The Pigtown Festival in Baltimore is the city's only community festival that features the a parade of pigs. Complete with your standard street fair attractions - music, food, and drink - it is the pig parade that sets the Pigtown Festival apart.
Also known as Washington Village, Pigtown is located in downtown Baltimore near the stadiums. It is rumored to have gotten its oinkish moniker from the scores of pigs that would be dragged through its narrow streets every day on their way to be slaughtered in meat-packing plants
2009 Pigtown Festival
Date: Sept. 12
Hours: 11 a.m. to 7 p.m.
Location: 700 and 800 blocks of Washington Blvd.
Admission: Free
Entertainment Schedule
11:30 — Running of the Pigs
12:30 — Blue Sky Puppet Theatre presents “The Three Not So Little Pigs” at the Pratt Library, 856 Washington Blvd.
2:00 — Running of the Pigs
2:30 — Blue Sky Puppet Theatre presents “The Three Not So Little Pigs”
at the Pratt Library, 856 Washington Blvd.
3:30 — Running of the Pigs
4:30 — Running of the Pigs
5:45 — Running of the Pigs
Music Schedule
Main Stage
12-12:45 — Victoria Vox
1:15-2:00 — Dangerman
2:30-3:15 — Segway
3:15 — Pooch Pageant
3:45-4:30 — Reverb Galaxy
5-5:45 — Promise Lab
6:15-7 — Can’t Hang
Red Cross Stage
12-12:45 — Karla Chisholm
1:15-2:00 — Stike & Moore
2:30-3:15 — Smooth Kentucky
3:45-4:30 — Higher Hands
5-5:45 — The Cheaters
6:15-7 — Old Man Brown
Adult Beverages
Beer is available for $4 each of four for $12
- Heineken
- Amstel Light
- Dos Equis
- Newcastle
A selection of Maryland wines will be available from Boordy Vineyards, and Baltimore Pho will be serving orange crushes, mojitos and mint julips
