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 2012 Downtown Events

January

1-12 Art Exhibition: Gallery of Gifts - Carroll Arts Center’s Tevis Gallery
7 Common Ground on the Hill Concert Series: Tom Chapin – Carroll Arts Center – 8 pm - $
9-31 Art Exhibition: "Six Pack Abs - Flexing Abstraction" – Carroll Arts Center Community Gallery
10 Box Lunch Talk: Barn Restoration – American Legion Post #31 – Noon to 1pm - $
13-31 Art Exhibition: “Secret Boxes” - Carroll Arts Center’s Tevis Gallery
13 FLICC Presents “Antonia's Line” – Carroll Arts Center – 7:30pm - $
15 The Rouges: Live in Concert – Carroll Arts Center – 7pm - $
16 MLK Day Celebration at the Movies: Cry Freedom - Carroll Arts Center - 1pm
19 Carroll County's 175th Birthday Celebration - Meet Dr. Beanes - Church of The Ascension's Holy Cross Hall - 7pm
19 Art Exhibition: "Something from Here; Something from There" - Carroll Arts Center's Tevis Gallery
21 Iron Ridge: Live in Concert - Carroll Arts Center - 7pm - $
 
February
1-17 Art Exhibition: "Six Pack Abs - Flexing Abstraction" - Carroll Arts Center’s Community Gallery
1-29 Art Exhibition: "Something from Here; Something from There" - Carroll Arts Center’s Tevis Gallery
2 Cinderella and the Winter Ball Puppet Show - Westminster Branch Library - 6pm
3 Cinderella and the Winter Ball Puppet Show - Westminster Branch Library - 10am & 1pm
3 Foreign Film Festival: “In a Better World” – Carroll Arts Center – 7:30pm - $
4 Common Ground on the Hill Concert Series: Don Flemons - Carroll Arts Center - 8pm - $
5 Westminster Coin & Currency Show - Westminster VFD - 9am to 4:30pm
10 Foreign Film Festival: “Belle Epoque” – Carroll Arts Center – 7:30pm - $
13 Presidents in the Civil War - Westminster Branch Library - 7pm
14 HSCC Box Lunch Talk: Saving the Union: Carroll County Men in the Civil War – American Legion Post #31 – Noon to 1pm - $
17 Foreign Film Festival: “Owl and the Sparrow” – Carroll Arts Center – 7:30pm - $
18 Hard Swimmin' Fish: Live in Concert - Carroll Arts Center - 7:30pm - $
20 Michael Rosman: Amazing Feats of Comedy - Carroll Arts Center - 11am - $
25 Foreign Film Festival: “Seraphine” – Carroll Arts Center – 7:30pm - $
 
March
1-10 Art Exhibition: "Something from Here; Something from There" - Carroll Arts Center’s Tevis Gallery
1-31 Art Exhibition: "The Works of Lindsay Wailes"– Off Track Art
3 Common Ground on the Hill Concert Series: Grainne Hambly & William Jackson – Carroll Arts Center - 8pm
9 & 10 Barleyjuice: Live in Concert - Carroll Arts Center - 8pm - $
13 HSCC Box Lunch Talk: An Architectural Masterpiece - The Church of the Ascension - American Legion Post #31 - Noon to 1pm - $
18 ArtsPower Presents "The Rainbow Fish" - Carroll Arts Center - 2pm - $
24 Teelin Irish Dance Company - Carroll Arts Center - 3pm - $
31 Corbit's Charge Civil War Ball - Longwell Avenue Old Armory - 8pm to 11pm - $
 
April
1-30 Art Exhibition: "The Works of Lindsay Wailes" – Off Track Art
5-15 5th Annual Peep Show – Carroll Arts Center - 10am to 8pm, except Sundays - Noon to 5pm
7 Easter Egg Hunts - Westminster City Hall Grounds - 10am to Noon
7 Common Ground on the Hill Concert Series: Kevin Burke – Carroll Arts Center- 8pm
10 HSCC Box Lunch Talk: Symbols in Stone - American Legion Post #31 - Noon to 1pm - $
11 Main Street Mile - East Main Street in Downtown Westminster - 7pm
 
May
4-31 Art Exhibition: “The Works of Phil Grout” - Off Track Art
10 HSCC Box Lunch Talk: Mt. Airy on the B&O - American Legion Post #31 - Noon to 1pm - $
12 23rd Annual Flower & Jazz Festival - Downtown Westminster - 10am to 4pm
26 Downtown Westminster Farmers Market – Conaway Lot - 8am to Noon
28 Memorial Day Parade and Ceremony – PA Avenue & Main Street - 10am
 
June
1-30 Art Exhibition: “The Works of Phil Grout” - Off Track Art
2, 9, 16, 23, 30 Downtown Westminster Farmers Market – Conaway Lot - 8am to Noon
2 Antique Fire Truck Parade – PA Avenue, Main & Center Streets - 9:45am
2 Art in the Park - City Hall Grounds - 10am to 4pm
12

Box Lunch Talk: To Be Announced – American Legion Post #31 – Noon to 1pm - $

23-24 Corbit's Charge Civil War Commemorative Weekend Event - Grounds of 224 Norch Center Street - 10am to 8pm and 4pm on Sunday
 
July
1-31 Art Exhibition: “The Works of Paula Waterman” - Off Track Art
1, 5, 15, 22, 29 A Month of Sundays Concert Series – Westminster City Park - 6:45pm
5, 12, 19, 26 Songs at 6:30 Concert Series - Library Stage - 6:30pm to 8:30pm
7, 14, 21, 28 Downtown Westminster Farmers Market – Conaway Lot - 8am to Noon
7 Common Ground on the Town – Downtown Westminster - various locations - 9pm to Midnight
10 Box Lunch Talk: Out of the Silence: History of the Pipe Creek Meeting – American Legion Post #31 – Noon to 1pm - $
 
August
1-31 Art Exhibition: “The Works of Paula Waterman” - Off Track Art
4, 11, 18, 25 Downtown Westminster Farmers Market – Conaway Lot - 8am to Noon
9 Box Lunch Talk: The Legacy of William Henry Rinehart – American Legion Post #31 – Noon to 1pm - $
19-26 Carroll County Restaurant Week – Participating restaurants in Downtown Westminster and the rest of Carroll County
28 The Westminster Municipal Band Concert - Belle Grove Park - 6pm to 7:15pm
 
September
1-30 Art Exhibition: “Jerry Dewitt Exhibit” - Off Track Art
1, 8, 15, 22, 29 Downtown Westminster Farmers Market – Conaway Lot - 8am to Noon
7 Rosser's Raid Commemoration - Colonel Rosser Parking Lot - 7pm
8 Antique Appraisals Day – Carroll Post, American Legion - 10am to 4pm - $
11 Box Lunch Talk: St. Benjamin's at 250 – American Legion Post #31 – Noon to 1pm - $
27 Westminster Fallfest Parade – PA Avenue & Main Street - 7pm
27-30 Westminster Fallfest - Westminster City Park & on Saturday & Sunday - Longwell Lot
28 Midnight Madness - Downtown Westminster - 6pm to Midnight
 
October
6, 13, 20, 27 Downtown Westminster Farmers Market – Conaway Lot - 8am to Noon
6 Common Ground on the Hill Concert Series: James Keelaghan – Carroll Arts Center - 8pm - $
9 HSCC Box Lunch Talk: Do You Believe in Ghosts? – American Legion Post #31 – Noon to 1pm - $
30 Halloween Parade – PA Avenue & Main Street - 7pm
 
November
3, 10, 17 Downtown Westminster Farmers Market – Conaway Lot - 8am to Noon
3 Common Ground on the Hill Concert Series: The Burns Sisters – Carroll Arts Center - 8pm - $
8 Box Lunch Talk: Evapco, Inc. - Worldwide Leader in Heat Transfer Products and Services - a Corporate Overview – American Legion Post #31 – Noon to 1pm - $
8-10 39th Annual Mistletoe Mart – Church of the Ascension - 10am to 8:30 or 5pm on Saturday - $
24 4th Annual Miracle on Main Holiday Event - 5pm to 9pm
29-30

Festival of Wreaths - Carroll Arts Center - 10am to 8pm

 
December
1-8 Festival of Wreaths – Carroll Arts Center - 10am to 8pm Thursday through Saturday and Noon to 4pm Sunday only
1, 8, 15, 22 Santa's House - Locust Lane - Noon to 4pm
11 Box Lunch Talk: In the Eye of the Storm – American Legion Post #31 – Noon to 1pm - $
15 Common Ground on the Hill Concert Series: Walt Michaels & Co. Holiday Concert – Carroll Arts Center - 8pm - $
31 5-4-3-2... The New Year! - 1st Block of West Main Street, Downtown Westminster - 11:30pm
 
2012 Major Events around Westminster but not Downtown:
March 24 15th Annual Maryland & the Civil War: A Regional Perspective – Carroll Community - 9am to 3pm
May 5 - 6 Great American Cake Show & Wedding Cake Competition – Carroll County Ag Center - 10am to 5pm
May 5-6 Civil War Living History Reenactment – Carroll Co Farm Museum - 10am to 5pm
May 19-20 Blacksmith Days - Carroll Co Farm Museum - 8am to 5pm
June 8-10 Lax Max Lacrosse Tournament – Various Playing Fields around Westminster - All Day
June 9 40th Annual Deer Creek Fiddlers' Convention – Carroll Co Farm Museum - 9am to dark
July 4 4th of July Celebration Concert & Fireworks -Carroll County Farm Museum- 10am to 6pm
July 1-13 Common Ground on the Hill Traditions Weeks – McDaniel College - 9am to 9:30pm
July 7-8 15th Annual Roots Music & Arts Festival - Carroll Co Farm Museum - 10am to 9 or 6pm
July 21 Surf & Turf Summertime Fun Festival - Carroll Co Farm Museum - 3pm to 8pm
Sept 7-9 Steam Show Days - Carroll Co Farm Museum - 7am to Dusk
Sept 15-16 Maryland Wine Festival - Carroll Co Farm Museum - 10am or Noon to 6pm
Sept 29 Maryland Microbrewery Festival – Union Mills Homestead - 11am to 7pm
Oct 20-21 Fall Harvest Days - Carroll Co Farm Museum - 10am to 5pm
   
For more information on Downtown events, check out the Main Street News.