# Alcoholic Beverages and Cannabis (GAB)

## Title 11. Anne Arundel County

### Subtitle 13. Temporary Licenses

#### Section 11-1304

(a) In this section, "festival" means the Anne Arundel County Beer and Wine Festival, the Benson-Hammond House Strawberry Festival, or any other festival that the Board approves under this section.

(b) There is a beer and wine festival (BWF) license.

(c)

  (1) The Board may issue the license to a holder of a retail license, a Class 3 winery license, or a Class 4 limited winery license.

  (2) The Board may issue the license to a nonprofit organization, as defined by Sec. 501(c) of the Internal Revenue Code, that meets the requirements of:

    (i) this section; and

    (ii) any regulations that the Board adopts.

(d) The license authorizes the holder to display and sell:

  (1) wine that is:

    (i) manufactured and processed in any state; and

    (ii) distributed in the State when the license application is filed; and

  (2) beer that is brewed by a brewer:

    (i) that brews less than 60,000 barrels of beer annually; and

    (ii) whose product is distributed in the State when the license application is filed.

(e) A license holder shall display and sell beer and wine:

  (1) at retail for on- and off-premises consumption; and

  (2) during the hours and days designated for a festival.

(f) The Board:

  (1) each year may choose 1 weekend, Friday through Sunday inclusive, for a festival to take place;

  (2) may not choose a weekend that occurs within 14 days before or after the Maryland Wine Festival in Carroll County;

  (3) shall choose a location that is not already licensed; and

  (4) shall ensure that the primary focus of a festival is the promotion of Maryland beer and wine.

(g)

  (1) The license holder may hold another license of a different class or nature.

  (2) The license holder may display and sell beer or wine at a festival without holding a nonprofit beer, wine, and liquor festival permit under Sec. 2-131 of this article.

(h) Beer and wine displayed and sold shall be:

  (1) invoiced to the license holder by a wholesaler, a Class 3 winery, or a Class 4 limited winery; and

  (2) delivered to a festival from the licensed premises of the wholesaler, Class 3 winery, or Class 4 limited winery.

(i) A holder of a wholesale, Class 3 winery, or Class 4 limited winery license may enter into an agreement with the license holder to:

  (1) deliver beer and wine not earlier than 2 days before the effective date of the license; and

  (2) accept returns not later than 2 days after the expiration date of the license.

(j) The Board may set the license fee.

(k) The Board shall adopt regulations to carry out this section.

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Md. Code Ann., Alco. Bev. (as displayed at mgaleg.maryland.gov, October 16, 2026)