Festival

Boston’s third annual Inventgenuity Festival is presented by Beam Camp, a New Hampshire summer camp for the applied arts, technology and collaboration. The weekend Festival will be loaded with a tremendous range of activities led by Beam’s staff of artists, engineers and big thinkers. The Inventgenuity Festival has become a popular annual winter celebration of making things for kids ages 7-14 and their parents.

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. 

Winter Ice Skating Festival! Come see our skaters perform! From our adorably young skaters to our amazing senior club skaters!! The show is free, there will also be free hot cocoa and a bake sale. The show is 11am to 12pm; arts & crafts & used skate sale from 12pm to 1pm and then a family open skate from 1pm to 2pm. The open skate is only $5 per family!! Come enjoy the day with yours!

You're invited to celebrate the magic of the holidays as the Great House on Castle Hill is festively decorated by area florists and designers for the 'Greening of the Great House'. The Greening of the Great House is a weekend-long event where families will enjoy live music, a dance performance, a children's Eye Spy, refreshments, and more throughout the weekend.

Between the smell of fresh-from-the-oven baked goods and hot cocoa, twinkling lights, array of homemade gingerbread houses and the buzz of holiday cheer, there’s no better place south of the North Pole to celebrate the holidays. This year the tradition continues when Smolak Farms kicks off the holiday season with their annual Tree Lighting Festival.

There a lot going on this weekend on Middle Street in Gloucester!  Come to the Middle Street Harvest Festival for live music, museum tours, the Thanksgiving Cape Ann Farmers Market, a craft fair and chowder luncheon, story time and crafts for the kids, tours of the Gloucester Fire Station and more! A benefit concert will take place to raise funds for the Grace Center at Saint John's Episcopal Church.  The Middle Street Harvest Festival is sponsored by Bank Gloucester and other local businesses.

Peabody Essex Museum hosts a weekend festival full of fun events and activities geared to make you experience life of medieval Europe. Using performances, demonstrations and hands on activities, families will learn about medieval life and the people who lived during that time in Europe.

You're invited to celebrate the magic of the holidays as the Great House on Castle Hill is festively decorated by area florists and designers for the 'Greening of the Great House'. The Greening of the Great House is a weekend-long event where families will enjoy live music, a dance performance, a children's Eye Spy, refreshments, and more throughout the weekend.

There's no better place in New England to eat clams than Essex, Massachusetts! Now in its 29th year, this local festival takes place in Memorial Park in downtown Essex boasts 40 to 50 food, craft, and local product vendors. The event includes the Clam Chowder Tasting, a competition that gives area restaurants the chance to vie for the title of serving the best chowder on Cape Ann.

The Rockport HarvestFest is a family-focused event featuring live music, kids' art activities, a showcase for non-profits and community organizations, Scarecrow Stroll in Rockport and the centerpiece of the festival: the Local Fare Fair, which highlights our amazing Cape Ann and New England food producers. This is a festive and delicious good time. Mark your calendars now! Rockport is beautiful in the Fall, so plan to come for this year's Harvest Festival.