Above: The annual end-of-summer festival includes a slew of free family-friendly activities. (photos by Beth Melo and family)
Southborough Recreation has shared more details on this year’s “Summer Nights” festival.
A warning for residents with skittish dogs — make sure they’re well secured. As always, the night will be capped off with bangin’ fireworks.
Parking for the festival is set to open at 5:00 pm tomorrow, Saturday, August 24th. The festivities run until dark, ending with the fireworks show to shoot off around 8:15 pm.
The free family-friendly fun has evolved over the years. But this year is expected to be very similar to recent summers. Even the live music is an encore from the past two years. A local favorite, Hit the Bus, will return. They’ll hit the stage at 5:30 pm.
Be sure to bring your picnic blankets and/or chairs to enjoy dinner with the show. This year’s booked food vendors are:
- PotatoPotato: (Poutine, fries, tots)
- Cousins Maine Lobster: (Lobster rolls, quesadillas, mac and cheese)
- Birds Nest Italian Street Food: (Meatball & chicken parm sliders, fried ravioli)
- Anzios Brick Oven Pizza: (Pizza)
- Trolley Dogs: (Gourmet hot dogs)
- The Grub Guru: (Asian fusion)
- Easy Street Tacos: (Tacos, nachos, quesadillas)
- Chick-fil-A Food Truck of Westborough: (Chicken sandwiches and waffle fries)
- The Whoo(pie) Wagon: (Whoopie pies)
- Trombetta’s Farm: (Ice cream)
- Uhlman’s Ice Cream: (Ice cream)
- Yummy Mummy Bakery: (Brownies and cookies)
Parking will start at Neary School (59 Parkerville Road) then be diverted to Trottier Middle School (via the Deerfoot Road entrance) with an overflow lot at 225 Turnpike Road (at the corner of Parkerville and Route 9, about a 10 minute walk). If you are dropping off or picking up attendees, you should use the Lundblad Field turnoff on Parkerville Road. (See image above right.)
Rec is encouraging families to come up with a plan for where to meet if parents and kids get separated. (You can use Recreation’s tent, where there will be staff to help. But there are plenty of easily spotted landmarks to choose from.) 
The map (right) for the campus layout right is from last year, but I’m told that things will be pretty much the same.
In the Kids Zone, families can again enjoy bouncy houses, the inflatable obstacle course, free face painting, and “unlimited photos” at the photo booth. On the tennis courts, you can take a turn trying the ARHS Robotics team’s devices.
Rec doesn’t expect free balloon twisting this year (and while Youth Basketball will be there, we don’t know if they’ll be offering their mini hoops challenge game again). Vendor booths will include the usual vendor selling light up toys, and community groups and local businesses (like the Boy Scouts and Gulbankian Florist).
Below are my pics of the fun from past years (taken by me and my kids):
