Author: Tammy Cohee

Talbot Paramedic Foundation and Team Trace have announced the selection of SaveHeart by HeartNation as their outdoor AED cabinet partner for the Talbot CARES (Cardiac Arrest Rescue and Emergency Station) program. Talbot CARES is among a select group of Public Access Defibrillator (PAD) programs making automated external defibrillators (AEDs) available throughout the community.

On Saturday, July 27 from 2 to 9pm, WHCP-FM, Mid-Shore Community Radio known for Music Discovery and NPR is celebrating its first year of being a full power 14,000-watt station on 91.7 FM – and its 8th year as an independent, local, grass-roots community radio station with an all-day Music Festival and Fundraiser at Oxford Community Center in Oxford, Maryland.

The Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum will mark Independence Day by hosting Big Band Night on Saturday, July 6. CBMM’s Welcome Center opens at 6pm for this annual celebration that invites the community to bring lawn chairs and picnic blankets for an evening of music, dancing, and fireworks along the Miles River.

The St. Michaels Community Center’s Concerts in the Park Series is returning to the waterfront Muskrat Park on Thursdays from 6 to 7:30pm continuing through Aug. 29.

On Thursday, July 4, 2024, St Michaels Museum will once again sponsor its traditional Independence Day Celebration at the Museum on the corner of East Chestnut Street and St. Mary’s Square. Events will start at 10am with the Children’s Parade. Children and parents should arrive at 9:30am. We encourage festively dressed participants with decorated bicycles, tricycles, wagons, and pets. Uncle Sam will lead the parade followed by the St. Michaels Fire Department’s antique Fire Engine, Maggie. The emphasis is on having a good time and showing off for parents, grandparents, neighbors, and friends. The parade starts at corner of St. Mary’s Square and Chestnut Street. The route turns right onto Talbot St, right onto Willow St. (just past Christ Church), right onto Church Street, left onto to Mulberry St. and then right onto to St Mary’s Square, the parade ends at St. Michaels Museum.

Cordova Country Fair at the Cordova firehouse grounds on August 1st through 3rd. Food booths open at 5 pm. The parade on Saturday August 3rd starts at 6 pm.

Tidewater Camera Club Speaker meeting held at the Unitarian Universalist Church in Easton MD on July 1st at 7pm.

Once a year, something extraordinary happens in the forest at Adkins Arboretum. Music begins under the tall trees and echoes through the woods, luring visitors to come closer. Born of a partnership between the Arboretum and the National Music Festival, Forest Music is a unique performance art event that brings young musicians and their mentors from the to play in the forest. This year’s Forest Music is Thursday, June 13 from 2 to 4pm.

The 2024 Talbot County Fair will take place Thursday, July 11 through Saturday, July 13 at the Talbot Agriculture and Education Center on Hiners Lane in Easton. The Talbot County Fair highlights the area’s rural lifestyle by hosting animal shows, children’s activities, midway games and food vendors, special events, and opportunities to socialize with family and friends in a relaxed setting.

Marking its 22nd year, the Benedictine Foundation Chrome City Fundraiser will take place on Saturday, July 27th on the Benedictine campus in Ridgely, Maryland. Known as one of the largest rides in Maryland, this annual event draws hundreds of car and motorcycle enthusiasts to Benedictine’s Ridgely campus in support of its mission.