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2024 Schedule of events and happenings!
Fri. June 7
5:00 - 9:00PM
5:00 - 9:00 pm, Old Town Hall
Juried Art Gallery
5:00 - 6:00 pm, Derby Square
ChagallPAC and Gloucester Student Band
Student music recital
6:15 - 7:00 pm, Derby Square
Aidan Scrimgeour
Jazz/Folk
7:15 - 7:30 pm, Derby Square
Cultura Latina Dance Academy
Salsa dance lessons
7:30 - 8:30 pm, Derby Square
Los Sugar Kings
Afro-Cuban Soul & Salsa
Sat. June 8
11:00 am - 7:00 pm
11:00 am to 7:00 pm
Street Fair and Art-Making Activities - throughout the festival
Juried Art Gallery - Old Town Hall
HEART & SCROLL Community Art installation - Artists' Row / Front Street
11:00 – 11:45 am, Derby Square
Sarah Blacker
Folk/Rock
11:00 - 11:30 am, Armory Park
Acosia Red Elk
Jingle Dress Dancer (Umatilla Nation)
11:45 am – 12:30 pm, Artists’ Row
Caleb Hall
Experimental Music
11:45 am – 12:15 pm, Derby Square
Tiny Dance Stage, Group 1
Abigail Ripin, Avery Pelosi, Hayley White, Rose Woods Dance Collaborative, Sarah Soares, Marissa Chura
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm, Peabody Essex Museum, Morse Auditorium Alcove
The Thursday Poets
Ekphrastic poetry reading
12:00 pm - 12:45 pm, Armory Park
Jenova 7
Trip-hop
12:15 pm - 1:00 pm, Derby Square
Conical Cacophony
Balkan Brass Band
12:45 - 1:00 pm, Armory Park
Damaris Lopez
Spoken Word/Poetry
1:00 – 1:30 pm, Derby Square
Tiny Dance Stage, Group 2
Abigail Ripin, Avery Pelosi, Hannah Brown and DeAnna Zois, Marissa Chura, Mayta Fusion Dance, Sarah Soares
1:00 - 1:45 pm, Artists’ Row
Melodious Zach
Pop/Rock
1:30 - 2:00 pm, Derby Square
Tarot Cabaret
Tarot-Themed Music & Performance
1:30 - 2:15 pm, Armory Park
The Busted Jug Band
Jug Band
1:55 - 2:35 pm, Essex Street
Quanzhou (Jack) Zhao
Live Calligraphy
2:00 - 2:15 pm, Artists’ Row
"Ideas, Not Theories" by Reynaliz Herrera
Theatrical percussion performance
2:00 - 3:00 pm, Derby Square
Witch City Bellydance
Bellydance
2:00 - 4:00 pm, roaming
Miracle Fish Puppets
Giant puppetry
2:15- 3:15 pm, Old Town Hall
Dance Block
April MacLean, Carmen Rizzo & dancers, Lindsey McGovern, OnStage Dance Company, Rose Woods Dance Collaborative, The Click
2:30 - 3:15 pm, Armory Park
Magician Showcase
Magic performance
2:30 - 3:15 pm, Artists’ Row
ChagallPAC Saxophone Quartet
Classical/Jazz/Pop Instrumental
3:15 - 4:00 pm, Derby Square
Wild Planes
Rock
3:15 - 4:00 pm, Armory Park
The Away Games
Indie Folk
4:00 - 4:45 pm, Artists’ Row
Zack Kaas & the Macrocosmonauts
Experimental Rock
4:00 – 4:30 pm, Derby Square
Tiny Dance Stage, Group 3
Hannah Brown and DeAnna Zois, Hayley White, Kaija Schram, Mayta Fusion Dance, Rose Woods Dance Collaborative, Sarah Soares
4:00 - 5:00 pm, Armory Park
Magician Showcase
Magic Performance
4:30 to 5:15 pm, Derby Square
Terry Borderline
Hip Hop Jazz Fusion
5:15 to 5:30 pm, Artists’ Row
"Ideas, Not Theories" by Reynaliz Herrera
Theatrical percussion performance
5:45 to 6:45 pm, Derby Square
JSMU Big Band
Big Band Jazz
Sun. June 9
11:00 am - 6:00 pm
11:00 am to 6:00 pm
Street Fair and Art-Making Activities - throughout the festival area
Juried Art Gallery - Old Town Hall
HEART & SCROLL Community Art installation - Artists' Row / Front Street/Old Town Hall
PLEASE NOTE RAIN LOCATIONS FOR PERFORMANCES!
PEM Connect Space is at 135 Essex Street
11:00 am to 11:45 am, Old Town Hall
Cat Jones & the Rest of ‘Em
Folk Country
11:00 to 11:30 am, PEM Connect
The Northshoremen Chorus
Barbershop Quartet and Chorus
11:30 am to 12:30 pm, Artists’ Row/Chagall PAC
Jay Felitto
Soundhealing
11:45 am – 12:15 pm, Old Town Hall
Tiny Dance Stage, Group 1
Decent Dance, Jackie Bowden, Jupiter Gurney, Mira Göksel, Off Beat Tap Company, Sophie Nash and Dana Alsamsam
11:45 am to 12:30 pm, PEM Connect
Ad Hoc Poets Society
Poetry
12:00 - 12:45 pm, roaming
WhistlePig Morris Dancers
English Traditional Folk Dance
12:15 – 1:00 pm, Old Town Hall
JATK
Power-Pop
12:45 - 1:30 pm, PEM Connect
Julie Dougherty
Folk
1:00 – 1:30 pm, Old Town Hall
Tiny Dance Stage, Group 2
Decent Dance, Duets for a Lifetime, Hannah Ranco, Meghan McLyman & Betsy Miller, Mira Göksel, Off Beat Tap Company
1:30 - 2:15 pm, Old Town Hall
Matt Savage Groove Experiment
Jazz/Funk
1:45 - 2:00 pm, PEM Connect
Dexter Garcia
Poetry
1:45 - 2:30 pm, roaming
Moonrise Fae
Interactive Flow Arts
2:00 - 3:00 pm, PEM Connect
Poetry Open Mic with Meghan Miraglia
Poetry
2:15 - 3:00 pm, Artists’ Row/Chagall PAC
Meraki Caravan
Folk/Fusion Music and Bellydance
2:15 – 3:15 pm, Old Town Hall
Dance Block
Dance LAB, Holly Stone, North Shore Dance Collaborative, OM Movement & Expressive Arts Dance Company, Priya Bangal, Samskriti
2:45 - 3:15 pm, PEM Connect
Salem Scottish Dancers
Scottish Dance
3:00 - 3:15 pm, Front Street (tentative due to weather)
The Celestial Spinners
Aerial performance
3:30 - 4:00 pm, PEM Connect
Big Brotha Sadi
Hip Hop Poetry
3:15 - 4:00 pm, Artists’ Row/Chagall PAC
Salem Soundpainting Ensemble
Improvisational music
3:15 - 4:00 pm, Old Town Hall
Catnip Junkies
Trad Jazz & Swing
4:00 - 5:00 pm, Artists’ Row/Chagall PAC
Diana Norma Szokolyai - World Poetry Salon
Performance Poetry
4:00 - 4:30 pm, Old Town Hall
Tiny Dance Stage, Group 3
Betsy Miller & Meghan McLyman, Duets for a Lifetime, Hannah Ranco, Jackie Bowden, Jupiter Gurney, Off Beat Tap Company
4:15 to 5:15 pm, Armory Park
Salem Halloween Girls
DJ, House/Dance music
4:30 - 4:45 pm, Front Street, (tentative due to weather)
The Celestial Spinners
Aerial performance
4:45 - 5:00 pm, Old Town Hall
Closing Remarks and Awards
5:00 - 6:00 pm, Old Town Hall
Flamenco Boston
Flamenco