Monday, September 28, 2026
Baltimore's Vibes, 7 Days a Week
Mondays are for easing back in, and Baltimore's not making you work too hard for a good time tonight. Deathcore heads have Crown Magnetar tearing up Metro Bmore, the Ottobar's legendary Metal Monday keeps its 15-year streak alive upstairs, and if headbanging isn't your speed, Peabody Heights Brewery is pairing beer with actual, honest-to-god ballet. Add a $9-a-ticket blowout at the Senator, two different Monday-night jazz jams, and a $100 farm-to-table splurge at Gertrude's, and that's 20 verified reasons to get off the couch tonight. Let's get into it.
🎵 Music & Nightlife
Crown Magnetar x To The Grave @ Metro Baltimore
Deathcore double-header with To The Grave, plus support from Face Yourself and Tracheotomy. Doors 6 PM, show 6:30, $20 at the door, all ages — bring earplugs, leave the Monday blues at the coat check.
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Metal Monday: Drenched In Stench @ Upstairs at the Ottobar
The Ottobar's Metal Monday just passed its 15th anniversary, and this week's installment goes by "Drenched In Stench." Doors 9 PM, 21+ — see the event page for cover. Less a show than an institution at this point.
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Monday Mob w/ Tom Bowers and Friends & Family @ Cat's Eye Pub
Fells Point's longest-running Monday-night session — Tom Bowers and a rotating cast of friends and family playing live, 6 to 10 PM. No cover listed, just grab a stool.
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Monday Night Swing & Lindy Hop @ Mobtown Ballroom
Kitchen and bar open at 7, a beginner lesson kicks off at 8, and the floor stays open for social dancing till late. $10 with the lesson — the venue's own pages disagree on whether it's cheaper without one, so bring a ten to be safe.
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Dat Feel Good Jazz Jam @ Motor House
Clarence Ward III hosts one of Baltimore's most reliable Monday jazz sessions, 7 to 10 PM. No cover, tips for the band always welcome.
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Tropical Fruits @ Pink Flamingo
A queer happy hour and reading with Johanna Alonso, Jenna Cipolloni, Cee Pugsley, Katherine Schmidt, and Jarune Uwujaren. 21+, 6:30 to 9 PM.
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Django Jazz Jam @ The Bluebird
Michael Joseph Harris's Hot Club of Baltimore holds down Monday nights with gypsy jazz, 7 to 10 PM. No cover — just the best possible reason to detour through Hampden.
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Chimay Week kicks off @ Max's Taphouse
Max's spends the next week saluting Chimay — the only bar in Maryland running this promotion — with $1 of every Chimay draft going to Alex's Lemonade Stand. The week-long celebration starts today at 11:30 AM.
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🎤 Comedy
Captain's Quarters @ The Port Comedy Club
A free showcase built around the club's best regulars — reliably one of the tightest sets in town for zero dollars. Doors 7:30, show 8 PM, 21+.
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The Open Mic @ The Port Comedy Club
Hosted weekly by a club regular — this is where next year's names on the marquee get their reps in. Doors 9:15, show 9:30 PM, free, 21+.
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🎨 Arts & Culture
Profs & Pints Baltimore: Ancient America's Ball Game @ Section 771
GWU anthropologist Jeffrey Blomster digs into the 3,400-year history of the Mesoamerican ballgame. Bar opens at 5, talk runs 6:30 to 8:30. $13.50 in advance, $17 at the door ($15 with student ID).
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Humanities in the Village: Anne Lester with Virginia Jewiss @ Bird in Hand Coffee & Books
The Ivy Bookshop and JHU's Alexander Grass Humanities Institute team up for a talk on Lester's new book, A Crusader's Death and Life in Acre. Free, 6:30 to 8 PM, registration required.
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Encounter 해후(邂逅): Myungsook Ryu Kim @ Asian Arts Gallery, Towson University
A quiet one for the day: Kim's exhibition merges classical East Asian art with Western media techniques, exploring change, impermanence, and the bond between heaven, earth, and humans. Free, open 11 AM to 4 PM.
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🎬 Screen Time
Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (Revival Series) @ The Charles Theatre
One night only in the Charles's Revival Series — Burton and Taylor at their most vicious, on the big screen where it belongs. 7 PM, $14.
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$9 Mondays @ The Senator Theatre
Every showtime at the Senator drops to a flat $9 today — Coyote vs. Acme, Resident Evil, Forgotten Island, or If I Go Will They Miss Me, all afternoon and evening. Cheapest way to sit in the city's most beautiful theater.
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⚾ Sports & Outdoors
Wellness on the Waterfront: Boot Camp @ Rye Street Park
The Orioles' season wrapped yesterday and the Ravens are dark till next week, so tonight's one sports-and-outdoors pick is this free, all-levels boot camp with Marissa Walch. 45 minutes, 6 to 6:45 PM, bring your own mat.
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🦀 Community, Food & Family
Flavors of Maryland @ Gertrude's
A farm-to-table gala of Maryland foodways, wine, and beer inside the BMA's own Gertrude's. $100 a ticket, 6 to 9 PM — splurge night.
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Queer Karaoke Night @ Le Mondo
A regular Monday-night karaoke session for Baltimore's queer community at Le Mondo's Bell Foundry space, 7 PM. Come sing, come cheer, come as you are.
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Chess Night @ Peabody Heights Brewery
The Charles Village Chess Club sets up shop every Monday, 4 to 9 PM — bring a set or borrow one, pull up a stool, and pretend you're not just stress-eating pretzels between moves.
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Beer and Ballet @ Peabody Heights Brewery
Exactly what it sounds like, and exactly why we love this city: a real ballet performance staged inside a working brewery. 7 to 9 PM, $15.
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⭐ Our Bonus Pick
Beer and Ballet @ Peabody Heights Brewery
7–9 PM · Peabody Heights Brewery · $15
We could've picked the deathcore show or the $9 movies, but nothing on tonight's calendar says "Baltimore" quite like watching trained dancers perform real ballet between the fermentation tanks at a Charles Village brewery. It's $15, it's two hours, and it's the kind of thing you'll be telling people about for weeks. Don't overthink it — just go.
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That's a Wrap!
That's tonight's 20 — chess, ballet, deathcore, and everything in between. Tomorrow's calendar is already filling in behind it. Until then: yodel it from the rooftops. 🗣️⛰️
