Vol. 21 · Est. 2026 · Free October 30 - November 1, 2026

The Lowell Weekender

Your Guide to Arts, Music & Community in Lowell, Mass.


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The Lowell Weekender is a free, weekly print guide to arts, music, and community happenings across Lowell, Massachusetts. Published every Thursday/Friday, it gathers the weekend's festivals, live shows, markets, and neighborhood events into one easy itinerary so you never miss what's happening in Lowell.

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This Weekend

October 30 - November 1, 2026

Our Pick

Lowell PupFest

A free block party for dogs and their people at 40 Market Street, with a pet costume contest, photo booth, vendors and local rescues from 11 AM to 3 PM.

Saturday, October 31 · 11:00 AM · Historic Downtown Lowell

Why we're going: Dogs in Halloween costumes, downtown, for free: there is no better way to start the spookiest Saturday of the year.

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Event Schedule

Friday

October 30
☁️ Cloudy, 62°

Saturday

October 31
☁️ Cloudy, 54°

Sunday

November 1
☁️ Cloudy, 59°

From This Week's Print Edition

Editor's Note

Halloween lands on a Saturday this year, so expect costume parties from Market Street to Middlesex Street. PupFest brings the dogs downtown by day and the ghost tour heads out at dusk. Clocks fall back an hour early Sunday morning.

Venues Covered (So Far!)

Acre
Arts League of Lowell, Cafe Eclipse, City of Lowell Senior Center, Edward A. LeLacheur Park, Hellenic American Academy, Lawrence Mills, Loading Dock Gallery, Lowell Humane Society, Lowell Makes, Moloney Performing Arts Center, Nibbana Cafe, North Common Amphitheater, Oshare Sushi & Bar, Suffolk Mill, Sweet Bar, Taffeta Music Hall, The Acre, The Worthen Attic, Tsongas Center, Western Avenue Studios, Whistler House Museum of Art, Worthen House Cafe
Back Central
Dragonfly Cafe
Belvidere
Holy Ghost Society of Lowell, Lowell Cemetery, Rogers Fort Hill Park, Shedd Park
Centralville
Bark Avenue Playroom
Downtown
Athenian Corner, Ayer Lofts Art Gallery, Boarding House Park, Boott Cotton Mills Museum, Brew'd Awakening Coffeehaus, Brush Art Gallery & Studios, Derby Park, Fuse Bistro, HCID Garage, Historic Downtown Lowell, Hive Public Market, Infuse Afro Fusion, JFK Civic Center, Kerouac Park, Ladd and Whitney Memorial, Lala Books, Lazy Cat Lounge, Lowell City Hall, Lowell High School, Lowell National Historical Park, Mary J. Bacigalupo Victorian Garden, MCC Academic Arts Center, MCC Cowan Center, National Streetcar Museum at Lowell, One Urban Tribe, Pizzelle Bakery, Pollard Memorial Library, Pop Cultured, Richard and Nancy Donahue Academic Arts Center, Sahel Restaurant & Lounge, Smokehouse Tavern, SUTRA Studio, Tescobar Performance Center, The Lass Stop, Thirsty First, Tsongas History Center, Warp & Weft
Highlands
Collegiate Charter School, Peephup Tmei Restaurant, Tyler Park
Lower Belvidere
Lowell Memorial Auditorium, Merrimack Repertory Theatre
Lower Highlands
Pottery Mill, Roberto Clemente Park
Pawtucketville
Bellegarde Boathouse, Heritage Farm Ice Cream, Maguire Park, Mill City Grows Big Urban Farm, Pawtucket Farm Wildlife Sanctuary, Sampas Pavilion
South Lowell
Knickerbocker Club
Grayscale boundary map of Lowell, MA showing 11 neighborhoods. Pawtucketville occupies the west; Highlands the southwest. Acre sits between Pawtucketville and Downtown at center. Centralville is in the north. Downtown anchors the middle, flanked by Lower Belvidere to its east and Belvidere along the eastern edge. Lower Highlands and Back Central sit just south of Downtown, with Sacred Heart below them. South Lowell occupies the southeast corner.

Lowell neighborhood map

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