TOWSON, MD—Baltimore County Public Schools officials have announced the date and details for BCPSfest 2023, a free outdoor festival to kick of the 2023 – 2024 school year.

The event will take place 11 a.m. – 1 p.m. on Saturday, August 19, 2023 at the George Washington Carver Center for Arts and Technology in Towson.

Here’s who will be in attendance this year:

From BCPS

Career and Technical Education (food trailer) + College and Career Readiness + Communications and Community Outreach + Deer Park Middle Magnet School Step Team + The Education Foundation of BCPS, Inc. + English for Speakers of Other Languages (new ESOL welcome center bus) + English Language Arts + Facilities Support Services – Energy and Sustainability Team + Family and Community Engagement (Parent University bus) + Food and Nutrition Services + Health and Physical Education + Human Resources – Office of Staffing + Library Media Programs and Educational Technology + Magnet Programs + Mathematics + Ms. Blue and Golden Man, musicians + Performing Arts + Randallstown High School Golden Ram Marching Band + Science + Social Emotional Support + Social Studies + Special Education + TABCO + Title I, Homeless Programs and Community Schools + Transportation + Various school mascots + Visual Arts

From the community

Abilities Network + Baltimore County Board of Elections + Baltimore County Fire Department (fire engine) + Baltimore County Office of Community Engagement + Baltimore County Public Library (Bookmobile) + CASA + CCBC + Chispa – Maryland League of Conservation Voters + Families4Families + Fire Museum of Maryland + First Financial Federal Credit Union + HealthCare Access Maryland + Irvine Nature Center + Just Uniting More People, Inc. (double-dutch culture group) + Kona Ice + Maryland Center for School Safety + Maryland Insurance Administration + Maryland State Department of Education + National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) Metropolitan Baltimore + PTA Council of Baltimore County + Patient First + Retired and Senior Volunteer Program of Baltimore County

George Washington Carver Center for Arts and Technology is located at 938 York Road in Towson (21204).