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. There’s a Ceili-Contra Dance co-sponsored by the Baltimore Folk Music Society and The Emerald Isle Club on Saturday at St. Mark’s on the Hill including an Irish session in the afternoon. 888.646.BFMS
Community Harmony Singing happens Tuesday at the Four Hour Day Lutherie on Harford Road. (410) 637-3728
Parsonsfield
At the Ram’s Head in Annapolis – Tuesday: Jefferson Starship; Thursday: Parsonsfield w/Jesse Ruben; Friday: Nick Moss Band w/ Toby Walker; Saturday afternoon: Rachael Yamagata w/ Jordan Sokel of Pressing Strings; Sunday: Oleta Adams. 410-268-4545
On Tuesday there’s an old-time music jam led by Ken and Brad Kolodner at the Five & Dime Ale House in Hampden. 443-835-2179
Duke Robillard will be at Blues Alley in Georgetown, DC on Wednesday.
From 4 – 7 p.m. on Thursday The Brewer’s Art will be hosting The Tappening, the official tapping of Cherry Tart Tripel by Gene Seyfferth — the winning beer from WTMD and Nepenthe Homebrew’s 2017 Homebrewing Contest.
The WTMD Film Series returns on Thursday with a free screening of the critically acclaimed documentary “Two Trains Runnin’,” about the search for two long-lost Mississippi blues musicians in the midst of the violent and tumultuous summer of 1964, also known as the Freedom Summer for the civil rights movement.
The band RAM from Haiti will be at the Kennedy Center Millennium Stage in Washington, DC on Wednesday at 6:00 and at Bossa Bistro in Washington on Thursday. 202-650-9351
Idan Raichel from Israel will be performing a solo piano concert at the Music Center at Strathmore in North Bethesda on Thursday. 301-581-5100
Ultrafaux
Friday through Sunday is the 3rd annual Django Jazz Fest at the Creative Alliance. Artists are Sara L’Abriola & Thor Jensen duo, Ultrafaux, Samson Schmitt from France, The Django Legacy Band, ‘Nuff Said, and Rhythm Future Quartet. 410-276-1651
The Hedge Band
The Baltimore Irish Trad Fest Fundraiser Concert and Celebration is Friday at St. Michael The Archangel School Auditorium. Scheduled performers include Billy McComiskey, Donna Long, Pat Egan, Jim Eagan, Laura Byrne, and The Hedge Band.
The Baltimore Square Dance is Friday in Hampden at The Ideal Arts Space.
Robin Bullock and Sue Richards are at An Die Musik Live! on Friday. 410-385-2638
The Institute of Musical Traditions presents Robin Bullock and Sue Richards at Saint Mark Presbyterian Church in Rockville, MD on Saturday. 301-754-3611
