Wellesley's Wonderful Weekend
Parade, Fireworks, & Events
May 19th and 20th, 2012

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2011 Schedule
Saturday - May 14th
  11:00a.m. - 3:00p.m.

Wellesley Kitchen Tour 2011* Wellesley Hills Junior Woman’s Club
Tickets on sale @ Wellesley Roche Brothers or online
House locations at http://www.whjwc.org

Friday - May 20th
  3:00p.m. - 6:00p.m.

Annual Hunnewell Fun Fair*  Hunnewell School PTO
Hunnewell Elementary School, 28 Cameron Street, Rides, games, crafts

Saturday - May 21st
  7:30a.m.—2:30p.m. Pancake Festival* at Wellesley Middle School Rotary Club of Wellesley

 

Saturday—Sunday
(decamp after parade)

18th Century Military Encampment at Town Hall Grounds
The Royal Irish Artillery, Tours all day, Cannon Firing on the hour on Saturday

 
 
Celebrate Scenic Brookside Road
  8:30a.m Turtle Talk - Learn about turtles with Sue Webb
  9:00a.m.

Ribbon-Cutting followed by 2 Town Forest Hikes

Town Forest Walk
Brookside Road & Rosemany Loop Walk

  10:00a.m.

Cake and Refreshments

 
Above events all meet at Longfellow Pond on Oakland Street
 
  9:30a.m.—Noon Bike Safety Day at Tailby Parking Lot (Linden St & Crest Rd)
Kiwanis Club of Wellesley

 

10:00a.m.—10:30a.m.

Dog Contest*
Natural Resources Comm. , Board of Health, & Wellesley Animal Control
Warrent School Park, 90 Washington Street (Route 16)

  10:00a.m.-4:00p.m.

Wellesley Wellness Expo
Free workshops and free massage. Details at http://www.myhealthylivingmag.com
Wellesley Community Center, 219 Washington Street

 

11:00a.m.— 3:00p.m.

Open House at Wellesley Police Station — 485 Washington Street

 

11:00a.m.— 3:00p.m.

Open House at Wellesley Main Fire Station #2 — 457 Worcester Street (Route 9)

 

11:00a.m.— 3:00p.m.

Open House at the Municipal Light Plant — 455 Worcester Street (Route 9)

 

1:00p.m. — 3:00p.m.

Build Your Own Woodland Troll & Fairy House — Wellesley Conservation Council
Cochituate Aqueduct, Russell Road / Kendall Road (for elementary school kids)

 

2:00p.m.—3:30p.m.

Family Concert Flamenco Guitar World of Wellesley and the Wellesley Free Library
Wakelin Room, Main Library, 530 Washington Street

 

4:00p.m.

Veterans’ Ecumenical Memorial Mass at Saint Paul Church
Wellesley Veterans’ Council

 
Sunday - May 22nd

 

9:00a.m.-4:00p.m.

Society Row White Flower Farm Tomato Mania Plant Sale — Massachusetts Horticultural Society
Elm Bank Horticulture Center, 900 Washington Street

  11:00a.m.— 1:00p.m.

Open House, Tours, Crafts at the new Temple Beth Elohim
10 Bethel Road

 

1:00p.m.—3:00p.m.

43rd Annual Wellesley Veterans’ Parade
Wellesley Celebrations’ Committee

  4:00p.m.—5:30p.m. Grace Knight Babson Fund for Religious Education 52nd Annual Program
Knight Auditorium, Babson College Campus, Wellesley Avenue

 

5:00p.m. — DUSK

Picnic in the Park at Hunnewell Field
Food*, drinks*,kid’s rides*, crafts, games & other fun
Food by Wellesley Kiwanis, Charles River Rotary, ICAW and others

 

6:30p.m. Main Attraction

Concert for Wellesley at Hunnewell Field, Featuring 
The Reminisants

 

DUSK

Fireworks —the Biggest Ever! at Hunnewell Field
Sponsors: Roche Brothers/Sudbury Farms and The Family of G. Drew Conway

 

 

*Please note, asterisk indicates a small fee may be charged.

 

 
Last Updated on 21-May-2011
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