Coldwell Banker 3rd Annual Flea Market to benefit Open Table
2025-10-04 09:00 - 13:00 (America/New_York) | 11 Main Street parking lot, 11 Main Street, Concord, 01742, United States
Open Table is excited to partner with Coldwell Banker for its third annual flea market from 9:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. on Saturday, October 4, in the parking lot behind its main office at 11 Main Street in Concord. A full 100 percent of the proceeds will go to support Open Table’s hunger relief programs.

Coldwell Banker Flea Market Returns to Downtown Concord
Open Table, the MetroWest charity dedicated to fighting hunger and building healthy communities, is excited to partner with Coldwell Banker for its third annual flea market from 9:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. on Saturday, October 4, in the parking lot behind its main office at 11 Main Street in Concord. A full 100 percent of the proceeds will go to support Open Table’s hunger relief programs.
Inspired by the famous Brimfield Antique Flea Market, the Coldwell Banker Flea Market is supported by the firm’s real estate agents who will be staffing approximately 12 tables featuring everything from designer handbags to decorative items to housewares. Bargain hunters will find a wide variety of decorative pieces, including lots of agent staging items, as well as art, books, and jewelry. Local band Babylon will provide live music. All sales will be cash only.
“Our last two flea markets were so successful that we decided to come back and do it again this year. We are looking forward to creating the same fun vibe again around this year’s event while also supporting Open Table, an organization that does so much to alleviate food insecurity in our community,” said Peggy Yalman, of Coldwell Banker, Concord. “We are inviting people with nice decorative items to donate – but no clothing — to drop them off at our offices at 11 Main Street in Concord beginning on September 27.”
Each week, Open Table distributes bags of groceries, which include fresh produce, proteins, dairy, baked goods, and shelf-stable products, to over 300 households and provides over 1500 prepared meals to clients who hail from the Metro West suburbs. The organization offers food through its on-site drive-through model as well as a number of delivery programs. Open Table has received incredible support from the communities it serves through donations of food and funds, making it possible to address food insecurity in the MetroWest area.
“We are so grateful to Coldwell Banker for donating the proceeds of their upcoming flea market to Open Table,” said Alexandra DePalo, executive director, Open Table. “The flea market will help Open Table fight food insecurity while, at the same time, give shoppers a chance to find some great deals!”

DropOff/SwapOff
2025-10-04 09:30 - 15:00 | Keyes Road, Concord, MA, 01742, United States
Saturday, October 4th, from 9:30am-3:00pm

Pre-registration opens on Thursday, September 4th.
Note: if you are dropping off acceptable items for the Swap only, you do NOT need to preregister or pay.
Step One: Click HERE to Preregister
Step Two: Click HERE to Pay for Items for DropOff
Click below to view the flyers, price list, and a site map:
DropOff/SwapOff Flyer
Price List for DropOff Items
Site Map
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Concord Carlisle Foundation Oktoberfest at Clark Farm Market
2025-10-04 11:00 - 15:00 | Clark Farm, 201 Bedford Road, Carlisle, MA, 01741, United States
Date: October 4th, 2025
Time: 11 AM – 3 PM
Location: Clark Farm Market, Carlisle, MA
Join us at Clark Farm Market for a festive, family‑friendly Oktoberfest celebration!
Kids can dive into a world of colorful arts and crafts while grown-ups compete in epic foodie showdowns — from a pretzel-eating contest to a intense stein-hoisting competition! With live music and games, there will be something for everyone!
Come thirsty and hungry — we’ll have a cash bar and a food truck ready for you!
$10 for children ages 4 to 10; $20 for ages 11 and up!
Bring your family, your friends, and your love for fall—it’s the perfect way to spend a crisp October afternoon together!
PROST!
The Concord Carlisle Foundation

The Umbrella Arts: "The Counter"
2025-10-04 20:00 - 22:00, 2025-10-05 15:00 - 17:00, 2025-10-09 19:30 - 21:30, 2025-10-12 15:00 - 17:00 | Umbrella Arts, 40 Stow Street, Concord, MA, 01742, United States
Black Box Theater
Playing: Fri, September 26 – November 9, 2025
Previews: Fri, September 26 & Sat, September 27, 2025 | Press opening: Sun, September 28
Sundays at 3:00 PM, Thursday – Friday at 7:30 PM, Saturday at 8:00 PM (with exceptions for two-performance days on October 12 & 26)
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By Meghan Kennedy
Directed by Alex Lonati
This heartwarming play follows the unlikely connection between Paul, a retired firefighter who goes every morning to the same small town diner, and Katie, who’s always there to pour the coffee. After many months of small talk across the counter, the sharing of one secret grows into a deeply meaningful, life-affirming friendship—shocking both Paul and Katie into embracing the hopes and joys born of basic human connection. This award-winning play is a surprising and moving meditation on the everyday connections that can change our lives.
“The subtle beauty of The Counter lies in watching these two burrowing creatures develop the kind of bond that means they’re pulling each other back up towards the light.” — New York Magazine
“Kennedy deals in secrets and grief and escape, in running away and starting again, and most crucially in standing in front of a suddenly opened door: You either stay inside, crushed by your habitual fear and unhappiness, or bravely walk through.” — New York Stage Review

Additional Programming:
KidCare Performance: Sunday, October 5 at 3:00 PM
The Umbrella is pleased to offer our Kid-Care Show Program, giving parents and caregivers an opportunity to attend select performances while their child(ren) engage in art activities inspired by the production. This program aims to provide better access to arts and culture events and create a shared experience opportunity for families.
Post-show Talkback: Sunday, October 19
Dinner And A Show Thursday Night Out Packages: October 2, October 9, October 23, October 30
Thursdays in Concord are now a fun and easy entertainment Date Night thanks to optional pre-show dinners here at The Umbrella! Coming straight from work? Park free at The Umbrella, then take a load off and enjoy a delicious catered dinner, pick up beverage at concessions, and explore our free art galleries at your ease until it’s time for curtain!
Dinner boxes prepared by Nosh and Concord Market. All boxes come with a sandwich or bowl, Deep River chips, fruit, and a small sweet from Concord Market ($25).
Bowl 1
Cobb Salad: Spring Mix, Avocado, Bacon, Bleu Cheese, Hard-Boiled Eggs, Haricots Verts, Tomato, and Red Onion (GF)
Bowl 2
Mediterranean: Mixed Greens, Feta, Olives, Cucumber, Green Peppers, Oregano, and Pita Crisps (Vegetarian)
Sandwich 1
Roast Beef, Provolone, Caramelized Onions, Tomato, and Horseradish Aioli
Sandwich 2
Caprese Tomato, Mozzarella, Basil, and Balsamic Glaze (Vegetarian)

Community Bike Ride
2025-10-05 09:30 - 12:00 | Bruce Freeman Rail Trail, Chelmsford, MA, 01742, United States
Join the Concord Chapter of Mothers Out Front for a fun, family-friendly ride on the beautiful Bruce Freeman Rail Trail, starting in West Concord at the Bruce Freeman Rail Trail Parking Lot, (50 Beharrell Street) and heading south to Sudbury. From there, we’ll hop onto a short stretch of the Mass Central Rail Trail, ending behind the Whole Foods Market Plaza in Sudbury, where we will stop for groceries and a snack. Round trip will be just under 15 miles of safe trail riding. For more information and to register email: info.ma.concord@mothersoutfront.org

Tactile Tuesday Playgroup at Nashoba Brooks School
2025-10-07 09:15 - 10:00, 2025-10-14 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!

Sample & Moving Sale - Tina Labadini Designs
2025-10-08 - 2025-10-09 | TLD Studio, 27 Main Street, Concord, MA, 01742, United States
Each piece of Tina Labadini Designs art is hand painted and printed in our studio in Concord, MA. Our range of art includes original copy-righted Illu-stated line, holiday, botanical, nautical and funny. We print towels, totes, pillows, baby onesies, coasters and more. We ship to over 500 shops across the country. In the process we have seconds and over stock.
Once a year we invite the public to our studio to enjoy amazing discounts on these products!
This two-day, annual event is a great opportunity to get wonderful Tina Labadini Designs products at deep discounts. We hope you will join us!

Chamber Morning Coffee at Windhorse Counseling
2025-10-08 08:30 - 10:00 | windhorse counseling, 9 Pond Lane, Suite 4D, Concord, Ma, 01742
Join us!

Co-Crafting Morning
2025-10-09 10:00 - 12:00, 2025-10-16 10:00 - 12:00 | Art for All
Co- Crafting
Thursday Mornings – October 2,9,16,23
10am-12pm
Art for All – 152 Commonwealth Ave, Studio 16, Concord MA 01742
Join other creatives using our studio. Work on your own project or co-craft. Materials cost for some activities.

The Umbrella Arts: "The Counter" Dinner before Show
2025-10-09 18:00 - 19:30 | Umbrella Arts, 40 Stow Street, Concord, MA, 01742, United States

Annual Flu & Covid-19 Vaccine Clinic for Concord Senior Residents
2025-10-10 12:00 - 14:30 | Harvey Wheeler Community Center, 1276 Main St, Concord, MA, 01742, United States
COA Cinema at the Concord Council on Aging Fridays at Noon at the COA. Just Show Up! Join us in October for four Humphry Bogart Movies, plus, a Classic Halloween Flick and a Fred Astaire and Rita Hayworth Musical!
**October 3rd – The Maltese Falcon – San Francisco detective Sam Spade takes on a case that involves him with three eccentric criminals and a quest for a priceless statue, with stakes rising after his partner is murdered. Humphrey Bogart, Mary Astor, Gladys George, Sydney Greenstreet. (Crime/Drama; 1941; NR; 1h 40m)
** October 10th – Casablanca – A cynical expatriate American cafe owner struggles to decide whether to help his former lover and her fugitive husband escape the Nazis in French Morocco. Humphrey Bogart, Ingrid Bergman, Peter Lorre, Paul Henreid, Claud Rains. (Drama; 1942; PG; 1h 42m)
** October 17th – The African Queen – In World War I East Africa, a gin-swilling Canadian riverboat captain is persuaded by a strait-laced English missionary to undertake a trip up the treacherous river and use his boat to
attack a German gunship. Humphrey Bogart, Katherine Hepburn, Peter Bull. (Adventure; 1951; PG; 1h 45m)
** October 24th – To Have and Have Not – During World War II, an American expatriate helps transport a French Resistance leader and his wife to Martinique while romancing a lounge singer. Humphrey Bogart, Lauren Bacall, Walter Brennan. (Noir/War Adventure; 1944; NR; 1h 40m)
** October 31st – Arsenic and Old Lace – Mortimer Brewster, a Brooklyn writer of books about the futility of marriage, risks his reputation after he decides to tie the knot. Things grow complicated when he learns his
beloved aunts are serial killers. Cary Grant, Priscilla Lane, Raymond Massey. (Comedy; 1944 NR; 1h 58m). N G 2
** Monthly Movie Musical Shown on the 4th Tuesday of each month at 12:30 PM
Tuesday, October 28th – You’ll Never Get Rich – The womanizing owner of a New York theater buys a bracelet
for one of his dancers, hoping for a romantic payout.

Umbrella Arts: "Tick Tick...Boom!"
2025-10-10 19:30 - 21:30, 2025-10-11 20:00 - 22:00, 2025-10-12 17:00 - 19:00 | 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.

Harvest Festival to Support Pediatric Care at Emerson Hospital
2025-10-11 10:00 - 14:00 | Verrill Farm, 11 Wheeler Road, Concord, MA, 01742, United States
Join us for our annual Harvest Festival to support Pediatric Care at Emerson Hospital. A day of family fun featuring games and prizes, live music by John Fitzsimmons, PYO pumpkins, Goats & Giggles petting zoo, raffles and a la cart food.
All pumpkin sales during the festival will go towards Pumpkins for Pediatrics at Emerson Hospital.
Admission for this event will be sold online and at the door.

Concord Art Yart Sale!
2025-10-11 10:00 - 16:00 | Concord Art
Stop by Concord Art and shop our Yart Sale on Saturday, October 11th (10am – 4pm). You’ll find fine art at a bargain, plus all sorts of decorative objects. There will be trinkets, and treasures galore! All proceeds from the event will support our mission: To promote and advance the visual arts and artists, and to enrich and sustain our cultural community.
No tickets required!

Concord Police Relief Association: We're Stronger Together Event
2025-10-11 12:00 - 16:00 | Emerson Field, United States
Arresting Breast Cancer One Donation at a Time

251st Anniversary of the First Massachusetts Provincial Congress
2025-10-11 13:00 - 16:30 | Wright Tavern, 2 Lexington Rd, Concord, MA, 01742, United States
“Breaking the Polarization Trap”
Discussions from History to Solutions with speakers Danielle Allen and Robert Gross
Limited seating
Reservations required, scholarships available

Joel Myerson Annual Lecture Presented by Professor Laura Dassow Walls
2025-10-11 18:30 - 20:00 | Concord Free Public Library, 129 Main Street, Concord, MA, 01742, United States
Goodwin Forum
Main Library129 Main Street, Concord, MA, 01742
Please join us for the annual Joel Myerson Lecture: “Stepping Out of Time: Thoreau, Lopez, and the Question of Transcendentalism Today,” presented by Prof. Laura Dassow Walls.
“Is this who we are?” It’s the question of the day, but generations ago the Transcendentalists asked it as well, as they confronted an America founded on the promise of freedom but mired in the economics of slavery. Their legacy to us is paradoxical: they offer a vision transcending worldly affairs, even as they demand we attend to the burning world. They seem to have stepped out of time into transcendence, even as they have stepped out of their time into ours, bearing urgent messages. This lecture looks at two representative figures, Thoreau and Barry Lopez, as parallel lives poised on this paradox, one deep in our past, the other our contemporary, both of them writing in, and out, of time.
Laura Dassow Walls is Professor Emerita of English at the University of Notre Dame, where she taught nineteenth-century American literature, particularly the American Transcendentalists, and the history and theory of ecological thought. Previously, she taught at Lafayette College and the University of South Carolina. She has written widely on Thoreau, Emerson, Humboldt, and related figures. She is best known for her award-winning biographies, Henry David Thoreau: A Life, and Passage to Cosmos: Alexander von Humboldt and the Shaping of America. Currently, she is working on a literary biography of the American writer Barry Lopez.
THE JOEL MYERSON ANNUAL LECTURE SERIES
After Prof. Joel Myerson died in 2021, the William Munroe Special Collections at the Concord Free Public Library, along with representatives from the Louisa May Alcott Society, Margaret Fuller Society, The Ralph Waldo Emerson Society, and The Thoreau Society, launched the Joel Myerson Annual Lecture Series.
The Joel Myerson Annual Lecture Series will engage the public in the study of American literature and literary history, focusing on writers associated with Concord, Massachusetts, and American Transcendentalism, with an interdisciplinary outlook. The series will highlight the work and ideas of emergent scholarship, drawing on the values Myerson personified as a generous mentor, teacher, and public speaker and amplifying the diversity of representation that Joel Myerson exemplified in his textual scholarship and editorial initiatives. The series will promote lifelong learning and the recovery of primary source materials that teach us about the future as well as the past—beginning in Concord and radiating outward to American literature and culture as a means to engage with current events, conservation, and reform.
A reception will follow the event in the Rotunda.
The Concord Free Public Library Corporation generously sponsors the series.

Clown Cantos: AN Evening with Barbara Mossberg
2025-10-12 18:00 - 20:00 | Wright Tavern, 2 Lexington Rd, Concord, MA, 01742, United States
Join us for a lively and luminous evening with celebrated poet, scholar, and memoirist Dr. Barbara Mossberg, as she brings to life her latest work, Clown Cantos: Everything Is Alive In Its Own Way, Singing. Inspired by Radiotopia’s Everything Is Alive, Dolly Parton, Dante, Dickinson, Einstein, Emerson—and always, Thoreau—Mossberg invites us to hear the hidden music of the everyday: the heroic worm, the comic leaf, the poignant truth of our place in the cosmos.
Blending memoir, poetry, and reflection with her signature humor and insight, Mossberg explores “Emily Dickinson’s Clown’s ‘tremendous scene,’” guiding us to improbable joy and meaning in life’s most overlooked encounters. With 60 years of writing radical heroics, Dr. Mossberg offers a profound, often hilarious, and always deeply human performance that celebrates our shared quest for belonging, purpose, and wonder.
A free, public event—come laugh, listen, and leave seeing your own life with new eyes. All are welcome.
Dr. Barbara Mossberg is an international prize-winning professor of comedy and tragedy, epic, and environment, actor, dramatist, dramaturg, puppeteer, author across media, and poet, who uses her platforms as California laureate/Poet in Residence and University of Oregon Professor of Practice to tell not only her own experience in verse and drama, but to illuminate the essentialness of each person’s story as necessary for our collective appreciation of our human fates, the quest to belong, to be identified, to move cosmically and comically beyond sorrow and solitude to a greatness and joy of being, with Thoreau as a model.
Interested in learning more with Dr. Barbara Mossberg? Check out her memoir intensive.

Ayo’s Adventure: Across the African Diaspora from Afro to Zulu Art Installation and StoryWalk™
2025-10-13 | The Robbins House, 320 Monument St, Concord, MA, 01742, United States
April 11th – October 31st
Location: The Robbins House
Visit anytime! Discover a sculpture and StoryWalk™ inspired by the profound influence of the African diaspora on traditions in the U.S. and around the globe, while underscoring the vital role of storytelling in connecting us to our shared heritage. Installation and StoryWalk™ inspired by Ayo’s Adventure published by Barefoot Books.

Indigenous Peoples' Day at the Concord Museum
2025-10-13 10:00 - 11:00 | Concord Museum
Join us for a program and performance with the Wampanoag Nation Singers and Dancers, a group of musicians and artisans from the tribal communities of Mashpee on Cape Cod and Aquinnah on Martha’s Vineyard on Indigenous Peoples’ Day. Participate in the performance of eastern social songs and dances.
Free. Participation is limited. Advanced registration is required to secure space in the program.

Create Your Own Journals
2025-10-14 18:00 - 20:00 | Concord-Carlisle High School, Concord, MA, 01742, United States
Join CCACE and Bridget Sonnier-Hillis to make and bind your own beautiful journals. You will learn two types of binding techniques, choose your own beautiful papers for covers, and go home with journals to write in, use as an art journal, junk journal, or gift to someone special. All materials will be provided, but feel free to bring your own special, beautiful paper if you’d like to use it for covers.
2 Tuesdays, October 14th & 21st from 6-8 pm at CCHS, $59/person includes materials
www.concordcarlisleace.org

“The Friend” film at The Umbrella
2025-10-14 19:30 - 21:30 | Umbrella Arts, 40 Stow Street, Concord, MA, 01742, United States
A dramedy about the unexpectedness of grief and pet ownership, based on the 2018 novel, starring Naomi Watts and Bill Murray. Optional add-on dinner from Saltbox Kitchen.

Art with a Purpose
2025-10-16 15:00 - 17:00 | Art for All
Art with a Purpose
Thursday Afternoons- October 2nd, 9th, 16th, 23th and 30th.
3pm-5pm
Art for All – 152 Commonwealth Ave, Studio 16, Concord MA 01742

Art for All’s handmade greeting cards are sold by local businesses through our Greetings for All program. Participation in other public art projects will be available on an as needed basis during these Thursday afternoon sessions. FREE, but please register to help with planning. Familiarity with arts and crafts materials is needed. CCHS and AB students can earn community service hours!

Please register at Eventbrite.
