Kent Island Day 2023

Check out all of this year's activities and map Check out all of this year's activities and map HERE!!

Opening Ceremonies began at 10:15 am

Parade began at 10:30 am

Historic Sites opened at 11:00 am

Entertainment began at 11:30 am

Vendors, Exhibitors, Craft Demonstrators, Food and Beverages 11:00 am to 4:00 pm

If you are interested in becoming a Sponsor for or Participant in Kent Island Day 2024 please contact Stacy Bernstein, Event Administrative Coordinator, at 443-985-5681 or stacy_bernstein@yahoo.com or Jack Broderick, President, at 410-829-7760 or broderickjack0407@gmail.com.  Comments or questions?  Please contact us!

Kent Island Day 2022 was held Saturday May 21, 2022 with opening ceremonies, an awesome parade, musical entertainment, great food, and vendors galore!  If you were there you might find yourself in some of the photos.  If you missed it we are already planning for Kent Island Day 2023 so check back for the most recent updates.

To see a list of events, map of exhibits and vendors, and the awesome list of patrons and sponsors click the link below!

Kent Island Day 2022 Map and Schedule of Events

 

If you are interested in becoming a Sponsor of Kent Island Day 2024 please contact Jack Broderick at 410-829-7760 or by email at kent.island.heritage.society@gmail.com.

Previous Kent Island Days

Each year, on the third Saturday of May, Kent Island Day commemorates the founding of Kent Island in 1631 with a parade down Main Street, historic exhibits, displays, musical entertainment, activities, food, vendors, costumes, activities for kids and crafts.  Check out our photo gallery below!

 

Photos

Robert Marsteller with KI Heritage Society VP Nancy Cook at Kent Island Day. Image courtesy Doug Bishop, the Kent Island Bay Times.
Everyone enjoys being outside on a gorgeous day in historic downtown Stevensville for the parade and festival.
"WHO's that?" Staff from the Chesapeake Bay Environmental Center showed off a beautiful spotted owl.
Vendors of all kinds are invited to participate in the festival. Here Chris Martin Decoys of Church Hill, Maryland displays quality handmade wooden waterfowl and shorebird decoys carved in the Eastern Shore tradition.
Rope maker at Kent Island Day
Look who is here!
BBQ and stage area
War of 1812 encampment

Images courtesy the Prodigal Daughter Returns and Kent Island Heritage Society.