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Saturday, October 3, 2026, 11:00 am to 3:00 pm

Pre-register below before 4:00 pm on October 2nd and get entered to win prizes at the Festival:

The Festival Start with checking in at guest registration where you get your Free Eyeshades to try all the adaptations.

All attendees receive a free pair of light-blocking eyeshades to try adaptations in sports, arts and crafts, gaming, and more.

KidZone

All Free and all for kids

Sensory Craft

Make and take crafts for most ages

Balloon Animals

choose a twisty new friend (contains latex–latex sensitivity be aware)

Braille Activity

explore the beauty of the braille alphabet.

Face Painting

Free for kids of all ages

Click here to Pre-Register

Try Adapted Sports

Try your hand at the adapted sports MSB students play

Blind Soccer

eyeshades on while you learn to kick the noisemaking ball and follow the sound to your fist goal.

Beep Baseball

feel the crack of the bat and hear the sound of the beeping ball moving across the field.

Guidewire Sprint Track

a noisy wire makes running the sprint track accessible and you can experience how the adaptation works

a woman and child sit in front of an adapted video game controller and watch a screen touching the controller.

Two red and white diner booths hold video game consoles, controllers, and monitors displaying games. A colorful patterned wall and a yellow “Virtual Reality Upstairs” sign set the scene at the See Beyond Festival.

Try Adapted Gaming

Experience technology in a new way and play games on adapted controllers

Nintendo Switch

Xbox

Playstation

Fun for the whole family

One day to try it all

At the See Beyond Festival, a blindfolded child and an adult, both using white canes, navigate a colorful obstacle course on a basketball court, with the adult guiding the child. Other participants and a playground appear in the background.

Try out

White Cane Obstacle Course

a young girl kicking a soccer ball on a field.

A girl with face paint pets a black dog held by a smiling woman in a blue shirt. A table with brochures and seated adults are in the background.

+ much much more…

Fun for all ages

a woman is getting her hair cut by a woman.

Free Face Painting

a young boy holding a piece of food in his hands.

Tactile Crafts and Activities

Children play on a metal spinning playground equipment, being pushed by a few kids and attended by an adult in a purple shirt. The playground surface is rubberized, and there's a wooden structure nearby.

KidZone with Accessible Playground

a group of people stand around a table while a clown makes a balloon sword.

Free Balloon Animals

General Festival Information

Where is the Festival?

Explore it all at our free, family-friendly celebration of accessibility, innovation, and inclusion! Held on the beautiful 96 acre campus of The Maryland School for the Blind, 3501 Taylor Ave, Baltimore, MD 21236

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What is the See Beyond Festival?

An interactive, hands-on festival that invites you to explore cutting-edge technology, adaptive experiences, and inclusive design that’s changing the way we experience the world.

The festival brings together thousands of people from across the region to experience the power of adaptation in order to give you a first hand understanding of accessibility and how it and is empowering millions.