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12/13/2024

🎄🦀 GET READY FOR THE WEEKEND! 🦀🎄 Here's your roundup of weekend fun in Dorchester County Dec. 13-15! For more on the holiday events here, see our Dorchester Holiday Guide: bit.ly/DoCoHolidays2024
– Winter Wonderland & Ice Skating at Hyatt Chesapeake Fri 4-9p, Sat 12-9p; Sun 12-5p. Santa Fri 5p, Sun 3p. Updates at Blackwater Adventures
– Cabin Fever Play Centre has open play Fri & Sat 9a-7p, Sun 12-6p
– Christmas Train Garden by Cambridge Rescue Fire Co. open daily 6-9pm plus Sat & Sun 1-4p
– Christmas Train Garden by Eldorado-Brookview Fire Dept. Fri 6:30-8:30p
– Live Pro Wrestling & Pictures With Santa Fri; doors open 7p. American Legion, Cambridge. Tix: acwtix.com
– Guided Birding at Blackwater Refuge Sat 8a. Meet at Blackwater Visitor Center
– Second Saturday Book Sale, 9a-1p at Cambridge Library
– Santa Swim Sat; register at 10a, Hyatt Chesapeake. Take a dip for charity
– Holiday Gift Cottage Sat 10a-4p, Cambridge Woman's Club, 417 High St., Cambridge
– The Nutcracker by Eastern Shore Dance Academy Sat 11a and 4p at Cambridge South Dorchester High School
– Wreaths Across America at Eastern Shore Veterans Cemetery Sat 10a
– Mistletoe on Main in Cambridge Sat with Holiday Market, Cocktail Crawl, Pet Pictures with Santa 11:30a-1p, more. downtowncambridge.org
– Christmas on Pine with shopping, music, food, crafts Sat 11a-4p. 600 block of Pine St., Cambridge
– Hurlock Christmas Parade Sat 12p. Main Street, Hurlock
– Cookies with Santa after parade, 300 Charles St., Hurlock
– Christmas Fair Sat 12-4p, Unity-Washington United Methodist Church, Hurlock
– Pride Foot Parade Sat 6p at Blue Ruin Plaza, Cambridge
– 3ten Creative Design & Gift Gallery has Rock & Roll Art Show; free reception Sat 6-8p
– Main Street Gallery has All That Glitters: A Metalsmith Collective; free reception Sat 5-8p
– Dorchester Center for the Arts has Red Sand Project plus Plein Air Painters of the Chesapeake Bay. Free reception Sat 5-7p
– Johnny's Tavern has Christmas PJ Party Sat 9:30p
– Breakfast with Santa Sun 8-11a, Church Creek Volunteer Fire Co
– Needle Felting Workshops Sun 12:30p and 3p at Hyatt skating rink. bit.ly/3ZxeOtH
– Nativity Scenes From Around the World Sun 2-5p, Cambridge House B&B.410-221-7700
– Bay Country Shop has Christmas Party Sat 10a-5p with vendors, food, drink, door prizes
– Shorelife Home and Gifts has 25% off holiday items Sat
– Sunnyside Shop has Daily Deal; check their social media
– Thomas's Fine Jewelry has scratch off for 10-50% off 1 item
– Mowbray's Garden Center has poinsettias 30% off
– Blackwater Refuge Visitor Center's shop has 10% off purchase
– Blue Ruin has art exhibit with Stephen Walker
>> Add your event to a future Weekend Roundup at visitdorchester.org/submit-event

12/11/2024

🎄🎼Experience the holiday spirit with festive music and ballet! Here's what's coming up, from traditional carols to Christmas karaoke and more:

🎀 Holiday Evening with Anna Burgess - Dec. 12 at Dorchester Center for the Arts. Free!

🎀 The Nutcracker by Eastern Shore Dance Academy: Dec. 14, 11am and 4pm at Cambridge South Dorchester High School. Tickets required.

🎀Holiday Concerts with the Chorus of Dorchester: Dec. 15, 4pm at Christ Episcopal Church; Dec. 17, 7pm at Dorchester Center for the Arts. Free!

🎀 Kids Christmas Karaoke: Dec. 22, 3-5pm at Johnny's Tavern. Free!

🎄Details on all these events in our Dorchester Holiday Guide at bit.ly/DoCoHolidays2024

12/10/2024

Here are details on Mistletoe on Main, happening all day long this Saturday, Dec. 14!

We have been busy, preparing for Saturday's Mistletoe on Main! The holiday fun begins at 11:30 will continue through the afternoon.

🎄Christmas Shoppe on Poplar -- Vendors will include Lucky Kat Design, Gary Schuler Metal Art & Machining , Hey, Sugar Confections, April Goodman Studio, Fairy Awesome Scents by Loralie, Simply Shan Nicole Creations, Thebaygypsy, Renew by Erin Walsh, Cryssi Jeffries, Ann + Alirio Studios and Gallery, and more!!

🎄Christmas Cocktail Crawl -- Special Mistletoe on Main cocktails at Vintage 414, The Dive Club, RAR Brewing, Black Water Bakery and 3ten Creative Design & Gift Gallery

🎄Pet Pictures with Santa -- $10.00 per pose. Photography by Salty Shores Photography. Proceeds will be donated to Baywater Animal Rescue and Dorchester County Dog Control of MD

🎄Kids Corner -- Letters to Santa station, Craft a Crab, temporary holiday tattoos

🎄Caricaturist Drawings — Get a cartoon-style drawing, created on the street by an artist from Goofy Faces. $15.00 per drawing. These would make fun Christmas gifts!!

🎄Shop 'Til You Drop -- For every $25.00 spent at a participating location, you'll earn one entry for a Cambridge Main Street gift basket. Winner drawn on Wednesday, December 18.

🎄The Dorchester Santa Toy Drive — Cambridge Main Street will have a collection box, at their booth. Bring a new, unwrapped toy and support this wonderful annual tradition.

🎄Kids crafts with Big Brothers Big Sisters of the Eastern Shore’s Katie Brooks Douglas

🎄Photo Booth, Caroling and more!!

🎄Cambridge Main Street will have t-shirts and ornaments from our collector’s vault for sale

We hope you'll join us, in Downtown Cambridge!

12/09/2024

Mark your Calendar now ! 🎄

12/09/2024

🎅 You have until 5pm today (Dec. 9) to buy tickets to Mistletoe on Main's Breakfast With Santa happening this Saturday! But you don't need advance tickets for the rest of the Mistletoe on Main's daylong festivities, which include the Christmas Shoppe on Poplar, Christmas Cocktail Crawl, Pet Pictures With Santa, a caricature artist, caroling, photo booth, letters to Santa station, and more!
🎄 See details: downtowncambridge.org/events
🎄 See what other holiday fun is going on around the county in our Dorchester Holiday Guide: bit.ly/DoCoHolidays2024

Mistletoe on Main is just FOUR days away!

Tickets for Breakfast with Santa will be available until 5 p.m. today. You don’t want to miss it! 🎅🏻🎄

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/mistletoe-on-main-breakfast-with-santa-tickets-1055742497229?aff=oddtdtcreator

12/08/2024

A few more views of last night's Cambridge Dorchester County Christmas Parade from local photographer Jill Jasuta Photography!
🎄 See what other holiday fun is coming up around Dorchester County with our Holiday Guide: bit.ly/DoCoHolidays2024

12/07/2024

12/07/2024

Cambridge Christmas Parade 75th Year !

12/07/2024

12/07/2024

Cambridge Women’s Club Gift cottage is open with great itens , free kids book corner and a fun selfie station! 10am-4pm

12/07/2024

🚂 🎄Here's a great story from WBOC TV 16 Delmarva's News Leader on the 90th year of the Rescue Fire Company Train Garden in Cambridge! With this footage, you can see the train garden from a train passenger's point of view. Plus, catch a glimpse of the working drawbridge!
🚂 See the train garden in person: Open Monday-Friday, 6-9pm; Saturday and Sunday 1-4pm and 6-9pm. It will be open before and after tonight's Cambridge Dorchester County Christmas Parade, which starts at 5pm!
🎄 See what other holiday fun is going on around Dorchester County with our Holiday Guide: bit.ly/DoCoHolidays2024

12/06/2024

🎄🦀 GET READY FOR THE WEEKEND! 🦀🎄 Here's your roundup of weekend fun in Dorchester County Dec. 6-8! For details on all the holiday events here – and holiday events to come – see our Dorchester Holiday Guide: bit.ly/DoCoHolidays2024
– Winter Wonderland & Ice Skating at Hyatt Chesapeake Fri 4-9p, Sat 12-9p; Sun 12-5p. Santa & Mrs. Claus on hand Sat 2:30p, Sun 3p. Updates on Blackwater Adventures FB
– Rescue Fire Company Train Garden open daily 6-9pm plus Sat & Sun 1-4p, 307 Gay St., Cambridge
– Layton's Chance Vineyard & Winery has Ugly Sweater Christmas Party Fri 6-9p
– Christmas Train Garden by Eldorado-Brookview Fire Dept. Fri 6:30-8:30p
– Johnny's Tavern has Turning Point Band Fri 8p; Jake Bleau Sat 9p
– Dorchester Center for the Arts has Merry Market Pop-Up Sat, 10a-5p. Plus Family Art Day – Holiday Trees & Ornaments Sat 11a-3p – free!
– Holiday Gift Cottage Sat 10a-4p with Cambridge Woman's Club, 417 High St., Cambridge
– Simmons Center Market has Christmas Open House & Build-Your-Own-Wreath Sat 10a-2p
– Wreaths & the Art of Using Nature at Hyatt Chesapeake Sat 12:30-2p. Tix: tinyurl.com/v2zuumy4
– 75th annual Cambridge Dorchester County Christmas Parade begins Sat 5p in downtown Cambridge!
– Last Cambridge Ghost Walk of the season Sat 7p. chesapeakeghosts.com
– Cambridge Holiday House Tour Sun 1:30-4:30p. Tix: tinyurl.com/5226255z
– Pleasant Holidays Tricky Tray Sun 2-4p at Pleasant Day Medical Adult Day Care, 2474 Cambridge Beltway, Cambridge
– Harriet Tubman Visitor Center has talk by Phillip Hesser on Tubman’s life after the Civil War Sun 1p
– Toy Bingo with Church Creek Volunteer Fire Co. Sun 2p. Tix: 443-521-9679.
– Nativity Scenes From Around the World Sun 2-5p at Cambridge House B&B. Reserve: 410-221-7700
– Downtown Cambridge's Shop 'Til You Drop til Dec. 15. For every $25 you spend at participating location, earn chance to win gift basket
– Blackwater Refuge Visitor Center's shop has 10% off your entire purchase in Dec. Members of the Friends group get 20% off
– Sunnyside Shop has Daily Deal every day of Dec; check their social media
– Vintage Venue has sales at certain kiosks; stop in for more
– The Market at Church Creek open daily through Christmas Eve with lots of handmade holiday treats
– Shorelife Home and Gifts has 25% off holiday items Sat only
– Mowbray's Garden Center has live Christmas trees
– Blue Ruin has art exhibit and sale featuring Stephen Walker through Dec. 31. Meet the artist reception Dec. 12, 4-6p
– 3ten Creative Design & Gift Gallery has Rock & Roll Art Show
– Main Street Gallery has All That Glitters: A Metalsmith Collective
– Dorchester Center for the Arts has Red Sand Project
>> Want to add your event to a future Weekend Roundup? Submit it at visitdorchester.org/submit-event

12/06/2024

🎄🦀 ICYMI: The great Crab Basket Tree of Cambridge went up yesterday, thanks to the hard work of a team of volunteers who have been adding this joy to our holiday season for a decade! Let's hear it for Brandon Hesson and his team of volunteers!
🦀 You can see the Crab Basket Tree in the parking lot of Craig's Drug Store at 409 Race St., Cambridge.
🎀 More reason to head to Cambridge: Today is Small Business Saturday! Support our local, independently owned businesses! Plus, some merchants have special sales today!
🎄 All are welcome to come and take a selfie at the Crab Tree! See what other holiday fun is going on around Dorchester County with our Holiday Guide: bit.ly/DoCoHolidays2024

📷 Jameson Harrington