A Dozen+ Concord Partners Join Largest-Ever Hidden Treasures Festival

CONCORD, MA — April 30, 2026 — Residents and visitors are invited to explore Concord during the 2026 Hidden Treasures Festival of Nature, Culture & History, a month-long, collaborative celebration presented by the 45-community Freedom’s Way National Heritage Area.

As part of the festival, more than a dozen Concord organizations will host free public events and activities throughout May that showcase a “hidden treasure” in the community—highlighting stories, places, landscapes, and creative traditions that help define Concord’s sense of place.

Featured events in Concord include:

• West Concord Cultural District Art Loop
• The Umbrella Open Studios
• West Concord Shines - Treasure Hunt by Art for All Concord
• Mother's Day Flower Pressing Workshop at the Old Manse
• Buttrick Garden Tours at Minute Man National Park
• Guided Tours of the Ralph Waldo Emerson House
• Hidden Gems Pop-up series from the Guitar Museum of New England
• Imagine what this prison wall would say? The legacy of the Concord Prison.
• Book Launch Party and Family-Friendly Spring Open House at Barefoot Books
• Concord250 Poetry Project
• World Fish Migration Day at Egg Rock with OARS
• Rise Up! and Make a Protest Sign at Wright Tavern

“These events offer a wonderful opportunity for people to connect with the places and stories that make Concord special,” said Patrice Todisco, Executive Director of Freedom’s Way, which has an office in Wright Tavern. “Hidden Treasures invites the public to see the community in a new way.”

Sponsored in part by Rockland Trust Bank, Hidden Treasures events and activities are free and open to the public and are part of a larger festival featuring 101+ activities by nearly 100 partners in Massachusetts and southern New Hampshire. The 2026 festival also aligns with ongoing Revolution 250 commemorations, highlighting the region’s central role in the founding of the nation while connecting those stories to the landscapes and communities that still shape daily life today.

A full schedule of Hidden Treasures events—searchable by date and town—is available at FreedomsWay.org/HTF.

About the Hidden Treasures Festival of Nature, Culture & History

Hidden Treasures is an annual collaborative festival presented by Freedom’s Way National Heritage Area in partnership with local museums, libraries, historical societies, arts organizations, land trusts and other community groups. The festival invites the public to explore the nature, culture, and history of the 45 communities that make up the Heritage Area. Freedom’s Way works in partnership with the National Park Service to protect and promote the shared natural, cultural, and historical resources of the communities it serves.