Things to do in Baltimore this week
Monday to Thursday19 October to 22 October
Twenty-one things on Monday to Thursday, every time read off the organiser's own page: August Wilson's Two Trains Running in previews at the Murphy before Thursday's opening night, Acid Mothers Temple at Metro, and three nights each at Keystone Korner and An die Musik, starting with a free recital from the BSO's associate principal cello.
Monday 19 October
Previews Mon to Wed 7pm; opens Thu 7:30pm; Fri and Sat 8pm; Sun 3pm
August Wilson's Two Trains Running
The Carl J. Murphy Fine Arts Center, 2201 Argonne Dr
Theatre Morgan's production of Wilson's Hill District play, set in a Pittsburgh diner in 1969, directed by CJay Philip in the Turpin-Lamb Theatre, part of the Baltimore August Wilson Celebration. Monday to Wednesday are previews at 7pm and Thursday is opening night at 7:30pm. $25 to $35, with discounts for students, seniors and the previews; online sales go through Ticketmaster, which adds fees, or buy at the hall's ticket office, Wednesday to Friday 1pm to 6pm and Saturday 11am to 4pm. The run continues 29 and 30 October and 1 November, with a $10 to $15 student and senior matinee on the 29th at 10am.
Morgan State's own event page for the dates, the times, the preview and opening nights, the prices and the ticket office hours, read Oct 18, 2026
Doors 7pm, show 8pm
Acid Mothers Temple with Magick Potion and PLQ MRX
Metro Baltimore, 1700 N Charles St
The Japanese psychedelic collective, with Magick Potion and PLQ MRX. All ages. $22 general admission; tickets through Dice.
Metro Baltimore's own show listing for the date, the times, the age rule and the price, read Oct 18, 2026
Doors 6pm, show 7pm
Cradle of Filth: Majestic In Death II
Baltimore Soundstage
The British extreme metal band with Blackbraid, Worm and Black Satellite. Tickets go through Ticketmaster; the Soundstage's page gives no price and no age rule.
Baltimore Soundstage's own events page, read Oct 18, 2026
7:30pm
Vincent Garcia-Hettinger and Yang Gao
An die Musik LIVE!
The BSO's associate principal cello, appointed at twenty, with pianist Yang Gao: Schumann's Cello Concerto in A minor and Haydn's Concerto in D major. Free, in the room or streamed, donations encouraged.
An die Musik's own calendar and its InstantSeats page for the concert, read Oct 18, 2026
Django Jazz Jam
The Bluebird
Django Jazz Jam every Monday 7pm to 11pm, hosted by Michael Joseph Harris and the Hot Club of Baltimore, running since 2012. No cover, all ages
Tuesday 20 October
7:30pm
Antoine Boyer and Yeore Kim: Parisian Skies, Spanish Nights
Baltimore Museum of Art
The French guitarist, raised in the gypsy-jazz line, and the South Korean jazz harmonica player, a duo since 2018, in the museum's Meyerhoff Auditorium. $59 general admission with no added service fees, $49 each for four or more, $109 for the reserved front row. The organiser's tour page had Baltimore nearly sold out when we looked.
Concerts in America's own tour page for the date, the time, the venue and the prices, read Oct 18, 2026
Doors 7pm
Flamin' Groovies with PLRLS and The Smashing Times
Ottobar
The San Francisco garage rock band, going since the sixties, on the main floor with PLRLS and Baltimore's The Smashing Times. All ages. Tickets are through Etix; the Ottobar's page gives no price and no show time.
The Ottobar's own calendar and event page, read Oct 18, 2026
8pm
Halloween Movie Night: The Nightmare Before Christmas
Power Plant Live!
Rally's Corner Bar's Tuesday Halloween movie: free, walk-ins welcome, with free pumpkin painting, free popcorn and themed cocktails.
Power Plant Live's own event page, read Oct 18, 2026
Bright Moments Jam Session
Keystone Korner Baltimore
Bright Moments Jam Session on select Tuesdays at 7pm, free admission, led by Obasi Akoto with the Baltimore and DC jazz community
Old Time Jam
The Bluebird
Old Time Jam on alternating Tuesdays, led by Ken and Brad Kolodner: Early Country Sing 6pm to 7pm with Letitia VanSant, slow jam 7pm to 8pm, fast jam 8pm to 10pm. Free, all ages
Wednesday 21 October
7pm
Dafnis Prieto Sí o Sí Quartet
Keystone Korner Baltimore
The Grammy-winning Cuban drummer and MacArthur Fellow brings back his Sí o Sí Quartet, a quarter century after his New York arrival: Peter Apfelbaum on woodwinds, Martin Bejerano on piano and Ricky Rodríguez on electric bass. Seats $35 to $45 plus fees, or $15 to stream. Tickets are not refundable or exchangeable, and food and drink are extra.
Keystone Korner's own calendar and ticket page, read Oct 18, 2026
7:30pm
NO(w) Beauty
An die Musik LIVE!
The French American jazz quartet of trumpeter Hermon Mehari, pianist Enzo Carniel, bassist Damien Varaillon and drummer Stéphane Adsuar, touring their album (un)Seen. In-person seats $30, $10 for full-time students with ID and free for Peabody students, plus a $1.50 fee; $15 to stream, and ticketholders get the recording for a week after.
An die Musik's own calendar and its InstantSeats page for the concert, read Oct 18, 2026
7pm
Raj Patel: Loyola's Hanway Lecture in Global Studies
McGuire Hall, Loyola University Maryland, 4501 N Charles St
Raj Patel, author, film-maker and research professor at the University of Texas at Austin, gives Loyola's annual global studies lecture, with a moderated discussion. Free and open to the public, in person or virtual. The university's page calls advance registration encouraged in one line and required in another, so register.
Loyola University Maryland's own Hanway Lecture page for the date, the time, the hall, the speaker and the registration rule, read Oct 18, 2026
6:30pm to 10pm
Baltimore Playwrights' Brew
Peabody Heights Brewery, 401 E 30th St
An open night for new short plays in the taproom: writers bring ten-minute pieces, roughly ten pages, and actors read them. Advance sign-up by email is recommended, with writer slots capped at eight. The page gives no price.
Peabody Heights Brewery's own event page, read Oct 18, 2026
8pm
The Living Tombstone
Nevermore Hall
Sold out, by the hall's own calendar.
Nevermore Hall's own event calendar, read Oct 18, 2026
Baltimore Jazz Underground
The Bluebird
Baltimore Jazz Underground most Wednesdays and every Thursday, 8pm to 11pm, $10
Thursday 22 October
Previews Mon to Wed 7pm; opens Thu 7:30pm; Fri and Sat 8pm; Sun 3pm
August Wilson's Two Trains Running
The Carl J. Murphy Fine Arts Center, 2201 Argonne Dr
Theatre Morgan's production of Wilson's Hill District play, set in a Pittsburgh diner in 1969, directed by CJay Philip in the Turpin-Lamb Theatre, part of the Baltimore August Wilson Celebration. Monday to Wednesday are previews at 7pm and Thursday is opening night at 7:30pm. $25 to $35, with discounts for students, seniors and the previews; online sales go through Ticketmaster, which adds fees, or buy at the hall's ticket office, Wednesday to Friday 1pm to 6pm and Saturday 11am to 4pm. The run continues 29 and 30 October and 1 November, with a $10 to $15 student and senior matinee on the 29th at 10am.
Morgan State's own event page for the dates, the times, the preview and opening nights, the prices and the ticket office hours, read Oct 18, 2026
7pm
G. Thomas Allen Quintet
Keystone Korner Baltimore
The winner of the 2021 Sarah Vaughan International Jazz Vocal Competition, the first man to take the prize, a four-octave vocalist with Brent Griffin, Jr. on saxophone, Andrew Toombs on keys, Jeremiah Hunt on bass and Neil Hemphill on drums. Seats $30 to $35 plus fees, or $15 to stream. Tickets are not refundable or exchangeable, and food and drink are extra.
Keystone Korner's own calendar and ticket page, read Oct 18, 2026
Bar opens 5pm, talk 6:30pm
Profs & Pints: What Drove Witch Hunts
Section 771, 504 Washington Blvd
Larissa 'Kat' Tracy, medieval literary historian at UMBC, on what drove the witch hunts of late medieval and early modern Europe and colonial America: kings, queens, witch-finders general, and the healers, heretics and rivals they went after. Advance tickets $13.50 plus tax and fees; $17 at the door, $15 with a student ID.
Profs & Pints' own ticket page for the talk, read Oct 18, 2026
Doors 7pm, show 8pm
Tempesst with Glorian
Metro Baltimore, 1700 N Charles St
The London alternative rock band of Australian twin brothers Toma and Andy Banjanin, touring their album Forbidden Fruit, with Glorian. All ages. $31 general admission.
Metro Baltimore's own show listing for the date, the times, the age rule and the price, read Oct 18, 2026
7pm to 10pm
Maniac Cop at Peabody Heights
Peabody Heights Brewery, 401 E 30th St
William Lustig's 1988 slasher on the taproom screen, with a panel discussion after. The brewery's page gives no price.
Peabody Heights Brewery's own event page, read Oct 18, 2026
7:30pm and 9:30pm
Tedd Baker Organ Oktoberfest
An die Musik LIVE!
Two sets, 7:30 and 9:30. In-person seats $10 to $25 plus a $1.50 fee, or $15 to stream the early set.
An die Musik's own calendar and its InstantSeats pages for the two sets, read Oct 18, 2026
Baltimore Jazz Underground
The Bluebird
Baltimore Jazz Underground most Wednesdays and every Thursday, 8pm to 11pm, $10
Worth knowing
- Two Trains Running's Monday to Wednesday performances are previews at 7pm, with discounts; opening night is Thursday at 7:30. The run continues 29 and 30 October and 1 November.
- The Living Tombstone at Nevermore Hall on Wednesday is sold out, by the hall's own calendar.
- Motor House is dark for its jam and open mic this week: both run every other week, next on 26 and 28 October.
- The Bluebird's Tuesday jam alternates: old time this week, with the early country sing at 6, bluegrass on 27 October.
- Tuesday is Keystone Korner's last listed Bright Moments jam: its site names no dates after 20 October yet.
- The Ottobar and the Soundstage publish no ticket prices for their shows this week, and the Ottobar gives no doors time for its Monday bill.
Out every Sunday for the Monday to Thursday ahead; Friday to Sunday is the weekend digest. Everything on the site with a date on it is on the city’s events page.