Eastern Shore of Virginia and Maryland Events October 2009
Festivals, parades and celebrations on the Eastern Shore of Virginia and Maryland's Eastern Shore in October of 2009. Be sure to see our October concerts for the good music coming to the Shore.
October 3
Mid-Atlantic Small Craft Festival
Amateur and professional boatbuilders and enthusiasts display skiffs, kayaks and canoes. Demonstrations, workshops, races. St Michaels, MD.
October 4
Coast Day
University of Delaware offers tours, lectures, exhibits, crab cake cook-off. Lewes, DE.
October 7
Eastern Shore Harvest Fest
All-you-can-eat seafood festival. Cape Charles, VA.
October 7 - 9
Paint Onancock Plein Air
See artists at work around town, then purchase a painting. Onancock, VA.
October 10
Chincoteague Oyster Festival
Seafood festival. Chincoteague Island, VA.
October 10 - 11
Olde Princess Anne Days
Historic house and garden tour, craft demos, music, children's activities. Princess Anne, MD.
October 17
Tilghman Island Day
Food, music, crafts, contests. Tilghman Island, MD.
October 23 - 25
Fall Into St Michaels
Halloween parade, costume contests, festival. St Michaels, MD.
October 23 - 25
Sea Witch Halloween & Fiddler's Festival
Costume parade, fiddle and banjo music, broom-tossing contest, sea witch hunt. Rehoboth and Dewey Beach, DE.
October 24
Between the Waters Bike Tour
4 routes, 25 to 100 miles. Nassawadox, VA.
October 24
Halloween Happenings
Parade, kid stuff, hayride. Easton, MD.
October 24 - 25
Rock Hall Oyster and Seafood Festival
Buffet, live entertainment, Chesapeake Bay workboats. Rock Hall, MD.
October 28 - November 1
Downrigging Weekend
Celebrate the end of the tall-ship sailing season. View, board and sail on the fleet of tall-ships including the Schooner Sultana, Kalmar Nyckel, Pride of Baltimore II, Schooner Virginia, Amistad, AJ Meerwald, and Elf. A huge event. Chestertown, MD.
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