October 9-10, 2010
See schedule for detailed event times
This year’s festival will take place on October 9th and 10th. The festival runs from 10am-5pm and includes the "Green Village" which features scores of groups that celebrate the river in a wide vairety of ways, children’s activities including pony rides (for a fee), an arts and crafts show and food court, musical performances, an open house at the Calvert Marine Museum,and a Parade at 2:00 on Sunday. Free harbor cruises will be offered on board 2 historic vessels: the 111 year old bugeye, Wm. B. Tennison, the sailing skipjack the Nathan of Dorchester.
Admission to the event is free; financial support is given by Calvert County Government, and monies brought in by the food court and craft show booth fees. Excess funds are returned to the community in the form of grants.
2009 PRAD Grant recipients were the Friends of the Jefferson Patterson Park and Museum in support of the annual Bernie Fowler Patuxent River Wade-In and the Chesapeake Public Charter School. Congratulations to them and their efforts. All monies received will help benefit the health of the Patuxent River.
