MARYLAND AT A GLANCE

FOODS

FOOD FESTIVALS

• Ethnic Festivals
• Restaurant Weeks & Food Festivals in Maryland

JANUARY

• Baltimore, Baltimore Restaurant Week, Jan. 2026

Bel Air, Harford County Restaurant Week, Jan. 2026

Berlin, Town of Berlin Restaurant Week, Jan. 2026

Cambridge, Ice & Oyster Fest, Jan. 2026

Ellicott City, Howard County Restaurant Weeks & Craft Beverages, Jan. 2026

Port Tobacco, Charles County Restaurant Week, Jan. 2026

Towson, Baltimore County Restaurant Week, Jan. 2026

Street cafe at lunchtime, West Pratt St., Baltimore, Maryland, December 2001. Photo by Diane F. Evartt.

FEBRUARY

• Annapolis, Annapolis Restaurant Week, Feb. 2026

MARCH

• Annapolis, Annual Oyster Roast & Sock Burning, Annapolis Maritime Museum, March 2026
• St. Michaels, Annual ChocolateFest, March 2026
• St. Michaels, Taste of St. Michaels, March 2026
• Thurmont, Maple Syrup Festival at William Houck Area of Cunningham Falls State Park, March 2026
• Timonium, Beer, Bourbon, & BBQ Festival, March 2026
• Westminster, Carroll County Farmers Market's Spring Fling, March 2026
• Westminster, Maple Sugarin' Festival & Pancake Breakfast at Bear Branch Nature Center, March 1, 2026

APRIL

• Crownsville, Maryland Chicken Wing Festival, Anne Arundel County Fairgrounds, April 2026
• Laurel, Montpelier Festival of Herbs, Tea & the Arts, April 2026
• Westminster, Taste of Carroll, April 2026
• Westminster, Wine Stroll, April 2026

MAY

• Baltimore, Brew at the Zoo, May 2026
• Berlin, Jazz & Blues, Wine & Brews, May 2026
• Boonsboro, Quad State Pickle Fest, May 2026
• Chaptico, Strawberry Festival, Christ Church, May 2026
• Chestertown, Chestertown Tea Party Festival, May 2026
• Columbia, Wine in The Woods, May 2026
• Crisfield, Soft Shell Festival, May 2026
• Frederick, Maryland Craft Beer Festival, May 2026
• Parkville, Strawberry Festival, Weber's Farm, May 2026
• Ridgely, Strawberry Festival, May 2026
• Sykesville, Art & Wine Festival, May 2026

Crab mural, Crisfield, Maryland, June 2018. Photo by Diane F. Evartt.

JUNE

• Bel Air, Harmony Woods Music & Arts Fest, Maryland Center for the Arts, June 2026
• Boonsboro, QUad State Wine Fest: Island Vibes, June 2026
• Finksburg, Messiah Lutheran Church Strawberry Festival, June 2026
• Leonardtown, St. Mary's Crab Festival, Jun 2026
• Oldtown, Summerfest, June 2026
• Sandy Spring, Strawberry Festival, Sandy Spring Museum, June 2026
• Taneytown, Wine, Art & Music Festival, June 2026
• Westminster, Secret Garden Music, Arts & Winefest, June 2026
• Wheaton, Taste of Wheaton, June 2026

JULY

Baltimore, Baltimore Restaurant Week, July 25 - Aug. 3, 2025

Cockeysville, Baltimore City College Alumni Association Annual Crab Feast, July 20, 2025

Leonardtown, Potomac Jazz & Seafood Festival, July 10-13, 2025

Mardela Springs, Annual Watermelon Festival at Wright's Market, July 27, 2025

Towson, Baltimore County Restaurant Week, July 11-20, 2025

Westminster, Carroll County Farmers' Market Fair Week, July 26 - Aug. 8, 2025

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

AUGUST

• Annapolis, Crab Feast, Aug. 1, 2025
• Baltimore, Vegan SoulFest, Baltimore Peninsula, Aug. 19-20, 2025
• Berlin, Chili Pepper Festival, Aug. 23, 2025
• Berlin, Peach Festival, Calvin B. Taylor Museum, Aug. 2, 2025
• Boonsboro, Quad State Rock 'N Flavor Fest, Aug. 9, 2025
• Crisfield, National Hard Crab Derby, Aug. 2025
• Ellicott City, Howard County Restaurant Weeks & Craft Beverages, Aug. 2025
• Frostburg, Western Maryland Craft Beverage Festival, Aug. 31, 2025
• Hagerstown, Leitersburg Peach Festival, Aug. 9-10, 2025
• Havre de Grace, Arts, Wine, Jazz & Soul Festival, Concord Point Lighthouse, Aug. 9, 2025
• Laurel, Taste at the Track Crackin' Crab Feast, Laurel Park, Aug. 2025
• Parkville, Peach & Blackberry Festivals, Weber's Farm, Aug. 2-3, 2025
• Sudlersville, Peach Festival, Godfrey's Farm, Aug. 1-2, 2025
• Westminster, Annual Old Fashioned Corn Roast Festival, Union Mills Homestead, Aug. 2, 2025
• Westminster, Carroll County Farmers' Market Heirloom Tomato Festival, Aug. 16, 2025
• Westminster, Carroll County Farmers' Market Peach Festival, Aug. 9, 2025
• Westminster, Secret Garden Music, Arts & Wine Festival, Carroll County Farm Museum, Aug. 21, 2025

SEPTEMBER

• Annapolis, Maryland Seafood Festival, City Dock, Sept. 13-14, 2025
• Baltimore, Wine in the Wilderness, Maryland Zoo, Sept. 2025
• Bel Air, Harford County Wine Festival, Sept. 27, 2025
• Berlin, Small Town Block Party, Sept. 6, 2025
• Crisfield, J. Millard Tawes Crab & Clam Bake, Sept. 2025
• Cumberland, Whiskey Rebellion Fest, Sept. 2025
• Frederick, Fall Festival at Summers Farm, Sept. - Oct. 2025
• Germantown, Annual Pumpkin Festival at Butler's Orchard, Sept. - Nov. 2025 (weekends)
• Havre de Grace, Fall Harvest Festival, Steppingstone Farm Museum, Sept. 2025
• Havre de Grace, Susquehanna Wine & Seafood Festival, Sept. 20, 2025
• Hyattsville, Downtown Hyattsville Arts & Ales Festival, Sept. 20, 2025
• La Plata, Annual Lobster Festival, Charles County Fairgrounds, Sept. 2025
• McHenry, Deep Creek Lake Art & Wine Festival, Sept. 5-6, 2025
• Ocean City, Wine on the Beach, Sept. 5-6, 2025
• Parkville, Johnny Appleseed Festival, Weber's Farm, Sept. 13-14, 2025
• Salisbury, Maryland Folk Festival, Sept. 19-21, 2025
• Timonium, Trifecta Food Truck Festival, Maryland State Fairgrounds, Sept. 20, 2025
• Westminster, Annual Maryland Wine Festival, Sept. 13, 2025
• Westminster, Maryland Microbrewery Festival, Sept. 2025

OCTOBER

• Bel Air, MD State BBQ Bash, Oct. 10-11, 2025
• Bethesda, Taste of Bethesda, Oct. 2025
• Boonsboro, Quad State Beer Fest: Halloween Hysteria, Oct. 4, 2025
• Cambridge, Taste of Cambridge, Oct. 2025
• Columbia, Hops & Harvest Festival, Oct. 2025
• Darlington, Apple Festival, Oct. 4, 2025
• Leonardtown, U.S. Oyster Festival in St. Mary's County, Oct. 2025
• Owings Mills, Pumpkins on the Green, Irvine Nature Center, Oct. 2025
• Rock Hall, FallFest, Oct. 11, 2025
• St. Michaels, OysterFest, Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum, Oct. 25, 2025
• Salisbury, Good Beer Festival, Pemberton Park, Oct. 10-11, 2025
• Shady Side, Captain Avery Museum Oyster Festival, Oct. 2025
• Timonium, Annual Crab Feast, Oct. 12, 2025
• Vienna, Harvest Festival, Layton's Chance Vineyard & Winery, Oct. 2025
• Westminster, Maryland Crabcake Festival, Carroll County Farm Museum, Oct. 25, 2025
• Westminster, Oyster Stroll, Oct. 11, 2025
• Westminster, Secret Garden Music, Arts & Wine Festival, Carroll County Farm Museum, Oct. 9, 2025

NOVEMBER

• Baltimore, Craft Beer Festival, Canton Waterfront Park, Nov. 2025
• Boonsboro, Fall Back Ciders, Spirits & Wine Fest, Nov. 1, 2025
• Sykesville, Craft Beer Festival, Nov. 8, 2025

DECEMBER

• Annapolis, Chocolate Binge Festival, Dec. 7, 2025

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