Hi Dan, there's the Bread & Roses fest. this weekend in Lowell, Mass. I couldn't find much on it but Bill Staines & Skip Gorman are two that'll be there. There's an Irish fest in Newport this weekend here's a site with info.
http://www.newportfestivals.com/irishent.htm
There's the Gloucester Schooner Fest. also this weekend here a tel#978-283-1601. There are sessions at Mon. the Green Briar in Brighton, I think Shay runs a Fri. eve. session at the Druid in Somerville (better check on that), the Burren in Somerville has a session every night, what should be a nice singing session on Sun 5:00 - 7:30 ? at the Blackthorn Tavern in S. Easton ( 508-238-9017) you may know Briddy Fitzgerald who's running it, great singer from the rocks outside of Spiddle(sp?). I'll be trying to rebuild my porch but I'll e-mail my # in the hopes that we can cross. Barry