Annual Tree Lighting and Parade
Celebrate the season in community with your friends and neighbors! Details including the timeline, road closures, and parking are found below.
When: Sunday, Dec. 3, 2023 3-6 PM
Where: Concord Center
What: Music, kids activities, outdoor entertainment, food trucks, festive storefronts, parade, tree lighting and more
Who: Welcome to all!
Timeline
3:00 PM - 5:00 PM
| Activities and outdoor performances
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4:50 PM
| Parade steps off from Hunt Gym
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5:15-5:30 PM (Approx.)
| Bringing up the back of the parade, Santa arrives by fire truck
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Immediately following the parade
| Tree lighting at Monument Square
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| Immediately following the tree lighting | Pictures with Santa |
Click on the map and key graphic for more details regarding performance locations, parking, restrooms, and vendors.
Traffic Alerts
Be prepared for road closures and traffic pattern changes around Concord Center between 2:30 PM - 6 PM
Road closures:
- Main St (from Keyes to Monument Sq)
- Walden St (from Heywood to Main St)
- Lexington St (From Heywood to Monument Sq)
- Monument Sq closed
- Lowell Rd (from Keyes Rd to Monument Sq)
- Stow St (from Everett St to Hubbard St)
- Hubbard St (from Stow St to Walden St)
- Everett St (closed for parade participant parking)
Parking
Keyes Rd municipal lot
- Alcott School
- Main St and Thoreau St – on street parking
- Walden St municipal lot (if you park here you will be blocked in until roads open)
Handicap Parking:
- Lexington Rd at First Parish Church
- Main St by library
- Keyes Rd municipal lot