Festival

Explore boats and meet the captains and crew at Merrohawke Nature School‎ Touch-A-Boat event. The whole family can climb aboard a variety of local boats and get to know the captains and crew.

• American Yacht Club
• BOATWISE
• Captain's Fishing Parties
• Coastal Discoveries
• Freedom Boat Club
• Lowell's Boat Shop
• Merrohawke Nature School
• U.S. Coast Guard Station Merrimack River
• Newburyport HArbormaster
• Newburyport Harbor Tours
• Newburyport Marinaas
• Newburyprt Whale Watch

Peabody Essex Museum invites families to join them in a celebration of Poetry and all things poetic! Words and artworks intermingle as PEM welcomes the fifth annual Massachusetts Poetry Festival. The event brings together poets and poetry lovers of all ages for a rich array of offerings including readings, interactive art, music and performances.

Outdoor family fun, courtesy of the Friends of the Meadow, TD Club, Danvers Youth Hockey and Danvers DPW. Planned for the day youth hockey games, kids races, hot chocolate & more! The Danvers meadow is located on Hobart Street across from the Danvers DPW. Parking will be available at the DPW until 6pm.

Come for a unique opportunity at the Boston Center for Adult Education to discover some of the world's best chocolate and confections, become a more conscious consumer, and meet farmers and makers. The New England Chocolate Festival brings you together with 16 New England chocolate companies to taste, learn, and interact. The companies invited to participate in the Festival have all been hand-selected for their focus on quality and ethics. They prize craftsmanship and flavor excellence while sourcing ingredients in a transparent manner. Also attending are several cacao and chocolate producers from countries including Brazil, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Haiti, Mexico, Peru, Thailand, Venezuela, and Vietnam.