Happy New Year! Join us for the first show of 2025 on Sunday, JANUARY 19!

Posted on January 15, 2025 by arbutusrecordshow

Wishing everyone a happy, healthy, and safe New Year! We hope you had a great holiday season! The weather is cold but the Ravens are hot and so are the great deals at our first show of 2025 on Sunday, JANUARY 19! Our great vendors will be back at the Arbutus Volunteer Fire Department Hall from 9 am – 3 pm. No admission and FREE parking. Above is our NEW 2025 schedule. You can pick up a flyer (again designed by Frank and Janet’s talented Patty) at the show. You can also click on the ABOUT link on our website for all of the upcoming shows for the year. And remember this month is also Elvis’ birthday month!

Last month’s how was full of the holiday spirit and we found wonderful things for friends and family.

Derek with his Christmas lights!

To celebrate Elvis’ birthday month, we found some hidden gems!

Fall is here and so is our “Spooktacular” show on October 20!

Posted on October 17, 2024 by arbutusrecordshow

It finally feels like fall and it’s time to scare up some great deals at our October show—and just in time for Halloween! You are sure to find some great albums to enhance your decorations for the full effect for trick and treaters on Halloween night! Come to the Arbutus Volunteer Fire Department Hall on SUNDAY, OCTOBER 20 from 9 am – 3 pm. FREE admission and always plenty of FREE parking! And it’s never to early to start holiday shopping for family and friends!

Spring has arrived! Deals are in bloom at our next show, Sunday, April 21!

Posted on April 19, 2024 by arbutusrecordshow

Spring is finally here and so is our next show on SUNDAY, April 21, at the Arbutus Volunteer Department Fire Hall in Arbutus from 9 am – 3 pm. Admission is FREE and FREE parking! All our great vendors will be there with tons of fun music items.

Don’t forget to support your local record store on RECORD SHOW DAY, Saturday, April 20 right before our show!

Krissy and Janet had all their Irish going on at last month’s show!

Here are some great finds awaiting you at the show!

Love is still in the air—our love of music! Join us for our next show over the Presidents Day holiday weekend on Sunday, February 18!

Posted on February 15, 2024 by arbutusrecordshow

Our next show is coming up on Sunday, February 18 at the Arbutus Volunteer Fire Hall from 9 am – 3 pm. Plenty of free parking and no admission fee! You can still get a gift for your special Valentine or celebrate Black History month with the great legacy of Black music and musicians. Come spend those “presidents” on great music items offered by our fabulous vendors!

Join us Sunday, November 19 for our pre-Thanksgiving show and start shopping for the holidays!

Posted on November 16, 2023 by arbutusrecordshow

There are only two more shows left in 2023 so that means there are only two more chances to to shop for music gifts for your family and friends! Join us Sunday, November 19 from 9 am – 3 pm at the Arbutus Volunteer Fire Department! all our great vendors will be there with tons of incredible music deals and gift ideas for your friends and family! We have it all—albums, 45s, CDs, books, posters, DVDs, figurines, and always an unexpected surprise or two. Don’t forget to mark your calendars for December 17 for our last show of 2023!

Summer is around the corner! Join us for a fourth Sunday, Memorial Day weekend show, May 28!

Posted on May 25, 2023 by arbutusrecordshow

Usher in summer with some cool tunes and music deals for hot, summer days! Join us for a special 4th Sunday, Memorial Day weekend show, MAY 28! The hours are 9 am – 3 pm and ADMISSION is always FREE! Plenty of FREE parking! Bring family and tell your friends and spend part of you holiday weekend with us!

We were sorry to hear about the passing of a true legend, a fierce survivor, Queen of Soul, Tina Turner. She is truly was the best!

Last month, we had another great visit from Lonesome Dave Fisher and his trio, including his very talented son. They performed three sets of music, entertaining everyone in attendance. The show was packed with great vendors and shoppers alike, along with some interesting finds!

It’s almost here! Our final show of 2022! Shop for wonderful music gifts on Sunday, December 18! Come celebrate the season with us!

Posted on December 16, 2022 by arbutusrecordshow

It’s hard to believe it is our final show of 2022 on Sunday, December 18 —just in time for holiday shopping for Christmas and also the first day of Hanukkah! Celebrate the season with us while looking for wonderful music gifts! We are open from 9 am to 3 pm and admission and parking are always FREE!

Lots of exciting things from last month’s show! First we had a special treat of LIVE music from “Lonesome” Dave Fisher, his very talented son Gus (he’s only 12 and starting playing guitar only two years ago) on guitar, and his bass player Brad, with three mini-sets at 10 am 11 am, and 12 noon. (He also performs at the iconic The Horse You Came In On Saloon in Fell’s Point.) Dave plays “Real 1950s-Styled Rockabilly Music.” He also had some of his music, T-shirts, buttons, and stickers for sale.

Dave is not only talented but a really nice guy! He came from Colorado during the pandemic and they discovered a wonderful house in Baltimore. They love the weird, fun, and creative vibe of Baltimore and he says that everyone here is really friendly (we like to hear that!) Dave gives lessons at the School of Rock here and also teaches guitar, ukulele, and pre-school music classes at the Beth Tfiloh Dahan Community School in Pikesville. He’s working on a recording project in December. We welcome him and his family and wish him all the best and success with his music here in Baltimore!

We also have our 2023 schedule available so pick up a flyer at the show!

Finally, below are some of the great holiday music across all genres you can find for gifts. See you at the show!

Mark your calendars! Another “spooktacular” show is coming up on Sunday, OCTOBER 16!

Posted on October 12, 2022 by arbutusrecordshow

The air is getting crisp and cool and that means fall, football, and Halloween! Mark your calendars for October 16 and come see us at our next show at the Arbutus Volunteer Fire Department Hall. The hours are 9 am – 3 pm. There is NEVER an admission fee and plenty of FREE parking! Search for some fun, Halloween-themed music or start your holiday shopping early.

Our September show was a great success and there were so many cool finds! Now who are these lovely ladies sporting the official Arbutus Record Show T-shirt?

Another great crowd searching for music treasures in September.

There was a great variety of great music and music items. Some rare finds too!

For the Faith Hill fans!

DVDS, books, CDs and even VHS! We have it all!

School is back, fall is almost here, and so is our next show on Sunday, September 18!

Posted on September 13, 2022 by arbutusrecordshow

We are back with our show on Sunday, SEPTEMBER 18! Join us at the Arbutus Volunteer Fire Department Hall from 9 am – 3 pm. NO admission and plenty of FREE parking! Last month’s show was amazing and the most vendors since the pandemic. (A little secret is that you can come as early as 7:30 am and perhaps snag some super special finds -sshhh).

Sadly we just lost one of greats— jazz pianist Ramsey Lewis, 87, who successfully crossed over to pop success with “The In Crowd” which was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame. A fabulous live recording was done locally in DC at the Bohemian Caverns. He received the 2007 National Endowment for the Arts Jazz Master Award. Lewis was also a mentor to Maurice White who was in Lewis’ trio. He would later go out on his own to form another legendary band, Earth, Wind, and Fire, which clearly had a jazz influence in their music and made them one of the most successful bands ever.

On a lighter note, yours truly had the great opportunity of seeing a legendary band in concert this summer—British new wave rockers Duran Duran. On their 40th Anniversary Tour, they made a stop at Merriweather and put on a fabulous show with the uber-talented Nile Rodgers and Chic opening for them (Rodgers produced their album “Notorious.”) Thanks to the fans, Duran will be inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in November in Los Angeles.

Below are some of the great finds to be had at the show!

It’s almost summer! Join us for the fourth Sunday show, May 22!

Posted on May 18, 2022 by arbutusrecordshow

Time to get some cool tunes and music deals for hot, summer days! It’s a 4th Sunday show, MAY 22! It’s right before the start of summer, Memorial weekend. The hours are 9 am – 3 pm and ADMISSION is always FREE! Plenty of FREE parking! Bring family and tell your friends! The Arbutus Record Show is held at the Arbutus Volunteer Fire Department Hall located at 5200 Southwestern Boulevard in beautiful Arbutus, MD.

We had a wonderful show in April, very busy all through the day and we also had some fun buyers! Carl is a drummer and teacher in the county and told us a great story about Jim Chapin who was Harry Chapin‘s father but also a great musician in his own right! He was a jazz drummer, the author of books about jazz drumming and was posthumously inducted into the Modern Drummer Hall of Fame in 2011. He played with some of the great bands led by Woody Herman and Tommy Dorsey. Carl met Jim who offered to mentor one of his students for two hours at his studio on Long Island—and he himself also learned so much from him!

Carl, drummer and teacher, with one of his finds!

Here’s another fun buyer who let us take a photo of his fun T-shirt!

We had a great crowd! See all the great things below we found last month at the show and there will be more at this month’s show.

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