Village Day 2023

We hope you can join us for the 17th annual Waban Village Day and Family Fun Run on Sunday, May 21, 2023. These family-friendly events will be kicked off by the Family Fun Run at 10:00 AM and continue throughout the day in Waban Square with rides and amusements for kids of all ages, vendor tables, music, food, and ice cream.

Vendor registration closed

Racers of all ages are encouraged to participate, including children who are permitted to ride bikes and scooters along the 3-mile race course. Walkers and those with strollers are also welcome.

The registration fee is $30/individual or $100/family (up to 4 members) and includes race day T-shirt(s), which will be made from performance fabric again this year! *PayPal transaction fees of $2 for individual registrations and $3 for family registrations will apply.

In order to be guaranteed a Fun Run race day T-shirt, you must PRE-REGISTER for the race no later than Monday, May 1st.

Pre-registration is now closed

At the conclusion of the Fun Run, the rides and amusements open up along with the vendor tables and food stations. The entertainment begins at 11:00 am with performances by young musicians from Waban’s very own, Suzuki School of Newton. Followed by pure mayhem with Annie and the Fur Trappers.

Annie and the Fur Trappers are a Boston-based traditional jazz and blues band that includes clarinet, trumpet, trombone, bass, banjo, guitar, washboard, and violin. The band plays traditional jazz, delta blues, ragtime, and swing music. Annie and the Fur Trappers have performed at a variety of music festivals including the Big Muddy Blues Festival, The Whitaker Jazz Festival, The Apple Butter Festival, Cherokee Street Jazz Fest, HONK!TX, Musikfest, The Cherokee Street Jazz Crawl, and The Rosebud Cafe Music Festival, to name a few.