Things to do this weekend in Baltimore
Friday through Sunday, read and ranked. Whether you want a low-key Saturday or a full Friday night out, here's what's worth your time across the city this weekend: shows, dinners, brewery drops, festivals, and the free stuff. Bookmark this page — it refreshes every week.
Fri, Aug 7
Sunflower Spectacular
📍 Butler's Orchard
Fri, Aug 7· 11:00am-6:00pm
Hands on glassblowing workshops
📍 McFadden Art Glass
Fri, Aug 7· 9:00am
RPCC Monthly Board Meeting
📍 Roland Park Community Center
Fri, Aug 7· 6:00pm-9:00pm
Exhibition Opening: Unmistakably Human
📍 Creative Alliance
Fri, Aug 7· 6:00pm-8:00pm
The BIG Show: Artist Meet & Greet
📍 Creative Alliance
Fri, Aug 7· 8:30 PM
Trap Yoga & Mimosas "After Dark"
📍 La Par'de Fitness
Fri, Aug 7· 8:00 PM
FROM THE BEGINNING: LIVE FROM BALTIMORE
📍 Paul Laurence Dunbar High School
Fri, Aug 7· 10:00 AM
CPR/First Aid/AED (Re)Certification for Coaches & Teachers
Fri, Aug 7· 1:00 PM
Get Coached Through Your Breakup
📍 Getting Over Your Breakup
Fri, Aug 7· 5:00 PM - 7:30 PM
August First Friday: Family Fishing Evening
📍 Masonville Cove
Fri, Aug 7
Half-Price Friday Night
📍 National Aquarium
Fri, Aug 7
Sunflower Field Watercolor Experience
📍 Mary's Land Farm
Fri, Aug 7· 8:00pm onwards
Agent Orange, Ceromantics, Over Our Eyes and The Bali Lamas
📍 Ottobar
Fri, Aug 7· 6:15pm-7:30pm
Shabbat Services (In-Person, On Zoom, and via Facebook Live)
📍 Har Sinai-Oheb Shalom
Fri, Aug 7· 7:30 PM ET
David Sedaris
📍 Maryland Hall for the Creative Arts
Fri, Aug 7· 5:00pm-9:00pm
Ladies Neon Night Market
📍 Hysteria Taphouse
Fri, Aug 7
DJ/MUSIC: LOCKBOX III
📍 Le Mondo
Fri, Aug 7· 6:00 PM ET
Toby's Dinner Theatre Presents: Mean Girls
📍 Toby's Dinner Theatre Columbia
Fri, Aug 7· 7:05 PM ET
Chesapeake Baysox vs. Harrisburg Senators
📍 Prince George's Stadium
Fri, Aug 7· 8:00 PM ET
One Night Stan with KenTheMan
📍 Nevermore Hall
Fri, Aug 7· 9:00 PM ET
Kawaii Rave
📍 Baltimore Soundstage
Fri, Aug 7· 7:00 PM ET
MANILOW: The Last Baltimore Concert
📍 CFG Bank Arena
Fri, Aug 7· 7:30pm
Stephen Harvey "Golden Hour" Album Release Concert
📍 An die Musik LIVE
Fri, Aug 7· 2:00pm-3:00pm
Food Pantry at LHCBRC
📍 Langston Hughes Community, Business & Resource Center
Fri, Aug 7· 6:15pm
BALTIMORE HEIRS: THE LAST DEED UNDONE
📍 Parkway Theatre
Fri, Aug 7
Alexander The Pretty Good
📍 Poe's Magic Theatre at The Lord Baltimore Hotel
Fri, Aug 7
FMF 2026 Friday Horse Trials (Unrecognized HT)
📍 Full Moon Farm
Fri, Aug 7· 4:00pm-8:00pm
Food Truck: Taste 410
📍 Pickett Brewing Company
Fri, Aug 7· 1:00 PM
A Perfume & Cologne Creation Experience: The Scent Room at M.I.Y Candle Co
Fri, Aug 7· 10:00am-1:00pm
Conservation Window
📍 The Walters Art Museum
Fri, Aug 7
Unmistakably Human
📍 Creative Alliance
Fri, Aug 7· 7:00pm
Music for Maryland Harford County
📍 Joseph Meyerhoff Symphony Hall
Fri, Aug 7· 7:00pm
Music for Maryland Harford County
📍 Baltimore Symphony Orchestra
Fri, Aug 7· 6:00pm-7:00pm
First & Third Friday Pub Run
📍 Pickett Brewing Company
Fri, Aug 7· 6pm-9pm
Live Music - Curtis
📍 Brewery Fire
Fri, Aug 7· 8pm-late
Friday Night Swing and Lindy Hop
📍 Mobtown Ballroom & Cafe
Fri, Aug 7· 6:00pm
Solidarity Cinema Series: Mystery Movie! (August 7)
📍 Red Emma's Bookstore Coffeehouse
Fri, Aug 7· 1:00 PM
Closure Is a Myth: How to Move On Without It
📍 Getting Over Your Breakup
Sat, Aug 8· 7:00 PM
Plant Bingo at Pickett Brewing Company
📍 Pickett Brewing Company
Sat, Aug 8· 9:00 PM
Top Shelf Comedy
Sat, Aug 8· 3:00 PM
6th Annual Back to School Bash Community Giveaway | The Empress Team
Sat, Aug 8· 12:00 PM
Third Annual Charm City Heat Fest
📍 Mobtown Brewing Company
Sat, Aug 8· 5:00 PM
The Castle Experience Part Two
📍 One N Charles st
Sat, Aug 8· 1pm-5pm
Gallery Hours
📍 Current Space
Sat, Aug 8· 11:00 AM
Picnic in His Presence
📍 Druid Hill Park
Sat, Aug 8· 10:30 AM
Planet Rooted: Rooted Festival 2026
📍 Patterson Park
Sat, Aug 8· 6:30 PM
The Grand Lodge's 125th Quasquicentennial Gala presented by the IBPOEW
📍 Hilton Baltimore Inner Harbor
Sat, Aug 8· 6pm-late
Royal Coda
📍 Baltimore Soundstage
Sat, Aug 8· 7:00 PM
Chaos Hour: Improv Comedy at the Highwire Center!
📍 Baltimore
Sat, Aug 8· 3:00 PM
Beyond the WIRE screening and Q&A
📍 The Real News Network
Sat, Aug 8· 9:00 AM
HYROX Summer Simulation Series - FULL
📍 Merritt Clubs Downtown Athletic Club
Sat, Aug 8· 8:00 AM
August 2026 Care and Prevention of Athletic Injuries
Sat, Aug 8· 10:00 PM
DCs #1 Saint Yves Saturdays w/ Free Drinks
📍 Washington
Sat, Aug 8· 10:00 AM
Ranger Boom Baltimore
📍 Lord Baltimore Hotel
Sat, Aug 8· 5-9pm
Sunset Social: Sunflower Night II
📍 Butler's Orchard
Sat, Aug 8· 11:00am-1:00pm
Farmhouse Museum Open
📍 Kinder Farm Park
Sat, Aug 8· 11:30am
THIS ISLAND EARTH
📍 Charles Theatre
Sat, Aug 8· 11:00 AM - 2:00 PM
NEC Drop-In
📍 Cylburn Arboretum - Nature Education Center
Sat, Aug 8
Barnyard Band & Booze – August 8
📍 Green Meadows Petting Farm
Sat, Aug 8· 4:00pm-8:00pm
Live Music Brandon Robey
📍 Inverness Brewing
Sat, Aug 8· 5:00pm-6:00pm
Food Truck: TBD
📍 Pickett Brewing Company
Sat, Aug 8· 7:00pm onwards
Civilian, Vicious Order, Progenitor, Never Forgive, Never Forget, Racing Green
📍 Ottobar
Sat, Aug 8
National Bowling Day
📍 AMF Perry Hall Lanes
Sat, Aug 8· 2:00pm & 8:00pm
Pharaoh: Egypt's Woman King Hatshepsut
📍 Baltimore Theatre Project
Sat, Aug 8· 10:00am-12:00pm
Shabbat Morning Service
📍 Har Sinai-Oheb Shalom
Sat, Aug 8· 7:00pm
Joe Bonamassa and Gov't Mule
📍 Pier Six Pavilion
Sat, Aug 8· 5:00pm-8:00pm
Big Bloom Festival
📍 Montgomery County Recreation
Sat, Aug 8· 8:30am-6pm
Sunflower Spectacular
📍 Butler's Orchard
Sat, Aug 8· 6:00 PM ET
Toby's Dinner Theatre Presents: Mean Girls
📍 Toby's Dinner Theatre Columbia
Sat, Aug 8· 6:35 PM ET
Chesapeake Baysox vs. Harrisburg Senators
📍 Prince George's Stadium
Sat, Aug 8· 7:00 PM ET
Toadies: The Charmer Tour
📍 Nevermore Hall
Sat, Aug 8· 7:30 PM ET
Baltimore Symphony Orchestra w/ Windbornes Music of Journey
📍 Meyerhoff Symphony Hall
Sat, Aug 8· 8:30am-11:00am
Sapwood Saturday Bike Ride
📍 Sapwood Cellars Brewery
Sat, Aug 8· 3:30pm-4:30pm
Gallery Hours: Share Your Story With Pride Art Exhibit
📍 Anne Arundel County Public Library
Sat, Aug 8· 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM (check aqua.org)
National Aquarium
📍 National Aquarium
Sat, Aug 8· 5:00 PM
Summer Colors Day Party, Saturday, Aug 8th.
📍 Baltimore Museum of Industry
Sat, Aug 8· 8:30 AM - 9:30 AM
Naval Academy Formal Parade
📍 Worden Field, U.S. Naval Academy
Sat, Aug 8· 6:00 PM
BE Transformed's 5 Year Celebration
Sat, Aug 8· 1:00 PM - 5:00 PM (approx — check ymaryland.org)
YMCA Family Swim
📍 Orokawa Y (Towson)
Sat, Aug 8· 1:00 PM - 5:00 PM (approx — check ymaryland.org)
YMCA Family Swim
📍 Weinberg Y (Waverly)
Sat, Aug 8· 10:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Wild Water Splash Days: Summer Splash Zone
📍 The Maryland Zoo in Baltimore
Sat, Aug 8· 1:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Journey of Life Presents - Back to School Community Block Party
📍 White Marsh Mall
Sat, Aug 8· 3:00 PM
Board game night at R House
📍 Commonplace Book Club
Sat, Aug 8· 2:00 PM
The Unwind
📍 Enoch Pratt Free Library - Hamilton Branch
Sat, Aug 8· 6:45 PM - 8:30 PM
Sunset Floating Sound Bath with Artist Katie Detrich
📍 1564 Marco Dr
Sat, Aug 8· 10:00am-1:00pm
Drop-in Art Making: Make Your Mark
📍 The Walters Art Museum
Sat, Aug 8· 6:00 PM
FILM x DRAG: BRIDESMAIDS (hosted by MX. PARKWAY Fernette Branca)
📍 Parkway Theatre
Sat, Aug 8· 10:00am-1:00pm (auditions Aug 8-9), 6:00pm-8:00pm (auditions Aug 10)
Disney's Frozen the Broadway Musical - Auditions
📍 Children's Theatre of Annapolis
Sat, Aug 8· 1:00pm onwards
2026 Rock Opera Big Bang!
📍 Ottobar
Sat, Aug 8· 11:00am-6:00pm
Hands on glassblowing workshops
📍 McFadden Art Glass
Sat, Aug 8· 5pm-close
Live Music - Makai
📍 Brewery Fire
Sat, Aug 8
Flower Workshop
📍 Butler's Orchard
Sat, Aug 8
Sunflower Night I
📍 Butler's Orchard
Sat, Aug 8· 9:00 PM
Dance Party Lip Sync Karaoke on Zoom 👏 Every Saturday @ 9:00 P.M. ET
📍 Online Karaoke Group
Sun, Aug 9· 11:00 AM
Biddy Presents : RnB Festival Block Party
📍 Baltimore
Sun, Aug 9· 12:00 PM
A Sweet School Supply Drive & Community Cookout
Sun, Aug 9· 9:00 PM
'ARMY NIGHT' BTS PRE-CONCERT PARTY
📍 Baltimore Soundstage
Sun, Aug 9· 10:00 PM
SELECT SUNDAY
📍 SELECT LOUNGE
Sun, Aug 9· 4:00 PM
BTS Baltimore ARIRANG Party!
📍 Peabody Heights Brewery
Sun, Aug 9· 9:00am
Garden Work Day
📍 Village Learning Place
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