Lowell Folk Festival

Downtown Lowell Lowell, MA

Celebrating 37 Years! Located in the Enterprise Bank parking lot at 222 Merrimack Street, this event will feature Lowell artists, makers, and organizations so that festival attendees and Lowell residents can experience everything that Lowell’s arts and culture community has to offer. This event is produced by Mosaic Lowell, in collaboration with the Lowell Folk...

Discover Quincy Presents: August Moon Festival

Downtown Quincy Quincy, MA

The City of Quincy hosts the annual August Moon Festival as one of the city's signature event for the month of August. A community tradition since 1987, this event was voted 'Best Street Festival' by Boston Magazine in 2018. This momentous holiday celebrates the harvest and the full moon, which is a symbol of prosperity,...

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Plymouth Waterfront Festival

Plymouth Waterfront Plymouth, MA

Each August, the Plymouth Area Chamber of Commerce hosts this free family event along the city's beautiful waterfront. Activities include a beloved duck race, live entertainment, the popular classic car show and more than 200 arts & crafts vendors and local non-profits. It is a perfect way to enjoy one of American's most historic cities....

Seisiún: 2 Days (Sept. 6-7) of Irish Music, Arts & Cultural Festival at The Stage at Suffolk Downs

Suffolk Downs 525 William F. McClellan Highway, Boston, MA

Seisiún, a two-day Irish Music, Arts and Cultural Festival, is coming to The Stage at Suffolk Downs on Saturday, September 6 and Sunday, September 7, 2025. This distinctive outdoor gathering of iconic and emerging Irish and American performers features beloved headliners The Pogues and Boston’s own Dropkick Murphys, along with amazing artists including Glen Hansard, The Hold...

Rockport Music Presents: Rockport Celtic Festival

Shalin Liu Performance Center 37 Main Street, Rockport, Massachusetts, United States

Exploring Celtic Roots & Branches Immerse yourself in a captivating weekend of music, storytelling and cultural exchange at the Rockport Celtic Festival, where tradition meets innovation in a stunning seaside setting. Led by artistic director Maeve Gilchrist, this year’s festival welcomes acclaimed artists from across the Celtic world and beyond, weaving together Irish, Scottish, Breton,...

Spectacle Live Presents: Lowell Irish Festival

Lowell Memorial Auditorium 50 E Merrimack St., Lowell, MA, United States

FREE ADMISSION! Located at the Lowell Memorial Auditorium, the Lowell Irish Festival features a family- friendly and fun-filled day of live Irish music from national, regional, and local acts, Irish-inspired culinary and beverage offerings, artisan vendors, family activities, Irish step dancing, and more! The day-long event, taking place September 13, 2025, is spread out across...

Newport Mansions Wine & Food Festival – 20th Anniversary

Rosecliffe 548 Bellevue Avenue, Newport, MA

The Annual Newport Mansions Wine and Food Festival will look a little bit different this year with a focus on more intimate, educational tasting experiences. The weekend schedule of events includes the Rosecliff Seminar Series, offering a variety of 50-person wine and spirits seminars, a Saturday night Vintner Dinner, and an elegant Sunday Brunch at...

Lowell Kinetic Sculpture Race Festival

Kinetic Sculpture Race Festival 61 Market Street, Lowell, MA

ALL TERRAIN HUMAN POWERED SCULPTURES. From the crossroads of Science, Technology, Engineering, Art and Mathematics comes a spectacular racing spectacle! Kinetic Sculptures are all-terrain, human-powered, art sculptures, engineered to race over road, water, mud and sand. Kinetic sculptures are amazing works of art; many are animated with moving parts like blinking eyes, opening mouths, heads...

ICC Presents: Brian J. Donnelly Award for Leadership in Public Service

Venezia Restaurant 20 Ericsson St, Boston, MA

This year, the ICC hosts the 3rd Annual Brian J. Donnelly Awards event on September 25th, 2025 The event will be held at Venezia Restaurant. This year the ICC honors Jack Connors (posthumously) for a lifetime of philanthropy and support of the Irish in America. More information is coming soon. Please check back. Venezia Restaurant...

Lowell Celebrates Jack Kerouac

Downtown Lowell Lowell, MA

Lowell Celebrates Kerouac! Inc. (LCK!) is a non-profit organization whose mission is to promote a better understanding and appreciation of Jack Kerouac’s life and literature. Founded in 1985, LCK! sponsors literary programs year round, including a festival in the first weekend of October. We also produce a spring program tied to Kerouac’s March 12th birthday,...

Poe in Lowell Festival

Lowell, MA Lowell, MA

Boston-born short story master Edgar Allan Poe visited Lowell three times in the 1840s and apparently loved the city. Lowell is returning the love with the 2nd Annual Poe in Lowell Festival on October 17-19, 2025. Activities include book readings and lectures, live music, art exhibits, film screenings, a walking tour of Lowell and a pop-up...

ICC Presents: Boston Irish Beer Festival – 5th Annual

Irish Cultural Centre of Greater Boston 200 New Boston Drive, Canton, MA

Featuring Ireland's leading beers, stouts, & ciders! Favorite Irish foods - Irish whiskey & liquours samplings! Two Live Irish music stations & local bands all day long! Enjoy: Guinness, Magners & craft breweries, Irish Food, vendors including Mulligan Gear, JTC Jewelry, Kendra Scott & more, New England Revolution Mascot & The Battalion, The Vikings -...

34th Annual Bowen’s Wharf Seafood Festival

Bowens Wharf 1 Bowen's Landing, Newport, RI, United States

FREE ADMISSION! Historic Bowen’s Wharf in downtown Newport, RI, will host the 34th annual Bowen’s Wharf Seafood Festival, on October 18th and 19th, 2025. Named one of the “10 Fabulous Fall Festivals on the Coast,” by Coastal Living Magazine, this event is an open invitation for all to come back to the waterfront after the...