Gazebo-Palooza returns with food and music on Sept. 17

The Gazebo-Palooza block party is returning for a second year on September 17, bringing food, music and more to benefit the Small Stones Festival of the Arts.

Sample food from the area’s best restaurants including Bushel ‘N Beck, Grafton Grill & Crust, The Grafton Inn, Pepperoni Express, Post Office Pub, Reunion Table & Tap and Town House Tavern while listening to live performances from local favorites like Josh Briggs and friends including Old Tom & the Lookouts and many more musicians. All food has been donated.

Live from the Town House Tavern’s patio, Briggs emcees the party while music plays all day as people sample food, enjoy a beverage and stroll by the silent auction tables full of items donated by local businesses. The emcee will ask the crowd a Grafton trivia question and the person with the correct answer will win a gift card courtesy of local businesses. The local musical talent showcased are songwriters singing original tunes, bands playing popular music and individual musicians.

Admission to the venue behind the Grafton Town House at One Grafton Commin is $15 per person. Children 10 and under are free with an adult. Soft drinks, wine and locally crafted beer are available for separate purchase. Photograph ID required for wine and beer.

The benefit runs noon-6 p.m. on September 17.

The Small Stones Festival thanks generous sponsors: Gaudette Insurance Agency, Homefield Credit Union, JCSI, Jubilee Chocolate, Pepperoni Express, Roney Funeral Home, Sotheby’s International Realty, Theroux Dentistry Associates, Touchstone Crystal (Katheleen Schaker), Town House Tavern and Yesod Foundation, Inc.

Local businesses donating gift cards and baskets include Ace Ticket, Apple Tree Arts, Art and Frame Emporium, The Bread Guy, Chrysalis On North Main Street Antiques, Grafton Country Store, Darlene’s Barber Shop, Fitzy’s Car Wash, Gastonart and Frame, Houlden Farms, JP Licks, Jubilee Chocolate, Koopman Lumber and Hardware, Pecorino Artisanal Cheeses and Wines, Perrault’s Garden Shop, Quite Fetching Barkery & Pet Boutique, Reunion Table and Tap, Theroux Dental Associates, Touchstone Crystal (Katheleen Schaker), Truth Organic Spa and Wellness Center, Sellershop.com and Wicked Twisted.

The Small Stones Festival of the Arts, a juried fine art painting and photography exhibit accompanied by music and literary programs, juror and artist talks and a marketing lecture for artists runs October 14-23. The exhibit is at the Great Hall, One Grafton Common and programs will be held there as well as the Grafton Public Library and Congregational Church of Grafton. For more information about the Festival, visit https://www.smallstonesfestival.org or contact Ken Crater at ken@graftonarts.org