The Baltimore Entertainment Archive (BEARC) is a free, searchable database of the vibrant music culture of Baltimore, Maryland in the post-World War II era, approximately 1950-2000. It is an active archive, as we continue to seek out and document the story of Baltimore’s rich heritage of music and entertainment. 

BEARC is a legacy project for the people of Baltimore, and a resource for lovers and researchers of Baltimore’s special style of American Music around the world: from country, to commercial, to society, to R&B and Northern Soul. IF you support this work, please support it with a donation. All donations go directly toward continued research and documentation, and ensuring its continuation into the future. Donations are processed through our GoFundMe.
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IMPORTANT:
IF you have information to contribute to the archive – photos, stories/recollections, ads, posters, band cards, recordings, a new band to add – please email it to us through the archive’s contact page.


Random selections from the archives

Condition, The

Active dates: 1970 4

Soundtrack

Active dates: 1980s 7

Top-40 band. Played Lorenzo’s circa 1988…

Lower East Side, The 

Active dates: 1975-1984+ 17

Formed in 1975 with Vince DiGiosafati (acoustic guitar aka-Vincent Daryl), Jimmy Hughes (bass ex-Legend, Raintree), and John Linthicum (electric guitar […]

Pastime Band, The  

Active dates: 1994-2008 8

After Doc Rogers & the Rock Dodgers split up in 1994, guitarist Steve Buchholz called his ex-brother-in-law Clyde Allen to […]

Effigy

Active dates: 1972-1973 7

Top-40 cover band.

Stir Crazy

Active dates: 1990s-2000s 6

Gangsta rap artist.