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 Street. The BFMS Open Sing is Thursday at The Wharf Rat in Fells Point. Sunday 2-5pm, BFMS presents Tellabration! storytelling festival at Irvine Nature Center in Owings Mills. This year’s theme is Strong Women. 888.646.BFMS
The Institute of Musical Traditions presents Battlefield Band from Scotland at Saint Mark Presbyterian Church in Rockville, MD on Monday. Al Petteway & Amy White are at Saint Mark on Saturday. 301-754-3611
The next Live Lunch in WTMD’s performance space in Towson is The Barr Brothers on Tuesday. Come see the band live at noon or tune in to 89.7 WTMD.
The Barr Brothers with Leif Vollebekk will be at the Sixth & I Synagogue in Washington DC on Tuesday. 202.408.3100
Nels Cline & Julian Lage are at the Creative Alliance on Tuesday. Friday it’s Danny Paisley & the Southern Grass with Chester River Runoff. 410-276-1651
Tommy Malone of the subdudes is at Hill Country Barbecue Market in Washington DC on Tuesday. 202-556-2050
At the Ram’s Head in Annapolis – Wednesday: Eric Johnson & Mike Stern; Thursday: Chris Smither & the Motivators w/ Caitlin Canty; Friday: The Last Waltz Tribute produced by Newmyer Flyer with 35 area performers; next Sunday: Janis Ian. 410-268-4545
Maasai Storytellers, Musicians, and Dancers from Kenya are at Maryland Hall for the Creative Arts in Annapolis on Wednesday. 410-280-5640
The Touré-Raichel Collective are at the Weinberg Center for the Arts in Frederick on Wednesday. 301-600-2828
Greg Brown and Pieta Brown are at Jammin’ Java in Vienna VA on Wednesday. 703/255-1566
Uptown Concerts presents SONiA of disappear fear at Baldwin’s Station in Sykesville on Thursday. 410-795-1041
Another Thursday show features Red Sammy at 1919 in Fells Point.
On Friday Midway Fair and Joe Scala & the Marksmen are at Joe Squared. 410-545-0444
Guitarist Mike Barth has a CD release concert with the Stone Hill All Stars at An Die Musik Live! on Friday. 410-385-2638
In another Friday show, Blue Moon Cowgirls will appear at the 333 Coffeehouse in the Annapolis Friends Meeting House. (443) 333-9613
Friday & Saturday Chris Smither & the Motivators will be at the Barns of Wolf Trap in Vienna, VA. 1 (877) WOLFTRAP
Lisa Moscatiello, Zan McLeod & Tina Chancey present Irish, Scottish and English traditional music of the season on Saturday at St. Luke’s Episcopal Church in Alexandria, VA. 703-329-1638
Dawgone will be at the Still in Timonium on Saturday. 410-560-7900
