People living in Worcester zip codes know the broad range of activities the city has to offer, but if you are just visiting you might want to know what puts the zip in Worcester. It doesn't matter if you are a person who used organic baby bath products and wants some eco friendly entertainment or are a sports fan, there's something here for you. Let's take a look.

Worcester Music Festival

This is the longest running music festival in the United States. This year, the Festival is celebrating its 150th anniversary with continual concerts from October right through until June! The Festival celebrates all types of music, from R &B hip hop music through to jazz and classical.

The main participants in the Festival are local Worcester artists. Dennis Gartman may never have heard of the Worcester Chorus, but you bet he would like to! Along with the Worcester Symphony and the young artists of the community, they make up the backbone of the celebration.

First Night

One of the most popular annual events in the city has to be First Night on New Year's Eve. This is a bigger extension of the traditional New Year's gatherings of the Old Country, where the whole village would get together in one spot to ring in a new year.

First Night is a great place to meet your neighbors and enjoy some quality entertainment. It's also a good place for vendors looking to get their food publicity. Everyone's hungry and thirsty at First Night, and new restaurants, caterers, and entrepreneurs have increased their business greatly by showcasing their wares at the party.

Museums

Named after the famous Worcester county in England, our city is known as the Heart of the Commonwealth, as one of the first settlements in what is today the United States. As such, it is home to many popular museums paying tribute to everything from antiques to Toronto hockey tournament memorabilia.

One of the most original of these museums has to be the EcoTarium. The EcoTarium is part planetarium, part amusement park, part zoo, and of course part museum. Exhibits include polar bears, scale models of the solar system, electric train displays, and many more both permanent and traveling.

Art museums, antique displays, heavy metal concerts, and rock festivals can also be found in our city from one year to the next. As we said in the beginning, there really is something to put the zip in Worcester for everyone.