Things to do in Baltimore, MD

824 events · Music, Comedy, Theater, Food & Drink, Nightlife

Thursday, September 17

Thu · Sep 17 · 6:00 PM

Retro Game Night

The Ottobar

Food & Drink

Thu · Sep 17 · 6:00 PM

Howard French with Minkah Makalani & Madina Thiam: THE SECOND EMANCIPATION

Bird in Hand Coffee & Books

Thu · Sep 17 · 7:00 PM

Strangelove – The DEPECHE MODE Experience

The Recher Theatre

Thu · Sep 17 · 7:00 PM

Indie Hour: The Boom Operators & Sidecar

Baltimore Improv Group

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Thu · Sep 17 · 7:00 PM

Nation of Language

The Ottobar

Thu · Sep 17 · 7:00 PM

Scene to Song: A Community Musical Improv Jam

Highwire Improv

Food & Drink

Thu · Sep 17 · 7:00 PM

Elizabeth Hinton presents "Harm and Punishment: Incarcerated Writers on Violence and the U.S. Prison" in conversation w/Vesla Weaver and Uhuru Rowe

Red Emma's

Thu · Sep 17 · 7:00 PM

Bobby Watson

Keystone Korner Baltimore

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Thu · Sep 17 · 7:30 PM

AKAASH SINGH

Magooby's Joke House

Thu · Sep 17 · 8:00 PM

Conservatory Night: Antique Birding Society & First Date

Baltimore Improv Group

Thu · Sep 17 · 8:00 PM

Cadillac Jump

Cat's Eye Pub

Thu · Sep 17 · 8:00 PM

Django Gold

The Port Comedy Club

Thu · Sep 17 · 9:00 PM

BIG Stand Up Comedy Open Mic

Baltimore Improv Group

Thu · Sep 17 · 9:00 PM

Zack Fox

Nevermore Hall · Baltimore

Thu · Sep 17 · 9:00 PM

Protoplasm

The Ottobar

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Thu · Sep 17 · 10:00 PM

The Open Mic

The Port Comedy Club

Thu · Sep 17

Shuler King ~ Special Event

Baltimore Comedy Factory

Friday, September 18

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Fri · Sep 18 · 12:00 AM

Pizza Trolley

Manor Hill Brewing

Fri · Sep 18 · 11:30 AM

Oktoberfest 2026

Max's Taphouse

Fri · Sep 18 · 4:00 PM

Prized Pumpkin Release (+ Pumpkins) at the Farm

Manor Hill Brewing

Fri · Sep 18 · 5:00 PM

Sour Mash

Cat's Eye Pub

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Fri · Sep 18 · 6:00 PM

Live Music on the Back Porch

Wicked Sisters

Fri · Sep 18 · 7:00 PM

Tribute to Sade, Anita Baker & Chaka Khan

Keystone Korner Baltimore

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Fri · Sep 18 · 7:00 PM

AKAASH SINGH

Magooby's Joke House

Fri · Sep 18 · 7:00 PM

Musical Improv Championship!

Baltimore Improv Group

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Fri · Sep 18 · 7:00 PM

Friday Fun and Games: Improv Comedy at the Highwire Center!

Highwire Improv

Fri · Sep 18 · 8:00 PM

House Teams Comedy Hour: Hamsterjam & MVA

Baltimore Improv Group

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Fri · Sep 18 · 8:00 PM

Nation of Language

The Ottobar

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Fri · Sep 18 · 8:00 PM

Illusions Magic Show

Illusions Bar & Theater

Fri · Sep 18 · 8:00 PM

Baltimore Bodega: Improv Comedy at the Highwire Center!

Highwire Improv

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Fri · Sep 18 · 8:00 PM

Friday Night Swing and Lindy Hop

Mobtown Ballroom

Fri · Sep 18 · 8:00 PM

The Garden

Nevermore Hall · Baltimore

Fri · Sep 18 · 8:30 PM

Mt. Joy 2026: Celebrating 10 Years Of Mt. Joy

Merriweather Post Pavilion · Columbia

Fri · Sep 18 · 9:30 PM

Honey Sol

Cat's Eye Pub

Fri · Sep 18 · 9:30 PM

House Party. A sweaty love-letter to the 2010s rager.

Baltimore Soundstage · Baltimore

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Fri · Sep 18 · 9:45 PM

Jeffrey Keller

The Port Comedy Club

Fri · Sep 18 · 10:00 PM

Extra Medium

The Ottobar

Saturday, September 19

Sat · Sep 19 · 11:00 AM

Guest Workshop: Familiarity Breeds Content

Highwire Improv

Sat · Sep 19 · 11:00 AM

Guest Workshop Bundle: Familiarity Breeds Content AND Surprise Party

Highwire Improv

Sat · Sep 19 · 12:00 PM

Cooper Wade & Skyler Parker

Cat's Eye Pub

Food & Drink

Sat · Sep 19 · 12:00 PM

Kim Phillips-Fein presents "Country of Lords: Neo-Aristocrats, Social Darwinists, Tech Utopians, and the Long Fight Against Equality in America" in conversation w/Lester Spence

Red Emma's

Food & Drink

Sat · Sep 19 · 1:00 PM

Jenn M. Jackson Presents “The Narrative of Sojourner Truth” in conversation w/Alanah Nichole Davis

Red Emma's

Food & Drink

Sat · Sep 19 · 1:00 PM

Mark Anthony Neal presents “Save a Seat for Me: Notes on American Fatherhood” in conversation w/Jessica Marie Johnson

Red Emma's

Food & Drink

Sat · Sep 19 · 2:00 PM

Susan Stryker presents "Changing Gender" in conversation w/Jamie Grace Alexander

Red Emma's

Food & Drink

Sat · Sep 19 · 2:00 PM

João França presents “Yes, It’s Possible! A Handbook for Building Power from Below”

Red Emma's

Sat · Sep 19 · 2:30 PM

Guest Workshop: Surprise Party

Highwire Improv

Food & Drink

Sat · Sep 19 · 3:00 PM

Alexis Pauline Gumbs presents "Primary: After and With Alma Thomas" in conversation with Joël Diaz

Red Emma's

Food & Drink

Sat · Sep 19 · 3:00 PM

George Abraham presents “Homosexual Intifada: A Queer Palestinian Anthology” in conversation with Rahne Alexander

Red Emma's

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Sat · Sep 19 · 3:00 PM

Illusions Magic Show (Saturday Matinee)

Illusions Bar & Theater

Sat · Sep 19 · 4:00 PM

Mallow Hill

Cat's Eye Pub

Food & Drink

Sat · Sep 19 · 4:00 PM

Sheree Renee Thomas presents “Ring Shout on Saturn” & “The Tongue I Dream In” in conversation w/B. Sharise Moore & Lawrence Brown

Red Emma's

Food & Drink

Sat · Sep 19 · 4:00 PM

Poetry As a Tool For Conservation

Red Emma's

Food & Drink

Sat · Sep 19 · 5:00 PM

Austin McCoy presents "Living in a D.A.I.S.Y. Age: The Music, Culture, and World De La Soul Made" in conversation w/Skiz Fernando

Red Emma's

Sat · Sep 19 · 5:00 PM

9 Million Fest

The Ottobar

Food & Drink

Sat · Sep 19 · 5:00 PM

Dr. Ibram X. Kendi presents "Chain of Ideas" in conversation w/ D. Watkins

Red Emma's

Food & Drink

Sat · Sep 19 · 6:00 PM

DewMore Baltimore Presents Marcellus Vinson, Baltimore’s Youth Poet Laureate

Red Emma's

Sat · Sep 19 · 6:00 PM

Jeanette Harris

Keystone Korner Baltimore

Sat · Sep 19 · 6:00 PM

The Laff Hour: Improv Comedy at the Highwire Center!

Highwire Improv

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Sat · Sep 19 · 7:00 PM

AKAASH SINGH

Magooby's Joke House

Sat · Sep 19 · 7:00 PM

Trap Karaoke: Baltimore

Nevermore Hall · Baltimore

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Sat · Sep 19 · 7:00 PM

Comedy Invasion: Improv Comedy at the Highwire Center!

Highwire Improv

Sat · Sep 19 · 7:00 PM

Greek Mythology Variety !

The Ottobar

Sat · Sep 19 · 7:00 PM

THE LEGWARMERS

The Recher Theatre

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Sat · Sep 19 · 8:00 PM

Illusions Magic Show (Saturday Evening)

Illusions Bar & Theater

Sat · Sep 19 · 8:00 PM

French Police

Baltimore Soundstage · Baltimore

Sat · Sep 19 · 8:00 PM

‘Serious’: New York Improv Comedy at The Highwire Center

Highwire Improv

Sat · Sep 19 · 9:00 PM

Ebban & Ephraim Dorsey

Keystone Korner Baltimore

Sat · Sep 19 · 9:30 PM

Mark Hopkins & The Pretty War

Cat's Eye Pub

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Sat · Sep 19 · 9:30 PM

Jeffrey Keller

The Port Comedy Club

Sat · Sep 19 · 10:00 PM

St. Twerkiesday w/ Uncle Quincy

The Ottobar

Food & Drink

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Sat · Sep 19

Saturday Autumn Soirees

Boordy Vineyards

Sunday, September 20

Food & Drink

Sun · Sep 20 · 11:00 AM

Becca Rea-Tucker presents "The Abortion Companion: An Affirming Handbook for Your Choice and Your Journey" w/The Abortion Fund of Maryland

Red Emma's

Food & Drink

Sun · Sep 20 · 11:00 AM

Emmaia Gelman presents "The Anti-Defamation League & the Racial State" in conversation w/Maxwell Greenberg and Maha Hilal

Red Emma's

Sun · Sep 20 · 12:00 PM

Petite Fleur

Cat's Eye Pub

Food & Drink

Sun · Sep 20 · 12:00 PM

Molly Crabapple presents "Here Where We Live Is Our Country: The Story of the Jewish Bund" in conversation w/Margaret Killjoy

Red Emma's

Food & Drink

Sun · Sep 20 · 1:00 PM

Austin Channing Brown presents "Full of Myself: Black Womanhood and the Journey to Self-Possession" in conversation w/Tarana Burke

Red Emma's

Food & Drink

Sun · Sep 20 · 1:00 PM

Monique Couvson presents "Black Stats" and "Pushout: The Criminalization of Black Girls in Schools" in conversation w/Lisa Snowden

Red Emma's

Food & Drink

Sun · Sep 20 · 2:00 PM

Gil Durán presents "The Nerd Reich: Silicon Valley Fascism and the War on Democracy" in conversation w/Maximillian Alvarez

Red Emma's

Food & Drink

Sun · Sep 20 · 2:00 PM

Sustaining Our Legacy, Building Our Future: Black publishing in perspective

Red Emma's

Sun · Sep 20 · 3:00 PM

Hose Water: Experienced Comedy at The Highwire Center

Highwire Improv

Food & Drink

Sun · Sep 20 · 3:00 PM

One Maryland One Book 2026 Spotlight: Lawrence Burney presents “No Sense in Wishing” in conversation With Doreen St. Félix

Red Emma's

Food & Drink

Sun · Sep 20 · 3:00 PM

Julia Harte and Russell Rickford present "Americans Without Borders" and "A Proxy Africa"

Red Emma's

Sun · Sep 20 · 4:00 PM

Charlie Owen & Pocket Change

Cat's Eye Pub

$10-$30

Sun · Sep 20 · 5:00 PM

Monthly Piano/Hammond B3 Organ Summit featuring Janelle Gill

An die Musik Live

Sun · Sep 20 · 5:00 PM

Fonville x Fribush Organ Trio

Keystone Korner Baltimore

Sun · Sep 20 · 6:00 PM

Fun Dungeon

The Ottobar

Sun · Sep 20 · 7:00 PM

All Shall Perish

Baltimore Soundstage · Baltimore

Sun · Sep 20 · 7:00 PM

Luna, Lael Neale

The Ottobar

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Sun · Sep 20 · 8:00 PM

New Material Night

The Port Comedy Club

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Sun · Sep 20 · 8:00 PM

Uzumaki Experimental Music Series

Fadensonnen

Sun · Sep 20 · 8:00 PM

Rob Maher

The Port Comedy Club

Sun · Sep 20 · 9:00 PM

Black Celebration!

The Ottobar

Sun · Sep 20 · 9:00 PM

Harborline

Cat's Eye Pub

Food & Drink

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Sun · Sep 20

Autumn Family Days

Boordy Vineyards

Monday, September 21

Mon · Sep 21 · 6:00 PM

Jules Riser & Jimmy Brink

Cat's Eye Pub

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Mon · Sep 21 · 6:30 PM

Open Mic Night

Ministry of Brewing

Nightlife

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Mon · Sep 21 · 7:00 PM

Showtime Trivia

Slainte Irish Pub

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Mon · Sep 21 · 7:00 PM

Showtime Trivia

Papi's Tacos - Hampden

Mon · Sep 21 · 8:00 PM

Abby Govindan

The Port Comedy Club

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Mon · Sep 21 · 8:00 PM

Monday Night Swing & Lindy Hop

Mobtown Ballroom