# Alcoholic Beverages and Cannabis (GAB)

## Title 18. Charles County

### Subtitle 13. Temporary Licenses

#### Section 18-1304

(a) In this section, "Festival" means the Charles County Beer and Wine Festival.

(b) There is a Charles County Beer and Wine Festival (CBWF) license.

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

(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 may display and sell beer and wine:

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

  (2) during the hours and days designated for the Festival.

(f)

  (1) Subject to paragraph (3) of this subsection, the Board may choose 1 weekend, Friday through Sunday inclusive, each year for the Festival.

  (2) The Board shall:

    (i) choose a location that is not licensed; and

    (ii) ensure that the primary focus of the Festival is the promotion of Maryland beer and wine.

  (3) The weekend chosen for the Festival may not:

    (i) be within 14 days before or after the dates selected for the Maryland Wine Festival in Carroll County; or

    (ii) conflict with the dates selected for the:

      (1) Anne Arundel County Beer and Wine Festival;

      (2) Baltimore County Wine Festival;

      (3) Calvert County Wine Festival;

      (4) Harford County Wine Festival;

      (5) Howard County Wine Festival;

      (6) Queen Anne's County Beer and Wine Festival;

      (7) Maryland Wine Festival in Somerset County;

      (8) Cumberland and Shenandoah Valley Wine Festival in Washington County; or

      (9) Worcester County Beer and Wine Festival.

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

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

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

  (2) delivered to the 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 festival license; and

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