Celebrating Big!

Wish-cycling sculpture that was the entry for the 2024 parade - complete with 500 chips bags in its wings!

This year's parade entry will celebrate 40 years of teaching arts education at the MCA.  More specifically, we will be bringing together our creative friends, students and teachers to walk in the parade, and to help build our mini floats that will be pulled by bicycles (#reducedcarbonfootprint).

We will be creating our floats and costumes in March & April and would love your support:

• Crafting - small sculptures, float sides, ribbon streamers
• Artistry - painting musical instruments
• Building - attaching our giant hand sculptures and banners to various trailers

 

• Walking & Waving - Saturday, April 19 @ 1:00pm
• Cycling - we have 3 small "floats" that we anticipate being pulled by bicycles

Email us to join the fun!

2024 events:

The arts center has THE BEST LAWN to watch the parade!  And if the weather is lousy?  Just come inside and watch through the gallery or stairwell windows.

Massachusetts Avenue closes to all traffic at 12 noon!  If you need to get in or out of the building between 12-3pm, park on a side street and walk here.  You can find detailed road closure information on the Town website.

The parade starts at 2:00.  Bring a chair or blanket, and entertain yourself or your little one with some arts and crafts while you wait.  April Vacation Week students will also take a break to watch the parade.

BONUS:  The Dance Inn always leads the parade, and makes a special stop in Lexington Center AND outside of the arts center here to perform!

​Also on the Town website is the full schedule of events for Patriots' Day.