Chesapeake Bay Balloon Festival
3rd Annual Flags for Cancer Community Fundraiser
Full Month of August; Easton
This August, the Tidewater Rotary Club will be raising colorful flags around Easton for the third consecutive year of Flags for Cancer. Each color represents a type of cancer and every flag represents our friends and neighbors that have battled the disease. The event, sponsored by individuals and businesses, will provide a beautiful visual display of colored flags throughout Easton. More importantly, Flags for Cancer aims to keep awareness for cancer in the forefront and provide an important source of fundraising for two vital organizations helping people locally.
What's Up? Media Into The Garden Art Exhibit
August 4th; 201 Defense Highway, Annapolis
Let’s Celebrate together with these wonderful artists! What’s Up? Media and the Arts Council of Anne Arundel County are hosting a Party for the Arts Exhibit 15: “Into the Garden” LIVE and in person. You will have a chance to meet the artists, vote for your favorite artwork and enjoy light fare and drinks. Please don’t forget to RSVP using the form below.
The Superintendent's Combo at the Annapolis City Dock
August 4th, 7-8 p.m.; Annapolis City Dock
**Rescheduled from July 21** The United States Naval Academy Band Superintendent's Combo will perform a fun, funky jazz concert fit for a pleasant summer evening in Annapolis, MD. Selections will include works by Gordon Goodwin, Ray Charles, and the band "Galactic." All Naval Academy Band concerts are free and open to the public with no tickets required.
August 4th at Crooked Crab, Gambrills, August 6th at Hysteria Taphouse, Pasadena
Forward Brewing, Crooked Crab Brewing Co. and Hysteria Taphouse have joined forces yet again to celebrate the library! Each brewery has created an exclusive libation. 20% of all on-site sales during the release events will be donated to the library to support enhancements at all 16 branches. August 4, 5-8pm - Crooked Crab Brewing, August 6, 1-6pm - Hysteria Taphouse
August 5th-7th; Various Restaurants in Annapolis
Oysters clean Chesapeake Bay waters and provide habitat for other (delicious!) species like blue crabs, rockfish, and white perch. Did you know that eating oysters and recycling their shells leads to more oysters returned to the Bay? One reclaimed shell becomes a home for 10X as many babies! ORP, the nonprofit expert in Chesapeake Bay oyster restoration, relies on Shell Recycling Alliance restaurants to provide shell critical for oyster restoration efforts.
Annual Chesapeake Bay Balloon Festival
August 5th through 7th; Triple Creek Winery, Cordova
The Annual Chesapeake Bay Balloon Festival will take place at Triple Creek Winery, August 5-7 with lots to see and do! Come out and join in the fun! See many of your favorite hot air balloons up close! There will be tethered balloon rides and flights available, or just come to view these beautiful craft in a picturesque country setting. Each day of the festival will close with a balloon glow where hot air balloons will light up the evening sky. ****Please check your local weather and event website for storms or wind predictions which can effect the balloon schedule. Live Entertainment. Bands & a DJ everyday. Expanded Kids Zone that includes 5 inflatable activities for kids of all ages. Over 75 handmade crafts and boutique vendors. 20 Food Trucks and Food Vendors -serving everything from the Eastern Shore Seafood to Gourmet TexMex. Don’t Worry there will be plenty of ice cream and funnel cake!
August 5th, 5 p.m.; Navy-Marine Corps Stadium, Annapolis
Held rain or shine since 1946, the Annual Rotary Crab Feast is one of the longest-running, and most popular, summertime traditions in Annapolis! Known as “the world’s largest crab feast,” the all-you-can-eat (and drink) event invites folks from near and far to get their fill of Maryland’s famous blue crabs – plus Maryland vegetable crab soup, sweet Maryland corn on the cob, beef barbeque sandwiches, all-American hot dogs, watermelon, draft beer, and assorted sodas and water – at Navy-Marine Corps Memorial Stadium each August. The Rotary Club of Annapolis directs 100% of proceeds from the event to the local community and cultural nonprofit organizations through grants of up to $4,000. Plus, the organization works with Annapolis Green, a local environmental group, to keep the Feast “zero-waste” by collecting and turning roughly 20,000 pounds of crab shells, corn cobs, watermelon rinds, plates, cups, cutlery, and napkins into “Christmas Crab Compost” that is sold to the public each December.
August 5th, 6 p.m.; Godrey's Farm, Sudlersville
The annual Sudlersville Peach Festival is cohosted by Godfrey’s Farm and the Sudlersville Volunteer Fire Company. With the best local bands providing live music, community non-profit groups serving great homemade food from pit beef to peach cobbler, local vendors offering their best hand-made crafts, and lots of great family activities, This event is a true community gala that promises to be a great time for the whole family.
13th Annual Casey Cares 5K Walk/Run
August 6th, 8-10 p.m.; Maryland Zoo, Baltimore
Lace up your running shoes to help critically ill kids! Join us for the 13th Annual Casey Cares 5K Run/Walk, taking place on Saturday, August 6th, 2022. The chip-timed 3.1 mile run/1-mile walk is heading to a new venue – the Maryland Zoo in Baltimore. Registration is $40 and includes a tech shirt, race bib and finisher medal. Participants will also enjoy post-race refreshments, entertainment and prizes for the top finishers. Individuals and teams are encouraged to sign up to run in-person or virtually! For more information and to register, call 443-568-0064 or visit https://www.caseycares.org/events/5k-runwalk.
First Ever Navy Football Fan Fest and Media Day
August 6th, 10 a.m. to Noon; Navy Marine Corps Stadium, Annapolis
Navy fans are invited to the 2022 Navy Football Fan Fest / Media Day on Saturday, August 6 from 10 a.m.-12 noon at Navy-Marine Corps Memorial Stadium. Navy players will sign autographs on the blue side (press box side) concourse from 10:00-11:00 a.m. before moving down to the field to interact with the fans and take photos from 11:00 a.m.-12 noon. Fan Fest activities will include interactive inflatable games and giveaways. The first 250 kids will receive a free t-shirt. Fans attending should enter the parking lot through Gate 5 off Taylor Avenue and enter the stadium on the Blue or press box side. There will be a $10 charge for parking and admission to the event is free.
August 6th, 3 p.m.; Maryland Hall, Annapolis
Though hard to imagine, the premiere of Puccini’s now beloved La bohème garnered only a lukewarm audience response and even outspoken disappointment from critics. Join Maestro Craig Kier as he discusses how Puccini ultimately created one of the most successful and most performed operas of all time. The opera will be performed at Maryland Hall on August 26th.
August 7th, 11 a.m. - 5 p.m.; West Street, Annapolis
Inner West Street Association is the proud sponsor of Maryland's premier art festival. From May through November, thousands of visitors enjoy shopping along beautiful West Street in downtown historic Annapolis.
