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Join us on Sunday October 22nd from 2-6pm on Somerville Ave between Union Square and Spring St. for three stages of music, interactive activities, vintage and artisan market, and more!

Activities and programming include:

Live music on three stages including:

Conway Park Stage (559 Somerville Ave):
2-3:30pm The Sunset Kings
3:30pm costume showcase
4-5pm School of HONK band
5-6pm Boston Cream

Mass Ave music stage (487 Somerville Ave)
2 pm – Mass Ave Music All*Stars
3 pm – Buckley with The Silks
4 pm – The Rainflowers (Jimi Hendrix tribute)
5 pm – We Can’t Work It Out (Beatles tribute)

Oktoberfest beer garden and stage (337 Somerville Ave.)
presented by PA's and Sally O'Brien's with food from the Nibble Entrepenuers
2-5pm - Lily Black
5-6pm - The Roy Sludge Trio

also:

-Costume parade and showcase (kicking-off at Hawkins St. at 3pm)

-Doggy costume contest with River Dog (321 Somerville Ave.)

-Games with Buzzroar interactive – for people of all ages!

-Giant chainsaw pumpkin carving with Artisan's Asylum

-Stilting workshop with Open Air Circus

-Hockey, football, preschool games, mini pumpkin decorating and more with Somerville Recreation Department
-Ghosts of Somerville tour of Milk Row Cemetery (400 Somerville Avenue) 3-4:30pm with Historic Somerville

-Candy throwing robot with Somerville High Robotics Team

-Vintage and artisan market by Somerville Flea

-Storytelling project with the City of Somerville – tell your story about Somerville to celebrate the 175th anniversary of Somerville

-Martial arts performance and demonstration class with Villari martial arts

-Face painting with Tara Perrone

-Rock climbing wall

-Parkour with Parkour Generations Boston

-Large-format chalk drawing and photobooth with Somerville Open Studios

-Rollerskating Shimmy with Connie Lu & Shalhavit-Simcha Cohen

-Explore a fire truck and ambulance

-Community vendors and local businesses

AND more!

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SomerStreets is the City of Somerville’s take on the internationally-renowned Open Streets concept, closing busy city streets to vehicles, and opening them up for cycling, walking, dancing, running, and other modes of activity. Through SomerStreets, the City and its community partners aim to promote and encourage easy access to physical activity, and reconnecting with neighborhoods and businesses and their unique cultural elements in a thriving urban environment.

Date: 
Sunday, October 22, 2017 - 2:00pm to 6:00pm

Union Square, Somerville, MA 02143

Calendar Category: 
All Ages & Families

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