Fair

The Newburyport Chamber of Commerce invites you to welcome Spring's arrival to Newburyport at the 2013 Spring Fest!  Held annually on Memorial Day Weekend in historic downtown Newburyport, Spring Fest is a two-day festival featuring great live music, art, fine crafts, food from Newburyport’s best restaurants and Kid’s Korner featuring entertainment for children and families.

For three days, this annual family friendly art festival transforms downtown Salem into an opportunity for the arts community to showcase their talents. Now in its fifth year, the festival celebrates all the arts: painting, photography, sculpture, dance, music, writing, film, new media, performance, theater, poetry, culinary, etc. in a free city-wide arts festival. Programs for all ages!

The Happy as a Clam 5k, Family Fun Run & Wellness Fair is a yearly event that's filled with fun for both kids and adults. There will be a 5k road race and a 1 mile family fun run. Whole families are encouraged to do the fun run. There will be medals given to all children under 12 yrs. old and there will be family prizes as well.

The Ipswich River Wildlife Sanctuary kicks off the beginning of the maple sugaring season this year with our February Flapjack Fling. Bring your family and friends for this special breakfast at the sanctuary and enjoy the fruit (OK, sap!) of our labor and our maple trees on some delicious pancakes.

UPDATE: The Eagle Festival is Cancelled because of the snow! Come to Newburyport to celebrate the return of migrating eagles back to the Merrimack River Estuary! The Mass Audubon's Joppa Flats Education Center and the Parker River National Wildlife Refuge have teamed up to bring an entire day of free events centered around the wonders of the Bald Eagles that have come to take seasonal advantage of the Merrimack River habitat. 

As long as Mother Nature cooperates by providing snow and ice, the annual Newburyport Winter Carnival is on! The day-long community event promises residents a day of winter fun following a schedule of events similar to years past, including the Fifth Annual Human Dog Sled Race! This free event is hosted by the Newburyport Parks Commission and Newburyport Youth Services.

Newburyport Youth Services will be offering a movie that coincides with the Newburyport Chamber of Commerce's Holiday Invitation Nights!.  This week's movie is Madagascar 3 - Europe's Most Wanted. Snacks and drinks will be available.  Drop of your kids and relax knowing that your kids are having as much fun as you are! Open to grades 1-5

Come to East Gloucester Elementary School for our traditional holiday with perennial favorite family activities, as well as some new ones! Looking for a gift? There will be plenty of hand made crafts by local vendors!  This is also a great opportunity for a visit with Santa and a photo op with Frosty the Snowman!

Celebrate the season in a festive holiday atmosphere at the museum’s annual Sleigh Bell Artisan Fair. Visit with old and new North Shore artisans offering exceptional quality, hand-crafted, one-of-a-kind gifts at this traditional holiday craft fair.