Weekend Planner (Photos & Video)

Autumn celebrations are plentiful this weekend in Montgomery County. Enjoy a drive through the agricultural reserve and visit artist studios with the Countryside Artisans Studio Tour. Make sure you plan a visit to the expanded Oktoberfest at the Kentlands on Sunday. The Arts Barn will host an open house with activities for the entire family. The popular Sugarloaf Craft Festival returns this weekend to the fairgrounds in Gaithersburg.

Halloween is only a few weeks away, get in the spirit with the AFI Spooky Movie Horror Film Festival at the AFI Silver Theatre and Cultural Center.

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 .)

Friday, October 11

• Bethesda Art Walk 6 – 9 p.m. featuring downtown Bethesda galleries and studios
• Zumba in the Park 7 – 8 p.m. at the Gaithersburg Concert Pavilion
• Olney Theatre: Saint Joan at 7:45 p.m.
• War of the Worlds opens at Arts Barn in the Kentlands at 8 p.m.
• Olney Theatre: Rancho Mirage at 8 p.m.
• Fillmore presents Lee Brice The Otherside Tour at 8 p.m.

Saturday, October 12

Photo | ZeWrestler

• 9/11 Memorial Stair Climb at 9 a.m.
• East County Regional Leadership Summit from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.
• Germantown Library Book Sale from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.
• Make It Take It Moon Magic at Medowside Nature Center from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.
• Guided Tours of Oakley Cabin African American Museum and Park from 12 noon to 4 p.m.
• Burtonsville Fire Station 15 Open House from 12 noon to 4 p.m.
• Greek Festival from 12 noon to 9 p.m.
• Olney Theatre presents Hamlet at 1:45 p.m.
• Olney Theatre presents Saint Joan at 1:45 p.m.
• Olney Theatre production of Rancho Mirage at 2 p.m.
• Montgomery County Historical Society’s Garret Park History Walk at 2 p.m.
• Sandy Spring Museum Grape Stomp from 3:30 – 7 p.m.
• Arts Barn present War of the Worlds at 8 p.m.
• “Lucky Stiff” performance by Jay Crowder at Montgomery College’s Rockville Campus at 8 p.m.

Sunday, October 13

Oktoberfest 2012 Wine Tasting
Photo | City of Gaithersburg/Clark Day

• Hillandale Fire Station 24 Open House from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.
• 50 + Expo at Silver Spring Civic Building from 12 noon to 4 p.m.
• Oktoberfest at the Kentlands and Arts Barn Open House from 12 noon to 5 p.m.
• Chevy Chase Fire Station 7 Open House from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
• Sts. Constantine and Helen Greek Festival from 11 a.m. to 8 p.m.
• Kensington Fire Station 5 Open House from 12 noon – 4 p.m.
• Montgomery County’s Friendship Picnic from 1 to 5 p.m.
• Olney Theatre presents Saint Joan at 1:45 p.m.
• Olney Theatre production of Rancho Mirage at 2 p.m.
• Atlas Genius at Fillmore at 8 p.m.

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