Join the CC Farm Museum on Sunday, June 11 from noon to 5pm for Carroll’s largest food truck event: Food Truck Sunday Funday. Admission is free! Enjoy a range of food from savory to sweet and everything in between.

ADMISSION IS FREE!

Please stay tuned to learn more about this event including vendor/food truck list, entertainment and more! This event is rain or shine!

To sponsor this event please contact Dana at dwachter@carrollcountymd.gov or call 410-386-3899

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 5-fireworks only)

Interested in sponsoring this event or the fireworks? Please contact Dana at dwachter@carrollcountymd.gov or 410-386-3899

Please join us for the Carroll County Celtic Festival. A celebration of Celtic life and culture. Bagpipes, heavy athletics, stones of strength, bands: Seven Nations, Kyf Brewer and Barleyjuice, Poehemia, the Piper Jones Band, artists, craftspeople, children’s activities, great food, historic presentation, living history, and dance performances!

Admission:

Adults  16-64 – $18 in advance – $23 at the gate

Children 7-15 – $8 in advance – $13 at the gate

Seniors 65 and over – $13 in advance – $18 at the gate.

Children 7 and under are FREE.

A Celebration of Celtic Life and Culture held in the heart of Carroll County, Maryland.

Join us in experiencing the music, food, athletics, dancers, demonstrations and fun of all things Celtic.

https://carrollcountycelticfestival.com/

One of Sykesville Main Street’s most popular events is back, the Sykesville Craft Beer Festival, with the best of local microbreweries, food trucks and more!

Tickets

Contact
downtownsykesville.event@gmail.com with any questions.

Carroll County 4-H & FFA Fair Board will be hosting their annual 34th Farm Toy Show on Jan. 21,2023 9 A.M. – 3 P.M. at the Carroll County Ag Center.

Toy Auction will begin at 5:30 P.M.

Food will be available for purchase. Admission $3.00. Ages 7 and under are FREE.

All proceeds go to the Carroll County 4-H & FFA Fair.

If anyone is interested in a vendor space or has questions please call 410-984-0552.

Event will go on regardless of bad weather.

What do you get when you pair the beloved animated holiday film with a live performance of the film’s Vince Guaraldi jazz score? You get a fabulously festive show featuring the renowned Eric Byrd Trio! This annual presentation is always very popular with families as well as discriminating jazz aficionados and is a great way to celebrate the season.

Enjoy a screening of the holiday classic, A Charlie Brown Christmas, followed by a performance of the cartoon’s iconic score from the Eric Byrd Trio.

A holiday wonderland of creativity and generosity! This event features over 100 unique theme wreaths and holiday art pieces that range from whimsical to wacky to wonderful! The wreaths are sold through an online auction that benefits the Arts Council. Now in its 26th year, the Festival of Wreaths at the Carroll Arts Center has traditionally been one of the most eagerly awaited holiday events in the County. While all the bidding is done online, the Arts Center still hosts a cheery display of all the entries for patrons to visit!

May 7th from noon to 4 p.m. the Carroll County Farm Museum will be hosting a Veterans Celebration.

Free Admission: The event has free admission and free parking for everyone. Reminder: Carroll County Farm Museum is a LARGE, OUTDOOR venue (mainly grass), please dress appropriately for the weather.

Who Should Come: Everyone! This event celebrates Veterans, Military and their families, but everyone is invited to join in the festivities, whether you served or not. Join us to enjoy the day and thank a Veteran! Free admission and parking for everyone!

Activities for All:

• A variety of food vendors
• Musical Entertainment: Six String Soldiers & The Reagan Years
• Military display in the museum
• Artisans to explore
• Children’s activities including:
• Farmyard Friends
• Scavenger Hunt
• Playground
• Children’s Activity Book
• Balloon Artist
• Face Painting ($)

Food: Regional food trucks and concessions are onsite to provide food, beverages and desserts. Please stop by the food vendors and browse their menus. You are welcome to bring food to the event; coolers will be searched and glass containers and outside alcohol are not permitted.

Food Trucks/Vendors*: TBA

Beer Garden: There will be a beer garden on site during the event. Visitors must have a valid state issued ID to patronize the beer garden. Patrons must have their ID checked and have a wristband to legally drink in the beer garden. Seating in the beer garden is first come first served and alcohol must not leave the beer garden area. Plan ahead for a designated driver.

Artisans/Crafters: TBA

What to bring: Attendees are strongly encouraged to bring chairs and blankets. Wagons and coolers are also welcome.

We encourage you to patronize the on-site eateries, but you may also bring your own snacks.

No glass containers or outside alcohol are permitted at the Carroll County Farm Museum.

All coolers are subject to inspection prior to entry.

Pets: Please leave pets at home. Pets are NOT allowed on the grounds nor can they be left in vehicles during the event.

Where to park: Parking is available on site.

Those who need handicapped parking and those who wish to enter through the museum’s Main Gate on Farm Museum Road, please park in the Museum lots at 500 S. Center St., Westminster, MD 21157. A large handicapped parking area is offered on the Museum lot on a first come, first served basis.

Please note, if the museum parking lots reach capacity, they will be closed and all traffic diverted to the Carroll County Agriculture Center lot, adjacent to the back of the museum. We suggest coming early if you wish to park on the Museum grounds and enter through the Main Gate. The majority of parking is field/grass parking.

ATM: Yes, there is an ATM on site.

For Veteran-related inquiries, call 410-386-3800.
For venue-related inquiries, call 800-654-4645.

*subject to change without notice*

**Must be 21 or over to purchase & consume alcoholic beverages**

FREE admission FREE parking

Free pumpkin to the first 1000 children (limit 1 pumpkin per child–while supplies last)

Oxen, Blacksmith and Tin Smith artisan demonstrations.

Children’s Activities, Playground, Farmyard Friends, Farm House Tours and exhibit buildings open.

Toast Marshmallows with the Boy Scouts

Free Tractor Rides

Food available for purchase

Entertainment: Dodson’s Creek 11:30am – 1:30pm and Bootleg 2pm – 4pm

Scarecrow Door Hanger Kit – $5

Don’t miss the 26th annual STOP SWAP AND SAVE, the East Coast’s largest indoor bicycle swap meet and consumer bike expo. Mark your calendar now for Sunday, February 19th, 2023, from 9:00 am to 2:00 pm when over 4000 people will make the trip from Maryland, Pennsylvania, Virginia, Washington DC, Delaware, New Jersey, New York and beyond to spend the day at the Carroll County Ag Center in Westminster, MD!

Whether you’re looking for road bikes, mountain bikes, triathlon bikes, BMX bikes, clothing, bike parts, cycling accessories, vintage, new or used, there’s something for everyone… all for sale at discounted prices!

Visit our website for complete details! www.stopswapandsave.com

Tractor Pull, Semi’s, Dump Trucks & Pickups

Truck Show, Sled Pull, & Dirt Drags

Tractor Pull – Friday April 28^th

Gates open 4 pm

Farm Stock – 5pm

Interstate Pull 7:30pm

Truck Show – Saturday April 29^th

Gates open 9am

Test & Tune 12:00pm

Dirt Drags 1:30pm

Truck Pull 5:30pm

For more information call 443-398-5329/443-277-6891

Or www.carrollcountyfair.com for classes & Rules

All proceeds benefit the Carroll County AG. Center & Carroll county Fair

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 view of Civil War military forces and the effect on civilians at the Union Mills Homestead, where both Union and Confederate forces rested before the decisive battle at Gettysburg. The grounds will open both days at 9:00 a.m.

Admission to the park is $10 a car, which includes all the living history, reenactments, presentations, and walk-through tours of the house and mill.