2008 Woodie Awards
Experience music and art in Baltimore this summer
Issue date: 5/1/08
So you're in Baltimore for the summer. Maybe you're taking classes, maybe you're doing intensive research in a lab downtown, maybe you're bussing tables at Bert's and, who knows, maybe you have one of those cushy jobs at a law firm. Whatever you're doing you're probably going to be looking for some good ways to chill out this summer, get away from the 9-5 stress and let loose.
Lucky for you, Baltimore has something going on every weekend, if not every day as far as arts and music goes. So brave the sweltering heat and enjoy these awesome adventures.
Full House Festival (May 18)
Finals have been over for four days, and you still have four more days until graduation so live it up with the Full House Festival at the Floristree.
Full House features 13 bands in one day (night?) including names like Cluster - a freaking awesome experimental group from Germany that has been making electropop since 1971 (insert your own jokes here) - noise rock-ish Blues Control, Eric Copland (no relation to Stuart) with his harmonic and ambient music, Daniel Higgs of Baltimore's own Lungfish and more (including Tickley Feather, Black Vatican and Ponce Rocket).
It is a phenomenal line-up and is only $15 in advance ($20 at the door).
Artscape (July 18-20)
Every year Baltimore brings some of the best musicians in the country (not to mention the area) to the city streets for a free festival. The festival hasn't posted its line-up for this year's weekend, but in the last two years they've brought Common, G Love and the Special Sauce, Lupe Fiasco, Keyshia Cole, Rhett Miller, the Isley Brothers, Los Lonely Boys and Peanut Butter Wolf.
The streets (mostly Mount Royal Avenue by MICA) are lined with local art vendors and don't forget to bring your wallet, because we are talking about fine art here.
Every year the line-up for Artscape gets more and more exciting. No matter what it is, it will be worth going to (also because it's free!). There is also the visual arts aspect of the weekend that is particularly exciting.
Lucky for you, Baltimore has something going on every weekend, if not every day as far as arts and music goes. So brave the sweltering heat and enjoy these awesome adventures.
Full House Festival (May 18)
Finals have been over for four days, and you still have four more days until graduation so live it up with the Full House Festival at the Floristree.
Full House features 13 bands in one day (night?) including names like Cluster - a freaking awesome experimental group from Germany that has been making electropop since 1971 (insert your own jokes here) - noise rock-ish Blues Control, Eric Copland (no relation to Stuart) with his harmonic and ambient music, Daniel Higgs of Baltimore's own Lungfish and more (including Tickley Feather, Black Vatican and Ponce Rocket).
It is a phenomenal line-up and is only $15 in advance ($20 at the door).
Artscape (July 18-20)
Every year Baltimore brings some of the best musicians in the country (not to mention the area) to the city streets for a free festival. The festival hasn't posted its line-up for this year's weekend, but in the last two years they've brought Common, G Love and the Special Sauce, Lupe Fiasco, Keyshia Cole, Rhett Miller, the Isley Brothers, Los Lonely Boys and Peanut Butter Wolf.
The streets (mostly Mount Royal Avenue by MICA) are lined with local art vendors and don't forget to bring your wallet, because we are talking about fine art here.
Every year the line-up for Artscape gets more and more exciting. No matter what it is, it will be worth going to (also because it's free!). There is also the visual arts aspect of the weekend that is particularly exciting.
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