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2026 Sheepshearing Festival at Gore Place is Around the Corner, See Details

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Gore PlaceAfter a two-year hiatus, the Sheepshearing Festival returns in-person at Gore Place on April 23. Gore Place’s biggest event of the year, the Sheepshearing Festival, will take place on Saturday, April 25, 2026, from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Rain or shine. See more information provided by Gore Place, below. The 39th Annual Sheepshearing Festival is right around the corner! Explore 100+ craft and fiber art vendors, enjoy live music, see dancing and circus performances, visit 10+ food vendors, and of course attend the traditional sheepshearing and herding dog demonstrations. In our activity tent, watch spinning and weaving demos and participate in family-friendly crafts.

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Winter Showcase in Final Week at TILL Wave Art Gallery, See Some of the Paintings

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“Pork Chop” by Valeria H. Huyke is part of the Winter Showcase at TILL Wave Art Gallery. The 2026 Winter Showcase at TILL Wave Art Gallery is on display through April 19, and includes the work of Valeria H. Huyke. The exhibit includes the paintings “Pork Chop” and “Hija” by Huyke, a Puerto Rican artist from Mansfield. Her pieces have been part of exhibitions in Watertown, including at TILL Wave. Valeria H. Huyke’s “Hija.”

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COMIC: See Why Small Saves Has Taken Up Journaling

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James DeMarco grew up in Watertown and became a goaltender at age 5. It’s his life’s passion to stand between the pipes and keep the puck out of the net. Combining this with the love of cartooning Small Saves emerged in 1991 and took on a life of his own. “To play goal – then come home and draw Small Saves — is my ideal definition of a good day.”

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Artwork by Watertown Students Going on Display at City Hall

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Young artists from the Watertown Public Schools will have their works shown at City Hall in the last half of April. A reception is planned on the first evening of the exhibit. See more information in the announcement form the Watertown Public Schools, below. Come view all the excellent artwork from our K-12 students at the Watertown Public Schools Art Show! The art will be on display from April 15-30th at Watertown City Hall.

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Watertown Musicians Part of Ensemble Performing in Waltham

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The upcoming performance by Dinosaur Annex Music Ensemble includes Sue-Ellen Hershman Tcherepnin on flute and the artistic director is Hubert Ho, both from Watertown. See more information about the concert in the announcement provided the group. Dinosaur Annex Music Ensemble continues its 51st season with a concert in Waltham, MA, with music focused on mind, body, and environment, as the ensemble continues to explore a new era of passionately bringing cutting-edge music of living composers to a diverse public. The concert is centered around Luke Blackburn’s Menagerie of Spectacular Creatures: Insecta, a nearly 30-minute multi-movement collection. Blackburn engages in a practice of “docu-composition”, loosely following the model Camille Saint-Saens provides in Le carnaval des animaux, for insects!

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WEEKEND FUN: MusicFest, Theater, Yard Art, Screenless Project, Sensory Friendly Movie Screening

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Let’s all start this weekend by going to the MusicFest on Friday evening. It’s the 13th annual gathering of Watertown musicians, both professional, adult and child performances. If you are not in a musical frame of mind, check out “The Mushroom Cure” at the Mosesian Center for the Arts. On Friday and Saturday evenings, this one-man show performed by Adam Strauss is about Michael Pollen’s exploration of psychedelics. It is going to be filmed live to be part of a future feature film.

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Watertown Gallery’s Yard Art Exhibit Features Several Artists

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From April 4-25, Watertown art gallery Storefront Art Projects is hosting Yard Art 2026, and attendees of the opening reception enjoyed art as well as a musical performance. The gallery hosted a reception on April 4, which included a performance from the Brass Band from New England Conservatory. Gallery director Ellen Wineberg said the musical accompaniment was an unplanned addition to the reception. “Paul Cary Goldberg who is in the show and lives in Gloucester was in his early morning Caffe Sicilia when the whole band walked in,” Wineberg said. “They had been scheduled to give a concert in Rockport, but there was a roof leak at the venue and it was cancelled.

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Watertown Business Coalition & Cultural District Announce Art Pop-Ups on Merchants Row

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The following announcement was provided by the Watertown Business Coalition:

The Watertown Business Coalition (WBC), in partnership with the Watertown Cultural District, the City of Watertown, and the Watertown Arts Market, is proud to announce Art Pop-Ups on Merchants Row, a vibrant series of three intimate outdoor markets designed to showcase the city’s creative economy. The series serves as a high-visibility platform for local creators and a “teaser” leading up to the city’s premier summer event: the Watertown Arts Market on Saturday, August 8, 2026. The Series at a Glance

Located off of Main Street in the heart of Watertown Square, each pop-up is designed to be an intimate experience, featuring just nine visual artists and two acoustic performers. This curated approach ensures prime visibility for every participant and a boutique shopping experience for attendees. Event Dates (3:00 PM – 7:00 PM):

Saturday, July 11

Saturday, July 25

Saturday, August 1

Call for Artists & Performers

The Art Pop Ups team is seeking a diverse array of Watertown-based artists across all mediums to display and sell their work.