# Alcoholic Beverages and Cannabis (GAB)

## Title 19. Dorchester County

### Subtitle 13. Temporary Licenses

#### Section 19-1304

(a) In this section, "festival" means a beer and wine festival in Dorchester County.

(b) There is a Dorchester County beer and wine festival (DBWF) license.

(c) The Board may issue the license to a holder of a retail license, Class 3 winery license, Class 4 limited winery license, Class 6 pub-brewery license, Class 7 micro-brewery license, or Class 8 farm brewery 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 40,000 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 the festival.

(f) The Board:

  (1)

    (i) may approve more than one festival each year to be held on a weekend, Friday through Sunday inclusive; and

    (ii) may not approve more than one festival for any one weekend;

  (2) shall approve a location that is not already licensed; and

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

(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 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)