Newton Community Pride will host the 8th Annual Linda Plaut Festival of the Arts on Friday, July 21 and Saturday, July 22 at the Hyde Community Center and Hyde Playground (90 Lincoln Street, Newton Highlands), in conjunction with Summer at Hyde. All performances are free and open to everyone.
Friday, July 21
- 6:30PM: New Philharmonia Orchestra with Kemp Harris
- 7:30PM: Instrument Petting Zoo
- Dusk: Movie – E.T.
Saturday, July 22
- 11AM-6PM: Cereal Drive for Centre Street Food Pantry and Newton Food Pantry
- 11AM: Story Starters presents Children’s Book Reading by author, Candelaria Norma Silva
- 12PM-4PM: Arts & Crafts Booths
- Live Mural Painting
- Kona Ice truck
- 12PM: Peter Cannizzaro – Juggler & Family Fun
- 12:30PM: Plugged In Band – Kids Rock
- 1PM: Outrageous Fortune – Bluegrass & Jugband
- 2PM: Newton Baroque
- 3PM: Ben Romanow – Latin American Style
- 4PM-8PM: Beer & Wine ($5 per glass)
- 4PM: PJ Adamson & Friends of Steel – Caribbean Jazz
- 5PM: Timba Messengers – Latin Jazz Salsa
- 6PM: Thaddeus Hogarth Collective – Soul/Funk
- 7PM: Albino Mbie – Global Afro Pop
- 8PM: Couch – Pop R&B
