Exhibitors: Register online here or download the form by clicking here.  View the class and classification descriptions here.

Submit photos of your boat or engine here or by emailing them to Caitlin Playle at caitlinplayle@abm.org.

Marketplace Vendors: Book online now! or download the form by clicking here.

Queen of the River & Best on the River: Boats eligible for these awards have won Best of Show in the last twenty years.

Note: Activities marked with * require pre-registration and/or purchase of tickets

Wednesday, August 3
12:00-5:00 Registration Check-In for Marketplace Vendors Corner of Alexandria & Mary Street

Thursday, August 4
8:30 – 5:00 Registration Check-In for Exhibitors and Vendors Corner of Alexandria & Mary Street
9:00 – 5:00 ABM & Marketplace Open to Visitors
9:00 – 12:00 Lou Smith Library Open for Visitors 2nd Floor Haxall Bldg.
5:30 – 6:30 Welcome Reception for Exhibitors & Vendors Gaffney Porch
6:30 – 8:30 *Sunset Cruise around Grindstone Island for Exhibitors & Vendors Meet in ABM Tent at 6:15

Friday, August 5
9:00 – 5:00 Boat Show Open to Public
9:00 – 12:00 Late Arrivals: Registration Check-In for Exhibitors and Vendors Corner of Alexandria & Mary Street
10:00 Forum: TBD
10:00 *Paddle Painting with John Miller III ($20 members, $25 public) ABM Tent
10:00 – 4:00 *Ride the River departs every 30 mins, purchase tickets at Kiosk
10:00 – 4:00 La Duchesse Open for Walk-Through Tours
11:00 – 2:00 Row a Skiff! Rear of Small Craft Bldg. & Children’s Crafts and Games Kids’ Activity Yard
11:00 Forum: TBD
12:00-4:00 Sailboat Rides Available Rear of Small Craft Bldg.
1:00 – 4:00 Lou Smith Library Open to Visitors 2nd floor Haxall Bldg.
1:00 – 4:00 Don Doebler Collections Storage Facility Open for Visitors 1031 East Line Road
2:00 Forum: Chief Judge Todd Rissberger – Judging Procedures Robert O. Cox Theatre 1st Floor Haxall Bldg.

Saturday, August 6
8:00 Row for Donuts Meet at Skiff Livery, rear of Small Craft Bldg.
8:00 Judges Meeting and Start of Judging Homer L. Dodge Education Center, 2nd Floor Haxall Bldg.
9:00 – 5:00 Boat Show Open to Public
9:00-12:00 *Youth Judging
9:00 – 12:00 Lou Smith Library Open to Visitors 2nd Floor Haxall Bldg.
10:00 Forum: TBD
10:00 – 4:00 *Ride the River departs every 30 mins, purchase tickets at Kiosk
10:00 – 4:00 La Duchesse Open for Walk-Through Tours
11:00 – 2:00 Row a Skiff! Rear of Small Craft Bldg. & Children’s Crafts and Games Kids’ Activity Yard
11:30 – 1:30 Friends of the Museum Luncheon Gaffney Porch
12:00 – 4:00 Sailboat Rides Available Rear of Small Craft Bldg.
1:00 Antique Boat Auction
1:00 – 4:00 Don Doebler Collections Storage Facility Open for Visitors 1031 East Line Road
6:00 – 8:00 *Boat Show Celebration Reception Pre-purchased tickets required, ABM Tent

Sunday, August 7
9:00 – 12:00 Boat Show Open to Public
10:00 *Brunch Pre-purchased tickets required, ABM Tent
10:30 – 11:30 Awards Ceremony ABM Tent, brunch ticket not required to attend
10:00 – 12:00 La Duchesse Open for Walk-Through Tours
10:00 – 12:00 Boat Show Finale Parade along Clayton Waterfront

Show concludes at end of Parade, exhibitors/vendors can pack up & depart, ABM remains open until 5:00

Parking is available at Guardino Elementary, Lions Field, and any available village street parking. We ask you to be considerate of our neighbors when parking on the street and not block driveways and sidewalks. The ABM Community Parking Lot located at Riverside Dr and Jane St behind Watertown Savings Bank is open to current Friends of the Museum only from Thursday, August 5 through Sunday, August 8.  Limited handicap parking is available in front of the Museum.

A FREE shuttle runs during Boat Show (8:30-5:30pm Friday & Saturday, 8:30-1:00pm Sunday) between the Guardino Elementary parking lot (High or Beecher St), ABM, Frink Park on Riverside Dr, the Lions Field parking lot (Webb St), and the Don Doebler Collections Storage Facility (when open).

Visiting the Show by boat?  Visitor docking is not available at ABM’s docks during the Show.  Limited docking is available at the village’s docks at Mary Street Municipal Dock next to the Museum and the Rotary Park Docks on Riverside Dr, and the Clayton Harbor Municipal Marina.  Learn more about the Village docks here and the Municipal Marina here.  All boaters must purchase Admission to the Show in the Mary Street Boat Shop before proceeding into the Show unless they are only visiting the Marketplace which is free.