Graceful Canoes

35th Annual Antique and Classic Boat Festival – Show Us Your First Love
Located on the Campus of the Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum
213 N. Talbott Street
St. Michaels MD 21663
June 16-18,2023
- We are working hard to create the passion that made us fall in love with “old boats” felt by everyone that attends this show. Our focus is the boats we fell in love with. Whether you were nine years old and your first experience was a watching a model boat in the water. Perhaps you had a wooden toy boat as a child and that sparked your interest in boating. Whether you were nine or ninety you felt the passion of owning your first boat. You probably have very fond memories of your first boat. If so we want you! We want to create a whole event the evokes those fond passionate memories of classic boating. We hope to have model boats, toy boats and of course members displaying their very first boats. We have a full seminar schedule to entice even the most novice enthusiast. Our show typically draws around one hundred boats and registration will open toward the end of January. Fun for everyone, Kids games and prizes including a scavenger hunt, the Arts at Navy Point (featuring top local and national artist), the famous Field of Dreams where you can purchase your next love and of course lots of boat rides. Come and bring your family to the magical little place on the Chesapeake Bay. St. Michaels was named one of the top 10 Best Small Coastal towns by USA Today. Come and find out why they call it the town “that fooled the British”