Food Festivals in Baltimore

German Christmas market at the Inner Harbor, held since 2013, with 60-plus vendors, Glühwein, raclette, wurst, schnitzel and a swing grill, 21 Nov to 27 Dec.

Baltimore Restaurant Week runs prix-fixe menus across the city twice a year, a winter edition in late January and a summer edition in late July, each ten days long.

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The Baltimore Street Food Festival gathers dozens of vendors at Power Plant Live each April, with most bites priced low and larger foodie portions on offer.

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Light Up Little Italy fills the East-side grid each August with Italian food, music and bocce, one of several saint's-day festivals the neighbourhood.

The second largest Renaissance faire in the country, at Crownsville between Baltimore and Annapolis.

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The Maryland Seafood Festival runs 11 to 13 September 2026 at Sandy Point State Park near Annapolis, with a crab soup cook-off, oyster shucking and crab cake and crab picking contests.

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The Pigtown Festival closes Washington Boulevard each September for the city's only pig races, plus a pie-eating contest, local food vendors and craft beer.