Charm City Yodeller
Sunday, September 20, 2026
Baltimore's Vibes, 7 Days a Week
Baltimore, clear your afternoon. The Ravens host the Saints at 1 PM, the Orioles host the Brewers at 7:20 PM, and the Baltimore Book Festival takes over Waverly for its second and final day — free, all day, no ticket required. That's before we even get to metal anniversary shows, a jazz trio playing two sets, and a Haitian flavors dinner in Hampden. 30 things worth leaving the couch for today (well, half the couch — we get it, football). Let's go.
🎵 Music & Nightlife
Fonville x Fribush Organ Trio @ Keystone Korner
Two sets of Hammond B3 organ jazz from a pair of Baltimore's sharpest players — 5 PM and 7:30 PM, so pick your Sunday mood. Keystone Korner is one of the best rooms in the city for this, small and dialed-in. $30–$35.
Monthly Piano/Hammond B3 Organ Summit ft. Janelle Gill @ An die Musik Live
Same instrument, totally different vibe — Janelle Gill headlines this monthly organ summit at 5 PM in An die Musik's intimate listening room. $10–$30.
All Shall Perish: The Price Of Existence 20 Year Anniversary @ Baltimore Soundstage
Twenty years of one of deathcore's most relentless bands, playing that landmark record start to finish, with Carnifex, Extermination Dismemberment, and Mauled in support. Doors 6, show 7. Tickets from ~$30.
👉 CTA: https://www.ticketmaster.com/all-shall-perish-baltimore-maryland-09-20-2026/event/1500649B0A23F62B
Carrellee w/ Twings and B!CEP @ Holy Frijoles
A late addition worth knowing about: Carrellee headlines this one after the originally-booked band had to cancel their tour. B!CEP (the EBM act, not the Irish electronic duo) opens at 9, Twings at 9:45, Carrellee closes it out at 10:30. Doors 8. $15, 18+.
👉 CTA: https://holyfrijoles.net/
Nyckos Rone Quartet @ Fadensonnen
Free jazz at Fadensonnen's Sunday night wine-bar series — 8 PM, no cover. Quietly one of the best-kept-secret rooms in the city for this kind of set.
Petite Fleur @ Cat's Eye Pub
Jazz Manouche and New Orleans swing at Fells Point's oldest music dive, noon to 3 — the ideal soundtrack for a lazy Sunday pint. No cover.
Charlie Owen & Pocket Change @ Cat's Eye Pub
Old-school R&B and soul rolls in for the 4 to 8 slot. No cover.
Harborline @ Cat's Eye Pub
Cat's Eye closes the night out with this high-energy party band starting at 9. Three totally different Sunday moods, one Fells Point bar, zero cover all day.
VERONNEAU: Blue Tapestry — Celebrating Joni Mitchell & Carole King @ Manor Mill
A tribute set built around two of the greatest songbooks ever written, in a converted mill space out in Monkton. 4:30 PM.
Fun Dungeon @ Upstairs at the Ottobar
Doors at 6 for whatever weekly chaos Fun Dungeon is bringing this week upstairs at the Ottobar.
Black Celebration! @ Upstairs at the Ottobar
The night shift upstairs — doors at 9 for Black Celebration.
🎤 Comedy
Hose Water: Experienced Comedy @ Highwire Improv
Baltimore's tightest working comics workshop new material in front of a live room, 3 PM.
New Material Night @ The Port Comedy Club
Comics test-drive their newest jokes before a live crowd — free, 21+. Doors 7:30, show 8.
Rob Maher @ The Port Comedy Club
A full headlining set, 7:30 PM, $20, 21+.
🎨 Arts & Culture
Baltimore Book Festival: Day Two @ Waverly
The city's biggest free literary event wraps up its second and final day today, spread across nine outdoor stages along 30th–32nd Streets in Waverly, plus 100+ vendor tents — no ticket, no cover, just show up. Highlights worth building your afternoon around: Austin Channing Brown in conversation with Tarana Burke (1 PM, Red Emma's Stage), Molly Crabapple on the history of the Jewish Bund (noon, Red Emma's Stage), Gil Durán on Silicon Valley and democracy (2 PM, Red Emma's Stage), Lawrence Burney spotlighting "No Sense in Wishing" (3 PM, Red Emma's Stage), and readings from Louise Marburg & Elizabeth Hazen and Robert Isaacs at the CityLit/Ivy Stage. Full lineup and times at the link.
From Presence to Power: Rashad Robinson in Conversation with Michel Martin @ Reginald F. Lewis Museum
Color Of Change president Rashad Robinson talks his new book with NPR's Michel Martin. Free, registration required, 200 seats — noon to 2 PM.
Aula de Flamenco @ Baltimore Theatre Project
TorcuArt brings the history and culture of flamenco to the stage, 4 PM. $20 general admission.
The Catacombs Under Westminster: 200 Years of Tombs & Poe's Gravesite @ Westminster Hall & Burying Ground
A walk through the eerie catacombs beneath Baltimore's First Presbyterian Church, ending at Edgar Allan Poe's original gravesite. 11 AM.
Alt Art Market @ YNOT Lot
DJ sets from Glorian, Ari Voxx, Jem Wilde, Krime Slugs, and Insatiable High soundtrack an afternoon of local vendors and art. 2 to 6 PM, free.
🎬 Screen Time
Withnail and I @ The Charles Theatre
The 1987 British cult classic gets a revival-series screening, 11:30 AM.
Coyote Vs. Acme @ The Senator Theatre
The long-shelved, finally-released Looney Tunes/live-action mashup, showing at 1, 4, 7:15, and 9:40.
Sunday Screening: O Brother, Where Art Thou? @ The Walters Art Museum
Free screening of the Coen brothers' Depression-era bluegrass odyssey, 1 PM.
⚾ Sports & Outdoors
Ravens vs. Saints @ M&T Bank Stadium
Baltimore's biggest home date of the young season — 1 PM kickoff on CBS (regional broadcast; check your local listings).
Orioles vs. Brewers @ Oriole Park at Camden Yards
The O's close out their series with the Brewers under the lights, 7:20 PM first pitch.
Family Day at Laurel Park
A free "Morning Workout Show" from 8 to 10 (meet jockeys, tour the winner's circle) leads into family activities at 11 — pony rides, petting zoo, face painting — and a full 10-race card with live racing starting at noon.
🦀 Community, Food & Family
Sazón Latin Food Festival @ Ministry of Brewing
Baltimore's Taste of Latin American Food takes over Ministry of Brewing, noon to 5 — vendors, music, and food from across Latin America in one lot.
Ravens vs. Saints Watch Party @ Guilford Hall Brewery
Can't get to M&T? Guilford Hall's got the game on, kickoff at 1, with beer on tap all afternoon.
Sey Gou Ayiti: Flavors of Haiti @ Stem & Vine
An evening of Haitian food, live music, art, dance, and rum tastings. 5 PM, $40, 21+.
👉 CTA: https://www.eventbrite.com
Brewer's Hill: Where Immigrants Brewed a Community @ The Knotty Pine
A walking tour through how Brewer's Hill grew from farmland into one of Baltimore's great immigrant brewing neighborhoods. 9:30 AM.
A Tashlich Festival: A Morning of Refresh, Renewal and Release @ Druid Hill Park, Lakeside Pavilion
A Rosh Hashanah tashlich gathering by the lake — the festival kicks off at 10:30, with a guided program from local rabbis at 11. Free.
⭐ Our Bonus Pick
Baltimore Book Festival, Day Two — Waverly, free, all day (baltimorebookfest.com/full-schedule/)
This is it — the last day of the year's best free festival, and it's the kind of thing that makes you remember why you live here. Nine outdoor stages spread across 30th, 31st, and 32nd Streets, 100+ literary vendors, and a lineup stacked with writers who'd sell out a ticketed room elsewhere: Austin Channing Brown and Tarana Burke in conversation, Molly Crabapple on the Jewish Bund, Gil Durán on Silicon Valley fascism, Lawrence Burney on "No Sense in Wishing." No ticket, no line, no excuse — walk the neighborhood, catch three or four talks, grab something from a vendor tent, and call it a perfect Baltimore Sunday. It doesn't come back until next September.
That's a Wrap!
That's 30 for a Sunday that somehow has room for two home games, a full-day book festival, and a jazz trio playing two sets. Tomorrow's a Monday, so we're easing you back in gently — Metal Monday, trivia, the usual cheap-night suspects. Go outside, go to Waverly, go to the stadium, or go nowhere at all. All correct answers.
Until then: yodel it from the rooftops. 🗣️⛰️
