Weekend on the Radio Recap

All Weekend Long:

• Otakon, Baltimore Convention Center, check website for details
• Moonrise Festival, Plimlico Race Course, check website for details

Thursday, 8/7:

• First Thursday: J.D. McPherson, The Whigs, Moon Taxi, Canton, 5 p.m.
• Baltimore's Next Comedy Star Finals, Baltimore Comedy Factory, 8 p.m.
• Ravens vs. 49ers, M&T Bank Stadium, 7:30 p.m.

Friday, 8/8:

• Live Lunch: Carl Filipiak, WTMD Studios, noon
• The Jerry Garcia Symphonic Celebration, Pier 6, 8 p.m.

Saturday, 8/9:

• Ball Up Streetball Tour, Towson University, 6 p.m.

Weekend on the Radio Recap

All Weekend Long:

• Otakon, Baltimore Convention Center, check website for details
• Howard County Fair, Howard County Fairgrounds, check website for details

Thursday, 8/8:

• Legends of Summer Tour, M&T Bank Stadium, 8 p.m. 
• Peter Frampton's Guitar Circus, Pier 6, 7 p.m.
• Flicks From the Hill, AVAM, 5 p.m.

Saturday, 8/10:

• Believe in Music Benefit, Pier 6, 5 p.m.
• 8 Bit Gen Gamer Fest, Ram's Head Live, 4 p.m.

Sunday, 8/11:

• Hunx and His Punx, Ottobar, 9 p.m. 

Weekend on the Radio: Astro Boy Edition

This week, we dress up like Cowboy Bebop at Otakon, check out the hot-rods at the Hamilton Street Festival and celebrate Baltimore's gastronomic achievements for Baltimore Restaurant Week

All Weekend Long

• Otakon, Baltimore Convention Center, check website for details
• Baltimore Restaurant Week, various restaurants around Baltimore, check website for details

Thursday, 7/26:

• SOJA,  Ram's Head Live, 8 p.m. 
• The BSO presents the music of Michael Jackson, Pier 6, 6:30 p.m.
• Locovore Beer Tasting, Gertrude's, 6 p.m.

Friday, 7/27:

• Orioles vs. Oakland Athletics, Camden Yards, 7 p.m. 
• The BSO presents the music of Led Zeppelin, Pier 6, 6:30 p.m.

Saturday, 7/28:

• Hamilton Street Festival, downtown Hamilton, check website for details 
• Liverpool vs. Tottenham, M&T Bank Stadium, 1 p.m.

Weekend on the Radio Recap

Every Thursday morning at 6:20 a.m. and 8:20 a.m. Sam Gallant of the Creative Alliance shares with you all the cool happenings around town on on the Weekend on the Radio. This week, Otakon covers Charm City in a haze of flashing patterns and schoolgirl costumes. In case you missed a detail about a specific event, here's the list for this week.

All Weekend Long:

• Otakon, Baltimore Convention Center, check website for details
  
• Ocean City Greek Festival, Robert E. Powell Convention Center, check website for details
  
• Tinkertoy Exhibit, Port Discovery, check website for details
• Outlaw Jam 2: featuring Motley Crue, Poison, KIX and Brian Setzer, Frederick Fairgrounds, check website for details

Thursday, 7/28:

• The Black Lips, Ottobar, 9 p.m.

Friday, 7/29:

• Stilt Walking Class, Nanaprojects, 5 to 9 p.m.
• Columbia Lakefront Film Festival: Flipped, Columbia Town Center Lakefront, 8:30 p.m.
• 311 and Sublime, Jiffy Lube Live, 9 p.m.

Saturday, 7/30:

• Eureka Birds, Wind-Up Space, 8 p.m.

Sunday, 7/31:

• Dolly Parton, Wolf Trap, 8 p.m.