Fireworks will provide a final flourish to the Annapolis 250 celebration. Photo courtesy Visit Annapolis and Anne Arundel County.
Events are free unless otherwise listed; Check here for any weather related rescheduling
Friday, July 3
Hamilton Under the Liberty Tree at St. John’s College. Large outdoor screening with a pre-show concert by the Annapolis Symphony Orchestra brass quintet
Saturday, July 4
10 a.m.: Piscataway Nation Singers and Dancers at Maryland Hall for the Creative Arts
10:30 a.m.: West Annapolis Bike Parade - Top of Melvin Avenue at West Annapolis Elementary School
11 a.m.: Children’s Story Telling at Chesapeake Children’s Museum featuring Dovie Thomason
11 a.m.: Eastport Parade - Start at Eastport Elementary School
11:45 a.m.: George Washington and Marquis de Lafayette Reenactors - Second Street, Eastport. A conversation hosted by Jamie Costello
12 Noon: Food Festival and Local Vendors at People’s Park. Featuring Annapolis restaurants and food trucks and a live broadcast by WRNR
12 Noon–4 p.m.: Historic Annapolis Fourth of July Celebration at the William Paca House & Garden, Hogshead Trades Museum and the Museum of Historic Annapolis. Tickets $10–20, good for admission to all properties. At Paca House: 30-minute guided tours, historic music on period instruments, showcase of revolutionary trades, silhouette artists, patriotic crafts, writing with quills and more. Colonial beer garden and lemonade. At Hogshead Trades Museum: Live traditional fiddle music from the American Revolution. At Museum of Historic Annapolis: Three floors of exhibits on 400 years of history. A Frederick Douglass reenactor presents encores of “For What to the Slave is the Fourth of July?” at Historic Annapolis Museum at 2 and 3 p.m.
1 p.m.: Meet Frederick Douglass - front steps of the William Paca House. Reenactment by Nathan Richardson of Douglass’s speech, “For What to the Slave is the Fourth of July?”
1–3 p.m.: One Country, Many Cultures: Live Music and Dance - People’s Park. Performances by Latin, Eastern European and Irish musicians and dancers
3–5 p.m.: One Country, Many Cultures: Storytelling and Oral Histories - People’s Park. Presentations by Kunte Kinte Celebrations, students of AACPS and Chesapeake Children’s Museum
6:30 p.m.: City of Annapolis Downtown Parade - West and Main Streets. Community groups, marching bands, vintage vehicles and local organizations
7:45 p.m.: USNA Electric Brigade - State House Grounds. Family-friendly concert with patriotic and popular songs
9:15 p.m.: Fireworks Extravaganza Over Spa Creek
