October 22, 2026

This Weekend at Poe's: Magic, Ghosts, and a Walk to Poe's Grave

Name: Poe's Magic Theatre
Address: 20 W Baltimore St, Baltimore, MD, 21201, US
Telephone: +1-443-238-1348
Price range: $$
Location: Lord Baltimore Hotel

Your Oct 23 to 25 weekend: our new Poe Walk, the Magic Showcase, ghost tours, HalloQueen brunch, Journey at CFG Bank Arena, the Ravens and the forecast.

New This Week: The Poe Walk

Edgar Allan Poe's memorial grave at Westminster Burying Ground · Photo by Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

The Poe Walk

Our newest tour starts in the lobby of the Lord Baltimore Hotel and ends at Edgar Allan Poe's grave. It's a self-guided GPS walking tour you take on your own phone, written by Vince Wilson, who led the original Poe Grave Ghost Tours along this same route for years.

Take the Poe Walk · $7

A compass and a custom map on your phone lead you from stop to stop, with narration, archival photographs and the full text at every stop, and nothing sends you off to another map app.

Along the way you'll find the corner where Houdini hung upside down in a straitjacket above Baltimore Street in 1916, the Hippodrome, and the Everyman's earlier life as the Empire. At Westminster Burying Ground the walk goes through the gates: Poe's memorial and his original grave, a map of the whole graveyard with the generals, the Constitution signer and Baltimore's first mayor who lie beside him, Frank the body snatcher, the Poe Toaster, and the ghost stories the place keeps. A bonus stop takes you to Davidge Hall.

Walk it whenever you like; it stays on your account. The burying ground is open dawn to dusk, so check Westminster Hall for closures before you go.

It Starts with Houdini

On April 26, 1916, Harry Houdini hung upside down from the old Sun building at Charles and Baltimore and wriggled out of a straitjacket in front of a crowd that filled the street. The Poe Walk begins with a short detour to that corner, then heads west toward Poe.

See the Poe Walk

This Weekend at Poe's

Here is your weekend at Poe's, Fri Oct 23 to Sun Oct 25: two nights of the Magic Showcase, two nights of ghost tours inside the Lord Baltimore Hotel, and HalloQueen brunch on Sunday. Add sunny skies, a rock legend playing down the street and the Ravens at home.

The Magic Showcase

Friday, Oct 23 at 8 pm

The best magicians in the Mid-Atlantic perform at Poe's Magic Theatre.

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The Magic Showcase

Saturday, Oct 24 at 8 pm

Hosted by The Mystical TeAnna, with Dr. Brian Nguyen. Same stage, a fresh night of the best magicians in the Mid-Atlantic.

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Ghost Tours This Weekend

Lord Baltimore Hotel Ghost Tours

Friday, Oct 23 at 10 pm

Investigate America's most haunted luxury hotel, from the lobby all the way up to the 19th floor.

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Lord Baltimore Hotel Ghost Tours

Saturday, Oct 24 at 10 pm

The show ends, the lights dim, and the hotel's other residents get their turn.

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Sunday Brunch

HalloQueen: Drag Brunch LIVE!

Sunday, Oct 25 at 12 pm

Gizele Monáe and Virya Shavasana bring Baltimore's only 100% live vocals drag show to LB Tavern, dressed for Halloween. Come in costume.

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Weekend Weather

Downtown Baltimore and the Inner Harbor on a sunny day, seen from Federal Hill · Photo by Erudint, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons on Pexels

Sunny all weekend, according to the National Weather Service. Friday reaches a high near 63 and drops to about 39 under clear skies after the show. Saturday tops out near 62 with a low around 40, and Sunday is the warmest of the three, near 65, with a low around 42. Bring a jacket for the ghost tour; the 19th floor does not care how warm it was at lunch.

Downtown This Weekend

Baltimore's Inner Harbor at night · Photo by Aaron Burden on Unsplash on Pexels

A concert crowd holding up lights · Photo by Rafael Garcin on Unsplash on Pexels

Journey at CFG Bank Arena

Saturday, Oct 24 at 7:30 pm

Journey plays CFG Bank Arena, a short walk down Baltimore Street from the hotel. Streets and garages will be busier than usual Saturday evening, so give yourself extra time, or come early and have dinner at LB Tavern before the 8 pm show.

Arena info

Doors Open Baltimore, Saturday, Oct 24

One day only, dozens of normally closed historic buildings open their doors to the public for free. A good warm-up for a night inside one of the most storied buildings in the city.

Mary Shelley's Frankenstein, through Nov 1

Chesapeake Shakespeare Company stages the original monster story downtown, which pairs nicely with a ghost tour if you like your weekend properly Gothic.

Different Words for Happiness, through Nov 15

A new play at Everyman Theatre, a few blocks from Poe's.

Hellraisers, Friday, Oct 23 at 7 pm

Stories about rebels and rabble-rousers at Historic Mount Vernon Place Church, with musical guest Glorian.

Game Day

Ravens vs. Bengals

Sunday, Oct 25 at 1 pm at M&T Bank Stadium

The Ravens host Cincinnati on Sunday, so expect a lively downtown Saturday night as fans roll into town. Staying over? Make it a weekend: magic Saturday, football Sunday.

The Orioles have wrapped up their 2026 season, so Camden Yards is quiet until spring.

Ravens game day info

M&T Bank Stadium, home of the Baltimore Ravens · Photo by Quintin Soloviev, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons on Pexels

At the Lord Baltimore Hotel

The Lord Baltimore Hotel on Baltimore Street · Photo by Baltimore Heritage, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons on Pexels

The hotel has its own ways to stretch the evening. The Ghost & Glamour package bundles a one-night stay with Poe's Magic Theatre tickets and a ghost tour. The Weekend Mystery & Magic Getaway makes it two nights with VIP show tickets, a guided ghost tour, and the hotel's Halloween happenings. And LB Skybar's Touch the Sky package (Thursdays through Saturdays) comes with Skybar credit and a view of the whole city from the top.

Ghost & Glamour package

Mystery & Magic Getaway

LB Skybar package