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Parking Will Likely Be Difficult This Weekend

Street Festival Will Coincide With Yankee's Game on Sunday Afternoon

Federal Hill Main Street will be holding their Street Beat Festival this weekend and closing a number of roads in and around the Cross Street Market. As with the Jazz and Blues Festival in June, the festival will coincide with one of the big draw games for the Orioles with the New York Yankees coming to town.

The festival will comprise three separate music stages and will involve the closing of a number of roads including South Charles from West to Hamburg Streets, East Cross Street on both sides of Cross Street Market, and West Cross Street in front of SoBo Cafe.

Between the Festival and the Orioles game the same afternoon the neighborhood is sure to see a substantial increase in both traffic and the demand for on-street parking. This will be especially true given the additional loss of the metered parking spots on the streets closed for the Festival.

Federal Hill Main Street has made festival parking available, starting at 11am, at Digital Harbor High School, with proceeds going directly to the school, and at a lot across from the Post Office on Ostend Street. Additionally, Main Street has promised to make neighborhood parking restrictions known to attendees of the festival and to encourage people to utilize the Charm City Circulator. Still, it will likely be a busy day for the City tow trucks so please make sure you obey all pertinent parking rules and regulations.