A summer full of festivals
Here are some festivals and other diversions on tap in area communities:
Waltham Riverfest
Waltham
June 14-15
Fifer’s Day
Boxborough
June 15
Concerts on the Common
Hopkinton
June 16 — Aug. 11 weekly
Old Home Day Carlisle
June 28-29
Picnic in the Park
Concord
July 4
Concert series
Brookline
July 10–Aug. 14 weekly
The Nines
Devens
Aug. 10
Heritage Festivals
Newton
July 7-28, weekly
Essence of India
Acton
Aug. 17
Southborough Summer Nights
Aug. 24
www.southboroughrecreation.com
Summer Concert Series
Lexington
Fridays, July 12 — Aug. 30
Fine Arts, Fine Crafts Festival
Lexington
Sept. 21
North of Boston
St Peter’s Fiesta
Gloucester
June 26-30
Marblehead Fireworks & Harbor Illumination
July 4
ArtBeat
Somerville
July 19-20
Lowell Folk Festival
July 26-28
Yankee Homecoming
Newburyport
July 28-Aug 4
Salem Maritime Festival
Aug. 3
Bread and Roses Festival
Lawrence
Sept. 2
River Ruckus
Haverhill
Sept. 7
South of Boston
McGuiggan’s Pub 5K
and Block Party
Whitman
June 9
Nantasket Beach Car Show
Hull
June 9
Strawberry Festival
Norwell
June 9
www.norwellhistoricalsociety.org
Arts Festival, South Shore Art Center
Cohasset
June 14-16
Flag Day Parade
Dedham
June 14
Hanover Day
June 15
Brockton Fair
June 27-July 7
July Fourth Celebration
Braintree
June 29
Fourth of July Fireworks
and Parade
Hingham
June 29 and July 4
Strawberry Thanksgiving
Plymouth
June 29-30
July Fourth at Adams National Historical Park
Quincy
July 4
Arts in the Park,
Marion Art Center
July 6
Plymouth Harbor Folk Festival
July 13
Shipyard Park, Mattapoisett
July 19-21
Duxbury
July 21-Aug. 2
Harbor Illumination
Hull
July 27
Cape Verdean Day Celebration
Brockton
July 28
Krazy Days
Middleborough
Aug. 2-3
www.middleboroughonthemove.org
Heritage Days
Scituate
Aug. 3-4
Pembroke Arts Festival
Pembroke
Aug. 10-11
Rochester Country Fair
Rochester
Aug. 15-18
Marshfield Fair
Marshfield
Aug. 16-25
Endless Summer Festival
Hull
Sept. 21
Life Is Good Festival
Canton
Sept. 21-22
Soule Homestead Harvest Fair and Joe Davies Folk Festival
Middleborough
Sept. 21-22
Arts and Music Festival
Lakeville
Oct. 5
Westwood Day
Westwood
Oct. 5
Avon’s 125th Anniversary Celebrations
Various events, dates
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