Your September Cape Ann Getaway is Going to be HOT!

Labor Day Weekend (Sep 1-4, 2022)
Dominating Labor Day Weekend, this 3-day festival is Gloucester’s major maritime and sailing event. Organized by the Gloucester Schooner Festival Committee and Maritime Gloucester, the schedule includes free exhibits at Maritime Gloucester, boat parades, fireworks, and of course, the Mayor’s Race off Eastern Point for the Esperanto Cup, Ned Cameron Trophy, and Betty Ramsey Trophy.

September 16-25, 2022
Explore Essex County’s historic, cultural and natural sites through a series of outdoor activities and indoor tours and events during Trails & Sails: 10 Days of Exploring Heritage in Essex Count.

Experience one of the best views on Cape Ann with a cold beer in your hand this September. Located next to the beach on the historic Stage Fort Park in Gloucester, sample hundreds of beers, ciders, and meads brewed by close to 40 Commonwealth breweries. Featuring Live Music, local food, vendors, non-alcoholic drinks, and more.

September 24 & 25, 2022
Celebrate the Nobel Prize-winning poet, T.S. Eliot, whose family summered in Gloucester between 1890 and 1919. Young Eliot, a keen sailor, was transfixed by stories of shipwrecks on the local treacherous outcrop of rocks known as The Dry Salvages and would immortalize them in the title of one of the poems in his greatest work Four Quartets. Festival-goers will enjoy bird-watching, a boat tour to the Dry Salvages, theater, poetry readings, and a tour of his summer house. For more information contact tseliotfestival@gmail.com.