🍦Bitty & Beau's last hurrah

Good morning, Annapolis. This morning, we don’t have a witty intro for you. This morning, we hope you’ll join us in a moment of silence for the 2,977 people who lost their lives on this day 25 years ago and the nearly 10,000 more who have since died of 9/11-related illnesses.

In today’s Naptown Scoop:

Let’s get to it.

— Ryan Sneddon

P.S. Advance happy birthday, Cindy W!

The Maryland Seafood Festival is back at Sandy Point State Park starting tonight! The festival kicks off by honoring the 25th anniversary of 9/11, with all three bands featuring former service members and special discounted tickets available for first responders.

Or come hungry later this weekend for fresh Maryland seafood, live music, local vendors, eating contests, cold drinks, and one of the best waterfront views on the Chesapeake Bay.

And you definitely won’t miss this year’s biggest guest: Mama Duck, the world’s largest rubber duck, standing more than 60 feet tall on the beach.

Planning to come Saturday? VIP and General Admission Anytime tickets are already sold out. Grab a Late Entry ticket before those are gone, too, or kick off Sunday with the inaugural Big Ducking Run! Choose from a 10K, 5K, or Fun Run, with Mama Duck waiting at the start and finish and one of the coolest duck-themed finisher medals we’ve ever seen.

Grab your tickets, bring your appetite, and celebrate 60 years of the Maryland Seafood Festival this weekend at Sandy Point State Park!

Tom Crawford has fed (and watered) the Broadneck Peninsula for 40 years. And tomorrow, he’s letting everybody roast him for it.

The anniversary party starts at noon at 1258 Bay Dale Drive and runs until close. But the times you’ll be most interested in are 2:30 PM (Dublin 5), 4:30 PM (the Roast of Tom), and 5 PM ish (The Grilled Lincolns).

Crawford opened O’Loughlin’s in 1986 in a small storefront on Shore Acres Road. He named it for his mother’s maiden name and let his Buffalo, NY flag fly. In 2000, Tom & crew moved to the current location and the rest, as they say, is history.

Here’s to the next 40 years of O’s!

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And some other big stories, in case you missed them:

🕛 County Council gave itself a raise", 4–3, taking pay from $45,402 to $53,400 in December and $59,400 by 2029. The same five-hour meeting condemned Patriot Front 7–0 and then hit midnight partway through Article 18, the first rewrite of the county zoning code since 2005. The rest of the agenda waits until September 21.

🎻 The Annapolis Symphony dropped Russian violinist Vadim Repin from its November program after online backlash, including from the Embassy of Ukraine, and threats of protest at Maryland Hall.

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It’s only natural: the Annapolis Symphony Orchestra is opening Season 65 with Echoes of the Earth, the first concert in its five-program Signature Series, In Nature’s Realm.

The ASO takes over Maryland Hall Oct. 2 & 3 for a season-opening weekend packed with color and energy. Cellist Julian Schwarz returns to Annapolis for the third time to perform Jennifer Higdon’s brand-new Cello Concerto, commissioned by and for Schwarz. Also on the program: Dvořák’s unforgettable In Nature’s Realm and Manuel de Falla’s The Three-Cornered Hat.

Tickets start at $25. Get yours now.

🎈 = family-friendly events

P.S. Don’t get distracted by the giant rubber duck if you’re driving across the Bay Bridge this weekend.

🎤 Annapolis Songwriters Festival – 115+ artists play free sets at bars, restaurants, and galleries downtown through Sunday. The ticketed rounds are below.

🇺🇸 Anne Arundel County 9/11 Memorial Ceremony – The county gathers at its memorial outside police and fire headquarters, 8495 Veterans Highway in Millersville, at 9 AM.

🦀 Maryland Seafood Festival – The 60th-anniversary festival opens at Sandy Point with a 9/11 tribute night, 5 to 9:30 PM, and discounts for military and first responders. Tickets from $25 (Sunday) to $30 (Saturday), kids 12 and under free, parking $12 online.

🎹 Naval Academy Chapel Organ Recital – Peter Richard Conte, grand court organist of Philadelphia’s Wanamaker Organ, plays the Main Chapel at 7 PM, doors at 6:30. Around $22, $10 for kids 11 and under, free for mids. Check usna.edu/visit for what you need to get on the Yard.

🎶 Songwriters In The Round – Three rounds at Rams Head on Stage from 7 PM, doors at 6, with Jeffrey Steele solo at 9.

🌻 Providence’s Fall Plant & Pottery Sale – Mums, asters, perennials, and seasonal pottery in Arnold, 9 AM to 1 PM Friday and Saturday, free to shop.

♻️ Household Hazardous Waste Drop-Off – Clear out the oil-based paint, pool chemicals, and old gasoline at the Heritage Office Complex on Riva Road, 8 AM to 2 PM, free with a county license and registration.

🧡 Out of the Darkness Community Walk – The American Foundation for Suicide Prevention’s Annapolis walk starts and finishes at Navy-Marine Corps Memorial Stadium, check-in at 9 AM and step-off at 10. Registration is free, the route is a non-competitive 2.6 miles, and AFSP covers parking. Enter at Taylor Avenue Gate 5. Bagels and honor beads at check-in.

🦀 Maryland Seafood Festival – Sandy Point, 11 AM to 7:30 PM. Crab soup cook-off at 11:30, oyster shucking at 2:45, crab cake eating at 4, crab picking at 5:45. Skipjack Heritage Days is included with admission.

⚔️ Maryland Renaissance Festival – Myth & Magic Weekend at Revel Grove, 10 AM to 7 PM, $31 for adults. Tickets are online only, and nothing is sold at the gate.

🎈⚽ Drug Education & Awareness Sporting Festival – Free soccer and basketball clinics, a moon bounce, free food, and a Drug Free All-Stars vs. One Annapolis kickball game at Griscom Field, 11 AM to 5 PM.

🎶 Young the Giant w. Daisy Grenade – The Songwriters Festival’s big outdoor show on the Calvert Street Stage, 6 PM, doors at 5. Resale seats are running $100+.

🎈🐮 Anne Arundel County Farmers Market – Produce, meats, dairy, baked goods, coffee, and crafts off Riva Road, 7 AM to noon, free.

🏃 9/11 Heroes Run – The Travis Manion Foundation 5K steps off from Navy-Marine Corps Memorial Stadium at 11 AM, with a one-mile Brendan Looney Loop for walkers and families. Registration runs $21 to $50 depending on the distance.

🦆 Bay Bridge Paddle – One-, three-, and nine-mile paddle races launch from Sandy Point’s East Beach. Registration closed Thursday night, but Mama Duck, the giant inflatable rubber duck, will be at the park.

🦀 Maryland Seafood Festival – Last day at Sandy Point, 11 AM to 6:30 PM, with one more crab cake eating contest at 4:30.

🎶 Songwriters In The Round – The Sunday matinee at Rams Head, 11 AM, doors at 10, with Maggie Rose, David Ryan Harris, Lost Saints, and more.

🎸 Valerie June – The festival’s closing show at Maryland Hall, 8 PM, doors at 7, $50 to $75.

⚔️ Maryland Renaissance Festival – Day two of Myth & Magic at Revel Grove, 10 AM to 7 PM.

🎭 CP presents Our Town by Thornton Wilder – Colonial Players’ 2 PM matinee of the Wilder classic, $21 to $26.

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🛍️ Thrift Shift – Naptown Flea is co-hosting Sunday’s market on Maryland Avenue with Lucky Girl Market, a touring vintage and Y2K market built around women- and queer-owned vendors that usually plays in Baltimore, DC, Philadelphia, and Richmond. Together they’re bringing 60+ vendors, food, drinks, and live music to the city’s best side street. 10 AM to 5 PM.

🏛️ Back in Session – City Council returns from summer recess Monday with a CVS receipt of an agenda. Public hearings include a framework for renting rooms in private homes and an expanded City Charter preamble. First readers would scrap the permit requirement for sidewalk signs in the Historic District and let food trucks work downtown special events again. Four union contracts are also up. 7 PM at 160 Duke of Gloucester Street, full agenda here.

☕ Last Call – Bitty & Beau’s Coffee pours its final cup at 124 Dock Street on Sunday. The City Dock shop opened in February 2020 and is closing as its lease runs out. Every one of the 12 employees already has another job, either at local businesswoman Autumn Letendre's shops or Storm Bros.

🧘 Core Business – FS8 opens Monday at 169 Jennifer Road. It’s the Pilates franchise’s second Anne Arundel studio after Severna Park. The celebration stretches two weeks: a Toastique pop-up Monday from 7 to 9:30 AM, a Kendra Scott pop-up Wednesday from 4 to 7:30 PM, and an open house Saturday the 19th from 2 to 5 PM, with a ribbon cutting at 3:30 and giveaways. Saturday’s Pilates class at Wrabyn is already sold out!

🚧 Fresh Coat – The Eastport Shopping Center on Bay Ridge Avenue is getting repaved September 14–16. The lot directly in front of Annapolis Athletic Club closes Tuesday, September 15, and anything still parked there that morning gets towed. Gym members are told to park farther down the center and walk over. Walgreens and the UPS Store share the same lot, so give yourself an extra minute.

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80 🌡️ 69 | ⛅ | 42% ☔ | 💨 NE 8 mph (7 knots)

81 🌡️ 71 | ⛈️ | 39% ☔ | 💨 SE 10 mph (9 knots)

84 🌡️ 70 | ⛈️ | 74% ☔ | 💨 W 6 mph (5 knots)

💧🌡️ Water temperature = 80ºF
Temperature readings taken from the mouth of the Severn River the night before publication

🌳🎵= Outdoor concert

49 West | Songwriters Festival | 11 AM–4 PM
49 West | Papa Presents The Roustabouts | 7:30–10 PM
49 West | 1st Fridays With Tom Mitchell & Mike Noonan | 8–10 PM
The Admiral’s Cup | Honey Sol | TBA
Annapolis Smokehouse & Tavern | Rick’s Revolving Door | 8:30 PM
🌳🎵Annapolis Sunset Cruise | Songwriters On The Severn | 7–8:30 PM | Tickets
Beer Farm | Michael McHenry | 4–7 PM
Blackwall Hitch | Dana B | 4 PM
Brian Boru | Aidan & Bryan | 7–10 PM
Captain’s Daughter | TBA | 5–7 PM
The Choptank | Anthony Hurley | TBA
Coconut Joe’s | Jeremy Robinson | 5 PM
Great Frogs | Noah Booz | 5:30–8:30 PM
Killarney House | Pete Best | 7:30–10:30 PM
Libbey’s Coastal Kitchen | Mike Newberry | 5–8 PM
Market House | Faith and the Faithful | 7–10 PM
Middleton Tavern | Sidewalk Soul | 10 PM
Pirates Cove | Doc Lohn | 7–10 PM
Rams Head Roadhouse | BroRoy | 8 PM
Reynolds Tavern | Mike Heuer | TBA
Stan & Joe’s Riverside | Tim Atkinson | 4 PM
Stan & Joe’s Saloon | Mr VCR | 9:45 PM

49 West | Songwriters Festival | 11 AM–4 PM
49 West | Annapolis Songwriters Festival Unsanctioned Songbird Showcase | 7:30–10:30 PM
The Admiral’s Cup | Viands & Co. | TBA
Beer Farm | Jason Bishop | 2–7 PM
Blackwall Hitch | Los Extranos | 9 PM
Brian Boru | Lauren & Rusty | 7–10 PM
Calvert Street Stage | Young The Giant w/ Daisy Grenade | 6 PM | Tickets
The Choptank | Christopher Dean | TBA
Coconut Joe’s | Mark Desrochers | 2 PM
Dark Horse | The Tommy McGee Band | 9 PM
Great Frogs | Dana B | 11:30 AM–2:30 PM
Great Frogs | Sophie Bernitt | 4:30–7:30 PM
Killarney House | Sparks & McCoy | 7:30–10:30 PM
Middleton Tavern | All U Needl | 10 PM
Pirates Cove | Frank, Elvis & Raines | 6:30–10 PM
Rams Head Roadhouse | Bodkin Creek | 9 PM
Reynolds Tavern | Mike Heuer | TBA
Severna Park Taphouse | Honey Sol | 12 PM
Stan & Joe’s Riverside | Richard Hayward | 4 PM
Stan & Joe’s Saloon | Crispy Boize | 9:45 PM
Studio 333 | Hiroya Tsukamoto | 7:30 PM

The Admiral’s Cup | Nicky Stacy Acoustic | 2–6 PM
Beer Farm | The Wombmates | 2–5 PM
Coconut Joe’s | Neel Madan | 2 PM
🌳🎵Galway Bay | Nate Finn | 12:30–3:30 PM
Galway Bay | Mike Scoglio Duo | 4–8 PM
Great Frogs | Soren Mattson | 1–4 PM
Libbey’s Coastal Kitchen | Jonathan Viers | 2–5 PM
Pirates Cove | John Luskey | 3–6 PM
Stan & Joe’s Riverside | Ground Rent | 4 PM
Stan & Joe’s Saloon | Simba | 9 PM

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