Thousands flocked to Shipyard Park for the annual Harbor Days festival where residents and visitors had no shortage of events to choose from.

"It's so warm and friendly," said Sheila Dorgan of Mattapoisett, who looks forward to the event every year. "You get to see neighbors and people you don't normally see."

On Saturday and Sunday, residents took in the sights and sounds of the festival that included free concerts and other events.

In addition to the multitude of crafters and vendors who were set up all weekend, the Lions Club also gave attendees the chance to see musical performances by the Showstoppers as well as a viewing of the World Series trophy that was taken home by the Boston Red Sox last year.

As always, the goods available from vendors ranged from traditional to offbeat, with some fitting into both categories.

"I have odd things and beautiful things," said Pam Levine of Surf N' Turf, a seashell booth dealing in nautical objects and oddities.

"Everything is real!" said Levine as she gestured toward some of her more exotic items, such as rare coral, blowfish and other creatures of the deep on display in her booth.

Elsewhere, a casual observer might have believed that live birds were roosting in the Mattapoisett Bird Works tent.

Mike McCarthy carves a wide variety of shorebirds, seabirds, and wading birds from wood into lifelike representations of the real thing. McCarthy said the great blue heron is his favorite bird to carve. In fact, he was working on one as the festival buzzed on around him.

"It's probably the most fun to make out of all of them," he said.

Another artisan, Hoyt Hottel has been coming to Harbor Days for the past 28 years.

"I think this area, this community, just really appreciates art," said Hottel of Hand Blown Glass Incorporated.

Hottel, who also owns the surf and snowboard shop Xtremely Board in Dartmouth, said he has always been into art and painting.

His booth sold everything from the aforementioned hand-blown glass to paintings to handpainted surfboards, one of which he was in the middle of painting during Sunday's event.

"I love the paintings and the artwork, " said Pamela Lafreniere of Mattapoisett, who has been coming to the festival for years.

And what keeps someone like Lafreniere coming back to Harbor Days year after year?

"The feeling of community," she said.