BBQ, Bluegrass & Beer Festival - JugBay Wetlands Sanctuary

You're invited to Jug Bay's first ever food and music fundraiser in our beautiful restored barn at Glendening Nature Preserve!

Featuring:

GERALDINE
ROCKFISH | THE HOUSE WRENS
LIBRARY JAM ALL-STARS
AND MORE!

Buy your ticket today!

$30 per adult* (age 21 years and older - first beer included)

$20 per child or designated driver

Ticket price includes entry to the festival, all musical performances, courtesy shuttle transportation, access to event vendors, and complimentary first beer in commemorative event cup (for adults age 21 years and older). The Festival is a rain or shine event and there are no ticket refunds.

Festival proceeds support the Friends of Jug Bay. All funds raised by this event will be reinvested into education, recreation, research, and stewardship at Jug Bay Wetlands Sanctuary!

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Location Featured Vendors Our Line-Up

Location

The Barn at Glendening Nature Preserve

5702 Plummer Lane
Lothian, MD 20711

Parking on-site is limited and restricted to musicians, food vendors, volunteers, and staff. All ticketed guests are asked to park at the Wrighton Rd Park & Ride where a courtesy shuttle will pick up and drop off guests every 15-20 minutes beginning at 11:45am.

Featured Vendors

BBQ provided exclusively by:

Menke Boys BBQ was created around one simple mission: to offer the best BBQ in town. We use only high quality ingredients in all our menu items. As food lovers ourselves, we believe in providing the best food and service to all our customers. In addition to large festivals and other public events, we also offer catering for private events. You can follow us on Facebook and Instagram to find out where we’ll be next. We look forward to serving you soon!

Beer provided exclusively by:

Mully’s Brewery is a family owned and operated brewing facility started by Cindy and Jason Mullikin in 2012. World Brewing Academy graduates, award winning brewers, and certifiable beer geeks are who we are! We've been proudly operating out of Prince Frederick, Maryland for over a decade.

Our Line-Up

The House Wrens
The House Wrens were one of the first bands to lock in a slot at our inaugural festival. And even better, one of the musicians is a prior Jug Bay Wetlands Sanctuary staff member!

Performers include Lianne Wilson and Karyn Molines on fiddle, Gary Pendleton on the banjo, and Brian Davis on guitar (tentative)

Rockfish
Rockfish was another earlier sign-on band for the festival and features an eclectic blend of talent and instruments. The band features Susan Berman (guitar & vocals), Ray Saunders (guitar & vocals), Gary Pendleton (banjo, vocals & harmonica), Gary Pape (bass, guitar & vocals), Karyn Molines (fiddle), and Chris Garrett (multi-instrumentalist & vocals) (not able to attend).

Library Jam All-Stars
The Library Jam All-Stars are a group of musicians who meet for a monthly jam held at the Broadneck Library. They will perform toe-tapping traditional bluegrass on guitar, mandolin, banjo, guitar, and bass.

Geraldine
We are very excited to close the show with the wildly-talented Geraldine, a country-leaning string band bringing songwriting to the forefront, while blending elements of old time, American folk, bluegrass, and alternative country in a distinctive, enthusiastic sound. Geraldine features Josh Anderson (fiddle, mandolin, guitar, vocals), Sarah Larsen (Bass, guitar, fiddle, banjo, vocals), John Bolten (guitar, banjo, vocals), and Jonathan Vocke (dance board, percussion, banjo, mandolin, fiddle, guitar).