Carroll County Tourism Events

DJ Tanz and Friends and Zubar Ent. proudly presents our SECRET GARDEN WEEKEND MUSIC, ARTS AND WINE FESTIVAL SAT. JUNE 24TH AND SUNDAY JUNE 25TH, 2023 12PM-7PM featuring complimentary tastings and glass by Basignani Winery, Dejon Vineyards, Harford Winery, Bent Wine Co Two Live Bands – TBA DJ’s – TBA FOOD VENDORS RETAIL VENDORS https://www.eventbrite.com/e/secret-garden-weekend-winefest-saturday-rnbneosoul-tickets-502719747297?aff=ebdssbdestsearch

Get ready for one of the juiciest family dramas to date! “Holed up in the large family estate in Osage County, Oklahoma, tensions heat up and boil over in the ruthless August heat. Bursting with humor, vivacity, and intelligence, August: Osage County is is both dense and funny, vicious and compassionate, enormous and unstoppable.” – […]

FREE Pride Month Screening! This acclaimed documentary chronicling the 1980s drag scene in New York City follows the drag queens of the time and explores their “house” culture, which provides a sense of community and support for the flamboyant and often socially shunned performers. Groups from each house compete in elaborate balls that take cues […]

Join us at Taneytown Memorial Park on Saturday, June 24th for a free Family Movie Night featuring the movie “Top Gun Maverick,” an action drama film that’s high-flying fun! 2022 – PG-13 – 2h 10m

Event Details: The Downtown Sykesville Farmers Market features local meat and produce vendors as well as artisans, children’s activities and more! While here, head up the hill and visit Little Sykes Railway for a little train ride for the kids. Every Sunday, May 21-October 29 9am-1pm

DJ Tanz and Friends and Zubar Ent. proudly presents our SECRET GARDEN WEEKEND MUSIC, ARTS AND WINE FESTIVAL SAT. JUNE 24TH AND SUNDAY JUNE 25TH, 2023 12PM-7PM featuring complimentary tastings and glass by Basignani Winery, Dejon Vineyards, Harford Winery, Bent Wine Co Two Live Bands – TBA DJ’s – TBA FOOD VENDORS RETAIL VENDORS https://www.eventbrite.com/e/secret-garden-weekend-winefest-saturday-rnbneosoul-tickets-502719747297?aff=ebdssbdestsearch

Get ready for one of the juiciest family dramas to date! “Holed up in the large family estate in Osage County, Oklahoma, tensions heat up and boil over in the ruthless August heat. Bursting with humor, vivacity, and intelligence, August: Osage County is is both dense and funny, vicious and compassionate, enormous and unstoppable.” – […]

Free Outdoor Summer Family Movies at the Rotary Amphitheatre at Carroll Community College 2022; 1 h 46 m; PG for mild peril and thematic elements Based on the best-selling book series by Bernard Waber, Lyle, Lyle, Crocodile, starring Academy Award®-winner Javier Bardem (2007, Best Supporting Actor, No Country For Old Men), Constance Wu, and Shawn […]

Each June, the Pipe Creek Civil War Round Table and other historical groups commemorate the tragedy of war that took place on Westminster’s streets and within surrounding Carroll County, MD. This annual event exhibits a great experience for visitors of all ages. This year’s event will be held on the 160th Anniversary of the Battle […]

The Downtown Sykesville Connection is hosting its fifth annual “Let Freedom Ring Parade” on Saturday, July , 1, 2023. The Let Freedom Ring parade will start at 10 AM that day, beginning at Sykesville Middle School and proceeding down Springfield Avenue and the length of Historic Main Street, with floats and vehicles accompanying the approximately […]

Common Ground on the Town Shannon was born and raised in beautiful Halifax, Nova Scotia and has been performing as a fiddler/vocalist since she was 10 years old. After earning her music degree at the renowned Humber College music program in Toronto, and after graduating joined the Scottish group ‘The Paul McKenna Band’. She toured […]

Join us at Taneytown Memorial Park on Saturday, July 1st for a free Family Movie Night featuring the movie “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever,” a Marvel superhero film! PG-13 ‧ 2022 ‧ Action/Adventure ‧ 2h 41m

Event Details: The Downtown Sykesville Farmers Market features local meat and produce vendors as well as artisans, children’s activities and more! While here, head up the hill and visit Little Sykes Railway for a little train ride for the kids. Every Sunday, May 21-October 29 9am-1pm

Please join us for food, music, games and fireworks at Taneytown Memorial Park on Sunday, July 2nd at 6:00 PM!

3-time GRAMMY winner Tom Chapin presents the Keynote Lecture at Common Ground on the Hill’s Traditions Week 2. This keynote will launch us into a week of celebration, creativity and learning. In a career that spans six decades, 26 albums and three GRAMMY awards, Hudson Valley Troubadour Tom Chapin has covered an incredible amount of […]

Enjoy Carroll’s largest fireworks display at the Carroll County Farm Museum this Fourth of July. Grounds open at 4 p.m. with fireworks going off at sunset (approx. 9:30 p.m.). There will be entertainment, food/drink vendors and children’s activities to enjoy. Admission is $5 per car load. Please stay tuned for more details! (Rain date July […]

To mark the culmination of Common Ground on the Hill’s Traditions Weeks, an all-day festival features traditional arts, crafts, music, and dance, plus kid-friendly activities, food vendors, and a wine and beer garden. The day begins with the Deer Creek Fiddlers’ Convention with band and individual instrumentalists and vocal competitions in genres including bluegrass, old-time […]

To mark the culmination of Common Ground on the Hill’s Traditions Weeks, an all-day festival features music, traditional arts, crafts, food vendors, and a wine and beer garden. 3-time GRAMMY winner Tom Chapin headlines. Other acts include Blues Hall of Fame band Professor Louie & the Crowmatix, GRAMMY nominee Guy Davis, Nicolas Carter, Steafan Hannigan, […]

Join us on the second Saturday of each month for our Makers Market and find unique, high quality goods from local makers, artists, and gourmet producers.

Rebellion is nigh in Matilda JR., a gleefully witty ode to the the anarchy of childhood and the power of imagination! This story of a girl who dreams of a better life and the children she inspires will have audiences rooting for the “revolting children” who are out to teach the grown-ups a lesson.

Presented by FLICC BREWVIE NIGHT FILM: Dazed and Confused 1993; 1 h 43 m; R for continuous teen drug & alcohol use and strong language It’s the first ever Brewvie Night at the Carroll Arts Center! Join us in the lobby at 6pm for a pre-show beer tasting from Pipe the Side Brewing Company of […]

Gentle Giants is proud to present our first ever Bluegrass Under the Stars concert series. The proceeds from these events help to support our mission of rescuing draft and draft cross horses from slaughter, abuse, and neglect. Thank you for helping us, help more horses. Join us at the Gentle Giants Draft Horse Rescue in […]

Presented by FLICC BREWVIE NIGHT FILM: Dazed and Confused 1993; 1 h 43 m; R for continuous teen drug & alcohol use and strong language It’s the first ever Brewvie Night at the Carroll Arts Center! Join us in the lobby at 6pm for a pre-show beer tasting from Pipe the Side Brewing Company of […]

Event Details: The Downtown Sykesville Farmers Market features local meat and produce vendors as well as artisans, children’s activities and more! While here, head up the hill and visit Little Sykes Railway for a little train ride for the kids. Every Sunday, May 21-October 29 9am-1pm

Rebellion is nigh in Matilda JR., a gleefully witty ode to the the anarchy of childhood and the power of imagination! This story of a girl who dreams of a better life and the children she inspires will have audiences rooting for the “revolting children” who are out to teach the grown-ups a lesson.

Free Outdoor Summer Family Movies at the Rotary Amphitheatre at Carroll Community College 2003; 2 h 23 m; PG-13 for action/adventure violence It’s the 20th anniversary of this swashbuckling tale! Capt. Jack Sparrow (Johnny Depp) arrives at Port Royal in the Caribbean without a ship or crew. His timing is inopportune, however, because later that […]

For ages 16 – Adults. Join Douglas Tallamy, author of Nature’s Best Hope, for a virtual presentation on Homegrown National Park®, a grassroots call-to-action to regenerate biodiversity and ecosystem function. Register to attend the watch party at Exploration Commons at 50 East or watch virtually. Registration is required. Visit site for details.

Step back in time on the grounds of the Union Mills Homestead, Saturday, July 15 and Sunday, July 16 for a Living History and Civil War Encampment. Two days of special events commemorate Civil War history at the actual encampment sites of J.E.B. Stuart’s Cavalry and Sykes’ Union V Corps. Visitors get a front row […]

Join us at Taneytown Memorial Park on Saturday, July 15th for a free Family Movie Night featuring the movie “Jesus Revolution”, a Christian drama film based on the book of the same name! PG-13 ‧ 2023 ‧ 2 hours

Event Details: The Downtown Sykesville Farmers Market features local meat and produce vendors as well as artisans, children’s activities and more! While here, head up the hill and visit Little Sykes Railway for a little train ride for the kids. Every Sunday, May 21-October 29 9am-1pm

Step back in time on the grounds of the Union Mills Homestead, Saturday, July 15 and Sunday, July 16 for a Living History and Civil War Encampment. Two days of special events commemorate Civil War history at the actual encampment sites of J.E.B. Stuart’s Cavalry and Sykes’ Union V Corps. Visitors get a front row […]

Join us on Sunday, July 16, 12:00-4:00 p.m., for an afternoon of history fun at the Society. The infamous King George returns for the popular history villain dunk tank. Burgers, fries, and $1 ice cream will be available along with great historic games and entertainment. HSCC’s new exhibit, “Strike Up The Bands,” will debut in […]

DJ Tanz and Friends and Zubar Ent. present the Summer Music, Arts & Wine Festival. SECRET GARDEN REGGAE MUSIC, ARTS, AND WINE FESTIVAL complimentary glass and tasting by Dejon Vineyards, Basignani Winery, Harford Winery, Bent Wine Co., featuring THE STORM BAND FEAT MONSOON and IMAGE BAND hosted by Neil Mattei 88.9 and April Watts music […]

For more than 50 years, Ken and Marty Hankins have welcomed visitors to Shiloh Pottery in Hampstead. Ken has made stoneware pots, run a potters’ supply business, made and sold kick wheels, and fired salt-glazed pots with gas or wood. His beautiful work graces many homes in Carroll County and beyond. $3 for HSCC members; […]

Free Outdoor Summer Family Movies at the Rotary Amphitheatre at Carroll Community College 2017; 1 h 45 m; PG for action/peril and some mild thematic elements Despite his family’s baffling generations-old ban on music, Miguel dreams of becoming an accomplished musician like his idol, Ernesto de la Cruz. Desperate to prove his talent, Miguel finds […]

For ages 12 – 18. Join us for an exciting creative workshop where you learn the art of creating graphic novels and comics with Mx. Aliza Layne, local cartoonist, illustrator, storyteller, and author of Stonewall Honor Book, Beetle and the Hollowbones! You can look forward to a short class on the unique language of comics […]

Join us for some fantastic food and fabulous (and free!) fun at Taneytown Memorial Park on July 21st from 5:00-8:00 PM!

Based on Stephen Kings novel, and the blockbuster hit, Carrie White is a teenage outcast who longs to fit in. At school, she’s bullied by the popular crowd, and virtually invisible to everyone else. At home, she’s dominated by her loving but cruelly controlling mother. What none of them know is that Carrie’s just discovered […]

The Carroll County Arts Council has partnered with the City of Taneytown to present this inaugural outdoor arts festival at Taneytown Memorial Park! This event features fine art and craft displays by local and regional artists, giving visitors the opportunity to buy directly from the source. Food vendors, live music, and a free kids craft […]

Based on Stephen Kings novel, and the blockbuster hit, Carrie White is a teenage outcast who longs to fit in. At school, she’s bullied by the popular crowd, and virtually invisible to everyone else. At home, she’s dominated by her loving but cruelly controlling mother. What none of them know is that Carrie’s just discovered […]