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Save the Date! Registration for 2025 Fiber Arts Seminars

Posted: February 3, 2025

Registration Opens February 9, 2025

Sheep & Wool Winterfest

Posted: August 7, 2026

Save the Date

Sheep & Wool Winterfest

January 30 & 31, 2027
Virtual classes and seminars for fiber artists and shepherds.

Registration opens on Sunday November 15, 2026 at 2:00 PM EST

54th Annual Maryland Sheep & Wool Festival

Posted: May 11, 2026

54th Annual

Maryland Sheep & Wool Festival

May 1 & 2, 2027
Howard County Fairgrounds

53rd Annual Maryland Sheep & Wool Festival

Posted: May 18, 2024

53rd Annual

Maryland Sheep & Wool Festival

May 2 & 3, 2026
Howard County Fairgrounds

Join Us Online For Winterfest 2025

Posted: November 12, 2024

Join Us Online For Winterfest 2025

49th Annual Maryland Sheep & Wool Festival

Posted: June 15, 2021

May 7 & 8, 2022
RAIN OR SHINE
Welcome back!

Welcome to the 48th Annual Maryland Sheep & Wool Festival

Posted: May 1, 2021

A virtual online festival
May 1 & 2, 2021
Staying home and staying safe until 2022

48th Annual Maryland Sheep & Wool Festival

Posted: December 5, 2020

A virtual online festival
May 1 & 2, 2021
Staying home and staying safe until 2022

Welcome to the Virtual Online Maryland Sheep & Wool Festival

Posted: May 1, 2020

Welcome! We're glad you are here to help us celebrate all things sheep and wool, apart yet together.

Maryland Sheep & Wool Virtual Online Festival

Posted: May 1, 2020

Apart Yet Together
May 2 & 3, 2020

2026 Catalog Cover Artist Andrea Wisnewski

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Maryland Sheep & Wool Festival

1 month ago

Save the Date—Winterfest is back! Mark your calendars for Winterfest on Jan 30-31, 2027. Two days of classes, seminars, and community, all from home.🧶 The Maryland Sheep & Wool Festival’s Virtual Winterfest returns January 30-31, 2027, with two cozy days of fiber arts classes, agricultural seminars, and community—all from the comfort of home.No winter travel required. Just gather your favorite project, pour yourself something warm, and join fiber friends from near and far for a weekend of learning, making, and connection.More details—and our full lineup—will be coming soon. For now, mark your calendar and start planning your coziest seat!📅 January 30-31, 2027💻 Online from wherever you are🐑 Pajamas optional, enthusiasm encouraged#MSWFWinterfest #VirtualWinterfest #MarylandSheepAndWool #FiberArts #SaveTheDate #FiberCommunity ... See MoreSee Less

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Maryland Sheep & Wool Festival

4 months ago

It is with great sadness that we share the passing of Mary Streaker, one of the founders of the Maryland Sheep & Wool Festival. Mary passed away yesterday, just two months shy of her 95th birthday.Mary's influence on our Festival, the Howard County Fairgrounds, and countless individuals cannot be overstated. She was a teacher, mentor, artist, leader, volunteer, and friend whose passion for education, creativity, and community helped shape the Festival we know today.Many of us were fortunate to know Mary personally. Even in recent years, she continued to attend Festival meetings when she was able, reconnecting with the volunteers and friends who had worked alongside her for decades. Her wisdom, enthusiasm, and deep commitment to preserving and celebrating the fiber arts inspired generations of volunteers, exhibitors, artists, and fairgoers.Mary's legacy lives on through the Home Arts Department, the Fine Arts and Photo Competitions, and the many traditions she helped establish and nurture. The Maryland Sheep & Wool Festival exists today in part because of the vision, dedication, and countless hours of service that Mary and her fellow founders invested so many years ago.On behalf of the Maryland Sheep & Wool Festival community, we extend our heartfelt condolences to Mary's family, friends, students, and all who were touched by her remarkable life. We are grateful for her contributions, her friendship, and the enduring example she set for all of us.Mary will be deeply missed and fondly remembered.Visitation will be held at Haight Funeral Home, Sykesville, Maryland, on June 17 from 2:00–4:00 p.m. and 6:00–8:00 p.m. Funeral services will be held on June 18 at 10:00 a.m., followed by a Celebration of Life luncheon at 12:30 p.m. in the Howard County Fairgrounds Dining Hall. ... See MoreSee Less

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Maryland Sheep & Wool Festival

5 months ago

LOST AND FOUND!2026 MD Sheep & Wool If you lost an item at the Festival please contact gro.loowdnapeehs@ofni. We do have a few items that were left behind and will work with you to determine if any of them are yours! Glasses, wallets, journal, necklace, scarf, etc., etc. We'd like to see you reunited!! ... See MoreSee Less

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