
Learn all about pollinator plants and their buzzing buddies at the University Park Meadow Day this weekend.
It’s always the bee’s knees living around Route One, but that’s especially true this weekend, when you can celebrate the bees, birds, and flowers that bring life to our area. On Saturday, stroll over the the University Park pollinator meadow for Meadow Day or craft a bee hotel with the City of College Park. As usual, fans of live music have lots of options around Route One this weekend, include two different Irish music gigs and the Greenbelt Jazz Festival.
The Route One Fun Kids Weekend Guide will be on vacation for the month of July, so this is our last guide for a bit. Not to worry! If you’re looking for ways to keep the fun going, check out our guides to camping and cooling off in our area, and keep your eyes peeled for more Imagination Playground tours and a guide to trekking I-95 with kids coming soon!
FRIDAY
Hyattsville Library Ready 2 Read Storytime (ages 3-5)
Bring your preschooler and enjoy stories, songs, fingerplays, and more at the new Hyattsville Library.
When: 10:30-11 am
Where: Hyattsville Library
Cost: FREE!
Fun at Montpelier (all ages)
Montpelier House Museum has two fun ongoing events this summer. Stroll the grounds of beautiful Montpelier House while the kids hunt for herbs, trees, and other features to fill out a scavenger hunt sheet, which are included with a tour of the house or $1 per sheet without a tour. Return your scavenger hunt/bingo sheets to the main office for a prize! Or, follow a path of pages to read a story that fosters confidence, encourages self-care, and makes teamwork fun.
When: 10 am to 4 pm, Thursdays through Mondays all summer
Where: Montpelier House Museum, Laurel
Cost: Scavenger hunts are free with tour or $1 per sheet without a tour; Story Strolls are FREE!
Bear Square Summer Concert Series – Mike Leverone (all ages)
The splash pad at Bear Square is officially on and ready for splashing, and Friday is the perfect time to cool off while listening to some live music.
When: 5 pm
Where: Bear Square, Riverdale Park
Cost: FREE!
In the Life: LGBTQ+ Pride Celebration (ages 10-21)
Teens and tweens can learn about the LGBTQ+ DMV ballroom scene and its contributions to mainstream entertainment and fashion. Participants will build confidence and stage presence by participating in four workshops. The event will conclude with an evening mini ball for participants to showcase what they have learned. Winners will receive trophies and gift cards.
When: 7-10 pm
Where: Kentland Community Center, Landover
Cost: FREE! (registration required)
Purple Line Jazz at Maryland Meadworks (all ages)
The Purple Line is the #1 Unofficial UMD School of Music Practice Room Combo. The group is a Jazztet of players who just love to jam and collaborate. They play everything from straight ahead tunes to quirky takes on the standards. Let’s show these talented young people some Hyattsville love! Indoor and outdoor seating available.
When: 7-10 pm
Where: Maryland Meadworks, Hyattsville
Cost: FREE! (tipping encouraged)
SATURDAY
College Park Farmer’s Market at Paint Branch Parkway (all ages)
This farmer’s market has been going on for 40+ years and features fresh produce, baked goods, eggs, cheese, prepared food, artisans, and live music.
When: 8 am to 1 pm
Where: 5211 Campus Drive, College Park
Cost: FREE!
Hollywood Farmer’s Market (all ages)
You’ll find a great variety of farm-fresh veggies, fruits, meats, baked goods, cheeses, eggs, hot foods, honey, coffee, and plants, plus live music every Saturday. The market happens rain or shine in the parking lot of MOM’s in College Park.
When: 9 am to 1 pm
Where: Hollywood Shopping Plaza, near MOM’s
Cost: FREE!
Yoga in the Parks at Lake Artemesia (ages 13+)
Yoga in the Parks is a free yoga program where classes take place in the beautiful outdoors. Classes are scheduled for one hour and are designed for all fitness levels. Learn basic moves to strengthen your body and increase your flexibility.
When: 9:15-10:15 am
Where: Lake Artemesia, Berwyn Heights
Cost: FREE!
University Park Meadow Day (all ages)
Learn all about the role of pollinator plants and their buzzing buddies at the University Park Pollinator Meadow Day. Come dressed as your favorite meadow inhabitant (think bees, butterflies, and birds), participate in a scavenger hunt around the meadow, and take a chance to win meadow plant seeds or native bee homes. Lots of sustainability groups, like Sierra Club, Anacostia Watershed Society, and the UMD Bee Lab, will be on hand to answer your questions about these essential plants and creatures.
When: 10 am to 2 pm
Where: University Park Meadow on Adelphi Road across from the Hyattsville Library
Cost: FREE!
Family Farm Tour (all ages)
Enjoy a tour of the Old Maryland Farm before the gates open. You will learn a little bit about all of the animals at the farm and even get to visit some behind the scene areas
When: 10-11 am
Where: Watkins Regional Park, Upper Marlboro
Cost: $3 (register in advance)
Asian American Unity March (all ages)
The Unity March is an Asian American multicultural event to advance socioeconomic and cultural equity, racial justice, and solidarity. The June 25th mobilization aims to bring together the diverse Asian diaspora with multicultural partners across the LGBTQ+, Muslim, disability communities, Black, Indigenous and Pacific Islander, Latino, and Arab American communities.
When: 12 pm
Where: National Mall near the Smithsonian Castle, DC
Cost: FREE!
Hyattsville Library Spanish-English Ready 2 Read Storytime (ages 3-5)
Bring the tots for stories, fingerplays, and songs in Spanish and English for ages 3-5.
When: 12:30-1 pm
Where: Hyattsville Library
Cost: FREE!
Greenbelt Jazz Fest (all ages)
Enjoy a day of great local jazz at the 5th annual Greenbelt Jazz fest.
When: 12-7 pm
Where: Roosevelt Plaza, Greenbelt
Cost: FREE!
Mt. Rainier Pride Day (all ages)
Celebrate Pride month with a parade and street party in Mt. Rainier!
When: 10:30 am – 3 pm
Where: Thomas Stone Elementary, Mt. Rainier
Cost: FREE!
Outdoor Archaeology Lab (ages 8+)
Join archaeologists to process real artifacts that were found in Mount Calvert park, including ancient Indigenous stone tools, colonial pottery, and tobacco pipes from an 18th century plantation. Participants will get their hands dirty while cleaning and identifying these amazing discoveries. For ages 8 and up with participating adult.
When: 1 to 3 pm
Where: Mount Calvert Historical and Archaeological Park, Upper Marlboro
Cost: $5 (register in advance)
Bee Hotel Workshop (all ages)
Celebrate Pollinator Week with the City of College Park and College Park Arts Exchange by building a bee hotel. A bee hotel is a small structure that provides nesting sites for solitary bees, which do not sting and pollinate many of our favorite flowers. All ages are welcome, but participants will be using a hammer, nails, and wood glue, so kids must be accompanied by an adult.
When: 1-4 pm
Where: Davis Hall, 9217 51st Ave, College Park
Cost: $10 (register in advance)
Family Film Day: In the Heights (ages 13+)
Join Publick Playhouse for a musical afternoon! In the Heights is a film version of the Broadway musical in which Usnavi, a sympathetic New York bodega owner, saves every penny every day as he imagines and sings about a better life. The film is rated PG-13.
When: 1 pm for the English version showing; 4 pm for the Spanish version
Where: Publick Playhouse, Cheverly
Cost: $3
Fun at Montpelier (all ages)
Montpelier House Museum has two ongoing events this summer. Stroll the grounds of beautiful Montpelier House while the kids hunt for herbs, trees, and other features to fill out a scavenger hunt sheet, which are included with a tour of the house or $1 per sheet without a tour. Return your scavenger hunt/bingo sheets to the main office for a prize! Or, follow a path of pages to read a story that fosters confidence, encourages self-care, and makes teamwork fun.
When: 10 am to 4 pm, Thursdays through Mondays all summer
Where: Montpelier House Museum, Laurel
Cost: Scavenger hunts are free with tour or $1 per sheet without a tour; Story Strolls are FREE!
College Park Irish Céilí (all ages)
EducArte presents its second College Park céilí, an Irish social gathering filled with traditional music and dance. Learn some basic Irish dance steps and group dances, accompanied by live music by some of the region’s best Irish musicians.
When: 7-9 pm
Where: Old Parish House, College Park
Cost: FREE!
O’McPub Band at Maryland Meadworks (all ages)
If you haven’t had enough Irish fun at the College Park céilí, stop by Maryland Meadworks for an evening filled with rollicking Irish drinking songs to improve your mood. Get ready to sing your heart out.
When: 7-10 pm
Where: Maryland Meadworks, Hyattsville
Cost: FREE! (tipping encouraged)
SUNDAY
Greenbelt Farmer’s Market (all ages)
The Greenbelt Farmers Market brings a fantastic mix of local vendors to Roosevelt Center in Old Greenbelt, including produce, pasture-raised meats, sustainable seafood, soaps, ice cream, breads and baked goods, mushrooms, flowers, bedding plants, vegetable and herb plant starts, honey, coffee, wine, beer, baked desserts, and prepared entrees and sides, both frozen and hot.
When: 10 am to 2 pm
Where: Roosevelt Center, Old Greenbelt
Cost: FREE!
Fun at Montpelier (all ages)
Montpelier House Museum has two ongoing events this summer. Stroll the grounds of beautiful Montpelier House while the kids hunt for herbs, trees, and other features to fill out a scavenger hunt sheet, which are included with a tour of the house or $1 per sheet without a tour. Return your scavenger hunt/bingo sheets to the main office for a prize! Or, follow a path of pages to read a story that fosters confidence, encourages self-care, and makes teamwork fun.
When: 10 am to 4 pm, Thursdays through Mondays all summer
Where: Montpelier House Museum, Laurel
Cost: Scavenger hunts are free with tour or $1 per sheet without a tour; Story Strolls are FREE!
Brass on the Lawn (all ages)
Stop by St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church in College Park for a free concert from the Rockville Brass Band and an ice cream social!
When: 6 pm
Where: St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church in College Park
Cost: FREE!
Movies on the Potomac at National Harbor (all ages)
Pack your chairs, grab food to go from one of the delicious restaurants at National Harbor, and meet at The Plaza’s big screen for a free screening of The Great Outdoors. National Harbor will be featuring family movies every Sunday for the rest of the spring and summer, plus date night movies for grown-ups on Thursdays.
When: 6 pm
Where: The Plaza at National Harbor
Cost: FREE!
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