JMAC Worcester | Pop Up Worcester

Juniper Rag Launch Party & Gallery Show

JUNIPER RAG is an independent visual art and lifestyle magazine and this is our official launch and our 1st gallery show! All of our artists, curated and featured-- from all over the US and the world will be encouraged to submit work.  Our mission as a visual art magazine is […]

Worcester Art Museum

Master Series lecture: “Us Them We | Race Ethnicity Identity”

The Worcester Art Museum's current exhibition, Us Them We | Race Ethnicity Identity, considers the ways that artists from the last forty years accentuate concepts like race and ethnicity through four formal devices: Text, Juxtaposition, Seriality and Pattern. Artists often employ one or more of these approaches as a means of storytelling, […]

The Worcester PopUp at the JMAC

Art of the Soul Opening Reception

“Art of the Soul,” created by members of Everyday Miracles Peer Recovery Support Center in collaboration with faculty from College of the Holy Cross, features a series of photography and collage.  In the works, members explore a range of themes including identity, beauty, vulnerability and transcendence. In a time characterized […]

ArtsWorcester

Material Matters – Public Gallery Hours

Public gallery hours for Material Matters: A Members Exhibition in partnership with the Fitchburg Art Museum Free About this exhibition: For the last decade, ArtsWorcester and the Fitchburg Art Museum (FAM) have partnered on an annual “Call and Response” exhibition, an idea drawn from democratic and musical traditions in African […]

Technocopia

Technocopia Open Hack (our open house, every Thursday!)

Starting in April 2022 Open Hack is back! Every Thursday night  from 7-9 PM. What is "Open Hack"? What? Open Hacks are a free, open house event where members (and non-members too!) can come to the space to work on their projects alongside other people working on projects. Why? Because […]

Technocopia

Technocopia Tool Training: Embroidery Machine

Learn the basics and safe use of an embroidery machine and software. About this event This class is for people new to machine embroidery. The goal of this class is to gain familiarity with the studio's Brother Innovis NQ1600E machine and learn the skills necessary to use it independently. Students […]

Whole Kids

Whole Kids

WHOLE KIDS 2022! - Athletics Good day, Worcester Families. We’d like to invite you to our summer kick-off Whole kids event on May 21st at the Worcester Common. We will have food, music, and activities for the whole family. We will also have a slew of programs you can sign […]

Main Street

Worcester Tercentennial Cultural Parade

Join us for the Tercentennial Parade celebrating Worcester's diverse and eclectic makeup featuring cultural organizations, schools, neighborhood groups and more! Stay for the Community Festival on the Worcester Common and surrounding streets with food, music, art and more beginning at Noon! The City is pleased to offer free parking in […]

GBH News Worcester Bureau Studio

Meet Reporter Sam Turken at the GBH News Studio

Stop by the GBH News Worcester Bureau Studio at 27 Federal St. in Worcester, the former location of the Worcester Telegram & Gazette. Meet staff reporter Sam Turken and other members of the GBH News team. Learn about GBH, the mission of GBH News and talk to us about what's […]

DCU Center

Tercentennial Concert: Boston Pops Esplanade Orchestra with Special Guest Brian McKnight

The Worcester Tercentennial committee has announced a special anniversary performance by the Boston Pops Esplanade Orchestra with Grammy-nominated singer-songwriter, Brian McKnight, at the DCU Center on Sunday, June 12 at 4 p.m. Entry is complimentary but tickets are required. Secure your complimentary seats now: Pick up tickets in person at […]

JMAC

Vogue Worcester

If you like to vogue, and that's a fact, come learn how to do a dip without breaking ya back. VOGUE WORCESTER is back at the Worcester PopUp (JMAC)! Participate in a workshop instructed by HBO Max's "Legendary" season one contestant from the House of Escada, London Fleur De Lis. […]

Worcester Common (behind City Hall)

Reading Frederick Douglass Together

Join NAACP Worcester for a public reading of Frederick Douglass' 1852 address "What, To The Slave, is the Fourth of July" on the Worcester Common! All who attend can share in the reading, taking turns to read Douglass' words aloud.  Rain Date: July 1, 2022 Sponsored by: NAACP Worcester, National Endowment […]

Want to See More Events?

To see all the events in the Worcester area from our trusted partners, click here.

Planning a Downtown Event?

Check out the events supplies and services available to you here.

Need Help Submitting an Event on Our Events Calendar?

  1. Go to the discovercentralma.org website and scroll to bottom of page
  2. To only enter events into the calendar and not become a Discover Central MA member, click Already a member? Login to your account
  3. Fill out the information in English to Create an Account and click Create Account
  4. You will then be directed to a page where you can post events
  5. Select Manage My Events to enter events into the calendar
  6. Click Create Event button
  7. Enter the name in English and dates of your event and select Create Event & Continue
  8. Add in all event details in English and an image that is under 690 pixels
  9. When finished, check the box that says Request addition to the Downtown Worcester Calendar
  10. Click Send to Review

All posted events will be subject to review by the Discover Central Massachusetts and Downtown Worcester Business Improvement District staff prior to approval. Please submit events at least two weeks in advance as it can take up to 7-9 days for your event to appear on our events calendar. Please review event guidelines HERE.