Mayor Announces Free Events This Fall In Baltimore

BALTIMORE (WJZ) -- The city is hoping to lure some of the local and out-of-town visitors -- who since the Baltimore riots, have stayed away -- back into the city.

As Mike Schuh reports, Tuesday they used the age-old marketing trick of offering something for fre

Called Free Fall Baltimore, the city now has 70 different ways to promote free events this fall.

"In just two days the 10th annual Free Fall Baltimore celebration gets underway with free events and programming taking place practically every single day of October," Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake said.

There are 300 free events hosted by 70 different groups.

It's been 10 years since the Baltimore Museum of Arts and The Walters stopped charging admission.

Since then, a whole month-long free festival emerged.

Part of the idea was to allow smaller cultural organizations to build their audience and this is a way for people to try them out, see if they like them and maybe come back and buy a ticket.

CJay Phillip loves the exposure this provides. Dance In Bmore gets everyone -- mayors included -- moving.

"Dance in Bmore designed a program for parents and kids to dance together, play together and play together and play music together," Phillips said, "and Free Fall Baltimore gave us a platform to do that every weekend of the month in October."

"The most important four-letter word is FREE,"  she added, "and that's what it's all about in October.

You can find the city's full list of the free activities by clicking here: Free Fall Baltimore.