The Baltimore Folk Music Society sponsors English Country Dance every Monday at St. Marks on the Hill on Reisterstown Road and American Contra and Square Dancing every Wednesday at the Lovely Lane Church on St. Paul St. 888.646.BFMS
Uptown Concerts presents blues guitarist Toby Walker at Baldwin’s Station in Sykesville on Thursday. 410-795-1041
Also Thursday, brass band Fanfare Ciocărlia from Romania w/ Balti Mare & special guest Kalin Kirilov are at the Creative Alliance. Saturday it’s The Soul Serenaders featuring Billy Price & Tommy Lepson also Mark Wenner & the Syracuse Allstars. 410-276-1651
Brian Keith Wallen will be at the Hill Chapel in New Market, MD on Thursday. 240-405-5304
At the Ram’s Head in Annapolis – Thursday: Junior Brown; Friday: A Simon & Garfunkel Retrospective Presented by The Next Best Thing w/special guests Swearingen & Kelli; Saturday at noon: The Fighting Jamesons; Saturday evening: Eddie From Ohio; next Sunday: Greg Brown. 410-268-4545
Tall Trees Concert Series presents Boister at Towson Unitarian Universalist Church on Friday. 410-294-9180
On Saturday, International Guitar Night with founder Brian Gore and Italy’s Pino Forastiere, England’s Mikes Dawes, and Argentina’s Quique Sinesi are at Gordon Center for Performing Arts in Owings Mills. 410.356.7469
Also Saturday, The Blue Cranes from Portland OR play at Orion Studios.