Duxbury Maritime Festival 2018
Duxbury Martime Festival will be held on Saturday October 13th 10-6pm at Nathaniel Winsor, Jr. House over look the waterfront Duxbury Bay. It will be day of family fun including many children events, live music , historical events and food trucks. 
Daytime Festival Admission (Advanced Sales): $20 (adults and children over 12); $5 (children, ages 1-12).
Daytime Festival Admission (Door Sales): $25 (adults and children over 12); $8 (children, ages 1-12)
Schedule of Events
10:00 am – 12:00 pm:
Historic Tours of Shipbuilding District with Tony Kelso, Town Historian (tours are scheduled for 10 am and 11:30 am).
Animal Agriculture comes alive with livestock from the Soule Homestead Educational Center of Middleborough.
Children’s Activities & Games: mock “fishing derby,” get your sailing papers, and join a sailing crew headed out to sea.
11:00 am, on:
Food Trucks: Seafood, Cupcakes & More! Blankets and picnics welcome (no alcohol, please).
Note: food purchase is not included with Maritime Festival Tickets.
12:00 – 1:00 pm:
Maritime Tunes with the New Bedford Sea Chantey Chorus.
1:30 – 2:30 pm:
Historical Performance: Life Aboard a Whaling Ship with Anne Barrett as Mary Chipman Lawrence.
2:45 pm:
Raffle Winner Announced! You do not need to be present to win.
Raffle information: Project Gurnet and Bug Lights is donating a trip or four people to tour the Plymouth Light Station, Fort Andrew, and the historic Gurnet Lifesaving Station. Plymouth Light (aka Gurnet Light), whose tower was built in 1842, is the oldest wooden lighthouse in America and stands on Fort Andrew. The Gurnet Lifesaving Station was built in 1892 and has much of its equipment in place as it was in 1920. It is owned by historian and preservationist Richard Boonisar, author of Gurnet Light. The visit will be scheduled subject to mutual availability.
3:00-4:00 pm:
Lively Re-enactment of Duxbury Town Meeting, ca. 1800: How King Caesar Got His Nickname. Play written and adapted by Historian, Patrick Browne. Featuring volunteer actors: Peter Savage, Ken Johnston, Paul Wales, Edith Barnes, Patrick Browne, Greg Brousseau, and Sandy See + involvement from the audience!
All Day (10-3):
Boat Building Demos & Hands On Activities with members of Jones River Landing.
Visit our Historic House museums for a tour: New DRHS exhibitions on Duxbury’s Women at Sea (Bradford House, 931 Tremont St.) & King Caesar’s Counting Rooms (King Caesar House, 120 King Caesar Rd.). Admission to historic houses is included with your Maritime Festival ticket.
Nathaniel Winsor, Jr. House
