Our 36th Sheepshearing Festival Returns on Saturday, April 22, 2023!
Advance tickets will be available online soon. Check back here for more information, or subscribe to our email list to be among the first to know when they are on sale!
Experience Gore Place’s celebrated spring event, the Sheepshearing Festival, on Saturday, April 22, 2023, from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. (RAIN OR SHINE). This unique event takes place on one of the last farms in Greater Boston, just nine miles west of the city! Learn more about this year's event here.
Since 1987, this annual festival has entertained guests with music, handmade goods by local crafters and fiber artists, demonstrations of traditional shearing, herding dogs, and historic re-enactors—all on the beautiful grounds of this historic, 50-acre estate.
According to Executive Director and festival organizer Susan Robertson, “We’re proud that the Sheepshearing Festival has become a New England spring tradition for so many. People often tell us that spring doesn’t begin until the Sheepshearing Festival!”
The Festival will feature hands-on activities for children and adults, food vendors, and free satellite parking and shuttle service. General admission is $20 and children 12 and under will be admitted free. Children must be accompanied by an adult. Advance tickets will be available online beginning March 20. No pets allowed.
Gore Place will have a COVID-19 safety plan in place for this festival. Along with complying with all state and local regulations about COVID-19, we will hold all festival activities outdoors or in open-air tents. As the date approaches, we will continue to monitor and update our safety plan. To view our updated COVID-19 safety plan, please visit this page.
Gore Place is at 52 Gore Street, off Route 20 (Main Street) near the Waltham/Watertown line. For details and festival updates, subscribe to our email list!
Gore Place is accredited by the American Alliance of Museums and receives funding from the Mass Cultural Council, a state agency.
