The annual Montgomery Parks’ “Garden of Lights,” a breathtaking outdoor winter light display at Brookside Gardens in Wheaton, will open on Friday, Nov. 22. This year’s exhibit will feature more than 1.5 million twinkling LED lights (video preview below).
The 2024 Festival of Lights will take place from December 5, 2024 to January 1, 2025 at the Washington DC Temple (9900 Stoneybrook Dr in Kensington, MD). At the Festival of Lights, over 500,000 Christmas lights illuminate the temple grounds to ring in the season and celebrate the birth of Jesus Christ. The lights will turn on each night at 4:45 PM and go off at 9:00 PM each evening.
The Montgomery County Thanksgiving Parade will take place in Downtown Silver Spring on Saturday, Nov. 16, from 10 a.m. to noon, featuring large inflatables, floats, and a special appearance by […]
Celebrate Beall Avenue’s vibrant transformation with art, fun and community spirit at the Beall Avenue Asphalt Art Celebration and Dedication during a street festival, from 1-3 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 10 at Gibbs and Beall streets in front of VisArts, 155 Gibbs St. in Rockville.
The 16th Annual Tribute to America’s Veterans concert will take place on November 8 at Cissel-Saxon American Legion Post 41 in Silver Spring, featuring The Patty Reese Band, with food and drinks available for purchase, and a guest speech by retired U.S. Navy Captain Cynthia Izuno Macri. (more…)
Gaithersburg’s Rio Lakefront is hosting its annual “Light Up the Lakefront” event on Saturday, December 7th from 5pm-7pm that will feature a fireworks display over the lake.
The Montgomery County Thanksgiving Parade will take place in Downtown Silver Spring on Saturday, Nov. 16, from 10 a.m. to noon, featuring large inflatables, floats, and a special appearance by Santa. (more…)
Calling all builders, crafters and woodworkers. Montgomery Parks will hold its annual Urban Wood Sale on the weekend of November 9-10, 2024. The Urban Wood Sale will take place on Saturday and Sunday, November 9-10, 2024 from 8:00am until noon at Montgomery Parks’ Green Farm Maintenance Facility (8301 Turkey Thicket Drive, Gaithersburg, MD 20879).
A Quince Orchard High School senior has created “6th Fear Haunted Trail: Out of this World,” a free haunted trail in North Potomac that runs Halloween night and the following two evenings. Visitors can enjoy a free, alien-themed experience while supporting a donation drive for Manna Food Bank with non-perishable items. (more…)
On Saturday, November 2, 2024, Montgomery Parks is commemorating the 160th Maryland Emancipation Day (November 4) with events at four of cultural sites: