Weekend Planner (Photos & Video)
Don’t miss the 16th Annual Thanksgiving Parade on Saturday, Nov. 23 at 10 a.m. The parade route begins at Ellsworth Drive and Fenton Street in Downtown Silver Spring.
Find unique, seasonal gifts at the Sugarloaf Craft Festival throughout the weekend at the county fairgrounds. Holiday bazaars continue Saturday with Holly Days Bazaar in Gaithersburg, Holiday Bazaar in Olney and the Finnish Christmas Bazaar in Bethesda.
BlackRock in Germantown hosts the Philadelphia Dance Company with numerous events including a free workshop on Saturday and dance performances on Saturday and Sunday. Each performance is followed by a question and answer session with the dancers. Holiday theatrical performances continue this weekend with Olney Theatre’s The King and I, Adventure Theatre MTC’s mystery Twelve Days of Christmas and The Klezmatics perform at Montgomery College.
Here are some of our other weekend picks from the MyMCMedia.org calendar. (For area Farmers Markets, locations and hours can be found on our events calendar .)
Paolo Montalban as The King in Olney Theatre Center’s production of The King and I.
Photo | Stan Barouh
Friday, November 22
- Sugarloaf Craft Festival opens at the county fairgrounds from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.
- First annual Rockville Turkey Trot from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m. starting at the Senior Center
- Visit Discovery Friday at Barnes and Noble on the Pike to kick off holiday shopping and enjoy activities and games from 10 a.m. to 9 p.m.
- Adventure Theatre presents Twelve Days of Christmas in Glen Echo Park at 10:30 a.m.
- Enjoy the Montgomery College Chamber Signers conducted by Molly Donnelly in the Rockville Campus Music Recital Hall at 7:30 p.m.
- Join the Meaningful Movies Olney group for a viewing of A Place at the Table at 7:30 p.m.
- Montgomery Playhouse production of Neil Simon’s God’s Favorite at Arts Barn in Gaithersburg at 8 p.m.
- Olney Theatre’s holiday production of The King and I at 8 p.m.
- Fillmore presents Hoodie Allen at 8 p.m.
- Embrace the craze of Super Art Fight at VisArts in Rockville at 9 p.m. This live art competition features artists facing off in battles by drawing their way across a large canvas as the audience provides prompts and directions.
Saturday, November 23
Photo | S Pakhrin
- Find a vehicle at the Police abandoned vehicle auction in Gaithersburg from 7:30 a.m. to 1 p.m.
- Search for a treasure at the Fairgrounds Flea Market from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.
- Holly Days Bazaar at the Wesley Grove United Methodist Church in Gaithersburg form 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.
- Sugarloaf Craft Festival at the county fairgrounds from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.
- The county added weekend hours to sign up for health coverage in Silver Spring and Germantown from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
- Holiday Bazaar at Washington Christian Academy in Olney from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
- Finnish Christmas Bazaar at River Road Unitarian Church in Bethesda from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.
- Imagination Stage’s production of Lyle the Crocodile is sure to please. 1:30 and 4 p.m.
- Adventure Theatre presents Twelve Days of Christmas in Glen Echo Park at 10:30 a.m.
- Take a guided tour of the Oakley Cabin at the African American Museum and Park in Olney from noon to 4 p.m.
- Olney Theatre’s holiday production of The King and I at 2 and 8 p.m.
- Students in grades 6-12 can register to learn to make survival bracelets at the White Oak Library from 2 to 4 p.m.
- Help support fully-inclusive summer programs for children with disabilities at the JCC of Greater Washington’s 22nd Dinner of Champions at 7 p.m.
- Montgomery Playhouse production of Neil Simon’s God’s Favorite at Arts Barn in Gaithersburg at 8 p.m.
- The Philadelphia Dance Company – PHILADANCO -comes to BlackRock in Germantown at 8 p.m.
- The National Philharmonic performs Verdi’s Rquiem at Strathmore at 8 p.m.
- Mazzy Star with Psychic Ills performs at Fillmore at 8 p.m.
- Celebrate the start of Hanukkah with The Klezmatics performance at the Montgomery College Cultural Arts Center in Silver Spring at 8 p.m.
- Damascus Theatre Company presents Seussical at Olney Theatre Center at 8 p.m.
Sunday, November 24
The Philadelphia Dance Company performs Enemy Behind the Gates by Christopher Huggins. From left to right are dancers Teneise Mitchell, Mora Amina Parker, Erin Barnett, Erin Moore, and Tracy Vog.
- Sugarloaf Craft Festival at the county fairgrounds from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
- Imagination Stage’s production of Lyle the Crocodile is sure to please. 1:30 and 4 p.m.
- Adventure Theatre presents Twelve Days of Christmas in Glen Echo Park at 11 a.m. and 2 p.m.
- Montgomery Playhouse production of Neil Simon’s God’s Favorite at Arts Barn in Gaithersburg at 2 p.m.
- Olney Theatre’s holiday production of The King and I at 2 and 7:30 p.m.
- Damascus Theatre Company presents Seussical at Olney Theatre Center at 8 p.m.
- The Philadelphia Dance Company – PHILADANCO – comes to BlackRock in Germantown at 3 p.m. Come early for pre-curtain talk by the company founder Joan Myers Brown.
- The Rockville Concert Band’s Vive La France performance at Fitzgerald Theatre at 3 p.m.
- Enjoy the duo of saxophonist Noah Getz and harpist Jacqueline Pollauf at Sandy Spring Museum at 3:30 p.m.
- St. Anne’s Episcopal Church presents guitarist Andrew McNight at 4:30 p.m.
- Gaithersburg Winter Lights special event S’more Lights is a great family treat from 5 to 8 p.m.
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