ALL ARE WELCOME AT DIWALIFEST!!
Diwalifest is on October 20th 12 - 4:30 PM at Sargent Memorial Library, Boxborough MA (Rain date 10/27).
Revolution Community Yoga + Fitness Family Yoga will be running at 1pm on the Main Stage with Michelle Goodnow.
Save the date for West Acton Village Association’s Oktoberfest 2024 held on Gardner Field!
More info to come.
The 2nd Annual Kids Graphic Novel Festival hosted by our neighbors, The Silver Unicorn Bookstore will feature fabulous and award-wining creators of kids' comics including Lincoln Peirce, Kayla Miller, George O'Connor and many more, plus stage hosts Maddie Frost and Jarrett Lerner!
The festival is free to attend! For more info visit: silverunicornbooks.com/KidsGraphicNovelFestival
Originally scheduled for September 30th, the West Acton Village Mercahnts Association was moved to its rain date, Saturday October 14th.
OKTOBERFEST
September 23rd from 12-6
-Epic sausage menu (more like OktoberFEAST)
-FRESH Festbier and other TRUE WEST pours
-LIVE MUSIC
-Family focused and designed festival on a farm! INCLUDING an array of farm games and activities
-Curated German wine offerings
It's an Oktoberfest with something for everyone.
Grand opening event and inaugural annual cornhole tournament fundraiser, to be held in West Acton. (The cornhole tournament is the event rescheduled from the rained-out May date.)
Festivities will include:
✂️ 11 am: Ribbon-cutting ceremony to take place in front of Danny’s Place new location at 543 Mass Avenue, open to the public.
🙈 11:15 am - 12:30 pm: Doors open to the new space at 543 Mass Ave, offering the opportunity to walk through the rooms and speak with our staff to learn more about our unique programming. No entrance fee; an Advanced RSVP to anne@dannys-place.org is appreciated.
🛝 12 pm: The community celebration will kick off at the newly renovated Gardner Field, with DJ music sets and kids' outdoor activities. Food and beverages will be available for purchase from sponsors True West and West Side Creamery. No entrance fee but free general admission registration is requested so we can inform our food vendors.
👏 12:30 pm: "Bags fly" for a fun-for-all cornhole tournament, run by Wicked Cornhole. No experience is required! (Player check-in from 12-12:30 PM) Advanced registration is requested on our online form.
Join us for any or all of the exciting activities! We are eagerly looking forward to seeing you there. If you have any inquiries, please contact anne@dannys-place.org 🐧
Come and join The West Acton Merchants Association for a wonderful day of scavenger hunt, sidewalk sales, kids activities, food, music and more!
Join us for the 2019 West Acton Village Merchants Association (WAVMA) Holiday Stroll. We'll kick off at 12:30 pm, and we'll finish with the tree lighting by Middlesex Savings Bank at 4:30 pm. There are going to be a lot of great things happening at our local businesses. Stay tuned for more details soon!
Join True West Brewery at deCordova's annual campus-wide celebration Park Fest on Saturday, June 23! The event kicks off with a 5K trail run in the morning, followed by a day-long outdoor festival for all ages. Enjoy live music and dance performances, have fun with art-making activities inspired by deCordova's spring exhibitions (including a giant parachute painting project!), observe ceramic studio demonstrations, shop at a local arts and crafts market, play mini golf, treat yourself to Ben & Jerry's, and grab a bite to eat or a beer from deCordova Café, Compliments Food Truck, and True West Brewery! Details and tickets at decordova.org/park-fest.
The West Acton Village Merchants Association's Oktoberfest is back in West Acton Village!
While raising funds and awareness for the Acton Food Pantry, OKTOBERFEST is a West Acton tradition that happens in the heart of our community. This year there will be over 40 businesses, non-profits, artists, and more set up in Gardner Field, along with sidewalk sales and promotions happening throughout the village. A 5K hosted by Marx Running will start at 9am. There will be live music from local bands, bounce house and games for kids, prize wheel, a beer garden across the street at TrueWest, and more. Rain date is Sunday, October 15th, same times.
Come to Gardner Field Playground and enjoy & explore all that your growing community has to offer!
For new, expecting, and future parents and caretakers- Don't miss this fun and educational fair hosted by NAMMA Families! Learn about providers who can support your family during the prenatal and postnatal periods, and through all of parenthood (lactation consultants, sleep consultants, midwives, doulas, chiropractors, etc!), attend workshops for parents and activities for kids! Raffles, food and drinks, fun for all ages (with a side of education!)
Activities include:
This is a FREE community event. For all the details and a list of Workshops please visit: nammafamilies.org/fair
The 3nd Annual West Acton Wellness Fair is a family friendly festival that highlights local health, wellness and education-based businesses of W. Acton, MA & surrounding communities. Health & wellness vendors, live music, fresh farm produce, demonstrations, and food available at West Acton Villageworks cafes & restaurants.
Bring the whole family! Kids events include:
FREE Music with Mister Vic sponsored by Acton Real Estate: 12:00pm at Gardner Field (across the street from Villageworks)
FREE Kids Dance Class with Julia from Modern Barre: 1:00pm at Gardner Field
FREE Kids Yoga Class with Christine from Revolution Community Yoga: 1:30pm at Gardner Field
FREE Animal Presentation from Animal Adventures: 2:00pm on the lawn next to Twin Seafood
Ages 4+ FREE Helmet Give Away from Pedal Power - Bike & Ski (On-going 1st come, 1st Serve)
The fair runs rain or shine.
Vendors and more info at the Wellness Fair Facebook page.
Organized by Revolution Community Yoga, Revolution Community Bodywork, Wellness at Villageworks, and The Town of Acton Health Department. Sponsored in part by OMR Architects.
Running in parallel with the West Acton Wellness Fair is the Wellness at Villageworks Open House! Come down to the Wellness Fair on May 14th and stop by our wellness center to take a tour and meet our practitioners.
Activities for the whole family:
-Raffles
-Coupons
-Chair Massage
-Henna Artist
-Nam Pai Academy Lion Dance (1pm)
-Qigong Demonstration
-Kids Activities
Part of the West Acton Wellness Fair: Health & Wellness Vendors, Live Music, Farm Produce, Demonstrations, Food available at West Acton Villageworks cafes & restaurants.
This is a great opportunity to learn more about Wellness at Villageworks practitioners and services:
Alexander J. Martin RD, LDN - Nutrition Counseling
Birch Tree Esthetics - Skin Care
Full Circle Family Acupuncture & Wellness
Gere Speech and Language Therapy, LLC
Heart In Hand Reiki
Inspire Motion, LLC - Physical Therapy
Jason Luciano, PhD - Psychotherapy
Katherine Akagi, MSW, LICSW - Psychotherapy
Revolution Community Bodywork - Massage Therapy
Wellness ARTs - Music & Art Therapy
