Maryland Weekend: Fine Arts Festival, Preakness Balloon Festival

MARYLAND — Don't sit inside this weekend! Patch has rounded up fun, interesting and quirky events throughout Maryland.

Some are free. Some have a fee.

Whether you opt for an activity close to home or a mini day trip, see what's on tap this weekend from Friday, May 11 to Sunday, May 13.

Some of the larger attractions you'll find include: the 15th Annual Bethesda Fine Arts Festival, Preakness Balloon Festival, Baltimore Wine and Food Festival and Maryland Craft Beer Festival.

>>> Click on each event below for more information.

FRIDAY

• Parents Night Out at My Gym Bethesda, Bethesda
• 25th Anniversary Celebration of the Arts @ Waverly Street Gallery, Bethesda
• Rob Lowe Coming To Strathmore Stage, North Bethesda
• Priscilla Queen of the Desert, Kensington
• Annapolis Watercolor Club presents "A Brush with Nature", Annapolis
• Silver Spring Garden Club’s Garden Mart 77th Annual Plant Sale, Silver Spring
• Preakness Balloon Festival through Sunday, West Friendship

SATURDAY

• Peerless Rockville 2018 Historic Homes Tour, Rockville
• 15th Annual Bethesda Fine Arts Festival, Bethesda
• Big Truck Day, Baltimore
• Baltimore Wine and Food Festival, Baltimore
• Concert Artists of Baltimore Anniversary Gala Concert, Baltimore
• Fells Point Jazz & Art Festival, Baltimore
• Flower and Jazz Festival, Westminster
• Green Neighbor Festival of Frederick, Frederick
• Maryland Craft Beer Festival, Frederick
• Steampunk Masquerade, Ellicott City

SUNDAY

• 15th Annual Bethesda Fine Arts Festival, Bethesda
• Grantsville National Road Festival, Grantsville
  
• Historic Harbor House Tour of Fells Point, Baltimore
• Lithuanian Festival Baltimore, Baltimore
• Secret Garden Reggae, Wine, Music & Arts Festival, Westminster
• Shiloh Pottery Mothers' Day Weekend Studio Show & Sale, Hampstead

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