Baltimore City Guide - Special Events

First Thursday, first Thurs of every month, arts, displays, exhibitions, talks and music, Charles Street Corridor, free admission to Walters and BMA
Martin Luther King Parade, Jan, Eutaw Street
Inner Harbor Easter Festival, Apr, Inner Harbor
St Patrick's Day Parade, Mar, starts at Inner Harbor (website: www.saintpatricksdayparade.com/baltimore/index.htm)
Preakness Celebration, third weekend in May, parades, concerts, races on the water and balloon launches, throughout the city. Actual race is in May (website: www.preaknesscelebration.org)
Preakness Celebration Parade, May, floats, marching bands and clowns, 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, Jun-Sep, featuring music of all kinds from rock to reggae to big bands, Harbor Amphitheatre (website: www.harborplace.com)
Balticon, May, Maryland Regional Science Fiction Convention, Wyndham Harbor Hotel (website: www.balticon.org)
Latino Fest, first two weeks Jun, cultural festival, Patterson Park (website: www.eblo.org)
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, Jul, Mount Royal Avenue, (website: www.artscape.org)
Maryland State Fair, late Aug-Sep, originally just a farmers' markets, now also includes hundreds of stalls and a massive fun fair, Maryland State Fairground, Timonium (website: www.marylandstatefair.com)
Baltimore Book Festival, Sep-Oct, Mount Vernon (website: www.baltimorebookfestival.com)
Annual Chocolate Festival, mid-Oct, Lexington Market (website: www.lexingtonmarket.com/annual.html)
Fells Point Fun Festival, Oct, on and around Broadway, Fells Point (website: www.preservationsociety.com)
Baltimore Thanksgiving Day Parade, Nov, Pratt Street to Market Place
Lighted Boat Parade, first week of Dec, spectacular event with over 50 boats decorated and glinting in the dark, Inner Harbor
Lighting of the Washington Monument, Dec, Washington Monument