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8/16/2016

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Each Wednesday, you can find a few of the Fun Freebies that will be held throughout New England during the upcoming week. To find other events that will be taking place this weekend, Click on any of the drop down tabs from the top of each page of this web site.

Jacobs Pillow Dance Inside/Out Performances             Wednesday-Saturday       Stockbridge Ma
The free performances happen every week from Wednesday through Saturday during the Jacobs Pillow Dance Festival. The shows are performed outside, with a beautiful backdrop of the Berkshire Hills in the summer. When the weather is threatening the performance will move to an indoor studio with very limited seating. Call the Box Office after 5pm the day of the performance to find out if it will be outdoors or indoors.


Third Thursday Street Festival                                                                              Willimantic Ct
Every third Thursday, thousands of people from far and wide stroll along Main Street, Willimantic amid a background of musical, theatrical, visual, gastronomic, and olfactory delights. Seven stages simultaneously host a wide variety of music and entertainment while over 100 vendors showcase a variety of handcrafted goods and services. Willimantic's diversity really shines through in the delicious authentic international cuisine. Enjoy locally produced artwork, beer, music, and More


Third Thursday Street Festival                                                                               Pittsfield Ma
Every third Thursday the downtown district comes alive with live music and performances on multiple stages setup for the event, local food and craft vendors set up  booths, street performers are entertaining people and plenty of fun is to be had. If you want to experience a little more, businesses are open late for shopping, theater and there are plenty of dining options available as well.  More


Free Fun Friday's                                                                 Friday         Throughout Massachusetts 
Each Friday;
The Highland Street Foundation will sponsor free admission to Museums and other cultural and fun destinations throughout Massachusetts. This program is open again this year to all Ma. residents thanks to this very generous family foundation.

Fisherman's Feast                                                                        Friday thru Sunday   Boston Ma
The Fisherman's Feast is an annual event that began in Boston in 1910 and is based on a tradition that goes back to the 16th century in Sciacca Sicily. The Feast is based on the devotion of the fishermen from Sciacca to the Madonna del Soccorso (Our Lady of Help). Today's Feast is much the same as it was over 100 years ago with lights adorning the street and the smell of sausage in the air.


Salem Jazz and Soul Festival                                                      
Saturday and Sunday   Salem Ma
The tenth annual Salem Jazz and Soul Festival a FREE, two-day music festival featuring 10 bands, a kids tent, Salem Five Bank music-education tent, more than 40 artisan vendors and a 21-plus Ipswich Ale Brewery beer garden


Waterfire                                                                                                  Saturday     Providence Ri
Your senses will be captivated by the flames, performances by fire dancer and Gargoyles  The fragrant scent of aromatic wood smoke, the flickering firelight on the arched bridges, the silhouettes of the fire tenders passing by the flames in the torch-lit vessels as they travel down the river. As you walk along past the arched bridges and beautiful sculptures, enchanting music plays softly as the street performers will certainly entertain you.
Head over to the Arts Festival Plaza. From photography and sculpture, paintings and hand-crafted ceramics,  jewelry and specialty textiles, the WaterFire Arts Festival Plaza features a wide range of locally crafted artisan wares to exhibit for sale to WaterFire’s visitors.

Milford Oyster Festival                                                                                 Saturday   Milford  Ct
The Free Events will feature Professional BMX Stunt Bike Riders, Extreme Bungee, The Meltdown, Big Glove Boxing, Speed Pitch, Obstacle Course, Video Game Truck, Mini Golf, a classic car show and much more! Over 200 artists and artisans will participate in one of Connecticut’s largest Arts & Crafts Show. This year, for the first time, the Oyster Festival will also host 2 headline bands!  Blue Oyster Cult and The Marshall Tucker Band will be performing all their classic hits.
 The Festival will have a very large food Court where you may purchase any food you can think of that would be sold at a festival. They will feature 35,000 Oysters & Clams served up many different ways. Several varieties of oysters will be sold and some of the most prominent oyster growers on the east coast will be there. Eat one or eat a couple dozen. Enjoy oysters salty and sweet, grown from Maine to Virginia.

Many museums in New England offer free admission during specified days of the week.  You can find them here in the Good Diggin
Museum Listing of New England.

There are also many Cities and Towns that offer free weekly live music shows with a wide variety of different musical styles available. You can also find a lot of car shows in many areas here as well.  Those options can be found here on the Good Diggin Free Weekly
Town Concert  listings or the
Car Show page.

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