Aug 16-23: Free Canobie Lake Park; Edgar Allan Poe, Chinese, Fests; Air & Car Shows; Water Gun Fight; Outdoor Dance; and Fireworks!
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| Win tickets to Canobie Lake Park and Tomb | Sun 8/15 – Thu 8/19 | Boston Metro |
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| My friends at Lifted, the band, have been #1 in Virgin’s nationwide talent search all week but they just dropped to #2! Please take 30 seconds to vote. Then invite your friends to the Facebook event. The people who email me with the best ‘get out the word’ story will win tickets to Canobie Lake Park (see below). And I’ve also got tickets to Tomb, the miniature adventure park in Boston. Vote now! Boston, MA.  see details on the complete Events Insider |
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| Free movie preview: Lottery Ticket | Fri 8/20 | Boston Metro |
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| Last week you missed tickets to The Expendables, Flipped, and Scott Pilgrim because you’re not on the Facebook group (which I email) and the fan page (which I post to but you might miss it amongst all the Facebook posts your friends make). Join both now! This week I’ve got free tickets to Lottery Ticket, Monday at 3pm in Boston. Fenway or Boston Common Theatre, Boston, MA. see details on the complete Events Insider |
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| Edgar Allan Poe and Margaret Fuller: A Conversation | Thu 8/19 | Metro West |
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| This is incredibly exciting! I’ve never seen a re-enactor of Poe, the original Goth, and I get to check out this historic home and learn who Margaret Fuller. 7pm, with special tours at 4pm, 5pm, and 6pm. Someone with a car please email, because I want to go!! Old Manse, 269 Monument Street, Concord, MA.978-369-3909. see details on the complete Events Insider |
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| Canobie Lake Park and Michael Jackson | Fri 8/20 | New Hampshire |
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| Canobie Lake is my favorite amusement park in New England, and I’ll tell you why. It’s not quite a giant as Six Flags, but it’s so much more real. Parking is free and you won’t have advertisements in your face all day and people taking your photo and demanding $10. Parkland is integrated, with a variety of trees — it’s an arboretum — so that it really feels like you’re outdoors. In fact, you can take a lakeboat, Ferris wheel, or gondola ride or picnic on the grass just to relax. They continually add rides, so as well as the old favorites, see Castaway Island, the towering water playground, and the park has grownup and kid rides in all 4 corners so if you have a family you can all do something fun. Every Thursday they have a talent search, every Friday is a dance party, and every Saturday are fireworks. 85 N Policy St, Salem, NH.603 893-3506. see details on the complete Events Insider |
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| Project MUM, Ice Cream Showdown, and Interactive Art | Sat 8/21 | Boston Metro |
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| OMG! OMG! That stands for Outdoor Music Groove! It’s a dance party under the McGrath Highway!! 9pm-1am. Rain or shine. Under the McGrath Highway, at the intersection of Washington Street in Somerville, MA, Somerville, MA. see details on the complete Events Insider |
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| Banditos Misteriosos Water Gun Fight | Sat 8/21 | Boston Metro |
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| A group of insane people are meeting for a water gun fight. I love the concept, although I really don’t see why the location has to be kept hidden. It’s been on the Esplanade but check the website for the announcement. Bring your own gun and water, and they’d prefer advance registration. (Why? Is it complex to run around screaming with water guns?) 1:30-3pm. TBA, but probably the Esplanade, Boston, MA. see details on the complete Events Insider |
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| Westfield International Air Show | Sat 8/21 – Sun 8/22 | Springfield |
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| It’s not just an air show: it’s FREE. They’ll have 30 performers and 60 planes on the ground to inspect up close. Amazing! Barnes Air National Guard Base, Westfield, MA. see details on the complete Events Insider |
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| East Boston Pride Day | Sat 8/21 | Boston Metro |
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| Can’t get out to Provincetown for Carnival? This is a novelty, a liberal festival in a (presumably) conservative neighborhood, and they’ll have steel drums and jugglers and more, with 2,500 people on the street. Piers Park, East Boston, MA. see details on the complete Events Insider |
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And a lot more this week at Boston Events Insider, the most popular events blog in New England, including:
Quincy August Moon Festival, Lowell Southeast Asian Water Festival, Jaffrey Festival of Fireworks, White Mountain Boogie N’ Blues Festival (and Fireworks), Fireworks at the Ocean Park by the Sea, Sandcastle and Sculpture Day (Nantucket), Carnival in Provincetown, Summer Night at the Harvard Museum of Natural History, Ford / Lincoln Day at Larz Anderson Museum, Winnekenni Cruise Day, Metro West Car Show, Fly in a restored B17 Bomber – Show, Seaside Pow Wow and Festival, Pi-Con Science Fiction Convention, Connecticut River Valley Astronomers Conjunction, Dinosaur State Park Day, The Big Lebowski Annual Bowling Party, Boston Greenfest, Fortress of Nightmares Presents Summer Ghost Hunts, The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (Abridged), Abigail Adams Meets Captain William Smith, The Long Arm of the Law, Picnic with the John and Abigail Adams, Grape Island, Costumed Civil War Storytelling, Snow in Summer Celebration, Free Day at Concord Museum and Scavenger Hunt, Free Fun Fridays: Institute of Contemporary Art, Marshfield Fair, Hardwick County Fair, Westfield Fair, Vintage Regatta at Patton Park, Latin American Festival at Worcester City Hall, The Salem Jazz and Soul Festival. Salem, MA, Downtown Gloucester Block Party, Verrill Farm Corn & Tomato Festival, NEBS Summerfest, South Coast Rhode Island Open Studios, Annual Children’s Festival & Talent Competition, Fabulous Family Fun Day, Summer Sunday in the Park, 90th anniversary of the 19th Amendment providing women’s civil rights, Boston Restaurant Week – Summer, Swim with luminous jellyfish off the Cape, Anniversary of Johnny’s List (2005), The Hound of the Baskervilles — a Comedy, Fully Committed, Cirque du Soleil, OBA Carnival By Rockwell Amusements, The B52s, Riverfront Dragon Boat and Asian Festival, Maine Highland Games, Great Falls Balloon Festival, Skowhegan State Fair, Dance New England – Dance Camp, Rabble in Arms, and more.
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