# Alcoholic Beverages and Cannabis (GAB)

## Title 19. Dorchester County

### Subtitle 10. Licenses for Specific Types of Organizations and Venues

#### Section 19-1001

(a) There is an arts beer and wine license.

(b)

  (1) The Board may issue the license to a nonprofit or for-profit retail business, including an art center, an art gallery, a museum, or a similar business that is primarily devoted to art that expresses matters of serious literary, artistic, scientific, or political value, that:

    (i) engages in the display and sale of original artwork; and

    (ii) is located in an arts and entertainment district approved by the Department of Commerce.

  (2) The Board may not issue the license to a business that displays and sells commercially prepared or mass-produced artistic products.

  (3) The license holder may sell or serve beer and wine:

    (i) at retail for on-premises consumption when snacks are served; and

    (ii) on Monday through Sunday, during normal business hours but not earlier than 10 a.m. and not later than 10 p.m.

  (4) The license may not be transferred from the location for which the license was originally issued to another location.

(c) The annual license fee is $250.

(d) The Board may adopt regulations to carry out this section.

#### Section 19-1002

(a) There is a venue beer, wine, and liquor license.

(b) The Board may issue the license to a nonprofit or for-profit retail business that hosts weddings, banquets, parties, meetings, and similar events, whether private or open to the public, at a venue that:

  (1) is at least 2,000 square feet in size;

  (2) can accommodate at least 100 individuals for a single event, whether inside the venue or outside on the venue's premises; and

  (3) has adequate bathroom facilities.

(c)

  (1) The license authorizes the license holder to sell or serve beer, wine, and liquor at retail, by the drink or by the bottle, for on-premises consumption:

    (i) during an event hosted by the license holder at the license holder's venue; and

    (ii) only if food is also provided during the event.

  (2) A license holder may not allow an individual to carry beer, wine, and liquor onto or off the licensed premises.

(d) The license may not be transferred to another location.

(e) The license holder may sell beer, wine, and liquor during the hours and days as set out for a Class B beer, wine, and liquor license under Sec. 19-2005 of this title.

(f) The annual fee for the license is $1,500.

(g) The Board may 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)