“What do you want to do?”
If you need an answer to this age-old question for making plans, we’ve got you covered.
In Things To Do, we take a look at, well, things to do, happening every week in the Greater Fall River area and around the SouthCoast.
From weekdays to weekends, there’s always plenty going on.
And we’re not only taking a look at what’s happening this week, we’re also giving you a heads up for events that are coming soon.
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This week, we’ve got some 4th of July events from around the SouthCoast to check out if you're still looking for holiday plans. Plus, we've got Arts in the Park with Marion Art Center, yoga classes, and summertime ferry service. There's even an event where you can hear from one of the stars of HBO's "The Gilded Age."
So when someone asks you what you want to do, you’ve got your plans ready to go.
Here are Things To Do around Fall River, the SouthCoast, and beyond this week:
Fall River’s Waterfront 4th of July Celebration
Fall River’s Waterfront 4th of July Celebration is packed with family fun, all along the waterfront, from 5 to 9 p.m.
There will be music, food trucks, and fireworks, with all kinds of events planned at the Sen. Thomas Norton City Pier, Heritage State Park, and Bicentennial Park.
The fireworks over the Taunton River will begin around 9 p.m.
Tickets are available to view the fireworks from the deck of the USS Massachusetts. Gates open at 7:30, and the last admission will be at 8:45 p.m. Tickets are $15, and children under 2 get in for free. For more information, and for tickets, visit https://tinyurl.com/49yjyfd7.
DJ Eric J will be at Heritage State Park, along with food trucks like Friskie Fries, Blount, Fancheezical, Black Dog Donut, Supa Dupa, No Joke Smoke BBQ, Del’s Lemonade, and Cool Licks Ice Cream.
At the Sen. Thomas Norton City Pier, see performances by Emily Nawrocki and Get Lucky, find air brush tattoos, and visit food trucks like Green Jar Cocina, Bun Buds, Pop’s Brick Oven Pizza, What’s Up Cupcake, Ice ‘N’ Roll, and Berry Sweets. Also check out a beer garden provided by Troy City Brewery and Party with Primo.
The Nightlife Orchestra will be performing at Veterans Memorial Bicentennial Park, along with food trucks from Dorothy Cox Ice Cream, Kona Ice, Gnarly Vine Farms, and County Fare Hot Dogs.
Guests are encouraged to bring lawn chairs or blankets to sit on.
Keep up with the latest event updates on Faceook at https://tinyurl.com/mrxmrp7x.
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New Bedford’s Whaling City Festival
The Whaling City Festival at Buttonwood Park, New Bedford, will be held from Thursday, July 11, to Sunday, July 14.
Events will include live pro wrestling, a Sunday car show, arts and craft vendors, retail vendors, food, and a Fiesta Shows carnival. For the latest updates, keep up with the Whaling City Festival on Facebook.
Cape Verdean Recognition Parade and Kultura Festa
The Cape Verdean Recognition Parade and Kultura Festa will be held on Saturday, July 6, from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. (parade) and from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. (Kultura Festa).
This will be the 52nd Cape Verdean Recognition Parade, celebrating the rich culture of the Cape Verdean community. The parade steps off from Buttonwood Park, and the route is Union Street, Acushnet Avenue, Grinnell Street, and Purchase Street, ending at the Cape Verdean Veterans’ Memorial Hall. The 2024 Grand Marshal is Viola Pina. For more information, contact Chairperson Diane Gomes at 508-944-7625 or dgomes@umassd.edu.
Kultura Festa 2024, at Serenity Gardens Field, will follow the parade. Hosted by the Cape Verdean Recognition Committee, this event will feature live bands, guest DJs, vendors, and more.
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Middleboro 4th of July Carnival
The Middleboro 4th of July Carnival will be held from Wednesday, July 3, to Sunday, July 7, at 26 Jackson St.
For $30, you can get a booklet of 30 ride tickets (presale through July 3 at 6 p.m.). For $50, you can get a booklet of 50 ride tickets (presale through July 3 at 6 p.m.) There’s also a presale for the wristband: for $30, you can get an unlimited ride wristband (presale through July 4 at 2 p.m.). Wristbands will only be valid: Thursday, from 2 to 6, or 6 to 10 p.m.; Saturday, from 2 to 6, or 6 to 10 p.m.; and Sunday, from 1 to 5 p.m.
Patriot Place to host fireworks display and celebration
Patriot Place in Foxboro will hold its annual fireworks display and festivities on Tuesday, July 2.
The Dean College Stage will feature live entertainment from local band American Honey from 5:30 to 8:30 p.m., and the evening will end with a fireworks spectacular, beginning around 9:15 p.m.
For more details, as well as a full schedule, visit www.patriot-place.com/fireworks.
Arts in the Park at Marion Art Center
The Marion Art Center’s annual outdoor artisan market, Arts in the Park, returns to Bicentennial Park, 1 Spring St., Marion, on Saturday, July 6, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
This event will feature nearly 50 artists and vendors from across the region, offering ceramics, clothing, collage, fiber, glass jewelry, woodworking, painted and hand-crafted furniture, paintings, photography, and more.
South Shore Smokehouse food truck will be there, plus listen to live music by Richard Lewis and Molly O’Leary, and bring the kids for free games and activities on the MAC lawn (the park is across the street from the MAC).
Visitors can enter for a chance to win prizes from the raffle featuring original artwork from each vendor.
The rain date for this event is Sunday, July 7.
Arts in the Park is sponsored in part by grants from the Mattapoisett and Rochester Cultural Councils, local chapters of the Massachusetts Cultural Council.
For more information, visit marionartcenter.org/events or email the MAC at info@marionartcenter.org.
Yoga at the Rotch-Jones-Duff House & Garden Museum
The Rotch-Jones-Duff House & Garden Museum, 396 County St., New Bedford, is teaming up with YMCA Southcoast for yoga in the garden.
Classes are held weekly on Saturday mornings, at 8 a.m., from July 6 through Sept. 28.
Led by YMCA Southcoast yoga instructors; participants only need to bring a mat and water.
In the event of rain, class will move onto the patio under the tent.
Classes are free for YMCA members; other participants are asked to pay a $10 drop-in fee and register through the museum’s website, rjdmusuem.org.
For more information, call 508-997-1401.
Providence-Newport ferry service now running
The 2024 Providence-Newport ferry season has begun.
There are four daily round trips, seven days a week.
The ferry also makes weekend stops in Bristol.
The cost is $12 each way for adults, and $6 each way for children, seniors, people with disabilities, and Medicare cardholders.
Bikes and pets are allowed aboard for no additional charge.
Free parking is available in the Providence terminal at 25 India St.
Ferry season will run through Columbus Day weekend (Oct. 14).
Service to Bristol is part of the trip to and from Newport and will operate on weekends through Labor Day weekend.
Tickets are available online at www.ridethebayri.com, or by calling 1-800-BOATRIDE.
Those departing from the Newport ferry terminal at Perrotti Park, 39 America's Cup Ave., or the Bristol ferry terminal at the Bristol Maritime Center, 127 Thames St., can buy their tickets online or on the boat.
Coming soon: 'Gilded Age' actress to headline event at Rosecliff
Actress Denée Benton, who co-stars as Peggy Scott in the acclaimed HBO historical drama “The Gilded Age,” will join the show’s co-executive producer and historical consultant, Dr. Erica Armstrong Dunbar, for a special evening of dinner and conversation at Rosecliff in Newport on Tuesday, July 9.
Benton and Dunbar will explore the creation of this pioneering character, the historical women who inspired her, and the collaborative process that ensured historical and social accuracy in “Becoming Peggy Scott,” a special edition of The Preservation Society of Newport County’s annual David B. Ford Lecture.
The discussion will follow dinner in the Rosecliff ballroom.
Tickets for this evening are $325 per person, and attendance is in-person only.
To purchase tickets, and to learn more, visit www.newportmansions.org/events/becoming-peggy-scott.
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