Marin Alsop conducts the BSO in Tchaikovsky's Pathétique at Meyerhoff Symphony Hall Sunday at 3:00 PM, The Matrix screens at Seagarten at Port Covington Saturday at 8:00 PM, and the Baltimore Running Festival starts at 7:30 AM Saturday. Also: cellist Natalie Clein at The Peale Friday, Fire Fest at Baltimore Clayworks Saturday, Antoine Boyer and Yeore Kim at the BMA Monday, a Poe Room talk on the Ouija board Tuesday and Dafnis Prieto at Keystone Korner Wednesday.
Top Picks
Alsop Conducts Tchaikovsky's Pathétique · Sunday, October 18, 3:00 PM ET · Joseph Meyerhoff Symphony Hall, Mount Vernon · from $48 plus fees For the 25th anniversary of September 11, Marin Alsop leads Barber's Adagio, John Adams's Pulitzer Prize-winning On the Transmigration of Souls with The Washington Chorus and Peabody Children's Chorus, and Tchaikovsky's Sixth. Sunday is the only Baltimore performance; Saturday's is at Strathmore. BSO
CAN I KICK IT? featuring The Matrix · Saturday, October 17, food and drinks 6:00 PM, film 8:00 PM ET · Seagarten at Port Covington Marina · Free, RSVP DJ 2tone Jones plays a live soundtrack, with an after-glow party at 10:00 PM. All ages, bar on site. Eventbrite
The Week Out
Lantini! Adult Lantern Making Dance Party · Saturday, October 17, 7:00-10:00 PM ET · Creative Alliance, Highlandtown · $30 ($25 members), 18+ Make a Patterson Park animal lantern for the October 24 parade, supplies included, to Halloween dance music and horror films. All-ages workshops run Sunday 12-3 PM and Wednesday 4-7 PM, $5-$10 suggested. Creative Alliance
Butchers Hill House Tour · Sunday, October 18, 12:00-4:30 PM ET · starts at the White House in Patterson Park · $25 Eight historic homes. Event page
Different Words for Happiness · Sunday, October 18, 7:00 PM ET · Everyman Theatre, Downtown · Pay-What-You-Choose Katie Kleiger's world premiere, directed by Laura Kepley. Sunday is the final dress rehearsal; previews follow Tuesday and Wednesday, and it runs through November 15. Everyman Theatre
Last Chance and Limited Seats
Zion Church's Annual Sour Beef Dinner · Wednesday-Thursday, October 21-22, 4:00-8:00 PM ET · Zion Church, 400 E. Lexington St., Downtown · $30, order and pay by Friday, October 16 Sour beef, potato dumplings and red cabbage in the Adlersaal, the garden or carryout, with Lost Lederhosen playing. Zion has served it since 1947. Visit Baltimore
Beer and Ballet · Wednesday, October 21, 7:00-9:00 PM ET · Checkerspot Brewing, 1421 Ridgely St., Pigtown · Free, RSVP, limited to 25 dancers Beginner ballet, then an After Brew Hangout with temporary tattoos and a fall craft. Free Fall Baltimore
Fire Fest 2026 · Saturday, October 17, 5:30-8:30 PM ET · Baltimore Clayworks, Mount Washington · Free with registration, limited space Raku, Obvara and Noborigama kiln firings and a Clay Olympics, with music from the Augie Snackie Show, Daphne London and Sons of Baltimore. Baltimore Clayworks
Free and Cheap
Mount Royal Soaps Night Market and Pumpkin Carving Contest · Friday, October 16, 5:00-9:00 PM ET · Mount Royal Soaps, 2740 Huntingdon Ave., Remington · Free Food trucks, vendors, tarot readings and the third annual pumpkin carving contest. Free beer from Union Craft, per Visit Baltimore. Visit Baltimore
Unidos En El Arte opening · Friday, October 16, 6:00-9:00 PM ET · Creative Alliance, Highlandtown · Free, RSVP The fourth annual Latino artists exhibition runs through December 4. Creative Alliance
The Story Exchange · Friday, October 16, 7:00-9:00 PM ET · Motor House, Station North · Free Six to eight true stories, each followed by a conversation with the audience. Free Fall Baltimore
After Dark
Searching 4 Someone: A Queer Live Dating Show · Friday, October 16, 7:00 PM ET · Current Space Garden Bar, Mount Vernon · $27.75 at the door, sliding scale, 21+ A live dating game show with audience participation runs 7-9 PM, then a dance party to midnight with sets by GRL PWR!!, outdoors. Tickets
Fox's Diner, A Variety Show · Saturday, October 17, 8:00 PM ET (doors 7:30) · Le Mondo, Howard Street · $15 advance, $20 door Fox Martin hosts puppets, burlesque, drag and cooking tutorials with Pretty Rik E, Hairy Poodini and Lady Bladie. Le Mondo
The Rocky Horror Show · opens Friday, October 16, 8:00 PM ET; through November 7 · Iron Crow Theatre, 2600 N. Howard St., Remington · $45-$89 Iron Crow, Baltimore's professional queer theatre, stages the full musical with a live rock band, callouts and prop-tossing at its new Remington home. Iron Crow Theatre
Get Moving
Baltimore Running Festival · Saturday, October 17, 5K 7:30 AM, marathon and 10K 8:00 AM, half 9:30 AM ET · Inner Harbor and Camden Yards · free to watch; races $75-$160 The 26th annual's Celebration Village runs at the Inner Harbor 8:00 AM-2:00 PM. Online registration closes Thursday at 11:59 PM, with no race-morning packet pickup. Baltimore Running Festival
Baltimore Moves · Saturday, October 17, 9:00 AM-5:00 PM ET · Baltimore Lab Project, 9 W. Patapsco Ave. · Free, RSVP, Baltimore City residents Beginner-friendly youth and adult dance classes in two studios, with free breakfast from Hon's Honey Market and lunch. Free Fall Baltimore
Culture Corner
Sunday Screening: Jean Cocteau's Orpheus · Sunday, October 18, 1:00-3:00 PM ET · The Walters Art Museum, Graham Auditorium, Mount Vernon · Free, RSVP Winner of the 1950 Venice Film Festival Critics Award, it sets Orpheus and Eurydice in post-war Paris, 112 minutes. The Ancient World galleries hold Orpheus-inspired art. The Walters
Baltimore Choral Arts: American Belonging · Sunday, October 18, 4:00 PM ET · Kraushaar Auditorium, Goucher College, Towson · $26-$52, children 12 and under free Randall Thompson's Frostiana and Saunder Choi's The New Colossus, with author Judith Krummeck guiding the program. Tickets
Antoine Boyer and Yeore Kim: Parisian Skies, Spanish Nights · Monday, October 19, 7:30 PM ET · BMA Meyerhoff Auditorium, Charles Village · from $49 French guitarist Antoine Boyer and South Korean harmonica player Yeore Kim play gypsy jazz and classical. Tickets
Dafnis Prieto Sí o Sí Quartet · Wednesday, October 21, 7:00 PM ET · Keystone Korner, Harbor East · $35-$45 plus fees The drummer and MacArthur Fellow marks 25 years in the US with Peter Apfelbaum, Martin Bejerano and Ricky Rodriguez. Tickets
Worth It Solo
Natalie Clein, cello: Bach & Birdsong · Friday, October 16, 7:00 PM ET · The Peale, Downtown · $28.52, students free Bach through 20th- and 21st-century works, including Casals' The Song of the Birds, then a wine-and-sweets reception with the cellist. Tickets
Monthly Piano/Hammond B3 Organ Summit featuring Lafayette Gilchrist · Sunday, October 18, 5:00 PM ET · An die Musik, Mount Vernon · $10-$30 In An die Musik's listening room, also livestreamed. An die Musik
Worth the Trip
Mediums, Magicians and the Ouija Board · Tuesday, October 20, 6:30-8:00 PM ET · Central Library Poe Room, Mount Vernon · No fee, no registration Pratt's Maryland Department on spirit mediums, the Ouija board and the Demons Club, Baltimore amateur magicians who debunked spiritualists. Pratt Library
Two Trains Running (previews) · Monday-Wednesday, October 19-21, 7:00 PM ET · Turpin-Lamb Theatre, Murphy Fine Arts Center, Morgan State · $25 previews Theatre Morgan and the Baltimore August Wilson Celebration open the play Thursday, October 22. Morgan State
Mark Your Calendar
Doors Open Baltimore · Saturday, October 24, 10:00 AM-5:00 PM ET · buildings citywide · Free The 13th annual opens dozens of buildings, with the Maryland Center for History and Culture on Park Ave as the hub. Visit Baltimore
Igor Levit, piano · Sunday, November 1, 5:30 PM ET · Shriver Hall, Homewood · check the link for pricing His Baltimore debut, for the Shriver Hall Concert Series. Event page
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