Cambridge Arts River Festival 2025

The Cambridge Arts River Festival will be held along the banks of the Charles River in Cambridge, Massachusetts, on Saturday, June 21, 2025, from 11 a.m. - 6 p.m. Free admission. Six Stages of Music, Theater, Dance and Poetry along Memorial Drive, between JFK Street and Western Avenue, curated by Global Arts Live, Liars &amp; Believers, Passim, Cambridge Jazz Foundation, José Mateo Ballet Theatre, The Dance Complex and the City Night Reading Series. Plus a Parade featuring Mermaid Promenade and Celebration of 250 Years of Milestones, Innovations and Firsts. All are welcome to be in the Mermaid Promenade: Come in costume and/or with props to John F. Kennedy Memorial Park at JFK Street and Memorial Drive by 11:10 a.m.&nbsp;<a href="https://www.cambridgema.gov/arts/Programs/riverfestival/Parade">More info for participants</a>. Also Interactive Art-Making; Buskers; International Foods; Arts and Crafts Market;&nbsp;four themed Interactive Photo Booths from EventKore; and A Trike Called Funk offers a day-long, pop-up party on three wheels featuring DJ Nomadik. SCHEDULE (click on stage links for full details) <a href="https://www.cambridgema.gov/arts/Programs/riverfestival/Parade">Parade</a> 11:30 a.m. - Featuring Mermaid Promenade and Celebration of 250 Years of Milestones, Innovations and Firsts. Begins at John F. Kennedy Memorial Park at JFK Street and Memorial Drive, proceeds east along Memorial Drive, traveling through the River Festival, to end at Corporal Burns Park at Memorial Drive and Flagg Street. All are welcome to walk in the Mermaid Promenade, just meet at John F. Kennedy Memorial Park at 11:10 a.m. <a href="https://www.cambridgema.gov/arts/Programs/riverfestival/danceparty">Dance Party</a> A Trike Called Funk &amp; special guest DJ Nomadik host a five-hour, free-flowing and funkified dance party set to sounds ranging from Prince to P-Funk to James Brown. <a href="https://www.cambridgema.gov/arts/Programs/riverfestival/schedulefolkandrootsstage">Folk &amp; Roots Stage</a> Organized by Club Passim 12 p.m. - Cliff Notez 1 p.m. - Almira Ara 2 p.m. - Gabriella Simpkins 3 p.m. - Grace Givertz 4 p.m. - Naomi Westwater 5 p.m. Pamela Means <a href="https://www.cambridgema.gov/arts/Programs/riverfestival/scheduleglobalartslivestage">Global Arts Live Stage</a> Organized by Global Arts Live 12 p.m. – Zafarán. 1:30 p.m. - Maison Électronique 3 p.m. - Balla Kouyaté. 4:30 p.m. - Veronica Robles Female Mariachi Band. <a href="https://www.cambridgema.gov/arts/Programs/riverfestival/dancestage">Interactive Dance Stage</a> Hosted by The Dance Complex and José Mateo Ballet Theatre&nbsp;12:30 p.m. - MetaMovements 1 p.m - Blues Union &amp; Bluesy Tuesday 1:30 p.m. - Off Beat Tap 2 p.m. - Odissi Dance by Priya Bangal 2:30 p.m. - House Dance for All Levels with Sean Bjerke 3 p.m. - Sinha Capoeira 3:30 p.m. - BABYBABYBABY (excerpts), choreographed and directed by Laila J. Franklin 4 p.m. - Janelle Gilchrist Dance Troupe 4:30 p.m. - Afro-Brazilian Dance with Isaura Oliveira 5 p.m. - Drum and Dance Circle <a href="https://www.cambridgema.gov/arts/Programs/riverfestival/schedulejazzstage">Jazz Stage</a> Organized by Cambridge Jazz Foundation 12:30 p.m. - Damon DueWhite and FAZZ (Funky Jazz) 2:30 p.m. - Ron Savage Trio 4:45 pm - LoVeSeXy tribute 2 the music of Prince <a href="https://www.cambridgema.gov/arts/Programs/riverfestival/schedulepoetrystage">Poetry Stage</a> Organized by City Night Reading Series. Hosted by Jean Dany Joachim CD Collins, U-Meleni Mhlaba-Adebo, Bob Whelan, Christophe Charles, Ernst Joachim, Tom Laughlin, Michael Anderson, Dan Watt, Luke Salisbury, Elizabeth Lowney, Mary Shortsleeve, Poet Laureate, Salem, Natasha Labaze, Amy Grunder, Denize Lauture, Gale Batchelder, Denise Provost, Barbara Lewis, Lo Galluccio, Mary Buchinger Bodwell, Taty Hernández Durán, Molly Watt, Philip Nikolayev, Jessica Lucci, Peter Payack, Douglas Holder, Tom Daley, Mario Malivert, Chris Brandt, Fred Brown, Charles Settles, Lynne S Viti, Toni Bee, Heather Nelson. <a href="https://www.cambridgema.gov/arts/Programs/riverfestival/scheduletheaterstage">Theater Stage</a> Organized by Liars and Believers 11 a.m. - Tanya Nixon-Silberg, "I wish I was a Poet." 11:30 a.m. - Charlotte Dore, “ Rachel Skullcap Pirate Puppet Show.” 12:15 p.m. - Sam Webel and Lila Kay, "A Whole Lot of Nothing.” 1 p.m. – Glen Moore, “Clown Café.”&nbsp; 1:30 p.m. - Charlotte Dore, “Rachel Skullcap Pirate Puppet Show” 2 p.m. - Sam Webel and Lila Kay, "A Whole Lot of Nothing.” 2:45 p.m. – Ky, “Lollipop." 3 p.m. - Glen Moore, “Clown Café.” 3:30 p.m. - Valerie Stephens, “Storytelling.” 4:15 p.m. - Ky, “Lollipop.” 5 p.m. - Poornima Kirby, “Shakespeare's Queens.”

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