The Festivals & Fairs MA Blog
Guides to planning your 2026 Massachusetts fair and festival season.
King Richard’s Faire 2026: Dates, Carver, and Ticket Prices
King Richard’s Faire in Carver: weekends into late October, with adult tickets of $36, $40 or $46 by weekend group, against $12 to $20 at the agricultural fairs. The comparison below covers each tier, a family total for each, and the other October events.
August 1, 2026 · 2 min read
Southeastern Massachusetts Fairs & Festivals 2026: Plymouth and Bristol Counties
Dates for 2026 in Plymouth and Bristol counties: Marshfield Fair, King Richard's Faire, New Bedford's Feast of the Blessed Sacrament and Fall River's seafood festival.
July 19, 2026 · 2 min read
Lowell Folk Festival 2026 Guide: Dates, Stages, Food, and Parking
The Lowell Folk Festival ran July 24 to 26, 2026. Stage hours, downtown parking prices, transit options, and which attendance and size claims come from outside sources.
July 19, 2026 · 2 min read
Craft and Artisan Fairs in Massachusetts, 2026
Eight craft and artisan shows by region, from Paradise City Arts Festival in May to Old Deerfield Fall Arts & Crafts Festival in September.
July 19, 2026 · 2 min read
Massachusetts Cultural Heritage Festivals: Six Community Celebrations
Six festivals tied to one community's faith, ancestry or history: Portuguese feasts such as the Feast of the Blessed Sacrament, Gloucester's St. Peter's Fiesta, and the Southeast Asian, Puerto Rican and Juneteenth celebrations.
July 19, 2026 · 2 min read
Topsfield Fair 2026: Dates, Tickets, Parking and Hours
Topsfield Fair, October 2 to 12, 2026: eleven days of livestock and midway rides, with The Flying Wallendas on the closing weekend. Advance tickets $15, parking $15 and free on opening day, and daily hours posted for every day.
July 18, 2026 · 4 min read
The Big E 2026: A Visitor's Guide to Tickets, Parking, and What Was New
The Big E ran September 18 through October 4, 2026, in West Springfield. Ticket prices, Gate 9 parking, mobility rentals, the Arena lineup, and which "new for 2026" claims were recycled from past years.
July 18, 2026 · 4 min read
Brimfield Antique Flea Market: A 2026 Visitor's Guide
Brimfield is more than twenty independently run show fields sharing a coordinated week three times a year. Dates, parking costs, field logistics and conditions for the 2026 shows.
July 18, 2026 · 2 min read
Spencer Fair 2026: Dates, Admission and Parking
Spencer Fair ran September 4 to 7, 2026, with two demolition derbies and a midway on all four days. Admission, free parking, and the two different advance-ticket deadlines on the fair's own pages.
July 18, 2026 · 2 min read
Cape Cod and Islands Summer Festivals 2026: Dates by Town
Summer festivals in Falmouth, Cotuit, Chatham and Provincetown, on Martha's Vineyard and on Nantucket, with 2026 dates and the weekends several shared.
June 6, 2026 · 2 min read
Fairs and Festivals Near Boston in 2026
Dates for 2026 fairs and festivals in Boston, on the North Shore and in the Merrimack Valley, from the Kite & Bike Festival in May to Salem Haunted Happenings in October.
June 5, 2026 · 2 min read
Free Fairs and Festivals in Massachusetts, 2026 by Month
Free fairs and festivals across Massachusetts in 2026, month by month, from Nantucket Daffodil Festival in April to America's Hometown Thanksgiving Celebration in November.
June 4, 2026 · 3 min read
Massachusetts Agricultural Fairs 2026, by Region
Agricultural fairs from Hardwick to Topsfield, grouped by region, with 2026 dates, adult admission and the contests at each.
June 3, 2026 · 2 min read
Fall Fairs in Massachusetts, 2026: Dates, Prices and Overlaps
Three fairs were listed for Labor Day weekend; The Big E and Topsfield overlapped for three days in October. The 2026 fall calendar, with adult admission.
June 2, 2026 · 2 min read