My family loves a good road trip! Last year we drove to Pennsylvania to make friends with Elmo at Sesame Place and this spring we set out on a 25 hour drive to Florida! My kids always amaze us with how great they are for long drives, so we have no fear of loading the van and taking to the road, in fact, a two hour flight would make me more nervous! Every time we come home from one of our adventures we quickly grab the map to look for our next great road trip, and I was pleasantly surprised to see that Massachusetts is only around 8-9 hours away by car from Toronto!
Plymouth Waterfront by Adele Collins
Summer Festivals in Massachusetts
So what to see and do on a road trip to Mass? It seems they have plenty of festivals to take in throughout the summer!
The Cambridge Arts Festival takes place in early June to showcase emerging and established artists
From July 13th – 20th, the first annual performing arts festival will turn public spaces like the Boston Common and City Hall Plaza into performance spaces, with over 200 events showcasing the best of Boston and Massachusetts all for Free!
The Arts Foundation of Cape Cod presents the Pops by the Sea concert every August, featuring the Boston Pops Esplanade Orchestra. The annual Pops by the Sea concert is the main fundraiser for the Arts Foundation of Cape Cod, and is a summertime tradition for thousands of families.
Need a good laugh? The Nantucket Comedy Festival starts July 17th with a winning line up of a night with funny women, the humour of the Simpsons, and Boston/NY smackdown night! Sounds like a fun event!
The Roxbury International Film Festival continues to showcase and honor the work of emerging and established filmmakers of color and has become the largest New England film festival dedicated to this genre. Takes place late June.
The Plymouth Waterfront Festival happens in August and is abundant in arts and crafts booths and has two stages of live entertainment, better still, it’s free!
Green River Festival takes place the weekend of July 20th in Franklin County and showcases musicians, food, arts and crafts and even hot air balloons!
Hot Air Balloons in Deerfield by MOTT
Whether your staying a weekend or the whole Summer long it looks like there is plenty to keep you busy in Massachusetts this Summer!
Visit www.Massvacation.com for a full line up of fun events and other great info on planning a trip to Massachusetts
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I love your blog and hailing from MA I particularly liked this post. I live in rural western ma who’d love to welcome your family :). If you have time the beautiful Quabbin Resevoir is nice to see and they have a quaint museum. The story behind all the towns that were taken by imminent domain and flooded so Boston could have water (even today) is pretty fascinating. If you don’t get to see it I encourage you to look it up. Pretty interesting. The Norman Rockwell museum is nice too. There are a lot of cool festivals in the Berkshires and the valley. I know us in Western Ma would live to have your family!
Thanks Beckie, it looks like such a nice area!
Very cool! Thanks for this post! Bookmarking it! We are close by in RI and would love to do these!
It’s been a while since I’ve been to Massachusetts! It’s such a beautiful state, I can’t wait to go back. Thanks for the info!
Those are some very cool festivals! i would love to go to the one with all the hot air balloons!
I’ve never been to Massachusetts but it sounds like a wonderful place to visit during the summer.
I love festivals. Throughout the entire year I’m always looking for new ones to explore, new ones to visit.
Such a fun post. I love seeing the festivals happening in other states too. Thanks for sharing your post!