Community Calendar

Please note that the first day of the festival begins at 5pm on Friday.

Now in its 59th year, the Fell’s Point Fun Festival is Baltimore’s largest and longest-running street festival, drawing tens of thousands to the historic waterfront each fall. The festival celebrates the neighborhood’s vibrant culture with a weekend of live music, local vendors, regional food and drink, and family-friendly activities—stretching across the Belgian block streets of Fell’s Point.
Founded in 1967 as a grassroots effort to preserve the neighborhood from highway development, the festival has become a beloved tradition rooted in community, creativity, and Baltimore pride. This year’s highlights include multiple live music stages, over 150 artisans and small businesses, a restored ghost sign tribute, a new craft beer park curated by Checkerspot Brewing, the always-iconic Pet Parade, and a brand-new scavenger hunt event, FestQuest.
Admission is free.

Join the Inner Arbor Trust and HoCo Pride for a vibrant day filled with music, dance, games, food, and resources that honor and uplift our LGBTQIA2S+ community. Everyone is welcome at this free, family-friendly festival to celebrate how far we've come and continue the work of building and fighting for a more inclusive, safe, and thriving community!

Highlights include:

Music, drag performances, aerialists, and more on stage
Small businesses and independent creators
Local food trucks, food stalls, and concessions
Community organizations and non-profits providing resources, information, and support
Games, crafts, and more!

Let’s stand together and continue building a community where everyone belongs.

A FREE festival for the whole community in celebration of the 50th Anniversary of The Baltimore Folk Music Society, a nonprofit organization. 9 terrific music, dance and storytelling acts on the main stage, plus areas devoted to jamming. Outside food trucks, face painting, crafts, Morris dancing, Madrigal singing, picnicking, storytelling and more. Whether you like Klezmer music, Irish Music, Old Time Music, clogging and step dancing, there is something for everyone!
The celebration starts on Friday night at R house with 4 hours of old time, Irish and French Canadian jamming. A day of dancing at Lovely Lane, 2200 St. Paul on Saturday. Saturday begins with a Community/Family Dance from 1:30-3:30. All events are free, with donations welcome. www.bfms.org/bfms50.php

Washington, DC’s premier showcase for rising stars and comedy icons — returns for its third year this October 10–12 at The Wharf. Named one of USA Today’s “Top 10 New Events” in its debut year, BTF has quickly become a highlight of the city’s cultural calendar.

This year’s lineup features headliners Sommore, the “Queen of Comedy,” and Jay Pharoah, joined by special guests like Tisha Campbell and a wave of emerging stand-up talent. Festival highlights include the flagship Breakout Comedian of the Year Competition hosted by Pharoah, where national finalists compete for a $10,000 grand prize and a shot at Hollywood representation, the Hey Ladies Comedy Experience hosted by Sommore, local comedy showcases, panels, and screenings.

A special FREE evening exploring democracy and connection, and how they come together in film, in anticipation of the next day’s 2025 Elijah E. Cummings Democracy and Freedom Festival.

Twelve diverse Christian leaders find hope and fellowship at a series of boundary-breaking retreats in Grand Rapids, Michigan. Brought together by Michael Gulker of The Colossian Forum, five women and seven men struggle with some of today’s most contentious issues. The divisions between them become apparent and test both their common belief in the universal importance of love and kindness and the bonds they build over the course of a year.

Inspiring and provocative, LEAP OF FAITH explores whether we can disagree and still belong to each other in a divided world. The film is directed by Nicholas Ma, a presenter at the October 15 Elijah E. Cummings Democracy and Freedom Festival hosted by the SNF Agora Institute.

6:00 PM Doors open
6:15 – 6:45 PM Student Meet-and-Greet with Nicolas Ma*
7:00 – 8:30 PM Leap of Faith screening
8:30 – 9:00 PM Post-Screening Discussion with:

Nicholas Ma, award-winning writer, director, and producer; director of Leap of Faith
Nancy Proctor, executive director of the SNF Parkway
Kristen Cambell, Senior Fellow at PACE (Philanthropy for Active Civic Engagement), a philanthropic laboratory for funders seeking to maximize their impact on democracy and civic life in the United States.

Free popcorn and non-alcoholic beverage to the first 100 attendees!

Registration for film screening (including the student meet and greet) click here.

*Student ID (from any high school, college, or university) required to attend the 6:15pm Student Meet-and-Greet with Nicolas Ma.

The place to be in October! Experience one of the world’s premier equestrian events at the fifth annual MARS Maryland 5 Star at Fair Hill. Watch the world’s top riders and horses compete in Dressage, Cross Country, and Show Jumping amid the beauty of Maryland’s horse country.

Enjoy exciting attractions like The Real Rider Cup, Pony Racing, the Beer, Wine and Spirits Showcase, Local Food Festival, and the crowd-favorite Maryland Corgi Cup.

The place to be in October! Experience one of the world’s premier equestrian events at the fifth annual MARS Maryland 5 Star at Fair Hill. Watch the world’s top riders and horses compete in Dressage, Cross Country, and Show Jumping amid the beauty of Maryland’s horse country.

Enjoy exciting attractions like The Real Rider Cup, Pony Racing, the Beer, Wine and Spirits Showcase, Local Food Festival, and the crowd-favorite Maryland Corgi Cup.

FREE BEER, Local Vendors, Food Trucks, and MORE! Come party with us every third Friday from April through November.

This month, we are excited to host...

FOOD: Illegal Tender Pit Beef, Fishnet, Sweet Smith's Bakery

LIBATIONS: FREE BEER from Union Craft Brewing!

SHOP LOCAL: Koobta Art, Lowlights SRT, Feramics, Yamah & Co, Talk Nerd Tee To Me, Pottillo & Co, Woven Roots

PUMPKIN CARVING CONTEST: Show off your pumpkin carving skills for the chance to win a $100 Mount Royal Soaps gift card! All entrants receive 15% off their next Mount Royal Soaps purchase. Just bring your pumpkin to the Night Market (designs must be carved, no paint or marker) - we will provide tea lights - to be entered!

The Rotunda Welcomes Back Popular Family-Friendly Concert Series this May
3rd Annual Rotunda Rocks Begins Friday, May 2 and Runs Every Friday through Friday, October 3

Grab a blanket or dust off your favorite portable chair and head on over to Hampden this spring for the return of the popular family-friendly concert series, the 3rd Annual Rotunda Rocks. This FREE weekly concert series, presented by MCB Real Estate, features live music on the Plaza and a street festival atmosphere with delicious local food and drinks, fun games and local vendors and will take place Fridays, 6-9 p.m. beginning May 2 and running until October 3. (711 West 40th Street). Whether you like rock n ’roll, folk, bluegrass, Indie, Latin, Celtic or reggae music, there is something for everyone and the event is open to the public. Pets are welcome and a portion of proceeds from beverage sales benefits the Maryland SPCA. For more information, log onto Rotunda Rocks | The Rotunda (rotundabaltimore.com) or call 410-662-0104.

The Nevermore Haunt features unique creatures, characters and scenes inspired by late 19th century Baltimore.

Come face-to-face with mangled, undead factory workers, the ghosts of drowned sailors, unlicensed medical practitioners and strange, terrifying monsters inside this historic 140 year-old property in Baltimore’s Old Town.

One of Maryland’s scariest haunted houses and a Baltimore Halloween tradition since 2016, The Nevermore Haunt also features spectacular sideshow performance and an outdoor bar featuring local beers and custom cocktails.