| 3:00p.m. – 6:00p.m. | Annual Hunnewell Fun Fair* — Hunnewell School PTO Hunnewell Elementary School, 28 Cameron Street, Rides, games, crafts | |
| 7:00p.m. | Masterworks Concert featuring WHS Performing Arts Department at Wellesley High School Katherine L Babson, Jr. Auditorium — 50 Rice Street |
Saturday – May 19th
| All day | Wellesley Square Scavenger Hunt — Wellesley Square Merchants Linden Square all-day sidewalk sale | |
| 7:00a.m.—2:30p.m. | Pancake Festival* at the Wellesley Middle School — Rotary Club of Wellesley | |
| 7:00a.m.—2:30p.m. | Free Eye Exams at the Needham Lions Club Eye Mobile at the Wellesley Middle School — Needham Lions Club | |
| 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 | |
| 9:00a.m.—Noon | Tours of Wellesley High School — 50 Rice Street Including green tours showing off the new green features of the building | |
| 9:00a.m.—10:00a.m. | Guided Walk of Morses Pond — Wellesley Trails Committee Meet at gate to Town Beach at end of Turner Road | |
| 10:00a.m.—11:30a.m.
10am-130pm | Dog Contest* Natural Resources Comm. , Board of Health, & Wellesley Animal Control Warren School Field, 90 Washington Street (Route 16) Prizes awarded in various categories including “shaggiest”, “best grooomed”, “best tricks”, “wiggliest”, and many more!
Wellesley High boys lacrosse team car wash at 165 Linden Square parking lot to raise funds for team and charities. | |
| 11:00a.m.— 3:00p.m. | Open House at Wellesley Police Station — 485 Washington Street | |
| 11:00a.m.— 3:00p.m.
Noon-3pm | Open House at Wellesley Main Fire Station #2 — 457 Worcester Street (Route 9) Parents can sign up kids 3-13 for PMC Kids’ Bike Ride, which takes place on June 3 at Babson. Cancer research fund raiser. | |
| 1:00p.m. — 3:00p.m.
1-4pm | Build Your Own Woodland Troll & Fairy House — Wellesley Conservation Council Cochituate Aqueduct, Russell Road / Kendall Road (for elementary school kids) Face painting, balloons, food, music at Linden Square courtyard | |
| 2:00p.m. — 3:00p.m. | Ricardo Frota’s Ecology of Sound — World of Wellesley & the Friends of the Wellesley Free Libraries Wakelin Room, Main Library, 530 Washington Street | |
| 4:00p.m. | Wellesley High School Dedicationat Wellesley High School Katherine L Babson, Jr. Auditorium — 50 Rice StreetRefreshments will be served in the Commons immediately following the Dedication. There will also be additional public tours of the building | |
| 4:00p.m. | Veterans’ Ecumenical Memorial Mass at Saint Paul Church Wellesley Veterans’ Council | |
| 6:30p.m. | Kids’ Movie Night at Wellesley High School Gym — 50 Rice Street Featuring a screening of The Goonies in the new WHS Gym |
Sunday – May 20th
| 9:00a.m.—3:30p.m. | Gardeners’ Fair at Elm Bank — Mass Horticultural Society Elm Bank Horticulture Center, 900 Washington Street | |
| 1:00p.m.—3:00p.m. | 44th Annual Wellesley Veterans’ Parade Wellesley Celebrations’ Committee | |
| 4:00p.m.—5:30p.m. | Grace Knight Babson Fund for Religious Education — 53rd 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 | |
| 6:30p.m. Main Attraction | Concert for Wellesley at Hunnewell Field Featuring the Reminisants | |
| DUSK | Fireworks —the Biggest Ever! at Hunnewell Field | |
| *Please note, asterisk indicates a small fee may be charged. |
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