2024 Cambridge Arts River Festival

Schedule

Sat Jun 15 2024 at 11:00 am to 06:00 pm

UTC-04:00

Location

Cambridge, Massachusetts: Along the banks of the Charles River along Memorial Drive between JFK Street and Western Avenue. | Cambridge, MA

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2024 Cambridge Arts River Festival
Saturday, June 15, 2024, from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m.
Returns to the banks of the Charles River along Memorial Drive between JFK Street and Western Avenue.
Free admission
Six Stages of Music, Theater, Dance and Poetry
Mermaid Promenade
Interactive Art-Making
Buskers
International Foods
Arts and Crafts Market
More info: https://www.cambridgema.gov/arts/Programs/riverfestival
Site Sponsors:
City of Cambridge, Harvard University and the Massachusetts Department of Conservation & Recreation.
Stage/Production Partners:
Cambridge Jazz Foundation, Central Square Business Improvement District, Central Square Theater, Club Passim, The Dance Complex, Global Arts Live, and Jean Appolon Expressions.
SCHEDULE
Mermaid Promenade
11:30 a.m. Parade including marching band, dragon dancers, and giant puppets begins at Winthrop Park at Winthrop Street and JFK Street, heads south on JFK Street, then east onto Memorial Drive, to end around Corporal Burns Park on Flagg Street. All are welcome to join in the parade: To be in the parade, line up in costume and/or with props at Winthrop Park at Winthrop Street and JFK Street by 11:15 a.m.
Folk / Roots Stage from Club Passim
Noon - Gabriella Simpkins
1 p.m. - Anju
2 p.m. - Mercedes Escobar
3 p.m. - Casey Murray & Molly Tucker
4 p.m. - Almira Ara
5 p.m. - Dinty Child
Global Arts Live Stage
Noon – Albino Mbie
1:30 p.m. – Kotoko Brass
3 p.m. – Veronica Robles Female Mariachi Band
4:30 p.m. – Natu Camara
Jazz Stage from Cambridge Jazz Festival
Hosted by Jose Masso
Noon – 12:50 p.m. – Yaure Muniz Afrocuban Ensemble
1:30 – 2:20 p.m. - Anastassiya Petrova Organ Trio
3 – 4 p.m. – Ron Savage Trio, featuring saxophonist Bill Pierce
5:00 – 6 p.m. – Don Braden Quartet, featuring vocalist Vanessa Rubin
Poetry Stage
12:00 - 12:10 p.m. - Poetic Welcome: Cambridge Arts, Jean Dany, Toni Bee, Lo Galluccio, Peter Payack
12:10 - 12:45 p.m. - The Laureates: Philip Hasouris, Lynne Viti, Danielle George, Fred Woods, CD Collins and more
12:45 - 01:30 p.m. - Cambridge Sidewalk Poetry Contest Past Winners: Jean Dany, Peter Payack & Lillian Hsu
01:30 - 02:15 p.m. - New England Poetry Club: Denise Provost, Doug Holder
02:15 - 03:00 p.m. - CRLS Connection Poets: Peter Payack
03:00 - 03:45 p.m. - Poetry in Translation & New Publications: Willyz Ramirez, Jonathan Bennett, Jebca Editions
03:45 - 04:30 p.m. - City Night Readings Poets & Writers: Jean Dany Joachim
04:30 - 05-15 p.m. - Poets of the Gardens: Toni Bee
05:15 - 05:45 p.m. - Poetry from the Workshop: Tom Daley
05:45 - 06:00 p.m. - Words & Movement: Special Guest
Theater/Dance Stage from Central Square Theater, The Dance Complex and Jean Appolon Expressions
11 - 11:30 a.m. - Soul Dance with Allison Talis
12 - 1:20 p.m. - Your Town
1:30 - 1:55 p.m. - RootsUprising
1:55 - 2:30 p.m. - ‘Froca Fitness with Sylver Rochelin
2:30 - 3:05 p.m. - House Dance with Sean Bjerke
3:30 - 4:50 p.m. - Your Town
5:00 - 6:00 p.m. - Music & Dance Circle
Western Front Stage presented by Central Square Business Improvement District
12:20 - 1:30 p.m. - Pura Vida
1:45 - 2:45 p.m. - The Hip Hop Transformation
3:00 - 3:30 p.m. - Soca Fusion
4:00 - 5:15 p.m. - The Naya Rockers
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Cambridge, Massachusetts: Along the banks of the Charles River along Memorial Drive between JFK Street and Western Avenue., United States

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Cambridge Arts Council

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