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SMITHSONIAN FOLKLIFE FESTIVAL (Early July)
Washington, DC. A global celebration of contemporary living
traditions, with programmes of music, song and dance, as well as
crafts and cooking demonstrations, storytelling and illustrations of
workers’ culture. Visitors are encouraged to learn, sing and dance,
eat traditional food and converse with artists involved.
folklife.si.edu
Marine MARINE CORPS
Corps
MARATHON (October)
Marathon,
Arlington Washington, DC. T_h e course is
relatively fl at, winding through
Arlington, Georgetown and
the District of Columbia. T_h e
‘Marathon of the Monuments’
course passes many of the
area’s attractions, including the
Capitol, Union Station, the
Jeff erson, Lincoln and FDR
memorials, the Pentagon,
the Smithsonian museums
and the Kennedy Center.
marinemarathon.com A wine festival in
Frederick, Maryland
NATIONAL CHRISTMAS TREE-LIGHTING &
PAGEANT OF PEACE (December) Washington, DC. T_h e MARYLAND WINE FESTIVAL (Mid-September) Carroll
Christmas Pageant of Peace begins with the Vice-President’s wife County Farm Museum, Westminster. Take pleasure in Maryland
placing the top-most ornament on the tree, which is a live, 40ft, wine, with tastings from the wineries, live music, food from
Colorado blue spruce from York, Pennsylvania. T_h e Pageant of local restaurants, arts and crafts and wine education seminars.
Peace includes live performances and the lighting of the National
carrollcountyfarmmuseum.org
Christmas Tree. Each night during December musical groups
perform free concerts at the Ellipse. 42nd ANNUAL AUTUMN GLORY FESTIVAL (October)
Oakland. Five-day autumn foliage festival that features two parades,
Oriole Park at
the offi cial Maryland State banjo and fi ddle championships, crafts,
Camden Yards antiques, concerts and more than 40 events
going on around the county.
Waterfo
wl
visitdeepcreek.com
Festival
WATERFOWL FESTIVAL (Mid-
November) Easton. Twelve venues
throughout Easton feature world-class
wildlife paintings, sculpture, carvings
and photos. Also scheduled – world-
championship calling contests, decoy
auctions, retriever, fl y-fi shing and
stunt-dog demonstrations and concerts.
waterfowlfestival.org
VIRGINIA
MARYLAND
VIRGINIA ARTS FESTIVAL (April
16-30) Norfolk. T_h e festival presents
ORIOLES BASEBALL (April-October) Baltimore. Experience hundreds of artists from around the
the great American pastime at Oriole Park at Camden Yards in world in more than 50 performances
downtown Baltimore. A great spectator sport, with hotdogs, of music, dance and more. It
barbecue and beer. Eighty games throughout the season. groups several events in one city to
orioles.mlb.com create a mini-festival over a long
weekend. Visitors enjoy the
HAVRE DE GRACE SEAFOOD FESTIVAL (Early August) best in music, dance
Havre De Grace. A historic city where the Chesapeake Bay begins troupes, dance
is the site for the sale of more than 60 diff erent foods, 80 arts and companies
crafts vendors featuring locally-made products, and 15 hours of free, and acrobats.
live entertainment.
hdgseafoodfestival.org vafest.org
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