Booker Houston. 7PM, $10 @ Ottobar Upstairs
Girls Rule. 9PM, $FREE @ Ottobar Upstairs
Sweet Spot Turns 3. 10PM, $5 @ Metro Gallery
AniParty: Anime & Game Culture Dance Party. 8PM, $15-$20 @ Crown Back Bar
Spiral Grave, Mangog, Ages, Atomic Motel, +MORE. 5PM @ The Depot
Traffic Signs, Dollgrith, Suppai Hellwa, Halisca. 7PM @ The Undercroft
Family Dinner, Batty, Trash Cadet. 9PM @ Holy Frijoles
Jrdn & The Switchblades, Nacho Gummy Bears, 3AM Johnny, Dead Car Battery. 7PM, $10 @ Wax Atlas
Aurality. 3PM, $10-$20 @ Current Space
Flesh Terror, Constituents, Soji, Ritual Knife. 7PM, $5 @ Joes Tavern (1006 Dundalk Ave)
Remfest w/ DJ Mills, Moral, Bali Lamas, +MANY MORE. 12PM, $FREE @ Remington Ave & 28th St
DJ Sun, DJ Medina, Tromac. 10PM, $10 @ Aliceanna Social Club
Book Giveaway. 9AM-5PM, $FREE @ Book Thing
Vash Magazine Release Party. 12PM, $FREE @ Peabody Brewing
Flower Fest. 12PM-5PM, $FREE @ Union Craft Brewing
5 Spot, Greasy Hands. 7PM, $19.06 @ 8x10
Emilo Teubal. 7PM, $10-$20 @ An Die Musik
Take 6. 7PM & 9:30PM, $15-$65 @ Keystone Korner
The Polish Ambassador, Scott Nice, Grandfather Gold. 8PM, $25 @ Soundstage
The Bieber Party. 8PM, $16-$35 @ Rams Head
Charlie Wilson. 8PM, $34 @ Pier Six
“Counterrevolution: Extravagance and Austerity in Public Finance” w/ Lester Spence, Melinda Cooper. 7PM, $FREE @ Red Emma’s
Melody Trucks, Fitzkee Brothers Music, Morgan Gonce Music, Brother Krow, Jessiel. 6PM @ Zen West
Sunday, May 12, 2024
Dosser, Tosser, Violet Evergreen, Lean Tee. 7PM, $15 adv/$18 doors @ Ottobar
Industry Night. 9PM, $FREE @ Ottobar Upstairs
TX2, Weekends At Noon, Dre Thompson. 6PM, $20 @ Metro Gallery
Dramedy: Drag & Burlesque & Comedy Open Mic Night. 8PM, $FREE @ Crown Back Bar
Woolbright, Right Chipper, Donovan Reid. 7PM @ The Undercroft
Peabody Improvisers Collective, Tom Boram & Martin Schmid. 7:30PM @ 2640 Space
Leo Trio. 8PM, $FREE @ Fadensonnen
Take 6. 5PM & 7:30PM, $15-$65 @ Keystone Korner
The Last Match: A Pro-Wrestling Rock Experience. 7PM, $25 @ Soundstage
Diana Ross. 7PM, $119 @ The Lyric
Monday, May 13, 2024
Metal Monday. 9PM, $FREE @ Ottobar Upstairs
Jer, Insignificant Other, Pulses., Nightlife, Call Me Malcolm. 6:30PM, $18 @ Metro Gallery
Swing Night. 7PM, $10 @ Mobtown Ballroom
Buice, Scrimblo, Lean Tea, Chromatic Bastards, Checkmate. 7PM @ The Undercroft
Vorlust. 9PM @ Holy Frijoles
Memory Mist: Ambient Music & Experimental Sounds. 6PM, $FREE @ 2640 Space
Heart. 7PM, $30 @ CFG Arena
Nosho, C.K. Barlow & Paul Neidhardt, Anaerobic Static Pyle. 8PM, $10 @ Comptoir du Vin
Tuesday, May 14, 2024
The Stivs, Tomorrow Starts Today, Skyjacker, The Downstrokes. 7PM, $15 @ Ottobar
DJ Uncle Quincy. 9PM, $FREE @ Ottobar Upstairs
Crown Karaoke. 9PM, $FREE @ Crown Back Bar @ Crown Back Bar
Open Mic Night. 7:30PM, $FREE @ The Depot
Crankie Curiosities w/ Marian Mclaughlin. 6:30PM, $80 @ Creative Alliance
Bright Moments Jam Session. 7PM, $0-$10 @ Keystone Korner
Tuesday Jazz Affair. 7PM, $FREE @ Bloom’s
City Morgue, Fourfive. 7PM, $SOLD OUT @ Soundstage
In This Moment, Kim Dracula, I See Stars, Mikes Dead. 5:30PM, $50 @ Rams Head
“My Child is Trans, Now What?” w/ Ben V. Greene. 7PM, $FREE @ Red Emma’s
Wednesday, May 15, 2024
Narrow Head, Wishy, Dazy. 8PM, $20 adv/$22 doors @ Ottobar
Trivia & Karaoke Night. 9PM, $FREE @ Ottobar Upstairs
Somesurprises, Eyas, 1004Evers. 7PM, $12 @ Metro Gallery
Pleasure Rat Office Hours: B-Movies & Chill. $FREE @ Crown Back Bar
Royal Bingo. 8PM, $FREE @ Royal Blue
Earth, Esther Blue. 6PM, $20 adv/$23 doors @ Current Space
Art Of Comedy Open Mic. 9PM, $FREE @ Motor House
Chess Night. 8PM, $FREE @ Rocket To Venus
Stanley Clarke. 7PM & 9:30PM, $60-$75 @ Keystone Korner
Imminence, Catch Your Breath, Of Virtue. 7PM, $20 @ Soundstage
Baroness, Red Fang. 6PM, $27 @ Rams Head
“Abolition and Social Work: Possibilities, Paradoxes, and the Practice of Community Care” w/ Erin Cloud, Mimi E. Kim, Cameron Rasmussen, Durrell M. Washington. 7PM, $FREE @ Red Emma’s
Josiah Queen. 7PM, $20 @ The Recher
Thursday, May 16, 2024
Nahja Mora, Academy Order, The Holy Circle, Vice Birds. 7PM, $12 @ Ottobar Upstairs
Me Nd Adam, Jeff Draco, Tre’ Amani. 7PM, $15 @ Metro Gallery
Baltimore Beat Fundraiser w/ Outcalls, Glorian, DJ Ducky Dynamo. 7:30PM, $15 @ The Compound
Bromo Art Walk. 5PM, $FREE @ Station North
Father of the Year. 5:30PM, $FREE @ Waverly Commons (32nd St & Brentwood Ave)
Eroding History. 6:30PM, $10 @ Creative Alliance
Stanley Clarke. 7PM & 9:30PM, $60-$75 @ Keystone Korner
Spite, Bodysnatcher, Thrown, Mouth For War, Psycho Frame. 6PM, $20 @ Soundstage
Knowledge Fight Live Podcast. 7PM, $25 @ Rams Head
Ancient Aliens Live. 7:30PM, $29 @ The Lyric
Joe Russo’s Almost Dead. 7PM, $35 @ Pier Six
“Aid State: Elite Panic, Disaster Capitalism, and the Battle to Control Haiti” w/ Jake Johnston. 7PM, $FREE @ Red Emma’s
Arty Hill. 6:30PM @ Zen West
Friday, May 17, 2024
Emo Nite. 9PM, $16 @ Ottobar
MC Lars, Schaffer The Darklord, Shubzilla, Bill Beats, MC Snax. 7PM, $16 @ Metro Gallery
Girl Spit @ Crown Pink Room
Androgynous Bulge, Noir Benny, Bad Shjape @ Crown Back Bar
Burned Into Christmas, Blazoner, Abydos, Villiams Of Nowhere. 8PM @ The Depot
Swing Night. 7PM, $10 @ Mobtown Ballroom
Murder Album Release w/ Burial Waves. 9PM @ Holy Frijoles
June Star, Manners Manners, J Robbins. 7PM @ Current Space
Halting, $2 Romance, Pony Payroll Bones, Dancing Fevers. 7PM, $FREE @ Wax Atlas
The Bayberries, Rachel May, Daphne Eckman. 7:30PM, $20 @ Creative Alliance
Baltimore Rock Opera Society’s ‘A Computer That Loves’ Open Night. 8PM, $32 @ Zion Lutheran Church
Adeem The Artist @ Club 603
Beach Creeper Record Release w/ Lushpockets, Dracu-las. 6PM, $FREE @ Peabody Brewing
Lounge Fly (Stone Temple Pilots Tribute), Evil Empire (Rage Tribute). 6:30PM, $30.39 @ 8x10
Walter Beasley. 7PM & 9:30PM, $15-$55 @ Keystone Korner
Supertask, Artifakts, Eyemc, Gunnar Nash, +MORE. 8PM, $20 @ Soundstage
Divide The Fall, Reign Of Z, Wsg Apollo, Diegression, Feed Me To The Wolves. 6PM, $15 adv/$20 doors @ Zen West
Saturday, May 18, 2024
Hopeless Romantics Anonymous. 8PM, $20-$30 @ Ottobar
Zocko, Party Nerves. 6PM, $FREE @ Ottobar Upstairs
Evangelia. 7PM, $22 @ Metro Gallery
Bagfest w/ Bag of Humans, Red Vallery Nursery, Gawds, Throwdon Syndicate, +MANY MORE. 2PM, $15 adv/$20 doors @ Crown Pink Room + Back Bar
Entwife, At The Graves, Penanggalan, It Wants. 7PM, $8 @ Reverb
Failure (Italy), Pillars, Scramble, Labrys. 9PM, $15 @ Holy Frijoles Upstairs
Meth Rats, Totally Slow, Night! Night!, Scrutinize. 9PM @ Holy Frijoles
Batu, Jacqjill. 11PM, $25 @ Purchase tickets for address
Open King Night. 6PM, $15 @ Le Mondo
Black Cherry Puppet Theater’s Spring Puppet Slamwich. 5PM, $12-$15 @ Current Space
Concierto Para Mama/Cielo. 12PM, $FREE @ Creative Alliance
Wussy Duo. 7PM, $SOLD OUT @ Club 603
Flamingo Fest Drag Brunch. 11AM @ Peabody Brewing
DJ Baba G, DJ Brownie. 7PM, $24.72 @ 8x10
Walter Beasley. 7PM & 9:30PM, $15-$55 @ Keystone Korner
Kublai Khan TX, Harm’s Way, Pain Of Truth, Justice For The Damned. 6:30PM, $SOLD OUT @ Soundstage
Maryland Music Awards. 7PM, $25 @ Rams Head
Leanne Morgan. 4PM & 7PM, $35 @ The Lyric
The Melon Farmers, Benny Okay, Letterbox. 6PM, $12 adv/$15 doors @ Zen West
Sunday, May 19, 2024
Industry Night. 9PM, $FREE @ Ottobar Upstairs
Antichrist Siege Machine, Putrisect, Goat Piss. 7PM, $15 @ Metro Gallery
The Dreaded Laramie, Gay Baseball, Magic Item. 6:30PM, $10 adv/$12 doors @ Crown Back Bar
Suppai Helwa, Lobi, The Vens. 7:30PM, $10 @ Zissimos
Drum Dr. Dot & Roses N Rust Album Release. 4PM, $25 @ Creative Alliance
Jarrett Gilgore’s Phét Phét Phét, Marc Miller & Steve Strohmeier & Walsh Kunkel. 8PM, $FREE @ Fadensonnen
Baltimore Vintage Expo. 11AM-5PM, $FREE @ Union Craft Brewing
William Parker Organ Quartet. 5PM, $10-$30 @ An Die Musik
Navasha Daya - For Ella & The Duke: Birthday Bash. 5PM & 7:30PM, $10-35 @ Keystone Korner
Orgy, Cold, Horizon Theory, I Ya Toyah, Carbonstone. 6PM, $25 @ Soundstage
Sebastian Bach. 7PM, $30 @ Rams Head
Amy Grant. 7PM, $36 @ Hippodrome
Nf. 6:30PM, $34 @ CFG Arena
Jambourree Student Band Showcase. 12PM, $5 @ The Recher
Monday, May 20, 2024
Dead Boys, The Plimsouls, +TBA. 7PM, $25 @ Ottobar
Metal Monday. 9PM, $FREE @ Ottobar Upstairs
Incantation, Ringworm, Ascended Dead, Goetia. 6PM, $20 @ Metro Gallery
Ringo Deathstarr, The Veldt, Natural Velvet. 7PM, $20 adv/$25 doors @ Crown Back Bar
Swing Night. 7PM, $10 @ Mobtown Ballroom
Jeremy Hyman, Stone Filipczak, Ruby Mars. 8PM, $10 @ Comptoir du Vin
Tuesday, May 21, 2024
Until I Wake, Afterlife, Who They Fear. 6PM, $18 @ Metro Gallery
Crown Karaoke. 9PM, $FREE @ Crown Back Bar @ Crown Back Bar
Open Mic Night. 7:30PM, $FREE @ The Depot
Bright Moments Jam Session. 7PM, $0-10 @ Keystone Korner
Tuesday Jazz Affair. 7PM, $FREE @ Bloom’s
“Beyond Racial Capitalism: Co-Operatives in the African Diaspora” w/ Taji Amani, Caroline Shenaz Hossein. 7PM, $FREE @ Red Emma’s
Wednesday, May 22, 2024
Can’t Swim, Belmont, Capstan, +TBA. 6PM, $20 adv/$25 doors @ Ottobar
Trivia & Karaoke Night. 9PM, $FREE @ Ottobar Upstairs
Skating Polly, Lord Friday The 13Th, Combat. 7PM, $15 @ Metro Gallery
RVNT, Renovare @ Crown Pink Room
Royal Bingo. 8PM, $FREE @ Royal Blue
Art Of Comedy Open Mic. 9PM, $FREE @ Motor House
The Sun Ra Arkestra Celebrates. 7:30PM, $15-$55 @ Keystone Korner
Maryland Deathfest XIX Pre Party. 5PM @ Soundstage
Maryland Deathfest XIX Pre Party. 5PM @ Rams Head
Thursday, May 23, 2024
Funk & Jazz Jam Session. 7PM, $FREE @ Mobtown Ballroom
Narcan, Laughing Corpse, Firewalker, Grand Scheme. 8PM, $15 @ Holy Frijoles
B-A-R B-E-E (Adult Spelling Bee). 7PM, @ Old Major
Mecca’s Mic Open Mic Poetry. 7PM @ Motor House
Lady Hatchet. 5:30PM, $FREE @ Waverly Commons (32nd St & Brentwood Ave)
Earth Wind & Fire Experience. 7:30PM, $15-$40 @ Keystone Korner
Maryland Deathfest XIX. 2:30PM @ Soundstage
Maryland Deathfest XIX. 4:30PM @ Rams Head
Tyler/Dave. 6:30PM @ Zen West
Friday, May 24, 2024
Noche De Verano Sin Ti: Bad Bunny Night. 9PM, $15 adv/$20 doors @ Ottobar
Truth Cult Last Show w/ Polarview, Bubbler, Geeker. 7PM, $15 adv/$20 doors @ Metro Gallery
Cabal, Born A New, Float Omen. 7PM, $15 adv/$20 doors @ Crown Pink Room
Friday Night Karaoke. $FREE @ Crown Back Bar
Swing Night. 7PM, $10 @ Mobtown Ballroom
Vagabond Motel. 6PM, $FREE @ Peabody Brewing
Charlie Ballantine, Jon Cowherd, Dave King, Peter Brendler. 7PM, $10-$25 @ An Die Musik
Carmen Lundy. 7PM & 9:30PM, $15-$45 @ Keystone Korner
Maryland Deathfest XIX. 3PM, $82 @ Soundstage
Maryland Deathfest XIX. 3:30PM, $82 @ Rams Head
Saturday, May 25, 2024
Spit: Baltimore’s Newest Alt Drag Show. 9PM, $15 @ Metro Gallery
Version: A Queer Dance Party @ Crown Pink Room
Hen House: Drag & Burlesque & Comedy Showcase. 7:30PM, $20 @ Crown Back Bar
Origami Summer, Miniluv, Science Penguin, Motel Portrait, STMNTS. 7PM @ The Undercroft
Beatitude w/ Lifted, Jialing & Bent Mode, Babypuff, Jono, +MORE. 3PM, $15-$20 @ Current Space
Red Room Concert. 7PM, $15 @ Old Major
Humble Abode. 6PM, $FREE @ Peabody Brewing
Nanooks Naughty Nine (Frank Zappa Tribute). 7PM, $19.06 @ 8x10
Carmen Lundy. 6PM & 8:30PM, $15-$45 @ Keystone Korner
Maryland Deathfest XIX. 1PM, $82 @ Soundstage
Maryland Deathfest XIX. 4PM, $82 @ Rams Head
Sunday, May 26, 2024
Industry Night. 9PM, $FREE @ Ottobar Upstairs
Sunforger, Bubbler, Opposition Dolls. 7PM, $15 sliding @ Crown Back Bar
The Noisy, Big Yawn, Amy Reid. 9PM @ Holy Frijoles
Baltimore Record Bazaar. 12PM, $FREE @ Peabody Brewing
Sowebo Fest. 12PM, $FREE @ 1100 Hollins St
Sam Garrett (DJ Set). 8PM, $FREE @ Fadensonnen
Carmen Lundy. 5PM & 7:30PM, $15-$45 @ Keystone Korner
We All Exist: A Free Improv Comedy Experience. 5:30PM, $FREE @ Guilford Hall Brewery
Maryland Deathfest XIX. 1PM, $82 @ Soundstage
Maryland Deathfest XIX. 3:30PM, $82 @ Rams Head
Smile Empty Soul, Hearts & Hand Grenades, Kamenar, Lenne, Shock Culture . 6PM, $20 adv/$25 doors @ Zen West
Monday, May 27, 2024
Metal Monday. 9PM, $FREE @ Ottobar Upstairs
Swing Night. 7PM, $10 @ Mobtown Ballroom
Jarrett Gilgore & Marc Miller, Shelly Purdy, The Crumbles. 8PM, $10 @ Comptoir du Vin
Drain, Terror, Angel Du$T, Twitching Tongues, End It, Praise, M.A.D.. 2PM, $50 @ Soundstage
Tyler Childers. 6:30PM, $102 @ CFG Arena
Tuesday, May 28, 2024
Ronnie Stone, Noir Benny, Instatialbe High. 7PM @ Crown Pink Room
Crown Karaoke. 9PM, $FREE @ Crown Back Bar @ Crown Back Bar
Open Mic Night. 7:30PM, $FREE @ The Depot
The Javier Nero Jazz Orchestra. 7:30PM, $10-$25 @ Keystone Korner
Tuesday Jazz Affair. 7PM, $FREE @ Bloom’s
Hunxho. 7PM, $35 @ Rams Head
Megan Thee Stallion. 6PM, $43 @ CFG Arena
“The Rise and Fall of the Second American Republic: Reconstruction, 1860-1920” w/ Kaye Whitehead, Manisha Sinha. 7PM, $FREE @ Red Emma’s
Wednesday, May 29, 2024
Trivia & Karaoke Night. 9PM, $FREE @ Ottobar Upstairs
Floral Print, Scare Quotes, Mannequin Fight, Androgynous Bulge. 8PM, $12 @ Crown Back Bar
Hannah Mayer & Friends, Vector Field. 7:30PM, $15 @ Old Major
Art Of Comedy Open Mic. 9PM, $FREE @ Motor House
G. Thomas Allen Quintet. 7:30PM, $15-$35 @ Keystone Korner
Reverend Horton Heat, The Surfrajettes. 7PM, $29 @ Soundstage
Bonnie Raitt. 7PM, $65 @ The Lyric
Thursday, May 30, 2024
Charles Moothart. 9PM @ Holy Frijoles
Caleb Stine. 5:30PM, $FREE @ Waverly Commons (32nd St & Brentwood Ave)
John Pizzarelli Trio, Mike Karn & Isaiah J. Thompson. 7PM & 9:30PM, $35-$45 @ Keystone Korner
Sir Chloe, Deux Visages. 7PM, $23 @ Soundstage
Shordie Shordie. 7PM, $25 @ Rams Head
Friday, May 31, 2024
Subhumans, Fea, Luxury Teeth. 8PM, $20 @ Ottobar
Wince, Lordhunna, Jdrn & The Switchblades, Curver @ Crown Pink Room
Ducky’s Dungeon. 9:30PM @ Crown Back Bar
Glad I Didn’t Get My Stupid Wish, Emma Wrath, Sleep Talk. 6PM, $10 @ Crown Back Bar
Swing Night. 7PM, $10 @ Mobtown Ballroom
PLRLS, The Glenmont Popes. 9PM @ Holy Frijoles
Caribbean Maestros. 6PM, $FREE @ Peabody Brewing
Tennessee Little Lamb (Little Feat Tribute), The Adventures of Matte Black. 7PM, $19.06 @ 8x10
John Pizzarelli Trio, Mike Karn & Isaiah J. Thompson. 7PM & 9:30PM, $35-$45 @ Keystone Korner
Are You Garbage. 6PM, $32 @ Soundstage
Club 90s Presents 2000s Night. 9PM, $15 @ Soundstage
Noel Palomo & Miniong Cervantes. 5:30PM, $88 @ Rams Head
Myphase Days. 6:30PM, $15 @ The Recher