Listeners, if you're looking for what to do in Baltimore this week and weekend, the city is absolutely jumping with events, food, music, and culture. Here’s your insider guide for August 7th and the days ahead.

Tonight, all eyes are on the Hilton Baltimore Inner Harbor, where the World Dance Festival Baltimore 2025 is kicking off at 5 PM. According to Eventbrite, you can expect dance styles from around the globe, performances both dazzling and diverse, and energy that will keep you moving through the night. The festival runs all weekend with workshops and social events, and it’s perfect whether you want to dance or simply take it all in.

Prefer something more artistic? Baltimore Clayworks has its Conscientious Objectification exhibition open from 9 AM to 4 PM today. If you're looking for a family activity, the Port Discovery Children’s Museum is open until 9 PM, and the Baltimore Museum of Art invites you to explore until 8 PM tonight—don’t miss their collection, which boasts the largest trove of Henri Matisse artworks in the world.

Nature lovers, check out the Oregon Ridge Nature Center this evening, or cruise the Inner Harbor with the Baltimore Water Taxi for unbeatable skyline and waterfront views, as highlighted by Baltimore.org. Of course, you could head to Patterson Park for laid-back scenery, or the National Aquarium if you’d like to get close to sharks in the Blacktip Reef and Shark Alley.

Tomorrow, jazz aficionados will love the Aaron Irwin Trio plus Derrick Michaels Quartet at An die Musik. Comedy fans can hit Maryland Art Place for Baltimore’s Best Black Improv Comedy block party. For more interactive fun, Peabody Heights Brewery is hosting an open mic, spotlighting women and queer comics.

Saturday, Mobtown Ballroom & Café is hosting Dancing for Our Neighbor: A Dance Party Funraiser, while over at Manor Mill, Jacob Jolliff brings his bluegrass stylings for a concert and conversation in the evening.

Sunday, craft lovers can join a resin art class at Manor Mill or unwind at Guilford Hall Brewery with a talk on the history of plastic surgery. Art exhibits continue at The Peale and at the Jewish Museum of Maryland, where the Modernisms exhibition offers a thoughtfully curated display.

And that’s just scratching the surface. Baltimore Magazine reminds us that, coming up later in August, you can look forward to the Maryland Vegan Eats Festival at Power Plant Live, a Tate McRae concert at CFG Bank Arena, and all-ages fun at the Maryland Zoo’s Wild Water Splash Days.

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