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Good afternoon Boston, here is your list of things to do this weekend, March 13th - 16th (CORRECTED TO THIS WEEKEND)

March 13, 2025

I am so sorry about sending out last weeks! I clicked send on the wrong email!

Dear reader: If you’re celebrating Saint Patrick’s Day this weekend please have a safe one. There are an absolute mountain of activities, parades and places to drink beer with dye in it.

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ST. PATRICK’S DAY EVENTS☘️

FRIDAY & SATURDAY - St. Patrick’s Festival @ Harpoon Brewery Join thousands of other guest for a weekend of friendly banter, live music, flowing taps, and beer specials.

SATURDAY - 14th Annual Irish Festival @ Patriot Place @ 11AM The daylong celebration will feature live performances by Irish musicians and step dancers, as well as a full slate of free Irish-themed activities for the whole family to enjoy.

SATURDAY - Get Lucky Pub Crawl @ 12PM Visit 40+ exclusive venues as you bar hop through West End, Faneuil Hall, Theater District, Fenway, Seaport, & Financial District.

SUNDAY - St. Patrick’s Day / Evacuation Day Parade @ South Boston @ 11:30AM The annual parade is back in South Boston, where it has been a tradition for more than 110 years. It includes marching bands, police and army contingents, costume spectacles, novelty vehicles, and a general "green" atmosphere.

SUNDAY - Saint Patrick’s Day Weekend Party @ La Fabrica @ 4PM Get ready to groove to the smooth sounds of R&B and soul music and celebrate this festive weekend.

All weekend - St. Patrick’s Weekend @ Sam Adams Boston Brewery @ 12PM Celebrate one of Boston’s most cherished weekends with live music, food specials, and exclusive beers.

All weekend - Dropkick Murphys @ MGM Music Hall @ 7PM With The Menzingers, Teenage Bottlerocket, The Bouncing Souls, & more

THURSDAY - MARCH 13th

🌤️ Partly sunny, with a high near 44. East wind around 10 mph.

After Dark @ MIT Museum @ 6PM Enjoy an adult-only lively evening of entertainment, science, and tinkering.

Syncopated Ladies Performance @ Hanover Theatre @ 7:30PM Founded by Emmy-nominated choreographer Chloé Arnold, Syncopated Ladies is the most viewed female tap dance band in history.

This Wild Life @ Brighton Music Hall @ 6:30PM With Belmont & Young Culture

FRIDAY - MARCH 14th

🌤️ Partly sunny, with a high near 51. East wind around 6 mph.

Candlelight: From Bach to The Beatles @ Old South Church @ 8:45PM Hear a unique program featuring Bach’s classics and favorites from The Beatles.

Zeds Dead @ Roadrunner @ 9PM With Truth, Sippy, Nikita, & The Wicked

Palace @ Royale @ 6PM With Tyler Ramsey

The Plot in You @ Palladium @ 7PM With Holding Absence, Boundaries, & Acres

SATURDAY - MARCH 15th

⛅️Mostly cloudy, with a high near 58. Calm wind becoming south 5 to 8 mph in the morning.

Ongoing - Somerville Winter Farmers Market @ The Armory @ 9:30AM This new weekly winter market features 70+ local food vendors with the best locally grown and regionally produced foods. Ends 4/12.

‘Wrath of the Selkie II’ Show @ The Rockwell @ 7PM Art collective Thou Merciless Graves returns with a new performance blending spooky, synth-y sea shanties, performance art and burlesque.

The Red Hot Chili Pipers @ Hanover Theatre @ 8PM Don’t miss the internationally renowned bagpie band consisting of pipers, guitarists, keyboards, and drummers perform their sold-out show live in Boston!

Morgan Wade @ Royale @ 7PM With The Lone Bellow

SUNDAY - MARCH 16th

🌦️A chance of rain after noon. Cloudy, with a high near 66. South wind 10 to 18 mph, with gusts as high as 34 mph. Chance of precipitation is 40%.

Candlelight: The Best of Hans Zimmer @ Old South Church @ 6PM / 8PM Hear Hans Zimmer’s best soundtracks from ‘Inception,’ ‘The Lion King,’ ‘Interstellar,’ ‘The Dark Knight,’ and more.

Wax Tailor @ The Sinclair @ 7PM With Napoleon Da Legend

Papercut: Tribute to Linkin Park @ Palladium @ 6:30PM With Brock Landers Real Thing, Scarecrow Hill, & Lakoma

ALL WEEKEND

SATURDAY & SUNDAY - Weekend Bazaar @ Charles River Speedway @ 12PM 100+ small local businesses are popping up at The Charles River Speedway in Boston to sell art, vinyl, vintage, & more!

All weekend - Dine Out Boston 2024 LAST CHANCE - Dine Out Boston is the perfect opportunity to take advantage of delicious deals at participating restaurants.

All weekend - ‘Bruce Willis Beyond the Bombastic’ Film Programme @ The Brattle Don’t miss screenings of ‘The Sixth Sense,’ ‘Unbreakable,’ ‘Hudson Hawk,’ ‘Pulp Fiction,’ and more.

All weekend - ‘Swan Lake’ Ballet @ Citizens Opera House Experience the world’s most in-demand ballet featuring exquisite dancing, enchanting music, and a timeless tale of love and loss. Ends 3/16.

All weekend - Tchaikovsky, Tilson Thomas, & Bernstein in Concert @ Symphony Hall Enjoy Tchaikovsky’s beloved Violin Concerto, Tilson Thomas’ poetic ‘Whitman Songs,’ and Bernstein’s Symphonic Dances from ‘West Side Story.’

All weekend - Jazz Festival @ Arrow Street Arts Catch exciting next-generation artists and enjoy four nights of exhilarating jazz at Arrow Street Arts.

All weekend - ‘The Seasons’ Performance @ Paramount Theatre Vivaldi’s best known work collides with a modern, urgent libretto addressing creativity in a time of climate crisis.

All weekend - ‘Parade’ Musical @ Emerson Colonial Theatre Riveting and gloriously hopeful, this all-new production of a timeless Broadway story reminds us that to love, we must truly see one another. Ends 3/23.

All weekend - ‘Rent’ Musical @ Company Theatre Inspired by the Puccini opera ‘La Boheme,’ this musical phenomenon follows a year in the life of a group of impoverished young artists and musicians struggling to survive and create in New York in the 1980s. Ends 3/23.

All weekend - ‘A Man of No Importance’ Musical @ BCA Calderwood Pavilion 1960s Dublin is the setting for this charming musical about the redemptive power of theatre, love, and friendship. Ends 3/22.

All weekend - ‘Art’ Play @ Lyric Stage LAST CHANCE - Winner of the 1998 Tony Award for Best Play, this dark comedy follows three best friends, examining the notion of art, ego, and friendship. Ends 3/16.

All weekend - ‘The Triumph of Love’ Play @ The Huntington Theatre Mistaken identities, hilarious complications, and Rationalist Philosophy collide in this uproarious classic French comedy set in the 1800s. Ends 4/6.

All weekend - ‘The Odyssey’ Play @ Loeb Drama Center LAST CHANCE - This contemporary retelling of Homer’s ‘Odyssey’ reimagines the stories of both Odysseus and his wife, Penelope, and explores the themes of healing, forgiveness, and breaking cycles. Ends 3/16.

All weekend - ‘Julius Caesar’ Play @ BCA Plaza Theatre LAST CHANCE - Deadwood Theatre Company presents Shakespeare’s tragedy of rebellion and revenge set in 1980’s corporate America. Ends 3/16.

ONGOING

Ongoing - Winteractive @ Downtown This free, walkable art experience features 16 artworks and interactive play elements in downtown Boston. Ends 3/30.

Ongoing - Van Gogh: The Immersive Experience @ Mercantile Center This captivating 360º digital art exhibition invites you to step into the universe of the Dutch genius, Vincent van Gogh. Ends 3/31.

Ongoing - ‘Harry Potter: The Exhibition’ @ CambridgeSide Celebrate some of your favorite moments, authentic props and costumes, characters, and locations from the extended Harry Potter universe. Ends 4/27.

Ongoing - ‘Titanic: The Artifacts’ Exhibition @ The Castle at Park Plaza Embark on an interactive tour of the Titanic with incredible re-creations of the Ship’s interior and exterior, plus see authentic artifacts, recovered from below the surface of the North Atlantic. Ends 6/1.

Ongoing - ‘Charles Atlas: About Time’ Exhibition @ ICA LAST CHANCE - Spanning 50 years of work, this immersive exhibition presents career-defining installations of interdisciplinary artist Charles Atlas, whose work explores the intersection of moving image, dance, and performance. Ends 3/16.

Ongoing - ‘Sara Cwynar: Alphabet’ Exhibition @ ICA In this exhibition, multi-disciplinary artist Sara Cwynar examines the excess of pictures in today’s image-saturated culture through a vast archive of visual material, including self-made, downloaded, and found photographs. Ends 8/3.

Ongoing - ‘Witnessing Humanity: The Art of John Wilson’ Exhibition @ MFA Featuring approximately 110 works by Massachusetts-born artist, the exhibition explores the many ways Wilson called attention to racial, social, and economic injustices through his art. Ends 6/2.

Ongoing - ‘Landscape and Labor’ Exhibition @ MFA The exhibition explores works of The Hague School artists whose works offer an intimate and profound look at everyday life in the Dutch countryside. Ends 6/22.

Ongoing - ‘Robert Frank: Mary’s Book’ Exhibition @ MFA Celebrating the centennial of photographer Robert Frank’s birth, this exhibition takes an in-depth look at the personal scrapbook of photographs Frank made for his first wife Mary Lockspeiser. Ends 6/22.

Ongoing - ‘Waters of the Abyss: An Intersection of Spirit and Freedom’ Exhibition @ ISG Museum The exhibition presents a collection of works by Haitian artist Fabiola Jean-Louis, whose art takes inspiration from traditional spiritual knowledge, personal histories, and politics of Haiti. Ends 5/25.

Ongoing - ‘Saints, Sinners, Lovers, and Fools: 300 Years of Flemish Masterworks’ Exhibition @ Peabody Essex Museum Explore a major presentation of exquisite Renaissance and Baroque paintings, sculptures and decorative arts created between the 15th and 17th centuries in the Southern Netherlands. Ends 5/4.

Ongoing - ‘Draw Me Ishmael: The Book Arts of Moby Dick’ Exhibition @ Peabody Essex Museum ‘Draw Me Ishmael’ is the first exhibition focused on the book arts of the hundreds of editions of Herman Melville’s Moby Dick - the most persistently pictured of all American novels. Ends 3/29/2026.

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