How to Get to Artscape 2015

Artscape will be taking over midtown Baltimore through Sunday.

Billed as America’s largest free arts festival, Artscape takes place from 11 a.m. to 11 p.m. on Friday, July 17; 9 a.m. to 11 p.m. on Saturday, July 18; and 11 a.m. to 8 p.m. on Sunday, July 19.

Vendors will be set up along Mount Royal Avenue and Cathedral Street, Charles Street, Bolton Hill and Station North.

The Maryland Transit Administration (MTA) advises taking public transportation to get there, as thousands of people will be teeming into the area. To be more precise, the Baltimore Office of Promotion & The Arts anticipates more than 350,000 people will attend the three-day affair.

Here is some info on how to get there, provided by the MTA:

• MTA Local Bus Lines to Artscape are numbers 3, 11, 13, 19, 21, 27, 64 and 91.
• Metro Station will be open until midnight, seven days a week.
• MTA Light Rail stop at University of Baltimore and Mount Royal Avenue is at the center of Artscape. Light rail service runs from 6 a.m. to 11 p.m. Friday and 7 a.m. to 11 p.m. on Saturday. On Sunday, Light rail service will open at 11 a.m. and will close Sunday one hour after the festival ends.
• MARC train weekend service will take people to Penn Station, right at the foot of the Artscape grounds.

Check the MTA website for complete schedule listings.

MTA Mobility customers will have greater accessibility to Artscape this year with the opening of three pick-up and drop off locations on the Artscape site. Contact MTA Mobility at 410-764-8181, option 2, while at Artscape to schedule your trip.

• St. Paul at E. Lanvale St. – Reserve trips to/from: “ARTSCAPE ST. PAUL”
• N. Howard at Preston [NE Corner] – Reserve trips to/from “ARTSCAPE HOWARD”
• McMechan St. at Mt. Royal – Reserve trips to/from “ARTSCAPE MCMECHAN”