Category: Press Releases

Each year, Easton celebrates our Irish heritage during St. Patrick’s Day. Discover Easton will host St. Patrick’s Day festivities in downtown Easton on Tuesday, March 17. The fun includes the annual St. Patrick’s Day Parade and local favorite St. Patrick’s Day Potato Races immediately following the parade. For the first time ever in Easton, the […]

The 9th Biennial Chesapeake International Chamber Music Competition for Young Professionals will be held on April 4, 2020 at 1 p.m. at The Avalon Theatre in Easton, Maryland. Five ensembles will compete for the $10,000 Lerman Gold Prize and the $5,000 Silver Prize. Prizes are announced following the final performance after 9:00 pm. This year’s […]

EXHIBITIONS The following Academy Art Museum exhibitions are sponsored by the Talbot County Arts Council, the Maryland State Arts Council, and the Star Democrat. Open daily, 10:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m. Gamelatron @ AAM: BodyphonesFront Yard Through Summer 2020The Academy Art Museum presents Bodyphones, an immersive installation by Aaron Taylor Kuffner (1975). Kuffner is an American […]

The historic Tidewater Inn – a timelessly refined luxury boutique hotel ideally situated in the heart of downtown Easton on Maryland’s Eastern Shore – announces their New Orleans inspired Jazz Brunch scheduled on Sunday, March 15, 2020. Back for the third year, Tidewater Inn welcomes the Conservatory Classic Jazz Band, a seven-piece group of highly accomplished jazz performers. A […]

Discover Easton and the Easton Volunteer Fire Department are proud to present the inaugural Fire & Ice Stews & Brews event on February 15. Stews & Brews will feature approximately 25 local breweries serving unlimited tastings of their craft selections, joined by ten local eateries competing in a friendly competition for best stew and small […]

EASTON, Md. – The final ice sculpture tally is in and Discover Easton is ready to kick off the Chesapeake Fire & Ice Festival, presented by Preston Automotive Group, February 14-16. Thanks to the generous support from the local business community, Discover Easton has exceeded their goal of showcasing at least 25 ice sculptures at […]

EASTON, Md. – Discover Easton is excited to announce the inclusion of an outdoor ice skating rink, sponsored by Anne Arundel Medical Center (AAMC), during the inaugural Chesapeake Fire & Ice Festival February 14-16 in downtown Easton. AAMC is now a part of Luminis Health, a new integrated health system formed in 2019. Located in […]

EXHIBITIONS The following Academy Art Museum exhibitions are sponsored by the Talbot County Arts Council, the Maryland State Arts Council, and the Star Democrat. Open daily, 10:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m. GAMELATRON @ AAM: BodyphonesThrough April 2020FREE & Open daily from 10 a.m. – 4 p.m.Museum Front YardBodyphones is an immersive installation by Aaron Taylor Kuffner […]

Nine high school choral ensembles will take the stage on Saturday, February 29, 2020 from 1 to 5 p.m. to compete for a total of $5000 in prize monies at the Third Annual Easton Choral Arts Society (ECAS) High School Choral Competition at Easton High School in Easton, MD. The Competition was designed by ECAS […]

Starting in February, The Friends of the Talbot County Free Library and the Chesapeake Film Festival will present “Great Dames,” a film series in honor of the 100th anniversary of women’s suffrage in America. All films are free and open to the public and will screen at the Easton Branch Library. Gov. Larry Hogan has […]