Is it Memorial Day Weekend already? Wasn’t I shoveling snow just last week? Now I’m swatting the first mosquitoes of the season and starting my annual search for an effective fly spray!

You'll be putting a lot of miles on your hybrid trying to get to all of these: lots of weekend-long festivals celebrating the Shore’s nautical heritage, Civil War history, and the eons-long spawning of the Horseshoe crab. Plus several arts festivals that should not be missed, and a few local customs -- blessing of the fleet in Crisfield and a reunion and reenactment of life at the Fairmount Academy.

If you are planning an event on Delmarva with broad or unusual interest, contact me.

MAY 26:

Sun, Surf, and ’65 Concert, Milton. Part of the weekly free Wednesday night concert series. This one features music from 1965. Bring a blanket or lawn chair and sing along. 7 pm.

MAY 28-30

Horseshoe Crab & Shorebird Festival, Milton. A weekend of wildlife exhibits and activities, vendors, train rides, arts & crafts, plus free shuttles all day to the beach at Prime Hook National Wildlife Refuge to watch the horseshoe crabs swim ashore to spawn. Friday night, a FREE performance by the Delaware Comedy Improv Company. (Donations accepted) www.historicalmilton.com/events.html

Chestertown Tea Party Festival, Chestertown. No, this is not a gathering of Ron Paul supporters. A real step back in time as the colonial town celebrates Maryland’s tea party in 1774 with a weekend of re-enactments, skits, displays, demonstrations of colonial crafts, swordplay, music, Punch & Judy puppets, “Toss the Tory.” Reenactment of the Tea Party is Saturday at 2 p.m. Something happening every minute.

http://www.chestertownteaparty.com/thefestival.htm

Oxford Fine Arts Fair, Oxford Community Center. 40 regional and national artists showing works in painting, sculpture, & photography. Lunch and strawberry shortcake for sale. $5. www.oxfordcc.org

MAY 29

Art on the Farm, Barrier Islands Center, Machipongo. Fantastic open-air air show on the grounds of the center. Dozens of artists displaying their works while local musicians play bluegrass and old time country music, nurseries sell their spring plants, children roam through the petting zoo, and the wineries of the Virginia Shore uncork their wares. www.barrierislandscenter.org

Guided walks through Adkins Arboretum, near Ridgley. Guided tours through the grounds, concentrating on recognizing native plants and promoting their use in gardens and landscaping. 11 a.m. Free

Fairmount Academy Festival, Fairmount (near Crisfield). A day in the 1800’s. Old fashioned spelling bee, ‘class,’ entertainment, folk dancing, seafood. www.visitsomerset.com

Delaware By Hand Show & Sale, Lewes. Delaware By Hand is an organization of near 170 craft artisans in Delaware. This is an annual show on the grounds of the Zwaanendael Museum in the heart of Lewes. Clay, metal, jewelry, sculpture, glass – an amazing, wonderful display of creativity. 10-4 www.delawarebyhand.org

MAY 29-30

Seaford Heritage Weekend, Seaford. Civil War reenactment and encampment, demonstrations of period crafts and life. Antique car show, mansion tours. www.seafordchamber.com

MAY 30

Soft Shell Spring Fair, Crisfield. Featuring Crisfield soft crabs & crab cakes, arts & crafts, live entertainment, Waterman’s Hall of Fame. At the city dock. Noon-5 p.m. Free. www.crisfieldchamber.com

Blessing of the Fleet, Crisfield. 4 p.m. at Robert Reed Park on the waterfront.

Drum Circle on the Beach, Lewes. Held every other Sunday through the summer. Drummers and dancers informally gather to play until the sun goes down. Join in or just watch. Free.