Concord, MA

Human Rights Tea
2025-11-23 14:00 - 15:00 (America/New_York) | Concord Free Public Library, 129 Main Street, Concord, MA, 01742, United States
On November 23rd, the Concord-Carlisle Human Rights Council will host our
annual Human Rights Tea in the Goodwin Forum in the Main Library.
This year we will present the 2025 Climate For Freedom Award
to Second Chance Cars, a Concord based nonprofit that provides affordable
used cars to working people in need.
Dan Holin, the founder of Second Chance Cars, will discuss the
factors that inspired him to start the nonprofit and share stories
about how it has helped so many people.
Tea and light refreshments will be served.
This event is free and open to the public.
Please join us.

Umbrella Arts: "Tick Tick...Boom!"
2025-11-23 15:00 - 17:00 | The Umbrella Arts Center, 40 Stow St., Concord, MA, 01742, United States
Tick, Tick…Boom!

Playing: Fri, October 10 – Sun, November 23, 2025
Previews: Fri, October 10 & Sat, October 11 | Press opening: Sun, October 12
Main Stage Theater 144
Book, Music, and Lyrics by Jonathan Larson
David Auburn, Script Consultant
Vocal Arrangements and Orchestrations by Stephen Oremus
Directed by Ilyse Robbins*
Before Rent, there was Tick, Tick… Boom!. This autobiographical musical by Jonathan Larson, the Pulitzer Prize- and Tony Award-winning composer of Rent, is the story of a composer and the sacrifices that he made to achieve his big break in theater. Tick, Tick… Boom! takes you on the playwright/composer’s journey through his quarter-life crisis that led to a Broadway blockbuster.
His girlfriend wants to get married and move out of the city, his best friend is making big bucks on Madison Avenue, and yet Jon is still waiting on tables and trying to write the great American musical. Set in 1990, this compelling story of personal discovery is presented as a rock musical filled with instantly appealing melodies and a unique blend of musical theater styles.

Tactile Tuesday Playgroup at Nashoba Brooks School
2025-11-25 09:15 - 10:00, 2025-12-02 09:15 - 10:00 | Nashoba Brooks School, 200 Strawberry Hill Rd, Concord, MA, 01742, United States
Join us for one date or all dates in the Fall Series of the Tactile Tuesday Playgroup at Nashoba Brooks School. Aimed at children ages 1+ and a caregiver, but all are welcome for engagement with peers and school-readiness sensory activities. The Tactile Tuesday Playgroup is FREE and open to all. Feel free to share the information with a friend or neighbor! Register by emailing admission@nashobabrooks.org for attendance in this joyful start to Tuesdays!

Techniques for Pain Relief, Fitness Tracking & Core Strengthening with Sunila Varghese. PT
2025-11-25 13:00 - 14:30 | Harvey Wheeler Community Center, 1276 Main St, Concord, MA, 01742, United States
We invite you to join Physical Therapist Sunila Varghese of Eden Home Health Care for a friendly, hands-on session to help you move with less pain and more confidence. In this session, Sunila will:
• Introduce nerve flossing techniques, a gentle method to improve nerve movement and reduce pain
caused by common conditions such as sciatica, piriformis syndrome, plantar fasciitis, and more;
• Guide you through pelvic muscle strengthening exercises, tailored for core strength and balance; and
• Perform leg strength & endurance test. The test is used as one indicator in assessing fall risk in older
adults. People with lower scores may be at a higher risk for falls. This test also tracks your fitness levels
over time, so you can see your progress and stay motivated.
Whether you’re coping with aches or want to feel steadier, stronger, and more in tune with your body, this talk
offers practical, caring strategies just for you. Space is limited. Please call the COA to save your spot at 978-318-3020.

Concord250: CCHS vs. Lexington at Fenway!
2025-11-26 18:30 - 20:30 | Fenway Park, Boston, United States
Concord-Carlisle High School vs. Lexington High School at Fenway, Thanksgiving Eve!

Patriots Look For 5th Straight Win Over Lexington
TICKETS

The Concord-Carlisle Patriots (4-6) will take on the Lexington Minutemen (2-7) on Wednesday, Thanksgiving Eve, at Fenway Park with a 6pm kickoff. The matchup will be the 5th meeting since the teams renewed their Thanksgiving rivalry in 2021, and 101 years since the first Thanksgiving matchup in 1924. This will be the 103rd meeting of the two long-time rivals, with CC holding a 53-42-7 all-time record vs. Lexington and a 29-18-4 record in Thanksgiving matchups. The Patriots enter the game with a 5-game winning streak against Lexington, including a 35-7 win last Thanksgiving at Lexington HS.

6:30
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Thanksgiving Day Turkey Trot
2025-11-27 08:30 - 10:00 | Keyes Road, Concord, MA, 01742, United States
Concord Turkey Trot Nov 27 | 8:30 am

Start Thanksgiving Day by running for a good cause. Join the 2025 Concord Turkey Trot and support Open Table charity.
MarxRunning.com/concord-turkey-trot
Early reg $35, Kids $25 before 10/29 – $40 & $30 after 10/29 till race day
Bib pickup will be from 10:00-5:00 from 11/21-11/25 and 10:00-4:00 on 11/26 at On Your Marx Running at 423 Great Rd. Acton, MA 01720.
On 11/26 at 4:00 p.m. Registration will end and be packed up in order to prepare for race day, please plan accordingly.
Please visit the link provided for all other details (https://www.marxrunning.com/concord-turkey-trot)
Please consider donating to Open Table so your neighbors in need can enjoy a wonderful Thanksgiving. In addition, there will be a donation bin for canned goods on the day of the event or at Marx Running when you pick up race packets.

Sign up for the Open Table Family to Family Holiday Drive!
2025-11-28 - 2025-12-07 | ma
Open Table invites you to create a holiday gift bag of 12 different items for either a local family and/or a senior who may be struggling this year. Past donors have said:

“Our family is excited to help out this year and we hope our participation will become a new holiday tradition.”
“This is a great way for people to contribute. Thank you for letting us help.”
“Thank you for the opportunity to share my good fortune.”
“Love this project – looking forward to it!”
“Thank you! This is the most meaningful activity my family does during the holidays!”

You will be provided with a list of suggested items to fill the gift bag. We will send reminders and other information on each day from the 1st through 12th of December. Reminders will show up in your email inbox and will be posted here and on social media. Please make sure all gift items remain without gift wrap; this will allow us to more easily give the bag to an appropriate individual or family.
Gift bags will be collected:

Friday, December 12 from 4-6pm at Crosby’s Market (211 Sudbury Road, Concord)
Saturday, December 13 from 10am-1pm at Open Table (33 Main Street, Maynard)

Clients will receive gift bags with their final food distribution of 2025.
Thank you for considering this opportunity to make the holidays more meaningful not only for the families who rely on Open Table, but for your family, too!

If you have any questions about this program, please contact the coordinator, Julie, at holiday@opentable.org

Reverse Boston Tea Party: Tea and Coffee Drive for Open Table
2025-11-29 10:00 - 16:00, 2025-12-04 10:00 - 16:00 | Barrow Book Store, 79 Main St, Concord, MA, 01742, United States
Join the Reverse Boston Tea Party!
In December 1773, Patriots dumped 342 chests of East India Company Tea into Boston Harbor. Now, as the 252nd anniversary of the Boston Tea Party approaches, help fill back up the empty East India Company Tea Chests with boxes of tea, instant coffee, and related sundries (powdered creamers, sugar, honey, etc.) to be donated to Open Table. (Please, no loose-leaf tea or coffee beans that require extra accessories. Thank you).
GOAL: 342 Boxes of Tea and Coffee. Drop off in the tea chests outside of Barrow Bookstore, 79 Main St. Concord, MA.
Until December 6

Deck The Wreath
2025-12-02 18:00 - 19:00 | Copper Penny Flowers, 9 Independence Ct, Concord, MA, 01742, United States
Join us for a festive holiday workshop. Decorate an evergreen door wreath with a holiday bow, then add pine cones, berries, ornament balls, or other seasonal accents to complete your personalized design. Instant holiday joy for your door, or to give as a gift.

Concord Friends of the Aging Holiday Cheer Luncheon
2025-12-03 12:00 - 13:30 | Nashawtuc Country Club, 1861 Sudbury Rd, Concord, MA, 01742, United States
The Concord Friends of the Aging will be hosting their Holiday Luncheon on Wednesday Dec. 3rd at 12:00 PM at the Nashawtuc Country Club. The meal includes a traditional roast turkey dinner with salad, coffee, tea, and a yummy dessert. Nashawtuc is handicapped accessible. Please reserve by Tuesday Nov. 25th by calling the Friends at 978-341-8853. Registration is limited to 170 guests. Van transportation is available by calling the COA at 978-318-3020 after you make your lunch reservation.

Open Studio - Tina Labadini Designs new studio
2025-12-04 10:00 - 16:00 | ma
Visit Tina Labadini Designs at our new studio!! 10 to 4:00 on Thursday, December 4th!
See their new space – they have tons of great product available if you need anything. 15% off in person sales! If you are too far away to visit please enjoy 10% off at tinalabadini.com with code TLDLOVE (good through 12/4)
Merry, Merry, Merry!!!

Trivia Night in Concord
2025-12-04 19:00 - 21:00 | Concord’s Colonial Inn, 48 Monument Square, Concord, MA, 01742, United States
Join quizmaster, host, and Jeopardy! champ Tom Rutledge for Trivia Night in Concord!
Play our 6 fabulous rounds of original, brain-teasing trivia with no cover fee.
Enjoy the Colonial Inn’s full bar/apps/ dinner menu. So get your friends, neighbors, or co-workers together, make an unstoppable team (up to 6), and test your collective grasp on humanity!
Follow @tom_rutledge_presents for trivia dates, clues, and general important nonsense
Now every first Thursday of the Month!
7pm (pre-game)
7:30-9pm (game on)
P Concord’s Colonial Inn @concordscolonialinn

Holiday Book Sale
2025-12-05 09:00 - 16:00 | ma
Annual Holiday Sale. Thousands of new and like-new books for adults, teens, and children, plus puzzles, games, DVDs, and CDs. Goodwin Forum, Concord Free Public Library, 129 Main St. Cash or checks preferred; credit cards accepted with a fee. Friday, Dec. 5 and Saturday, Dec. 6: 9 a.m.- 4 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 7: 1 p.m.- 4 p.m. Sponsored by the Friends of the Concord Free Public Library

The Umbrella Winter Market
2025-12-05 12:00 - 2025-12-07 16:00 | The Umbrella Arts Center, 40 Stow St., Concord, MA, 01742, United States
The Umbrella’s 2025 Winter Market
Friday, December 5: 12 PM – 5 PM
Saturday December 6: 10 AM – 5 PM
Sunday, December 7: 11 AM – 4 PM
At our annual three-day celebration of hand-crafted fine art, come in from the cold to stroll The Umbrella’s three sunlit floors of artists’ studios and galleries, featuring the exhibitions “Off the Wall” (small works by Umbrella Studio Artists for sale) and “Joy & Peace” (contemporary abstract paintings by Christiane Corcelle and Jill Goldman-Callahan).
Select a treat from our Cafe, then savor the creativity on display at the Holiday Ceramics Sale, in Artists’ Studios, and at Guest Artisans’ tables brimming with pieces ready to become unique, unforgettable gifts for you and your loved ones.
Attending the Market with little ones? Pre-register for or drop in to a family activity led by an Umbrella instructor.

The Concord Orchestra presents "Folk Roots"
2025-12-05 20:00 - 22:00 | 51 Walden
The orchestra, conducted by Music Director Zeke Fetrow, performs a program of Zoltan Kodaly’s Dances of Galanta, Nino Rota’s Concerto for Bassoon, Johannes Brahms’ Hungarian Dance No. 5, and Aaron Copland’s Appalachian Spring. Richard Svoboda joins the orchestra to perform Nino Rota’s Concerto for Bassoon. Admission for youth under 18 is free.
Zoltan Kodaly composed the Dances of Galanta in 1933, based on folk melodies he heard in his youth. An ethnomusicologist as well as a composer, Kodaly visited remote villages in Hungary to collect folk songs. Johannes Brahms’ Hungarian Dance No. 5 is one of a set of 21 lively dance tunes based mostly on Hungarian themes, completed in 1879.
Nino Rota (1911–1979) completed the Concerto for Bassoon in 1977. Rota is best known as a film composer, producing greater than 150 scores. His score for Godfather Part II won the Academy Award in 1974. In addition to his works for film, he wrote ballets, operas, symphonies, chamber music, and concertos. The Concerto for Bassoon begins with a Toccata and Recitativo, and its finale is a light-hearted set of variations on a theme.
Bassoon soloist Richard Svoboda has been the principal bassoonist of the Boston Symphony Orchestra and a member of the Boston Symphony Chamber Players since 1989. He is currently on the faculties of the New England Conservatory of Music and the Tanglewood Music Center, taught for many years at the Sarasota Music Festival, and has given master classes throughout the world.
Aaron Copland’s Appalachian Spring was originally music for a ballet composed for 13 instruments. The version performed is for full orchestra. According to Copland, the ballet tells the story of “a celebration of the first settlers in springtime around a newly-built farmhouse in Pennsylvania in the early 19th century.”

Saturday Design Workshop
2025-12-06 08:00 - 17:00 | Copper Penny Flowers, 9 Independence Ct, Concord, MA, 01742, United States
Experience hands-on floral design! Bring your own vase and make your own arrangement assisted by Copper Penny Flowers designers. *Choosing one of our vases or bringing in an oversized vase may require and additional charge.

Holiday Book Sale
2025-12-06 09:00 - 16:00, 2025-12-07 13:00 - 16:00 | ma
Annual Holiday Book Sale. Thousands of new and like-new books for adults, teens, and children, plus puzzles, games, DVDs, and CDs. Goodwin Forum, Concord Free Public Library, 129 Main St. Cash or checks preferred; credit cards accepted with a fee. Friday, Dec. 5 and Saturday, Dec. 6: 9 a.m.- 4 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 7: 1 p.m.- 4 p.m. Sponsored by the Friends of the Concord Free Public Library

Jingle & Mingle in Concord Center
2025-12-06 10:00 - 14:00 | Concord Center, Walden Street, Concord, MA, 01742, United States
Shopping and festivities to kick off the holiday season!

Santa's Bakeshop - Gingerbread Houses at Concord Market
2025-12-06 10:00 - 14:00 | concord market, Concord, MA, 01742, United States
Get ready to decorate your own gingerbread house at our fun-filled event!

Join us at Concord Market for a festive afternoon of holiday fun!
Get into the spirit of the season as you decorate your very own gingerbread house in this sweet, hands-on experience.
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/santas-bakeshop-tickets-1964552775235?aff=oddtdtcreator

15th Annual Holiday House Tour
2025-12-06 10:00 - 16:00 | ma
December 6 at 10:00 AM – 4:00 PM

Join the Guild of Volunteers for the 15th Annual Holiday House Tour on Saturday, December 6th!
A beloved annual tradition, the Holiday House Tour invites ticket-holders to visit six festively-decorated homes throughout Concord, each with their own unique charm and character. Every year, this popular holiday event sells over 1,000 tickets and provides critical support for the Museum’s vital educational initiatives which serve over 15,000 K-12 students annually.
The Holiday House Tour is presented by the Concord Museum’s Guild of Volunteers as a benefit for the Museum’s education initiatives.

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Become a Holiday House Tour Sponsor
Sponsorship provides a meaningful way to engage with a dedicated audience while helping sustain the Concord Museum’s mission. The events are widely promoted through the Museum’s website, email campaigns, social media, press, print advertisements, signage, and an event program book distributed to all attendees.
Email jgilbert@concordmuseum.org to learn more and reserve your sponsorship placement.

Musical Storytelling with Schumann Family Concert
2025-12-06 11:00 - 12:30 | Concord Conservatory of Music, 1317 Main St, Concord, MA, 01742, United States
CCM Family Series! “They belong only to us” was Clara Schumann’s response upon first listening to Robert Schumann’s Kindersezen, “Scenes from Childhood”, alluding to the tenderness of childhood remembrances and music as a shared experience. CCM piano faculty Kitty Cheung-Evans retells this 1838 work and prompts listeners to create their own stories in this participatory event. Movement titles such as “Dreaming” and “Of Distant Lands” inspire the imaginations of today’s youth and kindle affectionate sentiments of childhood for adults, connecting all listeners with the art of musical interpretation.
Purchase Tickets in advance or payable at the door for this event. ($10 General Admission and free for students 18 and under)

Concord Women's Chorus: "Radiant Light: A Celebration of the Season"
2025-12-06 16:00 - 18:00 | TriCon Church, 54 Walden Street, Concord, MA, 01742, United States
Enjoy the Concord Women’s Concert Concert!
They will be performing “Radiant Light: A Celebration of the Season” at TriCon Church on Saturday, December 6, 4pm.

The Concord Orchestra presents "Folk Roots"
2025-12-06 20:00 - 22:00 | 51 Walden
The orchestra, conducted by Music Director Zeke Fetrow, performs a program of Zoltan Kodaly’s Dances of Galanta, Nino Rota’s Concerto for Bassoon, Johannes Brahms’ Hungarian Dance No. 5, and Aaron Copland’s Appalachian Spring. Richard Svoboda joins the orchestra to perform Nino Rota’s Concerto for Bassoon A pre-concert talk is scheduled for 7:15pm. Admission for youth under 18 is free.
Zoltan Kodaly composed the Dances of Galanta in 1933, based on folk melodies he heard in his youth. An ethnomusicologist as well as a composer, Kodaly visited remote villages in Hungary to collect folk songs. Johannes Brahms’ Hungarian Dance No. 5 is one of a set of 21 lively dance tunes based mostly on Hungarian themes, completed in 1879.
Nino Rota (1911–1979) completed the Concerto for Bassoon in 1977. Rota is best known as a film composer, producing greater than 150 scores. His score for Godfather Part II won the Academy Award in 1974. In addition to his works for film, he wrote ballets, operas, symphonies, chamber music, and concertos. The Concerto for Bassoon begins with a Toccata and Recitativo, and its finale is a light-hearted set of variations on a theme.
Bassoon soloist Richard Svoboda has been the principal bassoonist of the Boston Symphony Orchestra and a member of the Boston Symphony Chamber Players since 1989. He is currently on the faculties of the New England Conservatory of Music and the Tanglewood Music Center, taught for many years at the Sarasota Music Festival, and has given master classes throughout the world.
Aaron Copland’s Appalachian Spring was originally music for a ballet composed for 13 instruments. The version performed is for full orchestra. According to Copland, the ballet tells the story of “a celebration of the first settlers in springtime around a newly-built farmhouse in Pennsylvania in the early 19th century.”

Gingerbread House Workshop at Verrill Farm
2025-12-07 | Verrill Farm, 11 Wheeler Road, Concord, MA, 01742, United States
Sunday, December 7th – 10:00AM & 12:00PM
Gingerbread House Workshops are back!
Join us in the farm stand greenhouse for this fun event. All of our gingerbread houses are baked and built right here in the farm stand and are just waiting to be decorated! Farm stand bakers are on hand with decorating tips or just let your imagination take over!
Children under 10 must be accompanied by an adult. No cost for accompanying adult if they do not wish to build a house of their own. Please, only one adult per child.
Reservations required.
https://verrillfarm.com/events/calendar/

Pop-Up Holiday Market
2025-12-07 11:00 - 13:00 | Trinity Episcopal Church, 81 Elm Street, Concord, 01742, United States
Location: Trinity Episcopal Church Gallery
81 Elm Street
Concord
Contact: Martha N Stone

Event Description
Rejoice and be glad, for there is no fruitcake! The 2025 POP-UP Holiday Market will take place at Trinity Episcopal Church on Elm Street on Sunday December 7 from 11-1. This year’s event offers an array of storefronts that include Entitlements and Fine Firs, a collection of recently published books and an array of greenery, ornaments, and holiday gear, respectively. Market co-chairs, Carroll Sandel and Barbara Morse have assembled culinary, artistic, musical, needlework, business, and service offerings for Concord and surrounding towns. Billed as a “divine” shopping experience with heavenly and heathenly refreshments, Trinity’s Parish Hall and Art Gallery will feature myriad talents of the parish and a collection of titled goods and bespoke services: ●In Stitches: handcrafts and wearable art ●Sweet & Savory: bakery shop ●The Promise Box: goods and services ●All That Glitters: gold, silver, costume jewelry ●Still in the Box: 75 new picture frames in all sizes ●Entitlements: books published 2020-2025 ●Fine Firs: greens, ornaments, candles, holiday gear ●That’s a Wrap: gift wrapping ●PSSST: Silent Auction ○Vacation homes ○Gourmet dinners ○Floral Arrangements ○Original Photography ○Hand titled Pottery ○Sports memorabilia For more information, please reach out to Carroll Sandel (978 835-0263).

Concord's Annual Tree Lighting
2025-12-07 15:00 - 18:00 | ma
All are welcome at the Town of Concord’s Annual Tree Lighting. This year’s event will be host to a variety of outdoor entertainment, a parade and festive store fronts. Santa will make his way down Main Street aboard one of Concord’s Fire Trucks to light the Town Tree.
Event Date: December 7, 2025
Time: 3:00PM-6:00PM
Tree Lighting Severe Weather Plan
In the case of soaking rain or plow able snow. The decision to cancel the town event planned for December 7th will be decided by 9:00PM on Saturday December 6th.
The Recreation Department will hold an indoor event on December 7th from 4:30-6:00PM in the Hunt Recreation Center.
Activities to be:

Santa and Mrs. Claus
Snow globe
Cocoa
WIQH
Presbyterian Church singers
Characters: Frosty, etc…

*Subject to change

The Enduring Greatness of Jane Austen: a talk by Randall Warniers
2025-12-08 18:00 - 19:30 | Concord Free Public Library, 129 Main Street, Concord, MA, 01742, United States
Join Randall Warniers for a talk on the “enduring Greatness of Jane Austen”, in celebration of the 250th anniversary of her birth!
Jane Austen was born in Hampshire, England on December 16, 1775, the seventh child (out of eight) in a family headed by an Anglican minister. She grew up in a lively and creative house, and wrote plays and stories for the amusement of her family. Between 1811 and 1817 she published six novels, the last two published posthumously after her early death in 1817. Today her novels are adored around the world for their intelligence, wit, and wise understanding of human behavior and the confining rules of Edwardian society.
This talk will summarize her life and work, and explain why reading a Jane Austen novel continues to be rewarding today.
This event is sponsored by the Friends of the Concord Free Public Library.
