Lowell Summer Music Banjo and Fiddle Contest

Boarding House Park 40 French Street, Lowell, MA

It’s time to plan for an exciting day of traditional music and family fun in Lowell, MA. The Banjo & Fiddle Contest celebrates its 44th event on September 6, 2025 from 10:00AM to 6:00PM. The event is free for contestants, as well as all traditional music fans who would like to come and listen. Never...

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...

Spectacle Live Presents: Skerryvore Live at The Flying Monkey

The Flying Monkey 39 Main Street, Plymouth, NH, United States

Three time winners of Scotland’s ‘Live Act of the Year’ award, Skerryvore have evolved from their humble beginnings to become one of the country’s leading forces in a thriving live music scene. At the forefront of a movement that has reinvented and reignited a traditional Scottish scene for a modern, multicultural audience, the band have...

Spectacle Live Presents: Lori McKenna

Jane Pickens Film & Event Center 49 Touro Street, Newport, RI

From her home base in Boston, Lori McKenna has carved out an enviable niche for herself as one of Nashville’s most in-demand songwriters, all while maintaining a prolific and remarkably consistent career as a solo artist. The release of her anticipated album,1988, adds to a series of landmark years for McKenna and follows three widely...

$54 – $88

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...

ICC Presents: 13th Annual ICC 5K Road Race and Children’s Fun Run

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

Irish Cultural Centre’s 13th Annual 5K Road Race and Children's Fun Run is on Sunday September 14th, 2025. The day starts with the 5K race at 9:30 am and is followed by a FREE Children's Fun Run at 11:00am for children ages U3, U5, U7 and U9. Short sleeved commemorative t-shirts will be given to...

Celtic Thunder – Their Greatest Songs and along the way a Reunion with Old Friends

Colonial Theatre of Laconia 609 Main Street, Laconia, NH

Spectacle Live Presents: Celtic Thunder – Their Greatest Songs and along the way a Reunion with Old Friends An Intimate Evening with Celtic Thunder is more than just a concert—it’s a journey through the group’s incredible legacy. Featuring a carefully curated setlist of their greatest hits, this show will showcase the powerful harmonies, soaring ballads,...

$59 – $129

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...

Lyric Stage Boston Presents: Our Town

Lyric Stage Boston 140 Clarendon Street, Boston, MA

September 19 – October 19 Various Dates/Times Our Town By Thorton Wilder Directed by Courtney O’Connor Every minute is a gift. An American classic for our time. The day starts and ends pretty much the same way in Grover’s Corner. Beyond the humdrum of daily life, glimmers of joy, flickers of melancholy, and secret desires...

Celtic Thunder – Their Greatest Songs and along the way a Reunion with Old Friends

Historic Park Theatre and Event Center 848 Park Avenue, Cranston, RI

Spectacle Live Presents: Celtic Thunder – Their Greatest Songs and along the way a Reunion with Old Friends An Intimate Evening with Celtic Thunder is more than just a concert—it’s a journey through the group’s incredible legacy. Featuring a carefully curated setlist of their greatest hits, this show will showcase the powerful harmonies, soaring ballads,...

$49 – $129

Spectacle Live Presents: Red Hot Chilli Pipers

The Flying Monkey 39 Main Street, Plymouth, NH, United States

Bagpipes with Attitude, Drums with a Scottish accent, a blazing rock band and a show so hot it should carry its own health warning! The Red Hot Chilli Pipers were voted Scotland’s ‘Live Act of the Year in 2007 and 2010 at the Scots Trad Music Awards. Since they walked away with the top prize...

Spectacle Live Presents: Lori McKenna

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

From her home base in Boston, Lori McKenna has carved out an enviable niche for herself as one of Nashville’s most in-demand songwriters, all while maintaining a prolific and remarkably consistent career as a solo artist. The release of her anticipated album,1988, adds to a series of landmark years for McKenna and follows three widely...

$48 – $64

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...

Spectacle Live Presents: Lori McKenna

Colonial Theatre of Laconia 609 Main Street, Laconia, NH

From her home base in Boston, Lori McKenna has carved out an enviable niche for herself as one of Nashville’s most in-demand songwriters, all while maintaining a prolific and remarkably consistent career as a solo artist. The release of her anticipated album,1988, adds to a series of landmark years for McKenna and follows three widely...

$54 – $77

Celtic Thunder – Their Greatest Songs and along the way a Reunion with Old Friends

Nashua Center for the Arts 201 Main Street, Nashua, NH

Spectacle Live Presents: Celtic Thunder – Their Greatest Songs and along the way a Reunion with Old Friends An Intimate Evening with Celtic Thunder is more than just a concert—it’s a journey through the group’s incredible legacy. Featuring a carefully curated setlist of their greatest hits, this show will showcase the powerful harmonies, soaring ballads,...

$59 – $129