UPCOMING EVENTS *NOT* IN QUEEN ANNE’S COUNTY Mid-September to Mid-October 2014
These events take place in counties other than Queen Anne’s. To view events that will take place in Queen Anne’s County, go to the Libretto webpage on the SV Website and click on “Current Libretto.”
EASTERN SHORE
Chesapeake Ghost Walks: The Eastern Shore’s Haunted History: select dates, through early November: Berlin, Cambridge, Crisfield, Denton, Easton, Marion Station, Ocean City, Pokomoke City, Princess Anne, Salisbury, Snow Hill, and St. Michaels (coming soon: Chincoteague and Oxford): Chesapeake Ghost Walks
ANNE ARUNDEL COUNTY
The Colonial Players of Annapolis present “The Rocket Man”: select dates, September 5-27: Theatre, 108 East Street, Annapolis: The Colonial Players
“Overheard”: Wednesday, September 17: William Paca House and Garden, Annapolis: What's Up? Magazine - "Overheard"
The Taste of the Chesapeake: Thursday, September 18: Quiet Waters Park, Annapolis: Taste of the Chesapeake
Hospice Cup XXXIII (sailing for Hospice Care): Saturday, September 20: Bert Jabin Yacht Yard, Annapolis: What's Up? Magazine - Hospice Cup
5th Annual Wooden Sailboat Rendezvous and Race: September 20-21: National Sailing Hall of Fame, Annapolis: Rendezvous and Race
10th Annual Boatyard Beach Bash: Saturday, September 20: Annapolis Maritime Museum, Annapolis: What's Up? Magazine - Beach Bash
Open House: Smithsonian Science on the Bay: Saturday, September 20: Smithsonian Environmental Research Center, Edgewater: SERC Open House
Maryland Avenue and State Circle Fall Festival: Sunday, September 21: downtown Annapolis: Maryland Avenue Events
Canines & Cocktails for a Cause (to benefit Animal Legal Defense Fund): Friday, September 26: Loews Annapolis Hotel, Annapolis: Cocktails for a Cause
Page 1 of 7 Light the Night Walk (to benefit The Leukemia and Lymphoma Society): Saturday, September 27: Park Place, Annapolis: Light the Night
Annapolis Opera presents the 4th Annual Singable Feast: Saturday, September 27: Lowes Hotel, Annapolis: Singable Feast
30th Annual Homestead Gardens Fall Festival: Saturdays and Sundays, September 27 – October 26: Davidsonville: Homestead Gardens
25th Annual AAMC Foundation Golf Classic: Monday, September 29: The Golf Club at South River, Edgewater: Golf Classic
“Blazers, Bourbon, and Cigars”: Tuesday, October 7: William Paca House and Garden, Annapolis: What's Up? Magazine - Blazers, Bourbon, and Cigars
43rd Annual United States Sailboat Show: October 9-13: Annapolis City Dock: Sailboat Show
Boat Show Bash (to benefit CASA for Kids and the EYC Foundation): Saturday, October 11: Eastport Yacht Club, Annapolis: What’s Up? Magazine - Boat Show Bash
Hearth Cooking and Family Program “Colonial Construction”: Saturday, October 11: Historic London Town and Gardens, Edgewater: Family Program
43rd Annual United States Powerboat Show: October 16-19: City Dock, Annapolis: Powerboat Show
CAROLINE COUNTY
Adkins Arboretum Events: Go to Adkins Arboretum Calendar to see a listing of upcoming events or call 410-634-2847
“Sunset Series: Hawks!”: Wednesday, September 17, 6:30 p.m.: Tuckahoe State Park, Lake Pavilion, Queen Anne: 410-820-1668: Free: DNR Calendar
“Campfire Cuisine”: Thursday, September 18, 6:30 p.m.: Martinak State Park, Denton: 410-820-1668, pre-registration required: $5 per person: DNR Calendar
6th Annual Alpaca Festival and Open House: September 20–21: Preston: Alpaca Festival
Crab Feast and Casino Night: Saturday, September 20: Denton Volunteer Fire Company, Denton: Shore Home and Garden (September issue, page 33)
Page 2 of 7 Heritage Day at the Museum: Saturday, September 20: Federalsburg Area Heritage Museum, Federalsburg: Shore Home and Garden (September issue, page 58)
End of Summer Celebration (to benefit the Chesapeake Culinary Center): Saturday, September 20: Chesapeake Culinary Center, Denton: Attraction Magazine - End of Summer Celebration
“Sunset Series: Rain Barrels and Rain Gardens”: Wednesday, September 24, 6:30 p.m.: Tuckahoe State Park, Lake Pavilion, Queen Anne: 410-820-1668: Free: DNR Calendar
“Campfire Cuisine”: Thursday, September 25, 6:30 p.m.: Martinak State Park, Denton: 410-820-1668, pre-registration required: $5 per person: DNR Calendar
6th Annual 5K Run and 2-Mile Historic Walk (to benefit Caroline County Habitat for Humanity): Saturday, September 27: Denton: Caroline Habitat for Humanity Events
Antique and Art Festival: Saturday, October 11: Historic Linchester Mill, Preston: Caroline County Historical Society Events
DORCHESTER COUNTY
IRONMAN Maryland: Saturday, September 20: Cambridge and surrounding area: IRONMAN Maryland
Summer Send-Off “Blues, Brews, and BBQ”: Saturday, September 20: downtown Cambridge: Cambridge Main Street
Crabtoberfest: Saturday, September 27: downtown Cambridge: Crabtoberfest
Choptank Heritage Skipjack Race: Saturday, September 27: Long Wharf, Cambridge: Skipjack Race
8th Annual St. Michaels Concours d’Elegance (to benefit the Mid-Shore Community Foundation): Sunday, September 28: Cambridge: Concours d'Elegance
Horn Point Laboratory Open House: Saturday, October 11: Horn Point Laboratory, Cambridge: Horn Point Laboratory
4th Annual Nantikoke River Jamboree: Saturday, October 11: Vienna: Nanticoke River Jamboree
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8th Annual Cardboard Boat Regatta: Saturday, September 20: Wilmer Park, Chestertown: Waterfront Festival
8th Annual Waterfront Festival: Saturday, September 20: Wilmer Park, Chestertown: Waterfront Festival
Sultana Education Foundation’s Gala “Hidey Hidey Ho!” - an evening with the Cab Calloway Orchestra (to benefit the Sultana Education Foundation): Saturday, September 20: Clovelly Farm, Chestertown: Annual Gala
15th Biennial Antiques Seminar and Appraisals: Thursday, September 25: Unitarian Church of Chestertown, Chestertown: Kent Tourism
Chestertown Harry Potter Festival (to benefit Garfield Center for the Arts): September 26-27: Chestertown: Harry Potter Festival
Chester River Crab Chase – a 5K Race (to benefit the new Alzheimer’s and Memory Care Unit at the University of Maryland Shore Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Chestertown): Saturday, September 27: Wilmer Park, Chestertown: Crab Chase, 410- 810-5661
Colchester Farm’s 2nd Annual Oktoberfest: Saturday, October 4: Colchester Farm, Galena: Kent Tourism
5th Annual Apple Butter Fall Festival: Saturday, October 4: Kent Museum, Kennedyville: Apple Butter Festival
Historical Society of Kent County presents “The Chestertown House Tour”: Saturday, October 4: Chestertown’s Historic District: House Tour
Chestertown Walk to End Alzheimer’s: Saturday, October 4: Wilmer Park, Chestertown: Kent Tourism
Family Fall Festival: Saturday, October 4: Knock’s Folly Visitors Center, Sassafras Natural Resources Management Area, Kennedyville: Kent Tourism
St. Martin’s Ministries’ 8th Annual Fall Arts Dinner and Auction: Friday, October 10: Chesapeake Room at the Rock Hall Fire House, Rock Hall: Arts Dinner
4th Annual Taste of the Sassafras: Friday, October 10: Kitty Knight House, Georgetown: Taste of the Sassafras
17th Annual Rock Hall Fall Fest “Celebrate the Oyster”: Saturday, October 11: Main Street, Rock Hall: Fall Fest
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SOMERSET COUNTY
Dock Day on the Bay: Saturday, September 27: Somers Cove Marina, Crisfield: Somers Cove Marina
Crisfield Outdoor Expo: Saturday, October 11: Somers Cove Marina, Crisfield: Somers Cove Marina
TALBOT COUNTY
Corn Maze: Friday – Sunday, August 29 – October 31: Breckenridge Adventures, Vienna: Corn Maze & Shore Home and Garden (September issue, page 41)
St. Michaels Street Fair (“Art A Fair” on Friday, and “2nd Annual A Fair on Fremont” on Saturday): September 19-20, rain date September 21: Friday: Muskrat Park, and Saturday: Fremont Street, St. Michaels: St. Michaels Street Fair
7th Annual Chesapeake Film Festival: September 19-21: various venues in Easton: Chesapeake Film Festival
Karisafication Inc. Golf Tournament (to benefit Adrenal Cortical Carcinoma research): Saturday, September 20: Harbourtowne Golf Resort, St. Michaels: Golf Tournament
Model Sailing Club Race with Solomon’s Island Club of Calvert County: Sunday, September 21: Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum, St. Michaels: CBMM Calendar
Community Conversations: “State of the Crab”: Sundays, September 21 and 28: Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum, St. Michaels: CBMM Calendar
St. Michaels Oyster Crawl: Thursday, September 25: Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum, St. Michaels, and St. Michaels Historic District: CBMM Calendar: Must pre- register by Monday, September 22
Frederick Douglass Day: Saturday, September 27: downtown Easton: Frederick Douglass Day
Screening: “Twelve Years a Slave” (part of Frederick Douglass Day): Saturday, September 27, 6:30 p.m.: Premiere Cinemas, Easton: Free
Oxford Library’s 38th Annual Book Mart: Saturday, September 27 (rain date Sunday, September 28): Oxford Library, Market Street, Oxford: 410-226-5727
Page 5 of 7 Fall Rummage Sale: Saturday, September 27: Oxford Volunteer Fire Company, Oxford: 410-226-5110
Chesapeake Fall Home Craft & Expo: September 27-28 (Saturday, 9 a.m. – 5 p.m.; Sunday, 11 a.m. – 4 p.m.): Talbot Community Center, Route 50, Easton: Fall Home Show ($1 off coupon at Coupon)
6th Annual Easton Airport Day (a celebration of flight to benefit Talbot Mentors): Saturday, September 27, 10 a.m. – 3 p.m.: Easton Airport: Attraction Magazine - Easton Airport Day
Tailgate Party Fundraiser (to benefit Bryan Brothers Foundation’s “Building Dreams for Youth”): Sunday, September 28: Talbot Ag Center, Easton: Attraction Magazine - Tailgate Party
St. Michaels Police Department Golf Tournament (to benefit St. Michaels Youth and Law Enforcement (S.M.Y.L.E)): Monday, September 29: Harbourtowne Golf Resort, St. Michaels: Attraction Magazine - Golf Tournament
The Mid-Atlantic Symphony Orchestra presents “A Glorious Journey: Viennese Heroes”: Thursday, October 2: Easton Church of God, Easton: 1-888-846-8600
32nd Annual Mid-Atlantic Small Craft Festival: October 3-5: Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum, St. Michaels: Festival
The Festival Fashion Show (part of the Festival of Trees which benefits Talbot Hospice Foundation): Friday, October 3: The Milestone, Easton: Festival Fashion Show
Trappe Toberfest: Saturday, October 4: Trappe: Talbot Tourism
Class: “Wind and Sea Craft”: Sunday, October 5: St. Michaels Community Center, St. Michaels: St. Michaels Community Center
Cooking Class: “Make It and Take It”: Tuesdays, October 7-28: St. Michaels Community Center, St. Michaels: St. Michaels Community Center
5th Annual “Columbus Day Celebration of Italian and Spanish Wine, Food, Art, and Games”: Saturday, October 11: venues throughout St. Michaels: Columbus Day Celebration
Harvest Hoedown: Sunday, October 12: Pickering Creek Audubon Center, Easton: Harvest Hoedown
Page 6 of 7 WICOMICO COUNTY
Sesame Street Live “Let’s Dance”: October 7-8: Wicomico Civic Center, Salisbury: Sesame Street Live
17th Annual Chesapeake Wildfowl Expo: Saturday, October 11: Ward Museum of Wildfowl Art, Salisbury: Wildfowl Expo
WORCESTER COUNTY
Sunfest – 40th Anniversary: September 18–21: Ocean City: Sunfest
Fiddler’s Convention: September 19-21: Berlin: Fiddler's Convention
17th Annual Wine on the Beach: September 26–27: Ocean City Inlet: Wine Fest
Gem, Mineral, and Jewelry Show: September 26-28: Ocean City: Fall Show
35th Annual Mid-Atlantic Surf Fishing Tournament: October 2-4: Ocean City: Fishing Tournament
Double Down Wine and Beer Festival (to benefit the Diakonia Homeless Shelter & Food Bank): October 3-5: Casino at Ocean Downs, Berlin: Maryland Tourism - Festival
Corvette Weekend: October 3-4: Ocean City: Corvette Weekend
25th Annual Chesapeake Celtic Festival: October 4-5: Furnace Town Living Heritage Museum, Snow Hill: Celtic Festival
17th Annual Endless Summer Cruisin’ Car Show: October 10-12: Ocean City: Car Show
Ocean City Restaurant Week: October 12-26: Ocean City: Restaurant Week
VIRGINIA
22nd Annual Eastern Shore Birding and Wildlife Festival: October 10-14: various venues on the Eastern Shore of Virginia: Birding Festival
42nd Annual Chincoteague Oyster Festival: Saturday, October 11: Tom’s Cove Park, Chincoteague, Virginia: Oyster Festival
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