Artscape (festival)

Artscape is an annual art festival held in the Mount Royal neighborhood of Baltimore, Maryland in July.

Since its first annual event in 1982, it has become the largest free arts festival in America.

[1] It has boasted acts such as Ray Charles, Aretha Franklin, and Matisyahu in the past, attracting over 350,000 people[2] from the city, and surrounding areas.

[3] Artscape organizers estimate that the total economic impact for the City of Baltimore in 2010 was $25.97 million.

Past notable musical performers have included Aretha Franklin (1994),[7] Al Green (2003),[8] and Isaac Hayes (2004),[9] among others.

The Baltimore Rock Opera Society "Brothership", a converted 1988 Saab 900 , which first premiered at Artscape in July 2010.