January

MLK Parade
Noon Jan. 18
Begins at Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard and Eutaw Street and ends at Baltimore Street.

Polar Bear Plunge
1 and 3 p.m. Jan. 30, Sandy Point State Park
plungemd.com

Baltimore Winter Restaurant Week
Jan.22-Feb.7
baltimorerestaurantweek.com

February

Babe’s Birthday Bash
6 p.m. Feb. 5, Babe Ruth Birthplace and Museum
baberuthmuseum.com

Baltimore Tattoo Arts Convention
Feb. 5-7, Sheraton Baltimore City Center
tattooedkingpin.com

“Cezanne and American Modernism”
Feb. 14-May 23, Baltimore Museum of Art
artbma.org

“Japanese Cloisonné Enamels”
Feb. 14-June 13, Walters Art Museum
thewalters.org

American Craft Council Show
Feb. 25-28, Baltimore Convention Center
public.craftcouncil.org/baltimore

Green Earth Expo
Feb. 26-28, Baltimore Convention Cente
projectgreenamerica.com

March

St. Patrick’s Day Parade
March 14
Begins at Washington Monument and ends at the Inner Harbor.
irishparade.net

April

O’s home opener
April 9, Oriole Park at Camden Yards
baltimore.orioles.mlb.com

Privateer Day and Pyrate Invasion
April 10, Fells Point
fellspointdevelopment.org

Transmodern Festival
April 15-18, Baltimore Museum of Art and the H&H Building
Provocative works in visual art, film, sound.
transmodernfestival.org

Johns Hopkins Film Festival
Date TBA
hopkinsfilmfest.com

Johns Hopkins Spring Fair
April 23-25
jhuspringfair.com

Federal Hill Spring Block Party
Date TBA
historicfederalhill.org

May

AVAM Kinetic Sculpture Race
May 1
kineticbaltimore.com

Farmer’s Market Opens
May 2-Dec. 19, under the JFX at Holliday and Saratoga streets

Maryland Film Festival
May 6-9; deadline Jan. 15 to submit
md-filmfest.com

Flower Mart
11 a.m.-8 p.m. May 7-8, Mount Vernon Place
flowermart.org

Preakness
May 15, Pimlico
preakness.com

NCAA Men’s Lacrosse Championships
May 29-31, M&T Bank Stadium
ticketmaster.com

June

Honfest
June 12-13, 36th Street, Hampden
honfest.net

Summer Football Festival
Date TBA, M&T Bank Stadium
baltimoreravens.com

Baltimore Pride
June 19-20, Mount Vernon
baltimorepride.org

African American Heritage Festival
Dates TBA, M&T Bank Stadium
aahf.net

July

Independence Day fireworks
July 4, Inner Harbor
bop.org

Artscape
July 16-18, Mount Royal Avenue and Charles Street
artscape.org

Ravens Training Camp
Dates TBA, McDaniel College
baltimoreravens.com

Otakon
July 30-Aug. 1, Baltimore Convention Center
otakon.com

August

Baltimore Fashion Week
Aug. 9-13, War Memorial Building
baltimoresfashionweek.com

Maryland State Fair
Aug.27-Sept. 6, Timonium fairgrounds
marylandstatefair.com

Baltimore Comic Con
Aug. 28-29, Baltimore Convention Center
baltimorecomiccon.com

Renaissance Festival begins
Aug. 28, Crownsville Fairgrounds
rennfest.com

September

Hampden Fest
Date TBA, 36th Street, Hampden
hampdenfest.blogspot.com

Pigtown Festival
Sept. 11
pigtownfestival.org

Maryland Wine Festival
Sept. 18-19, Carroll County Farm Museum
marylandwine.com/mdwinefest

Baltimore Women’s Film Festival
Dates, location TBA
bwfilmfestival.com

High Zero Festival
Sept. 23-26, Theatre Project
highzero.org

Baltimore Book Festival
Sept. 24-26, Mount Vernon Place
baltimorebookfestival.com

Federal Hill Street Beat Festival
Date TBA
historicfederalhill.org

October

Free Fall Baltimore
Monthlong
freefallbaltimore.com

Fells Point Fun Festival
Oct. 2 and 3
preservationsociety.com

Baltimore Beer Week
Oct. 7-17
baltimorebeerweek.com

Baltimore Running Festival
Oct. 16
thebaltimoremarathon.com

“Andy Warhol: The Last Decade”
Oct. 17-Jan. 9, Baltimore Museum of Art
artbma.org

Halloween in Fells Point
Oct. 31
December

Monument Lighting
Dec. 2, Mount Vernon Place
bop.org

Mayor’s Parade in Hampden
Date TBA

New Year’s Eve at the Inner Harbor/Power Plant Live
Dec. 31

Compiled by Marissa Gallo, b

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