Announcements / Oct 28th, 2024

2025 Crankie Fest + Say Sister Announcement

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Baltimore Crankie Festival & Say Sister Festival tickets are on sale NOW for Creative Alliance Members!

Announcing MUST SEE festivals coming up in 2025 at Creative Alliance. An all-time favorite year after year and a brand new exploration celebrating women in old time music. Do not sleep on getting your tickets to these sell out events. As a special perk, Creative Alliance members have early access to tickets!

TODAY: Members Early Access  |  NOV 4: Tickets On Sale for All


2025 Baltimore Crankie Festival
FEB 7-9, 2025

Watch the world’s greatest stories unroll before your eyes! Baltimore’s beloved festival of scrolled panoramas, known as “crankies,” returns for its 11th year of fireside wonder!

ON SALE NOW for Members!  |  Available to all on NOV 4, 2024
2025 Baltimore Crankie Festival Information & Tickets

Want early access to these sell out events and front row seats? Become a Creative Alliance Member Today!

 

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ANNOUNCING A BRAND NEW EVENT OF MUSIC, WORKSHOPS, & MORE!

Say, Sister! Festival

Exhibition Opening & Square Dance: FRI JAN 3
“I’ve Endured” On View: JAN 3 – MAR 1, 2025
Performances & Workshops: JAN 11-12, 2024

Announcing a diverse and revolutionary celebration of women in roots music with the inaugural Say, Sister! Festival. Set against the backdrop of Baltimore’s rich musical history—home to icons like Alice Gerrard, Hazel Dickens, and Mama Cass—Say Sister! honors the women who have endured, thrived, and shaped the roots music landscape.

Performances by: Amythyst Kiah, Sarah Kate Morgan, Kimber Ludiker, Cathy Fink & Marcy Marxer Old Time Coalition, Ann Porcella, Becky Hill, Dena Ross Jennings

ON SALE NOW for Members!  | Available to all on NOV 4, 2024

 

I've Endured | Women In Old Time

EXHIBITION

I’ve Endured: Women of Old Time Music

JAN 3, 2025 – MARCH 1, 2025

Creative Alliance is honored to host “I’ve Endured: Women of Old Time Music” an exhibition presented at Birthplace of Country Music Museum in 2023. Originally created by a women-led content team the exhibition “I’ve Endured: Women in Old-Time Music” spotlights commercial success stories and iconic musicians like Mother Maybelle and Sara Carter, Ola Belle Reed, Elizabeth Cotten, Lily May Ledford, Hazel Dickens, Etta Baker, and Alice Gerrard.