Things to do North of Boston September 22nd – September 28th, 2023

Onion Town Field Day, 10am-4pm, Endicott Park, Danvers, Massachusetts

Summer Forest Explorations, 9:30am-12pm, The Fells, Stoneham, Massachusetts

Krochmal Farms Annual Pumpkin Festival 2023, 10am-5pm, Tewksbury, Massachusetts

2023 Marini Farm Maze Park & Corn Maze Admission & Events, 10am-6pm, Ipswich, Massachusetts

Sculptural Flowers: Autumnal Floral Arranging, 11am, deCordova Sculpture Park and Museum, Lincoln, Massachusetts

Free Fallin’ Pop Up Marketplace, 11-3pm, Melrose, Massachusetts

Fall Farm Days, 11am-3pm, Good Pickin’ Farm, Westford, Massachusetts

Stoneham Town Day, 11-4pm, Stoneham, Massachusetts

Mystic River Celebration 2023, 12-4pm, Medford Condon Shell, Medford, Massachusetts

Tewksbury Fall Festival, 12-5pm, Livingston Street, Tewksbury, Massachusetts

Arlington Town Day Beer Tent, 11:30am-6pm, Arlington, Massachusetts

Lemony Turkey Meatballs, 1-2pm, Online cooking class with Debbie Brosnan, Personal Chef from Arlington, Massachusetts

Hysteria! The Salem Haunted Magic Show, 1pm, 3:30pm, 6:30pm & 8:30pm, Salem, Massachusetts

Nighttime Critters Shadowpuppets, 1-3pm, Peabody Essex Museum, Peabody, Massachusetts

Oyster Fest, 1-5pm, Salem, Massachusetts

Oktoberfest Beer Garden on the Common, 2-8pm, Reading Town Common, Reading, Massachusetts

Farm to Table Dinner, 5-8:30pm, New Entry at Moraine Farm, Beverly, Massachusetts

Hollowed Harvest: Wicked Labyrinth, 3-9pm, Salem, Massachusetts

Brew Your Way Through, 7-10pm, Marini Farm, Ipswich, Massachusetts

Wakefield Farmer’s Market, 9-1pm, Wakefield, Massachusetts

Andover Farmer’s Market, 9-1pm, Andover, Massachusetts

Winchester Farmer’s Market, 9:30-1:30pm Winchester, Massachusetts

Live Music on the Green, 5-8pm, 3rd Ave, Burlington, Massachusetts

Sunday, September 24th, 2023

Outdoor Fitness Classes, 9-9:45am, Woburn, Massachusetts

Princess & Pirates Day, 10am-2pm, Stone Zoo, Stoneham, Massachusetts

Krochmal Farms Annual Pumpkin Festival 2023, 10am-5pm, Tewksbury, Massachusetts

2023 Marini Farm Maze Park & Corn Maze Admission & Events, 10am-6pm, Ipswich, Massachusetts

Free Fallin’ Pop Up Marketplace, 11-3pm, Melrose, Massachusetts

Fall Farm Days, 11am-3pm, Good Pickin’ Farm, Westford, Massachusetts

Nighttime Critters Shadowpuppets, 1-3pm, Peabody Essex Museum, Peabody, Massachusetts

The Harrington Circus, 1-4pm, Castle Hill on the Crane Estate, Ipswich, Massachusetts

turkey pie plate and platter painting at tin bucket, 12-4pm, Tin Bucket, Reading, Massachusetts

Hysteria! The Salem Haunted Magic Show, 1pm, 3:30pm, & 6:30pm, Salem, Massachusetts

Arts and Ales: Ciderfest, 4:30-6:30pm, deCordova Sculpture Park and Museum, Lincoln, Massachusetts

Hollowed Harvest: Wicked Labyrinth, 3-9pm, Salem, Massachusetts

Monday, September 25th, 2023

Nighttime Critters Shadowpuppets, 1-3pm, Peabody Essex Museum, Peabody, Massachusetts

Tuesday, September 26th, 2023

Good Thomas Musical Bingo, 6-8pm, Craft Food Halls, Revolution Hall, Lexington, Massachusetts

Wednesday, September 27th, 2023

Story & Movement time with Daisy! Whitelam Books, Wednesdays at 10:30am, Reading, Massachusetts

Poetry Open Mic Night, 7pm, Whitlam Books, Reading, Massachusetts

New England Performance Series with Vance Gilbert, deCordova Sculpture Park and Museum, Lincoln, Massachusetts

Thursday, September 28st, 2023

Paint Your Own Piece: Furniture 101, 10am-4pm, Brissonte, North Reading, Massachusetts

Ipswich Homegrown Market, 3-7pm, Ipswich, Massachusetts

Medford Farmer’s Market, 3-7pm, Medford, Massachusetts

Sailing

Art Exhibition

Through November 5th, 2023

Gu Wenda: United Nations, Peabody Essex Museum, Salem, Massachusetts

Theater – Upcoming Shows!

October 6 – October 22, 2023

THE PLAY THAT GOES WRONG, Quannapowitt Players, Reading, Massachusetts

October 20 – November 5, 2023

We had a Girl Before You, Greater Boston Stage Company, Stoneham, Massachusetts

November 28 – December 3, 2023

Chicago, Emerson Colonial Theater, Boston, Massachusetts

December 8 – December 23, 2023

ALL IS CALM: The Christmas Truce of 1914, Greater Boston Stage Company, Stoneham, Massachusetts

Farmer’s Markets

Tuesdays, May 30-October 31st, 2023

Lexington Farmer’s Market, 2-6:30pm, Lexington, Massachusetts

Thursdays, June 1-September 21, 2023

Stoneham Farmer’s Market, 2:30-6:30pm, Stoneham, Massachusetts

Thursdays May 18-October 5, 2023

Ipswich Homegrown Market, 3-7pm, Ipswich, Massachusetts

Saturdays June 10-October 28, 2023

Winchester Farmer’s Market, 9:30-1:30pm Winchester, Massachusetts

Saturdays June 17-October 14, 2023

Andover Farmer’s Market, 9-1pm, Andover, Massachusetts

Saturdays June 17-October 29, 2023

Wakefield Farmer’s Market, 9-1pm, Wakefield, Massachusetts

Fridays June 30-October 6, 2023

Hamilton-Wenham Farmer’s Market, 3-7pm, Hamilton, Massachusetts

Art Classes

Arts Arlington, Arlington, Massachusetts

Munroe Center for the Arts, Lexington, Massachusetts

Julie’s Art School, North Andover, Massachusetts

Music Classes and Lessons

Group Piano Classes for Kids, Wednesdays 1:30 pm & 2:30 pm, Arlington, Massachusetts 

Second Monday of Each Month for adults

Guitar League, 7:30pm, Wakefield, Massachusetts

Music Lessons

Stage Music Center, Winchester and Acton, Massachusetts

National Music Inc, Woburn, Massachusetts

Book Clubs

Story & Movement time with Daisy! Whitelam Books, Wednesdays at 10:30am, Reading, Massachusetts

First Thursday of every month

Sci-Fi/Fantasy Book Club at Whitelam Books, 7:00- 8:00 pm, Reading, Massachusetts

Second Thursday of every month

Non-Fiction Book Club with Nina at Whitelam Books, Reading, Massachusetts

Fitness and Health

Nursing Your Way to Wellness

Public Library Calendars

Woburn Public Library Calendar

Burlington Public Library Calendar

Arlington Public Library Calendar

Reading Public Library Calendar

Wakefield Public Library Calendar

Winchester Public Library Calendar

Lexington Public Library Calendar

Town Recreation Departments

Woburn Recreation, 10 Common Street, Woburn, Massachusetts, 781-897-5805

Burlington Parks & Recreation, 61 Center Street, Burlington, Massachusetts, 781-270-1695

Reading Recreation Division, 16 Lowell Street, Reading, Massachusetts, 781-942-9075

Wakefield Recreation, Americal Civic Center, 467 Main Street, Wakefield, Massachusetts, 781-246-6389

Stoneham Recreation Department, 35 Central Street, Stoneham, Massachusetts, 781-279-2609

Lexington Recreation & Community Programs, 39 Marrett Road, Lexington, Massachusetts, 781-698-4800

Winchester Recreation Department, 263 Main Street, Winchester, Massachusetts, 781-721-7125