The Baltimore Folk Music Society sponsors English Country Dance every Monday at Church of the Nativity and Holy Comforter on York Road and American Contra and Square Dancing every Wednesday at the Lovely Lane Church on St. Paul Street. 888.646.BFMS
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
At the Ram’s Head in Annapolis – Tuesday: The English Beat; Wednesday: Tommy Tutone w/ The Cryers; Friday: Cowboy Mouth w/ Wyoming Exploded; Saturday: Chris Duarte and Indigenous. 410-268-4545
Sean Jones and Raul Midón are at the new Keystone Korner Baltimore jazz club on Tuesday & Wednesday. 410·946·6726
The BFMS Song Swap is Tuesday at the Four Hour Day Lutherie on Harford Road. Saturday it’s Thinking Like a Mountain. (410) 637-3728
At the Birchmere in Alexandria VA – Thursday: Joanne Shaw Taylor w/ Pressing Strings; Friday: Paul Thorn w/ Steve Poltz; Saturday: Marc Cohn w/ Chelsea Williams. 703-549-7500
DuoDuo Quartet
The trio Mountain Man is at the Creative Alliance on Wednesday. Thursday it’s Little Mazarn w/ Mole Suit Choir. DuoDuo Quartet: Maeve Gilchrist & Nic Gareiss, Natalie Haas & Yann Falquet is on Friday. On Sunday at 6pm, Baltimore music researcher and record producer Ian Nagoski presents “Don’t Let Me Be Lost To You: Early 20th Century Near Eastern Musics in New York City” in the Marquee Lounge. Sunday at 7:30pm is Banda Magda bringing diverse musicians with South American rhythms, jazz improvisation, and songs in six languages.. 410-276-1651
The Institute of Musical Traditions presents a tribute to Bob Dylan with The Kennedys and Rod MacDonald at Saint Mark Presbyterian Church in Rockville, MD on Thursday. 301-754-3611
At The Soundry in Columbia, MD – Thursday: Terrance Simien & The Zydeco Experience; Saturday: Joe Pug w/ Angel Snow. 443.283.1200
Thursday, Karen Jonas is at Union Stage in Washington, DC. 877.987.6487
HighTime
On Friday, Uptown Concerts presents the traditional trio HighTime from Ireland at Cellar Stage Timonium. The Cellar Stage Timonium is located in Timonium United Methodist Church on Pot Spring Road. 410-521-9099
Also Friday, Black Masala and John Papa Gros Band are at The 8×10. Saturday is An Evening With Better Off Dead. 410-625-2000
The monthly Folkal Point concert series is Saturday at An Die Musik Live! with Caleb Stine and Kagey Parrish from the Honey Dewdrops. 410-385-2638
The Old Part of Town
The Old Part of Town is at The Cabaret at Germano’s in Little Italy on Saturday. 410.752.4515
The next Baltimore Squaredance is at Mobtown Ballroom in Pigtown on Saturday. (443) 699-3040
The 48th annual Deer Creek Fiddlers’ Convention is Sunday at the Carroll County Farm Museum in Westminster. 410-857-2771
The 39th FSGW Washington Folk Festival is Saturday and Sunday in Glen Echo Park, Glen Echo MD. Artists include Trio Sefardi, Seth Kibel & Friends, Cathy Fink & Marcy Marxer, The 19th Street Band, Orchester Praževica, Magpie, Tabla for Two, Dede Wyland & the Do-Rights, Halau Ho’omau I ka Wai Ola O Hawai’i, Joe Uehlein & the U-Liners, Lulu’s Fate, and lots more.
Sunday at 5pm, the Roots Café presents an evening of music and poetry with Maryland’s Poet Laureate Grace Cavalieri, Geoffrey Himes and Willem Elsevier at An Die Musik Live. (410) 385-2638
