Some of Hip Hop’s greatest are headed to Baltimore! This Friday Feb 1 you can catch KOOL G Rap & Black Sheep, Dirt Platoon, Handles w/DJ Kool Flash, C-Love, B.O.M.B. and DJ Excel at Baltimore Soundstage (124 Market Pl. Baltimore). Doors open for the all-ages event at 7:30 p.m. and the show begins at 8:30 p.m. Hip Hop’s golden era constituent, Queens’ native and Hip Hop’s staple, Kool G Rap, first gained momentum in the late 80s and early 90s as one half of the duo with DJ Polo. Simultaneously, G Rap and DJ Polo gained notoriety as members of the Juice Crew, whose noteworthy membership... Read More

Hey Baltimore, are you ready for an experience like none other? The world’s most successful and best-selling soprano, Sarah Brightman, brings her HYMN: Sarah Brightman In Concert Tour to Hippodrome Theatre at France-Merrick Performing Arts Center (12 North Eutaw Street Baltimore) this Wednesday Jan 30 at 7 p.m. Special guests include Vincent Niclo and Narcis Ianau. To enhance her world of enchantment, Sarah Brightman has partnered with Swarovski on her world tour. Her elaborate costumes and dazzling tiaras will be composed of Swarovski crystals. Fans will also have the opportunity to take home... Read More

Whether you first met him on-screen or heard him on the radio, there’s no question that Jesse McCartney is a very talented actor and musician. Now is your chance to see him perform in the flesh! Jesse McCartney brings his Resolution Tour to Rams Head Live (20 Market Pl. Baltimore) this Thursday Jan 26. Doors open at 7 p.m. and the show begins at 8 p.m. This talented singer, songwriter, and first achieved fame in the late 1990’s on the daytime drama All My Children as JR Chandler. He later joined boy band Dream Street, and eventually branched out into a solo musical career. Additionally, McCartney... Read More

Hey Baltimore, are you ready for some Japanese Breakfast? Indie pop band Japanese Breakfast, along with Hand Habits, is heading to Baltimore Soundstage (124 Market Pl. Baltimore) this Saturday Jan 19. Doors open at 7 p.m. and the show begins at 8 p.m. Japanese Breakfast is the solo musical project of singer-songwriter Michelle Zauner (formerly of Little Big League). Under the alias, Zauner has released two studio albums: Psychopomp (2016) and Soft Sounds from Another Planet (2017). Tickets to this all-ages event are $18 and can be purchased online. Come enjoy the melodic magnificence of hits such... Read More

The Amity Affliction and Senses Fail bring their Misery Will Find You Tour, with Silent Planet and Belmont, to Rams Head Live (20 Market Pl. Baltimore) this Friday Jan 18. Doors open at 6:30 p.m. and the show starts at 7:15 p.m. The Brisbane post-hardcore act Amity Affliction were formed in 2002 by a bunch of longtime pals, still high schoolers at the time, who had been affected by the death of their teenage friend in a road accident. The band, initially a quartet, released a demo in 2003 and an EP in 2004, but did not start making waves in earnest until sometime later. In 2005, after the screamer... Read More

Tease your hair and grab that spandex. Legwarmers will be provided! The Legwarmers: Ultimate 80’s Experience hits the stage at Rams Head Live (20 Market Pl. Baltimore) this Saturday Jan 12. Doors open at 8 p.m. and the show begins at 9 p.m. Remember the Eighties? Sure, we all do…but the Legwarmers don’t just remember the Eighties – they relive them. It all started back in May 2001 when Gordon Gartrell and Cru Jones had just seen yet another cover band butcher the decade that they loved, so they decided to do something about it. They assembled a group and vowed to give the world’s... Read More

Ja Rule, with guests Donnie Breeze and JayMoney Hackett, performs live at Baltimore Soundstage (124 Market Pl. Baltimore) Wednesday Jan 9 at 8 p.m. “KNOW THY SELF…” is one of the oldest, philosophical statements that can be traced back to Ancient Egyptian times that still resonates people who are lovers of knowledge and are in pursuit of spiritual oneness. It is a creed that knows no boundaries and people from all walks of life gravitate to its simplistic truth. When it comes to music, nowhere does this belief have more meaning than in hip-hop, where the drive to stay true one’s artistry... Read More

The Baltimore Symphony Musicians Give Back this Tuesday Jan 8. A Brass and Percussion Concert for the Community will take place at Baltimore Basilica- America’s First Cathedral (409 Cathedral St. Baltimore) at 7 p.m. The Baltimore Symphony Brass and Percussion, joined by their colleagues from the National Symphony Orchestra, the Pittsburgh Symphony, the Philadelphia Orchestra and the Semper Fi Brass together conducted by James Ross, will be uniting for a star-studded performance unlike anything ever seen in Baltimore. The evening will be hosted by former Baltimore Mayor and Maryland Governor... Read More

Don’t miss this Led Zeppelin-filled experience! Get The Led Out pays their tribute to the great Led Zeppelin this Saturday Jan 5 at Rams Head Live (20 Market Pl. Baltimore). Doors open at 8 p.m. and the show begins at 9 p.m. Get The Led Out is a group of professional musicians who are passionate about their love of the music of Led Zeppelin. It’s been their mission to bring the studio recordings of “the mighty Zep” to life on the big concert stage. This is not an impersonator act but rather a group of musicians who were fans first, striving to do justice to one of the greatest... Read More

Catch Lake Street Dive, with special guest Mikaela Davis, live on stage at Rams Head Live (20 Market Pl. Baltimore) this Thursday Jan 3 at 8 p.m. Lake Street Dive released Free Yourself Up, its second album with Nonesuch Records on May 4. The band — drummer Michael Calabrese, bassist Bridget Kearney, singer Rachael Price, and guitarist/trumpeter Michael “McDuck” Olson self-produced the album at Goosehead Palace Studios in Nashville with engineer Dan Knobler. Lake Street Dive formed in 2004 while students at New England Conservatory and have been touring non-stop ever since, growing... Read More