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November 2024
Nantucket Noel
Featuring craft shows, exhibitions, performances and a European-style Christmas marketplace, this event includes a tree lighting ceremony and community caroling and continues with the 50th Christmas Stroll Weekend, and ringing in 2025.
Find out more »Christmas at the Newport Mansions
Presented by the Preservation Society of Newport County, this annual celebration showcases The Breakers, The Elms and Marble House decked out in yuletide finery.
Find out more »Newport Illuminated Boat Parade
Launch the holiday season! Newport Yacht Club is open to the public that evening, and spectators can watch the parade from Bowen’s Wharf, Bannister’s Wharf and all points around Newport Harbor. Prizes for Best Decorated Sailboat (recreational & commercial), Best Decorated Powerboat (recreational & commercial), Best Decorated Fishing Boat, Best Decorated Porch or Dock, and Most Team Spirit. Starts at 6:00 pm in Newport, Rhode Island. To learn more, call 401-847-9109 ext. 2 or visit discovernewport.org.
Find out more »Newport Illuminated Boat Parade
Launch the holiday season! Newport Yacht Club is open to the public that evening, and spectators can watch the parade from Bowen’s Wharf, Bannister’s Wharf and all points around Newport Harbor. Prizes for Best Decorated Sailboat (recreational & commercial), Best Decorated Powerboat (recreational & commercial), Best Decorated Fishing Boat, Best Decorated Porch or Dock, and Most Team Spirit.
Find out more »Santa Arrives by Tugboat & Mystic Holiday Lighted Boat Parade
Festivities begin at 2pm at Mystic River Park when Santa arrives on the tugboat John Paul, followed by the lighting of the Christmas tree in the park at 6pm. Decorated vessels will parade down the Mystic River starting at 6:20. Boats of all types and sizes are welcome, and entrance requires only a toy or coat donation to the Pawcatuck Neighborhood Center. Prizes will be awarded for Most Charismatic Crew, Innovative Vessel, Best Dressed Vessel, and Miss…
Find out more »Santa Arrives by Tugboat & Mystic Holiday Lighted Boat Parade
Festivities begin at 2pm at Mystic River Park when Santa arrives on the tugboat John Paul, followed by the lighting of the Christmas tree in the park at 6pm. Decorated vessels will parade down the Mystic River starting at 6:20. Boats of all types and sizes are welcome, and entrance requires only a toy or coat donation to the Pawcatuck Neighborhood Center. Prizes will be awarded for Most Charismatic Crew, Innovative Vessel, Best Dressed Vessel, and Miss…
Find out more »December 2024
Trees in the Rigging Community Carol Sing & Boat Parade
Together with the Essex Historical Society and Safe Harbor Dauntless & Essex Island, the Connecticut River Museum is proud to announce this year’s Trees in the Rigging Celebrate the season by participating in a traditional, lantern-lit carol stroll from Essex Town Hall to the Connecticut River Museum where spectators are invited to bring their own lanterns or flashlights. Check out the dazzling displays created by local boaters during the Boat Parade. Inside the Museum, there will be craft projects for kids,…
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