The Avalon is excited to announce the Avalon Jazz Experience - Labor Day Weekend, renowned as the “best small town music festival in America”!  What began in 2009 as a single concert by the Monty Alexander Trio with the support and leadership of a small group of local jazz enthusiasts has now grown into an annual three-day extravaganza with world-class jazz musicians performing on the Avalon stage over the Labor Day weekend.  The Avalon will host shows at 8pm Friday and Saturday and at 4pm on Sunday.   The brilliant Marcus Roberts Modern Jazz Generation will perform Saturday night. Also appearing are Dominick Farinacci and Triad as well as Jon Thomas and Firm Roots.    The EEDC will also provide live music on Friday, the 2nd between 5pm and 8pm as part of Easton Night Out.  We will also provided live music on Saturday, the 3rd, between 11am and 7pm at various locations around downtown. 

Don’t miss out on a fabulous evening of celebration, friendship, a delicious dinner, and an exciting live auction with amazing prizes including a one-week stay in Perdido Beach, a crab feast, a tour of a local wooden boat restoration workshop, a Maine vacation cottage, a Talbot County Dining Basket, and much more!    

Join Nigerian-born author Helon Habila and Matthew Davis, Director of the George Mason University Alan Cheuse International Writers Center (ACIWC), for a conversation about Habila’s latest book Travelers. Travelers focuses on a Nigerian scholar who travels to Berlin with his American wife for a fellowship that entails creating a portrait series of African migrants. In a quest to document “real migrants,” the book instead uncovers a multiplicity of narratives that make up the African diaspora.   A spotlight tour of contemporary artist Njideka Akunyili Crosby’s self-portrait in the Museum’s Fickle Mirror exhibition will follow the talk. Born in Nigeria and relocating to the United States as a teenager, Crosby creates work that addresses the complexities of culture clash and belonging through imagery referencing her dual Nigerian and American backgrounds.   Reservations are required

The Hummingbird Inn is once again hosting the Bushels & Brews in downtown Easton! A feast for all your senses, this all you can eat event has scrumptious crabs sourced by LNT Seafood in Preston, MD, and steamed at the inn. Traditional Maryland crab feast sides of steamed red potatoes and corn-on-the-cob are sure to please. You’ll need something to quench your thirst (hello Old Bay!), and Hummingbird Inn never disappoints. In addition to complimentary bottled water, there is also a cash bar serving soft drinks, beer, red & white sangria, and the summertime favorite, orange crushes. The Hummingbird Inn summer crab feast series is always held under a tent on their lovely grounds, with local musicians filling the air with the sounds of summer. This All-You-Can-Eat Crab Feast is $70 for adults & $50 for children 12 and under (Includes 1 Free Drink). September 10th will feature live Music by Jayme D!

After his grandson Conor passed away in 2017 in a tragic swimming pool accident, local businessman Rennie Gay founded the Conor’s Project event to honor his life. The proceeds from Conor’s Project benefit Critchlow Adkins Children Centers, and help to fund swim lessons and educational enrichment programming for the children in CACC’s programs. Conor’s Project skeet shoot and crab feast has become an annual Eastern Shore tradition. We are so very grateful to the Gay/Nashold family for honoring Conor by bettering the lives of other local children.

The Talbot County Chamber of Commerce presents the 36th Annual Chamber Cup Golf Tournament and new this year, the beneficiary will be the Chamber Legacy First Responder Scholarship Fund.   This fund was created in 2021 by the Talbot Chamber Board of Directors to help offset tuition and training expenses for local first responders. 

The EEDC, in Partnership with the Talbot County Library, will host a free outdoor screening of Vivo September 16th at 8pm at Thompson Park! With songs written by Lin-Manuel Miranda, who also voices the title character, this animated adventure is fun for the entire family! There will also be popcorn and popsicles for sale. Bring a chair and a friend to help kick off Hispanic Heritage month!

Gabriela Montero’s visionary interpretations and unique compositional gifts have garnered her critical acclaim and a devoted following on the world stage. Anthony Tommasini remarked in The New York Times that “Montero’s playing had everything: crackling rhythmic brio, subtle shadings, steely power…soulful lyricism…unsentimental expressivity.”   Celebrated for her exceptional musicality and ability to improvise, Montero has performed with many of the world’s leading orchestras to date, including: the New York, Los Angeles, Royal Liverpool, Rotterdam, Dresden, Oslo, Vienna Radio, the Netherlands Radio philharmonic orchestras, and more.   For tickets and more information, visit https://www.monteroprager.com/ ​

When Michelle opened for Anthony Cannon in the Stoltz Pavilion a year ago, her soaring vocals and hopeful message lifted the spirits of those in the audience. Now she’s developed a full show of her own designed to stir the soul and inspire the mind. Michelle, an entrepreneur/self-help author/wife/mother, is the host of Upfront Mind, Body, and Soul: the Trilogy of Wellness. This special Stoltz show, like her podcast, is designed to show you that you are not alone in your struggles.

Come out and support the mission of the ShoreRivers organization. Ride the beautiful back roads of Talbot and Queen Anne’s Counties in support of ShoreRivers’ work for clean waterways. This is a great way to bring summer to a close while also supporting a great cause. Riders are also encouraged to join teams and create their own fundraising pages to boost support for their participation from others.   ShoreRivers looks forward to continued support from the community for this year’s event. Whether enjoying a Sunday bike ride, or promoting a business, this event is about coming together.   All proceeds go toward ShoreRivers’ science-based education, restoration, and water quality monitoring programs. For more information, please contact Freya Farley at

Aerial Photographer Hunter H. Harris, using a dual projection system, will present a series of dramatic oblique aerial photographs showing changes in the local landscape over the past 75 years. These oblique aerial photographs chronicle, in a very unique way, the history of the area including the towns, the rivers and their watersheds. “Many of the changes that I discovered while creating this series were not what I expected! These aerials really show us how we have changed our landscape forever from an unusual viewpoint”.   This lecture is presented in conjunction with “The Bay from Above” Exhibit at the Talbot Historical Society. The exhibit is on loan from the Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum and presents mid 1900s aerial photographs of the Chesapeake Bay by photographer H. Robins Hollyday and compares them with aerial photographic images of the exact same locations taken by our presenter, Hunter Harris.   Reservations are required and the cost is. FREE for THS members and $5 for non-members.

Albright's Gun Shop will host an open house from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m to help celebrate 40 years of business! They will have giveaways, raffles, specials, discounts & more. We will have giveaways, raffles, specials, discounts & More!