World City Guide

Special Events

First Thursday, arts, displays, exhibitions, talks and music, first Thurs of every month, Charles Street Corridor, free admission to Walters and BMA
Martin Luther King Parade, Jan, Eutaw Street
St Patrick’s Day Parade, Mar, starts at Inner Harbor
Preakness Celebration, parades, concerts, races on the water and balloon launches, third weekend in May, throughout the city
Preakness Celebration Parade, floats, marching bands and clowns, May, Downtown
Preakness Celebration Events, May, Harborplace and The Gallery
Preakness Crab Derby, May, Lexington Market
Preakness Derby, May, Pimlico Race Course
Volvo Waterfront Concert Series, Inner Harbor
Harborplace and The Gallery Summer Concert Series, featuring music of all kinds from rock to reggae to big bands (website: www.harborplace.com), May-Sep, Amphitheatre
Balticon, Maryland Regional Science Fiction Convention, May, Wyndham Harbor Hotel (website: www.bsfs.org/b39hist.htm)
Latino Fest, cultural festival (website: www.eblo.org), first two weeks Jun, Patterson Park
Annual Charles Village Parade, Jun, Charles Village
Liberty Week at the Harbor - 60th Commemoration of D-Day, Jun, Harborplace
Baltimore Fourth of July Celebration, 4 Jul, Harborplace Amphitheatre, Inner Harbor
Artscape Festival (website: www.artscape.org), Jul, Mount Royal Avenue
Maryland State Fair, originally just a farmers’ markets, now also includes hundreds of stalls and a massive fun fair (website: www.marylandstatefair.com), last week Aug and first week Oct, Maryland State Fairground, Timonium
Baltimore Book Festival, Sep, Mount Vernon
Annual Chocolate Festival, Oct, Lexington Market
Fells Point Fun Festival, Oct, on and around Broadway, Fells Point
Baltimore Thanksgiving Day Parade, Nov, Pratt Street to Market Place
Lighted Boat Parade, spectacular event with over 50 boats decorated and glinting in the dark, first week of Dec, Inner Harbor