Medford Happenings

Please join us this Saturday, Sept. 27th from noon-4 pm for the 14th annual Mystic River Celebration at the Condon Shell along the banks of the Mystic River in Medford! This year, we will be featuring 25 artist vendors selling their handmade wares ranging from paintings to functional pottery to beaded jewelry to textiles and more! Additionally, we will have over a dozen local non-profit organizations present to share information about our community and ways to become involved.

The festival will also feature four bands including Chris Hersch and the Moonraiders ( instrumental country/jazz twang), Bosstown Heavy (reggae grooves), Paul Burch and Friends (Americana rock and bluegrass), and The Grown Up Noise (Indie pop-rock).

There will be dance performances by Tufts Bhangra Dance Team and the Guardians of Isadora Dancers, plus a poetry reading with Medford’s Poet Laureate, Max Heinegg.

Festival-goers can enjoy food from our food vendors including middle eastern street food from Chicken and Rice Guys; samosas and curries from Samosa Man; unique frozen treats from Natural FruittiBerri; and coffee, tea, cold drinks, and Filipino pastries from Lola’s Coffee and More.

Our younger attendees can get their face painted by the amazing Zing! Facepainting, and play with Knucklebones and the Medford Family Network. The Winthrop St. Community Garden (a short walking distance from the Condon Shell) will also be open for tours.

This event is great for people of all ages, and is free and open to the public. The space is handicapped accessible and there are portable toilets on the premises.

Now more than ever it is so important to come together as a community and to support the arts. We hope to see you there! Please check out the full line up of participants on the CACHE website. https://www.cacheinmedford.org/mystic-river-celebration/

A huge thank you to our primary sponsor Brookline Bank for the many years of support and generosity. And thank you to Tufts University and Wegmans for their commitment to Medford and to the arts. The Mystic River Celebration is supported in part by a grant from the Medford Arts Council, a local commission that is supported by the Massachusetts Cultural Council and the City of Medford.