Events

Ordered newest events to oldest.  Upcoming and past events are included.

Aangikam Dancers

2024-10-26 Diwali Celebration

2023-11-11 Diwali Celebration Co-hosted by the Medway Cultural Council and Medway Marches, your neighbors in Medway invite you to our third town-wide celebration of Diwali – the Festival of Lights

flyer for Juneteenth. Photo of black man smiling, June 19th at Medway Community Farm

2024-06-19 Juneteenth at Medway Community Farm

2024-06-19 Juneteenth at Medway Community Farm Medway Marches will celebrate freedom and support  Black Artists and Black owned businesses at the 3rd annual Juneteenth at Medway Community Farm. We have

Picture of Pride Flag. Words are Medway Pride Flag Raising, May 31st, 6 pm - 8:30 pm at Choate Park. 6 p.m. : Flag raising on Route 109 in front of Choate Park 6:30: Festivities at the Choate Park Pavilian

2024-05-31 Medway Pride Flag Raising

Medway’s Pride Flags were raised along Route 109 once again for the month of June.  The Flag Raising and Celebration took place on May 31. The Celebration included Speakers,  games

Painting of man and woman, dancing

2024-01-19 Latin Dance Night

2024 Latin Dance Night WEPA! Medway Marches first Latin Dance Night was January 19, 2024, at Burke-Memorial Elementary School Cafeteria. Recap from Angelica: “Friday night MM hosted a Latin Dance night

Graphic - Orange background with kwanzaa lights, corn and other things

2023-12-26 Kwanzaa Event and Candle Lighting​

2023 Kwanzaa Event and Candle Lighting The third annual Kwanzaa Event and Candle Lighting was December 26, 2023. The main event was at the Thayer House where we learned about

a girl's hand getting painted with henna

2023-11-11 Diwali Celebration

2023-11-11 Diwali Celebration Diwali – the Festival of Lights – was celebrated on November 11, 2023, at the Medway High School.  Hundreds of people were attended, the evening was a

Juneteenth Flyer. See post for details

2023-06-19 Juneteenth at Medway Community Farm

2023-06-19 Juneteenth at Medway Community Farm Medway Marches  celebrated freedom and supported Black Artists and Black owned businesses as Juneteenth returned to Medway Community Farm. Everyone enjoyed an impressive lineup

Pride Flag flyer. See post for info

2023-06-02 Medway Pride Flag Raising

2023-06-02 Medway Pride Flag Raising We tried to celebrate Medway’s second annual Pride Flag Raising, but weather got in the way.   After decorating the Choate Pavilion, a bad thunderstorm passed

Ameyaa Kayastha dances the Khatak

2022-10-22 Diwali Celebration at Oakland Park

2022-10-22 Diwali Celebration at Oakland Park On October 22, 2022, Medway celebrated a first – Medway’s First Annual Diwali Festival held at Oakland Park! This community-wide event was conceived by

black man in green food truck looking thoughtful

2022-06-18 Juneteenth at Medway Community Farm

2022-06-18 Juneteenth at Medway Community Farm Juneteenth is a Celebration  of Freedom.  The 2022 celebration was held on June 18th at the Medway Community Farm.  Juneteenth 2022 was sponsored by

Colorful flag with words Medway Pride FLag Raising, Friday, June 3, 2023

2022-06-04 Medway Pride Flag Raising

2022-06-04 Medway Pride Flag Raising Citizens gathered on Route 109 for the Pride Flag Raising Ceremony. 8:45 am: Find a spot on Rt. 109 to watch the flags go up.9:00

Lit candles with a hand adding another

2022-05-22 Candlelight Vigil for Buffalo

2022-05-22 Candlelight Vigil for Buffalo Choate Park, 7:30 p.m. About 30 residents of Medway gathered for a candlelight vigil to honor the victims of the racist massacre that took place

View of circle of peple listening to Marques

2021-10-11 Indigenous Peoples Day Celebration

Medway’s first Indigenous People’s Day was humbly heartfelt. Many thanks to Crystal for creating the event, to Marques for relating it to inclusion in Medway, to Angelica for teaching us

Signs at Choate Park - Black Lives Matter. Say their names. Their lives matter, Other signs with names

2021-06-19 Juneteenth

Medway Marches returned to Choate Park this Saturday, June 19th, to quietly honor the countless Black lives lost to systemic racism, as well as to humbly commemorate Juneteenth, the day that every American was finally free.

Marques and Angelica read with their children at Medway Library

2020-08-12 Diversifying Medway Libraries

2020 – 2021: Diversifying Medway Libraries: After the March, attention turned to education.  100 signs were sold to raise money to improve the diversity of the Medway Library collection.  Over

Front of the March, arriving at Choate Park, with view of marchers down 109

2020-06-07 – The Medway March

“On Sunday, June 7, about 1,000 Medway residents took to the streets in a peaceful march from the Medway Middle School to Choate Park.