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 State Event Calendar July 15-18, Edgartown Regatta Races for different categories, prizes awarded. Edgartown Yacht Club, Martha’s Vineyard. For information call: (508)627-4361 [Return to top] July 19-25, Barnstable County Fair Animal judging, horse pulls, midway, crafts, petting zoo and food. Fairgrounds off Rt. 151, East Falmouth. For information call: (508)563-3200 [Return to top] July 29-August 1, Feast of Blessed Sacrament Largest Portuguese feast in America. Entertainment, giant midway and parade. Madeira Field, New Bedord. For information call: (508)992-6911 [Return to top] July 31-August 8, Yankee Homecoming Days Waterfront concert, house tours, entertainment, parades, craft fair, antique car parade, lobsterfest, and fireworks. Throughout Newburyport. For information call: (978)462-6680 [Return to top] August 7, Taste of Massachusetts Master chefs from across the state prepare gourmet treats, jazz music, winery tours and tastings, fruit picking in the orchard. Nashoba Valley Winery, 100 Wattaquadoc Hill road, Bolton. For information call: (978)779-5521 [Return to top] August 14, Sandcastle and Sculpture Day Families, individuals and teams build castles and sculptures. Pre-registration required. Jetties Beach, Nantucket. For information call: (508)228-1770 [Return to top] August 14-16, Gloucester Waterfront Festival Yankee lobster bake, pancake breakfast, crafts, entertainment and whale watches. Western Ave. and Stacy Blvd., Gloucester. For information call: (978)283-1601 [Return to top] August 20-29, Marshfield Fair Oldest agricultural fair in the state. Old-fashioned fair with midway and entertainers. Fairgrounds, Marshfield. For information call: (781)834-6629 [Return to top] August 28-29, Boston Caribbean Carnival Street parade, costumes, music, food and arts and crafts. Franklin Park, Dorchester. For information call: (617)534-5832 [Return to top] September 3-6, Gloucester Schooner Festival The Mayor’s Race for 100-foot schooners and races for other classes. Parade of sails, deck tours and public sails. With a boatlight parade and fireworks. Downtown, Gloucester. For information call: (978)283-1601 [Return to top] September 4-October 24 (weekends only), King Richard’s Faire Step through the gates of this faire and you’re transported back four centuries to a 16-th century English marketplace at festival time. Minstrels roam the village and knights engage in jousting matches before boisterous crowds. King Richard’s chefs prepare authentic rare. Rt. 58, Carver. For information call: (508)866-5391 [Return to top] September 10-19, Harwich Cranberry Harvest Festival Festival with family beach party, country-western jamboree, arts and crafts festival, fireworks and parade. Various events during the week. Harwich. For information call: (508)432-6389 or (800)441-3199 [Return to top] September 17-October 3, The "Big E" "New England’s Great Fall Festival"; Avenue of States, musical stars, big top circus, rodeo, lumberjack show, children’s activities, daily parade, agriculture exhibits and food. Eastern States Exposition, 1305 Memorial Ave., West Springfield. For information call: (413)737-2443 or (413)787-0271 [Return to top] October 3-11, Fall Foliage Festival Events including bazaars, children’s parade and pet show, community suppers, ethnic dances, car show and mammoth parade. North Adams. For information call: (413)663-3735 [Return to top] October 8-31, Haunted Happenings Scare yourself silly at Salem’s infamous Halloween extravaganza. Grand Opening Parade, creatures of the deep haunted harbor cruises, witch trials, Eerie Events, Psychic Fair, haunted houses, treasure hunts and candlelight tours of historic homes. Salem. For information call: (978)744-0013 [Return to top] October 16-17, Old Sturbridge Village; Harvest Weekend Help the farmers dig potatoes, husk corn and bring in the harvest 19th-century style. Rt. 20., Sturbridge. For information call: (800)SEE-1830 [Return to top] November 19-21, Old Deerfield Christmas Sampler Craft fair combines the traditions of Christmas and Old Deerfield. More than 300 exhibitors will be there. 305 Memorial Ave., West Springfield. For information call: (413)774-7476 [Return to top] November 19-January 2, Bright Nights at Forest Park Magnificent drive-through holiday lighting displays; Victorian Village, Toy Land and Suess Land. Sumner Ave., Springfield. For information call: (413)733-3800 [Return to top] November 20, America’s Hometown Thanksgiving Celebration and Parade Marching bands, festive floats, and fife and drum corps with a color guards march through Plymouth Center and the historic waterfront. Plymouth. For information call: (508)746-2334 [Return to top] November 24-December 31, Christmas on Cape Cod Fifteen Cape cod towns participate in holiday festivities including open houses, craft shows, parades, Christmas strolls and the lighting of the Pilgrim Monument. Cape Cod. For information call: (888)33-CAPECOD [Return to top] November 26, Hall of Fame Tip-Off Classic Opening game of the college basketball season. Springfield. For information call: (413)732-9585 [Return to top] December 3-5, Main Street at Christmas Crafts marketplace, holly fair, house tour and luminaria walk. A re-creation of Rockwell’s "Main Street at Christmas" with sleigh rides. Main St., Stockbridge. For information call: (413)298-5200 [Return to top] December4-19, Holiday Celebrations North of Boston Parades, Christmas strolls, open houses, candlelight walks, inn and house tours and tree lightings. North of Boston. For information call: (800)742-5306 [Return to top] December 12, Reenactment of the Boston Tea Party Patriots gather for a town meeting to debate the tea crisis, then march with fife and drum to the tea party ship to dump the tea into the sea. Old South Meeting House, 310 Washington St., and Tea Party Ship, Congress St. Bridge. Boston. For information call: (617)338-1773 [Return to top] |
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