Press Release 

Join your neighbors and CELEBRATE BOWIE! at the annual Bowiefest on Saturday, June 4, 2011, from 11:00 AM until 6:00 PM at Allen Pond Park (3330 Northview Drive).

Bowiefest is a festival of long-standing tradition in the City that brings the best of Bowie's civic organizations, entertainers, and businesses to one place for one day.  Around the pond you can sample food from area vendors including cotton candy by the Collington Masons and beef barbecue by the Belle-Aires Twirlers.  Other festival favorites include soft serve ice cream, funnel cakes, Italian sausage, crab cakes, frozen fruit drinks, and fresh-squeezed lemonade.

Entertainment will be provided on two stages featuring Bowie's own Reptile World with Michael Shwedick, Belair Square Cats, C&C Dance Company.  This year the entertainment will also include The Fabulous Hubcaps, one of the nation's most sought after oldies show bands who will fill the stage with music that will get you up and dancing on the amphitheater lawn.  The East Pavilion Stage brings you the Bands of Bowie offering a variety of music all day with The Misbehavin Band's Classic Rock, Good Kemistry Band's Funk & R&B  and N-Groove's Smooth Jazz to name a few.

In addition to a variety of food and entertainment, don't forget to stop by the craft tables organized by the Soroptimist International of Bowie/Crofton and purchase beautifully handcrafted wares,  Stop inside the Ice Arena for the Business Expo, organized and operated by the Greater Bowie Chamber of Commerce. Outside there are a number of non-profits organizations providing information about their services.  Rides, games, food, crafts booth and entertainment make a day at Bowiefest complete

For more information about Bowiefest, visit the link below or contact Special Events Coordinator Matt Corley at 301-809-3078