Swampscott Salutes Summer's End With 3 Big Events

SWAMPSCOTT, MA — It will be a full day of fun events to salute the end of summer and kick-off to fall in Swampscott on Saturday as long as the rain holds out for a few more hours.

Because of the rainout a couple of weeks ago, the annual Swamptoberfest was postponed to this Saturday on the same day as the townwide yard sale and the ReachArts Porchfest.

The townwide yard sale is expected to have 45 households participating townwide with another 20 setting up shop at Linscott Park. The collective yard sale runs from 8 a.m. to noon.

Porchfest will run from noon to 6 p.m. with homes around town hosting bands playing on porches or outdoors. The Chick Chick Food Cart will be set up at Linscott Park and there will be a day of children's activities planned for the gazebo.

The rain date for Swamptoberfest is Saturday night from 6 to 9 p.m. at the Town Hall lawn.

The Swampscott Yacht Club will be hosting a beer garden and there will be a children's inflatable corn maze.

Live music will include Code Blue from 6 to 7:15 p.m. and Lock, Bolt & Key (Grateful Dead tribute band) from 7:45 to 9.

There will also be a stein-holding contest where participants can win a Swamptoberfest beer stein.

Entry to Swamptoberfest is $5 per person with a maximum of $20 per family.

(Scott Souza is a Patch field editor covering Beverly, Danvers, Marblehead, Peabody, Salem and Swampscott. He can be reached at Scott.Souza@Patch.com. X/Twitter: @Scott_Souza.)