Folk Event Listings

Events listed on this page are not connected to or sponsored by the Baltimore Folk Music Society. These events are listed as a service to the Folk Music community. If you would like your Folk Music event listed on this page, please contact events@bfms.org and provide the details (Date, Artist, Venue, Website URL or other details) of your event.

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Listing by Date - next 30 days

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November 01 2025 - Dance
Mid-Atlantic Norwegian Dancers
Deb Weinreich's Home

6:30 pm doors/potluck, 7:30 pm music for dancing. Norwegian-style house party, with Loretta Kelley and other guest musicians playing Swedish and Norwegian dance tunes on Scandinavian instruments with sympathetic strings. Beginners, singles/couples, watchers/listeners all welcome. Please bring food to share (dish or snack) and clean, smooth-soled shoes to wear for dancing. Donations gratefully accepted. Masks optional. If you have symptoms of illness or recent exposure to respiratory infection, please stay home this time. At Deb Weinreich's home. For questions/address if needed, please text 410-375-3789 or email debweinreich@hotmail.com with subject line including MAND. Other info: http://MAND.fanitull.org.

 
November 01 2025 - Concert
Muriel Anderson
Unity of Charlottesville

Unity of Charlottesville. 2825 Hydraulic Rd, Charlottesville, VA 22901 | tickets $20
Muriel Anderson is considered a virtuoso of the 20-string harp-guitar, yet it is her gentle sense of humor and uplifting melodies that leave her audience smiling. Info and tickets at https://focusmusic.org/shows#sat-11-1-muriel-anderson-charlottesville

 
November 02 2025 - Dance
Waltzes at Glen Echo
Glen Echo Park Spanish Ballroom

Afternoon dancing in the Ballroom: music by SOME ASSEMBLY. Join us for an afternoon of waltzing in the Spanish Ballroom! Take our beginner waltz lesson from 2:45 to 3:30 pm and enjoy dancing until 6 pm. No partner required. Glen Echo, 7300 MacArthur Blvd, Glen Echo, MD 20812. Admission is $15, $5 for full-time students with ID. Info: WaltzTimeDances.org or 301-634-2222. More info on our website.

 
November 06 2025 - Concert
CHRISTINE LAVIN & VANCE GILBERT
Temple Isaiah

Showtime 7:30pm ~ Doors open at 7:00pm, Temple Isaiah; 12200 Scaggsville Rd. Fulton MD 20759. Tickets $35.00 ~ Children 10 and under $17.00. Service fee: $4.17 for credit/debit card purchases. Cash & checks with no fee at the door. https://uptownconcerts.com/shows/

 
November 08 2025 - Dance
Challenging Squares and Challenging Contras
Ballroom Blum

2:30-5:30pm: Challenging Squares. After a BYO dinner break, Challenging Contras from 7:00-10:00pm. Venue: Ballroom Blum, Adelphi, MD. Pre-registration is required. Attendance is capped to allow for comfortable dancing and unrestricted frivolity. Please note you will need to register SEPARATELY for each event. Will Mentor calls & Stomp Rocket cranks out the dance tunes. That's Dave Langford (fiddle), Bethany Waickman (Guitar/keyboard), & Glen Loper (Mandolin/tenor banjo). Questions: danceladyjanine@gmail.com subject line: Challenging dances

 
November 09 2025 - Dance
Sunday Afternoon Dancing Planet Contra Dance
Bumper Car Pavilion

3:00-6:00 pm, Introductory session 2:30 pm. End the weekend with a STOMP at the last stop on the Will Mentor & Stomp Rocket DC tour! Will saves the best dances for last as Stomp Rocket delivers their usual high energy tunes to propel your dancing. That's Dave Langford (fiddle), Bethany Waickman (Guitar/keyboard), & Glen Loper (Mandolin/tenor banjo).Contras & Squares in the Bumper Car Pavilion at Glen Echo Park, MD. Cash ($15) or Venmo ($17 to cover fees) at the door, no cards. https://www.midnightonthewater.com/

Next dance: November 9 - Will Mentor calling to Stomp Rocket

For more info: https://dancingplanetproductions.com/contra/

 
November 10 2025 - Concert
Pine Tree Flyers
Brad's House

Doors at 6:30pm, Concert 7pm til 9pm. Brad's House - 831 West 33rd Street, Baltimore. $20-$30 suggested sliding scale donation for adults. 14 & under free. Feel free to bring food and drink to share! bradkolodner@gmail.com, https://www.bradkolodner.com/house-concerts-at-brads.html

 
November 14 2025 - Concert
NAT SELEEN
Black Cherry Puppet Theater

8:00 pm - From Bach to Bulgars - New Works for Solo Klezmer Clarinet. At Black Cherry Puppet Theater • 1115 Hollins Street • Baltimore, MD 21223. Nat Seelen is artistic director of the Boston Festival of New Jewish Music. The program features Seelen's new "Suite I", a six-movement homage to the Bach Cello Suites filtered through the lens of klezmer music, "Sonata for Klezmer Clarinet," and an interactive composition experience where Seelen writes and performs a new piece with audience input to finish the concert. Tickets.

 
November 15 2025 - Dance
Annapolis English Country Dance
Annapolis Friends Meeting Hall

7-9:30 PM (Intro Lesson: 6:30 PM). Anna Rain calls with David Knight (violin), Jonathan Jensen (piano, wind instruments) and Marty Taylor (concertina). Pre-registration is not required, but please email aefallon@verizon.net to let us know if you can help with pre-dance setup and/or post-dance hall restoration. Such help is much appreciated! Face masks are optional. Venue has windows and filter fans for circulation and ventilation. Please bring own water bottle. Snacks to share are welcome if you bring napkins+appropriate paper goods+utensils and plan to clean up after snack time. No experience or partner required. $15; students-$5; children through 5 years old-free. Annapolis Friends Meeting Hall, 351 Dubois Road, Annapolis, MD 21401. Info: Ann Fallon, 410-507-0934, aefallon@verizon.net or Jan Scopel, 443-540-0867, janscope@hotmail.com. facebook.com/profile.php?id=100057517095183

 
November 15 2025 - Concert
Lara Herscovitch & the Highway Philosophers
Episcopal Church of the Ascension

Episcopal Church of the Ascension; 633 Sligo Ave., Silver Spring, MD 20910 | 7.30pm | Advance tickets $25 / day-of and door $30 (member / congregation as-applicable $25 at the door). Info and tickets at https://focusmusic.org/shows#sat-11-15-lara-herscovitch-the-highway-philosophers-silver-spring

 
November 16 2025 - Concert
Brivele and A Glezele Tey
Homewood Friends Meeting

Workshop at 5pm, Concert at 7pm (Doors at 6:30). The Baltimorim Present: a workshop and concert featuring Brivele and A Glezele Tey at Homewood Friends Meeting, 3107 N Charles St. Brivele is a Seattle-based duo who braid together Yiddish song, anti-fascist and labor balladry, folk-punk, and contemporary rabble-rousing in stirring vocal harmony. KN95 or N95 mask required. A Glezele Tey is comprised of acclaimed klezmer musicians and composers Ariel Shapiro, Rachel Leader, and Richie Barshay. aglezeletey.com, brivele.com

 
November 16 2025 - Dance
Waltzes at Glen Echo
Glen Echo Park Spanish Ballroom

Evening in the Ballroom: WALTZ DU JOUR. Join us for an evening of waltzing in the Spanish Ballroom! Take our beginner waltz lesson from 6:15 to 7 pm and enjoy dancing until 9:30 pm. No partner required. Glen Echo, 7300 MacArthur Blvd, Glen Echo, MD 20812. Admission is $15, $5 for full-time students with ID. Info: WaltzTimeDances.org or 301-634-2222. More info on our website.

 
November 18 2025 - Folk Music
Takoma SPARK Open Mic
School of Musical Traditions

Signup at 6.30pm, music at 7pm.You're invited to come and play, or just listen - in-person or online! An incredible FREE evening of music with two songs from all comers, HAPPY THREE YEARS!!! School of Musical Traditions | 7112 Willow Ave., Takoma Park, MD 301.910.2575. Info at https://imtfolk.org/#tuesday-night-open-spark or rob@ilyaimy.com. Live in-person or online at facebook.com/robsopenmics, youtube.com/robsopenmics or twitch.tv/robilyaimy

 
November 25 2025 - Folk Music
Takoma SPARK Open Mic
School of Musical Traditions

Signup at 6.30pm, music at 7pm.You're invited to come and play, or just listen - in-person or online! An incredible FREE evening of music with two songs from all comers, plus featured artist Average Joey. School of Musical Traditions | 7112 Willow Ave., Takoma Park, MD 301.910.2575. Info at https://imtfolk.org/#tuesday-night-open-spark or rob@ilyaimy.com. Live in-person or online at facebook.com/robsopenmics, youtube.com/robsopenmics or twitch.tv/robilyaimy

 
November 29 2025 - Dance
Annapolis Contra Dance
Annapolis Friends Meeting Hall

7-9:30 PM (Intro Lesson: 6:30 PM). Andrea Nettleton calls with Contre Temps: McGregor Yetsevitch (violin), Andrew Tomlinson (flute) and Mark Vidor (piano). Pre-registration is not required, but please email aefallon@verizon.net to let us know if you can help with pre-dance setup and/or post-dance hall restoration. Such help is much appreciated! Face masks are optional. Venue has windows and filter fans for circulation and ventilation. Please bring own water bottle. Snacks to share are welcome if you bring napkins+appropriate paper goods+utensils and plan to clean up after snack time. No experience or partner required. $15; students-$5; children through 5 years old-free. Annapolis Friends Meeting Hall, 351 Dubois Road, Annapolis, MD 21401. Info: Jan Scopel, 443-540-0867, janscope@hotmail.com or Ann Fallon, 410-507-0934, aefallon@verizon.net. facebook.com/profile.php?id=10005751709518

 
November 29 2025 - Concert
12th Annual Post-Thanksgiving Concert
Stony Run Friends Meeting House

TWO SHOWS at 3:30pm and 7:00pm. Charm City Junction + Ken & Brad Kolodner. The Stony Run Friends Meeting House; 5116 North Charles Street; Baltimore MD 21210. Tickets and more info.