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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 […]
Worcester Common
Worcester Tercentennial Community Festival
Come celebrate Worcester’s past, present, future and creative cultural community at the Tercentennial Community Festival on and around the Worcester Common from Noon to 5PM on Saturday, June 11. Festival programming to include over 200 local vendors, merchants and artists along with food, music and cultural performances programmed in part […]
Worcester Common Oval
Out To Lunch Festival & Farmers’ Market: 8/18/22
The City of Worcester and the Worcester Cultural Coalition are pleased to announce the return of the Out to Lunch Festival and Farmers’ Markets for 2022! Out To Lunch will be held on the Worcester Common from 11am to 2pm August 4th, August 18th, and September 1st, with a rain date […]
Worcester Common Oval
Out To Lunch Festival & Farmers’ Market: 9/1/22
The City of Worcester and the Worcester Cultural Coalition are pleased to announce the return of the Out to Lunch Festival and Farmers’ Markets for 2022! Out To Lunch will be held on the Worcester Common from 11am to 2pm August 4th, August 18th, and September 1st, with a rain date of Thursday, September 8th. […]
The Mercantile Worcester
Octoberfest featuring Sam Adams
Sam Adams Pop-up, Stein Holding Contest, Free Sam Adams Oktoberfest Beer, Oktoberfest-Themed Food Specials, and more! OCTOBERFEST-THEMED FOOD SPECIALS | AVAILABLE 9.29 - 10.2 (Dinner Only) SAM ADAMS OCTOBERFEST POP-UP -Free Oktoberfest beer samples -Stein holding contests every 30 minutes; the winner gets free Sam Adams swag! -Groups of 8-10 […]
Apple Orchard Pop-up Brunch
From Clearview Farms to The Mercantile, we're bringing the apple orchard to Worcester! Pop by & shop Clearview's selection of fall goodies from their farm! Clearview's Farm stand will be in front of The Mercantile from 9 AM - 1 PM. Come in for brunch & order the boozy donut of the […]
Worcester Common
Casita Cultura Lantina Dia de los Muertos
Our celebration will feature a community art exhibit, open community dialogue about equity issues in the Latino community, and a community celebration featuring Latin American food, music, youth and cultural activities (including ofrendas). We will honor our collective past, address pressing community health and social issues, and imagine an equitable […]
Worcester Public Library
WPL Friends Pop-up Book Sale
Looking for some gifts for the upcoming holiday, or just something special for yourself? The Friends of the Worcester Public Library are holding a Holiday Pop-up Sale at the Main Library, 3 Salem Square this Friday, November 18 and Saturday, November 19 from 11 am. to 4 p.m. There will […]
The Hanover Theatre and Conservatory for the Performing Arts
The Nutcracker
Kick off your holiday season Thanksgiving weekend with a spectacular treat for the whole family! Experience the dazzling new lighting and scenery by Broadway designers! Kick off your holiday season Thanksgiving weekend with a spectacular treat for the whole family. Featuring live music from The Hanover Theatre Nutcracker Orchestra, this production […]
The Hanover Theatre and Conservatory for the Performing Arts
2022 Boston Pops Holiday Tour
"Sparkling and Beloved" Join the Boston Pops and conductor Keith Lockhart for their sparkling and beloved Holiday Pops concert. Capturing the magic of the Christmas season and the winter charms of New England, the Boston Pops will perform holiday classics and new arrangements of seasonal favorites. They are joined by […]
Mechanics Hall
Boston Gay Men’s Chorus presents Joyful & Triumphant & Gay!
Celebrate the season with the joyous and triumphant sounds of the Boston Gay Men’s Chorus as they perform traditional favorites and modern classics. The Boston Gay Men’s Chorus (BGMC) is one of New England’s largest and most successful community-based choruses. Founded in 1982, the voice ensemble of some 200 voices […]
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