Olney Days will take place this weekend, May 2-4. The Party in the Park event will be held on Saturday, May 3rd from 3 pm to 9 pm at the Olney Manor Recreational Park, located at 16601 Georgia Ave in Olney. The event will take place rain or shine, with tents provided. Schedule for this weekend below:
Friday, May 2, 2025
8:00 pm – 10:00 pm
Olney Days Flix @ the Field Family Movie Night
Come watch Despicable Me 4 outside on the big screen
OBGC Freeman Fields (4501 Olney Laytonsville Road)Saturday, May 3, 2025
7:00 am-10:00 am
Ride Towards Hope
Oakdale Church (3425 Emory Church Rd)
MasonStrong Village is honored to carry on Joe’s Ride’s annual tradition with a 10k Family Ride, 5k Run/Walk and children’s Bike Rodeo. Join us for an inspirational morning to remember our heroes and raise critical support for our little warriors courageously fighting childhood cancer. Proceeds from the ride, walk or run benefit organizations providing essential resources to affected children and their families. Click here to donate or to register to ride, walk, or run.12:00 pm – 2:30 pm
Olney Days Free Paper Shred, Household Donations, Lightbulb Exchange, & Electronic Recycling Event
FREE but cash donations are appreciated to offset costs
At Sandy Spring Bank (17801 Georgia Ave – parking lot behind the building)Paper shred – 3 boxes or 3 large bags of paper. No newspapers.
Household Donations – Project B Green will accept household donations include clothing, shoes, hand bags, housewares, toys, bed & bath, media, holiday decorations, kitchenware, small electronics (working), sporting goods, books, small furniture (no larger than 4ft by 4 ft).
Lightbulb Exchange – The Department of Environmental Protection will be there to swap out your old incandescent and compact fluorescent bulbs for energy efficiency LED bulbs. Feel free to bring as many lightbulbs as you have and receive up to 3 LEDs per person.
Electronic Recycling – Montgomery County will accept activity fitness trackers, alarm clocks, audio equipment, cable/satellite boxes, cables, calculators, circuit boards, computers and related items (CRT and flatscreen monitors, keyboards, flash drives, modems), copiers, digital cameras, drones, small handheld electric tools, radios, remote controls, stereos, cell phones, empty toner cartridges, video game consoles and controllers. For a complete list of accepted itemsclick here to go to the county’s electronics recycling page.
Terracycling – Green Olney will be collecting hard to recycle things that cannot be placed in the household blue bins picked up by the county. These things include: Crayons, pens, pencils (wood and mechanical), markers, toothpaste tubes with caps, toothbrushes, floss containers and the packaging it comes in, disposable razors, blades, and the packaging it comes in, socks, Brita brand filters, pitchers, and the packaging it comes in, beauty and skincare bottles, tubes, caps, mascara tubes and wands, jars, compacts, contact lens cases, single use eye-drop vials, contact solution bottles and caps. Details can be found here.
12:00 – 3:00
Rec Regatta
Olney Swim Center (16605 Georgia Ave)
Time to get creative. Build a boat that can hold 2 PEOPLE using only clean cardboard and duct tape. Bring your completed boat to the Olney Swim Center at noon to add any final touches and to check in. Google cardboard boat races for ideas. Awards will be given for Fastest Boat, Best Design, Team Spirit, and even Most Spectacular Sinking. All are welcome to watch but you must pre-register to race. Click here to register.
What can’t duct tape do?3:00 pm – Dark
Olney Days Party in the Park Olney Manor Park (16601 Georgia Ave).
- Driving to the party? Click HERE to see all the available parking options. Click HERE to get your reserved parking spot today.
- Live music performed by great local bands on TWO stages.
- Jazz Concert by the Olney Big Band (7:00 – 8:30 pm) on the Olney Civic Fund Stage.
- Olney Concert Band and Encore Singers in front of the Swim Center.
- Corn Hole and Giant Jenga available and FREE to play thanks to Olney Civic Fund
- Can you Win It in a Minute? Games designed for age 10+ (wristband for unlimited play)
- Do you have aim? GIANT Slingshot. Send 15 balls 200 feet into targets (tickets required). Fun for all ages.
- 48 ft long Inflatable Obstacle Course and Moon bounce – FREE thanks to Empire Inflatables
- 25 ft tall rock wall – FREE thanks to Boy Scouts of America
- Fun on the Field: Frisbee & Football throw, Soccer Fun, Run the Bases, Tug of War. FREE to participate.
- The Beer & Wine Garden Cash and credit cards accepted. Must be age 21 and over – bring ID.
- Food Trucks – lots of choices
- Fireworks (at dark, about 8:30 pm) from Zambelli Fireworks. For everyone’s safety, please no driving during the fireworks.
Sunday, May 4, 2025
10:00 am- 1:00 pm
28th Annual Olney Days Car and Truck Show
Sponsored by Fletcher’s Service Center
Fletcher’s Service Center (18001 Georgia Ave)
For more info, call (301) 924-4500
Past winners can be seen here.12:00 – 3:00 pm
Bikes for the World
Oakdale Church (3425 Emory Church Rd)
Donated bikes will be prepared to ship to a specific village in Sierra Leone. This village suffered tremendous losses from an Ebola outbreak right before COVID hit. This orphaned many children who are now teens and young adults. They want to work but cannot get a job without transportation. Your donated bike will make a HUGE difference in the lives of these young people who have lost so much. In addition to donated bikes, cash donations are needed in order to pay the $7,000 for shipping the container to them. Click here to make a donation. Once you are on that page, make a one time donation to “Missions – Specific” and indicate in the Note that this is for “Bikes for the World”. Thank you.
Click here for more information about the program1:30 pm
Olney Days Concert
Performed by the Olney Concert Band
Spartan Rd just east of Georgia Ave, near the Reviewing Stand2:00 pm
Olney Days Parade
Join your neighbors on Georgia Ave or Spartan Road and enjoy the music, the Scouts, and all the other representatives of our community. Click here for this year’s application
