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| Location | Wareham | ||
| Dates | October 06, 2018 - October 07, 2018 | ||
| Description: | Join us Columbus weekend and help us CELEBRATE a New England tradition and see the beauty of the cranberry harvest during our old-fashioned family festival! This year's Celebration will be held on October 6 & 7, 2018. The Cranberry Harvest Celebration is a great way to see and learn about the picturesque cranberry harvest while enjoying some old fashioned family fun. Watch as we harvest the crimson berries continuously each day. Visitors to the Harvest Celebration, which is co-sponsored by the Cape Cod Cranberry Growers' and Ocean Spray, are treated to demonstrations of the wet cranberry harvest, cooking demonstrations, an enormous tent full of juried crafters, paddleboat rides on scenic Tihonet Pond, food vendors, music, and more. Admission is $10, $5 for seniors and military, and children under 7 are admitted free. Admission includes continuous viewing of our wet harvest operations, animal demonstrations, live music, cooking demonstrations, and many children's activities. Some activities have fees and others are available by donation to the non-profit organizations that offer them. A portion of the admission fees go to local nonprofit organizations that help staff the event and to local food pantries. Parking and shuttle transportation are free. With the exception of service animals, pets and other animals are not allowed. | ||
| Contact name | Sign Up To Be A Member | ||
| Phone | Sign Up To Be A Member | ||
| Event Website | Sign Up To Be A Member | ||
| Show hours | 10-4 | ||
| Application Deadline | 2018-07-31 | ||
| Public Admission Price | $10 per person, $5 seniors & military, under 7 free | ||
| Attendance | 20k-32k | ||
| Year # | 15 | ||
| Entertainment | There will be live entertainment all day long in the village and on the bogs. This includes a live birds of prey demonstration! | ||
| Activities | Visit educational and historical displays, view the spectacular landscape and harvest by taking a helicopter ride, enjoy live cooking demonstrations by some of the area's finest chefs and culinary professionals, shop the marketplace with over 40 juried exhibitors from around the region, listen to local musicians, and peruse the farmers\' market and food concession areas for the best fare around. Returning this year, you can put on a pair of waders and stand in a bog full of cranberries!Children's activities include pony, paddle boat, train, live entertainment, wagon rides and much more. | ||
| Art/Craft Space price | $75-$325 depending on vendor type | ||
| Response deadline | 2018-07-31 | ||
| Maps and Directions (from Google Maps) | |||
| The Cranberry Harvest Celebration is located at 158 Tihonet Road, Wareham, MA 02571. As you approach the event, watch the event parking signs as multiple lots are used for parking. Shuttle buses are used to transport all guests from the parking areas to the event entrance. Tihonet Road is conveniently located near the intersection of Routes 495/25/195. Note: Parking may be available at Rosebrook Business Park. Watch for signs as you get off the highway. FROM THE WEST: Take I-195 to Exit 21, Wareham/Route 28. Take Route 28 south for about .8 miles. Take a left onto Tihonet Road (opposite the Mill Pond Diner) and follow the signs for parking. Without traffic, our parking area is about six minutes from I-195. FROM THE CAPE: Take the Bourne Bridge to Route 25/28. Take Exit 2 (Glen Charlie Road) and bear right to get on Route 28 north. Take a right onto Tihonet Road and follow the signs for parking. Without traffic, our parking area is about 18 minutes from the rotary in front of the Bourne state police barracks. FROM THE NORTH (regular route): Take I-495 south to Exit 1 (I-195). Take the first exit (21) and turn left at the end of the ramp onto Route 28 South. Without traffic, our parking area is about eight minutes from I-495. FROM THE NORTH (scenic and possibly less congested route): Take I-495 south to Exit 2 (Route 58, Carver). Take a left at the end of the ramp onto Route 58. Continue straight on Tremont Street where Route 58 bears to the left towards Edaville and King Richard\'s Faire. Turn right onto Cranberry Road, and right onto Federal Road. Watch for parking signs. Without traffic, we\'re about 15 minutes from Exit 2 on I-495. FROM PLYMOUTH AND SOUTH SHORE: Take Route 3 South to Exit 6B (Samoset Street). Turn left onto Seven Hills Road, and slight right onto Federal Furnace Road. Continue straight for about 6.5 miles, into Carver, then turn left onto Cranberry Road, and right onto Federal Road. Without traffic, we\'re about 25 minutes from Route 3. | |||
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