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Special Events First Thursday, arts, displays, exhibitions, talks and music, first Thurs of every month, Charles Street Corridor Volvo Ocean Race Round The World, Apr, the waters of Baltimore and Annapolis Baltimore Waterfront Festival, entertainment, music and events, late Apr, along the waterfront Annual Baltimore Women’s Show, everything from fashion shows and image consulting to health screenings, career workshops and food sampling, first week of May, Maryland State Fairground, Timonium Preakness Celebration, parades, concerts, races on the water and balloon launches (website: www.preaknesscelebration.com), 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 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 Maryland Regional Science Fiction Convention (website: www.balticon.org), Memorial Day weekend, May, Wyndham Harbor Hotel Latino Fest, cultural festival (website: www.eblo.org), first two weeks Jun, Patterson Park Annual Charles Village Parade, first week of Jun, Charles Village Maryland Rose Society Inc Annual Rose Show, Jun, Cylburn Arboretum, 4925 Greenspring Avenue Annual Ice Cream Festival, mid-Jun, Lexington Market Harborplace Birthday Celebration (website: www.harborplace.com), 22 Jun, Harborplace Amphitheatre, Inner Harbor Baltimore Fourth of July Celebration, 4 Jul, Harborplace Amphitheatre, Inner Harbor Artscape Festival (website: www.artscape.org), late 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, 2nd week of Oct, Lexington Market Oktoberfest, food, drink and family fun, Oct, throughout the city, particularly Downtown Annual Fall Chrysanthemum Display, Nov, Conservatory and Botanic Gardens 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 |
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