Happy CIAA weekend, Baltimore. Aside from the celebrations of historically Black college and university basketball and culture, this week’s hot ticket is Baltimore rock band Angel Du$t’s sold-out free concert Thursday night at Baltimore Soundstage.
If you miss out, don’t sweat it — there’s plenty to see and experience this weekend in the city.
Daphnique Springs
Thursday-Saturday
Fresh off her “LOL Live” Hulu special, Florida native Daphnique Springs will hit the Baltimore Comedy Factory stage all weekend to tell jokes about dating, millennial habits and more.
Times: 8 p.m. Thursday; 7:30 p.m. and 10 p.m. Friday; 7 p.m. and 9:30 p.m. Saturday
Price: $29.25
Location: Baltimore Comedy Factory (5625 O’Donnell St.)
Family friendly? 21-plus
Carrie Fucile and Brenton Lim X_X_I
Thursday
How will advancing technology like artificial intelligence shape us? This group exhibit explores this knotty question through new works, including a video screening from Tara Youngborg and an audiovisual performance by Fucile and Lim.
Time: 7:30-11 p.m.
Price: Free. Register here.
Location: Maryland Art Place (218 W. Saratoga St.)
Family friendly? Yes
CIAA Fan Fest
Friday and Saturday
The CIAA basketball tournament, expected to draw 150,000 to Baltimore this week, is about much more than hoops. This weekend, Charm City is the Mecca for HBCU fun and culture, and this free, two-day festival will provide the spirited soundtrack with a battle of the bands, a Greek step show and other high-energy performances.
Of course, basketball will get fans out of their seats, too. Check out the men’s and women’s tournament finales on Saturday afternoon.
Time: 10 a.m.-8 p.m. Friday; 8 a.m.-8 p.m. Saturday
Price: Free. Register here.
Location: Baltimore Convention Center (1 W. Pratt St.)
Family friendly? Yes
Charm City Django Jazz Fest
Friday and Saturday
In its 11th year, Baltimore’s annual celebration of acoustic guitar-driven jazz, popularized by Django Reinhardt in the 1930s, is expanding to include areas such as Washington and Berryville, Virginia.
But it’s simply not Django Jazz Fest without Charm City, which hosts the Baltimore leg at the Baltimore Museum of Art on Friday and the Bluebird Cocktail Room in Hampden on Saturday, with performances by Luca Pino, Natalie Hanna Mendoza and festival founder Michael Joseph Harris, among others. Act fast, because Saturday is already sold out.
Time: 7 p.m. Friday-Saturday
Price: $54.89
Location: The Baltimore Museum of Art (10 Art Museum Dr.); Bluebird Cocktail Room (3602 Hickory Ave.)
Family friendly? Yes
R&B at Nevermore Hall
Friday and Saturday
CIAA always brings out music stars. Veteran R&B hitmaker Bobby V headlines Friday night’s Love & Basketball: The R&B Experience party at downtown’s Nevermore Hall (Wait, that’s downtown, right?), while “Foolish” singer Ashanti performs in concert on Saturday night.
Time: 9 p.m. Friday-Saturday
Price: $27.85 for Bobby Valentino; $62-$90 for Ashanti
Location: Nevermore Hall (20 Market Place)
Family friendly? 21-plus
‘Lancelot Chimera’
Friday-Sunday
Let your imagination run free at the latest performance by Baltimore experimental arts group Mind on Fire, a 45-minute electroacoustic concerto with amplified bassoon made “for all the indoor kids who love the earth and all the sweet weirdos” who live on it, according to Mind on Fire.
Time: 8 p.m. Friday-Saturday; 2:30 p.m. Sunday
Price: $15-$50
Location: The Voxel (9 W. 25th St.)
Family friendly? Themes about the apocalypse, knights and demons could make this dicey — use your discretion. The performance “contains flashing lights, fog and ‘nice’ smells,” according to the venue.
Jarhead Fertilizer and Dosser
Friday and Saturday
Need local music? Jarhead Fertilizer, the punishing Ocean City-based metal band, headlines Metro Baltimore on Friday with support from Washington’s Blood Monolith. Then Baltimore’s Dosser and its mix of post-punk, grunge and shoegaze opens Saturday for GUV, the solo project of guitarist Ben Cook.
Time: 7 p.m. Friday-Saturday
Price: $20.60 for Jarhead Fertilizer; $23.69 for GUV and Dosser
Location: Metro Baltimore (1700 N. Charles St.)
Family friendly? All ages
Transmission: A Celebration for Ann Everton
Saturday and Sunday
More than two dozen bands — including local stalwarts Celebration and War on Women — will honor the life and legacy of Ann Everton, the Baltimore musician and member of the band Darsombra, who died in an October car crash while on tour. “Her dedication to her work was a model for how to live,” artist Nicky Smith told The Banner last year.
Time: 4 p.m. Saturday; 2 p.m. Sunday
Price: $30-$50 for single-day pass; $55 for both days
Location: The Ottobar (2549 N. Howard St.)
Family friendly? All ages
Brewbit 4
Saturday and Sunday
More than 120 (!) arcade and pinball games all set to free play? It doesn’t get much better for both kids and those of us still young at heart.
Another bonus, for parents at least: The two-day gaming event takes place at Peabody Heights Brewery, where attendees can buy locally brewed beer and Korean-fusion food from its on-site food truck.
Time: Noon-10 p.m. Saturday; noon-8 p.m. Sunday
Price: $23.18 for single-day pass; $44.52 for both days. Order here.
Location: Peabody Heights Brewery (401 E. 30th St.)
Family friendly? Yes. Kids 5-plus require a ticket. All children must be supervised by an adult.
VIVA BRASIL!
Saturday
Brazil meets Baltimore at the Creative Alliance’s party for Brazilian Carnival, the South American country’s joyous annual festival filled with dancing, street drumming and exquisite costumes. Here, you’ll learn all about samba, Brazil’s signature music and dance style, from local performers Pablo Regis, André Coelho and Mariana Triginelli.
Time: 7 p.m.
Price: $40
Location: Creative Alliance (3134 Eastern Ave.)
Family friendly? All ages
Liquid Courage
Saturday
Bartending is an art — and Baltimore is home to numerous people who push our palettes and confound expectations with their inventive cocktails. This celebration of Baltimore mixology will feature hands-on workshops, samplings of Maryland-made spirits and live entertainment from Baltimore-via-Annapolis musician Tyler Moonlight and DJ Mister Vershawn.
Time: 5-10 p.m.
Price: $125
Location: Baltimore Museum of Industry (1415 Key Highway)
Family friendly? Leave this one to the adults.
Terry Brewer
Sunday
Terrahn “Terry” Brewer, the Baltimore-born pianist who records and tours with Grammy-nominated jazz group the Baylor Project, brings his own blend of jazz and gospel to Harbor East for two performances alongside a band.
Time: 5 p.m. and 7:30 p.m.
Price: $38.46-$43.80
Location: Keystone Korner Baltimore (1350 Lancaster St.)
Family friendly? All ages. Must be 21-plus to sit at the bar.
Just announced
The Beach Boys, celebrating 60 years of “Pet Sounds,” will headline Pier Six Pavilion on June 6. Tickets go on sale at 10 a.m. Friday.
Barry Manilow’s March 3 concert at CFG Bank Arena was rescheduled to Aug. 7.
Comments
Welcome to The Banner's subscriber-only commenting community. Please review our community guidelines.