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| | Gore Place
Sheepshearing Festival
Saturday, April 26 from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
(RAIN OR SHINE)
Since 1987, this annual event has delighted visitors with demonstrations of traditional shearing and herding dogs, live music, handmade craft and fiber artists, and historical reenactors on the beautiful grounds of this historic, 50-acre estate. Free satellite parking.
Gore Place members and children ages 12 and under are admitted free (must be accompanied by an adult). No pets allowed. See our website at goreplace.org for details. | Buy tickets |
| | May Bird Walk
Saturday, May 3 from 8 a.m. to 10 a.m.
Spring is here, which means songbirds are back! Grab your binoculars and join an expert guide on a bird walk around the Farm. See, hear, and learn about birds at Gore Place. Try to spot our year-round avian residents as well as those who've recently returned. From flycatchers to hawks, from woodpeckers to warblers, come see which birds are making themselves at home at Gore Place.
All ages are welcome. Free to Gore Place members and Brookline Bird Club members. | Buy tickets |
| | Needle Felting
Saturday, May 3 from 1:00 to 3:00 p.m.
Join us at Gore Place for a new season of traditional skills & crafts workshops for adults and teens.*
We are excited to welcome back Rachel Benson of The Fiber Web to run a class on needle felting. Participants will be guided through the process of making their own felted wool sheep. The workshop will take place at our Farm, so you may even have the chance to work from a live model!
All supplies will be provided. Participants will take home their creations as well as have the option to purchase needle felting supplies to try new projects at home.
Space is limited, so make sure to reserve your spot!
*These workshop is intended for ages 13 and up.
Photo credit: Rachel Benson | Buy tickets |
| | Chamber Pots and Hygiene
Friday, May 23 @ 7:00 p.m.
Join an expert guide for a moonlight tour of the 1806 mansion at Gore Place. You’ll see the graceful Great Stairs, the lovely Oval Withdrawing Room, the Peacock Parlor, the Great Hall, the bedchambers, sitting rooms, and more.
The theme will be “Chamber Pots and Hygiene in the early 19th century,” a quirky but fascinating subject!
The style and quality of the furnishings, the many Boston-built pieces, and the fabulous personal touches make this one of New England’s best historic house tours. | Buy tickets |
| | John Muratore
Wednesday, June 4 @ 7:00 p.m.
Acclaimed guitarist John Muratore will perform music arranged for classical guitar in the beautiful 1793 Carriage House at Gore Place. John regularly appears as a solo recitalist, concerto soloist, and chamber musician. The Boston Globe has called John's playing "...aural iridescence..." and the Boston Musical Intelligencer has called him "one of greater Boston’s most gifted guitar virtuosos."
Parking is free. | Buy tickets |
| | June Bird Walk
Saturday, June 7 from 8 a.m. to 10 a.m.
Summer is on our doorstep, which means new birds arriving up North! Grab your binoculars and join an expert guide on a bird walk around the grounds at Gore Place. See, hear, and learn about birds in our area. Try to spot our year-round avian residents as well as those who've recently returned. From killdeer to cardinals, or maybe even a rare Northern Parula, come see which birds are making themselves at home at Gore Place.
All ages are welcome. Free to Gore Place members and Brookline Bird Club members. | Buy tickets |
| | Mrs. Wilberforce
Wednesday, June 18 @ 7:00 p.m.
The duo of Kyra Davies, fiddle, viola, vocals; and Sean Smith, guitar, bouzouki, tenor banjo, vocals; play music from Ireland, Scotland and Cape Breton – but also further afield, like Shetland, Brittany and Galicia, among other places, bringing out the distinctive qualities of each tune or song for the enjoyment of their audiences.
This program takes place in the Carriage House at Gore Place. Parking is free. | Buy tickets |
| | The World of Robert Roberts
Friday, June 20 @ 7:00 p.m.
In honor of Black History Month, Gore Place will offer an evening tour highlighting the life and activism of Robert Roberts, author of the House Servant’s Directory (1827), Boston-based abolitionist, and onetime butler at Gore Place. The tour also highlights other activists and prominent Black leaders from the Boston area, some of whom worked with Roberts in the fight for equality in early 19th Century America.
Along the way, you will see the beautiful Great Stairs, Peacock Parlor, Library, Withdrawing Room, Bed Chambers and Servant’s Quarters of the impressive 1806 mansion. Admission is free, but space is limited. | Buy tickets |
| | Needle Felt Painting
Saturday, June 21 from 1:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m.
Gore Place is excited to once again welcome Rachel Benson from The Fiber Web to run a needle felting class at the Farm. Join us on Saturday, June 21, to create a beautiful felt painting of a landscape at sunset.
No experience necessary! Rachel will guide you step-by-step through the process. You will be blown away by what you create!
All supplies will be provided. Participants will take home their felt painting as well as have the option to purchase needle felting supplies to try new projects at home.
Space is limited, so make sure to reserve your spot!
*This workshop is intended for ages 13 and up.
Photo credit: Rachel Benson | Buy tickets |
| | Puppet Show Picnic
Thursday, June 26, starting at 5:00 p.m.
Celebrate the start of summer with dinner and a show at Gore Place – a picnic dinner and a puppet show, that is! Join us for the fantastic and free fun family event!
The Watertown Bookmobile will be on site from 5:00-7:00 p.m., Good News Gus and his puppet pals will perform “The Caboose is Loose” starting at 5:45 p.m., and following the show Kal’s Ice Cream Truck will be selling ice cream until 7:15pm.
The Puppet Show Picnic is FREE to attend. And the first 40 registrants will receive a ticket for a FREE ice cream! (Ice creams will be $5 after that.) Guests are responsible for bringing their own picnic blanket and dinner.
We hope your family will join us for a fun filled evening of books, puppets, and ice cream!
The Puppet Show Picnic will be held at the Gore Place Farm. Please come to our 249 Waltham St, Watertown entrance.
Advanced registration is appreciated. | Buy tickets |