Description
Join us for the Cambridge Arts River Festival 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 & Believers, Passim, Cambridge Jazz Foundation, José Mateo Ballet Theatre, The Dance Complex and the City Night Reading Series.
Plus Mermaid Promenade; Celebration of 250 Years of Milestones, Innovations and Firsts; Interactive Art-Making; Buskers; International Foods; Arts and Crafts Market.
Cambridge Arts is not accepting submissions for performers for the 2025 festival.
The annual festival began in the early 1970s. The 2024 Cambridge Arts River Festival was held on the banks of the Charles River on June 15, along Memorial Drive, between JFK Street and Western Avenue. The 2024 festival offered six stages of music, theater, dance and poetry; the Mermaid Promenade; interactive art-making; buskers; international foods; and an arts and crafts market. Cambridge Arts previously adapted the event for the covid pandemic, with virtual Stream Festivals in 2020 and 2021 and the Ripple Festival in 2022, a series of smaller in-person performances and arts markets rippling out into Cambridge neighborhoods in the spirit of the River Festival. During 2023 the River Festival was not held, as the pandemic continued to provide challenges for the long-term planning and fund-raising required to produce the showcase of food, arts, crafts, immersive art experiences and multiple stages of live music, dance, poetry and theater.