WinterFEST

Tomorrow & Sunday

Newton Community Pride is excited to host the 2nd Annual WinterFEST this weekend! Join us for all the family-friendly and free winter fun! The weather looks perfect to be outside in the fresh air with your family, friends, and neighbors. View full WinterFEST schedule here.



Here are some highlights and schedule of events:

Saturday, January 28, 5:30 pm - 7:30 pm

Hyde Community Center, 90 Lincoln St, Newton

Bundle up at the outdoor WinterFEST Soup Social at 5:30 pm hosted at the Hyde Community Center. Enjoy a complimentary hot bowl of soup provided by O'Hara's Food & Spirits, Lincoln Street Kitchen, Otake, Grape Leaf, Dining Car, Buttonwood, Avenue Deli Beacon Street, Walnut Grille, and Dunn Gaherin's, and served by several Newton notables including Mayor Fuller, Congressman Auchincloss, and members of the City Council!

Bring your dancing shoes because from 6:00 - 7:00 pm The Eli Cash Band will perform at the Hyde Bandstand and keep you moving and entertained!  

More fun includes an interactive public art piece - Brighter Ignited, a special 

appearance by Olaf & Friends, a member of the Boston Hoop Troop with glow-in-the-dark hula hoops, glow sticks, and Cacao's hot chocolate!

Sunday, January 29, 10:00 am

Cold Spring Park, 1200 Beacon St, Newton

Join Newton Conservators and Olaf from Frozen, for a family-friendly, dog-friendly winter walk around Cold Spring Park's 1.5-mile trail. The Conservators will discuss “The Nature of Cold Spring Park.” Learn about the plants, birds, animals & tracks you might see! Small Door Veterinary will be providing free hot chocolate, coffee, and donuts from Black Bird Donuts - Along with a portable dog bowl, delicious dog treats, and a discount code on membership for your favorite four-legged friend! (Limited quantity, first come first serve.)

Park in the Beacon Street main lot and proceed around toward the left at the trail entrance near the sports fields.  

Sunday, January 29, 12:00 pm - 4:00 pm

Newton Centre Green, 1221 Centre St, Newton

Bring the family and join the fun from 12:00 pm - 4:00 pm on the Newton Centre Village Green! Come by and enjoy ice sculptures along with a live ice sculpting demonstration by Images in Ice, a winter market, and be entertained with live music and dance performances from Elsa and Olaf from Frozen, Boston College B.E.A.T.S., Wu An Martial Arts Lion Dance, Far and Wide with Tom Pugh, 

Calpulli Coyoxochitl Danza Mexika, Newton North High School’s Melocotones, and Northern Lights, and the “Women in White” roving dancers. The Wicked Photo Booth will be available to bring home a wintery momento of the day, and the kids might enjoy helping to paint a Newton DPW snow plow, and of course, a WinterFEST wouldn't be complete without hot chocolate and cookies to keep you warm.  

NCP is partnering with Welcome Home for a winter blanket drive. Let's support those in need by bringing a new or gently used twin, queen, or king blanket to the Welcome Home collection bin on the Newton Centre village green on Sunday.

NCP is grateful for our Presenting Sponsor, The Village Bank, a grant from the Newton Cultural Council and all the WinterFEST sponsors and partners noted below. Thank you for making WinterFEST possible! 

Plaut Mahoney Family * Fasciano Family

Gavris Family * Meryl Kessler & Scott Oran