Island Bay Day started in 2007 as a parking lot festival behind Luke's Grill in Stevensville. It moved to the lawn at Hemmingway's Restaurant in 2008, then to the Chesapeake Bay Environmental Center in Grasonville in 2009. We moved to the Kent Island American Legion field in 2010 and again in 2011 where the festival grew from a small event, to a major event that attracted over 4000 people. In 2012 Island Bay Day moved to the 4H Park in Centreville to add more parking and have more room. Guns, Days of the New, and Marky Ramone's Blitzkrieg. In 2013 we had to move under the County Fairgrounds structures at 4H Park due to bad weather, and we added a "Beer Fest" featuring over 25 beers on tap along with a local winery. In 2014 we focused more on the Beer Fest and added a second "practice" stage for bands to just jam on.
2015 is developing into a combination of the best of all previous years... We will have great bands, beer, full bars, and a move back to Kent Island by popular demand. Save the date - October 17th 2015. The biggest party is now at the best party venue... Red Eyes Dock Bar! Blackfoot, Jimmie Van Zant, Derek St. Holmes, Jimmie's Chicken Shack, Chesapeake Sons, The Roadhouse Clams, Fast As Lightening, Love in Vein, Sleep Thru Sunday, Jacked Up, J. Coursey Willis, and more will Rock The Dock at Island Bay Day 2015!! No refunds / Lineup subject to change.
