Baltimore DIY Calendar Crawler

Thu, Jun 11 at 5:00pm

Pride Portraits

by Current Space

Baltimore, Maryland

Free

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Dr. Sketchy’s. 6PM, $18 @ Mobtown Ballroom

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Thu, Jun 11 at 6:00pm

Proxima Arcanum

by Current Space

Current Space Garden Bar, 421 Tyson St, Baltimore, MD

Free

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Sammy Obeid. 6:30PM, $39 @ Soundstage

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Baltimore Silent Book Club (BYO Book). 6:30PM, $FREE @ Old Major

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Write Night! + Read the Room (Writers Meetup and Open Mic). 6:30PM, $FREE @ Old Major

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Thursday June 11

VUNDABAR

"GAWK" 10 YEAR ANNIVERSARY TOUR

SLOW FICTION

Doors at 7:00

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https://metrobmore.com/listing/nuclear-tomb-epoch-inhuman-record-release-show-w-maldevera-eyecatcher-and-obliviator/ , tickets: https://link.dice.fm/ufd4c4396e51

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Thu, Jun 11

Fruitcake – A Queer Reading Series

Doors: 7 pm

Upstairs @ Ottobar

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A new graphic adaptation, updated to address the rise of Nayib Bukele, brings the urgent and inspiring story of ordinary Salvadorans fighting a global mining corporation's environmental harms, first published in 2021, to a broader readership

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$15 at the door

Caroline Jesalva

My work concentrates on sound, composition, installation art, experimental and poetic forms. I love bringing music to unconventional spaces and collaborating across disciplines and artistic mediums. I have been very fortunate to have an amazing community of collaborators that includes composers, dancers, film-makers, visual artists, activists, poets, rappers, and puppeteers. I like to write poetry and plays about self-identification, anger, heritage, surrealism, and ritual.

Bearduo

Bearduo is a saxophone duo consisting of Aaron Kaufman-Levine on Alto Saxophone and Garrett Frees on Tenor Saxophone. Dear friends and collaborators since 2015, Aaron and Garrett started improvising together as a duo in their first semester together at New England Conservatory (Fall 2019). What began as a fun practice routine became a daily rehearsing group that vowed to push each other and themselves to find their own way to approach improvised music on the saxophone. Bearduo brings a unique and spontaneous creation to each performance that reflects their shared musical language and deep connection. Their first self-titled record Bearduo released in July 2025 with a focus on long form improvisation, scale and interaction between the two performers.

Charlie Reichert Powell & New River

Charlie Reichert Powell, based in Baltimore, is an artist interested in sound and structure; the guitar and computer; the spectrum between improvisation and composition; tactility, connections, movement, and spaces. His first album with his group New River, I Am Return To Where, explores recontextualization and repetition and came out on Shinyboy Press in 2024. This iteration of New River features Sam Pluta on electronics, Nico Wohl on guitar, and Mike Kuhl on drums.

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Thursday June 11 * 7pm * $10/15 advance, $20 at the door * TICKETS

BIG CITY PRESENTS

CITY SPOTLIGHT: ECHOES OF DOUBT

OPEN MIC

CYPHER

ARTIST SHOWCASE

CITY CYPHER

LIVE PERFORMANCES

VENDORS

ARTIST SHOWCASE (LIMITED SLOTS) 1ST COME 1ST SERVED

WEIGHT OF WITNESS

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Better Off Dead. 7PM, $25 @ 8x10

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Melissa Aldana. 7PM, $15-$45 @ Keystone Korner

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Caribbean Heritage Screening (“Bob Marley One Love”). 7PM, $FREE @ Old Major

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Country Line Dancing. 7PM, $FREE @ The Recher

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Idleminds, Jersey Calling, Paperback Tragedy. 7PM @ The Depot

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Mariposas Galácticas. 7:30PM, $18 adv/$23 doors @ Le Mondo

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Thu, Jun 11

Zachshots, more TBA

All Ages

Ottobar

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Interactive Movie Night: The Birdcage. 8PM, $20 @ Creative Alliance

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Thu, Jun 11

QUEERAOKE!

21+

Doors: 9 pm

Upstairs @ Ottobar

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Gogo’s Vintage Bus Pop-up. 4PM, $FREE @ Peabody Heights

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https://metrobmore.com/listing/leanna-firestone-w-abby-cates-early-show/ , tickets: https://link.dice.fm/Ae68e0dafc08

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Join Bird's Nest for an evening of food, games, and scheming! Games provided.

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Fri, Jun 12 at 6:00pm

Ceremony Drum, Reaches (NYC), & Functionary

by Current Space

Current Space Garden Bar, 421 Tyson St, Baltimore, MD

$11.91 - $17.19

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Fri, Jun 12

Violencia, Deadsky, Skallar, Corvo, Soul Purpose

All Ages

Doors: 6 pm

Upstairs @ Ottobar

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Saving Vice, Roderik, Resider. 6PM, $25 @ Morsbergers

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Tribute to Frankie Beverly & Maze w/ Paul Bumbry & Atom. 6PM & 9PM, $15-$45 @ Keystone Korner

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Friday Nite Smorgasbord! (Karaoke, Movie, Reading, Board Games & Painting). 6PM, $FREE @ Old Major

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Bliss (Nirvana Tribute), Wallflower Nightclub, Decampo, Prevention Society, Melofobiac. 6:30PM, $12 adv/$15 doors @ Zen West

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Friday June 12 & Saturday June 13 * TICKETS

Friday 6/12/26 - doors at 6:30, music at 7 - $25-30 - FRIDAY’S SHOW IS SOLD OUT

Marisa Anderson / Shane Parish

Saturday 6/13/26 - doors at 12:30, music at 1 - $40-50

Ian Williams (BATTLES) / Dorothy Carlos / Paleography (Hugh McElroy of Black Eyes) / Day for Night / Daniel Wyche / The Caribbean / Gleb Kanasevich

2-day pass: $60-70

Hailed by The Wire as “A grand menagerie of creative music,” Seventh Stanine is a gathering of artists who, against all promise of financial gain, notoriety, or any of the usual tropes associated with playing music, continue to make art because they have to; they can't imagine their lives without it. As described in the Washington Post in 2025 by pop music critic Chris Richards, “The mere idea of a “music festival” implies a certain bigness, but what if instead of inviting audiences into a treasure vault, organizers offered a glimpse into a jewel box?”

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CANCELED - Singer/Songwriter Showcase Hosted By Rebecca Berlin. 7PM @ The Hargrove

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Baltimore Calling (Clash Tribute). 7PM @ St Luke’s Church

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The Luvable Idiots, Love Riot, Cesar.io. 7PM, $19 @ 8x10

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Swing Night. 7PM, $10 @ Mobtown Ballroom

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Baltimore Rock Opera Society Presents: American Vamp. 7PM, $32 @ Zion Church of Baltimore (400 E Lexington St)

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Spotlight Date Night Concert Series. 7PM, $10 @ Motor House

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Plot Twist Improv Comedy Show. 7PM, $10 @ Old Major

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tickets @ door $10-25

Draft X S.1 is the first iteration of a recurring series that hosts performance opportunities for dance and movement artists in Baltimore. Artists from across the city submit works that they are resurrecting, currently developing, or that have just been ideated and present them in front of an audience (for the first or nth time). After the performances there is opportunity to talk with the artists and be in discussion about the works, their processes, and what might be next. This is a community centered performance that seeks to build more engagement and opportunity for dance and movement artists living and working in Baltimore. Come be part of the process (and maybe dance a little too)!

featuring performance & work by Baltimore Artists:

Jade Mong & Jesse J

Zoë Brielle Payne

Julia Beros

Nalani Brown

Ray Phillips

Bao Nguyen

Nicolette Le Faye

Ellie Wong

Keveda

Live dance performance & post show talkback with the artists

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Amythyst Kiah. 7:30PM, $35 @ Creative Alliance

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LGBTQ Open Mic. 7:30PM, $FREE @ Peabody Heights

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Friday June 12

PUNK ROCK KARAOKE

A Benefit for MoCo Immigrant Rights Collective (IRC)

Red Room / Doors at 8:00

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Fri, Jun 12

Kenyatta

All Ages

Doors: 8 pm

Ottobar

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Bali Lamas, The Jagaloons, The Flying Faders. 8PM @ Holy Frijoles

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Fri, Jun 12

#FlashbackFridays w/ DJ Mills

21+

Doors: 9 pm

Upstairs @ Ottobar

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2000s Rave. 9PM, $19 @ Soundstage

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Bimbo Night Drag Show. 9:30PM, $10-$15 @ Le Mondo

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https://metrobmore.com/listing/sweet-spot-pride/ , tickets: https://link.dice.fm/A0b51ba5ebda

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“Unaffiliated” Pride Market. 11AM-5PM, $FREE @ Mobtown Ballroom

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2nd Saturday of the month * online at 1130am Eastern * to REGISTER, please email rhizomepuppetlab@gmail.com

Rhizome Puppet Lab is committed to the performance side of puppetry. It supports the development of works in progress. You can present work for feedback or direct others in the lab to improvise or puzzle out specific scenes. You may use the group to figure out how your show might work. Anyone may lead a lab about any aspect of performance.

Puppet Lab’s purpose is to be a hub for all those interested in puppet theater who would benefit from: boosting creative power; honing puppet-manipulation skills; cross-pollinating ideas; receiving feedback about works in progress; building puppet community. Types of labs have included shadows, Laban, suspense, metaphor, music, voice, Clown, character development, props, table top, humanette, hand puppets, and much more. Open to all levels of experience.

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A low-pressure writing group for Baltimore-area writers of all genres and experience levels.

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Pride In The Park. 12PM, $FREE @ Druid Hill Park

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Channel One Sound System. 12PM, $FREE @ Peabody Heights

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Baltimore Pedal Show. 12PM, $FREE @ Union Craft Brewing

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Sat, Jun 13 at 4:00pm

Baltimore Soft Fest

by Current Space and Marie Ann Hedonia

Current Space Garden Bar, 421 Tyson St, Baltimore, MD

$11.91 - $17.19

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Garden Groove w/ Jackie Hollander. 4PM, $FREE @ Soundgarden

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https://metrobmore.com/listing/charm-city-art-space-reunion/ , tickets: https://link.dice.fm/l14e46b7f3d1

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Cap’N Don Benefit Jam. 5PM, $34 @ The Recher

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John Pizzarelli Trio. 6PM & 8:30PM, $45-$55 @ Keystone Korner

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Cold, Sierra Swan. 6PM, $33 @ Soundstage

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Haiti FIFA World Cup Game. 6PM, $FREE @ Peabody Heights

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Tola’s Room BmoreBoriquas Film Screening + Dance Party. 6PM, $35 @ Old Major

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Sat, Jun 13

The Second Saturday S#!T Show feat. Jay Szech

Ages 21 and up

Doors: 7 pm

Upstairs @ Ottobar

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Simon Elijah, Chain of Memories (solo), Split Ends, Joseph DeSimone. 7PM, $5-$10 @ Skatepark of Baltimore

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Skin Tight Funk Soul Dance Party w/ Landis Expandis. 7PM, $FREE @ Mobtown Ballroom

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Jordan Davis, Avery Anna, Deltona. 7PM, $54 @ Pier Six

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Baltimore Rock Opera Society Presents: American Vamp. 7PM, $32 @ Zion Church of Baltimore (400 E Lexington St)

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Rodeo Oscuro Price Edition. 7PM, $10-$20 @ Le Mondo

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Kevin Mcdonald Superstar. 7:30PM, $40 @ Creative Alliance

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Good Teal & Noir Benny Split Release w/ Father Sokka & T.A.T, Radium Girl. 8PM @ Holy Frijoles

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Tranny Treehouse Dance Party. 8PM, $10 @ DM Anomalous Bodies address

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Karaoke. 8PM, $FREE @ Old Major

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Saturday June 13

EIGHTIES MAYHEM

BLOCK PARTY

FYM Productions 25 Year Anniversary

w/ DJs Steve EP and Missguided

Doors at 9:00

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Sat, Jun 13

What the Dance presents

CLUB SLAYYY: SLAYYYTER + HYPERPOP NIGHT

Ages 18 and up

Doors: 9 pm

Ottobar

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Sat, Jun 13

Girls Rule!

21+

Doors: 9 pm

Upstairs @ Ottobar

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Version w/ Amorphous, Trillnatured, Kotic Couture. 9PM, $25 adv/$30 doors @ Power Plant

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Drag Brunch. 11AM, $FREE @ Peabody Heights

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Pride In The Park. 12PM, $FREE @ Druid Hill Park

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Sunday June 14 * 1pm * in the backyard * $15-25 * REGISTER

Itching to get creative? Come dye with me! This class will cover making and dyeing with indigo, including the basics of shibori (Japanese tie-dye). You'll learn how to:-make an indigo vat-dye with indigo for long-lasting color-tie up the cloth for a variety of beautiful patterns-care for your indigo-dyed itemsEach participant will receive 1 bandana to dye with. All other materials provided. You may bring a few additional items to dye from home. Small to medium sized items with 50% or more natural fiber content work best.. In addition, wear clothing that you don't mind getting stained. Bring an apron if you wish, and rubber gloves if you have them. Instructor: Sophie Kanter: www.thebluesti.com/

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Movement. 1PM, $10 @ Motor House

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Be queer, make art!

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Pedro The Lion. 2PM & 8PM, $SOLD OUT @ Club 603

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Horror Trivia. 3PM, $FREE @ Peabody Heights

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Sunday June 14

MUSLIM PRIDE

featuring

MERCEDES IMAN DIAMOND

Doors at 5:00

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John Pizzarelli Trio. 5PM, $45-55 @ Keystone Korner

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Sunday June 14 * doors at 6:30, show at 7 * $15-25 * TICKETS

Kalia Vandever (they/them) is a trombonist and composer living in New York. Praised by AllMusic as “a master musician and composer” and “a singular talent,” Vandever’s approach to the trombone is distinctive, defined by their sonorous tone and lyrical voicing. They lean into the challenges of the instrument and allow patience and melody to guide their process. Vandever’s music has quickly and widely gained traction in the last few years despite the fact that their style has been consistently difficult to pin down, boasting a compositional scope ranging from the palatial modern jazz of their quartet work (notably featuring guitarist Mary Halvorson) to the synthetic, gauze-like droning ambience of their solo material, their compositional practice draws from their love of both songs and improvisation, creating a landscape of sounds that resonate in the body and hold the listener. This dexterity has not gone unnoticed, with The Wire asserting, “Vandever has never sounded more assured and in control of their many strengths.”

Emily Francisco is an artist and educator based in Washington DC. Their work has been reviewed and discussed by Hackaday, The Washington Post, Hyperallergic, the Media Archeology Lab, Smithsonian American Art Museum, and at The National Gallery of Art. A five-time Janet and Walter Sondheim Award semi-finalist, her work is currently on view at The Delaware Contemporary through August 2026. Alex Tyson is an artist and musician based in Washington, DC. As a musician, they’ve been a featured artist at SXSW and have played a Tiny Desk… But always with others. Their visual work lives somewhere between the screen and studio floor: generative visuals, robots, metal, plaster, and lately lasers. They are a recipient of a grant from the Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts.

niki afsar: 'i am a nonbinary/femme, iranian-american writer and interdisclipinary artist. my work explores not only longing but also the lack that persists in my relationships to language and mythologies of identity. these liminal spaces of void are where desire lives. they are essential for change and reinvention. i employ a number of mediums including devised movement and performance; poetry and text; live singing and recording using a vocal loop machine; sound collaging; and more recently, mirror work.'

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Sun, Jun 14

Eyelet, Life, Oxrun. Consumer Culture

All Ages

Doors: 7 pm

Ottobar

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https://metrobmore.com/listing/los-mirlos/ , tickets: https://link.dice.fm/U6e238d67832

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Erin Connelly. 7PM @ The Hargrove

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Baltimore Rock Opera Society Presents: American Vamp. 7PM, $32 @ Zion Church of Baltimore (400 E Lexington St)

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SATURDAY 06/14/2026

7:00 pm

CASE ZINE-RELEASE EVENT feat Music by The Up-Downs / Katy Stassis / Gabe Fricks / Juniper Scott / Sam and the Vampire / Jericho / + READINGS

$FREE COVER

VARIETY SHOW

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The Orange Tree Clown Show. 7:30PM, $10-$20 @ Le Mondo

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Yasha & Travis B. 8PM, $FREE @ Fadensonnen

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Sun, Jun 14

Industry Night

21+

Doors: 9 pm

Upstairs @ Ottobar

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Chess Club. 4PM, $FREE @ Peabody Heights

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Pride Movie Screening. 5PM, $FREE @ Peabody Heights

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KELS. 6PM, $FREE @ Sound Garden.

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WWE Monday Night Raw. 6PM, $73 @ CFG Arena

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Django Jazz. 6:30PM, $FREE @ The Bluebird

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Monday June 15 * doors at 7, music at 7:30 * $15 * TICKETS

Neptune's origins trace to 1994 as a sculpture project by Boston artist/musician Jason Sidney Sanford, who forged the band's haphazard guitars and reluctant drums from scrap steel and found objects.

Shadow Riot - Kamyar Arsani - Jeff Barsky - Dug Birdzell - Jerry Busher. Join us.

Icky Bits - Philly-based trio of Mark Feehan, Scott Verrastro, and Cameron Healy.

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S.L.O.G., Chemsexx, Death By Despair, Everything. 7PM, $10 @ Cig Jar (DM inanis.mortis for address)

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Swing Night. 7PM, $10 @ Mobtown Ballroom

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Learn about current conditions on the island from recent May Day Brigade member Barae Hirsch and La Red Afrocubana Trans (Black Trans Support Network in Cuba)

Hear directly from local anti-imperilaist groups!

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Mon, Jun 15

Metal Monday!

21+

Doors: 9 pm

Upstairs @ Ottobar

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Tuesday June 16 * 5:30-8:30pm * $0-15 sliding scale * TICKETS

MotorMouth Presents

FOMO - an artist salon / creative communion

Masks required & provided

*please register for event even if you acquire a free ticket!*

This event is meant to be a soft place to land, a creative communion that explores themes of suffering and resistance. We think of FOMO or the fear of missing out as something that self-taught artists might experience, and therefore want to facilitate a supportive discussion in relation to that. The event will include: check in & mingling; shared group craft; facilitated group discussion; closing performance by amo. Feel free to bring a craft you are working on or pieces you are called to share!

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By All Means, Fightback, Care Free, Formal, No Empathy. 6PM, $15 @ Peabody Heights

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Tue, Jun 16

I Am the Avalanche, Make Do And Mend, Nightmare of You (Solo)

All Ages

Doors: 6:30 pm

Ottobar

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Old Time & Bluegrass Jam. 6:30PM, $FREE @ The Bluebird

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The definitive portrait of independent filmmaker Robert Kramer that traces the revolutionary dreams of the Left from the 1960s through the end of the twentieth century.

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Baltimore Trans Masc Social Club (TMSC) presents a Craftivism Workshop! Join us to learn about the historical significance surrounding the intersection of crafting and activism, and start your own fiber arts project!

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Uncle Kunkel’s One Gram Band, 5 Spot. 7PM, $22 @ 8x10

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Hot Club of Baltimore. 7PM, $10-$30 @ Keystone Korner

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Tuesday Jazz Affair. 7PM, $FREE @ Bloom’s

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Wednesday. 7PM, $30 @ Nevermore Hall

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Open Mic. 8PM, $FREE @ The Depot

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Karaoke. 8PM, $FREE @ Old Major

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Neptune, Icky Bits, Neon Grlz, Slab of Meat. 8PM, $10-$15 @ Normals Books

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Tue, Jun 16

Spirit World

21+

Doors: 9 pm

Upstairs @ Ottobar

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Spite, Emmure, Psycho Frame, Rev3Rent. 6PM, $33 @ Soundstage

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Moe., Umphrey’s Mcgee. 6PM, $46 @ Nevermore Hall

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Wed, Jun 17

Trivia & Karaoke Night

Doors: 6 pm

Upstairs @ Ottobar

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An accessible figure drawing night & intentional creative community space.

Torches: an Emerging Writer's Circle is a monthly space for writers to hone their craft and create new work together in a community space.

Join More Noise Radio, a community-based internet radio station rooted in Baltimore City, Maryland, for a gathering and resource mapping session!

Women and gender minorities are underrepresented within the chess community. This event provides a safe and welcoming environment to play, learn and appreciate chess! This is a great space to meet like-minded chess-lovers.

Rough Draft is a brand new writing workshop facilitated by Queen of Drafts!

The Radical Caregiving Book Club offers a welcoming space for parents, caregivers, and trusted adults who want to intentionally explore and integrate liberatory practices into daily life with the young people in their care.

Between the Sheets Book Club returns this summer with a new twist: book-to-film experiences centered around stories of sex, desire, relationships, and power.

Come hang out with fellow signers! All experience levels welcome!

A low-pressure writing group for Baltimore-area writers of all genres and experience levels.

Join the Baltimore C-Punk Project to discuss accommodations, accessibility, and the joy of activism for all!

“Spread the Jam” is a jam session meant to welcome every musician with open arms—no matter what.

Women and gender minorities are underrepresented within the chess community. This event provides a safe and welcoming environment to play, learn and appreciate chess! This is a great space to meet like-minded chess-lovers.

Join Bird's Nest for an evening of food, games, and scheming! Games provided.

Art & Labor Study Group is a study group for folks who want to engage with the history and theory of organized labor and the role of the artist in building working-class power.

An accessible figure drawing night & intentional creative community space.

Women and gender minorities are underrepresented within the chess community. This event provides a safe and welcoming environment to play, learn and appreciate chess! This is a great space to meet like-minded chess-lovers.

The Radical Caregiving Book Club offers a welcoming space for parents, caregivers, and trusted adults who want to intentionally explore and integrate liberatory practices into daily life with the young people in their care.

Art & Labor Study Group is a study group for folks who want to engage with the history and theory of organized labor and the role of the artist in building working-class power.

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Wednesday June 17

Bad Time Records Tour 2026:

KILL LINCOLN

JER

BAD OPERATION

FLYING RACCOON SUIT

Doors at 6:30

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Open Mic Night. 6:30PM, $FREE @ Mona’s Super Noodle

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Wed, Jun 17

Wild Nothing with Deakin

All Ages

Doors: 7 pm

Ottobar

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https://metrobmore.com/listing/jeffrey-lewis-the-voltage/ , tickets: https://link.dice.fm/J60cb2dd238c

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The Old City of Jerusalem comes alive in Ahmad Nabil’s HIDDEN COMPANIONS a testimonial and visual archive of Palestinian folklore, now translated into English.

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Lead Mask (Zack Rowden, Rex Morris) (CT)

Midnight Sun

Obie Feldi

$15 at the door

Doors at 7, music at 8

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Wednesday June 17 * doors at 7, music at 7:45 * $10-12 * TICKETS

Null/Void presents...

Asko

Chicago dbeat / USHC

https://asko.bandcamp.com/

Death by Despair

Baltimore dbeat / crasher crust

https://deathbydispair.bandcamp.com/

Limit Break

Baltimore City Hardcore

https://limitbreakbchc.bandcamp.com/

Peace be With You

DC Hardcore

https://www.instagram.com/pbwuband/

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Kinga Glyk. 7PM, $15-$45 @ Keystone Korner

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Daniel Tosh. 7PM, $63 @ Hippodrome

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WED 06/17/2026

7:30 pm

Contact Mic #36 – OPEN TO ALL EXPERIMENTAL / NOISE IMPROV

FREE

Music starts 8pm

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Lil Hero, Annamae, Girlypop Princess, Ilusm. 7:30PM, $20-$22 @ Le Mondo

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Trivia. 7:30PM, $FREE @ Peabody Heights

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Cryptic Goth Night w/ eEl, DJ Daystar. 8PM, $FREE @ Holy Frijoles

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Art Of Comedy Open Mic. 9PM, $FREE @ Motor House

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Join the Baltimore Roundtable for Economic Democracy for a monthly breakfast series exploring the amazing, and often hidden, solidarity economy enterprises that are black-led, black-centered and putting people, ecology and justice before private profit.

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THURSDAY 06/18/2026

5:00 pm

Free Margarita ‘Thirst’ Day – FREE DRINKS (+21)

$free

UNTIL 9PM

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Thursday June 18

BANDING TOGETHER 2026

The Battle of the Law Firm Bands

A Benefit for

Gifts For the Homeless

Doors at 6:00

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Reggae Night. 6PM, $FREE @ Peabody Heights

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Thu, Jun 18

Retro Game Night

21+

Doors: 6 pm

Upstairs @ Ottobar

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Baltimore Honky Tonk w/ Sweet Meg. 6:30PM, $12 @ Mobtown Ballroom

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Baltimore Silent Book Club (BYO Book). 6:30PM, $FREE @ Old Major

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Thu, Jun 18

Thee Windows, Boat Water, Catherine Savage, Fozzy Mare

All Ages

Doors: 7 pm

Ottobar

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Trans/Action is Trans Maryland's monthly community event where we talk: policy wins & shenanigans, and what you can do about *points at the dumpster fires*.

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Q Parker. 7PM, $15-$45 @ Keystone Korner

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Eric Roberson. 7PM, $61 @ Nevermore Hall

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BoriCine Presents Afro-Caribbean Pride (Film Screening). 7PM, $FREE @ Old Major

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Music Jam. 7PM, $FREE @ Old Major

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Country Line Dancing. 7PM, $FREE @ The Recher

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Thursday June 18 * doors at 7:30, show at 8 * $12-20 * TICKETS

LIVE CINEMA IS NOW!

99 Hooker (NYC) - Dancing with Moloch,30 minute live performance mixing B movies, ads, docs, live camera, ecstatic dancers, animations, live and recorded poetry, personal elegies, remembrances including an auto-eulogy, zombies, Allen Ginsberg, John Denver, Black Sabbath, Charles Manson, Wheel of Fortune, Jelly Roll Morton, Max Fleischer, Donald O’Finn, Feedbuck, Akio Mokuno, Donald Miller, Emmalee Sutton, to name but a few. 99’s multimedia Danse Macabre is joyous, funny, terrifying, thoughtful and playful.

C. Tara and David Gladden (Chance, MD) present “Interference Land” - a performative live cinema experiment consisting of ethereal vocal choruses, glossolalia, glitched, live feed video, modal shifting, color bleeds, rhythmic skips, unpredictable signal flows, phase shifts, and chain effects. Life partners and longtime collaborators, the duo works across video, sound, performance, installation, sculpture, and the unclassifiable. They are founders of John Cage Memorial Park, a rogue artist residency and land art project hidden in the pine woods of Chance, Maryland.

Ex Lamp (Washington, D.C.) has been performing video either solo or as a band member since 2002 when he played with AE (with ½ of plunderphonic pioneers Stock, Hausen and Walkman). Ex Lamp’s work consists of real-time video sampling and layering of video material. Differing from “VJ”ing, these live remixes (vampling) employ the original sound and the image simultaneously - a concert/cinema hybrid. For this event, Ex Lamp (formerly Matterlink) will perform “Flash Boom” (aka Pika Don), an exploration of the violence of artificial light.

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Squid Teeth, Tidal Shifts, Costar, Kleptomaniacs Anonymous. 7:30PM, $10 @ Le Mondo

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This concert will feature music by Baltimore composer Will Redman, performed by twelve of this city’s most creative improvising chamber musicians. Although Will’s music does not necessarily involve free improvisation, his hand-drawn graphic scores are well suited to musicians who think like improvisers. The composer is presenting this concert partly as a 20th birthday celebration of his 98-page graphic score Book, but also as a way to bring together a group of musical friends who have been meaningful to his life and work in Baltimore.

Will Redman is a composer, percussionist, and educator based in Baltimore, MD. He is a minimal maximalist who embraces functional mistakes in both his notated and improvised music. Much of Will’s music features hand-drawn unsystematic notation that invites the performer to solve their own questions of interpretation. His music has appeared in books on modern music, such as Notations 21 (cover image), Music After the Fall, and A Semiotic Approach to Open Notations, as well as music and poetry journals, doctoral theses, and grade school arts textbooks in Brazil and Lithuania. Will’s notation has been used for t-shirts, posters, album covers, synthesizer faceplates, tattoos, and as public art on the facade of the Conservatoire à rayonnement départemental Paris-Saclay. He plays in Microkingdom, The Compositions, and Umbilicus, and teaches music technology and composition at Towson University.

www.willredman.com

willredman.bandcamp.com

sensitivedocuments.bandcamp.com

The program:

Scar Not, O Crises (2019)

Ruth Lacey - piano

Ian Hoke - guitar/flute

Scroll (2010)

Sam Burt - clarinets

Rose Burt - baritone sax

Sarah Manley - trombone

Five Pieces for John Dierker (2013)

John Dierker - bass clarinet

Ida Dierker - piano

One Thousand One Plateaus (2026)

Shelly Purdy - vibraphone/percussion

-Intermission-

Compound Model Groups (2017)

Ruby Fulton - violin

Liz Meredith - viola

Daniel Lin - cello

Robin Rhodes - bass

Lee (2026)

full ensemble

Book (2006)

full ensemble

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Thu, Jun 18 at 8:00pm

Garden Hours

by Current Space

Current Space Garden Bar, 421 Tyson St, Baltimore, MD

Free

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Thu, Jun 18

Protoplasm

21+

Doors: 9 pm

Upstairs @ Ottobar

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Friday June 19 * 12pm * $35 * REGISTER

Foraging in America has strong connections to Black and Indigenous history. This talk will discuss how our ancestors made food, medicine, dyes and materials using many of the wild plants that we walk past every day. We will learn to identify, work with and honor these magical plants as well as explore the laws and systems that disconnected us in the first place.

Some of the plants we may discuss include Sassafras, Black Cherry, Pokeweed, Pawpaws, Cranesbill, Mulberries, Dandelion, Wild Garlic, Wild Lettuce, Black Walnut, Senna and more. Many of these plants have rich histories as staples in indigenous diets; some were used to supplement rations during slavery, to provide food and medicine during escape and later became staples in the black American diet.

Samples of herbal preparations will be available for participants to try, and participants will receive recipes.

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Pitfallsatthirdlaw, Threads, Teeth On Asphalt, Slag Dump, Michael, Gunt. 5:30PM @ 1201 W. 36th St

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Friday June 19 * 6pm * Free * RSVP

Structures of Music Exploitation (S.O.M.E.)

Speaker: Norman Kelley, editor, R&B (Rhythm and Business): The Political Economy of Black Music (Akashic Books 2002); The Head Negro in Charge Syndrome (Nation Books, 2004).

Overview

Structure of Music Exploitation (aka the “structure of stealing") examines the various methods used to extract wealth from black talent and music. Drawing from Norman Kelley’s unpublished work, An Industry Beneath Their Feet: The Mismanagement and Exploitation of Black Music, he will argue how the structure of exploitation within the music recording industry made it possible for black music and black talent to be exploited with impunity. However, the presentation will also argue that African Americans, in some cases, failed to – in the best sense of the word–exploit their own folk culture as a resource as well as showing examples of blacks who took advantage of black talent’s naivete. This presentation critically assesses how the absence of an integrated economic strategy—one linking politics, culture, and commerce—led to the persistent pattern of artistic brilliance and economic marginalization. The talk invites audiences to reconsider how economic empowerment could emerge from cultural innovation.

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Strangers Stopping Strangers (Grateful Dead Tribute). 6PM, $25 @ 8x10

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Abbey Lincoln Tribute w/ Dee Dee Bridgewater. 6PM & 8:30PM, $20-$75 @ Keystone Korner

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Friday Nite Smorgasbord! (Karaoke, Movie, Reading, Board Games & Painting). 6PM, $FREE @ Old Major

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Fri, Jun 19 at 6:00pm

abdu mongo ali x twurl presents: Juneteenth: Soul of Tomorrow

by Current Space

Current Space Garden Bar, 421 Tyson St, Baltimore, MD

$11.91

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Fri, Jun 19

Baltimore Club Music

21+

Doors: 6 pm

Upstairs @ Ottobar

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https://metrobmore.com/listing/esther-rose/ , tickets: https://link.dice.fm/I9ace248e39b

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Friday June 19

BOOTY REX

QUEER PRIDE PARTY

featuring DJs

KRISTY LA RAT

MOTHERSHIESTER

WANNABE

NATTY BOOM

JUNEBULLET

BENT

C.RUSH

Doors at 7:00

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FRIDAY 06/19/2026

7:00 pm

WORLD CUP PARTY: ULTRA LITE/ CHAIN OF MEMORIES/ THE TEST

$15

ATD

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Nectar w/ Amarji King, Flotussin, Sdot. PM, $10 adv/$15 doors @ Club 1722

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Swing Night. 7PM, $10 @ Mobtown Ballroom

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Baltimore Rock Opera Society Presents: American Vamp. 7PM, $32 @ Zion Church of Baltimore (400 E Lexington St)

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AfroPics Juneteenth Screening (“The Harder They Fall”). 7PM $FREE @ Old Major

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Fri, Jun 19

Hot In Herre: 2000s Dance Party!

Ages 18 and up

Doors: 8 pm

Ottobar

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Dave Hill. 8PM @ Club 603

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Getaway From Here Sketch Comedy. 8PM, $20 @ Library Nineteen

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Kbong & Johnny Cosmic. 8PM, $29 @ The Recher

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Fri, Jun 19

Extra Medium

21+

Doors: 10 pm

Upstairs @ Ottobar

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Patuxent Derby Fundraiser . 12PM, $FREE @ Peabody Heights

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Saturday June 20 * 3pm * $25 / scholarships available * REGISTER

This is an in-person workshop on the basics of vocal feminization: raising your pitch, shifting your resonance, and sustaining your trained voice. It'll be interactive, so come prepared to try the exercises in a judgment-free setting. Instructor: Jessica Austin

Scholarships available - please email info@rhizomedc.org

To find out more about me or schedule private lessons, visit my website: https://thetransjessicaaustin.com/

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Sat, Jun 20 at 6:00pm

DJ Pa After Dusk

by Current Space

Current Space Garden Bar, 421 Tyson St, Baltimore, MD

$11.91 - $17.19

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Sat, Jun 20

Problematic Princess Party Presents

PRIDE! POP PRINCESSES EDITION

Ages 21 and up

Doors: 6 pm

Upstairs @ Ottobar

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Abbey Lincoln Tribute w/ Dee Dee Bridgewater. 6PM & 8:30PM, $20-$75 @ Keystone Korner

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Queer Quality Dating Show. 6PM, $FREE @ Peabody Heights

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Tokyo Genesis’ Anime Sip & Paint. 6PM, $5 @ Old Major

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Pornominthtd. 6PM, $17 @ The Recher

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Martyr For Hire, Bombenkinder, Shattered Colors, Go On Red. 6:30PM, $15 @ Morsbergers

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https://metrobmore.com/listing/worm-total-possession-of-america-tour/ , tickets: https://link.dice.fm/rd51302f4af4

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Sat, Jun 20

Remy X Goomba presents

Eddie Brock, St. Clovis, No Empathy, Provoked

All Ages

Doors: 7 pm

Ottobar

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Psycho Killers (Talking Heads Tribute). 7PM, $33.79 @ 8x10

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Baltimore Rock Opera Society Presents: American Vamp. 7PM, $32 @ Zion Church of Baltimore (400 E Lexington St)

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Players Ball Tabletop Board Game Night. 7PM, $FREE @ Old Major

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Saturday 06/20/2026

7:00 pm

Jeff Surak / Tag Cloud / James Wolf / Perfectly Reasonable People

$5 - 10

SHOW @8PM

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Saturday June 20 * 7:30pm * $12-24 * TICKETS

Valentina Booking Presents:

Haves & Thirds is a one person band out of Tampa, Florida. The music is dreamy with bits of delightful quirks mixed with sounds of voices and things. Todd Lynne is the co-founder of label Cephia's Treat. His album has been described as: “Gorgeous dream pop guitar + beats + movie samples honoring fallen actors in moving fashion. Highly recommended!!”

Travis B is a multitalented musician and artist out of Baltimore, MD- a beloved member of the community. Online you’ll see his work as a photographer but at rhizome you’ll see how his beauty he captures during his first live ambient set. Not to miss!

Tiff and T are a power duo that can do many things know as dj dubu, Tiff created and runs ecobeat and is also a classically trained musician. T is know for his jungle collection and plant based meal prep - both will be playing their first show together featuring in Swana style .

Sema is a magical human that you can find gloriously dancing at most functions - fittingly their love for music has transferred to them making it, catch Sema’s second show as they play a nu live set created especially for this show.

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Gingerwitch. 8PM, $12 adv/$15 doors @ Alchemy of Art (1637 Eastern Ave)

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Geeker, Velvet Overkill, James Castle. 8PM @ Holy Frijoles

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Karaoke. 8PM, $FREE @ Old Major

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Getaway From Here Sketch Comedy. 8PM, $20 @ Library Nineteen

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Saturday June 20

PRIDE-O-WEEN

Sapphic Pride Party

Doors at 9:00 / 21+ Event

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Digital Xscape & Bodywerk. 9PM, $10-$15 @ Le Mondo

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Sat, Jun 20

St. Twerkiesday w/ Uncle Quincy

21+

Doors: 10 pm

Upstairs @ Ottobar

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Sunday June 21 * 11am * Free / Donations * RSVP

Chinese culture understands time as cyclical and relational. The traditional Chinese calendar divides the year into 24 Solar Terms, presenting the subtle shifts in nature and having different celebrations each term.

One of these terms is Duanwu Festival on the fifth day of the fifth lunar month: a time when summer begins to intensify, marked by remembrance and cultural rituals such as dragon boat racing and eating zongzi. In this event, we will:

- Introduce Duanwu and its meaning, connecting personal stories of hometown, cultural roots, and remembrance;

- Participants DIY two gifts inspired by their hometown and cultural memory: one kept for themselves, and one exchanged with another participant (A to B, B to C, C to A);

- Share reflections on how ritual, making, and exchange create a moment of pause.

The event is free, and donations to Rhizome DC are suggested. We will provide basic art supplies (paper, pencils, colored pencils, acrylic paint & brushes), but please bring any other materials for DIY.

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Todd Barkan & DJ So Your Dolo. 11AM, $25-$70 @ Keystone Korner

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Plant Swap. 12PM, $FREE @ Peabody Heights

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Seth Kibel & Geoffrey Himes. 1PM, $10-$15 @ An Die Musik

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Sunday June 21 * 3pm * RSVP

Death Cafes are opportunities for people to enjoy refreshments together and discuss the topic of death. The objective is to “increase awareness of death with a view to helping people make the most of their (finite) lives.” There are Death Cafes all over the country. What's on your mind about death and dying? Contact Death Cafe Facilitators Margaret Branch at margaret603@gmail.com or Monica Lynch at mlynch19@comcast.net.. Death Cafes are NOT therapy, grief support, or counseling sessions. Cost: Free (small donation for the space encouraged)

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Cori & John Sing Roberta & Donny. 5PM, $15-$35 @ Keystone Korner

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Sunday June 21 * 6pm * $10-20 * TICKETS

Amptext, the solo project of Washington DC native Gary Rouzer, explores the area between free improvisation and composition. His current focus harkens back to his teenage years on the four string electric bass. https://amptext.bandcamp.com

Perfectly Reasonable People - Baltimore duo making perfectly reasonable music.

Jeff Surak - Maximum musique concrète.

https://zeromoon.bandcamp.com/album/an-ideal-death

Tag Cloud - Solo drone/noise/ambient atmospherics. Mostly modular but sometimes other sources. Latest release out now!

https://tagcloud2.bandcamp.com/album/the-other-shoe-drops

James Wolf is a DC-area violinist and multi-instrumentalist.

https://jwolf333.bandcamp.com/music

Francesca H & Alex McGrath - Soprano sax and transducers + homemade electronics duo; our music sits on the borders of free improvisation, noise, and minimal.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tOtxw_qXy1k

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Sun, Jun 21 at 6:00pm

Herald, Fake Nudes, Folly of Three, and Tall Tease

by Current Space

Current Space Garden Bar, 421 Tyson St, Baltimore, MD

$14.02 - $17.19

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Sun, Jun 21

Fun Dungeon

21+

Doors: 6 pm

Upstairs @ Ottobar

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Hunny Du Bunns, Nonapplicabl, Venus Von Squirtz, Icky Sticky, +MORE. 6PM, $15 @ Le Mondo

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Kittie, Kingdom Of Giants, Gore. 6:30PM, $35 @ Soundstage

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Sun, Jun 21

Bucky Malone & Balcony Lifestyle present

Bucky Malone Rampage “The Tour”

All Ages

Doors: 7 pm

Ottobar

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Reggae Legends Tribute Band, Dt Ranks, Jah Rick Culture Sound, Sheb. 7PM, $FREE @ Morsbergers

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Hey 19. 8PM, $FREE @ Fadensonnen

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Sun, Jun 21

Industry Night

21+

Doors: 9 pm

Upstairs @ Ottobar

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Tung Rot, DJ Maggiee, Goblin Princete, Mindctrlweapon, Bluntilda. 10PM, $10 @ DM artists for address

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Chess Club. 4PM, $FREE @ Peabody Heights

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Django Jazz. 6:30PM, $FREE @ The Bluebird

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Swing Night. 7PM, $10 @ Mobtown Ballroom

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Monday June 22nd * doors at 7pm * $10 * TICKETS

Cicada

Narcan

Live Munition

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Mon, Jun 22

D3VILISHBRI, Lahnah, Cain Canary, File Select

All Ages

Ottobar

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Mon, Jun 22

Metal Monday!

21+

Doors: 9 pm

Upstairs @ Ottobar

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Join us for a celebration of June's featured artist!

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https://metrobmore.com/listing/koyo/ , tickets: https://link.dice.fm/ddc334cfeaaf

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Karaoke. 6PM, $FREE @ Peabody Heights

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Playwrights’ Brew. 6PMm, $FREE @ Peabody Heights

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Tuesday June 23 * doors at 6:30, music at 7 * $10-20 / NOTAFLOF * TICKETS

Grace A. Keller - DC-based singer/songwriter, 1/4 of hotel sewing kit

Jem Wilde - DC/Baltimore

Devin Shaffer's new album, Patience, mirrors life's highs and lows on the search for spiritual meaning, purpose, and connection. Patience updates the hushed intimacy of songwriters like Vashti Bunyan, Sibylle Baier, and Linda Perhacs for the twenty-first century. Shaffer challenges both herself and the listener to find peace in the unknowing and comfort in the surrender.

Solo performance by Ella G of Lud Roes

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Old Time & Bluegrass Jam. 6:30PM, $FREE @ The Bluebird

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Tue, Jun 23

SEASON PASSES WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED

Ratboys, Shallowater

All Ages

Doors: 7 pm

Ottobar

Sold Out

More Info

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Dondria. 7PM, $15-$35 @ Keystone Korner

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Tuesday Jazz Affair. 7PM, $FREE @ Bloom’s

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The Breeders, Violet Grohl. 7PM, $47 @ Nevermore Hall

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Jim Lauderdale & The Game Changers. 7PM, $35 @ Creative Alliance

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Tuesday June 23

SONIDO GALLO NEGRO

BONGO DISTRICT

LEON CITY SOUNDS

Doors at 7:30

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A Beautiful Noise Opening Night. 7:30PM, $45 @ Hippodrome

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Open Mic. 8PM, $FREE @ The Depot

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Tue, Jun 23

Spirit World

21+

Doors: 9 pm

Upstairs @ Ottobar

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Blues Dance w/ Cuppa T. Jones. 6PM, $10 @ Mystique Barrel Brewing

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FIFA Haiti World Cup. 6PM, $FREE @ Peabody Heights

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Wed, Jun 24

Trivia & Karaoke Night

Doors: 6 pm

Upstairs @ Ottobar

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Open Mic Night. 6:30PM, $FREE @ Mona’s Super Noodle

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Spoon, The Beths, Squirrel Flower. 6:30PM, $SOLD OUT @ Nevermore Hall

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https://metrobmore.com/listing/gozu-restless-spirit/ , tickets: https://link.dice.fm/Yfe1b59d394a

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Wed, Jun 24

The SoapGirls, The Loss, Animals Awake

All Ages

Doors: 7 pm

Ottobar

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Weather Report w/ Scott Ambush & Mysterious Traveler. 7PM, $15-$35 @ Keystone Korner

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Tuesday June 24 * doors at 7, show at 7:30 * $10-20 * TICKETS

Mike Andre plays deconstructed punk rock in the band Sensor Ghost. Tonight he will be performing deconstructed folk music under his own name.

Emi Kawashima (she/they) is a mover, grower, and maker based in DC. They explore movement and other mediums with a constantly changing body and mind. Inspired by nature, relationships, mental health, and everyday situations, she has been experimenting with plant dyed shibori fiber in their work. Emi gets their hands dirty as a garden manager at the Washington Youth Garden while finding ways to share space and collaborate with other creative folks.

As a creative artist, George Karos integrates written poetry with sparse acoustic music performances. For over three decades, he's performed in bands and as a solo folk singer. He has 3 published poetry books - and been published in over 60 worldwide literary publications.

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Trivia. 7:30PM, $FREE @ Peabody Heights

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2nd & 4th Wednesdays * online at 8pm Eastern * Free / donations appreciated * RSVP

A weekly guided dream-sharing hangout…. Welcome to the theater of your dreams—an inexhaustible source of images and stories that can provide entertainment and insight, and that requires no cable service and no subscription—just attentiveness and an open mind. Participants will share dreams, using a gentle, non-intrusive method for unlocking the metaphors that structure dreams (derived from the long-tested method of Dr. Montague Ullman). We’ll also talk about techniques for recalling and recording dreams, as needed.

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Cryptic Goth Night w/ eEl, DJ Daystar. 8PM, $FREE @ Holy Frijoles

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Kyle Flens presents percussion works by Chicago composers. The program features a new composition for snare drum and shadow movements by Darlene Castro.

$10 at the door

Program:

Bloom Balloon by Ayanna Woods

Songs from the Barstool by Adam D. O'Dell

Eeltwo by Roscoe Mitchell, arr. by Kyle Flens

Hearing Lips, Seeing Voices by Darlene Castro

Parkland by Marc Mellits

photo by Ricardo Adame

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Art Of Comedy Open Mic. 9PM, $FREE @ Motor House

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Thu, Jun 25

Goomba Productions HC

Fire in the Blood, Last Ride, Fear Agent, Sukkawut

All Ages

Doors: 6 pm

Upstairs @ Ottobar

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Thu, Jun 25 at 6:30pm

Pecha Kucha: 2026 Season

by Current Space

Current Space Garden Bar, 421 Tyson St, Baltimore, MD

Free

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Baltimore Silent Book Club (BYO Book). 6:30PM, $FREE @ Old Major

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Write Night! + Read the Room (Writers Meetup and Open Mic). 6:30PM, $FREE @ Old Major

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Thu, Jun 25

Shark Shark, Kinoko, Floating Objects

All Ages

Doors: 7 pm

Ottobar

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Multi-instrumentalist, composer, and improviser Fred Frith has been making noise of one kind or another for more than 50 years, starting with the rock collective Henry Cow, which he co-founded with Tim Hodgkinson in 1968.

Fred is best known as a pioneering electric guitarist and improviser, song-writer, and composer for film, dance and theater. Through bands like Art Bears, Massacre, Skeleton Crew, the Fred Frith Guitar Quartet, Cosa Brava, and now Fremakajo he has stayed close to his roots in rock and folk music while branching out in many other directions.

His compositions have been performed by ensembles ranging from Eclipse Quartet and the Bang on a Can All Stars to Concerto Köln and Galax Quartet, from the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra to the ROVA and Arte Sax Quartets, from Sleepytime Gorilla Museum and Ground Zero to the Glasgow Improvisers’ Orchestra.

Film music credits include the acclaimed documentaries Rivers and Tides, Leaning into the Wind, and Tracing Light, directed by Thomas Riedelsheimer; The Tango Lesson, Yes and The Party by Sally Potter; Middle of the Moment by Nicolas Humbert and Werner Penzel; as well as Penzel’s Zen for Nothing, Peter Mettler’s Gods, Gambling and LSD, and the award-winning (and Oscar-nominated) Last Day of Freedom, by Nomi Talisman and Dee Hibbert-Jones.

Composing for dance throughout his long career, Fred has worked with Rosalind Newman and Bebe Miller in New York, François Verret and Catherine Diverrès in France, and Amanda Miller and the Pretty Ugly Dance Company over the course of many years in Germany, as well as composing for two documentary films on the work of Anna Halprin.

Theater credits include François Chat’s Setaccio and François-Michel Pesenti’s Théâtre du Point Aveugle in Marseille, where he spent six months in 1990 working with “jeunes rockers en chômage des quartiers défavorisés” on the opera Helter Skelter.

Fred has performed works by and sometimes alongside composers John Luther Adams, Gavin Bryars, Sylvie Courvoisier, Alvin Curran, George Lewis, Annea Lockwood, René Lussier, Jose Maceda, Meredith Monk, Pauline Oliveros, Terry Riley, and Christian Wolff; improvised with Lotte Anker, Derek Bailey, Han Bennink, Peter Brötzmann, Lol Coxhill, Janet Feder, gabby fluke-mogul, Tim Hodgkinson, Joëlle Léandre, Phil Minton, Ikue Mori, Butch Morris, Bob Ostertag, Evan Parker, Zeena Parkins, Paula Sanchez, Susana Santos Silva and Camel Zekri, to name a few; collaborated with classical virtuosi Evelyn Glennie, Katia Labèque, Viktoria Mullova, and Werner Bärtschi; and—as session musician—recorded on albums by, for example, Brian Eno, The Residents, Robert Wyatt, The Swans, Violent Femmes, Material, Negativland, John Zorn, Matthew and the Unfortunates, and Half Japanese.

He is currently performing solo and with Normal (home-made instrument duo with Sudhu Tewari), Frelonia (with Lotte Anker and Núria Andorrà), Fremakajo (with Marie Abe, Kasey Knudsen and Jordan Glenn)as well as in countless combinations of his favorite co-conspirators.

The recipient of Italy’s Demetrio Stratos Prize for his life’s work in experimental music and an honorary doctorate from the University of Huddersfield in his home county of Yorkshire, Fred taught for twenty years at the legendary epicenter of American experimental music, Mills College in Oakland, California; as well as co-directing (with Alfred Zimmerlin) the improvisation master’s program at the Musik Akademie in Basel, Switzerland. He is the subject of Nicolas Humbert and Werner Penzel’s much loved Step Across the Border, cited by Cahiers du Cinéma as one of the 20th century’s hundred most influential films.

Opening sets from local luminaries Bonnie Lander & John Dierker and Liz Meredith & Timothy Wisniewski!

This concert will take place in the Sunday Room at 2640 Space, therefore seating will be limited so get your tickets in advance here:

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$22 in advance

$30 at the door

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Fred Frith

Thursday June 25, 2026 7:00 pm

Opening sets from local luminaries Bonnie Lander & John Dierker and Liz Meredith & Timothy Wisniewski! This concert will take place in the Sunday Room at 2640 Space, therefore seating will be limited so get your tickets in advance here: https://square.link/u/d0GRn7iK Multi-instrumentalist, composer, and improviser Fred Frith has been making noise of one kind or […]

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THURSDAY 06/25/2026

7:00 pm

The Wayward, Conan Neutron and Friends, Mast Year

$10 notalof

ATD

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Ben Egerman's zines on Maryland's queer and trans history have been nothing short of amazing—packed with unforgettable characters, gripping stories, and revelatory portraits of the gay past. Now, join us as we celebrate the book version, collecting his first six issues in one pocket-sized anthology.

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Aaron Irwin. 7PM @ The Hargrove

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Trust in The Music. 7PM, $42 @ 8x10

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Tyreek McDole. 7PM, $15-$45 @ Keystone Korner

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Unapologetic: Stories Of Being Queer And Jewish In Charm City. 7PM, $40 @ Creative Alliance

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Country Line Dancing. 7PM, $FREE @ The Recher

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Fascist Groove Play. 7:30PM, $15 @ Le Mondo

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Thursday June 25 * 7:30pm * $10-20 * TICKETS

Mick Barr - special classical guitar set - Guitarist and composer Mick Barr has released countless recordings under the names Ocrilim, Orthrelm, and Octis, and has worked with Krallice, The Flying Luttenbachers, Zach Hill, Weasel Walter, and Sam Hillmer of Zs. His lightning fast guitar style and singular approach to the instrument goes unrivaled among his contemporaries.

Vaelastraz is a dark ambient project from Virginia. Formed in 2016 by musician Min Naing, Vaelastrasz conjures melancholic and epic atmospheres with loop-based melodies.

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Thu, Jun 25

Veil Parting

21+

Doors: 9 pm

Upstairs @ Ottobar

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Fri, Jun 26 at 6:00pm

Barnyard Sharks, Suppai Helwa, Konjur Collective

by Current Space

Current Space Garden Bar, 421 Tyson St, Baltimore, MD

$17.19 - $22.47

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Friday Nite Smorgasbord! (Karaoke, Movie, Reading, Board Games & Painting). 6PM, $FREE @ Old Major

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Friday June 26 * doors at 6:30, music at 7 * $20-35 * TICKETS

Multi-instrumentalist, composer, and improviser FRED FRITH has been making noise of one kind or another for more than 50 years, starting with the rock collective Henry Cow, which he co-founded with Tim Hodgkinson in 1968. Fred is best known as a pioneering electric guitarist and improviser, song-writer, and composer for film, dance and theater. Through bands like Art Bears, Massacre, Skeleton Crew, the Fred Frith Guitar Quartet, Cosa Brava, and the FF Trio he has stayed close to his roots in rock and folk music while branching out in many other directions.

CHAO TIAN is a boundary-breaking Chinese dulcimer virtuoso, improviser, and sonic thinker whose music unfolds across tradition, experimentation, and diasporic imagination. Trained in the classical lineage of the Chinese dulcimer since the age of five, she now bends that legacy into new shapes—treating the instrument not as a symbol, but as a living, questioning voice.

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Ben Dunham. 7PM @ The Hargrove

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Trust in The Music. 7PM, $42 @ 8x10

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Althea René. 7PM, $15-$40 @ Keystone Korner

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Kes. 7PM, $47 @ Pier Six

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Fascist Groove Play. 7PM, $15 @ Le Mondo

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Swing Night. 7PM, $10 @ Mobtown Ballroom

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Dungeons & Dragons Miniature Figure Sip & Paint. 7PM, $10 @ Old Major

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Public Anime Pride Screening (“Liz and the Blue Bird”). 7PM, $FREE @ Old Major

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Geronimostilton, Letterstoyou, Teeth On Asphalt, McMansion. 7PM, $10-$15 @ Baltimore Unity Hall

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Come out and show us what you've got! Calling all poets, rappers, musicians, and comedians! We invite you to perform at our local open mic night, here in Baltimore! Participants may perform up to 5 minutes, ONE piece!

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Ken & Brad Kolodner Album Release. 7:30PM, $40 @ Creative Alliance

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Fri, Jun 26

Dungeons and Drag presents

What in Tarnation?!

Ages 21 and up

Doors: 8 pm

Upstairs @ Ottobar

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Bicep EP Release w/ Marie Anne Hedonia, Fun Never Starts. 8PM @ Holy Frijoles

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Drag & Burlesque Openstage. 8PM, $FREE @ Peabody Heights

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Getaway From Here Sketch Comedy. 8PM, $20 @ Library Nineteen

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Fri, Jun 26

Dark Entity, Granite State, Morvane

All Ages

Doors: 8 pm

Ottobar

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Friday June 26

CLUB OSCURO

DANCE PARTY

Red Room / Doors at 9:00 / 21+ Event

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Yoi Toki: A Future Funk/Vaporwave Party. 9PM, $19 @ Soundstage

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Fri, Jun 26

Fat Butt Rodeo

21+

Doors: 10 pm

Upstairs @ Ottobar

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Regal86, El Sucio, Alucarda, BelizeNotBrazil. 10PM, $10-$25 @ Le Mondo

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Danny Joe’s Tree House. 11:30AM @ Creative Alliance

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Queer Made Market. 12PM, $FREE @ Peabody Heights

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Saturday June 27 * 1pm * $35 * REGISTER

This 2 hour workshop will begin with a flowing yoga practice to bring us into a present state of awareness. Then we’ll sit and explore the foundational basics of tarot cards. With prompts and exercises, we’ll pull tarot cards and explore our observations, feelings, and reactions to them. After the workshop, participants will have a better understanding of how yoga and tarot can foster a deep inner connection and build mindfulness and intuition.

Workshop materials -

Yoga mat (required)

Deck of tarot cards (optional)

Journal and writing utensil (optional)

Any other desired yoga props such as a blanket or blocks (optional)

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Union Anniversary Celebration w/ Brandon Woody, Dogo Du Togo , DJ Dolla. 5PM, $14 @ Union Craft Brewing

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Heroes Unsung, Erked, Gut, Delinquent. 6PM, $10-$15 @ Pet Cemetary (DM bands for address)

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Tribute to Fantasia & Ledisi w/ Mia Samone. 6PM & 9PM, $15-$45 @ Keystone Korner

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Intl Pride Movie Double Feature (“Crossing”/”Taxi Zum Klo”). 6PM, $FREE @ Old Major

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Board Games & Chess, BYO Arts & Crafts, Karaoke. 6:30PM, $FREE @ Old Major

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Saturday June 27 * 7pm * $15 * TICKETS

Spark Isle is an experimental rock trio based in the DMV. The group's instrumental compositions touch on jazz, funk, punk and styles in between. Visually, Spark Isle presents projections to accompany each song that often feature footage of collaborations with artists from other mediums (painters, dancers, etc.).

Sur Cósmico is a Spanish psychedelic rock project by Bolivian artist Jardiel Ruiz, delivering immersive and atmospheric live performances.

My Mandy - All is breathing the astral dust. Stripping it down to the moment, My Mandy is the music project by Malynne Petoia, seeking to capture our shared inner & outer worlds, echoed into lyrical melodies.

L☆LY is a human In this invented world Where concrete is the soil And money is the soul. L☆LY is a star as Citlally translates Of nahualt origin And death as the fate.

Sir Cie - If you like indie and alternative music with folk, pop rock, and classic rock influences, congratulations, j’suis ta copine.

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Psychoanalysis is having a resurgence in popularity—but it is not helping patients navigate the harm of modern-day capitalism. Instead, it continues to enforce oppressive structures, state power, and reactionary politics.

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Stential, Limit Break, Bone Gripper, Dared2Live, Everything. 7PM, $10 @ Baltimore Unity Hall

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Trust in The Music. 7PM, $43.78 @ 8x10

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Bob Butta. 7PM, $10-$25 @ An Die Musik

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Fascist Groove Play. 7PM, $15 @ Le Mondo

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Sat, Jun 27

Furtado Global Presents

Club 1BD Baltimore

Ages 21 and up

Doors: 8 pm

Ottobar

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Saturday June 27

DES DEMONAS

SOROCHE

THAT THIS

Doors at 8:00

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https://metrobmore.com/listing/b-valley-hosted-by-hunter-jade-w-music-from-dj-anchor-the-bank/ , tickets: https://link.dice.fm/J1b6b923cf79

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Sunburster, Born of Plagues, Bleak Shore. 8PM @ Holy Frijoles

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FS.Live Reunion w/ Raeda, Boom, Cobtrastrk, Cash.Liss, +MORE. 8PM @ Egatniv (16 W North Ave)

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Getaway From Here Sketch Comedy. 8PM, $20 @ Library Nineteen

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Sat, Jun 27

Panda Den

21+

Doors: 10 pm

Upstairs @ Ottobar

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Dhajea, Peeace, Ilusm. 10PM, $10-$20 @ Le Mondo

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Sunday June 28 & bi-weekly * 11am * $5-10 suggested * REGISTER

How do different traditions across history and geography think about how we should live our lives? Join this community for a casual, biweekly discussion group dedicated to exploring the practical philosophies and lived wisdom of the world’s major spiritual traditions. Over the first 12 weeks, we’ll look at foundational ideas from Hinduism, Buddhism, Judaism, Taoism, Stoicism, Shinto, Yoruba, Animism, Christianity, Islam, and some modern faiths.

This is less of a learning seminar and more of a conversational space. There are no right or wrong answers, and you don’t need any background in religious studies to participate. Come as you are, ready to chat about the ideas that jump out at you, what resonates with your own perspective, and how these philosophies might map onto our lives.

Check out the working syllabus and readings: tinyurl.com/explorefaiths

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Sunday June 28 * noon-4pm * $5-10 suggested * RSVP

The DC Modular Society is a group focused on learning, teaching, and performing electronic music with modular synths. DCMS meetups are open to all with an interest in electronic music, modular and other hardware synths, and hybrid systems for creating and performing music. We encourage and support building a diverse and inclusive community—if you’re wondering if you belong—the answer is yes! No equipment is necessary to attend meetups, but feel free to bring gear if you like. Mixer and PA system provided. We frequently do informal demos of synths and electronic music techniques.

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Bmore Flea. 12PM, $FREE @ Peabody Heights

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Wingin’ It. 2PM, $FREE @ Morsbergers

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Kahil El'Zabar & David Murray. 5PM & 7PM, $15-$35 @ An Die Musik

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Sun, Jun 28

Delta Sleep, Michael Cera Palin, Combat

All Ages

Doors: 7 pm

Ottobar

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EKGs, Headcheck, Thought Control, Everything. 7PM, $15 @ La Roca (3210 Pulaski Hwy)

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Sunday June 28 * doors at 7pm, music at 7:30 * $10-20 * TICKETS

Sarah Hughes is a performing and visual artist. She has 26 years of experience playing the alto saxophone and also doubles on the soprano saxophone, flute, and clarinet. Her music is intuitive and genre-liberated while displaying an unquestionable command of her instrument and musical vocabulary.

Corey Thuro is a musician based in Baltimore, MD.

Nate Scheible has performed and recorded in a variety of bands and ensembles spanning multiple genres over the past 25 years. Collaborators in recent years include Sarah Hughes, Nik Francis, Erik Ruin, the Bureau of Sensory Affairs with Alma Laprida, and the band Drawn. His background is largely based in improvisation on drums, electronics, and analog tape. His work is featured prominently on releases by the labels Warm Winters Ltd., Outside Time, Unifactor, Feeding Tube, and Never Anything.

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SUNDAY 06/28/2026

7:00 pm

Baylies Band / Herschel Hoover / Burger Monday

$10

ATD

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Sunday June 28

7 Days in DC Presents

HUE

Doors at 7:30

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The Phantom AD, Magick Potion, DJ Shellvira. 8PM @ Holy Frijoles

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Pouty’s Rage. 8PM, $FREE @ Fadensonnen

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Sun, Jun 28

Black Celebration!

21+

Doors: 9 pm

Upstairs @ Ottobar

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Monday June 29

SEVEN DAYS

IN DC

Day Programming

FREE / Doors at 9:00AM - 3:00PM

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Chess Club. 4PM, $FREE @ Peabody Heights

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Monday June 29 * doors at 6, show at 7 * $10 * TICKETS

Presenting the debut of two local bands— Pain Response (hardcore) and Peel Off Your Skin (punk), hosted by ShivLaughLove. There will also be some clowning and juggling performed! Come support local DC night life workers on their day off.

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Django Jazz. 6:30PM, $FREE @ The Bluebird

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Monday June 29

7 Days in DC Presents

LIT 2 LIBERATION

Doors at 6:30

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Swing Night. 7PM, $10 @ Mobtown Ballroom

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Mon, Jun 29

Expiration Date, Samskara, Mass Ego, Abriction and Madeline Usher

All Ages

Ottobar

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Mon, Jun 29

Metal Monday!

21+

Doors: 9 pm

Upstairs @ Ottobar

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Tuesday June 30

SEVEN DAYS

IN DC

Day Programming

FREE / Doors at 9:00AM - 3:00PM

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Old Time & Bluegrass Jam. 6:30PM, $FREE @ The Bluebird

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Tuesday June 30 * doors at 7pm, music at 7:30 * $15-25 * TICKETS

Secret Planet presents... Chicago pianist Josh Harlow and Detroit percussionist Jonathan Barahal founded Teiku around the concept of using their respective families’ unique Passover melodies as conduits for new forms of spontaneous musical expression. Their self-titled 2024 debut was a meditation on their shared history and a tribute to the ancestral melodies that they grew up singing. Sophomore album Klang expands on this reinterpretation of traditional sounds by drawing source material from the wider community, rare manuscripts, voice recordings, and memories of late-night ritualistic chants. Five of Klang’s six tracks represent the same Passover song/liturgical text, with each becoming a completely distinctive and unique melody when filtered through regional and family variations.

Kutay Sezginel - Hailing from Istanbul and based in Baltimore, Kutay bridges psychedelic rock and dark ambient territories with the microtonal melodies and odd rhythms of Anatolian folk music. On the neo-ethnic instruments of çağlama and electric cümbüş, he revives and reinvigorates old traditions in contemporary, layered explorations.

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Join us on Tuesday, June 30, in Remington to celebrate the release of Baltimore author Kat Stoddard's debut novel, Wasp's Nest! Kat will be in conversation with fellow Baltimore author Jane Delury.

This event is free to attend, but let us know you'll be there by registering here!

About Wasp's Nest:

A modern retelling of The Philadelphia Story, Wasp’s Nest is a witty, gripping love triangle unfolding over the course of seven chaotic days at a Cape Cod wedding

Tess wants nothing more than for her upcoming society wedding to overshadow the failure of her first marriage. Her fiancé Warren, a steady soon-to-be state senator, is nothing like her first husband. Tess’s relationship with working-class artist Peter was a passionate crash-and-burn, and a chapter of her life that she's ready to forget.

Peter hasn’t seen Tess in five years, so he’s shocked to receive an invitation to her wedding. But he’s moved on too, and it wouldn’t hurt to prove it by showing up with a handsome younger man as his plus-one. Mitch, an aspiring writer, is intrigued by Peter and jumps at the chance to pry into the lives of his Waspy ex-in-laws. What he’s not bargained for is developing serious feelings for both Peter and Peter’s ex—Tess, the bride. But Peter and Tess have complex desires of their own, and Mitch is dangerously close to uncovering them.

Wasp's Nest is a fast-paced, humorous, and heartfelt exploration of the shape of our affections that proves real love triangles connect on all sides.

Wasp's Nest releases on Tuesday, June 30. Preorder your copy here!

Kat Stoddard lives with her daughter in Baltimore. Wasp’s Nest is her debut novel.

Jane Delury is the author of the novels Hedge and The Balcony, which won the Sue Kaufman Prize for First Fiction from the American Academy of Arts and Letters. Her short stories have appeared in publications including Granta, The Georgia Review, Ploughshares, and The Yale Review and have won a PEN/O.Henry Prize and a Pushcart Prize. She is a professor of creative writing at the University of Baltimore, where she directs the BA in English.

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A provocative look at the secret society that has controlled St. Louis for over a century, revealing how shadowy elites organize themselves against working-class power.

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Bright Moments Jam Session. 7PM, $FREE @ Keystone Korner

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Tuesday Jazz Affair. 7PM, $FREE @ Bloom’s

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Tuesday June 30

7 Days in DC Presents Rebel Riot Rock Night

BAD STATIC

ALLSTRIKE

RESISTANCE CO.

THE MAKA STICKS

PETRICHOR

Doors at 7:30

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Open Mic. 8PM, $FREE @ The Depot

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Tue, Jun 30

Nectar w/ DJ SDOT

21+

Doors: 9 pm

Upstairs @ Ottobar

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Wednesday July 1

SEVEN DAYS

IN DC

Day Programming

FREE / Doors at 9:00AM - 6:00PM

Crawled from https://www.blackcatdc.com/schedule.html.

Wednesday July 1 * doors at 7, music at 7:30 * $10-15

CS Cleaners (NYC) deliver 11 tracks of warped, day-glow art punk that lash out at the absurdity of contemporary living. The band is influenced by NYC downtown music from CBGB’s diverse first wave through the mutations and deconstructions of no-wave. But while CS Cleaners might have a sound rooted in music that can be severe at times, they are by no means taking themselves seriously: What’s This? is dance music first and foremost, albeit a form wild enough for these extreme times.

Chill Parents (DC; last show) - punk/grunge/crust/hardcore

Gorf (DC) - hardcore

SLOT (Baltimore) is the high-energy, dance-punk project with a genre-fusing sound described as gritty but flirty pop songs with a punk, in-your-face delivery, and pumping, heavy, danceable beats.

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Wednesday July 1

7 Days in DC Presents

CLIFF CASH

& FRIENDS

Doors at 7:30

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Thursday July 2

SEVEN DAYS

IN DC

Day Programming

FREE / Doors at 9:00AM - 3:00PM

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Thu, Jul 02

Lenore, The Rustic Echo, Allie Post, Abrielle

All Ages

Doors: 6 pm

Ottobar

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Thursday July 2

7 Days in DC and UFICE Present

WRESTLEMAGNIA

Doors at 7:30

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Friday July 3 * doors at 6:30, show at 7 * $15 * TICKETS

Penanggalan

Baltimore Black Metal

Crows Foot

Baltimore Black Metal

Tartarean

MD Blackened Grind

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Fri, Jul 3 at 6:30pm

Ladies First: Featuring Kay L.A., Akilah Divine, L.E.A.N., Kotic Couture

by Current Space

Current Space Garden Bar, 421 Tyson St, Baltimore, MD

$17.19

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FRIDAY 07/03/2026

7:00 pm

Insignia/ Sage is Alive (VA)/ Nesting/ Glass Island/ Citric

$10

ATD

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https://metrobmore.com/listing/haggus-w-cataclysmic-aisle-19-and-muscipula/ , tickets: https://link.dice.fm/V2f01db728b9

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Friday July 3

7 Days in DC Presents

BROCK BUTLER BAND

ALLSTRIKE

Doors at 8:00

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Saturday July 4 * 12-5pm * $15+ * TICKETS &/or DONATE without attending

No To Nationalism! A community solidarity market, concert, and fundraiser. Raising funds for Migrant Solidarity Mutual Aid (MSMA), Gaza Soup Kitchen, and the Jewish Voice for Peace DC Metro chapter. Hosted by JVP-DC Metro. Sliding scale $15+ tickets. 5 bands, 3 DJs, food, a big market with crafts and more.

Freedom Futures Collective (Activist Hip-Hop Collective)

Djoser (L.E.N.G. Heavy Bass Electronics)

Trash Boat and the Ambush (Anarchist Punk)

Orchester Praževica (Danube Basin Kriminal Pop)

Makeup Girl (Indie Rock Sensations)

DJs: Leon City Sounds / DJ Underdog / DJ Crown Vic

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Saturday July 4 * 6pm * $20-30 * TICKETS

Noise at 6PM

J&R'S Music World

Collapsing

T3ratoma

Distorting a Woodpecker

Bleak Outlook

OVRSTMLTD (By Evilshadex.exe)

Whitey Alabastard

Deepgrave Min OG Dog

acheleg

Ashwolf

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Sat, Jul 04

Bey vs Brat Party

Ages 18 and up

Ottobar

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Sat, Jul 04

Bey vs Brat Party

Doors: 9 pm

Upstairs @ Ottobar

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https://metrobmore.com/listing/metroschock-28/ , tickets: https://link.dice.fm/f696177a10e8

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Sunday July 5 * doors at 7, show at 7:30 * $10 * TICKETS

Trepenate (DC Power Violence)

Hostile Mind (DC Hardcore)

Lay Waste (VA Grindcore)

Drugs of Faith (DC Grind-n-Roll)

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Sun, Jul 05

Big Meadow, ViRG, MUNK

All Ages

Doors: 7 pm

Ottobar

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Sunday July 5

BELLOWS

ART SORORITY

PINKY LEMON

Red Room / Doors at 7:30

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Mon, Jul 06

Man Man, Death Valley Girls

All Ages

Doors: 7 pm

Ottobar

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Tuesday July 7 * doors at 6:30pm, music at 7 * $10-15 * TICKETS

Hatchetface

hatchetface-dc.bandcamp.com/

Eleagnus

eleagnus.bandcamp.com/album/baptized-contaminated

NEON GRLZ

neongrlz.bandcamp.com/

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The shrieks of warplanes on their way to bomb Gaza provoked Ramsey Hanhan to write.

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Tue, Jul 07

mc chris, Swell Rell and more TBA

All Ages

Ottobar

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A Panel Discussion on the 50 years of the PKK (Kurdistan Workers Party) and the current peace process with the Republic of Turkey

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Thu, Jul 09

No Cure: A Darkness Is Spreading Across North America

All Ages

Doors: 6 pm

Ottobar

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Friday July 10

STEPHEN SOL

& THE 7

ZACK KEIM

FREWT

Doors at 8:00

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Saturday July 11 * 3pm * $5 suggested * REGISTER

Live Action Role Play is a combination of improv, theater, physical movement, crafts, and just about any genre of story you can think of! All are welcome to these 2-hour LARPs hosted at Rhizome DC, whether you're completely new to the artform or a seasoned veteran.

On Saturday, July 11 from 1-3 pm we're playing Heroic Measures by Daniel Eison and Sam Zeitlin, a game about illness, death, and making end-of-life medical decisions for a member of your fantasy adventuring party. Expect a fairly serious and sober tone from this game, but just as in real life there is plenty of potential for joy and laughter in remembering the life of a loved one.

Crawled from https://www.rhizomedc.org/.

Saturday July 11 * doors at 6:30, show at 7pm * $20 * TICKETS

Magic Tuber Stringband, hailing from North Carolina, probes the undercurrents of the landscapes around them. Highly skilled players and writers, the trio are leaders within the burgeoning avant composition world utilizing folk instrumentation. Their music appears to weave in and out of the fabric of their surroundings, reflecting their time spent living across the Southeast and studying its regional folk traditions and natural histories.

Tacoma Park is a North Carolina-based duo. Brian Howe of IndyWeek described them as playing "abstract impulses in a style you might call homespun monumental, with heavily processed guitars and richly textured synths combining into a Southeastern American take on a certain German tradition of droning, pulsating, landscape-traveling electronic music.

Jon Camp Band: Jon Camp is a fingerstyle guitarist and composer based out of the DC region. Jon blends melody, twang, and drone into a cohesive whole that is exploratory without forsaking the hook.

Crawled from https://www.rhizomedc.org/.

Sat, Jul 11

"Sleeping in a Dress" Record Release Show

PLRLS, Twings, Party Nerves, Choking Boys

All Ages

Doors: 7 pm

Ottobar

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SATURDAY 07/11/2026

7:00 pm

VERSUS V

until 11pm

$5 - $10

ATD

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Sunday July 12 * 3pm * $10-25 / email us for scholarships * TICKETS

Join renowned trombonist and educator Dan Blacksberg (Anthony Braxton, The Body, Jamaaladeen Tacuma, klezmer music) for an afternoon meeting all about committing and recommitting to freedom in our music. Dan will lead participants in group playing, large and small, and in group discussion to explore the opportunities and responsibilities that come with committing ourselves to freedom. Playing music, especially free improvisation, is fully recognized when we connect with other people, even when playing solo or practicing. Over the course of this workshop, we will model/practice/fake-it-til-you-make different ways of being in the Free Music community. We'll take cues from the whole history and present of creative music - with the clear understanding of its roots in Black music - and aim to bring out our own free creativity - something we all had as children. Join us and take the chance to go deep into ourselves, each other, and into the brilliant experimental musical world.

Crawled from https://www.rhizomedc.org/.

Tue, Jul 14

Mella, Body Thief, Postdrome

All Ages

Doors: 6:30 pm

Ottobar

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https://metrobmore.com/listing/wombo-w-shower-curtain/ , tickets: https://link.dice.fm/H6362eaa8c4c

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Art & Labor Study Group is a study group for folks who want to engage with the history and theory of organized labor and the role of the artist in building working-class power.

Art & Labor Study Group is a study group for folks who want to engage with the history and theory of organized labor and the role of the artist in building working-class power.

Crawled from https://redemmas.org/events.

Join us on Tuesday, July 14, in Remington to celebrate the release of Shannon Sanders' debut novel, The Great Wherever! Shannon will be in conversation with Baltimore writer Khaliah Williams.

This event is free to attend, but let us know you'll be there by registering here!

About The Great Wherever:

An impulsive and heartbroken woman inherits her father’s share of a Tennessee farm that is rich in family secrets and occupied with busybody ghosts in this sweeping family portrait.

At thirty-two, Aubrey Lamb is stumbling through adulthood. An underpaid gig worker in Washington, DC, she’s grieving the end of a serious relationship and the recent loss of her father. When Aubrey learns she has inherited his stake in a sizable Tennessee farm she sees an opportunity to get out of the city—and to erase a mounting pile of debt.

Watching her arrival with great interest are four ghosts—Aubrey’s ancestors, who’ve staked their own claims to the farm and who never hesitate to pass judgment on the mistakes made by the living, whether romantic, financial, or sartorial. As Aubrey reconnects with her living family, another story unfolds in parallel: the history of the land, beginning with its purchase by Thomas, Aubrey’s great-grandfather and one of the first Black landowners in his community. Though Thomas hopes to give his children a homestead on which they could flourish, the land proves to be a burdensome inheritance. Over the years, it turns the Lambs against one another, culminating in a catastrophic tragedy that splinters the family and echoes through the decades.

Now, as the clock ticks on a potential sale of the farm, the ghosts fear expulsion from the home they’ve made, and Aubrey must weigh the hopes and burdens of her forebears with the very real needs of her future.

An expansive family saga told with a wry and distinctly modern voice, The Great Wherever is at once grand and intimate; it explores the ways we learn to define ourselves through and against our families, how we carry on after loss, and how the past lives on in all of us.

The Great Wherever releases on Tuesday, July 7. Preorder your copy here!

Shannon Sanders is the author of the linked short story collection Company, which won the 2024 Los Angeles Times Book Prizes' Art Seidenbaum Award for First Fiction, was named one of the best books of 2023 by Publishers Weekly and Debutiful, and was shortlisted for the 2024 William Saroyan International Prize for Writing. Her short fiction has appeared in numerous publications, including One Story, The Sewanee Review, Virginia Quarterly Review, and Electric Literature, and has received a PEN/Robert J. Dau Short Story Prize for Emerging Writers. She lives in Silver Spring, Maryland, with her husband and three sons.

Khaliah Williams is a graduate of Sarah Lawrence College and received her MFA from the Iowa Writers’ Workshop. Her fiction has been published in the Hawaii Women’s Journal, Frontier Psychiatrist, Day One, and The Hopkins Review. You can read her non-fiction at Buzzfeed, American Short Fiction, and Salon. She lives in Baltimore with her husband and two very decorative cats.

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Wednesday July 15 * doors at 6:30, music at 7 * All Ages * $18 * TICKETS

Mind Sculptor Productions presents

Kicked in the Head by a Horse (PA Chaotic Hardcore)

https://kickedintheheadbyahorse.bandcamp.com/

Underneath (PA Metallic Hardcore)

https://underneathpa.bandcamp.com/

Letterstoyou (MD Screamo)

https://letterstoyouscreamo.bandcamp.com/

Saltuponwounds (VA Emo)

https://saltuponwounds.bandcamp.com/

Expiration Date (MD Straight Edge Screamo)

https://strangeviewrecords.bandcamp.com/album/my-choice-best-wishes

Crawled from https://www.rhizomedc.org/.

https://metrobmore.com/listing/royal-thunder/ , tickets: https://link.dice.fm/I2e64eee0058

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Join us in Remington on Wednesday, July 15, to celebrate the release of Benny B. Peterson's debut novel The Maidenheads! Benny will be in conversation with artist and writer Rahne Alexander.

At the event, 10% of sales of The Maidenheads will be donated to Trans Maryland! Trans Maryland is a multi-racial, multi-gender, trans-led community power building organization dedicated to Maryland’s trans community.

This event is free to attend, but let us know you'll be there by registering here!

About The Maidenheads

A bighearted debut novel about queer yearning, indie musicians, and bushwacking a thorny path back to your first love

Jamie is bad at endings, which is why she's stuck at a dead-end Baltimore newspaper job, continuing to have break-up sex with her first-ever hetero partner, and haunted by the what-ifs of her ex-girlfriend Mari—a charismatic and brilliant musician—and their former band together, the Maidenheads. Since they (and their band) broke up a decade ago, Jamie hasn't been able to sing.

Then an unexpected opportunity to perform in DC with Mari's successful new band arises, and Jamie jumps at it. What begins as a return to music becomes a reckoning—with the weight of unfinished love, the voice she long buried, and her own complicated past. But as Jamie channels more of her energy into the band, other threads in her life begin to fray, and she must make some urgent choices about her future.

Electric, spine-tingling, and filled to the brim with tenderness and honesty, The Maidenheads is a novel about the tenacity of first love, the life-changing power of music, and the difficult, necessary work of becoming yourself.

The Maidenheads releases on Tuesday, May 26 and is available for preorder here!

Benny B. Peterson (they/them) is a writer and editor based near Washington, DC. A contributing editor at Washingtonian magazine, they have also worked at Foreign Policy, the New Republic, and Street Sense, DC's street newspaper. They have written about culture, politics, gender, and LGBTQ+ issues for The New York Times, Washington Post, Elle, Slate, and The Atlantic, among other places, and received an MFA in fiction from Bennington.

Rahne Alexander is an intermedia artist and writer from Baltimore. She was probably out as trans before you were.

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https://metrobmore.com/listing/bubble-tea-and-cigarettes/ , tickets: https://link.dice.fm/X572207f3cf2

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Saturday July 18

GIRLS ROCK! DC

JULY SHOWCASE

Doors 11:00AM

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Sat, Jul 18

TWO ROOM TAKEOVER- UP & DOWNSTAIRS

I WANNA DANCE WITH SOMEBODY….before 9pm…An early bird dance party!

Ages 21 and up

Doors: 5 pm

Ottobar

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https://metrobmore.com/listing/evoken-w-demiser-ancient-death-kontusion-lathe-and-dj-filth-hound/ , tickets: https://link.dice.fm/f99877589c73

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Rhizome will host a puppet slam on July 18, 2026. If you are interested in participating, please submit example(s) of your show (or at least your artistry) to Rachel Gates at rhizomepuppetlab@gmail.com. All selected artists will receive a small stipend.

Crawled from https://www.rhizomedc.org/.

SATURDAY 07/18/2026

7:00 pm

FOLK PUNK SHOW: YELL AT GOD / CRISP LAKE / MARIAN DEVOTION

$10 - $15

ATD

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Join us in Remington on Saturday, July 18, to celebrate the release of John Wiswell's new novel The Dragon Has Some Complaints. John will be in conversation with author Jo Miles.

This event is free to attend, but let us know you'll be there by registering here!

About The Dragon Has Some Complaints

In this heartfelt and humorous fantasy from the Nebula-winning author of Someone You Can Build a Nest In, a dragon whose three heads bear rather…different...personalities finds family in the most unexpected of places.

Garrodigh was once a four-headed dragon, among the most powerful in Kardoša. After an unfortunate incident, he now has three heads, one stump, and a daily whirlwind of internal bickering. Centerhead wants to rain death upon all humanity, Bottomhead is like a feral cat, and Upperhead is under the delicate delusion that he is, in fact, human.

When a nearby battle goes awry, Garrodigh sneaks into an elite dragon rider academy, pretending to be tame to get free food and a warm bed. Lucky for him, rider Rania Charvátová is desperate enough for a dragon of her own that she overlooks his eccentricities.

As Garrodigh recovers under Rania’s care, all three heads start to turn, for the first time, in the same direction. Each wants to protect her from the invaders who killed their fourth head—the same invaders who seek to conquer Kardoša. When the academy comes under attack, can this wild dragon and his wilder rider save their homeland together?

This cozy fantasy intertwines epic battles with loving friendships, sharing an utterly unique perspective on what it means to be a “monster.”

The Dragon Has Some Complaints releases on Tuesday, July 14 and is available for preorder here!

John Wiswell is a disabled writer who lives where New York keeps its trees. His novel Someone You Can Build a Nest In won the Nebula Award and Locus Award and was nominated for the Hugo Award. He has also won a Nebula and a Locus for his short fiction, and has been a finalist for the British Fantasy Award and World Fantasy Award. He is also the author of the Nebula Award-nominated novel Wearing the Lion and The Dragon Has Some Complaints.

Jo Miles writes short stories and novels across the spectrum of speculative fiction, featuring vivid characters, quirky world-building, and a sense of hope.

Jo is a graduate of the Viable Paradise and Taos Toolbox writers’ workshops. Jo’s short fiction has appeared in numerous places, including Lightspeed, F&SF, Analog, and Fireside. Their story “The Longest Season in the Garden of the Tea Fish” in Strange Horizons was nominated for a WSFA Small Press Award.

Jo lives in Maryland, where they help nonprofits use the internet to save the world, but mostly serve the whims of their two cats.

Crawled from https://greedyreads.com/events.

Saturday July 18

RIGHT ROUND

80s Alt-Pop Dance Night w/ DJ lil'e

Doors at 9:00

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Sunday July 19 * 11am-2pm * $0-10 sliding scale * REGISTER

Study Hall is a series of salons for people to discuss anything they’d have talked about in the cafeteria (and if you’re someone who really did study, time to share what you learned). Topics can be anything you would’ve talked about during your free time in between classes, including things you would’ve said in the school cafeteria but not to the dean. Everyone is encouraged to present something at a Study Hall.

At the beginning of the event, you will sign up to present a topic. (You can also add yourself to the agenda before the event HERE.) Presentations do not have a specified time limit, and can go on until other attendees begin raising questions and transition into a Q&A format. You do not need to be an expert, and you do not need to have all the answers, proposing an interesting question and prompt for discussion is also encouraged!

Crawled from https://www.rhizomedc.org/.

Wednesday July 19 * doors at 6, music at 7 * $15-20 * TICKETS

Vesuvian is a group of punks playing classic rock. Their new album Vesuvian came out in May 2026 out via Worry Bead Records.

Sexfaces ain’t here to play nice. Jacky Cougar (Des Demonas, Thee Lolitas) pounds the drums like they owe him money, while Sal Go (Stop Worrying & Love the Bomb, The NVs) saws through the noise with guitar that’s equal parts bratty and brutal. Hana Racecar (Tadzio, Coven Tree) layers in viola with a sneering elegance, and Neil Cobra (Teen Cobra) slings basslines that punch and swerve. Together, they churn out a sound that drags the droney madness of the Velvet Underground through the gutter, filters it through The Fall’s acerbic wit, and ties it all together with the punk attack of The Damned and the scuzzy swagger of Royal Trux.

Teen Cobra is a Venezuelan lo-fi punk duo by way of Washington, D.C., formed in 2018 by Neil (guitar, vocals) and Veronica (drums, vocals). Their minimalist one-two punch of punk draws equally from ’60s garage rock, the late-’70s CBGB frenzy, British post-punk sensibilities, and who-knows-what-the-fuck since then. They have released two 7-inch records, a live cassette, and a full-length LP. With a shitty guitar, a snare, and a floor tom, Teen Cobra shine a light on the majesty of the DIY music ethos.

The Armors are a rock ’n’ roll band blending hard-hitting classic rock swagger with mid-’70s glam. Nodding to proto-punk and DC’s Revolution Summer, their sound is equal parts danceable and snarky. They’re carving their way through the DC scene in dive bars, record shops, and underground event spaces.

Crawled from https://www.rhizomedc.org/.

https://metrobmore.com/listing/school-of-rock-all-stars-2/ , tickets: https://link.dice.fm/Xb6f0fa59297

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https://metrobmore.com/listing/junius-w-minsk/ , tickets: https://link.dice.fm/Wa21060e0ad1

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TUESDAY 07/21/2026

7:00 pm

Anne Helen Wells / Simonne Wrath / Dicqbeats / McMansion

$10

ATD

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In THE PEOPLE ARE NOT ONE, Daniel Tutt and C. Derick Varn dismantle the central illusion of contemporary left politics: that “the people” can serve as a coherent subject of emancipation.

Crawled from https://redemmas.org/events.

Wed, Jul 22

Grozov, Wolfenstein, Eyecatcher, Obliviator, Devilust

All Ages

Doors: 7 pm

Ottobar

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A hard-hitting exploration of how state policy displaces and isolates Black communities and how collective resistance creates spaces for working-class people of color to identify the true cause of conflict as capitalism and white supremacy.

Crawled from https://redemmas.org/events.

Thu, Jul 23

Adjust the Sails, Sunday Cruise, worlds greatest dad & Cinema Stare

All Ages

Doors: 7 pm

Ottobar

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From a rising intersex activist in the Midwest, a candid memoir about growing up different and an inspiring story of self-discovery and self-acceptance.

Crawled from https://redemmas.org/events.

Fri, Jul 24 at 6:00pm

Kenyatta: Jazz in the Garden

by Current Space

Current Space Garden Bar, 421 Tyson St, Baltimore, MD

$27.75

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Friday July 24 * doors at 6:30, music at 7 * $5-15 * TICKETS

Kiing

Spring Silver

Strawbalien

Young Swansii

Motel Portrait

plus art raffle

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https://metrobmore.com/listing/nova-koloso-w-krime-slugs-glorian-and-revvnant/ , tickets: https://link.dice.fm/C54e1f2306c3

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Fri, Jul 24

Presented by Emo Nite LA

Emo Nite

Ages 18 and up

Doors: 8 pm

Ottobar

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Saturday July 25 * 3-10pm * $15 * TICKETS

Returning for its third year, OCCIPITAL Fashion Festival once again brings you an eclectic lineup of local bands all modeling clothes made by local fashion designers. The event serves and encourages interdisciplinary creative collaboration and community building. OCCIPITAL III will present varied music performances with customized style, crafty workshops, photoshoots, a clothing swap, a marketplace, and sustainability. Always interactive and experimental, OCCIPITAL encourages inspiration and audience engagement.

Interested in volunteering or vending? Click HERE.

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https://metrobmore.com/listing/queer-rodeo-2-a-benefit-for-trans-maryland/ , tickets: https://link.dice.fm/E46961608386

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Sat, Jul 25

Seven Teller, Giji, Red Meat Conspiracy

All Ages

Ottobar

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https://metrobmore.com/listing/felicity/ , tickets: https://link.dice.fm/o22151ededac

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Tuesday July 28 * doors at 7pm, music at 7:30 * $10-15 * TICKETS

Mundy

https://www.instagram.com/mund4ye

https://soundartreality.com

Shiloh The Messenger

https://www.instagram.com/shiloh_themessenger

https://www.shilohthemessenger.com

D Skillz Harris

https://www.instagram.com/dskillzharris

Raf Almighty

https://www.instagram.com/thenewesi23/

Fly G

https://www.instagram.com/flygmusik/

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https://metrobmore.com/listing/smoking-popes-w-radiator-hospital/ , tickets: https://link.dice.fm/a451ca0553c9

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