Things to do North of Boston May 5th – May 11th, 2023

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Upcoming Events North of Boston

Friday, May 5th, 2023

JamBABY @ 3rd Ave Burlington, 9:30-10am, Burlington, Massachusetts

Massachusetts Poetry Festival, 1-8:30pm, Peabody Essex Museum, Salem, Massachusetts

tarot readings at tin bucket, 6-8pm, Reading, Massachusetts

Into the Woods at Colonial Chorus Players, 7-10pm, Reading, Massachusetts

Saturday, May 6th, 2023

2023 Annual Spring Flower Fundraiser, 8am-12pm, Tanner Ta Ta Foundation, Woburn, Massachusetts

Woburn’s Conservation Day This Weekend At Horn Pond, 9-8pm, Woburn, Massachusetts

Outdoor Yoga, 11-12pm, Stoneham, Massachusetts

Spring Open Studios, 12pm, Beverly, Massachusetts

SOMERVILLE OPEN STUDIOS, 12-6pm, Somerville, Massachusetts

Watermelon Salad with Chicken, 1-2pm online cooking class, The Effortless Kitchen

Cinco de Mayo at Oak & Iron Brewery, 1-8pm, Andover, Massachusetts

Spring POPS, 7:30pm, Lexington Symphony, Lexington, Massachusetts

May Pops Finale:
Spring Pops Rhapsody, 8pm, Melrose, Massachusetts

Into the Woods at Colonial Chorus Players, 7-10pm, Reading, Massachusetts

Sunday, May 7th, 2023

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

Kids Painting On The Green at 3rd Ave, 10-11am, Burlington, Massachusetts

Spring Artisan Market at the Mills, 10-3pm, North Andover, Massachusetts

Kick in for Kids 5K Road Race & Health Walk, 10:15-3pm, Woburn, Massachusetts

Artist Workshop, Christina Chang Studio, 1:00- 3:00 pm, Medford, Massachusetts

ARTfull Explorations, 1-3pm, deCordova Sculpture Park and Museum, Lincoln, Massachusetts

Yappy Hour!, 6:30pm, Lord Hobo, Woburn, Massachusetts

Into the Woods at Colonial Chorus Players, 7-10pm, Reading, Massachusetts

Monday, May 8th, 2023

May Craft & Paint Classes K-8 – 3 week series, Woburn, Massachusetts

Drop-in Mural Project, 5pm, Woburn Public Library

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Tuesday, May 9th, 2023

Spring Floral Arrangement Class at Brissonté, 6-7pm, North Reading, Massachusetts

3rd Annual Mom’s Night Out at Luna Rossa, 5:30-9pm, Tewksbury, Massachusetts

Wednesday, May 10th, 2023

Jane Healey Book Signing!, Brissonte, 6-8pm, North Reading, Massachusetts

Make a Clay Cake Box with Green Toad Studio, 3:30-4:30pm, Brissonte, North Reading, Massachusetts

Taste of New England through Cheese and Beer, 6:30-9pm, Wright-Locke Farm, Winchester, Massachusetts

Friday, May 12th, 2023

JamBABY @ 3rd Ave Burlington, 9:30-10am, Burlington, Massachusetts

Dueling Pianos supporting The Joey Domenici Foundation, 6pm, Woburn Country Club, Woburn, Massachusetts

Saturday, May 13th, 2023

Touch a Truck Event, 9-12pm, Burlington Mall, Burlington, Massachusetts

49th Annual Yellow Balloon Fair, 10-2pm, Lexington, Massachusetts

Mayflower Market, 11am-4pm, Chelmsford, Massachusetts

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PorchFest 2023, 12-6pm, Somerville, Massachusetts

Mom & Me Party, 2-3:30pm, Woburn, Massachusetts

Spring Concert, 7:30pm, Reading Community Singers, Reading, Massachusetts

Ballroom & Latin Kadanse Party!!!, 7-10pm, Woburn, Massachusetts

Sunday, May 14th, 2023

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

Kids Painting On The Green at 3rd Ave, 10-11am, Burlington, Massachusetts

Mother’s Day Lunch, 11am, Lord Hobo, Woburn, Massachusetts

Mother’s Day 2nd Annual Sip & Shop, 11-3pm, Chelmsford, Massachusetts

mother’s day sunflower pie plate painting!, 12-3pm, Tin Bucket, Reading, Massachusetts

Monday, May 15th, 2023

Drop-in Mural Project, 5pm, Woburn Public Library

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July 14-August 11, 2023

Summer Field Trips, Click, register, search activities, “field trip”

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Unique Upcoming Greater Boston Events

May 6, 2023
 
 

June 4th, 2023

Beacon Hill Art Walk, 12-6pm, Boston, Massachusetts

Farmer’s Markets

Thursdays, June 1-September 21, 2023

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

Saturdays June 11-October 29, 2023

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

Saturdays June 17-October 29, 2023

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

Art Classes

Julie’s Art School, North Andover, Massachusetts

Music Classes

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

Book Clubs

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

Third Wednesday of every month

BeTween the Lines Book Club, 3:30- 4:15 pm, Woburn Public Library

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, Reading, Massachusetts

Third Thursday of every month

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

Pleasant Street Center Book Group, 10:00- 11:30 am, Reading, Massachusetts

Third Saturday of every month

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

Fitness and Health

Nursing Your Way to Wellness

Ice Skating Lessons, March 22nd- May 17th, 2023, 5:00- 6:00 pm, Woburn, Massachusetts

Theater – Upcoming Shows!

April 28-May 13, 2023

Little Women – The Broadway Musical, Concord, MA

May 2nd, 2023

From Ballet to Broadway and Back Again: The Beauty of Jerome Robbins, 2pm, Stoneham, Massachusetts

May 19th- June 3rd, 2023

𝘉𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘞𝘢𝘺, 𝘔𝘦𝘦𝘵 𝘝𝘦𝘳𝘢 𝘚𝘵𝘢𝘳𝘬 at the Quannapowitt Players, Reading, Massachusetts

June 21st-June 22nd, 2023

Jesus Christ Superstar, Arlington, Massachusetts

August 19th, 2023

The Rat Pack, 2 shows, 2pm & 6pm, Stoneham, Massachusetts

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

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Jodi Crowley

I’m Jodi Crowley, lifestyle blogger and Realtor at Lamacchia Realty. I live and work North of Boston and love everything this beautiful area has to offer. If you live North of Boston or are thinking about moving here, you have come to the right place! Stay up to date with North of Boston Events, Restaurants, Outdoors, Real Estate and more!