If you have an event at Robbins Farm Park or in the neighborhood and would like to post it here on the web site, or are interested in volunteering to help out at one of our events, please get in touch with us at: friends@robbinsfarmpark.org
Community Events not Sponsored by FORFP are listed at the bottom of the page.
FRIENDS OF ROBBINS FARM PARK EVENTS CALENDAR
Spring Cleanup & Kite Day — Saturday, May 3rd, 9 am
Come and meet the Robbins Farm community at our Spring Cleanup! Join us to rake, remove invasive species, and spruce up the Park.
Feel free to bring your own rake, shovel, pruning shears (label them, please) OR we will sanitize any shared equipment we provide.
AHS Students who volunteer are eligible for community service hours.
Please Sign Up For The Event
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At 1 pm, bring your kites as well and hope for good wind at one of the area’s best kite-flying locations. This is a Robbins Farm Park tradition following the annual Spring Cleanup.
We encourage all kids and their families to bring their kites. The event is free, open to all, and unsupervised.
CANCELLED – Robins & Friends Art Day — Saturday, May 31st, 1-3 pm
We are sorry that we must CANCEL the event due to weather. (But we will be able to hold it in 2026).
Join us for a creative afternoon at Robbins Farm Park, when children can make a fun art project led by art teacher Kathy Lobo. In this hands-on workshop, families will have the chance to sew their ownthree-dimensional birds using cotton bird shapes, button eyes, and decorations. If you prefer to draw, we’ll supply paper, bird books, and art supplies to inspire beautiful 2D bird creations.
We’ll also tune into the real birds in the park! Together we’ll listen for bird songs and try to identify as many species as we can. Families are encouraged to download the free Merlin Bird ID app from the Cornell Lab of Ornithology on your smartphone [ https://merlin.allaboutbirds.org ]. It’s a great opportunity to sharpen your observation skills and learn more about our local birdlife.What birds can you hear and see in the park?
The activities will be up the hill at the Robbins History Project (the Dog and the House)
Please Sign Up For The Event
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Independence Day Concert and Picnic — With The BIG SCREEN! —Friday, July 4th, 6 pm
On the 4th of July, we will again celebrate America’s birthday in style at Robbins Farm Park. Our entertainment includes a Live Band PLUS a BIG SCREEN Presentation!
The event is free and open to all.
Our Independence Day Celebration starts at 6:00 pm, our favorite Oldies Band, The Reminisants will entertain us once again! Bring a blanket and a picnic dinner for our traditional FREE Concert and be prepared to DANCE! It’s as American as Apple Pie (and Pizza Pie), so of course we’ll have some for sale along with drinks.
Get your seats on the hill. After the music we’ll be showing the BOSTON POPS ESPLANADE CONCERT and BOSTON FIREWORKS broadcast Live on the BIG SCREEN. [Note that the fireworks are scheduled to begin at 9:40 pm, a bit earlier than in previous years].
Rockin’ Robbins Concert Featuring Saklamara— Saturday, July 19th, 6:00 pm
We’re excited to welcome Saklamara to this summer’s Rockin’ Robbins concert series!
Fronted by Arlington’s own Anthony Geannaris, owner of Anthony’s Barber Styling in East Arlington and lifelong musician, Saklamara is a dynamic world music ensemble known for their high-energy, genre-blending sound.
Fusing Eastern Mediterranean and Slavic folk traditions with funk, jazz, blues, and pop, Saklamara delivers layered performances rich with bouzoukis, saxophone, upright bass, drums, percussion, and powerful vocals. Their joyful, cross-cultural sound has made them a Porchfest favorite and a standout at local venues like the Capitol Theatre and the Middle East.
Joining Anthony is powerhouse vocalist and Berklee College of Music graduate Alena Sorokina (Aly), whose Russian folk roots and classical training bring emotional depth and artistry to the group’s arrangements. The full ensemble features Ken Paynter on upright bass, Larry Terry on saxophone, percussion, and vocals, Colonel Ron on electric bass, Stroker on keys, and Daved Mitchell on drums.
This free, all-ages concert promises a vibrant evening of global rhythms and community spirit at Robbins Farm Park. Don’t miss it!
RESCHEDULED! – JAZZ CONCERT Wednesday Aug 27, 6 PM – HARVARD ALUMNI JAZZ BAND
Great News! We are thrilled that we are able to RESCHEDULE the Jazz Concert which was rained out.
Join us for a free jazz concert by the Harvard Alumni Jazz Band, a 17-piece jazz big band with members from Arlington and surrounding communities. Our concert will be at our usual venue in the Park. Enjoy the music of Count Basie, Charles Mingus, Miles Davis, and many others! The concert is FREE thanks to the generosity of the band, which includes neighborhood resident Allen Feinstein. This is a great event for all ages. We encourage people to bring your own picnic dinner. This will be our 16th Annual Jazz Concert!
Movie Night ———— Saturday, September 13th, 6:30 pm
Join us for Robbins Farm Movie Night Sat, Sept 13, featuring LILO & STITCH, the NEW 2025 movie which is a live-action reimagining of Disney’s 2002 animated classic. This is a FREE event and open to all! We will sell pizza, popcorn and drinks starting at 6:30 pm. The movie will start at 7:30 and end around 9:20 pm. Bring a picnic blanket, chairs, and settle in to enjoy the entertainment.
VOLUNTEERING
Please consider volunteering to help out at Movie Night
You can sign up for all or part of the event (6-10pm) using this link: https://www.signupgenius.com/go/70A0A4CA5A72EA3F49-58329412-robbins
PS – Credit is available for any students needing to complete Community Service hours!
Annual Field Day —— Saturday, October 18th, 1 pm to 4 pm
FIELD DAY IS BACK for the first time in 3 years! Please join us for a fun-filled afternoon of activities and seasonal refreshments. This family-oriented event will include old-fashioned races (3-legged, egg-on-the spoon, sack race, etc.), games (e.g. cornhole), information on the history of Robbins Farm and a scavenger hunt.
Seasonal refreshments including apple cider, apple cider donuts and apple pie as well as pizza will be available for a nominal charge.
Arlington Town Day —— Saturday, September 20th, 9:00 am to 3:00 pm
Stop by our booth (#243) at Town Day between 9:00 am and 3:00 pm to find out more about the Friends of Robbins Farm Park, the events we host and how you can get involved. We’ll also have some T-shirts for sale.
Click here for more information on Arlington Town Day 2022 including the location and a schedule of events. Hope to see you there!
Fall Cleanup Day —— Saturday, November 8th, 9 am to 12 pm
Our last event of the season at Robbins Farm Park is our fall cleanup, where we prepare the park for winter by raking, pruning, weeding invasives and planting bulbs.
UPDATE SIGN UP LINK
Please note that AHS volunteers can earn community service hours for this event. Hope to see you there!
OTHER EVENTS AT ROBBINS FARM PARK
ARLINGTON ASTRONOMY NIGHTS ’25 AT ROBBINS FARM PARK — HOSTED BY JEFF ALEXANDER
Astronomy Night, a seasonal opportunity for residents to view the night sky through a telescope, returned for the summer Saturday, June 21, at 8:30 p.m. The next event is July 12.
Local resident Jeffrey Alexander hosts these viewings multiple nights throughout the summer in Robbins Farm Park, by the benches that overlook Boston. Each evening the group has a specific target in mind — Saturday’s viewing is focused on catching a glimpse of Mars.
These viewings are informal events that are fun and educational for all ages. Those under five years old may have difficulty looking through the eyepiece of a telescope.
A full schedule of this month’s viewing dates is below:
2025 Astronomy Nights:
- June 21 at 8:30 p.m.: Mars has been slowly crossing the sky the last few months and this is our chance to see it before it is gone for the year. While we won’t be able to see a lot of detail since it is pretty far from us at the moment, we’ll see its shape and color and how it is different from seeing a star in the sky. This summer is pretty limited for planets, so we’ll take what we can get! Depending on how late we go, the moonless sky will allow for viewing some deep sky objects.
- July 12 at 9:15 p.m.: A moonless sky allows views to see some of the fainter objects way outside the solar system. Attendees can expect to see double stars, star clusters, and depending on the conditions, potentially a nebula or two. Light pollution could deter viewing.
- Aug. 2 at 8 p.m.: The Moon is a little over half full (a waxing, gibbous phase). The group will view the lunar mare (mah-ray) that were once thought to be seas of water, and viewers can see craters that are lit edge-on by the Sun’s light.
- Sept. 13 at 8:45 p.m.: This evening, the group will focus on Saturn once it has had a chance to come up over Boston. Saturn will be almost as close to Earth as it ever gets, its rings are expected to be in view.
Jeffrey Alexander organizes these viewings at Robbins Farm Park, 61 Eastern Ave.; they take place weather permitting. The Astronomy Nights website will have the latest updated information.
Learn more at arlingtonastronomy.org.