Are you a chocoholic in need of a fix? You won’t want to miss the 2nd Annual Chocolate Binge Festival. A dozen local chocolate vendors will be selling chocolate specialties, including chocolate caramels, cakes, chocolate bars, truffles, fudge, cookies, candies, hot chocolate, fondue, martinis and more. The afternoon also includes family-friendly entertainment, holiday shopping and the lighting of the newly expanded West Street Holiday Light Canopy. Enjoy live music, a marshmallow roast, a gingerbread house moon bounce, giant snowball run, hot chocolate with members of the Annapolis Police Department and...

Bring your own ornament or decorate one on site to help trim the tree before it gets lit with Santa at 4:45 p.m. Enjoy music, cocoa, cider, rum cake, cookies and more. Fun for the whole family! Free.

Led by St. John’s College tutor Matthew Holtzman. Join members of the Mitchell Gallery Book Club for a docent tour of the “Hidden Beauty” exhibition followed by a discussion of a related reading in “Objectivity” by Lorraine Daston and Peter Galison from 2:30 to 4:30 p.m. Registration is required. Call 410-626-2556.

Lights, garland, action! Historic downtown Annapolis shops throw open their doors in a glorified block party that’s open to all. Enjoy outside musical performances as well as food and refreshments at many stores as you stroll along Main Street, Maryland Avenue, Inner West Street, and State Circle in search of that perfect gift. To enhance the experience, the first block of Main Street will be closed to traffic for the first time this year. Sponsored by the Downtown Annapolis Partnership.

Has your genealogy research hit a brick wall? Are you having trouble tracking down an elusive ancestor, or a maiden name or marriage date for a couple in your family tree? Could you use some suggestions for new sources or websites that might solve your problem? Do you need help making sense of the records you have found? If so, join us as Betty deKeyser, Carol Carman, and Tom McCarriar will field your questions and give you ideas on how to get your research moving again. Betty, Carol, and Tom...

New this year: Friday AND Saturday Nights! Experience the magic of a winter evening at Illuminated London Town! Sip hot cider and roast s'mores beside roaring fires in the Historic Area, included in the price. Explore the gardens, illuminated with festive holiday lights. Discover colonial nighttime and holidays at a candlelit William Brown House, decorated for the season. Enjoy special performances in the gardens each week, such as the Chesapeake Revelers or the Londontowne Symphony Orchestra. The Coffee Table Truck will have hot specialty drinks for sale. Bring the family to...

Have you ever wondered what preservation in progress really looks like? Beginning November 18th, take a peek behind the scaffolding in the James Brice House, where a major preservation effort has recently begun to restore the house to its 18th century grandeur. Schedule your own group tour or join one of our public tours to peer beyond the sawdust to learn about the people who built the house, lived and worked in it and the craftsmen restoring it today. $18.00 per person Tours will start from the William Paca House and...

Every year on the second Saturday in December, magic happens on the water of the Annapolis Harbor—boats suddenly appear out of the cold winter night illuminated with thousands of colored lights and crewed by jolly revelers.  Families and friends gather at their favorite viewing spots along the waterfront to see this yearly spectacle and to celebrate the holiday season together.

New this year: Friday AND Saturday Nights! Experience the magic of a winter evening at Illuminated London Town! Sip hot cider and roast s'mores beside roaring fires in the Historic Area, included in the price. Explore the gardens, illuminated with festive holiday lights. Discover colonial nighttime and holidays at a candlelit William Brown House, decorated for the season. Enjoy special performances in the gardens each week, such as the Chesapeake Revelers or the Londontowne Symphony Orchestra. The Coffee Table Truck will have hot specialty drinks for sale. Bring the family to...

Meet at Galesville Heritage Museum for Christmas Caroling in Galesville.