Good Morning Gloucester

JANUARY 5, 2026 ~ THE CUT LIVE

Thursday we have reggae LEGEND Luciano Messenjah up on The Cut stage for the first time! Soul Rebel Project will be opening and there are still some tickets available. Don’t miss this opportunity!! Doors are at 8pm. Show at 8:30pm. 

Friday we will have Joe Wilkins & Friends performing live in the restaurant from 7pm-9pm. No cover. Just come hang, grab a drink and some Detroit style pizza, and enjoy the neighborhood bar vibes!

Saturday it’s Tantric with support from Charing Cross up on The Cut stage. Both bands are new to The Cut, but tickets are going FAST. Grab yours while there are still some left. This show is part of answering the call for “harder” bands. If you’ve been hounding us for an opportunity to headbang, jump around and really ROCK, this is it. Doors are at 7pm. Show at 8pm. 

Plus we are throwing it down with DJ Vito & Friends in the restaurant from 9 to close! DJ Vito Ferrara & Friends will be with us every Saturday night. No cover. Follow us on social media for guest DJ updates!

Sunday we’ll have all the NFL wild card playoff games on in the restaurant. The Pats play at 8pm. You still have a chance to enter to win a VIP Super Bowl Party experience in the venue for you and your crew. All you have to do it watch a game at The Cut. 

BRAVO² will be serving their killer Detroit Style pizzas along with a full menu of other delicious salads, sides, and mains starting Thursday at 5pm. Come on by and check them out! 
Their winter hours are: 
Wed 5pm – 9pm
Thu 5pm – 9pm
Fri 5pm – 10pm
Sat 5pm – 10pm
Sun 12pm – 9pm
Closed Mon & Tue

LUCIANO MESSENJAH & SRP TICKETS

TANTRIC & CHARING CROSS TICKETS

BRAVO² IS OPEN AT NOON ON SUNDAY! COME WATCH FOOTBALL WITH US!! We have NFL Sunday Ticket and we’re the only bar in town that has enough TVs to show ALL the games. You can also scan in each game day for a chance to win a VIP Super Bowl Party Experience! We’ll be hosting the best Super Bowl Party on the North Shore back in the venue!!

Our 2026 The Cut Memberships are now on sale. Sign up for exclusive presales, perks and privileges!

GET MEMBERSHIP DETAILS HERE

HOURS: 
MON CLOSED, TUE CLOSED, WED 5PM, THU 5PM, FRI 5PM, SAT 5PM, SUN 12PM

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Sharing exciting news from Machaca on Rogers St. $3 Bar Bites Tuesday-Sunday from 4:30-5:30 with purchase of cocktail or margarita at the bar.

JANUARY 1, 2026 ~ SAWYER FREE LIBRARY

Please join the Sawyer Free Library on Thursday evening, January 8, from 5:30 to 6:30 pm for a conversation with Peter Swanson, acclaimed local author of Kill Your Darlings, The Kind Worth Killing, Eight Perfect Murders, and more. The talk will be followed by a Q&A session and an opportunity for book signings. Copies of Peter’s books will be available for purchase at the event courtesy of The Bookstore of Gloucester.

The event will take place in the Sawyer Free Library’s Community Room, located on the ground floor at 2 Dale Avenue. To register visit sawyerfreelibrary.org.

Peter Swanson is a Sunday Times and New York Times bestselling author of eleven novels, including The Kind Worth Killing, winner of the New England Society Book Award and a finalist for the CWA Ian Fleming Steel Dagger, and Her Every Fear, an NPR Book of the Year. His work has been translated into more than 30 languages, and his stories, poetry, and features have appeared in Asimov’s Science Fiction, The Atlantic, Measure, The Guardian, The Strand Magazine, and Yankee Magazine.

In his latest novel, The Kind Worth Saving, Swanson revisits characters from The Kind Worth Killing, as a private investigator follows a possibly adulterous husband—only to discover that the twisted trail leads back to the woman who hired him.

A graduate of Trinity College, the University of Massachusetts Amherst, and Emerson College, Swanson lives in Gloucester with his wife.

Here is some of what was happening (mostly outdoors) during the Holiday Season.

Tenacious…

A great visit Gloucester high school students.

Thank you for a warm write up.

Link to article

The concert page is at https://oldslooppresents.org/performance/the-rough-tumble-2025. A video of The two duos together performing performing Mallory Graham’s song “Farther Grasses” (Mallory is half of The Rough & Tumble)

This photo of the inner harbor, taken back in 2020, popped up on my phone the other day. I believe I took it before the beautiful lobster trap tree was moved to its current position at Solomon Jacobs Park and because the tree is missing from the photo. I’ve been lucky to look out my window this season and see the tree next to the Adventure. It’s been interesting to hear who prefers its new position to its former position on Main Street.

Hopping on the sharing our top favorites from the past year as we look forward to the New Year: here are my personal Top Ten from around Cape Ann in 2025. Some of these you will see in new Pat D’s Photos items when we reopen January 18 to celebrate our third anniversary. Thank to all of you for your continued support at 44 Main Street. If you have any thoughts on what you’d like to see on a new nightlight, print or notecard feel free to comment there or reach out.

Carrying On…