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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 9 - 11, 2026

Our Pick

Lowell Hip Hop Festival

The festival kicks off at Taffeta with Jungle Brothers and Termanology, backed by a deep bill of Lowell and 978 artists. Breaking and dance cypher interludes run all night, and all ages are welcome with a parent or guardian (18+ unaccompanied).

Saturday, October 10 · 6:00 PM · Taffeta Music Hall

Why we're going: A deep local lineup, live breaking, and a dance floor that invites everyone to get loose is exactly how we want to spend a Saturday night.

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Event Schedule

Friday

October 9

☁️ Cloudy, 64°

Morning

9:00 AMCommunity
Volunteer with Meals on Wheels
City of Lowell Senior Center
10:00 AMTour
Step into History Walking Tour
Lowell National Historical Park

Afternoon

1:00 PMMarket
Lowell Farmer's Market
💎 Hidden Gem · 👀 Don't Miss This · 🏭 Very Lowell
HCID Garage
2:00 PMTour
Suffolk Mill Tour
Lowell National Historical Park

Evening

5:00 PMMusic
No Hit Radio - Songwriter's Open Mic
One Urban Tribe
6:00 PMCommunity
Horror Book Club
Lala Books
7:00 PMCommunity
One Time Pottery Wheel Workshop
Pottery Mill
7:00 PMSports
UMass Lowell River Hawks Hockey vs. Clarkson
🎟️ Worth the Ticket · 👀 Don't Miss This · 🏆 Lowell Classic
Tsongas Center
8:00 PMMusic
LCK! Jazz with Timo Shanko
Warp & Weft (Weekender Favorite)
9:00 PMMusic
CRIMEWAVE: A Goth, Post-Punk, and Darkwave Party
🎟️ Worth the Ticket
Taffeta Music Hall (Weekender Favorite)

Saturday

October 10

☁️ Cloudy, 65°

Morning

9:15 AMCommunity
Flute Lessons
Also 10:00, 10:45 & 11:30 AM
Pollard Memorial Library
10:00 AMTour
Step into History Walking Tour
🏭 Very Lowell
Lowell National Historical Park
11:00 AMCommunity
Costume + Cosplay Swap
Pop Cultured
11:00 AMCommunity
National Streetcar Museum at Lowell Open
National Streetcar Museum at Lowell

Afternoon

12:00 PMCommunity
LCK Talking Jack: Cathy Cassady Sylvia-My Life with Mom and Dad
Pollard Memorial Library
12:00 PMCommunity
OVERPAINTED BEATS Explosions of Blood
Ayer Lofts Art Gallery
12:00 PMMarket
Crow Market
One Urban Tribe
12:00 PMMarket
The Hive Of Horrors: Oddity Market
Hive Public Market
1:00 PMCommunity
Kerouac's Library Haunts and Hooky Tour
🏭 Very Lowell
Pollard Memorial Library
1:00 PMCommunity
Hands-On History: Weaving & Water Power
Tsongas History Center
1:00 PMCommunity
Suffolk Mill Open House
🏭 Very Lowell
Suffolk Mill
4:00 PMSports
UMass Lowell River Hawks Hockey vs. St. Lawrence
Tsongas Center
4:00 PMMusic
Oktoberfest Celebration
💎 Hidden Gem
Warp & Weft (Weekender Favorite)

Evening

5:00 PMCommunity
Waves of Migration
Western Avenue Studios
6:00 PMTour
Lowell Ghost Tour - Bone and Water
🎟️ Worth the Ticket · 🏭 Very Lowell
Historic Downtown Lowell
6:00 PMCommunity
Dungeons & Dragons Night (18+)
Lazy Cat Lounge
6:00 PMMusic
Lowell Hip Hop Festival featuring Jungle Brothers + Termanology
⭐ Weekender Pick · 🎟️ Worth the Ticket · 👀 Don't Miss This
Taffeta Music Hall (Weekender Favorite)
8:00 PMMusic
Live Greek & Middle Eastern Music and Belly Dancing
🏆 Lowell Classic
Athenian Corner
9:00 PMMusic
Latin Saturday
Tescobar Performance Center

Sunday

October 11

🌦️ Showers, 73°

Morning

10:00 AMCommunity
Yarn & Fiber Artist Meet Up
Lazy Cat Lounge
10:00 AMCommunity
Views from the Trolley
💎 Hidden Gem · 🏭 Very Lowell
Lowell National Historical Park
10:00 AMTour
Step into History Walking Tour
Lowell National Historical Park
11:00 AMMarket
Downtown Lowell Farmer's Market
💎 Hidden Gem
Hive Public Market
11:00 AMMusic
Hal Holiday Live
Warp & Weft (Weekender Favorite)
11:00 AMMarket
The Haunted Makers Market
Shedd Park

Afternoon

12:00 PMCommunity
OVERPAINTED BEATS Explosions of Blood
Ayer Lofts Art Gallery
1:00 PMCommunity
Sketchers Lowell Meetup
Lowell Cemetery
1:00 PMCommunity
Suffolk Mill Open House
🏭 Very Lowell
Suffolk Mill
2:30 PMMusic
The Cambodian Spirit
💎 Hidden Gem
Cyrus Irish Auditorium
Lowell High School

Evening

8:00 PMMusic
Haggus with Frog Mallet
Taffeta Music Hall (Weekender Favorite)

From This Week's Print Edition

Editor's Note

Cooler air settles in this weekend, with clouds Friday and Saturday and showers possible Sunday, but the calendar is still packed. The Lowell Hip Hop Festival takes over Taffeta Saturday night, Halloween season keeps building with oddity markets and a ghost tour, and there are plenty of indoor options if the rain shows up.

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, Suffolk Mill, Sweet Bar, Taffeta Music Hall, The Acre, The Worthen Attic, Tsongas Center, Western Avenue Studios, 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, Smokehouse Tavern, SUTRA Studio, Tescobar Performance Center, The Lass Stop, 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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