Events • Downtown Frederick Partnership

On any given visit to Downtown Frederick, you can enjoy live entertainment and fine art, shopping and dining. We’ve also got a calendar chockfull of events. Whether you’re feeling a yen for culture, looking for a unique gift for a friend or craving fine dining, we’ve got you covered.

Upcoming Downtown Events

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Join us at Serendipity Market & More for Wellness Yoga led by Eric Serejski. A yoga system based on a unique and combined understanding of Western, Chinese and Indian health model. Learn more at www.wellnessyoga.us. Wednesdays from 5:30-6:30PM Sundays from 9:30-10:30AM

Wellness Yoga

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Serendipity Market & More

Join Director of Athletics Damon Evans and Maryland Head Coaches for fun filled events to celebrate the Terps! This is a FREE event but space is limited to the first 100 Terp fans. The Frederick board will be there and we’re excited to see you! Frederick was the first location to sell out 🤩 #TerpPride If you didn’t sign up in time, check out the DC/NOVA event on April 15th!

Terps on Tour in Frederick, MD

In this program, led by Kathie Callahan Brady CEO FITCI, the following will be covered: Introduction and overview of program and videos Investment Summary Presentation Skills Slide Deck Templates, Examples, forms, exceptional further education (books) and e-guides will be provided during the class. Class Cost: Free for FITCI Clients, Non-FITCI Clients a minimal cost to cover costs $29

Startup-U Beyond the Pitch Class

AFFORDABLE HEALTHY EATING, ACCESSIBLE TO EVERYONE. WE OFFER FRESH PRODUCE MARKETS IN COMMUNITIES WITH LIMITED FOOD ACCESS AND ACCEPT CASH, CREDIT, DEBIT, AND SNAP/EBT AT ALL OF OUR SITES. GET YOUR BAG OF PRODUCE Come pick up a $7 bag of fresh fruits and veggies ($15 value compared to grocery stores)! Each Produce in a Snap bag contains 8-10 lbs of produce and every week we’ll have replacement and flash sale items. 3-6PM every Wednesday at the Y Teaching Kitchen, 629 N Market St. Produce varies each week. Learn more at www.produceinasnap.com

Community Produce Market

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Y Teaching Kitchen

It’s a Cinderella story like you’ve never seen before. Come out with the elite from Bushwood Country Club and enjoy this cult classic film. Step up to the putting green and give it a whack for your chance to win exclusive Flying Dog Brewery golf swag. Tickets are $7 for adults and $5 for kids and seniors. You must have a ticket to the movie that evening in order to participate. Happy hour’s at 6:30 pm and the movie starts at 7:30 pm. Rating: R Runtime: 1 hr, 38 min Sponsored by Flying Dog Brewery.

Caddyshack (1980)

Weinberg Center for the Arts

A tasty spin on family game night! Join us at The North Market Pop Shop as we play family games and drink delicious sodas! Every participant will receive a coupon good for a 10% discount any one (1) game at Dancing Bear Toys! Event is free and open to the public. No registration required. Ages 5 and up

Pop & Play

North Market Pop Shop

SEVENTH STREET FOUNTAIN PARK COMMUNITY MEETING You are invited to attend a community meeting where a final draft of ideas to improve the Seventh Street Fountain Park will be presented for community feedback. The meeting will be held on Thursday, April 25 from 7:00PM to 8:15PM at the Bernard W Brown Community Center. Advance registration is encouraged. The meeting is free and open to the public. Feel free to pass along this invitation to anyone who might be interested in attending. The draft designs presented at this meeting were made possible thanks to funding by the Ausherman Family Foundation. During the meeting, the draft park designs will be presented by consultants from Mahan Rykiel, a full service landscape architecture, urban design and planning firm. PROJECT BACKGROUND In April 2013, Downtown Frederick Partnership organized a workshop, made possible due to financial support from Main Street Maryland, to seek feedback from the community on ways to improve the Seventh Street Fountain Park. This meeting resulted in variety of concepts for improving the park space. You can view the 2013 Concept Package for the Seventh Street Fountain Park at downtownfrederick.org/emerging-projects. Since 2013, the Partnership has continued to seek funding to make the envisioned improvements a reality. In the past year, the […]

Seventh Street Fountain Park Community Meeting

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Bernard W. Brown Community Center

As both an actor and literacy advocate, Levar Burton has captured the admiration of both his audiences and his industry peers for three decades. He continues to enjoy rare longevity in the entertainment business. Burton launched his acting career as Kunta Kinte in the landmark television series “Roots,” which landed him on the cover of Time magazine at the age of 19. Shortly thereafter he achieved further global acclaim as Chief Engineer Geordi LaForge in the “Star Trek: The Next Generation” television series and feature films. From 1983 until 2009 he was host and producer of the beloved Peabody Award-winning PBS children’s series “Reading Rainbow.” He recently reimagined the iconic series through his company RRKidz. The all-new Reading Rainbow app is the number one educational app on iTunes, delivering hundreds of quality books and video field trips to hundreds of thousands of children. In 2014, Burton was at the helm of a record-shattering Kickstarter campaign that will soon bring Reading Rainbow home and school versions to the web. He has received 12 Emmy Awards, a Grammy and five NAACP Image Awards. Burton continues to produce, act and direct in addition to being an advocate for literacy and education.

Levar Burton | The Frederick Speaker Series

Weinberg Center for the Arts

Be part of The Very Hungry Caterpillar’s 50th birthday celebration and nationwide tour, hosted in C. Burr Artz Public Library’s Community Room, 110 East Patrick Street, Frederick. Listen to Eric Carle’s beloved children’s book at this very special story time, meet The Very Hungry Caterpillar (and take photos!), and enjoy very fun crafts and other activities. It’s going to be a very fantastic afternoon! Presented in partnership with Dancing Bear Toys and Frederick County Public Libraries. Free and open to the public; no registration required. Books will be available for purchase at the event. Part of Curious Iguana’s weekend-long celebration of Independent Bookstore Day.

The Very Hungry Caterpillar 50th Birthday Party

C. Burr Artz Public Library

Open Mic Night at Serendipity Market & More every Friday night starting at 7pm! All are welcome!! Hosted by FAME – Frederick Acoustic Music Enterprise.

Open Mic Night at Serendipity

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Join in the eighth annual Bring a Broom Saturday on Saturday, April 27, 2019! Community members are asked to bring their brooms and help Downtown Frederick get ready for spring. PLEASE REGISTER ON THE EVENTBRITE PAGE FOR VOLUNTEER PLACEMENT. bringabroom2019.eventbrite.com Bring a Broom Saturday is brought to you by Comcast, Tobacco Free Frederick, Hood College, The City of Frederick, Keep Maryland Beautiful, Maryland Environmental Trust, Maryland Department of Housing and Community Development, Maryland Department of Transportation and Downtown Frederick Partnership, with support from Oldetowne Landscape Architects, Grant County Mulch, Brewer’s Alley, Frederick Coffee Co & Cafe, GOOD juju, JoJo’s Restaurant & Tap House, Wegmans, Common Market, New Spire Arts and the Weinberg Center for the Arts. Bring a broom, a water bottle, comfortable shoes, sunscreen, a visor and your friends and neighbors to help Downtown Frederick freshen up! Volunteers will sweep, mulch, clean up and plant flowers. Volunteers of all ages are welcome. On the day of the event, register at the Partnership office (19 E Church St) between 8:30 and 9AM and receive your clean up assignment. Breakfast snacks, coffee and water will be available during registration, courtesy of Frederick Coffee Co & Cafe, Wegmans and Common Market. Clean up continues from 9 – 11:30AM, followed by a free lunch for volunteers, courtesy of Brewer’s Alley, GOOD […]

Bring a Broom Saturday

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Anna Hepler will lead a workshop on relief printmaking using a letter press with pressure printing and reduction woodprints. The Vandercook proofing press – traditionally used to print galleys of lead type – is a wonderful image-making tool. Whether for woodcut, reduction linocut, pressure printing, or relief rolled etching, the Vandercook allows for easy registration and the application of a consistent layer of ink. This workshop will capitalize on those features and explore two printing techniques: pressure printing, and color reduction woodcut. Pressure printing – For this technique, each participant will generate low relief imagery using cardboard, fabric, string, tape, and any other collage material apporpriate for the press. Much like a collagraph, this low relief surface is then printed against and an inked “flat”, locked in the bed of the press. The results are ghostly impressions of detailed low reliefs that reveal the intricate surfaces from which they are made. Color redution woodcut – In this process, a block is carved, then printed, then carved some more, printed in a new color (on top of the first print), carved again, etc. until many layers compose the final print. The resulting prints are gorgeous colorful and layered. A perfect technique […]

Relief Printmaking with Visiting Artist Anna Hepler

Frederick Book Arts Center

Independent Bookstore Day is a one-day (or, in our case, weekend-long!) celebration that takes place at indie bookstores across the country on the last Saturday in April. Check out our exclusive selection of Independent Bookstore Day products, including signed, special editions; literary art; buttons and pins; journals; and more. Spin the prize wheel with any purchase to win free books, special discounts, and other goodies. Spend $50 or more and receive a free Independent Bookstore Day commemorative tote bag (while supplies last). Free and open to the public; no registration required.

Independent Bookstore Day

Experience the history and beauty of downtown as our guides share the fascinating stories that make up Frederick. 1st and 3rd Sundays at 1:30pm 4th and 5th Saturdays at 11:00am Length 90 minutes

Historic Frederick Walking Tour

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Museum of Frederick County History

Dating back to 500 BCE, the craft known as Macramé was used by the Persians and Syrians for making their own cloths. Macramé arrived in Spain in the 13th century and was introduced in England by the late 17th century. It became fashionable in Britain and America during the 19th century. The versatility of this fiber craft includes plant hangers, wall hangings, hammocks, bell fringes, and belts. Today, macramé is seen in the form of jewelry such as necklaces, anklets, and bracelets. In this one day workshop, students will be introduced to the art of macramé including materials, basic knots, design, and color. A variety of cords will be available to experiment with in making vertical samples with a small sampler/wall hanging created using the knots alone or in combination with one another.

Knotting 101: Macrame

Relish Decor and Colonial Jewelers present the Downtown Frederick Wedding Walk! Join us on April 27th to meet your vendors, do some shopping, win some prizes, and get excited for your big day! The grand finale will be the famous Cake Dig at Colonial Jewelers, something you don’t want to miss! Register at www.frederickweddingwalk.com.

Downtown Frederick Wedding Walk

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Embark on a 3-hour guided walking tour and culinary adventure through historic Downtown Frederick. You’ll enjoy food and drink tastings at unique local restaurants and specialty food shops while getting a taste of the city’s history, culture and architecture. All food tastings are included in the ticket price and for most people are enough for lunch. Meeting location given at time of ticket purchase.

Around Market Food Tour

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Refresh your spring style with contemporary porcelain jewelry by Amber E Lea. Made in small batches with sustainable practices, each piece of jewelry is designed as a wearable sculpture. Shop the latest collection of handcrafted earrings and necklaces at the Amber E Lea Trunk Show on Saturday, April 27 from 12-4 pm.

Amber E Lea Trunk Show

Treaty General Store

In this two-session class, Haig will be teaching students a nearly non-toxic intaglio printmaking workshop. This Workshop will show you how to replace acid with a miraculous etchant that produces no fumes, requires no ventilation, and is not a danger to human flesh. And it etches zinc like a son-of-a-gun! The solution is very easy to make yourself, more convenient to purchase, transport, store, and is much less expensive than nitric acid. Not only that, but the whole process “from soup-to-nuts” is practically non-toxic! In this workshop you’ll produce an intaglio print – utilizing hard ground, etchant, ink, and clean-up – with the entire process being no more toxic than cleaning your bathroom. The expressive potential of direct markmaking (non-etchant based) intaglio methods will also be demonstrated, including engraving, drypoint and electric tools

Printmaking Workshop with Visiting Artist Haig Demarjian

Frederick Book Arts Center

Join us at JoJo’s for the official Frederick Wedding Walk after party! We’ll have happy hour in the tap house until 5pm and special wedding themed cocktails. Don’t let the party stop at the Colonial Jewelers cake dig, there’s plenty more going on when that ends! **Featured Cocktails** Say ‘I Do’ Sangria MANhattan & Wife www.jojosrestauranttaphouse.com www.frederickweddingwalk.com

Wedding Walk After Party

JoJo's Restaurant & Tap House

Each year, the Partnership tackles strategic initiatives to bring more residents and employees to Downtown Frederick, offers an exciting season of events and works closely with downtown businesses and partners to continue to strengthen and improve Downtown Frederick.

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