St. Mary's County Crab Festival

Saturday, Jun 14, 2025 at 11:00am

St. Mary's County Fairgrounds
42455 Fairgrounds Road

The Leonardtown Lions Club proudly presents the 39th Annual St. Mary's County Crab Festival

The Crab Festival is a celebration of St. Mary's Crab Culture and Cooking.

Activities

Eat Crabs at Their Best

Food Vendors 

Cold Vbeer

Live Music From Noon-7:00pm 

Free Vision and Hearing Screening 

Arts & Craft's 

Classic Car Show 

Crab Picking Contest 

Kid's Activities

Bounce House

Crab Races

And Much More....

Entertainment

12pm-3pm - The Fabulous Hubcaps

4pm-7pm - Thunderball

Expect to find plenty of steamed hard crabs, crab soups, crab cakes, and other seafood dishes available for purchase.

Before or after your meal, browse among our regional crafters!

If you've been looking for that special, handmade gift or item with a 'Crabby' theme, you'll probably find it here!

Enjoy local entertainment and Live Music !!

Visit our arts and crafts area and take home a memory!!*

See a GREAT Classic Car Show!!

Large inflatables play area for the kids!

​Register to show your car by completing the registration form

A Fun Crab-Picking Contest

This is your chance to show just how good you are at Crab Picking and at the same time, take home a trophy.

Each person’s ‘pickings’ will have all non-meat parts removed and then weighed by the contest judges.

Community Education and LOTS of Hands-On Activities for the Kids

Gate Admission: $10 dollars per person.

Age 12 and under, free!

Food Purchases extra.

May

10

May

14

May

17

Beigh 5K

10:00 AM
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