Raft-Up Boat Concert To Feature Annapolis Band + Railroad Museum Event Coming On Labor Day

MARYLAND — Boaters can enjoy a raft-up concert featuring an Annapolis band. Land lovers can visit a railroad museum on Labor Day weekend. Other Maryland events include farm tours, a stream restoration, photo tips and a guided paddle.

Patch recently partnered with several local organizations to bring you their latest news. This guest contribution comes from National Park Service Chesapeake Gateways and Chesapeake Conservancy. Here's what Jody Hedeman Couser submitted to help you explore the Chesapeake Bay:

"Shaw Bay Raft-Up Concert

Celebrate the end of summer with ShoreRivers and the Miles-Wye Riverkeeper at the Shaw Bay Raft-Up Concert. The on-the-water party will feature both the Eastport Oyster Boys and last year’s headliner, The Wye River Band. Bring your dinghy, paddle board, kayak, sailboat, or power boat, and join the floating raft-up to enjoy live music in Shaw Bay. The concert is free, but donations are welcome, with all proceeds helping to promote the clean water initiatives of ShoreRivers on the Miles and Wye Rivers and Eastern Bay. Sept. 10, 3 p.m. to 6 p.m.; Shaw Bay, near the mouth of the Wye River. More information"

"Workin’ on the Railroad

Come celebrate the legacy of American labor at the Birthplace of American Railroading – the B&O Railroad Museum in Baltimore. It was B&O labor that build the rails that led the way across the United States, and the B&O Museum is honoring their contribution with a weekend long celebration that will include train rides and Workin’ on the Railroad tours. Programming is included with regular admission except for train rides ($2 to $3), and if you help with trash cleanup admission is free. On Monday, Sept. 5 admission to the museum is $1. Sept. 3-5; B&O Railroad Museum, Baltimore, MD. More information"

"Accokeek Farm Tours

Take a tour through 1770 led by one of Accokeek’s educators. Explore the grounds of a working tobacco farm and meet its two- and four-legged residents. Suitable for all ages. These tours will be running through December. $7 per person, registration required. The Sept. schedule for farm tours is Sept. 2 and 16, 1 p.m. to 2 p.m. and 2:30 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. More info and additional dates"

"Tëmakwehane Stream Restoration

Tëmakwehane means Beaver Creek in the Lenape language. Along with the stewardship team at Pearlstone, you can help in a collaboration to restore a precious stretch of what has been called an Unnamed Branch of the Patapsco River. Join the Baltimore American Indian Center and Pearlstone to give this beautiful stream valley a name and to honor the Piscataway people who have stewarded healthy water for generations. Sept. 5, 10 a.m. to 11 a.m.; Reistertown, MD. More info and RSVP"

"Open Up A Whole New World

Maryland DNR’s HabiChat is back, and contributor Sarah Witcher wants to share a discovery of a “nifty little gadget" that forever changed the way she looks at the natural world: a clip-on macro lens. This inexpensive gadget ($5-40), attachable to smartphones, will allow you to take extreme close-up photographs, bringing out otherwise lost details of nature’s creations. Choose slow-moving, stationary and safe subjects such as a teeny insects, mushrooms gills, sand crystals, patterns inside a wildflower – the possibilities are endless! Check out Macro Mini Maryland for ideas and photos."

"Guided Paddle and Tasting

Enjoy a leisurely paddle along a classic Chesapeake landscape with ACA certified staff members from the Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum. Follow the Choptank River to Denton, haul out to take a break for a drink and snack and then paddle back to Greensboro. Good for both beginner and the intermediate paddlers. $55 for those bringing their own kayak, $75 for those renting [a] kayak from the museum. Sept. 17, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.; Greensboro, MD. More information and registration"

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• All of the stories from year one of this partnership are posted here