Wednesday, October 14, 2026
Baltimore's Vibes, 7 Days a Week

Midweek and the city's still got some texture to it. Edgar Allan Poe's ghost gets a one-man séance at Theatre Project tonight, Igorrr is dragging avant-garde chaos into Baltimore Soundstage, and if neither of those is your speed, the Enoch Pratt Central branch is teaching teenagers zombie makeup, which might be the most Baltimore sentence in this whole edition. 23 events below, including a reopened Federal Hill institution and two free UMBC exhibitions. Hump day, handled — let's get into it.

Igorrr w/ Secret Chiefs 3, Violent Magic Orchestra @ Baltimore Soundstage

French avant-garde chaos merchant Igorrr smashes baroque harpsichord, breakcore, and black metal into one unhinged live show, with genre-scrambling vets Secret Chiefs 3 and Violent Magic Orchestra along for the ride. Doors 6:30 PM, show 7:30 PM — this is not background music, it's an event.

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Bayway w/ Cold Steel, Two-Piece, Load Tha Nine, Fade to Nothing @ Metro Baltimore

Five-band hardcore bill at Metro Baltimore (the room formerly known as Metro Gallery) — Bayway headlines with Cold Steel, Two-Piece, Load Tha Nine, and Fade to Nothing filling out the night. Doors 6 PM, show 7 PM, $25 GA, all ages.

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Lee Allen Band @ Cat's Eye Pub

Fells Point institution, no-frills soulful pop — Lee Allen's a Philly-born, Baltimore-based singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist who covers everything funky and plays it all like he means it. 8 PM–midnight, usually no cover.

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Aidan Francia Cotter Quartet @ Keystone Korner

Straight-ahead jazz quartet in Baltimore's top jazz room, 7 PM. Pricing's not posted on the venue page — click through before you go.

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The Elite Mic @ Max's Taphouse

Max's famous beer list (100+ taps) plus an open mic — sign up, grab a stool, see what happens. 9 PM, free, 21+.

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Open Mike Eagle w/ Kenny Segal, Dice Raw @ The 8x10

The 8x10 is back. Federal Hill's scrappiest room reopened October 8th under new ownership (Cris Jacobs and Rising Sun Presents), with a rebuilt sound system and a lineup that's not messing around — tonight it's rapper/comedian Open Mike Eagle with producer Kenny Segal and The Roots' Dice Raw. Doors 6:30 PM, show 7:30 PM, 18+.

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The Boiler Room @ The Port Comedy Club

Stand-up showcase in Port Covington's comedy room. Doors 7:30 PM, show 8 PM, free, 21+.

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Art of Comedy Open Mic @ Motor House

Weekly open mic in the West Bay Gallery — sign-ups at 8, mic starts 9, runs till 11. Free, and the room's small enough that even a rough set feels like a room full of friends.

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ALONE... Tales from Edgar Allan Poe @ Baltimore Theatre Project

Daniel Hall Kuhn performs a solo gothic staging of Poe's own words — The Tell-Tale Heart, The Raven, and more — in a run that opens tonight and plays through the 18th. Poe's buried two miles from this stage; see him done right. 7:30 PM, $25 GA.

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Community Stitch Night @ Creative Alliance

Bring your own project — sewing, mending, embroidery, whatever's on your hoop — and stitch alongside strangers who'll probably become friends. Free, drop-in, 6–8 PM in the Marquee Lounge.

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Capoeira Drop-In Class @ Creative Alliance

Beginner-friendly intro to the Brazilian martial art/dance hybrid, taught by Mestre Bohasha, who's been teaching capoeira in the U.S. since the early 2000s. No commitment needed — you can buy a single class. 6:30–7:30 PM, $20 ($17 members), ages 7+.

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Against Tech Oligarchy w/ Clarissa Redwine & JS Tan @ Red Emma's

Authors Clarissa Redwine and JS Tan talk tech-worker organizing with Maximillian Alvarez, on the inside story of resistance inside the industry that runs everything now. 7 PM at Baltimore's radical bookstore-café — check the event page for pricing.

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Maryland Invaded: Stan Haynes Author Talk @ Towson Branch Library

Author Stan Haynes digs into Robert E. Lee's 1862 invasion of Maryland and how Marylanders reacted in real time. Free, 6:30 PM.

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Michael Hersch Guest Composer Lecture @ Towson University

Composer Michael Hersch — one of the more uncompromising voices in new classical music — gives a guest lecture at TU's Center for the Arts. 6:30 PM, Recital Hall (CA 3066).

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Lewis Hine in Maryland @ Albin O. Kuhn Library Gallery, UMBC

Documentary photos Lewis Hine shot of child laborers in Maryland in 1909 — including kids at an Anne Arundel County berry farm and a Baltimore packing company — paired with Lisa Oppenheim's Spine/Verso installation. Free, 10 AM–5 PM, runs through Dec. 18.

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Somewhere Over the Rainbow of Row Homes, We Fly @ UMBC Center for Art, Design & Visual Culture

Group show of Baltimore-connected artists — Shan Wallace, Ernest Shaw, Jeffrey Kent, and others — on home, memory, and community, curated by Angela N. Carroll. Free, 12–5 PM, runs through Nov. 24.

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The Cat Returns @ The Senator Theatre

Studio Ghibli's underrated gem — a girl who saves a cat prince gets whisked into the Cat Kingdom — on the Senator's big screen, English subtitles. 7 PM, $10 GA ($9 students/seniors/kids).

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Arthouse Wednesday @ The Charles Theatre

Five titles running: Naza (1, 4, 7, 9:15), The History of Concrete (12:50, 3:50, 6:50, 9:40), If I Go Will They Miss Me (1:10, 4:10, 7:10, 9:40), Primetime (1, 4, 7, 9:45), and The Social Reckoning (12:55, 3:55, 6:55, 9:35). Pick your genre, pick your showtime.

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Greg's Shitty Trivia @ Peabody Heights Brewery

Self-deprecating name, real prizes — nightly and monthly — at one of the city's best-loved breweries. 7:30–10 PM, free to play.

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Profs & Pints: Witches of Antiquity @ Guilford Hall Brewery

College professor, brewery, beer in hand, lecture on ancient sorceresses — this time it's William & Mary classicist Barbette Stanley Spaeth on the witches of Greece and Rome. Doors 5 PM; check the event page for the talk's exact start time and ticket price.

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Trivia & Karaoke Night @ Ottobar (Upstairs)

Two Baltimore bar-night staples in one room — trivia first, karaoke after, upstairs at one of the city's most dependable venues. 6 PM, free.

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Teen Zombie Makeup Workshop @ Enoch Pratt Free Library – Central

One-off teen workshop in the Teen Center: learn actual zombie-makeup technique before Halloween gets here. 3–5 PM, free.

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Dungeons & Dragons for Tweens and Teens @ Lansdowne Branch

Drop-in D&D session, all skill levels welcome — bring your own character or borrow one. 2:30 PM, free.

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ALONE... Tales from Edgar Allan Poe @ Baltimore Theatre Project

7:30 PM · Baltimore Theatre Project · $25 GA · runs through Oct. 18

Poe died in Baltimore. He's buried in Baltimore. And tonight, a one-man gothic staging of his own words opens two miles from his grave. Daniel Hall Kuhn performs The Tell-Tale Heart, The Raven, and more, solo, in a production built for exactly this kind of October night — no gimmicks, no projection-mapped nonsense, just Poe's prose landing the way it's supposed to land: unsettling, a little thrilling, completely alive. If you're going to see one thing this week, let it be the guy who basically invented American gothic, performed a stone's throw from where he actually died.

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That's 23 for your Wednesday — go stitch something, go scream at a quartet of hardcore bands, go learn zombie makeup, go welcome the 8x10 back, or go sit in the dark with Poe. Tomorrow's looking a lot bigger (the harvest's already showing triple the music lineup), so rest up. Until then: yodel it from the rooftops. 🗣️⛰️