07/21/2026
Thank you for making memories with us in this special 75th Season of Free Summer Family Concerts and celebration of 250 years of America!
It was a pleasure to welcome you to Institute Park for Patriotic Pops with Fireworks, Latin Jazz in the Park: In Concert with Manolo Mairena and La Pura Vida, and Salute to Disney.
The continued tradition of admission-free orchestral performances is made possible by our season sponsors. Our concerts in the Park have been a part of summer for generations of attendees and we thank these sponsors for their commitment to supporting the arts.
Lead Sponsor: The Craig Snider Foundation.
Presenting Sponsors: City of Worcester Cultural Festival Grant Program and Greater Worcester Community Foundation.
Major Program Underwriters: The Fletcher Foundation, Friends of Institute Park, George F. And Sybil H. Fuller Foundation, The Hanover Insurance Group, Harry & Phyllis Manko Family Foundation, Massachusetts Cultural Council and its MassFestivals Program, Mela Lew (in memory of Kyung Won “Kay” Lew), Price Chopper Supermarkets/Market 32, The Stoddard Charitable Trust, the Worcester Arts Council, a local agency which is supported by the Massachusetts Cultural Council, a state agency, and Wyman-Gordon Foundation.
Major Sponsors: Acrisure, LLC, J.J. Bafaro, Inc., Cornerstone Bank, Harr Motor Group, Imperial Distributors, Inc., F. W. Madigan Company, Inc., and O’Connor, Maloney & Company, CPA’s.
Additional Sponsors: Lincoln Precision Machining Co. and WXLO 104.5 FM.
Our 2026 Patriotic Pops with Fireworks was supported in part by a grant from the Worcester Arts Council, a local agency which is supported by the Massachusetts Cultural Council, a state agency.
We will see you this October 24 for the 18th annual Duo-Piano Gala Concert and on December 12 for the 46th Holiday Pops Concert!
