To the editor:
The Marblehead Festival of Arts Performing Arts Committee would like to thank the many people and community members that helped us present Performing Arts Concerts @ Crocker Park during our historic 60th Festival of Arts Concerts @ Crocker Park. As always, our lineup required an incredible amount of assistance, and we’d like to acknowledge the tremendous support received this year.
Thanks to all of the performers who were great to work with and really gave us their all for these tremendous shows! To the festival volunteers who always enthusiastically do their part, specifically: The sound and lights crew, without whom we could not do the gig, including Matt Furman, Tyson Miller, Claude Richardson, Todd Rocco, Cory Monahan, Alex Burke, Eva Burke, Lawrence Habin, Jacob Szalawicz, Eric Shaeffer, Stephanie Haller, Ken Steadman, Ben LeBrecqe, Abby Wheeler and Joey Smith plus our in-house pros Brody Pazol, Amber Wilson and Patrick Gilbert from Canvas Audio Entertainment for making it all look and sound so good! To our Internship Program coordinator, John Krivit and our amazing 2026 student interns, continuing the 26-year tradition of education, very hard work and lots of laughs!
Special thanks to Michael Dynice & WRG for wonderful lighting design!
Our deepest gratitude goes to the following local restaurants for their donations to feed our performers. As always, we invite you to visit these giving members of our community and when you do, thank them for their donations to this year’s festival: The Landing (Rob), Three Cod Tavern (Chip), Evan’s Deli (Evan), Marblehead House of Pizza (Tom), Manhattan Sandwich Shoppe (Mike & Kaitlin), Spitfire Tacos (Ryan & Kathleen), Café Vesuvius (Kegrin), Amore Kitchen (Enrique) and The Beacon (Johnny & Edgar).
Thanks also to Ralph Khouri for gracing our stage with the beautiful Oriental rug!
Thanks to the Select Board and staff for their support, and to town officials for providing access to historic Crocker Park, one of the most beautiful concert venues in the world! Thanks also to retiring Peter James and the Rec & Parks Department for helping us keep the park clean and safe. Thanks also to Rick Macomber of Macomber Electricians for his annual efforts to keep the “juice” flowing. Thanks to this years’ festival president Cynda Rohmer, Bill Smalley, Joe Tavano, Treasurer Kathy Hemple and 2026 Arts Festival Board of Directors, along with so many others for supporting our efforts.
Thanks to the Crocker Park neighbors and Mariner’s Lane Association. Hope your weekend was a great one. Thank you, thank you!
Finally, thank you to our beloved town of Marblehead and our incredible community for the forum to entertain and for being there to enjoy it all. It is so gratifying to see neighbors all together and to hear such positive feedback! It’s worth every minute of the time we put in to provide incredible performances to such a supportive audience!
We are already working on our 61st festival and invite YOU to be part of the fun. Simply visit marbleheadfestival.org to join us or visit the restival Facebook page for the latest updates and to post/share your festival photos!
How lucky are we to share this great gift of performing arts with all of you? We never take it or your support for granted. A final thanks goes to you all!
Brian Wheeler
MFoA Performing Arts chairperson/producer Concerts @ Crocker Park
