• Gloucester Block Party – August 28

    Visit the Gloucester Block party on Main St, it is the 3rd and final block party of the 2024 season. It coincides with the Gloucester Schooner Festival during your late August stay at Atlantis Oceanfront Inn. These block parties are a fabulous way to spend a summer evening in Gloucester, maybe after viewing some of...

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  • Gloucester Schooner Festival

    Visit the 43rd annual Gloucester Schooner Festival during your next stay at Atlantis Oceanfront Inn in Gloucester. The Gloucester Schooner Festival a wonderful event taking place over Labor Day weekend filled with fishing and maritime history. Gloucester comes alive for this annual celebration, with lots of great family-friendly activities, music, parades of lights, and sail....

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  • Gloucester Fireworks

    The annual fireworks display is a well loved highlight of the schooner festival.

  • Rockport Celtic Festival

    Explore your Celtic roots during your stay at the Atlantis Oceanfront Inn. Rockport Music and Artistic Director (and harpist) Maeve Gilchrist–returns with a Celtic Festival that explores traditional and contemporary music from around the Celtic world. This Festival was cofounded by the late GBH Celtic Sojourn host Brian O’Donovan.

  • Blackburn Brew Fest

    The Blackburn Brew Fest debuted in 2022 and became an instant hit. Join us and over 30 breweries for an afternoon of craft beer tastings, live music, food trucks and games at Stage Fort Park in Gloucester.

  • Cape Ann Artisans Fall Tour

    2025 marks the 42nd year for the Cape Ann Artisan Tour as the oldest “open studios” in the country. During the 30 year anniversary, the Artisans were celebrated with a special show at the Cape Ann Museum.

  • Rockport Harvest Festival

    An annual tradition in downtown Rockport. The Festival celebrates the autumn season as local food producers bring you seasonal favorites.

  • Essex Clamfest

    40th Annual Essex ClamFest - The Essex Division of the Cape Ann Chamber of Commerce will sponsor the annual Essex ClamFest in Memorial Park in Essex. The highlight of the day will be the Clam Chowder Tasting, a competition that pits area restaurants against one another to determine who serves the best clam chowder on...

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