Massachusetts Festivals and County Fairs are listed below! Find all types of fairs and festivals in Massachusetts including events in Boston, Cambridge, Lowell, Worcester, Springfield, MA & more. Find the Lowell Quilt Festival, Boston Beer Festival, Big E schedule, County fairs, plus more. Find used concession trailers for sale on our concession trailer classifieds page.
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New England Folk Festival
Mansfield, Massachusetts - April Description: The New England Folk Festival is a fabulous blend of dance, music, crafts, and food from many lands. Lots and lots of people attend from near and far. The festival features contra and traditional square dancing, international folk dancing, dancing from specific regions, couple dancing, swing dancing, clogging, etc. There's jam sessions in the halls, instrument workshop sessions, performances of folk music, singing...turn the corner and more music greets your ears. Bring your instruments!
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June Massachusetts Festivals
Boston Pride
Boston, Massachusetts - June Description:Boston Pride, celebrating our vibrant community annually in June with a weeklong series of events that promote diversity and visibility throughout New England.
Whaling City Festival
New Bedford, Massachusetts - June Description: The Whaling City Festival features dozens of international food vendors, 200 craft and flea market dealers, six staging areas of entertainment, amusement rides, and a giant motorcycle and custom car truck show.
Cambridge River Festival
Cambridge, Massachusetts - June Description: Revolving along a one-mile stretch on the banks of the Charles River, the annual Cambridge River Festival celebrates the city’s cultural diversity through music, dance, and the arts. Captivating people of all ages and backgrounds, nationally recognized musicians and visual artists entertain at this lively outdoor celebration. Free to the public and produced by the Cambridge Arts Council, this summertime event brings the Greater Boston community together to enjoy the talents of performers and artists. International food and beautiful crafts are also an important part of the Cambridge River Festival.
Boston Harborfest
Boston, Massachusetts - July Description:Boston Harborfest is a favorite yearly destination for 4th of July festivities. The festival showcases the colonial and maritime heritage of the cradle of the American Revolution: the historic City of Boston. The award-winning festival strives to honor and remember the past, celebrate the present, and educate the future with reenactments, concerts, historical tours and much, much more. Over 200 daily events during the festival are concentrated in Boston's historic downtown and waterfront districts, with sponsored main events on Boston's City Hall Plaza. Harborfest is considered to be the largest patriotic celebration in the nation with visitors enjoying more than 200 activities during the Festival.
Lowell Folk Festival
Lowell, Massachusetts - July Description: The Lowell Folk Festival brings a proud history of traditional folk music, dance, ethnic foods, and crafts demonstrations that attract visitors from across the country. Six music stages are prominently placed across the city, offering varied settings and styles of performances. Lowell’s cultural diversity can be experienced as flavors from the numerous ethnic food sellers at three areas of the festival. Traditional crafters invite exploration of New England’s history as they execute exquisite designs large and small. It may be a wooden boat, a hooked rug, or Native American regalia being created before you. This and much more fun and adventure awaits at the Lowell Folk Festival.
Lowell Quilt Festival
Lowell, Massachusetts - August Description: The Lowell Quilt Festival is a citywide celebration of quilts. This Massachusetts festival is held annually for the benefit of the New England Quilt Museum. The festival features a juried images quilt show, with cash prizes in several categories, an exhibit of antique quilts curated by a renowned collector, an exhibit specially chosen for the festival at the New England Quilt Museum, classes and lectures by nationally acclaimed teachers, auctions of quilts and quilt-related items, and quilt appraisals. There are also vendors of quilting supplies from New England and beyond. Many of the Lowell cultural organizations hold quilt-related events during the festival.
Tanglewood Jazz Festival
Lenox, Massachusetts - September Description: The Tanglewood Jazz Festival has been held since the early 1990's, and is a summer music festival featuring contemporary jazz artists. It is held every year over Labor Day weekend in Lenox, Massachusetts, at Tanglewood, an outdoor festival grounds, and summer home of the Boston Symphony Orchestra. The Tanglewood festival is world renouned and famous for it's contributions to jazz culture.
Boston Film Festival
Boston, Massachusetts - September Description: The Boston Film Festival has become one of the cultural events that annually launches the fall film season.
Boston Folk Festival
Boston, Massachusetts - September Description: The Boston Folk Festival is in two parts - A songwriting contest finals on Saturday, and three stages of music on Sunday. The Sunday activities also include a children's activities area, as well as food and craft vendors.
Boston Blues Festival
Boston, Massachusetts - September Description: The Boston Blues Festival takes place each year on the last weekend of September and is New England's only free, two-day blues festival. The free music event showcases blues and roots music on the shores of Boston´s Charles River. The festival is the highlight of Boston Blues Week which features blues related events at area nightclubs and restaurants.
BeanTown Jazz Festival
Boston, Massachusetts - September Description: The BeanTown Jazz Festival has grown to become Boston's most popular outdoor festival, attracting large crowds to the festival grounds on Columbus Avenue each year. Enjoy world-class jazz on three stages, great eats, over 100 vendors, and good times stretching six-blocks in Boston's historic South End. The festival is family friendly. Through art, music, and food, this one-of-a-kind annual event celebrates the diversity of the city and the threads that tie us all together.
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October Massachusetts Festivals
Boston Comedy Festival
Boston, Massachusetts - October
www.bostoncomedyfestival.com Description: For over a week at the Boston Comedy Festival, around 150 comedians come together from all across the globe to share their talents. The Boston International Comedy & Movie Festival began back in 2000 as a way to showcase New England stand-up comedy talent to bigger audiences and the entertainment industry. The event has grown every year, and in addition to the traditional stand-up comedy routines, the festival also includes improv, sketch comedy, and one-person theatre shows, as well as the newly expanded movie portion of this festival.
