August 25th-28th; Maryland State Fairgrounds, Timonium
Excitement is just around the corner! The 141st Maryland State Fair, open for three long weekends this summer: Aug. 25-28; Sept. 1-5; and, Sept. 8-11. The Maryland State Fair is a fun and educational destination sure to captivate visitors of all ages. The Maryland State Fair is complete with daily home arts, farm and garden, livestock and horse competitions and exhibits, rides, games, live concerts and entertainment, live Thoroughbred horse racing, fair treats and farm fresh foods, the U-Learn Agriculture Education Zone, The Birthing Center, a museum, and more. No other event provides so much food, fun, family entertainment, and education for so little. For details, schedules, and ticket prices, go to: www.marylandstatefair.com.
Ballet Theatre of Maryland's 44th Anniversary Gala
August 25th, 6-9 p.m.; Prism, Annapolis
Join us in celebrating Ballet Theatre of Maryland as we begin our 44th season with a new direction, new vision, and a new look. Get excited for a big announcement and enjoy light refreshments and dessert while mingling with fellow art patrons. We will be hosting a silent auction and raffle alongside a short performance by our company dancers.
Reggae Night Fundraiser to Support COVID-19 Frontline Heroes
August 25th, 6-9 p.m.; Mother's Peninsula Grille, Arnold
We are Unity Bands, a 501(c)(3) organization created by Arnold's own, John Schirrippa, that supports COVID-19 frontline workers in the battle to mitigate the pandemic. We are working closely with the Baltimore Washington Medical Center and University of Maryland's School of Medicine foundations. Volunteers and interns have stepped up around America to support our cause. We are hosting a Reggae Night fundraiser this summer to further help COVID-19 frontlines. Not only are we having this fun evening, but there will be even more events and fun fundraisers in the future.
August 25th through 28th; Salisbury City Park, Salisbury
Make your plans now to join us in Salisbury, Maryland, for the National Folk Festival—one of America’s largest, most prestigious and longest-running celebrations of arts, culture, and heritage. A free, large-scale three-day outdoor event, the National Folk Festival celebrates the roots, richness and variety of American culture. It features over 350 of the nation’s finest traditional musicians, dancers, craftspeople and other keepers of culture in performances, workshops, and demonstrations, plus children’s activities, savory regional and ethnic cuisines and craft brews, non-stop participatory dancing, storytelling, parades, and more.
La Boheme Pre-Performance Discussion
August 26th, 6:30 p.m.; Maryland Hall, Annapolis
This free pre-performance discussion – led by soprano, Melissa Osmond, and husband, Stephen Osmond, conductor laureate of the Jackson Symphony – explores the life and times of Giacomo Puccini, composer of one of opera’s most beloved works, La bohème. Learn how Puccini expresses the individual personalities of every Bohemian we encounter in this unforgettable story.
August 26th, 7:30 p.m.; Maryland Hall, Annapolis
They say love is all you need, but what if love is all you have? Witness the spark of love that brings light to darkness in Puccini’s beloved opera, La bohème. On a freezing night in Paris, four struggling artists share unexpected good fortune and rush to the café to celebrate, but Rodolfo lags behind. His life is changed forever when Mimi, a seamstress seeking candlelight, knocks on his door. Puccini’s glorious music captures both the overwhelming rush of love at first sight, and the utter devastation of loss in the eyes of poverty and desperation.
August 26th, 7-9 p.m.; Annapolis Town Center
Experience the Annapolis Town Center’s annual Vinyl & Vino in the Garden. Hosted by Vintage Views, guests can enjoy a fun evening of wine, beer, and live music performance by Red Sky Dawn. Order food to-go and make it an evening to remember. This event is free and open to the public.
August 27th through 28th; Maryland Renaissance Festival Grounds, Crownsville
Unique among most festivals, including renaissance festivals, the Maryland Renaissance Festival utilizes a story line and progresses each year forward in the timeline of Henry VIII, through all his reign and all six of his wives. This season the year is 1536, and as ever, the King’s love life is the source of gossip.
August 27th through 30th; Rock Hall to Cambridge
The Chesapeake Bay is a national treasure as the largest estuary in the United States and 3rd in the world. Our mission is to help protect it by working with Oyster Recovery Partnership to plant more oysters, Chesapeake Conservancy to support their efforts to designate the Bay as a National Park and WaterKeepers Chesapeake to help keep the waters and rivers of the Bay healthy
Jazz Alive 2022 Summer Concert Series
August 27th, 7-9 p.m.; Waterfowl Festival Building, Easton
Jazz Alive presents their 2022 Summer Concert Series at the historic Waterfowl Building located at 40 South Harrison Street in Easton, Maryland. Continuing the club-like setting of the 2021 series, concertgoers can reserve seats at tables set throughout the hall that offer great views of the stage while enjoying a beverage and lite snacks from a candlelit table. Jazz Alive concludes its 2022 Summer Concert Series with the powerhouse trio of guitarist Shawn Purcell, organist Pat Bianchi, and drummer Jason Tiemann. Originally from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Shawn Purcell is a jazz guitarist, educator, arranger, and composer in the Washington DC region whose credits include performances and tours with Terell Stafford, Nicholas Payton, Tim Warfield, Sean Jones, Brian Charette, Regina Carter, The Chicago Jazz Ensemble, The Metropolitan Jazz Orchestra, Jim Pugh, Chip McNeill, Eddie Daniels, Chris Potter, Steve Allee, and many others. Grammy nominated organist, winner of Downbeat Magazine’s 2016 rising star poll and Hot House magazine’s 2019 poll, Pat Bianchi has established himself as one of the premier organists on the international scene today. Jason Tiemann is a New York City based jazz drummer who is quickly forging his musical voice on the New York scene by fusing his depth of historical foundation with crisp technique and propulsive, intuitive swing. With a new recording coming out later this year, you won’t want to miss this great trio!
