Sep 14-22, 2010: River Sing, Canobie Lake Park Tix, Highland Games, Pow-Wow, SculptureFest, Civil War Re-enactments, & Helicopter Rides!
Welcome to Boston Events Insider!
This is the last week I’ll be posting recurring outdoor “series”, but next week, the very first haunted houses open!
This week’s top items are below, or see the complete Boston Events Insider.
| Free Tickets to Canobie Lake Park, & Movie Previews | Sat 9/18 – Sun 10/31 | New Hampshire |
 |
|
| Summer is ending, but the rides at Canobie Lake Park, the big amusement park, are open through the end of October! And they’re stepping up the action with an “Oktoberfest” (adding German themed performances, and Prince and Ozzy Ozbourne tributes) and Screeemfest (adding haunted houses). I have 4 tickets a week to give out through Oct 31! I also have free tix for the film Secretariat, Thu 9/16 in Boston. Canobie Lake Park, Salem, NH.  see details on the complete Events Insider |
||||
| Revels RiverSing | Sun 9/19 | Boston Metro |
 |
|
| Every year this local chorus has a participatory sing-a-long along the Charles River near JFK Street. It’s one of my favorite events on the year! Half of you are on the Boston side and the other half on the Cambridge side. Picnic at Winthrop Park in Harvard Square at 5pm and then at 5:45 a procession to the river. Then sing 6-7:15pm. Participatory. Bring a flashlight and a blanket. Over 2,000 attend. No sign-up needed. Free! Weeks footbridge, Charles River, Cambridge, MA. see details on the complete Events Insider |
||||
| The New Hampshire Highland Games | Fri 9/17 – Sun 9/19 | New Hampshire |
 |
|
| I haven’t been to this one but another Highland Games I’ve visited makes me a real believer! These people know how to party! It’s at a major ski resort so they’ll probably have gondola rides and hiking trails. They’ll have a fiddle championship, band marching, athletics & dance competitions, tons of music and vendors, and “sheepdog trials”. Loon Mountain Ski Resort, Lincoln, NH. see details on the complete Events Insider |
||||
| North American Indian Center Pow-Wow | Sat 9/18 – Sun 9/19 | Boston Metro |
 |
|
| Although there are pow-wows (native american festivals) all over New England, this is the only one that’s actually in Metro Boston. Rain or shine. Outdoors. Bring a blanket or chair. They’ll have singing, dancing, drumming, ethnic food and vendors. The Native American Indian Center of Boston, 105 South Huntington Avenue, Jamaica Plain, MA.617-232-0343 x26. see details on the complete Events Insider |
||||
| Family SculptureFest at The Decordova | Sun 9/19 | Metro West |
 |
|
| The DeCordova is my favorite museum in New England. They always have accessible yet intriguing sculpture, and the museum is surrounded by a park that’s dotted with sculptures. Now they’re having a huge celebration that’s likely their new annual event, a replacement for the old Art in the Park. Meet artists, make sculptures and join in making a huge mural! DeCordova Sculpture Museum, Lincoln, MA. see details on the complete Events Insider |
||||
| South Boston Street Festival | Sat 9/18 | Boston Metro |
 |
|
| I went to this festival last year in South Boston. It’s a ton of vendors and some live music, but they also have a small carnival! 11am-4pm. East Broadway, between I and L Streets, Boston, MA. see details on the complete Events Insider |
||||
| Billerica’s Yankee Doodle Homecoming Festival | Fri 9/17 – Sun 9/19 | Northern Mass |
 |
|
| This one’s bigger, with a parade, magic and storytelling, and colonial re-enactors, with a pie-eating contest, a dance-a-thon, fireworks, and a skyjump demonstration. Awesome! Billerica Common, 365 Boston Rd, Billerica, MA. see details on the complete Events Insider |
||||
| Battle of Windy Knoll – Civil War | Sat 9/18 – Sun 9/19 | Worcester |
 |
|
| Somebody with a car take me out to Worcester! This seems to be a major Civil War re-enactment festival, with battles and… whatever else it is that re-enactors do. Virginia re-enactors will be there, too. Alta Vista Bison Farm, Rutland, MA. see details on the complete Events Insider |
||||
And a lot more this week at Boston Events Insider, the most popular events blog in New England, including:
Rhode Island Living History – Civil War, Battle Road Homes Open House and Historic Trades Day, Eastern States Exposition, Railfan’s Weekend at Conway Scenic Railroad, Helicopter rides at Davis MegaMaze, Coppal House Farm Corn Maze – Night Maze, SerbFest, Irish Connections Festival, Lecture: On the Origins and Development of Writing, Literally Salem (Literature Festival), Naked Girls Reading, MassCann Freedom Rally, Panel discussion on the A.R.T.’s production of Caberet, BioBlitz at the Seacoast Science Center, Fish Box Derby Race, Harvard Fall Festival, Talk Like a Pirate Day, stART on the Street, Intertribal Powwow at Sweetwilliam Farm, Family Paddle & Overnight on the Charles, Earthdance, Falmouth Old Time Fiddle Contest, Jack Goes Boating – Free Movie Preview, RI / CT Day at Southwick’s Zoo, College Night at The Museum of Science, Boston, Edgerton Strobe Light Party, Contra Folk Dance – Beginner’s Night, Urban-Ag Fair in Harvard Square, The New England Dessert Showcase, Trails & Sails Weekend, Rochester Fair, The Soule Homestead Harvest Fair and Joe Davies Folk Festival, Norwood Day, Old Deerfield Fall Craft Fair, Annual Car Show at Old Orchard Beach, Boston Film Festival, Provincetown Music Festival, Register for Folk Song Society’s Fall Getaway Weekend, Perfect Harmony, King Richard’s Faire (Ren Faire), Wings of Freedom Tour, BeanTown Jazz Festival, British Invasion Weekend, Fifteenth Annual Northeastern Open Atlatl Championship Festival of Nations, Civil War Living History Weekend, Incredible India Festival, Milford Irish Festival, and more.
And the Largest List of Outdoor Summer Movies, Theatre, and Music in New England, tracking over 300 summer series!
Love this blog? Subscribe to email, Facebook, or Twitter and please tell your friends!