This is by far the busiest time of year for the residents of Medford, check out the highlights for this coming week!

All are welcome to attend Tufts Community Day on Sunday, October 5 from 11AM-2PM on the Academic Quad of Tufts’ Medford/Somerville campus! Please join us for this family-friendly day of live performances, kids STEM activities and crafts, research presented by Tufts faculty and staff, touch a truck vehicles, community resource tables, a free barbeque lunch (while supplies last) & more!

Visit cday.tufts.edu for more details and to find out how to sign up to host a resource table at Tufts Community Day.

ONLY THREE MORE WEEKS before they are done for the year, if you haven’t had a chance to attend, absolutely go! https://medfordfarmersmarket.org/

Join local businesses and food vendors for live music and local performances at Oktoberfest. Games by Medford Recreation and the smoke house by Medford Fire Department. Event is 12-4pm and then from 4-5pm we have a special Trophy Stop Celebration with the Boston Glory with additional games and activities. Bring your pet in costume for our pet costume parade at 2pm. For list of vendors, performance schedule and more info: https://docs.google.com/…/1S7O8n5fyT5Eg3GAeKq6h…/edit…

Music

Please check out the following sites to see who will be playing locally. See why Medford is the new cultural center of MA!

Deep Cuts Featuring Maximum Rock n Roll – open tue-thurs 12pm-9pm, fri & sat 12pm-11pm
HOURS MAY CHANGE FOR EVENTS
21 MAIN ST MEDFORD, MA 02155
(781) 219-3815 – https://www.deepcuts.rocks/events

Medford Brewing Company – The best community bar in Medford! They just wrapped up a wildly successful Books and Brews event this past Sunday. They feature different events and that info can be found below. OPEN MON – THURS 3PM TO 10PM, FRI/SAT 12PM TO 10PM AND SUN 12PM TO 8PM
https://medfordbrew.com/events/
30 HARVARD AVE. MEDFORD MA 781-874-0406

Mrs Murphys Live Irish music every day! 25 SALEM ST. MEDFORD MA 781-874-0527 – https://www.mrsmurphs.com/

The Ford Tavern – Live Irish music. The Ford also features Trivia night every Wednesday from 7pm – 9pm. 61 LOCUST ST. MEDFORD MA 781-874-0406 https://www.thefordtavern.com/

ART

Arts Collaborative Medford – OPEN Tuesday – Thursday: 12-3pm
https://artscollabmedford.org/ – This weeks events are on the main page of the website.
162 MYSTIC AVE Medford, MA 02155

The Coalition for Arts, Culture and a Healthy Economy (CACHE), their venerable calendar can be found here – https://www.cacheinmedford.org/event-calendar/

The Medford Public Library – featuring Arts, Crafts, Book events, they literally host all events. https://medfordlibrary.org/events/ Summer hours end August 31st. They are OPEN MON – THUR 9AM to 9PM, FRI 9AM to 6PM and SAT 9AM to 1PM. 111 HIGH STREET MEDFORD 781-395-7950