Home > Blogs > Rita Minion > Rita Minion's (southernmarylandwaterfront) Blog

SOLOMONS ISLAND EVENTS: Solomons Maritime Festival - Celebrating Southern Maryland Traditions - May 1, 2010!

By Rita Minion

Real Estate Agent with O'Brien Realty

April 25, 2010 03:31 AM

Solomons Maritime Festival

CELEBRATE SOUTHERN MARYLAND TRADITIONS

Event: Solomons Maritime Festival

Date: Saturday, May 1, 2010

Time: 10 am - 5 pm

Location: Calvert Marine Museum in Solomons, Maryland

Admission to the Festival & Museum is FREE!

Celebrate Southern Maryland heritage on Saturday, May 1 at the Calvert Marine Museum's fifth annual Solomons Maritime Festival. Antique boats and motors, master maritime carvers, home crafts and cooking demonstrations, traditional music, children's games, and boat rides offer something for every member of your family from 10:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.

On Saturday, the waterfront museum comes alive with the sights, sounds, and smells of Southern Maryland traditions. Taste traditional foods, learn how to pick crabs and shuck oysters like the pros, enjoy local gospel and old time music, hear world class waterfowl calling, see Chesapeake Bay retrievers in action in the water, watch model boats skim the waters of the boat basin, talk with traditional crafts people as they demonstrate their skills. Children will enjoy traditional games, toy boat building, and more! Free rides on the historic bugeye, the Wm. B. Tennison should not be missed.

Traditional crafts are also celebrated on Saturday. Around the carving shed, visitors can see how crab and eel pots are constructed, see model boat makers in action, and watch traditional carvers at work. Come try your skill inside the museum! Demonstrations of quilting, embroidery, knitting, and other textile crafts will be on-going. Home baked goodies, complete with recipes will also be available for sale. Food vendors will also be on-site.

On Sunday, the Antique Boat and Marine Engine Show, now in its 10th year is a popular component of the festival. Enthusiasts from across the country set-up camp in the parking lot to show off their vintage boats and engines. The unofficial engine swap is a great way to expand your collection.

The Solomons Maritime Festival is sponsored by Washburn's Boat Yard, Harbor Island Marina, Inc., Spring Cove Marina, Holiday Inn Solomons, Patuxent Small Craft Guild, and Community Bank of Tri-County. For more information, please call Sherry Reid at 410-326-2042 x 19, or visit the museum website at www.calvertmarinemuseum.com. Admission to the Festival and Museum is FREE.

Bring the family and have a great time celebrating Southern Maryland Traditions!

Solomons Maryland is only about an hour from Washington, DC but is far removed from the busy National Capitol Region in terms of pace and relaxation.

For more information about Solomons Maryland, please visit Solomons Maryland with links to local hotels, bed and breakfasts, and restaurants.

The Resort Town of Solomons Island

The Calvert Marine Museum is located on State Route 2 in Solomons, Calvert County, Southern Maryland, twenty miles south of Prince Frederick, and about an hour and fifteen minutes from Washington D.C.

Calvert Marine Museum
14200 Solomons Island Road
Solomons, MD 20688

Map Grounds of Calvert Marine Museum

Directions From Washington, D.C. - Take State Route 4 South from the Washington Beltway to State Route 2-4 to Solomons.

From Baltimore - Take Interstate 97 south from the Baltimore Beltway, to Route 2 South. Continue south on Route 2-4 to Solomons.

You can also take I-97 south to the Aris T. Allen Boulevard exit (Route 665), then follow signs for Solomons Island, Route 2 South. Go south on Route 2, following signs for Prince Frederick. Route 2 will join with Route 4 - make a left from Route 2 onto Route 2-4 South. Follow Route 2-4 South to Solomons.

Once in Solomons, stay in the right lane of Route 2-4. It will exit to Route 2, passing under the Thomas Johnson Bridge. Make a left, drive approximately 200 yards, and the museum will be right in front of you.

From Richmond - Take U.S. route 301 north into Maryland, then State Route 234 east to State Route 5, south on State Route 5 passing Leonardtown, left on State Route 4 across the Thomas Johnson Bridge (lower Patuxent River Bridge) to State Route 2 at North end of the bridge, then right approximately 500 feet to the museum.

Southern Maryland Is A Great Place To Visit...... An Even Better Place To Live!

Discover Southern Maryland.....where relaxation is a lifestyle, not a vacation.

We consider Southern Maryland an excellent place to reside and would love to share with you our enthusiasm for the many neighborhoods that encompass it. Our local expertise & extensive real estate experience will benefit you whether you are serious about buying, selling or renting a home in Southern Maryland.

We Specialize in a Variety of Properties: Waterfront Properties, Vacation Homes, Second Homes, First Time Home Buyers, Investment Properties, Foreclosures, Horse Properties & Relocation Services.

Covering CALVERT COUNTY and ST. MARY'S COUNTY, to include the Solomons, Lusby, Saint Leonard, Port Republic, Broomes Island, Prince Frederick, Dowell, Lexington Park, California, Hollywood, Great Mills, Leonardtown, Piney Point, Huntingtown, Chesapeake Beach, North Beach, Mechanicsville & surrounding areas.