Gloucester Schooner Festival 2013
The Gloucester Schooner Festival is a wonderful celebration of Gloucester's fishing and maritime history during labor day weekend. This year's festival, hosted by Maritime Gloucester, is Gloucester’s major marine event, with participating vessels coming from ports along the Eastern seaboard and beyond. There will be both large and small vessels—ranging from 19 feet to over 100 feet in length. You will see new boats and old boats, from newly built (Ardelle - launched 2011) to over 100 years old!
Gloucester comes alive for this annual celebration, with lots of great famimily-friendly activities, music, parades (of sail) and fun events that make Gloucester a wonderful Labor day weekend destination.
Scheduled events include:
- Maritime Gloucester Heritage Day
- A Boat Parade of Lights
- Parade of Sail
- The Mayor's Cup Schooner Race Off of East Gloucester
- A Community Lobster Boil
- Fireworks
- Coast Guard Station Open House and Tours
Vessels that are scheduled to appear in the 2013 Gloucester Schooner Festival include:
- Gloucester’s Schooner Thomas E. Lannon will lead the Parade of Sail
- Gloucester's Schooner Adventure will host the Mayor's Reception
- Schooner Adventurer of Essex, Connecticut
- Ardelle launched in Essex in 2011, and the Maritime Gloucester Flagship
- The American Eagle of Rockland Maine
- Bald Eagle of Gloucester
- Brilliant of Mystic Seaport
- The Bluenose II from Nova Scotia
- Estrela
- Fame of Salem Massachusetts
- Green Dragon from Manchester
- Irena of Connecticut
- Lewis H. Story - Flagship for the Essex Shipbuilding Museum
- Liberty Star of the Virgin Islands
- Peanut
- Perception
- Sugar Babe of Gloucester
- Tyrone of Chatham
Local Museums & Vessels hosting free visiting hours during the festival include:
Festival-goers won’t want to miss Gloucester’s many attractions, including art exhibits, beaches, biking, hiking, adventure, fishing, museums, dining, historical sites, whale watching, great entertainment, fireworks and more!
