Revolutionary Valley Regional Tourism Council

“Dreadful were the Vestages of war:” Three Human Stories of April 19, 1775
2025-11-20 18:00 - 20:30 (America/New_York) | Scottish Rite Museum, 33 Marrett Road, Lexington, MA, 02420, United States
Joel Bohy, military historian and Antiques Roadshow presenter, will give a lecture on Lexington’s Revolutionary War veterans at the Scottish Rite Masonic Museum & Library on November 20, 2025, followed by a signing of his 2025 book, Bullet Strikes From the First Day of the American Revolution.
The lecture will take a closer look at three individuals involved in the beginning of the war: John Robbins of Lexington who was badly wounded on April 19, James Hayward of Acton who was mortally wounded at Fiske Hill in Lexington, and a British soldier who was wounded in Lexington on April 19 and went on to join the Lexington militia and the Continental Army.
This lecture is co-sponsored by Lexington History Museums and the Scottish Rite Masonic Museum & Library, as part of America250 celebrations and SRMML’s 50th anniversary programming It will take place in person at the Scottish Rite Masonic Museum & Library and will be live streamed by local community access partner LexMedia. Livestream link will be posted prior to the event.
Evening’s Events
6:00: Doors open, reception and viewing of special exhibition Protest and Promise: Lexington in the American Revolution
7:00: Lecture
8:00 Book Signing
Price
$10 LHM and SRMML Members
$15 Nonmembers
Tickets are for in-person lecture and book signing. This talk will also be livestreamed on LexMedia at https://www.youtube.com/live/wKFe-rg9h3Q.

The Umbrella Concert Series in partnership with Salt Lick Incubator presents Salt Lick Sessions
2025-11-20 19:30 - 21:30 | The Umbrella Arts Center, 40 Stow Street, Concord, MA, 01742, United States
The Umbrella’s expanded Concert Series in partnership with Salt Lick Incubator showcases some of your future-favorite musical acts that have emerged through the Salt Lick program. Each concert spotlights the incredible talents of tomorrow’s groundbreaking artists, creates support and lets you say you knew them back when! Featuring: Olivia Barton, Carter Benjamin, and Kieran Rhodes.
ABOUT THE ARTISTS:
Olivia Barton writes songs that walk the line between unfiltered and refined. With reverence for the craft of songwriting, Barton writes and sings like she speaks: unapologetic, yet approachable, turning crowds into confidants. Having shared stages with Lizzy McAlpine, Madi Diaz, Field Medic, Searows, Annika Bennett, and others, her songs carry what folk music has always carried: emotion, memory, simple truth.
An indie/alternative artist blending folk, gospel, and soul-infused rock, Carter Benjamin’s music is rooted in storytelling, exploring themes of identity, resilience, and belonging. From his upbringing in Grand Cayman and DC to his bold, genre-defying album Black Boys on the Radio Part II, Benjamin reclaims space for voices too often left out of the conversation.
Kieran Rhodes is a piano-driven pop artist and songwriter whose music blends timeless melodies with sharp lyrical storytelling. A Berklee College of Music alum and America’s Got Talent standout, Rhodes gained viral attention with his original song “Disengage” and further recognition when his song “What Got Into You” was featured in Netflix’s Virgin River. He has opened for artists including JP Saxe, Ben Abraham, and Five for Fighting, and performed at major festivals like Boston Calling.

Private Salty Reiki Healing with Anabel
2025-11-21, 2025-11-28 | The Salted Soul Salt Cave, 340 Great Road, Acton, MA, 01720, United States
Every Friday, Anabel is here offering private reiki sessions in the cave. Get your salt therapy and reiki healing all at once. Investment is $145.
Appointment options are:
*10:00-11:00am
*11:30-12:30pm
*1:00-2:00pm

Diamonds and Pearls Grand Opening Event - Burlington, MA
2025-11-21 17:30 - 20:30 | Diamonds and Pearls, 6 Wayside Road, Burlington, 01803, United States
Join David’s Bridal for the Grand Opening of Diamonds & Pearls Burlington, a boutique designed to inspire every bride-to-be with couture collections, personalized experiences, and unforgettable moments.
Where: 6 Wayside Road, Burlington, MA 01803
When: Friday, November 21st from 5:30 to 8:30 p.m. EST
Enjoy an evening of celebration, creativity, and style featuring:
Sip and see our exclusive designer and couture gowns
VIP Gift Bags for the first 25 guests
Live Music by Vintage Strings Music
Design your own signature scent with Candlefish
Build a flower bouquet with Tables & Tulips
Hourly giveaways featuring luggage from ROAM, an exclusive handcrafted Carlos Falchi handbag AND a dream wedding dress for one lucky bride!
Culinary delights by our catering partner, Simple Fare
Don’t miss this unforgettable event filled with celebration, creativity, and wedding inspiration. Experience the magic of Diamonds & Pearls by David’s Bridal, which was designed to inspire every bride-to-be with couture collections, personalized experiences, and unforgettable moments.

TICK, TICK… BOOM! at The Umbrella Arts Center
2025-11-21 19:30 - 21:00, 2025-11-22 20:00 - 21:30, 2025-11-23 15:00 - 16:30 | The Umbrella Arts Center, 40 Stow Street, Concord, MA, 01742, United States
The Umbrella Stage Company is proud to announce the presentation of TICK, TICK… BOOM!, the autobiographical rock musical by Jonathan Larson, directed by Ilyse Robbins**. From Friday, October 10 through Sunday, November 23, 2025, audiences will be invited into the creative crucible of a composer on the brink of his 30th birthday, facing the crossroads of love, ambition, and artistic purpose.
Before Rent, there was TICK, TICK… BOOM!. This autobiographical musical by Jonathan Larson, the Pulitzer Prize- and Tony Award-winning composer of Rent, is the story of a composer and the sacrifices that he made to achieve his big break in theater. TICK, TICK… BOOM! takes you on the playwright/composer’s journey through his quarter-life crisis that led to a Broadway blockbuster.
His girlfriend wants to get married and move out of the city, his best friend is making big bucks on Madison Avenue, and yet Jon is still waiting on tables and trying to write the great American musical. Set in 1990, this compelling story of personal discovery is presented as a rock musical filled with instantly appealing melodies and a unique blend of musical theater styles.
Shows run Thursdays and Fridays at 7:30PM, Saturdays at 8PM and Sundays at 3PM. A special KidCare Show on Nov 2 will allow parents an opportunity to attend a matinee performance while their child(ren) ages 5-12 engage in art activities inspired by the show in one of The Umbrella’s classrooms with an experienced teacher.
Dinner & A Show packages are available for all Thursday night performances. Talk Backs are scheduled following the Oct 18 and Nov 6 performances.
The performance will run in rotation with The Umbrella’s production of the heartfelt play The Counter, a Boston-area premiere, in the Black Box Theater from Sep 26 through Nov 9.
** Indicates a member of Stage Directors And Choreographers Society

Meet the Stormgears FRC 5422 Robotics Team at Discovery Museum
2025-11-22 13:00 - 15:00 | Discovery Museum, Discovery Museum, 177 Main St, Acton, MA, 01720, United States
Join the Stormgears FRC 5422 Robotics Team and learn about their involvement in Robotics Challenges. Meet the previous season’s robot and try a couple of hands-on activities that demonstrate some of the basics behind robotics, like mechanics and coding.

Walker Hayes
2025-11-22 18:30 - 22:00 | Lowell Memorial Auditorium, Lowell Memorial Auditorium, 50 E Merrimack St, Lowell, MA, 01852, United States
Support Act: Shane McAnally
Walker Hayes Unplugged tour offers an intimate, acoustic experience where Walker takes the audience on a journey through the highs and lows of his life and career. Through heartfelt storytelling and soul-stirring songs, Walker opens up about the moments that have shaped him – from personal triumphs to unimaginable heartbreak, from viral success to quiet family moments. This special evening peels back the curtain and invites fans into the heart of his story, one song at a time. It’s more than a concert – it’s a conversation. A celebration of resilience, love, faith, and the messy, beautiful reality of life. Come laugh, cry, and connect with Walker in this unforgettable unplugged experience.

NH Master Chorale’s Fall Concerts: Answering A Universal Need for Blessing
2025-11-22 19:30 - 21:00 | St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, 21 Centre St, Concord, NH, 03301, United States
The esteemed New Hampshire Master Chorale presents spiritual music for a secular age in a two-concert series in Concord on November 22 and Plymouth on November 23.
The program features the premiere of “Until We Could,” Boston composer Oliver Caplan’s setting of a Richard Blanco’s poem that commemorates the 10th anniversary of the Supreme Court’s landmark ruling legalizing same- sex marriage. Commissioned by the Master Chorale, the piece is the group’s eighth Caplan collaboration.
The program also includes:
“The Beatitudes,” a setting by the Estonian composer Arvo Pärt of the well-known “Blessed be…” texts from Jesus’ well-known Sermon on the Mount.
The familiar text of “Magnificat,” set by 20th -century English composer Gerald Finzi. These words, from the Gospel of Luke, are usually seen as the Virgin Mary’s outpouring of humble joy and gratitude at being chosen to bear God’s son, but Mary’s son also contains a challenge to the political status quo that speaks to our own age.
“Sacred Place,” a six-movement “ecological service” that composer Alex Berko has modeled after a Jewish service, with texts from writers who “view the Earth as sacred.”
“Dyptich for Organ,” a two-movement work composed by Brenda Portman in 2024 and performed by Rob St. Cyr.
“Until We Could, the final selection on the program, is a powerful statement on why the legalization of same-sex marriage in 2015 was so crucial for those who had been denied that validation. It sets an intensely personal poem by Richard Blanco, an engineer-turned-poet living in Maine who is best-known for the poem on national unity he delivered at Barack Obama’s first inauguration.
Oliver Caplan says when he began composing “Until We Could” he thought of it as “a celebratory project” to commemorate the Supreme Court decision. But in recent months, it has taken on a more somber tone. “We are witnessing a painful rollback of gay rights – and civil rights more broadly,” Caplan says. “Now, more than ever, we must redouble our efforts for freedom and equality…and carry forward the simplest and most enduring truth: Love is love.”
The performance on Saturday, November 22, is at 7:30 p.m. in St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, across from the Statehouse in Concord. The November 23 concert is at 4:00 p.m. at the Plymouth Congregational Church. Tickets are available through https://www.ticketleap.events/events/nhmc-4

Live Greek & Middle Eastern Music and Bellydancing
2025-11-22 20:00 - 23:00, 2025-11-29 20:00 - 23:00 | Athenian Corner Restaurant, 207 Market Street, Lowell, 01852, United States
Live music and dancing featuring the Athenian Corner Ensemble

Boston Fleet vs. Montreal
2025-11-23 13:00 - 16:00 | Tsongas Center, Tsongas Center, 300 Arcand Dr, Lowell, MA, 01852, United States
The Boston Fleet take on the Montreal Victoire in their home opener!

A River Transformed Walking Tour
2025-11-24 14:00 - 15:30, 2025-11-25 14:00 - 15:30, 2025-12-01 14:00 - 15:30, 2025-12-02 14:00 - 15:30 | Lowell National Historical Park – Boott Cotton Mills Museum, 115 John Street, Lowell, 01852, United States
Discover how the power of the Merrimack River was harnessed into textile production in the 19th century. This tour combines a walk along the riverwalk accompanied by a park ranger with a guided visit to the River Transformed Exhibit at the Suffolk Mill.
June 15-August 31, 2025
Monday and Tuesday at 2 p.m.
Visitors should plan for a 75-minute tour, all of which will be spent on your feet. Visitors can expect to walk as much as 1.5-miles on paved paths and are encouraged to bring water. This tour meets and ends at the Boott Cotton Mills Museum (115 John St.)
This tour is free. To reserve your spot, call (978) 970-5000 or check in at the Boott Cotton Mills Museum front desk.

Boarding House Park
2025-11-26 10:00 - 12:15, 2025-11-27 10:00 - 12:15, 2025-12-03 10:00 - 12:15 | Boarding House Park, Boarding House Park, 40 French St, Lowell, MA, United States
Join Lowell National Historical Park for Free Fun for Kids with Lowell Summer Music Series at Boarding House Park. Each performance is unique and includes so many things to do. Starting at 10:00 am, have blast with music, performances, arts and crafts, free books, snacks, and organized playgroups. These events create joyful, enriching moments for kids and a welcoming space for families to connect and thrive. After the performance, climb on Lowell National Historical Park’s trolley for a free ride.
Learn more about the free concerts for kids on the Lowell Summer Music Series website: lowellsummermusic.org/pages/kids

City of Lights- Lowell
2025-11-29 11:00 - 19:00 | City of Lowell, Lowell, Massachusetts, United States
FESTIVAL FUN
City of Lights is a family event with something for everyone. Main attractions include the Holiday Parade, Photos with Santa, a holiday movie screening at the Donahue Family Academic Arts Center and the annual hot chocolate and storefront decorating contests (vote for your favorite!).
PARADE
The annual City of Lights parade welcomes the holiday season with the arrival of Mr. and Mrs. Claus to light JFK Plaza and the Wannalancit smokestack. The City of Lights parade steps off from Jackson Street, turns left onto Central Street, and continues onto Merrimack Street.
Whether you catch the parade as it starts, or you prefer to watch the end, the City of Lights parade is sure to entertain all ages.

Museum Store Sunday at LHM
2025-11-30 10:00 - 16:00 | Buckman Tavern, 1 Bedford St, Lexington, MA, 02420, United States
Join LHM for Museum Store Sunday! Celebrate the Sunday after Thanksgiving with us and be part of a global shopping event that supports museums and cultural institutions around the world!
On Museum Store Sunday, more than 2,200 museum stores across all 50 states, D.C., 25 countries, and 5 continents will open their doors for a day of inspired, meaningful shopping. Head to https://museumstoresunday.org/ to learn more.
LHM is celebrating with special sales at both the Buckman Tavern Museum and our new Depot Museum! Enjoy exclusive offers including: First Shot gift sets, buy one, get one 50% off all ornaments — including the new St. Nicolas America 250 ornaments, and a free gift with every purchase (while supplies last).
Discover one-of-a-kind gifts and mission-driven merchandise — all while supporting the work we do here at LHM. It’s the perfect way to find unique holiday gifts and give back at the same time!
When: November 30th, 2025 10AM-4PM
Where: Buckman Tavern Museum & the Depot Museum
Shop smart. Shop local. Shop with purpose.

Protest and Promise – The American Revolution in Lexington (ongoing event)
2025-12-01 00:00 - 2026-09-01 00:00 | The Scottish Rite Masonic Museum & Library, 33 Marrett Road, lexington, 02420, United States
December 1, 2025 – September 1, 2026 This ongoing exhibit highlights Lexington’s pivotal role in the American Revolution as the site of the conflict’s opening battle and a powerful symbol of colonial resistance to British rule.
Lexington’s significance lies not only in this first battle but also in what it represented. The town embodied the colonies’ growing determination to defend their rights and resist British authority.

Book Chat: Washington and Hamilton The Alliance that Forged America
2025-12-02 19:00 - 20:00 | The Depot
The paternal relationship between George Washington and Alexander Hamilton captivated the nation in the musical Hamilton, but the true story of the tumultuous duo goes much further. Washington and Hamilton: The Alliance that Forged America by Stephen K. Knott and Tony Williams shows two opposing forces, one stoic, the other ambitious, represented the complexities of the new America. Together they worked together to achieve an equilibrium that would benefit an equally complex nation, fighting side by side to fend off detractors and lay the groundwork for modern politics. Join us for a discussion, leader TBD, about these equally enigmatic founding fathers!
Reading Into History: Book Chats is a series of informal discussions of historical topics inspired by nonfiction history books, and led by authors, historians, and local history enthusiasts. All are welcome; reading the book is not required, but will enhance the experience! Dates are subject to change given speaker availability, and discussion leaders will be clearly identified in the event description when solidified.
$10 members, $15 nonmembers
Registration coming soon!

December Networking Event at Brush Art Gallery
2025-12-03 17:00 - 18:30 | Brush Art Gallery & Studios, Brush Art Gallery & Studios, 256 Market St, Lowell, MA, United States
Welcome to the December Networking Event at Brush Art Gallery! Join us for an evening of networking, art, and creativity at the Brush Art Gallery & Studios. Connect with fellow art enthusiasts, local artists, and professionals in a relaxed and inspiring setting. This in-person event offers a unique opportunity to expand your network while exploring the beautiful galleries and studios. Don’t miss out on this exciting chance to mingle, share ideas, and discover new connections. Mark your calendar and get ready for a memorable evening at Brush Art Gallery!
