Parks and Recreation
Duties & Responsibilities
The Park and Recreation Commission is responsible for creating and executing programming and other recreational activities throughout the Town of Winchendon as well as utilizing and beautifying our parks!
The current events are:
Easter Egg Hunt Food Truck Festival
Summer Concert Series Crafternoons
Pie Contests (Fall fest) Festival of Lights
Amphitheater Events Free FUN Days
Family Olympics Wydonshire Renaissance Faire
Let's Get Involved
Our next meeting is March 22, 2024 at 5:30pm in the conference Room, 4th Floor in Town Hall. We are looking for some new members if anyone is interested in learning more about what that entails please join us.
Thank you to our Title Sponsor French Family Foundation
2024 Sponsorship Opportunities are here!! If you are interested in continuing to support our park and amphitheater, we have some brand new sponsorship opportunities coming for 2024 season including Movie Sponsors, Concert Sponsors, and Season Sponsors, just to name a few. See our sponsorship packet in the upper left hand corner for more specific information or visit Eventeny to snag your sponsorship today!
Upcoming Events.
Bingo & Trivia
Parks & Recreation is teaming up with the CAC HUB to offer some fun indoor programming this winter. Join us at 5 Summer drive on February 15th, March 21st, and April 18th for Bingo to support both the CAC and Parks & Recreation.
Trivia will be hosted on February 23rd, March 29th, and April 26th so make sure to stop by! It is free to play and food and drinks will be available for purchase.
Easter Egg Hunt
Our annual Easter Egg Hunt will be Saturday March 30th at 11am.This year our hunt will be held at the Winchendon Community Park and we hope to keep hosting it there from now on. Join us for fun, games, and a whole lot of Candy.
In preparation for our Annual Egg Hunt we will be hosting an egg filling event at Old Murdock Senior Center (52Murdock Ave) on March 7th at 11am. This is open to anyone able and willing to help.
New event this year is Egg My Yard! You can sign up to have Parks & Recreation hide eggs in your yard this year. For just $15 we will hide 20 eggs in your yard on either March 12th or March 15th. Get your slot today Here.
Renaissance Faire
April 27th & 28th will bring Winchendon's first Renaissance Faire to the Winchendon Community Park. The event will run from 11am -7pm each day. This will be a weekend of fun, fantasy, and Medieval jest. Tickets are $20 per person for one day or $35 per person for the weekend if purchased in advance. Tickets at the door will be $25pp and $40pp respectively. Kids 14 and under are free. Our website with more information is under construction but check back in just another week or so for a link to see all the information regarding the Wyndonshire Faire. For now check our out Facebook event page for up to date info.
Want to buy tickets to this amazing event? Tickets can be found on our new recreation site Eventeny. If you would like to volunteer in another way you can fill out a volunteer application on the same site or email Tnewton@winchendon-ma.gov.
You know what else? We are partnering with the Red Apple Farm for a 2nd weekend of renaissance fun! So get your ren on and grab your tickets for 2 weekends of Medieval revelry.Tickets and more information for the Red Apple Farm's Enchanted Orchard can be found here.
Summer Concert Series at G.A.R. Park
Join us for our 2 concerts at G.A.R. Park this summer on July 19th and August 16th at 6:30pm. In July listen to the musical stylings of Cailte Kelley and in August you can listen to the country duo The Remedy.
G.A.R. Park is located across the street from Old Murdock Senior Center located at 52 Murdock Ave, Winchendon, MA 01475
Free FUN Days
Free FUN Days are replacing our Community Days at the park!! We have 6 awesome days full of fun and music just for you and your family. Dates and themes/activities are as follows
May 11th- Barbie and Ken Day
June 8th- Founder's Day 90's style
July 13th- Giant Game Day
August 17th- Everything Animal Day
September 14th- Around the World Day
October 5th- Haunted Park
Amphitheater Concerts
Concert list and performances are in and we are so excited to share it with you! Kids 10 and under are always free. Any tickets can be purchased on Eventeny and season passes are available.
Billy and the Jets May 10th at 7pm FREE Admission
The Reminisants June 22nd at 5pm $15pp
The Little Mermen July 21st at 2pm $10pp
Comedy Night July 27th at 7pm $15pp
Anderson Daniels August 24th 7pm $15pp
Half-way to St. Paddy's Day Party with Sláinte September 21st 7pm $10pp
Food Truck Festival
The 3rd annual food truck festival and Battle of the Bands will return on June 28th at 4pm.
Get ready for 15+ food trucks, beer vendors, craft vendors and more. Hear our 4 bands battle it out for the title and our reigning champs from 2023 fight to defend theirs!!
Visit our Facebook page or follow us on Instagram to get the most up to date information about all that we are doing. (links to the left)
Also visit the Winchendon Community Park website for more information about specific events happening there.
Any questions can be emailed to the Recreation Coordinator at Tnewton@Winchendon-ma.gov
Members
Name | Title | Term |
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Debra Bradley
| Chair | 6/30/2025 |
Andrew Beauvais
| Vice-Chair | 6/30/2026 |
Dawn Higgins
| Member | 6/30/2024 |
Debra Kane
| Member | 6/30/2026 |
Dylan Romanowski
| Member | 6/30/2026 |
Emily Bradley
| Student Member | 6/30/2024 |
Tiffany Newton
| Recreation Coordinator | |
Melanie Franklin
| Member | 6/30/2026 |
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