National Hard Crab Derby and Fair
Since 1947, Crisfield the self-proclaimed Crab Capital of the World has hosted this Labor Day weekend custom featuring crab races, a cooking contest, a boat docking contest, a parade, and the crowning of Miss Crustacean.
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"A week-long hometown agricultural fair at the Howard County Fairgrounds in the rural village of West Friendship, combining livestock shows, demolition derby, carnival rides, and funnel cakes in a classic Maryland tradition."
Howard County Fair
"A four-day Southern Maryland agricultural fair in the small county-seat town of La Plata, celebrating the tobacco-country farming heritage of Charles County with livestock competitions, 4-H exhibits, rides, and community pride."
Charles County Fair
"A living-history Renaissance fair set within the restored 19th-century Furnace Town ironworks village near Snow Hill on Maryland's lower Eastern Shore, blending period costuming, crafts, and blacksmithing amid working heritage buildings."
Furnace Town Renaissance Faire
"A single-day heritage festival in Middletown, a small Frederick County valley town nestled between South Mountain and Catoctin Mountain, celebrating the Civil War-era history and rural community of the historic Middletown Valley."
Middletown Heritage Festival
"An annual harvest day in historic Taneytown, a small Carroll County farming town near the Pennsylvania border, bringing together local producers, artisans, and community traditions for a quintessential Maryland fall celebration."
Taneytown Harvest Festival
"A five-day Southern Maryland county fair in the tiny rural community of Barstow, gathering Calvert County farming families for livestock shows, train rides, demolition derby, traditional demonstrations, and classic fairground entertainment."
Calvert County Fair
"A five-day dockside celebration in the small shrimping village of Delcambre where the fleet is blessed, fresh Gulf shrimp is served every style imaginable, and Cajun and zydeco bands play into the bayou night."
Delcambre Shrimp Festival
"The 66th edition of this small-town festival celebrates the Howell cantaloupe -- a variety grown nowhere else on earth -- with arts and crafts vendors, a classic car show, train rides, and the legendary once-a-year Rotary Howell Melon Ice Cream that sells out fast."
Howell Melon Festival
"Marking its 50th anniversary in 2026, this beloved Downeast Maine festival rolls out the blue carpet for the native wild blueberry with a musical, baking and eating contests, food vendors, and public suppers in the small county-seat town of Machias."
Machias Wild Blueberry Festival
"The tiny Bedford County village of Imler gathers its community each August for an old-fashioned whole-ox roast and festival, a vanishingly rare American food custom that draws visitors from across south-central Pennsylvania."
Imler Ox Roast Festival
"Main Street Calumet's beloved celebration of the Cornish pasty -- the hand-crimped pastry that fuelled the Copper Country's immigrant miners -- brings a parade, live music, street food, and a visit from Cousin Jack to the UNESCO-listed mining village downtown."
PastyFest
"The small UP gateway village of Paradise, near Tahquamenon Falls, celebrates the wild blueberries of the eastern Upper Peninsula with a community festival that draws visitors combining berry picking, local food, and access to one of Michigan's most dramatic waterfalls."
Wild Blueberry Festival