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Good afternoon Boston, here is your list of things to do this weekend, October 3rd - 6th

October 03, 2024

Have a great weekend everyone.

THURSDAY - OCTOBER 3rd

Sofi Tukker @ Roadrunner @ 7PM With Confidence Man & Carola

FRIDAY - OCTOBER 4th

First Fridays Party @ ICA @ 6PM Wear your atmospheric ensemble for a night of art, drinks, live music from sidebody, waterfront views, and dancing with DJ evaredy.

Sofi Tukker @ Roadrunner @ 7PM With Confidence Man & Carola

SATURDAY - OCTOBER 5th

Farm Animal Day @ Franklin Park Zoo @ 9AM Head on down to the zoo to experience farm life and agriculture without leaving the city.

Duster @ House of Blues @ 7PM With Dirty Art Club

Jazmin Bean @ Royale @ 6PM With Pleasure Coffin

Hayden James @ Royale @ 10PM With Laurence Guy & Kormak

SUNDAY - OCTOBER 6th

Gold Over America Gymnastics Show @ TD Garden @ 7PM Led by the most decorated gymnast of all time Simone Biles, this show is a celebration of world-class gymnasts showcasing their jaw-dropping athletic brilliance and high-energy choreography.

The ABBA Tribute Concert @ Chevalier Theatre @ 8PM The Concert: A Tribute To ABBA, the top ABBA tribute group with sold-out arenas across the country, is stopping in Boston for a dazzling performance.

Wage War @ Roadrunner @ 6:30PM With Erra, Thrown, & Fame On Fire

ALL WEEKEND

FRIDAY & SATURDAY - Oktoberfest @ Harpoon Brewery Harpoon Brewery’s 34th annual Oktoberfest promises flowing taps, live oompah music, stein-hoisting competitions, pretzel eating contests, chicken dancing, and more!

SATURDAY & SUNDAY - New England Renaissance Festival @ King Richard’s Fairgrounds King Richard’s Faire is the premiere fall entertainment event for all things Renaissance.

All weekend - Topsfield Fair Visit America's oldest and finest agricultural fair, complete with carnival rides, The Grand Parade, demonstrations, exhibitions, musical acts, crafts and art-making, & more!

All weekend - HONK! Festival of Activist Street Bands HONK! Is a free, grassroots festival with fun activities, live entertainment, and music for the whole family.

All weekend - Boston Tattoo Convention @ Hynes Convention Center This exclusive tattoo event includes live demonstrations from top national artists, contests, art galleries, live music and performances, supply vendors, & more!

All weekend - Mahler’s ‘Symphony No. 8’ in Concert @ Symphony Hall Experience one of the most ambitious classical works, Mahler’s ‘Symphony of a Thousand’ written for eight soloists, large chorus, children’s chorus, organ, and orchestra.

All weekend - ‘Mamma Mia’ Musical @ Citizens Opera House Set on a Greek island paradise where the sun always shines, this tale of love, friendship, and identity is beautifully told through the timeless hits of ABBA.

All weekend - ‘Million Dollar Quartet’ Musical @ North Shore Music Theatre LAST CHANCE - This musical tells the true story of the famed recording session that brought together rock ‘n’ roll icons Elvis Presley, Johnny Cash, Jerry Lee Lewis and Carl Perkins.

All weekend - ‘Urinetown’ Musical @ Lyric Stage With heart and hope, this modern classic reminds us just how great and revelatory the American musical can be.

All weekend - ‘Romeo and Juliet’ Play @ Loeb Drama Center LAST CHANCE - All-star cast and production team including Rudy Pankow and Emilia Suarez stage Shakespeare’s iconic love story.

All weekend - ‘The Crucible’ Play @ Hanover Theatre LAST CHANCE - Experience Arthur Miller’s gripping classic ‘The Crucible’ in this powerful, immersive production set within Salem’s jail.

All weekend - ‘Leopoldstadt’ Play @ Huntington Theatre The latest masterpiece and most personal play from Tom Stoppard, ‘Leopoldstadt’ is a stirring and epic story of love, family, and enduring bravery set in Vienna at the rise of the 20th century.

All weekend - ‘Nassim’ Play @ Calderwood Pavilion Touchingly autobiographical yet powerfully universal, ‘Nassim’ is a striking theatrical demonstration of how language can both divide and unite us.

All weekend - ‘Laughs In Spanish’ Play @ BCA Calderwood Pavilion Stylish and vibrant, this play offers a light-hearted look at the struggles many Latinas go through to gain entry into cultural and artistic spaces that have historically excluded them.

All weekend - ‘The Hound of the Baskervilles’ Play @ Central Square Theater LAST CHANCE - The world's most famous literary detective Sherlock Holmes comes to life in this adaptation if the classic thriller from Arthur Conan Doyle.

ONGOING

Ongoing - ‘Sinister Streets’ Walking Tour @ Peabody Essex Museum This indoor/outdoor walking tour takes visitors through the dark side of Salem history - highlighting landmarks from the 1600-1800s. Ends 11/17.

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.

Ongoing - Boston Lights: A Lantern Experience @ Franklin Park Zoo
Prepare to be dazzled by the magic of all-new lantern displays, immersive walkthroughs, enchanting interactive displays and Instagrammable moments at every turn. Ends 11/3.

Ongoing - Artisan Market @ Rose Kennedy Greenway @ 11AM *Saturdays and Sundays. Ends 10/26.

Ongoing - ‘Wordplay’ Exhibition @ ICA Highlighting the rich interplay between imagery and text, the exhibition showcases how contemporary artists have played with words to animate and expand their art practices. Ends 1/5/2025.

Ongoing - ‘Tau Lewis: Spirit Level’ Exhibition @ ICA Inspired by different social, cultural, and physical landscapes from her life, Tau Lewis upcycles found materials into intricately detailed soft sculptures, quilts, masks, and other assemblages. Ends 1/20/2025.

Ongoing - ‘Dalí: Disruption and Devotion’ Exhibition @ MFA The exhibition juxtaposes nearly 30 paintings and prints by the outlandish and iconoclastic artist Salvador Dalí. Ends 12/1.

Ongoing - Ancestors and Place: Indigenous North American Prints’ Exhibition @ MFA The exhibition features more than 30 works by Indigenous artists from the United States and Canada that explore the nuanced ideas of stewardship, history, colonization, and community. Ends 10/16.

Ongoing - ‘Thinking Small: Dutch Art to Scale’ Exhibition @ MFA Featuring 15 intriguing objects from 17th-century Netherlands such as paintings, prints, silver medals, and books, this exhibition compels viewers to reconsider their relationship to the world around them. Ends 11/3.

Ongoing - ‘Hyman Bloom: Landscapes of the Mind’ Exhibition @ MFA The exhibition invites visitors in the imagination of Hyman Bloom as he strived to capture the wilderness and mysticism of the natural world and its connection to the human psyche. Ends 12/1.

Ongoing - ‘Made in Germany? Art and Identity in a Global Nation’ Exhibition @ Harvard Art Museums The exhibition takes an unprecedented look at German art since 1980, exploring the notions of German identity and the idea of ethnic and cultural homogeneity. Ends 1/5/2025.

Ongoing - ‘Conjuring the Spirit World: Art, Magic, and Mediums’ Exhibition @ Peabody Essex Museum Explore the essential role art and objects played for mediums and magicians “communicating” with the dead during the 19th- and 20th-century Spiritualism movement in the U.S. and Europe.

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 1/4/2025.

Ongoing - ‘AI: Mind the Gap’ Exhibition @ MIT Museum
MIT Museum presents its latest riveting, interactive exhibit exploring the tremendous promise, unforeseen impacts, and everyday misconceptions of AI.

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