Fall Events:
Maryland Seafood Festival - Sandy Point, Annapolis
September 8 & 9, 2018
The 51st Festival offers music, contests, flavorful foods, sand soccer, paddle-boarding, crab soup cook-off.
Taste the Beaches in Calvert County - Chesapeake Beach & North Beach
September 8,2018
Showcases Chesapeake Beach & North Beach. Local restaurants, food trucks, Kids Zone, live music.
A Taste of St. Mary's - Leonardtown
September 15, 2018
Sample menu items from some of St. Mary’s County’s finest restaurants while enjoying family-friendly entertainment.
International Food Truck Festival - Havre de Grace
September 16, 2018
This foodie’s dream will include 20 food trucks serving international cuisine, music from 98 Rock, cold beer, a variety of wine with views of the Susquehanna River.
Taste of Bethesda - Downtown Bethesda
October 6, 2018
More than 60 restaurants, stages for music and cultural entertainment, kid's corner and Best of Bethesda Day.
Harvestfest Cornhole Tournament - Mount Airy
October 13, 2018
Come to the "Railyard" in historic Mount Airy. Compete in the tournament. Enjoy entertainment and a beer garden.
Ocean City Restaurant Week
October 14 - 28, 2018
Restaurant Week features fixed price menu options. Dining options range from the clean and simple to fine dining.
US Oyster Festival - - Leonardtown, St. Mary's County
October 20 - 21, 2018
Celebrate the 52nd year plus the opening of the Chesapeake Bay's oyster season. National Oyster Shucking Championships.
Fall Fest with Oysters in Rock Hall
October 13, 2018
A celebration of family, community & oysters. Music, crafts, food and fun and Kids' Court on Main Street.
North County Restaurant Week - North Anne Arundel County
October 19 - 26, 2018
Highlights exceptional, diverse and high-quality dining experiences throughout North Anne Arundel County.
Taste of Howard County - Merriment in Masquerade - Ellicott City
October 21, 2018
Features delicious tastings from 20 Howard County restaurants and a live and silent auction.
OysterFest at Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum - St. Michaels
October 27, 2018
A celebration of the Chesapeake’s oysters featuring live music on two stages, boat rides, retriever demonstrations, oysters and local fare, an oyster stew competition, cooking demos, and children’s activities.
The Great Havre de Grace Oyster Feast
November 17, 2018 4-9 pm
A feast to support nonprofits featuring: oysters (prepared many ways) crab soup, wings, pit beef, turkey, ham, beer & wine and much more!
Events by month:
January:
- Jan: Berlin Restaurant Week
- Jan: 2nd Annual Little Italy Meatball Festival
- Jan: Baltimore County Restaurant Week
- Jan: Baltimore City Restaurant Week
- Jan: Howard County Restaurant Week
- Jan: Harford County Restaurant Week
- Jan: Bethesda Restaurant Week
February:
- Feb: Annapolis Restaurant Week
- Feb: Calvert County Restaurant Week
- Feb: Chocolate Affair
- Feb: Havre de Grace Restaurant Week
- Feb: Wine + Chocolate Evening
- Feb: Annual GumboFest in Annapolis
March:
- March: Frederick Restaurant Week
- March: Heavy Seas Brewery Happenings - Wing Festival
- March: Pancake Breakfast at Oregon Ridge
- March: Flying Dog University (of Beer)
- March: Colonial Rum Tasting with Blackwater Distilling
- March: Empty Bowls Baltimore
- March: Annapolis Oyster Roast and Sock Burning
- March: Beer, Bourbon and BBQ Festival
April:
- April: Maryland Chicken Wing Festival
- April: Beer, Bourbon and BBQ Festival - Timonium
- April: Main Street Heat Chili Cook-Off
- April: Ocean City Restaurant Week
- April: Salisbury Restaurant Week
- April: Interstate BBQ Festival Hagerstown
- April: Savor Bowie Food and Wine and Music Festival
- April: Restaurant Week Rock Hall
May:
- May: Somerset Strawberry Festival - Marion Station
- May: Baltimore Wine and Food Festival - Rash Field
- May: Naptown BarBAYq Contest and Music Festival
- May: Art and Wine Tasting Festival - Sykesville
- May: Maryland Craft Beer Festival
- May: Wine in the Woods at Symphony Woods
- May: Good Life Feastival at Boordy Vineyards
- May: Soft Shell Spring Fair in Crisfield
- May: Taste of Garrett
June:
- June: Annapolis Arts and Wine Festival
- June: St. Mary’s Crab Festival
- June: Taste of Wheaton
- June: Great Grapes! Wine & Food Festival
- June: Beer, Bourbon & BBQ Festival - National Harbor
- June: Baltimore Wine Fest
- June: Interstate Wine Fest Hagerstown (formerly Taste of the Valley Wine & Food Festival)
- June: Taneytown Wine, Art and Music Festival
- June: Chesapeake Crab & Beer Festival
- June: Tri-State Wing Off - Cumberland
- June: Strawberry Festival Sykesville
July:
- July: Baltimore Restaurant Week
- July: Taste of Cambridge and Crab Cook-Off
- July: Potomac Jazz and Seafood Festival
- July: J. Miller Tawes Crab & Clam Bake
- July: Tilghman Island Seafood Fest
- July: Howard County Summer Restaurant Week
- July: Trifecta Food Truck Festival
August:
- August: Howard County Summer Restaurant Week
- August: Baltimore Restaurant Week
- August: Baltimore Vegan Restaurant Week
- August: Seafood Feast-I-Val
- August: Chesapeake Crab & Beer Festival
- August: Baltimore County Restaurant Week
- August: Carroll County Restaurant Week
- August: Curtis' Coney Island Weiners 100th Celebration
- August: Mountain Maryland/Allegany County Restaurant Week
- August: Pig Out in the Park Backyard BBQ Bash - Frostburg
September:
- September: Mountain Maryland/Allegany County Restaurant Week
- September: National Hard Crab Derby and Fair
- September: Maryland Seafood Festival
- September: Taste the Beaches in Calvert County
October:
- October: Taste of Bethesda
- October: Harvestfest Cornhole Tournament
- October: Ocean City Restaurant Week
- October: US Oyster Festival St. Mary's County
- October: Fall Fest with Oysters in Rock Hall
- October: Taste of North County
- October: North County Restaurant Week
- October: OysterFest at Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum
November:
- November: The Great Havre de Grace Oyster Feast
