Working Waterfront Festival

The Working Waterfront Festival

Celebrating Commercial Fishing — America's Oldest Industry

Schedule of Events for Saturday, September 22nd

Please note: performers, times and locations are subject to change.

Main Stage (Fisherman's Wharf / Pier 3)

11:00 - 11:45am Boston Scandinavian Ensemble
12:00 - 12:45pm Johnson Girls (Sea Chanteys)
1:00 - 1:40pm Author: Linda Greenlaw Slipknot, The Hungry Ocean, The Lobster Chronicles
2:00 - 2:45pm Something Fishy
Jon Campbell, Moe Bowstern, Joanna Reichhold, Jim McGrath, Frank Gotwals, Toby Sullivan
3:00 - 3:45pm Maritime Ballads: Anita Best and Debra Cowan
4:00- 4:45pm Mariachi Estampa de America (Mexican)
5:00 - 5:45pm Q & A w/ Deadliest Catch Captains Phil Harris and Johnathan Hillstrand
6:00 - 7:00pm Souls of the Sea Trio (Folk Rock)

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Narrative Stage (Fisherman's Wharf / Pier 3)

11:15 - 11:45am Authors: Sandy MacFarlane and Tiggy Peluso
The Life and Lure of Commercial Fishing in New England
12:00 - 12:30pm Women in Fisheries Science
12:45 - 1:15pm Women in Shoreside Businesses
1:30 - 2:15pm Hazards on the Horizon: Pollution, The LNG Terminal and more
2:30 - 3:15pm Close Calls and Storms featuring Captains from the Deadliest Catch
Phil Harris and Johnathan Hillstrand
3:30 - 4:00pm Authors Molly Bang and Galon "Skip" Barlow
(Books for young adults on fishing and the environment)
4:15 - 5:00pm Women in the Wheelhouse, Women on Deck
Featuring Linda Greenlaw, Moe Bowstern & others

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Foodways Area (Fisherman's Wharf / Pier 3)

1:00 - 4:00pm Hourly Cooking Demos
4:00 - 4:45pm Fish Filleting Demo with Carlos Rafael

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Dock-u-mentaries Film Tent (Fisherman's Wharf / Pier 3)

Historic and contemporary footage, stills and documentary films.

11:30 - 12:00pm Pearl of the Atlantic (1960s Era Scallop Promotional Film)
12:00 - 12:30pm Fish Processing
12:30 - 1:00pm The Family Fisherman
1:00 - 1:30pm Cooperative Research
1:30 - 2:00pm At Sea: Footage of Commercial Fishing Trips
2:00 - 2:30pm Where Does Your Seafood Come From?
2:30 - 3:00pm Festivals and Celebrations Past and Present
3:00 - 4:00pm Fisherpoets
4:00 - 4:30pm At Sea: Footage of Commercial Fishing Trips

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Ernestina Music Stage (Coast Guard Park)

1:00 - 1:30pm Jim McGrath (Original and Traditional Maritime music)
2:00 - 2:30pm Johnson Girls (Sea Chanteys)
4:30 - 5:00pm Debra Cowan (Traditional Maritime music)

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Steamship Music Stage (Steamship Pier)

11:15 - 12:00pm Debra Cowan (Maritime ballads)
12:15 - 1:00pm Anita Best (Traditional music from Newfoundland)
1:15 - 2:00pm Squeezebox Session, featuring Ken Sweeney, Luana Josevold and Elias Interiano
2:15 - 3:00pm Mariachi Estampa de America (Mexican)
3:15 - 4:00pm Boston Scandinavian Ensemble
4:15 - 5:00pm Johnson Girls (Sea Chanteys)

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Steamship Contest Stage (Steamship Pier)

11:00 - 11:45am Something Fishy
Jon Campbell, Moe Bowstern, Joanna Reichhold, Jim McGrath, Frank Gotwals, Toby Sullivan
12:00 - 1:00pm Scallop Shucking Contest
1:30 - 2:00pm Link Squeezing Contest
2:15 - 2:45pm Tools of the Trade: Inshore Fishing
3:00 - 3:45pm Safety Gear Demo/Survival Suit Race
4:00 - 4:45pm RI Bards: Jon Campbell and Jim McGrath

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On Water Activities

Whaleboat Races

8:00am - 12:30pm Watch rowers compete in replica whaleboats. (State Pier Viewing Area)

Whaleboat Rides

2:00 - 4:00pm Try your hand at rowing in a replica whaleboat. (Tonnessen Park)

Harbor Tours

12:00 - 5:00pm 50-minute tours depart hourly from Fishermen's Wharf / Pier 3.
There is a ticket charge: $7.00 adults, $3.00 children.

Tugboat Muster

3:00 - 5:00pm Watch tugs at work. (State Pier Viewing Area)

Coast Guard Demos

11:00 - 5:00pm Dockside Tours of Coast Guard Cutter
Time TBD Helicopter Static Display (Talk with flight crew)
Time TBD Helicopters Basket Rescue (State Pier Viewing Area)

Please Note: All helicopter activities are "operations permitting"

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Ongoing Activities (Map)

Food and Beverage Sales (Map)

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