3:30 p.m.  Official Welcoming Ceremony – New London Waterfront Park

7:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m. Festival Kick-Off- Live Music by Unanchored – Come meet the Captains and Crews City Dock Restaurant/Oyster Bar, Customs House Pier

10:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.
Ships/Fishing vessels available for tours. Includes U.S. Coast Guard vessels, U.S. Navy boats, US Merchant Marines Kingspointer , Replica of Dutch Explorer Adriaen Block’s Onrust, Top Sail Schooner Amistad, local fishing vessel (40′) and more.

10:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m. Booths/Activities on the Waterfront
Includes Coast Guard Auxiliary Exhibits, Children’s Activities, Vendors

10:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.
New London Maritime Society Custom House Museum
150 Bank Street, New London

10:00 a.m. – 9:00 p.m. Food Trucks

10:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. Mystic Seaport Sailor Skills Stations – Build a toy boat! – Children and adults alike can try their hand at building their very own toy boat souvenir. Ropemaking – Visitors will have a chance to make rope using a replica of a traditional 19th century ropejack and learn about the importance of rope manufacturing in New England for the maritime world. Knot-tying and lanyards – Visitors will have the opportunity to learn how to tie a variety of common knots used on land and at sea, such as a square knot, bowline, and clove hitch, and make their own lanyards to take home.

10:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m. Kids Events hosted by New London Youth Affairs, Niantic Children’s Museum and Mystic Seaport’s Education Program New London Waterfront Park

10:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m. On-water Sailing Opportunities  – New England Science and Sailing – City Pier

10:00 a.m.- 4:00 p.m. Project Oceanology Touch Tank City Pier

11:00 a.m.- 2:00 p.m. Steve Elci and Friends- Children Music Performance Saturday, September 10th at 11 am
Steve Elci writes and performs world-class music for kids – up there with Raffi, Laurie Berkner, Trout Fishing in America, Dan Zanes and They Might Be Giants. “Imagination Nation.” The lyrics and images are as evocative as they are educational and, as Mom and Dad will quickly learn, the tunes are so buoyantly hooky that they appeal just as much to the older folks as the youngsters.” – Rick Koster The Day Paper, CT

11:00 a.m.- 5:00 p.m. Water Taxi available to Fort Trumbull for USCG Eagle Tours

1:00 p.m. U.S. Coast Guard SAR (Search and Rescue) Demonstration with Helicopter at NL Waterfront (pending operational needs)

2:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m. Mermaids and Sea Monsters Parade Bank Street to City Pier

2:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m. Beer Trucks/Tents NL Waterfront Park

3:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m. Color of Rhythm, Entertainment Tent

4:30 p.m. – 6:00 p.m. Sea Shanties with Marc Bernier

7:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m. Live Music by The Hoolios Entertainment Tent

7:30 p.m. Flock Theater “March of the Traitor” begins at Shaw Mansion to NL Waterfront

8:00 p.m. – 8:15 p.m. “Burning of Benedict Arnold in Effigy” – Flock Theater arrives at City Pier, burning done at Children’s Discovery Pier

8:30 a.m. – 9:45 a.m. Memorial 9/11 Commemoration Ceremony led by U.S. Navy and U.S. Coast Guard

10:00 a.m. –  1:00 p.m. Maritime Skills Challenge Events, Navy vs. USCG Teams

11:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m. Ships and Fishing vessels available for tours NL Waterfront Park,
Booths/Activities on the NL Waterfront, Water Taxi available to Fort Trumbull; buses

11:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m. Kids Events (hosted by New London Youth Affairs and Niantic  Children’s Museum)  NL Waterfront Park

11:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. Creative Dance with L’ana Burton- Children’s Interactive creative dance –Sunday, September 11th at 11 am L’Ana is a leading Dance Artist in Residence for The State of Connecticut, offering in-school programs which integrate DANCE into curricula areas. She is a member of The HOTS (Higher Order of Thinking) team of artists that uses ARTS INTEGRATION across the curriculum in public schools throughout the state. She has taught in over 50 public elementary schools over the last ten years.

11:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m. Project Oceanology Touch Tank

11:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m. DEEP Fisheries Division Family Fishing Clinic with tons of fishing related giveaways! New London Fishing Pier

11:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. Water Taxi available to Fort Trumbull for USCG Eagle Tours

11:30 a.m. – 5:00p.m. Food Trucks/Vendor Booths NL Waterfront Park

12:00 p.m. – 1:00 p.m. Sgott MacKenzie is a multi-disciplinarian. Enjoying being a drummer, painter, lifeguard, blacksmith, sound engineer, writer and illustrator. The Giant Squid and the Seagull drew inspiration from his unborn child, as well as a second book in the series when they turned 5, called The Giant Squid and the Seagull meet Leviathan. Sgott had the pleasure to work with New London first graders to create a companion piece called Still Dreaming based on the same characters further adventures. Sgott is currently working on his third children’s book entitled That Book Was Silly. Reading Tent

12:30 p.m. – 5:00 p.m. Beer truck/tents

12:30 p.m.- 5:00 p.m. New London Maritime Society Custom House Museum 150 Bank St

2:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m. Lighthouse Puppet Show by Arm of the Sea Theater, Hygienic Art Park

1:00 p.m. – 2:00 p.m. Live Music by the Franklin Brothers Entertainment Tent

3:00 p.m. – 5:00p.m. Live Music by Darik and the Funbags Entertainment Tent

3:30 p.m. New London Maritime Society uses water taxi to bring up to 30 passengers to Ledge Light. The $5 tickets for NL school children & parents. See Thames River Water Taxi for more information.