Arts and Entertainment
April 8, 2024
From: Fairy and Gnome Home FestivalDress up in your favorite fantasy finery and join us for the most magical day of the year! Explore the Wondrous Woods, shop the enchanted marketplace, search for over 180 fairy houses, meet whimsical characters and wandering performers, make enchanting arts and crafts, engage in imaginative play, enjoy nature explorations, adorable animal encounters, unicorn rides, and more. Food and drink will be available. It's going to be a wonderful day!
Schedule of Events:
Skylandia - a retro skyland full of fun!
Frolic in the Fairy Lolly
Make an enchanting accessory
Mine for gems & fossils ($)
Entertainment: Dance to the music with KIVA at the Fairy Lolly Pavilion
Fantastic Forest of Bewildering Beasts -- a medieval forest filled with wildlife
Meet Extraordinary Creatures, real and imaginary!
Entertainment: Find the beat and make music of your own with Everybody Drum
Take Majestic Photos
Entertainment: Did you marvel at the Magician? Watch Illusions by Vick
Pixie Falls -- a whimsical watery fairyland
Build Fairy Houses & Gnome Homes
Entertainment: Listen to Fairytales and Music at the Overlook:
12:00-12:30: Storytime with Calvert Library
12:45-1:45: Brandi D, Accordionist
2:00-2:30: Storytime with Calvert Library
2:30-3:30: Brandon Kennedy, Folk/Irish music
3:30-4:00: Storytime with Calvert Library
The Bubbling Bog -- a gnome's and ogre's delight!
Go on a Gnome Hunt and Meet Gus the Gnome
Help us build a swamp creature
Fling Frogs, Toss Toads!
Explore nature specimens
Entertainment: Witness the swordfighting of Maryland KDF (Kunst des Fechtens)
Fernwood Acre- a lushy, leafy land of forest beings and feathered friends
Sculpt an owl-some pet
Learn about feathered friends
Play tree games
Craft a fairy garden ($)
Genovia Moon -- a majestic celestial meadowland!
Pet adorable animals in Mary's Go Round Petting Zoo
Ride a unicorn ($ advance tickets required)
Face Painting with Kreative Kharacters ($)
Embark on a Royal Relay
Over the Rainbow
Meet the Chesapeake Mermaid - storytimes, meet & greets, photo ops
11:30 - Storytime
12:30 - Storytime
2:30 - Storytime
3:30 - meet and greet
Entertainment: Try your hand at Axe-throwing ($)
Make great Sand Art ($)
Fest Date: April 21, 2024
Time: 11:00am - 4:00pm
Location: Annmarie Sculpture Garden and Arts Center - 13470 Dowell Road Solomons, MD 20688
Admission: Advance timed-entry tickets required: $10 for non-members; kid 2 & under free; members free. $13 at the gate (if not sold out).
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