Preakness, Chesapeake Bay Blues Festival: Maryland Weekend Events

MARYLAND – Don't sit inside this weekend! Patch has rounded up fun, interesting and quirky events throughout Maryland -- from cooking classes and Tai Chi workshops to theater performances and Preakness.

Some are free. Some have a fee.

Whether you opt for an activity close to home or a mini day trip, see what's on tap this weekend from Friday, May 18 to Sunday, May 20.

Some of the larger attractions you'll find include: 2018 Preakness, Chesapeake Bay Blues Festival and the NCAA Men's Lacrosse Quarterfinals.

>> PATCH PREAKNESS GUIDE: Preakness 2018: Tickets, Events, Race Time

Friday

• Make Dumplings With Peter Chang At Cooking Class, Bethesda
• SerbFest DC Spring 2018 Festival Guide, Potomac
• Romeo & Juliet, Silver Spring
• Young Columbians: GREASE, Ellicott City
• Jekyll & Hyde, North Baltimore
• DreamWorks Madagascar A Musical Adventure Jr, Annapolis
• Live at Montpelier - Chieli Minucci & Special EFX, Laurel
• Sts. Peter & Paul Greek Festival, Frederick
• Tidewater Players present “1776”, Havre de Grace
• Beer Bacon Musical Festival, Frederick

Saturday

• 2018 Preakness Budweiser InfieldFest, Baltimore
• MAY 19: PHILLIPS Programs for Children and Families 5K, Bethesda
• Robin Hood, Bethesda
• Priscilla Queen of the Desert, Kensington
• Colesville Community Market, Silver Spring
• Forest Estates Farmers Market at Getty Park 10th Year Kick-Off, Silver Spring
• Hula Recital 2018, Silver Spring
• WMGSO 5th Anniversary Concert, Silver Spring
• Tai Chi Workshop & Asian Music--Asian American & Pacific Islander, Rockville
• SERC Festival of Science, Annapolis
• Annapolis Fire Department Open House, Annapolis
• Free Croquet Lessons by Experts, Edgewater
• Chesapeake Bay Blues Festival, Annapolis
• 12th Annual Secret Garden Tour & Garden Mart, Havre de Grace

Sunday

• Red Shoe 5K Run & Walk, Bethesda
• Waverly Street Gallery 25th Anniversary Art Exhibit, Bethesda
• Maryland Party for Life, Gaithersburg
• LaBlast Dance Fitness!, Bethesda
• Ubuntu Festival: Come Experience Southern Africa, Silver Spring
• Candidate Meet and Greet, Silver Spring
• Central Maryland Chorale's Spring Concert, Silver Spring
• Talk by Award-Winning Screenwriter, Rockville
• Chesapeake K-9 Fund 5K/1 Mile Run or Walk, Annapolis
• Audubon's Spring Baltimore Birding Weekend, Baltimore
• NCAA Men's Lacrosse Quarterfinals, Annapolis
• MusicFest, Perryville
• Maryland House and Garden Pilgrimage, Baltimore