Start your Festival adventure with AstraZeneca, Verizon, the National Cryptologic Foundation, and Robot Labs… plus the galaxy’s most famous droid, R2-D2. Yes, the actual rolling trash-can-turned-hero is crashing the party. Add in swag, pizza, and science—what else could you possibly want?

The Maryland STEM Festival is a month-long celebration of science, technology, engineering and mathematics that takes place every Fall. In 2025, we’ll be bringing hundreds of events focused on fun, interactive science learning opportunities. Students, families, friends, STEM professionals, teachers, volunteers will all enjoy events taking place throughout Maryland.