Rather than a one-day event, the 2026 Gloucester Student Arts Festival spans an entire season!
This spring the Gloucester Education Foundation, Gloucester Public Schools, and our partners invite you to celebrate the creativity of Gloucester students from preschool through high school.
Throughout April, May and June you’ll find concerts, musicals, art exhibitions, and showcases in our schools and across Gloucester. They highlight the depth and diversity of the arts at every grade level. Use this calendar as your guide to the season’s events, and enjoy the talent + creativity of our student artists this spring!
GHS Theater Program’s Rock of Ages
Gloucester High School Drama Club presents: “Rock of Ages”!
GHS National Arts Honors Society Show at Cove Gallery
The GHS National Arts Honors Society hosts a gallery show at Rocky Neck’s Cove Gallery
Alexandra Grace Music Studio’s Student Showcase featuring O’Maley Middle School Musicians
Alexandra Grace Music Studio highlights four O’Maley student musicians in this showcase at MAGMA
Plum Cove Elementary School Spring Musical: “Beauty and the Beast”
Check out Plum Cove’s 4th and 5th graders as they present this “tale as old as time”!
O’Maley Middle School Band and Chorus Spring Concert
Celebrate O’Maley’s robust music program at their annual spring concert, featuring band and chorus!
Endicott Jazz Fest featuring the GHS Jazz Band
Swing into the 10th Annual Intercollegiate Jazz Festival—hosted by Endicott Jazz Band with guest bands from the region, including Gloucester High School!
Teen Room Art Project (TRAP) at Sawyer Free Library
Teen and tween artists, makers, and dreamers, this is your chance to make your mark!
Watercolor Mountain Painting Workshop
A fun, free vacation week art workshop for GPS students in grades 6-12 put on by the Sawyer Free Library
Find Your Joy Poetry Workshop with Co-Poet Laureate Heidi Wakeman
Free poetry workshop for tweens and teens with Gloucester’s Co-Poet Laureate Heidi Wakeman
Earth Day Recycling Festival with Brassfed Nation and Art Haven
The City of Gloucester hosts a citywide recycling day, with music from Brassfed Nation and art-making with Cape Ann Art Haven
Gloucester High School Jazz Band Concert
Come see GHS’s terrific Jazz Band perform in a beautiful seaside performance hall!
GPS PK-5 Visual Arts Exhibition at Sawyer Free Library
GPS student artists in grades PK-5 will display their work at the newly-renovated Sawyer Free Library
From the Deep: A Downtown Gloucester Art Party
This new downtown art party will feature a pop-up thrift shop from GHS students and family-friendly art activities from Cape Ann Art Haven
Gloucester High School Chorus Spring Concert feat. O’Maley Chorus
Hear the GHS and O’Maley choruses perform on the gorgeous Shalin Liu stage
O’Maley Academy Drama Club Spring Showcase
Come support GPS middle school performing arts at this fundraiser showcase for O’Maley Academy, GPS’s wonderful FREE afterschool and summer program
Spring into the Arts Reception
A special Spring into the Arts reception at the Sawyer Free Library, hosted by GPS, GEF, and the library
O’Maley + GHS Visual Arts Exhibition at Sawyer Free Library
Come see exemplary O’Maley and GHS student artwork - painting, drawing, photography, printmaking, collage, ceramics, and more - in this two week exhibition.
Rockport Music Youth Spotlight concert featuring GHS students at Shalin Liu Performance Center
At this Rockport Music showcase Gloucester High School students will perform their original songs written about the Schooner Ardelle and the Fisherman’s Memorial
8th Grade Moving On Show at The Cut
Don’t miss O’Maley’s annual 8th grade moving on show at The Cut - it’ll be a packed house!
Dungeons & Dragons Painting with Pop Up Art School
Love playing D&D? How about PAINTING D&D?!?
Elementary and O’Maley Band concert at O’Maley Middle School
Come bop to the beats of our 4th and 5th grade bands - with guest stars, the O’Maley band!
Gloucester High School Graduation featuring GHS Band and Chorus
Say goodbye and good luck to the Class of 2026 at Newell Stadium during commencement, which will feature performances by the GHS band and chorus.
Ribbon-Cutting: O'Maley Fish Sculpture, Phase 2
Artist Tim Mears and his collaborator - O’Maley students! - unveil the newest phase of their ongoing fish sculpture installation.
Cape Ann Museum Grades 2, 6, and 8 Student Exhibitions
Cape Ann Museum’s annual exhibitions of student artwork return to CAM Green and the newly-renovated downtown museum!