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Fireworks are a fitting start for July in Maryland. Nothing subtle about it – summer’s here. Festivals and fairs trumpet the season. Jazz concerts, seafood and arts events in scenic surroundings offer cool relief. Plenty of outdoor venues – including six minor-league baseball parks and Camden Yards. Tie several destinations to your visit. Maryland, after all, is Pretty. Close.
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Arts & Entertainment – All
things art at Artscape A Baltimore mega-happening – it’s the largest free public arts festival in the nation. More than 150 artists, fashion designers, craftspeople share the spotlight with art exhibitions, jazz contests, art cars, street theater and headline musical performers (Roberta Flack pictured) – all packed into Artscape’s expanded 27th edition, July 18-20. |
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Great
Outdoors – Enjoy Deep Creek Lake scenery Be inspired. Forty-plus artists show their work in one of Western Maryland’s most magnificent settings – Deep Creek Lake State Park at the Discovery Center, July 12-13. Arrive by boat, car or foot – free admission. Dixieland music, food, naturalist programs featured. On the east side of the lake – where recreational choices abound. |
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Hidden
Gem – Jazz, seafood at state birthplace Enjoy Southern Maryland seafood with a riverside jazz program at St. Clement’s Island Museum in St. Mary’s County, July 12. Potomac Jazz & Seafood Festival sold out last year. Museum is the site where the Ark and the Dove arrived with English settlers nearly 375 years ago. |
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History & Heritage – Feel
the beat of tradition Celebrate American Indian culture at the Howard County Pow-Wow, Howard County Fairgrounds in West Friendship, July 12-13. Inter-tribal gathering shares Native American dancing and singing in a public venue. Craft demonstrations, storytelling, face painting, pony rides and food. Rain or shine. Gates open at 11. |
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Family
Fun – Eastern Shore jazz fest, clam bake All-day jazz and blues, arts & crafts, fresh local crabs and Smith Island cakes at the Curly Byrd Jazz Festival, July 5, Crisfield City Dock. The seafood will entice you to return to Crisfield, July 16, for the 32nd annual J. Millard Tawes Crab and Clam Bake. |
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Spectator
Sports – Batters up all around Maryland You’re in Maryland and the Orioles are out of town. Take heart – you can still see a ballgame. Minor-league baseball is flourishing in Maryland. The Aberdeen IronBirds, Bowie Baysox, Delmarva Shorebirds, Frederick Keys, Hagerstown Suns and the newest team – the Southern Maryland Blue Crabs – all play in the state. |
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