Concord, MA

UPDATE - First Day Hike, self-guided hikes cancelled due to icy conditions
2026-01-01 10:00 - 14:00 (America/New_York) | walden pond state reservation, 915 Walden Street, Concord, MA, 01742, United States
UPDATE from Walden Pond State Reservation
The New Year’s Day for our FIRST DAY self-guided hikes have been cenceled due to current icy trail conditions (microspikes are needed), along the accessible trail.
Interpretive signs will be placed along the Visitor Center Deck.
You can still meet Thoreau (11am-1pm)/enjoy hot chocolate/free parking.
Visitor Center hours: 10am-3pm.

LWVCC First Friday: Let's Talk IT--From Electricity Pricing to Zoom Meetings
2026-01-08 10:00 - 11:30 | Concord Main Library, Concord, MA, 01742, United States
Jason Bulger, Director of the Concord Municipal Light Plant, will explain the new Time-of-Day electricity rate structure. We will also use this opportunity to discuss online participation in public meetings, comparing the pros and cons of a public Zoom meeting using the Webinar format, and also the safeguards the town has implemented to prevent Zoom bombing and other interruptions that online participation might allow. This hybrid event is free and open to all. For more information, contact towngovernmentconcord@lwvcc.org.

Pink Eraser Art with Laurie Engdahl, Art for All
2026-01-08 10:00 - 12:00 | Art for All
Pink Eraser Art with Laurie Engdahl

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Art for All Inc.
Jan 8 from 10am to 12pm EST

Overview

Start the new year off by beginning a journaling practice with Pink Eraser Art.

Pink Eraser Art – Create your own small stamps, by learning to carve with linoleum cutting tools on pink erasers. This is a super-easy and rewarding craft!

Concord Recreation Open House
2026-01-09 16:00 - 19:00 | Concord Recreation, 90 Stow Street, Concord, MA, United States
Come learn about what Concord Recreation has to offer!
Activities
Pizza
Prizes
Movie
Giveaways

Tot Shabbat & Brunch
2026-01-10 10:30 - 11:15 | Congregation Kerem Shalom, 659 Elm St., Concord, 01742, United States
Join Cantorial Soloist Molly Bajgot and Rabbi Darby for a playful Shabbat morning service and brunch!
Tot Shabbat is a musical experience made just for our littlest learners and their grownups. We’ll welcome the day with singing, stretching, and lots of kiddo-friendly fun. Shabbat is our time to slow down, connect, and celebrate together—come sing out, move your bodies, and share the magic of Shabbat with friends old and new. Stay for a bagel brunch and nosh.
There is no fee to attend, but please see the website to RSVP.

Author Event: My Wild Life by Peter Alden
2026-01-10 12:00 - 14:00 | walden pond state reservation, 915 Walden Street, Concord, MA, 01742, United States
Native Concordian, world-renowned naturalist, lecturer, birder, and author Peter Alden will present his new memoir, My Wild Life: Rare Birds, Close Calls, and the Adventures of an Eco-Explorer from
12-1pm. Book signing will follow. Alden will share stories and photos from his decades of travel to over 100 countries and 7 continents. All ages are welcome. Signed copies now on sale
at the Thoreau Society’s Shop at Walden. Reasonable accommodations upon request.
Co-sponsored by the Friends of Walden Pond. Program info: (978) 405-2082.
This program and parking are free for attendees.

Winter Seed Sow at Verrill Farm (Session 2), All Ages
2026-01-11 13:00 - 15:30 | Verrill Farm, 11 Wheeler Road, Concord, MA, 01742, United States
Save the date for our fourth annual Winter Seed Sow Workshop hosted by Verrill Farm (11 Wheeler Road, Concord) and register for your spot!
In this free workshop, led by the Concord Pollinator Health Committee, we will learn how to sow seeds into milk jugs for easy, outdoor, over-wintering germination of native pollinator-supporting plants. To accommodate more people, we will offer demonstrations at 1 and 2:30. After attending a demonstration, participants will prepare the growing containers and plant seeds. Plan to browse our resource table and learn about plans for a local Pollinator Pathway, too!
What to bring:
Clean, translucent, and empty gallon milk jugs if you have them. Rinse and remove the cap. (Additional jugs will be provided.)
Gardening gloves (if desired)
Scissors. (The workshop will provide some to share.)
Duct Tape (we will have rolls circulating, too.)
Cardboard box, tray, or other container to take home jugs (We have some to share.)
Description of area where you’ll transplant your seedlings (shade, sun, partial sun/shade)
Families welcome (please register total number of attendees!)
This workshop is hosted by Verrill Farm, and it is a collaboration between the Concord Pollinator Health Committee, the CCHS Green Team and the Concord Free Public Library. It is made possible through a grant from the Garden Club of Concord.

Ribbon Cutting - Achieve Taekwondo
2026-01-13 12:00 - 12:30 | 197 Sudbury Road, Concord, MA, 01742
Join the Chamber to welcome and support new business, Achieve Taekwondo!
Ribbon Cutting on Tuesday, January 13th @ 12pm. 197 Sudbury Rd A, Concord, MA 01742

KEEP IT MOVING Dance Class
2026-01-13 13:00 - 14:00 | Harvey Wheeler Community Center, 1276 Main St, Concord, MA, 01742, United States
Join Susan Wright Regan for the KEEP IT MOVING dance class on Tuesday, January 13th at 1:00 PM. The classes are now meeting monthly on the 2nd Tuesday of each month. This class is for those who wish to keep active and maintain balance and coordination for as long as possible. Learning is to our brains as exercise is to our muscles – dance combines both! We groove to music from all genres. Susan believes that age is not the enemy – stagnation is. There is no charge. Please call the COA to sign up at 978-318-3020.

Concord Museum Event with Author Caleb Gayle "Black Moses"
2026-01-13 19:00 - 20:00 | Concord Museum
January 13 at 7:00 PM – 8:00 PM

Join award-winning journalist Caleb Gayle for a conversation about his National Book Award-longlisted book Black Moses, the riveting true story of Edward McCabe, a visionary Black leader who sought to establish a self-governed Black state in Oklahoma after Reconstruction, and the forces of racism and ambition that stood in his way.
Free Members | $10 Non-Members | Free Virtual

Concord Film Project Film Series
2026-01-13 19:30 - 21:30 | The Umbrella Arts Center, 40 Stow St., Concord, MA, 01742, United States
Welcome to the 2025/26 Concord Film Project Film Series
Enjoy the best of classic, independent, and foreign films curated by The Concord Film Project, with pre-show dinner options (note: dinner quantities are limited).
WINTER 2026 FILMS
Tuesday, January 13 at 7:30 PM

Co-crafting
2026-01-15 10:00 - 12:00, 2026-01-22 10:00 - 12:00 | Art for All
Join other creatives using our studio. Work on your own project or co-craft. Materials cost for some activities.

Do you enjoy making stuff while in the vicinity of other makers? Do you need a well equipped and inspiring space to work in? Join us for Co-Crafting on Thursday mornings. It is free to work in the studio when you bring your own project and supplies, or contribute to one of AfA’s on-going community projects.
For just $10 you can use our supplies. Some Thursdays we have a special offering which may have a materials fee.
December 4 – Collage Works – come enjoy creating your own works using unique hand-made collage pieces. Bring your own materials to use or share with others!
December 18 – Gelli Plate printing – Gelli plate printing is a fun, easy way to explore print-
making. Create your own works of art or papers to be used in collage or mixed media.
Some of the supplies available for $10 include ink markers, paint markers, watercolors, colored pencils, many papers, scissors, staplers, rulers and so on.
Pay at the studio with cash, check or Venmo.

Transformed by Revolution Curator Gallery Talk at Concord Museum
2026-01-16 12:00 - 12:30 | The Concord Museum, Concord, MA, 01742, United States
Explore how ideas about community and belonging changed during and after the American Revolution. Learn about the impact of Harvard University’s temporary relocation to Concord, the daily experiences of families and children, and the networks of care among Black and Indigenous families from the exhibition’s co-curators David Wood, Curator, and Susan Foster Jones, Director of Education and Visitor Experience.

Free with Museum admission. Members visit free.

Twelfth Night
2026-01-16 19:00 - 21:30, 2026-01-17 19:00 - 21:30, 2026-01-23 19:00 - 21:30, 2026-01-24 14:00 - 16:30, 2026-01-24 19:00 - 21:30 | 51 Walden
Come see one of Shakespeare’s most entertaining comedies! The World’s A Stage Players production is set in the 1960s to reflect how the characters hold up a mirror to themselves and seek joy in turbulent times. Admission is free but pre-registration is welcome at concord players.org.

The Concord Museum: Martin Luther King, Jr. Day of Service
2026-01-19 10:00 - 11:30 | The Concord Museum, Concord, MA, 01742, United States
Gather at the Concord Museum to prepare Kids’ Bags that provide kid-friendly meals and snacks for a child in our local community. An activity for the whole family, decorate and assemble bags to help ensure a child has access to healthy food.

In partnership with Open Table.
Free. Participants are asked to bring supplemental food for the Kids’ Bags

Civil Disobedience And The Night Thoreau Spent In Jail
2026-01-19 12:00 - 14:00 | MA
Enjoy scenes from the 1969 play The Night Thoreau Spent in Jail by playwrights R. E. Lee and J. Lawrence. Join Robbins House President Nikki Turpin and local Concord Historian Richard Smith for a presentation and conversation on Henry David Thoreau’s Essay “Resistance to Civil Government,”Black History in Massachusetts, and Civil Rights. Q and A to follow, Jan. 19, 2026, noon- 2 p.m. at Walden Pond State Reservation. Learn more.

MLK, Jr Day of Service Food Drive
2026-01-19 12:00 - 16:00 | Crosby’s Market, Sudbury Road, Concord, MA, 01742, United States
To honor Dr. King’s legacy of service to community, the CCHRC is sponsoring a food drive at Crosby’s Market on Monday, January 19th from 12-4pm.
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All donations of non-perishable food will be donated to the Open Table food pantry which offers fresh market groceries and prepared meals at their main facility in Maynard.
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Please stop by to make a donation to help combat food insecurity in Massachusetts.

Chamber Morning Coffee at Nashawtuc Country Club
2026-01-21 08:30 - 10:00 | Nashawtuc Country Club, 1861 Sudbury Rd, Concord, MA, 01742, United States
Join us for a Chamber Morning Coffee at Nashawtuc Country Club, Wednesday, January 21st, @ 8:30-10am. 1861 Sudbury Road Concord
Kickstart your day with coffee and conversations. Connect with local businesses, share ideas, and expand your network!
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The Modern Middle East: Parts 1 and 2 Presented by John Gardella
2026-01-22 13:00 - 14:30 | Harvey Wheeler Community Center, 1276 Main St, Concord, MA, 01742, United States
John Gardella presents the first two parts of The Modern Middle East on January 22nd and 29th starting at 1:00 PM. It will cover from the end of World War One through 1980 – the Iranian Revolution and the Camp David Accords. These two lectures set the stage for the more recent history of the Middle East which John will present in the spring. Please call the COA office to sign up at 978-318-3020.

Introduction to Self Defense
2026-01-22 16:00 - 18:00 | Concord-Carlisle High School, Concord, MA, 01742, United States
IMPACT self-defense workshops simulate scenarios of threat, intimidation and violence perpetrated by strangers and people we know. Classes are taught by a team of two instructors: one teaches self-defense skills, the other takes on the role of an aggressor. This instructor wears a full suit of protective body armor so you can safely practice the skills you learn. People learn to swim by getting in the water. Self-defense is similar– the best way to learn is to get up and practice. Physical self-defense is always a last resort; Students also learn verbal skills to de-escalate conflict and to stay calm and respond effectively to harassment. IMPACT’s approach to self-defense is trauma-informed, social-justice-oriented and designed to teach practical safety skills in a way that challenges victim-blame.
Join CCACE & IMPACT for this important workshop!
Find this and more at www.concordcarlisleace.org

Concert with Anna Huckabee Tull and Mickey Zibello at The Concord Museum
2026-01-22 19:00 - 20:00 | Concord Museum, Concord, MA, 01742, United States
January 22 at 7:00 PM – 8:00 PM

Concord-based musician Anna Huckabee Tull and her longtime musical partner Cambridgeite Mickey Zibello return to perform their award-winning songs and share the stories behind the music. Join us for an evening of live music, engaging tales, songs that matter, and a premier public performance of the Concord Museum-commissioned song “We Gather Here,” honoring the 250th anniversary of the American Revolution and the power of history to create community.
$10 Members | $15 Non-Members

Lantern Making – Family Fun
2026-01-24 10:30 - 12:00 | Art for All Studio, 152 Commonwealth Avenue, Concord, MA, 01742, United States
Come decorate a lantern and shine your light at Concord’s inaugural lantern Brighter Together Parade and Party!
Bring your lantern to Alcott Elementary School on the evening of March 7th, and march with us to a party at the Concord Scout House. You can find more information about the event at concordlanterns.org.
This workshop is suitable for children 3 and up, accompanied by an adult. Children and adults are welcome to decorate lanterns.
Free!

Winter Wonderland
2026-01-24 13:00 - 15:00 | Concord Recreation, 90 Stow Street, Concord, MA, United States
Concord Recreation invites you to this is a free community event on Saturday January 24th starting at 1:00pm at Emerson Field / Hunt Recreation Center. The event will feature a bonfire, horse drawn sleigh rides, food, music, and much more.

Puzzlepalooza
2026-01-24 15:30 - 18:30 | Musketaquid Sportsman’s Club, Old Mill Road, Concord, MA, 01742, United States
Puzzlepalooza is back—and the race is on!
Join the Miracle League of Massachusetts for an action-packed 500-piece jigsaw showdown where speed, teamwork, and bragging rights are all on the line. Bring a team of up to four, or sign up solo and we’ll match you with fellow puzzlers. Every group gets the same puzzle … but only one will finish first!
Expect friendly competition, great music, plenty of laughs, light snacks, and a cash bar to keep the energy high. Prizes await the top five teams— and all proceeds support Miracle League athletes of all abilities who play baseball, build confidence, and shine on and off the field.
Ready to race? Ready to make a difference?
Grab your team, lock in your spot, and help us make miracles — one piece at a time.
January24, 2026 | 3:30pm- ?? (The competition will end at 6:30pm, but we’ll have snacks and the bar will remain open.)
Musketaquid Sportsman’s Club
Old Mill Road Concord, MA

Teams of up to 4 puzzlers: early bird rate until January 10 is $280; after January 10, the fee is $300
Single puzzlers are welcome; we’ll make teams! $85 per single puzzler
Limited to 20 teams
Light snacks
Puzzlepalooza

Cash bar
Prizes
Tons of fun!

About Miracle League of Massachusetts
There is something about playing the game of baseball that lights up a player’s eyes, but for anyone facing mental and physical challenges, that opportunity can be difficult. Miracle League gives athletes of all abilities the opportunity to enjoy the game of baseball as part of a team in an organized league—at no cost to their family.
Miracle League of Massachusetts runs Spring and Fall baseball seasons every year, with Saturday games for children 5-21, and Sunday games for adults. Families from more than 30 towns in Massachusetts come to the newly resurfaced Miracle Field at Nara Park in Acton to experience being part of a team, support one another and enjoy time with their Miracle League friends and buddies.
The Miracle League of Massachusetts offers more than baseball to this tight community. Year-round activities include a summer family picnic, sing-alongs, bingo nights, dance parties, and travel tournament opportunities.
We rely on donations from individuals and sponsors to offer these activities, provide uniforms and equipment, and maintain Miracle Field. We greatly appreciate our 2025 sponsors Mark Fidrych Foundation, Crumbl Cookie of Milbury & Hudson, Omar’s World of Comics, Concord Heating & Air Conditioning, Acton Lions Club, Concord Recreation and Scheier Katin & Epstein, PC.
Donations can be made at https://miracleleaguema.org/donate/.

CCM: Matt Flinner and Joe K. Walsh Concert
2026-01-24 19:00 - 21:00 | Concord Conservatory of Music, 1317 Main St, Concord, MA, 01742, United States
Saturday, January 24, 2026 at 7:00 pm
Known for their mastery of tone and tasteful musical approach, this mandolin duo brings profound voices and diversity of texture to the acoustic and bluegrass worlds, with Matt Flinner on the banjo and mandolin and Joe Walsh switching between mandolin, mandola, octave mandolin, mandocello. Experience their artistry in an intimate evening of sublime music.
Purchase Tickets in advance or payable at the door for this event. ($25 General Admission and free for students 18 and under)
Special Pre-Concert Workshop: Learn a Fiddle Tune and a Harmony
Before they take the stage for their 7:00 PM performance, join world-renowned multi-instrumentalists Matt Flinner and Joe K. Walsh for an intimate, hands-on workshop starting at 4:00 PM.
This is a unique opportunity to peek “under the hood” of their virtuosic playing. Whether you’re a mandolin player, a banjo picker, or a fan of acoustic string music, Matt and Joe will share insights into their creative process. Learn more!
