Charm City Yodeller – Sunday, August 2, 2026

August 02, 2026

Charm City Yodeller

Charm City Yodeller

Sunday, August 2, 2026
Baltimore's Vibes, 7 Days a Week

Sunday's the kind of day Baltimore does best: slow morning, market run, then somehow you're at a brewery watching Cris Jacobs channel Jerry Garcia while a plate of pit food goes cold in your hand. Nikki Glaser's roasting a casino ballroom, Weird Al's bringing the full accordion circus to Merriweather, and Ottobar's running two shows at once because one just isn't enough today. 23 things worth leaving the couch for below — go on, yodel it out the door.

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🎵 Music & Nightlife

"Weird Al" Yankovic: Bigger & Weirder Tour w/ Puddles Pity Party @ Merriweather Post Pavilion

The undisputed king of parody rock brings the full multimedia circus to Columbia — costume changes, polka medleys, the whole gloriously absurd spectacle, with a supersized band to match. Puddles Pity Party (the silent 7-foot clown with the opera voice) opens. Gates 6 PM, show 7:30 PM.

Mammoth: The End Tour w/ 10 Years @ Nevermore Hall

Mammoth's farewell run rolls through Baltimore with 10 Years in support — riffs, volume, the full hard-rock deal in a room built for it. 7 PM.

👉 CTA: ticketmaster.com

Triads of Soul: Otis Redding, Sam Cooke & David Ruffin/Temptations Tribute @ Keystone Korner

Rodney "The Soul Singer" Stith and Ned Harris III front a full tribute revue through the deep-soul catalog — Redding, Cooke, the Temptations, the works. 5 PM, $15–$45.

👉 CTA: instantseats.com (click-check recommended — ticketing domain)

Sunday Sessions @ Cat's Eye Pub

Fell's Point's best free-music habit runs all day: the Righteous Ramblers Rhythm Section channel The Doors and The Band at noon, the GrapeFruit Kings bring New Orleans funk at 4, and the Glass Lane Trio closes it out at 9 with five decades of hits. No cover, as always.

👉 CTA: catseyepub.com

Chicago Stepping Set & Ladies Workshop @ Mobtown Ballroom & Café

A ladies workshop opens the floor before a full Chicago stepping set with Andrea Jackson and the local steppers takes over. 1 PM, $10–$25.

Volunteers' Collective, August 2026 @ The Red Room

Baltimore's monthly free-for-all for non-idiomatic improvised music — bring an instrument or just bring your ears, all skill levels genuinely welcome. 7 PM, free.

👉 CTA: redroom.org

Hollowman, Puppy Mill, Paingod, Swiss, No Empathy @ Ottobar

Five bands, one hardcore bill, all ages, downstairs in the main room. Doors 6 PM, $15.

👉 CTA: theottobar.com

Chancers with World Record & Janitors @ Upstairs at Ottobar

u+n Booking stacks three rock acts upstairs the same night the hardcore kids take the main room downstairs — pick your Ottobar adventure. Doors 6 PM, all ages, $15.

👉 CTA: theottobar.com

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🎤 Comedy

Nikki Glaser: The Stunning Tour @ The HALL at Live! Casino & Hotel

Fresh off her Golden Globes hosting run, Glaser brings The Stunning Tour to Hanover — sharp, filthy, exactly what you'd expect from the best roaster working. Doors 5:30 PM, show 7 PM, 21+, tickets from $80.

👉 CTA: livech.com

Vintage Vegas @ Magooby's Joke House

A brand-new tribute making its debut: a live 13-piece "little" big band playing Elvis, Sinatra, Wayne Newton and Frankie Valli, jokes included. 7 PM, $40 GA / $50 VIP.

Poe's Comedy Cabaret (Comedy Brunch) @ Poe's Magic Theatre, Lord Baltimore Hotel

Baltimore's monthly comedy brunch, hosted by Ja'Nai Clarise, inside the historic Lord Baltimore Hotel. Brunch plates and cocktails are available separately from the show. 11 AM–1 PM.

👉 CTA: baltimore.org (price not published — see event page)

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🎨 Arts & Culture

Free Family Sundays Workshop @ Baltimore Museum of Art

Free drop-in art-making for the whole family in the Joseph Education Center Studio — no registration, just show up. 2–5 PM, free.

👉 CTA: artbma.org

Sunday Shorts Tour @ Baltimore Museum of Art

A tight, no-registration 30-minute highlights tour of the BMA's main campus — perfect if you've got somewhere to be after. 2–2:30 PM, free.

👉 CTA: artbma.org

Erica Sipes: Let Them Soar! Stories of Women Composers & Their Music @ An die Musik Live

DMV pianist Erica Sipes spends an afternoon on 300 years of music by women composers who rarely get the recital-hall spotlight. 2–4 PM, $10–$25.

👉 CTA: baltimore.org

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🎬 Screen Time

Men in Black (Revival Screening) @ The Senator Theatre

Will Smith, Tommy Lee Jones, and a neuralyzer on the Senator's big dome screen — an easy Sunday matinee. 10 AM, $7.

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⚾ Sports & Outdoors

Orioles vs. Phillies — Family Sunday @ Oriole Park at Camden Yards

The O's close out the Phillies series with Family Sundays promotions and Kids Run the Bases after the final out (presented by Weis Markets). First pitch 1:35 PM.

👉 CTA: mlb.com/orioles

IronBirds vs. State College Spikes — Sunday Family Fun Day @ Ripken Stadium, Aberdeen

Draft League ball with a Sunday Family Fun Day bent — cheap, easy, kid-friendly, out in Aberdeen. 2 PM, $13.50+.

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🦀 Community, Food & Family

Baltimore Farmers' Market @ Baltimore Farmers' Market (JFX)

The standing Sunday-morning institution under the JFX — produce, prepared food, flowers, the whole ritual. 7 AM–12 PM, free admission.

Garden Drop-in @ Cylburn Arboretum

A casual, come-as-you-are afternoon in the gardens — no agenda beyond being outside. 2:30–4:30 PM, free.

👉 CTA: cylburn.org

Clutch the Pearls @ Peabody Heights Brewery

Bmore Flea's jewelry-focused market rolls in with 30+ makers and curators, plus a full taproom to wander with a beer in hand. 12–5 PM.

Sensory Sundays: Fun in the Sun @ B&O Railroad Museum

This month's sensory-friendly day goes solar — sun-hat crafts and the "Maryland on the Rails" tour, plus the usual low-lighting, no-music accommodations and sensory kits. 10 AM–4 PM, included with admission.

👉 CTA: borail.org

Coloring Day Party @ Stem and Vine

Coloring books, good company, zero pressure — a low-key way to close out the weekend. 4–7 PM.

👉 CTA: baltimore.org

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⭐ Our Bonus Pick

Jerry Day Celebration @ Union Craft Brewing / Union Collective

3–10 PM · Union Craft Brewing / Union Collective · see event page for admission

This is the one. Cris Jacobs Band takes the stage joined by members of Bob Weir's Wolf Pack — Mads Tolling, Alex Kelly, and Brian Switzer — playing the music of the Grateful Dead in honor of Jerry Garcia, with a deeper, richer read on the catalog than your average tribute set. Dirty Grass Players open with an Old & In The Way tribute. It's outdoor, family-friendly, and stacked with Shakedown Street-style vendors, food, and cold beer — a full afternoon-into-night Baltimore institution, not just a show.

That's a Wrap!

That's 23 verified reasons to leave the couch — from a hardcore double-bill at Ottobar to the Dead's music echoing off Union Craft's taproom walls. Ease into the week tomorrow — Metal Monday's already calling from Upstairs at the Ottobar. Until then: yodel it from the rooftops. 🗣️⛰️