May 28 - June 3

Monday: 

Memorial Day

Tuesday:

Rotten Apples (Boston), Truth Serum, Do-Um, Childe Bride, Total, Alpha Troop Alpha, and Scott Redding. 10PM, ye$ @ Tribal Haus

Wednesday: 

Nautical Almanac, Russian Tsarlag, Jeff Zagers, Sejayno. 10PM, $5 @ Floristree 

Briana Marela, Chester Gwazda, Which Magic, Shy Violet. 8pm, ye$ @ Falls/Down 
(2981 Falls Road, 3rd Floor) 
Teenage Souls, Jonathan Badger, Bard and Mustache, French Kings. 9pm, $5 @ The Windup Space
City Paper’s Shoot. Score. Baltimore. Short Film Screening. 8pm, $5 @ Creative Alliance

Thursday:

All Fruits Ripe Vs The Depot Megasoundclash dancehall night. 9pm, Free @ The Depot

Bryson Dudley Band, Reindeer, Chris Freeland (comedy), Riverboat Gambler. 9:30pm, $5 @ the Windup Space

Friday:

Deep in the Game with  guests Pictureplane (DJ set) and Kyle Mabson. 10pm, $5 @ Club Hippo

Save Your Soul w/ Kyle Hodges, Xander Chriss & Rob Fearless. 9pm, $5 @ Lithuanian Dance Hall

Joseph Mulhollen (Cd release show) with Amy Reid. 10:30pm @ Golden West

Opening for Demiurge: New Works by Adam Estes. 7pm, Free @ The Metro Gallery

Opening for Annie Gugliotta’s solo show. 7pm @ Sprout 

This Bird’s Flown: A Travesty of Antiquity, or a play by Alex Hacker. 8pm  @ Yellow Sign Theatre

Rent Vs Own, a conversation with author Jane Hodges. 7pm, Free @ Atomic Books
Opening reception for Christopher LaVoie solo show. 7pm @ sophiajacob

With Lions, Among Wolves, and The Water. 9pm, $12 @ The Ottobar

Saturday:

The Psyched, Horse Lords, The Thing with Two Heads. 10pm, $5 @ The Golden West 

Squaaks (record release show), Matrimonials, Thee the the. 9pm, $8 @ The Windup Space

Mr and Mrs Magoos, Kevin Sherry, Katherine Fahey and Ellen Cherry, Porch Puppets and Barrage Band Orchestra. 7pm and 9:30pm (2 shows), $7  @ Black Cherry Puppet Theatre

Sunday:

Hop Along, Dee and the Warlocks, Brendan Sullivan. 10pm, $7 @ Golden West

May 21-27

Monday: 

Bobby Con, Starring, and Soft Cat. 10pm, $8 @ Golden West

Tuesday:

Debris Upon the Forest Floor (A play). 8pm, $5- $10 aliding scale @ The Whole Gallery

Wednesday: 

Double Duchess, Lemz and Vodkatrina. 10pm, $5 @ Golden West

Sophia Jacob Lecture series presents Dina Kelberman and Alex Kukas. 8pm, free @ The Floristree

Thursday:

Henry and Glenn Forever and Ever release party with artistsTom Neely and Ed Luce 7pm @ Atomic Books

Posh Cavern with Samo Sound Boy. 10pm, Free before 11, $5 after. @ Red Maple

“Museum of Doorknobs” (Joseph Hammer, John Berndt) + “Speaker” (Shana Palmer, Lexi Macchi). 8:30pm, $6 @ The Red Room

Friday:

Open Walls Baltimore Grand Finale with Dan Deacon, Scottie B, and DJ Mark Brown. Free, 5pm @ Lanvale and Barclay (Outdoor block party)

White Life, Ami Dang, North America, Sassoon. 8pm, $5 @ Soft House

Get yr bearings: The Sock Hop. A benefit for Bearings. 10pm, $5-$10 suggested donation, bikes and bike parts also accepted. @ BrickHaus Art Space

IndyReader Spring Benefit Party with performances by Ryan Harvey, Mark Gunnery, Kate Lally, Emmanuel. 7pm, $5-$25 suggested donation @ 2640 Space

Phys Ed with DJ Sega, James Nasty, DJ Maniac Magee and Disturbed Individuals. 9pm, $5 @ The Ottobar

Jeff Carey, Di Tu Pian Duan, Sergio Luque. 8:30pm, $5 @ The Red Room

Saturday:

Opening reception for The Joanna presents: Plastic Ono Banditos, followed by WIN-WIN-WIN dance party. 7pm. Free before 10pm, $3 after. @ Open Space

WKC, Liz Meredith, Saint Julien, Bethany Dinsick Band. 9:30pm, $5 @ 5th Dimension 

Sunday:

Adults, Sal Bando, and Balkan Falcon. 9pm, free @ The Ottobar (upstairs)

MAY 14 - 20

Monday:

Tuesday:

MV & EE, The Sterling Sisters, Brian Adam Ant 10pm $8 @ The Golden West

The Last “Worms” of the season, featuring: Rachel Adams, Connor Kizer, Donna Sellinger, Chris Toll, Rupert Wondolowski  7:45pm @ The Metro Gallery

Wednesday: 

Thursday:

Dent May, Holy Ghost Party, & Other Colors 10pm, $6 @ The Golden West

Transmodern Performance Festival: F.E.A.S.T. (Food Entertaining As Specious Theatre) Curated by Rebecca Nagle 7:30pm, $20 @ Current Gallery

Posh Cavern W/ DJs Billy The Gent and Uncle Jesse 10pm, free b4 11, $5 after @ Red Maple

The Barnyard Sharks, Omoo Omoo, Jon Lipscomb, Smoke Bellow 9pm, free @ The Windup Space

Friday:

Hoax, Give, & Sewn Leather 10pm, $6 @ The Golden West

4 Hours of Funk featuring The Beautiful Swimmers 10pm, free b4 11, $5 after @ The Windup Space 

Transmodern Performance Festival: F.E.A.S.T. (Food Entertaining As Specious Theatre) Curated by Rebecca Nagle 7:30pm, $20 @ Current Gallery

THR3E ZISTERS (a play) 8pm, Free @ The Bell Foundry

Saturday:

Dope Body, Hume & Roomrunner w/ after party featuring DJ Dan Deacon and DJ Spank Rock (aka 2/3 of Who Is The Tunafish Man), & CO LA (DJ set) 9pm $5 before 11, $7 after @ Coward Shoe

Transmodern Performance Festival: F.E.A.S.T. (Food Entertaining As Specious Theatre) Curated by Rebecca Nagle 7:30pm, $20 @ Current Gallery

THR3E ZISTERS (a play) 8pm, Free @ The Bell Foundry 

Sunday:

THR3E ZISTERS (a play) 8pm, Free @ The Bell Foundry

May 7-13

Monday: 

DJ Dog Dick, Narwhalz of Sound, Truth Serum, Schwarz, and DJ Mark Brown. $5, 9pm @ the Depot

The Libyan Suite, Pallid, Sean Wilson, and the Shaky Experience @ The Sidebar Tavern

Tuesday:

Kam Kam, Pfistrs, Savage Detective, and Mark Plasma. $ Donation, 9pm @ Cider Haus

Wednesday: 

Mount Carmel and Holy Fingers. $5, 10pm @ Golden West

Thursday:

Dead Mechanical, Dartagnan, Arms Aloft, Widow’s Watch @ Charm City Art Space

Small Sur, Touch and Dodgers. $8, 8pm @ Metro Gallery

Pygmy Lush, Screaming Females and Big Mouth. $8, 10pm @ Golden West

Friday:

Jenny Graf, Yek Hoo, 8th Frequency, and LA Lakers (New Zealand). 9pm @ Current Gallery

Happening 1 for 2012 Baltimore Liste. 6:30pm @ The Contemporary Museum

Opening for Meme Schemes, works by DJ Rice. 7pm. Perfmances by Wing Dam, Curse, Terrestrial Mass. $5, 9pm  @ The Windup Space

Saturday:

Microkingdom, Chicago Underground Duo, Salamander Wool, Rod Hamilton. 9pm @ The Soft House

A benefit for Ride the Feat with Paper Dragons, South Carey,Hey Hon, Let’s Go!, The Skipjack. 7pm @ Charm City Art Space

P.G. Six, Sri Aurobindo, Nest. $8, 10pm @ Golden West

The Function with DJs Schwarz, Mark Brown and John Ehrens @ E Villa

Sunday:

True Widow, Secret Mountains and Wild Honey. $7, 10pm @ Golden West

April 30 - May 6

Monday: 

Pictureplane, Massacooramaan, Sprayer, Alphabets, Mark Brown 9pm $7 @ The Depot

Tuesday:

Pontiak, Guardian Alien, The Pilgrim. 10pm $7 @ Golden West

Closing this week: Liz Donadio: Keep Still @ Holzman MFA Gallery, Towson

Wednesday: 

Artist talk with Martha Rosler. 7:30pm @ the BMA 

Thursday:

Friday:

Deep in the Game presents Sharon Needles and Odd Facade. Costume contest! 10pm $10 adv $12 dos @ Club Hippo

Human Host, the Mudcats, and Curse @ UMBC

Opening reception for Reveal + Hidden, featuring seven artists. 7pm @ Guest Spot

Theresa Columbus Presents: Chaza Show Choir (a screening). 8pm ~$5 @ The Whole Gallery

Videopolis video installation exhibition opening night @ The Metro Gallery

A benefit for Ride the Feast with The Barnyard Sharks, Her Fantastic Cats, Teenage Souls, Leaf House, Laura Ruas, Ike Shark. 8pm $10 @ Liam Flynn’s Ale House

Eclectic Ensemble opening reception: music by the Sean Wilson Trio and paintings by 13 local artists @ Charmed Life Gallery

Saturday:

Videopolis video installation exhibition with performances by Nautical Almanac, Kristen Anchor, Christine Ferrera, Adam Schwarz, and Meg Rorison. 8pm @ Metro Gallery

Below and Beyond (a play). 8:30pm $5-10 @ The Whole Gallery

Lower Dens, Celebration, Violens and Sprayer. 9pm $10 @ The Ottobar

Co La, Jason Urick, Motion Graphics, and Maxmillion Dunbar @ The Floristree

Sunday:

Luke Roberts, Soft Cat, Adam Lempel and Wing Dam. 9pm. $6 @ The Golden West

White Suns, Friend Collector, Curse. 10pm Free @ The Ottobar (upstairs)

April 23 - 29

Monday: 

Holly Hunt, Scraping Teeth, Dope Body, & Needle Gun @ The Bank

Tuesday:

Wham City Comedy Night. 8pm @ The Zodiac 

Wednesday: 

The Function (a new bi-weekly dance party) w/ DJs Schwarz & Mark Brown. 8pm @ E-Villa 

Cloud Becomes Your Hand, Tom Boram, Horse Lords, & Guerilla Toss. 9pm @ Curious Place 

Screening “Rubin & Ed” starring Crispin Glover.  9pm @ The Windup Space

Thursday: 

Drew Daniel and John Wiese. $6 @ The Red Room

Friday:

High Zero 2012 Fundraiser Dance Party w/ performances by John Berndt’s Multiphonic Choir and Leprechaun Catering and DJs Schwarz, Dan Deacon, & Drew Daniel. 9pm @ The 5th Dimension 

Brennan McShane, The Hallman Brothers. Beauty and the Greek, Sea Patterns, The Palace at 4am. 7pm, $10 @ Charm City Art Space

Charm City Anarchist Black Cross’s Legal Defense Fundraiser Dance Party & Pie Auction w/ DJ Cullen Stalin 10pm @ The Bell Foundry 

Opening for Katherine Fahey : Paper Cuts and Silhouettes. 5:30 @ The Creative Alliance

Quintron and Miss Pussycat, Dope Body, and Gabrel Todd. 10pm, $7 @ Golden West

Saturday:

Third Annual Publications and Multiples Fair with over 25 artists and exhibitors 12pm @ Open Space

Opening for Baltimore Print Mix, featuring 19 Baltimore artists. 7pm, free @ Current Space

Openings for Feel Harder, works by Geoffry Todd Smith,  and The Art Formerly Known As Prints, a group show. 7pm @ Nudashank 

Real Guts presents The Exquisite Corpse Video Project, featuring work by 9 Baltimore filmmakers. 9pm @ The Floristree

Opening reception for inaugural: works by Ariel Dill, Leah Mackin, and Zach Storm. 7pm @ Sophia Jacob

Sunday:

Really free market and folk punk show. 1pm, free. @ The Bell Foundry

April 16-22

Monday: 

The Bam Bams, Peach Kelli Pop, and Sal Bando. 10pm. $6 @ Golden West

Tuesday:

!!!, Shabazz Places, DJ Stereofaith and Simon Phoenix @ Sonar

Wednesday: 

Curse, Terminator 2, Lechuguillas, Bowlegged Gorilla, Putrid Servant @ Cider Haus

Fang Island, The Big Sleep Tremors II. 8pm. $10 @ Metro Gallery

Terry Malts, Foul Swoops, Tender Thrill and a secret band. 10pm $6 @ Golden West

Thursday:

Screening of In the Back of the Room, with performance by Sick Fix after. 6:30pm. $5 for members, $10 for non-members @ The Creative Alliance

Skatepark of Baltimore’s 7 year anniversary benefit with Foghound, Blackbirds, Old Indian, and Pillager. 9pm $5 @ Golden West

Sharon Von Etten with Flock of Dimes. 8pm @ Ottobar

A play: Teibele and Hurmizah: An Erotic Fable in English and Yiddish. 7pm Free @ The Jewish Museum

Friday:

Zach Herchen $6 @ The Red Room

Hand Cream, Baklaava, Curse, Del Tigers @ Charm City Art Space

Opening of the Sustainability Concentration Colloquium Exhibition with performance by Soft Cat. 8:30pm Free @ MICA (Second floor of the Fox Building)

Last ever birthday cover show with Faeries Wear Beards, Piss, The Dead Milfmen, Fatley Crue, and Turbo Lover as Judas Priest. 8pm $5 @ Sonar

DJs SHUTTLE (Passion Pit/Ninja Tune), Phil Real & Safe Sex, Simon Phoenix. 10pm $5 over 21, $7 under 21. @ Golden West 

Saturday:

Dreebs, Hume, Roomrunner, Diamond Terrifier, Dan Ivan. $5 before 10pm / $7 after 10pm @ Floristree

Deep Sleep, Scum Again, The Infected, Widows Watch. 8pm @ Charm City Art Space

Opening reception for “Common Discord,” featuring 8 Baltimore artists 7pm. Free @ Current Space

Closing brunch for “Zig Zag”, featuring works by Shaun Flynn,  Katie Kehoe,  Rob de Oude, and Meridith Pingree. 1pm @ Guest Spot

A play: Teibele and Hurmizah: An Erotic Fable in English and Yiddish. 8pm. Free @ The Bell Foundry

Screening of “If a Tree Falls”, the Story of Elf. Benefit for Kellie & Victor Vanorden. 7pm $5 @ Bohemian Coffee House

Santa Dads, Sam McPheeters (spoken word), Old Songs, R.M. O’Brien. 3:00pm @ Metro Gallery

Milquetoast: An Experimental Fashion Event. 6pm and 9pm. $5 advance and $10 at the door. @ St. John’s 

Cool Breezy and DenMan present Dirty South Joe, Nadus, & Uncle Jesse 10om $5 @ Golden West

Gwar, Kylesa, Ghoul. 7pm $20 advance, $23 day of sale @ Sonar

Parvenu and Gabriel Morgan @ Two Boots

Sunday:

A reading of “A Day By Yourself”, a play by Lola Pierson. 7pm. Free @ Liam’s Ale House

Lord Grunge, Gavin Riley Smoke Machine, Secret Weapon Dave, and Leopard Opera. 9pm. $5 @ Golden West