Fill the Pantries
Volunteer for the "pantry filling program" -- in which you fill the pantry once-a-month for 6-months.
Check your voting status
Check your voter registration status before Election Day.
Even if you voted in the primaries, make sure you status is secure.
Good Neighbor Day Pop-Up: Cocoa & Connection Saturday, Sep. 26, 2026
IT STARTS WITH HELLO!
Join the Spark Kindness Team pop-up at the Farmer's Market on the Natick Common for Cocoa & Connection! This Belonging Event is in celebration with Good Neighbor Day, a statewide initiative in Massachusetts promoting community connections and combating social isolation.
NATICK POWWOW
Annual Harvest Moon and Creator Praise Celebration
Hosted by the Massachusett Natick Praying Indians
Singing, dancing, storytelling, flute, food and more
Host Drum: Generations Drum
Oldtown Fall Fair & Movie Night
Celebrate Natick’s 375th with an afternoon of old-fashioned fall fun—and stay for a movie under the stars!
Join us at Shaw Park on Saturday, October 3, for the Oldtown Fall Fair. From 4–6 PM, step back in time with old-fashioned games like sticks and hoops, quoits, dig for treasure in the hay, explore local history, enjoy music, and more.
Then at 6 PM, Natick Recreation & Parks joins the fun for an outdoor screening of The Goonies! Bring a blanket or lawn chair, get comfortable, and settle in for a classic adventure under the stars.
This community celebration is part of Natick’s 375th anniversary and is presented with the help of our wonderful community partners.
Clothing Exchange
A free give or take event:
Give what you can: Take what you need
A collaborative Event sponsored by GEMS @the Arts/Out Metrowest and, Natick is United
You do not need to donate in order to take clothing.
Donatin Guidelines;
Clean, folded clothing
Fall/Winter preferred
Halloween Costumes
Liabilities of Whiteness
World of Wellesley is thrilled to host Michelle Chalmers, author of Liabilities of Whiteness, for an intimate conversation about her new book.
Natick Days
A Natick tradition that highlights the work of the service organizations and volunteers that make the Town of Natick such a great place to live, work, and play.
Recovery City
An unflinching look at addiction and recovery as seen through the eyes of four women. Christine fights to regain custody of her children. Created by local film maker and NHS teacher Lisa Olivieri.
Community Action Meeting
Whether you have been with us since February 2025, joined us once or twice, or have never attended, this is an open invitation to come be part of the work.
Open Mic
Join community members for an open mic to benefit the Metrowest Worker Center (CASA) and their support of families.
Queer Joy - A Community Celebration
Join us for an uplifting evening of Queer Joy—a community celebration of queerness, self-expression, and love in all its forms. This family-friendly event is a fundraiser for OUT MetroWest, supporting LGBTQ+ youth and programs in our area. Enjoy Drag Bingo with the Legendary Phoenix, crafts, music and light snacks in a space where everyone is welcome—families, allies, and all identities. Come celebrate, connect, and help us lift up LGBTQ+ voices! Please register in advance.
Hosted by Natick Is United & Qmmunity
Natick Multicultural Day
The diversity and cultures of the community will be highlighted when The Natick Center Cultural District hosts Multicultural Day from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Aug. 22 on the Natick Common.
Visitors can explore a variety of cultural booths for fun activities and educational opportunities.
Stand With Our Immigrant Neighbors.
Listen to a panel of attorneys and advocates working on the front lines of immigrant rights to help understand what's really happening — and, just as importantly, what we can do about it. This isn't just a discussion; it's a call to action with concrete, specific steps for how each of us can help.
Pride Hike
Enjoy a Pride Hike at the Mass Audubon Broadmoor Wildlife Sanctuary. Signup for this event is required.
Natick Nights Pride
Enjoy a fantastic evening of food, shopping, and family-friendly entertainment in the vibrant Natick Center Cultural District.
Juneteenth Weekend in Natick
Friday at 10 AM: Join us on the Common for Reading Frederick Douglass
Saturday at 11 AM: Celebrate Juneteenth with music, speakers, and food on Natick Common
Hosted by Natick Historical Society, Natick Center Cultural District, and Natick is United
Singing for Our Neighbors
Sue Horowitz & Eric Kilburn are raising their voices to raise much-needed funds to support our immigrant neighbors with a double album release concert. All proceeds go to Casa (Metrowest Worker Center). Enjoy an evening of heart-stirring, thought-provoking, toe-tapping music and fund critical services for MetroWest immigrant families.
Community Action Meeting
Join other community members to develop strategies to help the most vulnerable in our community. Registration is requested. All are welcome!
Hosted by Natick Is United
OUT ART OPENING NIGHT
Join in the kick off of OUT ART, featuring 10 queer artists. On view throughout June and July at The Frame Shop in Natick.
Author Talk - Precious and Adored
Join us at the Wayland Museum for a discussion of this rare and moving window into LGBTQ history.
Spark Fest June 6
MOVED TO SATURDAY, JUNE 6
Celebrate kindness and connect with family, neighbors and friends with free activities, crafts, music, and refreshments this June in Natick! All are welcome!
Pride Pours
5:30 PM – 8:30 PM
Pride Pours is back 🌈🍾 Join us in-shop for a laid-back sip & shop filled with champagne, light snacks, and all the good vibes.
Tickets are $20. This is a safe, welcoming, and inclusive space for our LGBTQ+ community and allies — a place to show up as you are, connect, and feel celebrated. Whether you’re coming with friends or stopping by solo, you belong here 💖
Rainbow Hand Kite
June is Pride Month! Children's Pride Craft Event
Make your own rainbow hand kite. This is a craft event recommended for children Grades K-5. Drop-In, no registration needed.
Children's Library, Lower Level
Hosted by Morse Institute Library
Rainbow Heart Puzzle Mosaic
This program is for adults and registration is required.* Create a mosaic using colorful upcycled puzzle pieces, a preprinted image, and glue! The finished piece will be placed in a ~4.5 x 4.5 frame. While it's possible to finish sooner; participants will have up to 90 minutes to complete their mosaic.
Sponsored by the Friends of the Library
Hosted by Morse Institute Library
Register
Pride Paint Your Own Unicorn Lamp
For teen and tweens (ages 11-18), registration required. Happy Pride Month! Teens and tweens are invited to come celebrate Pride by painting their own unicorn lamp! This program is generously sponsored by the Friends of the Morse Institute Library.
Hosted by Morse Institute Library
Register
"Living in Truth” Moth-Style Storytelling
Local voices along with award-winning storytellers share their truth with brief, true-life, transformative stories.
Holi festival
This free, annual community event features, music, dancing, and eco-friendly powdered colors. Enjoy a Bollywood dance lesson while you attend!
Notes of hope
Music Trivia Across the Decades
Light Bites and Refreshments
All proceeds benefit Metrowest Worker Center - Casa to provide direct aid to our immigrant neighbors.
Tickets $50/person; $375/table for 8 & Donate
Co-sponsored by:
Needham Area Immigration Justice Task Force;
Congregational Church of Needham, UCC;
First Parish Needham, UU;
Casa Allies
Repair Cafe
Bring a whole host of different items in need of repair and volunteers, with skills in different disciplines, will do their best to fix for free!
Sponsored by Natick Rotary in conjunction with the Natick Community Senior Center’s Council on Aging & Human Services.
Family Promise Metrowest Walk to End Homelessness
Join us for a wonderful community event to raise awareness and funds for the work we do to support families facing housing insecurity. Register for the event, start your fundraising pages and we will see you there!
Earth Day all Around Natick
EcoNatick invites you to participate in the 5th year of a reimagined Earth Day celebration. Our vision is that Earth Day All Around Natick will unite residents in learning and taking action toward more sustainable living, addressing greenhouse gas emissions that are creating the climate crisis, and appreciating our amazing life-sustaining planet.
Join Natick Is United at the “Earth-Friendly Fair,” on the Town Common on Saturday May 2, 9am-1pm.
Active Bystander training
Active Bystander Training: How to Speak Up With Courage, Care, and Respect
Metrowest Sings Out
Join the singing resistance. All Proceeds go to CASA, The Metrowest Worker Center emergency mutual aid fund.