The Berlin Chamber of Commerce’s 2025 event schedule is set, with a new concert series and a chili and chili pepper day added to the regular list of offerings.
The crowd is pictured at a past Small Town Throwdown event in Berlin.
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By Tara Fischer, Staff Writer
The schedule for the Berlin Chamber of Commerce’s 2025 events is set.
The organization will host a spring celebration from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., April 19 — the the Saturday before Easter; Jazz and Blues from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., May 3, with a rain date of May 10; Spring Cruisers 8 a.m. to 2 p.m., May 17; the Bathtub Races from 6-8 p.m., June 20; and a new music concert event, with specific planning still in progress, from noon to 5 p.m., July 12.
Another event added to the 2025 lineup is Chili and Chili Peppers, a day filled with chili and chili pepper competitions, music, and vendors, which will take place from noon to 5 p.m., Aug. 23. The small-town event was this year called the Small Town Block Party and previously known as the Small Town Throw Down.
The Fiddler’s Convention will kick off on Sept. 19 and conclude Sept. 20, fall cruisers is set from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m., Oct. 11; and Oktoberfest is slated from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m., Oct. 18 .The Fiddler’s Convention has rain dates of Sept. 26 and 27.
Alcohol will be served at Jazz and Blues, the July 12 music concert, the chili and chili pepper competition, the Sept. 6 small-town event, the Fiddler’s Convention, and Oktoberfest.
At its Sept. 23 meeting, the Berlin Town Council unanimously approved the 2025 schedule, as well as beer, wine, and liquor permits for the six aforementioned events.
Councilmember Steve Green noted Ocean City and the special event promoter rescheduled the 2025 Cruisin’ event from May 15-18 to May 1-4 and questioned whether the Berlin Chamber of Commerce was still confident that its cruisers event, set for May 17, would still have a draw without the Ocean City event.
Chamber Director Rebecca Patrowicz, who started in the position on Sept. 11, confirmed that she and her team believed the Berlin cruiser day would still bring in a crowd. She added that the Jazz and Blues, set for May 3, the same weekend as Ocean City’s spring Cruisin’, will remain on the set date, as it has traditionally occurred during the month’s first weekend, and people like and are accustomed to it.