The Northborough Cultural Council’s 4th Annual CultureFest of Music & Arts is an inclusive event that strives to bring together the town’s community through the power of the arts. The theme of this year’s Northborough CultureFest will be “Art and Wellness” in response to the coronavirus pandemic challenges. The free and family friendly event will be held on Saturday, June 18 from 11 a.m.– 3 p.m. on the Town Common in Northborough.
The event will feature stage performances, outdoor visual art exhibitions, and activities focused on all aspects of diversity, art and wellness. CultureFest will bring our community together in joyful celebration, healing, and appreciation for the ties that keep us connected and strong. The festival features musicians, dancers, visual artists and food of a culturally diverse nature from Northborough and the surrounding towns.
CultureFest also includes an art event with community participation entitled ‘Flags of Hope’. Throughout history and in many various cultures, flags have been used to express feelings, to mark important occasions and to carry meaning. Participants at CultureFest will be provided with fabric paint, markers and stamps to paint individual canvas flags and cover them with words, symbols and color in a personal message of hope for healing in their personal lives, in our community and the world. The flags will be strung on ropes and hung around the festival. These flags will carry our wishes of healing and wellbeing, will bring joy through their color and diversity, and will tell a story of our community’s compassionate togetherness, strength and resilience as we emerge together from this pandemic.
We look forward to bringing to our community the experience of blue grass music, Grateful Dead music, Chinese and Greek dancing repertoires, Thai food, Italian food and more.