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Natick Nights 2026!: 250th Anniversary of the United States and 375th Anniversary of Natick

August 6@5:00 PM - 8:00 PM
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Join us for a fantastic evening of food, shopping, and family-friendly entertainment in the vibrant Natick Center Cultural District. Sponsored by Drink Dion’s Wine Spirits & Market.

Apply to run an activity booth here.

Beer Garden on Common Street: Featuring drinks from Rushford & Sons Brewhouse, Stormalong and Stateside/Surfside Vodka Teas 

On Natick Common:

Featuring:

Musical Guest: Turtlehead
Balloon Art with Jonah’s Twisters, Face Painting with Imagine That, and from 5:30-7:00 PM, Historical Interpreters, and Aerial Silk Performances with Eastern Acrobatics and Circus 

Food from Kona Ice of Framingham/Natick, Say Cheese Food Truck

Historical Interpreters!

A modern photograph of a middle-aged white woman in an 18th century costume holding a quill pen to paper at a desk. The background is outside.

Michele Gabrielson will be portraying Mercy Otis Warren. Find her on Instagram @the_revolutionary_classroom. Michele Gabrielson is an award-winning local history teacher and historic interpreter of the 18th century.  Ms. Gabrielson serves as the secretary for the nonprofit Mercy Otis Warren Society, is a member of the Authenticity Standards Committee for Minuteman National Historic Park and is the coordinator for the Battle Road Guides for the annual reenactment of the Battle of Lexington and Concord. She was awarded a 2024 Rising Star Award for Public History by the Massachusetts History Alliance for her programming titled, “The Revolutionary Classroom,” and named a finalist for the 2024 Massachusetts History Teacher of the Year.  She was the Massachusetts Daughters of the American Revolution’s Outstanding History Teacher of the Year for 2025 and the 2025 winner of the Fred Graham Award for Excellence in Teaching from the Massachusetts Society of the Cincinnati.

A modern color photograph of a middle-aged white man in 18th century costume. He stands on a grass lawn with a tan fence behind him. His costume consists of a long dark coat, tricorner hat, black pants to his knees, high cream socks to his knees, black shoes, a tan vest and a black cane.

Michael LePage has been a historical interpreter and reenactor since 1993. From being a private soldier in the American Revolution and Civil War hobbies, he has gone on to play historic roles such as John Adams, Paul Revere, and Dr. Joseph Warren. He has performed at Adams National Historical Park, the Paul Revere House, the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum, and many other historical sites and venues. History has been his passion since he was in grade school during the Bicentennial. He graduated from Duxbury High School in Massachusetts in 1984, then the University of Maine with a B.A. in History in 1989.

Public bathrooms are located at Natick Town Hall & the Morse Institute Library

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