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Clockwise from top left: Strange Fruit, Outside the
Box festival; Thomas Ortiz Dance, Jacob's Pillow Dance Festival;
Redcoats & Rebels, Old Sturbridge Village; Mashpee Wampanoag
Tribal Pow Wow; Lowell Folk Festival
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Massachusetts
is rich in arts & culture, so it's no surprise that exciting
events, exhibits and festivals are held in the state's 16 regions all
year long. Find out more!
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As
we enter the warm weather months, a peculiar trend starts to emerge.
While the pace of life slows down a bit, smiles get bigger, energy
levels rise, and weekends brim with activities. Festival season is
systems are go, with headline-making culinary, arts, and maritime
events. From the Berkshire
International Film Fest to Boston
Pride Week, the Salem
Arts Festival to the New Bedford Jazz Fest, and more, Massachusetts is dishing
up fun-loving entertainment across the board. And perhaps most
notably, the Rendez-Vous 2017 Tall Ships Regatta will be bringing in
over 50 spectacular vessels from 13 nations to Sail
Boston. However you choose to explore the Bay State in
June, take a moment to savor the experiences and make the memories
count. For more on what's happening in June into summer, visit massvacation.com.
Plan
your next getaway to Massachusetts.
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Featured Region:
Central Massachusetts
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Double Edge's Ashfield Town Spectacle and
Culture Fair will be held June 3 & 4 from 1 to 9
pm, with the parade starting at 7 pm. Explore how active
participation defines the intersection of art, culture and democracy!
Grown directly from the theatre's questions about the roots of
identity, the Town Spectacle extends this search to include the whole
community through a kaleidoscope of history, art, and spectacle. This
performance will not take place in a theatre - the territories of the
town will be the stage map, and the ensemble will be joined by all
walks of the Ashfield, Hilltown, and western MA community. Find more
information on Franklin
County.
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BOSTON
- Simply ARTrageous! June finds our performing arts venues filled
with old favorites and newly popular productions: Ripcord, Hedwig, Arrabal,
Wicked, Mama Mia, Diana Krall and Camelot. It's
also perfect for outdoor festivals: Cambridge Arts, PRIDE and Sail Boston.
Additionally, the good weather brings an explosion of public art and
performances across the city. The sounds of Concerts in the Courtyard
at the BPL, Berklee student melodies on The Steps
and tunes from the annual Donna
Summer Disco Party can be heard throughout Boston.
Meander along the Greenway
for the interactive Make
and Take, the optimistic Spaces of Hope, the playful
"confetti hug" by Virdee, the rising (or sinking) Meeting House
and Playful
Perspectives, delightfully exposing the frailty of one's
perspective. And take time to smell the flowers. Find more
information on Greater
Boston.
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Kick
off summer in true Cape Cod fashion at the 9th Annual Quahog Day! Come hear
our mascot Doug the Quahog make his annual prediction for how many
weeks of beach weather lie ahead at 2 pm Wednesday, June 21st at the
oceanfront Blue Water Resort in South Yarmouth. A Cape Cod
tradition! Also in June, over 300 classic cars will be on
display Sunday, June 18th at the Father's Day Car Show in
Hyannis, and the prestigious Provincetown
International Film Festival is set for June
14-18! Find more information on Cape
Cod.
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The Amazing World of Dr. Seuss -
opening June 3, 2017 at the Springfield Museums - is a permanent,
bilingual museum designed to commemorate beloved author/artist
Ted Geisel, aka "Dr. Seuss." This 3,200-square-foot space
lets visitors explore new sounds and vocabulary, play rhyming games,
invent stories and much more. The second floor showcases Geisel's
personal memorabilia including original oil paintings, zany hats and
bowties, and furniture from Ted's sitting room and studio, including
his drawing board, breakfast table, sofa and armchair. Find
more information on Greater
Springfield.
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Celebrate
the art of local craft beer during Western
Mass Beer Week, June 10-17, with daily events at
breweries, restaurants, and shops in all four counties of western
Massachusetts! Events include beer dinners, collaboration releases,
outdoor beer gardens, and so much more. For a taste, check out
BLDG8's Courtyard Party (6/10), Abandoned Building and
Beerology's Manhan Trail Pale Ale Release (6/12), or The Foundry's
famed "Firkin Faceoff" (6/14)! Sign up for our newsletter
to stay on top of a full summer of festivals visithampshirecounty.com.
Find more information on Hampshire
County.
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Grab
a blanket or lawn chair and head to Johnny Appleseed Country for a
summer packed with outdoor concerts! From Ayer to Orange, local
musicians take to the stage in parks and on town commons across the
region. You can find an outdoor music experience just about every day
of the week - and the variety is fabulous! Check out concerts from
the Townsend Military Band or the Leominster
Colonial Band, or the lakeside performances at Fitchburg's
Coggshall Park. Relax at Butterfield Park in Orange or at Monument Park in Gardner. Music is in the air -
enjoy! Find more information on Johnny Appleseed
Country.
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Oak
Bluffs Harborfest will be held Saturday, June 17th
from 11 am to 8 pm! Come enjoy this Vineyard gateway town's charming
annual Harborfest. Over 40 vendors from near and far, including
many of the Vineyard favorites plan to return for one of the Island's
most popular events. Local artists, craftsmen and antique dealers, as
well as non-profit organizations offering a tempting array of baked
goods, raffles and information about their causes, will be on
hand. Free to all! More info at oakbluffsmv.com,
and all the info you need to plan your Martha's Vineyard getaway is
at MVY.com. Find more information
on Martha's
Vineyard.
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Alma-Tadema
Model D
Steinway
Pianoforte and Stools
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The
Clark
Art Institute's summer season opens on June 3 with two
special exhibitions! Picasso:
Encounters looks at Pablo Picasso's collaborations as he
experimented with large-scale printmaking. The exhibition also
includes two important paintings on loan from the Musée national
Picasso-Paris: his seminal Self-Portrait from his Blue Period and
Portrait of Dora Maar, one of Picasso's favorite muses and models. Orchestrating Elegance:
Alma-Tadema and Design reunites most of the original
furnishings of one of the most opulent Gilded Age rooms ever created
and provides an opportunity to study the fascinating story behind Sir
Lawrence Alma-Tadema's designs. Find more information on The
Mohawk Trail Region.
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Celebrate
the richness, diversity, food, and fun of MetroWest at the 4th Annual MetroFest, with free
admission this year! On June 17, enjoy 20 food trucks and local
food purveyors, live music on two stages, a craft beverages sampling
tent, a classic car show, touch-a-truck, the Escape Room, Xbox dance
booth, and exhibits, activities, and handmade products from more than
100 artisans, crafters, local retailers, and cultural and community
groups. 11 am to 4 pm at Bowditch Complex in Framingham. Find more
information on MetroWest.
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Cruise
over for Nantucket's
Spring Restaurant Week (June 5-11) when a number of
acclaimed restaurants offer attractively priced prix fixe
menus. Nantucket
Book Festival (June 16-18) - a celebration of the
written word - features renowned literary figures, lectures, staged
readings, and meet-the-author events; we welcome Alice Hoffman, Jodi
Picoult, Robert Pinsky and others. From June 21-26, the Nantucket
Film Festival delivers a variety of eclectic films and
features Late Night Storytelling, staged readings, and a glittering
Screenwriter's Tribute. Find more information on Nantucket
Island.
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Cape
Ann Artisans' Open Studios Tour takes place on June
3rd & 4th! Come explore the artisans exquisite natural
surrounding and see the fine art and craft inspired by the scenic
North Shore. Later in June, don't miss St.
Peter's Fiesta, a five day festival honoring the
patron saint of the fisherman, on June 21-June 25. Find more
information on North
of Boston.
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Now on display at Pilgrim Hall Museum in Plymouth
is "Wedding 396: Four Centuries of Wedding Fashion from the
First Plymouth Colony Marriage in 1621 to the Present." Trace
the evolution of wedding fashion from the first Plymouth Colony
wedding in 1621 to today! Over two dozen vintage wedding gowns and
hundreds of South Shore wedding images gloriously displayed to reveal
the interplay of tradition and innovation over 396 years of New
England wedding history. Find more information on Plymouth
County.
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Don't miss the annual
Strawberry Country Festival at
Carpenter Museum in Rehoboth on Sunday, June 4th from 1-5 pm!
Basket-weaving, corn-grinding, butter-making and (of course)
strawberry shortcake! Then, Attleboro presents its 9th
Annual Expo for the Senses on Saturday, June 10th from
12-5 pm at Capron Park! The five hours of free fun include live
music, crafters selling handmade pieces of art, local jewelers, food
by local eateries, kids activities and a Ferris wheel. FFind
more information on
Southeastern
Massachusetts.
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Come
and celebrate 85 years of dance in the Berkshires at the Jacob's
Pillow Dance Festival this summer! Their 85th
anniversary season will be filled with performances by dance artists
from around the world, including world premieres and U.S. debuts,
plus over 250 free performances, talks & tours, exhibits,
community events, classes, and more. Free performances take
place on the outdoor Inside/Out stage every Wednesday-Saturday at
6:15pm. Be sure not to miss their Pillow Pop-Up performances at
every Third Thursday street festival in Pittsfield through
September. Find more information on The
Berkshires.
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