Somebody stole my summer!
How is it already nearly September?! I had so many plans, so much to do . . . and yet here we are. The kids are heading back to school (brace yourself Bostonians, we're being invaded) and the leisurely days of summer are starting to fade into the background.
So before we call the summer a total loss lets see what mischief we can get into this Labor Day Weekend.
Boston
Boston Arts Festival
Description: In its 11th year this year's festival highlights include the NPR radio storytelling program, the Moth, the Animal Hospital Ensemble featuring upwards of 20 musicians surrounding the audience with experimental music and poet and local author Nick Flynn, reciting his poetry.
Date: August 29 - August 31
Time: 12:00 PM - 6:00 PM
Location: Christopher Columbus Waterfront Park, 105 Atlantic Ave., Boston
Price: FREE
5th Annual Mass Brewers Guild Fest
Description: Presented by the Massachusetts Bewers Guild, be more than 100 styles of local beer ill be available sample from around Massachusetts at this rain-or-shine, 21+ event. Live music will be perfromed by Three Day Threshold.
Date: August 29
Time: 6:00 PM - 9:30 PM
Location: The World Trade Center Head House Concourse
Price: $40
Price: $40
Date: August 29 - August 31
Time: Varies by Day
Location: North End, Endicott, Thacher and North Margin Street
Price: FREE
Chicago
North Coast Festival
Description: The last big concert festival of the season in its fifth year the festival will feature the likes of Kid Cudi, Talib Kweli, Little Dragon, and did someone mention Snoop Dogg (or is it Snoop Lion).
Date: August 29 - August 31
Time: Varies by Day
Location: Union Park, 1501 W Randolpqh St, Chicago
Price: $69+
Chicago Jazz Festival
Description: Be cultural and American all at the same time . . . and you though it wasn't possible. Check out this year's jazz festiva which includes performances by some amazing artists including: Terence Blanchard, Sun Ra Arkestra, Cécile McLorin Salvant, and many more.
Date: August 28 - August 31
Time: Varies by Day
Location: Cultural Center, Millennium Park
Price: FREE
Chicago Fringe Festival
Description: 50 Shows, 200 performances, unites daring theatregoers with emerging and boundary-pushing performing artists from around the world at this annual festival in Chicago
Date: August 18 - September 7
Time: Varies
Location: Varies
Price: Varies
Remix Chicago
Description: After the amazing success of last year, Remix Chicago is back for summer 2014, bringing all things reused and recycled to the streets of Logan Square.
Date: August 30 - August 31
Time: 12:00 PM - 10:00 PM
Location: Logan Square, Milwaukee Avenue between Fullerton and California Avenues
Price: FREE
Columbus, OH
Shawshank 20th Anniversary
Description: The Ohio State Reformatory hosts a celebration weekend of the blockbuster movie The Shawshank Redemption for fans, celebrities and movie extras!
Date: August 29 - August 31
Time: Doors Open at 7:00 PM
Location: Ohio State Reformatory, Mansfield OH
Price: Varies
42nd Annual Greek Festival
Description: One of my favorite events growing up in C-bus, i mean what kid can resist a table covered in baklava?
Date: August 29 - September 1
Time: Varies by Day
Location: The Annunciation Greek Orthodox Cathedral, 555 N. High Street, Columbus
Price: $5
Fashion Meets Music Festival
Description: Columbus is trying something new with the nation’s largest and first collaborative fusion festival to incorporate music with fashion brands. Lets support and check out the event.
Date: August 29 - August 31
Time: Varies by Day
Location: Varies by Event, The free outdoor acts will be playing at either our Nationwide + High stage, or Marconi Square, or McFerson Commons.
Price: FREE + $10+ depending on what you want to get into
Los Angeles
The Taste 2014
Description: The Los Angeles Times’ annual food and wine fest offers an authentic look at what’s hot in the city’s vibrant food and cocktail culture. Learn from key players in the L.A. dining scene—Times restaurant critic Jonathan Gold, Providence’s Michael Cimarusti, barsmith Julian Cox and many more—at tastings and seminars like “Field to Fork” and “Flavors of L.A.
Date: August 29 - August 31
Time: Varies by Date
Location: Paramount Pictures Studios, 5555 Melrose Avenue Los Angeles
Price: $100+
Fiesta Hermosa
Description: Fiesta Hermosa is the ”largest arts & crafts fair in Southern California”. Over 300 artists and crafters are featured, including painters, photographers, ceramicists, jewelers, sculptors, and handicrafters.
Date: August 30 - September 1
Time: 10:00 AM - 6:00 PM
Location: Hermosa Beach
Price: FREE
Orange Street Fair
Description: Four city streets are blocked off around the traffic circle in old town Orange. A craft fair is arranged around the circle and street segments are converted into streets of the world with appropriate food and entertainment. Nine stages include an Irish Stage with some of the best local Irish bands, a Greek Stage, German Stage, Mexican Stage, Polynesian Stage, English Stage and All American Stage as well as a Children's Stage and activities.
Date: August 29 - August 31
Time: Varies by Date
Location: Plaza Square Park
Price: FREE
Made in America
Description: Jay Z curates this bicoastal Labor Day weekend music festival. Catch performances from big-name headliners such as Imagine Dragons, John Mayer, Steve Aoki and Weezer while sampling fare from Kogi BBQ, Grilled Cheese Truck and other top food vendors.
Date: August 30 - August 31
Time: 12:00 PM - ??? (super annoying website)
Location: Grand Park
Price: $114+
65th Annual Long Beach Greek Festival
Description: The Long Beach Greek Festival and Cultural Event is a community celebration of Greek culture. Enjoy the food, music, dance, arts, and all things greek.
Date: August 30 - September 1
Time: 12:00 PM - 9:00 PM
Location :Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary, 5761 E. Colorado Street, Long Beach
Price: $3 Donation
Long Beach Funk Fest
Description: The 6th Annual Long Beach Funk Fest, a music festival on the waterfront featuring an all-star line-up of live music at the Queen Mary Events Park, featuring George Clinton Parliament Funkadelic. The funk icon will be joined on stage by the best funk artists available including Karl Denson’s Tiny Universe, Katdelic, and many more
Date: September 1
Time: 11:45 AM - 9:00 PM
Location: Queen Mary, 1126 Queens Highway, Long Beach
Price: $15
New York
New York International Salsa Dance & Music FestivalDescription: They latin dances are calling you, Salsa, Bachata, Mambo, Kizomba, Cha Cha, go meet them on the dance floor!
Date: August 27 - September 1
Time: Varies
Location: Hilton New York, 1335 Sixth Ave, New York
Price: $100
Electric Zoo 2014
Description: A little something for the EMFs out there, make your way out to Randall's Island for this annual three-day dayglo rave-up.
Date: August 29 - September 1
Time: Varies (~11:00 AM - 1:00 PM)
Location: Randall's Island
Price: $119+
Brazilian Day
Description: The Brazilian Day festival, a spirited annual celebration of Brazil's Independence Day, marks its 30th anniversary this year with music, dance, food and a sea of green-and-gold-bedecked expatriates.
Date: August 31
Time: 10:00 AM - 6:00 PM
Location: Little Brazil, 46th Street from Madison to Seventh Avenues and Sixth Avenue from 43rd to 56th Street
Price: FREE
West Indian American Day Parade
Description: A celebration of West Indian culture, song and dance. Hundreds of thousands of West Indian Americans, Brooklynites and New Yorkers of all backgrounds stake out a spot along the parade route. The festivities include live music performances, dance demonstrations, elaborate costumes and floats, samples of West Indian cuisine and a United Nations-worthy collection of flags.
Date: September 1
Time: 11:00 AM - 6:00 PM
Location: Eastern Pkwy from Schenectady Ave to Flatbush Ave, Crown Heights, Brooklyn
Price: FREE
Generations in Jazz Festival
Description: The Generations in Jazz Festival was created in 2010 to insure the future of jazz music by passing it along to younger generations. In keeping with this tradition, the fifth-annual installment features artists that span three generations, including an 11-year-old piano prodigy named Joey Alexander, 89-year-old jazz legend Roy Haynes, and everyone in between.
Date: Septmber 1 - September 30
Time: Varies
Location: Jazz at Lincoln Center's Frederick P. Rose Hall, 5th floor (Broadway/60 St)
Price: $25+
Washington, DC
National Book Festival
Description: This year's festival will feature authors, poets and illustrators in several pavilions well into the evening. Festival-goers can meet and hear firsthand from their favorite poets and authors, get books signed, enjoy special entertainment, and stay up late for special new graphic novel, poetry and film programs.
Date: August 30
Time: 10:00 AM - 10:00 PM
Location: Walter E. Washington Convention Center, 801 Mt Vernon Pl NW, Washington, DC
Price: FREE
DC Blues Festival
Description: Music, workshops, and family fun, are all part of the 26th Annual DC Blues Festvial.
Date: August 30
Time: 12:00 PM - 7:30 PM
Location: Carter Barron Amphitheater, 16th St & Colorando Ave. NW, Washington, DC
Price: FREE
Kennedy Center Page to Stage Festival
Description: Each Labor Day weekend, the Kennedy Center hosts its Page-to-Stage new play festival featuring performances by more than 40 theaters from the Washington DC capital region.
Date: August 30 - September 1
Time: Varies by Date
Location: The Kennedy Center, 2700 F. St. NW, Washington, DC
Price: FREE
Labor Day Capitol Concert
Description: The National Symphony Orchestra celebrates the beginning of its 2014–2015 season with its annual Labor Day Capitol Concert, a tradition since 1979. Conducted this year by the NSO's Principal Pops Conductor Steven Reineke, the featured artists are Emmy Award-winning actress and singer Nicole Parker, and actor and singer Christopher Johnstone.
Date: August 31
Time: Gates open at 3 p.m., open rehearsal at 3:30 p.m., Performance 8:00 PM
Location: US Capitol, West Lawn, 1st St SE, Washington, DC
Price: FREE
Flofest DC
Description: A Music, Wine and Literary Festival featuring live performances by Jazz Great Marcus Johnson, the Rudy Gonzalez Latin Band, Soulful Rock Songstress Beverly McClellan, Brazilian sensation The Donvonte McCoy Latin Jazz Orchestra and much more.
Date: September 1
Time: 12:00 PM - 6:00 PM (Doors Open at 10:00 AM)
Location: Gateway DC at St Elizabeth East, 2700 MLK Jr. Avenue, SE
Price: $45
North Coast Festival
Description: The last big concert festival of the season in its fifth year the festival will feature the likes of Kid Cudi, Talib Kweli, Little Dragon, and did someone mention Snoop Dogg (or is it Snoop Lion).
Date: August 29 - August 31
Time: Varies by Day
Location: Union Park, 1501 W Randolpqh St, Chicago
Price: $69+
Chicago Jazz Festival
Description: Be cultural and American all at the same time . . . and you though it wasn't possible. Check out this year's jazz festiva which includes performances by some amazing artists including: Terence Blanchard, Sun Ra Arkestra, Cécile McLorin Salvant, and many more.
Date: August 28 - August 31
Time: Varies by Day
Location: Cultural Center, Millennium Park
Price: FREE
Chicago Fringe Festival
Description: 50 Shows, 200 performances, unites daring theatregoers with emerging and boundary-pushing performing artists from around the world at this annual festival in Chicago
Date: August 18 - September 7
Time: Varies
Location: Varies
Price: Varies
Remix Chicago
Description: After the amazing success of last year, Remix Chicago is back for summer 2014, bringing all things reused and recycled to the streets of Logan Square.
Date: August 30 - August 31
Time: 12:00 PM - 10:00 PM
Location: Logan Square, Milwaukee Avenue between Fullerton and California Avenues
Price: FREE
Columbus, OH
Shawshank 20th Anniversary
Description: The Ohio State Reformatory hosts a celebration weekend of the blockbuster movie The Shawshank Redemption for fans, celebrities and movie extras!
Date: August 29 - August 31
Time: Doors Open at 7:00 PM
Location: Ohio State Reformatory, Mansfield OH
Price: Varies
42nd Annual Greek Festival
Description: One of my favorite events growing up in C-bus, i mean what kid can resist a table covered in baklava?
Date: August 29 - September 1
Time: Varies by Day
Location: The Annunciation Greek Orthodox Cathedral, 555 N. High Street, Columbus
Price: $5
Fashion Meets Music Festival
Description: Columbus is trying something new with the nation’s largest and first collaborative fusion festival to incorporate music with fashion brands. Lets support and check out the event.
Date: August 29 - August 31
Time: Varies by Day
Location: Varies by Event, The free outdoor acts will be playing at either our Nationwide + High stage, or Marconi Square, or McFerson Commons.
Price: FREE + $10+ depending on what you want to get into
Los Angeles
The Taste 2014
Description: The Los Angeles Times’ annual food and wine fest offers an authentic look at what’s hot in the city’s vibrant food and cocktail culture. Learn from key players in the L.A. dining scene—Times restaurant critic Jonathan Gold, Providence’s Michael Cimarusti, barsmith Julian Cox and many more—at tastings and seminars like “Field to Fork” and “Flavors of L.A.
Date: August 29 - August 31
Time: Varies by Date
Location: Paramount Pictures Studios, 5555 Melrose Avenue Los Angeles
Price: $100+
Fiesta Hermosa
Description: Fiesta Hermosa is the ”largest arts & crafts fair in Southern California”. Over 300 artists and crafters are featured, including painters, photographers, ceramicists, jewelers, sculptors, and handicrafters.
Date: August 30 - September 1
Time: 10:00 AM - 6:00 PM
Location: Hermosa Beach
Price: FREE
Orange Street Fair
Description: Four city streets are blocked off around the traffic circle in old town Orange. A craft fair is arranged around the circle and street segments are converted into streets of the world with appropriate food and entertainment. Nine stages include an Irish Stage with some of the best local Irish bands, a Greek Stage, German Stage, Mexican Stage, Polynesian Stage, English Stage and All American Stage as well as a Children's Stage and activities.
Date: August 29 - August 31
Time: Varies by Date
Location: Plaza Square Park
Price: FREE
Description: Jay Z curates this bicoastal Labor Day weekend music festival. Catch performances from big-name headliners such as Imagine Dragons, John Mayer, Steve Aoki and Weezer while sampling fare from Kogi BBQ, Grilled Cheese Truck and other top food vendors.
Date: August 30 - August 31
Time: 12:00 PM - ??? (super annoying website)
Location: Grand Park
Price: $114+
65th Annual Long Beach Greek Festival
Description: The Long Beach Greek Festival and Cultural Event is a community celebration of Greek culture. Enjoy the food, music, dance, arts, and all things greek.
Date: August 30 - September 1
Time: 12:00 PM - 9:00 PM
Location :Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary, 5761 E. Colorado Street, Long Beach
Price: $3 Donation
Long Beach Funk Fest
Description: The 6th Annual Long Beach Funk Fest, a music festival on the waterfront featuring an all-star line-up of live music at the Queen Mary Events Park, featuring George Clinton Parliament Funkadelic. The funk icon will be joined on stage by the best funk artists available including Karl Denson’s Tiny Universe, Katdelic, and many more
Date: September 1
Time: 11:45 AM - 9:00 PM
Location: Queen Mary, 1126 Queens Highway, Long Beach
Price: $15
New York
New York International Salsa Dance & Music FestivalDescription: They latin dances are calling you, Salsa, Bachata, Mambo, Kizomba, Cha Cha, go meet them on the dance floor!
Date: August 27 - September 1
Time: Varies
Location: Hilton New York, 1335 Sixth Ave, New York
Price: $100
Electric Zoo 2014
Description: A little something for the EMFs out there, make your way out to Randall's Island for this annual three-day dayglo rave-up.
Date: August 29 - September 1
Time: Varies (~11:00 AM - 1:00 PM)
Location: Randall's Island
Price: $119+
Brazilian Day
Description: The Brazilian Day festival, a spirited annual celebration of Brazil's Independence Day, marks its 30th anniversary this year with music, dance, food and a sea of green-and-gold-bedecked expatriates.
Date: August 31
Time: 10:00 AM - 6:00 PM
Location: Little Brazil, 46th Street from Madison to Seventh Avenues and Sixth Avenue from 43rd to 56th Street
Price: FREE
West Indian American Day Parade
Description: A celebration of West Indian culture, song and dance. Hundreds of thousands of West Indian Americans, Brooklynites and New Yorkers of all backgrounds stake out a spot along the parade route. The festivities include live music performances, dance demonstrations, elaborate costumes and floats, samples of West Indian cuisine and a United Nations-worthy collection of flags.
Date: September 1
Time: 11:00 AM - 6:00 PM
Location: Eastern Pkwy from Schenectady Ave to Flatbush Ave, Crown Heights, Brooklyn
Price: FREE
Generations in Jazz Festival
Description: The Generations in Jazz Festival was created in 2010 to insure the future of jazz music by passing it along to younger generations. In keeping with this tradition, the fifth-annual installment features artists that span three generations, including an 11-year-old piano prodigy named Joey Alexander, 89-year-old jazz legend Roy Haynes, and everyone in between.
Date: Septmber 1 - September 30
Time: Varies
Location: Jazz at Lincoln Center's Frederick P. Rose Hall, 5th floor (Broadway/60 St)
Price: $25+
Washington, DC
National Book Festival
Description: This year's festival will feature authors, poets and illustrators in several pavilions well into the evening. Festival-goers can meet and hear firsthand from their favorite poets and authors, get books signed, enjoy special entertainment, and stay up late for special new graphic novel, poetry and film programs.
Date: August 30
Time: 10:00 AM - 10:00 PM
Location: Walter E. Washington Convention Center, 801 Mt Vernon Pl NW, Washington, DC
Price: FREE
DC Blues Festival
Description: Music, workshops, and family fun, are all part of the 26th Annual DC Blues Festvial.
Date: August 30
Time: 12:00 PM - 7:30 PM
Location: Carter Barron Amphitheater, 16th St & Colorando Ave. NW, Washington, DC
Price: FREE
Kennedy Center Page to Stage Festival
Description: Each Labor Day weekend, the Kennedy Center hosts its Page-to-Stage new play festival featuring performances by more than 40 theaters from the Washington DC capital region.
Date: August 30 - September 1
Time: Varies by Date
Location: The Kennedy Center, 2700 F. St. NW, Washington, DC
Price: FREE
Labor Day Capitol Concert
Description: The National Symphony Orchestra celebrates the beginning of its 2014–2015 season with its annual Labor Day Capitol Concert, a tradition since 1979. Conducted this year by the NSO's Principal Pops Conductor Steven Reineke, the featured artists are Emmy Award-winning actress and singer Nicole Parker, and actor and singer Christopher Johnstone.
Date: August 31
Time: Gates open at 3 p.m., open rehearsal at 3:30 p.m., Performance 8:00 PM
Location: US Capitol, West Lawn, 1st St SE, Washington, DC
Price: FREE
Flofest DC
Description: A Music, Wine and Literary Festival featuring live performances by Jazz Great Marcus Johnson, the Rudy Gonzalez Latin Band, Soulful Rock Songstress Beverly McClellan, Brazilian sensation The Donvonte McCoy Latin Jazz Orchestra and much more.
Date: September 1
Time: 12:00 PM - 6:00 PM (Doors Open at 10:00 AM)
Location: Gateway DC at St Elizabeth East, 2700 MLK Jr. Avenue, SE
Price: $45
