🍦Who’s headlining All Things Go 2026?

Good morning, Columbia. An escaped zebra in Armenia last Friday turned out to be. . . a donkey that a very patient someone (or someones) painted. But I really want to know is did they paint it white with black stripes or black with white stripes?

In today’s Columbia Scoop:

Let’s get to it.

— Michelle Sinclair

🎈 = family-friendly events

🌱 Creating Intentional Green Spaces: Plants + Crystals - Design a styled plant and crystal vignette for your home while learning meaningful pairings and setting intentions.

🌙 Midnight Mini-Golf - Y2K-themed mini-golf under the stars with adult beverages, lawn games, and DMV Taqueria on site. 21+.

🎈 📚 10th Annual Books in Bloom Festival - Celebrate storytelling at Color Burst Park with local authors, Generation Verse teen readings, and Creator Labs for podcasting and vlogging.

🎈 🚴 Children's Bike Rodeo - Free bike safety event with seven agility stations, helmet checks, and bike "driver's licenses" at Dunloggin Middle School.

🏃 2026 Nurses Run 5K - Non-timed 5K to raise funds for nursing scholarships, training and continued education.

🍺 Craft Fair & Maker's Market at Manor Hill - Browse local artisans and crafters at the farm while enjoying 14 taps of farm-brewed beers and live music.

🎈 🌿 Weed Warriors & Tree Savers Certification Program - Learn to identify invasive plants and lead volunteer groups in habitat restoration.

🍷 Walk to Cure Arthritis - Free community walk at The Mall in Columbia to support arthritis research and awareness.

🎈 🎶 Columbia Bands 2026 Spring Concert - The Columbia Concert Band performs an energetic spring program including selections from "Encanto" and John Williams.

🌸 Jessup Mother's Day Candle & Perfume Experience - Create a custom soy candle and organic perfume roller in this hands-on Mother's Day workshop.

🎶 Free-For-All Concert: Spring Strings - Chamber Music Maryland presents a free spring strings concert at the Horowitz Center.

🎨 Maryland Show - Original art celebrating Maryland themes from gallery artists at Artists' Gallery in Ellicott City.

🎈 🎭 Toby's Dinner Theatre Presents: The Wizard of Oz - Multiple showtimes through the weekend for this family-friendly classic, including Sunday brunch and matinee options.

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If you grew up screaming "Misery Business" into your hairbrush, this one's for you.

All Things Go just dropped its 2026 lineup. And while 2025 is a hard act to follow (I’m a such a sucker for Noah Kahan), there are some great names on this poster.

The festival's been around since 2014 when it started as the All Things Go Fall Classic at DC’s Union Market. After covid, it moved to Merriweather (even though they still call it All Things Go DC). These days there are also festivals in Toronto and NYC.

Don’t sleep on the undercard either. Suki Waterhouse, Father John Misty (criminally underrated), Tinashe, Flipturn, Tiny Habits. These are great names.

One-day tickets start at $149 for GA and go all the way up to $799 for the VIP Super Suite. Three-day tickets start at $349 and the VIP Super Suite will run you almost $2k. Get tickets.

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You all should be real estate agents! Almost half of our readers correctly guessed the price of this 9,100-square-foot beauty in Clarksville – $2.5 million. What does that get you?

8 bedrooms & 8 bathrooms. 3 acres in Hedgerow Estates. A pool, epic game room with a wet bar, and a gym with a sauna! Click here to take a look inside.

🍕🍦Pizza & beer ice cream: Maple Lawn's getting two new tenants, and they're a package deal. Howard County couple Aisha and Mohammed Tariq are opening Maple Lawn Pizza and Sub on May 29 (halal, family-friendly, 30 seats), with Bruster's Ice Cream right next door in mid-July. The Tariqs already run a Bruster's in Vienna, Virginia.

🙏Faithful folks wanted: Howard County is recruiting for its brand-new Interfaith Advisory Commission. County Executive Calvin Ball is looking for 16 to 20 members — faith leaders, public members, and at least one student under 19. Quarterly meetings start this fall. Apply here.

🚧 Construction in progress: Add Mission Road to the construction conga line. Howard County is installing 3,900 feet of water main along Mission Road in Jessup, Samuel Morse Drive, and the Columbia Gateway Corporate Center starting May 18. Expected wrap: late February 2027. Pack your patience.

🎽🥍 Big week for high school sports.

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65 🌡️ 45 | 🌧️ | 17% ☔ | 💨 NW 7 mph

68 🌡️ 51 | ☀️ | 18% ☔ | 💨 W 10 mph

71 🌡️ 52 | ⛈️ | 66% ☔ | 💨 SW 8 mph

79 🌡️ 55 | 🌧️ | 73% ☔ | 💨 SW 9 mph

68 🌡️ 45 | 🌧️ | 69% ☔ | 💨 NW 15 mph

Bare Bones | Adam Merkle | 7 PM 
Collective Encore | Disciple of The Garden | 7 PM | Tickets
Cured 1821 | Rodney Kelly | 6 PM 
The Morgan Inn | Dave Phenicie & Paula Richardson | 6 PM 

Bare Bones | Don`t Stop | 8 PM 
The Barn & Lodge | Andy B | 8 PM
Collective Encore | Vanessa Collier | 8 PM | Tickets 
Cured 1821 | Aiden Interrante | 6 PM 
Kelsey’s Restaurant & Irish Pub | Rod Sebastian | 6 PM 
Looney’s Maple Lawn | Lithium & Candy | 9 PM
The Morgan Inn | Brandon Reeves with featuring Hannah Michelle | 8 PM 
Reckless Shepherd | The Chucks | 8:30 PM
Smashing Grapes | Eugene Champman| 8 PM 
White Oak Tavern | Sam O’Hare | 8 PM

Bare Bones | Crash The Limo | 8 PM 
The Barn & Lodge | Mike Sharp | 8 PM
Collective Encore | Vanessa Collier | 8 PM | Tickets 
Cured 1821 | TBA | 6 PM 
Kelsey’s Restaurant & Irish Pub | Almost Infinity | 6 PM 
Looney’s Maple Lawn | Kono Nation | 9 PM
Manor Hill Brewing | John Benjamin + Sticks & Stones | 12 PM
The Morgan Inn | The Midnight Moving Co. | 8 PM 
Reckless Shepherd | HFS | 8:30 PM
Smashing Grapes | Eddie Botts | 8 PM 
Sonoma’s | Hightest | 7 PM
White Oak Tavern | Jazz Brunch | 9 AM & 4 PM
White Oak Tavern | Noah Pierre Duo | 12 PM
White Oak Tavern | Mallow Hill Band | 8 PM

The Barn & Lodge | Jamie Bishop | 8 PM
Cured 1821 | Joe DeCara | 5 PM
Manor Hill Brewing | Tears for Devere | 2 PM 
The Morgan Inn | The Soul Family Band | 2 PM 
Smashing Grapes | Jennifer Schimpf | 11 AM 
White Oak Tavern | Oreo Jazz Trio | 9 AM
White Oak Tavern | Jazz Brunch | 11 AM
White Oak Tavern | Jason Kearse Duo | 4 PM

Collective Encore | Thunderbeard | 7:30 PM | Tickets

Thanks for reading Columbia Scoop today. If you found something useful, please share it with someone who tried to put up their own wallpaper and ended up calling a professional two days later. It’s me. I call the pro and I’m not ashamed of it.