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Preakness Derby, third Saturday May, Pimlico Race Course. In the two weeks leading up to it are several 'Preakness' festivals: Preakness Celebration (website: www.preaknesscelebration.com), parades, concerts, races on the water and balloon launches; Preakness Celebration Parade, floats, marching bands and clowns; Preakness Celebration Events, Harborplace and The Gallery; Preakness Crab Derby (website: www.lexingtonmarket.com), Lexington Market

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
Maryland Regional Science Fiction Convention (website: www.balticon.org), 25-28 May, Omni Inner Harbor Hotel
Harborplace and The Gallery Summer Concert Series (website: www.harborplace.com), featuring music of all kinds from rock to reggae to big bands, last week May-first week Sep, Amphitheatre
Annual Charles Village Parade, first week of Jun
Maryland Rose Society Inc 56th Annual Rose Show, Cylburn Arboretum, 4925 Greenspring Avenue
Party Music Crab Feast (website: www.crabfeast.com), DJs, music, games, dancing and food, end Jun-Dec, Inner Harbor
Baltimore's 4th of July Celebrations, 4 Jul, Inner Harbor
Annual Ice Cream Festival, mid-Jun, Lexington Market
Maryland State Fair (website: www.marylandstatefair.com), originally just farmers' markets, now also includes hundreds of stalls and a massive fun fair, last week Aug and first week Oct, Maryland State Fairground, Timonium
18th Annual Chocolate Festival, second week of Oct, Lexington Market
Baltimore Thanksgiving Day Parade, march along Pratt Street to Market Place, nearest Saturday to the holiday (22 Nov)
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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