Newton Street Folk & Arts Festival Rescheduled to Sunday, October 8
As rain is forecasted for this Saturday, October 7th – the 3rd Annual Newton Street Folk & Arts Festival is officially rescheduled to Sunday, October 8th 11:00AM-5:00PM. Early Sunday morning may be somewhat gray, overcast, chilly – BUT STAY ENCOURAGED – by Sunday afternoon we will see the sun through the clouds and feel the warmth of the Ayer community at the Festival! See everyone on Sunday in Downtown Ayer.
3rd Annual Downtown Ayer Newton Street Folk & Arts Festival
Sunday, October 8th, 2023
The Town of Ayer, in partnership with our generous Festival sponsors, Main Street Bank (Gold Sponsor) and Catania Oils (Silver Sponsor), are excited to announce the 3rd Annual Downtown Ayer “Newton Street Folk & Arts Festival”, scheduled for Sunday, October 8th from (11:00AM-5:00PM) - in the Heart of Downtown Ayer on Newton Street!
Ayer families, neighbors, friends, and visitors will joyfully join together in historic Downtown Ayer for a beautiful Autumn afternoon of live musical performance on the grand Main Stage, featuring romping street-dancing Cajun/Zydeco music by “The Squeezebox Stompers”, and driving/soulful Irish & Celtic Heritage music by “Irish Wispa”.
Thrill to live dance performances and exhibitions throughout the day by Maria’s School of Dance, The Dance Garden, and Francis Floyd Ballroom Dancing, and more, under the “Dance/Theatrical Tent Venue”.
Wonder to the amazing “festival street magic” of Magician-Stephanie Beach also under the “Dance/Theatrical Tent Venue”, and in/around the Festival crowd.
The awesome Little Bee Book Shop of Downtown Ayer will create a wondrous “Kids Story-Telling, Reading & Discovery Venue” with a number of children book authors and story-telling performers on the greenspace surrounding beautiful Ayer Town Hall; and we are hopeful the “Professor Bugman’s Insect Petting Zoo” will make a return to the Festival again this year!
The Newton Street Festival now boasts one of the highest-quality “Artists/Artisans/Craftspeople Festival Venues” in the region! It is with pride that all our exceptionally creative, authentic, original, and quality “Artists/Artisans/Craftspeople” are all Ayer and Shirley residents. The concentration of artistic & artisan talent in our local communities is joyfully featured and discovered at the Newton Street Festival.
And the Festival food! This year Ayer’s Alltown Fresh will be joining the Festival with their delectable “Festival Grilling Set-Up” and the impressive “Alltown Fresh Coffee Trailer”. Another great new foodie addition will be the delicious “Tacos & Burritos Panchito Food Truck”. Of course, our great Ayer restaurants & eateries, including Lucia’s/Markoh’s on Main, The Nashoba Club Taproom & Pizza, Ruby Donuts will be serving-up the best of Festival edibles and beverages – and we are always looking forward to “Uncle Joey’s Cannoli Festival Truck”! And there will be more to come! Come hungry!
The best part of the Newton Street Folk & Arts Festival is the great gathering of Ayer’s local organizations, groups, clubs, councils, troops, places of worship, and more, at their Festival Booths for all our festival-goers to visit, connect, re-connect, learn, and support their good local civic and community work.
We look forward to joining together with (all our Ayer Folks) at the 3rd Annual Downtown Ayer “Newton Street Folk & Arts Festival” on Sunday, October 8th!
For additional information contact Alan S. Manoian, Dir. Ayer Office of Community & Economic Development, Ayer Town Hall, at 978.772.8220 X141 and/or amanoian@ayer.ma.us