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Take a journey to the past!
The annual Fort Frederick
18th Century Market Fair features the best period
artisans, craftspeople, and sutlers together with an
18th Century encampment. Explore Maryland's French and
Indian War era stone fort built in 1756. It’s
all here!
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You can shop online with
our sutlers.
Sutler List for 2025
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The Annual Fort Frederick
18th Century Market Fair
April 24 – 27, 2025
Friends of Fort Frederick
State Park and the staff of Fort Frederick State Park
are pleased to host the 29th annual 18th Century Market
Fair.
Sutlers (period vendors) selling 18th century wares
including pottery, tin and copper ware, clothing,
material and patterns, books, fireplace and cooking
hardware, flintlock muskets and accoutrements, horn
wares, paintings and prints, lanterns and much more are
joined by colorful entertainers as you time travel back
to an authentic 18th century market fair.
Campfire smoke fills the spring air as hundreds of
fair-goers of all ages dressed in colonial clothing
portray artisans, soldiers, ladies & gentlemen,
Native Americans, traders, and servants inhabit the
fair. Blanket trading is conducted in the camper area.
The Fair is open to sutlers, traders, street vendors and
entertainers as well as individuals, groups, military
units and American Indians portraying the appropriate
time period and geographic area, representing eastern
North America from 1730 through 1790.
The Fair is a Juried Event for camper and sutlers, but
open daily to all visitors.
PUBLIC - DAY
VISITORS
Public are welcome
Thursday, April 24 through Sunday, April 27, 2025.
Public hours are:
- Thursday through
Saturday 9:00 am to 5:00 pm
- Sunday 9:00 am to
3:00 pm.
Admission:
- $5 – Adults
- $2 – 6 to 12 year
olds
Free
for:
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5 years old and under
- Maryland State Park Golden Age Pass
- Maryland State Park Passport
- Maryland State Park Universal Disability Pass
- Every Kid in a Park Pass
- Active-Duty Military with ID
- Maryland National Guard with ID
- Veterans with ID
4 Day Pass – Available Thursday at the gate
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$15 – Adults
- $6 for 6 to 12 year olds
MARKET FAIR
PARTICIPANTS
All participants are
encouraged to arrive on site and set up Wednesday,
April 23rd, 2025.
[Individuals
who volunteer to help with event setup and/or tear
down may set up their camp as early as Monday, April
21st, but no earlier. No early arrivals
permitted unless you are volunteering and have
received confirmation of that.]
Registration gate hours are:
- Wednesday from 7
a.m. to 7:30 p.m.
- Thursday and Friday
from 7 a.m. to 8:30 a.m. and from 5 p.m. to 7:30
p.m.
- Saturday from 7 a.m.
to 8:30 a.m.
- Please note that
there are no gate hours on Saturday evening.
- Sunday from 6:30
a.m. and 8:30 a.m. No registration at this
time.
If
you are not pre-registered, please fill out a Camper
Application and bring it with you to speed
registration.
New sutlers must have applied by February 15,
2025, and been approved by the Trade Committee to
attend as sutlers. Contact info@friendsoffortfrederick.info
for questions.
PARTICIPANT VOLUNTEERS:
Market Fair volunteers please read the 2025
Notice to Volunteers
Please use the SIGNUP Website to sign up for the
various duties such as the registration tent, road watch,
HQ tent, etc.
Please direct all questions to:
DIRECTIONS:
(About 14 miles west of
Hagerstown, MD)
Take Exit 12 off I-70
MD 56 (Big Pool Road) Big Pool,
Indian Springs. Follow signs about 1 mile to
the fort.
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CAMPER &
SUTLER APPLICATIONS
Pre-registration will start late November 2024. Returning
Campers and Sutlers should receive an email or paper
application by early December 2024. If you don’t receive
anything by the end of 2024 please contact the Friends at info@friendsoffortfrederick.info
or call Fort Frederick State Park 301-842-2155 and ask for
Ranger Study.
New Campers and Sutlers must fill out and submit a Camper
or New Sutler Application:
Camper Application 2025 (PDF version)
or
Camper Application 2025 (Word version)
New Sutler Application 2025 (PDF version)
or
New Sutler Application 2025 (Word version)
Deadlines:
- Sutler Application must be post marked by February
15, 2025
- Camper Applications must be post marked by March 15,
2025
Event Information & Trade Rules
All participants must agree
to abide by all rules and regulations of the event and
Maryland Park Service.
Event Information & Trade Rules 2025 (PDF version)
or
Event Information & Trade Rules 2025
(Word version)
AUCTION
Saturday at 1:00 PM
Sutlers donate handcrafted
items to be auctioned to support the Friends of Fort
Frederick State Park mission of keeping history alive!
Become a Friend
Are you a member of the Friends
of Fort Frederick State Park? We encourage you
to join us. You do not have to attend meetings to be
a member. Meetings are generally held via
Zoom. There is a great monthly newsletter, a member
discount in the store, and your membership supports events
such as the Market Fair and many other historical events.
The Friends of Fort Frederick
supports the Park by sponsoring educational activities and
programs as well as contributing financially to support
the Park’s historical, cultural and administrative needs.
Contact info:
The Friends of Fort Frederick
11115 Fort Frederick Road
Big Pool, MD 21711
info@friendsoffortfrederick.info
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