An Artsy Weekend on Tap in HoCo

This will be a good weekend to keep it HoCo loco. Tomorrow, in Columbia, LakeFest kicks off the 2011 Columbia Festival of the Arts in Town Center with a parade followed by an evening of entertainment including the MarchFourth Marching Band. The entire lakefront will be filled with art and food. Lakefest continues on throughout the weekend ending Sunday at 5:30 PM.

In Ellicott City, the Chesapeake Shakespeare Company launches their 2011 season at the ruins of the Patapsco Female Insitute in Ellicott City with a performance of A Midsummer Nights Dream. If you have never attended one of these outdoor performances you owe it to yourself to check it out. Bring a picnic and a bottle of wine and settle in for Shakespeare under the stars.