Working Waterfront Festival

The Working Waterfront Festival

Celebrating Commercial Fishing — America's Oldest Industry

Schedule of Events for Sunday, September 23rd

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

Main Stage (Fisherman's Wharf / Pier 3)

11:15 - 11:45am Johnson Girls (Sea chanteys)
12:00 - 12:45pm Bridget Fitzgerald (Irish Sean Nos)
1:00 - 1:45pm Something Fishy
Jon Campbell, Moe Bowstern, Joanna Reichhold, Gary Fish, Frank Gotwals, Toby Sullivan
2:00 - 2:45pm Women's Vocal Workshop
Anita Best, Bridget Fitzgerald, Ana Vinagre, Luana Josevold
3:00 - 3:45pm Ana Vinagre Ensemble (Portuguese Fado)
4:00- 5:00pm Bob and Irene and Their Sound-A-bouts (Polish)

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Narrative Stage (Fisherman's Wharf / Pier 3)

11:15 - 11:45am Author: Dawn Clifton Tripp, Moontide and A Season of Open Water
12:00 - 12:30pm Speaking Out: Women as Industry Advocates
12:45 - 1:15pm Funny Stories and Workplace Pranks
1:30 - 2:00pm Author: Diane Wilson An Unreasonable Woman
2:15 - 3:00pm Fisherpoetry
3:15 - 4:00pm Daughters, Mothers and Wives
4:15 - 5:00pm Women in the Wheelhouse, Women on Deck

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Foodways Area (Fisherman's Wharf / Pier 3)

1:00 - 5:00pm Hourly Cooking Demos

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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 Last Season
1:00 - 1:30pm Cooperative Research
1:30 - 2:00pm At Sea: Footage of Commercial Fishing Trips
2:00 - 3:00pm A Fish Story
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)

2:30 - 3:00pm Ken Sweeney (Traditional maritime music)
4:00 - 4:30pm Frank Gotwals (Original maritime music)

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Steamship Music Stage (Steamship Pier)

11:15 - 12:00pm Anita Best (Traditional music from Newfoundland)
12:15 - 1:00pm Tales from Downeast Maine & the Atlantic Provinces
Featuring Anita Best and Jackson Gillman
1:15 - 2:00pm Salty Tales for Kids with Storyteller Jackson Gillman
2:15 - 3:00pm Bob and Irene and Their Sound-A-bouts (Polish)
3:15 - 4:00pm Johnson Girls (Sea chanteys)
4:15 - 5:00pm New Bedford Sea Chantey Chorus (Maritime)

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Steamship Contest Stage (Steamship Pier)

11:15 - 11:45am Something Fishy
Jon Campbell, Moe Bowstern, Joanna Reichhold, Gary Fish, Frank Gotwals, Toby Sullivan
11:45am - 12:00pm Congressman Barney Frank speaks
12:00 - 12:45pm Net Mending Contest
1:00 - 1:45pm Splicing Contest
2:00 - 2:45pm Safety Gear Demo/Survival Suit Race
3:00 - 3:45pm Inshore & Offshore Lobstering Demos
4:00 - 5:0pm Fish Fillet Contest
Lottery The Yellowtail Flounder Cooperative Tagging Program is holding its bi-annual $1000 lottery, where anyone who has returned a tag is eligible! For more information please visit their website.

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On Water Activities

Whaleboat Rides

11:00 - 1:00pm
3:00 - 5:00pm
Try your hand at rowing in a replica whaleboat. (Tonnessen Park)

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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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.

Blessing of the Fleet

1:00pm 38th annual Blessing of the Fleet (State Pier)

Special Family Program (Children's Area, Steamship Pier)

Children's Author Jerry Pallotta (Dory Story, Going Lobstering, Underwater Counting, Ocean Alphabet) will read from his books at 11:30 and 2:30 in the Children's Tent on Steamship Pier.

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Ongoing Activities (Map)

Food and Beverage Sales (Map)

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