Massachusetts Statewide Fairs & Festivals Calendar

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Massachusetts folks celebrate their history and heritage all year round. Make a cozy inn your lodging headquarters and head out for fun, inspiration, and adventure. You’ll find fairs and festivals with competitions, animal encounters, reenactments, fireworks and parades, barbecue dinners and pancake breakfasts. There are religious and ethnic events, hot air balloon rides, great music and dance; on the Fourth of July join the Boston Pops to celebrate Independence Day. Then keep on celebrating through the cranberry harvest and the winter holidays.

To find more events, visit the MA Events Calendar.

BSO - Tanglewood

297 West Street Lenox, MA, 01240 Phone: 617-266-1200

Surround yourself with the sounds of music at this famous festival in the Berkshires

The sound of music, in all its spell-binding forms, is everywhere at Tanglewood, summer home of the Boston Symphony Orchestra and site of one of the world’s most beloved music festivals. Whether your tastes run to Beethoven, or to James Taylor – or to the movies! – you will find something to engage the music-lover in you at this magnificent property in the Berkshires. The festival runs from late June through August, this year featuring everything from Kool and The Gang and “Jurassic Park in Concert” to chamber-music ensembles, guest artists Yo-Yo Ma and Joshua Bell, and an all-Strauss program with leading soprano Renee Fleming. Tanglewood also offers summer guided tours. Dining options include elegant picnics, a bistro buffet and three-course dinners at Highwood Manor House.

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Evening View of the Lowell Summer Music Festival - Lowell, MA

Greater Merrimack Valley

61 Market Street, Unit 1C Lowell, MA, 01852 Phone: 978-459-6150

Get out this summer and get into a festival frame of mind with these fun events

The summer means great outdoor events in the Merrimack Valley, including the Lowell Summer Music Series, running from June 20 through mid-September. The festival features well-known national artists as well as great local talent, food vendors and competitions, an art market, ice skating and children’s activities. Watch the website for more information about this exhilarating event. In mid July there's also the Lowell Folk Festival, a 3-day free event featuring international folk music, performance arts, Broadway singers and more!

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