Massachusetts - Fairs and Festivals

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Weekend Winterfest
Fruitlands Museum, 102 Prospect Hill Road
Harvard, MA
Phone: 978-456-3924

January 16-February 28, 2010

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New England winter-lovers unite! Create your own fun and winter memories on Fruitlands Museum's 200 acre wintry wonderland and catch snowy views of towering Tree Figures at Weekend Winterfest. Enjoy hot chocolate by the bonfire and snacks served by the skating rink. Enjoy sled runs and groomed trails. Bring your own ice skates, sleds cross-country skis, and snowshoes. Saturdays and Sundays, only. Time: 11 a.m. - 4 p.m. Admission: $5. Information: www.fruitlands.org/.

Newburyport Literary Festival
Newburyport, MA

April 23-24, 2010

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Newburyport Literary Festival will open on April 23, the Firehouse Centre for the Arts. Following the opening ceremony. The annual Dinner with the Authors will be held at Nicholson Hall where festival guests and authors can enjoy dinner, conversation and a silent auction to benefit the festival. On April, 24, the festival continues with a full day of activities for readers of every genre beginning with Coffee with the Poets and ending with the closing ceremony. Anita Shreve, author of such works as The Weight of Water, The Pilot's Wife, The Last Time They Met, A Wedding in December, and Body Surfing, will be the recipient of the first Marquand Prize in American Literature. Information: www.newburyportliteraryfestival.org

Salem’s So Sweet Chocolate & Ice Sculpture Festival
Townwide
Salem, MA
Phone: 978-744-0004 ext. 15

February 5-14, 2010

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This popular festival starts with a delicious Chocolate and Wine Tasting in Hamilton Hall on Friday, February 5 at 6:30 p.m. and continues with beautiful ice sculptures throughout downtown Salem starting February 6 for as long as the weather allows. Come downtown Salem and enjoy chocolate samples, fantastic discounts, the beautiful sculptures, a golden ticket contest, window displays and much more. Details will be posted soon. Information: http://salemmainstreets.org/

Topsfield Fair
207 Boston Street, Route 1
Topsfield, MA  01983
Phone: 978-887-5000
Fax: 978-887-3016

America’s Oldest Fair!
October 2 - October 12, 2009

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The 191st annual Topsfield Fair will run from Friday, October 2, 2009 through Columbus Day, October 12, 2009. The country's oldest continuously operating county fair features family entertainment, agricultural exhibits including the New England Giant Pumpkin weigh-off on opening day, a premier fall flower show, poultry, fruit and vegetables, rabbits, 4-H, a draft horse show, horse and oxen pulling, pigs, goats, sheep, llamas and alpacas, the Essex County Farm Yard, a Farm/Fair Museum, Home Arts, art show and much, much more including the Fiesta Shows Midway.