Greater Boston Ritual Dance & Drama

Other Festivals of Interest

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January

Youth Traditional Song Weekend

When: Early to mid-January

When next: January 10-12, 2020

Where: Becket-Chimney Corners YMCA Camp (Becket, MA)

Website: http://youthtradsong.org/

Boston Celtic Music Festival (BCMFest)

When: Early to mid-January

When next: January 2020

Where: Club Passim and First Parish Church (Cambridge, MA), and Springstep (Medford, MA)

Website: https://www.facebook.com/BCMFest/ (used to be http://www.bcmfest.com/, and then http://passim.org/BCMFest, but the first hasn't worked in a while and the second also seems to be defunct)

Arisia

When: A weekend in mid-January

When next: January 17-20, 2020

Where: Westin Boston Waterfront Hotel (Boston, MA)

Website: http://www.arisia.org/

Mystic Seaport Chantey Blast and Pub Sing (fundraiser for the Sea Music Festival)

When: A Saturday afternoon in early to mid-January

When next: January 2020

Where: Frohsinn Hall, aka the German Club (Mystic, CT)

Website: http://www.mysticseaport.org/event/chantey-blast-and-pub-sing/

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February

Dance Flurry

When: President's Day weekend

When next: February 2020

Where: Saratoga Hilton & Saratoga City Center (Saratoga, NY)

Website: http://www.flurryfestival.org/

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March

DownEast Country Dance Festival

When: Late March

When next: March 2020

Where: Orion Performing Arts Center, Mount Ararat Middle School (Topsham, ME)

Website: http://www.deffa.org/festival/

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April

New England Real Ale Exhibition (NERAX)

When: Late March (usually) or early April, Wednesday through Saturday

When next: April 2020

Where: South Boston Lithuanian Club, 368 W. Broadway (South Boston, MA)

Website: http://nerax.org/nerax/

Note: Was late April or early May prior to 2009, then changed to late March.  Located at the George Dilboy Post #529, Davis Square, Somerville, through 2011.  Moved to American Legion Hall Post #388, 163 Glen Street, Somerville, for 2012-13.  Moved to Aeronaut Brewery, 14 Tyler Street, Somerville, for 2014.  Moved to South Boston Lithuanian Club, 368 W. Broadway, South Boston, for 2015, and has been there ever since.

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May

The Watch City Steampunk Festival

When: Mid-May, usually the Saturday of Mother's Day weekend

When next: May 2020

Where: Numerous venues city-wide (Waltham, MA)

Website: http://www.watchcityfestival.com/

Note: No festival in May 2014, but it returned in May 2015, and has been on ever since (as a one-day festival -- it had been a two-day festival prior to 2014).

Gotta Get Gon

When: Memorial Day weekend

When next: May 2020

Where: Saratoga County NY Fairgrounds (Ballston Spa, NY)

Website: https://www.pickingandsinging.org/web2011/GGG.html

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June

Sea Music Festival

When: Early to mid-June

When next: June 2020

Where: Mystic Seaport (Mystic, CT)

Website: http://www.mysticseaport.org/seamusicfestival

Old Songs Festival

When: Late June

When next: June 28-30, 2019

Where: Altamont Fairgrounds (Altamont, NY)

Website: http://festival.oldsongs.org/

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July

New Bedford Folk Festival

When: Early July

When next: July 6-7, 2019

Where: New Bedford Whaling National Historical Park (New Bedford, MA)

Website: http://www.newbedfordfolkfestival.com/

Note: Called "Greater New Bedford Summerfest" through 2015.

Lowell Folk Festival

When: The last full weekend in July

When next: July 26-28, 2019

Where: Downtown Lowell (Lowell, MA)

Website: http://www.lowellfolkfestival.org/

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August

Falcon Ridge Folk Festival

When: Late July or early August

When next: August 2-4, 2019

Where: At the foot of the Berkshires (Hillsdale, NY)

Website: http://www.falconridgefolk.com/

Salem Maritime Festival

When: Late July or early August

When next: August 3-4, 2019

Where: Salem Maritime National Historic Site on Derby Street (Salem, MA)

Website: http://www.nps.gov/sama/planyourvisit/maritimefestival.htm

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September

Northeast Squeeze-In

When: September

When next: September 20-22, 2019

Where: Western MA

Website: http://www.squeeze-in.org/

Note: Usually held in September, but held in October in 2010.

Portsmouth Maritime Folk Festival

When: September

When next: September 28-29, 2019

Where: Portsmouth, NH

Website: http://pmffest.org/

Working Waterfront Festival

When: Late September -- every *other* year

When next: unknown

Where: Fisherman's Wharf/Pier 3 - Steamship Pier (New Bedford, MA)

Website: http://www.workingwaterfrontfestival.org/

Note: Held annually through 2015, biennial starting in 2017.  But a note on their website as of June 2019 indicated that it will not happen in 2019.

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November

NERAX North

When: November

When next: November 2019

Where: tbd

Website: http://nerax.org/wp_nerax/nerax-north/

Note: Originally held at The Tap (Haverhill, MA).  Moved to American Legion Hall Post #388 (Somerville, MA) in 2012.  Moved back to Haverhill, at Barking Dog Alehouse, in 2013.  Moved to Knights of Columbus Hall, 94 Washington Square E (Salem, MA) for 2017.  Not held in 2018.

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