We are so excited to announce our partnership for the next tour in 2027 with the East Quabbin Land Trust. Save the dates for June 25-27, 2027. Our trek will feature some easy group hikes at key EQLT properties in Petersham, Oakham, New Braintree and Hardwick and for the first time ever some cycling!
MWT will be appearing at the celebration culminating the Hills of East Quabbin Ride at Agronomy Farm Vineyards, Ware Corner Road in Oakham, MA on June 26.
This year we have worked together with some passionate trail stewards who maintain a series of trails east of Boston – the Mystic Link Trail. A short weekend of daily public hikes and concerts have been scheduled from June 27-29 2025, visiting the towns of Reading, Winchester and Tewksbury.
Celebrating our fourteenth year, this year’s tour will showcase it’s founders, with three concerts performed by Mark Mandeville & Raianne Richards, with select special guests.
Since 2010, co-founders Mark Mandeville & Raianne Richards have organized an annual non-profit bipedal concert tour of Massachusetts in support of arts and culture for towns throughout the state.
Both artists are products of central Massachusetts mill and factory towns, and for all their national exposure as performing songwriters, they are passionately dedicated to the region and what it has to offer. Each summer since 2010 they have organized the “Massachusetts Walking Tour” where they hike the roads and trails of the Commonwealth, more than 100 miles in less than two weeks, in support of the arts in local communities along the way. Each evening they stop over in yet another Massachusetts town, putting on a free concert there, along with local performers and fellow artists who accompany them on their journey. These annual two-week treks also raise awareness of the trails and greenways in Massachusetts, using music to make important connections.
Massachusetts Walking Tour Recognized in Congress Our sincerest gratitude to Massachusetts Senator Ed Markey for choosing to officially recognize the Massachusetts Walking Tour before congress for our annual commitment to promoting trails, arts and culture throughout the state. We are now a permanent part of the congressional record. View the full the Congressional Record from September 28, 2017.
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Since 2010, co-founders Mark Mandeville & Raianne Richards have organized an annual grassroots bipedal concert tour of Massachusetts in support of arts and culture for towns throughout the state. Each free community concert collaborates with local artists, musicians, educational programs, trail managers and land trust groups…
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