Folk Event Listings
Please note that these are not BFMS events. Due to concerns about COVID-19 please check with the event organizers to see if these events are still being held.
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.
Listing by Date - next 30 days
April 02 2023 - Dance
Waltz at Glen Echo
Glen Echo Spansh Ballroom
Music by Waverly Station. Admission is $15, $5 for full-time students with ID. No partner required. Lesson begins at 2:45 p.m. with a half-hour of beginner instruction and 15 minutes for an intermediate or advanced move. Dancing follows until 6 p.m. Proof of fully vaxed status is required. Masks requirements change; please bring one. WaltzTimeDances.org
April 07 2023 - Concert
Alyssa Rodriguez & Olivia Lloyd
Four Hour Day Lutherie
7:30 PM at the Four Hour Day Lutherie. Alyssa Rodriguez on nyckelharpa (Swedish keyed fiddle). Olivia Lloyd, country musician and singer-songwriter from the Eastern Panhandle of West Virginia. Suggested donation of $12-16. https://fourhourday.org/
April 10 2023 - Concert
Spælimenninir
Saint Mark Presbyterian Church
7:30pm, this lively group of six musicians that play traditional and contemporary folk music from Scandinavia on fiddle, recorder, piano, guitar, mandolin, acoustic bass and vocals. Tickets are $25 in advance, $30 at the door, available at www.imtfolk.org | Saint Mark Presbyterian Church | 10701 Old Georgetown Rd, Rockville, MD | Info: rob Hinkal at publicity@imtfolk.org or www.imtfolk.org
April 12 2023 to April 16 2023 - Folk Music
SANDBRIDGE OLD-TIME FIDDLE RETREAT
Sandbridge, VA
?In-person and zooming, A retreat for intermediate old-time fiddle! Bowing patterns; left-hand techniques; adding chords; applying chord theory to learn and process tunes; simple backup ideas; repertoire; altered tunings; and more, https://www.sandbridgedulcimer.com/fiddle.html
April 14 2023 - Concert
GARNET ROGERS
Cellar Stage Timonium
Tickets $25 ~ Children 10 & under half price, Showtime 7:30pm ~ Doors open at 7:00pm https://uptownconcerts.com/shows/
April 15 2023 - Dance
English Country Dance
Annapolis Friends Meeting Hall
7-9:30 PM (Intro Lesson: 6:30 PM)
Diane Schmit calls to the music of Elke Baker (fiddle), Sophie Chang (cello), and Liz Donaldson (piano). Capped attendance, so pre-registration required via email to aefallon@verizon.net. Required of each attendee at door: ID, proof of vaccination (including booster), verbal assurance of being COVID symptom-free, medical grade face mask (e.g. N-95/KN-95/KN-94/surgical mask), contact information (for contact tracing if needed). Venue will have fans for ventilation. No experience or partner required. No food/drinks provided; please bring own drinking water. $10. 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; facebook.com/profile.php?id=100057517095183
April 15 2023 - Concert
The Rough & Tumble
Island Pride Oasis
7:30 PM. Island Pride Oasis | 617 S Frederick Ave, Gaithersburg, MD 20879 | 7.30pm | Tickets are $25 in advance and $25 at the door to members of Focus, $30 at the door to non-members, available at www.focusmusic.org | Info: at rob@focusmusic.org or
April 16 2023 - Dance
Waltz at Glen Echo
Glen Echo Spansh Ballroom
Music by Jangolaya Trio. Admission is $15, $5 for full-time students with ID. No partner required. Lesson begins at 2:45 p.m. with a half-hour of beginner instruction and 15 minutes for an intermediate or advanced move. Dancing follows until 6 p.m. Proof of fully vaxed status is required. Masks requirements change; please bring one. WaltzTimeDances.org
April 16 2023 - Concert
SETH KIBEL, GEOFFREY HIMES & WILLEM ELSEVIER
AN DIE MUSIK LIVE
3pm, $15 in person, $12 streaming, More info: www.rootscafe.org or www.andiemusiklive.com, Geoffrey Himes will celebrate his 71st birthday with special arrangements of original and canonical pieces with Roots Café music director Willem Elsevier and with award-winning reed player and songwriter Seth Kibel.
April 21 2023 - Concert
SEAMUS KENNEDY
Cellar Stage Timonium
Tickets $25 ~ Children 10 & under half price, Showtime 7:30pm ~ Doors open at 7:00pm https://uptownconcerts.com/shows/
April 21 2023 to April 23 2023 - Folk Music
Mandolin Camp North
Prindle Pond Conference Center
Registration Starts 7pm on December 6th. https://musiccampsnorth.com/
April 22 2023 - Dance
Dover Spring Assembly
Ehinger Hall
2:00 pm to 5:00 pm. Ehinger Hall, 14 Kings Highway, Dover, Delaware, 19901. All dances will be taught and called. Light refreshments will be provided at the break. Dances will be called by Susan Kevra, to music provided by Rachel Bell, Edith Coakley Stowe and Dave Wiesler. Tickets are $35 per person, and advance registration is required. www.doverdancers.org, for more information or contact Jackie McCabe, corbinsclose@hotmail.com, or doverecdinfo@gmail.com. Covid vaccinations and masks are recommended but not required.
April 23 2023 - Concert
The Nordic Fiddlers Block
Tikvat Israel
7:30 PM. Tikvat Israel | 2200 Baltimore Rd, Rockville, MD 20851 | 7.30pm | Tickets are $25 in advance and $25 at the door to members of Focus or venue (where applicable), $30 at the door to non-members, available at www.focusmusic.org | Info: at rob@focusmusic.org