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. 888.646.BFMS
At the Ram’s Head in Annapolis – Monday: The Polyphonic Spree w/Telegraph Canyon; Wednesday:Mary Gauthier and Eliza Gilkyson; Thursday: The Tubes feat. Fee Waybill; Friday: Dave Alvin & Phil Alvin & the Guilty Ones w/Webb Wilder; Saturday at 1pm: ‘A Hillbilly Halloween’ with Tim O’Brien & Old Man Luedecke; Saturday evening: Elephant Revival w/ Nora Jane Struthers with Joe Overton. 410-268-4545
Alash Throat Singers from Tuva are at Maryland Hall for the Creative Arts in Annapolis on Tuesday. Indigo Girls with A Fragile Tomorrow are there on Sunday. 410-280-5640
On Tuesday there’s an old-time music jam led by Ken and Brad Kolodner at Liam Flynn’s Ale House in the Station North Arts District. 443-956-1702
Cara Kelly & the Tell Tale and The John Ginty Band are at The 8×10 on Wednesday. Friday it’s a Rolling Stones Halloween w/ Beggar’s Banquet. Bosley Halloween Extravganza plus MH & his Orchestra is Saturday. 410-625-2000
On Wednesday MarchFourth! marching band will be at Bethesda Blues and Jazz in Bethesda, MD. 240-330-4500
Joe Scala and the Marksmen are at Leadbetter’s Tavern in Fells Point on Thursday. (410) 675-4794
Canadian fiddlers Natalie MacMaster & Donnell Leahy will be at the Birchmere in Alexandria VA on Thursday. Dave Alvin & Phil Alvin will be there on Friday. 703-549-7500
On Friday, Uptown Concerts at The Cellar Stage features English singer/songwriter Jez Lowe with Andy Belt & Gary Backhaus opening. The Cellar Stage is located in Faith Community United Methodist Church of Hamilton on Harford Road. 410-521-9099
Jon Patton of Midway Fair is at Reverb Collective on N. Charles Street (downstairs from Brothers Music) on Friday with Stephen Lee, Happy Haines, and more. (443) 447-4325
Another Friday show is Tim O’Brien & Old Man Luedecke at The Hamilton in Washington DC. 202-787-1000
The Institute of Musical Traditions presents a CD release concert by Ensemble Galilei at Saint Mark Presbyterian Church in Rockville, MD on Saturday. 301-754-3611
Ocean Celtic Quartet will be at Resurrection Church in Burtonsville on Sunday at 4pm. 301-520-8921
Also Sunday, Trio Sefardi will be at the Jewish Community Center of Northern Virginia in Fairfax, VA 703.323.0880