Shows & Live Music in Baltimore — Concerts, Theater & Comedy
This is the heart of it: live music at Ottobar, the Crown, Rams Head, and Soundstage; theater at Center Stage and the Hippodrome; comedy at Magooby's and the smaller rooms. We read the whole calendar and call which shows are worth the ticket, which are solid, and when the openers run so you can show up at the right time.
Thu, Aug 6· 7:00pm-9:00pm
Bluegrass Jams
📍 Pickett Brewing Company
Thu, Aug 6· 9pm
Speed Racer
📍 Charles Theatre
Thu, Aug 6· All day
First Thursdays - August
📍 of Love & Regret
Thu, Aug 6· 7:00 PM
Pinkshift: Saccharine 5 year Anniversary tour w/ Dosser, Soul Meets Body
📍 Ottobar
Thu, Aug 6· 7:00pm
Film Screening: The Many Americas Series
📍 Creative Alliance
Thu, Aug 6· 6:00 PM ET
Toby's Dinner Theatre Presents: Mean Girls
📍 Toby's Dinner Theatre Columbia
Thu, Aug 6· 7:00 PM
Big Laughs Thursday
📍 Zissimos Bar
Thu, Aug 6· 7:00pm
The National Center for Choreography-Akron presents "Making Moves: Baltimore"
📍 Red Emma's Bookstore Coffeehouse
Thu, Aug 6· 7:00pm
CPM's Summer Performance Workshop Performance - Oliver Jr
📍 Children's Playhouse of Maryland, Inc.
Thu, Aug 6· 7:00pm
Music for Maryland Queen Anne's County
📍 Baltimore Symphony Orchestra
Thu, Aug 6· 7:30 PM
Heels, Strut and Sexy Dance-Thursdays
📍 Woodlawn
Thu, Aug 6· 7:00pm
Music for Maryland Queen Anne's County
📍 Joseph Meyerhoff Symphony Hall
Thu, Aug 6· 7:00pm
Oliver Jr Performances
📍 Children's Playhouse of Maryland, Inc.
Fri, Aug 7· 8:00pm onwards
Agent Orange, Ceromantics, Over Our Eyes and The Bali Lamas
📍 Ottobar
Fri, Aug 7· 9:00 PM ET
Kawaii Rave
📍 Baltimore Soundstage
Fri, Aug 7· 6:15pm-7:30pm
Shabbat Services (In-Person, On Zoom, and via Facebook Live)
📍 Har Sinai-Oheb Shalom
Fri, Aug 7
DJ/MUSIC: LOCKBOX III
📍 Le Mondo
Fri, Aug 7· 7:00pm
Music for Maryland Harford County
📍 Joseph Meyerhoff Symphony Hall
Fri, Aug 7· 6pm-9pm
Live Music - Curtis
📍 Brewery Fire
Fri, Aug 7· 7:00pm
Music for Maryland Harford County
📍 Baltimore Symphony Orchestra
Fri, Aug 7· 6:00 PM ET
Toby's Dinner Theatre Presents: Mean Girls
📍 Toby's Dinner Theatre Columbia
Fri, Aug 7· 8:00 PM ET
One Night Stan with KenTheMan
📍 Nevermore Hall
Fri, Aug 7· 6:15pm
BALTIMORE HEIRS: THE LAST DEED UNDONE
📍 Parkway Theatre
Fri, Aug 7· 6:00pm
Solidarity Cinema Series: Mystery Movie! (August 7)
📍 Red Emma's Bookstore Coffeehouse
Fri, Aug 7
Alexander The Pretty Good
📍 Poe's Magic Theatre at The Lord Baltimore Hotel
Fri, Aug 7· 7:00 PM ET
MANILOW: The Last Baltimore Concert
📍 CFG Bank Arena
Fri, Aug 7· 7:30pm
Stephen Harvey "Golden Hour" Album Release Concert
📍 An die Musik LIVE
Fri, Aug 7· 8pm-late
Friday Night Swing and Lindy Hop
📍 Mobtown Ballroom & Cafe
Sat, Aug 8· 7:30 PM ET
Baltimore Symphony Orchestra w/ Windbornes Music of Journey
📍 Meyerhoff Symphony Hall
Sat, Aug 8· 10:00am-1:00pm (auditions Aug 8-9), 6:00pm-8:00pm (auditions Aug 10)
Disney's Frozen the Broadway Musical - Auditions
📍 Children's Theatre of Annapolis
Sat, Aug 8· 2:00pm & 8:00pm
Pharaoh: Egypt's Woman King Hatshepsut
📍 Baltimore Theatre Project
Sat, Aug 8
Barnyard Band & Booze – August 8
📍 Green Meadows Petting Farm
Sat, Aug 8· 6:00 PM ET
Toby's Dinner Theatre Presents: Mean Girls
📍 Toby's Dinner Theatre Columbia
Sat, Aug 8· 7:00 PM ET
Toadies: The Charmer Tour
📍 Nevermore Hall
Sat, Aug 8· 11:30am
THIS ISLAND EARTH
📍 Charles Theatre
Sat, Aug 8· 1:00pm onwards
2026 Rock Opera Big Bang!
📍 Ottobar
Sat, Aug 8· 8:30am-6pm
Sunflower Spectacular
📍 Butler's Orchard
Sat, Aug 8· 4:00pm-8:00pm
Live Music Brandon Robey
📍 Inverness Brewing
Sat, Aug 8· 6pm-late
Royal Coda
📍 Baltimore Soundstage
Sat, Aug 8· 6:00 PM
FILM x DRAG: BRIDESMAIDS (hosted by MX. PARKWAY Fernette Branca)
📍 Parkway Theatre
Sat, Aug 8· 9:00 PM
Dance Party Lip Sync Karaoke on Zoom 👏 Every Saturday @ 9:00 P.M. ET
📍 Online Karaoke Group
Sat, Aug 8· 7:00pm onwards
Civilian, Vicious Order, Progenitor, Never Forgive, Never Forget, Racing Green
📍 Ottobar
Sat, Aug 8· 10:00am-12:00pm
Shabbat Morning Service
📍 Har Sinai-Oheb Shalom
Sat, Aug 8· 5pm-close
Live Music - Makai
📍 Brewery Fire
Sat, Aug 8· 7:00pm
Joe Bonamassa and Gov't Mule
📍 Pier Six Pavilion
Sun, Aug 9· 12:00 PM - 2:00 PM
8-Bit Drag Brunch!
📍 401 E 30th St
Sun, Aug 9· 3:00pm-7:00pm
Live Music Ethan Lake
📍 Inverness Brewing
Sun, Aug 9· 4:30pm-5:30pm
Cabin Fever - Valley of the Dolls
📍 Towson UU Church
Sun, Aug 9· 7:00pm
Thomas Schinabeck Quartet
📍 An die Musik LIVE
Sun, Aug 9· 8:00 PM ET
Loe Shimmy - Pretty Girls Run the World Tour
📍 The Fillmore Silver Spring
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