Community Celebrations, Festivals, and Major Fundraisers for 2014 - a historical list

NOTE: WE ARE KEEPING THIS POST AS A 'HISTORICAL POST' TO SEE WHAT WAS OFFERED AT THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR. (There is another post that lists only the events beyond a certain date.)

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If you are ready to celebrate all that is Silver Spring, mark your calendar*!

*BUT: Make sure you confirm all dates with sponsoring organizations. We are simply passing through this information. (Did we say confirm all dates?)

Here is a list of major events* we are aware are happening in the Silver Spring Regional Area.

*These are events that are open to the public and welcome everyone. Their common element is that they celebrate community. (Note that some are ticketed.)

IF YOU HAVE OTHERS (or have corrections to what is listed here) PLEASE LEAVE A POST (or e-mail Reemberto.Rodriguez@MontgomeryCountyMD.gov )

IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS ABOUT THE EVENTS, do NOT e-mail us.  Get to the folks doing the event. If it is not clear below, Google them.

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SAMPLE OF

COMMUNITY CELEBRATIONS, FESTIVALS, and MAJOR FUNDRAISERS GOING ON IN THE SILVER SPRING REGIONAL AREA

For the balance of this year (a growing list!)

Please Note:

• Events listed below are larger COMMUNITY CELEBRATIONS, FESTIVALS, AND MAJOR FUND-RAISERS events only.
• This is NOT intended to be a comprehensive list – it is constantly changing.
• The Silver Spring Regional Center assumes absolutely NO RESPONSIBILITY for the accuracy of this information. This is provided only as a service to indicate the level of activity in the Area.
• You are encouraged to contact the event directly for any information or question. (The Regional Center has no further information on these events.)

(Series and On-Going events appear at the end. Scroll all the way down to see them.)

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APRIL 5 – Saturday

Let’s Get it Started

MD Multi-Cultural Youth Center/LAYC

11 a.m – 2pm - Civic Building

More info:

http://www.letsgetitstartedyouthjobfair.com/

APRIL 6 – Sunday

MCCPTA Performing Arts Festival

Time TBD – Ellsworth Dr. (Downtown Silver Spring)

More info on event:

http://downtownsilverspring.com/events/silverspring-mccpta-performing-arts-festival


APRIL 13 - Sunday
Family Fun Day
Noon - 5pm  - Washington Adventist University
More info:
http://www.wau.edu/festival



APRIL 17 - Thursday
100 Million Trees Gala
6-9 pm - Civic Building
More info:
http://www.treesforthefuture.org/

APRIL 19 – Saturday

Jesus House DC Celebration

All Day – Veterans Plaza

More info on sponsor:

http://www2.jesushousedc.org/

APRIL 23 – Wednesday

Conservation Montgomery –Candidate Forum re “Green” Issues

7-9pm – Civic Building

More into on sponsoring organization;

http://conservationmontgomery.org/

APRIL 24 – Thursday

IMPACT Momentum Awards

7 – 9 am – Civic Building

More info:

http://www.impactsilverspring.org/news/tag/Momentum%20Awards

MAY 1 – Thursday

Passion for Learning Fundraiser

Evening – Civic Building

More info:

http://www.passionforlearning.org/

MAY 3 – Saturday

Long Branch Unity Festival

All Day – Long Branch Rec Ctr

More info
http://www.montgomerycountymd.gov/rec/resources/files/flyers/unityfestival2014.pdf

MAY 4 – Sunday

Takoma Park 5K Challenge

8am – Throughout Takoma Park

More info and to register:

http://www.tkpk5k.com/

MAY 4 – Sunday

Langley Park Day

Noon – 4 p.m.  -  Langley Park Community Center

More on the event:

https://docs.google.com/viewer?url=http://avancegw.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/BLP-310-Feb2014.pdf

MAY 4 – Sunday

Taste the World in Fenton Village

Noon – 6pm in Fenton Village (Southside of downtown Silver Spring)

Maps and more info:

http://tastetheworld.fentonvillage.org/

MAY 4 - Sunday

Fiesta Asia

Exact Time TBD – Ellsworth Dr. (Downtown Silver Spring)

More info on the sponsoring organization:

http://asiaheritagefoundation.org/programs/fiesta-asia/fiesta-asia-silver-spring/

MAY 16 - Friday
Flashband Silver Spring Youth Showcase
7-10 pm - Veterans Plaza
More Info
http://campaign.r20.constantcontact.com/render?ca=60138dce-5530-47f2-840b-394f91bdaea6&c=b2e40650-7ba7-11e3-ad1d-d4ae527536ce&ch=b3a35eb0-7ba7-11e3-ada1-d4ae527536ce

MAY 17 – Saturday

Youth Health Fair

Noon - 4pm  – Ellsworth Drive (adjacent to Veterans Plaza)

More info:
http://gapbuster.org/teen-health-expo/

MAY 18 – Sunday

Telemundo’s Fiesta de las Madres

Noon – 5pm  – Veterans Plaza

More info:

http://kestadc.com/events/fiesta-de-las-madres

MAY 18 – Sunday

Celebrate Takoma Park Festival

11 am - 4 pm  Takoma-Piney Branch Neighborhood Park (behind Piney Branch Elementary School)

More info:
http://takomaparkmd.gov/recreation/celebrate-takoma

MAY 26 - Monday

All Things Nigerian Expo

Exact time TBD – Veterans Plaza

More info on Face Book:

https://www.facebook.com/pages/All-Things-Nigerian-Expo/255190491314890?ref=stream

MAY 31 - Saturday

The Just Us Youth Media Festival for Change

Exact time TBD - at the Civic Building

More:

http://www.gandhibrigade.org/youth-media-festival/

Submission Open

http://www.gandhibrigade.org/youth-media-festival/2013-youth-media-festival/youth-media-festival-call-for-submissions/

JUNE 6 – Friday

Thunderbolts Baseball Opening Night

7pm - Blair High School Baseball Field
More info:
www.tbolts.org

JUNE 8 – Sunday

Takoma Park Jazz Festival

All Day – Downtown Takoma Park

More info:

http://www.tpjazzfest.org/

JUNE 14 – Saturday

SSTCi’s* Silver Spring Blues Festival

All Day (at FSM) then on Ellsworth (by the Fountain)

*Silver Spring Town Center, Inc.

http://silverspringblues.wordpress.com/

JUNE 15 - Sunday (Fathers Day)
Fit Fathers Day Inaugural Celebration
11 am - Veterans Plaza
http://www.fitfathers.com/fit-fathers-day-social-workout-brunch/

JUNE 18 - 22  - Wednesday through Sunday 

AFI DOCS Festival

American Film Institute

Various times

http://afi.com/afidocs/

JUNE 20 - Friday

Suburban Washington Resettlement Center (SWRC) World Refugee Day Celebration

All Day – Civic Building

https://www.facebook.com/pages/Suburban-Washington-Resettlement-Center-SWRC/514240661947515

JUNE 21 – Saturday

Mid-Summer Wine Fest

Afternoon – B-O Railroad Station (Georgia Ave)

More info:

www.MilkLadyEvent.org

JUNE 22 – Sunday

Tastes of Africa

Afternoon / Evening – Veterans Plaza

More info to be available soon

JULY 4 – Friday

Takoma Park Independence Day Festivities

Parade and more

All Day – Throughout Takoma Park

More info on organizer:

http://www.takomapark4th.org/sitecode.fol/pages.fol/tpidchome.aspx

JULY 25 – 27

Capital AudiFest

Sheraton Hotel

More info:

http://us3.campaign-archive2.com/?u=753d4fc117ab446dd3444c266&id=d9f6580245&e=467f47c663

AUGUST 3 – Sunday

La  Main Tendueus Festival

All Day – Veterans Plaza

For info on organizer:

http://lamaintendueus.org/

AUGUST 5 – Tuesday (To be confirmed)

National Night Out

All Day – Throughout the Region

More info – and reference to last year’s event - at:

http://natw.org/

AUGUST 9 - 10 – Saturday & Sunday

FestAfrica

Exact Time TBD – Veterans Plaza

http://www.festafricausa.com/about/

August 16 - Saturday
Jazz, Craft Beer, and Poetry Slam at Wine Fest 2014
Silver Spring B-O Railroad Station
More info:
http://milkladyevents.org/

AUGUST 17 – Sunday

Washington Regional Transplant Community

11 am - 5pm – Civic Building and Veterans Plaza

More information on WRTC:

http://www.beadonor.org/
http://www.beadonor.org/

AUGUST 24 – Sunday

World Bethel Church Celebration

Exact Time TBD – Veterans Plaza

More information on organizers:

http://cityofhope.bwomi.org/

AUGUST 31 – Sunday

World Music Festival

3-9 pm – Veterans Plaza

More info:

https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10202364759789579&set=gm.252805944930611&type=1&theater

SEPTEMBER 6 – Saturday

Montgomery County’s Official Jazz Festival

3-10 pm – Veterans Plaza

More info:

https://docs.google.com/viewer?url=http://www.montgomerycountymd.gov/rec/resources/files/flyers/jazzfest2014-web.pdf

SEPTEMBER 7 - Sunday

Takoma Park Folk Festival

All Day – Takoma Park Middle School (Piney Branch Rd)

More info:

http://www.tpff.org/what-to-do-at-the-festival/

SEPTEMBER 13 - Saturday
Flower Fiesta - A Celebration of Art and Place
11:30 - 2pm - Flower Ave Park
http://www.discoverlongbranch.com/#!events/c7wf


SEPTEMBER 13 - Saturday

Salvadoran Sister Cities Fundraiser

Evening / Night – Civic Building

More Info:
http://montgomerysistercities.org/images_sc/Fiesta2014.jpg

SEPTEMBER 14 – Sunday

Silver Spring Mini Maker–Fair

All Day – Veterans Plaza

For info on last year’s event:

http://makerfairesilverspring.com/tag/kid-museum/

SEPTEMBER 18 – Thursday

Executive Hispanic Gala

7-11 pm  -  The Fillmore

More info:

http://www.montgomeryhispanicgala.org/

SEPTEMBER 21 – Sunday

Celebracion de Maria, Virgen de Urkupina

1-4pm - Veterans Plaza

More info to follow

SEPTEMBER 27 - Saturday

Pan African Cultural Festival

Info on last year’s event and more:

http://panafestusa.net/

SEPTEMBER 27 - Saturday

South Silver Spring Street Fest

All Day – TBD

More info on last year’s event:

http://streetfest.southsilverspring.org/

OCTOBER 5 – Sunday

SSTCi’s* Harvest Moon Festival

All Day – Veterans Plaza

*Silver Spring Town Center, Inc.

More info at SSTCi’s newsletters

OCTOBER 5 – Sunday

Takoma Park Street Festival

All Day – Downtown Takoma Park

More info:

http://www.takomafestival.com/

OCTOBER 18 – Saturday

Senior Connection Annual Gala

6-10pm  – Silver Spring Civic Building

More info:

http://www.seniorconnectionmc.org/

OCTOBER 12 – Sunday

International Rett Syndrome Foundation

All Day – Veterans Plaza

For more info on sponsor:

https://www.rettsyndrome.org/

OCTOBER 16 or 23 (tbd) – Thursday

Class Acts FIESTA!

Evening – Civic Building

More info on sponsoring organization:

http://www.classactsarts.org/

NOVEMBER 1 - Saturday

Cameroon Economic and Cultural Forum

6pm – Civic Building

More info:
http://camroyals.org/content/upcoming-event

NOVEMBER 12 – Wednesday

Mu Nu Foundation Ceremony

Evening – Civic Building

No more info available at this time

NOVEMBER 22 – Saturday

Thanksgiving Parade

10 a.m. – Throughout Silver Spring’s Downtown

Stay tuned for more info

SERIES and ON-GOING

YEAR ROUND - Saturdays

FreshFarm Farmers Market

9 a.m. – 1 p.m. – Ellsworth Dr. (Downtown Silver Spring)

More info:

http://freshfarmmarkets.org/farmers_markets/markets/silver_spring.php

YEAR ROUND – Sundays

Takoma Park Farmers Market

10 a.m. – 2 p.m. – Laurel Ave. (Takoma Park)

More info:

http://www.takomaparkmarket.com/

YEAR ROUND – Select dates throughout the year

AFI Film Festivals

American Film Institute

More info at:

http://www.afi.com/silver/

YEAR ROUND - Every Last Friday of each Month

Ethiopian Poetry Reading

7pm – Civic Building

More info on sponsoring organization:

http://tayituculturalcenter.org/

THROUGH FALL
Twilight Tuesdays
7-9 pm - Veterans Plaza
Coordinated by:
Silver Spring Town Center, Inc.


THROUGH SUMMER - Every 2^nd Thursday

Contra Dancing

7-9 pm – Civic Building

More info on sponsoring organization:

http://www.carpediemarts.org/CarpeDiemArts/Welcome.html

THROUGH SUMMER - Every 1st Monday

Salsa Dancing

7-9 pm – Civic Building
More info on newsletters

  

APRIL 26 – OCTOBER – Saturdays

Fenton Street Market

10 a.m. – 4 p.m. – Veterans Plaza

More info:

http://www.fentonstreetmarket.com/

MAY - NOVEMBER  – 3 locations

MarVa Harvest Farmers Market

More info:

http://www.marvaharvest.com/ 

• The Essex House  Saturdays, NOON to 3:00pm (starting May 10, ending November 22, 2014) 7777 Maple Avenue, Takoma Park, MD 20912
• St Camillus Catholic Church  Sundays, 10:00am to 5:00pm (starting May 11, ending November 23, 2014) Silver Spring, MD 20903
• Holy Cross Hospital  Thursdays, 11:00am to 2:00pm (starting May 15, ending November 20, 2014) 1500 Forest Glen Road, Silver Spring, MD 20910

MAY 6 - AUGUST 26  – Tuesdays

ZUMBA by Washington Sports Club

7:00 – 8:00 p.m. – Downtown Silver Spring (Ellsworth Dr)

See more at:

http://downtownsilverspring.com/

MAY 12 - JULY 28  – Mondays

Lunchtime Lounge

Noon – Downtown Silver Spring (Ellsworth Dr)

See more at:

http://downtownsilverspring.com/

JUNE 6 - JUNE 30 – Fridays &Saturdays

Live Music on Plaza Fountain Stage

6:30 p.m. – 8:30 p.m. – Downtown Silver Spring (Ellsworth Dr)

See more at:

http://downtownsilverspring.com/

JUNE 26 – AUGUST 14 – Thursdays

Silver Spring Summer Swing Concert Series

7-9 pm – Veterans Plaza

Stay tuned for more info

JUNE 4th – OCTOBER – Wednesdays (11-3)

Crossroads Market

Anne St. at (1021) University Blvd. in Takoma/Langley Park, directly across from the Rite Aid

http://www.crossroadscommunityfoodnetwork.org/

JUNE through OCTOBER - 3RD Saturday
Mid Summer Wine Festival
Silver Spring B & O Railroad Station
More info:
http://milkladyevents.org/

MAY 11, JUNE 8, SEPTEMBER 14, OCTOBER 12 - Sundays
Grant Avenue Market (Takoma Park)
10 a.m. - 3 p.m. Grant Ave (Takoma Park)
http://grantavenuemarket.com/