Annual Events

Solomons Maritime Festival:
First Saturday in May

Taking place the first Saturday in May, the Calvert Marine Museum celebrates Southern Maryland traditions with the Solomons Maritime Festival.

The event includes The Antique Boat and Marine Engine Show which features exhibits from over 30 collectors of antique and classic boats, and vintage marine outboard and inboard engines. You can taste traditional foods, learn how to pick crabs and shuck oysters like the pros, enjoy local gospel and old time music, see Chesapeake Bay retriever in action, watch model boats skim the waters of the boat basin, talk with traditional crafts people as they demonstrate their skills. For the kids, there will be toy boat building and more.

Sharkfest!:
Second Saturday in July
July 14, 2012

Taking place in the second Saturday in July, the Calvert Marine Museum focuses on Sharks during its annual Sharkfest!

Have your picture taken inside a shark cage like a real shark hunter or in the jaws of a Giant Megalodon shark skeleton. See incredible shark film footage. Learn amazing facts about shark habits and habitats. Find a 20-million-year-old shark’s tooth in the Discovery Room.

The day will include fish face painting, shark crafts and games, displays by the Fossil Club, and shark mural painting. Additional fees may be charged. Check calendar for more details.

Patuxent River Appreciation Days (PRAD)
Columbus Day weekend in October
October 6 & 7, 2012

Patuxent River Appreciation Days (PRAD) is an annual festival, which creates awareness, recognition, and promotion of the economic, social, recreational, cultural and historical impact of the tributaries and environs of the Patuxent River and the basin through which it flows. The festival is held annually on Columbus Day Weekend.

The festival brings together, and reflects the continuing commitment of the community, county and state government agencies, the Calvert Marine Museum, the Patuxent River Naval Air Station, and other historical and environmental groups, which share a desire to preserve the Patuxent River and to celebrate its positive influence on the area’s quality of life, in the past, present, and future.

Solomons Christmas Walk:
First Friday and Saturday nights in December

The Calvert Marine Museum invites you to enjoy the beauty of Solomons Island during the Solomons Christmas Walk, an annual event sponsored by the Solomons Business Association that takes place the first Friday and Saturday in December. The museum will be open and free from 6 – 9 p.m. both evenings.

For more information on the Solomons Christmas Walk, please contact Sherry Reid at 410-326-2042 x19, or email. For information about the weekend’s events visit the Solomons Christmas Walk website.