Three Cool Festivals - Seafood, Beer + Poe - in New England This Weekend, October 19-20, 2024

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Bowen's Wharf Seafood Festival 

October 19 - 20
Discover Newport Presents:
Bowen's Wharf Seafood Festival
13 Bowen's Wharf, Newport, RI 02840
discovernewport.org
Historic Bowen’s Wharf in downtown Newport, RI, will host the 31st annual Bowen’s Wharf Seafood Festival, on October 14th and 15th, 2023. Named one of the “10 Fabulous Fall Festivals on the Coast,” by Coastal Living Magazine, this event is an open invitation for all to come back to the waterfront after the rush of the summer season! Free Admission (food and beverages can be purchased at vendor booths). Rain or shine under the festival tents!

ICC's Boston Irish Beer Fest



October 19
Irish Cultural Centre Presents 
5th Annual Boston Irish Beer Fest
200 New Boston Drive, Canton 
Featuring Ireland's leading beers, stouts, & ciders! Favorite Irish foods - Irish whiskey & liquors sampling! Two Live Irish music stations & local bands all day long! Enjoy: Guinness, Magners & craft breweries, Irish Food, vendors including Mulligan Gear, JTC Jewelry, Kendra Scott & more, New England Revolution Mascot & The Battalion, The Vikings - Two Shows - Tug-O-War, archery, Family friendly with kids activities including face painting, petting zoo, kids sing -a-long and arts & crafts.
Poe in Lowell Festival 

October 19-20
Various locations in Lowell 
Boston-born short story master Edgar Allan Poe visited Lowell three times in the 1840s, and apparently loved it. Lowell is returning the love with a new festival, Poe in Lowell. Highlights include a "Writing to Scare Yourself: Horror Workshop" , followed by an art show and soiree at the Z Gallery on Saturday. Then on Sunday check out the Poe Brunch at Lala Books on Market Street, Roger Corman's The Raven film at Luna Theatre, and The Edgar Allan Poe Show at the Overlook at Mill No 5 on Jackson Street. 

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