The Baltimore Folk Music Society sponsors English Country Dance every Monday at St. Mark’s 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 Guitars of Pikesville. Also, the BFMS sponsors Fourth at Four Storyfolk storytelling group next Sunday at 4pm at Pickersgill Retirement Community in Towson. Information about Fourth at Four: 410-321-8419. BFMS information: 888.646.BFMS
At the Ram’s Head in Annapolis – Monday & Tuesday: Indigo Girls w/Great Caesar; Wednesday: The Bird Dogs present The Everly Brothers Experience; Sunday afternoon: a Muscle Shoals Revue with The Amy Black Band; Sunday evening: Graham Nash. 410-268-4545
Democratoz
Reggae/raï/rock band Democratoz from Algeria will be at the Kennedy Center Millennium Stage in Washington, DC on Tuesday at 6:00. http://www.kennedy-center.org Democratoz will also be at Bossa Bistro in Washington on Thursday. 202-650-9351
On Wednesday The Institute of Musical Traditions presents MAD Week Celebrates the Music, Song & Dance of Ireland at Cedar Lane Unitarian Universalist Church in Bethesda. Artists include fiddler Joan Hanrahan, flute players Nuala Kennedy & Desi Wilkinson, and more. 301-754-3611
Also Wednesday, Colin Hay w/ Willie Nile will be at at Francis Scott Key Auditorium of St. John’s College in Annapolis.
Uptown Concerts presents Vance Gilbert at Baldwin’s Station in Sykesville on Thursday. 410-795-1041
Thursday is bluegrass night at The 8×10 with Trace Friends Mucho, Man About a Horse, and Ampersand String Band. Friday it’s Grateful Dead and Little Feat tributes from Half-Step and Sailin’ Shoes. Tributes to the Dead and Allman Bros. on Saturday by Better Off Dead and Old Soul Revival. 410-625-2000
Steve Forbert
The next Live Lunch in WTMD’s performance space in Towson is Steve Forbert on Friday. Be part of the studio audience at noon or tune in to 89.7 WTMD for the live broadcast.
Steve Forbert is at the Creative Alliance on Saturday. 410-276-1651
Saturday at Ram’s Head Live downtown is The Wailers Re-United with original Wailers Al Anderson and Aston ‘Family Man’ Barrett. 410-244-1131
Furnace Mountain
Sunday is Ken & Brad Kolodner’s annual old-time music backyard concert on Fenchurch Road in Baltimore with Furnace Mountain and Ken & Brad Kolodner with Alex Lacquement and Rachel Eddy. 410-746-8387
