Out to Lunch Festival & Farmers’ Market

Food Trucks

You’ll find loads of delicious lunch options all in one place at the festival. Local food trucks will be parked all around Worcester Common Oval, serving up mouthwatering meals and snacks you can eat on the spot or take with you on-the-go.

Whether you want to go healthy or indulge, or if you’re craving something savory or sweet, you’ll find something to delight your tastebuds at Out to Lunch.

Farmers’ Market

Pick up the freshest produce and lots of local goodness at Out to Lunch. This year the Out to Lunch farmers market is growing!

Farmers from all across Central Massachusetts will be selling their fresh produce and wares Downtown so you can stock your fridge with a summer bounty of locally grown fruits, veggies, and more while you’re here.

Artist & Makers Market

Shop for handmade goods from a variety local artists, crafters, and makers. If you’re looking to treat yourself or pick up a unique gift for someone else, you’ll find something new to love at the Out to Lunch artist and makers market.

Think: handmade jewelry, candles, art, clothing, toys and games, pet items, and more.

Community Organizations

Worcester is home to countless non-profits that are on a mission to help our community thrive. Stop by the non-profit area at Out to Lunch and meet folks from dozens of different community-based organizations at once.

Hear about their work, take part in some interactive activities and fun giveaways, find out how they can help support you, and learn how you can get involved.

June 18: Mystic Bowie’s Talking Dreads

Much more than a cover band, Talking Dreads re-imagines and infuses fresh life into Talking Heads’ classic catalog with his high octane mix of roots reggae, ska and lover’s rock (aka “romantic reggae”).

June 25: Balkan Paradise Orchestra

Balkan Paradise Orchestra is a unique and groundbreaking all-woman band made up of ten brass, woodwind, and percussion instrumentalists playing original music that ranges from danceable and festive tracks that flirt with electronic, pop, or disco music to calmer, acoustic songs with Balkan influences.

July 2: Little Lies – A Tribute to Fleetwood Mac

Little Lies is an 8-piece tribute band from Boston performing an authentic playlist of your favorite Fleetwood Mac hits, featuring two female and two male vocalists, along with an ensemble of professional musicians dedicated to capturing the magic of one of the world’s most successful bands

July 9: Dan Burke & The Royal Treatment

If Harry Styles had come out in 1987 and brought in Lionel Richie, Greg Phillinganes, Sheila E., Bootsy Collins & Nile Rodgers as a band, you’d have the R&B band, Dan Burke & The Royal Treatment.

July 16: Las Karamba

Las Karamba is a multicultural, all women band that infuses traditional styles like son, cha-cha-cha, salsa, and timba with influences from rap and urban music, plus a touch of samba and rumba, creating a new, highly powerful and infectious musical blend.

July 23: Flame

A high-energy American cover band consisting of talented members who happen to have disabilities, Flame performs globally playing all your favorites, from the classics through today’s hits, along with some originals.

July 30: Bia Ferreira

Bia Ferreira is a Brazilian singer, composer, multi-instrumentalist and artivist who defines her music as MMP: Música de Mulher Preta (Black Woman Music) with funky beats, reggae, and soul ballad grooves.

August 6: Bella’s Bartok

A band known for raucous theatrical performances and an outspoken message of finding hope in a world of uncertainty, Bella’s Bartok seamlessly blends a rich cacophony of sound and soul into their music with influences ranging from Punk to Folk and Pop to Americana.

August 13: Ryan Montbleau Band

A relentless road warrior and masterful wordsmith, Ryan Montbleau has “made a career of confident, danceable positivity,” with ecstatic live shows and a folk-rock sound that also touches on funk, soul, hip-hop, and reggae.

August 20: Cool Cool Cool

Cool Cool Cool knows how to deliver an electrifying performance, blending the best of Funk, House and R&B with dynamic, female-led vocals, a tight horn section, swirling synths and a rhythm section that lays down a wicked groove.