Don't Miss the upcoming HUGE Weekend in Rockport!!!

Saturday, August 9th:

• Rockport Farmers Market: 9 to 1pm in Harvey Park
• Ice Cream Social at the Rockport Farmers Market: 11:30 to 1pm in Harvey Park
• Rockport Fireworks Activities: 12:30: Kids' crafts, 2 to 4pm: Music in the Old Firehouse Trust.
• Rockport Rotary's Lobsterfest: 3 to 7pm at the bandstand at Back Beach. Click HERE for info.
• Rockport Fireworks: The BIG event is at 9:30pm! Get ready for an incredible display!

Sunday, August 10th

• Rockport Acoustic Music Festival: Noon to 6pm in Millbrook Meadow. Click HERE for more info. A free & fun event!

All Weekend

• Illumination at Shops, Galleries & Restaurants: many Rockport business are participating in Illumination weekend through special discounts and in-store promotions. Enjoy the lanterns hanging throughout town in honor of the weekend's festivities.

Raffle tickets to win Ken Knowles' original painting on sale with proceeds to benefit Rockport Fireworks.

 

About that Farmers Market:

This Week's Rockport Farmers Market Vendors: Wally's Bistro, Fudge Everything, Maitland Mountain Farm, First Light Farm, Seaview Farm, Sasquatch Smokehouse, Heath's Tea Room, Sullivan's Sugarhouse, Cuz It's Good!, Twin Lights, West River Creamery, the Vermont Candy Dish, That Nutty Redhead, Vintage Greens, Sea Biscuit Fine Baked Goods, Trupiano's Sausage.

Our vendors offer meat, eggs, smoked fish, cheese, lots of produce, pickles, sauces (sweet and savory), salsas, cookies, whoopie pies, breads, nuts = truly enough for a week's worth of delicious, amazing, locally-produced food!

Music & More: We'll have music from the talented Steve Lacey this week and don't miss the home growers section of the Farmers' Market is packed with a small amount of good things: Anadama bread from Sten af Klinteberg, honey from apiarist and cookbook author Melissa Abbott, the beautiful Northern Italian-style pesto from Mercedes Flavin and flower petal jams from local grower Jessie.
 

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The Rockport Farmers Market takes place, rain or shine. And be sure to stop by our Ice Cream Social this week! A huge thank you to The Ice Cream Store for providing the ice cream, and to Fudge Everything and Twin Lights for providing delicious chocolate topping and soda for Old Fashioned Ice Cream Sodas! Ginger Ale, Root Beer and Orange soda will all be available.

PARKING NEWS The Rockport Farmers Market, with the permission of the Rockport Police Dept., has four spaces available on High Street for short-term farmers' market parking every Saturday from 9am to 1pm. If you're in a hurry and need some produce, you can park right next to the market for a few minutes while you dash through the market! 

Lobster & Music in Rockport THIS Weekend!

Saddle up, Rockport residents and visitors! The upcoming weekend in Rockport is going to be a doozy. On Saturday you can enjoy the Rockport Rotary Club's Lobsterfest and as if that isn't enough, on Sunday you can hang out and listen to music all afternoon at the Rockport Acoustic Music Festival!

Both events take place at the Rockport Legion Band bandstand at Back Beach, a beautiful and festive setting. See you downtown this weekend!

For more about Lobsterfest, click HERE.

For more about the Acoustic Music Festival, click HERE.

Lobsterfest 2011 Taking Place TODAY!

This is a great way to begin your weekend in Rockport, whether you're a visitor or local...

From the Rockport Rotary Club website:

Join us for Lobsterfest 2011!
Rockport Rotary's Lobsterfest is a unique outdoor dining event held each summer at the American Legion Hall and bandstand in Rockport (on Beach Street, opposite Back Beach). Proceeds benefit local community service projects and the club's scholarship fund.

Lobsterfest will be held on Saturday, August 13, 2011. Tickets are $25.00 and include a hot-boiled lobster, home-made clam chowder, corn-on-the-cob, roll, watermelon, and soda or water. There will be a cash menu with hot dogs, hamburgers, and beer, wine, and desserts. Entertainment by the Cape Ann Jazz Band.

 

Tickets will be on sale soon from any Rockport Rotarian, at the Legion Hall on the day of the event, or from Granite Savings Bank, John Tarr Store, Rockport National Bank, Village Silversmith, or Bearskin Neck Leathers.

This event will be held rain or shine and is handicapped accessible.