Solomons Dragon Boat Festival

06/09/2026

The first batch of decisions were sent out to vendor applicants almost two weeks ago confirming your involvement with the Solomons Dragon Boat Festival. Check your spam folder if you applied and haven't seen anything. If you still don't see a response, reach out to us and we'll be in touch. We still have a few sites available for our vendor village, and we're still looking for one more lunch food truck for our event. Interested in participating? Fill out an application at https://somdcr.org/vendors and we'll get back to you soon.

05/01/2026

Who's winning this year's Solomons Dragon Boat Festival? Sign up now at our website https://somdcr.org/registration

04/28/2026

We're looking for local vendors to FILL our VILLage! Lots of great spots area still available in the Vendor Village for the 10th Solomons Dragon Boat Festival on Saturday Aug. 22nd. Fill out the application at https://somdcr.org/vendors and we'll be sending out first round of acceptance emails soon. Tag your favorite business in the comments and make sure they are aware of this opportunity. And did you hear... we're re-opening the festival to food trucks!

Note: Lots of fake accounts spam our page every year. This is the only official Facebook account for the festival and we will communicate through email and website links for payment and event details. Please help us out and report any posts that aren't us and are asking for money or details.

03/31/2026

TODAY is the LAST DAY of the $500 DISCOUNT to reserve your place in this year's Solomons Dragon Boat Festival. Prices go up tomorrow, no April Fool's joke here. You don't need your full roster figured out, you don't have to pay the whole amount today, you just need to tell us that we will see you on the water! Don't Delay!
https://somdcr.org/festival-home-page

02/26/2026

Winter Weather Discount Extended! Through March, save $500 off team registration fee for the 2026 Solomons Dragon Boat Festival! Visit the registration website today https://somdcr.org/registration-1

02/18/2026

Applications for having a vendor booth at our event are open! This includes food trucks (yes we're bringing them back as space allows), food and product vendors, service providers, and nonprofit partners who want to table. Please visit https://somdcr.org/vendors for details and to fill out the request form. We will begin responding to inquiries via email in late April when we can better evaluate interest and space constrains.

NOTE: Avoid Scams by ONLY using the form on our website or messaging this page directly. All other commenters or posters advertising vendor opportunities are SCAMMERS and do not represent the Solomons Dragon Boat Festival. Please help us out by marking them as SPAM and/or reporting them. We try our best to stay on top bad actors.

02/14/2026

Happy Valentine's Day to everyone who loves the Solomons Dragon Boat Festival! We couldn't do this without you and we recognize a lot of folks have been draggin' lately with the weather. The sun is out today though! As a gift and in honor of the Festival's 1️⃣0️⃣ year anniversary, not only are we giving you a brand new website (find us at https://somdcr.org/festival-home-page ) but we've also extended our team registration discount until the end of February! Two more weeks to sign up at a $500 discount and commit to spending some time on the water with someone you love.

01/15/2026

A New Year means a new opportunity to participate in the Solomons Dragon Boat Festival on Saturday, August 22! Sign up before the end of January and get $500 off your registration fee! Don't have your whole crew yet? No worries, we won't ask for your full roster until much closer to race day. You have months to recruit and fundraise through our provided website https://somdcr.org/teams/ We're waiting for you. What are you waiting for!?

11/25/2025

Dear Friends of Solomons Dragon Boat Festival and Southern Maryland Community Resources,

We’re excited to share some wonderful news! This year, SMCR (who hosts and benefits from the Solomons Dragon Boat Festival) is participating in the first-ever Southern Maryland Day of Giving on December 2, 2025 — a regional celebration of generosity and community spirit across Charles, Calvert, and St. Mary’s counties. Special thanks to Leadership Southern Maryland for organizing this first-ever Southern Maryland Day of Giving.

This special day is an opportunity for everyone who loves Southern Maryland to come together and support the nonprofits that make our community thrive.

As a proud local nonprofit, Southern Maryland Community Resources is honored to take part. Your donation on this day will help us continue to promote the inclusion of persons with developmental differences into the life of our community. Visit https://leadershipsomd.org/nonprofit/southern-maryland-community-resources/ to make a donation to SMCR. And if you have more to give, check out the other organizations that support the Southern Maryland area and are participating in this day of giving, as we partner with several of them throughout the year to bring our members opportunities all year long: https://leadershipsomd.org/community/dayofgiving/

09/08/2025

We want to hear what you thought of this year's Solomons Dragon Boat Festival! If you were involved in the event in any capacity (vendor, paddler, volunteer, or attendee), please let us know what we did well and what we might want to think about for the future. We appreciate your input! https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScFz-9QPwy-XDEcIEnNPEWCO3XllvhAxA9Vox0om_rSZ8K7EA/viewform?usp=sharing&ouid=109858114300693306080

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