Summer Beer Garden – Decades of ROCK!

Tuesday, August 25th Summer Beer Garden Music Series with DECADES of ROCK! $10 per person admission and a cash bar: I.D. REQUIRED 5:00 – 8:00pm. Tickets available on  EVENTBRITE , and at the gate. Free door prize raffle. Children 10 and under are free. Rain date Wednesday August 26th Glen…

Summer Beer Garden – with Stroke of Luck!

Tuesday, July 21st Summer Beer Garden Music Series with STROKE of LUCK, classic soul, blues and rock. $10 per person admission and a cash bar: I.D. REQUIRED 5:00 – 8:00pm. Tickets available on  EVENTBRITE, and at the gate. Free door prize raffle. Children 10 and under are free. Rain date…

Earnest Shackleton’s Antarctic Voyage

Thursday, June 25th, Noon at the Danvers Senior Center 25 Stone St. Lunchtime History Films, bring your lunch!  OR 48 hr advance sign-up for congregate lunch. Call 978-762-0208 Menu found in the monthly Oniontown Seniors Newsletter here. A casual discussion and 20-30 minute film. Presented by Heritage Films, Dan Tremblay,…

Summer Beer Garden Music Series Begins

Tuesday, June 23rd Kick off the 2026 Summer Beer Garden Music Series with an Open Mic Night MC’d by Ron Sarro, ronsarro59@gmail.com, president of Lynnfield Historical Society. Join the fun and bring your talents to the veranda at historic Glen Magna Farms. Reach out to Ron to be on the…

Porch Swing Open Mic

Friday, 6/19 , 11:30am. Friday Music in the Square presents The Porch Swing Live acoustic open mic on the Page House Porch. Bring your lunch and enjoy your friends making music. Bring your lunch. Rain or shine. We’ll move next door, into air conditioned Tapley Memorial Hall, if it is…

Essex Harmony- a concert

Wednesday, May 20, 7pm A live concert of American singing school music from 1700s to 2000s. Details to come.       The Danvers Historical Society invites you to follow along with us as we explore the people and events leading up to the War of Independence. Tapley Memorial Hall,…

Town Meeting vote for Independence

May 18th at 7 PM in the Danvers High School auditorium. This is a public meeting where Elected Town Meeting Members vote on the current Town of Danvers warrant articles.  This year there will be a Resolution To Commemorate and Honor Those who voted at Danvers Town meeting in 1776…

Porch Swing Open Mic

Friday, 5/15 , 11:30am. Friday Music in the Square presents The Porch Swing Live acoustic open mic on the Page House Porch. Bring your lunch and enjoy your friends making music. Bring your lunch. Rain or shine. We’ll move next door, into air conditioned Tapley Memorial Hall, if it is…

Annual Plant Sale

Danvers Historical Society’s Plant Sale will take place for only two days!  Friday May 8th from 9am to Noon, and Saturday, May 9th, from 9am to 1pm at Glen Magna Farms , 29 Ingersoll St Danvers MA. Bring home a piece of Glen Magna Farms Dear Plant Sale Patrons and New…

Annual Plant Sale

Danvers Historical Society’s Plant Sale will take place for only two days!  Friday May 8th from 9am to Noon, and Saturday, May 9th, from 9am to 1pm at Glen Magna Farms , 29 Ingersoll St Danvers MA. Bring home a piece of Glen Magna Farms Dear Plant Sale Patrons and New…

Boston Red Sox

Monday, March 2nd Noon at Tapley Memorial Hall. Lunchtime History Films, bring your lunch! A casual discussion and 20-30 minute film. Presented by Heritage Films, Dan Tremblay, volunteer and member of DHS. 2026 Film Topics(subject to change): May 4: Baseball History of Boston. Early teams and growth through to Boston…

Summer Beer Garden Music Series

SAVE THE DATES: Tuesdays June 23rd, July 21st, and August 25th. rain dates are the following Wednesday LIVE MUSIC at Glen Magna Farms! Sponsored, in part, by Danvers Local Cultural Council Note: Anyone under 21 MUST BE ACCOMPANIED by an adult. There will be games and outdoor entertainment. Wristbands will be…

Making it Over the Tobin Bridge

Sunday, May 3rd, 1-3pm Making It Over The Tobin Bridge by Charity C. Collier is a debut fiction novel about a young woman named Charly’s journey through love, loss, and self-discovery, following her from college to Boston as she navigates life’s unexpected turns and learns about resilience and self-worth. The…

National Historic Marker Day

Friday, April 24, 11am to 1pm Danvers Historical Society members gather at the Jeremiah Page House for the sixth annual National Historic Marker Day on Friday, April 24th. This project takes place between 11a.m. and 1pm at the Jeremiah Page House, cleaning Anne L. Page’s suffrage marker and continued to…

Quabbin Reservoir

Thursday, February 26th, Noon at the Danvers Senior Center 25 Stone St. Lunchtime History Films, bring your lunch!  OR 48 hr advance sign-up for congregate lunch. Call 978-762-0208 Menu found in the monthly Oniontown Seniors Newsletter here. A casual discussion and 20-30 minute film. Presented by Heritage Films, Dan Tremblay,…

Still Life Drawing Workshop

2 Sessions – Tuesday and Wednesday 10AM – Noon, April 21st and 22nd, 2026 COME DRAW WITH US! Engage in a group drawing activity with children and adults while learning about the history of our town. Find out what kind of objects they used in the past – in the…

Yoga with Ellen

Tuesdays 6:30 to 7:30 pm through May, 2026. No advance sign-up required. All levels welcome. Special attention to modifications and new students. Ellen Dempsey, RYT 200   Ellen.danvers.yoga@gmail.com Introductory Price $15 per class. Check, Cash, Venmo accepted. Historical Society members are eligible for a discount. Tapley Memorial Hall, 13 Page Street,…

Still Life Drawing Workshop

2 Sessions – Tuesday and Wednesday 10AM – Noon, April 21st and 22nd, 2026 COME DRAW WITH US! Engage in a group drawing activity with children and adults while learning about the history of our town. Find out what kind of objects they used in the past – in the…

Old Put – Danvers Hero of the American Revolution

Sunday, April 19th, 1pm at the Holten House, 171 Holten St. Danvers The event is free, but seating is limited, RESERVATIONS REQUIRED. Details HERE Join the Gen. Israel Putnam Chapter, DAR at the Holten House, to hear author Robert Hubbard discuss his biography of Major General Israel Putnam. A colorful…

March to Menotomy 2025

Last year, on the 250th anniversary of Lexington and Concord, brothers James and Alan Breed recreated their patriot ancestor John Preston’s march from Danvers to the village of Menotomy, current-day Arlington. The first battles had already been fought by the time the alarm was raised in Danvers. But John and…

Porch Swing Open Mic

Friday,  4/17 , 11:30am. Friday Music in the Square presents The Porch Swing Live acoustic open mic on the Page House Porch. Bring your lunch and enjoy your friends making music. Bring your lunch. Rain or shine. We’ll move next door, into air conditioned Tapley Memorial Hall, if it is…

General Gage Retreats

Wednesday, April 15, 7pm This conversational presentation with General Thomas Gage, the last Royal Governor of Massachusetts Bay Colony shares his perspective of the War for Independence after leaving Danvers in 1774 and Boston in 1776, and making his way home to England. Historian and reenactor Paul O’Shaughnessy will reflect…

Yoga with Ellen

Tuesdays 6:30 to 7:30 pm through May, 2026. No advance sign-up required. All levels welcome. Special attention to modifications and new students. Ellen Dempsey, RYT 200   Ellen.danvers.yoga@gmail.com Introductory Price $15 per class. Check, Cash, Venmo accepted. Historical Society members are eligible for a discount. Tapley Memorial Hall, 13 Page Street,…

Celebrating REV250 and WPA Art

Thursday April 9th.  5-7pm Special one time Rotary Club of Danvers sponsored event will take place on April 9th. Details HERE

Yoga with Ellen

Tuesdays 6:30 to 7:30 pm January 12th through May, 2026. No advance sign-up required. All levels welcome. Special attention to modifications and new students. Ellen Dempsey, RYT 200   Ellen.danvers.yoga@gmail.com Introductory Price $15 per class. Check, Cash, Venmo accepted. Historical Society members are eligible for a discount. Tapley Memorial Hall, 13…

Celebrating REV250 and WPA Art

Wednesday April 1st through Friday April 10th. Open hours 11:00am to 3:00pm each day: Weds, Thurs April 1st -2nd, and Weds-Friday April 6th-10th Limited time exhibit of  local artists’ work during the 1930s Works Projects Administration, Artist and Writers Program(WPA ). Artworks are from the Danvers Historical Society’s permanent collections….