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First Sunday Arts Festival & Labor Day Parade
September 3, 2017 @ 10:00 am - 4:00 pm
This Labor Day Weekend Sunday we will be packing West Street and the Annapolis Arts District with a full day of fun, art, entertaintment and a pop up Labor Day parade.
We suggest you start your Sunday in Annapolis, Maryland with Sunday Brunch. There is a ton of great choices for brunch along West Street and Downtown Annapolis. The festival starts at 11am with 130 artisans lining West Street and Whitmore Park in the Annapolis Arts District. Get ready to do some shopping from great local and regional artists and crafters. The selection seems to be getting better every month this year.
In between shopping enjoy cafe dining, Food trucks and check out great Live music performing outdoors next to Stan and Joe’s Saloon, Visit Annapolis Visitors Center, City Gate and Whitmore Park.
At 3pm is a Labor Day Parade will kick off on West Street near Fado Irish Pub & Restaurant and head down West Street to the First Sunday Arts Festival and turn onto Calvert Street and ending at Northwest Street. The best parade viewing areas while dinning is on the patio of BAROAK at the Loews Annapolis Hotel, John Barry Restaurant Annapolis patio at O’Callaghan Annapolis Hotel, and the rooftop of Metropolitan Kitchen and Lounge. There is also plenty of sidewalk space to line up along West street betwwen Calvert Street and Amos Garrett to watch the parade.
There will be fun for the kids in Whitmore Park with the return of Tattered Hatters. Here anyone can have fun and show off their creative side making free Maddhatter Hats. Plus we have ballon sculptures, and face painting on West Street.
After parties will continue after the festival with music at Rams Head Tavern Annapolis, art receptions at 49 West Coffeehouse, Winebar & Gallery, and movies at 1747 Pub at Reynolds Tavern.
Easy parking at Whitmore’s Garage (Clay Street), Gott’s Court garage(Calvert Street), Knighton Garage(Colonial Ave) and free parking at the State Garage (19 St Johns Street)
First Sunday Arts Festival events continue on October 1st and November 5th we host our Holiday Market edition of the festival and on December 3rd we host the popular Annapolis Chocolate Binge Festival.
Make sure to Visit Annapolis and see all the fun, history and art that Downtown Annapolis has to offer.