Fairy and Gnome Home Festival

Sunday, Apr 21, 2024 at 11:00am

Annmarie Sculpture Garden and Arts Center
13470 Dowell Road
410-326-4640

Dress up in your favorite fantasy finery and join us for the most magical day of the year! Explore the Wondrous Woods, shop the enchanted marketplace, search for over 180 fairy houses, meet whimsical characters and wandering performers, make enchanting arts and crafts, engage in imaginative play, enjoy nature explorations, adorable animal encounters, unicorn rides, and more. Food and drink will be available. It's going to be a wonderful day!

Schedule of Events:

Skylandia - a retro skyland full of fun!

Frolic in the Fairy Lolly

Make an enchanting accessory

Mine for gems & fossils ($)

Entertainment: Dance to the music with KIVA at the Fairy Lolly Pavilion  

Fantastic Forest of Bewildering Beasts -- a medieval forest filled with wildlife

Meet Extraordinary Creatures, real and imaginary!

Entertainment: Find the beat and make music of your own with Everybody Drum

Take Majestic Photos

Entertainment: Did you marvel at the Magician? Watch Illusions by Vick

Pixie Falls -- a whimsical watery fairyland

Build Fairy Houses & Gnome Homes

Entertainment: Listen to Fairytales and Music at the Overlook:

12:00-12:30: Storytime with Calvert Library
12:45-1:45: Brandi D, Accordionist
2:00-2:30: Storytime with Calvert Library
2:30-3:30: Brandon Kennedy, Folk/Irish music
3:30-4:00: Storytime with Calvert Library

The Bubbling Bog -- a gnome's and ogre's delight!

Go on a Gnome Hunt and Meet Gus the Gnome

Help us build a swamp creature

Fling Frogs, Toss Toads!

Explore nature specimens

Entertainment: Witness the swordfighting of Maryland KDF (Kunst des Fechtens)

Fernwood Acre- a lushy, leafy land of forest beings and feathered friends

Sculpt an owl-some pet

Learn about feathered friends

Play tree games

Craft a fairy garden ($)

Genovia Moon -- a majestic celestial meadowland!

Pet adorable animals in Mary's Go Round Petting Zoo

Ride a unicorn ($ advance tickets required)

Face Painting with Kreative Kharacters ($)

Embark on a Royal Relay

Over the Rainbow

Meet the Chesapeake Mermaid - storytimes, meet & greets, photo ops

11:30 - Storytime
12:30 - Storytime
2:30  - Storytime
3:30 - meet and greet

Entertainment: Try your hand at Axe-throwing ($)

Make great Sand Art ($)

Admission: Advance timed-entry tickets required: $10 for non-members; kid 2 & under free; members free.  $13 at the gate (if not sold out).

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