Fairy and Gnome Home Festival

About the Event

Schedule:

What's new for 2024?

Our festival is meant to appeal to all ages, from the adorable preschool fairies to the cosplay teens and adults.

New this year, we are adding more activities for teens and adults! From anime to cosplay, to cottage-core and comic-con,  we’ve added more fun for older fairies, pirates, wizards, and mystical beings to enjoy. Dress in your best fandom costume and join us! (some activities may cost extra)

Added Earth Day fun! Celebrate Earth Day at the Fairy Festival with added eco-friendly activities.

More music and performing arts!

Scattered throughout the Wondrous Woods - the Fairy House Hunt!  Can you find 150 houses scattered throughout the park?

This year, guests will enjoy:

Take a journey through our seven Wondrous Worlds! Begin your journey with a photo op with the Fairy Princess Blossom!

Scattered throughout the Wondrous Worlds - the Fairy House Hunt!  Can you find all the houses scattered throughout the park?

Skylandia - a retro skyland full of fun!
Frolic in the Fairy Lolly
Make an enchanting accessory
Mine for gems and fossils ($)
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!
Find the beat and make music of your own with Everybody Drum
Take Majestic Photos
Pixie Falls -- a whimsical watery fairyland

Build Fairy Houses and Gnome Homes
Listen to Fairytales and Music at the Overlook:

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

Go on an I SPY journey

The Bubbling Bog - a gnome's and ogre's delight!
Meet Friendly Gnomes, Gus and Luna Le Fey
Embark on a gnome hunt
Try Leatherworking
Explore geological specimens
Witness the swordfighting of Maryland KDF (Kunst des Fechtens)

Fernwood Acre- a lushy, leafy land of forest beings and feathered friends
Design with leaves and bark
Learn about feathered friends
Play tree games

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 and greets, photo ops

11:30 - Storytime
12:30 - Storytime
2:30  - Storytime
3:30 - meet and greet
Try your hand at Axe-throwing ($)
Make great Sand Art ($)

Enjoy tasty treats:
Slim Chickens
Nicolletti's
Calvert Kettle Corn
Dan D's Concessions
Creme To Go
Gato Tacos
Adult Beverages by Calvert Crabs

Admission:  Reserve your advance tickets online - $10/person online ($13 at the gate, if not sold out); kids 2 and under free, members free; unicorn rides require advance tickets; SNAP card holders.

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