Music! Food! Fun!

Saturday, June 21, 2:00-7:00 pm

The Urbana Music Festival and Bistro, sporting a new name for its sixth year, promises to provide another exciting and fun day filled with music, food, and entertainment for all ages. Please join us Saturday, June 21, from 2:00-7:00 pm, at the Urbana Regional Library for this annual celebration of music, art, activities, and fun, including:

• Live music (see bands listed below)
• Entertainment for children of all ages, including pony rides, inflatables, petting zoo, and more
• Entertainment for teens and adults including a Zumba demonstration and YMCA's Be a Rock Star 5K
• Delicious food and beverage from Capital Chicken & Waffles, Curley Q's BBQ, Family Meal, Feelin' Crabby, Pinzano's, Rita's Italian Ice, South Meets East, and more!

Musical Lineup

Ted Garber 2:00-3:00 pm

Frederick's hometown hero! Ted Garber's smoky, bluesy vocals, howling harmonica riffs, and screaming guitar licks are enticing audiences and taking fans on a diverse musical journey from the Big Apple to the Big Easy, hovering in the Mississippi Delta before heading South of the Border.

Patty Reese Band 3:30-5:00 pm

With influences including Janis Joplin, Bruce Springsteen, and Aretha Franklin, Patty Reese is winner of eleven WAMMIES, including Album of the Year, Artist of the Year, and Roots Rock Vocalist. With the voice and musicianship on Reese's latest release, Strong Medicine, it couldn't be clearer that the medicine is working.

Sol Driven Train 5:30-7:00 pm

Hailing from Charleston, SC, Sol Driven Train features rotating vocalists as well as horns, strings, and percussion to craft unique and rich music that combines American pop and folk styles with their own port-town sound.

Ted Garber

Patty Reese Band

Sol Driven Train

The Urbana Music Festival and Bistro is generously underwritten by organizations including: Villages of Urbana, C. Burr Artz Trust, Living Grace Lutheran Church, Legal & General, Dynamic Automotive, The Frederick News-Post, Natelli Communities, Community Association Services, Amber Hill Physical Therapy, Plamondon Hospitality Partners, Friends of Urbana Regional Library, Franklin Liquors, and others.

It's summertime, and that means the Thurmont Regional Library deck is the place to be! Feel free to bring snacks and drinks!

The monthly Sunday afternoon Music on the Deck concert series, which is free and appropriate for all ages, will feature an eclectic and fun mix of live music.

U.S. Navy Band Saxophone Quartet

Sunday, June 22, 2:00 pm

The Navy Band Saxophone Quartet features 1st Class musicians on saxophones, playing many different styles, ranging from standard concert saxophone quartet tunes to contemporary and jazz. They have played all over the world and are stopping by the Thurmont Library to share their music with us.

The Bumper Jacksons

Sunday, July 20, 2:00 pm

The Bumper Jacksons are a big, fun, music party. Their traditional jazz and pre-war country repertoire paints America's story from the streets of New Orleans to Appalachian hollers. Unafraid to piece together new sounds from forgotten 78's, the Bumper Jacksons boldly and elegantly balance paying homage to the traditions while fashioning their own unique style.

Kenny Ray Horton

Sunday, August 17, 2:00 pm

Kenny Ray Horton, an accomplished singer/songwriter/entertainer who honed his craft in Nashville, plays originals and classic covers. He has earned a gold record for his work, and he certainly knows how to keep an audience entertained!

The U.S. Navy Band Saxophone Quartet

The Bumper Jacksons

Kenny Ray Horton

Sponsored by the Friends of the Thurmont Library.

Two FCPL branches-Thurmont Regional Library and Urbana Regional Library-have been designated as early voting centers in Frederick County for the upcoming election cycles.

Any registered voter who is qualified for the election may vote during early voting. Early voting for the Primary Elections will take place in the Community Room at both library branches, which will be open to the public June 12-19 from 10 am-8 pm.

Urbana Regional Library is also the polling location for the 2014 Primary Election. This will take place in the Anthony M. Natelli Community Room on June 24 from 10 am-8 pm.

Free parking is available at both branches. For directions, visit fcpl.org/branches-hours.

Thurmont Regional Library

76 East Moser Road

Thurmont, MD 21788

Urbana Regional Library

9020 Amelung Street