50+ Expo, Pumpkin TrolleyFest, AFI Horror Film Fest: Weekend Events in Silver Spring Area

From Montgomery Community Media:

Here are some of the festivals, concerts and other weekend activities happening Oct. 17-19, courtesy of the MyMCMedia.org calendar:

Friday, October 17

• The Sugarloaf Craft Festival returns to Gaithersburg fairgrounds this weekend. Friday hours 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.
• Meadowside Nature Center is hosting aHalloween geocache hunt at 1 p.m. Registration required
• Don’t miss the “Eye Spy” Halloween Train at Cabin John Regional Park. Great for children under 8 years of age.
• Croyden Creek Nature Center in Rockville is celebrating with their Halloween Festival at 6 p.m.
• Wheaton Recreation Center’s Fall Harvest Festival beings at 6 p.m.
• A special performance of Not My Monkey at Gaithersburg’s Arts Barn at 7 p.m.
• The Writer’s Center is hosting “Writing the War Experience” at 7 p.m. in Bethesda featuring readings and a panel discussion
• The AFI International Horror Film Fest screening of Housebound at 7:10 p.m. and Mar Negro (Dark Sea) at 9:45 p.m. in Silver Spring
• BlackRock Center for the Arts presents “An Evening with Groucho Marx” at 8 p.m.
• Olney Theatre presents Awake and Sing at 8 p.m.
• Bethesda Blues & Jazz present The Shirelles at 8 p.m.

Saturday, October 18

• The 18th Annual F.Scott Fitzgerald Literary Festival highlights literature and war. The festival begins at 9 a.m. with registration in the Executive Office Building in Rockville.
• Don’t miss the “Eye Spy” Halloween Train at Cabin John Regional Park. Great for children under 8 years of age.
• The Sugarloaf Craft Festival returns to Gaithersburg fairgrounds this weekend. Saturday hours 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.
• Explore four private gardens in Washington and Chevy Chase, open for self-guided tours to benefit the Garden Conservancy.
• The Pumpkin TrolleyFest at the National Capital Trolley Museum is open from 12:30 to 3:50 p.m.
• Gaitherbsurg’s Arts on the Green program for young children features Not My Monkey at 11 a.m. and 2 p.m.
• The Bethesda Row Arts Festival takes place from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. is for the whole family
• Rockville’s Antique & Classic Car Show takes place from 11 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. at the Glenview Mansion
• Join Wags for Hope for a family friendly, fundraising event at Sugarloaf Mountain Vineyard
• Locust Grove Nature Center Nocturnal Neighbors Festival begins at 5 p.m. in Bethesda. Registration required.
• Albert Einstein HS invites all county high school students to their 15th Annual College Fair beginning at 6 p.m.
• Sandy Spring Fall Festival begins at 6 p.m. at the Sandy Spring Museum
• Olney Theatre presents Awake and Sing at 2 and 8 p.m.

Sunday, October 19

• Team VHL 5K family fun run begins at 8 a.m. at Road Runner Sports in Rockville
• The Sugarloaf Craft Festival at the Gaithersburg fairgrounds is open from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
• The Bethesda Row Arts Festival takes place from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. is for the whole family
• Gaitherbsurg’s Arts on the Green program for young children features Not My Monkey at 11 a.m. and 2 p.m.
• The World of Montgomery Festival celebrates the diverse cultural heritages of Montgomery County from noon to 5 p.m. at Westfield Wheaton Plaza
• The Beacon Newspaper’s 50+ Expo takes place at the Silver Spring Civic Building from Noon to 4 p.m.
• The communities of Rockville, Gaithersburg and Garrett Park are hosting an open house honoring State Senator Jennie Forehand at 1 p.m. at the Glenview Mansion in Rockville.
• Olney Theatre presents Awake and Sing at 2 p.m.
• The Inspiration Pointe Variety Show begins at 4 p.m. at Fillmore Silver Spring
• Bethesda Blues & Jazz Club present “Talisman” Featuring Sammy Figueroa & Glaucia Nasser at 7:30 p.m.