Azalea Festival
2023 AZALEA FESTIVAL
DATES
Friday, May 5 – Sunday May, 7
HOURS
Friday: 10 a.m. – 5 p.m.*
Saturday & Sunday: 10 a.m. – 5 p.m.
LOCATION
6101 Wilson Lane, Bethesda, MD 20817
COST
No cost to enter and parking is free.
Outside food and beverages are not permitted.
*Funland Friday hours: noon - 4 p.m.
OUR AZALEA STORY
Landon School's Azalea Festival has continued consecutively since 1954 when our School's founders, Paul Landon and Mary Lee Banfield, sold azalea plants to raise scholarship funds for students to attend the school.
Now organized by the Azalea Festival Committee, the tradition continues every year on the first weekend in May.
Please join us for our three-day community festival and bring your family and friends!
AZALEAS & PLANTS
We sell large and diverse assortments of high-quality annuals, perennials, bonsai, herbs, and vegetables to fill landscaping beds and containers.
BOUTIQUES
Shop for apparel, jewelry, accessories, artwork, and more! They make great gifts in time for Mother’s Day, graduations, and birthdays.
Funland
There are carnival rides, bounce houses, face painters, clowns, and magicians. These activities provide hours of fun for children of all ages!
2023 Festival Vendors
AZALEAS GALORE!
We sell numerous varieties with blooms in many unique shapes and colors, plus azaleas grown on campus in the Heritage Garden.
Early shoppers find the best selection!
Landon School is home to the Perkins Garden, one of the largest collections of azalea varieties on the East Coast. Take a tour to see this beautiful garden and enjoy the peaceful setting.
BEARLY USED
Landon has some great finds at bargain prices in our big gym! Bearly Used is a treasure trove of gently used furniture, clothing, home accessories, books, toys, and more.
FOOD
Enjoy meals and treats from vendors including Bear Bakery, Riddles Griddles, and Bear Beverages plus Potomac Pizza, Five Guys, Ben & Jerry's, Clayboys, Funnel Fare, Smoothie King, Smoking Crab.
ENTERTAINMENT
Enjoy live music, comedians, and theater performances of Shrek the Musical from Landon and Holton-Arms Upper School students. It's a show you don't want to miss!
2023 Festival Food Vendors
BE AN AZALEA SPONSOR
We welcome members of the Landon School community and area businesses to sponsor the Azalea Festival. See your family’s name or company's name/ logo with other sponsorship signs along the campus roadway. Become a sponsor of Funland, Riddles Griddle, Bear Beverages, Bear Bakery, Golf Carts, Bearly Used or ‘Zalea Bash. Key sponsorship opportunities are outlined in the link below.
THANK YOU TO OUR GENEROUS SPONSORS FOR THEIR FINANCIAL SUPPORT!
- OUR MIGHTY BEAR SPONSORS ($10,000)
- OUR GOLDEN BEAR SPONSORS ($5,000)
- OUR WHITE ROCKS SPONSORS ($2,500)
- OUR 'ZALEA PINK SPONSORS ($1,000)
- OUR BROWN BEAR SPONSORS ($500)
- OUR PATRON CONTRIBUTORS (UP TO $499)
OUR MIGHTY BEAR SPONSORS ($10,000)
OUR GOLDEN BEAR SPONSORS ($5,000)
OUR WHITE ROCKS SPONSORS ($2,500)
OUR 'ZALEA PINK SPONSORS ($1,000)
OUR BROWN BEAR SPONSORS ($500)
OUR PATRON CONTRIBUTORS (UP TO $499)
OUR VOLUNTEERS MAKE ALL THE DIFFERENCE
Thank you to our Azalea Festival Committee and all the volunteers from our Landon School community for offering their time and talent to plan the Azalea Festival and participate in its success.
It's a great way to reconnect with old friends and make new ones. Work a shift or plan an event or both!
We value our volunteers who make this Festival shine, rain or shine!
Committee Co-Chairs
Azalea Plants
Lynn King P '23
Karoline Shannon P '21, '26
Bear Beverages
Kristen Lever P '24
Bear Bakery
Susan Eagle P '27
Anne Hawkins P '27
Bearly Used
Jamie Hotchkiss P '23, '27
Alison Schermer-Fuller P '18, '20, '23
Julie Ray P '23
Bear Boardwalk
Kristen Edma P '25
Eileen Shelton P '24
Boutiques
Roxanne Haltmeyer P '25
Danielle Lloyd P '29
Cement Bears
Claire Swift P '24, '26
Funland
Bridget Maybud P '31
Herbs & Veggies
Paulie Abeles P '21, '22
Gina Baum P '21
Karen Johnson P '27
Debbie Hannam P '18
Plants
Patti Kelly P '23, '24
Plant Pick Up
Martha Marmo-Fernandes P '22, '24
Riddles Griddles Alumni
Cameron Coursen '99
Andy Goldstein '04
Riddles Griddles Seniors
Alicia Barahona P '23, '26
Join us!
The Landon Azalea Festival is our signature community event when we open our campus to celebrate spring. I enjoy driving our visitors around, seeing the delighted children on the carnival rides, and the beauty of the flowers, plants, and trees that make the campus come alive. Above all, I love the sense of connection that this event fosters between us.- jim neill, Head of school
'Zalea Bash
This evening party on Friday, May 5 for adults includes dinner and cocktails, music and dancing, plus an auction to raise funds for faculty enrichment. It's a great night for our Landon School community!
Live and silent auction items are needed: vacation homes, certificates to unique experiences, tickets to concerts or sporting events, rare bottles of wine or liquor, irresistible accessories, or limited-edition artwork.
Ticketed event by invitation.
Please see our tentative schedule for Friday, May 5-Sunday, May 7. Dates and times subject to change.
*Ticketed event
FRIDAY, MAY 5
10 AM: FESTIVAL OPENS
12 PM: FUNLAND OPENS*
12:30 PM: MIDDLE SCHOOL HAND BELLS; LOWER SCHOOL BAND & STRINGS
2 PM: MY REPTILE GUYS*
2-4 PM: FESTIVAL SOUNDS
4 PM: FUNLAND CLOSES
5 PM: FESTIVAL CLOSES
6:30 PM: 'ZALEA BASH*
SATURDAY, MAY 6
10 AM: FESTIVAL OPENS
10 AM: FUNLAND OPENS*
11 AM: MY REPTILE GUYS*
NOON - 3PM: SOL Y RUMBA BAND
1 PM: THE GREAT ZUCCHINI*
2 PM: SHREK THE MUSICAL
PRESENTED BY LANDON & HOLTON-ARMS
2-4 PM: FESTIVAL SOUNDS
4 PM: SORRY - STUDENT ROCK BAND
5 PM: FESTIVAL CLOSES
8 PM: SHREK THE MUSICAL
PRESENTED BY LANDON & HOLTON-ARMS
SUNDAY, MAY 7
10 AM: FESTIVAL OPENS
10 AM: FUNLAND OPENS*
10 AM: JACOBY CUP ALUMNI TENNIS TOURNAMENT
10 AM: DAISY ROAD - CLASSIC ROCK, FUNK, SOUL
11 AM: THE GREAT ZUCCHINI*
1 PM: THE GREAT ZUCCHINI*
2 PM: SHREK THE MUSICAL
PRESENTED BY LANDON & HOLTON-ARMS
2-4 PM: LANDON SYMPHONETTE
5 PM: FESTIVAL CLOSES
- How much does it cost to enter?
- Where can I park and is it free?
- Can I bring my pet?
- What happens if it rains?
- What is Givesmart and how do I register?
- Need more information?
How much does it cost to enter?
Where can I park and is it free?
Can I bring my pet?
What happens if it rains?
What is Givesmart and how do I register?
Need more information?
Where can I shop and eat?
Boutique Vendors
Art of the Wolf
Bone Jour
Cesoli
Cross My Heart Designs
Deo duPont
Fornash
Grace & Griffin
Ibhana Boutique
Inspirations by Pat
Isabel Chiotti Designs
itty bitty boutique
J. McLaughlin
Leemoy Collections
Landon Ceramics, Laura John (Landon Art Teacher)
Liza Byrd
Mill & Mountain Inc
Mostly Monograms
Nosetta
Not Your Mother’s Diamonds
O&E Campus
Patricia Lynch
ReDunne
Scout and Molly’s Boutique
Sealed with a Kish
Silk Impressions
Sissy Yates Jewelry Designs
Sunshine Bakery
Two Coconuts
Valerie Nahmani Designs
Food Vendors and Refreshments
Bear Beverages
Bear Boardwalk
Clayboys Shave Ice
Five Guys
Funnel Fare
Potomac Pizza
Riddles Griddle, Landon Alumni
Smoothie King
The Smoking Crab