Join us for an afternoon of live performances, local food trucks, and lots more at the 15th Annual Out to Lunch Festival & Farmers' Market, presented by the Downtown Worcester Business Improvement District, the City of Worcester, and our generous sponsors!

The Out to Lunch series is back and bigger than ever this year, with 10 festival dates Every Wednesday from July through August 2025. Each event takes place from 11am to 3pm on the Worcester Common Oval. It's the perfect excuse to get out for your lunch break, spend time enjoying the historic Worcester Common, and explore the best of Worcester right here in the heart of the city this summer.

Live Performances
For over a decade, a highlight of Out to Lunch has been the combination of main stage acts and local performers. This year we’re excited to bring incredible musical talent including internationally, nationally, and regionally touring acts to Downtown Worcester and to invite members of our community to perform, too. There will be live music, dance, and some special surprises, too.

Food Trucks
You’ll find loads of delicious lunch options all in one place at the festival. Local food trucks will be parked all around Worcester Common Oval, serving up mouthwatering meals and snacks you can eat on the spot or take with you on-the-go.

Whether you want to go healthy or indulge, or if you’re craving something savory or sweet, you’ll find something to delight your tastebuds at Out to Lunch.

Farmers’ Market
Pick up the freshest produce and lots of local goodness at Out to Lunch. This year the Out to Lunch farmers market is growing!

Farmers from all across Central Massachusetts will be selling their fresh produce and wares Downtown so you can stock your fridge with a summer bounty of locally grown fruits, veggies, and more while you’re here.

Season: Summer

Market Hours:
June 18 - August 20, 2025
Every Wednesday, 11 am to 3 pm

Location:
455 Main Street, Worcester, MA 01608

Artist & Makers Market
Shop for handmade goods from a variety local artists, crafters, and makers. If you’re looking to treat yourself or pick up a unique gift for someone else, you’ll find something new to love at the Out to Lunch artist and makers market.

Think: handmade jewelry, candles, art, clothing, toys and games, pet items, and more.

Community Organizations
Worcester is home to countless non-profits that are on a mission to help our community thrive. Stop by the non-profit area at Out to Lunch and meet folks from dozens of different community-based organizations at once.

Hear about their work, take part in some interactive activities and fun giveaways, find out how they can help support you, and learn how you can get involved.

2025 Out to Lunch Headliners
We’ve curated a world-class lineup of international, national, and regionally touring acts for this year’s Out to Lunch Festival & Farmers’ Market. Don’t miss your chance to see all of these impressive musicians in Downtown Worcester for FREE this summer!

June 18: Mystic Bowie’s Talking Dreads
Much more than a cover band, Talking Dreads re-imagines and infuses fresh life into Talking Heads’ classic catalog with his high octane mix of roots reggae, ska and lover’s rock (aka “romantic reggae”).

June 25: Balkan Paradise Orchestra
Balkan Paradise Orchestra is a unique and groundbreaking all-woman band made up of ten brass, woodwind, and percussion instrumentalists playing original music that ranges from danceable and festive tracks that flirt with electronic, pop, or disco music to calmer, acoustic songs with Balkan influences.

July 2: Little Lies – A Tribute to Fleetwood Mac
Little Lies is an 8-piece tribute band from Boston performing an authentic playlist of your favorite Fleetwood Mac hits, featuring two female and two male vocalists, along with an ensemble of professional musicians dedicated to capturing the magic of one of the world’s most successful bands

July 9: Dan Burke & The Royal Treatment
If Harry Styles had come out in 1987 and brought in Lionel Richie, Greg Phillinganes, Sheila E., Bootsy Collins & Nile Rodgers as a band, you’d have the R&B band, Dan Burke & The Royal Treatment.

July 16: Las Karamba
Las Karamba is a multicultural, all women band that infuses traditional styles like son, cha-cha-cha, salsa, and timba with influences from rap and urban music, plus a touch of samba and rumba, creating a new, highly powerful and infectious musical blend.

July 23: Flame
A high-energy American cover band consisting of talented members who happen to have disabilities, Flame performs globally playing all your favorites, from the classics through today’s hits, along with some originals.

July 30: Bia Ferreira
Bia Ferreira is a Brazilian singer, composer, multi-instrumentalist and artivist who defines her music as MMP: Música de Mulher Preta (Black Woman Music) with funky beats, reggae, and soul ballad grooves.

August 6: Bella’s Bartok
A band known for raucous theatrical performances and an outspoken message of finding hope in a world of uncertainty, Bella’s Bartok seamlessly blends a rich cacophony of sound and soul into their music with influences ranging from Punk to Folk and Pop to Americana.

August 13: Ryan Montbleau Band
A relentless road warrior and masterful wordsmith, Ryan Montbleau has “made a career of confident, danceable positivity,” with ecstatic live shows and a folk-rock sound that also touches on funk, soul, hip-hop, and reggae.

August 20: Cool Cool Cool
Cool Cool Cool knows how to deliver an electrifying performance, blending the best of Funk, House and R&B with dynamic, female-led vocals, a tight horn section, swirling synths and a rhythm section that lays down a wicked groove.

Date: June 18 - August 20, 2025

Time: Wednesdays, 11 am to 3 pm

Location: Worcester Common Oval, 455 Main Street, Worcester, MA 01608.

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