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Strawbery Banke Museum's beloved Candlelight Stroll is a timed-entry holiday experience across three weekends in December 2026: December 4-6, 11-13, and 18-20. Wander the museum's historic 10-acre waterfront neighborhood illuminated by candlelight and hundreds of luminaria, with costumed role players, live music, colonial crafts, and demonstrations spanning 300+ years of Portsmouth history. Arrival times are Fridays at 6 PM, Saturdays at 4:30 PM and 5:30 PM, and Sundays at 2 PM and 3 PM.
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A porchfest is a free, one-day music festival where the stages are people's front porches — no gate, no ticket, no fenced venue. Here is how the format works, what to bring, where the idea came from, and every porchfest still ahead on our Massachusetts calendar this season.
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