Baltimore Pride: Everything You Need To Know
“I tell folks, when they ask why to choose Baltimore Pride over other cities’ Prides, is that attending Pride in other cities requires lots of money and can be very pricey,” says Tremor Wilson, senior director of advocacy and community engagement at the Pride Center of Maryland, which organizes Charm City’s annual celebration. “If you go to New York City Pride, for example, hotels are $500 minimum and up, so it’s not affordable to the average person.“With Baltimore Pride, we partner with local hotels to offer affordable rooms that are cheaper than what they’d regularly cost,” Wilson continues. “We have shuttles that take attendees downtown to events.
All of our outside events are free of charge. We try to make it accessible to everyone.”While Baltimore’s annual Pride celebration has historically centered around its Pride Parade and Pride Block Party, both of which are scheduled for Saturday, June 24, organizers have tried to expand the number and types of events available to the public throughout the month, especially in the week leading up to the marquee festivities.“We have educational and empowerment events that will be happening throughout the week,” says Wilson. “We’ll be having educational panels, we’ll be hosting a job fair, we’ll be hosting a community forum that is very much like a town hall.
We also have events for specific populations, such as the elder population, or youth-specific events. We have a plethora of events, and a host of different activities that anyone can join during that time.”Cleo Manago, the CEO of the Pride Center of Maryland, notes that Baltimore Pride has a history of attracting hordes of out-of-state visitors nationwide, with estimates of last year’s crowd exceeding 100,000.“Because we’re.
