Revolutionary Valley Regional Tourism Council

Jax Hollow in concert
2025-09-06 20:00 - 22:30 (America/New_York) | Crossroads Music Series, Crossroads Music Series, 190 Academy Rd, North Andover, MA, 01845, United States
Nashville’s Jax Hollow (originally from Western Mass) emerges as a rare triple-threat. She’s a nuanced and hard-hitting songwriter, a powerhouse vocalist, and a world class guitarist.
Jax’s exceptional songwriting skills have earned her notable recognation, including a first-place win in the prestigious ISC Songwriting Competition. A graduate of Berklee College of Music, Jax has shared the spotlight with legendary rock icons like Billy Gibbon and Sammy Hagar. Her music effortlessly blends blues, rock and Americana, showcasing her ability to connect with listeners through heartfelt, soulful lyrics and soaring vocals — while her jaw-dropping guitar solos demonstrate a mastery of the craft.
“Hendrixian…with shades of Jimmy Page and Eddie Van Halen.”
Guitar World
“I wanted to be the one that discovered Jax Hollow!”
Melissa Etheridge

Live Greek & Middle Eastern Music and Bellydancing
2025-09-06 20:00 - 23:00, 2025-09-13 20:00 - 23:00 | Athenian Corner Restaurant, 207 Market Street, Lowell, 01852, United States
Live music and dancing featuring the Athenian Corner Ensemble

HHRG Open House
2025-09-07 10:00 - 14:00 | Greater Merrimack Valley Convention and Visitors Bureau, Greater Merrimack Valley Convention and Visitors Bureau, 115 Merrimack St, Lowell, MA, 01852, United States
We are excited to invite you to the Haverhill Hound, Rod & Gun Club Open House on Sunday, September 7, 2025, from 10 am to 2 pm. This event is open to the public, and we encourage everyone to come and explore our beautiful 26-acre grounds located off Chadwick Road. During the Open House, you will have the opportunity to see our archery range, fishing access to Chadwick Pond, our outdoor and indoor ranges, and our clubhouse. Our dedicated club members will be available to provide information about club membership opportunities, gun safety classes, various ongoing training lectures, marksmanship events, and other activities with neighboring clubs. To make the day even more enjoyable, we will be serving hot dogs and soda. Please note that all ranges will be closed to shooting during this family-friendly event. The Haverhill Hound, Rod & Gun Club has been a cherished resource for the community, serving fishermen, scouts, kayakers, LTC holders, dog owners, and nature lovers for the past 86 years. We are proud of our rich history and look forward to sharing it with you! For more details check out our web page hhrg.org, our social media pages or email us at info@hhrg.org. Our club is located at 10 Larch Rd in Haverhill, MA. We hope to see you there!

Sunday Stroll Walking Tour: Hancock Street Architecture
2025-09-07 11:00 - 12:00 | Buckman Tavern, 1 Bedford St, Lexington, MA, 02420, United States
When the Battle of Lexington was fought in 1775, Hancock Street was a country lane with just two houses. The next 150 years saw many houses built with various architectural styles. Come take a stroll and learn about the Georgian, Federal, Greek Revival, Italianate, and Gothic Revival homes that populate the street today.
Leaves from Buckman Tavern rain or shine, total walking distance about one mile.
$10 members, $15 nonmembers

My Dream is of an Island-Place: The Great Brewster Journal LIVE
2025-09-07 14:00 - 15:30 | Academic Arts Center, 240 Central Street, Lowell, 01852
Time travel to 1891 on Sept. 6-7 with a free multimedia presentation that uses original music, text, historical context, images, and short presentations to tell the story of four adventurous Lowell women who spent two weeks on a remote Boston Harbor island and kept a journal of their experiences. The immersive event will introduce the “Merrie Trippers,” and explore the social and literary world they inhabited. A live performance of newly commissioned music by Massachusetts composer Adam Jacob Simon highlights the work of Lowell poet Lucy Larcom; video projections bring the island sojourn into greater focus; and the women’s own art and photographs shine out of this fascinating document. Meet Stephanie Schorow, lead author of A Boston Harbor Islands Adventure: The Great Brewster Journal of 1891, literature scholar Anna Brecke, and producer/singer Emily Marvosh in this free event in the newly renovated Donahue Family Academic Arts Center, housed in a historic downtown train depot. For more information and to register: www.greatbrewsterjournal.com

A River Transformed Walking Tour
2025-09-08 14:00 - 15:30, 2025-09-09 14:00 - 15:30, 2025-09-15 14:00 - 15:30, 2025-09-16 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
2025-09-10 10:00 - 12:15, 2025-09-11 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

Orchard Night with Carlson Orchards
2025-09-11 17:30 - 20:30 | Forge & Vine, Forge & Vine, 128R Main St, Groton, MA, 01450, United States
Carlson Orchards and The Groton Inn | Forge & Vine are excited to bring back Orchard Night on the Lawn! Join us for a delightful autumn evening featuring:
– Tasting samples and full selections of Carlson Orchards’ hard and nonalcoholic ciders
– A unique apple-inspired menu from the Forge & Vine Food Truck
– Live music by talented singer and pianist Piano Steve
– Carlson Orchards merchandise and a signature cider cocktail
This event is free and open to the public—no reservations needed. Food and beverages will be available for purchase. Family friendly and fun for all. Additional parking is available along Main Street.
We’re happy to see families at our events – please keep a close eye on your children as the parking lot is active during this event.

Private Salty Reiki Healing with Anabel
2025-09-12 | 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

Lowell Farmers' Market
2025-09-12 13:00 - 17:00 | MA
More than just a place to shop, our market is a community gathering space where neighbors connect, kids play, and everyone can enjoy the best of local food and culture.
We offer fresh, locally grown produce, handmade goods, family-friendly activities, and a welcoming space for all. We proudly accept SNAP, WIC, and HIP, helping to make fresh, healthy food accessible to everyone.
Come for the food, stay for the community—there’s something here for everyone!

Lowell Irish Festival
2025-09-13 11:30 - 18:00 | Lowell Memorial Auditorium, Lowell Memorial Auditorium, 50 E Merrimack St, Lowell, MA, 01852, United States
Located at the Lowell Memorial Auditorium, the Lowell Irish Festival features a family- friendly and fun-filled day of live Irish music from national, regional, and local acts, Irish-inspired culinary and beverage offerings, artisan vendors, family activities, Irish step dancing, and more! The day-long event, taking place September 13, 2025, is spread out across the Auditorium grounds – inside and outdoors – and is open to families and groups of all ages free of charge, taking its place as one of the Mill City’s great annual cultural events.

Mill City Grows "Harvest Day at the Farm" Family Event
2025-09-13 13:00 - 16:00 | Mill City Grows Big Urban Farm, 1001 Pawtucket Boulevard, Lowell, 01854, United States
Celebrate the harvest season with Mill City Grows as we approach the first day of fall! Free admission, free on-site parking!
Check out our great lineup of activities for the whole family!
– Farm tours ALL DAY of our beautiful 4-acre farm site
– MCG Mobile Farmers Market selling fresh, local produce
– Free food for kids from the Lowell Public Schools “Fuel Up” Food Truck
– Pollard Memorial Library Book Mobile
– Sweet Bar Ice Cream Truck selling delicious treats and beverages
– Mill City Grows Touch-a-Tractor
PLUS Meet & Greet with our community partners!
– Lowell Parks & Conservation Trust
– Mass Audubon
– Lowell Kinetic Sculpture Race – see a Kinetic Sculpture Race Machine up close!
– City of Lowell Events & Information
– Lowell Sustainability Council
– Regenerative Roots
Free parking on-site right outside the entrance to the farm!

Fall FREE Family Days at The Umbrella Arts Center
2025-09-13 14:00 - 16:00 | The Umbrella Arts Center, 40 Stow Street, Concord, MA, 01742, United States
Come to The Umbrella for FREE family fun!
Drop by any time during the two-hour time block Saturday, September 13: 2:00pm – 4:00pm to partake in a seasonal and creative craft led by one of our talented instructors!
Open to all ages and abilities. Registration appreciated (but not required).
For more information, visit our website: https://theumbrellaarts.org/class/fall-free-family-days

Let's Sing Taylor - Lowell Summer Music Series
2025-09-13 19:30 - 22:30 | Boarding House Park, Boarding House Park, 40 French St, Lowell, MA, United States
Let’s Sing Taylor: An Unofficial Tribute Show – is the ultimate tribute to the music of Taylor Swift. We can show you incredible things, including the most faithful and lively covers of Queen Taylor’s expansive and sacred catalog. Taking the country by storm, we’re bringing the communal experience of celebrating Taylor’s music in a live setting to Swifties near and far.
So, let the games begin. Calling all Swifties to sing your hearts out and sport your Taylor inspired attire. You can show up at our party any time.
Let’s Sing Taylor is fan-sponsored and not endorsed by, directly affiliated with, maintained, authorized, or sponsored by TAS Rights Management, Taylor Swift, or their affiliated entities.

Recounting the Revolution: History and Meaning of Leutze’s The News of Lexington
2025-09-14 17:00 - 19:00 | The Depot
Best known for his iconic painting Washington Crossing the Delaware, German-American artist Emanuel Leutze also painted other scenes of the American Revolution. One of these, The News of Lexington (1852), portrays local townsfolk receiving word of the battle that launched the Revolution. Recently conserved with support from the Wyeth Foundation of American Art, the painting is now on display at the Lexington Depot. Join art scholar Kate Criscitiello as she explores the history of this fascinating painting and reexamines its meaning within the political and social context of 19th-century America.
This talk will be followed by a reception to ask questions, examine the painting more closely, and enjoy light refreshments with the speaker.
About Our Speaker:
Art historian Kate Criscitiello most recently served as the Assistant Curator at the Lexington History Museums, where she led the curation of the special exhibition Swept Up in Revolution. A passionate advocate for New England history, Kate serves on the Board of Trustees at the House of the Seven Gables. She has also worked as a Graduate Scholar with the Center for Painted Wall Preservation, contributing to the creation of a virtual museum of New England’s painted walls. Kate holds a master’s degree in art history and museum studies from Tufts University.
$10 members, $15 nonmembers

Big Head Todd & The Monsters - Lowell Summer Music Series
2025-09-14 18:30 - 22:30 | Boarding House Park, Boarding House Park, 40 French St, Lowell, MA, United States
In this life, very few friendships withstand the test of time. Naturally, people go their separate ways and chase their own dreams. As rare as it may be for friendships to last a lifetime, it might be even rarer for a band to stick together for the long haul. For close to four decades, the members of Big Head Todd and The Monsters—Todd Park Mohr [vocals, guitar, keys, sax, harmonica], Brian Nevin [drums], Rob Squires [bass, vocals], and Jeremy Lawton [keyboards, lap pedal/steel guitar, vocals]—have continued to both throw down in the studio and light up stages worldwide. Rallying around a core vision, the platinum-selling Colorado quartet kick out the kind of blues-drenched rock ‘n’ roll bangers that make you want to rev the engine a little louder, sing along like no one’s looking, and live a little freer.
This holds true on their 12th full-length offering, Her Way Out.
“To me, my band means four people who listen to each other, work hard, and share a goal,” Todd observes. “The goal has to do with reaching out to people, catching their ears, and sharing a story we hope they relate to. Our fans have given us an incredible 40-year career, and we hope they’ve gotten great songs and performances in return.”
They’ve most definitely delivered on both fronts…
As the story goes, Todd, Brian, and Rob unlocked their musical partnership during high school when they started jamming in the early eighties. Fast forward to 1986, they adopted the moniker Big Head Todd and The Monsters. BHTM released 2 successful independent records on their own BIG Records, Another Mayberry (1989) and Midnight Radio (1990) before drawing the attention of music industry titans and signing with Irving Azoff, Chuck Morris, and Frank Barsalona in 1992. They broke nationally with the platinum-certified staple Sister Sweetly (1993) which yielded four top 10 rock radio hits. They continued to progress with Strategem [1994] and Beautiful World [1997] which yielded several more rock radio hits including Boom Boom featuring John Lee Hooker. The band is continually touring and recording and has continued to put out albums that have received critical acclaim from both fans and press.
Among other milestones, their music literally reached the heavens when they played “Blue Sky” live at NASA Mission Control, delivering a celestial wakeup for astronauts aboard the International Space Station. They’ve toured and recorded with many rock and blues legends including B.B. King, Neil Young, The Allman Brothers, Hubert Sumlin, David “Honeyboy” Edwards, Dave Matthews Band, The Eagles and their personal favorite Robert Plant. Not to mention, they attained hometown hero status by headlining Red Rocks Amphitheatre 35 times in addition to earning induction into the Colorado Music Hall of Fame in 2023.
Her Way Out came to life organically. For two years, they hosted “Monster’s Music Monthly,” serving up either a new song or a new version of a classic online. Working out of Jeremy’s home studio, they parlayed this momentum into their latest LP.
“It had been almost seven years since our last album release, but we wanted to put the same energy of ‘Monster’s Music Monthly’ into a full-length,” Todd notes. “We have a very distinct personality as a band. I write to the sensibilities of each member, because they’re going to have to dig playing it. We’re a benevolent democracy. If one guy isn’t connecting with a certain song, that song is out. As an uncomplicated rock band, we like to do things that are ‘proper’—loud guitars, drums, big bass, and well-placed organ, keys, and lap steel. We road-tested every song on the record before recording a lick. All of that helped us dial in the arrangements, ditch tunes that didn’t work, and grow a strong sense of what our individual parts should be.”
In this respect, the single and title track “Her Way Out” packs a concentrated and catchy punch. Anchored by a steady beat, the rough and tumble riff kicks up dust as soulful vocals ignite an irresistible refrain, “She found her way out, her way out—and it was me.”
“It’s driven by the idea that relationships are frail,” he elaborates. “Sometimes, they are something one wants freedom from. A real-life circumstance drives this story. Something was said when a person had too much to drink. The relationship ended with words, but the drinker could never know what he said and the woman refused to tell him.”
Ass-kicking guitar surges through “Thunderbird” as strains of organ coat a raucous refrain with a lyrical tip-of-the-hat to the Francis Ford Coppola and George Lucas classic American Graffiti.
He goes on, “‘Thunderbird’ is a collection of one-liners from the film knit together with a beat poet vibe. It has an AC/DC-like guitar riff and a cinematic-style vocal. It’s all about drag racing and love never caught.”
Elsewhere, Big Head Todd and The Monsters nod to Annie Oakley with “Don’t Kill Me Tonight.” Then, there’s “King Kong.” A hulking groove lumbers beneath the frontman’s bluesy intonation as a piano solo bleeds into a skyscraper-scaling guitar lead.
“It’s inspired by a large movie poster in my basement of King Kong on top of the Empire State Building,” Todd reveals. “I’m drawn to these iconic contemporary heroes who are also monsters. They are complicated because they destroy so much, yet are sympathetic to children and fall in love with human women. These ‘Titans’, as they are called, are often monsters of our own making. It’s exciting to perform live.”
In the end, the future looks as bright as ever for these longtime friends.
“We work very hard at being a great band,” Todd leaves off. “We’re also a group that cares for each other. We’ve been together for almost 40 years. Our audience has made it all possible, and we’re grateful and determined to keep playing.”

Household Goods Collection Drive (Sept. 15–26) at FYZICAL Bedford
2025-09-15 - 2025-09-26 | FYZICAL Therapy and Balance Centers Bedford, 200 Great Road, Suite 11, Bedford, 01730, United States
Cleaning out as summer wraps up? FYZICAL Bedford (200 Great Road, Suite 11—plaza across from CVS) is hosting a Household Goods Collection Drive from Sept. 15–26, M–F, 8–5 pm. We’re collecting pots, pans, baking dishes, sheets, and blankets — new or gently used only (please, no stains or tears).
Donations support Household Goods, a nonprofit that provides free furniture and household items to help people in need make a home. Each year, the organization furnishes over 2,900 homes with 60,000 essential items.
September is also National Falls Prevention Awareness Month — FYZICAL Bedford specializes in balance rehabilitation and fall prevention, and will be sharing ways to “Fight the Fall” throughout the month, including a fun one-legged flamingo balance test.
Learn more about Household Goods at householdgoods.org.

Depot Mural Ribbon Cutting and Artist Discussion
2025-09-16 10:00 - 11:00 | The Depot
Local artist Kit Collins has been hard at work all summer beautifying the columns behind the Depot into a colorful mural of Lexington’s history past and present. Join LHM and the town for a ribbon cutting and special discussion with the artist to discover the stories represented in the art!
Free!
