Charm City Yodeller
Sunday, October 25, 2026
Baltimore's Vibes, 7 Days a Week
Game day. The Ravens host the Bengals at 1 PM and half this city is going to be glued to a TV by kickoff. The other half's got better plans for tonight: Earl Sweatshirt and MIKE just rolled the Home on the Range tour into Nevermore Hall, Cindy Blackman Santana's back at Keystone Korner with Ravi Coltrane sitting in, and there's a goth night upstairs at the Ottobar for when the football crowd clears out. In between: a 10 AM techno tea ceremony in a warehouse, a last-chance Matisse show at the BMA, and enough Halloween markets to fill every tote bag you own. 33 things to do today — go pick one that isn't the couch.
🎵 Music & Nightlife
First Flush: Halloween @ Area 405
Sunday morning rave, but make it ceremonial. Electronic sets from Jacq Jill and KLIX run alongside a live experimental stage from MÅNG, Huichun Yang and Yizhen Zoe Lyu, and tickets include a ceremonial tea experience. 10 AM to 4 PM, $8–$20. The most unexpected way to spend your morning in this entire edition.
👉 CTA: https://ra.co/events/2545496
Eric Johanson (Matinee) @ Rams Head On Stage
A blues-rock matinee for the people who'd rather be home by dark. Eric Johanson plays an early set at 1 PM — catch it before kickoff, or catch it instead of kickoff.
Kevin Brewster Jazz Band @ Manor Mill
Part of Manor Mill's Baltimore Rising Artist Series, 4–6 PM out in Monkton. Low-key jazz in a converted mill building — the kind of Sunday afternoon you tell people about later.
Cindy Blackman Santana: "Coherence" Album Release w/ Ravi Coltrane @ Keystone Korner
Second night of a two-night stand. Blackman Santana — yes, married to that Santana, but she's the one behind the kit — brings her new album release show to Keystone Korner with Ravi Coltrane joining in. One set, 6 PM. $55 premium, $45 regular, or $15 if you'd rather stream it from home.
👉 CTA: https://baltimore.org/event/cindy-blackman-santana-coherence-album-release-with-ravi-coltrane/
He Is Legend w/ In Angles, Excide, Consumer Culture @ Metro Baltimore
Heads up: this one's sold out, straight from the venue's own page. Worth knowing about anyway — if you've got a ticket already, doors are at 6 PM.
Pig Destroyer, Visceral Disgorge, Goetia @ The 8x10
Grindcore legends headline a brutal bill at 7 PM. Tickets are running $45–$74 depending on when you look — don't sleep on this one if you're into it.
Sunbloc, Grudge, Grow Blind & Radium Girl (SV Records Presents) @ Ottobar
A full local bill downstairs at the Ottobar, 7 PM, $15. SV Records putting their weight behind four Baltimore acts in one room.
Gunt, Nerve Ending, Whine, Frogbath @ Wax Atlas
Four-band punk bill at the record shop's venue space. Doors at 7, music kicks off at 8. $10–$15 at the door.
Ouija Macc, Billy Marchiafava, Darby O'Trill, Mikey Rotten @ Zen West
A weird, loud lineup for a Sunday night. 7 PM, see event page for price.
Eddie 9V @ Rams Head On Stage
Atlanta blues-rock slinger Eddie 9V closes out Rams Head's Sunday doubleheader at 8 PM. Check the listing for ticket pricing.
⭐ Earl Sweatshirt & MIKE: Home on the Range Tour w/ Surf Gang, Lerado Khalil @ Nevermore Hall
Tonight's headline. See Our Bonus Pick below.
Black Celebration! @ Ottobar (Upstairs)
Goth, industrial, and darkwave upstairs while the main room empties out downstairs. Free, 9 PM, all the eyeliner you can carry.
🎤 Comedy
Sunday Funnies: Improv @ Highwire Improv
No script, no AI, no second takes — just performers building a whole show from your suggestions. 3 PM.
Open Mic Comedy @ Heavy Seas Beer
Free comedy with your beer, 5:30 PM. Low stakes, high upside.
Big Jay Oakerson @ Magooby's Joke House
Two sets, 7 PM and 9:30 PM, out in Timonium. One of the road's most reliably filthy headliners.
New Material Night @ The Port Comedy Club
Free stand-up in Fells Point, 8 PM — comics testing out brand-new sets before they're ready for the big stage.
🎨 Arts & Culture
Matisse and Martinique: Portraits and Poetry @ Baltimore Museum of Art
Last day. The show closes tonight, so this is the final call. Free, museum hours are 11 AM–6 PM on Sundays — double check before you head over.
👉 CTA: https://www.baltimoreculture.org/calendar/event/40224/matisse-and-martinique-portraits-and-poetry
Baltimore [Art]Haul @ Mill Centre Parking Lot
U-Haul box trucks transformed into temporary art galleries, parked in a lot in Hampden. Free, 12 PM. One of the stranger and better ideas going in this city.
"The M.A.K.A.D.O: Make America Kingly Again!" @ Baltimore Theatre Project
Satirical theater, 2:30 PM, $35.
August Wilson's "Two Trains Running" @ Murphy Fine Arts Center
The Turpin-Lamb Theatre tackles August Wilson, 3 PM at Morgan State. Tickets run $10–$35.
SIX @ Hippodrome Theatre
Opening night. The hit musical about Henry VIII's six wives, reframed as a pop concert, kicks off its Baltimore run tonight at 6:30 PM and plays through November 1.
🎬 Screen Time
STARSTRUCK! w/ Cast & Crew Q&A @ Parkway Theatre
Screening plus a cast and crew conversation afterward, 6–9 PM at the Parkway. Check the venue site for ticket price.
Now playing @ The Senator Theatre
The Senator's weekend slate includes "WHALEFALL" (1 PM / 7 PM) and "Your Mother Your Mother Your Mother" (times vary) — those were Saturday's posted times, so click-check today's exact slots before you go.
Now playing @ The Charles Theatre
On this week's slate: "Sense and Sensibility," "The Devils," and "A Talent for Murder," with several showtimes a day. Times shift daily — check the Charles's site for today's exact slots.
👉 CTA: https://thecharles.com
⚾ Sports & Outdoors
The TailGOAT: Steve Aoki Pregame @ 1300 Russell St
The unofficial pregame rager, one block from M&T Bank Stadium, with Steve Aoki on the ones and twos. Entry staggers by pass tier starting at 8:45 AM; general admission gets in at 9:30 AM.
Live Racing @ Laurel Park
Laurel's fall meet runs Fridays through Sundays through late December, and today's one of them. Gates at 11 AM, first post around noon.
👉 CTA: https://www.laurelpark.com
Baltimore Ravens vs. Cincinnati Bengals @ M&T Bank Stadium
Week 7, 1 PM kickoff on CBS. If you don't have a ticket, Union Craft Brewing and Guilford Hall Brewery are both running watch parties starting at 1 PM.
🦀 Community, Food & Family
Fell's Point Walking Tour @ Fell's Point
Baltimore Heritage walks you through how Fell's Point grew from a 1730s shipyard into one of the city's most-loved waterfront neighborhoods. 9:30 AM, $10–$15.
Room on the Broom @ Cromwell Valley Park
Halloween-themed kids' programming out at Cromwell Valley Park, 10 AM, $6.
Mama Saray's Birthday Bash w/ Live Music + Vendors @ The Compound
Birthday party, open to the public, with live music and a vendor market. 1 PM, $10.
Bmore Flea @ Peabody Heights Brewery
The neighborhood flea market sets up at the brewery, noon onward. Browse, drink, repeat.
Howard Street Haunt & The Ottobar's 7th Annual Halloween Market
Two Halloween markets, one afternoon: the Howard Street Haunt pairs with the Ottobar's own Halloween market for costumes, crafts, and vendors. Free, 12 PM.
👉 CTA: https://theottobar.com/event/ottobars-7th-annual-halloween-market/ottobar/baltimore-maryland/
Bmore Queenside Chess @ Red Emma's
Free, casual chess meetup at the worker-owned bookstore-cafe. 2 PM, all levels welcome.
⭐ Our Bonus Pick
Earl Sweatshirt & MIKE: Home on the Range Tour @ Nevermore Hall
Doors 7 PM, show 8 PM, Nevermore Hall (Power Plant Live) — tickets via Ticketmaster.
Two of the most quietly influential rappers of the last decade, on the same bill, in a room that holds a few hundred people. Earl Sweatshirt built an entire lane out of murky, interior production and verses that reward a second listen; MIKE's been doing the same from the other side of the same scene for years, and the two of them touring together is the kind of pairing that doesn't happen twice. Surf Gang and Lerado Khalil open. This is the one to rearrange your Sunday night around — everything else on this list can wait until Monday.
That's a Wrap!
That's 33 for your Sunday — a football game, a hip-hop bill that'll sell out the next city it hits, a two-night jazz run, and a techno tea ceremony before noon. Only in Baltimore does that all fit on one calendar.
Tomorrow's Monday, which means we ease back in — Metal Monday, trivia, and whatever the Ravens game leaves in its wake. See you then.
Until then: yodel it from the rooftops. 🗣️⛰️
