August 1-9, 2011: Airplane, Sand Sculpture, Native American, Hungry Tiger Fests, Cornfield Maze, Rock & Blues Cruise Giveaway, Lizzie Borden re-enactment, and more!
This week I am traveling in Maine. It’s proof that you don’t have to leave the country (or even New England) to have a fantastic supersaver vacation. See below under the “Travel” section for interesting events outside the Boston region, and email johnny@eventsinsider.com to get the Events Insider Summer 2011 Guide!
This week, i need volunteers with an Android mobile phone to help me test an app that I have written. Please email me. I hope you are having an awesome week. Now get out there and do something fun!
-Johnny
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This week’s top items are below, or see the complete Boston Events Insider.
| Sun 8/14 – Sun 8/21Boston MetroRock and Blues Cruise – tix giveaway |
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| The Rock and Blues Cruise is when you sail around Boston Harbor with live music! I have promotion codes (read on) and two lucky people will win tickets. I have one pair each for the show Sunday, August 14, Beatlejuice (the Beatles tribute band) with Air Traffic Controller, departs at 3pm, (discount code = RINGO), and the show Sunday, August 21, Entrain with special guest Sun Jones, departs at 3pm (discount code = DRUMS). The cruises are rain or shine, with the bands outdoors weather permitting. Email johnny@eventsINSIDER.com and say which show you want. Or go straight to their website to use the discount code. Boston, MA. see details on the complete Events Insider |
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| Sat 8/6Cape CodNaukabout Music Festival – tix giveaway |
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| The Naukabout “celebrates some of New England’s best up-and-coming musical talent”, this year featuring Will Dailey, Adam Ezra, Zach Deputy and more. It’s an outdoor fest with a busking stage (street performing) and a stage for local bands. Best of all, I have two pairs of tickets to give away! Email johnny@eventsINSIDER.com to win. Barnstable County Fairgrounds, East Falmouth, MA. see details on the complete Events Insider |
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| Sat 8/6Boston MetroNative American Summer Festival at Harbor Islands |
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| You shouldn’t need an excuse to visit the Boston Harbor Islands, but here’s a great one: one of only two native american festivals close to Boston. 11am. Harbor Island, Boston, MA. see details on the complete Events Insider |
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| Sat 8/6South ShoreMarshfield Sandcastle Sculpture Contest |
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| It’s sand sculpture season and here are two! The first is in Marshfield on the South Shore. They won’t have any pros but us amateurs can compete! 10:30am-1pm. Rain date: next day. Rexhame Beach, Marshfield, MA.781-834-5543. see details on the complete Events Insider |
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| Sat 8/6North ShoreCrane Beach Sandblast! |
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| And here’s one on the North Shore that I’ve been to three times… the first two were great but the third sort of a non-event. But Ipswich is so lovely to visit. 7am-3pm. Crane Beach, Ipswich, MA. see details on the complete Events Insider |
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| Thu 8/4WorcesterDavis Farmland’s Megamaze |
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| You really need to visit Davis Megamaze, even though you can’t go into the petting zoo and spray park unless you have kids in tow. This is opening weekend to walk through the 3 miles of pathways in a corn field shaped like a maze! They add bridges to give the maze a more complicated, 3D shape, and it’s a lot of fun to get lost and wander around. 145 Redstone Hill, Sterling, MA.978-422-8888. see details on the complete Events Insider |
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| Sat 8/6 – Sun 8/7WorcesterFrom Redcoats to Rebels: Military re-enactment at Sturbridge |
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| Also a must-see is this huge re-enactment of 300 years of military history at my favorite re-enactment museum. I’ve seen it and it’s HIGHLY recommended! They’ll have a parade, fife & drum, camp cooking, cannon demo, and kids activities. Old Sturbridge Village, Sturbridge, MA.508-347-3362. see details on the complete Events Insider |
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| Tue 8/2 – Wed 8/10Boston MetroI need a few friends to test my Android mobile app |
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| As well as writing this blog, I am putting together a mobile application to show events! It’s already working on the iPhone and BlackBerry, but I need a bunch of volunteers with Android platforms to test it, especially one with an HTC Evo. Please email johnny@eventsINSIDER.com and volunteer! It will take just a couple of minutes to play around with it and tell me whether it’s working. There are a ton of different Android platforms so I really need your help for testing. Thanks! Cambridge, MA. |
And a lot more this week at Boston Events Insider, the most popular events blog in New England, including:
Summer Arts Fest, Fife and Drum Concert by Boston Alarm Company, Hungry Tiger Street Festival, Cambridge Discovery Days, Carnival in Beverly, Salem Heritage Days, Salem Ice Cream Bowl, Pittsfield NH Rotary Hot Air Balloon Rally, Annual Kite Day at Pagent Field / Kites in the Park, Lizzie Borden Museum Annual Re-enactment, Cape Cod Highland Festival, Feast of the Blessed Sacrement (Portuguese), Boston Urban Music Festival, Tutto Italiano at Larz Anderson Museum, York’s Wild Kingdom, Cars and Coffee, Great Barrington Car Show, Western Mass. Moving Arts Festival, Arts Affair at Marina Bay, Wolf Talk – Meet a Live Wolf and Hear About Wolves, NEBS Summerfest, Pan Mass Challenge, Joe Cronin Memorial Fishing Tournament for the Jimmy Fund, Onset Blues Festival, Illumination Night at Old Orchard Beach, Britt B’s Family B, Armenian Picnic at Camp Haiastan, Community Day at Strawbery Banke Museum, Salem Maritime Festival, Newport Jazz Festival (JVC Jazz Festival), Charlestown Seafood Festival, Rhode Island International Film Festival, Martha’s Vineyard African-American Film Festival, Free Bowling on World Record Day, Bug – review, Mouthoffs – Stories in Unexpected Places, OPENAIR Circus, Circus Smirkus at Revere, Society for Historically Informed Performances, Podunk Bluegrass Music Festival, Orange Fireman’s Carnival, Litchfield Jazz Festival, Taste of the Caribbean & Jerk Festival, Maine Lobster Festival, Monmouth Fair, Redneck Olympics, Pig Roast, & Music Festival, Antique Auto, Aircraft & Aerobatic Spectacular, Revolutionary War Living History Demonstration Weekend, Topsham Fair, Dragon Boat Festival
And more than 300 Outdoor Movie, Theatre, and Music Series in New England plus dozens of one-shot outdoor arts events!
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