The Weekend Guide: October 5th-October 8th
The Salem Ferry with City Cruises
Salem is an experience unlike any other—colonial-era cobblestone lanes where Nathaniel Hawthorne once strolled lead you to fine restaurants, a fabled waterfront and the exquisite Peabody Essex Museum, the art and cultural epicenter of the North Shore.
Only a broom will get you there faster. Carrying 149 passengers and cruising at up to 33 knots—the vessel Nathaniel Bowditch allows you to spend less time getting to Salem and more time exploring there. The vessel is 92 feet long and features two decks, with booth seating inside, plus a galley and three restrooms. The second deck includes a partially enclosed space with benches and tables as well as a large open-air space for soaking up the summer sun.
Trillium Fall Fest
Join Trillium in Canton for their annual Fall Fest!
Saturday and Sunday from 11-5pm they will have live music, fall inspired food specials, pumpkin patch, petting zoo and 20 local vendors!
Outdoor Hard Cider Bar & Free! Live Music Series
Relax at Cider Hill Farm every Saturday and Sunday through late October. Take in free family-friendly live music featuring amazing local talent from 12-3 pm and enjoy the outdoor hard cider bar featuring small-batch, 100% orchard cider (Saturdays 11 am - 4 pm and Sundays 12 - 4pm)! Grab farmhouse treats from the food truck and store. Feed the chickens and say hey to the goats.
44th Annual Harvard Square Oktoberfest
The Harvard Square Business Association is excited to announce the return of the 44th Annual Oktoberfest and the fabulously madcap 18th Annual HONK! Parade on Sunday, October 8th, 2023. Come be a part of this unique, irreverent, family-friendly annual tradition where musicians and spectators “reclaim the streets for horns, bikes and feet”!
Harvard Square’s Oktoberfest features food from all over the world, arts, crafts, vintage goods, free samples, and one-of-a-kind gifts. In addition, Oktoberfest boasts beer gardens hosted by Alden & Harlow and El Jefe’s Taqueria and wine gardens presented by Commonwealth Wine School and Bonde Fine Wine.
This annual celebration of fall features live music, including a Passim stage and an all HONK! Review on the main stage. Dancing in the streets is encouraged!
