The Blue Crab Arts and Crafts Festival will be held on Saturday, July 1 and Sunday, July 2 on the grounds of the Chesapeake Bay Croquet Club, 1860 Twiggs Ferry Road, Hartfield. The event will be held from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. each day.

This event features original, handcrafted works of art with an emphasis on quality craftsmanship, a release stated. Sixty or more vendors are expected to attend, including food trucks, steamed crabs, arts and crafts and other items for sale.

There will be music, a beer/wine garden and activities for people of all ages. Activities include free croquet and lawn bowling lessons and games, and a professionally run shooting gallery at the Middlesex Shooting Sports Club range next door. All the activities will be held in the shade, under a large pine tree stand.

The host of this festival, the Chesapeake Bay Croquet Club, is celebrating its new expansion to 24 championship grade courts, making it the largest croquet facility in the world. “The club wants...