May is a great month with the warmer days and summer coming right around the corner. Howard County will be welcoming more warmer days with events that range from Entertainment, Recreational, Outdoor, Tours and more. Explore Howard County music, arts and cultural festivals this spring during FestivALL.

 

Special Events:

May 1 Nature Tots Preschool Series at the Howard County Conservancy

May 2 Girls Night Out at Historic Savage Mill

May 3 Classic Hollywood at the Elkridge Furnace Inn and Garden House

May 3 - 5 Day Out with Thomas at the B&O Railroad Museum

May 3 Lunch with History at Visit Ellicott City

May 4 - 5 2019 Maryland Sheep & Wool Festival at the Howard County Fairgrounds

May 5 Native Plant Palooza at the Robinson Nature Center

May 6 Cocktails & Craft at the Ellicott Mills Brewing Company

May 6 Zen & The Art of Food and Wine Pairing at The Iron Bridge Wine Co

May 7 Sausage Making Cooperative Cooking Experience at Elkridge Furnace Inn and Garden House

May 9 Almira Hart Lincoln Phelps at the Baltimore & Ohio Ellicott City Station Museum

May 10 - 11 Annual Plant Sale at the First Lutheran Church

May 10 - 12 The 2019 Preakness Festival at the Howard County Fairgrounds

May 11 Chrysalis Masters at Merriweather Park at Symphony Woods

May 11 Howard County Brewery Tour with MD Brewery Tours at Maryland Brewery Tours

May 11 Mother’s Day Special - Tea, Scones & Garden Walk at Howard County Conservancy

May 12 Alternative Mother’s Day Event at Sharp’s at Waterford Farm

May 12 Mother’s Day Brunch Buffet at Alexandra’s American Fusion

May 14 11th Annual Pink Greens Golf Classic at Turf Valley Resort

May 14 Pink Green Golf Classic at Turf Valley Resort

May 18 Blue Bird Walk at Howard County Conservancy

May 18 - 19 Wine in the Woods at Merriweather Park at Symphony Woods

May 19 History Alive! With the Friends of PFI at Patapsco Female Institute

May 19 Yoga “Down on the Farm” at Sharp’s at Waterford Farm

May 23 Gourmand: Travels East on a French Voyage Ship of Discovery at Elkridge Furnace Inn and Garden House

May 23 Wine in the Garden, Beer in the Barn at Howard County Conservancy

May 25 Howard County Brewery Tour with MD Brewery Tours at Maryland Brewery Tours

May 30 Spring Party at Horowitz Visual & Performing Arts Center

Performing Arts:

May 3 - 5 M3 Rock Festival at Merriweather Post Pavilion

May 4 Catch a Rising Star at the Wilde Lake Interfaith Center

May 4 Charlie Hunter and Lucy Woodward at the Soundry

May 4 Sounds of Nature Concert at the Robinson Nature Center

May 5 Eli “Paperboy” Reed at the Soundry

May 6 Columbia Orchestra: Free Open Rehearsal at The Gathering Place

May 14 Slayer at Merriweather Post Pavilion

May 18 Columbia Orchestra: Rite of Spring at The Columbia Orchestra

May 18 REPartee at Horowitz Visual and Performing Arts Center

May 19 CATS Literary Dinner at Elkridge Furnace Inn and Garden House

May 19 DC101 Kerfuffle Featuring Greta Van Fleet, Young the Giant, The Revivalists, Tom Morello, Shaed, and the Blue Stones at Merriweather Post Pavilion

May 19 Free St. Louis Concert Features USAF Singing Sergeants May 19 in Clarksville in St. Louis Church

May 25 Sound of Music Sing-a-Long at Downtown Columbia Arts and Culture Commission

May 25 - 27 The FantasyWood Festival at Merriweather Park at Symphony Woods

May 30 Terrance Simien & The Zydeco Experience at The Soundry

 

Visual Arts:

May 4 - 5 Brenda Kidera, “Watercolor Crash Course” at the Horsespirit Arts Gallery

May 5 Photographic Post Processing - John Stier at the Artists’ Gallery

May 6 - Zen & the Art of Food and Wine Pairing @ The Iron Bridge Wine Co.

May 1-6 Bats in Belfries @ The Rouse Company Foundation Gallery

May 10 Exhibit Reception for Resident Visual Arts Exhibit 2019 at the Howard County Arts Council

May 13 Kids Art Night at Food Plenty

May 25 April Rimpo, Introduction to Experimental Watermedia Techniques at HorseSprit Arts Gallery

The Hunchback of Notre Dame

Grease at Toby’s Dinner Theater