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Cape Ann is famous for festivals packed with family fun—four score during the summer alone. You can treat your family to Live Entertainment, Music, Dance, Theatre, Arts & Crafts, lots of Food & Prizes all year long.

Plus you can attend the circus, carnivals, parades, fireworks and religious traditions that date back hundreds of years.

Expect an experience like nothing you've had before!

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Four Hands One Piano, Is it Chamber Music?
Unitarian Universalist Society
Rockport
May 13, 2008
7:30pm. Rockport Chamber Music Festival presents a free Spring Lecture Series. more  
The Producers
North Shore Music Theatre
Beverly
May 13, 2008 - June 1, 2008
Mel Brooks mega-hit won more Tony Awards than any other show in Broadway history and, now is coming to the North Shore! more  
Shipbuilders of Essex
Essex Shipbuilding Museum
Essex
May 14, 2008
7pm. View the 1947 film “Shipbuilders of Essex.” This 23-minute film uses the building of the Gloucester fishing trawler, St. Rosalie, as a backdrop to life in post-war Essex. more  
A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum
Rockport High School
Rockport
May 15, 2008 - May 18, 2008
Click for details on A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum 7:30pm. Rockport High School Drama Club presents "A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum" -- music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim. more  
Cape Ann Symphony Spring Pops Concert
Fuller School Auditorium
Gloucester
May 17, 2008 - May 18, 2008
The Cape Ann Symphony is pleased to welcome WHDH-TV’s Randy Price as the guest artist for the symphony’s Spring Pops Concert on Saturday, May 17 at 8 p.m. and Sunday, May 18 at 2 p.m. more  
Motif #1 Days
Downtown Rockport
Rockport
May 17, 2008 - May 18, 2008
Click for details on Motif #1 Days Celebrate spring in Rockport! more  
New Year's Rockport Eve Clam Chowdah Fest
Harvey Park
Rockport
May 17, 2008
Restaurants will compete for the best Clam Chowdah in Rockport from 12 noon to 2pm. more  
Walking Tour
Cape Ann Museum
Gloucester
May 17, 2008
The Cape Ann Museum will present a second walking tour in conjunction with the current exhibition, The Paintings of Emma Fordyce MacRae (1887 – 1974) on Saturday, May 17 from 10:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. more  
5th Annual North Shore Arthritis Walk
Lynch Park
Beverly
May 18, 2008
Click for details on 5th Annual North Shore Arthritis Walk Join the Arthritis Foundation in the fight against arthritis! Post-walk party hosted by North Shore 104.9 featuring kid’s entertainment, raffle drawings, food and more. more  
Arts & Flowers Gala Reception
Rockport Art Association
Rockport
May 18, 2008
Click for details on Arts & Flowers Gala Reception Arts & Flowers Gala Reception at the Rockport Art Association. 6:00-8:30 PM. more  
Neal Jacobs Challenge
Rockport Art Association
Rockport
May 18, 2008
5-8pm. Mr. Jacobs has generously offered to match any donations made towards the RAA Buildings Restoration Project up to $10,000! Food, beverages, and good company, raffle. more  
Down River: Life and Landscape in Essex, Mass
Essex Shipbuilding Museum
Essex
May 27, 2008
7:30pm. Public Radio International Producer Ashley Ahearn will present her audio documentary Down River: Life and Landscape in Essex, Massachusetts. more  
Wine Tasting Benefit
Rockport Golf Club
Rockport
May 30, 2008
The Rotary Club of Rockport’s Annual Wine Tasting Benefit will be held this year on Friday, May 30, from 6:00 pm to 8:30 pm at the Rockport Golf Club. more  
Rockport Garden Club Plant Sale
Rockport Community House
Rockport
May 31, 2008
Click for details on Rockport Garden Club Plant Sale 9am-1pm. Fund raiser for Rockport Public gardens and other civic projects. more  
Rockport Chamber Music Festival
Rockport Art Association
Rockport
June 5, 2008 - July 2, 2008
Click for details on Rockport Chamber Music Festival Concerts by internationally acclaimed soloists and ensembles at the Rockport Art Association, 12 Main Street, Rockport. For information and tickets, contact 978-546-7391.
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International Dory Races
Jodrey State Fish Pier
Gloucester
June 6, 2008 - June 8, 2008
Click for details on International Dory Races Gloucester vs. Lunenburg, Nova Scotia. Click "more" for schedule. more  
Row Hard No Excuses
Essex Shipbuilding Museum
Essex
June 6, 2008
7pm. A personal documentary in which two middle-aged men set out to win “the world’s toughest race”—three thousand miles across the Atlantic Ocean in a rowboat. more  
Sea Breeze Tour de Cure
O'Maley Middle School
Gloucester
June 8, 2008
Click for details on Sea Breeze Tour de Cure Join us for the Tour de Cure® in your community! Enjoy picturesque locations, great food, and fabulous entertainment as you help us in our mission to find a cure for diabetes. more  
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North Shore Music Theatre
Beverly
June 10, 2008 - June 29, 2008
The moving, innovative "dance play" that won four 2000 Tony awards, including Best Musical. more  
Cape Ann Artisans Studio Tour
Cape Ann
June 21, 2008 - June 22, 2008
Click for details on Cape Ann Artisans Studio Tour Artisan studios open to the public 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Meet the artists and see their newest work in the places where it is created. more  

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May 17-18, 2008

New Fish Festival
Tickets Available June 1
23rd Annual New Fish Festival
Buffet Dinner
Wednesday, June 25
5:30 p.m. Appetisers
6:30 p.m. Entrees

Auction 2008
July 18, 2008
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July 26
9am - 5pm
Downtown
Manchester by-the-Sea

(Raindate: 7/27)


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