Pump Track Demos
Sat., 8/17, 11 a.m.–5 p.m., Macomber & Pimental Park, Bernese Street, Fairhaven. Come support our track! BMX demos all day, ride the track, get rad, food, ice cream, raffles, win prizes, parts, shirts, hats, etc. Raffles include complete bikes and prize packages.
Car Cruise & Music Night
The North Fairhaven Improvement Association brings you Music Night Sponsored by Southern Mass Credit Union.
Featuring: Eddie and the Exciters and Car Cruise In Benoit Square, Sunday 8/18/19, from 5pm-8pm
There will be Food, Great Music, Fun Cars and Dancing in the Streets
Monday Morning Fun: LAST ONE OF THE SEASON
Monday Morning Fun at the Visitors Center. Musical Play Party, Mon., 8/19, 9–11:30 a.m., program at 10:00 a.m. Fairhaven Visitors Center, 141 Main Street, Fairhaven
A fun morning for kids aged 5 to 12 and their parents or guardians on the lawn of the Visitors Center. Play old fashioned lawn games (bean bag toss, horse shoes, nine pins, frisbee, hula hoops, etc.), jump in a bounce house, get your face painted by Heart Body Arts, and more. On hot mornings, there will be sprinklers–bring a towel. Enjoy some Dorothy Cox’s “own made” ice cream, Del’s Frozen Lemonade, and bottled water.
Jeff Angeley of Southcoast Lessons and guest artists present a musical “play party.” The program will include live traditional fiddle music, interactive dances for all ages, youth instrumental performances by the “Growing Tradition” ensemble, and an “instrument petting zoo.”
Bounce house sponsored by Fairhaven Lions Club. Programs are sponsored in part by contributions to the Tourism Gift Account by local businesses, non-profit groups, and individuals.
For more information, including how to make a donation to Monday Morning Fun, call 508-979-4085 or email FairhavenTours@fairhaven-ma. gov. For a list of the other Monday Morning Programs in 2019, visit https://fairhaventours.com/monday-fun/.
Teen LGBTQ Pizza Party
For Teen LGBTQ and Allies, Sat., 8/17, 12:30–2:30, Millicent library Auditorium, 45 Center St. (use Walnut Street entrance). Join the Millicent Library for a summer pizza party for LGBTQ+ teens, allies, and friends. All teens welcome!
Music in the City
A summerlong celebration of music in the cities of New Bedford and Fall River featuring quintet, trio, duo, and solo performances by New Bedford Symphony Orchestra musicians in places where you least expect them!
All performances are free.
For the most up-to-date listing of our Music in the City concert locations and times, follow us on social media by searching for #NBSOmusicinthecity at: Facebook: New Bedford Symphony Orchestra; Twitter: @NBSO_orchestra; Instagram: newbedfordsymphonyorchestra. Or email us at: info@nbsymphony.org, with subject line “Music in the City”
Schedule (subject to change)
• August 16, 10:30–11:30am, Clasky Common Park, 1359 Purchase St, New Bedford
• August 17, 5:30–6:30pm, Fall River Heritage State Park, Davol St, Fall River
• August 20, noon–1pm, New Bedford City Hall, 133 William St, NB
• August 21, 6–7pm, Fall River Heritage State Park, Davol St, Fall River
• August 25, 3–4pm, Fall River Heritage State Park, Davol St, Fall River
• August 28, 6–7pm, Fall River Heritage State Park, Davol St, Fall River
• September 7, 11am–12noon, Fall River Library Re-opening Ceremony, 104 N Main St
• September 12, 6–7pm, AHA! Night, Whaling Museum’s Captain Paul Cuffee Park, Corner of Johnny Cake Hill and Union St, New Bedford
• September 20, 5:30-6:30pm, Buttonwood Park Zoo (outside Zoo entrance), 425 Hawthorn St, New Bedford
About the NBSO
What We Do!
Saturday Night Symphony, Sunday Matinees, Family Concerts, Holiday Concerts, Movie Music and Pops Concerts, Chamber Music, Youth Orchestra, Learning in Concert Educational Programs, Scholarships
Contact us to learn about our Affordable Classics Project where you tell us what ticket price you can afford and our Classical Family Program where children can bring their family to concerts for free. Email: info@nbsymphony.org. Phone: (508) 999-6276.
Music in the City is funded by the Creative Commonwealth Initiative of the Community Foundation of Southeastern Massachusetts. Visit https://nbsymphony.org/music-in-the-city/
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