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| Let the spirits guide you in October. Revel in the joy of an Oktoberfest. Take a ghost tour along historical streets. Enjoy craft beer at a Maryland brewpub. Visit an autumn festival, where the entertainment and attractions are as colorful as the season’s foliage. Maryland winery events abound, as the season for Halloween and hay rides beckons. This month, discover the spirit and spirits of Maryland. |
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Fun Family Fall Festivals
Celebrate the season’s harvest with pumpkins, apples and wine, amid vibrant fall foliage and magnificent landscapes.
• Fall Harvest Weekends, Baugher’s Farm, Westminster, Carroll County
• Pumpkin Festival, Saturdays and Sundays,, Butler’s Orchard, Germantown, Montgomery County
• Darlington Apple Festival, Oct. 6, Harford County
• Autumn Glory Festival, Oct. 10-14, Oakland, Garrett County |
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Oktoberfest season
Oompah bands, sauerbraten and schnitzel all share the spotlight at these yearly festivities – it’s the flowing beer selections, though, that make this the Oktoberfest season.
• Maryland Brewer’s Oktoberfest, Oct. 13, Timonium Fairgrounds, Baltimore County
• Oktoberfest, Oct. 13, Berlin, Worcester County
• Charles County Oktoberfest, Oct. 13-14, fairgrounds, LaPlata
• Gaithersburg Oktoberfest at the Kentlands, Oct. 14, Kentlands Village Green, Montgomery County
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Festivals by water’s edge
Enjoy a taste of Maryland's maritime heritage. These festive happenings serve up musical entertainment, nautical competitions, cooking demos, and lots of Chesapeake Bay seafood.
• Harbor Day at the Docks, Oct. 6, Ocean City
• Patuxent River Appreciation Days, Oct. 6-7, Calvert Marine Museum grounds, Solomons
• Tilghman Island Day Festival, Oct. 20, Talbot County
• Maryland Oyster Festival, Oct. 20-21, St. Mary’s County Fairgrounds, Leonardtown
• Sultana Projects’ Downrigging Weekend, Oct. 26-28, Kent County
• Monster Rockfish Festival, Oct. 28, Greenwell State Park, Hollywood, St. Mary’s County |
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Autumn art
Downtown Bethesda becomes an outdoor art gallery for nearly 200 juried artists at the Bethesda Row Arts Festival, Oct. 20-21 in Montgomery County. Free admission. Mountain Maryland Art Sale and Tour – held on consecutive weekends (Oct. 20-21, 27-28) – affords a chance to visit the studios of 39 Western Maryland artists. The tour is free. |
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Civil War stories
Discover the impact of the Civil War in a divided state, in this 150th anniversary year of the war’s 1862 Maryland Campaign.
• Gen. Robert E. Lee’s Special Orders #191 exhibit, through Oct. 31, Monocacy National Battlefield, Frederick County
• Civil War Trains Exhibit, Oct. 1 – Dec. 31, Discovery Station Museum, Hagerstown, Washington County
• Civil War Walking Tour, Oct. 6, 20, downtown Frederick, Frederick County
• Civil War Encampment, Oct. 13-14, Carroll Park, Baltimore |
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