Gloucester Schooner Festival
Thu Sep 1, 2022
Various times
All ages
Free
Gloucester Harbor
, Gloucester, MA
Gloucester Schooner Festival takes place in America's oldest seaport over Labor Day Weekend. Events include the annual Mayor's Cup Race, schooner tours, a concert, a boat parade of lights, and fireworks.
Local schooners engage in a friendly race on Thursday, kicking off a long weekend of festivities. Two dozen boats arrive on Friday as the city hosts a block party. Saturday features Maritime Heritage Day, full of family fun. The Parade of Sail takes place on Sunday morning, as the participating schooners make their way through the harbor and out past the breakwater, to the Mayor’s Race.
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** Please keep your family and others safe by wearing masks and social distancing. If an activity appears too crowded, try using the "nearby" search feature on our activity calendar to find something else to do.