SOUTHERN MARYLAND — Join us in celebrating community spirit, supporting local businesses, and exploring the rich offerings of Calvert, Charles, and St. Mary’s Counties. Get ready to make the most of your week with our guide to all the exciting events happening across Southern Maryland!
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CALVERT COUNTY
Calvert County Farmers Markets: Buying local is easy with an abundance of fresh food from Calvert County’s farmers, agri-businesses and watermen. Patrons can find local produce, meat, bedding plants (vegetables and herbs) and a bounty of other offerings at these “producer only” markets. For full farmers market schedule and location, please visit https://calvertag.com/3356/Farmers-Markets
Halloween Cruise aboard the Witchcraft: On October 30, 2024, Stir up a little magic this month with a 1.5-hour Halloween sail aboard the vintage yacht WITCHCRAFT. Discover the Bay’s most well-loved ghost stories with your spirited crew. Don your most spooktacular costume for a time of eerie delights and ghostly thrills. Cost is $60 per person and max capacity is 6 people. You must be 18 or older to cruise. Tickets are nonrefundable and non-transferable. Refunds only if cruise is canceled by the captain. Purchase tickets for this event here.
Halloween Pup Parade: Calling all dogs to put on their costumes and join CCPR at Dunkirk Park for our Halloween Pup Parade on Wednesday, Oct. 30 at 10 a.m. We will meet at the pavilion, but parade around the park, so make sure to wear your walking shoes. Dogs must remain on leash when not inside the designated dog park area. Only friendly well socialized dogs please.
Halloween at Mully’s Brewery: We’ve had a Halloween party, yes. But what about a second one? Even though our anniversary party was also a Halloween party, we can’t just let the day slip by! In addition to our usual fun, we’ll have optional ghoulishly green beers (while supplies last), BINGO, and candy for the kids. Plus, you’ve gotta wear your costume! Visit their Facebook event page here.
For more Calvert County events, visit the Calvert County Maryland website
CHARLES COUNTY
La Plata Farmers Market: Season- Summer Market Hours: April 6 – November 2024, Wednesdays and Saturdays, 9am – 2pm. Locations: 209 Washington Avenue.
Haltech World Cup Finals @ Maryland International Raceway: The 28th annual Haltech World Cup Finals Import vs. Domestic presented by Wiseco will take place at Maryland International Raceway on October 30 – November 3, 2024. The event features Import vs. Domestic Drag Racing, IBT Bikini Contest, a Huge Vendor Midway, and a Live DJ! The event is busting at the seams with over 50,000 fans in attendance, and there is no other event like it on the planet! The WCF event breaks more class records than any event on Earth due to Jason Miller’s legendary track prep team and unparalleled cool and dry atmospheric conditions that only exist this time of year! Racers come to this event to obliterate records and make history! The event draws 300+ Heads-Up racers from over 10 different countries competing for over $240,000 in cash purse & awards in eleven different classes of competition. The event brings you side-by-side racing action from just about every type of genre in drag racing featuring the top cars from just about every sanctioning body in the country! Purchase tickets for this event here.
Cornstalker’s Trail of Terror Haunted Attractions: 4 Highly intense haunted attraction themed areas:Constalkers, Resurresctioin, The Barnyard, and Graves farmhouse
Introducing our new midway games: Axe Throwing & Laser Tag
The story of the Graves Haunting…
Located in this rural part of Southern Maryland, lies a deeply disturbing history that very few know anything about. It is said that the Stadium that now occupies this very site was once flourishing farmland in the 1940’s with acres upon acres of cornfields, all owned by a County local named Mr. Graves.
Each year as the fall harvest season came about, many of the locals would routinely pitch in to help Mr. Graves who, years before, had tragically lost his entire family on that very farm. It was a truly gruesome scene… Exactly how each family member fell victim and was murdered while out working in the fields is a horror that remains unexplained to this day. Mr. Graves was never suspected of being involved after that tragedy had unfolded. However, in the years after the family murders, each of the locals who kindly stepped in to assist old Mr. Graves on the farm began to simply disappear one-by-one. After so many locals had gone missing, help was in short supply and no volunteer was turned down. At one point, it’s even said that there was a local group of escaped Asylum patients who all helped out on that farm at one time or another. Like all the other helpers of years past, all went missing without a trace!
As the years went by and rumors came and went, the suspicion grew stronger. It is said that, without any warning, Mr. Graves set his home on fire one crisp fall night while still inside. His cries of terror could be heard by the locals as they frantically tried to locate him within the blazing old farmhouse… not a trace of his body was ever found. To this very day, few details are known of the true horror that occurred in those fields. However, one thing is certain – as each fall harvest season comes around and the nights begin to cool, there are terrifying ghostly occurrences and eerie phenomena within and around the stadium grounds – none of which are ever able to be explained. Are these events each harvest season a mere coincidence or something more deeply rooted and much more disturbing? We welcome you inside of CornStalker’s Trail of Terror… Purchase tiets for this event here.
Clue On Stage:Clue: On Stage is a murder-mystery farce adapted from the 1985 film Clue, itself based on the popular board game. Presented by the La Plata High School Theatre. Purchase tickets for this event here.
For more Charles County events, visit the Charles County Maryland website.
ST. MARYS COUNTY
Scarecrow Stroll @ Town of Leonardtown: Check out the unique and custom scarecrows all throughout Leonardtown and vote for your favorites! The contest runs from October 4th through October 31st. Click here to cast your vote! Hosted by the Leonardtown Business Association.
“Resilience” Art Show @ North End Gallery: Opening Reception, Friday, November 1 from 5-8pm. Gallery open Sunday 11am – 4pm, Tuesday thru Saturday 11am – 5pm. Closed Monday. Come to North End Gallery in November for Resilience, an exhibition of ceramics and jewelry by members Kennedi Milan, Sarah Houde, and Parran Collery. Bringing new and vibrant work to the gallery that celebrates fresh beginnings, and the supple strength of materials that transform from soft to solid through the human hand. Inner joy made real through lovingly crafted mosaics, pottery, and fine jewelry.
Shop & Stroll First Friday Weekend @ Town of Leonardtown: It’s First Friday Weekend in Leonardtown – explore, dine, and shop your way to a great time! You’ll find extra fun and special deals all around town. For November First Friday weekend, stroll around Leonardtown and get your early shopping done! Visit over 15 participating retail stores in Leonardtown and get your passport stamped. The more stores you visit, the bigger the prize you could win.
The Sacred Journey @ St. Mary’s College of Maryland: Admission: Free Time: 4:45 PM to 6:15 PM
Come celebrate the anniversary of the award-winning Commemorative to Enslaved Peoples of Southern Maryland with the observance of The Sacred Journey. The event will begin with a ceremony Honoring the Commemorative, followed by the Procession of Dignity, and conclude with the candlelit Reading of Names of the Enslaved at the College Waterfront.
Free and open to the public. Immediately following the waterfront ceremony, enjoy the reception at the waterfront.
For more St. Mary’s County events, check out the Visit St. Mary’s MD website.
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