Arts Alive, ArtsFalmouth’s annual celebration of the arts, will be held Friday, June 12, from 5 to 9 PM, Saturday, June 13, from 10 AM to 9 PM, and Sunday, June 14, from 11 AM to 5 PM, with 40 performances under two tents on the Falmouth Library Lawn and one tent at the Peg Noonan Park bandshell, and 75 artisans and craftspeople offering a colorful array of handcrafted items along Shore Street Ext. and in Peg Noonan Park on Saturday and Sunday.
In addition, there will be Artists on the Lawn on Saturday morning (bring your own art materials and join in), community organization information tents on the Library Lawn, and an Art Tent with entertainment and activities for all ages.
“It’s an amazing celebration of the local arts,” said Marilyn Rowland, president of ArtsFalmouth, Inc. “We have at least 300 performers, artists, community group representatives sharing their talents throughout the weekend. Arts Alive contributes to the creative economy, but what it does best, I think, is to increase appreciation of and involvement in the arts, while bringing residents, visitors, artists, and musicians together.”
Arts Alive is free, open to all, and takes place rain or shine. The Arts Alive Schedule is online here.
The festival begins on Friday, with performances by singer/songwriter Dawna Hammers playing original, folk, soft rock, & blues songs at 5 PM, Jazz vocalist Tish Adams and pianist Paul McWilliams with elegant torch songs, high-energy swing, and rip-roarin’ blues at 6 PM, and the Town Dance from 7 to 9 PM with the Cape Cod Moonlighters Big Band playing classic big band orchestra music for dancing and listening.
On Saturday in the Performance Tent, the Familiars of Cape Cod play Americana music Saturday from 10 to 11 AM. Dancers from Turning Pointe Dance Studio perform classical and contemporary choreography from 11:15 AM to 12:15 PM, and the Shining Sea Strummers, a band of many ukuleles and more, plays and sings from 12:30 to 1:30 PM.
Falmouth Theatre Guild will present songs from past and upcoming shows from 1:45 to 2:45 PM, and the award-winning Falmouth High School Jazz Band performs from 3 to 4 PM.
Cognitive Dissonance plays Afro-Cuban and mainstream jazz from 4:15 to 5:15 PM, and Wayside Sound follows from 5:30 to 6:30 PM with Americana blues.
The Saturday Night Town Dance with the Paradise Rock Band, led by Craigo Carlson, provides two hours of nonstop classic rock for dancing from 7 to 9 PM.
Meanwhile, on Saturday in the Music Tent, the Falmouth Chamber Players present a mix of classical and popular songs for strings and piano from 10 to 11 AM, followed by the North River Brass Quintet performing classical and contemporary music from 11:15 to 12:15 PM.
The ZYG 808 entertains from 12:30 to 1:30 PM with his dynamic, genre-crossing Rock-Hop: underground boom bap hip-hop, alternative rock, and punk. From 1:45 to 2:45 PM, the Joe Mongelli Trio offers intimate jazz featuring unique arrangements of American Song Book and jazz classics.
The Sonnay Fiddlers perform Irish tunes from 3 to 4 PM. Flat Rabbit takes over from 4:15 to 5:15 PM, offering danceable blues, rock, jazz, reggae, Latin, country, and swing, and BSIDE closes out the day in the Music Tent with their “Coastal Country” sound, a little bit country, a little bit rock & roll with some blues and folk blended in.
There’s music from singer/songwriters on Saturday In Peg Noonan Park. Theresa Inman sings originals and songs of the ‘70s from 12:30 to 1:30 PM, followed by singer/songwriter and harpist Brynne Santos from 1:30 to 2:30 PM.
From 2:30 to 3:30, Richard Keith performs his own music inspired by the Beatles, Rolling Stones, and Bob Dylan. Maureen Burke performs originals, as well as interpretations of standards, pop songs, show tunes, and Celtic, and traditional folk songs from 3:30 to 4:30 PM.
The Art Tent offers music on Saturday too. Singer/songwriter Kathleen Healy offers a special interactive show for kids and families from 10 to 10:45 AM and again from 11 to 11:45 AM. And multitalented artist Mwalim tells stories, sings and plays guitar from 3 to 4 PM. Marie Younger Blackburn, and her son Chase follow from 4 to 5 PM, with poetry and drumming.
On Sunday in the Performance Tent, 24 members of the 2026 College Light Opera Company present musical theater selections from their upcoming season from 11 AM to noon. The Falmouth Fiddlers follow, from 12:15 to 1:15, performing fiddle tunes and traditional songs.
Puffy Elvis takes the stage from 1:30 to 2:30 PM, offering up their energetic brand of classic and contemporary rock for dancing and listening. Back in Time plays classic rock music from 2:45 to 3:45 PM to keep the dancers moving. The Dan Lawson Band maintains the energy, playing blues-rock with jazz and funk influences.
Sunday in the Music Tent begins with Craigo Carlson, best known as the lead in the Paradise Rock Band, performing an acoustic set from 11 AM to noon. YOUBU follows from 12:30 to 1:30 PM with mostly original rock and roll songs.
Cat’s Melodeon performs authentic Irish music from 1:45 to 2:45 PM, followed by singer/songwriter and finger-pick style guitarist Kim Moberg from 2:45 to 3:45 PM, singing original heartfelt songs of heartbreak and healing. Audio Fossil performs classic rock covers from 4 to 5 PM.
Over in Peg Noonan Park, Neil Ganju plays original music on solo guitar from 12:30 to 1:30. Emiliana Pachano and Bela Ganju, performing as Subsequently Scylla, will open for him with modern cover songs.
Michael Shea performs classic, contemporary, and original country music from 1:30 to 2:30 PM. Happenstance, a quartet, performs from 2:30 to 3:30, playing a blend of rock, country, blues, jazz, and folk music.
The Art Tent offers activities for all ages from 10 AM to 4 PM on Saturday and 11 AM to 5 PM on Sunday.
On Saturday, activities include Songs for Kids with Kathleen Healy, Make a Cape Cod Lighthouse, Handspun Bracelets and American History, Pokeman Planter Painting, Songs and Stories with Mwalim, and Poetry and Drumming with Marie Younger Blackburn and Chase. See schedule below.
On Sunday, the schedule includes Kids Paint Self-Portraits, Zentangle, Handspun Bracelets and American History, Portrait Paining Demonstration with Diana Lee, Weaving, and Make a Father’s Day Keychain.
There will also be art supplies on hand for independent exploration.
Community organizations with information tents on the Library Lawn include Belonging to Each Other, Cape Cod Healthcare, Cape Cod Voters for Animals, the Don and Dottie Smith YMCA, Falmouth Chamber Players Orchestra, Falmouth Chorale, Falmouth Genealogical Society, Falmouth Gun Safety Coalition, Falmouth Public Library, and Foster Mass-DCF (Department of Children and Family Services).
For more information and a complete schedule of events, activities, vendors, and community groups, visit artsfalmouth.org/arts-alive-2026/ or email artsfalmouthinc@gmail.com
ArtsFalmouth, Inc. is supported by grants from the Woods Hole Foundation, the Falmouth Cultural Council, the Mass Cultural Council, the Cape Cod Melody Tent, the Arts Foundation of Cape Cod, the Falmouth Fund of the Cape Cod Foundation, and Leader Bank.
The Art Tent Schedule
Saturday, June 13
10 AM to 10:45 AM: Kathleen Healy, Songs for Kids
11 AM to 11:45 AM: Kathleen Healy, Songs for Kids
Noon to 1 PM: Yael Zakon-Bourke, Make a Cape Cod Lighthouse!
1 PM to 2 PM: Irene Young, Handspun Bracelets and American History
2 PM to 3 PM: William Brown. Pokeman Planter Painting (limit 12)
3 PM to 4 PM: Mwalim: Songs and Stories
4 to 5 PM: Marie Younger Blackburn and Chase, Inclusion: Poetry and Drumming
Sunday, June 14
11 AM to Noon: Diane Precourt, Kids Paint Self-Portraits
Noon to 1 PM: Joanne Briana-Gartner, Zentangle
1 PM to 2 PM: Irene Young, Handspun Bracelets and American History
2 PM to 3 PM: Diana Lee: Portrait Painting Demonstration
3 PM to 4 PM: Laurel Moore, Weaving
4 PM to 5 PM: Marilyn Rowland, Make a Father’s Day Keychain
Notes on The Arts 