SOLOMONS — Concertgoers at the Calvert Marine Museum will see a new name over the stage next season. The Calvert Marine Museum Society announced Tuesday that First Home Mortgage is the new stage sponsor of the Waterside Pavilion, the riverfront venue that hosts the Waterside Music Series.
The venue is now billed as the First Home Mortgage Waterside Pavilion. The change takes effect with the 2027 series, whose first show the Society announced the same morning.
The Society, the museum’s fundraising arm, did not disclose the value or length of the sponsorship.
For the museum, the name on the pavilion is part of how the concerts pay off. Proceeds from the series support the Calvert Marine Museum, and stage sponsorship is one of the larger pieces of corporate backing behind shows that bring national touring acts to Solomons each summer.
A stage with several names
The pavilion opened in 1998 and was rebuilt in 2014 as a larger performance venue, according to the Society. Its title has changed with its sponsors. A 2005 Bay Weekly feature on the series called it the Washington Gas Pavilion, ticketing sites long listed it as the PNC Waterside Pavilion, and during the 2026 season it carried the names of Motto Mortgage Preferred and RE/MAX One.
That 2026 lineup included Warren Zeiders, Brothers Osborne and ZZ Top.
About the sponsor
First Home Mortgage was founded in Maryland in 1990 and has loan offices in Southern Maryland. In the announcement, the company is described as the top residential mortgage lender in Greater Baltimore for 2025 as ranked by the Baltimore Business Journal and as the leading lender in the state-run Maryland Mortgage Program. The Chronicle has not independently verified those rankings.
In a statement issued through the Society, the company said its Southern Maryland teams are proud to partner with the museum and support the concert series, and that being part of a community means backing the places and experiences that make it distinctive. More about the partnership is on the company’s museum page.
Bonnie Barrett, the Society’s executive director, said live music “has a special way of bringing people together” and that the series gives the community a place to share those experiences while supporting the museum. She said the Society is grateful for the company’s support.
First Home Mortgage – Southern Maryland is also listed first among the sponsors of the series’ opening 2027 concert, alongside Quality Built Homes, Bozick Distributors Inc., Blue Heron Bed and Breakfast, Constellation, Asbury-Solomons, Ledo Pizza and J. Calvin Wood.
Businesses interested in sponsoring the series can contact Barrett at 410-326-2042, ext. 8065. Information on the museum and the Waterside Music Series is at calvertmarinemuseum.com.
