2026 Festivals in New England, Summer & Fall

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Boston Irish Tourism Association has compiled this signature schedule of cool festivals in summer and fall 2026, from live music and dance to culture and cuisine, history and heritage.  

Find more signature festivals at https://irishboston.org/festivals/
 

June 12

FIFA Fan Festival

City Hall Plaza, Boston 

meetboston.com 

 

June 13

Flag Day Festival 

Pageant Field, Quincy

discoverquincy.com 

 

June 20-21

Milton Music Festival

Governor Hutchinson’s Field

Adams St., Milton

wearemilton.org

 

June 20

KidsFest

Hancock Adams Common

Quincy

discoverquincy.com

 

June 21
South Shore Arts Festival
Cohasset
Seeplymouth.com

 

July 2

Quincy Patriot Celebration

Quincy

discoverquincy.com 

 

July 3-5

Boston Harborfest 2026

Rose Kennedy Greenway

Boston

meetboston.com 

 

July 4

Fourth of July Parade, Concert & Fireworks
Town of Plymouth
Seeplymouth.com

 

July 11-15

Sail Boston Festival

Downtown Boston

sailboston.com/

 

July 18

Glasgow Lands Scottish Festival

Look Park 

Florence (Northampton)

glasgowlands.org


July 18

Betances Puerto Rican Festival

South End, Boston 

ibaboston.org/events


July 24-26

Lowell Folk Festival

lowellfolkfestival.org

 

July 29-August 2

Maine Lobster Fest

Rockland, ME

mainecelticcelebration.com/ 


August 8-9

Plymouth Arts & Crafts Festival 

Public Library Lawn

seeplymouth.com 

 

August 29

Plymouth Waterfront Festival

plymouthwaterfrontfestival.com

 

August 28-29

Boston Jazz Festival

Maritime Park, South Boston

meetboston.com 

 

September 10-13

Rockport Celtic Festival

Shalin Liu Center, Rockport
rockportmusic.org

 

September 12

Lowell Summer Music Series

Banjo and Fiddle Festival

Boarding House Park, Lowell

lowellsummermusic.org/

 

September 12

Lowell Irish Festival

Lowell Auditorium

spectaclelive.com

 

September 19

Lowell Kinetic Sculpture Race

Downtown Lowell

revolutionaryvalley.org/

September 26

Central Mass Irish Festival 

Arts Amphitheater

Winchendon

centralmassirishfestival.com

 

September 26

Milton Porchfest

Milton

miltonporchfest.com/

 

October 2-3

New Hampshire Book Festival

Concord, NH

nhbookfestival.org

 

October 3

Food Truck & Music Fest

Coddington Street, Quincy

discoverquincy.com

 

October 3

Worcester Irish Cultural Festival

Polar Park Worcester

polarpark.com/irish

 


October 3

Boston Irish Beer Festival

Irish Cultural Centre 
Canton
irishculture.org

 

October 8-12

Lowell Celebrates Jack Kerouac

Downtown Lowell

revolutionaryvalley.org/


Find year-round events in greater Boston and throughout New England at https://irishboston.org/events/.



 

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