Saturday, April 27th we return to JW's for FACTORY ∅∅∅!

Get ready for a RARE 111 as Grand Rapids' techno tastemaker @KARUTH111 returns to Flint for the first time since she smashed main stage at @FLINTDROPFEST 2022!! Supporting sets from @SHAKTI.RHYTHM (@THEMACHINE.DANCE) and @WERKOUTPLANMUSIC (@MIDWESTDEMONS313) plus locals @BRENTSHAY1 (@TECHNOSNOB) and @RUSSELLWOODSELECTROMUSICIAN (@FLINTWAVESYNTHCLUB) rounding out the night!!! 

To kickoff our countdown to Techno Christmas, ticker holders will be entered into our FREE giveaway for wristbands to @DOWERKPRODUCTIONS Presents: AUTOMATE (Saturday, May 25th @THEOLDMIAMIDETROIT)

Kouch Kollective presents 

Josh Teed: Taking It All In Tour 

support from:

Great Dane 

Kaipora 

Poetic

Come one, come all for Lost n Found Bmores monthly Frick Frack Blackjack event!

we'll be bringing the clowns and trinkets for a celebration of a few friends birthdays with music and performance!

The Greater Baltimore Cultural Alliance invites you to experience a taste of the incredible talent of seven of the 2024 Baker Artist Award Finalists in Music, Performing, and Interdisciplinary Arts in this showcase of music, dance, theatre, and more!

This event will feature the work of Geffery Cassuto, Katie Hileman, Melissa Hyatt Foss, Daniel Ryan, Wordsmith, and Allen Xing.

Highlights:
Fireside Chat and Q&A with Darin Atwater
Overview of Monterey Jazz Festival
Live Music 
Food and Bar

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Experience excellence at the highly anticipated Maryland ASLA Design Awards Gala, hosted at the beautiful Brookside Gardens in Wheaton, MD! Indulge in a sophisticated cocktail hour fostering networking and camaraderie, followed by an awards presentation showcasing the exceptional work of our talented members. You will leave feeling energized and inspired. Secure your tickets now before they sell out!

The evening will include a cocktail hour followed by the presentation of the student and professional awards.

6:00 Cocktail Hour/Check In

7:00 Awards Gala

Interested in Sponsoring this event? Check out sponsorship opportunities here. Email Kevin Gaughan if you are interested, or have any questions.

Ecstatic Dance DC is the dance-iest dance floor in all of DC.

Rappolla Entertainment Presents: May The Funk Be With You 

Popularly coined May The Fourth in references to the George Lucus series. Emerging Maryland artist congergate performing original music to feed your soul.  

Featuring:

Freedom Enterprise 

Skribe

Night Walks 

Shutter Theory

Funk

Artur Menezes’ playing is a distinctive blend of fiery, hard-rocking blues that at times borders on shred, combined with an ability to effortlessly switch gears into swinging, jazz grooves. His Brazilian roots add a unique flavor to the mix and further distinguish his playing from that of his contemporaries. Menezes' songwriting sparkles as it switches between straight-ahead blues and funk-flavored workouts, and his vocals channel the deep emotional content of his songs as effectively as his guitar playing. Fading Away, Menezes' latest album (produced by Josh Smith and featuring a guest appearance from Joe Bonamassa), was a serious step up in both writing and playing. Its arrival laid down a clear marker for his place among the front-runners of the new breed of blues guitar heroes. Based in Los Angeles, CA, Artur is releasing new music in 2023 with Black Hill Records.

• Fading Away (2020), Menezes' latest album was produced by Josh Smith and features Joe Bonamassa.
  * 2023 Top 21 Best New Blues Guitarists by GuitarPlayer Magazine.
  * Has performed on global tours with and supported Buddy Guy, Joe Bonamassa, Joe Satriani, Eric Clapton, etc.

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Featuring Special Guest 
Milesbandana
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Anxiety Monster
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Soul Miners Union

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For The First Time Ever Angelo Moore will be doing a career retrospective of songs from Fishbone, Dr Mad Vibe , The missing Links and more!

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Ecstatic Dance DC is the dance-iest dance floor in all of DC.

Rappolla Entertainment presents an outstanding event with emerging artist from the Mid-Atlantic region. 

Featuring: 

Coffee And Red 
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The Last Second Saved 
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She Wears Chucks 
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Lunatic High
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State Of The Youth 
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Zen West 

5916 York Road 

Baltimore MD 21212

Doors 7PM | Music 730PM

All Ages 

The Beatles are the ultimate family rock band -- one that kids, parents and grandparents can all enjoy together. And on Saturday May 11, we’re excited to welcome the Maryland based Beatles tribute band the Fabtastic Four to Saturday Morning Tunes at Stages Music Arts.

The Brewers Association of Maryland returns to the Carroll Creek Linear Park in Frederick for the 2024 Maryland Craft Beer Festival, presented by Visit Frederick! We’re thrilled to be gathering again with you for this great festival.

Festival entry includes beer samples from DOZENS OF MARYLAND BREWERIES (including a few breweries not yet open to the public!) pouring more than 200 unique, beers – all brewed in Maryland

In addition, there will be live music and a tasty selection of local food and craft vendors throughout the festival.

Join other fellow small firm architects and designers at this Small Firm Happy Hour. The event will be hosted by AIA Baltimore at the Center for Architecture and Design. Drinks & snacks will be provided.

Ecstatic Dance DC is the dance-iest dance floor in all of DC.

DIVIDE THE FALL is a four-piece independent rock band hailing from Minneapolis, Minnesota. The band's sound consists of blending high-energy modern hard rock with metalcore and post-hardcore influences. For fans of Breaking Benjamin, I Prevail, and Bring Me The Horizon.

From their inception the band has set out to create songs that inspire people in a dark place; having written about their own personal experiences with mental illness, suicide, and drug addiction while also confronting topics like racial inequality and social divisiveness.

Since releasing their debut self-titled EP (featuring popular singles “The Storm”, “Our Existence”, “Left For Dead”), the band has played countless national tour dates and music festivals; having shared the stage with such notable acts as All That Remains, Unearth, Trapt, Saving Abel, Secrets, Fire From The Gods, and many more.

Divide The Fall released their latest EP, Dead Memories, which includes popular singles “I Won’t Fade Away”, “Bring You Down”, and “Fake Love”, on October 23, 2020. On this release, they partnered with producer Jordon Beal (Architects, Janus, Seven Day Sonnet) and had the pleasure of working with Kris Crummett (Issues, Sleeping With Sirens, Slaves) for mastering.

Reign Of Z

Singer Zosia West is no stranger to the dark side of life with lyrical content ranging from body dysmorphia,to bullying and sexual abuse; there is no shortage of expression to release in her meter and verse. Living by the motif of comforting the disturbed and disturbing the comfortable, Reign of Z has carved it's path since its inception in 2017. Since its beginning, Reign of Z has added some heavy hits to its resume from playing the Shira Girl stage on 2018's Vans Warped Tour, co-headlining the Whisky A Go-Go in LA and even raising 125% of their Indiegogo goal surpassing its initial $5,000, allowing them to record their debut EP, Mirrors and Memoirs with Justin Spaulding and Steve Sopchak (Ice Nine Kills) due out April 19, 2019 and capping off 2018 with regular radio play on 105.9 The X in Pittsburgh for the month of December.

Apollo

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Diegression

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Feed Me To The Wolves  

https://fmttw.fanlink.to/whatatragedy

Further Information Available On 

https://www.facebook.com/RappollaEntertainment

Ecstatic Dance DC is the dance-iest dance floor in all of DC.

SMILE EMPTY SOUL is a hard rock band that originated in Los Angeles, CA in the late 1990's and has stayed true to their brand of "no bullshit", "real as it gets" hard rock to this day. The band signed a major label record deal in 2003 to release their self-titled debut album in May of that year. They realized huge success at alternative radio, rock radio, and the music video channels that have since fallen by the wayside or turned into reality show networks.

After 3 very successful singles/videos and a gold record from the debut release, the band ran into trouble with their record company (which was in the midst of turmoil at the top levels) and found themselves working extra hard in the trenches, and signed to indie labels or no label at all from them on.

This would become SMILE EMPTY SOUL's destiny, as they have gone on to release many more albums and EP’s on various labels, as well as their own company “smile empty music inc”. The band just released their 9th full length record “Black Pilled” on October 12th of 2021 completely on their own.

“Smile” has become known for its constant touring and never wavering honest sound/lyrics. They've never changed for anybody, and turned down many opportunities to "sell out" because it's not who they are.

With a calendar full of tour dates, a new album, and just as much drive as they had starting out 20 years ago, this band looks to continue to build on the legacy they’ve created as one of the hardest working, and most underrated bands in rock and roll

Featuring 

Hearts & Hand Grenades 

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Kamenar

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Lenne

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Shock Culture 

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Come join us for a COTE (Committee on the Environment) hosted discussion with Chris Parts, AIA, Principal at Hord Coplan Macht and AIA Maryland Legislative committee chair, for a recap of the 2024 state legislative session. We’ll hear about bills impacting the built environment that passed, bills that didn’t pass, and what we might see come back in 2025.  

We’ll also do a brief discussion hosted by Ben Roush, PE, Principal at FSi Engineers, and AIA Baltimore COTE co-chair, on the emergent issue around A2L refrigerants, and requirements from the 2018 and 2021 I codes.

Continuing Education: AIA CES 1.0 LU|HSW approved  

Ecstatic Dance DC is the dance-iest dance floor in all of DC.

Rappolla Entertainment Presents: Mypohase Days

Relive, Sing along and enjoy the breakout bands of the early 2000's. Featuring Costume Contest, Tributes to the emerging bands of the decade that made us. Embrace the showcase that shows why this was never just a phase. This is the music that carried us to this day and the days going forward. 

Featuring Tributes To:
Evanescence
By Anoxia 

Bring Me The Horizon
By Divided We Fall ( Featuring Members From Watersdeep | Without The Accent | Not My Vice ) 

A Day To Remember
By Dinosaurs in Paris 

Bless The Fall | Pierce The Veil 
By Mikka Lee

Silverstein | Coheed And Cambria

By Come Out Swinging

Showcase the early 2000's Drip (Clothing And Apparel) for your chance to win Myscene King And Queen. The contest will be judge by the bar staff of the Recher and a special guest. Our Photographer MYM Visuals will be on site to capture you for the event. The Winner will recieve $100 Cash Day Of Event.

Rappolla Entertainment presents and emgering Mid-Atlantic artist event. Funk, Groove, Rock and soulful music that will have you dance, sing along and enjoy an unforggetable night of music, 

Line Up | Socials
Sophia Bryter 955-1030

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Miss Moon 9-940PM
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Choking on Flowers 810-845 
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Reds Motel  720-755
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Over the Line 630-705
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DrinkMaryland Centreville is an open-air market and happy hour event that is perfect for a casual Saturday afternoon. Meet local artisans and learn about the local craft beverage industry from the wineries, breweries, and distilleries themselves while sampling their products! When you find something you like, you can purchase bottles and cans to take home with you!

Sponsored by the Town of Centreville and the Maryland Wineries Association

Meet us in the Field of Greens for Cannabash 2024! In it's 3rd year, Cannabash expands to a 3 day concert series in Baldwin, Michigan.  

The 4th annual ConnectHER Weekend Retreat is an exclusive gathering designed for high-achieving women seeking holistic growth and connection. Curated by Tammy Barnett, this transformative annual 3-day experience celebrates imperfection, identifies missing elements in participants' lives, provides valuable education and resources for their next pivot, and fosters meaningful connections with like-minded women.

 
Event Details:
Date: August 16th-18th
Location: Atlanta, GA
Theme: From Bud to Blossom: HER Path to Full Emergence 
  
ConnectHER Weekend Retreat transcends the ordinary to become a truly life-changing and holistic experience that intricately activates women across multiple dimensions—emotionally, mentally, financially, physically, spiritually, and socially. This transformative retreat goes beyond the surface, delving deep into the core of each participant's being to ignite profound shifts in various aspects of their lives.

Sing along, dance, mosh, and remember the bands that define the genre labeled as EMO. Join us on August 17th in welcoming Fred Mascherino to Zen West. Emerging Mid-Atlantic artists will kick off the night. We will close it out with a DJ after-party hosted by Frederick Mascherino, best known for his work as lead guitarist and co-lead vocalist in the alternative rock band Taking Back Sunday. He is currently active with the bands The Color Fred and Say Anything.

Featuring 

Sleep Cycles 

More TBA

Meet us in the Field of Greens for our 1st inagural  Grams & Jams Summer Send Off in Baldwin, Michigan. 

Need something to do this upcoming summer? Why not come to Maryland SummerFest in Carroll County for the best Music Festival in Maryland!

Truth is, it is nearly impossible to sum up Christine Lavin is a few sentences. She is an iconic sin ger/songwriter who has earned her legendary status through years of tireless performing, doing shows at once quirky, hilarious & touching. Her songs have a wordsmith’s eye for detail, with a comic’s vision for the absurd & a huge & fearless heart that will go anywhere … & who else baton twirls, knits with her audience before a show, & does their nails??  “A garrulous comic observer of contemporary manners” – NY Times.  “An enchanting stage performer” – Cosmopolitan.  “Lavin is the central force in the most visible segment of the contemporary folk music scene. Captivating.” Billboard.  “Christine Lavin puts delightful melodies behind wry, witty & perceptive observations about life.” NY Daily News.  “Lavin can write serious, sensitive songs with the best of them. But it’s her funny material that sticks in the mind.” Providence Bulletin.  “She’s a folkZinger!”~ Orlando Sentinel.

Vance Gilbert burst onto the singer/songwriter scene in the early 90's when buzz started spreading in the folk clubs of Boston about an ex-multi cultural arts teacher who was knocking 'em dead at open mics. Born & raised in the Philadelphia area, Vance started out hoping to be a jazz singer & then discovered his affinity for the storytelling sensibilities of acoustic folk music. Once word got out about Gilbert's stage-owning singing & playing, Shawn Colvin invited him to be special guest on her Fat City Tour. Noted not only for being the ever consummate performer, Gilbert has recorded 12 albums, including 4 for Philo/Rounder Records & a duo album with friend Ellis Paul. Along with being opener of choice for artists as varied as Aretha Franklin, Arlo Guthrie & Anita Baker, 2006 & 2007 found Gilbert opening 140+ shows for comedian George Carlin. Most recently he’s the opener of choice for Paul Reiser & The Subdudes.  Considered by many to be an integral part of the national folk scene, Gilbert's approach to the acoustic singer songwriter idiom is significant. Gilbert's compositions, while frequently employing sophisticated melodies & harmonies that attest to his jazz roots, remain sublime attestations to the storyteller's craft. He even has a tune on a Grammy Nominated children’s album.

ART/PHILANTHROPY/COMMUNITY/FASHION EXPERIENCE
An innovative, creative and luxurious evening bringing together the best in class from all walks of life with Chef-curated menus, premium bar, a high-end fashion show, DJs and live performances.

Get ready for the most glamorous event of the year! This is your chance to dress to impress and network with the country’s elite. The event promises to be a night of high fashion and glamour, with plenty of photo ops, music, and dancing.

Don’t miss out on this opportunity to be part of the ultimate fashion extravaganza. Bring your A-game and get ready to strut your stuff on the red carpet. We can’t wait to see you there!

Autumn Revival is a three day celebration of music, art, interactive learning, and most importantly - our beloved community. It is set to take place the weekend of the Autumn Equinox on a beautiful 200 acre property in Maryland.

As the sun begins to sink low in the sky and the night becomes cool and dark, our senses tell us that the energy of summer has been replaced with the balance of Autumn.

The Autumn Equinox has been celebrated for thousands of years by people across the globe to rejoice after months of hard work and to reap the rewards of the harvest. As the night overtakes the day in the Northern Hemisphere, the world is for a brief moment in perfect harmony, and as a calm begins to grow in the natural world, there is no better time to look back on the seeds planted earlier in the year both literally and figuratively.

Each changing season is a key moment in the cycle of life and within this cycle many ancient cultures perceived a powerful deeper message for humanity.

In this beautiful season that we call Autumn, may we dance around the fire together once again.

The earth speaks to us in a myriad of ways — through ice cores, through uplift and erosion, through tree rings — languages we have the potential to restore our literacy in. Reconnecting with these quiet messages has set Seth Glier, an avid mushroom forager and a Grammy-nominated artist from Western Massachusetts, on a path of channeling nature’s longing for communion with humanity into song. His new album Everything is a collection of eight songs inviting us to imagine a future in which humans and the planet are re-aligned into mutual restoration.

Seth’s gifts are an innate curiosity and a fierce desire to connect with other people. His musical acumen provides him with a vehicle for both. He was worked as a cultural diplomat for the US State Department and collaborated with musicians in Ukraine, Mongolia, China, and Mexico. Seth has shared the bill with a diverse list of artists ranging from the likes of Ronnie Spector, James Taylor, Ani DiFranco, & Glen Campbell. As a producer, music director, or studio musician he has collaborated with Sophie B. Hawkins, Tom Rush, Antje Duvekot, Richard Shindell, Doctora Qingona, Dar Williams, Nick Carter, & Cyndi Lauper. Seth is a five-time Independent Music Award winner and received a Grammy nomination for his album The Next Right Thing. With a commitment to using songwriting as a tool for positive change, he has written with the students in Parkland, FL for the “Parkland Project,” cowritten with soldiers at Walter Reed, and is an advocate for autism awareness citing his autistic brother Jamie as his greatest non-musical-musical influence.

Antje Duvekot is a crafter of intricate, closely observed songs

“Her songs feel at once fresh faced and firmly rooted, driven by the whispery sensuality of her voice.”
-The Boston Globe

“She creates an entire, detailed world in verse, and takes you there with beautiful and understated melody.”
-Neil Dorfsman, Producer

Antje has extensive touring experience, criss-crossing the US and Europe many times. She is a compelling live performer and has been invited to play some of the top festivals including The Newport Folk Festival as well as the Mountain Stage, Philadelphia and Kerrville Festivals. Internationally, she’s headlined the The Celtic Connections Festival in Scotland and the Tonder Festival in Denmark. She’s the winner of some of the top songwriting awards, including the Grand Prize in the John Lennon Songwriting Competition, the prestigious Kerrville (TX) “Best New Folk Award” and, in one of the nation’s top music markets, the Boston Music Award for “Outstanding Folk Act”, three of the top prizes in the singer songwriter world.

“…the leading singer/songwriter of the New Folk movement” 
– Rolling Stone

“Gorka is widely heralded for the sophisticated intelligence and provocative originality of his songs.” ~ Boston Globe.

John Gorka is an honored icon of folk tradition. Energetic acoustic music that is not a trend, not a fad, but an expression of everyday life, is his trademark.

“He weaves wry, slice of life observations . . . ” ~ Associated Press.

Rising from a milieu of lovelorn singer/songwriters, John Gorka illuminates instead with his trademark wordplay, twisting, tuning and typing words and phrases in the way a balloon artist creates complex creatures from simple balloons. Few contemporary songwriters coax language as deftly as Gorka. For over three decades Gorka’s keen ear has picked up the stories of those along his path, folding them into poetry and song. His keen perceptiveness inspires people from all over the world to share their stories. By involving those tales in his music he escapes the trap of introspection that hobbles less gifted singer/songwriters. John Gorka flies below the pop culture radar with an almost cult-like following that never fails to fill concerts. Speak with any of his fans and one instantly feel’s their enthusiasm and genuine affection. His shy, almost self-effacing stage presence, rightfully focuses attention on the songs. John’s versatility on guitar and piano keeps his sets musically interesting while his rich baritone effortlessly executes his bidding. And he’s never short of the sly comment or clever joke that invariably ignites his audience. So for your next magical spell, just wave your wand and … “Gorka!!” ~ Baltimore Sun.

Ellis Paul’s songwriting credentials are unassailable. They are as genuine as the 14 Boston Music Awards he has earned, as indelible as the tattoo of Woody Guthrie that adorns his arm, and as authentic as the musical roots he draws upon with every note he plays. Since emerging from the Boston music scene, Ellis Paul’s music has been consistently recognized and celebrated worldwide. Despite his success and sense of history, Mr. Paul remains an Artist with his eye on the future and an interest in discovering the transformative potential of his music." - New York Times. With an array of  CDs a concert DVD, a book of poems and short stories to his credit, Ellis' songs have been featured on the soundtracks to documentaries, TV shows and big Hollywood films such as The Farrelly Brother’s ‘Hall Pass’, ‘Me, Myself & Irene’, and ‘Shallow Hal’. Ellis is a true American troubadour, performing over 150 tour dates a year, for over 20 years all around the world. He has shared the stage with some of the top names in the music world including: Pete Seeger, John Mayer, Arlo Guthrie, Richie Havens, Dar Williams, Shawn Colvin, and multi-platinum band Sugarland, among others. Woody Guthrie’s daughter, Nora, says of Ellis, “A singer songwriter is only as good as the times he reflects. Wise, tender, brilliant and biting, Ellis is one of our best human compasses, marking in melodies and poems where we’ve been and where we might go if we so choose to. Personally Ellis, I’m goin’ where you’re goin’!”

Drawing from a multitude of influences ranging from elegant classical and jazz styles to the rawest, most basic blues, country and soul, Radoslav Lorković has taken on an unusually broad musical spectrum and refined it into his distinctive piano style. His tenure on the R&B and folk circuits has culminated in five critically acclaimed solo recordings and numerous appearances on the recordings of and performances with artists including Odetta, Jimmy LaFave, Ribbon of Highway Woody Guthrie Tribute, Greg Brown, Richard Shindell, Ellis Paul, Ronny Cox, Dave Moore, Andy White, and Bo Ramsey. Born in Zagreb, Croatia, Lorković’s initial exposure to music can be attributed to two grandmother that sang him Croatian, Slovenian and Czech folk songs since birth. Rad has been touring with Ellis Paul for some time now.

A wordsmith and poet of rare clarity, John Flynn writes powerful songs of humanity and hope. His dynamic performances are known for their disarming honesty and humor. Songwriter and activist John calls himself a “hopeful pessimist.” John sings from the heart. His powerful songs of humanity and hope are deeply rooted in the traditions of Woody Guthrie. From barbed political verse to joyous fun-loving lyrics for kids, John paints vivid, lasting images with words and music drawn from a palate of awareness, irony, humor, and compassion. He opens one of his recent CDs, The End of the Beginning, with the lines “Like river stone, it may be that some edges get worn smooth, or maybe it’s just that these days you don’t have as much to prove.” These words seem to capture not only the mood of the disarmingly acoustic release, but also something of the 59 year-old singer-songwriter himself. In 2005, Arlo Guthrie invited John to join his post-Katrina “Train to New Orleans Tour.” Arlo says of John, “More than just a good song writer, performer, or guitar player, John Flynn is a friend because he actually does the kinds of things to help make the world a little better.”