FIRST FRIDAY EVENINGS IN BRUNSWICK
Date: September 4, 2009
Hours: 5-9pm
Description: First Fridays feature special activities, entertainment and extended store hours on the first Friday evening of the month in historic downtown Brunswick.  
Location: Main Street area-Potomac St. and Maple Ave.
Contact: (301)834-5591 Website

FIRST SATURDAY -AROUND THE WORLD IN 15 BLOCKS
Date: September 5, 2009
Hours: 5pm-on
Description: International dance demonstrations, music and activities from various countries.  Get your passport stamped in different "countries." Downtown Frederick, Market, Patrick, Carroll, Church and East Sts.  Everedy Square & Shab Row, Frederick.  Enjoy an evening of exhibit openings, guest artists, and live entertainment designed to showcase the best of Downtown Frederick on the First Saturday of every month. More than 80 shops, galleries, and restaurants are open until 9pm or later.
Location: Downtown Frederick
Contact: (301)698-8118 Website

ST. ELIZABETH ANN SETON'S 235TH BIRTHDAY CELEBRATION
Date: August 30, 2009
Hours: 10am-4:30pm
Description: The birthday anniversary will be celebrated in the Basilica, beginning with Mass at 1:30pm.  Special honors will be paid to women and girls named Elizabeth Ann or Elizabeth.  Following Mass, the birthday party moves into the Courtyard for face painting, games, and music.  Visit a working HO scale model railroad, located in an authentic Chesapeake and Ohio railroad car!  
Location: National Shrine of St. Elizabeth Ann Seton, 333 S. Seton Ave, Emmitsburg
Contact: (301)447-6606 Website

WEINBERG CENTER FOR THE ARTS
Date: August, September, October, 2009
Description: Weinberg Center is a showcase for performing arts in Frederick that enhances our area’s cultural life. Frederick's historic 1926 movie palace is home to year-round quality entertainment: professional music, dance, and theater; classic movies and family entertainment. Box office: Tues - Fri 10 AM - 4 PM, Sat 10 AM - 2 PM and one hour before performance time. VISA, MC, AE, DISCOVER. Handicapped accessible.
Location: Weinberg Center for the Arts, 20 W. Patrick St., Frederick
Contact: Contact: (301)600-2828 Website

THE GREAT FREDERICK FAIR
Date: September 18-26, 2009
Hours: 9am-10pm
Description: Frederick County's single largest event and nine best days of fall, featuring concerts, agriculture exhibits, carnival/midway, harness races, local business exhibits and displays, handcrafted/homegrown exhibits. 
Location: Frederick Fairgrounds, 797 E. Patrick St., Frederick
Contact: (301)663-5895 Website

THURMONT & EMMITSBURG COMMUNITY SHOW
Date: September 12 & 13, 2009
Hours: 10am-2pm
Description: Exhibits such as farm & garden, youth and junior departments, beef, sheep and swine show and sale.  Fri 6-10pm, Sat 10am-10pm, Sun 10am-3pm. 
Location: Catoctin High School, 14745 Sabillasville Rd., Thurmont.
Contact: (301)271-2104 Website