Baltimore Mayor’s Christmas parade returns for 50th year in December

The Mayor’s Christmas Parade returns Dec. 3 at 1 p.m., marking 50 years of local bands and holiday revelers marching down the streets of Hampden/Medfield in North Baltimore. The parade will feature Baltimore’s Marching Ravens as well as Morgan State University’s Magnificent Marching Machine. Neighborhood and high school bands, including the Calvert Hall Marching Band, which has been in the parade since the beginning, will also join the festivities.