Summer Festivals Guide
Summer festival season is upon us, and the variety is endless. Festivals are a fabulous way to support local businesses, eat great food, and socialize. A lot of volunteer time goes into making these festivals happen so show your support and have a rocking good time! Best to check out local town websites to keep updated on what’s happening.
Arts Fest Beverly, Cabot St., Beverly
Beverly’s annual Celebration of the Arts has over 120 vendors participating in jewelry, painting, fashion, music, pottery, sculpture, and more. A defined area of Cabot Street will be closed to allow pedestrians to peruse artist booths, food, music, and entertainment.
See the Full Schedule HERE
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Solstice Saturday Festival, Salem
Organized by the Peabody Essex Museums, the solstice festival heralds the beginning of summer and celebrates our connections to the natural world. The gardens of the historic Ropes Mansion will serve as inspiration for yoga, lessons about pollinators, and how to decorate a flowerpot.
See the Full Schedule HERE
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Strawberry Festival, Cider Hill Farm, Amesbury
An entire weekend devoted to the joy of strawberries. Pick your own strawberries while enjoying live music and beverage from the hard cider bar. Hayrides and food trucks will round out the festival.
See the Full Schedule HERE
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St. Peter’s Fiesta, Gloucester
A Gloucester, time-honored tradition is St. Peter’s Fiesta. The Fiesta’s five-day lineup includes a carnival, boat races, a 5K, a blessing of the fleet, and the famed Greasy Pole, a competition where dauntless locals attempt to walk to the end of a greased-up pole suspended over the harbor.
See the Full Schedule HERE
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Beverly Homecoming
Join in the festivities of Beverly’s Annual Homecoming Celebration. Favorites include the Lobster Festival, concerts, Yankee 5k road race, pottery classes, street hockey games, ice cream social, polar plunge, cardboard boat race, and lots more ending with a Homecoming Fireworks extravaganza.
See the Full Schedule HERE
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Amesbury Days, Amesbury
Welcome to Amesbury Days with a full schedule of events to please every age. Attend a block party, paddle on Lake Gardner, visit the Amesbury Beer and Music Walk, hike, tour, and enjoy a comedy night, classes, tours, and activities for kids all culminating with a spectacular 4th of July fireworks celebration.
See the Full Schedule HERE
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Olde Ipswich Days
Taking place on the South Village Green in Ipswich, artisans and fine crafts folk from all over New England show and sell their work. Olde Ipswich Days is a favorite and the fair features the works of more than 60 artists and crafters. Look for sterling, gold, or beaded jewelry, unusual photography, woodwork, knitted textiles, dried flowers and grapevines, cut or stained glass, tapestry, a variety of pottery, and paintings in all mediums, toys, handmade soaps, and hot dogs and refreshments.
See the Full Schedule HERE
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Salem Heritage Days
Salem Heritage Days return with a full week of non-stop fun and special events celebrating Salem. The Heritage Days week includes musical entertainment at the oceanfront Salem Willows Shell featuring the Salem Community Concert Band and Community Jazz Band. The highlight of this year’s Heritage Days takes place in August on Derby Wharf, with a live concert by the Ward Eights, and fireworks display starting around 9:00 p.m.
See the Full Schedule HERE
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