All the events. All in one place.

We've just added a full schedule page to the Cheverly Day website. Use it to plan your day!

Cheverly Day 2014 is just a little over two weeks away and we have LOTS of information to share with you in the next 18 days. Make sure to keep an eye on this blog and our website for the latest details. And don't forget to follow us on Facebook and Tweet at us this Cheverly Day!

Just added to our stage!

We're happy to announce a new addition to our entertainment lineup at Cheverly Day... Elements of Cosine! They'll take the stage from 3:30 to 4:30pm, so bring your friends and enjoy a great afternoon of FREE music by some of the best entertainers in the area.

Here's a preview -- we think you'll love them!

Food at Cheverly Day 2014

We have a great lineup of classic festival food at Cheverly Day 2014! Burgers, half smokes, pit BBQ, funnel cakes,ice cream, fresh lemonade and beer... Bring your appetite on May 31! 

The smell of the pit beef smoke wafting over the crowds at Cheverly Day...fresh, tart lemonade, crunchy, hot fries, juicy burgers, the joy of a kid sampling their first cotton candy...

This is classic festival and fair food, and we're very happy to have Good Times Catering with us again this year!

Simple Pleasures Ice Cafe handcrafts luscious ice creams that the Russells make in the traditional European way, using the very best ingredients. Simple Pleasures uses fresh ice cream, sherbets and sugar-free ice cream in such flavors as flavors as Vanilla, Chocolate, Strawberry, Cookies-n-Cream, Butter Pecan, Mint Chocolate Chip, Coffee, Butter Brickle, Lemon Custard, Dulce de Leche, Tiramisu, Banana Pudding, and Chocolate Brownie Points. Italian Ice flavors include Cherry, Lemon, Pina Colada, Mango,and Blue Raspberry. Sugar-Free flavors include: Vanilla, Chocolate, and Butter Pecan. The Russells have been been part of Cheverly Community Market for many years, and we're thrilled to have this incredible locally made ice cream at Cheverly Day 2014.

Funnel Cakes are back! There is no way funnel cakes should taste as good as they do. A flavorless batter poured into hot oil? Meh. But theres this amazing alchemy that happens when confectioners sugar hits that hot, crunchy, squiggly circle or fried dough -- its magic, a thing that many childhood memories are made of. We can't really explain it, but we certainly do enjoy it (and, judging by the long lines that usually accompany the funnel cake tent, so do you)!

When we ask people about their favorite aspects of Cheverly Day, a few things pop up over and over. One of those things is today's focus: the Beer Garden. Hosted by the St. Ambrose Catholic Church Men's Club, the Beer Garden is a longstanding tradition that only seems to improve with age. The beer truck -- full of ice cold beer -- anchors a corner of the lower parking lot cordoned off with orange plastic fencing. The long tables are the site of many conversations with groups of friends and neighbors catching up throughout the day, and a favorite vantage point for the fireworks at night. In addition to beer, the Beer Garden offers root beer for the kids and free peanuts...we've enjoyed many hours cracking peanut shells and catching up with people we somehow only manage to see once a year at, you guessed it, the Beer Garden.

Thank you to ALL of great food vendors for their contributions to the delights of Cheverly Day! Interested in becoming a food vendor at Cheverly Day 2014? There's still time! Please email us: food@cheverlyday.org.

Mayor's Awards: Volunteers of the Year

We are thrilled to share this message from Mayor Mike Callahan celebrating the 2014 recipients of the Mayor's Awards for Volunteers: Pat Nelson and Gabe Horchler.
Volunteers of the Year Gabe Horchler and Pat Nelson: Each year it is one of my great pleasures to designate two Cheverlians (with consultation from the Town Council) who demonstrate outstanding service to the Town of Cheverly. This is usually a very difficult process, as Cheverly is a community of special people who do special things.

However, this year it came to me in an instant. Pat and Gabe have been dedicated to our town for many years and are always there to help when needed.

Pat Nelson has been the hidden force that drives the Cheverly Day celebration. She conceived and constructed the Midway Games and has maintained and enhanced them for years. This year she is incorporating many new themes such as Mini Golf and the Ping Pong Flume. However, her greatest contribution is her creativity and artistic interpretation of the Cheverly Spirit, which is found each year on our Cheverly Day Tee-shirts. Each Tee-shirt is a work of art: The Cheverly View of the World, The Fireworks, The Cicada Crunch, It’s Not Easy Being Green, and of course this year’s "Cheverly, Greater Than the Sum of its Parts".

Gabe Horchler (left)/image via Cathy Smith

Gabe Horchler can be found almost anywhere where people need a hand; toting tables, moving mulch, and helping the needy through his association with St Vincent DePaul. While I rely on Gabe to assist with the set-up and take down of the Community Market, Gabe’s biggest mark on our community can be found in the trail of wood chips that go from Town Hall to Seven Eleven. This trail is Cheverly’s best kept secret and a wonderful place to get away from the world.

Of course Gabe doesn’t do this alone. He does this as part of the Friends of Lower Beaverdam Creek, and he does this with a core of contributors: Ken Furnkranz, Rudd Moe, Riley Grimes, Rex Korden, the Scouts and many others. This is why this Plaque will read: Gabe Horchler and the Mulchers.

Gabe and the Mulchers, quietly go about the process of continually improving the path; building bridges, building steps, managing water problems and spreading mulch by the ton. Gabe has transformed the process from wheel barrels to tractors with multiple cart attachments easily quadrupling production.

Please join the Cheverly Day committee in saluting these wonderful Cheverly residents -- they add so much to the community and we are truly fortunate to have their passion and drive in our town. Mayor Mike Callahan will present these awards on May 31 at 8:30pm, just before the Cheverly Day fireworks.

Congratulations Pat & Gabe!

Groups & Local Businesses: Join us this Cheverly Day!

Be part of the Cheverly puzzle: Get involved and share your support for Cheverly Day by sharing information about your organization. Cheverly Day 2014 is pleased to offer tables to our community groups, not-for-profits, local businesses and politicians this May 31. 

This year, we're celebrating Cheverly as More Than the Sum of its Parts! Join our wonderful community organizations for fun in the upper parking lot from 1:00pm to 5:00pm! We'd love to see EVERY community group out in force for this big event: host a table (we’ll provide a table and two chairs – we recommend you bring a tent) and invite community members to learn more about your organization with a fun activity or publicity materials.

Please visit our website today for complete details, pricing and guidelines.

There's still time to advertise with us!

Reach an important audience -- your friends and neighbors -- when you advertise on the Cheverly Day 2014 website and blog! We're THE source for all things Cheverly Day, and our audience visits multiple times to keep up with the latest news about the big event.

Cheverly Day advertising rates are very affordable -- our rates have remained the same as 2012 and 2013! Recognized community groups get a 50% discount and all advertising remains up through January 1, 2015. See our website for complete pricing and guidelines -- you can also email our webmaster with questions. There's no deadline, but the sooner your ad is posted, the longer it's visible to your potential customers, so act today!

We very much appreciate those of you who have used us as a great medium to get the word out about your business or organization. We hope that you will consider doing so again this year. Not only is it a great forum for you to advertise for the entire year but it is also a wonderful contribution to Cheverly Day.

Get your message to a wide range of people with varied interests while letting everyone know that you support Cheverly Day -- advertise with us!

More Great Music this Cheverly Day

This weekend, we've focused on the music you'll find this year at Cheverly Day -- we're truly proud to present world class talent on our stage. We want everyone in Cheverly to get out their dancing shoes -- and dust off your best moves -- to enjoy the amazing lineup of FREE music we have in store!

This year, in addition to Pan Masters Steel Drum Orchestra and legendary jazz musician Nasar Abadey and his band SUPERNOVA, we present two crowd favorites: In Da' Cut and The Alfredo Mojica Quintet.



We are thrilled to have In Da’ Cut with us again this year. The R&B, Neo Soul, Jazz Band last performed on the Cheverly Day stage in 2012. If you've visited Hyattsville's Peachez Cafe, you may have enjoyed an evening with this great band! They'll be on stage at Cheverly Day at 7:30pm -- the final band before the Mayor's Awards, National Anthem performed by Renee Johnson, and the FIREWORKS!

Alfredo Mojica, who sang at Bossa for years with the group Sin Miedo, unites salsa, jazz and Latin American balladry in The Alfredo Mojica Quintet.

His vocals can be heard as he sings and plays salsa, ballads and jazz. Alfredo is equally at home with R&B, Blues, Latin, Caribbean, Brazilian, Classical, Funk, Rock and Pop styles of music. He has performed in Japan, Canada, El Salvador, Europe, West Africa and Mexico to name a few. Locally, he has performed at Blues Alley, the Kennedy Center, Constitution Hall, the Warner Theater and many other area venues.

Alfredo has also performed on several albums by upcoming jazz and salsa artists including Dave Matthew, Mesa, Alejandra Guzman, Ricky Loza and many others. Alfredo has also toured internationally and nationally with tour with Michelle N’Degociello.

Wammie Award winner Alfredo Mojica is recognized as one of the D.C area’s top music talents. Here he is in a great clip from the Capital Jazz Cruise...see him in a FREE live performance on May 31 at 5:30 on our stage!