The 60th Annual Fell's Point Fun Festival takes over six blocks of Baltimore's historic waterfront Friday, October 2 through Sunday, October 4, 2026 — a full weekend, not a single day, with 225+ vendors, live music, and free admission. It's also a festival that closes real streets for real time, with the city explicitly recommending transit or rideshare over driving. Here's what's confirmed, and how to actually get there.
- When: Oct 2–4, 2026 — Fri 5–9pm, Sat 11am–7pm, Sun 12–5pm. Free admission.
- Milestone: The festival's 60th year, and it's the reason the neighborhood still exists.
- Scale: 6 blocks, 225+ vendors, live music at Broadway Square.
- Don't drive: The city recommends transit or rideshare — street parking is limited and closures are real.
- Late-night catch: A standing 10pm–3am tow-away zone on S. Broadway and Thames, every weekend.
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When Is the Fell's Point Fun Festival 2026?
Friday, October 2 through Sunday, October 4, 2026, free to attend. It runs across the full weekend, with different hours each day:
- Friday, October 2: 5:00–9:00 PM — the Friday Night Market kickoff.
- Saturday, October 3: 11:00 AM – 7:00 PM — the festival's biggest day.
- Sunday, October 4: 12:00–5:00 PM.
This is the festival's 60th year — a genuine milestone anniversary, not just a marketing label. Drink tickets go on sale September 1 through the festival's own site. (If you've seen a single "October 3" date floating around, that's just the Saturday — the event is the full Friday-to-Sunday weekend.)
What Is the Fell's Point Fun Festival?
This is a genuinely great local origin story worth knowing: the festival started in 1967 as a fundraiser to fight a highway project that would have connected I-83 and I-95 straight through Fell's Point, demolishing a large part of the historic neighborhood. The festival's success helped save it. Nearly six decades later, it's organized by the same group — the Preservation Society — which still maintains many of the neighborhood's 18th- and 19th-century buildings at no cost to the city and runs historic walking tours of Fell's Point year-round. In other words, the festival isn't just in a historic neighborhood; it's the reason that neighborhood is still standing.
Today the festival spans 6 city blocks and draws 50,000-plus attendees, with 225+ vendors selling food, drinks, arts and crafts, clothing, and antiques, live music on the CFG Bank Main Stage at Broadway Square, a dedicated beer/wine/spirits area ("Make Mine a Maryland") at Jackson's Wharf Park, and family programming at Thames Street Park.
Fell's Point Fun Festival Road Closures
The city closes real streets for a real stretch of time. Based on the pattern from the most recent detailed advisory available (the 2024 festival), expect closures to run roughly from 5:00 PM Friday through 11:59 PM Sunday, covering key stretches including Thames Street (Point Street to Wolfe Street), Broadway (Aliceanna to Thames), and a partial closure on Ann Street. This reflects the documented pattern from a recent year, not a confirmed 2026 advisory — check Baltimore City DOT's traffic advisory page in the days before the festival for the finalized 2026 closure boundaries and times. Parking restrictions in closed areas are strictly enforced, with violators ticketed and towed.
Fell's Point Fun Festival Parking
Here's the direct guidance, straight from Visit Baltimore's own event page: street parking may be limited, and public transit or rideshare is explicitly recommended over driving. If you do need to park, two real, named nearby garages are worth knowing:
- Premium Parking — 1401 Thames St.
- Caroline Street Garage — 805 S. Caroline St.
Getting to the Fell's Point Fun Festival Without Driving
Bus: CityLink Brown, Gold, and Navy routes, plus LocalLink 65, all bring you within walking distance. One-way fare is $1.90; a day pass runs $4.40.
Water Taxi: A genuinely scenic option, with a Fell's Point stop served by the Downtown Loop, Local Line, and Fort McHenry routes. All-day and one-trip tickets are both available — arriving by water is honestly one of the better ways to experience a waterfront festival.
Rideshare: Works for a straightforward drop-off, though given the road closures and a festival covering six blocks, expect your driver to be routed to the edge of the closure zone rather than directly into the festival footprint.
Private car or group transportation: For a group heading to the festival together, a scheduled Baltimore car service or group shuttle to the edge of the closure zone avoids both the limited street parking and the enforced tow-away restrictions above — and means the group travels together rather than each person navigating closures and parking separately, then trying to regroup in a 50,000-person crowd.
Book Your Ride to the Fell's Point Fun Festival
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Frequently Asked Questions
Dates, hours, and festival details are drawn directly from the Fell's Point Fun Festival's official site, Visit Baltimore, and Eventeny, current as of this writing. Road closure information reflects the documented pattern from a recent year's advisory, not a confirmed 2026-specific advisory; verify current closure boundaries and times directly with Baltimore City DOT before the event.