Schedule of Events
The 2008 Working Waterfront Festival will take place
Saturday and Sunday, September 27 and 28, 2008.
The 2008 schedule will be posted soon! Check out all that 2007 Festival had to offer!
Scheduled Activities:
- Performances of Music, Dance and Theater
- Narrative Stage (panel discussions)
- Cooking Demonstrations
- Contests (scallop shucking, net mending, survival suit race, filleting, link squeezing)
- Coast Guard Demos
- Harbor Tours
- Author Readings
- Whaleboat Races
- Tugboat Muster
- Blessing of the Fleet
Ongoing Activities:
- Kids Area (nautical crafts)
- Baker Books Festival Store
(author/performer signings, sale of books, CDs, t-shirts and mugs)
- Non-Profit Exhibits
- Corporate Booths
- Maritime Artists
- Vessel Tours (Steamship Pier)
- Occupational Demos (Steamship Pier and Fisherman's Wharf / Pier 3)
- A Working Waterfront Exhibit (Wharfinger Building, Fisherman's Wharf / Pier 3)
- Oral History Station (Harbor Development Building, Fisherman's Wharf / Pier 3)
If you are interested in helping to plan, participating in or contributing financial or in-kind resources to the Festival please contact the Festival Committee at info@workingwaterfrontfestival.org or call 508-993-8894.
