Heritage Fair and Fireworks Canceled; Parade Might Still Go On

The Dundalk Heritage Fair Association released an official statement on Saturday that the Heritage Fair & Fireworks will be canceled this year as a result of the COVID-19 outbreak.

The Heritage Association added that the Parade Committee is exploring other options to possibly conduct the parade and 6K Race in an alternative form or at a later time in 2020. There are plans to bring back all Heritage events in July 2021.

“The Association and all its partners will continue to look for alternative ways to celebrate the nation’s birthday while we plan for the triumphant return for our traditional 4th of July festivities in 2021.”

When Gov. Larry Hogan announced the COVID-19 recovery guidelines last week for Maryland, the Heritage Association stated that it appeared the guidelines to hold large events such as the fair and fireworks would not be in place before July.

A member of the Heritage Fair Committee told EastBaltco.com that there were many factors into this tough decision of such as government permits are not being handed out at this time with COVID-19 regulations and the lack of financial backing. Since many people are out of work and many small businesses have been closed, the Heritage Fair and fireworks was not able to get the donations as in past years and those events funding comes from donations.

“So without financial backing, without permits and safety being the number one priority the cards are stacked against us this year. We were backed into a corner and had to make a decision,” a source said.

According to the release, this is the first time that the Heritage Fair has been canceled since it started in 1976.

The Dundalk events join the Fullerton Fireworks ,the Kingsville Parade and other July 4th events that have been canceled.