The Peabody Preparatory Band performs at the Brilliant Baltimore Concert Stage (11/1/19 – Photo Credit: Jeff Dominguez – UB Post)
An Arabber at the Baltimore Fancy (11/1/19 – Photo Credit: Jeff Dominguez – UB Post)
Created by Can-Duit and Pneuhaus, Baltimoreans and tourists pedal stationary bikes to light The Canopy (11/1/19 – Photo Credit: Jeff Dominguez – UB Post)
More Baltimoreans and tourists pedal stationary bikes to light The Canopy (11/1/19 – Photo Credit: Jeff Dominguez – UB Post)
(off) Lines, created by Pierre Ranzini, dazzles the festival’s opening night (11/1/19 – Photo Credit: Jeff Dominguez – UB Post)
The MAPP projector, created by AlexP, captures two young children during the latest hour at Light City (11/2/19 – Photo Credit: Jeff Dominguez – UB Post)
Radiant Flux, an interactive sculpture created by Kevin Blackistone, reflects moonbeams at night to captivate spectators in Baltimore. (11/3/19 – Photo Credit: Jeff Dominguez – UB Post)
Images project along the left side of the World Trade building (11/1/19 – Photo Credit: Jeff Dominguez – UB Post)
Families and couples skate on the crystal white ice during opening night. (11/1/19 – Photo Credit: Jeff Dominguez – UB Post)
People flood East Pratt Street during Light City’s opening night. (11/1/19 – Photo Credit: Jeff Dominguez – UB Post)
Nicknamed “Charm City”, Baltimore is home to the Inner Harbor, rich history, thriving arts scenes, and some of the nation’s best festivals attracting both lifelong Baltimoreans, tourists, and everyone in between.
Light City, the country’s first large-scale festival of art, music, and innovation is in its fourth year in Baltimore and continues to earn praise from critics and locals, alike.
For the first time, the Baltimore Book Festival and Light City have been combined prompting the Baltimore Sun to explain that organizers combination of both emphasized brilliance, “both in the light exhibits and in the imagination inspired by the books.”
“Light City reimagines the waterfront into a premier cultural destination: fully accessible, free and open to all. Located along the Inner Harbor’s brick-lined promenade, the festival features awe-inspiring art installations, performances, concerts, a fun-filled family zone and special moments including an Opening Night Parade and a Closing Night fireworks finale. The festival’s food and beverage offerings are proudly 100% local, reflecting Baltimore’s burgeoning cuisine scene” (via Brilliant Baltimore)
Jeff Dominguez is the Director of Communications and Marketing for the UB Post.
The Baltimore Book Festival, brought to you by B.O.P.A. (Baltimore Office of Promotion & the Arts), will back for its 22nd year and will be returning to the Baltimore Inner Harbor. This is a festival that caters to the literary arts. There will be book signings, live readings, cooking demonstrations, panel discussions and more to keep you occupied. This event is a family-friendly event, so there will be fun activities that will cater to everyone in the home, from parents, teens, and younger children.
The book festival kicks off on Friday September 22 and ends on Sunday September 24. The festival will begin at 11 a.m. and conclude at 7 p.m each day. For this year, there will be 500 presenting authors featured, 11 stages, 90 literary exhibitors and 3,000 plus books that will be available via The Ivy Bookshop. Food and beverage vendors will be available around the promenade. You can expect to see authors such as, radio host and Professor Michael Eric Dyson, (Tears We Cannot Stop); Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, (Purple Hibiscus); Patricia Altschul, Bravo reality TV show (Southern Charm); renowned poet Eileen Myles, (Afterglow: A Dog memoir); Ada Calhoun, (Wedding Toasts I’ll Never Give); and many more!