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Business After Hours at Appleton Farms
Drone View courtesy Jurek Schreiner, Look of Joy Photography
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$25K Game $$ WIN BIG $$
Thursday, October 20 | 5 - 7 PM
Gloucester Elks
RSVP REQUIRED
Join us at the Gloucester Elks for the Big Game Drawing! There is limited seating available, so please Reserve Your Spot Today!
Tickets are available for purchase at the Chamber office. There are 12 chances to win with a total of $25,000 being given away. Cost is $100 per ticket, with a limit of 500 tickets being sold.
Grand Prize: $10,000
Second Prize: $5,000
Third Prize: $2,500
Fourth Prize (6): $1,000
Fifth Prize (3): $500
In addition, 50/50 Raffle tickets are also available for purchase. A Body Length is $20 and an Arm Length is $10.
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38th Annual Essex ClamFest
Saturday, October 22 | 11 AM to 4 PM
Memorial Park, Essex
(Rain Date: Sunday, October 23)
Come taste Cape Ann’s finest chowders! Although the highlight of the day is the Chowder Tasting Competition, there is a great variety of activities, including arts and crafts vendors, live music by Unchartered Watahs and Daisy Nell & Capt. Stan, and plenty of food vendors on-site (5-star Phresh Food, Holy Cow Ice Cream, Nana's Fried Dough, The Eclectic Clam and The Lion's Club).
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Fall Cider & Donut Cruises
Weekends in October
Essex River Cruises
Experience amazing Fall Foliage & Donut Cruises this month! Cruise down the river and see the leaves change into brilliant hues of yellow and orange. Enjoy complimentary hot cider and donuts from Russell Orchard of Ipswich. Book Now - Tickets are Going Fast
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Guest Artist Matthew Billey
Showing at Seven Suns Gallery
Artist Reception: Friday, October 14 | 5 - 8 PM
Showing through Friday Nov 25, 2022
The “Red Sun” series and others of Matt’s paintings will be featured as a Fall Event at Loren Doucette Studio at Seven Suns Gallery. Seven Suns Gallery is located at 48 Bearskin Neck in Rockport, Ma. and is open 7 days a week from 10:00 AM - 6:00 PM.
Read Matthew Billey's Bio
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RemediChain: A New Kind of Medication Reclamation Program Webinar
Thursday, October 13 | 4 - 4:30 PM
Needy Meds
Join this 30-minute webinar to be introduced to RemediChain, a platform that allows individuals to donate unused medications to patients in need. Using the platform when disposing of unused, unneeded medications will allow you to help someone in need, reduce medicinal waste, and protect the environment. During the presentation, you'll learn how to donate medications, register as a patient in need, and view the real-time inventory of available medications. View All Needy Med Webinars
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Open Mic Night
Friday, October 14 | 7 - 9 PM
Whale's Jaw Cafe
Open Mic Night is back with host John Hicks! Full bar and dinner available throughout the night. Call us to reserve your table, 978-999-5241. Located at entrance of Whistlestop Mall. Plentiful free parking and fully accessible to all abilities. $5 cover charge per person (cash or credit). See More Event's at Whale's Jaw Cafe
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Elevate 2022 Woman's Conference
Saturday, October 15 | 8 AM - 2 PM
Endicott College
Elevate 2022 is brought you by the Colin & Erika Angle Center for Entrepreneurship at Endicott College and is focused on developing the next generation of entrepreneurs across all sectors of business. Take part is sessions led by those who have founded successful companies along with rounding out your skills in all things entrepreneurial.
Free for students and faculty. Sign Up Now
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Wedding Giveaway & Venue Tour Open House
Saturday, October 15 | 12 - 4 PM
Cape Ann Cruises @ Gloucester House Dock
With partners Cake Ann, All Purpose Flowers & Gloucester House
Come Tour the yacht F/V Wejack (dockside) to learn how your wedding, event, and celebration could be experienced cruising aboard a yacht with your guests. Open house features stationed hors d'ouevres, complimentary mimosas, table display set-ups, meet Captain and wedding coordinator, wedding cake display, and more! (Rain date Sunday, October 16)
Register for Open House and/or Your Chance to Win a Wedding!
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Castle Hill Vintage Car Hill Climb
Sunday, October 16 | 9 AM - 4 PM
Crane Estate at Castle Hill, Ipswich
Join The Trustees and the Vintage Sports Car Club of America for an exciting new event featuring pre-WWII cars competing in times races. Come for the day and enjoy live music, food trucks, a bootlegger’s garden and picnicking on the lawn! Schedule a 30-minute guided Great House tour set in 1929. A Crane maid or footman will show you guest and family rooms. Advance tour reservations and additional fee are required. Cars will race in the morning and again in the afternoon with a midday lunch break when the autos will be on display in the Great House forecourt. Designated viewing spots will allow spectators to safely watch the races. Learn More & Buy Tickets
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Nervous Theatre’s production of Samuel Beckett’s TEXTS FOR NOTHING
Sunday, October 16 | 7:30 - 9:30 PM
Tuesday, October 18 | 7:30 - 9:30 PM
Gloucester Stage
Be immersed in the words of Samuel Beckett as audiences of only 30 gather around a single performer murmuring into the darkness. Texts For Nothing plumbs the depths of isolation and dread in this stark meditation on the nature of being.
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Gloucester 400+ Presents: A Musical Medley Fundraiser
Thursday, October 20 | 7:30 - 10:30 PM
@ Blue Lobster Company
Everybody likes to get a little Madhouse, but no one has a better time than the eight piece powerhouse rythm and blues band led by Singer Songwriter John Keegan. Put on your dancing shoes and head to Blue Collar Lobster for a light hearted night of cocktails and dancing with the band and special guests. Funds from the evening's festivities will directly support free, public programming across the city and throughout 2023! Buy Tickets Now
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The Thin Place
Through October 23
Saturdays & Sundays: Matinee: 3:00 PM
Wednesday - Saturday: Evening:7:30 PM
Gloucester Stage
Do you believe in the afterlife? Hilda does, and in her longing to reconnect with her grandmother’s spirit, she finds Linda, an esteemed medium. Linda can communicate with those in the thin place – through the veil, hearing their voices in the quiet. If you believe, she can make you hear them too. Part seance, part ghost story, this journey will make you question your assumptions about the spirit world in chilling moments of revelation. Buy Tickets
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Cape Ann Ongoing Events
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Appleton Farms: Check out all events, from Hayrides, Hikes for Beer, and Wood-Fired Pizza
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Cape Ann Museum: Learn about all the events, exhibitions, walking tours and talks happening at CAM.
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Essex Shipbuilding Museum: Crossroads: Change in Rural America. Smithsonian traveling exhibit highlighting changing landscape of rural America in Essex, MA open through October 22.
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Hammond Castle: Gloucester Gratis Days every Tuesday. Self-guided tours daily.
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Rockport Exchange: Farmer's Market every Saturday through October 15th from 9 AM to Noon in Harvey Park
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Schooner Adventure: Weekend public sailings with free sails for children
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