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Committee advances larger-event plans: music festival, house tour, oral-history project and New Year's "first night" ideas
Summary
Members discussed options to 'supersize' Southborough summer nights into a larger music festival, a proposed tricentennial house tour (target date Sept. 18, 2027), an oral-history program awaiting studio repairs, and early plans for a New Year's first-night/bonfire weekend at the start of 2027.
Committee members on Oct. 8 pursued a multi-pronged approach to anniversary programming, including a potential large summer music event, a tricentennial house tour in 2027, a resumed oral-history recording project, and early planning for a New Year's first-night/first-day weekend around Jan. 1, 2027.
Events lead Keith said he is exploring a format with multiple bands — "maybe it could be anywhere from 3 to 5 bands over maybe a 4 hour or 5 hour period" — and is talking with the recreation department about co‑sponsoring or enhancing existing summer-nights concerts so the committee can leverage…
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