The Concord Players present Brigadoon
2026-05-08 20:00 - 23:00 (America/New_York) | 51 Walden
While hunting in the Scottish Highlands, New Yorker Tommy Albright stumbles upon the picturesque village of Brigadoon, which seems like a place out of time. There, Tommy falls in love – not just with a beautiful lass named Fiona, but with the town itself. Only then does he discover Brigadoon’s secret: the village appears once every 100 years, for a single day, and the vanishes into the mist.
Will Tommy choose to return to his life in the modern world – or remain enchanted in Brigadoon forever?
Performances: April 24, 25, May 1, 2, 8 and 9 with matinees on April 26 and May 3 at 2:00 pm
Tickets: $28.00
For tickets and more information: concordplayers.org or call 978-369-2990

Tanya Bartevyan Piano Recital​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​
2026-05-08 19:30 - 21:30 | TriCon Church, 54 Walden Street, Concord, MA, 01742, United States
Music of J.S. Bach, Florence Price
Franz Schubert Sonata in c minor D.958
May 8, 2026, Friday, 7:30 pm
TriCon Church
54 Walden Street, Concord MA
Admission $20
Low income pay what you can

HAIRSPRAY at The Umbrella Arts Center
2026-05-08 19:30 - 21:30, 2026-05-07 19:30 - 21:30 | The Umbrella Arts Center, 40 Stow St., Concord, MA, 01742, United States
The Umbrella Stage Company proudly presents HAIRSPRAY, directed and choreographed by Najee Brown. With big hair, big laughs, and even bigger heart, this joyous, high-energy musical proves that when we dance together, anything is possible.
Previews: Friday, April 24 & Saturday, April 25, 2026. Playing: Sunday, April 26, 2026 through Sunday, May 17, 2026 in Theater 144 at 40 Stow Street | Concord, MA
Hairspray, the Tony award winner based on the John Waters film, is a 1960s musical piled bouffant-high with revolutionary joy. Tracy Turnblad’s dream to dance on the Corny Collins Show has come true, but this determined teen won’t just do the twist and the mashed potato: she’ll use her star power to integrate Baltimore’s TV network to a swingin’ soundtrack! The Color Purple choreographer Najee Brown makes his Umbrella directing debut with this big-hearted celebration of what happens when everyone gets a chance to dance.
Shows run Sunday at 3:00 PM, Thursday & Friday at 7:30 PM, and Saturday at 8:00 PM (with an exception for a 6:30 PM performance Sunday, May 3).
Special KidCare Shows on May 3 and May 17 will allow parents an opportunity to attend a matinee performance while their child(ren) ages 5-12 engage in art activities inspired by the show in one of The Umbrella’s classrooms with an experienced teacher.
Dinner & A Show packages are available for all Thursday night performances.
Book by Mark O’Donnell & Thomas Meehan. Music by Marc Shaiman. Lyrics by Scott Wittman & Marc Shaiman. Based on the New Line Cinema film, written and directed by John Waters.
HAIRSPRAY is presented through special arrangement with Music Theatre International. All authorized performance materials are also supplied by MTI. www.MTIshows.org.

CCHS Theatre presents "9 to 5" The Musical
2026-05-08 19:00 - 22:00 | CCHS
CC Theatre presents 9 to 5 The Musical!
Show dates are May 7, 8, 9 @ 7:00 pm and May 9 @ 2:00 pm in the CCHS Auditorium Buy tickets at http://cc-theatre.org
It’s 1979, phones were still attached to walls, computers were only for NASA, and acceptable workplace behavior looked very different. Violet, Doralee, and Judy are all at different points in their careers at Consolidated, but they all have one thing in common; a truly terrible boss. Franklin Hart makes the office an awful place, whether it is berating Judy, ignoring Violet, or paying far too much unwanted attention to Doralee. When a minor accident snowballs into a full blown fiasco, the ladies band together and decide to take the reins and make the office somewhere everyone can actually enjoy putting in their 9 to 5. As long as they don’t get caught…
Open Captioning available at all performances; ASL Interpretation available at the May 8th performance. PG-13 for some suggestive dialogue, drug use, coarse language, comedic violence.
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CYT Main Stage: The Pied Piper
2026-05-08 19:00 - 21:00 | Concord Youth Theatre, 53 Church St., Concord, MA, 01742, United States
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The town of Hamelin has a big problem…rats! The famous Pied Piper comes to rid the town of the rats only to be cheated by the real rat in town, the town councilor. Join Cassie and the kids of Hamlin as they chase down the Piper and prove that you really can make your own story and create your own world.
This story of gratefulness, fairness and keeping promises has been told and retold over generations. Rediscover the Pied Piper in this engaging musical composed by Rene Pfister, with book and lyrics by Rene Pfister and Jan Mankowsky.

Children's Clothing Drop Off at Fowler Library
2026-05-08 13:00 - 16:30 | Fowler Library, 1322 Main Street, Concord, MA, 01742, United States
Drop Off at Fowler on May 8, 1-4:30PM.
Then, May 9:
Visit the Swap Shop at Fowler Library, 1322 Main Street and pick out any items you’d like. The shop is first come, first served. You DO NOT have to donate to be able to take items from the Swap Shop. No bags will be supplied, so please bring something to carry your swap items home.
Early Bird Entry for those who donated on Drop-Off Day begins at 10:30 am.
This event is free and no registration is required.

Young Men's Service League (YMSL) Prospective Members Meeting
2026-05-08 12:00 - 13:00 | Concord Free Public Library, 129 Main Street, Concord, MA, 01742, United States
Introducing the inaugural Middlesex Chapter of the Young Men’s Service League (YMSL)—a national organization dedicated to service, leadership, and meaningful connection between mothers and their high school–aged sons! Through shared volunteer work and leadership opportunities, YMSL fosters growth, responsibility, and lasting community impact. We are currently connecting with moms of 8th and 9th grade boys in Concord/Carlisle as well as surrounding communities to join as founding members. We will be hosting upcoming prospective member gatherings and would love to connect with those interested in learning more!
Join us for one of our upcoming prospective member meetings:
Who: Moms of current 8th and 9th grade boys
When: Sunday, May 8th from 12-1
Where: Concord Library, 129 Main Street, Trustees Room
RSVP: middlesexYSML@gmail.com

Concord Middle School 7th Grade CAR WASH - FREE to Senior Residents
2026-05-08 09:30 - 11:30 | Harvey Wheeler Community Center, 1276 Main St, Concord, MA, 01742, United States
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It’s Community Service Day for middle schoolers. Drive over and help make their effort a success! Come anytime or schedule appointment by calling the COA at 978-318-3020.

CCHS Theatre presents "9 to 5" The Musical
2026-05-07 19:00 - 22:00 | CCHS
CC Theatre presents 9 to 5 The Musical!
Show dates are May 7, 8, 9 @ 7:00 pm and May 9 @ 2:00 pm in the CCHS Auditorium Buy tickets at http://cc-theatre.org
It’s 1979, phones were still attached to walls, computers were only for NASA, and acceptable workplace behavior looked very different. Violet, Doralee, and Judy are all at different points in their careers at Consolidated, but they all have one thing in common; a truly terrible boss. Franklin Hart makes the office an awful place, whether it is berating Judy, ignoring Violet, or paying far too much unwanted attention to Doralee. When a minor accident snowballs into a full blown fiasco, the ladies band together and decide to take the reins and make the office somewhere everyone can actually enjoy putting in their 9 to 5. As long as they don’t get caught…
Open Captioning available at all
performances; ASL Interpretation available at the May 8th performance. PG-13 for some suggestive dialogue, drug use, coarse language, comedic violence.
GET TICKETS

Trivia Night in Concord
2026-05-07 19:00 - 21:00 | Concord’s Colonial Inn, 48 Monument Square, Concord, MA, 01742, United States
Looking for some fun!? 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)
• Concord’s Colonial Inn @concordscolonialinn

Concord's Ever-Changing Land, Water and Wildlife - Presentation by Richard Forman
2026-05-07 13:00 - 14:00 | Harvey Wheeler Community Center, 1276 Main St, Concord, MA, 01742, United States
Richard T.T. Forman, Emeritus Professor at Harvard University’s School of Design explores Concord’s landscape from 1635 to today through the lens of environmental history. Forman is a Concord resident and leading author on landscape, town, and urban ecology. His new book, Town Ecology, Concord, Thoreau, and Onward, is available at the Concord Visitor Center. Call 978-318-3020 starting May 1st to reserve your spot!

Spring into West Concord Treasure Hunt
2026-05-07 - 2026-05-22, 2026-05-01 - 2026-05-16 | West Concord, Concord, MA, 01742, United States
With the help of Fowler Library, Art for All is pulling together the 5th annual Spring into West Concord Treasure Hunt! The theme this year is Garden delLights. 30 businesses will display illuminated lanterns made at Art for All workshops in their windows. Beginning on May 1st and ending on Spring into West Concord on the 16th, participants can find the lanterns and complete game sheets with their locations. Completed sheets are entered into a raffle to win one of over 20 prizes from West Concord businesses.

Trinitarian Congregational Church and the Struggle for Abolition from 1826 through the Civil War
2026-05-06 19:00 - 21:00 | TriCon Church, 54 Walden Street, Concord, MA, 01742, United States
Trinitarian Congregational Church (TriCon) in Concord will host award-winning historian and author Robert A Gross in conversation with Kyle B Roberts, Executive Director of the Congregational Library & Archives in Boston. The two will discuss abolition in New England in the mid 1800s, with specific examples from the history of TriCon, its pastors, and parishioners in the early years of its founding. In 1826, as the First Church in Concord moved toward Unitarianism, nine members (including Maria, Elizabeth and Jane Thoreau, aunts of Henry David) joined others from the town to form what was to become Trinitarian Congregational Church. In this, our 200th year, TriCon commemorates its founding and shares some of its early history in this public program, which is free and open to all.

The Odyssey: An Artistic Adaptation for 2 Actors
2026-05-06 18:00 - 19:30 | Concord Free Public Library, 129 Main Street, Concord, MA, 01742, United States
What is the cost of our choices? Can love sustain across time, war and distance? Can you ever really find your way home?
Join actors Stephen Collins and Poornima Kirby as they take on this three-thousand-year-old epic about the adventures of a wily and complicated traveler. Our two-person, one-hour adaptation draws from multiple translations, punctuated with poetry and sea-chanties to connect this age-old epic to our modern time. Told as a marital squabble between Odysseus and his wife, Penelope, the story weaves through Odysseus’ travels and to his arrival in Ithaca to face the fall-out of his absence, and find out if he can really come home. With Stephen Collins as the funny, damaged, scheming Odysseus and Poornima flowing nimbly between Penelope, Calypso, Circe, the Cyclops and many more characters – our artistic, playful, searching adaptation explores the universal human needs that run through this ancient poem – from the desire to belong, to the hunger for vengeance, to the hope of a second chance.
The Concord Free Public Library is committed to providing everyone with unimpeded access to our resources, programs, and services. Learn more about accessibility at our libraries. You can also email our administration team or give us a call at either of our libraries to request additional accommodations.
The Concord Free Public Library’s programs are free to the public thanks to the generous support of the Friends of the Concord Free Public Library and the Concord Free Public Library Corporation.

Chair Yoga with Erica at the Main Library
2026-05-05 13:30 - 14:30 | Concord Free Public Library, 129 Main Street, Concord, MA, 01742, United States
Join local yoga instructor Erica every Tuesday in May for yoga with a chair. If you’ve felt that yoga is too challenging or you struggle to get on and off the floor, this class could be great for you. We will explore all the benefits of yoga in a supportive way using a chair. We will strengthen, balance, and stretch our bodies, find stillness in our minds, and fullness in our breath all while using a chair to explore traditional yoga poses and functional movement exercises. Options will be given for students to remain seated the whole class, or to explore some standing poses throughout.
Bio: A yoga student for 20 years and a teacher for over 18 years, Erica’s classes are uplifting and playful, yet rooted in functional movement and the great inquiry of the self. In addition to being a yoga teacher, Erica is an acupressure practitioner and has studied anatomy, therapeutics and functional movement extensively. She is passionate about working with the prenatal and postnatal community. When not on the mat, she can be found with her family, her camera, and nature!
The Concord Free Public Library is committed to providing everyone with unimpeded access to our resources, programs, and services. Learn more about accessibility at our libraries. You can also email our administration team or give us a call at either of our libraries to request additional accommodations.
The Concord Free Public Library’s programs are free to the public thanks to the generous support of the Friends of the Concord Free Public Library and the Concord Free Public Library Corporation.

Pontine Theatre Presents: "The Flat Iron Lot"
2026-05-05 13:00 - 14:00 | Harvey Wheeler Community Center, 1276 Main St, Concord, MA, 01742, United States
Pontine Theatre presents Alice Brown’s short story, “The Flat Iron Lot,” published in 1899. Pontine Co-artistic directors and actors, Marguerite Mathews and Greg Gathers bring a performance that includes gestural theatre, puppetry, and storytelling. Sponsored by Harvey’s Gift Shop. Please call the COA office to sign up at 978-318-3020 for this creative and delightful show.

American Disunion: An Evening with David Blight
2026-05-04 19:00 - 20:00 | Concord Museum, Concord, MA, 01742, United States
Join Pulitzer Prize-winning historian David Blight for a compelling forum on the evolving meaning of American independence. Drawing on his scholarship on Frederick Douglass, Blight will explore how the ideals of the Declaration of Independence have been interpreted and contested over time.
Professor Blight will discuss Frederick Douglass’s 1852 speech, “What to the Slave Is the Fourth of July?”. Through Douglass’s words, Blight invites us to reflect on the enduring tensions between liberty and inequality, and to consider whether the nation’s founding promises remain unfulfilled.
Members Free | $10 Non-Members | Free Virtual

Library Walking Club
2026-05-04 09:00 - 10:00 | West Concord, Concord, MA, 01742, United States
Let’s move together! Join Concord Free Public Library staff to start your week with a walk along the Bruce Freeman Rail Trail. Friends from Concord Recreation will join us to lead light stretching (starting around 8:45 AM) and to walk with us. Wear your sneakers, grab your walking poles, and bring a friend. All walking paces welcome.
We will meet at the Bruce Freeman Rail Trail parking lot, near 50 Beharrell St, just beyond the Poetry Phone and the Minuteman Bike Share. So that we know to wait for you and to provide any weather-related updates, please register: cfpl.info/events. We will start walking by 9:05, so please do your best to arrive on time!
Questions? Email: fowler@concordlibrary.org or call 978-318-3350.

"Earthworks: Evolution" Ceramics Biennial Opens
2026-04-29 - 2026-06-28 | The Umbrella Arts Center, 40 Stow St., Concord, MA, 01742, United States
The Umbrella Arts Center of Concord, MA presents its second Ceramics Biennial Exhibition, “Earthworks: Evolution”, a regional show celebrating the depth of history, tradition, and cultural expression in contemporary ceramics, and the ways in which artists continue to expand the field through innovation and reinterpretation.
Admission is free and the Allie Kussin Gallery is open to all. The works in this exhibition will be available for purchase via ArtCloud.com after the opening reception; for earlier inquiries, please reach out to Julia@TheUmbrellaArts.org.
Exhibition Dates: April 29 – June 28, 2026
Opening Reception: April 29, 6:00 – 8:00 PM (RSVP requested)
Form and Narrative on Elegantly Embossed Ceramics with Juror and Visiting Artist Lisa Orr: Workshop ($70) | Artist’s Talk (Free) – RSVP requested
JUROR: Lisa Orr has been a studio potter for over 40 years. After completing an MFA at the NYSCC Alfred in 1992, she received a Fulbright, an MAAA/NEA and other grants to research ceramics and create films. Her work has been placed in numerous public and private collections. Currently refining an accessible smokeless wood kiln, she also teaches, lectures, and shows nationally and internationally. Orr’s ceramics lushly blend historical, functional roots with organic, fluid forms that embrace gentle asymmetry. Inspired by nature and intuition, her richly textured and colorfully glazed slip-cast surfaces evoke birds on the wing, coral reefs, and blooming flowers, resulting in work that’s vibrant, emotional, and assured.
FEATURED ARTISTS: Alice Abrams • Jack Abramson • Chris Archer • Ben Babcock • Becky Bailey • Sasha M Bergmann • Heather Binder • Josephine Burr • Bob Callahan • Loring Cheney • Claire Corey • Julie Cunningham • Holly Curcio • Christine DeGennaro • Natasha Dikareva • Helen Duncan • Larry W Elardo • Katie Fee • Debra Fleury • Molly Frantz • Leslie Fry • Fionnuala Hart Gerrity • Pam Golden • Joan Hilton • Alexandra Hogan Kosciak • Lindsey McFarland Howarth • Tom Hubbard • Kyle Johns • Hillary Ellen Kane • Grace Kerr • Yeonsoo Kim • Lucien Koonce • Gwendolyn Lanier • Jaeok Lee • Warren Mather • Jennifer McCandless • Eliane Medina • Donna Namnoum • Elizabeth Ocean • Shyanne Ogilvie • Linnea Pappas-Byers • Jenny Peace • Julie Peck • Ingrid Raab • Andrew Robinson (boats by drew) • Ellen Schön • Kimberly Scott • Corran Shrimpton • Anne Thiam • Joan Zagrobelny
Open through June 28

2026 DEI Commission Community Survey
2026-04-22 - 2026-05-22 | MA
Concord has a new question for its residents, and it’s a simple one: how are you doing?
The town’s Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Commission has launched a community survey to find out what it actually feels like to live, work, or study in Concord. Not what we assume. Not what we’ve always heard. What people actually experience day to day.
The survey covers topics like whether people feel welcome in town spaces, whether they’ve encountered barriers accessing services or opportunities, and how connected they feel to the broader community. It takes about ten minutes, and anyone who spends time in Concord is encouraged to take it, whether you’re a longtime resident, a recent arrival, a student, or someone who works here but lives somewhere else.
Why does this matter? Because good decisions require real information. The Commission can’t advocate for a more inclusive Concord without understanding where people feel included and where they don’t.
This survey is how we start that conversation.
It’s anonymous and it’s open to everyone who lives, works, or studies in Concord. If you want to share it, the hashtag is #youbelonginConcord.
