Huttleston Marketplace
Saturdays, 10:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.
Lawn of Fairhaven Visitors Center/Fairhaven High School
141 Main Street at Route 6, Fairhaven
Shop for art, crafts, antiques and collectibles, farm produce, locally prepared foods, books by local authors, and more at this outdoor marketplace held every Saturday, rain or shine. Most weeks there should be about 30 or more booths set up. For more information or guidelines and application forms for vendors, visit https://fairhaventours.com/huttleston-marketplace/, call 508-979-4085 or email FairhavenTours@fairhaven-ma.gov.
Tuesdays and Thursdays, 10:00 a.m., June through September
Start outside Town Hall, 40 Center St., Fairhaven
Face covering required to enter public buildings during tour.
A free 75-minute guided walk teaches about the town’s benefactor Henry H. Rogers of the Standard Oil Co. and his gifts of magnificent architecture to Fairhaven. Tour includes visits inside the Town Hall and Millicent Library. Tuesday guide: Bob Foster, Thursday guide: Chris Richard. Weather permitting. No reservations required. For more information, visit https://fairhaventours.com/category/tours/
Thursdays, July 14, 21, 28, 7:00 p.m.
Outside Fairhaven Town Hall, 40 Center St., Fairhaven
Free concerts sponsored by the Fairhaven Improvement Association. Bring a lawn chair or a blanket and enjoy the show. If rainy, the concerts are in the Town Hall auditorium.
Pirates & Privateers Presentation at Fort Phoenix
Fridays, 10:00 a.m., June through September
Start at Fort Phoenix flagpole,
Fort Phoenix, Old Fort Rd., Fairhaven
Hear tales of pirates, Revolutionary War era privateers, and historical Fort Phoenix presented by Greybeard, an 18th century gunner from the privateer sloop Broome, Abigail “Abby” Black, a ship’s doctor, Mr. Church the cook, and Andrew the Powder Monkey. Learn which things you think you know about pirates are myths based on fiction, the difference between pirates and “legal” privateers, and whwether or not real pirates said “arrrgh!” Presentation includes a demonstration firing of a black powder swivel gun. Weather permitting. For more information, visit https://fairhaventours.com/category/tours/
Sundays, 11:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.
151 Alden Road, Fairhaven
This privately operated farmers market will have locally grown edibles, vegetables, fruits, baked goods, meat, herbs, honey, jams, eggs, plants, homemade soaps, fresh squeezed lemonade and much more. It runs every Sunday from June 24 to October 28. Parking is available in the lot of National Bleach, directly next door to the market. For more information, email Allnaturalbeef@comcast.net or visit the Facebook page here: https://www.facebook.com/Fairhaven-Farmers-Market-172437426741689/
