Tin Can Music Fest

The Tin Can Music Fest

It's about... 
  Tin Cans!—bring those canned goods for NCEON.
  Music!—the best free concert you'll attend all summer
  Festive!—fun stuff for all ages

The Tin Can Music Fest (TCMF), sponsored by DaySpring Presbyterian Church, is an all-day family fun festival in Linthicum Park (306 Benton Ave.).

This year the festival will be held August 13 from noon-8 p.m. The TCMF, in its fifth year has become one of the most anticipated summmer events in Anne Arundel County because it offers such a variety of free activites.

Stuff for Kids—crafts, face painting, inflatable obstacle course, rock climbing wall (noon-4 p.m.), puppet show (2 p.m.), a magician and more.

Food and drinks—hot dogs, hamburgers, snow balls cotton candy, popcorn and of course fantastic music all day long.

And yes...it's all free! 

And the music, from Celtic to folk to R&B to Big Band to Rock and Roll ... it's nothing short of amazing! Many of our bands open regularly for national acts and play such places as Pier Six Pavilion, Baltimore's Artscape, First Night Annapolis, Columbia Lakefront Concert Series, Hot August Blues, Rams Head Live and Rams Head on Stage as well as many other local favorites. 

Here's this years line up: Rakkish Paddy, Claire Anthony, Big Band Caliente, Junk Yard Saints, Mixed Business, Sweet Leda, Prozakistan and Bumpin Uglies.
 
And—here's another great twist—it's a benefit for the North County Emergency Outreach Network (NCEON), located on 5th Avenue in Glen Burnie. 

So we are asking folks who come to bring canned goods and other non-perishable food items to help NCEON feed the many hundreds of folks who visit their place every week. 
 
For more info, directions, etc. go to www.tincanmusicfest.com.