The Baltimore Folk Music Society was founded in 1975 as a non-profit, educational organization dedicated to teaching, preserving, and promoting the music, dance, and traditions of the American people. We are supported mainly through membership dues, with some additional income from donations and grants. Donations are tax-deductible.   The Meet-up group was formed to inform non-members of the events the BFMS sponsors. You can find more information at the Society's website: www.bfms.org Activit …

The purpose of this meetup group is to attend and enjoy concerts of classical and choral music. If you enjoy this music and would like to have other folks to attend concerts with, this group is for you. Many of our concert choices will be free or low-cost. For the free concerts, if you RSVP by the RSVP closing date and time, we will know you are coming and look out for you so we can all sit together. Of course you are most welcome to come anyway whether you RSVP or not; it's just that …

Belly Dance! Here we are- professional belly dancers, students, teachers, drummers, musicians and friends in Maryland and surrounding areas! Meet fellow Bellydancers near you! Come to a local Bellydancing Meetup to share the joy of belly dancing (Raqs Sharqi or Dance Oriental if you prefer). Our calendar is the best feature- see where classes are, post your own events? fill out the polls to help teachers plan. Learn about costumes and veils, shows, dancers, styles …

Classical music is like a box of chocolate. Not every composer or piece is for everyone. So dive in, sample a few and you may just find a new way to relax. Many people think of classical music as an acquired taste. We "acquire" tastes for all kinds of music without realising it such as country, pop, raggea,and jazz but most people considers classical music difficult to appreciate. It is really quite a diverse field of music and there is a wide variety of classical styles. Meet other Classical …

We encourage adult musicians, especially pianists, to join. Beginners to advanced. Play a classical, blues, jazz or your own composition in a relaxed setting. Encourage members to play with other members, i.e., piano four hands or combinations of other instruments. We wish to reintroduce the practice of Hausmusik, house music, that is, music played by non-professionals or by professionals just for the fun of it. We admire professional musicians a great deal, but feel that music is far too imp …

Shake Your Soul is an exhilarating approach to whole body fitness, designed to shake the stress off your soul. You exercise at your own level by adding your own creativity to the program's dance movements. SYS's transformative movement to music from throughout the world will ignite joy and passion.  Shake Your Soul®, based in Kripalu YogaDance, is a holistic approach to movement and dance, and was inspired by yoga, Qi Kung, modern dance, African dance, and body-mind centering. In our classes, we …

Looking for folks to play music with, blues, folk, dinosaur rock, traditonal, etc. I'm a 56 year old who misses jamming and learning new music. Mostly guitar, but madolin, banjo, etc. would be cool too.

This group is created to serve as a vehicle, to better allow those, who have a love for the rich traditions, of the African influenced musics of the Spanish speaking Islands of Cuba and Puerto Rico, as well as others, that have drumming as their central component, to engage in, and fulfill that love, by connecting with others, who share that love. We exercise our love by coming together, to study, play, and perform this art form, and in doing so, hope to help preserve and promote this beautiful …

Hi, my name is Robert Hitz, and I am a pianist, teacher and composer with a tremendous love and respect for the role of improvisation in my musical life, and a desire to meet, share and explore the world of piano improv and composition with other pianists of all levels and styles. If you are interested in improvisation and composition, (free, jazz - anything!) and wish to share with other pianists who enjoy and aspire to creating music through improvisation join me in this wonderful art form! Op …

My first love is salsa dancing. Latin rhythms spark such musical excitement that my body responds to it involuntarily. Salsa inspires an instant reaction in my heart – festive, happy, fast and sassy. But then, I discovered West Coast Swing and fell in love with it thanks to so many talented, beautiful and inspiration dancers who come to MadJam, SwingFling and Cherry Hill WCS Friday Nights in College Park MD. West Coast Swing can be elegant, graceful, soft, slow, intriguing or it can be sexy, fli …

The Baltimore Fine Arts Club (BFAC) was created to bring people together to share their appreciation of the rich variety of Music, Art, Dance, Theatre, and other Fine Arts in the Baltimore region.

The DMV/Baltmore Area Entertainment Industry Friends Meetup consists of Filmmakers, Actors, Musicians,Screenwriters,Producers,Television, Music and other Entertainment industry professionals who want to network. Special events include fashion shows, concerts ,film screenings, networking forums, professional entertainment workshops and seminars. Meet , Music Artists, Filmmakers, Actors, Directors, Models, Screenwriters, Producers and Entertainment Industry professionals. Our events are designed t …

This group is for men in their 20’s and 30’s who are interested in networking opportunities and expanding their social circles. If you’re a guy in the Baltimore County area and you like sports, music, women, beer, or the outdoors this group is for you. Our meet-ups include hiking trips, beer tastings, concerts, sporting events, etc. We don’t discriminate on race, religion, or socioeconomic status, but women and gay guys are, respectfully, unwelcome.  (We are not a group of sexists or bigots; we …

Initiated in May 2012, this brings together people in their 20s, 30s, and 40s for a variety of social events. If you are around Glen Burnie, Severna Park, Odenton, Crofton, Annapolis, South County, or even elsewhere in the Baltimore and Washington areas, this is for you. It fills a bit of a gap in coed younger social groups. Ideas include outdoor activities, happy hours, beach trips, live music, exhibits, games, parties, taking in historic districts, and anything else suited to one's interests a …

Do you love the arts? Whether your passion is for music, dance, theater, film, writing, painting, photography...or all of the above, this group is for you! Come share your artistic skills or just mix and mingle with other creative types. There are many artistic events happening locally and in the greater Washington DC/Baltimore area.  This group is to bring together like-minded creatives within the local and nearby community to build friendships, share creative interests, and attend a variety of …

This group was created to serve as a venue to gather all the Bollywood Movie lovers in the Baltimore Area to share and enjoy their passion together. This group in not only limited to Baltimore, it is open to anyone in the MD/DC/VA area. Besides watching and discussing Bollywood movies, this group is a perfect forum for those that will love to share the passion for Bollywood music, Bollywood dancing, Tamil movies, Telugu movies, Kannada movies, Malayalam movies, any other international produced i …