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The Maryland counties, towns and cultural centers of the
Chesapeake sponsor a wide variety of festivals and events
that 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. (
February 2012
March 2012
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  Location/Date/Times


PEM Talks: Lost Towns of the Chesapeake Auditorium - Calvert Marine Museum, Solomons, MD (February 16, 2012 - Thu, 7pm) Popsicle Plunge,5th Annual 7130 Marshy Point Road, Marshy Point Nature Ctr, Middle River, MD (March 3, 2012 - Sat 12Nm-2pm )


War of 1812 Lecture Series:Researching Free People of Color in Harford County Havre de Grace City Hall- Havre de Grace, MD (February 16, 2012 - Thu 7pm) Heavy Seas Real Ale and BBQ Festival Heavy Seas Brewery -615 Hollins Ferry Rd, Baltimore, MD (March 3, 2012 - Sat, 12N-4pm)


Sunday Conversations with Chesapeake Authors: Janie Suss Calvert Marine Museum, Solomons, MD (February 19, 2012 - Sun, 2-4pm) Refuge Birthday Celebration National Wildlife Visitor Center, 10901 Scarlet Tanager Loop, Laurel, MD (March 10, 2012 - Sat, 10am-3pm)


Blue Crab Shop The Blue Crab Shop features, clothing, hats, coffee cups, totes, bumper stickers, etc. designed for the Blue Crab Site. Blue Crab Shop The Blue Crab Shop features, clothing, hats, coffee cups, totes, bumper stickers, etc. designed for the Blue Crab Site.


Speaker Series: Bluebirds by Katherine Patterson Marshy Point Nature Ctr, Middle River, MD (February 21, 2012 - Tue 7pm) Eagle Festival, 10th Annual

Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge Visitor's Center,2145 Key Wallace Dr, Cambridge, MD (March 10, 2012 - Sat, 8am-4pm)



Chesapeake Oyster and Beer Festiva National Harbor - 137 National Plaza, National Harbor, MD (February 24-25, 2012 - Fri 6-10pm; Sat 12N-9pm)   Lincoln Assassination Symposium, 13th Annual Surratt House Museum - 9118 Brandywine Rd, Clinton, MD (March 16-18, 2012 - Fri, 12N-6pm; Sat, 10am-6pm; Sun, 10am-4pm)


Harriet Tubman—Meet The Amazing Woman Surratt House Museum - 9118 Brandywine Rd, Clinton, MD (February 25, 2012 - Sat 4pm) Historic/Nature Walk on the North Park Trail

Meet at Susquehanna Museum, 817 Conesteo St - Havre de Grace, MD (March 17, 2012 - Walk begins at 10am)



Bugeye Ball Calvert Marine Museum, Solomons, MD (February 25, 2012 - Sat, 6:30-10:30pm)   War of 1812 Lecture Series:Search of the USS Scorpion

Maritime Museum, 100 Lafayette St.,Havre de Grace, MD (March 22, 2012 - Thu 7pm)


 
National Outdoor Show 3485 Golden Hill Road, Church Creek, MD (February 24-25, 2012 - Fri- 5pm Sat, 10:30am)   Maryland Day Celebration 44 Calvert Street, Annapolis, MD (March 23-25, 2012 - Fri-Sun, 10-9pm (varies)

 
      Maryland Day Celebrations Historic St. Mary's City, MD (March 24, 2012 - Sat, 10am-5pm; Ceremony 1pm)

 
 

 

  Patuxent Wildlife Art Show and Sale

National Wildlife Visitor Center, 10901 Scarlet Tanager Loop, Laurel, MD (March 24-25, 2012 - Sat, 9am-4:30pm; Sun, 11am-4:30pm)


 
      Maryland Day St. Clements Island Museum, Colton's Point, off Route 242, St. Clements Island, MD (March 25, 2012 - Sun 2pm

 
         
Crab Festivals
  Event and WebLink
Location
Date
Soft Shell Spring Fair City Dock - Crisfield, MD Annual in May

St. Mary's County Crab Festival

Governmental Center, Leonardtown, MD Annual in June

Tilghman Island Summer Seafood Festival Tilghman Volunteer Fire Company and adjacent Kronsberg Park, Tilghman, MD Annual in June

J. Millard Tawes Crab and Clam Bake Somers Cove Marina - Crisfield, MD Annual in july

National Hard Crab Derby and Fair Somers Cove Marina - Crisfield, MD Annual in September

 Oyster Festivals
Event and WebLink Location Date
Skipjack Martha Lewis Bull and Oyster Roast Hutchins Park - Havre de Grace, MD Annual in April

St. Mary's County Oyster Festival St. Mary's County Fairgrounds, Leonardtown, MD Annual in October


Oysterfest Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum - St. Michaels, MD Annual in November