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SATURDAY SEPT 13 Late Night!
What the Dance & Girls Rule! present
CLUB XCX: SWEAT SEASON 🔥
CALLING ALL BALTIMORE ANGELS FOR A BRATTY POP NIGHT! 💚
EXPERIENCE A PARTY, GIRL:
🍏 Ottobar
🏍️ Saturday, September 13
💅 10pm
💃 21+
VROOM VROOM B*TCH / TIX @ WHATTHEDANCE.COM 🎟
Blasting the best of Charli xcx, Billie Eilish, Slayyyter, Troye Sivan, Kim Petras, Chappell Roan, Shygirl, Addison Rae, The Dare, Lady Gaga, Kesha, Lorde, Tinashe, Ariana Grande, and more! 💿
DJ set by @amyreid_music 🎧
Follow us for more @thedanceparties 🥳
Early-Bird tickets onsale NOW at theottobar.com!
Thursday July 24th!
Boston’s Actor Observer returns!
special guests, the hometown talents of:
In Shallow Seas
Absent Hands
Kill the Darkness
7pm doors- All Ages
Tickets at theottobar.com now!
We’re turning 28 and throwing a birthday bash at the Inner Harbor’s Amphitheatre-
featuring:
Pinkshift
PLRLS
Outcalls
Bali Lamas
Combat
Chromafix
PLUS- food trucks, interactive activities, and Punk Rock Flea Market vendors and tons more!
Saturday October 4th
12-8pm
COMPLETELY FREE
and ALL AGES
flyer by @goctagon
IT’S BACK BALTIMORE!
BIT GEN 19- THE WORLD’S BIGGEST ONE-DAY VIDEO GAME MUSIC PARTY RETURNS
19 years! 12 bands!
In the year 2025, Bit Gen Gamer Fest powers up once more as planet Earth’s largest one-day video game music festival. Bit Gen 19 storms the legendary Ottobar in Baltimore, Maryland, for an all-day, all-out celebration of the music and madness that defined a generation.
This year’s lineup showcases some of the most iconic and electrifying performers in the video game music scene, spanning nearly 30 years of pixel-fueled history. This genre doesn’t fade—it respawns.
With two stages running on a ping-pong-style alternating schedule, the action never stops. Fuel your combo meter with video game-inspired cocktails, dive into a curated selection of free-play arcade and console games, and let your nostalgia pacman feast until it bursts with joy.
Food trucks will be ready to replenish your HP. The music? Loud. The crowd? Loud. The vibes? Prestine.
This is raw, unfiltered nerd culture turned all the way up. No panels. No cosplay contests (or should we?). Just pure, live, VGM performed by the best in the game. Bit Gen Gamer Fest continues to cement its legacy as the galaxy’s most relentless celebration of video game music and the weird, wonderful people who love it.
Strap on your Mega Buster. Pick your fighter. Let’s wreck this level
Tickets at theottobar.com and fee-free at Ottobar NOW!
JUST ANNOUNCED!
SAT SEPT 20
Super City
Bodega
The Lunar Year
Talking Points
6:30pm doors- All Ages
Tickets available NOW at theottobar.com!
Wed July 16th!
Devin Shaffer
Lipsticism
Bella Hayes
Alexa Bristol
7pm doors- All Ages!
Tickets at theottobar.com now-
Tuesday July 22nd-
Lowheaven
Tan and Handsome
Megazillion
The Wayward
6:30pm doors- all ages
Tickets at theottobar.com NOW!
Don’t forget about OTTOFY!
Our super-sampling of the great acts coming to Ottobar
Check out new artists, impress friends, scare neighbors, or hypnotize cats- it does it ALL...
Link in bio-
see you at the shows!
(Thanks as always to @nolen_strals for his classic design)
Girls Rule!
21+
Saturday, July 12
Doors: 9pm
Upstairs @ Ottobar
Girls Rule! DJ Amsies playing all women artists all night long!
@amyreid_music
Performing after SSSS!
The Second Saturday S#!T Show feat. Jamar Taylor
Ages 21 and up
Saturday, July 12
Doors: 7pm
Upstairs @ Ottobar
Come join us for the (162) Second Saturday S#!T Show on June 12, 2025 with our headliner Jamar Taylor
7PM – Doors & #HappyHour
8PM – Show
$10 cash at the door… presale tickets at theottobar.com
After the jokes is the FREE #GirlsRule #DanceParty w/ DJ Amsies
Headliner:
Jamar Taylor is a US Army vet and 1/3 of Mobtown Comedy. HIs charm, wit & frenetic pace leaves the audience memorized and begging for more.
@bmorefunnymar
Features:
Uncle John
Joe Richard Saunders @joe.richard.saunders
Sandhya Ganesh
Nathan Scahill @nathan.sca
With special guest: Caitlin Austin @caitlinisacutie
Hosted by @mikequindlen 😍
#FlashbackFridays w/ DJ Mills
21+
Friday, July 11
Doors: 9pm
Upstairs @ Ottobar
Pharrell & The Neptunes Edition!
DJ Mills spinning all your favorite dance floor classics from Pharrell & The Neptunes
The Clipse…NERD… Snoop…
Beyoncé & Jay Z…Kelis…Justin Timberlake …Missy Elliot and more
@baltimoredjmills
🍉QUEERAOKE!🍉
21+
Thursday, July 10
Doors: 9pm
Upstairs @ Ottobar
aasc baltimore presents
QUEERAOKE!
A drag (optional) Karaoke for Palestine
@aasc.baltimore
@lil.purp666
Free- but donations are welcome
masks encouraged ❤️
Trivia & Karaoke Night
Wednesday, July 09
Doors: 6pm
Upstairs @ Ottobar
Ottobar trivia, play as teams or solo!
@showtimetrivia
Trivia at 7:00!
Karaoke at 9:30!
Hosted by the focused @pstorbmore 😍
DJ Uncle Quincy
21+
Tuesday, July 08
Doors: 9pm
Upstairs @ Ottobar
Hip-Hop, Funk, & Soul Dance Party w/ DJ Uncle Quincy!
@uncle_quincy
Metal Monday!
21+
Monday, July 07
Doors: 9pm
Upstairs @ Ottobar
@ottobarmetalmonday
Metal Monday! ALL METAL ALL NIGHT!
Hosted by the magnificently swole @dj_jerrod_bronson 😍
“It is not our diversity which divides us; it is not our ethnicity, or religion or culture that divides us. Since we have achieved our freedom, there can only be one division amongst us: between those who cherish democracy and those who do not.” -Nelson Mandela
Industry Night
21+
Sunday, July 06
Doors: 9pm
Upstairs @ Ottobar
Industry night! Drink to forget the pain of customer service.
Specials for industry people!
HEAR MUSIC FROM OUR UPCOMING SHOWS
Guided By Voices by David LaMason / The Kills by Josh Sisk