Things to do in Baltimore this week
Monday to Thursday28 September to 1 October
Eighteen things on Monday to Thursday, every time read off the organiser's own page: two nights at Keystone Korner, the Doors Open Baltimore kickoff, two Profs & Pints talks, and the jams that are the best of a Baltimore weeknight.
Monday 28 September
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
Dat Feel Good jazz jam
Motor House
Dat Feel Good jazz jam, alternate Mondays 7pm to 10pm, pay what you can. Hosted by Clarence Ward III and emceed by Rufus Roundtree
6pm, talk at 6:30pm
Profs & Pints: Ancient America's Ball Game
Section 771, 504 Washington Blvd
Jeffrey P. Blomster, an anthropology professor at George Washington University who digs early ballcourts in Oaxaca, on the Mesoamerican ball game, about 3,400 years old and played with the hips and a rubber ball, sometimes for stakes as high as lives. Section 771 is a sports bar on Washington Boulevard, a few minutes on foot from the ballpark. Advance tickets $13.50 plus tax and fees, $17 at the door or $15 with a student ID. The bar opens at 5.
Profs & Pints' own ticket page for the talk, read Sep 27, 2026; Section 771's own site for its address, read Sep 28, 2026
Tuesday 29 September
7pm
Bright Moments Jam Session
Keystone Korner Baltimore
Free admission. Led by Obasi Akoto with players from the Baltimore and Washington jazz scenes.
keystonekornerbaltimore.com, read Sep 19, 2026
Baltimore Bluegrass Jam
The Bluebird
Baltimore Bluegrass Jam on the other Tuesdays, 7pm to 10pm with Alex Lacquement and Friends. Free, all ages
Chess club
Max's Taphouse
Chess club Tuesdays 6 to 9pm, all skill levels
Wednesday 30 September
5:30pm to 7pm
Love Letters Live: the Doors Open Baltimore kickoff
The Baltimore Streetcar Museum, 1901 Falls Rd
Storytelling: guest speakers read their love letters to Baltimore buildings and places, with light refreshments. This year they are Bree Jones of Parity Homes, the lawyer Gary C. Norman, the artist and folklorist Ashley Minner Jones, the interior architect Tiffanni Reidy, Alanah Nichole Davis and the woodturner Mark Supik. It opens a month of tours before Doors Open Baltimore itself on Saturday 24 October, when more than 50 buildings open free. $12.96 a ticket, fees included.
Doors Open Baltimore's own ticket page for the kickoff, read Sep 27, 2026, and for the $12.96 price, read Sep 29, 2026; the Baltimore Architecture Foundation's own kick-off page for the speakers, read Sep 29, 2026; the museum's own site for its address, read Sep 28, 2026
6pm, talk at 6:30pm
Profs & Pints: Baltimore Before Baltimore
Guilford Hall Brewery, 1611 Guilford Ave
Katherine Ahlrichs, who directs Towson University's Baltimore Community Archaeology Lab, on the thousands of years of Indigenous life around the harbor before Europeans arrived, from her digs at Herring Run Park and North Point. Advance tickets $13.50 plus fees; doors at 5, open seating.
Profs & Pints' own ticket page for the talk, read Sep 27, 2026; the brewery's own site for its address, read Sep 28, 2026
7pm
Doobie Powell: The Perfect Remedy Tour
Keystone Korner Baltimore
The Grammy-nominated keyboardist, with Apostle Darren Farmer as special guest, a horn section and Baltimore players. Seats $30 to $35 plus fees, or $15 to stream. No refunds or exchanges, and food and drink are extra.
Keystone Korner's own site and ticket page, read Sep 27, 2026
Baltimore Irish Music School
The Bluebird
Baltimore Irish Music School on the last Wednesday of each month, an evening of traditional Irish music in place of the jazz
Art of Comedy open mic
Motor House
Art of Comedy open mic, alternate Wednesdays 9pm to 10:30pm, pay what you can. Up to 25 comedians, hosted in rotation by Jamar Taylor, Lyric Marie and Zach Zwagil
Thursday 1 October
10am to 8pm
Free First Thursday
Maryland Center for History and Culture, 610 Park Ave
Free admission to the museum, and hours run to 8pm instead of 5. Visits are capped by the hour, so booking ahead is recommended. On other days it is $12 for adults, $10 for seniors and $9 for students.
The museum's own hours and admission page, read Sep 27, 2026
6pm to 8pm
Aquí Seguimos artist talk
Making Space Bmore, 709 N Howard St
The Palestinian playwright Ismail Khalidi and the Mexican multimedia artist Edgar Reyes on how art shapes national consciousness, and on imagination in communities living through hardship, in conversation with the curators Alana Guzman and Marah Abdel Jaber. RSVP by donation.
La Sonora's own event page, read Sep 27, 2026, and its events page for the moderators, read Sep 29, 2026
6pm
Remi Wolf listening party
The Sound Garden
Window letterboard, photographed Sep 19, 2026
7pm
Benny Green
Keystone Korner Baltimore
Seats $35 to $45 plus fees, or $15 to stream. No refunds or exchanges, and food and drink are extra.
Keystone Korner's own site and ticket page, read Sep 27, 2026
7:30pm to 8:30pm
Urban Astronomy
Maryland Science Center
A guided tour of the sky from the roof, through the observatory and smaller telescopes. $25, for ages 8 and up.
mdsci.org events calendar, read Sep 19, 2026; the Science Center's own Urban Astronomy page for the price and the age rule, read Sep 29, 2026
Baltimore Jazz Underground
The Bluebird
Baltimore Jazz Underground most Wednesdays and every Thursday, 8pm to 11pm, $10
Trivia Thursdays
Pitango Bakery + Cafe
Trivia Thursdays 7pm with Trivia Maryland, no sign-up and no team size limit
Worth knowing
- Motor House's jazz jam and open mic run every other week, and this is one of their weeks. The next are 12 and 14 October.
- The Bluebird's Tuesday jam alternates: bluegrass this week, old time on 6 October. Wednesday is the Irish Music School instead of the jazz, because it is the last Wednesday of the month.
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.