Above: Southborough Recreation is celebrating National Park and Recreation Month. (image edited from flyer)
I have more great save the dates for this summer! This week, Southborough Recreation announced special free and discounted outdoor events being offered in July.
The Town is again participation in National Parks & Recreation month.* Most of the events are family friendly – but not all are exclusively geared to families with little ones. There’s also fun for adults.
Some of these are events that I’ve previously shared in other posts. But some were news to me – like discounted Golf, Face Painting on the playgrounds, and free Yoga.
Unless otherwise noted below, the events are paid for by Southborough Recreation as part of their way of giving back to the community. The funding is possible thanks to other fees collected by Recreation over the year.
Below is the list of events:
Outdoor Storytimes
Wednesdays at 4:00 pm July 5th, 12th, & 26th on the Southborough Library Lawn
This is part of the Summer Reading program. (For more details and additional dates, click here.)
Free Summer Concert Series
Wednesdays this summer, 6:00 – 8:00 pm @ Neary School Stage, 53 Parkerville Rd
Concerts on the lawn with a food truck each week. For details and the weekly schedule (including two more in August), click here.
Free Face painting on the playground
Thursday, July 6th & Friday, July 7th, 10:00 am – 12:00 pm @ Fayville Playground, Central St under the pavilion.
Recreation has partnered with SkyRise Theater
$10 Rounds of Golf – Tuesdays
Tuesdays through July 25th, from 6:00 am – 2:00 pm @ the Southborough Golf Club
($10 is for the Greens Fees. Carts and any additional services are extra)
Book tee times up to one week in advance online (here) or by calling 508-460-0946
“Tromp the Swamp” Children’s Music Performance
Tuesday July 11th, 11:00 am @ Southborough Library Lawn
This is part of the Summer Reading program, sponsored by The Friends of the Southborough Library and Fay School. (For more details, click here.)
Free Family Yoga in the Park
Three mornings @ Neary Field
The following programs are open to all ages but require pre-registration (here)
- Saturday, July 22nd, 11:00 am – 12:00 pm
- Monday, July 24th, 10:00 – 11:00 am
- Monday, July 31st, 10:00 – 11:00 am
Recreation’s announcement states “More to come!” To check for any updates later this month, click here.
*Rec’s announcement explains:
Since 1985, people in the United States have celebrated Park and Recreation Month in July to promote building strong, vibrant, and resilient communities through the power of parks and recreation and to recognize the more than 160,000 full-time park and recreation professionals — along with hundreds of thousands of part-time and seasonal workers and volunteers — that maintain our country’s local, state and community parks.
This year’s theme — “Where Community Grows” — celebrates the vital role park and recreation professionals play in bringing people together, providing essential services, and fostering the growth of our communities.
Join your fellow residents in Southborough for a month of free and reduced programming to celebrate and enjoy our outdoor spaces and recreational programming!
Updated (7/19/23 8:06 am) The self-guided Geocaching Scavenger Hunt originally planned for July 23rd is being postponed to a date in August. Details TBD.
