Craft Fairs & Farmers Markets in Annapolis, Maryland

Annapolis Holiday Market is held at St John's College in downtown Annapolis during December, featuring artisans and food vendors selling handmade goods, crafts, art, and festive specialty foods. Free admission. New vendors who make all their own items are welcome to apply.

Held in Crownsville at Anne Arundel County Fairgrounds, the Annapolis Irish Festival is a two-day celebration featuring live music, Irish dance performances, food and beverage vendors, Highland games, axe throwing, and Irish-themed shopping. Friday night kicks off with family and first responder programming; Saturday is all-ages with contests, a kids zone, and a full schedule of entertainment. Vendors must attend both days.

Held in May at Anne Arundel County Fairgrounds in Crownsville, the Anne Arundel Asian American Festival welcomes both commercial and independent craft vendors. Applications are shared across the Peake Events/ABC Events portfolio, so you can select this festival along with others (Maryland Chicken Wing Festival, Annapolis Irish Festival, Maryland Seafood Festival) within a single form.

Eastport a Rockin' is Annapolis' home-grown local music festival in its 30th year, held on Back Creek and Second Street in Eastport. The event features 40 bands across four stages plus a vendor marketplace — volunteers run it and proceeds benefit local charities. Sustainability is built in: the festival actively recycles and encourages vendors and attendees to do the same.

Juried arts festival on Inner West Street; original art, photography, handmade jewelry/crafts, literary arts, antiques, and vintage items only - no commercial merchandise. A single annual application covers the series. Organized by Inner West Street Association.

36th-year celebration of African, African American, and Caribbean heritage at Navy-Marine Corps Stadium; ~150 vendors of African art, jewelry, handmade goods; dance, three stages, kids activities. Food vendors not accepted. Young Entrepreneur booths (ages 7-18).

In its 13th year, Maryland Chicken Wing Festival brings together the best wing vendors from the mid-Atlantic for a two-day celebration in Annapolis featuring live music on dual stages, wing eating and sauce competitions, axe throwing, archery, and a pepper eating contest. Strong food-vendor focus with a festival crowd ready to eat.

52nd-year seafood festival at Sandy Point State Park on the Chesapeake; ~50-60 exhibitors incl. seafood vendors, local artisans and merchants; crab soup cook-off, live music. Produced by ABC & Peake Events. Not juried.