Harbor Days are just around the corner
A photo of a Harbor Days vendor booth from the 2024 festival. Photo by Brendan Cassidy
Mattapoisett Lions Club members prepare the 2023 fish fry meal. Photo by Sawyer Smook-Pollitt
A photo of a Harbor Days vendor booth from the 2024 festival. Photo by Brendan Cassidy
Mattapoisett Lions Club members prepare the 2023 fish fry meal. Photo by Sawyer Smook-Pollitt
MATTAPOISETT — Get ready for lobster, live music and leisure at this year’s Harbor Days, taking place on Saturday, July 19 and Sunday, July 20 at Shipyard Park in Mattapoisett, with additional events leading up to the weekend.
Approximately 100 vendor booths will be present at this year’s Harbor Days, including Bittersweet Herb Farm, Mattapoisett Bird Works, Mattapoisett Land Trust, Dianne’s Art Farm and Chrissy Ann Ceramics. Musicians and bands will also perform throughout the weekend in the park’s gazebo.
Additionally, attendees can pay $30 for access to Lobster Fest on Saturday and $7 to purchase strawberry shortcakes at the event. There will also be a fish fry on Friday night and pancake breakfast on Sunday.
A silent auction will be hosted at the event on Saturday and features items such as a $200 gift card for the medical spa Heavenly Medical Aesthetics and a private appetizer party for 10 people from Mattapoisett Chef Colby Rottler valued at $700.
Funds raised throughout the weekend will benefit several causes, including the Massachusetts Lions Eye Research Fund, which works toward the prevention and cure of eye-related diseases, scholarships given by the Mattapoisett Lions Club and providing assistance to South Coast residents who need school lunches, clothes and groceries.
“My focus is always to give back to the community,” said Robert Haley, president of the Mattapoisett Lions Club.
Haley emphasized that Harbor Days is considered an “institution” in the town of Mattapoisett, stating that “It’s one of those things that happens during the summer that people look forward to because it’s been around [over] 40 years.
Here is the full event schedule for the weekend:
Thursday, July 17
- Adult paint night: 6 p.m. to 8 p.m.
Friday, July 18
- Fish fry and strawberry shortcake sale: 5 p.m. to 7 p.m.
Saturday, July 19
- Silent Auction, 50/50 Raffle, Craft Fair: 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.
- U Pick ‘Em Auction: 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
- Lions Club Grill and shortcake sale: 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.
- Lobster fest: 5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m.
Sunday, July 20
- Pancake breakfast: 8 a.m. to 11 a.m.
- U Pick ‘Em Auction: 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.
- 50/50 Raffle and Craft Fair: 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.
- Lions Club Grill and shortcake sale: 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.
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