Maryland Restaurant Weeks and Seafood Festivals

From picking crabs at a table to haute cuisine, Maryland has that and everything in between. Many communities and their local restaurants sponsor a week-long experience so that you can eat to your hearts' content - at a great price.

Harford County Restaurant Week
June 4-16, 2012
Harford County's most delicious week of the year! Visit participating restaurants for a prix fixe menu selection during Restaurant Week. Prize drawings and bargains!
Restaurants throughout the County
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St. Mary's Crab Festival
June 9
The Crab Festival is a celebration of St. Mary's Crab Culture and Cooking. Expect to find plenty of steamed hard crabs, crab soups, crab cakes, and other seafood dishes available for purchase.
Before or after your meal, browse among our regional crafters! If you've been looking for that special, handmade gift or item with a 'Crabby' theme, you'll probably find it here! Live Country Music from local legends including: SouthBound, 25th Hour Band, Dave Norris.
Leonardtown
St. Mary's County
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Delmarva Chicken Festival
June 15-16
Delmarva's 10ft giant fry pan, arts & crafts show, home & trade show, live family oriented entertainment, carnival, food, baby chick display, poultry & agricultural-oriented displays, chicken capers & children's activities, car show.
The Centre at Salisbury
Wicomico County
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Tilghman Island Seafood Festival
June 23
Local seafood, live music, crab races, crafts, Queen and Little Miss contests, artisans, firemen's parade.
Talbot County
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Taste of Cambridge Crab Cook-Off
July 14
Taste and vote for top crab dishes by restaurant chefs in four categories during a downtown street festival honoring the Chesapeake's seafood heritage
Cambridge
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Summer Restaurant Weeks
July 23 - Aug. 3
Many of Howard County's independent restaurants will be offering special meals at special prices.
Howard County
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Carroll County Restaurant Week
Aug. 19-26
Sample some of the Carroll County's mouth watering cuisine while getting a terrific deal.
Westminster
Carroll County
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PAST EVENTS:
Jan: Baltimore County
Jan: Baltimore City
Jan: Howard County
Feb: National Harbor
Feb.  Annapolis Restaurant Week
Feb. Chesapeake Oyster and Beer Festival
March : Frederick Restaurant Week
March: Annapolis Food and Wine Festival
March: Beer, Bourbon and BBQ Festival
March : Talbot Restaurant Week
March : Main Street Heat Chili Cook-Off 
March: Heavy Seas Real Ale and BBQ Festival
April :  Pork in the Park BBQ Festival
April: Rediscover Catonsville
June: Ocean City Restaurant Week
June: St. Mary’s Crab Festival 
June: Tilghman Island Seafood Festival
July: Taste of Cambridge and Crab Cook-Off
July: Potomac Jazz and Seafood Festival
July: J. Miller Tawes Crab & Clam Bake
July: Bethesda Chevy Chase Restaurant Wk.
August: Howard Co. Summer Restaurant Wk.
August: Seafood Feast-I-Val
August: Havre de Grace Seafood Festival
August: Chesapeake Crab & Beer Festival
August: Baltimore Restaurant Week 
August: Baltimore County Restaurant Week
August: Carroll County Restaurant Week 
Sept: Calvert County Waterman's Festival
Sept: National Hard Crab Derby and Fair
Sept: Maryland Seafood Festival
Oct: Taste of Bethesda
Oct: National Harbor Restaurant Week
Oct: Taste of Kent Narrows
Oct: From the Bay for the Bay
Oct: Mount Airy’s Smoke’n BBQ Showdown
Oct: Maryland Oyster Festival
Oct: Ocean City Restaurant Week
Oct: Cecil County
Nov: Annapolis Food and Wine Festival
Nov: Chesapeake Oyster and Beer Festival