State cup

July 9

Brewers, vintners and distillers from throughout the state will showcase their merchandise on the Maryland Beer, Wine, & Spirits Pageant. Attendees can pattern the libations, all made by Maryland producers. The occasion additionally options reside music, an artisans market and meals vans. Admission consists of sampling, however nondrinkers can get a delegated driver move for a reduced price.

Midday to five p.m.; $15 designated driver move, $45 common admission (entry at 1 p.m.), $60 VIP move (entry at midday); Montgomery County Fairgrounds, Gaithersburg, growandfortify.com

Let’s dance

July 21, Aug. 4, Sept. 15

There are three possibilities left to Salsa within the Park, Montgomery Parks’ month-to-month outside salsa evening, which kicked off in April. The occasion collection, which runs by way of September, incorporates a reside Latin music efficiency, salsa dance classes, and meals and drinks on the market by native distributors at a special park every month. The July occasion takes place at Waring Station Native Park in Germantown, August’s occasion is at Wheaton Forest Native Park in Wheaton, and September’s occasion is at Lengthy Department-Arliss Neighborhood Park in Silver Spring.

5-8 p.m., free, numerous areas, montgomeryparks.org/event-team/salsa-in-the-park

Saturday evening fever

July 23

Put in your boogie footwear, pack a picnic and head to Strathmore’s Bloom at Good Hope: 70s Hits live performance, that includes singer Cecily. Backed by a full band, the D.C.-based vocalist guarantees a excessive power, deeply emotional efficiency of her favourite songs from the Nineteen Seventies, together with dance flooring classics, socially acutely aware hits, and singer/songwriter gems. Chairs, blankets and meals are welcome, however alcohol and pets should not allowed. RSVP on-line.

5 p.m., free/pay-what-you-can, Good Hope Neighborhood Recreation Middle, Silver Spring, strathmore.org

Seeing stars

Aug. 3-24

Town of Rockville presents 4 family-friendly movies for its summer time outside film collection, every at a special park, every week all through August. See The Guardian Lure (the 1998 model staring Lindsay Lohan) at Courthouse Sq. Park on Aug. 3, The Boss Child at Montrose Park on Aug. 10, The Secret Lifetime of Pets at Potomac Woods Park on Aug. 17, and Shrek at Calvin Park on Aug. 24. Deliver a picnic and chairs or a blanket, however no alcohol.

Films start at nightfall (about 8 p.m.), free, numerous areas, Rockville, rockvillemd.gov

Honest fanfare

Aug. 12-20

The Montgomery County Agricultural Honest is thought and cherished for its livestock, craft competitors, demolition derbies, carnival rides and outrageous meals. This yr, the honest welcomes some recent points of interest, together with a Cycle Circus, which options bike and bike stunts and acrobatics, and a lumberjack present with log rolling, ax throwing and chopping competitions. You’ll additionally discover reside musical performances, magic exhibits and numerous automobile races.

3 p.m. to midnight Aug. 12; 10 a.m. to midnight Aug. 13 and 19-20; 10 a.m. to 11 p.m. Aug. 14-18; $12 upfront, $15 on the gate, free for youngsters 11 and youthful, further price for rides and a few points of interest; Montgomery County Agricultural Fairgrounds, Gaithersburg, mcagfair.com

It’s an indication

By July 24

With smashing opinions and field workplace gross sales, the Broadway revival of The Music Man, starring Hugh Jackman, has been credited with energizing New York’s theater scene this yr. Regionally, Olney Theatre Middle is placing a brand new spin on the musical comedy with a manufacturing that incorporates a forged equally comprised of members who’re Deaf and members who can hear. The present stars Deaf actor James Caverly (of Hulu’s Solely Murders within the Constructing) as con man “Professor” Harold Hill, who involves River Metropolis with a scheme to promote musical devices and uniforms to the city’s youths and prepare them to begin a band, however then take off with their cash with out ever giving them classes. Olney’s manufacturing reimagines the play, incorporating American Signal Language into the dialogue, songs and choreography.

$37-$85, Mainstage, Olney Theatre Middle, olneytheatre.org

Math issues

By Aug. 21

A number of youngsters—and adults, too—will determine with Fantastagirl, the primary character of Journey Theatre’s new musical Fantastagirl and the Math Monster. The second grade superhero is a whiz at studying however not so assured together with her math abilities. When she’s confronted with a math take a look at, the Math Monster rears its head, and so does Fantastagirl’s anxiousness. However when she tries to make use of phrases and grammar to resolve issues confronted by her family and friends, she finds she wants math to avoid wasting the day. Written by native playwrights Tori Boutin and Madeline Belknap, the present options songs impressed by Nineteen Eighties glam rock and synth pop, in addition to Nineteen Nineties hip-hop.

$25, Journey Theatre, Glen Echo, adventuretheatre-mtc.org