Thursday, September 10, 2026
Baltimore's Vibes, 7 Days a Week

Thursday's the sleeper night this week. Chanté Moore brings three decades of R&B to the Pier Six stage under an open sky, the entire Bromo district throws its doors open for a free art walk that runs till 9, Greg Hatza sits down at the Hammond B-3 at Keystone Korner, and the Ottobar's got a four-band bill downstairs and Queeraoke upstairs. The O's are off, so you've got no excuse to stay in. 28 verified events below — go pick one.

Chanté Moore @ Pier Six Pavilion

Three decades deep and still one of the most effortless voices in R&B — "Love's Taken Over," "Chanté's Got a Man," the whole catalog. Doors 6:30, show at 8 PM, outdoors on the water at 731 Eastern Ave. Lawn seats run about $71 all-in.

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Los Mal Hablados w/ Italian Blood, Urban Crater & The Soularites @ The Ottobar

Four bands, doors at 7, all ages, $16. Los Mal Hablados roll through on a run that hits Millersville the night before and Hampton three days later — the kind of scrappy weeknight bill that's exactly why the Ottobar is the Ottobar.

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Greg Hatza ORGANization w/ Peter Fraize, Brian Kooken & Robert Shahid @ Keystone Korner

Baltimore was an organ town in the sixties and Greg Hatza is the living proof — Peabody-trained, Hammond B-3, been at it since Joey DeFrancesco told him the instrument was coming back. 7 to 8:30 PM, $25 regular / $30 premium, or $10 to stream it.

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Jessica Ackerley / Rachel Beetz / Alma Laprida @ The Red Room at Normals

Experimental guitar, flute, and electronics in the back of a used bookstore — the Red Room doing precisely what the Red Room does. 8 PM, $10–$20 sliding scale.

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Micah E. Wood + DJ Aave @ Current Space

Baltimore's own Micah E. Wood — musician, photographer, scene fixture — plays the courtyard bar. Current Space on a Thursday is one of the easiest good decisions in this city.

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SESSIONS with Brody Bond, guest host Scott Burkholder @ Neatfreak!

An intimate one-hour set-and-conversation format, 7:30 to 8:30 PM. Small room, small window, worth catching.

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Queeraoke! @ Upstairs at the Ottobar

9 PM, 21+, free. Upstairs at the Ottobar, every song fair game, zero judgment.

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Ruben Montoya Band @ Cat's Eye Pub

Fells Point's best dive, 8 PM to midnight, no cover — because it's Cat's Eye and there's never a cover.

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Watts, Everything, Shock Collar, Crosswords + a secret set @ The Undercroft

Five acts if you count the unannounced one, 6:30 PM, $10–$15. The Undercroft remains one of the best-kept rooms in town.

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Jess Hilarious @ Baltimore Comedy Factory

The Baltimore native and "The Breakfast Club" co-host plays her hometown room. 8 PM.

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Umar Khan @ Magooby's Joke House

Doors 7, show 7:30 at Magooby's in Timonium.

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Short Form, Huge Fun: A Community Improv Jam @ Highwire Improv

Open jam, 7 PM — short-form games, community players, low stakes and high hit rate.

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Let's Talk About It: A Crowd Work Show @ The Port Comedy Club

Entirely improvised off the audience, 7:30 PM, $20. No two nights the same.

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Bromo Art Walk @ Bromo Tower Arts & Entertainment District

The whole district opens its doors, 5 to 9 PM, free. Maryland Art Place unveils "Natural Herstories," MICA's Decker Gallery opens "DEVOTED: 20 Years of the McMillan-Stewart Endowed Chair in Painting," Red Giant opens "Minor Monuments," and The Crow's Nest opens "Holding Each Other While Pushing Back." One ticket price: zero.

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Dave Zirin: "The People's Historian" w/ Maximillian Alvarez @ Red Emma's

The Nation's sports editor on the outsized life of Howard Zinn, in conversation with Real News Network's Maximillian Alvarez. 7 PM, free.

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Emily Wilson: "Crossing the Wine-Dark Sea" @ Enoch Pratt Free Library

The translator whose Odyssey and Iliad reset the terms of the argument, at the Central library. 7 PM, free, registration required.

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Maryland at 250: Unfiltered — Free Speech, Creativity and Democracy @ Reginald F. Lewis Museum

Panel discussion as part of the state's 250th series. 7 PM, free.

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AVAM @ Night: Glimmer in the Garden @ American Visionary Art Museum

The Visionary after dark in the sculpture garden. 6 PM.

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America in Pursuit with Juana Summers @ Maryland Center for History & Culture

The NPR All Things Considered host on her new book. 7 to 8:30 PM.

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The Driver (Revival Series) @ The Charles Theatre

The literal missing link between Le Samouraï and Drive. Ryan O'Neal as the ice-cold getaway man, Bruce Dern as the cop who wants him, Walter Hill directing. 9 PM.

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Sacred Science — documentary premiere @ SNF Parkway Theatre

Premiere plus filmmaker discussion, presented by the Baltimore Psychedelic Society. 7 to 9 PM, $15.

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Transfiguration International Film Festival @ 2640 Space

Closing night of the indie/experimental fest from Animation Love Affair. 5:30 PM, $11, 16+.

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Power52 LIVE! On the Green @ Turf Valley Resort

The O's are off tonight and the Ravens don't open for another week, so the one thing on the board is Power52's charity golf outing out in Ellicott City — 7 AM shotgun, benefiting the foundation's solar workforce training program. Worth the drive if you golf; otherwise, tonight belongs to the indoor stuff.

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Sampling With Strangers: Legacy Merchants Edition @ Lexington Market

Eat your way through the market's longest-tenured stalls with a room full of people you haven't met. 6 to 8 PM, free with RSVP.

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Gardener's Workshop: Gardening in Late Summer @ Cylburn Arboretum

What to plant, cut back, and rescue in September. 2 PM at Cylburn.

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Sam Farhi presents The Sapsuckers @ Greedy Reads Remington

Live music in the bookshop, 7 PM, free.

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Trivia Night @ Max's Taphouse

Fells Point, 8 PM, free to play, and one of the deepest beer lists on the East Coast to work through while you lose.

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Learning to Live Fully: Introduction to Mindfulness Meditation @ Creative Alliance

A one-off intro session at the Patterson, 6:30 PM.

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Bromo Art Walk @ Bromo Tower Arts & Entertainment District

5–9 PM · Free · Bromo Tower Arts & Entertainment District, downtown

Four galleries open new shows on the same night inside a few walkable blocks, and none of it costs a dollar. Maryland Art Place unveils "Natural Herstories." MICA's Decker Gallery opens "DEVOTED," marking 20 years of the McMillan-Stewart Endowed Chair in Painting. Red Giant opens "Minor Monuments." The Crow's Nest opens "Holding Each Other While Pushing Back." The Walters runs a pop-up, the Maryland Center for History & Culture hosts a makers' market, and Le Mondo's got the block covered for anyone who wants a drink between stops. This is the version of Baltimore that people move here for — go walk it.

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That's 28 verified things to do on a Thursday, and the best of them is free. Friday's already stacking up bigger — 88 events and counting. Until then: yodel it from the rooftops. 🗣️⛰️