Gardner MA Centennial Committee Announces More Events
Many events are happening in Gardner this year, Visit our Centennial page, and 5 of them are presented by the Centennial Committee. Event 1 was an introductory event in January. Event 2 is the Flashback Dance taking place Saturday April 22, 2023 at Perry Auditorium from 6:30 to 10:00pm. See Flash Dance Article, Click Here. Event 3 is the Summer Centennial Celebration taking place Saturday July 22, 2023 at Mount Wachusett Community College from noon to 6pm on the occasion of the college’s 60th anniversary. Event 4 is the 2 mile long Centennial Parade which starts at Elm Street and ends up at Waterford Street. Time listed is 1pm on Sunday September 17, 2023 with of course various times along the way of the route which we have pictured here. As many participants will be walking, it should last well over an hour, maybe longer. Event 5 is the Winter Ball taking place at Perry Auditorium from 6pm to 10pm on Saturday December 30, 2023. We will have more details of these and other events as they become available. For our complete 2023 event listings, visit our Centennial page. If you have an event which you feel should be listed, send info to News@GardnerMagazine.com
The Centennial Parade Route
The parade route has meaning. It begins on Elm Street where Gardner’s Giant Chair is located. It passes by the corner of Pearl Street where the Gardner Museum is located, a repository of Gardner’s history from its earliest settlement in 1764, on Central Street near Monument Park where by that time a summer of excellent concerts will have been heard and many memories made, through Gardner’s iconic Downtown, waving at the historic Garbose building and by the renovated 42-52 Parker Street, past the beloved Gardner Ale House, and finishing on Waterford Street where Gardner’s 101st year becomes special as the new Community Center is realized. It will be a wonderful parade.