On Saturday, the Baltimore City Veterans Day Parade steps off at 12:00 PM ET from the Washington Monument and ends at War Memorial Plaza, where the City's fair runs into the afternoon. On Sunday, the Chesapeake & Allegheny Live Steamers give steam train rides in Leakin Park for the last Second Sunday of the year. Up in Harford County, kids send pumpkins flying from a trebuchet at Eden Mill Fall Fest on Saturday.
There's also a family comic con at UMBC, a Sunday puppet show in Hollins Market, a farm tour and picnic in Park Heights, yoyo tricks at Creative Alliance, a pigeon storytime in Govans, and The Mighty Ducks at the Waverly library on Friday, when city schools are closed.
Top Pick
Baltimore City Veterans Day Parade and Health & Resource Fair — Washington Monument (Mount Vernon) to War Memorial Plaza, 100 N. Holliday St, Baltimore City Saturday | 12:00 PM – 3:00 PM ET | Free
The parade steps off from the monument at 12:00 PM ET, and families watch from the street as it heads to the plaza. Once it arrives, the City's Health & Resource Fair fills War Memorial Plaza until 3:00 PM ET with family activities, games, food trucks, and produce giveaways.
Quick Weekend Wins
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Second Sunday in the Park: Live Steam Train Rides — Gwynns Falls/Leakin Park, 1920 Eagle Dr, Baltimore City Sunday | 11:00 AM – 3:00 PM ET | Free rides Kids ride the small-scale steam trains of the Chesapeake & Allegheny Live Steamers, a club that has been giving rides here since 1983. This is the last Second Sunday of 2026.
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Family Farm Tour and Picnic — Plantation Park Heights Urban Farm, 3811 Park Heights Ave, Baltimore City Saturday | 2:00 PM – 4:00 PM ET | RSVP on the event page The Baltimore Family Alliance walks families through the farm from 2:00 PM to 3:00 PM ET, and a picnic follows. It's designed for kids in grades 1–5, and all ages are welcome with a caregiver.
Ticketed This Weekend
Kevin Sherry at Black Cherry Puppet Theater — Black Cherry Puppet Theater, 1115 Hollins St, Baltimore City Sunday | 11:30 AM ET (doors 11:00 AM) | Sliding scale: $5 kids, $15 adults; no one turned away Puppeteer and children's author Kevin Sherry gives the theater's Second Sunday family performance.
Stellar Con: Maryland — Chesapeake Employers Insurance Arena (UMBC), 1000 Hilltop Cir, Catonsville (Baltimore County) Saturday | 11:00 AM – 5:00 PM ET | Kids $12 advance / $20 at the door; adults $25 advance / $35 at the door; 4 and under free A comic and pop-culture con for families, with a My Comic Story workshop, an arcade, a Disney sing-along, photos with the Ecto-1, and cosplay.
Budget-Friendly Finds
Eden Mill Fall Fest — Eden Mill Nature Center, 1617 Eden Mill Rd, Pylesville (Harford County) Saturday | 11:00 AM – 3:00 PM ET | Free admission; food trucks are cash Kids launch pumpkins from a trebuchet (bring your own pumpkin), work a passport scavenger hunt and a gourd hunt, grind corn, and meet live animals, with crafts and games around them. Parking is only at Winter Farm, 4336 St Clair Bridge Rd, Jarrettsville, and a shuttle runs from there to the festival.
For Toddler Families
Toddler & Me: Cooking Helpers — Maryland Science Center, 601 Light St, Baltimore City Saturday | 10:15 AM – 11:15 AM ET | $25 A class for toddlers and their grown-ups, built around kitchen play, in the museum's Kids Room Learning Lab.
Birding in the City: Pigeon Storytime — Pratt Govans Branch, 5714 Bellona Ave, Baltimore City Saturday | 10:30 AM ET | Ages 3–8 | No registration The stories are about the birds that live in the city, and the pigeon goes first.
Tween-Approved
B'more Yoyo Club — Creative Alliance, 3137 Eastern Ave, Highlandtown, Baltimore City Saturday | 1:30 PM – 4:30 PM ET | Ages 8+ | Pay what you can (suggested $5–$15); yoyos for sale, $15 cash Kids learn tricks like Walk the Dog, Rock the Baby, and the Eiffel Tower.
The Mighty Ducks: Movie & Craft — Pratt Waverly Branch, 400 E 33rd St, Baltimore City Friday | 2:00 PM – 4:00 PM ET | Ages 9–11 | No registration Baltimore City schools are closed Friday for a professional development day, so the Waverly branch shows the 1992 movie, and each kid decorates a mini hockey stick to take home.
During the Week
Wednesday, Nov 11 is Veterans Day.
- DINOvember Dinosaur STOMP! — Pratt Cherry Hill Branch, Baltimore City. Tuesday, Nov 10, 3:30 PM – 4:30 PM ET. Ages 3–11, no registration. Kids make fossil impressions and go home with a dinosaur footprint.
- Iron War Horses tour — B&O Railroad Museum, 901 W Pratt St, Baltimore City. Wednesday, Nov 11 (Veterans Day), 10:30 AM and 1:00 PM ET. With museum admission. The tour covers how the railroad supported American troops abroad.
- U.S. Naval Academy Veterans Day Performance — Maryland Hall, Annapolis (Anne Arundel County). Wednesday, Nov 11, 7:00 PM ET. Free, no tickets needed, and open to the public.
- Inner Harbor Ice Rink — Inner Harbor, Baltimore City. Opens Thursday, Nov 12, and runs through Jan 18. Skate tickets are sold separately.
Mark Your Calendar
- Turkey Tales and Crafts — Pratt Hamilton Branch, Baltimore City. Friday, Nov 13, 10:30 AM ET. Ages 0–5, no registration. Kids hear Run, Turkey, Run! and make a paper-plate turkey.
- CHARMZ: The Other Reindeer — Baltimore Center Stage, 700 N Calvert St, Baltimore City. Nov 13 – Dec 27. A new holiday musical, opening with Family First Night on Friday, Nov 13, at 7:30 PM ET. Check the link for tickets.
- The 38th Annual Waldorf Fair — Waldorf School of Baltimore, 4801 Tamarind Rd, Baltimore City. Sunday, Nov 15, 10:00 AM – 4:00 PM ET. Free entry; some crafts and activities need tickets. Toddler story time, a puppet show, games, make-and-take crafts, and live music.
- Holiday Train Garden — Fire Museum of Maryland, Lutherville (Baltimore County). Opens Saturday, Nov 28, with Santa photos 11:00 AM – 2:00 PM ET, then runs Sundays 12:00 PM – 4:00 PM ET from Nov 29 and Saturdays 10:00 AM – 4:00 PM ET from Dec 5. O-scale trains run through a 20th-century town.
- A Christmas Carol: Cocoa & Crafts Family Matinee — Chesapeake Shakespeare Company, 7 S Calvert St, Baltimore City. Saturday, Dec 5. Ticket holders for the 2:00 PM ET show get a pre-show from 1:15 PM to 1:45 PM ET, where kids make an ornament, color a giant holiday picture, and drink cocoa.
- Next weekend, Nov 13–15, the Maryland Irish Festival comes to the Timonium fairgrounds, and kids under 18 get in free.
Local Intel
- Sunday on the west side: the Black Cherry puppet show starts at 11:30 AM ET in Hollins Market, and the Leakin Park steam trains run until 3:00 PM ET, so both fit in one Sunday.
- If Saturday is wet, the Yoyo Club at Creative Alliance and the Science Center's cooking class are both indoors.
Also This Weekend
- Kids Night Out: Frozen — Children's Theatre of Annapolis (Anne Arundel County). Friday, 6:00 PM – 10:00 PM ET, with pizza, front-row seats for the show, a character meet-and-greet, crafts, and a dance party.
- Living History at Historic London Town — Edgewater (Anne Arundel County). Saturday, 10:00 AM – 4:00 PM ET. The First Maryland Regiment reenactors take over the site; included with site admission.
- Mary Shelley's Frankenstein — Chesapeake Shakespeare Company, Baltimore City. Saturday at 2:00 PM and 8:00 PM ET, the last listed shows.