Culture Splash on Rocky Neck
Join us in the Rocky Neck Cultural District every Thursday evenings during July and August for free events, art, performances, and so much more!
Free water shuttle service by Cape Ann Harbor Tours from 4-8 pm. Pick up locations at Solomon Landing, St. Peter’s Square, and 51 Rocky Neck Restaurant.
Happenings on Rocky Neck
Here’s what’s happening weekly in and around Rocky Neck Cultural District during Culture Splash 2026.
Art demonstrations at IMAGINE Gallery
Live music at the Accommodations on Rocky Neck and at Moxie Gallery
Cape Ann Art Haven ice cream event on the deck
Check out the events taking place at Rocky Neck Art Colony’s Cultural Center, Cove Gallery, and Salted Cod Arthouse.
Catch this special performance by Karen Ristuben on guitar and vocals, John Hicks on guitar, Steve Yost on bass, and Matt Dudgeon on piano for an evening of sultry jazz, swing, and Americana.
Join Rocky Neck Art Colony at the opening reception for Interconnected on display at the Cove Gallery
Cape Ann Guitar Society presents Kathy O’Neill for an evening of live music at the Cultural Center at Rocky Neck.
Gloucester Writers Center presents a Lecture with Richard Rosenfeld who challenges a centuries-old understanding of where Anglo-American democracy began.
Ann Charters continues her scholarly investigation on some of the major poets in Gloucster’s history.
Cape Ann Plein Air, Cape Ann Art Haven, and Rocky Neck Art Colony are hosting this year’s Paint Out on Rocky Neck! More details to follow.
Michael O’Leary and Gary Dolinksky sing salty songs and fishy ballads - audience participation required or rum ration denied! The Bros will sing, chant, croon and intone a variety of songs of the sea, from tragic to comic and old to new - including originals!
Join Rocky Neck Art Colony for an evening of live music by Knotted Pine, a Boston-area string band bringing toe-tapping, Bluegrass-adjacent Americana to Rocky Neck.
Carlos Menezes Jr. brings the Brass Fed Nation to Rocky Neck for an evening filled with a horn-driven music featuring a unique sound of early jazz, New Orleans funk & soul, Jamaican ska, and so much more!
Come experience the exhibit, meet the artists, and enjoy an afternoon of refreshments and lively conversation at the opening reception of Piece by Piece: The Art of Assemblage.