• Porchfest 2025 West Concord

    Porchfest 2025 West Concord Saturday, June 14, 2025 · 1-5 p.m. A free, all-ages grassroots community music festival! Rain date Sunday, June 15 Dozens of live acts on your neighbors’ porches and yards, within walking distance of West Concord Village. If you’re not already on the mailing list, sign up here to stay informed! Want to play a part in this special community event? Join our ...

  • Juneteenth Family Performance

    Concord Museum Juneteenth Family Performance Family Program Free. Advanced Registration Required. June 19 | 10:00 – 11:00 am Join a celebratory performance with Amaya Dance & Drum. With vivid costumes and uplifting energy, the company performs traditional West African rhythm and movements with singing, drumming, and dancing. Co-sponsored by The Robbins House.

  • Concord Museum Antislavery Walking Tour

    Concord Museum Antislavery Walking Tour $15 Members | $20 Non-Members. Includes Same-day admission. June 19 | 11:00 a.m. – 12:30 pm Learn about the Concord women and men who played a crucial role in the abolitionist movement in the years leading up to the Civil War. This tour includes a significant amount (over 1.5 miles) of walking on hilly, unpaved ...

  • Juneteenth Music Festival at The Robbins House

    The Robbins House Monument Street, Concord, United States

    Thursday, June 19th, 2025 from 12-3 at The Robbins House. Join us for the third annual Juneteenth Music Festival at The Robbins House. Come hear musical performances from area groups and enjoy food trucks on the front lawn of the musuem in celebration of freedom, resilience, and community.

    Free
  • Harvesting the Spirit of Transcendentalism in Education Today

    Concord Free Public Library 129 Main Street, Concord, MA

      Wednesday, April 2, 2025, 6-7:45pm: Harvesting the Spirit of Transcendentalism in Education Today.   Though I do not believe that a plant will spring up where no seed has been, I have great faith in a seed. Convince me that you have a seed there, and I am prepared to expect wonders. — Henry David Thoreau   Transcendentalism broke upon the ...

  • History Happy Hour

    Concord Museum Cambridge Turnpike, Concord, United States

    History Happy Hour Concord Museum $15 Member | $25 Non-Member | Drinks included June 19 | 6:30 – 8:00 pm Celebrate Juneteenth and explore Concord’s rich Black and Abolitionist histories through powerful stories, images, and objects from the Museum’s collection.

  • Concord Gets Ready: Decorate 250 workshops!

    Fowler Library

    As April 19 gets closer, we’re excited to announce Concord Gets Ready – an initiative to decorate the town! Submit a photo of your decorated porch, door, or mailbox & be entered in a raffle to win a pack of gorgeous goodies donated by local merchants. We’ll be posting ideas, hosting workshops, and making DIY kits available over the next several ...

  • The Concord Players presents Songs For A New World

    51 walden

    As part of Concord’s 250th celebration The Concord Players are pleased to present “Songs for a New World”         June 20 – 22, 2025 The Performing Arts Center, 51 Walden Street, Concord, MA Songs for a New World uses the music of Jason Robert Brown to depict the most intense moment any person can go through: a moment of tremendous change.  The ...

  • The Concord Players presents Songs For A New World

    51 walden

    As part of Concord’s 250th celebration The Concord Players are pleased to present “Songs for a New World”         June 20 – 22, 2025 The Performing Arts Center, 51 Walden Street, Concord, MA Songs for a New World uses the music of Jason Robert Brown to depict the most intense moment any person can go through: a moment of tremendous change.  The show is somewhere ...

  • Thoreau’s Birthplace – Free House Tours

    Thoreau Farm 341 Virginia Road, Concord, MA

    Take an inside look at the restored 1730s house listed on the National Register of Historic Places as the Wheeler-Minot Farmhouse/Henry David Thoreau Birth House. Locally, it is also known as “Thoreau Farm.” Tour includes the lovingly restored second-floor room where Henry David Thoreau was born in 1817. Visits to the house are by guided tour only. Come learn about ...

    Free
  • The Concord Players are pleased to present “Songs for a New World”      

    51 walden

    As part of Concord’s 250th celebration The Concord Players are pleased to present “Songs for a New World”         June 20 – 22, 2025 The Performing Arts Center, 51 Walden Street, Concord, MA Songs for a New World uses the music of Jason Robert Brown to depict the most intense moment any person can go through: a moment of tremendous change.  The show is somewhere ...

  • Thoreau’s Birthplace – Free House Tours

    Thoreau Farm 341 Virginia Road, Concord, MA

    Take an inside look at the restored 1730s house listed on the National Register of Historic Places as the Wheeler-Minot Farmhouse/Henry David Thoreau Birth House. Locally, it is also known as “Thoreau Farm.” Tour includes the lovingly restored second-floor room where Henry David Thoreau was born in 1817. Visits to the house are by guided tour only. Come learn about ...

    Free