Lake Street Dive in Baltimore
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About Lake Street Dive
Lake Street Dive is a Boston-based funk and soul band that somehow keeps getting better instead of calcifying into nostalgia. They started in the mid-2000s as a street busking group, which explains why their sound has this infectious, go-anywhere energy that doesn't care about genre lanes. Their 2013 album Bad Self Portraits introduced them to a wider audience, but it was 2015's Side Pony that made them unavoidable—tracks like 'Good as Hell' became the kind of song people who don't normally listen to funk actually sought out. Ssinger Rachael Price has a voice that can shift from breathy and intimate to absolutely commanding without breaking a sweat. The band treats every song like it's a negotiation with the listener, building grooves instead of just playing them, making arrangements that breathe and shift. They're serious musicians who refuse to sound serious about it.
Shows feel like a really good party where the musicians somehow have more fun than the audience, which is impossible but they manage it anyway. Price commands the stage without trying. Crowds move without being told to.
Known for Good as Hell, It Happened to Me, Bad Self Portraits, Side Pony, What Would a Wise Man Do
Lake Street Dive + Baltimore
Lake Street Dive brought their particular brand of funk-tinged pop to Merriweather Post Pavilion on a September evening, working through a setlist that proved why they've built such a devoted following. They dug into deeper cuts like 'Mistakes' and 'Party on the Roof' alongside the kind of radio-friendly hooks that make them such an easy sell—'Rich Girl' closing out the night felt inevitable, even if you weren't expecting it. The band's Baltimore stops have always felt like they're playing for people who actually listen rather than just hear, and this 23-song run confirmed that approach still works.
Lake Street Dive in Baltimore News
- Eagles home opener at the Linc, Fringe Festival begins and the 13th annual Haverford Music Festival in this week’s ‘Things To Do’ WHYY · Sep 4, 2025
- Lake Street Dive Confirms September 2025 Tour Dates With Lawrence JamBase · Feb 19, 2025
- Snapshots: Lake Street Dive @ Rams Head Live — 1/3/19 Parklife DC · Jan 7, 2019
- Lake Street Dive is Latest Band to Play BSO Pulse Series Baltimore Magazine · Feb 21, 2017
- Lake Street Dive Announces 2017 US "Side Pony" Tour Dates Nonesuch Records · Nov 15, 2016
Live Music in Baltimore
Baltimore's music scene has always leaned into raw funkiness and soul tradition—think Mustard Plug, The Wussy Boyz, and the broader legacy of the city's club culture. Lake Street Dive fits naturally into that lineage: they're precision-tight musicians playing music that's fundamentally about the pocket and the groove, which is exactly what Baltimore knows how to do.
Baltimore road trip to see Lake Street Dive?
Stay in Canton or Federal Hill—both neighborhoods have the restaurants and bars worth spending time in. Try Alma Cocina for Peruvian fare or Pabu for Japanese if you want something substantial before the show. Walk around the Inner Harbor, grab coffee at a local roaster. The Walters Art Museum is genuinely excellent and free. Check out what's at The Lyric or Hippodrome if there's live music the nights before or after. Baltimore's best asset is that it doesn't feel overly polished—the authenticity matches the vibe of a band like Journey.
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