MARYLAND AT A GLANCE

ARTS

ARTS FESTIVALS

JANUARY

Baltimore, Harbor Point Ice Fest, Jan. 2023
West Friendship, Baltimore Bead & Jewelry Show, Jan. 2023
Ellicott City, Artists Gallery Winter Show, Jan. 2023

FEBRUARY

Easton, Chesapeake Fire & Ice Festival, Feb. 2023
Frederick, First Saturday Frederick, Feb. 5 - Dec. 3, 2022
Oakland, Winter Fest, Feb. 23, 2023

MARCH

Baltimore, Light City, Inner Harbor, March 2024
Ellicott City, Artists' Gallery Juried Show, March 2023

APRIL

Big Pool, 18th Century Market Fair, Fort Frederick State Park, April 2023
Chestertown, Paint the Town, April 2023
Gaithersburg, National Black Memorabilia, Fine Arts & Crafts Show, Montgomery County Fairgrounds, April 29-30, 2023
Havre de Grace, Decoy & Wildlife Art Festival, April 2023
Laurel, Montpelier Festival of Herbs, Tea & the Arts, April 2023
Ocean City, Easter Art & Craft Show, April 2023
Ocean City, Hybrid Ward World Championship Wildfowl Carving and Art Festival, Roland E. Powell Convention Center, April 2023
St. Michaels, Eastern Shore Sea Glass & Coastal Arts Festival, April 22-23, 2023
Westminster, PEEPshow, April 2023

MAY

Annapolis, First Sunday Arts Festival, May 1 - Dec. 4, 2022
Annapolis, Up Rigging Maritime Festival, May 2023
Arbutus, Arts Festival, May 2023
Baltimore, Craft Week, May 2023
Baltimore, Kinetic Sculpture Race, May 6, 2023
Bethesda, Bethesda Fine Arts Festival, May 2023
Chestertown, Chestertown Tea Party Festival, May 2023
Earleville, Re-enactment Festival & Colonial Marketplace, Mount Harmon, May 2023
Ocean City, Springfest, May 2023
Oxford, Oxford Fine Arts, May 2023
Silver Spring, Mother's Day Arts & Crafts Spring Fair, Veterans Plaza, May 2023
Sykesville, Art & Wine Festival, May 2023
Taneytown, Wine, Music, & Art Festival, May 2023
Thurmont, Maryland Iron Festival, Catoctin Furnace, May 2023

JUNE

Annapolis, Paint Annapolis, June 2023
Columbia, Festival of the Arts: Lakefest, June 2023
Cumberland, Mountain Maryland Plein Air, June 2023
Ellicott City, Paint It! Ellicott City, June 2023
Frederick, Festival of the Arts, June 2023
Oldtown, Summerfest, June 2023
Smith Island, Art Festival, June 2023
Westminster, Art in the Park at City Hall, June 2023
Westminster, Secret Garden Music, Arts & Winefest, June 2023

JULY

Easton, Plein Air Competition and Arts Festival, July 15-24, 2022
Silver Spring, Arts & Crafts Summer Fair, Veterans Plaza, July 10, 2022
Swanton, Art in the Park at Deep Creek Lake State Park, July 9-10, 2022
Westminster, Common Ground on the Hill: Roots Music & Arts Festival, July 16, 2022
Westminster, Secret Garden Reggae Music, Arts & Wine Festival, July 17, 2022

"We the People" mural, St. Paul St. & East Lafeyette St., Baltimore, Maryland, September 2014. Photo by Diane F. Evartt.

AUGUST

Havre de Grace, Arts, Wine & Jazz Fest, Susquehanna Museum at the Lock House, Aug. 13, 2022
McHenry, Country Fest & Auction, Aug. 27, 2022
Ocean City, Artists Paint OC, Aug. 10-14, 2022
Ocean City, ArtX, Aug. 20-21, 2022
Westminster, Secret Garden R&B/Go-Go Music, Arts & Wine Festival, Aug. 21, 2022

SEPTEMBER

[photo, Madonnari Arts Festival, Little Italy, South High St., Baltimore, Maryland]

Baltimore, Baltimore Artscape Preview, Sept. 2023

Baltimore, Madonnari Arts Festival, Sept. 9-11, 2022

Bel Air, Festival For the Arts, Sept. 18, 2022

Bel Air, Harford Plein Air Art Festival Exhibition, Sept. - Nov. 2022

Berlin, Paint Worcester County - Plein Air, Sept. 2022

Cambridge, Annual Showcase Art Walk & Street Festival, Sept. 2022

Madonnari Arts Festival, Little Italy, South High St., Baltimore, Maryland, September 2019. Photo by Diane F. Evartt.

Catonsville, Arts & Crafts Festival, Sept. 2022
Havre de Grace, Fall Harvest Festival, Steppingstone Farm Museum, Sept. 24-25, 2022
Hyattsville, Downtown Hyattsville Arts & Ales Festival, Sept. 17, 2022
Point of Rocks, Art at the Point, Sept. 2022
Salisbury, National Folk Festival, Sept. 26-28, 2022
Solomons, Artsfest Fine Arts Festival '22, Sept. 17-18, 2022

Madonnari Arts Festival, Little Italy, South High St., Baltimore, Maryland, September 2019. Photo by Diane F. Evartt.

OCTOBER

[photo, Carved pumpkins, Garden Glow, Ladew Topiary Gardens, 3535 Jarrettsville Pike, Monkton, Maryland]

Annapolis, Art @ the Park 2022 – Quiet Waters Park, Oct. 15-16, 2022

Baltimore, Free Fall Baltimore, Oct. 2022

Baltimore, International Edgar Allan Poe Festival & Awards, Oct. 8-9, 2022

Bethesda, Bethesda Row Arts Festival Online, Oct. 8-9, 2022

Crownsville, Anne Arundel County Crafts Festival, Oct. 2022

Carved pumpkins, Garden Glow, Ladew Topiary Gardens, 3535 Jarrettsville Pike, Monkton, Maryland, October 2019. Photos by Sarah A. Hanks.

[photo, Plastic turtle, Garden Glow, Ladew Topiary Gardens, 3535 Jarrettsville Pike, Monkton, Maryland]

Easton, Academy Art Museum Craft Show, Oct. 21-23, 2022
Havre de Grace, Art Show, Oct. 22-23, 2022
McHenry, Autumn Glory Festival, Oct. 12-16, 2022
Monkton, Garden Glow, Ladew Gardens, Oct. 20-22, 2022
Mount Airy, Autumn Reggae Wine & Music Festival, Oct. 2022

Plastic turtle, Garden Glow, Ladew Topiary Gardens, 3535 Jarrettsville Pike, Monkton, Maryland, October 2019. Photos by Sarah A. Hanks.

Ocean City, Sunfest, Oct. 20-23, 2022
Rock Hall, FallFest Oyster & Music Festival, Oct. 2022
Silver Spring, Arts & Crafts Fall Fair, Oct. 2, 2022
Stevensville, ARToberFEST, Oct. 2022
Sunderland, Calvert Arts Festival, All Saints' Episcopal Church, Oct. 2022
Thurmont, Catoctin Colorfest, Oct. 8-9, 2022
Westminster, Secret Garden Caribbean Music, Arts and Wine Festival, Oct. 9, 2022

NOVEMBER

Annapolis, Lights on the Bay - Sandy Point State Park, Nov. 2022 - Jan. 2023
Baltimore, BAZAART, American Visionary Art Museum, Nov. 25-26, 2022
Baltimore, Miracle on 34th St. (light show), Hampden, Nov. 2022
Bel Air, Authors & Artists Holiday Event, Nov. 5, 2022
Berlin, Ice Ice Berlin and Tree Lighting, Nov. 25, 2022
Chestertown, RiverArts Holiday Show & Sale, Nov. - Dec. 2022
Columbia, Merriweather Symphony of Lights, Nov. 2022
Easton, Waterfowl Festival, Nov. 11-13, 2022
Frederick, Sailing Through Winter Solstice, Carroll Creek Park, Nov. 2022
Gaithersburg, Winter Lights, Seneca Creek State Park, Nov. - Dec. 2022
Laurel, Artists' Boutique at Montpelier Mansion and Historic Site, Nov. - Dec. 2022
Ocean City, Winterfest of Lights, Nov. 17 - Dec. 31, 2022
Pocomoke City, Christmas Arts & Crafts Festival, Nov. 2022
St. Michaels, Eastern Shore Sea Glass & Coastal Arts Festival, Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum, Nov. 19-20, 2022
Solomons, Annmarie Garden In Lights, Nov. 25, 2022 - Jan. 1, 2023
Upper Marlboro, Winter Festival of Lights - Watkins Regional Park, Nov. 2022 - Jan. 2023
Westminster, Mayberry Mill Arts, Crafts, & Gifts Show, Nov. 2022
Westminster, Miracle on Main Street Holiday Event, Nov. 2022
Wheaton, Garden of Lights at Brookside Gardens, Nov. 2022 - Jan. 2023

DECEMBER

Earleville, Yuletide Festival & Holiday Marketplace, Mount Harmon, Dec. 3-4, 2022

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