Festivals and Events in Rockport, MA

Rockport is a cultural haven, with dozens of festivals. Enjoy internationally acclaimed dance and music concerts, Broadway quality theater, festivals, shows and special events all year long.

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Going to St. Ives

Gloucester Stage Company
Gloucester

July 17, 2008 - August 3, 2008

The lives of two powerful women, an affluent English doctor and the mother of an African dictator, become irrevocably intertwined in this captivating juxtaposition of black and white, order and chaos, heroism and hell.

Meet the Author

Rockport Public Library
Rockport

July 23, 2008

The Rockport Public Library presents a series of “Meet the Author” events. All are open to the public and all will take place at the library, located at 17 School Street in Rockport.

New Play Reading Series

Gloucester Stage Company
Gloucester

July 27, 2008

Sow and Weep by Nitzan Halperin. Directed by Judy Braha.

Rockport American Legion Band Summer Concert Series

Back Beach Bandstand
Rockport

July 27, 2008

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Free concerts, 7pm. The program will include marches by Sousa, Alford, Jewell, and Goldman, as well as popular songs by Gershwin, The Beatles, and The Four Seasons.

Meet the Author

Rockport Public Library
Rockport

July 28, 2008

The Rockport Public Library presents a series of “Meet the Author” events. All are open to the public and all will take place at the library, located at 17 School Street in Rockport.

Andrea Dawson and Kenneth Saxon in Concert

Unitarian Universalist Society
Rockport

August 2, 2008

Violinist Andrea Dawson and Pianist Kenneth Saxon in Concert, Saturday, August 2 at 3:30pm. Admission is free.

High Summer Suggestion: Mostly Viennese

Cape Ann Museum
Gloucester

August 2, 2008

Music at Eden’s Edge, the North Shore’s resident chamber music ensemble, will perform at Cape Ann Museum on Saturday, August 2, at 8pm.

Rockport American Legion Band Summer Concert Series

Back Beach Bandstand
Rockport

August 3, 2008

Free concerts, 7pm at the Back Beach Bandstand. In case of rain, concerts will be indoors at the American Legion Hall next to the Bandstand.

Doubt, A Parable

Gloucester Stage Company
Gloucester

August 7, 2008 - August 24, 2008

This riveting morality play about events that may or may not have taken place in a 1964 Bronx convent and refectory comes to Gloucester in a production starring Elliot Norton Award winner Nancy Caroll of GSC’s Collected Stories and My Old Lady and Lewis D

Meet the Author

Rockport Public Library
Rockport

August 7, 2008

The Rockport Public Library presents a series of “Meet the Author” events. All are open to the public and all will take place at the library, located at 17 School Street in Rockport.

Rockport Rotary Lobsterfest

Back Beach
Rockport

August 9, 2008

Annual Rockport Rotary Club Lobsterfest Fundraiser

Rockport Acoustic Music Festival

Millbrook Meadow
Rockport

August 10, 2008

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Celebrating its 29th year of music in Millbrook Meadow. Blues, folk, jazz, world, bluegrass. 12noon-6pm.

Rockport American Legion Band Summer Concert Series

Back Beach Bandstand
Rockport

August 10, 2008

Free concerts, 7pm at the Back Beach Bandstand. In case of rain, concerts will be indoors at the American Legion Hall next to the Bandstand.

Mass Bay Junior Olympic Festival

Sandy Bay Yacht Club
Rockport

August 11, 2008 - August 13, 2008

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Sandy Bay Yacht Club will be hosting the 2008 Mass Bay Junior Olympic Festival.

Meet the Author

Rockport Public Library
Rockport

August 14, 2008

The Rockport Public Library presents a series of “Meet the Author” events. All are open to the public and all will take place at the library, located at 17 School Street in Rockport.

New Play Reading Series

Gloucester Stage Company
Gloucester

August 17, 2008

The Hotel Plays by Israel Horovitz. Directed by Mr. Horovitz.

Rockport American Legion Band Summer Concert Series

Back Beach Bandstand
Rockport

August 17, 2008

Free concerts, 7pm at the Back Beach Bandstand. In case of rain, concerts will be indoors at the American Legion Hall next to the Bandstand.

Sunday Book Chat

Rockport Public Library
Rockport

August 17, 2008

“The Beach House” by Jane Green will be the topic of the Rockport Public Library Sunday Book chat on August 17 at 2:00 p.m.

Costume Ball 2008: Musical Icons: From Mozart to Madhouse

Rockport Art Association
Rockport

August 23, 2008

Enjoy an evening of music, dancing, hors doeuvres, wine & spirits, and our debut cocktail, the Funkatini.

Fishermen's Memorial Service

Stacy Boulevard
Gloucester

August 23, 2008

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5pm. A service to honor the memory of fishermen lost at sea.

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