Join us for the Gloucester Rotary Club's Centennial Celebration at the Stage Fort Park gazebo overlooking Glouecster Harbor! This celebration will include food from 5 Star Phresh-Phood and Harbor Tap Trailer! We will also have musical guests Captain Jack & The Strangers (The Northshore's Premier Billy Joel Tribute Band) with the opener Brandon Blatchford & the Wannabe Teenagers.
Grab a blanket and the kids and head over to Salem Common at dusk for an outdoor showing of some favorite family-friendly movies under the Stars! Come to Salem Common to watch the Disney Holes staring a young Shia LaBeouf! Plot: Dogged by bad luck stemming from an ancient family curse, young Stanley Yelnats (Shia LaBeouf) is sent to Camp Green Lake, a very weird place that's not green and doesn't have a lake. Once there, he's thrown headlong into the adventure of his life when he and his colorful campmates - Squid, Armpit, ZigZag, Magnet, X-Ray and Zero - must dig a hole a day to keep the warden at bay. But why? Through it all, Stanley and company must forge fast friendships as they try to unearth the mystery of what's really going on in the middle of nowhere.
To encourage outdoor play and exploration of the great outdoors, this nature-based toddler playgroup will combine themed guided play with opportunities for free time for children and their caregivers to peek under rocks, inspect tree bark for hiding bugs and explore the gardens.
Enjoy an outdoor seaside showing of a Steven Steven Spielberg's interpretation of West Side Story (2021)! Westside Story is a modern musical representation of the classic story "Romeo and Juliet". The sharks and the jets are rival gangs fighting for the same territory. Tensions rise as a shark girl named Maria and a Jet named Tony fall for eachother, but there's a problem they can never be allowed to be together.
Enjoy a beautiful night on at the ocean's edge at the Lynch park for an outdoor movie. This showing will be Ferris Buellers Day Off! Join the fun as a high school wise guy is determined to have a day off from school, despite what the Principal thinks of that - Ooooh, yeah.
Join us the last Sunday of each month this pizza season for live music at Appleton Farms. Local musicians will play from 2-4:30pm during our wood-fired pizza picnic events. Bring your blanket, your appetite and your dancing shoes to this Sunday concert series. The summer goes by so fast, what better way to recognize the close of each month than by spending time with family & friends listening to great music at Appleton Farms!
Bradley Palmer was an avid equestrian. He laid out bridal paths and a four-mile steeplechase race course on his estate. Come see photographs and maps of these historic activities. Drop-in program; come anytime. Best for ages 8 years & up.
Want to learn more about our local birds and how to identify them? Joppa Flats education interns will take you on an easy walk and introduce you to a variety of birds, from egrets and herons in the salt marsh, to ducks and shorebirds along the river, to songbirds and hummingbirds at our feeders. We'll provide binoculars and field guides along with tips on how to use them. Get started on the hottest new hobby around - birding!
Enjoy an outdoor seaside showing of a great Summer blockbuster from '90s! Bill and Jo Harding, advanced storm chasers on the brink of divorce, must join together to create an advanced weather alert system by putting themselves in the cross-hairs of extremely violent tornadoes.
Join us for fun under the stars at Patton Homestead the night before our 8th annual Patton Homestead Military Service Day the next day, Saturday July 15, 10am-4pm. See you there with lawn chairs, blankets, treats for our BIG OUTDOOR SCREEN MOVIE. Scheduled 8pm movie is The Incredibles, a full animated fun movie about a family of undercover superheroes are forced into action to save the world, while trying to lead a quiet suburban life.
