⭐ Cultural Highlight
🏙️ Black-Owned Culture Event · Annual
Black Frederick Festival
The annual outdoor celebration of Black-owned businesses, culture, music, and creativity in Frederick County. A community-driven festival that puts the Gem City's Black entrepreneurs, artists, and culture front and center. This is the event on HoodCity Culture's calendar.
April 2026
HAPPENING NOW & THIS MONTH
18
APR
Lynching Victims Marker Dedication
18
APR
Earth Day Celebration
11
APR
Grand Opening: The Banyan
9
APR
Live Jazz at Tenth Ward Distilling
12
APR
Music of the Regiment
7
APR
Month of the Young Child Opening Night
23
APR
Liberty in Context: American Story at 250
26
APR
America 250 History Fair
APR
Recur
Downtown Frederick Artwalk
4
APR
The Comedy Pigs at MET Comedy Night
4
APR
Frederick City Hyper Local Brew Fest
Coming Up
SIGNATURE ANNUAL EVENTS
1st
SAT
First Saturday Downtown
JUN+
2026
Alive @ Five Summer Concert Series
4
JUL
Frederick's 4th – Independence Day
12
SEP
In the Streets (Sponsored by Pella)
FALL
2026
Black Frederick Festival ⭐
2
DEC
Bootleggers Ball
DEC
2026
Holidays in Historic Frederick
2
MAY
Meredith Willson's The Music Man
16
MAY
Beyond the Garden Gates Garden Tour
Official Sources
FULL EVENT CALENDARS
Visit Frederick — Official Tourism
visitfrederick.org/events
City of Frederick Official Events
cityoffrederickmd.gov/events
Downtown Frederick Partnership
downtownfrederick.org/events
Eventbrite — Frederick
eventbrite.com/d/md--frederick/events
Celebrate Frederick
celebratefrederick.com
Weinberg Center for the Arts
weinbergcenter.org
Frederick County Parks & Recreation
recreater.com/31/Upcoming-Events
⭐ Black Frederick Festival
downtownfrederick.org/black-frederick-festival