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MD Weekend Events: Chess Day, Bands And Brews, Books In Bloom Festival, Salsa In The Park
This weekend fall fests pop up across the state, there's a first annual chess tournament, and a book festival hosts prize-winning speakers.
MARYLAND — "The Queen's Gambit" fans can try their own hand at reaching the finals at one Maryland town's first annual national chess day tournament. Players confident in their abilities can enter into one of the competition brackets and newcomers can sign up for a beginners class.
If chess isn't your thing, there are plenty of other ways to spend your time this weekend. Some highlights are a horse show, salsa in the park, a talk from Pulitzer Prize-winning author Nikole Hannah-Jones at a literary festival, a dinosaur month paleontology field experience and more.
Here are Maryland's weekend events:
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Friday, Oct. 8
- United States Powerboat Show, Annapolis
- Wine and Design at Belair Mansion, Bowie
- Freedom Bound - Special Performance, Church Creek
- Chesapeake Film Festival, Easton
- Good Beer Festival, Salisbury
- Salsa in the Park, Silver Spring
- Oktoberfest at Silver Branch Brewing Company, Silver Spring
- Capital Challenge Horse Show, Upper Marlboro
Saturday, Oct. 9
- Oktoberfest on West, Annapolis
- United States Powerboat Show, Annapolis
- 48th Annual Russian Food Festival, 2021, Baltimore
- First Annual Bel Air National Chess Day Tournament, Bel Air
- Balkan Chestnut Festival, Clinton
- Howard County Pride Celebration, Columbia
- Chesapeake Film Festival, Easton
- Bands & Brews in the 'Burg, Eldersburg
- Baltimore Annual Slavic Heritage Festival, Joppa
- Dinosaur Month Paleontology Field Experience, Laurel
- Fall Farming Tour the House Day, Linthicum Heights
- Montgomery Village Fall Festival, Montgomery Village
- Spirits and Steeds, Owings
- Parkville Carney Festival 10am-3pm, Parkville
- Harvest Festival at Riversdale House Museum, Riverdale Park
- Rock Hall FallFest, Rock Hall
- Brass and Voices at the Movies!, Rockville
- Good Beer Festival, Salisbury
- Sykesville Bubbles & Tulle Festival, Sykesville
- Catoctin Colorfest, Thurmont
- Capital Challenge Horse Show, Upper Marlboro
- Shenandoah Run, Westminster
Sunday, Oct. 10
- United States Powerboat Show, Annapolis
- Quintessential Soul Festival, Baltimore
- FallFest 2021, Catonsville
- Books in Bloom Literary Festival, Columbia
- Chesapeake Film Festival, Easton
- Fall Festival in La Plata, La Plata
- Swim & Paddle the South River, Riva
- Catoctin Colorfest, Thurmont
- Happy Leaf Arts Festival, Upper Marlboro
- Capital Challenge Horse Show, Upper Marlboro
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