Use Our Travel Guide to Plan Your Next Trip North of Boston
 elax. Family vacation, romantic getaway, ocean adventure, fresh seafood — you
can experience all this and more on Cape Ann — America's oldest working seaport and art colony. Just imagine what you could do in a week: lighthouses, antiques, art galleries, live music, festivals & special events every week — all year long. Watch our videos, explore this Web site and see for yourself. Representing Gloucester, Rockport, Essex and Manchester-by-the-Sea, the Cape Ann Chamber of Commerce officially invites you to visit the prettiest stretch of coastline in all of Massachusetts. We are easy to reach, just 30 miles north of Boston, MA on Route 128.  Map of Gloucester and Cape Ann
We are pleased to announce the 2013 Rockport Chamber Music Festival season. Subscription purchases begin March 27 and Single Concert purchases begin April 16.
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Featuring work from artists such as Albert Alcalay, Doris Hall, Vera Andrus and others, along with literary contributions from Vincent Ferrini and Charles Olson, Four Winds captures the ethos of the Rocky Neck art scene during the 1950's.
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Winner of 8 2007 Tony Awards, including Best Musical, Spring Awakening explores the journey of a group of late 19th century German students as they navigate teenage self-discovery...
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This self-guided tour presents a rare opportunity to meet more than a dozen professional artists and artisans and to see their work and demonstrations in their own studios.
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Essex River Day is an idea that has been evolving for many years. Often when boaters are out on the River you hear the same question over and over again, "Wouldn't it be great if everyone could experience the beauty of the River?"
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John Bruce Yeh, master clarinet player, offers the opportunity to come and watch him teach young musicians. Yeh is a member of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, and he has taught master classes at top universities and conservatories across the nation.
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The St. Peter's Fiesta is a five day festival honoring the patron saint of the fisherman St. Peter.
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The 10th Annual St. Peter’s Fiesta Road Race is a flat, fast course through busy downtown Gloucester. Run onto the State Fish Pier and finish in the heart of Fiesta!
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The Rockport Garden Club's 2013 Coastal Garden Tour will include several private gardens in Rockport. Each has had the benefit of significant owner input through designing, planting and/or maintaining these magical places.
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The Cape Ann Museum is pleased to present Hopper Redux, a special exhibition of images by New York based photographer Gail Albert Halaban that offer a fresh look at the Gloucester houses made famous in the paintings of Edward Hopper.
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In 2013, Grammy® Award-winning Ladysmith Black Mambazo, one of South Africa’s most prolific recording artists, celebrates over fifty years of joyous and uplifting music that has touched a worldwide audience...
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Cape Ann Celebrates Independence Day with Free Concerts, Fireworks, Parades, Bonfires, and more.
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Folk music icon Judy Collins blew Rockport audience members away last year with her classically elegant voice and extensive repertoire. Opening Act: Ari Hest
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The Cape Ann Chamber of Commerce is pleased to announce the 2013 Small Business Award Winners who will be saluted during Cape Ann Small Business Week, June 3-7.
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The Essex Division of the Cape Ann Chamber of Commerce will recognize former Executive Director Mike Costello, for his 30 years of service to Essex and Cape Ann by planting a tree in his honor on Saturday, May 11.
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The Chamber, in conjunction with the Business Education Collaborative, will host the 24th annual event at Bass Rocks Golf Club on Monday, May 6 and help to provide scholarship support for students graduating from Cape Ann's high schools.
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The 2013 Membership Power Luncheon Speaker Series will kick off on Wednesday, April 10 with a special presentation on the new Beauport Gloucester Hotel Project.
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The Cape Ann Chamber of Commerce is pleased to announce that Peter Diamond, Nobel laureate and MIT economist, will give the keynote address at its annual Economic Forecast Breakfast at The Essex Room on Tuesday, January 29.
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On Friday, October 26, the Cape Ann Chamber of Commerce will host a Congressional Candidates Debate among the three candidates for United States Representative for the 6th Congressional District of Massachusetts.
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The Chamber Businesswomen’s Committee's annual fall luncheon features internationally recognized relationship and communication expert Dr. Patty Ann Tublin, author of Amazon best seller “Not Tonight Dear, I’ve Got a Business to Run!”.
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Sales expert Marc Wayshak will join the Cape Ann Chamber of Commerce on Tuesday, September 18 at the Elks at Bass Rocks, for a sales seminar entitled “How to Close the Sale in the New Economy".
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Harold A. Burham, a master shipwright from Essex, Massachusetts, is among the nine recipients of the 2012 NEA National Heritage Fellowships, the nation's highest honor in the folk and traditional arts.
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The Cape Ann Chamber and the Gloucester Schooner Festival Committee have placed a renewed focus on the next generation of sailors for this year’s 28th edition of the Gloucester Schooner Festival on Labor Day weekend, August 31 – September 2.
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Rockport Chamber Music Festival's 32nd Season
"Spring Awakening"
30th Annual Cape Ann Artisans Spring Open Studio Tour
St. Peter's Fiesta
Rockport Garden Club 2013 Garden Tour 
Hopper Redux, Photographs by Gail Albert Halaban
Ladysmith Black Mambazo
Independence Day Celebrations
Judy Collins
