Recapping Everything in Reading, MA

🇺🇸 Memorial Day 2026
2026-05-25 09:00 - 13:00 (America/New_York) | Laurel Hill Cemetery, 16 Lowell St, Reading, MA, 01867, United States
Please join us as Reading remembers the service and sacrifice of all men and women who died in service to our country.
PARADE AND CEMETERY SERVICES
9:00 AM Parade begins at the American Legion on Ash Street. All Veterans are welcome to attend.
9:15 AM Services at Laurel Hill Cemetery
10:45 AM Services at Forest Glen Cemetery
11:30 AM Services at Charles Lawn Cemetery
12:00 NOON Services at Wood End Cemetery

🚔 Annual Police Open House
2026-05-30 11:00 - 13:30 | Reading Police Station, 15 Union Street, Reading, MA, 01867, United States
Our annual open house is coming up! May 3oth from 11:00 to 1:30. Nonstop fun and entertainment.

🏳️‍🌈 Pride Parade and Celebration
2026-06-06 15:00 - 17:00 | Town Common, 680 Main Street, Reading, MA, 01867, United States
Reading’s 6th annual Pride Parade and Celebration is Saturday June 6th from 3-5pm.

3:00PM The car parade begins at the Town Common
3:30PM Celebration begins on the Town Common

🎸 8th Annual Reading PorchFest
2026-06-27 12:00 - 18:00 | Reading (Townwide), Reading, MA, 01867, United States
Greetings PorchFest Performers and Hosts-to Be:
The registration links are live for Reading PorchFest 2026. You can access them from the website: Readingporchfest.com , or from Facebook
Consider this email your official invitation to sign up to host, or perform, or both host and perform at this, our 8th annual Reading PorchFest.
The festival is Saturday, June 27, 2026 from noon to 6:00pm. For those who have not participated before, you can host on a porch, driveway, front lawn, or as a business, in a courtyard or really, any open space where you can have spectators. If you know a performer who you’d like to host, that’s great. You can tell us the details on the form. If not, we’ll match you to a performer.
We will do our best to cluster performances to make the day a more walkable event. You can help us with that by encouraging your neighbors to host as well. Leave it to us to stagger performances to avoid overlap. We’ve also learned that we need to consider set up times and we will keep that in mind as well.
Performers do not have to come from Reading. We welcome all to this family-friendly setting of music and celebration. If you are from Reading and want to be your own host, that’s great. If not, we’ll match you to a host.
Please follow us on Facebook, Instagram, and at: readingporchfest.com
Remember, we are only an email away if you have any questions/concerns.
Thanks for being part of this fabulous event.
Alan and Ace Foulds
