Out to Lunch: Summer staple returns to Worcester Common Oval

Allan Jung, Telegram & Gazette
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Alice Terlizzi, 3½, of Worcester, dances to East Coast Soul as they perform Thursday during the Out To Lunch Festival and Farmers Market on the Worcester Common Oval.
Alice Terlizzi, 3½, of Worcester, dances to East Coast Soul as they perform Thursday during the Out To Lunch Festival and Farmers Market on the Worcester Common Oval.

WORCESTER — Music and food filled the city Common Oval under sunny skies Thursday, with the season's debut of the Out To Lunch Festival and Farmers Market.

The event, which includes live music, food and craft vendors, and a farmers market, is typically held weekly during the summer, but has been scaled back since COVID-19.

There are three shows scheduled this year, the first of which was held 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Thursday with the bands East Coast Soul and Crocodile River Music sharing center stage.

The Out To Lunch Festival and Farmers Market is sponsored by the city and the Worcester Cultural Coalition.

For more information, go to worcesterma.gov/worcester-common-oval/out-to-lunch

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Lila Fain of Hamden, Conn., sits while working on one of the chalk messages drawn throughout the Worcester Common Oval during Thursday's Out To Lunch Festival and Farmers Market. Fain's daughter, Yaffa Fain, works for the event's producer Worcester Cultural Coalition.
Lila Fain of Hamden, Conn., sits while working on one of the chalk messages drawn throughout the Worcester Common Oval during Thursday's Out To Lunch Festival and Farmers Market. Fain's daughter, Yaffa Fain, works for the event's producer Worcester Cultural Coalition.
Kathy Chandler, owner of Meadowbrook Orchards in Sterling, helps customers from her tent during Thursday's Out To Lunch Festival and Farmers Market on the Worcester Common Oval.
Kathy Chandler, owner of Meadowbrook Orchards in Sterling, helps customers from her tent during Thursday's Out To Lunch Festival and Farmers Market on the Worcester Common Oval.
Michelle Torres, 8, of Worcester, high-fives Worcester Pirates mascot, Arthur, during the Out To Lunch Festival and Farmers Market.
Michelle Torres, 8, of Worcester, high-fives Worcester Pirates mascot, Arthur, during the Out To Lunch Festival and Farmers Market.

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