Garrett County Agriculture Fair Maryland

Garrett County Agriculture Fair Maryland

by | Sep 15, 2024 | Blue Ridge Festivals Blog, Maryland Mountain Festivals

Garrett County Agriculture Fair

Dates:
Friday, September 6, 5-8 PM: Premium Wine & Single-Barrel Bourbon Tasting
Saturday, September 7, Noon – 6 PM: Art, Wine & Spirits Festival

Location:
Garrett County Fairgrounds
270 Mosser Road, McHenry, MD 21541

Website: https://garrettcountyfair.org/

Email: info@garrettcountyfair.org

Phone: 301-387-5400

Tickets: https://www.deepcreekwinefest.com/tickets

Vendors: https://www.deepcreekwinefest.com/contact

Purpose of Festival:
More than just a carnival and entertainment, the Garrett County Agriculture Fair is an exhibition for our local agriculture community. A showcase for our passionate local makers, gardeners, photographers, and various other skills and talents. An annual gathering that locals cherish, where friends and family come together, and new friendships are made.

Deep Creek Lake Art & Wine Festival

Deep Creek Lake Art & Wine Festival

by | Sep 15, 2024 | Blue Ridge Festivals Blog, Maryland Mountain Festivals

Deep Creek Lake Art, Wine & Spirits Festival 2024

Dates:
Friday, September 6, 5-8 PM: Premium Wine & Single-Barrel Bourbon Tasting
Saturday, September 7, Noon – 6 PM: Art, Wine & Spirits Festival

Location:
Garrett County Fairgrounds
270 Mosser Road, McHenry, MD 21541

Website: https://www.deepcreekwinefest.com/

Email: info@deepcreekwinefest.com

Tickets: https://www.deepcreekwinefest.com/tickets

Vendors: https://www.deepcreekwinefest.com/contact

Purpose of Festival:
The Deep Creek Lake Art, Wine & Spirits Festival is a benefit for HART for Animals. To learn more about HART, please click on the logo to visit our website. https://hartforanimals.org/

The perfect autumn weekend getaway in the mountains of Western Maryland in beautiful Deep Creek Lake, MD! The 20th annual Deep Creek Lake Art, Wine & Spirits Festival features beautifully handcrafted works by local and regional artisans, 200 regional, national, and international wines to taste, craft bourbon, whiskey, tequila, and more, our popular Football lounge to watch college football games and purchase beer on tap, a cigar bar, live entertainment, food, wine & spirits store, lodging packages and more, all set in the beautiful mountains of western Maryland. All proceeds benefit HART for Animals.

Friday Premium Wine & Private Label Bourbon Tasting: For those who are wine and bourbon connoisseurs, this is for you. Our selection of wines is hand-selected by experts from wineries around the world. Plus, two single-barrel bourbons created by distillers exclusively for the festival, with the bottles hand-signed by the distiller! Read more here!

Saturday Art, Wine & Spirits Festival: Now in its 20th year, the Deep Creek Lake Art, Wine & Spirits Festival has grown into one of the top festivals in the region! NEW! We’ve added spirits to the mix! Purchase a wine-tasting ticket, or a combo wine + spirits. Either way, you get the same experience you’ve always enjoyed – commemorative tasting glass, live entertainment, local and regional artisans, cigar bar, food, our ever-popular football lounge, and pure fun! Lots more to read here!

NEW! All adult tasting tickets include a coupon redeemable in the Wine & Spirits store! Plus specials each hour on selected wines and spirits!

Save when you buy your tickets in advance! Save more when you buy advance combo tickets for Friday and Saturday!

Pet Policy: Pets are not permitted at the Festival. We all love our pets and want them to be happy and relaxed. Remember, many rental homes through our lodging partners and Wisp Resort love dogs and are happy to accommodate them! PLEASE DO NOT LEAVE YOUR PET IN YOUR VEHICLE! It’s not only dangerous, it’s against the law in Maryland!

Professional artists and craftsmen will display and sell their art, from handcrafted jewelry and wood carvings to oil paintings, and hand-painted furniture and accessories. Click here for a list of participating artists.

Artists

Professional artists and craftsmen will display and sell their art, from handcrafted jewelry and wood carvings to oil paintings, and hand-painted furniture and accessories. Click here for a list of participating artists.

Friday Night Premium Wine & Private Label Bourbon Tasting

More than 60 Premium Wines To Taste and Purchase!

For those who are wine and bourbon connoisseurs, this is for you. Our selection of wines is hand-selected by experts from wineries around the world. Plus, two single-barrel bourbons created by distillers exclusively for the festival, with the bottles hand-signed with your purchase by the distiller!

Many of the wines may not be available for sale in your area and you won’t find these private-label special-blend bourbons anywhere else BUT you can purchase them all in our on-premise store! Plus live entertainment by Heart 2 Heart and light hors d’ouerves provided by Firefly Farms. Your ticket includes a $25 coupon toward your store purchase!

Click here for Friday’s Premium Wine & Bourbon Listing

SATURDAY WINE & SPIRITS TASTING

39 Tables from over 40 Wineries! 60+ Craft Spirits!

Now in its 20th year, the Deep Creek Lake Art, Wine & Spirits Festival has grown into one of the top festivals in the region! NEW! We’ve added spirits to the mix! Purchase a wine-tasting ticket, or a combo wine + spirits. We’ve made it even more fun this year! Check it out:

  • Over 200 National and International Wines

  • 60+ Craft spirits from award-winning distillers including tequila, vodka, bourbon, whiskey, moonshine, and more

  • $15 coupon good for wine & spirits in the retail store

  • 10% 12 bottles or more PLUS hourly specials on selected wines and spirits

  • Chilled wines for sale for picnicking with food from our vendors

  • Commemorative tasting glass

  • Live entertainment

  • Ping Pong tables from Bon Jovi’s Hampton Water Rose Winery

  • Cigar bar from the Stogie Co.

  • Football lounge with beer on tap for sale from Mountain State Brewery

The unlimited wine-tasting ticket or the wine + spirits combo ticket (unlimited wine tasting/ 12 spirit-tasting tickets) includes a $15 coupon toward your store purchase!

Purchase the Friday Premium and Saturday ticket together and get $10 off the combo! You can purchase the Friday night ticket separately or with the Saturday event.

Wine & Spirits Store: Guests may purchase the Premium wines and private label barrel bourbon on Friday night and all wines and spirits at the festival’s retail store on Saturday (open until 7 PM), with net proceeds supporting HART.

Click here for Saturday’s Spirits listing

Click here for Saturday’s Wine listing

FOOD ARTISANS

Taste and purchase homemade products from local food artisans including Firefly Farms, Appalachian Honey, High Country Creamery, and more!

GUEST WINE & SPIRITS POURERS

Visitors who frequent the Deep Creek Lake area will have the opportunity to chat with locals who are elevated to a new status for the afternoon as they become the festival’s guest pourers. Want to be a guest pourer or volunteer for other positions? Please visit our volunteer page for more information!

FOOD

Delicious sandwiches, fries, cheeses, ice cream, salads and more will be available for sale throughout the day from the Rotary Club, Knights of Columbus, Cindy’s Fund, Lakeside Creamery, and more.

WINE & SPIRITS STORE

Guests may purchase the wines and spirits at the festival’s retail store (open until 7 PM), with net proceeds supporting HART.

ENTERTAINMENT

Enjoy live music from local and regional musicians throughout the afternoon!

FOOTBALL LOUNGE

Don’t miss the college game of the week in our football lounge! Enjoy a cold beer on tap for sale from Mountain State Brewing Company.

CIGAR BAR

The Stogie Co., a boutique line of cigars produced in Esteli, Nicaragua, is one of the few remaining factories making cigars with traditional Cuban triple caps. Enjoy these unique blends at the mobile cigar lounge, where you can purchase, sit and relax with a nice stogie.

DELFEST 4-Day Music Festival – Allegany County

DELFEST 4-Day Music Festival – Allegany County

by | Jun 24, 2024 | Blue Ridge Mountain Festivals, Maryland Mountain Festivals

Allegany County, the Mountain Side of Maryland, is home to DelFest, one of the nation’s premier bluegrass music festivals. Our region is packed full of opportunities worth exploring, so we invite you to come early or stay late, because four days of music is much more fun when you add in all of the experiences that exist in our mountains. .DelFest is Allegany County’s premier bluegrass festival, celebrating the rich legacy of Del McCoury, with world-class musical collaborations from some of the best-known names in bluegrass music, all within a family-friendly and distinctly unique atmosphere. DelFest 2024 returns to its roots for a Memorial Day Weekend festival in Mountain Maryland, May 23-26, 2024. Hosted by Del McCoury and family, DelFest 2024 welcomes to the stage the Del McCoury Band, the Travelin’ McCourys with Lukas Nelson, Greensky Bluegrass, Old Crow Medicine Show, Sierra Ferrell, Marty Stuart and His Fabulous Superlatives, Leftover Salmon, and many more musical acts playing around the clock for nearly four days.

Delfest

Website: https://www.mdmountainside.com/delfest/

Address: Allegany County Fairgrounds
11400 Moss Avenue
Cumberland, MD 21502

MAIN BOX OFFICE
Allegany College of Maryland – Continuing Education Building
12401 Willowbrook Road
Cumberland, MD 21502

Allegany County Shuttle

Allegany County Shuttle follows the Allegany County Green Line Route and is open to the public. The shuttle bus can stop at any location along the designated route.

DelFest Weekend:
Thu, Fri: 5:15 pm – 12:15 am
Sat, Sun: 2:15 pm – 12:15 am

Offsite Parking

On-site Parking Passes (4-day, 3-day Passholders Only)
Parking Passes are required for all on-site parking (limited quantity available). You must have a 4-day or 3-day Pass to purchase. Walk-in tent camping is in separate area from on-site parking. Entry day/time is associated with ticket type (for example, three-day pass holders may enter Friday; two-day pass holders may enter Saturday). Please visit the FAQ page for ticketing information.

Off-site Parking
Off-site Parking Passes are available for purchase.  It is located at Allegany College of MD (box office location). Free shuttle service to the fairgrounds will be available.

  • Multi-Day Passes –  All multi-day festival-goers must proceed to the main box office first for wristband exchange before proceeding to the Fairgrounds.  No overnight camping in off-site parking lot. 
  • Single Day Parking – If you are coming just for the day and do not plan to camp, single day parking at the Allegany College of MD (Thu, Fri, Sat) will be available.