Weekend Activities

Weekends at Concord Academy are a time to recharge, explore, and have fun! Our unique location provides a variety of extracurricular opportunities—on campus, in the town of Concord, out in the natural beauty of New England, and in nearby Boston and Cambridge. Staying on or close to campus might find you baking with house faculty, playing a pickup game of basketball in the SHAC, walking to Walden Pond, or grabbing a bite to eat at one of the many local eateries. Adventures farther afield could include hiking a mountain, attending a performance or game in Boston, surfing in Newport, and more.

Let the fun begin!

Explore a sampling of weekend activities.

Friday Nights at CA

Campus Block Party (food trucks, pool time, spikeball, Just Dance, fire pit, and s’mores)
Club Expo
SHAC Night
Scavenger hunts
White Out Dance
Quad games
Oktoberfest
Trivia
Battle of Lexington and Concord
Chandler Bowl pep rally

Movie nights
Bingo
Open gym tournaments
Fall Mainstage play
Fall Festival
Inflatables
Food Truck Friday with firepits
Dance concert
Winter market
Holiday music concert
What’s on Your Mind New Play Festival
Acapella

Community Quilt with Fashion Club and Music Café
Fac-Staff Coffee House (talent and skits)
Spikeball tournament and pizza

On- and Off-Campus Saturday and Sunday Activities

Apple picking
Surfing in Newport, R.I.
Blue Man Group in Boston
Wachusett Mountain hike
Kimballs (ice cream, mini golf, driving range, bumper boats, and more!)
Service trips (farming, Groundwork
Lawrence, food pantries, Cradles to Crayons)
Gardening projects
Witch’s Woods
Boston theatre performances
Harvard/Yale women’s soccer game
Apex Entertainment

Museum of Fine Arts
Jewelry making
Lots of trips including movies, restaurants, shopping, Harvard Square
Baking and cooking (crepes, dumplings, scones, apple pies, cinnamon buns, empanadas, and more!)
Medieval feast
Trampoline park
99 Asian Market Festival
Learn to sew
Coffee House (talent show and skits)
Great Brook State Park
Museum of Science

Level 99 escape room
Mill #5 in Lowell, Mass.
Semi-Formal Dance
Social Justice Learning Institute Conference
Spring Formal (dinner cruise on Boston Harbor)
New England Aquarium
Minado Restaurant
Boda Borg
Water balloons and Slip ‘N Slide
Hiking Purgatory Chasm
NFL playoff tailgate
Snow sculpture contest

“On one of the first warm days in the spring of my freshman year, I remember everybody gathering on the quad, playing games, laughing, and listening to music. I felt such a strong sense of togetherness and I knew I was in the right place!”

– Lynn ’24

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