Nights on the Neck
From June to September, celebrate Nights on the Neck on the first Thursday of the month from 5:30 to 9pm. Many galleries host receptions with refreshments. Musicians, dancers, authors, historians and other entertainers give performances and lectures. If you want to perform at Nights on the Neck, please fill out our online request form.
2011 Schedule
Thursday, June 2
- Sailor Stans: musician Kit Cox
- Elynn Kroger Gallery: Musicians,Lisa Landy and Janet Young will be performing on the porch
and Skye Fresh will be demonstrating jewelry-making techniques and selling her wares.
- Alma McLaughlan Gallery: music
- Goetemann Gallery: Maria Grace Furtado, reading from "Love and Murder on Rocky Neck"
- Roving musician: Paco and his concertina
- Location TBA: Harlow and Hoale, musicians
- Location TBA: Rick Droste, guitar
Thursday, July 7
Elynn Kroger Gallery, 15 Rocky Neck Ave
6 - 6:30 pm: Live music: Lisa Landry
6:30 - 8 pm: Janet Young
all evening: Jeweler, Skye Fresh, will demonstrate techniques and sell her wares
Sailor Stan's, 1 Wonson St.
5 - 9 pm: music and dinner
Imagine Gallery, 43 Rocky Neck Ave
7:15 pm: Rick Drost, accoustic guitar player and singer
Goetteman Gallery, 37 Rocky Neck Ave
7:15 pm: Local author Carole St. John ~ Owning the artist within
Rocky Neck Gallery, 53 Rocky Neck Ave
6 - 8 pm: "The Quarrymen" featuring Matt Natti on the Didgeridoo, Eli Natti on Upright bass and Jim Corcoran on the hand drums
Alma McLaughlin Antiques, 77 Rocky Neck Ave
all evening: Paco, Flamenco guitarist and Concertina player
Madfish Wharf,77 Rocky Neck Ave
6-7 pm: Moira Kelly, Traditional Irish Harpist
7-8:30 pm: outdoor concert, Bird Mancini : "A cosmopolitan fusion of blues-tinged rock, Latin-flavored Bossa Nova, country folk balladry, and woolly psychedelia!" Listen: www.birdmancini.com/
Thursday, August 4
Beginning at the Parking Lot ...
Elynn Kroger Gallery, 15 Rocky Neck Ave, 2nd floor
5 - 8 pm: Jeweler, Skye Fresh, a talented jeweler demonstrates her work;
5 - 8 pm: Live music on the deck
Sailor Stan's, 1 Wonson St.
7-8 pm: music and dinner
Sigrid Olsen Gallery, 34 Rocky Neck Ave
6:30 pm: Harlow and Hicks perform
Amy's Coffee and Cones, 39 Rocky Neck Ave
5 - 9pm: Cape Ann Art Guild ~ Teenagers display their work on the deck
In the Driveway, 40 Rocky Neck Ave
The Cape Ann Big Band : 16 piece band!
Imagine Gallery, 43 Rocky Neck Ave
5 - 6pm: Moira Kelley, Traditional Celtic Harp
8 - 9pm: Rick Drost, singer and acoustic guitar
Rocky Neck Gallery, 53 Rocky Neck Ave
6 - 8 pm: "Fax Holiday" Indie Folk Rock
White Bird Gallery, 77 Rocky Neck Ave
On the deck between White Bird and ISLA Beach House
5-8pm: Party!!!
Alma McLaughlin Antiques, 77 Rocky Neck Ave
5-6pm: Paco, Flamenco guitarist and Concertina player
Madfish Wharf,77 Rocky Neck Ave
6-7:30 pm: Deb Hardy and Kerry Mullen (near Wendie Demuth Photography)
7-8:30 pm: outdoor concert, Bird Mancini : "A cosmopolitan fusion of blues-tinged rock, Latin-flavored Bossa Nova, country folk balladry, and woolly psychedelia!" Listen: www.birdmancini.com/ (near Khan Studio)
Schooner Adventure in The Marine Railways
7 - 8:30 pm: Sea Shanty Singers at Schooner Adventure
In the Park Across from Parking Lot (at end of evening) Don't Miss This
8:30 pm: Spiral Glyphics, Fire Performance
Thursday, September 1
- Jesse Christensen creator of The Gooder Life with Dr. Jesse
with live performance by the Boyfriends, Rocky Neck Gallery - More performances TBA
Check out our NOTN photo album of previous Nights on the Neck performances.