Things to do North of Boston October 21st – October 27th, 2022

Winterlights at Stevens-Coolidge House & Gardens, ticket times vary, North Andover, Massachusetts (Limited tickets sold!)

Friday, October 21st, 2022

Frightful Fridays at Gore Place, 6:30- 9:15 pm, Waltham, Massachusetts

Halloween Movie on the Town Common: The Nightmare Before Christmas, 6:30- 8:30 pm, Stoneham, Massachusetts

Saturday, October 22nd, 2022

Skatoberfest, 1:00- 7:00 pm, Reading, Massachusetts

Safe Trick Or Treat, 11am-3pm, Tewksbury, Massachusetts

Hallow-Marini Party, 12:00- 3:00 pm, Ipswich, Massachusetts

Maudslay is Haunted, 1:30- 4:00 pm, Newburyport, Massachusetts

Free Document Shredding at Woburn City Hall, 9:00 am- 1:00 pm, Woburn, Massachusetts

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

Kids’ Corner Epic Night Out Celebration & Fundraiser, 7:00- 10:00 pm, Woburn, Massachusetts

6th Annual Halloween Spooktacular Vendor & Craft Fair, 11:00 am- 3:00 pm, Woburn, Massachusetts

Fitness Within’s Operation Run to Heal 5K, 12:00- 2:00 pm, Reading, Massachusetts

Sunday, October 23rd, 2022

Safe Trick Or Treat, 11am-3pm, Tewksbury, Massachusetts

Hallow-Marini Party, 12:00- 3:00 pm, Ipswich, Massachusetts

Zumbathon for Making Strides Against Breast Cancer, 2:00- 4:00 pm, Peabody, Massachusetts

Maudslay is Haunted, 1:30- 4:00 pm, Newburyport, Massachusetts

Trunk or Treat at Westford Fire Department, 3:30- 5:30 pm, Westford, Massachusetts

Woburn Village Presents Fall Fun, 4:00- 8:00 pm, Woburn, Massachusetts

Monday, October 24th, 2022

Woburn Public Library International Movie Night, À Deriva (Portuguese), 6:30- 8:15 pm, Woburn, Massachusetts

Tuesday, October 25th, 2022

Pumpkinpalooza, 6:00- 8:00 pm, Woburn, Massachusetts

Plant Nite: Fall Pick-Your-Planter, 7:00- 9:00 pm, Woburn, Massachusetts

Wednesday, October 26th, 2022

Discovering the Joy of Bird Feeding, 6:30- 8:30 pm, Burlington, Massachusetts

Thursday, October 27th, 2022

Yoga with Kat, 6:30- 7:30 pm, Woburn, Massachusetts

WHS Pumpkins on the Plaza, 6:00- 8:00 pm, Wakefield, Massachusetts

Pumpkin Festival

Annual Pumpkin Festival 2022, September 24-October 30th, Saturdays and Sundays from 10 AM – 5 PM, Columbus Day 10 AM – 5 PM, Tewksbury, Massachusetts

Apple & Pumpkin Picking

Barker’s Farm
1267 Osgood Street, North Andover, MA
(978) 683-0785
Hours: 9 am to 4 pm (Sundays – 9 am to 3 pm)

Belmont Acres Farm
34 Glenn Road, Belmont, MA
Hours: Saturdays 2 to 5 pm 

Boston Hill Farm
1370 Turnpike Street, North Andover, MA
(978) 681-8556
Hours: 9 am to 5 pm

Brooksby Farm
54 Felton St. Peabody, MA
(978) 531-7456
Hours: 9 am to 4 pm (closed Mondays)

Calareso’s Farmstand
100 Main Street, Reading, MA
(781) 944-6010
Hours: 8 am to 7 pm (Sundays – 9 am to 6:30 pm)

Cider Hill Farm
45 Fern Avenue, Amesbury, MA
(978) 388-5525
Hours: 8 am to 5pm
Purchase advance tickets here.

Drew Farm
31 Tadmuck Road, Westford, MA
(978) 807-0719
Hours: Daily 9am-5pm

Farmer Dave’s
437 Parker Road, Dracut, MA
(978) 349-1952
Hours: Picking on Friday, Saturday and Sunday – 9am to 5pm

Grigg’s Farm
599 Boston Road, Billerica, MA
(978) 667-9111
Hours: 9 am to 6 pm

Ingaldsby Farm
14 Washington Street, West Boxford, MA
(978) 352-2813
Hours: 9 am to 5 pm (closed Mondays & Tuesdays)

Parlee Farm
95 Farwell Road, Tyngsboro, MA
(978) 649-3854
Hours: Tuesday – Sunday, Labor Day & Columbus Day:  10am – 5pm
Closed on Mondays (except Federal Holidays), and Tuesday 9/6 & Tuesday 10/11

Russell Orchards
143 Argilla Rd. Ipswich, MA
(978) 356-5366
Hours: 9 am to 5 pm (closed Mondays)

Shelburn Farm
106 West Acton Road
Stow, MA
978-897-9287
Open 7 days a week

Smolak Farms
315 South Bradford Street North Andover, MA
(978) 682-6332
Hours: 8 am to 5 pm

Verrill Farms
11 Wheeler Road, Concord, MA
(978) 369-4494
Hours: 8 am to 7 pm

Weekly Classes

Kids Test Kitchen- Fall Session, Begins October 1st, 11:00 am-12:00 pm, Woburn, Massachusetts

Tuesday Music Therapy Club for Kids, 4:00- 4:45 pm, Wakefield, Massachusetts

Book Clubs

Third Saturday of every month

Woburn Walkabout Book Club at Horn Pond, 9:30- 10:30 am, Woburn, Massachusetts

Third Thursday of every month

Book Club at Brissonte’, 6:00 pm- 7:00 pm, North Reading, Massachusetts

First Thursday of every month

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

Wednesdays through December 28th, 2022

Storytime with Daisy, 10:30-11am, Whitelam Books, Reading, MA

Fitness and Health

Signature Fall Mind-Body Reset with Kristen Reed starts September 19, 2022 – Virtual

Ice Skating Lessons, September 23rd- November 18th, 2022- 5:00- 6:00 pm, Woburn, Massachusetts

Farmers Markets

Arlington Farmer’s Market – Wednesdays, 2:00 pm-6:30pm, June to October, Arlington, Massachusetts

Winchester Farmer’s Market – Saturdays through October 29th, 9:30am-1:30pm, Winchester, MA

Maxwell’s Winter Farmers Market– Saturdays, 10:00 am- 1:00 pm, opening day November 5th, Chelmsford, Massachusetts

Theater – Upcoming Shows!

October 7th-October 22nd, 2022

Night Watch, Quannapowitt Players, Reading, Massachusetts

October 27th- October 29th, 2022

Metamorphoses at Arlington Children’s Theatre, Arlington, Massachusetts

September 30th- October 23rd, 2022

The Thin Place at the Gloucester Stage Company, Gloucester, Massachusetts

October 21st- November 6th, 2022

The Legend of Sleepy Hollow at the Greater Boston Stage Company, Stoneham, Massachusetts

November 25th- December 23rd, 2022

Little Women: The Broadway Musical at the Greater Boston Stage Company, Stoneham, Massachusetts

December 2-10, 2022

Suburban Holidays Eleven, Reading, Massachusetts

December 14th & 15th, 2022

Calamari Sisters- A Christmas Carol, 7:30- 9:30 pm, Arlington, Massachusetts

December 19th-21st, 2022

White Christmas: A sing-a-long, 12:00 pm & 7:00 pm, Arlington, Massachusetts