Orioles launch citywide snowball truck tour with free treats

The Orioles will take their City Connect 2.0 rollout out of Camden Yards and into the city with a two-day snowball truck tour that mixes free treats, limited merchandise and neighborhood stopovers. The tour is set for Saturday, June 6, and Sunday, June 7, with eight stops across Baltimore-area community events, pop-up visits and festivals. Fans will get free snowballs on a first come, first served basis, with quantities limited, and select stops will also sell City Connect 2.0 merchandise.

The Saturday route begins at Charles Street Promenade in Mount Vernon from 11 a.m. to noon, then moves to Fells Point Pier from 1 p.m. to 2 p.m. The truck is scheduled next for Hightopps Backstage Grille in Timonium from 3 p.m. to 4 p.m., before wrapping the day at Baltimore x Baltimore at the Inner Harbor from 6 p.m. to 7 p.m. On Sunday, the tour is set for Sollers Point Park in Dundalk from 11 a.m. to noon, The Avenue at White Marsh from 1 p.m. to 2 p.m., The Rotunda in Hampden from 4 p.m. to 5 p.m., and a private event at Patterson Park from 6 p.m. to 7 p.m.

The team is using the truck tour as a citywide activation, not a single stadium promotion. By placing the stops in Mount Vernon, Fells Point, Dundalk, White Marsh, Hampden, Patterson Park and along the Inner Harbor, the Orioles are aiming to meet fans where they already gather, whether at neighborhood retail centers, waterfronts, park spaces or game-day watch events. That approach gives the rollout a local-business feel as much as a branding one, with foot traffic and attention flowing toward places already drawing Baltimore residents out into the city.

The merchandise push adds another layer. At select stops, the Orioles will sell City Connect 2.0 items, including ballpark-exclusive pieces normally sold only at Oriole Park at Camden Yards. Limited-release Baltimore snowball-inspired styles will be available first at the truck stops before a full release at the Team Store on Monday, June 8.

The truck tour follows the unveiling of the Nike City Connect 2.0 uniforms on Thursday, April 9, and their first on-field appearance on Friday, April 10, for 410 Day against the San Francisco Giants. The new look puts “BMORE” across the chest and folds in references to Camden Yards and Baltimore neighborhoods, along with nods to the Eutaw Street brass home-run plaques, the scoreboard clock and an old-school Baltimore Baseball Club “B” logo. Nike said eight MLB clubs are part of the 2026 City Connect rollout, but Baltimore’s version is being built around the city itself, from the stoop to the yard.