# Things to do with kids in Westminster, MD

> 22 upcoming family events and 2 places and ongoing programs in Westminster, MD (Carroll County, MD), in the Baltimore–Columbia–Towson area. Listings whose address is in this town. Dates and times are Eastern Time. Today is Sat, Oct 24.

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## Events ahead

- [Carroll County Ag Center Corn Maze (Westminster)](https://grassyknees.com/baltimore/activities/carroll-county-ag-center-corn-maze-westminster--listing-9c325c8c9e7669c83e18c801) — Sat, Oct 24 (+4 more dates) · Carroll County Agriculture Center, Westminster · All ages · From $5 · checked Oct 24. The Carroll County 4-H & FFA Fair runs a corn maze at the Carroll County Agriculture Center every Friday, Saturday and Sunday through November 1, and it is open on Halloween…
- [Trick or Treat & Evening Lantern Walks at the Carroll County Farm Museum](https://grassyknees.com/baltimore/activities/trick-or-treat-and-evening-lantern-walks-at-the-carroll-county-farm-mu--listing-48e4e9c91b6ee6c0ad0db783) — Tue, Oct 27 · 5:30 PM – 7:30 PM · Carroll County Farm Museum, Westminster · Up to 12 · From $5 · checked Oct 16. The Carroll County Farm Museum in Westminster hosts a Halloween evening with trick-or-treating for kids 12 and under from 5:30 to 7:30 pm, with a s'mores station on site (s'mores…
- [Tricks & Treats Halloween Magic Show with D's Magic (Westminster)](https://grassyknees.com/baltimore/activities/tricks-and-treats-halloween-magic-show-with-d-s-magic-westminster--listing-9e3289a19dbe17b3aea5449f) — Thu, Oct 29 · 6:00 PM – 7:00 PM · The Carroll Arts Center, Westminster · From $10 · checked Oct 24. Magician Dave Thomen of D's Magic, a longtime Carroll County Arts Council favorite, brings his Halloween show Tricks & Treats to the Carroll Arts Center stage as part of the…
- [Family Movie Night: Hocus Pocus – Hill Y in Westminster](https://grassyknees.com/baltimore/activities/family-movie-night-hocus-pocus-hill-y-in-westminster--listing-cb787f97360d8c105b7b7ef1) — Fri, Oct 30 · 6:00 PM – 8:00 PM · The Hill Y in Westminster · checked Oct 14. Halloween family movie night at the Y showing Hocus Pocus.
- [The Mitten Puppet Show](https://grassyknees.com/baltimore/activities/the-mitten-puppet-show--listing-767a9e5e7d9e7c671ec8d707) — Fri, Nov 13 · 10:00 AM – 11:00 AM · Westminster Branch · Ages 3–12 · checked Oct 14. Oh no! Corky has lost his mitten! Can you help us look for it? Along the way, we’ll meet some curious woodland animals who each have their own ideas about what to do with the…
- [Christkindlmarkt at Union Mills Homestead](https://grassyknees.com/baltimore/activities/christkindlmarkt-at-union-mills-homestead--listing-c2750ac4ab8e82908b893415) — Sat, Nov 21 · 10:00 AM – 4:00 PM · Union Mills Homestead, Westminster · checked Oct 24. Union Mills Homestead near Westminster holds a German-style Christmas market celebrating the site's German heritage. Vendors sell hand-crafted and unusual gifts inside the…
- [Super Awesome Dance Party with Mr. Craig](https://grassyknees.com/baltimore/activities/super-awesome-dance-party-with-mr-craig--listing-28134c02c54284230e86e31c) — Sat, Nov 21 · 10:00 AM – 11:45 AM · Westminster Branch · Ages 0–11 · checked Oct 14. Join us for one of Mr. Craig's raucous dance parties!
- [Y Turkey Trot Charity 5K — Westminster](https://grassyknees.com/baltimore/activities/y-turkey-trot-charity-5k-westminster--listing-71bcdf2ead382d59a30b8ca6) — Thu, Nov 26 · 8:00 AM · Hill Y in Westminster · Paid · checked Oct 16. The Y in Central Maryland's Y Turkey Trot Charity 5K is held at six locations across central Maryland on Thanksgiving morning, Thursday, November 26. Families can walk or run…
- [20th Annual Carroll County Festival of Trees (Westminster)](https://grassyknees.com/baltimore/activities/20th-annual-carroll-county-festival-of-trees-westminster--listing-5abe57413aab01dff26371b7) — Fri, Nov 27 (+2 more dates) · John Street Quarters, Westminster · Free · checked Oct 24. The Shepherd's Staff's 20th annual Festival of Trees fills the John Street Quarters in downtown Westminster over Thanksgiving weekend with more than 30 decorated holiday trees…
- [Home for the Holidays Open House at the Historical Society of Carroll County](https://grassyknees.com/baltimore/activities/home-for-the-holidays-open-house-at-the-historical-society-of-carroll--listing-b4b3efdec75e52d563e56710) — Sat, Nov 28 · 11:00 AM – 1:00 PM · Historical Society of Carroll County, Westminster · Free · checked Oct 24. The Historical Society of Carroll County brings back its free holiday open house on Main Street in Westminster. For two hours on the Saturday after Thanksgiving, the society's…
- [Miracle on Main Street (Westminster)](https://grassyknees.com/baltimore/activities/miracle-on-main-street-westminster--listing-58e88ab3bf89949b87292c08) — Sat, Nov 28 · 12:00 PM – 8:00 PM · Locust Lane (across from CCPL Westminster) · Free · checked Oct 14. Downtown Westminster holiday celebration: Santa's Treat (free children's event with games, crafts and face painting) at the Westminster Family Fitness Center 12–4pm, one-mile…
- [The Santa Clause: Free Family Movie at the Carroll Arts Center](https://grassyknees.com/baltimore/activities/the-santa-clause-free-family-movie-at-the-carroll-arts-center--listing-9042d5777a899e35b65f99c4) — Sat, Nov 28 · 3:00 PM – 4:30 PM · The Carroll Arts Center, Westminster · Free · checked Oct 24. The Carroll County Arts Council screens the 1994 family comedy The Santa Clause (rated PG, 1 hr 37 min) in the historic Carroll Arts Center theater on Main Street in Westminster…
- [Hands that Built the Holiday: 2026 Holiday Tour at the Carroll County Farm Museum](https://grassyknees.com/baltimore/activities/hands-that-built-the-holiday-2026-holiday-tour-at-the-carroll-county-f--listing-6f55dde3d55c67fd094e7a25) — Dec 1 – Dec 20 · 9:00 AM – 4:00 PM · Carroll County Farm Museum, Westminster · From $5 · checked Oct 16. For its 60th anniversary, the Carroll County Farm Museum decorates the 1852–53 Carroll County Almshouse for a holiday tour called 'Hands that Built the Holiday'. Each room…
- [A Day of Christmas Cheer at the Carroll County Farm Museum](https://grassyknees.com/baltimore/activities/a-day-of-christmas-cheer-at-the-carroll-county-farm-museum--listing-12d1945527293bdd5e145ed2) — Sat, Dec 5 · 12:00 PM – 4:00 PM · Carroll County Farm Museum, Westminster · From $5 · checked Oct 16. Before Christmas came in a box, it was made by hand. The Carroll County Farm Museum's special holiday afternoon in Westminster celebrates old-fashioned traditions: the Old Line…
- [Merry TUBAChristmas!](https://grassyknees.com/baltimore/activities/merry-tubachristmas--listing-d07556c9012b3867a1728c19) — Sat, Dec 5 · 1:00 PM – 2:00 PM · Westminster Branch · All ages · checked Oct 14. Join us in the park for a seasonal outdoor concert played entirely on tubas, sousaphones, and euphoniums. You don't want to miss this unique experience.
- [Santa in the Schoolhouse at the Carroll County Farm Museum](https://grassyknees.com/baltimore/activities/santa-in-the-schoolhouse-at-the-carroll-county-farm-museum--listing-9bc95bf913bf88c64f54bffb) — Sat, Dec 5 (+5 more dates) · 12:00 PM – 4:00 PM · Carroll County Farm Museum, Westminster · From $5 · checked Oct 16. During the Carroll County Farm Museum's 2026 holiday season, Santa visits the museum's historic one-room schoolhouse in Westminster on December weekends, Saturdays and Sundays…
- [Saturdays with Santa and Free Carriage Rides (Westminster)](https://grassyknees.com/baltimore/activities/saturdays-with-santa-and-free-carriage-rides-westminster--listing-dd1de091be3d351466a39f75) — Sat, Dec 5 (+2 more dates) · 12:00 PM – 4:00 PM · Locust Lane (across from CCPL Westminster) · Free · checked Oct 14. Visit Santa at his house on the Westminster library's front lawn and take a free horse-drawn carriage ride through downtown Westminster; pick up the carriage in the back of…
- [A Charlie Brown Jazz Christmas with the Eric Byrd Trio (Westminster)](https://grassyknees.com/baltimore/activities/a-charlie-brown-jazz-christmas-with-the-eric-byrd-trio-westminster--listing-443c5bbc1e811f7b18bd1078) — Sat, Dec 12 · The Carroll Arts Center, Westminster · From $10 · checked Oct 24. The Carroll Arts Center marks the 20th anniversary of its A Charlie Brown Jazz Christmas, in which the animated 1965 special A Charlie Brown Christmas (rated G, 30 minutes) is…
- [Sounds of the Season Outdoor Concert (Westminster Library)](https://grassyknees.com/baltimore/activities/sounds-of-the-season-outdoor-concert-westminster-library--listing-88b5378c7e834a54d7ecc4de) — Sat, Dec 12 · 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM · Westminster Branch, Carroll County Public Library · All ages · checked Oct 16. Students from Westminster Elementary School give a seasonal outdoor concert hosted by the Westminster branch of the Carroll County Public Library. The library describes it as a…
- [Bake Together: Marshmallow Fondant Snow Friends Cookie Decorating](https://grassyknees.com/baltimore/activities/bake-together-marshmallow-fondant-snow-friends-cookie-decorating--listing-4d36707f2a473a62fd1d88c4) — Mon, Dec 14 · 5:00 PM – 7:00 PM · Exploration Commons at 50 East (Carroll County Public Library), Westminster · Ages 8–12 · From $12 · checked Oct 16. A pairs cooking class at the Exploration Commons kitchen in downtown Westminster: one child aged 8 to 12 and one adult work together to make soft marshmallow fondant from…
- [My First Maryland Nutcracker with Ballet Embody](https://grassyknees.com/baltimore/activities/my-first-maryland-nutcracker-with-ballet-embody--listing-890e68d387720af47d6060e9) — Sun, Dec 20 · 2:00 PM – 3:00 PM · The Carroll Arts Center, Westminster · All ages · From $10 · checked Oct 24. My First Maryland Nutcracker is a 50-minute, child-sized version of the holiday ballet with a Maryland twist (the Arts Council calls it Old Bay sprinkled), danced by Ballet…
- [Free Winter Admission at the Carroll County Farm Museum](https://grassyknees.com/baltimore/activities/free-winter-admission-at-the-carroll-county-farm-museum--listing-267762954cb11e8b85d65ce0) — Jan 1 – Feb 28 · 9:00 AM – 4:00 PM · Carroll County Farm Museum, Westminster · All ages · Free · checked Oct 20. Through January and February the Carroll County Farm Museum in Westminster waives its admission fee, so families can explore the 19th-century farm buildings and exhibits without…

## Places and ongoing programs

- [Baugher's Farm petting zoo and pick-your-own pumpkins](https://grassyknees.com/baltimore/activities/baugher-s-farm-petting-zoo-and-pick-your-own-pumpkins--listing-2d982e2ab7d5a7f8ce018be4) — Petting Zoo open May until Thanksgiving, every day 9:00 am - 6:00 pm. Pick-your-own… · Baugher's Orchards and Farm (Petting Zoo), Westminster · Free · checked Oct 14. Baugher's free petting zoo in Westminster has donkeys, chickens, lambs, pigs, turkeys, ducks, cows, rabbits, peacocks, emus, guinea fowl and many goats, plus playgrounds, goat…
- [Union Mills Homestead](https://grassyknees.com/baltimore/activities/union-mills-homestead--listing-afb82ac37ce4ca71c574be28) — Tuesday-Sunday, noon-4 pm and by appointment. Last combination tour begins by 3 pm; last… · Union Mills Homestead, Westminster · All ages · From $10 · checked Oct 14. Museum of American rural culture seven miles north of Westminster: the Shriver family homestead for six generations, with original furnishings, a blacksmith shop and a…

## Recently ended

- [Happy Healthy Halloween – Hill Y in Westminster](https://grassyknees.com/baltimore/activities/happy-healthy-halloween-hill-y-in-westminster--listing-f545ed2824aa54b77e509edb) — ended Fri, Oct 23
- [Pete the Cat Meet and Greet (Westminster Library)](https://grassyknees.com/baltimore/activities/pete-the-cat-meet-and-greet-westminster-library--listing-68fbaa43c23eb6a431e0f021) — ended Fri, Oct 16

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