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Food & Wine Festivals, Shows & Local Events
(see also: 2022 - 2019 - 2018 - 2017 )
September 30-October 6, 2024
Taco Week
National Harbor, Maryland
October 5, 2024
Das Best Oktoberfest
Timonium, Maryland
Maryland State Fairgrounds. Hundreds and Hundreds of ALL YOU CARE TO TASTE craft beers, wines, ciders, and schnapps will fill up your souvenir glass as you enjoy this day-long festival. October 5, 2024 Darlington Apple Festival - Darlington, Maryland
Attendance: 50,000. October 5-8, 2024 - National Frozen & Refrigerated Foods Convention
National Harbor, Maryland
The National Frozen & Refrigerated Foods Convention is truly an industry event providing significant, tangible value. (also: www.nfraweb.org/ ) October 11-12, 2024 Maryland State BBQ Bash - Bel Air, Maryland
Harford County MD’s most anticipated event of the year is the MD State BBQ Bash. Named as Harford County’s “Best Event” in 2012-2016, the MD State BBQ Bash is a barbecue themed street festival featuring the Maryland State BBQ Championship, with more than 50 competition teams from the Mid-Atlantic area and beyond competing for $12,500 in cash prizes and the chance to compete in the annual Jack Daniel’s World Championship Invitational Barbecue in Lynchburg, TN and The American Royal in Kansas City, MO. In addition, more 40 amateur teams will compete in the MD State BBQ Bash Tailgate Challenge to see who has the best ribs while competing for cash, prizes, and bragging rights. For more than 10 years, the MD State BBQ Bash has grown to be one of the largest, most fun, and most anticipated events of the year in Downtown Bel Air. Attendance: 35,000+.
October 12, 2024 16th Taste of Cambridge - Cambridge, Maryland
The event includes cook-off contests, local spirits tastings, a Kid’s Zone, community performances, a vendors market, and live music on the main stage. This year’s cook-off contests will feature five categories that honor regional and seasonal foods: crab, soup/stew, mac n’ cheese, pumpkin, and apple. There will be plenty of additional food and beverages available for purchase as well. October 12, 2024 - Downtown Oyster Stroll - Westminster, Maryland
Designed to raise awareness about the importance of oyster aquaculture in the Chesapeake Bay. Stroll through Downtown Westminster as you delight in fresh oysters, live music and samples of wine, spirits and beer. Farm raised oysters are a sustainable product that is bringing jobs to rural portions of Maryland, while helping clean the waters of the Bay. The event directly supports CCA Maryland's Living Reef Action Campaign. October 12-13, 2024 Autumn Reggae Wine & Music Festival
Mt. Airy, Maryland
Celebrate with us for our last festival of the season. Food available for purchase through caterers, food trucks and food vendors. Shop the open air market with hand-crafted and imported goods from around the world. Enjoy a day sampling our delicious wines and hand crafted farm brewed beers along with live bands. Tickets are $25. Purchase tickets early because event does sell out. October 14-18, 2024 - National School Lunch Week - Nationwide
School Nutrition Association. October 18-20, 2024 Maryland Home & Garden Show
Timonium, Maryland
Timonnium Fairgrounds. Whether they are looking to start that overdue home improvement project, create Fall gardens or decorate for the holiday season, the Maryland Home & Garden Show has everything they will need for the job. October 19, 2024 Whiskey Wine & Fire - Timonium, Maryland
Maryland State Fairgrounds. This exclusive foodie celebration will feature: Whiskey Bars, Elegant Wines & Cocktails, Great Music, Tented Food Stations, Food Trucks, & Restaurants and Intimate Firepits throughout. Relax Around the Fire Gardens and enjoy an inspired take on fire-kissed BBQ, specialty grilling, and drink pairings. Enjoy the firebreathers and artists set the night ablaze. Please dress appropriately, the event is outdoors. October 19-20, 2024 Holy Trinity Heritage Food Fair
Baltimore, Maryland
Holy Trinity Russian Orthodox Church. The annual event will offer food, musicians, and dancers. During this festive weekend, we invite you to sample the many foods, souvenirs and entertainment offered at ourl. All of the food – ranging from the hot dishes and breads to the many desserts – was prepared by our own parishioners. Most of the souvenirs have been imported from Russia. Beautiful icons fashioned by the faithful in Russia, dolls, pins, paintings are just some of the beautiful expressions of faith and love witnessed today in Holy Rus’. And the entertainment – dance groups, choirs and music ensembles – we hope will make your feet tap and your hearts sing. October 19-20, 2024 58th Annual U.S. National Oyster Festival in St. Mary’s County - St. Mary's County, Maryland
Oyster Shucking Contest, Oyster Cook-Off, entertainment, and great food! October 26, 2024 OysterFest - St. Michaels, Maryland
Celebrate the Bay oyster at the Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum's OysterFest with great food, live music, children's activities, skipjack and buyboat rides, oyster aquaculture and restoration demonstrations, oyster tonging, and cooking demonstrations.
2022 MARYLAND - OCTOBER 2022
Food & Wine Festivals, Shows & Local Events
events waiting for new datesOctober -, 2022 - Autumn Wine Festival - Salisbury, Maryland
EVENT CANCELLED FOR 2022. October 15-16, 2022 - Wing A Ding Ding Festival
National Harbor, Maryland
Wing a Ding Ding Fried Chicken and Wing Festival – Take a bite! You’ll Get: Over 30 kinds of wings and fried chicken to sample from top chefs and food vendors. Cool down a bit with a cold one – we’ll have plentay of craft beer, hard cider, wine or some soft stuff for you tee-totalers! October 22-23, 2022 Taco, Beer, Tequila Festival
National Harbor, Maryland
Get your taco on at National Harbor during the Taco Beer Tequila Festival! Enjoy all day tacos, unlimited beer and tequila samples as well as the guacamole pavilion.
2019 MARYLAND - OCTOBER 2019
Food & Wine Festivals, Shows & Local Events
events waiting for new datesOctober 5-6, 2019 - 12th Annual Multi-Cultural Fall Festival
Columbia, Maryland
The Orthodox Church of St. Matthew’s Multi-Cultural Festival. Food, music, & dance representing many world cultures including Greek, Russian, Ukrainian, Serbian, Romanian, Arab, Asian, and Hispanic. Free live entertainment by the region's most popular ethnic musicians & dancers, delicious foods made on premises from family recipes, a wine and beer garden, one-of-a-kind handmade crafts, a large children's activity area, guided church tours, icon painting demonstrations, and a silent auction. October 5-6, 2019 Maryland Pumpkin Festival - Frederick, Maryland
While thousands come to experience farm fresh adventures at Summers Farm Adventure, the Maryland Pumpkin Festival highlights all things pumpkin in food and fun. And, our themed mega maze, hay slides, farm animals, hay rides, pumpkin patch, pig races, the jumping pillow round out the fun. During our annual Maryland Pumpkin Festival, we'll have a Pie Eating Contest, Seed Spitting Contest, and a Pumpkin Egg Hunt plus foods featuring pumpkin! October 12, 2019 10th Annual Fall Italian Wine & Food Celebration
St. Michaels, Maryland
Simpatico's Italian Fall Wine & Food Celebration of Italian Wine, Food, Music & Games in honor of explorer Christopher Columbus from Noon to 5 PM. Rain or shine in the tented lot “piazza” adjacent to Simpatico at 104 Railroad Ave. $35 per person, kids free: - Italian Wine & Spirits Tastings of over 70 wines, Limoncello, Prosecco, Bellinis, Amalfi Coast Liqueurs! - Italian Food Served & Tastings - Artisan Cheese Tastings - Live Italian Music - Italian Trivia & Pasta Game - and more. 2018 MARYLAND - OCTOBER 2018
Food & Wine Festivals, Shows & Local Events
events waiting for new datesOctober 6-7, 2018 Autumn Reggae Wine Festival - Mt. Airy, Maryland
Celebrate with us for our last festival of the season. Food available for purchase through caterers, food trucks and food vendors. Shop the open air market with hand-crafted and imported goods from around the world. Enjoy a day sampling our delicious wines and hand crafted farm brewed beers along with live bands. Tickets are $25. Purchase tickets early because event does sell out. October 12-21, 2018 - 10th Annual Baltimore Beer Week
Baltmore, Maryland
The History of Baltimore Beer Week is a collaborative effort of businesses and beer enthusiasts in our community to celebrate and highlight the unique beer culture that exists in and around the Chesapeake region. Every October Baltimore Beer Week brings to life hundreds of beer-centric events that focus on beer culture, culinary aspects, meet and greets, homebrew demos and even beer history. All in the name of seeking to increase people’s awareness of all things beer in the famed “Land of Pleasant Living.”
2017 MARYLAND - OCTOBER 2017
Food & Wine Festivals, Shows & Local Events
events waiting for new datesOctober 21-22, 2017 - CorktoberFest - Gaithersburg, Maryland
CANCELLED FOR 2017. CorktoberFest is a 2 day Wine Festival being held at the Montgomery County Fairgrounds involving over 20 wineries, numerous craft vendors, live musical entertainment, food trucks, and more! October 21-22, 2017 - Great American Cake Show and Wedding Cake Competition - Westminster, Maryland
The Great American Cake Show is being postoned for 2017 - Check back for info for the 2018 show. | 
