www.discovernewengland.co.uk MASSACHUSETTS
Fun Events 2010
June – early Sep
In Lenox, the Tanglewood Music
Festival and Jazz Festival provide
music through the summer.
www.bso.org
July 23-25
Lowell’s Folk Festival is the largest
free festival in the USA, with stars
playing on six outdoor stages.
www.lowellfolkfestival.org
Sep 3-6
Gloucester’s 26th Schooner
Festival celebrates the city’s
maritime heritage, with 100-foot
schooners, races, deck tours and
more.
www.capeannvacations.com
Park between Lexington and
Concord, to understand the
Sep 17 – Oct 3
American view of the War of
Near Springfi eld, The ‘Big E’ is the
Independence. Visit the North
Eastern States Exposition, one of the
USA’s biggest fairs: parades, stunt
Bridge, where the fi rst shots rang
cars, live concerts and more.
out in 1775. In Lowell, re-live the
www.thebige.com power of America’s fi rst industrial
city; hear the noise of a 1920s
weave room at the Boott Cotton
to medieval weaponry. And, running Mills Museum. North of Boston,
from Worcester into Rhode Salem is famous for its 1692
Island is the Blackstone River Valley witchcraft trials; learn more at the
National Heritage Corridor, the area Salem Witch Museum. But, this
that saw the birth of America’s seaside town offers much more:
Industrial Revolution. handsome architecture and the
www.valleyvisitor.com renowned Peabody Essex Museum,
www.centralmass.org a treasure house of art and
artefacts from around the world.
NORTH OF BOSTON & GREATER Nearby, on rocky, scenic Cape Ann,
MERRIMACK VALLEY towns such as Gloucester and
Soldiers, Sailors …and Witches Rockport are home to fi shermen
Close to Boston, this area has and painters.
many stories to tell. Start with www.merrimackvalley.org
Minuteman National Historical www.northofboston.org
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