Visit "Destination Downtown 2022" Website For List Of Cultural Events In Howard County

HOWARD COUNTY, MD — Officials and community leaders have unveiled a new website that pulls together an online list of all cultural activities going on in Columbia: Destination Downtown 2022. The one-stop virtual destination will list upcoming festivals, arts programming, concerts, movies and more and can be found at www.DestinationDowntown2022.org.

“Downtown Columbia has always been a destination for arts and culture, and commerce,” Howard County Executive Calvin Ball said at a news conference. “In 2020, we had to hit the ‘pause’ button on exhibits and live performances. And now – with hopefully everyone who can be vaccinated and boosted – the time has come to hit ‘play’ – and to turn up the volume. This season, we’re inviting all our residents, and visitors from near and far to join us for joyful celebrations of the arts and family fun events – and to show them how to find everything that is going on in downtown.”

Destination Downtown 2022 highlights include:

• March 26 - June 5 – ROCKY The Musical, Toby’s Dinner Theatre
• Open May 2 – Splashpad at Colorburst Park, Daily 10 a.m. – 7 p.m.
• May 6 – M3 Rock Festival, Merriweather Post Pavilion
• May 13 – Chrysalis Cabaret: The Columbia Jazz Band, Chrysalis in Merriweather Park
• May 14 – Bike Around Downtown Block Party, Color Burst Park
• May 15 – Books In Bloom, Color Burst Park
• May 21-22 – Wine in the Woods, Symphony Woods Park
• June 4 – Artreach Festival, Long Reach Village Center
• June 10-July 31 – Spongebob The Musical, Toby’s Dinner Theatre
• June 10-12 – Lakefest Weekend – Columbia Festival of the Arts, Lake Kittamaqundi
• July 4 – Columbia Lakefront Fireworks, Lake Kittamaqundi
• Aug. 14 – Concert and a Movie, Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, Merriweather Post Pavilion

"Summer arts and cultural events in Downtown Columbia have just begun,” added Amanda Hof, executive director for Visit Howard County. "From Merriweather Park in Symphony Woods to Merriweather Post Pavilion to the new vibrant Merriweather District, Toby’s Dinner Theatre, the Lakefront plaza and Columbia’s Village Centers - Downtown Columbia is the place to be for arts and culture and summer fun."