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