MARYLAND AT A GLANCE

FOODS

FOOD FESTIVALS

JANUARY

Baltimore, Baltimore Restaurant Week, Jan. 2025
Bel Air, Harford County Restaurant Week, Jan. 2025
Berlin, Town of Berlin Restaurant Week, Jan. 2025
Cambridge, Ice & Oyster Fest, Jan. 2025
Ellicott City, Howard County Restaurant Weeks & Craft Beverages, Jan. 2025
Port Tobacco, Charles County Restaurant Week, Jan. 2025
Towson, Baltimore County Restaurant Week, Jan. 2025

FEBRUARY

Annapolis, Annapolis Restaurant Week, Feb. 2025

MARCH

Annapolis, Annual Oyster Roast & Sock Burning, Annapolis Maritime Museum, March 2025
St. Michaels, Annual ChocolateFest, March 2025
Thurmont, Maple Syrup Festival at William Houck Area of Cunningham Falls State Park, March 2025
Timonium, Beer, Bourbon, & BBQ Festival, March 2025
Westminster, Maple Sugarin' Festival & Pancake Breakfast at Bear Branch Nature Center, March 2, 2025

APRIL

Crownsville, Maryland Chicken Wing Festival, Anne Arundel County Fairgrounds, April 2025
Laurel, Montpelier Festival of Herbs, Tea & the Arts, April 2025
St. Michaels, Taste of St. Michaels, April 2025
Westminster, Taste & Toast, April 2025
Westminster, Carroll County Farmers Market's Spring Fling, April 2025
Westminster, Wine Stroll, April 2025

MAY

Baltimore, Brew at the Zoo, May 2025
Berlin, Jazz & Blues, Wine & Brews, May 2025
Boonsboro, Quad State Pickle Fest, May 17-18, 2025
Chaptico, Strawberry Festival, Christ Church, May 2025
Chestertown, Chestertown Tea Party Festival, May 2025
Columbia, Wine in The Woods, May 17-18, 2025
Crisfield, Soft Shell Festival, May 2025
Frederick, Maryland Craft Beer Festival, May 2025
Ridgely, Strawberry Festival, May 2025
Sykesville, Art & Wine Festival, May 2025

JUNE

Bel Air, Harmony Woods Music & Beer Fest, Maryland Center for the Arts, June 2025
Boonsboro, Interstate Wine Fest, June 2025
Finksburg, Messiah Lutheran Church Strawberry Festival, June 2025
Leonardtown, St. Mary's Crab Festival, Jun 2025
Oldtown, Summerfest, June 2025
Parkville, Strawberry Festival, Weber's Farm, June 2025
St. Mary's City, Historic St. Mary’s City Beer Fest, June 2025
Sandy Spring, Strawberry Festival, Sandy Spring Museum, June 2025
Taneytown, Wine, Art & Music Festival, June 2025
Westminster, Secret Garden R&B & Go Go Music, Arts & Winefest, June 2025
Wheaton, Taste of Wheaton, June 2025

JULY

Baltimore, Baltimore Restaurant Week, July 19-28, 2024

Cockeysville, Baltimore City College Alumni Association Annual Crab Feast, July 21, 2024

Leonardtown, Potomac Jazz & Seafood Festival, July 2025

Mardela Springs, Annual Watermelon Festival at Wright's Market, July 27, 2024

Towson, Baltimore County Restaurant Week, July 12-21, 2024

Westminster, Carroll County Farmers' Market Fair Week, July 27 - Aug. 9, 2024

Blue Crabs, Lusby (Calvert County), Maryland, July 2014. Photo by Diane F. Evartt.

AUGUST

Annapolis, Crab Feast, Aug. 2, 2024
Baltimore, Easterns Bayside Blues & Wine Festival, Aug. 17, 2024
Baltimore, Vegan SoulFest, Baltimore Peninsula, Aug. 19-20, 2024
Berlin, Peach Festival, Calvin B. Taylor Museum, Aug. 3, 2024
Boonsboro, Quad State Flavor Fest, Aug. 10, 2024
Crisfield, National Hard Crab Derby, Aug. 30 - Sept. 1, 2024
Ellicott City, Howard County Restaurant Weeks & Craft Beverages, Aug. 12-25, 2025
Hagerstown, Leitersburg Peach Festival, Aug. 10-11, 2024
Havre de Grace, Arts, Wine, Jazz & Soul Festival, Concord Point Lighthouse, Aug. 10, 2024
Laurel, Taste at the Track Crackin' Crab Feast, Laurel Park, Aug. 17, 2024
Parkville, Peach & Blackberry Festivals, Weber's Farm, Aug. 3-4, 2024
Sudlersville, Peach Festival, Godfrey's Farm, Aug. 2-3, 2024
Westminster, Annual Old Fashioned Corn Roast Festival, Union Mills Homestead, Aug. 3, 2024
Westminster, Carroll County Farmers' Market Heirloom Tomato Festival, Aug. 17, 2024
Westminster, Carroll County Farmers' Market Peach Festival, Aug. 10, 2024
Westminster, Secret Garden Farewell Summer Music, Arts & Wine Festival, Carroll County Farm Museum, Aug. 17-18, 2024

SEPTEMBER

Annapolis, Maryland Seafood Festival, City Dock, Sept. 14-15, 2024
Baltimore, Wine in the Wilderness, Maryland Zoo, Sept. 14, 2024
Bel Air, Harford County Wine Festival, Sept. 28, 2024
Berlin, Small Town Throw Down, Sept. 7, 2024
Crisfield, J. Millard Tawes Crab & Clam Bake, Sept. 25, 2024
Cumberland, Whiskey Rebellion Fest, Sept. 13, 2024
Frederick, Fall Festival at Summers Farm, Sept. 19 - Oct. 31, 2024
Frostburg, Western Maryland Craft Beverage Festival, Sept. 1, 2024
Germantown, Annual Pumpkin Festival at Butler's Orchard, Sept. 21 - Nov. 4, 2024 (weekends)
Havre de Grace, Fall Harvest Festival, Steppingstone Farm Museum, Sept. 28-29, 2024
Havre de Grace, Susquehanna Wine & Seafood Festival, Sept. 21, 2024
Hyattsville, Downtown Hyattsville Arts & Ales Festival, Sept. 21, 2024
McHenry, Deep Creek Lake Art & Wine Festival, Sept. 6-7, 2024
Ocean City, Wine on the Beach, Sept. 6-7, 2024
Parkville, Johnny Appleseed Festival, Weber's Farm, Sept. 14-15, 2024
Salisbury, Maryland Folk Festival, Sept. 20-22, 2024
Timonium, Trifecta Food Truck Festival, Maryland State Fairgrounds, Sept. 21, 2024
Westminster, Annual Maryland Wine Festival, Sept. 14, 2024
Westminster, Maryland Microbrewery Festival, Sept. 28, 2024

OCTOBER

Bel Air, MD State BBQ Bash, Oct. 11-12, 2024
Bethesda, Taste of Bethesda, Oct. 5, 2024
Boonsboro, Quad State Beer Fest: Halloween Hysteria, Oct. 5, 2024
Bowie, Savor Bowie Food, Wine & Music Festival, Oct. 2024
Cambridge, Taste of Cambridge, Oct. 12, 2024
Columbia, Hops & Harvest Festival, Oct. 12, 2024
Darlington, Apple Festival, Oct. 5, 2024
La Plata, Annual Lobster Festival, Charles County Fairgrounds, Oct. 2024
Leonardtown, U.S. Oyster Festival in St. Mary's County, Oct. 19-20, 2024
Owings Mills, Pumpkins on the Green, Irvine Nature Center, Oct. 25, 2024
Rock Hall, FallFest, Oct. 5, 2024
St. Michaels, OysterFest, Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum, Oct. 26, 2024
Salisbury, Good Beer Festival, Pemberton Park, Oct. 18-19, 2024
Shady Side, Captain Avery Museum Oyster Festival, Oct. 12, 2024
Timonium, Annual Crab Feast, Oct. 13, 2024
Vienna, Harvest Festival, Layton's Chance Vineyard & Winery, Oct. 6, 2024
Westminster, Maryland Crabcake Festival, Carroll County Farm Museum, Oct. 28, 2024
Westminster, Oyster Stroll, Oct. 12, 2024

NOVEMBER

Baltimore, Craft Beer Festival, Canton Waterfront Park, Nov. 2024
Boonsboro, Fall Back Ciders, Spirits & Wine Fest, Nov. 2, 2024
Sykesville, Craft Beer Festival, Nov. 2, 2024

DECEMBER

Annapolis, Chocolate Binge Festival, Dec. 1, 2024

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