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The Maryland counties, towns and cultural centers of the
Chesapeake sponsor a wide variety of festivals and events
which celebrate the unique character of the bay and its
people. The calendar on this page features upcoming
Festivals and Events around the Bay including the
annual Crab and Oyster festivals.
The Events Search will allow you to look for events around the bay in a particular area, time of year or any other criteria you choose.

Double check the sponsor's website in case of changes in dates or times.
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March 2010
April 2010
  Event & WebLink -   Location/Date/Times
  Event & WebLink
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  Location/Date/Times
Havre de Grace Maritime Museum's COMMUNITY HISTORY DAY 100 Lafayette Street, Havre de Grace, MD (March 6, 2010 - Sat, 1-5pm) Easter Son-Rise Service (non-denominational) Point Lookout State Park (outside pavilion) - Lexington Park, MD (April 4, 2010 - Sun 6:30am)
Ellsworth B. Shank Historical Lecture: Black Plague of 1918 Chipshot Cafe on Rt. 40 - Havre de Grace, MD (March 11, 2010 - Thu 6:30pm) Ellsworth B. Shank Historical Lecture: Crime in the 1920’s Havre de Grace City Hall- Havre de Grace, MD (April 8, 2010 - Thu 6:30pm)
Refuge Birthday Celebration National Wildlife Visitor Center, 10901 Scarlet Tanager Loop, Laurel, MD (March 13, 2010 - Sat, 10am-3pm) Maritime Museum's Archeological Month Event - CAN YOU DIG IT? 100 Lafayette Street, Havre de Grace, MD (April 10, 2010 - Sat, 11am-5pm)
USS Constellation, Pier 1 Inner Harbor, Baltimore, MD (March 13, 2010 - Sat 12pm) John Wilkes Booth Escape Route Tours Surratt House Museum, Clinton, MD (April 10, 17 & 24, 2010 - Sat, 7:30am-7:30pm)
Guided Nature and Historic Walk on the North Park Trail Meet at Susquehanna Museum, 817 Conesteo St - Havre de Grace, MD (March 13, 2010 Sat - Walk begins at 10am) Earth Day Celebration/Litter Pickup Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge Visitor's Center, Cambridge, MD (April 10, 2010 - Sat, 9am-3pm)
Eagle Festival, 10th Annual Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge Visitor's Center, Cambridge, MD (March 13, 2010 - Sat, 8am-4pm)   Privateer Day/Pyrate Invasion Broadway Square In Fells Point, Baltimore, MD (April 10, 2010 - Sat, 11am-11pm)
Havre de Grace Maritime Museum's CHILDREN'S DAY 100 Lafayette Street, Havre de Grace, MD (March 20, 2010 - Sat, 1-5pm) Earth Day on the Square Downtown on the Square, Leonardtown, MD (April 18, 2010 - Sun 12:30-4:30pm)

Surratt House Museum - Clinton, MD (March 19-21, 2010 - Fri-Sun. Agenda at Website)

   Ocean City Convention Center 40th St, Ocean City, MD (April 23-25, 2010 - Fri, 10am-5pm; Sat, 9am-5pm; Sun, 10am-4pm)
 
Maryland Day Celebration

 

   Havre de Grace Maritime Museum's Earth Day Celebration 100 Lafayette Street, Havre de Grace, MD (April 24, 2010 - Sat, 10am-5pm)
 
Maryland Day St. Clements Island Museum, Colton's Point, off Route 242, St. Clements Island, MD (March 25, 2010 - Thu time TBD)   Skipjack Martha Lewis Bull and Oyster Roast, 14th Annual Hutchins Park - Havre de Grace, MD (April 24, 2010 - Sat 6-10 pm)
 
A RISING TIDE IN THE HEART OF THE CHESAPEAKE - Special Exhibition Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum - St. Michaels, MD (Opening March 27, 2010 - Saturday)   Celtic Festival and Highland Gathering of Southern Maryland Jefferson Patterson Park and Museum, St Leonard, MD (April 24, 2010 - Sat 10am-6pm)
   
Patuxent Wildlife Art Show and Sale National Wildlife Visitor Center, 10901 Scarlet Tanager Loop, Laurel, MD (March 27-28, 2010 - Sat 9am-4:30pm; Sun, 11am-4:30pm)   Decoy and Wildlife Art Festival, 29th Annual Decoy Museum, Middle School and Activity Center - Havre de Grace, MD (April 30 - May 2, 2010 - Fri, 6-9pm; Sat, 10am-5pm; Sun, 10am-4pm)
   
Maryland Day Celebrations Historic St. Mary's City, MD (March 28, 2010 - Sun, 10am-5pm)      
   
Potomac Native American Flute Festival Unitarian Universalist Church of Arlington, Route 50 and George Mason Dr, Arlington, VA (March 26-28 2010 - Fri, 12N-8:30pm - Sat 8:30am-8:30pm - Sun, 9am-2pm)      
   
         
Crab Festivals
  Event and WebLink
Location
Date/Times
Soft Shell Spring Fair City Dock - Crisfield, MD May 30, 2010 - Sun, 1-5pm

St. Mary's County Crab Festival

 Governmental Center, Leonardtown, MD June 13, 2010 - Sun, 11am-5pm
Tilghman Island Summer Seafood Festival Tilghman Volunteer Fire Company and adjacent Kronsberg Park, Tilghman, MD June 26, 2010 - Sat 11am-7pm
J. Millard Tawes Crab and Clam Bake Somers Cove Marina - Crisfield, MD July 7, 2010 - Wed, 12:30-4pm
National Hard Crab Derby and Fair Somers Cove Marina - Crisfield, MD September 4-6, 2010 - Fri-Sun
 Oyster Festivals
Event and WebLink Location Date/Times
Skipjack Martha Lewis Bull and Oyster Roast Hutchins Park - Havre de Grace, MD April 24, 2010 - Fri 6-10pm
St. Mary's County Oyster Festival St. Mary's County Fairgrounds, Leonardtown, MD October 16-17, 2010 - Sat 10am-6pm, Sun 11am-6pm)
Oysterfest Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum - St. Michaels, MD November 6, 2010, Sat - 10am-4pm