Towsontown Spring Festival 2019: Lineup, Hours, Music

TOWSON, MD — Towson will come alive with carnival rides, entertainers, artists and vendors this weekend for the annual Towsontown Festival. The two-day event attracts about 250,000 visitors each year. The Towson Chamber of Commerce puts on the popular festival.

Entry is free. Carnival rides cost $1 to $5.

More than 450 vendors will be selling art, food and jewelry.

Live music and other entertainment will be on tap, in addition to a beer garden.

The Towsontown Spring Festival, now in its 52nd year, is a rain-or-shine event.

Opening Ceremonies

The opening ceremonies will be at noon on Saturday, May 4, at the corner of Washington and Pennsylvania Avenues, with bagpipers, Color Guard and the National Anthem sung by the Navy's chief musician.

Event Schedule

Saturday, May 4

Festival is from 10 a.m. 8 p.m. on Saturday.

• 11-11: 30 a.m. — Sparrows Point Steel Drum Band
• 11:30 a.m. - 12 p.m. — Towson University Community Dance
• 12 p.m. - 12:20 p.m. — Opening Ceremonies
• 12:20 - 1:15 p.m. — Stoneleigh Steel Drum Band
• 12:00-2:30 — As If on Patriot Plaza Stage
• 12:30 - 2:30 — The Jury on Courthouse Garden Stage
• 1:30 - 2 p.m. — Purple Dynamo Fitness
• 2:15 – 2:45 p.m.— Empower Dance Center
• 3 – 3:30 p.m. — Merritt Clubs
• 3-5 p.m. — Almost Journey on Patriot Plaza Stage
• 3 - 5 p.m. — That's What She Said on Courthouse Garden Stage
• 3: 45 - 4:15 p.m. — The Moving Company Dance Center
• 4:30 - 5 p.m. — Cranked Up Cardio
• 5:30-7:30 p.m. — 2U on Courthouse Garden Stage
• 5:30-7:30 p.m. — Starcrush on Courthouse Garden Stage

Sunday, May 5

Festival is 1 to 6 p.m. on Sunday.

• 1-1:30 p.m. — Chinese Lion Dance
• 1:00-3:00 — Appaloosa on Courthouse Garden Stage
• 1:00-2:30 p.m. — Leather and Lace on Patriot Plaza Stage
• 1:45-2:30 p.m. — Ridgely Middle School
• 3-4 p.m. — Purple Dynamo Fitness
• 3-5:45 p.m. — The Reagan Years on Patriot Plaza Stage
• 3:30-5:45 p.m. — Mzz B & Company on Courthouse Garden Stage
• 4:30-5 p.m. — Anna Appicella’s Dance School

Family Fun Areas: The Ferris wheel, tilt-a-whirl and other rides are located next to Hamilton Bank off of Pennsylvania Avenue. More rides are at the corner of Washington and Allegheny avenues.

The Towsontown Spring Festival is from 10 a.m.–8 p.m. on Saturday, May 4, and 1–6 p.m. on Sunday, May 5. It is held from York Road to Bosley Avenue and Susquehanna Avenue to Allegheny Avenue in downtown Towson.