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Weekend Events - SEPTEMBER 7-9, 2012
The annual Deep Creek Lake Art & Wine Festival, benefiting the American Red Cross, features beautifully handcrafted works by local and regional artisans, wine tasting from over 200 Maryland and national wineries, live music, children's activities, wine pairing dinners, lodging packages, and more.
Friday, September 7- Wine Pairing Dinners
The Art & Wine Festival begins Friday night with area restaurants offering special pre-fix wine pairing dinners. Restaurants include Savage River Lodge,
Cornish Manor,
Dutch's at Silver Tree, Uno Chicago Grill,
Pine Lodge Steakhouse,
Deer Park Inn, Santa Fe Grille, and Will O' the Wisp to pair pre-selected wines with specially prepared dinner courses.
Saturday, September 8 - Deep Creek Lake Art & Wine Festival
TICKETS ARE AVAILABLE AT THE ENTRANCE TO THE FESTIVAL LOCATED AT THE MOSSER ROAD FAIRGROUNDS ENTRANCE (Mosser Rd is at the traffic light on 219).
The Deep Creek Lake Art & Wine Festival weekend continues on Saturday from noon until 6:00 PM at the Garrett County Fairgrounds in McHenry, Maryland. The wine store will be open until 7 pm.
- Food Artisans: Taste and purchase homemade products from local food artisans including Firefly Farms, DeBerry Farms, and Gourmet to Go fudge.
- Guest Wine Pourers: Visitors who frequent the Deep Creek Lake area will have the opportunity to chat with locals who are elevated to a new status for the afternoon as they become the festival's guest pourers. Past participants include State Senator George Edwards, Maryland Delegate Wendell Beitzel, and our county commissioners.
- Wine Shop: NOW IN THE NEW EXHIBIT HALL! Guests may purchase the wines at the festival's retail store (open until 7 PM), with net proceeds donated to the Red Cross.
- Food: Delicious sandwiches, cheeses, ice cream, salads and more will be available for sale throughout the day from Archie's, Junior Women's Civic Club, Garrett College Athletics, Lakeside Creamery, Jearbryo's, Knights of Columbus, and Copper Kettle Popcorn Factory.
- Live Entertainment:
- Travis Minnick : Noon - 1:00 pm
- Dmitry Kubin: 1:00 - 1:30 pm
- Brothers Short: 1:30 - 3:30 pm
- Dmitry Kubin: 3:30 - 4:00 pm
- Sugar Foot Stompers : 4:00 - 6:00 pm
- Silent Auction: The auction includes art, wine and wine accessories, jewelry, children's items, gift certificates and other great finds. Auction begins at noon and ends at 4 pm.
- For the Kids: Kids too will enjoy the festival with free activities just for them including face painting, balloon art, air brush tattoos, carriage rides, moon bounce & much more. For an additional nominal cost, kids can bob for ducks at the American Red Cross Duck Bobbing Booth where everyone wins!
Ticket Info
Tickets for the Deep Creek Art & Wine Festival are $25 for adults, 21 and over and include entry fee, wine tastings and a commemorative wine glass. Tax is not included. Tickets for the Premium Wine Tasting Area are $10 each, plus tax, payable at the entrance to the Premium Wine Tasting Area (you must have purchased a $25 tasting wristband). There are limited quantities of the premium wines and the area will close once the samples are depleted.
Admittance only is $5 and children five and under are free.
PETS
We request that you to leave your pets in the comfort of your home or lodging accomodations. The festival can get a bit crowded, especially around the tasting areas and can be stressful on our furry friends. We all love our pets and want them to be happy and relaxed. Remember, many of the rental homes through our lodging partners, as well as Wisp Resort, love dogs and are happy to accomodate!
Lodging Packages
Deep Creek Lake Art & Wine Festival lodging packages are available at participating hotels, B & B's and resort rental agencies. The packages include entrance to the Deep Creek Lake Art & Wine Festival, wine tastings, commemorative glass and Friday night wine dinner gift certificates to be used toward wine pairing dinners at participating restaurants.
2011 Sponsors
The Deep Creek Lake Art & Wine Festival is sponsored in part by local & regional businesses including Wisp Resort, Long & Foster REALTORS, Inc., McHenry Beverage, Railey Mountain Lake Vacations, Constellation Energy, Bath Fitters, Taco Bell, Archie's Barbeque, Arrowhead Market, Garrett County Chamber of Commerce, Clear Mountain Bank, Knights of Columbus, Maryland Life Magazine, Taylor-Made Vacations, My Bank! First United, Lake-Front Magazine, NuWay Interiors, Coca-Cola Companies, Pepsi Bottling Company, Jearbryo's, Vacationsurfingcom, DeepCreekTimes.com, Little Mountain Promotions, Phenix Technologies, Good Timber Bed & Breakfast, and MarketWorks, LLC.
Sunday, September 9
Sunday Brunch will be offered by these area restaurants:
Pine Lodge Steakhouse 10 am - 2 pm 301.387.6500
Savage River Lodge 9 am - 2 pm 301.689.3200
Cornish Manor 301.334.4617
Mountain State Brewing Company 301.387.3360
