53rd Annual Boonesborough Days
When: Sept 7th and 8th, 2024 (the weekend after Labor Day) – Saturday and Sunday from 9am until 5pm.
Where: Shafer Park, Boonsboro, MD
Sponsored by the Boonsboro Historical Society, Boonesborough Days is a festival devoted to showcasing handmade crafts. Browse through historic and picturesque Shafer Park and shop for traditional and Early American handmade crafts, paintings and unique gifts. Experience various historical demonstrations.
Over 160 exhibitors, Civil War display and artifacts, Tri State Astronomers, great food and more!
Cost – The festival is free! Plan to spend instead on our wonderful exhibitors’ wares and great eats. Donations welcome at the Boonsboro Historical Society’s booth and proceeds from the festival benefit local historical preservation and community programs.
Dogs – Dogs are allowed at the festival as long as they are on a leash, friendly to the public and their owners clean up after them.
Parking – Parking for the festival is around town on side streets around the park and in various parking lots, some of which are manned by Boy Scouts for a fee.
*Please note that while many local individuals and groups hold yard sales the same weekend as Boonesborough Days, the festival is not affiliated with them. The only location of the BBD festival is in Shafer Park.
Directions –
From Route 70 and points east (Frederick, etc.) Get off Route 70 at exit 49, Route 40 Alt toward Braddock Heights/Middletown. Go approximately 12 miles. Follow Route 40 Alt West into Boonsboro, passing the roundabout. This becomes Main Street as you enter town. At the first traffic light, turn left onto Rt 34 West, also known as Potomac Street. Then make an immediate right onto Park Drive. Park Drive passes Shafer Park on the left. If you miss the turn off onto Park Drive, there is a second entrance off of Park View, next to Trinity Reformed Church.
From Hagerstown, take Route Alt East into Boonsboro. Turn right onto Park Drive immediately after passing the mini Washington Monument sign. Shafer Park will be on your right.
From Route 70 points west – take the exit 35, Route 66, towards Boonsboro. Go 5 miles and turn left at the traffic light in Boonsboro onto Main Street. Go a short distance and turn right onto Park Drive immediately after passing the mini Washington Monument sign. Shafer Park will be on your right.
Shafer Park – Please note there is also a lower portion of Shafer Park with a playground and ball fields. The event is held in the main portion of the park, off Park Drive.
