Brimfield is considered the largest outdoor antique show in the country. There are approximately 5,000 dealers in 21 different show venues (often referred to as fields).
Rt. 20, Brimfield

This festival celebrates the Deerfield River. Attracting people from all over New England, visitors can enjoy entertainment, educational displays and demonstrations, arts, crafts, and food vendors. Visitors can also try some quiet-water rafting, join a guided hike on one of the watershed's scenic trails, and ride an 1896 trolley car (all weekend long).
Shelburne Falls
Polly Bartlett
dbartlet@crocker.com

Oak Bluffs welcomes the arrival of summer at its second annual solstice celebration with music, arts, crafts and lots of family fun in the lingering twilight of the year's longest day. Admission is free, all are welcome!
Circuit Avenue, Oak Bluffs
Ron D'Orio
508-693-7463
obainfo@yahoo.com

This two day event is an internationally recognized folk music and arts festival. Hosted by the town of New Bedford and The Standard-Times, the festival has six stages throughout the National Park ranging from 1,200 seats to smaller and more intimate stages for performances.
New Bedford Whaling National
Historic Park, New Bedford, MA
info@newbedfordsummerfest.com

This three day festival is the largest free folk festival in the United States. The festival includes delicious cuisines, children's activities, and live bands throughout the downtown ending with an evening parade on the final day.
Downtown Lowell
Duey Kol at duey_kol@nps.gov
978-970-5200

Boston's Chinatown stages one of its largest events, the August Moon Festival, held around the Chinatown Gateway arch on Harrison Avenue. The celebration is traditionally a time for people to gather for moon-watching parties, with children carrying brightly coloured lanterns. Vendor booths, Chinese Dough Art, Chinese Opera, Children's Chinese folk dance, Martial Arts Performance, Lion Dance.
Harrison Avenue, Chinatown Gateway Arch, Boston
courtho@gmail.com
617-350-6303

The Salem Jazz and Soul Festival recreates and renews the vibrant jazz scene that began at the Salem Willows in the 1920s, when Duke Ellington and other musicians from the Big Band era played at the seaside park in Massachusetts. Free, family-friendly event features 2 days of live music, music education, classes, kid's play tent and more.
Salem Willows
167 Fort Avenue, Salem
978-745-0251