Things to do North of Boston September 15th – September 21st, 2023

Family Farm Day, 10-2pm, Verrill Farm, Concord, Massachusetts

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

Riverfest and Boston Women’s Market at Riverfest, 11am-4pm, Assembly Row, Somerville, Massachusetts

Rockport Celtic Festival, 11am, 1pm & 7:30pm, Rockport, Massachusetts

Thai Chicken Lettuce Wraps, 1-2pm, Online cooking class with Debbie Brosnan, Personal Chef from Arlington, Massachusetts

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

Back to School Party, 2-5pm, Focus Martial Arts, Woburn, Massachusetts

Sea the Stars Cruise, 7-10:30pm, Museum of Science, Boston, 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

Ales & Tails, 5-7:30pm, Stone Zoo, Stoneham, Massachusetts

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

Sunday, September 17th, 2023

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

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

Reading Fall Market, 10am-2pm, Reading Town Common, Ipswich River Park, North Reading, Massachusetts

North Reading Town Day, 11am-3pm, North Reading, Massachusetts

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

Rockport Celtic Festival, 12pm, 5pm, Rockport, Massachusetts

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

thanksgiving turkey platters and pie plate painting at tin bucket!, 1pm-5pm, The Tin Bucket, Reading, Massachusetts

Paint your Pet Workshop, 3pm, Granite Coast Brewing Company, Peabody, Massachusetts

Boston: Dog / Family Friendly Cruise, 2-3:30pm, Boston, Massachusetts

Monday, September 18th, 2023

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

Tuesday, September 19th, 2023

Cub Scout Pack 502
(Boys & Girls K-5th Grade)
Registration Night Monday 9/18, 6:30-8:00 PM @ American Legion Post 101, Woburn, MA 

Fall Wreath Workshop, 6pm, Brissonte, North Reading, Massachusetts

Wednesday, September 20th, 2023

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

Walk by Moonlight, 5-7pm, Georgetown, Massachusetts

Thursday, September 21st, 2023

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

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

Sailing

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