“Gloucester’s So Salty” Third Annual Festival [01/20/24]

To celebrate the fish city’s recognizably salty character, the Gloucester’s So Salty festival is back on Jan. 20 and Jan. 21 from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.

The Cape Ann Museum is partnering with Discover Gloucester and other area cultural institutions and business for the third annual event. The celebration, inspired by the annual Salem’s So Sweet event, will feature two days of family-friendly and free programming including ice sculptures, live music, salty treats, free kids’ art activities and more around Downtown Gloucester.

The schedule for Gloucester’s So Salty activities includes:

All Weekend

Grab a map from the Cape Ann Museum and find the Ice Sculptures around Downtown Gloucester
Free admission and art activities to the Cape Ann Museum
Start at Mile Marker One with Breakfast in an Igloo or end it with a Sweet & Salty Cocktail in an Igloo, reservations recommended for igloos, 75 Essex Ave Route 133
Strike a pose for a framed photo at Lockwood Studios Fine Art & Design Gallery, 2 & 4 Eastern Avenue
25% discount on room rates at the Blue Shutters Beachside Inn, 1 Nautilus Road, Gloucester
20% off all salt products at Cape Ann Olive Oil, 57 Main St.
Grab a piece of Saltwater Taffy at Fireflies Boutique, 100 Main Street
Salty Poetry Snippets at Dogtown Books, 132 Main Street
10% off Select 'Salty' Books and a "Salty Blind Date with a Book" at the Bookstore of Gloucester, 61 Main Street
After Hours: 10% off your experience at Cape Ann Lanes/Laneside Pub & Brewery, 53 Gloucester Ave

Saturday, January 20

10:00 am – 5:00 pm – Art Activity with Pathways for Children in the CAM Studio

Cape Ann Museum Studio, 27 Pleasant Street

10:30 – 12:30 pm - Make Your Own Ice Cream with the Open Door

Sawyer Free Library at 21 Main Street

12:00 – 5:00 pm – Hot Mead Toddies, Hot Cider, and Hot Cocoa from 1634 Meadery

Cape Ann Museum Courtyard, 27 Pleasant Street

1:00 – 2:00 pm - Shim Sham Shimmy Tap Dance

Movement Arts, Gloucester, MA, (MAGMA) 11 Pleasant Street

2:00 – 3:00 pm - Find the Flock of Dancing Seagulls on Main Street
3:00 - 5:00 pm - Sea Shanties with Three Sheets to the Wind

Cape Ann Museum Auditorium, 27 Pleasant Street

5:30 - 6:30 pm - Corey Wrinn: Roll and Go Songs inspired by Gloucester

The Cut, 177 Main Street

8:00 – 11:00 pm – Salty Soul: A night of funk, soul and RnB spun on vinyl by Gloucester's own DJ Enzo Arcari and Josh Byrnes aka “DJ Elevator Man" at The Cut, 177 Main Street

Sunday, January 21

10:00 – 10:30 am – Mayor Greg Verga reads Katy and the Big Snow by Virginia Lee Burton

Cape Ann Museum Library & Archives, 27 Pleasant Street

10:00 am – 5:00 pm – Paint an Oyster Shell

Cape Ann Museum Studio, 27 Pleasant Street

2:00- 2:30 pm - Capoeira Roda Demonstration

Movement Arts, Gloucester, MA, (MAGMA) 11 Pleasant Street

2:30 – 3:30 pm - Shim Sham Shimmy Tap Dance

Movement Arts, Gloucester, MA, (MAGMA) 11 Pleasant Street

3:00 – 4:30 pm – Gloucester Songwriters Swap with Alexandra Grace

Cape Ann Museum Auditorium, 27 Pleasant Street

For more information about the Cape Ann Museum, visit capeannmuseum.org.

“Gloucester’s So Salty” Third Annual Festival

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