Special annual events also highlight Maryland agriculture. Produce on display, Frederick County Fair, Frederick, Maryland, September 2000. Young and old may vie at special races and competitions, judge and auction prize sheep, or demonstrate flower arranging or wood carving. Handmade quilts hang proudly from barn rafters, and ways of beekeeping are explained. Evartt.Īt county fairs, the area's largest tomatoes, green beans, sunflowers, gourds, and pumpkins are on display. Quilts, Anne Arundel County Fair, Crownsville, Maryland, September 2012. Often, concerts of country music are offered on Saturday nights, and in some counties, gospel or barber-shop quartets awaken Sunday mornings. The Great Frederick Fair, for example, will next be held September 15-23, 2023. Depending on the particular county, they may span a week or a long weekend. Starting in the summer months of July and August, and continuing into September and October, county fairs open throughout the State. In Maryland, traditional showcases of agriculture persist through county fairs, which celebrate the agricultural bounty and traditions of farm life. They also hold tractor pulls pie-eating and pig-calling contests and special sections where young people, including 4-H Clubs, can display crafts and collections, and auction off livestock that they raised.Ĭedar shingles cutting demonstration, Anne Arundel County Fair, Crownsville, Maryland, September 2006. Hanks.īoth the State Fair at Timonium and local county fairs display and have competitions in a wide variety of areas, such as art crafts home-made foods and baked goods photography plants, flowers,and herbs and needlework, including sewing, knitting, and crocheting. It will next be held August 24-27, August 31 - September 4, & September 7-10, 2023.Įastern Screech Owl (rescued by Maryland Park Service, Department of Natural Resources), Maryland State Fair, Timonium, Maryland, August 2014. The Fair is held each year toward the end of summer. At Timonium in Baltimore County, the Maryland State Fair highlights Maryland agriculture. Maryland Agriculture, County & State Fairs MARYLAND AT A GLANCE AGRICULTURE COUNTY & STATE FAIRS
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