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Special Events 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 |