Interested in Motif No.1 Day? We Could Use Your Help!
We could use a few good men and women to help out on May 17th, with shifts generally ranging around 2 hours (though you could hang around as long as you'd like!) Email us at rockportfestivals@gmail.com...
View ArticleSome Incredible Music Lined up for Motif No.1 Day!
Rockport’s annual Motif No.1 Day festival on Saturday, May 17th will feature locally and nationally acclaimed musical acts: Louise Mosrie, The Honey Dewdrops, What Time Is It, Mr. Fox?, The...
View ArticleA Huge Thank You to our New 2014 Sponsors!
image: coactivate.org We're excited to announce that several new sponsors have come on board for the 2014 Festivals and Farmers' Market season! Granite Savings Bank Cleaves Insurance Agency Brothers'...
View ArticleCalling All Creatives!
Are you a filmmaker? Apply to screen your film at the Red Shed Film Festival on Motif No.1 Day in Rockport! The Red Shed is a micro film festival featuring selected shorts produced on Cape Ann or with...
View ArticleMotif No.1 Day Photo Booth
Photographer Angela Cook of Oasis Rockport will be downtown on May 17th, Motif No.1 Day offering professional photography with Motif No.1 itself as a backdrop. Part of the proceeds will benefit...
View ArticleDance Performances on Motif No.1 Day in Downtown Rockport
A local school of dance and a professional aerial dance troupe will be performing on Motif No.1 Day, right in the heart of Rockport in Dock Square! ABOUT ROCKPORT DANCE ACADEMY: Rockport Dance...
View ArticleHave You Signed up Yet?
One of the highlights of the festival over the last few years has been the amazing Motif No.1 Day 5k and Fun Run. Organized by Rockport Elementary School teachers Phil Whitley and Erin Canniff, the...
View ArticleRockport Music to Sponsor Motif No.1 Day Events!
Saturday, May 17, 10 AM Instrument Petting Zoo Shalin Liu Performance Center, 3rd Floor Reception Hall If you have ever wanted to experience playing the instruments seen and heard on the stage of the...
View ArticlePhotographer and Historian Les Bartlett on Motif No.1 Day
Les Bartlett will present on Motif No.1 Day at the Rockport Art Association. Don't miss the opportunity to hear Rockport's premier authority on the Motif give perspective on its role in history.
View ArticleRecycled Bookmaking for KIDS!
Recycled Book-Making for KIDS! Kids of all ages are invited to drop by Harvey Park on Motif No.1 Day for some book-making fun. Using recycled materials you will create a book to fill with pictures,...
View ArticleThe Poetry of Motif No.1 Day
Words Before Dinner is an annual event on Motif No.1 Day featuring the poems and short essays of Cape Ann writers (or writers inspired by Cape Ann). It's always a lovely experience to take a moment...
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Some not-for-profit painting fun at last year's festival Every year a few featured nonprofit and community organizations set up booths in Harvey Park, taking the opportunity to connect with Rockport's...
View ArticleIt's Here! Motif No.1 Day 2014!
Finally, it has arrived. Looking forward to a great day of the Motif No.1 Day 5k & Fun Run followed by dance, poetry, art, music and a micro film festival with dinner served in Harvey Park. See you...
View ArticleThe Red Shed Film Festival Results are In!
Thank you so much for a great inaugural Red Shed Film Festival! We had a fantastic time dining al fresco on incredible food from Wally's Blackburn Bistro, enjoying Twin Lights soda in downtown...
View ArticleThank you, Thank you, Thank you!
The following was submitted to the Gloucester Daily Times and The Cape Ann Beacon: Rockport’s annual Motif No.1 Day Festival & 5K on May 17th was a blast, as hundreds of runners participating in...
View ArticleRockport Farmers Market, Scandinavian Mid-Summer Fest and the Rockport Garden...
Big happenings in Rockport this Saturday in Harvey Park! See below for details... The Rockport Farmers Market begins on Saturday, June 21st and runs from 9am to 1pm. The Market will offer fresh, local...
View ArticleThis Week Downtown: Free Ice Cream AND the Rockport Farmers Market. Yee Haw!
Thursday, June 26th at the Ice Cream Store on Bearskin Neck: Enjoy ice cream provided by the Ice Cream Store with all donations to benefit Rockport Fireworks! For more info go to the Rockport Fireworks...
View ArticleFor Saturday, June 28th: This Week at the Farmers Market!
Saturday, June 28th Pesto is back at the Rockport Farmers Market! We're thrilled that Paolo Laboa's award-winning pesto will be featured this week, along with scones and tea from Heath's Tea Room,...
View ArticleThe Rockport Farmers Market Float & Lots More Info...
DID YOU SEE OUR FLOAT IN THE ROCKPORT FIREMAN'S 4th of JULY PARADE??? Sorry for the all-caps there, but we are excited that the RFM was represented in Rockport's parade. A HUGE thanks to Tim &...
View ArticleFamily Event at Saturday's Rockport Farmers' Market!
There is something funny going on at this Saturday’s Rockport Farmers Market. In addition to fresh produce, fish, baked goods, tea and flowers, there will be a family comedy show featuring...
View ArticleDon't Miss the upcoming HUGE Weekend in Rockport!!!
Saturday, August 9th: Rockport Farmers Market: 9 to 1pm in Harvey Park Ice Cream Social at the Rockport Farmers Market: 11:30 to 1pm in Harvey Park Rockport Fireworks Activities: 12:30: Kids' crafts,...
View ArticleThis Week at the Farmers Market!
This Week's Farmers' Market vendors: Wally's Bistro, Vintage Greens, First Light Farm, Maitland Mountain Farm, Seaview Farm, Sasquatch Smokehouse, Sea Biscuit Fine Bakery, That Nutty Redhead, Fudge...
View ArticleThis Saturday: Shakespeare at the Rockport Farmers Market!
Fall is HERE! Pick up your PUMPKINS & more at the RFM! At Saturday's Rockport Farmers Market: Seaview Farms has their own meat, corn & PUMPKINS! First Light Farm and Vintage Greens offers a...
View ArticleTomorrow: the LAST regular season Rockport Farmers Market!
October 4th Rockport Farmers Market: The final 2014 regular farmers' market of the season is here, and Seaview Farms will be on hand with their own grass-fed meat, pumpkins and more. First Light Farm...
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