Baltimore’s own Balkan gypsy dance inferno Balti Mare opens. Balti Mare leader , Armani Crucescu is honing his craft while staying with Fanfare in Romania for a week this winter. Armani adds East European accordion master Kalin Kirilov to his A-list Balti Mare lineup, which also includes sax titan Chris Pumphrey, frenetic violin phenom Nils Schwerzmann, and tuba maestro Tom Holtz. Want to know why the brass band movement in America is booming? Come dance to the band that started the revolution! Gypsy dance shoes/dress suggested! $12, $9 members

Baltimore's most awesome mad, gypsy, Balkan dance band Balti Mare amps up their lineup with some new players, roiling out their high-energy dance tunes rooted in East European traditions, accented with the City's urban energy.

Who knew the Roma originated in Northern India? Baltimore’s fab Balkan band Balti Mare hosts a mad spring, gypsy dance party with an Indian accent! They play rocking songs about goats and other danceable tunes that are sung in Romane (gypsy), Romanian, and English.

Two high-energy dance bands anchor the wild Halloween Parade After-Party Dance with our All Out Adult Costume Competition! Local judges, Sue Lowe, Luke Clippinger and Alma Saldaña assess the fabulousity of your costume as competitors parade on stage. Wear dancing shoes for sure! Dancing to TUBAS!."

Bars are open late! Great prizes for costume winners!

Plus goat jokes